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Victoria's Secret • Beauty Rush Glossy Lip Tint • Lips
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Average Rating. | 4.4 |
Would buy this product again. | 85% |
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*TOP REVIEWER* owwlala on 2/20/2014 3:23:00 PM more reviews by owwlala
Age: 44-55 Skin: Very Oily, Fair-Medium, Cool Hair: Black, Coarse Eyes: Brown
not a fav . thick crayon style application that looks messy and well just messy
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*TOP REVIEWER* LuvsMakeup82 on 1/31/2014 6:03:00 PM more reviews by LuvsMakeup82
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Tan Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
Not bad. I'm really into lip crayons right now and I have some in NYC and Sally Hansen brands. I do like those better because I think they go on smoother but the VS versions are pretty good as well. I have a shade in Better than Bare and it definitely adds a richer color to my lips- sort of on the brown side but not flat at all, and I'd feel comfortable wearing this both daytime or nighttime. Definitely dresses up my makeup look. There seems to be a slight shimmer to it but it's not fallout glitter or anything. Not a bad addition to my makeup wardrobe!
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*TOP REVIEWER* sara942 on 6/16/2013 9:56:00 AM more reviews by sara942
Age: 25-29 Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
I got both the boudoir pink and manic pink on sale for $3 and love them both. The boudoir pink is a very wearable, warm, pinky nude color for girls who tend to look washed out by nude lipsticks. The boudoir pink is a bright, vibrant strawberry pink that really pops; a nice spring color. They have great, buildable color payoff and a perfect, creamy texture-- they aren't waxy or cakey but aren't so soft that they slide right off, either. The finish is between matte and glossy. I love the pointed crayon shape because it gets the color into the tricky corners of your lips with ease. You have to reapply every couple of hours but since they don't stain my lips or dry them out I have no problem with reapplying throughout the day. I've never tried the Clinique Chubby Sticks but after trying these, I doubt I will: even at full price ($9) the VS version is just over half the price of the Clinique version.
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*TOP REVIEWER* decoydream on 12/26/2012 2:24:00 AM more reviews by decoydream
Age: 19-24 Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Warm Hair: Black, Relaxed, Medium Eyes: Black
I bought two - manic pink (which I haven't opened yet) and boudoir pink which is a nude pink colour.
The concept is pretty much the same as Cliniques chubby sticks and these are quite good. They're sheer but buildable and very easy to use. I haven't had any problems with breakage or application (though, with all lip colour usage, exfoliate your lips beforehand!) though the boudoir pink colour is a little light to suit my complexion. I usually wear this over a very light stain or dab of a darker pink colour and it looks great!
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arielelizabeth on 11/17/2012 9:14:00 PM more reviews by arielelizabeth
Age: 19-24 Skin: Normal, Fair, Neutral Hair: Brown, Wavy, Coarse Eyes: Blue
I bought two of these today and they're fantastic. I bought Boudoir Pink and Manic Pink. Manic Pink is my favorite. It's the color Miranda Kerr wore at the VS fashion show this year. It's sheer and lightweight, but provides GREAT color. It's pretty cheap, too (only $9). I would buy again and again.
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*TOP REVIEWER* MissRaffix3 on 10/26/2012 2:02:00 AM more reviews by MissRaffix3
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Combination, Fair Hair: Red, Curly, Medium Eyes: Green
Love this! I have it in Boudoir Pink. It's a really nice, natural nudey-pink color. Great for every day use... especially if paired with a more intense eye look.
The crayon-like concept is really cute. It's pretty much just a tinted lip balm. But the color does last for a while.
It is sort of pricey at $9. And some of mine got smushed in the cap. So you'll want to be careful of where/how you place it because the bottom might twist up without you noticing.
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*TOP REVIEWER* ilovethe80s87 on 5/20/2012 6:57:00 PM more reviews by ilovethe80s87
Age: 19-24 Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Brown, Straight, Fine Eyes: Hazel
Also known as GLOSSY TINT LIP SHEEN (which can now be found on the VS website)
I am in LOVE with this new lip tint from Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush line. Admittedly, the only other Beauty Rush lip product I've used was the glossy shine stick, but it's been discontinued, sadly. But this is a perfect replacement IMO. It's smooth, creamy, very pigmented (but not so much as to totally stain your lips to the point where the color won't come off), and glossy. It doesn't give your lips a "wet-look" like an actual lip gloss does, but the finish is not matte either. The color range could be bigger. I purchased Manic Pink which is kind of a hot pink color, and also Sun Goddess which is a paler, coral pink with just a hint of what almost seems like bronze (this color really complements my skin tone when I have on bronzer). Like other Beauty Rush products, it's $7, 2/$12, or 4/$20, so it's a pretty good deal. It's in the form of a fat lip pencil (think Clinique Chubby Sticks lip color, just with a clear cap). The only downside to the packaging is that the shade is written NOWHERE on the pencil itself... it's on the barcode sticker that comes off with the plastic wrapper seal. What I did was peel off the sticker and put it on the pencil, and it worked out nicely. Also, this is not on the VS website; it's only in stores so far.
Overall this new product is great and I hope they don't discontinue it!
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I'm tring to plant and understory of comfrey for a kiwi orchard, and I just am having trouble finding comfrey for sale in enough bulk for my acre+ needs. Anybody know any sources for comfrey?
Also, I'm in California, east of Oakland, zone 9 i believe, can I plant comfrey now or should I wait to the winter or spring? thanks, Kevin |
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g'day locust, not sure where in the world you would get comfry in bulk have never heard of it being grown in commercial quantities, seems to only ever get sold along with herbs probably more as a curiosity than anything else. i would suggest that you post your request on a few garden forum mediums, there are bound to be home gardeners in your area that could give you some to get started with then you build it up your self. i found that it needed to have well established growth before the frosts of winter i lost a lot of my initial plants this way also that i am in a low rainfall growing in sandy laom may have contributed. it is growing up a storm now, and would easily plant up a much larger area than what i have it in. once established you can dig out the clump break it up and plant it out and all the bits of roots you leave behind from the original will spring back in quick time. len |
You can plant comfrey any time the ground isn't frozen, and it will get a little water. The best way I have found to get large quantities of comfrey is to drive around, look for a good big patch of it, and ask! Lots of people with a lot of comfrey will welcome the thought of getting rid of some of it. I regard comfrey as a very valuable plant, but am not sure I would want an acre unless growing it commercially for salve, or planning to feed a lot of animals. This is a crop that can be planted along ditches,in waste areas, around the perimeter of animal pens where some leaves can be eaten in place, etc. It might leave your larger open area for crops that need more light or more area. |
Comfrey takes off like a field a fire. All you need is a few plants and then the following year you will have a lot of root cuttings to start more. It grows from any small bit of a root left in the ground. smitty |
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Seraphina mentioned comfrey as animal feed. I understood it was liver toxic in humans, is it safe for pigs or chickens? I'm in Nicaragua, will comfrey grow here in our 90ş + temp? |
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I grow comfrey in Florida in 90+ temperatures. |
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I read somewhere that comfrey leaves 4 or 5" long are safer as livestock feed than the larger ones, which might be best used as compost. Most livestock that are allowed to browse a wide range of plants usually pick and choose the ones they need as "medicine". Goats and chickens (at least) have been seen nibbling on plants that are "known" to be toxic, but they don't eat them in excess if they have access to normal foods. Here in the U.S., there is at least one variety of tansy that will kill livestock if they eat too much of it, but they don't eat it unless forced to, by starvation. Sue |
You can get plants from Richters. If you want them for feeding to animals get the Bocking 4, if you want it for compost additive and fertilizer get Bocking 14. You can order large qty's of plants but as others have mentioned a couple plants will turn into more then enough after a couple years. As far as feeding to animals some people have found that the leaves are more palatable if they are slightly wilted first. |
- Posted by blueberries 5 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 27, 08 at 16:36
Leokat75, I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH. I searched endlessly for comfrey online (nowhere around here sells it, that I've seen at least)...I'm going to order a couple plants from Richter's. It is so much cheaper to make my own extracts than pay 6.00 for comfrey extract. Thank you, thank you, thank you. |
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Prescription drugs are classified as such because their intake must be monitored by the appropriate professional healthcare provider, typically a doctor, as opposed to over-the-counter (OTC) medication such as aspirin which can be bought by anyone at anytime in any quantity. This is because prescription drugs can have dangerous side effects and most have adverse interactions with other drugs, food, and activities. Taking prescription drugs without a doctor's supervision can result in serious injury, even death.
