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Poems of Passion/Solitude
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air;
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go;
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all;
There are none to decline your nectar'd wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall.
Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a large and lordly train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.
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ok sorry for th dumbness of this but i want to upgrade motors. what is the dif between sy a 6000kv and a 9200 kv motor.
its only money
the only dumb questions are the ones that aren't asked!
this is my shorthand version. you can google it for more in depth explanations. it reflects how many rpms the motor can generate under load. Say you're using a 2s lipo with both motors. A 2s lipo will put out about 7 volts under load so.........
7volts x 6000kv = 49,000 RPM
7volts x 9200kv = 64,400 RPM
Generally the higher KV you go the less torque the motor will produce but it will produce a higher rpm from a smaller current. So you usually see higher KV motor's in 1/10th scale and smaller. You will generally see lower KV motor's running in like monster trucks or 1/8 scale buggies, or planes with big props because of the the torque they can generate. That's my basic understanding of it. hope i didnt confuse you more.
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Piercings can and will get caught in antenna tubes
thank you very much for the quick answer. thats kinda what i thought but you clarified it nicely thanks again.
its only money
being new to the electric scene what is it about the velineon 380 that you don't like that makes you want to "upgrade" ?Originally Posted by smashmbashm
From my experience the motor is pretty solid the esc works pretty good up to about 3s in parallel if you add more volts than that thats when it tends to get hot and go into thermal protection but I can live with that. If I were to upgrade anyting it would be the esc. I just keep my electronics stock run some 2200mah lipos and its pretty solid. Nothing wrong with upgrading though we all like to do it. Just my experiences others may have had different results
i have upgraded to a quark esc (comp 80) i love it . but i do occas speed runs and the motor will only take so much so from what i read from you guys the neu motors work well.
its only money
i agree, which is why i was wondering what about the v380 he doesn't like which is making him want to upgrade the motor. a new esc i can certainly understand, i'm not a fan of the vxl-3m, but being that it's waterproof and has proven so (to me anyway) it's the best bet (for now). i personally think the trucks as they are is close to the sweetspot between useable power and speed, for bashing, track racing, and all 'round use (this does not apply to speed freaks ).Originally Posted by radicalray
i think before the motor can be upgraded (without blowing the truck to a pile of parts) there's prolly about $300 worth of drive/chassis/suspension upgrades to do first.
there are videos of guys on the net doing 66+ in these all stock except for big block motor and they're not shredding anything. Why? Because they know how to use the throttle properly. Drive properly and you'll never break anything. But honestly what fun is that. Not to mention the mini revo can take a heck of alot of abuse.Originally Posted by Core
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Piercings can and will get caught in antenna tubes
Ok that makes sense upgraded the esc to handle more power now want more power. Power to the People. The Need for SpeedOriginally Posted by smashmbashm
isn't there a lrp esc that is waterproof and good for brushless/3s lipo why not try that or won't it work?
My car learned how to fly then forgot the landing
this one?
i think the stock motor is an 8 turn motor, so might not work with the LRP esc.


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How To Clear Your Skin Easily
If you are looking for radiant, clear skin, than you have probably been searching for clear skin tips to help you out. You will need daily skin maintenance and to be wary of a few pitfalls when following these simple clear skin tips The benefits you receive from these clear skin tips if you follow them, will be clear, gorgeous skin.
The most basic of clear skin tips is to wash your face. You should use a mild antibacterial soap that is designed for the face. Antibacterial soaps will kills the bacteria that causes pimples. You should wash your face every morning when you wake up. Wash it every evening before bed as well. This is the easiest of the clear skin tips.
There are a few clear skin tips that you should avoid. Some will advise you to wash your face up to six times a day. This can dry out your face. Dry skin is not clear and beautiful skill. Another tip that is commonly promoted among clear skin tips is to scrub your face. You need to be gentle when exfoliating. If you scrub your face too hard, you will force your pores to excrete oils as a protective measure. Those oils will clog your pores and cause acne. These clear skin tips are not helpful.
One of these clear skin tips is the most important of all. When you are styling your hair, you need to be very careful. You must make sure that hair spray and hair gel do not get on your face. If you see girls with a concentration of acne on their forehead, it is because this is one of the clear skin tips they don't know about. The hair gel and hair spray will cause excessive acne. If you get some on your face, wash it off immediately. This is one of the clear skin tips that many don't know about.
Finally, this is one of the clear skin tips that too many people ignore. Simply, do not pop your pimples. It can be satisfying to pop pimples, and the temptation is certainly there. However, it is crucial that you follow this of all clear skin tips if you want beautiful skin. When you pop a pimple, the squeezing causes the skin around the pimple to become bruised. It won't be bruised like a black eye, but there will be a slight discoloration. This means it will take longer for the pimple to heal, since it has something new to fight off. Also, when you pop your pimple, you spread around that bacteria on you face. This causes more pimples to form. This is one of the clear skin tips that you should not ignore.
Now that you understand the importance of each of these clear skin tips you will want to approach skin care a little differently. Not all of these clear skin tips are well known. Some of these clear skin tips may go against what you have known about skin care. If you question these clear skin tips it is wise to try them, to see if they will work for you clear skin tips like limiting the number of times you wash your face and not popping pimples may go against conventional wisdom, but they work. So, go put these clear skin tips to use and you will get the clear skin you want.


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Monday, September 20, 2010
Let's Walk the Talk of Sustainable Style
4 comments:
- The Worsted Witch said...
This was my favorite model in the show, hands down:
- September 21, 2010 at 9:10 AM
- Abigail Doan said...
You are too kind, 'Worsted Witch'. Most importantly, it was a rocking affair and refreshing to see such a cool line up of "bright" women. Thanks for reading ~ A.
- September 21, 2010 at 11:01 AM
- Kimberly Starbuck said...
Hi Abigail! It was wonderful to meet you on the runway, as we wore Eliza's Bright Young Things collection. What fun to be a super model for a day.
I really love the clothes. Now how to get them into production so we can wear them?
- September 26, 2010 at 10:40 AM
- Abigail Doan said...
So wonderful to find you here. Thank you for reading and commenting. I loved meeting you, and yes, it was such a treat to wear these great designs on the runway. I am sorry that we did not have a chance to chat more, but thank you for your wise tips re: my twins. You are a Bright Young Thing of the most inspiring kind. I hope that we get to cross paths again, either in NYC or elsewhere.
All the best ~ A.
- September 27, 2010 at 4:08 PM


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Pathway Portfolio
The word Pathway refers to a players' journey from junior football to higher levels as they mature.
Every Players pathway in football will be slightly different, but the aim should be to keep as many participants involved in the game for as long as possible.
For this to occur, we should be trying to give our players the best possible experience as the venture from Auskick to junior football, to school and Senior Club football and even on to the WAFL or AFL Competitions if they are talented enough.
The 2 major components a Senior League should be interested in with regards to the Pathway are the ones above and below us: -
- Junior Competitions
- WAFL Competitions and Programs
Tasks with regard to the junior pathway could include: -
- Building a relationship with Junior Leagues
- Supporting Junior Leagues where possible
- Offering integration opportunities between Senior and Junior Leagues
- Monitoring and reporting on the health of Junior Leagues
Tasks with regard to the WAFL pathway could include: -
- Building a relationship with the zoned WAFL Club
- Ensuring a Zone Service Agreement (MOU) is in place prior to the start of the season
- Communicating WAFL activities to the League and Clubs
- Offering integration opportunities between the League and WAFL Club
- 2-way reporting on the take up of local players in WAFL programs
This is an important portfolio that should be trying to continually improve both the pathway into senior football and into the WAFL (talent) stream for local players.
This portfolio would be best suited to someone who has a strong football pedigree or a strong interest in improving football systems with a view of both keeping players in the game and helping them achieve the highest level possible.


