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'As Ontario's last environmental commissioner (Dianne Saxe) has repeatedly stated – urban sprawl is the Ontario equivalent of the tar sands and is the main cause of increasing carbon emissions.'
News from Citizens At City Hall (CATCH), a Hamilton, Ontario-based citizens watchdog group
Posted January 17th, 2021 on Niagara At Large
(A Brief Note from Doug Draper at Niagara At Large – When you read the following CATCH commentary on the threat to farmland around Hamilton, please think Niagara too. The same weakened conservation and environmental protection rules, courtesy of Ontario's Ford government, pose just as much of a threat to our farmlands and other green lands here.)
Early this year Hamiltonians will be asked, once again, whether they favour or oppose more residential expansion onto farmland, but the outcome appears to already have been decided. By rewriting the planning rules the provincial government seems to have ensured more sprawl development whether the city and the public wants it or not.
The official question in the upcoming consultation is how to add a predicted 235,000 more people to Hamilton over the next thirty years – a fifty percent increase over the city's current population. In the past, the planning time frame was the next 20 years not 30 and these provincial projections have repeatedly been over-estimates for Hamilton.
In theory this growth could be accommodated by higher densities in the already built-up area along with strong density requirements on the remaining greenfield areas inside the urban boundary. That's was the outcome most favoured in the public consultation a year ago on the city's strategic growth plans largely because it would minimize the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate change.
Indeed the concerns about the climate emergency were expressed so strongly by the public that staff added "plan for climate change mitigation and adaptation, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions" to its overall growth plan directions and made that number one of its updated ten point list.
As Ontario's last environmental commissioner has repeatedly stated – urban sprawl is the Ontario equivalent of the tar sands and is the main cause of increasing carbon emissions. But the new provincial rules issued in August, in the middle of the pandemic, dictate that municipal growth must be guided by "market demand" and climate change cannot be considered in the central planning study.
Those rules drove the Land Needs Assessment study released last month by Lorius and Associates consultants. It concluded that except for the protected Greenbelt, all of Hamilton's remaining farmland must be converted to new residential subdivisions.
The Lorius study offers three growth options depending on how many people can be accommodated within the existing urban boundary. The exact amount of farmland required is dependent on how much intensification takes place. Provincial rules say that at least half of new housing units must be in the existing built-up area, but Lorius calls this an "aspirational goal" that is "at the high end of the range of market demand".
His calculation says even if Hamilton meets that target, 5500 acres of rural land will be needed for the rest of the new population. The report offers two other calculations. If 55 percent of new residences are inside the built-up area then the farmland consumption drops to 4000 acres. And even if a 60 percent intensification rate is achieved, then the rural land use will still be 3300 acres.
Lorius argues that nearly all the intensification will be in apartment and condo towers and less three percent will be achieved by other densification measures His market demand analysis projects three-quarters of new residential units will be singles, semis or townhouses and that 20,000 of these will have to be shifted to apartments for Hamilton to even achieve the 50 percent "aspirational" level of intensification.
Consistent with the new provincial rules and other Ford government policies, the 59-page Lorius assessment of Hamilton's growth patterns for the next 30 years does not mention climate change.
The new Progressive Conservative rules also lower the density requirements for new subdivisions. The Wynne government required each hectare of greenfield development to accommodate at least 80 residents or jobs. The Ford government chopped this down to 50 per hectare, and even the densest Lorius report calculations only anticipate reaching 75.
The sum of these provincial rule changes leave both city staff and residents with "very little wiggle room" in directing growth patterns between today and 2051 irrespective of what comes out of the upcoming public consultation.
Find this article on the CATCH website here (https://hamiltoncatch.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8ffda5515733a1dd97a7b21fa&id=78b1990d11&e=a31ab29d46) , along with the full archive of CATCH articles.
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There's no point in sugarcoating Snap Inc.'s (SNAP -3.63%) rough first quarter. It was brutal, sending the shares down 22% on Wednesday. The stock would go on to hit a new all-time low, which is technically just a 14-month low since that's how long Snapchat's parent company has been trading.
Investors don't want to have anything to do with Snap, but let's not be so quick to write off the out-of-favor social snapshot specialist. Snap may be a broken IPO, but it doesn't always have to stay that way.
1. Snap is still growing faster than its larger competitor
Growth has decelerated in all but one quarter in Snap's brief publicly traded tenure, and the 54% in year-over-year revenue growth that Snap is sporting this week is a record low. You would still have to think that most companies would kill for that kind of octane. Facebook (META -0.54%) is the market darling and undisputed top dog in social media, and the market went wild for its 49% year-over-year gain last week.
Snap bears -- and Facebook bulls, for that matter -- will argue that it's not fair to focus on just year-over-year growth. Snapchat's parent posted a rough 19% sequential decline in revenue, in part due to an unpopular platform redesign. However, seasonality also weighs on the quarter-over-quarter results. Facebook has posted sequential declines between 8% and 9% in each of the last three years between the fourth quarter and the subsequent first quarter.
It's true that Facebook's growth rate is actually accelerating, and Snap's moving in the other direction. Snap isn't Facebook, and in many ways, Facebook is eating Snap's lunch. I get that. However, as long as Snap is posting top-line growth -- and healthy double-digit gains, at that -- it's hard to bet against the platform.
2. The market knew this was going to be a rough quarter
Snapchat's poorly received redesign isn't a surprise. Social media has been ablaze with regulars including some influential celebrities voicing their displeasure for months. Snap stock even took a hit last week, following reports that it was retreating on some its site redesign features. One would think that the market would applaud the move, but the general and eventually rightful consensus was that Snap was tinkering with its platform because engagement and monetization were proving problematic.
However, if the market was already bracing for a weak quarter as a result of the redesign why did the stock take a hit? The obvious answer is that revenue still landed short of Wall Street expectations, and its near-term outlook suggests continuing deceleration. I get it. This isn't a good look for a company during earnings season. The point is that the stock was already discounted ahead of the report.
3. Innovation will be a game changer
Snap trading well below last year's $17 IPO price isn't fatal. Let's not forget that Facebook was also a broken IPO for several months after going public. All it takes is a bar-raising feature to get hot again, and it's certainly not afraid to think outside of the box.
Just in the past few weeks we've seen an updated version of Spectacles camera eyewear, Snappables augmented reality mobile games, group video chat, and the Shoppable AR platform for advertisers seeking deeper marketing connections. Even if Facebook or Facebook's Instagram winds up copying Snap to enhance the more popular platforms, Snap should still come out ahead.

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Milam Part III
As we move out of Burphu village the scene is
excellent, with Gori flowing down and the snow covered Birjeganj Dhura in the
slowly climbing trail towards Biljhu village from Burphu village.
The Biljhu village is in
ruins and only few families stay here.
We stopped at this tea
shop for tea and some views. Excellent view of Trishuli from here.
Refreshed we moved out of
the village now in ruins.
On the opposite side the
Panchhu village comes into view.
On the other side of the
stream is the Ganghar village.
As we moved in line of
the stream flowing between the two villages the Nanda Devi peaks dominate the
sky line.
In distance the Milam village comes into view. Trishuli is still seen from where
Gori flows.
We leave Gori and enter
the Gunkha gad valley.
A log bridge across Gunkha gad as it flows out of the gorge.
Memorials in honour of
those who gave away their life maintaining these trails.
This man carried 40 kg of
weight from Selapani to Milam. We may have failed from Selapani to Lilam itself.
The snout of Milam
Divender Singh Dhupwal
(PWD worker), Uttam Singh Sayana (Headman) and Pande at Milam village.
Pande broke his camera
while taking this photo just outside PWD GH as we left Milam village.
The Hardeol stands guard
above Milam glacier.
Hardeol (centre) and
Trishuli (right) above Milam glacier.
As we reached the point
opposite to Panchhu village we got excellent view of Nanda Devi peaks in
cloud less sky.
Nanda Devi.
You are awe struck by the
Nanda Devi.
He runs the hotel at Biljhu along with his family.
Burphu village comes into
view. This time we did not enter it and took the trail going straight to the
bridge over Gori.
Pande waits at the bridge
over Lawn gad looking at the zigzag trail going to Martoli village.
Pande finally reaches the
top. The trail from Birjeganj Dhura to Burphu is seen on the opposite side
behind him.
Looking towards Milam,
Trishuli dominates the skyline.
Martoli village with Martoli peak dominating above it. Do you notice the jungle
on one side. It's the protected jungle of the villagers and so it is still
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Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Faith is most important in order to gain hope; for if one does not believe in God and in His Son Jesus Christ there is no hope for him at all. Then, in believing, joy and peace are given as well. But there are two more elements that bring us hope: the Holy Spirit and our prayers. The power of the Holy Spirit working in our prayers keeps us believing, makes our joy and peace perfect and full, and likewise, gives us an abounding hope.
So the way I see it, whenever we feel down and without hope, we need to call on the God of hope.
Ask Him, in the power of His Holy Spirit to help you believe and to fill you with His joy and peace—with all the joy and peace He has for you. Then, according to this verse, you will abound in hope.


