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Saturday, 8 September 2012
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I finally got my grey wool cashmere blend patch pocket jacket from my tailor from a complete facelift. The shoulders got narrowed, waist taken in very little and sleeves shortened and taken in.
The tie is from Holliday & Brown, but in reality it's an E. Marinella. Love the feel of it, and the warm burnt red is perfect for the season. The flowers on it are olive and light blue. Pocket square is a plain light blue cotton square.
The trousers are my PRL navy cords. Someone asked me the color some days ago, and it's "Preppy Navy". Don't ask me from which year they are from, you never know for how long these eBay finds have been collecting dust in someone's closet. The belt is from Equus Leather, bridle leather in the color they call Australian Nut. Boots are Loake Litchfields, and while I like the color, not sure I'm that fond of the shape after using them a few times.
Tomorrow a nice and more of a late summer combo I had on last weekend.
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- Anonymous8 September 2012 at 17:37
I've never actually been a fan of corduroy, but theese look nice.Probabily only because I never looked at them when I was in higher-end stores, only seen some H&M and Zara ones.Next time I'm at the Polo RL outlet I will look for a pair to examine up close. The jacket also is lovely, I really like the patch pockets on it.ReplyDelete
The boots look rugged, thick soles for harsh winters and I kinda digg this look. How do you feel about Loake quality? I got theese on my list:http://www.herringshoes.co.uk/product-info.php?&colset=1&styleid=1016&shoeid=3418&brandid=7&catid=20&oldcolid=1853&stype=0&colourid=2366
But I don't know if I shouldn't save up to get the C&J Tetbury instead.
Btw, can't wait for the suitsupply stuff to arrive, I'm so nervous!
Hey there,Delete
I personally like all things preppy when the weather starts cooling down. Also all a bit rougher street style elements work well during fall and winter in my eyes, and I tend to implement those in the more casual days. Corduroy is a part of that Ivy spirit for me, so I like it a lot. I think when tailored right and in right color, it's fantastic in colder climate. But thanks, and I like the jacket too, and now it fits beautifully, so I'm quite happy with it. I think it also depends where you live - I couldn't see myself wearing cords much in, say, Spain or Italy. In Finland I think they're as much home as in an Ivy campus in the States.
I think the boots look a tad too big (ugly). That's the problem with the Litchfields (and generally with all cheaper brand boots), they are somehow a bit boxy and not as pretty as they could be. My Tricker's Stows are somehow a lot more elegant while still retaining that cool ruggedness that you want from a heavy brogue boot. Think I might sell these and just give up and spend a bit more to get a pair of espresso longwing boots from Tricker's.
Pimlicos aren't very elegant to be fair. They suffer from the same clunkiness as many other Chukkas. I'd just save up to get Tetburies, as at least in my eyes chukkas need to be sleek and elegant. If you think alike to me, I'm sure you'd be much happier with the C&Js.
Anyway, nice talking to you again. I'll post better pics of my new SS jacket tomorrow, so check back soon.
- Anonymous9 September 2012 at 00:12
I used to love preppy stuff too when I was in college, it was my main inspiration when I overhauled my wardrobe back then and got rid of the t-shits, hoodies and sneakers.But somehow corduroy never found it's way in my wardrobe. I actually envy you for living in a colder climate, which allows you to start layering in early fall and experiment with heavier cloths. I live in Romania, in the western part of the country, where the climate is similar to northern Italy, so it's hot.Even now there are 30degrees at noon. But, as my girlfriend is studying in Geneva, I spend a lot of time there too and I absolutely love the weather as it is much cooler and allows me to express my style better.Delete
About shoes, I just wish english shoes were available in more stores. It would be nice to see, try on and compare them in person. Even in Geneva, a city full of luxury retailers the selection is scarse.
Anyway, I wanted to thank you for taking the time to answer the questions and comments, it's really nice and really rare among the many blogs I read
To me corduroy is one of those fall and winter textures that already make you a bit warmer, but I have to admit I've only found it just a few years ago myself.Delete
Yeah, there aren't too many places in the world where you can find good quality shoes in many stores. In Finland the situation isn't too good either (getting gradually better though). Also, trust me, there is nothing to envy in the Finnish climate, cold just isn't for humans.
Anyway, no problem, it's always nice to get some thoughts and comments for what you post. Have a nice upcoming week and enjoy the rest of that 30 degrees you still have.


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DataStoreChangeEvent interface of the Data Store API represents the event related to a record changed in the data store, i.e. this is returned once a change is made and the change event is fired (see
DataStore.onchange for the handler).
Note: The Data Store API is available in Web Workers, from Firefox 32 onwards (Firefox OS 2.0; see bug 949325.)
DataStoreChangeEvent.idRead only
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navigator.getDataStores('contacts').then(function(stores) { var cursor = stores[0].sync(); runNextTask(cursor); stores[0].onchange = function(e) { if (e.operation == 'removed') { // Delete the contact deleteContact(e.id); } if (e.operation == 'added') { stores[0].get(e.id).then(function(obj) { // Add the new contact loadData(obj,e.id); }); } } });
Note: To see this code used in the context of a complete app, check out our The Data Store Contacts Viewer example changeevent version on GitHub.
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The discussion concerning this API's creation happened in various Mozilla mailing lists and other places. A summary of the discussion and further pointers can be found on the Mozilla Wiki. For further feedback and questions, send mail to the dev-webapi mailing list.
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On the personal home front we had Eva's first progress report and she's doing excellent. The one thing that we have to work on with her are fine motor skills. So tonight before dinner we worked together to build this LEGO rocket ship. I figure that we can play and she can develop those skills while we do so.
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Rick Blaisdell, chief technology officer at ConnectEDU, explained in a post on CloudTweaks why his organization is gung ho about the cloud:
Today, my company operates as a 100% cloud company, we have no physical servers. Internally, all of our servers that support our employees are 100% SaaS based. We have standardized on SaaS based applications, SalesForce for CRM and outsourced exchange as well as other SaaS based business applications. Externally, all of our customer applications leverage the fastest growing IaaS Managed Cloud platform and we then deliver pure SaaS or PaaS based systems to our customers. This allows us to achieve massive scalability while controlling our costs.
The single most important benefit of becoming a 100% cloud based company is for us to focus on our core competency. Cloud computing has eliminated the management of traditional software and hardware headaches, that now becomes the responsibility of an experienced SaaS vendor like Salesforce.com. IaaS now lets us leverage industry specific experts that manage a highly scalable, redundant and secure cloud computing platform and we pay for only what we use. Now, we can focus on what's most important for our company: creating the best software in the education industry.
