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- Birthday
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- Title
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- There is your truth ... there is my truth ... and there is everything between. That leads to the better question: Is there an Everlasting Truth? I submit there is only the Everlasting Quest for the truth.
I believe that in essence We are God. That is to say, humankind, for all it's faults, has power over Good and Evil.
As the Eden Tale intimates, humans alone, in all Creation, have "eaten" from the the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil; and thus humans alone, in all Creation, have the ability and responsibility to choose between the two.
Thus, each of us is in essence a god, and the Sum of us, through all generations past, present and future is God. By those choices, we are the creators of what was, what is and what will be.
And by those choices, we, collectively, choose whether to exist here and now in the Kingdom of Heaven or in a Living Hell.
"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and incur my own abhorrence." Frederick Douglass
"You can't pull yourself up by your bootstraps if you don't have any boots, and you can't put yourself in another's shoes -- you can't even try on their socks." Soulofhawk
"I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue." Albert Einstein
Only in silence can your hear the voice of God." Soulofhawk
"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." Martin Luther King, Jr"
"Racists can hide in the closet, but the smell usually gives them away." Soulofhawk
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain
"When we are young, Death comes as an unwelcome stranger; but as we get nearer the end of our own too-often rocky road, he comes more and more to resemble a long, lost acquaintance." Soulofhawk
"When monetary gain is involved, mans capacity for self-delusion is infinite." Lord Byron
"Where greed is good, need is great." Soulofhawk
"And let it be noted that there is no more delicate matter to take in hand, nor more doubtful in its success, than to set up as a leader in the introduction of change. For he who innovates will have as his enemies all who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new. This lukewarm temper arises partly from the incredulity of mankind, who will never admit the merit of anything new, until they have seen it proven by the event." Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince, Chapter VI
"if a man falls from a pedestal, who is really to blame -- the man or those who put him up there?" Soulofhawk
"The history of any country, presented as the history of a family, conceals fierce conflicts of interest (sometimes exploding, most often repressed) between conquerors and conquered, masters and slaves, capitalists and workers, dominators and dominated in race and sex. And in such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people, as Albert Camus suggested, not to be on the side of the executioners." Howard Zinn
"The worst thing to be around a bigot is right." Soulofhawk
- In Absentia
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than a young pessimist, is an
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Call me Bad
Penny – I have returned, though I fear I have been
inconspicuous by my absence. Here's a brief explanation in
answer to the unasked question "where the hell have you
My hiatus was prompted by several factors, first and foremost the utter impossibility of n… Read full post »
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"On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war … While the inaugural address was being delivered from this place, devoted a… Read full post »
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2012, Southern Strategy died after a long bout with cancer. At such a time, it's considered proper to offer condolences and to praise certain aspects of a life, particularly a life that figured so prominently in politics for over half-a-century. Indeed, Southern Strategy… Read full post »
This Land is Our Land
This is the
land of the lovers
The lovers of red, white and blue
But the truth hides between the covers
And this isn't the land I once knew
This is the
land of the liars
Whose ends justify any means
And the ends to which they aspire
Leave… Read full post »
Cinderjilla - A Cautionary Tale
Once upon a time in a faraway land called Politica, there lived a lovely maid named Cinderjilla. She was fair and pleasant to look upon, sweet and kind and, it was said, was of a disposition most positive and progressive.
But, alas, Cinderjilla had been reduced to little more than… Read full post »
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If there was
ever any doubt which of the two major party candidates for
President is up to the task, last night's debate on foreign
policy should have removed it. Barack Obama had command of the
floor and the facts – and he didn't need a
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As the polls
tighten, it's time to speak plainly to my fellow Liberals. To
put it simply and starkly, the barbarians are at the gates; this is
no time to scatter our forces.
Yet time and again I hear the refrain on this liberal outpost that "both sides are… Read full post »
I have repeatedly leveled the charge that Mitt Romney is a sociopath. That's a serious charge, and I do not make it lightly. One symptom of sociopathy is pathological lying. Another symptom is shamelessness – and Mitt Romney is a shameless liar.
Romney lies incessantly and repeatedly wit… Read full post »
I watched
tonight's Presidential debate in its entirety. For that I deserve a
new car -- or at least a cookie. The clear loser? Jim Lehrer. The
clear winner? That's debatable.
The pundit class compared it to Bush/Kerry I; but in many ways, it put me in mind of… Read full post »
A Long Hard Ride
"I'm not saying Indians never lied – they just never figured out a way to make a living at it." Soulofhawk
My recent post History in Song drew some interesting comments. One commenter tried to twist the Indian Holocaust into an excuse to not pay taxes. Libertarian,… Read full post »
History in Song
My long absence on my annual pilgrimage to the North Country has likely prompted some to imagine I've abandoned this outpost of semi-sanity in an otherwise absurd world. Truth is my absence has led me to question whether writing here is worth it.
The answer to that question? Yes, so… Read full post »
I'm Gone
Hi All
In case you're wondering, I'm off to Michigan for my annual concert at the Dogwood Center. Here's a link:
If any of you are in the area, I'd love to meet up.
Walk in a good way,
The One-Percent Solution
"History doesn't repeat itself, it rhymes." Mark Twain
How is it possible that after all we've been through in the last decade – 9-11 ... two far-flung, dubious, costly wars ... overt and abject cronyism ... offshoring jobs, income and profits ... the decimatio… Read full post »
Since it's the Fourth of July, it's altogether fitting and proper to salute those who have defended our freedom, people like Brig. General Anthony McAuliffe. During World War II, a German commander sent McAuliffe a note urging him to surrender. McAuliffe's response was brief and to the point… Read full post »
The Poverty of Pyrrhicism
Pyrrhicism – yes, I coined another word, but its time has certainly come, what with all the threats on the Chicken-Little Left to vote third-party or not vote at all come November. And to compound their perfidy, they dare to boast that makes them morally superior.… Read full post »
Funny, I Don't Look Jewish
My recent post A Cowboy Buryin' drew a Reader's Pick and some wonderful comments. Thank you all. Among the comments was one from Koshersalami, who offered what could be called bullet points on Judaism. What follows is drawn from his comment and my reply.
• &… Read full post »
Spam may be hazardous to your help
The shit has finally hit the spam, and never let it be said I missed out on a good food fight. Old-timers here on Open Salon may remember when management foolishly decided to introduce advertising to this site. At the time, I protested and issued a dire… Read full post »
Hello Dear,
Kindly permit me to write you my ordeal and such seek your assiststance. I am Mrs. Angelina Nya from Ukraine but presently in the hospital for my operation. I married to late Mr. Dickson Nya Desmond, who was the ambassador of Ukraine in Ivory Coast.
