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This June during San Francisco Design Week, CE artist Gerald Wiggins and Visual Arts Instructor Gilles Combet participated in a panel discussion hosted by In/Visible Talks at our Sixteenth Street studio.
Artists, designers, and professionals gathered in the studio to enjoy a lively discussion about artistic inspiration and process, led by Dava Guthmiller, Cofounder of In/Visible Talks.
Local creative director, designer and Cofounder of In/Visible Talks, Arianna Orland, participated on the panel, speaking to her unique process and the style of printmaking behind Paper Jam Press.
Gerald Wiggins, CE artist since 2008, answered the big question, what are his inspirations, by speaking to his keen observations of the city around him: "From watching people. From walking here [CE studio}. I get off bus, see people—sometimes not-nice stuff, sometimes nice stuff."
Gilles Combet, who works with Wiggins regularly in the studio, had to say of Wiggins's process, "Gerald has a way of working. It's so exquisite, so detailed. All the solids [in his digital work] are lines, not fill. He is so detailed, so completely into the work. Also so positive. Look at his animals; there's so much tenderness."
After the Q & A, guests perused a mini-exhibition of work created from the Bay Area Creative Studios Spring Cleaning Art Materials Drive that took place during the stARTup Art Fair this past April, as part of our ongoing cultural partnership with In/Visible Talks. The display included digital prints by Gerald Wiggins that were made with a printer that was donated during the drive.
We at Creativity Explored are looking forward to many more discussions about art and the artmaking process with our friends at In/Visible Talks. You can read more about the panel discussion on the In/Visible Talks blog.
Be sure not to miss new work by Gerald Wiggins in his first upcoming solo exhibition at the CE Gallery, Everything Is Quiet. Join us for the opening reception on Thursday, July 19th from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at the Creativity Explored gallery. For more details about the opening reception, click here.
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"Lawyers, calm down."
They've only just started getting excited at all the things that could go wrong, and the possible consequences.
What the world needs now is an intelligent dustbin. It would be the pinnacle of achievement for the Internet of Things sector. But wait – it already exists! And in common with its robotic, pseudo-not-actually-AI brethren, it has a suitably daft anthropomorphic moniker. Instead of labelling it with a gender-presumptive name …
They've only just started getting excited at all the things that could go wrong, and the possible consequences.
"Ah. I love the smell of a lawsuit in the morning[1]! Reminds me of London in 1966[2].."
[1] If high-priced lawyers work mornings. More likely, they have lowly-paid minions for that. After all, the coffee isn't goning to make itself!
[2] Date purely indicative and bears no relation to any real date, either actual or imagined. So there.
Don't understand why the article link sends me to some proprietary nuisance page that needs more Javascript permissions than a nuclear bunker.
This link on YouTube does just as well, with a full explanation (in French) for the first 2:30 minutes of the video.
Just want to see it bumble around ? Jump to 2:30 and enjoy.
Don't understand why the article link sends me to some proprietary nuisance page that needs more Javascript permissions than a nuclear bunker.
This link on YouTube does just as well, with a full explanation (in French) for the first 2:30 minutes of the video.
Just want to see it bumble around ? Jump to 2:30 and enjoy.
I was going to post "In this day and age, we still have crappy websites that write incompatible code".
It's 2017, and we still have the cowboy web designer showcasing the website to the customer on a top of the range computer running the designers preferred browser and the designers preferred OS, without knowing or caring about or explaining the nuances of the web.
That, along with sites still browser-agent sniffing to force feed me a 'mobile version' of a site when I browse on my large tv..
I won't be surprised to soon see a "This site viewed best in Microsoft Edge at 1280x1024 resolution - please upgrade"
... is a very bad idea, knowing that the main difference between a man and a dildo is the former is able to take out the garbage. We men would become as relevant as somebody with an IQ over 80 in Trumpy The Clown's team.
Regarding the potential hack of a computer with an electronic cigarette connected through USB, we were warned about that years ago by our local correspondent of our equivalent to the MI-6. Some Chinese visitors tried that trick with a major aerospace contractor. Luckily the computer was well protected and alarms were raised by the intrusion. The visit was quickly shortened.
Works until the ginger f*** from two doors down hacks it and puts his own RFID identifier in the DB....
We haz RFID too. But mostly so the vet can identify the cat scraped up off the tarmac. And in our household, it wouldn't be the ginger hacking the cat door (except in the traditional sense of 'using a blunt object (his head) to break down obstacles").
No, it would be the half-Siamese ginger and white, assisted by his lovestruck assistant (sister of previous said ginger and the one who inherited the brains in that family) who has long adored said ginger-and-white despite the fact that he seems only interested in boys[1].
He is on the right-hand side of the intelligence bell-curve and she's part-ninja. Complete with patterned camoflage.
[1] And our senior female. But that just protective behaviour so that she doesn't rip his face off and use it to wipe her butt.
The gang of regular cats spot the intruder and attack it en masse, thus intruder cat is not a problem for long.
SO l,ong as you have a decent sized gang of cats (and at least a couple of them are psycho ninja fighters) then intruder cats only break in once (& rapidly flee to lick their wounds)
The gang of regular cats spot the intruder and attack it en masse, thus intruder cat is not a problem for long.
Indeed. With current gang of cats, we've yet to have a strange[1] cat in the house[2].
and at least a couple of them are psycho ninja fighters
Yup. At least two of them. And they all seem to be female. Funny how that happens[3]..
[1] It's a running joke that to be a cat in our household you pretty much have to be strange..
[2] Apart from next door's young male cat. But he's good friends with $SENIOR_MALE_CAT [4] so he doesn't count. Especially as $SENIOR_MALE_CAT is quite happy to return the favour and sit in their dining room window with him. And, since $NEXT_DOOR_CAT is about 6 years younger, ours has taught him road caution, just like he did with our younger cats[5]
[3] Female cats fight *very* differently from males. With males there's a lot of posturing and shouting before any actual combat (and often there isn't any combat). Females have more of an attitude of "I can't be bothered with that, I'm programmed to defend kits. I'm going to try to kill you without warning, even if it means I get hurt". Which is why, generally, male cats don't like fighting female cats. They don't fight fair.
[4] See previous post about his preferences..
[5] Except the little airhead social butterly tabby and white. If she was a Pathfinder character, her primary stat would most definately be Charisma and her dump-stat would be Int.. Which is why she has her pelvis held together by titanium rods, only the stump of a tail and no head of femur on the rear-left.
SO l,ong as you have a decent sized gang of cats (and at least a couple of them are psycho ninja fighters) then intruder cats only break in once (& rapidly flee to lick their wounds)
Umm all cats are psycho ninja fighters. It's just whether they can demean themselves enough to bother to attack, or indeed take any interest at all in mundane items like the property of their human minions.
It's only if said intruder cast takes an interest in their stuff, and indeed if it's stuff they care about (for example the paper bag their latest expensive cat toy came in, as opposed to the toy itself) that things get active.
Somewhat like kids really...
I have a ginger and white tom, he gets around and scraps with a couple of the other neighbourhood cats, I also have a chubby white she, who never leaves the terrace, is scared (literally) of her own shadow and is generally timid.
If anything climbs the almond tree to get on to our terrace it is met by a whirlwind of teefenklaus and white fluff, the ginger will usually watch with mild interest. She saw of a grey tabby tomcat that probably had 2 or 3 kilos more weight, nowadays it has a slightly shredded left ear nd gives the almond tree a wide berth.
The only thing I have seen that might do a better job on an intruding cat would be a Jack Russell.
"The only thing I have seen that might do a better job on an intruding cat would be a Jack Russell."