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** The International Code Council (author of the International Building Code) recommends that an "acceptable" level of performance for both STC and IIC is 55 (52 F-IIC). The "preferred" level of performance for STC and IIC is 60 (57 F-IIC). Maxxon
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How can you tell the difference between a bromance and, well, just a romance?
That's what this guy is trying to figure out.
In a pretty intense Reddit post, user ProbablyGay1 shares with fellow Reddit users the story of his friendship and possible romance with his best friend, Ian.
The two formed an unlikely friendship in high school when Ian was a "cool" guy who was "genetically blessed in the facial department," and ProbablyGay1 was a self-proclaimed nerd.
Since then, their friendship has really escalated to what's definitely a best friendship, and what's also quite possibly a very beautiful romance.
In fact, ProbablyGay1 explains that there are all sorts of signs that point toward the direction of a "very beautiful romance."
For instance, the two are super touchy. "When we're alone," he explains, "he'll move next to me and put his head on my shoulder. It's kind of adorable."
They also started sharing beds on sleepovers: "I've woken up with his arm around me before."
ProbablyGay1 even admitted that Ian sends him "cute" texts while they're both away at college, "like 'I miss you,' 'Something reminded me of you,' etc."
Finally, what I find as possibly the most plausible evidence leaning toward the two of them being more than friends is that ProbablyGay1 is totally head-over-heels in love with Ian:
I think about Ian a lot. He's attractive and smart and funny and overall, probably my favorite person ever.
The post has been deleted from Reddit, but here's the original thread via Metro News UK:
This is kind of a weird one. Ian and I were in the same English class in high school. I assumed he was out of my friend league because he was really handsome-not ripped, just genetically blessed in the facial department-and seemed really smart and cool, so nerdy me assumed that he was super popular. Ian and I ended up seeing each other a lot. Eventually I decided that it was time to stop being afraid of Ian and try to be friends with him. About a year after I really started hanging out with Ian, there was a revelatory moment where I realized that I was Ian's best friend. The whole time I'd known him I'd just assumed that he had a ton of great friends that he didn't talk about. I had been so wrong about Ian. Yeah he was quiet, but that was only because he was kind of introverted, and he doesn't like talking about himself. Also, "too cool" my ass-Ian's a fucking nerd, just like me. He seen every episode of Pokemon and Digimon AND Yu-Gi-Oh. We would hang out at each other's houses doing homework and watching cartoons after school a lot.
Flash forward to today. Ian and I attend different colleges, but we talk everyday. Puberty has been kind to me. I'm not on Ian's level of attractiveness, but I'm pretty confident these days. Lately I've been wondering if Ian and I are more than just good friends at this point. Some reasons; • Ian HATES being touched. At first I noticed that he was uncomfortable when I'd touch him so I didn't. After a while, HE started doing it. When we're alone, he'll move next to me and put his head on my shoulder. It's kind of adorable. Now we're physical all the time-not sexually, but he'll lean against me if we're standing together, or put his arm around my shoulder. • At first when we slept over one of us would sleep on the floor or couch or something. Now we just share beds. I've woken up with his arm around me before. Not gonna lie; my heart did embarrassing things the first time that happened. I woke up before him and just thought about how nice this was, and how lucky I was. He woke up a few minutes later and we looked at each other smiling, and then I said, "Gay." And we both burst out laughing. • We go on each other's family vacations. • Once he went on a research trip for college. When he came back he told me he identified a new type of thing (I'm being vague, his major is weirdly specific). He said he named it after me. I was kind of floored, and asked him why. He said, "Who else would I name it after?" • Neither of us have dated anyone recently. Personally, I just haven't felt inclined. I think maybe it's because I already feel like I have Ian. I don't have a gender preference and my friends know this. Ian has always been vague about his orientation.
• We go places alone a lot, like the beach. Once I was having a bad day and he surprised me by showing up my house and knocking on my window. He drove us to the top of a mountain, and we climbed into the back seat and just laid there together for hours. • While we're in college, he sends me cute messages. Like "I miss you," "Something reminded me of you," etc. I found out from his friends that he talks about me a lot, which is a relief because I talk about him to my friends all the time. We mail each other gifts sometimes. He sends me samples of specimens from his research, like cool rocks or leaves. It sounds dumb, literally receiving rocks and leaves in the mail, but you bet your ass I have a whole shelf devoted to that shit. Honestly, Ian could probably send me a turd that he found scientifically significant and I'd treasure it. I think about Ian a lot. He's attractive and smart and funny and overall, probably my favorite person ever. It's embarrassing how much I like Ian. He can make my whole day by texting me. As you can see, there are a lot of things that can be explained as things that regular straight best friends do, and other things that . . . can't. (What, straight bros don't snuggle?)
I'm graduating college this year (he's staying to get a higher degree) and I realized it's the first time I can decide where to live, and I also realized that where I want to live is with him. But I feel like if we're going to live together, I should finally figure out whether we're boyfriends. Ian's pretty reserved, so it looks like I'm going to have to be the brave one here. My best friend and I have some not-so-platonic behavior. How do I ask him whether we're boyfriends, or if he wants to be?
I don't really care how ProbablyGay1 chooses to go about asking Ian about their relationship, but I sure hope that he does it.
Let me tell you why.
Well, for starters, I think all signs here point to Ian feeling the same way. I mean, the guy freaking named some sort of scientific finding after ProbablyGay1. If that's not love, what is?!
But even in the off chance that Ian doesn't feel the same way, ProbablyGay1 deserves the chance to know that for a fact and move on. He's not going to get that chance unless he works up the courage to ask Ian how he feels.
What do you guys think of all this? Do you think it's worth it for ProbablyGay1 to bring it up and possibly risk his entire relationship with his best friend?
Citations: 'Straight' guy realises his best friend has been his boyfriend all this time (Metro.co.uk)


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FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida man's dream turned into a nightmare after he was arrested for trying to take marijuana that had washed ashore on the beach.
Robery Kelley was one of many on the beach near Jungle Hut Park in Flagler County that began taking the packages of pot, according to WJXT.
However, when deputies from the Flagler County Sheriff's Officer arrived on the scene, Kelley was less than forthcoming about his new find. Kelley did not approach the deputies or tell them about the drugs he found.
Kelley later told deputies he had taken the pot and was keeping it in his car to wait for their arrival. Inside the vehicle car, officials found an 11-pound brick of marijuana that had been wrapped in a brown beach towel.
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The Sheriff's Office had recovered nearly 100 pounds of pot that had washed up onshore over the previous two days.


