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Toy Bed for my 1 1/2 year old daughter

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Update 12/2: the finished bed, painted, with bedding (made by grandma) and a doll. She’ll get it on Christmas.

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When visiting some friends recently, my 1 1/2 year old daughter kept putting their little baby doll to bed in her little bed.

So, my daughter needs a little baby doll bed for her dolls.

Poplar, mortise and tenon, accommodates a 20×10.5 inch mattress (I stole the dimensions from Pottery Barn). It now has one coat of cotton candy pink on it.

I am frustrated by the lame fence and hold down system on the jet mortiser, so I’ll be doing something about that.

I sprayed this with my Little Critter Sprayer (aka the cloud maker).

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#1 posted 11-03-2008 06:59 AM

fun stuff…looks like a good project to try out mortrise and tenon…(beginner here)...

my daughters would love this…

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#3 posted 11-03-2008 09:40 PM

What a dad! Cool looking branding. Where did you get that made?

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#4 posted 11-04-2008 01:43 AM

Looks great Matt! Keep up the good work.

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#5 posted 01-06-2010 07:39 PM

Awsome idea. My daughter (3) just got one of those American Dolls and this would be the perfect way for me to make my go at mortise and tennons. Thanks for the inspiration!

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Solid walnut top, with 4 inch steel legs. Legs are painted with a graphite metallic enamel. This sucker is heavy!

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Very nice piece, great job.

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#2 posted 03-10-2015 01:53 PM

That sucker is beautiful.

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Very nice coffee table and a good combination of wood and steel…great job.

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I bet it’s heavy. Wonderful leg paint, I thought they were wooden. Excellent design of tabletop with visible leg tops.

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I was hoping to say this project didn’t cost me a penny in materials but alas, I had to buy a sheet of oak veneered plywood for the door panels and the back panel.

The oak came came from an old school in Bromley (England) they were tearing down about 12 years ago. Its been gathering dust since then but when we converted our garage into a dining room the sideboard we currently have looks out of place so I thought it an ideal time to use those old oak boards.

The panels were actually the sides of a built in book storage cupboard. The school was built around 1876 so I guess the oak is of the same period. It was fun reading the graffittii on the insides of the boards written by kids probably long gone by now.

The drawers are left over flooring planks from the new dining room and other scraps, bamboo for the boxes (that stuff is hard) and oak for the false fronts.

I originally planned to make raised panels for the doors from reclaimed table tops but when I milled the tops the boards had been joined by splines which showed through when I made teat cuts with the raised panel cutter.

The other mistake I made was not anticipating the extra 3/4” required for the door rails for the overall width of the door. It is the first time I have used cope and stick joinery so I forgave myself the oversight. I got around it by adding beading to the inside of the face frame. I think it actually makes the project more attractive, but that’s just me.

I gave the cabinet 5 coats of oil (still drying) next weekend I’ll apply some paste wax to finish it off .

I had a job lifting it into the house, it weighs a ton. The overall dims are H76” W23” D13 1/2”

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#1 posted 02-17-2012 07:50 PM

Nice cabinet. Great history!

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#2 posted 02-17-2012 08:27 PM

Yeah. Nice save on the doors too. Nice cabinet.

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#3 posted 02-17-2012 08:54 PM

Thanks fellahs

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#4 posted 02-18-2012 01:39 AM

Great looking chimney cabinet.

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#5 posted 02-18-2012 03:55 AM

Hi David:

All I can say is: “Beautiful”....It looks really great, and the craftsmanship is supurb, pal….I really like the choice of the old wood you got from the school….Wow….great wood…I’ve never tried to build a chimney cubboard, but it looks like it would be a lot of fun, and hard work, too….lol. I like that you left it natural and used the oil on it.. I think it really brings out the beauty of the wood… tell Julie to fill ‘er up with grub…

I always figured they called them chimney cupboards cause they were tall and slinder like a Enjoy your endevors, my friend… well deserve it…..

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#6 posted 02-18-2012 04:52 AM

Beautiful cabinet, and the boards you used had such a great history, it’s time for you to continue the history.

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#7 posted 02-18-2012 04:57 AM

David, that is a really nice job. I like how you highlighted the knot in the center of the drawer. My wife would love this finish, for that matter so do I.

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#8 posted 02-19-2012 02:47 PM

Very nice! Always nice to use left overs and scraps.

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#9 posted 02-20-2012 08:15 PM

Thanks for the positive feedback guys, much appreciated, I am pleased with how it turned out, particularly after my mistakes ( cutting the door rails too shor) t, oh well it’s all a big learning curve and I learned a few things on this job, mainly that it was too big a job for my little shop, Heaving that bugger around the shop was no easy task, it always seemed to be in the wrong place when I went to use a tool.

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#10 posted 03-21-2012 02:42 AM

Hi David

Nice looking cabinet and design. A person does learn from their mistakes. Just call it a design change. I like the Misson style doors over the raised panels on this cabinet. Very well done as always. Love seeing your beautiful shop!

I do not feel too bad for you having to move your cabinet around the shop. I have a 30 gun cabinet top section 16” d X 9’ w X 62” h to move around while trying to build a fire place surround with bookcases. I have it on a moving cart so I can roll it around the shop. When I was cutting plywood sheets and long solid stock I had to roll it out side.

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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#11 posted 03-21-2012 08:48 AM

Hi Tom, thanks for the kind comments, I t was a bit of a rush job so I am pleased how it turned out. I know only too well what you mean about moving around large heavy projects in the shop.

I’m in the middle of the kitchen project as you know, I have to cut three wooden worktops. The quote I got from the contractor almost gave me a heart attack, so I am going alone with it. Of course I had to buy some tools. One of which is a plunge track saw. I’m going to have to give it a trial run as it looks a little more fiddly than my circular saw.

I hope that gun cabinet is coming along fine, I have no doubts it will be. Seems like you have plenty to keep you busy?

Best of luck with it

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#12 posted 03-23-2012 03:58 PM

Very nice,love the oak. I know what you mean about small shop,or is it we have to many toys.In my case a little of both.

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Life is Ahead of You (La vie devant toi)

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Life is Ahead of You

You’re just 20 years old
And life is ahead of you
But, it’s just that life
Is always ahead
But, there’s no one here
To stop the pain
To turn off your alarm clock
Which buzzes, and buzzes, and buzzes…
No matter what, don’t make mistakes
About the future or about the metro
No matter what, don’t fall to sleep
And miss the boat
That goes off with or without you
Towards nowhere in specific
That the wind brings back
To the point where you began
You’re all alone in the crowd
Stumbling on the ground
Marching on the waves
Drowning in the desert
Following every mirage
Capturing every face
Searching the coasts
In the middle of the ocean
If you think you’re drunk
You can always lie
You’re just 20 years old
The world to discover
When you’re full of love
It fills your future
Especially when you thought
About going to the movies
Once again you find yourself holding tightly onto
The emptiness between your arms
And then there are those
Who turn off the light
Who die when they don’t have to
Who get themselves messed up
Believing that the world is horrible
And who leave you their hearts
Like graveyards
And then there is everyone else
Who wants to live
Without ever getting dirty
Without risking death
Who makes laws
In order to never suffer
To drive me crazy
To make madness illegal
If you want my youth
You can always run
You’re just 20 years old
And time is before you
You have a thousand nights
In the back of your memory
People pretend to think
That it’s the first time
They have been everywhere
For money, for love
For alcohol, for glory
Because we’re always thirsty
Because we don’t know how to sip
You cling at a thread
You’re scared of falling
You’re all alone in the night
In which you cry or pray
And all that you have left
In this world without
Anger and attrition
War and censure
Everything that you can’t get rid of
Everything that you can’t take for yourself
It’s everything that you can’t see
Everything that isn’t for sale
If you leave, I’ll stay
You can always run away
If you think you’re drunk
You can always lie
If you want my youth
You can always run
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There's a typo in the original lyrics in the 1st verse: "Pour clamer ton réveil" should be "Pour calmer ton réveil."

