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2015 Toyota Prius Spied Inside and Out
A test mule for the 2015 Toyota Prius has reared its head yet again, this time with an entourage of current-generation Prius hybrids. In the new shots, we can see the tester is still in the early phases of development, but we do get to see the car's interior and more of its heavily camouflaged exterior.
When we last spotted the next Prius, we really only got a glimpse of its rear end and profile. These new images let us see the car from all angles, though don't reveal much through the heavy camouflage. The test mule's similar shape to the current-gen Prius, which can be seen testing alongside the prototype, is still apparent. Through the front end's camouflage, we can see two intake slits in the grille, much like the current model's front end. The 2013 Toyota Prius is EPA-rated at 51/48 mpg city/highway, and 50 mpg combined.
Inside, however, things look very different. The test mule sports a traditional instrument cluster, losing the central gauge layout of past models. The center stack is incomplete, but we can see HVAC vents and controls have been restyled, as has the steering wheel, which receives a sportier-looking three-spoke design. This tester retains the current model's tiny electronic gear selector, though it's unclear whether that will make it to the final cabin design.
As we previously reported, the next-gen Prius is rumored to be getting a significant makeover. If that's the case, this prototype could be wearing the outgoing model's sheetmetal. "Then why cover it," you ask? That will likely remain a mystery until the next time we spy the popular hybrid's successor.
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Making Candles (25 DIY Decorative tutorials)
Making Candles (25 DIY Decorative tutorials).
I love candles. The warmth and affection you get at home from candles is amazing. Did you know, making candles is actually really easy. And here you will find some really cool candle making and decorating tutorials that are fun to try with your kids as well.
How about a tutorial to turn a simple Candle into a Decorative Holiday Home Accent? or making candles for your loved ones?
Handmade gifts are always more special!
Let's start this round up of Candles made with Gel wax, Paraffin wax, Beeswax wax, Crayons and even Tissue Paper.
Making Candles
Let's start this round up of Candles made with Gel wax, Paraffin wax, Beeswax wax, Crayons and even Tissue Paper.
Gel Candles
Learn to make gel candles with this DIY tutorial.
Ice candle
Make this interesting ice candle using a Milk Carton.
Recycle candles
Recycle bottle caps into making candles. All you need is wicks and pour wax on them. And you're candles are ready.
Seashell tea lights
Simply put the wick in the center and pour the paraffin wax. Just like the bottle caps.
Decorative Candles
Decorative Decal Pillar Candles
Wrap basic white pillar candles with printable paper. A quick decorative candle idea (find free printables also).
Pillar candles
Make Tissue Paper Transferred Candle
Transfer ink from printed tissue paper onto candles using hair dryer and parchment paper.
Mason Jar Candles
Great handmade gift Idea. Recycle mason jars into making decorative candles. Think about all the creative ways you can decorate them with!
Soy Candles
Making candles using Soy by recycling tin cans.
Fun idea to use orange peel into making tea lights.
Beeswax Candles
Salt Pillar Candles
Crayon dipped candles
Dip candle in melted crayons for this fun effect.
Candles as handmade gifts
Engage in an activity to draw on tissue paper with markers. And transfer ink onto candles using blow dryer.
Easy DIY candles
Make decorative candles using ceramic pieces, wax and candle wick.
Creative smart idea.
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How to make rolled Beeswax Candle.
Even kids can make this candle.
Beach candles
Flower candles
Tree Shaped Candles
Make candles in different shapes using molds.
Make beeswax egg candle using plastic eggs for Easter.
Seashell candles
Make candles by using seashells and other objects as molds.
Embellished Spring Candles Decorated with doily (left), painted cork pads (center) and tissue paper confetti (right) glued on candle sticks.
Looking for more great ideas?
21 responses to "Making Candles (25 DIY Decorative tutorials)"
Wow, you found some amazing candle projects! When I was little my sister used to make this ice candle (like your milk carton) but she used a pringles can.
Thanks for sharing, some of these look fantastic
Love some of these ideas. Thanks for sharing at Toot Your Horn Tuesday 🙂
Great ideas! I especially love the shells! xo
wowwww….love sand candles…..:)
Hiya all, just a question I have just started doing my own candles and decorating them. I have a glass and I put texturised paper around the glass and add flowers ect they look lovely but will I be able to burn the candle as it has paper wrapped around the outside? Thank you, Lauren
Love all the candles they are great
There are some wonderful ideas to help me get started with

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Berger: High level of efficiency for small-scale series production
The automation of a small-scale series production line presents particular challenges in terms of the work process, logistics and availability. The Berger Group responded to this by introducing the Liebherr rotary loading system at the Wertach im Allgäu site (Germany).
The Berger Group was founded in 1955 and is the world's biggest manufacturer of precision lathe and milling parts. The components to be produced – complex components for innovative hydraulic units – have a great amount of diversity with their different bores and thread types. The company identified the potential that could offer a suitable automation solution and opted for the rotary loading system (RLS) from Liebherr for small-scale series production and single part manufacture.
More flexible thanks to rotary loading system
With 24 possible storage spaces, the RLS features a particularly high storage depth per area – with a low space requirement. In addition, the shape of the storage module enables docking of an additional processing centre. This means that the subcontractor is capable of meeting the requirements of the customers with greater flexibility, speed and cost effectiveness. Philipp Schneider, head of department at the Wertach branch, explains: "Our main focus was on the reduction of costly tooling times. On the machine side, it was about significant expansion of the tool magazine". The tool magazine was thus extended as required from 80 to a total of 320 spaces. Furthermore, the aim was for the modular, adjustable (depending on requirement) rack columns were to facilitate even specific customer requirements at short notice. Thanks to its modular design, the automatic system can be adapted to the current production requirements in a very short time.Product overview of Liebherr pallet handling systems
Trouble-free co-operation
Selected Liebherr specialists take on all of the tasks for implementation of the system. The fixture is configured universally so that it can be as flexible as possible. To connect with the existing solution, Liebherr works intensively with the milling machine manufacturer, Heckert.
For the employees, the introduction of the RLS is a milestone: many unnecessary routes are saved. The special design of the system enables users good access to automation. Moreover, the windows around the system in connection with the well laid out user interface provide an overview of the current status in and about automation. The intuitive controls make it possible to call up the desired functions by drag-and-drop comfortably. As with the entire system, the software also has a modular structure. New areas of application can therefore be realised by Liebherr reliably.
Tooling times markedly reduced
Changing over to the Liebherr rotary loading system for small-scale production has proven to be a good choice for Berger, particular in terms of efficiency, customer orientation and delivery capability. As such, the company is capable of responding to changes in demand directly, even at very short notice. Moreover, the tooling times are considerably reduced, the process chain is optimised and warehouse stock is reduced. The operator can utilise the running time of the machine for other tasks in production – the tooling costs are therefore not included in the machine's hourly rate. Even an unmanned third shift would be possible from this point without trouble. In practical terms, this has already proven its worth: The procurement costs will be recuperated in a relatively short time.


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On the fence? Outdoor rooms tip the scale
ADDRESS: 729 Northwood Avenue
SIZE: 2,865 fin. sq. ft. / 954 unfin.
NEIGHBORHOOD: North Downtown
CURB APPEAL: 9 out of a possible 10
LISTED BY: Judy Campbell of McLean Faulconer Inc. 293-8526
Buyers with plenty of money who are looking for a house in town have several options. Just a quick survey of recent ads turns up beauties downtown on First Street and Park Street, elegant places close to UVA on Winston, Hilltop, and Rugby Roads, and a few mavericks like a landlord's dream (house plus four rental units) on Howard Drive.
