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A visit to the Digital Repository Federation in Japan
January 24, 2012 1 Comment
Last week, I was at the University of Hokkaido, in Sapporo, Northern Japan at the invitation of the Digital Repository Federation. The DRF is a federation of universities and research institutions which have established institutional repositories. I met with them to share information about the work of the RSP and the DRF. It was a fantastic opportunity to forge links with colleagues working in digital repositories in Japan and my hosts made me very welcome. My thanks to the DRF and the University of Hokkaido for their hospitality and friendliness.
The meeting involved presentations about our work, in particular the events we run for repository staff. I was struck by the similarities between our two countries – both in the nature of repository work and in the challenges we face. In Japan and the UK, persuading authors to deposit in the repository is a big issue and support and training in advocacy work features on the DRF and RSP programmes. And librarians often deposit on behalf of authors in Japan.
Firstly a few facts about the DRF. It has 127 members and there is no charge to participate. You'll see similarities with UKCoRR here (United Kingdom Council of Research Repositories). It receives funding from the National Institute of Informatics to provide training. They run events all over Japan for library staff and have held two international conferences. The career development system for librarians shapes the nature of their programmes in a different way to the UK. Younger librarians participate in a rotation system so they gain experience in all aspects of library work before they go onto senior management positions. This means that there is a constant flow of new staff working in repositories and therefore the DRF runs ongoing workshops which cover the basics of institutional repository management (although it also has some events for senior staff on the broader aspects of open access and scholarly communication). In the UK, where repository staff may stay in post for a longer time, the RSP programme has been developed for experienced staff as well as beginners and so tailors events for both audiences.
I went into some detail about the events we run, sharing some examples such as the activities on the Communication Skills for Advocacy workshop (see my presentation and notes). I also discovered some interesting techniques used in training by the DRF which I'm going to explore further for use in the UK. They have developed a board game called "Happy IR life" which I hope to get translated. Another example is a comedy "Skit" which was performed with audience participation from academics at Hokkaido University which demonstrated the current method of scholarly communication. The DRF has produced a really good report into its activities "Hita-hita: institutional OA advocacy in Japan" which is well worth reading.
After the meeting, we adjourned to a local restaurant for typical Japanese food and drink. It was delicious! My first experience of Japanese food and I am hooked. The menu included raw fish which I was a bit apprehensive about but I loved it – so well prepared and tasty. The meal was washed down by copious amounts of local Sapporo beer and sake – I enjoyed that too!
The repository communities in Japan and the UK have a lot in common and we discussed ideas as to how we can strengthen and develop our contact. We hope to issue a Memorandum of Understanding which will outline these ideas for sharing information and experience as we can usefully learn a lot from each other.
On a personal note, I found it a wonderful country to visit. The most striking thing was the kindness and politeness of Japanese people. When I arrived at Sapporo station, late evening and feeling very jet lagged, I asked a young woman if she could give me directions to my hotel and showed her the map. She didn't speak any English so she took me all the way to the hotel – I can't say how much I appreciated her kindness. And that was just the start. Sapporo is a lovely city, covered in snow at this time of year, and surrounded by picturesque mountains as you can see from some of the photos. Other things I liked: no mobile phones on trains, clean streets with no litter, the snow, lovely food, a sense of calm and safety, an organised and logical transport system and heated toilet seats! Once again, thanks to my hosts and I hope to see them again in the not too distant future.


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The Husband and I just came back from our short trip to Taipei, Taiwan. It was our first trip together without our little ones and my first time to leave the kids behind. Spell M-A-J-O-R S-E-P-A-R-A-T-I-O-N A-N-X-I-E-T-Y, but thankful for Lolos and Lolas and our efficient household staff, who are all too willing to watch over the kids and just as excited for us that we are finally, finally able to spend "just us" time. We were not able to see much of Taipei and the famed southern part of ... [ Read More ]
Lessons Learned from Home-Building: Our Rights as Consumer, When and How to Assert Them
Monday was a stressful day for me. I had to deal with a supplier, who was supposed to execute our calado arch for our porch. You see the gorgeous beige latticework, just below the multi-colored glasses? That's a calado arch. I wanted the calado arches up as soon as we moved in to our home more than 3 years ago, but we needed to defer this project. We had to save up for it. Every detail of a calado arch is skilfully handcarved into wood. In our case, I specifically required that the ... [ Read More ]
(Belated) Valentine's Day Post: My Favorite Person
This being a Valentine's Day entry, please be warned that this will be sappy, cheesy, and sentimental! Today, I write about my favorite person, The Husband. He is my favorite for so many reasons, but I shall exercise restraint and keep to why he makes a great husband! He allows me to sleep in every morning. The Husband is a morning person and wakes up like a lolo. He is usually up by 5:30. He is in charge of waking Kuya Joaquin up for school and dragging him to the dining table for ... [ Read More ]
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We have so far we've had a few release-candidates and some big wishlists of a nice set of features.
Now I'm all in favor of slowly moving toward a feature-freeze for the next release.
The idea is to have a target set of stable features as the goal for the next release.
So when these features are done, all we do will be squashing bugs until they are stable.
That way we can ensure some quality and compatibility before we move on to the next target.
