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Monday, February 28, 2011
Super 8 Debut Albums Blog Hop Plus the Oscars!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
I'm White and Nerdy at the Book Brunch
Trent Reed wrote Words in the Dust about an Afghan girl after serving there in the U.S. Army. Best quote: "Literature is an essential part of life-not a luxury."
- Tim Green was definitely the most vivacious speaker. Green is an ex-NFL player, earned his law degree, and now has written several books for adults and middle school readers like Football Genius. And yes, he's handsome too. He visits schools and tells the kids this: "Take your talent and work like a maniac! Work maniacally until you throw up! Also, you need to be lucky along the way, so you need a back up plan with education. Know what you want to be - what you CAN be!"
- Mark Teague, the fabulous illustrator of my favorite Jane Yolen Dinosaur books, showed us illustrations of his book, Firehouse! I loved how the dog in his book is inspired by his own Boston terrier.
- Kathryn Lasky's books such as the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series are centered around animals. She said, "For the past ten years, I have written about animals and to be truthful, I don't really care for animals." And she really doesn't! Funny!
- The last speaker was Al Yankovic. Not only is he a genius of parodies (and yes, I've even seen him in concert once as a teen), but a picture book author, too. Al did a fun Q&A, and he really is witty in person. When asked does he want to remembered as an author or a singer or a poet or question mark, he replied, "A question mark. An enigma."
I also enjoyed meeting and chatting with these wonderful ILLINOIS AUTHORS!
Next to me is Lori Degman, the author of 1 Zany Zoo which was also the winner in the Cheerio's Spoonful of Stories Contest. Next to her is Laura Ripes whose picture book, The Spaghetti Slurping Sewer Serpent is coming out next year! Both ladies attend the same local SCBWI chapter as I do!
After reading a week of James Kennedy on Murph's blog, I was excited to meet the very funny James Kennedy, author of The Order of Odd-Fish. James helped launch the 90 Second Newbery Film Festival. Check out details here. Film one yourself or watch the clips! Deadline is September. I also just realized that James kind of resembles James Spader in this pic...
Yes, Hilary Wagner is as sweet and beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside. I was so glad to meet her in person. The sequel to her middle grade novel Nightshade City comes out in October!
Who writes funny stuff about kissing zombie and American history plus gives ghost tours in Chicago? Adam Selzer, that's who. I am looking forward to reading I Kissed a Zombie and I Liked It. My children now like to sing that version of the Katy Perry song...
I also met the wonderful Cynthea Liu who signed Paris Pan Takes the Dare for my daughter. I wish I'd taken my picture with her! She was very helpful with a manuscript in one of her Red Light, Green Light critiques!
My Tune for Tuesday today is by of course, Weird Al Yankovic. Check out the hilarious "White and Nerdy."
Thursday, February 17, 2011
This and That Thursday
I'm still very much a newbie at tweeting. I do though find it fun. I especially enjoy the kidlitchats on Tuesday nights. It's fun to chat with a bunch of writers (though I'm still a little intimidated to post too much during the chat).
I also bombard Daniel Tosh on Tuesdays with questions on Twitter. Daniel live tweets with fans during Tosh.0 (on Comedy Central) those nights. He still hasn't answered any of my questions yet (bastard), but I will keep them coming until he does. I mean he must only get a thousand or so during that night, right? Speaking of Tosh.0, if you love inappropriate humor, you will love this show. It may knock The Soup on E! to number two for my fave TV show. Heh, heh. I said number two.
Are you tweeting yet? Why or why not?
Monday, February 14, 2011
Grammy Wrap Up
13. Did anyone else catch Katy Perry on one of my favorite shows last week? She was on How I Met Your Mother!
And by the way, I heart you for stopping by my blog today! Happy Valentine's Day! I hope your day is filled with hugs and chocolate!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
This and That Thursday
On chapter two of the new mg and writing some fun pbs for the Picture Book Marathon.
I finished Charlaine Harris's Dead as a Doornail (book five of the dark and humorous Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood series) and started Head Games by Keri Mikulski. I saw her book at Borders, jumped up and down, and bought it! Her book is about a basketball player with a crush (like me in high school!!). Hurray for sporty girls and for books about sporty girls!
The McVeigh Agency discontinued its blog this month. I was happy to be one of the blog's first followers and met Mark after he generously offered Skype book chats to some of his new followers. Though I'll miss his blog posts, I understand the time constraints of keeping up a blog along with everything else. You can visit The McVeigh Agency website here.
Here are Mark's parting words on his last blog post:
Anyone who has tried to follow this blog has likely been disappointed with my lack of posts over the last few months. Looking at what I have posted, the only things I ever really got excited about were when something good happened to a client and when someone tried to ban a book.
Since Twitter is far more effective for spreading good news, of which there has been quite a lot lately, and writing only about things that make me angry seems self-indulgent at best, I'm going to shut this blog down in a few days. There's too much work to be done at the agency as it grows (and much is left undone for too long) to turn out an intelligent post even once a week. There are so many blogs that offer great information about publishing, writing, books of note, and the people who make them that adding my own perspective to the mix seems inevitably redundant and a poor waste of my time.
Besides that, it occurred to me that from the start I had overlooked one very fundamental fact about myself. While I don't lack for opinions, I've never really liked sharing them with many people. Silence is an under-rated virtue in this social media age. The most interesting people, to me, have always been those who were highly circumspect in their availability.
Consider this anecdote from the sole authorized biography of one of the most famous, and famously silent, people of the 20th century, a woman who worked as an editor for many years. As a young bride, her rich, handsome, doomed husband asked her teasingly--challenged her, really--at table: "A penny for your thoughts?"
Before all their guests, she replied, "If I told you, then they wouldn't be mine any more, would they?" I tend to agree. I'll keep mine to myself.
Of course, the point of the story shifts 180 degrees when you learn one final fact about the book from which it is taken.
The subject, editing her life before it was halfway done, didn't think much of the author's first draft. So she wrote the biography (and likely invented the story) herself, myth making. An unreliable narrator: my favorite kind. I empathize.
Thank you to all who read this blog, thanks to all who've been so supportive in so many ways, and here's to continued good things--publicly acknowledged or not--for all of us, friends, clients, readers, creators, and myth makers as we head into 2011.
Thanks for your mindful, sincere words, Mark! You can follow Mark and The McVeigh Agency on Twitter @mcveighagency .
Congrats to Hilary Wagner (author of Nightshade City) on her recent sale of City of Goblins to Holiday House through her agent, Marietta Zacker! City of Goblins is a middle grade adventure fantasy proposed to be released in the spring of 2012.
I found this fun post on the Verla Kay's blueboards. Ever secretly wonder about the Snooki book but didn't want to read it? Check out Lynne Kelly's hilarious wrap up here. Make sure you tell her that K-Woww sent ya.
Read and reflect on such literary gems as "But now, like a chronic STD, Gia was back!"
Lola at Sharp Pen/Dull Sword is having a LOLApalooza! Win great prizes and do nice things for your fellow writers. Kindness is contagious!
Donna Earnhardt is having an awesome Picture Book contest! You can win Anastasia Suen's Picture Writing book and a critique! Contest ends tomorrow. Enter HERE!
Have a fabulous day!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
What was your favorite commercial of the Super Bowl? I only watched a little bit of the Super Bowl, and my fave commercial was the Best Buy one with Justin Bieber and Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne. Our home was fortunate enough to be Bieber fever free for a long time (except for a short lapse due to Murphblog's Bieber's Hair Attacked Me story last April - my then 5 year old was seriously scared that JB's hair was going to attack him in the night), but Bieber fever has officially hit this rock 'n' roll household. Even my 11 year old rocker son bought the song "Baby" on Itunes last week. I have heard that song so much that I was forced to institute a One Bieber Song Per Hour law in my home. My former house of rock...
"Like baby, baby, baby, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Of course, my children were familiar with Ozzy Osbourne way before Bieber fever. C'mon, I am their mother. So naturally we all enjoyed this ad (and watched it 10+ times). Can you believe that is JB with the mustache and crazy hair at the end? I like how Ozzy and Justin can make fun of themselves in this.
Bieber also made a cameo on SNL this weekend that made me laugh. Click here if you want to see him with the Church Lady and in a hilarious parody of The Roommate!
So, please stop here often for all of your Bieber needs! Just kidding, this blog will revert back to its rock 'n' roll format after this paragraph.
Speaking of SNL, I also loved seeing Wayne's World after all of these years! Click here to see the newest Wayne and Garth skit. I love silly, juvenile humor. Party on!
