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I should be posting my weekly weigh and measure, but I had to be up super early this morning and out of the house and in the next town over by 730am, so I didn't even step on the scale, let alone measure anything. I'll try to get to that tomorrow morning. The day did start off well enough but it quickly progressed to absolute crap. There were a few highlights, which made it somewhat tolerable, but overall the morning and afternoon just plain sucked. Okay, I'll start at the beginning.
630am. Alarm goes off. I get up, get dressed, and scarf some yogurt. I go in to snuggle Mattie for five more minutes when he reminds me it doesn't take more than ten minutes to get where I'm going. I snuggle for almost half an hour.
730am. I arrive at the event location. Tracy & David are already there. Apparently the organizer has already chastised her about how unprofessional we are for choosing not to use a pop-up tent. The weather forecast was for 60mpg gusts of wind- yeah, try taking a tent down in that. Besides, all a tent really does is protect you from sun. Its December. We want to sit in the sun. Its not 110° in August. We proceed to get everything set up, covering our tables, arranging our products, and getting ready for the start of the event. Everything looks really nice. Behind us are two girls who had a variety of crocheted or knitted items and some other stuff. To our left was a man selling his wife's wonderful salsa. We sampled plenty of it over the course of the day.
900am. The event starts. For the first few hours pretty much the only people there are vendors and their friends who stopped by. Tracy sells a necklace to the salsa guy. The event was supposedly advertised in the newspaper and on the radio. At that point the only shoppers were people who were coming to the restaurant whose parking lot we were in to eat anyway. We greeted everyone who came near with smiles and good mornings.
1000am. The people directly in front of us started unloading three more tables, putting up a tent, and unloading crates of merchandise. Set-up was clearly indicated to be from 630am to 830am. They continued setting up more stuff, and even moved their entire set-up to a different space until almost noon. Several times they spray some horrible perfumes that made us want to gag. It was so strong we could literally taste it. It was very unpleasant.
1200pm. We've now been sitting here for 3 hours of actual event time, and between us we have made exactly one sale. The only shoppers are still only people who have come to eat. At one point I saw two of the wreaths another vendor was selling leave with someone. The salsa guy was doing great, making plenty of sales and getting new business set up for later in the week. I believe he was the only vendor to do what could really be considered to be "well."
250pm. We're tired, and we've wasted our entire day. We start packing up. Someone (a friend of the organizer) walks over and basically threatens us with not being allowed to come back if we pack up early. At this point, I honestly don't care. There's also been a raffle going on throughout the day and oddly enough, only the organizer's friend seems to be winning anything. Almost all the buying has been from one vendor to another, and when you buy something, you get a raffle ticket. No other vendors seemed to have won anything which seems a bit odd. I walk back to my car to carry some of my stuff out and load it up. The organizer comes over and informs Tracy due to our rude and unprofessional behavior, we are not to be allowed back at any future events. We're both mad, but at the same time, we were both thinking "Fuck them!" We finish packing up, say our goodbyes to our really wonderful neighbors, who were the high point of the day, and leave. The organizer also threatened to tell another organizer how horrible we were, because you know, people need to know. We were apparently that awful.
Needless to say, after two equally crappy events, we'll be looking for more events in other circles. Saying I'm not impressed is an understatement. I don't care if you personally hate one of the vendors in the event you are organizing and your personal feelings do not have a place in it. You are there to work with them in a professional manner and treat everyone fairly and equally. That did not happen today.
After I got home, I spent about ten minutes petting Sashi and getting doggie kisses all over. Then I put on my HRM, and grabbed my MP3 player. I walked down the street, and after I had walked about six minutes, alternated blocks with walking and jogging until I had covered 1.1 miles and was back home. It wasn't much, but it did help me feel a bit better. I was still a little angry though, so got Mattie to help me out with some "adult exercise" and then started making dinner.
Dinner was a greasy mess of sweet potato fries, and chicken legs. I sprinkled the fries with Its a Dilly- a seasoning mix of dill weed, lemon and I'm not sure what else. They were so tasty, but all that grease made my stomach cramp something awful. Still, it tasted good and comfort food was just one more thing to add to my mix of how to pull my mind back to a better place. I had the shits twenty minutes later, but I really didn't care. And even with the crappy eating, I still managed to keep my calories in check pretty well. I was only a little over where I wanted to be and after how rough today was, I'm pretty okay with that. Yes, I did some emotional eating. Yes, I did not make very healthy choices at dinner and I probably ate too many tortilla chips. But I'm only me, ad I'm not perfect. I make mistakes. I also make bad-ass, totally awesome jewelry and other stuff, so you should do some last minute Christmas shopping in my store! Help me make up for today's waste by giving me some orders to ship out this week instead!
Here's today's food diary.
|Fat g
|Protein g
|Carbs g
|Fit & Fruity Yogurt, Blackberry (6 Oz)
|Coffee w/Coffeemate
|Tortilla Chips & Salsa (Aprox 24)
|Turkey Sandwich
|Sweet Potato Fries
|Chicken, Leg w/Skin (3 Oz Meat, 2)
|Coffee w/Coffeemate
|Total Calories From…
|Food Totals
|Walk/Jogged 18:01 Mins
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When times get desperate and tax liabilities pile up – filing for bankruptcy is an option many people consider. Taxes are "dischargable" in bankruptcy, but there are important rules you need to know.
Taxes are only dischargable if they have reached a certain vintage. Here are the basic rules:
Lots of things can extend these time periods including various administrative remedies with the IRS – like filing an offer in compromise.
Bottom line – you need to get IRS Account Transcripts and carefully calculate each time frame to make sure you qualify.
Taxpayers must also beware of the fraud exception to dischargability in bankruptcy. Taxes are not dischargeable if the person "willfully attempted to evade the tax." This doesn't mean that you have to be a criminal to lose your ability to discharge the tax.
An example of this came recently out of the 10th Circuit in the Vaughn case (114 AFTR 2d 2014-5191). Apparently, James Vaughn was a successful businessman who made millions from the sale of his company. Instead of paying the tax owed, he got into a "BLIPS" tax shelter that was marketed by KPMG.
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These things were enough to push him from the negligent category to the "willful" category. I'm not sure I agree with the entirety of what the court decided, however. The taxpayer did seek advice of a highly regarded accounting firm in KPMG. Additionally, he also went through a divorce and much of his wealth went to his ex-wife.
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Hello Tod,
got both of your videos and id like to say:
1. Thx for the good travelling advices: i play drums but that's not my job, nevertheless my job makes me travel a lot around the world. While watching the video i found myself doing the same things in life :D
2. i use pro tools HD to record myself, and im trying to find a way to listen to myself with no delays while recording while at the same time using some fx, compression and eq to make make my ears enjoy the sound more (i play in a small booth with HP's on). Do u know any good rack preamp (not big mixers: there's no room in the booth :/) that has ""direct out" line outputs independent from the analog outputs that go into the AD converters like the big consoles have?
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Creator: Geoffrey Clements, photographer
Description: Half-length portrait of Bearden, seated with hands clasped.
One of 16 photographs of African-American artists exhibited at the First World Festival of Negro Arts in Dakar, Senegal, 1966.
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By Kara Herlihy
The annual Warren Fourth of July was a celebration of the epic variety. A celebration of large crowds, sunblock, warm beverages and bluegrass jams. Sunny skies gave way to cotton-candy-covered faces and a YouTube-worthy adult-style potato sack race.
The parade floats, political and otherwise, made their way slowly through the crowded streets of Warren Village, narrated by Gerry Nooney, as onlookers thronged the streets and perched upon balconies and rooftops.
