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Yunus Emre Pektas-Inlor Desk Lamp
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Interview with Yunus Emre Pektas : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Yunus Emre Pektas : Simplicity in basic geometric shapes .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Yunus Emre Pektas : My motto with the lamp was "less is more" like Ludwig Mies van der Rohe said.I wanted to design something that had few parts but was also functional at the same time. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Yunus Emre Pektas : I would like it to be produced and sold in the market. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Yunus Emre Pektas : It took about 3,5 months in total. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Yunus Emre Pektas : This project was commissioned by my teacher as a midterm project in my junior college year. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Yunus Emre Pektas : I would like to sell my design to a company which can produce it. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Yunus Emre Pektas : Midterm project in college. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Yunus Emre Pektas : No .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Yunus Emre Pektas : Anyone who appreciates the usage of basic shapes in design. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Yunus Emre Pektas : The moving base and the 360 rotating rod.These make Inlor differ from other similar concepts, which are not that functional in terms of the angle and the adjustable intensity of the LED's. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Yunus Emre Pektas : In lor means "light" in a game I was playing when I was a little kid. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Yunus Emre Pektas : Computer programs like, Solidworks, Autodesk Inventor, Rhinoceros, Luxion Keyshot etc. While making the prototype 5 axes CNC etc. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Yunus Emre Pektas : The most unique aspect of my design is that it can achieve "so much" with "so little". .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Yunus Emre Pektas : I worked with Dr.Baris Yazici throughout the project. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Yunus Emre Pektas : Computer programs helped me to visualize what was in my head, and the CNC's made possible to produce a prototype. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Yunus Emre Pektas : Inlor is influenced by the simplicty in design, which can be powerful if you do it right. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Yunus Emre Pektas : Most challenging part with Inlor was that designing the inner part which you place the LED's. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Yunus Emre Pektas : I was browsing the internet, and saw about the A' Design Competition. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Yunus Emre Pektas : I learned that nothing is easily produced even if you designed it right.You have to think about the production part as well as the concept part. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Yunus Emre Pektas : No thank you .
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beautiful cake made by Cake-a-lishious to match the printables
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The Owl & Bird printables are becoming increasingly popular, and why not I guess...they are just as cute as my best seller the Baby Elephant printables!
A couple of months ago I featured the gorgeous Christening of Zara, which was created around the pink and green Owl & Bird printables. I was delighted to see some lovely photos in my inbox today of Xavier's Baptism using the Blue & Green Owl & Bird printables, adorable, thank you for sharing the photos Amanda!
How gorgeous is the cake by Cake-a-lishious, made to match the printables, I love the pearlescent look icing. Amanda has done a beautiful job bringing it all together, it has a rich, luxurious feel with the satin ribbons, pearl icing and chocolate - caramel tones in the desserts and backdrop. Delicious!


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Caylyn Ponich – Davis High School: Caylyn shot a 64 at Glen Eagle and set new red tee course record. Read the full story below:
Davis freshman golfer Caylyn Ponich sets new course record at Glen Eagle in Syracuse
It might feel like the round of a lifetime, but if her family is any indication, there could very well be more to come from Davis High 's Caylyn Ponich. The freshman golfer, 15, set a women's course record by firing an 8-under 64 at Glen Eagle Golf Club in Syracuse during a Region 2 match Wednesday.
Heston Andersen – Spanish Fork High School: Heston Andersen set a new 4A state record at the UVU Invite. He ran 1:50.26 in the 800 meters to beat the previous record set in 1982 of 1:52.55. He crushed the 35-year-old record by 2 seconds!
Watch the record breaking run here.
Naya Tillitt – Ridgeline High School: Naya is the first boys or girls single's tennis player from Cache Valley to capture the 3A state title. After dropping the first set 4-6, she rallied to win the next 12 games 6-0, 6-0. Read full story below:
Ridgeline's Tillitt captures 3A title at No. 1 singles
It had been nearly 23 years since a high school tennis player from Cache Valley – girl or boy – had captured a state title in No. 1 singles. That streak came to an end Friday afternoon at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, and it was a freshman who earned a victory for the ages.
Hunter Woodhall – Syracuse High School: Hunter is a double amputee who broke 3 records in the 200, 400, and 4×400 who nearly came from last place to win 5A boys 4×400 even though the baton had been dropped on 2nd leg and would be "DQ"ed. He's the first double amputee to sign a D1 track scholarship.
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This is the second party we create for this fashionable little girl. She loves doggies so we managed to give her a chic poodle birthday in pink, aqua, black and white. I know, I love the color combo!
The invitation was embellished with a little rhinestones.
Look at this beautiful and delicate setup! I just love the fabric backdrop, paper lanterns, pom poms balloons and the polka dot table cover! The little pink balloon poodle was created by Johanna from GloboArte and all the supplies are from Party City.
On to the cake... Wanda, my cake designer is just a genius! She always manages to create a masterpiece using the invitation design! This one was placed on a cake stand over an embellished white box.
|I love this pic! My flash reflecting on all the glitter on the pink poodle!
All the sweet goodies are from a local baker as well.
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Proceeds from new prints to fund gun control advocates
Steve Watson
March 29, 2013
Shepard Fairey, the graphic artist synonymous with the Obama "CHANGE" and "HOPE" images has taken aim at the Second Amendment by releasing new works that equate gun owners with Satan.
Fairey has released a new print titled "God Saves & Satan Invests" which depicts an AR15 rifle with the words "America – The Land Where God Saves & Satan Invests In Assault Weapons And High Capacity Magazines".
The print also includes an image of a white Dove in the heavens, with a target emblazoned on it, with the now familiar "Obey" tag written above it – Fairey's attempt to associate all gun owners with organised religion – specifically Christianity.
Stating that the print was "inspired by the multiple school and mass shootings that have occurred in recent months," Fairey adds on his blog "I'm not a big fan of the absurd abundance of guns in the U.S…. I'm also perplexed by the claim of much of the nation to have 'Christian values.' If god tells us to love our neighbor and not to take another human life, where do the assault weapons and piles of ammo fit into these 'Christian values'?"
"I'm not religious, and the text in this print is designed more to illustrate the hypocrisy and contrast between 'values' and actions in this country than to make a religious statement," Fairey writes.
"Anyway, if you claim to dig god, lay off of satan's tools… if you don't believe in god, lay off of satan's tools! We live in statistically the safest time in human history, so the idea one would need an assault weapon for self defense is ridiculous." he adds.
"I get the 2nd Amendment, but the right to bear arms should NOT BE UNCONDITIONAL." Fairey states, claiming that it was never the intention of the Founding Fathers to have an armed population, and saying that the Founders could not have predicted technology to fire dozens of rounds in seconds.
The graphic designer also makes the argument that guns are for hunting, not tools of defense.
"I grew up in South Carolina hunting with my dad and we always had shotguns in the house," he writes. "I was taught to honor and value human life. Also, the shotguns used for hunting were required by law for duck hunting, to only hold three shells at a time. The idea was that it was excessive to shoot more than three times at a bird. No one needs a gun that shoots 10, 20, 50 rounds."
Fairey plans to sell the prints for $150 a piece, with some of the profits going to "a, yet to be determined, common sense gun law advocacy group."
Critics have pointed out that with the federal government arming to the teeth, it cannot be conceived as evil for Americans to also engage in such activity, as this was precisely the reasoning behind the Second Amendment.
One commenter writes "So does that Satan investing in assault weapons and high capacity magazines count for the Department of Homeland Security and their recent order for 1.625 billion rounds of rifle and handgun ammo, 2,700 MRAP vehicles, 7,000 "personal defense rifles" (assault rifles for the regular citizenry, and their order of "no hesitation targets"?"