For my tune for Tuesday, here's a classic video of Ozzy Osbourne singing my fave Ozzy song, "I Don't Know." Even though Ozzy gets a bit confused at times, he is seriously talented. He exhibits an amazing, distinctive singing voice and some huge rock hits that span decades.
Do you have a favorite Bieber or Ozzy song?
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Snow Way! It's This and That Thursday!
Like many of you, we got hit by a major blizzard this week. I have to say it was rather exciting! I videotaped it every few hours, and the next morning it was so fun watching the kids' reactions when they saw all the snow! We got maybe 18 inches or so. My husband was in Arizona for business and was so disappointed he missed all the snow! Seriously! The kids' school was closed yesterday and again today which they are quite happy about. My productivity went down, but my family fun meter went up!
I'm on to writing my next middle grade. Jon and I are collaborating on this one. I like how we set a weekly goal and then Skype about our progress and ideas. It forces me to produce, and it also makes our story stronger when we discuss a story we both have vested interest in.
I'm also in the Picture Book Marathon: 26 pb rough drafts in 28 days. I knew I wouldn't produce that many, but I thought signing up would force me to do more than I would have normally. My goal is to do four rough drafts. I know, far from 26, but I'm being realistic and it will be four more than I would have done this month without the marathon!
What are you working on this week?
Thank you to Kate Scott! I won Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer at her blog this week! I've wanted to try that series, so thank you, Kate!
Head on over to Roots In Myth blog, and enter the contest for a free query critique by PJ Hoover or Jessica Lee Anderson! They are such Texas Sweethearts!
Due to the blizzard, my Buckcherry concert was cancelled Tuesday night. It is supposed to be rescheduled, so I hope it is soon!!
Besides Buckcherry, I listen to my usual (yet, constantly changing) "Current Faves" mix when I exercise to my Sports Active Wii game. As of today, this consists of my 25 fave songs of the moment which today includes Avenged Sevenfold, MCR, 30STM, Papa Roach and more. My newest fave on this mix is "Bodies" by Drowning Pool seen below. It gets my body moving!
Keep your body warm this week! It's so freaking cold today!


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The AIPAC conference begins in Washington next Sunday, and resistance against the big Israel lobby group has already begun. Last Friday seven members of the generational Jewish group IfNotNow were arrested in an action at AIPAC's offices in Los Angeles, and yesterday a couple of hundred mostly-young Jews marched again to say that AIPAC does not represent them. A number of groups including IfNotNow will be protesting AIPAC this coming weekend; Code Pink hopes to shut the conference down.
"We marched to bring attention to the growing crisis in the Jewish community over the occupation," said Jeremy Oziel, an organizer of yesterday's march in LA. "We believe we're the generation that is going to end the support for the occupation, the ones that the community has been waiting for for a long time."
Penina Eilberg-Schwartz said the group's demands are centered on the Jewish community's need to resist AIPAC, Israeli government actions, and Donald Trump's racism. AIPAC has done more than any other organization to uphold the occupation, she said. "In its 50th year, and Trump's first year, it is time for the Jewish community to come out against the occupation."
The march was joyous, she said, because while the marchers have Palestinian suffering in the front of their minds, they are excited to be reclaiming Jewish identity from support for military occupation. "Our Jewish identities have been corroded by this disaster. This is where the joy is coming in: we love our Judaism, and we're claiming it back."
Meantime, there was also resistance to AIPAC among the chattering classes on the east coast. Leftwingers are focused on the fact that while Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress, declares "Resist" on her twitter page, in fact, the word is her profile picture–
Tanden and three other officials of her Democratic Party-linked thinktank are due to speak at the AIPAC policy conference next week. They are: Brian Katulis, Hardin Lang, and Alan Makovsky.
Donald Trump represents "protofascism," Tanden says; but at AIPAC, she will be together again with someone often charged with protofascism: Benjamin Netanyahu, the rightwing prime minister whom she hosted at the Democratic Party thinktank right after he had sought to submarine the president's signature foreign policy achievement, the Iran Deal. Not to mention other AIPAC guests, neoconservatives Elliott Abrams and Bill Kristol.
Tanden is said to be good on economic injustice issues; so increasingly the Israel question is becoming the divide in the Democratic Party. Yesterday Tanden got into it with Linda Sarsour on twitter after Sarsour blasted the Democratic Party for continuing to seek to marginalize Bernie Sanders. At one point Tanden said the idea that the party had worked behind the scenes to knock down Sanders's campaign last year "is an alternative fact." (You can see Democratic Party officials trying to undermine Sanders over religion and commitment to Israel here— "for KY and WVA can we get someone to ask his belief. Does he believe in a God.")
Having anything to do with AIPAC is all the more problematic this year because of Eli Clifton's revelation that AIPAC gave $60,000 to an Islamophobe, Frank Gaffney.
Let's be clear that many other liberals are speaking at the AIPAC conference, including Rob Malley, Bakari Sellers, Aaron David Miller, Daniel Shapiro, Tammy Zandberg of Meretz, and David Saperstein. They do so because AIPAC still represents the Jewish establishment, and access to power. Americans for Peace Now, the anti-occupation group, is a constituent member of AIPAC, despite the lobby's rightwing policies, because it values the access/Jewish-solidarity.
I asked the young marchers from IfNotNow about the degree to which AIPAC is representative of American Jews over 40. They both said it misrepresents the American Jewish community, and they are going to end that imposture. Eilberg-Schwartz said the community of observant Jews of her parents' generation are not comfortable with AIPAC's stances in favor of the occupation, though they haven't done all that much to resist it. "I do think that power AIPAC presents to the world is not actually due to the support of the Jewish community," she said. "I think that is a veil."
P.S. I've been denied press credentials to AIPAC yet again this year. Going to have to watch what I can being livestreamed.
Thanks to Scott Roth.

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W. H. Auden, qtd. by Nina Martyris:
A satisfactory human life, individually or collectively, is possible only if proper respect is paid to all three worlds [Work, Laughter, Prayer]. Without Prayer and Work, the Carnival laughter turns ugly, the comic obscenities grubby and pornographic, the mock aggression into real hatred and cruelty. (The hippies, it appears to me, are trying to recover the sense of Carnival which is so conspicuously absent in this age, but so long as they reject Work they are unlikely to succeed.) Without Laughter and Work, Prayer turns Gnostic, cranky, Pharisaic, while those who try to live by Work alone, without Laughter or Prayer, turn into insane lovers of power, tyrants who would enslave Nature to their immediate desires — an attempt which can only end in utter catastrophe, shipwreck on the Isle of the Sirens.
Some of us are less sweetly reasonable than old Wystan and therefore believe or at least hope it is possible to have Work, Prayer, and Laughter all at the same time and as the same thing. A possible taxonomy of such people, based on where and when they expect this consummation, suggests itself:
1. The Reactionary: W/L/P were united in some vanished polity among some now-corrupted people in some lost year, and by recreating that year and polity and becoming those people, as they were before their corruption, we will unite them again.
2. The Revolutionary: W/L/P have never been united in history, and in fact history is the name for their division, but through a collective effort we may join them for the first time in a future that is now wholly unforeseeable.
3. The Aesthete: W/L/P may be united here and there, briefly as a rule, in certain privileged experiences; these experiences are available to all people in all times and places, but no time, place, or people is the locus of W/L/P's union.


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Nothing gets the bile rising in the throat faster than a couple wearing the same clothes—that is until you have witnessed a couple wearing these Embrace Me hoodies. The abstract logo on the front of the garment is actually made of a conductive fabric. When two people wearing the shirts embrace, small white lights flicker on the back of each hoodie, forming a Big Dipper pattern. If that wasn't bad enough, the light show is accompanied by a faint heartbeat sound.
This isn't the first time someone has come up with an idea for a huggable shirt, but the difference is that you can actually purchase the Embrace Me Hoodie. Unfortunately, it will cost between $480-$600 for the privilege of nauseating everyone around you. [Studio 5050 via Trendhunter via Talk2myShirt]


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Been doing a lot more moving about than normal this last few weeks Filled the last skip with my late mothers bits and bobs that no one wants. Finished the decorating and curtain poles up in the lounge in our new Home.
As a consequence I am now running at 124 BPM but once I have had some sleep it drops down to a nice 60ish Only been down stairs made a cop of tea for me and the wife back up to look on the PC back up to 124 BPM and staying there. Been 2 hours no change


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[Image above] LEGO's female scientist set advanced sales last summer, but what can be done in terms of real-world advancement for women in STEM? Credit: Maia Weinstock; Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
It's not secret that one of the biggest conversations about careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics is STEM's lack of diversity.
