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Spring has sprung and summer is peeking around the corner! As the chilly winter fades, the lure of the great outdoors calls to us and our family pets. Unfortunately, it also rings in the full-blown season of fleas, ticks and mosquitos. Let's talk about the benefits of protecting our pets against these pesky parasites.
Plethora of Products
Our choices in the products to use on our pets have grown exponentially over the years. You can work with your veterinarian to decide on the best regimen that will fit your pet, environment and schedule. The days of flea dipping are long gone! Choices now include oral, topical and even injectable medications that can fit into just about any busy lifestyle.
True Cost of Prevention
Our pets face increased risks of chronic skin problems and other potentially deadly diseases as the months turn warmer and the numbers of environmental parasites dramatically increase. As Benjamin Franklin said, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." This is especially true when it comes to the parasites that attack our pets. While some preventive products may seem like a costly investment, the costs pale by comparison with the veterinary bills associated with the dangerous and lengthy treatments for the preventable conditions caused by parasites.
Treatments for Heartworm Disease Can Be Deadly
Heartworm disease is hard to detect in its early stages because the signs and symptoms are minimal and easily overlooked or attributed to other causes. Treatment is lengthy and can be debilitating or even deadly for your dog. In addition, treatment for heartworm disease is quite costly; you can expect to spend up to a thousand dollars depending upon your veterinarian's treatment protocol. There is no approved treatment for heartworm disease in cats.
Ticks, Ticks, Ticks. Tick bites are nasty – very nasty
They can cause infection, abscesses, paralysis and even death. In addition, ticks are the host of several debilitating diseases including Lyme disease, Rocky Mounted Spotted Fever, Anaplasmosis and Ehrlichiosis to name a few. These diseases can be very difficult to recognize and are easily misdiagnosed due to varied and vague symptoms. Treatments for tick-borne illnesses are lengthy and can be very costly.
Flea Circus
Itching and scratching, redness, flaky skin, scabs, hotspots, hair loss. If your pet has an allergy to fleas, you can relate to all of these symptoms and more. The bite of one flea can send your pet into a whirlwind of scratching, biting and digging at their skin. Also, did you know that fleas are the most common cause of tapeworms–the worms that look like pieces of rice on your pet's bottom or in their bedding? The first thing your pet will do when bitten by a flea is chew at the spot where he or she is bitten. Often, this results in your pet swallowing the flea. Fleas carry the larvae (babies) of the tapeworm and these larvae will mature into adult tapeworms inside your pet's intestines.
Prevention is the perfect answer to these problems. You may not be able to control all of the parasites in your environment, but you can control protecting your pet year-'round. There are many products available for both dogs and cats. Talk to your veterinarian and decide which prevention products will work best for your pet, environment, schedule and budget. You can also consider other types of preventative pet peace of mind by learning more about AKC Pet Insurance which offers a variety of plans that enable you to insure the health of your dog or cat just as you would any other family member.
For more information on keeping your dog safe from fleas and ticks, watch the video below.
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* Number Plate Modification
Posted on June 2nd, 2015 by ploughmyfield. Filed under General.
Until now I thought that modifications to the Lucas rear number plate bracket of a TE20 were done on an ad hoc basis. The photo below would prove otherwise. The picture comes from the Ferguson disk plough instruction manual and shows the rear of the tractor. It shows an extra part to the bracket allowing the rear light and number plate light to shine down instead of up. It also looks that the number plate itself has been moved up relative to the supporting bracket on the side of the mudguard.
I have noticed through my own and other peoples experience that if the light was attached below the number plate as is recommended ( the hole can be seen in the photograph) then the mower and other implements hit the reflector as they are raised to the transport position.
So does anyone have any more info or images of what the bracket modification looks like, was it an extra piece of sheet metal or a modification to the existing number plate section?
your thoughts please, better still do you have any pictures?
Until I have a definitive answer on what a bracket should look like I've made my own (see the images below). you can also download a copy of the drawings from the link so you can make your own if required. let me know if you make one and send me in a picture. I'll be posting pictures of mine once it has been laser cut, painted and fitted.
Above showing the assembled number plate bracket
Above showing an exploded view of the new bracket
above A flat pattern template of the new bracket
Above dimensions of the new bracket
Download a PDF of the bracket here: TOP LIGHT BRACKET
[update 07/09/2016]
I've been asked for a dxf file of the part so it can be cut out with a laser or plasma. So here you are. I made the original from 3mm steel but I think that is to much. As MKII, I would use 2mm or even 1.5mm.
Download a DXF of the bracket here: TOP LIGHT BRACKET DXF (ZIP)
* Lucas FT57 Original
Posted on November 7th, 2013 by ploughmyfield. Filed under General.
I bought this week an original Lucas FT57 headlight as fitted to a Ferguson tractor. It still has most of it's grey paint on.
Look closely at the lens and the bar that runs on the inside of the lens.
I do currently have an FT57 headlight fitted to my tractor but it wasn't originally fitted to a Tractor. Look closely at the second picture of the light fitted to my tractor. note the lens and lack of bar inside the light.
SO now the dilemma, the light I currently have fitted has been chromed and although not original adds a bit of bling to an otherwise grey tractor. I think I've got used to the shiny chrome. so should I replace it with the FT57 I have just bought and move the chrome one to the plough light at the back or replace it with the newly purchased original FT57. Or what I think I'm going to do is replacing the internals of the chrome light with the Original lens and bar inside. Then use the original outer and not right internals on the plough lamp at the back.
* Lucas FT57 Bulbs
Posted on September 4th, 2013 by ploughmyfield. Filed under General.
* The Lucas Lighting Set No. 302
Posted on August 22nd, 2011 by ploughmyfield. Filed under Lighting, Manuals.
The reign of the Lucas Cyclops lighting set came to an end in 1953 with the United Kingdom Road Transport Lighting Act. The replacement was two headlights with integrated side lights and a whole different bracket to attach the number plate at the rear. How do I know this? I've received a 12 page document issued my Lucas containing fitting instructions for the 302 lighting set. It makes for fascinating reading.
The above image, just one of many from the document, shows the routing and position of the No. 302 lighting system. What is equally interesting to me as a diesel tractor owner is the routing of the battery cables and clips between the two Lucas 6 volt batteries. The image also shows the optional hinged seat bracket. I just can't put this document down and keep picking it up to check or investigate any number of aspects.
I find this next picture astounding, it shows the position the front lights should be mounted if a loader was fitted. It uses the standard brackets turned upside down and bent to suit.
A big thank you to Mr G. Reeve for contacting me with this item.
I have had two original instruction sheets sent to me. I don't need two and wondered if anyone wanted to buy one of these original Lucas documents? If you are interested then please get in touch. – item has now been sold
Posted on April 20th, 2009 by ploughmyfield. Filed under Lighting.
I am the very proud owner of a FT57 a 7″ diameter headlamp as fitted to the bonnet of Ferguson Tractor.
You can see it here with the bracket attached to the base. This bracket attaches to the front of the bonnet.
The light looks Fab in chrome but it should be grey! I just don't know I can bring myself to paint it.
How did I come to own the light. I had an email from a reader Nick Lovell. He got in touch asking if one of the readers would be interested in the lamp. Unfortunately the lamp advert never made it for you lot to think about buying as I bought it. I was particularly impressed with Nick's outlook. He didn't want to sell the item on eBay as he didn't want it to go to the highest bidder but someone who would appreciate it. I hope I can do that Nick. Nick is setting up a website to sell vintage car parts. He says its a pass time and the money isn't the main reason for doing it. " prefer to put the right part on the correct vehicle and as long as I cover my costs, thats fine as this is a hobby mainly and gives me satisfaction when I can achieve that."
Nicks website www.heglo.co.uk I've asked him to get in touch if he has any other lighting items suitable for a Ferguson.
Thanks Nick.
* Lighting
Posted on January 30th, 2009 by ploughmyfield. Filed under General.
I've updated the lighting page. Let me know what you think by leaving a comment to this post. click on the comments button just below this post and check out the new lighting section on the right.
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LONDON — After a frenzied, middle-of-the-night scramble by the global news media for strategic real estate outside Buckingham Palace and an hourslong wait in the cold, the much-anticipated announcement finally came: A 95-year-old man was retiring.
That would be Prince Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, the gaffe-prone but grumpily endearing and loyal husband of Queen Elizabeth II for almost 70 years — the longest royal union in British history — who has served the country for nearly as long.
"His royal highness the Duke of Edinburgh has decided that he will no longer carry out public engagements from the autumn of this year. In taking this decision, the duke has the full support of the queen," read the terse statement from the palace, which gave no reason for the retirement.
It added that the queen's role would be unchanged, and that while Prince Philip would retreat from public view, he might occasionally attend public events.
Minutes earlier, outside the palace, more than a dozen television crews and assembled journalists from Britain, the United States, France, Japan, Canada, New Zealand and Australia had been watching for even the slightest clue about what was happening. Speculation was rife — unfounded, as it turned out — that Prince Philip or the queen might be dead.
The flag atop Buckingham Palace was at full staff, signaling that the queen was fine and at home. Beyond the possibility that there would be an announcement of a royal death — an event that would be carefully choreographed after years of preparation — various other possibilities were discussed in whispers. Could it be an abdication crisis? Some sort of security threat at one of the queen's many lavish homes? A palace decoration emergency?
At one point, a group of royal-looking horses trotted by, galvanizing a flock of photographers into action. False alarm.
"This is more exciting than the election," said Rachael Venables, a reporter for LBC, a London-based talk radio station, alluding to Britain's somewhat lackluster coming general election, which Prime Minister Theresa May and her Conservative Party are widely expected to win handily.
The news media scrum was touched off by a report in The Daily Mail, a British tabloid, that all members of the queen's staff had been ordered to a meeting in London, and that employees from royal residences across the country would be in attendance.
The Daily Mail described the meeting as "highly unusual," and Buckingham Palace's silence on the matter early in the morning allowed rumors to flourish. A palace official said that such gatherings happened every now and then, and that there was "no reason for alarm."
The Sun, Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid, erroneously published an unfinished obituary of Prince Philip on its website for a few minutes Thursday morning. The headline read: "Prince Philip dead at 95, how did the Duke of Edinburgh die, etc etc."
"We are mortified this happened," a Sun executive later said.
An announcement was rumored to be coming at 8 a.m., and when it failed to arrive, BBC television news said its top story of the morning was the sharp rise in eating disorders among men. Palace gardeners could be seen jovially going about their chores. Tourists near the palace asked what all the fuss was about.
Adding to the confusion was the fact that the queen and Prince Philip had performed duties on Wednesday: The queen met with Mrs. May, and the prince cut a ribbon to open a new stand of seats at a cricket ground. If a royal personage had died, the palace was behaving with remarkable stoicism.
Members of the royal family are beloved fixtures in Britain, and speculation about royal health has been simmering for months. The prince was ill over the holidays, while the queen, who is 91, was not seen in public for nearly a month after missing church services on Christmas and New Year's Day because of what Buckingham Palace described as a persistent cold.
A former naval officer, Prince Philip has earned a reputation as a royal workhorse and a steadfast spouse to the queen, even as he has sometimes come under criticism for making rude and occasionally out-of-place remarks.
During a trip to Canada in 1976, he had this to say: "We don't come here for our health. We can think of other ways of enjoying ourselves."
In 1986, while on an official visit to China, he told a group of British exchange students living in the city of Xi'an that if they stayed much longer, "you'll all be slitty-eyed."
In 1995 on a visit to Scotland, he met a driving instructor. "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to pass the test?" he asked.
Yet despite his propensity for political incorrectness, on Thursday he came in for praise, the memory of earlier embarrassments perhaps blunted by the sheer stamina and longevity of the foreign-born prince as he gets closer to 100. Mrs. May offered him "our deepest gratitude and good wishes."
Prince Philip's essentially diplomatic role as royal consort did not come naturally, even as he has served as a patron, a president or a member of more than 780 organizations.
When interviewed by The Independent in 1992, he reflected with characteristic bluntness on his various honorary functions, including roles on a committee on coinage and at the wildlife charity WWF.
"It was not my ambition to be president of the Mint Advisory Committee. I didn't want to be president of WWF. I was asked to do it," he said, before adding, "I'd much rather have stayed in the navy, frankly."
A nephew of King Constantine I of Greece, Prince Philip was born in 1921 on the dining room table of a villa on the Greek island of Corfu.
Known for his passion for the rugged outdoors, he represents an era when Britain ruled large parts of the world and gentlemen wore their lack of visible emotion like a badge of honor. That style has been blamed for making him a distant figure in the lives of his children, particularly Prince Charles, the heir to the throne.
There has also been speculation about his marriage to the queen.
When asked by The Independent about rumors of infidelity, he replied wryly: "Have you ever stopped to think that for the last 40 years, I have never moved anywhere without a policeman accompanying me? So how the hell could I get away with anything like that?"