Depends on the "russell". I've not seen one for years. Back when I did, 50% are cute fluffy things, the other were rats and sometimes needed a kick to disengage their teeth from your shin.
What if a rogue cat enters the house?
That could never happen, no sir. And any reports from my neighbours about two male cats bearing a striking resemblance to mine are pure fiction and probably made up by the dog[1].
[1] A Great Dane (allegedly m'lud). Who, quite sensibly, kept herself out of the affairs of her betters[2].
[2] Allegedly. Did I say allegedly?
... or have it make squeaks, beeps and whistles, then get ready for a "living statue" artist in a gold suit awkwardly following it around apologising to sir/madam/General/Master Luke for its bad language.
Do the same again for three days, then on the fourth day paint one of the performer's arms red in an obvious attempt at refreshing the merchandise line, and carry on as before. No-one need ask about what happened before this unlikely pair were first noticed...
If the artist can't be bothered, replace with a gold ASIMO, or if funding's tight, one of those Pepper robots instead.
Why bother - just grab the GPS details of $HOME.
Not new either - it is the traditional "treatment" cars get when they are broken in at amuzement parks, airport parking lots or anywhere else where you have a reason to believe that the occupants will be for at least a day.
By the time they get home their home is squeaky clean. And empty.
P.S. This is one of the reasons why I categorically refuse to this day to have an integrated car GPS. I should be able to chuck it in the bag when I park it for a long time somewhere.
"That's why I programmed the address of an house nearby..."
Yes, and they program your home address into their GPS...
(I also do this, but recognize that it's not the clever solution that I thought it was when I first thought it up years ago)
This is precisely why I refuse to program in "Home" on any of my GPS devices.
I do not enter it either. The miscreants can still get to within 3 houses of yours if they open the route logbook. All it takes for them to determine which one is yours after that is 5 minutes of pretending to be evangelicals.
Sorry for the boilerplate quote, but a bit of wisdom from Douglas Adams seems appropriate.
"It should be explained at this point that modern elevators are strange and complex entities. The ancient electric winch and maximum capacity eight persons jobs bear as much relation to a Sirius Cybernetic Corporation 'Happy Vertical People Transporter', as a packet of peanuts does to the entire West Wing of the Sirian State Mental Hospital. This is because they operate on the unlikely principle of defocused temporal perception - a curious system which enables the elevator to be on the right floor to pick you up even before you knew you wanted it, thus eliminating all the tedious chatting, relaxing, and making friends that people were previously forced to do whilst waiting for elevators.
Not unnaturally, many lifts imbued with intelligence and precognition became terribly frustrated with the mindless business of going up or down, experimented briefly with the notion of going sideways - as a sort of existential protest - demanded participation in the decision making process, and, finally, took to sulking in basements. At this point a man called Gardrilla Manceframe rediscovered and patented a device he had seen in a history book called a staircase."
Lifts! :-(
Tsk. Place where I worked the lift hated me. It would stop two inches above the floor, partially open the doors then go out of service. I could hit the sensors on the doors to make then open fully then they'd close - out of service. Call facilities. Two days later it would be working, for a bit.
I discovered, if I did the above but prevented the doors from closing, once out, they would open fully - out of service. I could then bounce up & down into/outof the lift to make it sink back those two inches to level with the floor. Back in service. I also noticed the lift would be more likely to misbehave as the day went on, more specifically after lots of use. No need to call facilities for a two day wait.
This went on for months. The fluid in the hydraulic ram was corrupted. Perhaps if they'd given facilities "intelligence" they wouldn't have always come to look at the problem 6am when the ram was cold.
Like most tech types, we're overthinking it. People will mess with the coming horde of smart devices the way they mess with that other horde of smart things known as animals. Ever see somebody tease a dog? Suppose you come across a trundling delivery bot with collision avoidance. How many ways can you think of to interfere with it just by standing in the way, or placing a handy object in its path? Once some bright spark comes up with a way to make the bot trundle in circles from one obstacle to another, the trick will spread like wildfire.
Even the autonomous cars are going to be vulnerable. Read Clarke's "The Death Ray" to get an idea of what can be done with a bright light shining from an unexpected direction on a car. And since the autocars will also have collision avoidance, you can imagine the scenes at pedestrian crossings. ISTR that a cyclist already played some tricks on a Googmobile during road tests.
When it comes to buying, installing, maintaining and using tech, people are dumb. When it comes to abusing it, they come out ahead every time.
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I think you are giving way too much credit.
I have a few friends in law enforcement and the average crim is about a smart as the average smart device.
Breaking in to a nice car to find a good target for a burglary does happen, but even that is rare. Most times they break a window and check the registration papers, no GPS needed.
This is why you are advised never to keep any identifying documents in your vehicle. You have seven days in which to produce them at any police station, not just one belonging to the constabulary who stopped you.
Also, if you have the papers about you, it looks like you get stopped a lot .....
"This is why you are advised never to keep any identifying documents in your vehicle. You have seven days in which to produce them at any police station, not just one belonging to the constabulary who stopped you."
Depends on where you are. Most places you're expected to have them at hand or the police can give you immediate trouble (and not just registration; also proof of insurance and proof of current inspection). At best, they give you a ticket for not having the documents at hand (the "at hand" specifically required under most traffic codes); at worst they may think the car is stolen (that's Grand Theft Auto—a felony—meaning having to deal with jail in the process).
A hobby site ain't exactly a legal cite, now is it Chuck? See where they wrote "should", not "must"? I wonder why that is?
There are jurisdictions where legally you need the paperwork with the vehicle at all times, yes, but they are few and far between these days. I never carry registration & proof of insurance, though. All law enforcement needs is the VIN and a drivers license. The VIN (either issued by the manufacturer, or issued by the licensing authority in the case of a home-built) is permanently attached to the vehicle, and can be used to cross-reference all other legal paperwork in real time. No cop I've ever talked to about this has an issue with this. They don't care which ID number they punch into the computer, they all bring up the same info.
In the end, most people are pretty good about rejecting stupid - once they know what they're dealing with. Vista and Cue Cat are dead, right? IoT may take a while for the crap to be filtered leaving behind useful things.
On the other hand, Baryl just sounds like something fun to screw with while waiting for a train.
It's not stupid they reject. It's clunky. Vista's UAC was clunky, as was the CueCat that missed half the time. Used to have one and hacked with it, but the LED died on it.
Stupid can work if it's simple enough and popular enough. Look at Facebook and Twitter. Not to mention biometric and Bluetooth locks (tempted to play with one, only for low-security stuff, though). But it does pose that perennial challenge: combining high security with high stupidity.
It's the "smart" water meter not the dead wifi that will let the smarter burglar know you're away. No security on these barsteward devices so any daily passerby with a reader can see you've consumed no water in the past 24 hours.
As the UK utility companies don't want to know about this (or any other cyber security shortcomings brought to their attention, you'll just have to leave a tap running whilst you holiday.
Superb! Bins that follow you going nomnomnom - almost cost me a keyboard!
Reminds me of the DPM's sinister tale from 2006 of the Automated Recycling Support Environment in Bodcaster...
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Official Nominations: Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid. Anne of The Thousand Days. Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. Hello Dolly. Marooned.
A clear winner this year, with Anne Of The Thousand Days, Hello Dolly, and Marooned more notable for their interior scenes. I've no idea what Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice is doing here.
My Winner: Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
My Nominations: Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid. Battle Of Britain. The Gypsy Moths. The Italian Job. On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The Wild Bunch. Downhill Racer.