And because attracting, inspiring, and training the next generation of all sorts of STEM professionals is so vital to future advancements in ceramics and glass, it's an issue that we, as editors, tackle on a regular basis (see here and here), and we, as a Society, are dedicated to addressing through expanded outreach initiatives like the Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation.
March is Women's History Month, which means that much of that conversation is focused on ways to advance women in science. Even though women have come a long way, research shows that there is still plenty of room for improvement*.
(*Click here for a recent report on research by University of Illinois professor Andrei Cimpian and colleagues that finds women are underrepresented in academic fields "whose practitioners put a lot of emphasis on the importance of being brilliant—a quality many people assume women lack." Or, if you haven't yet combed through NSF's Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering 2015, click here for the full report and statistical data.)
A working group of 30-plus academic and business leaders organized by the New York Stem Cell Foundation has put forth seven strategies to address financial support, psychological and cultural issues, and collaborative and international initiatives they believe will advance women in an often imbalanced STEM landscape.
"We wanted to think about broad ways to elevate the entire field, because when we looked at diversity programs across our organizations we thought that the results were okay, but they really could be better," says Susan L. Solomon, cofounder and CEO of the New York Stem Cell Foundation and member of the Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering Working Group, in a news release. "We've identified some very straightforward things to do that are inexpensive and could be implemented pretty much immediately."
1. Implement flexible family care spending
Make grants gender neutral by permitting grantees to use a certain percentage of grant award funds to pay for childcare, eldercare, or family-related expenses. This provides more freedom for grantees to focus on professional development and participate in the scientific community.
2. Provide "extra hands" awards
Dedicate funds for newly independent young investigators who are also primary caregivers to hire technicians, administrative assistants, or postdoctoral fellows.
3. Recruit gender-balanced review and speaker selection committees
Adopt policies that ensure that peer review committees are conscious of gender and are made up of a sufficient number of women.
4. Incorporate implicit bias statements
For any initiative that undergoes external peer review, include a statement that describes the concept of implicit bias to reviewers and reiterates the organization's commitment to equality and diversity.
5. Focus on education as a tool
Academic institutions and grant makers must educate their constituents and grantees on the issues women face in science and medicine. For example, gender awareness training should be a standard component of orientation programs.
6. Create an institutional report card for gender equality
Define quantifiable criteria that can be used to evaluate gender equality in institutions on an annual basis. For instance, these report cards may ask for updates about the male to female ratio of an academic department or the organization's policy regarding female representation on academic or corporate committees.
7. Partner to expand upon existing searchable databases of women in science, medicine, and engineering
Create or contribute to databases that identify women scientists for positions and activities that are critical components for career advancement.
"The issues in science, technology, engineering, and medicine are the kinds of challenges that we as a society face, and we need to have 100 percent of the population—both genders—to be having an opportunity to participate," Solomon said. "We need people who care because they're thinking about their daughters or granddaughters or nieces, sisters, or wives, or larger issues like finding cures for disease or climate change, and they want to make sure that we've got enough horsepower behind us."
How easily could these strategies be implemented at your organization? Are the other issues that aren't identified here?
The paper, published in Cell Stem Cell, is "Seven actionable strategies for advancing women in science, engineering, and medicine," (DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2015.02.012).


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Team Challenge
Compete for the Wellspring Cup!
Teams of four have the opportunity to challenge one another, each with a minimum fundraising goal of $5,000, in support of the Lake2Lake Ride for Rwanda. The honour of hoisting the "Wellspring Cup," a perpetual trophy, goes to the team who raises the most funds for the ride. And who doesn't want those bragging rights for a year?
Why should I enter a team?
Groups of friends, cycling club members or co-workers are invited to form teams and challenge others to form a team. It is an opportunity to ride with your colleagues, customers and friends in a good-natured rivalry.
Team challenges are a great team-building tool for those who work together. Benefits include increased camaraderie while riding and training together, physical and mental conditioning, competitive fun with others in the same industry, and an opportunity to informally promote your company.
How will the team challenge work?
Team Captains
A Team Captain will recruit three other members to form a team.
To Create a Team Fundraising Page:
- Team Captains if not yet registered, visit our registration site.
- Once registered, visit our Fundraise with Us page for details on setting up your Fundraising Page.
- Upload a photo, fill in your team name, and set your fundraising goal.
- Lastly, let your team members know the name of your team.
Team Members
To Join a Team Fundraising Page:
- Team Members get your team name from your Team Captain, then visit our registration site.
- Once registered, visit our Fundraise with Us page for details on setting up your Fundraising Page and joining your team.
Although it is not required to post a challenge, captains are strongly encouraged to gather their team together and send out a video challenge by email/Facebook to other individuals to enter a team too!
Team Details
- Each team consists of four members.
- If you are from outside Vernon and register your team by the Early Bird deadline, your team names will be entered into our draw for free accommodation the Friday night before the ride.
- The team name is registered by the captain through the www.lake2lake.org site, and then each team member registers independently under their team name.
- Registration cost is refunded once the team goal minimum of $5,000 is reached. Members have the option to donate their refunded registration fee back to the ride.
- Each team can register a challenge to another individual/group by creating an original challenge video (30 sec. max), and sending it by email or Facebook post AND by emailing Jayson so he can publishing the challenge on the Lake2Lake website. The challenged team will accept the challenge by emailing Jayson as well. That team may, in turn, challenge someone else with their own video post.
- Team photos will be posted on the Lake2Lake website and social media (if submitted).
- Pledge pages will be set up for team members on the Lake2Lake website.
- The team who has the greatest amount in pledges by the ride date will be presented with the Wellspring Cup during the Saturday evening program of the ride, and will have bragging rights for a year. The team name and year will be inscribed on the cup.
- A photo of the winning team will be posted on all Wellspring and Lake2Lake social media, and be included with an article in The Source, Wellspring's online newsletter, as well as in the local newspapers (upon team approval).
- If your team would like to have your own jersey made up, there will be a link added to the website for BikeAtac, a Langley company who will give 10% off their regular list prices for Lake2Lake teams.
Do you have suggestions for raising funds?
Once you register as a team, we will send you a Fundraising Resources document that will give you some ideas. Many Canadian companies support charities through a range of corporate giving initiatives, which are often part of their commitment to being socially responsible organizations. If you work for a company who donates towards your fundraising goal, let us know. We can send you a Wellspring logo to forward on to the company to proudly display on its social media site(s) or website, showing its commitment to being supportive of socially responsible, sustainable initiatives like The Wellspring Foundation for Education.
What if my team wants to create our own jersey?
There are several options out there for having your own team jerseys designed. You may even choose to offer jerseys as a fundraising option for your team. Check out ATAC Sportswear the company who supply our Lake2Lake jerseys.


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June 27, 2012
Seeing Dragons in My Sleep
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Gorgeous! I love the design and the mixture of materials. Wonderful post! Can't wait to see more! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
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Gorgeous designs! Your macrame is always beautiful.ReplyDelete
Wonderful designs! Your macrame skills are fantastic!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you. I practice:)Delete
Incredible work! Your pieces are just beautiful. I have tried micro-macrame before & I never get the knots even. I'm adding you to my Etsy circle :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! Yes, even knot tension is the key to making micro-macrame look good - it just takes a little practice.Delete
I do love this piece. You are so right that some things just click.ReplyDeleteReplies
Don't you wish you could figure out the magic formula that makes things work? :)Delete
Love your work! Simply beautiful!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 27, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Those are pretty! I'm in bead soup too. ingetraud.wordpress.comReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Inge - your lampwork beads are amazing!!Delete
I'm afraid now that I've seen this again--and you've posted it for others to ogle!--you may have to start mass production again!!! Lovely.ReplyDeleteReplies
lol - thank you:)Delete
I just took Joan Babcock's class and your beautiful work inspired me to get knotting this weekend! Beautiful work!ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh, you lucky lucky girl! I'd practically kill to take one of Joan's classes. *sigh* Was it wonderful? Is she nice? What did you make?Delete
Oh my goodness! I would love to take a class with you. That bracelet is just perfect.ReplyDelete
do you sale a tutorial or pattern for it?ReplyDelete
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A study published Feb. 14 in the Journal of Neuroscience shows that the protein biglycan plays an important role in stabilizing synapses, or communication sites, between nerves and muscles. These findings may have clinical implications for patients with degenerative muscular diseases.