A buyer's requirements– school district, yard maintenance, updates– will help narrow the field, but a flush buyer who's trying to decide among all these offerings has a lot to weigh. What would recommend this large brick house on Northwood Avenue over the others?
Well, obviously, the house itself: its age (90 years old, with only three owners in all that time), its location (walk to the Downtown Mall, jump on the 250 by-pass in a minute), and some desirable features: an elegant bright sunroom with heated tile floor, added in 2000; a classy new "European" shower in the master suite; a library, and a basement office.
Light, privacy, and tranquility provided by custom-designed Pella windows, with neo-Palladian "Jefferson style" fan lights and over-large upper panes (plus the luxury of between-the-glass blinds which never need cleaning) make the rear sunroom the center of the house. Built over an existing garage, it incorporates the former exterior brick wall to attractive advantage.
The sunroom is off the kitchen, updated about 15 years ago. A new owner will probably want to make even more changes there, but not to the gorgeous oak floor discovered beneath the linoleum during the renovations. The large fireplace in the living room has been unfortunately converted to gas (it's all the rage, apparently), and the formal dining room boasts two built-in corner cupboards, almost impossible to imagine finding in a new house today because of the intricacy of the elaborate carving.
The bookcase-walled library off the living room and a very pink half bath cleverly tucked away under the stairs round out the first floor.
Upstairs are the usual three bedrooms. Two of them are interesting because of pretty doors leading to... the roof over the library. The owner explains that some time ago, some fly-by-night workmen took advantage of the previous owner, an elderly widow, and in the process of putting on a new roof, demolished a distinctive deck off these two bedrooms. Oh, well, at least the two "doors to nowhere" provide light to the bedrooms.
The other houses vying for a buyer's attention probably offer some variation of these attributes. What might sway the undecided in this direction is the .75 acre lot here, not only because of its heft but also because of its design. The lot is unusually large and private for a house in the center of the city, but the appeal is its several "rooms"– spaces delineated by old low walls, shaded by huge trees– and one of them graced with a huge rock fireplace. The artful division of what would be just a big backyard elsewhere will have special appeal for gardeners, but aesthetes of any stripe can't help but be dazzled.
The basement is also a plus, as is the novelty of three different roof materials (shingle, tin, copper) and two garages. But we predict it's that backyard that– combined with a classic, sturdy house– will be the factor that tips a vacillating house-hunter toward Northwood Avenue.


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Business FAQs - W-2 Reporting Requirements - EFW2 Submissions
Use RITA's W-2 Reporting Specs. RITA uses the same specifications as the Social Security Administration with modifications to certain positions and records. The Social Security Administration specification and can be found at their web site: http://www.ssa.gov/employer/EFW2&EFW2C.htm.
Login to MyAccount and select the Test and Upload W-2 EFW2 file option under File and Pay.
Submitting the file electronically is the secure, preferred method because it will confirm total wages and withholdings received. It will provide you with immediate notification if errors are found.
When submitting online, no errors are reported, but my total wages and withholdings are not what I expected. Why not?
The EFW2 file contains federal, state and local wage information. RITA reads the local information and must allow for files that have information for RITA or non-RITA member municipalities. For RITA to use the information on a RS record, it must have a valid state code (39), a valid RITA municipality code, and a valid Tax Type Code ("C" or "R").
The list of valid RITA municipality codes can be found on the Tax Rates Table.
Wage or other currency field is left blank. These fields must be filled in with zeros.
Another common error is a record exceeding the maximum length requirement of 512 characters.
Yes, starting in tax year 2016, Employer W-2 submission specifications changed as the result of changes to the Ohio Revised Code made by the Ohio General Assembly. Employers are now required to report, for each employee, every municipality or municipalities for which tax was withheld or should have been withheld. Please visit W-2 Reporting Requirements for the most recent EFW2 specifications.


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Take 4 capsules with a full glass of purified water on an empty stomach before bed. If you do not achieve 3-5 bowel movements the next day, increase serving size by 2 capsules each night until you achieve 3-5 movements. Continue this amount for 5 more days.
Take your serving size 2-3 times weekly or as desired.
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Add 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar and the juice of 1/2 a lemon into 16 ounces of purified or distilled water. Take with 6-8 capsules of Oxy-Powder before bed. Oxy-Powder will cleanse your intestinal tract while you sleep, allowing you to relieve yourself of toxins the following morning.
Colon cleansing will help the gastrointestinal tract become free of toxins and buildup and will allow for bowel movements that are more regular. The need for a cleanse increases if a person adopts poor dietary habits, a sedentary lifestyle, or maintains low consumption of water and high-enzyme foods, though everyone can benefit from an occasional cleanse. The consumption of white sugar, white flour, and preserved foods make efficient digestion increasingly difficult to achieve, and these habits contribute to a lack of healthy evacuation of toxins. Oxy-Powder will not only help remove toxins, but will promote the healing of the intestines. Full colon cleanses should be carried out two to three times a year for optimal health, but it is important to remember they should be instituted for temporary periods only. Colon cleansing with harsh herbs, synthetic chemicals, or binders of any kind should be avoided, as these can cause further damage to the intestinal walls. For these and many other reasons, Oxy-Powder is generally regarded as the safest, most natural colon cleanser that is also not habit-forming, and will promote the greatest amount of healing of your internal digestive system.
Oxy-Powder breaks down solid fecal impaction in the intestinal tract to a liquid or a gas therefore clearing the way for good nutrient absorption. A clean intestinal tract allows undigested waste to pass easily through your system and allows for better absorption of nutrients, vitamins and water.
Oxy-Powder releases nascent oxygen in the intestinal tract, helping beneficial bacteria to thrive. Most good bacteria, or probiotics, are aerobic, in other words, they survive in the presence of oxygen. In contrast, most strains of harmful bacteria are anaerobic and cannot survive in the presence of oxygen.
Everyone's results differ depending on their diet, exercise patterns, and age as well as physical and emotional stress levels. The frequency of your bowel movements will usually begin to diminish as the digestive tract rids itself of toxic matter. The stools may still continue to be loose or semi-solid, however, due to the oxidation process.
At this point the nascent oxygen will be available for the body to absorb through the capillary walls in the intestinal lining thereby aiding the body in the purification of the blood, organs, and lymph system. However, to ensure you continue to stay as clean inside as possible, you should eat only live, raw fruits and vegetables and completely eliminate the intake of all toxins.
Because the Standard American Diet (SAD) is so poor, we believe you will need to cleanse on a continuous basis to help keep the entire intestinal lining clean. Therefore, we recommend a continued maintenance dose every other evening at the minimum. Use your bowel activity as a guide. You will know how "clean" you are by the color, consistency, and frequency of your bowel movements.
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Remedy: Avoid chocolate during your cleanse.
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If cramping persists for more than 3 days, then take your cleansing serving of Oxy-Powder upon waking in the morning with 16 ounces of water and the juice of 1/2 organic lemon. Continue your cleanse by taking Oxy-Powder every morning instead of before bed.
Most people find the cleanse to be very manageable as long as a restroom isn't too far off. If you are going to the bathroom 5 to 7 times a day or more, reduce your serving by two capsules and increase the cleanse from 7 days to 10 days. If you don't work on the weekends, consider starting the colon cleanse on a Friday evening. This way you'll have access to a bathroom for longer periods of time.
