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NRI in Indian Squad for FIFA U-17 World CupApril 17, 2017 15:22
India is set ready to host its first ever FIFA tournament, as it is going to host Under-17 World Cup in October this year. The home squad has been boosted with the inclusion of Namit Deshpande, who is a US-based NRI scouted by the 'All India Football Federation' (AIFA) through its overseas scouting portal.
Last year, AIFA launched a website in collaboration with the Sports Authority of India, which saw young Non-Resident-Indian footballers with valid Indian passports, uploading their freestyle videos in an attempt to catch the selectors' eye. The website received about 50 applications, but it was Deshpande, son of New Jersey based architects, originally from Mumbai, who impressed the selectors most.
Deshpande first travelled to Brazil, where the Indian squad, under coach Nicolai Adam, was on an exposure trip. The coach was flattered by the youngster, who plays in the central defense. However, Adam was sacked following allegations of physical and verbal abuse by his players.
When Luis de Matos of Portugal took charge of the team, Deshpande reached the Goa camp and after flaunting his skills over a four day period, he proved that he was as good, if not better, than the boys in training.
Since 2006 Deshpande is living with his family in the United States. Before he joins the rest of the teams travel to Portugal next month, he has to handle his school assignments.
The squad is currently touring Europe and is scheduled to play a series of friendly matches in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Hungary before returning back to India for the final leg of preparations. The U-17 World Cup will be held from October 6 to 28.
Former Indian striker Abhishek Yadav along with other sports disciplines are monitoring the overseas scouting project, they receive videos from players on an everyday basis and feel that more players could follow Deshpande to break into the squad for the U-17 World Cup at home
"Just yesterday, I received two profiles, but they are from a different age group. Deshpande was the most impressive of all the players I have seen," said Yadav."He is a central defender and a very good one at that. When he came to Goa, the coach was impressed with his talent and work ethic."
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North America, Greenland, East Coast, Central Staunings Alps, Various First Ascents
Central Staunings Alps, various first ascents. Laubie Laubscher, Mark Litterick, Ken Moore, Stephen O'Sullivan, Heike Puchan-Whitworth, Brian Shackleton, Brian Whitworth, and I comprised the Scottish Mountaineering Club expedition to Scoresby Land in North East Greenland National Park. We departed the U.K. on April 29 and were flown by a ski-equipped Twin Otter from a very warm Akureyri in Iceland on the 30th. Traveling via Constable Point to collect fuel and freight, we arrived at base camp early that afternoon, making an exciting landing on the huge Lang Glacier (Stor Gletscher on some maps) at 1,390m (N 71°59'43", W 24°48'44.2"). The nose wheel and skid buried themselves in the soft snow, so we disembarked from a jaunty- angled fuselage and were handed shovels for the excavation needed to free the plane.
On May 1 we climbed our first new peaks; Drumglas Beag (2,060m) via the north face from the Lang Glacier at AD+, and the main peak of Drumglas (2,330m, N 71°58'41.5", W 24°52'49.5") via the north ridge at AD and descent of the west ridge. Snow and low cloud restricted activity from the 2nd to the 4th, but during this period four members did a 12-hour ski tour to dump half the food and fuel at Crescent Col, which they could reach avoiding avalanche-prone slopes. This cache was strategically placed for the return ski journey to the coast.
On the 5th we climbed a consolation peak close to camp on the west side of Lang Glacier, at F+, naming it Mollytinde (1,670m, N 71°59'21.1", W 24°50'47"). Next day we made ascents of Cordulaspitze, (2,430m, N71°58'41.9", W 24°54'28.1"), via the north face (AD) and east ridge from the Wuss Glacier, and of Jobjerg (2,330m, N 71°59'0.3", W 24°55'17.1") via its southwest ridge at AD. This crest is the continuation of Cordulaspitze's north ridge. We also climbed Juliasbjerge (2,058m, N 71°59'35.8", W 24°55'16.6") via its south ridge, approaching up a couloir on the west flank.
On the 7th we climbed Puchwhitstinde (2,339m, N 72°00'38.8", W 24°45'39.1") and Hasentinde (2,376m, N 72°01'24.5", W 24°47'08.4"), on the east side of the Lang glacier. We reached the col between the peaks, then climbed the north flank of Puchwhitstinde and the south ridge—Igel (Hedgehog) ridge—of Hasentinde. The following day a party repeated Puchwhitstinde, this time via the newly explored O'Sullivan-Moore Glacier and a couloir on the south face (Snowbunting Couloir, AD). That same day the dominant, shapely Margretabjerge (2,430m, N 71°58'34.7", W 24°50'58.0") was climbed by two different routes: the southeast flank and southwest ridge at PD and the southeast-facing Presidential Couloir (AD with an exciting exit) from the previously unnamed Witches' Cauldron Glacier.
On the 10th we crossed Crescent Col and relocated base camp in the upper reaches of the Gully Glacier, which lies in the real heart of the Staunings Alps. On our way we climbed Skartinde, to the east of Crescent Col. We ascended this 2,400m peak via the easy northwest flank (F). We believe the peak was first climbed in 1996 by a Norwegian expedition, but we think our ascent may have been only the second. The following day we climbed Himmelstinde (Heaven's Peak, 2,492m, N 72°04'51.8", W 25°05'22.5") via the south ridge (AD) and the col between it and adjacent Archangel Peak. On the 12th we retraced our steps to the col and made the first ascent of 2,558m Archangel (N 72°04'31.5", W 25°05'23.5"), following the east ridge at D+. We descended onto the glacier to the west; finding it very crevassed, we named it Devil's Own Glacier, and were forced to re-ascend to the summit and go back down our ascent route. That same day members of the expedition climbed Cold Shoulder (2,450m) by the west ridge (PD). This point lies on the west ridge of C.F. Knoxtinde. We also climbed the shapely Hjorne- spids (2,870m) by a new route, the 600m Laubscher-Litterick Gully on the southwest flank at a grade of D. We believe this to be the sixth overall ascent and fourth independent route on the peak.
Farther east we climbed An Caisteal (2,614m, N 72°03'31.9", W 24°59'52.6") by a face and gully on the east flank, then up north ridge at a grade of D/TD-. We climbed two other peaks on May 15th: Crescentinde (2,455m, N 72°03'38.0", W 24°57' 15.0") via the northeast face at PD, and Ebensbjerg (2,510m, N 72°03'34.9", W 24°58'05.8") by its northeast face at AD. We think our route on Crescentinde is probably new, though the peak may have been climbed by the 1996 Norwegian team. Three members also made the probable third ascent of Skartinde, repeating the route of May 10.
On the 16th we moved our base camp to a stunning location at the top of Col Major and next day climbed the only true rock routes of the trip: the already established south ridge (British Mild VS) on Ian's Peak (2,607m, N 72°07'13.3", W 24°55'01.3") and a new variant to the ridge that we named Accessory Rib (British VS 4c). Our ascent of the original route on the south ridge is most likely the second, the first dating from 1960.
Moving down enormous Bersaerkerbrae Glacier on the 20th, we made the first ascent of Skotsketinde (Scotland's Peak (1,775m, N 72°07'36.6", W 24°45'20.4"), via the east ridge at PD+, and a summit noted on the map as Panoramic Peak. We climbed the latter, the most shapely of the surrounding peaks, via an avalanche-prone couloir on the southeast flank and the shattered south ridge to the summit pinnacles (PD+). We found a cairn on the lower pinnacle and constructed another on the higher. Altimeters showed 1,988m, considerably higher than given on the map. The following day we skied down the glacier and made a safe exit from the snout. On the 22nd and 23rd we continued skiing to the coastal plain and over sea ice to the gravel airstrip at Mestersvig, where we were collected on the 25th. Apart from snow and poor visibility from the 2nd to 4th and again on the ski out from the Bersaerkerbrae, the weather was sunny and cold. Superficial frostbite was diagnosed in three members of the team. However, the expedition was very successful, climbing 16 new peaks and naming four new glaciers. All coordinates are GPS readings.
Of note is that three of our five MSR stoves did not work properly with Jet A1 fuel. These were the Whisperlite 600, a Whisperlite International, and a Dragonfly and cannot be recommended with this fuel, despite our carrying a full complement of different jets. Fortunately, two older MSR GSK II stoves worked very well. The expedition gratefully acknowledges the financial support received from the Mount Everest Foundation, the Gino Watkins Trust, The Mountaineering Council of Scotland, and SportScotland.