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Hope you are well
Today I have a Wedding card to show you. I made it for my friend Anne-Marie to give to her daughter and future son in law on their Wedding day. Anne-Marie has chosen the image Wedding Dance from KennyK Stamps as the couple met through dancing. You can find the image HERE.
Her daughter is very talented, she makes all clothes for her family, even underwear, so of course she has made her own Wedding dress. She has also made the Wedding bouquet, all in fabric. I saw a pic of the bouquet and it's absolutely stunning. I couldn't tell it was made of fabric it look so real. Anne-Marie has promised to show me some more pics from the Wedding later and I can't wait to see them.
So the theme for the Wedding card is sewing. An unconventional theme for a Wedding card maybe, but lots of fun for me to work with.
I used all sewing related dies and decorations I could find in my stash. The big scissor and thread rolls on the side is an edge die from Tim Holtz, the small scissors I think are from Marianne Design. The sentiment at the bottom is from Tim Holtz
The zipper is made with a die from I think Marianne Design. The botton border is made with a Memory Box die and the small heart is made with a Marianne Design die. I used some embossing powder on both the heart and the buttons.
I bought a set of bobbins at Hobby Lobby, USA, last year just to use as decorations for my cards and canvases as I love metal decorations
I bought a set of bobbins at Hobby Lobby, USA, last year just to use as decorations for my cards and canvases as I love metal decorations
The image is colored with Prismacolor pencils and the love stamp behind the couple is from Magnolia. I have also used my sewing machine again as you can see.
The big tag at the top and all the big hearts are made with Tim Holtz dies. The small picture wheel is made with a Magnolia die. The tickets are from a sewing themed stamp set from Tim Holtz. Design paper with sewing theme from stash
The wooden thread rolls are colored with metallic acrylic paint from Finnabair
The big zipper is from a local store and the couples names are made with a Tim Holtz die, cardstock and embossing powder
The back side of the card.
'Love' is made with a die but don't know what brand (I bought it at either Hobby Lobby or Michaels, USA) and 'forever' with a Tim Holtz die. If I remember correctly the small Wedding couple is a stamp from Kreativa Ting in Västerås, Sweden, they design their own rubber stamps
There is still a few days left to enter the May challenge over at Club KennyK Facebook and the theme is always Anything Goes.
If you enter the challenge you will be eligible for this months freebie which is Danger Dad. You just have to use a KennyK stamp or digi and you can enter with just a colored image if you don't have time or don't want to create a full project.
Prizes are KennyK digi(s) of choice and the categories are best coloring, best project and at least one random winner.
Thank you for looking and
have a wonderful day!
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Christmas is both a sacred religious holiday and a worldwide cultural and commercial phenomenon. For two millennia, people around the world have been observing it with traditions and practices that are both religious and secular in nature. Christians celebrate Christmas Day as the anniversary of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, a spiritual leader whose teachings form the basis of their religion. Popular customs include exchanging gifts, decorating Christmas trees, attending church, sharing meals with family and friends and, of course, waiting for Santa Claus to arrive. December 25–Christmas Day–has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1870.


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Venue:- The Black Heart, Camden Town, London.
Date:- 26th June 2017
"The first time i saw Gene Loves Jezebel was in 1988 at the Bristol Bierkeller and then i see them twice in a month this year. Once at Wave Gotik Treffen where they played a blinding set in front of around 400/500 people and then the other night to around 80 people at The Black Heart in Camden. First onstage at just after 7:45pm was Evi Vine. To be honest i don't know much about Evi's solo output so this set was a first for me. The music was very pensive and dreamy, i felt like i was crawling through a shallow pool surrounded by trees and mist trying not to succumb to a hypnotic soporific. This is the sort of music i want to listen to whilst ensconced in a comfy chair…… And it sounds like a sparser All About Eve and like the band Darkher or come to think of it, Jarboe who i saw at WGT too. Like Jarboe there was no talking between songs which i prefer. Evi did say at one point that she does not talk between tracks as it throws her off her performance, i mean, you don't need to talk, don't force banter if it does not feel right, just play. I did overhear one audience member say "I can't wait for GLJ to come on cos this lot are putting me to sleep" Hmmm, not to everyone's taste then??"
"Gene Loves Jezebel came on at 9pm and played until around 10:30. There was only one difference to when i saw them in the 80's, i'll leave that up to you to guess what!! The band were well received when they came on and started off with "Upstairs" from the album "Promise" followed by a mix of other known tunes and new tracks from new album "Dance Underwater" which is released on the 30th June. This will be the first album released by the band in around 20 years with Pete Walsh back on producing duties! He produced the album "The House Of Dolls 29 years ago which was a great album and he was the only person wanted to work on this new offering! Since it's release i have a had a listen and it is a very poppy album, the first track "Charmed Life" has an auto tune feel on the vocal a la Cher and the single "Summertime" is a very breezy and fizzy track and had me tapping the side of the stage when i heard it live . This is the best work in ages the band say and from what i have heard i tend to agree with them!! Jay was very chatty between songs, flirty with the audience and keeping them onside throughout the set, totally different feel to the support. His voice was stronger than from what i remember from 1988 gig, a point not lost on me when i saw the band in Leipzig and it was filled with liberal smatterings of "huh huhs" and chirps. This was a rare London show and the Black Heart Camden was good place to have it.The venue has a good sound, is intimate, has good ale and is near to the tube!! All in all this was a good night of music thoroughly enjoyed by all, the encore was a version of "Desire" and then they were gone!! I bought a t shirt and then so was i!!!"


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A common problem with a Merchandise-Driven piece of media is consistency between the media and the merchandise; whatever merchandise is made for the show or comic book has to look at least reasonably close to what's on the show or comic, and vice versa, for the kiddies to equate one with the other and, thus, buy both. This can prove a problem, though; marketing execs have a funny way of working their mojo, and it's not uncommon to see a chicken-or-the-egg scenario pop up - do they make the merchandise, then build the media around them, make the media then the merchandise, or make both together? Whichever one they pick is whichever manner the fans will judge the other on.
Show Accuracy happens when the media is made first, then the merchandise; since the transition between 2-D and 3-D is hard enough, adding stuff like joints and other gimmicks to make it playable for kids - especially if said media involves Transforming Mecha - there's bound to be some details lost in the attempt. Thus, an action figure, for instance, is considered "Show Accurate" if the toy has little to no details missing from the media version.
Toy Accuracy is the same, except the merchandise came first, and you're moving it from 3-D to 2-D...not as easy as it sounds. Depending on the art style the media is being made in, getting the characters accurate to their merchandise can get rather difficult. (Of course, being too good a representation of the toys can be problematic as well, leading to things like Evac having a giant red lever on his left arm for no real reason.)
Then there's the hardest: making the media and merchandise together. Combine the problems inherent of the other two, and you can see why producers/developers end up hating doing Merchandise-Driven media.
To be fair, though, advancements in toy-designing technology has made this less of a problem than it was in, say...the '70s or '80s, when the most articulation a toy can expect was in the waist, shoulders, and neck, and Humongous Mecha looked more like candy-colored hunks of brick than an actual robot. Nowadays, we have the ability to make Transformers that can shift from realistic model car to crazily-articulated behemoth mecha, action figures with full range of movement and insane muscle details... At least, we can do that for merchandise marketed to boys.
Still, the debate will rage on as long as both the media and merchandise are popular, invoking Fan Dumb and Gannon Banned as fans battle over which is more aesthetically pleasing.


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I have been married for ten years and I have four daughters.
I am the lead on an advanced program for BAE Systems in Fridley, MN. I completed MSMOT from the University of Minnesota's Technology Leadership Institute in 2012. My Ph.D. advisor was Professor Allen Goldman.