Conversely, some people have a lot of compacted fecal matter and may not have a bowel movement until the second or third day of their cleanse. Give Oxy-Power a minimum of 5 days to work. If your digestive system is particularly backed up, it may take longer to break down and clear out the compaction.
Oxy-Powder will cause watery, gaseous stools. This is not clinical diarrhea; it's the byproduct of oxidation. Common causes of diarrhea are:
A diet of whole, raw foods with plenty of purified water is best. Avoid sugar, fried foods, white flour, dairy, and anything processed or overly refined. Avoid carbonated beverages, caffeine, and alcohol. See the body cleansing diet for more tips.
Parents should consult their physician regarding the use of any dietary supplement by their children.
Results vary depending on diet, exercise patterns, age, and physical and emotional stress levels. The frequency of your bowel movements will usually begin to diminish as your digestive tract rids itself of toxic matter. The stools may still continue to be loose or semi-solid, however, due to the oxidation process.
Start by taking 4 capsules of Oxy-Powder in the evening on an empty stomach with a full 8 oz. glass of water. If you do not achieve 3 to 5 bowel movements the following day, increase your serving by 2 capsules each night until you achieve 3 to 5 bowel movements the following day. Once you determine your effective serving, maintain this serving for seven consecutive days after which you may take the maintenance serving as desired. Oxy-Powder will not cause dependency.
Most people have an accumulation of "settled" toxins in their body. When they begin a cleanse, those toxins are stirred up as they begin to exit the body. For most people, this doesn't produce any problems, however, some people have reported a mild reaction of feeling unwell, sometimes called a "healing crisis." The effects are mild, temporary, and may include mild headaches or aches. It will subside as toxins are expelled from your body.
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In this Video of the Week, FIFA.com and FIFA TV turn the spotlight on walking football, where running is not allowed. Click on the video above to find out for yourself.
Given that England is the birthplace of modern football, it is only fitting that the slower version of the game should have taken root there too. It has proven especially popular among the older generation of players, as this week's video reveals.
Anyone dismayed by the prospect of hanging up their boots in their latter years would be well advised to take a look and discover the wonders of walking football.
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Lung flute helps patients suffering from COPD
DETROIT – Bernard and Barbara Swanekamp have been married 56 years.
"He's my best friend," said Barbara.
But after a lifetime of smoking, Bernard is suffering from COPD and relies on an oxygen tank.
"It restricts my lungs. I don't like doing this, but if this is the way I have to live, then this is the way I have to live," said Bernard.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is the third leading cause of death in the United States. As the disease progresses, patients find it increasingly difficult to breathe and unable to clear the thick mucus that builds up in their chest.
That causes shortness of breath, discomfort and increases the risk of infections like pneumonia.
But Bernard has found relief from an unusual device.
It's called the Lung Flute.
"Usually I wind up in the hospital one or two times a year in the winter time. Last winter, there was nothing," said Bernard.
The Lung Flute was developed by an acoustic engineer. Patients are instructed to do about ten short breaths into the plastic horn, like they're blowing out a candle.
When patients blow into the Lung Flute, the reed inside flaps back and forth and sends vibrations into the airways. Those sound waves are enough to help break down the mucus.
"It helps with clearance of the mucus and essentially, then they feel better the rest of the day," said Dr. Sanjay Sethi, chief of pulmonary medicine at the University of Buffalo. "There were patients who would come to me all the time and they say, 'Listen, once I clear the mucus, I feel better.'"
Studies find using the Lung Flute twice a day improves COPD symptoms. It's potentially helpful for anyone who suffers mucus congestion from other respiratory problems too, including asthma, emphysema, or bronchitis.
It's not a crazy concept. Previous studies have found playing wind instruments can help improve lung function in teenagers who suffer from asthma. Researchers also found when wind musicians did suffer asthma attacks, they were less likely to panic.
The Lung Flute may not produce beautiful music, but it's struck a chord with Bernard and Barbara.
"It saves me a lot of trips to the hospital, I'll tell you that," said Bernard. "This thing has made a world of difference in my life. It really has."
"When he feels better, I feel better," said Barbara.
The Lung Flute has been approved by the FDA.
Patients need a prescription to get one. Insurance typically covers the cost, but out-of-pocket, the instrument and a six month supply of reeds is $50.
To learn more about the Lung Flute, click here. http://www.lungflute.com/patients.php
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Motionless in White Release 'America' Video Directed by Slipknot's Shawn 'Clown' Crahan
Pennsylvanian metalcore act Motionless in White have just released a new music video for 'America.' The track is Motionless in White's third single from their 2012 full-length album, 'Infamous,' and the song's video was directed by Slipknot percussionist Shawn 'Clown' Crahan.
The video for 'America' depicts the goings-on of an underground carnival freak show, with Motionless in White singer Chris Motionless acting as the circus' ringmaster. Looking like a mix between Marilyn Manson and AFI singer Davey Havok, the singer acts as the video's central figure while a parade of weirdos and cretins parade around the show grounds.
Shawn Crahan recently posted on his Facebook page about directing the Motionless in White video for 'America.' "I directed a Motionless In White video," Crahan wrote. "I had a blast. We created something special. All the people involved were so great and a pleasure to work with. I live for those days."
'Infamous' is the second studio album released by Motionless in White, with the tracks 'Devils Night' and 'If It's Dead, We'll Kill It' having preceded 'America' as singles from the record. Check out the new video for 'America' above.


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Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
Born: 12 March 1824 in Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia)
Died: 17 October 1887 in Berlin, Germany
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Gustav Kirchhoff's father was Friedrich Kirchhoff, a law councillor in Königsberg with a strong sense of duty to the Prussian state. Gustav's mother was Johanna Henriette Wittke. The family were part of the flourishing intellectual community in Königsberg and Gustav, the most able of Friedrich and Johanna's children, was brought up to think that service to Prussia was the only course open to him. University professors were civil servants in Prussia at this time and so to be a university professor, Gustav's parents believed, represented the right position where someone of high academic abilities could serve Prussia. Given Gustav's academic abilities at school, his future career followed naturally.
Kirchhoff was educated in Königsberg where he entered the Albertus University of Königsberg which had been founded in 1544 by Albert, the first duke of Prussia. Franz Neumann and Jacobi had jointly set up a mathematics-physics seminar at Königsberg in 1833, and they used it to introduce their students to methods of research. Kirchhoff attended the Neumann-Jacobi seminar from 1843 to 1846. Now 1843 was the year in which Jacobi became unwell, so it was Neumann who influenced Kirchhoff in a very positive way. Neumann's interests were at this time firmly in mathematical physics and, at the time Kirchhoff began to study at Königsberg, Neumann had become interested in electrical induction. In fact Neumann published the first of his two major papers on electrical induction in 1845 while Kirchhoff was studying with him. Kirchhoff was taught mathematics at the University of Königsberg by Friedrich Jules Richelot.
It was while he was studying with Neumann that Kirchhoff made his first outstanding research contribution which related to electrical currents. Kirchhoff's laws, which he announced in 1845, allowed calculation of currents, voltages and resistances in electrical circuits with multiple loops, extending the work of Ohm. Kirchhoff considered an electrical network consisting of circuits joined at nodes of the network and gave laws which reduce the calculation of the currents in each loop to the solution of algebraic equations. The first law states that the sum of the currents into a given node equals the sum of the currents out of that node. The second law states that the sum of electromotive forces in a loop in the network equals the sum of potential drops, or voltages across each of the resistances, in the loop.
