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"HELP. I need a professional expert like you! X"
^^ landed in my FB messages a couple of weeks ago from an acquaintance I've not seen off FB for years.
So I pinged back a quick message with an outline of how I could help, a couple of pointers, and my fee.
It was funny, because a few of my Superheroes told me they'd experienced the same thing just that week. Must have been the global chakras aligning or some such bollocks…
"One friend took me out for a coffee a couple of times, picked (or should I say…hoovered!) my brain for marketing strategies for her new business (totally my fault for allowing it!) on the loose promise of using me to DO the work – then I noticed she was using someone else."
From another Superhero:
"A friend wanted to meet up and chat about her [issue]. I knew she couldn't afford it, so I had a chat and then I got a message saying that she'd ordered everything I recommended from somewhere else. She seemed pleased to tell me this, which I couldn't understand as why not keep quiet about it. She also corrected me a lot with stuff she'd read on the internet. Everyone's an expert…"
In the past I gave a friend access to one of my courses free of charge (which she didn't use). Then, when she needed to learn about something else I could have helped her with she told me, with no trace of shame, that she'd bought a course elsewhere on the internet. From someone else.
Thing is, we may say "my fault for allowing it" — and that's true — but when a friend asks a favour, it's hard to say no. At first. I don't know any business owner who hasn't fallen into this Friend Zone Trap at one time or another.
You learn from it and move on…
But it never seems to get any easier saying "no".
Or does it?
There's a couple of lessons to take away from this:
- People don't value free — for the most part, they will not use the information you give them and then will complain about it. Or go elsewhere and pay for something.
- If you give away stuff for free to friends (or anyone else) you'll set a precedent that means they'll keep coming back for more. Like vampire junkies.
- It's perfectly okay to do a skill swap if you both get value from it (I did this all the time when I was starting out and couldn't afford expensive design work and web development).
You can't stop the Friend Zone Trap from happening altogether, but you can set boundaries.
Saying "no" does get easier — when you know how to phrase it tactfully.
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Don't Feed Me Shirts – The Latest Health-Conscious Fashion Trend for Kids?
Kids with serious food allergies are a concern for many parents, and actress Kym Whitley has found a new way to tackle the issue – her new line of "Don't Feed Me" t-shirts.
Using her adopted son's food allergies as inspiration, Whitley designed a children's t-shirt with a chart of common food allergies on it (as well as four blank squares for not so common ones) that can be checked off with a marker. The shirt, which also includes a space for the child's name, gives new care providers and parents of the child's friends an unmistakable visual indicator of the child's serious allergies.
Okay, this one got us thinking – we do love the idea of making it easy for parents and caregivers to know of a child's serious allergies. What parent wouldn't want to ensure that that information is made very clear any time their child steps out the door?
But we're not exactly sure whether a kid at a birthday party or social gathering with his or her friends would be so thrilled to wear this t-shirt. It seems like a bit of a banner waved around, and certainly doesn't leave room for a child's personal wardrobe taste. And who's to say a parent will even really notice the shirt in an atmosphere as chaotic as a party?
We're guessing Whitley doesn't intend the shirt to be the only method for advertising food allergies, and we certainly think phone calls and careful instruction to child and caregivers is a more important must-do.
But hey, the t-shirts can't hurt either! If you're interested, you can find them on Kym's website for $10.
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Smog fee pushed for Valley vehicles
SACRAMENTO -- Thwarted last year, two Valley lawmakers are back with legislation that would authorize the Valley air district to raise vehicle registration fees to pay for smog clean-up.
Vehicle owners would pay up to $37 to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, up from the $7 per vehicle the district collects today.
Most of the money would go to replace and retrofit polluting cars and trucks, helping the Valley meet federal clean air standards, district officials say. About $94 million could be raised annually if air district board members approve the full increase.
Last year, a similar bill fell victim to a Senate-Assembly feud over fee-related bills.
The fight appeared to have little to do with the merits of the Valley bill.
Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, who carried the bill, called it an "internal war." He is pushing the same bill this year and is joined by Assembly Member Juan Arambula, D-Fresno, who introduced an identical bill.
Arambula's bill, Assembly Bill 2522, passed its first test Monday, clearing the Assembly Transportation Committee on an 8-2 vote.
He cited the Valley's high asthma rate. Families "are depending on us to act now," he said.
Opponents include California AAA Clubs. The motorists organization argued in written testimony that the bill is not a fee, but a tax that should require local voter approval.
The bowl-shaped Valley is one of the worst air basins in the nation.
Much of the pollution comes from cars and trucks, over which the local district has little regulatory control.
The fee increase is supported by a rare alliance of environmental and farm groups. Farmers -- a frequent target of clean-air legislation -- see the bill as a way to spread the cost of cleaning the air to all drivers.


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Building sustainable, resilient communities will take long term thinking, listening, meeting, talking, planning, collaborating, and finally, acting. CEBE is action oriented. We have several projects completed and underway that demonstrate how an ecology-based economy can lead to community resilience and help restore the earth. While useful in and of themselves, they are hints at a more robust economy that will weather the challenges of climate instability and resource depletion, provide meaningful work, and create community health and wellbeing.
Below are actions that might lead us to that robust economy and celebrate the richness of our ecology and wisdom or our community. We are also working on a list of 100 Sustainable Businesses that could create jobs while providing for essential needs.
Taking meaningful action to move us towards sustainability and resilience will take a community wide effort. Please join us. We need your ideas, experience and vision.
Ecology-Based Businesses
1. Cooperative Commercial Kitchen*
2. Grain mill
3. Artisan Bakery
4. Recording studio
5. Bronze casting foundry
6. Biochar manufacturing
7. Wood-fired cook stove and water heater manufacturing
8. Passive Solar Hot Water Systems
9. LEED Certified Manufactured Housing
10. Vermiculture facility
11. Mushroom Cultivation and Mycology supplies
12. Smoke house
13. Co-op Cannery
14. Soy, Almond, Rice Products: Milk, Tempeh, Tofu, Garden Burgers
15. Unique small-scale farming equipment
16. Municipal composting facilities
17. Hand forged garden tools
18. Bioregionally adapted garden seeds
19. Modular solar greenhouses
20. Heirloom fruit tree nursery
21. Cheese cave
22. Yogurt manufacturing
23. Kombucha manufacturing
24. Vegetable sprouts
25. Juice Bar
26. Ski, sled, and snowboard manufacturing
27. Fish Farm (Tilapia) with aquaculture
28. Four-season hydro-organic salad production
29. Pottery
30. Cooperative Kiln
31. Bike shop*
32. Battery recycling center
33. Compact fluorescent light bulb plant
34. Brewery and Pub
35. Winery
36. Herbal Apothecary
37. Electric Car Conversions
38. Biodiesel Plant
39. Solar panel factory
40. Tackle shop
41. Fishing rod manufacturing and fly tying
42. Butcher shop*
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44. Basket manufacturing
45. Music store
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48. Apiary
49. Eco Funerals
50. Simple Coffins
51. Used Building Materials
52. Solar/Methane powered chicken tractors (light and water heater)
53. Cargo Bike Manufacturing
54. Cargo Bike/Pedicab/Bike Messenger Service
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Santos was to blame for missed extra point, Chiefs assistant says
Recently released Andrew East was the snapper on kicker Cairo Santos' missed extra point in the Chiefs' 34-10 preseason win over the Titans on Friday, but special teams coach Dave Toub said the miss was not East's fault.
