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White Pomeranian Puppies
What Makes White Pomeranian Puppies So Special?
White Pomeranian puppies are indeed very special. Both the American Kennel Club (AKC) and the American Pomeranian Club (APC) recognize the White Pomeranian as having one of the acceptable colors of the breed as far as standards and sow regulations are concerned. The Pomeranian can come in many colors. There are basically three recognized classes of colors for this breed. There's a red, orange, cream and sable class, a black, brown, and blue class, and "other". "Other", includes white, colors in combination with tan, brindle, and parti (a patterned coat, with patches of any color on a white coat). A White Pomeranian will have a pure white coat, often referred to as ice white. It's only coloration will appear on its points, which are its eye rims, nose, lips and pads. These points are black. White Pomeranian puppies often have pink points, but these will turn black as the puppy ages.
Background Of The Pomeranian – The Pomeranian is classified by the AKC as a member of the Toy Group, and was first recognized by the AKC in 1888. It comes from northern Europe, particularly the Pomern area of Germany, which in English is called Pomerania. Its ancestors were larger dogs, weighing in the neighborhood of 30 pounds and were often used in herding sheep. Even the Pomeranians first appearing in dog shows at the beginning of the 20th century were somewhat larger than today's breed.
The White Pomeranian is noted for its pure white double coat and heavily plumed tail. Even White Pomeranian puppies have this lush double coat, though the tail takes a while to develop into its full glory. The Pomeranian's undercoat is very thick and makes the sleek and somewhat harsh outer coat stand out from the body, making a tiny dog appear to be a somewhat larger tiny dog. With its pointed muzzle, the Pomeranian looks like a small fluffy fox.
Pure White (And Pure Black) – Difficult To Breed
What makes White Pomeranian puppies so special is that they are rather difficult to come by, or put another way, it is a challenge to breed Pomeranians and get a litter containing White Pomeranian puppies in the process. The breed standard basically says that a White Pomeranian must be white – period. The difficulty breeders face is breeding our other colors. For example, in breeding out the orange color, remnants of orange tend to remain, as a lemon shading, which as far as standards are concerned, is not an acceptable color.
Even if the lemon shading is reduced, a puppy may still have a color that is a little off white, some call it ivory white. According to both the AKC and APC, Ivory-white Pomeranian puppies are NOT White Pomeranian puppies. Breeders have found that working with Pomeranians having a wolf sable coloring often gives the best results. No matter what the approach, it can take years of breeding to produce a genuine White Pomeranian. For that matter, it is very nearly as difficult to produce a purely Black Pomeranian. How often have you bought something black, and found it isn't true black, but has shades of other dark colors such as browns or purples in it?
Make Sure You're Getting What You Pay For
You can therefore expect to pay a premium for White Pomeranian puppies, and in this case it will pay to see what you're getting, unless you know for certain that the breeder has an excellent reputation, and is well trusted. It would be all to easy to end up with an almost white dog which would be penalized on account of its color in a major dog show, no matter how fine its other attributes might be. If you are getting a genuine White Pomeranian, the puppy will have the color it's going to grow up with, so get a genuinely white, "ice white", puppy.


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I am a noob. I finished making custom changes to the Jitsi file I installed. Now the console doesn't seem to respond to inputs I enter. I want to know how to save the changes I've made (the changes don't appear on the live site yet) and also more basically how to get the input to respond. If I type something currently it does not display. Am I supposed to save and exit now somehow?
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The web console is intended to access your droplet in a case of emergency in order to sort out the issue. I will highly recommend to use a ssh-client in order to access and manage your droplet.
You can also check our docs on How to Connect to Droplets with SSH:
There are two options at the bottom of the doc: Connect with OpenSSH and Connect with PuTTY
Hope that this helps! Regards, Alex
Hi, Run the second instance of a console. Maybe it will get your session responsive there. If not, you can try to recover changes from a swap file. It seems you were using VIM/VI editor for editing your Jitsi file. VIM stores the changes in swap file just for recovery purposes (and for concurrent editing). VIM creates a swap file by default, unless this feature is intentionally disabled. So, it is very likely that all or most your changes are in that file. By default, the swap file is located in the same directory as edited file. Note please, that swap file is hidden (its name starts with dot symbol). So, if you can ssh your droplet, you can copy both your edited (main) file and swap file into another directory, just in case, to make a backup. And then, you can open the mainfile in VIM editor to recover the changes. For instance: you were editing a file /etc/conf/mainfile.txt and console hang. VIM should create a swap file /etc/conf/.mainfile.txt.swp. List the directory content to ensure yourself that swap file was created:
sudo ls -la /etc/conf/
Copy main and swap files to another directory, e.g. /var/tmp/
sudo cp /etc/conf/mainfile.txt /var/tmp/
sudo cp /etc/conf/.mainfile.txt.swp /var/tmp/
Open main file from original location
sudo vi /etc/conf/mainfile.txt
You will get a warning like
OutputE325: ATTENTION
Found a swap file by the name "/etc/conf/.mainfile.txt.swp"
owned by: root dated: Thu Oct 15 22:56:38 2020
file name: /etc/conf/mainfile.txt
modified: yes
user name: root host name: localhost123
process ID: 1347 (STILL RUNNING)
While opening file "/var/tmp/default"
dated: Thu Oct 15 22:12:01 2020
(1) Another program may be editing the same file. If this is the case,
be careful not to end up with two different instances of the same
file when making changes. Quit, or continue with caution.
(2) An edit session for this file crashed.
If this is the case, use ":recover" or "vim -r /etc/conf/mainfile.txt"
to recover the changes (see ":help recovery").
If you did this already, delete the swap file "/etc/conf/.mainfile.txt.swp"
to avoid this message.
Swap file "/etc/conf/.mainfile.txt.swp" already exists!
[O]pen Read-Only, (E)dit anyway, (R)ecover, (Q)uit, (A)bort:
Enter R for Recover. Check if changes applied, and save file.
If you are not able to ssh your droplet, then you can close the frozen console and recover changes after starting it again. You can follow all the steps mentioned before.
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Introduction: Engraving Glass With a Dremel
I recently got my hands on a rotary tool, so I decided to try some glass engraving. It turned out to be easier than I expected and I'm very happy with the results.
Let me show you what you need and how to do it. You can watch the video or read the steps here, whatever you prefer.
What you'll need:
- Rotary tool (like a Dremel)
- Diamond coated bits (at least a ball-shaped one)
- Poster tacks
- Printout of the design
- Tape
- Wet cloth and a bowl of water
- Towel
- Dust mask
- Safety glasses
Step 1: Getting Ready
I'm using a standard rotary tool with a flexible shaft extension. The extension makes it a bit easier to do more detailed work, but you can also make do without.
Since glass is very hard, I'm going to be using a set of diamond coated bits. There are a lot of different bits in this set, but a good place to start is with a ball shaped one.
The engraving will cause a lot of fine glass dust, so make sure to wear a dust mask and eye protection!
I'm using poster tacks to support the piece that I'm working on. This will keep it stable without me having to hold it.
Step 2: Getting a Feel for the Tool
I've never used this Dremel before, so to get a feel for how the engraving works I'm going to practice a bit on an old wine bottle. I set the Dremel at a medium speed and started engraving.
For now, I'm just freehanding a design. I quickly figured out that you don't have to push down into the glass a lot, a light touch is all it takes. It's all about letting the tool do the work.
One direction of engraving will work better than the other. This is because of the rotation direction of the tool. For me, it did the best cutting when pulling the tool towards me, so I drew lines onto the glass that way and lifted the tip up in between.
The engraving creates a reasonable amount of glass dust, which can make it difficult to see what you're doing. Keep a wet cloth and a bowl of water nearby, so you can wipe away the dust regularly. This makes it look like your design is disappearing, but don't worry, once you dry the glass it will reappear.
Step 3: Tracing a Design
Now that I have a feel for the tool, I can move on to making a more detailed design. I won't be freehanding this one, so I printed the design, cut it out and taped it to the inside of the glass. This way, all I had to do was trace the design onto the glass.
I switched to a smaller ball shaped bit to allow for the finer detail. I changed the orientation of the glass several times along the way to make the engraving easier.
For the final details I switched to the thinnest bit I had, which allowed me to write the tiny letters on there.
Finally, I used the ball shaped bit again to add random stars all the way around the glass to make the Tardis look like it's floating through space.
Step 4: Tracing an Outline
In some cases it won't be possible to tape your design to the inside of the glass, like with this small carafe.
So I took some wide painter's tape and covered the printout with it, making sure the pieces overlap. I then cut out the inside of the design, leaving me with a silhouette.
I carefully peeled the tape off the paper and placed it onto the glass.
I still had to freehand the branches and leaves, but being able to trace the outline definitely helped a lot.
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Hi, awesome skills and design!
What are the sizes of the diamond drill bits? Shaft diameter
What speed should the tool be in when engraving?
Also, it would be easier if anyone could recommend something on Shopee, Lazada or Amazon for the drill bit set.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thanks ~
WARNING... The face mask being used in this instructable is NOT the proper protection for airborne glass dust. It is not face-tight like a proper respirator and will therefore allow some dust past the so-called seal around the nose and cheek bones, plus under the chin. A warning should also be posted for users of ALL face masks that they are pretty-much useless for people with facial hair or rough skin.
In the fire department, we were ineligible to wear any breathing apparatus if we had facial hair.
You will not like what happens next if you breathe in glass dust!
I would like to know what happens when you breathe in glass dust!
Many years ago (at my age, that could be 10-25 years) I took a course sponsored by Dremel "Etching on Glass with a Dremel." The teacher was fabulous, the 2-day course was awesome and according to what we were told, the teacher became seriously ill and never taught it again. All these years I have kept my beveled glass pieces and thought about that class. I now have a beautifully equipped studio and a friend who would love to teach this class. At the time, safety wasn't a BIG issue so we wore the standard hospital masks and safety glasses. In your comments I saw that our students (this is several months away) should have better masks. Can you give me more details about what should be used.
sweet I just bought the engraving tips for my Dremel a few months back as they were going cheap at the time but was too worried to work on glass yet lol but I have a heap of old bottles that I can do test run on before working on the vase that I have had for years but have never gotten around to,do,the chemical etching on it :-D
Thanks for the instructable I know now that I can do it after watching you :-)
Yeah, old bottles are great for practice, nice thick glass and no worries of messing it up. Hope you get around to working on that vase!
thank you Ellen :-) I have been hoarding bottles lol as you say they are the best to ptactice on harder to brake them :-) I have been checking out the Dremel and noticed I will have to get a few more etching bits always like to make sure I have more on hand than I need special after running out of some bits once :-/
nice.Not too much different than wood burning. Practice practice and more practice. Thanks for sharing. You did a nice concise presintation.
Very cool, and a way to make an expensive looking personalized gift for a wedding or anniversary party. Heck, it would have worked well at my daughter's Princess Party for her eighth birthday. I bought el cheapo water goblets and tied ribbons around the stem, leaving a 6" to 8" dangle. I then tied beads and tiny silk flowers on the ends of the ribbons. Now I would add some engraving, just like you showed, to personalize the goblets.
As an aside, I LOVE the shirt you're wearing in the Instructable. I've been to Koln many times, but have never seen a shirt like that.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful instructable!
Thanks! The shirt is from Laura Kampf, an amazing YouTuber that makes all sorts of cool stuff. The goblets sound pretty cool, even without any engraving :)
Very clever and nice work!
Great tutorial! I must try this. Thank you!
I've always wanted to try this but was skeptical of the quality of the diamond coated Dremel bits. Also, I needed an excuse to go ahead and get the flexible shaft for the Dremel tool. Using poster tack to hold the work is ingenious! Thanks for that tip! I ordered all of these things after a quick search on Amazon found all of them. I got two each of the bits and the poster tack and the entire bill was still less than a hundred dollars US.
Haha, an excuse to buy cool tools is always good! And the poster tacks work like a charm, so glad I figured that one out!
Very nice work. I am glad you stressed using glasses and a mask. Glass dust is VERY dangerous and can cause permanent lung and membrane damage. In addition to these things it is essential to have a dust-collector nearby, use in a dust cabinet, or in a well-ventilated area where the dust is cast outdoors (not the best option, but an option). Glass dust should be treated as an extreme carcinogen.
For those who find Dremel tools heavy, there are glass engraving tools that are much smaller. Don't buy the cheap $15 ones. Spend a bit more and you'll be very glad you did. This is a wonderful hobby that results in beautiful work-- and if one has any artistic talent at all isn't difficult to do. Good instructable. : )
Thanks for weighing in. It's easy to forget the safety precautions but they are so important. Also, good tip on the dedicated engraving tools. I intend to use my Dremel for all sorts of things, which is why I got a bigger one, but if you only want to do engraving you'll be better off with a smaller, lighter tool.
Correction... not as a carcinogen... extreme hazard. Causes silicosis. Nasty stuff.
thank you. I have one of those tools but afraid of using it for that purpose. I will try, your work is beautiful.
Thanks :)


