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This house (walking distance to tourist spots and more) is a rare find in DC: a corner property with no abutting houses on three sides, so lots of windows that are open to light and air, and surrounded by a large yard and patio. The enclosed yard has an organic garden-- help yourself to all kinds of herbs and more while you stay. Bikes, parking, lots of closet space, washer-dryer, and walking distance to so much to do and see.
Large gorgeous patio for grilling (gas grill) and eating outside; safe well-lighted neighborhood; strolling to parks, restaurants and the National Mall; high ceilings; big windows; lots of flowering trees and great gardens.
Historic landmarks, coffee shops, cafes, open-air markets, Eastern Market, the Capitol, the Library of Congress, Supreme Court, Senate buildings, museums, monuments & exciting neighborhoods of shops, restaurants, theater, galleries, bars and more at Barracks Row, H Street, Eastern Market & Pennsylvania Ave.
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Ubisoft's Beyond Good & Evil is one of those games that had all the elements of a classic, but instead found itself doomed to an eternity of appearing in "Top 10 games no one played" lists. Now, seven years since its release, Ubisoft is granting Jade and her pals another shot at stardom with the release of an HD remastered version that received its first teaser trailer today.
The remake will feature updated character models and textures, a remastered soundtrack, Trophies and Achievements, and apparently a heaping dose of green. It will also likely be a promotional lead-in for a full-on sequel. At least, that's what we're hoping.
Beyond Good & Evil HD will be available on the PSN and Xbox Live later this year.
Jan 5, 2011
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Israel severely rebuked, as PM warns 'spirit of appeasement' blowing through Europe
In diplomatic snub, Liberman refuses meeting with Swedish counterpart
What elections? Europe presses ahead on Palestine question as Israel prepares for poll
Legal impact of Geneva panel on settlements, ICC likely only symbolic
'We have weak civil servants'
Health funds took in 9% more from supplementary health insurance in 2013
Ministry axes costly safe-sex video clip
Treasury will give financially bleeding state hospitals another NIS 150 million
Tech Talk: Haredim in hi-tech
Watch out! You are being followed in the supermarket
Jerusalem and Tel Aviv among 14 cities to receive Bloomberg grants
Israel's Energiya to build solar field in Georgia
Cooking with a kosher soul
Remains of 8,000-year-old olive oil found in Lower Galilee
Grapevine: Being careful of what we wish for
A Thin, Blue, Oleh line – police volunteer enlistment drive for Olim launched in Tel Aviv
Yellow-and-blue, Greens to vie for Toto Cup
Leshem stuns Botzer, rest of favorites into semis
Hapoel Jerusalem bows out of Eurocup with a whimper
Mac TA hosts Malaga to wrap up campaign
Labor wins 'Manuel Trajtenberg sweepstakes'
Moshe Feiglin drops out of Likud leadership race
Tekuma's future unclear, Yishai, Bennett are suitors
Israeli Arab media personality set to join Labor party
NGO to request elections committee warn haredi parties of ban on promising blessings for votes
Incitement against Abbas: Gaza posters depict hanging of PA leader
UN Security Council wasting time on Palestinian gimmicks, Liberman says
Abbas forces senior Palestinian official Zakout into early retirement
European Parliament urges EU foreign ministers to support Palestinian statehood
126 signatories of Geneva Convention call on Israelis, Palestinians to respect humanitarian law
'Civic obligation' to defend Ukraine, says hassid
Alan Gross hails Jewish efforts toward release from Cuba
Jewish groups harshly condemn removal of Hamas from EU terror list
NBN records increase in North American aliyah
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Jerusalem requests special Israel mention at Irish memorial ceremony
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The Kedmi Committee submitted its final report on the food industry Wednesday,
recommending that the state restrict the market share of leading suppliers and
retailers, reduce customs duties and increase consumer protection.The
committee published a preview of its conclusions on the supply and retail
sectors last month. At the time, it received criticism from Knesset Finance
Committee members and industry groups, who argued that the report's conclusions
could lead to mass layoffs without achieving its stated goal of reducing
prices.Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Shalom Simhon and Finance
Minister Yuval Steinitz said Wednesday the measures proposed in the final report
would lead to a reduction in food prices. Simhon called it the most
comprehensive work ever conducted by the Israeli food industry. The government
would decide in the coming days whether to accept the whole report or most of
it, he said.Sharon Kedmi, who was appointed to head the committee after
it was established in response to a consumer revolt over dairy prices last year,
said high prices were the consequence of a number of market failures. He warned
that there was no magic solution to reducing food prices, and only the
implementation of the report "in its entirety" would strengthen
competition.The report recommended imposing a 40 percent to 100%
reduction on import duties on food products for which no competition exists in
Israel, lowering duties on agricultural products for which current rates are
excessively high (such as fresh beef) and reducing duties on packaged goods such
as tuna and fruit juice.On the consumer front, the report recommended a
series of measures including: strengthening enforcement of consumer laws;
increasing the powers of the head of the Consumer Protection Authority and
transferring to it some of the duties of the Industry, Trade and Labor Ministry;
and regularly publishing comparisons between the price of imported food products
in Israel and the rest of the world.Just as it did in its initial
report, the committee proposed regulating supplier- retailer relations through
prohibiting suppliers from purchasing shelf space, placing salespeople inside
stores, obtaining exclusivity to sell specific products or to offer exclusive
discounts and signing agreements that fix a minimum price or guarantee them a
minimum market share.It proposed dealing with over-concentration in the
supply sector by removing barriers to market entry.For the retail
sector, it recommended increasing the number of competitors though a series of
measures including: reducing regulatory barriers to opening new supermarkets in
regions already suffering from high concentration; restricting the leading
retailers from increasing their market share by preventing them from expanding
their outlets; tightening state control over property agreements involving
retailers; and encouraging online and local retailers.In a separate
chapter on the dairy industry produced by a subcommittee, the report recommended
gradually lowering the target price, the amount a dairy-herd owner gets for a
liter of milk at the gate, by 15% over the next eight years. It proposed handing
out incentives to convince inefficient dairy manufacturers to exit the
industry.The Israeli Cattle Breeders Association slammed the report,
accusing Simhon of worrying about his political survival at the expense of
familyowned dairy farms in the periphery.ICBA chairman Ya'acov Bachar
said: "Even though it has been proven in the past that there is no connection
whatsoever between the cost of milk to the consumer and the payment made to
dairy farmers for producing milk, and even though the target price has not risen
since January 2008 and still stands at NIS 2.09 per liter, Minister Simhon
continues on the path toward the elimination of the Israeli dairy farm and the
elimination of livelihood in the periphery."
