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I was in the backyard when I bumped my head on a dislodged rain gutter. I looked up and overhead were Yellow Jackets buzzing around their new hive on the underside of my porch.
Not wanting to miss a good shot, I went inside and grabbed my camera. Trying to avoid being stunned if they turned on me, I stayed back. However, none of the shots were to my satisfaction, so I propped myself and my tripod on top of two chairs and took the image from inches away. In the end, I had my shot, I didn't drop my camera, I was able to balance myself, and most importantly, I was not stunned.
Equipment: Canon 40D w/100mm Macro, tripod, and two chairs.
Exposure Time: 1/200 Secs.
F-Stop: f/4.5
- Daniel Zhuang
I've been checking these shooting challenges out for quite a while, but never entered. I've been kind of obsessed with bug photos the last month or so and I figured this was a good time to enter.
This was taken on my back balcony. There were some furry bees hanging around the lavender, but by the time I grabbed my camera and stomped into position, they were all gone. This guy showed up and I happened to catch him in flight. A bit of a crop...and the lines in the background are a bit distracting...But I'm pretty happy with it.
Canon T2i with a EF-S 15-85. Aperture priority, set wide open, 400 iso.
- Dave Tolnai
i went to Italy to visit my parents when i saw a firefly in the garden
i immediately took my camera and got some nice shots in the dark
camera used: Lumix Gh2
50mm canon fd f1.4 1/30sec iso 640
- Davide Bellotta
I went out to get bees, but apparently summer is the time for flies! They were all over.
Canon T2i, 100mm, ISO 400, f/2.8.
- Diego Jimenez
Location: Frederik Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, MI.
Story: Was taking pictures of flowers in the Botanical Gardens and a fly flew on to the flower I was taking photos of. I don't have a macro lenses but I was close enough take this shallow depth of field photo. After a little cleaning up I believe this photo shows the beauty of this colorful bug.
Canon Digital Rebel XT
1/250 sec
- Eric Fine
The pictures were taken with a Sony A77 (SLT-A77VQ) with the Minolta 70-210 f/4 at 210mm, f/9, 1/400 sec 500 iso, post production noise reduced.
I've had the camera for about a month and a half, and the first lens that I bought (from a coworker) was this 70-210 f/4, which was probably made when I was born, then strapped to Sony's newest (as of yet) camera. It's such a cool thing to put something older than you onto the newest technology (no matter what camera you use.) I took it at Illinois' largest state park, Rock Cut State Park, outside of Rockford, IL (where the baseball team featured in League of Their Own was based), while waiting for my nieces to finish running practice.
- Eric McCord
Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: 100mm 2.8 Macro
I just love the colors and light combination in this photograph. Detailed enough to see the fine hairs and the intricacy of his claws.
- Graham Kingma
Taken this morning with an iPhone 4, using headset as a shutter release. Standard lens
- Graydon Patterson
Camera: Canon PowerShot S3IS
Other stuff: What ever the camera was build with and programmed. It belongs to my father, so I don't tinker around much.
When I'm at my parents I tend to grab my fathers camera and make photos from the flowers my Mother grow. It's a hybrid of a profesional camera and a Point and Shoot, so there is little I did for this phote. I just saw that flower (a Lilium, I like taking photos of beautiful flowers) and the different bugs that where crawling on it. I switched over to the build in "Super Makro" mode of the camera I tried my best.
This is a wasp taking a gulp.
- Gregor Lamche
No photoshop, not even a simple crop... (although a little crop in the image would make it better)... I just wanted to send you the raw picture.
I just took 12 pictures, but the damn praying mantis just didn't want to cooperate, but suddenly (probably because of the camera noise, not that the T2i is noisy) it looked at the lens and probably thought "Man... Could you please ditch that crappy lens that came with your camera and put a macro to take my picture ?"
- Guilherme Figueiredo
Camera : Canon 7D.
Lens : Canon 60mm USM Macro
Speed : 1/125
History behind the shoot :
Since we are in the middle of winter here I was thinking that it would be impossible to find any bug, or at least a live one. So, after looking for a while I finally found what I call "The ONE Bug" behind some meaty leafs. After a few regular macro shots, I decided to put the flash under the leaf in the sense of adding more colors to the picture without scaring the One bug... with actually result on a very peculiar looking bug photo.
- Gustavo Zagato
I went over to the Central Park Zoo this weekend with some friends to take pictures of the bugs that they had at the tropical birds exhibit. Unfortunately the lighting inside was horrible and the bugs themselves were behind glass that I couldn't get any good angles on. On my way out I noticed these flies on a railing by the petting zoo. I inched my slowly inched my way towards them so I wouldn't scare them off and took my shot. I did some quick touch ups in Photoshop just to make everything as crisp as possible.
Taken with an Olympus PEN E-PL1 using the stock 14-42mm lens. Aperture f/11; Shutter Speed 1/60; No flash
- Hans Lao
Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12 megapixel
Wide open aperture(Reversed lens)
Reversed 18-55mm IS kit lens
100 iso
35mm focal length
1/200 shutter speed
On body flash
Edited with Light room 3
Was out scrounging around for a bug to shoot, and happened upon this sleepy little fella. He was sitting on the base of a leaf, and seemed pretty chill. It was very windy, so I had to hold the leaf with my finger; that's what the strange background is. Judging by the pollen on his face, he probably had finished feeding on one of my flowers and ran up the tree to get some rest. These guys are all over my yard, yet offer such great shots; they don't really run away.
- Harrison Jones
This little bee attacked my lens while I was trying to take a few innocent pictures of it going about its business with a red rose. At the Florida Botanical Gardens, Largo, Florida
Nikon D5000, LensBaby Muse double glass optic with 1.6x telephoto lens, 10x + 4x macro kit and f/5.6 aperture disk, ISO: 200, Exposure time: 1/250 sec.
- Heather Short
FUJIFILM FinePix X100, fujinon 23mm f/2, Exposure time: 1/160 sec., F-stop: f/4, ISO: ISO-500 (Love this camera!!)
I picked up a container of ladybugs from a nursery in town since I have a tough time finding bugs to shoot when they're my intended subjects. I had originally stunned the beetles by sticking them in the freezer for a few minutes, hoping for a more manageable shot. In the end however, I think I had more difficulty getting them off my iPad than I did while setting up the shot. Another problem I didn't anticipate was having my house invaded by ladybugs!
- Ian Chase
Nikon D7000 - Nikkor 85mm Macro - ISO 200 - F4 - 1/125 sec
After reading about the contest, I thought that I could probably find something interesting around the house. That day I was walking out of the house and noticed this guy living up above my front door. We had a big photo shoot together resulting in this photograph. Normally, I would spray for bugs, but I felt that since I exploited this little guy for some photos... he could stick around.
- Ian Martin
Shot on top of the Fredriksten fortress in Halden Norway during my family's first trip to Europe (still there right now). My son carried this bug on the flower for almost 2 hours (!) as we toured the fort. Notice all of the pink pollen on his thorax, perhaps he was napping after all the hard work?
