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Tragedy Strikes in Rio as Rain Leaves Over 100 Dead
Photos: REUTERS / Sergio Moraes
Between 8pm Monday night and 8am yesterday morning, almost twice as much rain fell on Rio de Janeiro than was expected for the entire month of April. Early reports have yet to assess the total number of casualties brought about by this highly unusual weather, but currently the death toll stands at over 100, with many more injured. The rains have collapsed buildings, triggered mudslides, and flooded thoroughfares. Thousands are left homeless. Officials have scrambled to maintain order, but as the rain continues to fall, some are beginning to wonder if climate change is to blame.Rio's Poor are the Hardest Hit
The governor of Rio, Sergio Cabral, says that the biggest losses of life were due to mudslides in the city's poor, hillside communities, called favelas. In these regions, building regulations are virtually nonexistent and addressing safety concerns is difficult. Cabral criticized past administrations "who, by demagogy allowed in the past, high-risk areas to be occupied."
According to authorities, many other hillsides in Rio face a similar threat of landslides.
Photo: Antonio Scorza
Rain Holds the City Hostage
As streets flooded, traveling through the city became impossible for some. Many people who were unable to return home slept in their offices and shops. Cabral urged citizens to stay home yesterday, which is being credited for saving lives since rescue personnel could move more quickly through the remaining passable roadways.
Still, thousands are without power as emergency workers continue to sift through the mud for survivors. Officials are calling for vigilance as Brazil's National Meteorological Institute reports that the forecast is for more rain.
What to Make of All the Extreme Weather?
Weather extremes in Brazil have become a reality in recent years, as the country has faced record-breaking rains in some regions and long, devastating droughts in others. Often, when such unusual weather struck in years past, El Niño was assigned the blame. But this most recent storm is occurring after this year's El Niño had passed with average intensity.
After experiencing the latest round of extreme weather, some in Brazil wonder if this may be symptomatic of climate change. Ambiente Brasil, in posing the question "Who is to blame for the tragedy today in Rio?", sites climate expert Alexandre Mansur of Revista Época:
Now, it is good to prepare as extreme events may become more frequent in the coming years. Significant effects of climate change (when weather patterns become unrecognizable) will only begin from 2020. But already in this decade we will have, according to researchers, extraordinary events will become commonplace. The records that held every 20 years and marked a generation, begin to repeat themselves more regularly. It's a good reason to stop the construction in inappropriate places.
Photo: REUTERS / Bruno Domingos
A Problem on the Rise
As population growth continues to skyrocket, and the world's rural communities are forced to migrate into already crowded urban centers, the devastation and loss of life from extreme weather will only be compounded. In the case of Brazil, where the populations of some cities have doubled in just a few decades, there is little in the way of infrastructure to handle the rapid influx. As a result, favelas crowd the hillsides deemed unsafe for traditional construction.
In other parts of the world, climate refugees face a twofold threat from changes in weather patterns. Whole rural communities, once able to survive by farming the land, are forced by poverty and malnutrition into cities as their crops wither in the grip of desertification. They fair little better in these urban centers where access to basic resources becomes strained from overcrowding.
So, as Rio de Janeiro works in the rain to shelter the living and bury the dead, all victims of this latest batch of extreme weather, some may prefer to call such tragedies 'natural disasters'. But, as even the slightest investigation into precursors of such events would suggest, there might be nothing 'natural' about it at all. The time for being humbled by the mysterious forces of weather are over. Rather, it is our own influence over the planet's climate that should have us humbled--humbled and concerned.
With reporting from Correio Braziliense.
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The sweetest, hottest spot Britney Spears has touched in her long-lasting career is "Toxic," a Catwoman-slinky single that ruled part of 2004. Her sudden command of the pop idiom increased the slinkiness, and she gets a hand back on the controls for her ninth studio LP, "Glory."
Not that her many producers give up their grips, which might explain the pitch-shifted background curlicues — the current mosquitos at the Top 40 barbecue — and too-regular electronic augmentations of her voice that airbrush the sass from potentially great dance-floor-to-bedroom songs like "Do You Wanna Come Over?" (Meanwhile, G-Eazy's rap during "Make Me…" is absolutely useless.)
However, the nearly carefree attitude of "If I'm Dancing" and the plastic-soul vamp hustle of "What You Need" signal that Britney Spears can still manufacture assembly-line music closer to her own specs. There's no "Toxic" on "Glory," but there are some hot, sweet spots anyway.
— Jon M. Gilbertson, Special to the Journal Sentinel
Dig Your Roots
It's not surprising that "Dig Your Roots," the autobiographical title track of Florida Georgia Line's third studio album, begins with a smooth R&B groove. After all, the duo of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley are country music's leading purveyors of the genre-bending bro movement. While it might make traditionalists bristle, the new disc deserves to be measured through the lens of the hit-making and industry-moving style the duo has created in its still-short tenure.
In that light, "Dig Your Roots" finds Florida Georgia Line maturing as artists as they blend diverse sounds across a track list that warmly weaves through the rustic harmonies of "Smooth;" the gospel-leaning romantic admiration of "H.O.L.Y.;" and the slide guitar-accented, Tim McGraw-guesting nostalgic ramble of "May We All." There's also the laid-back, beer-hoisting, hip-hugging singalong beach groove of "Summerland;" and even the tear-jerking father-son testimonial of "While He's Still Around," a heartstring-tugging classic country tune with merits that traditionalists couldn't deny.
At its outset, Florida Georgia Line was saddled with a singular pop reputation at odds with the country genre that was making them stars. Turns out, the duo has simply been trying to find the best ways to organically mix the music inside their own youthful roots to enhance the country music that they love. Here, that effort works.
— Erik Ernst, Special to the Journal Sentinel
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Tory Lanez has been cranking out mixtapes since 2009, which might be why the Toronto artiste's official debut album, "I Told You," strains with his efforts to give it narrative shape by telling the story of his life. Yet that story's familiarity is like hip-hop Horatio Alger.
That familiarity renders the between-song "skits" uninteresting by the album's second spin and kills the momentum that the weaker songs could gain from the stronger, which is why "High" sounds like a weed-and-sex cousin to Justin Bieber's irritating "Sorry," and "Loners Blvd" plays out like a rap that's missing half its cues and beats.
Yet a blaxploitation backing and Briana Cash's heartbreaking vocal refrain turn "Question Is" into an outstanding apex, and the big singles, "Luv" and "Say It," show off adroit 1990s samples and Lanez's evolving vocal phrasing. He might have to strain again with efforts to evolve his rapping and storytelling past formulae.
Tory Lanez performs Nov. 22 at the Rave, 2401 W. Wisconsin Ave.