"We'll fix it," Toub said. "There was nothing else with the operation — the snap and the hold were all good. It was strictly Cairo."
In a way, Toub was not surprised by the miss. He expects the successful conversion percentage of extra points to go down this year after the NFL moved the spot for those attempts from the 2 to the 15-yard line.
"I really believe, I think the percentage of those kicks are gonna go down," Toub said. "Last year, 33-yard field goals, as a whole, was like a 95 or 96 percent.
"But I think it's going to go down because of the pressure you're going to get from the field-goal block team and the pressure of actually making that one-point kick from the 33-yard distance."
Toub, however, is confident that Santos — who was perfect on extra points last year as a rookie — won't repeat his miss when the regular season begins Sept. 13 against Houston.
"It's a 33-yard field goal and I'm glad he got it out of the way now, so it doesn't show up during the regular season. That's the way we're looking at it. He just yanked it."
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There are two major platforms of the i-Broker; i-Broker Ghana and i-Broker Global Markets also known as i-Broker GM.
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This gives investors direct access to the Ghanaian equity markets namely the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) and the Ghana Alternative Markets (GAX). The platform allows investors to trade and track their investments. Investors trade by placing their buy and sell orders on the GSE/GAX via the i-Broker Ghana platform.
The platform also has a tool that helps investors to monitor their portfolios in real time. Investors are given access to various reports that help them keep track of their investments. Portfolio Statements are available on the portal 24 hours a day giving the investor the freedom to access his investment value at any time. Customised statements can also be printed directly from the i-track.
Investors can log on to i-broker and place orders to buy securities listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange or place orders to sell securities that they already own and have registered in the GSE depositary.
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In partnership with Mount Gay Rum who will be serving their hand crafted and spice blended rum drinks throughout the night. Art shows hosted by VIU Gallery, Carlos Macedo Art and Ivette Cabrera. Viophilia kicks of Art Basel with Wynwood's Most Underground Art Fair by invite only. Resident artists will have an array of artworks available for purchase with live tattoo sessions on Saturday and Sunday.
The Mount Gay Rum Bespoke Old Fashioned Bar will served custom-crafted serve variations of the classic stirred cocktail with unique bitters to tailor the flavor of each drink to each guest's taste. As many Art Basel events are aimed towards creative and unique guests, a majority of which are familiar with classic cocktails, the Old-Fashioned Bespoke Bar will work beautifully to offer something crafted for each vibrant personality. In addition to our Bespoke offerings, we will also serve a classic Barbados Rum Punch as a secondary cocktail for those who just want something light, bright, and quick.
Wynwood resident artists and founder of Viophilia Ivette Cabrera and Amir Shakir aka Color Dreamers begin the process of creating a new mural in Little Haiti Miami for the community organization Little Haiti Mural Project curated by YoMiami. The concept of the artwork is based on the Haitian Saint Ezili Dantor who is considered the protector of children or the Black Madonna in Haitian Voodoo. She encompasses the spirit of motherhood and is considered a tough warrior who honors honesty, vulnerability and hard work.
"We believe in the power of the Haitian people to stand strong and united. The culture is very diverse and has an amazing history of being the first nation to abolish slavery by organizing a slave revolt against French colonial dominance. In modern day, we can see the trickled effects as the Haitian community is slowly beginning to be overrun by developers closing in on the area. Our message was to create mural that represents strength and awaken the warrior spirit within the Haitian community to fight gentrification by others. We hope to have a lasting impression on all those that visit the area. We encourage visitors to respect and honor the Haitian traditions and help support locally Haitian owned businesses."
A solo exhibition of the drawings of artist Judith Berk King curated by Ivette Cabrera.
Opening Reception May 5, 2016 | 7pm-11pm
Exhibition Dates May 5-20, 2016
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Viophilia is pleased to present Adaptation : A Portfolio of Biological Futurism, a solo exhibition of new works by artist Judith Berk King. Translated from the Journal of Biological Discovery, many years in the future: For millions of years, the earth has been undergoing a series of 'extinctions' as unsuccessful species have died out, their niches overwhelmed by successful contenders. We are currently undergoing a Sixth Extinction, and animals and plants will have to evolve quickly in order to survive. The drawings here represent a sample of species that might develop in response to our rapidly evolving ecosystems, or that might be created by deliberate hybridization and forced mutation.
"Scientific specimens presented by museums in their glass cases and the artistic renderings of previous eras have always fascinated me. The displays and drawings enabled me to enter a place where strange objects, transformed by preservation and dissection, were brought into the light of day. As an artist, I focus on the creation and display of curious zoological and botanical structures. The objects constructed may live somewhere in the present or may exist in the future. The style of the work may be contemporary or recall the work of scientific illustrators of the past, transcending time. Through re-imagination and distortion, I invite the viewer to examine and interpret the ambiguous and sometimes disquieting forms that inhabit these works."
About the Artist: Judith Berk King lives and works in Miami, Florida. She studied fine art at Kensington and Chelsea College in London, England and received her MFA from Miami International University of Art & Design. She has attended residencies at the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Her drawings and ceramic work has been published in books and periodicals, and she been exhibited in London, New York, Los Angeles and Fuping, China, as well as a number of other national and international venues.
We invite you to take a special journey to a time in the future where we explore the past mutations of biological creatures that existed on this planetlong ago and have now become extinct.
Vying 2015 international art competition at Viophilia received submissions from around the world displaying tremendous artist skill and imagination. The exhibit opening night was a memorable occasion during Miami Art Basel week, allowing artist to meet and collectors to visit. We want to thank all the artist for participating in the competition and give a special thanks to those who came to the opening showcase.
Vying 2015 exhibit remains open for private viewing at Viophilia Gallery until December 13, 2015.
164 NW 20th St Unit 101
Miami, FL 33127
Viophilia presents Dia de los Muertos a 3 year anniversary event held at Viophilia located in Wynwood Miami, Florida. We welcome past, present and future supporters of Viophilia to a very special night curated by Ivette Cabrera. Our vision is to keep shifting the realm of the art world and bringing forth the highest quality of boundary pushers, ground breakers and shape shifters that don't play well by the rules. October marks 3 years of Viophilia; a name which represents the obsession to create. Throughout our time at Viophilia we have had the honor to represent, curate and collaborate with many talented artists ranging from all styles of art forms. This year we want to honor their life and creative strive while honoring those who have influenced their lives but are no longer present...
