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14 April 2015
Although many would argue that in recent years there has been no single 'step change' or revolution in vessel design, continuous development of new materials, propulsion systems and hull-forms are helping to provide a myriad of new and exciting, design possibilities. John Bonafoux, managing director of BMT Nigel Gee explains:
Whether it is for high-speed passenger ferries, workboats, yachts or specialist military vessels, we now have access to a far wider range of materials that all require due consideration – anything from steel and aluminium through to advanced composites using carbon fiber, Kevlar and honeycomb sandwich construction, all with their own distinct advantages.
Furthermore, the development of pioneering propulsion systems such as the Voith linear jet (VLJ), a hybrid design between a propeller and a water jet, is also a key enabler and many owners are recognizing the potential efficiencies and improvements in operational performance that such systems can offer. There is also huge interest in 'green' propulsion systems and innovative designs such as Project Vindskip that exploit the wind for propulsion is a fascinating concept with huge efficiency potential.
The use of modern nuclear power is yet another propulsion alternative which could offer huge benefits in terms of efficiency and reduced CO2 emissions. However, it is still very much a politically sensitive and contentious issue within the commercial maritime sector. Although there are still some engineering challenges to overcome, projects such as the small modular reactor (SMR), clearly highlight the viability of this clean energy source and further research and development investment should certainly be encouraged.
A subtle revolution
Ironically, what makes a new, 'radical' hull form work so effectively can often come down to very subtle changes in the design. There are many examples where small changes in the hull form design have resulted in significant reductions in resistance, or major improvements in sea keeping ability. It is about taking a holistic approach to optimizing the overall design that will ultimately have the biggest or most radical impact. Our new high efficiency crew boat design is a good example of this, where we have managed to achieve a 14 percent improvement in fuel efficiency over existing, high performance designs through careful optimization of the overall hull form.
Although it is important for any design and engineering company to establish a culture of freedom where its people are encouraged to 'innovate' - think outside the box and experiment with new ideas, it is equally important to be grounded and realistic. Far too often we see wild claims related to vessel performance and possible fuel efficiencies for new designs that are somewhat overly optimistic.
Design for the economic climate
In these challenging economic times being grounded in commercial realities is equally important when looking to remain competitive in the market place. Often, new vessel designs will be driven by a specific set of requirements from the customer. In other cases, the drivers for a more advanced vessel design stem from us working closely with the customer to understand their operational challenges or needs better and then developing a new design which we can demonstrate will provide substantial benefits to their operation.
Our diversity across different sectors can also lead to a significant competitive advantage. Our involvement in the design of most types of hull forms provides a breadth of knowledge with exposure to many different materials and technologies. Indeed, if you are limited to designing container vessels, then you are unlikely to get involved in any lightweight, aluminum or advanced composite material. Having a diverse portfolio of vessels provides the opportunity to cross fertilize technologies and consider all of the options to help deliver the optimum design for the customer.
John was a founding partner of Nigel Gee and Associates in 1986 and helped grow the company, now known as BMT Nigel Gee, to the success it is today. John understands the importance of a having a strong team who are passionate about producing designs that really meet clients' requirements. John is still involved at every level of the company and gets a buzz from taking a vessel design from concept to successful delivery.
Jeremy Fisher
A well-designed hybrid power and propulsion (P&P) system offers significant operational flexibility between the power generation sources and the propulsion prime movers.
Olivier van der Kruijs
BMT Surveys' Olivier van der Kruijs, shares his experiences from the audits on more than one hundred container vessels last year.
Dennis de Bruin
BMT Marine Director, Dennis de Bruin explains the current issues and new regulations concerning the on-board blending of fuels.
James Roy
The British designers specialising in advanced engineering and naval architecture research explain how they create super avant-garde projects: fast, very stable, extremely innovative and fuel efficient.


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The Simplifya iOS app is currently only for conducting audits. The goal was to provide our users with a way to easily conduct an audit (carrying an iPhone/iPad vs. carrying a laptop) and a way for them to do it digitally in spaces where there is no internet or cell service. The iOS app also allows you to easily add notes and pictures to the audit questions while conducting an audit. All notes and pictures added to your audit will appear on the Audit Report that is generated.
We do have plans to beef up the iOS app so that you can use other Simplifya features, so be on the lookout for that. In the meantime, to do anything else with Simplifya (create audits, assign Action Items, add users, etc.), you will need to log into the website.

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5 Things SEO Copywriters Can Learn from Traditional Marketing
You always hear people in the SEO industry talking about how traditional marketers need to step aside because online marketing is the future of the industry. While I certainly agree Internet marketing is increasing in importance by the day, I think it's unwise to completely ignore the fundamentals of traditional marketing.
As a copywriter, I believe we can learn a lot from our print advertising counterparts. By studying their techniques, we can learn how to create stronger copy that gets better results. Remember, SEO copywriting isn't just about keyword placement; it's about converting visitors into customers.
Here are 5 things SEO copywriters can learn from their predecessors.
- Sell the Benefits- The first mistake many online copywriters make is to get distracted explaining the features of their product to website readers. Look, nobody cares if you make youth sports apparel from a unique dazzle cloth blend with rib knit waistbands. The customer wants to know if your product is durable and will stand up to repeated washings. Tell them specifically how they will benefit, and you'll begin to see more responsive website visitors.
- Keep it Short- In copywriting, they often tell you to make your content as short as possible; then, cut it in half. Brevity is key. Now, sometimes that flies in the face of what we're taught as SEOs (the more content for Google to crawl the better.) However, I believe you can have the best of both worlds. A typical 400 word webpage can look very short, if presented properly. Keep in mind that online readers tend to scan your text, and present them with short, easy-to-scan paragraphs. This helps you get your point across quickly and effectively.
- Strong Call to Action- Traditional copywriters will tell you that everything hinges on your call to action. If you want to snap your readers out of their passivity, you have to make them take action. Your call to action should give the reader the incentive to act right now. Limited time offers and free information giveaways tend to provide effective motivation for taking action. Don't be afraid to tell them exactly what you want them to do. The clearer you are, the better.
- Use Text Formatting- One thing you notice instantly when you pick up a piece of print marketing is the text formatting. Your eyes are automatically drawn to bolded words and other unique text formatting. Text formatting is particularly important online where reader's attention span is much shorter. Use bolded headings and italicized phrases to direct your reader's eyes to the key points of your copy. This will help lead them to their final destination: the call to action.
- Talk with the reader- The best copywriters know how to engage in a discussion with the reader. Nobody wants to be talked down to. Your reader is too smart for that. Engage them by writing copy that sounds like you're speaking with them. Show them that you understand their problems. Talk with them to lead them to the conclusion that you can help them solve their problems. Personal copy is much more effective online than stiff, hard sell content.


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Harry Power
Harry Power (1820 – 1891) was a famous Australian bushranger. He was believed to be the man who taught Ned Kelly how to be a bushranger. Power was born in Waterford, Ireland in 1820.[1] He was sent to Van Diemen's Land for seven years after stealing a pair of shoes. Released in 1848 he moved to Victoria where he set up a horse selling business in Geelong.[1] During the gold rush Power went to Maryborough in central Victoria to search for gold. When two policemen tried to arrest him for horse stealing in March 1855, he shot one of them. He was captured and sentenced to prison for 13 years.[1] He was able to escape from HM Prison Pentridge in 1862 and moved to northern Victoria where he met the Kelly, Quinn and Lloyd families.[1] In 1864 he was captured near Beechworth and sent back to prison. He escaped from Pentridge again on 19 February 1869.[1]
Ned Kelly, who was 13 years old helped him with several robberies near Beechworth.[1] Power then carried out more than 600 robberies by himself during the year.[1] He had a hideout in a cave looking out over the King River which is still called Power's Lookout.[2] The police offered a reward of ₤500 for his capture.[1] Ned Kelly's uncle, James Quinn, told the police the location of the cave and Power was again caught and sent back to prison.[1]
He was released in 1877 because of concerns for his health. He worked on a farm near Sunbury. In his old age he acted as a guide on a ship set up as a convict museum.[1] On 11 October 1891 he was found drowned in the Murray River, near Swan Hill.[1]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 McLaren, Ian F. (1974). "Power, Henry (Harry) (1820–1891)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved on 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "North East Farmers Market - Moyhu Farmers' Market, King Valley". nefm.com.au. 2011 [last update]. http://nefm.com.au/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=61. Retrieved 20 October 2011.


