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7 days (and change) before the WWDC 2013 Keynote presentation Apple released the official app to accompany the conference. Due to the (sudden, unexpected, surprising) sell-out of the conference Apple decided on several changes.
For starters the WWDC app allows all registered developers to log in and provides benefits even for developers who did not score a golden ticket. In previous years – if I remember correctly – the app would only let you see its contents if you had an activated WWDC to your name.
WWDC 2013 is even more highly anticipated than any previous Apple event due to the widespread notion that Apple is doomed if they don't announce many big and impressive new things. For lack of anything better to pick apart, let's do a bit of tea-leaf-reading on the WWDC 2013 app.
The first thing to notice is the "new flat look" of the icon itself. The purple background reminisces of the Apple internal code name for the original iPhone: Purple 2. When you install the app you get a badge icon with the number 2, as there are two posts in the News section. One to welcome the user, visible for everybody. And the second with a link to install a WWDC pass, only visible for logged in WWDC ticket holders. Might this also reference Purple 2? Either that or this will be first WWDC 2.0.
The logo itself is an even color, entirely white, without any gimmicks, like for example the boot-up logo for iOS 6 which has a curve through it. It communicates in no uncertain terms what the new look should be about: high contrast between background and what is important. To an extent that if you only briefly glance at it you only see the message. No leather background, no brushed metal. The dark purple is as close to black as a color-loving company like Apple dares to go.
The clear statement is that it is a clear statement. Gone are the times when Apple would recommend implementing valuable looking fake materials to spice up the perceived value of your app. Now your apps should be showing their content without distractions.
Consider the evolution of the WWDC app over the last 4 years, 2010 through 2013. What trend do you see? Anything strikingly new?
The first two years, Apple had to work with the stock UITabBarController and standard colors for navigation bars. iOS 5 introduced the ability to customize these, and so they went to neutral gray.
Previously buttons and bars had gradients and gloss, those are almost completely gone. Not to say that the UI "looks flat" now, but have a look at the bar buttons. They still look like buttons, but with a flat instead of a convex surface. The typical assumed source of light was always at the top, but the effect is like somebody pulled the lamp to be way closed.
Look at the tab bar at the bottom. This now has a shadow at the top – if that is supposed to be any shadow at all, it could also be seen as a gray line – as to tell the user that the tabs are below the level of the schedule. Previously the tab buttons would be competing with the content either due to their black tint or due to the shadow communicating them to be closer to the user.
I also found the placement of the access to your favorites interesting. 2010 and 2012 this was a tab of its own, 2011 and 2013 it was featured at the top as a segmented control where it makes much more sense. This should be a viewing mode of the schedule, not a section by itself. Also having it at the top means you have 4 items balancing out the top with the bottom. I believe that symmetry is also going to be one of the new design values.
The first time we also see a different look for section headers. It has long been a pet peeve of mine that I felt the bluish tint of the section headers didn't fit well with normal table views. Also due to the dark tone of gray this required that text on it had to have a shadow to be readable. Now the general preference seems to be for dark text on lighter background, which is also more pleasing to the eye.
Finally, what's with the placement of the Now button? On the right side it is easier reachable for right-handed people. Getting to the current session in the list is more important than to filter sessions. Hence this decision.
In 2011 and 2012 there was a Photos tab which didn't see much use. Granted a few pictures appeared there after much delay eventually. But generally this was a gimmick. Michael Jurewitz will still be roaming the WWDC halls with his DSLR, now that he is back with Apple. But we will no longer see any pictures of his in the WWDC app.
Photos had to be replaced with Videos. To appease the ticket losers Apple – for the first time – will be adding the WWDC session videos to the app on the same day they are held. It will still be recordings – not streams as some had hoped – but still Apple is to be commended for shouldering this enormous logistics effort.
As a placeholder – until this years contents arrives – you get all the videos from the previous 2 years to watch. Which is a very welcome gesture for all developers since watching the videos over iTunes or the web site has always been somewhat tedious. Now you can filter by category and even search for specific strings.
Really really good job on the video viewer guys! I'll probably keep this app installed on all my devices just for this feature!
Update: Nick S dissected the WWDC app and found evidence of a NIB for displaying a Photo Gallery after all:
Bet you photos appear once the conference starts. There's a NIB named WWDCPhotosViewController that isn't in the 2012 app … but that said, there's no tab bar icon in the bundle for photos. I'm probably reading too much into it.
So there might be photos, but probably not accessible through the tab bar which is reserved to the core functionalities of the app.
The only benefit you get from signing in with your Apple ID is access to the maps of the conference rooms. Which kind of makes sense, since if you are not going to the conference you have no need to know where Presidio is located.
When Passbook got introduced last year many people had been speculating that Apple might switch from Plastic Badges to Passbook for access to Moscone West. But if you have been to WWDC a couple of times you know that this is impractical. The badges serve the purpose of allowing security personal to quickly judge whether or not you should be permitted to be there.
This could not be done with Passbook. Even if you could ask developers to have a sufficiently charged iOS device with them, it is simply too easy to produce convincingly looking passes, as some people creating their own fake WWDC passes have demonstrated. Which on the following screenshot is the real pass and which is the fake?
The WWDC passbook pass is not meant to replace your badge. Rather it contains a QR code which allows the registration desk to look up your registration. This is a faster and more convenient alternative to the previous checking of long printed out lists. You show your photo ID and let them scan your pass:
"*Beep* Welcome to WWDC. What is your shirt size?"
It is somewhat unfortunate that Apple has adopted such a strict stance on the non-transferability of WWDC tickets. 2011 was the last year when this was really possible because you just needed the activation code and anybody could redeem that.
This year if you tried to activate a code from a different account then you would get an error message. Apple only permits to transfer tickets to accounts which had been a member of your development team at the time of the ticket announcement. What Apple does not seem to see is that developers always find ways …
There will be badges. And there still will be people who miraculously have a different name for the week. If I bump into you and you are one of these, then don't worry that I might rat you out. I'm also of the opinion that Apple's stance is counter-productive.
People make it a game to favorite the "To Be Announced" sessions and labs and then to check what these turned into after the keynote. Apple generally makes anything TBA even if there is only the slightest possibility of something new in there. Less frequently they schedule repeat sessions based on demand. I once heard that they are analyzing how many people favorite what and then use that as input.
The biggest and most important room at WWDC is Presidio. Anything scheduled in there means that Apple anticipates the most interest in that. And here it is of particular interest to us that there are currently 17 TBA sessions scheduled in Presidio. I feel that this is a good sign that Apple has many important announcements to make, announcements that many attendees will want to watch.
There are also 17 topics for labs that Apple doesn't want to reveal yet. Could those be the same big topics?
Cameron Perry found:
I noticed one of the iOS Labs is XPC (though the session seems to be OSX). Coincidence or typographic error?
Apple seems to lump together GCD and XPC in this year. GCD as being not really that new any more so that most developers probably have gotten a grip on it. And XPC being a technology that already exists on Mac for a while and that is rumored to be coming to iOS this year.
Either way I think that the sheer number of big TBAs is telling that Apple has been saving all great stuff their engineers had been building over the past year to be released in a grandiose fireworks display.
There have always been 3 "sessions" that are non-technical in nature: Apple Design Awards, Stump the Experts and the Bash. But WWDC 2013 has 33% more FUN! Stump the Experts is followed by a new "WWDC After Dark" which promises to be a hybrid hackathon and mingling party:
Join fellow developers and explore the exciting tools and technologies in the new seeds and SDKs. Grab some pizza and snacks, then explore, code, and share ideas with your colleagues and Apple engineers.
Apple only ever referred to OS X builds as "seeds". And they typically seed OS X versions that are pretty close to getting released.
Update: Sebastian Niesen informs us:
The last time they had pizza was in 2007, then 5 years without pizza, and now it seems to be back. Nice touch.
I wonder if they'll reintroduce having electronic swag, too. If I remember correctly the last thing we got was the Magic Mouse in what, 2004/5?
Out with the Forstall, in with the Pizza. We like!
The visuals of the new WWDC app seem to give a few hints about changes to the design language of iOS 7, although I feel that it is more of an overall trend the roots of of which can be traced all the way back to the the 2010 WWDC app.
I think you cannot do much wrong if you predict that WWDC 2013 will be the awesomest WWDC ever. In the least Apple will do their best to give us many new shiny things to work with: exciting tools and technolgies, new seeds and SDKs.