- Jackson Tomlinson
This weekend I ventured out to park not far from my house. I explored the northern trails, somewhere I've never been. Turned out to be the prettiest part! I must have spent an hour at this one pond on my belly shooting picture after picture of the dragonflies. At one point I noticed a dragonfly depositing her eggs into the water by dipping her abdomen just under the surface. I'd never seen this before. She stayed in one place for long enough that I got multiple pictures of her, and this is the best of the bunch.
Nikon D90
Nikon 70-300 VR @ f/9 and 300mm
1/800 sec, ISO 800
- Jacob Gardner
I could not think of a more appropriate name for this small piece of entomological pornography I found on my weathered back deck in Southern Maine. What began as a BBQ turned into a Discovery Channel special as I noticed these two flies in the throes of passion. The source of light is the sun setting to the back left of the little creatures, creating an oddly romantic atmosphere for their copulation. They were not distracted from the act as I closed in with my simple point-and-shoot, a Canon PowerShot SD780 IS, in macro mode.
- Jacob Schneider
Shot with a Panasonic GH1 and a late 70s Nikon 55mm AI 1.2 in aperture priority mode @ 1.2. Just after it rained, I went out to catch some wet spiderwebs and spiders, but this shot ended up being my fav. Of course, they'll be a lot of submissions of bugs close-up, but I was looking for something different, something that highlighted the bug, but also the bug's environment. I really liked how the spider's dark silhouette ended up looking like it was a huge monster walking across the earth, with a large Melancholia orange sun setting in the background. In reality, it was just an itsy bitsy one, not an apocalyptic spider, and the sun was just a knee high walkway lamp, the earth the round black top of the lamp. Levels were slightly adjusted in photoshop to bring out a more orange glow to the "sun".
- James Rogers
Samsung Galaxy s3
Lens: None
This was shot outside as I was taking my lunch break. I saw a bunch of ants swarming on cricket, and thought this would be a good submission.
I know it's a camera phone, but for the quality I saw, if you zoom in you can see the ants' eyes and the details of the cricket.
- James Wong
Camera: Nikon D800E
Lens: Nikon Micro-Nikkon 105mm VR F/2.8G
Settings: f/8, ISO 100, 1/500
Notes: shot from live view mode handheld
I was in Hokkaido, Japan this weekend on vacation and while chasing
the rolling farms of Biei we stumbled upon a massive sunflower patch -
something entirely surreal. I flipped between wide angle and macro to
get as much of the scene and story as possible and found myself
ignoring the larger scale of the shot to chase this Japanese bumblebee
hard at work. Hokkaido's Biei is in the peak of lavender and sunflower
season, so it is such a treat for the eyes.
- Jason Arney
This photo was shot with a Canon eos rebel t2i, and an EF 70-200L IS II lens, with a total of 68mm of kenko extension tubes. I took this photo while touring the remote rain forests of Guyana with my clog dancing troupe, introducing the indigenous peoples to the joys and rewards of clog dancing. On a break from our rigorous clog dancing schedule, I spotted this iridescent fly on a rain-soaked leaf just outside the village. Fortunately, I had my camera with me, as I was tasked with documenting our trip for our regional clog dancing newsletter. I quickly broke out my gear, snapped on a few extension tubes, and snapped off this picture. Fortunately, my camera was already set at f11, ISO 2500, and 1/200 shutter speed, since I find these settings best capture the raw beauty of the clog. It turns out, though, that this particular fly is held sacred in this village, and photographing it is strictly forbidden in their culture. I am currently awaiting punishment by head shrinking, and sincerely hope that the judges of this challenge will take that into consideration since I think the photograph was totally worth it.
OK, I actually took this picture in my backyard when I realized none of my other bug photos were eligible for this challenge. I've never been to Guyana, and I've never known the joys of clog dancing. The rest of the story is 100% true.
- Jason Ganz
I was out back having my morning smoke, as I do, and a Dragonfly was hanging around. Thinking I could at least snap a shot with my phone, I crept up on it and took a few pics then posted one to my FB.
It was still there a few minutes later so I thought I'd at least try and get a better shot, considering the challenge and the fact that I'd never actually tried shooting bugs before. I ran inside and grabbed my crappy Sony Alpha a100 with an ebay-snagged Minolta 75-300mm and after a few dozen shutter slaps and flashes - It finally noticed me.
ISO 200 - 300mm - f 5.6 - 1/125sec w/flash
- Jay Marks
Canon EOS Rebel T4i
Exposure time: 1/1000 sec.
ISO speed: ISO-2000
Exposure Bias: 0 step
No flash
I've just gotten a Canon T4i (my first DSLR) last week and saw this
challenge, perfect timing! I ordered an Fotodiox Lens Mount Adapter to
attach my old Minolta film SLR MD lens. I used a Vivitar Series 1
70-210mm 1:3.5, MC ROKKOR-PG 50mm 1:1.4 and all of the MC auto
extension tubes for minolta SLR cameras (14mm, 21mm, &28mm) which my
parents had rescued from next to a dumpster alongside with the Minolta
This is my first DSLR and one of the first attempt at using this combo
of a zoom lens and macro extension tube. My parent 'rescued' the
Minolta SLR and lens (plus a lot other camera stuff) from next to a
dumpster and gave it to me. I'm putting it to good use!
Using that lens combo, I had to wander around the fringe of the wood
to scare out bugs into the opening for better lighting for the macro
setup to use and then try to stalk nearby without scaring it away
again. I was not having much luck until I saw this two small dragonfly
hovering around a small bush in middle of the opening. It took me
quite a while to get the bugs somewhat comfortable around me before I
could start snapping. But the bugger couldn't stay still! So my best
pic out of this is of a dragonfly about to take off.
I did some sharpening and de-noising in Lightroom 4. I also tweaked
the white balance. Being new to Lightroom, I'm very pleased with the
texture and color of the image. (I know that many photographer are
anti-noise and I am too. In this particular image though, I rather
like it!)
- Jeffery Stroud
Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO Speed: 640
This guy was hanging out on some cone flower and buzzing me occasionally when I was trying to get some good honey bee shots. Unfortunately the bee shots were not as good as this one.
- Jeff Gamble
These are Contemporaneous, vintage, unedited, rare images of ANT
PORNOGRAPHY. Who would guess that the purveyors of Ant Smut would
actually utilize the dreaded "Sepia Tone" to peddle their wares to yet
another generation of young Boys in the Basement, peering into
Microscopes and eating their Boogers? The truth can now be told (and
we are kinda sure that the Liberal Agenda is behind it).
- Jeff Schroeder
I only recently, within the year, received a Nikon D3100 as a gift and have been messing around with it, attempting to learn through trial and error, as time permits. I don't have a Macro lens so I figured I would be out on this contest (not that I have had anything worth submitting for the others).
However, today after work I was digging part of a Mole trap in my backyard (another story for another time) and I hear this Cicada screech (or whatever that noise is they make) louder than usual, follow by a thud next to me on the ground. As I turned around I realized I had a great picture opportunity for the contest but my Camera was, of course, inside. I dropped my tools and hurried inside to retrieve it. By the time I returned he had crawled through my wife's flowers and started up the tree, from which he had just performed his dive bomb. I was able to snap the attached pictures but I had my 55 – 300mm lens on, with no time to change, and it was tricky to even get something decent. By the time he was up the tree and out of site I realized my Camera was still on the P-mode where I had been messing around with the ISO and while 3200 probably wasn't the Ideal setting it worked ok.