Before and after the parade, revelers celebrated in the streets and at lawn parties throughout the village, children bought and lost their helium balloons, the line at the porta-johns rivaled that of Studio 54 in its heyday, and vegan burritos practically shot out of the Michael's veggie-oil-fueled bus in a firework-like fashion.
A bouncer was stationed outside the Warren Store for the majority of the day -- preventing the place from practically collapsing due to incessant maximum capacity crowds.
The Steadfast Farm presented their "Yak to the Future" float proving that, in the Green Mountain State, furry baby farm animals are still chick magnets.
"Best Car" went to the 1961 Merceder-Benz 190SL owned by Gene Murphy of Warren. "Best Bike" went to Sean Linsky. Don Mayer's canine companion "Hammer" won "Best Dog," and the "Best Kids' Float" went to the Warren Church Deacon Dunk Tank.
Bourne's Energy earned "Best Truck," "Best Commercial" went to Waterbury, "Yak to the Future" won "Best in Theme," Sugarbush took "Best Musical," and of course Dr. Butsch took "Best in Show." Best Political Float? All hail the Prickly Mountain Humvee.
The Mad Mountain Scramblers serenaded the crowd at Brooks Field, while the kiddies cooled off via slip and slides and water-filled bouncy houses. Potato sack races provided thorough entertainment -- especially when the grown-ups took to the starting line.
The party continued at Sugarbush and other points throughout The Valley, ending with fireworks at dusk.
Those who were lucky to escape the Warren Fourth of July without skinned knees, second degree sunburn, or a painful junk food coma probably weren't really there. Warren truly knows how to celebrate the day of the nation's independence -- with the help of several dozen dedicated volunteers, vendors and musicians.
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Thanks to Rising Seas, Kiribati Looks for New Homeland
There is a growing list of small island leaders fervently scanning the horizon of the flat—and rising—seas that surround them, looking desperately for new homes.
The list has included the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, the Maldives and Seychelles. And this week the leader of equator-straddling Kiribati officially let it be known that he is also on the hunt for a new place to settle as lapping waves and eroding beaches become increasingly part of his island nation's daily worry.
Even if the best-case scenario were to come true and all greenhouse gas emissions were braked tomorrow, ocean levels around the world would still rise three to six feet by 2100. This will make life untenable on islands from Polynesia to Manhattan and particularly Kiribati, which climbs no higher than six feet.
The government in Kiribati has already experimented with building sea walls and has even considered construction of floating "homes," like something straight out of Waterworld. Some of Kiribati's residents have already moved inland or to one of its other 32 islands, since fresh water resources are contaminated by salt water and growing fields are flooded.
Making plans for his 103,000 citizens to higher grounds was not a backup plan, Kiribati President Anote Tong said, but "our last resort." Tong has his eyes on purchasing a piece of Fiji, specifically nine-square miles on its second largest island, Vanua Levu. He announced to his cabinet this week that he intends to buy the 6,000 acres of fertile land, currently listed by a church group, for $9.6 million.
"Making plans for his 103,000 citizens to higher grounds was not a backup plan, [the president] said, but 'our last resort.' "
Not only is the President putting together a war chest for purchasing property, starting with foreign reserves built up during the island's 1970s phosphate-mining boom days, but he will also eventually call on the international community to kick in. In addition, he has a rudimentary migration plan, which involves initially sending 500 of Kiribati's most skilled workers to Fiji to "carve out a niche" so that when mass migration begins later in the century, Kiribatians will have a foothold and not be regarded as environmental refugees.
To avoid being considered second-class citizens, President Tong has also launched an "Education for Migration" program, aimed at increasing the employability of his people. In addition, President Tong is looking at Australia and New Zealand as potential new homelands for some of his people.
The president made it clear that any move from his homeland would not be made for him and his generation, but for the youth of Kiribati. "Moving won't be a matter of choice for them," he told the Associated Press, "it's basically going to be a matter of survival."
Fiji-based realtors have actually been engaged in the negotiation between the Kiribati government and private landholders. Making the land arable so that new settlers can grow vegetables and fruit is a top priority; so is taking sand and dirt from Fiji by barge back to Kiribati to help stem rising sea levels.
Fiji sits about 1,400 miles south of Kiribati; adding additional people to its 850,000 would obviously cause some stress. Historically its high islands (Fiji is made up 106 islands, with peaks rising as high as 4,000 feet) have been regarded as safe havens by low-lying neighbors that are running out of resources.
For the moment, the Fijian government is said to be "studying" Kiribati's plans and will have a formal statement next week.
But the reality is that the globe will witness a future where nations build and die with the rising tides as more and more citizens of low-lying countries bcome environmental refugees.
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I hope it doesn't get that worse. I don't want to loose Seychelles!
Hello and thank you for this article. So-called environmentally induced migration is multi-level problem. According to Essam El-Hinnawi definition form 1985 environmental refugees as those people who have been forced to leave their traditional habitat, temporarily or permanently, because of a marked environmental disruption (natural or triggered by people) that jeopardised their existence and/or seriously affected the quality of their life. The fundamental distinction between `environmental migrants` and `environmental refugees` is a standpoint of contemporsry studies in EDPs.
According to Bogumil Terminski it seems reasonable to distinguish the general category of environmental migrants from the more specific (subordinate to it) category of environmental refugees.
Environmental migrants, therefore, are persons making a short-lived, cyclical, or longerterm change of residence, of a voluntary or forced character, due to specific environmental factors. Environmental refugees form a specific type of environmental migrant.
Environmental refugees, therefore, are persons compelled to spontaneous, short-lived, cyclical, or longer-term changes of residence due to sudden or gradually worsening changes in environmental factors important to their living, which may be of either a short-term or an irreversible character.
According to Norman Myers environmental refugees are "people who can no longer gain a secure livelihood in their homelands because of drought, soil erosion, desertification, deforestation and other environmental problems, together with associated problems of population pressures and profound poverty".


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SHEBOYGAN FALLS — They could face life in prison for a gruesome murder. Antonio Barbeau and Nathan Paape are accused of killing a 78-year-old woman. What's more shocking, they're both 13 years old.
"Not sleeping just thinking about it, it's just horrible," said Kristen Scarpaci, who is Paape's neighbor. "Not knowing anything my heart sunk I felt bad for his mother."
While her children play in front of her house, Scarpaci is keeping an even closer eye on her children.
"Quiet, during the summer I'd see him on his bike with other kids," is how Scarpaci described Paape. But she says, the 13-year-old was disrespectful at times.
"A finger here or this or that a gesture," said Scarpaci.
Her daughter also attended school with Antonio Barbeau. The 13-year-old was a runaway juvenile who was friends with her daughter in elementary school.
"He was in a car accident in fifth grade I think it was pretty bad, nothing seemed right after that," said Scarpaci. She said the two friends may have been closed off at times.
"Nothing that would lead me to believe that something horrible would happen," she added.
But the criminal complaint says on Monday, the two intended to rob and kill Barbara Olson.
"Struck her twice with a hammer that he had brought and then Mister Barbeau struck her with the blade end of the hatchet with such force it stuck her in the skull it required two of them to pull it out," said Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco.
The complaint also says the boys were unable to load Olson's body into the trunk of her car, so they left her in the garage and stole her car. They then allegedly drove to a bowling alley and got pizza.
"I don't understand it," said Scarpaci. "It's scary, it's sickening, it's all of those all in one."
What drove them to allegedly commit these crimes is unknown. And while Scarpaci is letting this all sink in, two 13-year-olds will be tried as adults for murder.
Barbeau has a juvenile record, but the details could not be released due to his age. Paape had no criminal history prior to this week's arrest.