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A reposting of one of my materials first made available on Journal of Property Rights in Transition, at http://propertyrightsintransition.com/denying-justice-by-delaying-it.
On April 3, 2013, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) granted the Romanian government yet another extension in the hope that owners of property abusively confiscated by the communist regime will see justice. In October 2010, in a pilot judgment in the Maria Atanasiu vs. Romania case the ECHR asked Romania to revise the underlying dysfunction at the national level that led so many Romanian citizens to petition the Court in "repetitive cases" related to property return. Romania has lost 435 property restitution cases at the ECHR, for breaching Article 1 in protocol 1 of the Convention on Human Rights, which protects property rights [1]. The ECHR adopted its first pilot procedure in 2004 in the Broniowski vs. Poland, another property related case. In a pilot judgment, the Court must decide whether a violation of the Convention occurred and indicate to the government the remedial measures needed to rectify the systemic problem the Court had identified [2]. Even if the Romanian legislative framework is changed and the government-sponsored National Fund is created, the fact that few abusively confiscated properties were returned by 2013, close to 25 years after the collapse of the communist regime, means that property restitution does not really work in that country.
The bones of contention are the dwellings, which the communists confiscated without due compensation throughout the 1945-1989 period. After 1990, the new rulers showed intention not to satisfy owners' restitution demands but to acquire the ownership rights of nationalized dwellings for themselves. First, these nationalized historical houses were well situated in leafy neighborhoods, and had distinct architectural features that made them status symbols for the new elite. Second, they were systematically under-valued by the governmental agency that oversaw them, and could be bought or used only by individuals closely connected to the government. These high status symbols available at rock-bottom prices have attracted politicians of diverse ideological persuasions on all sides of the political spectrum (former President Ion Iliescu, once a Communist Party official, as well as his rival, Democrat Liberal President Traian Basescu, have both acquired nationalized dwellings) [3].
Until 2005 successive Romanian governments blocked attempts by owners to recover their dwellings, siding with the tenants who were using the dwellings (well connected political, business, and cultural luminaries) against the owners (elderly persons or residents of foreign countries). Only 5 percent of all owners received their homes back. In 2005, a Property Fund (Fondul Proprietatea) started to compensate owners whose properties could not be returned because they had been demolished, bought by the tenants living in them, or (abusively) retained by the government offices (mayoralties and ministry departments) using them. The Property Fund relied on shares in large state-owned companies. Because it was constituted over 15 years after the privatization process was launched, during which most such companies had been transferred into private hands, the Fund controlled few assets effectively. As such, many owners continued to receive neither property, nor compensation. Executive interference in the activity of the judiciary meant that many courts disregarded procedure and infringed both the Romanian Constitution and the European Convention of Human Rights when hearing restitution cases, thus prompting an increasing number of owners to approach the ECHR. This is why in 2010 the Court asked the government to revamp its property restitution scheme.
From October 2010 to April 2013 Romania did nothing to comply with the ECHR request. The vested interests of powerful political elite members in retaining ownership of the nationalized dwellings by disregarding the rights of the owners explain why the authorities did not consult with the owners, although consultations were recommended by the Court and would have involved little effort. Political instability was also at play. There were no fewer than four cabinets during that time period (headed by Prime Ministers Emil Boc, Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, and Vasile Ponta), the first three of which were weak cabinets delegitimized by scandals, frequent replacements of ministers, and an unclear policy direction. Instead of solving the restitution cases, by providing the Property Fund with the means needed to compensate owners, punishing Fund leaders for mismanagement and waste, and protecting owners from undue pressure to renounce their property rights, these governments perpetuated an untenable system. According to some reports, 1,000 intermediaries well connected to the Fund cashed in 1.5 billion Euros for property claims they brought from disillusioned initial owners, who simply gave up the fight. These intermediaries received compensation at higher rates and faster than thousands of owners whose claims the Fund refused to consider promptly and honestly [4].
In March 2013 the current Social Democrat government of Victor Ponta, heir to the Communist Party that nationalized the disputed dwellings, announced the creation of a new National Fund destined to settle the 200,000 outstanding restitution claims. This Romanian scheme – as any Romanian scheme proposed since 1989 — is unnecessarily complicated. Owners will get points proportional to the compensation they are entitled to, whose level will be decided by a National Commission for Compensating Building Owners. The Commission will also decide how many points each land plot is worth. The owners will be able to use those points to bid for assets owned by the new fund, totaling 3.6 million hectares of agricultural and forestry land. The bids will be accepted only starting in 2016, to give the government the time to identify the land plots included in the scheme. Owners who will refuse to buy land will receive cash in installments over a seven-year period, starting in 2017 (that is, almost 30 years after the collapse of the communist regime). The government boasted that the new Fund would disburse 10 Billion Euros, making Romania the only country to compensate owners so generously [5].
The new fund will be insufficient in deterring Romanian owners from approaching the ECHR, if the government does not boost the independence of the judiciary, stop undue pressure of the executive and legislative over the judges, revoke the controversial recurs in anulare procedure (which allows the government to overturn definitive and irrevocable court decisions that recognized owners' right to their property), or encourage judges to refuse hearing property restitution cases. It remains to be seen whether the measures the government will soon announce will suffice in convincing the ECHR to restart hearing property restitution cases lodged by Romanian citizens.
[1] "Romania asks for delay in enforcing new property restitution law from the European Court of Human Rights," Romania-Insider, 21 March 2013, available at: http://www.romania-insider.com/romania-asks-for-delay-in-enforcing-new-property-restitution-law-from-the-european-court-of-human-rights/78033/ (accessed on 3 May 2013).
[2] European Court of Human Rights, "Pilot Judgments," April 2013, available at:http://www.echr.coe.int/NR/rdonlyres/61CA1D79-DB68-4EF3-A8F8-FF6F5D3B3BB0/0/FS_Pilot_judgments_ENG.pdf (accessed on 3 May 2013).
[3] Lavinia Stan, "The Roof Over Our Head: Property Restitution in Romania," Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, vol. 22, no. 2 (June 2006), pp. 180-205.
[4] "Romanian PM: Property restitution became lucrative real estate business for 1,000 intermediaries," Romania-Insider, 15 April 2013, available at: http://www.romania-insider.com/romanian-pm-property-restitution-became-lucrative-real-estate-business-for-1000-intermediaries/86468/ (accessed on 3 May 2013).
[5] "Romania plans another national fund for property restitution, with landplots and forestry as main assets," Romania-Insider, 19 March 2013, available at: http://www.romania-insider.com/romania-plans-another-national-fund-for-property-restitution-with-landplots-and-forestry-as-main-assets/77759/ (accessed on 3 May 2013).


