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'Silent Snow' to be screened in Ridgefield
"Silent Snow: The Invisible Poisoning of the World" tells the story of a young Inuit woman who is determined to find out what is slowly poisoning the people of her village in the Arctic plains of Greenland.
Her name is Pipaluk, and over the course of a three-continent journey, she learns that dangerous pesticides are not only threatening her own country, but the world. She meets determined people who are fighting back and others who have already lost too much.
The award-winning documentary will be shown at the Ridgefield Playhouse on Sunday, Sept. 8, giving viewers a glimpse of remote and beautiful lands in South America and Africa, as well as the crowded streets of India.
Jan van den Berg, the award-winning director behind the 2011 film, will be at the playhouse to take questions after the screening; Pipaluk Knudsen-Ostermann, the co-author, will participate via Skype.
The story starts off in Pipaluk's village, where a polar expedition, involving travel by dog sleds and boats, is taking place. While global warming and disappearing icebergs are things her people can perceive directly -- areas that used to be frozen are no longer solid -- the pollution of their land is a hard-to-imagine threat.
The film explains how chemical residues from throughout the world accumulate there, poisoning humans and animals.
As Pipaluk travels, she discovers heartbreaking dilemmas. In Africa, some people are looking for alternatives to DDT, the cheap poison that government workers spray on their huts to prevent malaria. One woman doesn't want her hut sprayed and is arrested. Simple nets could safely protect more people as they sleep, if only they had them.
In Central America, Pipaluk meets plantation workers who suffer from disease due to pesticides. Two men say they are impotent because of such poisons.
In India she meets Jose, a Greenpeace riverkeeper who fights contamination of the Periyar River; Jose tells her his own people are threatening him, as they depend financially on the chemical factories there. Though he knows where hidden discharge pipes lead from factories into the river, change won't come easy.
The film's director said making this movie was quite challenging, but there were magical aspects too, such as seeing the beauty of Greenland. Good parts included "flying for the first time in my life above icebergs, with all their different kinds of blue colors," and traveling by boat and dogsled. He also met many "wonderful, generous and hospitable people."
There were hard times, too; times of doubt. "I was very afraid to make a very sad story and sometimes wondered if it was of any use showing this invisible poisoning of the world," he said. "But then I met all these brave people, fighting for a change, and that really helped me through."
Riverkeeper Jose was among those brave people and still works for Greenpeace, said van den Berg.
"We couldn't go to all festivals that invited us, so in India Jose went and was treated like hero," van den Berg said. "He was very happy ... and got the respect he earned. There was only one worry: he's doing this river job by working at night and he was very afraid that people would think after the screening that he was a very rich man now."
The filmmakers were able to visit only one continent a year, as it was quite costly to make this movie. In the film, Pipaluk says she wants to have children some day, but worries they might not be healthy because of pollution.
Today she's about 30 and lives in Holland, which is where she first met van den Berg. She's now married, and is "Pipaluk de Groot, a very Dutch name," said van den Berg.
"The wonderful thing is her getting a beautiful and healthy daughter, Freya, after the film, last year, like she said "with 10 fingers and 10 toes." The picture of Freya is on the movie's website. After her fears and investigations, that was the best thing that could happen."
The film suggests greed is the root of many problems involving pollution, but says there's hope, if we all work together.
A Native American quote is shared: "When we have cut down the last tree, when we have poisoned our last river, when we have killed our last fish, only then will you find that money cannot be eaten."
Ridgefield Playhouse, 80 E. Ridge, Ridgefield, Sunday, Sept. 8, 6:30 p.m. $10 adults, $7.50 seniors, $5 for students. 203-438-5795, ridgefieldplayhouse.org.
M.B. Tuccio is a freelance writer in Connecticut; email@example.com


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Is the Internet – a place for meanies and bullies?
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- Age 34
'Cyberbullying' has been a buzz word in conversations about Internet safety in recent years, with much concern for the wellbeing of young users – children and adolescents.
If the results of studies conducted by UNICEF and other institutions are anything to go by, a lot of younger users of the Internet have experienced some form of insults/ harassment/ embarrassment while online:
• According to the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention study on cyber bullying in South Africa 37 per cent of children reported some form of cyber abuse. • In a UNICEF study into social networking site Mxit, also in South Africa, 26 per cent of respondents reported having been insulted while using the platform. A figure of 26 per cent was also reported in a UNICEF study on school violence in Serbia among older school pupils. • A study on bad online experiences with Facebook users showed that 26.7 per cent reported having a bad experience on Facebook . • Studies conducted by UNICEF in Vietnam revealed that 14 per cent of respondents in the urban study, and 20 per cent of respondents in the rural study indicated that they had experienced incidents where someone had ever used the Internet or phone to "bully, threaten or embarrass" them.
It is important to point out that there are a number of ways in which the term 'cyberbullying' is interpreted and most researchers do not use the term directly when they ask children about their online experiences. However, even though all these studies asked the question differently and looked across different social networking platforms, the Internet seems like it can be a pretty mean place for a lot of users.
Research into the reasons behind this is not as abundant as research on how many people it has happened to, but in some of the studies that have looked at this phenomenon the answers range from the anonymity offered by the Internet; the fact that an online bully doesn't see the immediate reaction of the victim (making it harder to connect emotionally); and that in some cases those doing the bullying think that it is just in the name of fun, a joke.
I had an experience a few months ago when an innocent tweet of mine about preferring one city over another in my country left me with three messages from complete strangers calling me an 'uninformed' and 'deluded' 'little girl'. This was not a serious incident but I was shocked that people who did not even know me would even say such things. It got me thinking – are people generally meaner and nastier on the Internet than they would ever be face-to-face?
Tell me what you think.

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Reflect on human rights
Dec. 10, Human Rights Day, is an important opportunity to reflect on human rights in Taiwan. While Taiwan has made many advances in human rights since the days of martial law, numerous problems persist.
Many of Taiwan's human rights problems are rooted in a transition to democracy without transitional justice. The legacy of the authoritarian party-state that governed Taiwan during martial law still influences the politics of the present.
The case of Chiou Ho-shun (邱和順) has spanned almost the entire post-Martial Law era. In many ways Chiou's case is symbolic of Taiwan's human rights problems.
Chiou was first sentenced to death in 1989. The case against him was based on confessions made under torture, which were later retracted. In 1994, two prosecutors and 10 police officers were convicted for using torture to obtain confessions in one of the cases. However, Chiou remains on death row and Amnesty International is campaigning for a retrial of his case.
The case of the Hsichih Trio shares much in common with that of Chiou. The three men were also convicted on the basis of confessions extracted by police using torture. They spent 21 years in a legal battle during which they faced the death penalty and spent 12 years in prison. The trio were finally acquitted this year ("'Hsichih Trio' are finally freed," Sept. 1, page 1 ).
More recently, there have been concerns about the judicial process being used as a political tool. Since 2008, a number of politicians from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have faced trial on corruption-related charges. In cases such as those of Yunlin County Commissioner Su Chih-fen (蘇治芬) and former National Security Council head Chiou I-jen (邱義仁), the defendants were found not guilty. This lends weight to claims of judicial persecution ("Rooting out political corruption," Dec. 3, page 8).
All theses cases highlight the need for judicial reform. This has been something that President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has promised since he was first elected in 2008. Yet up to now he has delivered precious little. With Ma's party controlling both the executive and legislature, there is no excuse for the lack of action.
