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Curiouser and Curiouser, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The well-loved tale Alice in Wonderland goes 3D with the latest rendition of the old classic. Directed by the acclaimed Tim Burton, the tale weaves a masterful tale with amazing cinematography and eye-catching visuals. While it may come across as a little dark as compared to the fun and whimsical cartoon, the story is definitely captivating and entertaining. I never realized there was so much more to the story of Alice in Wonderland then there really is. I have to admit, however, that I don't remember the original story as much anymore but I would recall certain characters and moments as I watched the film. I liked the fact that in this remake , Alice became an empowered and strong woman as she went through her journey in the Underland, which is reminiscent of Absalom's own metamorphosis.
I loved the Mad Hatter, as played by Johnny Depp and the big-headed, head-chopping Red Queen as played by Helena Bonham Carter. These two artists are really masters at their crafts! I was a little thrown off by Anne Hathaway's portrayal of the White Queen, mainly because she came off as a too "put-on" for me.
Escape from the summer heat by catching Alice in Wonderland in SM North EDSA IMAX or the SM Digital Theaters starting March 4,2010. Do try to catch it in 3D for a more enjoyable experience! Thank you so much to SM Cinemas and Disney for the special screening invites! Thanks too to Az of azraelcoladilla.com 🙂
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Dead Island Riptide – PAX East 2013 Interview
Creative Producer Sebastian Reichert tells all about Dead Island Riptide at PAX East 2013!
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When growing up, I learnt the song, Trust and Obey, for there is no other way to be happy in Jesus but to Trust and Obey. But it was not until recently that I learned from the Bible that Trust and Obedience are like two sides of the same coin. After one places their trust in Jesus, they must Obey Him. This is the next step that one must take after they believe in the Lord Jesus Christ according to the Scripture to inherit eternal life (Hebrews 5:9). Not every one that saith unto Him, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth (obeys) the will of my Father which is in heaven (Matthew 7:21). Beyond belief comes obedience.
Points to ponder:
Have you/I believed in Jesus Christ? If you/I have, do you/I obey Him and do the will of God the Father?
Hebrews 5:8-9 (KJV)
8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;


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Tuesday, April 6, 2010
The real deal EPEEN mod!
The creator of TidyPlates:ThreatPlates took the idea and ran with it.
Yes, it's a real mod. If I wasn't trying to be quiet in my cubicle right now, I'd be lol'ing.
EDIT: It requires GearScore to be installed to run properly. It doesn't need to be enabled, but it does need to be installed. Bahh I had hoped to never "infect" my machine with GearScore, but if it's to make a mockery of it, I suppose I can forgive myself :)
4 comments:
- Zelmaru said...
Snerk. I love it.
- April 6, 2010 at 11:46 AM
- Kae said...
I tried getting it to run last night for a screenshot, but the mod didn't import as an option in my tidyplates at the time :) trying again when I get online tonight for raid-time... hehee.
- April 6, 2010 at 12:07 PM
- Pixielated said...
Love it! Speaking of EPEEN... I'd like to get your opinion on something if you don't mind. I was recently "informed" that resto druids are "Dead Last" in effectiveness of tank healing. I realize our raid heals are kick ass, but to have someone tell me we suck as tank healers, or that we should be last priority when assigning a healer to a tank, struck a nerve. I'm curious as to what your thoughts are!
- April 7, 2010 at 11:07 AM
- Kae said...
Tree druids can tank heal if specced into the nourish-boosting talents. I raid near-exclusively in 10-man, and I heal both tanks and the raid all together, as do my non-druid cohealers. Where druids fall short is in defensive cooldowns: our barkskin is self-only, so all we can do is pop a full (and impressive) arsenal of hots up on the tank and spam nourish at them, with swiftmend/NS+HT for quicker, larger chunks. WG on the tank or her target will further boost nourish and heal the melee at the same time.
Can a resto druid out-perform another class in tank healing? Sure, all comes down to gear and skill (including reaction times). But, to be honest, I prefer not having a strict "assignment" (unless range mechanics make it a necessity): I like being free to put hots on ALL of the tanks and have the flexibility to fill in where needed.
- April 7, 2010 at 12:43 PM


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Mother of murder victim is haunted by daughter's death
Mary Dunne says she continues to play out Lauren Astley's final moments
Mary Dunne says her daughter's final moments torment her.
"I always wonder if she was screaming out or yelling mom," said Dunne in an exclusive interview with WCVB's Kelley Tuthill. "I don't know what it was like and there are a million scenarios and I've played every one of them every day. It is torture. I don't know if that ever goes away. I pray that it does."
Small steps and deep breaths have carried Dunne from the death of her 18-year-old daughter Lauren Astley through the trial that put ex-boyfriend Nathaniel Fujita behind bars for life.
"It was not a huge elated feeling but there was some satisfaction in hearing that," Dunne said.
Dunne spoke about tearfully taking the stand in the murder trial only to realize Fujita was also in tears.
"I had a feeling he had a moment of realizing the devastation he caused," said Dunne. "I did see him sobbing and I thought. You should sob. You should be sobbing. It was really hard testimony to give."
Dunne testified she confronted Fujita about his behavior at a graduation party and told her daughter many times she deserved better, but she never expected the violence to come.
"I even thought what if I hadn't approach him that night? Could that have prevented what happened?" Dunne said. "So there's all kinds of replaying of things and what ifs. Always will be. I don't think that will ever go away."
Dunne takes comfort in the memories she had with her little girl who never had a chance to become a woman.
"She was such a great singer. Even her speaking voice was a singing voice," Dunne said. "I couldn't have ask for a better child than Lauren. I miss her incredibly."
Lauren's parents have worked together to set-up the Lauren Dunne Astley Memorial Fund.
It is their hope to promote healthy teen relationships, arts and community service, and honor their only daughter's memory.


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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.99 no.11 Cape Town nov. 2009
NHI or bust - the road of no return to health care reform
Eighteen months ago in April 2008, this column carried a piece entitled 'National health insurance on the horizon for South Africa'. That horizon has since moved much closer. In his budget speech to Parliament in July 2009, the new Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi flatly declared that 'The present model of health care financing is just outright primitive, and we are going to abandon it.' This year has witnessed vigorous if often unenlightening debates on national health insurance. These have been fuelled by leaked ANC documents and passionate declarations by protagonists such as the labour unions, yet hobbled by a lack of concrete information on exactly what the government has in mind.
There are many commonalities between the health systems in South Africa and in the USA and, in a curious serendipity, the year 2009 has seen both the Obama and the Zuma administrations take determined steps to pursue health system reforms that - for better or worse - will profoundly change the face of health care as we know it. Here, as in the USA, debates about health care reform centre on questions of the right to health care, access, fairness, efficiency, cost and quality. Both countries spend a lot more money on health, yet lag behind in such measures as infant mortality, maternal mortality and life expectancy, compared with nations of equivalent wealth and development. Both countries have a costly private health insurance sector with premium rates rising unsustainably in the face of steadily diminishing client benefits. It is said that in the USA medical debt is the principal cause of personal bankruptcy. In South Africa the public service has served as the safety net of last resort for those who run out of benefits and are discarded by the private health care system.
