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Is there some sort of sick conspiracy against all Redskins fans?
Woke up this morning to some snow here in England but the matter responsible for the shiver up my spine was not the white flakes it was the news Rex Grossman is now Washington's starting quarterback.
With the team 5-8 and out of the playoffs there is absolutely no point sticking in sexy Rexy for three weeks.
Yes Donovan McNabb has not been playing at a Pro Bowl level in 2010. This is not all his fault though. The offensive line has had injuries and lack of talent all season and the Redskins running game has been as consistent as a concussed crocodile.
The team has made so many humongous silly mistakes that installing Rex into the starting line-up seems to match the rest of the insanity.
Lets look at some of the ascending chickens (cock-ups):
- Failed to persuade Chargers WR Vincent Jackson to depart the West Coast, leaving the team with a weak WR crew. In 13 games Redskins WRs have scored a TOTAL of 6 touchdowns. Jackson scored 3 in one game on Thursday just gone. Any team that had any degree of reliance in Joey Galloway is clearly in trouble. Lets not even mention former high draft picks Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly.
- Special teams have been special needs, and that is being disrespectful to anyone who has any form of special needs. Graham Gano has missed 10 field goals, has not converted one of 5o yards or over, and has even managed to have a punt blocked. The signs were there in Week 2 when he missed a field goal in OT against the Texans.
- Turned Michael Vick from a dog killer to an MVP candidate in just one game. Vick passed for four scores and ran a further two in, en-route to an Eagles Monday Night massacre of the Redskins in front of a global audience.
- After 13 weeks the team is dead last in defensive yards allowed, averaging a ball aching 394.8 yards a game.
Perhaps the most bizarre statistic for the Burgundy and Gold after 13 weeks is the fact the team is Plus 1 in turnover ratio. Proof that again the finger of blame should not point simply at McNabb. Donovan may have fumbled a pretty poor 10 times so far but only one of them ended up being recovered by an opponent. Donovan has already surpassed 3,000 passing yards in 2010, the eighth time in his career he has broken the 3k barrier.
In the past three seasons (including this one) the 'prolific' Rex Grossman has thrown for a mind-blowing 334 yards – that's a remarkable average of 7.4 yards a game.
The worst part of all of this is because the Redskins DID manage to get 5 wins in the first 10 weeks of this season they will miss out on the very top college prospects – Andrew Luck and Heisman winner Cam Newton.
This team is just one big joke – and to top it off they face the Cowboys this weekend, who will be hell-bent on revenge following their 'holding call' loss in Week 1.
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James Sutherland, a longtime resident of Sullivan County, passed away on Friday March 27, 2009 at Orange County Regional Medical Center. He was 55.
The son of Harriet May Sutherland and James Arthur Richardson, he was born in Suffern, NY on September 2, 1953.
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In the past few weeks my life has changed. First, I retired, second, I've moved. Now I'm trying to figure out what shape my life will take, so I offer this small piece of reflection. It's not perfect, nor is it finished but it is where I am at the moment.
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Thanks, once again to Parker Palmer I have another mystery to unravel in my attempt at the writers life. Here he quotes Henry David Thoreau:
My life has been the poem I would have writ
But I could not both live and utter it
Now what do I do with that? What is the poem I would have writ had I the time to writ what it is that needed to be writ? For me this is the struggle, to find something that grabs at me instead of these various, meteoric thoughts that fly by quickly only too burn up in the atmosphere of my thoughts. I write, to put it mildly, trash even as I long to make sense of where I am in this world. Being deeply troubled by what I read and see, how does my small voice fit in the the greater narrative? Palmer seems to have found his voice, a voice that has been honed and worked on and re-honed to what it is today. Richard Rohr, (another spiritual author I need to read) writing about Palmer and his new book writes that "Our entire culture is in need of true elders, and you can't be one until you have arrived there — chronologically, spiritually, and intellectually. Here's a man who has arrived, with another book that's a generous gift to all of us." I am far from being anywhere near from being a true elder. I might be there chronologically, but the other two criteria are woefully deficient and need a good boost, a shot of spiritual and intellectual energy. I'm not too old to not have the desire to continue in my quest and even as the days grow shorter, I don't feel desperate or anxious to get to that mythical somewhere. Maybe, for me, the struggle is the vocation, the purpose of my writing. The honest struggle of not paying enough attention when I was younger and now finding myself in the slow lane trying to catch-up. Now I'm back to the question, what is the poem I would have writ? What are the paradoxes that surround my life and where do they fit in with what I am trying to be as a writer, as a priest, now retired from the dailyness of being out there, yet still craving that need for contact? Now that's a paradox, a both/and that will keep any shrink in business if one ever dares to try an unravel my inner workings. Today was a day of thoughts, not really journal material, or is it? After all what is a journal other than a place to vomit the crap that is floating on the interior and exposing it all to the light of day. It ain't pretty and sometimes it smells, but that is the only way to come to understand who I am at this time in my life. I think that the only person that really gets me is Jane, the poor girl has had to deal with my ups and downs for the past 45 years and now she's stuck with me on a daily basis as we negotiate being retired together.