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League of Legends is on the list of most popular online multiplayer games. For the first time, the game was launched in 2009. The company that produced the game is known as Riot Games. Originally, it was made for PC and Mac. Let's read more about this game.
As with any other game you can find online, this game features a 5v5 mode. In this mode, a pair of teams takes part in a competition and the aim is to destroy the base of the enemy known as Nexus. And for this a map is used by the teams.
Apart from the 5v5 feature, you also have the option to use 3v3. If you like Dominion, you will like this game as well. Your objective is to get objective points in order to damage the enemy Nexus health.
Influence Points
During the gameplay, you make use of the influence points in the form of a currency. Your aggregate earnings are based on a number of factors, such as bots quantity, the game result and summoner level, to name a few. You can also choose to use the points to purchase in-game items, such as champions and runes.
Riot Points
This alternate currency is offered to both teams. If you want to get this currency, you can buy it with PayPal, credit/debit cards, and the game cards.
You can use the Riot Points to rune pages, unlock champions and different types of boosts. However, you can't spend them on runes. As a player, you can get Riot Points from other activities. For instance, you can recommend the game to your family members or friends for earning points.
With Runes, you can customize your League of Legends. You can amplify your statistics, such as movement speed, manna regeneration, and health, to name a few. This allows you to enjoy your game without the champion change based on the options at your disposal.
You can choose from a number of champions, and each week it goes up. You can use Riot Points or Influence points for the purpose of unlocking the champions prior to putting them to use. However, you can find many champions to play for free. This allows you to test them before you go ahead and buy them. You can get different types of champions, such as tanks, support, janglers, casters, bruisers and assassins.
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In the past month, the PyCon CZ conference became homeless. Because of some property issues, the venue we originally announced suddenly became unavailable for any events.
That has put our team into quite an unpleasant situation - instead of working hard on other tasks necessary for the conference to happen, we had to go back to the beginning and start looking for a new place. On a very tight schedule. After several weeks of contacting, visiting, and considering almost 50 venues, we're happy to present you with the replacement: MeetFactory!
MeetFactory is a non-profit international center for contemporary art founded in 2001 by the artist David Černý. It is in a very unique, industrial building in Prague's quarter Smíchov. It usually hosts music events, theatre, gallery exhibitions, and residential artists program.. You can walk through the whole space on Google Maps.
Unfortunately, with change of the venue, also the date had to change a bit. The bad news is, MeetFactory isn't available for us on Saturday 10th June, because they're hosting the Prague Museum Night. For that reason, we decided to move the conference from 9-11 June to 8-10 June. The new expected schedule is:
- Thursday 8th, MeetFactory - first conference day, talks
- Friday 9th, MeetFactory - second conference day, talks
- Saturday 10th, different venue - workshops & sprints
The good news is, while already being in Prague for PyCon CZ, you can attend the Prague Museum Night! It is a night during which 80+ Prague's museums, galleries, and other cultural institutions are open for free, often with rich accompanying program. Also, you can save Sunday for travelling home without missing workshops.
We understand this whole thing may cause a lot of inconvenience for you. We worked really hard to resolve the issue as soon as possible, but it still took us significant time. We didn't want to give up the idea about an extraordinary venue with artistic soul instead of university lecture rooms.
We may have failed to communicate the uncertainity early enough to prevent you from booking flights or accommodation. On the other hand, originally, we did not expect to shift the date. If you get into some serious trouble because of the changes, please let us know and we'll try to find a way to help you rearrange.
Many of you were asking for tickets, but they were still unavailable. As you can now imagine, we couldn't let you buy anything before we had the most important conference details secured. Now when everything is finally sorted, nothing is preventing us to start selling! Quick, maybe you can still catch an early bird price!
At this moment we're busy with selecting talks and workshops from the public Call for Papers. Soon we are going to present you with a full program. I can assure you already that there are some amazing pieces waiting for you!
Looking forward to see you
soon in 43 days, at MeetFactory.


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Yes, dear reader,
I am aware that this post might not be as intriguing as one about a new book but this is something so different and new I want to tell 'the world' about it. This is about writing. Yes, I needed to add that, didn't I?
Writer's Café
Writer's Café used to be my ultimate writing tool. It runs on every PC platform, Mac also. I wrote a lot using that program and I'll defend it until the very end. But at times something comes along that just stuns the words and paragraphs out of me. And one of those times happened last week. It's called
pandoc markdown
Right, what is markdown? Markdown is a way to 'format' flat text. In formatted text one uses italics, bold text, and even underlined text. With a plain text file like you make in Notepad or vi that's not possible. Unless you use markdown. Markdown comes in several flavours, LaTeX is a famous one. I use pandoc. It's less versatile than LaTeX but that makes it much easier to learn and use. How does markdown stuff work?
Suppose you want to write something in italics in this text way. You simply put asterisks around the text. So *italics* becomes italics. This also works with bold, you just add 2 asterisks: **bold** becomes bold.
You can also add a code for e.g. a chapter header. Simply put # in front of it. E.g. #Chapter 1.
The main reason for this is the ability to write anywhere, on anything. If I am on a PC I can use a plain text editor to write. When I have my Android tablet with me I can write the same stories without having to worry about converting it to some other system and lose something in formatting. Even if I copy a text file to my office iphone I can simply carry on with the story.
But what about creating real files for books?
That is where the real power is hidden. It requires a lack of fear from the dos prompt (or x-terminal in Linux) but making a Word .docx file from all the chapter text files is simple (note that I saved all the text files with an .md extension, for clarity):
pandoc *.md -o story.docx
That will collect all the *.md (md stands for MarkDown) files in alphabetical order and create a Word document called story.docx.
This is how that looks on my Linux machine:
Create it:
paul@Kelutral:~/BTSync/Schrijven$ pandoc *.md -o story.docx
Show it's there:
paul@Kelutral:~/BTSync/Schrijven$ ls -l *.docx
-rw-rw-r– 1 paul paul 50908 aug 4 16:55 story.docx
Even more magic is there: you can create an epub from those files the same way:
paul@Kelutral:~/BTSync/Schrijven$ pandoc *.md -o story.epub
paul@Kelutral:~/BTSync/Schrijven$ ls -l *.epub
-rw-rw-r– 1 paul paul 55257 aug 4 16:58 story.epub
Do you need a webpage that shows the first 2 chapters? Just feed pandoc the names of the first 2 chapters and let it do the legwork:
paul@Kelutral:~/BTSync/Schrijven$ pandoc DeJongeHeks01.md DeJongeHeks02.md -o story.html
paul@Kelutral:~/BTSync/Schrijven$ ls -l *html
-rw-rw-r– 1 paul paul 22509 aug 4 16:59 story.html
There we are. No problem. Creating a PDF, a Kindle file, all that works with pandoc.
Maybe all this looks complicated and scary for those who are used to using nothing but Scrivener or Word, but I thought it worthwhile to show you there's more out in the world than those programs. If you like to be versatile then this is worth looking into.