The constants so far are:
- Menu overhaul (since I'm already working on that)
- Installer (since Moj ist working on that)
- Modern gradients in plugins (xzero has so much fun with this one)
The question now is:
Which other features should we implement and stabilize for the next release?
Post your suggestions in this thread. In a week I'll collect them into a poll
Also there's the question of the version number.
Since most of the post-bblean builds have assumed 1.8 at some point or another, I would suggest to skip it and go straight for 1.9.
Afterwards, if we feel up to it we can target 2.0 or cheat the linux way with 1.10, 1.11, etc.


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text: About 11,000 troops comprise multi-national task force A Kabul defence ministry official, who declined to be named, could not say exactly when the US soldier had been hurt, but it was in the last 24 hours in the Zabul province. Clashes had resumed in the rugged area on Wednesday after a lull overnight, said the official. About 450 Afghan government soldiers and several dozen US special forces have been chasing up to 600 Taliban fighters since Monday. Afghan officials say up to 70 Taliban fighters have been killed, although the US military has confirmed only 14 deaths in the operation. Most of the Taliban losses occurred during raids by aircraft of the US-led force in Afghanistan. US-led forces toppled the ruling Taliban in 2001, following the September 11 attacks. The last few weeks have been some of the bloodiest since the Taliban's fall, with attacks on civilians, government troops and Afghan aide workers blamed on the militia which opposes the presence of foreign troops in the country. SOURCE: Reuters


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Hello, my name is James Plymel, and I am the 6th grade math teacher for the Wranglers Team. I graduated from Summerville High School in 1984. Then I enlisted in the United States Army. Upon returning from Operation Desert Storm in Iraq where I served as an Infantry Squad Leader conducting combat operations with the 101st Air Assault Division, I completed my military enlistment and enrolled at the College of Charleston. There I received my Bachelor of Science, Cum laude, in Elementary Education. I was honored to be selected the GMS Teacher of the Year for the 2006-2007 school year. I am currently a member of the GMS Academic Achievement and Awards Night Committee.
I love hiking with my two daughters, kayaking and gardening on my family's farm. My two beautiful daughters, Emma and Olivia, are both entering their Junior year. Emma is in the School of Nursing Program at Clemson University. She is a member of Clemson's Rock Climbing Club. Olivia is in the Early College Program at Summerville High School. She enjoys reading and lifeguarding in her free time.
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Cloud Native programming with Golang
Awarded as one of the best books of all time by BookAuthority, Cloud Native Programming with Golang will take you on a journey into the world of microservices and cloud computing with the help of Go.
Cloud computing and microservices are two very important concepts in modern software architecture. They represent key skills that ambitious software engineers need to acquire in order to design and build software applications capable of performing and scaling. Go is a modern cross-platform programming language that is very powerful yet simple; it is an excellent choice for microservices and cloud applications. Go is gaining more and more popularity, and becoming a very attractive skill.
This book starts by covering the software architectural patterns of cloud applications, as well as practical concepts regarding how to scale, distribute, and deploy those applications. You will also learn how to build a JavaScript-based front-end for your application, using TypeScript and React. From there, we dive into commercial cloud offerings by covering AWS. Finally, we conclude our book by providing some overviews of other concepts and technologies that you can explore, to move from where the book leaves off.
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The Oklahoma Publishing Company is in negotiations to return its headquarters to downtown Oklahoma City after a 20-year absence, Chief Executive Officer Gary Pierson told employees today.
The company, currently located at 9000 N Broadway, is in the process of planning a move into the long-vacant Century Center Mall, 100 W Main, subject to ongoing negotiations, approvals and commitments for both it and the landlord.
"We've been working toward something very special for both OPUBCO and downtown," Pierson said. "We are hopeful it all comes together."
OPUBCO would be moving approximately 350 employees and an annual payroll of more than $26 million into 67,000 square feet.
The building, built along with the adjoining Sheraton Hotel in 1977, was successful as a retail operation in the early 1980s. Stores included an F.A.O. Schwartz Toy Store, a florist, clothing and gift shops, a fitness spa and restaurants. But its occupancy plunged as downtown suffered along with the rest of the state during the oil bust that overtook Oklahoma through the late 1980s.
The building has stood empty for the past 20 years. 100 W Main LLC, an investment group represented by Steve Hurst, bought 115,000 square feet of the mall from the hotel's owner, American Property Management, for $2 million on May 11, 2011.
Tim Strange and Andy Burnett with Sperry Van Ness/William T. Strange & Associates represents 100 W Main LLC. on leasing of Century Center while OPUBCO is being represented by Mark Beffort and John Cohlmia with Grubb & Ellis/Levy Beffort.
"We are very excited to have The Oklahoma Publishing Company move home to downtown and anchor such an important location," Hurst said. "This repositioning of the Century Center continues the renaissance of downtown OKC into a first class place to work and live."


