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This quaint term and I got a'quaint'ed not too long ago, but I wish it had been sooner. Known more widely as EC, it means to be able to tune into your baby's need to eliminate, by understanding your baby's communication about it.
Easier said than done if you have forced (unwittingly, I know) the little critter to become accustomed to going in a disposable diaper!
Babies actually try to signal their need to go right from birth, either by squirming or grunting or some other way, but they TRY!!! I found this piece of information astounding, but it's true. However, since most parents automatically put their babies in diapers, the baby eventually learns it's useless to signal, and resigns itself to going in the diaper. This is the stage the ChunkyMonkey was at when I first discovered EC. Since then I have read up on it, bought books about it, bought a couple of potties and of course, tried to let her know she has the opportunity to not go in her diaper. I keep her diaper free a small part of the day, and in cloth diapers the rest of the day. She is still in disposables for the night, but I think that will end soon.
The funny (actually not so funny) part is that the naughty little Chipmunk will go everywhere but in the potty! I have been trying to teach her off and on for the past few months now, but I have not been as consistent as I should have been. I also wish I had more support. We had to go to a different town just to get cloth diapering essentials! I intend to keep at it though, even if it means constantly washing diapers and cleaning up baby messes. I am sure she will get it soon. She does enjoy looking at pictures of babies on potties, many of whom are sitting on the same type of BabyBjorn potty that she has. She even knows the ASL signal for 'potty' but has so far refused to use it when she needs to go.
I'll just have to be more consistent than I've been and keep at it! In any case, just reading about what disposables do to the environment, and of course the baby, makes me wonder how I could ever have taken them from granted. But there's a new store right here in town now so I'm hoping other new parents will make the informed choice I didn't at the right time.
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I say NO to the New Year Resolution and say YES to intentions. Intentions are things that you create to help better yourself as an individual, as a person.
What does that look like?
I set the intentions each and everyday to be a better version of myself. Do I relapse some days or have some bad days? Heck Yeah, but guess what? I start all over again the next day. Everyday is a new day to begin again. It is a new day to start over. When you set intentions on becoming better each day you are giving your self a cushion to fall to fail but yet also a chance to learn from the mistakes, the falls and mishaps. Socrates says it best, "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old but on building the new. So stop trying to fight the old with New Year Resolutions but let's set the intentions on building the new. How do you do this? by striving each and everyday to become a healthier you, better version of you.
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D.C's ghoulish response to suicides
It's the nature of Washington to search for and usually find a politically charged subtext to any news event. But that instinct is never more ghoulish when the event is the sudden death of an important person by his own hand.
David Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer of the troubled Freddie Mac mortgage company, is the latest example of a particular — and particularly macabre — subset of human tragedy: the Washington suicide.
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These happen often enough that they follow their own morbid rhythm. The normal human reaction — disbelief, horror, sympathy — is followed almost immediately by the kinds of reactions that are normal only in places suffused by politics and journalism: a rush of suspicion about the motives and speculation over the possible fallout.
Almost immediately after the news broke of Kellermann's death, Internet rumors ran rampant, with some making references to Vince Foster, the Clinton White House lawyer whose 1993 suicide provoked years of conspiratorial theorizing about whether the Clintons were somehow responsible.
Others invoked the name of J. Clifford Baxter, the former Enron executive who killed himself in 2002 after the collapse of that company. There was dark muttering in that case too, that perhaps Baxter had been killed before he could go public with what he knew about the company. Officials in both cases ruled that the deaths were, simply, suicides.
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On POLITICO's website, the conspiracy theories came out within minutes of the news of Kellermann's death. "Maybe he was going to come clean and he was 'Vince Fostered?'" wrote a commenter calling himself "Igu1," less than 20 minutes after news of the suicide was posted to the site.
"There's often a reductive, paranoid desire to find a melodramatic assassination behind a complicated, tragic story," said Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. Shapiro, who covered the Foster case as a journalist, said he found it particularly unsettling. "The speculation regarding Vince Foster turned out to be a very destructive pathway to go down," he said. "It was a very angry, speculative set of charges."
In most cases when someone takes his or her own life, the reasons turn out to be both sadder and more pedestrian than any conspiracy theories.
"Ninety percent of people who kill themselves have a mental disorder, the most common being depression," says Dr. Paula Clayton, medical director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. "Depression can be fatal: It's the fourth-leading cause of death in men from age 25 to 60."
In the current case, the details are still emerging. On Wednesday morning, Fairfax County, Va., police responded to a 4:48 a.m. call from Kellermann's home. Police found the 41-year-old dead in his basement. He had apparently hanged himself.
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So… when I was a kid, our choices for steak night out were limited to:
1). A place called Harvey's that had their menus printed on happy steer-shaped paper place-mats
2). A place called Buddy's, a noisy place complete with red shiynl banquettes, wood paneling, and air permeated with the thick aromas of steak fat, french dressing and cigarettes (it was the 60's.)
… we ate at Buddy's more times than not.
And although all that up there now sounds really terrible, it was something really special back then. Even now I can close my eyes and be in the restaurant. All those smells, aromas, and memories of the six of us packed into a corner booth – eating our iceberg salad with the crackers, tomato wedges and onion rings awash in dressing – waiting on our steaks to arrive in those sizzle plates, the juices pooling into those odd tree-shaped valleys in the center of the platter come flooding back. Besides, I have to give it to them, they really did make a good steak.
I just don't do steak much anymore. At my age, it just sits like a brick after dinner… and really – we try to eat healthier most of the time.
But sometimes you just want a steak.
I will almost always peruse the meat counter at the market. That doesn't mean I always buy… but looking doesn't hurt. This past week, the Manager's special was T Bone. They were on sale ($3.50 a pound), and they looked particularly well marbled with a decent fat cap…. because let's be honest – if you're going to eat a steak, you're going to eat that crispy grilled strip of delicious, slightly charred fat as well.
But… looking at the steaks laid out on show I noticed that they were all from the lower end of the loin… meaning porterhouse! The king of Steak! I couldn't resist and picked up an 22 ounce, 1-1/2″ T Bone (porterhouse)… and giggled all the way home.