Anyways, this bug is known as a Cicada Killer Wasp and we have a few of them around our house. He was shot with a Nikon D3100 at 300mm, f/5.6, 1/100, ISO-3200. I conferred with one of my friends who is much better at photoshop than I, to do color correcting, and sharpening as much as I could.
- Jeremy Beck
Ah Cicadas. The litterbugs of the insect world. As a kid when the Cicadas came out I would blast the trees with a garden hose. This would piss them off and they would attack me. Nothing like having hundreds of big nasty insects flying at you mad as hell.
They're out in full force right now and their little exoskeletons are decorating my trees. I found this one hanging out at the bottom of a branch this evening. I lit him up with some of nature's back lighting and took a couple shots. You can see that the spiders have already decorated this exoskeleton for the season.
Enjoy the picture. I'm going to get out the garden hose.
Camera: Sony A560
Focal Length: 35mm
F Number: f/5
Shutter Speed 1/60
- Jeremy Martin
Sony Alpha 55
35mm 1.8
I went on a bug hunt, came across this guy. R.I.P little buggy. Looks like a nice place to go.
- Jess McInnis
If Gastropoda Mollusks qualify I took this pic today. If nothing else enjoy the momentary respite from looking at boring assed bees. You're welcome.
5DII, 55mm macro.
- J. Griffin Ricker
I was excited when this challenge was announced because macro is my favorite type of photography but with the dry, hot, windy summer we've been having in Northeast Ohio this year I wasn't sure what kind of bugs I was going to be able to find. My girlfriend and I set out on Sunday morning for one of the local parks. It's not a large park with the trails only being a few miles. About half way through I noticed this damselfly buzzing around us and then it landed and sat on a leaf. I took a shot from a bit away and then moved closer and closer, each time taking a shot until I was at 1:1 macro. He really didn't move much, allowing me about 5 minutes to compose and shoot. Shot with a Sony A330 and a Minolta Maxxum 100mm f/2.8 macro lens @ f/9, 1/125 sec., ISO 200.
- Jim Butera
I know that this doesn't count since it was taken quite awhile ago, but I wanted to share the macro shot that I took of this dragonfly in Cabo San Lucas while on my Honeymoon. Considering it was taken with the macro setting on a compact point and shoot (Sony T-100), I think it came out pretty nice! Hope you like it. I also have a pretty badass photo of a giant moth taken during the honeymoon as well.
- Johnathan Dinan
Canon T3i
18-55mm kit lens + zeikos wide angle adapter
1/40 of a second
While browsing the internet, I notice a little spider had fallen on my screen. I quickly grabbed my camera and took multiple shots before the spider flew away.
- Jorge Gallegos


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Who You'll Work With
Mari Rodriguez
VP of Research and Development, Concord, MA
My Career Path:
"I spent my career in the CPG industry and was especially attracted to the authentic mission at Welch's. I now oversee all areas of product, packaging, and process development, as well as our Grape Center of Excellence, Quality, Health and Nutrition, and Regulatory Science teams."
Why Welch's?
"With my team at Welch's, I aim to develop technical athletes. I hire professionals who can help sell the science and become true partners to our business. We want our employees to mirror our customer base in terms of diversity and passion for our products."
Dalton Dzadony
Reliability Engineer, North East, PA
My Career Path:
"I started as an intern while studying Business and Engineering at Penn State Behrend. The management team was very flexible with my hours while I was in school. Upon graduation, I joined as a Maintenance Supervisor, before accepting a promotion into my current role."
Why Welch's?
"The plant leadership team provides support and encouragement. It feels like a family atmosphere with a focus on teamwork, continuous improvement, and challenging tasks."
"I have the opportunity to learn a lot, and in turn, give back by teaching others."
Adolphus Sprott
Manager, Insights and Shopper Marketing, Dallas, TX
My Career Path:
"I spent the bulk of my career working for large CPG companies. Welch's has much more of a small company feel which I love. There is a strong sense of community, backed by a great brand name."
Why Welch's?
"I love the people I work with and the opportunity to grow within the organization. It's not just about your job title here, you can grow laterally. I have the chance to increase my responsibility with customers, stretch my abilities, and apply my background in a new way."

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Managing Your Precious Dollars Smartly – Will This Give You A Debt Free Future?
By: Alden Smith
Did you ever knew that a time will come when you will have to check where your precious dollars are going out every month? Well, this might not have even come in your mind unless you found that you're falling short of cash by the middle of every month. If this is happening with you, then chances are high that you've incurred huge debt problems. So, what are you thinking to do now so that you do not fall into debt? Do you really know what personal finance actually is? Many people aren't aware about it since this subject is not taught either in schools or in colleges. You will have to be find it yourself where your bucks are going out actually. If you want, you may also seek help of the financial experts who will guide you as to how you should deal with your hard-earned money. Try to pay down the debts quickly so that you can lead a debt free life.
Some ways to deal with finances wisely and do not incur debt
Are you falling into debt problems too often? Do you want to get rid of it? Well, there are definitely suitable ways that will help you deal with your finances smartly so that you may not get entrapped into unnecessary debt. Check out how this is actually possible.
Draft a suitable budget you can follow – Are you spending almost all your income every month? If you are doing so, then you'll end up with enormous debt soon. What should you do so that you do not fall into debt problems? You can draft a good budget and spend your bucks according to that. Consider your monthly income as well as your expenses and see how much you can save from your salary. It's important that you stick to your budget otherwise, you may fall into debt problems again.
Know your needs and wants – Do you know the difference between your needs and wants? Most people don't know about it and this is why they buy almost everything they see around. If you're also doing the same, then it means that you too don't know the difference between your needs and wants. This way, you actually waste a lot of your bucks and thus fall into debt. Know your needs and wants and purchase things according to that. Your needs are food, clothes and shelter without which you can't live. Your wants are the luxurious items that you can buy even in future. Thus, by not buying your wants, you can stay away from debt problems.
Pay off the the credit card dues on time – Do you have the tendency to swipe your plastic money very frequently? If yes, then you must have accumulated huge credit card debt. So, what are you thinking to do now? You must take the necessary steps to do away with your credit card debt as soon as possible. Keep in mind that the more you delay in repaying the outstanding dues, the more interest rate you'll have to pay on them. Thus, once your credit card debt burden gets eliminated, you can take a step ahead towards improving your personal financial condition.
Create a fund and save some amount every month – Have you build up a savings fund? If you haven't done so yet, then what are you still waiting for? Savings is important as soon as you get your first job since this is going to secure your future. Besides this, if you've sufficient savings, then you may not have to borrow money from the other sources. This way, you can avoid incurring debt problems too. Savings also helps you know the importance of your hard-money money and manage your finances better.
The above-discussed ways will help you deal with your personal finances efficiently so that you may not fall into the debt trap.


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Scouting "Easter Eggs" During the Local Community Theaterstevejb68 on February 18, 2014 in Promotion, story
I had a hunch I would be receiving a phone call so it did not come as a surprise when the phone rang two days after the first meeting of this year's mystery dinner theater group. I had been in the play two years ago and probably would have been in last year's play if I would not have had neck surgery. When the director called in January I agreed to be in the production if I could have a small role.
