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Healthcare in the United States is enormously expensive, and medical insurance is necessary to help protect international students against unforeseen events that could result in long-term financial hardship.
International students with F-1 status are required to maintain continuous insurance coverage throughout the entire duration of their studies at HCC (including any period authorized for academic training or authorized vacation or leave). We strongly recommend that you purchase health insurance for the entire academic year so that you are covered whether or not you are enrolled each semester.
To assist international students in complying with the health insurance mandate, HCC offers a health insurance plan that is underwritten by Student Resources (A UnitedHealth Group Company) and is administered by Insurance for Students (IFS). The IFS Prime Plan for HCC International Students is guaranteed to meet all insurance requirements per HCC policy.
How to Enroll in the IFS-HCC Health Insurance Plan
View the health insurance brochure to find out more about insurance coverage levels and cost.
Enroll online if you plan to make payment by credit card, or print and mail the application to IFS if you plan to make payment by check or money order.
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Medical insurance does not include dental services. Students may purchase supplemental dental and vision insurance at an affordable monthly rate through IFS.
F-2 Dependents
While proof of insurance is not mandatory for dependents of F-1 students, it is recommended that they also be insured, in particular if they are enrolled at Hillsborough Community College.
Eligibility to Waive the IFS-HCC Plan
All F-1 international students attending HCC must purchase the medical insurance program offered through IFS unless they apply for and are granted a waiver by IFS & the Center for International Education by the program start date provided on their Form I-20. Any alternate insurance coverage must be equal or exceed the coverage provided by the IFS-HCC endorsed plan.


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What might happen if you have less than perfect credit and you are your own boss
What you need to know
Consumers who are credit-challenged and work for themselves need to understand the problems they might encounter when applying for an auto loan.
In fact, this has been a major issue for us here at Auto Credit Express during the entire twenty years we've been helping people with credit problems find a dealer so they can buy a car. We even devoted most of our web site to spelling out this and other problems so that applicants will know, going in, what to expect of the bad credit car loan process.
Income problems
Unfortunately, a buy here pay here or tote the note dealer is sometimes the only choice for self employed individuals with less than perfect credit – in most cases due to the fact that they don't report all their income when it comes time to file their taxes.
The fact is, if they only report a portion of their income, it can reduce the taxes they pay, but it can also prevent them from getting a car loan. This is especially true if their FICO scores fall below 640.
Verifying income
While traditional banks and credit unions typically don't require proof of income, this isn't the case with subprime lenders. Their general rule of thumb is that a self-employed applicant's income can only be verified with a professionally prepared tax return. If the required income isn't listed on this type of tax return there is no proof it exists - even with supporting bank records.
Lender requirements
Most high-risk lenders have minimum monthly income requirements. Income verified by wage statements or tax returns is used to qualify for a loan and compute a debt-to-income (DTI) ratio and set a budget for a car payment. This can affect self employed car buyers in a couple of ways:
Subprime auto lenders typically require a minimum income of between $1,500 and $1,800 per month. For self employed people this means reporting a minimum yearly net profit (after expenses) anywhere from $18,000 to $21,600.
Even if the income requirement is met, there is the chance that monthly expenses could be way out of proportion. For example, with a reported income of $2,000 per month there could be actual income of $3,500. It also follows that reasonable monthly expenses could be $1800. In this case, even though the actual DTI ratio is acceptable, the DTI ratio with the reported income is not and the loan application would be denied.
The Bottom Line
Poor credit and being self employed usually means a credit denial from a subprime lender if income is underreported and results in a high debt to income ratio.
If you have any more questions, check out our answers at Auto Credit Express, where we send all our auto loan applicants to dealers that understand and can offer them their best chance for an auto loan approval.
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February 2016
Dear Washington Irving Families,
What amazing weather we had last week! I hope you and your children were able to enjoy some time outdoors throwing the frisbee back and forth or even riding bikes. Unfortunately it looks as though our winter weather is returning once again. This hint of spring reminds me it's right around the corner and with it comes our annual time of testing. The Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests or OCCT for short, happens during the month of April for grades 3rd – 5th. Fifth grade will begin soon, however, with the writing test coming up on February 23rd through the 25th. We always encourage parents to be sure your child gets lots of rest and a healthy breakfast prior to these tests, but we also want you to be enthusiastic and positive when discussing the tests. I must admit I was very surprised when my own son expressed concern to me at the beginning of the year when sharing his fear of the test. This took me back because I have never spoken with him about it and yet he was filled with anxiety. It is amazing how perceptive our children can be.
As parents we have the power to lead by example. Remaining positive and affirming our children at every opportunity has such a strong impact on our children's lives. So take the opportunity of a warm day to connect with your child(ren). Toss the ball back and forth or race them down the sidewalk. Connect with them by sharing something you loved as a child. Affirm them and build their confidence because the security of loving parents will directly, and positively impact their education.