I'm not going to tell you how to cook a steak. From my experience – either you can… or you can't. And no amount of instruction from anyone is going to fix that for you. Instead, I'm going to concentrate on Steakhouse Staples – Namely: Blue Cheese Dressing, Steak Mushrooms, and Salt Baked Potatoes
Salt Baked Potatoes
Serves 2
2 Large Russet Potatoes
1/2 Cup Kosher Salt
Preheat the oven to 485
Rinse the potatoes under water and tip the ends
While the potatoes are wet, liberally coat the skins and ends of the potatoes with the salt and place on a baking sheet
Bake in a 485 oven for 45 minutes
Pinch the center of the potatoes with an oven mitt ,when the meat gives with little resistance, it is done
Quickly rinse off most of the salt, leaving it coating the cut ends
Pop the potato open and fill with fresh butter
Although my own childhood steakhouse salad memory is French dressing, I figured I'd just go FULL FAT BOY adult tonight and make blue cheese.
Blue Cheese Dressing
Makes enough for 4 adult salads…
or 2 if your kids are pouring.
1/2 Cup Good Blue Cheese (Maytag), Plus 1 Tablespoon
1/2 Cup Mayonnaise
1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
1/2 Cup Buttermilk
1 Teaspoon Coarse Ground Black Pepper
1/2 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
1/4 Teaspoon Garlic Powder
Small Mixing Bowl
In the bowl, smash the tablespoon of cheese into a paste
Add the mayonnaise, lemon juice, and the buttermilk, stir until creamy
Fold in the crumbled blue cheese and seasonings, then give it a couple of good hard stirs
Cover and chill for a minimum of 30 minutes
Serve ladled over a crisp iceberg salad – complete with cucumber and radish slices, red onion rings and Captain Wafers
To be honest, Buddy's didn't serve mushrooms. You got salad, steak and foil wrapped tater. I didn't have mushrooms out until they opened a Victoria's Station near our house. (You remember them… that fancy, if not a tad glitchy, steakhouse in converted boxcars?)
Anyway, these days I can't do steak without them.
And to get them right… there's a trick.
Steakhouse Mushrooms
Serves 2 to 4
1 Pound Button Baby Portabella, Crimini, or to be honest… any button mushroom will work
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
1/4 Teaspoon coarse Black Pepper
1 Ounce Amber Liquor (Here's the thing, use the spirit you like. Bourbon will give it a little oaky- smokiness, Scotch will give it a little brightness. I personally love the woodsy, earthy flavors in a good, dark tequila)
2 Shallots
1 Tablespoon Butter
Large Sauce Pan
When they start to squeak (trust me, they will) add the salt and continue to turn them over in the pan
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Top Ender and I went to the theatre last week to see Cats, it's been a long time favourite of mine, despite never having seen the Show live before... although I have seen the DVD a few hundred thousand times.
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Throughout the show we loved watching the way the Cats on stage preened, and acted just like our cats at home. We were able to spot the different characteristics of our own pets, and even those of some humans we know. As with every Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, the tunes are undeniably catchy and Tops was singing a lot of them on the way home.
The show is great for audiences of all ages, and there were several children younger than Tops around us who were just as enthralled as the more regular aged theatre goer. The show is in Milton Keynes until the 6th July, so if you can make it in that time and love Musical Theatre go and see it!
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Strykers file into port for shipment to Iraq
OLYMPIA — A convoy of Stryker vehicles and other Army equipment made its way through downtown Monday on its way from Fort Lewis through the Port of Olympia to Iraq.
By the end of today, as many as 300 Stryker vehicles will have arrived at the port, said Fort Lewis spokesman Joe Hitt. A total of 20 convoys of trucks and Stryker vehicles are expected to make the trip from Fort Lewis.
The equipment will be loaded on a ship bound for Iraq.
A spokeswoman for the Army's 833rd Transportation Battalion in Seattle declined to say when a ship would arrive at the port to pick up the vehicles and containers of equipment that were waiting at the port Monday. Port spokeswoman Patti Grant confirmed that the containers are related to the military shipment.
The shipments are in advance of the deployment to Iraq next month of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, based at Fort Lewis.
The 3rd Brigade is the Army's initial Stryker Brigade Combat Team and was the first of the Stryker brigades to be sent to Iraq in late 2003.
Hitt offered little in the way of detail regarding the convoys. "Basically, all we have to say is what's on the (news) release," he said.
A three-paragraph release said Fort Lewis Military Police were escorting the vehicles to Olympia, and it warned motorists to be aware of the Strykers.
"The Strykers will have additional slat armor installed making them oversized," the release said. "Motorists are asked to drive carefully when approaching or passing the convoys."
The two-ton, eight-wheeled Strykers were meant to bridge the gap between heavy armor and light infantry. They are better protected than a Humvee, yet lighter and faster than a tank when transporting troops.
The Army plans to continue the convoys to the port between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. today.
The Army and port officials routinely refuse to comment about military ship arrival and departure times for security reasons.
Fewer than a dozen protesters carrying signs walked along Marine Drive on Monday afternoon as police escorted the military equipment onto port property.
Their signs read "Bring 'Em Home," "Peace 4 Olympia" and "Stop Bush."
One was arrested for blocking the vehicles at the intersection of Franklin and Market streets. The protester, Brendan M. Dunn, 21, of Olympia was cited for pedestrian interference, booked into the Olympia City Jail and released, Olympia police reported.
Protesters said they opposed the port policy of accepting military shipments. They termed the Iraq war "immoral and illegal" and called on soldiers to refuse their war-related assignments.
Anti-war groups repeatedly have asked the port's three-member commission to stop accepting military shipments since they resumed in Olympia in 2004 after a 17-year absence. The commission has held fast to its policy of accepting military shipments.


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News - Johann Johannson to Score 'Bladerunner 2'
Johann Johannson will officially be scoring the highly anticipated sequel to Blade Runner. This isn't much of a surprise as this composer is a frequent collaborator with director Denis Villeneuve. His scores don't particularly stand out like most bombastic blockbuster music does, but Johannson crafts soundscapes that suit the atmosphere and tone of the films their featured in perfectly.
I think this was a smart choice for various reasons. For one, I trust Denis Villeneuve. He has a great track-record and has yet to direct a bad film. Most of the decisions he has made as a director have been well-calculated, resulting in some of the better films I've seen lately. In addition to this; Johannson has composed scores for all of his films, showing that they have a sturdy and reliable relationship. Also, Blade Runner was known for its electronic score that felt futuristic. Give Johann Johannson's music a spin and you'll understand why he is a solid pick.