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Monday, January 13, 2014
Ready to Quilt!
How I baste my quilts...
I am always a little afraid to admit how I do things, thinking that the quilt police may come after me. But I figure that I have basted and quilted more than 100 quilts and table runners this way, and it works for me. If it isn't broke, why fix it?
With that said, I use small T-pins to pin my backing to the floor wrong side up. Then I lay my batting over it and use Sullivan's Basting Spray on the back of the batting one half at a time. Then I lay my quilt top over the batting. I use the spray again. (I only use safety pins if I have minky for the backing.)
I know some people are concerned about the over spray of the basting spray. I am just very careful to always point the spray towards the center of the quilt. If I push lightly on the spray then it doesn't really have much over spray. (Plus I figure if I get my carpet a little, I can just use my big carpet cleaner.) My husband knows I do this, and he has never complained. :o)
It looks like this:
Then I take out the T-pins and trim the batting and backing about a half inch away from the edge of the top. I have found that the layers do not shift much and that half inch is enough room for me. (I have less problems with the backing flipping over and getting caught in the quilting this way.) The first thing I will do when quilting is put on my walking foot and use a basting stitch around the edge.
This is what it looks like after trimming:
This is my Double Slice layer cake quilt. I added more of the beige background as a border to make the blue rectangles float. Cheetah and I will probably call this quilt "Seeing Double." He didn't approve of some of the other names I came up with, like "Blue Whimsy."
I also basted this baby quilt which I added borders to. Cheetah named this one, "Winter Joy."
Then I decided to pull out two of the quilt tops my sister-in-law made. (She passed away nearly 8 years ago.) I figured that I would quilt her tops this year as I am busting my stash. That way I am using her fabrics to finish these quilts which will go to her boys when the time is right.
The first one is this "Warm Winter Mittens" quilt.
The second one is this Northern Wind star variation quilt.
I wanted to add that I do not normally baste more than one quilt at a time anymore. I find that if I machine quilt a quilt right after basting without folding it, then I get less tucks and puckers. But I am being careful about where I lay them to prevent that. Here they are all stacked up in my craft room on the cutting table:
And here are the bindings (and the quilt hanger for the mittens quilt) all ready to go. I thought it was funny that I have one binding each with 4, 5, 6, and 7 strips. The quilts are all different sizes.
Now, my mom's machine is all set up and I am ready to get quilting. Thanks, Deb, for the idea about this Ikea light. ;) I am so excited to get busy!
I wonder how many I can finish this week...
P.S. Please let me know if anyone wants more pictures of my basting process.
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Jasmine, I pin my quilt sandwiches the same way, except I use safety pins instead of spray. I, too, only leave about a half inch to an inch of batting around the quilt, but I don't trim until it's quilted. I don't normally baste the edges but the last quilt I quilted the back shrunk more than the from so from now on I'll be using a basting stitch around the edges. What a lot of progress you made on that eye candy. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 14, 2014 at 2:07 AM
Before I got my long arm, I use to spray baste my quilts too. I found it much easier than dealing with the bulk of pins. 505 adhesive spray is great stuff!ReplyDelete
Your quilts are darling!
Happy quilting to you! I have a bad knee so basting on the floor is not my thing. My cutting table is big enough to baste most of my projects on and I have a couple of folding tables in the garage for bigger ones. I've been trying to break my addiction to spray basting by pinning some smaller ones. I drape a plastic drop cloth over my table to catch the overspray and use a bit of Goo Be Gone on the laminate floor when needed.ReplyDelete
I love having a few quilts basted and ready to go... Doing them in batches works well for me. I drape them over a futon in the family room or use pants hangers over the top of my design wall.
Your quilts are wonderful! I have used basting spray, spray and pins and pins. I always end up going back to just pins. I also do not leave a lot of extra around my quilts. The last one I did, I was barely eeking out enough for the quilt. It did work out but I was holding my breath!! :)ReplyDelete
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It is very important to understand that if you have been suffering from heel pain it may not be "Plantar fasciits." That is why it is important to be evaluated by a Foot Specialist to make sure you have not been given the wrong diagnosis which could delay the resolution of heel pain. Here are other causes of heel pain that we see in our practice.
•Plantar Fasciosis (Fasciitis)
•Infracalcaneal Fat Pad Atrophy
•Medical Calcaneal Nerve Entrapment
•Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
•Rheumatoid Arthritis
•Reiter's syndrome
•Ankylosing spondylitis
•Posterior Enethesopathies
•Behet's syndrome
•Lateral Plantar N. branch to ADQ
•Calcaneal Stress fracture
•Calcaneal tumors/cysts
•Intraosseous edema of calcaneus


