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Podcast for 31 May 09
In this podcast, Bruce, Michael, Billy, and Dale discuss the economy and the Sotomayor nomination.
The direct link to the podcast can be found here.
The intro and outro music is Vena Cava by 50 Foot Wave, and is available for free download here.
As a reminder, if you are an iTunes user, don't forget to subscribe to the QandO podcast, Observations, through iTunes. For those of you who don't have iTunes, you can subscribe at Podcast Alley. And, of course, for you newsreader subscriber types, our podcast RSS Feed is here. For podcasts from 2005 to 2007, they can be accessed through the RSS Archive Feed.
Research: people can't distinguish dog food from pâté
Perhaps because of my cross-grained hillbilly upbringing, I've long been a bit cynical about high cuisine. An old steakhouse commercial summed up my feelings: "Cuisine is something that's a lot like food, only it costs a lot more."
I've had pâté at a few receptions, and wondered what the fuss was about. So I got a good hard laugh out of this posting about how people can't distinguish dog food from pâté. There's a link to the original research paper.
I'm sure there's some clever political metaphor in there about not trusting elites, but I'm too lazy to tease it out. Commenters are invited to do so if they are so moved.
(Originally found at geekpress.com, which you programming and math types ought to put on your daily reading list.)
What's so wrong with free-lance wealth redistribution?
As a counterpoint to McQ's post on the pirate incident, a humorist endeavors to predict the Obama administration's response:
For too long, America has been too dismissive of the proud culture and invaluable contributions of the Pirate Community. Whether it is their pioneering work with prosthetics, husbandry of tropical birds or fanciful fashion sense, America owes a deep debt to Pirates.
The past eight years have shown a failure to appreciate the historic role of these noble seafarers. Instead of celebrating their entreprenuerial spirit and seeking to partner with them to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.
Finally, to all pirates listening to international broadcasts, shortwave services and ship-to-shore radio, let me say this:
Ahoy, me regret arr relationship has set sail in a scurvy manner. Arr people share many mutual 'alues and concerns on t' raging main. Perchance, could ye handsomely release the cap'n o' the ship and I assure that no harm will come t' ye or ye hearties.
Well, it's no sillier than thinking you can solve a problem created by too much debt by going a whole lot further in debt.
"The Brokest Generation" – something that every under-30-year-old ought to read
There are plenty of good writers around, but there are only a few who cause me to pause during reading and think "Oh, how I wish I could write like that."
Mark Steyn is in that group. Just about anything he writes is worth reading, and he is the best in the business at being funny and thought-provoking at the same time.
Occasionally, though, he captures the essence of an issue in a way no other current writer can. His current article at National Review, "The Brokest Generation", is in that category. Go read it yourself, and then pass it along to the folks who are going to be paying for the folly of the Obama years (and the somewhat-lesser follies of the administrations that preceeded him).
It's true irony that the chanting, swaying kids in the creepy Obama videos will be the ones who pay the highest price for Obama's fumbling foolishness. Per Mark:
As Lord Keynes observed, "In the long run we're all dead." Well, most of us will be. But not you youngsters, not for a while. So we've figured it out: You're the ultimate credit market, and the rest of us are all pre-approved!
The Bailout and the TARP and the Stimulus and the Multi-Trillion Budget and TARP 2 and Stimulus 2 and TARP And Stimulus Meet Frankenstein and the Wolf Man are like the old Saturday-morning cliffhanger serials your grandpa used to enjoy. But now he doesn't have to grab his walker and totter down to the Rialto, because he can just switch on the news and every week there's his plucky little hero Big Government facing the same old crisis: Why, there's yet another exciting spending bill with twelve zeroes on the end, but unfortunately there seems to be some question about whether they have the votes to pass it. Oh, no! And then, just as the fate of another gazillion dollars of pork and waste hangs in the balance, Arlen Specter or one of those lady-senators from Maine dashes to the cliff edge and gives a helping hand, and phew, this week's spendapalooza sails through. But don't worry, there'll be another exciting episode of Trillion-Buck Rogers of the 21st Century next week!
This is a connection we need to be making over and over again: when the mountain of federal debt finally collapses of its own weight, the younger generation will be hurt the worst. Most of the people who fomented the crisis will have long since passed on, or be comfortable in their retirement because of the assets they were able to accrue at taxpayer and lobbyist expense. They will have gotten what they wanted: time in the sun, running things, letting others pay them obeisance, getting respect they don't really deserve. Either they are too stupid to realize what they are doing to the next couple of generations, or they are too mendacious to care. The sooner the younger generations learn the con job that has been perpetrated on them, the better.
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Another software disaster in the making?
Over at The Corner, there's a discussion going on about medical records, prompted by this sentence in the "stimulus" plan:
"Computerizing every American's health record in five years, reducing medical errors and saving billions of dollars in health care costs."
