The "AHA Today" blog post today might be of interest to my colleagues here. It highlights the relevance and importance of historical thinking in regard to the rise of digital means of handling and visualizing historical data and information (including through timelines — echoing some of Steve's points). It also links to what sounds like an interesting presentation at the recent SXSW conference on "Maps of Time: Data as Narrative" (which opens by asking "What's the relationship between visualized data and the story we want to tell?") and to a fascinating looking visualization tool called ChronoZoom — both of which I am eager to explore a bit.
Creating and manipulating an interface to a digital collection is fundamentally an interpretive act. With Viewshare, a project I work on in my day job, the idea is that anyone who can create a spreadsheet also can create and share a dynamic online presentation of maps, timelines, charts and tag clouds that allows viewers to easily explore the rich information embedded in a collection. I thought I would use my first post as an opportunity to introduce everyone to this project. It is what I spend my days working on and it is my hope that participating in this group can help me further refine my thinking about what kinds of other features and refinements we should be thinking about bringing into the software.
If you want to try out the software you can visit the request an account page and the accounts folks will get you set up in short order.
I have included a set of slides I used to introduce the software to folks at the recent CurateGear conference. I have also included an embedded video of a recent workshop I ran on the software. I figured I would also include a set of background links on the project with some more targeted information.
Exploring and Sharing Community History Through Interface Design : A breif post walking through how a summer fellow was able to use Viewshare to create an interface to a collection of digitized photographs from Mississippi.
ViewShare.org: Create and Share Interfaces to Our Digital Cultural Heritage: A post announcing the viewshare launch that also gives a nice walkthrough of what the software can do.
Learning About Your Collections With Viewshare : A post in which I suggest the ways that one of the most potent values from the tool is actually the way it helps a curator, archivist, librarian or historian develop their own deeper understanding of their collection.
This video is of the Viewshare workshop from January 2012. The first ten minutes are an overview of some examples. The next twenty minutes is a start to finish walkthrough of using the software the remainder is Q & A. I don't imagine that most of you will want to watch the whole thing, but if your even vaguely interested you can skip around in there a little and get a good handle of exactly what the tool can do.


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namespace backend\controllers;

use Yii;
use common\models\DeliveryAddress;
use backend\models\DeliveryaddressSearch;
use yii\web\Controller;
use yii\web\NotFoundHttpException;
use yii\filters\VerbFilter;
use common\models\User;
use yii\filters\AccessControl;
use common\components\AccessRule;

/**
 * DeliveryaddressController implements the CRUD actions for DeliveryAddress model.
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class DeliveryaddressController extends Controller
{
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            'access' =>[
                'class' => AccessControl::className(),
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                    'class' => AccessRule::className(),
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            'searchModel' => $searchModel,
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            'model' => $this->findModel($id),
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        if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $model->save()) {
            return $this->redirect(['view', 'id' => $model->delivery_address_id]);
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            return $this->render('create', [
                'model' => $model,
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     * @return mixed
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    {
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N-Secure DVD and Blu-ray release date was set for June 14, 2011.
David seems to have it all: a huge bank account, a luxurious house and a gorgeous girlfriend, Robyn. Despite all this, David's extreme insecurity with himself is leading him into a psychologically delicate state. Seeking reprieve, Robyn decides to leave David for another man. This act pushes David over the edge. As he seeks to extract revenge, Robyn becomes aware of the danger she and her new lover are in. A tense confrontation, filled with murder, ensues as David realizes his psychotic fantasies.


Liberals who defend Obamacare used to point to the VA as an example of how the government could provide universal health coverage just dandy. Well, that talking point has rather disappeared down an Orwellian memory hole.
Another favorite talking point was that the government's low administrative costs for Medicare proved that private insurance, with their higher overhead, were inefficient profiteering price gougers, etc. That was one reason for Obamacare's mandate that insurance companies had to deliver at least 80 percent of premiums in health services.
Turns out it's really easy to keep your administrative costs low if you have a system that allows $60 billion a year in fraud and overbilling. Why haven't Aetna and Blue Cross thought of this?
And now the final Jeopardy question: anyone think there might be a similar problem with fraud in Food Stamps, Medicaid, unemployment, disability, and so forth? Wait, I forgot; you're a racist if you ask this.


PULA, Croatia: A British woman was rescued Sunday after falling from a cruise ship and spending 10 hours in the Adriatic Sea at night, Croatia's coast guard said.
She fell from the Norwegian Star cruise ship, about 95 kilometers (60 miles) off Croatia's coast shortly before midnight Saturday.
"I fell off the back of the Norwegian Star and I was in the water for 10 hours, so these wonderful guys rescued me," she told Croatia's state HRT television as the rescue ship arrived at a dock, without explaining how she fell overboard.
The ship's captain, Lovro Oreskovic, said that she was exhausted.
"We were extremely happy for saving a human life," he said.
"We are pleased to advise that the guest was found alive and is currently in stable condition," the statement said.


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Beinecke to make Frederick Douglass and Douglass Family Papers collection available to the public
Annie Radillo 11:32 pm, Feb 10, 2021
Courtesy of the Beinecke Library
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library recently acquired the Walter O. Evans Collection of Frederick Douglass and Douglass Family Papers, which document the life of orator, author, abolitionist and statesman Frederick Douglass. By the end of February, the Beinecke will have fully digitized this collection for public access.
The collection contains photographs, personal papers, ephemera, printed material and correspondence from Douglass and his family. These materials offer an intimate picture of Douglass' personal life and work. In the past, these documents have served as valuable resources for many scholars including Yale history professor David Blight, whose biography on Douglass won a Pulitzer Prize in 2019.
"One of the true, true strengths of having all these collection materials in one place is being able to come at Douglass's life and work from so many directions," said Beinecke accessioning archivist Rosemary Davis. "To see not only through [his] eyes … but also through the eyes of his children, through the eyes of his family — to see the ways that they have tried to preserve his legacy through their own documentarian efforts."
Before coming to Yale, the Frederick Douglass and Douglass Family Papers were part of private collector Walter O. Evans' large collection of papers, artworks, books and artifacts relating to the African American experience. Evans personally oversaw the collection's transportation to Yale — a symbolic gesture of the collection's importance, according to Davis.
Once the collection was transported to the Beinecke, Davis — an accessioning archivist who oversees the transportation and maintenance of the library's fragile materials — secured safe storage for the Douglass papers so their cataloguing and digitization could begin. While documents are usually digitized only after they have been catalogued, the two processes were combined in this case because of the collection's importance, according to Rebecca Hirsch, the head of the Digital Services Unit at the Beinecke.
Both Davis and Hirsch said that upending the usual order of operations was difficult. The cataloguing and digitization teams took turns working with different parts of the collection. Davis added that she hopes the library's staff keeps this model in mind for future acquisitions.
"Communication was really key," Hirsch said, "but I think in the end it really paid off."
Materials within the collection fall into three groups: the Frederick Douglass Papers, the Douglass Family Papers and scrapbooks mainly compiled by Douglass' sons.
The Douglass Papers contain correspondence between Douglass and his family members, advertisements featuring Douglass, typed versions of his writings and invitations to events. They also include a handwritten version of Douglass' eulogy for his fellow abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison.
The Douglass Family Papers contain family photographs, Douglass' published writings and correspondence between family members. The correspondence includes letters between Douglass' son and his son's wife that offer a "wonderful insight into their relationship," according to Davis, who added that the scrapbooks section is a "treasure trove" of clippings, ephemera and annotations.
Archival materials relating to Douglass can also be found in other Beinecke collections, including the Randolph Linsly Simpson African American Collection, the Small Collections in the James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection and within the correspondence of abolitionist William Thomas. Davis noted that the new Douglass collection gives valuable insight into these existing collections, conveying the "ripple effect" of Douglass' influences.
Davis, Hirsch and Melissa Barton, curator of prose and drama for the Yale Collection of American Literature, said items in the collection speak to the celebrity status that Douglass enjoyed during his life.
For example, the collection includes a letter inviting Douglass to deliver a speech in Stamford, Connecticut. The letter is signed by 72 individuals — with their signatures running onto the flip side of the page — all hoping to learn from Douglass.
Additionally, Barton said newspaper clippings from the collection remind viewers that Douglass was the most photographed man of the 19th century. She drew attention to a photograph depicting a crowd standing before a newly unveiled Douglass memorial statue.
Yet Douglass' personal life and relationships are as central to the collection as his public acclaim, the curators said. In one letter, Douglass' grandson writes to thank his grandfather for a flute. Douglass' response reads: "Mrs. Douglass and I both agreed that your letter was a nice one … Go on my dear boy. You are a boy now, but you will be a man some day—and I hope a wise and good man."
For Davis, the Frederick Douglass and Douglass Family Papers allow the public to personally relate to Douglass.
"Seeing these photos and seeing the photos of his family — and especially just the ones of his family together and the children together — I think is just such a wonderful moment to see them just existing in life together," Davis said. "Being at somebody's house, or Haley on the boat, just seeing something beyond the sheen of the history book … I think that's something that's always so amazing."
Once the collection is available on the Yale University Library Digital Collections website, the quickest way to access its materials will be via call number JWJ MSS 240.
Annie Radillo | annie.radillo@yale.edu
ANNIE RADILLO
Annie Radillo covers museums and visual art. She is a sophomore in Benjamin Franklin College majoring in English.

