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One of the main reasons why most people consider homemade moisturizing lotion a better alternative to the store bought product is that they are safe for the skin. Made with natural ingredients and devoid of harsh chemicals they help in keeping the skin healthy and delay skin aging. However, as most of the natural moisturizing ingredients usually used for preparing homemade moisturizers tend to make the skin greasy, you may wonder whether it is possible to make a non-greasy moisturizer. Luckily, there are a few moisturizing lotion recipes that hydrate the skin without making it greasy.
Here Is How You Can Make Your Own Non-Greasy Moisturizing Lotion:
1. Jojoba Oil And Almond Oil:
Jojoba oil and sweet almond oil absorb rapidly into the skin. They are therefore among the best moisturizing ingredients for making moisturizing lotions.
One tablespoon jojoba oil
One tablespoon sweet almond oil
½-cup shea butter
10 to 15 drops of essential oils of your choice
Put the shea butter and the oils in the inner container of a double boiler. Melt the butter and mix it with the oils. Remove the pan from the heat and refrigerate the mixture for 10 to 15 minutes. When the mixture begins solidifying, remove it from the fridge and mix in the essential oils. With a hand blender, whip the mixture for 1 to 2 minutes until it becomes creamy. Your non-greasy moisturizing lotion is now ready for use.
2. Aloe Vera Moisturizing Lotion:
Aloe vera gel is known for its beauty benefits. It is a natural moisturizer and can be used for making non-greasy moisturizing lotion.
One cup aloe vera gel
½-cup sweet almond oil
One teaspoon vitamin E oil
¾ ounce grated beeswax
Put the grated beeswax and almond oil in a bowl and place the bowl over a pan containing simmering water. On low heat, melt the wax and mix it thoroughly with the oil. Remove the pan from the heat and let the mixture cool. At the point when it just starts to solidify, put it in a blender and whisk the mixture. In a separate bowl, combine the aloe vera gel with vitamin E oil. Mix the aloe vera and vitamin E mixture with the wax and almond oil mixture. Blend them well. Store the lotion in a clean dry jar.
3. Glycerin And Water:
Vegetable glycerin is an excellent moisturizer. As a humectant, it absorbs moisture from the air into the skin and keeps it soft. Here is how you can make non-greasy moisturizing lotion with glycerin.
1 teaspoon pure vegetable glycerin
10 teaspoons distilled or filtered water
Mix glycerin with water. Apply this to your face and hands.
4. Argan Oil:
Argan oil is lightweight oil that rapidly penetrates the skin. It is rich in essential fatty acids and vitamin E. This non-greasy natural moisturizer is suitable for all types of skin.
¼-cup argan oil
½-cup jojoba oil
3 tablespoons of grated beeswax
5 to 10 drops of essential oils of your choice
¾-cup warm filtered water
Use a double boiler to melt the wax and mix it with the oils. Remove the pan from the heat. Pour warm water in a blender. Slowly add the wax and oil mixture and blend the ingredients. After the ingredients have mixed with each other and the mixture attains a creamy consistency, add the essential oils. Mix well and pour the lotion in a jar.
5. Moisturizing Lotion With Citrus Oils:
Essential oils extracted from citrus fruits such as lemon and orange help in reducing the excess oiliness of the skin. In your non-greasy moisturizing lotion recipe, add these essential oils.
¾-cup aloe vera juice
2 teaspoons coconut oil
¼-cup sweet almond oil
1/8-cup grated beeswax
½ teaspoon vitamin E oil
2 drops lemon essential oil
6 drops sweet orange essential oil
Use a double boiler to melt and combine the wax, coconut oil and almond oil. In a separate pan, warm the aloe vera juice. Pour the warm aloe vera juice and the wax and oil mixture in a blender and blend for a few minutes until the mixture becomes creamy. Now add vitamin E oil and the essential oils and mix well. Store the lotion in the fridge.
6. Moisturizing Lotion With Rose Water:
Rose water is good for the skin. It revitalizes the skin and its antiseptic property minimizes risk of skin problems.
1 cup rose water
¾ cup sweet almond oil
3 tablespoons grated beeswax
2 teaspoons vitamin E oil
In the inner pan of a double boiler, melt the beeswax and combine it with the almond oil and half cup of rose water. Remove the pan from the fire and let it cool for 5 minutes. Pour the remaining rose water in a blender and slowly add the wax and oil mixture. Blend slowly, until the mixture becomes creamy. Transfer the lotion to a jar.


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About the Artist
Erik Benson: Erik chose landscape paintings to work with for the Art Up-Cycle exhibition, because it's the vernacular that he is most interested in generally, but also because the specific paintings he selected seemed to be missing something. Erik felt in some regard that his approach was going to be like finishing an incomplete sentence, albeit in a direction significantly different from the one the original artist intended. He wanted to really tune into the original narrative but also add his own voice to the paintings.
Jim Dryden: Jim is not comfortable with the idea of assessing art in terms of "good art and bad art," so, during the art cycling process, he chose to view himself, not as an art improver, but rather as an art collaborator. Jim found it both interesting and rewarding to respond to the work that another artist had begun – whether "successful" or not. He considered what he would hope for if another artist were to revise his artwork.
With this in mind, Jim set three goals for himself while working on the paintings. He was determined to
- Allow himself to be inspired by, and respond to, the work of the original artist.
- Respect and preserve something of the original work.
- Create a shared vision – his own, plus that of the art originator.
Jim is satisfied that he successfully met his first and second goals. He hopes that he also met the third goal. In Jim's words:
"I have enjoyed the challenge of this project, but I would like to reinforce the respect due anyone who has the courage to make a piece of art– you are already a hero."
Nathanael Flink: The original four pieces Nathanael selected for Art Up-Cycle suggested contrasting materiality, yet a similarity in terms of palette. To him they were evocative of objects in adolescence. From the beginning, he knew that his treatments would involve casting, but he spent quite a long time thinking about each piece and his ideas. Working with just a couple of themes, Nathanael began using casting in different ways for each work. Throughout the process, he added other up-cycled objects, like a found gold mirror.
Nathanael's Art Up-Cycle artworks are an extension of a body of work he has been developing for the last year, involving objects we experience as Americans. Thematically, they deal with questions of commerce, value, personal narrative and angst.
Laura Hallen: Laura's love for the natural world has turned her toward the absurdity of artificial plants and environments, surrounded with plastic foliage, and our relationships with them. They are a fascinating contradiction: fake 'life' that imitates real life, and an unsavory way to fill a decorative void. Instead of being cared for, these artificial plants usually become neglected; creating a lifeless affect that is sad and disappointing. Laura's reason for working with artificial plants is to continue her method of conserving 'plant life' but also to think of them as a visual metaphor for the destruction, substitution, and extinction of real plants. By working with these fictional plants, she feels she is giving them a chance to live an alternate existence in the "natural" habitat of her art.
Within this context, Laura chose an artwork to up-cycle that spoke to her, but also forced her to break out of her comfort zone. The only element from the original painting that remains in Laura's up-cycled artwork is a small bronze star. This star became a sun that nourished the painted and sculptural landscape that unfurls over the surface of the new painting. To Laura, this was a unique collaborative process with an unknown artist whose work was the ground upon which her own work grew.
James Holmberg: James considers the art up cycle process to be an artistic partnership. It's a way to collaborate and at the same time, a way to become a single artist. It's two people at two different times, in this case in 1950 and in 2016, who are communicating with each other through their artwork.
When James was asked to be part of the Art Up-Cycle exhibition, he was a bit hesitant about whether to accept the invitation. But once he saw Anette Wiik's paintings, he realized what a wonderful opportunity this was going to be. He knew exactly what he wanted to do; he decided to open up Anette's paintings and simply say, hi.
Anette Wiik completed two paintings of two different places that she seemed to have really loved. To James, these two places appear to have allowed Anette's mind to wander. This is what attracted him to her work. In his own work, James also attempts to create a space that one can enter and possibly a space where the mind can wander.