I'm pretty confident that this Blade Runner sequel might actually be good. The talent behind the film is undeniable and I can't wait to see more of this film as it gets closer to it's release on October 5, 2017.


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If your son uses a pacifier, you have to read this!
If your child used a pacifier, you have to know how amazingly difficult it can be to get him to get him to get rid of it. My daughter used a binkie until she was 2 years old and there was practically nothing I could do to make her understand that she no longer needed it. I hated how I always had to worry to not leave home without it and how much she depended on it to be able to fall asleep. Even so, the pacifier was a savior at the beginning when nothing else seemed to be able to calm my screaming newborn baby girl.
And so, when my son was born, I quickly introduced him to the binkie, but he adamantly refused it no matter what brand I tried. That was probably a good thing, considering new research suggests using a pacifier may hinder boys' emotional growth!
The finding is based on three separate experiments, two with college-aged males and the other one with 6- to 7-year-old boys. According to the study, those who reported relying heavily on pacifiers as a babies found it more difficult to mimic emotional expressions or they scored on the lower side when it came to emotional intelligence tests.
Mimicking is important for emotional growth because this is how we learn to understand how someone is feeling. Learning to read facial expressions is an essential way of understanding others even when they're not verbally saying how they feel. But babies who spend all their time with a binky stuck in their mouth have no opportunities to mimic these facial expressions.
Interestingly enough, using pacifiers did not seem to affect girls' emotional growth, according to researchers. The reason why may have to do with the fact that most girls are usually taught how express and interpret emotions, while these are not necessarily the kind of traits parents teach boys.
In any event, if you've been thinking about the painful process of weaning your son off his binky, this may probably be as good a time as any to do so if you want to avoid any kind of issues regarding his emotional intelligence later on.
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Telltale Games has released the official launch trailer for "Batman: The Enemy Within," the second season of Telltale's episodic game take on the Caped Crusader which debuts its first chapter on August 8th.
In the game The Riddler has returned to terrorize Gotham City, but his gruesome puzzles merely foreshadow an even greater crisis. With the arrival of a ruthless federal agent and the return of a still nascent Joker, Batman must navigate uneasy alliances while Bruce Wayne undertakes a perilous series of deceptions.
Also today, Naughty Dog has premiered a behind-the-scenes video for "Uncharted: The Lost Legacy," the upcoming stand-alone spin-off title in the "Uncharted" universe.
In the game Chloe Frazer must enlist the aid of renowned mercenary Nadine Ross order to recover a fabled ancient Indian artifact and keep it out of the hands of a ruthless war profiteer. It hits August 22nd.


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Inside Syria - Ibrahim: A Childhood Suspended
Inside Syria - Ibrahim: A Childhood Suspended
It never occurred to 8-year-old Ibrahim that his capacity to speak could so easily disappear. But after heavy bombing of his neighborhood, he inexplicably lost the ability to form words. The extreme fear he experienced during the bombing stole his voice, his mother says. Ibrahim left school after the incident and lost touch with his friends who had difficulty communicating with their friend.
A childhood like no other…
"When my voice returns to what it was, I can go back to school," Ibrahim says, his voice barely audible and spoken as if by a small child. Shy before strangers, he hides behind his mother, forcing her to explain.
"Heavy armed combat took place and the street where we were living was bombed, killing more than 60 people," she sighs. "The scene was horrifying for adults not to mention the children. Ibrahim cried a lot that day. I couldn't manage his fear, and since then he has lost his ability to speak. He speaks only rarely and he is too shy to go to school". Ibrahim interrupts her, his voice wavering, "I like school a lot. Mom is teaching me letters. When I'm better I will go to school. My friends know a lot more than I do, and I know nothing".
Orphaned and displaced
"Ibrahim's father was killed more than a year ago during the fighting," Ibrahim's mother says. "The death of his father increased Ibrahim's misery and caused him to cry silently. His voice disappeared for longer spans, he lost his appetite, and still he does not eat regularly."
War, bombing, destruction of homes, and the death of his father forced Ibrahim's remaining family to flee their home, eventually taking refuge in a camp for displaced persons inside Syria.
"I don't like the camp. We have a house, our house is beautiful. The winter here is not nice and I feel a little cold," said Ibrahim about the camp before his voice failed him again.
Ongoing fears and the dream of return
For a moment, Ibrahim gets his voice back, but only briefly. It is not the voice of a child, but of a man who has grown old before his time. "There are aircrafts in the sky and I fear the bombing. But let them bomb us. I don't want to stay in the camp."
Ibrahim, like many Syrian children who have fled their houses, dreams of returning home, to his toys, to his life as it was before the Syrian skies filled with aircraft and the cities and countryside with conflict. He dreams of returning to a childhood that was stolen before it was ever lived.
When I'm better I will go to school. My friends know a lot more than I do, I know nothing.
CARE partners are working with Ibrahim's family and hundreds more who have lost their homes and live under the same conditions, but are now more hopeful as they are receiving support from CARE and partner organizations, and are looking forward to a day when they can return home safely.
Learn more about the Syrian Refugee Crisis


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Chad Ochocinco makes friends with homeless man
The last time a Miami Beach-based homeless man made national news, it was as the victim a beatdown at the hands of The Real Housewives of Miami star Alexia Echevarria's son. This week national story about another local homeless man is a feel-good yarn, one that stars former Miami Dolphins receiver Chad Johnson and a street dweller nicknamed Porkchop. For some reason, the loudmouth NFLer has taken Porkchop under his wing. And if he means his tweets about their relationship, Johnson is growing quite fond of his new friend. They have things in common: Johnson remarked in one tweet they are both unemployed. It was friendship at first sight Saturday in South Beach when Porkchop asked the ballplayer to buy him a beer. Johnson obliged. They struck up a conversation, and the two have been tight since. Johnson, who was kicked out of the Fins' training camp after his arrest for allegedly beating his then-wife, took Porkchop clothes shopping at Urban Outfitters, gave him a watch and takes him along on his daily routine. Johnson keeps his 4.5 million Twitter followers abreast of their every move, and now it seems that the followers have taken Porkchop as their own. Example: Johnson couldn't find Porkchop on Wednesday afternoon. So fans tweeted that Porkchop was waiting for him at David's Café on Collins Avenue. Johnson picked him up, and the two went off to watch the Barcelona-Bayern soccer match on TV.