— Jon M. Gilbertson
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New country artists tend to throw a lot of different choices onto their first albums, as if testing the waters to see which direction within the genre their own paths might follow. So it's fun to guess where an artist like Dylan Scott might land a few years down the road.
On his first disc, a self-titled affair that arrives three years after his debut single, the breezy love song "Makin' This Boy Go Crazy," Scott dabbles in the bro-country tropes of rap-singing in the opening "Lay It On Me" and the electronic modern pop-rock of "My Town." But like in his opening set for Lee Brice's Milwaukee Theatre show in April, Scott is best when he lets his deep Louisiana tenor roll gently across the impassioned regret of "Back;" the poignant longing of "I Lost You;" and the simple, delicate reflection of "Living Room."
Stripped of the glitz of over-produced melodies, his voice is a powerful instrument that could take Scott far if he follows a natural route allowing it to shine.
Dylan Scott performs Oct. 8 at the Rave.
— Erik Ernst

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As I continue work on various games, here you will find a link to the YouTube playlists of the entire series of work on each individual game. On the site itself, I will have individual articles on major elements of each project (i.e. rebuilding a certain board, fixing flippers, touching up a playfield, etc.) but below you can find playlists which are broken down by individual games which encompass all the repair work I have done thus far on each game. The videos in the series are ordered chronologically, so often the first few videos will be "before" shots of what the game looked like when I first got it, and you can follow along as I try to bring them back to life, discovering problems, and hopefully fixing them, as well as making plenty of mistakes along the way.
Remember, the goal here isn't as much to produce a very slick "how-to" series of videos as much as it is to chronicle my experience. Many of these games I'm working on for the first time – and I never edit the videos so sometimes my dialogue or the shots are bad, but the idea is to give you a look, alongside me, as I try to figure these things out and bring these vintage games back to life.
NOTE: Most of these playlists are incomplete, as these are ongoing works-in-progress. As I complete more of the restoration and publish the videos, I continue to add more videos to the playlist.
Bally Black Rose Pinball – This series shows off a lot of common maintenance issues as well as some custom work on parts unique to this game.
World Cup Soccer 94 – Work on reset issues, goalie fixing and other common problems.
Gottlieb Jet Spin (Super Spin) Pinball – A game in beautiful condition that I work on preserving and making play like new.
Gottlieb Top Score (300) Pinball – A game that needs some work to get running that's going to take some time – mainly first looks for now.
Williams Earthshaker – This game came to me in really bad shape. Completely non-working and with major damage to both the playfield and the cabinet. I've managed to make a reasonable amount of progress but am currently waiting to find a better cabinet to transplant the game into, so this project is on hold until then.
Bram Stoker's Dracula – This machine appeared to work but had some weirdness happening on the MPU board as a result of battery damage, among other things.
Red & Ted's Road Show – A recent Craigslist find in pretty good condition so I show what it looks like when I first pick it up and drill into the coin door and see what's inside.
Bally "Mystic" – Picked up an early/prototype game and will be getting it into shape.
I have really enjoyed your videos, especially liked the BSD repair videos – watched each one! Hope you get a chance to add more like these.
Wow, thank you so much for making the videos rebuilding flippers on the Black Rose. I have had a couple machines for about two years, and the parts to rebuild flippers for a world cup soccer for almost that long. Today I decided to finally "do it" so being a visual learner I went to youtube to "learn"… My experience was almost identical to yours. Watching the video I even diagnosed a broken bushing, long story short I followed your advice down to springing for some lock-tite and now I can make some shots with ease that used to be difficult.
When a machine "just lights up" that usually means the general illumination circuit is intact, but otherwise no indication that the game is near working condition. If the main processing board is damaged and non-functional, you'd experience the same symptoms. The best approach is to check all the boards and connections and if that doesn't help, then start swapping boards (find someone with a working game or pick up an Alltek MPU) to see if you can identify where the problems are. If you're not familiar with board-level repairs, it may be hard to dianose a problem when the game won't boot up.
Hello.I just watched the Top Score fixing video.It was very educational but I didn't see how you were able to fix the scores from scoring in all different wonky ways.Can you please tell me how you fixed that problem? Thank you.
I just repaired a squak and talk board on my bally Mr and Ms Pacman. I found 2 main ground wires not attached to anything. One is a braided ground strap coming from where the main power wires attach. It was just hanging. Some of my lights go out when the game is played but they all work. I don't want to just attach the ground anywhere. I cant see where it came from. Looks like maybe a stud? Any help would be great. Im a Mechanic but this is my first attempt at pinball repair.
I have a Bally six million dollar man pin ball machine.
Where should I start looking for when the numbers don't show?
Flippers work but bumpers don't.
I am having some problems and thought you might be able to steer me in the right direction.
I have a Chicago Coin Casino em. Some times the ball does not kick out after going down the bottom hole. It happens intermittently on different players and on different balls. It just cycles endlessly until I manually flip it out.
The manual does not tell me the name of the coil that flips the ball back out. It does not have a drawing for what is under the metal cover on the bottom of the play field.
Is it the Automatic Ball return kicker coil or the ball return kicker? Is it controlled by the out hole relay or the bottom hole relay . What is the name of the switch that the ball activates when it goes down the bottom hole.
It would be nice to have a better description of the different relay functions.
I would check your fuses first, then the connectors on the boards in the game to make sure they're all seated well.
Could also be an issue with your ball trough switch. If it doesn't recognize a closed switch, it won't tell the game to kick a ball out to the shooter lane. You can go into the diagnostics and manually close that switch to see if it's corresponding # shows up in the credit window. Good luck!
Hello! Great site! I have a problem that maybe you could help me with. I have a 1969 Target Pool that the ball kicker activates during the game. Usually when the pop bumper is activated but will also do so when other items on the field are activated. I did some troubleshooting and I have ruled out any of the score wheels. I figure there is a short to the kicker solenoid. It's intermittent but is getting more frequent. It may be unrelated but occasionally the game will go to game over (stop) during the 5th ball. This doessay not happen very often. Thank you!
I would check the switch associated with the ball kicker.. I bet it's very close to being set closed by any significant vibration in the game.
It's hard to diagnose issues like this because there could be so many problems, but the most likely culprit, provided it's not a fuse, is a loose connector somewhere.


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Hell yeah! You read it right! Google is vigorously advertising Apple's iPhone 4 on — Facebook! An amalgamation of three of the world's leading brands – Google, Apple & Facebook. If you don't trust me, have a look at the screenshot below.
Don't worry; it's not Photoshopped. It's a real Facebook ad of a fake company advertising a real product and aimed at scamming unsuspected Facebookers.
The ad you see in the screenshot above is by a company called Viaziz, which is openly fooling people by impersonating as Google. It is a typical auction based scam site, which claims that the last iPhone 4 was auctioned for Rs. 6.72 (around 15 cents).