We… Read full post »
I'm Moving to Canada
Congratulations are in
order – all my trials, lord, soon be over! Today I received a
fabulous job offer, and it appears at some point it will require me
to move to Canada:
• • … Read full post »
A Cowboy Buryin'
"I know from experience how much beauty Satan carried with him when he fell. Nobody ever said fallen angels were the ugly ones."
Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory
My family is filled with an all-but-endless cast of fascinating characters. Most of the… Read full post »
Pirate Call
In response to Green Heron's open call, I give you Captain Blackheart:
wasin icu*
*Lakota "takes the fat"
Forgive me while I vent my
But I can't bear what I have seen
The hunter gone for harvest scene
Now there is nothing left to glean
Men who
worshipped gold and green
Looted lands once so pristine
With fisted-glove and twisted mien
They took the fat an… Read full post »
It's Enough to Make Me $cream
In my previous post, Ann of a Thou$and Tees, I took Ann Romney to task for the hideous $1000 tee shirt she wore on the Today Show. Then some commenters took me to task for wasting space on something so trivial.
Sorry folks, but where I come from, $1000… Read full post »
Ann of a Thou$and Tees
"I am a man of parts, though I disjoint a cripple." Anonymous
The soiled and spoiled rich have a saying: "If you got it flaunt it." Ann Romney apparently subscribes to that notion. She recently appeared on the Today Show wearing what has come to be… Read full post »
And you idolize
So you get hypnotized
By some too-perfect guy's
Smile and dark eyes
He's like honey to flies
He seems so wise
Surely, you surmise
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It is not hyperbole to say that the natives are restless at best, apathetic at worst. Listening to sports talk radio regarding the Red Sox lately I can't help but feel like I have stepped into the way back machine, landed in 1997 and it is "Loserville" all over again. Remember the good old days when the opening day starting outfield had legends the likes of Wil Cordero in left, Shane Mack in center and the immortal Rudy Pemberton in right? Not exactly Rice, Lynn and Evans. Heck that's not even Snap, Crackle and Pop for crying out loud.
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The leash is short to start the season no doubt. The fan base is cynical and rightly so. Even when the Sox try to offer an olive branch like lowering concession prices on certain items including beer in April the lawyer in Larry Lucchino can't help but not mention while the price of beer will go down from $7.50 to $5.00 the size actually will go down from 16 ounces to 12 ounces. Way to foul one off your foot, Larry.
No amount of discounted concessions or promotions short of lowering ticket pricing is going to bring people back to the ballpark right away. The team has to demonstrate to the fans that they can compete on the field and that they are worthy of their time and money again. Should this team repeat the early season starts of the last 2 years the lyrical little bandbox on Yawkey Way may once again become the capitol of Loserville, no way back machine necessary.
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The Menzingers, The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, Gates, The Radio Reds, The Mineral Girls
The Milestone Club
3400 Tuckaseegee Rd.
Charlotte, NC, 28208
Doors 7:00 PM / Show 7:15 PM
After releasing an especially lauded EP and touring much of 2009, Philadelphia's The Menzingers have been dubbed a "Band You Need To Know" in 2010 by Alternative Press and they have a brand new full length proving why. Chamberlain Waits may very well be the most important record released so far by Red Scare and on it The Menzingers combine many of the genre's styles (punk, hardcore, folk) to make for an undeniably infectious hybrid of hits. Produced by Matt Allison at Atlas Studios (Alkaline Trio, Less Than Jake, Lawrence Arms), this band and this new album are destined for great, great things.
We are an atmospheric emo / indie rock band from Willimantic, CT. Greg is supposed to get hot dogs but he never does.
the pride of New Brunswick, NJ, featuring members of Lydia.
The Radio Reds
Formed in early 2011 by Stephen Kent and Patrick Boyd in Greensboro NC. Stephen had some solo folk songs and the band translated them into punk rock songs once Aaron Schimmel joined on drums. Younger brother Mikey joined later that year on bass. The Radio Reds embarked on their first tour in 2012, and have just finished recording their debut full length, "Memory Loss", which should be out in late summer 2013, on Scaredy Cat Records. Jake Burrows joined the band in April. The band tackles a variety of topics from social change and government, to introversion and matters relevant to kids young and old.
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During the winter months, it's tempting to crank the heat and hibernate, but doing this can make electric or gas bills soar. Luckily, there are several simple ways to conserve energy and keep costs down when it's cold outside. Additionally, Massachusetts offers fuel assistance programs to qualified households to help people stay warm without blowing their budget.
Commonly known as "fuel assistance," the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides eligible households with home energy conservation services as well as fixed payment assistance for a household's primary source of heat. Eligibility is based on household size and the gross annual income of every household member 18 years of age or older. Homeowners and renters and must apply in person at the fuel assistance agency in their area; applications are accepted from November 1st to April 30th every year.
The Heating Emergency Assistance Retrofit Task Weatherization Assistance Program (HEARTWAP) provides emergency heating system repair and replacement services to the primary heating system of low-income homeowners. Secondary or back-up systems are not eligible for HEARTWAP services. Households that are eligible for LIHEAP are also eligible for HEARTWAP services.
Also by following some simple tips residents can conserve energy, make their homes easier to heat, and save money.
- Caulk and weather-strip doors and windows that leak air.
- Make sure all heating vents are open and unblocked by furniture or other items. This will ensure that the air is evenly distributed throughout one's home.
- Close the damper on your fireplace. A chimney functions as a large open window that draws warm air out of the room and creates a draft.
- Install a programmable thermostat to help lower utility bills and manage heating systems.
- Wear warm clothing, set your thermostat to 68°F or lower, and set the thermostat on your water heater to 120°F to save energy.
- Clean or replace filters on furnaces every other month.
- Keep the draperies and shades on windows open during the day to allow sunlight to naturally heat your home and close them at night to keep the heat in.
- Having your oil-fired heating system serviced annually and your gas-fired heating system serviced every three years is good practice.
Additionally, Mass Save provides a wide range of financial incentives for replacing or upgrading lighting and appliances, or heating and cooling systems. Homeowners can apply for an interest-free loan of up to $25,000 to assist with the installation of qualified energy efficient improvements in their homes through the HEAT Loan Program. These improvements include attic, wall, and basement insulation, installing high efficiency heating systems and central air conditioning.
To qualify for the loan, homeowners must own a one- to four-family residence, obtain a Mass Save Home Energy Assessment, and install qualified energy efficiency measures recommended by a Mass Save representative.
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leaf miners
I have leaf miners and can get rid of them how every most of the leaves on my orange tree seem to be affected so once I have got rid of the miners is there anything I can do for the leaves?
There are a couple of schools of thought on leaf miners.
Some folks say to ignore them, that they really don't hurt anything. Personally, I don't believe that. They certainly don't HELP anything!