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The federal government in Germany is skeptical of this upswing. The vaporized liquid is composed of the fumigation agent propylene glycol, which is indeed approved as a food additive but cannot cause respiratory irritation if inhaled. For this reason, the federal government wants to ban the e-cigarette for children and adolescents not to encourage a possible addictive behavior.


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The artist behind the project told BuzzFeed he wanted to explore what style and identity means to different generations.
1. Qozop, an artist from Singapore, was struck by the generational and cultural divide in his country.
2. With that in mind, he decided to show the stark difference through an unusual photography project.
3. "I came to the realization that although Singapore, and much of Asia, have become westernized to a large degree, it is still possible to witness its generational and cultural divides through the clothes that we wear," he told BuzzFeed.
4. Qozop said he wanted to flip the idea of "what style and identity means by making the participant[s] swap clothes".
5. He made young people swap their everyday clothing with their parents or grandparents.
6. He added: "I hope that what people take away from my project is not just a lesson in fashion, but rather one in the understanding of self."
7. His project has proved popular and he has plans to expand its reach by taking it overseas.
8. His favourite snap? "If I really had to pick one, my favourite image would be the grandma with the lady in a blue dress standing by the window. Only because that is my grandma in the picture!"
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Walking Thunder: In the Footsteps of the African Elephant
Please join BookHampton as we welcome photographers Cyril Christo and Marie Wilkinson to our Sag Harbor store on Saturday, October 24 at 5:00pm. They have created a brilliant photographic essay that brings us into the lives of the glorious African elephant.
Death Becomes Them: Unearthing the Suicides of the Brilliant, the Famous, and the Infamous
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Also on Saturday, October 24, BookHampton is looking forward to a discussion with Alix Strauss, whose book is a unique literary investigation of the lives and deaths of some of history's most interesting personalities. She'll be at our East Hampton store at 5:00pm.
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As the all time leader in wins are Marist College, Brian Giorgis knows how to win and handle pressure. Despite facing teams with a greater athletic advantage, his teams have twice lead the country in the fewest turnovers committed. A direct result of how they are able to break pressure defenses.
Beginning with a checklist of how to attack each type of pressure, Coach Giorgis creates an attacking style of play allowing any player who touches the ball during the press break to have three options: one behind them, one in the middle, and one ahead of them. He uses these concepts to demonstrate how to beat a diamond, 1-2-2, 2-2-1, 1-3-1, and 2-1-2 full court press.
Roles and Responsibilities
Coach Giorgis begins with each player's role and responsibility within the press attack. He uses his 1-4, or Regular, set up to break any style of press. The purpose of the 1-4 set is to create mismatches in the open court along with advantages once you get past half court. Against a diamond, he demonstrates how to enter the ball into the wing, point guard, or post player and still feel confident that you will be able to attack the press every time down the floor.
Press Breaks vs Odd and Even Fronts
Using the same set up, he demonstrates how to attack various presses. By distorting the middle defender once the ball has entered play, your players will learn to read that ball reversal or skip passes are important in creating every mismatch. As you look to attack each press, your point guards and off guards must know what to do with ball once they cross half court. Picking up the ball just past half court is not an option that he emphasizes.
Once your team has mastered how to beat full court pressure defenses using the 1-4 Regular set, he gives you multiple options for when your opponents make adjustments to your press attack. With a Florida option, he demonstrates how to bring all of your players close the baseline and run the straight out away from the rim allowing you to get set into your Regular press attack. He will also demonstrate several out of bounds sets that you can use to break man pressure in the full court.
Leading the country two years in fewest turnovers is a tough assignment for any team. Coach Giorgis has mastered a press attack. His ability to teach his players to read the defense and come away with a scoring opportunity is one of the best in the country.
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UseDesign elements for exterior and interior.
ApplicationsResidential, urban, commercial, corporate, parks, gardens.
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Individual. Handmade. Swisspearl material processing.
Cut to length, hammered, smoothed and spread, the raw material is crafted manually and shaped with great sensitivity until highly expressive and durable masterpieces emerge. Each of which constitutes a one-off in its own idiosyncratic right and bears the personal signature of the designer.
Light and unbreakable, water-impermeable, long-lasting, frost and fire-resistant, not to mention entirely recyclable. In a nutshell, fiber cement from Swisspearl. Natural, regional raw materials guarantee short transport distances and the material's qualitative characteristics not only include a strongly pronounced innovative spirit, but also resource protection and pollutant minimization.
The Seater
The Seater is among the latest furniture pieces offered by Swisspearl, for garden and outdoor areas. The seat, created by the Slovenian architect and designer Tina Rugelj, persuades with its simple silhouette.
|80 x 70 x 63cm
|37 kg
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The Seater forms a part of the Concrete Garden outdoor furniture collection. The collection reveals another side of concrete aesthetics, transforming cold material into elegant shapes; and thin objects into strong structures. Made of natural fiber cement, it is strong enough to endure any weather conditions. The form of the Seater takes advantage of the unique qualities of fiber cement: the thinness, minimum roundness, and strength of the material. The Seater is produced with either a left or right armrest. The two variants can be combined to create a two-seater chair. Seater is made out of 16-mm-thin fiber cement and celebrates the look and feel of raw concrete. Tiny imperfections are visible on the surface and the material gains a noble patina as it ages.
The Seater represents the spirit of the Concrete Garden collection. The Design Society of Slovenia honored the Concrete Garden collection as the Best Furniture design of the year 2013. It was published in several international media, such as the Financial Times, and CNN Style selected it as one of the top ten design products of 2015.
Cloth Table
The Cloth Table combines state of art technologies and functionality to create an exclusive object suitable for any space. The cloth table is a collaboration between the design firm Hybreed and Swisspearl.
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Its design represents an innovative approach to furniture design introducing digital manufacturing techniques in combination with conventional crafts. The furniture is made of natural fiber concrete, the form combined with the technique of fabrication give at the same time a sense of lightness and rigidity.
The design comes from research on material, performance simulation and robotic fabrication. The main purpose was to achieve a design shaped by gravity and natural forces using physics engines. Those simulations, combined with prototyping and materials research, led to sculptural design. The process of fabrication and especially the experimental approach was one of the key features of the project, enhancing the innate value of the material. The computational approach follows and highlights the qualities of the material regarding aesthetics and structural properties allowing the creation of a unique table. The complex double-curved shape for the molds has been 3dprinted in sand to have the maximum precision achievable. The project has been engineered by hybreed and 3D printed by Voxeljet in Germany.
Materials have been the starting point of the research since the early phases. Concrete Canvas has been used for testing material properties akin to concrete but easier to shape in an unconventional way. The further developments of the project led to fiber reinforced concrete as a more affordable and resistant material with better mechanical performances and finishing qualities. The fabrication process was part of the design and has been taken into account since the early design stages. The final design was the result of several tests and prototypes and long research on the material performances.
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Just CrossStitch Halloween 2016
I look forward to every year the output of the number of Just Cross Stitch dedicated to Halloween, because always sympathetic, festively scary and full of ideas and colors. Also this year I was not disappointed! The excellent publication, full of ideas from the simplest to the most demanding, with clear explanations and well-made schemes. The works are proposed every year on the leitmotif of "Scary Cat" and then I like them even more so, since I'm a big cat lover! You can not miss to thank Casa Cenina for the punctuality and quality of service!


