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Actually Logan is my cousin's little boy so I think maybe that makes them 2nd cousins?? Either way...
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Just Ribbed No. 2
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Homestead Farms Paper Pack
Homestead Borders
Katie Pertiet:
Ric Rac Basics No. 1
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Be Buttoned: Harvest
Bead Scatterings No. 1
Vintage Photo Frames Curled and Flat No. 8
Cathy Zielske:
Occasion Phrases No. 1
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...wait, what?
The quests and achievements this year are all a bit different. Most notably, there is
- a new quest chain in Orgrimmar,
- a daily summons boss in SFK,
- you get love tokens to buy stuff through daily quests,
- and you need to collect charms to turn into bracelets for these quests by getting killing blows on targets that are in a level range to give you xp (and not even a 100% chance to drop).
|Yes, healers, this sucks for us. Get your dual-spec dps kit on and get ready to solo some world mobs (fun, I know ><). Or go do HoS and get killing blows on your fellow party members by being too close to them during the stone-block on Krystallus ;) (Yes, seriously, I got a KB on a mage party member today and was given a charm for it). Alternatively, CoS zombies and the dwarves inside Ulduar10 seem to work well. The charms only stack to 10, and the bracelets don't stack, so only farm as many as you need and have room to hold on to... though you can buy/sell the bracelets on the AH, or just beg them off your dps buddies with a sizeable guilt-trip.
If you want a full walk-through of the achievement, I highly recommend Alaron's post over at The Fluid Druid. He has a step-by-step guide on what you need to do for the achievement this year.
My only thing to add aside what I've rambled on already is a quick visual guide on where the crates are outside Org when you get turned into a goblin for the Pilfering Perfume quest (cuz I wasted a costume just trying to find it!):
Have fun ;)


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There was no evidence of a hangover from the Avalanche's Olympians on Wednesday night — and certainly not from the Los Angeles Kings' international stars — but both teams contributed to a rash of defensive miscues in a rare shootout at the Pepsi Center.
The Avs, who were playing for the first time since Feb. 8, two days after the Kings adjourned for the Olympic break, watched a two-goal lead evaporate late in the second period, and the 2012 Stanley Cup champions went on to a 6-4 victory.
"We let them off the hook," Avs winger P.A. Parenteau said. "We had them 4-2, and we let them come back in the game. They're a good hockey team, and if you give a team like that opportunities to come back, they're going to hurt you."
Olympians Anze Kopitar (Slovenia) and Jeff Carter (Canada) combined for three consecutive L.A. goals, and rookie goalie Martin Jones was sensational down the stretch to prevent Colorado from winning its 20th home game and reaching 80 points. The Avs (37-17-5, 79 points), who allowed an empty-net goal in the final minute, remain in excellent playoff position with 23 regular-season games to go.
Avs center Matt Duchene of Team Canada had two assists just two days after returning from Sochi with a gold medal.
"I felt terrible all day, like I had the flu, but the adrenaline got going and I felt good on the ice," he said. "I thought our line played well, scoring three goals, but we didn't play hard enough down low. To give up five goals, that's disappointing. Two-goal lead, you have to step on their throat. We beat ourselves tonight."
After the Avs built a 4-2 lead, the Kings built momentum on consecutive power plays, and Nick Holden's boarding minor early in the third period led to Kopitar's second goal and a 5-4 L.A. lead. Holden and the rest of Colorado's defensemen struggled in front of goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere, although Holden and fellow blue-liner Andre Benoit made nice offensive plays that led to goals.
Rookie sensation Nathan MacKinnon assisted on a power-play goal late in the second period to give the Avs a 4-2 lead. MacKinnon tried to jam the puck past Jones, and the rebound caromed off the leg of Benoit. The assist gave MacKinnon 21 points (12 goals) since Jan. 1, third most in the NHL behind Toronto's Phil Kessel (28) and the New York Islanders' John Tavares (22) in 2014.
Colorado's two-goal lead was built at 15:42 of the second period, but it didn't last long, nor did the ensuing one-goal advantage. L.A. got goals from Kopitar at 16:49 and Carter at 18:53 to knot it at 4-4 going into the second intermission. Kopitar cashed in on a Jason Williams rebound, and Carter made a skilled redirect on Mike Richards' shot.
Former Avs No. 1 draft pick Robin Regehr scored the game's first goal on a seemingly soft shot from atop the left circle, but the Avs produced the first of three consecutive power-play goals shortly after to tie it and took the lead late in the period with Parenteau's tap-in off a great individual effort from Duchene.
L.A.'s Jarret Stoll and the Avs' Jamie McGinn traded goals before Benoit's fortunate bounce gave Colorado its biggest lead of the game.
The Kings' Jordan Nolan and Colorado's Patrick Bordeleau exchanged several big hits, and one missed opportunity by Nolan sent him head-first into the boards that make up the Kings' bench. Nolan lunged forward to try to make a mid-ice hit on Bordeleau, who dodged it and might have accidentally tripped Nolan. The L.A. forward appeared to be seriously hurt but returned to the ice after being checked out by a trainer in the visiting dressing room.
"We had tons of chances, and I've got to bear down at the end," said Avs winger Ryan O'Reilly.
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The Avs began the post-Olympic break in great playoff position, and rookie phenom Nathan MacKinnon has been prolific of late:
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I have not forgotten about the rest of the story I started, however, lately I have been working on several different projects that have been coordinating. But, things are moving along nicely.
Before I get into today's post I did want to mention that there are several things coming out over the next few months that may be of interest to you:
1) The Little Book of Dreams: This is the bible or Necronomicon for the Waking Dream. It is a major expansion on material that I have already published on The Way of the Weird. I feel its time that you should know more about the Waking Dream.
2) Getting to Devlin: This is a Waking Dream Young Adult novel, with events leading up to the first novel, Waking Dream: Devlin. This is a collaborative work.
3) Super Secret Project: I am collaborating with others on a series and though it is not a Waking Dream novel, it will have elements of the Waking Dream woven within. I will have more information on this in the coming months. I am very excited about the project.
4) Waking Dream: The Unkindness: I have been working diligently on this book, however, I feel I want to take my time until others are more familiar with the series. Fear not, it is coming, and you won't see it coming.
5) Shadow of the Soul: This is another Lovecraftian piece I am working on for exclusive publication on Kindle and it will be finished by mid summer.
I thank you all for your continued support! Now, my top 13 books to dream by. These books were major inspiration to my writing, and I feel everyone interested in my work would find these books equally inspiring:
- Illusions by Richard Bach
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- The Theory of Relativity by Albert Einstein
- The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
- At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
- Experiences by Arnold Toynbee
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
- The Stand by Stephen King
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- The Seekers by Daniel Boorstin
- Watership Down by Richard Adams
I mention these particular books because they were instrumental in helping me formulate my ideas about life, spirituality and the universe. All of these I have read numerous times, and each time, I find something new and noteworthy as a read. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did!
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Young space artists wanted!
Junior art is breaking new ground for the international Humans in Space Youth Art Competition. "Be inspired, creative and heard" is the motto of this global contest that invites children of 10–18 years to create musical, literary, visual or video pieces of art.
Creative minds should be inspired by nothing less than the whole Universe for this competition.
The artists are challenged to express their vision of how humans will use science and technology to explore space and uncover its mysteries.
The competition aims to engage youth in shaping the future of space exploration.
There is total freedom to choose the format of the art sent in. From 3D images to videos, short stories or paintings, the work will be shared worldwide.
All artwork must be submitted online by 11 November. An international panel of judges, including artists, ESA scientists, engineers and astronauts, will review the entries and announce the winners in January.
The winning artwork will be incorporated into displays and performances around the globe, such as the Humans in Space Symposium in Germany next summer.
Participants from Mission-X: Train Like an Astronaut are also taking part in this competition.
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From a Mexican master instructor, learn to create traditional Mexican Textiles (back-strap weaving or embroidery) in the countryside of Oaxaca, southern Mexico. Extendable 3-week sessions during Spring or Summer 2020.
Now Welcoming Applications through Sunday, December 1, 2019
Apply Now: Spaces are limited. Residency applications are evaluated for selection priority when they are received vs. after the deadline has passed.
Mexican textiles are the expression of Mexico's diversity and complex sociocultural systems; through their narratives, iconographies, and techniques, they reflect a multiplicity of artistic traditions and identities. Clothing in Mexico signals wealth and power, they incorporate elements of class and gender differentiation in the process of performing and negotiating identities. Therefore, the intricate language of textiles reflects a history of contention and resistance as a result of the amalgamation and negotiation of Mesoamerican and European civilizations.
