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Morocco has always been on my top travel list to go to, so you can imagine my excitement when I finally got to see this place with my own eyes! Marrakech is known to be the country full of colour and contrast, there is so much to take in from its rich culture, cuisine, customs and traditions. My boyfriend and I flew to Marrakech from Dusseldorf and it was an approximate 4 and 1/2 hour flight. We decided to go in early November where it is supposedly the best time to visit with the perfect weather to discover Morocco. Temperatures average at 20-25 degrees in the day time but cooler at night, it's not too hot or cold for tourists to explore the city either. I have put together a full guide here on some helpful tips before you go and also cover where to stay, eat and what to do in Marrakech.
- Currency
Moroccan currency is in Dirhams, this can be exchanged at the Marrakech Menara airport upon arrival or in the Medina. Euros are widely accepted but expect to pay higher if you choose to purchase with this currency.
- Sim card
Sim cards can be bought at the airport with a few phone company who set up booths for you. I got my 5 GB data sim from Inwi for 50 Dirhams and it was very quick and easy to set up. I find it especially helpful to get sim cards before you enter the city to contact your driver if you can't locate him or make use of google maps to get around.
- Time Change
No day light savings! Morocco has no time change in 2018. The government decided to not follow day light savings like the rest of the world only 2 days before it was meant to change. Meaning supposedly official and reliable clocks like your phone and even the local Moroccan banks will still show you are 1 hour ahead instead of the correct time. Don't make the same mistake as us when we only realised the time different (or lack of) only 3 days into the trip! Make sure to check at the airport upon arrival or with your local hotel or riad just to make sure you're not late or early for a trip you booked or even your return flight!
- Safety
Apart from pick pockets in busy touristic areas, Marrakech is mostly safe. Pay attention on the streets and make use of google maps to get around- even in the Medina. Be careful of potential scams where locals will mostly offer to help or pretend to be your guide, just be aware that most of they will require payment afterwards. We have learnt not react to their offer since showing even some interest in them might end up more difficult to loose them as they continue to persist.
- Dressing
As a tourist, I would advise to dress appropriately and modestly. With the vast majority of Moroccans being Muslims, locals are usually seen very covered up. I'm not suggesting for women to cover their entire body, but to not draw attention to yourself, wear items that cover your shoulders and knee.
- Excursions
Day tours and desert tours are widely available in the medina and prices negotiable. So if you haven't yet arranged your any excursions, you can still do so when you get to Marrakech.
- Shopping
Negotiation is encouraged when shopping. We were recommended by a local not to pay more than 30% of the price presented at the souks. A good tip is to allow the shop keeper to name their price and negotiate from there. Continue reading to see what you can buy in Marrakech.
- Opening Hours
Check with local on opening hours for certain tourist landmarks. We found out that one of the most popular touristic spot called Ben Youssef Madrasa was just recently closed for renovation that will take up to 3 years. Another one we wanted to go to was Bahia Palace which was also closed due to a film shooting on the day we planned to visit.
Just as traveling to any country, hotels are widely available in Marrakech. What's unique about Morocco are the riads you can stay located mostly in the medina of the city. A riad is a traditional Moroccan guest house, usually consisting of 5-10 different rooms with a garden or courtyard in the center of the wall enclosed property. I have included a few riads and hotels you can book via booking sites such as Airbnb, bookings.com and hotels.com. The budgets for each are also indicated with the dollar sign ($) for your reference!
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Pure Riad $
Consisting of 3 different riads around the medina of Marrakech, each beautifully capture the essence of a Moroccan home away from home. We had the pleasure of staying in Riad Tzarra, and the best thing about it was the traditional bathroom and breakfast mornings on the rooftop. What stood out to us was the personal service we were offered from their Riad manager who advised us on our itinerary and suggestions in Marrakech!
Kech Boutique Hotel & Spa $
Located outside the Medina and closer to the airport, this hotel consists of very spacious bedrooms and a wide selection of cuisine to choose from during breakfast. What's great is the huge swimming pool also located in the center of the hotel to cool off during a hot summer day.
Riad Kaiss $$
A beautifully designed luxury riad designed by the the French architect Christian Ferre. This place is not to be missed to experience staying a unique property and personalised service.
Mandarin Oriental $$$
For those looking for a more luxurious experience, The Mandarin Oriental resort offers a world-class experience with top notch services and dining. With exclusive options of a private suites to pool villas on it's 20 hecters of land, the is allows for a intimate stay at the resort.
La Mamounia $$$
Voted as the best hotel according to CNTraveller's reader's choice awards, La Mamounia use to be a palace served for royalties in Marrakech. You would have probably stumbled upon an image of its pool and spa that has gone viral through Instagram over the past few years. This palace hotel is a visual experience for those who want a taste of Moroccan luxury from a dining experience with incredible interior to its award-winning spa and pool.
Moroccan cuisine is a combination of cultures you can taste from a mix of Berber, Arabic, Mediterranean and a slight European influence. The most common dishes you can find consist of traditional tagine (or tajine) which are slow cooked stew made from vegetable with meat such as chicken, lamb or beef seasoned with multiple spices, nuts and fruits. When you arrive in Marrakech, you will also notice that mint tea is served everywhere you go. This type of mint tea is usually already sweetened when brewed, with extra sugar cubes served on the side for additional sweetness. Moroccan cuisine is suitable for most diets with meat options as well as vegetable and vegan options available.
Café des Espice
Open for lunch and dinner, this is a perfect spot for lunch on the ground floor or rooftop with an amazing view of the souk just below. This spot is perfect for a quick bite such as salads, burgers and sandwiches.
A highly recommended restaurant from my personal research and friends' recommendation. We ended up coming here for dinner on the rooftop and it was one of my favourite meals in Marrakech! We got a table instantly without a reservation but it is recommended to make a reservation during high season to avoid disappointment.
Not far from café des Espice, Shtatto has a great rooftop lounge for you indulge in fresh produce or sip on a drink as you watch sunset.
Le Jardin Secret
This is a lovely dining experience with an outdoor courtyard in the center of the medina. We came here for dinner and they serve very well prepared traditional Moroccan cuisine.
La Famille
As you enter the café, you are instantly transported into an oasis like setting. The atmosphere of this café is calming with plants places all around. This is a great place to have brunch or afternoon tea with a drink and cake.
Filled with rich sensations, the medina is where life happens. Also where most riads are located, the medina is full of street markets and shops to zip in and out of. The most common things to purchase in Morocco include wicker bags, hats, lamps, argon oil, spices, and of course carpets made from sheep, camels and cactus.
Le Jardin Secret
A very peaceful and elegant palace complex and with a museum and a stunning outdoor garden to spend an afternoon while sipping on a drink on the ground level or the rooftop terrace.
Bahia Palace
A beautiful escape to the colourful palace if you want to appreciate some traditional Moroccan architecture. I'm a sucker for mosaic tiles so this is always up my alley.
Jardin Majorelle
This botanical garden was created by the French Orientalist artist, Jacques Majorelle who resided there for 30 years. In the 1980s it was purchased by fashion designer Yves saint Laurent who restored it to what is believed to be the most visited sight in Marrakech.
Sahara Desert tour
Approximately 9 hour car ride from Marrakech is the Sahara desert with many beautiful sites to see along the way. We went with Moroccan Nature Trails and had an amazing 3 day 2 nights on a desert tour and camel ride to the Merzouga desert. I will be writing a full blogpost review on this experience with them soon!
Stone Desert Camp
For those who may not have enough time to go to the Sahara desert can experience a something similar. Around 30 kilometers away from Marrakech is a small rocky desert of Agafay. With various glamorous desert camps such as Scareabeo Stone Camp or La Pause offers glamping with options to dine under the stars at night, camel rides and quad biking.
Ouzoud Falls
This is a popular tourist destination for day trips from Marrakech to visit this waterfall with monkey encounters along the way!
Have you ever been to Marrakech? Let me know what other things you would like me to share in the future!
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She is also a very active villain since she interferes more with the protagonists than the main antagonist himself.
Tied to Quetzalcoatl with a magic bracelet, she is forced to obey him in everything he commands.
Baba Yaga lives in a cauldron-shaped house that has the ability to get up on two huge chicken legs.
The character is based on the witch Baba Yaga of Russian Folklore and Slavic mythology, in which she was described as an old woman, bony and wrinkled, with a blue nose and steel teeth. She is described as a perverse and cruel character, but not entirely evil; Eat-children. Despite having a voracious appetite, it is always thin. She does not fly on a broom like normal witches, she flies on a mortarboard (sometimes a pot or a bucket) and rows in the air with a silver bristle broom.
As in the series, Baba Yaga lives in a hut that rises with two legs of chicken, but the original has a fence adorned with skulls in which she places candles inside. To enter his house Baba Yaga says a spell: "Malen'kiy sun, povernites' spinoy k lesu i povernite ko mne" ( "House, turn your back on the forest and turn to me")
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Early lifeEdit
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Jersey DevilEdit
In the chapter Jersey Devil, Baba Yaga disguises as the main priest of the village to create terror in their habitants, but despite is the first episode in wich she appears and secretly plays a main rol, she is not mencioned or presented as Baba Yaga.
Ghost of MedusaEdit
She disgues as a little shepherd to lure the team to get inside Medusa's cave
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Serpent and the EggEdit
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Personality and traitsEdit
Baba Yaga is very cruel and manipulative, she is seen many times throughout the series to manipulate others and even the team, often times under a disguise of sorts.
Appearance and apparelEdit
Baba Yaga has the face of an elderly woman, yet the physique of a rather young lady. Her hair is long, whitish-blonde and heavily braided up. Her skin is of an icy blue complexion. Baba Yaga wears traditional Nordic clothing.
Powers and habilitiesEdit
She has the habilitie to change her appearence and look like another person
Power to create ilusions as it demostrates in the "Vodnik" episode, when she tries to lure the team to run away when she was trapped by them.
As a witch she is, she has a lot of knowladge in casting spells and curses.