The paper supports the idea that biglycan activates muscle-specific kinase, MuSK, an enzyme that coordinates the stabilization of the neuromuscular junction, said Professor of Medical Science Justin Fallon, one of the study's authors.
When biglycan is absent, the neuromuscular junction, which is shaped like a pretzel, fragments, Fallon said. The unstable synapse then draws back toward the axon, impeding communication between nerves and muscles.
"That synaptic command (by biglycan) is essential for the health of the neuron and the cell," said Fallon. "Without it, you are paralyzed."
To see what happened without biglycan, researchers used a "knockout process" to genetically engineer mice that did not produce the protein, said Marian Young, a researcher at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research.
In the biglycan-free mice, researchers saw evidence of synaptic withdrawal. Fallon said the presence of biglycan, by activating the expression of MuSK, maintains structural stability and prevents this synaptic withdrawal from occurring.
The protein also serves other important functions in the body and has possible roles in healing fractures and strengthening bones, Young said, adding that she plans to study this for her next research project. Biglycan is also found in cartilage, and deficiencies of the protein can lead to premature osteoporosis.
Because it exists on the outside of cells, biglycan has proven to be a good candidate for protein therapy for degenerative muscular diseases, Fallon said. Released in the bloodstream, biglycan could correct muscular degeneration and synaptic instability in patients, improving muscle function in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy or Lou Gehrig's disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Fallon's lab is looking to start clinical trials of biglycan therapy on humans in the near future. The Muscular Dystrophy Association recently awarded a $1 million grant to Fallon's company, Tivorsan Pharmaceuticals, according to the company's website.
"The good news is that much of the progress we've made with (Duchenne muscular dystrophy) therapy could be applied to ALS," Fallon said. "We wouldn't have to start from scratch if it were to show promise."
Rita Balice-Gordon, professor of neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, said the team's study might eventually lead to new therapies for neuromuscular diseases. "It's possible that synapse dysfunction could be ameliorated and that this would result in preservation of nerve-muscle function," she wrote in an email to The Herald.
The next question Fallon wants to answer is whether increased synaptic stability through biglycan could help patients with diseases where the synapse itself dies. The team also plans to investigate if biglycan could prolong the overall life of motor neurons.


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Business Systems Analysis - Analysis Phase
Information-gathering at the inception of a project
I consider the use of interviews to be the most important fact-finding method, backed up by the collection of business documents, for fact finding on a development project. I prefer interviewing fewer people with an hour for the interview, and only interview one person in each role. My reasoning is that, in interviewing more than one in a role, the information would become redundant (and therefore a waste of time). Often, only the manager or the person "buying" the service (that is, the one whose budget gets most impacted) will offer to do a Needs Assessment interview – this is totally unacceptable because the manager does not fully understand the needs of the end user. Ask the manager for permission to interview the most experienced and/or 'largest' user in each role.
For instance, if the project is a payroll package for a retail chain you would want to speak to
The manager/owner/requestor – find out what s/he is looking for, the budget, and the reason for the inception of the project. Who handles the W-2s and how? Do employees get a shift differential?
Timekeeper - how are they amassing the employee weekly time information; if this information comes in electronically, can the new system import/convert the data? If the employee's recording of his/her time and the timekeeper's entry of the employees' time is all manual, consider computerizing one or both sets of information as a high-end solution.
Person cutting checks – how are they getting and storing the timekeeping, W-4, and tax information? What specific problems are they encountering, such as sorting recipients by branch, separating out checks to be mailed and check stubs to be mailed (for direct deposit accounts) and sorting those all by zip code? How is all this information being sent to the bank? Format?
An employee – how does s/he track his/her time? Any complaints about this method?
If at all possible you want your system to be able to interface with any existing electronic systems, both for feasibility and the possibility of replacing the existing systems in the future.
The problems with interviewees are very real. If the person does a manual, clerical job, s/he is going to fear electronic replacement. This person is going to be very self-protective and might even mis-inform the interviewer to make the latter look incompetent. To get cooperation, keep assuring the person that you will not replace him/her; instead you will ease his/her workload – people in this type of a situation invariably complain of an overload of work and/or a fear the s/he is too accustomed to the "old" method and won't be able to learn a new one.
If interviewees give you the 'should' scenario instead of the reality scenario, is this really bad? You will be building in just the corrections that are needed. Ask questions were you suspect there's a specific lack of information. Encourage "complaining" – it is there that you will learn the weaknesses of the old system (hardware, software and wetware) and what you can offer as a cure.
An interviewee not being able to describe his/her work is very common, especially in a company which grew from a small mom-and-pop organization to a good-sized corporation. These folks learn their tasks, but not the terminology or standard methods. As an example, a person can have 10 years' experience building and managing projects, but they don't know what an SDLC is because they never went to school for Project Management – they just did it. You end up hearing descriptions of a specific task, rather than the actual information flow. For example, at Bristol-Myers I was trying to map the process by which the site network was managed. I got a glowing description of a recent problem with a single workstation and how it was eventually discovered to be the NIC (which was a different department's purview). What I needed to know was for which situations would a technician contact the site Network people and what was the flow of information from there?
There is a specific problem in systems analysis – the people who get into this line of work often have a good technical background but are weak in "people skills" and judgement. These are two very important skills. If you are in this position, take advantage of any management courses available to you – it will only make you look better to your employer. If you find you don't really like the people-part of the job (and many technical people don't) consider being part of the development team instead of the client-interface team.
I have worked for two different very large corporations in the same field – one has a team that does nothing but document the processes in use in all departments (and publish it on the intranet); the other doesn't even have a P&P (Processes and Procedures Manual) for the IT people. Needless to say, the former is more successful.
All business forms are of great value – not only what they fill out for input, but also every report/invoice/whatever that goes out. Whenever I'm doing a Needs Assessment I request sample copies of everything they mention and try to anticipate others they forgot. You can always weed out those you won't need. And refinement of the data, to avoid duplication, is easier done this way. Sometimes they are inputting or outputting the same data, just using different names for it, so they don't realize it's the same. What you don't want is to discover after the delivery that the data for a regular report is NOT there; you can build the report later if needed…but adding fields and inputting missing data is tough and expensive. Whenever an input field does not appear to be used for output, question whether it's a necessary field (it may be something they intend to evaluate in the future.)
I am not a big advocate of questionnaires. Even if they are electronic, maybe 25% respond. Non-response is very important – there is usually a very good reason for it. Online forms are great; people usually think it's safer, and no one will be reading the responses personally, so they are more likely to fill them out – and truthfully (after all, one couldn't tell who it is by the handwriting). Use their intranet. Questions on the level of satisfaction are a bear – every try to decide if you are 'somewhat satisfied, as opposed to 'satisfied'? Avoid the subjective queries.
On requesting documents – an organization chart is usually not very important – unless you want to know who to please (often a determinant). Above all you want its forms of information -– what forms are used to gather the information now – job applications, patient intake forms, logs kept by the people running programs, etc. – and what information needs to be extracted (standard reports to stockholders, paychecks, metrics reports to management, invoices). The output will determine the format of the input. So I guess you could say I advocate a top-down approach.
One reason I have a lot of not-for-profit organizations as clients is because they need to report to at least one agency on their activities, as well as funding agencies (such as United Way and the Dept. of Children and Families). There is no pre-packaged software for these organizations which can track their activities (there are shrink-wrap packages for non-profit accounting). They have to report activities and demographics quarterly to each funding agency or lose the funding. These projects must be designed from this vantage point of output, and often 'registration' electronic forms need to be designed to nudge them into getting the data needed.
Direct observation is one of my favorite methods of information-gathering. Ask questions; if you do it right, they get into 'brag mode'. An example of the value of observation: I have a client for whom we have done data warehousing since 1996; we know all the groups they need to answer to for funding and licensing, we know the demographics that are important to the management, and we know what the esoteric codes mean. The state of Connecticut decided to create its own databases for the reports it was evaluating each month, since it had been up to this time information was manually input and was constantly in error. But the man hired to build these databases had no idea what the information meant. The result – an awkward database that has had so many errors in it that it's been revamped 3 times in the last 2 years. Plus, they seem to think their reporting agencies are stupid, so they locked access to the database. Result – our client had to pay for re-input of 600 records, and pays extra each month because we then have to export the state's information, fix it and add our additional tracking information. Why fix it? The state has the zip code locked into CT-only zips – my client is near the Rhode Island border and often gets clients who have RI zip codes.
