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National Harbor, MD - AAS 2018 - Reporters work in the Press Office at the American Astronomical Society's (AAS) 231th annual meeting at the Gaylord National hotel here today, Tuesday January 9, 2018. The American Astronomical Society (AAS), established in 1899 and based in Washington, DC, is the major organization of professional astronomers in North America. The annual meeting is the premier astronomical event with more than 2,300 astronomers, educators, industry representatives, and journalists in attendance and at least 1,600 oral and poster presentations scheduled. Photo by © CorporateEventImages/Phil McCarten 2018
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Biomedical research depends on the use of animals. Although that's a fact, some people are so opposed to the idea of animal research that they feel justified in using intimidation and violence in an effort to prevent it from happening. This weekend in Santa Cruz, CA, a pair of biologists working at UCSC were the targets of such tactics; firebombs destroyed a car parked outside the home of one, and another was forced to escape his house, along with his family, from a second-floor bedroom window after the house was also firebombed. Prof. David Feldman's family escaped unhurt, but he injured both feet in the jump.
The adoption of such tactics by the animal extremist movement in the US is a relatively new development. The movement appears to have adopted a strategy similar to that of its UK counterpart which has been using violence in an attempt to bring about its aims, despite that country's most stringent laws governing the use of animals in research. No group has claimed responsibility for the UCSC attacks, although investigators have suggested they may be linked to other attacks in California in recent months.
The issue at its simplest is that animal rights extremists believe that animals are as deserving of the same rights and protections as humans, and that the use of animals in scientific research is deeply immoral. Since animals can't speak for themselves, the extremist groups use violence on their behalf. Animal rights activists often claim that the use of any animals in research is unnecessary, implying that the researchers who perform such studies are therefore doing it because they must enjoy causing distress.
Unfortunately, that argument breaks down under even the simplest scrutiny. As imperfect as animal models are when applied to human biology and disease, putative replacements such as computer simulations remain decades away. We can't even accurately model the behavior of a single cell on the molecular level due to the thousands of different (but interrelated) biochemical pathways contained within. If a single cell is out of the question, you can imagine that being able to model organs or complete organisms is several magnitudes harder.
That's not to say that computer simulations are useless in biomedical research, but I fear that projects such as Folding@Home have had the unwanted side effect of engendering the belief that the state of the art is much further advanced than it actually is.
Despite this, scientists will take just about any opportunity to perform a study without recourse to animal models if at all possible. For one thing, as scientists we're more aware of the limitations of the species barrier than anyone else, and for another, buying, feeding, housing and caring for experimental animals is far from cheap. If it's possible to use in vitro models with human cells, it's a safe bet that's the road the investigator will take.
Ethics boards at universities and research institutes require complex applications before they will approve the use of animals in a study, and principal among these considerations is animal welfare, which is as it should be; if we are going to use living creatures in order to further our understanding of biology, then we owe a duty to them to take every step to avoid or minimize discomfort.
It's also true that the use of animals is mandated in law for pre-clinical drug testing. More the preserve of the pharmaceutical industry than academia, the laws in the US, EU, and Japan all require that safety and efficacy be demonstrated in a number of appropriate animal models before the first dose can be given to a human. One only needs to look back at the days before this was the case to see why: in the 1950s, there was no requirement for drug companies to assess reproductive toxicity. Then along came thalidomide, which was given to pregnant mothers to control morning sickness. Over 10,000 children were born with severe birth defects, and the public was rightfully outraged.
So, researchers don't have alternatives for the study of the complex tissues of animals, and the law doesn't allow for alternatives in many cases. But the extremists are under the impression that workable alternatives exist and will tolerate no differences of opinion. The use of terror to end the research they mistakenly think is unneeded results in scientists becoming increasingly reluctant to engage in dialog with the general public, to conduct their research behind closed doors or, in some cases, to leave the field altogether. If we accept that greater public understanding of the sciences is a good, the threats seems even more misguided.
Perhaps the problem is our complex relationship with animals. We use them for food, for clothing, as beasts of burden, but also as companions. The habit of anthropomorphizing projects human emotions onto creatures that in many cases are incapable of them; when your dog cranes its head to one side, is it really considering your question thoughtfully, or is it just being a dog?