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@ Eponine : the typo is corrected, you were right about it


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Mr. Rajapaksa, who is still riding a wave of popularity that gathered during his government’s historic defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels last year, was reelected in presidential polls in January, and hopes to win a two-thirds majority for his United People’s Freedom Alliance coalition.

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Lance Armstrong’s name was on nobody’s lips. His image flashed onto the screen for only one split second, seemingly by accident. He has been erased not only from the record books, but from the Tour’s public memory.

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“The Tour will be stronger than doping and trickery,” declared Jean-Etienne Amaury, president of the company that owns the Tour, to applause from the thousands of spectators gathered in Paris’ largest theater, along with the French minister of sport, to learn the details of the 2013 Tour, the 100th edition of the event.

In its wake, the Tour will leave the record books blank for the period 1999 to 2005, Armstrong’s winning streak. Only one of the riders who finished on the podium during those years is not tainted with proof or suspicion of drug use, according to the US Anti-Drug Agency, making it impossible to find worthy replacement winners without going far down the standings.

Despite this cloud, the sport’s flagship event will bounce back, says Marc Madiot, a former Tour rider and now manager of the Francaises des Jeux team. “The Tour de France has a capacity to regenerate itself that we might not suspect,” he says. “It is deeply anchored in the French populace.”

The ordinary French people who turn out to watch the Tour each year – and there are 12 million spectators each July – see the race as a metaphor for life, Mr. Madiot suggests, which makes them more tolerant of doping. “Life itself is never simple,” he says. “There are ups and downs and disappointments, and the Tour is like that too.”

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“There is no doubt that this … is the biggest crisis cycling has ever faced,” UCI President Pat McQuaid said Monday, accepting the USADA report that Armstrong had been at the center of “a massive team doping scheme, more extensive than any previously revealed in professional sports history.”

Mr. McQuaid recalled past drug scandals, however, and pointed out that “this is not the first time that cycling has reached a crossroads or that it has had to begin anew.” He insisted that “cycling has a future.”

What role the UCI will play in that future, however, is still uncertain. The international body is responsible for both promoting the sport and for policing it – improving its image and catching its cheats.

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That is a commonly held view amongst reformers, but UCI leaders do not appear to share it. Asked Monday whether the organization should split up its regulatory and promotional roles, McQuaid replied, “I don’t see why we should.”

“I see very little way forward with the folks and structures in place at the moment,” worries Mr. Newill.

That might mean that Amaury Sports Organization, the company that owns and organizes the Tour de France, will have to take its own measures, suggests Madiot, whose team regularly contests the Tour. Until now, as part of the UCI-run “Pro Tour” series of events, the Tour de France has accepted all the riders and teams that the UCI has presented it with, regardless of their doping history or reputation.

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“There can be changes in cycling if the Tour de France takes the right decisions,” agrees Mr. Guimart. “If they don’t, they will be missing an opportunity, and if they do that they will bear responsibility for the degradation that will follow.”

Already, the signs of that possible future can be discerned.

Michel and Sylvie Rochefort had brought their young charges from the Bois d’Arcy junior cycling club, outside Paris, to Wednesday’s ceremony because “the Tour de France makes the kids dream,” says Mr. Rochefort.

But their small amateur club is not thriving. “This year we had no new members,” explains Ms. Rochefort. “Parents don’t want their children to get involved with cycling because of the doping image.”

“The doping stain on cycling may not hurt the Tour de France,” adds her husband. “But it is penalizing amateur cycling a lot.”

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Has anyone seen this lady or know anthing about her, reviews, etc.

Heather on backpage, brunettes do it better. If you have any info please PM me.

Same photos, same ad for a long time. Have never seen a review of her. Did find an ad by her looking to rent out massage space to other LMTs. On Glade road off 121. Village Suites. Feel free to TOFTT and report back :-)
Google of phone # reveals negative review on TOS.
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She's really hot - just like pics.

Average massage (RMT) - L0 (no extras)
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Thanks to all of you for the good intel.
I figured it looked to good to be true!
L0 confirmed by several people.
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Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! L 0 should be outlawed!
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If you're looking in the therapeutic section, you should expect L0. LMT's can lose their license for doing extras. Many do once they are comfortable with you, but a lot do not. They advertise on BP and CL because, well... where else are they gonna advertise? Now, if they post nude or topless pics and do L0, then shame on them, but just because they're good-lookin' and trained in massage, doesn't mean they oughtta wanna tug your stuff. Don't take optional draping as indication of extras either. It's easier to massage without a sheet in the way, and just cause she can see it doesn't mean she wants to touch it.

I'd recommend shopping in the bodyrub section. It's virtually always at least L1.
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Ive seen her when she was off harwood and norwood. pretty little thing,
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what the hell is that about. had to Finnish myself.
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Stroke, Pedal, Jog

by Michael Bowen

The top finishers get all the glory. For this Sunday's Ironman USA Coeur d'Alene, they'll come in from far-flung places and haul away their trophies. But what about the middle-aged triathletes, the age-groupers from around here who will finish several hours and hundreds of places behind the leaders? What about all their hours spent on lonely runs and bike rides? What about their aches and pains?

Kent Breckenridge, 46, an anesthetist from Veradale, has finished two Ironman competitions -- but that was 10 years ago, at Ironman Canada in Penticton, B.C. "I was going to do another in '95," he says, "but I got injured, and then kids and life catch up with you, you know." As for training, Breckenridge -- who plays both indoor and outdoor soccer and competitive tennis -- says "I go by hours, not distances," and that 10 to 12 hours of training is a big week for him.

John Heckard, 48, juggles a career in construction management with "about 15 hours" a week of working out on the roads around Spokane. "I'm a middle-of-the-pack guy, more of a weekend warrior," he says. Heckard, who has also finished twice at Penticton, says that during an Ironman, "you have to tell yourself to slow down, constantly." This time, he kept his training as a secret from his girlfriend "until about three months ago, when it became obvious."

A demolition engineer from Coeur d'Alene, Mac Cavasar, 52, finished Ironman Canada in 2000. (There are fewer than 40 Ironman-distance events in the world each year.) While that's his only Ironman, he's not exactly inexperienced: "I've been doing triathlons since 1982," he says. "I've done so many, it's hard to keep count, but I've probably done around 40 Olympic-distance [roughly one-quarter of the Ironman length] and, oh, 20 or 25 half-Ironmans." Cavasar puts in seven-hour days at the peak of his training ("in a week, 150-200 miles on the bike, about four to eight miles swimming, and 30 or 40 miles of running"), and, unlike many other Ironman triathletes, sets out to do over-distance work: "I did 125 miles on the bike one day," he says.

Gerri Lewerenz, 61 and retired from her career in health care, is an Ironwoman, as it were. "When I first saw them [doing triathlons] on TV, I thought they were crazy," she recalls. Yet this weekend will be her fourth Ironman. She reports that "it's a lot easier to train ever since I retired." Lewerenz describes a hard week of training as taking up 35 hours -- "12,000 yards swimming, 200 miles biking, about 40 or 45 miles of running."

Post Falls resident Rod Wharton, 46, has finished four Ironmen -- three in Canada and one in Hawaii. He rattles off his training regimen: "Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 3,000-yard swim; Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, bike for one and a half hours -- that's about 30 miles -- and then Monday, Wednesday, Friday, I run, with my long run on Sunday, about 18 miles." Most people would regard that as extreme, and Wharton doesn't disagree: "Sure, it's obsessive-compulsive," he says with a laugh. "Is that a bad thing? It's no more obsessive than somebody who plays golf four hours a day on the weekends."

Wharton got into the sport around 1990. After he'd done a few Olympic-distance triathlons, he recalls, "a friend in Coeur d'Alene said, 'Let's do the Troika,'" referring to the half-Ironman held every August in Spokane. "Well," says Wharton, "worst day of my life -- I'd never run more than 10 miles, ever. But a year later, I did an Ironman." In one such race, he reports, he came into the changing tent after the bike leg and "took a nap, until some guy woke me up." Or so he thought. In fact, he had passed out, and the man had been yelling for a medic. Wharton shrugged off help and set out on the final 26-mile section of the race. "I walked every step of the way," he says, and just that portion of the race took him seven hours to complete. But he finished.