Furthermore, in 2009, the Ma government ratified two important UN human rights treaties. These treaties do not specify abolition of the death penalty, but impose strict standards on its use ("Taiwan's sham over death penalty," Nov. 17, page 8). In spite of this, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators recently put forward proposals to expand the range of crimes in which the death penalty should apply ("Death penalty changes proposed," Dec. 5, page 3).
Although Taiwan's government is failing, its civil society is blooming. The tireless work of non-governmental organizations has contributed to many important human rights gains over the past two decades.
The annual LGBT Pride Parade highlights Taiwan's tolerance and the ongoing efforts of the LGBT community to gain important rights.
Taiwan's youth are also a cause for hope. University students are at the forefront of the current movement against a media monopoly. Some of these students drew on their experiences in the 2008 Wild Strawberry Movement ("Student protest leader speaks on civil liberties," Dec. 3, page 3).
Taiwan's transition to democracy without transitional justice means that the people must be ever vigilant and active in standing up for human rights. Justice and human rights in Taiwan will only come through a grassroots effort of the people.


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While all the focus has been on getting Joe Flacco a new deal, the Ravens have other work to do as well.
And for what it's worth, linebacker Dannell Ellerbe says he wants to stay, too.
Ellerbe told WNST Radio in Baltimore (via SportsRadioInterviews.com), that Baltimore had an emotional pull.
"I'm looking forward to making the best out of everything," Ellerbe said. "The team that I play for, the money that I get, the situation I'm going into and all of that plays into it. I already have a Super Bowl. I want to be in Baltimore. My heart is in Baltimore, I love Baltimore, I love the fans, I love talking to y'all guys and I know I'm not going to talk to y'all somewhere else."
That's the kind of good will a Super Bowl brings you, but after the Ravens took a chance on him as an undrafted rookie, he's more willing to work with them.


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Apple's carpet-bomb Safari flaw can wreak havoc on Windows
A tale of two security teams
A researcher has created a proof-of-concept site that graphically demonstrates the risk Windows users face when using Apple's Safari browser.
Microsoft's security team already warned that a "blended threat" was so serious that Windows users should curtail their use of Safari until a security patch is available. This blog post from researcher Liu Die Yu makes it clear the warning was by no means overstated.
Clicking on this link with Safari using default settings automatically downloads a booby-trapped file onto a Windows user's desktop with no prompting. The next time the user opens Internet Explorer, the force-fed file automatically causes the notepad.exe application to launch and open a non-existent file. Of course, miscreants could choose far more nefarious code.
When informed that its browser downloads files with no prompting, Apple said it may get around to changing this behavior at some point, but then again, maybe it wouldn't. In other words, this is no big deal from a security perspective, so let's all move on. This demo suggests otherwise.
It would appear that IE automatically carries out instructions buried in odd files dropped onto a user's desktop, so it's certainly to blame here. Microsoft said as much when it warned of the blended threat. We also wouldn't be surprised if the flaw is fixed tomorrow, when Microsoft releases its monthly installment of security patches.
Contrast Microsoft's response with that of Apple. The company that foisted Safari on the unwitting masses of Windows users can't be bothered to fix a flaw that clearly puts them at risk. Yeah, IE is at fault for running strange files stashed on a user's desktop, but it's interesting to note that Safari is the only major browser that automatically downloads the rogue payload. Gives a whole new meaning to Apple's "It just works" mantra. ®
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
Ayobowan Sri Lanka. More pics!!
25 comments:
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Beautiful pictures.
Thanks for sharing them with us.
- July 25, 2010 at 4:05 AM
- sonal said...
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- July 25, 2010 at 4:07 AM
- Latha said...
Oh, such a cute & (pardon my language) sexy Buddha. Mmmmuaah. Those stone Buddhas are full of life. Look at him smiling.
The white house is good. But I must comment on your appearance. You look so young amidst all those youngsters. (Botex ? Whatever) Keep it up.
Aye, where is the photo of the stunning looker of 'Barefoot' ? Jealous ?
- July 25, 2010 at 4:08 AM
- RAJ47 said...
Hi Shobhaa,
What a beautiful treat on a Sunday morning!
I never knew that Sri Lankan women are so voluptuous. Yes, hands up for the Barefoot owner's pic.
The golden hued Budhha is mesmerising.
- July 25, 2010 at 7:05 AM
(Remember.... you asked! And yes, I got carried away.)
- Very smart.
And The top shot pic - fantastic.
Borders all around - lovely capture
Re.: your appearance among others
Still The Brightest
- salute
- July 25, 2010 at 8:43 AM
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- July 25, 2010 at 11:30 AM
- Radhika Gupta said...
nice pics again! keep going!
- July 25, 2010 at 3:08 PM
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"Hate to keep hinting.... but..... there are a few more to go. You are warned"
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- July 25, 2010 at 10:33 PM
- Latha said...
Read your article on TOI today. It is Anasuya Sengupta & not Dutt who wrote 'silence'. Her mother is a south Indian (A cousin's cousin of mine) & her father Abhijit Sengupta is an IAS officer.
Good article. You say, 'What we need is greater amplification. Pump up the volume, ladies.'
Why don't you make a start. I mean, there can be lechers in all fields...even in modelling field. Haven't you come across any ? C'mon, the juicey ones will be from such places. We'd love to hear about them. Break your 'silence', lady.
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'The shot of my book display is from the bookshop at 'Barefoot', where I interacted with readers and met Naazreen, the stunning looking owner of the store ( people come there in droves just to stare at her!)'
When will you post images of Naazreen..?
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Roy Hunter wrote:BBC Children's TV demi-god Brian Cant, 83, Parkinson's Disease. His name was the only possible answer to the question "Brian May?"
Also, my friend and musical colleague Simon Cotterell, 47 (younger than me), massive heart attack in his sleep. I haz a sad.
Brian May, Ph.D. in theoretical physics,and one of my favo(u)rite guitarists. I play his stuff when I want to impress guitarists who are better than me.
Sorry to hear about your friend, Roy.


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runaway_traders necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
2 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 38 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
I have a start-up wholesale furniture company based in Australia and I am looking for a logo and stationery design. I have a couple of thoughts on the design but I'm also looking for fresh ideas too.
runaway traders
contemporary decor
Desired Color Scheme:
Maybe monochromatic shades with a splash of bright red but I am open to ideas
Desired Style:
I have suggested a monochromatic colour scheme with a splash of bright red, however that is just an idea and I am open to other options. I probably prefer warmer colours, reds, oranges etc. maybe offset with a cooler shade.
In terms of fonts I am thinkin
Accepted File Formats:
vector eps or other high resolution formats
runaway traders (all lower text) is a furniture wholesaler importing predominantly from Asia and supplying furniture hire companies, restaurants, bars and hotels in Australia with contemporary, stylish furniture and decor.
I am looking for a logo which will represent the origins of the business name and my preferred idea is something along the lines of a traditional style birdcage with a red origami crane escaping from it.
Having said that, I am open to any other ideas that you think may suit the name - anything your creative genius can throw out there! It could incorporate a bindlestiff (the stick with a handkerchief tied to it that hobos and runaways use) etc. Anything your imagination stretches to!
This contest was originally listed in multiple categories:
- Logo Design
- Stationery Design
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To view the Regulating Plans for these specific areas, click on the links below.
