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Monday, April 30, 2007

Big ups

Props to the ISA of Lehigh University and Zeta Psi @ Lafayette for a great dj'ing weekend! Shout outs to Mumojay for helping out at the Zeta formal. Great times!

Coming up next weeked - non-stop music at March Field in Lafayette for All College Day! Time to play some chill hip-hop blended with a flavor of sunny house.

In other news - I had an interview for the FOCUS/AKYSB internship in Tajikistan for this summer. I think I was way to nervous, but hopefully, things will work out. Inshallah.

Not much left to say except I have a book review to write. That's all. Badaye.

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Time flies...

So I'm sitting in Mumojay's room, and listening to "Face The Music" by Conjure One (house mix). And I'm browsing through my CD cases, through some music from a long, long time ago. I saw a CD dated "September 2004". Wow - that makes it almost 3 years in college, still loving the music.

2 gigs this weekend!

Lehigh ISA formal tonight, and Zeta Psi formal kesho. Busy but good times. If you're reading this and want to come, hurry up! I'll be spinning my favorite desi tunes mixed with a flavor of progressive house and bongolized treats!

Friday, April 27, 2007

DJ xmms is spinning tonight

For some reason, my XMMS can play at two different instances on one computer! I can DJ using linux now! PLUS the equalizers for each instance works individually! Check out the screenshot.You can thank me for your easy Xubuntu DJ'ing experience later.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Pursuit of Happyness

A great movie! And for a great past weekend! 2 gigs this past weekend - Lehigh and then Lafayette for the ISA formal - brilliant times :)

This coming weekend is going to be just as crazy - hopefully 3 gigs lined up! Lehigh Indian Students Association formal, Youth empowerment day at Fisher Field @ Lafayette, and then the Zeta Psi formal! Meatpacked.

In other news, the weather is getting warm, which is solid, very solid, news. Also, I've been thinking a lot about where my senior year will take me. It's going to be an interesting ride, considering what might happen this summer. I'm still waiting to hear on the FOCUS internship in Tajikistan, but I'm also trying to meet the FSD deadline for Kenya. Fast times...

Talk badaye.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Chakra - Home

Don´t be afraid, your world is dark tonight
For without love, how can your spirit sing?
You are a bird with wounded wings

You´re not alone
I´ve come to take you home
You´re not alone
I´ve come to take you home

I´ll show you life
I´ll heal your heart tonight
Everybody needs a helping hand
I can help you understand

You´re not alone
I´ve come to take you home
You´re not alone
I´ve come to take you home

You´re not alone

Virginia Tech Shootings

Yesterday, a student at Virginia Tech shot 32 people at his university - professors and students included.

You can read today's latest article on the shootings on the BBC website.

Things like this make me think about how safe we really are. You just never know. May the souls of the deceased rest in peace.

Monday, April 16, 2007

Wow... Campus Pizza (of all places) was one of my favorite sessions last night. I played a mix of everything, and felt really good about it. People seemed to have enjoyed it too. Next weekend's sessions - at Lehigh and Lafayette - are hopefully going to be (at least) just as good, because I've been sampling some hot tracks lately.

I also went to Boston on Friday night, and I have to say - that 6-hour road trip with Mumojay at the wheel was completely worth it. Props to Neechi and Gebre for hosting some interesting conversational pre-games. We'll do it again sometime soon.

Monday, April 9, 2007

I'm back from spring breaking in Myrtle Beach - good times, but while the sun was shining, it was still chilly. Global Warming is really beginning to take on the world...when will we step up? That is a multi-billion-dollar question.

In other news, I am hoping that I'll be able to be accepted into the Aga Khan Foundation's FOCUS program this summer in Tajikistan! A few things are on the table, but it would be great to have the chance to do some humanitarian work on that side of the world. I can't wait to hear back from them. Inshallah, things will work out.

More updates coming soon...

Monday, April 2, 2007

So I'm still at Lafayette, just lounging for the day. Should be going back to New York in the next couple'ours. It's gloomy out, and seems like a typical Sunday. Can't wait to get all my work done in the next two days and then get out to Myrtle Beach!

I'm hearing Armin Van Buuren is going to be in Canada soon (or is playing out now), and that's pretty he's been on the roll for a number of years now, and may be getting the's voted number 1 position next year.

I've been thinking about getting monitor speakers for a while now, but when I heard Serdar's solo today (a small project he's working on), I went insane! Those monitors will definately be on the 'need to purchase' list. And next semester, deadline December 2007, we're going to try to come up with a track... from scratch. Good times.

For now, I'm going to kick back for the next 2 hours, welcome Mumojay back to Lafayette and then bounce.

Carpe Diem.

Sunday, April 1, 2007

Gigs everywhere!

I am very happy to say that since the last time I posted on my blog, I have been successful in scouting out a few underground gigs here and there, mostly around Lafayette! I DJ'ed for an RA formal at Lehigh last week, and last night I was at Campus Pizza... good times.

I've been getting some insane electro beats, it's even surprising me! On top of all this, I had spring break, which is perfect for the coming warm weather. Going to be going to South Carolina on Wednesday to enjoy some beach and sun!

In other news, we (FAAP) hosted yet another successful fundraiser today - Change the World. The mapping out of the world went perfectly as planned, and pictures for that will be circulated pretty soon.

More news after spring break...


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Saturday, February 16, 2013

What Sound Looks Like: Stanford’s new Bing Concert Hall, by Ennead Architect

The elliptical yellow dome of Bing Concert Hall is unmistakable rising above Stanford Arboretum's canopy of trees. But the real architecture of this new performing arts center is invisible, literally nothing: the empty space of the concert hall itself. It has been carefully shaped to sing and reverberate like the inside of a cello when the first string is plucked.

But unlike a cello that is used for an hour and then tucked away safely in its case, this enormous musical instrument must also sit exposed to the rain and sun and welcome hundreds of people flowing through it. While the acoustics inside promise excellent results, this "concert hall in the woods" could have gone further to blend with the refrains of its natural setting.

The public will get its opportunity to measure the hall's success for itself with a series of inaugural concerts. Certainly the building's acoustical designer, Yasuhisa Toyota, has an excellent track record. He helped shape Los Angeles' 2004 Disney Hall (with 2300 seats compared to Bing's 842), which has been hailed for its acoustics and intimacy.

For Bing, Toyota worked closely with Ennead Architects, analyzing their initial design with his proprietary software, and refining its acoustics over nineteen revisions. The hall's interior shape was then set in steel, concrete, wood and plaster.

The hall itself is an intentionally irregular shape, which the science of acoustics tells us is the best way to coax and nurture sound waves. What you don't want is a plain box with corners for sound waves to die in, and parallel walls to bounce them around as annoying echoes.

Instead, aided by acoustician Toyota, Ennead architects (formerly Polshek Partnership, who designed Stanford's Cantor Center for the Arts) and partner Richard Olcott created a naturalistic landscape: the seats are on a series of sloping terraces that circle the stage; high above eye level, several large sails billow outwards, and overhead a cloudlike oval passes over. The seats circle the stage, allowing for a pleasurable intimacy between audience and performers. No seat is more that seventy-five feet from the stage.

These forms appear as weightless as clouds passing over a rolling Napa vineyard, but that's an illusion. They are suspended on a hidden frame of muscular steel columns and trusses that position them precisely for the maximum acoustic effect. The whole interior is isolated from environmental noise by a foot-thick concrete shell.