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Frost greeted me this morning.
But so did the Sun, and he stayed around all day. Maybe that was why I was in such a good mood today. Or maybe it had to do with this girl.
Meet Sadie, cutest, sweetest girl alive. But don't we all say that about our dogs? She'll be 5 months this Sunday, and she's still scared of the camera. This was about as still as she would get.
Or maybe I was in a good mood because I got an early afternoon to work on some project work. And I might have made some half decent granola bars.
There is a granola bar sold at the hospital in their cafe that is TO DIE FOR. It's sweet, gooey and chewy, with chocolate and raisins, and peanut butter I think. But it's also huge, oily, and full of SUGAR. I think it might be worse than a cookie. So I needed to replicate it. This version is a good start, but they're not perfect.
I'm not sure what to change, I'd like them to be gooier, maybe some more peanut butter? No egg? I'll write the recipe, and if you have any advice, let me know!
Peanut Butter Granola Bars
2 tbsp margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup peanut butter (natural pb, none of that kraft krap)
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups oatmeal
3/4 cup chocolate chips
3/4 cup currants (I couldn't find any raisins!)
3/4 cup nuts (I used walnut pieces, but I think sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds would be wonderful too)
1. Preheat oven to 325*. Grease a regular sized cookie sheet.
2. Beat together the margarine, brown sugar, peanut butter, egg, and vanilla extract until a smooth mixture occurs.
3. Mix in the oats, chocolate chips, currants, and nuts until it becomes a cohesive mixture.
4. Pour mixture onto the greased cookie sheet. Use your hands or a spatula to press the mixture flat, equal in height to edges of the pan (I couldn't get it to quite cover the pan, there was an inch or two without any.)
5. Bake for 20minutes, allow to cool, then cut into however big of pieces you want. I made about 18 smallish ones.
So blog readers, writers, what changes do you think might be made? What would leaving the egg out do to the texture?


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Vernon Center Man Charged With Criminal Mischief
A Vernon Center man has been arrested after allegedly damaging the window of a parked car at the Vernon Downs Casino.
51-year old David Meyers is charged with criminal mischief.
Tne Oneida County Sheriff's Office say Meyes used a BB gun to shoot the window..


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There is not a great deal of new information to report about the 15 Sherpa C-23B aircraft that were transferred from the U.S. Army to the U.S. Forest Service. The expectation is that they will be used by smokejumpers and for transporting cargo, paracargo, and possibly firefighters. The aircraft are still at Fort Sill, Oklahoma after being transferred in February, but some of them will be moved to Tucson in the next month or two where they will be evaluated and tested by the Smokejumper Aircraft Screening and Evaluation Board (SASEB), an organization much like the Interagency AirTanker Board. The SASEB is the "focal point for all interagency smokejumper/paracargo aircraft and related aircraft accessories, initiatives, proposals and issues. SASEB will provide guidance for standardization, when evaluating new interagency smokejumper/paracargo aircraft and related aircraft accessories."
Smokejumpers have used Army surplus C-23A Sherpas for years, but one of the main differences between the older C-23A and the newer C-23B is that while both have a rear cargo ramp, like a C-130, the ramp on the C-23A will not open in flight. The SASEB will evaluate and test the use of the rear ramp for paracargo and jumpers while in flght. Typically they will begin by tossing out small cargo items, moving up to human-sized dummies, and ultimately live human smokejumpers.
The Board will also evaluate the need for painting, avionics, and removal of any unneeded military equipment, but since they will not be used as air tankers, retardant tank systems will not have to be installed.


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Sunday, December 9, 2007
Coaster Note Pads
A little while back I was telling you, that I'm trying to make most of my gifts this year myself....
Well, when I saw Angie's Coaster Note Pads I knew that I wanted to try these too!!!
Not only are they totally cute - they serve a purpose too.... I'll be making them for my daughters teachers!!!
For these coasters I used the "Winter Bright" DSP from the Kit on top and in the back I used Wild Wasabi CS.
The Ribbons are Wild Wasabi DS and
Rose.... The measurements are 4x4.
I also wanted to let you know that I used chipboard for the coasters. I was finishing up the Holiday Glitz Kit yesterday and it had the chipboard to support the paper in the back...instead of throwing it away I used it for the coasters. So hold on to your thicker chipboards you can always make some beautiful coasters.....
Here is a link to Angie's pretty coasters....if you don't feel like making them...she is selling hers - better hurry they will go fast!!!
Thank you Angie for inspiring me!!!
Posted by Silke Ledlow at Sunday, December 09, 2007
2 comments:
love these DSP you used !!!!so bright and colorful !!!!
- December 09, 2007 7:44 PM
- Sharon (notimetostamp) said...
Oh my gosh, my ladies would love these -- talk about adorable!!!
- December 14, 2007 7:43 PM
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1. You own a crockpot
Listen, my mom is the prime audience for the crock pot (housewife, late 50's, hates to cook) and even she would look at a pin of "25 low-fat crock pot recipes" and be like, "Really?" So it's hard for me to understand why a woman in her 20's would aspire (descend?) to this level of culinary apathy.
2. You think a leggings + sweater ensemble is fashion-forward
The outfit you just repinned with the caption "super cute fall look" is what I sleep in. Cute in a casual, thrown-together, Saturday-chores way? Perhaps. But are you taking this picture with you to the mall? I hope not.
3. You are training for a marathon/anything
I think it's great that you are getting in shape and/or checking an essentially meaningless achievement off your bucket list, but the last thing I want to see when I'm camped out on my couch with my laptop is a picture off a mostly-naked woman plastered with a quote about not stopping until you sweat blood. This doesn't seem healthy. I'm a little concerned about you.
4. You are on a diet
There's healthy food, and then there's diet food. Healthy food is delicious and photographs beautifully. Diet food is sad.
5. You want to get married
I GET IT. For your sake I wish there was an option to create a private board, because this process seems very important to you, but as the years stretch on with no ring in sight, this will only get more and more awkward for everyone.
I will admit that of all the above, wedding fantasy boards at least seem to get what Pinterest is about – aspiration. On Pinterest you can share whatever you like, whether or not you can afford the Valentino dress, or have the culinary skills to make the black eyed pea cassoulet you drool over. And for that reason it puzzles me when people pin boring things. Are these the limits of your imagination?
*Unless all 5 of these are true simultaneously, in which case I will continue to follow you to hate-read your pins**
**We can still be friends in real life even if I don't like your pins. I may be judge-y but I'm not a monster.


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2018 Sees Mackwell Inducted Into The Lighting Industry Academy As Ambassador
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It seems only natural that Mackwell becomes a Lighting Industry Academy Ambassador. Cementing its long established relationship with the LIA, as our annual sponsor of The Mackwell Student of the Year Awards for the LIA Certificate Course.
The LIA Certificate Course provides an excellent grounding in lighting technical knowledge and is attended each year by students from across the full spectrum of the lighting supply chain from lighting manufacturers, contractors to electrical distributors and has proven to be the catalyst for many long and very successful careers in the lighting industry.
Not only embodying the philosophy of the Academy, the course also aligns itself with Mackwell, respected not only one of the leading providers of technology solutions for the global lighting industry. Mackwell also practice the core principles of the importance of knowledge and training.
They have supported the Investors in People management standard since 1991 and continue to value the importance of knowledge and training.
As a home for learning and career development, the Academy adopts a collaborative approach, providing a central point of access for lighting related learning and assurance of a consistent quality.
Becoming an ambassador allows major industry players, such as Mackwell, who are passionate about educating the lighting community the opportunity to take a leading role.
As the technology of our industry evolves it is imperative that talented new recruits are attracted to join the key players and seek the opportunities to develop careers within them and the Academy is working to achieve this with the enthusiasm and support of our Ambassadors.
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UPDATED & BUMPED: L.A. Times:
Overall, Obama holds a narrow edge over the Arizona senator, 45% to 43%, which falls within the poll's margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. In June, Obama was ahead by 12 points. Other polls at that time showed him with a narrower lead.More striking than the head-to-head matchup, however, is the drop in Obama's favorable rating in the run-up to his selection of a running mate and the Democratic National Convention next week in Denver.
Obama's favorable rating has sunk to 48% from 59% since the last Times/Bloomberg poll in June. At the same time, his negative rating has risen to 35% from 27%.
Gallup: Obama 45%, McCain 44%
Rasmussen: Obama 47%, McCain 45%
Quinnipiac: Obama 47%, McCain 42%
Relatively minor shifts in tracking numbers from day to day don't mean much — "statistical noise" — but by measuring at longer periods, trends emerge. If you look at the Gallup chart, you see that Obama's average lead has been 1 point over the past five days (Aug. 14-18), whereas during the previous five days (Aug. 9-13) Obama's average lead was 4.4 points.
Extend the Gallup timeline farther back, and you see the race previously tightened to a dead heat July 30-Aug. 2, after Obama's European trip began with a big bounce that saw him average a 7.2-point lead during the 5-day period July 24-28. That earlier bounce peaked at a 9-point lead for Obama July 26, whereas his most recent bounce peaked at a 6-point lead Aug. 12.
As the campaign wears on, Obama's upward bounces seem to be shrinking, and McCain's numbers are slightly improving. Since McCain brought in Rove protege Steve Schmidt and went over on the attack, this has increased negative perceptions of Obama among independents and "soft" Democratic-leaning voters. So when Obama has a good week, his numbers don't bounce up near 50% quite as easily as they did in July.
Everybody says they had negative campaigns and "attack" ads, but let's face it: That stuff works. In the past 10 days, the Obama campaign has unleashed a steady stream of attacks on McCain, but Maverick's strong performance at the Saddleback forum is an independent variable that should boost his numbers over the coming week — at least until Obama gets another poll bounce from his VP announcement and the Democratic convention.
UPDATE: Reinforcing the general trend of a tightening race, six weeks ago, Quinnipiac had Obama +9 — 50% to McCain's 41% — compared to their latest national poll at +5.