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Idina Menzel Releases 'Christmas: A Season of Love'
Idina Menzel kicks off the wintertime early with the release of her new album, Christmas: A Season of Love, with appearances from Ariana Grande, Billy Porter, and more.
Idina Menzel gives fans and holiday music lovers another Christmas album to kickstart the holiday season. Although it's currently fall, wintertime is just around the corner. With that said, Menzel's Christmas: A Season Of Love will get you into the holiday spirit.
Big band, holiday classics, and a few of my friends. Christmas: #ASeasonOfLove is available now. ❤ Link in bio!
A post shared by Idina Menzel (@idinamenzel) on Oct 17, 2019 at 9:59pm PDT
Menzel is known to deliver holiday classics and making them into her own. In 2014 Menzel released her first-holiday album titled Holiday Wishes. She sang traditional songs like "All I Want For Christmas Is You," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, " and "Baby It's Cold Outside," a special duet from Michael Bublé.
Christmas: A Season of Love, Menzel's latest project, features holiday classics but also new holiday songs like "A Hand For Mrs. Claus," a catchy orchestra tune featuring Ariana Grande, and an inclusive original written song, "At This Table." The project also includes collaborations from Billy Porter, Josh Gad, and Aaron Lohr. Menzel also includes tracks like "Season of Love" from the broadway musical, Rent, and a Hanukkah track, "Ocho Kandelikas".
In addition to the release of Christmas: A Season Of Love, Menzel also discusses making a music video for one of her singles from the album. On Instagram, she stated her newest music video is her third one since her 2007 visual for her single, "Brave" and her 1997 debut.
Album out tonight. Hangin' with my posse #makingamusicvideo #christmastheseasonoflove
Listen to Idina Menzel's latest holiday love-filled album, Christmas: A Season Of Love here.
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A Spoony Tactics NOOD Double Down
At the 2011 Sperry Top-Sider Caribbean NOOD Championship, a team of J/24 sailors school the fleet, and lay claim to the party as well.
Caribbean NOOD 2011
2011 NOOD Regatta Overall champions (l to r): Doug Weakley, Todd Fedyszyn, Genoa Fedyszyn, Eric Bardes, and Steph Karidas.
Todd Fedyszyn, a sailing coach at the St. Petersburg YC (Fla.), beamed with satisfaction as he and his crew Genoa Fedyszyn, Eric Bardes, Steph Karidas, and Doug Weakley sauntered forward from the crowd to collect their earnings as the 2011 Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta overall champions.
Maybe his ear-to-ear grin was the result of four days of inter-island racing in the British Virgin Islands, or maybe it was the five straight days of attempting to "win the party," too. It could have been the experience of snorkeling with turtles that afternoon, or the quality anniversary sailing time with his wife Genoa and their shipmates on the Spoony Tactics. I doubt, however, it was one contributing factor that had him smirking that night —and all week long for that matter. It was the combination of them all.
"I guess we got the fast boat," said Fedysyzn, of the 44-foot Sunsail charter boats that were granted to seven competing teams, one each from St. Petersburg, San Diego, Seattle, Annapolis, Detroit, Chicago, and San Francisco (Marblehead winner Bill Lynn was unable to attend). "But it was great to sail against and meet everyone from other NOOD regattas. This is obviously a really good group of sailors, and the racing was excellent."
Fedyszyn and his teammates, which earned their invitation to the Sperry Top-Sider Caribbean NOOD Championship by topping their J/24 division at last February's St. Petersburg NOOD Regatta, started out by controlling all three of the Caribbean regatta's buoy races, conducted on the waters just outside Tortola's Road Town Harbor in twin-wheeled, jib-and-main Sunsail 44is.
When prompted by the race committee to share speed tips with the rest of the fleet in advance of the second day's race, Spoony Tactics' collective response, over the VHF, was to "drink a lot of Mount Gay, keep you weight aft (facetiously—I think), and "don't tack."
They continued their streak in the second day's distance race to the front door of the Bitter End Yacht Club, a 10-mile or so race from the morning's snorkeling spot, The Baths. At BEYC, Genoa Fedyszyn owned the Laser racing portion, and on the long-distance race from Virgin Gorda to Jost Van Dyke the following morning, _Spoony Tactics _led wire-to-wire, mathematically locking the series with the last race to spare.
While they dominated the racing with good sail trim and conservative tactics, they also paid close attention to their thirst, polishing off countless handles of Mount Gay Rum, as many liters of mixers, and cases of beer. Ice was always at hand in the cockpit table storage compartment while racing. Staying thirsty, I'm told, was never a problem.
While Spoony Tactics aced the scoreboard (and the party, says crewmember Doug Weakley), others teams in the seven-boat fleet were left to fight for scoreboard scraps, enjoying close finishes and extremely narrow margins on the scoring sheet.
Bruce Stone's team from San Francisco rallied after a tough start in the buoy races. It took a few laps for Stone and his able crew to figure out the nuances of their boat. A thorough tie-up job of their dinghy for the distance races did them well (by rules the dinghy must be towed, with some a potion of it "in the water" at all times). Stone's squad hung its dinghy from the backstay, leaving only an inch or two of the RIB's port tube dragging behind. Their best finish was a close second in the shortened race to Jost van Dyke. Maybe it was Stone's homemade olive bread baking in the oven that did the trick there, and ultimately earned them second overall.
Annapolis' entry, led Thomas Klok, along with Will and Marie Crump, were a little slow out of the starting gate, but finished third overall after learning the ways of massaging speed out of a charter boat laden with provisions, clothes, and full fuel and water tanks.
Chuck Bayer's team Grizzly, representing Detroit, rotated crew from its "mother ship," and was a strong contender for second overall midway through the regatta. But in the race to Jost van Dyke, they tried to cut the corner at Guano Island, got stuck in a windless hole, and had to turn on their engine to avoid being pushed onto the rocks by heaving ocean swells. The retirement cost them critical points, and gave them an eventual fourth-place overall finish, but Bayer shrugged off the withdrawal. The early retirement got them down the track sooner to their next destination where a hearty meal prepared by the team's hired chef awaited.
Fifth-placed Team San Diego came armed with the youngest set of competitors the Caribbean NOOD had ever seen. Steve Ernest's newborn daughter, and four-year-old son, Oliver, couldn't pull ropes or steer, but they took to the racing like seasoned pros. Perhaps the lightweight crew contributed to their speed in the week's light winds, but being shorthanded didn't stop them from putting in a solid performance. Most importantly, said Earnest at the conclusion of the regatta, Oliver learned to swim on the final day—a proud and important moment for young Papa Ernest.
Harry Dursch's Seattle entry somehow drew the short straw and was assigned what they deemed the slow boat of the fleet (there always seems to be one), but didn't dwell on their handicap. They kept their spirits high with flowing spirits and happily explored the B.V.I.'s natural wonders during mandatory snorkel stops. Sixth place, in the end, was fine by them.
And bringing up the rear in the standings is Chicago's overall winner, led by skipper Scott "Breezy' Bruesewitz. Bruesewitz's Milwaukee-based Team RedRum could never put a finger on the source of their slows, but at the Caribbean NOOD championship (as anyone who has participated would agree), at the end of the week, it's not about who won or lost, or how badly you "lost." It's about good times with friends, of fine, warm, and easy Caribbean sailing. But most of all, it's about the memories made along the way. And the forgettable memories too, like the one your skipper's "Bayer"-white ass soaring from the deck of the Willie T's.
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import android.annotation.TargetApi;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.os.Build;
import android.view.View;
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Bulls Win South
Image courtesy Durham Bulls
Game 126: Durham Bulls 3, Norfolk Tides 1
Season: 79-47; Road Trip: 6-3; Streak: 5-0
Wrap, Box, Herald-Sun
The Bulls clinched their fourth-in-a-row championship of the International League South Division last night when they beat Norfolk 3-1 and the Gwinnett Braves lost 3-4 to the Charlotte Knights. T-shirts were on sale within ten minutes after the game was over. That was a hint that the championship was not a surprise, and it wasn't. Other than the hiccup just after the all-star break (which the Bulls followed up with an eleven-game winning streak), the Bulls have had and continue to have a great year. Video highlights at link on Bulls home page include a very nifty game-ending, championship-winning double play initiated by Justin Ruggiano.
Last night was a good example of the kind of team we have this year. It was the Bulls fifth win in a row and they have made that run with only two starters being our "regular" starters. I put regular in quotes since neither of those two (Aneury Rodriguez and Richard De Los Santos) came to the Bulls with the intent of them being starting pitchers. The other three starters in this run were Darin Downs (recently up from Montgomery to work in relief), Bobby Livingston (new guy), and Ramon Ortiz (even newer guy).
Still, what better guy to get the save than Joe Bateman? More appearances than any other Bulls pitcher this year.
I was not listening when Ortiz was on the mound last night, so didn't get any impressions of his performance. Comments from readers welcome. Did notice that Jake McGee got the win and kept his 0.00 ERA intact.
Offensively two mature (old) guys showed the way. Chris Richard and Rocco Baldelli got Durham's only hits, but they were enough. Pleased to see Baldelli's first home run. Have to wonder how long he will stay with the Bulls. Would love to see him stick with the team long enough to play in Durham.
Noted that Fernando Perez started the game, first start in quite a while (0 for 3).
Joe Dillon is on the DL, apparently due to worries about hamstring, but not a re-injury.
Now the trick is going to be keeping the focus for the next couple of weeks. Charlie Montoyo and his crew appear to be really good at that, so not really very concerned.
Except that Dale Thayer is off to the Rays, so turmoil in bullpen is not going to let up.
Interesting podcast/interview with Charlie Montoyo from Thursday evening. Speaks to roster changes, young pitchers, Elliot Johnson and Rocco Baldelli.
Ramon Ortiz gets a profile over at The Process Report.
At the same site there's is a review of the Rule 5 draft. Don't understand that? Join the club. Nevertheless, one current Bull and a couple that we've seen are apparently affected: Anuery Rodriguez, Heath Rollins, and Emeel Salem.
Yesterday John Romano at the St. Petersburg Times made the argument for sending Jeremy Hellickson back to Durham for a couple of weeks. Well, after another very impressive start out in Oakland, the Rays did send him to the minors, just not to the Bulls. Stories here and here. Surely more to come on the usual Rays blogs.
For those interested in minor league life here's a good, if overlong, article (cries out for an editor to whack about 2,000 words out of it).
Over at Flip Flop Fly Ball he takes a look at the Red Sox.
[Update: Thanks to careful reader Samantha, here's a terrific article on last night's game with some good quotes from Charlie Montoyo.]
Posted by Chris W. at 10:06 AM
Labels: A. Rodriguez, Bateman, Dillon, Downs, Livingston, McGee, Ortiz, Perez, R. De Los Santos, Richard, Ruggiano
Samantha Montoyo August 21, 2010 at 10:29 AM
Tried to read that article...OMG...I gave up! Did you see the article on Milb about the division title. I told Charlie if he says "awesome" one more time I'm going to smack him!
Chris W. August 21, 2010 at 10:42 AM
Thanks. I missed that article, so will go back and put it in the main post as an update. It's really "awesome" :)
whoa they really bumped Hellickson down the ladder...
Chris W. August 21, 2010 at 1:08 PM
My guess is that it's a matter of convenience. The Bulls are (with a two-day exception) on the road till the end of the month. Port Charlotte is just a short drive from St. Pete, all of their opponents are in Florida, and the Rays can keep a close eye on his schedule until Sep 1. And maybe there's a specific coach there to work on Hellickson as a reliever.
DRR August 21, 2010 at 7:59 PM
Yeah, the Rays use A ball at Port Charlotte a lot for guys that are just going for a game or two. Much easier for them that way.
NCSue August 22, 2010 at 8:32 AM
I hate to hear that Dillon is on the DL (he's one of my favorite players ever since he CRAWLED home after sustaining an injury - what spunk!!!)
They put him on the DL for worries about an uninjured hamstring, huh?
Chris W. August 22, 2010 at 9:05 AM
Regarding Dillon: My guess would be that there's some roster juggling going on and that it was convenient for Joe to take a break. At least I hope that's the situation. We'll need him come playoff time.
Rays Roster Expansion Begins
All-Stars!
He's Outa There!
Win; Come Home
Lost Days
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Rockin' Time
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Pitchers In the Rays System
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Since we actually lost some storage space with the redo, I felt like we needed a pot rack, but was looking for something cost-effective and unique.
Pinterest to the rescue! I found an idea for repurposing an old ladder as a pot rack.
I've had the ladder for a while and got it either free or dirt cheap…I can't remember exactly because it's been that long.
The only thing it really needed was to be cut to the size we wanted, varnished, add a few hooks and hang it up. This last part is the reason it took so long.
Since we have an almost century old home with aging plaster ceilings, my husband wanted to be confident the whole thing wouldn't fall down or cause the plaster to crumble. His solution was to secure two parallel links of wood to the ceiling (painting them to match the ceiling color) and make sure they were firmly in the joists. That way when he bolted the hooks for the ladder in place, he knew it would be secured into a piece of wood and not just some plaster and thin lathe.
Originally, I envisioned using S hooks for the pot storage itself. However, my husband used sturdy J bolts instead (the same kind he used for hanging the ladder). I actually like this solution better since the S hooks probably would have slid back and forth as we tried to hang the pots up or retrieve them.
I think this entire project cost us less than $20, if that.
If you don't have a ladder (with round rungs) that you can repurpose, try getting one for free. Facebook groups, craigslist for free groups are all great resources. Then all you need are the hooks, chain and varnish. Plus scrap wood if you want to use the same approach as my husband for attaching it to the ceiling.
I love the way this project turned out. Not only does it free up storage space in our cabinets, but the ladder goes with the style of our home, it is a savvy use of materials and fills in the dead space that was above the stove.
This week I'm running a 6-day clean eating crockpot challenge through a private Facebook group.
The recipes for apple cinnamon and banana bread oatmeal in the meal plan got me thinking about what other kinds of desserts could be transformed into a healthy breakfast.
Carrot cake immediately came to mind.
Naturally sweetened only with fruit and containing hints of cinnamon and ginger make this oatmeal a tasty way to start the morning. And because it's made in a crockpot, it's already warm when you wake up.
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1. Put all ingredients (except for the raisins if you prefer to add them upon serving) into the crockpot and stir.
2. Turn crockpot on low and allowed to cook for 6 to 8 hours.
3. Spoon into bowls and garnish with raisins and pour on additional non-dairy milk if desired.
4. Makes about six servings and stores well in the refrigerator for several days.
I prefer using whole oat berries (or groats) as they take a longer time for your body to break down. Which means they're not easily been converted into simple carbohydrates.
Although you could add the raisins directly into the crockpot, I prefer to add them upon serving.
How many times have you gone to the grocery store, made your purchases and returned home only to find you already had one (or more than one!!) of those items already in your fridge, freezer or pantry?
Or stored leftovers from a meal in the freezer only to forget you had them there in the first place… until many months later when they are covered in the freezer fuzz?
I've been there way too many times myself and a conversation with a friend today prompted me to search for apps that can help with that.
Here are a few free apps I found that let you track what is in your fridge, freezer or pantry. I've included my comments on the apps as well.
I like how this one has pictures to go along with the items and enables you to add your own products with pictures too. Especially key when storing leftovers.
However, it doesn't allow you to categorize where the item is stored: fridge, freezer or pantry.
This app does allow you to categorize your items based on where they are stored. Since I have more than one fridge and freezer, this is extremely helpful. I also like that it allows you to record the price so when you are comparison shopping, it can help you save money.
If you are a visual person, however, this one does not have pictures of your items.
This appears to be the more sophisticated of the three. While you can't snapshot your items, you can take a picture of your receipt and it will list out the items for you. Then you simply indicate where it's going to be stored along with the expiration date and other info you want to add. It includes a video tutorial on how to do this.
If you like to comparison shop, it has a notes section for you to do that.
While the free version doesn't allow you to indicate where things are stored if you have more than one fridge or freezer, there are two upgrade options you can purchase for $5 or less which would allow you to do this and it increases the number of items that can be stored on your lists.
One last thing…the free version only allows you to have 15 items per list, so unless you don't eat very much, you will want the upgrades.
So tell me… have you tried any of these apps before? Are there any I should consider including on this list? Which one do you think you would try?
When the temperatures are in the single digits, you need this in your bowl!
I love soups…Simple to make, easy on the budget and generous in quantity. I dreamed this one up late last year when I was thinking about Thanksgiving, seasonal vegetables and something festive.
Normally, I like soups where I can just throw everything in the pot, but roasting the ingredients for this soup was a must. Although it's an extra step, it's worth it…Roasting caramelizes the sugars in the veggies and fruit and adds a richness to the flavor.
2. Roast at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes-1 hour or until edges begin to brown and the squash and potatoes can be easily pierced with a fork. Remove from oven.
3. Place the roasted veggies and apple slices in a large stock pot along with the vegetable stock and 4 cups of water. Bring to a boil and simmer 10 to 15 minutes.
4. Use a full immersion blender, food processor or standard blender to blend the soup mixture until smooth. If using a standard blender or food processor, you may need to do this in several batches.
5. Return to stock pot and add seasonings. Simmer on low heat for another 15 to 20 minutes.
Place all ingredients in a food processor or blender and process until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. be careful not to over blend or the pecans will release their oils. leftovers can be stored in an airtight jar in the cupboard or fridge.
For a simple way of toasting pecans or other nuts, see this tip.