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When I ordered it, I was really excited, and whipped the quilt top up in record time. Then it sat in my cupboard.....for about 5 months!
I really didn't know how to quilt it. I haven't as yet quilted any quilt with my darning foot (free-motion), so I got it out, made a few 'quilt sandwiches' and had a practise! It was a lot more difficult than I though!
So I put that back into the 'too-hard' basket, and got out my handy-dandy walking foot! (I quilt EVERYTHING with my walking foot!) If you look in the picture above you can see that I have quilted it with pigeon feet! Little Miss E loves that that naughty pigeon walked all-over her quilt! At first I made the 'tracks' go in different directions, but after quilting about half, I stopped and had a far-away look at it.
It was a MESS! So of course I got frustrated and
Little Miss E then asked if I had finished it..... so I got it back out again.
Mr Handsome told me that it would look better with the pigeon feet going in straight lines. He was so right! So I spent the rest of the night unpicking and re-quilting.
I used a stripy fabric from the range cut on the bias for the binding. This is the first time I have done bias binding, it wasn't as hard as I thought, and I really like the diagonal stripe.
The back was the cheater print from the range. I really like how the back is just as fun as the front and that the quilt is reversible.
I also ordered the panel and used the cushion templates as an appliqué. I love how the pigeon is eyeing off the bus!
When I gave this quilt to Little Miss E she got out her book and started matching the pictures on the quilt with the book! So cute! I can see this quilt is going to be loved and cherished!
Then of course when Little Miss I saw her sister getting her photo taken, she had to have some of the action.
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A. J. Liebling was the principal writer of the New Yorker's "Wayward Press" column from 1945 until his death in 1963. These columns were widely regarded as the ne plus ultra of journalism about journalism because of their combination of reporting, insight, and wit. Liebling's appraisals could be scathing, but always derived from his respect for what could be, but rarely were, the standards of the trade he practiced. Delving lately into a collection of Liebling's work called The Press (purchased in the used books section of Amazon), it is striking how much of his bleak assessment of the performance of newspapers--which are mostly what he wrote about--has echoes and even relevance for today's accumulation of problems in the news business.
The crisis in Liebling's time was consolidation. Writing in the early 1960s, he cites Editor and Publisher as saying that, of 1,461 American cities with daily newspapers, all but sixty-one were one-ownership towns, creating monopolies where competition once flourished. Liebling contended that the remaining newspapers tended to cut back on news and staff, no longer feeling the need to make much effort to attract readers. His favored targets were skinflint conservative Republican owners whose only goal was to squeeze profit from their rags. "The function of the press in society is to inform," Liebling wrote, "but its role is to make money. The monopoly publisher's reaction on being told that he ought to spend money on reporting distant events is therefore exactly that of the proprietor of a large, fat cow, who is told that he ought to enter her in a horse race."
Once assured of a dominant position in their supine market, these moguls shoved syndicated features and filler into the papers instead of original reporting, Liebling asserted. "The publisher's mass preoccupation--their pocketbooks" opened one piece, "often keeps them from covering news at all. When I worked on the World-Telegram, 1931-35, the paper although posing as a metropolitan daily, never sent reporters out of town any further than Flemington, N.J. 50 miles away, and that was for a unique occasion, the trial of Bruno Hauptmann for kidnapping the Lindbergh baby. A wave of economy followed this unwonted expenditure--reporters using the subway were required to bring in signed notes from the platform guards before submitting a voucher requesting reimbursement of their nickels."
So, in Liebling's view, newspapers were already in decline during what from today's gloomy perspective should have been a golden age, at least for the owners. At a time when newspaper readership was at its peak, Liebling found consistent and ample reason to describe their weaknesses. "What disquiets me more than the possibility that newspapers qua newspapers will disappear is the increasing uniformity of the survivors as they wait to coalesce," he wrote at the end of the great New York newspaper printers strike of 1963, which led over the next few years to the closing of the Herald Tribune, Journal-American, Daily Mirror, and World-Telegram. In fact, those labor battles and the resulting shakeout of weaker papers opened a period that, in retrospect, was truly the heyday of many metropolitan dailies. The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald, Baltimore Sun, and others provided comprehensive local and national coverage and dispatched correspondents around the world.
Liebling did not live to see that era, but it is now clear that from the 1960s until only a few years ago, America's newspapers probably did as good or maybe even a better job serving the public interest than at any other time in our history. But their very success and the huge revenues they generated were misleading and probably were instrumental in the crisis now under way. As Lieblings's vivid portraits of his time demonstrated, newspapers were enterprises conditioned to struggle. The notion that they could return profits of 20 percent or more while also maintaining newsroom staffs of hundreds of increasingly well-paid and well-educated journalists was an aberration from the raffish, penny-wise culture of the past.
these newspapers were doing so well--along the way also taming the unions--that
their proprietors (or in the case of publicly traded companies, the managers)
missed the signals of what was happening as readership declined over the past
decade and classified advertising began to migrate to the Internet. As
journalism became respectable in the latter part of the twentieth century,
there was still a great deal to complain about: perceived bias, anonymous
sources, and accuracy, among others things. Yet considering the scale of
today's cutbacks in newspaper coverage of local, state, and foreign news, in
particular, and the scramble to figure out how to make money from digital
technologies, this is an especially turbulent age. Liebling would have a
wonderful time. For all of his criticism, the last line of The Press
gives a hint of what his attitude would be: "I am an incorrigible optimist
about newspapers," he wrote. Newspapers these days could definitely use one.
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October 10th & 11th the Rock hosted "Big Top" weekend on our new property. Since the moment it concluded on a warm, sunny, Sunday afternoon I still find myself astounded at what happened. Now that the literal dust has finally settled, I wanted to take a moment and share a few thoughts:
On Wednesday, Octobers 7th several of us gathered in the carnival area at 7pm and knelt down in the grass thanking God for His provision and asking Him for favor on the upcoming weekend. As the Saturday night festivities began, the temperature was perfect, there was virtually no wind, and the sunset sky looked like one of the Bob Ross paintings I used to watch on PBS every Saturday.
Then as people had packed into the big top tent on Sunday morning, I sat outside asking for God's power to help me preach. When I was done praying and felt settled in my heart, I took a short walk around and the sun was warm on my face with a calm breeze barely moving the tent flaps. It was difficult to find adequate words of gratitude, so I simple whispered, "Thank you God. Thank you for this." What a kind and awesome God we serve that so graciously showed such favor on us.
I just love serving Jesus with all of you people! You are an incredible, enthusiastic, humble, selfless, tireless, bunch of faithful, God honoring servants of the Most High God! You guys just "get it". You get what we were saved by the Lord to do. You get that this life isn't about religion, customs, traditions, entertainment or gimmicks. It's about proclaiming Jesus as Lord to the whole world, whenever and wherever He gives us opportunity. I could feel the "buzz" of gospel expectation in the tent that morning and I knew we were all unified in spirit, for one single cause: Lift Jesus up and call men to repent and be saved.
This observation impacted me perhaps more than anything else. We invited people in to sit on chairs on uneven ground. The floor was made up of donated wood chipper refuse from the city of Fenton. The restrooms were 6 slamming door porta potty units delivered on a truck. We had wires, extensions cords and various other obvious trip hazards running all over the ground. Obstructed view seats ala old Tiger Stadium, poor lighting, a faded projector image, limited sound system, the white noise of road traffic, barking dogs and flapping tent doors. Yet…we stood up together and with one spirit lifted our collective voices to give praise and honor to the King. I stood in the front row at times unable to sing the words due to being overcome by emotion. Then I walked over to the stage, hiked myself up onto the makeshift platform, opened the Word of God, read some verses and told people Jesus would forgive and save anyone who called on His name. Then we saw "that moment". The moment when all limited efforts of man end and the complete power of the Holy Spirit takes over. Men and women young and old stood up out of their seats, some with tears, and walked forward to confess Jesus Christ as Lord and be saved from their sin for all time. Later, I would try to end the service 3 different times as yet another soul would walk forward in the cloths on their back…to declare Jesus as their savior and be baptized in a plastic tub where wood chips and dirt covered the surface of the water.
People ask me sometimes, "What's the secret?" I will forever maintain, there is no secret, just that old time gospel.
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For as long as I can remember, my family has always done something for St. Patrick's Day. My mom is one of those people who loves to celebrate every holiday. This means decorating for each holiday, having themed music, color coordinated outfits, and themed food.
Before every holiday we would make decorations to put all around the house. For St. Patrick's Day that meant cutting paper shamrocks, which really just looked like green blobs; drawing rainbows; making leprechaun masks.
When I was little, my mom would dye our food green for St. Patrick's Day. As I got older we started having traditional Irish dinners such as corned beef and cabbage, boiled potatoes and pork, and soda bread. I can remember always wearing green to school on St. Patrick 's Day because I didn't want to get pinched. However, I also made sure to wear orange. At some point in my youth my grandpa drilled it in my head that we came from the Orange Irish and that was something we needed to be proud of.
Once I got to college and was on my own I made sure to still participate in the traditions my mother had instilled in me. I got window clings to put on my mirror and windows. I wore something green and something orange. I ate something green. I remembered my youth.
I talked to my mom on the phone at least once a day throughout all four of my college years. On St. Patrick's Day the conversation usually went as follows:
"Did you have corned beef and cabbage for dinner?"
"No mom, they don't serve that in the dining halls."
"Well you ate something that was green, RIGHT?"
"Of course I did." (This may or may not have been true)
Even though my brother and I are now grown and out of the house my mother still makes sure to keep up with her traditions. She posts pictures of the crafts she's done with her grandchildren. She writes about how she made a traditional Irish dinner for everyone to enjoy, and she posts pictures of her green outfit.
While every holiday garners the same attention from my mother, St. Patrick's Day will always be my favorite and have the most memories attached to it. Maybe it's because my family has a strong Irish background. Maybe it's because I "look" Irish with my ginger hair. Maybe it's because the color green looks great on me. For whatever reason, I still participate in all of the traditions my mother instilled in me for the last 23 years...and I'm darn proud of it!
Do you have any exciting St. Patrick's Day family traditions? Feel free to share them in the comments below.
Authored by: Victoria Cartland
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A New Class of Retirement & Senior Living
The Retirement and Senior Living lifestyle offered by Ivy Hall is like no other. From the beginning, Ivy Hall founders wanted to emphasize emotional, spiritual, mental and physical health for every resident. Therefore, the standard Retirement and Senior Living program was customized to fit what became Ivy Hall's principles. From the lifestyle influence of the new building layout to the heart-felt concern for enhanced personal care, regard for the whole resident embodies the entire Ivy Hall philosophy.
Residents and their families say they have chosen Ivy Hall because of its refined concern, attention to detail, and enhanced social programs. At Ivy Hall, we like to think it's because of our devoted attention to the quality and enjoyment of our residents' lifestyle.
Ivy Hall's enriched Retirement and Senior Living lifestyle is experienced through the quality of its spacious private residences and 24-hour personal assistance, as well as its numerous personalized services and amenities. Ivy Hall is a licensed Assisted Living Facility offering five levels of care which allows residents to age in place.
Ivy Hall Senior Living is located on State Bridge Rd. in Johns Creek, GA convenient to North Fulton, Forsyth and Gwinnett Counties. It is surrounded by restaurants, shopping, and golf courses which make it ideal for seniors and retirement. Ivy Hall is licensed for 64 residents, and is a three level structure, with amenities such as a movie theater, bistro, physical fitness center, library, and ceramic-tiled courtyard perfect for outdoor activities and family get-togethers. The apartments feature seven floor plans with 15 unique looks that offer many choices to residents. These units arange from 317 to over 745 sq. ft. Daily activities and family night events are well attended and lots of fun for everyone.
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Mary Brown, a resident at Ivy Hall in Johns Creek, will celebrate her 105th birthday on March 30.(read the news)
Ivy Hall Senior Living Proudly Supports Georgia's Veterans
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Ivy Hall Assisted Living, Employee Recognition,Carole Simon,
Employee at Ivy Hall receives 20 Year Service Award, presented by Executive Director, Michael L. Patterson
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ISCT's new campus, Struben House, opened its doors in January 2016. Struben House is a grand old home which is kept in a trust by the Child Welfare society. ISCT has a long term lease and has given Key Stage 1 their own space in which to learn. Struben has kept the warmth and character of Woodland Heights, our other campus, and the children love the specially designed classrooms and beautiful garden with it's majestic 500 year old Yellowwood in its centre.
There are 2 classes in every Year group, with class sizes of between 16-18 students. Children can enter the Nursery class if they are between 3y6m and 4y6m in the January of their Nursery year. The Nursery class provides a structured learning environment to learn the foundation skills a child needs in order to start the more formal programme in Reception. There is a lot of time to play as well!