The interior surface of this shell is a riot of shapes and textures. The outward-tipping walls that frame the seating terraces are covered in a layers of horizontal curvilinear wood strips -- their random curves taken from seven different sine curves to create the optimal irregularity. The surfaces of the plaster clouds -- actually prefabricated fiberglass reinforced concrete panels with a nubbly surface -- may look plain, but the walls beneath them are stamped with another pattern that looks like a vision of quantum space, where Newtonian time and space have gone awry. Even the backs of the seats rise and fall in an irregular rhythm.

The purpose of all this colliding diversity is to create micro and macro surfaces to bounce and spread sound evenly and with fidelity to all parts of the hall.

In fact what we are looking at in this collision of patterns is the complexity of the science of sound itself expressed in architectural form. The jagged patterns of a sound wave on an oscilloscope may seem random to a layperson in the same way -- but functional science underlies it.

The same creative inspiration could have improved the exterior. Set in the middle of the Stanford Arboretum, the diversity and irregularity of biological sciences -- the textures and colors of barks, the angles of branches akimbo, the range of scales from micro to macro, from leaf to trunk -- could have inspired an exterior form as vivid as the hall's interior. It could have been a concert hall both in and of the woods.

The exterior's rectilinear colonnade and elliptical dome primarily a familiar, reductive Modernism. Still, it makes some tentative moves to complement its natural surroundings. The random tilted mullions in the glass walls surrounding the lobby echo the angles of tree branches. The large truncated elliptical cone is set at a diagonal rather than facing straight out to the formal axis of Palm Drive, avoiding the central monumentality of old Stanford Museum facing it. It is a building with many entries and no single dominant facade.

But the dome's oval shape diminishes weakly in perspective, becoming a shapeless, indistinct bulge. The architects attempted to articulate the dome by slicing it into two halves, with an inset plane between the edges of the halves (the perfect place for a tile mosaic mural). Nonetheless it falls short of the vivid organic geometries of the 2009 Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center by Hodgetts + Fung, or the great Brazilian Modern architect Oscar Niemeyer (who died last month at 104 years.)

Likewise the flat stucco of Bing Hall's exterior deserved more study. Stucco is a fine and noble California material, used effectively for monumental buildings by architects from Bernard Maybeck (the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco) to Charles Moore (Kresge College at UC Santa Cruz.) But it requires a sure confidence that it can be an expressive material in its own right, not just a budgetary necessity in place of more expensive stone.

Bing Hall's exterior deserved the same attention as the interior hall. This is a major building setting the tone for the campus' cultural sector (including a new art museum and an art and art history building) planned in the next few years. But the current whirlwind of construction should not make Stanford ignore the high standards set by its best buildings (by Wurster Bernardi and Emmons, Edward Durell Stone, John Carl Warnecke  and Shepley Rutan and Coolidge) that balance utility without shirking humanity.

  1. Alan, I've just discovered your Blog. Many things I treasure in my bank of memories and "things" - a passion for great design, great memories working for WB&E in high school and part of college at the time when Bill Wurster was still bellowng his displeasure at some draftsman's drawings; May Hipschman, WB&E's in-house PR guru, was my mentor in launching my PR career; I remained friends with Donn & Audrey Emmons for decades after those years, and treasure today's friendships with many of those you mention above. As for "things," Julius Schuman's and your autographs from Modernism the year you both sat & cheerfully signed & chatted with adoring architectural students; Bill Krisel's signature on a photograph taken of us at his "Star" dedication; as well as Don Wexler's. Being a part of Palm Springs mid-century modernism is just too special for words. And while I love my Palm Springs where I grew up part of the time, I still have my SF home of 45 years, built in 1903 with touches of Audrey Emmons' help restoring it to its origins. Thanks, Alan, for your insight and expertise.

    1. Thanks for that memory of Bill Wurster -- there's a lot to learn about why his office was so influential. I also remember those booksignings with Julius -- they would go on for hours, I'd be exhausted, but he was as energized as ever!

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Monday, August 1, 2011

"Smithsonian" magazine giveaway!

Last week I hit the "300th post" mark for Alberti's Window. This is a big milestone for me! I'm so glad that I started this blog in 2007. Not only has this blog been a great way for me to organize my research and ideas, but I have gotten to collaborate and work with a lot of fantastic individuals in the process. Thanks to all of those who have worked with me along the way!

To celebrate, I wanted to have a little giveaway on this blog. I'm giving away two free 12-month subscriptions (11 issues) to Smithsonian magazine! I love Smithsonian; often articles from recent issues provide fodder for my post entries. Three of my favorite Smithsonian-inspired posts are: "What Old/Castaway Object Embodies You?", "Can You Spot Jackson Pollock's Name?", and "Sympathy for Renoir."

I will be randomly selecting the two subscription winners (using this site) on August 9, 2011. So you have just one week to enter this giveaway! You can enter your name up to four times. Here are the ways you can enter:

1) Leave a comment on this post!
2) Tweet about the giveaway (be sure to include my Twitter name: @albertis_window in your tweet, so I can find it). After tweeting, leave a comment on this post to let me know too, please.
3) Write about this giveaway on your own blog, and then include the URL in a comment on this post.
4) Become a follower of my blog (via Blogger - see sidebar on the left to join). Once you have become a follower (or, if you already are listed follower), leave a comment on this post.

Please make sure that you write a separate comment for each of your entries. I will write a post, announcing the two winners on August 9th. The winners will then have three days to contact me via email ( in order to claim the prize and give a mailing address. If a winner does not come forth by that time, I will then randomly select a new winner.

Unfortunately, I have to restrict this giveaway to readers who have mailing addresses in the United States. For all of my international readers - I promise to include you on another giveaway in the future!


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Friday, January 14, 2011

Day 29

Day 29: A picture that can always make you smile

Everything about this makes me happy.
You've heard me mention my post-graduation European backpacking trip about 500 times, but it was seriously awesome. In this instance, we made a trip to the laundromat an exhilerating experience! If it were possible to relive [good] moments of life, I would go back to this one every time.

*Trisha* said...

Ha. You are all bendy enough to fit in there! (:

Made me smile too (:

Katie Jo said...

LOVE this!

I want to backpack across Europe!

Embo said...

I will forever love this picture and that adventure. Let's hope Vegas is just as amazing!

Sara Louise said...

This photo is fantastic! :-)

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How to reach success by taking the stairs

The elevator to the top is out of order and it always has been. Everyone at the top took the stairs to get there, and they did it one at a time.
The stairs is the way that will build you up, have you learn to build relationship with others. Relationship is so important on this journey because no one can achieve success all by themselves.
Having the right attitude is equally important as well.

The right attitude about you
the right attitude about the way you carry yourself.
the right attitude about your work.
the right attitude about your business partners
the right attitude about where you are.
the righ attitude about where you’re going.

watch the video  as I share you my own experience with taking the stairs and no matter what’s coming my way I’ll see you at the top.

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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Sunshine Yellow!

Picked up this new dress from Torrid the other day. I don't have much yellow in my closet, so I thought it would be a cool color to add to my wardrobe.... perfect for Spring! I love the fabric... it's so light.