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Do The Chicago Blackhawks Keep Both Khabibulin And Huet?
Posted by sportsmaven on February 9, 2009
The most pressing question that the Chicago Blackhawks face in the near short term is whether to keep a pair of goalies, mainly Nikolai Khabibulin and Cristobal Huet. The goalie position for the Blackhawks has been an ongoing sticky issue since Huet was signed as a free agent in the off-season. Many thought the signing was the end of the line for Khabibulin in Chicago. The Blackhawks were close to the salary cap and had over 20% of their budget wrapped up in goaltenders.
I believe the Blackhawks intention was to trade Khabibulin before the season began, but there were no takers and the Hawks were not going to give Khabibulin away just to get rid of him. The pre-season and early regular season was a showcase for Khabibulin and he did not disappoint. Khabibulin was incredible in comparison to the last 3 previous lackluster seasons , starting out hot, mixing in the occasional cool game. He had a chip on his shoulder and something to prove. He was not going to go down without a fight.
Huet, on the other hand, started out a bit slower, with the team winning only 3 of his 10 games in goal. Huet gave up 6 goals to the San Jose Sharks on 11/26 in a loss. Huet spent the bulk of the early season on the bench watching Khabibulin. In December, Huet made the most of his playing time, at one stretch, winning 7 of 9 games to close the calendar year on a hot streak, but that ended abruptly in the Blackhawks 6-4 loss to the Detroit Red Wings in the New Year's Day 2009 NHL Winter Classic.
Blackhawks Coach Joel Quenneville has been playing the hot hand in goal and that strategy seems to be working well for a very young team that is navigating it's way through the unfamiliar waters of competing for a playoff spot in a tough NHL Western Conference.
The questions of late have focused on the possible trade intentions of Blackhawks GM Dale Tallon and the rapidly approaching March 4th NHL trade deadline. Tallon wanted to move Khabibulin since the pre-season, but at this point, does he look to move Khabibulin again? With the way the Blackhawks have been playing, the last thing Tallon wants to do is upset the delicate balance of a team that is steaming towards what could be the second post-season appearance since 1997-98 season. Khabibulin can ride a playoff hot streak about as good as anyone out there and veteran goaltending is a huge plus for going deep in the playoffs.
Look for Tallon to make a trade elsewhere, maybe picking up a veteran scorer or a second line center, as the Blackhawks start focusing in on moving to the third seed in the NHL Western Conference playoff race.
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'There's A Metric for That': How 'Big Data' Impacts Biometrics Market and Industry
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CIOs and CTOs like it; Enterprises like it; Startups like it; Investors like it; Researchers like it; Users like it. They invest in it, promote it, deliver it, research in it, refine it, and use it [ex. 1-12]. It is our time's most profound machine to explore with; to explore everything. Now, why should the biometrics market and industry take a closer look at it? Read on and Welcome to The Era of Big Data and Metrics!
Hype, Hope, or History goes Mainstream
The hype aside, it has been there for years: Big Data and its use cases. For ages, the diversity and scale, not to mention the necessity, of its applications and advantages have been tremendous: Aerospace industry has used it to monitor and protect spacecrafts and crews; Formula One teams have applied it to optimize car performance and racing strategies; Rotating machine industry has implemented it to predict and prevent machine part failures. Limitless examples of Big Data can be given in multiple sectors, markets, and fields with totally different kinds of business objectives.
It has become increasingly obvious that applications of Big Data are expanding immensely: from mining the social web to maximizing efficiency of green-tech's smart-grids; from ocean observation to The Human Brain Project and to human genome projects; from personal fitness and health monitoring to Hans Rosling's moving bubbles that visualize global trends… the list can go on and on. Primary drivers for this transformation to mainstream, according to IDC's annual study, are decreasing cost in storage, increasing connectivity (e.g. cloud), sensors, data capture and analysis tools. And then, there is the vastness and variety of data: 1.8 zettabytes in 2011 and growing exponentially; see IDC's report "2011 Digital Universe Study: Extracting Value from Chaos" or see its infographic. Last but not least, what I would add to IDC's analysis is birth of new metrics on daily-basis and in everywhere.
Big Data in the Big Picture…
First of all, allow me put forward my hypothesis: I think Big Data may very well be our single most meaningful IT activity and that it is maturing alongside the human evolution set to approach our most fundamental questions; in particular, the biggest of them all: "The Mystery of Consciousness" (via e.g. modeling the human brain; metrification of consciousness in systems). In a philosophical sense, everything is Big Data because everything is information/signal processing. In a technical sense, IDC's "Digital Universe study" defines it clearly (which is by the way a good candidate for consensus-building across fields):
"Big Data Is Not the Created Content, nor Is It Even Its Consumption — It Is the Analysis of All the Data Surrounding or Swirling Around It."
…and in Biometrics
Thus, let's agree on the following: biometric features, templates, or even any kind of transactional data (whether synthetically generated or as result of any application usage) by themselves are not Big Data.
In the broadest sense, Big Data in Biometrics is the collection and analysis of biometrics-related data of many sorts for completely diverse purposes and properties such as reliability, availability, maintainability, security, usability, performance, prediction, prevention, detection, visualization, and so forth and so on.
In other words, in any biometric-based application, Big Data is about extracting streams from one or more data points and making sense of those data streams; e.g. drive valuable metrics to support business goals. Examples of biometrics-related data are general or vendor-specific system-events or diverse types of performance and environmental metrics/data (e.g. a verification reject, transaction time, temperature, noise) and many more.
Value-Add Expressed in ROI
Biometric devices, systems, and applications are no exception for Big Data. Quite the contrary, they are perfect candidates to use it. Here is why:
- Their fundamental properties get affected by real-world factors such as 1) Human factors, 2) External environmental conditions, 3) System related issues [ref. 1]
- They can generate real-world transactional data (i.e. events, data, metrics) that can be fed into Big Data tools
- In return, they need their fundamental properties improved, optimized, preserved, etc (e.g. to have their reliability, availability, maintainability, or performance maximized)
Now, in order to motivate and engage your customers or your team to understand value-adds of Big Data in your business case you should be able and confident to present to them tangible numbers via Return on Investment (ROI) calculations. See for example this simple yet advanced ROI calculator that my company has released. It looks at different types of operational costs to then produce ROI numbers by implementing a Big Data tool and Best Practices in order to reduce those costs.
Use Cases
I will give you a few simple and practical examples with regards to the properties of Big-Data-in-Biometrics that I mentioned above. For these examples, let's assume this scenario: you either have just a few or tens-of-thousands biometric capture devices spread over several geographically remote sites and you have the data collection and analysis tool needed for the job.
- Availability and Visualization: Your goal is to minimize downtime. The metric requirement you want to meet is Operational Availability (Ao) set in your SLA contract [ref. 2]. You also want your Operation and Support Center to easily and instantly see what devices are down. You have your devices to send regular heartbeats to the Big Data tool and it elegantly visualizes availability of your devices on a smartphone, a monitor, a big screen, or all of them.
- Maintainability: Your goal is to minimize service needs and maintenance costs. The metric requirement you want to meet when resolving issues is Maximum-Time-to-Recovery. You have the vendor-claimed device reliability metric Mean-Time-To-Failure (MTTF). You track operational hours of all your devices by the Big Data tool and set it to notify you before the MTTF has reached so that you can optimize your preventive or schedule maintenance. This way, you not only can better choose and implement your maintenance strategy (e.g. skip the costly corrective/reactive maintenance type) but you also can minimize potential downtime.
- Reliability: Your goal is to measure operational reliability of your devices. The vendor-claimed metric (and stated in SLA) you want to verify is either Mean-Time-Between-Failure (MTBF) or Mean-Time-To-Failure (MTTF). You are a group of customers using this type of device and you all need this verification for your SLA contracts. You have your devices to send regular heartbeats to the Big Data tool that registers device failures and calculates the metric.
- Performance and Usability: Your goal is to measure and compare operational performance/usability between your devices distributed over different locations and user groups. Your metrics are reject rate, failure-to-acquire rate, and transaction time and you have set their corresponding baseline levels using obtained/recommended by the vendors. Your devices stream their transactional data to the Big Data tool. You can 1) view the metrics in real-time 2) have alerts sent to you when thresholds are exceeded 3) get on-demand or periodic device comparison reports.
- Prediction and Prevention: Your goal is to predict and prevent template aging (or an escalating false reject rate). The Big Data tool is equipped by a specialized prediction algorithm that uses diverse streams of transactional data to pinpoint the issue as an estimate and formatted in time or nr. of transactions.
- Detection and Security: Your goal is to detect a security breach type (e.g. imposter attacks). You have identified a number of potential vulnerability points that you monitor by your Big Data tool. Configurable alerting rules and messages can be either sent to the system admin or directly to the user.
- Product Improvement and After-Sales Offerings: since 2003 we have been promoting [also ref. 2] the concepts of making use of real-world feedback (data and stats) to help R&D teams making better products and also to enhance after-sales support. Now in 2012, I am delighted to quote McKinsey's recent report:
Finally, big data can be used to improve the development of the next generation of products and services. For instance, manufacturers are using data obtained from sensors embedded in products to create innovative after-sales service offerings such as proactive maintenance (preventive measures that take place before a failure occurs or is even noticed).
Market Drivers and Challenges
Although not a complete list (everyone can contribute by leaving comments), here is how I divide it:
Customer demands: Let's coin this term: There's A Metric for That. For, if there is a metric for that then not only there is a customer need for that but also there is an industry-wide language for that to be communicated and used between the market and industry (via e.g. Service Level Agreements, SLAs).
Rise of the Big Data tools:
- Product category definition: Here is how I define it: Big Data tools for biometrics collect and analyze varying types of biometrics-related data to help to achieve diverse business objectives.
- Standardization: There are parts such as terminology and data capture interface that when standardized simplify for everyone.
- Diversification: tools from different vendors can coexist, be utilized (even in complementary roles in certain deployments), and constantly evolved.
Now they're talking, biometric devices go TCP/IP…: A walk around the recent security show ISC West 2012 in Las Vegas clearly demonstrated that majority of biometric products for physical access control and time and attendance applications are now network-based (see my pictorial coverage).
…and, there is a new standard for connectivity: Speaking of increasing connectivity of biometric sensors, if disseminated well, we are going to see lots of WS-BD enabled devices in the marketplace. The NIST WS-BD Team (Web Services – Biometric Devices) recently published NIST Special Publication 500-288 – Specification for WS-Biometric Devices (see: http://bws.nist.gov).
Staffing: Personnel with Big Data and deep analytic know-how will be needed. McKinsey's report forecasts:
By 2018, the United States alone could face a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with deep analytical skills as well as 1.5 million managers and analysts with the know-how to use the analysis of big data to make effective decisions.
'Champions of Big Data', dedicated teams within organizations: In the age of Big Data and Metrics every organization should build a Big Data team to champion the culture of "Think in Metrics". As ComputerWorld article indicates, role of CIOs and IT managers will advance more towards driving business rather than only keeping infrastructure up and running. I have, in my reference portal for metrics WhatMetric.com, proposed Chief Metrics Officer, CMO, as a key function for any organization and enterprise.
Privacy, security, and more: Big Data like any other tool is neutral and can be misused, altered, hacked, illegally accessed and shared and so forth and so on. Regulations and policies have to be in place for successful implementations.
What to Envision
Applications of Big Data in Biometrics like the few I described above (whether or not new or already deployed in some projects) will grow in flavors and numbers. Beyond what already exist, here is what I expect to discover in near-term:
- 5 published case studies/use cases of Big Data for Biometrics
- 5 competing/complementing vendors with Big Data know-how and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) tools
- 5 new useful metrics for the Operations and Maintenance Center
Can the question "How 'Big Data' impacts biometrics market and industry" be answered in established metrics? most certainly, and those well-known metrics should be compiled by their specialists, the market and industry analysis companies. I sincerely hope and look forward analysts soon see the logics to publish the reports.
What do you expect to see? Your thoughts and comments are most welcome. By the way, Happy World Metrics Day (WMD), its June 16 every year [via ref. 5].
- Best Practices in Biometrics Performance Monitoring (BPM) Programs, Optimum Biometric Labs
- Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) in Biometric Applications – Delivering Quality of Service that customer wants, Optimum Biometric Labs
- IDC's annual study "2011 Digital Universe Study: Extracting Value from Chaos"
- WhatMetric.com, a reference portal for metrics, a hobby project by Babak Goudarzi Pour
- Are Metrics Blinding Our Perception?, The New York Times, By Anand Giridharadas
- 'Big data' prep: 5 things IT should do now, Computer World, by Beth Stackpole
- Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity, McKinsey Global Institute
- Taking Small Steps to Big Data, The Wall Street Journal, CIO Journal, by Michael Hickins
- Tech's Next Billion Dollar IPOs, Forbes, by Dave Feinleib
- Predictive Startup Recorded Future Raises $12M From Balderton And Google Ventures, TechCrunch.com, by Anthony Ha
- Microsoft strikes deal with 24/7, promises to 'redefine' customer service, Engadget.com, By Donald Melanson
- CIOs Should Know: H-P Investing in Big Data, The Wall Street Journal, CIO Journal, by Clint Boulton
- Apptegic Uses Big Data Analysis To Help Companies Retain And Upsell Their Customers, TechCrunch.com, by Ryan Lawler
- America's CTO Todd Park is Giving Away Really Big Data, TechCrunch.com, by Semil Shah
- This Man Could Rule the World, Popular Science, by Gregory Mone
- A "Complex" Theory of Consciousness, Scientific American, by Christof Koch
- Ocean Observatories Initiative (@oceanobserv)
- Gapminder, a fact-based worldview project for sustainable global development, Hans Rosling
- The Human Brain Project, A Countdown to a Digital Simulation of Every Last Neuron in the Human Brain, Scientific American, by Henry Markram
- The Brain, The Connections May Be the Key, Discover Magazine, by Carl Zimmer
Want to broaden your reading on Big Data, here are some recent articles:
- ScientificAmerican.com/dec2011/big-data
- The Age of Big Data, The New York Times
- Popular Science, November 2011, Special Issue on Big Data "Data is a tool for insight, influence, action, and control."