For questions about the regulations in these areas, contact the Development Assistance Center, at 3-1-1 (inside the city limits), or 512-974-2000 (outside the city limits)
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App Review: PhotoForge by GhostBird Software
by Rob on
July 22, 2009
Filed under Daily App Reviews, Photography, Utility
One of my more favorite genres of iPhone apps are those that fall under the photography category. So, it shouldn't be any surprise that I decided to checkout PhotoForge by GhostBird Sofware. PhotoForge promises to be the Photoshop app for the iPhone by providing a robust and advanced set of editing functions and filters that you can apply to your images.
I recently installed the latest version of PhotoForge (1.6), and found that the primary complaint, not supporting the 3GS photo resolution, had been resolved. This problem would have been an immediate show stopper for me, but with the upgrade it's no longer an issue.
PhotoForge is a very complete mobile imaging editor for your iPhone. The interface is incredibly easy to use and very intuitive. It gives you easy access to all of the tools that the app offers. There are no cumbersome menus or tricks to get to the tools or filters you want to use. One of the features that I found helpful is that when you are editing the actual picture, the menu and tools slide away, giving you the maximum screen area. As soon as you are done, though, they slide right back. Here's a list of features:
• Curves: Create your own filters. Edit in RGB, CMYK and CIELab color spaces.
• Sharpen & Unsharp Mask: Sharpen images to remove the softness introduced during digital photo capture.
• Noise Reduction: Digitally reduces color noise present in the photo. (Apply multiple times for more reduction)
• Simulated HDR: Produce images with greater detail by manipulating the visible range of an image's highlights and shadows.
• Auto White Balance
• Auto Exposure
• Manual Exposure
• Manual Vibrance
• Hue, Saturation & Lightness
• Brightness & Contrast
• Crop tool: Crop, rotate, and flip.
• Brush tool: Experiment with 8 different brush strokes. Choose from unlimited sizes, colors, and transparency options.
• Smudge tool: Smears the pixels along the direction of the brush stroke.
• Clone Stamp tool: Sample pixels at one location in an image, and paint them in a different location.
• Eraser tool: Erase away portions of brush strokes, filters or effects applied to the image. For example, this tool will allow you to colorize black and white filtered images, among countless other uses.
• Magnify tool: Zoom in, out, and pan.
• Eye Dropper tool: Selects the color of individual pixels in an image.
• Fill tool: Fill the visible area of the image with color.
• Black & White, Dreamy, Enhanced, Lomo, Sepia, Water Color, Oil Painting, Night Vision, Heat Map, Pencil, Neon, Blur, Emboss, Sunset, Blue Sky and Television.
I have only one complaint with PhotoForge: While editing a photo, you are actually editing a low-resolution preview of the original. So if you zoom in to get a more detailed edit, the preview quickly becomes pixelated. You can still make the edit, and when the photo is saved it is saved at the higher resolution. However, while you are editing it, you are stuck with a low-resolution copy. For the majority of your edits this wont be a big deal. However, if you're doing really fine detailed work (want to see the results of unsharp mask, for example) then you would have to save your work and open the saved file in photo viewer to really see the results.
I found PhotoForge to be an easy and intuitive app for editing photos on your device. I loved the interface and the vast array of tools and filters that are available to use. I did not like the low-resolution image that you actually edit. However, if you're looking for a complete, all-in-one photo editor for your iPhone that would offer some advanced filters then PhotoForge may be for you.
- As soon as you install the app, go to Settings->PhotoForge and change the default resolution from 1024 to "Max". This will allow you to save your pictures in the full resolution, otherwise they will be saved at the default lower resolution when you're finished editing them.
- It may be a little confusing at first, but edits are applied immediately to the preview. There is no "apply" button to touch.
- To see the full version preview you will need to save the picture and then open it in the camera roll app.


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Family History Collaboration
This article originally appeared in "The Foundations of Family History Research" by Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, FUGA, and Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy
Many family historians tend to think of genealogy as an individual hobby. Some genealogists lament that no one else in the family cares about the family's history. Usually, that is not the case. Family historians can, and should, interview all persons who have information about the family. The memories and other information obtained through interviews are invaluable in creating a family tree and building a foundation from which to start traditional research. In addition, the genealogical community has numerous avenues that can help you to expand your research. From message boards, to genealogy classes, to genealogical societies, the resources part of this network will prove to anyone that family history is a collaborative pursuit.
Your research next moves to conversations and interviews with family members, friends, former neighbors, and perhaps people familiar with the history of a specific area. Their knowledge will supplement your own memories and provide a degree of perspective. Now is the time to capture the precious recollections of the oldest folks. Do not risk losing their important contributions.
Conducting Interviews
Your recollections, and those of others, are unique and vital to your family's story. As these memories undergo the rigors of examination, selection, evaluation, and recording, they become the foundation upon which additional research will be built.
Learning the date and place of your grandparents' marriage from family conversations could save weeks of frustration and expense in locating the official record of that event. One family's belief that 'Great-Grandpa was a twin' was a key element in subsequent record searches in England. Although untrue, this conviction ultimately helped locate a sibling's birth record. Both men were born in the same year, the elder in January and the younger in November. Both fact and fiction have their place in your study, and both can provide important clues for future searches.
Oral interviewing is the primary technique by which memories are collected from family members or family friends and acquaintances. Information obtained in this manner can be extremely useful as long as one acknowledges that 'human memory is a fragile historical source; it is subject to lapses, errors, fabrications and distortions.'<ref>History with a Tape Recorder: An Oral History Handbook (Springfield, Ill.: Oral History Office, Sangamon State University, n.d.), 2.</ref>
Good interviews do not just happen. You must prepare well for interviewing others. The American Association for State and Local History Book Series offers instruction in The Oral History Manual by Barbara W. Sommer and Mary Kay Quinlan. This guide gives techniques for planning, conducting, and transcribing an interview and includes checklists, reproducible forms, summary sheets, and extensive illustrations.
An important caution for new family historians who do not have interviewing experience is that 'an interview is not a dialogue. The purpose of oral history interviews is to learn the narrator's story.'<ref>Ibid., 4.</ref> Other essential considerations include making advance arrangements and letting the narrator know what topics you want to discuss. Compile a list of questions, but let the narrator carry the discussion as long as it does not go too far astray. Watch for signs of fatigue and do not overstay your welcome. It is far better to have a narrator count the hours until you return than the minutes until you leave. If you take notes during the interview, examine them as soon as possible after the meeting. Elaborate on entries that are unclear. Consider topics that were not covered or questions that remain unanswered.
The use of a digital or standard audio recorder (with the permission of the person being interviewed) is most successful if you have practiced with the recording equipment in advance. Be sure to bring spare tapes and batteries to the session. As soon as possible afterwards, transcribe the resulting tapes. An interview at risk due to equipment failures or unintelligible conversation might be reconstructed from your notes and recollections if they are still fresh in your mind.
Video cameras and tape recorders can produce powerful supplements to your written record. Tips on how to use such equipment, as well as interviewing techniques, can be acquired from written guides, such as Rob Huberman and Laura Huberman's How to Create a Video Family History. Again, common sense prevails: make the narrator aware of the use of such equipment well in advance, practice with the equipment so that its use will not distract the speaker, and review the results as soon as is practical.