If Apple indeed will release entirely new product categories in the fall, then it is highly likely that some of these TBA sessions will cover programming for these new categories.
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Dutch artist Esther Aarts has produced this surprisingly British-looking Stop! Tea Time! Poster.
The design features a hand held up in the universally-recognised sign to stop, with the four fingers being city gents in bowler hats enjoying a brew. It is rather a surreal image, but I like it. The poster has a limited edition of 50 signed and numbered prints. It measures 19 by 25 inches and costs 25 Euros plus postage.
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Rites of Passage
By: Joy N Hensley
Available Sept 2014
Sam McKenna's never turned down a dare. And she's not going to start with the last one her brother gave her before he died.
So Sam joins the first-ever class of girls at the prestigious Denmark Military Academy. She's expecting push-ups and long runs, rope climbing and mud-crawling. As a military brat, she can handle an obstacle course just as well as the boys. She's even expecting the hostility she gets from some of the cadets who don't think girls belong there. What she's not expecting is her fiery attraction to her drill sergeant. But dating is strictly forbidden and Sam won't risk her future, or the dare, on something so petty…no matter how much she wants him.
As Sam struggles to prove herself, she discovers that some of the boys don't just want her gone—they will stop at nothing to drive her out. When their petty threats turn to brutal hazing, bleeding into every corner of her life, she realizes they are not acting alone. A decades-old secret society is alive and active… and determined to force her out.
At any cost.
Now time's running short. Sam must decide who she can trust…and choosing the wrong person could have deadly consequences.
This Blonde's Review:
Sam is part of the first group of girls to ever be admitted to the Denmark Military Academy. She knows it won't be easy, but her life hasn't been great lately anyway. Her brother gave her a dare to attend the school and she doesn't turn down dares. She's always been eager to keep up with the boys rathe than playing dressup with her mother. And since this dare was the last one her brother gave her before he committed suicide she knows she'll do whatever it takes to get through. Life hasn't been great for her lately anyway. Her brother is gone. She doesn't have a good relationship with her father, a high ranking military man who seems to put the his military career above his family and doesn't want her to embarrass the family name. Her mother is barely speaking to her since she hates everything to do with the military and sees Sam attending this school as a betrayal. Her surviving brother barely wants to acknowledge her existence for daring to attend his school and acts as though she's only doing it to take something from him. Sam's year isn't going to be easy.
There are supposed to be 5 girls in the first class, but one doesn't show and the other girls who mostly make us wonder why they bothered to sign up. The relationships that Sam makes with these girls are tricky and not the kind of strong battle buddy relationships that I would have expected. I started this book thinking the girls would have to band together. It didn't work out quite that way.
There is a group at DMA that will do whatever it takes to keep girls from being part of the academy. To their mind it isn't pure if they allow anyone different to join, and females are definitely different. Sam has to deal with this from members of her chain of command. She has people above her attempting to make things difficult for all of the women, but especially so for Sam. Sam refuses to allow it to them to break her. She takes it and doesn't complain. Her drill sergeant tells her to jump chain of command if needed, but Sam doesn't do so. She takes it.
Sam's strength and determination is something to be admired. She knew that asking for help would be seen as more weakness so she accepted way more than she should have. And she didn't know who to trust. Especially when one of the people she thought was there for her stepped back and left her to figure it out on her own. Luckily she wasn't entirely alone. Sam has someone who offers to help her with mysterious emails. She also has her advisor who finds her brother's old combat buddy, who is local and offers her a safe haven. Surprisingly that Army buddy is related to someone Sam already knows, someone who can be a great resource for her and matter very much in her life.
It started to get really ugly for Sam but she soon realized she had more people in her corner than she realized. When they start working together to take down the group trying to take them out there was no way they wouldn't win. It was just a matter of what the cost would be and if they could take down everyone or just the local small potatoes.
I really enjoyed this one. Sam was a strong character and I love those. The girls who keep going and don't let the people who will do anything to keep them down win. I also really loved Drill. He was so great. The way this one ended really makes me want a second book. I wanted Sam to get more! It worked out great but not perfect, I want to know how the next year plays out.


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Hanukkah Happy Hour on the Hill
Annual young adult shindig sponsored by several Jewish organizations. Bring warm clothing for collection boxes headed to DC homeless community, sponsored by the EDCJCC.
Tuesday, Dec. 20, 6 pm, Capitol Lounge and Hawk N' Dove
Chanukah at the Ellipse
American Friends of Lubavitch starts off the holiday season with this annual ceremony on the White House lawn.
Sunday, Dec. 25, 4 pm, the Ellipse
Community Chanukah Lighting
Family friendly inclusion & disabilities programming event, featuring lighting the menorah, eating Chanukah foods, spinning the dreidel, and more!
Wednesday, Dec. 28, 6:30 pm, EDCJCC
Hanukkah's Extra Flame
Adas Israel, the EDJCC and other organizations team up with Sephardic Heritage in DC to provide a holiday concert, featuring internationally recognized Syrian opera singer, Lubana Al Quantar. The event will also center around relief efforts.
Wednesday, Dec. 28, 7 pm, Adas Israel
Adas Israel Hanukkah Events
Featuring info about observance, themed community events and more.
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Americans are being forced to choose between a cherished lie and a disconcerting truth as they prepare to celebrate the centennial of the 19th Amendment in 2020. The lie holds that the amendment ended a century-long struggle by guaranteeing women the right to vote. The truth is that it barred states from denying voting rights based on gender but "guaranteed" nothing. More than a dozen states had already granted millions of women voting rights before ratification, and millions of other women — particularly African-Americans in the Jim Crow South — remained shut out of the polls for decades afterward.
While middle-class white women celebrated with ticker tape parades, black women in the former Confederacy were being defrauded by voting registrars or were driven away from registration offices under threat of violence. When the black suffragist and civil rights leader Mary Church Terrell petitioned her white sisters for help, they responded that the disenfranchisement of black women was a race problem — not a gender problem — and beyond the movement's writ.
This counterfeit distinction was familiar to black suffragists, who had argued for more than 50 years that they could no more separate gender from race in themselves than shed their skins. The movement, however, had tended toward a definition of "women" that was implicitly limited to people of the gender who were white and middle class. Its most prominent advocates — Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony — drove home that notion by rendering black women nearly invisible in their hugely influential "History of Woman Suffrage." As the push for white women's rights neared its goal — a constitutional amendment — the movement hedged its bets by compromising with white supremacy.
Historians like Glenda Gilmore, Martha Jones, Nell Irvin Painter and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn have recently revised the whitewashed depiction of the women's rights campaign by rescuing black suffragists from anonymity. This new, more inclusive portrait of the movement grows richer by the year and shows African-American women at the forefront of a struggle for universal rights that was far from over when white suffragists declared victory in 1920.
'We Are All Bound Up Together'
The official suffrage history reduces the poet and novelist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper to a bit player, even though she was central to the struggles for both African-American and women's rights and delivered what has come to be recognized as a visionary speech on the relationship between the two at the founding meeting of the American Equal Rights Association in 1866.
A formidable intellectual, Harper had forged her ideas about universal rights in the abolitionist movement, where she earned acclaim as a speaker sharing the platform with luminaries like Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison and Lucretia Mott.
Harper believed deeply in interracial collaboration but committed to it on the condition that white women treat black women as equals. As the historian Alison M. Parker has written, Harper vexed white women reformers by accusing them "of being directly complicit in the oppression of blacks," and by demanding that they rid themselves of racism.
A committed egalitarian, she balked when suffragists embraced a definition of "women" that included only the educated and the affluent. In a now famous speech given in New York, Harper told the audience that fates of black and white, rich and poor were "all bound up together." She refused to decouple race from gender, arguing that the day-to-day racism she and other black women experienced was in fact a "women's issue" that suffragists were obligated to confront.
"You white women speak here of rights," Harper said that day in 1866. "I speak of wrongs." Reciting the litany of humiliations that black women had to endure on public conveyances — not because they were women but because they were black — she asked, "Are there no wrongs to be righted?"
Harper's speech anticipated by more than a century the "intersectional" legal analysis of the critical race theorist Kimberlé Crenshaw, who showed how policies that treat race and gender as mutually exclusive deprive black women of redress in discrimination cases while also obscuring the fact that they struggle under the dual burdens of racism and sexism.