Brad Vanwert knows a little bit about finishing an Ironman: He's completed 27 of them. But after you've done a handful of 140-mile races, haven't you pretty much proven that you can meet the challenge? "You have to be a Type A personality," Vanwert says. "That's just part of it. It's a sickness, but a good sickness." So what keeps him going? Why does he return every year to Hawaii, where he has competed in 13 Ironman world championships? "My wife likes to shop in Kona," he jokes. Still, Vanwert displays the pre-race pessimism typical of triathletes: Despite all his 100-mile bike rides and three-hour runs, he claims that "I'm way undertrained for this race."

Naturally, these six people are nutrition-conscious. Lewerenz is a vegetarian who has a hard time getting in all her protein. Cavasar swears that the key is "eating a really good breakfast, since you'll be drawing on that energy all day"; during the race itself, he relies on "PB & amp;J sandwiches and Nutter-Butter bars." Vanwert, for his part, scoffs at all the "techno-geeks who spend thousands of dollars on their bikes, when all they really need to do is lose five pounds -- or else they'll load up their bikes with about 500 pounds of Power Bars."

And the expected results after all that running and pedaling? Most of this group estimate -- and hope -- that they'll finish somewhere in the 12- to 14-hour range. Heckard says that, after a 7 am start, he just wants "to get in before sunset." Breckenridge admits that he wants "just to finish." Vanwert, the most experienced, lists a three-tier goal: "first, to finish; second, to come in under 10 hours; third, to be in the top three in my age group [men 45-49]."

Sometime Sunday afternoon, these six people will all face yet another hill on the bike -- with the marathon to come after that -- and surely the doubt and self-questioning will creep in. Part of preparing for an Ironman is dreading the pain.

But Heckard is still enthusiastic about what can be described as the most extreme sporting event to attract significant numbers of competitors: "Have you ever seen 2,000 swimmers hit the water all at once?" he asks. "When you run in one of these, you can't see that. You should come on down. It's wild."

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Arlovski’s New Career

By: Jake Rossen
Sep 22, 2010

Andrei Arlovski file photo: Dave Mandel |

The easy joke about Andrei Arlovski’s decision to enter a K-1 kickboxing tournament -- home to some of the most dangerous stand-up strikers in the world -- has to start with the paper-mache chin: Arlovski has been knocked out in two of his last three bouts, cartoon birds and all. Entering a situation where he’s forced to stand and trade might not be the best ego builder. He’s not even a particularly strong kicker.

Fine and fair enough. But: Arlovski’s losses came against two of the heavier-handed fighters in the heavyweight division in Fedor Emelianenko and Brett Rogers. And against both, he made huge tactical errors that created an unobstructed path from their hands to his mouth. Watch the Emelianenko fight prior to the sudden finish and he was looking solid. Watch him collapse Roy Nelson -- something Junior dos Santos couldn’t do. Arlovski is a talented puncher who just hasn’t been able to add everything up for himself. He’s hardly a shot athlete.

The advantage to taking the K-1 gig (Oct. 2) might be forward-thinking on his manager’s part: FEG, the company subsidizing both kickboxing and Dream, has encountered widely reported financial troubles. These opportunities might not exist for fighters a year from now: Arlovski is getting it while he can. Smart.

Less smart: fighting Raul Catinas in your opening bout. Catinas is a tough, stocky Romanian who has never been finished in 15 fights and has beaten reputable names in Carter Williams and Stefan Leko. He’s not a creampuff assignment. I don’t know about Arlovski’s chances -- especially when later rounds could involve Alistair Overeem and Badr Hari -- but the fact that he’s taking them at all deserves some respect.

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 From:  "Christian Oswald" <coswald at dls dot net>
 To:  <m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch>
 Subject:  RE: [m0n0wall] tftp config
 Date:  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 10:08:09 -0500
Basically I have the asterisk server hosted at an ISP which allows
phones to be connected anywhere in the USA. This gives me the ability to
call an extension from Chicago to New York for free (or anywhere in the
world for that matter). Having the server hosted does not restrict me to
bandwidth issues that I may encounter hosting it anywhere else.

Like I said, I'm prepared to donate $$ to the monowall team for a tftp
NAT fix.

-----Original Message-----
From: A dot L dot M dot Buxey at lboro dot ac dot uk [mailto:A dot L dot M dot Buxey at lboro dot ac dot uk]
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 4:39 AM
To: Christian Oswald
Cc: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] FW: RE: tftp config

> I guess I need my head examined :)  I have the following setup at a
> different locations:
> Asterisk server
> With polycom &------------------->
> Monowall------->cisco/polycom/grandstream phones
> Cisco config files

why do you not put the server behind the firewall, with the required
port forwarding? or onto a DMZ with relevant pinholes for communication?

> The cisco and polycom phones basically pull the configuration files
> the asterisk server via tftp (why cisco and polycom have chosen to do
> this is beyond me, but anyway). I too would prefer to use monowall

almost all IP phones do this - it allows you to fix the numerous bugs
still all have. nothing like a 2 minute bootup before you can place
a simple call! ;-)


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Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Cool news!

I wrote to Dr. Paula Cushing (Curator of Invertebrate Zoology
Denver Museum of Nature & Science) about the orb weaving spider a few posts back. She wrote, "The spider is the araneid (orb-weaving spider in the family Araneidae), Aculepeira packardi." So Kousik, you can see if you have any nearby spider relations!

Even cooler, she said she might be interested in some of my pictures for an online Colorado field guide!

More pictures to come from our trips the last few days. This afternoon though, I have errands so they will have to wait until later. :(

Looks like we have almost 13 species of Araneidae (orbweavers) recorded in India, but no mention of Aculepeira packardi.

Congrats, on publications of Colorado field guide!

Hypatia said...

When I looked around, most Aculepeira seemed to show up in Europe (I saw hits in Russia, France, Italy, Austria). It was amazing to see that the markings were almost identical, especially given the distance from one species to the next. Austrian version I suppose with colonization, I shouldn't be so surprised.

While talking to Dr.Cushing, I gather the biggest holdup is going to be gathering the funding for the guide. After hearing that, I think I'll keep taking pictures and not hold my breath. :)


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Chapter four of POM special; The Wrath of the Maneaters.

In the central park zoo, the penguins and Velociraptors are at a stand off with the Circle of Maneaters, right in public view of humans, but neither cared. Chuck Charles had rushed over when he got word of the attack and was right outside.

The two sides clash head on, Skipper, Elvis and Blik all went at Thak the cougar and Gustave the American crocodile, Rico, Faragonda and Kicker were going against Kesagake the brown bear, Kowalski, Ike and Obi-wan were pitted with Ghetsis, Miyuki and Harry were tackling Submarine, and Private and Sheen were up against Azaria the dingo.

The man-eaters launched a barrage of attacks while the penguins and raptors fought back, Gustave had his hands locked with Blik's, "what do you call a dinosaur that flies?" he taunts, Blik was momentarily confused but let his guard down at it as Gustave whips him with his tail knocking him off balance and tosses him into the fountain, "Blik!" Skipper shouts leaving Elvis for the moment.

Ghetsis was ruffing up Obi-wan, Ike and Kowalski, lashing out with his jaws and tail, Obi-wan attempted to swipe with his hands but Ghetsis caught it, "you fight like a human" he insults and before Obi-wan could free himself Ghetsis lifts him up and slams him into Ike and Kowalski, flinging them into the flamingo exhibit, causing Pinky to jump but rush over to help them, Obi-wan was instead slammed into the ground.

Nearby Submarine had Harry in his clutches then throws him into Miyuki, knocking her off balance, he then dove towards her and swats her back to Harry.