Hello Viophilia art lovers, movers and shakers!
We wanted to share with you one of the latest projects of our in house Resident Artist Amir Shakir who's Miami alternative rock band is called Naicisum. His new music video for the song "Going In" off the Stranded in Earth album depicts some the rainy and abandoned streets of Miami.
Naicisum is an alternative rock band from Miami, Florida, founded in 2010 by Amir Shakir (Lead Vocalist, guitar) and Casey Kimble (guitar, backing vocals). Naicisum's "sound" is diverse but distinct with hints of R&B and Hip Hop grooves sheltered by heavy guitars driving dynamic variation. You can expect the smooth and sensual but be ready for the heavy and chunky when listening to Naicisum's debut album. The music is dynamic with progressive melodies and lyrics that impart the beauties and struggles of the human experience.
The bands debut album was titled Stranded on Earth to bring attention to the relentless battle for human freedom and survival on ever abundant Earth. Earth sustains life effortlessly and generously unless greed hampers her ability to share freely. If we destroy our environment we will be stranded here..
You can buy the song or album here and here!
If post-apocalyptic science fiction provides any insight into the future, it's that humanity will take one of two divergent paths: the advent of new and more complex technology, the kind that syncs with our body parts, or the destruction of it all, till we're back to a now-scorched land and forced to re-build civilizations from scratch. Both are equally terrifying, plausible, and aesthetically inspiring.
In Denitia's video for "Fadin'," featuring singer Kendall Morgan, we find ourselves immersed in the world of the latter: a beautiful and cultish tribe of forest-dwelling babes pay homage to a crescent-tiara-adorned lunar queen and sway to a languid beat, heavy and grooving with a sadness that's almost physically rich. Directed by Natalia Molina and Andres Melo, the video finds Denitia and Kendall cloaked and nearly obscured, unseen by the group but guiding them like smooth demi-goddesses.
One-half of R&B group denitia and sene, the Brooklyn-based Denitia produced the song herself after co-writing its lyrics with Kendall. Years ago, the two met and played shows together in Nashville before parting ways to separate cities and endeavors: while Kendall collaborated with the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Tech N9ne and Denitia blazed her own soul-folk track—sometimes alongside Sene, sometimes alone—they both continued to write and record their own works. "Whether you're releasing your own emotions or channeling someone else's experiences," says Kendall, "songwriting is a healing mechanism for everyone involved in the process." Solo albums by both artists are slated for release soon—"Fadin'" is our creeping, heartachey signpost in the road, indicating what's to come.
Watch the video above and stream the song, out via Adesuwa Records, here.
Photos by Natalia Molina and Angela Altus
Opening Reception March 14 7-11 pm
164 N.W. 20 Street Unit 101
Miami, FL 33127
Viophilia resident artist Justin Wood presents Future Painting is the culmination of 4 years of aesthetic research into the use of video mapping on 2D artworks. Justin Wood creates video mapped psychedelic mixed media abstract paintings. Some of the works have video projected on top of them, and the others are created directly on the faces of video screens so that the video shows through them. Justin is challenging the notion that time and painting be separate entities. The show will also feature a large scale interactive projection painting that uses a Kinect depth sensor to respond to the environment – both the motion of the people in the room and the sounds they are making will influence the video on the painting.
"Video mapping enables us to employ any number of computer technologies into a traditionally static medium unlocking what I believe to be a major shift in the creation and critique of paintings." Justin Wood
PREVIEW: February 12th, 7:00pm – 11:00pm
OPENS: February 14th, 7:00pm – 11:00pm
SHOW CLOSES: March 7th (*All viewings by appointment only starting February 15th)
WHERE: Viophilia /164 NW 20th Street/Suite 101-102/Miami/FL/33127
CONTACT: Christopher Maslow 321.917.6559
Opening Valentines Day 2015, the latest Solo Exhibition from Atomik - quite fittingly titled "No Love" will be on display at Viophilia in the Wynwood Art District. Arguably the most prolific Miami graffiti writer of the 21st century, Atomik examines the relationships of rivalries and opposition he experiences stemming from the competitive graffiti culture in his "No Love" exhibition. The two part showcase will feature a gallery exhibition of Atomik's latest work curated by Christopher Maslow. The second half of the showcase will feature an Atomik Gift Shop, which while acting as a metaphor for the consumerism driven holiday Valentines Day; will also feature original and limited edition Atomik products and collaborations available for purchase. Select collaborators include: Cushy Gigs, Miami Sign Shop, & Clubflyers.
World renown Miami native and member of the notorious MSG Cartel, Atomik is one of the most prolific Miami graffiti writers of all time. Spanning two decades and counting, Atomik continues to stay true to his foundation of vandalism leaving his mark in more than a dozen countries throughout the world. Most commonly know for his iconic orange character, Atomik's mark is easily recognizable and equally unmistakable. Atomik currently works from a studio in Little Haiti where he is preparing for upcoming solo exhibitions in Switzerland and New York. For more information about Atomik please visit: www.instagram.com/atomiko
Christopher Maslow is a Miami-based curator and artist who since 2007 has been curating gallery exhibitions throughout the country. In 2009 Maslow founded SLOW Gallery in Central Florida and later opened Christopher Maslow Gallery in Melbourne before relocating to Miami in 2013. Maslow works closely with emerging artists to create interactive exhibitions. Maslow currently acts as resident curator at Viophilia in Miami and simultaneously operates Christopher Maslow Gallery at 164 NW 20th St Miami Florida.
Florida Contemporary Exhibit at Baker Museum in 2015 marks the fifth year of Florida Contemporary. Exploring traditional as well as innovative media, themes and approaches, the works included in the exhibition represent the most current trends in Florida's artistic scene. From young emerging artists to well-established local figures, the selection invites audiences to experience a diversity of styles in the context of a multidisciplinary facility.
The works in this edition of Florida Contemporary evidence the vitality of the artistic production in the Sunshine State. From traditional subjects represented in innovative techniques to unexpected juxtapositions, Florida artists use their talents to explore current issues. Through a multiplicity of media—painting, drawing, sculpture, glass, textiles—this select group of artists articulates social and aesthetic commentaries about local as well as regional, global and personal topics. We invite audiences of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy this unique exhibition in which contemporary artists communicate with each other through their creations.
"In past cultures, a crown gave worth to an individual, it indicated their wealth and power and defined their influence within that society regardless of what gender, race or religion they were born into. My intent is to abstract that headdress and show that every woman wears a crown or headdress of importance if she were only to be aware of herself."