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It's Time to Buy Jay Bruce
If I told you a player is hitting .211 and slugging an anemic .363, you would not assume that he's regarded as one of the top 50 fantasy baseball hitters. For a player whose sole value in fantasy comes from his slugging ability, Jay Bruce hasn't lived up to expectations thus far, and will now miss 3-4 weeks while recovering from knee surgery.
If your league has enough bench or DL slots, it may be wise to call/email/Facebook message/Instagram the Bruce owner in your league and appraise his trade value. Because if you can get Bruce at a discount and can stand a sub-.250 batting average the rest of the way, he may be a worthy trade target.
I'll get it out of the way now: Bruce will not hit for average. He strikes out too much and doesn't make the contact necessary to sustain a sky-high BABIP. To make matters worse, he is extremely susceptible to defensive shifts as a strong pull hitter, and has hit 46.5% of batted balls on the ground, a career-high pace. In his career, Bruce has hit only .235 on grounders, as opposed to .269 on flyballs. Simply put, we want him to hit the ball in the air.
At this point, I don't know the cause of the increased groundball numbers, whether it results from pitch location, a nagging injury, or something else. But at a time when teams are shifting at a record pace, Bruce will not be able to improve his batting average unless he makes adjustments. For leagues that value walks or count OBP instead of average, Bruce is less of a burden, since he has improved his walk rate by 8.6% from 2013 to 2014 thanks to better pitch selection.
Since most of the newfound groundballs have come at the expense of flyballs, this inherently would entail fewer home runs, unless he benefits from an uncharacteristic HR/FB rate, and his career 17.1% is already among the highest in baseball. However, even at his current 32.9% flyball rate and assuming he could have 400 plate appearances from June until the end of the season, we can reasonably expect Bruce to hit 17-22 homers, depending on random chance and HR/FB. If he returns and is his usual self, he should post his seventh consecutive 20-homer season.
With the departure of Shin-Soo Choo, it's not likely that Bruce will post huge RBI numbers, given he bats fourth in a Reds lineup where Joey Votto is the only hitter before Bruce that has a .300-plus OBP. It makes perfect sense that when new Reds manager Bryan Price undid Dusty Baker's mistake of batting Zack Cozart second, he nullified the benefits by placing Billy Hamilton and Brandon Phillips atop the order. However, the batters behind Bruce have had an impressive start, leading me to believe Bruce has a crack at placing among the league leaders in runs in the second half if the Reds continue to hit.
Although we may never see a decent batting average from Jay Bruce again, we have reason to be confident that he can still be a valuable fantasy contributor down the stretch. Plus, you want him on your team when he goes on his patented hot streaks.