I paired it with my favorite black cardigan (that is now missing some buttons because I wear it so often) and my hot pink belt.

Close up of my belt, necklace (gift from my boyfriend), my ring, and my manicure.

Easter nails! I'm not sure that it looks enough like a bunny, but who cares. It's good enough for me! Haha.

Dress- Torrid
Cardigan - Ross
Belt - Ebay
Shoes - Demonia
Necklace - Tarina Tarantino
Earrings & Ring - Made by me

Have a happy Easter if you celebrate!

Friday, April 6, 2012

Another eShakti dress that I love!

So, from previous posts, it's probably become obvious that I love eShakti. This is another dress I got back in December/January during a killer sale.

It's such a beautiful color. This color option is no longer available on their site, but they do have it in yellow and green. You can see them here!

It's not actually crooked.... but I love how the buttons go all the way down the front of the dress. And the piping! It's so cute and comfortable.

It ties in the front, which is something I'm not used to because I typically wear stretch belts with everything, but I kinda like it. Look at how perfectly it matches my cardigan!

Showing off my ring and nail polish.

Dress- eShakti
Cardigan - Walmart
Shoes - Blowfish
Earrings & Ring - Made by me!

Blue & Red!

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in a while. A lot has been going on, but I'll try and catch up with my most recent outfits, starting with this one!

I got this lovely blue lace dress from Forever 21. It's gorgeous, isn't it?! It's so bright and perfect for spring.

Blue & Red is one of my favorite color combos. It has that nautical feel to it. (And I realize the hand on stomach is a typical pregnant pose... but the only baby I have inside of me is a food baby.... I was just trying to show off my ring & belt, haha).

You can sort of see my earrings in this photo. They've got little cupcakes on them!

Dress - Forever 21
Cardigan - Ross
Belt - Torrid
Tights - Wal-Mart (They got a tear in them after 10 minutes so I had to take them off…. first time wearing them, too.)
Shoes - Report via Ross
Earrings & Ring - Made by me


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Monday, October 17, 2011

addiction [part two]

an hour ago i finished the last book in the hunger games series. i laughed. i cried. and i've been walking around the house like a zombie ever since.

i'm seriously contemplating rereading them all over again.

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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Uganda Bound!

Hi everyone! I'm headed off to Uganda in a few months. Up until that point, the team and I will continue to meet, train and prepare for all which lies ahead.

Here's my support letter if you'd like to take a look-see. If you have any questions even after reading it, please let me know. I'd love to talk with you about the trip!:

Dear friends and family,

I hope this finds you well. This has been a year of many transitions, and through them all I’m continually being impressed with the importance of experiencing the breadth of life and culture around me, acknowledging the needs of a very diverse world around me, and intentionally finding ways to serve in these various environments.

When I first started going to ROCKHARBOR Church five years ago, I found myself deeply affected by a video clip that had been made after a team went to Uganda. I realized how there is need for help and restorative action in such a war-scarred country. In a place whose national past time is war, many families can’t remember what life was like before war. The conflict began in 1987 when a rebel army, known as the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), began fighting the Ugandan government. As the LRA lost soldiers to battle, they soon resorted to abducting children and training them as soldiers. Fearing abduction, many children fled their homes nightly. The children who ran from their homes walked miles to find shelter in hospitals, bus parks, virtually anywhere away from rebel camps. Recently, some families are fortunate enough to find refuge in government sponsored displacement camps.

Partnering with Africa Renewal Ministires for the fifth year ( ), ROCKHARBOR is sending another team this December to Gulu, Uganda. After much prayer, a long application and interview process, God has opened the doors for me to serve in this capacity. We will be leaving December 27th and staying there for two weeks. While in Uganda we will be doing hut-to-hut outreach, medical work in villages, praying with people in prisons, hospitals, and the community. Also, we will be given opportunities to work with Gulu Bible Community Church. My heart is that we would continue to learn to love more fully through this trip.

I have written this letter because I want you to be informed. Most importantly, I have also written that you might support me as well as the team through prayer. Please pray for the following:

• Strength for the team as we prepare & while we are there
• Team unity
• Flexibility and patience as we serve
• Outreach events
• Teaching the Word of God with boldness
• That we would have humble hearts and pray boldly to see the healing power of God
• For the hearts of those we will come into contact with
• Participation with Gulu Bible Community Church

I have committed to raise $4,000. If you would like to make a donation to my trip, please make a donation payable to ROCKHARBOR Church. Please do not write my name or the country anywhere on the check. You may use the included return envelope, which is already addressed and indicates that the donation is for my trip. If using your own envelope, please mail to ROCKHARBOR Church, attn: Uganda/Elizabeth Pham. 3080 Airway Ave. Suite 100, Costa Mesa, CA 92628. Please note that donations are tax deductible and are non refundable. All donations will go towards the overall cost of the trip; any excess funds will first help cover the team’s costs and secondly will be gifted to the ministry we are going to serve.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this letter and for partnering with me in this opportunity. I look forward to seeing how God moves during this trip and am excited to share with you when I get back!

pete said...

You are doing a great thing God bless

E[liz]abeth Pham said...

Pete, thanks. Your encouragement demonstrates the beauty in the Unity of the Body.

Ashley said...

praying for you! :)

Suzie Sateri said...

That's great Liz. i'm so happy and excited for you and all those you will touch. You have an amazing connection to God that is felt just by being around you and for that reason and many others I am so happy my best friend shares her home with you...May God Bless you and all around you on your trip and on your travels to and from. May the power to heal and bring hope to a desperate situation be written in the fabric of your soul and be evident to all you touch...AMEN. Good Luck and God Bless!


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wow, miss left of lost, you are one brave broad. i can't believe i get to spew my word vomit all over your precious blog. i might pee my pants from all this excitement!

anyway, there's something pressing i need to address. it's something that haunts my dreams and wakes me up in a cold sweat.

now, let me preface this confession by saying: i'm not gonna lie, i love a good bumper sticker or window decal. i may or may not showcase a select few on my bitchin' toyota corolla (whose name is weetzie bat). if you happened to be driving behind me, you may or may not know instantly that "i drive like a cullen" and that i'm a radiohead nerd, while i'm 100% behind the bumper sticker movement, i do harbor a rather passionate disdain for one particular sticker. it's big, it's yellow, it's everywhere, and it's the stuff of nightmares.

it's your "baby on board" bumper sticker. (Not Left of Lost's, but the collective, generic "your")

::::starts sweating profusely and has to lay down:::: yes, that's right, i really hate your "baby on board" bumper sticker. it is the bane of my existence. it makes me want to scratch my eyeballs out. i have to physically restrain myself from yanking you out of your car and lighting a firecracker in your ass. why? because if you have a "baby on board" sticker, i have an announcement for you: you need some excitement in your life! you know what's more exciting than your "baby on board" sticker? well, shit. i started to make a list, but i quickly realized that the easy way to sum up the answer to that question is this: EVERYTHING. FUH THE LOVE OF GAWD, everything is more exciting than your "baby on board" sticker!

the worst part about this monstrosity of a bumper sticker is that i'm not sure what the point is. should i congratulate you? should i drive by, honking and waving? is this a celebratory sticker? or is it an ugly, yellow cry for help? are you feeling chained to the diaper bag? should i offer to babysit? are you tired of wearing poop and peanut butter on your clothes day in and day out? i don't get it. help me out here. there is, of course, one way to redeem yourself from this embarrassing display of "my personality died in parenting hell and i've got this ugly piece of crap to prove it". how, you ask? by replacing your original "baby on board" sticker with this one:

just think about it. please. for the sake of humanity?