I've only brought over one film from the official list and I've added a few which seem much more deserving than those who did get a nod. The Italian Job speaks for itself, with all those exterior car scenes looking wonderful – the same goes for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Battle Of Britain's features stunning flying scenes photographed by Freddie Young, while in Downhill Racer Brian Probyn compares and contrasts the vast emptiness of the outdoors with the torment and void of its characters. The Wild Bunch of course gets a vote, while The Gypsy Moths does for skydiving photography what Battle of Britain did for aircraft.
My Winner: Downhill Racer.
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Tom Black Knifemaker - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tom Black is a well respected maker from the Southwest. Mr. Black is a full time maker with his first knife sold in 1971. He forges and hand makes every part of his knives. The guard and butt cap are brass. The sheath for this knife was custom made in 2012 by Schrap Leather Sheaths.
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Are You Turning People Off With Your Marketing?
Do you, like me, cringe if someone points out something about your marketing they don't like? Recent chats with other marketers have me realizing... I don't get enough complaints.
How are complaints useful?
Disqualifying prospects: If complaints are from people who aren't in your target market, you might be doing something right, rather than wrong. Don't water down your message to try to appeal to everyone or it will resonate with no one.
Differentiation: Thinking about "the opposite of" or what something is NOT is extremely helpful in developing your marketing messages. Recently, when receiving feedback from friends about a landing page I have under development, the "negative" comments specifically led me to think about what my new program is not. And listing what my program is not has helped me to focus in on why it's different.
Feedback: Complaints are just one form of feedback - and like all feedback, should be evaluated for their merit. ALL feedback is useful in some way - and sometimes it can verify that what you've been doing is right.
No one likes to hear complaints, but we can turn them around into useful lessons... it just requires a different perspective.
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Clint Black - model musical citizen holds up well
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, Cerritos, Cal, Feb. 3, 2001
By Dan MacIntosh
CERRITOS, Cal. - Just when you are about to give up on mainstream country music altogether, Clint Black - with his Roy Rogers smile - returns to town like a hero saving the day. This Southern California visit was a reminder of just how good this man Black truly is.
Along with his trusty songwriting sidekick Hayden Nicholas, who plays guitar in the band, Black has amassed quite a few gems over the years, and many of these sharp jewels shone like diamonds against the black velvet background of this in-concert display.
Highlights included the stormy "Like the Rain," the thoughtful "We Tell Ourselves" and the steadfastly optimistic "Better Man."
Black also drew liberally from his adventurous "D'Lectrified" album. The best of these included his take on Eric Idle's "Galaxy Song," and Waylon Jennings tribute "Are You Sure Waylon Done It This Way." Additionally, one of Black's encore selections, Steely Dan's "Josie," most certainly belonged with Black's recent foray into d'lectrification, since it surprisingly found Black behind the drum kit pounding skins.
Black looked much more comfortable playing his acoustic guitar or wailing on the harmonica as he did especially well on "Put Yourself In My Shoes."
It came as no great surprise when a very pregnant Lisa Hartman Black joined her hubby to sing the smoochy "When I Said I Do." But even this lovey-dovey ode was performed with class.
Class is just something that comes naturally to Black. In his own casual way, he was the perfect master of ceremonies - whether joking about Southern California's energy crisis or making Nicholas blush.
Instead of looking for clean cut guys who look good in hats, Nashville executives should instead hold up Clint Black as the model musical citizen.
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The Virginia Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children (VA CEC) has been active since 1958. We have continued in CEC's mission of excellence by adding local resources for teachers, administrators, parents and other special education professionals. Resources include state and regional conferences and workshops, VA CEC Newsletters, and other professional development support. We also advocate for individuals with disabilities, their families, and their teachers. As an organization, we lead the state each year in recognizing children with disabilities in our Exceptional Children's Week and our "Yes I Can" awards for students with disabilities. With nearly 1,500 members we are the largest organization for children with special needs in the state of Virginia.


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Worries About Tomorrow Hold BackEconomic Growth Today
It may not be true that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, but it's certainly true that lack of confidence is reining in an economy otherwise poised for gains.
The missing element in this recovery is confidence. Lacking a clear picture of what's ahead, business managers are reluctant to commit to new hires, to build, buy or lease more space and to beef up inventories. Average consumers are loath to open their wallets for much more than necessities. And investors startle and sell at every negative bit of news.
The recent soft patch in the economy only adds to the insecurity. But it arises mostly from what are temporary woes, rather than persistent problems. The layoffs of short-term 2010 government Census workers in June and July (with more to come this month) have resulted in declines in monthly job figures, despite underlying growth in the number of private sector jobs. The expiration in June of tax credits for home buyers caused sales to crumble this summer, after having spurred a run-up earlier this year. And the European financial crisis reminds all of us that the economic recovery is still vulnerable to a derailing from outside shocks.
Most recently, a widening trade deficit has raised eyebrows and elevated concerns. Exports fell sharply in June, while imports soared. The impending July expiration of China's VAT rebate for exporters probably explains much of the surge in consumer goods shipped to the U.S. that month, while anxiety surrounding the Greek financial crisis prompted businesses both in Europe and elsewhere to defer the purchase of big-ticket U.S. goods. But neither influence will be permanent, and a trend of increases in the neighborhood of 9%-12% for both imports and exports this year and next will reassert itself.
Most other components needed for growth are there -- in spades. In fact, there's enough dry tinder around to suggest that when businesses and consumers do feel secure enough to loosen the purse strings, the resulting upswing could spread like wildfire.
Big banks have oodles of funds to lend to qualified buyers. Thanks to shrinking loan losses combined with strong earnings, they have rebuilt their capital base to a record level. Big corporations are rolling in cash they can spend: $275 billion in excess liquidity as of the first quarter. What's more, profits for S&P 500 companies were up 46% from second quarter 2009 to second quarter 2010.
Postrecession productivity gains must eventually give way to hiring -- employers simply can't continue to wring more out of the workers they already have. At some point, they will hit a wall, and when they do, businesses have the money to hire. And consumers are getting their budgets in order. Nineteen percent of household income went to servicing financial obligations in 2007. Today, that share is 17%, the lowest since 1998.
In addition, government policies remain supportive. Most of the spending slated for infrastructure under the 2009 stimulus package is still in the works, and the Federal Reserve is keeping its foot on the accelerator. Interest rates are sure to remain at rock bottom for a long time, and the Fed stands ready to buy Treasuries if needed to pump even more cash to banks and encourage a freer hand with credit.
With time -- probably a matter of months -- the fear and uncertainty will fade, and a pattern of stronger growth will reemerge. Meanwhile, it's a nerve-racking waiting game.


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Sago Fruits Pudding
Ingredients Needed:
Sago pearls – 1 cup
Mixed Fruits – 2 cups
Milk – 2 cups
Sugar – 3 -4 tsp
Vanilla Essence few drops
How to make the Pudding
Wash and soak the sago overnight. Change waters and pressure cook with water for 2 whistles. Boil milk and then add sugar and boiled sago.
Let it simmer, till it becomes thick and creamy.
Allow it to cool and add vanilla essence, refregerate till chill.
Mix in your choice of cut friuts and refregerate till serving.
This tastes great when served chill.
Instead of using milk, you could use condensed milk as well. That will be very easy breezy recipe.
Sending this to Harini, who is hosting my Kids Delight event, themed this edition on Fruits in all forms!
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It's no secret that Symbian is the most prevalent smartphone operating system around the word but barely has a toehold in the U.S. as i has been hampered by Nokia's poor showing in the States. But both Nokia and Symbian could well pick up some domestic share with the Nokia E71x, which Chris Ziegler at Engadget Mobile (with whom I shared a doomed episode of TechVi) reports is slated to hit AT&T. . Its svelte profile, solid keyboard and efficient if not glamorous UIs made it the E71 one of the best smartphones released last year. and by far the most broadly appealing S60 QWERTY device to ever hit U.S. shores.