There are the usual (and valid) privacy concerns. But Iain Murray goes further, and wonders:
I'm not sure why insurance companies haven't insisted on it, but my guess (and I stress it is a guess) would be some regulations related to privacy, which was the source of the AMA and ACLU's opposition in the past.
From someone sitting inside the world of healthcare software, perhaps I can enlighten things a bit. Privacy is only one of a host of challenges. A bigger obstacle is the difficulty involved. Creating the software that manages patient data electronically is, to put it bluntly, beyond the capabilities of almost all software developers. It's really, really hard.
Here are some of the challenges in creating such software:
1. The data is very complex. It's not just numbers and text; it includes all kinds of media, which needs to be interpreted and annotated.
2. The data evolves rapidly over time. New tests are constantly being created.
3. How the data is interpreted varies rapidly over time. Today's rule might be "you need a prostate exam if you're over 50 and blah, blah", but a cheaper, less invasive test next year might mean it changes to "you need a prostate exam if you're over 40, period."
4. The users are very difficult to please. Doctors are the most difficult users I've worked with in an entire career of software development. They won't sit still for two weeks of training. If it's too hard to use, they just won't use it. They'll keep using paper. (Given the responsibilities with people's lives they have, that's understandable.)
5. There are laws (HIPPA) concerning privacy that are difficult to design for. The rules are not prescriptive, so you don't really know if you have satisfied the law until some auditor tells you whether you have.
6. Existing systems are very fragmented, and typically include only a small minority of information such as prescriptions. But that data must still be brought in. So transitioning to a new system is very, very hard because all kinds of weird data must be imported. That transition has to be right; errors introduced during transition would be a huge legal risk.
I'm not sure it was even possible to satisfy all these constraints with technology until the very recent past. We now have much better technology for user interfaces, and better technology for transporting records around. But it still takes extreme architectural and design skills to create a system that can incorporate entirely new types of data and rules by clinicians without the involvement of a programmer.
That means in particular that this can't be a big government job. The IRS and their four billion dollar debacle showed the problems government has with creating large systems. I simply don't think any government effort could attract and keep the talent needed for this task.
Even private entities in the healthcare world have trouble with complex systems. HCA Healthcare attempted to write a next-generation patient accounting system, and wrote off some $130 million, and I'm pretty sure the actual amount of money spent (on a system that was thrown away) was much higher than that.
It's easy for liberals, and even some "compassionate conservatives" to see the opportunity for saving lives and saving money, and just want to pass a law to make it happen. I don't think I have to tell the people who frequent this site why that's a bad idea. We could end up wasting tons of money.
But there's a potential outcome that's even worse. If an inadequate, buggy, brute force, low tech system were rushed into being, and its use was mandated, that would block the adoption of an innovative, more modern, better system that could be developed later. We would effectively be frozen into using that system, just as the air-traffic control system was frozen on old, obsolete technology for decades.
To sum things up, there is enormous opportunity to improve healthcare by applying technology to clinical patient data. But it's a huge challenge too. And the more government tries to push it before it's ready, or to command it into being the more likely that the potential won't be reached.


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With True Blood getting solid ratings and the Twilight films blowing up the box office, vampires are a hot commodity these days. So hot, in fact, that the undead trend is now spawning a massively multiplayer online game based on White Wolf's popular supernatural role-playing game franchise, World of Darkness. The game is in development at CCP Games, developer and publisher of the sci-fi MMORPG Eve Online, which merged with White Wolf in 2006.
According to a report and video (see below) on the MMORPG blog Ardwulf's Lair, CCP used White Wolf's annual Grand Masquerade event in New Orleans to unveil the new game. Slated for release sometime after 2012, the game is also now officially listed on CCP's Web site along with some early concept art similar to that found in the trailer.
Though CCP reps were unable to comment on the Ardwulf's Lair report as of press time, the blog did report some details from the Grand Masquerade presentation. Titled World of Darkness Online, the game will be a sandbox-style MMORPG with an emphasis on social interaction and "player politics." It will not arrive before the year 2012 and will be largely based on the older version of World of Darkness, Vampire: The Masquerade.
[UPDATE] CCP reps confirmed the title is actually simply "World of Darkness" but would not reveal any other details about the game.
World of Darkness will be the third video game based on White Wolf's horror RPG series, following 2000's Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption and 2004's Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. According to Ardwulf's Lair, it will let gamers play only as vampires initially, not their werewolf foes.


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On May 6, the Obama administration unveiled a national climate assessment report, which confirms that climate change is affecting Americans in every region of the country. The assessment is the result of a three-year analytical effort by over 300 climate scientists. They concluded that global warming is causing the sea level to rise and glaciers and the Arctic sea ice to melt. National Geographic reported that Greenland was "Ground Zero" for global warming.