Another states "God also gave you a brain to think, and eyes to see what is around you. FREEWILL is given to us and men choose bad everyday."
While another commenter on the image notes that "The image is all wrong, combining an AR-15 front site with an AK-47 magazine.Typical of the ignorance and false data that is being passed off as gospel these days."
Fairey previously took aim at the Second Amendment with a print entitled "2nd Amendment Solutions", which he claimed was an attempt to educate on the premise that handguns for self defense is a fallacy.
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.com, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham, and a Bachelor Of Arts Degree in Literature and Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University.
This article was posted: Friday, March 29, 2013 at 6:51 am
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There has been a great development of Yemeni health infrastructure in recent years, but there is quite a bit of road to travel. As of 2003, only 50% of the population had access to local health services, and then it is in particular in rural areas that services are limited, reaching only 25%. The same year, only 36% of births were under medical supervision.
Health conditions and diseases
There is no single factor in the general health situation that deviates from the average, but things have drastically improved in recent years. Child mortality was 110 to 1000 in the late 1990's, it is now down to 79. Life expectancy is up from 55 years to 63 years.
There are few dangerous diseases, but the widespread use of khat (mild narcotics which is allowed in some Western countries) represent both a health problem as well as a problem for development of the economy and society.
Figures of 2006 from WHO show that 66% have good access to clean water, 46% access to good sanitation. While there is no difference between towns and countryside for water, only 30% in the countryside have access to sanitation, compared to 88% in towns.


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Scientists have found about 10-20 new species of tiny creatures in the depths of the Atlantic in a survey that will gauge whether global warming may harm life in the oceans, an international report said on Thursday.
OSLO Scientists have found about 10-20 new species of tiny creatures in the depths of the Atlantic in a survey that will gauge whether global warming may harm life in the oceans, an international report said on Thursday.
The survey, of tropical waters between the eastern United States and the mid-Atlantic ridge, used special nets to catch fragile zooplankton -- animals such as shrimp, jellyfish and swimming worms -- at lightless depths of 1-5 km (0.6-3 miles).
"This was a voyage of exploration ... the deepest parts of the oceans are hardly ever sampled," said Peter Wiebe, the cruise's scientific leader and senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States.
"We found perhaps 10-20 new species of zooplankton," he said of the 20-day voyage by 28 scientists from 14 nations in April.
Most life, including commercial fish stocks, is in the top 1 km of water, but the scientists said the survey showed a surprising abundance even in the depths. The survey will provide a benchmark to judge future changes to the oceans.
New finds among thousands of zooplankton species caught included six types of ostracods, a shrimp-like creature, and other species of zooplankton such as swimming snails and worms.
Zooplankton are animals swept by ocean currents, mostly millimetres-long but ranging up to jellyfish trailing long tails.
Among 120 types of fish caught, the scientists found what may be a new type of black dragonfish, with fang-like teeth, growing up to about 40 cm (15 inches), and a 20-cm-long great swallower, with wide jaws and a light-producing organ to attract prey.
"By 2010, the research ... will provide a baseline against which future generations can measure changes to the zooplankton and their provinces, caused by pollution, over-fishing, climate change, and other shifting environmental conditions," said Ann Bucklin, lead scientist for the zooplankton census project at the University of Connecticut.
Most scientists believe the planet is warming because of a build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, mainly from human burning of fossil fuels in power plants, vehicles and factories since the Industrial Revolution.
The oceans absorb vast amounts of carbon dioxide but the process raises levels of carbonic acid in the seas. That build-up could threaten marine life, for instance by making it harder for crabs or oysters to build shells.
Zooplankton are a key to transporting carbon dioxide to the depths because they can swim 500 metres (yards) up and down daily. Many species eat their own weight every day in plant phytoplankton species near the surface.
By one estimate, 10,000 kg (22,000 lb) of plant phytoplankton is needed to feed 1,000 kg of small zooplankton.
The expedition was funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and used NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown. The findings are also part of a wider Census of Marine Life trying to map the oceans.
Scientists from Argentina, Australia, Britain, Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and the United States took part.
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Is promotion of "excessive sleepiness" the latest example of disease mongering
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I agree with you about the concept of disease mongering. However,"ES" is certainly a leading cause of single car accidents and deaths.
Maybe,the new drug isn't the answer,but it is a real problem. If we can identify people at risk,we will at least be ahaead of the game. Certainly,it deerves as much attention as a paniced public,spends on West nile virus,etc.
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Your blog came up in a search about provigil.
I'm a provigil patient. I take it for narcolepsy and rheumatoid arthritis. I am skeptical about my narcolepsy disgnosis, but am not skeptical over the fact that fatigue pretty much rules my life, with or without provigil. (I build up such a provigil tolerance that I can't take it regularly -- just as needed).
I have recently read "The Promise of Sleep" by Dr. Dement and I am convinced that we are, to use his words, "a sleep sick society." Having doctors screen for excessive sleepiness would save lives that otherwise might be lost to accidents or to complications of untreated apnea. (blood pressure, heart attacks etc.) It's so normal in our society to be tired that many don't realize that an adult getting 8 hours or so of sleep SHOULDN'T be tired. And considering that sleep quality is a good predictor of health, well, I think doctors should be concerned.
Is provigil the answer?
I don't think another drug is needed for most the population. But attention to sleep is very needed.
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Well, I agree that we are becoming a "medicated society." I've never used a medication before. One day before I turned 50, I began to use Provigil. That was 2 months ago. This medication has helped me tremendously. I was experiencing difficulty staying awake during the day, my productivity was diminishing and my happiness level was declining. My doctor did three seperate sleep studies before prescribing so I felt secure about giving it a shot. It has made a tremendous difference for me.
I'm also a licenced clinician (though not a physician) and I take medical treatment seriously. So, for what it's worth, this has helped me.


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Check Out The New "Dark Knight Rises" Trailer
The biggest movie of the summer just released its final trailer ahead of "The Avengers" hitting theaters. You'll find it, and some speculation, under the cut.
It looks like Bane is a big, big fan of blowing things up in this movie. There's that shot of the football field collapsing, and also bridges being destroyed.
Also, we're guessing Batman gets one heck of a beatdown at least once. It looks like the rumors are confirmed: Bane will find the Batcave. And it also looks like Batman will be chucked into some form of jail.
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Botswana Conservation Project Moves to a New Camp
Projects Abroad is pleased to announce that it is moving to its very own new camp within our study area of Kwa Tuli reserve in Botswana. We have named our camp 'Motswiri Camp', motswiri is Setswanan for Leadwood. Given that we are based in Setswana land and our new common area is shaded by a Leadwood tree we thought it would be an appropriate name. The Leadwood tree is one of the largest trees in Africa and has numerous traditional medicinal uses, as well as a many spiritual beliefs surrounding it.
The new camp will allow our staff and volunteers to have more areas to relax and enjoy a 'braai' (traditional BBQ). Most importantly, we will have a new office from which to conduct our research. As Motswiri camp is located closer to the village of Mathathane, we will have some signal for communications, which will be new for our staff and volunteers. This will make logistics easier and allow us more time to devote to conservation!
Motswiri camp is based in a section of the Kwa Tuli reserve that is home to several hyena clans, leopards and of course elephants. During construction of the camp, we had a few surprise visits from these creatures and they will no doubt be regular and popular visitors in the future!


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ZÜRICH, Switzerland – A solemn Sunil Gulati tried to put on the best face in the wake of the most bitter defeat and biggest disappointment of his tenure as US Soccer president.
About a half-hour prior on Thursday, Gulati and the rest of the world learned that Qatar had been awarded the 2022 World Cup. The US had lost to the Asian nation in the fourth and final ballot by the 22-man FIFA Executive Committee. Qatar, which has never qualified for the World Cup, received 14 votes, the US eight.
