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Dyadic rational
In mathematics, a dyadic fraction or dyadic rational is a rational number whose denominator is a power of two, i.e., a number of the form \frac{a}{2^b} where a is an integer and b is a natural number; for example, 1/2 or 3/8, but not 1/3. These are precisely the numbers whose binary expansion is finite.
- Use in measurement 1
- Arithmetic 2
- Additional properties 3
- Dual group 4
- Related constructions 5
- In music 6
- See also 7
- References 8
Use in measurement
The inch is customarily subdivided in dyadic rather than decimal fractions; similarly, the customary divisions of the gallon into half-gallons, quarts, and pints are dyadic. The ancient Egyptians also used dyadic fractions in measurement, with denominators up to 1/64.[1]
The sum, product, or difference of any two dyadic fractions is itself another dyadic fraction:
- \frac{a}{2^b}+\frac{c}{2^d}=\frac{2^{d-b}a+c}{2^d} \quad (d\ge b)
- \frac{a}{2^b}-\frac{c}{2^d}=\frac{2^{d-b}a-c}{2^d} \quad (d\ge b)
- \frac{a}{2^b}-\frac{c}{2^d}=\frac{a-2^{b-d}c}{2^b} \quad (d< b)
- \frac{a}{2^b}\times \frac{c}{2^d} = \frac{ a \times c}{2^{b+d}}.
However, the result of dividing one dyadic fraction by another is not necessarily a dyadic fraction.
Additional properties
Because they are closed under addition, subtraction, and multiplication, but not division, the dyadic fractions form a subring of the rational numbers Q and an overring of the integers Z. Algebraically, this subring is the localization of the integers Z with respect to the set of powers of two.
The set of all dyadic fractions is dense in the real line: any real number x can be arbitrarily closely approximated by dyadic rationals of the form \lfloor 2^i x \rfloor / 2^i. Compared to other dense subsets of the real line, such as the rational numbers, the dyadic rationals are in some sense a relatively "small" dense set, which is why they sometimes occur in proofs. (See for instance Urysohn's lemma.)
Dual group
Considering only the addition and subtraction operations of the dyadic rationals gives them the structure of an additive abelian group. The dual group of a group consists of its characters, group homomorphisms to the multiplicative group of the complex numbers, and in the spirit of Pontryagin duality the dual group of the additive dyadic rationals can also be viewed as a topological group. It is called the dyadic solenoid and is an example of a solenoid group and of a protorus.
The dyadic rationals are the direct limit of infinite cyclic subgroups of the rational numbers,
- \varinjlim \left\{2^{-i}\mathbb{Z}\mid i = 0, 1, 2, \dots \right\}
and their dual group can be constructed as the inverse limit of the unit circle group under the repeated squaring map
- \zeta\mapsto\zeta^2.
An element of the dyadic solenoid can be represented as an infinite sequence of complex numbers q0, q1, q2, ..., with the properties that each qi lies on the unit circle and that, for all i > 0, qi2 = qi − 1. The group operation on these elements multiplies any two sequences componentwise. Each element of the dyadic solenoid corresponds to a character of the dyadic rationals that maps a/2b to the complex number qba. Conversely, every character χ of the dyadic rationals corresponds to the element of the dyadic solenoid given by qi = χ(1/2i).
As a topological space the dyadic solenoid is a solenoid, and an indecomposable continuum.[2]
Related constructions
The surreal numbers are generated by an iterated construction principle which starts by generating all finite dyadic fractions, and then goes on to create new and strange kinds of infinite, infinitesimal and other numbers.
The binary van der Corput sequence is an equidistributed permutation of the positive dyadic rational numbers.
In music
Time signatures in Western musical notation traditionally consist of dyadic fractions, although non-dyadic time signatures have been introduced by composers in the twentieth century. (Non-dyadic time signatures are often called "irrational" by musicians, but this is a misnomer because they still consist of ratios of integers.)
See also
- Half-integer, a dyadic rational formed by dividing an odd number by two
- 2-adic number, a number system that extends the dyadic rationals

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The talk of the town might be various budget cuts and fee hikes and all that depressing business, but did you hear about the rather large and impressive grants headed this way? Though it might not be as heavily publicized as all the doom and despair of late, The Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley has received over $270,000 in two separate grants from the National Park Service, and for good reason.
The library will use the funds to "expand its efforts documenting the World War II era experiences of Japanese Americans." One of the grants goes toward the work being done by the library's Regional Oral History Office (they call it ROHO), locating and recording interviews with those Japanese Americans who suffered from wartime internment. The second, larger grant (a whopping $220,493—yes, we're sure those last $493 will be put to good use, though we remain unclear why the National Park Service couldn't simply round up) will be used in The Bancroft's continued efforts to go high tech with their materials. By putting their collection online, the library looks to make their digital archive an invaluable resource for those studying this unfortunate, yet incredibly important, part of our history.
Image Source: Beau Owens Photography under Creative Commons
Bancroft Library to expand documentation of Japanese Americans' World War II experiences [UC Berkeley News Center]


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At one point, the Blue Hawaiians mounted an overwhelming escape and jumped from the small closet at 116 Laurel Heights onto the French door curtain rod. They demanded, and received, uniform bright red hangers. The Blue Hawaiians ranked themselves, with the finest in front and others following sequentially.
I was in Blue Hawaiian acquisition mode, matched by blue Converses. The shirts were purchased in Austin and San Antonio thrift stores, the Chuck Taylors from the Converse outlet store in San Marcos. Resolution of a generous girlfriend's problem with mixed hangers sent me to WalMart for 50 hangers at a dime a piece. At the time, the relationship was worth $5. It took quite a while, but that relationship didn't make it. It did, however, leave me with a wealth of red hangers and some snooty Blue Hawaiians.
For the past year I'm in a job that has a dress code, and in gary style, that means a change of uniform: blue (varied shades, azure to indigo) button down long-sleeve shirts, 100% cotton twill khaki or blue pants, those trouser socks and dress shoes. I live with a sweet woman and a huge closet, allowing the wardrobe to diverge into distinct neighborhoods.
Up on the hill as this small town's elite – the twills, blue oxfords, Blue Hawaiians and best t-shirts. The blue oxfords have been growing recently, doubling in population with eight or nine new additions. A couple of weeks ago, they requisitioned matching blue hangers and an order – not by preference, because they are all excellent – but carefully layered in a random order of contrasting shades.
The twills were insanely jealous, riled up by their new superstar, the L.L. Bean dark navy. Suddenly, white hangers were to be used exclusively for ALL pants – the khakis lobbied for blue hangers to match, but blue does not complement the blue twills and Bean would not allow two different hangers in their row, so… Oh, and by the way, they are in contrasting layers as well.
Just as I thought things were settled, I received the following today from the best t-shirts:
"Whereas the Blue Hawaiians – while no longer ranked – all get red hangers;
"Whereas the blue oxfords and twills have each demanded and received their respective blue and white hangers;
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Do hereby on this, the 25th day of October, require that the laundry put us on…
…any damn hanger you want to! Anything! The funkier the better!"
It was signed, "Beatles silhouettes, president of best t-shirts, chairshirt of confederated cottons."
