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This is an BlogEngine.NET extension that enables export of blog posts with their comments. The exported file can later be imported to an external comments engine, such as DISQUS, Facebook and Intense Debate. Currently it have only been tested with DISQUS.
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Comment Exporter has two configuration options, Author mapping and Blog post selection.
Author mapping gives you the possibility to change the name, email and website of your commenters, that is mainly useful for your own users, as you may have changed email/signature-name under the course of your blogs lifetime. This enables you to map all your previous names & emails to your new email that is associated with the new comments engine. The first dropdown shows all the unique username/email combinations that have an comment entry in your blog, choose one and their email & web site will be filled in in the fields bellow. You can now set a new Name, Email and web site mapping. Only Name is mandatory, if the other fields are left blank, the previous email & web site will be used.
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Beaumont Court sits between Camden Town and King's Cross St. Pancras. Its location is perfect for exploring the best of London and for getting to the universities at Russell Square and Holborn.
There are 232 bedrooms here at Beaumont Court, and each one has its own private bathroom. If you'd like your own kitchen, choose studios. Otherwise, choose an en-suite room and you'll share your kitchen and lounge with flatmates. Other shared spaces include a small, ground-floor common room with table football, sofas, and a TV with Xbox.


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So I spent the morning yesterday helping set up the Ukrainian section for Troy's Hudson Quadricentennial celebration. (It was actually more like a centennial since they were focusing on the various immigrant groups in the Collar City since 1909.) People were buying food the second the festivities opened up at noon, and Vic Christopher from the Tri-City ValleyCats estimates in his blog a few hundred people stopped by at some point during the day. The crowd was smaller when I danced later that night, but Vic ended up giving my group a standing invite to perform at "The Joe" next season, even though I only had two out of our groups' 35 dancers performing last night.
Thanks Vic!
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Ashley Hamilton and Macy Gray were the first stars sent home from "Dancing with the Stars" this week. I agree with most of the LA Times rundown. The Patrick Swayze tribute was great, wonderful dancing without going on about his connection to the show. I think the miss of the night was the dance number from the Broadway version of "The Lion King." I chaperoned a school field trip to it earlier this year, and wasn't looking forward to the show as much as I was keeping an eye on the kids, but it turned out I was really impressed by the dance/puppetry numbers. I don't think that theater experience translated well to TV last night. I'm not sure if it was the camera angles or what, but it seemed much more majestic in the theater. What did you think?
For those who think I'm a sell-out for blogging about an ABC show now that I work for an ABC affiliate, feel free to weigh in on my other favorite reality genre, cooking shows and "Top Chef." Ron was asked to pack his knives this week, and it looks like it's "pick-on-Robin" time.
Three Tall Women
This has nothing to do with Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize winning play, so anyone who came here from googling that is out of luck. Most people don't know that I'm pretty tall. The average height for a woman in this country is around 5'4″, and I'm almost 5'11". My colleague Elisa Streeter is no slouch in the height department at around 5'10", and we'll soon be joined weekly on News 10 at 4 by the tallest Times Union columnist, Kristi Gustafson. Kristi blogged about it earlier this week, asking her readers to submit questions they'd like us to answer on air. This should be interesting!
Balancing Act vs. Log Rolling
I joke that that there is no such thing as a balancing act when you work and have a family. It's more like log rolling, because sometimes you go too much one way, then too much the other. You're never in that serene yoga tree pose. (By the way, someone commented on another blog that I should not be working, but should stay home and take care of my family. I wonder, is it just me, or does the commenter wants all working women to stop working? I know working moms who drive school buses, teach elementary/middle/high school, take care of sick people as nurses/physician's assistants/doctors/secretaries in doctor's offices, work in a bakery/diner/grocery store/bank, etc. My mom worked and I think I turned out OK. What's your take? I mean on the issue of working mothers, not whether I turned out OK.)
This week somehow everything was done that needed to be done, and whenever we felt stressed, the Black Eyed Peas came on the radio and "I Gotta Feeling" gave us a boost. What's your favorite musical mood-lifter?