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Why the pictures matter.
By Lesley | February 25, 2011
Longtime readers know that for a couple of years I made frequent photo posts about my outfits, some on this blog, but more regularly on the Fatshionista LiveJournal community where I used to be a maintainer. Lately, my long-dormant outfit-picture urge has been rising again watching all the outfits go by on the Fa(t)shion February Tumblr feed.
As Marianne at The Rotund has also observed this week, visibility is primary when it comes to taking these pictures of ourselves and putting them out there. We do not see our bodies (our fat bodies, our otherwise-marginalized bodies) reflected in culture, in culture and media, or if we do we are without heads or identities, without agency, without ownership—a strangely shaped approximation of a person, a pile of vaguely anthropomorphic flesh. People who weigh what I weigh are supposed to be bedridden, or if not bedridden then unable to walk more than fifteen feet without needing to stop and gasp for air, or if not unable to walk more than fifteen feet then only able to do so while suffering pain in the knees that will surely blow out from under me at any moment, or if not with destroyed knees then only with vague discomfort even if it stems not from physical circumstances but from feeling the penetrating gaze of nearly everyone who sees me. The gaze is there because I am fat and I fail to follow the rules, fail to avoid attention, fail to be uncomfortable, fail to be silent and invisible.
Photographs are important to me because they are the second best way I have to communicate my living corporeal paradox. The first best way is to be present in the world in the fullest physical sense, right in front of you. That is difficult to accomplish on a blog. I can tell you, here, in words, about my life, but it's something else to bring myself to you in the copious flesh. I wear between a women's size 26 and 28, and there are only a handful of stores that carry clothing to fit me, and most of these only exist online. I stand around five feet eight inches tall, and weigh something in the neighborhood of three hundred pounds. When I say these things without an illustration, every one of you will envision something different—and in some cases the differences would be dramatic. Three hundred pounds is not a monolith, either in imagination or in reality, but we do not often get to see it, illustrated and labeled, like an exhibit in a natural history museum. "This is one possible form of a three hundred pound body." I say it is one possible form because my body is not the rule. The "three hundred pounds" is but the skeleton around which we may envision what the dinosaur must have looked like. Other bodies will vary; such is the way of nature.
I use these pictures as a demonstration, not an art form. Three years of outfit pictures are now lost to me on Flickr, with the expiration of my Pro account, but this is not troubling: these images are meant to be ephemeral. They do not capture important moments or precious memories — they are tools to be used, illustrations that serve a purpose and are then thrown away. My outfit pictures capture and transmit a simple message about me: I see you looking, and I look back; I see you thinking, and I challenge your thought; I see you judging, and fuck you.
It is okay if you are silent and would rather be invisible; it is okay if your knees hurt or if you other mobility issues; it is okay if you are different that I am. Because you deserve to be allowed to see and recognize bodies both familiar to you and strange, and to be seen and recognized first and foremost as a human being worthy of respect, no matter what you look like or how you feel or whether you're sick or well. Maybe having seen my picture some folks won't be so quick to condemn or assume when they see other bodies like mine; I can hope.
My outfit pictures are not about looking pretty or stylish or enviable or impressive—they are a challenge to the monotony of normative bodies in normative contexts that slide over our minds even against our will, every day, every day, every day we live. Look around, instead of trusting that what culture tells you about what is normal must be true: look around. Diversity is normal. It is just not culturally valued. We can change that.
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Thank you for this post, Leslie. I, too, weigh in "the neighborhood of 300lbs" and my body looks differently than yours. But your body still helps me realize that my body is ok. Even if they are different. Sometimes thin friends don't understand why I post pictures. "Is it because you need someone to tell you that you're beautiful?" Well, yes and no, but I think I can take this post to show them why it's so much more important than just "fishing for compliments".
"Sometimes thin friends don't understand why I post pictures" … really? Do you not deserve the same respect that everyone else does – thin, tall, short, fat, ugly, beautiful, and every colour of the rainbow? We post pictures because we like ourselves – because we want others to see us as we are, not as some disembodied thing. Your fa(t)shion sense is wonderful and I applaud it …
I, too, am in the 300lb range and I hate the (fat) clothing stores in Canada … they cater to only one type of body – large busted and narrow hipped – never mind fat legs. I buy all my clothes online and have only had one or two that didn't work.
Also – would like to make a suggestion since you seem to like those coloured tights – try http://www.welovecolors.com/ – amazing tights in every colour of the rainbow as well as tie dyed 🙂
Seeing pictures of other fat bodies was my first step on the road to FA. It makes me feel so incredibly … normal, I guess. I still keep an eye out for things like fat upper arms and lower tummy "aprons" because these are still problem areas for me. When I see a fat body rocking a sleeveless outfit I see something I could be doing too.
So thank you, for real.
My FA journey was also sped along by all those lovely images on the Fatshionista LJ and elsewhere. I'm not as creative as all that. I need to see something, to hold it in my mind's eye, and remember it later. I needed those pictures to show me that so much more could be open to me, in how I present myself.
Visibility is powerful. SO powerful. Thank you for being there to be seen, Lesley. 🙂
I belong to the same neighborhood and my body is getting ready to deliver my third child–and yet I am shocking people all over the place with my "agility" and strength. Duh. I'm used to being this size and am already super muscle-y and THAT is serving me well.
love the photo at the top of this post; love the OUTFIT in the photo at the top of this post; love this post.
it is good for me – very, very, very good for me – to see photos of Fat women wearing excellent outfits and looking fierce and fabulous and mundane and studious and busy and bored and fancy. I so often discard clothes in stores that I like – clothes that i LOVE – because of how I think it will look on my non-standard body. But seeing you, Lesley, and other Fat women wearing great clothes really does encourage me to consider doing the same.
Thanks for this. It's going to help me have a good day.
I kind of hate that models on plus size clothing websites are usually size 12's or 14's a lot of them not even really overweight just average sized ladies. I'm a barrel bellied size 24 and no clothing site features a model that looks like me and what clothes will really look like on someone who is genuinely fat. And I'm not shaped like you, but I still appreciate your pictures because your real and I like seeing someone closer to my size wearing cute clothes and with confidence. I'm not really all that confident most of the time but your blog really makes me wanna be, and I'm working on it.
Word girl. Of course, as an "average" sized lady I kinda hate the models who are ever so much smaller than me and on whom the clothes hang ever so much differently than they will on me and on most "average" sized women. When skinny jeans hang straight down from the model's calf instead of clinging and tapering in like they will on pretty much everyone else, you know something's gotta be amiss. But then I guess we already knew that, hu?
If I ever come into money, can I come to where you are so you can take me shopping? I'll share it in exchange for the help.
I too live in the 'neighborhood of 300 lbs', and not one of those cottages close to the gate, either. I'm well on the inside, a few blocks from the pool. I have a nice yard.
One of the moments that made me realize I needed to decide to stop hating my body was when I was looking online at some pictures of fat ladies looking nice and I thought, "Why are all THOSE fat people all so beautiful and I'M so awful looking?" and then all of a sudden, seriously like a fat fucking lightbulb coming on, I was like, "Wait. It's very statistically unlikely that I'm some weird outlier, and all other fat ladies look fine in photos, but, unluckily, only I look grotesque. I'M JUST SEEING MYSELF AS I'M NOT. I'M NOT GROTESQUE IF THEY'RE NOT." And hence I moved to the neighborhood of lovely ladies around 300 lbs.
Also, sidebar: Shieldmaiden1196 your comment made me lol.
I have fallen madly, head-over-heels for your writing and this blog.
Are those new-ish glasses? I frakking LOVE them.
I wrote a guest post for Equality Rights Alliance's body image month for International Women's Day and it was all about this. Representation and normalisation and diversity! But my post wasn't so eloquently written. This is beautiful and I will send people here all the time 😀
I love your outfit pics, and look forward to seeing more of them. They are a gift: simply having pictures in our heads expands our sense of who we can be, who we have *permission* to be. They're a wonderful way of taking up space and making space for others to walk behind you.
Alright you've convinced me. I am deathfat! and rarely see a body like mine anywhere. So I've just submitted to the fatshionFebruary tumblr. Thank you. It does matter.
OMG THAT PURPLE COAT. It's amazing.
Also, the LJ Fatshionista community pretty much taught me FA. I wouldn't think the way I do now if it wasn't for Fats. I was there and participating a while ago… 4 – 5 years ago, now. I haven't had an LJ in some time but I've kept my love of the OOTD post.
I just want to say
I want to steal them off your feet.
Diversity rules.
(as do pink boots)
Yay!! …Just: yay!!
Yes, it was a big step forward for me to outfit blog and I have you (and the Tumblr stream or whatever it's called and many other bloggers) to thank. It's not so much what I wear, it's that I am. Fat. Short. Frizzy-haired. And glorious.
I needed to take that risk of being seen in order to confront the fear of being seen. And, in reality, it's not that scary.
As a long time reader, I have never really found an opportune place to comment. I just want to say how much I love your posts. I am not plus sized, but I can still relate to your posts. When I see your blog with your rockin' outfits and your "I could give a crap less about what you think about me" attitude, it makes me realize that I can be myself and not bother with other people's opinions on my body. I will not let anyone else dictate my fashion choices.
Plus, THOSE PINK BOOTS. Bright colors look fabulous with blue (my current favorite combo is blue and orange).
I'm past the neighborhood of 300 lbs (last time I actually weighed myself, I was in the 350 range). I'm the whole backyard. But this backyard isn't ready for the graveyard anytime soon!
I've just started blogging about my own struggle with self love/hate. I've worked so hard on FA over the past couple years, but I'm still not there. I know what started me down that road, though – it was stumbling upon your pics at the fatshionista site. I went out and bought a whole new wardrobe after that. So thank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you Lesley, for sharing your pictures. It is pictures of you, and Marianne, and other women with bodies that have similar shapes, sizes, stories to my own that gives me the courage to share my own body with the world.
Plus, I also get to see clothes on a body like mine, which gives me ideas in how to style my own clothing on my own body. Seeing a garment I am about to buy in a size 26 or 28 (or even more in some brands) modelled on a size 12, or 16, or even a size 20 body gives me no point of reference of how it will behave on my body.
I still say that seeing "deathfat" bodies is what pushed me into Fat Acceptance activism. I understood and agreed with the concept for a long time, but I could never relate it to myself. Then I started seeing women like yourself, Marianne, Kelli Jean Drinkwater, Bea Sweet… and your bodies looked far more like mine than any I had seen before. I started to see that perhaps these concepts could even apply to ME.
Thanks, Lesley, for your pictures. When I was reading the FA feeds more often, a few years ago, I looked at your outfits each day and smiled. Bright and bold are often how I dress as well, and it's been great to see you there in your million dresses. Thank you for showing me your self, taking up space, unapologetically, boldly and beautifully. I'm really glad you're still blogging (and 'casting with Marianne, too! w00t!), even though it's from a new 'home.'
Hi Lesley,
I was just thinking of this very topic yesterday! As more of an inbetweenie with something of a baby belly still (one and a half years later and people still ask me if I'm pregnant), I don't often see people with a body like mine. When I do, it gives me this wonderful feeling of being normal – less unusual. It also helps me to remember that it's alright for other people to see what MY belly looks like, rather than having to always hide behind loose and flowy shirts. Thanks again and always for your timely and insightful words.
I'm one of those fat girls that really doesn't take pictures of myself. I can count on one hand the amount of pictures I have of myself in my teens – hanging out with friends, or being with family, or just exploring the world – all because I was ashamed of my weight. Ashamed of me.
I don't know that I'll ever get over that – my struggle with self-acceptance is an everyday thing – but this post really opened my eyes. I have a lot to think about.
I have always enjoyed your particular sense of style because it is SO different from my own, and you just rock all those awesome dresses. So thank you for all these great photos–they really make such a difference in how I view myself; not just in comparison to others, but in how I really"see" myself. And may I add my voice to the pink boots choir??? Oh yeah, I want those B-A-D.
long live cardigans!
and rockin fat ladies like you! I am a fattie and I love getting my picture taken. Everyone should. We're all beautiful. You aren't different, how can you be, you are you!
go on, give us a smile!!
I love the colours you're embracing in these photos. So bold! Or in other words: OMG THOSE BOOTS!
Also, I'm not sure where I found this, so it very well may have come from your site originally, but The Photographic Height/Weight chart is a place where one can find 5'8 and 300lbs labelled nicely. Or a variety of other measurements. I thought you might be interested.
Pictures are SO important. I thought I was a freak because of my low-hanging belly that has a fold across the middle. Until I saw that gorgeous nude cover of Beth Ditto, I had never seen another belly that looked like mine. And not only did someone else have that belly, but she was beautiful and successful and the very definition of a rad fatty. The Adipositivity Project and outfit blogging also really helped me in making peace with my body, but seeing that Beth Ditto cover was the real "click" moment.
Hey! I was going to buy that dress! 😛
Pictures are really important. For me, they are what help me bridge the gap between accepting other people's fat and accepting my own. No matter how much I read, or how careful I am to bring a critical perspective, the constant stream of images of very thin bodies, of conventional beauty, and of high-maintenance beauty standards still sneaks its messages into my consciousness.
That puts me in a really bad headspace where there are "right" ways to look and "wrong" ways, and all I can see is where I fall under "wrong". Even though I'm actually fairly pretty, present myself in a normative way, and, as an hourglass inbetweenie, still have substantial thin privilege. But in that headspace, it is NOT okay for me to be non-thin, NOT okay to not be wearing makeup, NOT okay to be wearing comfortable shoes, and so on. Even when I see it as perfectly okay for others.
A really good example of this is how I feel when I watch Joy Nash. If I have been seeing a lot of diverse images lately, her awesomeness makes me feel awesome too. If I haven't, I see her and feel bad about myself for not being as tall, dressed up and made up as she is.
I did buy that dress, but they just won't send it to me. 🙁
My favorite thing about outfit posts is that they allow me to see what clothing looks like on bodies similar to mine. Most of my shopping is online, and it can be hit or miss. When I see how clothing looks on other people, I have a better idea of what I'll be getting.
Excellent post, as usual. 🙂 Imagery has been a very important tool in my self-acceptance. Discovering photo tumblrs celebrating fat bodies and fashion changed the way I thought about myself. I'm still working toward full-on self-acceptance and letting myself be visible, but seeing others celebrate themselves makes me feel brave. Thank you!
Your blog has been so helpful for me in becoming more comfortable with who I am. We are taught to hate ourselves if we don't look like everyone else on TV, in magazines, etc. We are taught that we don't deserve to look good–hence the shortage of fashionable plus-sized clothes in stores and having to go online to shop for them (do they not want fatties in their stores?) Last weekend, I went to Forever21 to shop their Forever21+ collection. I left the store feeling worse about myself because of how I was treated by the employee I asked for help. She had no interest in their plus-sized clothing and looked at me with disgust. It felt humiliating. So I went to the back corner where they kept their disorganized plus-sized clothing to find what I was looking for. I was visible in a place in which I wasn't welcomed. And I wanted to say, "Fuck you!"
Thanks for writing. Thanks for posting your pictures. Thanks for being you.
This, this!
Just to see that yes, we are not all the same. It seems so self-evident, yet in the torrent of plasticized, streamlined body images that pour over us every damned day, we lose that sense of self. Or at least, I know I do. Sometimes I feel like it's only by desperate effort that I can cling on to a sense of acceptance, and fondness for my body. But it's worth it, because the alternative terrifies me.
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Chih-Hua (Kay) Chang has been out in the work force since finishing her undergraduate degree in Taiwan. To increase her knowledge of communications, which would help her in her job, Kay decides to come to the United States for school. ?I use to work in a trade association and I had been working for about ten years. My job duty is to organize trade shows for all over the world. We kind of recruit Taiwanese IT companies in overseas trade shows to develop their business opportunities,? she says. ?So after ten years I realize I still need some new input in communications area so I decided to come to the United States and pursue my master?s degree that is why I am here.?
Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois is where Kay is pursuing a master's degree. She is studying Integrative Marketing Communications. Exactly what that is, Kay tell us. ?In my major we call IMC which stands for Integrative Marketing Communications it is a major that we can integrate PR, Advertising, Marketing, Promotions as a whole idea which is really related to my career and my job.?
The thirty-three year old student has many reasons for choosing Roosevelt University. However, there is one main attraction for her. ?In my personal experience, I have never been to the Mid-West so I kind of focus on Mid-West metropolitan cities and Roosevelt is not a very big school. We have two buildings in downtown Chicago and we also have a campus in Schaumburg suburb and the most attractive thing for me would be the student interaction because over eighty-five percent or ninety percent of our students are full-time workers,? she says. That means we can share a lot of practical experience in class and that really helps me a lot because I have been working assignments before so I think we can have more diversify point of view to interact with each other,? she says. ?By the way, the curriculum and the faculty is really, really outstanding so that is why I have chosen here.?
When it comes to education, Kay says receiving her master's degree is important to her as well as her parents. ?At this point my master?s degree will kind of give me a boost in academic level because in the past I have more practical experience instead of academic knowledge to support that, but now after my master?s degree I can say I already have academic background to support me so I will say education be a shortcut for me to acquire something I cannot obtain from my practical experience,? she says. ?In Taiwan, in Eastern world view, parents always hope their children can get higher education than they did so when I decided to come and study abroad my parents supported me. They value education very, very much.?
This fall will be Kay's last semester. She is graduating in December and is now looking for an internship with a trade association. ?So far I am applying for an internship. Try to accumulate more working experience in the United States and after that I might go back to Taiwan to continue my career,? she says. ?They kind of hold the job position for me.?
Kay says coming to Roosevelt University wasn't a difficult transition for her. It will be leaving there. ?For me it would be okay because in my ten years working experience I have been traveling around the world including Europe and the United States, but for me a little bit different will be to leave because in the past I didn?t live in a foreign country for over a year so I think it is kind of living habit will be a little bit different and the environment and the neighborhood will be a whole new experience for me to experience.?
Advice Kay has for other students considering coming to the United States is...I would say because the United States is a very diversify environment, you will meet a lot of students from other countries, so I will say just keep your mind open and just try to accept all kinds of different opinions on the same issue and in a way I would say that the United States is a very good place for you to learn, to live, to have fun!