This year's play would be "Winter Drift Murder", written by a local writer. It would be a western that takes place during the time when the railways were being built across the country. Would the audience be able to solve the murders before the sheriff did at the end of the play?
My role would be Vil Ion Badgoi. (Yes, that is a pun.) He is a local gunslinger also known as Mr. Murder. He may not have liked the Judge, but he didn't kill him. The role had a whopping 13 lines. I was only on stage during the last ten minutes of the play. When I first read the script I thought it was a serious role but the director thought it should be played as a comic villain. Even during the last night of practice we were still developing things for this character to do.
When it came time to create our costumes the men raided their own closets at home for as much as they could find. I used my own black jeans, a dark long sleeve shirt, and a brown cowboy hat. The vest and boots came from the high school prop room.
I have been involved in the Scouting program for too long to not try to "sneak" something Scouting related into my costume. I was able to get three items into my wardrobe. On the cowboy hat I wore a small red B.S.A. pin. The leather belt came from Philmont Scout Ranch. The belt buckle represented my Bobwhite Patrol from a Wood Badge training course.
Did anyone notice these Scouting related Easter Eggs? No. The pin was too small for the audience to really see. The belt and buckle were pretty much hidden by the vest for most of the performance. Do I care that no one noticed? Not really. I was just happy to bring a little bit of Scouting onto the stage with me. After all, it was because of performing Scouting skits and campfire songs that I was asked to be in my first play years ago.


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B2B magazine publisher Top Right Group has agreed an approach from managing director Conor Dignam to run Emap's three main media brands including Broadcast as a standalone entity.
Trading as Media Business Insight Limited (MBI), the company will develop an independent business strategy and investment plan for the assets, Broadcast, Screen International and the shots brand for the film, television and advertising industries. The company has said that the changes will not mean any staff changes or redundancies.
Conor Dignam, CEO, Media Business Insight, said: "I joined EMAP as editor of Broadcast in 2002 and have led the media brands for over three years so am thrilled to have been given the opportunity to take Broadcast, Screen and shots to an independent future.
"Our plans to further develop the brands' potential include several event launches next year as well as a focus on growing our subscribers and building up our data products. This is a really exciting opportunity and I'm looking forward to getting started. Our immediate focus is on delivering another brilliant Broadcast Awards in January 2013."
Emap CEO Natasha Christie-Miller said: "This is a great opportunity for Broadcast, Screen International and shots to carve out their own successful future under Conor's leadership.
"No further EMAP restructure or portfolio change is anticipated.
"EMAP is transforming into a subscriber-led, content-driven and customer-obsessed multi-channel media business. Our strategy remains to focus our investments on brands that have a high growth potential, in scale industries where we are or can be the number one.
We are investing particularly heavily in our brands serving the retail, fashion, construction, health and architecture sectors where we are already seeing fast, sustainable return."
Lisa Campbell, editor of Broadcast, added: "Broadcast will effectively become part of a new media-focused publishing business, able to shape its own future. Being part of a new venture led by Conor means the title will get the focus it deserves. It is great news."


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I think I am going to punch the next person who tells me their app or online service are "fun"! I hate describing smartphone apps or software as "fun" because they aren't. Sports are fun. The movie theater is fun. Driving fast is fun. Sex is fun. Your damn app ain't sexy nor fun!!!
I'll agree that there are certain apps or services which are "fun" to use in their own way (games, social stuff) but I'm coming at this more from the marketing perspective. People DO NOT use apps first and foremost because they are fun. They use them because they are beneficial to them. They ADD value. The help kill time. They make you faster, more efficient, effective, connected, communicative and so forth. Don't use the word "fun".....seriously, stop!
A bunch of people tweeted recently that it's most important to ponder how a user will describe your app or service to another potential user. So true!!! Worry about what they will say to other users more than worrying about what you say to them about your app. Even better, let them do all the talking instead of using a stupid buzzword to tell me about what you are offering.
"Fun" is a lazy adjective. It is hard to measure and you think it's savvy to use the word but it's not. "Effective", "fast","game-changing"......those are hard. They require you to have something really innovative or technologically superior. You want users telling their friends and colleagues "you have to check this out" or "get it now". I reacted that way after downloading CardMunch. I tell everyone how great and useful this app is (right after photographing their business card and handing it back to them). Same goes for Spotify. I couldn't stop gushing about the availability of music and so forth. Shazam is another one. I never say how "fun" I find using the app. I always say first and foremost how amazing it is that it recognizes practically every damn song I ever used it for. Think about all of this the next time you are describing YOUR service or app.


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It also supports up to 36 PCI Express 2.0 lanes providing better graphics performance. Multi-GPU Technology SLI/CrossFire On-Demand Why choose when you can have both?SLI or CrossFireX? Fret no longer because with the ROG Rampage II Extreme, you'll be able to run both multi-GPU setups. The board features SLI/CrossFire on Demand technology, supporting up to three graphics cards in a 3-Way SLI or CrossFireX configuration. Whichever path you take, you can be assured of jaw-dropping graphics at a level previously unseen. Memory Feature Triple-Channel, DDR3 1800(O.C.) MHz The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 1800(O.C.)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest operation system, 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The triple-channel DDR3 architecture triple the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 43.2 GB/s. ROG Exclusive Features TweakIT Hardcore OV with finger tweaking fun!TweakIt is designed for control freaks. Following the success of the Extreme Tweaker overclocking feature, ASUS has engineered TweakIt to give users flexible overclocking control even when running benchmark programs! The joystick-like control puts every overclocking option in the user´s fingertips, allowing the users performance optimizations options during game play to gain the competitive edge. TweakIt brings a brand new dimension to the game of overclocking and benchmarking. Extreme Engine with ML Cap Design Say hello to max headroomOverclocking is all about headroom and for this motherboard has the Extreme Engine—a next-generation dynamic multi-phase power management system equipped with high performance Multilayer type Polymer Capacitors (ML Caps). Extreme Engine ensures a stable power supply during overvoltage by lowering Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR), keeping critical components such as the processor, system memory and the Northbridge reliable. This means you'll be able to push your spanking new Intel Core i7 CPU to the limit, hitting benchmark scores that others only dream of. BIOS FlashBack Two BIOS ROM. Two BIOS settings. Twice the overclocking flexibility.Overclocker´s prayer to have BIOS flexibility is answered! With the new BIOS Flashback, PC enthusiasts can overclock with even more confidence. BIOS Flashback gives overclockers the ability to save two versions of the BIOS simultaneously. Very much like the "SaveGame" function, one BIOS can be used for the overclocking adventure, while the other BIOS is to be stored with any previous version. BIOS Flashback brings the ultimate convenience to overclockers! Extreme Tweaker One stop performance tuning shopExtreme Tweakers is the one stop shop to fine-tune your system to optimal performance. No matter if you´re looking for frequency adjustment, over-voltage