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The final accounting has yet to be done, but from the figures available now, it appears March will be another record month for new car sales.
Kelley Blue Book (KBB) reports that preliminary data suggests sales surged 8% this month, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 17.2 million vehicles. KBB says sales were helped by still-low interest rates and two extra selling days.
"The industry continues to maintain its momentum in March as we expect the highest volume of any month in more than 10 years," Tim Fleming, analyst for Kelley Blue Book, said in a statement.
That said, the multi-month trend of ever-increasing car sales might be running out of steam. Fleming says there are indicators suggesting that demand for new cars is weakening. Carmakers had to offer more incentives, and boost fleet sales, to keep the sales totals moving higher.
Up 24% from February
The projected 8% rise over March 2015 might be eclipsed by comparisons to last month. KBB said it projects March new vehicle sales rose 24% from February.
It could turn out to be the highest March sales total since 2000, and the strongest month since July 2005, when the U.S. was roaring along, propelled by the housing bubble.
KBB projects Fiat Chrysler will win the month, posting double-digit growth in March. Its biggest improvement likely came on exceptionally strong sales of Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country minivans. The Jeep brand also provided a boost, posting strong year-over-year strength, thanks in part to the Renegade.
Honda also had a good March. KBB says strong sales of the new Civic likely will give the carmaker a double-digit growth rate for the month. The Honda Pilot was one of the fastest-selling models in March, averaging just 18 days on dealer lots.
Losing ground
KBB projects that three automakers – Volkswagen, General Motors, and Toyota – lost ground in March. Its estimate projects VW sales dipped the most, declining 0.6% as it continues to deal with the fallout from the diesel emissions cheating scandal.
Low gasoline prices may be driving new car sales. Lower prices at the pump certainly seem to be influencing consumers' purchase decisions, as KBB notes continued strong sales in March for trucks and SUVs.
Keep an eye on your inbox, the lastest consumer news is on it's way!


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As we learned from last week's blog post, Generation Z-ers and Millenials are extremely advertisement-averse. Maybe it's because they're rebellious – going against the grain of their parents' creations and tastes. Whatever the reason, we know that they are the generation of ad block and computers (source).
This mentality requires brand flexibility – organizations need to be aware of the up-and-coming platforms and establish a presence that is dialogic and open. While TV, print, and other vehicles are still worthy of attention, brands need to keep their target audience in mind – constructing a cohesive campaign on a smorgasbord of platforms. Creating the perfect recipe depends on each brand, their goals, and their target audience.
So how does one produce a non-ad-sy advertisement. We'll provide some examples of some alternative apps and platforms, and how to create brand awareness and advertisements strategically and successfully.
Tumblr does offer sponsored posts for brands. This is definitely an option for certain kinds of messaging. Just like on Facebook or Instagram, an ad can increase brand awareness or push promotional messaging. These ads will appear both in the side bar as well as integrated posts on the feed. Keep in mind, however, that the Tumblr community was extremely troubled over the introduction of these ads in 2013 (read about it here). While the upset has since died down, it's important to keep this sort of reaction in mind, as an indication of what to do and not to do on the platform. As a rule of thumb: keep things subtle and don't be pushy with your ads.
Another option is to create your brand's Tumblr Page. This will get you in the conversation – right in the muck of things. Taylor Swift has had huge success with this sort of outreach – engaging with her audience on a personal level by picking up on memes (of herself), and sharing posts with fans. On a brand level, Birchbox also does Tumblr well. Sharing videos, photos, and casual posts with their audience (see it here).
Yik Yak
Use Yik Yak to tap into a local market. People post about great meals in the area, or new storefronts opening. As the platform is location-based, and community board-esque, you can reach out to the audience in your area – great for events, restaurants, or stores.
Tapping into the influencer community on Musical.ly is a viable route for brands. Coca-Cola has done this with their 'share a Coke campaign' where Musical.ly influencers have uploaded videos of themselves sharing a Coke (learn more here). Another option is to have your brand's iconic TV jingles mouthed along to – repurposing content form the TV to the digital world, with a little light-hearted self-teasing.
Finding the perfect concoction of advertising platforms and angles can be tricky – especially in this current age of anti-ads. The first step in creating successful brand awareness and positive campaigns is getting to know your audience. Then you can tackle your tone and approach. At Booje Media, we like to tailor a strategy for each brand – finding the perfect mix to make your outreach a success.


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GNOME 4 and GNOME OS is being targetted to be released on March 2014, which is less than two years from now according to the developers in GUADEC conference. They also expect to have 20% market share by 2014. Looks too ambitious for me, because they failed to impress most of their users with GNOME 3 up to today.
We can see the most visible fact is that Ubuntu is no longer the most favorite Linux distribution out there. Nowadays, people prefer to use LinuxMint, it's derivative maintained by Clem who happened to be the maintainer of Cinnamon as well. LinuxMint succeed to take over the angry and unsatisfied by Canonical's decision to revamp Ubuntu's UI.
Meanwhile, KDE is looking a stable new release in the next few days and it's growing strong each day. Even with some uncertainty of Qt development sometime in the past, they have managed to struggle and keep going on with the roadmap ahead. They are now preparing the next major release of Qt which should be released by next year. KDE 5 will soon be based on Qt 5. Looking forward to see KDE 5.


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There will be on here some people that I met at the Workshop Voices and Harps, hello guys! For those who were not there and also because I want to correct something, this is my little story with Leo's.
Last year at the beginning of June 2010, my US friend and I arrived at Leo's for a late lunch, around 3pm. I met my friend on an Irish chatroom years and years ago, and this was our second time meeting, in Ireland. We were sitting there near the fireplace, and I told my friend Holly how peacefull and especially "homey" it felt at Leo's (the feeling of home, the most important!, is what I forgot to mention when I was telling that story this year). And she simply agreed and said "You're right!" And then, for asbolutely no reason, I told her "You know, Holly, one day I'll be singing at Leo's". For the small story about music and I, I started very late (35 or so) with fiddle, singing and recently harp, and I'm far from being proficient, so that remark of mine just came out of the blue. And then, exactly one year later, in June 2011, I was at the workshop with Moya and Cormac, singing and playing at Leo's...