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The Internet is great for many things—finding new crock pot recipes, looking for home decorating ideas, even shopping for a great new dress. But, the interent is not so great for some other things—like diagnosing an illness or trying to find reliable source of information about your child's disability or disabilities.
I know when my son was first diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, I felt overwhelmed. And while a few caring friends and our psychologist recommended some great books, I didn't have time to sit down and read. Plus, the whole thing felt very overwhelming and urgent. I remember feeling like it was moving faster than I could read. Questions to answer, accommodations to make, tutors to secure—I couldn't read all I needed to that fast. I felt like I was drowning. Over the years, I have weeded out some not so great online resources and complied a list of my trusted sources. I have summarized those sources for you below. These are great repositories of information curated and contributed to by leading experts in the field (parents, practitioners, and even students themselves).
Understood.org. Understood.org is my number one go to resource on the web for information related to learning disabilities (LDs) and ADHD. Understood.org is a join effort of 15 nonprofit organizations collaborating to support parents of children with learning and attention issues. The website offers access to state-of-the-art technology, personalized resources, access to experts, a fabulous and secure online community, simulations and loads of practical tips for navigating home, school and life in general. The information provided is vetted by experts, the webinars are exceptional and the parent community is a great place to exchange ideas and seek support. Understood is a parent's mecca of information—from trusted sources, in easy to read (not overwhelming) formats on a wide range of topics related to LDs and attention issues.
Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity. The Yale Center is an incredibly interesting university-based and researcher-led center studying dyslexia. The website offers extensive information on outcomes, studies, strategies and more. The Center is headed by a husband and wife team who are the leading researchers in the field: He is a pioneer in the application of functional brain imaging for the study of reading and dyslexia and she has conducted substantial research that contributes to the basis for understanding dyslexia. The site is full of information and links as well as do
wnloadable resources, checklists, and a number of stories related to successful dyslexics. This site also contains extensive resources for educators and is a great place to point your child's classroom teacher to gain a better understanding of dyslexia.
Dyslexia Institute of Indiana. Dyslexia Institute of Indiana was one of our first stops when my son was diagnosed with dyslexia. It was here that I found someone who understood what I was going through; it was here that I found someone who knew what my son needed to help him succeed. I loveDII's website because it has two super easy to navigate tools to help
a parent answer some basic
questions when they are wondering if their child may possibly have dyslexia. First, there is a list of "Concerning Signs of Dyslexia" by age group. Second, the quick "Red Flag Quiz" which asks simple questions to which if the answer to most is yes, additional assessments are recommended. This quick quiz does not provide a diagnosis but may help rule out other issues. Remember that diagnosing dyslexia is a complex process that often involves several testing instruments administered by a licensed professional.
I hope these online resources help answer any questions you may have and provide great information for friends, family members or teachers who may have questions about dyslexia and other learning disabilities. What's your favorite online resource?


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What is the aim of the Geologic Sequestration Site Characterization Grants?
The mission of the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) Geologic Sequestration Site Characterization grant is to comprehensively characterize a minimum of ten geologic formations which could include saline formation, oil and gas fields, and coal seams. Utilize site characterizations to accelerate carbon capture storage in a range of geologic formations that encompass the entire United States. Leverage existing work completed by the Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships and State Geologic Surveys.
How to Apply for the Geologic Sequestration Site Characterization Grants?
The application forms must be downloaded from the specific funding opportunity announcement (FOA) posted at http://wwww.grants.gov or at https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/.
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The Daily Show has been responsible for producing a frankly unprecedented amount of major comedic talent over its tenure, not the least of which being Jon Stewart himself. When Stewart started the all-too-important satire show, he was still making due with occasional bit parts in movies and random television series and still hadn't quite found his comedic persona yet. He found that very thing during his tenure at the series and now, in his retirement, has a reputation as the smartest and wittiest man in the room no matter where you happen to be.
Plenty of others long-standing talents have cut their teeth at the Comedy Central flagship program, beginning with the incomparable Stephen Colbert and John Oliver but also Ed Helms, Steve Carrell, Rob Corddry, Samantha Bee, and Jessica Williams. Many of these people have already found firm footing for themselves elsewhere after their departure from their show with the exception of Williams, but that looks to be changing. The comedian will now be leading the next film by Jim Strouse, who made a notable debut last year with People Places Things. Williams had a supporting role in that film but in Strouse's next project, which he wrote with her specifically in mind, she will be leading the cast, which also includes Chris O'Dowd, Lakeith Stanfield, and Noel Wells of Master of None.
There's no name for the movie yet but the synopsis, which you can take a look at below, suggests a simple New York melodrama that can allow Strouse and his cast to dig into the details of everyday existence and their own obsessions. Or it could end up being one of the approximate 500,000 films released each decade that try and fail to find the wild pulse of life in New York. For the sake of getting Williams in a wider array of movies alone, here's hoping that Strouse is one of those rare artists who knows where to point his camera in the five boroughs.


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|Kiernan, our 6-year-old ball of energy was bouncing on a ball this evening. I must describe how he bounces on this ball.....it is an exercise ball..he falls back on it and bounces, then he bounces forward. Now, he does this over and over...he does not miss a beat. This activity defies gravity, but Kiernan does it without a hitch. While doing this, Kiernan buzzes like a little bee. He loves doing this. Our 9-year-old, Meaghan, looks at me and says, "Now, doesn't that just make you Happy?".... Indeed it does Meaghan....INDEED IT DOES !!!!!
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If you are like me, you are attracted to transgender women, and want to seriously date ladyboys. It's already a big step to take this attraction to the serious stage, as most guys don't do it. My blog is actually dedicated to these guys, the ones who assume their special attraction and want to make it real, the guys who are strong enough to stand the stares of the ignorants and not mind about the dogmas of the society.
But we need to go an extra mile. If you're new to the game of dating with ladyboys, then you are a potential and easy target for the malicious and predatory ones. Most of the guys that I know who are trans-oriented are nice guys, they're sweet to their girlfriend and generous. Sometimes it makes me upset to see how some ladyboys make advantage of them, because they're fucking serious and good guys! Ladyboys usually strive to find a good guy, a guy who will treat them well and not consider them as sex objects only. Unfortunately, the good guys and the genuine ladyboys don't always meet. The good guys usually have their first experience with a bitch who will crush their heart and rip them off. They usually have enough and definitely quit dating ladyboys and get back to real girls. And the genuine ladyboys usually collect the bad experiences with perverts and liars.
Anyways, I would like to write some thoughts about how a trans-oriented man should take care of not getting himself into a sad story and a bad experience.
Why You Are An Easy Target
You are an easy target when you meet one of these conditions:
– you never dated an Asian woman (and by Asian I especially mean Thai or Filipino)
– you never dated a ladyboy (sex with an escort is NOT a date)
– you are a good guy, naturally nice and generous (which is good, don't change!)
– you are looking for something serious, this is not just a fantasy to you


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Ornithological Biography/Volume 1/Kentucky Warbler
Sylvia Formosa, Wils.
PLATE XXXVIII. Male and Female.
This beautiful species is the most common and abundant that visits the State of Louisiana and those situated on the borders of the Mississippi. In Kentucky it is much less common, and in the State of Ohio scarcer still. It is an extremely active and lively bird. It is found in all the low grounds and damp places near water-courses, and generally among the tall rank weeds and low bushes growing in rich alluvial soil. Continually in motion, it is seen hopping in every direction from stalk to stalk, or from one twig to another, preying upon insects and larvæ, or picking small berries, seldom, however, pursuing insects on wing. During spring, its agreeable notes are heard in every quarter. They are emphatic, and resemble the words tweedle, tweedle, tweedle, distinctly repeated. This little bird is seen at intervals of a few minutes on the skirts of the tail plants, peeping cunningly to discover whether any intruders may be near; after which it immediately re-enters the thicket, and repeats its little ditty.
I never saw this bird fly farther than a few yards at a time. Its flight is low, and performed in a quick gliding manner, the bird throwing itself into the nearest bush or thicket of tall grass. It arrives in the Southern States, from Mexico, about the middle of March, and remains with us until the middle of September, during which time it rears two broods. Its nest is small, beautifully constructed, and usually attached to several stems of rank weeds. The outer parts are formed of the bark of stalks of the same weeds in a withered state, mixed with a finer kind and some cottony substances. It is beautifully lined with the cottony or silky substance that falls from the Cotton-wood tree. The eggs are from four to six, of a pure white colour, finely sprinkled with bright red dots.
This species destroys great numbers of spiders, which it frequently obtains by turning over the withered leaves on the ground. The young males do not attain the full beauty of their plumage until the first spring, and resemble the mother during their stay with us the first season Young and old associate together, and live in great harmony. I have not seen this species farther eastward than North Carolina.
The branch on which two of these birds are represented, is that of the tree commonly called the White Cucumber, a species of Magnolia. It flowers as early in the season as the Dog-wood. The flowers open before the leaves are expanded, and emit an odour resembling that of a lemon, but soon becoming disagreeable, as the blossom fades. This tree seldom grows to the height of thirty feet, and is consequently disregarded as a timber-tree. I have met with it only in the States of Mississippi and Louisiana, where it grows on the grounds preferred by the Kentucky Warbler during its stay in those States.
Kentucky Warbler, Sylvia formosa, Wils. Amer. Ornith. vol. iii. p. 85. Pl. xxv. Fig. 3.
Sylvia formosa, Ch. Bonaparte, Synops. of Birds of the United States, p. 34.
Adult Male. Plate XXXVIII. Fig. 1.
Bill of ordinary length, nearly straight, subulato-conical, acute, the edges acute, the gap line a little deflected at the base. Nostrils basal, lateral, elliptical, half closed by a membrane. Head and neck of ordinary size. Body rather full. Feet of ordinary length, slender; tarsus longer than the middle toe, covered anteriorly by a few scutella, the uppermost long; toes scutellate above, the inner free, the hind toe of moderate size; claws slender, compressed, acute, arched.
Plumage soft, blended, tufty. Wings of ordinary length, acute, the second quill longest. Tail of ordinary length, slightly forked when closed.
Bill brownish-black above, lighter beneath. Iris hazel. Feet pale flesh-colour. The general colour of the plumage above is deep yellowish-green, the crown of the head, and a broad patch under the eye, including the lore, black. Under parts, and a broad streak over the eye, bright yellow, tinged with green on the sides, abdomen, and under tail-coverts. Wings and tail yellowish-green, the inner webs only being dusky. Some spots of bluish-grey on the occiput.
Length 5½ inches, extent of wings 8; bill along the ridge 5⁄12, along the gap 7⁄12; tarsus 11⁄12, middle toe 5⁄6.
Adult Female. Plate XXXVIII. Fig. 2.
The female resembles the male, but wants the black band under the eye, and has the black of the head less extended backwards. The tints of the plumage generally are also lighter.
Dimensions nearly the same.
Magnolia auriculata, Wild. Sp. Pl. vol. ii. p. 1268. Pursh. Flor. Amer. vol. ii. p. 482. Mich. Arbr. Forest. de l'Amer. Septentr. vol. iii. p. 94. Pl. 7.—Polyandria Polygynia, Linn. Magnoliæ, Juss.
This species, which is remarkable for the beauty of its foliage, is known in America by the names of White Cucumber Tree, Long-leaved Cucumber Tree, and Indian Physic. The latter name it has obtained from the circumstance of its bark being used in intermittent fevers. It is characterized by its rhomboido-oboval acute leaves, which are narrowed and two-lobed at the base; and its ovate acute petals. The flowers are greenish-white.