options, or memory timing settings, they´re all here! COP EX Maximum OC with confidence with burn proof protection to chipsets and GPU!The COP EX allows overclockers to increase chipset voltages without the worries of overheating. It can also be used to monitor and save an overheating GPU. The COP EX allows more freedom and less constraint for maximum performance achievement. ProbeIt Get all hands-on with hardware-based overclockingProbeIt takes the guesswork out of locating the motherboard's measurement points, identifying them clearly in the form of eight sets of detection points so you'll know exactly where to get quick yet accurate readings using a multitester. iROG Intelligent multiple control at handThe iROG is a special IC which enables several ROG highlitghted functions that gives users full disposal of the motherboard at any stage! This design allows advanced user control and management to be processed purely at a hardware level. iROG greatly increases fun during overclocking for PC enthusiasts and it offers system maintainence and management with more control and efficiency. CPU Level Up A Simple click for instant upgradeEver wish that you could have a more expansive CPU? Upgrade your CPU at no additional cost with ROG´s CPU Level Up! Simply pick the processor you wanted to OC to, and the motherboard will do the rest!See the new CPU speed and enjoy that performance instantly. Overclocking is never as easy as this. Voltiminder LED Friendly reminder on the intentional madnessIn the pursuit of extreme performance, overvoltage adjustment is critical but risky. Acting as the "red zone" of a tachometer, the Voltiminder LED displays the voltage status for CPU, NB, SB, and Memory in a intuitive color-coded fashion. The voltiminder LED allows quick voltage monitoring for overclockers. Loadline Calibration Optimal power boost for extreme CPU overclocking!Maintaining ample voltage support for the CPU is critical during overclocking. The Loadline Calibration ensures stable and optimal CPU voltage under heavy loading. It helps overclockers enjoy the motherboard´s ultimate OC capabilities and benchmark scores. Sound with Clarity SupremeFX X-Fi Listen with Absolute HDSupremeFX X-Fi delivers an excellent high definition audio experience to the gamers of ROG. The SupremeFX X-Fi features unique audio innovations for gamers to spot enemes in 3D environment during game play. SupremeFX X-Fi also provides gamers a special tool to emphasize human voices in games to help make dialogues clearer and more audible. Noise Filter Eliminate background noise while recording This feature detects repetitive and stationary noises like computer fans, air conditioners, and other background noises then eliminates it in the incoming audio stream while recording. ROG EZ DIY Features External LCD Poster Debug and read system problems with an new external look!The new LCD Poster now posts critical POST information in an ever friendly and flexible external display. When system malfunction occurs, the LCD Poster automatically detects device failure and translates the errors on the LCD during POST. EL I/O Connect in the dark!Today´s users demand more than good performance-they demand more heart touching services like user-friendly features. The motherboard comes with the EL I/O, an impressive design that increases convenience in connecting devices on the back I/O. The cool EL lights up your I/O panel under your desk, in the dark, or in a LAN Party. No more jamming devices into the wrong connectors! when you´re in the dark! ASUS Q-Connector Make connections quick and accurateThe Q-Connector allows you to connect or disconnect chassis front panel cables in one easy step with one complete module. This unique adapter eliminates the trouble of plugging in one cable at a time, making connection quick and accurate. Onboard Switch No more shorting pins or moving jumpersWith an easy press during overclock, this exclusive onboard switch allows gamer to effortlessly fine-tune the performance without having to short the pins or moving jumpers! Q-Fan Plus Optimized quietness and cooling for more devices!The Q-Fan function automatically detects temperature and adjusts fan speed accordingly to achieve quiet and efficient cooling. With Q-Fan Plus, special temperature sensor cable is provided to detect temperature on any device. When used with a optional fans, you may activate Q-Fan function on up to 3 additional devices of your choice! ASUS EPU-6 Engine System Level Energy SavingThe new ASUS EPU - the world's first power saving engine, has been upgraded to a new 6 engine version, which provides total system power savings by detecting current PC loadings and intelligently moderating power in real-time. With auto phase switching for components (which includes the CPU, VGA card, memory, chipset, hard drives and CPU cooler/system fans), the EPU automatically provides the most appropriate power usage via intelligent acceleration and overclocking - helping save power and money. 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Don't let the heat keep you inside. Central Ohio has a lot of great festivals to enjoy this week.
Don�t let the heat keep you inside. Central Ohio has a lot of great festivals to enjoy this week.
North Market Food & Ohio Wine Festival
7-10 p.m. Friday, July 13; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, July 14; 12-5 p.m. Sunday, July 15
59 Spruce St., Arena District
If you�re not able to make it out to a Martha�s Vineyard anytime soon, get your wine fix at the North Market Food & Ohio Wine Festival. There will be a special preview party on Friday evening with live music, and wineries from all over Ohio will be offering tastes of their finest for $1 to $4. You can also purchase wine by the glass, bottle and case. Festival admission (which includes a souvenir glass) is $5, and tickets for Friday night are $20.
Franklin County Fair
July 14-July 21
4100 Columbia St., Hilliard
From a demolition derby to a dog show, the Franklin County Fair won�t disappoint. Live music will be playing every day, and there are plenty of rides to conquer and 4-H contests to watch. There also will be circus performances daily as well as a petting zoo and live music. Admission is $5 from July 14 through July 19, and $6 on July 20 and 21.
Westerville Music and Arts Festival
11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, July 14; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, July 15
60 N. Cleveland Ave., Westerville
More than 130 artists from around the country will gather to show off their best work at the Westerville Music and Arts Festival, which costs $1 to attend. There will be live country, bluegrass, Celtic, classical, jazz and guitar music. Also featured will be youth exhibits, a silent auction and children�s craft activities.


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NEW YORK — Alfonso Soriano homered twice and drove in a career-high six runs, Alex Rodriguez had a two-run double, and the Yankees' bats bailed out a wild CC Sabathia for a 14-7 rout of the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.
NEW YORK — A little bit of that Yankees bluster is back in the Bronx.
Alfonso Soriano homered twice and drove in a career-high six runs, Alex Rodriguez had a two-run double, and New York's bats bailed out a wild CC Sabathia for a 14-7 rout of the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.
Vernon Wells homered against his former team, and leadoff batter Eduardo Nunez drove in four runs as New York equaled its highest run total of the season. The second-worst, run-producing offense in the AL won by more than three runs for the first time in 26 games.
"It feel more like the old days," said Soriano, who rejoined the Yankees by a trade with the Cubs on July 26 after playing for them from 1999-2003.
Jason Vargas (6-5) gave up two homers in his first start since having surgery to remove a blood clot from near his left armpit on June 26, including Soriano's go-ahead two-run drive in the fifth.
Soriano singled in a run in the Yankees' four-run sixth that broke open a sloppy game, and hit a three-run shot off Joe Blanton in the seventh.
A quick rain storm chased the players off the field with one out in the top of the eighth. But that didn't slow the Yankees, who had a season-best 19 hits. Nunez had a two-run single before Soriano flied out to left with a shot for a third homer.
Repeatedly kicking at the dirt on the mound, Sabathia (10-10) allowed three runs in six-plus laborious innings in which he walked six, including one to force in a run — but yielded just three hits. Still, he reached 10 wins for the 13th time in a 13-year career.
"I felt like I had pretty good stuff," Sabathia said. "I got into some trouble and I was able to make the pitches and get outs but it was just a battle."