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"Future Astronomers of Europe"
ESO's Contribution to the European Week for Scientific Culture
22 June 1993
ESO's Contribution to the European Week for Scientific Culture The European Southern Observatory is pleased to announce the launch of its new programme "Future Astronomers of Europe". It is organised in conjunction with the European Week for Scientific Culture (November 22 -27, 1993), with support from the Commission of the European Communities.
The main event of the ESO programme is a series of national essay contests among secondary school pupils who expect to obtain their baccalaureate in 1994 or 1995. The contests will take place this autumn in seventeen European countries and in Chile.
The subject of all contests is "An Observing Night with the ESO Very Large Telescope".
The participants are requested to describe an astronomical research programme of their choice that they would like to carry out with this optical telescope which will be the world's largest when it is ready in the year 2000. No boundaries are set for the curiosity and phantasy of the "future astronomers" of Europe and the organisers look forward to receive a lot of exciting, imaginative entries.
The first prizes are extraordinary: the eighteen winners will get a two-week stay at ESO, including the possibility to perform real astronomical observations at the ESO La Silla observatory in Chile.
The national contests
The national contests in 17 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom) will be arranged in September-October 1993. Because of its special relationship with Chile, ESO will also arrange a similar contest in that country. The exact timing of the contests will vary from country to country due to the different school calendars.
The practical arrangements are in the hands of national committees that have been set up in each of these countries and which comprise educators, scientists and ministerial representatives. A list of contact addresses is attached to this Press Release.
In each country, the national winners will be selected by a national jury. The prizes will be presented during national award ceremonies in the capitals, at the beginning of November 1993. The local media will receive full information directly from the national committees about these events in due time.
The first prizes
The 18 national winners of the 1st prizes will be invited to spend two weeks at ESO during the second half of November 1993. They will participate in a specially conceived programme which will be the dream of any young astronomy fan: it includes "complete immersion" in a professional research environment, with the opportunity to travel to a remote observatory and to perform observations with one of the world's best astronomical telescopes. The participants will be part of a multi-national group of young people with a common interest for astronomy, but with very different backgrounds, thus providing plenty of opportunities for cultural enrichment. As far as the time permits, an interesting social programme will also be arranged.
The participants will first travel from their home towns to the ESO Headquarters in Garching near Munich (Germany). Here, they will receive preliminary instructions from professional European astronomers, which will enable them to prepare ail observational research programme in all details. Next, they will travel together to the ESO La Silla observatory in Chile, where they will perform real astronomical observations with a major telescope under the guidance of ESO astronomers. They will reduce, interpret and prepare the observations for publication. The participants will therefore experience the entire scientific process, from the conception of a research programme to the resulting new insights.
This unique event will be given full media coverage, also in the form of international press conferences before and after the trip to South America.
How to participate in the essay contest
More complete information about the essay contest and the exact deadlines for contributions can be obtained from the national committees. Participation forms, posters and other material will be available from the committees in late July 1993 to all secondary schools in the mentioned countries.
More information
The National Committees
Further information about the "Future Astronomers of Europe" programme may be obtained from the National Committees at the following addresses:
Austria: Prof. H. Mucke, Planetarium der Stadt Wien, Oswald Thomas Platz 1, Vienna 2 - Tel. +43-222-249432, Fax +43-222-8893541
Belgium: Dr C. Sterken, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Campus Of en plein, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels - Tel. +32-2-6413469, Fax +32-2-6413495
Chile: ESO "Future Astronomers" Programme, European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Casilla 19001, Santiago 19 - Tel. +56-2-2285006, Fax +56-2-2285006
Denmark: Mr B. F. Jørgensen, Tycho Brahe Planetariet, Gl.Kongevej 10, DK-1610 Copenhagen V - Tel. +45-33-144888, Fax +45-33-142888
Finland: Mr M. Hotakainen, Tahtitieteellinen Yhdistys Ursa Ry, Laivanvarustajankatu 3, SF-00140 Helsinki - Tel. +358-02247187, Fax +358-0657728
France: Mr B. Pellequer, Geospace d'Aniane, Boite Postale 22, F-34150 Aniane - Tel. +33-6-7034949, Fax +33-6-7752864
Germany: Dr H.-U. Keller, Planetarium Stuttgart, Neckarstrasse 47, D-70173 Stuttgart - Tel. +49-711-162920, Fax +49-711-2163912
Greece: Dr D. Simopoulos, Eugenides Foundation, Astronomy Department, 387 Sygrou Avenue, Palaio Faliro, GR-175 64 Athens - Tel. +30-1-941-1181, Fax +30-1-941-7372
Ireland: Dr T. Ray, Institute for Advanced Studies, 5 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 - Tel. +353-1-6621333, Fax +353-1-6621477
Italy: Dr B. Monsignori-Fossi, Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo Enrico Fermi 5, 1-50125 Florence - Tel. +39-55-2752246, Fax +39-55-220039
Luxemburg: Dr Jeannot Hansen, Ministere de l'Education Nationale, 29 Rue Aldringen, L-1926 Luxemburg - Tel. +352-4781, Fax +352-4785130
The Netherlands: Dr P. Wisse, Museon, Stadthouderslaan 41, NL-2517 The Hague - Tel. +31-70-3381338, Fax +31-70-3541820
Norway: Prof Jan-Erik Solheim, IMR, Nordlysobservatoriet, Universitetet i Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø - Tel. +47-83-45150, Fax +47-83-89852
Portugal: Dr T. Lago, Centro de Astrofisico, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 823, P-4100 Porto - Tel. +351-2-6001672, Fax +351-2-6003654
Spain: Mrs A. Sanchez, Planetario de Madrid, Parque Tierno Galvan, E-28045 Madrid - Tel. +34-1-4673898, Fax +34-1-4681154
Sweden: Dr Aa. Sandquist, Stockholms Observatorium, S-133 36 Saltsjobaden - Tel. +46-8-164447, Fax +46-8-7174719
Switzerland: Mr M. Wieland, Schweizer Jugend Forscht/La Science Appelle les Jeunes, Technoramastrasse 1,CH-8404 Winterthur - Tel. +41-52-2424440, Fax +41-52-2422967
United Kingdom: Dr P. Moore, Farthings, West Street, Selsey, Sussex, England - Tel. +44-24-3603668, Fax +44-24-3607237
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Advice for Overscheduled Moms
Are you stressed out, sleep deprived and exhausted from your overwhelming schedule? Dr. Phil believes that parents need to take care of themselves first, in order to be able to take care of others, and offers this advice:
Acknowledge your role.
Stop playing the victim. How much of your current situation have you created? Are you the sole architect of your hectic, overscheduled life?
Ask yourself why you've created this.
What are you trying to prove? Are you trying to prove to yourself or to the world that you are a supermom? Are you running from something? Are you trying to stay so busy that you don't have time to think about something that is deeply troubling you?
Change your definition of what a "good mother" is.
A good mother isn't necessarily the person who gets the most activities done in the least amount of time. Many moms get overscheduled because they feel they have to be the most efficient, most giving, most sacrificing, highest achieving, "best" mother they can possibly be. Perhaps if you asked your children to define "best mom," they would use words like available, accessible, relaxed, loving and caring.
Learn to delegate.
You are not a failure as a wife, mother, or employee if you delegate. This includes delegating to your husband and children.
Learn to let go.
After you delegate a task, you must learn to let go of it. That means not monitoring it, hovering over the person you delegated to and inspecting the job afterward.
Ask yourself "What if?"
Go ahead and ask yourself questions like, "What if I delegated the laundry, and it didn't get done 100 percent the way I do it? What if it only got done 80 percent up to my standard? Would the world cave in?" Now answer the questions.
Let go of the guilt.
Realize that you cannot be all things to all people. You are not a bad, selfish person if you can't do it all.
Understand that schedules don't solve the problem.
If you have attempted to ease the chaos in your life by creating a highly detailed and concise schedule, you're probably wondering why it hasn't helped. Your life is still hectic because you haven't eliminated the chaos, you've just ordered it. Maybe you need to cross some things off your schedule.
Look at your child's schedule.
If you've overscheduled your children, ask yourself why. Could you feel guilty for not being there? Do you justify keeping them busy with classes, sports, etc., because you're not there? What would be wrong with letting your child chill out?
Learn to say no.
The world will take what you give. As long as you keep giving and giving and refusing to say no, others will keep taking and taking. People do what works, and you teach people how to treat you. Saying no when it's appropriate does not make you an evil person. Keep in mind that when you say yes to something that you have no time to do outside of the home, you are essentially saying no to your child.
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Mortgage lenders loosen up on credit scores
Could the end of the refinancing boom be stimulating slightly more favorable mortgage terms for homebuyers? The latest comprehensive study of activity in the market suggests the answer could be yes.
Ellie Mae, a mortgage technology firm based in Pleasanton, Calif., conducts a widely regarded survey involving a massive, nationally representative sample of loans closed each month. Its August findings, released this week, point to a gradual easing on credit scores for borrowers.
Consider the hard numbers provided by Ellie Mae president and chief operating officer Jonathan Corr.
Last month, 30 percent of all successful applicants for home mortgages had FICO credit scores below 700. A year ago, by contrast, just 15 percent had scores below the 700 mark.
That doubling in just 12 months is significant and tells prospective buyers: Just because you don't have stellar scores, you can still be approved if your application shows compensating strengths — steady income, solid recent payment performance on credit accounts, moderate household debt loads, and adequate financial reserves in case you run into a rough patch. (FICO scores run from 300 to 850; higher scores signify a lower risk of default for the lender.)
Average FICO scores are down across the board. Conventional Fannie Mae-Freddie Mac scores for approved applicants dropped a point from July to August to 758. That's still high in historical terms but down from 764 last November. Federal Housing Administration-insured loans for buyers continued their slow decline, hitting 695 last month versus 702 in April 2012. The biggest drops in scores have been on Fannie-Freddie refinancings, where recent interest-rate jumps have scared away applicants. Approved borrowers in August had average scores of 737 compared with 746 in July.
Corr said in an interview that many lenders are seeing refi applications decline sharply, and this may be pushing them to be more flexible and competitive on loans for home purchases.
One example of a major lender loosening up a little: Wells Fargo has relaxed its minimum down-payment requirement on so-called "jumbo" mortgages with starting balances above the Fannie-Freddie conventional limit of $417,000. Rather than its previous minimum of 20 percent down, Wells is now accepting 15 percent on primary residences "in most markets around the country," according to spokesman Tom Goyda. There is no mortgage insurance requirement, but applicants must have a minimum 740 FICO score, no higher than a 35 percent total household debt-to-income ratio and 12 months of financial reserves available to them. Essentially, Wells Fargo is saying: If you are a strong candidate on most criteria, we'll give you the benefit of the doubt and lower the amount of cash you need to bring to the table.
Some mortgage companies say that for well-qualified applicants they can go one step better. Paul Skeens, CEO of Colonial Mortgage Group in Waldorf, Md., says that he can arrange jumbos with 10 percent down payments: A standard first mortgage and an accompanying second mortgage or deed of trust that in combination create a 90 percent loan-to-value ratio for the borrower.
But not everybody in the mortgage market is seeing an easing trend. Last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported a slight tightening of lending conditions in its survey. The reason: Fewer lenders are offering specialized products such as interest-only mortgages and loans with terms extending beyond 30 years. Both of these features render loans ineligible for the federal "qualified mortgage" (QM) designation that is scheduled to go into effect nationwide in January.
Other banned types: Loans with negative amortization, balloon payments and adjustable rate mortgages underwritten at teaser interest rates. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have announced that they will not invest in or guarantee loans with non QM features in 2014.
Other lenders question whether, with the forthcoming tougher standards on debt-to-income ratios on QM loans motivating mortgage investors to play it safe — now, rather than waiting for January — anyone can seriously talk about easing.
"I don't see any easing in lending," said Bruce Calabrese, president of Equitable Mortgage Corporation in Columbus, Ohio. He cited FHA's increases in mortgage insurance premiums and Fannie Mae's recent cancellation of its 3 percent minimum down payment program as troubling signs for borrowers.
Bottom line here: Credit score requirements are definitely more flexible than a year ago, and jumbo loans might require less cash out of pocket. But we're still in a highly restrictive market compared with seven or eight years ago near the peak of the boom.
Kenneth Harney is a syndicated real estate columnist.