Patrick K. Pryor: As a painter, Patrick works from a place of spontaneous intelligence. He generates bold statements that engage mind and heart by using color and gesture to explore abstract ideas of humor, beauty and absurdity. A former environmental engineer and science educator, he also draws from that experience by abstracting forms and patterns from the natural world. Site-specific installations of his work have appeared in more than 140 locations in Minnesota and Canada. As an interdisciplinary collaborator he's worked in film and video, and with dancers, other visual artists and fashion designers, including Christopher Straub from "Project Runway." About his work Patrick says, "My paintings are full of many possible narratives, relationships and a little bit of absurdity."
Jodi Reeb: Jodi's original works and commissions are in the collections of law firms, healthcare facilities, financial institutions, hotels, and other diverse corporate and private clients. Until recently, her focus has been on content and creating work that's nature-based and contemporary. Now Jodi is using common materials in the layers of encaustic (molten beeswax) paint to create beautiful, rich surfaces that explore the opacity and translucency of each painting. "By focusing on the surface, I've come to understand more about the dynamics of painting with molten beeswax and acrylic paint," she says. "My most recent work focuses on the singular beauty of the surface. I am also intrigued with how light accentuates the height and depth of the surface, creating light and shadow on and between the layers." In addition to beeswax, Jodi uses iron oxide, acrylic paint, bronze and copper pigments, graphite and shellac, which she sets on fire to get controlled yet spontaneous surface affects. A graduate of the Minnesota College of Art and Design, Jodi teaches encaustic painting, and actively exhibits throughout Minnesota and the U.S.
Carolyn Swiszcz: Because Carolyn was painting on someone else's work, she decided to involve a couple of more artists in this project. So she added lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein and her interpretation of a kinetic sculpture by George Rhoads. Please draw your own conclusions.


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Monday, March 23, 2015
Get Shorty
Scene: the Naval shipyard, where everyone's getting a letter. Popeye gets a letter from Olive about a birthday cake waiting in the wings. It's Popeye's birthday; I guess he would have been around ten by the time this cartoon was released. Sure, he was more like fourteen, but who cares about the original strip he appeared in? Am I right? The Fleischers are the thing!
And so, much like the Fleischers' earlier color classic, Dancing on the Moon, all is right with the world... except for one guy. A guy we'll call Shorty, because that's what Popeye calls him. Shorty didn't get a letter from the V-Mail truck, and so he has no other choice but to take out a gun and blow his own brains out.
But before that happens, Popeye takes Shorty's gun away and he tries to make Shorty feel better. Surprisingly, it works! That is, until Popeye says that Shorty looks like Bob Hope. Shorty gets another gun out and places its barrel to his temple. Popeye says "I mean... Bing Crosby!" Ask your great-grandparents. Shorty is once again in a swooning state, so much so that his face morphs into a Bing Crosby-type face. Which is why this cartoon is banned from television. We won't be having any four-eyed uggos changing their faces around without plastic surgery! No sir! Not on my watch.
And then, the mistake of mistakes: Popeye invites Shorty to his birthday party. Cross-fade to Olive powdering her face... with makeup! With makeup. This is nothing if not a family picture... I mean, aside from the numberous suicide attempts. And then... much like we found out about the Stooges, even a venerated institution like the Popeye shorts tries to cut corners every now and again. But they gave the rostrum camera guys an extra couple hours of work with this scene: Olive walks to the front door. We can hear it from out in the hallway. Her footsteps are loaded with such enthusiasm that the entire building seems to tremble from it. It's as if Olive weighs a few extra tons or something. The door flies open and Olive gives Popeye a big kiss. Tastefully, they go up the stairs and all we can see is Olive's be-shoe'd feet. And yet, everyone goes on and on about how great the spaghetti "kiss" in Lady and the Tramp is. Has anyone actually seen the movie? I mean, have they seen it?
Popeye says "I want you to meet a friend of mine... Shorty!" Olive lifts Shorty up and gives him a tiny kiss. Shorty starts to float in the air. I wonder if Popeye's regretting his decision to bring Shorty along yet. Shorty keeps floating, but the promise of food brings him back to earth. Specifically, birthday cake. Olive hasn't finished making it yet.
But first, Shorty must wash his hands. As Lord Lister says, cleanliness in all things, even the humblest of tasks. Alas for Popeye, the water has multiplied exponentially-fold when Shorty runs the tap and, much like the big finale in the Laurel and Hardy classic, Brats, Popeye gets washed down to the ground floor by the water. The water level in the bathroom slowly drops, and we find Shorty brushing his teeth. Apparently, the kitchen is unaffected.
Scene: the gutter, where Popeye tries crawling out, but has to time his emergence from the gutter so that he doesn't get hit by a speeding car. The city's crazy, but is now just crazy enough to drive sane people to the brink. Popeye gets back upstairs and is ready to strangle Shorty, but changes his mind when he hears Shorty's sweet song about his pal Popeye. I'm put in mind of Sloppy Moe's song in Wagon Heels. God, I love cartoons. Where else can you see a beard turn into a hand? However, I don't think Sloppy Moe was voiced by Mel Blanc. Clampett tended to use other voices. Blanc could do quite a bit, but sometimes you just need an Arthur Q. Bryan to be Elmer... where was I? Oh, right. The cake. Shorty's helping Olive in Popeye's inexcusable absence. Shorty's got all the ingredients in one big, completely safe, tall stack. Then Olive says "Oh, and a dozen eggs!" In Shorty's nerd, fanboy zeal, he rushes to get the eggs, leaving Popeye to catch everything that's now flying in the air. Upon Shorty's just-as-hasty return, Popeye ends up with the cake ingredients all over his dumb ass.
Next scene: Popeye's got all the broken dishes in his arms, and is ready to dispose of them... but he needs Shorty's help to open the door. How can Shorty screw this one up? Well, with a nerd like Shorty, you must be very specific and not allow them any freedom of interpretation. Shorty opens the door closest to him, which happens to be the ironing board door, that cartoon staple of old, and to a lesser extent, Stooge-film staple. Popeye drops the dishes anew, much like in Cops is Always Right. "Go take a bath!" orders Olive. "Oh boy! I'll run the water," says Shorty.
An almost perfect place for an Act break! The clarifying Noah-esque flood puts Popeye back in the ground-floor gutter, but he climbs out through a manhole cover this time. I'll leave the fetishization of the policeman's moustache to blogs finer and more popular than mine.
Next scene: the cake is ready to be put into the oven, but Shorty's now depressed about Popeye not having any fun on his birthday. Olive, in addition to trying to get that cake into the damn oven, has to take another gun away from Shorty. See? Suicide can be funny in the proper context!
And so, Popeye returns with a baseball bat in hand. Shorty, in classical nerd fashion, misinterprets Popeye's intent of murder and mayhem for one of fun. Shorty switches to game mode. "You ever see Babe Ruth hit a homer?" asks Shorty. Ah, those were the days. Of course, according to the Wikipedias, the Sultan of Swat's last appearance was May 30, 1935 for the Boston Braves. Better make sure I parse that right! But whatever. Even Skip Bittman knows an icon when he sees one.
In Shorty's excitement, we go from baseball to golf to ice hockey! Ice hockey, for f... God'z zake. No sooner is Shorty strapping ice skates onto Popeye's feet than Popeye's got the puck in his mouth... that sentence is probably not grammatically correct. Oh well. This is a blog! Who's got the time?
The point being, Shorty's attempt to make Olive's living room into an infinite playing field have surprisingly disastrous consequences. As opposed to, say, the infinitely large train set in that one Tom and Jerry cartoon, Kitty Foiled. And, much like the principles of judo, Popeye's attempt to slow Shorty down a little bit invariably set the stage for his own downfall in the form of a circular hole in the floor. Popeye takes a mighty swing, ends up twirling around really really fast, thereby cutting a hole in the wooden floor with those dangerous, dangerous ice skates. But Jack Mercer does get to do a rare stuffy character in the form of a stuffy downstairs neighbour. Actors like that kinda crap; D.Q.'ing something different now and again.
To cut to the chase, Popeye and Shorty end up in the basement furnace, Popeye with birthday cake all over his face. Olive herself ended up in said furnace, and she emerges from it, covered head to toe in soot, telling Popeye to never darken her door again. There's a joke there someplace.
