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The Disappearing Market for Nuclear Electricity-Report
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By the time any new nuclear power station could be built in the UK (2020 or later), the market for its electricity will be disappearing-because of explosive growth in photovoltaics (PV) and because consumers will be able to buy electricity from anywhere in Europe. This is one of the conclusions of a report by the Energy Fair group.
The falling cost of photovoltaics (PV) will lead to a booming market for solar panels, generating large amounts of power during the day when the demand for electricity is greatest. And there will be stiff competition from wind power and other renewables that work at night.
The likely completion of the European internal market for electricity and strengthening of the European transmission grid will enable consumers, including large commercial and industrial consumers, to buy their electricity from anywhere in Europe.
"The disappearing market for nuclear electricity means that there is absolutely no case for subsidising nuclear power with 'contracts for difference' or any other subsidy," said Dr Gerry Wolff of Energy Fair. "If the Government presses on with that policy, we may be saddled with expensive nuclear white elephants that will be paid for by consumers for 25 years or more. This would be worse than the PFI fiasco or the debacle of the West Coast Main Line."


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Well, I had an idea for a tutoring service in my random search around for ways to get a small income.
I like the idea a lot, but I realized there's a lot more to this that I'm not really prepared for quite yet. I would like to develop a method to learning based on my own experiences, but I'm pretty sure I need more time.
That said, I plan to still go at it as a kind of hobby. Between learning French and figuring out what I'll be doing for the next year, I should have enough downtime right?
For the other things in my life, things are going fairly well. The small town I'm living in here in France is pretty cool. I feel like I'm walking through the pages of a Harry Potter novel.
I'm currently working on learning French, and once I'm competent in the language other things will be much easier to deal with. I plan doing my Master's here (not quite sure EXACTLY where, but that's in the plans to come).
The biggest things though, is things go on. I got stuck in Korea for the past two years and am feeling like I'm going forward again. It was sad to say goodbye to friends from school and family, but it's nice to be with Susan and exploring somewhere new. I look forward to the chance to grow and hope to meet everyone again as a better person.
To finish, I plan to be updating here more, maybe even practicing in other languages. I think it's a nice way to practice.
Au revoir!

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A couple of weeks ago, something reminded me of the greatest trip I've ever been on, and I thought: Oh, I wonder if, when I blogged about it, I mentioned that.
Then I went back through eight years of this blog (that's right, I'm term-limited out of blogging now) and was astonished, gobsmacked, amazed, to find out I've never written about it.
Truly, it had a huge impact on my life, I've written essays in actual newspapers about it, and yet, I've never told it here. Madness.
So, with summer just about over, here goes: I want to tell you about the summer of 1984, when a man, his wife, his 12-year-old daughter, and 8-year-old son (Me!) drove from Commack, N.Y., to California and back in a Winnebago motor home, over six glorious, occasionally foul-smelling weeks, and my entire world was opened up like a curtain at a Broadway show, revealing backstage.
It all started because my father was a schoolteacher, and in the 1983-84 school year he was granted a sabbatical. It was common for NYC teachers back then, and so for a whole school year my Dad planned a trip that sounded ridiculous on paper: The four of us, in a 26-foot Winnebago motor home, eating, sleeping, living in it all together, for six weeks.
We'd drive from our home on Long Island to Knox, Pa., on June 15, our first stop, and from memory, I want to say we arrived back home on July 28 or 29th. (There was a long, long period, I'd say at least 10 years afterwards, where my father, in front of friends, would ask me to recite the entire itinerary in order, and I could do it. If challenged right now, I could probably still get it 80 percent right.)
My mother and father had been counselors on summer teen tours in the late 1960s, but this was going to be a whole different thing.
We threw questions at my father all year, fast and furious:
— "We're going to go to the bathroom in this thing, then emptying it all outside?"
— "Whaddaya mean, my bed turns into our kitchen table?"
— "I've got to be with my sister every minute of every day, for six weeks?"
There was skepticism everywhere. But my father's enthusiasm was so overwhelming, so overpowering, that eventually I think I just gave up doubting him.
"We're going to see America!" he'd shout, like a TV evangelist. "We're going to look at incredible blue skies, and smell amazing air. It's going to be great!"
Thirty-three years later, I can tell you: He undersold it. The trip was magical. Life-changing. Incredible.
We saw things my 8-year-old eyes had never seen. I can still remember so many details, huge and small: The huge ones? Seeing the Grand Canyon at sunrise, and sunset, still the most beautiful thing in nature I've ever seen.
The elk and moose at Yellowstone National Park. The majesty of Mount Rushmore. The enormity of Hearst Castle. The coolness of the "Four Corners," monument, where Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico meet.
The grandeur of Old Faithful, and Yosemite, and taking a walk with my Dad down some trail to a river, and sticking our feet in and it feeling just glorious.
And the small details, I remember just as much: The yellowed piece of paper that had our itinerary on it, so we always knew where we'd be going next.
The cabover mattress/sleeping compartment above the driving area where my parents slept, where I spent most of the time we drove, watching America from a unique perch. My "job" was to record every expense of the trip in a little spiral notebook, and I was very proud to have that job.
The flat tire we got near Yosemite. The time my friend Andrew, vacationing with his family in Colorado that summer, clogged our little toilet. The hole-in-one I got in mini-golf somewhere in South Dakota. The complete shock and joy we felt when we found Hebrew National hot dogs in, I think it was, Minnesota.
It was unlike any trip I'd ever taken, or probably ever will take again. Was it all sunshine and roses? Of course not. We were an American family, so we fought sometimes, got sick of each other, complained there was nothing to do (KOA campgrounds, where we usually parked overnight, were not exactly hotbeds of excitement, but they did offer warm showers.)
When it was finally over, and we returned back to our little slice of suburbia, I remember being thrilled to be back in a real bed.
And more than a little sad, that this wild and crazy adventure was over.
I've often said, and many people who I've talked to about this trip have said, that I was at the perfect age to enjoy the trip. Not too young that I didn't know what was going on, but not too old that I thought I was too cool for all of this (My sister, of course, has different memories of the trip, nowhere near as positive as mine.)
It was the summer of my life, and a summer I'll never forget. And if I can ever convince my wife and family to climb aboard a motorhome, I know they'll have the journey of their lives.


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No-lace soccer shoes from Adidas
Shoes that will offer "a glove-like fit and the cleanest possible strike using a larger surface area to generate more power and accuracy." That is the idea behind Adidas' new laceless soccer shoe that is becoming steadily more available worldwide.
The new sleek design has top soccer players and avid recreational players in mind with its look, functionality, and comfort. The shoe itself is called the ACE 16+ Purecontrol. The laceless feature is supposed to allow players a more controlled and accurate kick of the ball with the removal of those pesky knots and flapping laces. It also eliminates the possibility of laces getting caught on the bottom of other players' cleats, which could result in injury.
The previously mentioned "glove-like fit" comes from a thermoplastic polyurethane cage that secures the upper part of the foot. This way, the shoe isn't flying off somewhere after you take a shot at the goal. No laces and a secure comfortable fit leads to the perfect combination.
This shoe is perfect for minimizing disruption while kicking the ball. There will be no triple and quadruple knotting and tucking lace ends in the shoe with this new design. Some pro players have already taken to using them during their games, so they're definitely worth checking out in the near future.
Illinois renews athletic contract with Nike for 10 more years
Big time contracts between universities nationwide and large athletic apparel brands are nothing new. Just recently, the athletic department of the University of Illinois agreed to a renewal of their contract with footwear and apparel giant Nike Inc. for an additional 10 years worth approximately $44.5 million.
Nike and Illinois have already partnered together for the better part of two decades. The new agreement will last through the 2025-2026 academic year. The deal will feature shoes, uniforms, socks, and other athletic apparel for the fighting Illini.
Coaches and players are apparently very supportive of the products offered from Nike over the years, and consider them a vital part to their quest for national titles in various sports. The new extension is set to begin July 1 and will cover 21 different Illini varsity sports.
Vans to Honor Legacy of the SK8-HI
Vans is celebrating 50 years of existence in 2016, and to commemorate this and the ever popular SK8-HI, the brand is joining with iconic personalities to help tell the story of the shoe's impact on expression over the years.
The SK8-HI has long been admired by many as the most important shoe in the skateboarding world. It's simplicity and ability to be built across a range of cultural influences has made it embraced by many people.
It was first introduced back in 1978 and has been a mainstay in the common wardrobe of the avid skater. It was initially made by skateboarders, for skateboarders. Furthermore, communities in music, fashion, and art have welcomed the style into their forefront over the years. It is without a doubt the shoe that best represents Vans' past, present, and future.
The notable people that Vans has brought on to commemorate the SK8-HI are skateboarder Steve Caballero, Grammy nominated artist Syd Tha Kyd, Vans skate team rider Lizzie Armanto, punk rock icon Henry Rollins, celebrated artist and animator Jay Howell, international model Natalie Westling and professional surfer and Vans team rider Wade Goodall.
You can join in on the celebration and appreciation of the Vans brand by checking out the SK8-HI styles on the company's website.