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Mark Zuckerberg, quoted in Entrepreneurial Lessons from Mark Zuckerberg:
What's the right heuristic for determining if someone is really good? Over time, what I figured out was that the only actual way to let someone analyze whether someone was really good was if they would work for that person. I don't think that needs to recurse too many levels down in the organization but I basically think that's a really good heuristic. I believe that. If you look at my management team today if we were in an alternate universe and I hadn't started the company it would be an honor to work for any of these people. I think if you build a company that has those kind of values, rather than just saying 'oh I want to hire the best person I can find' or whatever, if you hold yourself to that standard then I think you'll build a pretty strong company.


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Protesters kick a barricade surrounding the senate building in Mexico City
By Adriana Barrera
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican Senate committees on Monday gave general approval to a draft energy bill allowing private investment in the world's No. 10 oil producer in what would be the biggest opening of the state-controlled sector in its 75-year history.
The bill, unveiled by senators from the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and opposition conservatives on Saturday, would let private firms partner with ailing state oil firm Pemex via profit-sharing, risk-sharing and service contracts as well as licenses.
The revised draft was a positive surprise for many in the oil industry, and the government hopes it will help stem a decade-long slide in crude oil output. Mexico's peso rallied on Monday to a seven-week high. The energy reform is seen helping drive economic growth in Mexico, something that would underpin the peso.
Lawmakers from Senate committees had debated the bill on Sunday, but did not wrap up speeches in time for a vote.
They gave the bill general approval on Monday afternoon, and then began debating the dozens of reservations raised by leftist Senators opposed to Pena Nieto's plan.
Senators from the main leftist group, the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), chanted "ask the people" inside the chamber as they tried to stall the process.
PRD Senators had earlier lined up in front of the podium in the upper chamber holding placards saying "no to privatization," then sang the Mexican national anthem.
Once committees have fully passed the bill, it would head to the full Senate and lower chamber for votes.
The reform is a cornerstone of an economic reform drive that President Enrique Pena Nieto hopes will boost long-lagging growth in Latin America's No. 2 economy.
It would allow private investors to drill for the country's crude, and although it stops short of full-blown concessions that oil majors had hoped for, the reform goes much further than many analysts had expected.
Lawmakers say companies will not have rights to book oil reserves on their balance sheets but will be able to report projected benefits from agreed contracts for accounting purposes, which lawyers say is tantamount to the same thing.
Jose Valera, a Houston-based energy expert with law firm Mayer Brown, stressed that booking reserves is not a function of ownership.
"So long as the booking of reserves is not expressly prohibited by Mexican law, U.S. companies may book reserves in accordance with SEC guidelines," Valera said in an emailed statement.
Other specialists say the proposal is vague on this point.
"The language... suffers from unnecessary ambiguity for not making it explicit that the lease-holder may post the expected economic benefit in volumetric units as well as in monetary units," George Baker, publisher of industry newsletter Mexico Energy Intelligence, said in a report.
In a section setting out how risk-sharing contracts work internationally, the draft bill explains that production-sharing contracts let companies book crude reserves for accounting ends.
The bill later says that "...the hydrocarbons beneath the surface are and will always be the property of the nation; in consequence, no participant in the oil industry will be able report the reserves of these products as assets."
Jorge Jimenez, a Mexico City-based energy law expert at law firm Lopez Velarde, Heftye & Soria, said the bill was a "good compromise" on a difficult political issue but that secondary legislation expected next year would need to ensure there was no room for misinterpretation on the issue of reserves.
The bill is a big step from the service contracts now on offer, under which companies are paid a fee and can recover costs. It also goes well beyond the proposal made by Pena Nieto in August, which was limited to profit-sharing contracts.
Pena Nieto, who has pushed through overhauls of Mexico's tax rules, telecoms sector, bank lending regulations and education system, hopes to pass the energy reform before Christmas but lacks a majority in Congress.
He needs the support of the center-right National Action Party (PAN) to pass the bill because the constitutional changes he wants to make require a two-thirds majority in Congress. But the PRD has vowed to fight the bill all the way to the finish line.
The reform is a major break with tradition in Mexico, where assets of foreign oil companies were expropriated in 1938 to create Pemex, which is still a potent symbol of national pride.
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Fabio Conticello
Owner of the famous Palermitano restaurant Antica Foccaceria San Francesco, Fabio decided along with his brother Vincenzo to report all extortionate demands to the police. This was a courageous act which made them a symbol of the rebellion against the mafia, a choice which has since been imitated by other proprietors.
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Sicily: beyond the GodfatherWhat do you know about Sicily? What was it, what is it now? Who are the Sicilians? And what is the Mafia? A study trip targeted to foreign students, meant to propose our answers to these and many other questions. An eye-opening experience, as Sicily can be a key to interpret our present.
- 8 days
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Sicilian Mafia & Antimafia StrategiesTargeted primarly to students of Criminology, Law, Sociology, the tour focuses the Mafia phenomenon in Sicily and describe it in its complexity. The goal is to show the most effective strategies, used by the the State and by the Civil Society, to fight against Cosa Nostra and to prevent its proliferation.
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Haskell: A simple parsing example using pattern matching
As part of the second question in the Google Code Jam I needed to be able to parse lines of data which looked like this:
3 1 5 15 13 11
This seemed like it should be easy to do but my initial search led me to the Parsec chapter in Real World Haskell which seemed a bit over the top for my problem.
All we really need to do is split on a space and then extract the parts of the resulting list.
I thought there'd be a 'split' function to do that in the base libraries but if there is I couldn't see it.
However, there are a bunch of useful functions in the 'Data.List.Split' module which we can install using cabal - a RubyGems like tool which came with my Haskell installation.
Installing the split module was as simple as:
cabal update
cabal install split
There's a list of all the packages available through cabal here.
I needed the splitOn function:
import Data.List.Split
> :t splitOn
splitOn :: Eq a => [a] -> [a] -> [[a]]
We can then split on a space and extract the appropriate values using pattern matching like so:
let (_:surprisingScores:p:googlers) = map (\x -> read x :: Int) $ splitOn " " "3 1 5 15 13 11"
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Meet Us
We at Northwoods feel that your child's complete health is our primary concern and we pride ourselves in providing personal and compassionate care. We are dedicated to fully educating you about your child's health needs and strive to be your partner in health. We hope to develop an alliance with you and a special relationship of trust and confidence as you embark on this challenging and rewarding journey.
Shahzad Islam Shah, MD, FAAP
Dr. Islam founded Northwoods Pediatric Center on May 1, 2000. He completed his Post-graduate, Pediatric residency training at, The University of Kansas Medical Center, in Wichita, Kansas, where he was also awarded "Resident research award of the year". He obtained his medical degree from Dow University of Health Sciences- Karachi. Dr. Islam is married to Dr. Nighat Sultana and they have two children. He is a car enthusiast, enjoys strength training, and is a fast bowler in the sport of Cricket.
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Nighat Sultana, MD, FAAP
Dr. Sultana joined Northwoods Pediatric Center in 2002. She completed her Post-graduate pediatric residency training at The University of Kansas Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. She obtained her medical degree from Dow University of Health Sciences- Karachi. Dr. Sultana is a very devoted mother of two teens that keep her busy and on the run.
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Nhu Do, MD, FAAP
Dr. Do has completed her general pediatric residency at Texas Tech- El Paso and joined our practice in July 2012.
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Allison M. Klimis, MD
Dr. Klimis joined our practice in December 2016 and comes to us with over 10 years of experience in pediatric medicine. She completed her M.D. degree at the Medical College of Wisconsin and did her pediatric residency training with special emphasis in pediatric genetics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She loves sports and received a full ride volleyball scholarship to The University of Alabama where she received her undergraduate degree in biology with minor in Spanish. She is fluent in Spanish and loves her Hispanic patients. She is an energetic mother to five children (3 boys and 2 girls) and wife to a local pastor. She really enjoys working out, playing sports, spending time with her kids, crafting, being outside, and traveling to see her family around the country. She is very excited to care for your kid's health with the tender touch of a mother.
Chinonyerem Pace, MD
Dr. Pace is a native of Detroit, Michigan. She received her medical degree from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and completed her residency training at Children's Hospital of Michigan. She is very passionate about advocating for the pediatric population. She and her husband are enjoying being first time parents as they recently expanded their family with the birth of their son. When she is not working, she loves spending time with her family, traveling, shopping, working out, and cooking. She is very excited to begin her career providing care for children at NPC.
Leslie Jimenez, CMA, CMOM
Leslie Jimenez, our wonderful office manager, has greatly contributed to the establishment of Northwoods Pediatric Center since May of 2000. She whole-heartedly enjoys working with children and their families often referring to them as her own"Kiddos".
With Leslie's efforts, Northwoods has grown from a single provider office to a five provider office serving the Spring / Woodlands area. She oversees the day to day functioning of the entire practice and strives towards the advancement of the office by instilling new ideas with implemention. Leslie and her husband have two children that keep her on her toes with their schooling and sports. She absolutely enjoys shopping, dancing, watching sports, and traveling!
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Sheraz Islam is a Microsoft Certified Professional with 15 years of IT experience. He holds a Masters degree in Management Information Systems from University of Maryland and a Masters of Business Administration from The University of Houston. Sheraz has played a key role in managing Northwoods Pediatric's technology infrastructure including both hardware and software. He also owns and operates Computer Systems Network, an advance IT Company. For more information visit www.compsysnetwork.com. In his free time Sheraz likes to spend time with his family, go bicycling, fishing and maintaining his sports car.