Kirchhoff's laws followed from applying Ohm's law but the way in which he was able to generalise the results showed great mathematical skills. At this stage Kirchhoff was unaware that Ohm's analogy between the flow of heat and the flow of electricity, which formed the accepted understanding of electrical currents at that time, led to an incorrect understanding of electrical currents. Since no heat flowed in a body at a uniform temperature, it was believed that a static current could exist in a conductor. Kirchhoff's work would, a couple of years later, lead to him to realise this error and to give a correct understanding of how the theory of electric currents and electrostatics should be combined.
The year 1847 was an eventful one for Kirchhoff. He graduated from Königsberg in that year and moved to Berlin in 1847 at a particularly difficult time when tensions there were high due to poor conditions in the German Confederation. Unemployment and crop failures had led to discontent and disturbances, and trouble was sparked by the news that Louis-Philippe had been overthrown by an uprising in Paris in February 1848. There were revolutions in many German states and fighting in Berlin. Republican and socialist feelings meant that the monarchy was in trouble, but Kirchhoff was in a privileged position and was unaffected by events around him as he pressed forward with his career.
He taught at Berlin in an unpaid post from 1848 to 1850, and it was while he was working in Berlin that he corrected the accepted understanding of electric currents and electrostatics which we referred to above. He left Berlin for Breslau in 1850 when he was appointed as extraordinary professor there. In the year that he arrived in Breslau, Kirchhoff solved a problem concerning the deformation of elastic plates. An early form of the theory had been developed by Germain and Poisson but it was Navier who gave the correct differential equation a few years later. Problems remained, however, which Kirchhoff solved using variational calculus.
While Kirchhoff was in Breslau he met Bunsen who spent the academic year 1851-52 there; the two becoming firm and lasting friends. In 1854 Bunsen, who was working at Heidelberg, encouraged and supported Kirchhoff to move there. Kirchhoff accepted the offer of an appointment as professor of physics and he began a fruitful collaboration with Bunsen. He shared in the academic and social excitement generated in Heidelberg by the circle gathered around Helmholtz. In 1857 he married Clara Richelot. She was the daughter of Friedrich Richelot, one of his mathematics professors from Königsberg.
Kirchhoff was not the only one working at the time on electric currents. Wilhelm Weber and Rudolf Kohlrausch were also working on the nature of such currents and published similar results to that of Kirchhoff around 1857 on the velocity of a current in a highly conductive wire. Kirchhoff and Weber both discovered that the velocity was independent of the nature of the wire and was almost exactly equal to the velocity of light. However, they both dismissed this as a coincidence rather than making the step which Maxwell made five years later of inferring that light was an electromagnetic phenomenon.
Fundamental work by Kirchhoff on black body radiation (a term he introduced in 1862) was important in the development of quantum theory. Fraunhofer had observed bright lines in the spectrum produced by flames and noted that they appeared at similar frequencies to certain dark lines in the spectrum of the sun. To make further progress, however, required pure forms of substances, for if impurities were present then these confused the picture by producing lines. Kirchhoff was able to make his fundamental breakthrough by producing purer forms of substances than had been previously the case. He was then able to see, in 1859, that each element had a uniquely characteristic spectrum. He presented his law of radiation, stating that, for a given atom or molecule, the emission and absorption frequencies are the same.
Kirchhoff and Bunsen went on to examine the spectrum of the sun in 1861 and were able to identify the chemical elements in the sun's atmosphere. They discovered two new elements, caesium and rubidium in the course of their investigations. Kirchhoff is perhaps best known for being the first to explain the dark lines in the sun's spectrum as caused by absorption of particular wavelengths as the light passes through gases in the sun's atmosphere. This work started a new era in astronomy.
With Clara, his first wife, Kirchhoff had three sons and two daughters and he was left to bring them up on his own in 1869 when Clara died. This was made harder by a disability which caused him to spend much of his life on crutches or in a wheelchair. He later married Luise Brömmel, who was from Goslar, in Heidelberg in 1872. Kirchhoff had been made offers by other universities but he was happy in Heidelberg and turned down such offers. However as his health began to fail he realised that the experimental side of the subject, one which he greatly enjoyed, was becoming increasingly difficult. Therefore, in 1875 when he was offered the chair of mathematical physics at Berlin, he accepted since it allowed him to continue to make a strong contribution to teaching and theoretical research without the problems that his poor health was giving him in carrying out experiments. His best known treatise, published after he took up the chair in Berlin, is the four volume masterpiece Vorlesungen über mathematische Physik Ⓣ (1876-94).
In [1] Rosenfeld sums up Kirchhoff's contribution:-
In a period of expanding scientific horizons, the need soon arises for ordering and logical analysis of new knowledge. Among the leading physicists of the nineteenth century, it was Kirchhoff whose temperament was best suited to this task. In all his work he strove for clarity and rigour in the quantitative statement of experience, using a direct and straightforward approach and simple ideas. His mode of thinking is as conspicuous in his contributions of immediate practical value (the laws of electrical networks) as in those with wide implications (the method of spectral analysis).As a teacher his contribution was substantial:-
The excellence of Kirchhoff as a teacher can be inferred from the printed text of his lectures (he managed to publish only those on mechanics, the others being edited posthumously). They set a standard for the teaching of classical theoretical physics in German universities, at a time when they were taking a leading position in the development of science.The texts which he wrote also had a lasting value and they contributed to the strong development of theoretical physics in Germany in the forty years after his death.
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affect / effect… features large scale abstract paintings and prints by 4th year Visual Art Studio student Vaiva Slapsys.
Everything that we do as people has an effect on someone else, and everything that we come into contact with affects us is some way. Our emotions are constantly shifting, able to be flipped one way or another in the blink of an eye, delicate and forever changing, easy to manipulate, affected by all that is around us. Although we all experience the unpredictability of our emotions as a normal part of our every day lives, we are often asked to put these feelings away as invalid or unimportant, and rarely do we have the opportunity to explore how we are feeling and truly reflect on it.
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The show will also include print media that complements the large abstract paintings. My print-making focuses on the effect that a place or time can have on memory. Nostalgic screen prints filled with photographic imagery, whimsical colours and both representational and abstract shapes, bring us back to a specific time or place in our memories and ask viewers to reflect on what kinds of feelings are being harboured there.
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Jazz bassist, composer and arranger, Al Henderson, leads an ensemble of colleagues and friends in a signature performance. The show is part of the Department of Music's Faculty Spotlight Series, taking place in the Martin Family Lounge at York's Keele campus.
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Henderson has been a seminal force on the Canadian jazz scene for more than 30 years. He has earned critical acclaim and legions of fans as leader of his own bands – the Al Henderson Septet, Quintet and Quartet – and co-founder and co-leader of the groundbreaking group, Time Warp. He has also performed as sideman with many leading jazz artists including Diana Krall, Jane Bunnett, Arnett Cobb, Hank Crawford, Slim Gaillard, Jimmy Knepper and Flip Phillips.
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all from one is an exhibition of large scale found object paintings by 4th year visual art studio student Catherine Hois exploring the artist's fascination with the everlasting connection of all living things to the earth.
Artist Statement: This group of works represents my belief that we are protected and taken care of by the earth, because we are connected to the earth as living beings. Why are humans provided everything we need to survive and live a healthy life on earth? Is it coincidence? I believe that is it not. All species on this planet are genetically connected; we are a part of the harmony and flow of life, not apart from it as superior beings, and all atoms that make up life are in constantly rearranging from one living thing to another. Humans are organisms that consist of many functions; we ingest food, absorb nutrients, and excrete waste, we have senses, we have memories, we get sick when we are poisoned, along with many other functions. I think of Mother Nature; life itself as one organism with many functions as well; similar to our own bodies. My inspiration sprouts from these themes and phrases: Intertwine, interconnected, "circle of life," and "All from one."