Textiles are also sources of information for the cultural patrimony of each community. Both weaving and embroidery are techniques used to develop complex narratives, and are important ideologically in structuring roles and identity patterns. In Oaxaca, the diversity of textiles is as rich as the natural environment. Each weave and embroidery has had a destiny, and with the complex process of assimilation and negotiation, some have disappeared or have suffered gradual or radical transformation; other have become more sophisticated in their narratives, techniques and/or coloring.
This is a production residency that includes master instruction (27 hours total, 9 hours per week) in Mexican textiles techniques. Residents learn how to use the traditional back-strap loom, including how to assemble it, and basic weaving techniques; or they learn Mexican embroidery techniques for which we offer instruction in the following: cross-stitching, chain-stitching, shading, and pepenado hilván. Each technique is offered separately. Residents wishing to do multiple techniques may apply for consecutive residencies.
With two separate programs to choose from, artists join an integral program in which they learn the technique, approach iconography and traditional textile production systems with more resources, and get a better understanding of Mexican culture.
Our customized International Artist-in-Residence Programs offer competitive professional opportunities for emerging and mid-career, national and international artists, designers, curators, art historians, art educators, journalists, writers, and cultural researchers age 20 and over. Our programs are based on a non-exploitative model promoting social consciousness. Residents are strongly encouraged to explore various ways of cultural exchange as part of their artistic and/or research goals and to actively engage in critical discussions as part of their residency experience. Understanding Mexico or Peru's context and cultural complexity is key for a successful cultural exchange. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and disciplines who are interested in creating work or inspired by art, elements, techniques or processes specific to Mexico or Peru.
Arquetopia is distinguished worldwide for its array of unique, customized residency programs with substantial content. Our residency spaces function exclusively for productive art professionals, writers, and researchers and include structured, informative programs; a network of collaborative workspaces, institutions, and studios; and individualized project support.
For profiles, feedback and testimonials from many of our outstanding past resident artists, art historians, and writers, don't miss this page on our website: Arquetopia Foundation: Our Resident Artists
- Selection decisions are based on artistic work and proposed project. Candidates at all stages of their careers (emerging and established) must demonstrate a clear sense of potential.
- Our pool of applicants and residents is diverse in all aspects.
- Our residency programs are competitive opportunities for artists and researchers to pursue their own work, free of pressure (especially work that in their particular circumstances would normally be difficult to produce).
- The creation of community with fellow residents and staff during the residency period is important.
Founded in 2009, Arquetopia is an internationally established, award-winning nonprofit arts and cultural foundation with a social scope that emphasizes critical thinking through artistic practices. Our academic International Artist-in-Residence Programs are the largest and most reputable in Latin America, with an array of contents anchored in a solid structure of collaborations with prominent cultural institutions, renowned experts, and notable artists. We are invested in approaching art and art history with a critical perspective by understanding Mexico and Peru's complexity in context and incorporating nuances in narratives and interpretation especially of the 3,000-year heritage of visual culture of these two countries. Since its founding, Arquetopia has raised the bar in the residency field, becoming a reference to every residency program in Latin America and influencing most of them in approaching artmaking with more rigorous practices, critical perspectives, and high standards.
In contributing to a more focused environmental consciousness and renewing our commitment to sustainability and nature, we honor Oaxaca's traditions by incorporating into our residency a deeper comprehension of how art and the surrounding ecosystem coexist harmonically. Arquetopia's residency spaces continue to be open for dialogue, exchanges, and encounters while emphasizing our commitment to reducing our carbon footprint, reusing materials, and recycling waste.
Our Mexican-style villa hosts up to four artists at a time, with sweeping mountain views from the artist rooms. In this countryside space, the intersection of art and nature set the tone for reflection, research and production. We welcome writers who are interested in seeking a deeper connection with the community, nature, and the environment. Artists are also encouraged to participate in diverse activities such as field trips, cycling, and hiking.
Our residents enjoy a safe and peaceful environment surrounded by the mountains of San Pablo, a nature reserve of 7,500 acres with rich biodiversity. The residency center is located in the countryside village of San Pablo Etla, only 20 minutes away from the center of the city of Oaxaca on the south side; and to the north, it is only 20 minutes away from the Centro de las Artes San Agustín, an early 20th-century textile mill transformed into a spectacular arts center. Though cheap, everyday public transportation is also available from the residency vicinity into the city, Arquetopia also provides scheduled transportation into downtown Oaxaca once per week by van.
The colonial city of Oaxaca is nestled in a valley in the Sierra Madre mountain range of southern Mexico. Oaxaca is located 450 km (280 mi) southeast of Mexico City and is reachable via three international airports: Oaxaca (OAX), Puebla (PBC), and Mexico City (MEX). With a population of 265,000, Oaxaca boasts magnificent colonial architecture, the most outstanding example being Santo Domingo church and its former convent, now home to an impressive anthropology museum. The city and its surrounding areas also feature a high concentration of native Zapotec and Mixtec cultures and archaeological sites. Oaxaca was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987 for its central historic district and the archaeological site of Monte Alban. Getting around Oaxaca is easy and enjoyable; museums, studios, libraries and landmarks are all in walking distance. At an elevation of 1,555 m (5,100 ft), Oaxaca features a subtropical climate, resulting in mild-to-warm temperatures year-round.
Rich in history and culture, Oaxaca is a fascinating destination where you can appreciate ancient civilizations, colonial art and architecture, and vibrant cultural traditions. Oaxaca is one of the safest Mexican destinations you could choose.
Our residencies are academically oriented professional programs that are customized to each artist-in-residence. Our programs include weekly meetings with our directorial and curatorial staff for individualized research assistance and resources, project guidance, and critique; 24-hour studio access with personal workspace and some tools; wireless Internet; furnished, private accommodation and use of shared indoor and outdoor common spaces; home-cooked meals, locally grown coffee, and stocked kitchen for 24-hour resident access; shared bathrooms with modern fixtures and showers; utilities and housekeeping. For the instructional residencies we offer, the instruction our residents receive from the Mexican master artists we contract is funded directly from the residency tuition fee, and materials and supplies for these instructional courses are included. Arquetopia provides carefully detailed trip preparation materials, arrival transportation instructions, and orientation materials to all incoming residents. Arquetopia Oaxaca staff provides downtown Oaxaca pickup and dropoff transportation on the scheduled start and end date of the residency. Though cheap, everyday public transportation is also available from the residency vicinity into the city, Arquetopia provides scheduled transportation into downtown Oaxaca once per week by van.
Technique Instruction:
- 27 hours master instruction (9 hours per week)
Staff Support:
- Each resident meets weekly with our directorial/curatorial staff for individualized research assistance/resources, project guidance, and critiques
- Our residencies are process-based; residents are not expected to give talks, exhibitions, or workshops
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- Furnished, private bedroom
- Meals and 24-hour access to the kitchen and dining room
- Wireless Internet
- Shared bathrooms with modern fixtures and showers
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- Though cheap, everyday public transportation is also available from the residency vicinity into the city, Arquetopia also provides scheduled transportation into downtown Oaxaca once per week by van
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- 24-hour access to shared studio
- Personal workspace with large table
- Materials and supplies for the instructional course provided
- Materials and supplies for additional project production not included but available for purchase locally
Session Length: 3 weeks during Spring or Summer 2020, with option to extend for 1 to 9 more weeks as a self-directed Art Production Residency. Dates are not predetermined; applicants may nominate their own approximate range of start dates.
Program Tuition: USD $729 per week (USD $2187 for the 3 weeks). Optional Art Production Residency extension USD $595 per week. Deposit of 25% of Residency Program Tuition due within 1 week of selection. Tuition balance due by 90 days prior to residency start date. Partial tuition waiver options; e-mail us.
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Following selection, applicants are notified immediately via e-mail.
Arquetopia is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our diverse local and international community. Arquetopia's resident artist and staff backgrounds vary in all aspects. As part of Arquetopia's mission is to promote diversity, Arquetopia actively fights discrimination by offering access to its programs and activities without regard to race, color, gender or gender expression, national origin, age, religion, creed, or sexual orientation.
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lux necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 123 diseños de 35 diseñadores freelance.
Sitellite is an open source CMS project without a logo. Help us make the project stand out the way it should! We're gearing up to release Sitellite 5.0 and want it to make a splash. Something slick and professional, but fun is good. Playing on the theme of a "satellite" might be good, but we're open to ideas!