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A new Department of Energy study predicts Arizona will use more energy per capita than any other western state by 2025. The study also says that among western states in 2011, Arizona produced the smallest amount of renewable energy as a share of its total generation.
New solar projects will significantly increase that share, and the report says renewable energy is getting cheaper. If the cost of wind and solar power continues to drop, it could be just as affordable as natural gas by 2025.
All this is from Denver's National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Study author David Hurlbut said each western state could use a different mix of renewable power and natural gas, "so that it provides the best hedge against volatile gas prices, the best emission reductions, the least impact to wildlife, and at the same time maintains system reliability."
The study looked at the best sources of renewable energy for different areas in the West. It found in 2025, the Pacific Northwest and California could get wind power from Wyoming and Montana. Idaho could develop more geothermal power.
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Should we do any landscaping or flooring first?
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Some scientists think a common material that's usually thrown out
with the trash could go a long way to solving the world's housing
Polystyrene foam - better known as Styrofoam - is most commonly
seen in the form of a coffee cup. It's a great insulator, keeping
hot foods hot and cold foods cold. But the material those cups are
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Building a foam house is like erecting a giant puzzle. The panels
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Mr. Haddock says that's one of the panels' advantages over
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Furthermore, it only takes about a week to erect the outer wall
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Architect Ed Bondurant works with Mr. Haddock and has built a
foam house for himself. It looks like any other on the street --
it's painted blue, and has large windows under a long, slanted roof.
The inside is stunning … with high ceilings, a modern kitchen and
hardwood floors, laid on top of 20-centimeter thick ThermaSave
Anything exposed to the elements at all -- be it floor, roof or
wall -- was constructed using the Styrofoam panels. That takes
advantage of their insulating qualities, Mr. Bondurant explains,
because foam tends to store heat, like during the day when the sun's
shining, on it and then that would give you heat during the night.
It stays about the same temperature in here all the time."
The panels are also sturdy enough to stand up to earthquakes,
which make them a good building material for places like Afghanistan
and Iraq. Hoot Haddock has seen it first-hand, in the first house he
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earthquakes, we have more than in California, the highest winds in
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Rachel Jagoda, Project Manager for Housing Technology for the
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With petals falling upon them as if from cherry blossom trees in bloom, thirteen looks include a diverse selection of gowns, drawn in at the waist. One style features a grand overskirt – to be removed as celebrations turn to dancing, revealing a more streamlined, close-to-body silhouette, still elaborately embroidered.
A wide-leg jumpsuit, meanwhile, contrasts a delicate lace bust with a shoulder-draped cape for a fluid, feminine yet daring statement of modernity. Another hooded cape cascades from shoulders in embroidered tulle, for a trompe-l'œil effect as if it were a traditional veil.
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Mom Says She Was "Lunch Shamed" By School For Packing Oreos "We Don't Allow That Here."
ABC News – Leeza Pearson was out of fruit and vegetables one day last week, so she tucked a pack of Oreos in her daughter Natalie's lunch and sent her off to school at the Children's Academy in Aurora, Colorado.
Pearson said she was stunned when her four-year-old came home later in the day with the cookies untouched and a sternly worded note from the school.
"Dear parents, it is very important that all students have a nutritious lunch. This is a public school setting and all children are required to have a fruit, vegetable and a healthy snack from home, along with milk. If they have potatoes, the child will also need bread to go along with it. Lunchables, chips, fruit snacks, and peanut butter are not considered to be a healthy snack. This is a very important part of our program and we need everyone's participation," read the note.
Pearson said she was baffled by how the school handled the situation and was extremely concerned that her daughter went all day hungry.
"I think it is definitely over the top, especially because they told her she can't eat what is in her lunch," Pearson told ABC news. "They should have at least allowed her to eat her food and contacted me to explain the policy and tell me not to pack them again."
Officials at the Children's Academies said that they have no comment when they were contacted by ABC News. However, Patty Moon, a spokeswoman for the Aurora Public schools, which provides funding for some of the children to attend the private preschool, said a note in the lunchbox is not supposed to be standard practice.
"From our end we want to inform parents but never wanted to be anything punitive," Moon said.
Moon said the school was just trying to promote healthy eating but Pearson said that effort has often been inconsistent. During this year's Easter holiday, for example, she said the school asked students to bring in candy for the celebration. Her daughter also receives jellybeans as a snack when she stays for after school care, Pearson said.
"They say I can't decide what to feed her but then they sometimes feeder junk food," Pearson said. "Why am I being punished for Oreos when at other times I am asked to bring candy?"
The child was offered an alternative snack, Moon said. But Pearson said this was not the case and her child came home hungry.
"She is not overweight by any means and I usually try to feed her healthy," Pearson said, noting her daughter's lunch also included a sandwich and some string cheese. "It's not like I was offering cookies to the entire class and it's not like that was the only thing in her lunch."
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For so many years I kept telling myself that I would travel when I finally had a partner that liked to travel too. WELL... I have so many friends that are down to travel so I stopped waiting for what I initially had in mind.
When my dad retired a few years back he took my sister and I along for some adventures - Yosemite National Park - Yellowstone - The Grand Canyon! And this past year I took an excursion with one of my besties to Acadia.
Our National Parks are amazing & I've decided to work my way through as many as I can!
For 2019 I've decided on visiting Smoky Mountain National Park - I've started my initial plotting and so far I'm thinking ...
Fly into Asheville and spend a day... I've wanted to visit Asheville NC to see the Biltmore Mansion and check out the Blue Ridge Parkway!
From there head to Gatlinburg TN to shack up for a few nights and explore the park -
Points of Interest - Cades Cove, Newfound Gap, Clingman's Dome Roads, Rainbow Falls, Grotto Falls - I plan on hiking some of the trails around these points of interest and would love to take a horse out through Smokemont Riding Stables.
Planned time period - I'd love to go in Mid April to early May when the wildflowers are out in full force!
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How can I update the name servers of a domain?
How can I update the name servers of a domain?
**Note that editing name servers affects web and mail traffic to the domain name. Please make sure you know what you are doing – read this guide first.
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A day can do strange things to you.
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Last night I couldn't sleep because I just couldn't settle my brain down. All I could think about was how I haven't gotten a job yet, and I need one so that I can keep paying for my car, my movie, and generally living. It's all run of the mill stuff. I know God is going to take care of me, and so these worries will run there course and amount to nothing. But either way I was exhausted all day and looking forward to a good night of sleep.