Being launched by one of the two biggest U.S. carriers a a price under $100 could create significant market pull. It's a Centro-priced smartphone that is in nearly every way superior to the Centro,. And while I personally think the E71x looks fetching in black, I think AT&T would have been wise to do some alternative colors as Sprint did with the Centro. Like the Centro, I suspect that most consumers won't seek out third-party applications although there's much more there for he taking for the E71x.
The same Engadget Mobile post also notes that AT&T will also roll out the Samsung Propel Pro, which stuffs Windows Mobile into the feature phone offered by the operator. This will mark the entrant of a rare Windows Mobile vertical slider, and should provide a rare opportunity to ferret out how much of a market advantage, if any, Windows Mobile offers a device that shares a sub-brand and form factor with a feature phone.


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Fancy trading in an old pair of shoes for £30 worth of discounts on new clothing? We thought so!
Between now and 27th August retailer Evans have teamed up with United Shoe and Rainbow Trust Children's Charity to create recycle with Evans.
This new recycling initiative aims to collect over 2,000 pairs of shoes that will be used to create jobs in developing countries and raise money for Rainbow Trust Children's Charity who support families with a terminally ill child.
To take part, all you need to do is bring an unwanted pair of shoes to any Evans stand-alone or Evans Tesco store until 27th August 2016 and you'll receive £30 worth of discounts to spend on your new season wardrobe!
Even better, by spending your £30 of rewards at Evans through Give as you Live you'll raise an extra 2.5% for your chosen charity.
A new home for your old shoes, a new wardrobe for you and an extra donation for a charity of your choice – now that's a good deed not be missed!


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Las Vegas-based developer Petroglyph has been developing games for more than a decade, and has been able to make games for some of the biggest franchises in the world, from Star Wars to Command & Conquer. Their next game, Conan Unconquered, will also see the team taking on a beloved franchise, as it aims to deliver another great RTS experience to players.
We recently got a chance to chat with Michael Legg, the President and Co-Founder of Petroglyph, to discuss the upcoming RTS and the history of the company in general. After initially meeting a majority of their veteran staff through being in the industry in the mid-80s and 90s, Petroglyph was founded in 2003, with Star Wars: Empire at War being their first developed game. Since then, they've seen tons of changes in the gaming landscape, with Legg describing how compiling code for their games used to take hours instead of the mere seconds it takes today. "Overnight, we would have art rendering farms that would run…it's not so bad anymore." Leggier said.
Unlike typical real-time strategy titles, Unconquered brands itself as a "survival RTS," something that came from the developers playing another strategy title, They Are Billions. "We got very inspired by They Are Billions," Legg said. "We played that game and absolutely fell in love with it, and…we love where they were taking RTS, and we got all our heads down and thought 'what could our take be?'"
Because of this stroke of inspiration, Conan Unconquered comes with a ton of features that Petroglyph is excited for players to experience, including a much heavier focus on co-op play. In Unconquered, two players will be able to get together and see how long they can survive against waves of attackers. Speaking more on Unconquered's co-op mode, Legg says that the best part of it is that multiple play styles are supported. "It's just really nice because you can kind of balance the jobs of what to do to survive all these waves."
One player may choose to stay in a fortress and fortify it, another can opt to run around outside, expanding the map and searching for treasure or just try to level up their hero. "It's nice because, with co-op, you can assign the jobs between people. One person can work on infrastructure and building defenses, another person can focus on research and building troops," Legg said.
While the core of the game is certainly that of an RTS, Unconquered aims to be different. In an effort to bring a unique style of play to the genre, Unconquered will include more "survival" features, including more simulation aspects into the title and a pause mode that allows players to stop and make decisions based on how they're anticipating a battle to go. Random map generation will also be a feature in the game, giving players randomly assigned maps, terrains, and resource nodes when they start a game, in an effort to make each game a different experience for players.
Legg said micromanagement on the units in Conan Unconquered is minimal, with the studio still utilizing a rock-paper-scissors mechanic for the RTS. "The nice thing is, with the tech tree, of picking what kind of things you want to research, that determines what type of structures you can build, and what type of things you can research, which kind of segues into what kind of units you can build." he said.
Taking place in the world of the "Black Colossus" storyline of Conan, Legg said having the world of Conan as a playground was incredibly fun, and because the studio also grew up with the Conan stories, it made developing and building the game even more enjoyable, especially considering they had never before dealt with the franchise.
For a studio that is mostly known for making RTS titles, following the changes that have happened to the genre has been interesting for Petroglphy. While real-time strategy games had their time to shine, they've since been taken over by MOBAs and MMOs, before making a sudden resurgence as of late. According to Legg, he thinks the reason for this is people simply miss the single-player and cooperative aspect of strategy games. Where a MOBA or MMO might throw you into a giant world filled with PvP scenarios, RTS titles allow you to take things much more slowly, and allows players to play at their own pace.
That doesn't mean competition doesn't exist in Conan Unconquered, however. Players can go through an encounter in a randomly generated map, post their highest score, and then include the unique seed number for the map to allow other players to try and top their score. This added dynamic adds a PvP element, but doesn't make it "in your face," according to Legg.
Conan Unconquered will launch on May 30 for PC, and while there are no current release plans for consoles, Petroglyph did note that they'd love to see more RTS titles make their way to more players.


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Many employees these days are taking a proactive stance on retirement planning – seeking innovative ways to ensure that they will have sufficient retirement income to maintain their standard of living. However, highly compensated employees investing in their future may encounter some obstacles:
- Qualified retirement plans have several specific rules concerning highly compensated employees, making it difficult for them to accumulate sufficient savings to maintain their standard of living.
- Additionally, employers are restricted on how much they can contribute and deduct to defined contribution plans.
Fortunately, a properly designed executive benefit plan can meet the needs of both the employer and employee.


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This is a very random post brought on by being up all night watching music videos.
I was wondering what songs you all consider to be sexy. Doesn't have to be about sex necessarily, just whatever sounds sexy to you.
For me, it would have to be Big Green Tractor by Jason Aldean, and Nobody by Keith Sweat.


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I'm linking up to the Happy Wives Club again like I did last week and am thinking I'm going to have to start a list of my previous posts so I can remember what I've already written about. (Pregnancy brain has made me very forgetful!) Here's my list for this week:
6. At the beginning of this pregnancy, I shared with him that I really wanted to do a homebirth. He said whatever I wanted to do, he'd support me. I told him just a little while back that I was thinking about cloth diapering. He says whatever you want to do...just show me how to change him after he gets here! *swoon*
7. That's not to say that he just lets me do whatever I want though either. He tells me his opinion and sometimes we don't always agree. He is how shall I say...blunt? Sometimes without tact? ;) But that's him - he's honest. I can know that if I ask his opinion he will truthfully tell me how he feels.
8. One time when we were together with some other couples, one of the husbands mentioned (grudgingly) that he had to "babysit" his children while his wife went out to dinner with her friends. My husband frowned and said, "Babysit? Aren't they your kids too?" I love that.
9. He cares about his appearance. Not obsessively or anything but he likes to dress nicely...and he looks incredibly handsome in a suit! :)
Why I Love My Husband
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ICF Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Championships 2019
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August 02, 2017
Mohamamad "Kareem" Bah just turned 13. But that wasn't even close to the most exciting part of the seventh grader's past week.