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John Hamilton King, of Willimantic, was born in Stafford, Connecticut, April 21, 1900, the only child of William Albert and Jennie Stella (Cady) King. His father was a distinguished member of the Connecticut Bar and Attorney General of the state of Connecticut from 1903 to 1907. When Judge King was only a young child, his parents removed to Willimantic, and it was there that he spent his life. He was graduated from Windham High School and, in 1923, from Yale University. In 1925, he was graduated from the Yale Law School and admitted to the practice of law.
He began the general practice of law immediately in Willimantic in the office of his father. An indefatigable student of the law, he became skilled in all of its many parts, a formidable trial adversary in both civil and criminal matters, and learned in corporate, municipal and, especially, banking law. He was familiar with the courts and councils of the various towns and executive offices throughout Connecticut.
From 1929 to 1931, Judge King was an Assistant Attorney General of the state of Connecticut. He was law clerk for the committee on judiciary of the Connecticut General Assembly from 1927 to 1937 and secretary law clerk for the commission to review the General Statutes of Connecticut from 1927 to 1930.
Judge King was appointed to the Superior Court bench effective May 7, 1940. The trial bar soon came to know that he was generous and courageous, with a Puritan sense of conscience and a no-nonsense attitude about the law and the relentless demands it makes on those who practice it. Although not a martinet, he always maintained strict decorum in his courtroom, and the lawyers who appeared there never ceased to marvel at his ability to cite legal precedent by volume and page from memory, the cases in some instances going back to colonial days.
In 1957, Judge King was appointed to the Supreme Court of Connecticut and in 1963 he became its Chief Justice, serving until his seventieth birthday in 1970. The many opinions he wrote as a Justice during his thirteen years of service on the Supreme Court are printed in volumes 144 through 159 of the Connecticut Reports. They are models of cogent legal reasoning and are eloquent evidence of his knowledge, wisdom, capacity and industry. It could safely be said that he was without peer in the knowledge of Connecticut law.
Judge King never married. He was a man of diverse interests and hobbies. He spent many hours in the Boy Scouts movement, both as a counselor and as an examiner for merit badges. From childhood, photography was a hobby with him. His collection of photographs of mills and factories both active and abandoned has proved to be of historical significance. Probably the most satisfying of his pastimes was that of canoeing in the many lakes and streams of Connecticut, with an occasional arduous trip like the one from the source of the Connecticut River to Long Island Sound, or the one covering the length of the Allagash River in Maine. One typical facet of Judge King was revealed when, while in his sixties, he took up flying. Once he had flown solo and was satisfied that he had mastered the operation of the airplane, he did not fly again except on commercial planes. His interest in old automobiles began in childhood and never diminished. His knowledge of the mechanical workings of old engines was astonishing in view of the fact that he probably never changed a spark plug in his life.
As with all judges who have had considerable experience on the bench, in moments of relaxation he was fond of telling unusual stories and recalling events which occurred during the course of a trial and his reactions to those episodes. Although his manner was deliberate and his language precise and direct, he was a delightful conversationalist in social gatherings or in chambers with attorneys.
He died on August 22, 1977, at the age of seventy-seven. For the previous seven years he had been in ill health, finally having to enter a hospital for the last two years of his life.
Judge King will be long remembered as one of the greatest of Connecticut judges.


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The new Startup Montreal building in Beer Sheva
|The new Startup Montreal building in Beer Sheva was inaugurated by the Montreal Federation CJA Chairman's mission on 8 May, 2011.
|The festive ceremony was attended by the Mayor of Beer Sheva, the Executive Director of the Rashi Foundation, deputy mayors, city Councilors and other officials. A plaque was unveiled, a ribbon was cut and the mezuzah was affixed, after which the state-of-the-art building was declared officially open.
The Startup Centre aims to retain a strong presence of young adults in the Beer Sheva region and to encourage young adults from elsewhere to make the
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WORCESTER, Mass. – Senior Matt Perry (Sudbury, Mass.) and junior Jack Laurendeau (Sudbury, Mass.) combined for half of the Holy Cross baseball team's hits on day, collecting four apiece as the Crusaders split the doubleheader against Lafayette, winning 11-4 and then getting shutout 7-0 at Fitton Field. With the final, Holy Cross moves to a 15-16 overall record (5-5 Patriot League) while the Leopards notch a record of 7-23 overall (3-7 Patriot League). Perry batted .571 on the day, going 4-for-7 with two runs scored while Laurendeau went 4-for-9 with two runs score and one RBI.
Game One
Holy Cross jumped ahead early, picking four runs on three hits, including an RBI double from sophomore Steve Tkowski (Bourne, Mass.) in the bottom of the first inning. Lafayette answered with two runs in the top of the second inning to bring the Crusaders lead down to two runs, 4-2. Laurendeau would increase the team's advantage to 5-2 in the bottom half of the second inning after homering deep down the left field line for his second hit in second at-bat. Lafayette made it a one-run game in the top of the third inning before Holy Cross tacked on one run in the bottom half, as freshman Stephen Wadsworth (Wayland, Mass.) tripled and then scored to bring the score to 6-4 after three innings of play.
Two more runs came across home plate for the Crusaders in the bottom of the fifth inning, as junior Eric Oxford (Danvers, Mass.) doubled and then scored on a single by senior Chris Blanchard (Norwich, Conn.). The team then put the game out of reach in the bottom of the sixth inning, adding three more runs, highlighted by a two-run home run by Wadsworth, his second of the season. Lafayette came up empty in the top of the seventh, giving Holy Cross the final 11-4 victory in game one.
Sophomore Nate Koneski (North Dighton, Mass.) pitched his fourth complete game of the season to improve to 5-2 in the win. He allowed four runs on nine hits while striking out three in the seven innings pitched. Lafayette's Zach Fritz tallied the loss to fall to 1-6 on the season. He allowed eight runs on eight hits in 4.1 innings pitched.
Game Two
Lafayette took the early lead in the top of the second inning, combining for four runs on three hits off of sophomore starter Matt Croglio (Fayettville, N.Y.). The Leopards would add two more runs in the top of the fourth inning, chasing Croglio out of the game and taking a 6-0 lead. Crusaders relief pitcher Tommy Arrigg (Andover, Mass.) came in next, pitching just over three solid innings, allowing no runs and three hits with three strikeouts to silence the Leopards run scoring efforts.
Holy Cross would scatter seven hits through seven innings of play, including three from Perry. Lafayette then made it 7-0 in the top of the eighth inning while Leopards starter Corey Shea continued his shutout campaign, throwing eight scoreless innings. Shea was relieved in the bottom of the ninth by closer Jeff Snell, who allowed two runners on but no runs across as the Leopards won game two 7-0.
Croglio took the loss to fall to 1-3 on the season. He allowed six runs on seven hits in 3.2 innings pitched. Shea, with the eight innings of shutout pitching, earned the win to improve to 2-2. He allowed six hits, two walks and struck out nine Holy Cross batters.
On the day, Holy Cross scored 11 runs on 19 hits, committing three errors while the Leopards scored 11 runs on 22 hits, making two errors.
The Crusaders will wrap up the four-game series against Lafayette tomorrow, April 20. The doubleheader will begin at 1:00 p.m. at Fitton Field in Worcester, Mass.


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emergency department studies are done inless than 30 minutes."The PACS, from McKesson, pushes outa physician worklist and shows any priorstudies related to the patient. Physiciansdictate their reports using an embeddedspeech recognition tool and do their ownreport editing, Wiggins says. The automa-tion led to much faster report turnaroundtime—pre-PACS reports used to take up to16 hours to complete and file—and a higherquality report.