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Gwyneth Paltrow May Be Ready To Consciously Couple Up With Brad Falchuk
Goopy Paltrow has been bumping her freshly steamed organiqué oystéré against Glee and American Horror Story co-creator, Brad Falchuk, since August 2014 and she's apparently ready to make him her second husband. The inside of Brad's body must look like a scene out of AHS right now. The thought of being legally tied to Goopy is probably making Brad's bowels scream because they know she'll make him do a raw goat milk cleanse every year. And Brad's ass walls are probably shivering with fear over thinking about how Goopy is going to make him shoot mugwort steam up in there before getting an activated charcoal and cactus water enema.
Just a couple of weeks after BraGoop went *INSTAGRAM OFFICIAL*, a source tells UsWeekly that she's ready to get engaged to Brad. It's been around eight months since Goopy's divorce to Chris Martin was finalized. The source says that everybody in her life loves Brad and she's waiting for him to propose. And she's probably hoping he'll poop (typo that makes sense) the question during a very romantic time, like when they're getting side-by-side colonics. The source said this:
"They speak about marriage all the time and know it'll happen. Her kids love him and think he's the best.
Chris totally approves of Brad. He thinks he's a good guy.
He'll do it when the time is right. And when he does, of course she will say yes."
"…of coure she will say yes." That source doesn't know Goopy very well. If the engagement ring Brad presents to Goopy isn't a completely flawless 5-carat, eco-friendly diamond that was hand-picked by fourth generation diamond miners in South Africa just for her and hasn't been blessed by her personal shaman using locally-grown sage, she's not going to say yes. She's going to say, "And to think, I thought you loved me." Goopy would rather finger fuck a turned-on garbage disposal than put anything less than that on her hand!
And here's Goopy appearing through FaceTime in Lena Dunham's phone at the flagship opening of Tracy Anderson's (she's that overpriced body torturer to the stars) studio in NYC last night.


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Saved Hunter Safety System Treestand Lifeline
I have been wanting to share a story about a short little hunting outing that could have went terribly wrong for me, but because I was properly connected to a Hunter Safety System Treestand Lifeline when I slipped that cold grey October afternoon, I'm here to share my story with you. I Was Saved By The Hunter Safety System Treestand Lifeline A winter storm was moving on this particular October afternoon in Kansas and I had just gotten home from work and had only a couple of hours to hunt. I was planning on hunting a stand that we call "The Horn Donkey Stand" where a couple of years ago I filmed my good buddy shooting a potential Kansas state record typical with a bow. You can follow that link to read about that once in a lifetime hunt. As I made my way to the stand the wind was … Continue reading


text: When asked to host the inaugural TEFAF at the Manhattan Armory last week, we jumped. This fair was greatly anticipated by museum curators and collectors alike as the best dealers worldwide brought treasures that hadn't been shown before to the American audience. This fair featured antiquities, Old Master paintings and so on through 1920, and the exclusive opening brought out the VIPs. We arrived early to the food-heavy opening with roving oyster shuckers and floating flowers to view the dealer offerings. Enjoy some of our favorites!


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Priyanka Chopra Age, Height, Net Worth, Tattoo, Movies, BF- WikiFamous
Priyanka Chopra is an Indian, American actress, singer, and model, born 18 July 1982 in Jamshedpur, Bihar. She won the 2000 Miss World pageant when she was 18-year-old. She is the first Indian actress whose foot impression has taken in Italy's famous Salvatore Ferragamo Museum. Priyanka Chopra has named aRead More


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So, you think you want to Judge?
by, 06/05/2011 at 09:28 PM (6863 Views)
I asked this guestion to one of my long time friends a few weeks ago.
We were discussing the Judging Staff for the 2011 Battle Roads Spring series. This friend is a long time player and has worked with us as a runner forever. He is willing to do anything to help out the event, and I mean anything.
We used to refer to him a Slave Boy, but now we call him Zebra Boy, mainly beacause we have him wear a referee shirt while he is running for us so he can be seen easily by everyone. Of course, he really does have a name, we just usually forget it. He gets offended if we don't call him Zebra Boy. His own family has gotten into the act, hosting a Zebra themed birthday party for him this year (he turned 19).
Now when I first Tylor, he was about 12, We have known each other as long as I have been playing.
Over the years, he had school and stuff, so we lost him for a while. Late last year, he came back. And he even brought his longtime girlfriend, Steph, with him. He jumped head first back into the game, learning everything that had changed and brought Steph right in with him.
She was running at larger events and quickly learned the TOM system and has become our 'computer girl'.
Now, back to this question I asked him.
Tylor thought about it, and told me he had already been thinking about that next step for a while - he is a Professor and League Leader already - and told me that while he would like to learn to Judge, he really enjoys what he does as a runner. He would rather be a runner than a Judge. But for those events that are not that big, he would Judge if we needed him.
So, we put him in a couple events. He did very well. But, I could tell it was hard for him to be in that new role.
Now, you are asking yourself the point of this, right?
Well, here is the point. The Staff of the event does not just consist of the TO and the Judges. There are many people in support roles as well. Parents that drive all over the place so their kids can play in events, the parent that runs and gets printer ink when the TO forgets to bring any (oops...), parents that help get lunches for the players, store / venue employees that get things rolling the day before with setup or come in hours early to let the Staff in to run the event, and finaly those people that everyone sees - the volunteers that work the events in the Staff roles - runners, crowd control, sides and the like. All the people in the supprt roles make it so the TO can do their thing, which is to make sure everything on the floor is running smoothly and also makes it so the HJ can make sure their team of Judge can do their job without all the other distractions on the floor.
Now, some people want to make those moves into the higher roles, but a rare few don't. They really like the role they work in and are really good there. When you think someone might be ready to make the move - ask them their thoughts first - if they are not happy with the change, it will show on the floor.
Judges need mentoring, but so do those working other roles in the event. Have them work other events with folks that have more experience in the role. Make sure you reward them for all their work. Most importantly, make sure they know how much the are appreciated in their role.
Next time you are at an event, take a look at the people there that aren't Judging or Organizing, but are doing tons of stuff behind the scenes.
Thank those people too.