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The following applications were approved by ODOT to be funded through the STIF Discretionary and the Statewide Transit Network (STN) fund, which is made up of STIF Intercommunity funds and FTA 5311(f) funds. Before approving the funding, ODOT asked the Lane County STIF Advisory Committee to provide a "Fund" or "Do Not Fund" recommendation for each project application that is partially or fully in Lane County. At their March 2019 meeting, the Lane County STIF Advisory Committee voted to provide a recommendation of "Fund" for every application where the project is partially or fully in Lane County.
Submitted applications for STIF Discretionary and STN Funds can be found here:
99-West Transit Corridor Feasibility Study
Coos Bay Coastal Connector
Coos Bay to Eugene to Bend Vehicle Purchase
Diamond Express
Florence to Eugene Connector
Florence to Yachats Connector
Formula Funds
Final Lane County Formula Fund Plan
ODOT approved the LTD STIF Formula Fund for the FY2019-FY2021 biennium in the summer of 2019 for transit projects in Lane County.
Lane Council of Governments, on behalf of Lane Transit District, accepted project proposals for STIF Formula Funds from qualified Public Transportation Service Providers in Lane County. A Qualified Public Transportation Service Provider is a Qualified Entity or a city, county, Special District, Intergovernmental Entity or any other political subdivision or municipal or Public Corporation that provides Public Transportation Services.
Submitted applications for Formula Funds can be found here:
Cottage Grove
Lane Transit District In-District
Lane Transit District Out-of-District
Lane Council of Governments
Recommended Prioritized Project List
The Lane County STIF Advisory Committee recommended all proposed projects be funded and prioritized those projects at their January 22nd, 2019 meeting. The list of prioritized projects can be found here. The LTD Board of Directors reviewed the prioritized project list at their March 2019 meeting and voted to approve the list at their April 2019 meeting. LTD applied for this project list on May 1, 2019.
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About halfway through my childhood, we got a TV and a VCR. We didn't pick up any broadcast channels except for PBS every once in a very great while, were too far out for cable and too...er...frugal for satellite, so VHS tapes were all we ever really watched. My dad had a tendency to periodically pick up bunches of budget movies--the sort that used to go on sale for fifty cents or a buck brand new. These days, budget movies seem to generally be recent films which didn't do well in theaters (and which should have been allowed to die quietly), but back then they were mostly old black and white movies and TV shows, copied to poor quality long play tapes without any restoration, and typically with lousy sound and picture quality. We saw shaky versions of old Tom Mix serials, the original Flash Gordon, old and mostly forgotten musicals like Born to Dance and Pot o' Gold, all sorts of James Cagney movies and Kirk Douglas movies and Bette Davis movies and Charles Boyer movies and...well, you get the idea.
One of our favorite tapes was a rather hacked together documentary about Ernie Kovacs' TV show, mostly highlights from the show: favorite skits and shorts. We eventually wore that sucker out, and for years I've thought back fondly on the bits and pieces, wishing I could revisit. For some reason, it never occurred to me to check YouTube.
Last night we were looking for a stapler, and my sister pulled out the pencil sharpener I have yet to find a home for and started whistling "Sentimental Journey." I knew exactly what she meant...I can't use a pencil sharpener without the same thing running through my head. We got to talking about that old tape and ended up on YouTube...lo and behold, you can find all *sorts* of Ernie Kovacs material on the web! This particular short is an old favorite, and (in my humble opinion), a must for those of us who love old office equipment, typewriters and otherwise.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Sentimental Journey to a Musical Office
3 comments:
- James Watterson said...
I do the same thing with movies I saw as a kid. Tons of stuff from Disney movies and 80s Nickelodeon shows find their way into my head and I can't resist a quiet hum of the tune. Even some old video games like Super Metroid, or the winning tune from Final Fantasy 7 are permanently stuck in my head.
- March 21, 2010 5:37 PM
- Olivander said...
Thanks for finding that. I loved Ernie Kovaks when I was a kid. The Nairobi Trio is still one of my favorite skits ever.
- March 22, 2010 2:47 PM
- Elizabeth H. said...
The downside is that I've had "Sentimental Journey" stuck in my head for about four days now. I mean...it's a nice song and all, but I'm at the point where I feel like thumping my head repeatedly against a brick wall and yelling, "Make it stop!! MAKE IT STOP!!!"
I need to find a new sticky song.
- March 23, 2010 12:43 PM
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Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city that seems to have left them behind. As he struggles to reconnect with his family and reconstruct the community he longs for, his hopes blind him to the reality of his situation. A wistful odyssey populated by skaters, squatters, street preachers, playwrights, and other locals on the margins, THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO is a poignant and sweeping story of hometowns and how they're made—and kept alive—by the people who love them. Winner of the Sundance Film Festival's Best Director and Special Jury Awards.
"[Joe] Talbot, a fifth-generation San Franciscan, pieces together a funny valentine to a city whose capacity for visual wonderment goes well beyond the standard iconography of the Golden Gate Bridge." —Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
"...A story that doesn't announce its themes but instead transforms lived-in ideas about friendship, loneliness, artmaking, gentrification and the many faces of black masculinity." —Manohla Dargis, New York Times?
"This is a film of shifting moods and occasionally contradictory narratives. It's as much about delusion as it is about gentrification, and as much about friendship as it is about solitude…. [Joe] Talbot is a striking filmmaker, giving his film both a lived-in authenticity — the location work is evocative, and he's filled the screen with oddball locals — and a fairy-tale hermeticism." —Bilge Ebiri, vulture.com
The Belcourt Theatre does not provide advisories about subject matter or potential triggering content, as sensitivities vary from person to person.
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A Nomenklatura científica contrataca tardiamente: um blog sobre as origens.
Sorry, periferia, mas está em inglês, a língua do homem que teve a maior idéia que toda a humanidade já teve (esse guri traquina do Dennett não larga o meu pé!).
Welcome to the Origins Blog
Had Charles Robert Darwin had access to the Internet, he would have been a blogger. The prolific 19th century naturalist--and father of evolution--eagerly shared his ideas and observations with the world around him through 16 books and pamphlets and more than 5000 letters to the scientific and cultural luminaries of his day. He covered everything, from the formation of mold or the perception of ants, to the movement of leaves.
2009 is the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and 150 years after he published On the Origin of Species. As part of its celebration of these two anniversaries, Science will be blogging, with Darwin as our inspiration. On this site, our writers and editors, as well as guest researchers and blog readers, will share their thoughts, not just about the origin of species but also about key nodes throughout the evolution of life, just as Darwin did.
Turn to this site for discussions related to a monthly essay series on "Origins" that Science is publishing as part of its Year of Darwin. January's essay by Carl Zimmer examines the origin of life on Earth. Our bloggers will be introducing the people and processes behind the research, as well as other "Origins" themes. We welcome your comments and your feedback.