"We're disappointed," he said at the Messe Zürich. "There's no way to get around that. It's a very harsh disappointment. We worked very hard. The country's been behind us in a way frankly we haven't seen."
So has MLS, which allowed the USA Bid Committee, of which Gulati is chairman, to use its New York offices. The league recently donated $2 million to the committee.
The league took a hit, but Gulati felt it wasn't the end of the world for MLS, which had a lot to gain in prestige as the top soccer league of the host nation. MLS is a legacy of the US hosting the 1994 World Cup.
"I always viewed this as a huge pedal, and a World Cup hosted in the US would give us a foot down on that pedal and take us to a new trend line," Gulati said. "So obviously, we're not going to have that. Will that trend line still be positive? Yes. Will we still get to all of us, where Don [Garber], where I and others want to get? The answer is yes. It's going to take longer. It's going to be harder. This was a big part of the plan. There's no way around that."
Asked if he would have done anything differently, Gulati said of course he would.
[inline_node:324339]"I'm always shocked when someone says I wouldn't do anything differently," he said. "Unless you won the World Cup, or in this case, won the right to host the World Cup, it goes through our mind. Of course you think about everything. Could I sit here today and say, 'These are the seven things that we would do differently?' The answer is no. I think we did everything we could.
"But am I going over the next few days, what else could we have done? Of course," he added. "Did we do everything perfectly? Of course not. I think we tried to do everything we could and have a campaign that we're proud of. But should it have been two hours of sleep instead of three? Should it have been one more ad? Should we have gotten an extra 100,000 petitions? Should we have had three governors here? Should we have had Pele endorse it? We go through all of those thoughts."
Gulati wasn't finished.
"We submitted a bid that was ranked at the top along with a couple of others," he said. An econcomic study that has been written about that puts us pretty clearly at the top in 2022. President Clinton came in to help. We've got a country with 320 million people with a great soccer story. So that was our bid. We told our story well."
Gulati said he wasn't surprised that the cup was awarded to a country where it is extremely hot in the middle of the summer.
"I'm not shocked," he said, adding that Qatar "put forth an aggressive campaign that was successful."
The stunning decision ended an emotional several days here for Gulati and the Bid Committee.
"Luckily for us, we've had a great team here," he said. "That's a great team from a professional level as well as some personal friends. It's been a lot of emotion, a lot of hard work. If there is a roller-coaster, this is the bottom of it."
But Gulati wasn't about to jump into the ring and announce that the US would vie for the 2026 World Cup. China, which had expressed interest in that competition, cannot bid because FIFA doesn't allow confederations to host consecutive World Cups.
Prior to Thursday's announcement, Gulati spoke to Danny Jordaan, the head of the South African Organizing Committee who led not one, but two bid efforts – one unsuccessful (2006), the other successful (2010).
Gulati said he told Jordaan, "Maybe I should have told the FIFA Executive Committee yesterday that I'm not half the man that Danny is, because I can only do this once. He did it twice and I give him a lot of credit for having the stamina to do that. It's a tough process."
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A retired Navy SEAL could face legal action for his upcoming book about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The Pentagon is threatening to file criminal charges against the man who wrote the book, "No Easy Day," under a pseudonym. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports.
Updated at 2 p.m. ET -- The lawyer for "Mark Owen" -- the pen name of the former Navy SEAL who wrote "No Easy Day," a book describing the Osama bin Laden raid -- on Friday said that Owen did, indeed, seek legal advice before publishing the book and he disputed other claims made by Pentagon.
"Mr. Owen sought legal advice about his responsibilities before agreeing to publish his book and scrupulously reviewed the work to ensure that it did not disclose any material that would breach his agreements or put his former comrades at risk," Robert Luskin wrote in a letter addressed to Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson. "He remains confident that he has faithfully fulfilled his duty."
Furthermore, Luskin said a non-disclosure agreement Owen signed -- which the Pentagon claimed he was "in material breach" of -- doesn't require Owen to submit his book for review. "As you are well aware, the Classified Information Non-Disclosure Agreement, which you attached in your letter, invites, but by no means requires Mr. Owen to submit materials for pre-publication review," the letter said.
A Pentagon spokesperson on Friday said it is unclear if the book actually contains damaging classified information. "I'm not going to say whether the book has classified information in it," spokesperson George Little told reporters.
On Thursday, Johnson said in a letter that Owen is in violation of the non-disclosure agreement.
Related: Ex-Navy SEAL: Book about 9/11, not politics
The letter, sent via the attorney at Penguin Putnam publishing, explained that Owen signed two separate non-disclosure agreements on Jan. 24, 2007, and that he has an obligation to "never divulge" classified information.
"This commitment remains in force even after you left the active duty Navy," Johnson wrote.
Pentagon's top lawyers reminded the ex-Navy SEAL who authored the tell-all on the bin Laden raid that they are considering legal action against him for publishing "classified" information. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports.
He also signed a "Sensitive Compartmented Information Debriefing Memorandum" when he left the Navy around April 20, 2012, according to the letter.
"The Department of Defense has obtained and reviewed an advanced copy of the book ... In the judgment of the Department of Defense, you are in material breach and violation of the non-disclosure agreements you signed," the letter said. "Further public dissemination of your book will aggravate your breach and violation of your agreements.
"The Department is considering pursuing against you, and all those acting in concert with you, all remedies legally available to us in light of this situation."
A senior Defense official on Thursday said, "There has to be consequences" for someone who violates the non-disclosure agreements prohibiting the release of classified information.
The official also suggested that by revealing "tactics, techniques and procedures" employed by the Navy SEALs during the raid, "it could put other operators at risk and future operations in jeopardy."
"No Easy Day," written by a former Navy SEAL who helped take down Osama bin Laden, claims the al-Qaida leader did not defend himself during the raid. The book will become available on Sept. 4, earlier than the anticipated Sept. 11 release date. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports.
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THU, DEC 2, 2010 at 9:08 AM
Did someone say Grammy?
We have been popping bubbly all day long over at Sub Pop HQ, as Grammy Nominations were announced late last night for this year's awards and two of our artists, Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba and Flight of the Conchords were nominated. Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba's I Speak Fula was nominated in the category of "Best Traditional World Music Album" and Flight of the Conchords I Told You I Was Freaky for "Best Comedy Album." Big ups also to Low whose song "Silver Rider" was covered by Robert Plant on his latest release, Band Of Joy, which was nominated for "Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance." Needless to say, we are STOKED!
We would also like to send our congrats to Sub Pop alums Band of Horses and Broken Bells (which is fronted by James Mercer of The Shins) for nominations in the category of Best Alternative Music Album.
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Ah, this dip, it's my present to myself this Mother's Day. I have only furbabies at the moment, but I'm very much their mom.
However, before I share this slice of heaven with you, I want to talk about my Mom.
My mother and I share a passion for food and drink. If she hadn't taught me to appreciate every flavor, every process, every bite, I probably wouldn't be writing this, at this very moment. A love of food is handed down in families, from generation to generation. My mom's side of the family is mostly Italian and they truly believe food is love. No gathering is complete without a copious amount of some kind of Italian red, boisterous (some would say loud, I would disagree) conversation, and the dishes made possible by the talent of our amazing family.
|My mom and I in Florence, Italy
|My family in Sicily
The Lighter Side of Local, Week 2
Did you make it to your farmers' market, or perhaps a local farm this week? What did you get, anything you'd like to share with the class here? Weather in New England continues to be fickle. This week has seen warm with thunderstorms at one moment, cold with rain another. However, as you see above, it did not stop me from grabbing a tumbler tomato hanging basket at the market today. Yes, it's pretty chilly for tomatoes, so it will split its time between the backyard and the breezeway. It gives me hope for things to come however.