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Home Arts Knitting Games with Anne Sullivan
Knitting Games with Anne Sullivan
Written by Joshua Copus-Oxland |
Dr. Anne Sullivan is a jack of all trades. She is an Assistant Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology and specialises in digital media and AI assisted game making. Not only that, but she is also an illustrator, crafter and quilter.
All of the above comes together in her various projects. Loominary is a table top game that uses a loom, of all things, as a main storytelling device. The decisions made while knitting a scarf influence the choices of the game on another screen and by the end, the finished scarf's pattern serves as a record of the player's choices. It's unconventional but has found success at Smithsonian American Art Museum Arcade event.
Loominary's website
While games are popular with all genders, crafting and knitting has a very niche place within a market which is predominately female. The Artist's Statement on Loominary's official website says: "Crafting communities – which are often predominantly women – have created story artefacts for many years, but these stories have not been engaged computationally."
In a Falmouth University talk this month, Sullivan herself added: "The textile groups I have been a part of and have talked to are not at all actively excluding men, men are of course welcome to join, and some do. However, textile-based crafts in the US are culturally seen as something women do and I think that plays the biggest part in why more men are not involved."
"Games and crafting are not mutually exclusive because merchandising and fan-crafts can be made from those games. Games that are built around crafting and knitting, on the other hand, are far less common."
"I found out the market for crafting is very small," Sullivan says. "There's not much room there, and as soon as you put games in there, it becomes harder. There's a lot of crafters, like, quilting is a $3.2 billion industry, and it's all going to fabric and sewing machines and tools."
There is a demand for games that incorporate player choice into the narrative. Previously, that's been met with successes from companies like Telltale Games and DONTNOD Entertainment with The Walking Dead and Life is Strange respectively, but they've been criticised for negating the impacts of the player's choices by the end of the game. That, and their format becoming increasingly oversaturated contributed to Telltale's downfall as a company.
The game 'Life is Strange' – an example of a game that incorporates player choice into the game's narrative (photo sourced from flickr)
Crafting, however, makes choices a tangible part of the game's outcome via a medium that is both physical and digital, and therefore could make for a more fulfilling narrative experience. A similar case can be made for table top gaming, which Sullivan notes as "another industry where the margins are very small."
While the opportunities for craft-based gaming seem slim, Sullivan expresses optimism for computational craft as a tool to teach players how to program and make games, as is the case with BeadED Adventures. Their goal is to make STEM subjects more appealing to young people, who might not otherwise be interested in the field, by giving players a tangible reward and encourage creativity while also learning more about said subjects.
"The hope is with these workshop ideas," Sullivan says. "These workshops will have a list of materials and hopefully, if we can get a grant, we can then apply for future funding to make it more widely available."
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John Szemraj
Diversity Manager
Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity
Email: jszemraj@usgs.gov
Career History and Highlights
John started his Federal career as a cartographer in 1987 at the Defense Mapping Agency (now the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency), then worked from 1990 - 1992 at the US Census Bureau. He continued his career as a cartographer at the USGS working in the National Mapping Division and has been at the USGS since 1992. In 1998 John became interested in Diversity and Inclusion-related issues at the USGS and was one of several employees who facilitated "A Winning Balance" – a 4 hour diversity and inclusion course. Using this experience, John challenged himself and decided to make a career change from Cartographer to Equal Employment Specialist. John became part of the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity in 2000. He spent 1 year (2007) in the EO Office at the Fish and Wildlife Service. He then returned to USGS in March of 2008 and began serving as the USGS Diversity Manager.
John earned his bachelor's degree in geography & cartography from the State University of New York at Buffalo.