"History of Woman Suffrage" draws heavily on the proceedings of the 1866 meeting but tellingly leaves out Harper's momentous speech. The historian Nell Irvin Painter argues that her words were "too strong" for white suffrage leaders who saw her polished, self-assured style as antithetical to what they viewed as blackness. They preferred the uneducated version of black womanhood embodied by the formerly enslaved suffragist Sojourner Truth, who entertained her audiences as she imparted her ideas.
Yet Harper's poise and self-possession were the norm among the affluent freeborn black women who had time to engage with the suffrage movement. For example, the sisters Harriett Forten Purvis and Margaretta Forten — daughters of the wealthy Philadelphia sailmaker and abolitionist James Forten and his wife, Charlotte — were central players in the staging of the Fifth National Woman's Rights Convention in their hometown in 1854. The Boston journalist Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, who played a leadership role in the Massachusetts suffrage movement in the late 1800s, was the wife of the pro-suffrage state legislator George L. Ruffin.
Another respected suffragist and abolitionist — but again, whose voice is missing from the suffragist narrative — is Sarah Parker Remond, who grew up in a prominent New England family. Remond, like Harper, was a member of the American Equal Rights Association. She was popular on the abolitionist speaking circuit and also toured the Northeast with her brother, Charles, in the late 1860s in support of women's voting rights.
Chroniclers of the suffrage struggle tended not to record their black peers. Fortunately, the 1853 lawsuit Remond filed against two men who ejected her from an opera in Boston for reasons of race provides a window into what she believed. The archivist Dorothy Porter Wesley writes in her study of the Remond family that the judge issued a forceful decision, "fully sustaining the equal rights of our Colored citizens." We also know that Remond grew sufficiently tired of racism in the United States and fled to Europe.
While Remond stumped for suffrage in the North, Charlotte Rollin of Charleston, S.C., pursued the same mission in the Reconstruction-era South. The historian Rosalyn Terborg-Penn lists Rollin as the first South Carolinian to serve as a delegate at a national suffrage convention. In an 1870 speech — a rare occasion in which a black suffragist's comments were set down — she argued for women's rights under the universalist principle that denying rights to anyone endangers the rights of everyone:
"We ask suffrage not as a favor, not as a privilege, but as a right based on the ground that we are human beings, and as such entitled to all human rights. While we concede that woman's ennobling influence should be confined chiefly to home and society, we claim that public opinion has had a tendency to limit woman's sphere to too small a circle, and until woman has the right of representation this will last and other rights will be held by an insecure tenure."
White Suffragist Racism
Last year, Chicago renamed a prominent downtown street for the celebrated newspaper editor and anti-lynching campaigner Ida B. Wells, who also played a starring role in the earlier 20th-century suffrage movement. Less well known in the city today is the estimable Wells contemporary Fannie Barrier Williams, a member of the black elite who had a profound impact on Chicago during more than three decades of civic and political activism.
As her biographer, Wanda Hendricks, points out, Barrier Williams broadened her influence by crossing racial lines, becoming the first black woman admitted to the Chicago Women's Club, one of the most powerful white women's groups in the country. She led the charge to get black women politically engaged and worked tirelessly to open the business world to them as well.
As Harper did, she dissented from the white suffrage movement's gender-centric view of voting rights, arguing that "black women had unique needs that were defined as much by race as they were by gender and region," making clear that she was less interested in a political candidate's gender than in what he or she had to say about the plight of African-Americans. Beyond that, she bluntly reminded white women that racism in their ranks represented a prime obstacle for black women, writing "that the exclusion of colored women and girls from nearly all places of employment is due mostly to the meanness of American women."
The New York Times last year published a belated obituary of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, another pathbreaking African-American suffragist, who died in 1893. Shadd Cary is thought to be the first black woman in North America to edit and publish a newspaper and was also one of the first African-American female lawyers in the United States.
The newspaper — founded in Canada in 1853 and called The Provincial Freeman — reveled in the accomplishments of black women in particular and provided a rich forum for its readership to express itself in ways that would have been unthinkable a short time earlier. The Freeman set out what the historian Martha Jones describes as "an ambitious array of rights to which women were entitled." These included the right to speak and write in public, to own and control property, to hold elective office and to enter the professions.
Shadd Cary galvanized black women in Washington when she tried unsuccessfully to register to vote in 1871 — a year before Anthony was arrested in Rochester for voting illegally in the presidential election.
Shadd Cary's biographer, Jane Rhodes, writes that she was attracted to ideas put forward by Stanton and Anthony's National Woman Suffrage Association and stayed close to the organization even though its leaders "spurned any association with the cause of black suffrage" and adopted the stance that "educated white women were better suited to vote than illiterate black males." Shadd Cary was typical; black women often stayed with white organizations that were hostile to African-American interests to raise issues that would otherwise be ignored.
'Turned Their Backs on Women of Color'
The ratification of the 19th Amendment set off celebratory parades all across the country. But confetti was still rustling in the streets when black women across the South learned that the segregationist electoral systems would override the promise of voting rights by obstructing their attempts to register.
Some black women succeeded in adding their names to the rolls. But as the historian Liette Gidlow shows in her revelatory study of the period, the files of the Justice Department, the N.A.A.C.P. and African-American newspapers were soon bursting with letters, investigations and affidavits documenting the disenfranchisement of black women, especially in but not limited to former Confederate states.
In Virginia, Gidlow writes, a college-educated mother of four named Susie W. Fountain was required to take "a "literacy test" that consisted of a blank sheet of paper; the registrar subsequently determined that she had failed. She later told an N.A.A.C.P. investigator she was "too humiliated and angry to try again." A Birmingham, Ala., teacher, Indiana Little, was arrested and sexually assaulted after leading a large crowd to the registrar's office. As Little said in a sworn affidavit, she was "beat over the head unmercifully and … forced upon the officer's demand to yield to him in an unbecoming manner."
In what became known as "The Election Day Massacre," a white mob burned to the ground a prosperous black community in the Central Florida town of Ocoee after African-Americans tried to vote.
By this time, white suffragists had declared the battle for women's voting rights won and embarked on a campaign to prove the amendment successful. They had no interest in signing on to a cause that would undercut that story line.
This betrayal was especially painful for the black suffragists like Coralie Franklin Cook, who had once said of her idol, Susan B. Anthony, who died 14 years before the ratification of the 19th Amendment, that "thousands of torches lighted by her hand will yet blaze the way to freedom for women." By 1921, however, Cook lamented that, even though she had been "born a suffragist," she had no choice but to retire from the field. The movement, she said, had "turned its back on women of color." Organizations that are gearing up to commemorate next year's centennial of the 19th Amendment are at risk of repeating that insult.
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Maroon announced their addition to the Imperial Progression Festival last month, but now have a subtraction to announce: drummer Nick Wachsmuth and guitarist Sebastian Rieche. Both members left the band a week before the big show, and the band is not pulling any punches when describing what happened:
"No news from Maroon camp for a long time and this had a reason. Nick and Richtor decided to leave the band, so it's us 3 again who are in it since the beginning. The problem was, that they told us that they'll leave one week after we confirmed the show in Leipzig, so we didn't know if we could play this concert! We are disappointed that things turned out this way and that Nick and Riechtor could not be so brave and play this one show with us and just leave us with a lot of trouble! We always thought that this was it, that this was the Maroon gang that would go through all the hard times together without getting damaged! But you never really know how people are until they stab you in the back! So they went on to whatever and we were left behind with no idea how to play this show in May!"
Luckily, the band did continue to confirm that they will be playing in Leipzig, with the help of two new members:
"But now we can tell you that we will definitely play this show on May, 7th in Leipzig. We did two rehearsals with our friend Steven on guitar (he already did help us out in the past) and with Max on drums and it felt great! They both work really hard for Maroon and this show and we really appreciate this a lot! So, come and give them a warm applause on May, 7th in Leipzig!"
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The July issue of National Geographic has an amazing article called "Vanishing Voices." Apparently, by the 22nd century, half of the 7,000 languages used on our planet will disappear. Languages like Tuvan, spoken by nomadic herders in Russia, and Seri, spoken by the first settlers of the Gulf of California, will be replaced with English, Spanish, or Mandarin.