Organizing and Meal Planning
I want to talk about meal planning and organizing your purchases this week. It's such a key to making your buys last longer, and to make sure they're not going to waste. If you're going to start eating more locally, as I've mentioned, you can't always have a set list in your brain, ahead of time. You need to base your meal planning around what's available in your area that week. Once you've been shopping at a market or farm for awhile, you'll have a better sense, week-to-week, as to what might be available at what time. Until that point though, it's better to shop first, plan right after.
I meal plan around what is freshest, and the best bargain for the week. Last week, I made it through the entire week on what we bought at market and a local farm the week before. I tossed broccoli raab into risotto and pasta, spinach and arugula went into salads, omelets, and the dip I'm about to share with you today. The onions went into homemade bread, and the garlic greens, they went into just about everything this week.
This is how I suggest it all go down.
- Go to your farmers' market or local farm, pick up a variety of things that look amazing to you. Remember to add in some kind of garlic and onion varietal for flavor and head home.
- Once you get home, clean it all. I cannot stress this enough. If you clean it all, prep it, you're more likely to use it during the week.
- After you've cleaned it all, think of ways you can use it. Search for recipes online, your favorite blogs (ahem), through magazines. Remember, especially at this time of the year, most recipes involving greens are interchangeable. I'll make the same pasta with spinach, mustard greens, or kale. The end flavor is tad different, but not far off.
- Don't forget about all the common ways you can use this stuff as well, salads, omelets, sandwiches, pasta, and soups. Archive base recipes for your favorites and change out the produce depending on what's in season.
What I picked up this week:
1 bunch broccoli raab (it's so good right now, I just can't help it)
1/2 pound of kale
1 bunch garlic greens
1 bunch radishes
I didn't get as much as last week. I still had some spinach and arugula left from the previous trip, so I figured I can get by on what I have on hand. This week's trip to market only cost me $9.50. I'm also not yet preserving anything again. Just too early on to really get on board with that.
And do you have some greens leftover like I do? Spinach and arugula combine with feta cheese for this amazing dip. You could sub out pretty much anything for the arugula, such as mustard greens, or you could just do the entire dip with the sweet spring spinach that's out there right now.
Spinach, Arugula, and Feta Dip
Serves: 4-6 people (makes one 8x8 or one pie dish worth)
1 large shallot, chopped
1/2 cup chopped garlic greens
1 cup chopped spinach
1 cup chopped arugula
1 block (8 oz) cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2-3 slices slightly stale bread (or fresh, toasted) of your choice
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
In a dutch oven, or large sauce pan, melt 1 tablespoon of butter over medium heat. Once melted, add your shallots and cook until just tender, about 3-4 minutes. Next, add your garlic greens and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds or so. Now, take your greens (the spinach and arugula) and add them to your pan. You want to cook them down a bit, until just wilted, stirring here and there so they get the flavor of those shallots and garlic greens. At this point, add your cream cheese and begin to melt it, stirring it into the greens mixture. Once completely melted and combined, add your salt and pepper. Reduce heat to low and keep mixture warm.
In a small food processor or by hand, make breadcrumbs by chopping up your slices of bread, placing 3/4 of a cup of the crumbs in a small bowl (you might have some leftover, that's OK). Take the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter and melt it. You want to then pour the butter over the breadcrumbs and toss to coat.
Now you're going to assemble the dip. Pour the warmed greens and cream cheese mixture into an 8x8 baking pan or a standard pie dish or similar sized baking dish. Sprinkle a 1/2 cup of feta cheese over the mixture. Finally, cover the top of the dip with your bread crumbs.
Place in your preheated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes or until the mixture is bubbling.
Serve warm with crackers, pita chips, or tortilla chips.


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v2.47 change log:
- New text file creating
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- Desktop shortcuts also to files
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- Config option: alternative swipe to switch pane
- Fixed Rar extract bug
X-plore is dual-pane file explorer with tree view and root access.
* Dual-pane tree view
* Root access (on rooted devices), also allowing changes to read-only files
* Shows all internal and external memory locations
* Seamless work with Zip (as if it was normal folder)
* Favorites (folders, Zips) displayable in root
* Basic media info about images, video and audio files
* Built-in viewers for images, video, audio, text
* Hex viewer
* Fast Image viewer with zoom and slide to previous/next images in folder
* Thumbnails for images and video as well as for various file types (depending on associated application)
* Ability to clear default application handlers
* Multi-selection - always available, yet not disturbing
* Search files in folders (also in Zip or in search results)
* View APK files as ZIP
* Configurable buttons and key shortcuts
X-plore allows you to see inside of your Android phone or tablet.
This is a dual-pane explorer, which means that there're two folders shown at same time, and common operation such as copying files are done from one pane to another.
And X-plore shows folder hierarchy in a tree view. This offers clear orientation on where in file system you currently are, and fast switching to other location.
Currently selected folder and files are highlighed, while other folders/files have slighly darker background.
You may explore internals of the device, and if you're power user and have your device rooted, you can make changes to system data - backup files, remove unwanted applications, etc.
If you're standard user, you may choose to hide internal memory from view and be sure not to mess with system.
You can comfortably see contents of your external memories, either be it built-in high capacity memory, external memory card, or possibly USB memory stick attached to your tablet. All these memory types are listed in main level, you don't need to search for their folders on the device.
Where it makes sense, X-plore tries to tell more about the file. This means showing thumbnails for images and video, and displaying basic media information about music files.
Main operations are related to managing files and folders - viewing, copying, moving, deleting, compressing to Zip, extracting, renaming, sharing, and more.
Main interaction is done by touch screen, clicking on folders or files to open files, or long-click to open context menu which contains options which can be done on particular clicked item, or multiple selected items.
Multi-selection allows to do operation on more files at once. Files can be selected by clicking check box. It is also possible to select all files in a folder, or clear selection, by clicking parent folder's check box.
Opening file may mean to use one of built-in viewer for most popular file types: images, audio, video and text.
Or you may configure X-plore to use system application for opening files, in which case system-predefined application that can open particular file is launched.
Archives (currently supported is Zip) are displayed as other folders. You may open them, see contents, and do standard operations that you'd do on files - rename, delete, copy from/to, etc. You don't feel other difference from normal file system, other than operation may be slower for larger Zip files due to need of recompression.
Additional interaction is possible by button bar, which is between two panes, and is fully configurable. You may put buttons of your desired operations here, and change ordering.
Buttons in this bar become enabled or disabled automatically depending on if it is possible to perform given operation.
Another input comes from configurable keyboard shortcuts. Many android devices are mainly controlled by touch screens, and have minimal buttons or keys. Even on such device, you may assign action to volume keys.
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Ethiopia's London 2012 Olympic Games Marathon champion Tiki Gelana was named as the female AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year for 2012 in Marugame, Japan, on Sunday (3).
President Emeritus of AIMS Hiroaki Chosa and AIMS Board Member and Vice President of the Japanese Athletics Federation Dr Keisuke Sawaki presented Gelana with the acclaimed Golden Shoe Trophy during an awards ceremony after she had won the Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon earlier in the day.
Gelana, 25, becomes the first Ethiopian women to win the AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year Award. She joins her male compatriots Gezahenge Abera (2000) and Haile Gebrselassie (2006, 2007 & 2008) in winning this prestigious award.
She started 2012 with a runaway win and personal best of 1:08:48 in the Marugame Half Marathon but that was just a warm-up for a decisive five-minute victory in the Rotterdam Marathon, where she became the fifth woman to break 2:19 for the distance when she ran a national record of 2:18:58.
The following week Mary Keitany won the London Marathon in the only faster time posted during the year, but when both went to London for the Olympic Games it was Gelana who triumphed.