The leaves already damaged are beyond help. However, my favorite trick is to watch for the newest, tiniest leaves to sprout and then I spray them with insecticide.
This protects them until they harden up. Once they harden up, the miners can't burrow into them.
After the old, damaged leaves fall off, you'll have a tree covered with nice undamaged leaves.
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When I play solo queue I usually like to wait until everyone else has picked to pick mine to make sure the team is balanced. Is this needed? My best character is anivia and I like playing her, sometimes I'll play morgana as well. But if it looks like there are too many ranged champs or not enough tanks I try to play malphite or amumu to diversify the team a little bit. I tend not to do as well with them, I feel like I get less kills and die more. The problem with them is that they are melee and in the early game I always try to last hit the minions, but it leaves me easily able to get swamped if the enemy champs focus me. In my last game I found myself just standing away from the minion battle just getting exp, but not last hitting at all.
So I guess my question is, when is it important to change your champ based on the team so far?
And, I feel useless just standing there no getting last hits, but sometimes I have to do that in order to be safe, is that okay?
imo the balance you bring to the team is negated if you aren't good with the character, if you play anivia really well and aren't good with malphite, don't play him because the balance you are brining to the team is effecitvely useless since you aren't able to play malphite the way he should be played.
I'm going to go the other way and say that balance you bring is great, so it's worth learning to use a few characters. I recommend learning to play those characters, read some guides, etc. From what I understand, there's some really good video guides showing how malphite last hits, for instance.
Plus, it's more fun knowing how to use a few characters.
every player should know how to play a variety of characters.... if you can learn to play a tank a caster dps, a support and a carry so you can help diversify your team then it would be excellent
What I would give to have more solo pugs who dont play carries..... every single time I queue with 2-3 friends we get a pug who plays a carry and goes 1-12-0...
The thing about tanks in this game is even if your not all that good with them they have inevitability... especially someone like Amumu... even if you die 3-4 times early... if all you do in a group fight is cast your ult you gonna be useful :P
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I typically try to become good at a variety of characters who could fulfill any role.
For carries, I play Ashe and Master Yi pretty well.
For casters, I can do Kassadin, Annie, Veigar pretty well (still learning Kassadin, hes harder than you think =p), and Morgana (no master at dps morgana, pretty hard to learn)
For support, I can play Survivability Morgana pretty well
For tank, I build Morgana as a max cooldown tank 90% of the time, though when I get the IP I would like to learn Rammus and Amumu (can't wait for Amumu to be available on rotational).
That means I play an assload of practice games, trying to get my skill up by practicing strategies and tactics on lower level players and gradually bringing it up to players of my caliber (which isnt very high, I'm lv16 O.o but thats due to the amount of practice games i play, and i love 3v3 so i do alot of that)
Id rather have a bad champion used by a good player than a good champion used by a bad player.
hence the reason i tell anyone knew to the game to play Ashe. Id rather you be mediocre at Ashe than be worthless at something we need.
Now i also agree with the post, learn how to play one of each type of character well. Just in case the need arises.
I wish more players thought the way you did, although there is "some" wisdom in the opinion of playing what you are good at. I think the best strategy to follow since LoL is a TEAM GAME not a SOLO game, is to have a well balanced line-up of champs in order to have a better chance of pushing and winning the 5v5 battles.
So the key thing I think is to get really good or at least decent with at least: 1 tank, 1 support, 1 ranged dps, and 1 melee dps. Just incase your main pick is taken or is not needed at all.
Also, keep in mind that a team full of ALL physical dps will need a magical dps champ not another phys dps. Most people do not seem to get the concept that a team full of only ONE type of dps is easily countered by one set of equipment. Whereas a mixed bag of dps forces the other team to be weak to at least some of your dps lineup when they buy defensive equipment unless they cover both, but then both can't be super strong, which is the idea...
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March 17, 2015 BY: Edward D. Kleinbard TOPICS: Social Insurance, Improving Medicare and Medicaid, Strengthening Social Security
The "social safety net" has been a complicated concept since the 1960's, since many of its programs benefit the poor, but need funding support from the whole population. TCF fellow Edward Kleinbard offers one solution that is highlighted in his book, "We Are Better Than This," which is to "raise[ing] top tax rates to where they were in the Clinton era and pare[ing] some personal tax deductions that benefit the better off."
As demands on Social Security and Medicare grow over time, pressure will be enormous to cut benefits, mostly at the top. If Mr. Cohen was right, this will drain political support from the only universal programs we have left. They may become poor programs too.
Read the NY Times piece featuring Kleinbard.
March 11, 2015 BY: Harold Pollack TOPICS: Social Insurance, Continuing Health Care Reform , Improving Medicare and Medicaid
The problem of mass incarceration expands further than reforming the criminal justice system; it also involves addressing the reach of Medicaid recipients. TCF fellow Harold Pollack spoke with Mike Konczal of the Roosevelt Institute to explain how expansion of Medicaid coverage would assist inmates needing mental health services, substance abuse treatment, and medical care that may have landed them behind bars in the first place.
Think about who is not eligible for Medicaid before health reform. A low-income male who is not a veteran or a custodial parent, or who doesn't qualify for Ryan-White HIV/AIDS benefits. They may have a serious substance abuse problem, but that wouldn't qualify them for federal disability benefits. They, with the expansion, can get access to Medicaid simply because they are poor.
The full interview can be accessed here.
February 19, 2015 BY: Michael Wahid Hanna TOPICS: Foreign Policy, Responding to Upheaval in the Arab World, Social Insurance, Improving Medicare and Medicaid
With Libya plagued by internal conflict between two rival governments and jihadist extremism, countries in the area are searching for ways to combat jihadists in the region. TCF fellow Michael Wahid Hanna provided commentary on why military responses to the turmoil in Libya must be measured.
"Unsophisticated, heavy-handed and un-nuanced responses could exacerbate the problem," says Michael Wahid Hanna of The Century Foundation, a think-tank in New York.
Read more on Libya in The Economist.
February 13, 2015 BY: Michael Cohen TOPICS: Social Insurance, Continuing Health Care Reform , Improving Medicare and Medicaid
It's no secret that Republicans have been fighting the Affordable Care Act for years. In fact, Republicans in Congress have voted to repeal it, defund it, or change it 67 times to date. TCF fellow Michael A. Cohen discusses this relentless battle and why these efforts to kill Obamacare are literally killing Americans in the process.
All too often GOP opposition to Obamacare is described as a political dispute. It's much more than that, however. Repealing Obamacare, removing federal subsidies for millions of people, and denying Medicaid expansion are all affirmative political acts that will hurt, and even kill, Americans. The Republican position might reflect the party's strongly held views, but that doesn't make it any less monstrous.