Additional information? The state doesn't think in terms of separate programs, so we have to re-align the data. And the state selected its own case-numbering system, so the client has to keep a double-system for all current cases. I could go on ad nauseum… If the developer had observed what the reporting agencies actually do, a lot of these problems wouldn't have cropped up at all.
Characteristics for a good systems analyst during requirements determination:
Impertinence – asking questions. It looks easier than it is. You could easily miss which questions to ask, which might require a call-back. This ability to know what to ask is a developed skill, and certainly each project will make you more aware of what to look for.
Impartiality – the politics get in the way all the time. Always consider the source; what is the person's attitude toward the project? What will this person gain or lose with the new system? You may actually be told by the 'buyer' that a particular person's opinion is not [is most] important. Find out who makes the final decision – this is the person to try to satisfy in the end.
Relax constraints – yeah, right. The biggest hurdle is "I have done it this way since Ben Franklin…" The client may insist on a mimic of the present system; any change to this would have to be gradual, probably a follow-up upgrade. Try to keep as close to the present way of doing things as is efficient, such as having electronic forms look very similar to the paper forms they are using – but with time-savers on them such as default values.
Attention to detail – if you have a computing background you already know that it's the details that will kill you
Reframing – this is no problem if you are an outside source. But if you are an in-house organization this is very difficult for the analyst as well as the client.
Knowing the business objectives is necessary to sell your solution. For example, one year Bristol-Myers had a Business Strategy Objective (BSO), which was defined in detail. All work had to be justified according to the BSO or it wouldn't be done. One key phrase is "this is the ROI" (Return of Investment); since it's a business buzz word, ears perk up that have no interest in the technical stuff. And it's always a selling point – prove to the client that they will get a better profit, to the tune of a multiple of the cost of the new system in the first 5 years, and you've made your sale. For not-for-profit organizations, the people are busy saving the world; they don't carefully track their own activities. Showing them how tracking particular information can increase the funding works like a charm.
Every time I build an application for them, I discover a lot of things they could track easily by computer that they weren't bothering to report at all. As a result of the more efficient reporting, their funding increased significantly. Be sure to observe more than the sponsor offers.
Watch for side activities/processes that can be incorporated into the system (for the high-end solution, or a follow-up proposal). And watch for redundant actions which can be eliminated – this is quantifiable ROI. Be sure to re-write notes after doing an interview, receiving a questionnaire, or reviewing documents; you'd be surprised what you'll forget in a matter of hours. Remember that your time and that of the people giving you information are both valuable. Do not give notes back to the person you question – you should have notes that are not for the clients' eyes, since they might misinterpret them. Instead, you could graph or outline the information and have them review it for accuracy.
JAD stands for Joint Analysis and Design. This is often where you'll find professional facilitators. Within your organization a JAD should be run by someone on a management level – or someone being groomed/trained to be on a management level. It might be the Project Manager for that project or a Systems Analyst. Because professional facilitators don't know the subject matter they often lead the discussion in the wrong direction. The only time you'd see a JAD is within a company that has application development as its business function. It's expensive and time-consuming for the client. It would be nice to have it run electronically– and run it at the client site – but now we're really getting into the big bucks. In most cases a JAD is tracked on a white board or large paper pads, and then has to be rewritten and published. One big problem is squabbles among the clients. Better then to interview them separately, make your suggestions and let them squabble it out after you leave.
Analysis of gathered information
Prototyping is a great idea and should be a standard part of the development process, if you can convince the client to do it. It allays fears of what to expect, makes it easier for clients to articulate their needs and practices, and it's cheaper in time, money and work than coming up with a revision. The only detraction is that if the contract is turned down, the developer needs to "eat" the cost.
A good approach to convincing the sponsor if the need for change is charting the existing system: all manual, hard copy and electronic processes together in a 'current systems' data flow diagram. Don't bother to flabbergast the client – win them over with professionalism.
There are hard copies which must be maintained in certain industries such as pharmaceuticals and legal companies. These can be scanned into a database, moving closer to a paperless work environment (and it's certainly a lot easier to manage). There is a company in Connecticut that does nothing but scan and index all the paperwork an attorney needs for a case, so s/he can review, evaluate, cross-reference and call up any piece of evidence in an instant.
Data flow charts really aren't that difficult for software companies, because they usually have teams that always do the same type of applications, such as warehouse management for whatever kind of warehouse comes along – they modularize and rearrange the modules.
For presentation to the customer, 'before' and 'after' data flow charts would show the simplification of the processes, which is usually enough to convince them to continue with the project. Those of you with Visio are probably aware of the many ways in which to represent processes. Is any one icon or system the best? Absolutely not. You can use circles and squares, as long as it's clear and well-documented – you want to be able to send the client home with a printed copy to evaluate the changes on his own time, rather than making him feel pressured to respond immediately.
Knowledge of programming is a great asset to developing these charts, so the systems analyst will often work hand-in-hand with the programmers in drafting them.
During analysis, a feasibility study should be done. Feasibility is hard to nail down. It looks somewhat overwhelming at first. Many companies have a dollar figure per-employee for additional manpower. And experts in each phase (networking, users, hardware) can usually give you information on what it will cost, or if it's not possible to do. In large companies, there is usually a good idea ahead of time of what the costs will be, and they will be looking more for the time span involved. In small companies there is usually a serious "sticker shock", and many projects die at conception.
Throughout this process, the aim is to achieve an agreement, which will probably mean compromise on both sides.
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Market Basket: The movie
Documentary maker Jay Childs has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a movie about the Demoulas family feud.
H/t Matt Karolian.
The movie won't be shown in Boston
Only around the north shore area and beyond
If it was a drama
Al Pacino should play Arthur S. He's already played Satan once.
DeMoulas Vs. DeMoulas
The title should be "Basket Case."
Not nice at all! Do your
Not nice at all! Do your history and learn the entire story he's actually a great guy!
Lawyer Up!
How will he make a film about them without being sued by everyone involved?
I spotted life on the Somerville Loading Dock
..an hour ago. https://flic.kr/p/obhZDr
I was walking a street art gallery along the Fitchburg line from the Grade crossing at Park St to Webster..
some are making it in
News outlets are reporting that some trucks are making it in. But its not enough to stock the stores.
These are non-MB employees driving, and some outside vendor.
Maybe some agreement is in the works.
There were receivers unloading the truck.
I've worked in enough warehouses to know the sound of power pallet jacks.
But we shall see what we shall see as Curley and Moe said in some episode involving turbans.
The loading docks in
The loading docks in Tewksbury are the ones that count ! Ah , Tewksbury , shades of the big red diamond asu. But that's another story. They still got the co2 there though.
Add to: the plot thickens ,
Stop-n-shop price for 3qt lactaid: $5.99
Market Basket: $3.99
A Parable
How To Blow $9 Billion: The Fallen Stroh Family
AS WITH MANY OF AMERICA'S GREAT FORTUNES, the Stroh family's story starts with an immigrant: Bernhard Stroh, who arrived in Detroit from Germany in 1850 with $150 and a coveted family recipe for beer. He sold his brews door-to-door in a wheelbarrow. By 1890 his sons, Julius and Bernhard Jr., were shipping beer around the Great Lakes. Julius got the family through Prohibition by switching the brewery to ice cream and malt syrup production. And in the 1980s Stroh's surged, emerging as one of America's fastest-growing companies and the country's third-largest brewing empire, behind only public behemoths Anheuser-Busch and Miller. The Stroh family owned it all, a fortune that FORBES then calculated was worth at least $700 million. Just by matching the S&P 500, the family would currently be worth about $9 billion.
Yet today the Strohs, as a family business or even a collective financial entity, have essentially ceased to exist. The company has been sold for parts. The Stroh Companies has doled out its last dividends to shareholders. The last remaining family entity owns a half-empty office building in Detroit. While there was enough cash flowing for enough years that the fifth generation Strohs still seem pretty comfortable, the family looks destined to go shirtsleeves-to-shirtsleeves in six.
Parasite Capitalism at Shaws.
It is readily conveyed here https://flic.kr/p/ocwK2Q
They figure they are adding $1.49 worth of 'value' over the basic three bucks MB has charged forever for this cheap sturdy coffee.
Hell, Johnnies Slobmaster charged 3 bucks too before the DeJesus family cashed out and inflicted an even bigger parasite on the hapless neighborhoods it once gouged.
If there is a movie made, I hope they do not leave out the part where those who stayed on to work and keep the company afloat are now being ostracized.
I would love to see this
I would love to see this movie! I think John Stamos would be a great Arthur S. Demoulas and Belinda Carlisle can play his kid's nanny that would be me~lol!