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Archipenko, Alexander
Archipenko, Alexander ärkhĭpĕn´kō [key], 1887–1964, Ukrainian-American sculptor, b. Kiev. He moved to Moscow in 1906 and to Paris in 1908. There he began to adapt cubist technique to sculpture. In 1910 he opened his own art school in Paris, later moved (1921) to Berlin and established a school, and, finally, emigrated (1923) to New York City, where he also founded a school. In 1912, Archipenko introduced sculpto-painting, an attempt to unite form and color via mixed media. However, his major contribution to 20th-century sculpture was his realization of negative form. Archipenko recognized the aesthetic value of the void—the hollowed-out shape or perforation as a complement to the bulging mass—as exemplified by his Madonna in marble and the bronze Woman Combing Her Hair (1915, Mus. of Modern Art, New York City). Archipenko also worked in carved plastic lighted from within. His nearly abstract figures gained him international renown; among them are Torso in Space (Whitney Mus., New York City), Walking Girl (Honolulu Mus.), and White Torso (examples in the Chicago Arts Club and in the Fine Art Association, Phoenix, Arizona). Archipenko was also an engineer, ceramist, and teacher.
See his Archipenko: Fifty Creative Years: 1908–1958 (1960); D. H. Karshan, Archipenko: Schlpture, Drawings and Prints, 1908–1963 (1985); K. J. Michaelsen and N. Guralnik, Alexander Archipenko: A Centennial Tribute (1986).
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Chicken Kathi Kebab rolls – Spicy Chicken rolls
After over 3 months of no updates here, it feels strangely comforting to be writing another post. Over these 3 months, while I craved preparing a creative meal, lovingly plating it, and then carefully photographing it, there was so much going on… I never had the time nor the right frame of mind to do all the things I enjoy doing so much. I come here after this short hiatus, feeling like a renewed woman. So much is different, yet so much is the same. This time away from OneLifeToEat and my lovely readers has taught me so much – I realize now the strength of my family, their faith and love in me, and the surprising reservoir of strength I seem to have in myself. I cannot thank them for all the support they have given me, enough. I stand here today strong and positive, only and only because of the love of my family. I want to do a special call-out to my two amazing, beautiful sisters who have been my rock, my conscience, and my courage this past year.
Challenging life situations have a way of testing true friendship. People who I thought would stand by me have fallen away, and strength and support has come from some of the most unexpected places. Friends who I hadn't known for long have gone out of their way to show solidarity, and welcome me in their homes when I needed an escape. One such friend is Shruti. Shruti and I met through a common friend, who has also been such an amazing support to me. As fellow foodies, Shruti and I decided to do a fun cooking project together. We decided to make something that I don't know how to prepare, and something that she loves to make – Kathi Kebab rolls.
I remember eating Kathi kebab rolls for the first time on the Churchgate train station in Mumbai. The Churchgate station is a busy metro transit station in downtown Mumbai, and the final stop for many office-goers. A multitude of small food stalls and vendors are at the station, selling every type of food from the mundane to the phenomenally interesting. One such stall was a small 'frankie' stall that made mouth-watering chicken, paneer and vegetable rolls wrapped up in Indian flatbread. Soft Indian flatbread is coated on one side with cooked egg. Then, a spicy chicken or paneer mixture is placed in the middle of the flatbread, which is topped with an assortment of tangy, spicy chutneys. The whole thing is rolled up and served piping hot in parchment paper! It tasted like the perfect remedy after a grueling day at the office.
When I moved to Pune, India to pursue my MBA degree, I had a slightly different kind of Kathi kebab roll – it was spicier and certainly had much more character. Later, when I visited Delhi, I had a third type of Kathi roll, that had more of a charred, tandoor flavor to it and the chicken was wrapped in naan instead of flatbread.
Shruti, being from Pune, taught me how to make the Pune style of Kathi rolls. Her method is incredibly simple and quick to prepare and I would highly recommend you giving it a try if you're in the mood for an innovative cooking and eating experience. Here's Shruti's Kathi Kebab roll recipe:
Ingredients: (makes 5 rolls)
1. For the Chicken Kebab mixture: (all spices available at any Indian grocery store)
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, washed and cut in 1-inch cubes
- 4-5 tbsp canola oil
- 1 cup red onion, finely chopped
- 1 cup tomatoes, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger and garlic paste
- 1 tsp Dhania-Zeera (coriander and cumin seed) powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 3/4 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp Chaat masala
- 1/2 tsp Tandoori Chicken Masala (This will add an interesting tandoor flavor to the chicken. I like the MDH brand the best but you can pick up any brand available at your local Indian grocer)
- Salt to taste
- Juice of 1/2 lime
- A handful of fresh coriander leaves, finely chopped
- 1 cup thinly sliced red onion for garnishing
2. For the egg coating:
- 2 eggs, whipped
- Salt and pepper to taste
Whip the egg, salt and pepper together in a bowl and set aside.
3. For the roll:
You can make Indian flatbread using fresh wheat dough from scratch, or you can buy it ready-made from any Indian grocery store. Most Indian grocers sell frozen Indian flatbread.
You will also need mint and coriander chutney – you should be able to find this at any Indian grocer.
- First prepare the Chicken stuffing – Heat the oil in a large shallow pan and when well heated, add the finely chopped onions. Cook on medium heat until translucent and slightly brown
- Add the ginger and garlic paste, mix well, and then add the tomatoes. Mix again, and cook on high heat until the tomatoes are soft. The idea is to let all the water from the tomatoes and onions evaporate
- Now add all the powdered spices as well as the salt to taste. Mix well, allow to cook for a minute or so, and then add all the chicken. Mix to envelop the chicken in the onion, tomato and spices mixture
- Lower the heat, put a lid on the pan and allow the chicken to cook. When cooked through, check if any water has released – if it has, continue to cook until the mixture is fairly dry. Garnish with coriander leaves and a handful of sliced onions. Set aside.
To assemble the roll –>
- Heat a large, circular pan and place one cooked Indian flatbread on it. When the flatbread is heated on one side, place a small ladle-ful of the egg mixture on one side. Allow the egg to cook over the flatbread over medium heat. When you can see that the egg is partially cooked and begun to stick to the flatbread, carefully flip it over to let it cook completely.
When the egg has cooked through, remove and place the flatbread + egg, egg-side-up, on a plate. Place a small strip of the chicken mixture in the middle, spoon a dollop of the mint and coriander chutney, sprinkle some of the sliced red onion, roll up and eat!
Special thanks to Shruti and her daughter Niassa, who made this cooking project so very special for me. Isn't Niassa totally huggable? 🙂
Amol permalinkJuly 5, 2012 11:19 pm
I love these too. To make this even more scrumptious try it with a flaky Malaysian style paratha!!
Minal permalinkJuly 6, 2012 9:04 am
Flaky Parathas is what came to my mind when I saw this recipe. Although I love the ones from the market, I prefer homemade ones. They are super easy to make and taste great!
Thanks for the mouth watering Kathi rolls recipe, definitely giving it a try over the weekend.
Zohar lakdawala permalinkJuly 9, 2012 9:57 am
Hey Sabera. Good one. I will surely try this this weekend for my kids. What about the paneer filling. You know Vaishali is a vegetarian . Hope all is good with you.
Rehana permalinkJuly 22, 2012 8:40 am
Dear Sabera, Nice recipe. I remembered a saying reading your post – God gives us (sorrows/ happiness) only what we can handle. Take care … Rehana
Padma permalinkNovember 3, 2012 1:16 pm
The recipe is delicious. I am from Pune living in the US. My family loves it 🙂
fuzaila hajik permalinkJuly 23, 2014 1:21 pm
Yummy! I wl try ths recipe


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There is hope for the English and, apparently, for those who'd like to never quit smoking. Or sitting in a tanning bed.
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OSHAWA - Canada's most famous monkey will not be donning his tiny Santa suit with his adoptive family this year, after a judge ruled on Friday that the primate should stay at an animal sanctuary until at least mid-January.
The animal's owner, Yasmin Nakhuda, tearfully navigated through a throng of reporters and cameras after being told she would not be allowed to take the 7-month-old monkey home for the holidays. Another hearing is set for January.
Darwin, a rhesus macaque monkey, shot to social-media fame this month after he was video-taped scurrying around an Ikea store parking lot in Toronto, clad in a fake shearling coat and diaper. He was later captured by animal control officers.
Monkeys are not legal pets in Toronto, so authorities moved Darwin to a sanctuary near Oshawa, about an hour outside Toronto. Nakhuda, a real estate lawyer, then launched a court bid to try to get him back.
In a statement of claim filed earlier this month, Nakhuda said she was coerced into surrendering the monkey under the threat of criminal charges and told she would not be allowed to see him unless she cooperated.
If granted custody, Nakhuda said she plans to move her family to a nearby cottage town that does not specifically ban pet monkeys.
Darwin has lived with the family in their Toronto home since July.
The young monkey escaped from an animal crate in a parked car as his owners shopped at Ikea in early December. The monkey became an instant Internet sensation, complete with his own Twitter account.
Nakhuda has posted videos on YouTube showing the monkey brushing his teeth and dressed up for Halloween. She told local media that she has a Santa suit for him to wear at Christmas and a bow tie for New Year's Eve.
Writing by Julie Gordon; Editing by Janet Guttsman and Sandra Maler
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Design submitted by Peter from the UK.
Peter says: This is "Predatime", a watch inspired by the Predator character from the films of the same name. This is a popular inspiration, with most people choosing the self destruct mechanism as the basis for their design. I decided to use the mask image of the iconic character for my design.
The time telling method is very simple, the left eye (as you look at the watch) has 12 red LEDs to describe the hours, the 3rd, 6th,9th and 12th being a dimmer led (or lens) to highlight these incruments to make reading quicker. The right eye is made up of 11 green LEDs which represent 5 minutes each, the 15, 30,and 45 minute incruments again are highlighted by a dimmer LED (or lens). The single minutes are described by 4 red LEDs where predator's aiming laser is mounted.
This design is unashamedly literal and playing direct homage to the mask of the iconic character. While this will put off more conservative consumers it should appeal to die hard sci-fi and horror fans. The mask shape may also appeal to gothic fans too.