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Yeah, I'm getting that problem too. I was led to believe the new one would work. I'm looking into it. But yeah, the common key file is missing and I'll put that part back in the guide.
I can't get the new packer to create .bins
I noticed it did not have a few of the files the old packer had, so i added them back in and the .bins were created, however RB3 tells me the files are corrupt and deletes them off my SD card. I AM sticking my console ID in the right place. These are the files I seem to have to add back in:
Adding title.tik and replacing title.tmd makes the wad file name RB2_DLC_52_203.wad instead of title.wad
Adding common-key and 000001d2.app make the .bins appear, so long as the above two files were added
And then these .bins don't work.
Help please?
Thanks for joining. I really needed your help in that section of the packing side since I wasn't too familiar with it.
i decided to finally make an account here
well first of all i'd like to say, thank you koetsu/StackOverflow0x for all your work.
and I would like to give some advice to the .app file users. If you use Wiimms SZS Tools to create your .app(.u8) files you can create files bigger then 400mb. Wiimm has create his tools mainly for Mario Kart Custom Tracks, but they work also for RB3 Customs and he still updates his tools.
For Example in my emu nand, i have only 10 .app files all around 1gb big. My official DLC is also in this files. Now the Game starts really quick and the song loading times are faster then from sd card.
The Commandline iswszst C 052_00000034_testsong_meta --no-compress -D 00000034.app wszst C 053_00000035_testsong_song --no-compress -D 00000035.app
and the dl link http://szs.wiimm.de/


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INTERNET DRAFT Kaj Tesink Robert H. Fox Telcordia Technologies December 31, 2004 A Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace for the CLEI Code <draft-tesink-urn-clei-00.txt> Status of this Memo By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of RFC 3668. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet- Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet- Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress". The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. This document may not be modified, and derivative works of it may not be created, except to publish it as an RFC and to translate it into languages other than English. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004). All Rights Reserved. Expires 06/30/2005 URN Namespace for the CLEI Code [Page 1]
Internet Draft <draft-tesink-urn-clei-00.txt> 12/31/2004 Abstract This document describes a Uniform Resource Name (URN) namespace [RFC3406] that is managed by Telcordia Technologies, Inc., as the maintenance agent for ANSI T1.213 [T1.213], for the assignment of the CLEI Code, for usage within messages standardized by ANSI. The CLEI code is a globally unique, ten-character alphanumeric intelligent code assigned by Telcordia Technologies at the request of equipment suppliers. The CLEI code identifies communications equipment by specifying product type and features. There is a one-to-one relationship between a CLEI Code and supplierÆs Product ID (Manufacturer's name, part number along with it's version number). Table of Contents 1 Introduction .............................................. 3 2 Specification Template .................................... 3 3 Examples .................................................. 5 4 Namespace and Community Considerations .................... 5 5 Security Considerations ................................... 6 6 IANA Considerations ....................................... 6 7 Intellectual Property ..................................... 6 8 Acknowledgments ........................................... 6 9 Normative References ...................................... 7 Expires 06/30/2005 URN Namespace for the CLEI Code [Page 2]
Internet Draft <draft-tesink-urn-clei-00.txt> 12/31/2004 1. Introduction Many circuit cards used in the global telecommunications network have a CLEI Code assigned and have a bar code or two-dimensional symbol on a label affixed to the front of that circuit card. Service providers utilize the CLEI Code to: o Track inventory, both working and spare o Logistics (movement of circuit cards, along with the serial number) o Provision equipment o Maintain asset records (accounting information) The goal of the CLEI namespace is to ensure the stability and uniqueness of the names of various (specific) items that are used within the messages exchanged between equipment used in the global telecommunications network. The assigned maintenance agent for the CLEI Code, Telcordia Technologies, is responsible for assigning certain equipment and other identifiers (e.g., location, manufacturer/supplier) for the telecommunications industry. The code assignment process identifies the structure and intelligence of the CLEI Code to identify the circuit card's form, fit, functions, and features. Equipment may exist in multiple physical locations with the exact same form, fit, functions, and features and will have the same CLEI Code if their Product ID is the same. 2. Specification Template Namespace ID: "CLEI" Registration Information: Version 1 Date: 2004-12-31 Declared registrant of the namespace: Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Customer Support Center 8 Corporate Place Expires 06/30/2005 URN Namespace for the CLEI Code [Page 3]
Internet Draft <draft-tesink-urn-clei-00.txt> 12/31/2004 Piscataway, NJ 08854 U.S.A. +1.732.699.5577 http://www.commonlanguage.com Declaration of syntactic structures: The structure of the Namespace Specific String is a flat space of 10 characters as defined in [T1.213][T1.213a]. Relevant ancillary Documentation: [T1.213] and [T1.213a]. Identifier uniqueness considerations: Identifiers are assigned by Telcordia URN registration that guarantees Uniqueness for items with different form, fit, functions, and features. This is simply achieved by keeping track of already assigned names and comparing all new proposed names to the database ones. If the name already exists a new one is created per the rules of the process. See [T1.213][T1.213a] for assignment examples. Identifiers persistence considerations: The process defined by ANSI and the CLEI maintenance agent ensure the binding between the name and its resource is permanent, and that names are not reassigned. Process of identifiers assignment: A CLEI Code is an intelligent code that consists of 10 alphanumeric characters with 4 data elements. The first data element is considered the basic code with the first 2 characters indicating the technology or equipment type with the third and fourth characters denoting the functional sub-category. The second data element represents the features and its three characters denote functional capabilities or changes. The third data element has one character and denotes a reference to manufacturer, system ID, specification or drawing. The fourth data element consists of two characters and contains complementary data. These two characters provide a means of differentiating or providing uniqueness between the eight character CLEI Codes by identifying the manufacturing vintage of the product. Names are assigned via procedures defined in [GR485]. Process for identifier resolution: Expires 06/30/2005 URN Namespace for the CLEI Code [Page 4]
Internet Draft <draft-tesink-urn-clei-00.txt> 12/31/2004 Telcordia URNs are resolved via Telcordia resolvers run under Telcordia responsibility. For further information see www.commonlanguage.com. Rules for lexical equivalence: Lexical equivalence of two CLEI URN namespace specific strings is defined as an exact, case-insensitive string match. CLEI codes are assigned in a case-insensitive fashion, so that there will not be two CLEI codes that differ only in case. See [T1.213] and [T1.213a] for further information. Conformance with URN syntax: No special consideration. Validation mechanism: None specified. Scope: Global. 3. Examples The following three examples are based on the examples provided in [T1.213a], and correspond with three different sets of features by three different manufacturers (Nortel Networks, Lear and Lucent Technologies) producing "D4CE" (a particular D4 channel bank type) equipment. The fourth example refers to a SONET power unit convertor of Alcatel. URN:CLEI:D4CE18B7AA URN:CLEI:D4CE4248AA URN:CLEI:D4CE363PAB URN:CLEI:SNPWBBC7AA 4. Namespace and Community Considerations CLEI codes have historically been used in a variety of communications equipment (see examples above and [213a]). There are circumstances where entities with CLEI codes need to be managed or exposed in a larger context, such as the general Internet. In these cases, the use of the CLEI URN namespace will provide general interoperability Expires 06/30/2005 URN Namespace for the CLEI Code [Page 5]
Internet Draft <draft-tesink-urn-clei-00.txt> 12/31/2004 benefits to the Internet at large, as well as to specific internets. 5. Security Considerations There are no additional security considerations other than those normally associated with the use and resolution of URNs in general. It is noted however that attempting to resolve a Telcordia URN through a resolver other than the one provided by Telcordia is not considered authoritative. 6. IANA Considerations The IANA has registered formal URN namespace ????, to Telcordia within the IANA registry of URN NIDs. 7. Intellectual Property The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any intellectual property or other rights that might be claimed to pertain to the implementation or use of the technology described in this document or the extent to which any license under such rights might or might not be available; neither does it represent that it has made any effort to identify any such rights. Information on the IETF's procedures with respect to rights in standards-track and standards-related documentation can be found in BCP-11. Copies of claims of rights made available for publication and any assurances of licenses to be made available, or the result of an attempt made to obtain a general license or permission for the use of such proprietary rights by implementors or users of this specification can be obtained from the IETF Secretariat. The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any copyrights, patents or patent applications, or other proprietary rights which may cover technology that may be required to practice this standard. Please address the information to the IETF Executive Director. 8. Acknowledgments The contributions of the Entity MIB Working Group members are gratefully acknowledged. Special thanks go to Mike Heard, Juergen Schoenwaelder, Dave Perkins and Dan Romascanu. Expires 06/30/2005 URN Namespace for the CLEI Code [Page 6]
Internet Draft <draft-tesink-urn-clei-00.txt> 12/31/2004 9. Normative References [RFC3406] Daigle, L., van Gulik, D., Iannella, R. and P. Faltstrom, "Uniform Resource Name (URN) Namespace Definition Mechanisms", BCP 66, RFC 3406, October 2002. [T1.213] ATIS T1.213-2001, Coded Identification of Equipment Entities in the North American Telecommunications System for Information Exchange, 2001, www.ansi.org [T1.213a] ATIS T1.213a, Supplement to T1.213-2001, Coded Identification of Equipment Entities in the North American Telecommunications System for Information Exchange, to correct the representation of the Basic Code in Figure B.1, 2001, www.ansi.org [GR485] GR-485-CORE, COMMON LANGUAGE Equipment Codes (CLEI Codes), Generic Requirements for Processes And Guidelines, Issue 5, Telcordia Technologies, April 2004. Authors' addresses Kaj Tesink One Telcordia Drive Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA Phone: +1 732 699-6068 EMail: firstname.lastname@example.com Robert H. Fox 3545 S.Ocean Blvd, #417 Palm Beach, FL 33480-5715 USA Phone: +1 732 699-8968 EMail: firstname.lastname@example.com Intellectual Property Statement The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any Intellectual Property Rights or other rights that might be claimed to pertain to the implementation or use of the technology described in this document or the extent to which any license under such rights might or might not be available; nor does it represent that it has Expires 06/30/2005 URN Namespace for the CLEI Code [Page 7]
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Why the U.S. Should Intervene in Syria
Forgive me, representative Ron Paul, but I beg to differ. In an interview with CNN's John King, the honorable Mr. Paul said the situation in Syria is "none of our business." Now, in all fairness to Mr. Paul, his larger point is that the U.S. should not "automatically" get involved when there is a conflict overseas. It would have to be in America's interest. No one would disagree with that. But this raises the question, "When is it in America's interest to intervene in a conflict?" Apparently, for Mr. Paul, only on a rare occasion. It costs money, he says. It causes deaths, he predicts. There are too many worse conflicts around the world, etc., etc.
I beg to differ. Money should not be an obstacle when so many innocent lives are being slaughtered by a ruthless dictator. As far as deaths, almost 8,000 people have already died and just today Syrian vowed to cleanse the "rebel-held" parts of the city of Homs. Should we just sit idly by and watch the fuzzy videos on T.V. showing us the horrors that are happening in Syria now.
Now, some people point to Egypt and say that there is a chance that a dictator was replaced by a group of radical Islamicists who will create even more hardships to people living in that country. I say it is too early to tell. Unfortunately, foreign diplomacy has boosted ruthless dictators for years. Shouldn't we at least give the people a chance?
So I think we should try to intervene in Syria because 1) Unless we do something, innocent people, including little children, will continue to die mercilessly; 2) The U. S. should never concede one inch of its historic stance against injustice around the world; 3) It might be the only way to leverage influence in the future because sooner or later the voices from the streets will be heard and dictators will be gone. We gotta be able to demonstrate that we are on the side of the people and not on the side of ruthless dictators; 4) This country has been blessed with more than abundant resources and we use a fair share of non-renewable resources available in the world. We have an obligation to be responsible but to share generously.
And we must pray that this horrible man might simply go away. No, this is not a Pat Robertson like statement — "Let's kill Fidel Castro." That was stupid to say. But maybe we can make life for him so bad that he wished he were dead!
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Look what my colleague treated us all to at work today….
Pumpkin woopie pies with cream cheese frosting! Yes, she is American, and yes, they tasted AMAZING!! Especially with the ginger and nutmeg spices too.
Think I am going to have to adopt the use of pumpkin in my own baking and cooking. Yum yum.