Unlike in the USA, however, in South Africa there would seem to be a growing consensus even among private providers that something needs to be done to reconfigure the system. Writing in the party's electronic letter of 10 June 2009, the opposition Democratic Alliance shadow health minister, Mike Waters MP, observed that 'Health care in the public sector is affordable but of dismal quality. Quality health care in the private sector is available to a few, but at a high cost. The potential exists to bring these two sectors together to build a system that suits everyone's needs, and provides quality care to all.' Agreed. But to unqualifiedly demonise the public sector and glorify the private sector is patently unjust. Both sectors face major challenges of social justice, efficiency and sustainability.
The lynchpin of the proposed NHI will be the establishment of a single-payer system of health care financing, acknowledged to be more cost-effective than a multiplicity of funders as in our present system of numerous and mutually competing medical aids. A national single-payer system eliminates unnecessary administrative costs, duplication and profit taking. The NHI envisages a single entity, the NHI Fund administered by an NHI Agency (NHIA) that will collect and pool all monies and be responsible for all procurement in order to secure greater bargaining power in the purchase of health care services and products. The revenues will come from a payroll tax, matching employer contributions, and further state contribution in lieu of the segment of the population that is not employed or is under-employed.
Every South African will be obliged to sign up for NHI, and to be registered in a private practice or other primary care facility that will be remunerated through capitation. The NHI will be the only game in town. Private insurance will not be proscribed, but will largely serve to provide top-up cover over and beyond the NHI benefits package. The private sector will continue to exist, but largely as a contractual partner to the NHI. The NHI would be a futile exercise if it left the current two-tier system intact.
That said, the road of no return to the NHI will be long and tortuous. First, the broken public system must be mended and the infrastructure upgraded. The planners must address the public fear of corruption and incompetence in the new system. NHI documents must be put in the public domain to allow an informed and transparent debate.
Marcia Angell, a former New England Journal of Medicine editor, summed it all up in an editorial in the New York Times of 13 October 2002: 'We live in a country that tolerates enormous disparities in income, material possessions and social privilege. That may be inevitable in a free-market economy. But those disparities should not extend to essential services like education, clean water and air and protection from crime, all of which we already acknowledge are public responsibilities. The same should be true for medical care, particularly since we can well afford to provide it for everyone if we end the waste and profiteering of our market-based system.'
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Meijer Healthy Living: Kicking off a healthy New Year
Most cultures around the world celebrate the New Year by enjoying foods that are thought to bring health, wealth or long life.
Surprisingly, many of these food traditions are healthy options also.
Check out these New Year's food traditions from around the world.
Fish, with shiny scales resemble silver or money. And since fish swim in schools, they symbolize abundance. Fish are typically low-calorie and eating fish can help promote a healthy body weight. Fish are also an excellent source of lean protein, essential minerals, and healthy fats.
Soba noodles, long noodles: Noodles symbolize long life. But, according to Japanese custom, don't break the noodle in your mouth since it is considered bad luck. Whole grain noodles are a good source of fiber and energy producing healthy carbohydrates.
Eating greens, the color of money, may bring money and prosperity for the New Year. Greens are very low calorie and are packed with nutrients such as energy boosting B-vitamins, iron for healthy blood, and antioxidants that help to defend against agents that cause aging and chronic disease.
In many cultures fruit symbolizes health, wealth and vitality.
Display a good luck fruit basket on your kitchen table with these healthy treats:
Pomegranate: In Greece and Turkey - Symbolizes good health (red color for the heart) and abundance because of its many seeds (the Greeks smash a pomegranate at their front door on New Year's - the more seeds, the more luck!)
Grapes: Symbolic for good luck. Many Spanish and Latin cultures eat 12 grapes at midnight, one for each stroke of the clock representing each month of the year. If a grape is sweet, then it will be a good month; if it is sour—not so good.
Citrus is enjoyed during Chinese New Year; Tangerines represent good luck, and oranges represent wealth.
Apples are associated with peace, good health and harmony. The apple also resembles the shape of the heart and with its soluble fibers and phytochemicals, eating apples helps to promote heart health including healthy blood pressure.
Beans – they're good for your heart and might be good for your wallet too. Since some beans resemble coins, beans symbolize prosperity in many cultures. But the type of legume traditionally consumed for the New Year depends on where you live. Southern favorites often include black-eyed peas in the form of Hoppin' John (black-eyed peas with rice, chopped onion and sliced bacon) or Texas Caviar, a salsa style dish made with black-eyed peas, tomatoes green peppers, cilantro and jalapenos. Beans are an inexpensive source of protein, vitamins and fiber which supports gut health.
What to Not Eat?
Some Asian cultures believe that both Lobster and Crab are bad luck, since these shellfish walk backwards – symbolizing your luck or life going backwards. Others believe that eating chicken or other fowl may cause your good luck and prosperity to fly away.
Salmon with Soba Noodles and Greens
Serves 4
2 Tbsp. Meijer vegetable oil
3/4 to 1 lbs. skinless salmon
2 tsp. minced garlic
3 Tbsp. McCormick sesame seeds
6 cups (about 5 ounces) Earthbound Farm® Organic flat leaf spinach or baby kale
1/2 cup Meijer black beans, rinsed and drained
2 Tbsp. Meijer soy sauce
1 tsp. sugar
1?2 teaspoon sesame oil (optional)
1 tsp. minced ginger (or 1/4 tsp. McCormick ground ginger)
8 ounces buckwheat (soba) noodles or whole grain spaghetti
1/4 cup diced green onion
1. Cook noodles according to package directions, reserve and set aside about 1/3 cup pasta water and then drain noodles, keep warm.
2. Meanwhile, add vegetable oil to a large skillet over medium-high heat. Lightly season salmon with salt and pepper, and cook in skillet (turning once) until browned on both sides; about 3-4 minutes per side. Remove salmon from pan and cut in bite-size pieces.
3. Reduce skillet heat to medium-low and add garlic and sesame seeds, cook stirring constantly to brown (about 1 minute). Add spinach (or kale) and cook 1-2 minutes. Add soy sauce, ginger, sugar, beans, sesame oil, and 2 Tbsp. water and cook until the spinach is just wilted, about 3 minutes.
4. Add salmon and noodles to pan with spinach (kale) mixture. Gently mix to combine well and continue heating 2-3 minutes, to warm through. If mixture appears dry, add some or all of reserved pasta cooking water to skillet. Garnish with sliced green onion if desired.