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4 Awesome Apps to Turn Your Gmail into a Productive Sales Machine
Email is the centre of your sales operation. You use it for prospecting, lead generation, and even closing deals. With Gmail apps, you can turn your email into powerful sales tool by integrating it with your CRM, connecting it to your mobile phone, and pulling in critical customer information right into your inbox.
We've scoured the Chrome Web Store to present you our list of the 5 awesome app to turn your Gmail into a productive sales machine.
Rapportive adds a name, a face, and even Twitter account to every email. No longer do you have to jump on to Google or your database to remember who this person is who has emailed you. Rapportive pulls in and displays all that information right in your inbox.
You email hundreds of different people on any given week, especially if you're in sales and marketing. Remembering important information such as when was the last time you were in touch and who the last contact was is critical. Unfortunately, this takes hours upon hours to go in and manually enter the data in your CRM. Ecquire solves this problem. It takes all your data entry work into your Gmail and automatically does the work for you. Watch while it updates and creates contacts in your CRM without you ever lifting a finger.
Scheduling an email is a godsend for sales and marketing. Reach your customers when they're most likely to to be checking – early in the morning, later in the afternoon, or whenever you found you've had most success. Send follow-up emails and reminders weeks or months ahead, today, so that you don't forget. On the flip-side, schedule emails for yourself so that you never forget. Set reminders for replies by pulling the email right to the top of your inbox on schedule. Boomerang adds the scheduling functionality to all your outgoing and incoming emails.
Timing is sometimes the key factor in getting a deal done. But you could be on the road with another client or travelling for business, not always connected to your email. AwayFind allows you to easily create alerts for important emails so that you get notified when it gets into your inbox.
So those are our favorite Gmail sales tools. Have any others that you think should be part of the list? Share in the comments below.
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JimJuly 26, 2012 at 12:34 pm
Boomerang Rocks! Totally worth the $.
If you have a huge inbox because it is your main "to do" list, Boomerang will help. So glad my company went to Google Apps…..


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Torn16:48Alice Grace
After recently moving to Yorkshire with my boyfriend, we've been doing a lot of exploring seeing as we're not from round these parts. When checking out so many cute, picturesque places, I want to feel comfortable whilst still looking somewhat smart. Ripped denim is everywhere at the moment and, whether you do a DIY job or buy your shredded styles, I'm loving it. Some liberal lacerations add edge and interest to otherwise same-y looks.
A high-street hero, Topshop have got torn togs nailed and I've picked up two pairs of their much coveted Jamie jeans, one in an off-black and one with an acid wash effect. This time round, I've coupled my slashed slacks with a laid-back, satin shirt from Zara and a pair of pretty, ultra-feminine shoes from Sainsbury's, would you believe. You'll just have to excuse those blister patches. They aren't my new, must-have accessory, but they were necessary thanks to a rather uncomfortable pair of heels worn the night before, that I'm clearly yet to break in.
Black Cami - Primark
Blouse - Zara
Jeans - Topshop
Shoes - Tu @ Sainsburys
Necklace - H&M
Bag - Topshop
Lipstick - Revlon Wild Watermelon Lip Butter
Have you cottoned on to the torn trend? What do you think of it?
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Animal Encounters while hiking, pets on hikes, Safety Tips
Hiking is one of our favorite activities, and I know many of you feel the same way. Of course, communing with nature can lead to encounters with wildlife and, while thrilling, it can also be dangerous. Deterring an attack, or surviving one, requires different behavior depending on the animal you encounter. Before you head out, make yourself familiar with the wildlife that lives in the area you are hiking, and follow these tips to be prepared.
General Tips
Avoid surprising animals by making noise and staying aware – especially on sections of trail with limited sight lines.
Putting bear bells on your dog's collar will alert wildlife to your presence and give the animals time to avoid you.
Don't wear headphones. Instead, tune into your surroundings so you can hear approaching animals.
Don't jog on the trails known for animal encounters – it stimulates a predator's instinct to chase and attack.
Be sure someone knows where you're going and when you plan to be back.
Carry a first aid kit and a cell phone.
Follow leash laws. They are there to protect you and your pets from predators.
In places where off-leash hiking is allowed, keep pets close to you and within sight at all times. If they run ahead, they may bring the predator right back to you.
If you are hiking in bear country, keep in mind that bears tend to be more active at dawn and dusk, so plan your hikes accordingly.
Keep an eye out for tracks, fresh scat, digs, other signs that animals are active in the area.
Carry bear spray and be sure that you have practiced using it before an attack.
If you see a mountain lion
Stop – don't run, and stay calm.
Talk loudly and firmly to the lion in a low voice.
Face the lion and maintain eye contact.
Back away slowly if you can do so safely.
Make yourself look large – raise your arms or hold a jacket or
backpack above your head.
Pick up you dog (if it's small enough) so it does not run.
If the lion behaves aggressively, throw stones, branches, or your belongings at him.
If You Are Attacked by a Mountain Lion
Don't run – fight back.
Use what ever is available to you – your backpack, jacket, sticks, tools, keys, knife, or even your bare hands.
Protect your head and neck.
If You Meet a Coyote
Coyote Coyotes typically hunt alone or in pairs, so keep an eye on your surroundings.
Calmly, but slowly back away and maintain eye contact. Don't turn your back.
Don't run.
Raise your arms or hold a jacket or backpack over your head to make yourself look bigger.
If You Are Attacked by a Coyote
If the coyote shows signs of an impending attack act aggressively – yell loudly, and throw rocks, sticks or your belongings at it.
Throw dirt, gravel, sand – anything you can find – in its eyes
If You Encounter a Bear
If you see a bear but the bear doesn't see you, detour quickly and quietly, but do not run.
Give the bear plenty of room, allowing it to continue its activities undisturbed. If it changes its behavior, you're too close so back away.
If the bear sees you, remain calm and avoid sudden movements.
You want it to know you're human so talk in a normal voice and move your arms.
A standing bear is not always a sign of aggression. Many times, bears will stand to get a better view.
Throw something onto the ground (like your camera) if the bear pursues you, as it may be distracted by this and allow you to escape.
Never feed or throw food to a bear.
If a Bear Charges You
Remember that bears charge as a bluff, running toward you then veering off or stop abruptly. Stand your ground until the bear stops, then slowly back away.
Never run from a bear! They will give chase, and bears can run faster than 30 mph.
Don't run towards or climb a tree. Black bears and some grizzlies can climb trees, and many bear will be provoked to chase you if they see you climbing.
If a Grizzly Bear Attacks
Play dead!
Lie face down on the ground with your hands around the back of your neck.
Stay silent and try not to move
Keep your legs spread apart and if you can, leave your pack on to protect your back.
Once the bear backs off, stay quiet and still for as long as you can. Bears will often watch from a distance and come back if they see movement.
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Big Parks Project
The Big Parks Project is now complete. The project started in 2011 to improve recreation and leisure facilities in Peacehaven on land given to the town by Southern Water.
The Big Parks project committee would like to thank everyone who took part in consultations, events and worked hard to make sure the park met the expectations of the local community.
The project saw the construction of a state of the art skatepark, two natural playgrounds, an award winning cafe, the redevelopment of the community hub building, landscaping and the start of the community orchard.
What Next?
Peacehaven Town Council are responsible for the management of the park, for information and events taking place in the park please visit their website www.peacehavencouncil.co.uk
The Community Orchard is still a work in progress and will continue to grow as more trees are planted and nurtured over the coming years. If you would like to keep up to date with the orchard or get involved with its upkeep, visit the Peacehaven Community Orchard Facebook page or The Brighton Permaculture Trust's Website.