That brings us to tonight. My little brother just broke up with his girlfriend and he and I are close, so he wanted me to distract him and keep his mind off it. I was glad to do it, but it makes the mind start thinking. I know why they broke up and I agree with it. God is taking them in different directions.
The problem is that I should be asleep right now, preparing to watch my movie tomorrow and call a picture lock. Instead I am sitting at my desk, with Shining Through on TV, unable to sleep because all I can think about are the ramifications of life.
I trust God to take me where He wants me to go. He will guide me to a job or he will guide my film before the right eyes to give me a career, or He will guide the right man to me. All of it is in God's hands and I can't be distracted by what I don't have, but what He has waiting ahead for me. That is the only way I can be good as a director if God wants that for me.


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This indeed is the test of the new government. Even according to the Quran Jews are people of the book and do have basic rights, they are Dhimmi. Let's see what they do
Exiled Libyan Jew says synagogue efforts blocked
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TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) A Libyan Jewish man who returned from exile in Italy to join the revolution against Moammar Gadhafi was blocked Monday from trying to restore Tripoli's main synagogue.
David Gerbi said he went to clean garbage from the synagogue on Monday, a day after he broke through the entrance with a sledgehammer to great fanfare. A messenger at the scene warned him, however, that armed men were coming from all over Libya and would target him if he did not leave the area.
Gerbi said he was told a mass anti-Jewish demonstration was planned for Friday in the capital's central Martrys' Square, which used to be named Green Square under Gadhafi's regime.
Breaking down in tears, he criticized Libyan authorities for withdrawing their support, calling his efforts a test of the post-Gadhafi regime's commitment to democracy and tolerance.
"If they want to prove that it's different from Gadhafi ... they need to do the opposite," he told reporters after leaving the synagogue in the old Jewish quarter of Tripoli's walled Old City.
The head of the National Transitional Council that is governing the country was dismissive of the issue when asked about it at a news conference, saying it was too early to worry about rebuilding a synagogue when revolutionary forces were still fighting supporters of fugitive leader Gadhafi.
"This matter is premature and we have not decided anything in this regard," Mustafa Abdul-Jalil said. "Everyone who holds Libyan nationality has the right to enjoy all rights, provided that he has no other nationality but Libyan."
Libya's new leaders have promised to lead the oil-rich North African nation to become a democracy after ousting Gadhafi in a civil war that began in mid-February. Abdul-Jalil and the de facto prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril, promised Monday to step down after the country is fully secured in a bid to reassure the public they will not suffer under another dictatorship.
But Jews are widely despised in the Arab world because of the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. The NTC has taken Libya's seat at the Arab League, which doesn't sanction normalization with Israel without a comprehensive settlement with the Palestinians.
Libyan-born Gina Bublil-Waldman, president of the San Francisco-based JIMENA, or Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa, agreed it was too soon to try to return.
"I really do not believe that the Libyan people are ready to reconcile with the past and their history and the wrongs that they have done to the Jewish community," she said, although she called Gerbi's efforts sincere and honorable.
Gerbi, who fled with his family to Italy in 1967, said he was surprised because he had permission from the local sheik and verbal permission from NTC representatives. Gerbi's colleague Richard Peters said several men armed with assault rifles later appeared to guard the building, although none was visible later Monday.
It was not clear who was ultimately behind the warnings of violence against Gerbi, although he said the man who gave him the message said there was a Facebook and YouTube campaign against him.
It was a bitter disappointment for Gerbi, coming a day after he had taken a sledgehammer to a concrete wall and entered the crumbling Dar al-Bishi synagogue, which has been filled with decades of garbage since Gadhafi expelled Libya's small Jewish community early in his rule.
He and a team of helpers carted in brooms, rakes and plastic buckets to begin clearing the debris. But on Monday, the wooden door was again closed with a chain and padlock. Gerbi said people who had supported him were now distancing themselves.
The 56-year-old psychoanalyst appealed to the new leadership to set an example of tolerance, saying that while Gadhafi "wanted to eliminate the diversity, they need to include the diversity."
Gerbi's family fled to Rome in 1967, when Arab anger was rising over the war in which Israel captured large swaths of territory from Jordan, Syria and Egypt. Two years later, Gadhafi expelled the rest of Libya's Jewish community, which at its peak numbered about 37,000.
Gerbi returned to his homeland this summer to join the rebellion that ousted Gadhafi, helping with strategy and psychological treatment.
He said his fellow rebels called him the "revolutionary Jew" and that he was thrilled when he rode into the capital with fighters from the western mountains as Tripoli fell in late August.
Gerbi refused to give up, saying he would stay in Libya and press his case with the government.
"I don't want to be a hero, I don't want to play martyr, I just want to be here to support the new Libya and the democracy and to build this," he said.
To sit down with these men and deal with them as the representatives of an enlightened and civilized people is to deride ones own dignity and to invite the disaster of their treachery - General Matthew Ridgway
This indeed is the test of the new government. Even according to the Quran Jews are people of the book and do have basic rights, they are Dhimmi. Let's see what they do
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.
I think at this point it's more of a technicality. The main point is that either way, there shouldn't be a problem with this. Either it's a democracy and they should be given full rights, or they are Dhimmi and have to pay higher taxes, but otherwise are protected as non Muslim members of the state
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.
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Final Entry: Harvey Mansion Investigation (PG)
prepared by Dr. Sal Band, the American Society for Psychical Research
Harvey, Illinois – September 13, 1988 – 4:45 AM. Our last night of a heretofore fruitless investigation of the house at 18 Mulgrave Street in Harvey, Illinois. Perhaps "fruitless" is a bit of an overstatement, we have detected the familiar drastic fluctuations in the localized magnetic field and Dr. Pollet is very pleased with the readings on his thermal sensors. This place is another rambling mass of wood (and much limestone, interestingly enough – I refer you to Weldon's classic paper "Porous Stone and the Question of Vibratory Imprinting") that has its share of mysterious, roving cold spots. Been there, done that and these results are hardly unique enough to take back to our colleagues at the ASPR. My frustrations are plain as this case looked so promising in the beginning. But, then, they all do.
The history of the disturbances here goes back three decades (an important clue as to possible origination) and, within the parapsychological community, the paperwork on it is extensive, but, for those who need a capsule, here goes: since the late Forties this Gothic-style mansion has changed hands fifteen times (at dramatically slashed prices for such a huge home) before finally being abandoned by the realtors and the town at large. Standing empty and falling into disrepair since 1978, the house is slated for demolition by the end of the year.