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Remote Access System is the system that is used to control the electrical appliances in the house using a mobile phone from anywhere in the world. We have used the GSM Technology to control the Electrical Devices. We have also designed an android application with good Graphical User Interface to send the command to the interface kit. The Interface Kit should be installed in the house so that it can control the electrical devices as per the command given by the android application.
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If you are yet to have a day when you felt like dumping your laptop in the waste bin, then you must be one lucky blogger.
Sometimes we get that feeling when we know we are grossly behind on our schedule and there seems to be little we can do about it.
Have you been there lately?
Well, the three secrets I will share in this post should bring you up to speed as far as productivity as a blogger is concerned. Applying them will reduce the blogging associated stress, after all if you are anything like me you started blogging to run away from the stress associated with your 9-5 job.
Bright Ideas to Reduce Blogging Related Stress
Set clear goals
This one should be obvious, but surprisingly a lot of bloggers operate on an 'everyday will take care of itself' principle. The most interesting thing about the internet is that it is like a Pandora's Box.
Full of surprises, it is only natural for you to drift away from the task you had on hand, say read updates from ten blogs you follow, to check out some pretty neat stuff you just stumbled on.
This will not always be Farmville or , sometimes it can come disguised as part of your work – a great plugin you just need to add to your blog, or powerful about page copy that makes you want to review yours – but as long as that was not the task at hand, it is a distraction
Set clear goals for your blog. That way when you stumble on these great plugins, you can review them against your blogging goals to see if they fit into your big picture.
If they do, instead of abandoning what you had scheduled to do at that time, bookmark the page to come back to it. If it really matters, you will make out a time block for that particular task.
Create To-Do Lists
Without a To-Do list your day can suddenly grow wings and take a direction of its own.
So now you have set goals, create daily tasks that take you closer to those goals.
While this may sound childish, believe me, mapping your day in this way can help you hold yourself accountable. This is a great way to stay focused on what needs to be done.
If you have a To-Do app installed on your mobile phone, use it to map out your daily tasks. I use the Any.do: To-do list, Calendar, Reminders & Tasks application on my Android Phone and it works just fine for me.
If you prefer organizing your day using a Calendar, that is also great. While you are at it, you may want to organize your week and month to see the big picture about where you are headed.
How much time do you spend on Social media like Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus? How often do you check Whatsapp messages and Emails? Map a specific time segment for every task you do, from writing your blog posts, engaging on Twitter, replying emails and so on.
While those tasks are important for your business, they can suddenly become distractions if you allow them to. I check emails twice a day and despite the temptation to look at my stats daily, I only check Emails once a week.
Do you really need to do any of those more often?
Hold yourself accountable to keep to time. If a task was supposed to take twenty minutes and it looks like it will take forty now you are at it, abandon it and move to the next task. Do not allow one task deny you closure on other items on your To-Do list.
Think Long Term
It is important to plan ahead as a blogger. At times that would mean realizing you just cannot do everything you set out to do.
What is your blog to you? Is it a business or just a way to while away the time? If you have long term goals of turning your blog into a source of full time income soon, then it may pay to hack your routine in favor of staying organized.
If you are anything like me, you have two To-Do lists. One for the tasks you have to do daily, and the second for the tasks you hope to be able to add to your first list soon. To succeed as a blogger, both lists are important.
Establishing a routine and getting everything done every day is easy as a beginner blogger, but you will notice that as time goes on, your To-Do lists are getting longer and longer with every passing week. You see bright ideas on someone's blog and you add it to your future list. Then you stumble on a plugin you would love to try out someday and you chuck it in there too.
And the two lists are growing, side by side and before long you realize that your business is growing too alongside your lists. Your blog is making you money now and you are getting traffic coming in from all over the web and there is still so much to do, but just one you.
Is it time to pack up? You bet not! Now is the time to start hiring some employees to help you take care of your daily To-Do list so you can start focusing on the big, bright future.
What do you make of these ideas? Tell me in the comments below.


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From the incredible beauty of the wonderfully flowering wispy wisteria delicately draped over the Chinese style bridge over the pond, where his water lilies grew to perfection, to the beauteous vision of blossom on apple and cherry trees from Japan, artist Claude Monet's Garden at Giverny in France has become renowned for the diversity and divine aspects of the flowers that herald the arrival of each new season.
By the turn of the twentieth century the promise of French Impressionist painters, if you decided to follow their lead, would have provided you with an optimistic view of a life well lived. The group of Paris based artists founded the movement succeeding against the odds, despite the often harsh opposition from the art community of France. During the 1870's and 80's they upset well regulated rules of academic painting, freely brushing their way to the future with their delicious depictions of light in all its changing forms, hues and colours.
They also painted outdoors, which turned them into celebrities of sorts.
People clamoured over rocks, up hills and down dales in an endeavour to catch up with them as they captured the morning mist rising off water or the setting sun dancing with jewel like vibration across its surface.
Following Claude Monet's death his son Michel inherited his father's house and garden at Giverny, which was about 46 miles west of Paris.
From 1883 Monet had created a garden there that ravished all the senses with its enthralling beauty.
He famously created paintings of the water lilies, the flowers in all seasons and the Chinese style footbridge for posterity.
When Michel passed he left the house and garden to the Academie des Beaux-Arts at Paris, who in 1977, following years and years of neglect, appointed Gérard van der Kemp as Curator.
He engaged gardener André Devillers, who had the opportunity to go with Georges Truffaut – a distinguished gardener often invited to eat at Claude Monet's table.
Over two decades with the help of volunteers and supporters from all over the world, they began the reconstruction of the garden as it was during the time of the master.
One of the volunteers who helped in the restoration program was Elizabeth Murray of California whose passion for the painters garden was revealed in her book Monet's Passion.
In 1985 Conservator of the Museé Claude Monet, M. Gérald van der Kemp invited Elizabeth Murray to come and live and work in the gardens.
Her wonderful images of the garden during her time at Giverny were on view in 2012 in The New York Botanical Garden when they presented the landmark show Monet's Garden. It was all about the Chinese ideal – the rhythm of nature refreshing the heart.
The gardeners at The New York Botanical Garden worked for months to re-create their own impressions of Claude Monet's Garden . To do that they needed to first produce all the flowers that were Monet's favourites and have them flower on time.
Gone are the days when performing such a miracle was left to God and nature. Inside the Nolen Glasshouses for Living Collections at New York the manager Marc Hachadourian and a team of horticulturists were kept busy preparing the thousands of flowers needed for the show, which caused a colourful sensation.
The life and soul of his garden was inextricably bound up with that of Claude Monet, the painter after whose impression of a sunrise over water in 1872 had given the artistic movement its name.
The journey they took through life was one they took together.
Claude Monet (1840 – 1926) made sure the realistic style he and his colleagues championed would remain, as its protagonists always intended, fresh and full of possibilities.
Monet's art works have become popular over the last century because people from all walks of life, all creeds, all nationalities and cultures have been able to plug into the art movement whose message was, in reality, a true and spontaneous celebration of life.
The memory of his life, times and contribution to the future of art, design, culture and style is preserved so well in the glorious house and garden that he created for his family at Giverny in France.
The flowers Monet grew were all species that ravish our senses with their scent, simplicity or sophistication.The list includes, to name but a few, the peony, pansy and violet, the iris, snowdrop and Christmas rose, the lavender, the Daffodils, forget-me-nots and countless varieties of tulip.
Then there is all kinds of clematis, marguerites, heliopsis, pelargoniums, marigolds, asters, dahlias, anémones, poppies, delphiniums, fuschias, hollyhocks and massed hydrangeas. The water lilies floating on the pond captivate the senses.
They all seemingly mingle magically together in this mavellous place where the memory of Monet and his family is celebrated.
In this lovely house and garden that he purchased, developed and nurtured, they all lived in self sufficiency, raising chickens, gleaning their eggs, picking apples and pears and preserving them, while enjoying the magic of each moment spent in harmony with nature.
Monet's garden is incredibly beautiful from April to October with the peak flowering in May and June each year.
Flowers varieties bloom continually, one after another, which means the changes take place gradually with the seasons while showcasing its colours and brightness.
His short sharp brush strokes completely beguiled the onlooker, as he plumbed the depths of his own emotions to provide an image of a living still life, one we would all relate to in some way or another.
During Claude Monet's lifetime when the water lilies were in bloom each morning one of the workers would take a boat out onto the lake and make sure that they were all in pristine condition, brushing away any soot that may have collected on their lovely heads, because of the coal driven trains passing nearby.
In the heart of autumn the flames of colour burn with an intensity that is often hard to come to terms with, as nasturtiums glow and dahlias show off the luminosity and opulence of their colours.
As his eyesight faded with the onset of cataracts, the depth of autumn colour was important, because they helped refresh his memory to keep on recording his impressions of what had gone before.
The influence of Impressionism painting spread far beyond France as artists, too numerous to mention, became skilled practitioners of the revolutionary new painting style.
They included those in America and Australia. Sculptors too were inspired by this new way of giving an impression of transient light, as were musicians and writers all of whom transformed the idea into their sphere of influence.
Post impressionists would go on to develop the genre in other directions, including emphasizing structure and form. However no one else ever really captured the illusionary mesmerizing momentary quality that the original group of artists, making first and lasting impressions, so brilliantly conveyed.
Carolyn McDowall The Culture Concept Circle, 2012-2014
Watch the Videos
Claude Monet and his Garden at Giverny
Flowers from Monet's Garden growing in the Nolen Glasshouses at The New York Botanical Garden