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Well, I didn't really take the summer off . Just from blogging because I have been working my ass off since mid June at my new job at
Target, which I LOVE by the way!!! 3 month probation is done in the next few days woohoooo!!
But I put this question out there for you all. Even tho I am now going from working only 25 hours a week to 40 hours a week why the hell am I STILL am struggling to pay the bills???
Seriously, I hate picking and choosing who to pay. Currently, I have no phone, while I catch up on internet and cable so that Big C has some mode of entertainment. As BIG C has had a relapse on her Anxiety Disorder and is again not working because of loosing her second job because of this stupid Anxiety Disorder.
I'm struggling to save up the money to pay for the missed Dr's appt's that she missed because of her anxiety of leaving the house, so that I can get her help. (I will now be attending all Dr's appt's with her so I know that she doesn't have a anxiety attack and go home instead of making her way to the app't)
I didn't realize that the anxiety had reared it's ugly head again until she lost her second job. The kid was embarrassed, disapointed in herself and confused to tell me. She felt that she was letting me down. I explained to her that we need to work as a team and to get her help but the first step is to get back to the Dr. and to work on this head on. Unfortunately, I can not afford to get private help for her so we are going to need to go the hard, slow way and thru our Ontario health care.
It was suggested by the local Job Bank, that she should be applying for Disability. I have fought against this but I think she may just need to go this venue. It's all very confusing and I have no idea on how to go about this. I hope getting back into the Dr, and asking his advice might shed a bit of light.
Sigh, it's like a friggen revolving door I tell you.
In the meantime we are in the beginnings of working to open our own little online business of cute little Christmas Pillows, themed Pillows and Baby Quilts.
I'm a cool chick now and have opened up a pay pal account, a ebay account and have recently ordered some cute fabric from the states that will hopefully arrive at my door early next week, so we can get this going!
Here's a pic of one of the panels I have coming!
Now that summer is just about done here (it never really did arrive in Ontario), we will be spending alot more time in doors sewing! And blogging of course!
How was your summer, what's the latest gossip? And any advice on how to go about getting help with going down the road for help with Big C would be appreciated!


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Perfect Diet Tracker 3.5.4 update available
Filed in: Information | Software updates
The Perfect Diet Tracker has been updated!
The new version is available from our download and update pages right now.
Whats new in this version…
– Expanded food database to over 78,000 items.
– Update results window is now resizable.
– Keyboard shortcuts cmd + and cmd – adjust font size in the diary.
– Added keyboard shortcut to access exercise entry window.
– Some help screens had text that overflowed images in specific languages, fixed.
– Certain country flags were not displaying, fixed.
– Scrollbar on update results screen was missing when there were more than 10 additional items to track, fixed.
You can also use the download buttons to the right to download the new version now.


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sometimes, crying is your body's way of saying you're hurt, that's enough, stop it.
i used to sing "Thinking of You" for someone before. i thought it's funny coz I'm already falling for another guy when I am still in a relationship but i know it's wrong so I stopped the feeling coz i knew it wasn't right. When that relationship ended, it's already too late to start with the other guy. Must be karma. Is it?
Being that person who has the power to choose between two people is somewhat good. Coz you never lose. Choose A or B, you win either way. But what if you're one of the choices? Better yet, if you're the current guy and you know that your someone still can't get over their past love? What will you do?
It's a slap in the face knowing that someone you love is still attached to a previous relationship. But what can you do? I say, you have two options. Either run away or stay. It's that easy. Run away somewhere far so you can easily detach yourself in the "relationship" and move on. Or stay, be there, risk it all and be a man and stay by their side until all the hurt is gone. Or again, we can always run away, we always have that option.
Being second best is better than being nothing. But it hurts more. A LOT MORE. But if you know you're in that situation, and you know you really love the person, you just have to accept it, after all, it's part of the package, all you can do is hope that one day, they realize that you're there for them, that you'll do anything for them, that you're a better person coz you chose to stay rather than leave them when you know they're still hurting. And then, you hope at that point, they realize that they love you as much as you love them.
i can't finish this now. well, it hasn't ended in real life either. i hope it won't. coz I'm choosing to stay.


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Small condo kitchens are difficult and this kitchen was no exception. The cabinets were along the back and side walls, with no cabinet in the corner. The stove and refrigerator were next to each other blocking a south-facing window. Our job was to make this kitchen functional and attractive.We expanded the space by creating a countertop over new ... read more»
Open Kitchen with Space for Two
How do you create a great kitchen in a 10 x 10 space? We listened to what the client liked, how they planed to use the kitchen, and what the house would permit us to do. The owners of this town house liked the light coming in from the back of the kitchen – nothing else. They both wanted to cook, but there was not enough countertop room. They wanted ... read more»
Improving a Kitchen with a Pass-Thru and Better Layout
The existing kitchen was cramped and unattractive. The space was dominated by an eating area and a refrigerator. Formica countertops and unattractive slab cabinets made the area uninviting and unpleasant.We opened up a pass-thru to the dining room and created a bar where people could gather. We put the refrigerator into an area adjacent to the ... read more»
From Cramped Quarters to a Family Kitchen
Our clients had a small kitchen which needed remodeling. They also had a large family who visited with them constantly. Creating another small kitchen was not the solution, so we designed outside the box and created a large space which would accommodate the entire family. We accomplished this by removing a wall and incorporating an existing porch ... read more»
Changing a Tired Kitchen into a Comfortable Kitchen
Our new clients were tired of their old kitchen. The cabinets had been constructed on site using pine wood, exterior hinges, and inferior internal hardware. The countertop was white formica. The floor was tile which perpetually appeared to be dirty. Change was needed.The first thing we did was to describe what a functional kitchen should have: ... read more»
A Spacious & Inviting Eating/Entertaining Area
Our client had a typical galley kitchen, hidden behind a wall separating it from a large dining area and open to a rear porch. We opened up the wall between the kitchen and dining room and opened up the entry to the porch and made all 3 areas part of the same spacious eating and entertaining area. We made the kitchen functional, put the ... read more»
Attractive Condo Kitchen
The kitchen in this small condo was hidden behind a wall. By removing the wall we opened up the entire space. When cooking in the kitchen the clients were able to interact with the rest of the condo. Attractive shaker cabinets warmed the space. We utilized every inch of space and maximized the efficiency of every cabinets. What would normally have ... read more»
A Kitchen for the Entire Family
At our first meeting with these clients we sat in their old kitchen on chairs at a fold-out table. The area also held a bookcase on wheels with the television. The cooking end of the kitchen was sandwiched between a refrigerator and oven with very little counter space. They wanted something more than this. They wanted a space where they could do ... read more»