- yoga ninja mama

Fiona Picklebottom said...

I didn't know they even still had those baby on board things. So not only are those people annoying, they're hopelessly out of date.

Mox said...

Love you YNM. Yous the shit. It was love at first sight when I read this the other day:
I used to be fucking stupid.
Then we broke up.

Chibi Jeebs said...

I hate the ones that say "doggy on board" or "super cool kid on board." But then, I'm all-around cranky today. *snarls*

"Miss Shoe Box" said...

OMG.. to @Chibi Jeebs I think if I saw one that read "super cool kid on board" I'd have to follow them till they parked somewhere so I could 'cunt-punch' the bitch that put it on her car.. seriously. WTF?! Who does that? That poor kid.. they will inevitably be the dorkiest kid the world has ever seen...

And Ninja.. you rock socks, I love you my arm.. Can I request on the next guest post you please explain where the name 'weetzie bat' came from for your car? :) I am thinking that story will be rediculously funny. I love you! *mwah!*

Maggie @ Freckled Citizen said...

Oh I luuuuurve this.


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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Thirty Days of Buffy, Day 29: Episode I Hate the Everyone Else Loves

I'm basing this on the time that Buffy fans were given the option to rank their favorite episodes back when Logo had a fan favorite marathon, and I found myself a little aghast at their choices. Number 24 was "Grave," which just left me thinking, "Whaziwhaaa?"

I mean, I've already made it quite clear that I really hated the Dark Willow storyline because it just reinforced stereotypes about lesbian characters and because magic as a euphemism for drug use was just so eyeroll-worthy that I nearly gave up on the series when Whedon and Co. decided to go there. Plus, Giles magically overwhelming Willow with humanity (Huh? What? How ... you know what? Whatever.) so Xander's little "Yellow Crayon Willow" speech could reach her was such a deus ex machina that I actually screamed at the television. Then, there's Buffy's "I want to show you the world" comment to Dawn had me reaching for the remote. Really? Buffy's entire arc of hating the world because she was in heaven is going to come back to this? Why didn't they just stick her on a magic fucking carpet and give her a genie lamp? GOD.

How is this supposedly a fan favorite? Like, I realllllllly want to know. It was the culmination of lazy storywriting that just continued into the next season, which we all know is just rife with that kind of shit. This does really have me questioning Buffy fandom because ew. HATE this episode.
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After School Enrichment

 Alki After School Enrichment ClassesAlki Community Center, through Seattle Parks and Recreation, offers after-school enrichment classes.  Classes include, but are not limited to: Pottery, Homework Club, Zakka Sewing, Abstract Art, Lego Remote Control Projects, Chess, and Pokémon.

To register for classes, visit

If you have questions, please contact the Program Administrator, Spencer Itzkovics. 206-790-6659
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It's Not About The Book #2: Kaboom!

Yesterday we had a big storm, and a limb broke off a tree and landed in our driveway. The thing is huge!

I'm feeling so lucky; fifteen feet over and I'd be calling roofers right about now.

Be a Couch Potato

People say TV is bad for you, but for a writer, a good long lounge fest every day might not be the worst thing in the world.

You can't learn about prose from watching television and movies, but you can learn about a lot of other things that are important to storytelling: pacing, tension, character, and more. And you can do it in far less time than you'd invest in reading a book. You can watch an entire movie every night if you want, and still have time to do the dishes. God, I love efficiency.

Plus, you can watch your friends and family respond to visual stories in a way you can't watch them respond to a book. I suppose you could sit near a reading friend and ask "What's so funny?" every time they chuckled, but there are two problems with that: (1) you'd never be able to detect their subtler responses and (2) you'd soon have no friends left to try it on.

But you can certainly invite your buddies over for a movie night, and pop in a couple of flicks that you have seen but they haven't. Then watch them as they lean into the screen, gasp in dismay, or get bored and decide to go make popcorn.

I recommend low lighting for this, and a seating arrangement that does its best to disguise your true motives. After all, people watching is at its best when the watchee doesn't know he's being watched.

Cheap Books

Check out Book Mooch.

Here's how it works: you list the books you want to give away. People request them, and you mail them out. Then you receive points, with which you can request the books that other people have listed.

Looks like I've finally found a home for that copy of The Other Boleyn Girl.


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13 September 2012

East Africa: Farmers Adapting but Food Insecurity Persists, Researcher Says

Photo: P. Casier/CGIAR
Farming the land with the help of cattle in Kenya.

Washington, DC — About a year after East Africa's worst drought in six decades peaked, a survey of more than 700 smallholder farmers across four regional countries reveals that food insecurity remains a pressing problem.

The study, by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, also shows that farmers have been adopting innovative agricultural techniques for the past decade, but food insecurity continues to limit their adaptability.

More than half of all households surveyed are implementing strategies to improve crop production and cope with climate change, researchers say. However, many of these modifications are incremental, and farmers may need to innovate faster and more extensively to meet the challenges of a changing climate and a growing demand for food.

Study leader Patti Kristjanson, of the Nairobi-based World Agroforestry Centre, spoke with AllAfrica's Lauren Everitt about the report's findings, the role of governments in agricultural innovation and the urgency of tackling food insecurity. The agricultural economist says there is no "silver bullet" but she's optimistic that women, information technology and farmer enthusiasm can all be leveraged to help alleviate food insecurity in East Africa.

Your study found that high levels of food insecurity prevent small farmers from adopting innovative agricultural techniques. Could you elaborate on the relationship between the two?

This was a broad survey of many different countries of randomly chosen households, which weren't selected to be the poorest households or anything. So we're finding that across all these very diverse places levels of food insecurity are still high, and that was a sobering finding.

We asked the households: 'How many months of the year do you struggle to find food from any source at all?' So this is not just about food self-sufficiency; it's any way of getting food. Again, we found that in Kenya, for example, up to two months of the year, many households still struggle to get food from any source for their families. And that went up to six months of the year in Ethiopia.

And so we asked farmers to tell us about the changes they'd been making to their farming systems for any reason - to your crops, to your livestock, to your water management and your soil management. We tried to pull a description because we realized we don't have a very clear picture across the board of the kinds of changes people are making.

And then we asked farmers why they made those changes, such as switching to shorter cycle crops. And the reasons are many and complex just like us. When we change our behavior, we don't do it for one reason. We found that they were doing it because of market reasons or labor, or land, and yes, indeed, weather and climate did come up. But we didn't go in and say: 'Tell us how climate change is affecting your behavior.' That's not a good approach because people will tell you what you want to hear.

The levels of food insecurity are still very high and we did find a very strong relationship between that and the number of changes people were making already. In that sense, adaptation or innovativeness does seem to be constrained by the food insecurity situation. Now that's not a causal analysis so we can't say food insecurity causes this, but the fact that it's showing up in such diverse places does tell us that we need to explore that relationship more and not take for granted that it's just about getting better information about new technologies to farmers.