My art works connect to these concepts with the materials I use, the colours, the gestural brush strokes, and the overall unity that I aim for in every piece. The found objects I use are all recycled materials, for example plastic bags, water bottles, plastic containers, old toys, old Christmas decorations, egg cartons, old Tupperware, broken instruments (the list goes on and on). My idea was not only to be less wasteful, but to bring life to the items that would have gone into the trash and disguise "garbage" as lively works of art. In creating these works, I tried to be as environmentally friendly as possible, from using empty paint containers, paint rags, coffee cups, and even snack wrappers; all waste that I produced throughout my painting process.
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John began playing drums at age eight, after receiving a snare drum as a gift. With the support, encouragement and patience of his parents, John and Mary Ann, he played in the school band and began drum lessons with a good local teacher, Tom Sicola. While under Tom's guidance, he gained control of the snare drum through work on the rudiments and reading. Eventually, he acquired a complete drumset and lessons expanded to include "beats of the day," coordination and reading studies for the drumset. At age twelve, John began playing in rock bands and heard his first jazz recordings, the soundtrack to The Gene Krupa Story and Max Roach's Conversation. Two years later, he played his first "professional" gig, which he obtained through an audition played over the telephone. John began studying with Joe Morello in 1971, after meeting him at a drum symposium. John went on to attend the University of North Texas, where he was introduced to a larger world of music and percussion. While at UNT, he played in, toured, and recorded with the famed One O'clock Lab Band. In 1976, he moved to New York City and was soon called to join the Woody Herman Band. Following that great experience, John returned to New York and began freelancing with a wide spectrum of world class musicians including Stan Getz, Milt Jackson, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, John Scofield, Bob Mintzer, Gary Peacock, Mike Stern, Joe Lovano, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, John Patitucci, Bob Berg, and many others.
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Faculty Concert Series: Leaving Kansas Compositions by Dorothy de Val
Faculty member, pianist and musicologist Dorothy de Val reflects on her twenty years at York with a lighthearted program of original songs and instrumental music.
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Paula Arciniega, mezzo soprano
Susanna McCleary, soprano
Anne Lederman, fiddle
Kye Marshall, cello
Patricia Wait, clarinet
Barbara Ackerman, flute
Dorothy de Val is a musicologist and pianist whose research interests include Scots Gaelic song, the first English folksong revival, pianos and pianism, and Haydn reception in England. Particular research interests include early 20th-century collectors and arrangers of folksong, particularly Broadwood and Grainger, and collectors of Gaelic song (Tolmie, Broadwood, Murray and Kennedy-Fraser).
Dr. de Val is the author of In Search of Song: The Life and Times of Lucy Broadwood, published by Ashgate in July 2011. She is a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and many music reference works including The Haydn Companion, and is a regular reviewer for the journal Music and Letters. With Patricia Debly of Brock University she organized a conference on Haydn in 2009, sponsored by York University, SSHRC and The Wirth Institute. She is also a member of the North American British Music Studies Association, whose conference she organized at York in 2008.
Professor de Val's research extends into the field of dance, focusing on English social dance and Morris dance (especially Mary Neal and the Esperance Club). She co-organized a conference at York on English country dance in the summer of 2010, and performs regularly as pianist for English country dances with her group, Playford's Pleasure, with a focus on the life and times of Jane Austen. Her most recent project involves performing music from Jane Austen's own collection, featuring composers such as Pleyel, Sterkel, Storace and Kotzwara.
Dr. de Val has taught at the Royal Academy of Music (London), Oxford Brookes University and the University of Oxford, and served as assistant curator of musical instruments at the Royal College of Music (London). She joined York University's Department of Music in 1999 and served as Associate Dean in the Faculty of Fine Arts from 2004 to 2007, and as Graduate Program Director in Dance from 2009 to 2011.
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Craig Garnham, guest conductor
Edward Moroney, piano
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ENSEMBLE JENG YI is a Korean performing arts ensemble based in Toronto. Since their formation in 1998, the group has entertained audiences with their exciting repertoire of original compositions and traditional pieces.Building upon the conventions of Korean performing arts, Ensemble Jeng Yi has created a variety of innovative productions including intimate mu
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Joo Hyung Kim is an accomplished performer of the Kayagum,the traditional Korean zither. Born in Korea, she began her traditional Korean music training at the age of six. She majored in traditional Korean music at Kyung Buk University, and completed her M.A. in traditional music at Sook Myung University. She immigrated to Canada in 2005 and has been an active performer and composer.
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Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) is a beloved feminist revisioning of two of Shakespeare's most well-known plays, Othello and Romeo & Juliet. Written by Canadian playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald, the play explores the hypothetical question: what if Shakespeare's tragedies were actually intended to be comedies? To learn the answer to this question, please join us November 16-23 in the Joseph G. Green Theatre to find out.
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The Music at Midday series presents a recital featuring student soloists in the classical performance program.
Admission is free. Everyone welcome.
The York University Jazz Festival, running November 18-21, showcases rising young talent directed by leading lights of the Canadian jazz scene.
Catch the next generation of outstanding jazz artists, right here on campus – and with no cover charge!
Monday, November 18
7:30 pm – Small ensembles directed by Roy Patterson, Lorne Lofsky and Mark Eisenman.
Martin Family Lounge, 219 Accolade East Building
The York University Jazz Festival, running from November 18-21, showcases rising young talent directed by leading lights of the Canadian jazz scene.
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You will abrade the paint on your bodywork and wheels and after a few applications can start to notice damage.
Leather upholstery..... how can I put this.......
Modern automotive leather is best thought of as being treated in the same way as your bodywork. The top-grade animal hide is boiled, stretched and scraped to a uniform thickness. Then a filler coat is applied to disguise any imperfections (scars, disfigurements, etc) before the colour is sprayed on followed by a protective 'lacquer'.
Any abrasives will wear away these coatings and before long you will be in a situation where you need someone like me to come and restore your seats.
(Not that I mind, I just get the impression that people wouldn't want to throw money at me unnecessarily.....)


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Hey everyone, first post from me.
I'm currently doing a programming course and although so far I've been able to get my head around my assignments this one has me stumped. Here is the code which when run draws a circle at the top left of the frame.
The assignment is to use a loop that would redraw the circle multiple times, diagonally across the frame finishing at the bottom right corner.
I'm not looking for someone to simply solve it for me, but point me in the right direction as so far I just can't get my head around it.
Cheers in advance!
import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D; public class DrawShapes extends JFrame { public void paint(Graphics g) { Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g; super.paint(g2); int w = getWidth(); int h = getHeight(); g.setColor(Color.GREEN); Ellipse2D.Double myEllipse; myEllipse = new Ellipse2D.Double(50, 50, 25, 25); g2.fill(myEllipse); } public static void main(String[] args) { DrawShapes p = new DrawShapes(); p.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); p.setSize(500,500); p.setVisible(true); } }


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Mac Cowell. Illustration by Bernd Schifferdecker
When Mac Cowell says he wants to help people "do biology as a hobby," he's not talking about pinning insects to foamcore. He's talking about splicing DNA and reprogramming bacteria to create genetically engineered machinery.
