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Popular Science Monthly/Volume 36/December 1889/Obituary Notes

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Mr. C. Spence Bate, a British authority on crustaceans, has recently died at Plymouth. He was the author of a report on a class of crustaceans collected by the Challenger Expedition; of a catalogue of certain crustaceans in the British Museum; of a "History of British Sessile-eyed Crustaceans"; and of a work on the "Pathology of Dental Caries."

Prof. George H. Cook, of Rutgers College, and State Geologist of New Jersey, died at New Brunswick, in that State, September 22d, in the seventy-third year of his age. He was born at Hanover, N. J.; became a civil engineer in 1836; laid out the line of the Catskill and Canajoharic Railroad; was graduated from Troy Polytechnic Institute in 1839; was made senior professor in that institution in 1840; became Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Albany Academy in 1842; Principal of the Academy in 1858; Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy in Rutgers College in 1852; Assistant Geologist of New Jersey in the next year, and State Geologist in 1864, when he was also made Vice-President of the State Scientific College. He was actively connected with the State Board of Agriculture; became Director of the State Weather Service; visited Europe three times on scientific errands; and was associated with many public enterprises.

Prof. Leo Lesquereux, the eminent botanist and paleontologist, died at Columbus, Ohio, October 25th, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. He was a native of Switzerland, was a friend of Guyot and Agassiz, and came to the United States in 1848. He was the author of nearly fifty scientific works; and in his special field of study he ranked with Oswald Heer. A sketch of his life and works, accompanied by a portrait and a list of his writings, was published in "The Popular Science Monthly" for April, 1887.

Dr. James Prescott Joule, F.R.S., the discoverer of the mechanical equivalent of heat, died at Sale, near Manchester, England, October 11th. He was the son of a brewer in Salford, and was born in 1818. His first contribution to scientific literature was made when he was about twenty years old, in a paper describing an electro-magnetic engine. His great discovery was made after patient, independent investigation and experiment, with extremely simple apparatus constructed by himself. He constructed electro-magnets of greater carrying power than any previously known; devised electro-magnetic engines and new forms of galvanometers; measured the heat evolved by the passage of electricity through mechanical conductors; and determined the ratio between chemical and thermal energy. A sketch of his life and a portrait were given in "The Popular Science Monthly" for May, 1874.


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Robinson, Christopher (DNB00)

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ROBINSON, Sir CHRISTOPHER (1766–1833), admiralty lawyer, born in 1766, was son of Dr. Christopher Robinson, rector of Albury, Oxfordshire, and Wytham, Berkshire, who died at Albury on 24 Jan. 1802. The son matriculated from University College, Oxford, on 16 Dec. 1782, but migrated in 1783 to Magdalen College, where he was a demy from 1783 to 1799. He graduated B.A. 14 June 1786, M.A. 6 May 1789, and D.C.L. 4 July 1796. Intended for the church, Robinson preferred the profession of the law. He was one of nine children, and all that his father could spare for his start in life was 20l. in cash and a good supply of books. Fortunately he obtained a favourable recommendation to Sir William Scott, afterwards Lord Stowell. He determined upon studying maritime law, and was admitted into the college of advocates on 3 Nov. 1796. He gained conspicuous success in this branch of the profession, was knighted on 6 Feb. 1809, and was appointed, on 1 March 1809, to succeed Sir John Nicholl [q. v.] as king's advocate. As the holder of this office and the leading counsel in the admiralty court, Robinson was engaged in nearly all the cases relating to prizes captured on the seas. In 1818 he was returned in the interest of the tory ministry, exerted through the family of Kinsman, for the Cornish borough of Callington, and on the dissolution in 1820 he and his colleague secured at the poll a majority of the votes recorded by the returning officer, but a petition against their return was presented, and ultimately the candidates supported by the family of Baring were declared elected. These proceedings resulted in his being saddled with costs amounting to 5,000l., and though the premier had promised to reimburse him the outlay, the money was not paid. He was no orator, and did not shine in the House of Commons.

In 1821 Robinson followed Lord Stowell in the positions of chancellor of the diocese of London and judge of the consistory court, and on 22 Feb. 1828 he succeeded Lord Stowell as judge of the high court of admiralty, having for several years previously transcribed and read in court the decisions of that judge. He was created a privy councillor on 5 March 1828, and presided in the admiralty court until a few days before his death. He died at Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London, on 21 April 1833, and was buried in the churchyard of St. Benet's Doctors' Commons. He married, at Liverpool, on 11 April 1799, Catharine, eldest daughter of the Rev. Ralph Nicholson, a man of considerable property. They had five children—three sons and two daughters. Lady Robinson died at Wimpole street on 27 Aug. 1830, aged 53.

Robinson was the author of: 1. ‘Report of the Judgment of the High Court of Admiralty on the Swedish Convoy,’ 1799. 2. ‘Translation of Chapters 273 and 287 of the Consolato del Mare, relating to Prize Law’ [anon.], 1800. 3. ‘Collectanea Maritima, a Collection of Public Instruments on Prize Law,’ 1801. 4. ‘Reports of Cases argued and determined in the High Court of Admiralty, 1799 to 1808,’ 6 vols. 1799–1808; 2nd edit. 6 vols. 1801–8; they were also reprinted at New York in 1800–10, and by George Minot at Boston in 1853 in his series of English admiralty reports. Robinson's reports were not remunerative, and in some years caused him actual loss.

Robinson's own judgments were contained in volumes ii. and iii. of John Haggard's ‘Admiralty Reports’ (1833 and 1840), and were also published at Boston by George Minot in 1853. A digested index of the judgments of Lord Stowell, as given in the reports of Robinson, Edwards, and Dodson, was issued by Joshua Greene, barrister-at-law, of Antigua, in 1818.

Robinson's second son, William Robinson (d. 1870), matriculated from Balliol College, Oxford, on 25 Jan. 1819, and graduated B.A. on 22 March 1823, M.A. on 2 July 1829, and D.C.L. on 11 July 1829. He was admitted into the college of advocates on 3 Nov. 1830, and reported in the admiralty court. His published volumes of reports commenced ‘with the judgments of the Right Hon. Stephen Lushington,’ and covered the years from 1838 to 1850. The first volume appeared in 1844, and the second in 1848. The third, without a title-page, and consisting of two parts only, was issued in 1852. They were also edited by George Minot at Boston in 1853. Robinson died at Stanhope Villa, Charlwood Road, Putney, on 11 July 1870, aged 68.

[Gent. Mag. 1799 i. 346, 1802 i. 184, 1809 i. 278, 1830 i. 283, 1833 i. 465; Foster's Alumni Oxon.; Courtney's Parl. Rep. Cornwall, p. 278; Nichols's Lit. Anecd. ix. 633; Law Mag. x. 485–8, reprinted in Annual Biogr. xviii. 325–31; Notes and Queries, 5th ser. ix. 393; Canning's Official Corresp. (1887), i. 373; Bloxam's Magdalen College, vii. 83–90, 171; [Coote's] English Civilians, p. 137; Times, 12 July 1870, p. 1.]