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It has been 6 months and 8 days since my dad left this world for a new one.
Today would have been his 55th birthday, to which I would have told him that he was an old man, now closer to 60 than 50. To which he would have surely replied, "you're a dork". Because that was just my dad.
Finding the words here is hard, which says a lot, seeing as I am rarely at a loss for words. Even though it has been half a year, many days I forget and I grab my phone to text him, and then realize that I can't. And there isn't much to say about that – besides that it really, really sucks.
"your hair looks nice"
You see, my dad was everyone's friend. Literally – everyone. At his memorial service, people had to stand outside because the building was at capacity. But no one complained. They were just honored to be there, honored to have known him at all.
My dad was really hard to dislike, even when you wanted to dislike him. He was one of the most loyal people I'll ever know. He'd give the shirt off his back for anyone he had ever met – even if he had only met them once. But I'm not sure my dad met anyone only once, because most everyone he met became his friend.
He was as stubborn as a mule, and the more you became annoyed with his shenanigans – the more he'd continue them. When he'd finally give you a break, he'd snicker and you couldn't help but smile back. Because his smile was contagious.
"'cause nothin' lasts forever, even cold november rain"
Growing up my bedroom window faced towards his garage. Almost every evening of my childhood I would fall asleep to the sound of his air compressor, or at the very least the mumbling of voices and the rumble of laughter. I always knew he was there, no matter how terrible I was, he was there – because he was my dad.
If I stop to think about the person I would be today without my dad, it's slightly terrifying. I wouldn't know that person. Frankly, I probably wouldn't even like her. At the root of everything I believe in, I can trace it back to my dad.
For one, his stubbornness was completely passed onto me. My dad never forced me to do anything I didn't want to do – but he didn't allow me to tell myself I couldn't do it. He said to me more times than I can remember, "can't never could do" – and I truly believe that philosophy has shaped the person I am today. With that, comes my determination. Which, let's be honest, is a nice way of saying stubborn.
"i wanna rock and roll all night and party every day"
While music wasn't something my dad and I actively enjoyed together growing up, it's him I can thank for love of music. However, most mornings he listened to this talk radio show with some terribly obnoxious guy – I can't remember the name. But I remember that I hated it. They'd make these ridiculous prank phone calls just to annoy the fire out of someone and he would chuckle the entire drive. As an adult, I'm sure I would find it funny – but as a teenager, I just wanted control of the radio.
Point being, through many small moments in my life, my dad taught me to not take things too seriously. And while there have been seasons in my life when I've lost that concept, I've always somehow managed to come back to it.
" take your time, don't live too fast, troubles will come and they will pass"
At the root of it all, our entire life is just a conglomerate of seasons. Some bright and warm, some cold and dreary. We don't get the privilege to live a life of only bright seasons – because while it's the bright seasons we remember, it's the cold ones that shape who we are to our core.
For many of us, we walk out of our bad seasons having experienced great growth, with increased wisdom and new perspective. For most of his life, my dad did the same.
"it's getting dark, too dark to see, feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door"
My dad was literally the most amazing dad I could have ever asked for.
My dad wasn't a religious man, but he taught me faith, and trust, and purpose. They say you are given exactly what you need throughout your entire life – and I strongly believe that to be true, even when it feels so untrue. Even when "they" (whoever "they" may be) took my dad, I knew it was for a greater reason than I will ever know.
And while I find peace in that, it doesn't make it hurt any less. It doesn't make the hole in my heart any smaller. And it doesn't remove the regret I'll always have for the things I could have done better, or different, or not even at all.
But it's okay. Because he's there, he sees me, and he knows.
Sometimes I get into my car, or walk into a room, and I can smell this smell – a mixture of stale cigarettes, engine oil, and solvent. It's a smell that doesn't belong to anything physically there. It always seems to happen when I need it most, and I just know it is him.
"train roll on, on down the line, won't you please take me far away?"
My dad left this world because the pain in his heart was too great for any living being to have to carry. He simply couldn't be healed in the physical world.
He loved his friends and family more than words could even explain. And deep down I know that he knows he was also so deeply loved.
Happy birthday, dad.