Recently, two senators expressed opposing views. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said, "Humans aren't to blame for global warming. Preparing for drastic specific climate change is … overreach which will cause massive layoffs and destroy our economy."
We all know the GOP is alienated from science, but it looks like this champion of denial is playing to the GOP base and conservative corporate America.
The report stated the oceans are becoming more acidic as they absorb carbon dioxide. This fact was expressed in a Senate speech by Rhode Island Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse. He said that the waters of Narragansett Bay have become so acidic that it has done severe damage to the state's seafood economy. For his public stand, I consider Whitehouse to be a hero for decision makers as they prepare to draft climate-change policies.
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Blue bamboo gets to about 3.5 m. (12') high, with long, narrow leaves on arching culms. Current years culms are covered with a bluish bloom. Can take temperatures down to -29 degrees C!
A non-invasive bamboo that makes a wonderful garden feature or privacy screen.
A truly beautiful container plant, suitable for indoors provided it receives good light.
Used for basketery in Nepal.
Blue Bamboo is a forest understory plant so don't plant it in constant full sun. It prefers light shade for most of the day. Trim top once a year in winter and sides as required.
Growing indoors or under cover, mist leaves with water once a week. Sometimes, say monthly add seaweed tonic.
Bamboo flowers rarely, around once in 100 years. After flowering it sets seed then dies.
Blue Bamboo flowered in 1998 / 89.
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Lea Michele has done it again. The Glee starlet managed to deliver another year of sinfully good photo shoots for our visual pleasure. While rounding up this year's crop of sultry, sexy and bold shots it's no wonder the New Years Eve cast member was named one of FHM's Sexiest Women Of 2011 and included on Maxim's Hot 100 list. That's not to say that Lea is not a woman of substance — the actress was also named one of Glamour's Women Of The Year. Without further ado, here are Lea's 10 Sassiest Photo Shoots of 2011. (And let us know if you agree with our #1 choice in the comments!)
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Jersey Shore's The Situation Spends the 4th of July at Rehab (PHOTOS)
No, The Situation isn't seeking help for his addiction to the "GTL" lifestyle. The celebrated reality-TV guido did, however, put in some time at Rehab at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on the 4th of July, flashing his winning smile and killer abs for the patriotic assemblage.
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Though Nunavut may look like a postcard-worthy vision of pristine arctic wilderness, it faces severe environmental challenges.
First on the list is industrial pollution. Though Nunavut does not contain the industries or oil and gas exploration rigs that can lead to toxic pollutants entering the air, its cold arctic air seals in POPs -- permanent organic pollutants -- blown into the Arctic from warmer climates further south. In the cold air, the pollutants cannot break down rapidly and, instead, linger in the air and water for decades, taken in by seals, whales, polar bears, caribou, and humans. Among the most noticeable offenders are DDT, PCB, dioxins, and flame retardants.
The Inuit Circumpolar Conference, an advocacy group for the Inuit people, has campaigned for years for international agreements to reduce the amount of such pollutants in the Arctic. A 2000 study for the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation, for example, found that as much as 70 to 82 percent of dioxin, a POP, at 8 sites on Nunavut came from U.S. sources. The Canadian government has joined the movement with a call for an international treaty that would ban the production of POPs worldwide.
But already, traditional Inuit foods such as seals, whales, and caribou carry high concentrations of POPs. The process starts when plankton, a sea plant, absorbs soluble pollutants from Nunavut's waterways and passes them on to the crustaceans that feed on them. Fish eat the crustaceans and seals and birds eat the fish. These animals are eaten by humans as well as by polar bears.
According to the World Wildlife Fund, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) recently reported, Inuit hunters have begun to notice physical changes in their prey -- hairless seals, polar bears with less fat, walrus and seals with burn holes. Though a direct connection has not been made between the POPs and these traits, researchers suspect that toxins are to blame.
Meanwhile, researchers are discovering the extent of the Inuit's exposure to these chemicals. The amount of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (the chemical that makes up flame retardants) found in the breast milk of Inuit women has increased by 40 percent in the past 12 years, a study by Quebec City's Laval University recently found, the CBC reported. (Flame retardants are used to reduce inflammability in plastics, electronics, furniture, and other consumer products.) Inuit women carry DDT levels in their breast milk that are 9 times higher than those found in the milk of southern Canadian women, a study by the federal Department of Indian and Northern Affairs has found.