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Week 14 – Electronics update

Back to the electronics once again!

We obtained 2 3-set H bridge circuit boards from Group 5 as they had an excess of them. As our design changed such that we won’t be using a rudder anymore to control the direction of the boat, the H bridges are required in order for the Arduino to be able to control the direction the motors turn in.

We had to modify 2 servos to make them continuous to be used as the spool motor. The normal DC motors could not be used as in their resting state, their shaft can rotate freely. However, a servo’s shaft requires much more force in order to turn it due to its very large gear ratio.

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The pictures above show the entire process. We had to saw off a metallic stopper on the gear and also cut out or melt the plastic stoppers on the servo cover. When we pieced it back together, we found that it was still limited, and had to take out the black rubber stopper sitting on the inside of the shaft gear. We also had to cut out the circuit board on the servo and connect the red and black wires directly to the motor.

With the H bridge in place, we can now control the 2 container spool motors and the 2 propeller motors for the vessel. The following is a demonstration of the electronics in its current state, capable of full-fledged logging of collection sample locations and with a robust set of controls.

Full feedback is incorporated, but the video does not show the motors actually moving yet as we are yet to make those connections. But logic-wise, this is the final version. One minor improvement we will make is to have more precise GPS locations recorded, perhaps to 5 decimal places instead of just to 2, for the latitude and longitude.

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Gov. Christie Calls Reporter an “Idiot”

Posted by Steve Markowitz on July 2, 2012

Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey on July 1 held a news conference concerning water main breaks affecting 22 municipalities.  In advance, reporters were informed that the only questions that would be taken had to relate to the water issues.  One reporter did not heed the ground rules and asked the Governor a question concerning an upcoming legislative session.  To that the Governor responded in pure Christie saying: “Did I say on topic?  Are you stupid?  On topic, on topic.  Next question,” posted in the video below.

Whether one is a Christie fan or not, he is at least brutally honest, something lacking in many politicians.  It’s interesting how differently the mainstream media response to the Christie outburst to one by Barack Obama during a similar circumstance.  It obviously relates to of the reporter’s politics.

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ACT Government harnesses cloud, transforms services, efficiency

By Microsoft Australia on August 29, 2017

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ACT harnesses the cloud

Almost 400,000 people live, work and study in the ACT; home to the nation’s capital, Canberra, the ACT also attracts a rising number of domestic and international tourists.

The ACT Government’s transformation agenda places each of those individuals at the core of its digital strategy.

It wants to focus on their needs, understand their expectations and deliver high quality, responsive services efficiently and effectively. At the same time it seeks to streamline operations for its 20,000 employees and keep a firm rein on costs while making Canberra a premier example of a digital city.

Al Blake, the Chief Technology Officer for ACT Shared Services, explains that the Territory’s overarching ambition is to become recognised as a digital leader, carving out a strong reputation for digital excellence and innovation, while promoting inclusion and equity for all residents and visitors.

“This is about digital inclusion, about improving social outcomes by making government services more intuitive and accessible,” Al Blake, the Chief Technology Officer for ACT Shared Services

It’s a bold ambition and prompted a technology rethink that placed cloud computing at the core. The ACT Government’s digital strategy, launched in 2016, makes clear that cloud is the preferred platform for the future.

The strategy notes; “Cloud is a fine example of where massive scale and resource sharing has driven a radical price point shift. That point is an order of magnitude lower than that which could be achieved through on premise infrastructure within the ACT. In addition, the leverage of scarce skills in security and service management means that cloud is no longer “the risky option”.”

Instead cloud is a powerful and important ally says Blake, creating robust digital foundations to deliver more responsive government services rapidly, effectively and efficiently.

Microsoft Azure is delivering a sizeable chunk of those digital foundations, now the basis for a raft of emerging services with the promise of genuine and long lasting impact.

Blake outlines just one example; “When we examined the Health Directorate’s need for a data warehouse we identified that a Microsoft Azure implementation would be many hundreds of thousands of dollars a year less than our internal hosting model.”

While the project is still under development Blake is confident of the impact a cloud based approach will have. “Directorates will be able to respond more quickly, at lower cost, implement more quickly and ramp up and down with more flexibility.”

More importantly the efficiency liberated by the cloud approach offers the potential for genuine health impacts.

“Because we are a Territory – we get very close to the citizen end of service delivery. Whenever we can reduce the cost of IT services that’s funds that can be spent on a nurse or teacher’s assistant. When the Health Directorate saves money on IT that has a direct and immediate impact on its ability to deliver frontline services to citizens.”

Gary Davis, Executive Director of Shared Services ICT for the ACT Government, explains that there is a daily impact for front line workers and citizens.

“Using Microsoft cloud technology enables people to get on with the jobs they are paid to do – for teachers to spend less time on administration, more time teaching, if you’re a doctor less time administration, more time dealing with patients.”

The cost efficiencies of moving to cloud also have impact says Davis. “Microsoft cloud enables us to reduce our IT infrastructure footprint – hopefully we can move 80 per cent into the cloud – that helps reduce costs, improve responsiveness and improve the services we deliver to citizens.

“The less money we spend on back end administration of IT the more money can be allocated to the front end of citizen services for example on health, education – more teachers, more doctors, more nurses.” Gary Davis, Executive Director of Shared Services ICT for the ACT Government

While Blake and his colleague Jeremiah Fergus, Cloud Program Manager, acknowledge that there were cultural hurdles to overcome before cloud computing was broadly accepted, they say that fears about cloud’s suitability and risk profile have been allayed.

According to Fergus the ACT’s ICT team has been fiercely pragmatic about the rollout of cloud; “You have to start doing it. Getting runs on the board more important than the best strategy in the world. Get on with it and see what works.”

The Azure cloud is also accelerating digital transformation across the ACT’s schools where teachers will use a range of cloud services and Office 365 to support a teach anywhere initiative.

These are the sorts of transformation initiatives now possible thanks to the robust cloud foundations that have been built by the ACT Government’s IT team.

Davis says that the digital transformation supports the ACT Government’s commitment to deliver innovative technologies to support its citizens and to make Canberra a truly digital city by leveraging; “Innovative technologies to achieve outcomes, citizen services, education, health, transport and other services we deliver on a day to day basis” in a much more streamlined way than was possible in the past.

Moving to cloud foundations also boosts flexibility and agility.

“The digital strategy is very much around cloud first – to allow us to draw upon the economies of scale in Microsoft that allows the flexibility and agility to deliver services in a more timely fashion,” says Davis.

It also supports the Government’s ambition to make Canberra a truly smart city.

“Technology is making it simpler for citizens to interact with Government. We are moving away from paper based forms to online interactions to get citizens in and out quickly and on with their jobs,” says Davis.