Most memorable was how his family's stalled effort to raise enough money to send him on a class trip to Europe became an example of social media being used for goodness and kindness. It's especially touching because it seemed like the trip would never happen.
Some three months ago, his mother Tonya Crawford-Bah started posting, and handing out fliers, in their immediate Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood and beyond.
Those flyers told a story: After getting just one question wrong on the National Latin Exam that students take annually, and thus beating out even the honors students in his school, the seventh grader at Boys Latin of Philadelphia Charter School scored an invite to travel to Rome, Greece and the Vatican with classmates and faculty.
"Kareem's high academic performance and eagerness to learn makes him deserving of this opportunity, an opportunity of a lifetime," the flyers read.
Kareem wanted to go so badly, but his parents just couldn't scrape together enough cash to make it happen. They needed to depend on the kindness of strangers.
At 51, Crawford-Bah's admittedly not well-versed in the world of computers. Her daughter Kiana Medley is, though, and more than two months ago, they added a GoFundMe page to the fundraising effort.
"For months, we'd only raised $230. We were at a standstill," Kareem's mother explained. "Two months ago, my mother died. Two months before that, my stepfather died.
"They really wanted Kareem to go to Rome, so me and my daughter had to figure out what to do to help make that happen."
Tonya admittedly felt bashful about handing out the flyers as often as she did.
"I didn't want to seem like we were begging," she said. "I thought maybe I shouldn't do this, that I was bothering people. But I kept trying despite how I felt, doing everything we could to get word out, day and night."
In the end, those dual efforts paid off.
"For some reason his poster caught my eye. I took a picture of it and made it my business to donate to the cause," said Mays, a West Catholic alum who noted that she's a proud Gates Millennium and Villanova Presidential Scholar entering her second year studying biology on the pre-med track.
She got in touch with the family and told them that the story touched her so profoundly that, to help see Kareem succeed, she posted information on her social media accounts.
"I saw myself in Kareem and all of his wonderful accolades reminded me of my senior year at West Catholic where I was president of almost every club and valedictorian of the class of 2016," she said. "Kareem has something special and that is drive and determination. I know this without even meeting him."
Thanks to shares on Facebook, Twitter and other sites, word spread quickly, and people opened their wallets.
"Once she did that, we immediately started getting donations, back to back to back," Crawford-Bah told PhillyVoice through tears on the phone from Southwest Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon. "Within two days, we reached his goal."
Mays couldn't believe it either.
"Personally, I had no idea how much of an impact that I could have, but I was determined to do something because of the infinite chances that I have been blessed to receive," she said.
While they'd only had $230 of the $4,500 goal before this week, the GoFundMe tally struck $5,000 on Wednesday.
With that, Kareem will be able to travel to Europe next April.
Suffice it to say, the Bah family is overjoyed, overwhelmed and over-appreciative of the kindness that has touched their lives and made a dream come true for a bright boy.
It's especially touching since Crawford-Bah said her son is often bullied at school because of his weight and shyness.
"Oh my God, he is just so excited," she said. "I kept telling him 'I don't think you can go, I don't think you can go,' but now, he can go.
"I'm crying just thinking about everything that's happened."


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Instant Pudding to Satisfy A Quickie Craving!
I know there has been a bit of a recurrent theme lately but you will just have to put up with it! I noticed I have been blogging cake, cake, cake and cake lately! Ooops….
My last few posts might give you a window into my state of mind! Well, if they hadn't, this post definitely will!
Dinner done, dishes done – all thanks to dear husband – and I am scratching around for something naughty, something instant, something yummy. Hmmmm…
The problem with not buying any pre-packaged, processed convenient food is that there is none convenient when you want it!!! Actually, that's not quite true. In my household there is ALWAYS something in the freezer…..except for last night!!
So this is what I came up with and if I do say so myself, I think it was bl*@dy yummy!
In a bowl mix together:1 egg 2 heaped tabs coconut butter or nut butter 1 tab coconut oil or macadamia oil 1 tab maple syrup or honey a few drops of stevia (or more to taste) vanilla a drop of apple cider vinegar (optional, but lightens it up) When smooth add: 2 heaped tabs almond flour (I actually used macadamia/almond flour because I had it) 1 tab raw cacao powder 1 teas baking powder pinch cinnamon And beat until smooth. Divide between 2 small greased ramekins and microwave – I know, I know, but it was urgent! – for 1 minute 20 seconds*. They will look wet on top but will firm up in a minute. Eat warm with yoghurt or cream – delicious. Feel free to add some chocolate bits or sultanas or dare I say it……Rum to dress it up a bit. * You could steam these in your Varoma for 8 minutes if you can wait that long!!


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"Monday Night Football" Wins the Night Among All Networks
Broncos-Falcons Delivers 11.6 Rating and 15.5 Million Viewers
Last night's ESPN Monday Night Football game - an Atlanta Falcons' 27-21 victory over Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos - helped ESPN win the night among all networks - broadcast or cable - in households, viewers and all key male and adult demos. Similarly, MNF led all television programs.
The game earned a 11.6 household coverage rating (10.0 US), representing an average of 11,411,000 households (15,514,000 viewers - P2+), the fourth largest audience among viewers (third among households) for any program on cable television in 2012, according to Nielsen.
ESPN's BCS National Championship Game (Alabama-LSU, 1/9/12) ranks as the most-viewed program of Nielsen's year (24,214,000 viewers), followed by the network's 2012 Rose Bowl (17,558,000 - Wisconsin-Oregon, 1/2/12) and ESPN's 2011 MNF season-finale (15,638,000 - Atlanta-New Orleans, 12/26/11).
In Denver, the game delivered a 18.9 rating on ESPN and a 21.4 rating on KTVD-IND, for a combined 40.3 in the market. In Atlanta, the game delivered a 12.5 rating on ESPN and a 16.3 rating on WSB-ABC, for a combined 28.8 in the market.
Through the first two weeks of the NFL season (three games), ESPN's MNF is averaging a 9.3 rating (8.1 US), 9,138,000 households and 12,410,000 viewers, virtually even with last season.
Next week, ESPN's MNF returns with the reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers traveling to the Pacific Northwest to play rookie quarterback Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks at 8:30 p.m. ET.


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LG Water Purifier Review – Model # WAW33RW2RP
LG has forayed to gain market share in the rapidly growing water purifier space in India. LG has launched over 7 water purifier models at various price ranges. We've got our hands on the LG WAW33RW2RP model and here's whats on offer.
LG WAW33RW2RP water purifier processes and purifies water with it's true RO filtration method. All the LG water purifiers are eligible for digital sterilizing care where the water tank, water path pipes & faucet are cleaned in one of the most hygienic methods, this process doesn't involve a manual cleaning process.
Build: LG WAW33RW2RP is build with high quality ABS plastic and unlike other water purifiers, LG WAW33RW2RP has a stainless steel water tank with an invasion free airtight seal. The device looks pretty neat in dimensions of W 364 x H 500 x D 270 mm, the 8 liter stainless steel water tank ensures there isn't any foul smell and keeps the water fresh and tasty. The water purifier is equipped with 5 different filters; out sediment filter, sediment filter, pre-carbon filter, RO membrane filter and post-carbon filter. I shall explain the water purification process later in this page. These filters have a maximum lifespan of 6000 liters of water.
Technology: LG WAW33RW2RP purifies water through the advanced RO (Reverse Osmosis) technology. As explained earlier on different filters, the out sediment filter removes large visible impurities such as dirt and sand from water. The sediment filter protects other sensitive filters by removing unseen dust and contaminated substances. Pre carbon filter kicks out chlorine and volatile organic compound. The RO membrane removes heavy metallic & ionized substances and any microorganisms. At this stage, rejected water separated though the drain hose. The post-carbon filter helps in removing odor which improves the taste of water.
