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Friday, November 28, 2014
Playlist for 11.28.14: Sweet Snowflake
Stream or download the entire Nov. 28 show right here. Find Zero Hour also on Facebook,Twitter and Tumblr.
12:04PM Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" from Zero Hour theme (2013) on Self Local
12:07PM Too Much Joy "Thanksgiving In Reno" from Cereal Killers (1991) on Giant/Alias
12:11PM The Tripwires "Dance with a Drink" from Get Young (2014) on Folc Records New
12:12PM The Hares "Let's Go Around" from Smoking in Bed (2014) on Saustex Media New
12:15PM Dave Davies "King of Karaoke" from Rippin' Up Time (2014) on Red River Entertainment New
12:21PM Cozy "Sweet Snowflake" from Button By Button (2014) on Hozac
12:23PM Cyanide Pills "Where Did It Go (Live)" from Live 'N' Nasty in Frankfurt (2014) on Damaged Goods
12:25PM The Yolks "True Love" from Kings of Awesome! (2014) on Randy Records New
12:28PM The Muffs "Weird Boy Next Door" from Whoop Dee Doo (2014) on Burger Records
12:31PM John Wesley Coleman "I Wish the Night to Be a Lot Longer" from The Love That You Own (2014) on Burger Records New
12:34PM Germ House "Creeping Eyes" from Showing Symptoms (2014) on Trouble In Mind Records
12:38PM Reigning Sound "Baby, It's Too Late" from Shattered (2014) on Merge
12:42PM Love "Beep Beep" from Black Beauty (2014) on High Noon New
12:45PM Espectrostatic "The Cold Spot" from Escape from Witchtropolis (2014) on Trouble In Mind Records New
12:48PM Nude Beach "The Witness" from 77 (2014) on Don Giovanni Records New
12:52PM Dwight Twilley "'Til the Jukebox Dies" from Always (2014) on Big Oak New
12:56PM The Real Kids "Shake...outta Control" from Shake...Outta Control (2014) on Ace of Heart Records
12:59PM Bo-Dogs "High Heel Kicks" from Bad Bad Dog! (2014) on Low Impact Records New
01:04PM Sugar Stems "I Know Where I'm Going" from Only Come Out At Night (2014) on Dirtnap Records Local
01:08PM The Blue Mooners "Honey Bucket" from The Blue Mooners (2014) on s/r Local
01:09PM St. Bernard "My Baby Went To The Bahamas" from Lest We Forget: Our Night to Remember (2013) on Milwaukee Rock Posters Local
01:13PM The Uptown Savages "Launching Pad Rumba" from Rock 'N' Roll With You (2014) on Cuca Local
01:20PM The Martinets "Your Wasted Man" from Rock and Roll Will Probably Never Die (2014) on MuSick Recordings New
01:23PM Missing Monuments "Covered In Ice" from Blast! - EP (2013) on Slovenly Recordings
01:26PM Ex Hex "New Kid" from Rips (2014) on Merge New
01:29PM The Love Me Nots "Midnght" from Sucker (2014) on Atomic A Go Go Records LLC New
01:33PM AJ Davila & Terror Amor "Oh Mama (Solo Quiero Pecar)" from Beibi (2014) on Burger Records New
01:38PM Urban Junior "Stehaufmanchen" from The Truth About Dr. S & Mr. P (2014) on Voodoo Rhythm New
01:41PM Friends of Cesar Romero "Teisco Telstar Stomp" from The Hold / Teisco Telstar Stomp - Single (2014) on Snappy Little Numbers
01:43PM Magnetix "Hot Pearl Snatch" from Cramped! (2013) on Kizmiaz Records
01:45PM The Blind Shake "Mildew" from Breakfast of Failures (2014) on Goner New
01:48PM Movie Star Junkies "Red Harvest" from Evil Moods (2014) on Voodoo Rhythm New
01:51PM The Dead Brothers "Heart Of Stone" from Black Moose (2014) on Voodoo Rhythm New
01:57PM Cabezafuego "Pachuca" from Walk With Me (2014) on Folc Records New
02:04PM The Beavers "Why Baby Why?" from Sixties Japanese Garage Psych Sampler (2013) on Bamboo
02:05PM The Routes "New Instro 2" from Hole in My Soul Single (2014) on KOTJ
02:08PM The A-Bones "Sorry" from Ears Wide Shut (2014) on Norton Records Inc.
02:11PM Stupidity "On Fire" from Fore (2014) on GoFast Records
02:13PM The Outta Sites "The Mongoose" from Rock and Roll Dance Party (2014) on The Outta Sites New
02:16PM The Reprobettes "I Don't Love You No More" from s/t (2014) on Off The Hip
02:19PM The Youth "Baby, I'm Back" from Nothing But… (2014) on Dirty Water Records
02:23PM Cowbell "The Fear" from Skeleton Soul (2014) on Damaged Goods
02:29PM Tommy Womack "Going Nowhere" from Stubborn (2000) on Sideburn Records
02:32PM The Reverse Cowgirls "Chickenstew" from Bucking (2014) on Off Label
02:34PM Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs "Pistol Pete" from All Her Fault (2014) on Transdreamer
02:37PM Miss Laurie Ann & The SaddleTones "Let's Fight" from Ease My Mind (2014) on Miss Laurie Ann & the Saddletones
02:40PM Jeffrey Dean Foster "The Sun Will Shine Again" from The Arrow (2014) on Angel Skull Records New
02:44PM Tom Heyman "Keep the River On Your Right" from That Cool Blue Feeling (2014) on Bohemian Neglect Recording Works
02:49PM Katydids "Road to Love & Luck" from Road to Love & Luck (2014) on Vacilando '68
02:53PM Chuck Prophet "Laughing On the Inside" from Night Surfer (2014) on Yep Roc Records New
02:56PM The Vaselines "High Tide Low Tide" from V For Vaselines (2014) on Rosary Music
03:00PM Figures of Light "The Winter of Our Discontent" from Buy Before You Die (2014) on F O L Records
Friday, November 21, 2014
Playlist for 11.21.14: Backdoor Boogie
Stream or download the entire Nov. 21 show right here. Find Zero Hour also onFacebook,Twitter and Tumblr.
12:33PM Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" from Zero Hour theme (2013) on Self Local
12:37PM Urban Junior "Backdoor Boogie" from The Truth About Dr. S & Mr. P (2014) on Voodoo Rhythm New
12:39PM The Jam Messengers "Rocknroll History" from Guilty! (2014) on Thick Syrup Records New
12:40PM The Martinets "Rock and Roll Probably" from Rock and Roll Will Probably Never Die (2014) on MuSick Recordings New
12:44PM Jerry Lee Lewis "Rock & Roll Time" from Rock and Roll Time (2014) on VANGUARD New
12:52PM Gino And The Goons "Sex, Drugs & Paranoia" from Shake It! (2014) on Slovenly New
12:53PM Mike Rep & The Quotas "Mama Was a Schitzo" from Mama Was a Schitzo - Single (2014) on Hozac New
12:57PM The Monsieurs "Gloria" from The Monsieurs (2014) on Slovenly Recordings / Black Gladiator New
01:00PM Lupers "Le Has Dao" from 9" (2014) on Folc Records New
01:05PM Xposed Foreheads "People are Stupid" from Dumb Music for Smart People (2014) on Internal Combustion Local
01:07PM Winter Bear "Take It Back" from Take It Back - Single (2014) on selfish agenda Local
01:09PM The Sleepwalkers "Safe For the Ride" from Lost My Mind in Stereo (2014) on self-released Local
01:12PM The Midwest Beat "High Life" from Free of Being (2014) on Waterslide Local
01:20PM Dwight Twilley "Always" from Always (2014) on Big Oak New
01:23PM Nikki Sudden "Stereo Baby" from Fred Beethoven (2014) on Easy Action / Rookwood Productions
01:26PM The Tripwires "How in Heaven's Name" from Get Young (2014) on Folc Records
01:29PM The Empty Hearts "Meet Me 'Round the Corner" from The Empty Hearts (2014) on Savoy
01:31PM Blaire Alise & The Bombshells "Johnny Love" from For My Darlin' (2014) on Blaire Alise & the Bombshells
01:38PM The Outta Sites "Good Good Lovin" from Rock and Roll Dance Party (2014) on The Outta Sites New
01:40PM Muck and the Mires "Candy Apple Red" from Dial M for Muck (2014) on Dirty Water New
01:42PM The Love Me Nots "You Gotta Go" from Sucker (2014) on Atomic A Go Go Records LLC New
01:44PM Imelda May "Five Good Men" from Tribal (2014) on Verve New
01:47PM Quitty and the Don'ts "Running Out Of Time" from Running Out of Time/Break Your Heart (2014) on Hidden Volume
01:49PM The New Picadillys "Misery" from Introducing ... (2014) on Soundflat
01:52PM The Gentrys "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Good Bad)" from Keep on Dancing on MGM
01:54PM Paul Collins "Only Girl" from Feel the Noise (2014) on Alive Naturalsound
01:57PM The Electric Mess "Beat Skipping Heart" from House on Fire (2014) on Soundflat
01:59PM Mousie & The Traps "How About You" from The Rebel Kind: Girls With Guitars 3 (2014) on Ace
02:04PM The Real Numbers "Might I See You Tonight" from What Was & What Is (2014) on Almost Ready
02:07PM Steve Adamyk Band "Careless" from Dial Tone (2014) on Dirtnap
02:09PM Barreracudas "Promises" from Promises - Single (2014) on Oops Baby Records
02:11PM Pointed Sticks "Out Of Luck" from Perfect Youth (1977) on Sudden Death Records
02:14PM Pointed Sticks "Part Of The Noise" from Perfect Youth (1977) on Sudden Death Records
02:17PM Games "Little Elise" from Little Elise - Single (2014) on Hozac
02:20PM The Liminanas "I'm Dead" from I've Got Trouble in Mind: 7" and Rare Stuff 2009/2014 (2014) on Trouble In Mind Records
02:24PM The Blind Shake "Dots in the Fog" from Breakfast of Failures (2014) on Goner New
02:28PM Movie Star Junkies "Jim Thompson" from Evil Moods (2014) on Voodoo Rhythm New
02:32PM The Vagoos "Bye Bye My Love" from S/T (2014) on Off Label
02:37PM James Hand "Devil Ain't No Quitter" from Stormclouds in Heaven (2014) on Slim Hand Music New
02:42PM Paperhead "Old Fashioned Kind" from Africa Avenue (2014) on Trouble in Mind New
02:44PM My Drunken Haze "Girl Who Looks Like a Boy" from My Drunken Haze (2014) on Inner Ear Records New
02:47PM Outrageous Cherry "I Think She's Alright" from Digital Age (2014) on Burger Records
02:50PM Guantanamo Baywatch "Massage My Taj Mahal" from Chest Crawl (2012) on Dirtnap Records
02:52PM Ultimate Painting "She's a Bomb" from Ultimate Painting (2014) on Trouble in Mind New
02:56PM Jeffrey Dean Foster "Hang My Head On You" from The Arrow (2014) on Angel Skull Records New
Friday, November 14, 2014
Playlist for 11.14.14: Record Player Party
Stream or download the entire Nov. 14 show right here. Find Zero Hour also onFacebook,Twitter and Tumblr.
12:06PM Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme" from Zero Hour theme (MP3, 2013) on Self
12:07PM The Improbables "Bad Vibrations" from Bad Vibrations/Giving You a Key (7 Inch, 2014) on Hidden Volume
12:10PM The Litter "Action Woman" from Action Woman / A Legal Matter - Single (7 Inch, 1967) on Scotty
12:13PM The King Khan & BBQ Show "We Are the Ocean" from We Are the Ocean (7 Inch) on Sultan
12:19PM Shadows Of Knight "Dark Side" from Dark Side (7 Inch) on Dunwich
12:21PM The Jackson 5 "ABC" from ABC (7 Inch, 1970) on Motown
12:24PM The Sweet "Little Willy" from Little Willy (7 Inch) on Bell
12:29PM The Donnas "Wig-Wam Bam" from Wig-Wam Bam (7 Inch) on Gearhead
12:31PM Freddy Cannon "Tallahassee Lassie" from Tallahassee Lassie (7 Inch) on Swam
12:38PM Friends of Cesar Romero "The Hold" from The Hold / Teisco Telstar Stomp - Single (7 Inch, 2014) on Snappy Little Numbers
12:40PM The Above "The Girl With the Peacock Tattoo" from Flake Out - single (7 Inch, 2013) on Castile
12:43PM The Newbeats "Groovin' (Out on Life)" from Groovin' (Out on Life) (7 Inch) on Hickory
12:46PM B.J. Thomas and the Triumphs "Candy Baby" from Candy Baby (7 Inch) on Scepter
12:49PM Apache Dropout "Shot Down" from Shot Down (7 Inch) on Trouble in Mind
12:51PM Wheels On Fire "Dead of Night" from Dead of Night (7 Inch) on Milk N' Herpes
12:56PM The Kinks "Come On Now" from Come On Now (7 Inch) on Reprise
12:58PM Chris Montez "Let's Dance" from LET'S DANCE (7 Inch) on Monogram
01:05PM Ramma Lamma "Big Street Time" from Big Street Time - Single (7 Inch, 2011) on FDH records
01:09PM Static Eyes "Trouble" from Trouble (7 Inch, 2013) on Windian
01:11PM The Ones "Short Dress" from Short-Dress/Tight-Rope (7 Inch, 2014) on Rerun
01:16PM The Midwest Beat "Appaloosa" from Appaloosa (7 Inch) on Certified PR
01:21PM Percy Sledge "It's All Wrong But It's Alright" from It's All Wrong But It's Alright (7 Inch) on Atlantic
01:24PM Otis Redding "Let Me Come on Home" from Let Me Come on Home (7 Inch) on Volt
01:26PM ISLEY BROTHERS "Freedom" from Freedom (7 Inch) on T-Neck
01:30PM Archie Bell & The Drells "I Can't Stop Dancing" from I Can't Stop Dancing (7 Inch, 1968) on Atlantic
01:35PM The Arrows "Bongo Party" from Bongo Party (7 Inch) on Tower
01:37PM Preston Epps "Hully Gully Bongo" from Hully Gully Bongo (7 Inch) on Original Sound
01:40PM Gary U.S. Bonds "Havin' So Much Fun" from Havin' So Much Fun (7 Inch) on Legrand
01:42PM Jimmie Dee & The Offbeats "Henrietta" from Henrietta (7 Inch) on Dot
01:45PM Loretta Lynn "Your Squaw Is On The Warpath" from Your Squaw Is On the Warpath (7 Inch, 1969) on Decca
01:47PM Bobby Bare Jr. "Shame On Me" from Shame On Me - Single (7 Inch, 2014) on Big Legal Mess
01:53PM The Great Dismal Swamis "Surfin' with the Swamis" from Surfin' with the Swamis - Single (7 Inch, 2014) on Fandango
01:56PM Spider Bags "Hey Delinquents" from Hey Delinquents (7 Inch) on Daggerman
01:58PM Sheer Mag "What You Want" from What You Want (7 Inch, 2014) on Wilsuns Recording
02:04PM Squeeze "Another Nail In My Heart" from Another Nail In My Heart (7 Inch) on A&M
02:07PM Joe Tex "I GotCha" from I Gotcha (7 Inch, 1972) on Dial
02:10PM Andre Williams "Cadillac Jack" from Cadillac Jack (7 Inch) on Checker
02:13PM The Unchained Mynds "Goin' Back to Miami" from Goin' Back to Miami (7 Inch) on Buddah
02:16PM The Alarm Clocks "Ramona" from Ramona (7 Inch) on Norton Records
02:22PM The Mr. T Experience "Love American Style" from Love American Style - Single (7 Inch, 1991) on Lookout
02:24PM Ambulance "It's All Up to You" from It's All Up to You (7 Inch) on Sing Sing
02:28PM Paul Collins "With A Girl Like You" from Who, Dear? - Single (7 Inch, 2011) on Big Legal Mess
02:31PM Jake Starr and the Delicious Fullness "Yummy" from Yummy (7 Inch, 2014) on Fandango
02:33PM The Animals "I'm Crying" from I'm Crying (7 Inch) on MGM
02:38PM Van Trevor "Did I Have a Good Time (At the Sundown Nudist Camp)" from You Didn't Have a Good Time (7 Inch) on Royal American
02:41PM The Delusionaires "The Scrump" from The Scrump/The Worm Whispers (7 Inch, 2014) on Hidden Volume
02:44PM Big Bob Taylor "Wowsville" from Wowsville (7 Inch) on Crypt
02:48PM Liquor Store "Free Pizza" from Free Pizza (7 Inch) on Almost Ready Records
02:52PM The Gestures "Run, Run, Run" from Run, Run, Run (7 Inch) on Soma
02:54PM ? & The Mysterians "I Need Somebody" from I Need Somebody (7 Inch) on Cameo
02:56PM Tommy James & The Shondells "Some Kind of Love" from Some Kind of Love (7 Inch) on Roulette
02:58PM The Ohio Express "Roll It Up" from Roll It Up (7 Inch) on Buddah
Friday, November 7, 2014
Playlist for 11.7.14: The Big Cover Up, Vol. 6
12:07PM Ramma Lamma "Zero Hour theme"
12:09PM The Fantastic Dee-Jays "Fight Fire" — The Golliwogs
12:11PM Sir Douglas Quintet "You're Gonna Miss Me" — The 13th Floor Elevators
12:18PM Warm Soda "All Grown Up" — The Gore Gore Girls
12:20PM Les Sexareenos "Lights Out" — Jerry Byrne
12:21PM The Ramones "Let's Dance" — Chris Montez
12:23PM The New Piccadillys "Judy Is A Punk" — The Ramones
12:25PM Stiv Bators "It's Cold Outside" — The Choir
12:31PM The First Four "Empty Heart" — The Rolling Stones
12:33PM The A-Bones "Daddy Wants a Cold Beer" Request — Menster Phip & The Phipsters
12:35PM Bobby Patterson "Your Love Belongs Under a Rock" — The Dirtbombs
12:39PM I Wanna Be Your Dog "The Seven Stooges" — The Stooges
12:42PM The Watzloves "You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly" — Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
12:51PM Slaughter And The Dogs "Who Are The Mystery Girls" — The New York Dolls
12:53PM Danny & the Darleans "It's About My Baby" — The Strangeloves
12:56PM The Ugly Beats "If I Were a Carpenter" — Tim Hardin
01:05PM The Uptown Savages "Dead Presidents" — Little Walter
01:08PM The Blue Mooners "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" — Allan Sherman
01:10PM Boris the Sprinkler "Rock and Roll, Part 2" — Gary Glitter
01:13PM The Mistreaters "Oh! Didn't I Say" — The Tubeway Army
01:21PM '68 Comeback "Bullmoose" — Bobby Darin
01:24PM The Everly Brothers "Leave My Woman Alone" — Ray Charles
01:26PM Big Foot Chester "(Since) My Sweet Love (Ain't Around)" — Hank Williams
01:29PM John Schooley "Boo Hoo" — Marvin Rainwater
01:37PM Dave Edmunds "Get Out Of Denver" — Bob Seger
01:39PM The Sonics "Do You Love Me?" — The Contours
01:42PM The Downliners Sect "Little Egypt" — The Coasters
01:44PM Arthur Alexander "Detroit City (I Wanna Go Home)" — Bobby Bare
01:47PM Robyn Hitchcock "To Turn You On" — Roxy Music
01:52PM Ronnie Spector "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" — The Ramones
01:56PM The Dickies "Nights In White Satin" — The Moody Blues
02:04PM Flamin' Groovies "Louie, Louie" — Richard Berry
02:11PM Miriam "I'm Nobody's Baby Now" — Reparata and the Del-Rons
02:15PM The GTVs "Bulls Eye" — The Martinis
02:19PM Scud Mountain Boys "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" Request — Cher
02:26PM Carla Bozulich "Can I Sleep in Your Arms?" — Willie Nelson
02:30PM Flat Duo Jets "Shape Of Things To Come" — Max Frost & the Troopers
02:33PM The Hammersmith Gorillas "You Really Got Me" — The Kinks
02:40PM The Tell-Tale Hearts "Me Needing You" — The Pretty Things
02:43PM The Swingin' Neckbreakers "Girl Can't Dance/Look Away" — Bunker Hill/The Tempests
02:48PM Ross Johnson & Jeffrey Evans "I've Had It" — The Bell Notes
02:52PM T. Texas Edwards & the Swingin' Kornflake Killers "One Helluva Weekend" — Hank Thompson
02:55PM The Bama Lamas "Let's Go Again" — Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
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Is online qualitative research as effective as in-person research? We've had some of our long-term clients wanting to explore different ways to "replicate" in-person focus groups online. Surprisingly, this is being driven not only by time and money constraints but also by scheduling conflicts. Although in-person qual facilitates the kind of rapport and connection that is challenging to replicate online, we also believe conducting online qual can give insight – if you use the right methodology and platform for the objective.
We currently have a great bulletin board platform (Recollective) we use for gaining in-depth exploration into consumer's habits and practices – it's a great tool and we use it often as a supplement to in-person.
But finding the right tool to "replicate" an in-person experience – where stimuli can be shown and feedback can be given in context requires a synchronous platform (not a bulletin board – asynchronous platform)
So we recently renewed our discovery process to review new platforms and we were pleasantly surprised by how advanced the technology has become. Although not perfect, it's clear that many of them have become more "researcher friendly." So, while it can seem overwhelming based on the number of options available, we found the following process can help narrow the choices in order to choose the best platform for your needs.
Envision the Experience: With so many bells and whistles, it's easy to get swept away with a lot of the features available. We found as we were doing demos, that clarity was found if we focused on what the experience would look and feel like as we were conducting the study.
Decide: Asynchronous or Synchronous? There are pros and cons of each but both can be beneficial based on what you are trying to learn. For example, Asynchronous is great for "exploration" or "going deep" with individual consumers while allowing flexibility for both the researcher and respondents; however, the analysis is typically more disjointed and time-consuming. Synchronous platforms, on the other hand, require a specific "meet up" time. They work well when you want group feedback (ex: stimuli) because they allow data to flow in context – and the analysis is easier.
Decide: Text only or Webcam? This is an important step when determining which platform to use because some platforms are better at conducting Webcam interviews/groups (Intervu by FocusVision) while others provide a great Text Chat Group feature (Inside Heads and Visions Live). Again, there are pros and cons to each method that should be carefully evaluated based on your client team's wishes. For example, Text Chat Groups do not allow you to see and hear respondents while Webcam groups require much more technology requirements.
Creating an "evaluation process" not only helped us identify the right platform for the need, it also helped us overcome technology "overwhelm" and create excitement for a shiny, new research tool!