Kicker attempts to leap on Kesagake while Rico and Faragonda distract him, however he noticed Kicker sooner than the dromaeosaur expected and grabs him by the chest, "Kesagake's gonna make you extinct" he taunts as he slams Kicker into the ground, Faraganda grabs hold of Kesagake's arms while Rico drags a wounded Kicker away but he tosses her to them, knocking them all into a wall.

Private and Sheen were having similar bad luck with Azaria as she zips around them, occasionally attacking them, Sheen however managed to turn it around as he trips her and she flies into a garbage can, however they notice the others weren't doing so well so they leave Azaria.

Thak and Elvis were evenly matched, both managed to score a few scars on each other but remained standing, Elvis then found a baseball bat that Rico ended up sitting out, grabs it and flings it as a boomerang at Thak, to the raptor's surprise Thak punches it in half and laughs "is that all you got?", Elvis growls and attacks again but Thak managed to repel her.

Unfortunately Elvis noticed that they were losing, Gustave did more damage to Blik and Skipper too who was now struggling to get back up, Private and Sheen managed to cripple Ghetsis but were weakened themselves, and Submarine knocks them off their feet with his tail, the others were also beaten but attempt to get up, Miyuki, Faragonda, Harry and Kowalski managed to but were having trouble, Azaria had gotten out of the trash can and helped Ghetsis over to Thak with Gustave, Kesagake and Submarine returning to their leader's side, "give it up, you're outnumbered now, all of you're precious friends are too weak or already beaten, you can't defeat us all on your own" Thak informs, and the witnessing humans and animals begin to gasp and pray, "maybe not, but I can" a new voice echoes from nowhere, to the humans it sounded like a roar, then a Firewing Amphiptere zooms out of nowhere and whips all the man-eaters with her tail, she then hovers over to Elvis, who recognized the dragon, "Ann?" she gasps, but glad.

The man-eaters were recovering from the sudden attack, however when Gustave was getting up, a sudden searing pain coursed from his back, crouching down revealed Barry sticking onto his back so his venomous goo could slow them down, he wasn't the only other zoo animal to join the fight, all the other zoo animals suddenly gathered around Elvis and Ann, Barry decided to release his hold on Gustave and joins the animal armada, "you mess with them..." Roy stated to the penguins and raptors, "... you mess with us" he finishes threatingly, "I told you the other zoo animals would challenge us too" Azaria reminds Thak, she had suspected this when they came and proposed to annihilate them but Thak declined, "you're right Azaria, next time we'll go with your plan, Submarine give us cover" Thak commanded, Submarine pulled his tube to the oxygen tank and in seconds smoke filled around, when it cleared the man-eaters were gone.

Elvis fell to her knees in big relief, the humans gather around the heroic penguins and Velociraptors only to find them all bruised and bloodied, Alice came over with some veterinarians and other zookeepers while the rest of the humans were expressing amazement, gratitude and concern, "we've got to get them to our hospital, they were actually protecting us and deserve to be repaid" Alice stated, not wanting her penguin's and dinosaur's heroism to be in vain, neither did anyone else, both human and animal.

The penguins and raptors that were conscious allowed themselves to pass out as all were placed on stretchers and the humans carry them to the zoo's hospital.

stay tuned for POM special; The Wrath of the Maneaters, Chapter five

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St. Louis Cardinals-The Comeback Kids

The Cardinals are my home team as St. Louis is my home town.  I lived there for many, many years, and still go back to visit from time to time.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been to Busch Stadium to watch the Redbirds play baseball, sometimes winning, and occasionally losing.  I’ve been to playoff games and witnessed the fireworks when we win.  I’ve been to World Series games and felt the sadness ripple through the crowd when we lose.  In all cases however, I was there to support my team, and will continue to do so.

Last night, however, I was being somewhat of a fair weather fan, dejected when the Washington Nationals took a 6-0 lead early in the game and sustained a continuing lead until the 9th inning.  At one point I was so miserable I was going to turn off the TV.  As it turned out I’m sure glad I didn’t, because the Cards delivered once again, with heart and soul, to go on to beat the Nationals and secure them a place in the National League Playoffs, where no doubt they will beat the Giants, and head to the Big Show.

(Newser) – What the St. Louis Cardinals did to the Washington Nationals last night has Ryan Bothmann at Bleacher Report wondering whether this might be the “most clutch” team in sports history. If you missed it, the Cards once trailed 6-0 in the game but scored four in the bottom of the 9th to win 9-7. They were down to their final strike more than once and came through, just as they did again and again last year on the run to the World Series title.

Both seasons also required a late September rally just to make the playoffs. No problem. What the team has done in the last two years “will likely stand alone as one of the most clutch events that sports fans will ever see,” writes Bothmann. Read the full column here. (The Yankees also advanced last night, which means it’s Yankees-Tigers in the AL and Cardinals-Giants in the NL. More on the matchups here and on A-Rod’s sinking fortunes here.)

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  1. E.A. Blair

    October 13, 2012 at 11:02 am

    I hope the Cardinals go down in flames 4-0. I so much wanted the Nationals to kick their collective ass, but I guess you can’t trust anybody from Washington to get anything done. I’m a Brewers supporter, and my grudge against the Cardinals goes back thirty years to the 1982 World Series. In that time, I have maintained a personal boycott of all Anheuser-Busch products and I applaud every time the Cardinals lose. Sorry, but I can’t sympathize with you.

    • Michael John Scott

      October 13, 2012 at 11:51 am

      LOL. No worries E.A.. I can’t expect everyone to like my team. I am curious however, as to the cause of your grudge.

  2. Bill Formby

    October 13, 2012 at 1:28 pm

    Mike, I remember many, many years ago I visited one of my uncles who was stationed in the Coast Guard in St. Louis. I think one of my fondest memories was going to a game at Busch Stadium and watching the Cardinals play. That particular night Curt Flood hit a home run. It was indeed a special treat.

  3. Amy Roffman

    October 15, 2012 at 7:46 pm

    I spend every March in Jupiter Florida and haven’t missed a Cardinals home spring training game in 12+ years. A class organization, with players that have always been willing to sign the extra autograph for my kids. And they are a big Republican clubhouse, with lots of Romney supporters, like Tony LaRussa!


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A Plague of Fake Meds

A Plague of Fake Meds

Growing up in India, a country where drug manufacturing plays a prominent role in the national economy, MPH/MBA student Gaurvika Nayyar had long been fascinated by the pharmaceutical industry. As a recent NIH research fellow, she focused on the emergence of drug-resistant malaria parasites in Southeast Asia. But it wasn’t until she read a paper about counterfeit medicines—a report that included the death of a child—that Nayyar and her NIH mentors put all of those pieces together and began investigating the devastating impact of poor-quality antimalarial drugs in the developing world.

 Her Lancet paper reviewing multicountry studies on the packaging and chemical content of antimalarials in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa found more than one-third of all sampled drugs from both regions failed chemical analysis, and 36 percent of Asian drugs and 20 percent of African drugs were classified as fake.

Poor-quality medicines fall into two principal categories: substandard drugs that are manufactured legitimately but contain inferior ingredients, or too much or too little active ingredient; and counterfeit drugs that contain no active ingredient or the wrong one, according to Patrick Lukulay at the United States Pharmacopeial Convention, which sets quality and safety standards for drugs around the world,

While poor-quality medicines also plague HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis sufferers, they have been studied most extensively for malaria, which kills 660,000 people each year. Nayyar and her colleagues found that 15 percent of the antimalarials from sub-Saharan Africa that failed chemical analysis had low levels of an active ingredient, while 34 percent of those from Southeast Asia contained no active ingredient at all.

Poor-quality drugs prolong illness, cause unnecessary deaths and impose a heavy economic burden on developing countries by raising health care costs and eroding productivity. They also damage the credibility of health care systems, which can in turn compromise vital public health initiatives like vaccination programs. Moreover, by exposing parasites to inadequate doses of the drugs that are meant to kill them, poor-quality antimalarials threaten to drive selection of resistant strains. That is especially worrisome since Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite species responsible for the bulk of malaria-related deaths, has already shown resistance to artemisinin-based drugs on the Thai-Cambodia border. The WHO currently recommends artemisinin-based combination therapy for P. falciparum malaria, and there are few alternatives on the horizon.