My parents came to the U.S. from the West Bengal region of India and they speak Bengali. While it's a language that isn't in danger of dying out, it may well be fading away for me.
For the first dozen years of my life, I was bilingual. According to my mother, my first word was in Bengali. I would point to everything and shout an expression that roughly translates to "Over there!"
I grew up in Southern California and, of course, learned English from school, books, etc., but I spoke Bengali at home. We visited family in Calcutta (now Kolkata) every other summer and as a preschooler, I'd return to my Los Angeles home, unable to utter a word of English. It would take me a few weeks to recapture my speech, but it made no difference: My best friend Karen and I would still play together contentedly, nattering away at each other in two completely different languages.
Then there was that fateful trip to India at age 12. My heavily American-accented Bengali invariably invoked comments from the native speakers. In retrospect, people were merely making an observation about my accent; they probably found it "cute." But I was a shy, sensitive preteen so I took their comments as criticism and mockery. I never spoke Bengali again.
To this day, I maintain my understanding of the language, yet I still don't speak it. Now I'm trying to regain some of what I lost. I've been going through my Teach Yourself Bengali books, uttering the phonetically phrased sentences out loud just to see how they feel in my mouth.
It's been difficult. Bengali words, sentences, and sentiments that once rolled off my young tongue now take a lot of effort. It's as if I can feel my brain grinding away as I try to express a simple phrase like "May I have a glass of water?" Everything sounds stilted, awkward, and not even remotely cute.
Cognitively, the odds are against me for regaining a language that I had once mastered. As a kid, learning a language calls for forming new neural pathways. As an adult, learning a language requires re-wiring neural pathways or a new level of "neural commitment' that is tougher to achieve, according to Aaron Newhouse, PhD, a cognitive scientist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
A U.K. study found that children showed better retention of new phonological sequences than adults, regardless of the former's overall level of language ability (PLoS One online, May 16, 2012).
But maybe it's not completely hopeless. A paper in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience looked at the role of structural plasticity of the brain in adults while learning a foreign language They collected brain scans in 11 English speakers who underwent 9 months of intensive training in modern Chinese and compared them to scans from a control group not learning a language.
The authors reported that white matter re-organized progressively across multiple sites in the adults as they learned the new language. These results differ from the traditional models that hold that plastic reorganization of brain structures occurs mainly during childhood and adolescence, which leaves adults with limited ability to learn new knowledge and skills, they stated (J Cogn Neurosci 2012;24:1664-1670).
Newman makes an interesting point in his article: Adults who comfortably grasp a new language may benefit from being motivated to communicate, and being less inhibited about whether they are getting it right or wrong, which is similar to how children approach learning.
So while I work through my Bengali books, perhaps I need to stop being so self-conscious and try to tap back into that child who had no worries about proclaiming "Over there!"
The July issue of National Geographic has an amazing article called "Vanishing Voices." Apparently, by the 22nd century, half of the 7,000 languages used on our planet will disappear. Languages like Tuvan, spoken by nomadic herders in Russia, and Seri, spoken by the first settlers of the Gulf of California, will be replaced with English, Spanish, or Mandarin.


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Health Benefits of Alaska Salmon
Alaska is known for its robust salmon fishing industry. Wild-caught salmon from Alaska has an array of health benefits. Farmed salmon may have growth hormones or unnatural chemicals that you shouldn't put in your body. Wild-caught salmon is filled with vitamins and omega 3s that are good for your health. Here are the health benefits of having fresh, Alaskan salmon in your diet.
Improves brain health
Omega 3 foods have been shown to improve memory and your overall brain function. Alaskan salmon is very rich in omega 3s. It also helps reduce the risk of certain brain disorders like Alzheimer's and depression. This also leads to new cell growth and clearing of waste in your brain. Some studies even show a link between omega 3 intake and IQ.
Lowers blood pressure
People who eat Alaskan salmon often have lower blood pressure. This high-protein and low-fat food is a natural way to lower your blood pressure. Alaskan salmon helps maintain weight control which, in turn, leads to lower blood pressure. It can also lower cholesterol and slow arterial plaque growth.
Boosts immune system
Alaskan salmon is filled with not just omega 3s and protein, but also vitamin E and calcium. All of these nutrients are great for boosting your immune system. The vitamin D in salmon helps kill bad bacteria and viruses. Next time you feel a cold coming on, eat salmon for dinner.
Promotes eye health
The vitamin B, vitamin D omega 3s in wild-caught Alaskan salmon have been shown to protect your eyes. Vitamin B niacin, in particular, is good for reducing the risk of cataracts. If you experience dry eye problems, the omega 3s in Alaskan salmon can also reduce the risk of dry eyes.
Supports weight loss
Alaskan salmon is a fish that is high in protein, which is key to losing weight. The omega 3 fatty acids help you feel full longer and without eating a huge portion. It also helps combat diseases like obesity and diabetes. A piece of salmon for lunch can help curve cravings until dinner time.
The omega 3s and other nutrients found in Alaskan wild-caught salmon have been proven to help almost every part of your body. Integrating salmon into your diet at least twice a week can have a positive change in your health. Once you see the improvement in your overall health, you won't ever go back to a diet without salmon.
About the Author: Ali is a guest contributor from Alaska Garden Gate B&B and Cottages, situated in the mountains of Palmer, AK near the Susitna River, perfect for Alaskan salmon fishing.


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More Tomato Harvest Ideas
Here is my un-recipe for home grown tomato sauce to be used for spaghetti, pizza sauce, casserole's… anything your little heart desires!
Saturday's Surprise: Rasberries!
I wasn't going to post today but I had a little surprise in the garden and I couldn't wait to share it with you!
They are green still but I'm so thrilled because these were transplanted from my mothers raspberry patch this (yes I said THIS) spring! Can you believe they are producing?
PeeWee spotted one and…
We did several different transplants and the ones that were planted with long wooden stems (that looked spent) produced leaves first and now raspberries in their very first season at our place! Yipee!
I did remember in my "mom brain" archives learning that rasberries fruit on old wood. Now I have the proof or a miracle but either way…thanks Mom!
Oops, she got one!
Well not exactly sprouts but that's what my Thinglets called them when they spotted our little lettuce seedlings. The lettuce came up quickly (2-3days) followed by the corn (which I still don't think will transplant well but we will see) and then Marigolds, beans and some of the tomato's.
Now I don't know if this is just my seeds or will prove to be true across the board but ALL the Marigolds came up, half the corn, about a fourth of the beans and tomatoes while the garden huckleberry and sweet peppers are yet to make an appearance. Next time I'm planting seeds I will plant extra tomatoes, beans, and pepper seeds.
Since you asked: My seedling method (certainly not the only way but sometimes it works). Ha ha! Now you can put your full confidence in me since it's wise to believe everything you read online right! 🙂 My climate is very dry and slightly cold so adjust as necessary.
- The egg cartons have been kept outof direct sun with syran "greenhouses" or clear lids and watered with a spray bottle daily.
- Once the majority of the seedling showed through the dirt I took the lids off (some of them even had a slight amount of mold and I was worried but it went away)
- After the lids are off I move them into the sun in a basement window sill (not too much sun- and if it is really cold at night move them back)!
- Water them once a day. I don't use the spray bottle on the stronger "sprouts" after they are up.
There you have it, my tried and true method that sometimes works!
Bubba just finished "digging" all the blush out of my compact with a Knex. Yes the box says not for children under three.
"No Bubba, don't dig up our plants!"
What about Organics and Natural Products?
What is "all natural" anyway and what should I be spending our money on these days?
Bee kind to bees!
I made this little bee at www.helpthehoneybee.com in order to help spread the news that the bee population is in danger.
Bee's are natural pollinators. It is estimated that 1/3 of our diet is from insect pollinated plants, 80% of that pollinating is done by the friendly honeybee but sadly something is causing it's demise. Scientists still do not know why but pesticide use and genetically modified crops are suspected to be part, or all of the problem.
So, why am I sharing this news? I'm hoping 9 out of 10 readers will go out tomorrow and start bee colonies-NO I'm kidding- I am hoping that we will be able to help by supporting local farmer's markets, grow gardens of our own (if you can) even a potted cucumber (the bush variety) can grow on an apartment balcony or make your own little bee character and spread the word! Another idea is to make the honey spiced chicken in my blog, Gluten Free Valentine. God made these little creatures and they are absolutely remarkable. Without them we would be eating fish for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Nothing against fish, I like fish so don't get crazy on me!