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Well, we finally took Matthew's cues that he was ready to try some solid food, and gave him a bit of cereal tonight. For a while now he's been pretty fascinated watching us eat, and recently even started moving his mouth when he saw us take a bite. Based on the Dr's advice that we could start anytime that we felt he was ready, we gave it a go.
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The Chinese Domestic Agency is composed of five divisions: Project Management, Engineering Technologies, International Cooperation, Fusion R&D, and Administration. Under the leadership of the Minister from the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Agency is in charge of the implementation of the ITER Project together with other ministries, institutes and entities, and also for the management of domestic R&D in magnetic confinement fusion.
The Chinese Domestic Agency has been busy working on the preparation of Procurement Arrangements together with the ITER Organization. Two Procurement Arrangements were signed in 2008 for the toroidal field and poloidal field conductors, and two others for the correction coils and their conductors will be signed soon.
For its signed Procurement Arrangements, the Chinese Domestic Agency has already completed market surveys in preparation for the contracts, and is finishing call-for-tender procedures according to the ITER "Guidelines to the Management of Procurements In-Kind."
The Chinese Domestic Agency will strictly follow its commitments and maintain close cooperation and communication with the ITER Organization and other Domsetic Agencies in order to contribute to the success of ITER Project.
This kind of information to make your daily life at ITER easier will soon be found on Buzz, the new ITER internal webpage for ITER employees with news and info about what is going on in the organization.
On Wednesday 14 October the Technical Web will launch a new look and feel, and as part of the changes a new internal webpage, Buzz, will come on line.
From Wednesday on, when an ITER employee or contractor (anyone with an @iter.org email address) logs on to the TechWeb, the Buzz page will automatically open. From the Buzz page, you will have access to the rest of the TechWeb and to IDM.
Buzz will provide you with news, info, features and applications to facilitate your life at work. You will find information, links and forms related to your employment at ITER and practical information to help you find your way around the organization. Buzz will be reporting on the latest on-site news and also on events happening locally.
Buzz will include a feature to help keep the use of All-ITER email messages to a minimum. All employees will be able to post a message in the All-ITER Buzz section that will be visible to the entire organization. Messages about leftover food, lost keys etc. can be posted in this section.
There is also a brand-new feature to help set up carpooling, for those who wish to share their daily ride to the office with an ITER colleague.
In the Market Place section, you will be able to post ads to buy, sell, rent or give away objects.
Come and check out what Buzz is all about next Wednesday! We will be giving away ITER mugs for the occasion, but the stock is limited and it's on a "first come-first serve" basis. Mugs will be distributed out of Iris Rona's office (HQ 210).
Buzz will continue to evolve as we add new features and services regularly.
We hope you'll keep coming back!
New Scientist magazine which takes a close look at the prospects of fusion power and the ITER Project. Also watch out for next week's issue in which a giant, double-sided poster will be included detailing the ITER experiment and the quest to achieve fusion.
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Bebo White spent his early career as a Computational Physicist at the Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) in California, before travelling to CERN in 1988 to help develop what would eventually become the World Wide Web. He later established the very first website in the western hemisphere, and the fifth in the world. Currently, Bebo is member of various web advisory committees (IW3C2, SIGWEB, etc), and is a frequent author of books and journal articles on a wide range of technical disciplines. Today, he holds faculty positions at Stanford University, University of Hong Kong, and the University of San Francisco.
Commissioned by the ITER Council in June 2008, the Panel's first report in October 2008 made recommendations for potential savings and improved cost awareness at ITER, and resulted in a major restructuration of project management systems.
In response to these recommendations, a new office was created at ITER to improve technical and engineering coordination—the Office for Central Integration & Engineering. The Project Office was reorganized to focus exclusively on project management, with increased staff for scheduling and estimating. Tools for estimating and for risk assessment have been brought on line to improve project management and cost control.
The ITER Organization and the Domestic Agencies have worked collaboratively over the year to identify cost-saving measures, through monthly IO-DA coordination meetings and—for the most technically-challenging components—through newly-created Integrated Product Teams (IPTs). These measures were implemented to help promote common work approaches.
At an interim meeting this past April on site, the Briscoe Panel endorsed the methods and processes developed by ITER management in response to the October 2008 recommendations (see Newsline 80).This week, the Panel will be assessing the results.
The Panel's conclusions will be presented to the ITER Management Advisory Committee (MAC) at the end of the month.
Companies receiving the awards are Luvata Waterbury Inc. of Waterbury, Connecticut, and Oxford Superconducting Technology of Carteret, New Jersey. Luvata will produce 6,430 km of niobium tin strand and 4,795 km of copper strand, and Oxford will produce 1,840 km of niobium tin strand. Delivery of the strand is scheduled for 2011.
JAEA Director-General at Aomori Research and Development Center, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, and the Director of the JAEA Paris office Tasuku Hanai also attended.
Bar des Sciences hold meetings twice a month in Marseille on subjects as diverse as evolution, diet, economy as a science and oceanography: anyone can comment, ask questions or just sit and listen while nursing a beer.
The discussion on ITER was lead by Robert Arnoux, well-known Provencal journalist and co-author of "ITER, le chemin des étoiles."
Some people were enthused about fusion, some were not, but the possibility to debate in such a non-academic setting with such a large cross section of participants was a real pleasure.
The 1,500 hectare domain of Cadarache, which the French State had acquired forty years earlier to accommodate a Forest Ranger school and a game reservation, perfectly fitted that description.
On 14 October 1959 the official decision was made: a large "Atomic Centre" would be created at Cadarache to develop research on experimental nuclear reactors. This is the anniversary that CEA Cadarache will be celebrating on Friday 16 and Saturday 17 October.
The ITER staff is invited to participate in the event that will take place on Friday 16 October under a large marquee on the CEA site, close to the Réacteur Jules Horowitz (RJH) work site.
Shuttle buses will bring employees to the event and back again. There will be no buses leaving from the ITER HQ and all employees who work in the ITER HQ Building will have to use the rotogate to go to the bus stop at the Porte de la Verrerie. From that bus stop, buses will be leaving for the event site every seven minutes between 13:29 and 14:10.
At the end of the event, buses will leave at 16.20 from the marquee to bring you back to the Porte de la Verrerie.
On Saturday 17, a Family and Friends Day will be held for all employees working at the CEA. This will be the opportunity for ITER staff and families to visit the CEA site, the ITER site and the ITER Headquarters—the latter from 10:00 to 15:00 only.
ITER employees who want to visit the ITER site can park their car at the ITER site entrance. From there, buses will be leaving for a platform visit every 30 minutes. Please note that these visits will be primarily in French. All ITER employees should make sure they carry their CEA and ITER badges, and family members should carry valid identity papers.
The lists, which vary from one country to another, concern items that come under export control regulations. Akko has been checking the various parts, pieces and equipment that will be integrated in the ITER installation against these lists to identify which ones are subject to export control.
"As stated in the ITER Agreement, every Member will be following its own export regulations," says Akko. "We don't want to face a situation where an item is blocked by customs on its way to the ITER site. We can't afford the long delay that could ensue."
Making sure that this does not happen is one of the tasks entrusted to the ITER Council Working Group on Export Control, Peaceful Uses and Non-Proliferation (ECWG).
The ECWG brings together some twenty representatives of governments, Domestic Agencies and Export Control authorities from every ITER Member. It held its fourth meeting on 7-9 October at the Château de Cadarache. The morning sessions were chaired by Akko, who was replacing ECWG Chair Michael Roberts, the Director of the ITER and International Division of the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, responsible for ITER matters at the US Departement of Energy. For medical reasons, Mike was not able to travel to Cadarache, but he chaired the afternoon sessions via video-conference from the US.
"These meetings are all about coordination," says Harry Tuinder, the Legal Advisor to the ITER Director-General. "Sitting together greatly facilitates the exchange of information and the harmonizing of policies. ECWG meetings are a kind of progress report that keeps everybody aware of the issues and provide opportunities to make observations."
As its name implies, ECWG is about more than just export control. "The stakes go way beyond," say both Akko and Harry. "ITER is a unique forum to put into practice the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and non-proliferation policy. Article 20 of the ITER Agreement, which establishes the policy regarding these issues is something the Members and the ITER Organization take very seriously."
There is another issue that will fall into ECWG scope of work. In the course of its twenty-year operation, ITER may develop new technologies and materials that need to be controlled. This possibility has been taken into consideration by the ITER Agreement and the ECWG is the place to discuss how to do it.
The summer before in Novosibirsk, at the Third International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research—the so-called "Plasma Olympics"—the Russians had presented results obtained in their T-3 Tokamak. The figures were so impressive they were hard to believe: according to the Kurchatov team, plasma temperature in T-3 had reached 10 million degrees and confinement time had exceeded 10 milliseconds—a full order of magnitude higher than in any other fusion machine.
What was at stake for the whole fusion community was huge: if the numbers were right, it meant fusion was feasible—not tomorrow of course, but in a reasonably close future.
The only way to verify the Russians' claim was to set up an independent assessment, a technical "peer review" of unparalleled scope and complexity. And this is precisely what Lev Artsimovitch, the head of fusion research at Kurchatov suggested to his colleague Sebastian "Bas" Pease, the Director of Culham.
At the height of the Cold War, the proposal was a daring one. The political and diplomatic implications and difficulties were considerable but both sides could expect large benefits from the venture: for the Russians, the confirmation of their "fantastic numbers" and for the British, a spectacular test field for the temperature measurement technique, known as "laser scattering," they had been applying to fusion plasmas for the past five years.
In December 1968, less than six months after the Novosibirsk meeting, UKAEA had a team assembled: it consisted of Nicol Peacock, a highly respected spectroscopy specialist; Peter Wilcock, a brilliant technical innovator; Mike Forrest, a pioneer in the new laser scattering techniques; and Derek Robinson, a 27 year old theoretician, also with a laser scattering experience.
In the eyes of the Britons, the Soviet Union was still a closed, mysterious and vaguely threatening world. "We were a bit scared," recalls Mike Forrest. "None of us had connections there. We really didn't know what to expect."
The team and the 5 tonnes of equipment they had assembled settled in at the Kurchatov in the spring of 1969. "Everything looked rather crude," remembers Mike,"Now and then some piece of equipment would stand out as quite sophisticated—military we thought ..."
T-3 had entered operation nine years earlier. It was the third "tokamak" that the Russians had built since the mid-1950s. If the machine's performance could be confirmed, the tokamak concept would change the course of fusion history.
While getting used to day-to-day Russian life and to the "startled looks" they were getting when they walked through the Moscow streets, the British team set about adapting the equipment they had designed to the novel tokamak machine. This meant opening up the torus to fit "windows" and a collimator, setting up vibration-proof optical benches for the laser and aligning its beam through complex optical systems. The activity, remembers Mike Forrest, was "frenetic" and because of the inevitable technical problems, the Russians were growing impatient. "Nerves," he says, "were getting frayed."
This did not prevent the Russian hosts, both high officials and the "man on the street," to be exceptionally kind to their foreign guests. "We got the VIP treatment from the authorities: Bolshoi Ballet, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty of course, but also the rare privilege to visit the Treasury in the Kremlin and see the Russian Crown Jewels. Colleagues invited us for ski outings and when we were by ourselves, in the Moscow crowds, people would stop us and warn us about early signs of frostbite. In trams and buses, they would go out of their way to get correct change for us ..."
By early August, the British team had been able to aim their laser into some 88 plasma shots. Most of the temperatures they determined were in the 10 million degrees range, thus confirming Artsimovitch's announcement at the Novosibirsk conference a year earlier.
The British laser scattering measurement on T-3 opened a new era in fusion research. In Princeton, the decision to convert the C-Stellarator into a tokamak was instantly made. Six months later, this Symmetric Tokamak (ST) matched the T-3 results. Other labs in the US, France, Japan, Germany decided to take the tokamak route. "Forty years later," says Mike Forrest, "we feel more than a tinge of pride in our 1969 achievement. After all, we had helped to get tokamaks recognized as the way forward for confined fusion research and, ultimately, to ITER."
The meeting was hosted at the Max Planck Institute for Plasmaphysics in Garching. The researchers defined the next steps that should be undertaken to prepare the ground for a DEMO conceptual study. They also provided input for the newly formed DEMO advisory group under the CCE-FU (Euratom Consultative Committee on Fusion) and F4E. The actual status of research in Europe with respect to DEMO was discussed, focussing on the following topics: DEMO objectives, plasma performance and plasma control requirements, power handling at the wall and the divertor, materials, heating and current drive, diagnostics, tritium self sufficiency, balance of plant and reliability, and maintenance and remote handling. The complex subject of integrating the various individual systems in DEMO as a whole was specifically emphasized.
It became clear that the mission of DEMO needs further consideration. While it is clear that DEMO will be a demonstrating device, bringing all technologies to the level of performance, reliability and efficiency required for a reactor, some question require further assessment. Should the supply of electricity to the public grid be a dominant criteria in the design of the plant? While steady state plasma operation should remain an ultimate goal, is this feasible at the stage of DEMO? Or should DEMO operate in very long plasma pulses, but with continuous delivery of electricity?
Another aim of the meeting, namely to foster close cooperation between scientists and engineers, and between engineers of various fields, was fully achieved. With a considerable percentage of the participants being engineers, attendees pointed out the truly positive collaborative atmosphere of the meeting.
All presentations given at the meeting will be made available on EFDA's website.
This follows an independent review of the ITER diagnostic systems, during which experts concluded that the capability to measure fast ions—hydrogen, deuterium, tritium, and alpha particles—should be enhanced. These in-vessel components will enable a cost-effective installation of the complete diagnostic system later during the operational program.
Although they represent less than 5 percent of plasma density, fast ions carry up to one-third of the plasma's kinetic energy. Colliding with and transferring their energy to the "bulk" particles in the plasma, fast ions contribute to sustaining the high plasma temperatures required for the fusion reaction. Optimizing their confinement within the plasma is important for fusion performance. Energetic particle populations of the type expected in ITER are not without problems, however. Fast ions behave unpredictably; while some remain within the magnetic field, others escape the plasma and reduce confinement, or "cause mischief" by contributing their energy to and amplifying plasma disturbances.
Collective Thomson Scattering (CTS), currently being exploited on two European fusion devices by the Risoe DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy in Denmark in conjunction with Dutch and German laboratories, will be able to provide important data on the dynamics of fast ions, helping scientists to understand and predict their behaviour. Other fusion devices in Italy (FTU) and Japan (LHD) have also adopted CTS for fast ion measurements.
Confined fast ions have eluded experimental observation within plasmas in the past. Traditional laser diagnostic techniques that measure plasma densities and temperatures interact more easily with the lighter electrons than the heavier ions—effectively detecting only the electrons. CTS adopts a different approach. "It is a bit like a camera zooming out," explains Soeren Korsholm, senior scientist at the Risoe National Laboratory in Roskilde, Denmark. "Instead of focusing on an individual particle, we look instead at the collective motion of the whole group."
CTS exploits the fact that ions leave a wake as they travel through a cloud of electrons, like a swan as it moves across a lake. Although the ions may be next to impossible to "see," their wakes can be detected by the CTS technique. At a certain scale (much larger than electrons) ion wakes are the dominant cause of microscopic fluctuations in the plasma.
CTS sends an intense one-megawatt electromagnetic beam deep into the plasma, equivalent to 1,000 microwave ovens at full power. As the beam interacts with collective electron fluctuations, waves are scattered in all directions. Diagnostic mirrors tuned to the beam detect this scattered light, and transmit signals that are converted into frequencies that can be interpreted by computer. CTS receivers are so sensitive that they are able to discriminate scattered signals that are 12-15 orders of magnitude smaller than the injected beam power. Through extensive computer analysis and "a solid understanding of the physics' mechanisms involved," scientists are able to deduce information about the velocity and the distribution of fast ions in the plasma.
The conceptual CTS design that is foreseen for ITER was undertaken by the group at Risoe, under contract from the European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA). Currently, work is ongoing to perfect the CTS technique through experiments at ASDEX Upgrade and TEXTOR in Germany—two tokamaks with gyrotron capabilities sufficient to producing the powerful beam necessary. CTS technology continues to evolve. Although technically demanding, CTS can provide important information on fast ions and their behavior, and may eventually be able to measure more plasma parameters.
Story developed in conjunction with Soeren Korsholm, Senior Scientist at the Risoe National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy in Roskilde, Denmark.