Sitellite CMS, Sitellite 5, http://www.sitellite.org
Sitellite is an open source CMS project without a logo. Our homepage is http://www.sitellite.org. The name "Sitellite" is just "Satellite" with "Site" mixed in, so something based on a satellite theme might work well (satellite, orbit, space ship or shuttle launching, etc.). Our working slogan is "Get more out of your website." but feel free to suggest a better one too :)
You can see a mockup product box on http://www.sitellite.org/ as well as a working demo of the software for inspiration here:
username: demo13
password: demosite
- The "Sitellite" name itself and how it would look with "5" and "CMS" added to it
- An iconic image that is memorable and stands out, preferably separate from the name itself (an icon we can use to brand the project)
- Sample colours that would work well for the site itself and other associated material (e.g., documentation) -- we're not set on our current colours, feel free to suggest new ones if you think they would work better
- How the slogan might fit in with the logo
- Format must be vector so it's resizable
- Not too traditional
- Not too trendy, but slick
- Fun is good :)
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WaterMelon is back, stronger than ever. We have a lot of stuff going on, of which some will be explained in detail very soon!
First of all, we're introducing 's Magical Game Factory! The place to find all things made by Watermelon. That's where you can purchase all Watermelon products that are coming this year.
To start big, the REPRINT is back! Orders for the REPRINT edition of Pier Solar with English, German and French are now open and available for immediate shipping. We also opened preorders for the REPRINT edition of Pier Solar with English, Spanish and Portuguese, attending the high demand.
Preorders are also open for the Pier Solar Definitive Original Soundtrack. It includes four discs, including the full Mega-CD/Sega CD soundtrack, a bonus CD with unused tracks and re-arranged tracks, as well as mp3s and VGM files. The fourth disc is nothing less than the Enhanced Soundtrack Disc which was included with the classic and posterity editions. That's right, now reprint buyers can get their official Enhanced Soundtrack Disc as well!
That is all for now!
Now, please register, get 50 Gems FREE,
spend them, order, pre-order and don't forget to have fun!
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My man Jamey Newberg sent out his Newberg Report today and it focused on Chris Davis. This kid is knocking the cover off the ball.
Hank Blalock didn't play first base for Oklahoma tonight, but Chris Davis did.
He homered again, off of former Tampa Bay hurler Brian Stokes.
In his last 162 games, dating back to mid-May 2007 in Bakersfield , Davis has hit .327/.378/.636.
With 42 doubles.
And 49 home runs.
And 156 RBI.
The left-handed-hitting Davis against left-handed AA pitchers in 2007: .229/.308/.543.
Davis against left-handed AA pitchers in 2008: .276/.276/.379.
Davis against left-handed AAA pitchers in 2008: .286/.348/.667
The only place Davis has worn blue since high school has been in Surprise, Arizona .
The 22-year-old from Longview is playing like he misses the blue.


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Two decks of cards are displayed as a representation of our micro-macro cosmic universe. One is large, the other is exactly the same but small.
One of the larger cards is held face down, it's identity unknown.
The human participant is instructed to deal cards off of the small deck one at a time, onto the larger card.
They are free to stop at any time, ensuring a random choice.
When they do stop, there is one small card (micro) and one large card (macro).
As a distinct reflection of the macro-micro cosmic structure of our universe, the small and large cards are slowly and deftly turned over to reveal that they are the same value and suit, in the same space, albeit different sizes. There is no funny business here... this is REAL MAGIC!
No Forcing - They are free to stop at any card
No Sleight of Hand - The gimmick does the work
100% Self Contained - Packs small plays big
Can be Repeated! - With a different card each time
All cards can be shown to be different. They deal from a deck of 52 ordinary cards. They decide when to stop. ALL cards before and after the one they stopped on can be shown, to prove it was truly a free selection.
MICRO-MACRO is a real gem. An astonishing effect with a fascinating presentation involving the true structure of our universe, synchronicity and coincidence that you will want to have with you all the time.
It utilizes an ingenious gimmick that is actually in FULL VIEW during the performance. You could say it's hidden in PLAIN SIGHT! You can do it close up with a regular size deck and a mini deck (available most anywhere), or do it on STAGE with a jumbo deck and a regular size deck. It's up to you!
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Bosch Rexroth to Acquire Pair of Companies
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Two German companies soon will be acquired by Bosch Rexroth AG, Lohr, Germany, to strengthen the company's presence in the machine-tool industry and to further meet demand for a single-source supplier. The firm plans to purchase Interlit Joistgen GmbH, with headquarters in Cologne, Germany; and the associated production company of MSG Maschinen und Stahlbau, Joachimsthal, Germany.
Interlit Joistgen manufactures cooling and lubrication systems; MSG is a steel fabricator.
See also: Bosch Rexroth Corp.
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The retro-futuristic sea vessel Nautilus gets caught in a blazing fire-fight, in concept art by artist RobertSimons. If McG really goes forward with a 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea movie, he should look Simons up. More pics below.
Robert Simons did these designs a couple years ago, but I haven't seen them posted too much elsewhere. The Kraken looks especially imposing, but the alien-looking diving suit is also fantastic. Check out the rest at the link. [Robert Simons via Super Draw]


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House to ask for autonomy for Gulf War Illness board
- Veterans advocates claim VA has tried to silence critics
- Gulf War illness has a long%2C controversial history at VA
- Symptoms include fatigue%2C muscle pain%2C cognitive issues%2C rashes and irritable bowel syndrome
WASHINGTON — The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs is putting together legislation to give autonomy back to a Gulf War illness advisory committee that has been stripped of its independence over the past year.
The legislation would give the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses independent budget control and would require that its members be appointed by congressional veterans committees.
"The committee is essentially having its legs cut out from underneath it," said Diane Zumato, legislative director for AMVETS, a veterans' service organization. "Veterans Affairs had a good idea in having this oversight group, and now it seems that they don't really like what they're hearing because the group isn't parroting what VA is saying."
Last week, Veterans Affairs notified the advisory committee that it could no longer release committee reports or recommendations without written VA approval.
In the past year, Veterans Affairs has:
• Notified the advisory committee members that all but one of them would be replaced.
• Ended the tenure of Jim Binns, a Vietnam veteran and former principal deputy assistant secretary of Defense under President George H.W. Bush, as chairman of the board.
• Removed its charge to review the effectiveness of VA research.
• Moved back toward looking at stress as a cause of Gulf War illness, rather than following up on evidence that it is caused by environmental exposures, such as to insect repellent, anti-nerve agent pills and Sarin gas, as recent studies have shown.
VA did not address the committee's issues about losing their autonomy directly, but sent a statement about Gulf War illness in general:
"VA agrees that there are health issues associated with service in the Gulf War, and is committed to ensuring Gulf War Veterans have access to the care and benefits they have earned and deserve," the statement reads. "VA is clear in our commitment to treating these health issues and does not support the notion some have put forward that these health symptoms arise as a result of post-traumatic stress disorder or other mental health issues that arose as a result of being deployed."
The statement said that VA appreciates the "valuable advice" the research advisory committee provides "on research studies, plans and strategies aimed at improving our ability to serve Gulf War veterans."
While legislators were not able to speak about the legislation because it has not been finalized, Zumato said AMVETS members would reach out to every Congress member this week to talk about environmental toxins like those the 1991 Gulf War veterans were exposed to. She said organizers would make an issue of Gulf War illness so more recent vets — as well as future vets — would have access to care for all potential toxic exposures.
"It's not just Gulf War," said Zumato, who joined the Women's Army Corps before it was incorporated into the Army in 1978. "It's anybody whose been exposed to any kind of toxic environment and now they have a very strong possibility of having illnesses caused by those exposures."
She said she fears the veterans' injuries will continue to be ignored, or to be treated as mental health injuries, rather than physical injuries, to avoid having to pay medical costs.
VA has said that itdisagrees with the advisory committee, and that it agrees Gulf War Illness is a physical ailment.
This week, Binns sent a letter to VA Secretary Eric Shinseki letter that included 16 pages of research review that VA had prohibited the committee from including in its research report.
"That whole 16 pages is basically one example after another of VA's staff efforts to reintroduce the idea that stress caused this problem," Binns said.
The advisory committee was formed in 1997 after a congressional report found that VA's work on "Gulf War issues" was "irreparably flawed." Congress found that VA had focused most, if not all, of its attention on psychiatric causes of the illness.
Symptoms of Gulf War illness include fatigue, muscle pain, cognitive issues, rashes and irritable bowel syndrome. Recently, researchers have found changes in veterans' brains that signify physical degeneration, and that a greater number of troops were exposed to small doses of sarin gas after the Air Force bombed an Iraqi chemical factory.