If they have such serious constraints and are unable to take up new practices, then we have to address that root cause first. So it really points to the need to pay special attention to the food security situation. Having said that, it's not all bad news. People are changing their behaviors, they are taking up new practices, they're eager for new information and knowledge. But they need some of the constraints that they're dealing with addressed so that they can change and do new things.

Your study found that many households were already adopting innovative farming techniques. Fifty-five percent of households had taken up at least one shorter-cycle crop variety and 56 percent had adopted at least one drought tolerant variety over the last decade. What influenced those changes? Were they self initiated or influenced by governments or non-governmental organizations?

That's a very good question, and we're trying to tease that out of the analyses that are underway right now, because, like I said, we did ask them why they made these changes. The answer is all of the above. People give numerous reasons for having done it.

We are talking about villages and places where a lot of different things have been happening. We didn't go into places in the middle of nowhere that have not had projects or programs or initiatives underway. Indeed, in Africa, it's not very easy to find places like that. So, yes, there have been projects, there has been research going on, there have been NGOs working in there.

This analysis was not aimed at answering that particular question, by the way. We're not asking to what extent projects or programs influenced the uptake of technology, that's for another study. So there's only so much we can say about that.

But the next paper, in fact, is going to get at that issue quite a bit more than this paper did. This one was focused on getting the news out quickly about what kind of changes are already underway and what people are doing already.

It was to address the question of: Why are we seeing more soil and land management practices, water storage and agroforestry? People are planting trees on farms, but it's not as much as we'd like to see. It's small numbers of trees. So we want to see more of the practices that will make farmers more resilient to a change in climate. So this was a first baby step in the direction of 'tell us what you're doing already' so we can do more research on some of these issues now.

What is the government's role in incentivizing small farmers to adopt innovative agricultural approaches?

The government has a huge role to play. The emphasis on agricultural research and development efforts has been very, very low throughout the region. Governments have committed to allocate 10 percent of their total budgets to agriculture, but in this region they're nowhere near that. So we have to invest in this sector. It's really going to need it if we're going to enhance food security because it's still at a very, very low level.

You're quoted as saying that "as rainfall patterns shift, and average temperatures rise due to climate change, [farmers] may need to change faster and more extensively." How soon do farmers have to make these changes?

They're already talking about seeing more extreme events and more variability. We definitely know over the next 10, 20, 30 years that this is only going to increase.

But it's not immediate, and I don't want this to be a gloom-and-doom message that you have to change tomorrow. However, farmers definitely have to be thinking about these things and starting to shift. So that's why it's good we're seeing some changes going on and that people are starting to think about it and that there is much more awareness about climate change.

Having said that, farmers are not necessarily changing their behavior because of climate change. That's a luxury wealthy people have when we decide not to take a flight because we want to do something good for climate change. That's not where these smallholder farmers are coming from. But they are much more aware, and they're getting access to so much more information than they used to.

This points to a lot of new opportunities with new ICTs for getting information through cell phones, through television. More and more people in this region have televisions and are watching television; everyone's got a radio, everyone's got a cell phone or access to a cell phone, so there are huge opportunities to get information on different options, which is what it's all about. But there's no silver bullet or one magic technology for any particular place.

How do you motivate smallholder farmers to adopt innovative agricultural techniques and implement these changes rapidly? Is there one technique or program that has emerged from your research that has been more successful than others?

Including women in the discussion and giving them more access to information. We know that many of the household farm level decisions are made by women, as well as men, but women have been largely left out of the information loop. So a key strategy is to include them in all efforts and to specifically target them. That's not to say exclude the men or threaten the men, but definitely including the women more than we have been and trying to reach women in more innovative ways.

That said, I have yet to interview a farmer anywhere in Africa that doesn't tell me they're dying for more and better information than they're getting. So we still have a long way to go.

How do you counter critics who say that agricultural innovations, such as genetically modified crops, are a Western product meant to serve Western agricultural business interests?

This is not my area of expertise, but farmers need all the different kinds of options and strategies and approaches that they can get. This is a huge challenge. In this day and age to see so many farmers still struggling to just make it through the year and feed their families shows that we've got to do way, way more about it.

If smallholder farmers could only adopt only one of the many recommended agricultural changes, which in your estimation would be the most effective?

Well I worry about that because there isn't any silver bullet. But water shortages are going to be a real issue in the coming years and so to start thinking about water storage for both household-level use and also for agriculture is clearly key.

But also soil fertility measures - and it's not just about buying fertilizer. It's about manure and compost, and we're starting to see people doing more of that. So those kinds of measures: terracing, controlling water runoff, putting organic matter back into the soil - they're huge. And the farmers, themselves, are really seeing productivity going down because they have not been putting enough back into the soil, so those are key ones, I think.

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Rollin' on the Big Slab

Ah yes, Talladega. Can anything possibly top the wild finish of what happened back in the Spring? Well, I’m sure Carl Edwards for one is certainly hoping things end up being a bit more down to earth (so to speak). And I just get the feeling that Brad Keselowski is still saying to any reporters that will listen, “They said don’t go below the yellow line, they said don’t go below the yellow line.”

This race is great for sending us a surprise winner, and so who will it be this weekend? Hmmm I’m glad you asked, because as it just so happens I’ve got a few thoughts and theories on some teams that might be ready to shock the Sprint Cup world … well, maybe “shock the world” is too strong, how about “make the people say wow”. Yeah, that’s more like it. Wow.

#47 Marcos Ambrose. I just have this theory that road course racers seem to find a home on the high banking and in the drafting packs we get at Talladega. Now mind you, this is still only a theory, but I’ll be closely watching Sprint Cup’s Oz connection to see how he backs up his great performance on this track in the Spring.

#26 Jamie McMurray. If memory serves me right Jamie Mac did a grand total of about 6 laps back in the Spring race, and one of my many other theories is that if a driver absolutely tanks in the Spring Dega race then he’s automatically primed for a breakout in the Fall Dega race. When Talladega taketh away, Talladega may giveth back. Just so you know I have many many theories regarding motorsports, and a few of them even make sense. Sometimes. Anyways, the 26 has shown good skills on the super speedways in the past and with the rough sailing he’s had at Roush lately he’s got that sentimental edge too.

#29 Kevin Harvick. This nightmare has to end eventually, doesn’t it? Oh what better way to salvage a lost season than a win on the Big Slab! My boy Harvick can drive, no doubts there but if luck is a deciding factor then I’ve got to believe the 29 team are due a few major breaks from the Racing Gods. I mean seriously the black cloud following the entire RCR operation has to dissipate sometime, so why not have some sunshine for the 29 from the autumn skies of Alabama. Although Happy might be so shocked he forgets how to find his way to Victory Lane. Aw that’s okay, I'm sure someone will have directions.

#88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. If there’s a place that the masses of Junior Nation could see their boy take the checkers it’s gotta be Talladega. Just has to be. It nearly happened in the Spring, and I have a theory that the 88 will be close again in the Fall. Of course it won’t be without some drama and serious controversy, so a rain shortened race or a fuel mileage race or a photo-finish are all very real possibilities. If he can avoid the inevitable Big One (or series of Big Ones) then the 88 will definitely be a player … but then again that could be said for just about everybody at Talladega.