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A sly panther is a cool panther, and a cool panther is an animal you don't want to mess with. This next character that I am about to show you how to draw is from the animated world from the past and even present. He was created before my time but made a big comeback during my time. If you are wondering who I am talking about all you have to do is look at the image that is attached to this tutorial. Yes that's right, I will be teaching you "how to draw Pink Panther" step by step. The Pink Panther was created back in 1963 by a gentleman named "Blake Edwards" and ran as a bunch of comedy films that was developed like a series. One of the popular characters in the series was a French police detective named "Jacques Clouseau". The animated series was created because the feline in the opening credits of the feature film became increasingly popular with the public. So what was a studio to do? Yup, make an animated series out of the Pink Panther, and Inspector Jacques Clouseau. It was a hit and the more people watched, the more in love people became with the pink colored feline. Pink Panther was a sly cat that always seemed to trick the inspector whenever he was on a case. I only watched a few episodes myself but my parents grew up watching the show and they told me that it was hilarious. In the year of 1969, the Pink Panther cartoon series aired on NBC every Saturday morning. Did you know that the "Pink Panther" was not originally a feline? It's true, the story was about a rare pink colored diamond that was called pink panther. Anyway I love the way this cartoon character came out because it conveys just how sly the panther was and still is in the series. Learning "how to draw the Pink Panther" is easy and full of fun. I shall return with one more tutorial for you all. In the mean time sit back and relax with your pencil and paper. Peace out people!
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'I'll Triple-Size, Please!'
EP Editorial Staff | July 27, 2010
I've always enjoyed spending time with people older than myself. As a young design engineer, I would seek out draftsmen, engineers and managers who were close to retirement and spend quality "think" time with them.
This gave me a chance to learn about innovations that took place long before I was born. That's how I became so fascinated with the 1920s—an era marked by phenomenal thinking and change fueled by the likes of Einstein, Edison, Ford and, of particular interest to readers of this magazine, Bijur.
In 1923, Joseph Bijur revolutionized industry by developing a self-contained, engineered lubrication pump and centralized lubrication-delivery system for oil. Known as the Centralized Single Line Resistance (SLR) system, it was designed for the automobile, which, at the time, had over 50 points the driver had to lubricate on a per-trip, daily or weekly basis. Bijur's invention reduced this effort to a mere pull of a handle that would send oil everywhere it was needed via a metering device set up at each lubrication point. Centralized automated lubrication was born!
Bijur clearly would have studied the single-point gravity oiling devices in use at the time. They employed a small reservoir, a variable-aperture bleed screw, a spring-tensioned follower plate (for grease) and a wick or brush first developed in the early 1800s for steam-engine bearings. He also probably studied Elijah McCoy's steam-pressurized single-point oiling device that used engine steam to automatically force-feed lubrication to a point. (This product worked so well that from the 1870s on, railroads would shun other designs in favor of "the real McCoy.")
Later, Bijur harnessed the automobile's own vacuum system to truly automate his lubrication system, making his product a common part of every car in the '30s and '40s (and up until 1961 on Rolls-Royce cars). It also became a standard option in the machine-tool industry, which ultimately led to it being the most copied automated lubrication system ever. It was so efficient that the rate of mechanical failures was reduced to a third of what it had been previously. Tripling equipment life was great for the equipment itself—but not so good for those who were selling OEM automotive parts!
In 1924, a year after Bijur's centralized system hit the market, Chicago's Alemite Die Casting bought out Cleveland's Allyne-Zerk Company. The deal mated Alemite's High-Pressure Lubricating grease gun (designed in 1916) with Oscar Zerk's compact push-style grease and oil fitting. This union was significant in that the grease zerk fitting eventually replaced Bijur's centralized system, based on cost—and, of course, the fact that many more parts could be sold!
Bijur went on to introduce other automated lubrication systems, as did companies like Trabon (the Series Progressive Divider system); Lincoln (the Single Line Positive Displacement Injector system); Farval (the Dualine Positive Displacement Injector system); and Tecalamit (the Pump-to-Point system). All of these players essentially produced iterations of each other's designs—and today offer sophisticated computer-controlled devices that self-diagnose system effectiveness.
Two things haven't changed over time: 1) Automated lubrication systems still triple effective equipment life; and 2) Manual greasing/oiling systems are still cheap to purchase, but terribly expensive to manage effectively. Isn't it about time that you learned from the past? Isn't it time to triple-size your equipment's life? LMT


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Air Tight House | The Jamestown Net Zero House
Season 40 Episode 8 | 23m 43s
Richard watches as the home is sealed against air leaks. Jeff reviews his pre-drywall checklist. Kevin sees the landscape plan. Jeff fabricates pieces for porch columns and rails. Tommy puts on shingles as the final layer of the exterior wall system.
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Colorado asked to join moment of silence for Sandy Hook victims Friday
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is asking Coloradans to observe a moment of silence Friday to honor the 26 people killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School last week.
The request "to join people in Connecticut and across the country" for the silent memorial is set for 9:30 a.m. Mountain Standard Time.
Connecticut's Governor, Dannel P. Malloy, asked the country's governors to join the moment, according to a release from Hickenlooper's office.
"Too often, we focus on what divides us as people, instead of what binds us together as human beings," Malloy said in a letter to the governors. "The sense of community that has emerged in the wake of this tragedy should not be lost as we begin to emerge from this national tragedy, and I ask you to join with me and the citizens of Connecticut to remember the loved ones lost last Friday."
According to the press release, Malloy also asked places of worship and government buildings in Connecticut to ring bells 26 times in honor of each person who died at the school.
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There's very little about most top-tier motorsports that resembles the kind of driving ordinary people do every day. Except for the Monte Carlo Rally, and that's what makes it the most realistic (and challenging) rally in the world.
Here you're riding onboard with Kris Meeke in his Citroen WRC car on the opening day of the Monte. The stage goes over the top of a mountain, which starts as clear tarmac at the bottom, then turns into slush, then snow as he reaches the crest. That means he starts out on tarmac tires, but then finds himself hopelessly out of grip when he hits slick ice and snow.
This happens to all the drivers in the Monte. There's no way to be on the right tire for the whole rally. Everyone ends up on the wrong compound at some point.
Watching the video, you think Meeke couldn't go any slower and still he's sliding all over the road (with a cliff wall one one side and a drop on the other), muttering 'holy shit' under his breath.
As the recent winter storms in the South have reminded everyone, some of the most difficult driving imaginable is when you're faced with unplowed snow and you don't have proper tires.
That's exactly what drivers have to work through in the Rallye Monte Carlo. Public roads, (highly tuned) production cars, and very real conditions. It's what makes it the most challenging rally on the calendar. And since the demise of the great road races of the first half of the 20th century, it's possibly the most realistic major auto race left.


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A federal licensing board approved a proposed nuclear waste dump Thursday, reversing an earlier ruling that there was too much risk of a plane crash from a nearby air base.
SALT LAKE CITY A federal licensing board approved a proposed nuclear waste dump Thursday, reversing an earlier ruling that there was too much risk of a plane crash from a nearby air base.
The 2-1 vote by the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board sent the proposal to the full Nuclear Regulatory Commission for final approval.