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Pavlova is the perfect dessert to please a crowd, with just a few ingredients you can turn fruit, eggs & cream into a spectacular showstopper that will be sure to please. Served in either single meringue nests or as one spectacular dessert to share, it's super customizable & can be made with an endless amount of toppings. It's traditionally served with sliced fruit like strawberries, blueberries & kiwi, but here are a few more of our favorites!
Winter Pavlova
Generally, when we think of pavlova, we're reminded of a light & refreshing summer treat, tropical flavors & vivid juicy colors. Mix it up in Winter, by adding poached pears & caramel sauce – the perfect dessert to warm the heart on those cold winter days.
Make the meringue base for your pavlova. Then poach your pears in a poaching syrup made up of sugar, water, a vanilla pod & little lemon juice. Whip up some cream (add mascarpone if you want something even more decadent) & prepare your favorite caramel sauce. Assemble by spreading your whipped cream over your meringue base, add the poached pears, drizzle with your caramel sauce & enjoy!
Chocolate Pavlova
The only way to make a pavlova even more delicious is to add chocolate to it! Together with raspberries, you cannot beat this combination – yum!
Once you've beaten your egg mixture for your meringues, fold in a combination of cocoa powder & finely chopped dark chocolate to your mix. Once your chocolate meringue has baked & cooled, whip up your cream & layer it over the meringue. Scatter some delicious raspberries over the cream & finish it off with a sprinkling of grated dark chocolate.
Layered Pavlova
Now, this is a standout dessert! The gorgeous pink of raspberries & pomegranate rubies peeking through the white layers of your pavlova will bring oohs & aahs from your friends.
To create a layered pavlova, instead of making just one meringue base, you'll need to make three. Divide your meringue mixture equally across three trays, so they are all the same size. Once baked & cooled, whip up your cream & spread a third of it over the bottom layer of your pavlova (leave a small gap around the edge, so it doesn't overflow as you add the layers). Generously sprinkle raspberries around the outside & gorgeous pomegranate rubies in the center (or try mango & passionfruit). Repeat this with the next two layers & voila – a beautiful three-layered pavlova!
A pavlova that looks & tastes magnificent will have everyone marveling at your baking prowess!!
The SoBakeable Team