One of many more addictive elements of playing video video games on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One consoles is the particular characteristic called, Xbox Achievements. What else ought to I be playing: Galactic Civilizations III and Countless House 2 have their very own, very different takes on sci-fi 4X, or in the event you're more into the imperial roleplaying-at-scale aspect of issues, there's Stellaris' historic stablemate Crusader Kings 2.
The estimate includes major and most influential components of games along with the general value of their development. What else ought to I be enjoying: Few video games are as terribly complex and diverse as Dominions IV but Illwinter's own Conquest of Elysium 3 presents a similarly rich experience, in barely more accessible type.
Keep away from getting into circles" by guiding your gamers and specializing in what you are able to do to transcend the customers' expectations. This makes the game more engaging and fun to play. Some schools have a club designed for college students who wish to develop and talk about video games exterior of the classroom.
The gameplay mechanics are innovative. In actual-time technique video games, players should try and build their sources, defend their bases and launch attacks whereas realizing that the opponent is scrambling to do the identical issues. In your Android cellphone or pill, open the game you want to play.
Items gain experience and advance ranges, and are carried over from one scenario to the following in a marketing campaign. This contributes to extend the immersion in the game expertise and the intrinsic motivation to play. Since then, there have been about a hundred million different strategy games, simulating as many different kinds of combating as we humans have had reasons to struggle one another.
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Nansha Terminal of Guangzhou Port is located at Longxue Island in South Guangzhou city. It is the only deepwater container terminal on the west Pearl River Delta (PRD) region.
Nansha Terminal covers 14 dynamic city clusters including Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhongshan, and Jiangmen. It currently possesses 16 container berths of 150,000 tonnage class with a 5718m quay length. It provides international shipping services to Europe, America, Middle East, and the Mediterranean Sea. It also provides the most advance shipping hardware and equipment.
Nansha Terminal of Guangzhou Port has over fifteen 150,000 tonnage berths with a total quay length of 5,718 meters. It is equipped with 61 quay cranes, with the ability to handle 23 rows. The total capacity is 16 million teus and the CY capacity is over 358,265 TEU with some areas available for CY expansion subject to business development.
Nansha Terminal of Guangzhou Port also has 57,600 sqm on dock warehouse and 63,000 sqm off dock warehousing available. Besides that, a new logistics park with 320,000 m2 is under planning for both general cargos and refrigeration cargo.
Guangzhou Port's current approach channel to Nansha Terminal is approximately 35 NM with a steaming time of approximately 3 hours. The water depth of the channel is -17 meters and bottom width of 243 meters. Nansha Terminal is capable to accommodate Mega Vessels like CMA-CGM's Ben Franklin which called on the Port of Nansha, Feb, 2016.
Channel dredging project was approved by the Central Government in 2015 December to widen the channel bottom to 385 meters. Within 2 years the channel will be capable for two mega vessels steaming in and out at the same time.
Nansha Terminal of Guangzhou Port's Centralized Inspection Center (NPCIC) is managed by GPGL. It provides a centralized location for Nansha Port cargo and individual inspection. Our goal is to have a streamlined and harmonious environment for all customs clearance and custom services.
Nansha Terminal of Guangzhou Port's Centralized Inspection Center (NPCIC) provides an all-weather inspection platform, all-weather inspection field. Our equipment includes H986 X-ray inspection machine, load meters, a sterilized platform, rapid sterilized passage, container cleaning field, heat drying room, fumigation room and cold storage warehouse.