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The neighborhoods on East Palmer Blvd. are building a coalition to fight Sarasota County's "plan" to industrialize over 30 acres of prime public lands at Apex and Palmer ,adjacent to the Celery Fields.
This could be the broadest, deepest fight the County has found itself in in quite some time.
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ESSAY- Anastasia Manahan: The art of the imposter
The royal imposter is a recurring theme in history and literature, stretching back to ancient times.
It is art, Bram Stoker wrote in his 1910 book on the subject, "that has been practiced in many forms– impersonators, pretenders, swindlers, and humbugs of all kinds; those who have masqueraded in order to acquire wealth, position, or fame, and those who have done so merely for the love of art."
Franziska Schanzkowska dosen't appear to have been an outright swindler or a humbug. Where she fell on the impersonator-pretender spectrum is a mystery. Either as an act of desperation or psychotic break, she wove a fiction around herself so tightly that it not only became her reality, it became reality for countless others.
Don't recognize the name? Not surprising. But you know Franziska Schanzkowska... you just know her as Anna Anderson, or in her later incarnation as Charlottesville resident Anastasia Manahan. You know her as the woman who, for over fifty years, insisted she was the Grand Dutchess Anastasia, the sole survivor of the martyred Romanov family.
Fished out of a Berlin canal in 1920 in a failed suicide attempt, the uncommunicative Fraülein Unbekannt (Miss Unknown) was in and out of German mental and general hospitals for several years, slowly revealing her "true" identity as the the daughter of the Czar Nicolas II and Empress Alexandra.
She insisted that she had survived the carnage that had killed the rest of her family at the coda of their captivity under the Bolsheviks in the Siberian town of Ekaterinburg on July 18, 1918– wounded, scarred by bullets and bayonets, but shielded from death by the body of her sister Tatiana– and spirited away by a guard named Alexander Tchaikovksy.
She said he took her to Budapest, married her, and gave her a son before dying in a street brawl. Then, she had come to Germany to try to reunite with her extended family, living in exile.
From the start, the tale told by "Anna Anderson" was full of contradictions. She bore a resemblance to Anastasia, but experts noted dissimilarities as well. Where Anastasia had been playful and clever, she was querulous and eccentric. She spoke no Russian or English, as Anastasia would have, but did speak German... a language Anastasia was never taught.
She seemed to know a great deal about the Romanovs and their private lives, but was often mistaken on important details. Romanov relatives, who hadn't seen much of Anastasia in the years leading up to the Russian Revolution, were split on her veracity. German courts puzzled over her case for a record-setting 32 years before deciding she had not adequately proven her identity.
For many people over the decades, those details never mattered. They simply made the story more deliciously mysterious. Neither have the several DNA studies beginning in 1994 that have shown, to a high degree of probability, that Anastasia Manahan was not genetically related to the Romanovs and that she was genetically related to the Schanzkowski family. How, they argue, can you reduce a living, breathing human being to a few cells in a petri dish?
Those last true-believers are not even likely to be swayed by the latest evidence released earlier this month: DNA confirmation that two bodies found outside Ekaterinburg in 2007 were the "missing" Romanovs, Anastasia's brother Alexei and her older sister, Marie.
It's a good example of how, even in the age of DNA, people have trouble with the idea of an incontrovertible proof.
Sometimes it just gets in the way of a good story. We don't necessarily need to believe in science. We do need to believe that goodness can triumph over tragedy. Without the survival at least one of the Czar's children, the Romanov murders are a portrait of young people dying a horrific death before they even had a chance to live. It takes a lot of Disney magic to turn that into something heartwarming.
More often, it disrupts an emotional investment people have made in a person they have taken into their hearts. Imposters play on our fundamental belief that nobody would lie about about something as existential as identity.
"I know one thing for certain," said one of Mrs. Manahan's longtime friends and supporters. "Anastasia was not a Polish peasant."
In a sense, he was right: she wasn't. The fascinating thing about the Anastasia story is that, at some point, it transcended truth, history, DNA, or deception.
Franziska Schanzkowska picked up the broken thread of Anastasia Romanov's life and made it her own. Anastasia lost her future to revolution; to live Anastasia's life, Franziska had to give up her past.
Anastasia saved Franziska from becoming an nameless suicide in a Berlin morgue; Franziska saved Anastasia from being overlooked by history. Now, there's no way to tell the story of one without telling the story of the other. Through the sheer determination of the survivor, two lives have been merged into one.
It is, as Stoker might say, a work of art.
Heather Michon is a former Vermonter turned Charlottesvillian who is an avid essayist for OpenSalon.com, a community blogging platform launched by Salon.com last summer.


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Vitamin of the Week: Jamie Herrick (Seattle)
Jamie Herrick
Seattle's got more than great coffee and an awesome public market, it's got our Vitamin of the Week, Jamie Herrick!
Passionate about the Seahawks, recruiting, and creatives (but not necessarily in that order), Jamie's a Vitamin T agent who loves nothing better than matching people with their dream gigs.
Oh, and a great cup of coffee.
Jump into her answers to our 7 Quick Questions to find out a little more about this Seahawk-loving superstar!
- What's the BEST thing someone can do when looking for a job? One of the very BEST things you can do is get off your computer :) Try not to spend all your time online and go out and network! Seattle is a great place to be if you're job hunting; it's a close-knit community well suited for networking. But regardless of where you live, don't be afraid to put yourself out there and meet new people this year. Do it and you'll see how well it pays off in opportunities!
- What app do you use regularly that provides great user experience? Do I have to pick only one?? Well, that'd have to be Spotify. I listen to music ALL the time and this app definitely feeds my addiction. My new favorite thing about Spotify is their "Discover Weekly" function, which is the ultimate personalized playlist. It's updated every Monday morning and brings a custom-made music playlist tailored to ME. Come on, how great is that?
- What's your favorite interview question? I'm not sure if I would call it a interview question, but I position the entire interview around discovering a talent's needs, goals, and values. It allows me to "deep dive" to truly hone in on finding that PERFECT match between a candidate and client.
- In your job, what's been your favorite moment or biggest joy? Hands down, helping candidates find an awesome opportunity. It is incredibly rewarding.
- What's your favorite brand and why? I'm obsessed with Target. I love it because it's a one stop shop for everything from groceries to a new pair of shoes. You can't go wrong!
- Best creative/digital event in your city? This is a toughie, but one of my favorites is The American Advertising Awards Seattle. I love seeing my favorite agency clients being recognized for their amazing work!
- If you had to pick two celebrities to be your parents, who would they be? It would have to be the celebrity couple Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard. They seem like they would be very entertaining as parents. If you haven't seen it already, check out Kristen's infamous "sloth interview" on Ellen and you will understand why I find them so hilarious!
On the lookout for an amazing creative gig in Seattle ? Talk to Jamie!


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Taschen Senior Editor Jim Heimann knows as well as anyone that surfing is as much a culture as a sport. "Growing up near the beach in Southern California during the 1960s, I eagerly absorbed the cultural aspects of that early surf scene," he writes in the foreword to Surfing. 1778–2015, a new tome that compiles four decades of imagery from the world of surfing. Heimann wasn't a surfer himself, but he still "hung out with a crowd that hit the beach every day, bought my SURFER magazine at the local drugstore, wore my Pendleton, and became well versed with the terms and conditions of this coastline sport."
That sort of studied cultural immersion could be seen in retrospect as foreshadowing a long career of cultural anthropology to come. Heimann has an "unrivaled private collection of ephemera" that has been featured in museum exhibitions as well as many Taschen books. Many of the over 900 graphics and photographs in Surfing are from his collection, while others were solicited from experts in the field, surf legends, seasoned surf photographers, pros, and others who are just as in love with the vibrant colors and counterculture appeal of surfing ephemera.
The book compiles everything from the pop-art advertisements of Dewey Weber Surfboards, one of the first companies to offer off-the-rack customization, to works from '60s psychedelic artist Rick Griffin, including pieces from his 1971 book Tales from the Tube, where he compiled the best of surfing cartoons. But there are plenty of much older pieces of ephemera too, like cover art from the 1918 magazine Paradise of the Pacific–which was founded in 1888 by King David Kalakaua to promote Hawaiian businesses and overseas tourism. We tend to think of surfing as a phenomenon that goes back decades; in fact, it goes back centuries.
We've pulled together 12 of our favorite graphics from Surfing. 1778–2015 in the gallery above.