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A popular choice among the drifters and FR enthusiasts all over; the S-chassis Nissan. A multi-generation platform with the iconic sports coupe physique, coupled with an FR platform and a bullet-proof turbo 2.0 SR20DET. Being a perfect example of a stance and drift scene multi-tasker is a local gleaming red 180SX that we managed to get up close with. This particular RPS13 is one that has been transformed to not only glide sideways, but also as a show-stopper at stance meets.
Unlike any other 180SX that are built primarily for either drift or show, this one possesses the best of both worlds. From the outside, this slammed 180SX is pumped up with a full BN SPORTS Type III exterior, including the blister wide fender panels that are riveted on. Resulting in a full fat, silky smooth sports coupe with potential for an awesome set of wheels and stance.
The wheels has got to be one of the main highlights of this 180. These SSR Professor SP1 cult wheels just compliment any car they go onto, and on a car with stance being paramount, on a platform such as the 180SX, it just screams perfection. These deep dish JDM wheels measure 18 x 9 +16 and 18 x 11 -22 and has just the right dose of stretch and poke to match the arches for a brilliant fitment. A set of GP-Sports G-Master coilovers makes for a perfect ride-height and a suspension system that is worthy of a drift-king.
Pushing the limits even further, with its ground effects literally millimeters from destruction, this 180 is usually driven as-is, save for the rear bumper, which the owner prefers removed for that extra clearance when descending from the dreaded speed humps. An act for survival in the demanding world of street stance culture, not for the faint of heart.
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The NSW Government accused of 'sanitising' review of scripture in state schools
THE NSW Government's review of scripture in public schools deleted a section of a 2015 draft report showing children were exposed to lessons on the conservative Christian concept of "headship" – where women "submit" to their husbands – and negative messages on homosexuality.
The Department of Education released a final report in April, after a 17-month delay, with sections of the draft report that validated scripture opponents' concerns about the growing and unacknowledged influence of evangelical Christian groups in state schools deleted or paraphrased.
The deleted sections included a primary principal's difficulty obtaining evidence of working with children clearances from a special religious education (SRE), or scripture provider, and examples of children exposed to messages on gender and homosexuality that breached department guidelines.
NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge accused the NSW Government of "sanitising" the draft report which was obtained after a freedom of information application.
The draft ARTD Consultants report found an unidentified major Christian publisher's lesson material taught "the concept of 'headship' and that women should submit to their husbands, abstinence only sex education, negative LGBTI messages and that sexual intimacy is only acceptable to God between a married man and woman".
The Department of Education deleted the sentence and replaced it with the words: "The text also contained messages about sex education, which is not appropriate or the role of SRE".
Lesson material on "the concept of 'headship' and that women should submit to their husbands, abstinence only sex education, negative LGBTI messages and that sexual intimacy is only acceptable to God between a married man and woman".ARTD Consultants December, 2015 draft report
The department also failed to include the deletion in a schedule of materials sent in response to the freedom of information application, and later explained it as an "unintentional omission".
The concept of "headship" is most strongly supported in Sydney Anglican Diocese where women cannot be priests, but it divides even Christian groups. Some delegates walked out of a recent evangelical women's conference in Sydney after a speaker suggested women should submit to men at home, in church and in the workplace where they should consider themselves "helpers" of male colleagues.
The department deleted a section of the draft stating the conservative Sydney Anglican Diocese-backed Generate Ministries "has become a very influential player" in the delivery of secondary school SRE. The organisation was founded by Sydney Anglican Youthworks, Presbyterian Youth NSW, NSW Baptist Churches and Scripture Union NSW.
The department also deleted that "parents (and schools) appear to be largely unaware of the links their high school SRE teacher might have with Generate Ministries", and that the "influence" of third party groups "such as Generate Ministries on the delivery of SRE is currently unacknowledged".
It replaced the section with a sentence noting that the roles of boards, committees and "third party groups doing their human resource functions may not always be known or clear to parents", and without identifying Generate Ministries.
Generate Ministries is governed by its founding partners, has at least 110 SRE "boards" and received $4 million in government funds in 2016 to provide chaplains in more than 200 NSW schools. Its website values include seeking to "be dependent on God" and "model courageous, entrepreneurial, servant-hearted leadership".
The final ARTD Consultants report released in April noted some NSW school principals reported feeling "undue pressure" from a scripture provider, but the Department of Education deleted the draft report's naming of it as an Anglican provider.
The final report retained a section of the draft showing a large Christian publisher's workbook in 2015 contained material that was "age-inappropriate and insensitive to children's welfare", with "negative passages" including that "cancer is a consequence of our sin and a gift from God" and that "we should die for our faith if necessary".
The ARTD report found the level of complaints about SRE was low but they were most often about lesson content. Parents were less satisfied than principals and scripture providers that complaints were handled appropriately.
Mr Shoebridge criticised the Department of Education for initially refusing to disclose the deleted sections which showed "distressing details about exactly what goes on behind closed doors in SRE" classes.
The role of the Department of Education is to protect children in its care, not the religious bodies that want to be preaching at them.NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge
"The role of the Department of Education is to protect children in its care, not the religious bodies that want to be preaching at them," Mr Shoebridge said.
"We can now see some of the serious child protection concerns that the department wants to hide, including scripture teachers holding dual roles as school chaplains and the reluctance of some SRE providers to provide working with children clearances."
Fairness in Religion in Schools spokesperson Darrin Morgan said it was unreasonable to expect a parents' group to "have to go to the lengths we are going to gain a truthful picture of what is going on during scripture in NSW public schools".
"Scripture providers and the Department of Education cannot be trusted to do the right thing by students and their parents," Mr Morgan said.
A NSW Department of Education spokesperson said it provided "general feedback and suggestions to ARTD to improve the accuracy, consistency and readability of the report", but ARTD made "final editorial decisions".
The deleted "headship" section referred to in the draft report related to a 2015 text that is no longer taught in SRE classes, the spokesperson said.
Generate Ministries general manager James Flavin said it was "just a statement of fact" that the organisation was very influential in NSW SRE delivery and he wanted to expand the group's reach in NSW schools. He did not agree with the view that such an aim was proselytising.
He said Generate Ministries was working with other faith groups, including a Buddhist and Islamic group, to gain access to NSW high schools, but did not support any processes that placed students in scripture classes by default.
"The last thing we want is kids in classes whose parents don't want them there," Mr Flavin said.
A spokesman for the Sydney Anglican Diocese said the decision to remove the deleted section of the draft relating to "headship" was "correct.
"The deleted section of the report, to which you refer, concerns discussions with the Education Department in 2015, well canvassed in the media at the time, about the appropriateness of some material used in secondary school SRE," the spokesman said.
"All issues regarding age-appropriateness of the material were resolved with the Department and the Minister, and the Department supported the view of the consultants to omit the relevant section from the final report."
The NSW Government was criticised in April by groups including the NSW P & C Federation for rejecting key recommendations of the ARTD report, including that the majority of high school students be able to do homework while a minority attend scripture, and that ethics be reinstated on school enrolment forms as an alternative to scripture.
The enrolment form was changed in 2015 after complaints from religious groups and Upper House Christian Democrat MP Fred Nile.