For those that are keeping score out there, the above four drivers will comprise my Fantasy League team for Talladega, because if I’m going to test these Nascar theories then KLV’s Nascar Nuts is just the perfect place. (That and the fact that I’ve pretty much used up most of the top drivers in the league already so now I’m basically scrambling to make my picks down the stretch)

Friday, October 16, 2009

Running of the (Red) Bulls?

The Brazilian Grand Prix is sometimes the final GP of the F1 season, and though it’s not actually the final event in 2009, it could prove to be the last dramatic event for the World Drivers Championship. Jenson Button of Brawn GP has basically limped close enough to the finish line that if he lands on the podium this weekend at Interlagos then the F1 WDC is his. JB’s Brawn GP teammate Rubens Barrichello and Red Bull Racing’s Seb Vettel are the lone two remaining competitors who have any say in how this championship plays out. Everyone else is already looking ahead to 2010

And for either of them to have any realistic shot they will have to win (or get second) and have Button struggle mightily. Probably not going to happen, and Button appears to have a considerable chance of clinching the title with one round left.

Good thing the FIA meddled with the rules and aerodynamics of the cars, eh? I mean it’s not like the last two Formula 1 championships went dramatically down to the final event and were decided by a mere point or so, right?

Speaking of 2010, the silly season has already begun. Raikkonen is out at Ferrari, to be replaced by Fernando Alonso. What about Felipe Massa? Well, he tested in a 2007 Ferrari recently and by all reports has had a remarkable recovery and could possibly fight his way back into the race seat of the other Ferrari. Then what of Giancarlo Fisichella? Uhm, good question. He might become Ferrari’s third driver or be out of Ferrari altogether, I have no idea.

Raikkonen has been rumored to be rejoining McLaren, but that’s not exactly a done deal just yet. Renault, Red Bull, and even Brawn GP have all been rumored to be taking a close look at bringing the Iceman onboard. Ah, you gotta love the swirling rumor storms of the silly season.

As far as a wild season finish goes, did anyone catch the final ALMS event at Laguna Seca? Holy Hell, the GT2 battle went down to the last corner between the Flying Lizard Porsche and one of the Corvettes. The battle between those two raged for all of the closing laps with the Corvette absolutely hounding the Porsche with some fender banging in the last corner and pushing and shoving all the way up the hill to the finsh line which eventually spun the ‘Vette into the wall. The class victory (which had zero effect on the season’s final standings) went to the Porsche and had tempers a bit hot over on pitlane. Great stuff.

Will the Nascar Sprint Cup series have such a dramatic finish in 2009? Not sure, but it’s getting a bit scary with that 48 team starting to look like they’re ready to take a stranglehold on the title chase. The 5 team has been strong and so has the 42 team, but with the sort of pressure the 48 team puts on everyone, top five finishes just don’t cut it. Victories are the only way to beat the three time defending champs.

Mark Martin is still the sentimental favorite, and it would be great to see him finally get that much deserved title. How about Juan Pablo right there in third? He’s been too calm, and you just have to know that a storm is brewing with him. And then lurking around are Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon. Don’t count either of them out just yet either.

The Saturday night race in Charlotte will be bigtime significant. The 48 team looks extremely strong and history says it’s their race to lose, but racing is a fickle business and the car that looks so dominant early on isn’t necessarily the car that will take the checkers. I understand that the 5 and 42 teams have been saying how patient they’ll be and that there’s a long way yet to go in the Chase and all that press conference bullshit … but there comes a time when you’ve got to stand toe-to-toe with the 48 team and take the fight to them.

Let them get too far away from you, and you’ll never catch them at these Chase tracks.


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Saturday June 24th 2017

Keep citizen journalism alive!

Sounds of Silence

Two Rivers Gallery and All My Relations Arts have a joint exhibition, Reframe Minnesota: Art Beyond A Single Story that is an artistic/community generated response and recommendation concerning the future of art at the Minnesota State Capitol directed at the art committee, political leaders of Minnesota, and the general public. For further understanding, read Sheila Dickinson’s article: Battle rages over racist paintings in the Minnesota State Capitol, in City Pages.

Artistic responses from K – 12 grade students will be on display at Two Rivers Gallery throughout the exhibition through a partnership with Scott Russell and Healing Minnesota Stories.

Healing Minnesota Stories (HMS), an initiative of the Saint Paul Interfaith Network, is dedicated to creating dialog, understanding, and healing between Native and non-Native peoples that raises awareness of the art in the Minnesota State Capitol and the offensive images of Manifest Destiny.

HMS volunteer and art teacher Rachel Latuff taught students about the art in the Capitol and challenged them to make alternative Capitol art that better represented their community, their hopes for Minnesota, and/or the state’s recent history.
Art from each of these participating schools are on display.

• North View Junior High in Brooklyn Center.

• Oshki Ogimaag Community School in Grand Portage, A K-6 charter school rooted in Anishinaabe culture and language

• North Woods Community School in Cook

• The American Indian Magnet School in St. Paul and Andersen United Community School in Minneapolis K-8.

Current Minnesota State Capitol major renovation is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make significant changes. The Minnesota State Capitol Preservation Commission created an Art Subcommittee to review the current art. Shelly Buck, president of the Prairie Island Indian Community wrote a strongly worded opinion piece in the Star Tribune titled: Minnesotans, it’s time to move offensive art out of the people’s house. The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe submitted a formal letter to the Art Subcommittee asking the state to remove the “offensive and traumatizing art» from the Capitol. The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community sent in their own recommendations. Sadly, the Art Subcommittee has issued very weak recommendations that do not involve removing any of the offensive art. On the positive side, the Capitol remodel will open a lot of new space for new art. This will be an opportunity to add new stories and new artists to our state Capitol, including the possibility of student art.

Funding for Two Rivers Gallery is provided by First Nations Development Institute, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, Minneapolis American Indian Center and individual donors and volunteers.

Gallery Hours: Monday & Tuesday, 10am – 4pm; Wednesday, 10am – 3pm

Contact: cthompson@maicnet.org

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Holy Tuesday: St. Matthew's Passion, Parts 27 and 28

The Passion according to St. Matthew
set to music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Parts 27 and 28

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A Gorgeous

At our house, we have lovely curls like this:

Sometimes we look like this:

Sometimes, more often than I would like to admit, we look like this:

But usually, we look like this (if we are lucky):

I love her curls.  They are cute, springy and bouncy.  Unlike my curls... but that is something we will not go into today... My uncle, hopefully, loving calls her "Little Orphan Annie".  In public, her "loyal subjects" call the little princess "Shirley Temple". Last time we were in Hawaii, she would grab her hair and say, "Mine!" when the locals would comment and ogle at her hair. It was very funny.
Well, recently, AuBrynne has taken a liking to an episode of Max & Ruby that incorporates a beauty salon.  Well, she first gave herself bangs.  Luckily, she actually did better than any of us who try to do our own bangs at home.  Then she started asking for a "shampoo and a set".  Then she was bringing me my hair dryer and asking for "Gorgeous".  You see, previously, she would get very upset with anybody using a hair dryer. She would avoid it by thirteen feet.  So, when she pulled it out of the drawer, I was perplexed.
Well, when I would finish blowing out her hair and she looked like this:

She would exclaim: Oh, MOM! It's GORGEOUS!