The pushing of complex scientific information beyond the doors of hallowed institutions has been tagged with several modifiers: citizen, amateur, DIY, hobbyist. Call it what you will, but the "democratization of science" is flourishing. Nowhere is this trend arguably more evident than within synthetic biology, a field that applies engineering principles to the study and construction of biological systems. Through collaboration and an open-sourcing of genomic databases, Cowell and others hope that biohacking (with its etymological nod to the self-trained computer-programming movement) will provide nonscientists the opportunity to tinker with living machines.
After an undergrad degree in biology, Cowell's fascination with bioengineering possibilities lead him to MIT's iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) organization, where he managed a research wiki and intermingled "with the cutting-edge synthetic biology strata." But the 24-year-old biocurious researcher recently decided to leave iGEM because he wasn't having fun anymore. "The honeymoon period of that job disappeared after a year or so. I wasn't learning new things." So Cowell did the obvious: "I sold my car and started DIYBio."
What exactly is DIYBio?
DIYbio is a group of people who are interested in doing amateur biotechnology. Amateur, meaning doing something that you love for the sake of doing it. In a broad sense, we're developing an infrastructure that enables people not in traditional institutions to take advantage of the tools that those institutions typically provide.
Why did you start DIYbio instead of pursuing a PhD or collaborating with an established lab?
I really fell in love with the general idea that biology can be engineered. But I was disappointed with the huge barrier of entry for average people, or for anyone who wants to get involved but is not already in a PhD program. The open-source computer-programming movement became ubiquitous, and computers became a platform that enabled a huge amateur or hobbyist culture of people to push the field further. Many people got organized and started working on projects collaboratively. So why can't we do that with biology? Why does all biology happen in academic or industrial labs? What's the barrier to entry for doing something interesting in biology? It's a four- to seven-year PhD program. There must be another opportunity.
Gel electrophoresis kit, DIY-style. Gel electrophoresis is a technique used to separate proteins for molecular analysis.
What do amateurs bring to the table that trained scientists don't?
That's a great question. The number one thing is a "cross-pollination" of expertise. We are trying to develop the tools that enable people, who might be experts in other areas, to do biology as a hobby in their spare time, bringing some of that expertise to the lab. That way, there is a lot of potential for innovation. For instance, one of the projects that we are working on right now is an "augmented reality benchtop." There has been a lot of work in the last 10 or 20 years on things like multitouch, big-screen tabletops. What if we made a benchtop for a lab that could recognize the stuff on top of it, walk you through a protocol visually, or connect you to a microscope on the surface of that lab bench and show you what it sees? So that you're not just scribbling in a lab notebook, you're actually recording at an equal or better granularity what you're doing. Another example of where advancements in other fields could apply to biology is pipetting. During experiments, you pipette over and over again, hundreds or thousands of times a day. Every once in a while you might zone out and think, "Oh, my God. Did I just pipette that two times in a row? Five times? I don't even remember." Why don't we just install a little wireless data logger into a pipette that keeps track of how much and every time you press a button? Some of the people we're collaborating with are installing little wireless data loggers into pipettes that keep track of how many times you press the pipette button. And it only costs $40. Why aren't all pipettes like that?
Is a crowd-sourced approach especially well suited to synthetic biology?
Synthetic biology aims to make biology easier to engineer by adopting basic engineering principles: modular parts, standardization, abstraction, standard units. And as these practices become more developed, the opportunity for people to do biology on their own increases. As the system of weights and measures is realized, the less you have to be a vertical expert, or a specialist. Furthermore, a crowd-sourced network of hobbyists might help measure and characterize the needed toolbox of thousands of biological parts in the first place. Hobbyists don't have the same set of goals as PhDs. Measuring things is not very sexy, meaning you probably couldn't write a paper about it. Many synthetic biologists are having trouble getting papers about different measurement standards published because it doesn't clearly advance the scientific agenda. Maybe it could be construed as scientific progress, but really, it's about engineering progress. There's a lag between what needs to happen to make synthetic biology more of a reality in certain ways. There's a lot of science that had to happen to make synthetic biology possible. But there's also a lot of grunt work — measuring, trying different combinations, characterizing — that I think a lot of traditional scientists aren't necessarily going to do. Scientists who are trying to write their thesis or publish a paper in Nature might not have as much compulsion to perform that initial grunt work.
Does amateur science affect the peer-review process?
Right now that function is being provided mostly by the mainstream publishing industry, which is now a couple hundred years old. These publications have become academic currency. If you want to get tenure, you need the pedigree of having been published in prestigious journals. Until we can find alternative ways of crediting good work, we're going to be stuck with the existing publishing system. The current way to have a scientific conversation is to take six months to two years to publish a paper, and the paper is the end product of research that's taken six months, maybe many years. All of that data is stored in lab notebooks. And maybe only the best analysis of that data gets published as an auxiliary file on a publisher's website, even though useful experimental data was generated much earlier. As we develop tools that make it easier for scientists to capture the process of actually doing research, I think that will enable a faster scientific conversation than the current six-month to two-year process. Software platforms that make it easier for scientists to capture, on the fly, what they are doing at a granular level — that's what the scientific dialogue is all about.
How do you respond to critics who claim that you're potentially putting dangerous biological materials in the wrong hands? Or, to use the computer-programming analogy, are you aiding the development of viruses in a very literal sense?
All the hazardous sequences are available publicly from GenBank, etc.: Ebola, H5N1, the 1918 plague; they're all there. DIYbio won't change that. We're looking to mostly focus on doing wet lab work in a very public, transparent group setting. So that if anyone — a neighbor, a governmental agent, a journalist — wants to know what is going on, it's evident what we are working on. Forming that community is the first defense so that the 99.9999 percent of the group who are positive will stop the .0001 percent of the group that's negative. Today, at the ground floor, I think it's best if we blaze a path forward in a very public and open way. A small minority may have unleashed computer viruses over the years, but it's the computer hacking community at large who created many of the solutions that safeguard us from them.
What are some of the applications being developed by synthetic biology through collaboration?
One team of scientists is looking to modify the bacteria in our mouths, so that instead of developing plaque, they're eating away at it and recalcifying our teeth. An inter-institutional collaboration called SynBERC is creating "tumor-killing bacteria" that hunt and destroy tumor cells based on biological markers. However, it's tricky to work on these sorts of things right now, because there are so many societal hangups around introducing organisms into people. Another group is reengineering bacteria to create a device called an "E.colaroid" that may be capable of producing brilliant, high-resolution images at the molecule scale. And, of course, every synthetic biologist and his grandma is trying to reprogram E. Coli to optimize the production of oil from living organisms.
Will synthetic biology improve our lives?
I think that our cultural understanding of what a machine is will fundamentally change. The machines we build today are completely understandable and predictable. That's why we call them machines. As we get better at engineering biology, maybe that will fall under our understanding of what a machine is. We are biological machines. We might not understand how we work very well yet, but we will. And I think biology is entering a phase in which we can change ourselves for the better.
Originally published December 11, 2008


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Easter Basket Candy Cake
Total TimePrep: 1 hour Bake: 30 min.
Makes10-12 servings
- 1 package yellow cake mix (regular size)
- 3 cups of white frosting
- 3 drops of green food coloring
- 1/2 teaspoon of water
- 2 cups of sweetened shredded coconut
- Jelly beans, marshmallow Peeps and chocolate kisses (or the candy of your choice)
- Cover the serving board with gift wrap, taping the wrap on the back side of the board. Cover the wrapped board with clear cellophane in the same way. Set the board aside.
- Using two 9-in. round baking pans, prepare and bake the cake according to the package directions. Cool cakes for 10 minutes before removing from the pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- Place on cake in the center of the covered serving board. Spread the top of the cake with frosting.