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1. Rubber stamp and decorate the envelopes. They're already printed so they don't need much, but a few quotes and images add to the fun.
2. Pierce stitching holes in the crease of each envelope flap. Stitch the envelopes together with waxed linen thread. Add two paper strips beneath the long stitches to stabilize the spine of the book.
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The network expanded to broadcast Warcraft III, Halo Wars, and Tekken 6 competitions too. All of that will end this month because MBC Game is shutting down on January 31, 2012. The channel will be replaced with MBC Music starting in February. South Korea will still have a video game channel to watch since rival network OnGameNet will continue broadcasting eSports in the country.


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Welcome to kniteditor's documentation!¶
kniteditor Installation Instructions¶
This document aims at showing all the ways that the knit editor can be installed.
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- Windows Installer "KnitEditorInstaller.exe"
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All download locations are listed here:
Kivy Installation¶
Kivy as of today, 2016/07/04, works for Python 3.4. If you intend to use an other version, be aware that it might take a lot of time.
- If kivy does not work, uninstall kivy.
py -3.4 -m pip uninstall kivy
- Uninstall Python 3.4. Unless you want to install Visual Studio and configure how to compile Python modules with the right compiler at the right location, you uninstall Python 3.4. All the installed packages wil be left untouched. This is why we uninstalled kivy before.
- Use the kivy installer to install kivy. [Thanks]
See the kivy installation instructions.
Package installation from Pypi¶
The kniteditor library requires Python 3. It can be installed form the Python Package Index.
Install it with a specific python version under windows:
py -3 -m pip --no-cache-dir install --upgrade kniteditor
Test the installed version:
py -3 -m pytest --pyargs kniteditor
To install the version from the python package index, you can use your terminal and execute this under Linux:
sudo python3 -m pip --no-cache-dir install --upgrade kniteditor
test the installed version:
python3 -m pytest --pyargs kniteditor
Installation from Repository¶
You can setup the development version under Windows and Linux using the source code repository.
If you wish to get latest source version running, you can check out the repository and install it manually.
git clone https://github.com/fossasia/kniteditor.git
cd kniteditor
sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
sudo python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
sudo python3 -m pip install -r test-requirements.txt
Errors? JPEG
To also make it importable for other libraries, you can link it into the site-packages folder this way:
sudo python3 setup.py link
How to Translate¶
You can translate the kniteditor project.
kniteditor.localization has a translations subfolder
There you can find the translations.
There is also a youtube video on how to translate to new languages.
If you like to add translations to an existing language, you may need to
update your language from the
kniteditor.pot file in the translations folder
and follow the same upload/pull-request process as in the video.
Knitting Pattern File Format Specification¶
For the words see the glossary.
Design Decisions¶
- We can never implement everything that is possible with knitting. We must therefore allow instructions to be arbitrary.
- We can not use a grid as a basis. This does not reflect if you split the work and make i.e. two big legs
- Knitting can be done on the right and on the wrong side. The same result can be achived when knitting in both directions.
Development Setup¶
Make sure that you have the repository installed.
Install Requirements¶
To install all requirements for the development setup, execute
pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt -r test-requirements.txt -r dev-requirements.txt
Sphinx Documentation Setup¶
Sphinx was setup using the tutorial from readthedocs. It should be already setup if you completed the previous step.
Further reading:
With Notepad++ under Windows, you can run the make_html.bat file in the
docs directory to create the documentation and show undocumented code.
Code Climate¶
To install the code climate command line interface (cli), read about it in their github repository You need docker to be installed. Under Linux you can execute this in the Terminal to install docker:
wget -qO- https://get.docker.com/ | sh
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
Then, log in and out. Then, you can install the command line interface:
wget -qO- https://github.com/codeclimate/codeclimate/archive/master.tar.gz | tar xvz
cd codeclimate-* && sudo make install
Then, go to the kniteditor repository and analyze it.
codeclimate analyze
Version Pinning¶
We use version pinning, described in this blog post (outdated). Also read the current version for how to set up.
After installation you can run
pip install -r requirements.in -r test-requirements.in -r dev-requirements.in
pip-compile --output-file requirements.txt requirements.in
pip-compile --output-file test-requirements.txt test-requirements.in
pip-compile --output-file dev-requirements.txt dev-requirements.in
pip-sync requirements.txt dev-requirements.txt test-requirements.txt
pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt -r test-requirements.txt -r dev-requirements.txt
pip-sync uninstalls every package you do not need and
writes the fix package versions to the requirements files.
Continuous Integration¶
Deployment is automized by Travis and AppVeyor. In order to ease the deployment for you, the developer, only a new tag needs to be created and a new release is uploaded to Github and PyPi. Travis and AppVeyor build the corresponding executables and upload them automatically. No special setup is required to create the executables yourself. However, in case you wish to create the executables yourself, have a look into the corresponding build folders in the repository root.
How To Deploy¶
Before you put something on Pypi, ensure the following:
- The version is in the master branch on github.
- The tests run by travis-ci run successfully.
Pypi is automatically deployed by travis. See here. To upload new versions, tag them with git and push them.
setup.py tag_and_deploy
The tag shows up as a travis build. If the build succeeds, it is automatically deployed to Pypi.
Manual Upload to the Python Package Index¶
However, here you can see how to upload this package manually.
Throughout this chapter,
<new_version> refers to a a string of the form
[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+[ab]? or
<MAYOR>.<MINOR>.<STEP>[<MATURITY>] where
<MINOR> and,
<STEP> represent numbers and
<MATURITY> can be a letter to indicate how mature the release is.
- Create a new branch for the version.
git checkout -b <new_version>
- Increase the
__version__in __init__.py
- no letter at the end means release
bin the end means Beta
ain the end means Alpha
- Commit and upload this version.
git add kniteditor/__init__.py
git commit -m "version <new_version>"
git push origin <new_version>
- Create a pull-request.
- Wait for travis-ci to pass the tests.
- Merge the pull-request.
- Checkout the master branch and pull the changes from the commit.
git checkout master
git pull
- Tag the version at the master branch with a
vin the beginning and push it to github.
git tag v<new_version>
git push origin v<new_version>
- Upload the code to Pypi.
First ensure all tests are running:
setup.py pep8
From docs.python.org:
setup.py sdist bdist_wininst upload register
kniteditor Module¶
An editor for knitting projects.
AYABKnitSettings Module¶
AYABKnitter Module¶
This is a prototypical interface of a Knitter
class KnittingTechnique(object):
"A way to knit."
def get_settings_dialog(self, pattern):
def get_settings(self):
def get_name(self):
def get_knit_job(self, pattern):
class KnitJob(object):
def decide_what_can_be_knit(self, pattern):
def give_instructions(self):
def current_instruction(self):
@property def technique(self):


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Three day weekend + no plans = me. I'm sticking around town this weekend, which I actually think will be great. If I can sneak in a couple non-laundry-and-cleaning-the-house activities I'll call it a win! Mostly I'll be catching up on sleep because apparently, a 24-hour trip to NYC can completely put me down! Don't mind this little old lady, I'm just gonna go take a nap now…and continue to power through this stack of books I have to read! But first, links for you…
New Yorkers (DCers, too) aren't rude. You're rude.
One of my favorite good bad movies is League of Extraordinary Gentleman. (Featuring Sir Sean Connery OF COURSE!) But who would you put in a modern day League? Not sure how I feel about Jacob of Twilight…
Do you keep a commonplace book? I'd never heard the term, but am familiar with the concept. It actually sounds like a fun project to start this weekend!
Do you ever get the coffee jitters? Clearly, I do.
Things I didn't need a study to tell me: my success makes my boyfriend feel bad. *dramatic tear* Whatever.
The female face of farming. It's still a boys club, but there are women doing some seriously hard work out there.
Space! The final front…nope. Earth still has some mysteries and beauties left to be discovered.
Science is cool, no? Science in six seconds is even cooler!
Want to find meaningful work? Time for a stone-cold evaluation of yourself and what you want.
ICYMI: Domino Magazine is coming back as a quarterly mag! Yay!
30 seconds of Captain Picard saying "Engage!" Because, why not?
Clothes for little girls that aren't all pink, purple and ooops! I don't understand math!
Still can't figure out a trick for remembering affect vs effect? This article will not help much, but it's fun to read!
I love Penelope Trunk, even when her opinions aren't all that popular she makes you think about challenging behavioral norms. This week she's up with 5 things you need to unlearn to be successful at work. #3 and #4, yes!
I love me some MC Lyte and her new song Cravin' seems like the perfect end of summer jam. Have a great weekend lovahs!