Ever wonder who comes up with those fuel economy numbers? Does the Environmental Protection Agency do it in some secret underground lair, or is it some guy named Billy Bob in a barn somewhere in Kansas? How do they come up with those numbers, anyhow? Let's talk through the basic science.
Fuel economy is everything these days. Automakers are jumping through hoops to eke out every last tenth of a mile per gallon to meet both regulatory and consumer demands, so this stuff is important. The most important fuel economy numbers, though, are the ones on the "label," also called the Monroney Sticker. Let's talk about where these numbers come from.
First things first: automakers measure their own fuel economy. The EPA says it audits about 10-15 percent of vehicles at their facility in Ann Arbor, but it's really up to the manufacturers to provide accurate fuel economy data. The EPA simply doesn't have the resources to test all vehicles.
While the EPA may not have the means to test all cars, it has no trouble cranking out tons of complex fuel economy test methods and regulations. The EPA provides all of this to manufacturers so that they know exactly how to measure fuel economy. Car companies have entire departments devoted to interpreting these test procedures, because getting this wrong can cost you hugely.
How Is Fuel Economy Measured?
So, do car companies calculate fuel economy by just driving the car on a track a few times, and measuring the mass of fuel before and after? Nope. That's not a controlled environment, so results wouldn't be repeatable. Instead, manufacturers run all fuel economy tests on chassis dynamometers, basically indoor rolling roads that apply loads on a vehicle's wheels to simulate real-world driving (almost like treadmills). The prescribed fuel economy cycles are run (more on drive cycles later), and fuel usage is measured by plugging hoses onto cars' exhaust pipes. The chemical makeup of the exhaust is used to determine precisely how much fuel is burned during the drive cycle.
So, now we know that automakers determine their own fuel economy on dynos, but how exactly do they come up with that magical MPG figure?
Let's start by talking about Drive Cycles. Also called "Schedules," or "Driving Routines," EPA Drive Cycles are simply designated speed traces (vehicle speed vs time) that all certified vehicles must follow during fuel economy testing. The speed trace shown below is the EPA's city test, called the FTP City cycle. This test procedure, around since the '70s, is meant to simulate a transient, traffic-intense driving condition. Basically, stop-and-go city traffic.
Then there is the Highway Fuel Economy Test Schedule (HFET). With an average speed of about 50 mph, it is meant to represent steady flowing highway driving. Together, the city and highway cycles used to be the only two EPA drive cycles considered when determining "label" fuel economy. It's pretty obvious that the highway cycle is quite mild, and if you look at the maximum acceleration during the city cycle in the table below, it becomes apparent that it, too, is not exactly aggressive.
The EPA decided to switch it up in 2008, implementing three additional test procedures to ensure that "label" fuel economy came much closer to the fuel economy customers saw in the real world. These supplemental tests, US06, SC03, and Cold FTP, account for the effects of higher highway speeds and accelerations seen on modern roads, air conditioning use, and cold ambient temperature, respectively. I've pasted the technical info on all five tests below, but you can have a look at the speed traces for all five drive cycles on the EPA's website.
So do automakers have to run all five cycles on all vehicle variations? The short answer is "no." In some cases, they can get away with just running the FTP City and Highway tests. The output from those are adjusted and MPG is determined in what's called the "Derived Fuel Economy" method. There are certain stipulations that must be met for automakers to get away with not having to run all five tests, but I won't delve into those. And automakers don't have to run every vehicle configuration. The EPA has guidelines that tell automakers how to choose which vehicle configuration and subconfiguration to certify. It's basically based on vehicle weight and expected sales volumes.
So, automakers run the EPA's prescribed test schedules on dynos, but how do they generate the actual fuel economy data? The dynos are basically a set of rollers that sit beneath the driven wheels. Their job is simple: add load. Think of a dyno as an exercise bike. If you crank up the resistance, it takes more energy to maintain the same speed. So figuring out how much load to add, as you can imagine, has a huge effect on fuel economy.
A car just sitting on a dyno and spinning its driven wheels will get much better fuel economy than it would in the real world running the same drive cycle. That's because the drag from the undriven wheels and the associated drivetrain isn't considered on the dyno. Aerodynamic forces are also not accounted for. So, how do automakers adjust the dyno to capture the loads the car would actually see on the road? The answer lies in Coast Down testing.
Let's talk about the loads acting on a car as it drives down a smooth road. Predominant forces resisting a vehicle's forward motion are: aerodynamic drag, bearing drag, brake drag, gear drag, and tire rolling resistance. The fuel economy tests run on the dynos need to represent these forces accurately. If the dyno overloads the vehicle, the car will perform poorly. Too little load on the vehicle, and fuel economy numbers will be inflated.
This is a second order polynomial, which makes sense, since aerodynamic drag varies with velocity squared. The coefficients in this equation are called "Coast Down Coefficients" or "ABC Coefficients." An easy way to understand this formula is to think of the C term as representing aero drag, while the B and A term roughly represent drivetrain losses and rolling resistance, respectively.
Certain forces, like bearing and brake drag on the driven wheels will exist even on the dyno, so there's no need for the dyno to impart that load again onto the vehicle during testing. So automakers run another coast down test, this time on the dyno, and use that data to subtract out certain factors. At the end of the day, automakers end up with a set of refined coast down coefficients (these are publicly available on the EPA's website), which they use on their dynamometers to simulate true, real-world driving conditions. They run the EPA's speed traces, measure the chemical makeup of the exhaust to determine fuel burned, run a few calculations, and out comes a shiny new fuel economy value.
All of this matters because you, the consumer, have been duped time and time again on fuel economy numbers. Your sticker says 40 MPG, and you're getting a measly 32. Unacceptable. Hyundai's big goof-up was that they inaccurately measured road load, so the ABC coefficients they used to adjust their dyno were far too generous. The dyno did not impart enough load on the car, and fuel economy was inflated. But what are other reasons why you might not be getting advertised fuel economy?
The EPA knows its tests aren't perfect. Heck, they have a web page entitled "Your Mileage May Vary," so you bet they've heard an earful from consumers. On their aptly named web page, the EPA describes other factors that can cause your MPGs to drop below sticker values. They talk about driving style, vehicle condition, variations in fuel, and engine break-in. All good points. Bad fuel, crazy driver, new engine equals low MPGs. A bad wheel bearing or dragging brake means higher road loads and low MPGs. Ambient conditions also affect fuel economy. If it's cold outside, your engine will idle higher, viscous losses will increase, and certain fuel economy functions may be disabled. This all means you'll be buying more gas.
Another variable is vehicle configuration. If you opted for the big wheels and the 4.10 axle ratio, that'll cost you, because the car was probably labeled with the smaller wheels and taller axle ratio. These are just a few of very many reasons why you might observe lower fuel economy than what you see on the sticker. Things get even more complex if you own a hybrid, as they're particularly sensitive to temperature variation, and their test methodology differs markedly from conventional vehicles.
Hopefully knowing how fuel economy is actually tested will help you, the consumer, understand the lengths automakers have to go to put those two big numbers on your window sticker.
Geeking Out is former Fiat Chrysler engineer and current Jalop scribe David Tracy's weekly missive on all things intensely technical about cars. He can be reached at at david.tracy@jalopnik.com.