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Online Dating
Jonathan: So, Jeff, you know, I don't know if I want go out to the pub again on Saturday. LIke the music is a little bit too loud. It's hard to meet people and so on. I don't know. I've been thinking, we should do like some online dating. You know, try to meet some women that way.
Jeff: What do you mean? We just sit at home and through the computer. Or how do you do that?
Jonathan: No, you don't have a date through the computer. That would be awful. But, you know, in the modern world people are rushed. They always don't have time to go out and meet people. If you only go to bars, to try to meet people, you're only meeting a small percentage of the population: the people who do like to go out and drink and have fun, and so on. You're cutting yourself off from a lot of people.
Jeff: So how does this work, this online dating? Do I have to pay to use this site?
Jonathan: Oh, there are some sites where you pay and some where you don't. You can put up a profile of yourself, you know, with a picture if you like, or perhaps you would like to stay more anonymous and not put your picture up. You can see a lot of basic information about people even before you're ever in contact with them.
Jeff: So, if I'm living in a city, do I look for dates or women only in that city?
Jonathan: Well, most of them have search critereas. You can choose within say twenty kilometers or a hundred kilometers. Anyway where in the world if you like? You don't always find love just around the corner. You might find you have a heck of a lot in common with somebody on the other side of the world. But with online dating, people put up some information that they are comfortable sharing, so you can see what somebody does in their free time, what somebody's beliefs are, what somebody is interested in finding, so you may find by doing the search that you meet someone that really matches up with you that you would be interested in contacting without ever going out to the bar, or if you just go out and hit the bar, you may feel a one in a million shot to meet the right person, whereas online, maybe you can search a million people and you find that right one.
Jeff: Online dating. That sounds great. I'm gonna give it a go.
In the modern world people are rushed.
When we are rushed that means we feel we must do things fast.
Note the following:
- I hate to feel rushed when I am eating.
- When students are rushed they make more mistakes.
cut ... off from
If you never go out, you're cutting
yourself off from a lot of people.
To be cut off means that we are unable to make contact with
others. Note the following:
- Living on an island, he was cut off from the mainland.
- At night, he goes home and cuts himself off from the rest of the world.
Some people like to stay more anonymous.
When we are anonymous that means no one knows our name or has any
information about us. Note the following:
- We recieved a letter from an anonymous sender.
- It is impossible to be anonymous on Facebook.
just around the corner
You don't always find love just around the
'Just around the corner' is an idiom that means near or coming
soon. Note the following:
- There is a great coffee shop just around the corner.
- This area is getting really dangerous. A man was just murdered just around the corner.
on the other side of
You might find you have lot in common with people on the other side of the world.
Here, the word 'other' is similar in meaning to 'opposite'.
Note the following:
- Prices are cheaper on the other side of town.
- If you are a good swimmer you might be able to swim to the other side of the lake.
Vocabulary Quiz
around the corner • other side
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Ron talks about abilities.
Tarta talks about helping at the 2006 Tsunami.
Tarta talks about being at the 2006 Tsunami.
Speed dating and how it works.
How online dating works.