This is enough for seasoned web users to identify the intent of the website and go away. But newbies would fall for it and end up getting cheated of their hard earned money.
Facebook Ads Review Process is Plain Farce?
The example above is completely contrary to this guideline. Facebook explains that the "Facebook's ad policy and guidelines are based around the philosophy of maintaining users' trust." Trust? My foot.
Facebook even claims that the ads are reviewed by real employees (and not interns) before approving. if that is the case, how can ads like these get through the filter? Its accepted fact that employees are humans and humans make mistakes. But this is not an isolated instance. Just Google for misleading Facebook ads or Facebook ad scam and you will bump across several such instances.
It's not just about ads, there have been several instances of Facebook app scams before, which again question Facebook's app review & approval process.
Facebook cannot keep behaving like a spoilt teenager. It is the biggest social network, valuated at $30 billion, second largest video website and the largest photo sharing service on the web. It is really BIG and needs to start behaving like one.


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A preview of what will happen if the GOP controls all three branches of the federal government
To find out, start by looking at North Carolina. Diane Ravitch reports, "In 2010, Republicans swept control of the Legislature in North Carolina for the first time in a century. Two years later, a Republican governor was elected. Since then, the Republicans have sought to shred any safety net for anyone who needed it." Click the link in this paragraph to read the rest. It's much worse than you might think.
What is happening in North Carolina is the perfect far-right conservative storm to destroy the United State if the GOP continues to add states to its list and seats in both Houses of the U.S. Congress. If the GOP wins the presidential election in 2016 and keeps both Houses of Congress along with its current five seat conservative majority in the Supreme Court, what is happening in North Carolina will repeat across the country in every state. America will become the House of Punishment and prison populations will soar along with more laws designed to send people to those prisons for longer sentences. If you think America is a free country, then why are so many Americans in prison—the U.S. is ranked number one? Guess who is #2 and #3. Click the link in this paragraph to find out.
For instance, who started the war on drugs? A GOP president. His name was Richard Nixon, the only president of the United States to resign from office to avoid facing impeachment. In the late 1970s, under President Carter, a Democrat, drug arrests fell. But the overall trend starting in the 1980s was upward with increased arrests. Who was the GOP president during the 1980s—one guess?
Under GOP President George H. W. Bush, who was president from 1989 to 1993, drug arrests climbed again, and then under Clinton they fluctuated, but under President G. W. Bush, arrests started to climb again. Drug arrests in 2006, were 3.25 times what they were in 1980.
Imagine, ending up in prison because of an addiction that is a disease.
What Is Drug Addiction?
Addiction is a chronic, often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences to the addicted individual and to those around him or her. Although the initial decision to take drugs is voluntary for most people, the brain changes that occur over time challenge an addicted person's self-control and hamper his or her ability to resist intense impulses to take drugs. – Drug Abuse.gov
This is a preview of our world if the GOP rules the United States without the possibility of compromise—a world where women can go to prison for taking pain killers when they are pregnant, and that is already happening in some states dominated by the GOP.
Take a Valium, Lose Your Kids, Go to Jail – propublica.org
In Alabama—a state dominated by the GOP—anti-drug fervor and abortion politics have turned a meth-lab law into the country's harsher weapons against pregnant women.
Other States that Take a Hard Line:
South Carolina – 100% GOP dominated
Tennessee – 100% GOP dominated
Wisconsin – 100% GOP dominated
The GOP will win if too many registered Democrats and independent voters do NOT vote, because that is the reason the GOP has been winning elections in recent years—not because the majority of Americans are voting for far-right conservatives. Voters also have to be aware of fake Democrats running for election. Some of them are neo-liberals, and it is arguable that only fools and ignorant people vote for neo-liberals.
Lloyd Lofthouse is a former U.S. Marine and Vietnam Veteran,
who taught in the public schools for thirty years (1975 – 2005).
December 14, 2015 by Lloyd Lofthouse	Categories: Crazy is Normal, crime, federal government, politics, The United States of America	| Tags: the end of Democracy in the United States, the end of freedom in the United States, the end of the American dream, The end of the United States republic, what happens if conservatives rule America, what happens if conservatives rule the United States | 3 Comments
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Susan Lee Schwartz says:	 December 14, 2015 at 18:10
here is an essay by the senior editor at Oped, which addresses how I fee about our government.
Article: In Defense of Strong Leaders | OpEdNews
http://www.opednews.com/articles/In-Defense-of-Strong-Leade-by-Deena-Stryker-Democracy_Governance_Isis_Kindergarten-151214-150.html#comment575825
MJ Payne says:	 December 14, 2015 at 13:40
Interesting post Lloyd. I find many of the things happening currently terrifying. I do not see why the abortion issue has to be black or white, but have a more complex solution. Only about 1% of pregnancies are caused by rape and incest and of course those women should have the choice to end their pregnancies. Also girls 18 and under regardless of the circumstances. And naturally women whose lives are at risk. I find it painful that most abortions are elective and I wonder why people don't use contraception rather than ending a life. (actually I do understand how it happens) but I hate the massacre of babies and the number of abortions. It also troubles me that the fetal tissues are sold and the buyers are allowed to look at the ultrasounds of their purchases but the would be mothers are discouraged from doing so to the point that Clinton wanted to make it so they are not allowed to. I do see that there is a moral issue involved in this and I also know that women are often in horrible economic circumstances. My own Great Grandmother gave herself an abortion for that reason. The whole issue is painful. As for your other points I think they are well taken. I wish I could say that I feel a great deal of enthusiasm for any of the candidates. I do think Bernie Sanders is a competent and practical man and admire many of the things he has said. Women still have it very hard and I hate to say that it is still really men who are the gate keepers. Best wishes,
MJ Payne
Lloyd Lofthouse says:	 December 14, 2015 at 15:54
Thank you for the comment, and I also think we don't have much of a choice among the candidates. I'm not even sure about Sanders. At the moment, I think I'm voting for the Green Party candidate for president.
As for the abortion issue, you said, "I find it painful that most abortions are elective and I wonder why people don't use contraception rather than ending a life. (actually I do understand how it happens) but I hate the massacre of babies and the number of abortions."
Do you know that "elective" means it is the choice of the woman—it isn't by force? This means women have a choice to decide if they are ready to be a mother yet for whatever reason.
I agree about the contraception but even that is not always an option because of the far right fundamentalist Christians who want to decide how the rest of us are allowed to live our lives by supporting legislation that limits choice. As for babies being massacred, I think that is rather strong language and I think it is worth exploring. I see this as a learning moment.