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We introduced the fear of the rise of machines and artificial intelligence (A.I.) as reviewed by the editors of The Economist in our prior post, where we ended up asking the question: What will it mean? We'll parse through what economists and others are saying in today's post, which attempts to answer the larger question of whether smarter machines are causing (or poised to cause) mass unemployment.
Machines today are imposing on even the highest tech jobs, such as those produced by Enlitic, a startup involved in deep learning in the medical field, which has produced a system for scanning lungs for abnormalities. In a test against three expert human radiologists, Enlitic machines were 50% better at classifying malignant tumors. Another of the company's machines which examines x-rays to detect fractures outperformed human experts, and the firm's technology is already being deployed in 40 clinics. That's just one example of how white collar jobs can now be automated.
It turns out that what determines whether a person can be replaced by a machine – thus becoming highly vulnerable – is "not so much whether the work concerned is manual or white-collar, but whether or not it is routine," notes the editors. Thus, a highly trained and specialized radiologist may in fact be in greater danger of being replaced by a machine than his own executive assistant.
Among the most vulnerable, 47% of U.S. jobs are said to be at "high risk" of potential automation. A 2013 tally published by Carl Frey & Michael Osborne on job susceptibility to computerization found the following had at least a 50% probability of being replaced:
- Telemarketers (99%)
- Accountants and auditors (94%)
- Retail salespeople (92%)
- Technical writers (86%)
- Real estate sales agents (86%)
- Word processors & typists (81%)
- Machinists (65%)
- Commercial pilots (55%)
Among the least vulnerable:
- Recreational therapists, dentists, athletic trainers, clergy, chemical engineers, editors, firefighters, actors, health technologists and (of course) economists.
Clearly, a substantial risk exists across a broad swath of the employment spectrum. Some, like Sebastian Thrun of Stanford, say this is only the tip of the iceberg. Martin Ford, a software entrepreneur and author of "Rise of the Robots" warns of the threat of a "jobless future," noting that most jobs can be broken down into a set of routine tasks, and are thus increasingly vulnerable to A.I. and machines.
As we noted in our prior post, these sorts of job-obliterating threats have been around since at least the Industrial Revolution, when the Luddites protested against machines and steam engines that they felt would destroy their livelihoods.
Such declarations have reappeared regularly since, in the 1930s-40s, in the 60s, and most recently with the advent of personal computers in the 80s. Invariably, the progress of technology has always ended up creating more jobs than it destroys. Once something can be done more quickly and cheaply, it is. But that in turn "increases the demand for human workers to do the other tasks around it that have not been automated."
We're running long, so we'll conclude our thinking in our third and final post on this topic. Stay tuned…


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For the herbal tea drinker who has everything. A delicious ginger, lemon, calendula petals and Rooibos combination.
Country of Origin: South Africa
Region: Cederberg Shipping
Grade: Choice grade #1
Altitude: 1500-2500 feet above sea level
Manufacture Type: Fermentation turns the leaves from green to deep red and gives a slightly sweet note
Cup Characteristics: For the herbal tea drinker who has everything. A delicious ginger, lemon, calendula petals and Rooibos combination
Infusion: Reddish orange to full color (depends on brewing time and quantity used)
This rooibos blend has just the right touch of ginger and natural lemon bits. A satisfying, versatile drink that can be enjoyed piping hot or chilled. Try it with a sprig of mint for a heavenly, refreshing summer treat!
Ingredients: Luxury rooibos, Cornflower petals, Calendula, Ginger, Natural flavours
Hot Brewing Method: Bring freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil. Place 1 teaspoon of rooibos for each cup into the teapot. Pour the boiling water into the pot, cover and let steep for 3-7 minutes. Pour into your cup, add milk and sugar to taste.
Cold Brewing Method: (to make 1 liter/quart): Place 6 teaspoons of rooibos into a teapot or heat resistant pitcher. Pour 1 1/4 cups of freshly boiled water over the Rooibos. Steep for 5 minutes. Quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water. Pour the Rooibos into the serving pitcher straining the leaves. Add ice and top-up with cold water. Garnish and sweeten to taste.
200 ml (about 7 ounces) of brewed Rooibos contains the following nutrients:
-Iron (Fe) Essential for transport of oxygen in the blood – 0.07 mg
-Potassium (K) Assists certain metabolic functions – 7.12 mg
-Calcium (Ca) Necessary for strong teeth and bones – 1.09 mg
-Copper (Cu) Assists certain metabolic processes – 0.07 mg
-Zinc (Zn) Necessary for normal growth and development of healthy skin – 0.04 mg
-Magnesium (Mg) Assists a healthy nervous system and other metabolic processes – 1.57 mg
-Fluoride (F) Necessary for strong teeth and bones – 0.22 mg
-Manganese (Mn) Assists metabolic processes and bone growth and development – 0.04 mg
-Sodium (Na) Necessary for fluid and acid-base balance – 6.16 mg


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Like any man undergoing radiation treatment for prostate cancer, Mike Witt of Seattle feared he might lose bladder or bowel control, or sexual function. But three-and-a-half years after treatment, he is free of cancer and any of those potential side effects.
The radiation that destroyed the cancer cells in Witt's prostate was guided not by a human hand, but by a robot called CyberKnife. Two recent studies of CyberKnife for prostate cancer showed high survival rates with low incidence of incontinence, impotence and other associated problems.