~Ivette Cabrera.
Florida Contemporary is generously underwritten by Bob and Terry Edwards and Friends of Art.
Andy Owen
Antonio Chagin
Bernadette Despujols
Bianca Pratorius
Chad Jensen
Deming Harriman
Griselle Gaudnik
Ivette Cabrera
John Carroll Long
Juan Travieso
Mally Khorasantchi
Melissa Barry
Muffy Clark Gill
Natalie Zlamalova
Penelope Breen
Renée Rey
Rick Newton
Sharon Lee Hart
Tammra Sigler
Valeria Yamamoto
The finished Mural at Viophilia by #christophermaslow. We are very blessed and humbled by the talent of Chrisopher Maslow as he completes his Lady Justice Mural for Basel 2014! Make sure to stop by and get a look at some of those intricate details. Located at 164 N.W. 20st Wynwood.
The arts are a powerful form of communication. The right piece in the right neighborhood can provoke change, whether that change is a cleaner street corner or an increase in property value. I believe a symbiosis occurs between the artist and the community when a mural or work of art is displayed publicly and I am interested in further exploring the cause and effect of that experiment.
Nena, a short film inspired by a true story follows the evolution of a young woman (played by Michelle Fuentes) as she encounters abuse in many different forms and searches for a pathway towards a new beginning. As a child Nena (played by Mylena Barrios) is stripped of something that will create a change in who she is forever. Although she hides these memories away in the back of her mind they some how seem to catch up to her as a woman, bringing her face to face with the harsh realities of life.
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Discussion: DSLreports, Slyck and Digg
Stephanie Condon / CNET News:
Senate unanimously passes RIAA-backed bill
Senate unanimously passes RIAA-backed bill
Discussion: Techdirt
Michael Masnick / Techdirt: Senate Gives The White House A Copyright Czar
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
Wal*Mart shutting down DRM server, nuking your music collection — only people who pay for music risk losing it to DRM shenanigans — Hey suckers! Did you buy DRM music from Wal*Mart instead of downloading MP3s for free from the P2P networks? Well, they're repaying your honesty by taking away your music.
Discussion: Distorted-Loop.com, Gizmodo, Pocket PC Thoughts.com and Digg
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo: Walmart Shutting Down MP3 Store DRM Servers, Umpteenth Lesson …
Ed Hansberry / Pocket PC Thoughts.com: Wal*Mart Drops Support For DRM - Honest Users Get To Repurchase Music
Julian Prokaza / Mobile Computer:
Hands-on with the Asus N10 gaming netbook — We posted a short piece about Asus' new N-Series laptops yesterday, along with a short video showing the N20 Centrino 2 model. To recap, this is a low-cost range of four models (at the moment) produced by Asus' laptop division …
Discussion: GottaBeMobile, Engadget and Slashdot
Matt Faulkner / GottaBeMobile: Asus N10 Video Shootout
Darren Murph / Engadget: Video: ASUS N10 netbook gets hands-on treatment, plays COD4
ScuttleMonkey / Slashdot: Asus N10 Review — the First Netbook For Gaming
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
The Scoble Top Tech Blogger/FriendFeed/Social Media List — This is my hand-picked list of the people who provide the most interesting tech blogging/tweeting/FriendFeeding. All of these point to FriendFeed. If you know someone who deserves to be on this list, please post their FriendFeed URL.
Discussion: TomsTechBlog.com, chrisbrogan.com, Valleywag and GottaBeMobile
Warner Crocker / GottaBeMobile: Scoble's FriendFeed List Highlights Tablet PC Freaks
Jason Lee Miller / WebProNews:
Oops: WSJ.com Ad Calls McCain Win Before Debate — Journal blames clerical error — This morning, before Senator John McCain even agreed to attend tonight's debate, a Web ad paid for by the McCain campaign appeared alongside a Wall Street Journal article boldly declaring him the winner.
Discussion: Washington Post, Valleywag, CNET News, Silicon Alley Insider and securosis.com
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post: McCain Wins Debate
Vasanth Sridharan / Silicon Alley Insider: McCain Declares Himself Winner Of Tonight's Debate
Rmogull / securosis.com: Political Information Warfare?
Sue Decker / Yodel Anecdotal:
Myth-busting and the Yahoo!-Google agreement — There's been a lot of speculation swirling around about the Yahoo!-Google agreement. We hear everything from the claim that Yahoo! and Google will be fixing prices to the prediction that the agreement is a death sentence for Yahoo!'s sponsored search business.
Discussion: BoomTown, TechCrunch, Search Engine Journal and Portfolio
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Yahoo, We Can't Afford A Monopoly In Search Advertising Even If It Kills You
Laura Rich / Portfolio: Yahoo President Defends Google Ad Pact
Sergey Brin / The Official Google Blog:
Our position on California's No on 8 campaign — As an Internet company, Google is an active participant in policy debates surrounding information access, technology and energy. Because our company has a great diversity of people and opinions — Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals …
Discussion: CNET News, Lockergnome Blog Network, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Valleywag, The Technology Chronicles and The Inquisitr
Natalie Weinstein / CNET News: Google opposes anti-gay marriage measure
Ron Schenone / Lockergnome Blog Network: Google Supports Gay Marriage
Jessica Guynn / L.A. Times Tech Blog: Google opposes ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage
Verne Kopytoff / The Technology Chronicles: Google opposes Prop. 8
Duncan Riley / The Inquisitr: Google comes out against Proposition 8
The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
AT&T's Pantech Matrix gets viewed and spec'd — Hated the Pantech Duo but loved the form-factor? Well, AT&Tizzle is looking to grab you as a potential customer with the Pantech Matrix. It uses the same dual-slide mechanism as the Duo, but sadly runs Pantech's run-of-the-mill OS.
Discussion: IntoMobile and Engadget Mobile
Dusan / IntoMobile: Pantech Matrix coming to AT&T
Chris Ziegler / Engadget Mobile: AT&T's C740 Matrix from Pantech gets pictured
Joel Hruska / Ars Technica:
New clickjacking affects all browsers; cause remains unknown — Jeremiah Grossman and Robert "Rsnake" Hansen initially planned to reveal details on a new browser-agnostic clickjacking exploit at the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) in New York City this week …
Discussion: hackademix.net, InformationWeek, The Forrester Blog … and Digg
Giorgio / hackademix.net: Clickjacking and NoScript
Ballmer changes tune while dancing around Apple's success — Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, who's watched his company's PC business come under immense pressure from Apple, used a forum this week to discount the Mac maker's potential for future share gains and designate …
Discussion: Tom Foremski: IMHO, MacDailyNews and 9 to 5 Mac
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Windows Mobile 7 phone release now seriously delayed — could be as late as 2010
Windows Mobile 7 phone release now seriously delayed — could be as late as 2010
Discussion: TECH.BLORGE.com, Silicon Alley Insider and mocoNews.net
Erna Mahyuni / TECH.BLORGE.com: Windows Mobile 7 late and likely delayed to 2010


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Hurt! The silent killer
Emotional hurt, by far is one of life's most destructive blows to a person. In most cases I am sure all would agree that physical hurt would be preferable over emotional hurt.