Those technology-driven gains, Wigginssays, has set the group up to contend withthe next market shift—more emphasis onquality rather than just quantity. "We haveto focus on quality now," he says. "We'll haveto pit ourselves against other practices."In the current set-up, physicians reviewprior reports completed by their colleagues,and assign a quality ranking to them, basedon their accuracy to the procedure. The re-view system is accomplished by a piece ofbolt-on software added to the McKessonsystem, Wiggins says.
ogy exams. The college built the rules andis working with a vendor, National DecisionSupport, to market the product, which tar-gets EHR vendors. Enhanced decision sup-port in electronic ordering systems—thepoint of origin for many imaging exams—isa critical first step in improving imaging op-erations and reducing waste, Allen says. De-scribing his ideal workflow scenario aroundimage ordering, Allen says, "Radiologistswould answer the phone when the referringphysician has a question on the appropri-ateness of an order. We would be the arbi-ters. It is not something you make an RVUfor, but it would be a value-added servicethat in the long run will be of more benefit.Radiologists have to understand that in thefuture, this is what we will have to do."To Allen, the future of radiology dependson emerging technologies, such as personalhealth records for patients and messagingbetween referring physicians and radiolo-gists. "Radiologists have all the technologythey need to get to images, and do their re-ports," he says. "But we need decision sup-port for radiologist recommendations." InAllen's view, the ideal order entry systemwould include a chat button, or telephonicconnection, which would connect referringphysicians to radiologists. That consultingrole has been lost due to the automatedordering systems in play now, he says. "Inorder to provide the best care in the mostefficient way, we need to be in consultingmode and be there from the beginning" ofthe image ordering workflow, he says.
Allen of the American College of Radiol-ogy says such a quality orientation will beimperative for the radiology practice of thefuture. "We are promoting 'efficiency,' but itshould not be all about making more RVUs[a measure of work output] or more dollarsper FTE. It translates to what we can do toprovide the highest quality of radiologicalcare in the fewest number of steps."A fixation on radiologist productiv-ity serves no one well, contends Allen, amember of Birmingham (Ala.) RadiologicalGroup, which includes 30 radiologists andradiation oncologists. "Do we want to belike Lucy in the chocolate factory?" he asks,referencing the famous episode of the ILove Lucy show. "That is crazy. We will pushourselves into the corner with a bidding warover price. We need to provide some othervalue and I. T. can be a big part of deliveringthe value that radiologists offer."Toward that end, the ACR has launchedACRSelect.org, which provides embeddeddecision support rules for ordering radiol-
Volume Still Matters
When it comes to imaging, Naperville, Ill.-based Edward Hospital is a busy place,
performing 80,000 annual X-rays alone, in addition to other MRIs, ultrasound, CT and
nuclear medicine studies. The hospital feeds all those imaging studies to a contracted
group of 17 radiologists at a local practice, says Ryan Garland, radiology coordinator,
who oversees the x-ray department, which runs 24/7. Garland's department includes
45 radiology techs, of whom at least 12 are on duty at any given time.
To help streamline the department, Edward Hospital purchased a dozen wireless
digital radiography systems from Carestream. The systems include a cesium iodide
detector, which Garland says improves image quality and reduces dose by up to 60
percent. The digital units also enable physicians to review x-ray images in about five
seconds, as the image is taken, processed and displayed on the spot. And the fact
they are wireless makes the units more valuable in such areas as the OR, where it is
easy for cords—a common accoutrement to digital radiology detectors—to get in the
way of a sterile field, says Garland.
The new units replaced wireless computed radiography units from another vendor.The old set-up required capturing the image on a cassette, which was then removedand taken to a central department for processing. The old units were portable, but re-quired more radiation. The Carestream units' faster image production is a hit in the ORwith surgeons, Garland says. "If you have the patient under anesthesia, time is money.Running the film back to process would take 4-5 minutes and we can eliminate that.Surgeons can use the system right then and there."The wireless units dispatch images across the network the hospital's PACS, from DRSystems. But the techs that do the procedures still must go to tethered workstations toreview their work lists. That's why Garland's I. T. wish list includes hand-held computers"which would allow us to bill patients and chart in real time on the go. We're in the ER, theOR, inpatient and outpatient. To not have to go to a desktop PC to do our job would let usbe more efficient."
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In this short guide, we provide you with all the details you need to know about Moa Racing.
Moa Racing is a new permanent addition to Guild Wars 2 that is located in Lion's Arch. Moa Racing allows a number of players to bet on any 5 Moa. The cost of a bet is 50 silver with prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. The outcome of race cannot be interfered with, as the Moa's will automatically run around the track once the race begins. You can choose to follow your Moa to watch the race unfold or you can wait at the finish line to see who has won.
You can locate Moa Racing by traveling to Lion's Shadow Inn Waypoint, before heading south to the orange circle indicated on the image below).
Placing a Bet
Once at Farshore Ward, you can locate Tigg at the top of the hill and indicated by a dragon icon above his head. Simply talk to Tigg and choose a Moa you wish to bet on. The cost is 50 silver and you can only bet on one Moa at a time. Please be aware that once you've placed a bet, you cannot leave the immediate area of your bet will be forfeit. Once all bets are placed, the count-down timer to the race will begin.
With prizes for your Moa coming 1st, 2nd and 3rd the odds are relatively good for receiving at least 1 Race Track Voucher.
- 1st Place: 7 Race Track Vouchers
- 2nd Place: 3 Race Track Vouchers
- 3rd Place: 1 Race Track Voucher
If your Moa does come in the top three you will be mailed your Race Track Vouchers which you can then spend with the NPC stood next to Tigg. The NPC offers four items in total:
- Green Bag of Race Winnings - 5 Silver
- Blue Bag of Race Winnings - 60 Silver
- Red Bag of Race Winnings - 1g 40 Silver
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Gîtes at Sibémol, GREEN HAVEN
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Typical House of the Périgord built with stones in 1872 with its Véranda and its Pergola
Gite / 3 bedrooms / sleeps 6
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Cocoon Nestling in its Green Haven
We invite you to stay All Around the Year, in one of the 4 cottages of our property. 4 Stars Standard, Traditional FarmHouses, renovation recently done, with a touch of modernity to give them all the modern Comfort but respecting their soul.
This Cottage for 6 pers. at the entrance of our Property is completely independent and its 100m2 /1076 SqFt are for the exclusive use of one family. Our Property is built on a hilltop on 4 ha/10 Acres half fenced, half woodland. This cottage has a private fenced garden of 1500 m2 + 3 acres fenced round the main farm and the pool + 3 acres a field fenced for Horses if you want to come with 1 or 2 horses
Our Accommodations are suitable for 2 or 16 persons when rented with the other guest house for 4 persons + its extra bedrooms for 2 pers. These two rentals are sufficiently distant to preserve privacy of each one, but close enough to organize a family get-together for several brothers, Sisters & Cousins. They all are in a Verdant and Preserved Environment, Hilly, Wooded and with many fruit trees too.
Our Rates are adapted according to :
• The Space you need,
• The Season
• Sliding Scale depending on the length of your Stay
(From September to June we accept very long stays with important discount : 50 % of discount for 4 Weeks and more, -40% for 3 Weeks & -20 % for 2 Weeks)
All Inclusive tariff
• All Charges are included (Electricity, Heating (from the 1st of Oct. to the 15th of May), Water & Wood for Fireplaces)
• Tourist Tax Included in the price (1,10 € per night & per person)
• All House Linen provided at No Extra Charge (a BathRobe, a Bath Towel & a Flannel per person, Tablecloth & all house Linen),
• Synthetic Non-allergic Duvet & Pillows
• Beds will be made
• Tourist Board Rated 4 Stars, Kitchenette + Barbecue and Plancha in each Cottage . Well equipped with appliances,
• Furniture New or in good condition
• Matching Crockery
• Working from Home, we are available through-out your stay if you need any advice
• FIRST DINNER OFFERED «on the House» (for all Stays of minimum one week)
• In Summer on Mondays possibility of Private Concerts (Jazz, Blues, Soul,...) in between 21h to 23h. Free Animation
• Half-Board on request & Details of the most Delicious Local Restaurants
• Tea, Coffee, ... & Welcome Basket provided for your 1st Breakfast
• Possibility, Twice-weekly, of deliveries of Bread, Croissants, Fresh Milk & Organic Yoghurts from the Farm, if required
• Access to our Outdoor Heated Pool (5x10 m, 28°C / 82°F from May to October) protected with a rigid cover and a fenced property.