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The D'sparil staff has been updated, check the update log inside to see what's new.
Oh, nevermind, I could access now, thank you! :D
Hello? It's me, Ganbare-Lucifer, can you delist me from the 'black list', everytime I try to log in it blocks my access and became annoying.
Happy new year everyone!
Dans Blade of agony, je n'arrive pas à ouvrir le coffre fort. Je pense avoir la combinaison (la date anniversaire de l'officier allemand), mais...
The Spray Cannon and BFG2704 have been updated. Besides the change of file, projectiles no longer bounce infinitely. Merry Christmas.
Yeah, if you're using other people's stuff, make sure they gave permission for their use, or ask them for permission
What is the rules concerning it do I need to find the Authors and Include them in a Text Document in the Pk3?
I want to submit a Six Barrel Shotgun Decorate that I condensed down to work in Regular Projects from Brutal Doom, I cannot find any info on whom made it
Yeah, I noticed that too, I sent Tormentor a message.
Something is wrong with the site, the links are directing incorrectly, they should have /index.php/
Hi guys, it has been aeons I didn't peek here... I might come soon with texture pack. Life has been very harsh on my end, and there is still a lot to fight
I've submited a file to the besteary, someone let me know if there are problems with the monster, i'll fix em
You can actually
You should be able to preview the audio files
Patched Up textures ha been updated with a couple of new textures.
Holy ****balls, old posts with Mediafire links completely break those pages.
For reporting issues with BOA, you should instead put them up on its' GitHub issue tracker. https://github.com/Realm667/WolfenDoom/issues
sorry for spam :(
Hi guys, i experience the problem, that the game will be displayed on the wrong monitor with fullscreen. What can i do?
Hmm, seems like image embed on the forum are broken.
I don't suppose someone could program (I am not sure how to make them) a Battlelord Sentry from Duke Nukem 3D? I would love to use them as choke point bosses
What's the spam post, you mean the two messages below you ?
Don't worry folks, I've already reported the spam post in the Let us Know Thread while Torm is not around.
Maybe ask Tormentor ?
i don't know why the Wild Demonic Leeches aren't showing up on the latest submissions
https://youtu.be/3kl7trBcOVg?t=1179 - some issues like hitboxes and camera skips
@Dingor We can't really help you with problems that have to do with BOA, you should report them on BOA's GitHub https://github.com/Realm667/WolfenDoom/issues
@DBJ87 I'm definitely looking forward to that.
Happy Realm day R667. Ally Marine submission update in the works, inc Jetpack, Riot Shield, Tank, Quad SG, Hellstorm Cannon, Sonic RG & Freeze Rifle users
Hi everyone! Can someone help with my problem? On fog maps I have very low fps and on Tunis mission I have black screen outdoors coz of sandstorm.
Thank you for making BOA, it makes really fun. I like that game. Great work!
Hmm, are you talking to me ?
i still need to finish my Hpack map https://imgur.com/t4epZVC
wish I could check them again, i remember some of those being pretty good https://imgur.com/a/HVRp1br
since nothing from the old site was saved, i'm saving even the rejected entries https://imgur.com/hLADHAS
I can split the weapon they drop pretty easily. But the other weapon that both the NPCs and players can use, is too intertwined with the NPC.
Would I need to split the weapon they drop, and the sort-of weapon that both the NPC and player can use into separate submissions ?
Alright, I finally finished a project of mine. But it includes an NPC, a weapon that the NPC drops, and a sort-of weapon, that both the NPC and players can use.
Check the Staff forum, on my latest post, hopefully that answers your question
@Gothic I need your help, how do you manage to remove the duplicate file size, that appears on the download sections of new resource articles ?
I should really stop bothering with taking time to write replies. And just spit them out ASAP, and edit them later to add or fix anything on them.
Hello! Just stopping by to give my thanks for this site and repositories. Has been a great help over the years. Hope all is well 3
Can't seem to find a way to register for the forums.. Is there a way to turn off the lighting effect in BoA that casts rays off everything? It's a bit much ^^
I was wondering, I noticed a German spying from the bushes at the Allied HQ, is he just an easter egg or is there more to it?
while i'm here, How are yall doin?
damn it's been awhile since ive been here
took care of the issue with the filesize showing twice
how are you?
And I removed them because most of them were spam and/or nonsense.
We did.
Hello I don't know if anyone received my posts or not how will I know if they did?
Hmm, seems like the file size of the new Candlesticks resource appears in its' name for some reason. And I can't remove it.
Hopefully 2022 will be better than 2021! Have a happy New Year!
Happy New year Slayers! I don't think I'll be here for that! But take care and be safe fam!
Merry saturnalia.
Merry late christmas to you as well
More like Better Never than Ever.
Merry Christmas to all of you, maybe a bit too late but better now than never :)
@Gothic When approving submissions, don't forget to add their editor numbers to the document.
fixed them now
Anyway thanks for the quick response fixing this, appreciate it.
'Large Fire Bowl' or 'Fire Cauldron' perhaps? I originally interpreted the ShadowCaster sprite as containing a mound of lava hence the weird name.
they'll stay unpublished until i fix them both
Or, do you wish to rename it to something else? I see the mention of coal, so it can't be lava, but it needs a different name from the existing fire bowl
I'll fix that, I'll rename the Lava Cauldron to Lava Bowl so they don't get mixed
zrrion's submission appears to have been replaced instead of the Lava Bowl.
I believe the two have been mixed up - perhaps my submission should be relabled to 'Fire Bowl Large'
my recent 'Fire Bowl' entry was to replace the existing 'Lava Cauldron' entry. However it seems there was already another Fire Bowl entry by zrrion the insect
I don't know where to even start with everything I have to do both here and outside of the site. After a month of being stuck on a fossilized Optiplex 760.
I'm back on my actual PC, after a month of trying to get my CPU replaced.
Was the first thread that was made here about ripping the Juggernaut from PB as a standlone resource removed ? Because I can't find it anywhere.
I'm pretty sure I've spent about as much time, if not more, dealing with getting a working CPU, than I did actually using my new PC ever since getting it.
As for my CPU, I was able to ship it back to Intel yesterday, now I have to wait 10 days to see if my refund is approved.
And I bought it instead of a GTX 16xx card because it has at least primitive hardware real time ray tracing and DLSS, so it's more future proof.
Tell me about it, I had to buy an RTX 2060 for 400€, by now and with how weak it is compared to the rest of the RTX 20xx series, it should've cost 150€ by now.
Prizes for GPUs are... terrible
I hope you get this sorted. Was offline for a while as well, my GPU broke and currently it's one of the worst things that can happen.
I think I'm at the final stage of wrangling Intel into sending me a replacement under warranty, or at least I sure hope so. I can't afford paying another 200€.
Forgot to mention, but it turns out that the CPU had just died, my data and other hardware is sfae.
In the meantime I'm stuck on the same god awful Optiplex 760 I've been on for the past 7 years. So I cannot even try out the submissions and updates to them.
I'll be going back to the shop that built it in the following hours, hopefully it can be fixed and I didn't lose any data.
I should probably mention that I haven't been active. Because long story short, my new PC stopped booting 2 days ago.
When I turned off view bob it seemed pretty seamless. Too busy (lazy) to test new version atm.
It's meant to be used with some kind of barrier such as walls or hills between the skybox and playable area, otherwise the effect becomes obvious.
Yeah I don't really have the skill to make it as seamless as the 3D skyboxes in Source.
If you are close to objects in backdrop it is more obvious, but even distant things had a slightly uncanny look if you were paying attention. Will test soon.
It's not that much better, AFAIK it does account for view bob now, but the difference from the bobbing is so minor that the camera doesn't even move from it.
@inkoalawetrust Stoked to try out the new sky camera.
@inkoalawetrust Stoked to try out the new sky camera.
Appreciate you taking the time to review and fix my submissions, thanks :-)
All updates crediting freesound(s).com instead of freesound.org have been fixed, I hope
Now I can also upload my APC after making a new update to it, since it no longer has to rely on the modified version of the Allied Marines pack it uses.
I've finished my next submission. But before submitting it, I have to make the showcase video.
Honestly those submissions seem a bit too minor, it would've been better to just merge them all in one pack of human corpses.
Great thanks Gothic
I'll take care of them
Just realised I have credited 'freesound.com' instead of 'freesound.org' in a few of my recent submissions. Do you want me to reupload these?
@flyinddeath I also made a change that should make the camera account for view bobbing, and replaced the user variable with a custom argument.
I updated the Parallaxing Sky Camera submission, I replaced the thumbnail with a GIF that should hopefully do a better job of showing what the camera does.
@inkoalawetrust you can move threads, simply use the "moderate" functions on the forum
@Gothic what width would you like to have on desktop resolutions? I can change that
Also I'll probably see about updating the thumbnail of my parallaxing sky camera submission to a small animated GIF. To actually show it in action.
Is there no way for us to move threads on the forum ?
Screens keep getting wider, yet websites keep getting stretched :/
Thanks for that. I forgot to fill that part in!
I added the summon list, when there are many variants I use [these if at least 1 is needed] (and these if they're optional)
And CaptainToenail's info file just has no mention of the actor names since there's too many of them, I guess I'll just set it as "Too many to list".
I'm uh, not too sure what to add on the "Summon" info for the Crystal Clusters submission, there's too many crystal actor variants on it.
Apparently I'm too controlling of how indentation and formatting on the submissions should be done, so I'll focus on that less.
Since that would actually be able to show what the resource does, unlike just using its' editor icon.
Also, could I replace the thumbnail for my parallaxing sky camera submission with a small animated GIF ?
Also whatever is going on here with how the previous posts on the reply page are shown looks pretty bad. https://i.imgur.com/7IENcub.png
There seems to be an issue, the changes I make to the SCAYT spellcheck aren't stored, be it adding words like ZDoom to the dictionary or even turning it on.
Glad that you are onboard!
It has taken me a long time to work on it let alone finish it for a lot of reasons.
I've finally made some progress on one of the submissions I'll make here in about a week or two.
Welcome LoganMTM and inkoalawetrust, our new additional repo maintainers :)
Sorry for missing this, I had a lot of work to do for my job after being in vacation. Just wrote a line to you over at ZDoom, mail is info AT realm667 DOT com
Even though currently he was last online about 4 days ago.
I've also noticed that for months now, some Salahmander dude keeps appearing as being online at the bottom of the main board page.
Yeah I've noticed that too.
Hi there, just a small bug report for the Board... The Bestiary subforum topic counter seems to be broken, 'cause it just says permanently 'No topics' on it...
And was only able to find that long text string to add to the Git wiki template, I didn't even know it was called a commit hash, until I saw your summary lol.
I have no idea how Git or GitHub work, so I just tried to find whatever counts as the commit that the addition of the BF_ONLYVISIBLETHINGS flag was made on.
Also @BlueShadow I noticed the edit you made on the A_Blast article on the wiki and the Summary you left on it.
Any Zandronum-compatible DECORATE code has to use A_CustomMissile, which shows deprecation warnings in GZDoom. Because Zandro doesn't have A_SpawnProjectile.
By the way you may want to add an exception to the tool tip saying that the code in a submission should run with no errors on the latest GZDoom build.
The "There was an error completing the request."-error should be fixed as well.
Hopefully my new PC can be completed this week, so I can begin modding again, I have a lot of stuff I want to make and submit here.
@Tormentor667 You could make me a maintainer, I can look at the site basically every day an respond to a new thread in less than a day.
Anyway. I may not be able to update the sky camera until I get a new computer that ISN'T a SFF Optiplex 760, the parts for the new PC are already here.
My messages here only appear after I reload the page.
Ok well it seems my reply was sent here after all, seems like the whole forum is borked lol.
@flyingdeath I'll see if I can do anything to fix it, keep in mind I may not be able to though, since I didn't write the original code for it, drPyspy did.
Also, an advice to other users, while this error occurs, do not send your message again, just refresh the page
"There was an error completing the request. Please try again. If you see this error multiple times, please contact the administrator of the site." Ok. Hi Torm
i need download doom luncger but i can not find direct download shiii.
looks more intuitive than the tiny computers
Greetings everyone, long time not logging in here! By the way, I have just made my first submission in the board, so please check it out! ;)
Should work again!
Thanks for the hint, I will fix that
Seems like the closed submissions lost their approved/rejected flags
Additionally moved all submission threads which are older than 1 month into the closed submission. If something was still active, please repost it.
Important: Check the new rules on the left (including the corresponding tooltips)
Big news time: Models are allowed from now on!
Updated, the repo forums should be accessable again for users
...of the updates myself then, and maybe with the help of team members and volunteers. Wasnt online here for a while so I need to catch up first.
Currently the submission forums are locked because there is no team maintaining the submissions actually. I will open them though and see if I can take care
I have the option to make new threads, but not sure if it is available to regular members. You should contact Tormentor about it.
Hey guys it's CaptainToenail here. I am planning on making updates to my old submissions, but I don't seem to be able to make a new thread. Is the forum closed?
Parallaxing Sky Viewpoint has a minor problem. it does not take view bob into account. Not sure it can be fixed, just thought inkoalawetrust would like to know.
Stupid technical difficulties
In the menu of the game you can choose between low normal standart high or very high quality for a better looping game. Sorry for my english :/
@Zug, your message lacks context. What are you referring to here?
Hi,When details are set to high or very high in the menu, there is no filter for the textures.Thereforethe high quality setup is worse than the default .
@gman829, see my post: https://www.realm667.com/index.php/en/kunena/closed-submissions/1616-submission-cyber-demon-lord#9017
Does anyone have any ice textures I can conveniently use in GZDOOM builder for my WAD?
The best game in the Wolfenstein series! Amazing, work, Thanks guys!
Why was my topic about the Cyber Demon Lord removed?
i can't set high priority of BOA from task manager!
I feel like I complain about loud sounds on submissions all the time, maybe I should stop
I had more questions, but if you think you can't help me, I'll try asking on the site you recommended. Thanks again.
Unfortunately cHeretic on DS console is a port of the old DOS ver. and does not support .deh files via "command line", but does support older vanilla megawads.
You may be better off asking for how to use DeHackEd on Heretic over at Doomworld instead.
However I have no idea how to use DeHackEd myself, I only really code Doom mods in (G)ZDoom, so I only know ZScript and DECORATE, and some basic ACS.
But I don't know if any games besides Doom 1/2, like Heretic have had DeHackEd developed for them, but I'm guessing they do.
The IWADs only contain the assets like music, audio, graphics and sprites. The only way to change the actual monster behaviour is by using DEHACKED.
There are no files in the Heretic IWAD (Or any of the Doom engine game IWADS.) that store actual actor code, such as how much HP each monster has.
I visit this site through Android Chrome. At least, could you tell me which files inside Heretic.wad should be modified to change the enemy HPs ?
Also by using XWE, that basically means that almost nobody will be able to help you since AFAIK XWE is very different from SLADE.
Even my archaic SFF Optiplex 760 can run SLADE.
What kind of computer are you even on, how can you even get on this site.
I would like to modify Heretic Iwad to decrease HP of some tough enemies (BigHead, Minotaur etc.). Where should I look and how to do it?
Hi. Unfortunately I couldn't get Slade to work as my pc lacks a necessary software, but I found XWE which works fine.
Oh alright lol.
Sorry. I wanted to thank you with an emoji, but it didn't go through.Thanks again.
You asked me for a WAD editor that can run on Windows XP, so I gave you a link to one.
SLADE 3.1.6 has working binaries for Windows XP: http://slade.mancubus.net/index.php?page=downloads
Thank you.I just have to try.Couldn't you recommend a wad editor that works with an old WindowsXP Pentium.
Sure you could probably use the sprite graphics themselves in a vanilla WAD by simply using them as a sprite replacement for the original weapon sprites.
Basically I'd like to use custom enemies/weapons/textures with cHeretic, a port for DS, and the only way is to use an .argv file containing the aforementioned "
Thank you for your answer.If I open a weapon wad (eg Emerald Wand) with a wad editor and replace the name of the graphic files in it to match those of the original Heretic wand, this should be replaced by the first one, using the dos command line argument "Heretic.exe -file EmeraldWand.wad". Is that right or am I wrong?
Thank you for your answer.If I open a weapon wad (eg Emerald Wand) with a wad editor and replace the name of the graphic files in it to match those of the original Heretic wand, this should be replaced by the first one, using the dos command line argument "Heretic.exe -file EmeraldWand.wad". Is that right or am I wrong?
They are not, the submissions on this repository are meant for ZDoom and its' forks such as Zandronum and GZDoom. Not for the original Doom engine games.
Hi. Do any of you know if the custom weapons for Heretic (contained in the repository) are compatible with the original version (DOS) of Heretic, because I would like to use them on the port for nintendo DS through "command line parameters".Thanks.
Hi. Do any of you know if the custom weapons for Heretic (contained in the repository) are compatible with the original version (DOS) of Heretic, because I would like to use them on the port for nintendo DS through "command line parameters".Thanks.
Is Hitler bossfight doable on MeIn Leben difficulty? As without dmg boosts or/and that healing suitcase it seems imposible. Will have to replay level or all ch2
ah nevemind I figured it out, you have to shoot high over their heads when they are really far like with the bow xD
I am stacked in CH2 mission Stahlhimmel cant kill those snipers, seems like those 2 on right was too far, sniper rifle seems to have bugged reach or something.
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Washington City Paper reports that Howard University is temporarily suspending all sports teams and all upcoming games while they investigate...something. The school's terse statement:
It is with great regret that we have temporarily suspended intercollegiate athletic competition. This is a self-imposed action while the University conducts a review. We are working quickly to resolve this issue.
The Deadspin staff has tossed around some pretty apocalyptic scenarios, but whatever happened either took place across so many teams that all of them need to be investigated, or took place in the athletics office itself. More details to come.
Update, 3:35 p.m.: It's not clear if this is related, but Howard's lacrosse team cancelled its last matches, including a Sunday forfeit to Liberty. According to a poster on the LaxPower message board:
Longwood was already on the road to Howard Friday when the LU coach received a terse phone call that the game was cancelled with no explanation whatsoever...Liberty was informed Friday about the same time that their Sunday game with Howard would not be played, again with no explanation.
Update, 4:00 p.m.: We may have our first indication of the athletics-wide violation. Reports City Paper:
A member of the Howard bowling team says a senior athletic administrator told the team the university is investigating problems with textbook vouchers given to athletes. According to the bowler, the university allowed athletes to spend money that they didn't use on books on whatever they wanted, a possible violation of NCAA rules. The bowler says the university is demanding that any money spent improperly be repaid to Howard and that athletes won't be able to register for classes until they clear up the matter.