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Sometimes we all see so much pain and suffering around us. And we wonder why is Life so harsh on people?
There is a reason.
Each instance of pain, every suffering fellow voyager through Life, is an invitation to us, an opportunity for us to lift ourselves from this quagmire of self-centered thinking and invest ourselves__our time, resources and efforts__meaningfully. And yet we hurry through Life, squirming at times when we see destitute people on the streets or hear of those who are living in agony and despair, promising ourselves that we will serve the rest of humanity when we have enough for ourselves first, which includes the most priceless commodity, our time!
Mother Teresa always reminded us of the folly in such thinking. She said that the best form of prayer was to serve those who needed love, understanding and caring. "One of the greatest diseases is to be a nobody to anybody. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them," said. The time we have, this lifetime, is really not for merely rearing families, earning an income, planning for our retirement, and worrying about our past, present and future. It will be more meaningful to invest some of our time daily to touch lives__to cause a smile, to give some understanding, to lend a shoulder.
In making a difference to another Life, we will discover the God we so desperately seek. And, believe me, it is not so difficult to make a beginning. There are over 1 billion people that go hungry on the planet daily. Which means even if one of every 5 people feeds a hungry person daily, the hunger crisis can be mitigated. You could be one of those 5 people today! As Mother Teresa exhorted, "If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one." What are you waiting for? Stop being sick__a nobody to anybody. Wake up and make a difference today!


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I am writing to you regarding Colin Rigley's well-written, timely article ("You can't go home, and you can't stay here," Feb. 23) on the plight of motorhome residents in SLO city and county.
I am a "full timer" mostly by choice, and I absolutely love the freedom this lifestyle allows.
Not all fulltimers are out of work, fringe members of society, but many are unfortunate and need our help. I do object to the term "homeless" to describe our situation. Our vehicles are our homes. They contain sleeping, cooking, and sanitary facilities, just like an apartment.
I do not support the situation that developed on Prado Road. The temporary residents there just kind of set up camp and hung out. They cooked outside and acted as if the surrounding grounds were their property. It was an eyesore and needed to be broken up. I used to sleep there a night or two every couple of weeks, but have had to avoid the area since it became like a "gypsy camp." I do support our local police and recognize the mixed feelings they have on this subject. I have been told to move often, but usually treated with respect. I am, however, disappointed by the purported unjust way these evictions were handled.
Retired and on fixed income, I could afford a small apartment but would have little left over for food, gas and other expenses. I would be a prisoner in my own place.
This problem could be resolved without a great deal of bureaucratic confusion. The city and county of SLO seem to have a penchant for paying large sums of money for outside consultants to investigate and make ridiculous recommendations.
A dedicated parking area would be one solution, but perhaps even easier would be to merely enforce the 72-hour parking ordinance that already exists. Just allow the vehicles to be occupied during the 72 hours, but mandate that they be moved (not just a few feet) every three days. Outside paraphernalia should not be allowed.
Let's continue making this the happy place we all say it is. Allow us our freedom of choice, our pursuit of happiness, and let us remain productive citizens of our beloved SLO County.


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In 2013, The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse discovered that the Australian Catholic Church is complicit when it comes to sexual abuse of children especially its failure to deal with such issues when reported. Four thousand four hundred and forty-five claimants alleged that they were abused in a catholic setting and 7 per cent of Catholic priests were recorded as alleged offenders. The high rate of sexual abuse of children was constant between the 1950s and 1980s.
Extensive records of the abuse are available on the Broken Rites website; this was the organisation responsible for exposing this serious issue in the 1990s. The website contains records about individual offenders.
Before the 1950s, only a few abuse cases were recorded.
These include some related to the Mary MacKillop nuns around 1870. There was also the systemic abuse of the 1930s and 40s at Christain Brothers agricultural school for migrant boys, Bindoon and Tardun in Western Australia. In 1920, a Christian brother, Fredrick Phillip Carmody was convicted of abusing boys at Clontarf Orphanage; Western Australian bands were given a nine years' jail time.
Only a few abusers have confessed about their actions but going by evidence given to the Royal Commission of Gerald Ridsdale; he is probably Australia's worst pedophile priest.
Until the 90s, cases of abuse were not covered up by the church. This was more or less a universal practice. Abusers who were mostly brothers and priests were not expelled or reported to the police. They were usually admonished in private and at worst transferred to a new station. None of the church authorities complicit in this cover-up has given any reason for such and the role of legal advisers, police, and psychiatrists in these cover-ups is yet to be understood.
Causes of abuse
With the high number of abusive priests, several reasons have been given for such occurrence. This includes the view that it is due to the poor selection process for the seminarians who were chosen at a young age; others believe it is the seminary training that is poor. There are also opinions that it is the mandatory celibacy and some blame it on clericalism. The truth is that all these views are just speculative, and no one can really say this is the actual cause yet.
Memoirs of the clerical and isolated culture of most seminaries which lead to poor psychological development may also play a role in the abuse. Coupled with this is the trust that most people place on the clergy, which is helped by how cases have been covered up in the past. This trust allows abusers to continue the abuse and unfettered access to the victims. This is very true of cases where the abuse happens in residential care institutions for the deprived and disabled boys.


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The price of solar panels has dropped almost 50 percent but before you sign up to go solar, there are many things to consider.
Federal rebates to go solar expire at the end of 2016 and rooftop solar panel installation nearly doubled last year.
Solar energy companies say customers can drastically reduce their monthly electric bills.
"They're really excited when the first bill comes and their electrical bill is much lower than it was before," said Christopher Hale, solar panel company owner.
But before you sign up for solar, here's a reality check.
"Solar panels can be a big commitment. You want to be sure that they'll work on your roof. Not every house is a good candidate," said Mandy Walker from Consumer Reports.
Make sure your roof will get enough direct sun. Panels are usually installed on the south side of your roof and shouldn't be shaded by chimneys, trees, or anything else above the roofline.
Next, know your roof's age.
"Solar panels can last about 25 years, so if you think you might need a new roof during that time, make sure the cost of removing and reinstalling them is specified in the contract," said Walker.
Then, decide if you want to buy or lease your solar panels. While it may initially be cheaper to lease, you'll likely pay more over the life of the typical 20-year contract.
"If you can afford to pay for the panels outright, it will likely cost about 15 to 21 thousand dollars or more. But they'll pay for themselves in five to 10 years and then you'll get free electricity for as long as they last," said Walker.
She also offers some other things to consider.
"Some solar installations may void the warranty on your roof, and in some towns it may increase your property taxes," said Walker.
Also, check your homeowners insurance policy to see if you'll be covered in the event the panels are damaged by a storm. And always have your panels installed by licensed installer.
"It's a very big decision. It's a big investment. It's going to be on your house for a very long time," said Hale.
You can compare leasing versus buying at EnergySage.com.
The website also lets you compare quotes from local licensed solar panels installers.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: EnergySage.com.