The transformation has also steered cultural reformation and enhanced the skills sets in the ACT Government’s ICT operations says Davis.

“We can provision ICT services much quicker than before, a new system that once took several months can now be delivered in several hours. It’s a much more efficient and effective way to deliver services.

“Using cloud technology enables people to get on with the jobs they are paid to do – to spend less time on administration, more time teaching, if you’re a doctor less time on administration and more time dealing with patients.”

By harnessing Azure based Active Directory, monitoring, alerting, backup and recovery, data protection and security services the foundations have been laid for ongoing cloud based innovation and transformation. More than a hundred workloads have been transitioned to the cloud and more are added each day.

Already this includes a government-wide data lake being developed leveraging cloud services using MapR and Linux; a new child youth protection system which will be hosted securely in Azure and leverage Dynamics Online; and, an online voting system used to manage enterprise agreements is under construction.

As Blake notes; “Cloud is not too scary – it’s ready for government, get on with it.”

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Preparedness means planning, and there are tools to help

Par Molly Bull, Senior Communications Manager, Microsoft Disaster Response le octobre 2, 2016

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Fall is finally here, and as we close out September—National Preparedness Month —it’s the perfect time for governments and citizens to be thinking about how to survive a disaster, give aid to others in need, and stay in touch with family and friends when traditional communications are disrupted.

Being aware of the challenges you might face, planning for how you will meet them, and sharing these plans with family and others are the first steps in preparedness, and there are a number of resources to help you get started. The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s website is a good place to start.

There are also personal digital tools that provide practical help with planning in advance and most of us have the power in our hands, literally, to put this technology to work. Today’s smartphones have the power to support applications and services that can make us better prepared for emergencies as well as to make everyday life more convenient.

HelpBridge is a free mobile app for Windows, Android, and iOS phones to connect people with family and community through a single message sent to a pre-selected contact group. In either a minor event such as a flat tire or in a natural disaster, the app uses email, texting, Twitter and Facebook to let others know whether you need help or are okay, and where you are through GPS coordinates if you choose to use that option.

Staying in touch during a disaster can be a challenge when traditional infrastructure is damaged or overloaded. Digital alternatives such as texting can be more effective than standard voice, but there also are digital voice and video options that you can use. With the Skype mobile app you can use your smartphone to stay in touch when a computer is unavailable or hard to get to.

The cloud can give you and others access to critical information from almost any type of device or location, so that it remains available whatever the conditions around you. A OneDrive account gives you 15 GB of storage for cloud backup of important documents and files; everything from wills to videos to family photos. HealthVault lets you store, access and share personal medical information.

Many of the applications and tools you use every day to make your life more convenient also can be leveraged during an emergency to provide you with the information and services you need to overcome disaster and to help others. The key to taking advantage of them is planning ahead so that you have the tools and information in place when you need them. It is never too later—or too early—to begin planning.

To learn more about Microsoft Disaster Response visit or follow@msftresponse and the hashtag #NatlPrep.

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55 Must-Have Creative Photoshop Actions

Looking for a quick and easy way to upgrade your images? Photoshop actions are time saving tools that allow you to add stunning special effects to your text, photos and animations with just a couple of clicks! They are a saved series of steps that can be reapplied to files any time, allowing you to skip the mundane task of redoing each individual step every time you want to add an effect to your file – a shortcut designed to make life easier and create more space for the fun stuff.

Here’s our list of over 50 of the best eye-catching Photoshop actions to add to your collection.

Top 10 Bestselling Photoshop Actions

1. SandStorm

Brush where you want to apply the effect, choose a direction, and click play to add texture to your photo with SandStorm. With 12 color variations and 5 directions to choose from, there are endless opportunities to take your photo to the next level.

2. Dispersion

Dispersion is an advanced effect that breaks apart pieces of your photo and scatters them into a direction of your choice.

3. Double Exposure

Double Exposure action is an excellent tool for photographers and designers. It allows you to create a  double exposure effect in a few seconds and add a color tone, or gradient to your composition.

4. Realistic Embroidery

This action offers high definition design effects. Realistic Embroidery is perfect for mockups, graphics, logos, texts or badges.

5. Shimmer

Add elegant light effects to your photos with this easy to use action! Shimmer offers 10 color options and full layer control, so if there is a sparkle you don’t want then simply hide the layer, or duplicate layers to add extra shine.

6. 90 Premium Actions Set

90 Premium Actions Set is a collection of professional photoshop actions for photographers and graphic designers. Bring your images to life with actions including, high key lighting, film grain, exposure correction, art ink sketch and retro seasons among others.

7. Watercolor

Tap into your artistic side and create beautiful works of watercolor art from your photos in the easiest possible way with Watercolor.

8. 3D Map Generator

Make your own 3D maps with only one click! The action allows you to create new terrain and it comes with 30 different detailed elements, including a house, hospital, and lake that are all easy to edit too. This action is ideal for web graphics, infographics and presentations.

9. ModernArt

Give your photos a professional artistic look with ModernArt. A similar effect could take hours to finish, but with this action it can be done in under 1 minute!

10. PROActions Bundle – Film & Special Effects

This bestselling retouching actions set offers a variety of film and special effects to enhance your images! Enjoy experimenting with actions like Film Transparency, Environment Moscow, and Special Sin City.

20 Art-Inspired Photo Effects

11. Soft Focus 2

Add professional lighting effects to your photos with little effort! Choose from 20 different color looks to alter your image with Soft Focus 2.

12. MixArt – Sketch Painting

Mix it up with MixArt Sketch Painting action. This action offers graphic elements, effects and adjustment tools to easily customize and tweak the look of your photos.

13. Fractal

Fractal is an advanced photo action that provides full layer control. You can move, rotate, scale, duplicate, and color layers to develop an eye-catching design.

14. Cosmic

Create an image that’s out of this world with Cosmic. This action allows you to add stunning effects in seconds.

15. Vintage

Generate artistic vintage designs from your photos the easy way! Vintage uses charcoal and watercolor scans to create an organic textured effect, and the layers are organised and color coded to increase workflow ease.

16. Fearless

Use Fearless to add rain and lightning effects to your photo and a spark of excitement to your work.

17. Dust

Create highly detailed colorful dust artwork from your photos using Dust Photoshop action. You can also create photo collages by placing images inside the dust.

18. Creative Retouch

Creative Retouch is a top trending action that will help make your pictures pop.

19. Sparkler

Illuminate your image with Sparkler. This action allows you to change sparkler and light glow colors, add a ground glow underneath your sparkler, and convert your day photos into night photos.

20. 60 Matte Duotone

Enhance your photo with 60 premium matte duotone photo effects. With this easy-to-use action, it only takes 1 click to achieve stunning results.

21. Geometric Haze

Use Geometric Haze to experiment with different shapes and transform your images into an atmospheric scene with a complex layering of geometric shapes. The best results are obtained with high resolution pictures.