Colwyn Jones, Scottish Mountaineering Club


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Outdoor dining
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We have nearly 500 outdoor dining areas across the local area making our streets more vibrant and active places. Outdoor dining helps people enjoy Sydney's pleasant climate and views, and encourages locals to engage with neighbours and friends.
Public places that are highly accessible for all people are likely to be more pleasant and enjoyable, as well as safer. The City of Sydney wants to enhance urban life by promoting more outdoor dining.
To use the footpath as an outdoor dining area for your patrons, you need to apply for outdoor dining approval from the City.
How to apply
All outdoor dining areas require an outdoor dining approval.
The outdoor dining policy and guidelines provide a guide to preparing your application and setting up safe and unobtrusive outdoor furniture for your diners.
Owners consent from the City to use the footpath is granted as part of the approval process. However if there is any outstanding debt for previous outdoor dining, owners consent will be refused.
Development consent
If the outdoor dining area is associated with a pub or small bar, development consent is required under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
If you require development consent, go to the development application guide for more information. We encourage you to submit both applications together to minimise the processing time.
Application requirements
Your application needs to be presented in digital format, which must include:
- photos of the proposed area
- a site plan
- a plan of management (if alcohol will be served).
The site plan should be on A4-sized paper at an appropriate scale (1:100, 1:150 or 1:200 and so on). It should show the:
- name and address of your premises and the neighbouring businesses
- name and position of the nearest cross streets
- position of the side boundaries of your premises
- width of the building frontage of your premises
- location of building edges
- location of the kerb
- location of entrances, doors and street furniture*.
* includes park benches, bins, power and light poles, street signs, trees and so on.
The plan should also show:
- position and dimensions of the seating area
- width of the footpath to the building edge
- clearances between the seating area and the kerb
- location of equipment such as umbrellas, heaters, and the like
- total area for outdoor dining in square metres.
Notification of outdoor dining applications
Some outdoor dining applications need to be notified to allow for public consultation. Applications that need notification are described below.
In Central Sydney*
- applications for an outdoor dining area greater than 20 square metres.
Outside Central Sydney
- applications for an outdoor dining area greater than 10 square metres, or
- applications for outdoor dining areas operating before 7am, or
- applications for outdoor dining areas operating after 10pm.
*A map of Central Sydney is in the guidelines.
Licensed premises
A plan of management is required with your application if you intend to serve alcohol. The plan should detail how the dining area will be managed to ensure there is no adverse impact on the amenity of the neighbourhood covering:
- operating hours
- capacity
- security measures
- crowd control
- noise control
- waste management.
Licensed premises will be subject to a trial period if your application is approved. An approval depends on the primary use of nearby premises such as restaurants, cafes, hotels or bars. The type of land where the outdoor dining is proposed is also considered in the approval process, including community land such as parks and public spaces owned and operated by the City.
Application and renewal costs
To renew an existing outdoor dining approval, you need to pay the $260 application fee. Go to outdoor dining fees (below) for monthly fee amounts and security deposit information.
The costs to set up an outdoor dining approval depend on whether a DA is required or not. If a DA is required:
- $285 change of use DA fee (if there is not already a DA for the outdoor seating) and
- $260 footway application fee + $100 notification fee*
- extension of an existing approved outdoor dining area, for a trial period (up to 12 months) by resolution of Council
- planning, assessment, notification, footway usage rental (for extended area only) and administration fees: $0 per application.
If a DA is not required, the cost is $260 application fee + $100 notification fee*.
* If you're seeking to operate the outdoor dining area after 10pm, the notification fee is $830.
If your application is approved, please note you cannot commence operating your outdoor dining area until the first monthly payment and your security deposit has been paid to the City.
To end your outdoor dining approval, you must write to the City providing a 1 month notice period from the end of the billing cycle, which runs from the 1st to the last day of a calendar month (for example, from 1 October to 31 October).
Your written termination advice must include:
- name of your business
- applicant's name
- reason for termination
- preferred date to end the usage approval.
For your security deposit to be refunded, provide a forwarding address and telephone number, or if you would prefer direct credit, provide your bank account details with your termination notice. Please note: the bank account name must be the same as the name on the security deposit receipt.
If you sell your business your outdoor dining approval is not transferrable to the new owner. A new application will need to be lodged with the City for outdoor dining to continue on the premises.
The new application will not need to be notified for public exhibition as long as there are no changes to the hours of operation and the size of the outdoor dining area.
For more information about the outdoor dining approval and application process, please contact Customer Service:
02 9265 9333
You can also pick-up application forms at your nearest customer service centre, where we will also be able to help with your enquiries.
Outdoor dining fees
To find out the zone where your business operates download the map of outdoor seating zones.
The fees listed are determined by a unit measurement per square metre, per year. A security deposit of $500 or 3 months licence fee is also required, whichever is the greater amount.
|Outdoor seating zone
|Zone 1: Circular Quay, city centre
|Zone 1A: Darlinghurst, Woolloomooloo, South Sydney (east)
|Zone 2: Pyrmont, Ultimo, Chippendale, King Street (Newtown), Glebe Point Road
|Zone 3: South Sydney (south)
|Zone 4: Glebe, Forest Lodge
|Zone 5: Regent Street, Redfern Street (Redfern)
|Zone 6: Darlinghurst Road, William Street
|Zone 6A: Oxford Street
|Zone 7: Various city centre laneways
|Zone 8: Light Rail zone
The fees are applicable from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 (GST free).
|*Application for outdoor dining on public land
|Outdoor dining guidelines
|Outdoor dining policy
|Outdoor dining policy
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Vertical air photograph: MH827068405-190
Flight height: 6,100 feet; camera focal length: 152.034 mm
Scale: 1:12,200 (approx.)
Date: September 20, 1982
Location of town centre: 58º 46' N, 94º 09' W
Map sheets: 1:250,000 54L Churchill
1:50,000 54L/16 Churchill
This low-level, large-scale photo shows the layout of both the
Churchill is a planned community following a plan produced in 1932 by the Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources. The plan "that resembles modern designs in some respects was adopted for the town. Churchill does not have the bays and crescents characteristic of a modern layout in the residential areas, and rectangular blocks are still dominant. Very clearly, however, the uniform rectangular gridiron has been successfully avoided by means of main collector avenues and a few curving streets, and by introducing a "square" and some roughly radial intersections which provide variety."[i]
The railway line is the town's main raison d'être It enters from the east-southeast 7 with several sidings 8 on which are located about 400 railcars, presumably carrying grain for shipment. One short siding leads to the passenger station[ii] 9 and another 10—which appears to be abandoned—leads to a group of buildings 11 on the shore. The main line continues west to another series of sidings 12 (with over 50 railcars) running alongside large grain storage elevators 13. A ship 14 is being loaded at the wharf by a conveyor 15 that runs from the elevator to the ship. Dust 16 from the grain is being blown westward by an easterly wind. East of the elevators are large oil storage tanks 17 served by a spur from the railway 18.
The main street of the community—Kelsey Boulevard 19—runs parallel to the railway line with various industrial buildings 20 between the two route ways. The residential area lies northeast of Kelsey Boulevard, the most obvious element of it being the town centre complex 21 built in the 1970s that " includes the hospital and medical centre, the high school and library, a swimming pool, curling and skating rinks, a restaurant, a playground, and a number of offices—all under the same roof."[iii] As can be seen in the photo, it is built in several levels and has a magnificent view of the bay. An open square is located to the southwest 22 with a shopping centre on its west side 23. Residences are located east 24 and west 25 of the square. Most of these are prefabricated townhouses arranged in an offset fashion 26 along the roads with a few single-family dwellings. Other items not previously mentioned are a second oil storage area 27 and the cemetery 28, located as usual near the edge of town.
[i] Warkentin, J. and Ruggles, R. I. Historical Atlas of
[ii] A passenger train still runs from
[iii] Sweet, G. op. cit. 1996, 174.


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"How dare Jenny have posed as a great eccentric, a dazzling original, the exception to all the rules of womanhood?"
I had the great fortune of being front row for Emma Donoghue's closing address to the Sydney Writer's Festival and had eagerly devoured her latest novel, Frog Music, in Anticipation. What an engaging speaker and what a compelling read! I can't believe I forgot to bring my copy - no signing for me - boo!