The in-built Auto Flushing feature washes the RO membrane surface on periodic intervals to remove the damaging particulates, salt deposits, etc. Hence, it improves the life of the RO membrane and increases its efficiency. LG's innovative Digital Sterilizing Care™ provides most hygienic method to sterilize the entire water path, faucet & tank with unique sterilizing kit that does not use any harmful chemical. LG offers free 3 digital sterilizing care services, which covers the water purifier for the first year.
Design: LG WAW33RW2RP looks quite neat with all the filters and components covered, the device can be wall mounted or placed on a table top. A digital dashboard with indicators and filter statuses are missing even with a high price tag, there is a basic indicator that shows the purified water level in the tank. Unfortunately there are no color options and the device is offered only in white with pearl silver decoration, which still looks neat.
Service: LG is well known for its strong service support on home appliances like televisions or refrigerators and has a wide network in all major cities and towns. All LG water purifiers comes with a 1 year warranty from the date of purchase. This excludes consumables like internal filters and plastic parts.
Price: LG WAW35RW2RP is retailing in stores at ₹ 22,990.00. The same model is available online staring at ₹ 19,000.00 on Amazon.in
Summary: LG WAW33RW2RP water purifier is a slick device that works on RO based water purifying technology. It is certainly over priced when compared to other brands like Aquaguard or Kent that are well established in the water purifier space. LG offers a couple of premium features such as digital sterilization kit and an airtight stainless steel water tank, even with these features the high price point isn't justified. The only difference between models WAW35RW2RP & WAW33RW2RP is that the later has an option of flexible installation, either wall mounted or on table top.
We have also heard a few niggling issues with these purifiers, there were complaints on very frequent filter replacements (which usually cost above ₹ 3000). However, these filters are totally dependent on the quality of water.


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Fun with Feng Shui
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Fun with Feng Shui website resource continues to be a highly informative Free learning
Though Fun with Feng Shui, has been around on the internet for more than 6 years now. Fun with Feng Shui continues to be the most read on-line website resource on Authentic Tradtional Feng Shui, today. No paper book ever comes close to the number of viewership of these Free resource modules. Do expect to have fun while gaining a solid
grounding in this ancient art!
Fun with Feng Shui, 5th Edition has also been updated and re-organized into three FREE core modules:-
FREE Module 1 : Principles of Feng Shui
FREE Module 2 : Shapes and Form Feng Shui
FREE Module 3: The Eight Types of Houses
No, there is no time limit for completing the Free course. You learn at your own pace!
Yes, the Fun with Feng Shui Course is absolutely Free!
Fun with Feng Shui, 5th Edition Website just after this introduction page. This site continues to be a highly informative reference guide covering all aspects of Feng Shui.
Principles of Feng Shui begins by looking at the History and Principles of Feng Shui Theories and Concepts. This includes concepts like Yin and Yang, The Five Elements, The Eight Trigrams and `Qi'.
This module is devoted to the understanding of Shapes and Form Feng Shui. The essence here is an understanding of Feng Shui with relevance to the landscape, the site and home or office. It is based on the more subtle energy flowing through the earth called `Qi' or `Dragon's Breath'.
Start with understanding the Eight Types of Houses. Then get your floor plan and try to find the center of your house-to-be. Another interesting feature of is that you can superimpose the house template that is right for you over your own layout plan; then you can interpret intangible forces that will affect your home as you have designed it and more!
Click on Next Page to Free first course: Module 1: Principles of Feng Shui
The words Feng Shui in Chinese literally means Wind and Water. In Asia, it is popularily called Geomancy. And a practitioner is known as a Geomancer. Geomancy emcompass not only Feng Shui but also the various other Chinese divinity methods.
The Chinese have long observed that some surroundings are better then others, and for centuries they have used geomancy to improve the quality of life.
Today, Feng Shui has evolved into a refined art used to enhance luck and well-being through the modifications of layout and orientation of work-places and homes and is gaining popularity in the West.
The aim of Feng Shui is a complete harmony and a deep sensitivity with the natural order. Many aspects of Feng Shui are based on intuition (sixth sense) and commonsense.
A caricature showing the use of `intuition' or sixth sense:-
For example, as the probability of a fire starting in the kitchen is much higher than in other rooms;it was felt that one should not sleep in a bedroom which is above the kitchen:-
There once a Feng Shui practitioner who had advised his client to walk up to his office at the 18th storey. He faithfully followed the advice until he retired at 55 years of age as a clerk for over 25 years!
We need to get a right start in the home and office with good advice on Traditional Authentic Feng Shui. Good Feng Shui concepts are designed to alter the environment to our advantage.
To create awareness, overall appreciation and understanding of Feng Shui Concepts and Theories. Strong emphasis on the understanding of Applied Feng Shui Practises for modern living.
1. Review and interpret classical research materials on Feng Shui.
2. Make Feng Shui theories, concepts and templates easily available to the public. For example by merging technology with Feng Shui.
In the Far East e.g. Singapore and Malaysia, many Feng Shui Practioners include the word Geomancy in their company name instead of Feng Shui. For example: ABC Geomancy Consultancy, I Ching Geomancy Center, Modern Geomancy Services etc.
The main reason is because these Practioners do not only offer Feng Shui consultations but many other services such as choosing a name for a newborn, change of name, mapping a person's Heaven Chart using Pillars of Destiny, Face, Palm reading and more. The services are varied.
You can say that a Geomancer " serves his client from the day they were born to the day when they die ".
Similiarly, Geomancy.net's aim is to provide you with a comprehensive range of useful Feng Shui, Chinese Astrology and Destiny resources and computerised tools.
This site has one of the largest collections of source materials for anyone wanting to have
a better understanding and appreciation of what goes "behind" the advice given by Feng Shui Masters many of whom simply tells you to position your bed here, your furniture there.
All topics on this site were carefully organized into self-contained modules.
This site is for the Feng Shui beginner, intermediate and advanced students or simply anyone wanting to understand Traditional Feng Shui at your leisure! Many hours had been spent to enhance this site and it is now the Fourth Edition.
It may take a few hours to go through the entire website. Don't worry, if you are unable to
cover the entire site, you can always bookmark this site and continue another day:)
This site covers everything you see below EXCEPT for unrecognized Feng Shui practises categorised under "Others" see below:-.
This site currently does not cover the "Western" variation of Feng Shui i.e. 9 Star Ki but will do so at a later stage.
Less emphasis is also placed on YIN Form of Feng Shui for the dead as it is not so popular today.
You will also get a balanced view of acceptable Traditional Feng Shui practises and controversial subjects.
For example: some Feng Shui Practitioners do not believe in the use of the "Bagua mirror" as a cure. There are many more differing views on other topics. We will find out later in this free course.
You can get Free Reports and Advice from the MyAdviser Forum to further compliment your learning!
Do enjoy a wealth of information from this site. Let's proceed!
Cecil Lee
Geomancy.net - Center for Applied Feng Shui Research
According to ancient Chinese legends, a giant tortoise surfaced from the River Lo in central China around 4,000 years ago. The ancient Chinese found a pattern on a tortoise shell (refer to the extreme left picture above). There were circular dots of numbers on the giant tortoise that were arranged in a three-by-three nine grid pattern on it's shell.
The pattern of numbers on the giant tortoise in any given direction i.e. horizontal, vertical or diagonal all add up to a total of 15 (refer to the middle picture above). This is equal to the 15 days in each of the 24 cycles of the Chinese solar year.