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Tusker: The Adventurer wore khaki shortsFebruary 21st, 2012 - Posted by: Kate in C64, Music
Here we go – not a new release per se I'm afraid! – I wanted to re-do the mastering on my previously arranged piece using the knowledge I'd gleaned from Putzi, but also didnt like the ending of my original take. One day whilst re-listening to the tune in the car I had a sudden notion of what would work… so I went with that… hence the title
This features the indomitable Anna Black once again with some ethnic vocal performingK8bit-Tusker-Khaki_shorts_edition.mp3


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Canada Games Preview: Basketball (Pt. 2)
It's been 50 years since the first Canada Games, held in Quebec City in 1967. Since then, the Games have alternated every two years between winter and summer, and grown to become Canada's largest multi-sport competition for young athletes. With the Canada Games poised as a key step in the development of Canada's future stars, Canada Games athletes are Canada's next national, international and Olympic champions.
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I guess this is probably considered more of a summer dish, but I had lots of tomatoes and cucumbers that needed used :) I like to make up a batch of this simple and yummy salad and keep it in my fridge for a quick lunch. I am trying to be better about posting recipes on my blog this year...hopefully I can share more, because cooking/baking is something I really enjoy. Please note that I don't use a recipe for this salad...I'll just list ingredients so you can make as much or as little as you'de like.
-crumbled bacon
-cubed cheese
-fresh grated parmesan cheese
-italian salad dressing
-mini bow ties
(you can also add chopped peperoni and sliced olives if desired)
Boil pastas according to directions. My favorite dried tortellini is the Four Cheese Tortellini from Barilla. I had to use up some other stuff this time that I picked up at Costco. While the pasta is cooking, chop tomatoes and cucumbers. Place in a large bowl. Add crumbled bacon. You can cook and crumble your own bacon, but I took the easy route and used real bacon bits. Cube cheese (I like sharp cheddar and swiss or mozerella, but you can add whatever you have on hand). Add fresh grated parmesan cheese. When pasta is done, strain and rinse under cold water until noodles have cooled. When cool, toss with remaining ingredients and pour italian salad dressing over, continuing to toss. You can use low fat italian or even homemade italian dressing...anything with work. Refrigerate for a few hours before serving. Keep in air tight container in fridge.


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To look after and work with children it is important that you understand their development. It is impossible to think about how you can meet a child's needs unless you know what to expect from him or her in terms of thinking, communication, and physical abilities for example. You will explore the principles of development and the five key stages from birth to age 16 years before looking at how physical, social and emotional, communication and intellectual skills are developed.
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Sheath/Column Sweetheart Short/Mini Chiffon Lace Cocktail Dress #21212
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Faîtes confiance à jjshouse la robe est magnifique,bien taillée,très beau tissu et la dentelle du dos est sublime.
Je n'hésiterai pas pour une prochaine commande.
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Bought this dress for my daughter...she's always wanted a "little-black-dress. It fits perfectly. She absolutely LOVES it. So happy I found your site :o)
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The dress is beautiful, I ordered it in dark navy. The delivery was very quick, less than one week! Thank you!
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i have purchase a dress now and i have give my customer size .. i hope i will get it on the right size and be satisfy.. i hope i will get it before christmas ..
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As a person who is very vary of buying clothes on line because of my figure, I just was very surprised to find that after having my sizes checked with a friend I went through the very easy steps in buying my very first dress on line. I found that all the instructions very easy to follow and before even three weeks had past I had received my dress. I opened the box and found the dress to be exactly as the photo. So I tried it on and got my husband to zip it up for me. At my age finding that right dress for a very big award nights can sometimes be an unhappy event. But as I turned to face my husband his first words were WOW you look lovely. Comments like that don't happen very often. I new I had chosen well with my Black Sheath Sweetheart Short/Mini Chiffon Lace Cocktail Dress. The sizes were right, the delivery was quick and above all else the price was fantastic. Thank you for making my night. Lesley
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I got the order yesterday.it looks the same as seen in the picture.really wonderful,i like it very much.I want to share it with all of you.i am looking forward to the big day.
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Tight around the chest but not an issue for me as I'm not nearly as busty as the woman in the photo. Very happy with the purchase.


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Quilt market opens today in Kansas City. This event is for the quilt industry trade only and not for the general public. There are similar shows during the year geared toward the consumer called Quilt Festival that are sponsored by the same organization that sponsors Quilt Market, Quilts, Inc. I have been fortunate to attend Quilt Festival in Houston a few times. Quilt Market is where quilt shop owners and others in the industry go to find out the latest fabric lines coming out, the latest tools, machines, books, patterns, etc. that the stores can offer for their customers. Weeks Ringle of Modern Quilt Studio has provided some pre-opening vendor booth setup photos on the company's Facebook page. Here is a link to Week's blog post or just type "Modern Quilt Studio" in the search bar on Facebook.
Also this weekend, in Overland Park, Kansas is the Machine Quilter's Showcase. It started yesterday. The person that really reached out to me when I started my blog was Linda Hungerford of Flourishing Palms blog. Linda took two prizes in this show. She took Best of Show in the Just for Me-Bed Quilt Division and Second Place in the Just for Me-Wall Quilt Division. Here is a link to her post. I hope she doesn't mind if a share a picture of her award winning quilt here. This 77″ square quilt was quilted by Linda on a domestic sewing machine. She beat out all the long-arm quilters in her division. Kudos to you Linda. I am so proud of you!