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Motion Graphics and its benefits.
Motion graphics is another form of 2D animation, basically and it is the combination of graphic design and animation. It is not an easy task to explain and convey information involving data, numbers, processes, and statistics. Grabbing the audience's attention by presenting information chock full of data and numbers is difficult. By using motion graphics, we turn complicated and boring information into simplified and beautified information.
When and where do I use Motion Graphics?
When you need to present complex or lengthy information, Motion Graphics helps you explain your idea in a simplified way using animated icons, graphics, and text.
A Motion Graphic Video will walk the viewer through a series of simple shapes, objects, and texts, breaking down complicated subjects and make it easy to understand. The colorful graphic designs also make it highly engaging for the users.
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Well, is everyone enjoying the Olympics? We thought it wasn't gonna be first rate because the news people said that it was being done on the cheap. We were prepared to see one that wasn't up to snuff, but we've watched a lot and really enjoyed it. The facilities seemed to be done well, though the water that they showed on TV was gross and the housing had big problems. But the "news" is pretty much worthless. I guess we mostly watch it outta habit.
Anyway, we've really been enjoying it. It sure beats the junk and reruns that are usually on.


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About two years ago, I started listening to audiobooks on my commute. It made an unbelievable difference to having to sit in Orange County traffic for two to three hours a day. I've never been a car reader – I get carsick – and, obviously, I can't read when I'm the one driving. But listening to audiobooks makes me feel like I'm accomplishing something in that time, and I don't feel like I'm wasting a huge chunk of my day. If you have a long commute, I highly recommend trying audiobooks – you can listen to fun stories, learn a new language, hear about historical and contemporary events from all over the world, or explore all different genres of fiction. I've listened to quite a few audiobooks over the years, and since I recently started working full time, and therefore listening to more audiobooks again, I thought I'd recommend some of my favorite listens. I also love listening to audiobooks while I knit, paint my nails, or just when I feel like reading, but my eyes need a break.
Audiobooks provide an entirely different experience from reading a book. I find my enjoyment of each audiobook depends, not just on the book itself, but on it's narrator. I've experienced narrators who annoy me so badly I have to turn them off, ones who have a magical ability to put me to sleep within five minutes, and others who transform the story into something completely wonderful and unique. Obviously, the books below fit into the latter category.
The audiobook I am currently enjoying, and the one that inspired this post is Gloria Steinem's My Life on the Road, narrated by Debra Winger and Gloria Steinem. This is not a book I would have picked up on my own. But when I heard Emma Watson had started a feminist book club, I had to join, and this was the first pick. I'm only about halfway through, but I absolutely love it! It's a great listen, and it definitely has given me a lot of things to think about. I highly recommend it!
When I start to an audiobook and fall in love with it, I tend to get a physical copy of the book as well because it's a bit faster to read, and then I switch back and forth. That's what I did with The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North, narrated by Peter Kenney. This book started off a little slow, but turned into something amazing. And the narration is great! I actually spent an hour driving around aimlessly because I wanted to keep listening to it. So good!
One of the most beautifully narrated audiobooks I've ever listened to is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, narrated by Allan Corduner. The book is told from the perspective of death, and the narration is just so perfectly haunting! If you haven't read this book yet, or if you're thinking about rereading it, you should definitely give the audiobook a shot!
Speaking of perfect narrators, I absolutely love with authors read their own books. Neil Gaiman actually reads most of the audiobooks for most of his books, and he does an incredible job. I've listened to Stardust, The Graveyard Book, Coraline, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and Neverwhere. All of them are amazing (though Neverwhere is my favorite). And, though it's technically not an audiobook, if you enjoyed Neverwhere, check out the BBC radio full-cast version – it's perfect!
Some other books I think have great narrators are The Hundred Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais, narrated by Neil Shah; Yes Please by Amy Poehler, narrated by Amy Poehler and a bunch of other awesome people; I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, narrated by Archie Panjabi; and Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan, narrated by Ari Fliakos.
And, finally, my favorite audiobook series is the Red Rising trilogy by Pierce Brown, narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds. I love the books, and have read them multiple times, in both hard copy and audiobook form. I am so excited that Reynolds is doing the final book in the series, because he does such a great job!
I'm sure I will have more favorites soon (maybe I'll do an updated post in a few months), but these are the best I've listened two in the last couple of years. I get all of my audiobooks on Audible – if you listen to a lot of them, I highly recommend it.
If you have any audiobook recommendations, I would love to hear them!