22. Rising Sun

Create flaming hot designs from your photos with this top trending action! Every visual element is layered giving you great creative control, and every time you run the action you get a unique result.

23. Charcoal

Create artistic charcoal designs from your photo easily! This action offers 5 different charcoal styles and high resolution charcoal brushes.

24. Glitch

Glitch is another top trending action. It includes 8 different glitch Photoshop actions and 30 color effects.

25. Elemental

Elementary to use, this action produces vibrant special effects with just a few clicks!

26. Dripping Gold

Coat your photos in liquid gold! This action provides full control. Every layer is color coded and named appropriately to create an organized working environment for you. If only alchemy was this easy!

27. Hand Drawn

Create highly detailed realistic hand drawn effects from your photos. Simply brush over the parts of your photo that you want to transform, click play on the action and the rest is history.

28. Light Runner

Light Runner uses advanced Photoshop techniques to trace contours within your photo and add awesome glow effects with one click. Everything remains layered so you can easily tweak the look of your design and add more effects.

29. Fire

Add a fire effect to any image easily with this Photoshop action!

30. Legendary

Add amazing light effects to your photo with this easy-to-use action. You can place the light source where you want and change the color. It offers layer flexibility and 10 different color options to choose from to produce a variety of Legendary looks.

10 Best Text Effects

31. Retro Vintage

This graphic resource offers 10 different styles to play with. Apply it to simple text, shapes and vector logos to create a great poster, flyer, or website banner with a vintage touch.

32. Vintage Letterpress

Vintage Letterpress offers 22 different actions to add realistic printing effects to your images. It has 11 different texture types including wood, canvas, and paper, and it works on text, vectors and rasters.

33. 80’s Style Text Mockups V1

Go back in time and give your text or logo that 80’s look in seconds! 80’s Style Text Mockups offer 10 rad text effects to choose from.

34. Dimensions- 3D Generator

Take your text to the next level with Dimensions 3D Generator. It includes 9 directions, 10 depths, 6 styles, 2 types of shadows, and works with any color, text, shape, and image. There are endless options to elevate your design!

35. Stitched Leather

Stitched Leather is a unique Photoshop action for styling texts, vector shapes and raster shapes.

36. Electric Glowing Effect

With Electric Glowing Effect you can choose from 9 glowing effect actions to apply to any of your own fonts or objects.

37. Neon Styles Bundle

Neon Styles Bundle is a trending text action. With 32 neon styles and 12 layouts, these neon signs are fun and easy to customize!

38. Chalkboard Text

This Photoshop action is ‘chalk-full’ of design options. It offers 12 chalkboard texts and 12 fully layered PSDs. You can easily modify text colors and patterns too.

39. VHS RGB Glitch

Use VHS – RGB Glitch to create stunning VHS text effects on your text, logo and shapes. This template is extremely easy to use. Simply paste your text, logo, or shape inside the smart object and choose one of the 8 effects available.

40. Sketch Generator

With Sketch Generator you can add realistic effects to your text and play around with different border options and fill colors to enhance your images.

10 Animated GIF Actions

41. Animated Smoke

Animated Smoke action allows you to add a realistic smoke effect to your photos and bring your images to life. It works with every photo and contains 10 different color options.

42. Animated Fire

…Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. This animated action adds flames to your file for a smoking hot effect!

43. GIF Animated Snow

If you want to cool it down a bit, use GIF Animated Snow to create the perfect winter scene or snow storm.

44. Frozen Ice GIF Animated

…Or this Frozen Ice GIF Animated action.

45. Animated Glitch

Animated Glitch generates a video sequence of animated glitch effects from your photos, logo or artwork. The effects are packed in clips and are easy to edit!

46. Animated Parallax Tool Kit

Animate easily with Animated Parallax Tool Kit. This action adds awesome animated effects that make your images come to life!

47. GIF Animated Shock Wave

This animated action really packs a punch of light and color into your image. GIF Animated Shock Wave lets you add highly advanced effects in minutes.

48. GIF Animated Ephemera

Captivating and ethereal, the Animated Gif Ephemera Photoshop action adds billowing clouds of colorful smoke that project from your image.

49. GIF Animated Watercolor and Ink

Add an artistic animated element to your image with GIF Animated Watercolor and Ink. This action offers 40 types of ink, 20 color effects and 2 types of animation.

50. Logo Sketchy

Logo Sketchy turns any logo into a beautiful & realistic sketch with one click. It’s perfect for presentations and mock ups.

Bonus: 5 Photo Effect Actions from Envato Elements

All available with an Envato Elements subscription

51. Storm

Add a high definition stormy scene effect to your photo with this easy-to-use action.

52. Space Effect

Space Photoshop Effect is a Photoshop action that will add professional cosmic effects to make out-of-this-world images.

53. Circles

Transform your photo in minutes with Circles Photoshop action.

54. Architekt

This extremely awesome Photoshop action allows your to enhance your images easily.

55. Conceptum

Conceptum adds a professional technical sketch look with 3D elements in one minute. It produces a highly detailed result that is easy to customize and improve. It’s perfect for objects such as cars, bikes, aircrafts, gadgets, and instruments.

Browse all Photoshop actions on Graphicriver.


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Can a pro-Palestinian, anti-Zionist be a feminist? Linda Sarsour says “yes”, I say “hell, no!” « Why Evolution Is True

An article in The Nation from March 13 includes an interview with the odious and overrated Linda Sarsour; the title of the piece is “Can you be a Zionist Feminist? Linda Sarsour Says No.” As you may recall, Sarsour, a Palestinian-American hijabi who was one if the heads of the anti-Trump Women’s March, is strongly anti-Zionist and pro-BDS, and has had some harsh things to say about Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

In the interview, author Collier Meyerson questions Sarsour closely about the title issue, asking her why it’s incumbent for a feminist to be anti-Zionist (remember that anti-Zionism denies Jews the right to have a homeland). It’s always puzzled me how a hijab-wearing woman who demonizes Israel and strongly praises both Palestine and sharia law can call herself a feminist. After all, sharia law is strongly anti-women, and is largely designed to keep them in their place as per Islamic law. (That law, of course, varies from place to place.)

Likewise, Palestine is no place for liberated women—not to mention gays or nonbelievers. Finally, the hijab itself is a symbol of oppression, and its wearing appears to be mandatory in Gaza (see the Wikipedia article on “Islamism in the Gaza Strip“).