In ancient times, the Hebrew used the same identical `magic square' which they referred it as the Square of the planet Saturn or the Square of the Earth.
Significance of the arrangements of the numbers on the giant tortoise feature prominently in the following:
1. The Chinese system of time dimensions also takes into account the number Nine (9). Here, time is divided into 9 ages, each lasting 20 years: Three 20 year ages make up one period. A full cycle consists of a total of 180 years. Each period is assigned a number, from one to nine.
2. The Luo Shu Square with its 3 x 3 grid or nine sectors is also used in Compass School Feng Shui called The Flying Star Theory (Xuan Kong Fei Xing). The Luo Shu Square helps the Feng Shui practitioner to analyze a site, a house, a flat (apartment) and/or an office space or building. It is used to unlock the time dimension of Feng Shui and allows the practitioner to accurately know when is the best time to make changes to the site, the home or the interior decoration.


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Phone. (319) 625-2900
Notes. On-site or in store support available. Rates are fairly reasonable.
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Website. http://stores.bestbuy.com/21/
Phone. (319) 625-2900
Notes. On-site or in store support available. Rates are fairly reasonable.
Address: 4 Glendale Circle, Iowa City, IA 52245
Fax: 208.979.5144
Internet: http://www.cdi-inc.biz
Note: "Today I met Matthew Brockman, a field representative for CDI. I was very impressed with his personable and friendly attitude." – Gregory Johnson (20060901fr2010)
Owners: Shelley Plattner and Jeremy Richardson
Phone: (319) 331-4234
Internet: http://www.iaonline.net/
Phone: (319) 621-0077
Address: 327 Kirkwood Avenue, Iowa City, IA 52240
Internet: http://www.comp-sol.com/
Notes: Long-time Iowa City provider of computer support. Primarily focused on business computing.
Phone: (319) 351-7549
Address: 119 2nd Street, #500 (Behind Hardees next to Sprint), Coralville, IA 52241-2691
E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Fax: 319.354.1076
Internet: http://www.computersource-ia.com
Notes: Rates are $80 for the first hour and $40 per hour after that (for on-site service). "Today I had an opportunity to meet Tony Koster of Computer Source. I was very impressed with his expertise and courteous professionalism. The store has a good supply of parts. They had the CPU fans that I needed." – Gregory Johnson (20060812sa1425)
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Address: 2000 James Street, Suite #105A, Coralville, IA 52241
Internet: http://www.CramerIT.com or Internet Service Registration Page
Cramer IT was recently purchased by Circle Computing (21 July 2011).
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Phone: (319) 351-5666
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John D. McDaniel, former campaign manager to City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown, pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal wire fraud charge in the theft of more than $100,000 from Brown's campaign fund and another political action committee heavily funded by the Laborers Union.
The plea deal with the U.S. Attorney was described as a "noncooperation agreement," which noted that McDaniel helped with his own case. It does not require him to cooperate with investigators in other cases, but Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Gray said any help that McDaniel might give would be reported to U.S. District Judge Mary McLaughlin before sentencing.
Sentencing is scheduled for May 14. Gray estimated that sentencing guidelines called for a prison sentence in the range of 15 to 21 months. McDaniel has agreed to pay restitution and could face an additional fine of up to $250,000.
McDaniel, 39, was accused of plundering the money from the committees by ATM withdrawals and checks written to himself. He sent sent some of Brown campaign's money to another PAC he controlled, the Progressive Agenda PAC, and then converted the money to personal use. The total money stolen was $103,650.
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"I am a lifelong Democrat. I proudly boast an "F" rating from the NRA. And, yet during my 2014 gubernatorial campaign in Texas, I supported the open carry of handguns in my state…It is a position that haunts me."
Source: Wendy Davis: Why I Caved on Guns When I Ran for Governor of Texas – POLITICO Magazine
Wendy Davis explains that she was "cowed by the political realities" of Texas politics when she endorsed "open-carry" while running for governor. Um, news flash…No one who actually believes in the right to keep and bear arms ever believed you, Ms. Davis!
You can read more here but, I can save you some time. Davis blames the NRA and her desire to make the conversation about something other than guns. And so, as she puts it, she compromised her "deeply held principles for the sake of political expediency." In other words, like every other politician, she lied through her teeth to get a vote.


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A/N: Hello, welcome to some new Gadge. :D The rough draft of AED is complete. I will attempt to polish and publish a new chapter every week, most likely on Mondays or Tuesdays. I hope you enjoy what I believe is a happier Post-Mockingjay alternative. :D
Chapter 1
Dear Friend
"It is an extra dividend when you like the girl you've fallen in love with." Clark Gable
The Daily Bread Personals:
Savvy career girl wishes to correspond on social and political subjects anonymously with an intelligent, cultivated, young man. Address: Dear Friend, Post Office Box 237, District 13.
To: PO Box 237
Return Address: PO Box 405
Dear "Friend,"
My mother says that I am an intelligent, sympathetic, young man, but you will have to judge for yourself. What are your interests? I love to go on Coke dates with my mother, wind balls of wool, and take intimate rides in the elevator. I own a desktop encyclopedia and dictionary. If you will give me the pleasure of a reply, that will make you a real, fine lady.
Your "friend"
To: PO Box 237
Re(blot) (blot)dress: PO (blot) 38
Dear (blot)
(blotting) to you from (blot). I am interested in getting to (blot) you. A (blot) like you must have lots to (blot) about. I, myself, am a (blot), with knowledge of (blots), (blot) and (blotting). As the (blot) say, where two (blots) meet, (blots) will (blot). Hope to (blot) from you soon.
Your (blot)
To: PO Box 237
Return Address: PO Box 451
Dear 237,
I read your ad yesterday. I was the checking the listings for a used percolator. The paper fell open to this very page. I paused over it. Couldn't tell you why, but I couldn't get it out of my head. I'm not sure that anything I have to write will be of interest to you, but I know a few things and I've seen a great deal more. Will discuss anything. Particularly enjoy political debates.
A stranger
To be continued
A/N: As for canon, I have taken what I want from Mockingjay and pointedly forgotten the rest. From here on out, the story will not be written in letter form. This story is based almost directly on The Shop Around the Corner, the film starring Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullivan. The original play was written by Nikolaus Laszlo and belongs to him. While the majority of the dialogue and prose will be original to me, occasionally I will be directly quoting from the script. It's really too delicious. The cast of the Hunger Games belongs to Suzanne Collins. She ruined them in Mockingjay, so she can have 'em.


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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Marcus Weymiller ran 25 times for 131 yards and a touchdown and Northern Iowa scored the first 19 points on its way to a 25-10 win over Missouri State on Saturday.
Weymiller scored for the Panthers (6-4, 5-2 Missouri Valley) on a 2-yard run to cap the game's opening drive and Sam Drysdale missed the point-after attempt to leave it at 6-0. Drysdale followed with a pair of field goals and Elijah Campbell returned an interception 35 yards to make it 19-0 with 4:15 left in the second quarter.
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The Bears (3-7, 2-5) scored their only touchdown on Jason Randall's 6-yard run with 54 seconds left in the half, but Drysdale kicked his third field goal of the second quarter with 12 seconds left to make it 22-7 at the half.
Zach Drake's field goal cut the deficit to 22-10 in the third quarter and Drysdale made his fourth field-goal attempt to cap the scoring in the fourth.
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You love clean lines and deconstructed shapes. Your favorite palette is full of neutrals, with a pop of color when you're feeling adventurous. On a typical weekend, we might find you perusing a modern art museum or browsing your favorite design blogs (thanks for making us one of them!) You are a contemporary design lover.