Despite an early fall she stayed in the ever dwindling leading group. In the final kilometre, she started to edge ahead of her three remaining rivals, crossing the line in a new Olympic record of 2:23:07. She then further improved her Half Marathon best to 1:07:48 when finishing third in the Great North Run in September.
The AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year Awards were founded in 1992 and are decided each year from nominations made by the 350 member races of AIMS.
AIMS President Paco Borao commented: "I am delighted that AIMS can recognise this fantastic athlete with the AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year Award. Tiki demonstrated excellent form in 2012 culminating in her magnificent Gold Medal winning performance at the London Olympic Games. It is with great pleasure we recognise her achievements on behalf of the 350 members of AIMS in over 95 countries throughout the world. I would like to give special thanks to everyone involved in the Kagawa Marugame Half Marathon who made this presentation possible as part of this fantastic event."
Tiki Gelana commented: "To be named as AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year is a fantastic honour. To see my name alongside such legendary names in the sport is an incredible feeling. I would like to also extend my thanks to AIMS for their support and all sponsors who make this prestigious award possible."
The men's 2012 AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year will be named in the near future.
Previous winners of the AIMS/ASICS World Athlete of the Year.
Male Winner
Female Winner
Benson Masya (KEN)
Liz McColgan (GBR)
Dionicio Ceron (MEX)
No Award
Vincent Rousseau (BEL)
Uta Pippig (GER)
No Award
Tegla Loroupe (KEN)
Paul Tergat (KEN)
Uta Pippig (GER)
Josia Thugwane (RSA)
Tegla Loroupe (KEN)
Ronaldo da Costa (BRA)
Tegla Loroupe (KEN)
Abel Anton (ESP)
Tegla Loroupe (KEN)
Gezahenge Abera (ETH)
Naoko Takahashi (JPN)
Josephat Kiprono (KEN)
Catherine Ndereba (KEN)
Khalid Kannouchi (USA)
Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
Paul Tergat (KEN)
Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
Stefano Baldini (ITA)
Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)
Jaouad Gharib (MAR)
Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)
Lornah Kiplagat (NED)
Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)
Lornah Kiplagat (NED)
Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)
Constantina Dita (ROM)
Sammy Wanjiru (KEN)
Mary Keitany (KEN)
Patrick Makau (KEN)
Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)
Geoffrey Mutai (KEN)
Mary Keitany (KEN)


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The FARM to Release Debut Album July 17
Nashville's hottest new trio the FARM will give fans what they've anxiously been awaiting since their burst onto the music scene last year: their new album. 'The FARM,' the group's debut release, will hit stores on July 17.
The 11-track album, which includes their current single 'Home Sweet Home,' was co-produced by the FARM's fiddle player and singer Nick Hoffman, along with hit songwriter Danny Myrick (Jason Aldean's 'She's Country,' Craig Morgan's 'International Harvester,' Gloriana's 'How Far Do You Wanna Go'). To stick one more feather in their caps, the group's 'Home Sweet Home' has recently been named the official theme song for CMT's new series, 'Jennie Garth: A Little Bit Country.'
This summer, Hoffman and his other two bandmates — Damien Horne (vocals, keyboard, guitar) and Krista Marie (vocals, guitar) — will hit the road in support of their new album. Among their appearances will be the Country Stampede and Country Thunder festivals, the Deadwood Mountain Grand and more. Visit the group's official website to see where they will be stopping along the way. Click here to read our exclusive interview with the Farm.
'The Farm' Track Listing:
1. 'Farm Party'
2. 'Home Sweet Home'
3. 'Sweet Sweet Sunshine'
4. 'Be Grateful'
5. 'Nowhere Road'
6. 'Fresh Off the Farm'
7. 'Little Boat'
8. 'That 100 Miles'
9. 'Every Time I Fall'
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Solr Under the Hood
December 6, 2017
12:00 - 12:00am
Course Overview
This two-day class is designed to turn Solr developers into Solr rock stars. You'll be learning from the team that has committed more code than anyone else to the Solr project – so if you want to do it right, get the skills here. Just make sure you come in to the class with a solid understanding of Solr's features and functionality.
Course Outline
- Architecture & components
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- Structuring your queries
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- Caching
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Who should attend?
This is strictly a Developer course. It is for people with at least one year of hands-on experience developing applications in Solr.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this class you will be able to troubleshoot just about any problem that comes your way. You'll also know how to tune Solr for optimal performance and scaling.
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We cannot rewrite history. If it is baseless name-calling and tar and feathering like in the "Public Announcement", then it could be construed "pabongkha-bashing". If it is a recounting of historical events and sectarian language in Pabongkha's own works, it is simply a relaying of information. We cannot re-write history in order to be respectful of lineage gurus.As I go back over the pages of this thread, there is a lot of Pabongkha bashing going on.
I encouraged Caz, who is young, many many times to learn some basic written Tibetan so he could read the collected works of Pabongkhapa for himself as well as the relevant historical documents, or at least plug them into a dictionary. That way he would have an informed opinion, rather than simply going on "Gen so-and-so told me Geshe so-and-so said this" and using that as a basis for what he believes.
My feeling (correct me if I'm wrong) is that Caz would not be encouraged to learn Tibetan within your organization, because then he might be in a position to know more, or have more access to resources, than the leadership.
All I'm asking Caz to do is cast a wider net to develop his opinions rather than going on blind faith and emotional devotion. That is just fundamentalism.


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THE STRIP: Another night in a bar. One of many. Not the last. Not nearly. She's drunk, lost. Not as young as she wants to be, never as pretty as she'd hoped. How long now? Hours? Years? A whole life. Lonely. Someone thinks she's funny, approaches her on a dare. Through the alcoholic mist she understands what's happening but desire is on its knees. "Please," it begs. He takes a picture of the two of them with his camera phone and smiles to his friends.
"Are you happy?" she whispers in his ear.
The smile fades, he turns to the bar. "What?"
"Do you like who you're with?" she says, slurring slightly, hair falling in her eyes.
He almost laughs, then stops. "I'm married," he replies.
She laughs. "That's not what I asked."
She puts a cigarette between her lips and lights it, blows a cloud of smoke above her head. She looks at him until he begins to turn away. She shakes her head. "Your teeth are so white." He turns back to her. "Like bone," she continues. "I cut myself once. It was just that color. Clean."
For a moment they look at each other. There is no one else. She puts a hand on his as it rests on the bar. Her hand is warm and damp. Music pumps from speakers in the ceiling, dull and relentless. "God, I would love to go home with you," she says.
His friends cannot hear the conversation, but out of the corner of his eye he can see them laughing. One of them, someone he barely knows, raises a mock toast. He ignores his friends and turns to the woman.
"What are you drinking?" he asks her.
"Jack and Coke."
He motions to the bartender and orders a drink for the woman. He puts his money on the bar. The woman nods but does not say thank you.
"I have to go," he says.
"I know you do, honey."
She takes another drag on her cigarette and sways a little on her stool as she watches him walk away. In the mirror behind the bar she sees the laughter and back slaps. But he does not laugh. Not even a smile. Once she sees him look at her, just a glance, and then turn away. "It's something," she murmurs. For tonight, it's enough.
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Hi everyone! This is the second post of flower children by Nellie Benson. The first post was for pinks and rose flowers on May,14,2012. A while ago I came across this sweet little book with darling pictures of flower children. The illustrator is Nellie Benson. I will look for more of her work for you. Today's selection features the plates that have yellow colors. I will be posting them in groups by color so there are more to come.
Much Love as always, Louise


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A recent photography exhibition at the European Parliament served as a reminder of the injustice and exploitation at the heart of human trafficking.
The exhibition was hosted jointly by CARE and the World Youth Alliance and highlighted the link between trafficking and consumerism.
Visitors to the exhibition were invited to consider how the purchase of products or services "could be causing someone pain". The exhibition urged them to "think before you buy".