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Rob Bagby's Blog has Moved to www.RobBagby.com
I have moved my blog from http://blogs.msdn.com/bags to www.robbagby.com. For the short term, I will be publishing summaries of my posts on blogs.msdn.com, with a link pointing to the full post on www.robbagby.com. If you are subscribing to my blog, please subscribe to this rss. Thanks!
Taking My Medicine
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MSDN Events in September
As you may already know, we in the West Region have been working hard preparing for the next round of MSDN Events. Personally, I have put together a great session on building professional business applications with Silverlight 3. My goal with this session was to illustrate the use and value of various design patterns when…
Working with Azure Table Storage from PHP
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Hosting a PHP Application in Windows Azure
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Michael Jackson Memorial being broadcasted using Silverlight and IIS Smooth Streaming
Today, July 7th, at 10AM PT, 1PM ET, we are broadcasting the Michael Jackson memorial, live in HD from the Staples Center in Los Angeles using IIS Smooth Streaming and Silverlight to the world. Please visit: http://inmusic.ca/news_and_features/Michael_Jackson to find the embedded player experience.
PHP and IIS: Running PHP under Fast CGI and Url Rewriting
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Best of MIX Phoenix – Tim Heuer and Dan Wahlin speaking
I am psyched to announce that Tim Heuer (Community Program Manager for Silverlight) and Dan Wahlin (MVP, Consultant and Author) will be joining me to present at the "Best of MIX" MSDN Unleashed event in Phoenix on May 18th. Details for the event are below. Please make sure you register for the event. What's…
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Ryan Conway plays Mugsy in Julian Richards' film Summer Scars. I interviewed Ryan on set in South Wales in August 2006.
What sort of character is Mugsy?
"He's a wimp. He gets pushed over by everyone really. He gets bullied, he's a scaredy-cat, I guess. And he's really like laid back. I want to protect Leanne, which is Amy, but I can't because I'm a wuss."
How old are you and how old is Mugsy?
"I'm fourteen and Mugsy is thirteen."
How did you get this role?
"First I went for an audition where everyone went. We had a few scenes there. Then people went for separate auditions but I couldn't go because I was away. So then they made another audition for me, Jon and my brother who's playing Ben. I went and got it, then I realised I'd got the part of Mugsy."
What acting have you done before?
"I've done a lot of acting. Casualty, Doctor Who a few times. A new series that's coming out, Torchwood, about Captain Jack off Doctor Who."
What can you tell me about Torchwood?
"In Doctor Who, one of the last episodes, they go to a place called Torchwood, don't they. It's a bit like that, they've named it after that. I'm not really a big part in it but I've got a couple of lines. I've been on Crusade in Jeans, Welsh programmes, Welsh adverts. I was the main character in a Casualty episode."
How long have you been acting?
"Four years."
And is it something you want to make a career out of?
"Yes, definitely."
How are you enjoying Summer Scars?
"It's low budget and a few ups and downs but if it goes straight on, that means the film might not turn out as good. If you've got a few ups and downs, it helps. I think it's going to be good."
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Schneider Electric has launched its Square D 1000 VDC, heavy-duty disconnect switch for the solar market.
28 April, 2011
Power-One was the PV inverter market's largest share gainer in 2010, moving up to second in the global rankings - according to IMS Research's latest report on the market.
27 April, 2011
Ahead of the Welsh general election, RenewableUK Cymru is calling on the next Government to implement policies promoting wind, wave and tidal energy.
20 April, 2011
MPI Adventure, a purpose-built jack-up vessel for wind turbine installation, has been completed at the Cosco Qidong Shipyard in China by MPI Offshore Ltd.
15 April, 2011
RUBENIUS is establishing its global operations offices for smart grids and renewable energy activities in Dubai, UAE.
12 April, 2011
The European FC-HyGuide project aims to develop Guidance Documents for life cycle assessment (LCA) studies on hydrogen production and fuel cell technologies. The draft Guidance Documents are open for public consultation during April 2011.
12 April, 2011
In the UK, ITM Power has announced the sale of its first small-scale bespoke hydrogen production system, to the University of Glamorgan, under a competitive tender process.
12 April, 2011
The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) will transfer some of the research activities that were previously conducted within its Hydrogen and Clean Fossil Fuels unit to HyET BV, Hydrogen Efficiency Technologies in Arnhem.
08 April, 2011
The Global Smart Grid Federation (GSGF) has emphasised the importance of expanding collaboration between the private sector and global governments to increase investment in smart grids worldwide.
05 April, 2011
In the UK, AFC Energy has signed a commercial memorandum of understanding with the John Lewis Partnership, to evaluate the economic potential of using its alkaline fuel cell to generate low-carbon electricity for Waitrose supermarkets and John Lewis retail stores.
05 April, 2011
Global solar photovoltaic (PV) inverter revenues reached US$1.6 billion in Q4'10, 24% lower than the previous quarter, but 30% higher than in Q4'09, according to IMS Research.
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Fever Ray - "The Wolf"
Fever Ray is reserved for Karin Dreijer Andersson's darker, gothic explorations, lacking any of the upbeat electro beats she constructs with her brother Olof under the moniker The Knife. Unless you count their recent opera about Charles Darwin, Tomorrow, In A Year, or their two-track EP Seeds – all of which was recorded with Planningtorock and Mt. Sims – than we really haven't heard anything relevant from the gifted Swede, until now.
"The Wolf," taken from Catherine Hardwicke's upcoming Red Riding Hood film, is a revival of that ominous Fever Ray sound, plentiful in distortion and reverb, eerie devices and Andersson's irresistibly icy vocals. It's more explosive than anything from her debut as Fever Ray, with sinister bass lines and screeching brass instrumentals that only become more and more terrifying. I'd watch the movie just to hear it being played.
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Have a good swimming like cruising in a luxury liner in the 2,200 m2 borderless swimming pool at the attic of the hotel's annex building, benefiting from the extension design which makes it in the close proximity to the sea. Make sure you have the supreme romance from your time of vacation.
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Choreography by: Peter Martins
Music by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Les Petits Riens ("Little Nothings") is choreographed to a ballet score of the same name composed by Mozart in Paris for the French choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810), ballet master of the Paris Opera. The ballet is being performed as part of New York City Ballet's contribution to the bicentennial commemoration of the great composer's death, during which all of his compositions will be performed at Lincoln Center. The original ballet was danced as an interlude during Niccolo Piccini's opera Le Finte Gemelle, and Mozart's connection with the work was little known and the score was only discovered in the library of the Paris Opera at the end of the nineteenth century. Martins' Les Petits Riens is a ballet for four couples; the costumes are by Barbara Matera and the lighting is by Mark Stanley.


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Politics: My Views
I will here answer, as best I can, what do my strong arts- and myth-based sentiments suggest I should be thinking politically?
Very basically, I think a government's main areas of concern are the economy and law. The economy VIS how tax revenue should be spent to maintain the organs of the state, and the law insofar as instituting the laws by which this state functions.
Firstly, these fields are mostly irrelevant to the arts, mythology, psychology and, finally, life as it is lived – the experience of life. As Thomas Mann said, "The essential thing in life… never is even touched by political means." Money and law basically do not affect these things either.
We might not be able to afford to mount musicals or shoot movies but poverty cannot stop us from telling stories, sharing experiences, cracking jokes, humming tunes, painting pictures or relating to one another or even just ourselves. (Money can buy luxurious mansions (and other "premium" possessions) but these have no direct link to what I am calling the fundamentals of life experience: love, truth, honesty, loyalty, purpose, meaning, fulfilment.)
Also, you cannot legislate against (or for) feelings of fulfilment any more than you can copyright an idea. Laws can prohibit the particular expression of an idea, and they can encourage or discourage certain behaviours but life experience is not in essence substantial – it is not a thing in itself that can be handled, or arrested – and so does not come under the jurisdiction of the law.
Of course, neglecting the financial to the extent of starvation can be destructive to life. So can voting in some fanatical leader who takes over and kills everyone. An unhealthy and destructive political system can cause no end of grief, but so can a diseased and destructive liver complaint. I am suggesting that politics should be monitored closely and fought for valiantly when life itself is at stake. Otherwise, let's chill out, party, have the occasional drink – it really does not matter a huge deal.
Australian politics in recent years has been so delightfully middle-ground and therefore, in my view, unremarkably healthy however you want to look at it that I don't think it bears getting overly worked up about. Yes, I know it sounds blasé.
But consider what a fully informed choice involves – for starters, a good look at party policies. And what do we find? More or less lopsided, fanciful or ridiculous ideas in the smaller parties and in the major parties we find general promises stated in vague terms – obviously appealing for votes from, in the end, more or less entirely divergent voters.
(But, to be fair, what is promised cannot be specific for who knows what the future brings? Circumstance and opposition may always obstruct the best laid plans – or maybe the party in power was just incompetent or "a pack of two-faced liars". Who can say? So it is necessary to save face and be a little noncommittal in the campaign material.)
The parties are groups. Groups are notoriously unreliable in general (cf. just about any institution). A promise made by a group naturally comprised of differing individuals will almost certainly be broken. Why? Because management will reshuffle, the world outside will change, the members of the group will fluctuate – in who they are let alone in what they, if anything, believe. This is a fact of life.
Political rules, laws, economic plans, and even logic cannot hold sway over what actually happens because the mysterious powers known variously as feelings, experiences, guesses, desires, fears, anticipations, impressions, and chance play the larger part. Of course this does not mean that we should give up trying to make sense of it all; we should attempt the amusingly dubious task of making an "informed choice" but it really should be approached playfully – it is not, in nice little Aussieland, a matter of cataclysmic importance. Politics is, democratically, a bit of a lark really and works only because it is such a civilized, wibbly-wobbly mess.
If anything, the arts suggest that nothing can be meaningful unless it means something to the individual, on the level of the human, not of the group, the party, the nation or any "organised collective". And the group is always made up of individuals, in fact, some might say that the more individual are its members, the greater the strength of the group – perhaps not in keeping promises (read, predicting the future) but certainly in terms of keeping afloat.
This suggests that we should vote according to who the individuals are and how effective they are at well-considered back-stabbing. Foolish individuals will yield foolish party decisions and over-confidence or lack of flexibility will result in a government out of touch with the changing world, stiff and rigid until it finally cracks. (And yes, flexibility is that pesky propensity to break promises and replace leaders.)
I have my tongue in cheek of course as this way of thinking is finally impossible to quantify. How do we judge who a politician is? By her public or private life? We are trying to measure her wisdom and flexibility, both of which do not have objective criteria. Never mind that we all judge on different standards, all we have to go on are biased election flyers and more or less prejudiced media articles. How finally do we "know" another human being? We need at least to meet them, properly to get to know them. Do we all have the time, let alone the means, let alone the inclination, to do this?
This is clearly impractical. I say vote on necessity (will this political party kill us all or not?) and if that is not at issue then vote according to whim. Personally, I like to take a step back and vote according to "leaning direction" assuming that, all differences eventuating, a left-leaning party is less likely to about face so drastically that they will lean right (or at least so much in the opposite direction that they are likely to out-lean their opposition) or vice versa.
We all share in a capacity for experiencing life however that experience my vary, and the arts may suggest that these variations are to be valued not neglected or expunged. This suggests an affinity with the left-wing idea of social equality but it could also be equated with right-wing principles of independence and 'every man for himself'.
Conversely, the right-wing concept of 'the end justifies the means' is certainly averse to the artistic sentiment, but then again the ideal leftist 'nanny state' can encourage a group complacency that seems to hide from mature life experience.
On the face of it I vote left simply because I would rather have an incompetent nanny in government rather than a more or less malignant and crusty old miser, but honestly – they are clearly married to each other.