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Church bodies urge steps for security in Assam
Concerned over the mass migration of people from the Northeast, National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) and Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI)are calling for calm and urging the civil society and Government to take steps to restore peace and review security for people from the community. The Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) while denouncing the violence in Assam also decried the "social media hate campaign" that led to an exodus of young professionals from several cities in recent days. The Government has identified 275 websites and blogs that participated in the online campaign of hatred against people from the Northeast. 125 websites have already been blocked. After threats through online posts and text messages, thousands of people from states like Assam, Manipur and Mizoram boarded special trains to travel back home.
Mass migration of people from the Northeast
"The exodus of young northeast people exposed the fragility of plural society in India. The violence, the internal displacement of about 500,000 people and the hate campaigns by extremist religious and political groups, called for greater vigilance by government agencies. But equally important, the flash points were a pointer to civil society and religious leadership to take urgent measures encouraging understanding, tolerance and dialogue between communities in the country," the evangelical body said in a statement.
Most of the online content started getting posted from July 13 and fake profiles were created for spreading morphed pictures, according to a Home Ministry report. Also, a Pakistan-based hardline group is suspected to have been involved in doctoring images and spreading them across social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to incite Muslims and create scare among people of northeastern region, according to a PTI report.
EFI urged upon the Central and State Governments and charitable organizations to "identify resources to ameliorate the pain and suffering of the people impacted by the violence and displaced in one of the greatest human tragedies in recent years". Security has been stepped up across Assam which witnessed a spate of clashes between the Bodo Tribal groups and Muslims last month. According to sources, some 77 people have been killed and more than five lakh displaced, mainly from Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri Districts.
"Resettlement, rehabilitation and the rebuilding of lives is a national priority. The Government must investigate the root causes and the friction points that led to the recent violence and ensure acceptable solutions for them," Rev Dr Richard Howell, the General Secretary of EFI said. He also called for suitable legislation on the pattern of the proposed Prevention of Communal and targeted Violence Bill drafted by the National Advisory Council to bring genuine reassurance to religious minorities and the marginalized people in the country.
Meanwhile, in Karnataka alone, up to 30,000 Northeastern people fled the city since late last week driven by fears of attacks. Over 17,000 police personnel were deployed in the capital to instill a sense of confidence. Police say the number of those leaving, which was around 2,000 every day, have dropped to less than 1,000 on Sunday. "It is a tragedy when citizens feel unsafe and insecure in their own democratic country. The NCCI views this situation as a syndrome which would collapse the unity of our country. This mass exile would possibly invite unnecessary and unwanted repercussions on the unity of our nation," the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) said.
The apex body of the Protestant and Orthodox churches assured the Diaspora communities of northeast India, of its prayerful solidarity, and said it upholds those who are seeking refuge by fleeing back home or by living behind locked doors. The NCCI urged all its member churches and institutions to be hospitable, assure comfort and provide courage and strength to those in need, and campaign against racial profiling and racial discrimination. It also urged the central and state machineries to "play a proactive role in finding solutions for such situations instead of labelling the problem as a 'law and order' issue". Political parties should "come together on one platform, condemn rumour-mongering and assure security to the Diaspora communities of our country," the NCCI said.
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Q: DNS A records updated 3 days ago - new ip not updating As mentioned in the title I have instructed my client to update their DNS A records to point to my new server IP 3 days ago. The domain registrar is Heart Internet and the client has provided me with an actual screenshot of the page showing that the (*, @, www) A records have indeed been pointed to my new server but I am seeing no change in any DNS records using various tools such as whatsmydns.
The old and new servers are both running Ubuntu 12. The old server is running using Nginx while the new one is running using Apache2.
I am clueless as to why this is happening because using another registrar I have successfully updated DNS records for other clients which all point to the new server correctly.
If I am not able to solve the problem using advice I will provide the IP/domain name here.

A: It's not uncommon for the name servers to exist somewhere other than the Registrar. Many web hosting companies tell customers to move their name servers to the web hosting company (some may even require it although there's no technical requirement for a web host to also host the DNS). Many "individual" web hosters also tell their customers to move their name servers (foolishly, because web hosters aren't typically good at hosting DNS and probably shouldn't do so).
The key is to update the A record at the DNS host that is authoritative for the domain. Right now, that appears to be ns59.1and1.co.uk and ns60.1and1.co.uk. So your client should have a login for 1and1 so that they can edit the A record there. If they don't then they'll need to contact 1and1 to get a login. I'm assuming that 1and1 hosted their web site at one point. Your client could also move their name servers back to the Registrar. They'll need a login at the Registrar to do that.
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This is a topic that I find confuses a lot of people so I'd like to clarify a few things:
When a domain name is registered there are typically four major components/entities involved:
1. The Registrar - This is where the domain is registered. The Registrar has ultimate authority of the domain name (registration, renewal, suspension).
2. DNS Host - This is where the name servers and DNS zone and records exist. What name servers are authoritative for the domain name?
3. Web Site - Where does the web site exist?
4. Email - Where does email for the domain go?
In today's market where providers want to "be all things to all people" it's not uncommon to have a single entity handle all four of these components, but there's no technical requirement to do so.
For example: I have several domain names registered via Network Solutions. Network solutions is the registrar and if I so choose they can also host my DNS namespace (the DNS zone for my domain name - this is where the authoritative name servers are), they could also host my web site and my email if I so choose. But that's not a requirement. I happen to have my DNS zone (again, the authoritative name servers) hosted at DynDNS. I host my web sites and my email myself. So you see that in my case there are three different entities involved: 1. Network Solutions, who is the Registrar. 2. DynDNS, who hosts the DNS zone for my domain. 3. Me, who hosts my web sites and my email.
The point of all of this being: the name servers can be hosted by anyone who provides that service. It does not have to be the Registrar. It can be, and often is, the entity that hosts the web site. In your case it looks like 1and1 hosted the web site at some point and probably had the customer move their name servers to 1and1.

A: Confirm from your client about the configuration if you don't have the access to do them by yourself. IP address is required for A record entry and dns is also required for domain name resolving. Both of them should be pointing correctly.And also its depend upon TTL time (how much time it will take to propagate).
Currently dig command shows this if its already been three days ,you have consult client about it.