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 19, 2013 — Malik Shabazz leads the New Black Panther Party. His hobbies include wielding a billy club outside of polling stations to intimidate white voters. In 2010, Shabazz recommended killing white babies to avenge past injustices predating his birth. "You want freedom? You're gonna have to kill some crackers! You're gonna have to kill some of their babies!"
Shabazz is an impatient man of direct action. He has decided, to paraphrase Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, to ensure that Zimmerman is "hunted down like a dog," so has offered a reward for Zimmerman's capture. Since Zimmerman is currently not accused of any crime, "capturing" him appears to be a thinly-veiled call for something more violent.
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Why is a man like Shabazz on the streets? Is he just a harmless buffoon? Do liberals think that "kill some crackers" is just a cute expression?
Attorney General Eric Holder is a far more patient man than Shabazz. He has, however, come under fire for refusing to prosecute Shabazz. He may not think Shabazz is worth taking seriously, focusing instead on that much greater threat to public saftey, Zimmerman, whom he will pursue with the tenacity of a button-down Javert.
Most Americans respect the rule of law, not as a weapon of oppression or political force, as the French crown did, but as an instrument of justice. Holder and Shabazz, each in his own way, believe in law as a tool of ideology and a weapon to use against their enemies. Shabazz has decided to engage in street justice, also known as mob rule. If it furthers his ideological objectives, Holder is willing to benignly ignore it as just another form of law.
Despite having other responsibilities like cleaning up his own agency, Holder is using the full weight and power of his office to find any excuse whatsoever to indict Zimmerman on federal charges.
SEE RELATED: PHILLIPS: Eric Holder and the Department of 'Just us'
Holder's priorities don't include the New Black Panthers. He may not approve of their violent rhetoric, but he is in complete sympathy with their goals. Putting on a fancy suit does not make Holder less radical.
Holder has voiced zero objection to Shabazz. If someone who takes Shabazz more seriously kills Zimmerman or a member of his family, he will be a hero to the people who are shouting "No justice, no peace." He will have stopped the "real" violent threat facing this nation. Will Holder's justice department find the will to move against a "hero"?
The problem the DOJ needs to deal with is not Rush Limbaugh, Fox News or old ladies with knitting needles. One can say with statistical certainty that they have zero responsibility for the violence on our streets or political violence in America.
The radical left foments most of the political violence in this country. This violence brings consequences. One of them is "minority sympathy fatigue." Let us all be liberals and give Shabazz what he wants. Forget Plessy vs Ferguson or Brown vs Board of Education. Forget Justice Thurgood Marshall: Return a form of segregation.
SEE RELATED: Zimmerman in the hands of Eric Holder: Is this justice?
Arrest Shabazz and any of his followers who advocate violence. Ask them to take a loyalty oath to a separate black society, which they have already advocated. Anybody accepting the oath gets put in lockdown, segregated from the general prison population. A few days in lockdown may have some of them singing the praises of integration.
Everybody needs to celebrate my father's favorite holiday. It is called "Shut the heck up and go to work Day." Some will say that finding work is difficult. Has Shabazz even looked?
Maybe Shabazz should consult with Damon Wayans and Tim Meadows, who participated in a hilarious Saturday Night Live skit called "Perspectives, With Lionel Osborne."
Wayans: "The blood of the white man is going to roll as the revolution takes to the streets this weekend."
Meadows: "What if it is raining this weekend?"
Wayans: "Then the blood of the white man is going to roll as the revolution takes to the streets next weekend."
Meadows: "What if it is raining next weekend?"
Wayans: "Whose side are you on man?"
Meadows (to the audience): "There you have it America. This weekend the blood of the white man will roll as the revolution takes to the streets, unless it is raining, where the blood of the white man will roll next week. This concludes today's episode of 'Perspectives.' Our diversity programming continues next at 4 a.m. with programming for the Spanish community. Up next is 'Los Perspectivos' with me, your host, Lionel Osborne."
Virtually every problem in life, including the fallout from the George Zimmerman scuffle with Trayvon Martin, can be solved with 1950s Doo-Wop music. There are plenty of Doo-Wop bands that could hire Shabazz. Perhaps "The Marcels" are hiring.