For instance, only 3% of the medical services that Planned Parenthood offers to women are Abortion Services. 34% is contraception. 42% is STI/STD Testing & Treatment, 9% is cancer screening and Prevention and 11% is other women's health services. Close down Planned Parenthood and a lot of women lose access to contraception and other vital health services.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/08/12/for-planned-parenthood-abortion-stats-3-percent-and-94-percent-are-both-misleading/
I then turned to fact checkers to verify the allegations that Planned Parenthood or "profiting" from abortions, and no one has found any evidence that these claims being made by questionable far-right sites are true.
Richards, the Planned Parenthood president, said in a video response to the controversy: "The allegation that Planned Parenthood profits in any way from tissue donation is not true."
http://www.factcheck.org/2015/07/unspinning-the-planned-parenthood-video/
Fact-Checking the GOP's Deceptive Planned Parenthood Hearing
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2015/09/defund-planned-parenthood-congressional-hearing-videos
Does a video show Dr. Deborah Nucatola admitting that Planned Parenthood engages in the illegal sale of tissue from aborted fetuses?
The answer from Snopes: undetermined
The controversy prompted questions about the nature of the Center for Medical Progress, which describes itself as "a group of citizen journalists dedicated to monitoring and reporting on medical ethics and advances." The organization's Twitter and Facebook accounts are both just a few months old, and the only videos found on the group's YouTube page are the two shown above, even though the organization has supposedly been engaged in a three-year long investigation.
http://www.snopes.com/pp-baby-parts-sale/
Politifact rated the accusations against Planned Parenthood as FALSE. In other words, no one was making a profit of aborted fetuses. It was a smear campaign, and this is a tactic extremists of all kinds use all the time to achieve their goals.
http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2015/oct/07/john-stemberger/planned-parenthood-has-been-found-illegally-sell-b/
How about aborted babies? When I think of a baby, I think of what we hold in our arms after the fetus is born. I have never heard of a baby being killed via an abortion.
More facts:
89-92% of all abortions happen during the first trimester, prior to the 13th week of gestation (AGI/CDC).
In 2012, 7.2% of all abortions occurred between 14-20 weeks' gestation; 1.3% occurred ≥21 weeks' gestation (CDC).
http://www.abort73.com/abortion_facts/us_abortion_statistics/
Now, let's look at fetal development week by week to determine at what stage are most fetuses aborted:
Your baby is an embryo consisting of two layers of cells from which all her organs and body parts will develop.
Your baby is now about the size of a kidney bean and is constantly moving. He has distinct, slightly webbed fingers.
By now your baby is about 3 inches long and weighs nearly an ounce. Her tiny, unique fingerprints are now in place.
THIS IS THE END OF THE FIRST TRIMESTER where 89-92% of all abortions take place. It is a fact that at 3 inches long weighing nearly an ounce, there is no brain yet. The average brain at birth weights 350 – 400 grams. The average weight of an adult human brain is 1,300 – 1,400 grams. There are only 28.3495 grams in ONE ounce, and the brain of a baby at birth weighs more than 12 times the weight of a fetus at the end of the first trimester. How can the abortion of a fetus that weighs almost one ounce without a brain be a massacre and cause pain to that fetus?
Four Months: weeks 17 to 20 where 7.2% of all abortions occurred between 14-20 weeks' gestation
Your baby is now about 5 inches long and weighs 5 ounces. His skeleton is starting to harden from rubbery cartilage to bone.
Five Months: weeks 21 – 24 THIS IS WHERE the final 1.3% of abortions occur at ≥21 weeks' gestation (CDC).
Eyebrows and eyelids are now in place. Your baby would now be more than 10 inches long if you stretched out her legs.
Six Months: weeks 25 – 29
Your baby weighs about a pound and a half. His wrinkled skin is starting to smooth out as he puts on baby fat.
Seven Months: weeks 30 – 31
By now, your baby weighs about 3 pounds and is more than 15 inches long. She can open and close her eyes and follow a light.
Eight Months: weeks 34 – 37
Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds. His layers of fat are filling him out, making him rounder, and his lungs are well developed.
Nine Months: weeks 38 – 41
The average baby is more than 19 inches long and weighs nearly 7 pounds now, but babies vary widely in size at this stage
http://www.babycenter.com/pregnancy-week-by-week
What about brain development inside the womb?
The third trimester—after the SIXTH MONTH or 29th WEEK—is brimming with rapid development of neurons and wiring. Baby's brain roughly triples in weight during the last 13 weeks of gestation, growing from about 3.5 ounces at the end the second trimester to almost 10.6 ounces at term. And it's starting to look different, too: Its formerly once smooth surface is becoming increasingly grooved and indented (like the images of brains you're used to seeing). There are few if any abortions at this point in a pregnancy. There is no way most aborted fetuses feel any pain because you need a brain to feel pain.
http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/fetal-brain-nervous-system/


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Debora previously served as Head of Health & Care at LRM, a Belgium-based private equity and venture capital firm. In this position, she served as a board member on several biotech companies and was involved in a series of international venture capital transactions. Prior to joining LRM, between 2007 and 2010, Debora was a business developer at the Biomedical Research Institute of Hasselt University and manager of the life sciences cluster organization LifeTechLimburg (now Happy Aging – LifeTechValley).
Debora has a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from Hasselt University and holds a Masters degree in Bioscience Engineering from K.U. Leuven.
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Kino, photography, 2014
Member of the Napo Images Photo Agency. A photography graduate from the Cinematography Department at the National Film School in Łódź. Winner of many prestigious awards, including: Foto Visura Spotlight Grant, Luceo Student Award, Grand Press Photo. Her works have been presented at international festivals and exhibitions, including Circulation(s) Festival (France), Landskrona foto (Sweden), Noorderlicht Festival (The Netherlands). In 2015, she took an internship at Magnum Photos in New York as part of the Magnum & Ideas Tap Award. She has participated in prestigious workshops such as the Joop Swart Masterclass and the Eddie Adams Workshop. She focuses her photographic activities on long-term projects. Most of them are affected by the phenomenon of loss and its consequences – these issues can be found in her series Self-portrait with mother, Missing People, Reborn and Little Poland. Using her own experience, the author expands the perspective of other people struggling with the problem of loss — of loved ones, places and identities. She attaches great importance to building a personal relation- ship with the subjects of her work.
Q: Is there any typically-Łódź phenomenon that people who come from other cities and countries should know?
A: I'd certainly recommend going to the museum of cinematography – Art Inkubator, where every year, in June, the brilliant FotoFestival takes place (fotofestiwal.com). During the festival, the whole city turns into a work of art. Nearby, is the Księży Młyn estate which is worth going for a walk. And of course, go for a coffee break to the National Film School.


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MPP Daisy Wai
Progressive Conservative Party | Richmond Hill, ON
CLC rating: Pro-life, pro-family
Light Rating
Rating Comments: During a conversation with a pro-life leader, it was determined that Daisy is solidly pro-life and pro-family.