Leading 4-3 in the sixth, Sabathia walked the bases loaded. He got out of the jam with a double play when Chris Nelson left early on a tag up from third base on Tommy Field's liner to left field.
Soriano started the play when he caught Field's fly and made a strong throw home that was offline. Catcher Chris Stewart immediately threw to third base to retire Nelson. Angels manager Mike Scioscia spent several minutes pleading his case to plate umpire David Rackley to no avail.
"I thought I was off the base on time. It was frustrating. I know I tagged up and I held my position," Nelson said. "We had momentum heading into that play and it took that away from us."
The Yankees then broke it open with four runs in the bottom half — capped by A-Rod's hard-hit double to left-center — to ease into their fourth win in five games.
"We got behind tonight and were able to come back, and we were able to tack on runs and put up 10 runs in three innings and that's something we haven't done a whole lot of this year," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "It is encouraging."
Mike Trout hit a three-run homer in the ninth, and slumping slugger Mark Trumbo connected in the first for Los Angeles, which has lost 13 of 18 even though the Angels led in 10 of those defeats.
Before his start against Seattle on June 17, Vargas noticed temperature differences in his pitching hand. It was caused by circulation problems due to the clot.
In his only rehab start, Vargas gave up four runs in 4 2-3 innings for Triple-A Salt Lake last Thursday and wasn't much better against the Yankees.
He allowed eight hits and four runs, walked one and struck out three.
"I thought his stuff looked good. I think he threw the ball a little better than maybe some things are going to show," Scioscia said. "He's building into a little bit of stamina and he'll be better next time."
The sloppy Yankees did everything they could to give Los Angeles the lead from the start.
With flags whipping in the wind overhead in the first, Wells overran Trout's two-out foul ball into the tight right field corner. One pitch later, Trout walked to bring up Trumbo.
Trumbo homered to left field for his second hit in 27 at-bats.
Wells connected an inning later for his 11th homer. Wells' last long ball came when he was still wearing No. 12 on May 15 — 208 at-bats earlier. He gave that number to Soriano, who came over in a trade with the Cubs in mid-July, and took 22.
The Angels opened a 3-1 lead in the third with help from fielding errors by third baseman Jayson Nix and another miscue by Nunez, who missed touching second base on a force play. The run scored when Nelson drew a bases-loaded walk.
NOTES: Scioscia said OF Peter Bourjos (broken hand) isn't ready to return from the DL. "He was not as crisp last night," Scioscia said. Bourjos was 0 for 4 for Salt Lake on Monday night and is 4 for 21 overall on his rehab assignment.


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Honestly, I'm beginning to think prisoners have been receiving some sneaky electricians' training, such is the quality of rewiring skills they possess. From rewiring Playstations into tattoo guns, Scottish crims have gone a step further down the sparky route.
They're finding much better uses for their IT classes' computer mice, plugging them into Playstations by USB, and rewiring the ends to power up their cellphones. Supposedly they're not allowed cellphones while behind bars, but seemingly Playstations, TVs, computers and goodness knows what else is a-ok with the warden. [Daily Record via Reg Hardware]
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238.3 Discouragement of purchase of advertised merchandise.§ 238.3 Discouragement of purchase of advertised merchandise.
No act or practice should be engaged in by an advertiser to discourage the purchase of the advertised merchandise as part of a bait scheme to sell other merchandise. Among acts or practices which will be considered in determining if an advertisement is a bona fide offer are:
(a) The refusal to show, demonstrate, or sell the product offered in accordance with the terms of the offer,
(b) The disparagement by acts or words of the advertised product or the disparagement of the guarantee, credit terms, availability of service, repairs or parts, or in any other respect, in connection with it,
(c) The failure to have available at all outlets listed in the advertisement a sufficient quantity of the advertised product to meet reasonably anticipated demands, unless the advertisement clearly and adequately discloses that supply is limited and/or the merchandise is available only at designated outlets,
(d) The refusal to take orders for the advertised merchandise to be delivered within a reasonable period of time,
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The Best Beers to Drink with Christmas Cookies
Beer and food are better together.
Some of my fondest memories of Christmases past are of hanging out in the kitchen with my mom as she baked batch after batch of cookies; cutting shapes with the plastic cookie cutters, getting covered in flour, and eating raw dough. Okay, I also ate little balls of Crisco, but that's a story for another time.
Back in the day, those cookies were washed down with a tall glass of milk, but these days I'm partial to a mug of craft-brewed suds. Whether you're hosting a cookie swap party or delivering some gifts by way of reindeer-and-chimney, consider pouring a beer alongside your holiday dessert.
But which beer, you ask? Porters and stouts are a good place to start, along with barleywines, old ales and sweetened fruit lambics. But don't be afraid to go out on a limb. The citrusy zip of an American IPA creates surprising synergy with certain spiced cookies. Yeasty Belgians, fluffy wheats and lighter lagers can create magic as well. Here's my guide to the best beers to pair with different types of Christmas cookies.
Sugar & Butter
It almost wouldn't be Christmas without frosted and sprinkled sugar cookies and butter cookies. But they're even better with a beer that has prominent bready malt and light stone-fruit flavors. Look for Belgian blond ales like Grimbergen or Omer Blonde, as well as stronger golden ales like Duvel or Victory Golden Monkey. The malt in these beers pulls up the bready character of the cookie as the yeasty fruit and spice works to tone down the sweet sugar sprinkles or frosting. Fizzy carbonation washes it all away.
Beers with more obvious stone fruit flavors like Lindemans Peche or Chapeau Abricot combine with the cookies to create instant cobbler. The bit of acidity that remains in these sweetened lambics softens the sugary blow. It's a magical combination.
My mom's holiday favorite is the Snickerdoodle, a classic sugar cookie with a cinnamon-sugar addition. Try them with Shiner Holiday Cheer, a hefeweizen brewed with toasted pecans and Texas peaches. Clove flavors in the beer work with the cinnamon to turn the illusion of cobbler up a notch.
Ginger Cookies
For many, gingery spice is the flavor of the season. Whether you're munching gingerbread, ginger snaps, or ginger molasses cookies, pick big beers with citrusy hops for a pairing that pops. American-style barleywines are perfect. Beers like Sierra Nevada Bigfoot or Avery Hog Heaven have aggressive hoppiness that melds perfectly with the ginger. The massive, malty base softens the spice and pulls out brown sugar and molasses from the cookies. An English IPA like Meantime India Pale Ale can work here as well. English IPA has a more substantial malt backbone than American, which give the pairing better spice/sweet balance.
A big, sweet stout is another delicious option. Strong molasses flavors in North Coast's Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout cozy up to the cookie's molasses and brown sugar base. Rich chocolate and ample residual sugar offer tasty contrasts that tone down the ginger spice.
Chocolate Cookies
Chocolate cookies do well with stouts of all kinds. For a roasty-bitter contrast, choose a simple Irish dry stout like Guinness or Murphy's. A milk or oatmeal stout will balance the pairing, complementing the rich sweetness of the cookies. Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout remains one of the best and is lovely here. Tallgrass Buffalo Sweat is a milk stout with a slightly more bitter edge that pulls out bittersweet cocoa flavors from the cookies. For an over-the-top chocolate orgy, pick Young's Double Chocolate Stout. The pairing is an all-out chocolate assault, but the beer has enough roast to give a bit of balance to the experience.