Repelled by antique furniture, you strive to create a home that's open, airy and light. You see contemporary design as more of a minimalist lifestyle than a style choice. You would describe your home as…
Words to Describe Contemporary Interior Design
- Clean
- Unadorned
- Sleek
- Minimalist
- Deconstructed
- Trendy
- Simple
- Open
Contemporary style is rooted in the moment. It refers to anything being produced in present day and is a constantly updating, forward-thinking design. Currently, contemporary interior design includes clean lines, unadorned pieces, organic accents and minimalist staging.
The contemporary bedroom above embraces neutral colors and clean silhouettes. It doesn't concern itself with garish accents. Instead, the room reflects the minimalist, deconstructed look of today's "less is more" contemporary design.
Famous Contemporary Spaces
- Frank Lloyd Wright houses
- Tom Brady and Gisele Bündechen's New York apartment
- Tony Stark's home from Iron Man
- Modern art museums
- Harvey Specter's office from Suits
- Ricky Martin's Beverly Hills home
All the spaces above are stunning examples of contemporary style. They showcase clean, open spaces that embrace the beauty of simplicity. One of our favorite rooms for contemporary style is the home office. In today's day and age, it's becoming more and more realistic to have a paper-free office. That means more open space, which results in a cleaner, more contemporary look. We're also big fans of today's high-tech furniture, like the charging desk we featured in our Smart Furniture blog post.
Contemporary Style Details
- Simple patterns
- Smart furniture
- Smooth silhouettes
- Neutral palettes (with pops of color)
- Minimal décor
- Clean lines
- Organic accents
Modus Furniture Lassen Dining Table (similar)
The key to contemporary design is simplicity: simple shapes, simple décor and simple patterns. Lately, we've seen a resurgence of farmhouse dining tables in contemporary design because of their simple silhouettes and natural wood construction. In the dining room above, the farmhouse table was paired with mid-century chairs, a bold rug and high-contrast wall art to bring it into present day's contemporary style.
Another key aspect of contemporary living spaces is a calm and (mostly) neutral color palette. The room below, for example, uses very natural grays and browns, but adds a pop of color with the zesty, green accents.
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The United States Supreme Court ruled Monday, May 23, 2016, that the filing period for a constructive discharge claim begins to run when an employee resigns as a result of discriminatory behavior.
In a 7-1 vote penned by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the high court vacated a September 2014 Tenth Circuit ruling that the clock for a claim of constructive discharge — when an employer creates an environment so adversarial that an employee feels forced to resign — starts running at the time of the employer's last alleged act of discrimination that forces an employee to quit. Instead the court held that the filing period begins when an employee resigns after having to endure any such discrimination.
In its ruling, the high court concluded in part that an employee's resignation is part of the "complete and present cause of action" for a constructive discharge claim that is necessary before a limitations period can begin to run. The majority also clarified that the clock on the limitations period begins at the time an employee gives notice of resignation, and not their actual last work day.
The practical effect of the Court's decision is it will make it more difficult for an employer to argue that a constructive discharge claim is untimely as the decision will expand the statute of limitations period in Title VII cases alleging constructive discharge.
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Yea ok, so maybe this is cheating, but I honestly don't care. A recent Gallery of the Day included 8 cheesy retro video game commercials, but selecting only 8 was ridiculously hard, so this is part two. You're welcome.
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April's theme is chosen to make us think a bit harder of how to photograph the concept of opposites. The scope is wide and once you start thinking the ideas will flow. Show us what you can come up with.
April's monthly theme is 'Opposites'
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In July 2014, a group of men climbed toward Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro. The group was led by 2 men using prosthetic legs. 21-year-old, University of Texas student, Alex D'Jamoos was one of those leaders, and this was his second trip up the Tanzanian mountain.
In an interview, Alex told the University of Texas at Austin, "The purpose of the trip was to demonstrate that children with disabilities have the ability to overcome great challenges."
In an interview for his first trek, Alex described the challenge of climbing Kilimanjaro as an amputee for the first time, to the University of Texas at Austin, "I was somewhat unprepared to climb Africa's tallest mountain. Prosthetic legs are very difficult to use in such extreme conditions."
Despite being admittedly un-athletic and under-prepared, Alex set his goal to reaching the second base camp. Despite his level of preparation, Alex exceeded his goal and made it to the third base camp (the last base camp before the peak). The trek had lasted 4 days and covered 26 miles, reaching over 16,000 feet above seal level.
While most people who achieve such goals are driven by the challenge of finding their limits, Alex had a different goal. In Alex's case, it was paying-it-forward.
Alex first Met Natasha Shaginian-Needham in 2006. Shaginian-Needham is the co-founder of Happy Families International Center, a U.S.-Russian NGO that helps to formalize adoption of Russian children in the United States and provides appropriate medical care for orphans with special needs, and was in Russia filming a documentary. Through Natasha, Alex met Michael and Helene D'Jamoos of Dallas, Texas, who agreed to host Alex on a trip to the United States, where a hospital had agreed to amputate his deformed legs and fit him with prostheses.
It was during this time that Alex became part of the D'Jamoos family, quite literally, when at the age of 16, he was adopted by Michael and Helene.
Since then, Alex has remained extremely aware of the opportunity he was given. He works hard to aid and create awareness for disabled orphans in Russia, continuing his work with Happy Families International, volunteering as a translator and spokesperson, as he has done for the last several years. Unfortunately, foreign politics have changed, and the opportunity that existed for Alex, has disappeared in 2012, when Russia banned all adoption of Russian children, by Americans.
Alex told The Daily Texan, "Whenever you have a child living in an orphanage, and that child has an opportunity to have a family," D'Jamoos said. "As long as the family can prove in court that they are capable of taking care of the child, then I think the color of their passport is the last thing that matters."
This past summer; however, Alex got another opportunity. He would return to Kilimanjaro for a hike that would benefit the "I Want to Walk" program of the Happy Families International Center, and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Along with raising awareness for orphans with missing limbs and children with Cystic Fibrosis, Alex had another goal – the summit.
Having found the use of prosthetic legs challenging during his first Kilimanjaro trek, Alex elected to make the final summit without his prosthetics this time.
"I wore my ski pants and taped myself all over with duct tape," D'Jamoos told The Daily Texan. "I wore ski gloves and just kind of crawled on the ground. I destroyed my knuckles. They were bleeding after two hours."
However, his biggest obstacles wasn't necessarily the peak itself, but rather an unforeseen inhabitant of the mountain – African ants.
I was being bitten all over," D'Jamoos said. "I would look on the ground ahead and it was just full of ants, it was crazy."
Despite bloody knuckles and several ant bites, Alex D'Jamoos summitted Kilimanjaro's peak – 19,341 ft above sea level.
While Alex may have achieved a summit that most of us can only dream about, he remains engaged in his true goal.
In a recent interview with Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, Alex explained, "It's really not a financial issue. It's not an economic issue. It's a social issue," he says. "You have a social catastrophe, essentially, with such a large number of orphans [in Russia] — some sources estimate 800,000 — and there's no money in the world you can fix this with. It starts with the cultural realization that you have disabled people who you should accommodate, who you have to accommodate, into your society."
Alex and Natasha Shaginian-Needham also created and maintain Orphans Without Borders, a Facebook page developed to help stand up "for orphaned children's right for a family by sharing life-changing experiences of adopted children from all over the world." In just over one year, the page has received over 2,800 "Likes."
Click here to learn more about Happy Families International Center.
Click here to learn more about about Orphans Without Borders.
Click here to learn more about the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
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