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Maxislim Intra® (previously Intraslim)
Intraslim Carb Block Formula achieves results through a unique combination of natural herbs and dietry supplements.
Food supplement containing Guarana, Chitosan, White Kidney Bean Extract, Acai Berry Extract and Chromium Picolinate.
Ingredients per capsule:
Guarana Seed Extract (22% Caffeine) 200mg
Capsule Shell Gelatine 120mg
Chitosan (from Shellfish) 100mg
White Kidney Bean Extract 85mg
Acai Berry Extract 4:1 25mg (providing 100mg whole berry equivalent)
Lecithin granules 25mg
Korean Ginseng 15mg
Ginger 10mg
Chromium (as Picolinate) 25.2ug – 63% RDA*
RDA = Recommended Daily Allowance.
Other ingredients:
Maltodextrin, Anti-caking Agent, Magnesium Stearate (veg grade), Silicon Dioxide.
Suggested use:
Take 2 capsules in the morning ½ an hour after breakfast and 2 capsules ½ an hour after lunch. This dosage should not be exceeded. It is recommended that this product be taken in cycles 5 days on 1-2 days off.
Not to be used if pregnant or nursing, are taking any prescription medication, have high blood pressure, thyroid disease or diabetes, diagnosed or suffering from a known medical condition.
Contains Caffeine
Food supplements should not be used as a substitute for a varied diet and healthy lifestyle.
Reduce dose or discontinue if nervousness, tremor, sleeplessness or nausea occurs.
Not to be used by person under the age of 18.
Do not use if seal is not intact.
Keep out of reach of young children.
This product is not suitable for anyone with a shellfish/marine allergy.
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Whooping crane flock in Louisiana?
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hopes to bring whooping cranes back into south Louisiana, establishing a flock that lives and breeds on state-owned land in Vermilion Parish.
Whoopers are the world's most endangered crane, with just under 400 birds in the wild and fewer than 150 captive.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is asking for public comment on its proposal to try to establish a flock at the White Lake Wetland Conservation Area, where the cranes once lived and raised young.
The only self-sustaining wild flock migrates between Wood Buffalo National Park in the Northwest Territories of Canada and Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. One smaller flock migrates between Wisconsin and Florida, and a second lives in Florida year-round.


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Counter Trafficking
IOM strengthens the capacities of its partners in government and civil society to prevent trafficking in persons, and protect victims from the trade while offering them options of safe and sustainable reintegration and/or return to their home countries.
Direct Assistance to Victims of Trafficking
- Provided assistance to Liberian children and Bangladeshi nationals who were victims of trafficking.
Technical Cooperation
- Facilitated stakeholders coordination to better address the challenges of human trafficking in Liberia
- Enhanced the capacity of the Anti Human Trafficking Taskforce to implement the 2005 Act to Ban Human Trafficking


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Horrible Histories returns to Warwick Castle with all the gore and more!
Twice a day, every day until 6th September
Wicked Warwick show times are 2:00pm and 4:30pm
'one of the greatest history lessons anyone will ever have'
Stratford Herald
NEW for 2015 Horrible Histories are live on stage with a truly unique, seen-nowhere-else Wicked Warwick Show!
Can Alfred The Great's daughter beat the Vicious Vikings?
Did the Earl of Warwick sneakily fight for both sides in the War of the Roses?
Did Guys Fawkes really steal our horses?
Will Walt Disney's great-great-great-great-great-grandfather defeat the Parliamentarians in the Civil War?
And whatever did happen to the Earl of Warwick?
Brought to us in partnership with The Birmingham Stage Company.
Weekends until the 18th July and then every day until 6th September
Horrible Histories® returns with a raucous, medley of Mediaeval Mayhem.
Kids of all ages can experience the gruesome sights, sounds and smells of mediaeval England, discovering the foulest and funniest bits of history along the way!
The fun never stops and imagination knows no bounds – meet a crowd of weird and wonderful characters plagued by poverty and pestilence and join in on their action-packed and gory games…history has never been so horrible!
Q. What was the Middle Ages famous for?
A. Its knight life!
Q. What was Queen Vic short for?
A. So she could touch her toes.
Q. Why didn't Napoleon like to go out if it was windy?
A. In case he was blown apart (Bonaparte... Geddit? No? Oh never mind!)
See what's at Warwick Castle, start planning your trip, or...


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JPM looks beyond index when investing in Russia
JPMorgan Asset Management does not rely on the country index when looking for compelling investment opportunities in Russia. So much so that over a third of the JPM Russia fund is held in off-index positions.
JPMorgan Asset Management does not rely on the country index when looking for compelling investment opportunities in Russia. So much so that over a third of the JPM Russia fund is held in off-index positions.
Claire Peck, client portfolio manager for emerging market equities, explained that in JPM's view the index is a reflection of the past, not the future, but future opportunities lie in understanding how industries will develop. She said: "An investor could buy an ETF if he wants to gain exposure to the index. We must offer opportunities outside with returns above the index."
The fund looks for companies that will "at least double their earnings" over the next five years, which leads to a natural orientation towards small and mid-caps. The fund allocates around 30% to small caps in the emerging markets sense of the world—anything smaller than $4bn; 10-15% is in mid-caps ($4bn-$10bn), with the remainder in larger companies. "Oil giants such as Gazprom don't have the same growth potential—there is no way the oil price will double in the next five years," Peck says.
One way to gain exposure to companies with such high growth potential is to focus on company specific return drivers, with sustainable returns throughout the market cycle. The preference in the fund is for strong players in secular domestic growth markets. Private companies are preferred to state-run ones, since there is a better alignment of interest with the manager, and therefore better shareholder protection.
The companies that are chosen tend to have minimal dependence on commodity cycles to avoid being affected by the ups and downs in the local economy. One sector which is particularly interesting in this respect is infrastructure.
Peck gave the example of Mostotrest, the largest Russian heavy construction company involved in building bridges, roads and other infrastructure project. The fund bought the company at the initial public offering (IPO) stage back in November 2010 and has enjoyed steady returns. Peck said: "Rising investment in infrastructure in Russia will act as a catalyst to domestic demand."


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Aphasia Speech Therapy Activities
Aphasia is when a person is unable to express or understand language. It can occur because of stroke, tumors, head injuries, and will not become progressively worse unless the underlying reason for the aphasia is progressive. Most cases of aphasia involve anomia, where the person cannot recall the name of objects. Alexia is where the person cannot comprehend written words. Conduction aphasia is when a person cannot repeat words or phrases. Typically, those with aphasia have more than one type.
Expressive Exercises
Use picture cards, either commercial ones or make your own by cutting out pictures from magazines or printing them from the computer, and have the patient name the objects on the cards. Do word games, such as name the opposite, or ask a series of yes or no questions like, "Will glass break?" or "Is fire hot?" Using either verbal clues or picture cards, have the patient group objects into categories. For instance, have pictures of apples, oranges, and bananas. Ask which category they belong to. Using either conversation or pictures, ask comparison questions. Have pictures of a cat and a lion and ask which is bigger. While helping the patient work on naming objects is crucial, don't neglect verbs. To help with that, using verbal prompts or picture cards, ask functional questions. For example, when showing a picture of a broom, ask if you use it to sweep or wash.
Receptive Exercises
Picture cards are most helpful in doing exercises at home to help with receptive language difficulties with aphasia. For instance, ask the patient to point to the picture that shows a fruit. Or to a picture that shows the sad person. Have the patient indicate which item is used to play music. Ask more involved questions like, what does this person need to go with this item, show a nail, and then pictures of a saw, hammer and level. Work on prepositions by placing objects in different positions. For example have a box, and place one spoon beside it, one behind it and another inside it. Ask the patient to point to the spoon that is behind the box.
Other Tools
Computers can be helpful in aiding aphasia patients at home. Specific programs are available for aphasia therapy, but many online programs for developing children's speech and vocabulary will be beneficial. Also, picture boards are commercially produced to aid aphasia patients, enabling them to point to different pictures or actions displayed to communicate to others. DVDs are also available to help aphasia patients in their home therapy activities.
- Rafael Suarez/Demand Media


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As President and co-founder of Katana, JJ Bannasch specializes in the convergence of media and technology, best-in-class digital marketing and campaign architecture in a world of data-driven marketing.
He is an experienced agency executive who is recognized as an authoritative voice on how marketers, executive teams and industry leaders can leverage advanced digital media and technology-enabled strategy to fundamentally reinvent marketing programs. He works closely with many leading national/international brands, advancing how digital marketing is evaluated, analyzed and implemented within organizations of all sizes. He has been recognized by numerous leading industry awards over the last 13+ years for excellence in digital media and is most notably a three-time IAB MIXX award winner for his efforts in paid search marketing.
In this installment of Katana's Staff Spotlight, get to know JJ!
What's your position and role at Katana?
Co-founder and President is my official title, but I touch operations spanning from client strategy and overseeing campaign executions to ensuring we stay world-class and ahead of the curve from the top of the company downwards.
What're two interesting facts about you?
- I used to play music professionally in a rock band and would play shows in front of thousands of people around the world on a nightly basis, but I still hate being the center of attention.
- I graduated at the top of my college class and was part of a number of different honor societies and associations.
One thing you couldn't live without?
My wife and family
How do you define success?
Everyone has their own definition, but for me success is anything that you are willing to put your name on, stand next to and be proud of the outcome or result. This can range from helping a client grow into a new level of performance to things less tangible, like an innovative idea or approach to solve a problem or situation.
What are your most overused words/phrases?
"That should take 5 minutes"
"You could do it that way but…"
"What are you actually trying to figure out?"
What has been the most important innovation you have witnessed in your lifetime?
The internet and smartphones
If you had to go up against Katana's CEO, Melissa Lopez, in the World Karaoke Championship, what song would you sing?
That would never happen for a number of reasons, but the biggest being she wouldn't dare go against me in a music contest
If you could have dinner with anyone dead or alive, who would it be and why?
My father, who was the smartest man I've known who passed away in 2003, or my 18-year-old self to share decades of knowledge and learnings with.