Xarelto (rivaroxaban), an anticoagulant, is affected by a total of 322 drugs, in a major way by 158. That is a lot of drugs that you will not want to take with Xarelto, so you have to give your doctor information on what you are on including prescription, OTC, and recreational drugs as well as any dietary, nutritional, or herbal supplements.
Some of the substances that should not be taken with Xarelto unless with the knowledge and concurrence of a physician include:
This is important information that your doctor needs to have before prescribing you with Xarelto for conditions such as atrial fibrillation, deep vein thrombosis, or after your knee or hip replacement procedure. According to the website of law firm Williams Kherkher, many patients have experienced adverse side effects from using Xaretrol, and some may have been due to oversight on the patient's part. If you are not sure about what medications you are taking, tell your doctor so. It is also important to tell a healthcare provider if you are on Xarelto before submitting to any medical, surgical, or dental procedure.
If you have exercised due care and followed the doctor's instructions to the letter and still suffered serious harm from taking Xarelto, you may have a good case for personal injury compensation. Contact a Xarelto lawyer in your area for advice.
Read MoreAs long as man has existed, he has looked at the heavens and envied the domain of the birds and clouds. "How can I join them?" he'd ask himself with sincere longing. It was the kind of impossible dream that sent imaginations soaring and led to incredible technologies.
For centuries, we used ballistic weapons. From throwing rocks with our arms to using slings to propel them, to bows, catapults, and artillery. Overcoming gravity through weaponry apparently made sense to humans, but it did not help us get much closer to realizing that dream of flight.
Perhaps the first concrete step to overcoming gravity's pull was understanding what it is. Everything with mass exerts a tiny gravitational force. The thing is, the only gravitational forces that really matter are those that are very large. Think planet, or star, sized objects. Objects of this magnitude exert strong gravitational forces that pull smaller objects towards them, even if that's not exactly where the objects want to be. This is why planets orbit around the sun. The sun's gravity pulls the planets towards it, even though the planets are trying to "fall" away.
For human flight, this means that we'd have to find some way to create enough lift in an object to overcome the Earth's gravitational pull to a great enough extent that the object can lift off. Airplanes do this by taking advantage of the way air interacts with wings. By tilting the wings at the proper angle and moving quickly, the force of the air pushing the wings up from underneath is strong enough for the plane to lift off. Voila! You've overcome gravity!
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Texas is considered the worst state in terms of the quality of its nursing home facilities. Nearly all facilities (91%) have been cited for some violation of the regulations on government health facilities, and about one-third (36%) have been reported for some form of elder abuse.
Many cases of reported abuse in the state refer to neglect, due mostly to the shortage of experienced staff in these facilities. However, more than enough of these cases indicate some active form of abuse such as physical violence or psychological cruelty and because the residents seldom report these incidents on their own, it is up to family and friends to take action.
But because they have not personally witnessed the abuse and may not get corroboration from the resident, proving abuse can be an iffy situation. Fortunately, it is legal in Texas to place surveillance cameras in the rooms of residents in nursing homes and other assisted living facilities to prevent elder abuse, although audio is not allowed due to a federal statute forbidding it.
However, as experienced by a family in Dallas who did just that for their elderly relative, the video was worth a thousand words. They watched as two nursing aides slapped and yelled at their relative, and then went straight to a Texas nursing home abuse attorney to help them lodge a complaint with the Department of Aging and Disability Services as well as file a civil case against the nursing aides and the facility. The nursing aides were fired and brought up on criminal charges.
If you have a relative in a nursing home in Texas, you may want to consider placing a hidden camera in the room to see how the nursing home staff treats him or her. If surveillance shows that abuse is going on, do what needs to be done to protect the rights of your elderly relative to the full extent of state criminal and civil law.
Read MoreYoung children are frequent victims of dog bites. In one study, the average age of dog bite victims was 5.9 years old. This may be because they are smaller and less able to deter an attacking dog; it may also be because they are less cautious when approaching or being approached by a strange dog, and more prone to provoke an attack. Whatever the reason, the most common dog bite injury sites in children are to the face, and these injuries frequently lead to facial scars.
Scars per se are generally accepted without comment; in some cases, they can even engender awe and admiration for supposed bravery. But facial scars are disfiguring, and for young children, the psychological and emotional impact can be considerable and long-term. More often than not, scar revision is recommended a certain length of time after the recovery period to alleviate the adverse effects of the disfigurement.
In a study of 107 children, primary surgery was required to close the wounds and it was carried out without incident except in the most severe attacks, where the risk of infection was highest. Facial scars are always permanent, but with revision surgery, it is possible to minimize them. In the severe cases, several surgeries were required to achieve an approximation of the desired outcome.
The treatment and outcomes for these children were duly recorded to document what the victims and their families had to go through. In 39 of the victims, this documentation was used in premises liability lawsuits filed against the dog owners.
The study noted that the dog was known to the victim in 77% of the cases, which could mean a dog that is habitually in the immediate neighborhood. This supports a premises liability claim because it the dog owner had a duty to ensure that the animal would not be able to inflict harm on his or her neighbors, especially children. According to the website of The Seegmiller Law Firm, this lapse constitutes negligence, and must be duly addressed.
If your child sustained dog bite-related facial scars, you will need to file a case against the dog owner to get compensation for your emergency medical and revision surgery expenses, as well as the emotional and psychological injury to the child. Find a dog bite lawyer in the area to get started on your case.
Read MoreMost people in the US, despite their avowed cynicism, are inherently trusting. They expect to be safe in using commercially-available products because they believe that the laws and regulations that oversee these products are enough to protect them. While this may be true in most instances, there are always exceptions.
One of the most common sights on the streets is SUVs or sports utility vehicles, which are intended to function equally well on rough roads and paved ones. They look great and are quite functional, which is why they are so popular. The problem with SUVs is in its general design; it usually rides high on its axle, which means that in certain situations it is less stable than a lower vehicle. This makes it vulnerable to rollover accidents when turning a sharp curve at high speed, for instance, or when it jumps a curb. A good portion of fatal car accidents in the US every year is attributed to rollovers, so that SUV in the garage poses a potential danger.