The approval was a blow to state officials, who have long fought the plans to temporarily store spent nuclear fuel rods at the facility on the Skull Valley Goshute Indian reservation, about 50 miles southwest of Salt Lake City and near the sprawling Utah Test and Training Range.
The Air Force flies thousands of training missions each year from Hill Air Force Base, and in stalling dump construction in March 2003, the board had cited the possibility that a fighter jet could crash into the facility.
Regulatory standards forbid the project if the probability of a radiation breech from a crash is more than one in a million per year.
The board had initially accepted an analysis that the probability was four times that. But the board said Thursday that further analysis showed that even if an F-16 did crash into the site, it would be unlikely to cause "cask and canister damage resulting in radiological release" unless the plane were traveling at a particular speed and angle.
The waste is expected to end up at a proposed Yucca Mountain facility in Nevada. The state contended that rods could end up permanently in Utah because the Energy Department isn't obligated to transport them to Nevada, but the licensing board rejected the argument Thursday, saying the state didn't have enough facts to support its stance.
Assistant Utah Attorney General Denise Chancellor said her office will continue to fight the facility, either through another appeal to the board, in court or before the regulatory commission.
The issue has wound its way through the courts since Skull Valley Band Tribal Chairman Leon Bear signed a lease in 1997 allowing Private Fuel Storage to store the fuel on Goshute land. The site is barren desert, and the storage plan would bring the small impoverished tribe a fortune -- possibly as much as $3 billion.
PFS spokeswoman Sue Martin said the consortium was pleased with the ruling, and remained undeterred by the state's opposition.
"I can't think of any nuclear facility that has been welcomed with open arms. ... But once the facility is there and operating safely, it becomes part of the community, and the opinions and attitudes change," she said.
As planned, the storage pad would hold up to 4,000 casks filled with depleted nuclear fuel -- about 10 million rods -- across 100 acres of the Skull Valley. The waste would be shipped over rail lines, mostly from reactors east of the Mississippi. Utah has no nuclear power plants.
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text: Willess12 Report post Posted November 25, 2012 (edited) My name is Mavrah. As an Onu-Matoran, it is my job to record history. Since I am one of the few Matoran that remember the events of The Kanohi Dragon's first attack on Metru Nui -- not the one when it was stopped by Toa Lhikan and his team--the Chief Archivist has asked me to write them down. There are other Matoran who could do this--Kaj, for example--and some of them are writing their own record of events. All of them will be compiled as one record. I did not personally witness the first sighting of the dragon, but I heard of it from a Ta-Matoran friend of mine. I had heard the news about the dragon in Ta-Metru; our Turaga had announced it across the city. The Ta-Matoran explained it to me. "It seemed to be on fire," he said. "The weirdest thing about it, though, was that it had what looked like... Kanohi Masks, on its sides." "Kanohi Masks?" I said. "Yep," he said. "Don't ask me if they were real or not, though; none of us could determine that, even the most skilled mask-makers." "The thing burst from the ground near the Great Furnace construction site. It scared me out of my wits. It wasn't hostile, but its smoldering tail did some damage to the Great Furnace. The dragon took off into the sky and went who knows where." After that, it had been seen occasionally in the sky. I first saw it on a trip to Ta-Metru. I was delivering a message from Kaj to the then current Chronicler, a Ta-Matoran (this was before Kodan became Chronicler). I walked to Ta-Metru as the chute system was not fully operational yet. As I was on my way to the Chronicler's home, a great red dragon flew through the air. "Look!" said a Ta-Matoran named Kapura. "The dragon is back!" I got a good look at the dragon. It did seem to have Kanohi Masks on its side. By their very nature, Onu-Matoran name Rahi that they see. I had a name for this beast--the Kanohi Dragon. The dragon blackened the sky behind it, and I could see what looked like black soot falling from it. I asked Kapura, "Does it always do that when it flies?" "Yes," he said. "Isn't it amazing?" I didn't answer; I rushed off to the Chronicler's home. I had something to tell him. I arrived at the Chronicler's home. "Has anyone named that dragon?" I asked. "No," he said. "Have you seen it? If so, I think you're the first Onu-Matoran to see it." "Yes, and I've got a name for it," I said. "The Kanohi Dragon." "You'll have to inform the Chief Archivist of that," he said. I suddenly remembered my original reason for coming here. "Oh yeah, Kaj wishes to inform you that the Onu-Matoran have uncovered a mysterious tablet, buried underground. It details the Brotherhood of Makuta. Most of it is illegible, but some of it is still readable. I have it here." I gave him the tablet. Unfortunately, that tablet would never go into the records, because the Kanohi Dragon picked that moment to attack the city. The Ta-Matoran had just taken the tablet from my hand when the dragon attacked. We heard the noise outside and went outside to see what was going on. The dragon was perched upon the roof of a building, swinging its tail, breathing fire. Ta-Matoran ran from it. The Chronicler and I joined them. The Chronicler and I got separated. I took cover with some other Ta-Matoran, including Kapura, in a building. When we thought the dragon had left, we left the building, only to be attacked by the dragon. Luckily, the Toa showed up then. There were 8 of them, that I could see. The smoke did obscure my view a bit, unfortunately. It soon became apparent who was the leader of the team. "Bomonga, try to contain the beast!" the leader Toa said. "Ice Toa, see if you can slow it down!" He also called for one of the Toa, whose name I failed to hear, to help him evacuate the villagers. I was the only Matoran brave enough to stay and watch the fight, which is why I'm writing this. I hid from the Toa on a rooftop, which is the reason I'm still alive to write this. The battle was fierce, and long. At first, the Toa of Ice - there were at least two of them - seemed to be struggling against the creature; then, they were joined by a Toa of Water, and they began to fare better. The Dragon felled one of the Toa, but he -- or she, I don't know -- survived. Bomonga, the Toa of Earth, used his earth power to prevent the monster from travelling to attack the Matoran. Then, the beast saw me. It tried to come after me. One of the other Toa blocked it. The Dragon breathed fire. The Toa dodged, and the fire destroyed much of the building underneath me. I was about to decide that was a good sign that it was time to leave when I saw the Ice Toa, with the assistance of the Toa of Water, fell the massive beast. I later found out that the Toa had been visiting Metru Nui when the dragon attacked, which explained how they were able to get there so soon. I found out who they were. I wanted to speak with Bomonga, the Toa of Earth, but I never got the chance. He never seemed comfortable with the team, and I don't think he was an actual member. I informed the Chief Archivist of my name for the beast, and he accepted it. I did not tell him until recently that I had stayed to watch the fight. The Leader Toa sent the Toa of Water into the ocean to look for "a likely spot". Later, the Toa took the dragon--the Kanohi Dragon--underwater. They assured us that they had not killed it, but what they did with it remains a mystery. Despite their assurances that the Kanohi Dragon would never attack again, it did, but it seems that someone was behind its second attack. The second time, it was defeated by Lhikan's team of Toa. That battle was much longer, lasting a month. As for the tablet I gave the Chronicler, it was lost in the attack, and never found. It was presumed destroyed. What it said remains a mystery to this day. My entry for S&T contest number 7Edit: sorry, Bonesiii, but I'd already fixed the format. I guess I should have made a note of it or something. Edited August 30, 2014 by Willess12 Format reconstructed after a BZP glitch. -bones 1 Quote On 9/29/2014, Greg Farshtey said: "Just wanted to say a quick something -- A lot of you guys are BIONICLE fans, many from way back. It's no secret that you are some of the smartest, most loyal, and most dedicated fans out there. You, and you alone, have carried the torch for the line over the last four years. Hopefully, you will feel rewarded for your efforts by 2015 BIONICLE. Regardless, I wanted to take this opportunity to say that I am really proud to be associated with you, and you should be really proud of yourselves" Ordinarily, I don't do quotes, but this is special.Fire Ice Water Stone Earth Air... I mean Jungle. Bionicle: The Legacy Hero An attempt to put some magic back into Bionicle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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When the tide goes down, you find out who is swimming without clothes on!