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Cafe, The
Set in a small seaside town, The Cafe is homely, comfortable and welcoming. Middle-aged divorcee Carol owns the place. Mary, in her seventies is Carol's mum. She is very broad minded and a real character. Completing the trio is daughter Sarah. Having lost her job and been dumped by her boyfriend, she's had to move back home from London, where a host of old school friends await. Until she gets her life back on track she's helping out in the welcoming cafe that's a bit like Friends' Central Perk - but not quite as trendy! Each heart-warming episode sees all sorts of colourful characters pop in and out of the cafe.
Cafe, The Previous Broadcasts
Reap What You Sow - Part 2 (Episode #114H)
KQED Plus: Fri, Sep 19, 2014 -- 11:30 PM
Is Richard doing the right thing? Has Richard chosen the right bride? Meanwhile, with the photos taken for the Weston brochure, it's time for Phil to leave Weston. Will his departure give Stan the courage to finally ask Carol the question he's been stalling on for so long? What will Carol's answer be? And will his parting words to his daughter inspire her to finally tell Richard how she really feels about him, even though by now it's surely it's too late. Isn't it....?
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Sat, Sep 20, 2014 -- 5:30 AM
Reap What You Sow - Part 1 (Episode #113H)
KQED Plus: Fri, Sep 12, 2014 -- 11:30 PM
Stan and Jason have covered The Cafe in flowers for the Weston in Bloom competition, and it's now the perfect venue for Richard and Ava's wedding reception. As Jason adds the finishing touches everyone else is waiting at the church for the wedding ceremony to begin. When Ava is late, Sarah starts to worry. But it gives her some time to tell to Kieran and Chloe what happened between her and Richard the night before. And to confess her fears that she may have scared Ava off.
Repeat Broadcasts:
- KQED Plus: Sat, Sep 13, 2014 -- 5:30 AM
Stags Or Hens (Episode #112H)
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It's the night before the wedding and, in traditional fashion, Ava and Richard are having their hen and stag do's. Ava is at the Cafe with the ladies and Kieran playing drinking games, while Sarah, Richard and his very boring friend Dave, are playing a drunken game of hide and seek on the beach. as Sarah and Richard hide from Dave they are left alone to reminisce about their past. Is it rose tinted spectacles, or is there really still something left unresolved between them? What about Ava? What about Jason? What about tomorrow? Getting drunk seems to be the only way for Sarah to cope, but being drunk it would probably be advisable not to choose this moment to talk to Ava. And particularly advisable not to make the bride cry the night before her wedding.
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Sunday's Super Bowl 52 was very exciting as the veteran New England Patriots squad and the underdog Philadelphia Eagles team put on an offensive clinic. The game was full of epic catches, aggressive sacks, clutch throws and fancy plays. My time as a varsity athlete is one of the main reasons I love the Super Bowl, but I LIVE for the creative TV spots and the half-time performance. So, without further adieu check out my favourite 15 TV spots Sunday's game as well as a couple of fun bonus items.
1) NFL – "Eli & OBJ Dirty Dancing"
2) Doritos – "Fire & Ice"
3) RAM – "Icelandic Vikings"
4) Amazon – "Alexa Loses Her Voice"
5) Budweiser – "The Bud Knight"
6) 'Solo: A Star Wars Story'
7) Budweiser – "Stand By You"
8) Coca-Cola – "The Wonder of Us"
9) Toyota – "One Team"
10) 'The Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1' Trailer
11) M&M – "Human"
12) Pringles – "Wow"
13) Rocket Mortgage – "2018 Ad ft. Keegan Michael Key"
14) Avocados From Mexico – "#GuacWorld"
15) Michelob Ultra – "Perfect Fit"
If you want to check out a FULL LIST of commercials from Sunday's big-game to make your own list click the link below. Also, if you didn't get a chance, see the video link below for JT's epic half-time performance!
FULL List of ALL Super Bowl 52 Commercials


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rpmlint complained about /usr/share/doc/<package>/doc having strange permissions
(set guid), but only when the package is already installed. rpm -v -qpl
<package> shows the strange permissions already without the package beeing
installed, so rpmlint could also check for the permissions in the rpm, without
it beeing installed.
I wanted to report this here, but trac complained about a missing form cookie,
but it seems it never event wanted to give me a cookie. Maybe you can forward this.
Hmm, trac submission worked fine for me as anonymous.
Do you have a package around which can be used to test this? I could not
reproduce in some quick tests.
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> Hmm, trac submission worked fine for me as anonymous.
> http://rpmlint.zarb.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/ticket/57
I tried to use my name instead if anonymous, maybe this was the problem.
> Do you have a package around which can be used to test this? I could not
> reproduce in some quick tests.
I think you need to register and login if you wish to use something else than
Anyway, I cannot reproduce with the test package either:
$ rpm -q rpmlint
$ rpm -V rpmlint
(no output)
$ rpm -q whysynth-dssi
package whysynth-dssi is not installed
$ rpmlint whysynth-dssi-20060122-7.i386.rpm
E: whysynth-dssi non-standard-dir-perm /usr/share/doc/whysynth-dssi-20060122/doc
W: whysynth-dssi dangling-relative-symlink /usr/bin/whysynth jack-dssi-host
(In reply to comment #3)
> $ rpmlint whysynth-dssi-20060122-7.i386.rpm
> E: whysynth-dssi non-standard-dir-perm /usr/share/doc/whysynth-dssi-20060122/doc
> 02755
> W: whysynth-dssi dangling-relative-symlink /usr/bin/whysynth jack-dssi-host
Ok, the problem was, that I installed a rpm, that was made with rpmbuild and has
the strange permission, but I ran rpmlint on a mock built, which does not have
the strange permissions problem.


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Anthropometry (Greek anthropos (άνθρωπος - "man") and metron (μέτρον - "measure") therefore "measurement of man") refers to the measurement of the human individual. An early tool of physical anthropology, it has been used for identification, for the purposes of understanding human physical variation, in paleoanthropology and in various attempts to correlate physical with racial and psychological traits.
Today, anthropometry plays an important role in industrial design, clothing design, ergonomics and architecture where statistical data about the distribution of body dimensions in the population are used to optimize products. Changes in life styles, nutrition and ethnic composition of populations lead to changes in the distribution of body dimensions (e.g. the obesity epidemic), and require regular updating of anthropometric data collections.
The history of anthropometry includes and spans various concepts, both scientific and pseudoscientific, such as craniometry, paleoanthropology, biological anthropology, phrenology, physiognomy, forensics, criminology, phylogeography, human origins, and cranio-facial description, as well as correlations between various anthropometrics and personal identity, mental typology, personality, cranial vault and brain size, and other factors.
Throughout various times in history, applications of anthropometry have ranged vastly—from accurate scientific description and empidemiological analysis to rationales for eugenics and overtly racist social movements—and its points of concern have been numerous, diverse, and sometimes highly unexpected.
Human height varies greatly between individuals and across populations for a variety of complex biological, genetic, environmental, and other factors. Due to methodological and practical problems, its measurement is also subject to considerable error in statistical sampling.
The average height in genetically and environmentally homogeneous populations is often proportional across a large number of individuals. Exceptional height variation (around 20% deviation from a population's average) within such a population is sometimes due to gigantism or dwarfism, which are caused by specific genes or endocrine abnormalities.[1]
In the most extreme population comparisons, for example, the average female height in Bolivia is 1.422 m (4 ft 8 in) while the average male height in the Dinaric Alps is 1.856 m (6 ft 1 in), an average difference of 43.4 cm (17 inches). Similarly, the shortest and tallest of individuals, Chandra Bahadur Dangi and Robert Wadlow, have ranged from 1 ft 9 in (0.53 m) to 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m), respectively.[2][3]
Human weight varies extensively both individually and across populations, with the most extreme documented examples of adults being Lucia Zarate who weighed 4.7 pounds (2.1 kg), and Jon Brower Minnoch who weighed 1,400 pounds (640 kg), and with population extremes ranging from 109.3 pounds (49.6 kg) in Bangladesh to 192.7 pounds (87.4 kg) in Micronesia.[4][5]
Limited research has shown that the adult brain size varies from 974.9 cm3 (59.49 cu in) to 1,498.1 cm3 (91.42 cu in) in females and 1,052.9 cm3 (64.25 cu in) to 1,498.5 cm3 (91.44 cu in) in males, with the average being 1,130 cm3 (69 cu in) and 1,260 cm3 (77 cu in), respectively.[6][7] The right cerebral hemisphere is typically larger than the left, whereas the cerebellar hemispheres are typically of more similar size.