Plagued by toxins in their traditional food sources, the Inuit are also faced by the threat of melting ice. In September 2003, the Northern Hemisphere's largest ice sheet, Ward Hunt Ice Shelf on the north of Quttinirpaaq Island, broke in 2 after 3,000 years as a single unit. Christian Zdanowicz of the Geological Survey of Canada has found that ice caps in the High Arctic -- an area that contains Quttinirpaaq Island -- have been rapidly melting in the past 15 years. In 2001, scientist Warwick Vincent of Laval University published findings indicating that the island's ice shelf had shrunk by about 90 percent in the 20th century.
Within 50 years, even the treacherous Northwest Passage -- an ice-clogged waterway from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the Arctic -- could be ice-free during the summer, climate experts told The Los Angeles TIMES in January 2003. That could attract commercial vessels eager to skim 5,000 miles off the alternative voyage through the Panama Canal.
Some outsiders welcome the prospect of economic development that such a major shipping lane would bring to Arctic Canada, but others are urging caution. If the phenomenon repeats itself throughout the territory, melting snow and ice could put human and animal lives severely at risk. Walrus and seals depend on strong ice to give birth to their pups. If these animals decrease in number, polar bears will be deprived of the fatty meat they need to survive. And the Inuit, who depend on many of these animals for food, will have to change the hunting habits -- and the culture -- they have known for a millennium.
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News Flash: Rihanna Suing Topshop Over a Tank Top
Rihanna is suing Topshop over a tank top with her photo on it. Or, as Topshop says, a "photographic motif of a girl wearing a headscarf." [Racked]
Some of the best (and most unusual) ways to wear summer denim. [The Sartorialist]
Kérastase is launching a "skin care-inspired" line of hair products. (Yeah, we were confused at first too, but it sounds kind of awesome.) [WWD]
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This is a fun short story by Robert Bloch written in homage to Poe. It does not appear to be available online, so I have scanned in a PDF from a book, which I am attaching below. Robert Bloch, of course, wrote the book Psycho. I'm almost certain I read that years ago, but I just cannot remember anything about it—as far as whether or not I liked the story or his writing style. Here is a little abo…
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GladDad's cook book
(28 Recipes) Created by GLADDAD
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Very Good 4.6/5
(27 ratings)
Wrap this chicken in tortillas with whatever extra fillings you enjoy. Delicious! (And much better than that fajita seasoning you buy in packets!) Submitted by NOME__ Carbs: 4.2g | Fat: 1.7g | Fiber: 0.9g | Protein: 12.7g | Calories: 80
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Very Good 4.8/5
(8 ratings)
This is a saucy delicious way to eat fish and get those omega 3's in. Submitted by KEVINKELLY Carbs: 13.5g | Fat: 12.8g | Fiber: 0.9g | Protein: 38.5g | Calories: 346.9
Carbs: 6.7g | Fat: 3.3g | Fiber: 0.9g | Protein: 24.3g | Calories: 157.2
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Very Good 4.5/5
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Low Fat Version of Chinese Favorite. Recipe modified 2/5/10 to reduce sodium. Found a great teriyaki lower in sodium and eliminated sesame oil. Better taste and better for you! Submitted by KTAYLOR67 Carbs: 37g | Fat: 3.9g | Fiber: 3.1g | Protein: 6.9g | Calories: 217.5
Ginger and garlic are the stars of the sauce in this easy chicken dish! Just marinate overnight and throw it on the grill the next day. Submitted by SARAK31 Carbs: 11.6g | Fat: 3.2g | Fiber: 0.2g | Protein: 27.4g | Calories: 188.6
This sesame chicken recipe is a slimmed-down and healthier version of the sesame chicken from PF Chang's and other Chinese restaurants. Submitted by PISCESWOMAN87 Carbs: 7g | Fat: 17.6g | Fiber: 1.2g | Protein: 28.2g | Calories: 299.8
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This soup is filling and delicious--a perfect starter or light vegetarian meal. Carbs: 36.6g | Fat: 1.8g | Fiber: 12g | Protein: 8.3g | Calories: 165.2
Good 3.7/5
(97 ratings)
This vegetarian main dish is cholesterol-free, virtually fat-free, and chock full of vegetables. Carbs: 35.4g | Fat: 0.8g | Fiber: 13.7g | Protein: 10.9g | Calories: 187.2
Very Good 4.5/5
(89 ratings)
Easy to make casserole that's healthy! Submitted by JULIAKELLY Carbs: 24.1g | Fat: 5g | Fiber: 2.7g | Protein: 13.5g | Calories: 195.4
Incredible! 5.0/5
(1 rating)
Submitted by LAWOLF2 Carbs: 49g | Fat: 7.7g | Fiber: 10.9g | Protein: 18.3g | Calories: 331.8
This roasted chicken gets its sticky coating from the juices it releases while being baked. Carbs: 5.6g | Fat: 6.7g | Fiber: 1.6g | Protein: 43.2g | Calories: 263.9
Very Good 4.3/5
(204 ratings)
A recipe that is full of great taste and loaded with potassium. Submitted by CHATTYCATHY2 Carbs: 55.3g | Fat: 4.2g | Fiber: 13.3g | Protein: 32.1g | Calories: 370.2