Camcorders move interviews away from the realm of 'two chairs and a table.' Interview sessions can be more informative when speakers perform routine tasks as they talk. Your grandmother may agree to bake bread without a recipe as she has done for years. A grandfather might demonstrate how he painstakingly sands the rungs on the seventh baby cradle he has made. Use the camera to tour the family home, filming the rooms and the outside environs. Visit the schools attended and parks frequented. Capture the past'even the recent past'as part of your family history worthy of preservation.
Of course, a personal visit may not be practical. You may not know where all your relatives are, especially if your family has been separated by divorce or adoption. To overcome this obstacle, try to gather relevant names and addresses from those with whom you are in contact. And make use of online networking resources (see #Network to Expand Your Research below) to find family members or others who can assist you with research.
Preserving Interviews
It is important to regularly refresh or make copies of cassettes, videotapes, or DVDs'migrating them to new formats'as they will degrade over time. Complicating things further is the fact that machines to play or read them may become obsolete and hard to find or replace. In a relatively short time, for example, the cumbersome reel-to-reel voice recorders were replaced by cassette players and mini cassette players, and home movie cameras were replaced with video cameras. The list of machines that have become obsolete in just a few short years is long and serves as a warning that popular machines used to read information today may not be available for long. Parts for existing machines will also be hard to find and it will be even more of a challenge to find someone to operate or repair them.
Even when they are stored under the best conditions, tapes have been known to self-destruct within just a couple of years, and some CDs and DVDs have been rendered useless in fewer than five years after they were created. Heat, light, high humidity, and dust are just some of the things that will hasten the deterioration of everything from paper to digital images. Storing records under ideal archival conditions will help to preserve them, but it is still advisable to convert these treasures to new media at least every two years.
Experts recommend creating an inventory of documents, photographs, digital albums, video tapes, cassettes, computer files, and heirlooms that have special meaning. It's one thing to gather and archive your precious personal history items, but another to ensure that they will be available and viewable well into the future. The keywords are migration and flexibility: migrate your digital data from format to format through the years and be flexible. Changes in technology are hard to predict, and it's important to be able to adapt. It pays to update your inventory on a yearly basis to make sure that the medium you have chosen is still valid.
Evaluating Traditions
Tradition is 'the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice, in other words, a story that has come down to us by tradition.'<ref>Definition from http://www.answers.com/tradition</ref> Some cultures, such as African American and Native American, hold tradition in high regard as a way of preserving a past for which few written records survive. Anthropologists have found that when tradition is used to transmit culture and family history, the completeness and accuracy of the spoken word are likely to be carefully maintained by the storyteller.
Discovering information about the parents of an Austrian woman who had married a Native American of the Lakota Sioux tribe depended upon oral interviews with those who recalled the woman through tribal tradition. The details proved surprisingly accurate and led to the discovery of death dates and burial information about the woman's parents. The mother and father had followed their daughter to the Dakota reservation but soon departed. Oral tradition placed their destination as Chicago, and in this city were found the father's estate papers, which indicated that contact had been lost with one daughter'a daughter who resided on an Indian reservation.
Unfortunately, not all traditions contain as much truth as the one described previously. It is not uncommon for less-factual stories to follow a pattern, perhaps of separation, lost wealth, or thwarted opportunity. One common theme is that of the 'separated brothers.' Usually, in this account, three brothers immigrated and separated soon after their arrival in the United States. While there can be truth in such an account, it occurs so often as to be suspect.
Be skeptical about tales of unclaimed wealth. Southern variations may cite treasure buried to conceal it from Union soldiers during the Civil War. The East Coast version may include a castle and inheritance in Kent, Devon, or Surrey, denied the American immigrant. In the Midwest, lost wealth stories are linked to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, i.e., the desperate family who watched the hired wagon speed away with their possessions before any family member could board.
Most traditions do contain a core of truth, an element that is surprisingly accurate and useful in research. The difficulty in proving these truths might be because the storyteller has assigned the activities to the wrong generation. More than one researcher has found 'blended' generations a challenge to sort: was it Jacob's father or his grandfather who fought in the American Revolution? Or an imagined lack of records might discourage verification. To overcome these problems, a researcher must hone and refine the skills of problem solving. One way to do this is to study articles in which tradition or oral history is verified or disproved. Del E. Jupiter's 'Matilda Madrid: One Woman's Tale of Bondage and Freedom' depicts methodology used to detect myth and evaluate evidence given in the 1887 testimony of a former slave woman.<ref>Del E. Jupiter, 'Matilda Madrid: One Woman's Tale of Bondage and Freedom,' National Genealogical Society Quarterly 91 (March 2003).</ref>
Consider all the stories, even those that seem doubtful. Attempt to substantiate each story through verification by others when possible (ask a second party to repeat the story but do not offer leading questions) or through public documents. Include the traditions in your written record, but carefully identify them as 'tradition' and note the sources of the information. These citations will be useful as you analyze information with an eye to proving or disproving parts of it.
Note taking and interview skills and the assessment of memories and traditions are critical first steps in the research process. You will come to appreciate the necessity of preserving these memories and personal attributes of people who could move out of your life at any moment. Public records and archival collections, in all likelihood, will outlast the relatives and acquaintances who have knowledge of the family to share. That is why people, not records, provide one of our first sources of information.
Interviews also provide opportunities to locate and identify home sources. You may find a bounty of home sources including heirlooms, manuscript materials, and personally held copies of public records. Your interview notes should contain an illustration (sketch, photograph, or photocopy) and description of the item, the name of the item's holder, how the item was acquired, and as much explanatory information as can be obtained.
Your personal knowledge and memories, the home sources you locate, and the interviews you conduct are the first steps in family history research. Findings from such seemingly humble origins will thrust you into the larger arena of public records and, perhaps, more detailed facts, but you will return to these beginning steps often'each time with an awareness of the information previously collected.
Network to Expand Your Research
Networking'making contact with others who share similar interests'can speed your research progress. Have a research question? Try networking. At a crossroads and not sure in which direction to turn? Try networking. Need someone to talk to about your successes or frustrations? Again, try networking. Networking can take place online, by correspondence, or in person, and can include society membership, classroom participation, and workshop or national conference attendance.
The Internet has changed the ways family historians communicate. E-mailing is a quick, inexpensive, and effective means to communicate. Technology allows the easy flow of e-mail with attached documents and photographs. It's common to hear stories about an individual who has shared a piece of family history with a distant cousin and then received copies of long-sought documents or photographs in return. A brief and polite e-mail to a potential, newfound, or well-known relative is often the beginning of a wonderful exchange. The website MyRelative.com is a great resource useful in determining the relationship between you and the relative. (You can also look at media:Relationship chart.jpg) When communicating via e-mail, traditional courtesies should be observed.
A mailing list is simply an e-mail party line: every message that a list subscriber sends to the list is distributed to all other list subscribers. Genealogy-related mailing lists can cover surnames, U.S. counties and states, other countries and regions, ethnic groups, and other topics. Subscribing to a mailing list is one of the best ways of connecting to people who share your interests. Many websites host mailing lists, including RootsWeb.com (with over 29,140 lists), Ancestry.com, and Genealogy.com.
A message board is a computerized version of the old-fashioned bulletin board. There are message boards focusing on surnames, localities, and many other topics. By posting a message to the appropriate message board, you create a record through which other researchers can find you. You'll find message boards on Ancestry.com, RootsWeb.com (with over 161,000 message boards), and Genealogy.com.