Percentage in last election: 52.6% (2022)
Victory margin last election: 21.1% (2022)
Religion / Faith: Christian
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Life & family issues voting score: 75%
Note: The voting score calculation is not weighted to account for relative differences in importance of various bills or issues. Here is Daisy Wai's voting record relating to life and family issues:
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Bill 150, to eliminate voter fraud in internal party elections, second reading
This bill, officially called the 'Ensuring Transparency and Integrity in Political Party Elections Act', aimed to eliminate the voter fraud, ballot-box stuffing, falsified ballots and other rigging of votes that has been commonplace in the PC Party of Ontario with respect to candidate nomination elections, Party President and Executive Committee votes, wherein the party establishment cheats in order to rig the vote for its preferred candidate, or to block candidates they do not like. Those who oppose this bill can only object because they wish to continue conducting voter fraud. Passed 2nd reading Dec 12, 2019 by a vote 95-0.
Bill 12, Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations in the Education and Healthcare Sectors, second reading
This bill was crafted to compel workers in the education and healthcare fields to submit to being injected with the abortion-tainted Covid-19 vaccines even against their will, or suffer discriminatory measures from their employers, which could have led to unemployment and poverty. This coercive bill to force people to choose between their conscience and their livelihood amounts to a legislative attack on democacy in Ontario. Defeated at 2nd reading on October 21, 2021 by a vote of 34-16.
Bill 3, An Act to prohibit harassment based on enforcement or adoption of public health measures relating to COVID-19, second reading
This tyrannical bill, introduced by Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath, aimed to muzzle and punish the free speech of Ontarians who refuse to kowtow to the increasingly harsh and unscientific Covid public health decrees. The bill would create as-yet undefined and arbitrarily-designated "safe zones" in which any suggestion of alternative views or evidence that contradicts the government-enforced Covid mandate narrative could result in crippling fines of up to $25,000. With this bill, the NDP, along with the sole Ontario Green Party MPP, has revealed its savage attack on free speech and dissenting views in the public square and is showing ever-clearer signs of its socialist ideological pedigree of top-down totalitarian government. This Orwellian bill was defeated at 2nd Reading on Nov. 4, 2021 by a vote 46 to 20.
Bill 67, to impose marxist, Critical Race Theory on schools, 2nd reading
This radical, socially-divisive bill seeks to impose on Ontario's schools what is known as 'Critical Race Theory', a modern-day version of the class warfare strategy developed by Carl Marx, the father of communism - an ideology responsible for the mass murder of up to 180 million people throughout history. In classic Marxism, socialists or communists seized control of society by exploiting existing tensions between rich & poor to divide and create conflict in society, painting one side as oppressed (poor) and the other as oppressor (rich), and then calling for violent revolution to overthrow the oppressor, with the Marxists supposedly bringing liberation, but ultimately becoming new dictators once in power. Likewise, in modern day 'Critical Race Theory', existing or even invented racial tensions are exploited to paint one race as oppressor (descendants of white Europeans) and others as oppressed (non-whites), and to call for various forms of discrimination, degradation and vilification against the oppressor class, in the name of 'social justice' or 'anti-racism', with the agitators of the conflict accumulating vast political power in the process. This dystopian bill passed 2nd reading by a vote of 72 yeas to 1 nay on March 3, 2022.
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From the Museum Archives: The brutal, first written account of Yampa Valley
Paul Knowles/Museum of Northwest Colorado
The first written account of the Yampa Valley and Northwest Colorado is a stark reminder of just how miserable life could be for those who dared to venture away from civilization in the 1800s.
In 1839, Thomas Jefferson Farnham left Peoria, Illinois leading 19 men on one of the first overland journeys to Oregon. Instead of taking the still-new Oregon Trail route through Wyoming, Farnham hoped to avoid hostile Indians by taking a more southerly route. However, before the party even reached the Rocky Mountains they were near mutiny and many returned home. He was left with just a handful of men and a faithful dog to press on.
On July 31, 1839 they officially reached the Yampa Valley near today's town of Yampa. Farnham described Egeria Park as, "…a beautiful savannah stretching northwesterly from our camp in an irregular manner. Three hundred yards from us rose Tumbleton's Rock (today's Finger Rock)."
On August 4, while following the Yampa River, they reached the area of Steamboat Springs and explored Sulphur Cave. "About 12 o'clock we came upon a cave formed by a limestone and sulphur deposit from a small stream that burst from a hill hard by. Near it were a number of warm springs."
They were now headed for Fort Davy Crockett in Browns Park. However, food became scarce with the more arid climate. After a week with little to eat except two grizzly bear cubs that their dog helped catch, they had no choice but to consider every option for food — including their faithful companion.
On August 11, near present-day Maybell, Farnham wrote, "This morning we tried our utmost skill at fishing. Patience often cried 'hold,' but the appearance of our poor dog would admonish us to continue our efforts to obtain a breakfast from the stream. Thus we fished and fasted till 8 o'clock. A small fish or two were caught — three or four ounces of food for 7 starving men! Our guide declared the noble dog must die. He was accordingly shot, his hair burnt off, and his fore quarters boiled and eaten!! Some of the men declared that dogs made excellent mutton; but on this point, there existed among us what politicians term an honest difference of opinion. To me, it tasted like the flesh of a dog, a singed dog."
Farnham then added, "…we left (the Yampa River) to see it no more, I would humbly hope, till the dews of Heaven shall cause this region of deserts to blossom and ripen into something more nutritive than wild wormwood and gravel."
Finally, just two days later and still starving, they arrived at Fort Davy Crockett. Farnham's relief was palpable. "…the bluffs opened before us the beautiful plain of Browns Hole. The Fort, as it is called, peered up in the centre upon the winding bank of the Sheetskadee (Green River). The dark mountains rose around it sublimely and the green fields wept away into the deep precipitous gorges more beautifully than I can describe. How glad is man to see his home again after a weary absence. Every step becomes quicker as he approaches its sacred portals and kind smiles greet him and leaping hearts beat upon his and warm lips press his own. It is the holy sacrament of friendship."
Here they stayed for a week while regaining their strength and restocking supplies. They left on the 19th to continue to Oregon.
Farnham's popular book "Travels in the Great Western Prairies" was published in 1841. In addition to the earliest account of the Yampa Valley, it is also considered one of the first accounts of an overland voyage to Oregon before the true rush began. You can read it in its entirety here: https://tinyurl.com/y5aymumv
Farnham wrote a few more popular books about his travels through California and Mexico and quickly became influential in both Oregon and California affairs. He died in San Francisco in 1848.