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[Kate Moser]
Chief Justice Ronald George was surprised by two honors at Friday's Judicial Council meeting.
The first was Supreme Court Justice Marvin Baxter's report that the state legislature is working on a bill to rename the state office building in San Francisco where the Supreme Court resides. Its new name: the Ronald M. George Justice Center.
"Since assuming office as California's 27th Chief Justice in 1996, Ronald M. George has provided visionary, inspirational, and collaborative leadership that has been pivotal in the transformation of California's court system into a truly statewide system with the unifying goal of equal access to fair and consistent justice for all in every venue in the state," the bill reads, in part.
"Needless to say, I feel deeply moved and grateful," George said at the council meeting.
Then he joked, "it does in a way seem like a sneak preview of one's obit."
And finally, he deflected the attention toward the chief justice nominee, Third District Court of Appeal Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye: "We could not be in better hands," he said.
Cantil-Sakauye didn't miss a beat. "I really note the way you turned this accolade of you into me," she said, prompting another round of applause for George.
Later in the meeting, departing council member Anthony Capozzi, a Fresno attorney, presented George with a bobblehead in his likeness.
Being memorialized with a building was surely an honor on par with being "bobbled," George joked.


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A simple task sequence deployed to a collection, a virtual machine (Hyper-V guest) booting with PxE to run that task sequence.
WinPE starts up, loads the networking (which gives a working IP address, can ping/connect to servers) but then the computer just reboots. No errors or warnings.
With WinPE debug mode enabled, you can press F8 to load the command prompt, but smsts.log doesn't report an obvious error. Lot's of "access denied" type messages that led me hunting issues with Network access accounts and such
While there are several possible causes, this is not one that occurred to me at first. Simply, check the virtual machine has enough *startup* RAM configured. I had the VM set to use dynamic memory, but WinPE doesn't support that, so while my VM was happily starting with 512MB, that's all WinPE ever got.
The only hint I found was in the smsts.log was an entry saying "cannot load XML reply" just after processing policy assignments and computing the hash size. the next step is to download the policy, and it just reported a 0x80004005 error when trying to do so.
To fully load default WinPE for OSD, you need at least 600MB. If you add extra WinPE modules you will need more. If you do want to go with dynamic memory, then it's probably best to play it safe and just go with 1024MB as your minimum. Chances are your OSD would fail with anything less anyway.


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Welcome to Bears Bites, your one stop shop for all things Chicago Bears. Today, we will examine the team's decision to cut QB Matt Blanchard, and we will also bring you some insight into just who else might find their necks on the chopping block before the season gets underway.
- The Bears had to trim their roster size down to 75 players before Tuesday's 3pm deadline, and they did that by cutting injured QB Matt Blanchard, who has a broken knuckle on his non-throwing hand. [ESPN Chicago]
- Hub Arkush raises an interesting question about the Bears as we steam toward the regular season: their offense will surely be an improved bunch, but will their defense follow suit? [HubArkush.com]
- John Mullin also gets in on the roster guessing game with his commentary on the battle between J'Marcus Webb and Jonathan Scott to be the team's swing tackle. [CSN Chicago]
- Another update on the injury front from practice on Tuesday, where Earl Bennett and Henry Melton have both begun running as they try to recover from concussions. [Chicago Sun-Times]
- Everyone knows that the Bears beat the Oakland Raiders on Friday, and their offense looked good doing it, but Blake Van Poucke has gone deeper and gives fans a better understanding of what that game's box score tells us. [Chicago Bears Huddle]
- Before next Sunday's season opener, the Bears still have to cut 22 players from their roster. Jeffrey Hicks has some thoughts on just who those unlucky players might be. [The Sports Bank]
- Finally, and this is truly a must read for fans who are looking to learn more about football, Dan Durkin has a fantastic glossary of terms that broadcasters often use, but some fans don't understand. What is a three technique defensive tackle? Durkin has your answer and much more here. [670 the Score]


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Hasten slowly. — Caesar Augustus
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What profound learning am I gleaning about illness, recovery, patience, persistence, pace and practice?
Just that.
Artful, Conscious Living with Bipolar Disorder
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Sep 05, 2012 @ 10:58:42
I thought you were going to say you discovered you caught this virus swimming in a contaminated lake and now you won't even dip a toe in the water.
Dee Ready
Sep 06, 2012 @ 09:29:21
Dear Sandy, the profundity I learned from Meniere's is that I truly have little control over anything except for how I choose to respond to things. Peace.
Sandy Sue
Sep 06, 2012 @ 16:06:02
Which takes grace and Grace, and a desire to be Awake. All of which you have.
Sep 07, 2012 @ 07:22:20
Simply put, and wise pearls of wisdom!