So, I dropped by our local "hair store" today and searched till I found an Ariel colored weft of clearanced priced hair.  A few stitches while she sat patiently waiting to burst with excitement and telling us I was making her "A Gorgeous", and she was wearing this:

If I had thought a little further, I would have had the video camera ready.  Her reaction was Priceless!  She ran to the mirror and you would think she was going to faint from her excitement.  It was hysterical.  Then she ran to another mirror with better light and sure enough; IT'S GORGEOUS!

So, then she had to run and get my hairbrush...

And then she began: "Appunzle, Appunzle. Let down your beautiful long hair..."

So, more for the dress up bin.

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and had a really really really good time.

I'm leaving for school in about three weeks and im trying to live life the fullest. So Bianca and I got her in car and drove around just being typical teenagers and stopped at random places that you always want to go to but always say "next time ill stop there". We first stopped at Alberstons and bought floaties for 2.00 (that we didn't end up using) and headed to Rattlesnake Lake to hike and swim.

Somehow we found ourselves at the laundromat on the way to Rattlesnake:

After snapping a couple dozen of photos at the laundromat, we headed to Rattlesnake and did our routine 1.9 mile hike to the top of the ridge. Random side note: we kind of have a theme song right now by Macklemore so we were singing that pretty much all day.

At the bottom of the hike on the lake there's a big boulder you can jump off of, so naturally Bianca and I had to take pictures:
What's that pose im doing? I'll never know. But we tried retaking my jump multiple times and every time it came out like this....

"and we danced, and we cried, and we laughed, and had a really really really good time".

  1. so cute!(:

  2. Just found your blog & I love it. This day sounds so much fun <3!!

  3. ha, love it! but seriously, how DID you jump like that?

  4. That picture of B just sitting there looking off is perfect. Wow that view!

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Almond Pork

Almond Pork

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"This pork recipe is a staple in our house. It is easy to prepare and is quite tasty! I like to serve this dish with steamed broccoli with hollandaise sauce."
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  • 49%
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  • 38%
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  1. With a meat mallet, pound the tenderloin slices to 1/4-inch thick. Combine tarragon and garlic powder in a small bowl, and sprinkle the mixture over the cutlets. Rub the seasoning into the meat, cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour to blend the flavors.
  2. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a skillet over medium heat until the foam disappears. Brown half of the tenderloin pieces in the butter, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Do not crowd pan. Repeat with the remainder of the pork pieces and 1 more tablespoon of butter. Set the pork pieces aside on a warm platter.
  3. Melt remaining 2 tablespoons of butter in the skillet over medium heat; stir in the flour until smooth and the mixture starts to fry. Gradually whisk in wine, stirring constantly until the flour mixture and wine are blended; stir in chicken bouillon granules and Dijon mustard. Allow the sauce to boil for 1 minute; whisk in the cream. Bring the mixture almost to the boiling point, and stir in the almonds and green onions. Pour sauce over the pork, and serve.

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Good balance of flavors. I used half Dijon and half spicy brown mustard. Tasty sauce it made. Keeper.

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Decent recipe, but very dijon heavy. Cut in half unless you like a heavy mustard flavor.

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Good balance of flavors. I used half Dijon and half spicy brown mustard. Tasty sauce it made. Keeper.

Decent recipe, but very dijon heavy. Cut in half unless you like a heavy mustard flavor.

This was really great! I thought the dijon was just the right amount for our taste and the almonds added such a nice extension to the sauce. Thanks for sharing!

This is so good and I don't even like pork. The only change I made was that I very finely minced actual garlic instead of using garlic powder for the meat rub, because I ran out of garlic powder...

My husband and I loved this. I may have been doing something wrong but I ended up needing a bit more butter than the recipe called for... also, I substituted buttermilk for the cream and used a...

My kitchen smelled amazing when I was making it, and I knew it was going to be good. My only major change was substituting thyme for the tarragon, as I couldn't find tarragon anywhere. I used a ...

The directions were easy to follow and the whole family loved it! I will definitely be making this again but will add a bit less tarragon & Dijon (this is just personal preference and no reflec...

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    Denmark, Norway and Sweden are just about the happiest countries in the world. Taking the iTMS away from them ought to knock them down a few pegs!

    Problem is Demark, Norway and Sweden are just the first countries to really crack down on DRM like this but they will not be the last. Pulling iTMS away from them might work right now but think long term. The 3 counties will not be the last to do it. Other will follow suit with the DRM. France will at some point get the laws passed since they are pretty close to DRM set up like that with ones that went though so it would not be much of a surpise to see France force DRM to open up there as well. I could see most of the EU at some point forcing the issue.

    Should apple pull iTMS away from every country that does that. No it will catch up to them and they will just open up to all. Problem is any country the pulled out of they burned those bridges and will have a very hard time getting back in and will more than likely lose a lot of market share long term by pulling that stunt.

    Long term the wises action is for apple to give in and just open it up because those countries are just the first and they most certanily will not be the last.

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  • Poolo
    Apr 25, 10:34 PM
    Oh sweet. Looks really good, can always do with a bigger screen!!

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  • WestonHarvey1
    Jul 21, 01:07 PM
    So if another car company was hiding the same problem Toyota had, and Toyota pointed it out, that would be wrong? Why are the other companies denying it?

    The funny part is none of the other companies are even denying it. Their response has been to complain about Apple bringing it up. The laws of physics should apply only to Apple.

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  • wiz7dome
    Aug 15, 12:16 PM
    I just bought the 23 inch several days ago. My serial is 2A6251XXXXXX and it shows up with a june 2006 production date. Like the earlier poster, it is very bright and I also turned it down a little. I also turned the color down to Thousands instead of Millions as a psychological trick for when i need it. Now after reading the pink hue replies (which i totally forgot about) I can't tell if i have a pinkish hue or if its my own paranoia.

    1. Does anyone have a pic or example of the Pinkish hue?

    2. Is there a way to test or tell which 23" model you have?l

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  • twoodcc
    Oct 10, 05:44 PM
    well i hope it's true. i'll believe it when i see it though

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  • HawaiiMacAddict
    Apr 2, 12:02 PM
    It looks like the only way M$ is "catching up" is by copying technologies with which we are already familiar. As Bertrand Serlet suggested, maybe M$ really DID start up their photocopiers :D

    I saw a video on YouTube entitled "The Real Windows Vista (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QdGt3ix2CQ)", in which the audio from a (series of) M$ lecture(s) was combined with video showing a Mac user demonstrating the then-unreleased features of Vista on a Mac. It was originally in three parts, and at the end of each part the specific technologies mentioned were identified, as well as the year in which they were introduced. It appears also that, as Mr. Serlet also mentioned, "if you can't innovate, you must imitate, but it's never quite the same."

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  • Mord
    Apr 26, 09:04 AM
    Whilst the company shouldn't say 'if you see any fights, jump in the middle of them', those employees should know full well that it isn't ok to watch and laugh as someone is getting the tish kicked out of them! Who was the man in the Blue shirt at the start of the video? he tried to break it up at first but seemed to then let it carry on.

    I believe that was the manager, I don't know for sure. He walked a thin line IMO.

    This guy was more than capable of defending himself...

    As rdowns says, your attitude is simply offensive and is wearing incredibly thin. Have you even watched the video? The victim was not a man, did not have a male physique and was not capable of defending herself. You're just offensive for the sake of being offensive at this point.