Cut to Popeye and Shorty inside the furnace. One candle is still lit on a bit of cake stuck to Popeye's head... I mean, it's in his pipe. Just re-watched it. Boy! Some memory I have. Ever the optimist, able to find a grain of joy on the proverbial Beach of Despair, Shorty says "Can I blow out the candle?" Not waiting for Popeye's answer, Shorty blows out the candle anyhow. Shorty may be a smart man, but he seems to lack the ability to read peoples' body language. Or maybe, like all great entrepreneurs, maybe it's best to just ignore body language altogether and just concentrate on what it takes to get people to buy your product. Your shoddy, popular product. Alas for Shorty, Popeye's kind of not in the mood for what sweaty optimism Shorty's selling. A shot in the dark rings out, and Shorty falls silent. The words "THE BITTER END" fill the screen. Maybe Shorty's sleepy!
-so sayeth The Movie Hooligan
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Job Title: Junior Marketing Officer
Reports To: Communications and Fundraising Officer
Location: 19 Flamingo Crescent Lansdowne
About ELRU
The Early Learning Resource Unit (ELRU) is an NGO within the Early Childhood Development sector located in Lansdowne, Cape Town. ELRU's vision is to give every child in South Africa a good start in life, while providing holistic support to the child through enabling access to an integrated package of quality essential services. Our workspace is diverse, unique and welcoming to all.
Position Overview
The Junior Marketing Officer will assist and develop all Fundraising, media, marketing and communication strategies both internally and externally. The person will need to administer the necessary organisational and programme related marketing releases, conduct marketing campaigns, assist in structural proposal writing and complete all necessary administrative requirements of the department.
Main Job Responsibilities
- Develop key promotional messages in consultation with programme teams and Manco
- Research and identify potential local and international corporates, trusts, foundations and governmental prospects to meet CHSA's operational, project and capital requirements
- Participate in developing and evaluating feasibility, efficiency and quality of Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials
- Coordinate marketing activities and events for the organisation. This includes creating the marketing strategies, including online platforms in achieving profitability, growth and development for each programme
- Conduct awareness campaigns, events, information dissemination workshops, etc
- Participate in donor visits for showcasing project progress and achievements when necessary
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- Maintain the fundraising data base and comprehensive schedule of funding opportunities
- Analyse competitor activity in the NGO sector (market research)
- Work with programme teams to ensure they have all necessary marketing stationery
- Attend industry specific exhibitions and events
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- Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Marketing, Communications or Social Sciences
- At least 1,5 year' of professional work experience in designing and executing communication activities, writing or fundraising
- Very good mastering of English (both verbal and written)
- Ability to work in a team
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- Ability to create new ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including creative contributions
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- Experience of working with local NGOs and government bodies would be an advantage
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- You ever been to the tail section? Do you have any idea what went on back there? When we boarded? It was chaos. Yeah, we didn't freeze to death, but we didn't have time to be thankful. Wilford's soldiers came and they took everything. A thousand people in an iron box. No food, no water... After a month, we ate the weak... You know what I hate about myself? I know what people taste like. I know that babies taste best... There was a woman. She was hiding with her baby. And some men with knives came. They killed her and they took her baby. And then an old man-no relation, just an old man-stepped forward and he said, "Give me the knife." And everyone thought he'd kill the baby himself. But he took the knife and he cut off his arm. And he said, "Eat this, if you're so hungry. Eat this, just leave the baby." I had never seen anything like that. And the men put down their knives... You've probably guessed who that old man was. That baby was Edgar. And I was the man with the knife. I killed Edgar's mother... And then one by one, other people in the tail section started cutting off arms and legs and offering them. It was like a miracle. And I wanted to. I tried, it's... A month later, Wilford's soldiers brought those protein blocks. We've been eatin' that shit ever since. 18 years I've hated Wilford. 18 years I've waited for this moment. And now I'm here... Open the gate. Please.
- Have you ever been alone on this train? When was the last time you were alone? You can't remember, can you? So please do. Take your time.
- When's the last time you got laid? Like Gilliam said, holding a woman is much better with two arms.
- I believe it is easier for people to survive on this train if they have some level of insanity. As Gilliam well understood, you need to maintain a proper balance of anxiety and fear and chaos and horror in order to keep life going. And if we don't have that, we need to invent it. In that sense, the Great Curtis Revolution you invented was truly a masterpiece.
- You've seen what people do without leadership. They devour one another.
- Order is the barrier that holds back the flood of death. We must all of us on this train of life remain in our allotted station. We must each of us occupy our preordained particular position. Would you wear a shoe on your head? Of course you wouldn't wear a shoe on your head. A shoe doesn't belong on your head. A shoe belongs on your foot. A hat belongs on your head. I am a hat. You are a shoe. I belong on the head. You belong on the foot. Yes? So it is. In the beginning, order was proscribed by your ticket: First Class, Economy, and freeloaders like you. Eternal order is prescribed by the sacred engine: all things flow from the sacred engine, all things in their place, all passengers in their section, all water flowing. all heat rising, pays homage to the sacred engine, in its own particular preordained position. So it is. Now, as in the beginning, I belong to the front. You belong to the tail. When the foot seeks the place of the head, the sacred line is crossed. Know your place. Keep your place. Be a shoe.
- My friend, you suffer from the misplaced optimism of the doomed.
- Magdalena: I heard all Tail Sectioners were lazy dogs and they all drink their own shit.
- Male Reporter: Good morning. On this day, July 1st, 2014, at this hour, 0600, we are at the first airport in the world...
- Female Reporter: The topic of so much controversy over the past seven years has continued development. Protests from environmental groups and a number of developing countries continue. But in accordance with...
- Male Reporter: It had been claimed that CW7 is the answer to global warning. And we are witnessing it...
- Female Reporter: Leaders argue that global warming can no longer be ignored. Today, 79 countries will begin dispersing CW7 into the upper layers of the atmosphere.
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- Edgar: What does steak taste like again? I had it once, but I can't remember.
- Curtis: If you can't remember then it's better to forget.
- Edgar: What does it smell like when it's cooked? It must emanate around the place.
- Curtis: We have 4 seconds to go through three gates and bust Nam out.
- Gilliam: Then Nam gets us the rest of the way. Our fate depends on this man.
- Curtis: Yeah. If we can get him to cooperate, he can take us all the way to the front of the train.
- Gilliam: Very front section?
- Curtis: Yeah. From here right to the front of the train. Everything in one stroke. We control the engine, we control the world. Without that, we have nothing. All past revolutions have failed because they couldn't take the engine.
- Gilliam: What are you saying?
- Curtis: This time we take the engine.
- Gilliam: Then what?
- Curtis: We kill them.
- Gilliam: Wilford?
- Curtis: You should run the train now, not Wilford.
- Gilliam: I am a shadow of my former shadow. My day was decades ago.
- Namgoong Minsoo: [in Korean] You want a smoke too, asshole? It's too good for shit like you.
- Curtis: I'm gonna make this real simple for you. You help us, you get your drug. If not, we put you back where we found you. What'll it be, asshole?
- Tanya: Look at all those beds... Where is everybody?
- Edgar: Looks like they were in a hurry.
- Wilford: Curtis, everyone has their preordained position, and everyone is in their place except you.
- Curtis: That's what people in the best place say to the people in the worst place.
- Fight your way to the front.
- AD 2031: the passengers in the train are the only survivors on Earth.
- We move forward.
- Chris Evans - Curtis Everett
- Song Kang-ho - Namgoong Minsu
- Tilda Swinton - Mason
- Jamie Bell - Edgar
- Octavia Spencer - Tanya
- Ewen Bremner - Andrew
- John Hurt - Gilliam
- Ed Harris - Wilford
- Go Ah-sung - Yona
- Luke Pasqualino - Grey
- Emma Levie - Claude
External links[edit]
- Snowpiercer quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- Snowpiercer at Rotten Tomatoes
- The official Snowpiercer site


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Introduction: Generated Jar [Generative Design] [TfCD]
This instructable will show you how to use Generative Design to create a unique 3D Jar incorporating user input and sensor input. Generative design makes use of algorithms to generate and explore variants of a design.
In this example we will define the basic shape of a jar, then the final shape will be generated randomly within our constrains, the color will be given by the temperature sensor and the height and width will be set by user input. The user will be able to save the generated design as a .STL file, which can be used to 3D print or modify it.