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By- Rijul D Nadkarni ( RLBU)
Ghee topped dosas, richly flavoured sambhar, piquant yet savory chutneys, soft and 'cute' Idlis, crispy vadas, that simple upama and a sweet 'sheera' or kesari as it's known in the south are bread and butter of the region. As you get a first crack at that ghee dosa, caress it with some sambhar or chutney and let it meet with your already impatient taste buds, it is a moment of long lost lovers, just enough to send goose bumps trickling down your spine; and that filter 'Caapey', oh don't even let me take you there !
Well frankly speaking , being a true Mumbaikar by heart and soul, my love for South Indian cuisine doesn't fail to amaze me too! Probably childhood in Muscat might have had a role to play as traditionally the south Indians make a major chunk of the Indian contingent in the Gulf .
Residing in Delhi- NCR for the past year or so, it was a real task locating a good south Indian outlet until the day when someone said "I need to take you to Carnatic Café". Located in the heart of the lively NFC (New friends Colony) market, an affluent and posh neighbourhood in South Delhi, rests this serene outlet .
For all the 'Benglureans' or those like me who've been on brief visits to Bangalore can surely relate with the 'Bangalore' style Dosa and trust me the one's served in CC (if I may call it) are right up there with the likes of CTR and MTR in Bengaluru. If you do step in, you'll quickly realize that these aren't the usual sour and thin dosas you would get at every other South Indian restaurant in Delhi which mostly resemble paper plates folded along its diameter.
In case you are utterly confused with what to order, the go-to dosa is always the Malleshwaram 18th Cross. A street in Bangalore, but a dosa here, this baby is as crispy as a dosa gets with ghee melting in your mouth and a reddish powdered chutney (known as 'podi' in some parts of the south ) spread from within adding diversity to the taste . This coupled with the variety of chutneys and sambhar is an absolute treat . If a dosa generally fascinates you , then you're at the 'Tomorrowland of dosas ' . The Bombat , the Rava Masala , Mysore Masala and Set dosas are also good buys .
The buttermilk also known as 'Majjige' in the menu is refreshing. Probably as a business strategyI would recommend this being served in Pitchers due to its extraordinarily high consumption. A tip on the flow or order of inflow of beverages could be Rasam with Pappad at first, buttermilk to go along with your main dishes and filter coffee to round up your meal. The vadas are crispy, idlis are soft and the upama is good too. Another noteworthy item is the 'Paddu' or 'Podu'. This Spherically shaped item made out of rice – flour offers something different to a vada and is unique to Karnataka. Before you realise what it is exactly, you would've gulped down a plateful. I'm not an insider of CC but you can be rest assured of a thrilling experience from any random pick in the menu.
A nice interior with dim lights and mild Carnatic music sums up to a pleasant ambience. The service is fast and hospitable.
Probably the only drawback is the space. Not the most spacious restaurants around with a seating capacity of 25-30, extended waiting in the weekends to get your seats at basically any time of the day could get erratic. The cuisine being so versatile with respect to time is probably to blame here. Nonetheless the experience that follows is worth the wait .
The cost is more than compensated by the quality at offer and for south indian cuisine in Delhi – NCR one needn't look further than Carnatic café .


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Kansas has tapped an Air Force lieutenant colonel with experience in drone operations to serve as its first director of unmanned aircraft systems.
Pittsburg-native Bob Brock was officially named to the position Tuesday by the Kansas Department of Transportation.
Brock, 49, spent 22 years in the Air Force, including postings in intelligence and special operations units utilizing drones.
"The military environment is dramatically different than civilian utilization of UAS," he said Tuesday. "However, there's a lot of lessons we can bring in standing up a new program (in Kansas)."
Brock said his "big picture" focus will be on education around the safe operation of drones by individuals and companies as well as maintaining personal privacy.
"We're going to set up a system … where they have sufficient training so it's a safe and positive thing for everybody," he said.
His duties also will include helping to spur development of drone related businesses in the state.
"We've already started working with the Department of Commerce and the Department of Agriculture on a cohesive plan that will make Kansas the very best place in the country to bring manufacturing jobs," Brock said.
KDOT also will use Brock's expertise to explore using drones for some of its work, such as inspecting the state's 2,500 bridges, which require "many hours and a great deal of expense" to do, he said.
Using drones to do precision measurements of those bridges and documenting them could "really, truly save (KDOT) time and money," Brock added.
Brock will have offices at KDOT headquarters in Topeka and at Kansas State University Polytechnic in Salina, which offers degree programs in unmanned aircraft and systems.
He said he will report to Merrill Atwater, the state's director of aviation.
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Hope you guys are having a lovely Saturday. To make things even better, here is another selection of inspiring decors for this week's Freshome Design Spotter. Since autumn is seriously asking for its rights, we will begin with this lovely interior enhanced by a colorful leaf wallpaper and photographed by David Christensen.
Next off, a beautiful white interior, gracefully decorated by Magdalena Keck and belonging to a stylish apartment in New York. A central coffee table with an original golden base adds originality and sophistication, without overcrowding the room.
Still paying tribute to white, but completely changing the feel of the room, here is an interior that can be characterized as futuristic. A generous plasma TV and a modern fireplace descending from the ceiling, make this a home for sci-fi movie lovers. The photo was taken inside Moebius House designed by Tony Owen Partners and located in Sydney, Australia. You can see more from the project here.
How do you like concrete interiors? Yes, you are right, they are cold and sober. But we have a just the picture to prove you wrong. The Concrete House was designed by BAK Architects and has a lovely open plan living room with concrete walls, which we find quite inspiring. Very suited for those who want to keep their decor serious, yet cozy.
If you like rainbow colors in your home, here is the next best thing. A colorful wallpaper to boost the spirits of any home, provided it is used tastefully. Photographed by Simon Eldon, this interior is vivid and quite appealing.
People pay little attention to ceilings. Here is an interior that transforms this area into the focal point of the room. Featuring black rectangular shapes with white margins, the ceiling becomes an important design feature. We featured this Spanish home by A.F. Abeijón-Fernandez Arquitectos here.
Sustaining pillars can sometimes be used as cool decorating items. Don't believe us? Just check out the photo below, taken in a luxurious tree house, designed by RPA Architects.
Our seventh pick for today is an interior displaying a creative shelving system. We like the fact that flowers are mixed with various object. This way, the whole rooms gets a green and dynamic feel. More on this lovely apartment here.
What a lovely way to mix colors and add a playful touch to a corner. It is usually tough for two wallpapers, each with a well define pattern, to be combined in a tasteful manner, but it this case, the designer did an amazing job.
We would like to end this post with a beautiful bedroom, which stands out due to a floor to ceiling window and a pretty wooden ladder. The style is minimalist, but highly captivating. Want to find out more about this lovely room? Check out this post here and don't forget to tune in next week for another round of quality design spotting!