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Douglas Hart 7" : The Solo Series No 3
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Side B: Pre-Paradise (Memories Of The Future )
Founding member of The Jesus and Mary Chain and award winning music video and film director Douglas Hart joins The Solo Series with two original compositions co - produced with Toby Kidd at Sleepwalker studios, London.
Douglas had shared a studio in Soho with David several years ago where both parties would waste hours talking about records and films, eventually the talk of Douglas contributing a couple of recordings for The Solo Series came up and Toby Kidd was brought in again to co-produce the affair.
- Edition of 250
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- 250 on black Vinyl with black on orange printed labels
- Grey card covers with xerox print, lettraset rubbed on each individual sleeve creating 250 uniquely different covers
- Orange folded insert with tracing paper outer, stapled and containing a cut off Super 8 Kodak Ektachrome film strip owned and shot by Douglas Hart
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Hi hi, in this entry, I will share with you most of the products I am using in my foundation/ bases routine. In the past few months I have managed to finish up quite a few of my fave base products, and I have since moved on to some new and not so new base products, so I thought it would be useful to do a round-up of everything. Before we start, I thought I would start with a few useful pointers –
- The awesome foundations/ bases I have used up are: NARS Velvet Matte Skin Tint, IT Cosmetics Your Skin but Better CC Cream, and I am on the last few uses of Shiseido Synchro Skin Fluid Foundation
- Everything I mentioned here can be mixed and matched depending on the amount of coverage, sun protection, type of finish that I want. This is important to note, because on a daily basis, I just reach for whichever I can, especially when it comes to the setting powders and concealers.
- I have relatively clear skin and I just need something to even out my overall skintone. I also have normal skin, with a slightly oily T-zone. With that said, I realise that whenever I said something is long lasting on me might not be the case for everyone – so if you have oilier skin than me, you probably should use your fave makeup primer to make your foundation last on you. I usually test and wear all my foundations without primers/ bases as over the years I find that I don't need to use a primer anymore — unless it is for SPF or to add more glow to my skin, but not to enhance the longevity of a foundation.
- Everything I use and mentioned will be clearly listed below for your reference, because throughout the entry, I will only be on 'first name' basis with the products for brevity's sake.
So I will share with you two main combinations – using the Make Up Store instant perfect foundation & the Shiseido Synchro Skin Glow cushion compact. I will also share the UV protection that I am currently enjoying. In between I will mention the other 'accessories' which I have been enjoying. You will notice that everything is semi-grubby and pan-hitting, but that's only because I have been using them a load! 🙂
I have been rotating these three UV bases:
- Moonshot UV Bouncer – this smells great, is completely clear and slightly creamy. I use this mainly when I am just heading out of the house for a run, and under foundations that have low SPF. I had this for a while (when the brand first launched here) but only started using it recently. Don't think this is very expensive, and if you are looking for a nice everyday clear sunscreen, this is one to check out. Love the pump dispenser too!
- est.lab Sun Shield – this is my 2nd tube. You can get this from Estetica Beauty salons in Singapore. Another pump dispenser tube. It looks white in the tube, but like I have previously reviewed this before years ago (on my old blog), this blends out and becomes a skintone colour. I think it will suit all skintones though, as it is not ashy or anything. So this does help to even out my skintone. With this, I am covered with SPF and have some tint. If I am just heading out for yoga, I will just put on some concealer to brighten my eyes, and lightly set with powder and this is a good combo for my yoga class, head out to lunch or a random pop around town.
- DIORSNOW Makeup Correcting Base with SPF35 – again, another going out for a short while base. It is a tad too peachy for me, but the very lightweight texture is nice to wear. It does even out my skintone abit. I will finish it but not feel the need to repurchase/ replace. Strictly speaking, of course, this is not a sunscreen but more of a makeup base – so if you need a peachy base to correct/ balance a tired skin, this might be a better fit.
Among the three bases here, I would definitely recommend the est.lab Sun Shield ( think it is around $70?) – it has some coverage and proper SPF.
Next, we have three concealers – NARS is a repeat, while the other two are quite new. I am curious to try out the new Tarte Shape Tape and Kat Von D concealers though! But I have also purchase some really good concealers lately while I was in Seoul — I am planning a haul and first impressions entry hopefully to be posted next week.
- NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer – This is my second tube: I take forever to use up one, because at any time, I am using 5-6 different concealers. These are just three which I want to discuss at the moment. This is one of the best concealers out there for both under the eyes and spots though I use it mainly for under my eyes. Just to add more coverage and brightening. I can imagine that it might be a little cakey if you have very dry skin or have lines under your eyes, but for now, this works well for me.
- Too Faced Born this way concealer – This has the same coverage as the NARS concealer, but less creamy. This is a tiny bit streaky compared to the NARS one (and that's if I am really nit-picking) but both are quite similar. I did not enjoy the UD concealer which many have compared to either this Too Faced and NARS one, in case you are wondering. Quite a decent concealer, so I think it is all a matter of finding the shade you prefer in either the Too Faced or NARS one (price wise, I think they are less than $5 apart).
- Bobbi Brown Retouching Wand – this has good coverage. I like the sponge tip dispenser. A little drying though, so if you have oily skin or oily eye area in general, this is a good one for you. Adheres well to the skin, and I am aware that the Bobbi Brown philosophy has the correct followed by conceal method as far as under eyes are concerned – and if you go to a BB counter, they will NOT recommend to use this for under the eyes, but … to me, whatever works for me. I don't really need to correct anything, I just want something to brighten. So, why should I use an additional product just to correct something that's non-existent?
OK, so now, let's move on to LOOK ONE featuring the MAKE UP STORE base products. I was given these lately, and I was immediately drawn to the Instant Perfection foundation – it is supposed to have light coverage but for me this coverage is pretty decent, like light to even medium. It works well with all the setting powders I will be sharing in this entry, but to keep it within the brand, I have paired it with the MAKE UP STORE Dual Glow foundation powder – which probably added more coverage to the foundation itself.
In my application, I start out with bare prepped skin (prepped – applied moisturiser) and if I am wearing this foundation out for the day – I will use the Moonshot UV bouncer for more SPF. I don't think this foundation has any SPF.
You can see, the foundation has a thick consistency, looking like a BB cream. I like to use this with my fingers, and really work it into my skin. As you can see in the before/ after shots, the foundation has a light coverage, and yet it manages to neutralise the redness in my skin. If you need foundations with more coverage, MAKE UP STORE has several other more foundations to choose from. But this is by far my fave (I have also tried the cream one which didn't impress me).
This foundation always looks fresh, and lasts quite well on me. It is now my go to foundation especially for going out in the evening. The sleek flat tube package is quite cool and also makes it easy to pop inside your bag for travel etc.
Highly recommend this foundation!
The next set of application process shows how I use the concealers under my eyes. Lately I prefer using a Beauty Blender, but most of the time, I just use my fingers. But these concealers I am sharing here have a thicker consistency so I think a Beauty Blender works better for a seamless application.
You can also see that I used the Dual Glow foundation to set all over my face – I used a powder brush and lightly pressed and rolled it all over my face.
I only filled in my brows.
No other bronzer, blusher, highlighter are used, as I just only want to focus on the skin.
Really love the finish and natural coverage of this Make Up Store instant perfect foundation!