Can there be anything more painful to a person than emotional hurt? Better yet have you ever experienced a relationship where you felt or knew that you were just not being heard emotionally? Now the age old argument is, "I am no mind reader, neither am I a psychic, how am I suppose to know what's going on in your head"
Well, guess what, it is your duty and concern to have an Idea when something is not right with your partner emotionally. (View my article on the law of association)
Now, before you attack me here, let us look at the wisdom of God's word. Solomon the author of the book of Proverbs gave a very simple, but profound proverb, he said, "Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flock and look well to thy herd. For riches are not forever, and the crown will not endure to every generation.
It would appear as if there is a mix up here, what does hurt have to do with flock, heard, crown or riches? Well, absolutely nothing but let us insert the points of this proverb into the emotional part of our relationships.
The word diligent means to put care and effort into what you do. The word state is defined as: the condition of someone or something. So here is the revelation: it is both parties responsibility to place care and effort on the emotional condition of each other particularly when there is a noticeable change that signals emotional hurt.
Ignoring such hurts sets the stage for the much to common silent wars between couples. Caught in its infancy can avoid a whole lot of future apologies and forgiveness.
He then goes on to say that riches does not last forever, and the crown will not be passed to every generation……what does this mean?
To continue this revelation Solomon is advising that the emotional condition that you appreciate in him/her right now will not last forever, they will not be the same everyday. He is also subliminally suggesting that we be very cognizant of any variation of the emotional aspects of our partner.
So in other words, put aside being self absorbed, remove the lime light off ourselves for a moment and begin to silently hear the emotional pains and hurt of our partner. Put aside how we may feel and seriously consider the feelings of our significant other, if only in an effort to meet the emotional needs that has been silently crying out unnoticed by us.
Kevin L A Ewing


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I managed to get an IBM ThinkCenter (2001 model) w/XP usable again by removing programs and folders of BS. Used the Lucent internal modem out of my old HP Pavilion w/ME to access my ATT-Yahoo dial-up. IE refused to lauch (error) yet managed to get on-line using Mozilla Firefox. That was cool until I tried accessing my Yahoo Mail, MSN News, Google or anything else since Mozilla says they're unsecured with bogus certificates. For some reason it alowed me to access Softpedia, Driver Support's system check and Computing.Net. Is there a work-around to stop this nonsense? I'm PC ignorant as heck so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
If you are using old version Mozilla FF then update it. This may fix some issues with recognizing certificates.
Run Malwarebytes to check for malware causing issues.
Run Windows Update.
You have to be a little bit crazy to keep you from going insane.
Very likely you need to set the computer clock and probably install a new cmos battery. A website's security certificate is valid for a fixed period of time. If the date on your computer clock isn't within that time period you will often get a certificate error as, for some reason, it assumes your clock is correct.
I did install a new battery to get it running and changed the time & date. Had my power going off/on several times last night which made the time & date revert back to 01/01/2001. I didn't notice that until reading your reply here this morning. Changed it back and now everything works, including the DVD/CD-RW which wouldn't read them before.
This tower was in use until 7/22/15 by a day trader so probably has all the available updates. It has AVG, ZoneAlarm and Malwarebytes so will use those to check for viruses, etc. For some reason IE won't launch so will be working on that next.
Thank you for the great advice!
It doesn't seem like the date would revert back with a new battery even with a power outage. Well at least it's working now. Just keep an eye on its system clock.
The highest IE version that works with XP is IE 8. If you don't have that version you should upgrade to it, although many sites will tell you it's outdated and won't load properly. And it's not supported by MS anymore so there's no updates.
If you already have IE 8 try clicking on 'tools' from its dropdown menu, then 'internet options', then 'advanced', then down at the bottom click 'reset' to 'reset internet explorer settings'. Maybe that will fix it.
If you need to update to IE 8 the files may still be on MS's site somewhere. If not you'll need to google these 3 files to find a download:
The first is the IE 8 installation file. The second is a cumulative update file for IE 8 and the third is a security update they deemed so critical they reopened IE 8 support for XP just to post it.


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Elegant and well-groomed, sometimes in shimmering white, sometimes in gray, she turns to her supporters squeezed into the few available public seats and calls out a formal salute: "Glory to Ukraine!"
"Glory to our heroes," they reply, and the peasant-braided former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko takes her seat on the accused's bench of a Kiev courtroom.
The Tymoshenko trial — or "show" as her critics might say — gets underway.
Tymoshenko will not rise from her seat again until she leaves the court, where she is on trial for abuse of office. She will certainly not stand out of respect for the judge, whom she disdains as a "puppet" in the pay of darker forces.
There are times when the tiny downtown courtroom seems too small a theater to handle the Tymoshenko phenomenon.
The fire and resolve that made her the field-marshal of Ukraine's 2004 "Orange Revolution," which overturned a rigged presidential election, appear undiminished.
However, she is thinner in the face now and more tired in the eyes. Her lawyers say she is sick. Two weeks of overnight detention in Kiev's Luk'yanivska prison are telling.
However, it is hard to know who to feel more sorry for: 50-year-old Tymoshenko or the boyish, bespectacled judge, Rodion Kireyev, who has been her target from the first day.
"There's a joke about a monkey sitting on a branch holding a hand-grenade. They are cutting the branch from under him. 'My' judge is the monkey with the grenade on the branch with the saw in his own hands," she wrote in a "tweet" from the courtroom.
At times, her performance obscures the seriousness of the charge — using her powers as prime minister to push through a deal with Russia in 2009 that, her critics say, saddled the country with too high a price for gas. If convicted, she could be sentenced to up to 10 years in jail.
She denies the charge. The trial, she says, is a vendetta conducted by the clan of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, her arch-foe and the only person who merits more invective from her than Kireyev.
Many observers see the trial as a miscalculation by the Yanukovych administration, a poorly thought-out move aimed at ending Tymoshenko as a political force during the summer lull before the start of a difficult new political season.
Since being narrowly defeated by Yanukovych in a run-off for the presidency in February last year, Tymoshenko has failed to rally a united opposition around her. She was in the doldrums. However, the trial thrust her back into the headlines and plays to her strong suit, an appetite for political theater.
She thrives on the fray, has inexhaustible energy and holds a burning conviction that she alone can save Ukraine from what she describes as the "criminal" leadership of Yanukovych.
She has already pulled off a notable success. The US and the EU, whose support Ukraine needs for economic recovery, have expressed concern about what looks like a politically driven trial. They would like her to be released from detention.