If you do a Google image search of “women Gaza strip”, you get images like these (these are the first six; if you do the search you’ll see why I stopped before #7!). There’s nary an uncovered head to be seen:

The interview is amusing for observing Sarsour twist and turn to show why it’s IMPERATIVE for a feminist to be anti-Zionist. Her point seems to be that Israel has made the women in Palestine poor and oppressed. She doesn’t mention that most of the oppression comes not from Israel, but from their fellow Palestinians as well as the Arab countries that won’t help them out of their poverty. Here are some of her quotes:

When you talk about feminism you’re talking about the rights of all women and their families to live in dignity, peace, and security. It’s about giving women access to health care and other basic rights. And Israel is a country that continues to occupy territories in Palestine, has people under siege at checkpoints—we have women who have babies on checkpoints because they’re not able to get to hospitals [in time]. It just doesn’t make any sense for someone to say, “Is there room for people who support the state of Israel and do not criticize it in the movement?” There can’t be in feminism. You either stand up for the rights of all women, including Palestinians, or none. There’s just no way around it.

As we’ll see below, by Sarsour’s own lights, there’s no room in feminism for women who support Palestine. And if you stand up for the rights of all women, you should be a much stronger critic of Palestine (or Afghanistan, or Saudi Arabia, or Iran, or Iraq, and so on) than you are of Israel.

Now why is support of BDS (the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement that aims at eliminating the Israeli nation) also imperative for feminists? Sarsour responds, but not convincingly:

 What’s interesting here is that feminism is a movement and BDS is a tactic.. . . that’s the reason why BDS makes sense within the feminist movement, or really within any social justice movement, be it climate justice or racial justice, or the Palestinian solidarity movement. For example, in the racial-justice movement people have said that we need to divest from private prisons, right? In the climate-justice movement, we need to divest from fossil fuels and companies profiting off of the destruction of our planet. We need to take our money out of banks that are profiting off the Dakota Access Pipeline. [Similarly,] BDS is a tactic and feminism is a movement. And BDS can be used in the feminist movement to demand change and demand more rights for women. BDS has been used as a tactic to raise awareness for Palestinian people, including women and their children.

The real reason Sarsour supports BDS has nothing to do with feminism: she just hates Israel and wants to punish its people. If she really wanted a tactic to promote feminism, she’d be boycotting every country that uses Islam to oppress women, including those named above. You can make the argument that BDS is a tactic to force Israel to a two-state solution (though I’m pretty sure that’s not its goal), but to say that its goal is getting more rights for women is totally misdirected. If the Israeli state disappeared and was replaced by a Muslim country having the gender laws of Palestine, women’s rights would plummet.

Finally, her ultimate hypocrisy:

 I would say that anyone who wants to call themselves an activist cannot be selective. There is no country in this world that is immune to violating human rights. You can’t be a feminist in the United States and stand up for the rights of the American woman and then say that you don’t want to stand up for the rights of Palestinian women in Palestine. It’s all connected. Whether you’re talking about Palestinian women, Mexican women, women in Brazil, China, or women in Saudi Arabia—this feminist movement is an international global movement.

But Sarsour is being selective, for she fails to call out the pervasive oppression and misogyny placed upon women by Muslim countries and Islam itself. If you weighed the benefits to women of getting rid of Israel on the one hand, and getting rid of Islam on the other, well, there’s no doubt which would be more salubrious. You will never see Sarsour campaigning against Saudi Arabia or Iran, even though women suffer the deprivation of liberty and opportunity in those countries for reasons far beyond the presence and policies of Israel. Here’s a list of what women face in Gaza:

  • Effective sharia law, which includes
  • mandatory hijabs
  • sharia courts, in which a woman’s testimony is half of a man’s.
  • segregation from men in many places, and
  • illegality of male teachers for female students, depriving women of some good teachers
  • Other stuff includes inability to participate in some sports
  • The pervasiveness of legal polygamy and child marriage (often younger than even Palestinian law allows)
  • No mixed bathing!
  • Ubiquitous teaching in school of gender stereotypes, with women’s place being in the home
  • Honor killings (mostly of women, of course)
  • Signature of a man required to get passports and other documents
  • Requirement that all women must carry ID cards specifying the relationship of a man with whom they’re walking in public
  • Severe gender imbalance in divorce issues: men can get a divorce for any reason, women have far more severe requirements
  • Punishments for adultery are more severe for women than men
  • Much sexual violence inflicted on women, often by relatives
  • Curtailed inheritance rights for women, so that women get only half as much as men (e.g., if a woman has a sister and a brother, each woman gets a quarter of the inheritance, while the brother gets half)

None of this is the case (or as severe, for stuff like sexual violence) in the Israel so demonized by Sarsour. Is there any doubt that Palestine oppresses its own women far more than Israel does to its women or Palestinian women? If Israel disappeared, women in Palestine would not be much freer, as they’d still be subject to the draconian and anti-women laws and customs of Palestinian Islam. So why does Sarsour demonize Israel, as opposed to getting her own house in order?

You know the answer.

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Anyawy, Momma is outside eating the rest of her third bowl of food. The only way I feel okay walking away from her is when she is eating.

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To Serve or not to Serve – A Primer

The military, specifically the army and marines, is desperately trying to meet recruitment quotas to fill the dwindling ranks of available troops needed to continue the war crimes war in Iraq. The recruiters are essentially salespeople. Just what is it they have to sell to you, the potential recruit?

As a new recruit you will receive free housing – in barracks that were built in 1940, are in a miserable state of disrepair, are infested with god knows what kinds of vermin, and where you don’t get to have the top bunk, you need to have the top bunk to avoid the rising level of flooding sewage. And you get to have supervisors who are apparently so stupid and so blind that they don’t recognize the problem until it appears in the newspapers.

As a new recruit you will receive free medical care. This is really important because chances are very good, considering where you’re going to be serving, that you are gonna need lots of medical care. This care will be delivered within no more than a year or two from the time you need it and, if you are an inpatient, its very likely that you will be housed in a facility just about as filthy and infested as your barracks. You should feel right at home.

(Caution 1: Do keep in mind that your Commander in Chief has declared that your free medical benefits are a privilege, not a right, and you may be judged unworthy to receive them.
Caution 2: Being a good Republican, the last thing your Commander in Chief wants is a bunch of troops who really know what the war is like voting in the upcoming election. So if you want to exercise your right as an American to register to vote while you recover from your wounds, have someone from outside assist you. The VA has been instructed not to.))

As a new recruit you will receive free mental health care. Maybe. Or maybe you won’t. It all depends on how successful the VA is in covering up your suicidal tendencies or intentionally misdiagnosing your PTSD in order to protect the administration and save money. If they are successful (and they have a good track record) and you end up committing suicide, don’t be afraid that your case will be lost among the other thousands of vets who commit suicide each year. The VA will manipulate those numbers so it appears that you are just one of hundreds, not thousands.

As a new recruit you will have access to religious services and even organized faith groups where you can study and worship with your peers. These are only Christian groups of course as America is a Christian nation. If you happen to be of another faith, and don’t elect to participate, that is your choice. You will probably be humiliated, physically abused or otherwise derided for it but it is your choice. The military is all about choices.