In Look 2, I am using the Shiseido Synchro Skin Glow cushion compact – in Neutral 2. This is a good shade for me, and I was also using this the whole time I was away in Seoul.
I used the sponge applicator that comes with the compact, and used a pat pat motion to work the product into my skin. With cushion compacts, you just got to pat pat.. instead of buffing and rubbing (when you are using the sponge applicator).
Compared to the liquid version of this Synchro Skin… the cushion compact has less coverage and is more glowy. This is my daytime foundation, and if I want more coverage and SPF (this contains 20+ SPF) I will definitely use either the Dior or the est.lab UV base for more sunscreen.
This has a very natural light coverage, and if you need more coverage, you are better off with the Synchro Skin Fluid foundation. The cushion compact is convenient, and it looks good on me (I think) but I still prefer its fluid counterpart.
It looks good throughout the day but not as lasting as the fluid foundation.
Next, I got to rave about this IT cosmetics bye bye pores pressed powder. It is very finely milled, and I like to dust this in the centre of my face. It further smooths out my skin and stays that way for a good amount of time. I soon hit pan on it, as you can see. I also have the loose powder version, which I have swatched many times in Sephora, and it is soooo silky and smooth, I can't wait to try it out after I am done with the pressed version!
But for this LOOK 2, I will use the Shu Uemura lightbulb loose powder to set my face. I think I have mentioned this loose powder before in a 'foundations I am loving entry' – this is a good glowy loose powder. If you want a matte/ non glowy one, you won't like this. The glowy factor is quite discernible. For loose powder – I like to use a powder puff, though sometimes I use a large powder brush.
As you can see in this finished picture, the coverage is much less compared to the Look 1 (and to be fair, my skin was quite reddened after two rounds of cleaning and rubbing from post yoga shower etc etc).
Bottomline? My top picks?
- MAKE UP STORE Instant Perfection foundation
- NARS Radiant Creamy concealer
- Too Faced Born this Way concealer
- Shu Uemura Lightbulb Loose powder
- IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Pores pressed powder
- Est.Lab Sunshield
I hope this entry is helpful, and like I mentioned earlier, all product details are mentioned below! Thank you for reading!! (I am already at over 2k words, gosh, the rambling is real especially when I crammed so much stuff in one epic entry!)
Product details:
Bases/ Sun Protection
- Moonshot Multi-Protection UV Bouncer SPF50 PA+++
- DIORSNOW Brightening Makeup Base SPF 35 PA+++
- EST LAB SunShield UVA & UVB Protection SPF50
- Too Faced Born This Way Naturally Radiant Concealer (Shade Light)
- NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer (Vanilla)
- Bobbi Brown Retouching Wand (Porcelain)
- Shu Uemura the lightbulb Glowing Face Powder (colourless)
- IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Pores Airbrush Silk Pressed Finishing Powder (translucent)
- Make Up Store Glow Dual Foundation (stockholm)
- Make Up Store Instant Perfection (bare)
- Shiseido Synchro Skin Glow Cushion Compact (Neutral 2)
Look One Combination
- Make Up Store Instant Perfection foundation, set with Make Up Store Glow Dual Foundation
- Conceal with Bobbi Brown Retouching Wand
- Brows – Son & Park Gel Bonding Eyebrow in 03 Ash Gray set with MAC pro longwear waterproof brow set in Quiet Brunette
Look Two Combination
- Shiseido Synchro Skin Glow Cushion Compact, set with Shu Uemura the lightbulb glowing face powder
- Conceal with Nars Creamy Radiant Concealer
- Brows – Shu Uemura Brow Palette in seal brown/ stone grey and set with Jung Saem Mool Brow Mascara


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Thursday, February 19, 2015
2000AD: This week's Prog
I found this to be a good issue all round. It kicks off with part 8 of Dark Justice, by John Wagner and Greg Staples, with Dredd having a scrap with Judge Death...
Then we're into Part 1 of Survival Geeks (promoted on the cover) written by Gordon Rennie and Emma Beeby with some excellent artwork from Neil Googe (colours by Gary Caldwell). I like the style of this a lot...
Tharg's 3rillers don't always do a lot for me I'm afraid but I found Part 1 of Station to Station really gripping. Story by Eddie Robson, art by Darren Douglas. I'm looking forward to the rest of this three-parter.
The Order continues, with Part 8 this week. I haven't really connected with Kek-W's story as much as I'd have liked to but you can never go wrong with a strip drawn by the great John Burns! For over 50 years he's been one of the best artists working in comics and his stuff is still top notch!
Savage Book 9: Grinders continues with Part 8 by Pat Mills and Patrick Goddard. The Volgan invasion is over, but the intrigue continues!
All this, plus a Droid Life mini-strip by Cat Sullivan. At just £2.45 2000AD is a bargain. If you haven't read it for a while (or even if you've never read it) give it a try!
By the way, I've now updated my post about the late Brett Ewins with a longer tribute and more images. See it here:
8 comments:
- John Pitt said...
It was a lovely tribute, Lew. Such a shame to hear about the mental pains he will have endured by being bipolar.I never knew any of this. To me, he was just Tharg's best Judge Anderson "art droid".
- Thursday, 19 February 2015 at 17:15:00 GMT
- Lew Stringer said...
Thanks John.
- Friday, 20 February 2015 at 00:03:00 GMT
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- Friday, 20 February 2015 at 00:18:00 GMT
- Lew Stringer said...
You might find it an acquired taste Colin as 2000AD has its own style and tone to the stories, but it really does feature the best UK talent in adventure comics. Plus of course it's the last surviving traditional adventure weekly.
There's another 'boom' issue in about four weeks, which will kick off with all new first episodes to the stories so that'd be a good jumping on point.
- Friday, 20 February 2015 at 00:27:00 GMT
- John Pitt said...
Col, if you really want to see what you missed out on, you can do much worse than buying the current Judge Dredd - The Mega Collection #3 "The Apocalypse Wars"! - 2000 AD at its very best in a beautiful hardback book!
( you KNOW I wouldn't lie to you, mate! )
- Friday, 20 February 2015 at 17:01:00 GMT
- Lew Stringer said...
Yes, well worth buying, if you can find it. Dunno about your area but my local shops no longer stock it. I know it's common for partworks to go to subscription / reservation-only after several issues but around here it's happened after issue 1.
- Friday, 20 February 2015 at 22:25:00 GMT
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- Saturday, 21 February 2015 at 00:11:00 GMT
- Lew Stringer said...
Phil Boyce had a letter in last week's 2000AD saying he'd started reading it because I plugged it here. At this rate they should give me a free subscription! :)
- Saturday, 21 February 2015 at 00:38:00 GMT


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|Bett Garber, Karen
|Champagne, Elaine
|Ingram, Daphne
|McClung, Anna
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Submitted to: Cereal Chemistry
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Publication Acceptance Date: 7/25/2007
Publication Date: 11/1/2007
Citation: Bett Garber, K.L., Champagne, E.T., Ingram, D.A., Mcclung, A.M. 2007. Influence of water to rice ratio on cooked rice flavor and texture. Cereal Chemistry. 84(6):614-619.