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Despite how adorable and talented the orphans were, Mrs. Hannigan was probably my favorite character. She was so incredible awful and crazy...and perfect. I am normally not a fan of villains. However, Lynn Andrews knocked this character out of the park and had everyone buzzing about her fantastic performance. Best Mrs. Hannigan ever. It is worth watching Annie to see her.
|Photo by Joan Marcus from the Annie the Musical website
This adorable rescue dog received "ohhs and ahhs" every single time that she appeared. I can only imagine the hours and hours spent training her. Who doesn't love a ragged, faithful dog? If the adorable orphan girls don't pull at your heartstrings, this furry girl will.
You didn't honestly think that I was done talking about the music, did you? I can't even begin to explain the range of emotions that I go through when watching Annie. There were literally tears in my eyes when "It's the Hard Knock Life" was being performed. The music of Annie reminds me of my childhood when I first witnessed Annie on Broadway in Cincinnati. The songs were performed flawlessly. There were favorites like "Tomorrow", "I Don't Need Anything But You" and Mrs. Hannigan's perfectly evil rendition of "Little Girls". Every last moment was perfect. There are some videos of the performances on the Annie The Musical website that you can watch including a montage.
Broadway Family Night:
I shared this on my social media channels, but I wanted to mention it again. For the Wednesday, Feb. 18, performance (tonight!!), kids 12 and under can get 50% OFF their ticket with the purchase of a full-price adult ticket. Come before the show for fun activities and then stay after for a talk-back with company members! Broadway Family Nights are recommended for ages 5+
Metropolitan Ministries School Uniform Clothing Drive:
Sadly, there are children in the Tampa area that can not afford clothes, shoes and even food. At all Tampa performances of Annie, now through Sunday, Feb. 22, donations of primary school uniforms and other children's clothing will be accepted at the Straz Center. The drive benefits Metropolitan Ministries who serve families in need in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco and Polk counties.
Annie is here through Sunday, February 22nd. Make sure that you don't miss this fantastic musical! Performances of Annie are now - Thursday at 7:30pm, Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm and 8pm and Sunday at 1pm and 6pm. Regularly priced tickets are $46-$105 and may be purchased by calling 813.229.STAR (7827) or 800.955.1045 outside Tampa Bay, in person at the Straz Center Ticket Office or online at www.strazcenter.org.


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China Brief | Edition 010
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It is well established that sustained investment in public infrastructure brings results—enhanced economic productivity, higher competitiveness, and therefore, better rates of economic growth. And, it is this economic growth that generates revenue for governments with which to fund Canada's globally-envied health care, education, and social safety nets. Hence, our quality of life in this country.Read More
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Canada's first ever National Infrastructure Summit (NIS), hosted by the City of Regina in January 2011, was unique in many ways. One reason is that the conference gathered such a wide spectrum of participants from the private, non-profit, and public sectors. The summit attracted hundreds of delegates, representing diverse industries such as engineering, architecture, construction, and finance. Academics,Read More
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The benefits of urban brownfield development are numerous and significant, breathing new life into old neighbourhoods, increasing local property values and land productivity, and mitigating sprawl. There is also a strong infrastructure connection. Brownfields sit upon an existing network of roads, sidewalks, lighting, water mains, and wastewater lines that is not being fully utilized. BrownfieldRead More


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I'm so so so happy to announce that the vinyl edition of The Incident at Fallthrough Bridge has finally arrived! It's incredibly gratifying to finally hold it in my hands. Doesn't matter if it's on Spotify or iTunes... having an actual physical version I can spin at home is totally gratifying. Thanks everyone for your support, I hope you get a chance to listen to the music.
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For some people, hearing the words "the most powerful human" conjures up images of a spandex-clad superhero oozing muscles and capable of incredible feats of strength and speed. Or maybe it makes you think of a 248px-pound fullback driving through a mass of bodies to the goal line. In any case, it evokes a figure who is strong and can move fast. And this is where we begin our quest to understand the critical physical ability of TMPHBITEU, which is the combination of strength and speed--or, more precisely, power.
Power is an easily understood concept and it all begins with doing work. But work here is not the daily 9-to-5 grind, it is the application of a force to an object with a resulting movement of that object. We can quantify work by knowing the mass of the object moved and the distance it moves: work = weight moved × distance moved.
If I move ten pounds a distance of ten feet, I have done 100px foot-pounds of work. Pretty elementary. a time component. If I move that ten pounds ten feet in ten minutes, I have done the same amount of work as if I moved the ten pounds ten feet in ten milliseconds. Being able to do lot of work in a single effort is associated with being strong. Being able to do a lot of work in multiple repeated efforts is associated with having stamina. But how does work play into determining who the most powerful human is? Again we go back to our bag of physics equations and pull out the equation for power, which quantifies how much work we can do in a period of time: power = weight moved × distance moved