As a new recruit you may be trained by superiors (sergeants) who have already served in the war and bring the benefits of their experiences to your training. However, they may be among the thousands who have untreated PTSD or mind altering brain injuries so caution is advised. Especially on the rifle range.

It is very likely that your superiors are as poorly educated as you are because they joined up for the same reason that you did. Like you, they are from poor families, from miserably poor areas with miserably poor education systems, and the best way, perhaps the only way, that they and you can get into college is to have the military pay for it. If they, and you survive that long.

Speaking of education, as a new recruit you are eligible for college assistance. Maybe. Your superiors may, as they have done in the past, decide that your enlistment period falls one day short of the required time for eligibility, apologize for your misunderstanding of the procedures, and send you home to pay for your own damn education. Your a soldier. Don’t whine about it.

In any case, keep a close eye on the current legislation because your Commander in Chief is ever vigilant in his efforts to reduce your education benefits. His belief is that if the soldiers knew they had good education benefits waiting for them, they wouldn’t stay in the military. They would get out. And we can’t have that. Not when it’s so hard getting them to join in the first place. I’m sure you agree that we all have to sacrifice for the war effort. You give up your promised education benefit and maybe your legs or arms or eyes or even your life. He gives up golf. It all helps out.

As a recruit you get to travel and see the world. The popular stop right now is Iraq. If you get to go at all, you get to stay for 12 months. Actually, check that, its probably going to be 15 months. And you’ll get to go multiple times. You will get short breaks in between to say hello and goodbye to your increasingly estranged family. Its best that you don’t spend too much time with them anyway because they will be horrified at the frightening changes that have come over you since your last visit.

While you are in Iraq you will be trying to kill Iraqi people and Iraqi people will be trying to kill you. They will be trying to kill you because we invaded their country for no reason, destroyed their culture and slaughtered their families. You will be trying to kill them because they had nothing to do with 9-11. Its a perfect fit.

These are not all of the key selling points the recruiters have at their fingertips but its a start. I haven’t even touched upon the pay or the close camaraderie between fellow troops, whether on the battlefield, in the hospital, in the amputee rehab facility or in the mental health ward. I haven’t even mentioned the available legal services whose efforts will not only assure that you won’t be held responsible for any of those pesky war crimes that you may be ordered to commit, but may even help with the divorce from that utterly horrified wife that I mentioned above.

And finally, I have not even broached the career possibilities and opportunities for advancement. The military offers its career enlisted people low but dependable pay, mediocre to poor medical care, substandard housing and food, and poor supervision all in a drab, colorless and/or hostile environment.

On the positive side, don’t think that your lack of education and insight will hold you back because it won’t. I’ve been in the army myself and I have had staff sergeants, SFC’s, master sergeants and even a Command Sergeant Major who were still just as narrow minded and dumb as a doorknob as the day they joined up. And while staying in does increase the possibility of losing life or body parts, I think its clear that the benefits, if you are lucky enough to get them, far outweigh the risks.

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  1. BobR Says:

    Good post. We’re defending freedom, democracy, Mom, and apple pie, according to the President. There’s a disconnect. I hope these seventeen and eighteen year old kids are savvy enough to do their homework and ask someone like yourself before signing up with some eager beaver recruiter trying to make quota.

  2. expatbrian Says:

    No one’s lining up for my advise. Like me when I was 18, I’m sure they all think they are old enough and mature enough to make this important decision. And I’m sure they all think that they know what we, and ultimately they, are fighting for. Of course neither thing is true and by the time they find that out, it will be too late.

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Graduation Year: 2014

Hometown: San Mateo, CA

Current Residence: San Mateo, CA

Major at Santa Clara: Bioengineering

Occupation: Commercial Real Estate Broker, Sequoia Realty Services

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Favorite memory from Santa Clara

  • Hands down graduation day! From dads and grads at The Hut, the commencement address by Brandi Chastain, and the picnic on Bellomy Field, it was a day I will never forget. A close second was being selected as one of the winning senior design projects.

Extracurricular activities while a student at SCU

  • LEAD Scholars Program
  • Bioengineering Research Assistant
  • Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
  • Intramural Sports

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  • The Bronco community
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  • Inspiring others

Expertise that I have acquired in my life and career that I bring to my term of service on the SCU Alumni Board

  • I have experience holding leadership positions with two nonprofits. I am Secretary of the Executive Board for the Croatian Scholarship Fund and am President of the Silicon Valley Chapter for the Association of Croatian American Professionals. I bring a high level of commitment to organizations I am involved and expect to do the same with the SCU Board of Directors.


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Living spaces

I definitely need a reading corner/nook in my future home.

Cosy spaces, outdoor shower, down-to-earth kitchen.

A hangout space for good times with friends.

I can spend hours looking at photos of pretty homes, spaces, places and interior decorating. I collect photos of how I would like to live in the future. I love tiny cosy spaces, and a reading nook or a windowsill big enough to sit in is something I’ve always dreamt of.

And an outdoor shower would be pretty amazing too, I know this for a fact because my aunt has an outdoor shower and it’s pretty much the best thing since bath bubbles.

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  1. winterlust says :

    I love the little reading corner! Would love something like that in my place! I’m with you on the outdoor shower part, a few friends have one, that are so refreshing in the summer time.

    Dreams become reality….one day 🙂

    • Tina says :

      I really love that reading corner too! I just love cosy little corners that you can crawl up into with a cup of coffee or tea and a good book. As you said, dreams become reality – something to strive for! 🙂

  2. oriav says :

    Amazing photos! Each one has its own story. Love them all!

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Weekly Dose of Fat – 1-13-12

Friday the 13th! Whoo Hoo! And we finally got a bit of snow here in SEWI.

The SnowBike Team Enduro event in Wisconsin is coming up NEXT weekend the 21st. with the recent snow, more on the way and below freezing temps it should be a good one. Don’t miss it and then come crying to us later. – Talk of the town! Full suspension prototype. Coming to market??? – Homer Alaska fat bike festival – Fat-bike project build. – More on the fat-bike project build. – Moonlander and Clownshoe news and other random bits. – Fat-bike racing comes to Maine! – Lessons learned while building a fat-bike frame. – Jumping on the bandwagon. – A new Muk 3 owner shares his thoughts. – Best Riding Photos of 2011 from Gnat. Quite a few fat-bike shots in there. – Colder in Finland and definitely looking like winter.

http://QUIRINGCYCLES.NET/news.html – Specs on Quiring’s Stainless Snow Bike. – Triple D Race Rig. – Saturday Beach ride and Lucifer’s E-type. – Wrap up of the Mexico fat-bike trip. – Fat-bike riding along the convict trail in Australia. – Marge Lite Wheel Build at Milltown. – More on the On-One fat-bike prototype. – Preparing for a custom fat-bike. – A man and his fat-bike!