This is a quick and easy chicken dish that looks and tastes like you went to a lot of work. Submitted by CARPROTH Carbs: 32.7g | Fat: 10.7g | Fiber: 10.2g | Protein: 35.7g | Calories: 365.5
Three ingredients, 10 minutes and dinner is ready! Submitted by GOT2RUN Carbs: 25g | Fat: 0.6g | Fiber: 7g | Protein: 9.1g | Calories: 122.7
Very Good 4.4/5
(43 ratings)
A great alternative to a chimichanga. Submitted by VEGHEADBIATCH Carbs: 26.7g | Fat: 1.1g | Fiber: 2.2g | Protein: 11.4g | Calories: 172.5
Very Good 4.0/5
(48 ratings)
These burritos can be made ahead of time, individually frozen, then heated for a fast meal. Submitted by MINDCRUSHER1376 Carbs: 68.6g | Fat: 6.6g | Fiber: 31.6g | Protein: 20.5g | Calories: 412
Ready in just 20 minutes. Carbs: 34.9g | Fat: 3.3g | Fiber: 3.2g | Protein: 6g | Calories: 186.6


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Matador Inn is on Pacific Highway corner Albany Street in the heart of Coffs Harbour in New South Wales, less than three kilometres from Coffs Harbour Airport and Coffs Harbour Station. In leisure, vacationers check out marine species at Pet Porpoise Pool - Dolphin Marine Magic and Solitary Island Aquarium.
Rest comfortably at any of the clean and well-maintained rooms that come with flat-screen TV, iPod docking station, tea- and coffee-making facilities, Wi-Fi access and private bathroom. Select units have balcony.
Matador Motor Inn Coffs Harbour does not have a restaurant on site. Patrons can proceed to nearby bistros and cafes that serve Australian and global specialties.
Matador Motor Inn provides parking and laundry facilities for a more convenient stay. The property has a designated smoking area. Guests can take a splash in the swimming pool or hang out at the cosy lounge on site.
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Behind The Scenes: Inside The Dome Of The Stearns County Courthouse [VIDEO, AUDIO, PHOTOS]
This week in our "Behind The Scenes" series on WJON we take you to the top of the Stearns County Courthouse inside the dome, and down below inside the tunnels.The old building that stands in the center of Courthouse Square isn't the original courthouse for Stearns County, but it has been there for over 90 years. It opened on September 1st, 1922.
Behind the Scenes: Inside The St. Cloud Hospital Emergency Room [VIDEO]
Behind The Scenes – Technology and Staff Combine to Serve The Public at St. Cloud Library [VIDEO]
Behind The Scenes: Making The Popovers At Anton's [VIDEO]
Popovers are a popular pastry at Anton's Restaurant in Waite Park. But how did Anton's and Popovers become synonymous with each other, and how did the tradition start? Today in our "Behind The Scenes" series, WJON's Jim Maurice takes us into their kitchen to learn about the tasty treat.


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This adorable little editorial from Vogue shows you how funsies it can be to go to work-type places with your fancy Yigal Azrouël pencil skirt and vintage camera you don't actually know how to work. Isn't it though? [Everything Fabulous] Keep reading »
Oh, Tom Ford, where will you draw the line? As a fashion editor and writer, I've been behind you since the days of Gucci, YSL and certainly your namesake collections. And as a designer-turned-director, you have an amazing talent for understanding what we want to see, what the next big thing is and, ultimately, what will titillate us.
But it is your judgment as a guest editor that leaves us scratching our heads. Read more … Keep reading »
Good things come in threes. Maybe that's why Harper's Bazaar chose the same pose to model full camel-colored trousers three times in the August issue. (Full disclosure: The look Cameron Diaz is wearing is actually a Chloe jumpsuit, but nonetheless has the same effect as the other two pairs of trousers.) This possible mistake isn't something you'd expect from such an expensive glossy. Keep reading »
As far as eye-catching goes, this hair editorial from the May issue of Vogue Italy is that and then some. These knock-off-your-socks hair colors modeled by Sasha Pivovarova, styled by Sam McKnight, and photographed by Emma Summerton include Flame, Lavender, and Pink. Seen here: a hint of bubble gum. We've see some of these hair trends out and about already — take, for example, women dyeing their hair gray on purpose, rather than hiding it. Surely, for locks this extreme, we'd recommend not trying this at home and letting your hairstylist handle your maxi-makeover. For hair-on-fire and grandma-violet, check out the rest after the jump. Keep reading »
V magazine is throwing it back to the early days of hip-hop/R&B with an editorial in their 64th issue. Models Liya Kebede and Lily Donaldson seem to be channeling rap pioneer Roxanne Shante and singer Lisa Lisa, respectively, with their neon colors, denim-on-denim, and dancer-inspired wear. They even have the essential '80s accessory — a boombox. Check out two more photos after the jump. [Models.com via Clutch Magazine] Keep reading »


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Hello, Lexx? Conan O'Brien called. (429 comments)
I couldn't bring myself to watch Lexx: first the blatant "this chick will get the horny geek eyeballs" is so played out. Ok, maybe it's not, but she didn't do it for me.