Michael's full commentary can be found in The Boston Globe.
February 13, 2015 COMMENTARY BY: Clio Chang TOPICS: Social Insurance, Improving Medicare and Medicaid
Twenty-two states have opted out of the federal Medicaid expansion, leaving many working Americans without health insurance. TCF policy associate Clio Chang takes a look at who falls into this "Medicaid gap."READ MORE
February 10, 2015 BY: Harold Pollack TOPICS: Social Insurance, Improving Medicare and Medicaid
A number of research studies that have been conducted to expose the link between welfare applicants and drug use have apparently delivered results that prove the two are not nearly correlated as was hypothesized. Drug use and welfare applicants are in fact not as closely linked as drug use and the demographic of men from ages 18 to 24. TCF fellow Harold Pollack is quoted in the article explaining, "Other physical and mental health problems are far more prevalent" among low-income people than substance abuse problems."
But the idea of drug testing poor folk before doling out food money and rental assistance continues to spread despite all the evidence and expert testimony against the practice. Texas lawmakers are hoping to start mandatory drug tests for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; their law would impose a three-strikes rule for drug testing, under which anyone who tested positive a third time would be permanently ineligible for the federal aid program.
The article from ThinkProgress can be accessed here.
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Ted Cruz dot com: A domain name cautionary tale "On March 23rd, Texas Republican senator and Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz announced that he was going to run for president. If you [go] running to his website, tedcruz.com, to see what he had to say you [will be] shocked to see the message, "SUPPORT PRESIDENT OBAMA. IMMIGRATION REFORM NOW!"" [more inside]
"At the age of 22, I fell in love with my boss..."
"...and at the age of 24, I learned the devastating consequences." Monica Lewinsky takes a look at our "culture of humiliation" from the TED stage. (previously 1, 2, 3)
Kermit the Frog (Steve Whitmire) does a TEDTalk at the TEDx in Jackson, Mississippi. A last-minute add to the program (the video starts with Sir Ken Robinson talking the famous frog out of cancelling), it's 20 minutes on Creativity and how to unleash it, with quotes from Jim Henson (obviously), Sir Ken, Salvador Dali and others, plus a few Muppet-centric jokes.*
Not the first Muppet contribution to TED: Scooter of The Muppet Show (David Rudman) had previously briefly covered the conflict between Tactile and CG characters (he's obviously very pro-tactile). And Sesame Street's Cookie Monster (also Rudman) 'helped' ultramarathon champion Scott Jurek talk about healthy foods and exercise at TEDMED. [more inside]
Not the first Muppet contribution to TED: Scooter of The Muppet Show (David Rudman) had previously briefly covered the conflict between Tactile and CG characters (he's obviously very pro-tactile). And Sesame Street's Cookie Monster (also Rudman) 'helped' ultramarathon champion Scott Jurek talk about healthy foods and exercise at TEDMED. [more inside]
"If we don't work, we die." Excellent!
Tour the mega-slum Dharavi, one of the most materially deprived places on earth, transformed by TED-like pundits into a "most inspiring economic model" that gels quite well with their vision of a world without public aid and guarantees to needy.
you are all human
Doing his best Orson Welles impression, Ze Frank administers a Voight-Kampff Test to a Vancouver TED audience.
"TCCNCCPCC pawn momma run,"
The Absolutist: [The New Yorker] Jeffrey Toobin profiles the current state of Ted Cruz.
Are atheletes really getting faster, stronger and better?
The large got larger. The small got smaller. The weird got weirder. When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out in this delightfully counter-intuitive talk, we might want to lay off the self-congratulation. Many factors are at play in shattering athletic records, and the development of our natural talents is just one of them. TED talk, 14:53
A person can never be broken
Children of Music
Victor Wooten discusses being born into a musical family in a TED talk entitled Music as a Language. In contrast, Alex Lifeson as a teenager clashes with his parents about choosing music over school in an excerpt from the documentary Come On Children.
The Empowerment Elite Claims Feminism
I can't think of any feminist who wouldn't support the innovative work of the speakers I heard at TEDWomen. But this is an incomplete vision of feminist goals being presented as the most vital—and they will almost certainly be the best funded. Meanwhile, the more controversial issues like abortion will be stranded in their wake.
Philosophy For A Happy Life
Inspirational Sam Berns, who suffered from the premature ageing disease progeria, has passed away at the age of 17.
Middlebrow megachurch infotainment
Let me tell you a story. I was at a presentation that a friend, an Astrophysicist, gave to a potential donor ... After the talk the sponsor said to him, "you know what, I'm gonna pass because I just don't feel inspired… you should be more like Malcolm Gladwell" ... So I ask the question: does TED epitomize a situation where ... a scientist... is told that their work is not worthy of support, because the public doesn't feel good listening to them? I submit that Astrophysics run on the model of American Idol is a recipe for civilizational disaster.Benjamin H. Bratton (Dept. of Visual Arts, UC San Diego) uses a TEDx talk to critique the medium of the TED talk itself. Does TED—"weird, inadequate and symptomatic"—encapsulate the twenty-first century's inability to face the challenges of the future in any honest way?
Places Are Made Of A Thousand Stories
"I want to see the world. Follow a map to its edges, and keep going. Forgo the plans. Trust my instincts. Let curiosity be my guide.
I want to change hemispheres and sleep with unfamiliar stars and let the journey unfold before me."
Maptia is on a mission to gather first-person stories from travelers, "to create the most inspirational map in the world." [more inside]
I want to change hemispheres and sleep with unfamiliar stars and let the journey unfold before me."
Maptia is on a mission to gather first-person stories from travelers, "to create the most inspirational map in the world." [more inside]
We think about the positioning of our legs, the position of our hair...
Caroline Heldman on The Sexy Lie
In the 5 minutes that I've been giving this talk, on average the women in this audience have engaged in habitual body monitoring 10 times. That is every 30 seconds...It simply takes up mental space that can be better used completing math tests, completing your homework. It just sucks our cognitive functioning.[more inside]
The forests blotted out memories of what had gone before.
Accidental Rewilding - In places once thick with farms and cities, human dispossession and war has cleared the ground for nature to return
The forest had entered a cycle Tomaž had not seen before, in which many of the giants had perished. Some had died where they stood, and remained upright, reamed with beetle and woodpecker holes, sprouting hoof fungus and razor strop. They looked as if a whisper of wind could blow them down. Others now stretched across the rocks and craters, sometimes blocking our path, sometimes suspended above our heads. Among the trunks lying on the ground, some were so thick that I could scarcely see over them. Where they had fallen, thickets of saplings crowded into the light. Seeing the profusion of fungus and insect life the dead wood harboured, I was reminded of the old ecologists' aphorism: there is more life in dead trees than there is in living trees. The tidy-minded forestry so many nations practise deprives many species of their habitats.by George Monbiot [more inside]
"Stopping bad things is a significant public service."