Did you know that each colony has it's own unique flavor of honey and that storebought honey is blended from several different sources? Buy local honey and you will notice a difference, who knows maybe it will even help with hay fever! If the bees pollinate all sorts of local plants and you eat the honey masterfully created from those local sources, it's not a stretch to believe maybe this honey was "made" for you, why not! Support your local growers, farmers, small store owners….


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As a professional photographer, I was at first skeptical about going digital. In my experience, the quality of the images just didn?t cut it. I went to seminars for Leaf digital camera backs costing $25,000 to $30,000 each and there were major problems with moir patterns. I knew I wasn't going to jump in unless the quality improved.
With over 17 years experience with photo shoots involving people, skin tone is very important to me. I saw samples of images taken by the Fuji S2 Pro, was pretty impressed by them and decided to give it a try. Right out of the box, it was easy to use. The standard setting in JPEG Fine (12 Mpixels, interpolated) has plenty of DPI for large blowups, holding 229 shots on a 1GB CF card.
I was impressed with the quality of the JPEG images and surprised by the detail in the whites and blacks. Having been a darkroom 'specialist' for many years in printing from both color and B&W negatives, I understand the importance of having information on the film, i.e., over-exposure of negatives to impress the silver helide, and under-exposure of slides (positives) in order to get detail. I tried the same approach for digital: under-expose a bit to include the detail, then balance out the highlights, mid-tones and shadows to your liking in post-production (Photoshop).
The more I shot with the Fugi S2 Pro, the more I fell in love with it. I started shooting it in TIFF format for the more demanding jobs ? of course getting fewer shots per 1 GB card. My assistant downloaded each card (I have 4) into the computer between changes. However, when I discovered the third mode, RAW, and used the RAW converter software included with the camera, I knew there was no going back to film. This is the highest quality setting on the camera and the detail and sharpness after conversion is astounding even for the largest image.
The ISO settings are more sensitive, reading approximately two stops faster than the reading on the light meter. This enables you to shoot in fairly low light, using ISO 200 and 400, instead of 800 and 1600, thereby minimizing grain and noise. I find it so convenient that the CF card now completely replaces the film. The sensitivity (ISO) and the color temperature settings can be adjusted depending on the lighting conditions. No more lugging bags of film for low, bright, cold or warm light!
I was disappointed to see the quality of the re-designed Kodak 14n. I had snapped and downloaded some images in the photo store, but they were grainy, glary and not-quite-sharp on the same JPEG setting. At $5000, Kodak can?t hold a candle to the Fuji S2 Pro.
Photographers still complain about a camera?s ability to focus in low light. I have not had problems with the S2 Pro, finding it versatile in all light levels. In very low light, a small flashlight pointed on the subject completely alleviates the problem.
The S2 Pro is the best digital camera I have seen for color accuracy, though I still maintain that skin color should be adjusted in post-production, i.e., in the printing for film and in Photoshop for digital. This philosophy offers the greatest range of realistic, artistic flexibility.
With that said, I do not miss film. My $30,000 state-of-the-art darkroom is a dinosaur overnight.
For additional information vist http://www.fujifilm.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/Products.jsp?nav=1&parent=PRODUCT_CATEGORY_507205&product=43020209
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About the Tour
Discover the many ways poetry, performing arts, and social pastimes overlapped in ancient Greece through engaging videos, spirited readings of classic texts, and illuminating perspectives. Travel back to the golden age of Greek culture with Christine Kondoleon, George D. and Margo Behrakis Senior Curator of Greek and Roman Art; hear actor Ben Evett read from Homer's The Odyssey; explore modern comedic acting with Thomas Derrah, a founding member of the American Repertory Theater; see Greek ceramics in a new light with recreations of now-lost details; and much more!
MFA Guide: Art of the Americas content is made possible through the generous support of the John W. Henry Family Foundation; Art of Ancient Greece and Rome content is made possible through the generous support of The Barrington Foundation, Inc.; and Musical Instruments content is generously provided by the MFA Visiting Committee for Musical Instruments and the David L. Fishman Fund


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6 Situations You Wish You Had Coffee
- Tips and How To's
- 07/30/15
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If you're anything like us, you probably start your day with a cup of strong coffee brewed to perfection. There's no better drink for lifting your spirits and perking you up when you need it most. However, the morning isn't the only time you'll need some java. There are a number of other situations you'll be faced with throughout the day that will require something strong to get you by. Here are some of those tough times you're bound to experience on a regular basis.
1. Your Morning Meeting
Next time you're sitting in a stuffy meeting room, take a glance at your colleagues. Chances are that they have a fresh cup of coffee next to their notepads - and for good reason. Not only does coffee jolt you out of your daze and keep you focused on the discussion, but it also gives you a buffer if you're put on the spot. Imagine this: Your attention span is fading, and you've become enthralled with the stain you just found on the ceiling. Just as you're inspecting it, you get asked a question and you have no idea how to answer it. All you need to do is take a sip of your trusty coffee and hope that one of your coworkers cuts in to save you.
2. An Awkward Conversation
Unless you stay inside all day, you're bound to make some sort of awkward encounter in your travels. Maybe it's an extra chatty cashier or a surprise run-in with an old acquaintance. Whatever it is, you could really benefit from simply holding something in your hand. You can also pull the same move you did in your morning meeting and take a slow sip to buy you some much-needed time to think. Coffee is a great wingman, and should really be utilized more.
3. 3 p.m.
Everyone knows the wrath of the 3 p.m. hump. You physically can't get through it without getting up for a cup of coffee. There's a reason why nearly every office has a coffee maker, and it's because of afternoons that drag. Grab your coworkers and meet them in the break room to recover from the first half of the day and refill your mug. You deserve it.
4. A Date That Didn't Go As Planned
There's nothing quite as soothing as a warm cup of joe to nurture the wounds created by bad company. Plus, you never know: As you're grabbing coffee to save yourself from your date, you could realize that you both like the same kind of brew - and that could quickly turn things around.
5. A Lagging Gym Session
It takes a lot of motivation and energy to get in the mood for the gym. If you're lagging after a long day at school or work, you'll need some help from your dear friend coffee. The caffeine boost will get you excited to hit the treadmill and power your way through your workout.
6. An All-Nighter
Whether you're gearing up to stay awake all night for a party or to study, coffee can help. Brew a big batch of fresh java using the Mr. Coffee® Versatile Brew 12-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker and Hot Water Dispenser. You'll have enough coffee to last you through the night and then some.


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Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.
|Median Annual Wage
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|Percentage That Completed High School
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|Percentage That Had Some College
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Machine Rigger
Machine Set Up Operator
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Manufacturers Service Representative, Installing
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Millwrights usually train in 4-year to 5-year apprenticeships that combine paid on-the-job training with classroom instruction. Some learn through community college programs coupled with informal paid on-the-job training.
Education and training. Employers prefer applicants who have a high school diploma, GED, or the equivalent and some vocational training or experience. Courses in science, mathematics, mechanical drawing, computers, and machine shop practice are useful. Once hired, millwrights are trained through 4-year to 5-year apprenticeship programs that combine on-the-job training with classroom instruction, or through community college programs coupled with informal on-the-job training.
Apprenticeships include training in dismantling, moving, erecting, and repairing machinery. Trainees also might learn carpentry, welding, use of concrete, sheet-metal work, and other skills related to installation and repair. Millwright apprentices often attend about 1 week of classes every 3 months. Classroom instruction covers mathematics, blueprint reading, hydraulics, vibration analysis, conveyor systems, electricity, computers, electronics, machining, and instruction in specific machinery. Millwrights are expected to keep their skills up-to-date and may need additional training on technological advances, such as laser shaft alignment.
Other qualifications. Because millwrights assemble and disassemble complicated machinery, mechanical aptitude is very important. Strength and agility also are necessary for lifting and climbing. Millwrights need good interpersonal and communication skills to work as part of a team and to effectively give detailed instructions to others.
Advancement. Advancement for millwrights usually takes the form of higher wages. Some advance to the position of supervisor or superintendent; others may become self-employed contractors.