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5U THE PRESSES. Either approach to this room entails descending a staircase of about twenty scale feet. When the room is entered the characters will see a huge ramshackle contraption in the center of the room complete with conveyor belts, swinging levers, pulleys, and pistons. Three pea heads are about to stuff a an unconscious tomato man into one end.
3 Pea heads (AC 5; MV 9"; HD 1+1; hp 4, 5, 9; #AT 1; D Battle axe; SA Vomit; XP 36, 38, 46)
Each pea head has 2-8 gold crescents.
Tomato man (AC 10; MV 12"; HD 1; hp 7; #AT 1; D By weapon type; XP 17)
The huge machine is a combination presser/ juicer/ blender. The pea heads put the vegetable men in one side, make a setting on a dial and let it chop up and juice the unfortunate vegetable man.
The tomato man, Nullamo, will remain unconscious for another 1d6 turns. If he wakes up he will immediately get a saving throw vs spells to throw off the effects of Wandra's charm power.


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Last Thursday, like most everyone in the U.S., we celebrated Thanksgiving. Rob and I hosted. Our gathering was small and perfect, just the parents and brother and Grandma Betty. We were surrounded by the things we are most thankful for; delicious food, a roof over our heads, and our family.The day was spent cooking with my mom, who came over extra early to help me, and it was so nice to spend the day together and to have her there to deal with the turkey. While turkey is delicious and a Thanksgiving staple, I just can't bring myself to handle the raw meat. GAG. Literally, I did. So thanks for doing that, mom! I made an applesauce spice cake and it was overcooked on the outside and undercooked on the inside. I haven't quite perfected baking in this oven, it cooks too hot obviously. Grrrrrr. Thankfully the weather was perfect so we were able to take a nice family shot (minus Grandma Betty because she HATES having her picture taken).Also, like most Americans, I enjoy watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade followed by the Dog Show. And this year Max was able to enjoy both for a small period of time.One day when we have the financial means to do so, we'll spend Thanksgiving in New York and go to the parade and ice skating in Rockafeller Center and all the other New York-y holiday things. ONE DAY.
The following Sunday we held our annual Hanksgiving pot luck dinner. In case you're new, Hanksgiving started years ago when our Monday Movie Night group started watching Tom Hanks movies during the month of November and call it Hanksgiving. It then turned into a competition of who can create the most ridiculous Tom Hanks food related pun. And so for the last three years we've held a dinner celebrating Tom Hanks and bad puns.Have you ever seen Larry Crowne? Not great, but Tom Hanks is still charming. This Larry Crowne Betty was absolutely delightful with a bread pudding top. Made by Tori and Brewster.Our friend Greg made a mural of sorts out of pastel colored copies of Mad Magazine caricatures of Tom Hanks and we used it as our photo booth.I made The Man with One Red Beans & Rice, obviously. Mom made Forest Gumbo with leftover Thanksgiving turkey and it was oh so good. We had a Bonfire of the Vanities dish, Joe vs. the Cupcanoes (cupcakes), Road to Persimmon, and Rob's Green Bean Mile and it's handcrafted electric chair were a big hit.It was a fabulously delicious weekend and I'm so thankful that we are surrounded by such great friends and family. See you next year (T)Hanksgiving!


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Human Cattle posted by titoironman, October 11, 2015, 21:06Faction: Rogue Drones, Amarr, Caldari and a few Mercenaries
Mission type: Encounter/Currier
Space type: Deadspace
Web/Scramble: None
Damage Dealt: Amarr: EM/Therm, Caldari: Kin/Therm
Recommended Damage dealing: Exp/Kin
Minimum recommended ship class: Cruiser or Battlecruiser
Human Cattle (1 of 5):
4 sentry drones and 3 missile batteries at the warp-in point. Aggro on warp in. You have to dispatch the drones to open the cargo can (disguised as a habitation module) and pick up the datachip needed for the mission. There are a bunch of other structures none of which dropped loot for me.
Standings: destroying the Caldari missile batteries nets you -2.4% with Caldari State.
Human Cattle (2 of 5):
Transport the datachip you retrieved to a different station. Straightforward transport mission.
Human Cattle (3 of 5):
4 frigates (Caldari Navy) sat at warp-in point. All aggro immediately. After a short time reinforcements arrive - 9 more frigs which appear pretty much at combat range, these are not triggered by the initial force as far as I can see. The residence in the middle drop some trade goods.
Human Cattle (4 of 5):
Warp to the gate which is locked and 6 Mercenary Fighters appear. One will drop the prisoners you need for the mission. Alternative wave is 5 Fighters and 1 interceptor.
Note: Interceptor will occasionally warp scramble, lost my first cruiser here. Takes a lot of dps to beat the shields on it, will web within 10k.
Human Cattle (5 of 5):
Deadspace encounter. For some reason you are dropped some distance from the gate, there are a couple of structures but no ships waiting for you here. Just fly through the gate as normal.
Pocket 1:
Several groups of ships, mixed force of Amarr and Caldari vessels. 9 frigs/destroyers at 15k range which all aggro on warp in. Approximately ten more frigs/destroyers in two loose groups plus two cruisers separately.
6x State Yumi
2x State Kai Gunto
1x State Shukuro Ashigaru
1x Imperial Templar Paladin
1x Imperial Agatho
2x Imperial Templar Forian
1x Imperial Haran
2x Imperial Felix
1x Imperial Sixtus
4x Imperial Disciple
Note: Blitzing this section may not be possible.
Pocket 2:
3 Sentry guns and 2 elite frigs.
Pocket 3:
As soon as you warp in you complete the mission. There is 1 support frig (scrambles, but you can warp before it locks/scrambles) at about 20k range which aggros shortly after warp in and a whole lot of Amarrian navy vessels at about 130k range.
8x Amarr Navy Gamma I Support Frigate
3x Amarr Navy Gamma II Support Frigate
12x Amarr Navy Delta I Support Frigate
5x Amarr Navy Delta II Support Frigate
8x Amarr Navy Apocalypse
4x Amarr Navy Armageddon
3x Amarr Navy Maller
2x Amarr Navy Jakar
Drops about 2500 m3 of loot in total, including Large Tachyon Beam Lasers and a chance of some Caldari Navy Fulmination Heavy Assault missiles.
Mission data kindly provided by eve-survival.org with full complience of the coryright rules stated. Please refer to the source for more information.