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Be honest with yourself, and what's in your heart for that eventually manifests in what you say and in your life…
this podcast below from Pastor Cliff Purcell called "Headwaters", will enlighten your perspective on the matter.
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Industrial & Manufacturing Blog
People tend to acquire the strangest objects in the most unusual of ways. If you recently acquired a very large roll of carpet, paper, foil or plastic film, and you are wondering how you can make it smaller so you can store it in your house or garage, then you could probably use some of the cutting tools or methods used by various industries. These industries have their own methods for cutting all kinds of materials on rolls, and they may be able to help cut your roll down to a more manageable size.
Construction and Table Saws
Table saws are pretty good for cutting anything reasonably hard. If the roll of stuff you have is not enormous, exceedingly thick or papery, then a table saw at a construction site might work. You could also upscale this a bit by asking a lumber company to use their giant log splitting table saw to cut and pare down your material roll, especially if your roll is thick, long, heavy or really, really large. Table saws are a good place to start if you want to slice through the roll vertically on the horizontal plane (i.e., you lay the roll on its side and you want to use the table saw to make vertical cuts that will result in several new, smaller rolls of material).
Paper Mills and Roll Slitters
Paper mills also have their own equipment for cutting rolls down in size. These machines are called slitters because special knives slit through the material on the rolls as though it was melting butter. Then it slices through the hard cardboard roller in the center to break the giant roll of paper into much smaller rolls. The blades are often sharp enough to cut through paper, foil and even plastic wrap or plastic sheeting. If you want to slice a roll of carpet into smaller rolls of scrap carpeting, then these slitters are often sharp enough for that too.
For slitters, contact a company such as GARDICO Inc.
Carpet and Flooring Installers and Flooring Saws
Carpeting is often rolled in giant rolls at the weaving factory. Then it is cut down to more manageable sizes for transportation reasons. Wood flooring is often cut by some of the same machines that cut and pare down carpeting because the blades on these machines are very sharp. If you have a flooring company or carpeting manufacturer near you, you may be able to ask them to help cut down the size of the material roll which you have acquired.Share
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After I inherited my parents manufacturing business, I realized that there were a few challenges that they hadn't addressed earlier on in their careers. For starters, the company was missing several safety protocols that I knew could help to fend off injuries and accidents. I started focusing on bringing things up to modern code, but it didn't come without its share of challenges. I wanted to make this blog to help people to know how to identify and resolve challenges that could cause problems in the long run. Read more about this topic on this blog filled with great content about manufacturing.