I have entered quilts into shows before and I know how stiff the competition is. Today I am entering a quilt in the Blogger's Quilt Festival. The festival starts today and runs through June 1. The quilt I am entering is called The Chemistry of Symmetry (34″ x 42″). I had planned to enter my Heart quilt, but I am still working on the binding. The Chemistry of Symmetry quilt is special to me. I love kaleidoscopes and actually have a mini collection of art kaleidoscopes. One year I attended a Jinny Beyer seminar and the theme was kaleidoscope quilts. When I got back from the seminar I started this quilt. It is made from one Jinny Beyer border print fabric and a small bit of Fossil Ferns collection. Remember that collection? I think I have one yard of every color. Anyway, I made this quilt while my husband went through one year of miserable treatment for melanoma and I sat with him every night while watching TV and hand quilted this quilt. I am not much of a sit and watch TV kind of a person, but I wanted to be there if he needed anything. I finished this quilt in 2007 and it was the last quilt I hand quilted. I used wool batting which was beautiful to hand quilt through. I am not the best hand quilter and I am very slow at it. However, I do love the texture created by the wool batting and the hand quilting. While quilting this quilt I learned patience and persistence. Please visit the Blogger's Quilt Festival and vote for your favorites May 26 – 30. Click on the button on the side bar.
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I mean, doesn't he get tired? Why is he so desperate to leave a legacy? It's not that I do't want peace, but seriously let's be practical. Is it really possible to talk to Pakistan at this juncture? What will we talk about? The same old stuff right – you act on terrorism, we will then talk. Or maybe we should just talk Kababs and Biryanis, and call the meeting fruitful!
Anyway, it just beats me as to why our Prime Minister so eager to talk to Pakistan?
Link here: http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/29/stories/2009102954300900.htm


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Guava Braised BBQ Short Ribs
If you want flavorful, fall-off-the-bone, broke-da-mouth ribs, try braising them with this delicious island-style method.
- 3 1/2 lb. short ribs
- 1/4 cup guava juice
- 1/4 cup tomato puree
- 1/4 cup oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon minced shallots
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon minced ginger
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup guava jam
- pinch Hawaiian salt
- pinch black pepper
Heat guava juice, tomato puree, oyster sauce, butter, shallots, garlic, ginger, coriander, sugar, jam, salt and pepper in small pan until all ingredients are well combined.
Heat oven to 375 degrees.
in a large pan, heat oil and sear short ribs on both sides. Do this in smaller batches to ensure that you get a good sear without overcrowding the pan. Place seared pieces in a large baking pan. Once all pieces have been seared, pour sauce over ribs. Cover with foil and bake for 2 hour and 30 minutes, then another 30 minutes uncovered. Check to ensure that there is enough liquid half way through and add a little water if necessary to prevent burning.


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Hi all! I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, I swear! Life definitely got in the way of blogging for a while, but I will be back soon! I have some ideas, now I just have to get them written!
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"Oh shit! How the f*ck did I get here?!" It starts out with a simple declaration: "I really need to eat better. And I could shed a few pounds. It's for my health." So you join a weight loss group. You don't really think of it as a diet because diets don't work, everybody knows this. You're just going to eat healthier and lose weight.
You measure and weigh out portions with the fancy food scale you bought and the measuring spoons that tell you exactly what one portion of everything is. At first this is easy and kind of fun, like a game. You're a little bit hungry, but it tells you that your new
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Talked to Mom earlier today. The steroids and the radiation are catching up to her and making her exhausted yet not letting her sleep She also told me that her hair started coming out in clumps today 😦 Haven't talked to her since, so I have a feeling the hair loss is hitting her hard. It doesn't matter that we knew it was a matter of time, it still sucks.
With that much radiation going in at that many places on her head it was only a matter of time. I guess she is lucky it took this long. Hopefully the two scarves I ordered will be here in time for me to take them up with me this weekend.
Sounds like she still has steroid appetite, which is fantastic. I am hoping that she will put on some extra weight before we start chemo. Give her a little more padding so that her body has some more stores when the chemo starts messing with her stomach.
It's been 1 week shy of a month since she got the diagnosis, yet it all still seems surreal. From a caretaker/daughter of the patient perspective, I can't even pin down my own emotions. Some days I am ok and don't think about it too much, or when I do I can find the hope and the optimism. Other days (like today) I feel like I am trying to hold on to her with all I have. Like trying to keep her from getting sucked down a long hallway…at one end of the hallway is me, trying to hold on to her for dear life. At the other end is death…just this black void of the unknown.
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Well, darling readers, this blog may be going on a bit of a hiatus or becoming much more personal for a while.
My Mom was diagnosed yesterday with Stage IV metastatic lung cancer. The cancer has spread to her brain, where she has a tumor on her cerebellum.
Needless to say, all my time and attention are going towards her now, so I likely won't be posting here much.
The prognosis is not good, and I am not sure how long we will have with her.
If you are the praying type, I would appreciate if you keep her in your prayers. This is going to be a very rough journey and she needs all the help she can get. If you're not the praying type, any good thoughts or energy you can spare will be just as good.


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After a warm winter came a predictable wet and grey Spring. Fortulatelly tours have been keeping me busy, I finally found a little time to upload some updates on the Spring sightings.