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Consumers Not Enthusiastic about Digital Wallets
Americans are simply not that enthusiastic about the digital wallet.
Despite the development of Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, and a number of other independent digital wallet services, Americans aren't taking to virtual payments as expected, according to a new study from Gallup.
Gallup broke consumers into three categories: fully engaged (willing to go out of their way to use their favorite digital wallet), indifferent (emotionally neutral about their digital wallet), and actively disengaged (willing to switch wallets at a moment's notice).
The reports showed 30% of fully engaged consumers used their digital wallets at every possible opportunity during the last 30 days, compared to 12% of indifferent users and 2% of disengaged consumers. 48% of fully engaged customers said they used the wallet in supermarkets, followed by 21% at convenience stores, 27% at department stores, and 25% at specialty stores.
With regards to adopting to a new digital payment service, fully engaged consumers were highly likely to adopt a product from the same provider, but almost equally unlikely to adopt to a product from a different provider. For instance, 96% of people who were fully engaged in Apple Passbook said they were likely to switch to Apple Pay in the next 12 months, but 82% of fully engaged users for competing products said they were very unlikely to switch in the next year.
The study reached some conclusions on how digital wallet providers can help consumers to become more engaged:
* Make users feel special by offering special discounts on items that are relevant to the customer's preferences or transaction history.
* Make it easy to use by making the digital wallet simple to install, upgrade, learn and use. In addition, consumers just want to use one digital wallet.
* Consumers want the digital wallet to be a source of convenience as well as almost becoming a financial assistant. Users would like the wallet to provide a transaction history to help consumers better manage their spending, or alert them if a transaction exceeds a certain amount.


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Qualcomm's latest chipset is the Snapdragon 821, which is not a huge upgrade from the Snapdragon 820, but it is a nice upgrade. It's already available in a few smartphones like Google's Pixel and Pixel XL, as well as LeEco's Le Pro3. Now, according to Qualcomm, OnePlus is working on something that is powered by the Snapdragon 821, as they confirmed on Twitter this morning. Stating "Something new from OnePlus is on the way…and it's powered by our #Snapdragon 821 processor. Stay Tuned."
OnePlus has a new device coming soon. If you haven't been following the rumors and reports, it's expected to be called the OnePlus 3T, with launch pencilled in for November 14.
It's widely believed that Qualcomm is referring to the much-rumored OnePlus 3T, the upgraded version of the OnePlus 3, which was released earlier this year. Originally known as the OnePlus 3S, the 3T is said to launch at least before the end of 2016 if not November 14th. In lieu of getting a proper sequel to the OnePlus 3 right now, the OnePlus 3T seems like a nice filler device—at least until the OnePlus 4 is released next spring.
According to other leaked specifications, the phone is rumored to feature an upgraded Sony IMX395 camera sensor on the backside, 6GB of RAM, and possibly a bump in the storage with Android 7.0+ at launch. The device is expected to cost $480 which is just $80 more than the original OnePlus 3.
From a business perspective, releasing an upgraded version of the OnePlus 3 around the holidays is quite a smart move from OnePlus. It would set itself up for a major redesign/upgrade for the OnePlus 4 next year while also taking advantage of the hole left by the Samsung Galaxy Note 7.
How do you feel about OnePlus launching a new device within months of releasing the OnePlus 3? When the rumours began, a few OnePlus 3 owners expressed the feeling of betrayal, is that so with you?
Comment below.


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We leave you to be the judges:
WE ran a story last week about Sydney's beer drinking standards.
This week we tell you the story in pictures – just to drive the point home.
Fills you full of civic pride, doesn't it? Or does it underline the familiar saying that
Australians – particularly Sydney Australians – will take almost anything?
We leave you to be the judges.
– Smiths Weekly (Sydney) February 11 1950.
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The week to come is a busy busy one….
Amongst the motherly duties and volunteering that I do I have a new class promote via posters and fliers. I hope it doesn't rain this week as I really do not fancy walking around posting the fliers through doors in cold wintry rain. Monday evening? Not sure yet – might complete a choker, write a choreography (or at least start one) or have an evening off as I've got a full and busy week ahead.
On Tuesday evening I have troupe dance training/practice to go to as usual, and then on Wednesday we are all attending a baladi workshop with a fabulous dancer from the US who is here for a few days, Ranya Renee (very excited about this!) Baladi is a traditional style of belly dance, a very beautiful earthy and folky style and the workshop with Ranya will be both hard work and a great treat.
On Thursday I'll be sewing/promoting and I may well get to finish these two flower and feather headdresses:
I love making these kind of headdresses, and I have deliberately made these ones quite simply so that the pricing isn't over the top. As I have some of the base fabrics left I think I shall make another version of each but this time with more jewellery and bling attached so that customers can choose between a simple version or a mega-version. Once they are completed they'll be listed in my Etsy shop and then I really need to get on and complete the purple one that's sitting on a head in my living room….
Friday? It's Bollywood night at my daughter's school and although Bollywood dance isn't really what I do I AM the only mum prepared to get up in front of everyone and perform as well as try and get some adults up to join in with a *copy me* version of the same dance. I'm going to be doing a belly dance/bollywood fusion number that I performed in a troupe some years ago; the music is fun, and I can make the choreography a little simpler so that people can follow along more easily (note to self, I really must upload the track to my MP4 player….)
Once the Bollywood event is over I shall drop the children off at their dads for the weekend and next morning get to have that most coveted of things….a lie in!
At various points through-out this week I will be practising/reminding myself of a choreography that I shall be performing at a belly dance event (known as a Hafla) I'm going to on Saturday evening. Now that I've decided what I'm going to do I'm feeling quite happy; I couldn't decide on what to do until I realised that I have a choreo that hasn't been seen outside of my Sunday class so I'm going to use it on Saturday. As I have a small stall at the event I'll need to make sure I've got everything packed into my wheelie bag by mid afternoon so that I can do a last double check of my costume and make sure I've got everything else I need.
It's just as well I'm writing this down – I was thinking that by this time next week I'd have had a lie-in, taught a class and would have the children home, but in fact I shall be at the Hipnotic belly dance event I co-run every two months……wow, busy week it is!
As I feel as though I have been slacking on the making front I'd better point you in the direction of the 1st Unique Gifts Blog – by the time I've had a look at what everyone else has been up to I shall feel exhausted all over again but it's great to go and see what people have been doing and making – all very inspirational!


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The Arenal Volcano & La Fortuna
The Arenal Volcano & La Fortuna Waterfall
La Fortuna, Costa Rica
The Arenal Volcano & La Fortuna Waterfall – The road to La Fortuna was long and hot with temperatures topping out at 41°c. Between Aguas Zarcas and Quesada, we got stuck behind a truck maxing out around 15kph, traffic through Florencia was abysmal, and major construction on Route 142 outside Arenal stopped travel in both directions for an hour. But we couldn't complain about the Costa Rican scenery along the way.
La Fortuna is located in the hills of northwestern Costa Rica and the home and gateway to the Arenal Volcano and the national park. "When the volcano violently erupted on the morning of July 29th, 1968, it spewed ash, rocks and gas for three consecutive days. As the smoke cleared, the villages of Tabacon, Pueblo Nuevo, and San Luis were found buried under the debris, with 87 people dead. Out of this tragedy, La Fortuna (The Fortune) was born as the central town in the Arenal Volcano area."
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How To Do Pull Ups
Pull Ups Exercise
Pull ups are a fantastic compound back exercise that targets the lats, contributing to the famous V-taper that many desire.
It also recruits the biceps as helper muscles. Besides the bench press, pullups are a true test of upper body strength.
Pull Ups How To
- Locate a pull up bar and grasp the bar with an overhand grip, slightly wider than shoulder width apart.
- Before pulling down, ensure that the shoulder blades are pulled back and down.
- Once in position, pull the body up towards the bar until the chin is over the bar.
- Lower yourself slowly and then repeat the motion.
Form and Technique
Try to initiate the movement with the back before the biceps for better isolation of those back muscles.
Additionally, keep the core tight so the upper body stays rigid throughout.
Variations: Chin Ups, Neutral Grip Pull Up, Weighted Pull Ups, Assisted Pull Ups
Routine for Strength: 5 sets x AMRAP (30 secs rest between sets)
Routine for Muscle Gains: 5 sets x AMRAP (45-60 secs rest between sets)