What makes this site so appetizing for researchers such as we is the sheer range and frequency of phenomena contained within the twenty-three rooms here. Various occupants have experienced the aforementioned cold spots, vile smells, sounds (footsteps, multiple voices in conversation, horrifying shrieks, even childish laughter), visual encounters with vaguely man-shaped, luminescent energy forms, and even a spectrum of physical-object manipulation on a par with the most extreme poltergeist cases. Over thirty years of continuous and well-documented instances of flying furniture and bucking beds to put the Harvey mansion firmly in the company of the "Surrency Terror," the "Bell Witch," and the "Enfield Poltergeist." As you can see, a veritable smorgasbord of targetable effects. Several amongst the parade of owners were so psychologically scarred by their experiences here that they moved away from the house in the middle of the night, leaving not only the mansion, but the town of Harvey as well.
They were scared off. (Though, in a thoughtful footnote, those occupants with small children did report that their kids were reluctant to leave, having never felt frightened of the occurrences. Many actually cried at the thought of leaving "him" behind. When asked who they were referring to, the children could only say that they would miss their "friend" – the one who played games with them, brought them cookies and candy and made them laugh. More on this below.)
In the summer of 1959, during a particularly aggressive spate of haunting, the owner at the time, Mr. Wallace Floyd, hired the controversial "celebrity psychic" Peter Hurkos who, it must be stated, was only three years in the U.S. at the time and not yet widely known outside of research circles. Brought to Harvey by Dr. Adrija Puharich, who had just spent two years studying Hurkos's abilities, the psychic was allowed to stay in the mansion with Floyd and his family for two weeks. Dr. Puharich stayed as well to monitor Hurkos's impressions and act as control (Hurkos had had no time or resource to learn of the mansion or its history). Hurkos requested to leave after only five days. His very first intuition was of a very young, innocent presence – someone who, in Hurkos's own words, "died pure." But this entity was soon eclipsed by others – three, according to Hurkos – who played havoc on the visiting psychic's sensitive perceptions. He described three souls of "vile hatred and rotten spite" that made it very clear to Hurkos that neither he, nor any other living person, was welcome in "their" house.


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Amidst a sea of small awe-filled faces, an extended trunk presents each child with a storybook. The gift of knowledge is reciprocated by tiny hands offering the elephant pieces of sugarcane, bananas and bamboo leaves, followed swiftly by a gracious Buddhist 'nop', the traditional greeting and way of giving thanks here as hands are clasped together in front of body accompanied with a slight bowing of the head.
On receipt of their books, many of the children attentively read each page in the location they stand, whilst others simply clutch the book to their chest as a prized possession, which in most cases it is, the book being the first item the child has ever owned. Welcome to our Elephant Mobile Libraries project.
Reading is not common practise amongst the local people of the Lao PDR. Illiteracy is high among many rural communities, whilst resources remain scarce and when available are often uninspiring.
Working with partners Community Learning International, Eco-Sys Action from Hong Kong and Xang Noi Publishing, we take an innovative approach to encourage literacy within schoolchildren of Laos distributing books and resources in Lao script using retired logging elephants, these include ElefantAsia's own elephant storybook Xang Phuan Keo and a trio of elephant posters.
Capable of carrying up to 150kg, this making for a lot of books, delivery with elephants has dual purpose. Agile, elephants are able to access remote areas where roads and access routes are nonexistent allowing the Elephant Mobile Libraries to reach those schools most in need, whilst interaction with the elephants increases knowledge of the endangered species and understanding of elephant behaviour amongst both young people and local communities, this being particularly beneficial in areas experiencing human-elephant conflict.
We conducted our first Elephant Mobile Library mission in 2010 in Sayaboury province and have since visited many rural schools across several districts within the province. With each school visit, our team implements a host of environmental based activities, including games and sing-a-longs. Each event inevitably becomes a very public affair as whole communities come to join in the fun.
A static version of this project, Kids in Conservation, has also been developed. Located at the Elephant Conservation Center, we invite children from neighbouring schools surrounding Sayaboury town to visit the home of the elephants and enjoy a whole host of environment-based activities.
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The leaks are flowing now…
# budget-leaks - Saturday 17 August, 2013
Column: The Hunger Games of Ireland's Budget leaks
The villain of Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games series knows the value of 'divide and conquer' when keeping an unruly populace in check. Ireland's yearly Budget "leaks", which provoke panic across society, follow the same rule, writes Emer Delaney.
# budget-leaks - Sunday 13 January, 2013
Explainer: How Irish bailout documents keep getting leaked to the public... via Germany
Yet another batch of draft documents has made its way out via the Bundestag. Here's the story of how it happens.
# budget-leaks - Wednesday 13 June, 2012
Explainer: How do Irish bailout documents keep ending up in Germany?
The European Commission says the latest leak is "unfortunate and irresponsible". But why does it keep happening?
# budget-leaks - Thursday 1 March, 2012
Ireland may need mini-budget if other economies falter: official EU report
The European Commission signs off on a €5.9 billion release of bailout funds, but their green light comes with a warning…
# budget-leaks - Wednesday 29 February, 2012
Leaked document suggests Ireland may need further budget cuts in 2012
The Department of Finance has confirmed that the European Commission will publish a document tomorrow which suggests Ireland could need further fiscal tightening this year.
# budget-leaks - Saturday 28 January, 2012
Prime numbers: the week in stats
Earthquakes! Earnings! Petitions! Racehorses! Healthy cities?! Our weekly numerical guide to the events of the last seven days.
# budget-leaks - Tuesday 24 January, 2012
TDs off to Berlin to discuss 2012 Budget leaks
The Oireachtas Finance committee is heading to meet its German counterpart – the one that got our Budget in November.
# budget-leaks - Sunday 22 January, 2012
No decision yet on selling ESB - Burton
But the Minister for Social Protection suggested the Government still hoped to raise €2billion by selling State assets.
# budget-leaks - Wednesday 28 December, 2011
Video: 2011 - the year in gaffes
From the government's €3.6bn 'accounting error', to confusing a Hollywood actor with a serial killer, here are this year's most memorable gaffes.
# budget-leaks - Friday 25 November, 2011
More tax austerity will break Irish families, tax institute warns
The Irish Tax Institute says some employees have already lost a sixth of their take-home pay – and are now at 'tipping point'.
# budget-leaks - Wednesday 23 November, 2011
The 5 at 5: Wednesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o'clock…
Budget proposals doc had to be shown as 'constitutional requirement'
Taoiseach Enda Kenny tells Dáil today that draft proposals were shown to German parliament as a constitutional requirement of… the German parliament.
# budget-leaks - Tuesday 22 November, 2011
Noonan "can't rule out future leaks" of confidential information
The minister made the comments while speaking at the University of Limerick, where he also expressed regrets over last week's Budget leaks.