But most of was that stupid robot head with the live-actor mouth!!
Hello, Lexx? Conan O'Brien called. He wants his bit back.


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In Scotland, legends of Bonnie Prince Charlie swirl with pipers and kilts around crumbling castles. After tossing a caber (log) at a Scottish clan gathering, we remember Highland massacres. We play hide-and-seek with the Loch Ness Monster, tour a whiskey distillery, and take a ferry to sacred Iona.
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Please help me identify this plant. It has started popping up in my trail and in my perennial beds. I have planted the area with wildflowers but I just don't recognize this one. It has a very thick root (if that helps at all?) and almost looks like a lily when it comes up. I want to kill it off right away if it's a weed or transplant it to a different area if it would be pretty. Any ideas? |
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What's Your Secret?
Before we got married, for many years, Orna loved to ask long-married couples she met what their secret was. Meeting an older couple at the airport, parents of friends, even couples at the market would lead to her asking, "So, what's your secret?" She knew that in their answers lay the key to finding and keeping long lasting love.
We knew all along that the goal wasn't to get married. The goal was to have a happy marriage. Getting married is easy. Staying married is a whole different ball game. Staying happy while staying married was and is the real goal.
The answers she got were varied but they all revealed a mindset that was intentional. "Marry your best friend," was the advice of a 70ish gentleman in the airport who had a sparkle in his eye and an obvious love for his wife. "Give the other person room to be themselves," a mother of one of her friends told Orna. "Always be sure to listen," came from an older couple while waiting for a table at a restaurant.
Each of these couples knew that having a long and happy marriage was important to them and was worth focusing on. It seemed that they had an intuitive sense that a good marriage didn't just happen but that it took attention and care. They also knew that by giving it attention and care that they were getting benefit for themselves.
Little did we know that there were a lot more benefits to a long and happy marriage than just the obvious ones. Decades of studies have shown the mental and physical benefits of a healthy marriage no matter what your sex, age, or race. Married people live longer, suffer less depression, are healthier, have less stress and better nutrition. A happy marriage provides an emotionally fulfilling, intimate relationship, creating a sense of social connection, enhancing both physical and mental health.
Of course the same is not true of an unhappy marriage. Sometimes the responses Orna got to the "What's your secret?" question was great advice in what not to do. "We don't talk to each other when no one else is here," said one friend's mother. An in-laws father joked, "We've hidden the keys to the gun cabinet." "I just let my wife always call the shots," one man told her; a perfect recipe for resentment. These couples have been together a long time, however, it would be hard to describe them as happily married couples.
The studies are just as clear for unhappily married couples and divorced or unmarried people. Effects of bad marriages include high blood pressure, heart disease, anxiety, depression and substance abuse. According to the data, these effects are worse on women than on men. A bad marriage creates a highly stressful environment, which increases the likelihood of divorce. Research shows that divorce is associated with an increased risk of physical illness, depression, and premature death.


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Is there an unobtainium membership I have to buy into or win a contest on? because I'm seeing a Big Shot Fixie ad next to the singlespeed fixed gear forum. I thought my titanium membership was ad free?
I posted about it earlier
It's super rad. SSFG is the only forum that gets one cus its baller
It only appears on the SSFG front page, but not in threads.
Meh, I don't even care if it's there.
It's called an ad blocker. I haven't seen an add in years, and I couldn't be happier.
When I block the Big Shot ad using Adblocker, it also blocks the little 'fist new post' button and activity icons usually found before the thread titles.
Everyone, we're working on it, as I told you in the other thread, 531phile. It's not supposed to show for premium members, and is being fixed. Bear with us, please, and thanks.
Forgot to mention: I'm closing the thread. I am not going to forget about the issue, though.
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Shelter In Need of Donations for Restocking of Items
Many shelters in the Valley were prepared for last week's winter storm, but this time many shelters do need some help.
With another winter freeze making it's way into the Valley, several shelters are preparing for some residents to come to the shelters. Officials at the Salvation Army in McAllen say a lot of their resources were used up last week and they are in need of donations. The shelter is taking basic donations such as brushes and soap and if anyone needs clothing or a place to stay their doors are always open.