>Private pool means Unsupervised swimming, So a parent should Always stay around the pool to watch children swimming.
For Safety reason, we are very strict on that point because Emergency Services are far away.
> It has to be shared with a few persons. In our village we've over 20 pools, so our neighbors do not all come to swim at home & it's
always very quiet round our pool.
> The Pool has a Powerfull pomp and when the filtration is on, 15h a day, you can stay in front for massages
or swim against the current
• Internet High Speed Wifi Access, Free & Unlimited, in the Houses, in the Garden & by the pool
• All Items for Babies provided at no extra cost (Travel Cot, High chair, Baby Phone, ...) Possibility of Baby-Sitting
• Swings, Ping-Pong, Baby-Foot, Toys & Games for Kids
• Cats, Dogs & Horses accepted with No Daily Charge`
• Free Access to the Laundry
• Basic Grocery, candles, Starter Pack of Cleaning Produts & Toilet Paper provided at the arrival
• Books, Documentation about the Périgord, Maps, Post cards, Cds & Videos at your disposal
• Cleaning at the End of the Stay Included too
• Care for the Environment (Supporting Local Productions, Fireplaces in all the houses, Recycling Bins,
Tanks recollecting Rainwater & Careful Attention to our Energy Consumption)
• Non-smoking houses to preserve curtains & all house linen from cigaret smoke and for all the Fire-Alarms inside,
but smokers are welcome. Beach ashtrays are available nearby the covered terraces and the pool, for smoking outside,
respecting safety rules because fire risks in summer
• Open All Year
So with so many services included our rates are in fact just a contribution to part of the charges of the Cottages you'll be living in. Because our first motivation is to offer you the best of Périgord to have unforgettable holidays.
On Request
• Continental Breakfast round our Guest Table in between 8.30 and 10.30 am if you need our advices for your visits. Please for breakfast all together, inform us the day before.
• I.T. Courses, Cookery courses
• Visit the Périgord with our 2 Cv or with our monospace for 8 persons. We can organize your visits and guide you there
• Half Board
• Events : Organization of Birthday party, Wedding, Family get together, Break Storming, Private Concerts....
• Daily cleaning on request only (22€/hour social contributions included)
|Sleeps up to 6, 3 bedrooms
|Nearest beach
|By the river the Dordogne 5 km
|Will consider
|Corporate bookings, Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Car advised
|Nearest Amenities
|4 km
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Toulouse or Bordeaux 200 km or Brive 45 km, Nearest railway: Souillac 15 km or Brive 45 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|Pets welcome, Yes, smoking allowed
Features and Facilities
|Private outdoor pool (heated), Log fire, Internet access, DVD player
|Private outdoor pool (heated), Shared outdoor pool (heated)
|Air conditioning, TV, Video player, CD player, Telephone, Table tennis, Games room, Safe, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster, Hair dryer
|Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms and 1 Shower rooms, Solarium or roof terrace
|1 Sofa beds, Double beds (3), Single beds (1), Cots (2), Dining seats for 6, Lounge seats for 6
|Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair
|Private outdoor pool (heated), Shared outdoor pool (heated), Balcony or terrace, Private garden, Shared garden, BBQ, Swing set
|Parking, Not suitable for wheelchair users
The Dordogne region
My Grand mother used to live there. For her job, she's been traveling all the around the world and has decided that the Périgord was the right place to get retired, with beautiful landscapes, houses and castles behind every curves. For many years working as a photographer in Paris, we were in hurry to come back home for too rare and too shorts holidays. And on the way back to Paris we were thinking all the time how the space, the light, peaceful landscapes, the hills, the seasons of the Périgord would miss us. Now that Internet High speed is available in the middle of our woods, we enjoy working here all around the year and we are glad to be able to share one of our cosy cottages of our property and our verdant & peaceful country side. And will do our best to receive you as we do for our friends. So to see the Périgord in a different way, come and sample the charms of a farmhouse, aTraditional Perigourdine House, built with stones in 1872, it is in an exceptional position. Cottages of our farm we rent are building completely separate from our own house. Built on a hillside on over 7 acres of land, half fenced fields, half woodland. A place where you can enjoy the Silence interrupted only by birdsong, or admire the starry night sky, which is unpolluted by urban lights.
We are right in the Heart of Périgord Noir (for the Gps 44°54'34' N 1°20'51' E). Easy to reach, despite the popularity of the region, all the buildings of our farm are in perfectly quiet surroundings where you can relax. Halfway in between the beautiful Medieval Town of Sarlat and Souillac (Motorway & Railway station, 10 mn from home) & Halfway too, in between the White Périgord , the Green and the Red One and Quercy regions and on the edge of Correze and Lot. So there is lots to see and do as in Paris. Within a radius of 30 miles there are lots of places to visit: monuments to France's medieval history (Valley of the Castles (there are 1001 Castles along the Dordogne River, most of them built during the 100 Years War in between France & England) and the gem in Périgord's crown, Sarlat la Canéda). Prehistoric sites are along the Vézère river (Lascaux, Les Eyzies, etc.) and also lots of architectural, historical and natural sites to see in Quercy (Padirac chasm, Pech-Merle, St Cirq la Popie, Collonges la Rouge etc.). And not forgetting the gastronomic delights which must be sampled. After tasting all the traditionnal recipes, sun bath will be waiting for you at home round the pool , or many sports activities to try close to home (Tennis, Golf, Canoe, Biking, Walks, Horse riding...).
• WALKS : in SARLAT Pearl medieval cities, you can spend a all day there.
• WALKS : Many tours leave from the house from 6 to 20 km can be combined with paths of neighboring villages. Maintained and signposted paths throughout the year. Nordic walking and night walks with a guide according to their planning. Storytelling walks in the countryside or in Sarlat in the summer.
• BIKE PATH 5 km far from home, along the river the Dordogne in between Sarlat and Cazoulès 20 km to do on foot, bicycle or rollers. Bike rental in July and August nearby the camping in St Julien de Lampon and in Sarlat outside the high season
• HORSE RIDING in Prats de Carlux, Sarlat or Souilac.
• GOLF in Souillac 15 mn Far with greens wit beautiful views over the hilltops
• AEROCLUB in Domme, paragliding and ballooning over the valley castles.
• CANOES all along the Dordogne and Vézère on sunny days. Outside high season only on reservation
• MARKETS: Tuesday in Cénac, Wednesday in Sarlat ou Montignac, Thursday in St Julien de Lampon, Domme, Friday in Souillac, Saturday in Sarlat, Sunday in St Cyprien and St Genies, and many Bio Food markets and direct sales in farms.
• VALLEY of the VEZERE : Lot of important Prehistorical sites : Lascaux, Les Eyzies, Préhisto Park, La Roque St Christophe, Castle of Losse ...
• In the QUERCY : many villages and natural site: Rocamadour, Carennac, Loubressac, Autoire, Martel, Padirac , Animal parks, Castles : Montal, Castelnaud Bretenoux...
• In the CORREZE : Terrasson, Castle of Hautefort, Collonges la Rouge, Turenne, Curemonte , Towers of Merle.
• Close to BERGERAC, Cloister of Cadouin, Issigeac, Castle of Biron, Montpazier, Single Trémolat, and numerous vineyards (Montbazillac Bergerac).