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Item #1 of 2 THEBLAZE.COM – A Texas man's pregnant wife made it clear she was against having a firearm in their house. However, the husband insisted she learn how to use a gun to protect herself just in case. In fact, it was just a few months ago that he took her out to […]
Watch them . . .Slam doors, call cops when confronted by hidden camera
by Bob Unruh
An undercover video investigation by Project Veritas, whose founder James O'Keefe is widely known for his devastating exposé of ACORN, found that journalists with the paper that recently exposed gun-permit holders in the New York City area are unwilling to take a dose of their own medicine and declare their homes "gun-free zones."
Four times doors were closed in the faces of the Project Veritas investigators, three times the signs were rejected, twice law enforcement was called to remove them from the property and three times they found armed guards already on site.
Stops by the team included the homes of Newark Star Ledger columnist Bob Braun, Journal News publisher Janet Hasson, reporter Alex Weisler, Journal News editor Cynthia Lambert and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.
O'Keefe's crew asked journalists whether they would put a sign on their lawn that says "Citizens Against Senseless Violence. THIS HOME IS PROUDLY GUN FREE!"
Uniformly they were denied permission.
O'Keefe, who also previously released a video of a Democrat campaign operative plotting vote fraud, explained he wanted to see how top gun control advocates "felt when placed in the same position as our nation's children – within a Gun Free Zone."
"Our nation's children spend the majority of their week within schools that are starkly emblazoned with signs that read 'Gun Free Zone.' Project Veritas put that same concept to the test with some of America's most fervent advocates for gun control," he said.
He said his team went door-to-door in New York, New Jersey and Washington to see which outspoken champions for gun control would be willing to declare their own home as a "gun free Zone."
"It's amazing to see members of our media equivocate and contradict their spoken and written words when faced with the dilemma to declare their own homes as gun free," O'Keefe said. "Surprisingly, we found that the homes of the very New York paper that was willing to put the lives and fortunes of gun owners at risk by publishing their names and addresses, were also the most heavily armed and protected.
"The hypocrisy of New York's Journal News is beyond words."
O'Keefe said of the visit to Holder's home: "FBI police confronted our reporters within minutes of their knocking on the attorney general's home. Eric Holder is safe and sound under armed protection, unlike the nation's children."
Among the responses they got included Braun's comment: "I agree with you and I am on your side on this, but I'm just wondering if that's not an invitation to somebody with a gun."
At the home of Journal News publisher Janet Hasson, the team was told, "We can't put it up."
Several times the team members were told by armed security guards the property was private and they should leave.
Residents at one home that was approached explained their address had been listed wrongly as the residence of a newspaper worker.
Asking whether the team was anti-gun, the homeowner said, "I'm not," while displayed a handgun in his waistband.
"Does that answer your question?" he asked.
O'Keefe said his probe already has gone viral because someone took a picture of a sign that was left on one lawn.
Just before the November election, a Project Veritas video sting first reported by WND prompted the resignation of Patrick Moran, the son of Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., and a criminal investigation by the Arlington County Police Department in Northern Virginia, near Washington, D.C., and the state attorney general.


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In light of my previous question, I am interested in the following scenario: Let $\tilde Y$ be the blow-up of $Y=\mathbb{P}^n$ along a linear subvariety $X\subseteq Y$ of codimension $d$, i.e. $X\cong\mathbb{P}^{n-d}$. Let $E$ denote the exceptional divisor. Let $H$ be a hyperplane in $Y$ and denote by $P$ the strict transform. I am now interested in the degrees of $P^a E^b$ for $a+b=n$. The only thing related I could find was this post, but I am in a more general setting.
PS: I am working over $\mathbb{C}$, so you may assume that, or just any algebraically closed field, or less of course.


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Over the next few days, Basket Bawful and Free Darko will be previewing each NBA Playoff series. Basket Bawful looks at the Eastern Conference today, finishing with the series between the Washington Wizards and the Cleveland Cavaliers, which begins Saturday.
This is going to be the most (and only?) exciting first-round matchup in the East, and second only to Suns-Spurs in the West. The drama has been building for weeks, and now these teams are going to go the hell at it. Cancel your dates (or make her/him come over and serve you beer). Take a leave of absence from work. Tell your mom you'll call her in a few weeks. Put Papa John's on speed dial. But whatever you do, DO NOT MISS THIS SERIES.
The season series: It was a 2-2 tie, with Washington winning the bookends and Cleveland taking the gooey center games. The first two "contests" were complete blowouts: The Wizards won by 19 in December and the Cavaliers won by 36 in January. The second two games were total barnburners: In February, Cleveland won 90-89 after LeBron James hit two freethrows with 7.8 seconds left; in March, Washington won 101-99 when LeBron got called for an offensive foul with 19.4 seconds left and then missed a 27-footer at the buzzer while getting the wet blanket treatment from DeShawn Stevenson.
Good news for the Wizards: Well, first of all, their big guns — Antawn Jamison, Caron Butler and Gilbert Arenas — are all back and (seemingly) healthy (or at least injury-free). Second of all, King James isn't healthy. In case you haven't heard (what, are you living under a rock?), Bron-Bron's back is hurting, which is probably the result of his season-long Atlas impersonation. And you can see that pain written in his splits: All of his numbers, particularly his rebound and assist totals, are down in April. He's still attacking the hole, but he can't hit the boards the way he usually does. Maybe he'll be fine once the series starts, maybe he won't. But if he isn't, I don't see Wally Szczerbiak or Ben Wallace picking up the slack, do you? (Man, they could sure use Larry Hughes right about now! I keed, I keeeeeeed!)
Bad news for the Wizards: They've been talking so much trash about LeBron and the Cavaliers that Charles Barkley recently came out and said: "I think the Washington Wizards have got to be the dumbest team in the history of civilization." You know it's reached the crisis point when Sir Charles makes an unintentional Waltonism. The Locksmith has gone on the record as saying that LeBron is "overrated," while Agent Zero has been spouting off on his blog about how "everybody wants Cleveland in that first round" and that the Wizards are going to "Bush" — that is, distract — LeBron with Stevenson's defense/offense combination so that they can sneak off with some wins.
This tactic backfired on Chuck Person in the first round of the 1991 playoffs, and it seems like a pretty big chance to take now. Why rile up LeBron? Why give the Cavaliers ammunition? I know that most (if not all) professional basketball players are raving egomaniacs and that they're gonna talk junk in the locker room ... but leave it there. You don't stare down an oncoming train, you don't shoot a bear in the ass with a BB gun, and you never, ever, ever tug on Superman's cape unless you're packing a fistful of Kryptonite. And guess what, Washington Wizards? Kryptonite doesn't exist.
Reality check: Angry or not, it seems pretty unlikely that LeBron is going to recapture last season's magic and make it back to the NBA Finals. Heck, he might not even make it out of the first round. Seriously. This Cavaliers team is poorly constructed and even more poorly coached. Ben Wallace is aging at an exponential rate (I expect him to burst into dust any minute), Wally Szczerbiak looks completely lost in Cleveland's one-play offense, and their best "shooter" is Delonte West. I would not be surprised to see LeBron choke a bitch, and if that bitch isn't Stevenson, it could very well be Cavaliers 2 through 12.
Cavaliers player(s) to watch: LeBron James, LeBron James, and, of course, LeBron James. How badly is he really hurting? Can he do it all by himself again? It'll also be interesting to see what Big Ben has left. My guess is "nothing," but we'll see. And who's going to be the third scoring option (after Zydrunas Ilgauskas)? West? Szczerbiak? Devin Brown?
Wizards player(s) to keep an eye on: DeShawn Stevenson, for one. He's officially thrown down the gauntlet. Actually, you know what? He's slapped LeBron upside the head with it. Now it's time to put his money where his extra-large mouth is. If he can't contain LeBron, the Wizards don't have a chance. Also, it'll be interesting to see whether Arenas is ready for playoff-level basketball. Also, Brendan Haywood needs to protect the paint from LeBron and his many basket attacks ... because nobody else on the Wizards roster seems to be able to do that.
Key(s) to the series: LeBron's back. Is it healthy? The "other" Cavaliers. Are they ready to contribute? Hell, are they even capable of it? DeShawn Stevenson. Will he hold down The King or get eaten alive. Cleveland's defense. Can they keep the Washington's Big Three from scoring 20 per game each? The Wizards' chemistry. Now that everybody's back and playing, can they adjust to working together toward one common goal?
Prediction: If LeBron gets past his back woes, Cavs in seven. If he doesn't, Wizards in six.