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The Top 10 Funniest Car Insurance Commercials
Insurance companies have thought of some creative ways of catching your attention. We've compiled a list of our top 10 favorite car insurance commercials. Hope you enjoy!
#10 Thousands of people ride the bus to work
Taking the bus.. not as depressing as you might think after seeing this commercial…
#9 The infamous bouncing tire
This commercial from a Bangkok-based Thai insurance company tells the story of a tire bouncing along on the highway…
#8 Gimme some of dat insurance
You break the law? Then you better call up Lincoln…
#7 Beware of curious kids
Everyone knows what a pain some kids can be… but don't worry! Nationwide is on your side…
#6 Control yourselves ladies
Now would be a good time to have accident forgiveness… are you in good hands?
#5 Insurance For Women
This company only wants to insure women. After seeing this ad, we can't blame them!
#4 Are you insured?
One of the cheesiest insurance commercials I've ever seen, but also the funniest. This is from Survival insurance.
#3 You'll never know what will happen on the road
This Austrian auto insurance company seems to get their message across…
#2 I'm a hot babe out jogging
Allstate's Mayhem series has been a popular insurance ad for a while. This is my favorite:
#1 The caveman series
Geico's caveman series was so popular that a TV show spun off of it… poor cavemen…


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So, I went to my first DenverStyle Magazine event.../
Happy Wednesday, Fashionistas!
Recently, I'd heard that Denver Style Magazine was going to be hosting a Summer Mix + Mingle event in Fort Collins at a clothing boutique called Rustic Thread. The event was on a Saturday, so Ryan Landell and I packed up the car and took the 90-minute drive from Denver to check it out and do some networking!
It was great meeting the owners of DSM; Editor-in-Chief Heather Okimoto & COO/Co-Founder Kelsey Bigelow. They are two women who founded the magazine here in Denver just a few years ago, in 2014, and have been working diligently to elevate their platform and grow the magazine through their community events, print magazines, and partnerships with various boutiques and designers in the Colorado area. I truly enjoyed meeting these women, and I was inspired by their drive to fill a fashion void that they saw that was missing here in the city.
And...while I truly enjoyed meeting the owners of Denver Style Magazine- and attending their fashion event- there WAS one thing I was disappointed about, that I noticed as soon as I started shopping....
One thing that I've seen over and over again at each fashion event I've attended since moving to Denver:
None of the boutiques I visited had ANY offerings of clothing for my Plus Sized/Curvy readers... Not one...
In fact, the highest size I could find in each boutique I visited was a 'Large'.
Now, Colorado....you know good and well
there are tons of us Plus Sized Fashionistas living here...
And while I know that we are making significant strides in the fashion world to be more inclusive of sizes, it's disappointing to me-as a stylish Plus Woman and a new resident in Denver- to consistently attend these shopping events where no one thinks to offer plus options to their consumers who may be in attendance.
So, how do we fix this?
I'm new to this area. And, I'm new to the fashion world as a blogger too. But, if you know me, you know it's hard for me to stand idly by and just accept that my new city- this beautiful Denver that I've fallen in love with- is not going to provide fashionable offerings to me and my fellow plus consumers...
So, what can I do about it?
My plan is to reach out to Denver Style Magazine, and other fashion boutiques in the area, and to petition them to create more events that support more inclusive fashion & extended sizes. Does this mean that every one has to offer plus sizes in every boutique? Of course not. But, if you are going to offer fashion events for ALL, shouldn't our curvy sisters be included in the style conversation? (of course we should!)
My hope is that boutiques, designers, & fashion houses in the Denver area will realize that they are missing out on a HUGE market. By not offering options for curvy women, you are essentially losing out on millions of dollars in potential revenue.
(Yes, I said millions. We curvygirls like to shop too. ;)).
And, the biggest piece in all of this -that these straight-size fashion houses may not understand- is the FEELING that a plus woman gets every time she walks into your store, sees ALL of the pretty things you have to offer, and then feels the disappointment once she realizes that none of the clothing in your store has been curated with her in mind...
All of this being said, I am truly hoping that in the future we'll start to see more fashion offerings by and for EVERY woman -not just the fashionistas who fit in sizes from XS-Large- and that Denver's 'Style' community by and large will be hosting more size-inclusive events.
Fingers crossed, Fashionistas. I will keep you posted on any developments. ;)
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Dear Gwynnie Bee, you sure do know how to dress a girl. ;)
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Dress: Jessica Howard (courtesy of Gwynnie Bee)
Bag: Gianni Bernini
Shoes: Dream Pairs
Sunglasses: Toms (similar here)
(all pics in this article courtesy of Ryan Landell)