;; ANSWER SECTION: usspeaking.com.  21561 IN A 162.13.85.23
  ;; ANSWER
  SECTION: usspeaking.com.  21599 IN NS ns59.1and1.co.uk.
  usspeaking.com.  21599 IN NS ns60.1and1.co.uk.

Hope this will help you

A:  Your current DNS pointing to old server DNS as mentioned in comment(ns59.1&1.co.uk , ns60.1&1.co.uk ).You should ask the hosting provider of new server about the DNS records and edit the DNS record entry according to that. Mostly its as ns1.my domain.com and ns2.my domain.com. They will fix it for you. This needs to be done from both ends(domain registrar side and hosting provider side).

A: It is unusual not to resolve A record for 3 days maximum propagation takes 24-48 hours to be resolved. please confirm the DNS configuration with your client. if your domain registrar is not your hosting provider then you need to have your A record at your DNS zone of the hosting provider.

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Photography, Misery And Beauty In 'The Salt Of The Earth' NPR's Bob Mondello reviews The Salt Of The Earth, a documentary directed by Wim Wenders about Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado.
Photography, Misery And Beauty In 'The Salt Of The Earth'
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"I could hear the gold whispering in the souls of these men," says Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado of a gold mine in Serra Pelada. Sebastiao Salgado/Amazonas Images/Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
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"I could hear the gold whispering in the souls of these men," says Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado of a gold mine in Serra Pelada.
Having recently celebrated the accomplishments of musicians and dancers in his transcendent documentaries The Buena Vista Social Club and Pina, it perhaps makes sense that Wim Wenders would now turn his camera on a man who wields a camera.
In The Salt of the Earth, his subject is Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado, who in his first on-screen utterances describes the moment he first saw the huge pit that is Serra Pelada, a massive Brazilian gold mine. The scene — 50,000 laborers climbing ladders. Not a machine anywhere — put him in mind of the building of the pyramids, the Tower of Babel.
"I'd returned to the beginning of time," he says. "I could hear the gold whispering in the souls of these men."
His famously breathtaking black and white photographs accompany this recollection — shots that capture thousands of laborers staggering under the weight of sacks of soil they're carrying up huge ladders out of the pit. Each man, Salgado explains, had the right to pick one sack to keep — probably full of just dirt, but possibly containing a king's ransom in gold nuggets. So they are aching and exhausted, eyes gleaming with hope.
Salt of the Earth illuminates not just Salgado's work but the man himself, says NPR film critic Bob Mondello. Sebastiao Salgado/Amazonas Images/Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
Salt of the Earth illuminates not just Salgado's work but the man himself, says NPR film critic Bob Mondello.
That mix of anguish and exultation is typical of the haunting, often era-defining images Salgado has captured in more than three decades as a photojournalist: firefighters battling to extinguish some 500 oil wells aflame in Kuwait after the first Iraq war; drought in Niger in '73; starvation in Ethiopia a decade later. All are events from which the world understandably tries to avert its gaze. Salgado gets us to look — and look intently — by finding humanity in scenes of despair: an infant's trust; a mother's fortitude; a half-naked boy clutching a guitar, shoulders straight, staring out at an endless expanse of sand.
Wenders, hoping to illuminate not just these images but the man who made them, has found an intriguing way to capture both Salgado and his work simultaneously. He shot the photographer talking about his photos, through a screen with those photos projected on it. Salgado couldn't see the camera lens, just his own work. And as he speaks and his eyes dart from detail to detail, it's as if he's reliving the moment he'd captured on film, while peering directly into our eyes. The effect is that he's confiding in the most intimate ways about his art.
He paid a price for that art. The Salt of the Earth, directed jointly by Wenders and Salgado's son Juliano, takes pains to explain how Salgado became the world's foremost "social" photographer: schooled in economics, fleeing Brazil's dictatorship, making it his life's work to chronicle the great horrors of our age — genocide in Rwanda, war in Bosnia, the displacement of whole populations.
"We are a terrible species," he tells the camera, distraught at the modern-day Exoduses he has witnessed.
The film would leave audiences distraught too, if the photographer didn't then experience a kind of Genesis, devoting 15 years to the planting of 2 million trees on a Brazilian wasteland wiped out by drought and overfarming ... literally rebuilding a rain forest.
Healing the land helped heal Salgado. It also provides an eloquent closure to The Salt of the Earth, as landscapes of human misery give way to ... landscapes.


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Unexpected Friendships
December 16, 2017 teachkidsempathy
Middle school is notorious for being a time when children are a little more self centered than usual. In part, this is because of changes in brain development. This self-centeredness is also due to the shifting focus from parental to peer influence. And throw in the hormonal changes and you can understand why these years are often full of selfishness, miscommunication, bad decisions, and hurt feelings.
It is for these reasons that kids need their parents' support during this stage of development, maybe even more than any other stage of life.
If you are a parent of an adolescent or pre-teen, you know exactly what I am talking about. And while there are many challenges that kids experience at this stage of life, it is still possible to raise empathetic, compassionate adolescents.
The trick is in the subtly. (Adolescents are on to you if you are direct.)
My mom always had these subtle ways to encourage us to be kind. And it was her encouragement whispered repeatedly in my brother's ear which led to an unlikely lifelong friendship.
When my brother, Dan, was in middle school he was in the same homeroom as Peter Brill. During the seventh grade year, Peter's parents struggled to get him out of bed in the morning. Since Peter was not very verbal, they weren't quite sure what was going on.
At one point, the guidance counselor informed Mrs. Brill that there was someone bullying him. Once that was addressed, Peter was still very anxious about going to school. Then, all of a sudden, Peter's anxiety seemed to subside, and Peter began to talk about Dan, "different Dan."
(Peter already had another friend named Daniel who had been in his special education classes for years. So he referred to my brother as "different Dan.")
During that year, my mother frequently drove by brother, Dan, to school early to get extra help with his honors math class. And, as he was leaving the car she would say, "if you find somebody who needs a friend today, be that friend."
My brother, and Peter bonded over their love of Penn State. One day Peter noticed Dan's Penn State sweatshirt and he started spouting off scores. "So, then, whenever we wanted to know the sports score we would ask Peter" says Dan. So they developed a friendship as simple as that. Dan, who was involved in student government and football, introduced Peter to all of his friends. "After that, school was much easier for Peter," – says Mrs. Brill.
It was through Peter that Dan met Daniel Gibson.
"In 10th grade Peter's teacher got Peter and Daniel Gibson to be the managers of the football team. They were instant celebrities overnight." says Dan. Since Dan was on the football team, their relationship continued.
Twenty three years later, the trio are still friends.
Peter Brill, Dan Dougherty, & Dan Gibson
Peter and Daniel were in my brother Dan's wedding a few years ago. And, since this past summer, Dan and his family live within walking distance of Peter and Daniel.
When I asked Dan how he has benefited from his friendship with Peter and Daniel he says, "I have learned how to be a better friend to other people. Peter's loyalty and ability to forgive is amazing. It taught me how to reach out to others and to be compassionate about their time if they don't want to talk; it's like, maybe, there is something going on. I think I have benefited a lot more than they have."
And, while reflecting on Peter and Daniel's friendship, Mrs. Brill says my brother "Dan is very special to us. He was truly an angel in Peter's life and our life."
According to Mrs. Brill, "Peter is a gregarious introvert he has thousands of acquaintances but few friends. Dan and Daniel are his friends."-
I asked Dan what he would say to parents of adolescents about forming friendship with others different than themselves. Dan says, "A lot of people surround themselves with people that are similar to them. Think about your friends from high school, they kind of come and go. I don't know Dan and Peter….They are kind of like a rock. My life can be a whirlwind of activity their lives are constant and they are always happy."
Dan also makes it very clear that, when it comes to his relationship with Peter and Daniel, he is the blessed one.
And, to think that their relationship all started with the gentle suggestion of my mother… She never could have predicted the impact of her words.
So, as a parent, educator, or influencer in the life of an adolescent, know that your voice resounds louder and stronger than you think. Though you might not see it now, you are truly shaping lives.
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Helene Krouchick says:
Beautiful article, Christine.
Linda Brill says:
Thank you for this heartfelt and wise article. I am touched and inspired. It was a wonderful gift to us and I hope an encouragement to parents as they strive to raise compassionate children. Your work is a vital contribution in this complex, fast-paced and often impersonal world.
As you know, we are all gifted in our own unique ways. Your brother Dan was unusually wise and sensitive for a middle school boy, thanks to how he was raised and his own natural gift of empathy. That's how he saw the gifts that Peter and his friend Daniel bring to the world. We love your brother Dan and are forever grateful for his life-long friendship with Peter.
God bless you for your inspiring work.
Linda Brill