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"STEM Is Everywhere" is the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) fully designed and carried out as part of the Scientix project, the community for science education in Europe. It is now possible to register for this course, which starts on 29 October 2018 and is completely free of charge.
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Yeti's family and friends will descend upon Breckenridge, Colorado, at the end of July for three days of riding, eating, and socializing at the 10th Anniversary Yeti Tribe Gathering.
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A bit of a warning. When I started writing this post I had no intention of doing a 2 part post. It was supposed to be a quick introduction to a session I will be presenting at SharePoint TechFest here in Houston on November 5th but there was just so much information that I felt needed to be presented and it just continually grew. So unfortunately this is will be a 2 part piece.
- Part 1, the one before you, will focus on the importance of why you should be asking your users as early and as often as you can during the process of developing your next project.
- In Part 2, I will focus on how to get user feedback by providing some quick and effective methods for getting feedback from your users that will prove invaluable and quite possibly save your next project from falling short, or worse yet, never getting adopted by your users.
So with that out of the way, I give you Part 1 - Why many projects fail or worse yet never get adopted.
The cost of project failure is immense. Estimates done in 2009 put the cost of IT project failure in the $6.2 trillion, yes that's a trillion with a 'T'. According to the study done by Roger Seasons, nearly 25% of all IT projects result in failure. In 2012, Michael Krigsman challenged these numbers and asked Gene Kim and Mike Orzen to take a second look into the numbers and make a more accurate estimate of the impact of IT failure on the economy.
Kim and Orzen took a conservative approach and applied a 20% failure rate to start their calculations.
For just the Standard & Poor 500 companies, aggregate 2012 revenue is estimated to be $10 trillion. If 5 percent of aggregate revenue is spent on IT, and conservatively, 20 percent of that spending creates no value for the end customer - that is $100 billion of waste!
When looking at where IT money is spent.
If we conservatively estimate that 50 percent of global IT spend is on "operate/maintain" activities, and that at least 35 percent of that work is urgent, unplanned work or rework, that's $980 billion worldwide of waste!
Their conclusions.
What reward can we expect through better management, operational excellence and governance of IT? If we halve the amount of waste, and instead convert it into 5x of value, that would be (50 percent * $1.2 trillion waste * 5x). That's $3 trillion of potential value that we're letting slip through our fingers!
Kim and Orzen have clearly done some legwork and come to what appear to be a bit more realistic numbers. In either case, though it's not exactly clear what the criteria for 'failure' was.
I won't dispute that "better management and governance of IT" are not significant contributors to a successful product. That being said, a project that is managed by the greatest of managers, running a project so flawlessly that a swiss watch maker would envy, is still open to complete and utter failure. What's worse it is a chance at failure that can be all but eliminated with a much more simple solution: Ask the users.
Yes. I said ask. Ask users. Ask users as early as possible. Ask early, and ask often.
Some of the typical responses, or reasons offered for not doing user testing or research include:
- It's too hard
- Don't have enough money
- Don't have access to users
- Don't have the time
- We are the users
- We already know what the user wants
Now, before going any further I am sure after reading this list, one of the first things that popped into your head was the often overused and more importantly misunderstood quotes from what has been attributed to Henry Ford.
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.
- Henry Ford
There are a couple of issues with this. First and perhaps least important, Henry Ford never said it. Certainly none of his biographers attribute it to him, and nobody actually has any record of it being said. However, the second issue is significantly more problematic. This quote is repeated ad nauseum to justify dismissing user feedback and participation. Our misappropriation of this quote just further reinforces this. Even if Henry Ford had said it, he wasn't looking to solve the "Horse" problem. Henry Ford was trying to fix the mass production problem, how to get more automobiles cranked out.
No one said they wanted faster horses, they wanted less horseshit. -Erik Flowers
Minimal effort will reeal, that Horses were in fact an issue in the late 1800's and early 1900's. However, their slowness was not on the list of issues anyone had. In fact, there were more horse related traffic deaths per capita than automobiles today. So asking for 'faster horses' would be highly unlikely.
So with that little hurdle cleared I return you to our regularly scheduled post:Asking your users.
Think about it. If you knew people were not going to use your website or app, or aren't going to like it, wouldn't you want to know before you put all the effort and resources into building and deploying it?
Sure, your employees are somewhat a 'captive' audience when it comes to your company intranet, or software but how many times have you heard "happy employees are productive employees."? You absolutely have to weigh user wants, goals and desires against business objectives but the more you can merge the two, the more your project is assured of success.
Next month: Guerrilla User Testing in an agile world - Part 2. In that post, I will focus on how you can ask for user feedback via some quick and effective methods.
And if you're in the Houston area, think about registering for the upcoming SharePoint TechFest Houston event at the NRG Park.
Worldwide cost of IT Failure (revisited): $3 trillion - zdNet April 2012
Worldwide cost of IT Failure: $6.2 trillion - zdNet December 2009
Critique: $6.2 trillion Global IT failure stats - zdNet December 2009
Erik Flowers - "No one said they wanted faster horses, they wanted less horse shit."