Mint and beer? Sure, why not? If your chocolate cookies or chocolate bark has the addition of peppermint (like this recipe for chocolate mint thumbprints), choose a hoppy imperial stout like Victory Storm King—the hops add a hint of herbal flavor that complements the mint nicely.
If your chocolate cookies have peanut butter in the mix, try them paired with Lindemans or Timmermans Framboise—it's like eating a peanut butter sandwich on chocolate bread. Paired with Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout this combination evokes Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Mmmmm.
Fruit & Nuts
My favorite Christmas cookies as a kid were powdered-sugar-covered pecan snowballs. These nutty little gems call for a nutty kind of beer, and bown ales fit the bill. Just a small step down from porters and stouts, brown ales still have a bit of roasted-malt bitterness to cut the sweetness of the cookies, but the dominant nutty and caramel flavors are the star of the pairing. These beers are practically made for pecans. Choose a malty English-style brown like Avery Ellie's Brown Ale or Newcastle (from a can). If you want to go a little darker, try Pecan Porter from 512 Brewing Company. The pecan flavor really comes through, making it a perfect match.
Almond biscotti are a holiday standard in some households. These cookies often dipped into hot coffee, but it's fun to try them with a coffee-flavored beer. Kona Brewing Company's Pipeline Porter is one of the best. 100% Kona-grown beans give the beer a smooth coffee bitterness that balances the sweetness while caramel malt undertones pick up the almonds. Hinterland Luna Coffee Stout is sharper and roastier, creating a pairing that is all about smoky and bitter contrast.
One unique beer to try this Christmas is Lift Bridge Brewery's Biscotti . The beer was inspired by the owner's grandmother's biscotti recipe. It's a Belgian-style confection overflowing with notes of toast, nuts, and dark fruits that work in harmony with all the flavors of the cookie.
If your cookies are filled with jam, try them with a light and fruity wheat beer. It's almost like liquid and solid versions of the same thing; bready wheat and shortbread, fruit juice and jam. Try Pyramid Apricot Ale with apricot-filled cookies or Seadog Raspberry Wheat with the raspberry-filled version. Fruit lambics are another option here. Oud Beersel Framboise is a great non-sweetened, raspberry lambic that isn't too funky and sour, and it's delicious with cookies.
Do you like to wash down your holiday cookies with a beer? Do you leave Santa a sixpack to sip on? What's your favorite beer and cookie combination?
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The Eclipse Persistence Services Project (EclipseLink) provides a comprehensive set of persistence infrastructure with a common foundation. The project is divided up into several components addressing the various persistence services and supporting infrastructure to assist consumers in their use of the project. These components are reflected in the source repository and the bug database.
The foundation component is primarily the common mapping and runtime persistence infrastructure leveraged by the other components. It also contains the native object-relational and object-XML functionality.
JPA - Currently called ORM
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A set of utilities to assist customer in their development and runtime usage of EclipseLink
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- Oracle TopLink Migration Tool
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How can Beutler purport to predict that this sound bite cannot be exploited without backfiring? The Democrats won the last presidential election by exploiting one awkward thing Mitt Romney said.
Beutler doesn't mention that, but he makes much of the Republicans' use of Obama's "you didn't build that" remark, which didn't prevent him from winning in 2012.
[I]n hindsight, many conservatives acknowledged that the GOP's obsession with that gaffe revealed more damaging truths about the Republican Party than the gaffe itself revealed about Obama."Gaffe" is not the right word. The point isn't: Ha ha, you made a ridiculous mistake. It's: You said what you really think in a revealing way and we're going to use that against you. That's obviously part of American politics, and in 2012, both the 47% thing and "You didn't build that" were revealing and useful. Both were used, and if Obama won, I doubt that it's because the Republicans shouldn't have exploited "You didn't build that." It's more likely that Democrats (and their media friends) jumped on the 47% remark and used it ruthlessly.
"One after another, [Republican businessowners] talked about the business they had built. But not a single—not a single—factory worker went out there," Rick Santorum told activists at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference last year. "Not a single janitor, waitress or person who worked in that company! We didn't care about them. You know what? They built that company too! And we should have had them on that stage."
The fixation on [Hillary's] gaffe foreshadows another Republican presidential campaign centered on the preeminence of the entrepreneur, to the exclusion of the wage worker and the trade unionist and the jobless.
The trick is to use these revealing statements well. It would be foolish for Republicans to take the advice to leave the Democrats' overly leftist lines alone. If it's good advice, you'd have to believe that Democrats would leave the Republicans' overly right-wing lines alone. Who believes that?


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We are bombarded by entertainment and by things trying to entertain us, but every so often something is good enough to get underneath our skin. If it's truly memorable, a performance can become something you never forget, something that's part of your inner landscape.
And so I offer you 50 performances by women that I consider the most memorable. Actually, I'm giving you 59, because I had a hard time narrowing it down. One rule made it easier: I decided to limit it to one actress per film. So this prevented me from listed three or more films from my particular favorites — Sandrine Bonnaire, Nathalie Baye, Norma Shearer, Greta Garbo, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Ann Harding, Miriam Hopkins, Meryl Streep, Marilyn Monroe, Isabelle Huppert, Liv Ullmann . . . If I'd allowed myself multiples, the list would have climbed to over a hundred.
Actually, as I sit here I realize I have unaccountably left off Marlene Dietrich in SHANGHAI EXPRESS. So obviously this list is incomplete.
But incomplete or not, everything I've mentioned, here and above, I love. I have no reservations. So take these as a series of recommendations or as a statement of artistic preference. Or use this as an opportunity to think of what you might put on your own list of performances that have stayed with you, that you consider the most memorable. And let us know what they are.
Update: Sorry, but I had to break down and make this a list of 60, not 50. I'm stopping there, though consider Dietrich in Shanghai Express as one for good luck.


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Sports Coaches needed in Cameroon
LionHeart In The Community (LITC) is looking for qualified football coaches, with a passion and the skills to work in Wum, West Africa, Cameroon. The project is run from the new academic year September 2016 over a year. It complements LITC's Coding project for young people and our partner in Cameroon's community educational program - Scholarshop.
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If you are interested in applying, please send an email to Playne Kensington, Programme Manager at LITC, email@example.com with your CV and a covering application letter.


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Rock veterans the Rolling Stones were double winners at the NME Awards, more than half a century after they first featured in the magazine's pages.
The group - who played a series of 50th anniversary concerts late last year - were named best live band and their documentary Crossfire Hurricane landed the best film prize.
Chart-topping stars One Direction - who last week picked up a global success prize at the Brit Awards - were named worst band, while singer Harry Styles was declared villain of the year.
Another double winner at the annual bash was Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine who was named best solo artist and she provided the vocals to the track which was named best dancefloor anthem, Sweet Nothing by Calvin Harris.
The event, staged at east London venue The Troxy, saw rock trio Biffy Clyro named best British band, while The Killers landed the best international band prize.
Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr took NME's "godlike genius" award for his 30 years of music-making which has seen him working with acts such as Modest Mouse, Pet Shop Boys, Talking Heads and The Pretenders.