Some websites allow you to add 'digital sticky notes' to content. On RootsWeb.com, these notes are called 'Post-em Notes' and can be added to the Social Security Death Index (SSDI), the WorldConnect Project, or to other databases. Post-ems allow you to attach your e-mail address, a link to another website address, or other information to the records of any individual. On Ancestry.com these notes are called 'Comments and Corrections.' Use these to add to an individual's record alternate names or other comments about the person, both viewable by other researchers. On the Ellis Island website, you can add annotations to individual records. All of these additions to records are viewable by other researchers and could potentially help in your research and connect you with other researchers. Search for your ancestors and leave your calling card attached to their names.
Online family tree databases can help you locate others interested in the surnames you are researching. These resources include member trees on Ancestry.com, and WorldConnect on RootsWeb.com. You can initiate contact by e-mail. A number of online services also allow you to locate living individuals who may have family information to share.
Note that if you contact someone via regular, snail mail, research courtesy encourages that a self-addressed, stamped envelope (commonly referred to as an SASE) accompany genealogical requests in which no payment is enclosed or expected.
There are many libraries, archives, and societies that have excellent and well-known collections of genealogical research materials. The names and contact information for repositories of importance to family historians are given within the chapters and appendixes of this book. Several of these repositories, particularly the smaller ones, maintain lists of researchers and the local area families they are researching.
The LDS Family History Library (FHL) of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah, is perhaps the most widely known repository of genealogical materials. The FHL has been acquiring and preserving genealogical data since its founding in 1894. The library has collected vital information on hundreds of millions of deceased individuals. This data includes print and microform copies of records from all over the world, which are made available at the library in Salt Lake City and at Family History Centers throughout the United States and in many foreign countries. Many of the records described in The Source have been microfilmed and a good portion are indexed and accessible by visit to the library or a family history center. A catalog of FHL sources is available online.
Family historians are usually willing to share findings and exchange ideas and research experiences. This camaraderie results in a vast system of societies working to preserve and make records available and to promote educational opportunities. Participation in society activities as a member and volunteer allows you to pay back some of what you will reap as the beneficiary of society activities and projects. Societies also provide educational opportunities, including instructional articles published in their periodicals, local skill-building sessions, and one- or two-day seminars featuring nationally-known professionals.
Hundreds of genealogical and historical societies across the country seek to preserve records and provide instruction to family historians. Many groups form at the county level because of the research significance of local area records. Organizations also exist to study a single surname or the descendants of a particular couple. Ethnic or religious origins account for many such groups, such as the Polish Genealogical Society of America and P.O.I.N.T.'Pursuing Our Italian Names Together. Other societies bring together researchers with common locales of origin, for example, the Palatines to America and Germans from Russia societies.
Virtually all states have a state genealogical society, a state council, or both. In addition to major projects, a state-level group might coordinate the efforts of local societies within the state. Their publications (newsletters and journals) supplement those produced by local societies. Some state organizations, such as the Ohio Genealogical Society, offer chapter membership throughout the country. Other state organizations operate on a less-structured basis.
At the national level, a number of organizations serve individual genealogists or societies. The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) is an umbrella organization for genealogical and historical societies and research institutes such as libraries and archives. The National Genealogical Society (NGS) is comprised of individual researchers. The oldest society in the United States is the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), which celebrated its sesquicentennial in 1995.
Volunteer Efforts
While most societies undertake valuable indexing and preservation activities and produce periodicals and other publications that benefit the genealogical community, there are also efforts by family historians working independently of societies. The availability of online indexes and databases are often the work of these volunteers, as are some national ventures to provide access to local records. The USGenWeb Project is a volunteer-driven site that publishes historical information and resource material such as cemetery indexes and newspaper abstracts. The sites they maintain often provide important local detail about an area's history, geography, and settlement, along with an overview of record availability and access and research tips.
Professional Groups
Family historians interact with professional genealogists in several ways. Professionals write articles and books and present lectures that provide new information and give examples of methodologies to help in difficult research situations. Professionals often lead efforts to protect records in jeopardy and to make them available for wide use. Many (but not all) professionals conduct research on a contract basis for others and can assist a family historian with a quest that seems impossible. The research that professionals do ranges from an entire lineage to small but significant tasks in their field of expertise.
In the United States, there are several groups that serve the interests of professional genealogists and their clients, as well as those of the genealogical community. The Association of Professional Genealogists (PO Box 40393, Denver, CO 80204-0393) is a membership organization that does not administer tests, award credentials, or otherwise endorse individual researchers. The association does offer arbitration in the event a dispute arises between any association member and the general public. The APG website lists members' names, contact details, and areas of expertise.
The Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG) (PO Box 14291, Washington, DC 20044) is a certifying body that is not affiliated with any group. BCG screens applicants through a testing process and successful candidates earn the initials CG (Certified Genealogist). A roster of certified genealogists is at the BCG website.
The International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen) offers independent testing without membership. This program, established in 1964 by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is designed to examine and accredit researchers in specialized geographic areas. Those who successfully complete the program receive the initials AG (Accredited Genealogist). In 2000, the LDS Church transferred its ownership and administration of the program to ICAPGen, PO Box 970204, Orem, UT 84097-0204.
The American Society for Genealogists (ASG) was founded in 1940 as an honorary society, limited to fifty lifetime members designated as Fellows (identified by the initials FASG). Election to the ASG is based on a candidate's published genealogical scholarship. A list of Fellows and news of the ASG Scholar Award is at the website.
Continuing education is a hallmark of genealogists, who recognize an ongoing need for skill and knowledge building. After the how-to guides (see Bibliography), local class offerings, regional workshops, national conferences, and week-long institutes loom. Institutes are intensive, multi-track programs oriented toward a variety of interests and skill levels. Institutes that have operated for more than a decade include the Genealogical Institute of Mid-America, Springfield, Illinois; the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, Birmingham, Alabama; the National Institute on Genealogical Research, Washington, D.C.; and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Education can come via the Internet as well. For example, National Genealogical Society offers a number of online courses on their website.
National conferences are held annually in different parts of the United States. For nearly four decades, the BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, has served the genealogical community.
Two national societies offer annual conferences that draw more than a thousand people to scores of lectures and a large display arena featuring vendors of family history products and services. Contact the National Genealogical Society, Conferences, 3108 Columbia Pike, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22204-4304 or the Federation of Genealogical Societies, Conferences, PO Box 200940, Austin, TX 78720-0940 for details of their upcoming conferences. For a full range of educational events of all kinds, use the Federation's online calendar. Ancestry.com also offers Ancestry.com webinars online classes on a variety of topics.


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"The construction of a gradient set", 4th Meeting of the FGWO/FRSM Contact Group Biomedical MR, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, pp. 5, 1993.
"Proceedings of the Royal Microscopical Society", Optimization of the SNR in NMR images using image sequences, vol. 29, no. 4, London, UK, pp. 232, September, 1994.
"The use of two NMR realizations for determining and improving of the image SNR", Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the Belgian and Dutch Societies for Electron Microscopy, Arnhem, Papendal, The Netherlands, pp. 65, May, 1994.
"Quantification and improvement of the signal-to-noise ratio in a magnetic resonance image acquisition procedure", Magnetic Resonance Imaging, vol. 14, no. 10, pp. 1157-1163, 1996. Download paper (1.31 MB)
"Segmentation Scheme for Volume Quantization from 3D Microscopic MR images", Proceedings of the Joint Meeting NVvM & BVM, Gent, pp. 168-169, December, 1996.