A seminar ran before the opening of the exhibition highlighting the way in which human trafficking continues to exist because of the demand for labour and sexual exploitation.
Torsten Moritz, from the Churches' Commission of Migrants in Europe, said that all forms of exploitation have three 'D's in common.
"It's always dangerous, dirty and degrading," he said.
Gerard Oonk, Director of the India Commission of the Netherlands, said trade and commercial rights often take precedence over human rights and that there is a responsibility for all people to relieve the pain of others.
He encouraged consumers to contact retailers and ask about the origin of materials used in the products on sale.
Philip Hyldgaard, European Director of the A21 Campaign, said the demand for sexual exploitation had increased as a result of the growing consumption of pornography.
He called for pressure to be put on the men who buy commercial sex, the cultures that tolerage sexual exploitation and the states that enable demand to flourish.
The photographs were taken by Adrian Cot. They include an image linking Uzbekistani cotton pickers with fashion models and women being sexually exploited with viewers of pornography and visitors to brothels.
"The photographs I have taken are my visual interpretation of what is at the very core of human trafficking - the living connections between supply and demand and the subsequent impact for the exploited and for the consumer," he said.
"Exploitation takes place right across all the countries in Europe, whether it happens where you live in Western Europe or whether people from my own home town in Romania are suffering in exploitative conditions.
"CARE's position on linking supply and demand in the context of exploitation is very significant."
David Fieldsend, the Manager of CARE for Europe, "We think it is important to prevent the obscenity of human trafficking from being a case of 'out of sight, out of mind'.
"There is a clear causal link between our purchasing patterns in Europe and the exploitation of forced and child labour from other parts of the world, as well condemning women and girls trafficked here to sexual servitude in prostitution.
"The recent adoption by the EU of a new directive on combating human trafficking is one ray of hope on the horizon, but it needs now to be effectively implemented at the national level."
Photo exhibition raises awareness of trafficking
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese project on serial killer H.H. Holmes to be TV series
Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are taking their Dr. H.H. Holmes project to the small screen.
The Revenant actor picked up the screen rights to Erik Larson's 2003 book, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic And Madness At The Fair That Changed America, through his Appian Way production company back in 2010 and Scorsese signed on to direct the actor as the serial killer in 2015.
However, the project has yet to come to fruition on the big screen and now bosses at Paramount TV have announced it will hit streaming service Hulu as a series, which will be executive produced by DiCaprio and Scorsese. It is unclear if the actor will still be featured as Holmes.
The serial killer reportedly murdered 27 people in Chicago in the late 1800s, although later estimates suggested the death toll was closer to 200.
The project marks frequent collaborators DiCaprio and Scorsese's eighth project together — they first teamed up for Gangs of New York in 2002, and they went on to collaborate on The Aviator, The Departed, Shutter Island, and 2013's The Wolf of Wall Street. They also teamed up for The Audition, a short film released in 2015 as promotional material for casinos in Macau, China and Manila, Philippines.
And in addition to the Holmes project, they are collaborating on an adaption of The Lost City of Z author David Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI.
The bestselling book, which was released in April, 2017 centres on a string of murders on the Osage Nation reservation in Oklahoma in the 1920s, after oil was discovered beneath the Native American tribe's land. The cases were among the newly-established FBI's first big homicide investigations.
DiCaprio will also star as U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in Scorsese's Roosevelt.


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The all-new Volvo S60 starts a new era in the Swedish carmakers more than 80-year long history.
No previous Volvo model has ever before etched itself in your mind charged with so much feelings, self-confidence and promise of enjoyable days on twisting roads.
"The all-new S60 has been sculpted to move you. Every single line in its design is there to transport you both physically and emotionally. Its profile radiates so much coupe feeling that the rear doors come as something of a pleasant surprise when you examine the car close-up," says Volvo Cars' Design Director Peter Horbury.
After spending seven years at Ford, Peter Horbury returned to Volvo in summer 2009 - and the all-new S60 is a crystal-clear reflection of what is perhaps his most distinctive experience from his years in the United States.
"There's little point playing the polite Englishman or reserved Swede if you want to make a lasting impression. Translated into a car market packed with extrovert models from all the leading makers, this means that you have to sharpen your design pencil like never before if you want to be seen. That's why it's so important for the all-new S60 to be more daring than our previous models."
He adds:
"The front is a good example. It was a bit too minimalist in the previous model. That's why I have nothing but praise for the changes that have been made during my absence. The grille, the large iron mark and the front position marker lights in the all-new S60 are immediately noticeable in your rear-view mirror. The attitude is proud and self-confident, but without appearing too aggressive. There is no doubt which car is behind you."
Promise of a great drive
Örjan Sterner is responsible for the exterior design of the all-new Volvo S60. For him, the direction was crystal-clear from the very outset:
"In its overall shape, the new S60 is a coupe, sportier and more distinct than any previous Volvo. Virtually all the lines were penned to carve out a look that crates a strong sense of motion. It carries a sporty appeal that promises great driving pleasure before you even get behind the wheel," he says.
The C-pillar of the all-new S60 stretches sensually all the way to the tail lamps - and the slim coupe-like roof line is accompanied by a new contour on the shoulders on either side of the lower body, creating a gentle yet powerful double wave from the headlamps at the front to the tail lamps at the rear.
""The dip in the middle of the double wave visually pushes the car down and puts focus over the wheels. This enhances the stance and makes the car look sleeker and lower. The sculpted bonnet and the short overhangs front and rear also emphasise the sports car feel," explains Örjan Sterner.
The dynamism of the design is further enhanced by what Volvo's design team calls the "racetrack" design. The car's lines do not end abruptly but instead continue to flow organically, continually, echoing the smooth shapes of the racetrack.
An exterior styling kit gives the customer an opportunity to further enhance the already sporty appearance. The styling kit comes as an accessory. It includes front and rear skid plates, a front deco frame, side scuff plates, exhaust tailpipe finishers and 18-inch alloy wheels.
LED technology carves out a distinctive S60 profile in the dark
Volvo's designers have also used LED (Light Emitting Diode) technology to create distinctive yet fluid light streams front and rear. The vertical position lights at the front, the eyebrow like side marker lights, the turn indicators in the door mirrors, the position lights in the tail lamps all help give the new S60 an unmistakeable profile even after night falls.
"Some of the rear lamp units are integrated into the boot lid. This creates a horizontal light pattern that helps make the car look even sleeker, lower and broader from behind," says Örjan Sterner.
New copper and gold paint options
The all-new Volvo S60 is being introduced with a range of exterior colours chosen with considerable care to emphasise the model's inspiring lines. Among the 15 colours are two new shades; the sporty and exclusive Vibrant Copper and the sophisticated Electrum Gold.
"Exclusive metals such as gold, silver, copper and bronze are strong colours in both the fashion and sports industries as well as in interior design and architecture. In recent years, improved technology and processes have made these pigments increasingly available to us in the car industry too," says Anders Sachs, who is responsible for colours and materials in the all-new Volvo S60.
Taped design brief
The story of how he inspired his designers with a roll of white masking tape in the run-up to the first S60 project is one of Peter Horbury's favourite memories from his first period (1991-2002) as Design Director at Volvo Cars.
"I rolled the original Volvo C70 into the studio, pulled a roll of tape out of my pocket and marked out a rear door onto the coupe body. It felt like the simplest way of describing exactly what I was looking for. After that it was just a matter of the team getting down to work," says Peter Horbury. He adds:
"I was an immensely proud "father" of the first-generation S60 almost ten years ago. It took our design language a major step forward. Now we are taking an even bigger visual stride forward with yet more emotional and sporty dynamism. But the basic idea is and will remain the same: a coupe with four doors."