• In the LOT : Cahors, many vineyards, plus the lovely village of Popie St Cyr, Castle of Bonaguil & the cave of Pech-Merle
• VALLEE of the DORDOGNE and the castles of Fénelon, Montfort, La Roque Gageac, Castelnaud, Beynac, Les Mllandes.
• For GOURMET TOUR, we recomand you : Hostellerie de Béquignolles in Carlux, La Gabarre in St Julien de Lampon, Le Grand Bleu, Petit Manoir, Octroi, Jardins d'Harmonie, Le Gaulois, Food & Co in Sarlat, La Metairie Route des Eyzies, Castle of St Genies, Auberge du Bareuil at the Chapelle Au Bareuil, Chestnut and Cabanoix à Domme, L'Auberge du Parc in Hautefort.
• BROCANTE & Garage Sales every week-end from April to October.
• JANUARY/FEBRUARY : Truffle and foie gras Market.
• FEBRUARY/MARCH : Cookery courses to do some Home made Pâtés
• APRIL : Find chocolate eggs in Marqueyssac garden.
• MAY/JUNE, Most beautifull months to visit the gardens (Water gardens in Carsac, Manoir d'Eyrignac 5mn from home, Imagination in Terrasson, Cadiot in Carlux, and Marqueyssac in Vézac...)
- Free animations in the Streets of Sarlat starting at 9pm.
- On Mondays Private Concerts evening at home (Jazz, Blues, Soul...) from 21h to 23h
- Possibility of Pique-Nique along the Dordogne on Friday evenings
- Souillac Jazz Festival,
- Mid-July-early AUGUST, Theater Festival in Sarlat, one of the oldest after Avignon,
- End of July : Old cars Meeting every 2 years in Sarlat, Festival of Scarecrows in Meyrals, Vaniers at the market of Issigeac.
• Mid-SEPTEMBER Days of the Patrimoine, See Sarlat with thousands of candles.
• In early NOVEMBER French Film Festival, many in preview projections with directors and actors.
• From September to May, 2-3 shows per month, theater and concerts, varied program in Sarlat.
• DECEMBER ; Storytelling evenings by the fireplace, Christmas market and skating ring in Sarlat.
• Cinemas : 4 rooms in Sarlat & 1 in Souillac;
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Wide World of Web Syndication
Welcome to my first post on Business Partner Voices. The purpose of this article is to help you leverage an IBM® PartnerWorld® benefit you may not be familiar with. Now that I've assumed worldwide responsibility for IBM Web Content Syndication, my goal is to give you an insider's perspective on how to use this important feature to boost awareness on the web for your company's close relationship with IBM.
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Web Content Syndication enables IBM Business Partners to leverage IBM marketing content on their own websites to promote IBM products, services and solutions in order to create new customer lead responses. It's a key piece of IBM's channel marketing web strategy meant to help our Business Partners identify new customer opportunities and independently manage them through the sales cycle, from opportunity identification and opportunity ownership to closure.
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Oct 20 2009
National Geographic Atlas of the World
Next Christmas Gift Idea—I promise—will be under $20.
This one—I promise—is not under $20.
But it's awesome, very awesome, and would make a fantastic, timeless gift for any geography-loving family in your life—yours included!
(I gave this to my own household for Christmas a few years ago, so I've set the precedent for you. Gift away!)
The whopper of a book—it's 19 x 12 inches in size—comes in a sturdy, protective case.
This is a forever book. It's special.
We had one of these in our house when I was a little girl. I would spend hours—I mean hours—examining all the pages. I can't explain why, but I found it so interesting—freaky, eerie, and interesting.
Looking at the large maps and images in this atlas is such a different experience that looking at them on a globe.
The images in this atlas are huge. They almost take your breath away.
It's a big world out there.
The atlas contains more information about areas of the world than you'd ever need to know.
And that's a comforting feeling.
It's almost too much to comprehend.
It's not unlike looking at a map of Oklahoma:
No, really! There's a Cleveland.
Here's what's fun: sitting down with my twelve-year-old and challenging her to correctly pronounce some of these.
Not that I'd even know if she was correctly pronouncing them, but it's still a fun game.
Remember that remote country in southeast Asia where America fought a war forty years ago?
It's doesn't seem so remote on this atlas.
I wanted to show my children where their grandfather, my dad, served in an evac hospital the year I was born. I was surprised that the place I'd always known as "Pleiku" is spelled, in Vietnamese, "Play ku".
I'll tell you what freaked me out the most as a little girl.
The maps of the various ocean floors.
Does this not give you chills? Look at the mountain ranges.
There's a whole world under there!
I'll stop now.
I just get a little excited sometimes. Large world atlases do that to me.
Again, this book, with 416 pages and its huge size, is not cheap. But it's also not a candle that'll burn out in a couple of weeks, or a board game, whose pieces will get eaten by your basset hound named Charlie (hypothetically speaking, of course.) It really is a forever gift—something that can be enjoyed and learned from for years and years.
It'll awaken your hunger for knowledge of the world. That much I promise you.
Here's the link on Amazon:
National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition
Pioneer Woman
238 Comments
Daddy Scratches On Tuesday, October 20 at 8:47 am
That really *is* an awesome idea.
Thanks for siphoning more $$ out of my wallet!
JACKIE On Tuesday, October 20 at 8:48 am
looks, great, I'm always wondering about other continents
Lisa On Tuesday, October 20 at 8:50 am
Holy Smokes – that would be my budget in one fell swoop! Wonder if the library carries it?
Tabitha (From Single to Married) On Tuesday, October 20 at 8:50 am
I love this! What a fantastic gift this would make!
Rose On Tuesday, October 20 at 8:50 am
I have always wanted one of those.
Housewifespice On Tuesday, October 20 at 8:51 am
Gorgeous!!! and educational and not too masculine or too feminine and just gorgeous.
Jessica @ How Sweet It is On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:24 am
I love all of the ideas. They will come in use when shopping! The best was MAC brushes so far.
Connie Sayler On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:25 am
I love this, I have one and enjoy it!!!
Laura S On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:38 am
I got this for Christmas last year! We use it all the time, and my mom had my name engraved on the cover in gold. It's one of those gifts I will have for the next 50 years, and that my future children will get a lot of use out of, too. It's a great (albeit really heavy) gift!
Amber the LittleMrsDomestic On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:40 am
I remember we had one of these when I was young and I would sit and look at it for fun. I would even play "Travel Agent" and whip it out for my customers. Good idea!
Quincy's Keeper On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:41 am
My boy loves looking at maps. When I traveled to Oklahoma I would call every night and he would hi-lite where I was on his map. This would be a perfect gift for him! Thanks for the idea PW.
Jeanne On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:41 am
I bought my daughter a book very similar to this when she was young ….and now, she would love to travel!!!!
StuffCooksWant On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:42 am
Am ordering this right now! Loooooove it!
I think part of my job as a parent is to teach my kids to be a world citizen rather than live inside their little bubble at home. What better way to do it than this Atlas that will show them all the places they can travel? Can't wait to see it in person. Thanks for the idea!
Carolyn On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:44 am
Wow, I love this! Definitely going on the list for my boys.
Allison On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:45 am
I got this for Christmas…maybe last year…and it's worth every penny! It's one of the things my fiance is excited about sharing when we get married, LOL.
Amy Ro. On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:47 am
Oh my gosh…breathtaking. My son would pick up this book and never put it down…we would have to pry it from his hands. Being a music teacher it is wonderful to explore music from other lands, but to actually see these places in such a magnificent book. I'll have to take my heart attack pills and go on over to see how many benjamins this will set me back!!