A couple of displaying male Little Bustards have been regularly heard and seen on Vale Santo. Other regulars have been Little Owls, Tawny Pipits and of course the Choughs. At Cabranosa the Spectacled Warblers are around although shy as ususal, the Bee-eaters in the pine wood have been very cooperative, and this week a beutiful male Osceolated Lizard was seen enjoying the sun. Visits to the Cape usually bring all 3 species of Swifts in early mornings. Black-eared Weatears and Woodchat Shrikes were regularly present in the Peninsula during migration.
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With the days growing hotter, early mornings and late afternoons are the best times to visit. The coastal walks bring great views the cliff-nestinhg White Storks, Shags and Black Redstarts.
A groups of 23 Audouins Gulls at Fonte Santa beach was a pleasant surprise. The dunes host nesting Bee-eaters and a good diversity of small birds, as well an incredible myriad of wildflowers. In the hills and valleys, the early mornings bring a remarkable chorus, and Nightingales sing non-stop by the streams. The scarce Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers, Common Redstarts and Crested tits are some of the birds to look for.
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The usual feast. After the rare Bonaparte´s Gull, Collared Pratincoles were one of the birds present while on passage, as well as stopover flocks of waders – the sudden arrival of ~150 Whimbrels was one of April´s highlights. Little Terns, Black-winged Stilts, Avocets, Purple Swamphens, and so many others make the visitor very happy. This week, a Little Gull and a couple of Whiskered Terns were some of the interesting birds around.
Not even mentioning the wildflowers! As for orchids, most of them are now over, but Pyramidal, Epitactis sp. and Serapias sp. are still here.
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Sunday, June 23, 2013
Monsters University and The Blue Umbrella Review (Ridiculous Amount of Spoilers!!!)
From the first scene with the two headed pigeon, which was a great way to remind everyone that this was the monster world, to the last shot of Mike and Sulley beginning their first day at Monsters, Incorporated, this won on so many levels. It starts off with a great little scene of Mike, aged three-ish, and his classmates going to Monsters, Inc. The amount of throwback scenes and score cues that invoked great memories of the original were fun to see. I loved the Roz and Yeti cameos. They were great ways to set up how those characters acted in MI. The movie looked amazing. Monsters U. is probably Pixar's best looking film to date. The global illumination software that Pixar created to help light this film made it look outstanding. The scene where Mike and Sulley are talking by the lake in the human world is one of the best looking scenes I have ever laid my eyes on. I liked that there really was no "villain." Yes, one could say Dean Hardscrabble was the villain, but she was just doing her job, especially at the end where she locked both Mike and Sulley in the human world. The new characters were really fun. My favorites were probably Art, Brock, and Claire. Art may have only had a few lines in the movie, but I laughed at them all. Charlie Day did a wonderful job. Brock's incessant screaming was hilarious and Claire's low key attitude (except after the final Scare Game) was a joy to watch. I hope Tyler Labine and Aubrey Plaza come back for some more Pixar films. I also really liked Johnny. Even though he was a jerk, Nathan Fillion played him in a way that made you fall in love with his sliminess. Nathan Fillion, please do more Pixar. I love you. Watching Mike and Sulley's relationship develop throughout the film was really fun to watch. The fact that they didn't even admit they were really friends until the end was fun to see. It was akin to watching Buzz and Woody hammer out their relationship in Toy Story 1. I also really liked the ways that the film connected to MI, such as why Mike was so apprehensive to Boo originally, or why the Yeti was banished, or why Randall hates Sulley. There were probably more, but I missed them. I also missed A113 and the Pizza Planet truck, even though I knew where they were. Oh well, I'll definitely see them when the movie comes out on home media. Allinol, it was great. The whole movie was great. I really hope Dan Scanlon gets another chance to direct. He's a very funny guy and it shows, especially through Art.
Now, onto The Blue Umbrella. Just, wow. Wowwowwowwowwowwowwow. One of my favorite Pixar shorts. While the premise was just a little generic (basically it was Paperman with umbrellas), the visuals more than made up for it. I hope Pixar does more with the photo-realism software they have because the film was stunning. My family didn't even know it was animated, that's how real it looked. As little as I'm looking forward to Finding Dory, if they use the photo-realism software from this movie for that, well, let's just say that Pixar will never outdo itself then.
The trailers in front of Monsters U. were Despicable Me 2, Frozen, The Lego Movie, and Planes. No one laughed at Planes, Despicable Me 2 got the most consistent laughter, there was a big laugh at the last bit of the Frozen trailer and I didn't any laughter (other than mine) for The Lego Movie.
So there is my review. I hope you guys liked it. I know it was pretty long, but it needed to be done. So thanks for reading. I do plan on using this a bit more for just whatever. I feel this will be a pretty low key summer for Pixar other than this. So anyway, bless your face. If you sneezed during this review, bless you. Peace off.
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Jaguar has released more information on their all electric super car, known as the C-X75. Debuted at the Paris Auto Show, the all new slim lined super car promises heart stopping acceleration, to the tune of 0-60 in 3.4 seconds. So let's look at how Jaguar achieved supercar performance from an all electric vehicle, a goal trying to be reached by major car manufacturers, like the Lamborghini Electric Super Car and the 700 HP Porsche Hybrid.