Millwrights install, replace, dismantle, and repair machinery and heavy equipment used in power generation, including wind power, hydroelectric damns, and natural gas turbines, and in manufacturing plants, construction sites, and mining operations. The development of new technologies requires millwrights to work with new industry-specific and highly complex precision machines. Some of these machines have tolerances smaller than the width of a human hair.
The millwright's responsibilities begin before a new piece of machinery arrives at the jobsite. Millwrights consult with production managers, industrial engineers, and others to determine the optimal placement of the machine in the plant. Some equipment, such as a metal forging press, is so heavy that it must be placed on a new foundation. Millwrights either prepare the foundation themselves or supervise its construction. As a result, they must know how to read blueprints and to work with a variety of building materials.
When the new machine arrives, millwrights unload, inspect, and move the equipment into position. To lift and move light machinery, millwrights use rigging and hoisting devices, such as pulleys and cables. With heavier equipment, they may use hydraulic-lift trucks or cranes. Lifting such heavy equipment requires millwrights to understand the load properties of cables, ropes, hoists, and cranes. Parts of power plant turbines and other machinery can weigh more than 100 tons and must be precisely positioned; even nuts and bolts can weigh a few hundred pounds each and require a crane to move.
Next, millwrights assemble the machinery. They fit bearings, align gears and wheels, attach motors, and connect belts, according to the manufacturer's blueprints and drawings. Precision leveling and alignment are important in the assembly process, so millwrights measure angles, material thickness, and small distances with calipers, squares, micrometers, and other tools. When a high level of precision is required, they use devices such as lasers and ultrasonic measuring and alignment tools. Millwrights also work with hand and power tools, such as cutting torches, welding machines, hydraulic torque wrenches, hydraulic stud tensioners, soldering guns, and with metalworking equipment, including lathes and grinding machines.
In addition to installing and dismantling machinery, many millwrights work with industrial mechanics and maintenance workers to repair and maintain equipment. This includes preventive maintenance, such as lubrication and fixing or replacing worn parts. If a spare part is unavailable, a millwright may use a lathe or other machine tool to cut a new part. (For further information on machinery maintenance, see the section on industrial machinery mechanics and maintenance workers elsewhere in the Handbook.)
Increasingly sophisticated automation means more complicated machines for millwrights to install and maintain, requiring millwrights to specialize in certain machines or machine brands. For example, some millwrights specialize in installing and maintaining turbines in power plants that can weigh hundreds of tons and contain thousands of parts. This machinery requires special care and knowledge, so millwrights receive additional training and are required to be certified by the turbine manufacturer.
Work environment. Millwrights in manufacturing often work in a machine shop and use protective equipment, such as safety belts, protective glasses, and hardhats, to avoid injuries from falling objects or machinery. Those employed in construction may work outdoors in difficult weather conditions.
Millwrights at construction sites may travel long distances to worksites. For example, millwrights who specialize in turbine installation travel to wherever new power plants are being built.
Advanced equipment, such as hydraulic wrenches and hydraulic stud tensioners, have made the work safer and eliminated the need for millwrights to use sledge hammers to pound bolts into position. Other equipment has reduced the strenuous tasks that caused injuries in the past.
Millwrights work independently or as part of a team. Because disabled machinery costs time and money, many millwrights work overtime and some work in shifts; about 39 percent of millwrights report working more than 40 hours during a typical week. During power outages or other emergencies, millwrights often work overtime.
Median hourly wage-and-salary earnings of millwrights were $21.94 in May 2006. The middle 50 percent earned between $17.13 and $29.42. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $13.84, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $34.39. Earnings vary by industry and geographic location. Median hourly wage-and-salary earnings in the industries employing the largest numbers of millwrights were:
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|Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing
|Nonresidential building construction
|Building equipment contractors
|Sawmills and wood preservation
About 50 percent of millwrights belong to labor unions, one of the highest rates of membership in the economy.
Employment of millwrights is projected to grow more slowly than average. Opportunities for well-qualified applicants should be excellent, however, as many experienced millwrights retire.
Employment change. Employment of millwrights is projected to grow 6 percent during the 2006-16 decade, slower than the average for all occupations. To remain competitive in coming years, firms will continue to need millwrights to dismantle old equipment and install new high-technology machinery. Highly automated systems that are installed and maintained by millwrights often allow manufacturing companies to remain competitive with producers in lower-wage countries. Warehouse and distribution companies also are deploying highly automated conveyor systems, which are assembled and maintained by millwrights. In addition, growth in both power generation, including wind power and turbines for natural gas and coal plants, and oil and gas extraction and refining will help drive employment growth.
Employment growth will be dampened somewhat by foreign competition in manufacturing. In addition, the demand for millwrights will be adversely affected as other workers, such as industrial machinery mechanics and maintenance workers, assume some installation and maintenance duties.
Job prospects. The large number of expected retirements and the difficulty of recruiting new workers will create excellent job opportunities for well-qualified applicants. Job prospects should be especially good for those who have experience in machining, welding, or doing mechanical work. Employment prospects for millwrights are better than for some other manufacturing workers because they work across a wide range of industries, including power generation, paper mills, mining, and motor vehicle parts manufacturing. When a downturn occurs in one industry, millwrights can more easily switch to another industry. There will always be a need to maintain and repair existing machinery, dismantle old machinery, and install new equipment.
Millwrights held about 55,000 jobs in 2006. About half work in manufacturing, primarily in industries such as transportation equipment manufacturing and primary metals manufacturing. About 40 percent of millwrights are employed in construction, where most work for contracting firms that assemble and maintain machinery and equipment for the manufacturing and utility industries, among others. Although millwrights work in every State, employment is concentrated in heavily industrialized areas.


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This drill clearly survives by the players' willingness to participate and the motivating trainer. If it is implemented with the appropriate dynamics, the players within the circle are grateful to be relieved by the players at the circle. Please ensure that the ball is passed and not pushed. The double pass should happen fast and hard.
We have positioned eight players inside of the circle in our animation and another eight at the circle. All players positioned at the circle have one ball each. The players inside of the circle should repeatedly run toward the center of the circle to indicate that they are available for a double pass. This means, they are not running alongside the circle track, but continuously retreat to the interior.
- Pass only after ball control
- Always train using both legs!
- Push for increased speed
Category: Advanced training, children's training, youth training, seniors
Minimum group size: 12
Maximum group size: 20
Materials required: Enough balls and markers
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Hi guys,
It's officially coat weather and there are some really nice ones online at the moment. I think coats are definitely something worth investing in ahead of the Winter months as they are usually the most worn item in our wardrobe!
I love teddy style coats. I lived in mine last winter and it was so cosy. They go with so much too. You can never go wrong with faux fur jackets either. The mustard Missguided jacket below is a fab option for this season. Checks and animal print are two big trends and they can both be seen in coats this season.
Below you'll find my top 50 coats online at the moment. I hope you find something you love for the cold months ahead.
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It is believed that including zen elements, such as pebbles, in your living space may help to achieve a tranquil and calming environment.
The New Pebble Aroma Diffuser is the perfect way to enrich your surroundings with a cool, beautifully scented and relaxing mist, to awaken the senses and calm the mind, body and soul.
The Pebble utilises modern ultrasonic technology to break up tap water and fragrance or essential oil into micro particles, which diffuses into the air in the form of fine fountain of mist and fragrance.
Enhance the ambience of your living space with its mood lighting feature. Low energy LED lights will gradually change through a spectrum of softly illuminated band of colour. You can also select your favourite colour to match your mood.
The night mode allows you to switch off the mood light feature, making the Pebble ideal for night time use.
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This is a listening test. While you listen, pay attention and fill in the blanks. You can hear the recordings 2 time(s). Click the play button below to start.
7 AM, the usual lineup
Start on the chores and sweep 'til the floor's all clean
Polish and wax, do , and mop and shine up
Sweep again, and by then it's like 7:15
And so I'll read a book
Or maybe two or three
I'll add a few paintings to my gallery
I'll play guitar and knit
And cook and basically
Just when will my life begin?
I thought you fell in with me watching Casablanca
Holding hands 'neath the paddle fans in Rick's Candle lit cafe
Hiding in the from the spies. Moroccan moonlight in your
Making magic at the movies in my old chevrolet
Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
But a kiss is not a kiss your sigh
Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as goes by
The seaweed is always greener
In somebody else's lake
You dream about going up there
But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you
Right here on the ocean
Such wonderful things surround you
What more is you for?