Significant numbers of African and Asian drugs are substandard or fake, costing lives and prolonging illness.

Nayyar, who is the director of Global Network for Access to Medicines, a student group affiliated with the Bloomberg School’s Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness and the Department of International Health, recommends a multipronged approach to the problem. It includes educating the public and identifying technologies that can help developing countries test for poor-quality medicines. Above all, she argues for a better global regulatory framework—one that would replace the existing hodgepodge of definitions and regulations that allows counterfeiters and purveyors of substandard medications to evade prosecution. She and her colleagues would like to see counterfeiting designated a crime against humanity, and they are working on a paper to promote an international treaty or convention that would crack down on poor-quality antimalarials worldwide.

Grand as those policy goals might be, however, Nayyar hasn’t lost sight of the basic human tragedy that first caught her attention. “As we’re talking about this,” she says, “people are dying.”

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    NIH 11/04/2013 09:59:26 AM

    Lovely article in lancet and nice follow up by JHU. You have really helped bring this seedy issue to the fore and it is now recognized to be a global problem of huge proportions- not just malaria but other products as well. This could be the beginning of greater global surveillance for drug quality that is clearly needed. Joel and all of your fans at Fogarty are proud of your continuing work in the this area. Keep it up!

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From Ross Gardler <>
Subject Flow in Forrest
Date Sat, 27 Dec 2003 00:48:14 GMT
I need to get flow working in my local Forrest, since this is core to
Cocoon it should be pretty easy, but...

I've copied the rhino*.jar into the lib/optional directory and adjusted
the xmap accordingly. The Javascript is being executed, however, I am
getting the error:

sendPageAndWait is not a function.

According to cocoon.xconf in Forrest the flowscript engine should
initialise by executing the script
org/apache/cocoon/components/flow/javascript/system.js, this defines the
sendPageAndWait function. This is present in the cocoon jar in Forrest.

So it would appear the initialisation of the engine is not occuring.
Anyone know why?

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From Francois Orsini <francois.ors...@gmail.com>
Subject Re: Monitoring Derby replication
Date Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:14:29 GMT
Hi Alan,

It would be great indeed.

There is an enhancement JIRA
that requests similar type of functionality. Please feel free to add to it.

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Alan Burlison <Alan.Burlison@sun.com> wrote:

> Our site has gone live with Derby replication, and we are now setting up
> monitoring of the various services.   Our sysadmin has asked me if there is
> any way of monitoring the health of derby replication, similar to MySQL's
> 'show slave status'.  Currently we are scanning derby.log for
> suspicious-looking messages, but that's not ideal.
> --
> Alan Burlison
> --

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Subject: Re: xsrc broken - apparently due to recent GetTimeInMillis change
To: Greg Troxel <>
From: Tyler Retzlaff <>
List: current-users
Date: 02/25/2004 02:22:59
On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 10:10:36AM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
> and then you didn't do a build to test it :-( oh well, I have done
> that sort of thing myself numerous times.

Changes just went in, no I don't typically build native.

> I'll try again tomorrow (my cvs mirror updates only nightly) and let
> you know if I have further troubles.

Thanks, my connectivity is poor so I haven't the ability to even get
the full tree at the moment.  Let me know and provide some output if
it fails.

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Subject: Re: Package binaries for NetBSD/alpha 2.1 / pkgsrc-2005Q4
To: None <>
From: Havard Eidnes <>
List: port-alpha
Date: 03/05/2006 12:23:50

again the results of a bulk build for pkgsrc-2005Q4 for
NetBSD/alpha 2.1 has been uploaded and merged in

This time a total of 36MB of package binaries have been uploaded,
mostly caused by Postgres and resulting upgrades.

The source this was built from was updated February 27th 2006.

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Subject: Third party processor upgrades... can NetBSD work with them?
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From: Chris Wareham <>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/09/2002 13:02:00
A couple of days ago I posted a query about a Mac LC that I had just
acquired. It turns out to be the very first (68020 processor) model.
Despite disparaging remarks on some Mac enthusiast websites, it is very
nippy with MacOS 7.5.5 on it. It came with an ethernet adapter which
plugs into the SCSI port, and it is happily connected to my network.

However, I'd still dearly like to get NetBSD running on it. A/UX, while
interesting, is nigh on impossible to get hold of and totally
unhackable. So I am wondering - can this model of LC run NetBSD as is?
It doesn't have an FPU which is a downside, but it doesn't have the
buggy 68CL040 either. Failing that, would something like the following
68040 processor and RAM upgrade be likely to work under NetBSD?

Or as a last resort, does anyone know of a telnet package for MacOS 7?
Whenever I mention such a thing to the handful of Mac users I know their
eyes glaze over. Must be fear of the command line.

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Subject: CVS commit: [netbsd-3] src/etc/etc.sgimips
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From: Matthias Scheler <>
List: source-changes
Date: 10/06/2005 11:45:26
Module Name:	src
Committed By:	tron
Date:		Thu Oct  6 11:45:26 UTC 2005

Modified Files:
	src/etc/etc.sgimips [netbsd-3]:

Log Message:
Pull up following revision(s) (requested by martin in ticket #862):
	etc/etc.sgimips/ revision 1.14
Better size estimation (the previous code counted the compressed kernels,
but we only need the constant size volume header)

To generate a diff of this commit:
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[alsa-devel] [PATCH 00/14] SPDIF support

Mark Brown broonie at kernel.org
Sun Sep 1 13:51:16 CEST 2013

On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 09:51:21AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 09:42:29AM +0200, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:

> > * With non-DPCM ASoC it is possible to have two DAIs if they are not used at
> > the same time (which is what I recommend you implement first, before trying
> > to get DPCM running).

> If you'd look at my other responses, you'll see that this is what I tried
> back in May, and I was unhappy about that solution because:

> 1. there is no guarantee that they couldn't be used at the same time.
> 2. this results in two entirely separate "CPU DAI"s, each with their
>    own independent sample rate/format settings, which if they happen
>    to be used together will result in fighting over the same register(s).

These aren't issues for either/or, the whole point here is that the
machine driver will be limited to only connecting one of the DAIs so
there will be no way for userspace to interact with the unused DAI.  As
Lars-Peter says you can add explicit checks for this in the code if you
are concerned about system integrators getting this wrong.

> Moreover, this results in a completely different set of changes to the
> driver which are in an opposing direction to the DPCM approach.

Like Lars-Peter says it really, really shouldn't be - what moving to
DPCM should be doing with this code is mostly moving the code around a
bit to pull the bits that are shared into a front end DAI.  The most
substantial change should be handling the enables but that shouldn't
take much code at all, your curent patch does it in 35 lines and I'd not
expect it to be much different in a DPCM world.

> > And I'm sure people are willing to help
> > you figure out the parts you don't understand yet if you ask _nicely_.

> Can you then please explain why when I ask for help understanding DAPM
> in a "nice" way, the response I get is just "it's just a graph walk"
> and no further technical details?

Ask more detailed questions and engage in a discussion; the reason you
keep on getting the same responses is that you tend to repeat the same
requests a lot.  Something like "I understand the big picture but I am
trying to do X and need to know Y because Z" (with all of X, Y and Z
being important) is usually a good approach.

The public interface for DAPM is that the widgets get created with
sensible types and hooked up together then powered up as needed, if
something needs to know specifics of that process like exactly when a
given register will be written that's a worrying implementation detail.

> | DAPM is a set of "widgets" representing various components of an
> | audio system.  The widgets are linked together by a graph.  Each
> | widget lives in a context - cpu, platform or codec.  Some bindings
> | only happen within a context, others cross contexts (so linking the
> | CPU audio stream to the codec for example)

This last statement is not the case; you can see the route connecting
code in snd_soc_dapm_add_route() - there is no case in which it will
only try to match within a single context.