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Pity the poor people who work in the US "copyright industries." Battered by a decade of digital piracy and facing even more of it thanks to cheap computers, fast Internet, P2P file-sharing, and online file lockers, the US creative industries teeter on the verge of collapse. You can tell because the industry:
- Pays better than most American jobs
- Has outperformed the US economy through a horrific recession
- Sells record-setting amounts of product overseas, earning more foreign revenue than the entire US food sector or US pharmaceutical companies
Things are going so "badly" that a major new report commissioned by copyright holders says that these "consistently positive trends solidify the status of the copyright industries as a key engine of growth for the US economy as a whole."
Bad never looked so good
The International Intellectual Property Alliance unveiled the new report today in association with the Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus at an event in Washington, DC. The report doesn't even try to quantify losses to piracy anymore—last year, an official US government report concluded that such estimates were all deeply unreliable. Instead, it simply asserts without evidence that "piracy inhibits growth in the US and around the world."
"Inhibits growth" doesn't quite equal "causes staggering job losses," the traditional anti-piracy rallying cry. Indeed, copyright industries are being "hard hit" by piracy in the way that plenty of other US industries are desperate to get "hit." (In this sense, the report is bit like the MPAA's routine announcements of record-setting box office revenues even as the movie studios conjure visions of apocalypse.)
During the recession of the last few years, the report shows that copyright-based businesses have far exceeded the US economy as a whole.
In addition, pay in these industries is between 15 and 27 percent higher than the US average, depending on just how broadly you define "copyright industries."
As for foreign countries, those havens of piratical behavior, revenue is increasing rather than decreasing as the Internet takes hold. "Core copyright" companies made $128 billion in foreign markets in 2007; emerging from a recession in 2010, those same companies made $134 billion.
What about the specter of massive job losses? They aren't happening. The copyright industries have shed a few jobs, but employment has held largely stable through the recession as other industries cut positions and US unemployment surged to 9+ percent.
The report is bullish on the copyright and creative industries. Nothing in it suggests that radical expansions of copyright power are necessary, though MPAA Vice President Michael O'Leary used the report to argue for them anyway. "Strong protections for intellectual property—both in the United States and abroad, where a growing portion of our revenues are being generated—is critical if we want to protect these jobs and be able to continue offering consumers innovative content," he said. "Here in the United States, it is imperative that Congress passes legislation halting content theft by rogue websites, which will help sustain the crafts that historically and consistently make such a valued contribution to America's economy."
The report provides no justification for this stance. Instead, it shows that current (and extremely "strong") copyright protections are sufficient to generate record foreign revenue, hold employment steady during a worldwide recession, and pay well while doing it.
Instead, a bipartisan group of legislators last week decided that Internet censorship was necessary to aid these industries; that search engines, credit card processors, and ad networks should be coerced into the fight; and that companies could cut off any site's US-based payments and advertising without even getting a court order first.
Perhaps they should read the industry's own research first.
Rights holders who don't want their works freely distributed should have the ability to enforce that position, but only a true crisis could possibly justify such draconian enforcement measures. For an industry doing so well, it's an absurd overreach—but one with dangerous consequences for intermediary liability, for private rights of action online, and for the Internet itself.
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My daughter suggested I make a quilt for all those friends to sign for Steph to remember her special day.
So I gathered up her favorite colors and made her a quilt. I think it ended up about 36" square.
I laid out the squares late at night and tried to decide which layout I like best. My husband voted for the one with the white in the middle so that is what I went with (even though I was thinking the other way the whole time I was sewing).
I backed it with Kona white and quilted it with a swirly flower motif.
I used leftovers from the front for the binding and finished sewing it about an hour before we left for the party! (Not that I am motivated by deadlines. At all.)
We had a beautiful day!
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Sammy Obeid 2014 Lounge stage
Lebanese-Palestinian-Syrian-Italian-American, born in Oakland, California, Sammy Obeid (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) is best known for his 1,001 day streak of consecutive comedy performances. It began on December 26th, 2010, and concluded on September 21st, 2013– four days after an appearance on TBS's Conan. Breaking the old work record on Day 731, Sammy set the new one at 1,001 Arabian Nights of Comedy.
Over the course of the streak, he appeared on NBC's America's Got Talent and advanced to the Las Vegas round, and became the first comedian to perform on The Food Network. Splitsider conducted an extensive interview with him entering the home stretch. LA Weekly praised Sammy's "sheer force of will" in performance and lifestyle, and LA Mag recommended his show highly. He was profiled in TIME Magazine, followed soon after by an article in the New York Times. Published on his final day, it describes his material as "full of wordplay" and "clever misdirection."
Chunks of his streak were spent as youngest member of both the CoExist Comedy and Axis of Evil: New Generation national tours. Capping the streak, his debut album, Get Funny or Die Trying, was named a Best Comedy Album of 2013 by iTunes. Not slowed, Sammy has now embarked on a national college tour performing for hundreds of students a week. Sammy has founded his own comedy enterprise, KO Comedy. He's hard at work on both a book and documentary about his 1,001 Nights, each with the witty advice and deep-insider view found on his blog.