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Taste of Country is trying to find out who the most eligible bachelor is in Country Music. Not making the list this year (after taking the plunge) are Jake Owen, Randy Houser, and Lee Brice. […]
Fans Sing 'Happy Birthday' To Chris Young – 'That's A First For Me'
Chris Young turned 27 years old today. And during his performance in Detroit this past weekend, he got a nice gift from his fans. Smack in the middle of his set Sunday afternoon at the annual Downtown Hoedown, the audience sang him a rousing version of "Happy Birthday."
Miranda Lambert Brings 'Gunpowder And Lead' — And Kid Rock — To Closing Night Of Detroit's Downtown Hoedown
"Whiskey already? I love this town!" declared Miranda Lambert from the stage on day three of the Downtown Hoedown, which took place in Detroit this past weekend (June 8-10).
Brad Paisley Headlines Chicago's Wrigley Field And It's Anything But 'Just Another American Saturday Night'
Shortly after stepping off a hot and sweaty stage at a jam-packed Wrigley Field in Chicago yesterday, Brad Paisley took to Twitter to show his thanks for an evening that featured a duet ("Whiskey Lullaby") with The Band Perry's Kimberly Perry and some fantastic country-music guitar-shredding.
Brad Paisley Is 'Very, Very, Very Excited' About Playing Chicago's Wrigley Field
It won't be "just another American Saturday Night" when Brad Paisley strolls in to town to play at Chicago's famed Wrigley Field this weekend.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Responding to President Obama's just-released Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 budget, Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), said, "America's solar industry welcomes President Obama's continued support. We praise the President for emphasizing that a transition to sustainable energy sources is vital—and that the U.S. must lead it. Solar is the fastest-growing clean energy technology available today. It is not only powering our nation, it is an engine of economic growth. The number of U.S.
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The Solar Energy Industries Association® (SEIA®) today announced it has hired Capitol Hill veteran Ken Johnson, who previously headed up the communications efforts for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and two major committees in the U.S. House of Representatives, as vice president of communications.
5 Super-Sized Solar Projects Transforming the Clean Energy Landscape
2012 marked a record year for America's solar industry.
Bill increasing renewable standard for rural co-ops passes committee
A move to bolster Colorado's renewable energy standard by requiring an increase in renewable power for rural electric cooperatives was approved late Monday by a state legislative committee after nearly seven hours of debate.
Building the Solar Capital 'of the Universe'
There are at least two things to know about this high desert city. One, the sun just keeps on shining. Two, the city's mayor, a class-action lawyer named R. Rex Parris, just keeps on competing.
New York to inject US$107 million into large-scale PV projects over 2 years
Through the NY-Sun Initiative — a programme which aims to co-ordinate a well-funded solar energy expansion plan — US$107 million will be injected into the NY-Sun Competitive PV Program to facilitate the development of large-scale PV systems throughout New York, US, Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced.
Michigan renewable energy ballot measure called 'job creating machine'
At least 74,000 jobs would be created if voters approve a proposed ballot measure that requires 25 percent of energy to come from renewable sources by 2025, according to a Michigan State University study released Friday.
Government investment in clean energy a plus
Following the July 24 announcement that public lands in six Western states have been set aside for new solar energy projects, scientific opinion polling in Colorado—one of those six states—indicates that the majority of its entrepreneurs agree government investments in clean energy technologies can stimulate the economy—even after being reminded of Solyndra's bankruptcy.
Glastonbury To Install Solar Panels At Town Facilities To Cut Electricity Costs
The town is hoping a little sunshine will help reduce its yearly electricity costs.
Yes, More Solyndras
The Solyndra "scandal" is trotted out every few months as part of the big-vs.-small-government debate in this country, but it is not and never was a scandal.


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This article is part of the Business IT Series in association with Intel
Management Briefing
Consumerisation and balance of power struggles in the enterprise
The technical impact of consumerisation of IT can be disruptive to CIOs, but possibly a less well considered aspect of the trend is the impact to management processes.
Consumerisation challenges the traditional balance of power where the deployment of IT is concerned. It also necessarily alters the way employees think about the business technology they use and the responsibility they have for it.
In a recent webcast, Simon Callow, head of IT at Aston Martin Lagonda and Owen Powell IT Director at the NHS at inner Northwest London PCT was joined by Steve Shakespeare EU software director at Intel to discuss the repercussions of employees using consumer devices for work purposes.
All three panellist agreed that consumerisation has reversed the direction through which IT innovation in the corporate arena flows. Employee expectations over the usability of the technology they use have risen sharply and the IT department is finding itself having to react to user demands where before they used to dictate strategy.
Powell explained that the NHS is traditionally a command and control environment, but IT departments in the UK healthcare industry have had to adapt to senior staff wanting to use consumer devices.