As I have said to you without more information it is hard to tell what
problems you are seeing when you are trying this.  It could be a case of
trying to create routes before the widgets are added, or it could be a
case of trying to create inter device links with widgets with globally
duplicated names (though that would give wrong routes rather than no
routes so I suspect sequencing).

> > I mean I don't come to you either if I have a new ARM SoC that's not
> > supported yet and demand that you implement support for it and exclaim
> > that the ARM port sucks because it doesn't support that SoC yet.

> If you come to me and ask about something in ARM, then you will most
> likely get something more than a few words explaining a big chunk of
> code - a bit like the oops report I disected last night and provided
> full reasoning of the conclusion that I came to (SDRAM failure /
> hardware fault on bit 8 of the SDRAM data bus.)

The bit about the way in which support is requested is important here -
it really can make a really big difference how one asks.
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Sorry, hit "send" a little early, by accident.

On Apr 17, 2009, at 11:52 AM, Paul Vixie wrote:
> with the advent of vlan tags, the whole idea of CSMA for IXP
> networks is passe.
> just put each pair of peers into their own private tagged vlan.

I'm not sure whether you're being sarcastic, and if I'm not sure, I
bet people who don't know you really aren't sure.  So:  the only
nominal IXP I know of where that's really been experimented with
seriously is MYIX, in Kuala Lumpur, where it's been a notable
failure.  The other 300-and-some IXPs do things normally, with an IX
subnet that people can peer across.  So, the advent of standardized .
1Q tags in 1998, preceded by ISL for many years before that, has not
yet rendered the 99.6% majority best-practice passe.

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> I'd like to rotate my nginx logs using cronolog and wanted to know if
> anyone else knows how to do it.  In the nginx config, I'm trying to pipe
> the results to cronolog but not having any success.  Is there a way to do
> this in nginx?  Here is what I tried:
> access_log "| /usr/local/sbin/cronolog /web/logs/%Y/%m/%d/access.log";

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Hello, I dont have the "favicon.ico" on my web site, but in the logs I
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Pre-Review: Crest 3D Whitestrips

/ Sunday, September 29, 2013 /
Yesterday I got my hair did, and today, marks Day 1 of the teeth whitening. Haha. I've never actually felt I needed to get a teeth whitening treatment... however, I figure, can't hurt to be, whiter? So, we opted for the indulgence of the Crest 3D Whitestrips in Professional Effects, Advanced Seal. Target had a variety of options at a variety of price points. We went for the 30 minutes a day, 20-day supply - currently listed at $37.99. (The one step up, was the 2 hours a day, 7-day supply.)

It's unclear WHEN you are supposed to put the strips on... The directions recommend not to put them on directly after brushing.... So... a few minutes, after? (That's what I did..) The strips themselves were easy to take off their backing, and surprisingly easy to position. They had a solid, sticky but not annoying consistency. I sat around in them for about 30 minutes, and there was no particular pain or discomfort... just a weird jelly-like feeling around my teeth. I wasn't sure if I should be like swallowing spit or what, Haha. Taking them off, they were very sticky- stuck to my fingers, and suddenly I realized my teeth tasted kinda...I don't know. Chalky? Kinda odd. Tho' when I looked in the mirror... I feel like I did notice immediate results. They did look, white. (Hopefully it's not just my mind.. haha)

I have my retainer on now, so nothing out of the normal there. Anyway, we'll check back in about 10 days. I'll let you know.

20 Days til' the Rest of My Life :)

/ /
I must say, I haven't been keeping up with the blog entries as I would have liked. Initially, I wanted to document the entire wedding planning process; however, I came to realize, I wanted to keep a lot of things less public, and actually a surprise - for our friends and family. Nevertheless, as the date is fast approaching, and being that everything is engrained in my mind, I will be back-dating entries, so that I do have an official "log" of all the events, and decisions of the past few months :)

Well, I must say, it's 20 days away, and I'm nervously excited, or excitedly nervous? The thought that God has placed this man in my life, and now, we are to start the rest of our lives, together... is nothing but a blessing.

I pray we strive to seek the Lord, in all we do, in the decisions that we make, in all that is to come, for each other and our family. That's the least we can do, for He has brought us together. You have helped me to understand God's love, a bit more. And for this, I am grateful. Love you.

Blue Print Cleanse: Skinny Bitches!

/ Tuesday, April 16, 2013 /

I'm in Day 2 of my 3rd BPC 3-day cleanse. Why do I do this? I actually pay good money, to drink juice and nothing but the juice. It functions as a "detox" – flushes out the toxins in your system, allows your body to reset and re-adjust. It does make me pee like crazy… so it must be flushing out something. My skin feels and looks much more resilient, and I do feel light and energized. Personally, I do it to jump-start healthier eating. I've been attempting a low-to-no carb and very protein-restrictive intake diet, and it's hard to just do it from scratch. I do expect to weigh less on the scale, how could you not? You're not eating! I also do expect to "gain" some of that back once I get some freakin' Shake Shack (just kidding) :( but it's a running start…and I feel light. I yearn to feel light. The ultimate feeling, aside from indulging in that first bite of truffle mac & cheese, is feeling...skinny. I'm about 5 days til' my cousin's wedding, about 2 weeks til' Miami, and 6 months til MY wedding. Skinny bitches, unite!

BTW/ This time around, I'm doing Excavation. I bought the drinks individually from FreshDirect, they deliver and its cheaper than ordering directly. (You will not get the "instructions" or the fancy emails and what not, but if it's not your first, and you're good at googling, you should be okay!) – Also, just to note, the Green juice.... is hard, I admit – but there is NO after-taste, and that my friend, is critical.

Say Yes/Maybe to the Dress!

/ Friday, March 1, 2013 /
I tried on wedding gowns. (Ahhh!) I was able to get a Saturday appointment at Lovely, about 3 weeks in advance. I did want a small boutique feel, but more importantly they carry Watters gowns. Anyhow, so on this blisteringly windy, and quite frankly absolutely– gross day.... my mom and my bestie bridesmaid made it to the cutie shop in the village....... Awkward. Haha. Not the shop, but the first try-on......Weird! The first gown was, very detailed, very pretty. Too pretty, at the time. I was incredibly uncomfortable with the experience and my head was all out of sorts... durf. Sweating. Not attractive. By any means.......After the 2nd gown, I started to feel better, ha, and it was actually quite fun. My stylist wasn't incredibly friendly, but was very helpful and sweet. Actually, I am in all seriousness, considering, highly-considering that first dress... so we'll see...

Happy Valentine's Day: Smurf Orchids

/ Thursday, February 14, 2013 /

I really thought u bought me a tree
which made me a little sad
cuz the old tree would see the new tree
and probably be sad
when the old tree is trying so hard to make it

This was my convo with the finance, as I received my smurf orchid! He sent me a beautiful gardenia bonsai last year, and it grew lush and green all year. As winter approached and with the unstable the radiator in my office, the bonsai's been... not looking so hot. Jay's been telling me the past few days/weeks that he got me a replacement tree... and I was secretly a bit nervous! Thanks, Lover <3

Will you be my Bridesmaid?

/ Friday, February 1, 2013 /
The fiance and I jet-setted shortly after getting engaged, before we even had a chance to tell many of our friends in person, how it went down. I did want to ask my girls the honor of being my bridesmaids, sooner rather than later, so as we headed to the Dominican Republic, I sent each of them a boxed gift from < Now, I'm super finicky about stuff like this. Knowing me, I rather bake the cookie myself, frost it, bow it, wrap it, tie it, box it, mail it, all my freaking self... simply to ensure I know exactly how it will look when sent out and (hopefully) when opened. Sigh, but after seeing the photos online, and reading some of the reviews... eh, I was like okay... skeptical, but hopeful enough.