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Grass-fed beef packs a punch to environment
First it was slow. Then local, then organic. Now it is firmly grass-fed.
As a rare geophysicist studying diet's environmental consequences, I am asked daily by my colleagues – a bit bemused by my new field yet quantitatively astute and environmentally concerned – about the latest claim made about impacts of food production on the physical environment.
In this role, I get to keep a sensitive finger on the envirofood pulse. Unambiguously, grass-fed beef is all the rage now. Even the New York Times Op-Ed page featured a recent piece extolling the virtues of grazing cattle.
Depending on your guiding environmental objectives, grass-fed beef may indeed be the greatest thing since Guns n' Roses or the environmental equivalent of entrusting former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with military preparedness.
Yet on reasonably balancing the main geophysical dimensions of dietary choices, grass-feeding loses most of its touted allure, relegating its role in a rational food production system to the margins.
To be sure, the flesh of a healthy, thriving animal is clearly nutritionally superior to the biochemically compromised, microbiologically teeming ecosystem that is the bulk of the nation's meat supply.
Grass-feeding is also biogeochemically sensible. Unlike mammals, bacteria in the ruminants' digestive system can decompose cellulose, the sugar-based rigid structure into which most of the solar energy the biosphere absorbs is converted.
This decomposition converts the otherwise unavailable energy locked in the cellulose structure into metabolically readily available glucose. If it weren't for the absorption of glucose liberated by bacteria mediated cellulose breakdown inside ruminant bodies, most of this energy would have bypassed the animal kingdom altogether.
These demonstrated virtues, however, pale in comparison to overwhelming environmental liabilities.
To begin with, there is greenhouse gas emissions, the argument most often invoked to promote grass-feeding. Yet grass-fed meat is more, not less, greenhouse-gas intensive.
In this, simple chemistry is the Draconian ring master, dictating that every decomposing carbon-containing molecule ends up as methane if the decomposition is anaerobic, as it is in the largely oxygen free rumen, and as carbon dioxide if the decomposition occurs in the presence of oxygen, as befalls most cellulose not digested by ruminants.
Since grazing animals eat mostly cellulose-rich roughage while their feedlot counterparts eat mostly simple sugars whose digestion requires no rumination, the grazing animals emit two to four times as much methane, a greenhouse gas roughly 30 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.
This, and the faster weight gain by feedlot animals, result in significantly higher greenhouse gas emissions per pound of meat by grass fed animals than by feedlot ones.
This is true, to variable a degree, for organic and non-organic, large- and small-scale grazing operations in the U.S. and overseas.
Then there is land. Upward of a quarter of the entire U.S. surface area is pasture or grazeland.
Grazing animals produce at most a quarter of the calories per acre typical plant based production systems do. While these facts are well established, they are often dismissed as irrelevant to the grass feeding question on the (partly correct) grounds that much grazing occurs on land that would otherwise produce no human destined calories.
But do we need more calories?
In recent decades, the U.S. has been consistently producing 3,800 kcal per person per year, almost twice the average person's needs.
Given biodiversity declines due to dwindling, fragmented, wilderness, allocating all this land to inefficiently producing needless calories is foolhardy.
Even if you irrationally consider those extra calories indispensable, because of corn's unrivaled caloric yield it makes more sense to produce them as a corn derivative on a fraction of the land, and still have some left for species protection.
Grazing cattle also compromise river systems in the fragile arid and semi arid environments in which they are disproportionately ubiquitous, and accelerate soil erosion.
Because they eat much more dry matter then feedlot animals, they also pressure dwindling local water supplies exactly where they are most vulnerable.
While some of those adverse impacts can be minimized by adequate management, most rigidly reflect cattle biology and north American geography.
Grass-feeding produces unnecessary low-quality calories at ostentatious environmental costs while displacing threatened wildlife.
While some grass-feeding may be reasonable on marginal lands near population centers in the rainy eastern U.S., the logical number of grazing cattle in the western U.S. is zero.
What we need is not grass fed cattle, but quantitative sophistication that readily distinguishes elixirs like grass feeding from actual environmental solutions.
Cows feed on grass as they roam the hills near Pleasanton, California March 23, 2007. REUTERS/Mike Blake
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My only problem with organic and grass-fed beef is the price, which is totally out of my price range. It's easier for me to avoid meat entirely, then it would be to keep it straight which kind is best for me and best for the environment.
The writer of this article totally missed the point of eating grass feed beef. Animals finished at feed lots on grains have much much higher levels of omega 6 fat saturation and lower amounts of omega 3. When consumed this leads to inflammatory markers in the human body leading to an array of disease pathologies ranging from heart disease to arthritis. Wild animals have higher levels of omega 3 (anti-inflammatory) compared to omega 6 (inflammatory). These animals are leaner and strictly eat what nature intended for them. I would rather eat an animal feed on all different types of live plants than a fat obese, almost diabetic cow feed corn. Lastly, the writer didn't take into account the amount carbon emission needed to produce and provide all that grain at feedlots. Man I wish people would wake up and do some research for themselves than listen to idiots like this writer.
The answer is to stop eating meat, end of story! The sooner America realizes this, and the disgusting industry based on quarter-pounders and triple heart bypass burgers the better off the entire nation will be. Cows will go back to eating grass because no one will care what their eating when we don't have to eat them!!!
Who funded the beef study? Grass fed beef is much better for your health. You are what you eat.
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Thanks for the great article. There's one more reason to second guess what we're eating.
The question is not "grass fed or corn fed?", it's "beef or other sources of protein entirely?"
Are you aware you're discrediting hundreds of millenias of natural cattle diet and making it seem like it's bad for the planet? You fool.
It is disturbing that factual information like this seems to have no impact on changing people's minds on their personal habits. If they want to eat beef, they will– and environmental destruction doesn't matter. Scientists say we are entering a "great extinction" where we may lose half or more of all species, sea level will rise inundating our coastlines, and we will continue to get more and more intense storms. The article didn't touch on the fact that a whole foods plant based diet is much healthier for people– a way to reverse heart disease and linked with less cancer and diabetes. Check the work of Drs. Colin Campbell and Caldwell Esselstyn. I am not sure whether even hearing that would get people to change their minds, unless currently faced with a medical emergency.
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It was warmer than it needed to be for a winter ride, but I'm not complaining, or at least not yet. I'll get to the complaining a little later. Or, why wait? If you ride the wrong way down the one-way L Street Cycle Track, I might challenge you to fisticuffs. You will need to call an ambulance. Sure, that ambulance will be for me as you will promptly be able to dispatch me as my pugilistic skills are even worse than my cycling and blogging skills. But nonetheless, I will defend my honor, perhaps nobly and perhaps just sort of pathetically flailingly, and my right to ride the right way (east) on the cycle track without having to dodge you, the assface, riding the wrong way. And you can complain that the #mstreetcycletrack isn't yet built and yes, I will admit that that is in fact a huge impediment to riding westbound, but that's no excuse. There's a certain level of personal accountability here and by choosing to ride the wrong way down the bike lane, even if it's just for a block or even if you think it's totally justified by the lack of proper bike facilities, you choose wrongly because it is not in any way the right thing to do. So, don't do it. Ever. Or run the risk of my fighting you. Because that is totally what I will do, as I am an angry person who likes fighting and is probably really good at punching, though I've never had need to practice. So, that's my story. Ride the wrong way and you're toast. Scared yet? Yeah, I didn't think so. So how about an appeal to reason or at least, reasons.
Why you shouldn't ride the wrong way on the L Street Cycle Track:
- Someone vastly more menacing than me might fight you and you really wouldn't like that. Note: this could be literally anyone, since literally anyone is vastly more menacing than I am.
- You might collide into someone's grandma and then you'd feel terrible. And then you're grandma might find out about it and then your grandma is going to be so disappointed in you. Do you really want that? Doubtful.
- You're likely to be hit by a turning car because the driver is in no way expecting you to be coming from the opposite direction, nor is the cycle track designed to accommodate that. Thus, you risk not only injuring others, but yourself.
- If you ride the wrong way, they'll never build the M Street Cycle Track as cycling on M Street will be vastly decreased and DDOT will see no need for it. Do you want to be responsible for that? Do you?
- WABA will find out and you'll never get to be a Bike Ambassador and your resume will be worse for it and you probably won't be promoted to ambassador to other stuff, Moped Ambassador or Ambassador to Belgium. Will you still even be allowed to eat waffles? HIGHLY UNLIKELY.