- Cut a 6-in. circle from the center of the second cake. Remove the center circle and set aside for another use. Place the cake ring on top of the frosted cake layer, creating the basket. Frost top and sides of basket.
- For the handle, cover the 14x3/4-in. strip of lightweight cardboard with plastic wrap. Bend the cardboard strip into an upside-down "U" shape and insert the ends into the top of the cake about 1 inch from the outside edge. Frost the handle.
- In a large resealable plastic bag, combine three drops of green food coloring and 1/2 teaspoon of water. Add coconut, seal the bag and shake until coconut is evenly tinted. Sprinkle a portion of green coconut inside the basket. Reserve remaining coconut to sprinkle around the bottom of basket later.
- Fill the basket with candy of your choice. Press candy pieces onto the top of the handle where shown in the photo or as desired.
- When the frosting on the cake is firm, press the tines of a fork into the frosting on the sides of the cake to create a basket-weave pattern, alternating vertical and horizontal designs.
- Sprinkle the remaining tinted coconut around the bottom of the basket.
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I used a handle off an old Easter basket it worked great!
Mar 15, 2013
This was the first cake I made on my own - 25 years ago! Great idea, easy to do. Have done many, many times since but used bent or bradided pipe cleaners as handle. One year hot glued Easter ribbon to the handle. It is always a hit. Before kids, I would take the time and do Wilton's basket weave cake tip. Now, when time is a premium the fork tongs produce the same look. Everyone is amazed that this is not a store purchased cake!
Apr 6, 2010
This cake looks so cute, HOWEVER, the handle wont stay up. I cut my cardboard out, covered it with plastic wrap, frosted it(huge mess) and stuck it in the cake, it caved in. So I scraped that one, and this time used a coat hanger to give it some sturdiness. recut my cardboard, covered the cardboard and the coathanger in wrap, recovered with icing. again huge mess, and this time stuck it in the cake. it didnt cave it, it fell over. So we scrapped the whole "basket" look and made it a "nest" cake. it ended up ok, but very dissappointed in it. Would not make again.
Mar 29, 2010
It looks hard, but very easy to make. I made it for Easter last year for my husbands 3rd grade boys Sunday School class he teaches and was a big hit. Have made 2 so far.


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Philadelphia Phillies – Records: Two Grand Slam Home Runs in One Game.
With the two grand slams hit by Ryan Howard and Raul Ibanez in last night's game with the Washington Nationals, the Phillies have now been involved in four games in which they had two players each hit a grand slam home run in the same game in the organization's 126 plus years history.
The first time that it happened was on Thursday, April 28, 1921, when Ralph Miller and Lee Meadows both hit a grand slam home runs against the Boston Braves at the Baker Bowl. The next time it would occurred was on Saturday, August 17, 1997 against the San Francisco Giants at Veterans Stadium, as Billy McMillon and Mike Lieberthal both hit a grand slam home run. The third time was on Tuesday, September 9, 2003 in Atlanta against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field, as Tomas Perez and Jason Michaels each hit a grand slam home run.


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Appraisal: 1952 Picasso Madoura Ceramic Jug
Clip: Season 22 Episode 25 | 33s
Take a look as Stuart Whitehurst appraises a 1952 Picasso Madoura Ceramic Jug, in Vintage San Francisco.
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text: Etihad Airways has offered its heartfelt congratulations to Emiratis, Hazza Al Mansouri and Sultan Al Nayadi, who have been selected as the first Arab Nationals to visit the International Space Station. Hazza and Sultan were chosen ahead of more than 4,000 candidates for the landmark mission to the habitable satellite hovering above earth.The Emirati pair conducted extensive medical examinations performed by specialists at the Etihad Aeromedical Centre in June as part of their selection process.Etihad also conducted medical assessments for 95 Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre astronaut candidates who were shortlisted for the UAE Astronaut Programme.Dr. Nadia Bastaki, Vice President Medical Services, Etihad Aviation Group, said: "Etihad is delighted to partner with the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre and make this important contribution which will see UAE nationals enter space for the very first time. We congratulate Hazza and Sultan and wish them the very best as their prepare for their mission."An integral part of the UAE National Space Programme, the UAE Astronaut Programme is geared to train Emirati astronauts for different scientific space missions.The Etihad Aeromedical Centre is one of the few facilities in the region staffed with specialists who have an understanding of the environment in space and its requirements.The examinations include exhaustive medical check-ups that follow international best practices that are in-line with NASA standards. 고객센터 에티하드항공은 진정한 글로벌 항공사로서, 전세계에 넓은 노선망을 구축하고 있습니다. 가까운 에티하드 사무소 연락처를 알아 보세요.상세 연락처 보기 피드백 만약 평가, 칭찬이나 불평, 또는 질문이 있으시면 여기를 클릭해주세요 좋아요 에티하드 페이스북 페이지를 방문하세요!


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Our Teresa Giudice, the little table flipper that could, is finally set to be Project Manager on tonight's Celebrity Apprentice. The housewife best known for her juicy, bankruptcy-filing husband and fiery temper has kept her cool so far, but taking on the job of PM always brings out the fireworks.
In a recent interview with US Magazine, Teresa insists that Celebrity Apprentice is "cattier" than housewives because "you're with a bunch of people you met for the first time." Teresa says, "You really don't care what the other person thinks of you and if you say something, you'll just say it." I don't know if I buy this theory. On housewives, Teresa's own brother and sister-in-law have said some pretty awful things about her, and I would say the Manzo brigade have been a lot cattier towards Teresa than her apprentice co-stars could ever be.
On her own blog, Teresa devotes an entire post to co-star Aubrey O'Day, and she insists that we would all love Aubrey if we just got to know her like she did. Maybe, but I think I'll pass on living with Aubrey. Teresa blames Aubrey's loud, verbose personality on the tyranny of youth:
The thing is, she's young and she's a little hyper and she talks a LOT. It does aggravate other people on CA, I can see how it looks to the viewers, but here's how I see it: she's young. I was the same way at 27. You're just on fire to prove to the world how smart you are. In your 30s, you settle down a bit. She's still fighting and I love that about her.
Teresa even went over to Aubrey's apartment and stood by while Aubrey did her weekly Ustream show, popping in a bit to talk about Celebrity Apprentice and awkwardly answer questions from their Ustream chat room. Watch what happens when someone asks them who they think is "the sexiest" male on the show. Teresa comes in at the 11:00 minute mark.
Soon your television will soon be all Teresa, all the time, with the premiere of the fourth season of Real Housewives of New Jersey on Bravo on April 22. Teresa mentions the insane third season reunion in her US Magazine interview; that reunion was filmed while season four production had already started, so it was kinda nuts mixing up the drama. "The [season 3] reunion was really confusing, because we were taping season 4, so that's why it didn't go in sync with [the episodes that aired at the time]. Season 4 is definitely an eyeopener and it's going to answer a lot of people's questions."
All of this attention should bode well for the May 15 release of Teresa's third book, Fabulicious! Fast and Fit. I checked and Teresa's "ghostwriter," or "co-writer" Heather McLean depending on who you choose to believe, is listed on Amazon as a "Contributor." Heather, apparently "contributed" to Teresa's two other books.
Those royalty checks will be nice for Teresa, who TMZ spotted shopping at Marshall's last week. How decidedly not fabulous! I hope she paid in cash. A photo of Teresa caught shopping at Marshall's is below!