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- Location:Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Deadline:2017-10-02
- Disciplines and Media:Visual Arts,Architecture,Photography,New Media,Curatorial and research,Design,Writing,Art crafts
- Residency Period:Begins April 2018
- Grant:Monthly stipend of €900, an individual production budget of €2,000 per year
- Institution Provide:Studio and labs
- Paid by artist:€65 registration fee, €2,750/year enrollment fee
- Website:
- Residency:
1. The whys of applying
The Van Eyck is a multidisciplinary institute that furthers experiment, research, study, production, and exchange. In our institute promising artists, designers, curators, (landscape) architects, writers and other thinkers are given the time and space that is needed to develop their talents, to discover as yet unexplored perspectives and delve into deeper layers of their selves. Apply if you feel the time is ripe to take your work to another level in an open environment, to experiment and investigate, to see your work reflected in the mirror of the world or to do what no one fully grasps yet. Apply if you would like to meet artists, designers, curators, architects, and thinkers from all quarters of the world. Apply if you want to be part of a community, establish collaborations and set up an In-Lab with other participants. Apply if you want to make use of our high-quality, well-equipped Labs. Apply if you would like to participate in a Mirror Lab project or a project by the Jac. P. Thijsse Lab for Nature Research. Apply because you know the Van Eyck is the right place to be for you.
2. Van Eyck Institute
The Van Eyck is an international multiform organization for fine art, design, and reflection. The Van Eyck has a multiform structure consisting, firstly, of the Jan van Eyck Academie, the international post-academic institute for talent development and its Labs; of the Hubert van Eyck Academie, which takes responsibility for educational and project-based collaboration; of Van Eyck Mirror, the project agency which brings participants and cultural and social actors into mutual contact; The Jac. P. Thijsse Lab for Nature Research; of Van Eyck Services, which manages the utilization of the building and the Labs by third parties; and of the Van Eyck Café-restaurant, an open interface with the outside world. These components interlock like gears in the mechanism of the Van Eyck; the outputs of this mechanism include the programme and the links between participants and external partners.
3. Profile participants
The Van Eyck welcomes artists, designers, photographers, landscape architects, architects, writers, curators, and thinkers (participants are generally between 22 - 41 years old). Every applicant shares our belief that insight comes through exchange with other: insight in the meaning of things, in your own practice, in the (art) world. Besides working in your own studio, you are expected to take an active part in the Van Eyck programme, to participate in one of the Mirror or Hubert van Eyck projects and to be involved in one or more In-Labs.
• Duo's or collectives can apply for 1 residency at the Jan van Eyck Academie (this means sharing 1 studio, sharing the stipend, sharing the enrolment fee).
• If you previously have been a resident at another post-academic institute (Rijksakademie, De Ateliers) in the Netherlands, you can not apply for a work period at the Van Eyck
4. A studio of your own
At the Van Eyck you have a studio of your own to write proposals, work on your project, investigate. In our view, the studio equals the classic vita contemplativa. The programme stands for the vita activa. Both are correlated and as such strike a perfect balance.
5. The programme
The programme is the sum total of the general programme and several more specific programmes. The generic programme consists of regular studio visits by advisors and guest, of lectures, debates, and presentations. The specific programmes comprise what happens in the Labs, the In-Labs, the Mirror projects and what you individually contribute and develop. Leitmotif of the annual programme is set by the artistic and content-related needs of the participants.
6. In-Lab
The In-Labs are modules established by like-minded participants. An In-Lab offer participants the opportunity to join together over shared curiosities and urgent questions, to study something in depth, and/or broaden their critical views. It is the occasion to enhance their knowledge of and skills in their own field of expertise, or, on the contrary, within another discipline. Guests from outside can be invited to add to the working of the In-Labs, and (public) events are often organised to expand their breadth.
7. Collaborative projects
On a regular basis Van Eyck is asked by third parties to make contributions to projects and manifestations. In addition, Van Eyck Mirror, the Van Eyck project agency, actively secures commissions and projects for the Van Eyck. Also, the Hubert van Eyck Academie initiates or contributes to collaborative projects. The participants are expected to participate in a project of their own choosing.
8. Meeting place
The Van Eyck boasts well-fitted Labs (wood, metal, printing and publishing, photography, video and new media, a library and a Lab for nature research), an auditorium, gallery spaces and a café-restaurant. The facilities are available to participants and all interested parties. The comings and goings of visitors and Lab users provide ample opportunities for interesting encounters.
9. The building
The Van Eyck institute is situated in Maastricht at the heart of the EU region MeuseRhine and occupies a monumental modernist building designed by architect Peutz. The renovation works that were concluded in 2013 have made the special qualities of the building even more prominent; the building feels more spacious, lighter and more open than ever. Simultaneous with the renovation three gardens were laid out, one of which is a vegetable garden. They reinforce the urban-cum-Arcadian feel of the Van Eyck.
10. Number of places
The Van Eyck offers places to ca. 40 participants on an annual basis. The duration of the residency ranges from six up to twelve months, depending on individual proposals and wishes. After due consideration, an extension can be granted.
Other information about the project and application can be found here:


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If you've been waiting through all the rumors of LG's newest flagship smartphone, today you're in luck. LG has officially announced and detailed their impressive new Optimus G smartphone complete with "groundbreaking features" and tons of improvements to their user interface. They're inviting users to live without boundaries thanks to the phones brilliant display and enhanced features. Lets take a look.
After all the leaks and Qualcomm confirming the device, today in Korea LG has finally taken the sheets off this awesome new smartphone and confirmed it will be arriving in stores starting next week in Korea, but first lets talk specs. LG is aiming for the top spot with this device and you'll be working with a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core 1.5 GHz processor, 2GB of DDR RAM, 32GB of internal storage and a 13 megapixel rear facing camera. All of this is running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich too.
One of the other most important specs here is the display. You'll be enjoying all the Android apps and games you can handle on LG's new 4.7-inch TrueHD IPS+ display. Using LG's Zerogap Touch technology the display will be closer to the protective glass than ever. Making for a better, more vivid, and accurate viewing experience. That massive screen rocks a 1280 x 768 pixel resolution with a 15:9 aspect ratio and should look stunning. Everything is powered by a 2,100 mAh battery and is 131.9 x 68.9 x 8.45mm in size, 145g in weight. Then we have WiFi Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, NFC, 4G LTEand the usual goodies for sensors. Sadly it does not feature a micro-SD slot.
Then back alongside that massive 13 megapixel camera is a brand new design from LG. On the back is a cover made with LG's own patented Crystal Reflection process, which offers a unique polarized pattern under its surface. This makes the device durable, easy to hold, and gives off a 3D illusion that LG calls "exquisitely reminiscent of a jewel."
Along with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich LG's added tons of impressive new user interface and UX changes that make this what they're calling a groundbreaking smartphone. Things like voice actions in the camera, and tons of new cross-tasking features. Below is what you can expect to see:
QSlide Function shows two different screens simultaneously on one display. As it doesn't show a part of the screen but the entire screen of both functions, the user can complete two tasks concurrently – such as sending a text message or searching the web while watching a video;
· Live Zooming enhances the video-watching experience as users can zoom in up to five times while the video is being streamed for a close-up of one's child while watching a recorded video from a school recital;
· Dual Screen Dual Play not only allows mirroring between the smartphone and a TV, it also has the ability to display different content on each screen wirelessly. For example, a slide presentation can be displayed on the TV while the Optimus G shows the accompanying speaking notes;
· QuickMemo allows users to write, draw, or jot a memo with their finger directly on the captured screen for sharing instantly with others as an attachment or a URL. The QuickMemo can also be used as an overlay feature – like jotting down a number using the QuickMemo and directly dialing the number while the number is on the top layer;
· Screen Zooming allows for the zooming in and out of lists in music player, email, text messages and photo gallery. It also offers the ability to change the font size and screen layout;
· Application Link launches preset applications (Email, calendar, weather, etc) when the alarm is turned off – making your preparation time in the morning go a little faster with all the information prepared on your screen;
· Icon Personalizer allows users the ability to customize icons by editing size and adding images so the most frequently used apps can be most easily accessible.
Dr. Jong-seok Park, president and CEO of LG notes, "The Optimus G is a groundbreaking premium device not only in the history of LG but also in the smartphone industry – With the Optimus G, users will be able to experience unsurpassed UX features that will allow them to perform tasks that really enhance their daily lives."
The all new Optimus G kicks off next week in Korea and should be available in other global markets next month. We've been hearing the 13 megapixel model might not make it to all markets though, sadly. Rumors have AT&T first up with the LG Eclipse 4G LTE but we'll have to wait and see. Expect some hands-on time with this awesome new smartphone coming soon.
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The Number Theory Group at Royal Holloway has a wide range of interests. Research is carried out in many areas such as: additive and multiplicative number theory, sieve methods, Diophantine approximation, Diophantine equations, metric number theory, the circle method, exponential sums, Salem and Pisot numbers, Mahler measure, totally real algebraic integers, the Riemann Zeta-function, zeta functions of groups and rings, arithmetic groups, p-adic Lie groups and their representations.
Recent work of the group has included representations by quadratic forms, probabilistic Galois theory, random Diophantine problems, the distribution of Gaussian primes in narrow sectors or small circles, prime values of the integer parts of points on algebraic curves, prime values of polynomials, the prime k-tuple problem, work on pairing-friendly abelian varieties, Lehmer's problem for reciprocal polynomials of integer symmetric matrices, the Schur-Siegel-Smyth trace problem, graph Salem numbers, and non-linear Diophantine approximation to complex numbers. There are regular seminars in these and related fields - contact Dr Rainer Dietmann for details.
For opportunities for postgraduate research in number theory please contact Dr Dietmann, Dr Klopsch or Dr McKee.
Group members
Research students
- Jonathan Cooley
- Gary Greaves
- Lee Gumbrell
- Asim Islam
- Nektarios Kyriakou
Dr Dietmann works in Analytic Number Theory, focusing on applications of exponential sums and the circle method to Diophantine problems in many variables. He recently also obtained new results on a classical problem in Probabilistic Galois Theory, and jointly with Jörg Brüdern started a research project on Random Diophantine problems. Recent key publications include
1. (with T. D. Browning) On the representation of integers by quadratic forms, Proc. London Math. Soc. 96 (2008), 389--416,
2. Systems of cubic forms, J. London Math. Soc. 77 (2008), 666--686,
3. On the distribution of Galois groups, Mathematika 58 (2012), 35--44,
4. (with Jörg Brüdern) Random Diophantine equations of additive type, arXiv:1110.3496v1.
Dr Klopsch's research activities are mainly directed towards the study of inifinite groups from an arithmetic point of view. He has investigated the structure and properties of automorphism groups of local fields, p-adic Lie groups, arithmetic groups, and related objects. Currently, he has a keen interest in zeta functions associated to the representations of compact p-adic Lie groups and arithmetic groups. This topic touches upon the theory of Igusa local zeta functions. Dr Klopsch is also intrigued by problems in Additive Combinatorics and has co-authored two short articles in this area. He is currently supervising three PhD students.
Among his key publications are:
1. Automorphisms of the Nottingham group, J. Algebra 223 (2000), 37-56.
2. Pro-p groups with linear subgroup growth, Mat. Z. 245 (2003), 335-370.
3. Index-subgroups of the Nottingham group, joint work with Yiftach Barnea, Adv. Math. 180 (2003), 187-221.
4. Analytic groups over general pro-p domains, joint work with Andrei Jaikin-Zapirain, J. London Math. Soc. 76 (2007), 365-383.
5. Igusa-type functions associated to finite formed spaces and their functional equations, joint work with Christopher Voll, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 361 (2009), 4405-4436
For a full list of publications and other contributions, visit Dr Klopsch's personal website. You can also read about his involvement within the Algebra Group.
Dr McKee, jointly with Chris Smyth (Edinburgh), has applied combinatorial techniques to prove striking theorems concerning Salem numbers and Mahler measure. With Steven Galbraith and Paula Valenca he pioneered a new approach in the study of pairing-friendly abelian varieties. His recent key publications include:
1. Salem numbers of trace -2, and traces of totally positive algebraic integers, with C.J. Smyth, ANTS VI, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3076, 2004, pages 327-337
2. There are Salem numbers of every trace, with C.J. Smyth, Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, 37, 2005, pages 25-36.
3. Pisot numbers, Salem numbers, graphs, and Mahler measure, with C.J. Smyth. Experimental Mathematics, 14, 2005, no. 2, pages 211-229.
4. Ordinary abelian varieties having small embedding degree, with S.D. Galbraith and P.Valença. Finite Fields and Their Applications, volume 13, issue 4, 2007, pages 800-814.
5. Integer symmetric matrices having all their eigenvalues in [-2,2], with C.J. Smyth. Journal of Algebra, volume 317, issue 1, 2007, pages 260-290.
6. Integer symmetric matrices of small spectral radius and Mahler measure, with C.J. Smyth. International Mathematics Research Notices, 2011, doi:10.1093/imrn/rnr011.
Recently completed PhD's
Dr Christos Christopoulos
Dr David Mireles
Dr Laurence Rackham
Former members of the group
Dr Yvonne Buttkewitz
Dr Ben Smith