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Aaron Hernandez spends 23 hours a day in cell
Former Patriots star awaiting trial in death of Odin Lloyd
Aaron Hernandez, 23, a former New England Patriots tight end, eats three modest meals a day in a tiny cell.
He's being housed at the Bristol County Jail.
"He's locked in 23 hours a day. He's in a cell that has a bed, a toilet and sink -- that's essentially it," Sheriff Tom Hodgson said. "He's allowed a shower and phone call during the one hour out, and he's served his three meals a day in his cell for the foreseeable future."
Hernandez is charged with murder in the death of a onetime friend, Odin Lloyd, 27, of Dorchester. A Superior Court judge denied Hernandez's appeal for bail.
Corrections officers saw his tattoos and called in the prison experts.
"Yes, we actually have a gang intelligence unit whose sole responsibility is to work every day within the institution to gather gang intelligence and monitor gang members, and anyone who comes through our door who has tattoos, our booking officers are trained to notify gang intelligence if they believe there's any sort of potentially gang symbols," Hodgson said. "The gang intelligence officers will interview the inmate, take pictures of those tattoos and then they will do background checks and investigate to see if that person has an admitted association or in fact is associated with gangs."
As for Hernandez, the sheriff said they are still checking his tattoos.
"They have taken pictures and had an initial interview with Mr. Hernandez yesterday but they will continue their investigation at this point," he said.
Hernandez is getting the standard treatment -- that means no television, radio or other amenities.
"We took the TVs out of cells years ago. There's no weights, no cell phones. There's no smoking, no coffee. A standard meal, for example today he had cereal, 4 ounces of milk, Tang and a muffin," Hodgson said.
When asked if that is limited he said it, "meets the nutritional requirement."
"There's a difference between being at home and being in jail," Hodgson said.


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I'm a bit late with this one. So late, I haven't had time to look for a photo so I'm going with an illustration:
It's not the only thing I'm behind on. Christmas shopping barely started, when I've usually got most of it done by now.
Today it is exactly one month to Christmas.
Not panicking. Not panicking at all.


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Aquamarine Studio
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
My name is Janet Carlson and my college degree and career were in fashion design within the Miami garment industry. Along the way, I've been quilting since high school. In September of 2005, I went back to night school to begin a mid-life career change into graphic design. It wasn't until I was refreshing my fashion illustration skills by taking life drawing classes in a local art gallery in 2011 when I began creating these digital paper collages. This collection is a juxtaposition where fashion design and quilting meet up with Adobe Photoshop. My husband Daniel and I reside in Fort Lauderdale Florida. This contemporary folk art is influenced by life in South Florida, where we are surrounded by people from every culture and nation.


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Schmidt Spiele Jigsaw Puzzles
Click the picture below to see the puzzle pieces blown up to "life size"
These are grid cut jigsaws with interesting piece shapes.
Schmidt Spiele is a major German manufacturer of jigsaw puzzles with something of a chequered history - the business unfortunately went bankrupt in 1997 and their puzzles disappeared for a while. The business was bought by "Blatz-Gruppe" and they have maintained (resurrected!) the well known "Schmidt Spiele" name.
In the UK the business is making a comeback and has teamed up with Coiledspring Games with the intention to 'bring the exciting range of Schmidt Spiele games and jigsaws back to the UK'
They offer an extensive range of jigsaw puzzles suitable for all age groups, with piece counts varying between 10 and 3,000. A feature of their puzzles for children is that each one comes with a toy in hopes that children will want to collect the entire range. For adults there are both "conventional" images and "way out" ones!
Contact details:
Coiledspring Games
Unit C1
Twickenham Trading Estate
Rugby Road
Website: http://schmidtgamesandjigsaws.co.uk/
Email: email@example.com
020 3301 1160
The four images below are a representative selection of the jigsaw puzzles sold by Schmidt Spiele
|100 Years of Film
|AM Strand
|Break in Shooting


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Paint Knitting Yarn - 67
Paint Knitting Yarn - 67
Not all stock will be in store so please allow a 7-10 day turnaround to get stock in for some orders.
Paint is a multicolour winter yarn in bright tones with a long yardage.
Yarn recommended for making eyelet stitch waistcoats, triangular shawls and fun ponchos in both knit and crochet.
Only one ball of Paint is required to make a colourful warm shawl.
Composition: 80% Acrylic - 20% Wool
Length: 540mts /590yds
Weight: 150g / 5 oz 1/3
Knit Tension: Stitches per 10cm: 18sts x 24rows on 4.5mm needles
Needle size: 4.5-5mm / 7-6 UK
Hook size: 3.5-4mm / 9-8 UK
Care instructions: Cool machine wash / Do not bleach / Do not tumble dry / Dry flat / Cool iron / May be dry cleaned (P)