Size of the human stomach varies significantly in adults, with one study showing areas ranging from 520 cm3 (32 cu in) to 1,536 cm3 (93.7 cu in) and weights ranging from 77 grams (2.7 oz) to 453 grams (16.0 oz).[8]
Male and female genitalia exhibit considerable individual variation, with penis size differing substantially and vaginal size differing significantly in healthy adults.[9][10][11]
Human beauty and physical attractiveness have been preoccupations throughout history which often intersect with anthropometric standards. Cosmetology, facial symmetry, and waist–hip ratio are three such examples where measurements are commonly thought to be fundamental.
Anthropometric studies today are conducted to investigate the evolutionary significance of differences in body proportion between populations whose ancestors lived in different environments. Human populations exhibit climatic variation patterns similar to those of other large-bodied mammals, following Bergmann's rule, which states that individuals in cold climates will tend to be larger than ones in warm climates, and Allen's rule, which states that individuals in cold climates will tend to have shorter, stubbier limbs than those in warm climates.
On a micro evolutionary level anthropologists use anthropometric variation to reconstruct small-scale population history. For instance John Relethford's studies of early 20th-century anthropometric data from Ireland show that the geographical patterning of body proportions still exhibits traces of the invasions by the English and Norse centuries ago.
Today anthropometry can be performed with three-dimensional scanners. A global collaborative study to examine the uses of three-dimensional scanners for health care was launched in March 2007. The Body Benchmark Study Body Volume Index has the potential to be used as a long-term computer based anthropometric measurement for health care. In 2001 the UK conducted the largest sizing survey using scanners up to date. Since then several national surveys have followed in the UK's pioneering steps, notably SizeUSA, SizeMexico & Size Thailand, the latter still ongoing. Size UK showed that the nation had become taller and heavier but not as much as expected. Since 1951, when the last women's survey had taken place, the average weight for women had gone up from 62 to 65 kg.
Baropodographic devices fall into two main categories: (i) Data analysis).
The spatial and temporal resolutions of the images generated by commercial pedobarographic systems range from approximately 3 to 10 mm and 25 to 500 Hz, respectively. Finer resolution is limited by sensor technology. Such resolutions yield a contact area of approximately 500 sensors (for a typical adult human foot with surface area of approximately 100 cm2).[17] For a stance phase duration of approximately 0.6 seconds during normal walking,[18] approximately 150,000 pressure values, depending on the hardware specifications, are recorded for each step.
Direct measurements involve examinations of brains from corpses, or more recently, imaging techniques such as MRI, which can be used on living persons. Such measurements is used research on neuroscience and intelligence. Brain volume data and other craniometric data is used in mainstream science to compare modern-day animal species, and to analyze the evolution of the human species in archeology. With the discovery that many blood proteins vary consistently among populations, followed by the discovery of the DNA code, the invention of the polymerase chain reaction that amplifies trace amounts of DNA, and the decoding of the human genome, phylogeographers largely switched away from craniofacial anthropometry whenever DNA is available.
Anthropometric measurements also have uses in epidemiology and medical anthropology, for example in helping to determine the relationship between various body measurements (height, weight, percentage body fat, etc.) and medical outcomes. Anthropometric measurements are frequently used to diagnose malnutrition in resource-poor clinical settings.
Forensic anthropologists study the human skeleton in a legal setting. A forensic anthropologist can assist in the identification of a decedent through various skeletal analyses that produce a biological profile. Forensic anthropologists utilize the Fordisc program to help in the interpretation of craniofacial measurements in regards to ancestry/race determination.
One part of a biological profile is a person's racial/ancestral affinity. People with considerable European ancestry generally have relatively no prognathism; a relatively small face; a narrow, tear-shaped nasal cavity; a "silled" nasal aperture; tower-shaped nasal bones; a triangular-shaped palate; and an angular and sloping eye orbit shape. People with considerable African ancestry typically have a broad and round nasal cavity; no dam or nasal sill; Quonset hut-shaped nasal bones; notable facial projection in the jaw and mouth area (prognathism); a rectangular-shaped palate; and a square or rectangular eye orbit shape. People with considerable East Asian ancestry are often characterized by a relatively small prognathism; no nasal sill or dam; an oval-shaped nasal cavity; tent-shaped nasal bones; a horseshoe-shaped palate; and a rounded and non-sloping eye orbit shape.[19] Many of these characteristics are only a matter of frequency among particular races: their presence or absence of one or more does not automatically classify an individual into a racial group.
Today, ergonomics professionals apply an understanding of human factors to the design of equipment, systems and working methods in order to improve comfort, health, safety, and productivity. This includes physical ergonomics in relation to human anatomy, physiological and bio mechanical characteristics; cognitive ergonomics in relation to perception, memory, reasoning, motor response including human–computer interaction, mental workloads, decision making, skilled performance, human reliability, work stress, training, and user experiences; organizational ergonomics in relation to metrics of communication, crew resource management, work design, schedules, teamwork, participation, community, cooperative work, new work programs, virtual organizations, and telework; environmental ergonomics in relation to human metrics affected by climate, temperature, pressure, vibration, and light; visual ergonomics; and others.[20][21]
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Biometrics refers to the identification of humans by their characteristics or traits. Biometrics is used in computer science as a form of identification and access control.[22] It is also used to identify individuals in groups that are under surveillance. Biometric identifiers are the distinctive, measurable characteristics used to label and describe individuals.[23] Biometric identifiers are often categorized as physiological versus behavioral characteristics.[24] Examples applications include dermatoglyphics and soft biometrics.
The US Military has conducted over 40 anthropometric surveys of U.S. Military personnel between 1945 and 1988, including the 1988 Army Anthropometric Survey (ANSUR) of men and women with its 240 measures. Statistical data from these surveys encompasses over 75,000 individuals.[25]
Scientists working for private companies and government agencies conduct anthropometric studies to determine a range of sizes for clothing and other items. Measurements of the foot are used in the manufacture and sale of footwear: measurement devices may be used either to determine a retail shoe size directly (e.g. the Brannock Device) or to determine the detailed dimensions of the foot for custom manufacture (e.g. ALINEr).[26]
In art Yves Klein termed anthropometries his performance paintings where he covered nude women with paint, and used their bodies as paintbrushes.
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What Every Sales Leader Must Know about the Flying Tigers
The Flying Tigers is the most famous fighter squadron in the world and known for their incredible win record (or kill record in their case). What few people know is that the 60 pilots of the Flying Tigers were out-numbered and fought an enemy with superior equipment. How did they do it? Great coaching. and bravery of course. Sales leaders must know the story of a young Colonel named Claire Chennault. He coached his pilots on the techniques and observed success in the field. It's the ultimate story of leadership and coaching. Sales leaders can bring these qualities to your team. It's difficult to grow revenue faster than your industry's growth rate and faster than your competitors. Leverage the How to Make Your Number in 2018 to access a revenue growth methodology to hit your number quarter after quarter, and year after year.
Colonel Chennault coached 60 'A' Player pilots with a mind of their own. He had to get them to change their habits or get shot down against superior forces. The basics of coaching 'A' Players are as true today as they were in 1941.
Chennault's approach to air combat was based on his study of enemy tactics and equipment, his observation of Soviet pilots in China, and the strengths and weaknesses of his own aircraft and pilots. When enemy aircraft attacked, Chennault's doctrine called for pilots to take on enemy aircraft in teams from an altitude advantage, since their aircraft were not as maneuverable or as numerous as the enemy fighters they encountered. Coaching delivered the top win rate among any fighter squadron, despite non-ideal performance conditions. Give your sales team the coaching they need to increase their win rate.
3 ways to get Sales Managers to change the habits of 'A' players
1. Ride with your 'A' players in the field. This may seem obvious but finish reading this blog, call up your 'A' players and put a date in the calendar with them NOW. Spend the quality time with them. Don't just ride to one customer and then leave; complete the whole day. And evaluate them with a Field Ride form. We call ours a DILO (Day in the Life of). Download a copy of it here.
2. Develop individual change management plans around new processes. New processes, systems or changes will always have a dip in productivity. The severity of productivity loss and length of time of the dip is up to you. Customizing an individual change management plan for each 'A' player will allow that individual to understand and adopt the process, system or change. If you try and slam the person into the overall system, you might get a resignation email from them shortly.