Other everyday products in the home that may also be dangerous are certain medications that have been found to have unacceptably high risks for serious side effects. Many popular oral contraceptives and contraceptive devices have had the dubious honor of being the topic of conversation in numerous court rooms. The same is true for the anti-epilepsy and migraine medication Topamax (topimirate), which had been marketed as safe enough for pregnant women. According to the website of law firm Williams Kherkher, the problem is it was not safe for the unborn children, many of whom developed birth defects such as cleft lip and cleft palate.
If you have been injured because of product defects in the everyday things you use, you may be able to get compensation from the manufacturers. Confer with an experienced product liability lawyer in your area to find out if there was negligence involved.
Read MoreBuying a home is one of the most important decisions an individual will make, and it is commonly understood that the value of real estate depends on three things: location, location, location. So when the ideal home with a great view comes into the market, it is a race to snap it up. But home buyers in the US should do their homework before making an offer; they may be buying only the surface rights. The subsurface portion of the property, typically referred to as mineral rights, may be owned by someone else.
Many builders and developers routinely sell homes without disclosing that the mineral rights have been severed. Most states do not require disclosure of mineral rights ownership upon purchase of the property, with the most current exception of Colorado, where a recently passed bill is going into effect by 2016. But even there, home buyers would have to be on their toes until then. Since mineral rights ownership still has to be documented in the registry of deeds, home buyers can find this out on their own prior to purchasing the property even if the developer or builder keeps mum about it.
Mineral rights can be valuable, especially in locations where there are known deposits of natural gas, oil, and other marketable resources. A home owner who does not own the mineral rights will not benefit from a mineral rights sale or lease. For homeowners who have already purchased their homes only to find out that somebody else owns rights to the subsurface, it is possible to negotiate for the sale or return of the mineral rights to them. There are financial and legal consequences for property with severed mineral rights, so it is in the best interest of homeowners to at least be aware of the status of their own property.
If you are one of the lucky (or well-informed) ones who own mineral rights to the property, you may want to consider selling them to developers. There are many benefits to selling mineral rights if you do it right. Before entertaining inquiries, however, you should consult with a company that makes it its business to known anything and everything about how to maximize benefits from mineral rights sales.
Read MoreIt is mandatory for employers in all states to have workers' compensation insurance in case their employees are injured on the job and become unable to perform their duties. This inability may be temporary or permanent, depending on the nature of the injury. According to an article on the website of Spiros Law, P.C., the injury incurred by one in five workers in the workplace will be severe. Since a workers' comp claim is not dependent on fault, the worker is theoretically secure that they will be financially covered.
However, workers' comp benefits are not in full and not infinite. A worker who suffered severe enough injury to qualify can expect medical expenses for the injury as they incur and lost days of work during recovery to be covered as well as training for other work if returning to the old work is not possible. The benefits will depend on the state, the nature and severity of the injury, and the term of disability.
In general, for an employee who is temporarily disabled, the amount of time-loss compensation is two-thirds (approximately 67%) of the injured worker's salary at the time that the injury occurred, and may or may not include the cash equivalent of what the employer paid for employee benefits, such as health insurance. This compensation is typically paid divided into twice monthly payment, but may be given monthly or divided into weekly increments.
In some states, a temporarily disabled worker who is able to take on lighter duties may receive "loss of earning power" benefits from the employer via workers' comp, which is the difference between the current wage and the wage at the time of the injury.
The benefits for temporary disability stops when the worker has recovered sufficiently to go back to work or to find other full-time employment. In cases where the employee is found to be permanently and totally disabled, the claim is considered closed and workers' comp benefits will be converted into a pension. If the disability is permanent but partial, the worker can also continue to receive periodic benefits unless a structured settlement agreement is in place.
Read MoreStates in the US have different laws on cocaine possession, but they all impose heavy penalties for Class B (Schedule II substance under the Controlled Substances Act) drugs. In Massachusetts, a person convicted of even simple possession can have certain privileges permanently suspended, such as being granted a license for a gun or any establishment dealing with liquor.
Cocaine possession is governed under Title XV Chapter 94C Section 34 of Massachusetts General Laws (MGL). There are four ways of being charged with possession of cocaine depending on the amount and/or purpose of possession: simple possession or personal use, possession with intent to distribute, drug trafficking, or conspiracy to violate the drug laws.
Simple possession is the charge when the amount of cocaine found is more than a gram and is usually a misdemeanor for first-time offenders although multiple offenses can escalate this to a felony. The same amount may be considered as possession with intent to distribute if the arresting officer observes an exchange being affected, indicating that the cocaine was not for personal use.
Under a trafficking charge, the amount of the cocaine found will determine the severity of the punishment. State prison time ranges from a minimum of 3 years to 10 years, and minimum fines of $2,500 to $10,000. Drug trafficking is a felony.
Any cocaine possession makes the suspension of a driver's license automatic for at least a year. The loss of privileges, imposition of hefty fines, and imprisonment is enough to motivate anyone charged with cocaine possession to mount an aggressive a defense as possible. An experienced lawyer specializing in criminal defense for drug possession would be an invaluable ally in such situations, especially for first-time defendants. Do not hesitate to engage one at the earliest possible opportunity to avoid a conviction, or at least minimize the severity of the charges.
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Get wild with beats and supersoaker fights during this all-day electronic beat fest.
Added bonus: Blonde bombshells Kito and Reija Lee keep the dubstep remixes rolling at the afterparty.
Sat 2-9p. Revolution Live, 100 SW 3 Ave., Fort Lauderdale (954-449-1025). $35, plus $10 for afterparty, here.
Nearby: Las Olas; Club Red; Lucca
Grand Slam: Florida Marlins Saturday Spectacular
Cheer on the home team while diving into a thick roast pork sandwich.
West plaza party: Hit up the hip-hop show with Miami's DJ Laz and Dominican rock star Sensato after the game.
Sat 7-10p. Marlins Ballpark, 501 Marlins Way, Miami (877-719-2345). $15-$75 here.
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Digging Deep: Afro Roots World Music Festival
Explore the sounds of West Africa and the Caribbean while knocking back a Red Stripe or two.
Beat it: Percussion-heavy performers The Antilles Music Ensemble and Itawe burn up the stage.
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A selection of movies undersea
Hollywood has long been fascinated by the undersea world. Here are some of its most buoyant movies:
The Abyss 1989
In James Cameron's ultra-tech adventure, Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio encounter some aquatic E.T.s. The $40 million-plus budget shows, but the ending is silly. B
The Big Blue 1988
Luc Besson's exquisitely filmed ode to free diving is stymied by a silly script: Rosanna Arquette has to vie with a dolphin for the affections of Jean-Marc Barr. B-
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
Don Knotts mutates into a cartoon trout, has fishy sex, and saves the Allied navy from Nazi U-boats. B+
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954
James Mason's tormented Captain Nemo is unforgettable in this riveting Jules Verne saga. A


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The older I get, the quicker the years seem to fly by. As I begin to reflect on a great 2014, one thing is crystal clear again. People are the most important thing to any organization. Having a great team is more important than having a great idea. A good team will figure out how to make something great happen; they'll pivot, evolve and claw their way to success. I see it every day at Acquia, the Drupal Association or the Drupal community. I'm fortunate to be surrounded by so many great people.