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Another reason I've been a little absent is because I was preparing for my allergy testing. It's not a lot of work, but you can't take any antihistamines for several days leading up to your appointment. I felt like death. I left work early to go rest every afternoon because a nap is the only thing that cured my uncomfortableness and headaches. Then I still had house work to do and the last thing I felt like doing was getting on the computer. I mostly did what I had to and laid on the couch feeling like death.
So yesterday I finally had my testing done. The appointment was almost 3 hours long, but they do everything at once - the consultation, the prep, and the actual test. They usually do an under the skin test on adults. That means they take needles and inject a tiny bit of the allergen under your skin - like a TB test. Well... I don't like needles. They usually do prick tests on children. Prick tests are these 4-pronged sharp plastic things that they push into your skin and rock back and forth. It punctures the skin just enough to let the allergen in.
I told them I didn't like needles and they made me a little anxious but that I wanted the testing done. And I didn't want to mess it up by not doing it the way they do it. The nurse consulted with the doctor and agreed that I could start with prick test and they would only do the needles under the skin with any negative allergens to make sure that they were negative.
Well, it turns out that I was allergic/sensitive to everything with the prick test and didn't need any needle tests! But... I'm allergic to everything. Including the foods they tested me for. I never thought I would be allergic to everything. That explains why I feel miserable all the time!
I will be treated for the airborne allergens, like trees, pollens, molds, grasses. I won't be treated for the foods, I just have to make sure I don't eat a lot of the food at once or day after day. For example, I was sensitive to beef. I can eat beef once or twice a week, but if I eat more than that I could become more sensitive to it and eventually develop a life-threatening allergy.
I'm now back on my 'drugs' and I'm starting to feel better again. I apologize again for my absence!
Do you have any allergies? Have you ever been tested?
xoxo, christa


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In this article, I will solve the below issue
Missing View, Edit, Delete options in Project Server
When I tried to manage a PWA Instance within the Central administration in Project Server 2013 by navigating to
- Central Administration > Application Management > Manage Service Applications.
- Click on PWA Application Service.
- Select PWA Instance then clicks on its right arrow to manage it.
- Unfortunately, I couldn't find View/Edit/Delete options as shown below.


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They Asked Me to Draw Muhammad… So I Did.
// May 21st, 2010 // Announcements, Blog
My submission to Draw Muhammad Day.
The hand-drawn illustration is a combination of Arabic & English, spelling the name "Muhammad". The text are quotes from several authentic narrations describing the physical attributes of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him [props to the Chill Yo Islam Yo blog].
Who speaks better than someone who calls people to God, does what is right, and says, "I am of those devoted to God"? Good and evil cannot be equal. [Prophet], repel evil with what is better and your enemy will become as close as an old and valued friend. But only those who are steadfast in patience, only those who are blessed with great righteousness, will attain such goodness.
Qur'an, 41:33-35
8 Responses to "They Asked Me to Draw Muhammad… So I Did."
salaamualaikum! this is so so awesome, and what a terrific idea mA. good for you :) sensibility goes a million times further than anger and hatred.
This is an awesome idea! :D
I love it! I like how you approached this and I hope many get to see it :)
This is really nice mashaAllah! May Allah reward you abundantly
I love the ingenuity of it! Bravo!!! Ma'sha Allah!
wow, that was a very creative, intelligent idea