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BCI recently received a $25,000 grant (donor wishes to remain anonymous) to fund an economic botanist to investigate bat values in the Old World tropics. We also recently convinced the World Wildlife Fund – U.S. to sponsor a similar study in the New World tropics. Results of these studies will be published in scientific journals, as well as being distributed to conservation planners and appropriate governments.
Thorough documentation of the ecological and economic values of bats in tropical rain forests and associated economies is essential to their protection in many countries. Bat seed dispersal and pollination activities are vital to the survival of rain forests and to many of the tropic's most economically valuable plants. Hopefully, with these studies, governments and conservation planners will become aware of bat values.
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Happy 50th birthday A.R. Rahman...
Rahman's top 10 Hindi Songs - Hindustan Times…
15 Underrated Songs By A.R. Rahman You Must Listen To - Baradwaj Rangan…
A.R. Rahman Turns 50; The Package – The Hindu…
Happy 25th birthday to சின்னச் சின்ன ஆசை...
Any update on the 'Virtual Reaity movie', Le Musk, written and directed by ARR? Is it a feature film?
Fans walk out of A.R. Rahman's concert in UK because he did not sing enough Hindi songs
mom : a ar rahman musical
Mom, starring Sridevi, is an intense play. The dramatization of the incident - sex shoved with violence and then - violence provoked after the sexual act - are visually balanced between bloodshed and sentiment. What attracted me to watch the film is AR Rahman.
There is a virtual industry producing emotions inside. How would it be like to gain access into the corner of this factory, where a collection of all those ugly emotional break downs like anger, agony, shock, etc., resides. Inside this manufacturing den, a continuous chant echoes a voice reciting the words of despair.
Siting in a corner of this haunted plant is a manual for retribution.
'I cannot be present everywhere, so I created Mom', the front page of the manual reads the author's note signed by God.
The instructions continue right away, "Not all is visible; few things could be seen only with eyes wide shut. At times righteousness is achieved through sinful acts. Neither one is justifiable though. Thats the wicked nature of Love. Get them all, set her free."
The key to exit this frightening industry is obtained only after distinguishing worse from worst.
'Raakh Baaki' is a tour into this scary part of the factory of emotions.
AR Rahman pops emotion out of the industrial sounds. The song is a short travel, yet an unforgettable one. Its gripping at the same time haunting, locking the listener inside a specific mood.
There are other fabulous songs in the soudntrack of Mom, just like the above one. About the movie, it does not depend who is watching, but what the person is looking for in the film. Mom-the film is a melodrama that explores couple of its characters in depth, and leaves the rest of them wander aimlessly in the film. Sridevi breaking down in tears at the hospital and then starring at the emptiness in the court room are scenes filled to the brim with emotion. As usual AR Rahman discretely stamps his mark.
MoM - Mind of Man
PS : 'God cannot be everywhere, thats why he created Mom' / 'distinguishing worse from worst' are both dialogues in the movie.
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This summer one of the things we'll be looking at is one of my favorite foods, cheese! Today we're starting with that classic mozzarella.
Mozzarella stuffed pizza
Smith family pasta bake
Pizza margherita
Pull apart pepperoni biscuits
Caprese pizza
Focaccia picnic sandwiches
Marinated mozzarella
Marinated mozzarella with basil
Mozzarella panini
Fried mozzarella
Grilled mozzarella sandwiches
Pressed mozzarella sandwiches
Stuffed tomatoes with mozzarella
Prosciutto mozzarella pizza
Eggplant and mozzarella melt
Rigatoni with tomatoes and mozzarella
Stuffed zucchini with tomatoes and mozzarella
Baked bow tie pasta with mozzarella
Mozzarella stuffed turkey and tomato kebabs
Mozzarella stuffed burgers
Sausage, mozzarella, and broccoli rabe with shells
Baked mozzarella and tomato basil antipasti
Cheese and nut stuffed shells
Baked eggs with cheese and basil sauce
Barley stuffed peppers
Smoked mozzarella and ricotta fritters
Mozzarella stuffed portobellos
Bread bowl mozzarella dip
Mozzarella and prociutto roll
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Another must-see place on the east coast that we've missed in the past 3 years, we finally decided to go with the crowd. Left at 7am to beat the traffic, the road was clear until 4 miles to Bourne Bridge. Finally arrived at Falmouth about 11am, not bad at all.
Had a quick lunch, and got on a ferry to Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard. Took a bus to Edgartown, rent bikes to ride to South Beach. With nothing to do we soon rode back to tour Edgartown. The waterfront facing Chappaquiddick is a nice place, and the many captains' houses scattered around the town are intriguing. One could easily spend a whole week on the island, but it's too crowded, and you need to reserve many months in advance to get your car onto the ferry.
We got back to Falmouth and arrived at the Parsonage Inn in East Orleans. A typical family inn on Cape Cod, it's cozy and charming. We had dinner with the legendary 柳方 and his soon-to-be-broken-up girlfriend, and went to Nauset Beach hoping to see some fireworks. Little fireworks did we see, but lots of twinkling stars, and an awesome moon rise over the ocean.
On the next day we went to the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary first. Followed the Goose Pond Trail, then Boardwalk to the beach, then Try Island Trail and Silver Spring Trail. Easy and relaxed, we saw lots of birds, and some beautiful deers. We wanted to have lobster for lunch but the store we went to had it sold out, so we just had a simple picnic back in the sanctuary.
Went to Marconi Station Site and Marconi Beach, then settled on Nauset Light Beach for a little while. We flew the kite we robbed from Lilian last year, and that's easy and fun! Went off to Coast Guard Beach and the trail down to the pond and bridge is beautiful.
We ordered 2 lobsters from the store and brought them back to the inn. What a feast! And what a great decision to bring vinegar and ginger! Well fed, we went to Provincetown to see the fireworks. On our way back there's a terrible traffic jam, fortunately the only one we experienced during the trip.
The last day was gloomy and chilly. We climbed up the Pilgrim Monument, and then I completely missed the direction so we walked to the edge of Provincetown and back to catch the whale watching trip. We're miserable on the ship battered by wind and rain, and only caught glimpses of the back of 3 whales. Coming back on land we walked around town a little bit then headed home.