[box type="info"]C-X75 contains a 200 hp motor, no wait, it contains 4 of them![/box]
The C-X75 is powered by four separate motors, each providing the go juice to a single wheel, to the tune of 200 horse power. So, if my math skills from 2nd grade still hold up, that means the Jaguar electric super car is pumping out a total of 800 hp. Even more amazing is the total torque of over 1,100 lb ft.
Although the Jaguar C-X75 is considered all electric super goodness, it does have the ability to extend it's electric only range via the use of 2 gasoline turbines. The turbines produce enough electricity for the C-X75 to travel over 550 miles. None of the power to the car ever comes directly from the gasoline turbines, rather the power produced goes to the batteries in the Jag and then to each wheel. Without the aid of the gas turbines, the C-X75 is only capable of about 68 miles.
With the speeds this super car is capable of, the all electric max distance may take just 20 mins to run out of juice. Ha! Count me in.


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Related to the high level of involvement in service is a high level of involvement in co-curricular activities including student clubs and organizations. Eighty-nine percent of Wagner students are involved in a co-curricular activity, versus 71% of the comparison group. Of the service reported by Wagner students, 47% of it is done through clubs, organizations, or sports teams, while 30% is done through courses and academic programs.
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For my Specialist Study 2, I have decided that I will be creating a very professional looking animation that would be entered for competitions and film events, this is to get my name out there and promote myself.
I will be applying some skills I have learnt during SS1, I will be showing some form of mixed media by mainly showing 2D animation, it will be combined with some element of 3D and hopefully get the animation done on time.
There is a competition online by the "Clockmakers" where we have to show "Picturing Time" by painting, poster, photography or animation. I have decided to join this competition and will be used in my degree show. I noticed that the deadline is quite soon, so I have to work faster and complete the animation before the deadline 1st of March. After completing this animation by March I will alot of time to work on improvements, or adding more stuff to it. I will also be working on my 2nd animation, it may be completely different story and style from my first animation, but I would still love to incorporate 2D and 3D to it.
I have a very short deadline to work on for my competition. I have started working on my story and how I would show my style of animation. I had music helped inspire me to tell a story and I have came up with a short simple, a bit cheesy animation but it would attract the audience with its romance. I have very little time to work on improvements and making an animatic and feedback from people, so I have started making a quick art style.
*This character animation will be done by flash. Compositing the back ground in After Effects
The story of my animation is basically a simple cliché about a young girl named Lisa met Leon on a park bench. Leon gave his balloon to Lisa after she lost hers from falling on the floor. This will be showing in black and white except the balloon because it is a key element later on the story. They became friends and somehow had feelings for one another. (these sometimes happens to young children) as time passes, mother of Leon had to take him home far away in a different city. So this is impossible for Lisa and Leon to see each other, they have to be in their separate ways. I will be showing a passage of time, showing time lapse of Lisa growing sat on the bench and the surroundings changes and develops, there will be modern buildings trees, lights, showing a romantic scenery. As the Time lapse is showing, I will also show like a water colour bleed on the screen to show present, soft colours must be used to work well with the story and appeal to the audience.
As Lisa grows up, a guy sat next to her and somehow remembers the lady because of her distinctive hair and facial features, I will be showing a little interaction between the two becoming friends. As the guy knew for sure, he runs off unexpectedly and Lisa was sad being alone. Few moments later the guy returned and surprised Lisa with a balloon and she finally recognised him. The End
This is the art style I have went with, I wanted to show sketch marks in my animation to make it look like an in love couple that was doodling themselves. the other purpose is because it will be easy for me to illustrate frame by frame faster , not worried how precise I should be. I want to show time by the changing of colour in the animation, showing the past as black and white and colour for present. When adding colour, my aim is to have it appear almost like water colour washes.
These are my final look that I am trying to achieve, not too much happening in the background but enough to please the eyes and focus more in the character animation.
I have done more Character Development in my Sketchbook
My inspiration mainly came from these animation, mostly from Paperman. I am a big fan of paperman because of its cheeziness and over exaggerated story especially bringing things to life. I have noticed that most animation these days dont have objects having life, this is why I think Disney has its own unique style that inspire me. Although I didnt have any objects coming to life, I went with a simple human character animation, hopefully this will appeal the audience by its acting and cutesy character animation. Having other objects animated as a character would over complicate the story and wont have any purpose to it.
The colour scheme is very important for me because it shows the timeline of my animation story. Black and white when they were young (past) colour when older (present)
Simple watercolour washes will be shown and will appear like its in heaven in some way like in the Kung Fu water colour animation.
Paper Man
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Trolley Boy
I have also looked at Simon's Cat and Gertie the Dinosaur because it has almost the same art style I am going for which is black and white and a little be sketchy. I like the part where there are no transitions and camera is just in one place. This is more of a study of the character rather than telling a story. Its like observing animals in a zoo and studying it.
Simons Cat
Gertie The Dinosaur
While I was Working in this Animation, I have contacted a music student Joelle Symons, I have met her through a friend saying that she is best at what she does and I am quite impressed by the reviews. I gave her my storyboard and line test animation and told her to compose a song for my animation.