Under the sea
Darling it's
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Up on the shore they work all
Out in the sun they slave away
While we devotin'
Full time to floatin'
Sing to me the song of the
Of your galaxy and laughing and laughing again
Well it feels like my dreams are so far
Sing to me of the plans that you have for me over again
So I lay my head back
And I lift my hands and
pray to be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I know now you're my only
I've seen the world, lit it up as my now
Channeling in, the new age now
Hot summer days, rock and roll
The way you'd play for me at your show
And the ways I got to know
Your pretty face and electric soul
Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?
Will you still love me when I got nothing but my soul?
I know you will, I know you will
I know that you will
Will you still love me when I'm no longer beautiful?
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Exposure is an application that uses a digital camera or webcam to create long exposure photos. A video can also be made into a long exposure photo if so desired.
Exposure is useful just for fun, but there are also educational uses for it - i.e. in various science experiments.
A1: Images and videos made with Exposure will have a watermark imprinted on them.
A2: Exposure is shareware, not freeware and costs $5.
A3: The final images are saved in the same directory as Exposure.exe. By default this will be
C:/Program Files/Exposure/result1.jpg,
C:/Program Files/Exposure/result2.jpg etc. You may need to "run as administrator" when starting Exposure so that these files can be saved. (Users of later versions of Windows have reported finding the image in
/AppData/Local/VirtualStore/Program Files/Exposure.) The size depends on the resolution of the webcam, or if choosing to create a photo from a movie, this depends on the size of the frames in the movie. A standard webcam resolution is 320x240 pixels and the typical filesize of such a photo would be of the order of 20KB.
A4: Exposure requires your PC desktop or notebook to be fully powered during the entire picture creation process. It is, therefore, recommended that monitors are set to power down automatically when not in use for energy saving purposes. Unfortunately there is no known method of hibernating a PC and also have software of any kind to run at the same time without some external trigger to wake the computer and perform its task of creating the photo.
A5: The mode most cameras default to when plugged into a computer's USB port is "Transfer Photo" mode, used to transfer snaps onto your computer. Most digital cameras do however also have "PC Cam" mode which lets you use it as a webcam.
A6: Catch long exposures of traffic, fireworks, the night sky, your name with a laser pointer... Search Google Images for "long exposure" to get some ideas.
A7: "Burn factor" simulates the shutter time in a normal exposure. A higher value will cause objects to appear brighter in the final image given the same total exposure time.
Q8: I know my webcam works but with Exposure all I get is a dark grey box and no live image. What's wrong?
A8: What Exposure does is take the first imaging device in your registry and try to get images from it. If it can't find any image devices it will flash up a message box saying "can't find a webcam/camera." If a dark grey box is being shown, it might be due to interference from other webcam software that is already running. Please close these down and try again. Otherwise the webcam is probably not listed as the default device - it may instead be the graphics card for example. Try "My Computer", "properties", "device manager" and select the cross beside "sound, video and game controllers". The usb webcam should be listed here but perhaps along with other devices (like, an entry "Nvidia WDM Video Capture"). Check the properties of any such capture device and disable them (presumably they are not being used anyway) then the webcam should be bumped up to be the first capture device. Exposure should then work properly!
A9: The current settings can be found in the registry (Start->run->type "regedit"->click OK) They are listed under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SOFTWARE->Nimisis->Exposure (pre-Vista) or
Computer\HKEY_USERS\[some guid]\Software\Classes\VirtualStore\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Nimisis\Exposure (Vista and later). If you just installed Exposure and cannot find the registry, try restarting your computer.
CAM_REFwill usually be set to 0 but if a user has plugged multiple webcams in their machine in the past, the ID of the webcam in the windows registry might not be 0 (and they see a black window as described in Q8). In this case experimenting by setting this variable from 1 upwards should allow the user to find their webcam. If 1 through 15 fail then I would assume there is another problem/bug.
RESOLUTION_REFwhen set to
0gives a resolution of 320x240. 1 gives 640x480. 2 gives 960x720. 3 gives 1024x768. Further resolutions have not yet been implemented yet (but if you need it get in touch).
SAVE_FILE_TOdefines where to save the resulting long exposure. By default it is "result.jpg" which is saved in the local folder, alongside Exposure.exe. This can also be saved to, say, "d:/program files/result.bmp" which (note the .bmp extension) saves the file in uncompressed format.
A10: The higher the webcam resolution, the better. And also having a high frame rate webcam (i.e. 30Hz or 60Hz) should yield more fluid looking images. Note that Exposure is only simulating long exposure. The software has no control over shutter timings, after all, CCDs on webcams do saturate after prolonged exposure. Images saved in uncompressed formats will also lack compression artefacts (see Q9).
A11: In short, yes. Contact us with details of what you need and we'll provide a quote.
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A computer, an image capture device such as a digital camera or webcam (Exposure can automatically detect and work with most image capture devices).
Version 3.6 (released 11/08/09)
- Continuous long exposures are created
- "SAVE_FILE_TO" registry variable added
- Uncompressed image support
Version 3.3 (released 30/01/08)
- Extra "burn factor" variable added
- 1024x768 and 960x720 resolution support
Version 3 (released 27/01/06)
- Various bug fixes
Version 2 (released 22/12/06)
- Display at 640x480 resolution
- Minor bug fixes
- Time elapsed is displayed in live window


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Good morning and Happy New Year one and all.
This morning I was looking at CC with "Tools - Uninstall" and noticed that the programs listed included apps from Windows 10 as well as all the programs included in Windows 10 and those I have installed myself.
When I use Windows 10 "Programs and Features" apps are not listed....just programs.
Also looked under Revo Uninstaller and no apps are listed.....just programs.
So, I guess I have 2 questions:
1 - Where does CC gets it's information about programs and apps on the system?
2 - What will happen if I tell CC to uninstall an app? I know that Xbox is an app in Windows 10 that according to all research cannot be uninstalled, yet it is listed under CC. Can I uninstall it without harming my system?????
Well 3 questions actually: What is the difference between what CC lists and "Programs and Features" lists and "Revo Uninstaller" lists? (Probably a research question referring back to ? 1)
That about does it for me today. Everyone have fun and stay warm. Appears we are all in for some snow.


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It was difficult to escape death on this particular night at Spaceland. O'Death may hail from New York but sounds nothing like A Place To Bury Strangers or Sonic Youth. O'Death brought their mutant gothic country punk to Los Angeles with support from two fine local bands in the form of Le Switch and Death To Anders.
Death To Anders
My busy concert attendance schedule unfortunately prevented me from checking out the Death To Anders residency at the Echo in September. I was impressed when they recently released a quick EP Enigmatic Market as a follow up to Fictitious Business. By all accounts, Death To Anders is on a roll as they played a tightly spun set that impressed the sizable crowd at Spaceland.
Rob Danson (Vocals/Guitars) might be the only person in Silverlake that plays a Paul Reed Smith guitar as he slashed out the opening chords to "Corduroy Stitches". Nick Ceglio (Guitars/Vocals) had his Fender Stratocaster playing notes like Spiral Stairs from Pavement to Rob Danson's cribbing of Stephen Malkmus guitar squalls. The dusty tumbleweeds kept rolling through Spaceland as "Camera Lens" was executed with precision that made me forget about Sarah from the Happy Hollows contributes backing vocals on the album version. I still have yet to hear "Ghost Rock" but I think Death To Anders is strategically omitting the song in hopes that I will keep coming to their shows. Unfortunately, their strategy is working, as I will be sure to catch Death To Anders again.
Le Switch
It only took a few notes for me to regret missing some recent shows from Le Switch. I last caught up with Le Switch in February at the Prospector. Of course, Aquarium Drunkard was wise enough to sign and release their latest album And Now....Le Switch. Le Switch is not far removed from their label mates The Henry Clay People. Both bands should have been added to the Hold Steady and Drive-By Truckers tour.
Aaron Kyle (Vocals/Guitars) dialed up some twang by strumming his flat-black Fender Telecaster. Maria DeLuca (Violin/Trumpet) was not obstructed by the bandage on her right hand as she plucked the violin and danced up a storm. Josh Charney (Keyboards) filled out their sound with some choice piano riffs on his Roland Juno keyboard. Le Switch was in the giving spirit as they gave away a potato decorated as a turkey to one lucky audience member in the spirit of Thanksgiving. "Hard Talkin'" is worth the price of their album alone with its saloon vibe. Le Switch will be hitting Long Beach with The Minor Canon and Summer Darling on December 7th at Que Sera, which is the same night as The Henry Clay People and The Monolators at Alex's Bar. This is an example that Long Beach needs bigger venues because a bill with all those bands would be epic.