Our Man in Finland, Toni Lund, has had some articles our feed reader didn’t pick up in the past couple of weeks so even if this isn’t news from this week, if you haven’t seen them check them out! Great photos too! – Gifts, BFL and lots of photos. – Bikepacking, fat-camping and fat-bike racing. – Solstice Bikepacking Overnight. – Winter Solstice and a new project. – Weather talk and commuting. – Final install of the fenders.

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Dear Diary, I’m puzzled, I wander around the house and I find old used dryer sheets all over the floor. The laundry tends to lose socks but the used dryer sheets seem to multiply like zebra mussels. They must be infused with some kind of poison or Kryptonite. It seems only Fat Dads are immune from this toxic material because I am the only who will bend over to pick them up. Maybe it’s because they just cant see them, its white crinkly texture must blend in and camouflage perfectly against the brown carpet. Thank goodness they don’t make this stuff in Realtree, we all would end up getting buried in mountains of used dryer sheets. Well, I guess until they figure out the exact science of why only I can touch the used dryer sheets, just like the empty toilet paper rolls, I’m will assume the heavy load of this burden. I will continue this rant in another series of blogs as the whole laundry process is a mystery to me like;

  1. Your socks get stuck in the pant legs,
  2. You only take out your cloths from the dryer
  3. You only wash your cloths from the hamper
  4. You leave the wet towels in the washer to get moldy, etc, etc,

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Zack Greinke is Gone.

When Zack Greinke signed for LA he was supposed to help out Kershaw and the pitching staff as a stunning number 2 guy, the best in baseball. Now for Zack his amazing 2015 has had him worth a lot more and in a contract year for the ex Brewer this was something that just had to happen.

Now he is an ex-Dodger.

His legacy with LA, while short, was large and he left the team just shy of a couple World Series rings, but certainly not his fault. However to join a rival team in the same division is disgusting, Zack, a family man, someone who has had the best intentions at heart all along is seemingly no more than chasing money.

LA wouldn’t sign him for reportedly not agreeing to the guaranteed 6th year, most likely being that the club was looking at a team option for year number 6, rightly so given they would be forking out over 30 million a year, but for Zack he wanted 6 years with some good pay days to look forward to.

This new deal is with the Arizona Diamondbacks, the same team that has had little going for them in the last few years, finishing in the bottom three of the division last year and now have a starter that won’t do much good for them. Greinke had the option to stay with the Dodgers, a team that would go a long way once again in October but is clearly chasing the money and a good future. The baseball career of Zack Greinke is over in terms of rings and team rewards, clearly he wants the money and the individual glory.

This new contract, rumored to be $206 million over 6 years ($34.3 million a year) fits in very nicely for his new intentions, those that will only be after that money. Now he finds himself in a worse place to live, a state with a lower tax rate too at 4.5% compared to California’s 13%, again showing this need for money.

It isn’t like the Dodgers would not have paid him, LA were looking at around $155 million for 5 years, an average of a little less than the new deal with the D-Backs but a chance at glory, a World Series ring or two and a home in a place he has been for years before.

What does this mean for the division and for LA? Well Opening Day 2016 now sets up as Clayton v Zack, a battle that, after the heat between these two clubs of late, may set up a new rivalry, one that will only help LA in getting its revenge on the field. For the rest of the division, San Francisco missed out on a good starter for their rotation and now for Colorado and San Diego they are more likely to come up against a better Arizona team, a third place last year that may come close but won’t rival the top two for the 2016 NL West pennant.

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Gender and the OB/GYN

I have often heard small clusters of young women, and sometimes not-as-young women, discussing the issue of whether it is better to have a female gynecologist, a male gynecologist, or if it does not matter at all.  Having been to five gynecologists in my life, 2 male and 3 female, I have my own established set of opinions.  But, what have studies shown to be the true pros and cons of consulting a female ob/gyn versus a male ob/gyn or vice versa?

A 2001 survey performed by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) found that 47% of those surveyed specifically preferred a female gynecologist.  37% had no preference and only 15% preferred a male ob/gyn.  Women specifically cite several important factors for these indicated choices.  For women preferring female ob/gyns, many indicate that they lean this way because they feel a woman could uniquely understand their feelings, especially in the event that something went wrong.  I have heard it said that, “Going to a male gynecologist is like going to an auto mechanic who has never owned a car.”

Many women have no preference between male and female ob/gyns because they feel, so long as the doctor has excellent skills, empathy and “understanding feelings” are not as important.  Some even say that men are completely capable of sympathizing with their female patients and that just because an ob/gyn is a female does not automatically mean she will be understanding or compassionate.

Women who prefer male gynecologists argue several different points.  One point brought up is that men can be more objective to the female reproductive tract and will not react as emotionally.  (I have to say, personally, I think this is hogwash.)  Another is that older women have been going to a specific gynecologist so long, since men populated virtually the whole field, that she would not feel comfortable switching.  I have heard one woman say that her male ob/gyn is so grandfatherly and reassuring that she would not trust her body with anyone else.  (This is not to say that this woman would not prefer a grandmotherly ob/gyn had she encountered such an ob/gyn before a grandfatherly one.)

Also, religious factors sometimes play into a woman’s choice of gender in choosing an ob/gyn.  Deeply religious Jews, Muslims, and Christians are often led to choose a female in an effort to preserve modesty.  Thus, it is possible that religious women choose women ob/gyns more often than men ob/gyns, though I have not seen specific numbers on this.

More subtle, psychological factors can also play into a gendered choice of an ob/gyn.  For instance, some women choose female ob/gyns because they do not wish to make their husband, boyfriend, father, or other male loved one suspicious, angry, or concerned.  I do not know of any specific studies that have been done on this phenomenon, but anecdotal evidence suggests that there is a steady portion of men who have some sort of resentment or unhappiness that their wife, girlfriend, daughter, sister, mother, or otherwise is cared for by a male ob/gyn.

So, really, I conclude that each woman has her own particular reasons for choosing an ob/gyn.  Women are not generally quantifiable as either preferring female, preferring male, or having no preference in choosing an ob/gyn.  Now, tell me what you think?  What do you consider in the way of gender (if anything) when choosing your ob/gyn?  Don’t be shy.

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  1. I started out going to a female ob/gyn but have seen a male gynecologist as well. At first, I thought I would only comfortable with a woman doctor because I’m shy about this sort of thing. After seeing the male doc (and having everything poked and prodded to hell and back) I’m comfortable with either one. This is most definitely one of those things that’s a personal preference and you may have to go to one of each before you can figure out which one works for you.

  2. Actually, I have to admit, the female ob/gyns I have had were more gentle with the actual pap smear and pelvic exam, but the male ob/gyns seem more proficient at checking my breasts. Go figure! It’s hit and miss with everything else, though. The one I visited last seems to be the best of them all. She is also, by far, the youngest of the five I’ve seen. Interesting….