Closing the cover, upon completing my reading, I mused on the subject matter of her books and the notion that if I'd really known up front what they were about, I'd probably be dissuaded from picking them up in the first place, thereby missing out on some amazing novels (I refer to the two novels I've read, this new one and the oftentimes shocking, albeit in a well-crafted way- Room). Emma's speech was enlightening, for it covered that exact topic and particularly the importance of taking a reader on a journey they might not feel the need to embark on.
Back to the novel, which features a saucy French burlesque dancer/ lady of the night, Blanche Beunon, whose life will be altered by her introduction to a pants wearing, frog catching, bicycle riding, enigmatic, yet free spirit, called Jenny Bonnet. Her friendship and the hitherto unprecedented pull of maternal affection that Blanche feels for baby, P'tit, pave the foundations for the action of the novel and an entertaining murder mystery. I feel loathe to give too much away, I'd rather you just read the book and then we could have a nice chat about it.
Perhaps one of the more intriguing aspects of it is the pull that various influences have on our lives, sometimes in a destructive way. The reunion with her baby, shifts her drive from whore to mother, and yet muddies the waters as Blanche tries to make these two sides of herself meet in some kind of manageable way.
The book has some historical basis, which the author has kindly provided on her website, however I wholeheartedly agree with her recommendation to leave the facts until after you've finished the book. http://www.emmadonoghue.com/images/pdf/the-san-miguel-mystery-the-documents.pdf
Lust, frogs, murder, smallpox, San Francisco 1876 – if that doesn't whet your appetite, give it a try, I'm sure you will be drawn in.
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12 passionfruits, scooped out
Regular sugar syrup is one cup of water to one cup of sugar but I am using sweet fruit in this one, so I made a weaker syrup. This syrup is two cups of water to one cup of sugar.
I made up 1½ litres/quarts of fruit juice and added 1½ litres/quarts of weak sugar syrup. Simply mix it together, pour it into a bottle and that's it. It will keep in the fridge for a about six weeks. The sugar preserves the drink. Remember to dilute the cordial with water before you drink it.
And finally, this is the link to the second ABC radio interview I did with Jess Hinchliffe recently. They'll be running on Monday afternoons for the next two months on Mary-Lou Stevens' Drive program.
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Pokemon Sun and Moon was released some time ago, this is not enough time to complete the game normally. However, some of the hardcore original Pokemon fans are always to be trusted to either finish the game, or to find an exploit which completely breaks the game's mechanic. Well one person did both.
Forbes recently covered an article on a Pokemon player who posted on twitter a picture of their Magikarp being on the Sun and Moon hall of fame. This means that the person has beaten the game, what is shocking is that they did it with only one pokemon.
Especially since that Pokemon is Magikarp. Magikarp was always portrayed as one of the worst pokemon in the game with some of the most terrible stats and the weakest attacks of any pokemon in history. In fact the only saving point for a Magikarp is when it evolves into a Gyardos, one of the most loved Pokemon in history.
That being said, how did the player do it? They used exploits.
For starters, it can be seen on Inquisitr the Pokemon was level 70 but was not evolved into a Gyrados. This is thanks to a held item called an Everstone which keeps the Pokemon from evolving. Next, Magikarps usually have this one move called "Splash" which literally does nothing.
However the one's in the Alolan Region has one more called Flail. Now Flail is a defense-attack move which implies that the lower the pokemon's HP, the more damage it will cause to its opponent. If the Pokemon is at 3 HP, around 1% or less, it is performing at maximum Capacity.
This is how the player managed to defeat most of the pokemon. However ghost pokemon are immune to a normal attack such as Flail. This is solved by Struggle. When all of the pokemon's moves' PP is finished, it can use struggle which deals damage to the opponent and some recoil damage to the user.
A combination of Struggle and Flail was basically used to beat the entire game.


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A pair of eSports promoters has pretty much gotten away with shilling for a skin betting site without disclosing their ownership of said site.
On Thursday, the Federal Trade Commission released a consent order of a settlement it reached with Trevor Martin (aka TmarTn) and Thomas Cassell (aka ProSyndicate) for using their social media status to promote skin betting on the CSGOLotto site without revealing that they each owned a 42.5% stake in the site.
Over a year ago, an observant eSports fan revealed that Martin and Cassell were posting YouTube videos showing them betting 'skins' – virtual goods earned via game play or purchased with cash – on CSGOLotto, while leaving viewers with the impression that the site was something they just happened to stumble across, but gosh golly wow, was it cool.
The pair also paid four- and five-figure sums to other individuals with large YouTube followings to promote CSGOLotto without requiring these YouTubers to disclose that their endorsements were bought and paid for.
The FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection investigated these allegations and submitted a draft complaint to the FTC, which determined that there was sufficient evidence that Martin and Cassell had violated the Federal Trade Commission Act. However, this complaint has been set aside following the settlement, which is about as meek a punishment as a federal agency is capable of meting out.
The deal essentially requires the pair not to pimp any more products or services without disclosing any financial interests they might have in said product or service. Martin and Cassell must also ensure that any hired third-party shills endorsing a product owned or operated by Martin and Cassell must disclose their financial ties to the pair.
Should Martin or Cassell fail to live up to these requirements, they could be liable for civil penalties and other relief. Or perhaps just another stern talking to.
The FTC's acting chairperson Maureen Ohlhausen issued a statement saying consumers "need to know when social media influencers are being paid or have any other material connection to the brands endorsed in their posts." Ohlhausen claimed the settlement "should send a message that such connections must be clearly disclosed so consumers can make informed purchasing decisions."
The CSGOLotto affair was just one of a number of high-profile scandals that cut the legs out from under the skin betting sector last summer. The pressure eventually led developer Valve Corp to order skin betting sites to stop accessing its Steam marketplace, via which skins were traded or purchased in order to have currency to wager on the betting sites. Many skin betting sites folded their tents shortly thereafter.
Last September, the UK Gambling Commission filed criminal charges against a different pair of YouTubers for illegally promoting gambling on eSports titles. The pair originally pled not guilty, but ultimately admitted that it was a fair cop and paid a combined £265k in fines and costs.


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Alternative Schooling
Alternative schooling embraces the concept that every student can learn. Also referred to as non-traditional or alternate schooling, it often deals with the middle- and high-school population.
Youth at risk are most likely to seek or be encouraged to join an alternative schooling program. "Alternate" can also comprise an elite or private set-up, religious orientation or home schooling. In general, the alternative school deals with a certain population of students with a unique learning requirement or interest. This may include students with disabilities, teenage parents, potential school "drop-outs" or individuals who have been court adjured or who have behavioral problems. Alternative schooling may address the issue of the drop-out rate by running preventative programs or by dealing with the students following their exclusion or non-attendance.
There are numerous models for alternative schooling, all providing innovative programs for students. These include a school within a school, schools without walls, residential schools and separate alternative learning centers offering special curricula. College-based alternative schools are also possible, as well as magnet schools with a selected curriculum taught by specialized teachers. Summer schools, "second chance" schools and charter schools (an autonomous entity) fall within the range of alternate educational systems.
The motivation for alternative schooling, aside from religious orientation or private requirements, is generally to reduce truancy or behavior patterns. Moreover, there is a desire to facilitate an improved attitude toward schooling. The accumulation of high school credits is another factor accommodated by specialized school systems.
Author and alternative schooling activist Dennis Littky refers to people thinking that alternative schooling might be "out there ideas" for "out there kids." He describes alternative schooling, rather, as comparable to alternative medicine. Regular medicine, he suggests, relies on artificial synthetic ingredients, whereas alternative medicine is "based on ingredients that arise naturally from the earth." These are not "wild ideas," he asserts, but "right ideas."
Littky was instrumental in setting up an alternative school system in the United States based on mainstream ideas and accepted theories from numerous disciplines, together with doing "the right thing to improve kids' lives." Rather than being elitist, he suggests, the change can be embraced and activated by rich, poor, middle-class, urban, rural and suburban groups.
Alternative schooling theory encompasses concepts from developmental psychology, educational theories and cultural research. Brain research studies reveal that people learn by making sense of information, connecting things and learning in a real context. Children require nurturing in order to thrive; this needs to take place within the educational model as well. Hands-on experience is seen as valuable. Pediatrician and author Mel Levine, in A Mind at a Time, urges educators to realize that "every child learns differently, and that standardized tests and curricula hurt kids rather than help them."