By extension, recruiting is serious business. How do you figure out if someone is a great fit for your organization? Books have been written about finding and attracting the right people, but for me the following quote from Dee Hock, the founder of Visa, sums it up perfectly.
"Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and least, experience. Without integrity, motivation is dangerous; without motivation, capacity is impotent; without capacity, understanding is limited; without understanding, knowledge is meaningless; without knowledge, experience is blind." — Dee Hock, founder of Visa.
Most hiring managers get it wrong and focus primarily on experience. While experience can be important, attitude is much more important. Attitude, not experience, is what creates a strong positive culture and what turns users and customers into raving fans.
Business model innovation beats technical innovation
Business model innovation is usually more powerful than technical innovation; it is more disruptive and harder to copy than technical innovation. And yet, so many companies are focused on technical innovation to compete.
Consider Airbnb. What makes them so successful is not a technical advantage, but a business model advantage that provides them near-zero marginal cost. For a traditional hotel chain to increase its capacity, it needs to build more physical space at significant cost. Instead of shouldering that setup cost, Airbnb can add another room to its inventory at almost no cost by enabling people to share their existing houses. That is a business model innovation. Furthermore, it is extremely difficult for the traditional hotel chain to switch its business model to match Airbnb's.
The same is true in Open Source software. While it is true that Open Source often produces technically superior software, its real power may be its business model innovation: co-creation. Open Source software like Drupal or Linux is a co-created product; thousands of contributors build and enhance Drupal and everyone benefits from that. A large Open Source community produces vastly more software than a proprietary competitor, and shares in the production and go-to-market costs. It disrupts proprietary software companies where the roles of production and consumption are discrete and the production and go-to-market costs are high. While established companies can copy key technical innovations, it is extremely difficult to switch a proprietary business model to an Open Source business model. It affects how they build their software, how they monetize the software, how they sell and market their software, their cost structure, and more. Proprietary software companies will lose against thriving Open Source communities. I don't see how companies like HP, Oracle and SAP could change their business model while living quarter to quarter in the public markets; changing their business model would take many years and could disrupt their revenues.
Take Amazon Web Services (AWS), one of the most disruptive developments in the IT world the past decade. While AWS' offerings are rich and often ahead of the competition, the biggest reason for the company's success is its business model. Amazon not only offers consumption-based pricing ('pay as you consume' vs 'pay as you configure'), it's also comfortable operating a low-margin business. Almost 10 years after AWS launched, at a time that vast amounts of computing are moving into the cloud, HP, Oracle and SAP still don't have competitive cloud businesses. While each of these companies could easily close technical gaps, they have been unable to disrupt their existing business models.
If you're in a startup, innovating on a business model is easier than if you're in a large company. In fact, an innovative business model is the best weapon you have against large incumbents. Technical innovation may give you a 6 to 18 month competitive advantage, but the advantage from business model innovation can be many years. Too many startups focus on building or acquiring innovative or proprietary technology in order to win in the market. While there is usually some technical innovation around the edges, it is business model innovation that makes a successful, long-standing organization -- it tends to be a lot harder to copy than technical innovation.
Entrepreneurship is 80% sales and marketing
Background in business is a 'nice to have', not a 'must have' for an aspiring entrepreneur. I had no solid business background when I founded Mollom or Acquia (I launched them roughly at the same time).
Other than the standard things (an idea, passion and the willingness to act), the most important thing that aspiring entrepreneurs need is the understanding that 80% of entrepreneurship is sales and marketing. If as a founder, you're not obsessed with sales and marketing, you're a liability rather than an asset.
You don't have to be the best sales and marketing guy (I am far from that), but you better enjoy getting other people excited about your project, company or product. It will help you not only with finding customers, but also with recruiting a world-class team, raising venture capital, and more. So if there is one thing you should learn before starting a company, it is "sales and marketing" (in the broad sense) — and you better be passionate about it, because you'll invest years of your life to selling and evangelizing to make your company a success. Without customers or a team, you won't need any other skills, because you'll be out of business.
You need to be talking about your idea all the time. Too many entrepreneurs believe that if they build a killer product, customers will come. It almost never works like that. Smart entrepreneurs do it backwards; they find customers first and build their product only when they have customers ready to start paying. Not testing the market by selling from day one can lead to months, if not years, of wasted time and money. So stop being so secretive about your idea. You will never find your product-market fit by keeping your idea secret until it is perfect. If you're afraid of people telling you that your idea is stupid, chances are you may not be ready to be an entrepreneur.
Three important start-up lessons I learned
The blog post below was a guest article I wrote for Inc Magazine and was published in September 2013. It has been a while since I shared a startup lesson on my personal blog so I'm cross-posting my article here.
When I started working on Drupal in my college dormitory 12 years ago, I had no idea that one day it would be used by 2 percent of the world's websites. What is even more exciting is the open source community that has grown up around Drupal.
I co-founded Acquia six years ago to support the growing number of organizations that rely on Drupal, and also co-founded Mollom to solve the spam moderation challenges for website owners. Six years later, Mollom was acquired, and Acquia has almost 400 employees. As I've encountered challenges every step of the way. Here are three lessons learned.
1. Think big
So often I meet entrepreneurs who are working on a startup concept. They have a great idea and a business plan to bring it to market, but they're thinking too small about what they're trying to do.
I believe companies are most successful when they have a mission to change the world. When you set ambitious goals, you'll better position yourself for success. You become what you believe.
Being shortsighted can be a big barrier to success, because you can easily miss the window to capitalize on an opportunity. It's why I founded Acquia in the United States; I immediately had access to a larger market. We moved quickly to be a global company to maximize our opportunity, and it's made all the difference.
2. Fail fast
"Fail fast, succeed faster" is a philosophy that's been adopted across the company at Acquia. It's perhaps counter intuitive, but the idea is that in building a startup, you're going to fail. There will be problems, and the faster you run into them, the faster you can learn, adjust, and grow.
Implied in the fail-fast philosophy is that you'll be open to failure, and that can be hard for entrepreneurs who are so focused on success. People don't like to fail, so they're not inclined to celebrate their failures and embrace the lessons learned. Yet doing so means you'll more quickly make the needed – and often painful – adjustments to get on the right path faster.
In the initial business plan for Acquia, we expected to support a specific distribution of Drupal that we'd closely manage. Early prospects told us repeatedly it was a great strategy, yet when we took our offer to market, the buyers weren't there. We realized very fast that our business plan needed a big change, that we needed to support Drupal in whole. It was a terrifying proposition at that stage of our business, but we realized that was what the market needed most. We made the change, and it quickly put us on a successful course.
3. Passion makes the difference
I think some people get inspired to launch a startup because of its potential rewards, but launching a successful business starts with having a passion to solve a problem. I was passionate about building websites; it was my biggest hobby before it was ever a business opportunity.
When we started Acquia, our lead investor told me the key to a successful startup isn't in a good idea, but rather is in having a good team. A good team will figure out how to make something great happen. They'll pivot, they'll change, and they'll claw their way to success. Find talented people who share your passion, and together you'll find your way toward building a great business.