Business clients can be poor with the simple task of sending email
Sometimes, it is hard to resist sending to a customer a link to last year's article What's so good about email? from Rory Sutherland who, in his day job, is Vice-Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather UK. Elsewhere, Sutherland does not say too much at Twitter, but some links and remarks make him worth a follow. Some Sutherland thinking at TED is fun and provoking.
Practically Incomprehensible
How big is the ocean? [slyt | TED | via]
The neurons that shaped civilization. Empathy & types of mirror neurons.
"There is no real independent self, aloof from other human beings, inspecting the world, inspecting other people. You are, in fact, connected not just via Facebook and internet, you're actually quite literally connected by your neurons." — V S Ramachandran
Meg Jay: Why 30 is not the new 20
Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twentysomethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade. In this provocative talk, Jay says that just because marriage, work and kids are happening later in life, doesn't mean you can't start planning now. She gives 3 pieces of advice for how twentysomethings can re-claim adulthood in the defining decade of their lives. (copied from description on TED website). [more inside]
BLACK: My journey to yo-yo mastery.
Delightfully funny, self-honest, interesting and wise. More about personal evolution really than the yo-yo. Some intelligent laughs and inspiration here. It's a TED talk: BLACK: My journey to yo-yo mastery. Actual use of yo-yo begins at 4:00.
Just In Time For The Equinox
About a week ago a series of tweets began to appear promoting a new TEDx conference taking place with all the normal social media bluster and back-patting - but was it? The event's isolated location should've set off warning bells (previously) when the tweets from "TedxSummerisle" because increasingly worrisome as the conference tumblr began posting videos with titles like "Our Friends the Bees, and Nanotech" and "The Secret Science of the Ancients". (via)
Crowd funding is a lot like crowd surfing
"And I fell into those thousands of connections that I'd made. And I asked the crowd to catch me." "When you connect with them people want to help you" - The art of asking by Amanda Palmer [more inside]
"When the lights go out for good, my people will still be here. We have our ancient ways. We will remain."
In the Shadow of Wounded Knee. Along the southwestern border of South Dakota is one of the most poverty-stricken places in the United States—the Pine Ridge Reservation, home of the Oglala Lakota people. After 150 years of broken promises, they are still nurturing their tribal customs, language and beliefs. Via [more inside]
What is the biggest rock?
Last week, The Onion revealed it is taking on TED with Onion Talks. The first episode is up: Compost-Fuelled Cars: Wouldn't That Be Great?
♪ Where Everybody Knows Your Name! ♪
"Everybody Knows Their Names: The GQ Oral History of Cheers." (Single page version.) On the thirtieth anniversary of the premiere of Cheers, GQ "sat down with just about everyone who made it." Also, Christopher Lloyd, Amy Poehler and Shawn Ryan talk about what they learned from the show. [more inside]
Guys who do not watch porn do not exist
The Great Porn Experiment. A Tedx Talk (in response to Phil Zimbrado's The Demise of Guys), in which Gary Wilson, creator of YourBrainOnPorn.com and founder of The Good Men project, asks whether our brains evolved to handle the hyperstimulation of today's Internet enticements, or whether it is priming human males for addiction and dysfunction.
Bird Brains
Staying_On-Topic in r/intelligentanimals posts a huge number of links explaining why Corvids (crows, ravens, magpies, etc) are amazing.
Capturing a scene at trillion frames per second
An insatiable kingpin of international meme laundering
TED Fellow Evgeny Morozov (previously, previously) calls bullshit on the "increasingly" "simplistic" "anxiety-peddling futurology" surrounding the TED conference in generally and especially the new TED book Hybrid Reality by Ayesha & Parag Khanna. [more inside]
Teddy Ruxpin tells the emotional temperature of the internet
TED (Transformations, Emotional Deconstruction) is a large, wall-based installation created by Sean Hathaway, consisting of an array of 80 Teddy Ruxpin dolls that speak emotional content gathered from the web via synthetic speech with animated mouths.
If we keep doing what we are now doing, we will face unthinkable catastrophe
"Climate change will take on a life of it's own and spiral out of control. Something like half the earth's currently-inhabited land would become too hot to survive on. I don't mean it's difficult to grow beans, or your air-conditioning bills are inconveniently high. I mean, if you go outside you die of hotness. Places that were an average of 80F will now be an average of 170, 180F. Will there still be human civilization under those circumstances?" - a TEDx talk on The Brutal Logic of Climate Change, by David Roberts of grist.org
Does TED even understand it's being mocked?
Reggie Watts gives the Ultimate TED Talk which means deconstructive, meaning-free, musical and far more entertaining than most. [more inside]
"The only thing that limits us is our imagination."
TED: Yes to "Drying your Hands," No to "Income Inequality."
"I can say with confidence that rich people don't create jobs, nor do businesses, large or small," said über-rich venture capitalist Nick Hanauer in a March 1st TEDx talk, which TED is refusing to put on its website. [more inside]
Shake & Fold
Here's a 4-minute TEDx talk that demonstrates the correct method for drying your hands with a single paper towel.
Fuck You, A Magazine of the Arts
Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts was a literary magazine founded in 1962 by Ed Sanders, a poet later co-founded The Fugs. Its credo was "I'll print anything", and Sanders produced thirteen issues on a mimeograph machine from 1962 to 1965. Issues included works by Tuli Kupferberg, Charles Olson, Peter Orlovsky, Philip Whalen, Allen Ginsberg, Frank O'Hara, Julian Beck, Herbert Huncke, Norman Mailer, Gary Snyder, Diane DiPrima, William S. Burroughs, Leroi Jones, Gregory Corso, Robert Creeley, Michael McClure, Ted Berrigan, Joe Brainard, and Andy Warhol. - wikipedia. With a helpful index. [more inside]
Alone Together
Sherry Turkle believes that as we expect more from technology, we expect less from each other. (SLTedTalk)
"Vulnerability is not weakness.... Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage."
Brené Brown: Listening to shame. Filmed this month at TED in Long Beach, CA. (YouTube) Also see: The Power of Vulnerability (yt, previously on MeFi), and The Price of Invulnerability. [more inside]
Susan Cain: The power of introverts.
Susan Cain prefers listening to talking, reading to socializing... but she's a good speaker with an interesting message. (SLYT)
Wait for it... wait for it...
Best. TED Talk. Ever. As the 'spinning beach ball of death' (Apple's Wait Cursor) does much more than slow down a three-minute presentation (SLImprovAnywhere)
a radical experiment in empathy
Sam Richards: A Radical Experiment In Empathy (button underneath the video makes "interactive transcript" available, at link) [more inside]
"Smart talk has never been such a valuable commodity. It's spawned conferences like TED, Davos, and now a slew of upstart competitors. It has made the eighteen‑minute TED lecture a viral online phenomenon. But are we running out of things to say?"