Alternative schooling is offered as an educational reform, offering a new model but rooted in something old. The concept of what children are learning is significant. Thus, children are encouraged to achieve new and higher standards, but not necessarily the rigid academic standards perceived by mainstream education as being the correct measurement. The assumption is refuted that all children need to become academic scholars or that their achievements require judgment according to conventional examinations.
The schooling paradigm is shifted, in some instances, to allow students to learn in settings where they are doing interesting work and where they learn from mentors. They may learn from the environment about being a member of a peer group, by engaging in the work place and by exploring skills that will help their future careers.
Psychologist Leonard Krasner commented that Shoreham Middle School, a new model school established by Littky in Long Island, "may well be the most innovative use of designed environment in a school setting since John Dewey's Lab School." The Met comprises a group of six alternative schools under the banner of the Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center. Whereas previously the students' attendance numbers were low, within the alternative setting reports state that the teenagers enrolled attended every day. Moreover, their attitude was seen to be eager, with almost all the graduates proceeding to college. Fully 98 percent of the students apply to college, with the same percentage of applicants being accepted. About 75 percent of these teens are the first in their families to continue education beyond high school.
Alternative schooling generally establishes an opportunity for people dissatisfied with regular education. Often previous experiences, and feeling that needs have not been met adequately, give rise to a desire for an alternative method or environment. At-risk youth look to alternative schooling as a means to improving their situation through a positive and more appropriate learning experience.


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James Hider
Times Online
December 14, 2009
[efoods]The moment is fast approaching when Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, may have to make the most difficult decision of his career — whether to launch a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities and risk triggering a conflagration that could spread across the Middle East.
Israeli experts believe the point of no return may be only six months away when Iran's nuclear programme will have — if it has not already — metastasised into a multitude of smaller, difficult-to-trace facilities in deserts and mountains, while its main reactor at Bushehr will have come online and bombing it would send a radioactive cloud over the Gulf nations.
Mr Netanyahu has consistently called Iran the most serious threat Israel faces. President Ahmadinejad of Iran has called for Israel to be obliterated and his Revolutionary Guards supply training, money and weapons to both Hezbollah in Lebanon, on Israel's northern border, and to Hamas in the Gaza Strip, whose missiles are believed to be capable of reaching Tel Aviv.
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Loading rpcss takes 2+ min to get to logon, then 2-3 min to desktop, even in safe mode. Also have no drag/drop or copy/paste. Windows will not remember user settings (Admin, 3 other user accts). One acct has explorer.exe utilizing 53%+ cpu resources for over 3 min with almost all "explorer" type actions as seen in Task Manager.
I have tried several malware and anti-virus programs. Malwarebytes, Spybot S+D, Tweaking.com's Win Repair All In One, Nano, Tdss root killer, MB root killer, and more. Nothing shows up. I also have a Wgalogon that I'm not too sure about.
Did you try these?
Here are the first 2 steps, there may be more steps needed after I see the results of these logs.
Run them in this order.
Step 1: Run AdwCleaner
Author's site
Close all open programs and internet browsers.
Double click on AdwCleaner.exe to run the tool.
Click on Clean.
Confirm each time with Ok.
Your computer will be rebooted automatically. A text file will open after the restart.
Please Copy & Paste the contents of that logfile with your next answer.
You can find the logfile at C:\AdwCleaner[S1].txt as well.
Step 2: Run Junkware Removal Tool
Download Junkware Removal Tool to your Desktop. If your default download location is not the Desktop, drag it out of it's location onto the Desktop.
Warning! Once the scan is complete JRT will shut down your browser with NO warning.
Shut down your protection software now to avoid potential conflicts.
Temporarily disable your antivirus and any antispyware real time protection before performing a scan. Click this link to see a list of security programs that should be disabled and how to disable them.
Run the tool by double-clicking it. If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7/8, right-click JRT and select Run as Administrator
The tool will open and start scanning your system.
Please be patient as this can take a while to complete depending on your system's specifications.
On completion, a log (JRT.txt) is saved to your Desktop and will automatically open.
Copy and Paste the contents of the JRT.txt log please.
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Thanx Johnw for your quick reply- I will read up on the suggested tutorials. Not sure you read the part about NO copy and paste function in my post. Is there an alternative to copy and paste? I'm not very prolific on the computer and all it can do.
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Try uploading the logs. No account needed. Give us the links please.
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Company Info & Contacts
Suite: Tresor 2-1804/2-1802 Contact: Kerim Emrah Turna, exec. dir.; Mikaela Perez, sales exec., LatAm & Spain. About: Kanal D International is a global media company creating world-class content. The team works with some of the best creative talents in the business, with a catalogue containing a diverse and exciting range of programming spanning dramas, miniseries, soap operas, programs, formats and library titles. With its innovative approach to management and creative projects, Kanal D International reaches a wide profile of audience in more than 150 countries and territories, including Europe, Eastern Europe, South America, LatAm, Americas, Africa, Asia, MENA, Balkans and the Far East.


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With the utmost importance placed on the quality and presentation of our Corporate Flowers, sending a bouquet from The Rose Café is sure to make the statement you desire. We tastefully put together combinations of blooms which are appropriate for the occasion, from congratulations and celebrations, to consolations. The recipient will know you've gone the extra mile when they receive something made by The Rose Cafe. What better way is there to send your message to your clients or staff than with flowers that show you really care?
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Mint Green Peony Silk Flower Bouquet Wedding Tossing or Display
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Calling all brides and bridesmaids..... This silk flower bouquet is is just waiting to be wrapped with a designer ribbon! Add a paper tag or embellish with gems.
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Measures 9-10" across and 11" tall.
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|System-level analysis of genes and functions affecting survival during nutrient starvation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
|David Gresham, Viktor M Boer, Amy Caudy, Naomi Ziv, Nathan J Brandt, John D Storey, David Botstein
|An essential property of all cells is the ability to exit from active cell division and persist in a quiescent state. For single-celled microbes this primarily occurs in response to nutrient deprivation. We studied the genetic requirements for survival of Saccharomyces cerevisiae when starved for either of two nutrients: phosphate or leucine. We measured the survival of nearly all nonessential haploid null yeast mutants in mixed populations using a quantitative sequencing method that estimates the abundance of each mutant on the basis of frequency of unique molecular barcodes. Starvation for phosphate results in a population half-life of 337 hr whereas starvation for leucine results in a half-life of 27.7 hr. To measure survival of individual mutants in each population we developed a statistical framework that accounts for the multiple sources of experimental variation. From the identities of the genes in which mutations strongly affect survival, we identify genetic evidence for several cellular processes affecting survival during nutrient starvation, including autophagy, chromatin remodeling, mRNA processing, and cytoskeleton function. In addition, we found evidence that mitochondrial and peroxisome function is required for survival. Our experimental and analytical methods represent an efficient and quantitative approach to characterizing genetic functions and networks with unprecedented resolution and identified genotype-by-environment interactions that have important implications for interpretation of studies of aging and quiescence in yeast.
|Genetics 2011; 187:299-317
YeastPhenome.org is running in beta version. The data are available for download, but, as of today, we cannot guarantee lack of errors or code bugs introduced during processing. This warning will be removed after all cross-checks and validations have been completed. In the meantime, please, be careful when using the data.
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California Dept of Fish & Game
Northern Region
Suction Dredge Program
601 Locust St
Redding, CA 96001
Dear Mr Stopher:
I too am very dismayed at the draconian regulations you are trying to shove down our throats. For the past 25 years, I was trying to get a longer dredge season here in the lower Yuba river 1.5 miles below Englebright Dam, when it was zone B (July-Aug). In my 61 years here, since 1951, I've never seen any salmon up here in May or June, let alone July & August. Generally the salmon don't show up until AFTER the equinox (Sept 21). Normally when the streams cool down, naturally. However the insane temperature regimen of a flat 50F year round, has KILLED the lower Yuba, as many anglers will tell you so. The ice water releases from the bottom of Bullards Bar Dam has killed off all other organisms that thrived during the summer months that the trout and bass fed on. However if my gold dredging caused the river temperature to drop 2F, let alone 20F, what would my citation be? Over the years 1980's – 1990's, in my numerous letters to and from the Fish & Game, about the ice water and request for a longer dredge season, the usual rhetoric was, "the fish like colder water" and the "potential" exists for harm to aquatic resources. And as usual, my experience and facts are IGNORED by the Fish & Game, as well as ALL our testimony us gold dredgers gave you in March 2011.