I rode the usual route home and stopped at the usual grocery store and bought some usual stuff and afterwards, I signed the nominating petition for a prospective at-large DC Council candidate, a certain John Settles. Brace for Settles-mania. I saw the petition guy standing by a post, a wispy young bookish-looking pale white dude who seemed to want to avoid eye contact with everyone (not maybe the best set of characteristics for someone whose job it is to get people to sign a petition) and actually sought him out, asking him who he representing. When he told me, I asked about Mr. Settles' positions. The guy said "Affordable Housing mostly" or some such pablum So, there you have it. It's a little too early to give the #TFTS endorsement, but I think we've got a front runner. Seems like a nice guy.
After the store, I rode down D Street to 16th and then up 16th. Tomorrow, I think I shall ride the Brompton.


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- Gaming Made Me: Fallout 2 | Rock, Paper, Shotgun: "a stark personal tale of how videogame fantasy can inspire interest, provoke thought, and ultimately change how we see the world."
- Uni gives birth to scholarships for pregnant PhD candidates | The Sydney Morning Herald: "the University of NSW has introduced a scholarship for pregnant PhD candidates."
- Hacking My Vagina | scanlime: A super detailed post on the author's process of hacking the remote control for her vibrator, including Arduino programming, 3D printing and more!
- Revenge of the Nerds: White Male Geeks Hack Sexism, Racism | Jezebel: "The organizers of Brit Ruby 2013 were challenged to do better by almost HALF of the github commenters, including one of their own white male speakers, and by many more around the web"
- So you want to put on a diverse, inclusive conference | ashe dryden: Lots of details, videos, and links to more resources.
- Museum of Dungeons & Dragons | indiegogo: "There's a fundraising project at indiegogo for a D&D museum. I thought that was worth publicizing here in an effort to ensure that women gamers are visible in the project from the ground up."
- Judge orders sex harassment plaintiffs to produce Facebook passwords | ars technica: "Sort of relevant to geekdom, since it involves social networking, and definitely something that will interest feminists"
You can suggest links for future linkspams in comments here, or by using the "geekfeminism" tag on delicious or pinboard.in or the "#geekfeminism" tag on Twitter. Please note that we tend to stick to publishing recent links (from the last month or so).
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We don't know which challenge would be greater in this scenario — conquering your fears or conquering your bowels. Regardless, this brave man, Josh, managed to do both when his buddy took him up in the air for an "aerobatics" flight, after learning that he's afraid of flying.
If the anxiety of flying makes you too nervous to enjoy this video, just close your eyes and imagine that somebody is scaring the bejesus out of Miss Piggy. Or that somebody filmed a terrified chicken that can talk. That's fairly entertaining in its own right. (Side note: this is a video of a person who is terrified of flying doing a whole bunch of loopdeloops and whatnot: obviously it contains NSFW language.)
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mtndan necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 14 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
Provide 3 design comps (homepage, "article" page, vendor listing page) for redesign of ad-revenue oriented tourism website.
Desired Color Scheme:
mountain/desert colors, deep blue sky, forest green, sage green, browns, greys
Desired Style:
The design must be able to accomodate a lot of information, and let the information stand out on it's own. In other words, don't overdesign it, focus on ease of use, clean look, good typography.
Accepted File Formats:
photoshop .psd or fireworks .png
We are seeking 3 design comps, a homepage, an interior "article" page, and an interior "vendor listing" page, for a soon-to-be updated tourism portal website for a town / region in Colorado. The area has popular summer and winter tourism with skiing, whitewater rafting, archeology and historic attractions, etc... Please contact us directly for the address of the current site.
This site serves three purposes:
1. Provides information to visitors interested in visiting or relocating to the area. In addition, provides a venue for those visitors to rate vendors and write reviews/trip reports.
2. Provides area vendors (ie hotels, realtors, rafting companies) a place to advertise.
3. Generates revenue via paid advertising (banner ads and directory listings for businesses) and Google Adsense.
The new site is to going to be content-driven and interactive. The main content areas of the site are to include:
1. Home page with sections for recent updates, upcoming events (a feed from an external site), advertisements, other external feeds (like a ski report or river report)
2. "Article" pages (ie Suggested Itineraries). Article pages will have text, photos, and inline google ads
3. Vendor directory. For example, a page with a listing of Downtown hotels. Each listing would have similar information, such as name, address, web link, email link, popularity (ie 1-5 stars), link to reviews, and an optional photo
4. Trip reports section - user contributed content - stories, photos. Ads may be included inline.
5. Multimedia section - photo galleries, webcams, etc..
6. Information Request Form/Contact
The above are general descriptions of content. Specific, global navigation links should include:
About "region name"
Real Estate
Things to Do
Trip Reports
Request More Info
There should be room on all pages to accomodate advertisements in the layout
Some additional design notes - similar sites that I can comment on:
Click through this site. It is a classy design, clean layout of content, attention to detail (example, the list item bullets). While the content/theme/colors is different than what we need (we are in the Wild West), it's a great example of a very sharp tourism site. Even their "info boxes" in the sidebars of the site are very detailed and nicely done.
I like this because it's different from most other tourism sites - the design is original, the colors are great and they match the colors of the region. The content and organization is not anything special, but the design stands out.
3. http://www.gunnisoncrestedbutte.com/
I love the colors and the rustic style. I'm not a fan of drop down menus - I prefer the menus on funside.com instead. The site also feels crowded and busy.
Overall, I want to emphasize that I like clean design - let the information speak for itself, focus on good typography, white space, and design is so good it just blends into the background :)


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Eagle Nest Golf Club
"Home of the three toughest finishing holes on the Grand Strand"
Eagle Nest Golf Club opened in 1971 and has hosted hundreds of thousands of golfers since. The beautiful Gene Hamm designed golf course is an 18-hole Myrtle Beach championship public golf course. Eagle Nest is built on 250 acres of pristine land in Little River, South Carolina and only a short 5-minute drive from North Myrtle Beach. With the serene surroundings and beautiful natural setting you can't tell that you are less than one mile from busy Highway 17, making it very convenient.
Eagle Nest has some unique differences from other Myrtle Beach golf courses with one being natural elevation changes. Most Myrtle Beach golf courses are relatively flat while Eagle Nest is set upon rolling hills that wind through towering Carolina pines, natural lakes and beautiful landscaping. Wildlife is in abundance at Eagle Nest adding to the enjoyment of your Myrtle Beach golf experience.
Players of all skill levels can enjoy Eagle Nest with a set of tees for everyone. The last three holes at Eagle Nest have long been known as the "3 Toughest Finishing Holes on the Grand Strand" but with good shots can reward you with pars and birdies. Eagle Nest has beautifully maintained MiniVerde greens that ensure a smooth roll on your putts. The greens are undulating so you will want to pay attention on your approach shots.
Upon arrival at Eagle Nest Golf Club you will encounter a friendly staff, well stocked pro shop and full service snack bar. Warming up for your Myrtle Beach golf round is made easy with a putting green and driving range at your disposal. Be sure to take in the beautiful surroundings that feature a wide variety of flowers, white dogwoods, cypress trees and much more. The feeling of being in a wildlife sanctuary and outstanding surroundings will offer many opportunities for Myrtle Beach golf photos.
Eagle Nest's great location makes it easy to make the most of your Myrtle Beach golf trip. Be sure to check out the historic waterfront in Little River. There are many outstanding restaurants and bars that offer scenic views of the Intracoastal Waterway while you can dine on local seafood and enjoy your favorite beverage. The world famous "Little River Crab Festival" is held there every May.
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Tooling Article
Steady Hands Heal Wounded Dies
As a former moldmaker, Pete Mourouzis fully understands the need for speed and workmanship when it comes to tool, die and mold repair welding. As owner of Wicked Welding, Inc., Dayton, OH, Mourouzis applies his precision-welding skill and knowledge daily to help manufacturers return worn or damaged tools back to service. At his disposal are two welders, in addition to himself; an array of precision micro-tig (gas-tungsten arc) welding systems and traditional tig-welding setups; and two micro-laser-welding systems. Mourouzis and his team perform not only emergency-room repairs on tooling but also enjoy a thriving wellness program that has it included in some of its customers' routers, performing planned maintenance-welding procedures.
"Half of the work we get in here we turn around in one day, and another 25 percent in two days," says Mourouzis. "To many of our customers, turn-around time is more critical than price, and that's where our ability to laser-weld comes up big. While it's a relatively slow process in terms of deposition rate, if I don't have to preheat we can turn around work in hours rather than days."
We walked around Wicked Welding's 4000-sq.-ft. shop while welders were busy repairing mold tooling, and learned first-hand how the steady-handed team provides local customer Dayton Systems Group (DSG) with fresh carbide-insert stamping tools for its customers in the can-making industry.