Even Russia, not always on the same side as the West over Ukraine, has spoken out against the trial and defended the gas deal. Yanukovych has so far refused to intervene.
Playing the victim is what Tymoshenko does best. When the judge placed her in police custody on Aug. 5, she declared: "You might as well shoot me now. Give her [the prosecutor] a revolver."


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A friend of mine recently asked me, "why hands though?" regarding Sprëtz. My response wasn't speedy nor a defensive one, but more less an observation. As I slowly gave my response, we both thought about the countless things a person touches throughout an entire day. Think about that for a moment.
Think about how many items you have touched, coughs you've covered, hands you've shaken, door knobs you've turned, foods you picked up, fingers you've licked (after eating of course), joints you rolled and or smoked, cigarette breaks you've taken, etc. And this was the main reason Sprëtz was created.
Yes, a person can run to a restroom and wash their hands, but there isn't always a restroom around and apparently studies are showing that not all people wash their hands http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2971931/Do-wash-hands-going-loo-62-men-40-women-admit-don-t-bother.html . Look Sprëtz does not replace good all hygiene, but it does help. It helps while on the move. In today's fast paced society I am happy there is a product that alleviates unwanted orders from the hands all while providing a nice fresh and clean feel. My friend who I started this dialogue with is a social smoker and absolutely loves Sprëtz for the hands. "Nothing can compare to it". My final response was...
Welcome to the Future of Fresh.


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To ring in 2012, here is my number one movie of the year:
Melancholia (Lars Von Trier)
Universal and personal, blatant and mysterious, sorrowful and funny, nihilistic and yet, sublimely, romantically, celebratory, Lars Von Trier's Melancholia takes the black bile of its namesake -- the depression of its heroine -- and transforms the "humor" into exaltation. A planet -- a terrifying, dazzling planet that, true to Dane Von Trier's inspired swan dive (black swan dive) into German romanticism, is set to destroy life on earth: Götterdämmerung via "Tristan and Isolde" (which he uses in the picture's rapturously beautiful overture), via Ophelia via Cassandra via Von Trier's own personal mythology.
Clinically depressed Justine (a stunningly raw Kirsten Dunst -- Von Trier's surrogate) does what's often expected of those afflicted -- wear a brave face and don that damn wedding dress (a creamy dream of a dress that Justine seems strangled by, until she lifts it up and fornicates with another man on a golf green…). Further, she must embrace love, work, family (no matter how dysfunctional) and rules.
Well, Von Trier cannot accept that fate, and in the picture's first half, in which Justine destroys her nuptials, her actions serve as depressive, rebellious self awareness: "What did you expect?" She asks. Indeed. And then comes planet Melancholia, inching closer and closer, leaving stable sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg) panic stricken while Justine, calmly, grimly and at times, cheekily, accepts annihilation, not as easy suicide but as a kind of cosmic extension of despair. Yes. Finally. Justine isn't wallowing in depression, she's embracing, seducing it, and in one of the picture's most exquisite moments, lying beneath it naked -- basking in the glow of doom.
Von Trier, a notorious and real sufferer himself, sincerely understands depression (just as he understood the horrors of anxiety in his brilliant and deeply misunderstood Antichrist), which may be why he maddens so many. How can he do this to these women? Well, because women do suffer, women get depressed, and not merely in simplistic, eye-rolling, I-cry-at-weddings ways (and Justine is not your usual runaway bride, god bless her), but in complicated, sometimes terrifying ways.
Von Trier gets women. I've been stating this for years and have found myself in heated arguments over my stance. But here's something else -- he's also in awe, baffled and scared of them, which makes him one of the most honest male (and female) filmmakers working. I, often, don't understand women. I don't understand myself, frequently, and many women engage in curious, sometimes destructive acts. Not solely because they're weak (which is actually a forgivable trait in a person) or simply irrational or evil, but because they're multi-faceted human beings. He certainly understands much about human nature -- male and female -- but to me, he is the consummate woman's director. Like George Cukor, Douglas Sirk, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder before him (but clearly, his own beast), the experimental, profound, bizarre, sickening, poignant and often genius Dane creates female characters of, sometimes, Joan of Arc proportions -- Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark and Dogville are the most prominent examples -- and lets them both fight and fold under the weight of their existence.
His women, or martyrs, as many would, often rightfully assert, live in a hard, oppressive world, peopled with individuals who harbor little concern for their goodness or, at least attempt to understand their ugliness. They are human, and so, how they respond to such pressures or the conflicts within themselves often create knee-jerk reactions toward Von Trier. Chiefly, he must hate women. No. He does not. He appears to love women. And then, perhaps like most men, at times, he does not love them. They are maddening and victimized and glorious and, in the end, good (or not?). And master von Trier adds to it all a sardonic touch, spicing up his experimental melodrama with heavy doses of dark humor and personal reflection -- he surely both loves and hates himself as well.
Weaving himself into his characters, he's sadistic, masochist, empathetic, self obsessed, morbid and morbidly funny and then honest and honestly confused. With Melancholia he grants depressives a gift. Taking Justine's depleted darkness and imbuing her with celestial life through doomsday, he, to recall another German Romantic, creates an Ode to Joy through heartbreaking and gloriously inspirational…woe.
And ten more (with a tie) to be discussed further soon:
The Turin Horse (Belá Tarr)
The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)
The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodóvar)
Shame (Steve McQueen)
A Dangerous Method (David Cronenberg)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
Hugo (Martin Scorsese) tied with
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Rupert Wyatt)
I will explain this tie further but, briefly, these were two of the most interestingly ballsy/subversive big studio pictures the year. A 3-D children's movie (yes, it was for adults too but...) about Georges Méliès (whom many adults non cineastes have never heard of) and the importance of film preservation? A ballsy move. And a popcorn prequel in which we root for apes to destroy mankind? Perhaps that's all I need to say.
Moneyball (Bennett Miller)
Sucker Punch (Zack Snyder)
And I will get to this choice also but, again, briefly, one of the most misunderstood, feminist, wildly experimental, anti-patriarchy pictures this year. Whatever Synder did, or didn't do, he tapped into something powerfully creepy and poignant regarding victimization. There's much more to discuss but for now...
Happy New Year.


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The desire for equal height columns in a CSS layout is nothing new; there are many solutions available, some use JavaScript, others use CSS with negative margins, and then, there's the faux columns method using background images. All of these methods have their place as perfectly valid solutions, and, depending on the situation, may be the best solution available. Continue reading "JavaScript Equal Height Columns"
Base JavaScript File
Upcoming posts on JavaScript will include references to functions in my base JavaScript file; rather than explain these functions each time, they'll be detailed in this post for future reference.