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The question I'm most often asked about retirement planning -- and retirement savings -- is whether to invest in a 401(k) or a Roth IRA.
If you aren't familiar, both are tax-advantage retirement-savings vehicles. Let's look at the differences.
401(k) Plan
A 401(k) is an employer-sponsored plan (if you own a small business, obviously you are the employer) that allows you to invest pretax dollars in the plan. The employer may or may not match a portion of those contributions. You don't get taxed on your contributions -- or any earnings -- until you start making withdrawals when you reach retirement age. That means your savings grow tax-free.
And since you put pretax dollars in a 401(k), that means you owe less in income taxes every year you make contributions. (If you gross $60,000 and put $3,000 in a 401(k), you owe income tax on only $57,000.)
Roth IRA
A Roth IRA is a variation of a traditional IRA. With a traditional IRA you contribute pretax dollars; with a Roth you invest income that has already been taxed. While that sounds like a disadvantage, there is one major benefit: Earnings in the account do not get taxed -- and when you start making withdrawals at retirement age, those withdrawals are not subject to income tax.
So you do get taxed on the money going in, but you don't get taxed on the money coming out.
Which Should You Choose?
In a perfect world, both: The more money you can invest in retirement savings plans, the more money you will someday have at your disposal.
But if you have to choose ...
If you work for someone else, always, always, always contribute to a 401(k) plan up to the amount that maxes out the employer match. If your employer will match, say, 50 percent of your contributions up to 5 percent of your pay, contribute 5 percent of your pay. Your employer will kick in an extra 2.5 percent.
That's free money.
Never turn down free money.
Then contribute to a Roth IRA. While you will have to pay taxes on the money before you invest it, you will never pay taxes on that money -- or on the earnings it generates -- again.
The younger you are, the better that works out for you. If you're 30 and you leave the money in your Roth IRA until you reach retirement age, even relatively modest annual returns will add up to a tidy sum.
A tidy sum you can withdraw tax-free.
And keep in mind you don't have to make required minimum distributions with a Roth; only when you pass away do your heirs need to do something with those funds. (That's when it can get somewhat complicated, so talk to an estate planning attorney if your goal is to pass on your Roth to your heirs.)
Granted your 401(k) will also be growing tax-free, but when you start making withdrawals, you'll be taxed on that income.
But What if You Own a Small Business?
If you set up a 401(k) plan for employees, roughly speaking you must offer the same plan benefits to your employees as you receive. So you may not want to establish a huge match plan.
But if, like me, you are your only employee, then you can feel free to match to your heart's content.
That's what I do. My plan is set up to match 100 percent of employee contributions, which means I match 100 percent of my contributions. Since I'm over 50 and can make "catch up" contributions, I am allowed to contribute up to $24,000 a year as an employee (if you're under 50, the annual limit is $18,000), and my employer (me) can match up to $24,000 a year.
That means I can potentially put $48,000 a year in retirement savings in a 401(k) alone. (Employee and employer contributions can't be greater than the individual's income, and can't be over $55,000 in total. Which means you can, if applicable, kick in an extra $7,000 in profit sharing.)
And then you can still contribute to a Roth IRA. Even though you can't make contributions if your income level is above $135,000 if you file as single or $199,000 if you file married jointly, you can still do a Roth conversion. In simple terms, you contribute post-tax dollars to a traditional IRA... then immediately file a form to convert that IRA to a Roth IRA -- and boom: You've contributed to a Roth.
Let's Sum Up
- Always contribute enough to a 401(k) to max out the employer match. Never turn down free money.
- Then contribute to an IRA. If you're close to retirement age and your current tax bracket is significantly higher than the tax bracket you expect to be in when you retire, invest in a traditional IRA. Otherwise, contribute the maximum amount possible to a Roth IRA.
- Then go back to your 401(k). If you're getting the full employer match and you've maxed out the amount you can contribute to a Roth IRA and you still have money available to save, sock it away in a 401(k). You'll save money on your taxes now, and your earnings will grow, tax-free, for years to come.
Of course your individual needs -- and goals -- may vary, so make sure you talk to a qualified financial adviser to make sure you make the best decisions for you.


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Thornton ready to move on after forgettable Game 1
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Joe Thornton's line with Dany Heatley and Patrick Marleau was answering a lot of the same questions after practice Monday afternoon. They were all in the same boat after being on the ice for both Chicago goals in a 2-1 loss in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final on Sunday, and they failed to get a goal at even strength.
Thornton lost a defensive-zone faceoff to Jonathan Toews late in the third period that led to Dustin Byfuglien's game-winner. He also had a golden opportunity to put the Sharks up 2-0 in the second period, but he was unable to stash a rebound into an empty net because Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook wiped him out at the last moment.
On Monday, Thornton talked with reporters at the Sharks Ice practice facility:
Q: What do you think about your minus-8 rating so far in the playoffs?
Thornton: It's one of those things where if you have a good plus-minus, you think a lot about it. But if you don't, you don't really think about it. We thought we had some good chances last night, but we didn't execute. When you're on the negative side, you just want to move on.
Q: You were on the ice for Dustin Byfuglien's game-winner in the third period. Dany Heatley said it was the result of a broken play. What did you see on the tape?
Thornton: It was kind of a 50-50 puck on the board with Pickles (Marc-Edouard Vlasic) and (Patrick Kane), and I don't know if Pickles didn't know where it went, but yeah, it was kind of a broken play. He didn't know to go out, it was just one of those things where bang-bang plays happen.
Q: Does the fact the Sharks had zero penalties in Game 1 mean you need to be a little more physical as a team?
Thornton: When you get a game with no penalties, I think you're just moving your legs really, really good. I think that's the case. It's not the case that we weren't physical.
Q: After watching Antti Niemi make 44 saves, what's the key to beating him in Game 2?
Thornton: We just need to, with second chances, get them upstairs. He takes away the bottom of the net pretty good. I think when we do get second chances, throw them upstairs on him.
Q: Were you impressed with Niemi's athleticism?
Thornton: A couple plays, especially. With (Ryan) Clowe's he got back pretty good. He competes really, really well. Hopefully in the second game we'll get something on him.
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Monday, June 12, 2006
June Weddings and Other Clichés
I thought of those days recently, while reading a post by Mary Alexander (no relation) entitled "The Tawdry Bride":
"Hours before her son's wedding in New York City two years ago, Lisa Brettschneider was a little taken aback by the scene in the suite of her daughter-in-law-to-be at the Mandarin Oriental hotel... When the family got the proofs, Mrs Brettschneider deemed a few images inappropriate for public consumption, including one of Alison's favorite shots, which showed her G-string and back tattoo. 'My in-laws weren't too happy about that,' says the bride, now 29, who owns a women's clothing showroom in Manhattan. 'But it was such a cool shot.' Adds her mother-in-law: 'I kept saying, "You're going to have to show them to your kids one day..."'"
As I remember my first wedding twenty-four years ago, it wasn't all that extravagant. My brother was the best man, and for the bachelor party, some of the guys brought their wives along. I don't think they would have broken up anything anyway. The ceremony itself was a Byzantine Rite wedding, so we as the bride and groom were led together to the altar by the priest as a matter of course. The bridesmaids wore cocktail dresses suitable for re-wearing in public. The men of the party wore "morning coats," as God forbid they should wear black tie before six in the evening (a lesson universally lost on the would-be fashion plates in Georgetown). A choir from my own Roman Rite parish sang two of my favorite motets (Mozart's "Ave Verum" and Durufle's "Ubi Caritas"), the bride and I wore matching flower wreaths on our heads during the reading of the Gospel, and we had to stand for two hours. The reception was at the Evans Farm Inn in McLean, a lovely pastoral setting since closed down to make way for luxury townhomes (for reasons totally beyond me). We wanted chicken cordon bleu for the sit-down dinner, but Papa K didn't want anyone to think he was cheap, so it was prime rib at the get-go. Oh, and nothing less than an open bar! A square dance band played, and the bride and groom danced the "Salty Dog Rag" well into the night.
Ten years later, she filed for divorce after running off with some guy who dumped her soon afterwards. C'est la vie, c'est l'amour, eh?
At the risk of not sounding like the Roman Catholic poster boy a few of you may still think I am, I don't miss the marriage. By now I would have had a heart attack, or would have "gone postal." But I'm grateful that the union produced a fine and talented son, who has been cracking me up since he was a toddler. And I had a rather colorful set of in-laws. We lost Papa in '91, and Nana passed away only a few months ago. I used to call her once or twice a year for Mother's Day, Thanksgiving, that sort of thing. And I'm still in touch with some of the others to this day. It drives my former wife crazy, as if I give a rat's behind.
Still, it's a fate I don't wish on anyone. And to those who marry this month, or at any month, let me give you this solemn assurance, that no one will care how much above the national average you spent on the big day. Skip the limo and get a live band; music is usually best in its natural state, and deejays are usually obnoxious as a rule. Remember that it's not just about the bride, which may not mean much now, but there's a message there somewhere. If involving the groom reduces the chance of the event resembling a cotillion, it will be worth it later on. Go to the pre-Cana program. Don't fall asleep. Find a priest who's not about to apologize, either for being one, or for what he has to say. In summation, avoid any excess or novelty at all costs -- in the case of the latter, unless you want to be embarrassed by your wedding album ten years from now.
For all that went down the tubes, I'm still not embarrassed by mine.
* In the Catholic Rite of Marriage, the rubrics actually call for the bride and groom to process down the aisle together. The practice of "giving the bride away" is a concession to a Protestant culture. No kidding.
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The reception was at the Evans Farm Inn in McLean, a lovely pastoral setting since closed down to make way for luxury townhomes (for reasons totally beyond me).
Uh, to get more money?
(BTW, I remember when Evans Farm Inn was on Lee Highway in Arlington. I think my parents even took me to eat there when I was a pre-schooler. The building is still there, and is the home of the Alpine Restaurant.)
Thanks for the account of your marriage. I appreciate your honesty. And I particularly appreciated the irony of "progressive" Catholic women being "given away" by a male. I, myself, was delighted to learn a year or two ago that the rite calls for the bride and groom to process together. If I ever get married, I would want to enter with my bride.
As a parish organist for the last 20 years, I've seen more than a few bridezillas -- and even, on one occasion, a "groomzilla"! This fellow, a former priest (!), spent the months leading up to the ceremony constantly harrassing our pastor about all sorts of minor details, and insisted that his own ordination chalice be used in the Nuptial Mass. He also insisted that a close personal friend, a permanent deacon, officiate at the taking of the vows instead of the priest. The choir was recruited to provide the music, which was recorded and placed on CD. The actual ceremony was elaborate verging on tacky -- bride in white with her 3 daughters from previous marriage as bridesmaids, her 10-yr-old son walked her down the aisle at the beginning (she's divorce, the 1st marriage was annulled, and she was also confirmed a few months after the wedding)... You get the idea. The wedding took place at the end of November, and at Christmas Midnight Mass the following month, groom-zilla was doling out copies of the wedding music while the choir was trying to warm up before Mass started. I took the CD home, put it in a dresser drawer, and haven't looked at it since -- nor will I. The whole thing was pretty disgusting, but most people in the parish seemed to take it in stride.