Only *You* Can Prevent Irrationality
There are no enemies in science, only phenomena to be studied
The 'Cyrus the Great Cylinder', is an artifact of the Persian Empire from the 6th century BCE inscribed in Babylonian (Akkadian) cuneiform on a clay cylinder, which has been widely, falsely claimed as the first known recorded declaration of human rights, issued by the emperor Cyrus the Great. (Translation of the text.) A recent TED talk by Neil MacGregor (Director of the British Museum and host of the BBC's History of the World in 100 Objects, previously) discusses the Cylinder, and places it into historical perspective: 2600 Years of History in One Object. [more inside]
"It all ends up in the same place anyway"
A "smartpill" is a type of endoscopic capsule camera that creates a video of the digestive process from entrance to exit. For Stefani Bardin's "M2A Project" film for TEDxManhattan, two subjects swallowed a smartpill capsule. One subject ate a meal of Top Ramen and Haribo Goldbears, together with a drink of blue Gatorade. The other subject ate a meal of homemade chicken noodle soup, together with naturally flavored and colored gummy bears and a hibiscus drink. The camera followed. [NSFLunch. Wired article for a quick overview.] [more inside]
Religions without gods?
Atheism 2.0: Alain de Botton reviews some of the often-overlooked values that religion can have for secular society. [more inside]
On November 22, 2011, TEDxBrussels held an all day event whose theme was: "A Day in the Deep Future." Speakers were asked to try and contemplate what life will be like for mankind in 50 years. Overview. [more inside]
Powerpoint is a scourge on our economy
A modest proposal to replace Powerpoint presentations with dancers. (TED talk) Demonstrated with dancers, naturally.


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Reprinted from the AFIPS Conference Proceedings, Vol. 30 (Atlantic City, N.J., Apr. 18-20), AFIPS Press, Reston, Va., 1967, pp. 483-485, when Dr. Amdahl was at International Business Machines Corporation, Sunnyvale,California. This influential article by Dr. Amdahl demonstrated the validity of the single processor approach, based on statistical characteristics of computation on computers from the mid 1950's - 60's and upon the operational requirements within problems of physical interest.


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SACRAMENTO (AP) - A robust economic recovery and surging revenue propelled by voter-approved tax increases have sent California's general fund spending to a record high, marking a dramatic turn-around from the state's days as the nation's poster child of fiscal dysfunction.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Opponents of a new California law that spells out the rights of transgender students in public schools have cleared the next hurdle in their effort to repeal the law at the ballot box, state elections officials said Wednesday.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - California will have no choice but to move 4,000 more inmates to private prisons in other states if federal judges refuse to postpone a court-ordered population cap, state Corrections Secretary Jeffrey Beard said Wednesday.
EUREKA (AP) - A man charged with murder in the death of a California priest in a church rectory beat him with a wooden stake and rusty metal pipe then made two unsuccessful attempts to set the body and building on fire, police said in a court document obtained Wednesday.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles risks becoming a city in decline as it struggles with poverty, poor schooling, traffic jams and a crisis of leadership, a citizens' panel warned Wednesday.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An advocacy group is facing sharp criticism for using the case of a 13-year-old California girl declared brain dead in a bid to raise money for a proposed ballot initiative.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and four other California mayors were cleared Tuesday to start gathering signatures to get their proposed statewide pension reform initiative on voter ballots in November.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Talk about mind over matter: A quirky new study suggests patients' expectations can make a big difference in how they feel after treatment for a migraine.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown's budget for the coming fiscal year calls for an 8.5 percent increase in general fund spending coupled with a dedication to pay down the state's debt by more than $11 billion, according to a copy of the document obtained late Wednesday by The Sacramento Bee.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The Sacramento City Council has voted to file an eminent domain lawsuit against the owners of a former Macy's department store downtown.
LA SUES TO STOP REOPENING OF URBAN OIL FIELD: LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles is suing to stop an energy company from reopening an urban oil field blamed for causing chronic respiratory illnesses and nosebleeds in a South LA neighborhood.
SANTA ANA (AP) - A judge on Wednesday interrupted closing arguments in the trial of two police officers accused of killing a homeless man to angrily threaten jail time for whoever posted a Twitter picture of the jury.
MILPITAS . (AP) - A Bay Area hang glider who ended up dangling from a eucalyptus tree is back on earth thanks to a California Highway Patrol helicopter crew who performed a delicate rescue operation.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco plans to start regulating employee shuttles for companies like Google, Facebook and Apple, charging a fee for those that use public bus stops and controlling where they load and unload.
EmMONTEREY PARK (AP) - Embattled Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca announced his retirement Tuesday amid federal investigations that have targeted abuses in his jails and discrimination against minorities in one of the communities his deputies patrol.
• WATER BOARD APPROVES SANTA BARBARA DESALINATION PERMIT: SANTA BARBARA (AP) - A state board has approved a permit to allow the city of Santa Barbara to restart its desalination plant and tap the ocean to turn salty seawater to fresh water amid an historic drought.
SACRAMENTO . (AP) - December's rains enabled Californians to finally meet Gov. Jerry Brown's call for a 20 percent reduction in monthly water consumption, but more restrictions loom as the state adapts to long-term drought conditions.
FRESNO (AP) - California's $68 billion high-speed rail was chastised by federal officials for infringing on the habitat of the protected kit fox.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A lawsuit filed by the family of an apparently suicidal college student shot and killed by Los Angeles police claims he obeyed all orders given by the officers and they still opened fire.
HANFORD (AP) - Thick fog is likely to blame for multiple vehicle crashes that involved about 30 cars on a Central California highway.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Some of Los Angeles' wealthiest areas have gotten the first count of homeless on their streets.
FRESNO (AP) - A 26-year-old woman with the nickname Star who says she is going to marry 80-year-old mass murderer Charles Manson will have to wait a while longer.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Inmate populations are falling in once-overcrowded California county jails since voters decided in November that certain drug and property crimes should be treated as misdemeanors instead of felonies.
INDIO (AP) - A big-rig hauling frozen chicken collided with a truck carrying bees in Southern California, igniting a fireball that quickly cooked the chicken.
RICHMOND (AP) - In December, the openly gay, white police chief of this tough, minority-dominated Northern California city held up a sign reading "#blacklivesmatter" during a protest over the deaths of two unarmed black suspects at the hands of Missouri and New York police.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco police arrested a man on suspicion of murder Saturday in connection with a suitcase found on a downtown street stuffed with dismembered human remains.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A San Francisco Bay Area government association is accusing its former director of financial services of embezzling $1.3 million from a fund meant for parks and other public improvements.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - With the San Francisco Bay Area economy booming, a plan to build a second tube for BART trains under San Francisco Bay is getting renewed attention.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - For the first time in recorded weather history, San Francisco received no measurable rain in January.