Step 1: Necessary Hardware & Software
The following is the list of required elements that we will use in this example. Software is free and hardware is less than 50€, generally included in any arduino kit:
- Node.js: Node.js is an open source server framework. Free and runs on various platforms (Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, etc.). It uses javascript on the server. Download and install it.
- Git: Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Download and install it.
- Arduino IDE. Download and install it.
- Arduino board. Most of arduino boards will work, even an Elegoo board (used in this example).
- Bread board. To use the Thermistor sensor.
- 10K Ohm NTC Thermistor. To gather temperature. It is a sensor that is generally included in arduino kits.
- 10K Ohm Resistor.
- Hookup Wires. To connect the arduino to the breadboard.
Other software/elements used to make this example (note that you do not need to download these because are included in the the code):
- Johnny-five: To connect the board with our server. Johnny-Five is the JavaScript Robotics & IoT Platform.
- Bootstrap: To style the website.
- OpenJSCAD: To view, download and generate the geometry.
- Express: Node.js framework for our "application".
- Socket.io: JavaScript library for realtime web applications - So we can send real-time data of our sensor to ur application.
Important: The amount of software/apps used in this example might be overwhelming for a person with little experience in coding. Nevertheless the step-by-step will clarify why every thing is used for.
Step 2: Connecting the Board
It's a very simple circuit as shown in the picture. As the R1 (resistor 1) value changes, Vout changes. In this case R1 will be the thermistor and its value will change relative to the temperature. Vout is connected to our analog port on the Arduino so we can monitor it.
Step 3: Install the APP
Once you have installed the required software mentioned in step one:
- Create a folder in your desktop. Call it generative_jar.
- Open the command line and cd/generative_jar. (Go to the folder with the command line). Here is a simple tutorial for users that do not have experience with the command line.
- Once in your folder type the following in the command line:
git clone https://github.com/kevinmamaqi/TfCD_A2_Generative_Jar
You will notice that a folder called TfCD_A2_Generative_Jar has been created, and it contains many files and folders. To proceed:
- Open the firmata.ino (inside Firmata > firmata > firmata.ino) file with your Arduino IDE.
- With your arduino board connected click on Upload. This will allow us to use Johnny-five to recover data from the arduino file.
Once we have this we can proceed.
Step 4: Test That Board Is Connected
In your command line type:
cd TfCD_A2_Generative_Jar
npm install
node generative.js
If everything goes fine it will look like the image. The connection is set, the temperature is being read, and if you touch your sensor it will increase the temperature (if your body is warmer than the room temperature, of course).
Step 5: Try the App Yourself
Now we can try the app by going to http://localhost:3000 in our browser. It will appear a website with 2 parameters that the user can input and a figure that will be generated automatically every time we click on Generate it Again!.
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Client: Design Agent
Project: Label design for Revonutrix Fish Oil
Hours of job: 24 hours
Purpose: Revamp the old design
Tools i use: Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator
The process
Concept 1: Real photo
2) Put the 2 main singer in the same position. Make sure the ratio of head is same. Eye contact must be look in front.
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Monday, October 8, 2012
In Which Connor Has Some New Shoes
He won't be wearing them all day for a little while yet; they'd like us to break him in slowly on them. So he'll be wearing them during his home standing time and for his stretching until Thursday when we can get some more specific instructions from his physical therapist about exactly how she'd like his wearing schedule to run. He seemed pretty excited about them today; he was actually up in his stander a little over the time he normally is while he watched his "hat music" again today because he wasn't protesting at all. I think they give him a nice sense of stability that he's probably been missing.
We'll try the walker again with them on in a few days and see if they help with that too.
While he's otherwise in excellent health, the little guy's eczema is acting up in a big way right now. The outside and inside of his right ear, a strip on his neck, and a bit of the skin around his temple all look like they've been burned as they are bright red and the skin is peeling off. I'm going to try and get him into the doctor soon to get something to help with the rash and to make sure that it isn't something else. Lotion doesn't really seem to be helping, and it certainly looks very uncomfortable.
Otherwise he's doing great!
3 comments:
- Melissas Midnight Musings said...
The AFO's will likely help him with his walker too (I went through this same process as a kiddo, though I was a bit younger than Connor when I got my walker, but my parents said my AFO's helped a lot.) The support they'll give him while likely help with him having more standing stamina too. I know that when I happen to go out without my AFO's I get tired a lot more quickly than when I use them, which is most of the time.
It's great that he's excited about them.
Hopefully his eczema clears up soon, that's never fun!
- October 9, 2012 at 4:47 PM
- Michelle said...
We have struggled with eczema with our son as well. We have even tried $150 a bottle prescription lotions. In the end the only thing that worked was lanolin. And not just lotion with lanolin, but the 100% pure stuff that you get for breastfeeding -and that's where you find it, in any pharmacy, Walmart or Target in the breastfeeding section. It comes in a purple box from Lansinoh. It is a bit thick if it's cold, so I just let the tube sit in a cup of warm water for a while before putting it on. It's sticky but it works like magic!
- October 10, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Our doc gave us Desonide and it also works like magic. I wonder if your doc might agree?
- October 10, 2012 at 6:35 PM


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New project in the works. I want to build a computer that runs Sophos UTM and act as my firewall/internal gateway. Sophos would allow me to have greater control in terms of QoS, device management, routing, and security.
The reason for this build is the consistent reset of the provided Hitron combo unit. Whenever the ISP pushes out a new firmware, it erases all configurations, but retains WiFi settings. Since there are many port forwarding rules applied so I can access various services externally, it takes time to reconfigure the ports. By building a dedicated box for routing/firewall, I wouldn't need to re-add the rules every time the ISP pushes new firmware to the combo unit. Instead, I would be configuring it in bridged mode: the modem handles DOCSIS WAN, while my firewall would handle routing.
Research: Hardware
Now there were a few ideas I had in mind as to how to implement this. The basic hardware requirements for this project would be a functional computer with an add-in PCIe NIC. The first option was to re-purpose a Q6600 machine. There are a few reasons as to why I scrapped the idea. The case it is in is a Thermaltake full tower. I didn't want to use it since it was huge and didn't have a power supply. I would have wanted to use a mATX case, but since the mother board is standard ATX, it wouldn't fit. Furthermore, since the Q6600 is built on a 65nm lithography, it would consume a lot of power and be overall inefficient.
The second option is to purchase a refurbished small form factor machine either by Dell, or HP. The issue with this is that it only fits half height PCIe expansion cards. This means the selection of NICs I would be able to use is reduced. That's fine, most Intel I340 cards come with low profile brackets. Problem solved.
The small form factor would be really nice to have since it doesn't take up a lot of space, but since it is manufactured by Dell or HP. That means they use proprietary power supplies – one of the many practices I'm not really fond of. Where's the upgrade-ability path? Where's the ability to expand the amount of hard drives? Small form factor is starting to turn me away.
Another issue I found in conjunction to the previous form factor issue is the other use case I want to use this machine for. Since these machines were equipped with decent Haswell processors, they were still very capable and would be underused in terms of processing if they only ran a Sophos UTM. Virtualization perhaps? I could install Proxmox and run multiple virtual machines – Sophos being the main use case. But it becomes a spiraling effect – Using it as a hypervisor environment meant I would need more RAM. If I am going to be virtualizing, more cores means better performance; i7 perhaps?Stronger CPU and more RAM would mean greater cost to the project; didn't I just want a dedicated router? I do want it to be upgradeable – Small form factor is compact – I like it if it didn't mean I can't upgrade it later down the road. If I were able to move the motherboard, CPU, and RAM to the mATX case I already have, along with being able to use a standard power supply, it would change things in that I could increase the drive count and have a beefier virtual machine handler.
So what are my options? Realistically, I would be spending ~70-80CAD on the quad gigabit NIC. There is an eBay listing for a Dell 9020. There are options to add a 24 to 8 pin power supply adapter. This solves the issue of not being able to use the standard power supply along with more storage. If this works, I would be able to have add another large storage pool and store Virtual machine files for the environment in addition to iSCSI storage from my FreeNAS box.