Interpretive Summary: The amount of water used to cook rice has an affect on texture, but the affect on flavor is unknown. This research examines the affect of three different ratios of water to rice on the sensory characteristics of cooked rice. Four diverse rice cultivars were evaluated at; 1) less that ideal, 2) ideal and, 3) more than ideal water amounts. Results show that there is little effect on flavor, but eleven of the fourteen texture characteristics evaluated were affected. Greater amounts of water increased stickiness between grains and other surface properties, while hardness decreased.
Technical Abstract: Water to rice ratio is known to affect cooked rice texture, whereas, the effects on flavor are largely unknown. To determine the impact of the amount of water during cooking on flavor and texture descriptive attributes, three- water to rice ratios consisting of low (less than ideal), medium (ideal), and high (more than ideal) were evaluated, with the "ideal" being based on amylose content and cook type for the cultivar. Four diverse cultivars produced in the same environment in 2000 were compared: Dellmont (aromatic long grain), Saber (conventional long grain), Neches (waxy long grain), and Bengal (conventional medium grain). A descriptive sensory panel evaluated flavor and texture attribute intensities. The water to rice ratio did not significantly affect flavor attributes across all cultivars. The amount of water affected eleven of the fourteen texture attributes evaluated. Of these eleven, initial starchy coating, slickness, stickiness between grains, cohesiveness, and uniformity of bite increased in intensity with greater amounts of water at cooking; whereas, hardness, stickiness to lips, springiness, and chewiness decreased in intensity.


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"One day, though, I had an epiphany. I must have been about twelve or 13, and my classmate Doris had asked me over for Sunday lunch. They had no servants and her mother was the cook. I can't remember whether we ate in the kitchen or not, but I do remember watching her take a roast pork out of the oven and I have never forgotten the sumptuous crunchiness of that first bite of crackling. It made me swoon."—Diana Farr Louis
Eating Well Is The Best Revenge
By Diana Farr Louis
ATHENS Greece—(Weekly Hubris)—February 2018—This Epiphany, instead of watching young men all over Greece plunge into icy waters all over Greece to fetch the crosses thrown by priests, I found myself riveted by a paragraph from an article in The Guardian excerpted from the introduction to an intriguing book by Laura Shapiro: What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories. The questions Shaipiro poses challenged me and sent the memory wheels spinning in all directions.
"Tell me what you ate when you were a child," writes Shapiro, "and whether the memory cheers you up or not. Tell me if you cook, and who taught you, and why you don't cook more often, or less often, or better. Please, keep talking. Show me a recipe you prepared once and will never make again. Tell me about the people you cook for, and the people you eat with, and what you think about them. And what you feel about them. And if you wish somebody else were there instead. Keep talking, and pretty soon, unlike Brillat-Savarin, I won't have to tell you what you are. You'll be telling me."
But I'll start here with the author's first question, about food and childhood.
Picture this. It's one o'clock on Sunday on Long Island in the 1950s and the large Farr family is gathered around the mahogany table, to which leaves have been added for this weekly meal. We have all been to St John's Episcopal Church, either to Sunday school or the service, where my father was often one of the ushers passing the plate. With my parents at either end, the vicar, and five children (one in a highchair) plus the occasional guest, there were always at least eight of us.
It's a ritual and Sunday is sacred. We may invite a friend, but we are only rarely allowed to go to someone else's house. And we are never allowed to go to the movies on God's day. Saturday is set aside for that. We plead, we whine, but the rule stands. And we actually manage to have fun because friends descend after lunch and we play frisbee or touch football and, in the evening, the older ones gather round the piano and sing old songs like "Aura Lee"(made famous by Elvis as "Love Me Tender"). Both my father and my brother Tom have glorious tenor voices and Tom has musical friends. I am the only girl and loving it.
But back to lunch. The table is set with our best china, monogrammed silver cutlery, linen napkins, and cut-glass goblets for water. Wine is absent, though my parents probably had a martini before the meal. I usually sit on my father's left, next to the minister, Herbert H. Hill, of Liverpool. Being rather high church, he likes to be called Father Hill but, in private, Tom calls him Old Heaven. His color is sepulchral, but he is kind and not dogmatic. He comes without either Boy, his terrier, or Walter, his faithful acolyte. After he's left us, Tom is also fond of joking, "How do you put out an acolyte?"
Dad asks the reverend to say grace; he says it himself before every other meal. "For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful." This can have variations, as per a New Yorker cartoon of the day, which concluded "with the possible exception of these instant mashed potatoes." Just invented, they did leave something to be desired.
Or Dad could quote, as he often did, the official US Navy grace, which was short and to the point. He'd thump the end of his knife on the table and say, "Thank God." On one occasion, he asked my mother's brother-in-law, Uncle Giampi, visiting with her sister from Italy, whether he'd like to say grace. And Giampi, trying to replicate the Navy prayer, thumped his knife and exclaimed, "For God's sake!" This became part of Dad's repertoire, too.
By this time, the maid, Vivian, a sweet shy woman from Sweden, had brought in the roast. For it was always a roast, either beef or lamb; sometimes a capon, but never ever pork or veal. Dad had a disdain for veal, as namby-pamby with no taste, but I could never divine the source of his abhorrence of pork, unless it was the fear of trichinosis, which lingered back then.
Then he would stand up and start to carve meticulous, expert, thin slices of rare meat, perfectly cooked to the taste of most of us, though my younger siblings, Woody and Nancy, would only eat well done and without much relish. During this performance, a guest would often say, "Shelton, are you sure you have enough?" And Dad would reply, "Never worry about the dealer or the carver," a maxim that embedded itself in the memories of us all.
In fact, he made sure that he and I had the best tidbits, the crispy fat, the pope's nose, slices well moistened by the bloody juices.
Meanwhile, Vivian would be passing the vegetables: roast potatoes or real mashed, Brussels sprouts, string beans, peas, broccoli—always boiled, and with butter on top.
I do not remember ever having anything different, sauced or spiced or stewed; of course there were no onions or garlic.
Dessert was either apple pie, ice-cream, or strawberries, in spring. And here I can still see my little sister Nancy, hamster cheeks swollen with chewed but not swallowed meat, trying to filter some ice-cream or fruit down her throat. She was not allowed to have dessert until she'd cleaned her plate, and she'd developed all sorts of subterfuges, like sticking unwanted bites in a hollow under the table.
A bowl of strawberries would inevitably elicit another maxim from Dad: "Doubtless, God could have made a better berry; doubtless, God never did." We would groan every time, but now we find ourselves quoting him.
Our meat and two veg regime dominated every other meal as well as Sunday lunch. On school evenings, we four kids (Tom was either away at college or ate with the grown-ups) had supper at 5:30. The week's menu was unvaried: lamb chops, roast chicken, hamburgers, steak, liver, and fish on Fridays.
At one of those meals, my younger brother Woody erupted: "Steak again!?" he moaned. Tom happened to be passing though the dining room. "What did I hear you say, you little pipsqueak? If I ever hear you say that again, I'll beat the hell out of you! You have no idea how lucky you are. I grew up during the war and we never saw meat. Be grateful."