So during the workshop, I made several other wishes involving important aspects of my life. Though I can't really say that my remark about singing was a wish, more like a hunch, but still, if hunches come true at Leo's, then why not wishes too? I could have been wrong with my hunch, right?
Leo's will always be a special place for me. You meet wonderful people there. See you all next year, I dearly hope.


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Veteran Northwest painter MELINDA THORSNES, long known for her highly saturated figurative oils and intriguing narrative sub-plots, exhibits "Freehand", a collection of new paintings which reflect her desire to "open the floodgates" and paint what moves her. The works are characterized by intense color and are broadly brushed works of Americans relaxing at home or outdoors. Thorsnes has been exhibiting in a wide variety of venues for 35 years, including a 10 year stint at the Froelick Gallery and is currently being represented by the Michael Parsons Fine Arts gallery.
Regarding her background and influences on her work, Thorsnes has written: "I came from a nomadic family whose territory ran the West Coast, from Elsinore, California to the Seattle area. After I was born, our small faction stayed pretty much around the Portland area. When my grandmother died in 1971, I inherited the family photo albums and set about painting reconstructions of events that I was, in some cases, too young to remember. My Uncle Todd was once the proud (and somewhat successful) purveyor of 'Todd's Famous Waffles.' My father, his other brother, and their cousins sold cars, worked the carnie circuit up and down the coast in the summer, and once were arrested for 'rum running' in Puget Sound. They were a quick-witted, fleet -footed and colorful bunch, and I am proud to have inherited some of those traits. Through the years, my work has expanded from family matters to personal and political issues and back again-a Journey for a sense of place and for recording the region's people and events that have and do affect my life."
See Melinda's full resume in PDF format here.


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This is our second post/lesson about Italian family's members: we hope that everything was ok with the first one.
For people interested in their "Italian Side" it is important to give the right name in Italian to understand "la famiglia".
As in the first post, we added the Italian pronunciation.
In this way we hope that you will be able to learn some italian words related to family.
Here is the second list of useful words. Next week we will publish the new list of words
The first lesson is here
If you click on the icon you will hear the Italian pronunciation spoken by native Italians.
Relative = PARENTE
Relatives = PARENTI
Grandfather = NONNO
Grandmother = NONNA
Grandparents = NONNI
Uncle = ZIO
Aunt= ZIA
Uncles = ZII
Aunts = ZIE
Cousin (m) = CUGINO
Cousin (f) = CUGINA
Cousins (m or/and f) = CUGINI
Cousins (only f) = CUGINE
Grandchild/Grandson/Granddaughter/Nephew/Niece = NIPOTE
Grandchildren/Grandsons/Granddaughters/Nephews/Nieces = NIPOTI
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Growing up in a household of Congolese parents (Democratic Republic of Congo) with a strong French influence, taught Phylicia Wissa how to embrace the many cultural aspects of her family and others around her. With her father passing at the tender age of two from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as ALS.
Showing early signs of talent, Phylicia's mother, with the help of her dear friend, decided to place her in youth acting classes. Phylicia's talent began to thrive and it was then that she realized acting was her niché. But it wasn't always roses. Phylicia faced a lot of rejection and her mother decided it was best for her to focus on her studies. Upon graduating from the world famous Hollywood High School, Phylicia decided to take the first major step towards fulfilling her dreams and moved to NYC to hone her skills as an actress.
After graduating from the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts (NYCDA) and gaining a few Indie credits under her belt, she moved back to her hometown, Los Angeles, California. Phylicia has since booked a Wendy's National Commercial, worked on ABC's Super Fun Night (opposite Rebel Wilson), CBS' Criminal Minds and ventured into the world of New Media, working with internet companies such as All Def Digital (Russell Simmons and Brian Robbins) and What The Funny (Marlon Wayans).
'XXV', a short film that follows the lives of seven young adults, is Phylicia's directorial debut. The film has screened at the 7th Annual Downtown Film Festival, The Indie Night Showcase held at the TCL Chinese Theaters and continues to make it rounds in the film festival circuit.
Keep up with Phylicia.


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More new paintings
Here's a few more paintings for BlueBottle. I'm excited to eat pierogies in Seattle.
You never make any bad drawing ever do you?
Its incredible.
I like these. The men are a bit edgier, and surreal. We need a little controversy. Seals eating babies!?!
heavans tuh betsy what beautiful paintings!
oh man! Nice stuff! I've been checking out the stuff on your site for a while now. Youse girls can paint!
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The diagnosis is usually clinical; avoidance of triggers is key to management.
The most common manifestations are flushing, dilated prominent telangiectases (primarily on the face), persistent facial erythema, inflammatory papules, and pustules on the peri-orificial face.
Prominence of sebaceous glands on the nose may result in fibrosis and rhinophyma.
Typically, mild disease is initially treated with topical metronidazole or oral tetracyclines. Other antibiotics and anti-inflammatory agents can be used as adjuncts.
Rosacea is a common chronic disorder of the skin characterised by redness, flushing, and other cutaneous findings that often include telangiectases, roughened skin, rhinophyma, and general inflammation that can resemble acne. It primarily affects the convexities of the central face, including the cheeks, chin, nose, and central forehead, but it may extend to other parts of the body (usually the upper trunk).[1] People with rosacea can also experience watery or irritated eyes. Overall, it is characterised by episodes of remission and recurrence.
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Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
One world government is absolute power which corrupts absolutely.
Their "way", they want only one money with a huge "world" bank, one corrupt bank.
Beware ONE big "solution"... leading to a new world war...
Money comes from Moneta, ( other name of Juno ) from Monere, I warn, I advise, I remind...
Absolute Power may refer to:
Lord Acton's dictum, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely".
"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the
citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged
It both emboldens the blood, just it narrows the mind. And when the
drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and
the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of
the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by
partiotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so.
How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar."
Julius Caesar.
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely".
Any repayment would depend on taxpayer-approved tax increases,,, not a good bet.
Since 78% of the economy depends on the consumer and the consumer has closed his wallet, there will be a lot of companies going under. Rockefeller [FED] is allowed to create money from thin air. He can loan this free money to any company in the hope that they default. He just has to make the FED money senior to any other debt and he gets the company for pennies.