PALMDALE (AP) - A former star of the "Power Rangers" TV series has been arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing his roommate with a sword.


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Posted by Sheila Shayon on September 19, 2012 11:57 AM
"Keep Good Going" is the tagline and rallying cry for New York Life's new campaign. The Facebook announcement includes a Twitter hashtag and the call to action, "What inspires you? There is good all around us, and at New York Life, we believe in perpetuating that good. The people, words, videos and stories on this page have touched and inspired us. #KeepGoodGoing"
The Facebook and Twitter push promotes to a microsite featuring "found" video and photographs in "Snapshots" that highlight a cross-section of ages and customers. The digital hub for the campaign also invites visitors to ponder life lessons such as "#27 Be the man your dog thinks you are" and then share the life lessons that means the most to them.Continue reading...
More about: New York Life, Insurance, Campaigns, Advertising, Taglines, Social Marketing, Digital Marketing, Twitter, Facebook, Video, Storytelling
creative snack
Posted by Sheila Shayon on September 18, 2012 02:43 PM
Remember Google's Agile Creativity Pitch to agencies? It's now amping up its own digital creativity to attract ad agencies to come and play in its Creative Sandbox, an "open platform to surface and celebrate" inspiring new campaigns and digital creative.
The name is no doubt familiar to digital types, as Creative Sandbox was the banner under which Google hosted events, dating back to San Francisco, Chicago in 2008, and more recently popping up as events to inspire creatives in Cannes, New York, London and Shanghai.
Now the party is moving online with the launch of a virtual gallery to share and showcase new creative work .Continue reading...
More about: Google, Digital, Creative, Design, Advertising, Technology, Events, Cannes, Digital Marketing, Facebook, Facebook Studio, Education, Social Marketing
digital marketing
Posted by Sheila Shayon on September 7, 2012 05:34 PM
Technology and creativity are fusing to drive a new interdependence between two seemingly diverse business disciplines, the CIO and the CMO.
According to Gartner, by 2017 the head of marketing — not the head of technology — will have greater influence on technology purchases. Gartner predicted earlier this year that chief marketing officers would soon spend more on technology than chief information officers.
Anticipating that shift, IBM has just launched a new set of services targeting CMO's and CIO's to augment engagement with increasingly savvy and empowered customers. CMOs can now target customers as individuals instead of clustering them within vague demographic categories — a vital approach, as social media has also made the CMO responsible for building an internal employee culture that represents the company's brand in online interactions.
IBM will rapidly assess a business's current needs against future marketing vision, conduct a gap analysis to evaluate which of the future capabilities are currently supported through existing business architecture and then determine the new processes, technology, data, skills, and governance required for the transformation strategy. IBM will design customized roadmaps for clients built on industry-leading techniques and methodologies developed in worldwide client engagements.Continue reading...
More about: IBM, Digital Marketing, Technology, CMO, CIO, CTO, Social Marketing, Digital, Conferences
digital moves
Posted by Mark J. Miller on April 27, 2012 10:20 AM
Brands can ask their fans to do some crazy things to show their love, but Nike Japan has found a new way to get its devotees to make themselves look a little crazy while helping to spread the Nike name.
Their marketing team's latest stunt: Free Face, which asks consumers to, well, load an image of their face that the magic of technology will use to create an oddly similar image of a Nike shoe. This, of course, has led to some hilarious results.Continue reading...
More about: Nike, Japan, Digital Marketing, Customization
Posted by Shirley Brady on March 21, 2012 12:56 PM
The organizers of the Digital Media Summit today in Toronto tweeted the following question: "Are you guilty of 'social notworking'?"
Some new research spearheaded by Jeff Mancini, Interbrand's New York-based senior director of digital strategy, who's also a participant at the conference, reveals how companies are guilty of 'social notworking' — and what they can do about it.
Interbrand's just-released survey of 672 companies across 10 sectors — in a new report titled "From Digital Strategy to Brand Mastery" — takes the pulse of corporate social marketing efforts with some telling results:Continue reading...
More about: Research, Digital, Social Media, Social Marketing, Digital Marketing, Interbrand, Jeff Mancini
Posted by Dale Buss on March 16, 2012 01:19 PM
If the path Procter & Gamble is pursuing in turning hard toward digital marketing is reminiscent of another recent, major strategic shift for the CPG giant, that's because company executives are deliberately borrowing from that model. More than a decade ago, P&G shook up the corporate world by opening up to outsiders for ideas for innovations in the products and features that make up its brands, in an initiative that came to be called Connect + Develop.
And now P&G is doing something similar for its digital-marketing push. "We want to leverage the knowledge and power of everyone we can" in accelerating investments in digital communications and marketing, Alex Tosolini, P&G's vice president of e-business, told brandchannel. Indeed, if members of the marketing and advertising community have "wonderful ideas" for digital plays, he said, "Please come to us and we'll be open to co-innovating with you."Continue reading...
More about: P&G, CPG, Digital, Digital Marketing, Olay, Olay Regenerist, Swiffer, Crest, Crest SpinBrush, Glad, Glad ForceFlex
Posted by Sheila Shayon on March 15, 2012 03:03 PM
Launching Doritos' new "Jacked" product line via a giant vending machine isn't the only thing PepsiCo has been up to at SXSW. The CPG giant, and its brands, have been all over Austin this past week.
"What I love about SXSW is it's a place where culture breaks — and specifically digital culture," Josh Karpf, PepsiCo's Global Director of Digital and Social Media, told brandchannel. "We get to see the latest technologies 12-18 months before they hit the consumer consciousness. We're getting it earlier which makes it a key part of the calendar."
It's PepsiCo's fourth year at SXSW and its corporate and brand presence is larger than ever with four of its "billion-dollar" brands on-site, including festival novice Doritos plus SXSW veterans Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Brisk.Continue reading...
More about: PepsiCo, CPG, Brisk, Diet Mountain Dew, Lay's, Doritos, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, SXSW, Event Marketing, Digital, Apps, Mobile, Social Media, Social Marketing, Digital Marketing
political season
Posted by Mark J. Miller on January 4, 2012 11:55 AM
More and more rules and regulations are popping up across the U.S. that make it more difficult, more expensive, and often both of those things for Americans to enjoy their tobacco products. Over the years, there have been plenty of organizations and events that attempt to help people put an end to smoking in their lives and others.