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Pimkie Color Forecast is a framework of applications that harvest the most trending colors on certain locations. It was a joint venture with Happiness Brussels, namely Patrick Glorieux, Thibault Jadoul+Nicolas Felten from Everything is fun and Bliss Interactive.
Usually, in my projects, I am most interested in coming up with the visual outcomes of certain approaches, accounting if the approach itself is of relevant interest, intellectual honesty and conceptual elegance. For the Color Forecast I developed the color clustering software, being framed within a straightforward concept (without known applications in the fashion context), delivered on a beautifully designed website, iPhone app, and presented with joyful short videos. Having a project that results in something so conceptually balanced and with great design quality, it is a great pleasure to contribute with the low-level intricacies, that in spite of being under the hood, just make it work.
The process is broadly described in the following video. Albeit the effort of Happiness Brussels in publicizing the existence of these technical intricacies, or how it is called, technology, I feel the necessity of describing my contribution, explaining the devoted effort and clarifying the overall simplicity of the approach.
Frame differencing
The cameras are meant to be installed pointing at pedestrian streets, where generally the only things that move are people and no vehicles are expected. To get rid of the backgrounds that are of no importance in detecting the colors that people are wearing, the application only captures moving pixels through frame differencing. These moving pixels are stored during fixed periods of time (for example, 3 minutes, after when the pixels are discarded and a new set of temporal moving pixels starts being recorded again).
3D histogram
Since the application has to be running on 24/7, special attention had to be taken on the data structures used, in order to assure performance and avoid memory leaks. The temporal histogram, for example, is stored on a 255 × 256 × 256 matrix, so instead of storing a pixel, which coordinates are of no interest in this simple approach, only a specific entrance of the matrix is incremented in order count the number of occurrences of a certain color which RGB values [0-255] are expressed in the matrix coordinates.
Each time the capture period is over, a K-means clustering runs over a copy of the histogram on a separate thread. Typically the number of clusters ranges from 10 to 20, and can be setup together with other important variables (camera resolution, framerate, threshold for frame differencing, accumulation period, name of the city and database scripts). It is important to notice that this K-means clustering is only interested in grouping colors, therefore not accounting for the amount of occurrences of a color, but only if it occurred or not.
Since this K-means is meant for Pimkie, the seeds for the clusters are fixated at white, black, and all the equally distant pure hues that are left for the K-2 clusters.
Color distance
The K-means needs a distance measure between colors. I tried several approaches for this, from a RGB Manhattan distance to improve performance, to an HSB distance and passing through a perceptual euclidean distance measure ( √(0.26R + 0.70G + 0.04B), referred in Gijenij et al. "A Perceptual Comparison of Distance Measures for Color Constancy Algorithms", ECCV 2008). After several experiments, the distance measure that presented the best clustering results, from of course my empirical subjective observation, was just the straight forward euclidean distance between R, G and B.
Averaging colors
The K-means algorithm also requires a procedure to compute the mean color of a cluster, iteratively adapting the cluster's centroid during the K-means routine. Again, the approach that presented the best results for this was just the average of R, G, B.
Representative color
After having the colors clustered in K groups, it is time to compute the representative color for each cluster. This mean color is not just the simple mean of colors, but a weighted average of colors by their number of occurrences (because if in a group of reds, there are much more pinks than maroons, then the representative color should be more pink than maroon).
Color perception
Now that we have these K groups of colors, each with a specified amount of occurrences, how to say that one group is more important, or perceptible than another? After-all we are interested in finding the most trending color of the moment. In my point of view, and without academic formalisms, if everybody is grey, dull or dark, and a magnificent woman parades with a yellow scarf, I will say that the most perceptible color in the scenery is yellow. So, after running an image segmentation algorithm (a simple region growing one) over a database of about one thousand images, the empirical measure that I came up with to describe how vibrant a color can be is: (saturation × brightness)2 × number_of_occurrences. So the color clusters are sorted not only by how many occurrences of moving pixels they represent, but also weighted by a quadratic importance of saturation and brightness of their representative color.
After each K-means concluded, its results are submitted to a database, in the format of: K colors sorted by order of importance; the corresponding absolute number of occurrences; and the normalized (by maximum) number of occurrences, because color perception is dependent of the temporal accumulation context and should not be assumed that the yellow scarf woman that passed today in front of the camera (more yellow moving pixels) is less or more important than that same yellow scarf woman that passed yesterday farther from the camera.
Ongoing project
For now, colors are being clustered for Milan, Antwerp and Paris and might extend to other cities. Feedback is being absorbed in order to improve the computational approach accuracy and corresponding representation of the most trendy colors on specific streets.
Celebrating colors
And as this project is all about colors, I share an old visual essay that I did about the nature and harmony of colors (in CMYK, though).