In Dec 1999, I put forth a proposal to the Yuba County Board of Supervisors to remove the 150,000 cubic yards of shot rock on my mining claims, Landers Bar and Steamboat Bar that has migrated down out of the Narrows II project spoil dumps that recent floods scoured off and is now deposited on my property. What would my citation be if my mining/dredging caused 150,000 cubic yards of shot rock to migrate down onto PG&E property and "armor" over vital salmon habitat? So here is a glaring example who government agencies violate existing laws and the constitution with impunity. So what do the government environmental Nazis do? They ban suction dredging, which CREATES spawning habitat for the salmon. I showed you photos of it, also ignored.
The Yuba County Board of Supervisors and water agency "endorsed" my proposal, and sent a marine biologist from Jones & Stokes to do a field report here on Landers Bar and concluded my mining activity was providing "suitable gravels for spawning salmon." Yet all this too was ignored by the Fish & Game. Not only that I have a letter from the RWQCB, which states "at one time, there existed some spawning beds on this stretch of the river" in the area below Englebright dam, but they were "lost" during the winter floods of 1985-1986. So my question is, why is the Yuba river and Deer Creek up to Lake Wildwood dam a Zone A? This is flawed, pseudo science. It is only designed to drive out anyone and destroy their livelihoods. All for the benefit of environmental groups. See enclosed letter and Western Mining Alliance copy suction dredging for gold mining facts, and my DVD (Shot Rock).
In the 1388 pages of your SEIR, the word "may" is used 1269 times, "might" 30 times, "could" 378 times, "is possible" 23 times, and yet the word "proven" wasn't used once. Therefore the SEIR regulations are fraudulent and unconstitutional, and is flawed, biased, and disregards (ignores) overwhelming and significant data and is prejudiced against suction dredging.
Since Landers Bar and Extension Placer Mining Claim has been in the family for over 61 years, my previous mining/dredging activity was very benign and has created salmon spawning habitat and nothing detrimental to the local environment has ever been proven. And since I am 75 now, I haven't many years left that I can physically get into a wet suit and do any gold dredging – as such my livelihood has been "taken" away without any just compensation. Also I am the only mining claim holder on the Yuba River (that I know of) from Englebright to parks bar, over 3.5 miles and I should be allowed my god given rights to dredge as long as I am an "able bodied seaman".
Here is a video J.B did on his claim:
FYI- an update on this topic as of Feb 3, 2012
From South Yuba River Citizens League website:
Army Corps of Engineers Ordered to Get Salmon Past Yuba River Dams
Nevada City, CA - On February 29, 2012, the National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") released a formal decision finding that the operation of two Army Corps of Engineers dams and related water diversions on the Yuba River is likely to jeopardize the survival of three species of endangered fish: spring-run Chinook salmon, steelhead, and green sturgeon.
The decision, known as a biological opinion, was issued as the result of a lawsuit filed in 2006 by the South Yuba River Citizens League ("SYRCL") and Friends of the River. In 2010, federal judge Lawrence K. Karlton found the previous biological opinion did not comply with the Endangered Species Act and required NMFS to conduct a new analysis which it released on Wednesday.
SYRCL Executive Director Caleb Dardick said, "The new biological opinion is an important first step towards preventing the extinction of Yuba River salmon, steelhead and sturgeon. These threatened fish need to be able to move freely upstream of Daguerre Point and Englebright dams to the upper Yuba River watershed."
Spring-run Chinook salmon were once plentiful in the Central Valley, with over 600,000 returning to their natal streams each year. But the construction of impassable dams in the 20th Century reduced the habitat available to the species by 80%, resulting in substantial population declines. In 2011, fewer than 5,000 spring Chinook returned to the Central Valley, a reduction of over 99% from historical levels. Removing barriers to upstream fish passage is urgently needed to halt this continuing slide toward extinction.
Dardick emphasized that the biological opinion itself will not save the Yuba River fish, unless the Corps actually complies with the requirements. "What is crucial now is for the agencies with responsibility over these dams to show leadership by fully implementing the actions outlined in the biological opinion without delay," he said.
The biological opinion finds that the Corps' Daguerre Point and Englebright dams have contributed to population declines for the three species, due mainly to the fact that the dams block the fish from migrating upstream to adequate spawning habitat. By forcing the fish to spawn in degraded and inadequate spawning habitat below Englebright Dam, salmon suffer from competition for scarce spawning space, disruption of gravel spawning nests, and interbreeding with hatchery strays and other runs, which is diminishing the fishes' genetic vigor, resulting in weaker fish stocks. Daguerre Point Dam is a complete barrier to the upstream migration of green sturgeon.
Based on these and other findings, NMFS concludes that the Corps of Engineers must take a number of actions to reduce the harm being caused to the threatened species. Most importantly, the biological opinion requires the Corps to implement a program to provide fish passage past the dams by 2020. In addition, the biological opinion calls for annual additions of spawning gravel below Englebright Dam to replace gravels captured by the dam and the restoration of habitat through removal of rock debris left over from the construction of the dam more than 70 years ago.
"The authorities responsible for recovering threatened fish stocks have accurately assessed the situation on the Yuba River and finally required actions that will substantially reduce extinction risk for Central Valley populations of salmon, steelhead and sturgeon" says Gary Reedy, Fisheries Biologist and Science Director for SYRCL. "The new requirements include a variety of helpful short-term measures, and yet full fish passage is what is needed to actually avoid the substantial harm to the survival and recovery of the species being caused by Daguerre and Englebright dams, as the biological opinion concludes."
Echoing the biological opinion's call for collaboration among all stakeholders, Caleb Dardick pledged his organization's commitment to working together to find the most effective means of achieving the biological opinion's mandates. "We believe this decision signals that the preservation of these species is not the responsibility of any one organization alone, but of all parties in the Yuba River watershed," Dardick said. He pledged his organization's support for efforts to secure congressional appropriations, where needed, for the implementation of these projects and for participation in all stakeholder planning proceedings.
"Although the Corps claims that the biological opinion requires actions that are outside of the Corps' authority, NMFS took care to enumerate the various laws and Corps regulations which give the Corps the necessary authority," said Christopher Sproul at Environmental Advocates, lead counsel for SYRCL in the lawsuit.


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This may sound ludicrous, particularly if you were born after the year 2000, but can you imagine getting through the workday with an internet connection that is so slow it barely supports your Gmail account? What if, in addition, your job and the organization you work for could not exist without the internet? Well, Kiva is just such an organization and Accra, Ghana has a remarkably slow internet connection. For Kiva fellows based in West Africa internet roadblocks can be frequent and significant, leading many to scream at their computers wondering, "Why they can't I load just one borrower profile?!?!" After just such a frustrating experience I set out to understand why the internet is slow here and to explore its effects on Kiva's potential and the unity of the African continent.
This blog will be presented in two parts. In part one I will discuss the geopolitical barriers to a United Africa. In part two I will discuss the telecommunications barriers to a United Africa. In both I will present the implications of these barriers on the success of Kiva.
I must confess that even after hours of devoted study I'm still not an expert in this field. Yet, I have found some interesting information and linkages that I will discuss here in these blog posts. I hope that you, the reader, will post comments to further this discussion and our collective understanding of this issue.
Since its inception, Kiva has done a fantastic job linking lenders and borrowers across the world. Yet, the majority of lenders are based in more developed countries, while borrowers are in less developed countries. Remedying this imbalance will require changes to both the supply- and demand-side of microfinance. On the supply-side, Kiva is doing an excellent job providing microfinance to poor people in developed countries, such as the United States. Yet, the demand side is a little more tricky. Lenders in the developing world will need both capital to invest and adequate bandwidth to search borrower profiles, transfer money, and ultimately make a loan. Kiva and works diligently to democratize the provision of capital across the world. Yet, the second barrier to lending out of the developing world, poor internet connectivity, cannot be solved by Kiva alone…
I began thinking seriously about the issue of connectivity in a somewhat roundabout way–focusing first on the impediments to a more united continent. During my second day of field-visits, a loan officer took me to a local food stand to purchase some "red-red" (beans, rice, and plantains–and some other unidentifiable ingredients–cooked in palm oil and served in a banana leaf, see photo above). In the car he graciously turned on the BBC, which was a welcome respite from the near constant bumping of club music that infiltrates almost every aspect of my life here (in particular, P Square's "Chop My Money"–see video below). We heard a BBC news update from Syria and I compared al-Assad to Napolean and Gaddafi. To this, my loan officer friend responded that Africans actually like Gaddafi because he stood strongly for African unity. In addition, he believes it was fear of the potential power of African unity that led NATO to get involved in Libya and led the CIA to sponsor the coup that ousted Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah.'