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The combination of Paul Simon, Velvet Underground and Blind Willie McTell covers, all on the same album, is something you obviously don't hear every day. But that just means you're not listening to enough G. Love, who over the course of his career has managed to mash Bob Dylan, Delta blues and hip-hop.
Love is nothing if not eclectic, and on his most recent album, Fixin' to Die, he still manages to surprise. For this outing, the Philadelphia-born artist, nee Garrett Dutton, decided to go back to his roots — all the way back to the days before he hooked up with his band, Special Sauce, or did his first recordings for the Okeh label, or landed on pal Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records.
It's also the first album billed only as G. Love, with the musician inviting Americana darlings the Avett Brothers to produce and perform. Fixin' to Die's title tune is by Delta bluesman Bukka White; Love also visits McTell's "You've Got to Die." More unexpected are his reimagined versions of Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" and Lou Reed's "Pale Blue Eyes."
"We wanted to do things differently on this record in every way," says Love. "I thought it was a good opportunity to go back and put some of my Delta blues stuff on the record. Seth Avett brought to the table this old Blind Willie McTell song. And then I wanted to do a Velvet Underground tune, a kind of down-home version of it."
And the Paul Simon tune?
"My manager was trying to get me to cover that in my live show for years," says Love "He always thought that would be a good one for me, and I always shied away from it," But once we decided we were gonna do that, it was cool, actually. Because you know what? Any time you learn a song, you always learn something new."
Love and death
As for why Love decided to record without Special Sauce, he says, "We wanted to flip the script a little bit and just send me out with my guitar. We felt it could be interesting to go out with some different musicians, and those guys really fit the bill. And their harmonies are super tight, so I knew all the vocals were gonna be amazing.
"I've had a lot of success when I'm doing collaborative efforts," adds Love, who's worked with Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Marc Broussard, Donavon Frankenreiter, Blackalicious, Tristan Prettyman and Dr. John, among others. "I think when musicians get together in a creative environment, nothing but exciting music is gonna happen."
As it happens, the album's original songs span more than 20 years. Two of them, "Get Goin'" and "Walk On," were written when Love was still a student at Germantown Friends School, a Quaker high school in Philly. They showcase his Dylan and Beatles influences, he says.
Between its title track and "You've Got to Die," Fixin' to Die's lyrics do flirt with death from time to time. But the album's main themes are more about the joys of love — for his fiancée ("Milk and Sugar"), his dog ("Katie Miss") and his grandmother ("Ma Mere").
Actually "Milk and Sugar" is also about the joys of coffee. As G. Love fans well know, he's partial to singing about beverages.
"I always like to write about somethin' that people can connect with," he says with a laugh.
Keep it simple
The music Love related to growing up was blues and country folk — or, as he puts it, "just real simple, honest music." It's a minimalist, heartfelt approach he and the Avetts naturally share. "You see a lot of my Bob Dylan influence, a lot of my John Hammond influence," he says. "We wanted everything to be stripped down; the most important thing was capturing the vibe. And I thought we were really able to do that."
Part of what made the album work was the decision to record in the Avetts' home state of North Carolina. "When you're produced by somebody, you choose them because you really respect them and you want them to take you in a certain direction. Sometimes you don't know what that direction is gonna be, but their first direction was, 'Come down to North Carolina.' And it couldn't have been a better choice."
They recorded Fixin' to Die in only nine days, which helped keep everyone focused and prevented a lot of second-guessing. "It was nine days because that was all the free time we could get everybody together for. So we had to commit to things."
Love describes Asheville as a beautiful town in the center of the Blue Ridge Mountains, where music fills the streets and there's lots of "art and creative juices flowin' around."
The studio, in an old church, provided even more inspiration.
"You walk in and it's a big, airy feeling and the light's streaming through the stained glass," he recalls. "When I walked in with my guitar, I really got a sense that, man, something special's gonna happen this week. And it really did."


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It's All Good
October 31, 2012
There are times in life when I wished I had never taken the advice of others; but what can I say, what's in the past is in the past. The reason why most of us cannot move forward is because we are stuck in the past. Dawning on "what ifs" and "if only(s)". It gives us great relief to blame somebody else and not wanting to take the responsibilities ourselves. Just remember this: When you point one finger at someone, the other three are pointing right back at you.
I understand that some of things are out of our control, but most of what happens to us, we bring on ourselves by not "listening". Not listening first of all to God. But how can you listen to God if no one told you about Him. How can you listen to God if you never went to Church, or you went to Church and did not understand what the Preacher was talking about? The latter happened to me.
I went to Church on most Sunday's as a little girl, but no one ever told me I had to accept Jesus as my Lord and personal Savior. No one ever told me that I needed to listen to His still voice and remain obedient. I never knew how to love or to accept someone loving me. Truth be Told, I was bitter, stayed angry all the time, and did not want any close relationships.
Was I deemed a failure? Maybe, but for the most part, I was lost. It was nothing for me to blame someone else for my failure or lack of wisdom. Hey, it wasn't my fault no one told me how to live my life according to His purpose.
One bright and sunny morning, I got up and looked at myself fully in the mirror. Wondering, why am I the way I am? Out of nowhere, I received my answers which were:
- You are selfish
- You are sarcastic
- You are of a jealous nature
- You are quick to blame someone else
- You never listen to Me
- You never talk to Me
Wow, I thought, I am a horrible person. No, I wasn't horrible; I was just lead down the wrong path by listening to other people's advice and not seeking God first. The answers I received where all "convictions". We are loved by God first…He loves us no matter how disobedient and a wreck we are in our lives. He will tell us what we need to do in order to be blessed.
Failure is now something I look at as Spiritual growth. God is trying to tell me something. But, if we give up because of failure, we will never know what God had planned for us. As of now, you may be going through changes in your life, count it all "good" because He is working.


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Mr. Herper wrote earlier today on what September in Munich may mean to Vytorin (full SEAS trial data) — tonight, he's writing about the lack of outcomes data for Vytorin. Does Matt know that something major is about to break on this ongoing debacle?
I dunno. Do read all of his latest — here's a snippet:
. . . .In SEAS, Vytorin failed to do better than placebo at treating a heart valve disease called aortic stenosis, but it did reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes and operations to unclog arteries. But the results weren't much better than what you'd expect from Zocor alone. . . .
What does Matt suspect, that we've haven't yet puzzled out? Hmmmm. . . . Thoughts?