Holly On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:49 am
Reminds me of the globe we had in our home when I was younger…
jojov On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:49 am
I too used to spend countless hours perusing my father's atlas! I had forgotten that until now but it makes so much sense. Even with a built in GPS in my car, I love having a road atlas too that I can refer to.
Planning trips and day dreaming of far away lands from that birds-eye perspective is awesome.
MamaK On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:49 am
My parents gave this to my son one Christmas. It really is a beautiful book!
Jennifer On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:50 am
This would be perfect for my husband – he loves maps!
emily e. On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:50 am
Of all the places in China, the one in the center of the picture is Hefei…my husband and I lived there for several months while teaching English in China!
Leyla On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:51 am
What an awesome idea.. I already have a person in mind who'd love this!
Thanks for the idea!
Dorie On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:51 am
I have it! And I agree it's wonderful.
MelissaH-from So. Fla On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:52 am
Love your Christmas gift ideas.
Donna D On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:54 am
What a wonderful idea! My oldest (6) and my sweet husband have a geography bent like no others. I think they will just love this. Thanks!
Sasha On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:55 am
Awesome book!
Patty W On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:55 am
My 10yr old son would love this ! He is so always so interested "maps" ! He likes to see where things are, and where they are in relation to other things ! LOL Loves history and science and he can read an actual road map!
Way out of my budget for him though!
Melinda M On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:56 am
We had one of these too – my dad is an oceanographer, so the ocean maps I always wondered if he made them. I love maps!
Greeneyes Martha On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:57 am
We have this Atlas, only it's DK, not National Geographic.
And it WAS $20.
I found it a couple of years ago at that Large warehouse store that you pay a membership to belong to. You know. The one that you can get bulk groceries from, books, furniture, jewelry, develop pictures, get your eye exam. Ya, that one.
I LOVE that atlas.
Very cool.
Sara On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:58 am
That looks fantastic! I love books. The bigger the better!
ColeyCook On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:58 am
What a great idea – I love giving books as gifts! I just ordered my husband a first edition Sherlock Holmes set for Christmas. The good kind that smell like old libraries, with real leather on the outside. I LOVE books!
Leyla On Tuesday, October 20 at 9:59 am
Actually the more I think about it… The more I want somebody to give this gift to me! lol
Geography was my FAVORITE subject in school…
Janice On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:00 am
Very cool. It's also cool that two of the areas you focused on are where 3 of my children are from: Hefei, Nanjing and Guiyang!
teri nilsson On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:02 am
Warm memories came rushing back……I spent hours as a child pouring over our big, beautiful Atlas. Fascinating. What a wonderful idea for a Christmas gift. And now I am on a mission to find that old atlas at my parents house.
teejay On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:04 am
Great tool for teaching kids about MAPS–they're not just on the internet. (We all know how erroneous those can be!)
Teaching a child how to read and navigate via maps (especially TOPO–topographic maps with elevations listed) is a useful and strategic tool. Kids can even get interested in Orienteering–figuring out how to literally get from one place to another using a map and compass–and participate in orienterring events. Great outdoor activity for families. http://www.us.orienteering.org/
glenda On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:05 am
Love it!
Janet On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:07 am
YES! We had one of these in my house growing up. We wore it out. To this day, every get-together inevitably includes some discussion that requires us to haul this out to prove a point or investigate a question. It's uncanny.
Lauri On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:11 am
Ree this is a great idea by two boys would love looking through this atlas.
SaraJane On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:11 am
The only thing that could make it better is if they showed where all of the irrigation pivots of the world are!!! Yep. I'm fully aware and ok with my nerdy-ness!
April On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:13 am
This is a great idea. I would love to give this to my dad who always tries to guess what is in each of his gifts. I bet he would never guess;)
nikki On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:14 am
Great idea! And you're right about the MAC brushes, they're awesome.
kandy On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:14 am
YOu are probably now like the OPRAH EFFECT!
Get'em while you can everyone!
Great gift idea!
Margie On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:15 am
Love it.
The Mariana Trench always fascinated me. Deeper than how tall Everest is! Oh my!
KC On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:20 am
We loved our Nat Geo Atlas of the World. I bought for my husband's Christmas very soon after we were married. Unfortunately, it was lost in one of our moves. Maybe I should replace it this Christmas. He is notoriously hard to buy for.
Heather Ben On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:21 am
I have a recommendation for the under $20 category – one of the best products I use. It is urban decay eyeshow primer poition. I used to have a lot of problems with eyeshadow building up in the creases of my lids throughout the day – the stuff works great! it stays on all day – and the times I don't take off my eyemakeup at night it will even be there when I wake up. Seriously, it is great and not that expensive. It even makes the color of drug-store eyeshadow much better, you don't have to buy the expensive shadow that the same line if you don't want to.
Jena Simms On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:21 am
Ewee, La, La! Love this book.
robin On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:22 am
totally awesome!!!!! someone gave us one as a wedding gift and even though i never would have thought of registering for it , it is one of my most favorite things!!!! i can't wait for my kids to be old enough to start 'sploring it with me!!!!!
dandy On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:26 am
Oooh! I want this! But I think my fiance would love it.. and then I'll actually have it in the end anyway
Is that a selfish way to look at a present?
Janet On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:27 am
I know it's just me… But I think it's a scream that the World Atlas has an EIGHTH edition! I remember (100 years ago, ah… in the 70's) when I was in Catholic school and the Atlas was always the same and the globe never changed. The world was the world. Amen.
Does the world change enough for 8 editions of the Atlas or is it a marketing ploy?
Great gift idea though! We have an Atlas in our closet (probably a first edition) and when the boys were little they used to love to flip the big pages of the big Wonderful world!
Carole On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:31 am
A great place to look for these is at your local library book sale, or (especially) your closest AAUW book sale – next to new versions, within maybe 5 years publication date, can be found for $5-10. I love these – and even more I love antique atlases and vintage maps.
Rebecca On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:32 am
Cleveland! That's where I grew up. When someone asks me where I'm from, the IMMEDIATE response to my answer is always always, "Ohio?"
Debbie On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:33 am
I love atlases and maps! We had the world book of National Geographic maps when I was a kid. A nice leather bound folio with huge maps of each continent to pull out and open up.
This atlas is definitely going on my Christmas list.
Michele On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:35 am
I used to do the same things, just sit and page through the atlas. Another book that I would page through for hours on end was National Geographic Our World. It had different facts and pictures about every country. Wish they still had it.
Amy J On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:36 am
I've got the 5th edition of this – we all love looking through it when there's a place we've never heard of. Probably need an update to accompany it though w/ all the countries that have changed names, etc.
Krysta Knapp On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:37 am
I like your Favorite Things list better than Oprah's, and here's why: you recognize that paying $50 for one present might actually make a dent in someone's budget. I am also a sucker for a good Atlas, and not so much for a good cashmere sweater. Thanks for the great ideas, Ree!
Noel On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:38 am
I could lose myself in one of these on a cold winter's night. National Geographic's Historical Atlas of the United States is also so, so cool.
Kandyce On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:40 am
I just sent the link to my husband. He was asking what I would like for Christmas and now I have found the answer. Thanks Ree!
Susan On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:41 am
Of course there's a Cleveland, Oklahoma! It's the most beautiful, friendliest place to live in the world.
There are several Clevelands in the USA, including that one in Ohio
But the one in Oklahoma is the best.
talea On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:43 am
Yeah, expensive but I can't tell you how much use I got out of one I had for 10 years, that unfortunately is now outdated because of political reasons (the USSR broke up and lots of other countries have realigned themselves. So three years ago, I broke down and bought another one. As the niece and nephews got into school, I often brought it out for them.
Because as much as I do most of my research online, you can't beat being able to spread out a book and really see how parts of the world connect with each other. You just cannot see that level of detail in one view on google maps.