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"Finding the Future together" – EFGS conference
October 16, 2018 - October 18, 2018
The European Forum for Geography and Statistics (EFGS) is pleased to invite you to the 11th conference on the integration of geography and statistics. The motto of this year's conference is "Finding the Future together".
The conference programme will consist of the invited keynote speakers' and participants'
presentations based on abstract submissions. We are pleased to invite experts to submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations following one of the conference themes:
— International and national cooperation
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— Quality of data – confi dence and trust
— Statistical units and area classifi cations
— Urban data – smart city
— Benefits of integration of statistics and geospatial information
The registration is open until 15 September 2018 or when the maximum number of conference participants have registered.


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I basically have a blank canvas:House built in 1975Dirt floorSmall section subfloor had to be replaced because of rotOpen ventsThere is a musty smell every once in a while after a hard rain. Have read about "sealing the crawl space". Is this something I can do on my own with the vapor barrier, sealing the vents and the access door or should I shell out the thousands of dollars to have this done.I'm almost as cheap as Pharmhog so the more I can do myself the better.
I'm almost as cheap as Pharmhog so the more I can do myself the better.
this is a topic with a lot of different opinions. also, yes, a dehumidifier will probably do what you need. i have a large crawlspace with a sump pump and a corner that still gets wets in very hard rains. i think the main issue is to have some plastic down covering the ground. i've also had a couple builders in there to look at it and basically say it looks fine with the plastic laid out.
Crawl Space Solutions of Arkansas supposedly does real good work.
The house drying out and warping is because the damage was already done. Prob could have slowly dried it out instead of more rapidly. Sealing it off from the jump is good policy. For temporary measures a sump, dehumidifier, forced air cross ventilation will help. We have had a rash of this shit in Arkansas. Crappy duct work, water under houses...no vapor barrier. Had one this summer where it was raining under the house...the condensation had soaked the floor joists. It needed new duct work, vapor barrier, and upon doing the ducts a sprinkler came on and water went everywhere so that was the main source of the problem. Crawl Space Solutions of Arkansas supposedly does real good work.EDIT: adding a couple more names. I thought there as a company in Cabot that does this but can't find them now. Superior Crawl Spaces (Little Rock)Harris Insulation could be of help as well.
i read a bunch of different opinions about this topic and it seems pretty varied among the experts. crawlspace solutions will most definitely sell you something better than what you have. kind of like anyone else that is selling a product. how much you "need" it is the real question. update with what they propose as i may look to upgrade my crawlspace at some point but i don't want to go crazy with it.
Crawl Space solutions came out and said it is definitely water entering from the outside. They recommend full encapsulationand a dehumidifier with drainage matting underneath. They also said there shouldn't be fiber glass insulation in there and instead I could choose to use R board on the walls. Additionally, he said a stone fireplace I had installed last year was sufficiently supported (it had footers but no header, I believe) and recommended a smart jack system.All in, it's about $10,500.


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One might, at first glace, assume that modern-day Jules Verne Festival might only celebrate those people and ideas that came to prominence during the long-ago day of the Mr. Verne. Oh, we're thinking H.G. Wells here, and steam-powered machines, and the inventors of self-turning cogs, and such.
But the group has broader visions, much like the writer they revere. It's dedicated to "the spirit of adventure and curiosity through entertainment." Which means that actors who have symbolized that very notion often get recognized and feted. And pilgrim, look who is next for the Festival's honors: John Wayne.
"John Wayne: Tribute to a Hollywood Legend" is scheduled for the Cinerama Dome at ArcLight Hollywood on Thursday, Nov. 10. The Jules Verne Festival has invited a bevy of Wayne enthusiasts and family members to participate. Patrick and Ethan Wayne, the star's sons, will be in attendance; other celebrities will be part of the night, says the festival organizers.
And the movie that night? "True Grit."
Tickets are now on sale, and certainly John Wayne fans should act sooner than later. But wouldn't John Wayne himself? A man of action. And certainly a man given to the high spirit of adventure, which makes the Jules Vernests the perfect people to remember the star.
General admission is $25; VIP is $45.