My gut reaction to the thought of CIA-backed coup in Ghana was laughter. What strategic interest is there for the US to do such a thing? Well, as it turns out, the US mostly likely did do such a thing in Ghana (according to the only former CIA agent who is talking, John Stockwell) and probably in several other African countries. Yet, upon researching these actions, it seems that they were not meant to prevent a united Africa, but rather a Soviet-Africa alliance.
And what of the more modern-day NATO intervention in Libya? What did that have to do with African unity? True, Gaddafi gave a lot of lip-service to African unity, but I don't think that his record of employing up to a fifth of Libyan citizens as government informants and executing and torturing dissidents on national television did very much to further the cause. Thus, a "fear of African unity" explanation for helping overthrow Gaddafi comes up short. One can readily distinguish undertones (and perhaps overtones) of a fear of Asian unity in the US' efforts to ally with non-China countries there. Yet, the same is not true in Africa. For the most part the US seems to be allying with anyone and everyone in Africa who isn't harboring or supporting terrorists, regardless of their potential to further a united Africa.
So, if the Western powers aren't blocking African unity (at least militarily), who is? My first answer to this question relates to the "True Size of Africa" map (see image below). This map is one of my favorite visualization tools and was graciously offered to the public with no rights reserved by Kai Krause. It tells us that the total land area of the African continent is 30.2 million km2. Thus, it is larger than: the 69-year-long USSR (22.4 million km2); the ~230-year-long Ottoman Empire (5 million km2); the 54-years-and-counting European Union (4.3 million km2 ); and the ~160-year-long Mongol Empire (24 million km2). Only the largest empire yet known to humans, the 400-year-long British Empire (33.7 million km2), was larger than the continent of Africa.
As you can see on the map, it would take the combination of the total land area of China, the US, India, Mexico, Peru, France, Spain, Papua New Guinea, Sweden, Japan, Germany, Norway, Italy, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Greece to equal the size of the continent of Africa. Though you could come up with a completely separate list of countries to demonstrate this point, for the sake of argument let's stick to this one. Among these countries, there are myriad alliances (the UK and the US), former sparring partners (Italy and Greece), foes-turned-friends (Germany and France), and frenemies (the US and China). Also on this list are countries mired in current unity fiascos, like the Euro crisis.
In short, Africa is very big. Africa is bigger than almost every historic alliance and almost every historic alliance has failed. Personally, I am hopeful that the future of geopolitics will be one of stronger and longer-lasting alliances. Yet, the insights gleaned from this map (as detailed above), explain why a continent-wide alliance (such as Gaddafi's proposed United States of Africa) is a difficult proposition. Even ECOWAS (the Economic Community of West African States) covers only 5.1 km2 of Africa–about 1/6 of the continent. The closest thing to a United States of Africa is the African Union (AU), based in Ethiopia. To the best of my understanding, the African Union acts like a continental United Nations, promoting development initiatives, lending peacekeeping troops, and coordinating Regional Economic Committees (like ECOWAS). Though the AU is a step in the direction of unity, it lacks the power and buy-in to prevent regional conflicts, such as the one between Somalia and Kenya.
The anti-unity implications of the size of this continent deter the advent of a united Africa and Africa <—> Africa lending and borrowing (among other things). However, sheer size is not the only impediment–in my next post I will discuss the causes and implications of a slow internet connection on more local lending and borrowing and, therefore, the success of Kiva.
Stay tuned for part two of this blog post: Why is my internet so slow, why are my phone calls so expensive and what can be done about it to unite Africa, enhance Kiva, and speed development?


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H.R.1596 - To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to obtain a statue of Shirley Chisholm for placement in the United States Capitol.116th Congress (2019-2020) |
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Professor Abdoulaye Bathily
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Professor Bathily is Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the United Nations' Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). As such, he has monitored political affairs, mediation, human rights and civil affairs in Mali since July 2013. A Senegalese national, Professor Bathily has undertaken numerous official and unofficial conflict/crisis management missions throughout Africa, including Mali, Liberia, Sierra-Leone, Guinea Bissau, Niger, Madagascar, and Guinea. From 2012 to 2013, he served as Senior Minister in the Office of the President of Senegal, overseeing African Affairs. Professor Bathily was African Union Team Leader for the Observation of General Elections in Nigeria (2004) and Algeria (2005) From 1975 to 2013, Professor Bathily was a tenured professor of History at the Université Cheikh in Dakar, Senegal, where he taught general history, focusing on Sahel countries from pre-colonial period to decolonization, and post-colonial history and liberation struggles in Africa.


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How can I forward a Canvas Inbox message to my email?
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Hi Ray , and Welcome to the Canvas Community!
Because Conversations/Inbox is not email, you cannot forward it to email. Users can set their Notification preferences to receive email notifications of Inbox messages, and you can learn how at How do I add contact methods to receive Canvas notifications as a student? and at How do I set my Canvas notification preferences as a student? (same for all users).
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On this episode, we sit down with one of Neo's co-workers, Travis Fowler, co-founder of the Eight-Bit Evolution Etsy store!
We meet over pizza (in a noisy pizza place) to talk about Star Wars, Star Trek, his Etsy store, and just generally geek out about anything! He was a blast to talk to!
Check out Eight-Bit Evolution's Etsy store! https://www.etsy.com/shop/eightbitevolution
And also check out Mrs. Uncommon Geek's Etsy store, Sew Late at Night! https://www.etsy.com/shop/SewLateAtNight
Today's song is "Otaku Help Line" by Victory Road from their album "Forever the Optimist" released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To hear and buy all of the incredibly awesome albums from Victory Road, check out their Bandcamp at http://v-road.bandcamp.com/ and as always, check out Creativecommons.org to learn how Creative Commons licenses can help you. If you're a teacher or educational type of person, you can find TONS of tools to help with your curriculum![audio http://traffic.libsyn.com/uncommongeek/Episode_14_Interview_with_Travis_Fowler.mp3|titles=Episode 14: Interview with Travis Fowler!|loop=yes|animation=no]


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Why did you decide to shape up?
A.J. Jacobs: When my body began to resemble a snake that swallowed a goat. My wife would look at my stomach and say, "I don't want to be a widow at 45."
You're famous for your lists, and your health to-do list started at 53 pages and expanded to 70 by the end of the project. What were the hardest rules to follow?
The hardest was trying to follow all the rules at once. If you are trying to be ultimately healthy, there's no room in the day for anything else. You have to work out, lift weights, prepare meals, chew meals, put on sunscreen, do your brain exercises, meditate, and on and on. I discovered there's such a thing as being too healthy.
What was hardest: reading the encyclopedia for the "Know-It-All," living every rule in the Bible for "The Year of Living Biblically," or becoming healthy for "Drop Dead Healthy"? (These are all books by Jacobs.)
Probably becoming healthy. It was certainly the most physically painful. (Though the beard for the Bible book was quite itchy).
You started out as a "mushy, easily winded, moderately sickly blob." Are you keeping up any of the good habits still?
I'm still using a treadmill desk; I'm on it right now, in fact. (That sentence took five steps to type.) I'm still avoiding white foods, and I've learned to love vegetables. (One secret: Make them sweet; caramelized broccoli is better than no broccoli at all.) And I'm still doing interval training. That's just a sampling — there are many more.
For "Drop Dead Healthy," you tried out a variety of fitness regimes. Tell us about some. Were any effective? Or just plain fun?
I tried tons, including yoga, upside-down yoga, pole dancing, the Roman Legionnaire's workout and Crossfit. I loved the Caveman Workout, in which my fellow cavemen and I went into Central Park, took off our shirts and shoes, and tossed boulders and stalked imaginary prey. The secret is to working out is simple: Get your heart rate up, and put some stress on your muscles. Any way you can do that is good for you.
What is some of your favorite health gear?
I bought a lot of fancy pants stuff, including a motion-sensor that tracks calorie output, a weight vest, a skin-tight suit that helps muscles recover. But the most useful tools were the basics: A heart-rate monitor and a pedometer. The more you quantify, the healthier you'll act.
What was one of the most surprising things you learned?
How a tiny change can have a huge impact. Consider flossing. It's not just important for your teeth, it helps protect your heart from plaque and adds years to your life. I find it hard to believe myself, but I'm now a passionate flosser.