text: Great question from Normandy Madden after my speech at ICOM today: how serious is the government about its announced plans to finally enforce its "Made-in-China" policy for vehicles purchased by government entities. My bet? Pretty serious. Which is what makes the VW announcement so interesting. Given demand in China, it makes sense for auto MNCs to invest in production of high-end models in China so as not to lose the government VIP market. http://amplify.com/u/5bgi


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Scary-Cute Halloween Recipes That Won't Give You a Candy Hangover
Jack-o'-Lantern Stuffed Peppers
Carve faces into the side of a bell pepper for a cute jack-o'-lantern you can eat too! This adorable Halloween-themed dinner is perfect for a family dinner to fuel your trick-or-treating adventure. Or serve them at a Halloween party and watch them disappear! Don't feel like freehand-carving the faces with a knife? Try using a cookie cutter instead.
Ghost Meringue Cookies
These lightened-up ghostly cookies are scary cute! Serve them as is for a fun Halloween treat, or use them to top a Halloween cake. When making meringues, make sure that your bowl and beaters are clean and that there is not a trace of yolk in the egg white; the smallest amount of fat will prevent the egg whites from forming meringue. Depending on the humidity in your kitchen, the baking time might vary considerably. Check to make sure your cookies are crisp throughout before removing them from the oven.
Halloween Veggie Tray
You'll have no problem getting your kids to eat their veggies when you present them in this fun way! Crudités make up the body of a skeleton for an easy Halloween party snack everyone will love.
Frankenstein Kiwi Pops
Kids will go crazy for these cute snacks that turn kiwi slices into Frankenstein's monster and bride. Plus, you'll feel great serving them a treat that's healthier than all that Halloween candy.
Cauldron Smoothie Bowl
Here's an easy way to serve up some Halloween fun at breakfast or as an after-school snack. And it's way healthier than all the candy lying around this time of year.
Caramel Apples
This healthy caramel apple recipe has just enough caramel to give a nice hit of salty-sweet flavor in each bite for a tasty dessert.
Healthy Dirt Pudding Cup
Upgrade classic dirt cups by replacing the gummy worm with a strawberry to make it healthier, while achieving the same earthy feel. Creamy chocolate pudding (the "mud") is the ultimate comfort food and this easy homemade version is so much better than any pudding mix or refrigerated prepared pudding! A topping of chocolate wafer crumbs (the "dirt") provides an appealing texture contrast to the silky smooth pudding for a delicious snack or dessert kids and adults alike will love.
Spiderweb Smoothie Bowl
This smoothie makes for a fun, healthy Halloween snack or breakfast. The spiderweb design is much easier than it looks--a perfect task for the kids!
No-Bake Monster Pita Pizza
This no-bake pizza is so easy to make, and it's even more fun to eat! Kids will love the creepy "monster eyes" made from cucumbers, cheese and beans for this cute Halloween snack.
Witch Smoothie Bowl
Have a little Halloween fun at breakfast or snack time with this healthy fruit smoothie bowl that's topped with chia seeds and strawberry to look like a witch.
Candy Corn Granola Bars
Inspired by the classic fall candy but without all the sugar, these festive granola bars are a nutritious and adorable alternative.
Jack-o'-Lantern Smoothie Bowl
Make an easier, tastier jack-o'-lantern this year--no scooping or sawing required. This delicious, creamy mango smoothie bowl gets topped with chia to make a healthy Halloween-themed snack or breakfast your kids will love.
Peanut Butter "Candy" Apples
Turn an applesauce cup into a healthier "candied apple" with this easy snack idea. Just top the cup with half an apple and a drizzle of peanut butter for a cute snack kids will love.


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Christine really captured the look and feel I was going for, provided great suggestions and was a pleasure to work with. From my basic ideas and content, Websites for People created a sophisticated design that is a perfect match for my small business. Cutting edge knowledge, technical skill and creativity combined with superior artistic ability and attention to detail make Websites for People a fantastic company to develop your web presence. Kerry A.
We are so pleased to have worked with Websites for People to create our site. Christine was able to capture the essence of our message and fashion a visual representation of everything we wanted to say. She has great attention to detail, a wonderful work ethic, flexibility and an imagination that helps people make their vision come true. Tara A.
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Publishing your BaseKit Site
As of June 19, 2013, BaseKit is not available on new Shared accounts; however, HostGator Website Builder is offered as a replacement.
Once you have designed your website in BaseKit, you will need to publish your site in order for it to be shown live on the internet. To publish your website:
- Log in to BaseKit
- Click the Publish button on the BaseKit home page
- In the pop up box that follows, click the Publish Site button to update your live website.
Congratulations! You have published your website and can now see your site live when you go to your domain.


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It is proven that the best way to progress in any sport is with dedication and support from people more experienced than us. We push ourselves to the next level for that chance of landing a new trick or adding more style to our riding. This is what freestyle training lessons are about, to help you get to the next level of riding, whatever that might be for you.
Who would need this lesson?
Anyone that can ride comfortably up wind, turn and do basic jumps, looking to get to the next level.
What would i learn?
We will teach you from basic hooked in tricks like toe side riding, jump transitions, back rolls, front rolls and kite loops to more advanced unhooked kitesurfing tricks like Railys, Sbends and a few handle pass variations.
NOTE: These lessons are appropriate for intermediate to advanced kiteboarders.
DURATION: As long as you require
PRICES: $85 p/hour
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Healthy Surprise Blog — food
Totally Tasty Candied Rosemary Dates 0
These dates may be totally indulgent tasting but you can eat 15 and it's still less than half the sugar of a can of coke. Not to mention it's natural sugar not disgusting high fructose corn syrup! Around the office these dates are affectionately called cucarachas, but...
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Oh how I missed pasta when I went Gluten-free! When I was in college I ate pasta about twice a day, it was cheap, easy to make and filled me up quickly between classes. Now that I'm a grown woman I still don't have the time but...
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We all know how hard it can be to 'give up' various foods. And with some foods, 'once you pop – you can't stop'. This isn't a coincidence. Processed food is engineered to be as addictive as possible. A handful of large, multi-billion dollar business are...
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November 6th Californians will vote on Prop 37, which if passed would require foods sold in the state that contain "GMO's" (genetically modified organisms) to be labeled as such, and would prohibit marketing "such food as 'natural'" by July 1, 2014. GMO's are foods or animals that have had the genes of another species artificially forced into their DNA to introduce a new trait such as draught tolerance or insect repellant. Currently about 70% of the processed foods in America contain GMO's. The bill is controversial and big money has lined up...