Turns out they arrived perfectly. The gift box came wrapped in a box, and delivered to each girls' doorstep. I was also worried the cookies would be overly those frosted kinds could be, but surprisingly I hear they were very tasty, and not grossly sugary. Obviously they all said yes :)

Our Wedding Venue: The Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook

/ Friday, January 25, 2013 /
It's interesting that people seem to want to know how and why we chose our wedding venue. How? I google'd my ass off! Literally. I initially was searching for a small, quaint inn or hotel, by the water, convenient for out of town guests, but feels like "California", casual and comfortable. Did I mention we're planning this is NYC? As I read review after review, of every single waterfront hotel and inn in the Orange County area...which then easily spilled over to the entire Southern California– I realized, do I really want to get married in a hotel? I didn't really want, rustic, or hipster-modern, or ultra-modern, or ballroom, or a barn, or the beach...I definitely did not want an on-the-beach ceremony... I just wanted... whatever I couldn't find...

Just when I thought all hope was lost... mostly due to price– (but honestly, if it was perfect, minus the price, of course I would have considered it...ha, let's be real.) I came across, the life-saver.
< She logged every place in Southern California, you can get married, period. THANK YOU!

Griffith Observatory. Empire State Building. Rockefeller Centre. Mont Juic. Eiffel Tower. I love that feeling, of being a little bit closer to the sky, juuuuust a little bit closer to God. The Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, is a park at the peak of 511 ft. The building itself is modern architecture, reminds me of the NYC < Highline. It's not a barn, and it's not the beach, but it's entirely nature on top of a hill, with 360 views of the California, skyscrapers, mountains, Pacific and Catalina Island, and the Hollywood Hills.

There's a also a stair climb, if you'd like to hike to our wedding.

Actually, I wouldn't mind attempting this one day?

Anyways, so this is the spot. Super excited :)

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Friday, July 19, 2013

Who painted this? #36

Yesterday I published a post about a botanical art exhibition - and today we have a painting of flowers.  But who painted it - and where does it live now?

Who painted this? #36

For those who've not risen to the challenge before please take a minute to read the rules - see below.

How to participate in "Who painted this? #36"

PLEASE make sure you read the rules before posting a comment - and ONLY POST ON THIS BLOG what you think is the answer.
Click this link to read THE RULES for participating in this challenge (this saves having to copy them out for each post!).

In short:
  • use your brains not software to find the answer
  • search using words only on a database of images
  • leave your answer as a comment on this blog
  • if correct it will not be published until the next post - which provides the answer
  • if wrong it will be published
  • do not leave the answer on Facebook!
  • the winner - who gets a mention and a link on/from this blog - is the first person to give me a completely correct answer for ALL the things I want to know

Who Painted This #35 - The Answer

Still Life with Coffee Pot (1915)
by Roger Fry (1866 - 1934)
photo credit: The Samuel Courtauld Trust,
The Courtauld Gallery, London
Following Roger Fry’s death in 1934, the Courtauld Institute of Art received his collection of twentieth-century pictures,

The connection with a previous post last week was that I referenced Roger Fry as being the curator of the first exhibition of Post-Impressionist Painters in the UK in 2010 - which is mentioned in the review of the new exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery.

You can read more about the still life on my website Still Life - Resources for Artists.

Who guessed correct?

Who painted this #35? Congratulations to Bernadette Madden who correctly identified the painting inas being "Still life with coffee pot" by Roger Fry.

That banana ripened while some of you were on the trail! :)

Others who also got it right - in order - are:

If you'd like to study how people get the correct answer try studying past challenges which are listed in the Page Who painted this? - at the the top of the Page. Since of the requirements is to say how you found it, you can see the various ways people get to the answer.

Just for the record - anybody who leaves a comment on the page which lists all the "who painted this?" rather than the specific blog post is not counted.  You have been warned!

9 comments: said...

Artist ....Ambrosius Bosschaert
Title....Bouquet of flowers on a ledge
Medium....Oil on copper
Where it is....Los Angeles County Museum of Art
How I found it...I thought it was probably Dutch so Googled Dutch Still life flowers, found a painting called Flower still life, that I thought might be by the same artist, looked it up and then looked up its artist and found the image.
Bernadette Madden

Sophie said...

Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder, (1573-1621, flower still life. Flemish painter born in Antwerp, lived in Middelburg. Now in Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Oil on copper.
Found him by endlessly searching for Dutch/Flemish 17th century floral painters with river landscape (Italianate?).

Roger Brown My Botswana Art said...

Artist- Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder.
Title-Bouquet of Flowers on a Ledge
Medium-Oil on Copper
Size-11 in x 9 in
Date-1619 - 1620
Current location-Los Angeles County Museum

Found the info by searching for (Flowers and shells still life),some similar looking art lead me to the correct artist.

Barbara Jackson said...

Ambrosia Bosschaet 1573-1621
Holland, Middelburg.
Bouquet of Flowers on a Ledge (1619)
Oil on Copper
Los Angles County Museum of Art
Gift of Mr and Mrs Edward W. Carter
Knew that it was early because of the background. Searched Still Life, flowers with sea shells. Saw
a painting by Bosschaet and knew stylistically he had
painted this painting.

jacqui boyd said...

as I found this on my very first search I doubt I was the first but here goes

Bouquet of Flowers on a Ledge

Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder

Oil on copper
11 x 9 in

Los Angles County Museum

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Carter

found it via blog post - Miss Laura gets a new life: a bouquet
Created during the Dutch Golden era

You can even get a canvas print on Amazon for $24.90

Colours and Textures said...

Title Bouquet Of flowers on a Ledge
Artist Ambrosius the Elder Bosschaert from the Dutch Golden Age
Location Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California.
Medium Oil Painting on copper
Painted 1619-1620

My wild goose chases this week involved searching botanical flowers insects shells oil painting etc. and finding Balthasar van der Ast
We found it via a very red herring, Mr C thought he detected the beginnings of New York and an island in the background (like one of your earlier ones) so added 19C to painting flowers vase insects images and found an image that looked like it might have been painted by the same artist, went to the page stilllifequickheart first thing that came up on website was Ambrosius Bosschaert so did a search for his work and found it at where it is available as a reproduction.
I rounded up the other info on medium and support from wiki

John O'Grady said...

Hello Katherine,
Painting #36 is:
Bouquet of Flowers on a Ledge by Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder.
It's an oil on coppper from 1619, dimensions: Height: 279.4 mm (11 in). Width: 228.6 mm (9 in).
It resides in Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Carter (M.2003.108.7)
Currently on public view:
Ahmanson Building, floor 3 MAP IT

First I searched still life with butterfly, then tried painting of flowers in a vase with insects. I found Balthasar Van der Ast. Found out he trained with his brother in law, checked him out and found the painting! It took a while to find this including looking for pastiche paintings :)

Patrick Connors said...

"Who painted this? #36"

Artist: Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573 - 1621)

Title: Bouquet of Flowers on a Ledge

Date: (1619 - 1620)

Medium:Oil on copper

Dimensions Height: 279.4 mm (11 in). Width: 228.6 mm (9 in).
Current location

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

The above information was gleaned from a mistaken Google search. I had search another 17-century Dutch still life painter and along with those paintings Bosschaert's still lifes were displayed.

Alyson Champ said...

Took a couple of passes with Google to hit the right terms. Found on Wikipedia commons.

"Bouquet of Flowers on a Ledge"
Ambrosius Bosschaert
c 1619-20
oil on copper
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Art Everywhere - on billboards around the UK

The Art Everywhere Exhibition 2013 opened on 12 August and can be seen on billboards around the UK until 25 August 2013.

There are 57 works of art on 22,000 poster sites around the country - and people are snapping them and posting them to the Art Everywhere Facebook Page.

This is the longlist of artworks in alphabetical order by surname of the artist which the public voted on to determine The Top Ten British Masterpieces and the 57 featured artworks in the exhibition.

Art Everywhere is organised by the Tate and The Art Fund.  This video which marks the launch of the exhibition explains what it's about.