Paul Knowles is assistant director of the Museum of Northwest Colorado. To learn more, drop by the Museum of Northwest Colorado at 590 Yampa Ave., or visit the museum's Facebook page, facebook.com/MuseumNorthwestColorado.
Over a Cup of Coffee: Supper in a skillet
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About Alison Rosen
Alison Rosen
Alison Rosen is a writer, TV personality and podcaster best known for her podcast, "Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend," which has over 25 million downloads, as well as being the former "newsgirl" and co-host of "The Adam Carolla Show."
Alison's roots are in traditional media: She began her career as a professional journalist early, scoring a contributing writer byline for the Los Angeles Times while still in high school. Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone, People, Seventeen, Elle, the New York Post, Vibe, Spin, Maxim, the Village Voice, The Huffington Post, OC Weekly, Time Out New York, Yahoo and Bon Appetit, among others.
Alison has built a loyal following through her blogs, videos, social media and interactive Ustream show (the precursor to her podcast), for which she was dubbed "the future of television" by former AOL CEO Barry Schuler.
She has also carved a niche for herself as a pretty, comical, slightly devilish TV personality.
Years ago, she played in a band, which she likes to mention because it sounds cool. And she was born in Oakland, which she believes gives her cred even though she only lived there for seven months.
Alison currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, baby and dog. She always gets lost, even though she has GPS.
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The cities where you can access the fastest Internet in sub-Saharan Africa
A fast Internet connection is increasingly relevant for everyday activities, work, and leisure, and it appears telecommunications companies are in a neck and neck battle to gain and retain as many users as possible
MTN has the fastest Internet connection in sub-Saharan Africa, according to reports from two data and technology firms, Ookla and UmlaT. The details are more precise when you zoom in on city-by-city comparisons, and the results are impressive.
Despite recent improvements, Africa is still way behind the rest of the world in Internet speeds. However, we could see a drastic change as giants across the globe come to berth in Africa.
I'd probably be underselling the value of a fast Internet connection if I said it can help you do many things. These days, it helps determine the kind of jobs you get, how you experience leisure, and how much information you can access.
Faster Internet provides a boilerplate for several innovations, and that's why you've seen the crazy leap from 1G to 5G in five decades. Africa has been a consistent spectator and latecomer during these leaps, but recent developments suggest that could be changing.
Your Internet experience in Africa will depend on your Internet service provider and the relative urbanisation of your preferred residential area.
It is, perhaps, noteworthy that technology and data companies are providing some insights. Ookla, a US-based network diagnostic firm, used insights from its data platform, Speedtest, to measure which network providers have the best Internet speeds and in which cities. The results are not surprising, but there's a "shocker" ahead.
Did you know: You can head on to Speedtest.com to check how fast your Internet connection is? You could also check if 5G is available in your city/town.
Ookla focused on four operators, MTN, Vodacom, Airtel, and Orange. Combined, these companies account for 62% of Internet subscriptions in sub-Saharan Africa, so if you don't think they're fast enough, you should consider fixed broadband or save up and relocate.
Speedtest uses the median average instead of the mean average. Ookla claims it paints a more accurate picture of the Internet speed a user is likely to get in a country or city.
African cities with the fastest Internet speeds
Cities have long been the melting pots for major economic activities, and technology companies in some of Africa's major cities improving their network performance at breakneck speed.
For Ookla's review period, Vodacom and MTN provide the fastest Internet speeds in Johannesburg and Capetown, respectively. MTN occupies the third position in Johannesburg while Vodacom is in fourth place in Capetown.
Orange provides the fastest non-5G Internet in an African city in Gaborone, Botswana. Ookla also reports that MTN is faster in Nigeria's two major cities, Lagos and Abuja.
To summarise, Johannesburg and Capetown are the two fastest cities for mobile Internet connection in Africa.
However, while the major cities of most African continents continue to improve at an amazing rate, this doesn't always translate for the rest of the country. Some telcos perform well in major cities but get below par when you sum up their performance around the country.
Countries with the faster Internet
Per the company's report, MTN South Africa wins the sub-Saharan Africa battle with a median download speed of 65 Mbps, closely followed by Vodacom South Africa (48 Mbps). Vodacom's subsidiary, Safaricom Kenya follows in third with 36.2 Mbps, while Orange Botswana and MTN Uganda round up the top 5 with 32.8 and 32.7 Mbps, respectively.
And since both MTN and Vodacom were the first to launch 5G in Africa, this is not surprising. However, when you discount 5G technology, Safaricom Kenya moves to the top of the country list.
When measuring Internet speeds, one report might not suffice to paint an accurate picture, but it helps to give an idea. For instance, another IT company, umlauT, stated that MTN has the best Internet speed in Nigeria, beating Airtel and Glo.
It also tested all the network providers in South Africa and, once more, handed the crown to MTN.
Both Ookla and umlauT crown South Africa as the country with the fastest Internet in sub-Saharan Africa. However, Cable.co.uk, states that Rwanda has the fastest Internet in sub-Saharan Africa. The French territory of reunion follows in second, while South Africa rounds up the top three.
We understand this can get confusing. However, there are patterns we can pick from Ookla and umlauT.
The companies in both reports were MTN and Vodacom. Safaricom is a safe bet in Kenya, although we had a great time with Telkom for a brief stint in Nairobi. Orange makes a strong case in French-speaking Africa, with Botswana and Guinea as great standouts.
Their widespread coverage and network quality ensure you can't go wrong with them. Wired broadband could be an option, but Speedtest records a better performance for mobile Internet. We can't help but feel that things could be so much better.
How Africa's Internet fares against the rest of the world
At first glance, it would seem Africa is still way behind the rest of the globe (it still is, by the way), but recent trends show the continent could soon start slugging it out with the big guns.
When you look at Ookla's average (mean) global Internet speeds, no African country comes close to the 77 Mbps benchmark. But, hear us out, please; if we consider the median average, things look much better for the continent.
The highest speed Ookla achieved in its sub-Saharan Africa test was with Vodacom Johannesburg. Thanks to its 5G network, the telco came with a median download speed of 81.3 Mbps.
However, South Africa's entire median download speed stands at 38 Mbps, which is the more likely scenario for a typical user. This score places the country slightly above the reported global average of 30 Mbps.
Apart from South Africa, only Togo (36 Mbps) stands above the global median. The remaining 52 African countries begin their descent from 27 Mbps.
Nonetheless, the competition in Africa's connectivity market is heating up, and foreign giants are charging onto the scene. Beyond the race for 5G technology between long-established telcos, Google, Facebook, and more recently, Equinix have made inroads into the African market with the launch of subsea Internet cables.
Google's strategy is quite compelling, as the giant is not just trying to build infrastructure; it's also planning to develop the users that will use the infrastructure. Talk about creating a market when one does not yet fully exist.