It might be cliché to say O'Death slayed the audience, but it does sum up the vibe at Spaceland on this particular night. When all of the band members took a shot of whiskey prior to tearing into their set, I knew things would be interesting. O'Death played like they were a possessed version of the Charlie Daniels Band with insane banjo runs and a shredding electric violin. Broken Hymns, Limbs and Skin is a small slice of their rollicking vibrant live show.
"Home" might start quietly but slowly churns before picking up its pace. It served as a nice introduction to the avalanche of onstage action that would ensue. Gabe Darling (Banjo) blew me away with his fingerpicking good rendition of "Only Daughter" from their first album Head Home. The energy level continued to rise throughout the evening with each band member having their turn in the spotlight. Greg Jamie (Guitars/Vocals) properly fits the description of an old soul in terms of his singing voice. Spaceland seemed to morph into a backwoods campfire sing-along. "Lowtide" was another hellride through the south with its frantic pace. "Down To Rest" could easy be the soundtrack to a warped Country Bear Jamboree ride at Disneyland. Bob Pycior's (Violin) bow was shredded after a few songs as I could have sworn seeing billows of smoke coming from his instrument. O'Death will be wrapping up their tour at the Bowery Ballroom in New York on December 5th(Thanks Ryan!).


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Hyundai Motor Group on Monday announced a new investment plan worth 1.12 trillion won ($1 billion) as part of its efforts to elevate its competitiveness in next-generation automotive material development. The Korean auto giant, which owns the Hyundai and Kia brands, said it would build two factories that produce specialty steel and high-quality iron powder ― the two key materials used in vehicle engines and transmissions.
The latest investment plan, the carmaker said, comes as a growing number of global automotive companies are teaming up with auto parts manufacturers with an aim to secure their competitive edge in the market.
Hyundai Steel, the second-largest Korean steelmaker and a Hyundai affiliate, plans to complete the construction work of the specialty steel plant by September near its Dangjin steel mill in South Chungcheong Province. Its production is scheduled to start in the latter half of this year, with an annual output nearing 1 million tons.
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The false propaganda against and blatant fabrications about our highly acclaimed and respected Ulama of Deoband by the ignorant must be refuted at all costs. Numerous pamphlets and booklets have been written distorting the truth about and writings of our distinguished Ulama.
Among the most common pamphlets displayed is "Tabliqism – one way ticket to Hell". "Are these Islamic Beliefs": in one column is the 'Deobandi Tabliqi Beliefs' and next to it is the 'Islamic beliefs'. However, answers to the allegations have been given in various publications. Therefore, this publication will attempt to print all the false allegations and the correct views.
The False Allegation
Rashid Ahmed Gangohi, a founder of Deobandi Movement has the following beliefs:
1. The Almighty Allah can speak a lie. (Fataawa Rashidiyya part 1 pg. 20)
2. Allah has already spoken a lie (Taqseedul Qadeer pg. 79).
The Truth and Clarification
The view of Hadhrat Moulana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi Saheb is that Allah is far above and pure from being attributed with falsehood. There is no blemish of falsehood in His words at all for Allah says, 'Who is more truthful than Allah in speech.' He who believes that Allah speaks a lie is an accursed outright Kaafir and opposed to the Qurãn and Sunnah. (Fataawa Rashidiyya part 1 pg. 3)
Fataawa Rashidiyya pg. 84: 'From servant Rashid Ahmed Gangohi, after Salaam Masnoon, you have inquired concerning the Masalah 'Imkaane Kizb' (possibility of falsehood). But 'Imkaane Kizb' in the sense that Allah Taãla has the power to act contrary to what He has ordered, but will not to do with His Free Will, is the belief of this servant. The Qurãn Shareef and the Sahih Ahaadith bear testimony to this belief, and this is the belief of all the Ulama of the Ummah too. For example, Firáwn is promised to be thrown into Hell, but Allah Taãla has the power to enter him into paradise, although He will never give him paradise. And this is the Masalah under discussion at the moment. This is the belief of all my friends. The enemies must have related it differently. Referring to this Power and the non-occurrence of it is termed 'Imkaane Zaati' and 'Mumtana bi Ghayr' Was salaam Rashid Ahmad Gangohi.
Look, how they lay waiting with vicious, malicious attempts to defame this noble personality. If it is not slander then what is it?
To distort the above mentioned Masalah and refer it to Hadhrat Moulana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi Saheb is totally evil and wrong. It is a slander and slander is worse than back-biting.
Fataawa Rashidiyya pg. 90: 'That person who believes or utters with the tongue concerning Allah Taãla that "He spoke a lie", is positively a Kaafir, an accursed and opposed to the Qurãn, Hadith and the unanimity of the Ummah. He is definitely not a Mu'min. Taãlallaahu ammaa yaqoolu dhaalimoona oluwwan kabeeraa. (Allah is far above from what the transgressors are saying).'
The misrepresenter, besides being involved with misrepresentation, has earned the wrath of Allah. Let the Hadith of the Master of the Green Dome once again ring in his ears. 'A person does not target another with impiety or a person does not target another with Kufr, but it returns to the former if the latter is not guilty of it.' (Bukhari)
Taqdeesul Qadeer is not compiled by the Ulama of Deoband. In fact there is no such Kitaab by this name.


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Blog: Aquatech 2017
Aquatech 2017 – The World's Leading Fair for Process, Drinking & Wastewater
Another Aquatech has been and gone, and what a show this one was! Thank you to those who visited the atg Evoqua stand, the team thoroughly enjoyed talking through a wide range of water treatment challenges.
The Biennial event is widely known as the world's leading stage of process drinking water and wastewater, and once again it upheld its reputation providing 4 full days of inspiration and innovation. This acted as the perfect platform for the atg UV team to meet up with customers and distributors from all corners of the globe, and to discuss exciting opportunities and tailored solutions with new connections.
With a jam-packed 4 days, it's hard to choose just a few key moments, but we'll give it a go.
Our new virtual reality headset proved very popular, allowing visitors to experience a detailed view of our containerised turn-key disinfection plants, all from the comfort of the atg Evoqua stand. Together with this innovative technology, there was a solution on how to cater for a wide range of water treatment challenges, from the world's most compact UV system, the WF (Wafer), to a full scale 1500 m3/hr skid package.
In addition to offering technical advice, our team of UV experts carried out a series of themed workshops to provide a detailed overview on the role of UV disinfection and our leading UV systems, and how it is applied in 4 of our key markets: Oil & Gas, Municipal Drinking Water, Industrial and Food & Beverage. If you weren't able to attend but would like to discuss any technical aspects of UV, or the various ways in which it can be applied, please contact us.
Once again, it was great to catch up with so many familiar faces and to make new connections. We look forward to continuing our discussions on new and exciting opportunities, challenges and partnerships.
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Christian Upliftment School serves extremely impoverished children in Kampala, Uganda, most of whose families have been displaced by war. Education is their future. Lets work together to change their future.
A civil war has been taking place in Northern Uganda for the last twenty years. Members of a rebel group known as the Lord's Resistance Army have been fighting the Ugandan government for control of the region. As a result, thousands of civilians have been murdered, 1.5 million have been displaced, and children live in fear of being kidnapped and forced to fight for the rebel army. Many families seek refuge in the capital city of Kampala.
Once farmers, most of these families now work in the stone quarry. They break rocks into tinier pieces all day long, earning a little less than $1. Many children who should be in school are forced to work such jobs as well. The Christian Upliftment School provides meals and education so that they do not have to work and continue in the cycle of poverty. It gives them a childhood and a future. It also provides work for educated teachers and cooks where work is hard to come by otherwise.
The Christian Upliftment School will educate 200 children each year, giving them a childhood and a future. As a result, they will grow as individuals with several times the amount of opportunities for work and life in general, than if they were not educated. They will also likely live longer as stone quarry work is very dangerous. By pairing students with foreign sponsors, we facilitate life long relationships and support that can provide security and opportunity for the student past school.