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Wajhy, Create Your Own Arab Avatar
Over the past years, every now and then a new avatar creation tool would pop up from somewhere, to let internet users create avatars of theirs in the form of South Park characters, Lego men and women, and the list continues; each time people would flock to the new service, create their avatars, and they'd spread them like fire across social networks and all sorts of other online services.
A new tool called Wajhy has been launched, in Arabic, for Arab users, that allows them to create avatars that actually look a bit more like them, and that they can dress in traditional dress too.
The user can choose whether they want to create a male or female avatar, then go in and start setting the options one by one, from shape of face, ears and nose, to what they're wearing, what their head dress is, and the accessories they're sporting.
The main differences between Wajhy,which means 'My face' in Arabic, and other such services are in the choices of clothing available for men and women, their head dress, the facial hair options for men, and such small details that give a small Arab touch to the avatar.
The service was launched by Remal IT (Saudi Arabia) and SOCOOOL Entertainment (United Arab Emirates), and is still in Beta, but is quite stable and smooth to use.
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Fraunhofer ESK undertakes applied research geared toward new information and communication technology (ICT) processes and methods. The activities focus on designing these increasingly distributed, heterogeneous and networked ICT systems to be more reliable, flexible and resource efficient, thus ensuring that they contribute to improved products and production environments in the automobile and traffic, energy, automation, building and security engineering and telecommunication industries.
Fraunhofer ESK boasts experienced researchers and young talent with expertise in communication technologies ranging from transmission techniques and protocols to complete systems and the underlying software methods. To deliver its services, the institute bundles the engineering expertise of six core competencies across the Automotive, Industrial Communication and Telecommunication business units: Wired Transmission Technologies, Local Wireless Networks, Reliable Ethernet/IP Communication, Adaptive Systems, Model-based Software Development and Validation, Multicore Software.
Fraunhofer ESK is a member of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the largest organization for applied research in Europe. The director of the institute is Prof. Dr. Rudi Knorr, who has also served as the Chair of Communication Systems at the University of Augsburg department of computer science since 2006.
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Our resident Curator Vestalia Chilton is the founder of ATTOLLO ART, a
company dedicated to making art more accessible to wider audiences.
''The biggest challenge in my work is making others understand why art has
this enormous power. Creativity has the ability to inspire people, give hope,
enlighten and include. People naturally respond to music on a subconscious
level and I believe art has the same ability. If something becomes popular it is
often because it is good, it makes sense or feels right'' says Vestalia.
In her view the Hotel environment is a perfect setting for art, it is a public
space enjoyed by people who may not necessarily venture into a gallery.
Increasingly ATTOLLO ART has branched into street art - a medium that
allows for direct dialogue with audiences. ATTOLLO ART launched a project
in February of 2016 as part of 6th Edition Marrakech Biennale founded by
Vanessa Branson in 2004, to curate the Street Art programme MB6: Street
Art. The programme included the biggest mural in North Africa painted on
Hassan Moulay Square spanning over 6,400 sq. meters along with 17 street
murals painted across two cities Marrakech and Essaouira.
Vestalia was inspired to work in the arts by her tutor and fine artist Ian
Humphreys during a year she took to train in painting, drawing, printmaking
and sculpture - learning the vital skills which now help her in attribution of art
works. After Graduating with Valuation and Auctioning of Fine Art and
Chattels BA Hons, Vestalia joined Sotheby's in Bond Street before setting up
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Linda Gutekunst, South Seas Adventures Travel Expert and Margaret Ybarra, South Seas Adventures Marketing Specialist recently returned from a trip to Fiji where they had the opportunity to visit a variety of resorts in Fiji including a luxury private island. Below, they will share with you their experiences, tips and reasons why Fiji should be your next vacation destination.
What do you love most about Fiji?
Linda: The people are what I love most about Fiji; their culture rich in history and tradition, their values and the way that they focus on the little things in life - it's so refreshing.
Margaret: I have to agree with Linda on the people being one of my favorite aspects of my visits to Fiji - as well as the peaceful calm that I feel knowing that I am literally on an island paradise. In the fast paced world that we live in - peaceful moments are a wonderful reminder to slow down and live in the moment!
What is your favorite thing to do in Fiji?
Linda: Scuba Dive as much as possible!
Margaret: I love to snorkel and be out on the boat with Spinner Dolphins riding the waves with us.
Linda & Margaret: When we travel together we also love to enjoy a nice cold glass of champagne and watch the sunset!
What is the biggest misconception travelers have about Fiji?
Linda: That Fiji is too far away or that it is difficult to travel to. Although Fiji is quite a distance, depending on where you are traveling from it is a lot closer and easier to reach than many people know. With overnight flights out of LAX & SFO you board the plane at around 9pm and wake up the next day in paradise ready to start your vacation!
Margaret: Many people think that a vacation in Fiji is expensive, when in fact it can be quite affordable. Not only are their resorts of all different categories, from 3 star all the way up to 5 star, but many resorts offer all-inclusive packages making a stay in paradise more attainable than you may think!
Which resorts did you visit in Fiji?
Linda: We visited Wananavu Beach Resort, Vomo Private Island Resort, Likuliku Lagoon Resort, Malolo, Tropica, Sixth Sense Musket Cove and Lomani.
Want to learn more about the properties that Linda & Margaret visited?
Read on for a full recap of their stay at each property.
Wananavu Beach Resort
Wananavu Beach Resort is on Fiji's main island at Viti Levu's most northern point features 34 deluxe bungalows situated along the ocean or among their lush tropical grounds. One of the things that we loved most about this resort was the sunset views from the rooms and their restaurant & bar - which were absolutely spectacular.
The property has an absolutely beautiful swimming pool with a cascading waterfall, tennis court and a private beach surrounded by coral reefs. Plus they have an on site activity center where you can easily book tours and excursions such as village trips, snorkeling adventures and scuba diving trips.
Need to relax after a day of exploring? Trust us when we say that the Wai Spa will provide you all the relaxation you need!
One of the best parts? Their restaurant, which offers delicious international dishes and Fijian influenced delights...plus they have a great happy hour and their Sunset Bar overlooking the beach is vacation perfection!
All accommodations at Wananavu Beach Resort offer air conditioning and ceiling fans, almost all have ocean views, many are located right on the beach and some even feature their own private plunge pool (which we suggest booking if you can).
Insider tips:
- You must experience the dolphin excursion
- Try their delicious mojitos on the patio at sunset
- Make sure to take a trip into town or a local village
Vomo Private Island Resort
Vomo Island Resort Fiji is a 5-Star resort property located in Northern Mamanuca islands of Fiji, is what we like to call ultra luxury. Meaning that from the moment you arrive you will be pampered every step of the way. In fact, it's almost like they know what you want before you even want it...it's that amazing!
Their spacious villa rest either between the palms and frangipani trees on the beachfront or are tucked quietly away into the hillside with stunning panoramic ocean views. All accommodations are fully refurbished and feature a natural elegance and style, keeping with the beauty of the surroundings. One of our favorites here at this property is that every villa at Vomo Island features an extended sun deck with reclining loungers.
We enjoyed al fresco dining at the beach for lunch, poolside for dinner and breakfast - but the most spectacular dining experience of was at the Rocks Bar. Situated on the tip of the island the Rocks Bar features amazing drinks, delicious cuisine and was by far our favorite bar (and sunset location) of our entire stay in Fiji.
Insider tips:
- Stop by the boutique for shopping
- Enjoy a massage at the spa
- Work off all the delicious food with an island run
- Make sure to experience the 'cold room' for some breakfast treats
Likuliku Lagoon Resort
Likuliku Lagoon Resort is an utter haven of subtle luxury for adults only and is the only resort in Fiji with overwater bungalows. What we enjoy about this property is their blend of traditional designs and architecture with modern luxuries and amenities making you feel instantly at home and pampered.
Offering endless activities on property like SUP, kayaking, snorkeling and swimming - the property also boasts equal amounts of relaxing at their spa, poolside in a cabana or lounging at the beach.
Insider tips:
- Book a picnic or romantic dinner on their nearby private island
- Splurge on a jet ski tour
- Take the excursion out to Cloud 9 for the day and enjoy swimming, sunbathing and wood fired pizza floating out on the coral reef
Malolo is an intimate, rustic resort built in the character of Fiji's Colonial past with grand designs interspersed amongst South Pacific beach cottage style.
The resort is absolutely perfect for families and couples alike boasting adults only areas as well as childcare with wonderful activities for the kids to enjoy while you and your partner indulge in some alone time! At Malolo it is all about reconnecting with family and friends without the distractions of what they call "mod-cons" (phones, computers and internet) - and we loved that after just a few hours we felt completely disconnected and relaxed!
The rooms have recently been renovated and many feature beautiful ocean views, spacious floorplans, four poster beds and private patios or decks.
Insider tips:
- Make sure to get a drink at the pool side bar
- Enjoy the game room to get a break from the sun
- Take the boat over to Likuliku for dinner
- Take advantage of the childcare and enjoy some adult time!
Tropica does a wonderful job at blending Fijian and contemporary architectures with beautiful landscaping, open spaces and water features. With 12 Beachfront Bures, 4 Beachfront Suites and 14 Resort Rooms there is something for everyone. Not to mention the stunning pool, romantic Sunset Beach Bar, open air restaurant and bar, tranquil spa, water sports, cultural activities and nightly entertainment.
What we loved most about our Beachfront Bure was our outdoor river-rock shower and private deck with swing seat - what a perfect place to enjoy the sunset! Not to mention our very own private plunge pool (a definite must).
The resort offers numerous complimentary activities available such as snorkeling off the beach, kayaks, sail boats, stand-up paddle boards, cultural activities and nightly entertainment as well as paid activities such as fishing, diving, snorkeling excursions and beach picnics.
Insider tips:
- Don't miss happy hour at the ocean front bar
- Splurge and get a bure with a plunge pool
- Take a walk out to their upper deck and enjoy a sunrise yoga session
Musket Cove
When you arrive at Musket Cove Island Resort & Marina you instantly feel relaxed; with their scattered coconut palms, long white sand beach, lagoon and lush tropical gardens.
All of the rooms are quite spacious with open floor plans, some even featuring separate living rooms, multiple bedrooms and private boat landings.
They offer several dining options including gourmet cuisine at Dicks Place bar and bistro, light bites at the Marina edged Coffee Cove and you can even enjoy cooking on your own BBQ at the world famous MCYC island bar and BBQ.
We especially loved how many activity offerings this property has with windsurfing, kayaks, daily snorkelling trips, and complimentary snorkelling equipment; in addition to neighbouring village tours, paraflying, golf, fishing, sailing, scuba diving, canoeing, hiking & bike riding. If you are looking to be active on your vacation this property is perfect for you!
Insider tips:
- Stop by their on site grocery store - it's filled with all sorts of local goodies
- Make sure to save some vacation budget for their boutique
- Go for a bike ride around the property
- Cook your own BBQ dinner
Lomani, which is the Fijian word for love is truly an idyllic island paradise. Catering to adults only, this boutique resort boasts white sand beaches, pristine lagoons, luxury suites and bures as well as spectacular ocean views.
We loved theh Beachfront Pool Bure the most as it featured a large lounge area with comfortable couches and French doors that opened out to a private patio with pool. Not to mention the stunning private outdoor shower & sun deck!
Lomani offers a variety of complimentary activities and organized tours for active couples including outer reef snorkeling trip, Dolphin Safari tour, Guided Village Tours, Guided Island Tour, and handline fishing trips. But...if you are like us then you'll also enjoy the fact that you can just sit back and relax with a cocktail by the pool or at a delectable dinner and their on property restaurant.
Insider tips:
- If you enjoy delicious desserts make sure to get their Grilled Banana and vanilla ice cream
- Spend the late afternoon at the pool with one of their delicious mojitos
- Indulge in beachfront bure massage
Last question...what tips do you have for first time travelers to Fiji?
Linda: For the overnight flight to Fiji it's always a good idea to bring, or wear, something comfortable to travel in and to have your toothbrush, face wash eye mask ready for a good night's sleep. I also make sure to have a change of clothes and any immediate items I will need upon arrival in my carry on bag just in case luggage gets lost or the flight is delayed.
Margaret: Pack light - bring lots of cotton and linen pieces that you can mix and match as well as a nice wrap to wear for village visits and cooler evenings.
Linda & Margaret: Be prepared to fall in love with Fiji, the people, the beaches, the adventures and to want to want to come back the minute you leave!
If you have questions about traveling to Fiji or are having trouble choosing which island destination is best for you contact our travel experts who will happily answer all of your questions and who can help you plan the vacation of a lifetime.