No doubt we were spoiled and privileged. But, looking back, I'm surprised at my stepmother's lack of cravings for the food of her youth, for she had grown up in Italy where her father was a consul in Turin and in Florence. Did she never long for eggplant parmigiana or pollo alla cacciatore? Something with a little sauce, infiltrated by an herb or spice? She had only to ask the cook, Helen, also from Sweden, who must have been bored turning out the same dishes week after week. (Though she consoled herself with making double orders over the phone to the butcher and grocer: one for us, one for her family, until my father wondered why the bills were so high.)
Or maybe it was Dad's innate American resistance to things "foreign." Mom wouldn't have tried too hard to convert as she took little interest in food, whether cooking or eating. She also had only one dish to her name, spaghetti with meat sauce, which she made on Saturday nights, when Helen was off.
One day, though, I had an epiphany. I must have been about twelve or 13, and my classmate Doris had asked me over for Sunday lunch. They had no servants and her mother was the cook. I can't remember whether we ate in the kitchen or not, but I do remember watching her take a roast pork out of the oven and I have never forgotten the sumptuous crunchiness of that first bite of crackling. It made me swoon. I also remember lapping up some sort of vegetable stew, something with tomatoes and onion.
It was my first glimpse into a beautiful, exotic world of more complex tastes. And, years later, after trips to Spain, Italy, France and, of course Greece, I came to view the protein-rich, sauce-less diet of my youth as monotonous and dull. In some ways, I think I grew up deprived.
But I've made up for it.
Kid with Artichokes in Egg-Lemon Sauce
(Katsikaki avgolemono me anginares)
Here is a dish I could never have conceived of until I moved to Greece. First of all, what American would consider eating baby goat even if she could find one, and how could we have dreamed of a dish that required six artichokes, when that vegetable was so expensive in New York that we only indulged a few times a year, taking one each and peeling off a leaf at a time before dipping it into a vinaigrette. Even today, I find it a sacrilege to throw away the outer leaves and cook only the heart and the most tender inner leaves, as Greek recipes prescribe. As for binding the veg and meat in a sauce made of eggs and lemon? What a preposterous notion!
1 kg (2 lbs) boneless kid (or baby lamb), cut in large cubes
120 ml (½ cup) olive oil
1 large onion, coarsely chopped
60 ml (¼ cup) lemon juice
6 artichokes, cleaned (and halved or quartered, depending on size and left to soak in acidulated water)
½ cup chopped fresh dill
1 bunch green onions, chopped
salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
For the Egg-Lemon Sauce:
60 ml (¼ cup) lemon juice to taste
2-3 eggs, at room temperature
Heat the oil in a large stew pot and brown the meat on all sides, a few pieces at a time. Remove it to a platter, lower the heat and sauté the onion gently until very soft, stirring from time to time with a wooden spoon so it doesn't burn. Add 240 ml (1 cup) water and the lemon juice, scraping up any bits stuck on the bottom, and return the meat to the pot. Bring to the boil and simmer, covered, until the meat is half-cooked, about 30 minutes. Add the artichokes, dill, spring onions, and seasonings, and simmer till tender. Pour in a little more water if necessary.
Make the Egg-Lemon Sauce at the last minute. Beat the eggs and lemon together until frothy. Slowly add several tablespoonfuls of broth from the stew to the mixture, whisking while you pour to prevent the eggs from curdling. Stir the contents back into the stew pot, off the heat. Mix thoroughly, reheat very gently to avoid scrambling, and serve at once. Serves 4-6.
This recipe is taken from my book, Feasting and Fasting in Crete, published in 2001 by Kedros (Athens) and is still available in Greek and English. Hint: The English edition is greatly discounted.
To order copies of Diana's Farr Louis' newest book, A Taste of Greece: Recipes, Cuisine & Culture, from Amazon, click on the book cover below.


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The NCAA has many conferences based on east coast, west coast, north, and south. The biggest conferences have their own TV program that shows all their games for men's and women's teams. The Pacific-12 Conference made a TV deal in 2011 called the Pac-12 Network. The network consists of seven networks/channels that give 24 hr broadcast of the teams who are in the Pac-12. When the Pac-12 was Pac-10, they signed a 12 year contract with EPSN and Fox. the contract was worth more than $225 million per year, which leads to 2.7 billion for the 12 year contact.
The values of this TV rights deal has increased, even after march madness is over, this season the Pac-12 will be watched even more due to the Stanford women's basketball team making it all the way to the Final Four. The University of Arizona being #1 seeded in the nation, teams and networks getting bonuses for Pac-12 teams making it further than other conferences' teams. The value of the Pac-12 has increased by being so competitive whether in footbal, basketball, and baseball.
The "Conference of Champions" consists of Arizona State University, Oregon, University of Colorado, University of Arizona, Standord, UCLA, USC, Cal, Oregon State, Utah, Washington and Washington State. I think the conference is doing very well and makes a lot of money than other conferences, it has grown substantially and will continue to grow as teams get better and bigger. I wish I had the Pac-12 network to watch my favorite team during baketball season, this conference makes the most profit during the season.
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Ontario Reaches Another Education Deal
McGuinty Government Putting Students First
Ontario has reached an agreement with the Association of Professional Student Services Personnel that meets the province's fiscal targets without compromising the classroom experience or student achievement.
This agreement follows the roadmap set out in the deal reached earlier with the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA). The deal with OECTA serves as a roadmap for school boards to use in local negotiations in order to meet the province's fiscal parameters.
After five months of negotiations and with a month left before contracts are set to automatically "rollover," Ontario is calling on school board trustees to negotiate and sign local agreements before teacher and support staff contracts expire on August 31, 2012.
An automatic "rollover" would lead to salary increases of 5.5 per cent for many teachers and result in the accumulation of two million more teacher sick days that could be cashed out at retirement.
The only way school boards would be able to fund this increase would be to impact education in the classroom.
Therefore if school board trustees are unwilling or unable to negotiate and sign local agreements before August 31 that prevent the "rollover" and comply with the province's fiscal parameters, as reflected in the OECTA deal, the government will introduce legislation to prevent it from happening.Eliminating Ontario's deficit is the single most important step toward growing the economy, to protect and create jobs and preserve significant gains made in education and health care. The province has asked doctors, broader public sector workers and teachers to hit the pause button on salary increases for two years.
Quick Facts
- The Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation and the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario have already indicated that strike votes will take place as early as late August, prior to the start of the school year.
- This Memorandum of Understanding with OECTA will save the province $250 million in 2012-13 growing to $540 million in the second year of the agreement if applied across the sector. In addition, we would achieve one-time savings of $1.4 billion.
- Ontario's graduation rate is now 82 per cent, up from 68 per cent in 2003-04. About 93,000 more students have graduated than would have if the rate remained at 68 per cent.
- Sixty-nine per cent of Grade 3 and 6 students are mastering reading, writing and math skills. This represents a 15 percentage point increase since 2003.
Additional Resources
- Read here for a timeline about ongoing labour discussions.
- Read the OECD report on "Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education" that showcases Ontario.
- Read another international study by McKinsey & Co., "How the world's most improved school systems keep getting better," which ranks Ontario's education system as one of the best.
- ontario.ca/education-news
"I have a responsibility to students, parents and the entire province to make sure school starts the day after Labour Day. School boards and unions must now do their part locally to get the job done. If they cannot or will not take action, we will."
Laurel Broten
"The government's fiscal parameters are clear and we have to focus on reaching our targets through responsible local deals or by using the other tools available to the government, including legislation."