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Niche Markets
Distilled Profits
Waste potatoes become a spirited second farm income.
Waste potatoes become a spirited second farm income.
By Martha Mintz
Keeping another generation farming may drive some people to drink. That's certainly been the case for the Manhattan, Montana, Droge family. But the seed potato, small grains and pulse crop farmers aren't imbibing the spirits, they're distilling them.
It all started as a brothers' night out joke. Every Tuesday, Tim, Terrence and Jeff would have a meeting of the minds and talk would often turn to the piles of oversized waste potatoes culled from their seed potato market. The standing jest was the extras should just be made into vodka.
"I think every potato farmer has made that joke," Jeff says. The Droges, however, followed through. Jeff and his wife, Erica, started pursuing the idea of using distilling to add value to their waste potatoes which, due to the variety, were otherwise only suitable for cattle feed. After much research and many family meetings, they attended Moonshine University, an intern distilling course in Kentucky.
"We learned how to build a whiskey mash, make rum from molasses and vodka from grain," Erica says. "They coached us in licensing, marketing, how to operate a distillery and introduced us to industry leaders from major players such as Jim Beam. It was inspiring to see how people in the industry were willing to share their knowledge and work together in the spirit of collaboration."
Erica and Jeff returned from their experience inspired to turn a long-standing farmer's jest into a reality.
While beer brewing and wine making are well established industries in Montana, distilling is still in its infancy. "It wasn't illegal to distill spirits in Montana, but it wasn't legal, either," says Bryan Schultz, founder of Roughstock Distillery. When he started his venture a decade ago there were no regulatory systems in place, no tax schedules and many other issues. "We had to basically write the laws to allow for distillation," he says. "It was like putting together a puzzle for which there weren't any pieces."
Opportunity. Schultz kept pushing as he saw an untapped market. He spent time in Europe where eating and drinking local is a centuries-long standard. Each town had their own wine, beer and spirits. Why not bring the only missing factor of that local equation, local spirits, to Montana? His passion and work opened doors for other would-be distillers.
Committing to distilling takes a big leap of faith, like planting in a dry year. "Legally, you can't make a product until you construct your distillery, obtain a federal distilling license and receive state approval which includes a walkthrough of your facility," Erica says. "It's very cart-before-the-horse."
Erica and Jeff devoted countless hours to developing a business plan, securing financing and getting their distillery and tasting room built in nearby bustling Bozeman. In 2015, Dry Hills Distillery, named after the region their family homesteaded five generations ago, got the go-ahead to transform waste potatoes to spirits.
It didn't all go down smooth as a potato-based vodka, though. Mash production was a trial. "We worked with Headframe Spirits, bringing them whole potatoes to process in their high shear mixer. They thought it would take 5 minutes. It took a full day," Jeff says. They then tapped a fellow producer who makes hash browns to cube the potatoes first with better luck. They refined their plans accordingly and secured a Montana Growth Through Ag grant to buy the necessary peeler and dicer.
Potential. While Erica and Jeff have taken lead on the spirit business, Jeff's father, Glenn; Terrence and his wife, Calette; and Tim and his wife, Amber, all work to keep up farm production, are investors in the distillery and provide counsel along with Erica's parents, K.C. and Karen Barnhardt. They're excited about the future.
"We have the commodities on hand thanks to the farm, so we scaled our business model to accommodate making bulk neutral spirits for sale to other distillers," Jeff says. "We've really found a niche. Potato vodkas are fairly rare, especially made with fresh potatoes like ours. Now we're making a potato-based gin, which is extremely rare. Our potato spirits are also naturally gluten free."
They've branched out into whiskey, using hard red spring wheat and are looking at their other crops, too.
"We can make spirits out of nearly everything we grow," Terrence says. "We always joke if we could just get $1 for every potato we'd really have it made. We might just get there yet!"
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Former Roosevelt Island Resident Dominic Sciallo Inducted Into NY State Senate Veterans Hall Of Fame By Senator Jose Serrano
The New York State Senate has a Veterans Hall Of Fame:
... created to honor and recognize outstanding veterans from the Empire State who have distinguished themselves both in military and civilian life. Their meritorious service to our nation deserves the special recognition that only a Hall of Fame can provide, as a fitting expression of our gratitude and admiration.Former Roosevelt Island resident Dominic Sciallo was recently inducted into the NY State Senate Veterans Hall Of Fame.
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Roosevelt Island's NY State Senator Jose Serrano reports:
Senator José M. Serrano recently inducted former Roosevelt Island resident, Dominic Sciallo, into the 2015 New York State Senate Veterans Hall of Fame. Each year, the New York Senate honors a small group of veterans throughout the State for their distinct service to the country.More on the
Dominic Sciallo enlisted in the Army when he was 22, long before the United States entered World War II. He spent almost 3 years in active combat duty participating in three invasions - North Africa, Sicily, and Normandy at Omaha Beach. During his service, he attained the rank of Sergeant in the Canon Company, 18th Infantry, a unit of the "Big Red One." He was awarded the Bronze Star for valor as well as several service medals and individual badges. In 2005, he received these medals during a ceremony on Roosevelt Island. His accomplishments and bravery earned him entry into the Honor Role of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Sciallo was born in East Harlem, but spent over 37 years on Roosevelt Island. He was very involved in the community and was an active member in the Roosevelt Island Senior Association (RISA), serving many terms as president.
Sadly, Dominic Sciallo passed away earlier this year. He is survived by his son Jeff and his son's wife Vivian, grandchildren Robert and Kimberly, great grandson Dylan, and many nieces and nephews.
"It was my honor to induct Dominic Sciallo into the New York State Senate Veterans Hall of Fame. Dominic has left behind an amazing legacy of patriotism, bravery and valor. From East Harlem to Roosevelt Island, Dominic Sciallo has not only left a mark on the 29th Senate District and New York State, but the entire country," said Senator José M. Serrano. "It is important that we honor our veterans everyday, but especially on days like Independence Day. The 4th of July is a day we are all reminded of not only how great our country is, but the greatness of the individuals who put their lives on the line to allow us to enjoy our freedom and quality of life."
NY State Senate Veterans Hall Of Fame here.


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I spotted another Etsy artist, Urban Heirlooms. who uses vintage, rustic beads as clasp snaps for clutches and bags, I posted about them on my other blog: karboojeh.tumblr.com.
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17th January 2013
Another warning shot's been sent out to people thinking about dumping waste illegally in the South Lakes.
South Lakeland District Council has underlined its zero tolerance approach after prosecuting a Windermere man for dumping tins of paint, a lawn mower, paper, a chair and general bagged waste in woods by Church Road at Witherslack.
19 year old Thomas Nigel Richardson of Claife Avenue pleaded guilty to fly-tipping at Kendal Magistrates Court.
He was ordered to pay more than £700 in fines and costs.
Councillor Clare Feeney-Johnson, portfolio holder for the Environment, said: "This case follows a number of successful prosecutions the council has carried out against people who dump waste illegally. SLDC have a policy of zero tolerance against fly tipping and the council will always do everything possible to find offenders and prosecute them. We will continue to work hard to ensure that South Lakeland remains the best place to live, work and explore."
SLDC's Enforcement Officer, John Barwise, added: "SLDC treats environmental crime seriously and we investigate all reports of fly tipping very thoroughly and aim to do so within two working days. Following a report of fly tipping we visited the site immediately and sorted through the dumped waste, found sufficient evidence and proceeded with a prosecution. Fly tipping spoils the environment for everyone and the public can be reassured that the council will always prosecute offenders."


