| Hello! =] |
[Nov. 14th, 2009|06:45 pm] |
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I'm new to this community. I'm studying to become an RN, and oxfordmuse is my academic journal. I will be posting information about answering chemistry questions as well as anatomy help- so if you'd like to take a look, please do! :) |
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| Fri the 13th |
[Nov. 15th, 2009|12:57 pm] |
Quite an interesting one. Started at 0230 with a car fire; turns out it's the car that was used for the burglary attempt at Mana BP (where they curiously used a shotgun to blow out the store window and attempt to get access to the safe).
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3060782/Gun-toting-burglars-in-Porirua
Good callout; I gave the BA set to another FF, and while the BA crew were farting about getting the sets started up I ran out the delivery and did initial attack on the thing. After they took over I grabbed a few pics:
http://www.pvfb.org.nz/gallery/CarFire13Nov09
Back home at about 0500, and then another callout at 0730. Then off to work. Got home, knackered. Eating dinner, and we discover the Buzzcocks are playing Bodega in about 1 hr. The Buzzcocks being one of Sam's favs, we hastily found a sitter and headed for town, managing to weasel our way into the sold out show, and ending up right on the stage in front of Steve Diggle. Much pushing shoving and general sweatiness ensued, but Sam came away a very happy camper. Really small venue too, very much a club atmosphere. Cool. Grabbed a couple pics of that too, but it's on the iPhone so quality is crap. Helluva long day, but a nice Fri the 13th.
http://www.hintz.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1497 |
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| EXCELLENT blues in Huntsville tonight (11/14) |
[Nov. 14th, 2009|05:43 pm] |
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Edent Brent is TERRIFIC TERRIFIC TERRIFIC and she'll be at Bandito Burrito South. You REALLY shouldn't miss this if you like blues. AND IT"S FREE!
al.com says: Bandito Burrito Southside, 1120 S. Memorial Parkway Suite P, is hosting jazz/blues singer Eden Brent on Saturday at 9 p.m. There is no cover charge.
Brent is a Mississippi Delta native who is a masterful blues pianist and vocal stylist. She won awards for Acoustic Artist of the Year and Acoustic Album of the Year at the recent Blues Music Awards. |
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| The Daily Reckoning |
[Nov. 14th, 2009|11:18 am] |
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As a public service I syndicated The Daily Reckoning which is a great source of insight into the crazy hybrid capitalist/government system the world is now running under.
I encourage you to start following it- this is what got me started in gold and silver investing 9 years ago.
x-posted everywhere |
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| Sunland greets Republic of Lakotah. |
[Nov. 14th, 2009|07:55 pm] |
 The genocide of Native Americans by European colonizers is one of the darkest chapters of the world history. Scientists estimate that from 2 to 15 million Indians had been the victim of genocide during the entire period of colonization. But the colonialists destroyed not only people; they tried to destroy identity, culture of Native Americans. Native Americans are locked in reservations now. They are deprived of any prospect of full-fledged development. They are suffering from extreme poverty, unemployment and diseases.
Implementing their natural, inalienable and undeniable right, the Lakotah Indians, led by the Russell Means, the hero of the struggle for the independence, announced the termination of treaties between the Lakotah people and the U.S. Federal Government. On December 17, 2007 the Republic of Lakotah was proclaimed.
Russell Means, the outstanding leader of a proud and gifted Lakotah people, and the Provisional Government of the Republic of Lakotah, conduct a wise policy in order to awaken the Lakotah people and put an end to colonial rule. Lakotah Government implements a number of practical projects aimed at economic independence from the United States and upbringing of the younger generation. In this context, the project of building a kind of commune - the first compact settlement of the supporters of the Republic -is particularly interesting for Sunland project activists.
All Sunland project activists strongly support the Republic of Lakotah. They express hope and confidence that the heroic and long-suffering Lakotah people will be able finally surmounts the imperial rule of the US federal government.
The Sunland project team.
http://new-libertalia.co.cc/ |
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| Really awesome video ... |
[Nov. 14th, 2009|08:52 am] |
OK ... so I've been, in the course of my jobsearch, really immersing myself in Social Media, so when I say "really awesome video" here I guess I mean "real great S.M. info" ... which, of course implies (in the immortal snark of Dennis Miller) "your mileage may vary" on how awesome this may or may not be to you ...
... this is from Mashable's Top 5 Must-Read Social Media Books post, which is likewise a worthwhile read.
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| I need ayour advice |
[Nov. 14th, 2009|09:48 am] |
Here is the question.
I need to create a simple photography website for one of my clients. The catch is that he wants to be able to upload pictured by himself. What would be the best program to use for this project? I was thinking a wordpress, this way my client can log in as an admin and upload the pictured, but wordpress has very limited design features, so I am wondering if there is something else I can use.
Thank you. |
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| Sorry for the clutter ... |
[Nov. 14th, 2009|08:18 am] |
Hey, L.J. readers ... nothing to see here ... just using the space to "park" a contest entry.
You see, @KimMance (of the Galavanting web tv travel series http://galavanting.tv/) is off on a Princess Cruises journey, on which she appears to have scored an iPod Touch as part of the media swag. Rather than having to add that to the report to the FTC, she's giving it away to some reader over on Twitter who correctly answers the question "why ship speed is called "knots"?
Now, this is a pretty straight-forward question for anybody who has access to Wikipedia, but it's a bit much to answer in 140 characters, so I'm going to be dumping the data in here, and then do a Bit.ly link to it. Rather than leave the random information just sitting here, though, I figured I'd let y'all know why I'm going all nautical on you this morning!