Research: Software
So I was able to play around with Proxmox as a virtual machine on my FreeNAS box. It was able to run since it was using a Linux kernel, but there seems to be an issue running Windows based VMs in the FreeNAS VM container. I believe AMD CPUs aren't entirely supported yet, and because of that, I wasn't able to run virtual machines within Proxmox. Weird. The thing that makes me wonder is that the FreeNAS 11 VM part works for running Linux VMs (or it's limited to Proxmox…) but nested VMs don't work. Now that I have an idea as to how Proxmox is setup, there were a few things to learn how to configure.
Since Proxmox was running as a VM, it needed a space to store VM files. I played with iSCSI before in the virtualization labs, but wasn't too sure as to how it worked. A bit of research came out as "direct block level access through IP". This made more sense for me since all it wanted to do was write block data through a different medium than conventional SATA. 6 Things needed to be set up:
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- Portals
- Initiators
- Targets
- Extents
- Associated Targets
A zvol is needed – I set it to about 1TB. Portals are usually configured as default ports with the listen address as 0.0.0.0:3260. The Portal Group ID is defaulted to 1. I set Initiators to all and authorized network to all. Targets is set to access the zvol defined by the Extent. Extent is set to point to the zvol location. Associated targets pair these two definitions together.
Within Proxmox, I would then add storage with ID set as whatever i want the volume labelled. The address would be the IP address of the iSCSI host; in this case it would be the IP address of the FreeNAS box.
I'll be able to play around with this Proxmox application further once I get an Intel platform (since they play a lot nicer with these virtualization packages).
Part two: Actually getting the parts and deploying it for what I need.


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It's time to sack Mirer for good
By Dave Boling
Special to The Sun
SEATTLE The fans who showed up at the Kingdome proved they love professional football.
Unfortunately, they didn't really get to see any Sunday.
Yes, the Seahawks and the New York Jets engaged in a football-like activity something above Sega but below the NFL in terms of realistic action.
It leads one to wonder how much longer football even at this level of play will be available to them.
That's a threat created by the volatile combination of itchy ownership, a shaky stadium situation and an unsettled economic environment in the league.
And maybe, too, by ineffective quarterbacking.
In some ways, this may have been the most crucial game of the season. A win would have meant at least being a pencil drawing in the early playoff picture.
Anything to stimulate fan fervor is critical now, at a time when the team's owners are rattling the keys to the moving van every time they talk to county officials about the condition of the Kingdome.
A team that is in the playoff hunt might cause fans (and county voters) to urge it not to leave. But with Sunday's lackluster 16-10 loss to the worst team in the league, the Hawks might have caused followers to volunteer to help load up the truck.
Don't think they'd move? Believe this: owner Ken Behring is not even remotely as attached to Seattle as Art Modell was to Cleveland.
Money talked to Modell.
It has only to whisper to Behring.
Certainly, no loss can ever be hung on the shoulders of an individual. But the most visible Seahawk quarterback Rick Mirer once again had the most visible shortcomings.
Mirer is a man so likable, so earnest in his efforts, so competitive, and so deeply upset by his mistakes, that the tendency even among cynical writers is to believe that he can turn it all around. To suggest that he can live up to being the second player taken in the draft, that he can be worth the $15 million contract he signed.
But evidence is piling up against him.
In fact, if Mirer were having even an average season or perhaps, if savvy backup John Friesz were given more playing time Seattle legitimately could have won at least three more games and stood 8-4 now.
In a 14-10 loss to San Diego, Mirer had two passes picked off deep in Charger territory on what should have been scoring drives.
At Arizona, Mirer threw two interceptions on just two passes in a Seattle overtime loss.
Sunday, Mirer overthrew open receivers four times on what could have been touchdown plays. Three of those were intended for speedy rookie Joey Galloway.
"It's my job to throw it in front and let him go get it," Mirer said. "If I'm going to miss, I'm going to miss in front of him. I've talked myself into throwing far and letting him go get it, and it doesn't always time out right."
Sure, but some throws were 10 yards too long. And one, when Robb Thomas was alone in the end zone in the second quarter, didn't even come within 15 yards of reaching him.
The fans, understandably, have wearied of this and booed Mirer regularly.
It's their prerogative. Comes with the ticket to a big-league game.
But those boos penetrate directly to the heart of Mirer.
"We're not supposed to care, but it sucks," Mirer said of derision. "I guess we're not humans to a lot of people. We're doing this for keeps and it's important, but it doesn't always work."
Seahawk coach Dennis Erickson spread the blame across the board, sparing his quarterback.
"It wasn't just the quarterback, there was a lot of other things involved," Erickson said. "We just didn't play very well anyplace offensively; it was just a mess."
As the cameras and tape recorders closed in on Mirer in front of his locker, he managed a smile and cracked: "Oh, this is a lot of fun."
Obviously, it isn't. But he stands in the media pocket and admirably takes the heat.
And it's this toughness that makes it difficult to report this, but right now, after nearly three seasons, Rick Mirer is not substantially better than he was as a rookie.
Last week in Washington, with no timeouts and the clock waning in the first half, Mirer took off on a scramble rather than throwing the ball out of bounds and preserving a field-goal possibility. He was tackled and the half ended.
This is what is so baffling: Mirer is clearly an extremely intelligent man who grew up with football as a cradle language, seeing that his father was a coach, but he continues to make rookie mistakes like the one at Washington.
So it seems that his role as anchor of the franchise should be re-evaluated before paying out more than $3 million in bonuses that will trigger the final two years of his contract.
Maybe, finally, sadly, it's time to say that Mirer simply isn't working out.


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Calypso Apartments
Calypso Apartments are located in Agioi Apostoloi, one of the most beautiful places in Chania. Agioi Apostoloi is one of the top choices for summer vacation, a popular destination among tourists. The beach of Agioi Apostoloi has been approved and awardee by the "Blue Flag" association. Its waters are shallow and calm and perfectly safe for young children. Thus there are swimming classes for children.
Calypso Apartments offers 9 furnished apartments and 14 furnished studios. Depending on the apartment staying in, there is a great sea view or view at the hotel's yard. Each studio and apartment has a private balcony, a peaceful environment where you can relax while enjoying the view. The rooms have marble floors, a kitchenette and a mini fridge. They are also equipped with a telephone, a TV and a private bathroom with a shower or a bathtub. During the warm days you can cool down with the rooms' air condition. Furthermore there is a reception and waiting area and a TV room that you can benefit from at any point during the day.
Right next to Calypso Apartments there is a big parking space that fits up to 30 cars. A few meters away you can enjoy a walk under the shade of the trees at the park of Agioi Anargiroi. Around the hotel there are shops and services, such as supermarkets (LIDL, INKA), mini markets, traditional taverns, restaurants and pool bars.
Calypso Apartments is a great choice to spend your vacation and it is recommended to both families and couples.


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My patterns are all over the Internet highway. Some are on Ravelry, some are in my Etsy shop and some are on my main blog, Crochet and Cross Stitch Pattern Slut.
This blog is my attempt, notice I said attempt, to put all of my patterns in one place.
Some of my patterns are for sale and some are free. When I sell a pattern, or the actual handmade item from that pattern, I donate all of the money I receive to the Natalie's Second Chance Shelter, Kafayette, Indiana. They do so much for so many animals with so little money that I am drawn to them. You really need to visit their site and watch the video of the woman feeding the cats. There, but for the grace of God, go I.
So, on this November 15, 2010, I am starting my attempt to compile all of my crochet and cross stitch designs in one place. I wonder how long it will take me?
Monday, November 15, 2010
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Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, American University of Beirut. I would like to thank Mahmoud Youness for discussions that made this paper possible.
Clifford Geertz (1974) The Interpretation of Cultures (New York: Basic Books, Inc.) 98.
Ibid., p. 97.
Walter Benjamin (2002) Selected Writings, Volume 1: 1913-1926 (Cambridge: Belknap Press).
Cf. Thomas Clifton (1976) "The Poetics of Musical Silence," The Musical Quarterly, 62/2 (Apr., 1976), 163-181, Susan Sontag (2002) "The Aesthetics of Solitude," Studies of Radical Will (NY: Picador).
Clifton ibid., p.163.