Mourouzis launched Wicked Welding in 2003 after having worked for several years in small injection-mold shops. He spent three of those years running CNC machines and doing assembly work, and the last two as an inhouse welder.
"While others around town can weld as well as I can," he shares, "what I bring to the table is my knowledge of tool and die applications. I talk the toolmaker's language and understand how tools work in the press, all of which impacts my ability to offer the right weld-repair solution for the job."
Wicked Welding's sweet spot is relatively small tooling—shoebox-sized work weighing a few hundred pounds or less. Mourouzis and the firm's other two welders will use the micro-tig process when it can, but "trying to tig weld traditional tool steels cold is a recipe for disaster," says Mourouzis. "Without proper preheat, cracking is inevitable, and that's where laser welding has proven to be a huge benefit. I can laser-weld without preheating (depending on the size of the repair area), filling small pits that affect the surface finish of the part or restoring worn or damaged cutting edges. Also, as stampers have moved a from stocking several replacement inserts, the value on our services has risen. We're laser-welding to repair die inserts weekly for our customers."
"Free-Moving" Laser Welding
Mourouzis launched his company as a provider of traditional tig and micro-tig welding services, and made his foray into laser welding in 2005 with the purchase of a small LaserStar 80-W manually operated machine. In 2008 he added a larger 100-W Rofin model, equipped with a three-axis joystick-controlled table and rotary fixture. Both machines run pulsed-YAG lasers and feature a stereomicroscope and cross-hair for precision beam alignment. By year-end, Mourouzis should have a third laser-welding system inhouse, this one rated to 200 W.
Here's how LaserStar describes what it calls the "free moving" process of using laser welding for mold and die repair:
"The laser generates a stationary infrared light pulse which is targeted through the microscope's crosshair. The laser pulse can be controlled in size and intensity. Because the heat generated remains localized, operators can handle or fixture items with their fingers, welding small areas with pinpoint accuracy without causing any harm to the operator's fingers or hands. This free-moving concept enables users to eliminate costly fixturing devices."
To maintain these stamping tools for Dayton Systems Group, Mourouzis deposits tiny, precise laser welds to hold replaceable carbide inserts in place.
"Welding, for applications such as replacing carbide inserts on our tools, is part of our process, and Wicked Welding is on our routers," says Ledford. He showed us a few tools that Mourouzis works on regularly, which feature carbide inserts. Says Mourouzis: "Of course, we don't actually weld on the carbide. But we can make tiny laser welds to hold the inserts in place in the tools. The carbide inserts are lightly pressed into place, then I push the weld beads right up against the carbide. It's a fine line—put too much heat on the carbide and it will crack, so I try to use the laser to dig into the base material (M4 tool steel) and shove it up against the carbide to lock it into place."
Ledford explains that at one time, brazing was used to assemble the inserts into the tools. However, the process proved messy and slow, and it was difficult to remove the inserts when they needed to be replaced.
"I can tack an insert in place in about 2 min.," says Mourouzis, "while brazing might take 15 min. or more."
Hair-Thin Filler Wire
While micro-tig welding requires what most would call thin filler wire—down to 0.010-in. dia.—filler wire for laser welding is hair-thin, as delicate as 0.005-in. dia. M2 filler wire is a favorite of Mourouzis and his crew.
"It's a fantastic all-purpose filler metal for A2 and D2, as well as M2," he says. "It's my go-to-rod unless a customer requests a direct match to the base metal. And we also burn a lot of 420 stainless-steel filler metal—it's a good match for S7 and H13—as well as M42 wire to weld on powered-metal tool steels." In all, Mourouzis stocks 40 different types and diameters of filler wire, noting that "my experience (he figures he's ignited millions of arcs in his time as a welder) allows me to select the right filler wire for the job at hand."
To laser-weld DSG's tools, Mourouzis hand-holds the parts in the small laser-welding machine. "I'm performing three operations at once," he notes: "I have to manipulate the part under the beam with my right hand, feed the filler wire into the weld with my left hand, and use a foot pedal to control the laser.
"We tried to make the tiny welds holding the carbide inserts in place using the micro-tig process," continues Mourouzis, "but even that precision process deposited excess filler metal. DSG didn't want to have to mill off any extra material. Also, even micro-tig would cause slight discoloration; laser welds don't.
When using the lasers to build up weld metal—to restore a cutting edge, for example—Mourouzis can deposit as much as 0.008 to 0.010 in. per weld pass. Yes, it's a slow process, but "if you only need 0.005 in. on a tool and I don't have to preheat," he reminds, "the time savings is significant." For work as refined as rebuilding a cutting edge, Mourouzis will opt for his larger laser welder and can use its rotary fixture table on round parts.
Adds Ledford: "Laser welding has been a blessing for our stamping tools. Even if one of our customers drops a tool and mars the steel, we can send it here for a quick laser-weld repair. And in many cases, we don't even have to machine the weld—the tool can go right back in the press."
Low-Amperage Micro-Tig Has its Place
Micro-tig welding at Wicked Welding is what you'd see at most other precision welding shops—air-cooled torches with gas lenses in place of collet bodies to optimize shielding-gas coverage; pulsed inverter power supplies (Miller Electric 200-A Maxstar and WeldLogic PA-100 units) running DC for most jobs; and finely ground 2-percent lanthanated tungsten electrodes. Shielding gas is pure argon—also the gas of choice for laser welding.
"I use a double set of regulators on one of the micro-tig machines," adds Mourouzis, "when we're welding at really low amperages, under 5 A. The twin regulators allow us to really control the gas flow at low flow rates so we don't extinguish the arc, yet still ensure the required level of shielding."
In fact, many of Wicked Welding's jobs require a combination of processes—laser and tig welding. Says Mourouzis: "I've had die blocks where we preheated, used conventional tig welding with a large-diameter filler wire to build up an area, preheated again, micro-tig welded on top, cooled the area and then laser-welded around the deposit. An ideal application for such a procedure might be to fill a hole—I can micro-tig to fill to within 0.020 to 0.030 in. from the surface, and then top it off with the laser so that no machining of the weld is required. There's no over-welding and we're sure to avoid any pitting or voids."Mourouzis is quick to remind that he also takes his tig-welding services on the road—two to three times each month. "We can repair tools right in the press," he says. "And we don't just repair tooling—we can perform all sorts of weld repairs throughout a metalforming plant." MF
See also: Rofin-Sinar, Inc., Miller Electric Mfg. Co.
Related Enterprise Zones: Tool & Die, Welding


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Linux Desktop Fun: Summon Swarms Of Penguins To Waddle About The Desktoplast updated in Categories Linux, Linux desktop
XPenguins is a program for animating cute cartoons animals in your root window. By default it will be penguins they drop in from the top of the screen, walk along the tops of your windows, up the side of your windows, levitate, skateboard, and do other similarly exciting things. Now you can send an army of cute little penguins to invade the screen of someone else on your network.


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PS4 Test Data and upcoming content spotted on PSN by hacker
PS3 scene member SKFU is known for his habit of sniffing and manipulating networks packets (in particular he likes to tinker the stuff Sony doesn't necessarily want you to see when communications happen between your home network and the PSN). Today he spotted some content on the PSN that seems to be test data for the upcoming PS4.
Using what is apparently a private tools of his (interestingly named "psnsss" a.k.a. PSN Store Secrets Search), SKFU has found some test products related to the PS4, on the PSN. He revealed his findings with a simple screenshot that can be found below.
From what I can see on the screenshot, the test data is not directly available on the regular "retail" PSN servers, but on the servers used by Sony internally for development or for QA (internal beta tests, if you prefer): this is what the "Environment" values seem to imply in SKFU's screenshot below. For more details you can check the ps3devwiki here, but basically everything starting with a "D" (e.g. D1-NP) in that list is an internal development server, and everything starting with a Q is a QA server. I am not sure what "E" stands for.
The test data itself is not revealing much. Cryptic product IDs and generic product names such as "Storefront inclusion test – Game PS4 product" or "Game Franchise with PS4 representative", or again "Orbis test data". Although I must say I like the one product that contains the string "WOLO" in it 😛
More interesting to me is the fact that people like SKFU seem to have access to some of Sony's internal PSN servers, somehow. Well, I'm sure this is no news to the people who have been deeply involved in the PS3 scene, but it is to me, and I think it's pretty badass!
Are you excited about the upcoming PS4?