Why are these global giants coming? It's not clear. The usual stats you hear about Africa's young "digital native" population, rising smartphone penetration, and all the bells and whistles are still not convincing.
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An exploration of issues relating to the biological sciences in nurse education and nursing practice
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An exploration of issues relating ot the biological sciences in nurse education and nursing practice (verbal presentation)
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An exploration of intersex characters in Indian cinema
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An exploration of intent for narrative methods of inquiry in health care research
Hardy, S. E., Gregory, S. & Ramjeet, J., 2009, In: Nurse Researcher. 16, 4, p. 7-19 13 p.
An exploration of identity change in post-detoxification alcohol dependent individuals
Notley, C., Houghton, B., Maskrey, V., Holland, R., Lingford-Hughes, A., Punukollu, B., Duka, T. & Kouimtsidis, C., 5 Aug 2022, In: Drugs, Habits and Social Policy. 23, 1, p. 48-61 14 p.
An exploration of flavours in studies of e‐cigarettes for smoking cessation: secondary analyses of a systematic review with meta‐analyses
Lindson, N., Butler, A., Liber, A., Levy, D., Barnett, P., Theodoulou, A., Notley, C., Rigotti, N. & Hartmann-Boyce, J., 18 Nov 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Addiction.
An exploration of deep-learning based phenotypic analysis to detect spike regions in field conditions for UK bread wheat
Alkhudaydi, T., Reynolds, D., Griffiths, S., Zhou, J. & De La Iglesia, B., Jul 2019, In: Plant Phenomics. 2019, July, p. 1-17 17 p., 7368761.
An Exploration into the Accessibility of E-Government Websites in two GCC Countries
Abanumy, AN., Al-Badi, A. & Mayhew, PJ., 2004.
An explicit computation of the injective hull of certain finite metric spaces in terms of their associated Buneman complex
Dress, A., Huber, K. T. & Moulton, V., 1 Jun 2002, In: Advances in Mathematics. 168, 1, p. 1-28 28 p.
An explanatory randomised controlled trial of a nurse-led, consultation-based intervention to support patients with adherence to taking glucose lowering medication for type 2 diabetes
Farmer, A., Hardeman, W., Hughes, D., Prevost, A. T., Kim, Y., Craven, A., Oke, J., Boase, S., Selwood, M., Kellar, I., Graffy, J., Griffin, S., Sutton, S. & Kinmonth, A. L., 5 Apr 2012, In: BMC Family Practice. 13, 30.
An Explanation of Soviet Foreign Policy in the 1980s
Bowker, M., 1992, From Cold War to Collapse: Theory and World Politics in the 1980s. Bowker, M. & Brown, R. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 82-114 33 p.
An explanation for the difference between twentieth and twenty-first century land–sea warming ratio in climate models
Joshi, M. M., Lambert, F. H. & Webb, M. J., 1 Oct 2013, In: Climate Dynamics. 41, 7-8, p. 1853-1869 17 p.
An explainable AI-based intrusion detection system for DNS over HTTPS (DoH) Attacks
Zebin, T., Rezvy, S. & Luo, Y., 15 Jun 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 17, p. 2339-2349 11 p.
An experiment on individual 'parochial altruism' revealing no connection between individual 'altruism' and individual 'parochialism'
Corr, P., Hargreaves-Heap, S., Seger, C. & Tsutsui, K., 20 Aug 2015, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 6, 1261.
An Experimental Translation of The Scriveners by Dino Buzzati
Loffredo, E., 20 May 1997, In: Norwich Papers. V, p. 21-40 20 p.
An experimental test on dynamic consumption and lump-sum pensions
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An experimental test of self-theories of ability in youth sport
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An experimental test of retirement decisions
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An experimental study on dynamic pore wettability
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An experimental model of wave-induced motions of an ice floe
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An experimental model of wave attenuation in pancake ice
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An experimental manipulation of responsibility in children: a test of the inflated responsibility model of OCD
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An experimental investigation of focal points in coordination and bargaining: Some preliminary results
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An Experimental Investigation of Colonel Blotto Games
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An experimental eye-tracking study of text adaptation for readers with dyslexia: Effects of visual support and word frequency
Rivero-Contreras, M., Engelhardt, P. E. & Saldaña, D., Apr 2021, In: Annals of Dyslexia. 71, p. 170–187 18 p.
An Experimental Evaluation of Nearest Neighbour Time Series Classification
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An experimental comparison of velocities underneath focussed breaking waves
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An experimental colloid thruster package for nano satellites
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An experimental assessment of a Pennebaker writing intervention in primary insomnia
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An Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Reactions OIO + NO and OIO + OH
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John Harlacher is an actor, stage director, and filmmaker based in New York City.

He has directed one feature film: Urchin which was released theatrically in February 2007. He is Creative Director of The Enemy, a digital film group. He attended Brooklyn College.

As a stage director, he directed Cats Can See The Devil written by Tom X. Chao and choreographed by Alex Timbers, and the Halloween Event Nightmare Haunted House, created by Timothy Haskell.

As an actor, he played Jessie in the indie film Love Simple. He also is a member of the Barefoot Theatre Company, and appeared in their revival of Rats by Israel Horovitz, and the stage version of Dog Day Afternoon among others.

External links

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Barefoot Theatre Company
Nightmare Haunted House

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American film directors
American male screenwriters
American theatre directors
Brooklyn College alumni
Male actors from New York City
Screenwriters from New York (state)

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A Peek at the Fun: Got a geek on your list this year? Here are some fabulous and fun geek gift ideas for him if he loves science, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, computers, and other "geeky" fun!
My (this is Amber) husband is a geek. And I say that with all the love in my heart. (Mama always told me to marry a nerd-she said they are hard workers and make good husbands. She was right.) He loves all things Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, science, you get the picture. And I know he is not alone in that!
Are you a geek or do you have a geek on your shopping list this year? I thought it would be fun to pull together some great geek gift ideas for you! These are fun! These are great Father's Day gift ideas for dads who love geek gifts or for his birthday. Things for science lovers, Star Wars lovers, and more.
Seriously, you could put anything in Star Wars shapes and it's more fun right? So why not baking cups? My husband actually really loves to cook, so he'd think these Star Wars measuring cups are extra cool. My sons too.
Socks are super trendy these days. I think sometimes the things men have to wear to work or to church can feel a little boring to them, so it's fun to add in a little flair with a fun pair of socks! Whether it's Star Trek socks or Star Wars or Superhero, they're all fun!
My husband not only loves geeky things like Star Wars, but he's pretty into politics too (ugh-I hate politics!) so this shirt is perfect for him. And you know that he'll get lots of laughs and compliments in a shirt like this.
And did I mention that my husband is a chemistry professor? Anyone else have a total science lover in their lives? Because these periodic table salt and pepper shakers are perfection for anyone that loves chemistry.