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Sample Case
Here is a sample case to create a custom made set of a suggestions for a self hypnosis recording. I go in detail in my manual, and the following is taken from it:
Let's say for example, that you wanted to have more motivation to achieve your dreams and goals in life. You want to be in a better emotional state and feel empowered on a daily basis.
So, what values would someone who is motivated, positive and driven have?
I would say:
- Focus
- Direction
- Accountability
- Self love
- Inner drive
- Mental, emotional and physical health
- Positive state of mind
Of course, there is no limit, but from these, we can get to look at each value and expand on them with statements.
So, here is how each of these values translates to 'first person' positive statements:
- I remind myself daily of the goals I desire to achieve
- I develop systems that make my journey towards my goals easier
- I associate myself with people and groups who have similar goals as mine
- I develop better goal setting skills every day
- I help others achieve and fulfil their goals
- Every day in every way my focus gets better and better
- I invest time on a daily basis to check where I am at and where I want to be
- I know where I am heading in life and I am moving in that direction with passion and determination
- I take time to re-asses my direction in life and check if it is aligned with my purpose and passion
- Every day in every way I get clearer and clearer on my direction in life
- I am responsible for my actions and the outcomes they bring for me
- I'm the only one who will make me successful
- Success is doing what is required to achieve the desired outome
Self love:
- I find that being with myself is one of the best moments
- I know I always have me by my side
- My love for myself is always there
- I will always be there for myself
- I am in awe for the magnificence of the being that I am
- My love for who I am radiates to the world and reflects in my love for the world
- I am inspired by the being that I am
- I am inspired by the creation that I am
- I spend time with myself daily
Inner drive:
- I feel that there is so much more out there for me and I can achieve it
- I can manifest whatever I set my mind to
- I'm driven because I know I can make it
- If other people have made it, so can I
- I spend time daily empowering myself with the power to achieve what I set out to achieve
Mental, emotional and physical health:
- I feel empowered by positive thoughts and ideas
- I feel inspired by positive and empowering stories
- My thoughts empower me and serve me
- My thoughts give me pleasure and keep me happy
- I eat food that nourishes and energises my body
- I move my body in a way that energises me and makes me feel great
- I surround myself with people who are healthy on all different levels
- I invest time on a daily basis to visualise a healthy and strong me
Positive state of mind:
- I can achieve anything I set my mind to, I have done that many times
- Everything in life is learning, and I learn daily in a way that empowers me
- There is inspiration in everything I encounter in life
- Life is abundant and options are numerous
- I surround myself with people who love life and people and see the good in everything
- I invest time on a daily basis to enrich my mind with positive ideas and thoughts
Write down as much as you can think of, because this will be the fuel of your self-hypnosis script. Once you are content with what you wrote, read the same list, but rephrase the value this way:
Following are statements that are your own on [value]. You will listen intently and say them in your mind and believe them like they are your own thoughts.
You can go as far as creating your induction in a separate audio file, and your suggestions can be added as separate files, and the awakening to be the last.


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Organic Deodorant Stick - Magnesium w Rose Geranium & Coriander
Formulated, and Handcrafted in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland of Australia.Ingredients: Organic Shea Butter*, Organic Coconut Oil*, Organic Aerated Salt*, Organic Beeswax*, Organic Arrowroot*, Organic Magnesium Flakes*. All infused with essential oils of Rose Geranium & Coriander.
* Certified Organic Ingredients
The Ultimate Organics Stick Deodorant is formulated with Organic ingredients and Essential Oils, to help reduce odour, and keep you smelling and feeling fresh, throughout the day.
Magnesium acts as a Nutrient, and provides assistance with calcium absorption.
Our Organic Deodorant Stick is handcrafted with 100% Natural Products.
The Stick is Aluminium and Chemical Free.
Magnesium is a key mineral required by our body for maintaining its overall health. It is one of those essential minerals that assist in calcium absorption by the human body and plays a major role in the creation and strengthening of bones and teeth. In addition to that, it plays a role in more than 300 enzymatic reactions inside the body, including the breakdown of food, synthesis of fatty proteins and acids, and the transfer of nerve impulses.
Shea Butter
Also known as the African karite butter. It is expressed from the pits of the fruit of the African butter tree which grows in Central Africa. Shea butter is beneficial for treating dry skin, blemishes, skin discoloration, scars and wrinkles.
Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is great for the skin. Many people like to use it as a natural moisturizer. Its natural antioxidant properties make it great for stopping wrinkles and skin irritation.
Beeswax carries antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial properties that are essential in fighting chapped skin and bacterial infections that tend to affect us most in the dry, winter months. It forms a protective wall by sealing in moisture in our skin without smothering and clogging up the pores.
Aerated Salt (Sodium Bicarbonate)
Aerated Salt (also known as baking soda) is a refined, soluble, white powder used as a leavening agent helping to soften bath water, cleanse in mouth care and absorbent in deodorants. It is able to neutralise acids in sweat, limiting the growth of odour producing bacteria, as well as absorbing moisture.
Arrowroot not only helps to serve as a thickener in deodorant, but it also has the power to help draw out toxins. Since when we sweat we are eliminating toxins, why not help draw them out!?
Essential Oils
Essential oils are also known as volatile oils, ethereal oils, aetherolea, or simply as the oil of the plant from which they were extracted, such as Lavender. An oil is "essential" in the sense that it contains the "essence of" the plant's fragrance—the characteristic fragrance of the plant from which it is derived.
What Are Essential Oils?
Essential oils are derived from the actual plant material, i.e., flowers, leaves, seeds, roots and bark by distillation or with citrus oils by cold expression method. During inhalation, odour molecules travel through the nose and affect the brain through a variety of receptor sites, one of which is the limbic system, which is commonly referred to as the "emotional brain."
The limbic system is directly connected to those parts of the brain that control heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, memory, stress levels, and hormone balance (Higley & Higley, 1998). This relationship helps explain why smells often trigger emotions. Knowing this, we can assume how inhalation of essential oils can have some very profound physiological and psychological effects!
Bergamot essential oil removes body odor, relieves spasms, suppresses pain, improves mood and fights depression, heals cuts and scars, and promotes efficient digestion.
Black Pepper essential oil inhibits bacterial growth, fights premature aging, and neutralizes free radicals that damage the body in countless ways.
Camphor essential oil cures spasms, protects wounds from infections, eliminates congestion, desensitizes and acts as local anesthetic, calms nervous disturbances, cures neuralgic pain, soothes inflammation, fights infections, and kills insects.
Clove essential oil has long been used in treatments related to dental care, like toothaches and cavities. It is also used cure infections, skin conditions, stress, headaches, respiratory problems, earaches, indigestion, nausea, blood circulation issues, blood purification, diabetes, immune system weakness, premature ejaculation, cholera, and sties.
Coriander essential oil has been well-reported to reduce pain, increase libido, reduce spasms, eliminate excess gas, purify the blood, decrease body odor, promote digestion, and inhibit fungal growth and infection.
Geranium essential oil is employed to induce tightening of the gums, muscles, skin and blood vessels and in stopping hemorrhage, scar healing, promotion of cell growth, and increased urination. It is also used to stop body odor, tone up the body, and kill intestinal parasites and worms.
Ginger essential oil has been known to cure pain, stop vomiting, protect from wounds becoming septic, and relax spasm. Some practitioners also use it to inhibit bacterial growth, eliminate gas, and improve brain and memory function, while helping to expel phlegm & catarrh.
Grapefruit essential oil is used to stimulate urination, fight infections, reduce depression and uplift mood. It also protects wounds from becoming septic while increasing the elimination of toxins.
Helichrysum essential oil reduces spasms, maintains the fluidity of blood, fights allergies, inhibits microbial infections, dissolves and clears blood clots, reduces inflammation from fever, and is good for nervous system health.
Jasmine essential oil fights depression and uplifts mood, protects wounds, cures sexual dysfunctions, and increases libido. It also reduces spasms, heals scars and after marks, gives relief from phlegm and coughs, increases breast milk, and regulates obstructed menstrual cycles.
Lavender essential oil is beneficial for the treatment of issues with the nervous system, insomnia, pain relief, urine flow, respiratory disorders, skin care, hair care, blood circulation, indigestion, and immune system health.
Lemon Myrtle essential oil protects from wounds becoming septic, while inhibiting viral and bacterial growth, strengthening gums, and stopping hair loss. Furthermore, it lifts skin, induces firmness in muscles, stops hemorrhage, fights infections, and cures fever.
Lime essential oil is known to protect wounds from becoming septic, protect against viral infection, boost appetite, kill bacteria, fight infections, reduce fever, stop hemorrhage, and generally boost health.
Marjoram essential oil is commonly prescribed or chosen for treatment because it reduces pain, eliminates spasms and cures cramps. Marjoram essential oil also protects from wounds becoming septic, inhibits viral and bacterial growth, removes excess gas from intestines, cures headaches, increases perspiration, promotes digestion, increases urination, opens up obstructed menses, cures cough and cold, and dilutes phlegm.
Myrtle essential oil increases the rate of wound healing, and protects ulcers against developing more serious infections. Also, it tightens gums and muscles, stops hemorrhaging, reduces body odor, fights coughs & colds, soothes inflammations, and settles nervous disorders.
Orange essential oil has been traditionally used to soothe inflammation, fight depression and uplift mood, protect against sepsis, enhance libido and as a cure for sexual dysfunction.
Palma Rosa essential oil protects against sepsis, inhibits viral and bacterial growth, promotes growth & regeneration of cells, facilitates digestion, and reduces fever.
Patchouli essential oil can be used to fight depression and uplift mood, soothe inflammation resulting from high fevers, inhibits wounds from becoming septic, increases libido and cures sexual disorders. Furthermore, it helps to tighten gums and muscles, and it stops hemorrhaging, heals scars and after marks, promotes cell growth, eliminates body odor, increases urination and removes toxins.
Peppermint essential oil is commonly used in the treatment of pain relief, as a way to induce numbness, protect against sepsis, reduce milk flow and discharge, relax spasm, strengthen gums, stop hair loss, and lifts skin. Also, it induces firmness in muscles, stops hemorrhaging, removes gas, is good for brain and memory health, promotes bile discharge, clears congestion and eases breathing.
Roman Chamomile essential oil is known to cure spasms, protect wounds from becoming septic and infected, curb biotic growth and infections, fight depression and uplift mood, cure neuralgic pain by reducing swelling in the effected vessels, and soothe inflammation from fever.
Rose essential oil has been known to fight depression and uplifts mood, soothes inflammation due to fever, protects wounds against developing sepsis, relieves spasms, fights viral infections, enhances libido and cures sexual disorders, while tightening gums and muscles, and stopping hemorrhaging.
Rosemary essential oil is very useful in terms of hair care, skin care, mouth care, anxiety, mental disorders, depression, pain, headache, rheumatism, respiratory problems, bronchial asthma, indigestion, and flatulence.
Rosewood essential oil is often used to reduce pain, fight depression, protect wounds from becoming septic, enhance libido and promote sexual arousal. It also kills bacteria, and is good for brain, while curing headaches, driving away body odor, killing insects and stimulating gland discharges.
Sage essential oil has been known to inhibit viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections, and thus protects wounds against becoming septic, heals damages done by oxidation, soothes inflammation, clears spasms, increases the production of bile, and promotes digestion.
Vanilla essential oil has been used to neutralize the effects of free radicals and other oxidants, and it repairs damages due to oxidation while enhancing the libido and promoting sexual arousal. Furthermore, it inhibits the growth of cancerous cells, reduces fever, fights depression and uplifts mood, soothes inflammation and reduces nervous disorders, promotes sleep, and reduces the stress and anxiety through its soothing qualities.
Wintergreen essential oil has been used for pain relief, relaxation of the body and mind, treatment of rheumatism and arthritis, as well as for reduction in spasms. Furthermore, it protects against sepsis, spreads a pleasant fragrance, tightens gums and muscles and helps stop hair loss.
Ylang Ylang essential oil It fights against depression and uplifts mood, stops sebum secretion, protects against sepsis, increases libido and cures various sexual disorders, while also reducing blood pressure, curing nervous disorders, soothing inflammation and reducing the severity of nervous disorders.