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  • maclaptop
    Apr 26, 08:23 AM
    Yeah, it's just a big enough change that a new case would have to be bought :rolleyes:

    Only if you want to use it as a phone :)

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  • benjayman2
    Apr 6, 06:48 PM
    2 tickets to see Source Code, brilliant.

    I found the orginal, "Groundhog Day" with the talented Bill Murray much more captivating. Although I did like two things.

    1) Russel Peters
    2) Took place near the stop I use to pick up my GF from.

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  • CalBoy
    Apr 14, 08:43 PM
    I do actually know the difference between causal and correlational relationships.... :D

    I will stand by my hypothesis that something that the TSA is doing is working to make hijackings less likely to happen in the USA.....

    Just because hijackings are down doesn't mean that TSA is actually working. Since 9/11 we've had a guy who got c4 into his shoe, another who lit his underwear on fire, and countless TSA tests have shown guns and other weapons make it through without much trouble.

    Our attempts at security are at best as good as Lisa's rock, and at worst much worse because they not only slow down travellers, curtail individual dignity, and cost billions, but also breed distrust and adversarial stances from the public that is supposed to be served.

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  • dalvin200
    Sep 12, 04:44 AM
    It's going to be a good day but for me Apple is being upstaged (sort of).

    3pm - Ashes squad announced at the Oval

    6pm - some Apple thing

    Didn't they spoil the news of freddie being announmced as capt.. personally i think it should be strauss, but this is off topic now :P

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  • wolfboy
    Apr 29, 03:20 PM
    To the people posting screenshots: You do know that you're breaking the non disclosure agreement you made with Apple when you signed up for the Mac Dev Program? If they track you down, the small print pretty much says they can do very evil things to you. Tred carefully, it's likely Apple will be watching out for people like you.

    Who reads those things anyway...

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  • twoodcc
    Oct 19, 09:55 AM
    Always a good sign!

    yes it is! great news for Apple. I'm excited :D

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  • curmi
    Nov 24, 02:20 PM
    I find no mention of this anywhere, even did a google search.

    Care for a link?

    It's a joke mate. I even wrote "Confirmed!" on it - that is always the give-away.

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  • pistolero
    Apr 5, 06:07 PM
    I don't know why you people don't like this. Apple announced iAds like a year ago, and I still haven't seen a single one. I'm simply curious about seeing at least one iAd to see what all the fuss is about. This App allows you to see an iAd so you can know what it is, as no one has actually really implemented them yet. This is probably the only place that has iAds in.

    You will only see iAds if the apps you use have implemented them. Most Paid apps don't have them, only free apps with ad support. iAds are not banners on safari or pop ups screens. They're like interactive applets within the app you're using. iAds are usually seen in free news apps such as the guardian or huffington post. So if you mostly use paid apps you will never see a iAd.

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  • ju5tin81
    Sep 12, 07:37 AM
    Not gonna happen. Apple will let you watch in the living room, it will just be via wireless streaming.

    Damn! It would've given them the edge over Amazons 'unbox' thing and made them seem fairer... Ah well...

    As long as there are no big 'WARNING' screens that you can't skip through like on a DVD disc....

    Jan 5, 02:34 PM
    Feel it people. A million geeks, all achieving orgasm at the same time. It's such a thing of beauty. :)

    May 4, 08:46 AM
    That one thing that I don't see is Google sponsored Android commercials... they are not promoting their own product like MS did with Windows and are leaving each hardware manufacturer to make up their own image. All of this gives the average consumer a confusing, scattered message of the Android OS.

    That's a good point. We really don't see many ads from Google in general.

    This is speculation, but I remember those stories last summer about how Android is a temporary thing for Google but Chrome is their future. This gets shot down hard any time it gets mentioned around here, but I can certainly see this as a possibility. One thing Google is famous for is starting something only to abandon it once they decide to focus in other areas. And Chrome is at the heart of their corporate mission -- getting people to stay online in the cloud where they can be monetized. Android also gets the ad revenue, so it might indeed stick around for practical reasons, but the app model is the very model Google hates for it gets people offline and perhaps using some service other than what Google provides. With Chrome, Google would have full control. With Android it's a free-for-all.

    So perhaps this is why Google doesn't bother advertising Android that much. It's nice to have, but it's not considered the future at Google.

    Nov 28, 09:56 PM
    Hardline lets you get killstreaks a kill earlier. Hardline Pro lets you double tap X on a killstreak crate to switch out what's inside.

    So, with this setup you can enable: SAM Turret for 3 kills, Care Package for 4, and Sentry Gun for 5. You can then switch out every single one of those for something random, which is usually Napalm Strike, B-52, or Valkyrie Rockets.

    It's so overpowered.
    Not really. I've been using that setup for a couple weeks now (See post #39). Much more often than not, I get boring stuff. I've only had them swap for Chopper Gunner, Gunship, or Dogs on about 5 times, with the occasional SR71. This is out of probably 250 or so packages. But either way, Treyarch have said that this for sure will be patched in the next update. It will then only work on actual Care Packages, and not the SAM or Sentry drops.
    ... i have been trying to get ghost to pro for a while now and ironically i'm stuck on destroying an enemy turrent.
    Just set one of your killstreaks as Sentry, and then throw it in the middle of the map when you get it. Then just wait for the enemy to get it, and kill it once they've deployed it.

    Mar 28, 03:23 PM
    What exactly is a 'hater'? Someone that disagrees with the company line? Someone with a dissenting opinion?

    Strongly agree. "Dissent" does not equal "hate". On the contrary, dissenting voices are what make our society so grand.

    There are LOTS of completely valid reasons for a perfectly good app to not be in the App Store. There are many apps that are very useful, productive, and of high quality that by their very nature can't get into the App store due to its rules. Rules that forbid the exact reason some of those apps exist; such as modifying the OS in ways the user needs or by doing things a better way than Apple does. As a result, these "awards" are tainted from the very get-go and I plan to dismiss them accordingly.

    blonde redhead
    Aug 8, 06:19 AM
    umm no neither is lying. They both are using the same panel but DIFFERENT backlights. Dell back lights are brighter so it allows for a larger contrast ratio and more cd/m2

    edit: The panel is pretty much just a color filter. It takes the white light from the back light and filters it colors for what you see on the screen (it more complex than that but it is the simplest way to explain it)

    Sorry to say this, but you're simplifying things too much. Just because a monitor has the same size/resolution, doesn't mean that the LCD sources are identical.

    FYI, Apple is using LCDs from Lg.Philips, Dell's LCDs come from Samsung. As a matter of fact, the 30" from Samsung for example is an exact copy of the Lg.Philips panel that they developed for Apple: same module dimensions (even fixation holes), electrical interface, etc.
    Because Dell is doing copy-paste, some of the specs are indeed identical. However, Apple displays use IPS (in-plane switching) LCD technology, while Samsung uses PVA (patterned vertical alignment). Consequence of this is that optical specs are slightly different:
    - higher brightness for Dell (because of higher LCD transmission of PVA)
    - higher contrast for Dell (but only perpendicular: contrast decreases very rapidly if you look off-axis at PVA-based panels)
    - superior color stability for Apple (large color shift with viewing angle for PVA, especially for grey tones)

    The latter characteristic is why Apple chooses for Lg.Philips, and why Apple displays are better for graphical applications, despite the slightly lower specifications on paper.


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