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Yesterday, February 6th, 2018, was the Student Club Fair at MIIS. I attended as there is a club in which I am creating, and through this, I met a lot of cool people with great ideas to collaborate and get people involved on campus.
My club is a little side-project where we share music playlists amongst each other and expand cultural boundaries of music in our own lives. We sometimes get into the rut of listening to the same stuff, me included! I have my "go-to" music that brings me relief, escape or a groove that I just vibe with. Of course, it is different for everyone and this is where my project has its roots. A way to break that mold and keep it rolling with new, fresh tunes.
I joined up for some clubs like Spanish BUILD, D&D, Photo Club, and the Kazakhstanian Student group. Because, why not?
In light of this special event, I think there are some things the DLC can do with our services to work with these groups. There is an endless amount of information that can be collaborated between these groups. For example, video or audio projects, cool photography, some website design or meetings and projects! Some of the groups could even reserve the DSpace for an interactive lesson.
The recording booths would be a great way for these groups to mesh ideas and make an audio project. I'm gonna be looking into it. Let's work together.
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Do you ever wonder what is behind a closed door? The doors in Marrakech that I saw contained so much detailed and colourful work that I could only wonder the extent of the beauty that lay behind the doors.
I am used to doors that blend into the background serving the their basic function as entrances and exits. Especially in big cities like London, you don't want a super nice door attracting the attention of potential robbers to your house. Doors in Morocco, on the other hand, are much more flamboyant.
Moroccan doors are made of a variety of materials (wood, brass, plaster etc.) and colours. Intricately carved or rustic and basic, the doors are an attraction in themselves.
This hand of Fatima (hamsa) door knocker is a protection against the evil eye for the inhabitants of the house. Fatima was the daughter of the Prophet Mohammed and a powerful woman in a male-dominated society. The hamsa is also a part of Berber culture.
I think this door looks like it has a highly stylised hamsa door knocker.
The variety and colours of Moroccan doors are a joy to photograph. As you can see I took that joy to heart!
There is even a flea market for buying old Moroccan doors – the Bab El Khemis, if you are so inclined. I didn't buy any doors, tempting as they were. My children would have thrown a complete tantrum if they thought I was taking them antiques shopping when they knew they could be in the glorious hotel pool on a sunny day.
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The New Phil Silvers Show
In September 1963 Phil Silvers returned to the series comedy format with The New Phil Silvers Show. The show was owned and produced by Phil's Gladasaya Productions and sponsored by the General Foods Corporation.
The series saw Phil cast in the role of factory foreman Harry Grafton, who worked at Osborne Industries. Harry was, in essence, Bilko in civvies....he was a loveable rogue who ran scams and money-making schemes.
Producer/Director Rod Amateau, who had produced The George Burns Show, The Bob Cummings Show and The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis helped to assemble a great cast and crew including Stafford Repp (Batman's Chief O'Hara), Jim Renella and Phil's friend and mentor Herbie Faye.
The scripts were polished, well-written, energetic and full of the twists and flourishes that had served the writers so well on Bilko. Phil Sharp, who had previously written for The Phil Silvers Show, was one of many of the talented writers who worked on the show.
Sadly the audiences didn't take to Harry Grafton in the way that they had done with Ernie Bilko. Whereas Ernie Bilko was the underdog soldier simply trying to make an extra dollar, the public felt that Harry Grafton had a good, well-paid job and his scams had no place on the factory floor. In an attempt to revive the show Harry was placed in a family environment. Actress Elena Verdugo was cast as Harry's sister and Harry became a father-figure to her children (played by Ronnie Dapo & Sandy Descher). The emphasis was switched from the factory to Harry's home-life.
The final eight episodes are well-written and superbly acted. They bear more than a passing resemblance to latter-day shows such as Seinfeld and Everybody Loves Raymond, but the changes came too late and the show did not survive beyond its first season.
The show was broadcast in the US in 1963/64 and in the UK on the ITV network in 1964. It has never been repeated and to date there are no plans for a DVD release.
The New Phil Silvers Show - Cast List:
Phil Silvers as Harry Grafton (30 episodes)
Herbie Faye as Waluska (24 episodes)
Stafford Repp as Mr.Brink (17 episodes)
Jim Shane as Lester (8 episodes)
Pat Renella as Roxy (8 episodes)
Elena Verdugo as Audrey (8 episodes)
Sandy Descher as Susan (8 episodes)
Ronnie Dapo as Andy (8 episodes)
Buddy Lester as Nick (7 episodes)
Douglas Dumbrille as Mr.Osborne (6 episodes)
Robert Williams as Bob (5 episodes)
Steve Mitchell as Starkey (4 episodes)
Eric Morris as Stanley (3 episodes)
Henry Scott as Scarpitta (2 episodes)
Carole Cook as Gertrude (2 episodes)
Bert Mustin as Magruder (2 episodes)
Series Produced by Rod Amateau
Associate Producer Norman Henry
Directed by Rod Amateau (and various)
Music by Harry Geller
Cinematography James Van Trees
Sponsored by General Foods
A Gladasaya Production
Episode Guide:
Episode 1 (Original Air Date - 28/9/1963)
Man It's Like Progress
Harry Grafton's department is thrown into chaos with the introudction of a new computer.
Episode 2 (Original Air Date - 5/10/1963)
The Great Forklift Contest
Harry rigs the betting in a Forklifting contest.
Episode 3 (Original Air Date - 12/10/1963)
Birthday Boy
Harry plans his own 'surprise' birthday party with unexpected results.
Episode 4 (Original Air Date - 19/10/1963)
The Tortoise and The Harry
Harry organises turtle races at the factory with hilarious consequences.
Episode 5 (Original Air Date - 26/10/1963)
Harry Today, Gone Tomorrow
Mr Brink tries to get Harry transfered to another factory.
Episode 6 (Original Air Date - 2/11/1963)
The Little Old Gluemaker, Me!
The plant janitor invents a new type of glue and Harry is convinced he can make millions by selling the secret formula.
Episode 7 (Original Air Date - 9/11/1963)
Triple Indemnity
Harry comes up with an insurance scheme that protects against lost paychecks.
Episode 8 (Original Air Date 16/11/1963)
A Funny Thing Happened To Me On The Way To The Coffee Break!
When Brink is asked how the factory can save money he suggests closing Harry's department.
Episode 9 (Original Air Date - 30/11/1963)
Harry Who?
When Harry goes on vacation his replacement does such a good job that Harry worries about getting his job back.
Episode 10 (Original Air Date - 7/12/1963)
Las Vegas Was My Mother's Maiden Name
Harry gets special treatment at a Las Vegas hotel when he is mistaken for the celebrity....Phil Silvers!
Episode 11 (Original Air Date - 14/12/1963)
The Son Of Pygmailion
The lovely-but-dull Miss Fritterman wants Harry to turn her into his 'Fair Lady'.
Episode 12 (Original Air Date 21/12/1963)
Have I Got A Boy For You
Waluska falls for a girl at the factory but she's not interested.
Episode 13 (Original Air Date - 28/12/1963)
Who Do Voodoo? Harry Do!
Harry falls for a society girl in Trinidad. In order to change her disinterest he uses some of his 'old black magic'.
Episode 14 (Original Air Date - 4/1/1964)
Stop The Factory, I Want To Get Off
Harry pulls out all the stops to save a wedding.
Episode 15 (Original Air Date - 11/1/1964)
Beauty And The Least
Harry comes up with a plan to transform a plain girl into a beauty queen.
Episode 16 (Original Air Date - 18/1/1963)
75 & 1/2 Trombones
Harry runs a raffle. When one of his men wins he's overjoyed until he learns that his prize is an army tank....and it's in Okinawa.
Episode 17 (Original Air Date - 25/1/1964)
My Son, The Governor
To raise cash, Harry manufactures a batch of TV tables. He's soon heading for trouble when some of the tables wind up in a shipment of parts destined for the army.
Episode 18 (Original Air Date - 1/2/1964)
Leave It To Harry
Harry's sister goes on vacation, leaving Harry to look after her kids.
Episode 19 (Original Air Date - 8/2/1964)
Smile Harry, You're On Candid Camera
When out shopping Harry spies Allen Funt. He becomes determined not to get caught out acting silly on camera.
Episode 20 (Original Air Date - 15/2/1964)
Pay The Two Dollars
Harry tries to find a way to avoid paying a parking ticket.
Episode 21 (Original Air Date - 22/2/1964)
Harry, The Good Neighbor
When Harry overhears his newly-wed neighbors arguing he decides to step in and save the day. Things don't quite go to plan.
Episode 22 (Original Air Date - 29/2/1964)
Cyrano De Grafton
Harry's friend Lester needs help in wooing the girl of his dreams, but Harry is also infatuated with the same girl.
Episode 23 (Original Air Date - 7/3/1964)
Take Her, She's Tall
Harry tries to help his shy nephew win a date with a girl.
Episode 24 (Original Air Date - 14/3/1964)
Will The Real Harry Grafton Please Stand Up?
Harry goes all-out to win the 'Foreman Of The Year' contest.
Episode 25 (Original Air date - 21/3/1964)
Auntie Up
When Harry hires a sweet old lady as a housekeeper she turns the house into a gambling den.
Episode 26 (Original Air Date - 28/3/1964)
Grafton's The Name, Football's My Game
Harry turns his hand to 'coaching' the local football team.
Episode 27 (Original Air Date - 4/4/1964)
Keep Cool
Harry and some of his workmates get locked in a freezer.
Episode 28 (Original Air Date - 11/4/1964)
Vanity, Thy Name Is Harry
Harry tries to defy the ageing process by thinking 'young' and wearing a toupee.
Episode 29 (Original Air Date - 18/4/1964)
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Charley, the janitor, has lead his Mum to believe he is President of Osborne Industries. Chaos ensues when his mum decides to pay a visit.
Episode 30 (Original Air Date - 25/4/1964)
Moonlight and Dozes
When the factory nightwatchman looks like he is going to lose his job Harry goes into action.
Phil Silvers in a promo film for The New Phil Silvers Show (1963)
(The New Phil Silvers Show © The Phil Silvers Estate)
Phil Silvers - Back On Screen
Phil gave the following interview in 1963 just as work had begun on framing a new weekly television show for him.
"I'm going into television just as if it was a brand new medium and I was a brand new comic. I can see the reviews already: 'It's not as good as Bilko.' Well that's okay. I can only do my best. If it's inevitable that I'll be compared to Bilko, I can't fight it.
The show will have me playing a foreman in a big industrial plant, the nature of which hasn't been determined yet. You can see the possibilities...he has a special time clock that punches him in a quarter to nine, no matter what time he arrives at work, which is usually around 10.30 or 11.00....he has a secret tunnel to the executives' washroom...that sort of thing.
He'll have a crazy bunch of guys under him, and I'll be picking them out soon. I'll do the same as I did for Bilko - throw open the doors and let any actor come in for five minutes of conversation.
Sure, the role I'll play will be like Bilko, but so was Top Banana, and so were all those parts I played in movies as John Payne's best friend. It's a part of me, and if I do say so myself, I play it pretty well!."
The New Phil Silvers Show Undergoes Changes
'The New Phil Silvers Show', which to the dismay of many became old rather fast, will undergo some changes. A basic decision arrived at by program doctors of the Columbia Broadcasting System is that a factory setting, in which Mr. Silvers plays a foreman, is much too confining. It limits story possibilities. So early in the year Mr. Silvers will break out of that confine and start travelling, with or without a tux.
Last night CBS took officiail recognition of Mr. Silvers' run-down rating. It switched the order of his show and "the Defenders", rescheduling the comedian from 9.30 to 10 and the other program from 8.30 to 9.30.The relatively low rating of the Silvers show had resulted in "The Defenders", a prized possession of CBS, getting a smaller rating than it had last season. In the hope of defending "The Defenders", CBS reversed the order. Also, it was reasoned, Mr. Silvers might find the going easier against the 9.30 competition on other networks than he had encountered at 8.30.
Until now CBS has had Mr. Silvers in that factory every Saturday night, which is hardly the place any red-blooded working man would yearn to be at that time of the week. It has become apparent to CBS that Mr. Silvers must be exposed to new comedy characters (which may prompt new castings), new and varied situations and fresh locales.
Because the comedian was an outstanding hit for several seasons as Sergeant Bilko, also on CBS, there have been rumors the network might subject him to another draft. But CBS said last week there was no chance Mr. Silvers would be reinducted in any branch of the military service. It still thinks he can adjust to the demands of civilian life and Nielsen ratings.
NY Times, November 17, 1963
The New Phil Silvers Show - Video Gallery
Excerpts from episodes of Phil's 1963/64 CBS TV series The New Phil Silvers Show
75 & 1/2 Trombones (18/1/1963)
Birthday Boy (12/10/1963)
Second Season Opening Credits
The Tortoise & The Harry (19/10/1963)


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Women engineers discuss 'Hidden Figures' and lingering challenges
CLEMSON — The non-fiction book and its film counterpart "Hidden Figures" revealed the genius behind the American space race in the 1960s: a cohort of black women who, despite segregation and discrimination, applied their genius in math and engineering to help send our rockets and astronauts into space and bring them back safely.
But the look back at the trailblazing women casts a light on racial and gender disparities that still exist in science, technology, engineering and math, said three Clemson University black women engineers.
"Even though we may not have some of the more explicit racism and even barriers against women that existed back in the 1960s, often many women do struggle with the same issues," said Renee Cottle, assistant professor of bioengineering at Clemson.
"Often, many women are underestimated, as they were in the movie, and they have to overcome those preconceived notions that their employers and even colleagues may have about what they can do and what they can accomplish," Cottle said.
Clemson chemical engineering major Crystal Pee, civil engineering doctoral candidate Shakira Hobbs and Cottle gathered recently to discuss how "Hidden Figures" affected them and how they related to the women's struggles.
"The movie resonated with me not only as an African-American woman, but as a woman, period," Cottle said. "The women portrayed in this movie were very relatable. Even though they lived in a time period that was radically different than our own, we can relate to them, and I think that's what made it so wonderful."
In the movie, actors Taraji Henson, Janelle Monáe and Octavia Spencer play real characters Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson and Dorothy Vaughan, who, with many other black women, persevered and triumphed in two worlds dominated by people who looked nothing like them: the science, engineering and mathematics professions dominated by men, and the world of white people, which dominated every other aspect of American society.
The story of the "Hidden Figures" women remained largely unknown until the book was published in September 2016 and the movie was released this month.
Pee said she heard about the movie when the actor Taraji Henson posted an announcement on her Instagram page, and she started doing her homework. "I first learned about Katherine Johnson, and I learned she was 97 years old, and I thought, wow, it's still impactful today," Pee said.
Increasing diversity and inclusion in the STEM fields got a boost recently with a $3.4 million grant to Clemson from the National Science Foundation.
"Our search committees absolutely are doing a good job of identifying talented women and bringing them to campus," Sez Atamturktur, associate professor of civil engineering and the leader of the ADVANCE grant, said when the grant was announced. "The problem is the number of women in our applicant pools is very, very low. We're starting with fewer options. We will strive to match the representation of women in faculty positions to the number of candidates available for those positions in the national pool."
In the movie, Hobbs noted how Johnson, Jackson and Vaughan faced barriers and diligently overcame them.
"There was a scene (in the movie) where Katherine was given some calculations to verify, and the majority of the page is blacked out," Hobbs said. The lead engineer, a white man, had redacted much of the information and told Johnson she had to perform her job without it.
"At one point, you're like, 'Aw, man, that's wrong!' But as the movie progressed, she was able to prevail and show that his calculations were wrong. So although initially there may be some road blocks, if you have hope and you stick with it, you'll figure it out," Hobbs said.
In addition to the featured video (above) of Hobbs, Pee and Cottle, there is a full-length version (minimally edited) you can watch here in which the women discuss their personal experiences and insights with greater depth.