Contractor tip of the month
By Damian Lang
Warren Buffett got it right. And may I add, it isn't always pretty. When the economy is good, it seems anyone can run a business. However, when the economy sinks and the waters get rough, only the strongest survive. During slow economic times, businesses that have offered themselves to limited markets or were working on narrow margins during the good times, begin to fall like rocks off a cliff.
In 2007, EZ Grout (the manufacturing side of our business) was coming off a nine-year stretch of 35 percent growth going from zero to $10 million in sales – just long enough to get us excited. Then, feeling there was no end to the good times, we decided to invest millions in a major factory expansion and new equipment betting the rate of growth would continue. Anyone who knows me or has read me knows that I believe you can't do business without taking risk. I bought a 75-acre industrial complex that had several buildings on it and remodeled one of the largest ones. We moved into the new 600- x 105-foot-wide manufacturing facility in January 2008, an ocean of risk to say the least.
I remember our engineer sitting in a planning meeting, saying, "If we make it through 2008 and 2009, we will survive whatever is thrown at us after that!" We had no idea what was on the other side of the mountain we were climbing. We would enter into the biggest recession since the great depression. I would have had to been alive in 1929 to make a worse timing decision on when to build for expansion. Wow, instead of doing the $14 million in sales we had planned in 2008 and $20 million in 2009, sales in 2009 would only hit $3.5 million. We were caught swimming without our clothes on.
In the midst of it all, a couple of near fatal mistakes were made. 1) While we were growing like crazy, we were settling for narrow profit margins, thinking that the growth alone would increase our net income. Big mistake! Doing the extra sales required extra overhead and infrastructure. Then, when the tide went down, the lower sales would in no way feed the overhead elephant we had built. 2) We were catering to only one customer base, mason contractors. Since most mason contractors took a hit during the slow period, they stopped buying, which lead to our tremendous drop in sales.
What saved us were the things we had in place to avoid losing it all. 1) We were diversified with a masonry company that was doing well during the same period the manufacturing side was bleeding like a pig with its throat cut. 2) I had listened to my father's preaching about saving for the hard times. Therefore, I had built a treasure chest. I always referred to this treasure chest as the million-dollar club to my top staff (a topic for the next contractor tip). I would tell them, if we get in trouble, we could club our way out. The money I had saved for the hard times bought us some time to reinvent the manufacturing company. Eventually, we adapted our manufacturing to the medical, industrial and shop work industries. Today, our manufacturing side does 50 percent of its sales to industries outside of the masonry industry. Now, should the masonry industry take another hit and the tide goes down, we won't be exposed like the last time.
The moral of this story: Don't build your company on slim profits thinking that volume will fix net profit. Sooner or later, the narrow margins will lead to you coming up short on cash! Also, don't work for only one customer as when that customers buying habits change, you will be caught swimming without your clothes on.
About the Author
Damian Lang is a mason contractor in southeast Ohio and inventor of many labor saving masonry systems and products. Lang has served as the Marketing Committee Chairman for the Mason Contractors Association of America. He is also author of the book Rewarding and Challenging Employees for Profits in Masonry. To network with Damian on contractor tips or tips you have and would like published, contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or 740-749-3512.


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RIP Craigos. A true CW legend. You will be missed.
We get the reference(s) but are somewhat too lazy to humour you.
The watering can...ugh if that goes how I think it does then we DEFINITELY DO NOT want a video
Chances of Marcuss sending in a video of "I'm a little teapot?"
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
RIP Craigos
Just checking in to let you know you won't be winning this WC. Sorry. No hard feelings eh?
I just wanna congratulate my team-mates for the great achievement of staying unbeaten so far
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Angry Birds: The Obsession Continues
So why can't we stop playing this game? It could be that it's a fairly straightforward game that allows us to snack on a bit of entertainment without too much commitment. The premise of the game is simple. Five angry birds are obsessed with protecting their beloved eggs. Evil green pigs dream about and covet the birds' eggs and eventually steal them. In retaliation, the angry birds slingshot themselves at the structures that the green pigs have built trying to collapse them in hopes of killing the greedy pigs. If you kill all of the pigs with the birds you have been given you get to advance to the next level. Of course, I had to try the game out!
Now you can eat those Angry Birds…and grunting pigs! These Angry Birds Cake Pops took me a while to make and if you have the time great but if not, enjoy looking at mine. I walked around for days with proof of my work; blue dyed hands that made me look like I had been canoodling with a Smurf. They even came out with a Valentine's edition of the Angry Birds game for you to get addicted too.
Mix ¾ of a can of frosting and incorporate until well combined. Roll into your favorite Angry Bird shape and dip in colored candy melts and decorate.
Angry Birds Cake Pops
Make your favorite Angry Birds characters in yummy cake pops for your next party.
- 1 Betty Crocker cake mix and ingredients called for on the box
- 1 container vanilla frosting or your favorite flavor
- candy melts white, black, red, yellow, green, blue
- lollipop sticks
- white chocolate chips or white jumbo sprinkles for eyes
- black decorating gel or black edible ink pen for black in eyes
- black licorice
- foam block for drying and displaying cake pops
- Bake cake according to package directions. Let cool.
- Once cake is cooled, crumble cake into a fine mixture using your hands.
- Pour crumbled cake into a large bowl and mix in 3/4 of a container of vanilla frosting.
- Mix with a spoon or your hands until thoroughly combined. Roll into desired shape bird.
- Melt candy melts according to package directions. Dip lollipop sticks in melted candy melts just slightly and push inside the cake ball. This helps secure the stick in the cake ball. Place in the fridge for about 15 minutes to harden.
- Dip and coat hardened cake balls in candy melts and tap stick against the side of the bowl to shake off the excess. Push lollipop stick into the foam block to dry.
- Once dry, decorate each bird. I cut yellow candy melts into triangles for the beaks of the birds. I cut orange candy melts for the orange eyebrows or you could use orange sprinkles. Cut the tip off the white chocolate chips so that they are flat and use for the eyes. Cut the black licorice for the wings and feathers of the birds.