"Bob buh buh bob, buh bob buh bob bob,
Buh buh bob, buh buh bob, duh dang duh dang dang,
Duh ding dong ding dong,
Black (Panther) Bu-ffoon,
You saw me standing alone,
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a love of my own.
You saw me screaming at whites,
While I wielded a baton,
I only wanted love,
and my own telethon."
It is time for Shabazz to feel the rhythm, beat and soothing sounds of Doo-Wop. Then it is time for Holder's law enforcement personnel to actually enforce the law. It is time for a Doo-Wop lock up.
Maybe a Klan member can shave "Ebony and Ivory" into Shabazz's head in prison, and Shabazz can reciprocate in the name of racial harmony and coming together.
Brooklyn born, Long Island raised, and now living in Los Angeles, Eric Golub is a politically conservative columnist, author, public speaker, and satirist. Eric is the author of the book trilogy "Ideological Bigotry, "Ideological Violence," and "Ideological Idiocy.
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Jul 12, 2013: What does instructional video mean for publishers?
Did you think that publishers were in the business of figuring out books? Hah! Well, you're only partially right.
I'm feeling pretty good about Rosenfeld Media's books these days. What's keeping me up at night is instructional video. Partially because people are increasingly turning to video over text for learning, and partially because it clearly presents a new opportunity. Just not an obvious one. I'm hoping that writing about it here helps me understand it better, and—more importantly—your comments shed even more light on it.
I—and our authors and experts—are constantly coming across new opportunities to produce instructional videos. Think Skillshare, Udacity, Udemy, YouTube, Lynda.com, and so on. They have very different business models, most of which are untested and, in some cases, unstable. It's a daunting space to understand—but looking at a medium through the lens of its tools is completely the wrong way to figure it out.
My job, as a publisher, is to take that step back and try to make sense of the medium. Does our content even make sense as instructional videos? If so, how do we package our content? Do we go long or short? Modules or full-blown courses? How do we ensure the same level of quality as we do with our books and other offerings? And what's a viable business model for instructional video, one that provides value to customers and publishing support to authors and experts?
If we can figure out how to reach that happy place, then we can determine which tools and platforms we should use.
But it's a tough journey.
For one, I keep thinking a format that is short-attention-span-friendly (5-10 minute), modular, and extremely practical makes the most sense: tips, how-to's, show-me's, case studies, and so on. We'd curate the topics, and ensure a reasonable quality through consistent branding and content guidelines. We'd eventually make them part of a Rosenfeld Media subscription service, along with our digital books.
But 5-10 minutes puts us up against the free stuff on YouTube. Would someone pay $5 for one of our videos when there might be something similar for free?
A longer format—60 minutes and up—can justify payment. But it feels too long to me. I know that companies like UIE do fantastic work here, but I worry that many people won't have the patience to sit through this longer, denser format.
Unless that longer video is part of an actual course. The motivation to achieve a credential is a big one, but courses have lots of moving parts. They take place over time, they generally utilize much more than video, and most of all, they need to be taught. By an actual teacher. There's a huge opportunity there, but I think that funded startups like General Assembly will be the ones to make it work. Not bootstrapped ventures like Rosenfeld Media. (And, sadly, not higher ed, which is highly unlikely to create viable new business models for anything.)
Put on my publisher's shoes for a moment (size 10, incidentally). Let's say you manage a brand known for quality books in a small but growing vertical. You also manage a growing roster of four dozen or so of your vertical's leading experts. You've got expertise—and content—up the wazoo.
Do you convert that expertise into a new video-based line of business?
What does your offering look like?
And has anyone figured this all out already? (If so, hats off!)
Thanks folks.
Apr 22, 2013: The Benefits of a Train Wreck
Want to make an information architect squirm? Just ask this simple question: "Show me an example of good information architecture."
Chances are we'll stammer, mumble something about good IA being invisible IA, and slink away.
It doesn't have to be that way—if we're willing to turn the question on its head. Forget good IA—let's focus on bad IA. You know, the reason that information architecture got started as a practice in the first place.
Let's dig deep into the darkness of just how much life can suck at an absolutely fundamental level when people can't find and understand information.
Let's show—in a direct, visual, painful, and wildly engaging way—what happens when you blow off that IA stuff.
Let's tap the natural impulse to look—to stare!—at the horror of pileups on the information superhighway.
(There but for the grace of god go IA.)
These train wrecks will be quite instructive—in the same way as Jeff Johnson's GUI Bloopers, or as a mirror image to Peter Morville's far more constructive Search Patterns.
So I'd like to propose that some well-intentioned, communally-oriented, semi-organized group of information architects (like, say, the IAI) launch a new site devoted to examples of absolutely crappy, in-your-face, vomit-all-over-your-keyboard information architecture.
I suck at coming up with titles, so I'll offer this working name: The Journal of Fucked IA. (Crazy wild guess: domain's probably available.) Why not? The IAI already publishes the Journal of IA. What's one more publication?
Especially as this one wouldn't have to be peer-reviewed. Set it up as a community portfolio—a Dribble of what not to do. Anyone could submit their latest experience with frustrating findability follies and fuckups. The IAI could do some light curation. We could all tag examples by "search results," "contextual navigation," or whatever, and—voila—we'll have some useful IA anti-patterns. Better yet, tag by industry ("airlines") and organization name ("United") and then we'll start getting some great attention from outside our cocoon.