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I thoughts as my first blog post (excluding my introduction) I would tell you about my favorite high street makeup products, which are all under £8. I do love a bargain when it comes to makeup as a don't have a large budget to spend. I have aimed to include a full face of makeup, so here are my current favorites from my makeup bag:
I am first going to start with the Bourjois "chocolate" Bronzing powder: £6.99
Moving on, one of my favorites obviously has to be the Maybelline Baby Lips, pink punch in particular: £2.99
This well loved product is extremely moisturizing and has a great colour pay off. I like to use this on days where I don't feel like wearing a gloss or a lipstick but still want to add a bit of colour to my lips. It's a lip balm based product but has a good pigmentation which you don't expect when buying the product. The scent is another one of the good things about it, it really does smell like fruit punch, which is why it is probably called "Pink Punch", I just love the fruity scent. For £2.99 you can't really complain!
My next favorite is the MUA blushes which are an amazing bargain with a price tag of only £1
The shade I have is Lolly which is a lovely coral-orange colour. I tend to suite coral more than pink so this was a perfect choice. They have a range of 6 colours which are all equally nice, but as I do most of my shopping online, they are all out of stock on the MUA website and I am hoping they will restock soon. These blushes are slightly chalky and you do lose a lot of product when applying but for £1 it doesn't really matter as you can just go and buy more! The chalkiness doesn't affect the quality of the product, I have extremely oily skin and this blush lasts all day long. I have been using this every single day for the last month or two and it still looks as if i have barely used it. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who has a lower budget as they are really good quality for the price you pay
I also love the Maybelline Colossal volum' mascara which is the most expensive item on my list at £7.99
Although there have been many bad reviews on this mascara, I actually enjoy using it! It lengthens, thickens and separates my lashes just how I want them. My lashes don't at all look clumpy but if you layer it too much you can get that effect, which is a mistake I have made before. For the price I think you could get better mascaras but I only paid £3.99 as it was on special offer in Boots. But overall I really enjoy using this mascara and I am usually quite fussy with mascaras as my lashes are the main part of my makeup, but this seems to satisfy my needs.
Another one of my highstreet/drugstore favorites are the Bourjois Eyeshadows which retail at £6.99
I have selected 3 of my favorites to show you today which are (number 92, which is the grey one, 03, which is the pink one and 11 which is the lilac) They are all glitter eye-shadows but the two pastel shades are perfect for everyday wear. The grey eyeshadow, was actually my first eyeshadow I ever bought, I remember I had a party to go to so I went to my local Boots and picked it up! The pigmentation is amazing and with a primer they will last all day, even with my oily skin! They have a large range of colours in their "intense" range and if they were cheaper I would buy loads more.
Moving onto the Rimmel Professional Eye Brow Pencil in 200 Hazel which is only £2.99
This eyebrow pencil is another bargain at only £2.99 and is the only blonde/brown colour I can find on the high street at this price. Because my brows are neither brown nor blonde I always have trouble trying to find a pencil with a matching shade and this is the closest I have got. This pencil lasts all day and looks natural, however if I press down too hard it can end up looking a little bit ginger. I usually pair this pencil with 'Tease' from the Naked 2 Palette. For the price I think this is a really good product.
No-one ever seems to mention the Tesco makeup brand 'Vivo" so I thought I would show you this liquid eyeliner which I love, its only £1.99!
I think I bought this product as my first ever liquid eyeliner and have gone back to it ever since, there really aren't any down falls with it, its cheap, easy to apply and lasts all day. You can apply a thin line quickly and it is perfect for cat eyeliner which is something I have been loving over the last few weeks. I have re-purchased this eyeliner time and time again and I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking to try a new brand.
For foundation I have selected the Rimmel London Stay Matte foundation, which is £5.99
If you have oily skin like me, you have to try this product! Its a liquid foundation, that's suppose to give 'Up to 12 hours natural shine control" I wouldn't quote it on the 12 hours, but this is definitely a matte foundation that is unsuitable for dry skin. I find this foundation applies best with a kabuki brush, in the past I have tried it with my mac 187, but it just gave a cakey finish. (Because of its matte finish you do have to work quickly) I would say this foundation is medium coverage but you can layer it up and push it to full. It gives a couple of hours of matte finish if paired with the stay matte pressed powder, but I find my self getting oily in my T-zone at around mid-day. I have it in the shade Ivory and I think there is about 6 shades, which cover a light to mid skin tone. For £6 I think it is good foundation.
Another eyeliner I would recommend is the Rimmel Waterproof Gel Eyeliner retailing at £5 (I think)
I am not quite sure If they still stock this product or not, as I couldn't find it on the Boots website, but I am pretty sure they do. The Rimmel Gel eyeliner has a good consistency and is easy to apply with a thin eyeliner brush, not the one that comes with the product. It is not entirely 'waterproof'' but if it was raining it would not budge, I wore this swimming one day and I did end up looking slightly like a panda. However for day to day wear this is a good eyeliner if you are looking for one that lasts all day.
The final product I would recommend is the L'oreal Colour Riche Lipsticks which are suppose to be £8.19 but you can find most shades on Amazon for £3-£6
I love this lipstick I found on Amazon, I wear this shade most days, It is a lovely shimmery nude colour. (Sorry I lost the swatch photo) I only paid £3.50 for it and you can find most shades for a similar discounted price. They have high pigmentation and high shine. I tend to layer mine with a lip gloss and am currently loving the Benefit Dandelion lip gloss which I got free with Elle Magazine. When purchasing this product I didn't even realize it was suited to blondes which was a bonus!
P.S Sorry for the extremely long blog post, I didn't realize it would be this big when I started! I hope you enjoyed reading,


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Spied! Audi S8 Caught Naked in the Alps
As a finalist for our 2011 Car of the Year award, the new Audi A8 came this close to driving away with a coveted Golden Calipers trophy. Clearly, there was a lot to like with that model, and with the recently announced W-12-powered A8L for 2012, the A8 line is about to get even more interesting. But one factor that took it out of the running for COTY was its too-mild-mannered nature, which robbed the driver of that feeling of sportiness, despite actually being a stellar performer. The upcoming Audi S8 may remedy that, and our spy photographer has the shots to prove that Audi is hard at work on its next super sedan.
Wearing no camouflage, this car looks like it's nearly ready to wrap with testing. Set on some Alpine road in Europe, the scene suggests Audi might be testing the car uphill under load, as the S8 is seen with a trailer in tow. On the outside, there's not a whole lot to differentiate the S8 from the less-sporty A8. The unique front and rear valences and quad-tipped exhausts give a subtle hint of the car's performance prowess. Though this test mule looks to be wearing the same wheels as the standard A8, you can probably expect a racier-looking set to appear on the car when it finally debuts. Larger brakes are apparent, and look to be appropriately sized for the task of bringing the car's nearly-4500-pound heft to a stop.
The biggest performance booster resides under the hood though - the 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 expected to produce around 500 hp. Ditching the Lamborghini-based V-10 of the last-gen S8, Audi decided to follow the lead of competitors BMW and Mercedes-Benz and go turbo with its next model. In addition to having more power, the new engine is reportedly more fuel-efficient, delivering as much as 20 percent better economy over the previous model. This engine is also expected to eventually make it into the S7 and S6. Though 500 horses isn't quite enough to make a proper M5 fighter out of the S6, Audi's recent commitment to build more RS models could produce an RS6 to challenge BMW's tire-roasting four-door.


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Dawn Bellwether is a secondary antagonist. She is voiced by Jenny Slate.She can always be seen accompanying Toffee as his assistant.
About the character Edit
Characteristics: short, slender, green eyes, white fur (wool), glasses, blue coat, multicolor skirt, beautiful, cute, evil, intelligent, sly, ruthless, manipulative
Real age: 4 real years
Species: Sheep
- Her clothes are made of wool.
- The term "bellwether" refers to a sheep, that leads a herd.
- Ironically "Dawn" means "daybreak".
- In all her appearances, she can be seen right next to Toffee, as his assistant. The human thief is the only episode where she appears without him.
Race: Computer-animated
Subrace: Antagonist
Religion: Christian
Breed: Border Leicester sheep
Nationality: American
Profession: Assistant of a majordomo
Comes from: Zootopia
- Toffee: She is rarely seen without her boss. Bellwether is very obedient towards him, as she follows his orders without hesitation. She works hard, in order to do the work properly. Bellwether is implied to care about her boss, as she showed a little concern for him in the episode Toffee's list.
- Fear: Like their bosses, Toffee and Hunter's assistants are in a rivalry with each other, though not as explicit one.