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|Participants on the 2012 Work Taster Programme
Most employers hate sifting through CVs. It's just black and white text to them. There's no personal feeling or relationship with the person whose achievements and experience are listed within the pages.
What if you are from an area that the media has targeted as disadvantaged? Would you have the confidence to apply for a job?


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Blog about fun facts (facts of the day, every day), travel, life in Spartanburg South Carolina, video game reviews, movie reviews, TV shows reviews, anime, politics (I'm a Democrat), atheism and agnostic thought, and much more.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Question: Who Was Your Favorite Children's Book Author?
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Hans Christian Andersen...loved all his fairy tales.ReplyDelete
So many authors at different stages. I'll go with Roald Dahl followed by Seuss! I hope that you and Daisy have been enjoying a great weekend!ReplyDelete
I loved Suess and also Shel Silverstein (for a bit older kids books) and Dahl.ReplyDelete
Dahl would be my number oneReplyDelete
Farting giants... so much fun
Probably it's Charles Perrault. I loved Cinderella. And I loved another ukranian fairytale about woman that love to talk so much. Two favourites.ReplyDelete
Probably it's Charles Perrault. I loved Cinderella. And I loved another ukranian fairytale about woman that love to talk so much. Two favourites.ReplyDelete
Walter Farely and his books about The Black Stallion captured my imagination as a boy.ReplyDelete
Dr.Seuss hands down.ReplyDelete
He was no clown.
His books were a delight.
I liked to read them at night.
Louisa may Alcott.ReplyDelete
Must begin with Dr. Seuss - but all mentioned here are good friends as well. Kipling!ReplyDelete
Shel Silverstein! All of the above!
ALOHA from Honolulu
I had many, many favourite authors but I'll just mention Laura Ingalls Wilder who wrote the Little House on the Prairies books.ReplyDelete
Johanna Spyri who wrote the Heidi books. I grew up on those and still love them.ReplyDelete
haha have to ask? Same as youReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 22, 2015 at 8:06 PM
My favorite book was Mandy by Julie Edwards. I read it over and over. Julie Edwards is Julie Andrews, the actress. I recently bought it and read it again.ReplyDelete
I also loved the Little House books...
I choose Dr. Seuss, too....:)ReplyDelete
I am getting all my comments in my email except yours and I just can't figure it out
Oh! those Chinese Fables, usually with morals.ReplyDelete
I LOVE Dr. Seuss. I read his books to my children, and if I ever have grandchildren, I'll do the same for them. I have a large collection of this author's books in my home. As for my childhood, I don't think I had a favourite author. I liked way too many. I was a voracious reader and enjoyed all kinds of books.ReplyDelete
I was always a fan of fairy tales, and I remember this one copy of Little Red Riding Hood I always read when I was a kid:)ReplyDelete
I have too many... Especially since I taught first grade. I loved Dr. Seuss but Leo Lionni is coming to mind right now.ReplyDelete
Definitely Dr. Seuss! For toddlers though, I always love Sandra Boynton.ReplyDelete
Dr. Seuss. And I loved Bennett Cerf's Book of Riddles. :)ReplyDelete
My favorite as a child was Where The Wild Things Are.ReplyDelete


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10 Things Your Job Interviewer Won't Tell You
US News and World Report published a truly excellent piece explaining some of the major mistakes and missteps made by job applicants. In this age of high competition for a scarce number of jobs, there are very small margins for error in the interviewing process. Even things that seem like positives (showing up early for example) can be negatives. Other things we may not even think about – like talking too much – are also potential deal breakers. Go have a look at the list here and sound off in the comments if you've ever made any of these mistakes.
One Response to "10 Things Your Job Interviewer Won't Tell You"
Great post,
Interview feedback hardly covers the points mentioned, I think in many instances interviewers are not interested in the personal development of the candidate so only give the bare minimum interview feedback. Very few would go into this much detail.
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Project Vipassati: Resources for Buddhist Studies
The aim of this subsite of Project Vipassati is to aggregate and link the best resources for Buddhist Studies that are freely available. In this first release you find a video section with assorted video tubes. The section Contemplation deals with the functioning and transformation of mind (Buddhist Psychology) and includes references to carefully chosen literature. Furthermore you find a selection of texts from the sphere of Early Buddhism - Suttas from the Nikāyas (Pāli Canon) and Sutras from the Āgamas (Taishō Tripiṭaka) - and Sarvāstivāda/Yogācāra.


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… you make decisions.
Decision making is a very frequent topic with those I work with as a Coach. I was once doing a Branding workshop for some executives. One of them was concerned about a perception indicated from a recent employee sat survey. His people said that he never involved them.
I asked him how he made decisions. He said that he would gather some info from others and decide. I asked him if this was his process for every decision and he said yes. My first thought? Duh!
While he thought it was okay to decide and announce everything, other leaders think it's okay to build consensus on every decision. Neither are a correct choice 'all the time.' If you decide and announce everything, your folks will think you never care about their thoughts. If you try to get consensus on everything, people will think you can't decide your way out of a wet paper bag.
So realize this … there are three factors to consider as you make effective decisions as a leader:
- Time
- Involvement
- Ownership
How much time do you have to make the decision? Who should be involved? How much ownership can you give away in making the decision?
I've learned this – People don't want to know everything about every decision to feel like they are getting the straight story from a Leader. They simply want to know how you will make the decision and how it will affect them.