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FCC Ruling Might Hasten Cable-Telecom Clash
Mar 28, 2005 1:21 PM PT
Regional phone carriers saw their stocks rise today as investors cheered the prospects for their long-range strategy of selling more bundled services following a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling that freed them from having to offer high-speed Internet access to non-phone customers.
The FCC on Friday ruled, in a contentious and split vote of 3-2, in favor of BellSouth, which had asked the commission to block state regulations requiring that it and other carriers offer DSL service to those who get their telephone service from a competitor.
View on Competition
Analysts viewed the ruling as a protection of the investments that the companies have made in their high-speed networks and say it could clear the way for another burst of such investment and expansion -- and hasten the inevitable clash for customers between cable companies and telcos.
Independent telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times that the ruling was expected given the FCC's view of the competitive landscape and the argument from the Baby Bells that they were being asked to compete with cable companies who are not subjected to the same requirements that they open their lines up to competitors.
"Making the DSL lines available to competitors was part of the early solution to get small competitors up and running, but no company should be expected to compete with competitors that do not have the same restrictions or hurdles," Kagan said. "Today a customer can buy high-speed lines from the cable company, the phone company and from a variety of other providers."
BellSouth appealed to the FCC late in 2003 after regulators in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Louisiana attempted to force the company to make available stand-alone DSL service. BellSouth said it had signed up about 8,000 such customers while the requirement was under appeal.
BellSouth had objected because the rules meant that customers of its competitors, in many cases companies that were leasing BellSouth lines to provide service, could choose not to buy its telephone service but still get DSL service.
The ruling is likely to mean more customers buying bundled services, a fact that helped drive BellSouth shares up 1.4 percent, shares of SBC higher by 2 percent and Verizon shares also slightly higher today.
Investing with Confidence
While appeals are possible and some states might want to pursue the case on behalf of their residents, the ruling could help spur phone companies to further invest in more high-speed networks.
"This may or may not be the last word since everything is always appealed, but its enough to let the Bells invest in rolling out their broadband services in order to successfully compete with the cable companies," Kagan added.
The impact on the industry might be muted by how rapidly it's changing, analysts say. It should tip the competitive scales in favor of the regional bells -- Verizon, Qwest, BellSouth and SBC Communications -- in the near-term.
However, the ruling is just one part of an increasingly complex telecommunications puzzle that is rapidly evolving through deregulation, consolidation and the convergence of what were once strictly cable TV companies and telecom firms onto the same turf.
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The U.S. Supreme Court tackles another aspect of that riddle this week when it takes up a case that could decide whether cable broadband providers must share lines with competitors.
In that case, ISP Brand X is appealing an FCC ruling that cable companies were not required to open up their high-speed networks to third parties.
Many analysts believe the rules formed by the 1996 Telecommunications Act are now largely outmoded by changes in the industry. For instance, with MCI about to be acquired, there will be no major long-distance-only companies left. And Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology was all but unheard of at the time.
The FCC ruling is also seen as a fitting swan song for FCC Chairman Michael Powell, whose resignation took effect last week. As was the case in this ruling, Powell often cast the deciding vote for the Republican majority and became known as a staunch defender of open competition and limited regulation.
Democratic FCC commissioners slammed the ruling, saying it would hasten the advent of massive bundles of services that could drive up the cost and limit options for consumers. In a nod to the potential fallout from the ruling, the FCC agreed to seek public comment on what impact, if any, tying new services with existing ones would have on competition.
Kagan said the entire debate might be moot because of how fast the industry is changing. "Today we do business with both a telephone company and a cable TV company, but tomorrow we will only choose one since all the companies will compete and provide all the same services," he added. "We won't call them telephone and cable companies. We'll just call them communications companies. The DNA of the entire industry is being re-written."


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A pioneering project run by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust to help homeless people with mental health and substance misuse problems is attracting interest from across the country.
The Dual Diagnosis Street Outreach Team has helped scores of rough sleepers in Cambridge since it was launched last summer.
The team helps those on the streets access mental health, substance misuse and homelessness services. Believed to be first of its kind to offer the so-called "triangle of support", the service is attracting interest from throughout the UK and Ireland.
Team leader Graham Murray (pictured with colleagues with colleagues Nadean Saberton and Iris Schmidt) said: "We have had a really good response since we launched, helping nearly 50 people. Engaging with those who are homeless is not easy, but we have been able to win people's trust and then advise them on getting the support and help that they need.
"We know if we can help them identify and stabilise their mental health conditions, support them recover from their substance misuse issues, and signpost them to organisations that can help with a permanent address, they can lead the lives they want to live.'
"There are other places in the country that offer mental health, substance misuse and homelessness advice, but as far as we know we are the only team that offers all three. Consequently, we have had a lot of interest from other health organisations across the country and from Ireland. Many of them have come to see us to see how we operate and difference we aim to make to people's lives."
The team works with a variety of partners including Cambrige City Council – which has funded the team - churches and homeless organisations such as Jimmy's Night Shelter and Wintercomfort where the team hold regular drop-in sessions.
According to a report by the Mental Health Foundation in 2015, 32 per cent of homeless people reported a mental health condition – nearly 10 times the national average. While figures around substance misuse by homeless people are less well documented, the Foundation states they are "common".
Graham said: "From our experience so far I would say that closer to 50 per cent of people we have engaged with have a mental health condition. But that's where we can help, signposting people to services run by CPFT and other organisations that can help them with their recovery.
"We have been funded until April 2019. We hope in that time we can conclusively prove just how much as service like this can make to people who are living on the streets. At the moment we only operate in Cambridge, but our hope is that we can take it across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough in the future."
Suzanne Hemingway, Strategic Director at Cambridge City Council, said: "We know that most people sleeping rough in Cambridge have complex lives that frequently involve drug and alcohol addictions or mental health problems and, often, a combination of these.
"People don't sleep rough on the streets by choice and it is nearly always the case that they are at a crisis point in their lives. For these reasons the Dual Diagnosis Street Outreach Team's work is a really important part of the support we offer these vulnerable people, to help them overcome their problems and to make a fresh start."
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Patience and Picture Cards
I was going to write about some yummy treats that I made last week for my friends. Next time. Then, I was going to go on a contemplative photography walk in a new park, exploring the spring flowers and newly budded leaves with my 50mm prime lens. But, that will have to wait, too. For the past several days, as I fall asleep at night … Continue reading Patience and Picture Cards


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Rates of "bed blocking" in hospitals have risen by 16 per cent in the past year and have cost health budgets an estimated £239 million since August 2010, according to NHS figures.
The sharp rise in bed blocking followed six years in which delays in discharging elderly patients from hospital grew less common.
Campaigners have warned that councils are cutting hundreds of millions of pounds from the budgets for elderly care while a growing number of nursing homes have gone under in the past year.
At the same time, the demand for elderly care services is growing as a result of the ageing population.
The latest Department of Health figures showed that patients who were well enough to be discharged to care homes, or sent to their own homes where they would receive support from helpers, spent 64,309 days in hospital in October this year. In August 2010, the number of days taken up by delayed discharges was almost 9,000 fewer at 55,332.
During the 15-month period from August 2010 to the end of October this year, more than 900,000 hospital bed days have been lost to bed blocking.
According to government estimates, each day lost to bed blocking costs the NHS about £260. A graph of the past 15 months shows a steady increase in bed blocking, resulting in an estimated bill of £239 million over the period, or more than £500,000 a day.
Liz Kendall, Labour's shadow minister for care, said: "Every day, thousands of older people are stuck in hospital when they could be getting care in the community or at home. This is costing the NHS millions of pounds — money taxpayers can ill afford to waste. Yet despite all the evidence of the growing care crisis, the Government refuses to listen."
She accused ministers of overseeing a real terms cut in funding for older people's social care services of £1.3 billion since the Coalition came to power.
Ministers have admitted that some of the Government's promised £2 billion of extra funding for nursing homes and home help services was not reaching the front line. Councils are believed to have been diverting the money to plug holes in other services left by budget cuts of up to 30 per cent.
In February, Bupa, which runs a not-for-profit network of care homes, warned that "chronic underfunding" by councils would lead to an "intolerable" bed blocking crisis in the long term.
Mark Ellerby, the managing director of Bupa Care Services, said: "The scale of the problem is much bigger than we thought. Unless councils protect funding for the elderly, thousands of vulnerable, frail older people will be unable to get the care home places they need and will have no option but to go into hospital.
"Not only is this deeply concerning for them and their families, but it is also worrying for the NHS as it will create a bed blocking crisis which will affect us all."