# budget-leaks - Sunday 20 November, 2011
The Daily Fix: Sunday
Catch up on the day's main stories as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
Child benefit to be 'cut first and reformed later'
The government is coming under fire for 'another broken promise' – a €10 cut in child benefit across the board.
Budget leaks: Dublin and Brussels in €300m dispute over public pay bill Exclusive
The government says cutting public jobs will save €2.5bn by 2015 – but the European Commission's draft report is far less optimistic.
# budget-leaks - Saturday 19 November, 2011
The Daily Fix: Saturday
Catch up on the day's main news as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
Taoiseach defends 2 per cent VAT increase despite cross-border shopping fears
Retailers are worried that the increase will encourage consumers in the Republic to head across the border to shop.
Budget leaks: €3.5bn Budget for 2013 still won't meet Troika targets Exclusive
Briefing notes prepared for German MPs also predict that employment will continue to fall next year, and that Ireland may miss bank targets.
The 9 at 9: Saturday
Nine things to know this morning…
# budget-leaks - Friday 18 November, 2011
The Daily Fix: Friday
Catch up on the day's main stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
Budget leaks disclose detail of 'tyrannical' government proposals - Ross
Independent TD Shane Ross is among those to heavily criticise the government after details of forthcoming budget proposals were disclosed by TheJournal.ie today.
The 5 at 5: Friday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o'clock…
REVEALED: Government's leaked plans for Ireland's austerity budgets Exclusive
TheJournal.ie has obtained the documents, given to German MPs, which outline the contents of the 2012 and 2013 Budgets.
Budget leaks: the hypermarket could be on its way to Ireland Exclusive
According to leaked documents seen by TheJournal.ie, the Government has agreed to make changes to the retail size caps which could allow for Wal-mart and Costco to set up shop here.
Budget leaks: State asset sell-off may not yield money for job creation Exclusive
The government has said publicly it wants to use State asset sell-off revenue for job creation but confidential documents paint a different picture.
Budget leaks: Government to inject €250 million into credit unions Exclusive
The recapitalisation figure in the leaked budget documents is significantly less than the €1 billion previously suggested by Michael Noonan – but there will be more money available in 2012 if the credit unions need it.


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Mandy Rae Candler, a quadriplegic with physical and mental disabilities, had difficulty performing her job independently. Employed by Rural Employment Alternatives Inc. (R.E.A., Inc.), a non-profit institution that provides job opportunities for the physically and mentally challenged, Mandy's task was to label envelopes. Not only was this difficult and strenuous with limited use of her arm, but it was also inefficient.
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Countries of Origin – Italy, France, England, Greece, China
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Known Chemical Constituents
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Some aromatherapy applications. Violet is also used in perfumery, and sometimes as a commercial confectionery flavoring.
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Renegade RV, REV Group's newest RV brand to join REV Recreation Group, introduced the Valencia, an all-new Super C motorhome during the Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) 95th International Convention, held March 7-10 in Chandler, Ariz.
Joining Renegade's 2017 lineup of premier luxury motor coaches, the Valencia is built on the Freightliner S2RV chassis, the first-ever Super C chassis designed specifically for the RV industry. A powerhouse among motor coaches, the Valencia packs a 360HP engine with 800 lb. ft. of torque and an impressive 12,000-lb. towing capacity. Plus, the Valencia features enviable fuel capacity with a 100-gal. fuel tank and a 10-gal. diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) tank. Meanwhile, 3" of sound deadening insulation and air ride seating for the driver and passenger make this a comfortable ride.
"We saw a need for a high-end Super C motor coach that offered all the amenities and features that Renegade has been known for," said Jim Jacobs, President of REV Recreation Group. "Valencia is a high-end product that falls at a price point that offers real value."
Designed for families at an exceptional price, the Valencia launches with two floorplans with spacious living areas — the 38VBB and the 38VRW. The 38BB offers large family-favorite, adult-sized bunk beds, while the 38VRW presents a spacious rear master suite featuring a rear wardrobe closet. Stainless-steel appliances and solid-hardwood Cherry cabinetry complete this package.
"We were looking forward to this debut for months," said Mike Lanciotti, Vice President and General Manager of Renegade RV. "Leading up to this launch, our team was really focused on designing a motor coach that would make customers proud, and we think we've done that."
Kevin Erdman, Renegade Director of Sales and Marketing, agreed. "The Valencia definitely turned heads at FMCA, and we know it will usher in a new era of luxury motor coaches to the market because it delivers all the features that diesel motorhome buyers expect, in the Super C package the industry has been waiting for."


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Band members:
- Drums: Arttu Aalto
- Vocals: Kari Laaksonen
- Guitars: Tommi Koivula
- Guitars: Mika Tuukkanen
- Bass: Henry Jalava
Abhordium is a Blackened Death Metal band from Salo, Finland. It was formed in 2005 and the style has been chaotic and brutal from the beginning. Lyrical themes include death, misanthropy, human conflicts, chaos, damnation, rituals & dark arts.
The first demos were recorded in 2005-2006 and released on the internet. In 2008 began the recordings of our EP "Declaration Of Perdition" and it was released in summer 2009 after a successful European tour.
In 2010 we recorded our first full-length album "When Depravity Incarnates" which was released in summer 2011. The second full-length album, titled "Omega Prayer" was released 27.10.2017.


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Today's post is for the Inkspirations Sketch Challenge this week. I decided to try to make a flower with a pleated centre. I have noticed this technique on a few different blogs, but it was mainly used as a background instead of the focal point. I embossed the frame of the flower and the leaves for some texture. I think I achieved what I was aiming for, let me know if you like it!!
Stamps: S/U's Punch Bunch, French Foliage, Vintage Vogue
Card and Papers: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Pretty In Pink, DSP Patterns Stack - Subtles Collection,
Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Embellishments: Kaisercraft Crocheted Lace Trim, S/U's Antique Brad, Pearls
Tools: Big Shot, Square Lattice EB Folder, Spellbinders Blossom Nestabilities, Sizzix Leaves Die, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Sewing Machine, Thread, Sponge, Dble Sided Tape, Tombow Multi Liquid Glue, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Mini Glue Dots
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Hi All! This is the only chance we have had to email. We are staying in an apartment instead of the Kazzhol but have no internet access and no internet cafe nearby. We are all done here with everything, and ready to board the plane tonight for the looooonnnnggg trip home. We have not really done anything here but walk and hang out playing games with the kids at the apartment. Things are going super with the girls though, no real issues art all and I will write a longer email when home as I have everyone waiting for me right now and don't want to take too long.