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Trigger/Content warning: physical violence, family violence, ponderings on survivor identity.
When I was at High School, I thought that us Asians got hit with bamboo canes, the Maori and Polynesian kids got hit with electric jug cords and broken chair legs, and the white kids got grounded and Time Out. I thought this was just a cultural thing. Different ethnic groups choice of child disciplinary tool, based on how tough each group was. The Maori and PI's were bigger and the toughest, so they got the harshest hidings. Then us Asians next. Because although we were smaller than the whites, we were much tougher. And then because the whites are the weakest and the softest, they just got grounded, banned from TV or something.
None of this was seen as child abuse until later. At least in my world. Sure it was was when someone's Dad went too far. But too far was hospitalised. Back then it just seemed natural, normal. You knew the deal, knew the consequences. You tried not to get caught, and if you did, you knew what was coming. And if your folks were in the kind of bad mood where they'd belt you one, you tried to keep out of their way. Physical violence was definitely not Real violence (bar a hospital trip), it was sexual violence that was the serious bad thing. We knew about that. Emotional or psychological violence didn't even feature. Spiritual violence wasn't a thing. That was merely your parents being parents.
I didn't know that the canings we got at home, the slaps round the head, were even worth a mention. I would never have put them under the category of physical violence. That was until I started going out with white middle class girls who weren't from 'spare the rod spoil the child' Christian families. One woman I saw for a while even cried when I told her that we got canings as a kid, and Mum and Dad slapped us round a bit when we were bad, or they were grumpy. It was awkward. I didn't know what to say. And I really didn't know why she was crying. It wasn't like she was the one who'd gotten the hidings. I made sure I didn't mention it again.
I suppose it's telling that three out of us four kids moved out of home when we turned sixteen (the legal age you can leave home in NZ). We'd outgrown the suffocating controlling rule, many migrant Asian parents feel moved to impose on their children now living in the relaxed West. And we'd also outgrown the increasing hidings Dad dished out with all the rules of his we were breaking while trying to live our new lives.
Again, I didn't think this out of the ordinary. I knew by then it was considered not a done thing by white people. And those same white people who made the laws and requirements for getting the Youth Benefit, had physical violence at home as one of the entry points. I just figured that middle class white people (and at that age, all the white people I knew were middle class), had different cultural rules. And because they weren't as tough as people of colour, were more sensitive about physical violence and therefore had to have different standards.
Fast forward a decade or so, and my girlfriend and I are sitting on the other side of the world, outside the British Natural History Museum. She reads me a paragraph from a book she's reading.
"My lover and I are two crazy survivors together; sometimes he knows how to hold me for hours when I am freaking out, and sometimes he gets freaked out by my freak out. Often it's a huge mess". - Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
It resonates in a strange uncomfortable way. Our talks range from incredibly vulnerable and healing, to a Big Fucken Angry Hurtful Mess.
'Are you saying that I'm a survivor,' I accuse, my barbs already risen.
Survivor was a term I first came across, that middle class white university feminist women used. And then later, lots of women of all ethnicities. It always meant survivor of sexual abuse. I think it still means that.
If I were to say 'I am a survivor of physical abuse,' it would ring odd and hollow for me. Like a tinny out-of-tune bell. It would feel like I considered it worse or more personalised than growing up in a white dominated, Eurocentric, Christian, body policing society. Which it doesn't. So would I bother also to say that I'm a survivor of white supremacy, heteropatriarchy and Christianity?
I sit there looking at the gargoyles perched on the huge building, and think about whether there's a connection between the physical violence of my childhood, and the rage I feel rising up that I often have to control. I thought that rage was just part of anyone with any small sense of social justice. It doesn't feel personalised to me. Then I think about how angry I feel, when I feel like I'm being controlled or policed. The over-sensitivity I have to feeling restrained and the mere whiff of having someone else's limits placed upon me.
I suppose that might be connected. That my parents physical violence was merely the most tangible aspect to their vice-like control over our movements, the friends we kept, the paths in life they wanted us to trod on, who we should marry, careers to aspire to, how we should dress, what kinds of sons and daughters, Christians, citizens and people we should be. It was the psychological coercion, emotional manipulation and spiritual violence that we grew up in that still makes me feel like hollering, smashing my fists through walls and over-turning tables. Then I start to see some connections. The layers of family violence.
The power and control wheel starts to take a new meaning. The pieces on the wheel are inter-connected, not just merely a smorgasbord selection of power trips. Maybe one thing exerted, crosses the wheel and manifests and expresses as another thing. This is probably not news to you.
So this is where I'm at at the moment. Thinking about what it would mean if I were to consider saying that I was a survivor of physical abuse. Or just a survivor of family violence. It still feels odd, like a reduction than diminishes the wider picture, paring it back into some kind of easily digestible tabloid headline. It also feels too personal.
And another part of me thinks it just seems too naf and boring to do the whole 'blame the parents' thing. I suppose it's neo-liberal individualism that's turned that one into a town crying cliché.
This is where the other stuff comes it. Sometimes it feels like the visible world of abuse and survivor politics is dominated by white middle class uni women. Where the middle classes, so estranged from their bodies, imagine that a few slaps, a couple of canings and the odd hiding or two, is absolutely the worst thing ever.
It wasn't to me. But to say that just sounds like a victim in denial. So this is where I balk. On what I feel is a slight middle class preoccupation with physical violence, not seeing that it does exist on a scale and in a context.
And to me it feels like a cop out. I get to have my physical violence banner hung and displayed, because it's the easy one. There isn't a banner for 'surviving' white supremist Christian heteropatriarchy. Else we'd all be survivors. And hell, I'm sure we all are, but then I feel like the identity and category looses it's meaning. Kinda like saying 'we're all human.' Duh. And your point about what we're going to do about ongoing structural injustice was?...
I suppose this is the bit where I should come clean a little, and tell you about (my personal take on) Chinese migrant diaspora (though I would think that this dynamic is probably much wider than just a Chinese thing) and not wanting to show weakness or admit victimhood. "Keep your head down and don't rock the boat" not only means "don't make a fuss, let things go", but also "don't bother being a victim".
Maybe some of this is intrinsic Chinese-ness, (whatever that might be) but it's also a statement about there being nothing to gain from admitting or being, or identifying as a victim. Again this probably resonates wider than just Chinese diaspora, as dominant white culture doesn't really give a shit about our coloured bodies, and the big brother cops sure as fuck aren't our big brothers. There are no sympathies or alliances to be gleaned from being positioned, or positioning in that place of victim. And I don't suppose you can be a survivor if you're not a victim first.
There's also a masculinity thing here going on for me too. Physical violence is not seen as something 'bad' for boys. Often it's seen as something to make you stronger, toughen you up. Or part of being a man. It's definitely not something to have an identity on. Well, unless you're the guy that does the beating up. Ah, the many facets of patriarchy.
At a knee jerk kind of place, it feels like the identities of being a survivor is a white middle class thing, and a woman thing. People care about middle class white women's feelings when it comes to having been victimised. Not so much other people. Well to varying degrees given the various hierarchies and historical and cultural and social contexts. But not for a Chinese boy.
And this is where I've missed a site or a framework in which to sort through the 'triggers' (I really struggle with that word...) where escaping/surviving/extracting myself from an extremely controlling childhood, results in the various blocks or responses I have to feeling controlled in my intimate relationships.
Let me try to explain, if more to myself than to you. Growing up in a physically violent home hasn't made me fear physical violence. If anything it is a known site of conflict. Pain ebbs, bruises fade and skin heals. It's the feeling of being controlled or policed or restricted that makes a hot rage.
I think this in my head, not out loud. Or maybe the rage is thinking this through my body, thumping my heart, clenching my shoulders and jaw. I clamp my cold thick walls down calming myself. Though the effect this has, means compassion and patience is sacrificed. I fake it well though. Only my girlfriend can tell I'm faking it. And my close friends. When I feel controlled or restricted, it feels like a thick dirty suffocating smog of trappedness and control descends and I have to try very hard not to throw a chair through the window. It feels choking. But I'm an adult now, and I know I'm not going to suffocate, but it doesn't stop the feeling.
In that polluting choking smog, is also the other stuff I battle, the 'You're Not Good Enough', the constant criticism and critique about every aspect of our lives. That's the mist that descends when I feel like my girlfriend is trying to control or criticise me.
It really throws a spanner in the works of our communication. The paragraph from Leah resonates more loudly now. We touch each others trip wires and then wonder why we're both so fucked off with each other about maybe a simple email, a casual comment, or dinner arrangement. It could be anything mundane and banal, but here we are, so angry, defensive and butting stubborn heads.
I get teleported back to the past, of having my life examined, controlled, restricted and criticised, and I become unable to communicate well, understand what she's saying and arrive together at a resolution we're both happy with. Because I'm full or rage and seething. It's a pesky dynamic..
I roll the term family violence around in my head and my body like a hard lolly. It resonates. It sums up the emotional landscape, the psychological labyrinth, the spiritual weaponry, as well as the physical aspects of how we grew up. Family violence also feels like a term that is located and understood structurally. That's important to me. Our family violence in a context of migrant diaspora, ongoing reaches of settler colonialism and multi-faceted patriarchies. I can stomach that.
So now I can see that my resistance and wariness is around the term 'survivor'. The difference between saying 'We grew up with family violence', and 'I'm a survivor of family violence.'
The vulnerability and courage it takes to admit and accept that the family violence we experienced has had a big enough impact to warrant an identification. That it wasn't just an aside with a few consequences. That it is significant.
I don't quite know where this exploration will end up. First I need to examine and confront the cultural barriers and masculine stalemate to the scope of 'survivor', then I can hopefully see where I'm headed or becoming. And I'm not there yet. Keep you posted.


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Stores of Note - Great Pens Stores
Delray Beach, Florida
420 S. Congress Avenue
Delray Beach, Florida
Web Site
This store always receives great feedback - a good company to do business with and one that gives you the attention you deserve when buying a pen. Like all great pen stores, they are there to support you when there are "difficulties". (Thanks: S. Spongberg)
Orlando, Florida
St. Hubert
Mall at Mellenia
4200 Conway Road
Orlando, Florida
Located near the Bloomingdales Department Store at the Mall at Mellenia, I am told this is a great store to visit. Hubert Obstgarten stocks a good selection of Montblanc pens and products as well the OMAS, Montegrappa, Visconti, Lamy, Faber-Castell, Cartier pen lines. You will also find accessories such as the Filo-Fax organizers. Good staff providing knowledge of pens all make up the high level of service. Stacie was exceptionally helpful. (Thanks, L. Terry).


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NCI Drug Dictionary
The NCI Drug Dictionary contains technical definitions and synonyms for drugs/agents used to treat patients with cancer or conditions related to cancer. Each drug entry includes links to check for clinical trials listed in NCI's List of Cancer Clinical Trials.
- rivaroxaban
An orally bioavailable oxazolidinone derivative and direct inhibitor of the coagulation factor Xa with anticoagulant activity. Upon oral administration, rivaroxaban selectively binds to both free factor Xa and factor Xa bound in the prothrombinase complex. This interferes with the conversion of prothrombin (factor II) to thrombin and eventually prevents the formation of cross-linked fibrin clots. Rivaroxaban does not affect existing thrombin levels. Check for active clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus)
US brand name: Xarelto Code name: BAY 59-7939 Chemical structure: 5-chloro-N-[[2-oxo-3-[4-(3-oxomorpholin-4-yl)phenyl]-1,3-oxazolidin-5-yl]methyl]thiophene-2-carboxamide