Did you have anyone helping you along the way?
Tons of people. I had a team of medical advisers, including Harvard researchers, top-of-their field physicians and trainers with biceps like cantaloupes.
How did this project change your view of health?
Health isn't just about going to the gym and eating bok choy. It's about making dozens of tiny choices throughout the day. You can incorporate movement into your daily life. (I took it to the extreme and started running errands. Literally running them.) Strong social ties are crucial to longevity, so don't feel guilty about going to dinner with friends.
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Below, A.J. makes an appearance on "Good Morning America" to talk about his book:


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Day 74: 90 Done!
August 14, 2008
I am a day late getting this posted. But yesterday was so, well… long that I went to bed early and decided to leave this blog until today.
I finished!! I did it! 90 Bikram Yoga classes done! I also, DID, actually do the 11 classes in five days that I talked about back on Friday. And let me tell you, five straight days of doubles was something else.
This Challenge has been less about can I do it than the last one and more about how I do it. In class I hear all the time stomach stomach stomach!!!! But in my mind, I hear, attitude attitude attitude!!!! In fact, the entire thing has been much more emotional than physical for me. This is not to say I have not literally worked my ass off, but so much more of it has been internal. I know I can do the yoga. Clearly, I can do the yoga. But the real question and yes, challenge, was – and still is – Can I do the yoga without complaining?? Can I do the yoga when my mind is screaming? Can I do the yoga when I have a million things on my mind? Can I let it go and do the class? Can I release my control on stuff and do it? Can I get through a class without whining about my back? Can I choose to be thankful? Can I do it with a smile?
Nobody's perfect.
I've surely whined, complained, obsessed, and been far less than thankful. You've seen it here on the blog. But what I am taking away from this is where I am today. Today am I closer to that ideal. Today I am smiling, thankful, and resolved. Today I am 90 classes stronger.
Daren asked me yesterday, Now what? Well, the truth is that nothing really changes. I will, of course, keep going to class. I will keep journaling here and chronicaling my journey through this yoga and Teacher Training. I'll sort of miss the countdown of classes, the feeling of pusing through, and the adrenaline of it all. But even as bittersweet as that is, I look forward to giving my body a rest. I need to learn Dialog, spend time with my family, and focus on the next month of my life here at home. And yes, one month is all that I have left.
Last night as I was winding down my day, I became frustrated with something going on here at home and just lost my temper. I got into the shower and let the hot water soak into my skin. It was there that I craved my yoga mat. I craved the space, the heat, the work. Crazy, as I was literally exhausted. But I recognized the yoga as my outlet. It's my solace and my release from the junk in life. I take this as a sign of how far I have come. Yoga is not a chore, it's not a task to tick off of my list. Yoga is a basic function of my day. 90 minutes on my mat. Me and the mirror, the heat, and the postures. That's all I need. And for that, I am truly thankful.
Day 69: So close!!!
August 8, 2008
Every time I take a class, I check off a class on my challenge sheet. It's still hanging on the board there with the others that have long been abandoned. Mine has now been turned over and a new list is running down the back of all my extra classes. I am SO close. 11 more classes to go. Tonight I am posing the challenge to myself to finish this in the next five days. Can Ren do 11 classes in five days?? If I double every day between now and Wednesday, including Advanced on Sunday I can. I've always wanted to finish this Challenge this way. Hard to believe it's finally here. I can do it. I know it.
I had a great class with Nada this afternoon – her last at BYTW (for now). I am very very sad to see her go. I have learned a lot from her and she's so encouraging. One day, I'll go to Sonoma and teach for her. This is the great circle of life. After class I went to Lululemon for a fun event. I got to hang out with my yoga friends and we were all dry and dressed in street clothes!! Miracle!!!
Anyway, tomorrow starts my Double Marathon. If you are so inclined, say a little prayer for my spine. I've never done more than three days of consecutive double classes. This will be a first for me. Good preparation for Training, though.
Day 68 Part 2: Another double and sweating it out.
August 7, 2008
Well kiddies, I went back for a double tonight. It was a great great class. I struggled in Triangle a little, with my feet literally slipping out from under me. coughthecarpetwaswetfrombeingcleanedcough… Uhhh.. Not that it should matter. But they were really.. slipping… out from under me.
SO! Onwards and upwards!
Hi, my name is Karen, and I sweat like a MAN! And no, not just any man, a SWEATY MAN! Thanks, yes, I'll stay away now. Woweeee did I sweat tonight. I don't usually like to wax philosophical about sweat but OMGHOLYMOLY did it pour off of me tonight. See and here's the thing, I actually like it. Yes, yes.. I do. I LIKE it. I like the way it feels to flush my body hardcore and when it's over I feel brand new, my skin literally glowing. So I've had TWO very very sweaty classes today and I'm just way too happy about the amount of sweating I did, apparently.
Forgive me, I'm a little loopy. It's late, I need to eat, and oh yeah I just might be high on yoga. Might be. Stay tuned.
Oh and the backbend. Well… I have to say, not as awesome as earlier today. But I did feel I could breathe deeper and stay longer. So, there's progress.
I will see you party people tomorrow.
Namaste 😉
Day 54: Heating up another double.
July 24, 2008
This will be brief as I am super tired.
I did another double today and loved it. I am feeling strong! I was surprised, though, that I sat out a half set of Triangle tonight (something I haven't done in a long time) in my second class because I just could not get my heart rate in check. No judgment, of course, just a little surprised.
Oh the HEAT today. I LOVED it and relished it. My morning class was hot hot and my evening class was WET! Both were great and I am feeling much better about dealing with the heat and humidity. I was struggling with it earlier in the Challenge, if you recall 😉
I am off to bed now to rest. Only a few hours to sleep before I get up and do this all again. I'll try to get a longer, more thoughtful blog tomorrow.
Day 48: Double day
July 18, 2008
Day 25: Don't throw it away.
June 25, 2008
Every teacher says, Don't throw this posture away. They say it at various points in class, and often it's during one of the deceptively easy postures or during the stretches at the end of class. But the further I get into this thing, the more meaning this has for me. It's tempting, some days, to think to myself, I do this every single day, I'm going to sit out this one set. It's very tempting. But what I found today was that my temptation to throw things away come early in class. It's during those warm up postures that I feel lethargic, sleepy, and a little whiny. Particularly tempting for me is Pranayama.
Pranayama, standing deep breathing, is the first thing you do in a Bikram Yoga class. Pranayama opens the lungs, increases the circulation of the body, and prepares the body for class. Yet, this seemingly simple series is one of the most difficult things to really master. I certainly haven't mastered it, in all my years of doing Bikram. In fact, I would say I am only just beginning to even understand it. Yes, it's that tricky.
So some days it's hard not to just muddle through the breathing to get to the rest of the postures. I'm working on this, trying to make a conscious effort to really do every…single…inhale, and every….single…exhale. But each and every posture builds on the next. Pranayama warms the body and prepares the lungs for the full class. But it also loosens the shoulders and begins to open the hips for Half Moon. Half Moon moves the spine in four directions, preparing it for Awkward. Awkward warms the lower body for Eagle. Eagle opens the hips and prepares you for the balancing series. You get the idea.
Bikram has said, of his series,
If you take the formula for Penicillin and remove one thing, you no longer have Penicillin. If you take Bikram Yoga and remove one thing, you no longer have Bikram Yoga.
Nothing added, nothing taken away, nothing thrown away – yields the benefits and results of the yoga. That's it.
Today I did a double, and it felt great. I worked hard, and felt amazing after my second class. There really is so much depth in the second class that you often don't find in the first. I feel strong. And I can't believe the time is starting to fly.
Tomorrow I have a meeting with Arnie, Jen, and Daren after class. Should be fun to brainstorm together about things.
If you are keeping track, I have done 31 classes now out of my 60 and this is day 26 of the Challenge.
See you tomorrow.
Day 18: My cranky spine.
June 18, 2008
First I have to say this; doing doubles ROCKS! No, really, it does. For some reason doing two classes gives me more energy than doing only one. And I can use all the energy I can get these days.
Now, I also have to say that my spine is MAD at ME! Seriously cranky here. But the yoga is the only thing that makes it better, apart from massages from Arnie. And since I can't get massages daily (oh to dream) I take my cranky back to class. It is there, on my mat that I feel all better. But really, how far away IS the floor? I mean, really? Padahastasana never used to take me this long! The good news is that once I am down there, I'm good. The descent, however, sometimes makes me feel old and sore and well… OLD! My cranky spine also has taken a particular disliking to Half Moon. And the backbending, that used to be the worst thing ever for me, is now the easiest (well, comparatively).. See, isn't yoga exciting??