We will still arrive on Feb 14th at 6:30ish in Montrose unless we get sidetracked or delayed en route.
Wish I could write more but need to run!!!
Thanks to all and will report in detail later. Prayers for us for an uneventful trip home would be appreciated!


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News & Notes – December 21, 2012
December 21, 2012
Authored by: Chris Rylands
If you're reading this, it must mean the Mayans were wrong, so since the world is continuing, why not check out our list of recent News & Notes items?
- A recent study by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans found that 84% of employers plan to keep offering coverage in 2014.
- But even if its offered, an Employee Benefits Research Institute study found some employees might not take it if it Congress decides to tax insurance as part of the fiscal cliff negotiations (if you can call them that).
- The Commonwealth Fund has put together an interactive map, and additional information, about various States' decisions on implementing the PPACA exchanges.
- Since we have so often talked about Hurricane Sandy relief in this column, we would be remiss if we did not point out the additional chart and FAQs that the IRS has released. These are included, among other items, in the most recent IRS Retirement News for Employers, as well.
- We have noted that employers are considering private exchanges and some of the issues around that. This Employee Benefits News guest post suggests that a private exchange might not make the best economic sense. Do you agree?
- Finally, in honor of the holiday season, we all know that co-workers sometimes push the boundaries of appropriate gift-giving. We promise not to give you a harpoon. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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DTU (SAT) 05/04/2013 Autolavado VM, Tulancingo, Hidalgo [La Copa]
1) Kandy & Zusu Divine b Jc Maclean & Letty Star
2) Miedo Extremo b Artikus and Arsenal and Corazon Latino and Koreli
3) Drastik Boy b Black Fire, Lanzeloth, Mazivo, Pequeno Cobra, Rocky Lobo [DTU AI]
Drastick Boy is champion, first defense by defeating Rocky Lobo.
4) Niño Hamburguesa & Slayer b Hacker & Kaleth and Hard Man & Jhonki [chairs]
5) Demente Extreme b Cíclope, Hormiga, Paranoiko, Super Mega, X-Fly [DTU Ultraviolento, #1 Contenders]
Dement Xtreme earns a shot at Pesadilla by beating Super Mega. Ciclope earlier beat Paranoiko, and Hormiga and X-Fly attacked Nino Hamburguesa during the match.
NICE (SUN) 05/05/2013 Arena Coliseo Monterrey [LuchaMania Monterrey]
1) Dulce Canela & Larry Miranda Jr. b La Bandida & Lady Maravilla
2) Artillero (Monterrey) & Mr. Vega b Ángel Diabólico & Muerte Guerrera
3) Golden Boy b Gato Fantasma
4) Hijo de LA Park & Humberto Garza Jr. b Rico Rodriguez & Símbolo
Hijo de LA Park beat Simbolo for the win.
5) Caifan, LA Park, Rey Hechicero b Blue Panther, Diluvio Negro II, Último Guerrero
Match had originally been announced as Panther/UG vs Caifan/Hechicero, but Diluvio Negro & LA Park were added on Friday. Earlier in the week, LA Park had sent a video in saying he was looking for Ultimo Guerrero. Ultimo Guerrero said he had no idea what this was about, but decided to strike first and beat up Hijo de LA Park. LA Park appeared, very displeased. UG said he heard Park talking about searcing for him in CMLL, but he's right there now. LA Park said UG shouldn't have attacked family. Before they could fight, Panther and Diluvio Negro I also hit the ring and attacked LA Park, with Guerrero joining in. Laguneros took fall 1, Monterrey took fall 2, LA Park had UG beat with the Code Red in the third but Panther pulled out the referee. UG fouled Park, but Caifan pulled out the ref. Hijo de LA Park ran in, fouled UG, and the Monterrey team won. LA Park said there were two masks he wanted – Dr. Wagner (in Plaza de Toros), and the survivor of UG & Atlantis. Ultimo Guerrero was fine with that but threatened to beat up Hijo de LA Park again. LA Park insisted on one on one.
SuperLuchas transcribed the promos (with no credit to LuchaMania for actually getting the video, oops.) LA Park does say he's doing the mask match with Dr. Wagner Jr. in June. No one should believe them until they announce a date.
IWRG (SUN) 05/05/2013 Arena Naucalpan [IWRG]
1) Dragón Celestial & Imposible b Atomic Star & Seiya
Straight falls. Atomic Star reappeared, replacing Serpiente de Oro.
2) Diosa Maya, Rayan, Spartan b Astro Rey Jr., Cristal, Saruman
3) Apolo Estrada Jr., Canis Lupus, Niko b Centvrión, Dr. Cerebro, Golden Magic
4) Chico Che, Negro Navarro, Pantera b Danny Casas, Eterno, Factor
Negro submitted Eterno & Factor at the same time.
5) Dinamic Black b Carta Brava Jr. [IWRG IC WELTER, WWS WELTER]
Dinamic Black made his third known defense of the IWRG Welterweight championship, and Carta Brava falls on his first defense of the WWS Welterweight championship. Match went four falls.
IWRG updated their website with the two lineups below and everything up to the main event hours ago, then didn't put the main event up no matter how many times I clicked refresh. I'd presume they drew in the third fall and the commission ordered a fourth, but we'll find out about 10 minutes after this post goes up.
Rob has highlights of 2013 Rey de Reyes.
AAA has video interviews with Nino Hamburguesa and Crazy Boy.
Angelica talks about winning Rudeza Infernal's mask.
The Angel Dorados are signing autographs tomorrow.
IWRG (THU) 05/09/2013 Arena Naucalpan
1) Serpiente de Oro vs Fulgor
2) Saruman & Seiya vs Alan Extreme & Imposible
3) Centvrión, Dinamic Black, Golden Magic vs Factor, Rayan, Spartan
4) Chico Che, Dr. Cerebro, Toscano vs Danny Casas, Eterno, X-Fly
5) Trauma I vs Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Apolo Estrada Jr., Freyser, Cien Caras Jr., Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Súper Nova, Carta Brava Jr., Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Trauma II
Main event is the Rebellion of the Juniors cibernetico. Factor, a man with a rich family history in lucha libre (maybe?) is the current Juniros champion. Maybe this will setup a new contender.
Seiya escapes from the dark match opener to something that might be pretty good.
IWRG (SUN) 05/12/2013 Arena Naucalpan
1) Galaxie & Seiya vs Dragón Celestial & Fulgor
2) Diva Salvaje & Miss Gaviota vs Imposible & Picudo Jr.