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If you haven't heard of this book, then you definitely need to watch this video!
Some top quotes and ideas from the book:
- Lifestyle Design. You don't have to live the high stress, long hours life. You can assess the lifestyle you want and then design it. You don't have to work all your life to sit on a beach at 65…you can go sit on one now for very little money.
- Outsource as much as possible. Weigh up how much time you spend on things. Automate them. Outsource them. Pay other people to do them if it gives you more time. Spend $30 on a cleaner once a week and spend a few hours with the family. Get someone from http://www.elance.com to write your articles for you. Virtual assistants are the way forward. [Note from JP: I have used several since reading this book and they are brilliant]
- Be, do , have. Decide what you want in your life. Who do you want to be? What do you want to do? What do you want to have? and then get on with achieving it. Life is too short to be stuck in the office. Set extreme goals that are worth achieving. Question everything.
- What are you passionate and excited about? Go do that.
- Elimination. Have a "not to do" list and make sure you don't do it. Don't watch TV. Cut down your email to once a day (and then once a week). Don't waste time being busy. Be productive in less time and spend the difference achieving your splendid goals.
- Find your muse. Discover a way to make money by virtual and outsourced means and free up your time to do what you love. This may take time to achieve, but you can make a plan and achieve it, so you can live a freer life.
- Empower people to make decisions without you. So you can have free time.
- If you don't set the rules, they will be set for you.
- Living more is the objective.
- Know what you will do with this abundance of time. Look at your passions and missions. Move from a life of survival to one of passion and excitement.
- Experiences override possessions every time. Live life, don't postpone it.
I found this book inspirational and it is JAM-PACKED with information and links to great sites.
Tim's own site is here and it has calculators for your new life, and all kinds of free information to get you started => http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/
Tim also has a great blog – check it out here => http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/


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Now that I am completely (ahem, mostly) responsible for taking care of myself and my finances, I find myself in situations that I never even would have imagined a couple of years ago. These situations stress me out far more than they probably should. They also sometimes result in me making questionable decisions with my money. I guess you could say I'm reluctantly entering adulthood.
For example, on a recent Sunday afternoon, I made an exasperated phone call to my parents while standing in the bedding aisle of a rather shady Walmart (although, let's be real: there's no such thing as an "un-shady" Walmart). It had come to my attention that a mattress pad is necessity. Apparently having a mere mattress is not enough. You must cover the supposedly plush rectangle with more plushy stuff and then put your impossible-to-fold fitted sheet on top of this artificial cloud you have created.
My exasperation stemmed from a multitude of things. I hadn't budgeted for this purchase, I didn't know which type of mattress pad was the best one, I had already made the mistake of picking the wrong type of sheets from Ikea (lesson learned: do not skimp on sheets. Your skin will regret it) and I didn't want to make another costly bedding error, and I was shopping by myself.
"I never even thought that I'd have to buy stuff like this," I said to my dad. "Adulthood is hard."
"You were sheltered," my dad said with a chuckle on the other end of the line. "You've lived a sheltered life." He went on to say it's not a bad thing, that he and my mom were happy to have provided for me all these years, blah, blah, blah.
Now, before you go off thinking that I was some spoiled little princess, let me stop you. I was not entirely spoiled. Among many other restrictions, I never had a car in high school, I never had more than a $10 weekly allowance from the beginning of high school all the way through law school, my brother and I were not allowed to drink sodas except on the weekends, and designer purses were out of the question unless if I saved up my pennies and bought them myself (even then, I wasn't allowed to have one until after I graduated from high school). #FirstWorldProblems, am I right?
However, my parents never hesitated to provide me with things I needed, like tuition for law school, a new laptop when my current one was on death's door, a new TV after my current one began making ear-piercing screeching noises every time I turned it on, textbooks for school, gas money, etc. I consider myself to be extremely fortunate that I never really had to worry about those things. I also consider myself fortunate that I no longer have a television that weighs 800 pounds and blasts out my eardrums (do y'all remember how heavy non-flat screen TVs were? Sheesh. What a pain.).
Well, now the cord has finally been cut (ahem, mostly). I now frequently experience sticker shock and extreme annoyance at buying things like allergy medicine, extra hangers for my closet, and shower curtain rods. These things seem frivolous and necessary at the same time.
My brain is stupid when it comes to spending my own money sometimes. Buying a $35 lamp with a stainless steel finish and elegant gray shade? WORTH IT. Buying a $16 "giraffe trinket dish" to put my earrings in? ALSO WORTH IT. Buying three Glade apple cinnamon candles all at once? COMPLETELY WORTH IT.
Buying a broom? NO. THAT'S DUMB. Buying a vacuum? YEAH, RIGHT. Buying a mattress pad? WHO NEEDS IT? I'll sleep on that spring-filled brick, thank you very much.
Alas, but what makes a house a home is more than just candles that smell like fall and light fixtures that bring a sense of coziness. Things like Swiffer sweepers, shower curtain rods that function properly, and sheets that don't feel like sandpaper are also needed to make your tiny apartment one that is fit for an adult and not some misfit college freshman.
I have gone from being a sheltered girl to being an adult female who is attempting to furnish and maintain her own shelter. I'm proud of how far I've come, even if that mattress pad I spent forever selecting still hasn't actually made it farther than the living room. Baby steps, y'all. Baby steps.


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Aug 1, 2019
it's a party. i'm joined by nick johnson and jessica janos to
talk to jon schwarze / "airborne" / ig:@jonschwarze. we talk about
his pct yoyo and what it's like going through the high sierra in
Meaningful conversations with hikers who venture off the beaten path.
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