Yes, let's make those other bastards squirm for once.
Now wouldn't that be fun?
And wouldn't it be better to point people to train wrecks the next time they spring that godawful question?
PS: Maybe this would be a good use of the money that—hopefully—the IAI will start collecting. Soon. Right guys?
Apr 11, 2013: Putting my money where my mouth is
(Boy, I don't blog much these days, do I?)
For those of you following, the Information Architecture Institute—which I co-founded with Christina Wodtke over ten years ago—is going through more existential angst than usual. The topic of the institute's future and its business model—or lack thereof—came up at the annual IAI town meeting at last week's IA Summit, as it does every year.
And every year for the past five or so, I foam at the mouth and launch spittle along with strong words about how the IAI should abandon its ill-guided dependency upon paid membership (remember, professional associations use an early 20th-century business model—almost as old as that of publishers!). Instead, I suggest that the IAI make involvement free and grow it ten-fold or twenty-fold in a year. Then make money from sponsors, who will be much happier reaching 14,000 people who are interested in IA, than the current 1,400 who are more likely to have IA as their job title.
I'm so certain that this is the way to go that I'm going to put my money—or, rather, Rosenfeld Media's—where my mouth is. Rosenfeld Media will pledge the following:
What strings are attached? Well, I'll tell you one thing for goddamned sure: I don't want to see another IAI business plan for as long as I live. Too much analysis paralysis, folks, and too much for volunteers to create and, more importantly, maintain over time.
If anything, the IAI's business plan should be this: provide shared community infrastructure so that people interested in IA can learn more and further the field of practice. So, simple stuff—much of which is already happening—like:
Do this, and focus on that under-served IAI use case: the person who is never, ever, ever going to call themselves an information architect, but sure does need some basic IA skills to do their jobs. There are THOUSANDS of these folks out there—maybe tens of thousands. (BTW, IxDA has over 30,000 members!) Go after them. Sponsors want oh-so-badly to reach those folks, but the IAI—as a non-profit community thing—is so much better prepared to reach them.
And us sponsors? For every Rosenfeld Media, there is an Adobe, a Microsoft, and a bunch of other huge organizations that have sponsorship budgets that would make you pee your pants. Get them to donate with graduated amounts based on how many new members join the IAI. Work with them to develop some other, less quantitative metrics for success. And get them to shower members with freebies and discounts.
Those are the strings we sponsors have attached: help us get visibility among the "dark matter" of the IA world. Those 95% of the people practicing IA—often without realizing it—who could really benefit from some IA consciousness in the form of skills and connections to a community. We'll help you and you'll help us reach those people.
How many sponsors does the IAI need? I have no idea. But I'll personally go to other UX-friendly book publishers—O'Reilly, New Riders, A Book Apart, and so on—and challenge them to at least match our pledge. Now go find someone else to do that with large agencies, someone else to do it with recruiters, someone else to do it with academic programs.
Really. I promise you that the money will be there. And, I hope, the annual outbreak of existential angst will go the way of polio.
Oct 07, 2012: Homecoming month
I've been looking forward to this month for quite a while. I'll be taking two trips—one to Ann Arbor, the other to Moscow—and both involve crossing a fair bit of time as well as space.
The trip to Moscow happens this week (yikes: pack! check passport status! locate winter coat!). I'm keynoting the UX Russia conference and teaching a workshop there as well. I'm also planning on eating as many pelmeni as I can possibly stuff down my gullet. My only other time in Russia was ten weeks during the summer of 1985. I officially was there to study Russian at LGU (Leningrad State University). But let's be honest—I was one about thirty 20-year olds in country that enjoyed its vodka and still happened to find us westerners quite interesting. Yep. That was a really fun summer.
Sadly, my Russian has gone to pot in the 27 years since. I also imagine the place is a bit different than my last visit. But I'm hopeful that they'll be able to hook me up with pelmeni. My introduction to the Internet involved asking rec.food.recipes for a pelmeni recipe in, roughly, 1990. To my surprise and delight, the newsgroup coughed up a bunch in a few hours' time. I haven't looked back since.
Even though I lived in Ann Arbor 23 years and have been back about once per year since moving, I'm still quite excited to be going. I'm giving a talk at my alma mater, the University of Michigan's School of Information, as part of the UM grad program's centennial celebration. Like the Muscovites, SI is rolling out the red carpet, and I'm really flattered. MJ and the kids are coming, and even my elderly parents—both in their mid 80s, and both proud Michigan alumni—are making the trip from Florida. I hope I don't let them down.
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You may remember that Baptist Health of Little Rock announced in November its plan to build a 200,000-SF hospital in Conway.
Ground will be broken for the 100-bed medical center at 10:30 a.m. July 7 at 1455 Exchange Ave., near the Dave Ward Drive exit off Interstate 40.
The campus of Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway will occupy about 37 acres and is expected to open in 2016. The hospital will employ about 425 workers after construction is complete.
In February, Baptist Health received Conway City Council approval for rezoning of the land from C-4 (commercial) to O-1 (office) classification, clearing the way for the July groundbreaking.
Arkansas Business previously reported that Baptist Health invested $10.6 million for the site. Construction could add $50 million in estimated additional costs.