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Why Being Part of a "Mom Community" Matters
Mom groups or Mom Facebook groups can sometimes get a bad rap, but they are definitely needed. Facebook has made it easier (despite what some claim) to connect with so many people you may have never met before.
Now that isn't to say that there are groups to avoid.
I have been part of my fair share where there is inappropriate content (taking drugs, knowingly misleading others on local businesses, children being removed from the home on a regular basis, drunken binges with kids watching) – (shudder) or the stereotypical "mom wars" groups where mutual respect was rarely apparent and many found it entertaining to watch the fighting.
As soon as you stumble upon those groups, you should run in the other direction – they will never change. Even if you are a Mother Teresa and want to heal all, you should still run. I had it in my mind that I was going to try to be an inspiration to want better and do better, in one of these groups, and it ended up backfiring.
But there are some fantastic mom groups out there and you should take the time to find them and enjoy being part of such a group.
The benefits may surprise you!
Those groups will inevitably be filled with all kinds of moms with different experiences and knowledge bases.
Having a group to bounce things off of or turn to for support is a wonderful thing for a new or "returning" mom! Sometimes it is easy to feel lost in this 'new world'.
Maybe you are looking to buy a baby carrier (or another baby carrier;)? Having a group to turn to and ask for recommendations (some even have lending libraries where you can try on all kinds of carriers) is a great resource.
Maybe you are struggling with nursing or introducing solids? Having a group of experienced mamas to ask advice from can be a time saver.
Are there any limits to the support from a mom group?
We actually, in my opinion, yes!
It drives me nuts when I see posts like " Help mamas! My son has a rash all over his body with a fever. Is it a virus? Something else? Should I take him to the hospital or give him a cold bath?"
While it is very handy to have a group of experienced mamas to turn to, when it comes to serious medical issues, there advice of a moms group should NEVER supersede common sense and medical help.
So if you're NEW to "our world" and our "mom community"….welcome! We are here to help you, support you and be a listening ear if you need us.
In return we just ask that we are all respectful of each others experiences, choices and needs.
These are important rules to live by in any moms group!


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The trailer says, "Your fate has been written. You will die." Granted, it should have said "You will die, and die, and die some more. And then you'll die." Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is the sequel to the award-winning 2003 title Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Changing many of the details of the first game for the sequel is always a challenge, especially because sequels are always compared to the games they followed. The question is, did the changes help or hurt and how does Warrior Within stack up to Sands of Time? There's no denying it, PoP:WW is a very pretty game. The graphics are lush, highly detailed, and it's almost like watching a movie, although there are some slight jarring effects when going from an animated cutscene to the game itself. All in all, though, the graphics from SoT have been improved here, and on a medium-range PC, it's still incredibly beautiful to watch. The images when going back and forth in time, the chamber aging before your eyes, it's really rather breathtaking. Carpets and tapestries move back and forth, ropes dance here and there and it just feels alive. There are many weapons, and each one looks significantly different. The time effects are well-done visually, and the chase scenes with the Dahaka are muted, the colors bled out as you literally run from your destiny. Here's where some of the cracks in the veneer begin to show. The wise-cracking Prince is now replaced by a darker, more bitter version of himself. Granted, he's got every reason to be angry and bitter, with running from certain death and all, but still, it gets a bit annoying after a while. Another issue with the game is that when you turn the subtitles on, you notice that the way the characters say what's in the script dosen't always match up to what's written on the screen. When I see a phrase with an exclamation point, I expect to hear some sort of inflection in the character's voice. Unfortunately, hearing the old man say "Madness!" but hearing it in the same tone as the rest of his speech…takes away from the experience somewhat. Also, hearing Shahdee scream wordlessly fifteen to twenty times in a fight is really going overboard. The other major issue is that while the music from SoT was this incredibly period stuff, it's been completely replaced in Warrior Within by generic heavy metal riffs. While it works in some places (the music video to "I Stand Alone" for example, in the bonus features), in the majority of the game, including boss fights, it just dosen't mesh well. You almost have to wonder if the folks at Ubisoft were trying to make the game more Gen-Y friendly at the expense of the people who enjoyed the previous game (as well as those who liked the original games in the series). Given that SoT didn't sell all that well, it's a definite possibility.
The controls for the game are basically unchanged from SoT, although the addition of a map and the ability to rotate the camera about yourself are helpful. However, you can only rotate the camera around you most of the time. Every now and then, the game locks the camera into a spot that it's hard to see where you're going, and other times the camera shifts positioning in the middle of a fight, which is hard to explain, especially when it's a mini-boss fight. Once you get over the camera being annoying, the controls are very tight, especially the combat controls, which change depending on if you've got one weapon or two.
One of the major complaints about SoT was that the combat was very limited. They've definitely repaired this, with over thirty different combinations between single-weapon, double-weapon, walls, throwing weapons, leaping over your opponent, using pillars to attack….you literally could do different things in every fight and have it work, except of course for boss encounters. Still, though, it's a vast improvement over the previous game.
It's very obvious that this is a console port, although Ubisoft did a fine job in converting the control structure to a mouse and keyboard. However, it brings to the forefront a number of issues that can't be ignored.
The first, of course, is the save structure. The only times you can save is when you find a fountain to drink in (which also restores your health). Normally, this isn't a problem, but there are times where you have to go through a puzzle, a fight, a second puzzle, maybe a few more fights, and then you can save. If you die somewhere in the middle…you go back to the save point. This can lead to a lot of frustration, especially if you were near the next save point, where you have to go and repeat the process over and over again.
It must be noted here, however, that one of the banes of a console port has been avoided here, that being the unskippable cutscene. The first time you see a cutscene, you have to watch it, of course, but if you die after and have to repeat it, pressing the jump button will fast-forward through the cutscene, as if you were controlling time to get there.
The other major issue with the gameplay has got to be the boss-AI, perhaps with the enemy AI itself. With most of the monsters, you can use a variety of tactics to destroy them, which is an improvement from the previous game. However, when you come to the boss fights, it's feels more like a war of attrition. A perfect example is the first two fights with Shahdee. The first time, it's a matter of just holding down block while she goes through her pattern, ending with her wordless scream. Then, you throw in a couple of hits, then repeat. With the sheer length of her health bar, it becomes monotonous very quickly, although the developers do throw in a few minigame cutscenes during the fight to break it up a bit. The second time is worse, actually, because it's the same fight, yet Shahdee throws in an unblockable kick which can take out nearly half of your health, if not kicking you off the platform you're on. It's avoidable, but it's still the same fight as before, with that one move added. It's almost inexcusable now to have this type of cheap AI, especially in a boss fight.
All in all, this combines to make the game almost a chore to play, whereas the first one nearly drags you through it, making you feel that you don't want to stop playing. This time, it's more finding a reason to keep playing that becomes an issue.
While the game is significantly longer than Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, and it does have two seperate endings (depending on a couple of choices made late in the game), there isn't much more to recommend it at the typical $40 price tag. There are a few unlockables here and there, mostly in the sheer number of weapons that the prince can pick up and use, each of which is fully detailed and described in the bonus section. Outside of that, though, there's no real reason to play through the game more than once other than to find the second ending, and that can be accomplished by a single save point near the end of the game.
The game remains fun, but it definitely isn't as fun in the overall sense as SoT was. The frustration brought about by replaying the same sections over and over due to the limited save structure and the monotony of the boss fights means that the game can quickly become more of a chore to play than just simply being fun. While the shift to make the game much more combat-centric dosen't hurt it specifically, it dosen't help it either.