Here's some comments about the execution:
  • the use of billboards/poster sites to display publicly owned artwork to the nation is a brilliant idea.  The presentation - with a goodly amount of white space - means it should really get people noticing the art
  • The information pages for each featured artwork are just enough to get read AND be informative.  Judge for yourself - this is Blotter by Peter Doig.  However it's a real pity they didn't do this for each and every artwork in the long list too.
  • I like the fact that all the poster sites are interactive.  The information about every artwork can be accessed via an app - and you just need to hold up your app to the pic and it will tell you all about it.  To access the information you need to first download the free Blippr app - available from the iStore or Google Play.
  • the use of #ArtEverywhere to share thoughts and snaps on Twitter and Instagram should mean news of it gets around!
  • there's a further interactive opportunity through people posting snaps of posters found to the Facebook Page
  • the map on the website doesn't work - it's just a hotch potch of flags from far too high a level.  To work properly it needs a zoom facility.
The Guardian are running a competition for those who can spot all 57 works of art.

Promoting a nation of art collectors?

This initiative follows on from the one I wrote about an installation of new art on the London Underground - Labyrinth - Art on the Underground by Mark Wallinger

The idea of creating a large enough number of artworks which are all publicly accessible and then encouraging people to find them and snap them - as if playing a game - is an interesting one.

The question is will it switch people on to the idea of collecting art for real?

What do you think about this and similar initiatives?  Have you spotted a work of art near you?

More about art in the UK

My websites provide one bookmark for access to details about the top art galleries and museums in the UK

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How The City Is Prepared

How the City is Prepared
Emergencies and disasters, either natural or man-made, can happen in any community at any time. Sometimes prior warning is provided, but many times this is not the case. The result can cause disruptions to services such as electricity, gas and water, impact how we communicate, and may deplete local resources for response and recovery.

Emergency planning is a continuous process of assessment, preparation, exercising, response and evaluation. Every municipality in British Columbia is responsible to develop and maintain emergency plans to mitigate and prepare for, respond to, and recover from disaster. The Emergency Management Program Bylaw establishes the legislative framework for these municipal plans.

Maple Ridge shares similar risks with Pitt Meadows and as a result, the Emergency Management Office also works to develop emergency plans and maintain an emergency response structure under a joint operating agreement between the two municipalities.

Guided by an appointed Emergency Planning Committee, these plans aim to ensure the safety of citizens, the protection of property, the environment and the local economy when a disaster strikes.

To prevent or lessen the impact of disasters

The first step to preventing or lessening the damaging effects of natural and man-made disasters on the community
is to identify local hazards and determine the potential impact to our residents, infrastructure, city operations, environment and businesses. Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows have identified the following as the
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An analysis of these hazards has also been conducted to develop a better understanding of their potential effects. This is commonly referred to as a hazard risk vulnerability analysis. This is what the City uses to develop mitigation strategies and response plans in an effort to prevent or lessen the impact.

PLAN for AN EFFECTIVE RESPONSE through education, communication and practice

Priorities of preparedness include identifying and training key personnel in their response and recovery roles, building relationships and agreements with government and non-governmental agencies, maintaining equipment and valuable resources, conducting exercises to test and improve plans, and the development and delivery of educational programs to inform residents and business owners on the risks of disaster, and what they can do to be better prepared. Read more about Maple Ridge’s Emergency Planning.

We all have a role in preparing for emergencies. Ensuring that you, your family, your pets, and your business are ready for a disaster makes the community more resilient. Being individually prepared lessens the chance of personal suffering, economic loss and psychological impacts caused by major disasters. In a major emergency, residents may be on their own for a minimum of 72 hours. To help residents understand the risks, develop their emergency plans, and take action, we aim to deliver key emergency preparedness messages to the public by:

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Violinist Nicholas Tavani debuted in Washington, D.C.’s Gaston Hall at the age of eight. The Cleveland Plain Dealer recently praised him as “ an alert and sensitive artist, with beautiful tone and exquisite phrasing,” and the Washington Post hailed his “brilliant musicianship.” As a chamber musician, recitalist, and concerto soloist, Tavani has performed extensively to critical acclaim in the United States and around the world. As first violinist of the Aeolus Quartet, he was a winner of the 2011 Plowman International Chamber Music Competition, the 2011 Yellow Springs Chamber Music competition, and the 2009 Coleman International Chamber Music Competition. He is also a laureate of the Postacchini and Kingsville International Violin Competitions. Tavani serves as first violinist in the Aeolus Quartet, who are currently Artists in Residence at George Washington University and Musica Viva New York. In addition, he serves as a member of the Mark Morris Dance Group Music Ensemble and the Smithsonian Chamber Players. A passionate advocate of new music, Mr. Tavani has premiered and recorded several works by living composers, including Samuel Adler, Alexandra Bryant, Christopher Theofanidis, and Dan Visconti. His discography includes two albums with the Aeolus Quartet in wide release on the Longhorn/Naxos label. Performances with orchestra include the Aspen Festival Orchestra, Prince William Symphony, Little River Symphony, Masterworks Festival Orchestra, Austin Chamber Music Festival Orchestra, CIM Chamber Orchestra, and many others. Collaborations include Renee Fleming, Peter Salaff, Ieva Jokubaviciute, Daxun Zhang, and Michael Tree. Tavani’s current season includes solo performances in Maine and New York, concertos in New York, extensive touring across the US and South Korea with the Aeolus Quartet, and tours with the Mark Morris Dance Group to Israel and the US. As a committed educator, Tavani has served on the faculties of the George Washington University School of Music, Point CounterPoint Music Festival, the MasterWorks Festival, and the University of Maryland High School Music Academy. He served as teaching assistant to the Juilliard Quartet at the Juilliard School, where the Aeolus Quartet was 2013-2015 Graduate Quartet in Residence. An alumnus of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Tavani studied violin with William Preucil and chamber music with Peter Salaff and the Cavani Quartet. In addition to a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from CIM, Tavani also studied mathematical physics at Case Western Reserve University.

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Lockheed Martin on Thursday won NASA’s multibillion-dollar nod to build the Orion crew exploration vehicle, a spaceship with a look and a mission that echoes the space agency’s giant leap to the moon in the 1960s.
The announcement kicks off an effort to produce spacecraft that would replace NASA’s fleet of space shuttles, due for retirement in 2010. NASA’s timetable calls for the cone-shaped Orion ships to bring cargo or up to six crew members to the international space station by 2014, and carry up to four astronauts to the moon and back by 2020.


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Saturday Lunch

I thought I'd share with you my typical Saturday lunch. Some of you may find it a bit grotesque, but I don't care. Saturday lunch always forms itself from whatever happens to be in the fridge or in the cupboard prior to our trip to the grocery store. This Saturday's lunch was particularly weird. It consisted of two hardboiled eggs (lightly salted and peppered), some Triscuit crackers with Swiss cheese, grape tomatoes, pickled hot peppers, a glass of white wine (a nice Reisling from Ontario) and for dessert a 'pink lady' apple, two Lassy Mog cookies and...a sour key candy. Scrumptious! By the way, that's a pig-shaped cutting board I made in shop class in grade 8.
I won't blame you if you find this revolting. But, you know what? It was actually really good!

Kenn said...

I love it! What a great idea to 'use it up' before heading for your weekly shopping. I think we all made pig cutting boards at some point in our junior high years! Shop class 101. Thanks for sharing Andrew! Could you hand me a triscuit please? :-)

Thanks, Kenn! :-)

I knew you'd understand. And you are always welcome to a Triscuit. (The black "pepper and olive oil" variety is SO good!)

Anonymous said...

You are so cute, Andrew, how could anyone find anything about you revolting! As usual,your talent for design is evident in the way the food is artistically arranged and photographed. We wouldn't expect anything less!

Carolyn said...

Souns OK to me!

Aren't Pink Lady Apples the best!!!

Awww.. blush, blush! :-)

Yes, Carolyn, pink lady apples are delish! Not so good in baking, but on their own - yum!

Will said...

I'd love to have this for lunch! YUM!

Some weeks ago I started a blog on my cooking. Feel free to have a look.


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