Drupal benefits from venture capital
Things are heating up in the Drupal world as both CommerceGuys and SubHub raised venture capital money. We're still waiting for an official announcement, but word on the street is that CommerceGuys raised around 1 million euros to develop a number of e-commerce products and services for Drupal. SubHub raised more than 1.2 million euros to date to develop SubHubLite, a hosted service for Drupal 7 comparable to Drupal Gardens and Buzzr. In addition to CommerceGuys and SubHub, I know of at least two other Drupal companies that are in the process of raising money from investors ...
Selling a product has more upside potential than selling consulting and professional services which you can only bill by the hour. However, it is difficult to bootstrap a product based business without a major investment of funds -- usually from outside investors. I've seen many try and fail. In almost all cases, it failed because the company was under-capitalized. It takes a lot of resources to create a successful and defensible product. Furthermore, people tend to forget about sales and marketing. It's not enough to build your product -- you have to bring it to market as well. That is not trivial either.
I know bootstrapping is hard because I'm bootstrapping Mollom. I know building a product is hard because every day at Acquia, I see how much time and effort goes into our different products.
I don't have a rich uncle, so I would not have been able to co-found Acquia without venture capital financing. We decided that we wanted to focus on being a support and software product company with a strong partner eco-system. Starting Acquia wasn't the easiest route for me, but looking back at the past three years of Acquia, I believe that I made the right decision. Based on how much Acquia has contributed to Drupal and what it has enabled me to do, I like to believe it would have been a loss if I had taken a more conventional route -- or had I decided to continue to work on Drupal as a hobby project.
It's refreshing to see that more and more Drupal companies aspire to become successful product companies and that they are seeking venture capital. I always admired the Ruby on Rails community for its seemingly entrepreneurial attitude. I'm glad to see more of it in the Drupal community as well. There is a good deal of fear surrounding venture capitalists but if Drupal is going to grow, we should expect to see more venture-backed companies building Drupal products. Venture capital financing can be good, especially if these companies give back to Drupal and if they build products and services that make our life easier. We all benefit from that.
The right amount of venture capital to raise
In this post, I want to focus on one of the most difficult questions for entrepreneurs raising money from investors: what is the right amount of capital to raise? We debated this question extensively in each of the three rounds of raising venture capital at Acquia. It's particularly a tricky question for people like me who are relatively new to venture capital. I spent plenty of time thinking about this and talked about it with numerous successful entrepreneurs that have raised money before.
Based on my own thoughts and my informal survey, my current best answer is the following: the right amount of money to raise is somewhere between the following two choices: (1) enough to build the business that you want to build and (2) as much as you can without being insane or irresponsible. Unless the company does incredibly well, the difference won't be that large.
Raising less money than you actually need can be really destructive. First, it could cause you to miss opportunities because you won't be able to expand fast enough. Second, the company might not survive unexpected setbacks. Last but not least, without sufficient capital you might not be able to attract or retain the right talent you'll need.
Conversely, raising too much money unnecessarily dilutes the ownership of both the founders and the employees. It also makes it difficult to raise more money later on. And it makes it harder to sell the company: the more money you raised, the bigger the price tag becomes as the investors will look to make a multiple on their investment. At a minimum (worst case), you will have to sell the company for at least the total liquidation preference -- hopefully a 1x non-participating.
When in doubt, raise more money rather than less. Growing a start-up is hard as it is. You don't want to introduce more risk by not having enough capital. You want to be able to run a few experiments, make a few mistakes or be able to take advantage of unexpected opportunities.
Being able to project how much cash you'll need is an important discipline to master. Cash is the lifeblood of any company. Making financial projections and forecasts is obviously more difficult when the company is pre-revenue or just starting to take in revenue. You'll have to make many assumptions.
Trying to determine how much money you need feels like trying to solve an equation with too many unknowns. It's a balance between the size of the opportunity, increasing the likelihood of success, optimizing for the financial outcome of all employees, the business' situation relative to the market, and so forth.
At Acquia, we made assumptions about the number of customers, average sale price, customer acquisition cost, product mix, etc. We used these assumptions to estimate our costs and revenues. To help ensure that we weren't fooling ourselves, we tried to validate as many of our assumptions by talking to other entrepreneurs and comparable companies. So we talked to key people from other open source companies (e.g., MySQL and jBoss) that are in the commercial support business.
The better your assumptions, the better you can estimate how much capital it takes to build your company. In each of our funding rounds, we raised at least enough money to achieve our goals and some extra beyond our plans to handle bad surprises or unexpected opportunities. So far, that has been a good strategy for us.
Stock options and employee equity
To my surprise, a lot of people that I interview at Acquia don't understand stock options or have never heard of it. This blog post explains what stock options are about. It is a very technical topic but for the sake of this post, I am going to keep it really simple and make some over-simplifications.
In essence, a stock option is a right given to an employee to purchase stock at some point in the future at a set price.
When a company is founded, the founders own 100% of the company. When they raise money from investors, they give them a share of the company's stock in exchange for money. In addition to that, most institutional investors will require that you establish an "option pool" which usually accounts for 10% of the company. So if you sold 30% of your company to an investor for 2 million dollars, and you set aside 10% for the option pool, the founders still own 60% of the stock and have 2 million dollars to work with.
Having an option pool is very common for a venture backed startup, and fairly uncommon for most small companies. At Acquia, which is a venture backed company, we give our full-time employees stock options on top of a competitive salary. These options come from our option pool.
If you are an employee of a startup, stock options are a big deal as you are going to receive stock options as part of your compensation. It is a big deal because it means you have the option to be a shareholder and to share in the gains. It's a big part of the startup culture, and an important reason why top engineers prefer venture backed startups.
So what exactly does that mean for you as an employee?
When you join a startup as an employee, in addition to your salary, you might be granted 10,000 stock options at a strike price of $1 per share. Those options are taken from the stock option pool that is set aside especially for employees. In our example above, all employees together can own up to 10% of the company.
When the company is founded, the stock is basically worthless. The founders, the employees and the investors will want to steadily increase the value of the company, and by extension, the value of the company's stock.
At the time of an exit, the stock is hopefully worth $100 per share or more. So if you were granted 10,000 options at a strike price of $1 per share, you can buy 10,000 shares for $10,000. However, at that point, the shares are immediately worth $1,000,000 as over the years, the stock price has increased to $100 per share. In other words, the 10,000 shares that you got when you joined, can make you a $990,000 profit on top of your salary.
Granted, the value of the company might not always go up, or it might not go up that fast, but it certainly could. Hundreds of Google employees became millionaires overnight when Google went public. Hundreds of Google employees left to join Facebook -- not because they get a better salary but to get some of Facebook's pre-IPO stock options. When a startup is growing and successful, the price will go up over time. At the same time, if the company fails, the employee equity will be worthless.
The reason startups use stock options is because it allows them to attract and retain high-quality people at reasonable salaries. You can choose to go work for a startup for $85,000 per year in salary and 10,000 stock options granted over 4 years, or you can choose to work for a company for $90,000 in salary and get no stock options at all.
Do you want to take the reduced salary and some risk and swing for the fences, or you do you prefer predictability without the potential for a big upside?