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A common scene for me: baby on my hip, an obedient 6-year-old standing quietly at my side and the wild one over there refusing to leave, laying on the ground screaming, "NO!!"
A common response from kind moms taking pity on me: You know that just means one day, she'll be a leader.
While I'll take all the sympathy I can get for the defiant three-year-old over there making things really challenging, I am starting to worry for my six-year-old. Will she hear that comment about her rambunctious sister so often that she'll believe it's true? That to lead you must be the loudest? Or break the most rules? Or be the most stubborn?
My six-year-old is none of those things, but she is so many things that will make her an equally effective leader one day. She is kind and empathetic. She's curious. She's ridiculously creative.
I think somewhere along the way, the leadership message for young girls has been boiled down so far that it's now casually defined as: Defiance = Independence = Leader. But I'd like to propose that we focus on this instead:
All Girls Can.
My daughters have shirts with that saying, and it's my favorite. (Thanks Cat & Jack). I believe in all three of my daughters' abilities to be leaders one day. I think despite vastly different personalities and strengths, they will be equally effective in the right roles. Their inherent characteristics will be their greatest tools—all of which need embraced and nurtured.
For my six-year-old it's empathy, creativity and compassion. (much like her mama)
For my three-year-old it's humor, decisiveness and passion. (much like her daddy)
For my nine-month-old, it's TBD. (but whatever it is, it will be just what she needs)
So while I love you, mama, for trying to bring me comfort (and I so appreciate the only nice comment you could possibly make about my daughter over there standing her ground). Next time I will point to the six-year-old at my side and gently remind you (and her) that she'll be a leader one day, too.


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Here we are again! Woo hoo!
1: I just - really, just - finished all my work for the day. I have three pages outstanding, but the content won't be with me until Sunday, so fuck that.
2: I'm off to Vegas for six days from a week tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it, but I do not know why.
3: I recently started taking Glucosamine, alongside the other crap I take. Multivitamin, iron + vit C, Zinc and peppermint oil.
4: My wife has cured herself! That woman is an absolute fucking LEGEND. SHE IS NO LONGER ILL. Wow. Life just changed hugely for us, in 24 hours, and all thanks to a self-diagnosis and a purchase of sea kelp and selenium.
5: I think I'm going to have a beer or two tonight. But not enough to stop number 6.
6: I'm going running in the morning, first for a week. But my ankle feels good, so I'm absolutely burning to get out there.
7: All the guys I am coaching to the London Marathon next year are faster than me. Older, smoked for longer, and every one is much quicker! For now, I shall cling on to the fact I can go a lot further than them. That won't last long though.
8: My facts never feel very random.
9: One of the things I miss about living in East Anglia is that I could always fins cheese Snaps there. You only get spicy tomato flavour this side of the country.
10: This morning, I met a couple from Lowestoft, in East Anglia. They were very nice and amazed that I knew their area; I've lived near-ish to there three times.
11: I used to move house on average once a year. It never stressed me out, though apparently it's a stressfult hing to do. But then, until I got married, I lived very light.
12: I didn't own a major appliance until I got together with my lovely wife. We went halves on a washing machine.
13: There is a bowl on my desk with yoghurt caked around it. I had Greek yoghurt with peach slices in for dessert today, after lunch, which was tomato soup.
14: My stepdaughter has tonsilitis. Today's the first day she's had any energy this week, and you know what that means… Housework! Just kidding.
15: When I'm working, I most like to listen to Flesh For Lulu, or Bach's cello concertos. Weird, but there you go. It works for me.
16: I don't know anyone else that likes Flesh For Lulu, but I think it's just because they haven't heard them.
17: Except Beccy, my bezzie mate from school. She loves a couple of their songs, but I think it's because they remind her of me.
18: I had a baby-filled day yesterday, all the more remarkable because I find them as interesting as cucumbers. I met my great niece, and my friend Jules also came round with her offspring.
19: I'm going downstairs any minute. Then I might go and buy beer; Aldi has a really good deal on Estrella.
20: I love Mexican and Spanish beers. They do it for me.
Trained for a marathon. Did it. A few times. Training for a half-Iron distance triathlon now, as it's time for my mid-life crisis. And fuck me if I'm not in for a few surprises. Gouty fat bloke, trying not to be either.
Friday, 23 September 2011
Random Friday Facts
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i took glucosamine for awhile a year or so ago. it was while i was having some pretty serious knee pain. i would say that it helped...although i also changed shoes, started stretching more, did yoga twice a day and iced it every night. so, maybe it was a combination. i stopped taking it after 6 months or so...i'm still doing ok. hope it helps you!ReplyDelete
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Persnickety, Tribal, Melancholic
The characters in this story are fictional, as are the portrayals of any people, groups or chiefs. This is only a parody and no offense is intended or should be taken.
The elders sat around the fire, each of them squirming uncomfortably. The Chief had served dinner to the council earlier; it consisted mainly of meat and a starchy root sauce. It was winter and there weren't a lot of plants around for them to eat; no fruits or berries for fiber. While it did smell wonderful (hence the large turnout for tonight's meeting) it did tend to leave a fellow a little… bound up so to speak. Read the rest of this entry