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The four teams that will compete in the final round of the ULI/Gerald D. Hines Urban Design Competition on April 5-6 visited Houston last week to tour the competition site and learn more about the unique features and history of the area. While they were here, reporters from the Houston Chronicle, Culture Map, CITE, and KUHF-Radio came along for the tour and got first impressions from graduate students at Berkley, Columbia, Harvard, University of Colorado, and University of Michigan.
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Bonus post for those of you still stuck in the office! I was left behind here as the rest of the DealBreaker team left for the beach.
You may have noticed others here at DealBreaker hinting toward my iPhone coverage around launch time at the end of last week in a couple different posts, and now I present to you what resulted.
The lines outside the Apple stores at the Fifth Avenue and SoHo stores slowly grew from Monday onward and I made sure to be right there to document the
madness history-making launch. As you all know, Greg Packer, dubbed the iLoser, a compulsive line-sitter, was at the forefront at the Fifth Avenue Apple store. He even has his own blog now. Second in line was David Clayman (his blog here) who, after changing his story a couple times, decided he was buying the phone for charity.
Over at the SoHo store first in line was the "Keep A Child Alive" foundation who is auctioning the
Jesus Phone iPhone off in a package on eBay now. They of course wanted to wait at the flagship Fifth Ave. store but since Greg beat them to the punch, they decided to mope at the SoHo store instead. After talking to them on numerous visits to the store (close to the office, conveniently), I found out they had five people in line (working shifts of only 4 hours) and each was buying two 8GB phones, but one wonders if the other nine have vanished into their pockets since only one is up on eBay now.
Filming the entire event live was Mogulus.com at the special website iPhoneLaunch.tv. They interviewed me briefly as I scouted the location and aired it live on the site (unfortunately not archived for my self-referential enjoyment). Supposedly on launch day they had four cameras out and about filming the event, but their site couldn't handle all the traffic (max 800 viewers?!), so I can't verify.
Through downpours and sweltering heat, hundreds of people camped out for this revolutionary (Jobs's words, not mine) device for many days and I was
forced sure to cover it all. On launch day I visited both stores but stuck to the Fifth Ave. store (which had unreal amounts of press) for coverage of the opening at 6PM. After the jump are two slideshows of my attempts at photojournalism, the first one of the Fifth Ave. store and the second of the SoHo store.
The best iPhone review I have read (which says the Mail app is terrible) for those of you who still haven't gotten your hands on one of these can be found here.
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Chaos reigns and one more robot quilt announcement
Also, since things are so crazy at the store this week, if you are one of the people still interested in a robot quilt kit, go ahead and email me your phone number. I will call you personally when I'm at the store and we'll get your order taken care of. (I'm afraid with the chaos because of the shop hop and all the extra people helping at the store this week, they won't know how to take care of phone orders, etc.) Sorry I keep making this so complicated. I woke-up in the night worrying about it. I know. I'm so weird. Hopefully this is the last Robot quilt announcement.
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Take a breath, grab a coffee, and just have a great day!ReplyDelete
take it easy! relax and enjoy!! have a nice day!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 17, 2009 at 1:05 PM
Thanks so much for helping me on the phone with my order! I can't wait to get it and I love your quilts and site! You didnt' make it difficult for me at all - I absolutely loved the personal attention you gave and how sweet and nice you are!ReplyDelete
Remember....b r e a t h e !ReplyDelete
You'll make it through probably with stunning reviews!
Hang in there! I guess that's what happens when you're such a creative quilter - everyone hovers over your creations, wanting more. Good luck this week!ReplyDelete
What store are you at so I can look for you tomorrow or Saturday?ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for your comments - they make my day! I try to respond to as many as my 'mommy' time allows, but life sometimes gets in the way. Please know how much I appreciate each of them.
I apologize for the current comment settings that require a registered user account. They are the only way that I don't get tons of gross spam. I'm hoping Blogger will make a way where people who are not registered users, but would like to leave a comment can do so. Please, Blogger! In the mean time, thanks for your patience.
I also love to respond to questions. If you are a no-reply blogger, please leave an email address so I can get back to you. Or you can email me directly: amy @ diaryofaquilter.com. Thanks!


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EAU CLAIRE — Seven classified employees at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire have announced they have retired or will retire soon.
Jeff Johnson, a craftsworker supervisor in Facilities Planning and Management, will retire in November after 23 years of service to UW-Eau Claire. He started working for the university as a facilities repair worker in 1984 and was later promoted to a carpenter position. In 1994 he became the craftsworker supervisor, overseeing daily operations for a crew of painters, carpenters, locksmiths, and facilities repair workers since that time. Johnson also coordinates and provides estimates for construction projects.
Judy Johnson, an office operations associate in Facilities Planning and Management, will retire in May after 34 years of service. Her first position with UW-Eau Claire was as a stenographer in the sociology department, from 1964 to 1967, and again from 1970 to 1973. She came back to the university in 1979 as a limited term clerical assistant and secured a permanent office support position in the facilities office in 1982. She assists with fleet vehicle operations and the work order system.
Mary Kemp retired in February after 10 years of service to UW-Eau Claire. She transferred from UW-River Falls to an office support position in the Office of Multicultural Affairs (formerly known as the American Ethnic Coordinating Office) at UW-Eau Claire in 1998. Later that year, she transferred to the foundations of education department, where she provided office support for eight years.