"Semi-automatic mouse cerebellum extraction from 3D magnetic resonance data", Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 3, New York, USA, pp. 1585, April, 1996.
"Volume quantization of the mouse cerebellum by semi-automatic 3D segmentation of MR images", Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging, vol. 2710, Newport Beach CA, USA, pp. 553-560, February, 1996.
"Noise quantification prior to image restoration", Meeting of the Dutch Society for Pattern Recognition and Image Processing, Best, The Netherlands, May, 1997.
"Unbiased signal estimation in magnitude MR images", Proceedings of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology, vol. 2, no. 2, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 174, September, 1997.
"Watershed based segmentation of 3D MR data for volume quantization", Magnetic Resonance Imaging, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 679-688, 1997. Download paper (3.18 MB)
Estimation of Signal and Noise from Magnitude Magnetic Resonance Images, , 1998. Download PhD thesis (3.5 MB)
"Estimation of signal and noise from Rician distributed data", Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Signal Processing and Communications, Canary Islands, Spain, pp. 140-143, February, 1998.
"Parameter estimation from magnitude MR images", International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 109-114, 1999. Download paper (350.44 KB)
"An energy-based beam hardening model in tomography", Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 47, no. 23, pp. 4181-4190, 2002. Download full paper (203.21 KB)
"A bimodal energy model for correcting beam hardening artefacts in X-ray tomography", IEEE 29th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference2003 IEEE 29th Annual Proceedings of Bioengineering Conference, Newark, NJ, USA, IEEE, pp. 57 - 58, 2003.
"A model-based correction method for beam-hardening artifacts in X-ray tomography", 22nd Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control, Lommel, Belgium, March, 2003.
"Modelling of Beam hardening in micro CT", IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Washington DC, USA, pp. 57-58, July, 2003. Download full paper (163.52 KB)
"The effect of beam hardening on MTF measurements in X-ray microtomography", 19th Annual Symposium of the Belgian Hospital Physicists Association, January, 2004.
"Effect of beam hardening on resolution in x-ray microtomography", SPIE Medical Imaging: Image Processing, vol. 5370, San Diego CA, USA, pp. 2089-2096, February, 2004. Download paper (156.85 KB)
Model-based approach for Beam Hardening Correction and Resolution Measurements in Microtomography, , Antwerp, University of Antwerp, 2004.
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Does anyone know were I can get a parts list for a 912 Blade ?
Does anyone know were I can get a parts list for a 912 Blade ?
I know it sounds obvious but if you contact P&M I am sure they would email one to you.
I'm looking for this too......
P&M emailed me stating that a 912 version is not available.
Has anyone else got anything on this?, really need the 912 parts list for repair job.
I suggest that a call to these folks (for want of another name the New Mainair) may be useful
Should be one in your manual...or I think on the P+M site you can download one FOC.
P&M do not have one in .PDF nor can they supply a paper version.
If anyone has a parts manual for sale I would buy it.
Thanks Ginge, I'll try them.
Jon I have a PDF of a Blade 912s manual that as far as I can see has the parts listed with exploded veiws but seem mostly the trike unit.
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Google Won't Recommend Most Popular Searches If It Thinks It Might Sorta Have Something To Do With Piracy
from the does-mp3-count? deptIn the last few months, there's been a growing movement by the entertainment industry to blame Google for "piracy." One of the favorite talking points is the claim that Google is "profiting from piracy," by linking people to sites that point people to unauthorized infringing copies of content, and then placing ads on those sites. Of course, this ignores the fact that the standard "pirate" out there isn't exactly the sort of person who goes around clicking on ads either -- and is probably a hell of a lot more likely to ignore the ads entirely or use something like Adblock. Either way, it seems like Google has decided to try to end this argument for the industry by announcing some basic changes in how it deals with copyright complaints.
Specifically, it aims to respond faster to DMCA notices -- while also providing better counternotice tools. Of course, as we've discussed, there have been some problems with the existing takedown process, where people have complained about entire blogs and blogposts disappearing due to unclear copyright claims. A little over a year ago, the company claimed it had revamped its DMCA takedown process for Blogger at least, so it's not clear how much of this new effort is revamping that old fix or just expanding it.
The company also says it'll be more diligent in rejecting AdSense on sites that provide infringing content. This was the key point that the industry folks were complaining about all the time, though I'd imagine (as noted above) that Google really isn't giving up much here at all, as I would doubt those sites actually bring in much revenue anyway. What is a little concerning is how, exactly, Google determines what sites are "providing infringing materials." After all, some argue that Google itself does that. Google is free to deny AdSense to whoever they want, so this isn't a huge deal, but contrary to the industry's claims, it's not always easy to tell what sites provide infringing materials and which do not. This should be clear from Homeland Security's seizing of the domains of some blogs that the industry regularly used to promote their own works.
The other thing that Google is doing is apparently preventing "terms that are closely associated with piracy from appearing in Autocomplete." This is in response to the complaint that when people use Google and do a search on a song or a movie, autocomplete often shows that the top search for that song or movie is the title and something like the word "bittorrent." Google notes:
While it's hard to know for sure when search terms are being used to find infringing content, we'll do our best to prevent Autocomplete from displaying the terms most frequently used for that purpose.Again... Google is underplaying just how hard that really is... and just how much this kind of thing changes over time. For example, five years ago, I would imagine that searches for "mp3" were mostly about infringing content. But, because of that, over time, the recording industry was forced to adapt and admit that mp3 wasn't evil and was the preferred format. These days, of course, the entertainment industry insists that "bittorrent" or just "torrent" is somehow a bad term. But five years from now, that might not be the case. Having Google purposely hide such search results has the potential to distort the market in some ways, and actually delay much needed adaptation by the industry.
All in all, these moves aren't a huge surprise, given the complaints of some in the industry, but it'll be worth watching to see if the unintended consequences come back to bite both Google and the industry. Pretending that what's actually happening in the world isn't happening is not exactly a smart business strategy.


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Board Meeting Agenda | April 2013
- Monthly Meeting of the Board of Trustees is called to order.
- Consent Agenda 5 min
Consent agenda items are considered to be routine and are acted on with one motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless the Board Chair, a member of the library board, library staff, or a patron requests an item to be removed from the Consent agenda for discussion.
- Changes or additions to the Agenda.
- Approval of the Minutes of Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Board Meeting
- Approval of the March Financial Reports
- Director's Report, Correspondence and Public Comment 5 min
- Quarterly Reports 10 min
- Unfinished Business: 30 min
- Emergency procedures
- Other
- New Business: 10 min
- A. Other
- Date of Next Meeting and Adjournment 5 min
Interested Citizens are cordially invited to attend.
The Board Meeting will be held in accordance with the Idaho Code Title 67, Sections 2340-2347, The Idaho Open Meeting Law Act.
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Justin Bieber Talks Mustaches, 'Men in Black' and 'Boyfriend' Video
Immediately after Justin Bieber premiered the video for 'Boyfriend,' he sat down with MTV's Sway and a host of (all female) fans to chat about the clip and other critical topics, like his mustache, his inability to grow other forms of facial hair and his cameo in the latest installment of 'Men in Black.'