My first job out of college I worked for a venture backed startup that granted me two rounds of stock options -- both grants were rendered worthless as the company didn't survive the bubble in 2001. Even so, I never regretted the choice to go work for this startup. I still got paid a fair salary, I learned a lot and just loved the start-up culture that we had created.
I firmly believe there is an entrepreneur tucked away in many of the best people. For those people, the daily satisfaction of working with high-quality colleagues in a fast-growing company, and the ability to share in the company's success as a shareholder, is worth a lot more than a bigger salary and predictability. I knew that was true for me when I was 21, and I know it is still true now that I'm 31.


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The top pink & blue look like Louisianas. I've never seen a veined one like the bottom pic tho. Nice. Does its foliage match the others? |
I don't think that #3(the veined one) is as tall. I'll go measure. I was looking on the internet and found Iris virginica (Southern Blue Flag) Does #3 look anything like that? Penny |
Sure looks like the photo by Dennis Kramb! Thanks for the id. I was trying to find your fuchsia one and came up with these names: |
iris gal - I checked all the ones you mentioned above. While I was at Iris City Gardens - I saw I. nelsonii. What do you think. The color in my picture is a lot more fuschia than it should be. BTW: Should I tell you that I'm planning a trip to ICG in the next few weeks. It's not that far form me. Penny |
This fuchsia iris is located where it receives the rainwater that runs off of pine needles that are on the ground. What effect could that have, if any, to the color? Penny |
I nelsonii looks dead on to me also. I don't have any of these species but my beardeds' colors are most affected by weather. Some cultivars more than others. The biggest color problem is the camera. Should have made that plural. The computer monitor too. Pics look so much better on my desktop monitor :-) You have some treasures there. |
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Few years back I planted a couple tiny variegated Ilex something or others. One is hanging out, the other dead from too much water I figure.
I also have two decent looking generic hollies about my height. Just today I thought they were looking pretty good against the drab background. Then I thought almost every other type of tree gets a photo gallery around here. Anyone have some good Ilex anything to show? |
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This probably isn't what you had in mind. Ilex crenata, 'Convexa'. I started these plants as cuttings years ago. Works way better than Boxwood in my climate. Mike |
That is awesome, Mike! They do make terrific hedges, although they are not used as such near enough here. They are somewhat commonly planted as specimens/accents, but the only ones I have seen as a hedge are at my parents house. Do you do the pruning on that lizard? John |
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Very cool, Mike! I love Ilex, hubby just brought home a couple small ones for out back. A couple weeks ago we found some 'Hector's Gold' i.v. and planted them up front as a hedge, I posted about them on the shrubs forum as I couldn't find much info on this variety. Love the look of them, hope they live long and prosper in their new location. :) |
Here's one I propagated a number of years ago. They root pretty easy, but slow off the git-go. Mike A varigated Ilex aquafolium. And a close-up. |
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Well there are a couple good ones out there! What inspired tue lizard? I had a deer take a few bites around an arborvitae, give it a poodle tail look for a couple years. Nothing cool like a lizard. How does your aquafolium hold up? Does it burn in summer or winter? |
^Awesome idea! |
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SANBI Head Steps DownSOUTH AFRICA
8 January 2007
Brian Huntley officially stepped down as chief executive of the SA National Biodiversity Institute at the end of December. He takes on a new role as a senior policy adviser to the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism until his formal retirement in early 2009. Lifelong AssociationsDespite his many executive duties, Huntley has remained a biodiversity expert, with experience going back decades. New RoleA key aspect of his new policy advisory work will be to help translate South Africa's excellent environmental legislation into effective on-the-ground reality."We've got a whole lot of legislative instruments, not only in terms of the biodiversity act but many other positive conservation-oriented pieces of legislation," he notes. "Compared to any other country, we're in a unique position of having a really good package of legislation and institutions to achieve biodiversity goals. "But it's not 100% cost-effective, perhaps, in terms of resource allocation and resource use. What they want me to do is to look across the board and make recommendations on how we can improve even more what we've got. "So my new work will cover things like investment in research, implementation, carrying through legislation and generally gearing up our systems so that we can get to an even better use of resources - especially human resources and stimulating the development of a new generation of biodiversity professionals." "Otherwise, I just want to have a bit of time to do reading, research and writing," he says. Find Out MorePlantZAfrica |
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After lying in an El Paso, Texas morgue for more than three months, actor Sherman Hemsley can finally be buried.
Hemsley, who played George Jefferson on the TV sitcom 'The Jeffersons,' died July 24 of lung cancer. The crisper section in Black Hollywood's mobile refrigerator hasn't seen that much action since James Brown died in 2006.
Faux News reports Judge Patricia B. Chew sided with Flora Enchinton, who was named in Hemsley's will as the executor of his estate, over the objections of his half-brother from Philadelphia.
Chew upheld the validity of his will and granted Enchinton "the authority to dispose, I shouldn't say dispose, to proceed with the remains of Sherman Hemsley in a manner as she wishes."
DNA tests showed Friday that 78-year-old Richard Thornton is Hemsley's half-brother. He wanted to bury his brother at a veterans' cemetery in Philadelphia, where Hemsley grew up.
Thornton's attorney, Mark Davis, said afterward that he would seek an immediate stay of Chew's ruling to prevent the burial from taking place. He said they will eventually appeal.
Court documents indicate Hemsley's estate is worth more than $50,000. Thornton's daughter, Louise Thornton, said her father "didn't come after money."
"He came to bury his brother," she said. "And they turned the whole thing into a three-ring circus."
During their testimonies Friday, both Thornton and Enchinton agreed they would give Hemsley a military burial, according to his wishes. Hemsley had spent the last 20 years of his life in El Paso.


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I attended SeaWorld in San Diego yesterday and I knew I was going to be at the park for about 13 hours so I needed to plan ahead because I wasn't sure how gluten friendly the park was. I called ahead of time and I was told that if you had allergies you could bring food into the park but they also said they had some options. I think we all know by now that just because an establishment has options it doesn't mean that it's safe to eat. So, I packed a back pack full of turkey slices, Udi's Gluten-Free Granola, Pop Chips, an apple, cheese and crackers and water. When I was standing in line to enter the park, I saw a gentlemen that was checking everyone's backpacks and I figured it would've been easier to just sneak by him then discuss what I was going through.
The day started off well as we first hit Sesame Street Bay of Play because the nephews were excited to go on all the kiddie rides. I found myself at this point snacking throughout the morning and realized that a full belly wasn't the best idea when one of my nephews dragged me on the tea-cups, but I survived.
We then hit the dolphins at Blue Horizon's Stadium. I will say that if you're attending SeaWorld this is the best show out of all of them.
It was now time for lunch and I was a little nervous but decided to check out the Shipwreck Reef Cafe. I had some food with me but I stood in line and waited to see what options might be available. It's the kind of restaurant where you grab a tray and can pick items off of the shelf and they will also make anything you want. While I was standing in line I saw a gluten-free snack pack that I didn't pick up but was pleased to see something.