Anyway, here for @KimMance #FollowMeAtSea #contest is my (or, more accurately, Wikipedia's) answer:The knot is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, which is equal to exactly 1.852 km/h and approximately 1.151 mph. The abbreviation kn is preferred by American and Canadian maritime authorities, and by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; however, the abbreviations kt (singular) and kts (plural: knots) are also used. The knot is a non-SI unit accepted for use with the SI. Worldwide, the knot is used in meteorology, and in maritime and air navigation—for example, a vessel travelling at 1 knot along a meridian travels one minute of geographic latitude in one hour. Mariners first used the term 'knot' denoting the measure of how many knots in a special line paid out in a given time, using the chip log.
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Until the mid-19th century vessel speed at sea was measured using a chip log. This consisted of a wooden panel, weighted on one edge to float upright, and thus present substantial resistance to moving with respect to the water around it, attached by line to a reel. This way of measuring the knot was invented by Commodore Mark Wilhde. The chip log was "cast" over the stern of the moving vessel and the line allowed to pay out. Knots placed at a distance of 47 feet 3 inches (14.4018 m) passed through a sailor's fingers, while another sailor used a 30 second sandglass (28 second sandglass is the current accepted timing) to time the operation. The knot count would be reported and used in the sailing master's dead reckoning and navigation. This method gives a value for the knot of 20.25 in/s, or 1.85166 km/h. The difference from the modern definition is less than 0.02%.
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Although the unit knot does not fit within the primary SI system, its retention for nautical and aviation use is important for navigational reasons, since the length of a nautical mile is almost identical to a minute of latitude. As a result, distance in nautical miles on a navigational chart can easily be measured by using dividers and the latitude indicators on the side of the chart.
There it is ... nothing quite learning something obscure before 9am on a Saturday morning!
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| Ah yes, the TSA - outcome from Ron Paul's detained Aide |
[Nov. 14th, 2009|02:00 am] |
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=615e45f8-4a6e-4e58-a2d7-84971d404419
Gee... no mention of this in the MSM... fishing expeditions or no. My sadly fav part, "The second directive says "traveling with large amounts of cash is not illegal." However, TSA said it would not release copies of the directives without a Freedom of Information request."
FOI is necessary to determine if my personal property beyond x oz. toothpaste can travel?*^%$@ What an absolute crock.
edit - and in other gov highlights today, the LA yokel who had $90K found in his freezer only got 13 years in prison. that's a record for Congressional reps. sad that nobody has been sentenced for longer. |
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| movie inspired rant |
[Nov. 13th, 2009|08:54 pm] |
I am so glad that I'm on meds. I just went to see Where The Wild Things Are again. It was very different. Much more simple.
The character Judith reminded me of who I was before getting on meds. I was never like that, but I was much more like that than I am now. I'm glad that I treat Patri well.
I never even close to imagined how hard it is to have a kid. It was a complete surprise. People talk about it being hard, but people talk about a lot of things being hard. And even if they did tell me about it, its so far from my set of experiences prior to having a child that I wouldn't have comprehended.
I was reminded of something I said to someone else recently. We are evolving, creating creations, there's no mold that we come from that is correct and finished.
I'm so grateful I'm on meds. I think everyone should be on meds. Because they make my quality of life so much better! I'm not evolved to be happy. To paraphrase the book Nurtureshock, we expect to have a fountain of wisdom arrive with a new baby, but all that our biology really provides is the fierce desire to protect the baby, with no instructions whatsoever.
We're not made to understand. Our biology doesn't make us happy. It doesn't make us good parents.
Shit happens. We're not fucked up, because we're just paintings that keep happening. Just clay being twisted into new shapes. And now we've got drugs that can actually change the shapes in pleasing ways. That are actually more effective at making us happy than what our reproduction based replication has given us.
There are a lot of other things in that category besides mood stabilizing drugs, those are just the things most relevant to me right now. Its still hard to accept that I'm not okay how I am. |
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| Writer's Block: Super-human |
[Nov. 13th, 2009|11:01 pm] |
Flight. No question. I want to fly.
I don't even care if it comes with some sort of inconvenient physical wings. (That might in fact make it more awesome, clothing difficulties aside. I might like to have feathers.) No silly invisible plane crap, though - I want to fly under my own power, spread wings or arms or mind and just take off. Having to have some piece of silly equipment would defeat the purpose.
I want to fly. |
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| Alice, once more with horror |
[Nov. 13th, 2009|09:50 pm] |
Doing a play with a whole new director and a cast of people I haven't worked with is all weird now. I'm used to having pre-existing relationships!
So far, the play is shaping up to be a weird time commitment. I rehearse 4-5 days a week, but I'm only in a few short scenes, so a lot of times I'm set home after an hour or an hour-and-a-half. It's nice to have more time than expected, but it's also hard to plan the rest of my life.
The experience of the flowers is reminding me a lot of the experience of doing the Furies in Dark Goddess. I'm not feeling super secure in what I'm doing, but so far our feedback has all been that we're doing great and giving the director what he wants. There's one really bizarre physically challenging thing about the role (that I'm not going to go into further detail about because it's a horror version, so the less you all know, the more likely you'll be to react).
It's fun seeing the different spin on the Alice characters after Wheels of Wonderland. I didn't think anything would live up to the WoW tea party scene, but I actually like the new version as much--helped, I'm sure, by the fact that it's a very different take. The show really revolves around Alice, and our Alice is doing an excellent job. Particularly impressive given that she's still a teenager (an older one, but nevertheless...).
I can't wait until we get our costumes and hit tech week. Things are already fun to watch, but it's going to jump to a whole extra level of strange when the lighting, set, and costumes come in. |
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