Here's what we learned about J to the B as he conversed with Sway and his fans in a loose Q+A fashion. So what fun tidbits did we learn about the megastar?
He has a mustache that he has to shave down, since it comes in really thick. Is that wishful thinking, Biebs? No one loves you more than your friends at PopCrush, but you and facial hair don't seem to belong in the same sentence … yet.
"My mustache comes in really thick," he said, trying to convince the fans. "I have to shave it down. I am trying to get scruff, it's not working."
He has three cars: a Range Rover, a Fisker and a Smart Car. The Rover is his fave, since he put a lot of work into tricking it out.
On weekends, he works, goes to the movies, plays board games and video games with friends. And speaking of his friends, they hit each other in the balls. "No one wants to get hit," he said. "When you are not paying attention and someone gets you, it's not a good feeling."
The Biebs takes his work as serious as heart attack. "If I am in the studio, it's not time to mess around. We are in there to work. There is a beat and I am usually writing to the beat, or I play my guitar."
He doesn't want to have a featured guest on every song on 'Believe,' since he needs the album to be about him, and not just about who he is working with.
He is in the new 'Men in Black' movie for "two seconds. It was the smallest thing. They showed me and I was like, 'Where was I? They showed me again and I was on the screen for a second." He plays himself.
The Biebs does not regret the fame. "Sometimes, it is hard, when I am being with my family and friends, and I think about it, but it's all worth it."
If he were an animal, he'd be "a tiger or something, a lion. At the top of the food chain." Crunch Berries and Frosted Mini Wheats are his favorite cereals. His favorite soup – yes, someone asked! — is broccoli cheddar. Something tells us that Campbell's will see a spike in sales of that flavor among the 18-and-under female demographic.
He and his team chose his pretty 'Boyfriend' co-star based on who looked best on camera. As for those swaggy sneaks he wore in 'Boyfriend?' Those aren't 14 karat. It's spray paint!


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Obviously the Pilot Sport is designed to be an all around performance tire for everyday use. The 4S is a bit more aggressive with sportier driving in mind. The Sport Cup 2 is a high performance tire with laptimes in mind and is not designed with wet performance as the goal as you can see below:
Take these same tires in the dry and the result reverses. The Sport Cup 2 crushes the Pilot Sport tires by over a second. The Pilot Sport 4S impressively clings pretty close to the Sport Cup 2 but ultimately is outclassed:
The 4S is the best blend of dry and wet performance. No surprise there and the Sport Cup 2 is the best track tire.
Ultimately, matching your car to its task with proper rubber is incredibly important. There is a give and take in grip in certain situations though as well as longevity.


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benvolio necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 223 diseños de 65 diseñadores freelance.
Blue Diamond Property is a boutique real estate agency that is set to expand over the next few years and they need a new identity for all facets of the business including business cards, letterheads website, newspaper ads and on-site signs.
Blue Diamond Property
Desired Style:
professional, respectable, friendly
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Focussing on personal attention and the needs of the client rather than making the next big sale, this family business has a strong customer base that is growing through a positive word of mouth campaign.
The target audience for the company is both (private and commercial):
- renters - new renting customers and managing existing customers
- landlords - landlords looking for a new property managing and existing customers
- buyers - people looking to buy a new property
- sellers - people looking to sell a propertyThe identity needs to be professional, respectable, friendly and engender the feeling that this is a boutique firm with a personal touch. Some kind of icon that plays on the idea of a diamond that can be re-used independently of the text as a branding element is required. Other than this – the brief is completely open.
We have no colour preferences, although given the name should probably have blue in there somewhere (and the logo should work in black+white). We also have no font preferences.
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At 6'9", Slovak defenseman Zdeno Chara is undoubtedly the tallest Olympian at Sochi, and the most likely to struggle with the spartan living arrangements. But worry not. Organizers wheeled in what's described as an "extended bed," and appears to be an ottoman.
But now where will Marty St. Louis sleep?
Chara remains an attraction wherever he goes, and is probably sick of taking photos with short people. But he at least had enough indulgence to pose with a 4'10" Canadian figure skater:
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Hey everyone, it has being more than a month since GW2 was released and alot of you are probably reached or about to reach L80. I thought this would be a time to release my endgame gearing guide that I wrote in the past week. Basically, if you are not sure what to do at L80 to get all exotics, then this might be a worth a read.
Guide: http://dulfy.net/2012/10/03/gw2-endgame-gearing-guide/
The guide is fairly lengthy and and to reduce the amount of vertical scrolling, I have enclosed most of the information in dropdown boxes. This allow you to skip the sections you don't want to read and jump onto the important bits right away. I will also include a TL: DR summary here.
Those who care only about exotics might find these three charts helpful
- Exotic Gear Stats distribution chart
- Crafted exotic armor stats breakdown
- Exotic Weapons stats distribution chart
TLDR summary
Basic Information
• Item tiers (White (trash) < Blue (fine) < Green (masterwork) < Yellow (rare) < Orange (exotic) < Purple (legendary)
• Item affixes (Berserker, Rampager etc)
• Salvage everything that is L70+ for rare mats w/ discussions on salvage kit usage
• Map Completion your 60-70 and 70-80 zones for L70+ exotics
Trinkets & Backpieces
• Skip rares and get Masterwork trinkets instead (stats upgrade is minimal and rares are about 45x the prices of masterworks)
• Mats you need for exotic trinkets
• You can get a rare guild backpiece for 5 gold (waste of money really)
• Fine/Masterwork: Cursed Shore karma vendor location and stats
• Fine/Masterwork: WvW karma vendor location and stats
• Rare: What mats you need to get a full set crafted (1.5-2 gold for the full set)
• Rare: WvW karma vendor also sell a rare set for 95k karma
• Exotics: Select sets based on your stats preference
• Exotics: Four ways to get full exotics: crafting (10-12 gold for full set), Dungeons (token grinds), WvW (Badges of Honor grind), or Karma (Orr Temple karma grind at 42k karma/piece)
• Fine/Masterwork: Cursed Shore Karma vendors or WvW vendors
• Rare: WvW karma vendors or T3 cultural vendors if you got spare karma (63k karma)
• Rare: How to get them crafted w/ full mat list.
• Exotics: Full mat list for regular crafting, mat list for mystic forge crafting, you can also get them from dungeons and wvw
• A list of most exotic runes/sigils in the game with methods on obtaining them (mat list for those that are crafted)
• Peach tarts for 26% magic find and +60 power (<20 copper each)
• Onomnomberry stuff if you want 30% magic find
• Lotus Fries are a cheaper alternative if you just want 30% magic find (1/3 price of Onomnom stuff)


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Are you ready? I'm about to blow your mind.
This ice cream.....
The creamy, rich, decadent looking ice cream in the photo above....
Only 1 ingredient.
That's what I said.
Is your mind blown? Are you wondering - how can that even be possible?
Let me tell you, I was a skeptic. I didn't believe one ingredient could transform into this magical, amazing treat.
In case you didn't guess the ingredient from the title - it's bananas.
All you need is bananas.
Healthy Banana Ice Cream
4 medium, ripe-but-not-too-ripe bananas
Slice bananas into fairly small chunks. Freeze overnight.
Oooooooh, frosty!
Take frozen bananas and place in food processor.
Sorry, it's a little fuzzy...I was excited to get started!
Process until bananas start to look like mashed potatoes.
Okay, still a little lumpy, but we're getting there....