Down Below here, I have looked at more inspirations for the story and artwork and some views that might help me for my animation
I love this image because it shows a couple on a bench which relates to my animation story, I love the colour scheme and mark making, it looks very water coloury and blends well with one another, no other colours conflict with one another.
These images below are very beautiful, I have chosen these because it shows a sense of peacefulness and quiet, they colours are very light and minimalistic and dramatic.
These 2 photos I have taken at the back of the Millenium point in their garden park. I think it is a great place that I could base my animation on.
these are some designs I have used for my final animation, I didnt have time to model buildings in 3D so I have quickly made it in photoshop, I think it works quite well with the animation although it needs a bit more tweeking with the colour and layout of the assets to make it more romantic. To be honest, I have rushed making this because I had 1 more week to complete the animation and refining lines and colours in flash is taking too much of my time. I will be improving this after the competition.
These scenes will be shown when the main characters grew up and colour starts to show.
This is the Final animation to be submitted for the competition. It was a tough 2 months for me because I didnt expect that doing this frame by frame would be taking most of my time. I am glad it is over and I will be asking feedback from people and improvements will be made. I am very thankful for Joelle Symons with the beautiful music, it really captured the animation and works really well.
I have started to make improvements for some of the scenes already and making it more romantic and appealing to the audience.


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CH2Mhill is the contractor that designed and engineered the leaky new water reservoir at Powell Butte. When finally reported, the tank had been leaking 280,000 gallons per day for at least 5 weeks (that's 8 backyard pools everyday). Ok, so that's a mess.
But that's not all... that leaking water had to go somewhere and somehow the geniuses at the Portland Water Bureau decided that large amounts of chlorinated water could just get dumped into Johnson Creek, despite it being a sensitive habitat and all. So, PWB tells the contractor to partially dechlorinate the water and then dump it in the creek. Only, the contractor didn't actually achieve anywhere near the amount of dechlorination needed to protect the wildlife in the creek. In fact, neighbors (and presumably the contractors and the City employees on the job site) could SMELL the chlorine coming off the water in the creek bed. And Water Bureau simply trusted the contractor that they were dumping responsibly. So they say. We have to ask, in what universe does Portland City government allow anyone to dump mass amounts of anything into a creek like Johnson without having staff on site to verify test results themselves? Apparently, any old nose would have done. Wait, that's right, the City hired this contractor so they definitely wouldn't have had any reason to be on site, you know, managing the project with our well paid in-house PWB engineers.
Only, chlorine isn't all we smell in this story. Given CH2Mhill's role as the brains behind the project, it's likely they are overseeing the construction, acting much like a general contractor on the Powell Butte project (which is months behind and struggling to hold water). It's safe to assume CH2Mhill is responsible for the subcontractor that illegally dumped... so by rights, CH2Mhill dumped chlorine in the creek and killed the fish. Here's a fun revelation: CH2Mhill donated $5,000 to the PAC formed by Mayor Hales to fight off a new governance structure for the Portland Water Bureau.
Incompetence reigns among Portland Water Bureau management and City Council fights to defend it. And what about the environmental groups in town? What have they to say about the dumping (which happened months ago, yet is only just this week making it into the paper)? Where have they been on this case, why weren't they sounding the alarm when they first learned the tank was leaking? Oh. Never mind. This election cycle they're in the business of making the Water Bureau and City Council look good, despite evidence to the contrary, because they've decided to fight against local utility management reform.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Company hired by Water Bureau pollutes creek and then donates to anti-reform PAC
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This seminar takes a student through the systematic steps of selecting a high quality and dependable search/detection canine using the Brownell-Marsolais Instrument. In addition to the three pillars of a systematic canine evaluation — Sociability, Nerve Strength, Drives — a student will learn about: Communication and Behavior; Medical Requirements; Evaluation Site; and Handler-K9 Matchups. This course is appropriate for all individuals involved in search and detection work including police, fire rescue, SAR/Disaster, commercial security, and scent work sports.
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Mark Marsolais, Ph.D., is a canine services specialist with comprehensive business experience as a director and manager of detection dog programs at the international and national levels. For fours years, he provided strategic leadership and technical guidance to new and existing programs for a Washington, D.C. security firm. He successfully initiated, advised, and assisted with the planning of all facets of canine detection activities (e.g., mobilization, training, operations, and QA/QC) while working with corporate and program management, clients, and senior training cadre. He was responsible for determining the future opportunities and direction of corporate canine services. In addition to his corporate experience, Mr. Marsolais has an extensive academic background as a professor of criminal justice and forensics. He served over twenty years with the Houston Police Department including four plus years where he supervised the department's canine detail. At HPD, he participated as a handler and supervisor in innumerable searches for criminals, victims, human remains, and evidence. He is a Vietnam-era Veteran of the US Army's 101st Airborne Division. Mr. Marsolais holds a Doctorate in Criminal Justice, and Master of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in Psychology.
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Since assuming their powers in April 2013, the PRA and FCA have clearly signalled, and acted upon, their intention to subject managers in the most senior positions to a more intense and intrusive level of scrutiny. The regulator has now extended the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SMCR) to cover all regulatd firms in some form. The consequences of failing to comply with the enhanced requirements are likely be damaging for the approved individual and highly disruptive for the organisation.