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Wheat Harvest Woes
Wheat Yields Vary Widely; Low Protein Levels Raise Concern
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Wheat took a beating in the Great Plains this year.
A late-season winter blizzard coupled with an outbreak of wheat streak mosaic has left growers harvesting wildly different wheat crops across each state -- and sometimes within the same field.
Despite the variable yields and damage, one common denominator has emerged, however.
"Most of the wheat is fairly low protein -- for the second year in a row," said Kansas State Extension Agent Tom Maxwell. "They [end users] are really hunting for some protein."
With the Kansas winter wheat harvest in full force, most reports of protein levels are varying between 9% and 11.5%, Maxwell said. Oklahoma State University Small Grains Extension Specialist David Marburger said he thinks the state's wheat crop will average below 11.5%.
That's well below the 12% to 13% desired by flour mills, said DTN Cash Grains Analyst Mary Kennedy.
"The higher the protein content, the harder and stronger the flour and the more it will produce crusty or chewy breads," she explained. "The lower the protein, the softer the flour, which is better for cakes, cookies and pie crusts."
When the winter wheat crop came in with low protein in 2016, flour millers had more options for blending it with higher-protein wheat. They could use the high-protein spring wheat crop or they could look to the 2015 winter wheat harvest, which averaged 12.3% protein, Kennedy said.
But this year, the spring wheat crop has been greatly reduced by persistent drought in the Dakotas, and the 2016 winter wheat crop won't provide any protein boost.
"This year, mills will not have the same luxury of a high-protein carryover, and there is already talk that 12% protein hard red wheat may have to be imported, possibly from Germany if the quality is acceptable," Kennedy reported.
Last year's low-protein crop was a predictable result of record yields, noted Maxwell. Protein levels are generally determined by the amount of nitrogen available to the crop during grainfill. When kernels are large and bountiful, that nitrogen gets diluted, resulting in lower protein levels.
This year, the source of low protein is less certain, but economics likely played a role, Marburger said.
"This year, people didn't want to spend money on nitrogen fertilizer, and many did not get an adequate level to get a high protein content," he said.
Maxwell covers the central Kansas counties of Saline and Ottawa, where growers are sitting on some of the best wheat in the state.
He said yield reports have ranged from 45 to 75 bushels per acre, with some impressive outliers in the 80- and 90-bpa range. Some freeze damage from the late-April snowstorm system has surfaced, but he estimates the counties will have an above-average harvest.
Out in western Kansas, farmers are facing a different story. Near Leoti, Kansas, Rick Horton's wheat sat under 2 feet of wet snow for nearly a week in early May.
Although a lot of it did stand back up, kinked stems took their toll when the weather turned hot and dry in June, he said.
"It didn't allow the plant to be very efficient taking moisture in from the base," he explained. "We lost a good amount of heads." To his west, many fields were abandoned to wheat streak mosaic damage, Horton added.
Out in Syracuse, Kansas, Kent Eddy's wheat was one of the many victims of the virus, which has spread widely across the Great Plains this year.
Eddy lost up to a third of his acres to the disease. The rest aren't faring too well, either. With harvest 25% done, his fields are averaging in the low-20s bpa, about two-thirds his normal yields, he told DTN.
"It's hard trying to diagnose just what the reason is," Eddy said. "We know it's probably some combination of wheat streak mosaic and freeze from the blizzard."
Down in Oklahoma, only Panhandle growers are still finishing up the harvest, said Marburger. Most of the state's yields are ranging from the mid-teens and mid-20s in drier parts of the state up into the 40- to 70-bpa range in the well-watered central counties, he said.
"The yield average will probably be a little above average, but not quite the level we were last year," he said.
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CUNY becomes tobacco-free
9/13/2012, 3:11 p.m.
This fall, the City University of New York will become the largest 100 percent tobacco-free urban public university system in the United States, with a total ban on tobacco use, marketing, promotions and sports sponsorships in effect at all 24 institutions. The ban includes all forms of tobacco and chewing tobacco, as well as e-cigarettes. It applies to buildings, outdoor locations such as playing fields, entrances and exits to buildings, and parking lots.
The tobacco-free policy has been rolling out on campus since January 2011, when the board of trustees voted to make all outdoor areas on campus tobacco-free. (Smoking inside facilities has been barred since Jan. 1, 1995.) Concurrently, the university expanded services to help the university community quit smoking. Available both on- and off-campus, these services are available at no or little cost to students, faculty and staff (see www.cuny.edu/tobaccofree). CUNY has nearly half a million degree and nondegree students and some 20,000 faculty and staff.
"Because smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States and no amount of second-hand smoke is healthy, CUNY acted early to prohibit indoor smoking," said Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost Alexandra Logue. "Particularly because of our new CUNY School of Public Health and our leading role in training a wide variety of health professionals, we take pride in setting the standard for protecting the health of our students and employees and in promoting an environment that facilitates cessation of tobacco use."
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Frank Sanchez noted that beyond wanting to improve students and employees' health, the university's anti-tobacco stance seeks to drive home respect for others and for the environment.
"When someone throws away a cigarette butt or spits out chewing tobacco, someone else has to clean it up. That doesn't show respect for campus workers or for anyone else who may see or step in tobacco litter," he said. "The best thing you can do for your health is to quit smoking, but if you can't, at least be respectful of others."
Last spring, the School of Public Health and the university's Office of Student Affairs commissioned a study of student health that included tobacco use. It found that 18.5 percent of CUNY undergraduates had used tobacco in the previous 12 months. More than 80 percent supported the university's tobacco-free policy, including more than half of the smokers; another 10 percent had no opinion. The study, funded by the city Department of Health and conducted by Baruch College's Survey Research Center, surveyed a representative sample of 1,036 undergraduates from all of CUNY's two- and four-year colleges.
The survey also found that about 55 percent of tobacco users wanted to quit and that about 44 percent had tried to quit. Here's a look at some of the efforts:
College of Staten Island: Each student seen at the health center is screened for tobacco use and is provided with information regarding the impact of smoking on users and nonusers. Other services include nicotine replacement therapy; stress management; support through individual meetings with peer educators, health educators or nurses; and a partnership with Richmond University Medical Center and ASSIST (Anti-Smoking Staten Island Support Team).
City College: Harlem Hospital's Quit Smoking Department provides on-site smoking cessation and free nicotine replacement therapy; flyers sent to students, faculty and staff; information distribution in high-traffic areas and via the campus newspaper, student radio, student clubs and the undergraduate student government; and workshops and informational tabling by peer health educators, among other efforts. For staff, the human resources department promotes smoking cessation in its newsletter and sponsors workshops.
Queens College: Individual and group cessation counseling, nicotine replacement therapy, evaluations and referrals via the health services center, among other efforts.
Queensborough Community College: An array of outreach efforts includes stop-smoking tables at all major campus events; asking about tobacco use on all health services forms and contacts with students, faculty and staff; weekly tables to discuss nicotine-replacement therapy and distribute educational materials in high-traffic areas; group counseling sessions for faculty and staff, separate from students; in-service lectures and workshops for staff and students on the benefits of quitting tobacco; personalized online access to the New York State Quit Line on a walk-in basis; and a partnership with Queens Hospital Center and Elmhurst Hospital Center.


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First of all, I can't believe it's been almost a month since our last post! Sorry for the inactivity on here, we've definitely still been active around the house.
Secondly, we've survived Hurricane Sandy. And now we've woken up this morning to a sort of winter wonderland. Have these two weather events really signaled the end of our favorite season? Check out a few photos from the past month.
Those two were taken in Rockland County, NY and along the Palisades Parkway in NJ, respectively.
Yes, that's what we came home to after the storm. Yes, that is Megan's car. Not a drop of water anywhere in the house, and not another tree down in the entire yard.
It was a big pine, and a tree I never thought would snap like a twig.
And then the clean up began. Not a bad pile, it definitely wasn't as easy as Irene.
Here we are just over a week after Hurricane Sandy hit, and I come home to this, a nice mix of rain and heavy, wet snow. It did, however, make for a pretty good looking, yet difficult, commute this morning. Here's two shots from our respective commutes.