Cf. Murtaza Mutahharī (1952)'Adl illahī (Qom: Intishārāt-e Sadrā), Murtaza Mutahharī (1977) Harakat va zamān dar falsafah islāmī (Tehran: Intisharat Hikmat), and Murtaza Mutahharī (1979) Insān va sarnevesht (Qom: Intishārāt-e Sadrā).
Mutahharī, 'Adl illahī, 129.
Benjamin, Selected Writings, 248.
Ibid., p. 247.
Ibid., p. 250.
Walter Benjamin (2007) Illuminations, trans., Harry Zohn (New York: Schoken Books) 220.
Ibid., p. 221.
Bergson, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion, 59.
Ibid., p. 220.
Jürgen Moltmann (1993) The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ as the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology (Minneapolis: Fortress Press) 338.
Cf. Gustavo Gutierrez (1988) A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation (New York: Orbis Books) 121-141.
Naturally, the expected Ar-Ra`d āyah applies: "Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves." (Qur'ān, 13:11).
"Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you." (Qur'ān, 102:1).
Abd al-Wahid ibn Muhammad Amidi (1993) Kitab mustatab ghurar al-hikam wa-durar al-kalim (Majmu 'at al-kalimat al-qisar li-'Ali ibn Abi Talib) (Qum: Mu'assasa Ali 'l-Bayt), 484.
Ali Shariati (1976) 'Ali tanhā est (Tehran: Husayniyah-i Irshād,).
Ali Shariati (n.d.) "Red Shi'ism vs. Black Shi'ism," http://www.iranchamber.com/personalities/ashariati/works/red_black_shiism.php
"Wealth and children are [but] adornment of the worldly life. But the enduring good deeds are better to your Lord for reward and better for [one's] hope." (Qur'ān, 18:46).
Mutahharī, Al-'adl al-illāhī, 154.
Bihār al-Anwār, vol. 15, part one, p. 55, from al-Kāfī.
Mutahhari, Al-'adl al-illāhī, 155.
Benjamin, Selected Writings, 249.
Alberto Toscano, "The Bourgeois and the Islamist, or, The Other Subjects of Politics," Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, 2, no. 1-2 (2006): 15-38.
"The French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu offers some helpful theoretical insights for considering the development of the Salafist movement. Bourdieu's theoretical framework is centered on fields, which are delimited structures of social relations between hierarchically defined positions. Within these fields, capital, a source of either material or symbolic character, defines the ability of actors to exercise power, while habitus, a set of socialized norms and predispositions, guide their behavior. The dynamics of capital and habitus are set within the structural limitations of the field, which Bourdieu conceptualized in the term doxa, which can be translated into the norms and rules governing the field". Tore Hamming, Politicization of the Salafi Movement: The Emergence and Influence of Political Salafism in Egypt, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS REVIEW, VOLUME XXII, NUMBER 1 , FALL 2013, p. 3.
Ibid., p. 28.
Allamah Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi (2001) Bihār al-Anwār, Volume 52, trans., Sayyid Athar Husain S.H. Rizvi (Ja'fari Propagation Centre: Mumbai) 89.
Geertz, The Interpretation of Cultures, 104.
Mutahharī, 'Adl illahī, 164.


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San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge
|San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
|San Joaquin County, Stanislaus County, California, United States
|Nearest city
|Modesto, California
|37°37′33″N 121°12′05″W / 37.6259°N 121.2014°WCoordinates: 37°37′33″N 121°12′05″W / 37.6259°N 121.2014°W[1]
|7,000 acres (28 km2)
|Governing body
|U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
|San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge
The San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area of along the San Joaquin River in the northern San Joaquin Valley, California. It is within San Joaquin County and Stanislaus County
It protects more than 7,000 acres (28 km2) of riparian woodlands, wetlands, and grasslands and hosts a diversity of native wildlife.
Established in 1987 under the authority of the Endangered Species and Migratory Bird Conservation Acts, the refuge has also played a major role in the recovery of Aleutian cackling geese.
Riparian forest[edit]
Within the borders of the San Joaquin National Wildlife Refuge is one of California's largest riparian forest restoration projects. 400,000 native trees have been planted across 1,700 acres (6.9 km2) of the river's floodplain. The major project was led by River Partners, Inc., a non-profit organization committed to restoring riparian zone habitat for wildlife.
Riparian forests, which once covered large portions of California's Central Valley, have been greatly reduced due to state and federal water projects and diversions. The San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge's important riparian habitat is host to many rare animals. Swainson's hawks nest in the canopy of tall cottonwood trees. Herons and cormorants form communal nesting colonies within the tops of the large oaks on Christman Island. Endangered riparian brush rabbits have been reintroduced to their historic habitat from captive-reared populations.
- ^ "San Joaquin River NWR Pelican Nature Trail" (PDF). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
- IUCN Category IV
- National Wildlife Refuges in California
- Parks in the San Joaquin Valley
- Forests of California
- San Joaquin River
- Wetlands of California
- Protected areas of San Joaquin County, California
- Protected areas of Stanislaus County, California
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Natural history of San Joaquin County, California
- Geography of San Joaquin County, California
- Geography of Stanislaus County, California
- Protected areas established in 1987
- 1987 establishments in California


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iPhone Home From The Road At SXSW!
For the past few days, I've been attending both the Interactive and Film Festivals at South By Southwest in Austin, Texas. It's been an inspiring, educational, and amazingly fun experience. This is the first extended trip I've taken with an iPhone 3G. It's proven to be far more useful than I ever expected, in almost every way.
From getting around town, to keeping up to date with SXSW's complicated and ever-evolving schedule, to getting locations and reviews of restaurants, to staying on top of business at home, to taking notes, to updating and reading Twitter feeds, the iPhone has hardly left my hand. That became especially true when my digital camera inexplicably stopped working, leaving me with only the iPhone's built-in (and admittedly mediocre) camera.
In a hyper-connected setting like SXSW, the iPhone (or iPod touch or other brand of powerful smartphone) is practically essential. For example, Twitter has usurped the role of business cards here. Don't get me wrong, cards are still exchanged at lightning speed and face-to-face time is as important as ever. Yet the ability to use your iPhone-Twitter-application-of-choice to instantly connect and follow other people and businesses has proved (to me) to be extremely useful.
After this intense period of dedicated, on-the-spot use, I only have two complaints about the iPhone (and neither has to do with the lack of cut and paste). One is that the battery could be a lot better. At home it's easy to keep it charged up, and there have been plenty of open outlets and opportunities for charging here. However, there were two times when the battery was finally exhausted at the end of my day.
We'll post a top ten tips for maximizing your iPhone's battery next week.
In the meantime, before my next long trip I am definitely buying the TruePower iV Extended Battery and Portable Charger for iPhone 2G/3G/Touch It claims to offer up to 24 hours of talk time, is compact, and is very nicely built (in the USA no less).
Second, I wish the iPhone had a better camera. The iPhone's camera is mostly "good enough," but it would be a revelation to have a three (or why not, five or seven) megapixel camera built in. A flash and the ability to capture video would be even better. Imagine being able to truly leave your digital camera at home! I did end up taking many iPhone photos since that was my only option. I enjoyed the option to instantly upload these to my Flickr page. I have to admit, there were a couple late-night instant uploads I deleted first thing the morning after.
Another nice feature of the TruePower iV Extended Battery for iPhone is that it actually has a built in flash. I'm definitely getting one before my next trip!


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A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport:
** LightSail-2 successfully propelled in low earth orbit by solar light: LightSail 2 Spacecraft Successfully Demonstrates Flight by Light | The Planetary Society
Years of computer simulations. Countless ground tests. They've all led up to now. The Planetary Society's crowdfunded LightSail 2 spacecraft is successfully raising its orbit solely on the power of sunlight.
Since unfurling the spacecraft's silver solar sail last week, mission managers have been optimizing the way the spacecraft orients itself during solar sailing. After a few tweaks, LightSail 2 began raising its orbit around the Earth. In the past 4 days, the spacecraft has raised its orbital high point, or apogee, by about 2 kilometers. The perigee, or low point of its orbit, has dropped by a similar amount, which is consistent with pre-flight expectations for the effects of atmospheric drag on the spacecraft. The mission team has confirmed the apogee increase can only be attributed to solar sailing, meaning LightSail 2 has successfully completed its primary goal of demonstrating flight by light for CubeSats.