- For the pigs I used some melted green candy melts and made circles for the nose and ears on some parchment paper and let them harden in the fridge. Use the same technique for the top feather of the red bird and blue bird.
- Use additional melted candy melts as glue to attach beak, eyebrows, eyes, and feathers. *You can use candy ink colors to tint white candy melts to the colors you need.
- Let dry and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Source: The Girl Who Ate Everything


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The conversation would mean more to both of us if you listened to what I am saying instead of telling me what I am saying.
That's somewhat true except for incidents like The El Al ticket counter at LAX, the Fort Hood massacre, the Santa Monica college shooter, the Boston bombing, etc.
And the shoe bomber and underwear bomber. Some people just don't like to keep track of the facts when it doesn't fit their world view.
We've also gone hundreds of years against an alien invasion Moots. Does that mean the government is "doing something right"? :laugh:
Kind of funny how quickly you want to trade away our liberty for some government excuses. I wonder if you have the same feelings about your guns? Are you ready to give them up too if the government tells you it will make you safer?
""When you go fishing, you can't catch all the fish!""No, but we don't try to catch more by taking the fishing poles away from 90% of the fishermen, either.
Our government thinks the way to keep from getting shot is to give up our guns and let the cops clean up the bloody messes. I don't think even the gun control idiots believe there will be fewer shootings.
His "crime" is publicizing the very unconstitutional crimes of the government.
no, his crime is that he broke a number of laws. i'll even give you that there are times when laws need to be broken. when you make that choice, you pay the consequences.
Ironically, China, Russia, Ecuador or Cuba.
Here's a motto for you Moots:"Live Free or Die"Guess you've never been to New Hampshire. :laugh:
..."Live free or betray your country, devulge it's sensative secrets then run hide and jump in bed with China, Russia, Ecuador and Cuba!"...
Maybe Snowden betrayed us, but I don't know enough yet to get out the torches and pitchforks....
Snowden sacrificed his quality of life forever to at least slow the beast down. He's a true patriot.
Maybe Snowden betrayed us, but I don't know enough yet to get out the torches and pitchforks. But I know for certain that our rulers betrayed us.I am interested but not particularly concerned about Snowden's intentions and fate. I am very concerned about the NSA's intentions and fate.


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Is anybody out there???
Not that I blame you if you're not since it's been 5 months since my last post. I come bearing chocolate - peace offering?
In fact, I made these truffles a couple of weeks after my last post; they were goodie bags for my annual Thanksgiving get together. Now this Thanksgiving "dinner" has little resemblance to the traditional celebration except for the part where lots of people come together to eat and have a good time - which is actually the most important part if you ask me! Year after year I mean for us to go round in a circle and say what we are thankful for but we're mostly too busy playing a really loud, noisy game and trying really hard to cheat. And by "we", I mean everybody else. Obviously.
It differs on the whole turkey and traditional Thanksgiving food thing. I don't like turkey and it's bad enough that I eat it at Christmas, I'm definitely not cooking or serving it at anything I host. I just don't 'get' turkey! It's so dry! Except for the dark meat but even then, there's better meats. I am on a personal mission to change the traditional British Christmas meat from turkey (dry, boring) to lamb (succulent, so tasty) and the dessert from Christmas Pudding (ewww) to Sticky Toffee Pudding (hella sweet but amazing!) - that reminds me, I have been saying I'll make and blog Sticky Toffee Pudding for literally years now. I will.
But I digress ... I guess that's what happens when I don't blog for half a year, I have LOTS to say!
Anyway, my mum reckons she reads all of my blogs and has be hassling me for a while now to update my blog because she wants something to read. I know, I know, I have suggested that books and magazines make for wonderful reading material but apparently, if I didn't write it, she doesn't really enjoy it. Mothers eh?
Well Mama, I have updated my blog. Let's see how long before you read it. Readers, I'll update you on how long it takes her to read it so that we can know once and for all if she really reads it or if it's just something for her to hassle me about (I'm pretty perfect so there's very little she gets to tell me off about).
Back to these truffles, they are wonderful! Rich and dark (just how I like my .... coffee), not usually how I like my chocolate - I'm a milk girl through and through - but these are perfect. And you know how much I LOVE the salty sweet combo!
These are easy to make but depending on how many you make, the rolling and dipping process can be time consuming. I made over a hundred of these bad boys - yup, guests ain't getting truffles again. Next time I'm going make a cake and break them all of a chunk; no dipping and rolling, no siree!
Recipe from The Pioneer Woman
452g good dark chocolate
1 x 396g can condensed milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
226g milk chocolate
Sea salt
Makes about 36 truffles
- Heat dark chocolate and condensed milk in a double boiler/bain marie over medium low heat until chocolate is melted. Stir - the mixture will have a slight marshmallow texture. Stir in vanilla.
- Remove from heat, cover and refrigerate for two hours, until the chocolate becomes firm and workable.
- Once chilled, roll in balls about 1/2 - 3/4 inches in diameter (mine were probably double that) and place on a cookie sheet or baking tray lined with grease proof paper. Place the cookie sheet containing the truffles into the freezer for 15 - 30 minutes to firm them up before you place them in the hot melted chocolate.
- Melt your milk chocolate in the microwave, and then coat your truffle balls in the melted milk chocolate one by one (Put your truffle in the chocolate, retrieve with a fork - this will allow the excess chocolate to drain back into the bowl - and tap the fork lightly against the bowl to let the excess chocolate drain back).
- Transfer the truffle back onto the baking sheet and sprinkle on a small amount of sea salt or whatever coarse salt you have on hand (just be sure to sprinkle on the salt while the chocolate is still soft. This will ensure the chocolate will stay on the truffle.)
- Allow the chocolate to harden and voila - yummy yummy chocolate truffles.


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Student-Designed FlashFood App Reduces Food Waste
Brace yourself for a mind-boggling statistic. Ready? In 2010, the United States wasted 33 million tons of food. According to the EPA, food waste accounted for almost 14 percent of the total municipal solid waste stream, less than three percent of which was recovered and recycled in 2010. The real tragedy is that there are millions of people going hungry in the U.S. and around the world. Finding a way to reduce this staggering waste is key to stamping out hunger once and for all.
A group of students at Arizona State University are convinced that the solution lies in connecting those with extra food to those who need the food before it hits the dumpster. Not willing to wait for someone else to devise the solution, Ramya Baratam, Steven Hernandez, Katelyn Keberle, Eric Lehnhardt, Loni Amundson, and Jake Irvin created a social media-powered app that could do just that.
FlashFood is a mobile food recovery network, powered by social media, that feeds the hungry by collecting excess food from restaurants, caterers, and conventions, and delivering it to nearby community centers. If a restaurant or bakery manager has excess food, he or she can use the FlashFood app to instantly tell a local community organization that they wish to donate it. That organization can then use the app to coordinate pick up of the food and instantly alert food recipients of an upcoming donation at a nearby community center.