I found myself at the end of the line when I asked the women who was over seeing operations and asked if it was possible to just have turkey and ham slices. She asked if I wanted bread or fries and I said I had numerous food allergies. I told her the veggies would be fine and she immediately told the servers to change their gloves and use different utensils. This put the biggest smile on my face because she was aware of what was going on and knew the precautions that had to be made.
I was told that the best place to dine with food allergies was the Seaport Marketplace. I walked by there on my way to some of the water rides and I grabbed the allergy friendly card but I never made it to dinner because I was so busy chasing the little guys around. The card highlighted some good points that I wanted to share.
Tips For A Safe Trip
Follow these tips to allow us to best serve you and ensure a safe and great dining experience with us.
- Always ask for a supervisor upon arriving at a meal facility
- Visit meal facilities at non-peak hours or ahead of meal time so that you can be efficiently assisted and served
- Always ask about cross-contact potential
I sent out a few tweets while I was there and was informed that SeaWorld is looking into carrying 10inch personal gluten-free pizzas just like Chuck E Cheese. I was unaware of this or when it might happen but since they allow you to bring food in and are aware of what is going on, I was impressed with what I saw.
Thanks SeaWorld for increasing your awareness and allowing those with food allergies a great day at the park.
Stay Healthy!!
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Blizzard says Titan unlikely to be subscription-based
Of course, that still leaves plenty of room to speculate about what Titan actually will be. Will it be a free-to-play MMO or has Titan become something new entirely? With no official release date, only time will tell what Blizzard has in mind.
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Dear Share Your Tale,
It is an ego thing. Hopes, dreams, expectations. Developers learn that the gaming industry isn't what they expected. It's all math calculations and deadlines from the higher ups. I used to want to be a QA for the gaming industry, but I've learned that QAing, the business as it is now, is just not right. Developers will ask if it's in scope of the project: If not, bugger off.
It's not different from the film industry. I'd know. I worked as an editor and a screenwriter: But I've found myself in the position of a QA for a survey company. It's not gaming, but I still put in 12+ hours a day to do my best.
Every day I feel like I'm about to lose my job, I'm a single QA to a project that involves 10 developers. Every day is a regression test and THEN test the new add-on. (Automated testing is slowly being constructed) I was originally a contractor for the company, moved to a salary position. Not what I expected, my voice CRACKED when that happened.
Every company operates differently: You've got your usual industry standard that works off fear of people afraid to get fired. Then you've got the small fries of people who dropped out of college and wanted to hit their dreams running. Their inspiration will fuel those under them because they will always throw themselves in the trenches.
Our CEO still takes up customer support calls if we're short on man-power, stays up late to help the development team to hit their 7 day deadline for a major release. The company's belief is to put in over 100%. If a customer asks for something, we'll give it to them and go steps further that'd take them off guard.
I'm the QA that checks out the stories to make sure the fixes work out and do not break anything else along the way.
We started adopting the "Open book" method, where people could voice their opinions anonymously. It backfires when there's only 1 QA. I stood up and said "I'm proud of all the code you put out and how fast you guys react, but I will watch your back. You are proud of what you do, but as a QA, it's my job to make sure it's PERFECT. I'm psyched to see what you push out. BUT I will cover your mother f***ing a**es to make sure it's perfect. You can shrug me off and say it's out of scope, or you can gain the company's respect with a 1 line code change. Your choice."
QA and Development are in the same pot (even though off the books we're two different groups), they do not realize this. Once we realize we're in the same trenches, and both sides put aside their egos, we can push out the best products out there that the world will be psyched to see. The funny thing is this. Brand names are just that: Names. The developers and QA's create the code and solidify it. Without it, they're just names.
I'm now a QA to 10+ developers. When the developers learned we're all on the same side, things got better. But it comes down to if they're willing to listen. If they're not, it's better to look for people who are willing to. The war is won when the scout says "Tanks with support's coming." not with "We can take it with hand guns."
Regretfully that gaming industry will always be filled with wide eyed youths who think the brand name will score them the dream they want to live, but for those who are thrown into the industry inside and outside of gaming, where a mistake can cost a company thousands of dollars in a day's time, we've got to stick together and back off when the higher ups ask for unreasonable deadlines and expectations. If they expect us to fail, let them realize the fault of their ways. The best things come out of team work, not out of exploitation.
This is over 400 words, but I hope it's a good read. It's still just me: I still put in 8+ hours a day, but there's something to it when you're in the office with the CEO and the developers, for a 60+ employee company, still working late in the building with you. Laughing, joking, and trying to perfect the application that makes you feel appreciated. Sometimes the old system's and BS needs to be torn down to make way for a better adaptable company. If you speak up and everyone turns their back on you, let them. Get to know those who share your vision. Hard work is not handed to you on a silver platter, it's done by support, friends, and team work.
I am a QA; and I am happy with the team I work with.


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I posted on the container forum, but it was recommended that I might get better information here. I have a Natchez blackberry that was a sad stick last summer when I bought it, but it has turned into a sprawling, vital monster and made three babies, too. I up-potted it into a 20 gallon smart pot from its previous 3 gallon plastic pot (both were Al's 5-1-1) and trellised it. Less than 24 hours after this, it's incredibly droopy and wilty looking, and this has not improved in the last couple of days. I did notice belatedly that the spot I built the trellis in is not as sunny as I'd like, but my husband suggested it's because the plant is not used to having to get water/nutrients "up" rather than "across." I have no idea because I am not used to berry/trellised plants at all. Any thoughts or suggestions? |
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Transplant shock is what it sounds like. Make sure you keep it watered well and wait for the shock to subside. |
- Posted by gator_rider2 z8 Ga. (My Page) on Sat, May 11, 13 at 13:37
You transplant only when dormant when first go dormant best time in ground better blackberry plants are heavy feeder in pot heavy feeder plants don't grow as good not ample root contact. A floricane plant impossible to transplant they die after fruit harvest that we see it starts before we see signs. |
How long does shock usually take to dissipate? It's still pretty pathetic looking, unfortunately. I knew it was a bad idea...if it croaks, I still have three gigantic babies, at least, that can be transplanted when it gets cold again. It was growing really well in its pot - 5-1-1; it's huge and has thick, leafy canes...unfortunately I have no way of planting it in ground since we're apartment dwellers. |
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Shock is just one of those unknowns.....you take two plants and move the.....one never wilts and takes off and the other croaks......you just never know. All you can do is keep it moist and shade might help. |
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Family Matters: Snowy Projects (Even If There's No Snow)
Friday, February 10, 2012
Part 1: Books
Read Snowflake Bentley (Caldecott Medal Book) by Jacqueline Briggs, illustrated by Martin Mary Azarian. This is the true story of Wilson Bentley, a farmer born in 1865 in Jericho, Vermont, a small town between Lake Champlain and Mount Mansfield. The story shows Bentley's fascination, determination, and success in learning how to photograph snowflakes after his mother gave him a microscope when he was fifteen. Beautiful, bold woodcut illustrations.
Read more books about snow and winter from the Kidoinfo book list.
Part 2: Crafts
Here are some of my favorite snow-inspired crafts:
Cut snowflakes from folded paper, paper plates or round doilies.
Think of snowy Hoth. Make Star Wars themed snowflakes.
Quill a snowflake from paper strips.
Make an indoor snowstorm using Avery labels and dental floss.