And so is this shirt. Because in chemist's world, the periodic table is very cool. And a little goofy pun to the bottom of the shirt and you've got something super fun!
OK, we actually have, love and use this waffle iron. Who doesn't want a Star Wars themed waffle on a Saturday morning? I'll tell you now that my kids sure love them! The death star is the epitome of cool in their world!
Adult coloring books are so trendy right now, but have you ever thought of a geek version? Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter or Star Wars? My teenage son who loves art has a blast sitting down with one of these.
These mugs are absolutely as cool as it gets! They actually change when you add something hot to them. Just like a Harry Potter Marauders map! How fun is that?
I walked downstairs to find my husband and 12 year old son playing this the other day. Win win! They're having fun and they're bonding. (I they never expect me to play when it's Risk.) Hours of fun right here.
Second breakfast anyone? Eat it while you drink from this fun Hobbit mug. Simple but fun.
My 14 year old son just bought this for himself. (Geeks breeds mini Geeks.) He hasn't even read all of the books yet, but he's already sucked in enough to want One Ring to Rule Them All!
If you can't wear fun pajamas around the house then life's not worth it right? Go geeky with these fun Marvel Avengers pajamas.
One of my teenage sons loves coding (and frankly I love that he loves coding. Hello good future career!) He would love this fun coding shirt.
This might be the ultimate in geek, but I have to admit that I wish there was such a thing as a real time turner. Imagine what you could do if you could turn time? Give this to someone who wishes they could too!
Hope some of those helped you in your shopping! Good luck to you!
Have a FUN giving these geek gift ideas!
My girlfriend is a huge Stars Wars fan and loves to cook. The measuring cups are absolutely awesome. Putting on her Christmas list. Thanks for sharing!
Yes, she will love that!


All images in this gallery have been taken using a basic PC webcam that has had its lens removed and a nose piece fitted which is then inserted into the telescope focusing tube (in effect the telescope becomes the webcams lens). The webcam is a Phillips SPC 900NC which is quite commonly used as a cheaper alternative to expensive purpose built CCD imaging cameras. As far as quality goes they are not as good as the CCD imaging cameras as you would expect but are a great place to start and the images produce plenty of detail and some colour. The basic technique is fairly straight forward.
Using some capture software you simply acquire your target and focus then record a few minutes worth of .AVI footage. Then take your .AVI file into a stacking program and stack the individual frames on top of each other.


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David Tittle: 'We need a review of design review'
29 October, 2015 By David Tittle
David Tittle of MADE
Design review at MADE
The design review process needs more teeth and a blend of national and local expertise, says the chief executive of West Midlands design review organisation MADE
Who will provide leadership to promote design quality in the built environment? This was a key issue addressed by the Farrell Review last year, and it has been taken up more recently by a House of Lords select committee on the National Policy for the Built Environment.
The committee has been calling in a number of witnesses such as former RIBA president Sunand Prasad, economist and housing expert Kate Barker, and myself, to present their own state-of-the-nation summary on the built environment (read the full transcript here).
When asked about the Farrell proposal of appointing a chief architect, the best answer came from Chris Carr, chair of the Federation of Master Builders' Home Builders group, who in stereotypically blunt Northern style said: 'It'd be alright if [they] knew what [they] were talking about'.
Appointing a chief architect might seem like a token gesture
In reality, who can really object to having someone close to the heart of government who can act as a conduit to all parts of the built environment industry? But without a clear commitment from government on the importance of 'place', appointing a chief architect might seem like a token gesture.
When the old CABE disappeared, with it went a mechanism for bringing together and disseminating knowledge about design quality from across the professions, industry and government. It had provided a wealth of guidance and advice which now sits on an archived website, becoming more out of date by the day.
Strangely it was design review, conceivably the least-loved CABE product, that continued. Perhaps because it's the aspect that noisy London architects – who dominate built environment discourse – are most exercised about.
Let me explain: MADE lives off design review, so I'm not questioning the importance of it. My query is around the process, a topic that the chief architect could surely provide some guidance on.
When I talk to architects out in the regions, it is the one-off, make-or-break nature of design review that they resent the most. It leads to a process similar to that observed in schools facing their SATs of 'teaching to the test', where huge effort is put into anticipating the views of the panel and preparing to respond to them. This does not provide a conducive atmosphere for a collaborative discussion about potential scheme improvements.
MADE and others tasked with delivering design review at a local level such as the Design Network groups have tried to shake off this legacy, but perhaps there is more we can do. There is a growing groundswell of support for the idea of locally managed panels which blend national and local expertise, replacing the panel parachuting in from the capital who know little of the issues within that region.
The design review process needs more teeth
In addition, we know architects want more of an iterative process where they can get independent advice and review at key stages as their designs emerge. This needs to be married with the needs of the developer who wants certainty – to know which direction to take following a review and to be sure the local authority will take the same line. Either way, the process needs more teeth, potentially a set of minutes that set key actions to be responded to, before planning consent can be granted.
Meanwhile, the leadership gap remains. With the latest upsurge in development activity it seems a variety of players is informally stepping into the breach: Farrell, the Design Network and professional bodies, the Academy of Urbanism and not least the Place Alliance, which brings all of these together in its Big Meets and working groups.
Indeed, the Place Alliance has just launched an online open source directory for guidance, case studies and research. Perhaps at last, a replacement for the CABE publications we all miss.
David Tittle is chief executive of MADE, an organisation dedicated to improving the quality of cities, towns and villages in the West Midlands and beyond. He is also chair of the Design Network and a trustee of Civic Voice, the national organisation for Civic Societies
Ministers urged to appoint built environment tsar
19 February, 2016Keith Cooper
Peers have recommended that the government appoints a built environment advisor backing earlier calls by the RIBA
Create Streets founder replaces Scruton as chair of building design watchdog
Nicholas Boys Smith, the founder of high-density, low-rise urban housing champions Create Streets, has replaced Roger Scruton as chair of the government's Building Better, Building Beautiful commission
First-ever national housing audit hopes to push design up the agenda
17 June 2019Ella Jessel
A national audit of new-built housing is launching this summer to examine how design quality has changed in the past decade
RIBA West Midlands Awards 2019: Sheppard Robson's Birmingham Uni lab cleans up
20 May 2019Fran Williams
Sheppard Robson's laboratory for the University of Birmingham has won big at the RIBA West Midlands Awards, scooping Building of the Year and two other special awards
Darling Associates scoops AJ100 Fastest Growing Practice 2019
17 June 2019Pamela Buxton
Darling Associates wins the award for fastest growing practice after a 42 per cent rise in architects propelled it 19 places up the rankings to its highest-ever position of equal 25th
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