Scandinavian design at its best
Volvo's design language has undergone dramatic change over this past decade - without compromising in any way on the core values that have made the brand one of the strongest in the automotive world.
"The all-new S60 is sportier and more dynamic than any previous Volvo. But it is still an unmistakeable representative of Scandinavian design at its best. Flowing organic shapes hand in hand with user-friendly functionality - as well as a car aiming to be the safest in the world," says Peter Horbury. He adds with a laugh:
"Anyone with money can buy any car he or she wants. But if you have something more than money, you're definitely going to choose the all-new Volvo S60..."
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HS yearbook censors photo deemed 'too sexy'
Sydney Spies is an 18-year-old senior at Durango High School in Colorado, but her classmates may not have a picture to remember her by in the yearbook.
The reason the yearbook editors say, is that the senior photo she submitted is too sexy. The photo shows Spies in a short yellow skirt and midriff baring, strapless top. Spiers calls the photo "artistic."
"As seniors we all have a right to express who we want to be. There are students with their footballs if they like sports. And if I'm into modeling why should I be censored for that?" she told Matt Lauer on the Today show this morning.
The five student editors of the yearbook disagree, saying the outfit in the photo is inappropriate and will not be published. A second photo Spiers submitted that showed her in a lacy, almost see-through black dress, was also declined.
"We are an award-winning yearbook. We don't want to diminish the quality with something that can be seen as unprofessional," student editor Brian Jaramillo told the Durango Herald.
According to the story, the principal agrees with the decision.
The photo can actually still run in the yearbook, but Spiers will have to place it in the ad section at the back and pay $300.


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The $2.7 billion legal judgment against Yahoo over a disputed partnership in Mexico was strange from the get-go.
But it keeps getting weirder.
The latest bit we've learned: The judge who oversaw the ruling in favor of Yahoo's former partner, Worldwide Directories, is no longer on the job.
That's according to El Economista, a Mexican newspaper, which tried to contact the judge, Jorge Luis Ramirez Sanchez.
Officials in the 49th Civil Court of the Federal District, where the case was originally heard, told the paper that the judge had been removed from office and was in training to be a justice of the peace.
In Mexico, a justice of the peace is typically a municipal or community authority who handles small cases and family disputes. That seems like a less prestigious post than hearing cases in a civil court.
However, we've learned from a source that the Economista's report was incorrect, and that the judge in question is moving to a new role overseeing oral trials, a relatively new system of justice for Mexico that's viewed as a reform.
Yahoo filed an appeal in mid-December, as it said it planned to do when it revealed the judgment against it. The lawyer who originally represented it left the firm where he worked, and Yahoo has hired another firm to handle the appeal. An appeals court is expected to hear the case in February.
For what its worth, Carlos Bazan-Canabal, a cofounder of Worldwide Directories, tells Business Insider that he's sticking with his original legal team in Mexico for the appeal. He's also hired Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, a prominent Silicon Valley law firm, to represent his company in the U.S.
Update: We've gotten more information about the judge's new assignment, which appears to be a promotion, not a lesser role.
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I got the inspiration for our End of the Year activity from this image I saw on Pinterest.
The holiday season is a great time to offer thanks for all that we have, but it's also a great time to serve. And that's just what we did.
We started out the night by having a "Thankful Dinner" which consisted of 3 yummy fall soups: Butternut Apple, Cauliflower, and Potato Bacon. We also served a bunch of different salads and some rolls. I decorated using Thanksgiving decor including my {Thankful Banner I made and posted about here} which I love so much!
We set up the round tables in the Relief Society room and used real tablecloths and the real dinnerware out of our church kitchen. We wanted this night to be special and using the real stuff just made it feel so much nicer!
Different sisters brought centerpieces with the Thanksgiving theme for each table .
And then we had several pies for dessert.
Each place setting had a napkin tied with a dried grain of wheat and a tag that said, "So Thankful for You."
So, the sisters came and ate and visited. We invited the Young Women in our ward to join us for this activity which was great!
And then we moved into the gym for our service project. I found this great idea on Pinterest from {this Little Dresses for Africa blogpost} to make pillowcase dresses for {Little Dresses for Africa} an organization that makes and sends these pillowcase dresses to little girls in Africa and other countries all over the world who have never had a dress. Thier mission is to give these little girls some self esteem. I loved the idea of making things for some fellow sisters in need, and I thought there would probably be many sisters in our ward who had extra fabric they could donate to make these dresses.
I was right! We had more fabric than we could use! Maybe we'll have to do it again sometime. The {Little Dresses for Africa website} has a lot of information on how to make the dresses and how to determine sizes and package them up, etc.
Here are the measurements we used for the pillowcases donated.
And here is the pattern for how to make these pillowcase dresses using just fabric donations. Most of our dresses were made out of fabric scraps.
Then, we just followed the instructions from this:
So with the fabric scraps we were pretty much just making a pillowcase first by sewing up the sides before we were able to follow the rest of the instructions.
So, we had a cutting station, where sisters determined what size the dresses could be accourding to the size of the fabric or pillowcase donated. Then we had an ironing station with tons of irons where the sisters prepared the pieces for sewing.
And then we had a sewing station where ladies who had brought sewing machines stitched away and mad as many dresses as we could! I called them my little sweatshop because they were working so hard.
A lot of the dresses ended up being really cute!
We strung them all up at the end just so we could see how many we had made.
I loved how colorful it was! So many fun fabrics made so many fun dresses!
It was kind of slow going at first as the sisters got the hang of how to make them, but I was so impressed with how many dresses we were all able to make! At the end my feet were killing me! But my heart was happy!
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Award-winning designer eyewear shop will showcase the Danish brand's full collection this month.
Online PR News – 04-October-2012 – Boston, MA – Boston, MA, October 3, 2012 - Vizio Optic, a global award-winning designer eyeglasses shop and online eyewear retailer, is proud to announce that it will be hosting the LINDBERG Trunk Show on October 20 from 11am to 4pm. The Danish brand is known for its high quality, esteemed innovation, and use of the finest materials and technology.
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hi how can i convert a refence to a poiner ?
here is the method :
void Foo(const std::string& s,...)
const std::string* a = s ; //here we will do the conversion.
va_list args;
I tried the following but none of these works :
1) const std::string* a = s ;
error C2440: 'initializing' : cannot convert from std::string' to 'const std::string *'
No user-defined-conversion operator available that can perform this conversion, or the operator cannot be called.
2) const std::string* a = &s ;
compiles, but when run "args" has random junk values
e.g an int passed has value 12300000 instead of 1000.
3) const std::string* a = *s ;
error C2100: illegal indirection
Here what i have done and works, but i am forced to use pointer.
1) int Foo(const std::string* s,...);
OK but user has to call it this way : Foo( &string("MYSTRING") , 1000 )
Which is complecated but works.
2) int Foo(const std::String s,...);
OK but it is slow, user has to wait for the string to get copy constructed.
so is there a workaround ?
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The historical period was the 1240s. Medieval Catholic Europe was completely embroiled in its genocidal and murderous colonizations versus the Enemy. At that time in history, the Church's enemies included all of their religious-ideological rivals around the Mediterranean and Eurasian worlds.
In the east and the south lived the Orthodox Byzantines and the Muslim Caliphates. In the west, such as Spain, the Muslim caliphate was weak, but the last stronghold remained in Nasrid Granada. In Italy, there resided Orthodox Christian groups and other heretics called Waldensian Protestants. Holdouts of pagans and nominal Christians survived in the northern fringes of Europe, such as western Ireland and in Old Prussia-Lithuania. In the south of France, a strong and vibrant Manichean influenced community, called Cathars or Albigensians, flourished. And of course, the eternal enemies of the Church, the Jews, were everywhere.