There are many pre-written JavaScript examples and functions available, so it's important to note that all of these functions have been written by others, some include slight changes; all moved to the namespace PWCC, as you'll see in the source code.
Review – Everything you know about CSS is wrong!
During the week I read Rachel Andrew and Kevin Yank's Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong! At a little over 100 pages it's a concise explanation of CSS tables and how they will – and an argument why they should – change the way in which web developers work.
EYKACIW! begins by explaining how today's web developer has hacked CSS to do things it was never designed to do, in much the same way that we hacked HTML tables in the heady days of the 1990s; floats, faux columns, negative margins, positioning, and, several more tricks now used as a second nature all get dishonourable mentions.
Continue reading "Review – Everything you know about CSS is wrong!"
Don't start with a reset.css
Earlier this year, Jonathan Snook wrote an article on why he doesn't use a reset.css in which he referred to Eric Meyer's reset, a short time later, Eric Meyer responded with an article of his own. Unlike many discussions on the web, it wasn't a mudslinging match, but a sincere discussion of the tools available to web developers.
My initial thoughts were that a reset style sheet, combined with a base style sheet, was a helpful place to start any web project as it reduces the incidence of unexpected results. I thought it was important for the developer to have her own reset and base styles; blindly adopting someone else's reset and base style sheets will just lead to a different set of surprises.


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Wildcat! BBS was a bulletin board system server application that Mustang Software developed in 1986 for DOS, and later ported to Microsoft Windows. It also included special code to run in a DOS box under OS/2. By the release of Version 4 it was the basis for more than 50,000 bulletin board systems worldwide.
The product was later expanded to integrate Internet access under the name WINServer (Wildcat! Interactive Net Server). Mustang sold Wildcat! to Santronics Software, Inc. on November 19, 1998. Santronics had been an active third-party developer for the Wildcat! product lines since 1991.
Classics is the second full-length album from Ratatat, released on August 22, 2006. As with their first album, Classics is almost entirely instrumental, with the only exception being a large cat-like sound sample used in "Wildcat."
During a September 15, 2006 interview on radio station KEXP, the band revealed that part of the album was recorded in upstate New York in a house owned by Björk.
This album produced three singles: "Lex", "Wildcat", and "Loud Pipes".
The track "Tropicana" was featured in the 2007 film "Knocked Up".
"Wildcat" is an early short story by the American author Flannery O'Connor. It is one of the six stories included in O'Connor's 1947 master's thesis The Geranium: A Collection of Short Stories and was published posthumously in The North American Review in 1970. It later appeared in the 1971 collection The Complete Stories.
In this story, the main character "Old Gabriel," a blind, elderly African American man, is afraid of a wildcat, which he can supposedly smell. He remembers a story from his childhood of a wildcat killing someone he knew, and does not want to be left alone for fear that it will attack him. The story portrays Gabriel's struggles with his impending death.
A frontier is the political and geographical areas near or beyond a boundary. The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts on another country (see also marches).
The word "frontier" also means a region at the edge of a settled area, especially in North American development. It is a transition zone where explorers, pioneers and settlers were arriving. That is, as pioneers moved into the "frontier zone", they were changed by the encounter. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front".
That is what Frederick Jackson Turner calls "the significance of the frontier." For example, Turner argues that, in United States' 1893, one change was that unlimited free land in this zone was available, and thus offered the psychological sense of unlimited opportunity. This, in turn, had many consequences such as optimism, future orientation, shedding of restraints due to land scarcity, and wastefulness of natural resources.
Frontier is an upcoming Canadian historical drama television series. Co-created by Brad Peyton, Rob Blackie and Peter Blackieand, Frontier will chronicle the North American fur trade of the 1800s.
The series will air domestically on Discovery Channel as its first original scripted production, and was acquired by Netflix for international distribution.
Jason Mamoa will star, joined by Alun Armstrong, Allan Hawco, Landon Liboiron, and Jessica Matten. Hawco had participated in Peyton's previous series, Republic of Doyle.
Frontier will premiere on Discovery Channel Canada in 2016, with a six-episode order for season 1; it marks the channel's first original scripted commission. In November 2015, Netflix acquired digital rights to the series outside of Canada. Per the agreement, it will not appear on Netflix in Canada until 2018. The series will be produced in 4K ultra high definition; on January 8, 2016, Bell Media confirmed that Frontier would stream in 4K via the Discovery Go app for Samsung 4K smart TVs.
Frontier is a solo dance choreographed by Martha Graham to music by Louis Horst. The set was designed by Isamu Noguchi; Graham created the costume. The work began as an ensemble piece, Perspectives: Frontier and Marching Song also known as Frontiers (Perspective No. 1) and Frontier. The ballet's Marching Song portion was set to music by Lehman Engle. The work premiered on April 28, 1935, at the Guild Theatre in New York City. By the end of 1935, Graham was performing Frontier exclusively as a solo. The piece was the first of her works to explore American identity through an archetypal character.
Approximately seven minutes in length, Frontier is the first of Graham's "American" modern dance works, a group that includes American Document (1938), American Provincials (1934), Panorama (1935), El Penitente (1940), Letter to the World (1940), Salem Shore (1943) and Appalachian Spring (1944). In its solo form, the piece was subtitled American Perspective of the Plains.
In her autobiography, Blood Memory, Graham wrote that her family's move West by train was the inspiration for Frontier. "Tracks in front of me, how they gleamed whether we went straight ahead or through a newly carved-out mountain. It was these tracks that hugged the land, and became a part of my living memory. Parallel lines whose meaning was inexhaustible, whose purpose was infinite. This was, for me, the beginning of my ballet Frontier." The work meshes with Graham's stated goal to create a "uniquely American" dance form, to help "bring forth an art as powerful as the country itself."


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My Approach to Hypnosis
When someone comes to me for hypnosis therapy, one of the first things I do is assure them that I don't make people bark like dogs or cluck like chickens. Many folks are familiar with hypnosis from seeing someone at a comedy club or watching a demonstration at a school assembly. This is not what I do.
My way of working is focused on bringing out the best in people. I don't do anything to violate someone's values - I wouldn't do anything that would embarrass people in front of friends, family or co-workers.
Hypnosis involves something called "trance." We encounter "trance" all the time, even if we don't know it as "hypnosis". For example, sometimes when I drive, my mind temporarily goes "somewhere else". When that happens, it's usually not a very deep trance as I can still use my brakes, change lanes, notice my surroundings and more. Once in a while the state of "trance" might be a little bit deeper. In that case, I may miss my exit, have to drive to the next one and turn around.
Another example of "trance" happens when I go to the movies. If I become engaged a movie, I can become "entranced" - the movie ends, the credits roll, and what seemed like an hour, was really two or three hours. Similarly, I sometimes finish a conversation with a close friend and what seemed to be a twenty minute phone call was really an hour!