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Application Lifecycle Management Part 5 of 5
Agile Project Management
This is the fifth blog on Application Lifecycle Management series. This part will mainly focus on Agile Project Management aspect of the ALM process. For the past few days, I have been blogging about Application Lifecycle Management, you can read the previous posts:
Application Lifecycle Management Part 1 of 5
Application Lifecycle Management Part 2 of 5
Application Lifecycle Management Part 3 of 5
Application Lifecycle Management Part 4 of 5
Agile Project Management
How are common project phases, like defining requirements, creating the design, and development, organized into frameworks? As an example, we'll take a brief look at the rational unified process (RUP), which consists of the following four phases:
- Inception phase-Developing the core idea. By reviewing and confirming the core business drivers, the product feasibility is established and the project scope defined.
- Elaboration phase-Defining the majority of use cases and system architecture. This is where risks are identified and a schedule is set up.
- Construction phase-Implementing a system that fulfills the requirements necessary to enter the transition phase.
- Transition Phase-Ensuring all requirements are met to satisfy the stakeholders. Besides completing the software, documentation is also created. Often this phase starts with a beta release and ends with software retrospective.
RUP is a common iterative framework, and it has been successfully used in both small and large scale development efforts.
This approach is valid for all kinds of development processes. Agile projects go through these common project phases as well, in incremental and iterative way by defining requirements, designing the solution, implementing the requirements and testing the solution. For more information on agile, you can read the Agile Manifesto.
Scrum is an iterative and incremental agile framework for developing and sustaining complex products. The Scrum Guide contains the definition of Scrum. Scrum can also be used as a complete process framework. It offers a flexible skeleton that open enough to accommodate changes that will occur during the development of software.
In this post, we shall look at how Visual Studio 2012 and Team Foundation Service can help you quickly plan, manage and track work across your entire team. We shall see how to track the flow of work during the course of an iteration. We shall use our fictional company called TailSpinToys as a backdrop for the scenarios we cover. TailSpinToys is a brick and motor shop that currently sells model airplane and would like to have an online store to supplement in-store sales.
We will describe a number of scenarios that involve the development team (up to 5 members). These scenarios are based on a scrum that contains coders, testers, a product owner, a Scrum Master and other stakeholders and uses Visual Studio 2012 and Team Foundation Service to manage its source code, run builds, test its Web site and plan and track the whole product.
Let's get started!
Working with the Product Backlog
We will use Team Foundation Service to manage the product backlog, create work items, break product backlog into tasks and assign tasks to team members. This new backlog features will enable you to easily do all this work and keep track of work progress.
First, launch the web access from Team Explorer or browse to Web Access as shown below.
As you can see from the figure below, the home view of the Tailspin Toys project provides a high level summary of the current iteration (Iteration 3) including team workload versus capacity, burndown of tasks over time and team favorites, which can include a configurable assortment of work item queries, build definitions and version control paths. In addition, there are links to create new work items and bugs, view the backlog and task board, initiate requests for feedback and so on.
The product backlog can be reviewed by selecting the View Backlog link under Activities, which displays the backlog shown below. The product backlog contains items or bugs that have not yet been assigned and committed to an iteration. These items represent product background item stories that will eventually be broken down into smaller tasks for the team to take on. The current iteration shown in the tree on the left side is Iteration 3. Team Foundation Service uses the current date and time to determine the current iteration.
Suppose we wanted to capture a new requirement (Cancel Order) which would allow the user to cancel an order they have placed on Tailspin Toys online store, we could do it in two ways:
From Customer Use Case Diagram in Visual Studio, we would right click and create a new user story as shown below.
From Team Foundation Service click on New and Add the user story. New work items are inserted at the top of the list, we can therefore move it to a lower position depending on its priority by dragging it into place.
Now it's time to assign the new backlog item to the product owner (yours truly) and record an initial estimate of expected effort. First you need to select the user story for edit as shown below.
Why 8? Each team can choose to define the Effort value as they see fit, using a unit of story points or the number of sodas required. The point here is that this measure is a relative value with respect to other work items. Work will be broken down into hours later. Note: A popular planning approach that helps to eliminate groupthink and considers input from all team members is known as planning poker. You can read more about it at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_poker.
You can assign the new user story to the current iteration, by dragging it as shown below.
Note: If you are a Scrum purist, you are probably cringing at the fact that we just added new work to a midflight iteration. While this is something you might never do in the real world, this shortcut is taken for the purposes of this blog to simplify the workflow and still show you all the aspects of the new project management interface. Look at the Iteration Path column for the new user story to be sure that it was assigned to Iteration 3 as expected. This user story will remain on the product backlog until the team commits to taking it on.
Now click the Iteration 3 in the list of available iterations. This iteration shows all user stories and associated tasks assigned to the selected iteration, regardless of state, as shown below.
At a glance, we can see that the current iteration runs from June 10 to June 24, with two working days remaining. Just to the right of the current iteration date range, in the upper-right corner, there is a small graph showing the burndown of the remaining work. Also locate the overall Work bar (just under the graph). This shows how close to capacity we are for the current iteration based on the total of the remaining work for the tasks in this iteration and based on the total capacity for the team. It looks like we are okay for now, but we still have not broken the new user story into tasks for the team yet.
The Capacity view allows us to specify the number of hours per day that each team member will be working on this project, as well as days off per team member and overall team days off. These capacity settings apply to the current iteration. Use the Activity column
to describe the disciplines that each team member specializes in. This provides you with another view across your team's capacity to determine whether, for example, you have enough people working on documentation to meet the demands for this iteration. For now, leave the capacity settings unmodified, as shown below.
Now assume that we are meeting as a team to commit to the new product backlog item story and break it up into tasks. Drag the new work item to the ACTIVE column. Once the team commits to the work, the item is moved from the product backlog.
Now the decision has been made to proceed with committing to the new work item. Let's return to the Iteration 3 backlog view and add a new task that will become a child task of the user story and will be used to help describe the implementation details required to
complete this user story as shown below.
We shall create another task "Document the functionality" and assign it to dlila. The estimation of this task is 2 hours, and this value is entered in the Remaining Work Field.
Note that the new tasks are added as children of the product backlog item story and that some of the work effort bar graphs have now turned red. This indicates that we have too much work assigned to the team based on its available capacity.
It looks like the last user story in this sprint is a sizable one, and it has not been started yet, so this could be a good candidate to reschedule for a future iteration so that the team can get back on track given its additional workload. Drag the last user story, titled "As a customer I should be able to Refund my order" to Iteration 4 on the left side of the window.
Now look at the overall work bar once again to make sure it is green. This means that we are well within the current team capacity, as shown below.
I hope this is has been a useful series on how an integrated Application Lifecycle Management approach can lead to protection of your software assets, improved code reuse, better requirements traceability, cleaner code and improved test results. With a high level of
automation, seamless integration and service-orientation you shall be well on your way to successful projects and better team awareness.
Happy coding!


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Since starting this "International Talk Like Jar Jar Binks Day" project a few years ago, one of my primary tasks has been documenting all of the Gungan words and phrases that have ever been said in a Star Wars project. I've watched the films many times and gone through all of the episodes of the Clone Wars in which any Gungans appear. I've read through the scripts of the films and the novelizations. I've tracked down prequel era books that featured Jar Jar. I've created a database of Gungan words and their meanings, which has grown to include several hundred entries. But there's still one word that continues to perplex me. And that is "weesong."
Jar Jar Binks and the other Gungans say a lot of things in the Star Wars films and other media. Most of it is easy enough to understand either because it's close enough to English to figure out or because of the context in which it is said. Additionally there are reference books which help out, most notably Ben Burtt's excellent "Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide" which has translations for many of the Gungan words we hear in the films, and a bunch more we don't. But when Boss Nass says "Dis army of Mackineeks up dare is new weesong" I'm really at a total loss for what weesong means.
Is "weesong" a word unique to Gungan like "heyblibber" or is it some gunganized English word or words that I'm just not getting?
The thing with most Gungan words is that you can usually figure out the general idea of what they mean through context. For example when Jar Jar says he crashed the "boss's heyblibber" you can assume heyblibber is some sort of vehicle even if you don't know that it's a luxury Bongo (as the Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide tells us). My best guess for weesong based on the sentence it appears in is trouble or bad news or something along those lines, but really it could mean anything.
I'll follow up with this in a few days and list any responses I get.


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An unforgettable year-2013
Things chosen by me
I cant blame on any
Myself perhaps
Almost three years goes to four years
Considered as long? or short maybe
I never though you will not beside me in every special festival
What I hope is just keep on cry
I know it doesn't help
Yet I just know to cry
Loudly, silently maybe
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See you closer by zooming and starring on your pictures
Contradiction. I don't know why it always suffering me
Greedy maybe
Some one's mum concluded this
Thanks to her
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Experience luxurious suites, generous hospitality and a field-to-fork dining experience.
Our guest rooms and suites exhibit classic New Mexican style with original artwork, carved ceiling beams, hardwood floors and antique southwest furnishings. All bedrooms have luxurious bedding and feature our signature lavender spa amenities.
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I love how each room is unique and has its own art collection. The beds are heavenly and the lavender scent relaxes everyone on the property.
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The Meem Rooms & Suites are located in the historic and renovated hacienda designed by New Mexico's most important architect, John Gaw Meem. A style attributed to him, the "Territorial Revival" rooms include 1930s revival tin light fixtures, hand-carved beams, ironwork, hardwood floors, hand plastered walls and fireplaces and period New Mexican artwork. Although no two rooms are alike, each room in the original Hacienda enjoys beautiful views of a lush garden, an intimate courtyard or a sweeping view of the farm. (Please note: fireplaces are wood-burning and are set daily during winter. If you are sensitive to the smell of smoke, please consider the Field Suites).
Inspired by our 1930s historic dairy buildings with pitched tin roofs and white stucco, interiors are clean and simple with a modern feel. Suites feature wood-burning fireplaces, hardwood floors, original artwork and incredible views of the gardens, acequias and the lotus pond. Several rooms have private patios, with seating areas that can be enjoyed in the New Mexico sun all year round. (Please note: fireplaces are wood-burning and are set daily during winter. If you are sensitive to the smell of smoke, please consider the Field Suites).
With stunning views of the lavender fields and Sandia Mountains, these suites allow guests to immerse themselves in the agricultural experience at Los Poblanos. Inspired by our 1930s historic dairy buildings with tin roofs and white stucco, the clean and simple interiors feature high pitched ceilings and wide plank wood floors. Guests can lounge under the shared porches in the farm courts or on their own patios that can be enjoyed in the New Mexico sun all year round. The Field Family Suites include a full kitchen, dining area, large patio and a separate bunk room just for the kids.