The Pope had thought that his Catholic knights of the Cross and the Sword had once again landed at the golden cusp of history. He was sure that they could recapture, reconquer and destroy forever, the Church's ideological rivals. The times seemed fortuitous. God had definitely given the Church, and the Christian Crowns in service of the Church, good omens of Victory. During the same decade, the Church's greatest doctor theologian St. Thomas Aquinas was prepping notes for his opus work, 'Summa Theologica.' The Glories of the Cross and the Mass resided in the clouds. The pope at the time, Innocent IV, was so convinced of such good fortune that he convened an ecumenical church council at Lyon, France, which demanded complete obedience of all secular authority to the Roman pontiff.
But like all emperors, dictators, despots, tyrants, presidents, politicians, prime ministers, sociopaths and leaders, he was wrong. The man probably knew his theology well, but history was his weakness. And just as it has been for most of humanity's watchers within the real theater of the absurd, called life and humanity. History has six truths, and those humans that do not know them will never understand how the human world operates. With Pope Innocent IV's lurid visions of victory, arrived the cataclysms of multiple defeats.
His secular defender, Saint King Louis IX of France, had just exterminated the Albigensian Cathars during the siege at the castle of Montsegur in Occitania, now southern France. Yet, this same saintly King went on two crusades, the Seventh and Eighth, and could never recapture Jerusalem again, and even their Crusader castles on the Levant coast would eventually fall to the Muslim Saracens. The French did not get their revenge until 1920 when they reoccupied the Levant and carved out, 'Lebanon,' from the lands of greater Syria.
During the Seventh Crusade, the Saracens even captured Saint King Louis after a battle, and then demanded that the French royal court pay a hefty ransom, for the King's release. This hostage fee completely depleted the French royal court's capital. The English royal court would attack their French royals around fifty years later. Such incidents began the First Hundred Years War. During his voyage on the Eighth Crusade, Saint Louis ultimately died a bad death. He fell sick due to catching a traveler's disease, in Tunis, north Africa. Saint Louis' contemporary fame has pinned itself to a crime ridden American city along the Mississippi River.
More troubles for Christendom ensued. The Teutonic German knights were almost certain that they could force a complete extermination of the pagans in Old Prussia and Lithuania, or even force them towards Christian conversion. The Teutonic Knights occupied more lands and territories each successive year. Yet, their most recent battles against the pagans were utter disasters. The Baltic pagans fortified their cities, temples, and rites, and they remained committed pagan pantheists for another 200 years!
Then all of a sudden, the maximum upheaval took place, which no one during that decade could foresee. An invading army from the east had attacked the Chinese emperor, the Muslim Caliph in Baghdad, and the Russian Emperor. And this imperial onslaught continued to move westerly. History refers to this invasion as the Mongol Empire under the Khan, called Genghis Khan. The Mongols eventually attacked the Catholic monarchs of the East, such as the Poles and then defeated the Hungarians, all until their routs ended with defeats in the Balkans. The Catholic kings of the East could do nothing.
The Byzantines in Greece next regrouped, and succeeded in taking Constantinople once again for the Orthodox Church. The French royal court tried to form a military arrangement with the Mongols, and the Pope even sent Franciscan monks as emissaries to the Great Khan to advance a mutual pact. The Church hoped to form an alliance with the pagan Mongols to exterminate all the world's Muslims. The Pope's evil intentions fell into the chamber pot. Less than a hundred years later, the majority of the Mongols in central Asia eventually converted to Islam instead! Pope Innocent IV just did not understand the six truths to world history.
The first truth of history is that all particular civilizations and political-economic-military empires decay and implode upon themselves after their rise to power. This cycle will continue until the human race naturally extinguishes itself on the Earth.
The second truth of history is that world history moves in circular cycles, not through linear stories, such as the ideologies of Human Progress, the coming Utopia, the Second Coming, the return of the Messiah, or the Battle of Armageddon of the Apocalypse.
The third truth of history is that there was never any Golden Age, nor did there exist any mythical Kingdom of Justice, such as Atlantis, the Garden of Eden, Paradise, etc. There were however, various cultures that had Anarchist social relations of equality, with no social class differences, no fixed property relations, no prisons, no police forces, no permanent social exclusions, and they supplied all the basic necessities for all of their members: clothing, community, culture, shelter and food. Modern states and empires have successfully exterminated such cultures – and they will continue to do so.
The fourth truth of history is that the grand conspiracy theories of evil groups that control or pervert world power, such as the Jews, the Illuminati or the Masons, have never existed and nor do they now exist. Humanity is too complex in order for such groups to have complete power and influence over our lives.
The fifth truth of history is that all state apparatuses, institutional bureaucracies, criminal enterprises, despotic empires and tyrannical regimes generally relax and slightly liberalize their brutal systems, so that they can save time for implementing even harsher laws in the future. They liberalize with token reforms, and criminalize gradually through retroactive laws.
The sixth truth of history is that state criminals, corrupt politicians, despots, and tyrants often act on sudden or extreme positions due to the harsh actuality of the current situation, or due to expediency within the political moment. The actions of state criminals rarely begin with planned plots inside of closed, secretive quarters. Hopefully, the reader can see that Pope Innocent IV failed to understand the six truths of world history. No empire, whether papal or secular, can survive the ravages of time and human cultural change.
The Amerikan Empire is good at murdering millions of victims across the earth and inside of its own continent, but the Amerikan Empire tends to lose its wars in the end. The US government destroyed the Confederate States, both militarily and economically, during the Civil War. Yet, the Confederate South won the culture war, which was greatly more important. The cult of the Wild West, outlaws, rebels, guns, Evangelical Christianity, racism against African-Americans and other racial castes, barbecue and Country folk have transformed the official American culture. This cultural hodgepodge will always remain 'Americana' until the US government decides to exterminate the residues. And once it initiates this cultural and physical liquidation, the empire will crack into a maelstrom of violence that will even shock most of the world's inhabitants. The US military recruits mostly from the white South.
The Pope thought that the Papacy had reached a Golden Age of power, and it some ways it did, but other empires also received their second winds, such as Islamic world culture, the Mongol Empire, the Mexica-Aztecs, the Sukhothai Empire, the Mali Empire, the Yuan-Mongol dynasty of China, and even the Inca Empire would reach its coming glory. In every historical period, there are gaining and receding powers.
Pope Innocent thought that the evil heretics, the eternally wicked Jews, and the reprobate Muslims, deserved the final destiny of the fire and the sword. Finally, the Church could eliminate the satanic conspiracy that plagued the known world. The Church could ultimately reform itself and not have to worry about the evil conspiracies around it. Even during the 1240s, the world was a complex place. The Jews, the Muslims, the Orthodox – and Heresy survived.
However, Pope Innocent IV was a moderate strategy player when the political situation demanded action. He pardoned the noble knights that defended the Cathar heretics in the south of France. He wanted to use their military prowess against his rival, the German Emperor Frederick, (the Holy Roman Empire). He next tried to form an alliance with the pagan Mongols for a counterattack on the Muslims. Pope Innocent IV also institutionalized the authority and power of the Holy Office of the Inquisition to discover, redeem – or extirpate, (meaning murder), all 'heretics.' Even with his newly empowered Inquisitorial courts, Innocent IV could never destroy all of the heretics.
The political and cultural situation of the world today is not much different. The technological advances have made the world a faster and more complicated place to survive, but the human god-animal is still a complex and absurd actor on the globe stage. As long as there exists a human condition under civilization, the six truths of history will never change.
Anarchists should understand these six truths of history, so that they can relax and party, stay free and enjoy the absurdity of life, keep vigilant against any token state-criminal reforms and warn others about the state's corresponding methods of gradual repression, and like always – continue the revolutionary practice, the revolutionary art, and the revolutionary life.