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A few months ago, Taco Bell launched their Doritos Tacos.
I'm going to shamefully admit that I wanted to try it. DH actually looked at me with disgust. This coming from a guy who spent his college years eating canned Vienna sausages or boxed macaroni and cheese and used to ask for McDonald's gift cards for his birthday. He's become such a food snob.
Anyhow, I love Doritos and yes, I do like those cheap crunchy tacos from Taco Bell even though they have no semblance to Mexican food. So the idea of combining both sounded really really good.
Well when we finally tried it, I was disappointed. Perhaps it's the Taco Bell I went to, but I found it to be too salty. The almost neon orange Doritos taco shell had even more cheese powder than a regular Doritos chip. Combined with the salty sauced meat and there was nothing to balance it out.
So we haven't been back for more, but the other day I thought, why not make my own? I bought a packet of dry taco seasoning mix, some ground beef, simmered it at home. Then I put them on individual Doritos chips, sprinkled some shredded cheese on top and I had some delicious homemade Doritos Tacos that weren't nearly as salty as the previous ones I bought. I also added less seasoning to the meat then I usually do since the Doritos have so much sodium in them already.
I thought these were good, and probably healthier than the version served at Taco Bell. Then I thought about other ways to make the recipe even healthier. I exchanged ground beef for lean ground turkey. Tasted less like Taco Bell, but still very tasty. Then I went a step further and replaced the nacho cheese Doritos with nacho cheese tortilla Pop chips. The cheese powder on the Pop chips tortillas taste just like the ones used to season the Doritos. The chips have fewer calories and fat too. The texture isn't exactly the same since the torilla chips are popped, but they are still really darn tasty. And they still tasted really great with the turkey.
DH approved of all the versions and gobbled these up in no time. This appetizer is definitely going to be a keeper.
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- 1 packet taco seasoning
- shredded cheddar cheese for topping
- Brown meat in pan and follow directions on seasoning packet. You may want to avoid adding the entire packet of seasoning since the Doritos or Tortillas will be salty. I used a little more than half the packet.
- Spread tortilla chips out onto a plate. Spoon a tablespoon of taco meat onto chip. Sprinkle top with cheese. Serve immediately.
The nutrition information provided are only estimates based on an online nutritional calculator. I am not a certified nutritionist. Please consult a professional nutritionist or doctor for accurate information and any dietary restrictions and concerns you may have.


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Well I only had one goal and the news I have to report is…epic fail! I have only typed about two pages last week when I should have done seven! Looking on the bright side, I suppose two pages is better than nothing at all.
It's all that Mike Young's fault because he was talking once about doing free online courses and being a (nosy cow) intellectually curious person, I looked up the site. Oh dear! What a cornucopia of treats! Here's the link for anyone that wants it. https://www.coursera.org/courses
Anyway, I signed up for a beginner's guitar course. I have always wanted to play the guitar and started back when I was fourteen but found it hard going and gave up, something I have always regretted. Since then I read this book called Bounce: The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice by Matthew Syed. Like so many others I believed that people where born talented and so when I picked up the guitar and couldn't play like Hendrix I thought, I'm just no good at this and gave up.
But in this book the author explains that no-one comes out of the womb doing incredible stuff. We learn things through doing them over and over again, by practising. If I had known that when I was younger then I might be the axewoman cometh by now. How annoying!
The author reckons that to get really good at something you have to spend ten thousand hours doing it. Well I've started my ten thousand hours on the guitar this week. It's going to be a long road but this time I'm determined to learn to play the thing! So not much news on the writing front but more about music. My dream would be to combine my love of writing and music and learn to write my own songs! I'd be in seventh heaven if I could do that!


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drunk with success i went on to record my own announcement that i have received mail.
both these additions moved successfully to the next 2 versions of apple osx. not so when i updated to yosemite. i looked in "sounds" and my personalized messages weren't there. i added them. they did not show up on the list of sounds when i tried to use them for calendar. mail offered the option of a custom sound so it was easy to add my own message.
i was frustrated. i consulted dr. google. i found a sort of related discussion among people unhappy with the sound for notifications on iPhones, which use iOS. it seems that notifications were restricted to the use of apple's sound called "basso" and that could not be changed. someone in this discussion suggested recording a custom message with the name "basso," deleting the original "basso" and replacing it with the custom version.
hmmm. that's one of the sounds in the sounds folder on my macbook. so i did almost the same . i didn't use "basso." looking in the list of official sounds i chose "purr" to corrupt with my own message. so i selected "purr" in the calendar list of sounds.
the very next morning my computer played nurse robin's cheerful reminder.
to be clear.... those videos do not appear as reminders, just the audio plays. i had to make movies so you could hear the messages. i checked into adding just audio to this post and found instructions, but the audio file had to be available somewhere online. blogger offers to upload video directly from ones own computer or to embed a youtube player. i made these movies and tried to upload them directly to this post. a video player showed up in compose mode but when i actually published the post the space for the player was blank. that's why tthe videos are on youtube. so you can hear the audio.
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yosemite 10.10.1