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- Add the award to your blog
- Thank the blogger who gave it to you
- Mention 7 random things about yourself
- List the rules
- Award to 15 bloggers
- Inform each of those 15 by leaving a comment on their blogs or on Facebook
Should be fun!
Here's the link to the blog hop list.
Titles are tough, right? I think I spend more time on titles than on my posts. My brother sent me this article, and it illustrates the power of a title so well. Now, killer headlines are nothing new, but now there are so many places to go online. There is so much to read and only so much online time. So of course, my anxiety about titles is warranted. I mean, how do I convince readers that my latest post is worth their time? How do I attract the attention of other bloggers, other mothers? And I think this also gets at a bigger underlying question: Why write?
For me now, I am writing to share my ideas and experiences – and, connect with other mothers. I am interested in reflecting on my own trials and moments – and, seeing how other mothers deal with the stress in their life. Writing this blog is about connection. It's an attempt to understand motherhood one post, one comment, one recipe at a time.
Okay, but what about the title? Let the brainstorming begin…
1. Snakes on a Plane (don't ask)
2. Why Write?
3. Title Anxiety
4. Blog Stress
5. What's in a Title?
6. Read Me
7. The Trouble with Titles
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Of Old Ironforge, also known as the Hall of Thanes or Assembly of Thanes, the Warcraft RPG lorebooks say:
The Hall of Thanes is a massive, natural cavern complex. It is located in Ironforge's lowest depths. The area is a true marvel of organic stone formation: no dwarf has touched this area with pick or chisel. Ironforge's kings are buried in the Hall of Thanes, and the old throne is here as well. Also within this cavernous area is the ancient, weathered Iron Forge — perhaps the greatest titan artifact ever unearthed. The dwarves do not use this holy anvil, but keep it near their honored dead and the seat of their power. Brann Bronzebeard believes that as dwarves uncover more truths about their ancestry, they will find greater uses for the Iron Forge. He believes the titans must have given it to them for a reason.
It does exist in modern-day WoW, behind an inaccessible door in Magni's room - there's a few ways to get into it, and in the 3.1 PTR it was in fact an openable door (though still blocked by an invisible wall).
However, I've never been one to let silly things like walls or door stop me.
Not a lot to look at right now - a long hallway running from the High Seat down to a vast flat stone area (that's screenshots 1 and 2), then a little winding path that goes under the first area and deadends at two doors that don't go anywhere. (Oh, and lava. Lots of lava.)
If you liked this little exploration of closed areas, you might want to check out my look at the Farm at the End of the World, and perhaps in a few days I'll post another good look at the Ironforge Airport. After all, who knows if it'll still be up there, come Cataclysm?


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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- City officials say aggressive panhandling has become a problem for some drivers and business owners in Greensboro.
"There are a few out here that when they don't get their way, they do things they shouldn't do … like cuss people out, beat on the cars and stuff like that," said David Gaither, while panhandling on High Point Rd.
Gaither, 58 years old, says he relies on the generosity of strangers.
"Don't you see what it says? Homeless. I got nothing," said Gaither. "I worked all my life. Never thought my life would come down to holding this sign. It hurts me."
Panhandling is allowed in the city of Greensboro with a permit. However, city officials say restrictions against aggressive begging aren't working.
Mayor Nancy Vaughan says the city needs to take a two-pronged approach to addressing the problem.
"I do not believe we should criminalize panhandling. But I do think we should have the ability to move people along to get them to the right spot, where people are less threatened," said Vaughan.
Vaughan says another element could be partnering with Guilford County to increase budgets for programs that keep people off the streets in the first place.
As of Thursday, Greensboro police say 156 people have permits to panhandle in the city. However, Gaither isn't one of them.
"I got 15 charges right now from holding this sign. Lock me up, beat me, I don't care. I got to live," said Gaither.
The current city ordinance prohibits panhandlers from begging on medians, curbs, cross-walks and in the roadways. Panhandlers must also stay 1,000 feet away from any entrance or exit of a highway and 100 feet from banks or ATMs.


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THREE-time African champions Nigeria have crashed out of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon after losing 1-0 to Egypt in the reverse fixture of their Group G match played at the Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria on Tuesday.
A lone goal from 19-year-old Ramadan Sobhy gave the Pharaohs the three points, which extended their lead at the summit of the group's table. Egypt now have seven points from three matches while Nigeria are second with two points from the same number of matches. Tanzania are third with one point.
Coach Samson Siasia kept faith with the backline that drew 1-1 against Egypt in Kaduna: Abdullahi Shehu, Stanley Amuzie, Efe Ambrose and Godfrey Oboabona while Chippa United goalkeeper, Daniel Akpeyi, was in goal in place of injured first-choice, Carl Ikeme.
The coach also retained Oghenekaro Etebo and Mikel Obi but Umar Aminu started in place of Kelechi Iheanacho. The attack had only one change as Victor Moses started in place of Simon Moses. Odion Ighalo and Ahmed Musa kept their places in the attack.
The Egyptians created the better chances in the first half but Nigeria also had a few moments during a goalless first half at the packed stadium. Nigeria grew into the game but could not get a meaningful shot past the Egyptian defence.
In the 41st minute of the game, Nigeria goalkeeper Akpeyi pulled off two big saves from Ibrahim Salah and the captain Al-Said. The two efforts were from set-pieces.
Siasia, in the 46th minute, brought on Elderson Echiejile for Amuzie to stabilise the defence but it did little to stop the rampaging Egyptian attack. Azubuike Okechukwu was also brought on in the 62nd minute after an injury to Etebo.
But in the 64th minute, Sobhy broke Nigerian hearts after the Eagles defence failed to effectively deal with a set-piece. The 19-year-old's shot was deflected past Akpeyi by the Nigerian defenders.
The Eagles fought to get an equaliser but the closest they got was in the 83rd minute when Moses' shot cannoned off the upright.
A former President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Kojo Williams, lamented Nigeria's elimination describing it as utter embarrassment and shame.
Kojo, who spoke with The PUNCH soon after the match in Alexandria, said it was unthinkable that the country would miss out of Africa's biggest football fiesta twice consecutively while insisting that the way forward was beyond using a local or a foreign coach.
He said, "It goes beyond employing a foreign or Nigerian coach and I won't involve myself with that. The truth is that we have no philosophy; no pattern. We have to sit down and re-jig our football and develop a serious football culture.
"It's a disgrace; it's a disaster that we won't be in Gabon. If we are using local coaches, we need to retrain them. It was a Dutchman and not a Spaniard who developed Barcelona's football and they have adapted and maintained the style and philosophy over the years. That is how to develop football. But we are all busy here talking about Arsenal and Chelsea. The federation has to put their acts together and get a system that is working otherwise we will continue like this.
"Nigerians must stand up and say, 'enough is enough.' The foundation is too faulty; no structure and so nothing strong can be built upon that. The problem isn't about venue or the colour of the skin but getting the technical team right. How can nations be rising and playing fluid soccer and we are sliding down? We have to map out a long term plan."
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WBC vol 03: Exodus by John I. Durham
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About Exodus (Volume 03):
This volume on Exodus by Durham begins with the text and historicity of the book as well as a discussion of past commentaries on this text. This book contains a good bibliography of commentaries and related works. The following commentary discusses the events of Exodus as well as the language and theological issues within this second book of the Pentateuch.
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The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of the text in the framework of biblical theology. These widely acclaimed commentaries serve as exceptional resources for the professional theologian and instructor, the seminary or university student, the working minister, and everyone concerned with building theological understanding from a solid base of biblical scholarship.
The WBC is the best-selling multi-volume commentary series in the market today. WBC authors are all experts in their field and skillfully bring the text to meaning through careful exegesis and exposition. Each WBC contributor creates his own translation based on the best texts and literature available. The WBC has the largest bibliography available.
In addition to this volume, Word Biblical Commentary is available in the following formats:
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For details on this series, see this list of volumes.
Exodus (Volume 03)
• Series: Word Biblical Commentary
• General Editors: Bruce M. Metzger, David A. Hubbard, Glenn W. Barker
• Old Testament Editor: John D. W. Watts
• Associate Editor: James W. Watts (Old Testament)
• Author: John I. Durham
• Publisher: Formerly published by Thomas Nelson. Now published by Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing (1987)


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So I promised him that if we didn't hook any halibut, we would go "Catching" instead of fishing. I hate doing it because I think it resets the patience clock a little bit, but I can remember when i was his age, loving to fish the tiny sculpins we had in the ditch behind our house.
So we head to the Homer spit on Sunday where I knew he could catch a bunch of pollock. The pollock were there and the fishing easy. Used artificial at first and caught a bunch. Last 30 minutes I stick him over to bait and it was non-stop.
So a few observations:
1) A kid doesn't care anywhere near what an adult does in terms of species for the fight. There is great truth to the saying "The tug is the drug". For him, its all about getting the strikes.
2) The pollock turned out to be awesome because on this day, by himself handled well over 25 fis. I helped with what seemed like almost as many and by the end of the day, he was getting 90% of the fish off the hook, baited and back down fishing.
3) These pollock around the spit are usually infested with round worms. And normally you can just tell they are generally in bad shape with the sores and open wounds. These fish looked amazingly clean and my dad loves pollock and cod so I kept the bunch you see at the end. When I filleted them, they were amazingly clean. maybe a couple of worms here and there but easily seen and not very many at all. Fish looked really clean. I did pull up a few that had some isopod alien looking thing attached to them. I love marine biology but even I let out a squeal when I flipped the fish over and saw them. They were like an inch long and looked like one of these but with hair or spines...I didn't touch them to find out.