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The Answer to US Child Support: Give Them An Ankle Bracelet
from the Desoto Times Tribune by Robert Lee Long
A father thrown in jail for child support is unable to work to pay that debt and often loses his job. It's a vicious cycle that is repeated time and time again. A recent New York Times article highlighted the issue of fathers who fall behind on child support, only to be incarcerated and unable to work, falling further and further behind in catching up.
For DeSoto County Jail Administrator Chad Wicker, the problem hits close to home. As a child of divorced parents, Wicker witnessed the problem firsthand. When his father fell behind in making child support payments, his mother could not collect on back child support because he lived in Texas. (Who knows how long ago this was? The Bradley Amendment is never discussed in these articles.)
States do not have reciprocal agreements to detain or arrest so-called "deadbeat dads" for overdue child support, according to Wicker.
"The problem with the dads who owe back child support is they keep coming back time and time again," Wicker said. "We have some guys in custody who owe $70,000 or $80,000 and they are never in a position to pay it off."
Ex-spouses of so-called "dead-beat dads" are also at a disadvantage. "Many times, the state does not get involved unless the mother is on government assistance," Wicker said. "She can hire a private attorney or a private investigator to help her, but 99 percent of the time when a father who owes back child support gets arrested it's because the state has a compelling interest in its litigation."
Wicker said at the DeSoto County jail, men who have been arrested and jailed for owing back child support comprise 5 percent of the total jail inmate population but make up 40 percent of the jail's non-violent offenders who are incarcerated.
"We usually keep between 10 to 20 in custody at any given time and for instance, today (Friday) we had a jail inmate population of 306," Wicker said, adding 62 inmates were released Thursday following court-imposed adjudications of their sentences. According to Wicker, it costs $49.37 cents a day to house and feed an inmate.
Men who owe back child support quickly fill up beds in the jail once they again fall behind, according to Wicker. "Typically what happens is that you can go to jail if you are $2,000 behind," Wicker said. "When you pay $400 a month, it doesn't take long to get further behind if you get arrested and put in jail."
Though jail is considered an effective incentive for parents who are able to pay, critics say punitive policies do not work for those who are poor, as the New York Times article points out.
A case in point was the South Carolina man, Walter L. Scott, an African-American man who was pulled over for a broken tail light by a white Charleston, S.C. police officer. It was discovered by the police officer that Scott owed more than $18,000 in back child support and was likely headed back to jail. Scott bolted and ran and was shot in the back several times as he fled by the police officer, an event which touched off riots and protests in several American cities.
According to Sarah Geraghty, who was quoted in the New York Times article on the subject, poor people are often jailed over and over again in greater numbers for back child support in disproportionate numbers than those who have an ability to pay. "Parents who are truly destitute go to jail over and over again for child support debt simply because they are poor," Geraghty was quoted in the New York Times article as saying.
According to the New York Times, a 2007 Urban Institute study of child support debt in nine large states found that 70 percent of people in arrears were "owed by people who reported less than $10,000 a year in income."
In Scott's case, he spent two weeks in jail and lost his $35,000-a-year job at a filmmaking company, in addition to sending him into an emotional and psychological spiral. Scott is now dead and obviously unable to pay not only any debt to his second wife and their children but any supposed debt to society.
DeSoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco said he would like to see these incarcerated fathers out working than taking up badly needed jail beds in his facility. "If they have a job, I would like to see them on an ankle bracelet and keep them on the job," Rasco said. "It would help them and their families and help us keep our numbers down. If they lose their job, they'll never catch up."
It's bad enough to be labeled a 'deadbeat' or actually be dead, but the US has become so legally radicalized that 'authorities' believe that ankle bracelets are an answer, as if jail has ever been an answer. Coercion and fear are obviously what this is about, not about any pretense at a solution. It all about corporation exploitation by the state. Imagine – the US considers itself superior in the battle for 'human rights.' Fathers are little more than a paycheck, and that's the way the state likes it. Surely, the founding fathers of this nation would turn over in their graves, that is, if they were able. – MJR


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Hookworms Get Ready For A Lost Weekend
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, May 15th, 2014 09:12
Hookworms invite Vision Fortune, Ultimate Painting, Cold Pumas and more to Salford for a two-dayer at the end of this month
Blistering garage rock five-piece Hookworms are breaking cover from writing to headline and curate a special two-night residency at Salford venue and arts space Islington Mill on May 30-31.
There was barely a head left unturned last year as the Leeds-based group swept through the country with their white-knuckle debut LP, Pearl Mystic. Their live show, meanwhile, described as "an enervating, entrancing, life-enhancing experience" by the Quietus' Ben Graham, offered the sort of emotional catharsis long since dormant in most of the guitar-orientated bands from this isle. Subsequently signing to Domino imprint Weird World, they're currently preparing its follow-up with this upcoming weekender sure to be a chance to road test new material – as well as bringing a load of their friends along for the ride with them.
In what will be their first UK headline show in five months, the Friday night sees Hookworms invite Italian Beach Babes' part-Pixies-inspired, part-motorik-driven trio Novella up north; members of Veronica Falls and Mazes will also be debuting their new project, Ultimate Painting, while opening act will be rough-edged indie-pop stalwarts Sex Hands.
Saturday meanwhile has an extended schedule that takes in Fat Cat's lo-fi kraut-inspired trio Mazes – themselves readying a third album - as well as the wholly righteous Faux Discx records pairing of Cold Pumas and Vision Fortune - the latter currently in the process of moving away from their drone-rock roots towards a more electronically industrial sound. Completing the second day's bill are dark garage pop purveyors, Sealings, and the marauding electronica of producer, Moon Gangs – the latter's EP released this month on Sexbeat.
For full details, head here, with day and weekend tickets available here, and have a watch of them performing 'Away/Towards' from Pearl Mystic in session below:
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Vitamin B3 and miscarriage
This week, media outlets widely reported findings of an Australian study linking vitamin B3 to birth defects and miscarriages. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, was undertaken by an Australian research team headed by Professor Sally Dunwoodie. The study findings have even been compared to the discovery of the link between folate and neural tubes defects such as spina bifida.
Unfortunately, though perhaps not surprisingly, media enthusiasm has allowed a good headline to get in the way of responsible journalism. While the discovery of an association between vitamin B3 and birth defects (in mice) is interesting, important, and creates many questions for further research, it is a far, far cry from "preventing millions of women from suffering miscarriage".
In a nutshell, the researchers of this study:
Importantly (and curiously left out by the media):
The assumption is that something occurring naturally can't be bad, BUT the entire HRT fiasco came from initial studies suggesting all women should take oestrogen because it prevents heart disease, and women with early menopause have more heart disease, so extra oestrogen must be good. But women with extra oestrogen just turned out to have more strokes, more clots (and… MORE heart disease!) – the painful lesson from the HRT trials is that jumping in early, on the first promise of something useful, is not without risk.
After much pain, a few law suits, and many more trials, we eventually settled on "HRT benefits may outweigh risks, in some women, sometimes, maybe".
The unfortunate but inevitable consequence of over-enthusiastic journalism that reports gross extrapolations of animal studies is that women are offered premature - and currently unfounded - hope of a treatment that is not only unproven, but also untested. With headlines like these, the only winners are manufacturers of Vitamin B3 supplements.
Nevertheless, let's look forward to the follow-up study findings from this Australian team of researchers!Vitamin B3 and miscarriage
David is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and undertook his specialist training in Queensland. He is highly skilled in the management of complex and high-risk pregnancies, and has special training in minimally-invasive surgery, endometriosis, pelvic floor and incontinence surgery. David has completed a Master of Reproductive Medicine and is skilled in the assessment and management of fertility problems, and can offer the full range of assisted reproductive treatments. He is a Senior Lecturer with The University of Queensland Medical School, and has published both medical journal and textbook contributions.
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