All of this freshly created money is extremely inflationary. As the dollar becomes more worthless, this is effectively a wage cut for Americans. Rockefeller not only gets the company for pennies, the inflation that he created gets him a workforce that is earning global wages. Voila!! He wins on both sides because his new company is globally competitive.
A suspicious person would say that Rockefeller engineered the derivatives fiasco knowing that it would lock up the credit markets. The Rockefeller printing press would be the lender of last resort because he had the only printing press. He prints free money to buy everything in sight.
A few years ago, congress gave approval to the states to sell their public works, highways, water systems, etc Rockefeller might not want to loan to states but, I'm sure that he'd be willing to steal the infrastructure.
Ron Paul introduced a bill to abolish the FED. If people had a wider vision, they would see that it is necessary.
If Rockefeller is allowed to seize everything with freshly created money, he will need a police state to keep the freshly-impoverished under control. This would be the end of America as an ideal.
Actually Herman Daly is still alive and, last I heard, going strong.
HUGE WASHINGTON POST EXPOSE: NSA HAS GOTTEN SO BIG, AREA AROUND IT HAS 112 ACRES OF PARKING SPACESBy Raw Story
in San Francisco intercepting your phone calls anymore:
From the road, it's impossible to tell how large the NSA has become,
even though its buildings occupy 6.3 million square feet - about the
size of the Pentagon - and are surrounded by 112 acres of parking
spaces. As massive as that might seem, documents indicate that the NSA
is only going to get bigger: 10,000 more workers over the next 15 years;
$2 billion to pay for just the first phase of expansion; an overall
increase in size that will bring its building space throughout the Fort
Meade cluster to nearly 14 million square feet.
Story continues below...
More than 250 companies - 13 percent of all the firms in Top Secret
America - have a presence in the Fort Meade cluster. Some have multiple
offices, such as Northrop Grumman, which has 19, and SAIC, which has 11.
In all, there are 681 locations in the Fort Meade cluster where
businesses conduct top-secret work...
The existence of these clusters is so little known that most people
don't realize when they're nearing the epicenter of Fort Meade's, even
when the GPS on their car dashboard suddenly begins giving incorrect
directions, trapping the driver in a series of U-turns, because the
government is jamming all nearby signals...
Once this happens, it means that ground zero - the National Security
Agency - is close by. But it's not easy to tell where. Trees, walls and
a sloping landscape obscure the NSA's presence from most vantage points,
and concrete barriers, fortified guard posts and warning signs stop
those without authorization from entering the grounds of the largest
intelligence agency in the United States.
Drinking or over-extending your credit card limit is a no-no.
Inside the locations are employees who must submit to strict, intrusive
rules. They take lie-detector tests routinely, sign nondisclosure forms
and file lengthy reports whenever they travel overseas. They are coached
on how to deal with nosy neighbors and curious friends. Some are trained
to assume false identities.
If they drink too much, borrow too much money or socialize with citizens
from certain countries, they can lose their security clearances, and a
clearance is the passport to a job for life at the NSA and its sister
intelligence organizations...
Training spies is a serious job, apparently:
That white van is followed by five others just like it. Inside each one,
two government agents in training at the secretive Joint
Counterintelligence Training Academy are trying not to get lost as they
careen around local roads practicing "discreet surveillance" - in this
case, following a teacher in the role of a spy. The real job of these
agents from the Army, U.S. Customs and other government agencies is to
identify foreign spies and terrorists targeting their organizations, to
locate the spies within and to gather evidence to take action against
Subject: Torturing and calling it training
Why would they give a contract for anything to this guy? Please consider calling your members of Congress and put a stop to this. There is something really wrong here and I'm not talking about the money...
"War on terror" psychologist gets giant no-bid contract
The Army earlier this year steered a $31 million contract to a
psychologist whose work formed the psychological
underpinnings of the Bush administration's torture program.
The Army awarded the "sole source" contract in February to the
University of Pennsylvania for resilience training, or teaching
soldiers to better cope with the psychological strain of multiple
combat tours. The university's Positive Psychology Center,
directed by famed psychologist Martin Seligman, is conducting
the resilience training.
Army resilience training is the pet project of Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey, previously the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq during the darkest days of the war there, from July 2004 through February 2007. Army sources say the director of the Army's resilience program, Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum, rammed the training contract through the Army bureaucracy on Casey's behalf.
Seligman is most famous for his work in the 1960s in which he was able to psychologically destroy caged dogs by subjecting them to repeated electric shocks with no hope of escape. The dogs broke down completely and ultimately
would not attempt to escape through an open cage door when given the opportunity to avoid more pain. Seligman called the phenomenon "learned helplessness."
New York Times
2 U.S. Architects of Harsh Tactics in 9/11's Wake
Doc who 'inspired' torture program gets $31 million Army contract http://www.rawstory.com/rs/
Warmth and best wishes to all of you,
Dear Anthony Migchels,
1. Some sort of world trading currency is in the offing to replace the American dollar, probably based on a revised price of gold (so that, at its institution, all government debts can be wiped out);
Besides the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China -- and several other developing or trying-to-develop countries also), the Institute of International Finance (IIF), representing 420 of the world's largest banks, are now calling for a world currency. The managing director, Charles Dallara, wrote to the Financial Times on 4 October (a letter which I'd missed). This is to prevent the recent devaluation skirmishes between 24 countries expanding to others and becoming an outright war. (NM: attached below)
In addition, according to Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in yesterday's Sunday Telegraph, Premier Wen of China and President Sarkozy of France have been having secret talks about a replacement for the American dollar before it makes a hard landing and pulls most other countries down with it. (No doubt Germany has also been involved.)
2, An increasing de-coupling of trade between America and the rest of the world will be taking place from now onwards with the major Western banks increasingly servicing the latter, and America experiencing the same sort of downgrading that the UK did (and still does) during the decline of the British Empire.
China badly needs to revalue its currency, the renminbi (yuan), upwards to stave off a massive looming domestic inflation (which could leave it in a Japanese-style stupor) but not if in subservience to the dollar. Forty-three almost bankrupt countries were bullied into this at the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944 when it was obvious that America would be the only economically healthy survivor after World War 2. Of the only two countries which at that time still exchanged their currencies for gold (besides the America itself), Japan was bullied into subservience to the dollar at the 1985 Plaza 'Agreement'. and Switzerland was inveigled into it about ten years later.