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Last round, Emmett and Sarima Mendoza and their respective twins Alice and Fiyero continued raising their families side by side. This frustrated Sarima, though, who longed for her family to be seen as separate from her brother's. Each couple's eldest daughter, Penny for Sarima and Aerie for Alice, grew from toddlers to children. Both couples also welcomed a second child, with Sarima giving birth to Sears and Alice giving birth to Macy. Oh, yeah, and the family also adopted a cat named Kaida.
Oh, great. And we have a flu going around. That will make things fun.
Aerie: Mysterious voice, you got our names mixed up.
I did?
Penny: Yeah...
Are you sure?
Aerie: I think I know my own name.
I suppose you do...sorry about that. I haven't been here in awhile.
Aerie: Yeah, I noticed.
How's the baby?
Fiyero: She's doing great. I think she'll be the last one, though.
Gee, I can't imagine why...
Emmett: Sears, it's really not helpful when you're making the puddles bigger...
Aww, it looks like Kaida wanted to say goodbye to the kids...
Alice: So, I had a thought...
Fiyero: Yeah...
Alice: You know how we keep having to go outside to get to each others' living rooms and stuff? Why don't we just take down that middle wall?
Fiyero: But then we would just be in one big house...I don't know how Sarima would feel about that.
Alice: But it would be better for the kids-they could get to each other's bedrooms to play without going outside.
Well, I for one am in complete agreement. Ok, Alice. Let's do it...
Sarima: Um...what happened here?
Look, you guys have been living here like it's one big house for two rounds now. And having you guys go outside to cook a meal is a little silly.
Sarima: But there's still two kitchens...
Yes, but now you can get to both of them without bundling up in the winter.
Looks like the girls are making friends. Hi, Sprite! How's it going?
Sprite: Ok.
Aerie: Aren't you hot in that sweater? It's summer!
Sprite: Not at my house...
Looks like Fiyero is closer to his lifetime want.
Happy birthday dear Macy...
Aww, she's cute, but I think she needs a new hairstyle.
Congratulations, Sarima.
Sarima: Thanks.
Still annoyed about merging the houses?
Sarima: I guess not. It has been easier being able to move between the two sides.
Man, there are just birthdays all around this week. Happy birthday, dear Aerie...
...and Penny...
Not bad...
Same for you, Penny. Have you both chosen your aspiration?
Aerie: I want a life of knowledge!
Penny: Me too!
Are you two sure you're not twins?
Ok, we're getting too close to the end of the pre-established houses to rely on the gypsy anymore. Aerie, meet Avery Warner.
Aerie: I thought we were done adding boys...
So did I. I counted wrong.
Aerie: I didn't think you could do anything wrong.
Mysterious voices are not infallible...
Looks like these two hit it off.
And both girls have the same lifetime want!
Sears: I got an A+!
Great job, Sears!
Looks like Fiyero had a good day, too.
And Penny hit it off with Avery's brother, Eddie. We're finally getting some more of the Warner siblings into town!
Happy birthday dear Macy...again...
Very cute.
Macy: Thanks!
Macy: Mom...um, you are my mom, right?
Alice: Of course I am.
Macy: Oh, good. Sometimes I get confused with so many grown ups around.
Don't worry, Macy. So do I.
Macy: And you're my sister, right?
Aerie: Yes, Macy.
Macy: But how come Sears looks more like me?
Aerie: I don't know...can you just let me study?
Sears: Come here Kaida...
Trying to teach the cat tricks?
Sears: I don't think come here really counts as a trick.
For cats it does.
Glad to see you two are getting along since taking down the wall.
Sarima: I still wish we had separate houses, but I really can't take that out on Alice.
Well, I guess once you've become friends with every other child in town the logical next step is to become friends with yourself...
Oh, I hate this one...let's go with streak...
Oops...well, the negative outcome for the other choice is being fired so I guess this isn't that bad.
One more birthday before I head out...Happy birthday dear Sears...
Not bad. Now, have you chosen an aspiration?
Sears: I want to make a lot of money!
Great, fortune it is!
And it looks like you're back on track after that chance card.
Alright, before I head out let's check out the older girls' scholarships. Looks like Aerie's off to a good start...
As is Penny. Alright, I'll see you two at graduation and everybody else next round!
A Message from the Mysterious Voice: Yes, two posts in one day! Funny story...after I played the Warner house, I thought that I had mistakenly played them out of order, and that these guys were supposed to come first. So I waited to blog the Warners until after I had finished this lot. Then, when I looked at the posts from last round, I realized that I had played them in the correct order after all. This is what happens when you have too many houses in a neighborhood, I guess. Anyway, Sarima may not have liked it but I am so glad I took down the wall dividing the house in two. Duplexes might work in real life, but they just aren't practical in The Sims. As it is, I still can't keep track of which children belong to which couple. (It's a good thing the adults are two sets of siblings, because otherwise I wouldn't be able to keep track of who was married to whom either...)


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Types of Job Interviews
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1. Directed (Traditional) One-on-One Interviews
? In a one-on-one interview, it has been established that you have the skills and education necessary for the position. The interviewer wants to see if you will fit in with the company, and how your skills will complement the rest of the department.
? The interviewee's goal in a one-on-one interview is to establish rapport with the interviewer and show him or her that your qualifications will benefit the company. (http://www.jobsearch-in-canada.com/JObInterviews.htm)
? The interviewers have a definite plan for the interaction and you must follow it.
? They likely ask the same questions of every applicant so follow their lead listen carefully and answer questions fully.
? At the end of the interview, supply information you think is important but that they did not ask, ask your own questions about the company, and ask when the selection process will be completed. (http://hubpages.com/hub/The_Top_10_Types_of_Job_Interviews)
? Allows observations of verbal and nonverbal behavior
? Face-to-face allows for questions and follow-up questions for clarification.
? Should be used with other types, or it might limit the information collected.
2. Behavioral Interviews
? Behavioral interviewing (BI) is considered to be a way to evaluate a candidate's potential for success by assessing performance in similar situations.
? Employers believe that past behavior is the best predictor for future success.
? Behavioral interviewing operates on the premise that the most accurate predictor of future performance is past performance in similar situations.
? The purpose of BI is to best match the candidate's skills, competencies and motives with the requirements and success factors of the position.
? Here, interviewers use a set of questions related to specific job skills.
? Applicants are asked about problem-solving skills, leadership, conflicts, initiative etc.
? TIPS: Practice talking about you skills and qualifications that fit the new job.
? Think about your work, ...
Solution Summary
Through example and discussion, this solution describes three types of job interviews and then discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each. References and links for further research are also provided.


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Bit:Commander for BBC micro:bit
The Bit:Commander is a great device for powering and experimenting with the BBC micro:bit.
Purchase Bit:Commander here
NEW: Try out the Makecode/PXT package for Bit:Commander
In Makecode, go to Advanced and select Add Package. Then insert this URL into the searchbox: https://github.com/4tronix/BitCommander
As well as a battery pack (3 x AA batteries required), the Bit:Commander includes
- Edge Connector for easy connection of the BBC micro:bit
- Robust on/off switch
- Blue power indicator
- 6 multi-colour RGB LEDs (aka neopixels)
- 4 square 12mm push buttons with coloured caps (Red. Yellow, Green, Blue)
- Analog dial input with centre click detent for easy centreing
- Analog Joystick with X and Y movement and a push switch
- Powered miniature speaker
Suggested uses:
- Acting as a remote control for another micro:bit device, such as a Bit:Bot
- Acting as a self-contained portable (no wires) games console
- Experimenting with various Digital and Analog inputs available as well as the speaker and neopixel outputs
- Everything is pre-fitted. No wires, soldering or jumpoers to fiddle with
Pin Connections:
- Speaker: Pin 0 (*)
- Dial: Pin 0 (*)
- Joystick X: Pin 1
- Joystick Y: Pin 2
- Joystick button: Pin 8
- Neopixels: Pin 13
- Red Button: Pin 12
- Yellow Button: Pin 16
- Green Button: Pin 14
- Blue Button: Pin 15
(*) Pin 0 is used both for Speaker output (using the Music or Tone output methods) as well as the Dial analog input. This causes some compromises – most notable of which is that the Dial analog input cannot reach its normal maximum value of 1023 and stops at around 850 instead. As long as the software understands this, then it shouldn't be a problem.
NB. The Bit:Commander is only powered if batteries are fitted and it is switched on. Powering the micro:bit does not power the Bit:Commander. However, when the Bit:Commander is powered up, then it will also power the micro:bit
- From the excellent Mark at multiwingspan:
JavaScript BlocksBit:Commander Blocks Overview: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcpxtintroThe Joystick: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcpxtjoy
The Neopixels: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcpxtneo
The Potentiometer: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcpxtpot
The Pushbuttons: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcpxtbtn
The Buzzer: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcpxtbuzz
Simon Game: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcpxtsimon
Bit:Commander uPython Overview: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcintro
The Joystick: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcjoy
The Neopixels: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcneo
The Potentiometer: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcpot
The Pushbuttons: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcbtn
The Buzzer: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcbuzz
Evasion Game: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcchase
Lights Out Game: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bclights
Simon Game: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcsimon
Bit:Bot/Robot Controller: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcbitbot
Text Entry: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bctext
Unicorn Commander: http://www.multiwingspan.co.uk/micro.php?page=bcunic
- Use to control Bit:Bot. Install the TX program on Bit:Commander and the RX program on Bit:Bot
- Simple Space Invaders game