"We're thrilled to announce mission success for LightSail 2," said LightSail program manager and Planetary Society chief scientist Bruce Betts. "Our criteria was to demonstrate controlled solar sailing in a CubeSat by changing the spacecraft's orbit using only the light pressure of the Sun, something that's never been done before. I'm enormously proud of this team. It's been a long road and we did it."
Some follow-up, including some controversy on the orbital data: 'Mission success' declared after LightSail 2 solar sail raises orbit – GeekWire.
For LightSail related resources, see the LightSail Press Kit | The Planetary Society
** Russian rockets send cargo freighter to ISS and communications satellite to MEO.
*** Progress cargo vehicle launches on Soyuz and docks with ISS just 3 hours and 19 minutes later.
A Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle launched the Progress MS-12 spacecraft to resupply the International Space Station (ISS Progress 73 mission) on 31 July 2019, at 12:10 UTC (18:10 local time, 08:10 EDT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Stories about the mission:
- Progress cargo freighter lifts off, reaches space station hours later – Spaceflight Now
- Progress MS-12 docks with ISS to restock Station supplies through early-2020 – NASASpaceFlight.com
- Russian Progress Cargo Ship Reaches Station in Just Two Orbits – Space Station/NASA
- Russia's Progress Cargo Craft Racing Toward Space Station – Space Station/NASA
- Soyuz booster rolls out to launch pad with space station refueling freighter – Spaceflight Now
*** Soyuz 2.1a rocket launches from far east Pletsetsk spaceport to send communications satellite to medium altitude Molynia earth orbit:
- Soyuz 2-1a launches Meridian 8 out of Plesetsk – NASASpaceFlight.com
- Russia launches military communications satellite – Spaceflight Now
** First test flight of the Gilmour suborbital rocket falls short of target altitude when engien shuts down shortly after liftoff: One Vision statement
On Monday July 29, Gilmour Space Technologies attempted to launch our 'One Vision' suborbital rocket to flight test the company's proprietary orbital-class hybrid rocket engine and demonstrate our mobile launch capability.
At T-7 seconds to launch, the test rocket suffered an anomaly that resulted in the premature end of this mission. Initial investigations show that a pressure regulator in the oxidiser tank had failed to maintain required pressure, and this anomaly resulted in some damage to the tank and rocket. There was no explosion due to the safe nature of hybrid rocket engines, and no observable damage to the engine. (We will share footage of the launch attempt when available.)
Despite failing to launch, our team successfully tested the mobile launch platform and mission control centre, which had journeyed over 1,800 km to the test site. The automatic 'load-and-launch' ground support system performed nominally through countdown, and switched to safe mode to dilute the oxidiser when the tank was compromised. With this mobile launch system, we believe we have the capability to launch a light orbital vehicle from anywhere in Australia.
** Interstellar Technologies MOMO suborbital rocket fails to reach its planned orbit as well:
- Sounding Rocket "Paters Dream" MOMO-F4 Launch Results – Interstellar Technologies – July.29.2019 (pdf)
- Privately launched Momo-4 rocket fails after liftoff, crashes into sea off Hokkaido | The Japan Times
onboard computer issued an emergency stop command. MOMO-F4 reached an apogee of around 13 km and splashed down of 9 km offshore in Launch Hazard Area.
The company has raised more funds to keep development going: Interstellar Technologies Inc. Raises ¥1.22 Billion [US$12.2M] in Series B – Interstellar Technologies – July.29.2019 (pdf)
** Update on the next SpaceShipTwo in construction at The Spaceship Company:
What's the latest with the next spaceship we're building for @VirginGalactic? The wing structure is complete! Watch as we made preparations to install landing gear, RCS systems, flight controls and pneumatic tubing which powers the feathering system https://t.co/1Ru6lUlsz5 pic.twitter.com/WB24Itoo05
— TheSpaceshipCompany (@TheSpaceshipCo) July 31, 2019
Closing out the wing of the next spaceship in @virgingalactic's fleet consisted of integrating both structures and systems before finally bonding the lower skins and completing the main wing structure. pic.twitter.com/utU5sEg7wR
— TheSpaceshipCompany (@TheSpaceshipCo) August 1, 2019
Virgin Galactic expects, according to a recent investor presentation, to have five SS2 vehicles in operation by 2023 to support around 270 flights per year.
** China:
*** First stage of Chinese Long March 2C rocket used grid fins similar to those on the SpaceX Falcon boosters. They were used to guide the first stage to an unpopulated area after the launch from an inland spaceport:
- Chinese Long March launch tests grid fins for safely, future reusability – SpaceNews.com
- China successfully tests accurate landing of rocket debris – Xinhua | English.news.cn
- DeepSpace: China tests SpaceX-reminiscent grid fins after iSpace snags orbital milestone – Teslarati
*** iSpace Hyperbola-1 first launch mimics SpaceX Falcon Heavy's launch of a Tesla Roadster:
iSpace Hyperbola-1 launch – weibo.com
You'll love this. The payload fairing from the launch of Chinese firm iSpace's Hyperbola-1 separating to reveal a model car from launch sponsor Chang'an Motors. Source: https://t.co/tTU8CEkSRR pic.twitter.com/ln3m9rwXNH
— Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) July 29, 2019
** The 2019 International Space Elevator Conference will be held August 16-18 at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA. The annual meeting is organized by the International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC). Check out their latest update: ISEC Space Elevator Newsletter August 2019
** SpaceX:
*** Falcon 9 launch of AMOS-17 communications is delayed after a problem found during a static firing test on Wednesday:
Team is setting up an additional static fire test of Falcon 9 after replacing a suspect valve. Will confirm updated target launch date for AMOS-17 once complete.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 1, 2019
The first stage booster has flown twice but will be expended on this launch.
Here is a video of the static test courtesy of www.USLaunchReport.com
*** Synchronized views of the Falcon 9 booster returning to the Cape after the CRS-18 Dragon launch: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posts uncut Falcon 9 landing video: reentry burn to touchdown – Teslarati
Falcon rocket reentry from space with double sonic booms pic.twitter.com/6DDPjcOgQH
— e^👁🥧 (@elonmusk) July 28, 2019
*** Legs of the recovered booster folded up rather than removed: SpaceX retracts Falcon 9 booster's landing legs a second time after speedy reuse – Teslarati.
Following the Falcon 9 booster's second successful NASA launch in less than three months, SpaceX recovery technicians have once again rapidly retracted B1056's four landing legs, also reused from the booster's May 2019 launch debut.
On the heels of Falcon 9 B1056's first speedy, leg-retracting recovery, a repeat of the booster's impressive landing leg retraction debut – using the same legs, no less – serves as an excellent sign that whatever hardware changes were implemented are on the right track. As part of SpaceX and CEO Elon Musk's interim goal of launching the same Falcon 9 booster twice in 1-2 days, a speedy recovery is an absolute necessity, and landing leg retraction is just one of the dozens of ways the company will need to optimize recovery and reuse to lower average turnaround times from weeks to days.
*** Environmental impact of Starship/Super Heavy launches from Pad 39A outlined in Draft Environmental Assessment for the SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy Launch Vehicle at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) – NASA (pdf)
Pursuant to the Commercial Space Launch Act (CSLA), SpaceX currently operates its Falcon family of launch vehicles on KSC at Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A). SpaceX proposes to expand operations to include launch of Starship/Super Heavy vehicle from this complex. The fully reusable rocket system is being developed by SpaceX to take humans and cargo to Earth orbit and beyond, including to the Moon and Mars.
The launch vehicle is comprised of two stages; the Super Heavy booster is the first stage, and the Starship is the second stage. The booster would be powered by 31 Raptor engines and Starship spacecraft would be powered by seven Raptor engines. The propellant is composed of liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquid methane (LCH4). SpaceX intends to eventually launch the Starship/Super Heavy approximately 24 times per year. The Starship/Super Heavy would include Lunar and Mars missions, satellite payload missions, and human spaceflight.