Now the Altria Group has launched a website that can help consumers keep track of everything that's going on to curtail smoking. But given that it's a digital marketing move from the cigarette maker formerly known as The Philip Morris Companies Inc., it's suggesting ways for smokers not to quit, but how to fight back by voting for candidates who are sympathetic with the tobacco industry.Continue reading...
More about: Altria, Philip Morris, Marlboro, Tobacco, US, Advocacy, Digital Marketing, Politics
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Death Toll From Mystery Goo Reaches 200 Birds; Substance Still Unknown
An unidentified sticky substance found on seabirds in the East Bay and Peninsula since Friday has killed about 200 birds, while more than 250 others are receiving care, California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials said Wednesday.
4th Grader, His Nanny Narrowly Escape Burlingame Caltrain Crash After Car Gets Stuck On Tracks
A 4th grader and his nanny narrowly escaped injury when a Caltrain hit their car after it became stuck on the tracks in Burlingame.
Weekend Magazine: Senior Depression, Mississippi Writer, And Free Clothing
You can listen to the broadcast of Weekend Magazine with KCBS Public Affairs Director Liz Saint John every Sunday morning from 3:00am-4:00am and again from 5:00am-6:00am on KCBS All News 740 AM and 106.9 FM. […]
Caltrain's Switch From Diesel Fuel To Electrification Will Cause 'Significant' Backups For Drivers; Report Shows
Drivers on the Peninsula may soon be waiting even longer at some train crossings, according to a new report on Caltrain's switch to electrification.
Outages Keep PG&E Crews Working Into The Night; More Than 30,000 Bay Area Homes Still In The Dark
As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, around 170,000 customers had been impacted by power outages throughout the region, with an estimated 31,000 customers still without service
Best Bed And Breakfasts In The Bay Area
If you're looking for a romantic hideaway or simply want to get away from it all, consider five of the best bed and breakfasts in the Bay Area.
Best Places For Ice Skating On The Peninsula
Forget the mild California winter weather, ice skating fits right in to some of the Bay Area's favorite sports.
Palo Alto Community Pitches In For Holiday Gifts For 11 Guards Who Watch Dangerous Train Crossings
$350 gift cards were handed out this week to the 11 guards who keep watch at Palo Alto train tracks as part of the city's Track Watch program.
Best Romantic Winter Destinations For Couples
Couples looking for a romantic winter destination in America will enjoy any of these five beautiful places.
Best Local Stores For Gift Baskets In The Peninsula & South Bay
Shop local and make up your own themed gift baskets for the holidays.


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Twelve21 Gallery
1221-C North Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32804
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Mo to Su from 10:00 AM to 05:00 PMTwelve21 Gallery is a unique space that features a number of innovative and original works of art for sale. There are a number of open events throughout the year, but during regular business hours, Twelve21 is open to the public by appointment only. Featured artists work in painting, sculpture, photography and other media with a contemporary flavor.
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Media: ceramic
Size: 15" x 20"
Price Range: Important $501-$5,000
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If you've forgotten your Windows password and you don't have an install CD laying around, there's no need to worry. Not only are there half a dozen complicated ways to reset the password, you can do it easily with the Offline Windows Password editor.
Now that Internet Explorer has officially dropped below 50% market share, it's high time that we rename it to a more fitting title: Google Chrome Downloader, or if you prefer, Firefox Downloader.
Forgetting your password is never any fun, but luckily there's a really easy way to reset the password. All you need is a copy of the Windows installation disk and one simple command line trick.
Windows XP just isn't secure anymore! If the expense of the new Windows operating systems is too great, here's an easy and painless way to get a completely free Linux, keep your old Windows XP installation, and start surfing securely.
Dropbox is a great way to store files in the cloud and access them easily from devices big and small. Today we're taking a look at how you can supercharge your Dropbox experience with free space upgrades, app integration, and more.
Most geeks will tell you it's well past time to get rid of XP and upgrade to newer, safer operating systems. It can be tough to explain, so keep reading this list of real world reasons to let XP go.
If you have moved from Windows XP to Windows 7, it might take some time to get used to the new Start menu and Taskbar. Here is a list of useful tips to help you make the most of each.
Note: we aren't going to cover how to reinstall Windows, since you should know how to do that already. This article just covers backing up and restoring your activation.
Halloween is fast approaching, so why not use this how-to and haunt your friends? A few minutes Photoshop or GIMP handiwork, and you can be making scary pictures to send to everybody you know. Keep reading!
It's all too easy to get sloppy with your password security as the number of accounts and accompanying passwords pile up. It's time to start letting LastPass generate and manage your stable of secure passwords.
You spend all of the time you're on the PC staring at that monitor—shouldn't it be a good one? Today, we'll decode the specs and monitor jargon to help you find the best possible LCD screen for your needs.
Hacking the registry allows you to tweak many things in Windows, such as the adding and removing items from the context menu, enabling and disabling Windows features, customizing the Control Panel, and many other items.
What's better than a $100 tablet? A $100 tablet that can run two operating systems! The TouchPad was a great bargain and now that you've figured out webOS, try Android. Here's how to install it in 3 easy steps.
Lots of people say " Don't worry about viruses, just get a Mac." Is this advice on the level? Let's take a look at the history of Macintosh security, and learn what we can from the Mac.
Whether you're trying to dodge an angry government, a connection throttling ISP, or the watchful gaze of media conglomerates, anonymizing and encrypting your BitTorrent traffic can help. Read on to learn how.
If you cut out a lot of objects from photographs, chances are you've run across a few rough, ugly looking edges. They can be easy fixes, and here's three great (GIMP friendly) tips to help in three different scenarios.
Windows Explorer in Windows 7 has been significantly changed and improved since the days of Vista and XP. This article provides some of the more useful tips and tricks for getting the most out of Explorer.
Let's face it: some applications just have really ugly icons. We can do something about that and change the ugly icons into something more pleasing and amp up your geek skills at the same time. Here's how.
Expand the power of XBMC, the popular open-source media center software, by taking advantage of the add-on system and these great add-ons. Read on to get started using XBMC add-ons.
So far we have shown you how to setup a classic dual-boot for Windows 8, and we even showed you how to do it without creating a new partition. If you still aren't sold on the new version of Windows, here's how to remove it entirely.
Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. Today we will help you get started by showing you some of the options available and how easy it is to get started.
We've covered QoS before when we showed you prioritize your DD-WRT router's traffic and in our 5th tip for getting the most out of Tomato. It's a little more complicated than creating rules, so let's see how things work.
Have you ever been the victim of identity theft? Ever been hacked? Here's the first in a series of critical information to help you arm yourself against the surprisingly frightening world of hackers, phishers, and cybercriminals.
Imagine you have a Windows PC with a single user account, and you just lost your password. Here's how to enable the hidden Administrator account with nothing more than the install CD and some registry hacking magic so you can reset your password.