"One in five children in America goes to bed hungry every night, and FlashFood's home state of Arizona has the third highest rate of child food insecurity in America," write the students on the FlashFood blog. "Yet one third of the available food in the U.S. is wasted. Our team believes that we can do better."
Microsoft must agree, because although the innovative project is still in the pilot stage it won the United States' Imagine Cup and the project's been accepted into an entrepreneurship incubator run by ASU. The team hopes to have Flash Food fully functioning in Phoenix by 2013.


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Oreo Truffles
That Bakerella never steers me wrong. Cake Pops, Pound Cake…and now Oreo Truffles. These little bites of chocolate-covered oreo flavor are delicious, but also pretty easy to make. Much easier than cake pops, since you get to skip that whole stick and wrapping and ribbon part. Didn't even have to wait for a cake to cool!
White Chocolate Covered Oreo Truffles
Adapted from Bakerella.com
- One package of oreo cookies
- One 14 ounce package of white chocolate bark
- One 8 ounce package of cream cheese
- Sprinkles or decorating crystals (optional)
1. In a food processor fitted with the blade attachement, process oreos until a fine crumb is formed.
2. Add the cream cheese through the feeder tube in approximately two ounce chunks, while the machine continues to run. Once all of the cream cheese is combined, you should have a soft, gooey dough.
3. (I did this part wearing gloves) Shape the dough into balls with your hands, and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment. I got about 40 truffles out of one package of oreos. Let rest in the freezer for at least 15 minutes—this will help everything stay together when you dip them in chocolate.
4. Melt white chocolate bark or candy melts according to package directions. Place chocolate in a small bowl, and dip the oreo truffles in chocolate using a spoon. Carefully shake off the excess chocolate and place back on the parchment-lined sheet. You can add sprinkles or decorating crystals now, while the chocolate is still wet, if you desire. Once all of the truffles are dipped and back on the baking sheet, place the sheet in the freezer for 15 minutes or in the refrigerator for half an hour or so, to allow the chocolate to set. Enjoy!
Note: I used the white chocolate bark from the grocery store for these, but I think I would have prefered the Wilton's candy melts that I normally use for cake pops. They melt better, and I'm just used to the consistency. The oreo dough balls didn't hold up quite as well as cake pops in the chocolate, so my white chocolate was kind of cookies-&-cream flavored by the end. I poured it out on a parchment lined sheet, added some broken candy cane pieces, and made oreo-peppermint bark anyway! Didn't get any complaints.
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In post-election analyses, Gov. Jerry Brown has been labeled a loser, because he's pushing a temporary-tax increase initiative for the November ballot -- and the cigarette tax Prop 29 appears to have lost narrowly in Tuesday's elections.
But the Prop 29 experience -- with complex questions about budgeting and a campaign by tobacco -- is likely to be very different than the campaign that Brown's initiative faces. Brown is arguing for the taxes to help the budget and to provide money for local governments.
The good news for Brown -- and to some degree to his tax-hiking competitor, civil rights attorney Molly Munger -- is that California voters were supportive of taxes in this election.
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Where? Dozens of California local governments had measures on the June ballot asking voters to raise revenues -- via bonds or taxes -- for local needs. And for the most part, Californians said yes.
In a very helpful (and speedy) compilation by CaliforniaCityFinance.org, the trend was clear: all kinds of local tax measures passed, even when passage required supermajorities of voters to approve. From the compilation:
Preliminary election night tallies with all precincts reporting indicate that 55 of the 87 local revenue measures passed. As in past elections, majority vote measures fared better than supermajority vote special taxes and bonds. Fifteen of the 19 majority vote measures passed, including all but one of the city measures. But 18 of the 34 two-thirds supermajority vote special taxes passed. School parcel taxes fared better, with nine of 13 passing versus just nine of 21 non-school special tax measures passing.
These results are one reason why you'll see Gov. Brown -- and Munger -- portray their initiatives, which raise states taxes, as measures that are fundamentally about providing local services. And both will have a case to make on that front.
Brown's measure is part of his larger plan to do "realignment" -- by pushing responsibility for some state functions down to the local level. And Munger, with her initiative, proposes to open up a funding source for local schools that bypasses the state budget.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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"Only when all the involved institutions are investigated, will we be able to find the real instigators of the Dink murder."
Fethiye Cetin is one of the best-known human rights advocates and liberal lawyers in Turkey. She was born in Elazig in Eastern Anatolia and graduated from the Faculty of Law at Ankara University. She has been an active member of the Istanbul Bar Association's Executive Board for Human Rights. Cetin was for many years Hrant Dink's lawyer and currently represents his family in the trial against the Dink murderer(s).
Fethiye Cetin grew up in a Turkish Muslim family. She only learned as an adult about her own Armenian roots. Most of the men in her Armenian grandmother's village had been killed in 1915. Her grandmother, a child at the time, had been sent on a death march along with the other women and children. She was torn from her mother's arms (and saved) by a Turkish gendarme, who adopted her as a Muslim daughter.
In her book "My Grandmother" (2004), Fetiye Cetin tells the story of how her grandmother, the Armenian girl Heranush, was raised as a Muslim girl called Seher.
"My Grandmother"
Cetin writes about the moment, when her grandmother died, that made her decide to write this book:
"A man from among the male throng came over in a flurry and asked: "What are the names of Aunt Seher's mother and father?" There was no immediate answer to this question from the group of women. We each gazed at the others. Our silence went on for a noticeably long time. Then finally, the silence was broken by one of the women, my aunt Zehra: "Her father's name is Huseyin, her mother's Esma." As soon as she uttered these names, my aunt turned her eyes to me as if asking for affirmation, or so it seemed to me. Just as the man turned away, relieved finally to have extracted an answer from this strangely reticent crowd of women, the following words tore themselves from my heart and broke out of my mouth: "But that's not true! Her mother's name is not Esma, it is Isquhi. And her father is not Huseyin, but Hovannes!"
A large number of Turks today throughout Anatolia could tell similar stories. Cetin has also been receiving hundreds of letters and e-mails by persons with a similar family history. "My Grandmother" was also translated into French, English, Italian, Armenian, Greek and German.
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Located at the Red Jetty, just in front of the Waterline Restaurant, with both Konnections ferries, Callipo and Spirit of Keppel, complete with Hula Girl tropical logos - you can't miss them. Their skippers will be there to meet you on check in and will answer all questions Keppel related en route. Once you arrive at the island, if you're staying with an accommodation house, they will meet you on the beach to greet you with their relevant modes of transport.
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Young Women Explore Computing Careers
Nineteen female high school students who are fascinated by computer science are spending this week at Michigan Technological University, exploring this fast-moving field. Girls from as far away as Delaware won scholarships to participate in Michigan Tech's Women in Computer Science summer program, sponsored by Jackson National Life Insurance Company, which has an information technology satellite office in the MTEC SmartZone.