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Today I'm excited to announce a brand new dPS eBook – The Art of Self-Portraiture. Buy it this week and receive a 25% discount and the chance to win an iPad 2! Full details below.
I was recently asked by a friend to name the period in my life where I improved most as a photographer. My mind immediately went back to a period as a young adult when family and friends would comment regularly about how much my portrait photography had improved.
It was also around this time that I started getting friends ask me to photograph them, their parties and even their weddings.
What was the Secret to My Photography's Improvement?
There were a number of factors that were at play but the main one was that I turned the camera around and started to practice my portrait photography by photographing myself.
- Self-Portraiture gave me the avenue to practice my portrait photography without having to convince a friend or family member to pose for me.
- Self-Portraiture enabled me to experiment with techniques, posing and composition
- Self-Portraiture helped me to grow in my confidence as a photographer
- Self-Portraiture was also a lot of fun and helped me to find new ways to express myself to family and friends.
The Art of Self-Portraiture
Discovering self-portraiture was a big part of my own development as a photographer and for this reason I was really intrigued when I came across self-portrait photographer Anna Gay and excited when she agreed to write a an eBook with us – The Art of Self-Portraiture.
Anna is known to many dPS readers for her guest posts on dPS and for her work as a 365 project photographer on Flickr where she's posted literally hundreds (if not thousands) of self portraits and in this eBook she takes the knowledge gained from honing her own work and puts it into simple and easy to apply tips for the rest of us to gain from.
She also provides some beautiful imagery from her own portfolio and that of other self-portrait photographers to both illustrate her teaching and inspire those who see them to explore their own work.
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NEWS - Updates
After 18 years living in the city, my family and I have moved into beautiful country side of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It's an exciting brand new fresh start.
I've recently started a YouTube channel (https://bit.ly/2BbMzJO) featuring cool and useful tips on improving your creative drawing process using Clip Studio Paint. Be sure to subscribe so you won't miss a show!
LIMITED TIME OFFER: Special Hard Cover Edition is now available for purchase at the same price.
Kensuke Okabayashi is a professional freelance illustrator and indie comic book artist. Clients include Magic the Gathering, Lego, WWE, Marvel Entertainment, and Star Wars. His publications include Manga for Dummies, Figure Drawing for Dummies, and The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Manga Edition.)
Kensuke received his formal training at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he earned his BFA in illustration. With both traditional and digital professional working experience, Kensuke's portfolio includes a unique range of production art, in addition to personal works.
Kensuke in Brooklyn with his wife, two children, and a pet fish names Oscar. While not storyboarding, he is diligently working away on the origins on The Foreigner (a Kicksterter funded graphic novel.) Visit www.TheForeignerComic.com to discover more about the characters and story.
Your can follow him on Instagram: @KensukeArt.
CLIENT PROJECTS - Storyboards / Comp Art / Illustration
PUBLICATIONS - How to Books / Manga / Kickstarter Graphic Novel
PERSONAL WORKS - Comics, Sketches, and Illustrations
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Hallowe'en is right around the corner, and in honor of this upcoming night of mischief, costumes, and sugar, I am going to recap three ARCs that I read this year that I haven't gotten around to reviewing yet, which you may be considering purchasing.
The Furies by Katie Lowe
Release Date: 10/8/2019
This tale is told by Violet, as an older woman, about a time as a girl when she lost her father, enrolled into an elite school, and was befriended by a group of girls who were mistreated and demanded vengeance. Starting with an odd, terrible death that confused the community and remains unsolved, the narrator tells her version of events leading up to and including the mysterious event.
Most of this novel is gritty and real. You can feel for these girls who are confused and not always treated well, retreating into the idea that they can take care of themselves because they have innate supernatural abilities, but then again, not entirely believing that they have innate supernatural abilities. You will be horrified by many of the acts perpetuated in this book. And you will have to figure out for yourself what you think really happened that night, when a beautiful young girl died.
Overall, I liked this book. It is not light and fluffy. Bad shit happens. And it drags slightly in the third fourth of the book. Overall, though, it is spooky and interesting, and I do recommend reading it.
Toil and Trouble by Augusten Burroughs
Release Date: 10/1/19
Augusten Burroughs is a witch.
Or, at the very least, he thinks he is one.
Is this belief based on the questionable words of his mother, who went insane and terribly neglected him, as detailed in Running with Scissors? Well, yes.
Does he provide clear and undeniable proof that he is a witch, with better understanding of, and ability to manipulate, the world around him? Well, no.
Is this book entertaining, regardless of whether or not you believe him? Hell, yes.
Burroughs' writing style is simple and clear. I'm not sure that I buy that he's a witch, but I did enjoy every second of this book, which I read in just a couple days (quite fast for me, with two kids frequently hanging on or being held by me). Recommend!
The Babysitters Coven by Kate M. Williams
Release Date: 9/17/19
This books is being marketed as The Babysitter's Club meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer. If you, similar to me, are thinking "Huh, that sounds interesting. Also, what does that look like, given that TBC is a middle-grade read and Buffy is high-school age age and above?" let me help you. It looks underwhelming.
The storyline has many similarities to both of these identified predecessors; however, this book, intended to be the first of a series, is comprised of exposition that is not even exceedingly interesting to read. Although the protagonist is 17, she reads as pretty young.
So the tagline would probably be more accurate if it read: "What if the babysitters from The Babysitter's Club were really mundane witches who had watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer?" Or maybe "Buffy the Vampire Slayer… without the biting wit, with all of the supernatural shit watered down."
If you're in the mood for a middle-grade read, it might be fine. Personally, I was hoping for more than what this book is, and did not like it.


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This Good and Proper English Breakfast blend was designed for those tea drinkers needing a bit more punch in the morning. Taking its lead from the distinctive rich body of Kenyan black tea, and combining it with loyal breakfast favourites Assam tea and Ceylon tea, this whole leaf black tea brews a robust, golden cup - full in body and wonderful with a dash of milk.
A blend of three single-origin black teas. A traditional base of distinctive and dark Kenyan black tea combined with rich, malty Assam and the more fragrant notes of Ceylon.
The tea bags
These whole leaf tea bags are 100% compostable, the clear internal bag is made from Natureflex and both biodegradable and compostable, and the outer cardboard box is 100% recyclable.
Each bag is filled with G+P's best leaves, with plenty of room for the leaves to unfurl. This ensures the best possible flavour.
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Hamburg, 2007-11-12 – froglogic GmbH today announced that it has joined the Eclipse Foundation committing even stronger to the Eclipse project and the growing Java RCP community.
The Eclipse Foundation provides services for Eclipse, an open source community, whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle.
froglogic is the vendor of the leading, cross-platform GUI testing tool Squish that supports many different GUI technologies. This includes dedicated support for automated GUI tests of Java Eclipse RCP/SWT applications as well as Java AWT/Swing applications. The next version of Squish will also feature an Eclipse plugin providing integration into the Eclipse Test & Performance Tools Platform Project framework.
"We are very excited to have froglogic join the Eclipse Foundation," said Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director of the Eclipse Foundation. "Automating GUI tests is a crucial part of the development process of today's complex GUI applications. Having froglogic with its automated GUI testing framework Squish on board brings significant benefits to the Eclipse community."
"Since the first release of our Squish for Java edition for automated Eclipse RCP GUI testing we gained a lot of customers in the very active and growing Eclipse/RCP community. Joining the Eclipse Foundation is the logical next step for us to show our commitment to this exciting project.", said Reginald Stadlbauer, co-founder and CEO of froglogic.
About froglogic
froglogic GmbH is a software company based in Hamburg, Germany. Their flagship product is Squish, the market-leading automated testing tool for GUI applications based on Qt, Java AWT/Swing and SWT/RCP, Mac OS X Carbon/Cocoa and for HTML/Ajax-based web applications running in different web browsers. froglogic also offers services in the areas QA/automated testing and Qt C++ programming and consulting. More about froglogic at https://www.froglogic.com.
About Eclipse Foundation
Eclipse is an open source community whose projects are focused on providing an extensible development platform and application frameworks for building software. Eclipse provides extensible tools and frameworks that span the software development lifecycle, including support for modeling, language development environments for Java, C/C++ and others, testing and performance, business intelligence, rich client applications and embedded development. A large, vibrant ecosystem of major technology vendors, innovative start-ups, universities and research institutions and individuals extend, complement and support the Eclipse Platform.
The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation that hosts the Eclipse projects. Full details of Eclipse and the Eclipse Foundation are available at www.eclipse.org.