When America was becoming so spendthrift as to be no longer able to carry out its obligations to exchange its dollars for gold, President Nixon cut the link in 1971, and from then onwards all currencies started to float against one another and the dollar itself (as though the dollar itself was not also devaluing against commodities). If there had been a standard against which national currencies could be referenced, this would have been fine. Their currency values would only then depend on the relative health of their economies. But there wasn't such a standard, and national currencies have see-sawed about increasingly ever since -- much at the mercy of currency speculators such as George Soros's Quantum Fund.
Almost any standard world currency would do, so long as it is itself reasonably stable in value (not easily able to be printed or conjured up out of thin air) and beyond being tampered with by any individual government. By a process of survival of the fittest over many millennia, bartered goods became portable, valued objects of convenience -- currencies. Whether they were pieces of silver (in ancient Mesopotamia) squares of sheepskin (in Mongolia), iron nails (around Adam Smith's town of Kirkcaldy in his day), wampum shells (Northern American tribes) or gold coins (ancient Greece, China, India, Islam up to 1914 in Europe) they would do. Meanwhile, by a continuation of survival of the fittest, gold and silver became the only currencies that became trans-cultural, whether of central banks or Indian villageers.
But at present we're still stuck at Alternative 2 above. Meanwhile, the price of gold is rising at a fast, but steady pace (and silver even faster). Relative scarcity are their chief virtue of being a suitable standard. What matters is that when their prices reach high enough levels (or are promoted there by international agreement) and can pay off existing national debts then we will continue to have chaos and confusion. Whether this takes place quickly or protractedly remains to be seen.
The moment of truth will probably come only when chaos will be at the edge of complete world-wide economic collapse (and maybe revolutions in some countries) and the developed countries openly admit that neither quantitative easing nor austerity can possibly redeem the huge debts they are now carrying and hoping that taxpayers will pay off.
The Institute of International Finance, a group that represents 420 of the world's largest banks and finance houses, has issued yet another call for a one-world global currency.
Read the latest now on RedAlert.WND.com (subscription only, but here's the text below)
Banking group calls for global currency
Seen as remedy to looming exchange wars
In advance of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meeting in Washington last weekend, the Institute of International Finance, a group that represents 420 of the world's largest banks and finance houses, issued yet another call for a one-world global currency.
"A core group of the world's leading economies need to come together and hammer out an understanding," Charles Dallara, the Institute of International Finance's managing director, told the Financial Times in London.
An IIF policy letter authored by Dallara and dated Oct. 4 made clear that global currency coordination was needed in the group's view to prevent a looming currency war.
"The narrowly focused unilateral and bilateral policy actions seen in recent months – including many proposed and actual measures on trade, currency intervention and monetary policy – have contributed to worsening underlying macroeconomic imbalances," Dallara wrote. "They have also led to growing protectionist pressures as countries scramble for export markets as a source of growth."
Dallard encouraged a return to the G-20 commitment to utilize International Monetary Fund special drawing rights to create an international one-world currency alternative to the U.S. dollar as a new standard of foreign-exchange reserves.
U.N. calls for 1-world currency
A United Nations report released in July calls for the replacement of the dollar as the standard for holding foreign-exchange reserves in international trade with a new one-world currency issued by the International Monetary Fund.
The 176-page report titled "United Nations World Economic and Social Survey 2010," was issued at a high-level meeting of the U.N. Economic and Social Council and published in its entirety on the U.N. website.
"The risk of exchange-rate instability and a hard landing of the dollar could be reduced by having a global payments and reserve system which is less dependent on one single national currency," the report noted.
The solution the U.N. report recommended was expanding Special Drawing Rights, or SDRs, at the International Monetary System, with the goal of replacing the dollar as the accepted international standard for holding foreign-exchange reserves.
"A new global reserve system could be created, one that no longer relies on the United States dollar as the single major reserve currency," the U.N. report said.
By placing this statement in print, the United Nations has formally gotten behind a plan that was first advanced by Robert Mundell, the creator of the euro, and later funded through the G-20 by the Obama administration, even though the plan to advance IMF SDRs ultimately means the death of the dollar as the world's standard for international trade.
Let's quickly review the background and the history of the issue.
What are IMF Special Drawing Rights?
SDRs are international reserve assets that are calculated by the IMF in a basket of major currencies that are allocated to the IMF 185 member nation-states in relation to the capital, largely in gold or widely accepted foreign currencies that the IMF member nation-states have on deposit with the IMF.
As Red Alert previously reported, the proposal originally advanced by China and Russia would issue SDRs to central banks of IMF member states far in excess of any gold or currency reserves the member states have on deposit with the IMF.
The idea is to utilize the little-understood and largely-ignored SDRs in a new capacity, as a sort of an international overdraft facility made available to bankrupt of financially failing IMF member nation-states, originated with Ted Turner, formerly a senior official at both the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury.
The IMF created SDRs in 1969 to support the Bretton Woods fixed exchange-rate system.
"The international supply of two key reserve assets – gold and the U.S. dollar – proved inadequate for supporting the expansion of world trade and financial development that was taking place," a document on the IMF website explains. "Therefore, the international community decided to create a new international reserve asset under the auspices of the IMF."
When the Bretton Woods fixed-rate system collapsed, major world currencies, including the dollar, shifted to a floating exchange-rate system where the price of the dollar and other major world currencies was created by trading on international currency exchanges.
Until the current global economic crisis, SDRs issued by the IMF have been used by IMF member nation states primarily as a reserve account to support international trade transactions, not as an alternative international currency available to settle international debt transactions in danger of default.
'Fathers of the 1-world currency'
WND has previously reported that strong support for the idea of a one-world currency has come from Canadian economist and Nobel Prize winner professor Robert Mundell, an influential proponent who is credited with having formulated the intellectual basis for creating the euro.
Mundell, currently an adviser to China, was the originator of the suggestion that the IMF should utilize SDRs to replace the dollar as a new world standard for holding foreign-exchange reserves in international trade transactions.
WND has also reported Benn Steil, a senior fellow and director of international economics at the Council of Foreign Relations, wrote in the May/June 2007 issue of the Council of Foreign Relations' Foreign Affairs magazine an article titled, "The End of National Currency," in which his major conclusion was that "countries should abandon monetary nationalism."