Derold Schubert, a shop supervisor in Facilities Planning and Management, will retire in July 2007. He transferred to UW-Eau Claire from Taycheedah Correctional Facility in 1998. He has been the shop supervisor and associate director for building maintenance for nine years. During his time with facilities, he has managed the carpentry, mechanical, electrical and plumbing shops, and has provided engineering and project management assistance to the university.
Rita Sorkness, a library services assistant retired in April. She transferred from UW-Stout to UW-Eau Claire in 1979. For the past 27 years, she has worked as an archives assistant in the Special Collections department of McIntyre Library. In this position, she assisted in archiving the historical records and rare books housed and preserved in Special Collections. Sorkness also participated in instruction and outreach activities and provided office support to the department.
David Steagall, a facilities maintenance specialist in Facilities Planning and Management, retired in February after 30 years of service to UW-Eau Claire. He held various limited term positions on campus until he was hired as a recreation room attendant in 1978, and later he began doing maintenance for University Recreation. In 2001, he transferred to a maintenance position in the electrical shop of Facilities Planning and Management, where he repaired campus mechanical and electrical equipment and assisted in inventory and installation of electrical systems and equipment.
Lucille Van Beek, a university services associate in Records and Registration, retired in February after 27 years of service to UW-Eau Claire. She began working for the university as a typist in Health Services in 1981. In 1990, she was promoted to a program assistant position in the University Bookstore. She transferred to Records and Registration three years later, where she was responsible for maintaining student enrollment files and processing registrations
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Bub City, Melmans' lastest eatery, a so-so entry in city's hot BBQ scene
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Pulled pork with sides of waffle fries and onion strings is plated. Bub City restaurant is the subject of a restaurant review, photographed on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times
435 N. Clark; (312) 610-4200; www.bubcitychicago.com
Hours: 11 a.m. – 2 a.m. daily.
Prices: Appetizers, $4.95-$13.95; BBQ, $11.95-$75.95; seafood, $11.95-$27.95; sides, $2.95-5.95; dessert, $3.25-$5.95
Try: Pulled pork, lamb ribs, Jack Rose cocktail and lemon meringue pie
In a bite: Country music and BBQ for out-of-town, wannabe city slickers.
KEY: ★★★★ Extraordinary; ★★★ Excellent; ★★ Very Good; ★ Good;
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If I were concierge in the Loop advising tourists where to find a faux-country setpiece with franchise-level fried grub and fantastic cocktails within a short walk, Bub City, the new restaurant from Rich Melman scions Molly, RJ and Jerrod Melman (Hub 51, Paris Club, RPM Italian) would likely be a go-to recommendation. But a concierge's job is often to direct tired, hungry travelers without rental cars to a convenient spot.
My job is to identify original and best food experiences for locals and travelers yearning for destination dining. While it is the younger Melmans' best effort to date, Bub City does not fit that bill.
The American flag made of recycled aluminum cans hanging over Bub City's north bar, pendant lamps made from crab-pot steamer inserts and the "wall of whiskey" near the south bar create an inventive sort of urban cowboy vibe. But those well-curated choices are canceled out by cheesy country pop star posters (Tim McGraw!), a "Girls, Girls, Girls" sign, a peeing cowboy sculpture in the women's bathroom, and a smattering of old sports trophies. Such boorish kitsch and manufactured nostalgia feels especially cheap when the soulful, real version is easily found at the many old-man dive bars throughout the city.
And when it comes to barbecue, the crux of the Bub's menu, except for the unimpeachable slow-smoked "Carolina-Style" pulled pork with it's glistening fat and deeply smoky perfume, there are so many better local options. At Bub City, sliced brisket is dry and almost smokeless. Its crust is not crisp as on the best brisket at Smoque in Irving Park (Smoque's is also almost half the price of Bub's). The crust on the St. Louis ribs is soggy, not quite the bark you'd find on the spareribs at Honey 1. The burnt ends are pretty good, a nice, blackened, sweet, almost maple-like finish, but they're not the addictive molasses-lacquered meat candy that the now defunct Brand BBQ used to serve. The hot link at Bub has a nice casing and a hefty filling of garlic, but there is very little chili bite like the zesty sausages served at Uncle John's. The charred lamb ribs at Bub city do feature a cracklin' crust, but at $19.95, it's puzzling why such a cheap cut of meat is almost as expensive as a full rack of pork ribs.
Fried chicken is juicy to the bone, but the crust suffers some sogginess when you order it spicy. Instead of drizzling the "spicy" sauce on top, they should put it on the side. Fried pickles are heavy.
Bub City also dabbles in seafood. Blue crab claws are well-chilled as the menu declares, but this requires little chef skill. The clam "yella-bellies" are nicely coated with a thick breading, but the flesh is flavorless, not as a satisfying as the funky almost foie gras-like bellies served at Fish Bar.
Having hired one of Chicago's best liquor wizards, Paul McGee, Bub is a serious cocktail joint. I like the Jack Rose best, a lime spiked mix of apple brandy, pomegranate and angostura bitters. And yet, serving the refreshing lemon and sweet-tea infused Whiskey Tango cocktail in the kind of plastic glass you'd find at an all-you-can-eat buffet cheapens some of the experience. A bartender also charged one of my companions a dollar more for a drink than the printed menu price. The dining room was crawling with overzealous food runners snatching unfinished plates and half drunk cocktails. Service like this is not fit for a gentleman. I guess for a bub, though, it'll do.