Keep processing until completely smooth. You may have to stop quite often and use a spatula to scrape down the sides and stir the bananas. Don't give up! I was thinking mine wasn't going to work because I was getting impatient and the bananas didn't seem to be getting smooth.... just keep processing and stirring - it will work!
Taaa-daaaah! *Cue angel's singing*
That's it. That's all you have to do.
Well, except eat it.
Can you believe it's that easy?
My mind was blown when I first saw this on Get Off Your Butt And Bake. I thought - there is no way frozen bananas will be as creamy and rich as ice cream made with cream and sugar and all that good stuff.
I was wrong.
Everyone that tried it thought it was ice cream in the traditional sense. They couldn't guess that it was just bananas.
Oh yeah, want to know how many calories are in a serving of this? (It makes 4 servings by the way)
Google calories in a medium banana.
Yeah, that's right - only 105 calories.
I had some peanut butter cookies laying around so I made Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream Sandwiches.
Yeah. I went there.
You can also add in a heaping spoonful of peanut butter if you like, OR some hot fudge sauce. You can get all fancy schmancy and make Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream, Fudgy Chocolate Banana Ice Cream...if you like!
I didn't......yet....but will definitely be trying this again!
Update: I made Strawberry Banana Ice Cream - my favorite yet!
All I did was throw in a generous handful of frozen straberries at the same time as the frozen bananas. Then, to create the swirl, I used a Tbsp or 2 of Strawberry Jam.....just for an extra hint of strawberry.


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This is what i see all the time on this forum here. New people came, and get corrected. On the forum it has some cold effect.
On IRC we don't really acts the same way, but this is inherent to the media.
There is two ( or more ) tp communities that don't act the same.
Correcting people is like teachers at school. I hope we won't lose people who don't like this.
Yup, hard to make generalizations that are true, hard to forecast who will sign up to the mailing list (vs others).
Re: Marketing, announcing the mailing list
I'll try to get it into the tokipona(.net) website. ma pi toki pona doesn't have a kulupu pi jan lawa -- this may be why it's successuful (mostly absent leadership didn't screw up anything) and it may be why it keeps getting quiet (leadership isn't moving anything forward, nor sideways, nor anything)
Re: 2nd Life & toki pona
Super idea, esp regarding context, I wish my brief interest in 2nd life had happened at the same time toki pona stuff was going on.
My name is Kuti. But this is Raphaël's forum, not mine
oops! mi pilin ike tan ni: mi toki e toki lon ala.


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A hundred years ago Pike County was a hub of farming families. They may have been able to spend money at small merchandise stores once a month or less. On Sept. 12, you can see for yourself how they fed and kept themselves clothed without buying everything.
Local and regional farmers will share the homemade heritage of the region by demonstrating how to make hook rugs with scraps of wool and apple cider with an antique apple press, use a mule to plow a garden and bale hay, milk goats, make peach cobbler in dutch ovens and create pottery.
The Flint River woodcarvers will share their wood-carving secrets, various bands will provide entertainment, a play written by George Ingram especially for Farm Heritage Day will debut on stage and there will be plenty of activities for children such as making dolls from corn husks.
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You found out you were pregnant. You research everything. You buy all the books. You want to be as prepared for motherhood as you possibly can. Unfortunetly there are so many things you just can't prepare for, no matter what. Just enjoy the ride, and this list!
7. Pregnancy isn't 9 Months- Pregnancy lasts 10 months, not 9– full-term is 40 weeks, you can do the math. Mind blown!
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6. The baby isn't the only thing coming out during delivery- You'll likely poop on the table during delivery – and your partner will have a great view. The nurse and doctor will actually tell you to please go ahead and poop while pushing since it is the exact same muscles you need to use to push baby out.
Try not to get embarrassed if this happens to you during labor. The Doctors and nurses are trained professionals who have seen it all before!
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5. Say goodbye to your boobs as you know them- Your boobs will never be the same – they will be huge and painful, even during the first trimester, and your nipples will turn very dark, almost black and expand to the size of coasters. And then after baby is born and you are done breastfeeding, they might be smaller yet saggier than when you started. Sad but true.
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4. After Being Star of the Show for Nine Months, You Will Be Upstaged -You may have gotten used to the special attention people gave you while you were pregnant. But now that baby's on the scene, you're yesterday's news: Your role is to feed, clothe, and comfort the baby. That's it. All everybody wants to know is how the baby is doing. All gifts are for the baby. You will hold the baby and people will coo at the baby while totally ignoring you. Face it, you have been put in the backseat. For life. And you aren't back there all cozy in a plush carseat, snoozing away without a care in the world.
3. Breastfeeding is the Most Stressful Skill You Will Ever Have to Acquire, and You May Never Acquire It. From latching-on issues to sore nipples, blocked ducts and breast infections, breast-feeding is rife with heartache. Never do you feel like such a failure as a Woman than when you can't feed your own child naturally. Getting a good lactation consultant is key, and for some, this does the trick. But it doesn't work for everyone. And for those of us who don't succeed, the shame of formula-feeding can really feel unbearable. Every time other women pull out their voluptuous boobies while you pull out your formula container -- you feel terrible. But remember that breastfeeding is not the one and only measure of being a good mom.
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2. You Think You Will Be a Cool Mom But You Too Will Make Mountains Out of Molehills Even the smallest choices -- between this brand of diaper or that brand, between this pacifier or that one -- will feel like you are deciding how to handle the national budget. Don't worry, you are not crazy for trying to read all 428 Amazon reviews. You only want the best for your child and let's face it, there are too many choices out there.
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1. Everything Around You Will Suddenly Seem Ridiculously Dangerous- The world has always been a not-so-safe place, but the moment your baby arrives, the threat level goes to DEF CON 5. Driving home from the hospital feels like you've never driven before in your whole life. You'll fear second-hand smoke, exhaust from old cars, lead in teething toys, tap water, and germs from people who want to touch your baby. How do you deal? At first, not very well. But eventually, you accept the fact that you can't protect your child from everything. But you know you will try your best anyway.
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SAN FRANCISCO — A standoff that started Tuesday afternoon finally ended later that evening when a man barricaded inside a San Francisco apartment surrendered to police, a police officer said.
Officers were called to the apartment complex in the 400 block of 20th Avenue at 3:20 p.m. after receiving a report that a man had fired a gun inside an apartment there, Officer Carlos Manfredi said.
Police found a bullet hole in the front door and after making several attempts to knock on the door they attempted to enter the apartment fearing the man may be a danger to himself.
They then heard someone yelling from behind the door, and fearing he may be armed, they stepped back and called for reinforcements.
The department's tactical unit responded and eventually hostage negotiators made contact with him and the man surrendered at about 8:15 p.m.
The man's mental health is being evaluated, Manfredi said.
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60 seconds on data science in fund management
Ben Wicks explains how fund managers are using data science to improve their investment returns.
The fund management industry is an information industry at heart. Fund managers have to take information in, process information and derive insights from it and then place an investment which reflects that judgement.
To get an edge in fund management you need to be doing something better than the other person on the other side of the trade and that is how you find alpha.
Alpha can come from better analysis of information, better combinations of investments and risk management or it could come from better information in the first place.
This is where we think data science is very interesting, because if you bring in a very large amount of data relevant to an investment, and if you can extract insight from that information using data scientists, then there is a good chance you might find something that no other investor has discovered.