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Release Date: Friday 2 November 2018
Walls is Barbra Streisand's first album since 2005 comprised mainly of original songs, and her first album ever to focus around a unified social theme. Walls finds Barbra exploring both her concerns and hopes for the future in a collection filled with beautiful melodies and thought-provoking lyrics. In addition to the three original tunes which the Oscar-winning songwriter contributed to, the songs on Walls explore topics near to the celebrated artist's heart. Streisand also brings a fresh perspective to the classic songs "Imagine" and "What A Wonderful World," and the Bacharach/David pop standard "What The World Needs Now." The penultimate song that Streisand sings is a timely one called "Take Care Of This House" by the legendary composer Leonard Bernstein and lyricist Alan Jay Lerner.
Over the course of her astonishing career, Streisand has recorded a number of songs that address the human condition. Recognized as one of the foremost interpreters of contemporary song, "Don't Lie To Me," and the other songs on Walls are sure to add to her enduring legacy as an award-winning singer and songwriter. In 1977, she became the first woman to win an Oscar for composing the music to the timeless standard "Evergreen" (Love Theme from A Star Is Born), which also went on to win the Grammy for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe. In addition, she has been duly recognized throughout her career for compositions on film projects emblematic of her songwriting gifts.
1. What's On My Mind
2. Don't Lie To Me
3. Imagine/What A Wonderful World
4. Walls
5. Lady Liberty
6. What The World Needs Now
7. Better Angels
8. Love's Never Wrong
9. The Rain Will Fall
10. Take Care Of This House
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In Memory of Ralph Sappington
Today marks the anniversary of Ralph Sappington's death. I think of Ralph often, especially since I started attending Rocky Mountain College two and a half years ago where he was the jazz band director (among other things) prior to my arrival. Our relationship all started when Ralph heard me play with a group called Four or More at the Lion's Den when it was in West Park Plaza and you could smoke in bars (probably 8 or 9 years ago). He saw some sort of potential and had me play for a student's senior recital and then a gig with him at Walkers with Bill Honaker and Jeff Troxel. This was my first gig at Walkers and my first time getting to meeting some different players around town that I'd heard about and I was freaked out; the guys that played at Walkers were the real deal (they still are). It was also a catalyst for me to know almost every musician in town that I know now. It was a good gig (I think) and we continued to work together off and on. Off only because I decided that I did not want to be a bass player and I was going to focus on guitar–taking many unnecessary years off from playing and studying the instrument in hopes to be the next Nels Cline meets Robben Ford guitar star. I know, silly…absolutely silly.
The traumatic story that I like to tell:
One time I was booked to play with Ralph at his main hang Rock Creek Roasters. I double booked myself and called him and left a message that I wouldn't be able to do the gig because I was due to play a really big gig with my main band. I left a message and had a weird feeling about it and that feeling was that the message didn't get received. Being the lazy optimist that I am, I figured I shouldn't double check, that way avoiding any conflict and I could go about my aloofness. A couple days before the gig he called me, I remember I was in Target, and he was confirming me on the gig. My heart stopped when I saw his number and knew that my premonition months before was not a joke. I told him that I had left him a message and explained my situation. He was surprisingly gracious even though I projected he was steaming at my idiocy and inconvenience, he told me he would find a sub and we hung up. A few days later, and I was waiting for it let me tell you, he called and asked to pick up the bass he was loaning me to practice on. I dropped it off and apologized and that was that. He called me back that night looking for the endpin and I swore up and down that I didn't have it and he said he would look again and call me back. He called me back and I was a real jerk, because I felt guilty for missing the gig and I thought he was really mad at me, I was projecting all of this mind you, and we hung up. About two days later I found the damn endpin in my house. I sulked over to his apartment and gave it to him. That would be the last time in a long time that I would play with Ralph. Fortunately we played on a gig and had a real good talk. I never got the chance to apologize for my childish and irresponsible behavior but we did talk about our mutual love for Ricki Lee Jones and Tom Waits, so I think in the music world we patched things up, at least I did, I don't think Ralph had any patching to do. Ralph passed away unexpectedly soon after that. It was and still is a shock when I think about it. He was a kind man and there is a part of his encouragement that sticks with me today and most days. Before the "incident" he was suggesting that I move to L.A. and study with Bob Magnusson. Also, I don't know how it played out but "Ralph's" bass (a 40's blonde Kay) was left in my care after he passed away. That bass is the reason that I play bass now. I have spent many an hour with that bass gigging and practicing. Without the Kay I would have been out of an instrument for these last 7 years.
I miss Ralph- we all miss Ralph – but through his example I have seen many musicians in town carry on what they consider "what Ralph would do" for musicians and the scene here in town. He was a gem and since he has passed away I have been fortunate to become friends and play music with his children: Will, Becky, and Jody. So here is to missing you, Ralph. Should have fired me on that first gig with just how bad my technique is!
Here is a pic of the famous "Ralph's Bass" from about 2008.


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Moody and Dr
Talbot and reviewed by
Dr Simon
By the end of this module you should be able to:
The temporal lobe is a structure unique to primates (Kiernan, 2012), among which the
largest belongs to humans. Knowledge of anatomy, function and
disorders affecting the temporal lobe is invaluable in psychiatry,
and it has been subject to psychiatric research for decades.
In this module we have used a linear approach in order to
explain the anatomy of the temporal lobe. It is best to imagine
holding it and rotating it around its axis to explain its
lateral, inferior, medial and internal aspects.
The anatomy and the function of the lateral and inferior aspects
of the temporal lobe are presented in the module The functional
anatomy of the brain.
In this module we focus on the functions of
the insula linked to social emotions. We also look at the functions
of the medial temporal lobe in memory processing, motivation,
reward anticipation, impulse control and threat detection.
At the end of this module, we present the
famous case of patient HM to illustrate temporal lobe
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features can be incredibly dry, we have linked these to clinical
aspects, which will hopefully contribute to more fruitful
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understand the anatomical and functional complexities of the
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For Easter, I wanted to create a variation on my Christmas Jumbles recipe, because we aren't already eating enough sweet goodies over the weekend…
These tasty biscuits are nice and soft and flavoured with spices reminiscent of hot cross buns and a bit of cocoa. I dipped them in melted chocolate and piped on contrasting decorations to make easter egg and hot cross bun desgins. I think they look pretty cute for the short amount of time I spent decorating them. They were a big hit at work and I plan to make another batch before the weekend is out!
Please forgive the lack of methd photos and the not so great photos of the finished product – I made these quite late on a work night. My soundtrack for this recipe was equal parts Disney, Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones- I've been reading an interesting biography about the Stones and thus they have been on high rotation!
You'll need:
For the biscuits-
- 60g butter
- 1/2 cup (110g) firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 3/4 cup (270g) golden syrup
- 1 large free range egg
- 1/2 cup (75g) self raising flour
- 2 1/2 cups (375g) plain flour
- 1/.2 teaspoon bicarb (baking) soda
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp all spice
- 4 tsfffp cocoa or cacao powder
For the topping-
- 200g dark chocolate melts
- 200g white chocolate melts
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- Food colouring, if you like
- Food shimmer
1. Combine the butter, dark brown sugar and golden syrup in a small saucepan and stir over medium heat until smooth.
2. Add hot mixture to a large bowl and cool for 10 minutes. Add egg to cooled mixture and stir until combined.
3. Add half of the sifted dry ingredients and stir until combined, and repeat. Taste dough and add more cocoa or spice if desired.