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STANLEY travel to the Kingsfield Stadium on Saturday for their most important game for years as their season looks set to go right to the wire.
Woking, who were due to play Gravesend last night, will be out to claim maximum points against the Reds to keep their own faint play-off hopes alive.
With three games to go, as many as nine teams are still in with a chance of winning a play-off place and following Barnet into the Football League.
But Reds boss John Coleman insists his squad has what it takes to secure a position in the top five.
He said: "It is very tight at the top of the table but we just have to concentrate. The next three games will be difficult but we are just focusing on the game against Woking, then we can think about the others."
Stanley were shunted down into seventh spot this week after Morecambe, Carlisle, Hereford and Exeter all got points on the board from their games in hand, though Exeter only managed a draw.
And it seems likely they will need at least seven more points to scrape into the play-offs.
Coleman said: "The games are coming thick and fast now.
"If someone had said we would be challenging for the plays-offs in our first full-time season I would have bitten their arm off.
"But I think we have underachieved a bit and maybe we should have done better in some of the games."
But the boss was thrilled with the 4-1 victory against Stevenage on Saturday and said: "It was a great result. I thought we started a little bit edgy but then got stronger.
"Paul Mullin could have got into double figures on his own. But the lads all chipped in and were having a go and there were some big performances out there.
"Jon Kennedy made two important saves in the first half that shouldn't go without recognition. The lads had the bit betwen their teeth and hopefully that will go on until the end of the season."
Heaping praise on new signing Gary Roberts and David Brown, he added: "They did really well. Gary is a good footballer. He has settled in well. He has got a good personality, a good attitude and he can get better.
"I expected a gung-ho performance. Before the game I wasn't nervous. I was before Forest Green and York but I wasn't worried this time.
"I knew the lads would be up for the game and I knew they would give their all.
"All I asked at 2.55pm was that they made me be proud of them and that we finished the game with our heads held high.
"There is a lot of work to do. This was a small step and we need some big leaps.
"We have to go and turn in a big performance tomorrow and hopefully we will."


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The template for all home-invasion movies remains 1955's The Desperate Hours, in which an upper-middle-class family defends its suburban home from a band of three crooks, who hole up in a tense standoff with the local police. Though gussied up by multiple, non-related abductions, Hostage basically recycles the same premise and all the reliable tension that goes along with it, except that modern conventions apparently dictate that the Red Cross deplete its plasma reserves. With Bruce Willis on board, the film works hard to duplicate the streamlined excitement of Die Hard, yet director Florent Siri thinks he's making Straw Dogs, and the appalling gratuitousness spoils an otherwise skillful (though madly implausible) thrill machine. Siri will go to any length to ratchet up the tension, but he ratchets too far: Would The Desperate Hours have been a better movie had Fredric March jammed a penknife into Humphrey Bogart's cheek?
After a tense prologue, in which hostage negotiator Willis supervises a standoff gone south, the film cuts to a year later, when he's settled into the less stressful job of running a quiet police station. But he's forced to confront old demons when three teenage hoodlums break into a secure estate to carjack an Escalade, but wind up holding crooked accountant Kevin Pollak and his two kids (Michelle Horn and Jimmy Bennett) hostage instead. The situation worsens when one of the perpetrators, a glowering sociopath played by Ben Foster, opens fire on the police and takes a disturbing interest in Pollak's daughter. Content to hand over the reins to another negotiator, Willis is forced into action when his own wife and daughter are kidnapped, and the shadowy men responsible want him to help them gain access to the house. It turns out that Pollak has burned a valuable DVD, for them and they don't want it to fall into the wrong hands.
It says everything about Hostage's hysterical pitch that a single kidnapping isn't sufficiently rousing, especially since the second, technologically superior abduction never needed to happen in the first place. Since only Pollak (who's presumed dead) and his employers even know that the DVD exists, wouldn't orchestrating this needlessly complex operation only draw attention to it? Had Hostage continued with its initial tight, stylish action dynamics, such lapses might have been more forgivable, but the tasteless violence, shock effects, and children-in-peril manipulation become hard to stomach. By the time the film escalates into a suitably ridiculous Grand Guignol finale, all connection to reality has been severed.


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'Worse than Skype scandal' - Army admits new sexual controversy
With three personnel stood down and another 90 implicated, the Chief of Army says a series of inappropriate emails are worse than the Skype scandal and NSW police are investigating it.
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Australia's Defence Force is tonight reeling from yet another embarrassing series of offences.
This time a group of more than a hundred soldiers has been implicated in an email chain in which images described by the head of the Army as "demeaning" and "repugnant" were sent to female recipients.
There are also claims of illicit drug use.
A handful of soldiers, including some senior officers, have been suspended and could face police action.
So is this even surprising to anyone who's followed the string of abuse inquiries in the military?
One Defence insider claims this latest furore proves that Defence leadership has failed to halt the cycle.
Hayden Cooper reports.
HAYDEN COOPER, REPORTER: Not for the first time and maybe not for the last, the chief of Australia's Army steps forward to confront a scandal in the ranks.
DAVID MORRISON, CHIEF OF ARMY: The matters under investigation are serious and appear to centre on the production and distribution of highly inappropriate material demeaning women across both the Defence computer systems and the public internet.
HAYDEN COOPER: This case involves not just junior soldiers but officers right up to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
DAVID MORRISON: I'm appalled at this situation.
HAYDEN COOPER: 17 Defence members are under investigation for offensive emails. Three have already been suspended from duty. 14 more could follow. The Chief of the Army says another 90 ADF members could have been on the periphery of the email exchange.
As for the content, General Morrison says it was inappropriate emails containing inappropriate images. Five women were targeted, some in Defence, some in the public service and in the broader community.
DAVID MORRISON: I have spoken to four women so far today and I'll speak to another one who was not available this morning.
JAMES BROWN, LOWY INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL POLICY: From what General Morrison said today, it looks like it was pornographic images specifically referring to people in workplaces where these military personnel were working.
HAYDEN COOPER: What then has changed in Defence if this abuse continues after a string of high-profile recent cases?
JAMES BROWN: It is surprising that majors, captains and lieutenant colonels would still be conducting this type of activity after every leader in Defence has been so clear that Defence's culture is under review. It shows that they're probably not good military personnel if they're not following that kind of clear direction from their leaders.
HAYDEN COOPER: The Skype incident of 2011 set off the avalanche of inquiries after a Defence cadet was filmed having sex. Now, inevitably, all cases are measured against it, including today's.
DAVID MORRISON: I'd say it's worse than the Skype matter.
HAYDEN COOPER: Last year, a private Facebook page of current and former soldiers displayed extreme racism and sexism directed at female soldiers.
FACEBOOK COMMENT (male voiceover): "Well if you had a nice, soft warm pit f**k buddy in the shape of a woman, you could have gotten rid of all that stress. LOL"
HAYDEN COOPER: And then there's the gay hate campaign waged against Lieutenant Colonel Paul Morgan, a serving Army psychologist who despite death threats and abusive emails, spoke out this year to condemn Defence's handling of abuse.
PAUL MORGAN, ABUSE VICTIM (earlier this year): All forms of abuse are neglected within Defence, including sexual abuse victims.
(Present) ... I don't think anybody could be surprised about abuse scandals in Defence these days.
HAYDEN COOPER: Colonel Morgan is still in the Army and again has chosen to break Defence rules to speak to 7.30 about the latest scandal.
PAUL MORGAN: I blame myself in a way because I feel that if I had pushed harder or done something to try and get the Army to do the right thing in my case, that perhaps these repeated scandals wouldn't be occurring now.
HAYDEN COOPER: He doubts the efforts of Defence leadership to end abuse.
PAUL MORGAN: Why is it that years after reviews and tribunals we are still experiencing scandals? Just goes to show that what they've tried so far is completely insufficient.
HAYDEN COOPER: But it seems that this incident more than any other has hit home, both for the Defence top brass and for the minister.
STEPHEN SMITH, DEFENCE MINISTER: We're not here dealing with a few bad apples. We're dealing here with a systemic and cultural issue which Army, the Australian Defence Force and the Australian Defence Organisation needs to continue to very strongly address and to address that head on.
HAYDEN COOPER: For some observers, today's very public response is encouraging.
JAMES BROWN: This shows us that they're actually coming good on their word. It means we can trust the senior leadership when they say they want to get rid of this corrosive, cancerous element of people who think it's OK to be dishonourable.
HAYDEN COOPER: But for those who know what Defence abuse feels like, today's news is only disheartening.
PAUL MORGAN: We must wait for action. Suspension is one thing, but only when proper discipline occurs will things truly change. ... We hear fine-sounding words, but then later, after the 24-hour news media cycle has gone away, there is no action and no follow-up.
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