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It's been the month of the autoroot exploits in the Android security world, folks. After last week's autoroot virus scares, this week we have a Chrome exploit that can allegedly grant root access on "virtually any Android device".
The vulnerability was demonstrated at the MobilePwn2Own conference that just took place in Tokyo. The guy who demonstrated the exploit believes that the vulnerability affects all version of Android that can run the latest version of Google Chrome.
The exploit was performed by Qihoo 360 researcher Guang Gong. Keep reading to discover how it works.
How Does the New Auto Root Exploit for Chrome Work?
Step 1) Users need to be tricked into visiting a malicious website in the latest version of Google Chrome
Step 2) The vulnerability can be found in JavaScript v8, which is Google's open source JavaScript engine. After visiting the website, the site runs a small script.
Step 3) That script installs an arbitrary application that is then able to grant itself full privileges on the device.
The attack is known as a "one shot exploit", which means that just one vulnerability is enough to perform the attack. Today, most exploits rely on multiple vulnerabilities in order to gain privileged access and load software.
After demonstrating the attack on one device, Gong went on to demonstrate the attack on several others.
The game that was used in the demonstration? "BMX Bike". There was no user interaction required to gain complete control of the phone: all that needed to happen was one visit to a malicious website.
Why This is So Dangerous
The exploit is dangerous because all it takes is one misplaced click online, or one visit to a malicious website. Once you've done that, it's game over: that site can install a script and gain full root access.
In an interview, PacSec organizer Dragos Ruiu said:
"The impressive thing about Guang's exploit is that it was one shot. Most people these days have to exploit several vulnerabilities to get privileged access and load software without interaction."
Fortunately, Google has been made aware of the vulnerability. You can expect a Chrome fix to be released very shortly.


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Rebekka, Your article is powerful. The points you make are meaningful.
I was very interested to read about your work with youth in the Chicago neighborhood of Englewood.
That's the same area that Dr. Edgar S. Cahn wrote about in Ch 12 of "No More Throw-Away People: The Co-Production Imperative". The social justice example of the youth experience in Englewood in that book is what inspired me to develop Youth TimeBanking.
I agree with you 100%, we must strive to break down the pre-COVID-19 structural and racial inequities. I am working in a very small way to do a tiny bit towards that immense vision on an unexpected project that has me connecting with 19 youth of color in a rural area in the northern part of Jamaica with limited access to technology and limited resources for learning.


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Mr. Rudy, guide dog in training, was the Judges Choice Winner of the Good Ol' Dog competition in Mango Minster 2011.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Good Ol' Rudy
Mr. Rudy, guide dog in training, was the Judges Choice Winner of the Good Ol' Dog competition in Mango Minster 2011.
20 comments:
- Brandon - The dog with a blog said...
Thanks so much for this post; and what a wonderful program you will be donating to!
Rudy was very pleased to be chosen as the Good Old Dog, and we are happy you guys are sponsors!
Hearts in Harmony is a great program, I wish they had something like that in our area.
Rudy's Raiser
- February 19, 2011 at 4:30 PM
- KB said...
You are wonderful to make that donation! I am so full of admiration for the people who raise puppies for service dog programs. What a wonderful but emotionally tough thing to do.
In any case, thanks from all of us for making that donation.
I hope that you're feeling better with that jerky dooty behind you.
- February 19, 2011 at 5:20 PM
- Teddy Westlife said...
Well done to Rudy, and how nice of you to do all that stuff!
- February 19, 2011 at 5:44 PM
- ♥ Sallie said...
Awww. You are the best!
- February 19, 2011 at 6:14 PM
- Bella Roxy & Macdui said...
That's a wonderful program. Amazing that those dogs train the boys in only 4 weeks. Man, I'm eight and we're still training HER!!!
XXXOOO Daisy, Kendra & Bella
- February 19, 2011 at 6:29 PM
- Frankie Furter and Ernie said...
Bravo!! That is just wonderful of you!!!
- February 19, 2011 at 7:05 PM
- The Daily Pip said...
Wow, that sounds like a great organization and it so nice of you to make a donation.
Your pal, Pip
- February 19, 2011 at 7:51 PM
- houndstooth said...
That is an awesome program! It sounds like it's a win win for all involved, too!
- February 19, 2011 at 8:23 PM
- Dexter said...
That Rudy! He is one great dog. Thanks so much for your sponsorship.
- February 20, 2011 at 1:41 AM
- ♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥ said...
And many thanks to you for being such a generous sponsor of the event AND to such a great organization. We have high hopes for Rudy's future.
Happy Sunday.
Woos ~ Phantom, Thunder, and Ciara
- February 20, 2011 at 7:23 AM
- Cyndi and Stumpy said...
Congratulations to Rudy! and may thanks to you for supporting Mango Minster and such a great program! I'm going to keep Hearts In Harmony and Pawsitive Hearts on my list of places to send my change. kids and dogs, a perfect combination!
One of the main points I think the video misses is that both the kids and the dogs learn not only that they are loveable but they deserve respect AND love!
Happy, Waggin' Tails, FUREVER!
Stumpy and me
- February 20, 2011 at 8:15 AM
- rottrover said...
Stumpy and Mom ~ couldn't agree more! A confidence builder for both for sure. :-)
- February 20, 2011 at 9:10 AM
- the booker man said...
big 'n hooge gratsers to rudy!
me and asa and mama had not heard of that program, but we already love it after seein' the video. what a positive thingie to do for those two-leggers and those doggies. miss stumpy and her mama are so right -- they get to learn that they are valued 'n loved. :)
the booker man
pee s -- OoOoOooo! my word verification thingie is "parks"! teehee!
- February 20, 2011 at 10:48 AM
- Terrorzinhos said...
Great program!
- February 20, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- Asta said...
That sounds like a most wowfy cause
You awe wondewful fow donating!!!
Thank you also fow coming to Katie and Bewtie's Biwfday
I had some Mead to go cups made fow you fow youw twip back home
smoochie kisses
- February 20, 2011 at 12:34 PM
- Lorenza said...
Sure it is an awesome program!
And Rudy... the best!
Happy Sunday!
Kisses and hugs
- February 20, 2011 at 6:42 PM
- Unknown said...
Hi Y'all,
Congratulations to Rudy.
I know of a church home for troubled children who are using shelter dogs in a similar fashion. It is a wonderful program and all started when an administrator started bringing her Great Dane to work and letting it accompany the children around the campus.
Y'all come by now,
Hawk aka BrownDog
- February 20, 2011 at 7:49 PM
- The Thuglets said...
Congratulations to Rudy he is one super dog! What a fabulous programme you are supporting.
Big Nose Pokes
The Thugletsx
- February 21, 2011 at 11:12 AM
- Remington said...
You are the best, my friend!
- February 22, 2011 at 1:05 PM
- Molly the Airedale said...
You guys are wonderful!
We had no idea that the parents in Parent Trap were named Maggie and Mitch! Do you think they might know us?!
Love ya lots
Maggie and Mitch
- February 22, 2011 at 2:16 PM