4. Turn your dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead, with floured hands, until it loses its stickiness (about 5 minutes).
5. Wrap dough in cling-wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
6. Preheat oven to 180°C and grease & flour two oven trays.
7. Remove chilled dough from the fridge and roll out to about 0.5cm thickness and cut out your shapes, with a lightly floured biscuit cutter and placing onto trays. To get my easter egg shape, I cut out circles and then used my fingers to make them longer and more egg-like.
8. Bake for around 15 minutes, keeping an eye on them and turning or swapping shelves if necessary, and remove when just golden brown and fragrant. Cool on trays for 5-10 minutes and then place on wire racks to cool completely.
9. Place chocolate in wide, shallow glass or stoneware bowls. Heat in bursts of 30 seconds at medium heat in microwave, stirring at each interval until melted. Add a tablespoon of oil to each and stir to combine.
10. Carefully dip the top of each cooled biscuit into one of the melted chocolates and place on a sheet of baking paper to cool.
11. Using a piping bag or a ziplock bag with a corner cut off, pipe contrasting or coloured chocolate onto your dipped biscuit top and dust with shimmer if desired.
12. These biscuits are a delicious Easter treat and will keep for at least a week in a container, or in cellophane bags for gifting.
p.s. If you like my lovely vintage ironstone bowl, take a look at acreativelifestyle on Etsy, it's curated by a lady in Tasmania and features a great collection of kitchen and homewares at really great prices.


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UCLA Afrikan Student Union TRIGGERED; Demand MILLIONS for 'Racism,' Cultural Appropriation (Trailer)
On this episode of TheFallenState TV, Jesse Lee Peterson interviews Alicia Frison, chairwoman of the UCLA Afrikan Student Union. Last month, the UCLA Afrikan Student Union released a list of demands to UCLA's administration that included more black faculty members, guaranteed on- and off-campus housing for black students, and a $40 million endowment to address "African-American underrepresentation on campus." According to Alicia, the Afrikan Student Union has become upset over various on-campus incidents that they feel were racially charged (such as a "Kanye Western" themed party, a white student making a gang hand sign, and the posting of "racist" stickers around campus). Don't miss this important and lively discussion!


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Officials must no longer trust the enemies
Press Shia – The representative of the people of West Azerbaijan province in the Assembly of Experts saying that the United States has never complied with its commitments, said, "The JCPOA was a lesson to the people and officials that they must never trust the enemies with simple thinking."
Press Shia – In an exclusive interview with Reza News Agency, Hujjat al-Islam Javad Mojtahed-Shabestari, a representative of the people of West Azerbaijan province in the Assembly of Experts, said, "The withdrawal of the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will not bring any harm to the Islamic Republic of Iran."
The senior Iranian cleric said, "The enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran are trying to persuade people that the withdrawal of the United States from the JCPOA will provide the means for military confrontation between the United States and Iran."
Emphasizing that the United States is not in a position to pursue a war with Iran, Hujjat al-Islam Mojtahed-Shabestari added, "The Islamic Republic of Iran is a powerful country with high defensive capabilities. The United States would have attacked Iran a long time ago if it could have."
Referring to the need to maintain national unity and solidarity, the teacher in the Islamic Seminary of Qom said, "Various officials, institutions and organizations must be united in such a way that only one voice from the country reaches the ears of the people."
His Eminence said, "All people and officials must act in accordance with the agenda of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution [Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei] and confront those who seek to disrupt national unity."
"Without doubt, the Islamic Republic of Iran has many options against the withdrawal of the United States from the JCPOA and, whenever it is necessary, will work mutually," he added.
Noting that the United States has never adhered to its commitments, Hujjat al-Islam Mojtahed-Shabestari said, "The JCPOA was a lesson to the people and officials that they must never trust the enemies with simple thinking."
He continued, saying, "Unfortunately, Iran fulfilled all its obligations without attention to the actions of the United States, while the nuclear negotiators had to adjust the JCPOA in such a way that the Islamic Republic of Iran, simultaneously with the opposing parties, fulfills its obligations."
Speaking in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 8, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced his decision to withdraw the United States from the nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries and to re-impose sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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1.5mm-5mm SBS Modified elastomeric asphalt Waterproofing Sheet Material
Product Detail
Product Tags
Quick Details
- Type: Waterproof Membrane
- Place of Origin: Hebei, China (Mainland)
- Brand Name: JIELANGTE
- Model Number: SBS
- Color: Black
- Thickness: 1.5MM-5MM
- Length: 10m/roll
- Width: 1m
- Application: roof,subway,basement,wall,pool,etc
- Surface material: PE film, Aluminum foil,Sand, Schist flake,etc
- Inforcement: polyester or fiberglass
- Pull strength: 500N/5cm
- Low temperature flexibility: -20,-25,-30 degree
- Labor: 5-10
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1.5mm-5mm SBS Modified elastomeric asphalt Waterproofing Sheet Material
SBS/APP modified bitumen membrane is a kind of flexible sheet waterproof which uses Styrene Butadiene Styrene/SBS thermoplastic rubber OR amorphous polypropylene (APP) as a dipping and covering modifier,whose upper surface is coated by PE film, fine sand, mineralgrain or aluminum foil or other isolating materials.The compound is a mixture of distilled bitumen,plastomers and elastomers which gives the membrane excellent resistance to heat aging and weathering.
1)SBS/APP modified bitumen waterproof membrane
2)conforms to the national standards
3)embossed belt and PE waterproof membrane
4)technique: spunbond
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a)SBS modified bitumen waterproof membrane is specially used as waterproof material in cold area
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There are two methods in application:
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c)After application,a full serious inspection is required to sure no air bubble,no falling away.etc. to guarantee the waterproof life.
Surface preparation—–Surfaces should be dry, clean, smooth and free from any dusts, oil or loose particles. Cracks and surface irregularities need to be filled by polymer mortar.
Priming—–Before membrane laying, substrate treating agent need to be brushed evenly and completely cover all laying places.
Membrane laying—–For adhesion between membrane and substrate or membranes, it can use hot melt method or cold adhesion method. According to application designs and specific applied parts, it can be applied by fully adhesion method, strip adhesion method and border adhesion method.
Sealing, fixing and constraining on vertical surfaces—–On vertical surfaces, fix with metal battens and seal with sealants for membranes.
Application on protection and isolation layer—–After membrane laying, construct protection and isolation layer according to waterproof layer design.
Waterproof for various industrial and civil construction roofing engineering;
Underground waterproofing and damp proofing for industrial and civil engineering;
Waterproof for indoor swimming pool and fire pool, and so on;
Waterproof for municipal engineering such as subway, tunnel, concrete road surface, sewage works and refuse landfill etc
Waterproof for water conservancy facilities such as canals and pools;
Place the membrane vertically.
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Keep away from fire during storage and transportation.
Membranes should be stored under dry and ventilated conditions in order to keep away from sunlight and raining.


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