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Hi, hello! Last week, I promised to talk about Keratin's role in hair types. This will, unfortunately, have to wait until next week because, before we can talk about keratin's affect on hair type, we need to talk a little about keratin and a lot about its bonds!
Keratin is a protein
Keratin molecules, perhaps you recall, are fibrous proteins. Like all other proteins, it is made up of different subunits (called amino acids). Each of these subunits have atoms like carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen and, sometimes, sulfur. Long chains of these keratin molecules make up the shafts of our hair (and also our nails! Cool, right?).
Keratin likes bonding
When I say 'bonding', I don't mean like, "Hey man, let's be friends"-type bonding. When I say bonding, I'm actually referring to chemical bonds… but, actually, let's run with the analogy. Let's pretend that keratin molecules are like children in kindergarten and everyone in class is required to hold each others hand (and not let go) in order to form two separate lines. That means everyone, except for the two children at both ends of each line, are holding two hands. Now, the two lines are brought closer together, so that some of the children in one line can interact with others in the other line. Here are three interactions we want to focus on:
- Some children have one ribbon tied to their right feet, which can be tied to other children with ribbons. The only way to separate them after this is to cut the ribbon.
- Some of the children in the 2 lines have a few magnets on their hips. When 2 children have the opposite poles facing each other, they are brought closer together to let their magnets connect.
- Finally, a few of the remaining children are blowing bubble whistles, which some of the other children spend time popping.
These three interactions have some of the same qualities of the bonds that the keratin molecules in our hair are capable of, which are shown below:
- The ribbons here represent something called a disulfide bond. This is simply a chemical bond between two Sulfur atoms (remember, sulfur is found on some of the subunits in a protein). Like the children, it's hard to separate molecules (in this case, keratin molecules) with this bond unless the equivalent of scissors cuts the bond. For disulfide bonds, its equivalent to scissors is heat. Heat disrupts the bonds between the sulfur atoms, which allows them to be separated and form new bonds with other sulfur atoms if they want. Just like the children's ribbons, one sulfur atom can only bind with one other sulfur atom.
- In keratin molecules, the magnets are actually opposite charges. Much like magnets, where the North and South ends are attracted to each other, the attraction is there for molecules that have positive and negative charges. The bonds that result from the interaction of these charges are called salt bonds, or sometimes salt bridges. These bonds aren't particularly strong; like children with magnets, it's fairly easy to separate them. At the same time, it does offer some stability to the actual chain of proteins.
- The children blowing and popping bubbles represent molecules that are partaking in hydrogen bonding. This bonding actually involves no contact between the atoms; it is instead a general attraction between atoms with a slightly positive and slightly negative charge. Most commonly, hydrogen bonding occurs between oxygen and hydrogen molecules or nitrogen and hydrogen molecules. These bonds are really weak and temporary. In the analogy of the bubbles, the bubbles approaching the children represent the attractive force of hydrogen bonding; the child is happy that the other child blowing the bubble blew it her or his way. But once the bubble is popped, the child has no reason to be thankful to the bubble blower and the attraction is lost; the bubble blower will blow bubbles towards another unoccupied child while his or her first bubble popper will turn to a different bubble blower. Similarly, the atoms with slightly positive charges will be attracted to any atoms with slightly negative charges… but it will just be a fleeting crush, nothing dependable.
Finally, the hand-holding represents the bonds between the keratin molecules to make the chain. These bonds are extremely strong, but can be broken (like when you cut your hair, or even burn it).
And those are the bonds that keratin molecules form! It's a lot to take in, I know. But next week, we'll go into the role that these bonds have in hair types!
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Making money blogging has been made a little easier. Google's page-level ads are a special type of Adsense code with two actions: They stick to the screen regardless of the scrolling action. These are known as anchor or overlay ads.
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I tried to implement the code into my blog template, but error messages kept coming up. Such as the following:
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Fellow bloggers may experience the same difficulty with a similar message which might spur the scratching of heads. However, I found a way of overcoming this problem. Here is my step by step instruction on how to place page level ads onto your blog starting from the beginning.
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1 sign into your Google account which holds your blogs and your Adsense.
2 In your Adsense page, click on My Ads on the left hand menu.
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By simply pasting this code into your blog template will spur error messages. The code that I had used for my blog was:
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Which did not work.
To make page level ads work on your blog, you will have to paste the amended code found below, and place your unique 16 digit publisher id into the highlighted section as shown.
I had amended this code by simply following Google's instructions.
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You can easily find your unique 16 digit publisher ID by clicking on the gear icon on the top right of your Adsense account. Select 'settings' and then 'account information'. At the top, you will see your 16 digit publisher ID.
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
Day 79 and Waste Not
I am not a hoarder... but I'm probably pretty darn close. I can't stand tossing all the short pieces of yarn left over after a big project. It just seems like such a waste. Well, I figured, why not use those bits? Using 3 yarns at a time and size 15 needles, I did a basic 1 x 1 rib and when 1 of the 3 yarns ran out, I just tied a knot with another bit of scrap and kept on going.
Since there are so many different colors (in fact, some of the bits are less than a meter long) The little knots happen often enough to look like they belong. For me they are a little marker that says "LOOK! This is the beginning of a new color! Enjoy the new combination!" When I first started, I was really afraid that this would be nothing but ugly, but now that it's finished, I am completely in love with it. I can't even describe how the very random color changes make me squee.
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Are you supporting All Blacks (New Zealand) to lift the Rugby World cup?
I don't have one team that I am supporting. I am always supporting the underdog. Today (Saturday evening), I am wearing blue for France. It's not that I love France, but I am for the underdog ... I watched Argentina versus New Zealand, again I was wearing Blue.
It has been a long and arduous road to making a success of the motorcycle business. Tell us how you went about it?
The challenges have always been there … from the early days when we were not very relevant or significant in the motorcycle business. We figured what we want to accomplish, which was in leisure motorcycling in India, to create the market for that. It was the market creation activity when the market didn't exist 15 years ago.
We stuck to our guns for over a decade and persevered. While the market didn't come to us, we knew that was the path we wanted to follow which was to just make leisure motorcycles. And when the market did turn to us, we had 10 years of understanding of the market. We have grown in a manner which has allowed us to capitalise on that market.
So, we have a long history behind us of an understanding of a market which we have created. So, I think it was a market creation activity which was done not on the back of technology or the famous Indian message, which is frugal engineering. It was done on the back of creating a brand the hard way.
It was not through enormous advertising or any other such thing. Basically it was creating the people at ground level through engaging with customers at a grassroots level on a regular basis and understanding the game of influencing them and getting influenced by them by creating a brand of mutual trust and respect that is the right brand.
You have created a brand in India, but in this space, you have very little headroom in India.
The last 15 years were about creating a market from virtually nothing in India. That was the idea ... Now, what we have figured out is that while we have been able to create something in the Indian market ... the next level to aspire for us is to become a global brand. It is not because we love to become a global brand, but we truly believe that our style of motorcycling is relevant for a global audience.
Is that one of the reasons for relocating your base to London?
In the last two years, I have specially taken the effort to travelling around the world. I've been travelling to Latin America to Southeast Asia to Europe and North America. I've been riding and understanding what's going on and we have spotted an enormous gap in the overseas market.
In my case, I've done 15 years doing motorcycles ... It is said that once you understand it and you're in the flow, you can see opportunities. I truly believe that this is one time I've seen an opportunity and the opportunity being that the middle-weight market globally is really really underserved. It is tremendously underserved … People are not doing interesting things when we go around. We see that the pull that the Royal Enfield brand has anywhere in the world.
When I go to Colombia, in Brazil ... We don't sell bikes in Brazil but when I talk to people, I hang around people to know the brand and people have stories. We have an enormous foot in the door by having a brand called Royal Enfield ... Honestly, if we had motorcycles with the Eicher brand, we wouldn't have that foot in the door. But because of Royal Enfield, we have a foot in the door.
As you know we have over the last year or two become the most profitable automobile company in the world. Our operating profit margins are in the region of 25% now, which are higher than anybodyTo take on global heavyweights, you need immense financial muscle.
Now in addition to that, we have a solid business model. As you know we have over the last year or two become the most profitable automobile company in the world. Our operating profit margins are in the region of 25% now, which are higher than anybody. So, we have a strong balance sheet and a strong business model and strong economies of scale and cost structure.
But you are competing in the high performance bike segment. Do you have the technology to compete in that space?
With all of that and a strong brand which is not run of the mill, we are not the same as others. So we have a different point of view on motorcycles. So when we go to a developed market which is a high-performance motorcycle market, we approach them saying we are quite different. In Europe and the US, they are used to fast motorcycles.
We go and tell them we are classic, old school, less is more, simple motorcycle. So we have a point of view. So I think people appreciate a strong point of view.
READ ALSO: Royal Enfield defies all gloomy trends, emerges bright spot in motorcycle market
Because some people get pulled to a point of view. They say, we don't just be slaves to one view. The idea of planned obsolescence in our lives has become very real. Every year, big electronics companies come with new phones and what they are saying is that please upgrade please upgrade.
By nature, what they are telling you is please upgrade. Our entire philosophy is around the opposite idea, which is longevity. So, our current motorcycle has looks like a motorcycle that was built 60 years ago or 80 years ago and hopefully will look the same 30-50 years from now as well.
So, we don't have to be in the mindless game of upgrades. If you have a 1980 (make) Royal Enfield or 2000 make Enfield, we say it is brilliant. We won't tell you to change. All of these ideas we put forward will attract some people. Our philosophy is that we would rather be No. 1 for a few people, than No. 2 for lot of people. So we keep it tight.
We want to create a brand slowly over time in other markets in the world. So, when I say we want to create a global brand … from my perspective … I would say the first half of my career from 2000 to 2015, it was spent building a brand in India. So the next half of my career, maybe for the next 15 years, should be spent building a global brand.
That's the timeframe. I've given myself that timeframe to look at from the Royal Enfield perspective. We are not in a hurry. We're not saying we'll go with our guns blazing and try and conquer the world. It doesn't happen like that.
People don't just adopt a product when you bring it in. We have to create an association, a story and an affinity towards people around you … (If) we do a very solid job in the next decade, then we can reap the benefits after that. So we are going for a long-term approach. It's not the sexy approach to create headlines in my opinion.
I think, we'll build something that's long term and lasting. I think if we can build a global brand from India, and it's not been done many times and we can count on our fingers, I would like to see it as an eventual outcome. It becomes a more profitable proposition and a sustainable proposition.
When we talk to Siddhartha Lal, it is always about motorcycles. But Eicher also has a sizeable exposure in the truck segment.
Ten years ago, we were below the market leaders in operating margins. Now we are ahead of everyone else, not just in operating margins but in brand positioning, etc. We are building the company for the long term. Even in trucks, we are building a company that's for the long term.
The trucking environment will change – more modern trucks to come. Again, we are trying to be poised for that.
Most of our strategies are not sexy strategies. They are more long-term strategies. There are people who are trying to buy market share, which is fair enough. But the outcome of that in the light to medium heavy trucks (5 to 15 tonnes), while we've not made that many breakthroughs, our market share over the last decade has moved from just over 20% to now over 33%.
Read what he said in June HERE
We've not been buying market share, but we've been extremely profitable even as we are growing. It's been a percent a year (adding) for the last 15 years. It's a slow steady growth we were doing and we are trying to replicate it in our heavy duty (truck segment) as well.
So in heavy duty, we had a tonne of ups and downs. Now, after we have partnered with Volvo, we are again looking at it with an extremely long-term view and we are going to slowly and steadily step by step do the right things and keep building the foundation and the building blocks for a strong truck company. On Eicher Polaris, it is very very early days. It's very well differentiated, but again on that score its very very early days.
On your decision to set up a R&D centre in the UK. Was it to attract global talent?
In order to become a global motorcycle brand, we figured what we are good at and what is it we got to do. We believe we have a very strong manufacturing base and a strong business model and a very competitive cost structure now and all of that comes from our India presence. In order to make products for the global market, we needed to up our entire product development capability.
And we weren't able to find the product capability in India for a global market. If we aspired to make a motorcycle for Southeast Asia, Europe or Latin America, that was a challenge for us. When we tried to recruit people and bring them to India, it was always a struggle. We could get one person, we could get two, but we found it hard to build a team.
So, after a decade of working with consultants and people from the UK, we decided to set up shop there. Instead of working on an ad-hoc basis, we needed a dedicated team.
In fact we have got a lot of people as the core team, who are people who have been our consultants over the last decade … We are taking a lead by developing some of our bigger motorcycles in Leicestershire and we work very closely with our Chennai operations. So, bulk of our R&D (80%) is still happening in Chennai. Coming here is a starting point for us to getting diversity and talent.