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Above: A sample carving block and watercolor print by Suzanne Hughes. (©2013 Suzanne Hughes).
At the November meeting of the MCBA Visual Journal Collective coordinator Suzanne Hughes led the group in carving from "eraser" type block material to make watercolor prints.
Despite my injured wing I really wanted to participate because we would be making an edition of prints to swap. Since I couln't use my arm to carve I brought a small carving I'd made of Dottie in 2003 (using a drawing made before her death). I stamped it in black ink on the supplied paper at the beginning of the meeting so I would have something to swap. Then I used my abundant free time to take video and photos of the group in action. Alas, I realized towards the end of the evening there was obviously dust on the sensor of my camera and it was ruining my shots. (It's not that obvious in this image because of where it falls but it's really obvious on the video footage.)
Happily I don't have to worry about trying to piece together something about what happened that evening because Briana Goetzen has posted a marvelous recap of the meeting on her blog at the link provided. I hope you'll go and check it out. You can read all about what we did and see her great photos from the evening.
(For people who are worried, or who were hoping for a reprieve, I have already purchased a new camera so I can take video of the December Not-So-Blank-Page-Journals—it was cheaper to buy a new camera than have the other repaired.)
Left: Ruth Smith numbers and signs her edition. (We were working on Nideggen Paper which is a light tan with a wavy laid texture.) She's holding back a laugh because her "helpers" were calling out all sorts of numbers as she was trying to sequence her prints. She's a good sport. (My sensor problems were cropped out of this image.)
A technical break through I was quite excited about: Marcia Micek likes to work in black ink and she inked her chickadee carving with her Pentel Pocket Brush Pen. The ink stayed wet long enough for her to pull great prints. Something to keep in mind. It was a small carving of about 1.5 x 1.5 inches, but I would have bet the ink would have dried almost immediately. In fact I think I might have bet exactly that. I may owe Marsha a nickel. (My betting limit.)
If you don't live in the area and would like more information about eraser carving you can check out my five-part series on eraser carving which starts with this post "How to Make an Eraser Carving—Part 1: Selecting an Image." The other parts run through to February 15, 2009 when part 5 was posted and you can find them by scrolling forward from the first post (using the navigation "last" and "next" above the post), by using this blog's search engine, or by clicking on "Eraser Carving" in the category list in the left column of this blog. (The last option is the easiest as the posts come up as a list and you can simply scroll down to the first post and work back up the list—it's not a huge category as of today. I've provided a link to get you there from this post. Be sure to click the "continue reading lines" in each post. This was early days in my blog when I used this device. These five posts are all lengthy. Also in part 2 of my series I write about Mastercarve blocks. These seem to no longer be available but "Moo Carve Block" seems to be the same stuff and is available through Amazon. I've ordered a piece to check it out.)
Get busy and carve some images today!


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Instagram isn't all puppies and food porn. Shots of period blood, pubic hair, and bodies that don't fit a heteronormative ideal: These are some of the images Instagram doesn't want you to see.
For the digital artist and internet personality Molly Soda, finding that an Instagram post has been removed for violating the company's Community Guidelines is an abrupt reminder that the company has total control over her content. She's had posts featuring menstrual blood, nipples, and pubic hair taken down. And in her community of digital artists and Tumblr-famous folk, having photos taken down happens all the time–so much so that Soda and the artist Arvida Byström decided to create a memorial for the banned photos of Instagram.
Their project, ironically, comes in the form of a physical book called Pics or It Didn't Happen–an apt reference to the mantra for the age of Instagram, where social media posts become a proxy for real life. But the book inverts this perception of Instagram. It's filled with approximately 250 photos that were banned from the platform, many of which are NSFW, and far closer to lived reality. Even if there are elements of nudity in some of the images, they're not necessarily sexual–but that didn't prevent content moderators from taking them down.
"I think bodies that look like female bodies are always going to be seen as sexual no matter what, no matter what the intent of the person," Soda says. "I think that we can't really ignore that it is pretty gendered."
To create the book, Soda and Byström reached out to people whom they knew had photos deleted, then opened up the call to their respective social media followings. They ended up receiving thousands of submissions. Soda says that while they wanted to present an honest picture of what kinds of images are banned from Instagram, they also tried to choose aesthetically pleasing photos that would make viewers question why it was taken down in the first place.
Some of the photos that are particularly confusing to this end include one of Soda's own, showing a shot of pubic hair coming out of her underwear with a cartoon-like penis drawing on her leg. Another is a portrait of a dark-skinned woman wearing a green hijab, two green hooded jackets, and goggle-like neon glasses, holding an iPhone to her cheek. Another seems even more innocuous: It's a photo mostly of a smartphone screen that shows a text conversation about a woman refusing to shave her legs, with her hairy legs in the backdrop. Transgressive? Maybe. Worthy of being banned from Instagram? It's hard to say why.
"My secret favorite is this one of this person that is looking in the mirror, and they're lifting up their skirt, and you can see they're wearing these big granny panties," Soda says. "It's funny that we're reading them as wrong or bad."
During the course of the project, which began in fall of 2015, Soda and Byström also learned more about Instagram's community guidelines. "I think people operate under the assumption that it's a robot or algorithm, but it's actual people removing your images. It's content moderators," Soda says. "They're looking at images all day. This isn't the worst of what they're looking at. They're looking at beheadings and child pornography and cleaning it up and making sure we don't see it."
The archival elements of the project also fit more broadly into Soda's work. She considers herself an internet collector and says she screenshots everything so it can one day be turned into future work; one of her artworks is a 10-hour video of her reading through her inbox on Tumblr. She has a solo show in Los Angeles in April where she's creating an installation based on her early days on the internet, what she calls a "digital memorial or graveyard, IRL."
The project also gestures to broader questions in the current political moment about the role of networks like Instagram (and particularly, its parent company Facebook) in censorship, free speech, and who has the right to say (or post) what.
"The internet is so fluid and changing all the time, and I don't think we think about how it shapes our memory, and how things can disappear," Soda says. "You could wake up tomorrow and your account could be deleted."


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Running AB tests is indispensable if you want to make good decisions. However, if you make mistakes, your decision can have worse consequences than simply deciding based on your intuition. Therefore, it is important to do A/B tests the right way, without mistakes.
If you are not worried about proper implementation of A/B tests, then you should forget doing A/B tests completely. You have only two options:
- Do A/B tests and correctly interpret the results without mistakes
- Completely forget about doing any A/B test and just use your common sense or intuition, which may mislead you.
In this guide, I will use the example of an online store for the sake of simplicity, but these mistakes can be generalized to any other kind of A/B tests for your business.
Suppose you have an online store and you want to check which "buy" button makes you the most money. Does the red button or green button have the better click through conversion rate? You measure 15% CTR on the red button and 10% CTR on the green button.
Mistake #1: Comparing the Past and the Present
Never compare a past conversion rate to the present conversion rate. If you had the red button in January and changed it to green in February, do not compare the CTR results with an A/B test. The experienced change in conversion might come from a difference in visitor-type distribution or any other common seasonal change. If you make this mistake, your results will be totally useless.
What to do?
If you have two variations, randomly (or alternately) show the different buttons to the visitors, but it is also very important that each visitor should always see only one variant for example, Visitor A should always see a red butten, and Visitor B should always see a green button.
Mistake #2: Checking the Conversion Rates Only
If you are just watching the raw conversion rates for example, a 15% CTR for the red button, and at 10% CTR for the green button then you are making a mistake. These changes in rates might be a coincidence, and you cannot be sure whether the red or green button is truly better. The meaning and the core essence of A/B testing is to eliminate this accidental difference and show you how likely it is that the change is real.
What to do?
Always examine the certainty (sureness level) of the A/B tests and the confidence intervals.
Mistake #3: Looking at the P-Value (Certainty) Only
Almost all A/B test calculators (except ours) display only whether the difference between case A and case B is significant or not. If yes (usually at 95%), they will show you a big green checkmark. Do not be satisfied with this! "Significant" only means that it is likely that the red button is somewhat better. If your experience a 15% vs. 10% conversion rate, and the result is significant, it does not mean that the red button is better by 50%. The red one might be only 0.001% better than the green button.
What to do?
Calculate the so-called confidence interval, which will tell you exactly what you want to know: what is the most likely range of the difference between the conversion rates of the variants.
Mistake #4: Not Testing for a Full Period
It is a mistake to your experiment for only five days from Monday to Friday. This range does not include weekends, and weekend purchasers might have totally different behaviors. Also note that testing in January always gives you results for January only. If your visitors behave differently in February, you will have no data for that.
What to do?
Always run your experiment for a full cycle that has a meaning for your business.
Mistake #5: Not Turning Your Results into Decisions
Running an experiment is great, and interpreting the results of the A/B test is better. However, if you do not use your data and turn your results into decisions, the whole thing is pointless and a waste of time. A/B tests are for helping you make a decision.
What to do?
It is a good idea to pre-establish the decisions you will make if case A or case B is the winner. For example, you may say before running the A/B test that you will change the button from green to red if and only if the red button is the winner and is better by at least 20%.
Mistake #6: Running an A/B Test Only Once
It is not enough to plan, implement, and run an A/B test and interpret the results, even if you do it the right way and make a decision based on the results. It is not enough because your business, your visitors, and their behavior are continuously changing. If you realize that red button has much better conversion rates than the green one, you only know that this was the case in the past. When the target audience changes, future visitors might prefer the green one.
What to do?
Repeat your A/B tests periodically to test whether differences in conversion rates persist because they might change as time passes.
Mistake #7: Forgetting to Test What Truly Matters
You may test the color of the buttons but what really matters might be the position, caption, or size of the button.
What to do?
Use your common sense and test the things that really can cause big changes in conversions rates and do not waste your time comparing "buy now" to "Buy Now," for example.
Mistake #8: Disliking and Ignoring the Results
You surely have a preconception or intuition about what the results will be. You like to think that you are clever and that you can predict the outcome because you are an expert in your field. If the results of an A/B test contradict your previous findings, they can cause cognitive dissonance. The consequence of this situation is that many people will just ignore the results completely. You might think that the green button is better because it is more natural and more beautiful than the red, and users are not afraid to click it, and you will want to support this presumption with an A/B test. If the outcome shows that the red button is better by 50%, you should forget your preconception.
What to do?
Believe in your results. Even if you think that red is ugly, you have to change your button from green to red because the visual design of your website does not matter as much as the conversion rates and revenue.
Mistake #9: Not Understanding What 95% Means
95% certainty (or 0.05 p-value) does not mean that you can be sure about the results of an A/B test. It is likely that one variation is at least somewhat better than the other variant. It is normal to run an experiment until you reach 95% confidence, but take into consideration that this also means that there is 5% chance of a false positive. So if you run 100 different A/B tests, there will be approximately five tests that gave you the wrong result.
What to do?
Keep in mind that you can never be absolutely sure about the results. If the decision made based on your A/B test is very important and has serious consequences, then you may want 99-99.9% certainty.
Mistake #10: Tracking the Wrong Conversion KPI
If you optimize your website and the color of the buttons so that you reach very good CTR for the "add to cart" button, you may be wrong. The add-to-cart click through rate is important, but you should measure purchases instead. For example, with a red button, it is likely that number items placed in the cart will be higher than with a green button, but purchases may not be. Even if you optimize your site to have more purchases, it could cause that micro-purchases per visits will be higher but the total purchase amount per month could be less. If you use A/B tests, it is very important to define the correct conversion.
What to do?
Keep in mind that improving one conversion rate can cause other conversion rates to decrease.
Bonus mistake: Forgetting to Segment
Knowing that the CTR of the red button is better than that of thegreen button is not the whole picture. Maybe males prefer green, but females prefer red. Maybe impulsive purchasers prefer red but rich, wise, returning purchasers prefer green. Maybe youth prefer red but elders prefer green.
What to do?
Always gather as much data as you can and keep running A/B tests until you can segment the results.
Try out our free online A/B Split Test Calculator