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Conversations and music from (or inspired by) the Tan yn y Mynydd / Fire in the Mountain Festival 2014. In part 1 a chat with John Preston and Carol Hunter of the John Preston Tribute Band and Jed from the Aberystwyth Recycling Centre. Also music from , Sheelanagig, The John Preston Tribute Band, Kidnap Alice, Dark Patrick, Opaque, The Bristol Afrobeat Project, Jakey Z, Rob Heron and the Teapad Orchestra and the Fire in the Mountain Sea Shanty Choir
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A recorded conversation with Karma Singh about healing, his latest book The Anatomy of Luck - A Course in the Practical Application of Quantum Physics, and the largely un-remarked transition of Germany from a ghost-state into a kingdom-without-a-king. There is also a recorded conversation between Karma and Juliette Cotter of WellbeingEssences.com about her astonishing sprays and essences for the clearing of space and lifting of spirits.
Karma Singh's websites can be accessed from KamaBooks.co.uk
Live conversation with Libby Lawes - ex-supermodel and now dj, broadcaster, chocolate-maker and mother-of-two - about children, education, community, music and resisting the no fit state.
Conversation about calendars, language, law, romans ... and realignment with nature. Recorded live with Litmus of ProjectFreeman.com and Synchro.
This podcast features a recorded conversation between Dr Rock and Tony, a.k.a Computathugz, and his friend Christian Helm. Tony's special interest for several years has been the protection of children from predatory adults though he's active in many ways both on the internet and in meet-space. We discuss Tony's development of his own teaching style with the children of Bali and Thailand, and Christian's project to deliver and distribute direct aid to the Philippines.
In passing the conversation also touches, amongst other things, on money, law, charities, control, facebook, education, corruption, and cancer care and pharmaceuticals. Later in the show we are joined by Christian with a personal perspective on direct action aid at home and abroad.
Dr Rock talks with Dunk from Glastonbury's Chocolate Love Temple about the benefits of wholesome chocolate, raw foods, juices and drinks, medicinal mushrooms, grow your own pro-biotics, zeolites, and water.
This podcast also includes from Youtube Cale Sampson's clear and comprehensive rap Truth Is', Josey Outlaw asking Who Owns You? and a tune from Litmus at ProjectFreeman.com,'(It Doesn't Have To Be Like This) No More'.
In the western world we are taught that we are in some sense separate from the cosmos in which we live, that the waking world is objective and real, and that dreams are subjective and merely of the imagination. In this show Dr Rock talks with Daniel Stone about a more ancient and still widespread view that our waking dreams are as real as those we have when sleeping, and that the potential of the human mind is no less than the potential of the dreamers of the universe. We talk of perception, shamans, elements, stones, animals, humans and stars.
Daniel's book, The Dreamer Who Dreams You (The Shaman, the Buddha and the Conscious Dream), is published by Axis Mundo publishing, and is at once an entrancing and practical introduction to this ancient way of seeing and investigating the world. More information about his work can be found at 12ConsciousDreamers.com
Dr Rock's third conversation with Rob Freeman of www.CriticalMassRadio.co.uk following up on our discussions when Rob visited the show on the 16th and 30th January this year. Podcasts of these are available below.
Subjects touched upon include but are not limited to... captivity and duress; mortgage papers; power of attorney; incompetence and total tacit procuration; statutory citizenship; is there law?; the People's Mandate
A second conversation with Rob Freeman of www.CriticalMassRadio.co.uk following up on the subjects discussed when Rob visited the show on the 16th January this year. On the menu this time more experiences with police, police stations and courts; your car - a carriage, a marine vehicle or a consumer good?; to plea or not to plea?; bail and denial of jurisdiction; and breaking news about the potential power of the birth certificate.
"No Begging or Pleading by the Gracious Ordinance Of The Honourable Lords Of The Royal Courts Of Justice. London, England 1871" .... sound advice from those who know found on a pub wall in Glastonbury.
Dr Rock considers the role of peacefulness, compassion and respect in our communications with each other.
science, journalism, homoeopathy, water and cancer treatment. Dr Rock considers the content of a special edition of the magazine What Doctors Don't Tell You and reaction to the publication from the scientific and medical establishment.
The website for What Doctors Don't Tell You can be found at www.wddty.com
A further conversation with TruthJuice Dave updating research and actions arising since we last spoke in August of this year. Dave talks about his endeavours to wrest control of his vehicle from the DVLA and resistance to an offer of contract attempting to raise the age at which his pension is due to be paid. There are also further thoughts on Bills currently before the House, on manorial courts and council tax, and on men, humans, inhabitants and citizens.
A call from the deepest recesses of the rabbit hole … knowledge is nothing without action, and the time for action is upon us.
In the first part of the podcast Dr Rock plays some remarkable excerpts from Intention Media's film Water – the Great Mystery in which scientists from around the world consider some of water's most astonishing characteristics. Thereafter the Dr is joined by Julie Rocka to discuss geomancy, the importance of water, the differences between various sources of this miraculous substance and methods by which we can improve the water we drink.
A conversation with Sunbird, the moving spirit behind Eartheart, the Tribal Love Cooperative and the Unity Gatherings.
TLC is a crew of vibrant individuals who are seeking with open hearts to overcome the challenges associated with access to land for productive use by the people. The Dr and Sunbird will be discussing the history of the project, the intent behind the cooperative's newly minted currency, the Earthpound, his mission to find just the right water for a perfect cup of tea and his plans to empower projects and people in the greener, wider world.
A recorded conversation with Serena Roney-Dougal on telepathy, clairvoyance and remote viewing, precognition, psychokinesis, and our very own on-board DMT production unit, the pineal gland. Serena has a PhD in parapsychology and is the author of two books, 'Where Science and Magic Meet' and 'The Faery Faith – an Integration of Science with Spirit'.
'Some physicists have suggested that 'will' and 'consciousness' are the hidden variables determining outcomes. In other words it is the will and consciousness of the observer which creates the reality that is observed. How's that for a world-view by which to live your life – and is there any actual difference between this and a magical philosophy?'
Dr Rock talks with Synchro about meditation, dreaming and her work with Daniel Stone at the Centre of the Conscious Dream in Mexico. We use the early chapters of Daniel's book 'The Dreamer Who Dreams You – the Shaman, the Buddha and the Conscious Dream' as a source of reference for this discussion.
Daniel Stone's website is www.12consciousdreamers.com/
Vin joins Dr Rock to discuss and expand upon some of the points raised in last week's conversation with Dave Eden about the Community Press Group. In an extensive chat we touch on public liability insurance, evictions, journalism, fictional entities, laws and legislation, contracts, oaths and offices, money, breach of trust, duty of care and confidentiality, and the king's writ.
Dave Eden talks about his years as a Metropolitan policeman, his subsequent research and about plans for the recently formed Community Press Group. The CPG aims to train and inform an association of independent journalists, and to promote community involvement in collecting, recording and publishing news.The Community Press Group's Neil Foster also joins the conversation.
'Unity creates strength, resilience and an opportunity to identify and capitalise, at a national level, on the shared successes, experiences and methodologies of your peers. Our overall mission is to remove the 's' from the word communities and work towards the recognition that we are all one community facing the identical holistic consequences of global socio-political and geo-engineering activities'. CommunityPressGroup
The podcast begins with a tune from Smiling Ivy
Live conversation between Dr Rock and Gary Evans. Gary works closely with Robert Bauval and Graham Hancock, and the Dr has been keen to chat since seeing his first tent-filling public presentation 'Evidence for Atlantis'. Gary's most recent talks, 'Natural Technologies of the Ancient World' and 'Moving from the Rational Mind to the Intuitive Mind', were part of this year's TruthJuice Gathering where he was also one of the guides on a megalithic mini-tour taking in Woodhenge and Stonehenge. A fascinating discussion of subjects close to the heart of Dr Rock's Radio Show.
Music included in this pod: Needs Must (When the Devil Drives) from Dexter Dextrous and Co, What you Gonna Do With My Heart from Kidnap Alice, and Sons and Daughters (of Robin Hood) from Damh the Bard
Originally broadcast live from the first night of the TribaLove Cooperative's 2013 Unity Earthdance, Dr Rock and MSI's Sean Maguire talk with geomancer Shaun Kirwan and John Witterick, co-host of Avalon Rising and founder of GetOutOfDebtFree.org.
Shaun discusses geomancy, the uses and challenges of dowsing, and the friendly, approachable, child-like and easily-dowsed beings known as elementals. Jon talks about spiritual economics, and the origins and development of his popular and useful website.
The pod comes to an untimely end as the battery-powered internet link unexpectedly ran out of energy. The conversation with Jon continues on Sean's MSI show Out of the Bag broadcast on his return from the Earthdance to Ireland. The podcast for this show can be found here.
Shaun Kirwan's website is www.GeoRepairman.co.uk
Mark Windows of LandOfTheFree.co.uk in conversation with d.r. about the corporate takeover of Albion: council tax, council fraud and the single person discount validation scam, uncourtly courts, climate camp, agenda 21, and along the way much more besides.
This pod opens with Best Days from Land of the Giants, and includes No Tax for War from Litmus, and Mark Windows own Abduction at Junction 5
This small tour of the suspicious mind of TruthJuice Dave touches on some deeply distasteful Bills currently working their way through the House of Lies including, amongst others, the return of national service, the introduction of Margaret Thatcher Day and legislation to enable the appointment of a Prime Minister without an alleged election should the perceived need arise. Dave proposes for consideration a possible solution to the challenge of Vehicle License Duty, and some thoughts on recent apostolic letters.
The pod concludes with That's Life from Dexter Dextrous and Co
A recorded conversation with Robyne of the FreeStonehenge Campaign which includes a fair bit of grass roots news from the sacred heart of this green and pleasant land … private owners, misleading managers, unreliable charities and far from pleasing plans are, it seems, just part of the story.
Music includes Smiling Ivy's Gagging Order, My Land from Bobby Birdi and I'd Rather Be Ramblin' from Andy Hickie and the Merry Maidens
The Dr and Vicky talk about TruthJuice, Bilderberg Fringe, the Tribal Love Cooperative and Unity gatherings.
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How I Reduced My Home Energy Use, and Costs, by 60%
A few years ago, I went about making my family home of about 1,500 square feet more energy efficient. Some of the things done included:
1. Repairs to the shell of the home
2. Repairs to the insulation under the house
3. Replaced old appliances with energy efficient models
4. Replaced old windows with energy-efficient windows
5. Switched most indoor lights to CFLs*
6. Replaced shower heads w/ low-flow shower heads
7. Filled in gaps where pipes & wires come into the house (kitchen, bathrooms, utility room) with a can of spray foam insulation.
As a result of these repairs, I was able to reduce my home's energy use by about 60% on a monthly basis compared to the previous year. Please note that this was achieved without any change in lifestyle or personal behavior, but rather through energy efficiency only.
The total cost of all this was about $6,800. Between the lower monthly energy bills and the tax credit for the new energy-efficient windows, the break even point on this investment was slightly less than three years. Since then, the significant monthly savings has been money in the bank.
The really great thing is that electricity prices could literally double and my monthly power bill will still be lower than it was before these improvements. How is that for a hedge against inflation?
I feel certain that most American homes, and businesses for that matter, could probably achieve similar energy savings by simply making their buildings more energy efficient.
Of course, wasteful actions (usually due to simple thoughtlessness) should be stopped as part of achieving energy efficiency. Again, this can be done without major changes in lifestyle or personal behavior:
1. Turn off lights when not in a room
2. Turn off radios, TVs & other electronics when not in use
3. Unplug battery chargers when not being used
4. Unplug unnecessary clocks, kitchen gadgets & so forth
5. Set thermostats lower in winter (wear sweaters, use an extra blanket)
6. Set thermostats higher in summer (electric fans make you feel 5° cooler)
7. Take quick showers (less hot water used = less energy used = more money saved)
Remember, the more energy you save, the more money you save. Good luck, and good savings...
*Notes on CFLs
1- CFL bulbs have gotten a bad rap in recent years due to their mercury content. The fact is that modern CFLs contain less than 30% the mercury contained in the CFLs that first came on the market. Unbroken, CFLs pose no mercury danger. And it would take 125 broken modern CFLs to equal the amount of mercury contained in that old thermometer that is probably sitting in your bathroom cabinet.
2- CFLs are also controversial because many governments are mandating their use. I am a free market guy, therefore I am against laws mandating their use. In a free market system, people should have choice in products they purchase.
3- Still don't want CFL's? Consider LED lighting. LED lights are more expensive , but dropping in price lately. And they are even more energy efficient than CFL's.