3) Centvrión, Freyser, Golden Magic vs Alan Extreme, Apolo Estrada, Canis Lupus
4) Chico Che, Dinamic Black, Tony Rivera vs Danny Casas, Eterno, Súper Nova
5) Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan, Toscano vs Negro Navarro, Trauma I, Trauma II
Another Piratas vs Traumas title match coming up? Though the Danny Casas & Eterno team may also want a shot.
Tercera might be good.
CMLL (SUN) 05/12/2013 Arena Coliseo
1) Metatrón & Sensei vs Apocalipsis & Cholo
2) Hombre Bala Jr., Metálico, Super Halcón Jr. vs Cancerbero, Hijo del Signo, Raziel
3) Astral, Stukita, Último Dragoncito vs Demus 3:16, Pequeño Warrior, Pierrothito
4) Blue Panther vs Virus [lightning]
5) Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Super Porky vs Rey Bucanero, Rey Escorpión, Shinsuke Nakamura
6) Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas vs Máscara Dorada, Rush, Titán
Semimain has the return Shinsuke Nakamaura. Nakamura is the current NJPW IC champion – he defended it against Sombra back on FantasticaMania – and he's talked a few times about wanting to defend his title outside of NJPW and around the world. This could be a bit of that and the usual bit of NJPW sending a heavyweight over to Mexico while the Best of Super Juniors tournament is going on.
Seems like CMLL should be holding a press conference to discuss this, Titan going to the BOSJ, the new guys, and the En Busca de un Idolo tournament. Maybe Thursday?


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Orange County's suburban sprawl doesn't lend itself to leisurely viewing of street art. But now there's an app that makes it easy to take a self-guided tour of murals painted by renowned Chicano artist Emigdio Vásquez.
Vásquez, who died in 2014 at age 75, painted at least 30 murals on buildings, inside schools and restaurants and at parks in central Orange County.
Many depict scenes of Latin American and Chicano history, from the Mexican Revolution to the farm workers' movement, to the advent of low-riders and pachucos.
Emigdio Vasquez's Recuerdos de Mi Pueblo (1990) in the dining room at El Tapatio restaurant en Santa Ana. pic.twitter.com/rTd50QzrpD— Jill Replogle (@jillrep) December 15, 2017
Mexican, Chicano and civil rights leaders, including Cesar Chávez, Dolores Huerta and Emiliano Zapata, appear in several pieces, along with scenes of Orange County's agricultural and industrial history.
About to head off on a self-guided tour of renowned Chicano muralist Emigdio Vasquez's work in OC, thanks to this new My Barrio app from @ChapmanU pic.twitter.com/hC1znpELOM— Jill Replogle (@jillrep) December 15, 2017
A group of students and faculty from Chapman University built the app, called "My Barrio Murals," as part of a multi-faceted exhibit honoring Vásquez's legacy for regional art initiative Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA.
Chapman art professor Denise Johnson said she and her team got the idea for the app when they started researching Vásquez's mural work and realized that it was both expansive and largely hidden.
"Some of the murals are really difficult to find," Johnson said.
Inspiration for the app her team built came from a similar app that allows Palm Springs visitors to go on self-guided tours of mid-century modern architecture.
Emigdio Vasquez painted dozens of murals in central Orange County. Sadly, many no longer exist. But as part of @PSTinLA there's now an app that has 'em all. pic.twitter.com/6mpvSFxDjc— Jill Replogle (@jillrep) December 15, 2017
Some of Vásquez's original murals have been restored in recent years or are under restoration, many of them by Vásquez's son, the artist Emigdio "Higgy" Vásquez. The app also includes photos and descriptions of eight murals that have been destroyed.
Besides the app, Chapman University is hosting an exhibit of Vásquez's easel paintings alongside the work of contemporary Chicano/a artists. The university has also commissioned a mural on campus by Higgy Vásquez, designed to showcase his own work and pay tribute to his father.


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I was on the phone with my dad last week, just catching up on life, and I mentioned a bit Jon Stewart had done that I thought was funny and clever (as usual), and my dad immediately responds, "Is married to a Jewish woman?" I did know that he is not, so my dad's next question was "Are they raising their kids Jewish?" My Jon Stewart knowledge ended there, although he generally mentions when it's a Jewish holiday, and there was one time where he and Seth Rogan were talking about not doing anything for Rosh Hashanah. So the conversation with my dad then moved to which Jewish celebrities are married to other Jews, if they have kids, and if so, how are they raising them. Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, and Adam Sandler all do (or at least the internet tells me they do), and suddenly that's how my dad and I were judging whether or not we liked those celebrities. Which got me thinking: does it even matter how Jewish celebrities and their families personally view and practice their religion? I think the answer is yes, it does.
First of all I think it's necessary to define the parameters I am setting for this argument. "Identify" and "practice" are two different things, and since I am in LSAT-studying mode, I define them in terms of sufficient and necessary. Identity is necessary and practicing is sufficient, meaning that if you practice Judaism, you must therefore identify, but you do not have to practice in order to identify. This also does not necessarily extend beyond yourself- you may identify but that doesn't mean you teach your children to as well. So. How does this relate back to Jewish celebrities, and why is it important? I'm getting there.
It all comes back to the problem that our parents and grandparents have been freaking out about for years: the continued survival of the Jewish people. To do this, we have to produce Jewish children, children who know they are Jewish, are proud of being Jewish, and hopefully want to participate as well in the continuation of our people. There's no magic formula to guarantee a child who is raised Jewish will continue to be Jewish, but I don't agree with my father that anyone who denies their Judaism is contributing to the "Silent Holocaust." But again, here's where "identifying" and "practicing" comes in and makes a difference: you can identify with being Jewish but not want to practice it, an attitude you then pass down to your children, and they to theirs, and on and on, which ultimately dilutes any sense of what being Jewish actually means.
There are, of course, varying degrees of practicing, but I fear that more and more Jewish children understand being Jewish to mean what they see in the movies or TV- a Judaism devoid of practice with a fractured identity. Take for example Shoshanah from HBO's Girls. She is definitely Jewish. She describes herself as such, but she is also presented as materialistic, shallow, and somewhat unintelligent. This is not to say that all Jewish characters on TV are presented like this, but I think it is an unfortunate and somewhat alarming trend that Jewish characters on TV are not presented as Jewish in any other way than birth, and often with unfortunate Jewish stereotyping: Grace Adler from Will and Grace uses her religion as lending to a personality that is shrewish, gluttonous, and again, materialistic. She marries a Jewish doctor, but their relationship is riddled with problems and never really portrayed as healthy. Monica and Ross Geller and Rachel Green from Friends are all supposed to be Jewish, but again they're either an uptight control freak (Monica), uptight schlemiel (Ross), or vain JAP (Rachel). The list goes on and on: Jerry on Seinfeld, anybody Woody Allen or Seth Rogan plays, Max on Happy Endings, and back to Jon Stewart. Even someone like Judd Apatow, whose male leads are often unattractive/dirty/lazy men and somehow end up with these incredibly hot and clearly not Jewish women. All that does is set a standard for young Jewish guys that this is normal and preferable.