And The Cribs - for which Marr was briefly guitarist - took the prize for outstanding contribution to music.
Given To The Wild by Maccabees, which was among the nominees for last year's Mercury Prize, took the award for best album.


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Ideal Home Show Scotland
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The F.I.A. (or Furry Intelligence Agency) was, essentially, the theme of Eurofurence 8.
In 2002 a design for the EF8 website was needed. The fur in charge of the webdesign, Pangur Ban, decided on a Men in Black look-alike theme. Unfortunately, Pangur was later forgotten when recording credit for work in the conbook.
The theme was adopted by the DoPE for the pawpet show and the conbook design had elements of it as well.
Soon after EF8 the rumors started to spread; in particular, some of the people who didn't attend the convention and those who were new to the fandom thought the F.I.A. was for real. The whole purpose of the F.I.A. would be to control the fandom and have everyfur on file for some reason. Helping these rumors was the fact that F.I.A. agents and cars were seen on the pictures from the event.
Some alleged agents played the game and kept themselves covered when it came to the talk about the F.I.A.
The years after EF8[edit]
Regardless of many attempts by the organizers of Eurofurence to bring light into this issue, some folks are still convinced that the F.I.A. really exists.
- You can still find the logo on the security team badges at Eurofurence.
- You may once in a while see a jeep with the insignia of the agency.
- You may notice people dressed in black suits at a convention.
- And so on ...
Actually, this is for the sole purpose of fun for the agents and the attendees of a convention.
Now speak after me: The F.I.A. does not exist ...
Did you know? One of Uncle Kage's popular stories is about his experiences as a guest of the F.I.A. - it came back to bite him when he was hauled offstage at the end of his Story Hour at Anthrocon 2006


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What event of Jesus' life is celebrated on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday? Please help.
Neither day commemorates an event in the life of Jesus. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, a 40-day period of preparation for Easter, the celebration of Christ's resurrection. Lent is generally intended to be a time for the Christian to reflect on what it means to participate in Christ's sufferings. Shrove Tuesday, more popularly known as Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), is the last day before Lent. As Lent evolved into a season of abstinence, Shrove Tuesday became a day for indulgence before engaging in self-denial.
Whether it is proper for the Church to observe these days or others has been debated among Presbyterians for centuries. What is beyond debate is that the Lord's Day is our weekly celebration of the central event of Christ's work and of our lives: his resurrection from the dead, which, along with his death on the Cross, freed all believers from the tyranny of sin and death forever.
Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. (Heb. 2:14-15)
A cause for celebration, indeed!
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It was reported late last week that Swift and Underwood "hate each other" and asked Grammy execs to ensure they wouldn't cross paths at Sunday's awards show. Speculation grew that such a feud existed when the ladies — who both won Grammys on Sunday — did not interact much at all. In fact, for all the awards shows both country stars attend there are very few photos of them together.
However, Underwood said in on "CBS This Morning" — airing Wednesday — that there is no rivalry (to her knowledge).
"No," the "Blown Away" singer told Gayle King when asked if she was feuding with the 23-year-old singer. "Not that I know of at least!"
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Malloy urges mayors to stop the violence
WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of U.S. mayors gave a rousing ovation Saturday to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy after he blasted the entertainment industry for helping "destigmatize" violence at a time when American society is uncertain how to deal with mental health issues.
Speaking with the fervor born of the shooting tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Malloy told the winter meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors that the nation should remove the stigma from mental health issues.
"If we spent as much time and energy on destigmatizing mental health treatment as we do in the proliferation of these video games that destigmatize violence, we as a society would make great gains," Malloy said.
Malloy, the mayor of Stamford for 14 years and former trustee of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, received an enthusiastic reception from the group that has a long history of urging tougher gun restrictions.
Referring to that part of his career, Malloy told the group that he appreciated "the opportunity to come home again," then proceeded to attack the entertainment industry and gun manufacturers for opposing steps to reduce gun violence.
He urged universal background checks for gun buyers and limits on assault weapons and the size of ammunition magazines.
There's no reason to allow anyone to buy a gun without a background check, he said.
"Actually, there is a reason," he said. "People make money. And in making that money, they think they have an interest that is superior to the interest that we have in our own children, in our own cities."
Referring to gun manufacturers and retailers, Malloy said their focus on profits leads them "to do everything in their power to block wider use of background checks (that) might lead to the disqualification of potential gun buyers."
From that point of view, he said, "the loss of potential purchasers is greater than the value of your grandchildren -- and that is wrong. And it has to be addressed. And we can't stop until it happens ... The American people understand this is not a fair tradeoff."
Speaking without notes, Malloy evoked gasps from the audience when he said on "the day that Newtown happened, there were games available that actually allowed people to go into a school in the game and shoot 'em up.
"Why do we do that?" he continued. "When we're willing to destigmatize violence and willing to bring it home to your living room or your den and put it on a 50-inch screen" and play the video game that gives you points "when you hit someone with your semiautomatic and more points depending on how many times you hit someone with your semiautomatic, where is the social value in that? Is this the kind of thing we want to be involved in as a nation?"
The shootings in Newtown were "life-changing for all of us in so many ways," Malloy said, as he described the heroic efforts of staffers at Sandy Hook Elementary School to defend their young students.
In his plea for expanded mental health access, Malloy said that "many of us at some time in our lives need treatment in the mental health arena," citing depression, anxiety and alcohol abuse.
"And the vast percentage of people recover -- and yet we continue to stigmatize mental health treatment," he said, as he urged steps to improve access to treatment.
He blamed the National Rifle Association for pressuring Congress to block a federal study of gun violence and to stall on approving a permanent director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the federal agency that regulates guns.
"And the industry that produces these (violent video) games is refusing to pay for a study of the long-term impact of those" games.
Separately, Malloy said in an interview that he spent "an hour and 15 minutes" Friday evening with Vice President Joe Biden to review the administration's push for more gun restrictions.
He said gun manufacturers "are afraid to step out in front" in the gun controversy because "they are fearful of a boycott, that they would be punished in the marketplace" for supporting any gun restrictions.
Malloy scoffed at speculation that he had talked with Biden about a possible post in the Obama administration.
"I like my job," he said. "I have no interest in moving to Washington -- or to Rome or Paris or Ireland."
Malloy praised Biden for doing "an exceptional job" in reaching out to the Newtown community.
He noted that Biden had lost his wife and 1-year-old daughter in a traffic accident in 1972, a tragedy that Malloy said nourished Biden's "great personal empathy."
Malloy said he was planning to attend a reception at the vice president's official mansion and to be in the audience Monday when President Barack Obama is inaugurated for a second term.


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Transnational feminist scholars have increasingly recognized the need to interrogate the dominance of the US and the global north in transnational transactions. Chandra Mohanty argues that transnational feminist scholarship needs to "address fundamental questions of systemic power and inequities and to develop feminist, antiracist analyses of neoliberalism, militarism, and heterosexism as nation-state-building projects" (2013, p. 968). Following this call for analyzing power from feminist, anti-racist stances, this dissertation interrogates Title IX as a nationalist discourse with global reach. As a law created in the era of liberal feminism, Title IX still operates today in neoliberal times and this dissertation makes …
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