3. Be very consistent with your interactions. Cadence is the key with 'A' players. Planning to have a one on one with them, placing a DILO on the calendar and keeping the date or at least setting a weekly catch up call is critical. They think they really don't need you. And they will tell you everything is great. "No Worries boss" is a phrase I hear a lot. Don't buy it for a second. All 'A' players love the attention. Consistency with them is king.
Homer Gray demonstrates these abilities as a sales manager. I remember when I promoted Homer to the SM role. He took over for a team that consistently achieved their quota. In fact, they were the best sales team in the country. Homer made sure he spent time with his 'A' players. He rode in the field, never missed a one on one session and helped those 'A' players when we rolled out a new sales process. It wasn't easy with those great sales reps. But Homer didn't say 'Don't worry, you do a great job, so using this process is optional.' Instead, he created a separate plan for each individual on his team. This plan helped them implement the new process by allowing the 'A' player to experience quick wins using part of the process. These quick wins helped change his attitude. Instead of cherry picking the process, the 'A' player commits to using the entire process and shortens the change management process.
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We welcome you to become part of the NYT family. Whether you have been involved in theater for many years, or are completely new to it, join us. This is a place where wonderful friendships are formed, not just with the kids, but between parents and families, as well. Whether chatting while dropping off and picking up students, working behind the scenes on another successful show, or attending a fundraiser, you will meet other families that have the same goal: to provide a quality, wholesome, Christian theater arts environment for their children. Plus, we have a really good time together!
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Bigg boss is one of the biggest Indian reality TV shows, which follows the Big Brother format, a famous reality TV show in the US. The latest winner, Manveer Gujjar, which is just a commoner, has inspired a lot of people and thus, they have decided to apply for the upcoming reality show.
After going through the procedure for choosing the contestants for the Bigg Boss, here is now the list of the celebrities who are going to be part of the Bigg Boss Season 11.
Celebrity Participants
Among the celebrity contestants are Abhishek Malik, Achint Kaur, Ayaz Khan, Devoleena Bhattacharjee, Dhinchak Pooja, Falak Naaz, Mishti Chakraborty, Mohit Malhotra, Nandish Sadhu, Navneet Kaur Dillon, Navpret Banga, Nia Sharma, Poulomi Das, Rahul Raj Singh, Riya Sen, Sana Saeed and Zoya Afroz.
It should be noted that there has been no official confirmations made by any of these actors yet, and the makers have the show have not released any statement confirming the Bigg Boss Season 11 contestants.
The season will have a mix of celebrities and non-celebs that will be participating in the show, which follows similar pattern of the previous seasons. The show has become quite controversial all throughout its long run due to the issues surrounding the participants, most especially their fights and arguments.
Some of the previous contestants have found their own share of success upon the show's completion, simply because of the publicity as well as the buzz that were generated all throughout their stay inside the house.
Watch the Show Online
Because of the popularity of the show, a lot of people are finding ways to watch the show online, most especially the previous episodes. Those who were not able to watch the reality show on TV can go to the Internet to watch for the online streaming. For instance, if you want to watch Bigg Boss 7 online, you can simply do a search and you will surely find several links offering a free viewing of the show.
The Bigg Boss 7 is the seventh season of the reality show and was aired on the Colors TV starting Sept. 15, 2013, and was hosted no other than by Salman Khan. It has been one of the most popular episodes so far, and because of its popularity, a lot of people have searched for ways on how to view Bigg Boss season 7 live online.
You know it, a reality show worth every second of your time. You might be asking yourself what is all this hype about a reality show? It follows the Big Brother format where contestants live in a house and are isolated from the rest of the world. The reality show has made everyone excited because Bigg Boss season 11 is almost out with new and fresh Bigg Boss season 11 contestants. What should you do now to be part of this thrilling show? You can watch Bigg Boss 7 online to have an experience of the shows dynamics. With Bigg boss season 7 live, you experience drama and joy at the same time.
The reality show is hosted by Salman Khan, a popular celebrity in India and worldwide. The show will hit your screens on October, but it cannot hit the screens without you finding out about the contestants. What are the contestant's names? The contestants are:
· Dhinchak Pooja
You have heard of her and if you probably live under a rock, let find out about her. Who is Dhinchak Pooja? You can simply describe her as the YouTube or internet sensation. Still don't remember her? You have probably heard of her few songs such as Swag wali topi and Selfie Maine leli aaj which she uploaded hence an internet celebrity.
· Nia Sharma
What a great choice as she is one of the celebrity contestants. Probably the sexiest woman in the world as she constantly posts pictures over social media handles.
· Achint Kaur
You as a Bollywood fan know her or have seen her on various movies and shows. She is popular in India.
· Devoleena Bhattarcharjee
Drama and controversy is expected with Devoleena on the contestant list.
· Shilpa Shinde
Without a doubt she is famous with various achievements to her name. You might know her from the popular show Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hain or her various controversies. A contestant of the reality show with drama expected.
· Riya Sen
An actress and a model, she has had great success. She brings her success to the reality show.
Bigg boss season 11 will have the audience begging for more. The Bigg Boss season 11 contestants will bring you laughs, cries and surprises. You need to watch Bigg Boss season 7 online to get a good understanding of the show. The Bigg Boss season 7 live has all the intrigues of a great reality show. Excitement fills the air as a new dawn arrives with great anticipation.


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This opinion piece by Jane Bringolf published by Multi:The RIT Journal of Plurality and Diversity in Design was written in 2008, but is still relevant.
Abstract: Designing products and environments to be usable by the majority of people is the underpinning concept of universal design. In some aspects, however, universal design fails to meet some of its own principles. This has resulted in a lack of understanding of the concept, which in turn, has allowed the terms "accessibility" and "disability" to inhabit the language of universal design. This means universal design is now bounded by concepts of accessibility, regulations and disability rights, rather than the intellectual challenges inherent in designing for the whole of the population bell curve. The universal design movement recognizes that making headway is proving difficult and is seeking ways to improve its position. Market research, however, indicates universal design is now branded as a disability product and this has implications for consumers, practitioners, and for the universal design movement in general. Discussed are the influence of terminology on the direction and perceptions of universal design, and the dilemmas of applying a regulatory framework as an implementation strategy.


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Our team of highly skilled advisors and supervisors have around-the-clock access and support from our engineering team. From basic inspections to the most detailed overhauls, our expert technicians have the experience and capabilities to meet or exceed OEM standards. What can't be done in the field, will be sent to ProEnergy's state-of-the-art turbine service shop for anything from repair and welding to CNC machining.
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Orient Mini Chair E40 is another motorized wheelchair which can take 90 kg weight. Orient Mini Power Electric wheelchair is a bit lighter in weight as compare to other big motor Power Wheelchair. The aluminium frame on this wheelchair is Powder coated.
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You hear it right, husband and I would be miles ( seven seas ) away on my birthday. It's time to break the suspense----" Ribhya and I are going to India end of May and will be gone for a good 2.5 months. " It's been 2 long years I've not been home. Since Ribhya starts preschool this fall, this trip couldn't have been planned at any better time. As I am thrilled about the trip, I am sad about not being with hubby on my special day. We have always been together on our birthdays, but this year would be an exclusion.
Anyways, coming back to the wishlist agenda, I thought I'd prepare one and pass it on to the respective individuals ( an individual in my case). The concerned here can then make necessary arrangements to surprise me with the b'day gift either before I leave for India ( which I would appreciate) or after I return from the trip. My wish this year is only about bags. When it comes to buying handbags, I am a bit meticulous about what I bring home with me. I stick to my self set rule of buying either one or two good bags in a year. I can't justify spending thousands on a big name brand, honestly because here in US I don't hang out in social groups that cares about brands or prices. So whats the point in buying and then hoarding them ????
In the past few years - KATE SPADE, MICHAEL KORS and GUESS have been my preferred brands, but this year I am going BIG both in size and $$ value. My wishlist this year comprises of bags ranging between $300-$1000. Now it is up to my Mr. BIG to decide which one to buy coz I like em all...Will be happy with whichever he picks. Which one would you pick????????????
I have arranged the bags in an ascending order price wise. There are a few brands and items that top my list, so have even listed the colors that I like.


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The Moles In The House
The Moles In The House
Episode: 104x13'
Pelin, who is very interested in animals and their mysterious ways of living, moves into a new house stepping into an adventure of a lifetime. The cute family members ofmoles are up to be Pelin's best friends and Pelin's life is now full of surprises. Fresh fun in each episode!
Produced By: Arzu ODUNCU – Deniz CEYLAN
TX Date: 2011-2014
Type: Ages 5-11 / NEW / IN PRODUCTION