They are learning about programming, artificial intelligence, robotics, virtual reality, visualization, networks and security. They're doing it hands-on as well as in the classroom, developing their own mobile apps.
During the week they have had an opportunity to interact with current Michigan Tech students, alumni and other women role models to find out first hand about real life in computer science education and computing careers. They also learned about the wide range of opportunities and excellent job prospects in computing across a variety of industries.
Friday morning, the girls headed for the Portage Lake District Library to see the weekly "Online at the Library" help sessions that volunteers from Michigan Tech provide for senior citizens and other computer novices. Then they visited sponsor Jackson's offices in the University's Lakeshore Center business incubator. Jackson employs Michigan Tech computer science students in its Houghton satellite office.
The week wound up with visits from representatives of local companies that hire computer science students. The girls conducted demonstrations of their mobile app projects for the company reps.
The Women in Computer Science workshop is one of many initiatives that Michigan Tech is undertaking to increase women's participation in computing disciplines. Earlier this year, the University was selected as one of 20 universities and 14 companies nationwide to participate in the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) Pacesetters program.
NCWIT Pacesetters is a 2-year program in which senior leaders from companies and universities publicly commit to increasing the number of women in the US computing and technology workforce. The program is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Google and Qualcomm.
According to the NCWIT, women currently hold only 25 percent of all computing-related jobs in the US. They earn just 18 percent of computing and information sciences degrees granted by US universities.
Pacesetters at Michigan Tech is a collaborative effort of the College of Sciences & Arts, the Department of Computer Science, and the Admissions and Alumni offices. The University plans to partner with young alumnae who are willing to share their experiences with prospective students to provide examples of opportunities at Michigan Tech for undergraduate research, co-ops and internships, networking and future careers.
"For many years I have been interested in finding ways to encourage young women to pursue computing as a career, said Linda Ott, professor and former chair of computer science and head of the Pacesetters program at Michigan Tech. "There are so many exciting career opportunities for those in computing." Ott is heading this week's Women in Computer Science program.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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This got me foaming at the mouth.
This got me foaming at the mouth.
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace on bbc2 was fucking superb, just as a programme with great graphics and library footage if nothing else.
I just found out that my mother applied to be the presenter of Tiswas back in the 70s. She sent me a copy of the rejection letter today. It went:
Dear Kathryn,
RE: Tiswas Presenter
Many thanks for your letter.
I am afraid that I am having to dictate this letter on the roof as we have had so many applications that the office is now full and unuseable but through a dint of sleepless nights, much coffee and a diet of custard pies we have read your letter right the way through.
I am sorry to have to tell you that you have not been short-listed but please do not be down-hearted, maybe your sanity will be spared.
I do hope that the year and the future is kind to you.
All the best from the Tiswas team.
So she missed out to Chris Tarrent -- who, to be fair, probably did a better job than she could. However, my mum would have been much better than Sarah Green was on The Saturday Swap Shop. (She's sort of like a cross between Ruby Wax and Eddi Reader, my mum.)
Sounds like she actually lost out to the lovely and buxom Sally James, for which a generation of now middle-aged men is probably duly grateful (no offence Ma Craner).
Made in Chelsea is back on TV. Antonionio minus Marx, innit.
"the last panthers" just finished in the states, pretty good but i wanted to like it more than i actually did. liked the grittiness and grim eastern european vibe but found i didn't really care that much about the characters.
when i mentioned this to a friend, he recommended i watch "spiral", which is really good to far.
the wife twisted my arm to watch "the night manager" (so she could drool over pretty boy tom hiddleston), and while it was certainly slick and hinged on some plot lines that stretched the boundaries of credibility, it was suspenseful and entertaining in a "24"-type way. (btw, heard "24" is coming back next year, without kiefer)
"full frontal" with ex-daily show contributor samantha bee is carrying jon stewart's torch more successfully than trevor noah (who i've grown to like), insightful and no-holds barred while still being funny.
what else should i be watching?
Odd to see Hugh Laurie playing a part that isn't either gruff and miserable but basically benign (House) or a lovable, childlike buffoon (most of the other things he's ever played, at least that I've seen). Although I thought he was a reasonably convincing villain, as long as I could stop thinking of him as Bertie Wooster or Prince/Lieutenant George.
I was overjoyed to discover my girlfriend had never seen The Sopranos, so I've now got a reason to watch the whole thing all over again from start to finish! We're the best part of the way through season 1 - she's completely hooked and I've realized I'd forgotten just how fucking great it is. And so clearly a blueprint for so many great anti-hero-based serial dramas that have followed it.
Originally Posted by woops
The Sopranos is the best. I mean, it kind of went off the boil towards the end when Tony started living inside a coma-induced dream, etc., but even then it was firing. My favourite episode is the one where they play a Poker game and the owner of the sporting goods store ends up owing loadsa money to his 'friend' Tony. (Although obviously the Pine Barrens episode is the comedy classic.)
Here's an article Clive James wrote about it: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...-Sopranos.html
Αι ψυχαί οσμώνται καθ΄ Άιδην.
I recall the tragic yet hilarious fate of Adriana's lapdog when Christopher is back on the smack...
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Hahaha, that's great. Comedy is definitely one aspect in which the Sopranos beats The Wire. Pauly Walnuts alone:
Αι ψυχαί οσμώνται καθ΄ Άιδην.
Is anyone watching/already watched The Get Down? I'm a few episodes through, and totally unsure whether I think it's a complete mess (having the first episode directed by Baz Luhrmann was a gamble and a half), and whether that's the point anyways. Arresting TV either way, and some of the musical sequences are fucking glorious
Did you know this, btw?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141842/...ef_=tt_trv_trvTony Sirico only agreed to sign on for the show if it was guaranteed that his character Paulie "Walnuts" Gualtieri would not be a "rat", an informant. As Sirico explained in James Toback's documentary The Big Bang (1989), he had served time in prison for robbery. Altogether, Sirico's rap sheet included at least 28 arrests. Reportedly, he also appeared briefly in an uncredited role in The Godfather: Part II (1974).
Real-life gangsta! Or robber, at any rate.
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i started watching stranger things but dont see the point in watching the whole thing. is this what people get excited for now? rehashed 80s spielberg where the appeal is all the films (that prob have not aged that well, but people just wont admit it cos they saw it when they were 9 years old, and cos they saw it when they were 9, it cant be bad) it references rather than anything it does particularly novelly?
i half liked super 8 but it would be good if the jj abrams-ification of american tv and film stopped there. american horror story seemed to do 70s/80s rehashing better, without hedging all its appeal on the stuff it made you think of. then again, maybe if i was 10, id think stranger things was amazing. but its a bit pathetic that all these nostalgia exercises are so hyped.
winona ryder looks good, though i cant totally buy her as a middle aged mother. she looks, and somehow still appears too young.
Anyone watching Westworld. I put my thoughts on the show on the vomitorium blog. I quite like the series so far. Though some of Maeve's lines are quite corny.