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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Sleep Deprived, Going Crazy
I did not want to get up at 5am yesterday, but that is the time I have to get up so I can get ready for work. Though I rarely ever hit the snooze button or reset the alarm, I decided I was too tired to get up, and when the alarm went off, I reset it for 5:30. I closed my eyes and tried to sleep. But I didn't sleep long. I mostly just laid there, waiting for the alarm to go off again. After waiting what seemed to be too much time, I glanced at my clock. 6:06! Crap, now I overslept! So I jumped out of bed, rushed to the kitchen to get my coffee brewing, and as I stood there, I thought, "I really am sleep deprived and going crazy. I know I reset the alarm. I remember doing it. Just like I was sure I sent that message to my buddy. I am going nuts! Remembering things that didn't actually happen." I went back to my bedroom, turned the radio on, and then went to the closet to get something to wear to work. As I stood there staring at my clothes, the commercial on the radio ended and the Ag report came back on. And I thought, "Oh my gosh! They're running behind too. What is going on?" Then it dawned on me. I didn't reset my alarm; I reset my clock thirty minutes ahead. So thinking it must be close to 5:30 or a few minutes after, I go back to the kitchen to get my coffee. I look at the clock on the stove. 5:52! What? I glance at the clock on the microwave. 5:45! And then, as if someone is standing with me and can answer, I said out loud, "What the freak time is it?"
I was so confused. And yes, I was losing my mind.
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- AnonymousJanuary 25, 2012 at 3:36 PM
Sorry to hear this, sis! Sounds more like a book title of "In the day & life of...." I'm glad that ur timing wuz off so that u weren't late for work, but, by golly miss molly!!! Sleep depravtion is NO FUN!!! I know all too well myself. Days & nights all mixed up, days gone by and not remembering wut today is! Without my Blackberry to tell me both the time & date, I'd b totally lost. Oh, well. GOD BLESS U for all that ur writing does and shows that "ur" not the only 1 that goes thru this stuff. BOL w/ ur writings and remember that u r truely loved!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
My husband gets onto me for doing this, but I also advance the alarm clock by 30 minutes so I can hit the snooze button 3 times in the morning. :DReplyDelete


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Now that we howled through Halloween I feel like life becomes a game of Chutes and Ladders leading up to Christmas! On the one hand, time slows down the hourglass a bit as your to-do list becomes filled with larger projects and many social gatherings. On the other hand, it always comes too fast for me. I always wish I had a few more paychecks between now and then to play, gift and donate to everyone I want to.
So let me start by leap-frogging to December 1st! For me, anticipation builds my excitement for any holiday! For Christmas, my internal clock gets a break because Advent calendars builds my holiday spirit – one day at a time! While some people carry a traditional method of counting down, I love to mix it up a bit to keep my kids on their toes.
In no particular order, because my vision of the holidays changes annually, here are my family's favorite Advent Calendars!
1. Lego Star Wars – After getting this calendar you may not need to do Christmas. Lego and Star Wars tie for favorite toys with my children so while this calendar carries a larger lifetime – the life of its daily toy is longer than any other from this group. Plus these daily lego toys spawn creativity and the engineering side of my children's minds which also goes a long way.
2. Chocolate – Coming off of Halloween, you may not be as eager to rush out and get a chocolate calendar – until I tell you it's made by Cadbury! You may want to buy one for yourself (and a bottle of red wine) and treat yourself during the season where you're considering everyone else's treats!
3. DIY Paper Rings – I'd say most of us made these rings out of construction paper and hung them on the wall or framing our door to count down days for the holidays or vacations. Whether as a calendar or decoration, its a fun tradition to sit together and make these. During these still quieter moments, the fun stories of old come forth again.
4. Melissa & Doug Tree – This lovely calendar will become a family tradition as everyone remembers their favorite ornaments to hang on this wooden tree. The whole family's excitement will grow as the ornaments decorate more and more of the tree! Melissa & Doug products last long enough to be passed down.
5. Nativity Scene – As a beautiful reminder for the reason for the season, these calendars recreate the Nativity story with a new addition each day. This gives one plenty of time to ponder each new addition to the story and stop to really consider its significance!
6. Tsum Tsum – Your favorite Disney characters win you over again now that they're adorably oval! Tsum tsums were this year's hottest collectible and create stacks of smiles! Again, the hours spent with these will outlast the holiday!
7. DIY Grab bag – Who doesn't love opening presents? This way your family gets a small daily gift you can tailor to fit your style! Go as simple as a brown paper bag with raffia, all the way to decorative cellophane bags. Gifts can range from Bonus tickets: Watch an extra Christmas special! to favorite treats, or notes to your family! To really torture them, give them 1 clue a day about some surprise that will come their way at Christmas!
8. Gratitude – I saw this idea on another blog and LOVE it! This idea is similar to the one above, only fill each bag with a random act of kindness to complete for others. OR you can create a Gratitude Journal as they do in the blog post and write down the things you've completed – or write down one thing you're grateful every day. Warms your heart better than hot chocolate!
9. Alcohol calendar – To warm your hot chocolate one step farther – may I suggest Alcohol Advent calendars. I found a company that creates a calendar for you featuring scotch whisky, bourbon, rum or vodka (to name a few). You can peruse their site like a kid in a candy store and custom make your own calendar. You're welcome!
10. Wedgewood blue and white jaspar ware (Limited edition of 3; only 1 available online) – For that relative who has everything, why not surprise them with this amazing calendar. Wedgewood's delicately decorative exquisite pieces set the tone for an exquisite holiday.
What about you?
Do you mix it up each year or use an heirloom calendar?
Can you share other ideas for wonderful ways to count down to the holidays?
Feel free to share ideas or links!


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Little Mix, Fifth Harmony, Destiny's Child, Girls Aloud, Pussycat Dolls, The Saturdays, Spice Girls. No matter how relevant or otherwise they are to the music scene in 2017, no one can deny that everyone loves a girlband. We love combined voices that create perfect harmonies, we obsess over their social medias and public appreciations of true friendship, we enjoy a coordinated outfit and we can't get enough of a good dance routine either.
But if you were to design your own girl group, what would you change? Do you think the main emphasis should always be singing, or should it be the outfits? Is it important they can dance, or not?
Tell us your opinions by voting in our poll and see whether anyone else would have their very own girlband like you! Make sure you let us know what's important in the comments below.