Make a snow globe from old glass jars, greens, plastic toys, distilled water, glitter, and glycerin.
Make window cling snowflakes with glue and glitter.
Collage a snowman using paper, old magazines, buttons, sequins, sticks and old ribbons. Inspired by Snowballs by Lois Ehlert.
Part 3: Science
Learn about the seven basic snowflake shapes here.
Make crystallized snowflakes with Borax, hot water and pipe cleaners.
Learn the science behind the Borax crystals.
Part 4: Food
Bake and decorate snowflake cookies.
Make a tortilla snowflake snack. Fold and cut tortillas as you would paper snowflakes, coat with a little oil or butter. Dust with cinnamon or, bake first and dust after with confectioners sugar!
Part 5: Snow outside!
Build a snowman.
Go sledding (in Rhode Island).
Catch snowflakes on black paper and look at with a magnifying glass before they melt.
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Although it is a connector between north and south, and between east and west, Panama is geographically disorienting, always presenting the traveler with directional conundrums. There are points in the country from which you travel west to east to get from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Still, I quickly learned—in a general sense—where I was in Panama. I was in the center of the Americas. And all this because of the canal. The canal has traditionally governed everything in Panama. It has the biggest cash flow of any business—well, certainly, of any legitimate business—in the country, and fees levied on transiting ships from around the world account for most of Panama's monetary intake. Running the canal is as important a job in many ways as being president of Panama, if not more so. And the canal is intimately tied to Panama's complicated demographics. During the late 1800's and up through the completion of the canal, there were not enough Panamanians available to dig the gigantic and demanding cuts or to build the dams and retaining walls of the project, so workers by the thousands had to be imported. Because so many laborers from around the world immigrated to the isthmus—submitting themselves to harrowing engineering ordeals and murderous epidemics—Panama now has a large West Indian population, a sizable Asian population, and a trader class of Middle Eastern Jews and Arabs, as well as people descended from conquering Spanish and Native American ancestors, or both. During the canal's American phase—in which it actually got built—workers of different races were tacitly segregated in their own tidy little U.S.-built villages, but since then, there's been plenty of what might be called interpenetration.
At noon on December 31, 1999, after a gradual process of transfer, the U.S. government turned over control of the Panama Canal to the Panamanians, including administration, operations, and defense of the waterway. It was an odd moment. The Canal Zone, a 553-square-mile tract of land, and all the buildings on it, were now completely Panamanian, and the Canal Authority, under the sole management of Panama, could decide how to dispose of the territory and everything it contained. Before this, the Zone had always been a more or less pristine version of American suburbia, albeit in a tropical setting. U.S. soldiers in crisp uniforms patrolled the nearby base, and on weekends, families living in beautiful two-story wooden houses with screened terraces and porches frolicked on their lawns, drinking martinis and eating barbecue, the children gliding through the air on plank swings and playing with cheerful plastic toys. Everything came from the commissary, shipped in by the U.S. government.
But from the moment it fell under Panama's control, the Canal Zone effectively was Panamized, while the rest of the country quickly became more Americanized. Now you can find a McDonald's in every medium-sized town, Pizza Huts and Mail Boxes Etc. dotting the avenidas, shopping malls of every stripe in the cities, and Internet service everywhere—even up in the cloud forest. I drive into the canal zone late one afternoon to talk to a man named, improbably, Gilles Saint-Gilles, a French designer with a worldwide practice. The first plans for a canal across the isthmus were drawn up by the Spanish in 1529, but war and exploration diverted the conquistadors. In the late 1800's, the Spanish renewed their attempt and began developing companies to finance construction. The only thing they failed to do was break ground. That was left to the French, who were the first to both dream of a canal in Panama and begin digging one. The original work on the Panama Canal was financed by France in 1880 and undertaken by Ferdinand de Lesseps, the public relations genius and impresario who had—before that—conceived of the Suez Canal, sold the French on that one, and got it built.
Gilles Saint-Gilles is the latest in the series of Frenchmen touched by a crazy Panamanian dream. We sit in the courtyard of his office, which is in an old Canal Zone house. Upstairs, in a cheerfully renovated, modernized work area, careful men wearing spectacles are pasting together architects' models of various dazzling buildings. Outside the office windows, palms spread their dark green fronds. About eight years ago, Saint-Gilles and his wife came to Panama on a lark. They were walking through the Casco Viejo—the elegant, dilapidated colonial quarter of Panama City—"and she looked at it and then at me and said, 'Hmm. Not bad,' " Saint-Gilles says, laughing.
"That meant she had fallen in love."
He had, too. Together they bought some land out on the Azueros Peninsula, on the Pacific coast near a small town called Pedasí. "I chose the place because of the sea," Saint-Gilles says. "The calm, the climate. It's very peaceful. Like Tuscany." And they began building. First, a house.
"It's a small house," Saint-Gilles says. "To paint in, to think in."
A small house, however, didn't satisfy his need to create on a large scale—and so he found himself, as time passed, obsessively continuing construction on his sprawling Azueros property, until, by now, there is the equivalent of a resort there, including a hotel called Villa Camilla. He and his partners hope to turn it into a luxurious, exclusive retreat for the world's wealthiest vacationers. It remains to be seen whether a place like Panama can play to that crowd.
"We think it can," says K. C. Hardin, an American businessman easy to mistake for a surfer, which he also is, who has been working with Saint-Gilles and others to make the Azueros resort a reality. "Panama has everything: beauty, beaches, excitement, adventure."
Panama's head of tourism has other ideas. And he's exactly the kind of person you appoint if you want your tourism chief to have other ideas. His name is Ruben Blades. Arguably the world's most famous living Panamanian (with the possible exception of deposed dictator Manuel Noriega, now languishing in a Florida prison) and arguably the world's most famous living salsa musician, Blades is also a talented film actor who has a house in Los Angeles as well as in the Casco Viejo. But here he is at work in his office in the Convention Center downtown, surrounded by high-gloss tourism photos. His music always had political undertones, and in 1994 he made an unsuccessful but high-spirited bid for Panama's presidency. Blades's friend Martin Torrijos, Panama's new president, was inaugurated in September 2004 and appointed Blades soon after.


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More details released in week-old murder; 2 sought County Police have released more information about a murder that happened at the Glasgow Court Trailer Park last weekend, in the hope that someone with more information comes forward. Police say the suspect was driving through the complex at night with his car's headlights off, and Michael Leger yelled at the suspect, him to turn the lights on. Leger and the suspect argued, and the suspect drove off, but came back minutes later with an accomplice, and the two assaulted and killed Leger. Police say the car involved in the escape is a boxy two-door. Anyone with information can call County Police detectives or CrimeStoppers. |
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AM-1220, KHTS will broadcast the Dodger Game tonight at 6:30pm, beginning with the pre-game show.
Tonight's High School football game, Hart vs. Birmingham will be aired on Saturday morning at 10am. The High School Scoreboard show will air directly after the Dodger Postgame show tonight. Please join Dave Caldwell at Vincenzo's Pizza at Santa Clarita Lanes on Soledad after the Dodger game for that live broadcast.
If the Dodgers win tonight, they clinch the Division.
Our Hart vs. Birmingham game will also be streamed on the Internet on Saturday morning at 10am.


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