text: Country Profiles Country Profiles Country Profiles // Main Details Dominica - Main Details Show map Legend: CBD Party CBD & CPB Party Non Party Selected country Disclaimer: The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity or the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Biodiversity Facts Status and trends of biodiversity, including benefits from biodiversity and ecosystem servicesThe content of this biodiversity profile is still draft. The text below has been prepared by SCBD and remains subject to final approval by the Party concerned. Dominica is very mountainous and of volcanic origin, measuring 47 kilometres long and 22 kilometres wide, at its widest point. Of an estimated total landmass of 197,500 ha, 94,800 ha have been classified as unutilized, and 17,800 ha as suitable for agriculture. According to the 1995 Agriculture Census, 23,473 ha were under farms, of which 61% (13,031 ha) were cultivated, and 28.1 % (5,980 ha) in forest. Sixty-five percent of the island area is covered by natural vegetation, ranging from dry scrub woodland on the west coast to fumarole vegetation associated with volcanic activity, to lush tropical rainforest in the interior and a wide variety of fauna and flora. Despite its small size, Dominica possesses an extensive range of terrestrial and marine biodiversity. Some 155 families, 672 genera and 1,226 species of vascular plants have been identified on the island, with a number of plant species considered endemic, including Sabinea carinalis (Bwa Kwaib), the national flower. Dominica is also known for its unique diversity of avifauna, which is possibly the highest among countries in the eastern Caribbean. It comprises in excess of 175 bird species, most of which are migratory, however 60 are known to breed in Dominica, including the endemic parrot species Amazona imperialis and Amazona arausiaca that, according to the IUCN Red List, are considered endangered and threatened, respectively. In the marine environment, the status of the White Sea Urchin has declined and corals remain severely threatened, however the status of marine turtles, sea grasses and coastal pelagic resources has improved. Agriculture, which is heavily dependent on ecosystem services and the integrity of faunal and floral species, contributes significantly to the country's economic growth and constitutes a major sustaining element for rural livelihoods. For instance, export production of the main export crop (banana) reached almost 7,000 tonnes for the first half of 2007 (January to August), totalling EC$ 9.6 million. The government thus plans on modernizing this sector so as for it to become globally competitive and ensure food security and employment. Main pressures on and drivers of change to biodiversity (direct and indirect)The content of this biodiversity profile is still draft. The text below has been prepared by SCBD and remains subject to final approval by the Party concerned. The main threats to Dominican biodiversity include deforestation (despite a recent decline in the rate of forest loss), overexploitation of wildlife, encroachment, land degradation (to which Dominica is particularly sensitive due to its very youthful and fragile forest landscape), unregulated development, introduction of foreign species, loss of agrobiodiversity, impacts from climate change, uncontrolled use of biotechnologies, pollution, increasing natural disasters (notably hurricanes and seismic activity), land mining, gradual loss of traditional knowledge, introduction of alien species and inappropriate legal and institutional frameworks. Measures to Enhance Implementation of the Convention Implementation of the NBSAPThe content of this biodiversity profile is still draft. The text below has been prepared by SCBD and remains subject to final approval by the Party concerned. Dominica recognizes the need to review the National Biological Strategy and Action Plan (2001-2005) however plans to do so have not been concretized due to a shortage of resources (human, technical, financial), also imposing constraints on the development of national targets. Actions taken to achieve the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity TargetsThe content of this biodiversity profile is still draft. The text below has been prepared by SCBD and remains subject to final approval by the Party concerned. Dominica's protected areas network can be cited as a major achievement, with 25% of the country's forest land legally protected, either under forest reserves or national parks. All three of the country's national parks have management plans and continuous monitoring activities. The Morne Trois Pitons National Park was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1998. In addition, there has been an increase in the number of sites that have been come under the guise of a protected area though not legislated as such (e.g. sections of a river, waterfall, old plantation, historic site). The Government has begun the process of establishing biosphere reserves in tandem with UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere program. In the marine environment, the Soufriere-Scottshead Marine Reserve was designated a marine reserve in 1998. This world class scuba diving destination and highly favoured traditional fishing area is protected to avoid user conflicts between the traditional fishermen and the new water sports sector through a community-based approach. In addition to protected areas policy, Dominica has done commendable work in public awareness-raising. Numerous activities have been organized to educate people in biodiversity issues, such as training for personnel from various public service sectors and the participation of the civil society in locally hosted workshops and selected overseas training. Radio programs, school visits, observances of international environmental events, essay writing competitions, poster competitions, publication of annual calendars, brochures and booklets are other activities that have been implemented. Other significant achievements include efforts regarding access and benefit-sharing; increase in privately owned ecotourism sites; construction of sea defense structures to help reduce the impact of storms while accommodating biological processes (such as the yearly and seasonal migration of crabs to the shoreline for reproduction); efforts to develop alternative energy sources (notably geothermal); regulation of scuba diving activities and other uses for coral reefs; deep commitment by government to the rights of indigenous people; Forestry Division promoting measures to curtail intrusion into forest reserves and vigilance and enforcement of laws governing the harvest of terrestrial wildlife. As a result of these policies, some positive trends have already been reported, such as a decline in deforestation, over-exploitation of wildlife, forest encroachment and loss of traditional knowledge. Support mechanisms for national implementation (legislation, funding, capacity-building, coordination, mainstreaming, etc.)The content of this biodiversity profile is still draft. The text below has been prepared by SCBD and remains subject to final approval by the Party concerned. Several actions have been undertaken in Dominica to address capacity-building (notably through training), establishment of databases (in the framework of the Sustainable Land Management Project), procurement of tools and materials and community participation. At the administrative level, the lead agency for environmental matters is the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, Physical Planning and Fisheries. However, the management of Dominica's natural resources is shared with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Housing, Settlements, and Water Resource Management. In addition, the Environmental Coordinating Unit functions as the coordinating, facilitating and administrative body for all environmental and sustainable development management programmes, projects and activities in the country. In so doing, it liaises with other government and private-sector agencies on issues related to the environment, advises the government on the development of coherent environmental policies and promotes public participation in environmental management through its public awareness activities. Mainstreaming initiatives include, among others, the USAID Caribbean Open Trade Strategy (COTS) project, which seeks to support the effective management of natural resources and the integration of disaster risk reduction and mitigation into economic planning and implementation. The Forestry Division is undertaking activities on the protection of avian species, and the Division of Agriculture on controlling the introduction of alien species. In addition, EIA is a prerequisite for all forms of physical development initiatives which, in consequence, has increased collaboration between different agencies in several domains. For instance, the Forestry and Wildlife Division, Fisheries Division and the Department of Tourism are working together to ensure biodiversity protection in light of the promotion of and surge in tourism; the Divisions of Forestry and Fisheries have collaborated to enforce closed seasons for some terrestrial and aquatic species of flora and fauna; the Fisheries Division is working with the International Oceanographic Commission to develop the Caribbean Marine Atlas and database. In terms of financial support, funding is received from the LDC-SIDS, European Union, USAID, FAO, GEF and the Zoological Society of London. Mechanisms for monitoring and reviewing implementationThe content of this biodiversity profile is still draft. The text below has been prepared by SCBD and remains subject to final approval by the Party concerned. Constant monitoring activities are executed in protected areas (both marine and terrestrial), as well as in the framework of several programs to assess the efficiency of measures that the Government has put in place to counter threats, notably in relation to land mining. Finally, tools, such as the Coastal Area Vulnerability Assessment, providing mapping of most vulnerable areas, will be used to review the NBSAP.


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The Oxford Book of War Poetry
There can be no area of human experience that has generated a wider range of powerful feelings than war. The 250 poems included in this acclaimed anthology span centuries of human conflict - from David's lament for Saul and Jonathan, and Homer's Iliad, to the finest poems of the Second World War, Vietnam, Northern Ireland, and El Salvador, as well as the chilling visions of the 'Next War'. Reflecting the feelings of authors as diverse as Virgil, Daniel Defoe, Emily Dickinson, and Adrian Mitchell, they reveal a great shift in social awareness from man's early celebratory war-songs to the more recent anti-war attitudes of poets responding to 'man's inhumanity to man', and to women and children. Book jacket.
ما يقوله الناس - كتابة مراجعة
لم نعثر على أي مراجعات في الأماكن المعتادة.
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ANEIRIN 6th century
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طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
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The favorite toe-shoe of vegan restaurant servers and 55-year-old men with ponytails has settled a class action lawsuit brought against it by what sounds like every person who ever wore its foot-condoms.
Runner's World Newswire's Matt McCue reports that though Vibram "expressly [denies] and continues to deny any wrongdoing alleged in the Actions, and neither admits nor concedes any actual or potential fault, wrongdoing or liability," the company has agreed to pay a lot of money.
The initial claim, filed in 2012, accuses Vibram of deceiving consumers by saying that its shoes could "reduce foot injuries and strengthen foot muscles." Unfortunately, Vibram appears to have pulled this out of thin air, really hoping it was true.
It is not true.
Science takes time, and since the advent of Christopher McDougall's best-selling Born to Run (a book based mainly on anecdote that sparked the minimalist footwear revolution), science has discovered that barefoot running can really fuck you up.
"This study showed that increases in bone marrow edema [the precursor to a stress fracture] are more common in subjects who were transitioning to the [Vibram FiveFingers]," concluded this 2013 study.
In penance for its crimes against fashion and humanity, Vibram has placed $3.75 million into escrow. Those funds will go to the fitness idiots who purchased a pair after March 21, 2009, with up to $94 for each in an effort to help your friends and family not shudder when looking at your feet.


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Several of them suffered property losses in Superstorm Sandy. One is the daughter of a man who helped write New Jersey's lottery law.
All are feeling extremely lucky.
Sixteen New Jersey co-workers who jointly held one of three tickets that won last week's $448 million Powerball jackpot came forward publicly Tuesday.
Dubbed the "Oceans 16" - they work for the Ocean County vehicle maintenance facility - the group claims $86 million, or a third of the jackpot's cash-option value. After federal and state taxes, each group member will get $3.8 million.FULL STORY
The odds of getting hit by lightning in any given year are about one in 500,000. You are about 350 times LESS likely to win the Powerball lottery.
Wham!! Wham!! Wham!! The lottery struck at least three lucky victims at the same time Wednesday night with a total jackpot of $448 million, Powerball said on its website.
The multi-state Powerball jackpot has risen to $600 million, with a cash value of $376.9 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association.
The jackpot marks the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, after no one matched the winning numbers in Wednesday night's draw.FULL STORY
The winner of the $338 million Powerball jackpot paid $30,000 in back child support to the mother of three of his children Monday and had the warrant cleared during a hearing in a New Jersey family court.
The payment clears Pedro Quezada's record, probation officials said during the hearing in Paterson.
The warrant for Quezada was originally issued in 2009. He owed a total of $29,000 in child support, according to William Maer of the Passaic County Sheriff's Office. Quezada has five children, ages 5 to 23. It is not clear which children are covered by the payments.
Quezada told Family Court Judge Ernest Caposela that the children will now live with him.FULL STORY


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