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Sadly, the game was called for lack of consistent participation by other players. The following are wrap up questions from players and answered by the GM.
What was the violet moon? Who was behind it?
The Violet Moon was a recurring effect from before Amber. Cooperation involving Amber, Tir and Rebma had kept its effect at bay until recently.
Where is Dworkin? Why did he disappear?
Dworkin was caught - briefly - in a trap set by the scions of an unknown Power. Being who he is, they didn't hold him long, but their primary location is in the Abyss, so even he was facing trouble getting out quickly.
What happened at the Fount of Power?
The aforementioned unknown Power has been enhancing the Fount, in preparation for an attack on Amber. They weren't ready as of game close, but were getting there.
Did Dierdre really come back from the Abyss or was she some kind of ghost? Who were the castle ghosts? I thought one of them could be Mandor.
It really was Dierdre. She really came back from the Abyss. The Castle Ghosts were manifestations of another Power, controlled by Delwin and Sand.
How many, if any, of the rumours Saffron and Skye found were true?
About a third of them.
- Eric was actually the best swordsman and general in Amber. Benedict is the best propagandist. (Well, again, partially true. Benedict was best, but Eric eventually overmatched him - but neither of them actually realised it. Corwin didn't actually best Eric in swordfighting, he bested him in trash talk.)
- Certain songs, sung in the right place, will transport the singer to another world.
- There is a land older than Amber, older than Chaos.
- Hiding inside Corwin's Tomb at midnight on a new moon will send you somewhere else. (Partially true. It's any cenotaph, and it's the Full Moon.)
- The Lighthouse at Cabra has a hidden door, leading to a staircase that leads down into the earth.
- When the full moon rises purple, Tir'na Nog'th will become real and remain forever. (Partially true. It remains truly accessible during the Violet Moon, but once that time passed, it would have returned to its 'normal' state.)
- Llewella is the real power in Rebma.
- The Headmistress of the College is a hidden Royal. (Mirelle, to be precise.)
- A ghost wanders the south docks of the city. (The ghost of Osric. Yes, he's an actual ghost. Had to be one. :-) )
- There is another Realm connected to Amber, just like Rebma and Tir'na Nog'th. (Amber is Earth, Rebma is Water, Tir is Air. Guess what the fourth is.)
- Fiona and Llewella are lovers.
- A great and secret treasure lies beneath the castle. (Well, a treasure of knowledge, anyway. An old Cenotaph that Dworkin used to find Amber. He buried it deep beneath the castle for luck.)
Where were Saffron & Skye at game end?
One of the original 'real' places that existed prior to Amber. I figured about fifty existed prior to Amber.
What was with the freaky power trails there?
That particular place had been set up as a Sanctum by a powerful sorcerer. Those trails were basically connections to nearby Shadows (and Real places) draining their magic into it.
What was that Pattern in the secret corridor?
A Proto-Pattern, essentially. A means of focusing the Will, for the most part. It wouldn't have allowed travel, but a trained Will could use it to effect changes even in Amber, though they'd have been minor.
Why did the blank pages in Gerard's book smell odd?
A bleach compound that he used to erase the rest of the pages. Something on them he didn't much like.
What was up with the black blade?
The black blade was one of the first methods used to cross from world to world. Basically, think Phillip Pullman's The Subtle Knife. It cut through the fabric of worlds to where the wielder envisioned. Being, as it was, an early effort, it was very unsubtle, and did some lasting damage, which is why it was hidden where it was.
Why did the Unicorn touch my (Gideon's) leg?
She gave Gideon a blessing, of sorts, as he was seeking answers to the issues facing Amber, and went through her area in the process.
What was up with that stone circle where I (Gideon) found the sword?
That was a vault, of sorts, intended to keep the sword hidden for all time. It was, of course, not proof against an Amberite.
What was the deal with the ring and the ruby we (Saffron & Skye) found at the cenotaphs?
Each was an item of Power. The Ruby was the Jewel of Judgement from the potential alternate universe that was forming.
Well, not exactly an 'alternate universe'. More like a change to Amber itself that was resulting from the stresses of Tir's appearance, the Violet moon and a few other things.
The ring was Corwin's from that potential history - a Power built on song.


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Introduction: Audio Graphing in Plotly
This project teaches you how to use MATLAB to record and transfer audio data to Plotly and graph it. You will need the MATLAB software, a microphone, and a Plotly account.
You can see my graph here.
Step 1: Code in MATLAB
Open up MATLAB.
Create a new Script by pressing ctrl+N or selecting File->New->Script
Save the Script as 'AudioGraph_Plotly.m'
Paste the following code into the Editor and save:
disp('Recording Audio...');
disp('Done Recording');
Step 2: Collect Data
Quick Edit:
You can change the amount of seconds that the program records audio for by changing the line "recordblocking(recObj,3);" where the "3" represents the time (in seconds) that audio will be recorded.
You can now run the program by either pressing F5 or clicking the green Run button.
When the program runs the console window will display "Recording Audio..." followed by "Done Recording" when the audio is no longer being recorded. After this is done, all the audio data will have been stored in a file labeled 'AudioData.dat'.
Step 3: Moving the Data Into Plotly
Open Plotly and sign in.
Click IMPORT.
Your data should appear in two columns. The left column represents your X values and the right column represents your Y values. Select 'choose as x' for the left column and 'choose as y' for the right column.
On the left side of the screen choose Line Plot and click the blue button labeled "Line Plot".
Your audio data should now be compressed into a waveform that is easily distinguishable.
Now all you need is labels for the x-axis and y-axis and a title and your graph is complete.
If you make an audio graph post it in the comments so everyone can see!
Go a step further:
You can now begin to play with the data to make some pretty cool graphs. Try a bubble graph or changing colors depending on values.
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Very cool! Do you have a link to the graph? We'd love to see it (sorry if we missed it).
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Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015
District Proposals: Kingsmoss
Kingsmoss has developed at the junction of the Ballyrobert Road and the Kingsmoss Road. A disused railway line bisects the settlement.
|Designation KS 01 Settlement Development Limit Kingsmoss
|A Settlement Development Limit is designated for Kingsmoss as identified on Map No. 15a - Kingsmoss.
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The Settlement Development Limit is drawn to prevent further development along the Ballyrobert Road and Kingsmoss Road and to prevent encroachment into the open countryside. There are limited development opportunities along the Kingsmoss Road, which will help consolidate the built form. The limit is also drawn to prevent coalescence with Ballyrobert to the north.
Natural Environment
Site of Local Nature Conservation Importance (SLNCI)
The following site KS 02 lies partially within the Settlement Development Limit of Kingsmoss and is designated as a SLNCI as identified on Map No. 15a – Kingsmoss and Map No. 15b – SLNCI.
A Site of Local Nature Conservation Importance is designated in Kingsmoss in accordance with PPS 2 Planning and Nature Conservation. The site is identified on the basis of its flora, fauna or earth science interest. A detailed description of its characteristics are provided in the Countryside Assessment Technical Supplement.
The site is also designated as an Area of Constraint on Mineral Development under Designation NY 05 (See Countryside and Coast Section).
Policy for the control of development in SLNCIs is contained in Policy ENV 2 in Part 3, Volume 1 of the Plan.