SpaceX would construct an additional launch mount for Starship/Super Heavy at LC-39A, adjacent to the existing mount used for the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. A LCH4 farm would be built near the existing Falcon Rocket Propellant-1 (RP-1) farm similar in structure to the existing LOX farm. Site improvements would also include an interior transport road leading from the pad entrance gate up to the launch mount as well as several new high pressure gaseous commodity lines. A deluge water system and water cooled flame diverter would be installed and comprised of new water tanks capable of delivering the necessary water pressure.
The Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) facility, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), would be used as a landing location for Starship, similar to its current use for Falcon booster landings. The Starship spacecraft is the second stage of the vehicle. Super Heavy is the first stage booster and would be landed downrange on a droneship (converted barge), similar to the downrange landings of Falcon boosters. SpaceX's proposed action includes the construction of a landing pad for Starship land landings within the LC-39A boundary. The potential for land landings of Starship at LC-39A will require additional analysis to fully assess the potential impacts to NASA programs, facilities, personnel and operations.
The file includes also the report: Starship Noise and Sonic Boom Assessment for Flight and Static Test Operations at Kennedy Space Center – KBRwyle Technical Note TN 19-02.
*** The Starhopper moved back to its starting point after its first un-tethered flight:
The window for the next flight, which will go up to 200 meters, opens on August 12th.
*** Scott Manley analyzes the Starhopper's hop:
*** A view from the sky of SpaceX facilities and activities at Boca Chica Beach:
*** Shots of the Starhopper and Starship demo vehicle under assembly at Boca Chica:
#SpaceX crews hard at work today, seen lowering and installing the tank bulkhead on #StarShip. The continuation of the polishing of the nosecone section, is still making rapid progress. Meanwhile the team at #StarHopper, was seen preparing to reconnect Hoppy to the fuel lines. pic.twitter.com/J3VSo0SlJo
— Austin Barnard🚀 (@austinbarnard45) July 30, 2019
*** Misc. SpaceX items:
- Low cost and high performance of Falcon 9 enables a wide range of missions: As Ball completes design review for IXPE, SpaceX launch contract points to growing mission profiles – NASASpaceFlight.com.
- NASA and SpaceX will collaborate on in-space propellant transfers, which Starships will need for deep space misisons: NASA agrees to work with SpaceX on orbital refueling technology | Ars Technica
The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos,
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Sand City's Annual West End Celebration
Aug 21 - Aug 23, 2020 at 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
West End of Sand City
Ortiz Avenue
Sand City, CA 93955
Event Info
A free, family-friendly event celebrating the diversity of artistic talent to be found within Monterey County. This unique celebration of community, commerce, and culture transforms the streets of Sand City into A Kaleidoscope of the Arts of every genre. Thousands of residents and visitors discover innovative art, listen to continuous live music from multiple stages, and have an opportunity to purchase works from local painters, sculptors, and multimedia artists. Delicious, gourmet foods, and local, craft beer will be available, as well as wine tasting from local wineries.
Over 100 Artists & Artisans • Open Studio Tours
Pop-Up Art Exhibits • Continuous Live Entertainment
Food • Craft Beer • Wine Tasting
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Proper noun
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- A nickname for a vehicle.
- A nickname for someone or something that leaps.
- The fictional name given to a B-52 bomber in the 1944 movie The Purple Heart.
- The name given to a 1954 Cold War hero pigeon.
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Srinagar: Sh. Chander Mohan Gupta, Mayor, Jammu Municipal Corporation, met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here today.
Sh. Gupta apprised Governor about the functioning and the steps initiated for efficient delivery of public services by the JMC. He requested Governor for enhancement of Budgetary support for JMC, reorganisation of the Corporation; stressed focus for Smart City Project; inclusion of Mayor, JMC as Member of the Metro Project, Director of the Housing Board, JDA and Mubarak Mandi Heritage Society etc.
Governor assured Sh. Gupta due consideration of his demands and stressed high importance of ensuring cleanliness and maintaining hygiene in public places and advised for putting in place an effective solid waste management system in the City so as to give it a clean look. He also laid thrust on planned construction in the city and to take stringent action against illegal construction.


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Right then, that completes our live coverage of this game. Here is Dan Brettig's report of the day's play. We'll soon have plenty of analysis and opinion from Sid Monga in Sydney. I'll be back on Tuesday to bring you India's last league game, perhaps India's last game on this disastrous tour. Sri Lanka will start off as favourites, and will only need to deny the bonus point to confirm their spot in the finals. Until Tuesday, on behalf of the ESPNcricinfo team, this is Nitin Sundar signing off.
As always, India fans have some scraps of hope to hold onto. If India win with a bonus point on Tuesday, and if Australia beat Sri Lanka in the last league game (make those big IFs, with salad dressing on top), India can still sneak into the final. At the moment, they don't deserve to. A win without a bonus point in Hobart won't do for India. They will then end up on 14 points, and Sri Lanka already have 15.
Watson: "Very nice start as a captain, it all worked out very well. It helped that wickets fell at appropriate times. I kept trying to get the bowlers and their ends right. I felt good and had a lot of fun today. [On the David Hussey issue] In the end it looked like David Hussey was looking to protect himself. I have full faith in Taufel and Bowden.. [I like the captaincy], but will like to see Clarke back."
Warner is Man of the Match: "I needed some runs under the belt and put my head down today. A bit of a lazy shot towards the end, a brain explosion ... The key for me is that if I get my defence right, the big shots come off."
Dhoni: "Definitely not a good night. We got off to a decent start, after that we used the part-timers when Pathan got injured. We were a bit confused, but overall we were happy with the first half. But the second innings, we left too many overs for Nos. 7,8 and 9. We have not performed to potential in these ODIs, it was an ideal opportunity for the youngsters. I am sure they have learned a lot. We need to bat well. Unfortunately we lost all the tosses and kept batting in tougher conditions."
The wheels have come off this Indian team. MS Dhoni and Duncan Fletcher will be looking at the last couple of weeks and wondering how they managed to spiral to such ignominious lows after delivering that nerve-shredding tie against Sri Lanka. At that point, SL were without a win in the tournament. Since then, India have been as abject as Sri lanka have been good.
Australia are in the final, but they will know there's plenty of work to do before those games. Their batting in the last ten overs was disastrous today, and a better team would have made them pay for it.
The doors are closing on India. Australia will be through to the final once they win today. India will then need to beat Sri Lanka with the bonus point on Tuesday and hope that Australia put it past Sri Lanka in the last league game. At the moment India don't look capable of even denying bonus points, leave along getting them.
Praveen Kumar will come out to join Irfan. How well he bowled to set up this game for India at the start of play ...


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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Hennepin County Attorney was reviewing new evidence Wednesday that could clear a man convicted of serial killings in the 1980s.
The Innocence Project filed court papers Tuesday, attempting to free 70-year-old Billy Glaze. He was convicted of killing three Native American women in 1986 and 1987.
At the time, prosecutors used circumstantial evidence to tie Glaze to the killings, but the Innocence Project says it now has DNA evidence linking another man to the murders.
When Glaze was arrested in 1987, it ended an intense investigation. Kathleen Bullman, Angelina Whitebird Sweet and Angela Green were raped, murdered and mutilated in similar ways, leading Minneapolis Police to search for a serial killer.
Glaze was convicted in 1989, and has been in prison ever since.
"They didn't have the tools that we have today to be able to figure out that they actually did charge the wrong person," said Ed Magarian of Dorsey and Whitney, one of the attorneys from the Innocence Project.
That group filed hundreds of pages in court, citing dozens of DNA tests that found nothing linked to Glaze.
Semen found in one of the victims, however, was connected to a convicted rapist.
"This person, whose DNA it is, had sex with Angela Green right around the time she was killed," Magarian said.
Documents show that same man's DNA was also found on a cigarette butt from one of the other murder scenes.
"It draws a much stronger case against that person," Magarian said, "than the non-existent case where there was no physical evidence, no biological evidence, against Billy Glaze."
In response, the Hennepin County Attorney assigned two senior prosecutors to review the claims.
"Nothing we have seen so far has changed our opinion that Billy Glaze is the person who committed these sexual mutilations and murders," said Assistant Hennepin County Attorney David Brown. "However, we will take a very careful look at the petition that's been filed."
Glaze will turn 71 in July. He's in prison in Delaware, and his lawyers say he's in poor physical health.
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