  3. I tend to go for female doctors in general, but I chose a female ob/gyn (actually the office only employs women for every position) because I feel ob/gyn stuff is kind of like “girl talk.” I have to talk about my body, my sexual activity; the kind of stuff that I’m just more comfortable talking about with a woman. I get nervous when male doctors ask me personal questions, even in a family practitioner way. Just my thing though.

  4. i started seeing an ob when i was 16. i was vehement about having a woman because, at that age, the idea of a man checking out my situation, even in a purely medical sense, scared the ever-loving piss out of me. even now, at 22, i still prefer a lady doctor. i’m also slightly afraid that if i switch to a male doctor, i’ll find him attractive, which would make the whole looking up my va-jay-jay thing incredibly awkward.

  5. It helped when you mentioned how you should take the time to consider whether you need a GYN that is a man or a woman. I understand that taking the time to do some research can help you find the best one for your needs. My wife was talking about how she needed to see a GYN attorney, so I’ll share your page with him.

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The perfect night in

With the winter nights at their longest, it’s the perfect time of year to stay in and watch a movie. These days all you need to watch the latest releases is a broadband connection and a tiny set-top box.

Apple TVIf you have an Apple iPad or iPhone, then the obvious choice is the Apple TV. This little black box costs £99 and connects to the Internet by wi-fi. Movies from Apple are a little bit pricey, but there is a good selection and you only pay for what you watch. There are also other TV services such as Netflix available on a subscription basis.

Roku screenIf you’re not an Apple person, then a better option might be Roku. These set-top boxes start at £50 and, in addition to Netflix and BBC iPlayer, offer Sky Movies for £9 a month with the Sky Sports channels on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Both Apple and Roku also let you play your own music, photos and home movies on your TV from your phone or tablet. However, if that sounds like a feature you’ll never use, then the best deal of all is Sky’s own Now TV box. This is actually last year’s Roku box with a few features stripped out. Unlike its rivals it’s not full HD, but it only costs £10, so you could have an Apple TV and a Now TV for the ultimate Now TVchoice of movies.

All of these options only stream content from the Internet. If you want to record your own programmes then you’ll need a bigger, more expensive set-top box such as YouView, which also gives you access to BT Sport.

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Caren Umbarger, the Flagler Youth Orchestra’s artistic director, won a bronze medal for “Coming To,” her first novel, about a woman struggling for liberation from an imperious husband in Depression-era Iowa.

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Caren Umbarger, the artistic director of the Flagler Youth Orchestra, describes how she came to write Coming To, her first novel, which would resonate with “anyone who has struggled out of oppression to make a better life for themselves.”

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Tickled Pink

Yesterday Baby D had a couple of birthday parties to attend and while I wanted to her to look cute, I also wanted to give her an outfit that would allow her to run, jump, play and possibly spill cake & juice on without causing me to have a complete fit. Something simple yet stylish for the self-proclaimed “Princess” to don to her events.

She received this Hello Kitty backpack as a gift and as cute as it is I am very sad that isn’t more functional, if it held more items I would probably be more inclined to use it on a regular basis as opposed to just letting her wear as decoration.

I wish I could tell you why she was holding that napkin but there is probably no real reason other than she is always trying to help “clean up”. Hahaha

Outfit: Pink T Shirt x Target … Black Shorts x Old Navy … Shoes x Vans …

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Comrade, Jack Purcell

Name your go-to shoe. Mine are hands down my black and white, classic Jack Purcell’s. I wear them on a casual day out or when I’m going for stylish comfort.

Even on day like this where a v-neck, couture blazer, and dark denim were all I needed for errands around Brooklyn (which is becoming its lively summertime self by the day).

⎜Blazer x Thrifted ⎜Tee x Urban Outfitters ⎜ Glasses x Forever 21 ⎜ Jewelry x H&M ⎜

They’re so comfy I can’t help but love them. Days off were made for wandering off and getting lost in nature. For visiting the library in search of new worlds to get lost in. Welcoming summer with open arms!

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Wild rice-cherry-pecan-stuffed Winter Squash

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Author Notes: Last fall, I made Dorie Greenspan's Pumpkin Stuffed with Everything Good. It was divine and inspired this recipe.

A few days ago, I bought a beautiful blue winter squash -about 1.5 pounds- and tonight felt moved to stuff and bake it. My husband is out of town, my kids go to bed early, and a beautiful, quiet dinner for one sounded perfect. I wanted it to be hearty but healthy and with a nice blend of salty and sweet.

This was absolutely scrumptious and awfully pretty to boot. I think you could use a whole variety of other grains, dried fruits, nuts and cheese- whatever suits your fancy. Enjoy.

Serves 1

  • 1 cup wild rice
  • cups chicken broth, or water
  • 1 winter squash, about 1.5 pounds
  • 1 scallion, chopped
  • 1/3 cup dried cherries
  • 1/4 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
  • 2 smallish sprigs thyme, leaves only
  • 1 sprinkle cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons 2% milk
  • a few shavings Parmesan
  • freshly ground black pepper
  1. Put the chicken broth (or water) in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. When boiling, pour in wild rice and cook about 20 minutes. You want it approaching soft.
  2. Making a circle around the stem, use a sharp knife to cut the top off of your winter squash, as if you're starting a jack-o-lantern. Set the top aside, and using a sharp spoon, scoop out all seeds.
  3. Preheat the oven to 375. Chop the cherries and scallions and toss together with the pecans and thyme leaves.
  4. When the rice is ready, add it to the cherry mixture. Stir to combine and then add the cinnamon, salt, milk, Parm and a few good turns of fresh black pepper. Stir well to combine.
  5. Pack the squash cavity with the rice stuffing; then place the squash into a baking dish and rest the little squash top back in place. If you have extra stuffing, just spoon it into the baking dish around the squash.
  6. Bake 30-40 minutes, or until squash is easily pierced through the side with a sharp knife.

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3D football game to play in three leagues, each of which is in a different season.

To coincide with the European Cup year, Greentube, the creators of on-line games, have launched Football Challenge 08, a 3D football game that includes the novelty of offering the user the chance to take part in a league which, as if it were real football, is updated each week. Do you like the challenge? Then try it, because it´s also free.

There are various dates to remember, referring to the seasons of Autumn, Winter and Spring, each of which will include several weekend-tournaments. But outside these dates (and their corresponding matches) there are also training games. The combined results of the tournament weekends will determine the overall results of Football Challenge. There will be a tournament winner as well as a final score calculated for each player.

Football Challenge 08 lets you play against the PC or against a friend. It also has an integral editor that lets you edit the characteristics and properties of each player. This football game program is very easy to download, install and then use, through its friendly and intuitive user interface. You don't need any technical experience at all to get the most out of it.

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PES 2015

Going head to head with FIFA 15 is this Pro Evolution Soccer 2015.

Once again you can feel all the emotion and excitement of football with FIFA 15.

Free Kick

Take shots on goal to score the highest number.