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Members of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) claim to have uncovered a Trojan designed by the German government to intercept instant messaging communications.
"The CCC claims the trojan it analyzed, which it has dubbed 'Bundestrojaner' (the federal trojan), is software designed by the government to intercept VoIP calls," writes The Inquirer's Lucian Constantin. "However, its functionality extends much beyond that."
"Security researchers from antivirus vendor Sophos have confirmed that the Trojan has the ability to monitor Skype, MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger communications, to log keystrokes in Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer and Seamonkey, to take screenshots of the computer screen and to record Skype calls," Constantin writes.
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For online marketers the holidays are right around the corner. With the rush to get your products ready for the holiday shopping season, don't forget these important holiday shopping deadlines.
Holiday Social Marketing Trends and Statistics for 2014
It's time to start planning your holiday campaigns. Small business and nonprofits have unique online marketing opportunities and challenges during the holidays.
10 Holiday Marketing Statistics for 2014
- the primary goal for 62 percent of marketers this holiday season is driving sales and extending brand reach ~ Media Bistro
- in 2013, the average number of visits to inbound ecommerce websites on Cyber Monday grew 102% ~ HubSpot
- 25% of shoppers used YouTube to search for a video related to a product they're considering ~ e-Strategy Trends
- In 2013, comScore estimated Cyber Monday spending at more than $1.7 billion ~ MarketingLand
- the average shopper will do 44.4 percent of his/her shopping online this holiday season ~ NRF
- Super Saturday - December 20 - will be the heaviest sales and traffic days ~ ShopperTrak
- Last year, consumers spent $5.7 billion at independent retailers on Small Business Saturday ~ Constant Contact
- 92% of marketers expect to spend the majority of their social marketing budget on Facebook ~ Marketing TechBlog
- 67 percent of companies plan to spend more on social media in the 2014 holiday season ~ Offerpop
- Survey: Social Media To Influence Half Of Holiday Shoppers ~ MarketingLand
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|Brandon Wood
Brandon Wood (#3) during his tenure with the Angels.
Sugar Land Skeeters – No. 3
Born: March 2, 1985
Austin, Texas
MLB debut
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Career statistics
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Richard Brandon Wood (born March 2, 1985) is an American Major League Baseball professional baseball infielder who is a free agent. He bats and throws right-handed and was born in Austin, Texas.
Pro career
Wood was drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the first round (23rd overall) of the 2003 amateur draft.
He spent most of the 2005 season with the Angels' High-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, hitting .321 with a California League record 43 home runs and 51 doubles. Combined with two doubles and a triple in four games with the Triple-A Salt Lake Stingers, Wood became the first known minor leaguer to hit more than 100 extra-base hits in one year.[citation needed]
Wood received several awards for his performance in 2005. Amongst his accolades were: the Joe Bauman Home Run Award,[1] the California League and Single-A Offensive Player of the Year awards, player of the year by Minor League Baseball's official website, and co-player of the year of the Angels minor league system, alongside fellow prospect Howie Kendrick.[2]
Wood was selected by the Angels to play on their Arizona Fall League team, the Surprise Scorpions, in October and early November 2005. He hit a league-record 14 home runs for the league runner-up. In mid-November 2005, he represented the United States on the U.S. Olympic regional qualifying team.
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Wood began 2007 as a top 10 prospect by Baseball America once more, holding the 8th spot overall.[3] He changed positions however, as he slid over to third base for the other highly talented shortstop Erick Aybar. This move was made in part to accelerate his track to the majors.
Wood was called up to Angels' major league club on April 25, 2007 and made his major league debut at third base the following day against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Prior to the call-up to the big club, Wood was batting .278 (22-for-79) with three home runs and 15 RBIs in 20 games with Salt Lake. Wood's first major league at-bat came against Jae Seo. He struck out swinging. He started his second game at third base for the Halos on April 29, picking up his first career base hit off Chicago White Sox closer Bobby Jenks. After the game, he was optioned back to Triple-A Salt Lake. He was recalled to the Angels on May 2. On September 12, 2007, against the Baltimore Orioles, he hit his first major league home run off Danys Baez.
In the 2009 offseason, third base appeared to open up for Wood as All-Star third baseman Chone Figgins signed a four-year deal with division rivals the Seattle Mariners.[4] Wood went into Spring Training, preparing for a shot at the majors. "I'm going in to spring training to win a job," he said, "That keeps you on your toes. If you think that job is yours, you might get lazy. I've got to be ready to work, rather than sitting back and saying I paid my dues, I waited for my time." He cited first baseman Kendry Morales, who had just come off a breakout 2009 season, as a role model. The Angels' willingness to part with Figgins was in part because they had Wood waiting in Triple-A. Bill Shaikin reported, "The Angels also think that, as Wood improves his plate discipline and gains a better command of the strike zone, he will add a key power component to the lineup."[5]
On June 27, Wood hit his first Major League grand slam off Colorado Rockies reliever Manny Corpas. He finished the season with a .146 batting average, including four home runs, in 226 official at-bats.
On April 19, Wood was designated for assignment by the Angels to accommodate Erick Aybar's activation from the disabled list.[6]
Pittsburgh Pirates
He was claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 22.[7] In his April 25 debut for the Pirates, a home game against the Washington Nationals, Wood hit a two-run double and was part of a four-run fourth inning that gave the Pirates a 4-2 win.[8]
Colorado Rockies
Wood signed a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies on November 17, 2011. He spent nearly all the season with the Rockies Triple-A affiliate Colorado Springs, hitting 10 home runs with 64 RBIs and a batting average of .259.[9]
Kansas City Royals
On November 16, 2012 the Kansas City Royals confirmed they had signed Wood to a minor-league contract for the 2013 season. No financial terms of the deal were announced.[9]
San Diego Padres
Wood signed a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres in December 2013. He was released in March 2014.
- ^ Diamond Leung (2005-09-16). "Sports | Baseball | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California". PE.com. Retrieved 2011-09-14.
- ^ "Minor League Baseball: News: 2005 MiLB Awards". Minorleaguebaseball.com. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- ^ "2007 Top 100 Prospects". Baseball America. 2007-02-28. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- ^ Shaikin, Bill (December 5, 2009). "Angels appear to have lost leading man Chone Figgins". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Shaikin, Bill (December 8, 2009). "Third base almost within the grasp of Angels' Brandon Wood". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/news/story?id=6395501
- ^ "Pirates activate former Angel Brandon Wood". Los Angeles Times. April 23, 2011.[dead link]
- ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=310425123
- ^ a b Dutton, Bob (16 November 2012). "Royals confirm four more minor-league signings". Retrieved 16 November 2012.
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brandon Wood.
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)


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Image Credit: Karen BallardSomewhere in a hollowed-out volcano, a bald guy with a cat on his lap is doing a spit take. No matter how many times it looks as if James Bond has been killed for sure, the super-suave secret agent always manages to bounce back to life. Today's announcement that the long-delayed 23rd installment of the 007 franchise was finally gearing up for production — with a release date of Nov. 9, 2012 — was the narrowest escape Bond has had since Goldfinger almost circumcised him with a laser beam. Last April, money troubles at debt-hobbled MGM forced Bond's producers to suspend the film's pre-production "indefinitely," which triggered an avalanche of speculation. Would Bond ever return? Or would the most successful action series in motion picture history be tangled up for years in lawsuits and bankruptcy proceedings?
In the end, MGM made a deal with Spyglass Entertainment that saved Bond not a moment too soon. Since the suspension, Daniel Craig has been filling up his date book with lots of other projects, like Cowboys and Aliens and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Squeezing a six-month Bond shoot into his schedule was only going to get more and more difficult. Sam Mendes is still slated to direct, but Peter Morgan, who was writing the script for Bond 23 before the suspension, has apparently been replaced by John Logan, the ex-playwright who penned the screenplays for The Last Samurai and The Aviator. Of course, there's no word yet on what the plot of the next James Bond movie will be, but for now it's relief enough to know that there actually will be a next James Bond movie. Because no, Mr. Bond, we don't expect you to die. Ever.
Read more:
James Bond back in service with Daniel Craig, Nov. 2012 release date
MGM out of bankruptcy
James Bond back in 2012? Not quite…
Is James Bond dead? This week's EW cover
Daniel Craig officially cast in 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'
A director royale? The James Bond series may just get handed to Mendes, Sam Mendes


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Very Jennifer Hudson back in the day. She is flawless!ReplyDeleteReplies
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PSP can be used to watch You Tube video when you travel with train or bus. For a student, this can be a great tool for study. Following is how to do it in a few steps.
1. Download and install Free You Tube to iPod Converter from http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/guides/free-youtube-to-ipod-converter.htm.
2. Start the program and set the Devices to Sony PSP and the output folder, then paste the URL of video file from You Tube one by one. Down load file or files to the your PC.
2. Connect USB cable between PSP and your PC, and select USB connection in settings. The PSP will be named as Memory Stick on you PC like a hard drive.
3. Copy the video file to Video folder at Memory Stick.
4. Select Video->Memory Stick, then select the video to watch.