All of these characters are more often than not played by Jewish actors, and while this is no way means that who they play on TV is who they are in real life, most of the watching public is not smart enough to tell the difference. Which brings me back to my original point: it is important for Jewish celebrities to be open about their religion as a significant part of their identities so that young Jewish children have strong Jewish icons who are proud of their religion, thereby making Judaism and identifying as Jewish something desirable.
I am not saying that marrying someone Jewish and raising Jewish kids and going to synagogue all the time is the only way to ensure the survival of the Jewish people. Normal people find it hard enough to accommodate their busy daily lives and Judaism- not even necessarily going to synagogue- as well as the pressure of sometimes being the only Jewish face in the crowd. Magnify that when you're a working actor- travelling ALL the time for your job, not necessarily having sturdy family roots (living far away from family), makes it that much harder to really commit yourself to active practice. That's the reason why I think it's so important for famous Jews to at least identify- their fans can then say well if they do it, I can do it too! We see so many celebrities contributing to charities, reaching out to so many different kinds of people, because they say it is their responsibility as people who can use their notoriety to make a different, to actually make a difference. It is the same with Jewish celebrities: using their notoriety to give back to the Jewish community by making Judaism something to be proud of, and we'll all be stronger in our Jewish identities as a result.
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(b) Monitoring of AFHM plan. The FH&EO Division of the Area Office is responsible for monitoring AFHM plans and providing technical assistance to the applicant in preparation or modification of such plans during the period of development and initial implementation.
(c) Review of applicant's reports. Each sales or rental report shall be reviewed by the FH&EO Division of the Area Office as it is received. When sales or rental reports show that 20% of the units covered by the AFHM plan have been sold or rented, or whenever it appears that the plan may not accomplish its intended objective, the Area Office FH&EO Division shall notify the Director of the Office of Regional FH&EO.
(d) Failure of applicant to file documentation. If the applicant fails to file required documentation, the applicant shall be sent a written notice indicating that if the delinquent documentation is not submitted to the Area Office within 10 days from date of receipt of the notice, the matter will be referred to the Director of the Regional FH&EO for action which may lead to the imposition of sanctions.


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Millions of dogs and cats across the United States are currently living in animal shelters. If these creatures are lucky, the animal shelter will act as a layover on the way to a forever home.
According to the ASPCA, about 29 percent of all cats and dogs owned by Americans today were adopted from one of the approximately 13,600 animal shelters around the country. High adoption numbers are great news for our furry friends and their adoptive parents, but it also means that animal shelters are busy places that can use all the help they can get.
Sure, you may not be able to adopt every dog at the animal shelter (tempting as it may be), but you still want to help.
As it turns out, there are plenty of ways to help your local shelter that don't involve becoming a cat lady.
In fact, there are plenty of items lying around your house that your local animal shelter desperately needs to keep things running smoothly and to help keep those creatures as healthy and happy as possible.
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I'm so sick of hearing about microservices.
As I walked out out of the conference hall after DHH's RailsConf keynote this morning, I felt this vibe that people are regarding him as out of touch with reality. Indeed, DHH did give off this sort of church sermon-like tone in his keynote, railing (pun sort of intended) against microservices and JS frameworks.
For some reason, SOAs and JS frameworks have gotten a reputation for being something you want to use instead of something that you have to use. From what I've seen with each, I struggle to understand how they got to be in vogue.
SOA proponents will make the usual arguments. When apps are made of small services it's easier to scale them individually. If your app hits big enough scale a monolith would be crushed under its own weight. That sort of thing. But I'm also hearing proponents discuss how small services are better because each app is simpler and it lets its developers move faster and with less cognitive load. And that's a load of bullshit.
Architecting your application as a set of microservices adds a large upfront cost in the form of new complexity, and it takes a lot of traffic for that to pay off. Your uptime is reduced with every codependent service running at the same time, so you need systems engineers to help keep as many nines as possible in your uptime. You start discussing things like putting your services in a VPC so that they can quickly talk to one another keep traffic private. Each app needs fault tolerance against other services being unreachable. Debugging becomes wildly more difficult. You need to be on your monitoring game.
Oh, and by the way, you need to consider your application-level architecture. Applications don't break up easily into super independent components; in the real world these components tend to deeply intermingle with one another. It's challenging to design the services in a way that adding one feature doesn't end up touching 3-4 services.
I feel like no one ever talks about these application-level issues. I hear people speaking in generalities about ensuring apps only have a single responsibility, but I've yet to hear a real-world story of a real-world app that is built with an SOA and takes business need changes in stride and the developers are happy and work with minimal cognitive load.
Big companies like Google and Amazon aren't using services because it's faster or more productive; they're doing it because they have to.
DHH isn't trying to cling to some foregone notion of cowboys taming the wild west on their own with their Rails monoliths; he provides real examples of large scale monoliths (Basecamp, GitHub, Shopify). I hate seeing those 3 examples getting reused, but those apps remain successful, and I am not hearing about equivalent SOA-based counterparts.
I'm not snubbing what other frameworks have to offer, but I take comfort in that I can ship real products using Rails with minimal developer manpower. If the app is just as nice, customers won't care or notice. As everyone around me is levitating toward over-engineered collections of microservices I can see it going two ways, both positive for me. If the world ends up being right and microservices are a productivity panacea, I'll embrace them with open arms (using Rails 5's new API mode that DHH was none too excited to announce). If they're wrong, then I'll churn out more value faster while they spin their wheels with services.


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Composition No.2: One horizontal line
Composition No.2, the most familiar of Francisca's Underlined compositions, is also the most personal. Absent of the printed lines that score so many of the other works, the only lines across these folds are that by hand – the inked words of the last Will of Miss Theresa Jones. Elaborately penned, with a care that has become lost in time, Francisca's folds pause to respectfully remember through each hand-written word. The folded edges bleed with the red of grief and love, the expression of which doesn't always come easily with words. The horizontal carries the haunting finality of drawing a line underneath something, yet Francisca's line could also be a dash – the very symbol that carries our thoughts on, in memory or from this life to the next.
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