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With More Egyptian Freedom Comes The Chance For Greater Egyptian FilmmakingMovie News By Scott Beggs on February 15, 2011 | (3) Comments
"The regime used to suffocate you in a lot of ways, but these past few weeks have awakened something that was dormant in a lot of Egyptian people. It's going to be harder for any government to put that out."
That's a quote from Marwan Hamed, a Cairo-based filmmaker who spoke with The L.A. Times' Steve Zeitchik on the heels of a massive revolution in Egypt that saw a de factor dictator out of office and the spectre of democracy on the horizon. The country has a long way to go, but it's not far out of bounds to expect Egyptian filmmakers to start utilizing the freedom of speech and creative freedom that's suddenly sprouted from Tahrir Square.
So what do you do when you move from having your voice stifled to being able to sing? It's unclear, but the possibilities are overwhelmingly exciting.
The piece is a must-read, and it points out two fundamental factors:
- Current Egyptian film mostly consists of two companies making digestible comedy and vague dramas that have nothing to say about politics or real life.
- Countries like Germany and Romania had cultural revivals a decade or so after modern revolution, so Egypt has good models to follow.
Of course, what it doesn't need to point out is that freedom will be the driving force of creativity now. Whereas the Mubarak regime censored filmic output to the point where people saw no reason to even attempt subversive material, the new government in Egypt has an opportunity to lay free speech at the doorsteps of prospective and current filmmakers who maybe didn't even dare a month ago to think of what they could do with it.
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I don't like to start a story when I don't know how it's going to end. That could be the writer in me, but it's also the wariness of an inner self that doesn't quite accept the randomness, non-interconnectedness of ordinary life. Although I was never good at keeping this blog updated, I . . . → Read More: So What's New? (catharsis edition)
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I'm a planner. Sometimes it would take an archeologist to find my plans amid the chaos, but they're there. Every morning I get out of bed with a clear idea of what I want to accomplish before I go horizontal again.
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1. Moral relativism is avoidable: While we often talk as though we have the last word on morality, no one ever really gets the last word for the simple reason that we can always challenge the morality of one's way of reasoning out his last word. I start with this myth as a personal concession that my ideas here about what are moral myths are as open to challenge as any moral assertion. You may well disagree with my assumptions about what's morally true or false.
2. Living by moral principle always makes you nicer: First, it depends on which moral principle. Nazis had theirs, for example: principles they embraced as enthusiastically as Martin Luther King embraced his. Now you could say that the Nazi's principles weren't in fact moral, but then we'd have to come up with a clear definition of moral principle, a definition we could agree on despite our differences over which moral principles are good or bad.
Moral principles are universal dos and don'ts, best understood as constraints on what you do. Of all the things you could do, moral principles urge particular actions, a constrained set of acceptable actions to take. We all have our do's and don'ts. Moral principles are distinctly broad and firm do's and don'ts: Always do X. Never do Y, or whenever you're in situation A always do X—always kill the Jews. Always fight inequality.


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E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) today announced James Lam has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors, effective November 14, 2012. Mr. Lam also has been named Chair of the Risk Oversight Committee, and a member of the Audit Committee.
"James's many years of experience as chief risk officer for two of the world's leading and most admired financial services institutions, and his position as a recognized leader in the development of enterprise risk management best practices, will be invaluable as we execute E*TRADE's strategic plan and sharpen our operational focus," said Frank Petrilli, interim CEO and chairman of the board.
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Judging the game by its menus and a single play by an inaccurate, rookie QB.
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The Debt Crisis in Our Own Backyard
By Paul Ballew, senior vice president, Customer Insights & Analytics at Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- In spite of the Greek debt crisis and concerns about the euro, first-quarter GDP results confirm that the U.S domestic recovery continues to solidify. Consumer spending growth, aggressive fiscal and monetary policy, and the need to rebuild inventories are all feeding the rebound from the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009.
But as the markets focus their attention "across the pond," investors and consumers should be just as concerned about threats to the recovery that lurk closer to home.
The cost of the recession will continue to be felt over the long term. As I have laid out previously, a number of headwinds will restrain growth and could derail the upturn. In addition, certain sectors of the economy are still coping with the aftershocks of the downturn, particularly state and local governments. And for these governmental entities, a solidifying recovery is insufficient to fix what ails them.Heading into the downturn, state and local governments were among the most vulnerable sectors of the U.S. economy. Surging spending and increasing long-term obligations meant that many states and cities could ill afford to experience a dramatic decline. Unfortunately, that's exactly what occurred over the last few years as tax revenues have fallen off. This drop has meant that a whopping 48 states have faced deficits over the last two years, and the gap to a balanced budget was an incredible 28% of spending. The only thing working in their favor was the federal stimulus package that temporarily bought them some time. Assuming the recovery continues to gain momentum, the lift will be modest, and state and local governments will continue to scramble for new ways to balance their budgets and meet their future obligations. Most troubling for nonfederal governments are the commitments they have made to their workers. More specifically, there have been rapid increases in pension expenses because of lucrative terms for employees. In an era where defined-benefit pension plans have largely disappeared from the private sector, governmental entities maintain these programs for their employees. Frankly, these commitments are beyond what state and local governments can afford to fund going forward. In fact, by some measures the gap is in excess of $1 trillion, and some states face the very real prospect of going broke because of future obligations.