He says: "What we're seeing is that particularly senior people are leading this kind of innovation. They're the ones that are bringing the iPads and the laptops in, so it's very difficult to impose command and control from below."
Consumerisation gives the IT department less elbow-room to dictate to users what technology they will have at their disposal, but as Callow points out, the benefits to the business in terms of working processes that the trend brings are very compelling too.
He focuses on the mobility that consumerisation brings as an illustration of how the IT department can contribute to a more fluid, more productive way of working.
His C-level peers at Aston Martin Lagonda have challenged him to increase productivity and consumerisation allows staff to operate wherever they are, in an always-on way.
Employees across the board are becoming much more aware of the importance in maintaining a balance between their working and personal lives and accept that for this to happen, work and personal life are no longer discrete segments of the day, but that they may alternate between the two throughout the day.
This may mean being out of work in the day, and working on corporate activities at home during the evening, if necessary. Studies have found that productivity rises if employees adopt this way of working.
Making use of consumer technology can enable workforces to operate in this way, without the cost of issuing everyone with corporate mobile devices.
He says: "What the businesses challenging me for is the elimination of non-productive hours and I think mobility gives us that opportunity, and that goes back to the always-on piece."
The key for Callow is getting the most out of every employee, which mirrors the demands of the car-making industry, always looking for improvements in production efficiencies.
The health sector is also a highly mobile workplace and staff are expected to spend a minimal amount of their day stuck at desk. Powell recognises that the more quickly a mobile strategy is deployed, the faster the benefits can be realised. If staff are using devices they are already familiar with, this will only speed up that process.
A large amount of staff in healthcare have very limited experience of corporate computing, although they do use consumer devices with ease. If their work processes need to be computerised, a natural option would be to deploy the relevant applications on their own devices, rather than spend time and money training them in a corporate system.
"Back in the day you'd have users who would see corporate IT as bit of a chore. It's not necessarily something they wanted to do," Powell says. "People feel about IT much more positively now they've got much more usable devices and massive amount has happened in terms of usability and how people interact with these things. That's breaking out a lot of the barriers and it means that people are using corporate IT much more [readily]."
Usability is not the end of the story though, as it's the changes in business processes that employees really respond to. Improved collaboration at work is an issue that the IT department has tried to address for some time. The influx of consumer devices, enabling staff to be available wherever they are, has made remote collaboration much easier to achieve.
Callow praises the gains Aston Martin has achieved through collaboration tools such as Microsoft's Sharepoint.
Aston Martin has close links with third-party suppliers, which need to be kept in the loop with company developments, if the car-maker is to be able to react swiftly to changes in the market. Callow believes his collaboration tools help the company do that.
He says: "And, why wouldn't we do that down the supply chain? Federation within the supply chain can help us shorten the development cycles of the particular product we are dishing out, which happens to be luxury sports cars."
Some of those partners are offshore, which makes the prospect of face-to-face collaboration at the level the company needs to stay nimble pretty much impossible.
Intel's Shakespeare agrees. Both organisations have international workforces which need to share digital documents and work together through applications that can be delivered to remote consumer devices. A global reach crosses time zones, so employees need to be able to access collaboration tools through laptops and smartphones at home as well as their desktop at work.
"We have teams in Israel teams and in the US that have to collaborate together and they have to collaborate electronically. It's not an option to use paper and we have an enormous number of security systems that secure the intellectual property that we hold within the organisation," Shakespeare says.
"So increasingly, collaboration in many respects is old, but things like video collaboration - it's a great way to be more productive in the business."
Shakespeare touches on a significant aspect of the CIO's role in adopting consumerisation as a corporate strategy for improving work processes. Security of the organisation's data has to be maintained, even though information is flowing outside the digital walls of the company.
NHS's Powell is well aware of the sensitivity of data within his organisation, which has to process a huge amount of personal information about patients.
He has a well-defined approach to managing where that data goes, in terms of security protocols, but this has to be matched with some people-management too.
He recommends that security protocols have to be communicated to all users and that they must acknowledge that they have understood them and will undertake to abide by them.
"Our tactical approach at the moment is to be crystal clear about the sacrosanct nature of patient information," he says.
"So, people really need to understand that certain data isn't supposed to exist on these things and they are for convenience only."
Powell allows certain corporate data to be held on employees own devices, but he insists that the IT department has the ability to wipe the device if it is lost or stolen. This means the employees' personal documents, pictures and other media will also be wiped and there is a communication task here to make sure that employees accept that risk.
He says: "Staff need to be crystal clear when they use a personal device for work that they are at risk of losing a whole lot of personal data, if they lose a device and they have to sign something to say that they agree to that in advance."
For the future though, Powell thinks that the employee's awareness of the security impact of processing company data through a personal device has to go even deeper.
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