But I'm not complaining. Because my spine will be all shiny and new again soon. At least that's what they tell me. And since the Challenge is, indeed, a process I refuse to be discouraged. I know that trying to judge the overall benefit and effect of 60 days of yoga now is futile. That's like pulling the cake out of the oven halfway through baking. Doesn't make much sense, does it?
mmmm cake..
I digress..
So now I'm 22/60. Feels good. Maybe tomorrow my back will stop arguing with me and go for it. But I still love you, spine.. I love you, even when you make me feel old and decrepit. Even then, and I will take you back to that hot little room. Giddyup, Half Moon…..


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Title: Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach
Author: Kelly Robson
Rating: ★★★★ 1/2
Synopsis: Discover a shifting history of adventure as humanity clashes over whether to repair their ruined planet or luxuriate in a less tainted pass.
In 2267, Earth has just begun to recover from worldwide ecological disasters. Minh is part of the generation that first moved back up to the surface of the Earth from the underground hells, to reclaim humanity's ancestral habitat. She's spent her entire life restoring river ecosystems, but lately the kind of long-term restoration projects Minh works on have been stalled due to the invention of time travel. When she gets the opportunity take a team to 2000 BC to survey the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, she jumps at the chance to uncover the secrets of the shadowy think tank that controls time travel technology.
Huge thank you to Raincoast for this ARC!
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Walking around the Ontario Library Association Super Conference, I tend to pick up a lot of random titles. While I was stopping over at Raincoast, Kelly Robson was beginning to sign her latest, Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach. I had zero idea what it was about and I had to know what tis "lucky peach" was. I also didn't realize that Kelly Robson was married to a sci-fi author I love, A.M Dellamonica.
This delightful piece of candy reading is about time travel, octopus, and an ecological crisis. Minh, our protagonist, is tasked with reclaiming humanity's ancestral habitat, Earth. Earth is no longer as habitable as it once was, and her group of merry companions are the last hope in changing the world for the better. For such a short novel, I loved how it was written. It had a great pace, the characters were fairly entertaining given how little time is spent on each one. The story next felt confusing or bloated, and it moved at such a brisk pace.
I liked that there were two stories at work and I enjoyed how they both connected in the end. The story at the beginning of each chapter with the battle between gods and monsters was just so interesting, and part of me wishes we had that story on it's own as well. The other half, Minh's story is very technology focused, and Robson's take on time travel is a lot of fun.
I am crazy glad I read this, and knowing that Robson has other short stories to check out as me very excited. There was a lot to love in this story given how short it was, and the journey to finding out "the lucky peach" was pretty fun in itself. I would highly recommend checking out this novella, especially if you like time travel stories, when it releases in March.


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Justice Dame Judith Potter yesterday released her judgement regarding an electoral petition lodged by One Cook Islands Party candidate Tungane Williams, declaring that Williams' vote had been correctly disallowed.
A cross-petition was granted however, and the vote of Tuapikepike Hickey in the Mauke constituency was disallowed.
"The Court hereby determines that the first respondent, Tai Tura of Mauke, is the duly elected candidate for the Constituency of Mauke and so certifies to the Chief Electoral Officer," Justice Potter said.
The announcement comes more than two months after the general election, held on June 14. Justice Potter said the reasons for her judgement would follow, but no specific timeframe for its release was mentioned. The hearing was held on August 24.
Williams filed the petition against Tura, chief electoral officer Taggy Tangimetua and the returning officer. Williams also earlier applied for a recount of votes, which resulted in no change in the result.
On election night Tura won 68 votes, with Williams gaining 67. Still to be announced are the results of electoral petitions involving Murienua and Mauke. The Murienua petition, filed by James Beer of Democratic Party, was heard last Monday. It involves works carried out in the Murienua constituency from April 14 until the week before the election date, for which Beer alleges no authority was provided. The seat was won by the CIP's Patrick Arioka.
Meanwhile, there has been considerable speculation around the likely outcome of the Rakahanga petition, filed by Democratic Party leader Tina Browne.
In her petition against Cook Islands Party (CIP) candidate Toka Hagai, who won the seat in the June 14 election, Browne alleged that during a meeting with the voters at Hagai's residence on June 12, caretaker prime minister Henry Puna declared that June 14 and 15 would be public holidays on Rakahanga.
In her petition, Browne alleged one significant purpose for the declaration of a public holiday by Puna was political - to procure the election of Hagai.
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A personal website for my own hobby working with wood. This is a WordPress based website using Woocommerce to process online sales.
Two new websites for Kirsteen Stewart
Fashion Designer Kirsteen Stewart decided that it was time to give her site a makeover and to split it into two sites each covering two sides to here design business. We wanted to keep her existing URL so decided that the best way to implment the two sites were as sub domains, so the first […]
New website for Persian Dowery
Persian Dowery are a London based company importing ethically sourced hand made silk and woollen carpets. They approached me, after a recommendation from one of my other clients, to produce a mobile friendly e-commerce site.
New responsive website for Black Cat Valley Studios
I am please to announce the launch of a new website for Black Cat Valley Studios. Based in Wales, Black Cat Valley Studios produce original digital paintings. The website has an online store selling these painting which are available for immediate download upon purchase.
New Responsive eCommerce website for Craftship Enterprise
I am please to announce the launch of a new website for Cratftship Enterprise. Based in Stronsay, Orkney; Craftship Enterprise offer various craft training and activity programmes at Chapel Mallet on Stronsay. They also have an online store selling a variety of craft products.
Makeover for Hume Sweet Hume
I have handled the website for Hume Sweet Hume for a number of years now and it was time to give the site a makeover. We took the opportunity to move the e-commerce platform over to the more popular Woocommerce, which is now my platform of choice for all new e-commerce website. Of course the […]
New Responsive Website for Jane Glue
I am pleased to be able to launch the new responsive website for Jane Glue. This website is an e-commerce website using Woocommerce on the WordPress platform. The site is fully responsive to make it convenient to use across a range of devices from desktop to mobile phone.
New website for RitaNoTiara
A new website for RitaNoTiara goes live today, although official launch is Friday 17th May. The ethos of RitaNoTiara is "Dare to be Different – Wear to be Seen" – these are funky quirky clothes for those of you who like to stand out from the crowd, look original and feel gorgeous … Wear one […]
Britt Harcus: Artist/Illustrator
Britt Harcus' website relaunched today with two distinct flavours! Britt's home page at www.brittharcus.com is now a launchpad to two distinct sites covering the two very different aspects of Britt's work namely Fine Art and Illustration. The fine art and illustration websites are separate WordPress based websites each with a portfolio describing Britts work in […]
The Studio Shop Orkney
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And here's one more guest post from a female founder on this year's Entrepreneur Academe: Helen Cammack of Interests.me.
interests.me is a new kind of email newsletter and communication solution specially designed for interest-based community groups.
I'm Helen Cammack and interests.me came out of my lifelong love of organising interest-based groups, and from noticing how difficult and time-consuming it can be for these groups to communicate effectively.
For as long as I can remember I've been knee-deep in organising and running groups and clubs — from a performance poetry club when I was at school, to a political discussion group, and more conventional types of group such as residents' associations and the local Scouts. This runs in the family as my dad has run a local tennis club for decades. These groups, clubs and societies make the world go round and are the backbone of local communities.
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Rookery Meadow gives you the freedom to do things your way. You will not be restricted by packages and lists that you have to choose from, instead you have control over everything including your marquee location, food and entertainment – and there's no corkage!
The benefit of choosing a blank canvas outdoor wedding venue is that you can add a personal touch however you want. There are no bounds to where your imagination can take you. If you want a red carpet, a gin tent, an open-air dance-floor, a bouncy castle, a gospel choir, big screen tv's, disco balls, a fun fair, singing waiters, or simply a nice white marquee, you can have it! Browse our list of recommended suppliers, or pick and choose your own.
You can even experience the magic of the meadow at night – whether you and your guests prefer caravans, campervans, bell tents or your old festival tent – wedding glamping is a great option for those who want to enjoy a night under the stars.
For ideas and inspiration arrange a visit where you can soak up the atmosphere, and don't forget to check out our Costs and Creations and FAQs. Let your imagination run wild!
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