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PC drivers. Upon purchasing your personal computer, it consists of different hardwares attached to it. Common hardwares for running your PC and additional devices depending on your other PC needs. For these hardwares to run effectively, manufacturers provide the necessary drivers.
Usually, device drivers are saved on CD-ROMs given to you by the shop where you bought your computer. It's necessary to keep your PC device driver CDs in a safe place because in case your PC crash, you'll need to reinstall these drivers for your PC hardwares to run properly again.
In case you lost your device driver CDs and you don't have a backup, you must find all the proper device drivers immediately to avoid future problems. There are some ways you can do to get copies of your drivers. You can search the internet for drivers for every hardware attached on your personal computer, this method requires some time to do because you need to make sure that the driver your downloading matches with the hardware on your computer.
Good thing there is an easier way to get backup of these drivers, you can use Driver Magician Lite. Driver Magician Lite is a freeware that searches your hard drive for all the device drivers installed on your personal computer then creates a backup copy on your preferred directory.
Although I still have my device driver CDs, I use Driver Magician Lite as an addition backup for my PC's drivers. Driver Magician Lite is just around 1.6MB, it supports either Windows 98, SE, ME, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, or even Windows 7. Software installation and driver backup take just a couple of minutes. You can download Driver Magician Lite here.
They also offer a Driver Magician that has more features than the Lite version but a license purchase is required.
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Penny Melt Down
Got a bunch of old pennies form before1 1982? "A penny minted before 1982 is ninety-five per cent copper—which, at recent prices, is approximately two and a half cents' worth- Newyorker.com" of actual money. Hell even if you've got brand new pennies, their still worth more melted down as raw copper. A penny cost 1.7 cents to produce.
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Get ready to throw out your iPhone!
Yep, its that time again, it seems there is a new iPhone coming out in June. Officially none of this news is more than rumors, but lets face it Steve jobs was planning this back when he delivered the original keynote presentation for the iPhone, more than a year ago, "He specifically said (video clip) that Apple plans on making "3G phones and all sorts of amazing things in the future-Mac Rumors" So yah, apparently the new new iPhone has new technology...
"There's been so much talk about the possibility of the "3G" iPhone, it can be hard to keep up with all the rumors. First of all, "3G" technology promises broadband-like speeds over wireless cellular networks. At present, the iPhone only offers 2.5G (EDGE) speeds, which means your web pages and email download at relatively slower speeds.-Mac Rumors" blah, blah, blah... ok they made it faster. Didn't see that one coming oh yah, and they are giving it a new chip! "newly announced 3G chipsets promise to address these power issues-Mac Rumors"
So what does this all mean? Well parents of over spoiled children brace your self for a lot of winning. Surely across the country the cry will ring out, "MOM! you have to knit me a new 3G iPhone, this old 2G one sucks, I'm Totally throwing it out!
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Face Your Pockets
This is my submission to the face your pockets project site. Its pretty cool and worth checking out, these are a few other submissions from the site I thought were cool.
The process.
Place the objects on the scanner. Place your face/part of it on the scanner as well. Aaaaand scan it! Send us the picture you've got to:
(Don't forget to mention your name and occupation. Also the email should include the list of objects you've scanned - keys, granny's photo, gum etc.)
Place the objects on the scanner. Place your face/part of it on the scanner as well. Aaaaand scan it! Send us the picture you've got to:
(Don't forget to mention your name and occupation. Also the email should include the list of objects you've scanned - keys, granny's photo, gum etc.)
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Is This BSNYC?
After reading today's post I'm beginning to think so
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
New Dura Ace- New Frontiers In Uglyness
Internal cable routing? Gasp. Were could they go from here? perhaps moving to single thumb lever, double tap shifting system. Thusly allowing they brake levers to return to their sole proper function, braking.
And perhaps the biggest shocker of them all, (you may have seen this before) a carbon fiber crank, manufactured by Shimano! But fear not alloy loyalist, its merely an aluminum crankset warped in carbon fiber.
It seems that the brake calipers have also goten, a new more unrefined robo-cop esque make over
And perhaps the biggest shocker of them all, (you may have seen this before) a carbon fiber crank, manufactured by Shimano! But fear not alloy loyalist, its merely an aluminum crankset warped in carbon fiber.
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Fixed Gear Rig of Death
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Atlantic Surf
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Another Grim Milestone
4,000 troops have now died in the Iraq war, Misson Acomplished indeed and all of that for the low, low price of ###
Iraq War Cost
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Bikes with Aerospokes
I think the best thing about this collection is that none of these bikes seem to use the wheels for the intended purpose. With the exception of maybe the first bike, if it were actually ridden on a track. Instead of some place where it is almost totally inappropriate, like say a cold, icy, windy city street.
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Monday, March 24, 2008
I got spitballed
Sometimes being a bike commuter in America sucks. No one driving really gives a shit about you. To them you are just another obstacle slowing their progress towards another 5 dollar cup of Starbucks, which they will drive their raised up chromed out SUV 2 miles to get. Its even worse when you are road bike commuter, as society in general here views men in tight shorts as slightly below mimes & Trekies who dress up as Klingons. So ridding, to work on my road bike, in full roadie kit Im occasionally rudely beeped at by passing cars (yes I know your there, asshole & yes Im in your way so deal with it), or shouted obscenities at by young school children on busses. But never before today had I actually been assaulted with a moving object. I got hit with a spitball & I remember it well. A slow driving purple Scion, an extremely subtle feeling of impact, & the kid in the back seat turning around & staring at me as they drove away. At first I didn't know what happened. It wasn't until I got home and took of the helmet and got a good look at the spit ball, now dry logged onto the side of it. At first I was angry, insulted, & pissed of at the world in general. But when you think about it, its actually kind of impressive. This kid from a moving vehicle hit another moving target & got the spit ball to stick. I bet the little bastard couldn't do it again if he tried.
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Ground Zero
Yesterday marked the beginning of the 5th year for the Iraq war. While contemplating this I came across these photos, which I shot at ground zero during a high school field trip in October of 01. I remember turing on the TV in school just im time to see this happen:
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Straight outa Taipei
This photo you are looking at is from the Taipei international bike show. And yes that is a Frame with Ultegra SL printed on it, yep a Shimano frame with a seatmast on it and mid-hi level components. What does it all mean? I have no idea, my guess is such a brazenly mediocre re-brand might cause a rift in the space time continuum sucking you in as the sacrificial ghost bike rider of collapsed hedge funds and angry foreclosed defaulties of the sub prime mortgage crisis.
Of coarse to escape this you will need to ride this bike, with its pink tape in the "power zone" so that you may break free of its pull by entering into the realm of ludacris speed, allowing you passage into an offshoot worm hole.
After all of this mucking about in the very fabric of space time you will likely be released directly into the middle of the ice age. In which case you will have to ride this bike, equiped with special roller blades (literally) which allow you to get your criterium carving going on, on ice.
For convince sake you may also want to pack this bike. To bring along for the trip, just encase you need a back up.
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Vampire Weekend: A-Punk Viedo
SXSW: The Line for Vampire Weekend at the Parish...
I posted about Vampire Weekend, last Thursday & I've noticed lots of hit off search engines from people looking them up. So I'm bring y'all more, This is a photo from the line to get in to one of their concerts & this is a video for A-punk, start them both at different times for an instant remix!
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Monday, March 17, 2008
Interesting Bike Lock Add Campaign
I saw this add campaign floating around on the internet a while back and I feel like today is a good day to post it. While it is very interesting, I can't tell you much about the company behind it, other than I think they are based out of Europe, possible England. Which is to bad because it really is an interesting, well designed, and thought out add. But it has one major short coming. I can for the life of me figure out what brand of locks created these adds, the logo is just to small and illegible. Perhaps these adds were intended for print. I'm not really sure but they do make quite a statement.
I would also like to add that while these adds definitely imply that they locks are very secure, they truth of the matter is that any determined bike thief could, either pick or break these locks in a matter of minutes. And also your lock is only as secure as thing that you lock it to, and on that note I will leave you with this image from an earlier post about securing bikes and the idea of a bike garage.
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Vampire Weekend
This band is awesome. I've just heard about them, and only listened to their album a few times, but I already know I love it. Its the kind of album that makes me want to hop on my bike, ride to Cape Cod, rig up a sail boat, point it towards the Vineyard, land on the beach and then go surfing. Check out their music here on their website.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
WESC Bikes
I recently visited the WESC store In LA where I saw these fixed gear bikes on display. For those of you who don't know WESC is a Swedish clothing manufacture who's brand is based in board-sports like skateboarding and snowboarding. It seems that they are now also making fixies. While I didn't test ride either of the bikes, the front brake (plus lack of back brake) and horizontal drop outs pretty much gave it away. One interesting thing about these fixed gear bikes that I haven't seen before, they actually look like they are designed for freestyle ridding. The BMX style handle bars , 26 inch tires, and relaxed geometry make this a bike that would be well suited to the way many people ride their fixed gear bikes. Although for that reason they may never catch on. Fixed gear riders seem to value impracticality. I don't know who manufactures the frames, but the graphic print on the bottom one looks prety cool
I'm also posting an update on an older post. I posted about this installation from when I visited the store two weeks ago, during last month. I am happy to see its growing along nicely looking good, nice work Geoff, looks cool.
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Monday, March 10, 2008
More crazy pedals
Are you looking for the lightest possible pedal cleat system? Do you weigh your inertubes to see which one is lightest? Do you hate ridding in winter because your jacket is simply too heavy? Do you shave your entire body because you think losing the excess hair weight makes you faster? Then these pedals may be for you. (yes that thing below this is a pedal)
The pedals are made entirely out of 6-4 Titanium and are probably the most minimal solution possible. From what I have read about them, clipping in to these pedals takes some getting used to, you have to align the cleat just right over the center of the pedal. You can clip into any side of pedal due to its round design. But there is apparently not allot of feed back to let you know you are clipped in, ie. no load reassuring click like you get form keo's to let you know you are in there.
I found a product review on pez cycling news this is an excerpt from it talking about the weight of the pedals.
"The pedals themselves (both spindle and mech) are made from the less common (and more
expensive) 6-4 Titanium. The cleat is stainless with an engineered plastic surround. The pedals, cleats and screws came in at 160 grams on the Pez scale. Not bad considering the Speedplay Zero Ti come in at 164 grams for just the lollypop pedals alone, with no cleats or screws. While both companies state slightly different numbers, pretty much all bike parts weigh in different than stated, and these weights are very close (so acceptable variance…). pedals"
I also found this on the internet.
"Due to heavy military and aerospace use and a worldwide shortage of pre-preg carbon fiber materials, M2RACER was forced to close down in the summer of 2006."
So if you want a pair you'd better start looking on ebay.
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Behind the Camera -
Barbara Breitsameter
There sitting close by Barbara are her constant companions, Uta & Ping. "I am surrounded with love and fur, here at home and on the job.", chuckles Barbara. The bond she has with her dogs over the years is what inspired her to master her craft as a dog photographer -- to celebrate our canine companions and the people they love.
For over a decade Barbara has worked as a professional photographer. Barbara's natural instinct for connecting with her subjects, that comfort and ease, enables her to capture portraits that are full of life and personality. Traditional or Lifestyle, Barbara is also very skilled and educated in creating portraits that best matches your style and personality.
Barbara mentors aspiring dog photographers, co-instructs pet photography workshops with Paw Print Divas & a Dude nation-wide, is a national speaker on the fine art of dog photography and is an International award-winning photographer.
Winner of the Professional Photographers of America - PPA - Prestigious 2013 Platinum Medal Award
Platform Speaker Imaging USA National Convention 2015 Nashville
PPA Imaging USA is the largest yearly convention for professional photographers where thousands attend from around the world. Barbara will be one of the Platform Speakers presenting, Best In Show - The Fine Art of Pet Photography
Paw Print Divas & a Dude - Instructor
Barabara Breitsameter, Kim Hartz, Jenny Froh and Dan Ablan are full time, working professional photographers. Every aspect of the workshop comes from years of dedicated professional experience of these talented photographers
Print Competition
Barbara Breitsameter - Platinum Photographer of the Year 2013
"PPA's International Photographic Competition is the gold standard for photography competitions and features the best of the best photographers from around the world every year. Having an image "go loan"—chosen for inclusion in the world's most prestigious photo exhibit—is an achievement pro photographers cherish." - quote from the PPA IPC website


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The Misery Index: A Reality Check for the US and Jamaica
In the wake of the panic of 2008, finger-pointing has become fashionable. According to some elements within the chattering classes, the free market system caused the economic crisis. In the United States, politicians have jumped on this anti-capitalistic bandwagon.
Representative Barney Frank, the colourful chairman of the powerful House Financial Services Committee, put it this way: "This is the end of the era of extreme laissez-faire, of 'don't tax it, don't regulate it'. That has now been totally evaporated." Pundits have also swung into action. For example, The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote: "For the more one looks into the origins of the current disaster, the clearer it becomes that the key wrong turn - the turn that made crisis inevitable - took place in the early 1980s, during the Reagan years."
To evaluate these claims, an index of economic "misery" for each US administration since World War II is presented in Chart 1. The original misery index was developed by the late Arthur Okun, a distinguished economist who served as chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers in the Johnson administration. Okun's index equals the sum of the inflation and unemployment rates.
While Okun's index measures the absolute level of misery in the economy, it tells us little about whether things are getting better or worse. In Getting It Right (1996), Harvard Professor Robert Barro amended the Okun index. Barro's index, which measures the change in misery during a president's term, is the sum of the following four metrics: the difference between the average inflation rate over a president's term and the average inflation rate during the last year of the previous president's term; the difference between the average unemployment rate over a president's term and the unemployment rate during the last month of the previous president's term; the change in the 30-year government bond yield during a president's term; and the difference between the long-term, trend rate of real GDP growth (3.1 per cent) and the real rate of growth during a president's term.
These modifications had several effects; the data were smoother and more comprehensive, painting a more accurate picture of economic conditions experienced by the majority of Americans. Indeed, Barro's modifications allow one to measure more accurately the relative change in the economy over a US president's four years in office.
The data in the misery index chart speak loudly. Contrary to what has become dogma in some quarters, the Reagan "free-market years" were very good ones. And the Clinton era of Victorian fiscal prudence - when President Clinton proclaimed in his January 1996 State of the Union address: "the era of big government is over" - was also excellent. In general, the Reagan and Clinton periods were characterised by strong growth coupled with improvements in inflation, employment and interest rates.
The misery index pours cold water on the current critique of free markets - one that has taken on the characteristics of a religion. It makes one wonder if the critics actually tested their ideas by comparing them with anything that actually happened.
To obtain an economic reality check, the misery index concept can be applied to any country where suitable data exist. Let's take a look at Jamaica. A modified misery index for Jamaica is presented in Chart 2. The index is the sum of the inflation, interest, and unemployment rates, minus the annual per cent change in per capita GDP.
Several things stand out: the Manley years (1972-80 and 1989-92) were a disaster that Jamaica has never recovered from; the Seaga years (1980-89) were a bit of a rollercoaster ride, but one in which Seaga, by the end of his term, had improved on the mess that he had inherited from Manley; the Patterson years (1992-2006) were marked by a steady improvement on the dismal state of economic affairs created by Manley during the 1989-92 period; both Simpson Miller and Golding have ushered in a reversal of the downward trend in the misery index realised during the Patterson years. Jamaica remains with an elevated level of economic misery. And what is worse, the economy is pointed in the wrong direction.
As an indication of just how far Jamaica will have to travel before it reaches a state of tolerable economic health, consider that Jamaica ranks 63 out of the 181 countries graded in the World Bank's "Doing Business 2009" - a report that measures the vitality of free markets and the ease of doing business.