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Alternatives to US Domination: Prof. Mahmood Mamdani
By mediavigil - December 31, 2008
At the Press Club of India on 30 December 2008 an unusual lecture on 'The World before and after 9/11: alternatives to US domination' by Prof. Mahmood Mamdani, the author of Good Muslim Bad Muslim: America and the Roots of Terror traced the origin of political Islam in South Asia to the political struggles of 1857. His wife Mira Nair, the Film Director was also present along with the academia and media persons.
Mamdani referred to the influence of Jamaluddin Afghani of Iran, Abu ala Mawdudi and Syed Qutb on political Islam and said, "When I read Syed Qutb's 'Milestones', particularly the introduction where he says he wrote it for an Islamic vanguard, I thought I was reading Lenin's 'What is to be Done?' When I read the main text, particularly Qutb's distinction between friend and enemy, a friend as one with whom you must use persuasion but an enemy as one who needs to be dealt with by force, I was reminded of Mao ze Dong's distinction in his essay 'On the Correct Handling of Contradictions among the People". Mamdani stated that Pakistanis are Hindus with Muslim names.
Given the widespread presence of language of politics in religion, he argued that the text must not be split from the context as is being done in the post cold war era. Sadly, even the international human rights discourse is not contexualising the crises. .
Terror is violence against civilians but it has a political base. Violence of Hamas is seeking reforms in the same way as African National Congress sought end of apartheid as a pre-condition for end of violence.
Illustrating from the developments in African nations, South Africa was cited as an example of deglobalizing conflicts because global powers have short-term stakes and they can run away at their whims and fancies but regional approach is long-term based because there is no escaping from the neighborhood. In spite of Pearl Harbor, World War Two was fought in Europe and Asia, not in the US. The Cold War was not fought in Europe, but in Southeast Asia, in Southern Africa, and in Central America. Right up to September 10, the US and Britain compelled African countries to reconcile with terrorist movements in the name of reconciliation - as in Mozambique, in Sierra Leone, and in Angola.
He evinced his strong dismissal of the tendency to distinguish between good Muslims and bad Muslims. Elsewhere he poses a question,"How do you make sense of politics that consciously wears the mantle of religion? and has ridiculed the theorizations to the effect that terrorists of September 11 did not just hijack planes, they hijacked true Islam. In any case, Jihad is a struggle against external enemies of Islam, which is the Islamic version of the Christian notion of "just war". Mamdani says, "Terrorism is not a cultural residue in modern politics. Rather, terrorism is a modern construction."
In an article written for Social Science Research Journal, he has referred to the scenario in 1985 wherein Ronald Reagan met Afghani leaders of the Mujaheddin and introduced them to the media present at the White House lawn saying, "These gentlemen are the moral equivalents of America's founding fathers" in order to harness one version of Islam in a struggle against the Soviet Union in the aftermath of US defeat in Vietnam and the collapse of the Portuguese empire in Africa in 1975. US cultivated terrorism in the struggle against regimes it considered pro-Soviet. It partnered with apartheid South Africa, which was accused by the UN of perpetrating "a crime against humanity." This partnership bolstered a number of terrorist movements: Renamo in Mozambique, and Unita in Angola to paralyze government. Very soon, US inspired terrorism shifted its focus to Central America, to Nicaragua and El Salvador.
It was in this and in the post Iranian Revolution of 1979 context that Afghanistan policy became its strategic intervention and roped in pro-American Islamic lobby. as well.
US administration hoped to turn a religious schism inside Islam, between minority Shia and majority Sunni, into a political schism to contain the influence of the Iranian Revolution as a minority Shia affair. Towards this aim it forged a US/Saudi (Wahabbism)/Pakistani/Mujaheddin (Taliban) alliance as alternatives to secular nationalism. and Israeli intelligence created Hamas as an alternative to the secular Palestine Liberation Organisation. These were covert and overt military interventions.
It is noteworthy that military issues are political issues which the Israeli way of hitting back with disproportionate force or the US way of pre-emptive war against terror or Saudi way of war on indecency does not recognise. Unless the political roots of military issues are taken cognisance of the shift from criminal justice to political justice is not possible.
Even terror has a political base but when a nation state has militarize, it downplays the political dimension but the same state when it chooses to demilitarize, it highlights the political aspect. It must be noted that political violence is political and criminal violence is social. Therefore, solutions to current military crisis must lies in the political domain. Violence cannot be its own explanation. The political development in the aftermath of Madrid bombing provides an alternative solution.
Underlining that Pakistan is a fragmented power, the South Asian crisis has a regional
dimension and it merits a regional solution. Taking the route of Israel-US-India nexus will have both internal and external costs for India.
It is a fact that South Asia as else where perhaps has been a witness to a regime of rampant impunity even for those who were involved in crimes against humanity.
In a context where violence has been privatized and there is a proxy war underway, the challenge lies in demilitarizing society. India can take the initiative in this regard not US even under Barack Obama who was initially a peace candidate but later he became an advocate of "right war".
Mamdani concluded, violence must be historicized. Language of justification cannot explain itself. It is understandable if a weak regional power seeks the help of global power but it is not understandable if strong regional power does the same.
Cover-up Commissions
By mediavigil - April 13, 2006
In every step where an attempt is made to unravel the conspirators behind the assassinations and killing, there is an attempt to subvert it and suppress it. By the way will CPI-ML and others tell how often have the Commission's unearthed the truth? Why is CPI-ML and other political parties interested in the lies or half truths which Commission's give birth to? Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose continues to be in news 60 years after his disputed death. A BBC poll named Netaji the third most popular leader in South Asia after Jinnah and Gandhi. Netaji is supposed to have died at the end of Second World War. Netaji went missing while waging war for India 's freedom and in heart of hearts all Indians wish to know what happened to him. Nehru did institute the Shah Nawaz Khan Committee in 1956 after the Indian newspapers broke the news (based on agancy reports) on August 25, 1945 that Netaji had died in a freak plane crash in Taipei (Taihoku) on August 18th, 1945 . Nehru'
Public Statement on Prashant Bhushan's contempt case
By mediavigil - August 17, 2020
Statement to the Supreme Court and to the Public of India at large. We, the below named, practicing members of the bar in India, have noted with dismay, the judgment of the Supreme Court, in Mr. Prashant Bhushan's contempt case. An independent judiciary consisting of independent judges and lawyers, is the basis of the rule of law in a Constitutional democracy. Mutual respect and the absence of coercion, are the hallmarks of a harmonious relationship between the bar and bench. Any tilting of the balance, one way or the other, is deleterious both to the institution and the nation. An independent judiciary does not mean that judges are immune from scrutiny and comment. It is the duty of lawyers to freely bring any shortcomings to the notice of bar, bench and the public at large. While some of us may have divergent views on the advisability and content of Mr. Prashant Bhushan's two tweets, we are unanimously of the view that no contempt of court was intended or committed especially
Obama Administration Releasing New Rules To Expand Ability To Hold Citizens' Data
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