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Riker refers to Picard's difficulty with sitting and waiting as his "Persian flaw". The phrase comes from Persia (obviously), which was famous for it's rugs which had fabulously complex patterns stitched into them. The rug makers would often include one tiny flaw in the symmetry of the pattern, to show that nothing except for god is truly perfect. The phrase came to symbolise the idea that even the greatest and most complex things always have some flaw, no matter how tiny.
Although really, it should be obvious how to win out in this situation. In all these time loop episodes, at some point somebody says "Well let's go in a different direction," and somebody else says "for all we know, going in a different direction is what makes us hit the problem." Well, no, this CANNOT be true. The FIRST time the ship encountered the anomaly thing there was no reason to change course; they had to be going about their normal business. Therefore, logically, the anomaly must lie on their original course and so a change of course will avoid it. But in every episode they bring out that "maybe changing course is what brought about the problem" argument, and in every episode they decide to go on as usual, and in every episode it turns out to be the wrong thing to do.
But like I say, that's a burden that hadn't already slapped us in the face a dozen times when this episode aired. It's interesting to see Picard wrestling with a situation he really has no handle on, and the episode does indeed give us a convincing reason why he might have abandoned the ship. Having him subvert it as he does is an interesting "cut through the Gordian knot" moment; rare to see Picard just drop the rationalising and resort to a phaser to solve his problems.
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This is Wordpress version of my Green Delicious Restaurant template with 3 variations color (Blue, Green and Brown). You can use it for anything especially for Restaurant or Cafe. This template only for Wordpress 3+.
This theme supports custom menu and 8 widgetized areas (three in the homepage, three in the footer and two in the sidebar) and featured images (thumbnails for post, testimonial, team, review, foods and gallery). This template also have 6 custom post (Testimonial, Gallery, Team, Foods, Review and Gallery).
Notes: This Theme use Wordpress 3 Menus System. If you never use Wordpress 3 before, please go to Appearance -> Menus to set the navigation Menu. Here's a good video tutorial how to use Wordpress 3 Menus System -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKMpBggOKuE. Menu Builder / System it's a great new feature in Wordpress 3 and you should use it to create navigation.
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3-room apartment 62 m2 on 2 levels: living/dining room with cable TV and radio. 1 double bedroom. Open kitchen (oven). Bath/WC. Upper floor: 1 double bedroom. Terrace, east facing position. Terrace furniture. View of the mountains. Please note: non-smokers only. Maximum 1 pet/ dog allowed.House/Residence
Residence "Chalet Abendrot (Utoring)". In the centre. In the house: WiFi, table tennis, billiard table, lift, central heating system. Communal covered parking (extra). Shop 400 m, restaurant 10 m, bus stop 20 m, railway station 800 m, indoor swimming pool 600 m. Golf course (9 hole) 2 km, sports centre 600 m, mountain railway 180 m. Indian Restaurant "Golden India" in the residence. Chalet-style building has a room for young people, children 's playroom and large garage (1 place 84 CHF/week, booking on arrival). Facilities: steam bath and indoor pool in the neighboring building (25 CHF/week). Luxury apartments, modern and rustic, the majority with balcony or terrace with beautiful mountain views. Important: the garage permit vehicles with a height of 2.09 m and 2000 kg max.
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1'050 - 2'061 m a.s.l. >>Situated in the heart of a massive mountain range. Free use of local bus services (please show your guest card, collection on arrival), ONLY applies to bus stops in the village of Grindelwald. Well-known, family-friendly holiday resort with 4'079 inhabitants, situated at the foot of a mountain, 20 km south-west from Interlaken. All shops, restaurants etc. in the resort. Indoor aquatic centre, wellness centre, fitness centre, sauna, solarium, massage.
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VigorousBog wrote:Playing a Halfling Wizard in Grimm's Grotto (Halfling's, ho! quest)
Using the pop up combat interface, Getindare was cast successfully (mana spent, animation played, didn't see whether the tile appeared on the hero portrait), but first strike did not activate when combat was initiated with spacebar, resulting in a death rather than a win.
It's happened a couple of times with other races and classes, though with the same button combination.
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Abruzzo-Style Polenta Dinner At Lucia Ristorante
In Boston's North End, way down Hanover Street, stands Lucia Ristorante in the same place it's been since it opened in 1977. Lucia was actually the first restaurant to bring authentic Italian food to the North End (according to their website). Owner Donato and his family hail from the Abruzzo region of Italy and share the foods Abruzzo is known for, such as maccheroni chitarra, as well as innovative new dishes.
I was invited to Lucia for a polenta dinner hosted by Donato. I had never been to Lucia before, and as it was a particularly chilly evening, I was looking forward to the hearty polenta meal and discovering a new restaurant. I had no idea that this dinner would be one of the most fun, laid-back events I'd ever attended.
I met Daisy and Meghan after work, and after unwinding at Daisy's apartment for a little bit before the event, we all walked over together. We were led upstairs to a cozy, brick-wall-lined room with a large communal table set up in the middle. Here we met Donato, who welcomed us with open arms, and some of his family members who also work at the restaurant. Soon, the rest of the guests arrived, and we started on dinner.
As we made our way through course after course, Donato told us about Lucia, his family, and his country and asked us all about ourselves. Often blogger events can be pretty formal, but this just felt like having dinner with friends and family. There was back and forth conversation around the table all evening long.
The meal started with fresh bread and butter and free-flowing red wine, a Sangiovese from Puglia.
Then we were treated to generous antipasti plates full of sharp provolone, prosciutto di parma, marinated roasted peppers, and (my favorite) marinated eggplant.
Next we tried two kinds of bruschetta, one topped with mushrooms and another topped with broccoli rabe. I loved the mushroom topping and the crisp grilled bread and tasted the broccoli rabe even though I am not a huge fan. It was actually prepared in such a way as to not be as bitter as I'm used to.
Donato joked that he was making us some Chinese food that evening as well. When we saw the platters of sautéed shrimp come out, we understood. But instead of having any Asian flavors, these shrimp were doused with balsamic vinegar, which made them sweet and tangy.
Then it was time for the reason we were all there: the polenta. In Abruzzo polenta is traditionally made on the coldest day in a big pot over a fire. Polenta is considered peasant fare and could have been topped with something like pig jowl. As opposed to a creamy polenta, which you might be more accustomed to seeing, Abruzzo-style polenta is very thick and is typically spread on boards, topped with an assortment of sauces, and served family style.
Donato brought us down to the kitchen to see how it's made.
We headed back upstairs and soon large platters of the firm, smooth polenta with an array of toppings were set before us. I first tried the braised rabbit, which permeated the air with the scent of truffles. The gamy meat was served in a mildly sweet gravy. (This was my third time trying rabbit in a matter of weeks!)
Next I took a generous helping of polenta with braised short rib and homemade sausage topping. The tender short ribs and homemade sausages were full of flavor, and while I loved the gravy in the rabbit dish, I loved the red sauce even more.
The final polenta dish featured a topping of braised lamb shank and pork riblets. I forgot to scoop up some of the pork, but I tried the lamb, which fell easily from the bone.
While polenta may be simple peasant food, I found it (and the various toppings) very rich, interesting, flavorful, and, yes, homey and comforting.
No dinner is complete without dessert, and Lucia did not disappoint. Platters of hazelnut cake and coconut and lemon sorbetto soon followed our hearty polenta dinner. The hazelnut cake was grilled and served slightly warm with a bowl of creme anglaise on the side for us to drizzle on top. It was sweet and nutty. Being that it's not so rich, it's something I could also see myself eating for breakfast. The lemon sorbetto was smooth and tasty, but the coconut sorbetto stole the show for me with its very natural coconut flavor.
And because we were at an Italian restaurant, I felt I couldn't leave without a steaming cup of Italian coffee. It was just the thing to cut the sweet sorbettos. (I probably should have asked for decaf, though, as it was almost 9 p.m. Oops!)
This was a wonderful dinner in so many ways. The food was impressive in spite of its simplicity and we learned so much. We felt like we were sitting down to dinner with family, and I hope I'm not being too optimistic when I say I'm really hoping that all of our meals in Italy will be just like this one!
Thank you so much to Donato and everyone at Lucia for treating us to such a special evening!
This dinner was complimentary but as always my opinions are my own.
While the dishes we tried are not on Lucia's regular menu, they are thinking about hosting a monthly polenta dinner, so you could soon have the opportunity to try this fabulous Abruzzo staple too!
One thing that came up at the dinner was whether people would just want a quick tour of the kitchen like we got or whether they'd like to actually learn to cook some dishes and then dine on those dishes. I would love to get into the kitchen and cook. What about you?