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Director of Fun | Founder | Event Emcee | Cheese Head
The "D" in R&D Events is known throughout the country for being one of the premier event emcees and quite possibly the easiest going person you will ever meet. His humble roots took shape while growing-up in Northern Wisconsin. JP spent a majority of his summers perfecting his entertaining skills while starring in a local ski show three times a week. Upon graduating from the University of Wisconsin, JP headed off to the "islands" where he spent the better part of a decade with the world renowned international resort company, Club Med. Following an illustrious career with Club Med, this ex-GO eventually landed in Las Vegas where he teamed-up with Geoff Rhodes at The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas. Following a three year stint with Ritz-Carlton, JP and Geoff split-off to form R&D Events and the rest, as they say, is history. When he isn't exciting crowds or flying around the country, JP can almost always be found ripping-up the slalom course out on Lake Mead with his wife and friends.
Married the most beautiful woman
Graduated from U Wisconsin-Stout
Went to Super Bowl XLV
Los Pollos Hemanos
Co-founded R&D Events in 2009
Spent a decade working for Club Med
Voted "Driver of the Year" back in College
Top 20 Finish at WSOP Tournament
Born & raised in Minocqua, WI
Show water skier for many years
For music, I love all Classic Rock
I wanted to be Luke Skywalker


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Over the previous 20 years or so, kitchens started to grow to be living areas than a spot to cook dinner. Fairly than have one board where you are going to put all your kitchen design ideas and inspiration pins, think about beginning out with several boards so you a) don't get overwhelmed by a board with a whole lot of pins, and b) can easily find pins again if you want them.
Should you're in search of kitchen design ideas that have a bit of color, add a vibrant mosaic tile backsplash or pick a vibrant floor finish. A very powerful factors for me when it comes to a kitchen are gentle, comfort and simplicity. Don't forget, you can at all times contact an expert contractor who might help you get a sense for what prices it's best to embrace in your price range. Some of the finest galley kitchen concepts borrow from timeless hallmarks of interior design. Kitchen sinks are available in quite a lot of types and supplies, however choosing the right one ought to transcend aesthetics. Any kitchen can be luxurious – whether or not compact or spacious, you possibly can have the modern kitchen you need that additionally suits every little thing you want. When in search of kitchen decorating concepts, take into accounts which kitchen remodeling ideas encourage you.
Even whereas providing a notice of glamour, the ceiling-hung chandelier also provides the reminder that most of the greatest galley kitchen ideas challenge knee-jerk assumptions about what belongs (and would not) in a confined, primarily utilitarian area.
Incorporating a breakfast space into your galley kitchen design can make the area extra inviting to friends and family. You can optimise the pure light from windows by putting in as few obstructions to the sources of pure gentle as doable; that is, an open design should firstly be centred around the home windows.
Modern, eco-acutely aware kitchens use recycled supplies, together with for kitchen surfaces, benches, wallpaper, sinks, tiles and flooring. The owners of this 18th-century farmhouse added a classic porcelain double farm sink and re-confronted the entire cupboards to renovate the area. In general, for small or medium-sized kitchen spaces, white or gentle cupboards and counter tops open the space up, giving it a sense of being bigger and lighter. Consider the place individual prep, cleanup, and cooking workstations might be. Guarantee the right instruments, pots and pans, sinks, storage and appliances are easy to access for every kitchen job.


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Finland Makes Broadband a Human Right
By Deane Barker on July 1, 2010
Life, Liberty and Broadband Access – Finland Makes Internet a Right: This is really interesting.
Finland became the world leader in Internet access by making broadband every Finnish citizen's legal right and ensuring that every citizen will have access to a 1Mbps broadband connection.
I'm sure that the idea isn't that you should have a inalienable right to broadband, but you should have an inalienable right to free information. Broadband is just the medium.
But, in the end, I think this insults the idea of human rights a bit. Does inhibiting someone's broadband fall into the same category as other crimes against humanity now? Surely we don't put broadband up there with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, do we?


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GEOG2006 Quaternary Environmental Change
Module Overview
The Quaternary period is the last 2.6 million years of changes on Earth, and includes multiple ice ages. The syllabus can be divided into three main parts, and includes a number of lectures, practicals and seminars: Section 1 Section one provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of Quaternary science and examines the concepts underlying stratigraphy and correlation before considering different dating techniques used to provide chronologies for the individual units and sequences. Quaternary studies are of limited use without a clear idea of chronology. The ability to estimate rates of change in environmental processes and the return periods of events as well as to make correlations between events are all vital to Quaternary science. Many different techniques have been developed to estimate the age of different sediment types. The module then moves on to discuss the processes involved in the formation of the different types of sediments - the raw materials of Quaternary science used to provide evidence for past environmental change. Practical sessions will allow first-hand experience of the skills needed to undertake studies of Quaternary Environmental Change bringing together the different fundamental principles. These practicals will lead to the coursework assessment for the module. Section 2 Frequent and dramatic climatic changes are the hallmark of the Quaternary period. This will be explored through the use of sediments, palaeoecology and chronology of the Pleistocene at a global scale, as well as our own region of the British Isles and North West Europe. The module considers the important aspects of marine and atmospheric processes as agents of change between glacial and interglacial cycles across the Pleistocene and into the warm Holocene. Specific focus will be given to the Lateglacial period, the most recent termination from the last glacial to our current interglacial (the Holocene), from which rapid climate oscillations are associated with marked biotic and physical changes across the globe, including megafaunal extinctions. Section 3 This section considers in more detail the second Epoch in the Quaternary – the Holocene. It covers both the major climate changes, including the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age, and the major phases of human development in terms of agriculture and urbanisation. The module focuses on the environmental impacts of human activities as well as the ways in which climate has played a part in human culture. The final lectures on the Anthropocene look at the meaning of this newly defined period and consider what lessons we may take from Quaternary history that can be applied to the modern world. Seminar sessions associated with sections 2 and 3 will focus on key papers from certain topics introduced in lectures.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Have knowledge of various key techniques for reconstructing past environments.
- Have an understanding of the nature and timing of major environmental changes over the last 2.6 million years (both regional and global).
- Become acquainted with a variety of methods of palaeoenvironmental reconstruction used for different systems, across a range of sediment types.
- Become acquainted with some biogeographic implications of Quaternary climate change: the historical development of biomes, large-scale ecosystem dynamics, species migration, and extinction
- Have knowledge of the range of methods used for dating Quaternary deposits
- Have an appreciation of the factors leading to the emergence of modern humans in the Quaternary period
- Become acquainted with the main arguments relating animal and human development to environmental change in the Quaternary, including the rise of agriculture and development of culture.
- Have practical laboratory skills in the analysis of a record of Quaternary environmental change.
This module examines environmental change in the Quaternary Period (last 2.6 million years) which includes two Epochs – The Pleistocene (2.6 million years to 11,700 thousand years) and the Holocene (11,700 years before present). This is one of the most dramatic periods in Earth history and is often referred to as the last Ice Age. The Quaternary, and particularly the Pleistocene, is also important as it is the period during which most of our landscapes were formed and/or transformed (why Physical Geographers have traditionally studied it). The Holocene is also important as the current global warm period (interglacial) in which our modern world came into being including both the distribution of plants and animals and also the period in which in which human civilisations arose along with the development of agriculture and urbanism. The Quaternary is also the period of geological time about which we have the most detailed knowledge. Two themes run through the course: sources of information on the forms, rates and mechanisms of global environmental change and secondly human adaptation to change and the emergence of different cultural responses over time and space, ultimately leading to humans as agents of change. Both themes require an understanding of how to measure time in the remote and more recent past through a variety of chronological methods. The aim of the course is to provide students with an introduction to the major themes of study and the principal issues of the Quaternary worldwide and the practical skills to undertake their own research into Quaternary environmental change. The emphasis is at the global scale for the main framework of themes with much of the detailed focus on the British Isles - because we know more about Europe and the British Isles than any other area on the globe - and because it is where you are!
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
The module will contain a blend of learning activities. There will be c. 15 basic lectures, encompassing the themes noted above. In the first half of the semester we will run practical classes that will allow students to undertake research on a record of Quaternary environmental change. This will provide training for students interested in undertaking dissertations in a range of topical research theme in this area. In the second half of the semester we will run a seminar class each week, to further develop the content taught in the lectures.
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|Coursework (2500 words)
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Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External
Linked modules
Pre-requisite: GEOG1001