It's Teresa, looking normal and saving some money, but still buying sequins! [Photo Credit: TMZ]


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Barking Orders
I added this sepia effect to this image to add a little edge to the image - although it does seem a little more dated and perhaps reminiscent of more troubling times at Beijing Forbidden City, instead of the very calm and enjoyable day that we actually had! 2008
Wanzhou Sampan
Wenzhou is a Yangzi River city that started to become swallowed by the rising waters of the Three Gorges Reservoir. But it's a working city, and this sampan provided a great foreground for this view looking back as we continued on our cruise down the river. China 2008.
I often wondered if this Chinese soldier was actually looking at me and what he was thinking. This was at the Beijing Forbidden City in 2008.
Elevated City of Wanzhou
This is another view of the new towers being built in the city of Wanzhou, which was gradually raised out of harms way as the Three Gorges Reservoir water level gradually rose. This was on the Yangzi, 2008.
Lijiang at Night
This was one of the few long exposure that I took on our China trip - but it was a good subject; the UNESCO World Heritage Site Market. Such a picturesque little corner of deepest Yunnan Province, China, 2008
Downtown Life in Hong Kong
An opportunistic shot and without a subject of any real note - more of a candid not he busy streets of Hong Kong, as we ambled by and the tourists bustled around us. China, 2008.
Lijiang Sunrise
This was the sunrise view from our hotel room in Lijiang, Yunnan Provicne, China, 2008. It is actually a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and you can get a sense of this from the beautiful and quaint architecture on display. A real gem of apace in deepest China.
Grand Lisboa
The Grand Lisboa Casino sticks out like a sore thumb, perhaps literally, in Macau, China. In 2008 it would certainly appear somewhat unique, but i wonder what it looks like today - perhaps a few odd looking friends have sprouted in the meantime.
Great Wall of China
A more traditional view of the Great Wall of China, near Beijing. 'Tis difficult to imagine just how far this wall stretches across the old border between China and Mongolia. 2008
Victoria Harbour
This is the Star Ferry crossing a quite choppy Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, China. This is such a fantastic skyline - I felt very much at home in Hong Kong, not really sure why, but I'd quite like to visit again one day. 2008.
Macau Tower
Some interesting lines, emphasized by the black and white conversion. This is the Macau Tower in China, 2008.
Hong Kong Towers
Sunset over the towers of downtown Hong Kong. This is such an impressive skyline, although I understand that the shapes in the Bank of China tower were somewhat controversial. 2008
Three Gorges Sheer Cliffs
The sheer faces in the Three Gorges Reservoir are simply breathtaking. I would image, though, that it was all the more impressive a sight when then Yangzi River water elevation was much much lower before the construction of the dam. 2008.
This is the village of Shigu, which is located near the First Bend of the Yanzgi, deep in Yunnan Province. This was an interesting stop for us as we climbed in altitude up the to the Tibetan plateau in 2008.
Shangri La Dog
Plying your trade in the old Chinese markets on the Tibetan Plateau cannot be pretty or very rewarding. Conditions are poor by western standards, and I can imagine that it was no picnic for this dog. 2008.
Soho Market
An opportunist shot, looking straight down on a street market in Downtown Hong Kong, 2008.
Tibetan Monk
A lonely monk goes about his duties at the 17th century Ganden Sumtsenling Monastery, near Shangri La on the Tibetan Plateau. China, 2008.
Forbidden City
An almost deserted corner of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, 2008.
Bird's Nest
This is the Beijing Olympic Stadium, also known as the 'Birds Nest'. The Games had taken place about two months earlier, and we did get the chance to take a look around inside after getting this shot. 2008
Three Gorges Sunrise
Another composition of that glorious sunrise that we experienced on the Yangzi River, as we rounded a silhouetted bend on the Three Gorges Reservoir. Words really don't do this experience justice. China, 2008
Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam is an *awesome* structures; absolutely breaking and its size is to be seen to be believed. I know that this view, however, does not even being to provide any perspective on just how much water this structure impounds. Downstream on the Yangzi River, 2008
Yangzi Red Hour
Following another cruise ship as we meandered our way through the Three Gorges Reservoir during a very pleasant sunset in 2008.
Tiger Leaping Gorge
You've just go to look at the people in this image to get a sense of the immense raging torrent flowing right before our eyes. This is the Yangzi River, in as an intimidating a state as I have seen. Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan. 2008.
Hong Kong Funicular
I love this shot of the cliff train in Hong Kong at Victoria Peak. Mainly because the curvature of the rails gives some kind of indication as the steepness of the funicular railway and the perspective added by the glass towers. 2008.
Hong Kong Cityscape
I'd really love another chance to get this shot, perhaps at night. The view from Victoria Peak out over the vertical city of Hong Kong and Kowloon is quite breathtaking. The shoreline on the upper right is actually the location of the old runway before the airport was relocated. China, 2008
Yangzi Sampan
I think I may have gotten a shot of this same sampan when we cruised away from Wanzhou. This shot was taken from the jetty looking downstream on the Yangzi, in a city that was being moved up the hill to make way for the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. 2008.
Three Georges Coal Traffic
There were some magnificent sights as we cruised along the Three Gorges Reservoir towards the eponymous dam. One such sight was this coal barges against the setting Chinese sun, 2008
Yangzi Explorer
This is the Yangzi Explorer docked at Wanzhou. It was our home for three nights as we cruised down the Yangzi River and despite its appearance, it was a true joy to sail on. 2008
Yunnan Landscape
This is a shot of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. I took this shot after quickly instructing our driver to "stop quickly" as we headed up from the city Lijiang, 2008. I was surely not going to miss such a photographic opportunity, but our huddle did get used to my last minute photo-ope requests!.
Yuhu Village
One of the great aspects of our trip through China was that we go to see a number of remote villages that were apparently untouched by western influences. This one such village, called Yuhu, which was just outside Lijiang in Yunnan Province, 2008.
It's difficult to get a shot of the Great Wall of China that no-one has ever seen before, and certainly to get one in the correct lighting conditions given that we were in full tourist mode. But some of my shots were keepers, nonetheless. Beijing, 2008.
Yangzi Sunrise
One of my greatest experiences in life was catching the sunrise in the Three Gorges Reservoir. We were up at 6am, it was cold, and I struggled to get motivated on the deck of our cruise ship. But the sight was very rewarding. China 2008.
Sunset Silhouettes
A silhouetted view of the laters of hill sides that rise out of the waters of the Yangzi River, part of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China, 2008.
Glorious Silhouette
Lovely view of the sunset light glistening on the waters of the Three Gorges Reservoir, on the Yangzi River, 2008.
Shennong Xi
A distressed image of the Shennong Xi Boat people, who worked hard to navigate and lead us on our tour of this Yangzi River tributary., 2008.
Yangzi in the Three Gorges
Another sunset view of the approaching to the Three Gorges dam at sunset, China, 2008.
Chinese Temple
One thing we saw a lot of in China was temples, and they were all interesting in their own right, but it was nice to see some differentiating sights and artifacts, such as this incense flame in Macau, 2008.
Artisanal Market
The markets in this part of China were very basic, but a real treat for photographers, giving you the chance to capture Chinese life untouched by western influences. This was in Lijiang, China, 2008.
Lijiang Rainbow
I liked Lijiang a lot - a real mix of quaint and the nondescript urban landscapes in deepest China. This shot was taking looking north over this Yunnan Province town, happily catching a rainbow. 2008.
Lijiang Cityscape
A view looking over the UNESCO World Heritage Site rooftops, stretching towards the more contemporary part of Lijiang City in Yunnan Province, China, 2008.


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