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calfordseaden are runners up at charity rounders match
Last week some of our staff entered a charity rounders match to raise money for the Maypole Project.
On what was the hottest day of the year, representing calfordseaden was Stephen Mumford, James Brook, Angela Forbes, Marek Gordon, Marion Lang, Stuart Churchward, Brad Allen, Debbie Little, Matthew Wardley and Ben Hicks. Our team played extremely well and made it to the final where they narrowly missed out on winning first place by a mere half rounder!
Well done to everyone who took part – the event raised £2,050 for the Maypole Project which is an Orpington based charity and provides a lifeline of support for children with complex and life threatening illnesses. Find out more at their website here.
calfordseaden has helped fundraise for this worthwhile charity across the years and to help them secure a £25,000 grant to continue their charity work, you can vote for them here.


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Potentially Gay, Bisexual, Or Queer Stars Of Golden Era Hollywood
The party scene during the Golden Age of Hollywood is legendary; just imagine the biggest, most beautiful movie stars in the world mingling in the Hollywood Hills. Despite the almost non-stop press blitz to which these stars were subjected, not every aspect of their lives was public. You may be surprised to learn those parties were filled with stars you never knew may have been part of the LGBTQ+ community. Some screen legends, like Rock Hudson, for example, came out of the closet later in life. Outing other allegedly queer actors of the silver screen remains controversial, given they aren't around to speak for themselves.
See if your favorite actor or actress from American cinema's golden age made this list of questionable LGBTQ+ Golden Era Hollywood stars. Which one shocks you most? Which did you suspect all along? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
- Photo: Rebel Without A Cause/Warner Bros / Amazon / Fair Use
Despite only appearing in three films, the cultural status of James Dean as a disillusioned rebel is just as strong in the 21st century as it was at the height of his popularity. Dean passed in 1955, at age 24. Rumors swirled around his sexuality in his heyday, and persist today. No one knows for sure what how the Rebel Without a Cause star identified.
Since the 1970s, several books have attempted to out the Giant actor. For example, in 1975, Jonathan Gilmore, a close friend to Dean, wrote The Real James Dean. In the book, Gilmore claimed he and Dean engaged in intimate encounters.
- Photo: Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain
Two-time Academy Award winner Marlon Brando is largely considered one of the greatest screen actors of all time. The Godfather patriarch was married three times.
Many allegations suggest Brando was bisexual. The rumored affair that has been most persistent over the years was a supposed encounter with James Dean. However, Darwin Porter's biography, Brando Unzipped, claims the actor had intimate relationships with Cary Grant, Montgomery Clift, and Sir John Gielgud.
In 1976, during an interview with a French journalist, Brando said: "Homosexuality is so much in fashion, it no longer makes news. Like a large number of men, I, too, have had homosexual experiences, and I am not ashamed."
- Photo: Lassos the moon / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain
Katharine Hepburn is perhaps the most renowned actress in the history of Hollywood, with four Academy Award wins over a 60-year career. In 1999, she was named the Greatest Female American Screen Legend by the American Film Institute.
By several accounts, Hepburn's 25-year relationship with frequent co-star Spencer Tracy was more about friendship than attraction. Screenwriter and gay rights activist Larry Kramer claimed of the famous couple, "Hepburn and Spencer Tracy were both gay. They were publicly paired together by the studio. Everyone in Hollywood knows this is true, but of course I haven't seen it printed anywhere."
- Photo: Warner Home Video / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain
Spencer Tracy was one of the biggest movie stars in old Hollywood. During his 40-year career, he was nominated for nine Academy Awards, with two wins. The actor was married with two kids, and even though he became estranged from his wife Louise, they never divorced, which Tracy claimed was because of his Roman Catholic upbringing.
Tracy formed a reputation in Hollywood as a hard partying star. He was linked to starlets such as Ingrid Bergman and Hedy Lamarr.
Tracy was also rumored to have been involved in a long-term relationship with actor John Derek, and it has been alleged his relationship with Katharine Hepburn was studio-engineered.


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So the question is, do we believe this?
Samsung have apparently let the cat out of the bag regarding the next in the line of Nexus phones via their official Romania twitter account.
A series of tweets suggests that yes, they are providing the Nexus 3.
Information comes from tech site TFTS, the tweets first of all link to an article by BGR that suggesting Samsung are making the nexus 3, the tweets then confirming it to be correct.
Further questions to the account bring the reply that it is scheduled for the end of 2011 and will be running Android 4.0 and has a Super Amoled HD screen.
So, do we believe these rumours? Would Samsung allow such things to be tweeted or is someone getting called into see the boss about now?! I try not to post articles about rumours and gossip as so often they turn out to be nonsense, but these do come from an official source, so could have some truth. These rumours follow yesterdays that HTC were making the next Nexus phone and that it would have a dedicated google+ button, contradicting rumours that the next nexus phone (and all Ice cream sandwich phones) would not have physical buttons….So you can see it's tricky to know what to believe.
Personally, I'd like HTC to make it, I just can't get as interested/excited about Samsung as I can HTC, we shall see…