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FAC has made no bones about an anti-Trump position, but that position is in response to his comportment, politics and policies. If he was just some guy at a party, we could tell him to bog off, and be done with it- never engage with him again. So, it's tempting for sure to go make a big show of telling him how much (and how vigorously) we dissent, en masse. But he's not some tosser at a party- he's the president, and the stuff he's doing has material and devastating impacts on the planet and the people on it, as well as fortifying and promoting the existing systems of oppression that destroy the lives of the most vulnerable and abused populations of our fellow humans. And the way he's doing it- with brutish and bombastic language, by disrespecting world leaders, by maligning and attacking venerated institutions and leaders? That's not how we want to do things.
If we want to preach respect and peace, we need to practice them. If we want to build, we need to build. This isn't a cocktail party, it's the shaping of the world. We need all hands on deck. There is a time and a place for demonstration and vigorous rebellion. We saw that at the Women's Marches as well as the peaceful demonstrations and protests around the country, drawing visibility and awareness to the pain, solidarity, and strength of our sisters, brothers, and human family in the Indigenous, African American, LGBTQIA (and so many more) communities. But this isn't it. Right now, we don't need to just fume - we can't get anything done like that. We need to fight - fight smart, and fight together. Trump's status as a bigot, a misogynist, and a buffoon are relevant only in that they drive his policies, and those are what we're really opposing. The stuff that's happening is cataclysmic for people and the planet, so right now, we would much rather take the fight to the policies, the day-to-day way we do politics, and ultimately, to the polls.
The truth is, something is happening nearly every day to resist Trump's bigotry, his attacks on democracy, and his deliberate targeting of the most vulnerable among us. We entreat you to join us whenever and wherever you are able. You are just who we've been waiting for, we promise.
So on Wednesday, instead of attending or disrupting the rally, we'd like to encourage folks to attend any of the community events being held by organizations fighting regressive politics and systems of oppression. We hope you make time to feel the community and solidarity of this many voices, raised together, and this many shoulders, pressed to the same wheel. Our rally is everywhere, our rallying cry is "everyone," and our event center is the whole world- no exceptions.
SOME EVENTS TO CONSIDER ATTENDING (If you have/know of more, please feel free to post them in the comments):
6/19 6:00 pm: Welcome Immigrants & Refugees, Not Trump!
"Join us in rejecting the policies that are tearing immigrant children from the arms of their parents, that are slamming the door on those fleeing war and destitution, and that seeks to divide working people along racist lines. Instead we want to show that our community is one that embraces people no matter where they were born, or what the color of their skin is."
MORE INFO: https://www.facebook.com/events/2032043867047691/
6/20 9:00 am-3pm: Warrant Resolution
"This is an opportunity to resolve outstanding warrants from anywhere in Minnesota. We will also have a free picnic lunch between 11:30 and 1:00."
MORE INFO: https://www.facebook.com/events/605180683190900/
6/20 4:30 pm We Are One: A Community March
"This event will provide an opportunity for us to come together, stand in solidarity with each other while rejecting the policies and rhetoric of the current administration. It will be a safe space where all are welcome and respected. "
MORE INFO: https://www.facebook.com/events/204012546912323/
6/20 5:00 pm SOULstice
"a Celebration of Peace, Love and Democracy."
MORE INFO: https://www.facebook.com/events/1766287603459378/
6/20 6:30 pm: Blue Wave 2018- Rise and Resist Rally
MORE INFO: https://www.facebook.com/events/2158124994305365/


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I often wish that I'm a kid. A like playing and I like to be free. When I look at all those great children's playgrounds and children friendly buildings in Germany I definitely want to be a kid not somewhere, but exactly in Germany.
Here there is one really nice example of a kindergarten. So colourful and welcoming!
Not like the grey communistic-style building of the one I used to study in Bulgaria. All those paintings inspire the kids and make them happy.
Germany is definitely a children friendly country. On the other hand there are not so many children in this country. And they are not playing on the streets as in some other countries like Italy or Bulgaria. You can really seldom see kids outside. There are usually staying at home. Why? It is maybe because of the traffic? Germany may be children friendly, but it is an automotive country and it is much more car's friendly. But traffic in Bulgaria is worse and the streets are much more dangerous for kids. And it is well known that in Italy the traffic is disastrous. And children from these countries still play around. And in Germany even the nice inner yards of the kindergartens which are 100% safe are often so empty!
Why? I couldn't understand this for a long time. Finally I got it. Not only children, but all the people in Germany are not so often on the streets. They prefer to stay at home. If you are even in a big city in Germany on Sunday, for example, there is no one outside. And in Bulgaria there are almost always some people outside. At night it is the the same situation. There is no one on the streets although Germany is much more populated that Bulgaria. So, Germans prefer to stay at home and they let the kids stay at home as well.
But why? I suppose that there is a big social difference between such a well developed northern country like Germany and countries in the south of Europe like Bulgaria and Italy. In both these countries the society is not arranged as good as in Germany, so you can never rely on some official government structures. As a consequence you have to rely on you, your family and your friends. So you have to have a lot of friends. And the way to make friends is to be outside and meet people. Yes, even nowadays, in the facebook and social media era, we mostly make friends outside and not in front of the computer. That's why people in Italy or in Bulgaria prefer to be outside. And everyone sends the kids to play outside as well. On the contrary, in Germany you can rely on the social structures much more, so you don't need so many friends. So you can stay at home. And the TV programmes and internet make this difference even bigger, because you can stay at home and have a lot of fun alone or with your virtual friends as well.
I'm looking forward, that the society changes and that we'll find a way in the middle. Children friendly cities without cars, nice playgrounds and on the other hand good social structures and people who want always to make new friends. I already see the first changes towards this better future. Because children that play outside make you happy. It's so nice to play with them. I'll never forget all those children I've played with in Vauban, in Freiburg. It's a kind of ecological and alternative quarter with a lot of children and almost no cars. Another nice experience was in my previous home in Aachen. I used to live in an 8-storey building with a lot of international families from the south. There were always some kids outside, but the best was on the first snow day in the winter. I helped them build a huge snowman in the yard and it was a lot of fun. After this day I was called "The snowman". It was so funny!
Although there are not so many kids on the street in Germany, there are at least some that seem to appreciate all those nice children playgrounds.


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MACEFELTERS for Electric Objects Art Club
The Current Sea created MACEFELTERS, a pair of melting rainbow faces, for the Electric Objects Art Club. We saw the project as a way of visualizing Intersectionality through seamlessly looping video art meant to be displayed in the home through the digital art canvas. You can read our artist interview with Electric Objects on their zine.


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If you told me 5 years ago that I'd be meditating almost every day, I would have likely laughed out loud.
I now spend at least 5 to 15 minutes each day meditating. I had preconceived notions about meditation. I pictured sitting, legs crossed, for at least an hour at a time. I pictured humming, chanting, or trying to force my mind to go blank. It just seemed impossible.
You see, my mind runs non-stop.
I'm always thinking, always trying to figure out the next thing, how to make things better, how to come up with ideas for my business, what to do with my family, how to improve my home, and trying to figure out when I'll ever find time to clean the toilet. It just never stops. Can you relate?
Add to that the fact the thought of chanting made me uncomfortable and I didn't want to touch meditation with a 10 foot pole. Then, my yoga teacher training happened.
In the year it took me to get my 200 Hour certification with YogaFit, I was introduced to meditation. I had no idea that meditation had so many forms. Walking meditations, repetition of mantra or affirmations, guided meditations (my favourite), and focused attention meditation are only a few of the types available.
I also learned that it's next to impossible to completely clear the mind and that in fact, it's totally normal!
Add to that the fact that I didn't necessarily have to sit the whole time or do it for an hour at a time and I was tempted to at least give this meditation thing a try.
I've now come to the conclusion that I love guided meditations, mantra meditations, and believe it or not, chanting. I guess that only makes sense since I love music and singing.
Over the past few years, I've learned to make meditation an almost daily practice. Some days I meditate for 5 minutes and others for a half hour.
Here are the 5 ways meditation has changed my life and can do the same for you:
More Patience
Since taking on a regular practice, I have more patience with people, including myself and my family. I'm able to take a few deep breaths before reacting to a situation. Many times this is the amount of time it takes to make or break the moments that follow.
Higher Capacity To Deal With Stress
When stressful situations occur, I always turn to my meditation. The practice allows my mind to quiet down, to look at a situation from the outside in, and to at least momentarily detach myself from the drama. By doing this, I can assess and choose how I will react to the stress that is presenting itself. Often times, the stressor becomes trivial once I've had a chance to quiet my mind and put things into perspective.
Gratitude & Attitude
Part of my daily meditation practice includes being grateful. I take time to write in my journal in a section I call "Gratitude and Attitude". Each day, I list at least 3 things that I'm grateful for. By finding gratitude in even the smallest of things, it has allowed my mind to shift gears and in turn has allowed my attitude towards daily life change for the better.
Increased Sense of Happiness
Life isn't perfect. It never is. Sometimes we're happy, other times we're sad. That's just the way life is. It's normal. Despite this, it's certainly nice when you realize that our life is happier more than it is sad. It's even better when you can find the good even during bad times. My meditation practice has allowed me to find a greater sense of happiness in my life and has given me the capacity to flow through tough times with more ease.
Finally, meditation gives me a greater sense of clarity in my life. I have a clearer vision of what I want and the steps I'm going to take to get it. Because of this, I'm more focused in my efforts and am finding greater success in all areas of my life.
Do you meditate? How has it changed your life? If not, what's stopping you and are you willing to try? Comment below.


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Take on targets with this compact, 4-dart blaster! The Nerf N-Strike Elite Quadrant blaster has a rotating drum that holds 4 Elite darts. Prime this single-fire blaster and pull the trigger to unleash a dart at opponents. Its size makes it a great blaster to take along on stealth missions, recon operations, and surprise attacks. Includes 4 Elite darts.
• Includes blaster 4 darts.
• 4-dart rotating drum
• Fires 1 dart at a time
• Includes 4 Elite darts
• Ages 8 and up
• CAUTION: Do not aim at eyes or face. TO AVOID INJURY: Use only darts designed for this product. Do not modify darts or dart blaster.
• WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD – Small parts may be generated. Not for children under 3 years.


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King's Abbot
This is a small town nine miles from the big town of Cranchester. This place consists of a large railway station, a small post office and two rival general stores. Most of the townspeople consist of unmarried ladies and retired military officers. The townspeople's favorite pastime is gossip. This place is where Mr. Ackroyd lives and where the famous Hercule Poirot decides to retire.
Fernly Park
One of the two most important houses in town, this place is owned by Mr. Ackroyd, a wealthy businessman. This place is where the murder of Roger Ackroyd takes place and every member of the household--butler, parlor maid, housekeeper, secretary, and even relatives--are suspects in the murder.
The Larches
This place is the property belonging to Mr. Poirot. Poirot purchases this house in King's Abbot, where he hopes to retire and spend his time in the garden growing vegetable marrows...
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Omron Electronics introduces the V680-HAM91 / V680-HAM81 ID Flag Sensors, designed to read and write 16 bits of data with one unit in a variety of applications from simple product identification to managing work progress.
The following are some of the features of these innovative flag sensors:
- Read or write 16 bits of data (for up to 64,000 IDs) with one unit despite their compact size.
- Read or write up to 128 bits by using the address shift function.
- NPN and PNP outputs
- Equipped with a V600-HAM/HAR-compatible Access Mode, allowing use of existing programs.
- Comply with international standards, including CE, UL/CSA, and radio wave regulations. (Radio wave regulation compliance is applicable to Japan, Europe, the U.S.A., and Canada.)
- Can be used with ID Tags and Antennas that comply with ISO/IEC 18000-3 (ISO/IEC 15693).
- Communications with ID Tags is done in 16-bit units to enable up to approximately 64,000 IDs.
- High-speed processing of 43 ms for a wide variety of applications.