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January training is notoriously tough. Not necessarily because of the effort itself, but the circumstances surrounding the need to train.
There's the January blues, residual hangovers from Christmas and New Year, the extra few pounds you've put on due to all the festive food; and to top it all off the horrendous Winter weather which can all combine to make going out on the bike seem like a chore rather than a joy.
January training is about getting in the 'base miles' - ie riding yourself back into some semblance of form before beginning a more structured training plan in February that is specific to your season goals.
Here are our five three Januaruy training tips to help you make the most of the bluest month of the year.
1. Small Structure
Whilst January is about building your fitness back up by getting loads of miles in your legs, it can also be worthwhile to add some more intense efforts every few days. Try an HIIT session on the turbo trainer, or do some sprint intervals out on the road to help introduce your body back to those efforts.
2. Pastures New
Repeating the same old training loop day in day out can be tedious and harm your motivation over the long term. Try mixing it up with newer routes and different rides to add some variety to your training. This has the added benefit of adjusting the terrain to make it varied with each ride, ensuring you put out different efforts regularly.
3. Save The Goods
If you have gotten cycling gear for Christmas this can be a great motivator to get you out on the bike in January. use it as an opportunityh to try out the new gear or kit and enjoy the experience of using something new.
For added benefits don't use all your new kit at once. Try a new piece of kit every few days and really make it last, or rotate the new kit to make the most of the novelty throughout the whole month.


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A short film shot and edited in 1 day. This is what happens when a young man is locked in doors with a dislocated toe and has nowhere to go.
Ok so after being in the house for close to one week with the only time I've been outside being my trip to the doctor's, yesterday was when I totally lost my cool with just sitting around doing nothing wasting hours away just watching TV or browsing the internet or occasionally reading a book.
I am a film maker dammit and so what better way to make better use of my spare time, force sick leave time, than to make a short film.
The moment I got the idea it stuck with me and wouldn't let me go. And so I got to thinking about how I could shoot a shortfilm with no actors, lights, costumes, a proper camera or at least a DSLR or no money.
I decided to go the experimental route or go with the experimental aesthetic to arrive at what I was seeing and hearing in my head. I wrote down a couple of ideas, threw most of them out and just started
shooting random cars driving by my house,
strangers walking on my streets and
kid who gets spanked by another kid who I think is his brother 2:11
I am pleased with myself. I need to do more of this; making films and or movies when I have the time and the budget and the legs to do it. What do you think of my film?
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text: I am sad to report that Sam Malone passed away yesterday morning. He had battled cancer for some time, having beat it several times. It returned and moved to his liver. He was receiving treatments but they were hard on his liver. He has a beautiful family, that he loved with all his heart that will be missing him terribly. He always loved the super coupe cars and was very much in to modifying them like everyone else. He loved his job in the army and served this country well. I will miss him greatly.


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Ghana Nurses Association (UK) is embarked on raising diabetes awareness amongst the population in Ghana and amongst the diaspora in the UK. The incidence of diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes, is on the increase. The complications such as renal failure, blindness, amputation of limbs as well as erectile dysfunction and heart failure are all debilitating and life threatening. The overwhelming data suggests that better outcomes where sufferers and those at risk are better informed about the causes of diabetes and contributory factors such as obesity, lack of exercise or over indulgence of alcohol and sweet fizzy drinks.
The GNA (UK) diabetes awareness project is designed to help people become aware on how best to manage or prevent getting diabetes.


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Here at Irritec, we strive to offer our clients the widest range of irrigation products, which deliver water exactly where required, in the most efficient way. With an eye on the future, we constantly review and update our products, to ensure we have the latest, best value and water saving equipment available for you.
Company details
Find locations served, office locations, manufacturers and our distributors.
- Business Type:
- Distributor
- Industry Type:
- Irrigation
- Market Focus:
- Internationally (various countries)
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We became Irritec in 1990, before that we were called PEKU, which started trading in 1966. We are a family run business, with an experienced hard working crew. We operate from our own modern twin storey HQ, which stocks a huge range of irrigation materials, available from our trade counter 5 days a week.
We pride ourselves on our customer service and try to accomodate each and every one of our valued customers, in whatever way we can. The vast majority of new clients come to us from referrals, which is the best way to connect with new clients and I'am very proud of this.
What We Do
We're specialists in the design, supply and installation of residential, commercial, horticultural and sports field irrigation. We carry a huge stock of equipment and since 1990 we have built up a vast array of clients, who all know where to go for the very best irrigation in Ireland.


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An Outdoor Fire Pit is Anything but the Pits!
Fire is mesmerizing.
People will stare endlessly at a fire's bright, leaping flames. A fire's warmth, coupled with its familiar popping, crackling and hissing sounds, sooths any soul. Everyone has a great campfire tale from when they were kids (or maybe even adults).
Outdoor fire pits are increasingly popular in Brookfield, Elm Grove and New Berlin, WI. Backyard fire pits are gathering spaces, where kids roast marshmallows and adults swap stories. Put a grill on top, and dinner is served.
As cooler temperatures loom, the lure of these communal hot spots grows. Fall yard cleanup and pruning have to be done anyhow. Why not add something fun?
Our GMS crews have built several fire pits in recent years (you can see photos here). Fire pit ideas are limited only by imagination (and maybe budget). Yet, even a fire pit constructed of the most basic materials will be a popular addition for years to come.
First things first: If you're thinking of adding an outdoor fire pit, be sure you have space. Allow a circle at least 16 feet in diameter, if not 20. This includes a minimum 6-foot safety ring around the burning area.
Next up: fuel. Modern fire pits have options.
More and more homeowners choose gas fire pits, both for cleanliness and ability to completely control a fire. A gas fire pit won't leave burn marks or create ash. No wood need be cut, purchased or hauled.
In the long run, gas fire pits save money on fuel. A face cord of seasoned firewood starts around $85. Natural gas is cheap.
Admittedly, gas fire pits cost more upfront. Plan to spend at least a few thousand dollars more for the labor-intensive task of trenching and installing a gas line, plus buying a burning element.
Unsure what to do? You can build a wood fire pit, and convert to gas later. Just be sure to leave an open path for a future gas line.
Think your decisions are over? Not even close. Our next post will cover materials that can be used in an outdoor fire pit. The choices are many. Once completed, though, the fun will come easy.
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"Then morning showed
Infinity's proportions,
The proper height of the sky.
Becoming small
We were grown again."
from Growing up
Dorothy Livesay, Selected Poems [1926-1956]
Helen began taking one of the dogs on a longer walk once she retied.
Now that I am also home we can all go out at once taking long daytime
walks thru the neighborhood enjoying the small parks and the lovely
mid-60's houses. Monday was a day of bugs and blossoms.
Tuesday was a horse of a different colour. When I let the dogs
out I quickly joined them with a camera, initially not
even bothering with a shirt. It was a unexpected treat with
snowflakes on the tongue and heads poking thru the snow.
I did eventually get dressed and leave the yard but it was the
first glimpses that proved the most enchanting. When I came
into the house I knew I would turn to my slender volumes
of the works of Canadian poets to look for quotes. although
when I did I was attracted not to the poems about snow.
But the poems about youth and magic.
"When the day bends over backwards
to bring forth the light
I must know by whose permission
I inhabit this place
in the holy congregation of animals
and mortal stones."
from Magic Animals, 1972-1974
by Gwendolyn MacEwen