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Motivation Misfires
I've certainly seen many efforts to motivate teams. Contests, prizes, pep talks, badges, points, canned thank you notes, and recognition events. Most of this comes down to using rewards to motivate people to continue certain behavior.
Some of these work for some people, some of the time. But most of them backfire, for most people, most of the time.
Consider these attempts at motivating:
A team lead receives a substantial sum of money when the team meets a critical deadline. Despite pleas from the team lead, management will not divide the money equally between all team members.
A developer worked late into the evening to fix a critical bug. His manager, wanting to motivate others to show similar dedication, gave the developer a ticket to the opening night of a big movie. One ticket—another night away from his wife and kids.
A programmer discovered and fixed an error that was costing the company millions. He worked with an account rep to provide data that allowed the company to recover a substantial portion of the money from erroneous invoices. The VP of the division gave the programmer a gift certificate for $100 at a local restaurant.
A manager singled out one person from a team for public recognition, and didn't mention the contributions of any other team members.
A VP called a special meeting. When all the developers were assembled. He opened his brief case, which was full of cash. Every programmer received $300 cash money. When they got paid the next Friday, they found that the award was taxed, and taxed at a higher rate then their normal salary. Actual pay was $100 less than than they usually received.
Each of these attempts at motivation backfired. Many people (but clearly not all) know that rewards and other extrinsic motivators aren't effective; in fact, they often diminish intrinsic motivation. And making one person the winner makes other people losers.
So why-oh-why do managers do such things? Do the managers who came up with these ideas (and others like them) ever put themselves in the place of the person they were rewarding, and asked themselves how they would feel if someone treated them that way?
I suspect not. But then, why wouldn't they do so?
Some managers still assume that "workers" won't work without carrots (or sticks). It doesn't occur to them that carrots might not be the preferred diet.
Some managers don't understand what motivates people doing technical work. Just look at the surveys that report what managers believe are the key motivators for developers, and what developers report motivates them. Major mismatch.
Some managers see themselves as different from "workers." For example, they often believe that money is the primary motivator for "workers," but they don't ascribe such crass motive to themselves. Just like they don't need carrots and sticks, but "workers" do.
Some managers can't imagine that "workers" wouldn't welcome some sign of management favor and approval. This is about power and status, pure and simple.
The zeroth step in boosting motivation is to stop doing things that demotivate people.
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I have both given and recieved 'rewards', and yes, it feels pretty lame on both sides. Sometimes however I really really want to say thank you, in some way.
In those cases I hope I already know the person well enough to be able to give them a sincere thank you. Otherwise I try to get to know them more, so I can thank them the next time, as a step to sort of tighten the feedback loop on an interpersonal level.
Furthermore I believe that extrinsic motivators are more or less useless especially for knowledge workers and I seriously doubt that any extrinsic motivator in the form of a 'thing' has any long standing effect at all.
Thank you for bringin this up. I constantly have to remind myself about this. It's somewhat like bying flowers for your spouse or gifts to your kids because you've been neglecting them, which is really never a good idea. It's just an 'easy' way out.
To me extrinsic motivators are just a form surrogate for real feelings and real motivation.
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I completely agree. Managers should focus on eliminating de-motivation http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2010/08/08/build-an-environment-where-intrinsic-motivation-flourishes/
Hi Esther,
Thanks for your article. So, how should managers motivate their teams? It's obvious from your post that money is not a good motivator. Just say Thank you to the teams?
Recently I made a survey among the team members to know how they like their job and working in our company. And many of them said that motivation is low because there are now awards/bonuses in our company for successful releases, meeting critical deadlines, etc. Their salaries are fixed and they are quite high, but anyway people say their motivation suffers. We are using Agile and our teams are self-organizing.
I'll be happy to hear your opinion on this matter: motivation and money rewards.
I'm new to the world of Agile, but the items below might give you some ideas for rewards.
There is an popular video by Daniel Pink, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc (almost 4 million views), that talks about the negative affect on increasing monetary reward for cognitive work (knowledge work).
Rewards, therefore, must be other than monetary.
The oft cited aspects of happiness are:
1) Perceived control
2) Perceived growth
3) A sense of community
4) Working for the greater good
Ask the team, what would make them happier?
More privacy.
Be able to control the work environment, like rearranging the cubes, everyone is out on the window, the conference rooms are in the middle.
Have a 'work on anything you want' day at the end of a release.
Allow work on community projects.
Provide conference vouchers.
Look at the four aspects of happiness and see which categories the reward fits into.
Henrik Kniberg's Happier Crisp Index, http://blog.crisp.se/henrikkniberg/2010/05/08/1273272420000.html, is a very interesting read on happiness of IT workers at his firm Crisp.
It appears that rewarding an individual on an agile team or an agile team itself is not a simple problem. Here's an article that discusses this issue and has references to other articles, forums and blogs discussing the agile team reward issue. The blog by Tom Reynolds that is referenced has much to say on the topic.
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I once interviewed for a job that as part of its benefits package listed a 10% bonus annually. Sounds good right? Until I asked what criteria was used to determine whether someone was awarded the bonus or not. They couldn't give me any. What's worse I was supposedly the first employ of that type that company would ever have had. I'm not opposed to bonuses in general, but this company was trying to use this possible money deferred throughout the year as a chip to get me to sign on the dotted line. All I saw was 10% less pay I might never see regardless of how hard I actually worked.


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