I use the lightest form of "trance" possible and the person being hypnotized has memory of everything we say and do.
Here's what happens:
- We talk about the challenges you are having and what you want to change.
- Based on what your challenges are, I'll suggest a therapeutic procedure or procedures and review them with you so you know exactly what to expect.
- I'll guide you through the procedures to bring about the changes we talked about.
- Lastly, you'll have the opportunity to see how the changes look for your future.
I make this change as simple and effective as possible. I've been honing my practice for over 20 years so I have the experience and knowledge to help you get unstuck, heal and create the changes you want in your life.
Contact me to see how I can help you or look at one of my services below.
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You can email or call me about hypnosis for whatever you are struggling with. I am an experienced practitioner looking forward to connecting and supporting your growth.


text: 'Nathan Burgoine is a tall queer guy who mostly writes short queer fiction, though he's up to three novels now. Light was a Lambda Literary finalist. Triad Blood and Triad Soul are available from Bold Strokes Books. He lives in Ottawa, Canada, with his husband Dan and their rescued husky, Coach. You can find 'Nathan online on his website, Twitter, and Facebook. Coach often steps into the frame, and 'Nathan wouldn't have it any other way.


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I've lived in Brisbane pretty much my whole life, and want to review two of my favorite places in town – Fortitude Valley and South Bank. I work in one and spend a lot of free time in the other.
They are a contrast in some ways – South Bank is almost completely new, built on the Brisbane 1988 Expo site over the last 25 years, while Fortitude Valley is one of Brisbane's oldest places, whose basic structure and built form was set in place many moons ago. The Valley is daggy and edgy, South Bank is shiny and green.
So why do they both appeal to me as great parts of my home town? Despite their different ages and history, they have things in common that attract me. When I analyse them as a planner, I realise they share characteristics which make them work for me as a place to spend time in when I'm just being a Brisbanite.
They both have lots of people working, visiting and/or living there. They are what planners and urban designers call "high intensity, mixed use, 18-24 hour places". So they have lots of things going on most of the time, often quite different activites and more than one happening at once – planning speak for this is "vitality" and who doesn't love a dose of that? If urban planning documents are anything to go by, vitality competes with vibrancy as one of the most sought after (and poorly explained, but that's another story) features of places. I guess it's the vibe…
Other aspects that make them work for me as a place to like:
- Their roughly grid pattern of streets, which means you can find your way around (planning speak is legibility) and know where you are (wayfinding) whether on foot, bike or in a car. If you miss a turn, just use the next one!
- You can get around them all quite happily and easily on foot (P-speak: walkability) and there are lots of arcades, lanes or breaks between buildings that allow you to find your way easily to where you want to go (P-speak: connectivity)
- The buildings are generally medium rise, say 3-6 storeys, so there is still some relationship between someone on the street and what's around them (planning speak is human scale. For why this works, see Jan Gehl's latest book "Cities for People")
- These buildings are placed right up to the footpath (P-speak: built to the street) so that the footpath adjoins the building with no setback or landscaping between them. This gives them a feeling of intensity and connection to the street.
- The streets are often about as wide as the height of the buildings on them and something about that makes them a comfortable setting to be in (P-speak: human scale – again, see Jan's book for details)
- The streets often have street trees – my favorite! Me speak: it doesn't matter what the question is, the answer is street trees. Have you ever seen a street that looks worse for having them?
- They are easy to get to, with lots of options – by car, bus, train, ferry (South Bank) and of course bike. (P-speak = accessible)
- You can see the city centre from most places in them, so the contrast with its height and dominance give them a context (P-speak: city frame) and a contrast that is both able to comfort and surprise as you move around (P-speak: fun, intrigue)
- They both have interesting streets with some street art and themed street furniture like seating, signage etc; and great public gathering/use areas, like the Brunswick Street and Chinatown malls in the valley, and well, the South Bank parklands (P-speak: public realm)
- The ground level of most of the buildings are used for things that are useful and interesting, like places to eat, shops and the like (P-speak: active street frontages)
- Because there are mostly lots of people around, they have lots of potential witnesses if bad stuff happens, so it mostly doesn't (P-speak: casual surveillance, or eyes on the street). Well, at least outside the nightclub hours when behaviour can deteriorate with certain fuels added…
I spend a fair bit of my professional life advocating these planning and urban design concepts. And it seems that they work for me in my own life outside work. I'm like anyone else in that when I'm just being me, my basic human instincts respond favourably to well designed and planned places, which are mixed use, vibrant, human scale, legible, walkable, accessible, have a clear role in the city, a sense of fun and surprise, built to the street, active frontages with treed streets, casual surveillance and quality of public realm.
So it turns out that I'm putting my life where my mouth is. Who woulda thought it!


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Art of Singing Insight event to be live-streamed on 3 September 2015
3 September 2015
Erwin Schrott, Rebecca Ferguson and Julian Ovenden join Edith Bowman to explore the power of the voice and what it takes to be a great singer.
Changing perceptions: What it takes to produce the Deloitte Ignite festival at the Royal Opera House
1 September 2015
Laurie Miller-Zutshi from SeaChange Arts on why festivals are important for the arts scene in Britain.
Watch: Royal Opera House transformed into spectacular piece of visual art for Deloitte Ignite 15
20 August 2015
Animated visual projections paid tribute to the history of the ROH and revealed the world of creativity behind the scenes
Watch: What happened when we opened up the ROH to roller skaters and hip-hop dancers
14 August 2015
Before we throw open our doors for the Deloitte Ignite 15 festival, we challenged some talented young performers to retell the story of Romeo and Juliet.
The Royal Opera's Orphée et Eurydice to be staged as part of #HOFEST
27 April 2015
Sadler's Wells, O2 Brixton Academy and Stratford Circus will also stage work by Hofesh Shechter as part of a two-month festival in autumn 2015.
Watch: The stories of Prometheus and Leda and the Swan
5 September 2014
Ancient myth illustrated with new animations, voiced by Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory.
Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory short films to have their premiere at Deloitte Ignite 2014
4 September 2014
Actors perform poems on film, and voice animated films inspired by the festival's theme of myth.
Watch: Chris Ofili painting Royal Ballet dancers' bodies for Deloitte Ignite 2014
3 September 2014
The Turner Prize-winning artist is using dancers as living canvases for his Festival collaboration with Aakash Odedra.
'The best experience I've ever had': Thurrock's youth sing their hearts out with A Little Thing Called Life
8 July 2014
FUSED Festival comes to a close with premiere of new work by youth vocal group RM19.
RM19 vocal group creates and stages new work inspired by Verdi's Requiem at FUSED Festival
1 July 2014
The group of 11 to 25-year-olds compose, design and stage A Little Thing Called Life in conjunction with a number of artists.