Steil tempered his embrace of one-world currency, writing, "Governments should replace national currencies with the dollar or the euro or, in the case of Asia, collaborate to produce a new multinational currency over a comparably large and economically diversified area."
G20 meeting in London supported IMF 1-world currency
Red Alert also reported that the G20 summit meeting in London in April took an important step to create a new one-world currency through the International Monetary Fund that is designed to replace the dollar as the world's foreign-exchange reserve currency of choice.
Appearing on Fox News' "The Sean Hannity Show," political consultant Dick Morris and Hannity agreed the decision by the G20 proved the "conspiracy theorists were right" and there is now clear evidence of a plan to create a one-world currency.
Point 19 of the final communiqué from the G20 summit in London on April 2, 2009, specified that, "We have agreed to support a general SDR which will inject $250 billion into the world economy and increase global liquidity," taking the first steps forward to implement China's proposal that Special Drawing Rights at the International Monetary Fund should be created as a foreign-exchange currency to replace the dollar.
"I think the dollar is now under question," billionaire investor George Soros told CNBC, commenting that the goal was to create an IMF rather than the dollar to use in international trade.
Red Alert has also reported that the United Nations has supported the IMF plan, to utilize SDRs as an alternative to the dollar to settle international trade transactions.
Red Alert believes we are witnessing the death of the dollar under the Obama administration.
dear Mrs. Kennedy,
I write you this time with a very different story.
In America a fierce debate is starting between the interest free money people and the Goldbugs. You can find the basics here: http://www.activistpost.com/
2010/10/after-fed-solutions- debate-begins.html
I have been anticipating this debate for years. It was bound to happen once the fractional reserve banking fraud was exposed.
In America there is an astute awareness of fractional reserve banking and the nefarious nature of the banking community. However: they are relatively blind to the effects of interest.
Interest is one of the few concepts which is better understood in Europe than in America and you are of course one of the reasons for that.
I had the privilege of producing this piece on Henry Makow's site: http://www.henrymakow.com/
interest_-_our_invisible_ slave.html
Of course, you will find that all the data in the piece could not have been produced without your work. I therefore out of respect send you this for your information. I did mention you as THE source in the original contribution. But the editor left that bit away for reasons of conciseness. However, he does link to an interview with you in which you spell out the basics.
Just to let you know. Something very big is brewing. Your efforts have been indispensible in the debate that is now starting.
Warmest regards,
Anthony Migchels,
Arnhem, the Netherlands
2010/9/7 Prof. Dr. Margrit Kennedy <email@example.com>
Please mention as the source Bernard Lietaer and my presentation
Margrit Kennedy
Prof. Dr. Margrit KennedyMonNetA, Ginsterweg 331595 Steyerberg, GermanyTel. +49 5764 942403
Am 07.09.2010 um 11:13 schrieb Anthony Migchels:
Dear Mrs. Kennedy,My name is Anthony Migchels from the Gelre in the Netherlands and we have met in january last year in Amsterdam, where we both spoke at the Balie Conference on Alternative Monetary Systems.I have a request. In your (wonderful) essay on 'Why we need Monetary Innovation' there is a graph in 'result 3, monetary instability'.This graph is very illuminating and we intend to use it in a booklet about the Gelre.
Would you mind if we do so?Also: do you have a more recent graph? I heard one up to 2008 is available?Thank you very much,Anthony Migchels
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely".


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The place we played: Roll Play Café, Toronto, ON
Played in: October 2014
Our Thoughts:
We weren't exactly sure what to expect when we first walked into Roll Play, but at the end of a dark staircase we were greeted with an awesome full wall mural featuring the familiar sight of Rich Uncle Pennybags being mauled by the King of Tokyo during a routine settlement of Catan. We knew then that we had found a place where we belonged.
The atmosphere at Roll Play was more like a party than a quiet café. Maybe this had to do with the prime location for tourists and passer-bys (right in the heart of downtown, off of Nathan Phillips Square), or maybe it had to do with the 1998s greatest hits Sirius channel they were pumping, but either way the vibe was different from a lot of the cafes we've visited so far. The games reflected that as well. They had a reasonable selection of games, from our point of view, yet this was the place where we saw, by far, the most people playing Jenga (obviously they need to start reconsidering their game choices). They also had a large TV with video game consoles available, though it wasn't being used much the night we were there. We thought it was a cool idea but wondered if it might be distracting to some people playing more serious games.
Other than the crashing of Jenga tiles, Roll Play has a beautiful space. Bright and open, big huge shelves (giving them lots of room to grow!) and lovely booths that seemed designed with gamers in mind. They left lots of room on the window sills, and built in shelves between the booths to store the box tops, rule sheets, winter coats, bags and all other accoutrements that get in the way of rolling up your sleeves and gaming.
We spent more hours than we had intended to at Roll Play, as tends to happen when we get together for gaming, so we had a chance to sample many of their beers and menu items during that time. The pizza was the highlight, and they had a couple of beer options on tap that were local and also delicious, so we were happy to settle in.
They didn't have a guru on staff, though our server was happy to offer suggestions (her favourite was Ghost Blitz) and talked to us a lot about what we were playing and what we thought. She mentioned they were building up their game library, which would explain the mostly empty shelves. As usual, we would definitely do a return visit to Roll Play. Overall, we enjoyed our time there with great games, good food and beer, and of course, a good excuse to exercise the competitive drive that fuels our friendship.
PWP Ranking:
Space: A
Collection: C
Food: C+
Drink: B+
Staff: C+
Look and Feel: A-
Overall Score: B
Other Stuff we like:
Retail: Yep!
Flat Fee: Yep!
Events: Yep!
Great for: Casual gamers looking for a beautiful place to sit and play a game – for a first date maybe? – as long as you can tolerate Jenga (AKA not Hogarth)
What we played: Kingdoms, 7 Wonders, Small World Underground
PS: Looking for a cafe near you? Want to see all our other reviews? Check out our List of Board Game Cafés in Canada


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Music games are very popular for console game systems today. It's no surprise to see a new entrant into music games, this time in the form of a DJ game.
The DJ Hero turntable controller has been revealed and is set to launch this fall along with the next Guitar Hero installment. The turntable has three colored buttons, like you expect to find on a guitar controller.
Parts of the pics are deftly cropped to cut what is on the bottom of the controller .Odds are there are additional buttons there to make up for what seems to be an easy to use device.
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