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I have to ask. Where'd the name Doobster come from? It's funny. :)
I have to ask. Where'd the name Doobster come from? It's funny. :)
Hell hath no Fury like Christine.
It's a silly story mate and not that interesting.
About 30 years ago I was lead singer in a Ska band, we did quite well at the time for a couple of years.
My name is Lee, it's not much of a stage name and I've never had a nickname as my name is so short.
I love Doo Wop music and although I wasn't into drugs, I'd recently heard that in the U.S. cannabis was known as "doobie".
My surname is Day; I was talking to some other band members about stage names and whilst "spurting" a few out I said "doobie day".
It kind of stuck and a couple of my other close pals heard it.
My best mate later greeted me with "hey, Doobster.....".
My email address contains "thedoobster...." but I've had to start a new one for sending more important information such as job applications.
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Ha, that's great. I think it's a good screen name. Why not?
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A while ago I got this serum in my Mishibox (>>click here for unboxing<<) and I promised you to write a review. Now 3 month later and after using it for about a month now, I wanted to tell you what I think about it. What it Claims? Twenty carefully selected herbal extracts help to moisturize your skin, smooth wrinkles and brighten the skin tone. Especially the ingredient list with Hyaluronic Acid, Niacinamide and EGF sound amazing for those promises, too. Packaging The bottle itself is of a milky glass, doesn't look special or cute, it's a plain bottle, with the wine red label on it coming with a plastic…
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Yeah, the Mishibox of May arrived finally :) I know it's a bit late, but they had some troubles with the delivery since they change the shipping service :D This time 4 full size products and two sample size products were included in the box: Mother-Made Cera-Cell Facial Moisturizer AM & PM(each 35$ – 103ml) Let's start with the samples: Mother-Made Cera-Cell Facial Moisturizer AM and PM. With the daytime lotion your skin is intensely hydrated including a brightening and anti aging effect whereas the night lotion delivers deep hydration without oiliness. Both use the Cell-Cera technology, which helps the skin look silky and moisture all the time. Both are…
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ORLANDO, Fla. - A crosswalk to honor the Pulse nightclub victims was completed early Wednesday by the city of Orlando.
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The sprinkle baby shower is one addition you should make to the baby shower ceremony to give the baby a rousing welcome to earth and its beautiful sights. It is a way of preparing the mother too for the arrival of the baby. If things are done right, the mother is sure to appreciate it. The shower item can equally be bought for a new mother. It is designed rather so simply and such simplicity makes it very affordable. The baby shower idea can be used for any baby, irrespective of its position, be it the first or the fifth. This particular shower idea is so qualitative that it can be used for a number of babies one after the other. If you are short on cash or living on a budget but wants to buy baby shower item for a friend or family member, this is the perfect baby shower idea to go for.
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Scott Dunn guest and blogger The Curious Pixie, took her family an the iconic Florida holiday over Easter and here she writes about her adventures and top tips…
It's only been a week since I left the Sunshine State, but boy does it feel like longer. I have so much to say and took so many photos. So, put the kettle on and settle down…
Preparation for this trip took two guises. Excitement first took over as we couldn't wait to tell the girls we were going to the happiest place on the planet. We did however make the decision to tell them only the night before. Mainly to save our ears from hearing 'is it time to go yet?' on loop. The master plan led to an extreme case of happy hysteria, which inevitably meant no sleep that night. Neatly leading me to my first top tip…
Top Tip 1: Last minute holiday revelation + no sleep at night = sleeping children on a 8.5hr flight – BINGO!
Then the overwhelming sensation of our decision took over. Why you may ask? Well the slow realisation of having to navigate four theme parks, two water parks and a multitude of dining options to name a few reasons. Taking into account that the size of the entire Walt Disney Resort is 40 square miles. That's the size of Greater Manchester – enormous when you have two pairs of tiny feet to think about!
We booked our holiday through Scott Dunn, they organised our ten day break in Florida flawlessly. BA flights from Gatwick, transfers, amazing hotels, advising me to skip Miami on this trip and stick to Palm Beach (best advice).
Top Tip 2: Plan…Plan…Plan…and plan some MORE.
'Going with the flow' is not a good strategy. You need to know which attraction you want to see and when. Without a plan you will walk a lot further and also waste time counting down the minutes in long, long, queues.
Top Tip 3: Prep your mobile
Download the My Disney Experience app onto your mobile. It's your bible. Follow it religiously whilst in mouse land. You can coordinate dining reservations, your FastPass+ itinerary, track down the Disney characters around the park and receive up-to-date parade and show times. Plus, all your family members can use the same account. I was constantly checking the waiting time for the attractions we didn't manage to Fastpass+, it's genius.
Top Tip 4: Fastpass+ (Book your daily three allowances in advance)
We were staying within the resort at the Waldorf Astoria Orlando, a non-Disney hotel. Stepping off the Disney treadmill was very important to Mr S and I – 24hrs of mouse mania would have driven us mad. Returning to the hotel was like taking an Alka Seltzer after a heavy night. We were both re-calibrated and ready for action by the following morning.
Walking into the Waldorf Astoria Orlando after our 8.5hr flight certainly put a smile on my face. Inspired by the original hotel in New York it has been designed with a nod to the same art deco elegance and grandeur. Thankfully the super-efficient check-in had me whisked up to our 10th floor Disney-view room with two queen size beds. Within 15 minutes into unpacking we witnessed the spectacular Disney fireworks from the comfort of our room. Combined with the sweet treats left for us it was like a late night 3D IMAX cinema session for the girls.
After our time in frantic, thrill-seeking and exhausting Disney was over, my arms were open for the part I'd been waiting for since I booked this holiday eight months ago. Our mini Florida road-trip…
Cape Canaveral lies 47 miles east of Orlando. There resides a place my inner space geek has dreamt about visiting for decades – The Kennedy Space Center. After an hour's drive we were walking through the entrance into the world of space travel. My smile at this stage resembled that of a Cheshire cat.
We followed the footsteps across the very service arm that Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin walked along, from the launch umbilical tower to the command module of Apollo 11. Next stop for them was the moon. The feeling of history in this place is immense and I was in my element.
Everyone goes to Florida to see a fake mouse. I think if you ever make it to the Sunshine State you should come and see, at least once, the place where the first moon missions left planet Earth. It's such an inspirational place to visit and who knows, if you have kids in tow you might just be nurturing the next Tim Peake!
Our plan for the remaining five days was to totally chill out. Boy did Palm Beach hit the spot! Separated from mainland Florida by the scenic Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach is a 16 mile long island. A place known for three types of people – the old, the rich and the new rich. Actually make that four – the holiday-makers too! It's where the billionaires live side-by-side to their poorer neighbours the millionaires. The glitterati's playground.
We decided to stick with the theme and spend the final part of our holiday in style at The Four Seasons Palm Beach, set in one of the best locations backing directly onto the white sands. The hotel is smaller and more intimate compared to other Four Seasons and more traditional in style, so it fits right into the old world glamour that the area exudes.
The beach was sublime. Clean clear blue waters and sandy golden beaches. There was a lovely old pier nearby. Great for seeing the local surfers trying to catch some waves. It offered us a perfect relaxing break in the lap of luxury for a few days. I'm so glad Scott Dunn Travel convinced me to add it to my itinerary. We came back with the most wonderful memories and it was the best end to our Easter break. Until the next time Florida…
Read more of The Curious Pixie's blog by visiting her website: thecuriouspixie.co.uk