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Top 12 tips for weight loss
Our users know best how to stay on Plan and lose!
Odds are, you already have a dieting trick—a behavior that helps you to stay on top of your weight loss. There are the usual strategies: Eat before serious hunger strikes, order dressing on the side, drink water to feel a little fuller.
Then there are the more unusual strategies that people enlist, like chewing gum through the afternoon munchies or even symbolically "closing" the kitchen after dinner.
Here are some of the best dieting tips we've seen on the WeightWatchers.com Community message boards. Maybe one of them will work for you, too.
What's your top tip?
- "I brush my teeth when I get cravings. I love the fresh, minty feeling, and it fools my sweet tooth. I don't even mind the stares in the office bathroom."
- "I imagine a particular food super-glued to my rear, hips or stomach. It isn't so hard to resist when I realize where it's going after it leaves my taste buds."
- "I keep lots of healthy snacks in my car and my desk. If I get really hungry, I will grab at anything, so this works well for me."
- "Try new things. I discovered this weekend that I actually like raw spinach. I'm willing to try almost anything to keep my diet interesting and healthy."
- "I list all the reasons I want to lose weight and put them in random places around the house, along with older, thinner pictures of myself."
- "Wear tight clothing. I wear tight jeans so that I stop eating when I feel 'fat.' It works for me!"
- "Go to the grocery store every week and stock up on healthy foods. If you're well-prepared, it's easier to have a successful week."
- "Set small goals and reward yourself with fun stuff. When I reach 10 percent, I'm going to get a massage."
- "Only eat the reduced-fat foods that really taste good to you."
- "I don't put anything in my mouth unless I write it down and hold myself accountable for it."
- "Don't deprive yourself. It usually leads to eating lots of substitutions that won't satisfy you, and you'll end up having the chocolate, anyway."
- "My favorite tip? I look at myself in the mirror. I like where I'm headed, but I'm not there yet."


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Freshly redesigned for strength, versatility, and weight reduction, the 181mm, 52° Grizzly is Bear's standard all-around longboarding truck.
The 5th generation Grizzly has a stronger heat-treated axle, revised and less restrictive bushing seat, and a laser engraved logo. The 8-hole baseplate accommodates both old- and new-school mounting options and can also be used to fine tune your wheelbase by up to an inch. Excess material has been removed from the baseplate to reduce weight. The hanger can also be flipped to change the Grizzly's general carving response to a more stable and downhill-oriented geometry.
What's in the box? Price includes set of two trucks.


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This website was designed to be a tool for discipleship, seeking to highlight the sanctification [growth] process to which every "born again" believer should aspire. "Salvation is the miracle of a moment; sanctification is the process of a lifetime." Salvation is much more than fire insurance; Christians are saved to grow and serve the Lord. The second birth is what you get from God when you repent and trust Christ with your soul; sanctification concerns what God gets from you when you learn to trust Him with your life.
The purpose of this website is to reveal, through an in-depth study of the "fundamental doctrines" of God's word, the underlying principles of sanctification. The spiritual vision necessary to "grow in grace, and the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ…" (2 Peter 3:18).
To this end, the site has two primary areas of study: First, listed either on the right side-bar or the bottom of the welcome page, you will find ten topics under the header "Learning the Bible." The subjects listed are the basics, "the milk of the word" foundational building blocks of sound doctrine. The second section found under "Living the Bible" lists numerous topics that delve deeper, subjects which the Bible refers to as "strong meat." These (much neglected) subjects provide the "spiritual understanding" necessary to put off the "old man" and put on the "new man" to "…walk in newness of life" (Rom. 6:4) to the glory of God.
In addition, on the main menu bar (top of the page) under the heading "Articles," you can access various articles covering additional subjects that play an important role in the spiritual development of the believer.
Our Mission is summed up in Ephesians 4:11-15:
11"And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ."
The above verses state the purpose and goals of spiritual mentorship, providing both exhortation and explanation concerning the development of Christ-like character: "Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect [mature] man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ…", "…a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use" (2 Tim. 2:21). We desire to train up "soldiers" for Jesus Christ in these last days.
We believe the larger part of contemporary Christianity is guilty of neglect concerning the "perfecting of the saints"; leaving the multitude of God's people unlearned, unguarded and unprepared, " tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine…"
Satan's first and foremost strategy is deception; the word of God warns that in the end times, "…evil men and seducers shall wax [grow] worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived." (2 Tim.3:13) [Emphasis mine].
Today, as the relentless encroachment of secular humanism, progressivism, godless philosophy, and Darwinism is destroying the moral foundation of America, likewise, the subversive doctrines of liberal theology have led to a culture of compromise and doctrinal corruption. The "modern (entertainment-oriented) Churches" have incrementally surrendered to the ever-increasing influence of a self-absorbed, depraved "politically correct" society. All of which has led to a "Crossless Christianity"…compatible with modern culture.
In reality, we are living in a post-Christian era. "Cultural Christianity" has drifted far from "Biblical Christianity," away from the fundamental doctrines which are vital to its effectiveness and spiritual well-being. As prophesied, this progressive, malignant worldly influence has today reached its pinnacle, "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come." (2 Tim.3:1). "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine…" (2 Tim.4:3). The hour is late, and the time is upon us.
The need of the hour is to get back to the "fundamental doctrines" of "biblical Christianity." We are advocating a return to the time-honored truths of the faith, stressing the critical importance of sound biblical doctrine through the indispensable principle of "rightly dividing the word of truth" (2 Tim. 2:15). We believe in "One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God" and one Bible. We hold to the pure word of God (providentially inspired and preserved) in the King James Bible, not man, to be the final authority in all matters of faith, doctrine, and practice.
In every generation, "The Lord knoweth them that are his…" (2 Tim. 2:19). During times of spiritual darkness, God always has a "remnant." (Rom.11:3-5). Those who seek to know and live the truth regardless of the cost. The steadfast who refuse to compromise their convictions. Our purpose is to equip those who understand the times in which we live; to encourage the faithful who grasp the significance of the current cultural crisis and consequent decline of sound biblical teaching, to hold fast the "…old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls." (Jerm.6:16).
"He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." (Matt.11:15) "And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it…" (Isa. 30:21).


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Ali Basbous, Miquel LloverasVideo from the exhibition (FAB)BOTS. Customized Machines and Robots for Design and Manufacturing held at DHUB in 2010 as part of the Fabrication Laboratory program. The show presented a collection of ten projects that investigate the workflow between computational design and material production methods, through the invention and development of customized numerically-controlled fabrication devices and innovative material solutions. The projects presented in (FAB)BOTS were done by master level students of the DRL program at the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) and the MAA program at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC).
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The editors of Modern Love are interested in receiving deeply personal essays about contemporary relationships, marriage, dating, parenthood...any subject that might reasonably fit under the heading "Modern Love." Ideally, essays should spring from some central dilemma the writer has faced in his or her life. It helps if the situation has a contemporary edge, though this is not essential. Most important is that the writing be emotionally honest and the story be freshly and compellingly told.
The best way to see the range of styles and subjects we'd like to publish is to read the column, found on the Modern Love page, and to listen to the Modern Love Podcast.
For submission tips and regular commentary from the column editor, follow Modern Love on Facebook.
A book of collected columns, titled "Modern Love: 50 True and Extraordinary Tales of Desire, Deceit and Devotion," is also available at bookstores.
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