Glory Bee Farm On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:46 am
Excellent call, PW. I have the Revised 6th edition (1995) and I love, love, love it. Now if only they would quit renaming countries I'd be set.
Amy On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:51 am
Awesome gift idea. Way better than looking up maps on the internet. Thanks for the recommendation, Ree!
Nezzy On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:51 am
The household that shelters four of my Latin lovin' hillbilly grandchildren would eat this book up!!! If I divided the price four ways it wouldn't be so bad……Huh?
Ya'll have a super day dreamin' of the places you'd go!!!
Sheila On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:54 am
Our edition had pages on the Atmosphere, Astronomy and gems. So much more than an atlas! I loved it. I guess I should get a new one . . . for the kids! Really!! ;-0
Acher On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:54 am
We had a box of National Geographic maps when I was a kid. A big yellow box with probably a dozen huge maps on nice heavy paper that I used to spread out on the floor and spend hours looking at. I've loved maps ever since. I think my parents probably got them as a free gift with a subscription to the magazine.
Jennifer Dalenberg On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:55 am
this is a great idea for a family for Christmas. I looked at the Amazon price and really if you have to buy for 4 then this would easily sub for that and be like you said, a forever gift!
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OldNuffToKnoBtr On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:56 am
I have always enjoyed reading an Atlas, there is always soemthing new to see.
Nicole Slack On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:58 am
We home school and have a cheaper version of one of those and my children LOVE it. I wish we could afford that one. Maybe in next years budget!
Amanda Fletcher On Tuesday, October 20 at 10:59 am
My dad gave my kids that very book last year for Christmas, and it has been both entertaining and useful ever since. He travels a LOT, and when he went anywhere this year he sent them a postcard asking them to look up where he was.
Mrs. W On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:03 am
My parents did not have any "extra" money when my brothers and I were growing up. But they did believe in the power of books and education so they invested in a complete set of World Encyclopedias – including the atlas. We loved looking at the pictures and imagining what all was contained in each of those little dots that stood for a city or town. Aaaa memories of simpler times!
Rhonda in Oklahoma On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:05 am
Great-looking book! I love atlases and maps. I like looking at the ocean floor, especially about the mid-Atlantic ridge. (Thinking about the "continental drift" and tectonic plates, etc.)
Colleen F. On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:11 am
Way over my budget, but I would love that book.
Meredith On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:12 am
Wow, this is totally my type of gift. Something I just might get my little family this year. It's actually cheaper than I was expecting too–not bad for a family gift
Paula B On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:15 am
We bought this along with one that showed different regions of the world via satellite.
Texnana On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:18 am
I love maps. Also love the way new books smell. I can just imagine sticking my nose into the middle of this wonderful book and inhaling!
bobbie On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:18 am
Droooooooool!!! Like you, I loved looking at our atlas as a child (and I still do!!)
Lauren Guitar On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:21 am
I was going to send my parents a link to this but I already asked for the BBC Blue World DVDs for Christmas and Hanukkah!
catsmeow On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:23 am
My grandmother had a set of Encyclopedias when I was a kid. I was the reader so when I visited her and the weather was really nasty, I'll pull myself off into the corner, pull a book off the shelf at random and read away. I loved those books and that grandma. She also bought be Heidi, Black Beauty and One Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Heidi and Black Beauty I read over and over but could never get into Capitan Nemo and the Nautilaus.
Jennie On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:24 am
As a child I was enamored with my grandmother's encyclopedia set. I would spend hours looking over those books. What I remember most though, were the plastic-like pages depicting the different systems of the human body. The human body in layers. Fascinating. Not too much but not too little.
Java Girl On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:24 am
As my hubby would say…. "There's nothing better than a good map."
KAY GUEST On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:28 am
LydiaC On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:30 am
Beautiful, Ree.
One of the greatest advantages of being a homeschooling mom is that I can share my love of geography with my daughter/s. Poring over maps and talking about the different countries is so fun; we could do that were she a public school kid, but we have more time to do it when she's at home, and it's part of her regular studies.
Bek On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:30 am
These are always on my dream wish list… Along with the PW Cookbook of course
My in-laws, the Christmas my husband and I first celebrated together, got me a lifetime membership to National Geographic. I knew I married this man's family for a reason! They really *get* me
pati mk On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:33 am
My father-n-law gave us his – It is a great book. I'm going to check what edition we have when I get home.
Kari On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:33 am
I love this idea! Love to buy interesting, educational stuff for my kiddos.
Livin' Louisiana! On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:34 am
Erika On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:39 am
We had that book when I was growing up. Thank you for reminding me how cool it was.
Barbara On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:40 am
I bought myself this Atlas about a year ago, it would be a fantastic present for a family or an individual no matter what age. Sometimes it is fun to watch the news and then get the Atlas out and explore places they did their news stories on.
Deb McClure On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:41 am
My Grandpa bought us one of these when I was about 10 yrs old and I loved that thing. I think my folks still have it.
Sarah G. On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:43 am
It's gorgeous in person. My mother gave one to my eldest for his Bar Mitzvah. She noticed that he is always paging through atlases when we go visit her. She even had his name embossed on the cover. He loves it.
terry in texas On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:44 am
I don't know why but I've always been fascinated by the maps in National Geographic magazines…this is really great…thanks for the ideas!!
Maria On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:45 am
I would love to look at that Atlas. I love interesting facts. That's why I also love this book, The Guinness World Records book, but for kids. Yours will LOVE it!
Mother of Pearl On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:45 am
Me too! We had one of those growing up. I used to love to sit and read it – especially those underwater maps!
I asked my parents to get us one for Christmas a few years ago and we are so glad we have it. Whenever we hear on the news about something happening in the world we get out the atlas and look it up. We may well be homeschool geeks, but we love our atlas and use it all the time.
Great gift idea!
Adrienne On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:46 am
Oh, Oklahoma and your weird town names. My boyfriend is from Miami (not far from you, I think!) but he insists everyone calls it Miam-UH. I went for the holidays last year and discovered he wasn't lying.
Panya On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:47 am
I've wanted this atlas for years. I love books, and I adore maps. When I was growing up we had a small atlas that came with our encyclopedia set, and I'd study it for hours.
I want to be a homeschooling SAHM, but if I were to continue my education, I would totally be a geography teacher — or a librarian. [Why yes, I am a geek, how'd you guess?]. Ultimately, I'd be a geography teacher, then "retire" and be a librarian.
Mariah On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:49 am
I grew up with one of these National Geographic Atlases as well! Dad would break it out at the kitchen table (it really is a huge, weighty book) when we heard about an interesting foreign location on the news or in school. We still do this occasionally when I am home visiting but now Dad uses google earth
Lynette On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:51 am
LOVE LOVE LOVE the idea. I'm a huge fan of books. I'd love to know what other "forever" books you have in your house…
Tara On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:53 am
I (heart) everything National Geographic! Magazines, TV specials, books, maps, cable channel, travel…all of it! I received a subscription to their magazine as a kid back in 1990, and have renewed it every year since – even when I was a starving college student. Their information and evocative pictures of the world are part of what inspires me to travel and experience the cultures and places they feature. I've still got 85% of the world to go!
Jeanette Mc. On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:55 am
I also freak out about the "worlds" under the ocean. One of my only fears is being stuck out there in that great "unknown".
books On Tuesday, October 20 at 11:58 am
Ok, yes, it's a way cool book, I'll give you that much… buuuut… if I got this as a Christmas present, well… eh… yeah…
Shari On Tuesday, October 20 at 12:00 pm
Just had our '1ST" GRANDCHILD-A GRAND DAUGHTER AND I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE IT TO HER SOMEDAY


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The term "professional plaintiff" is thrown out at the idea that some people make their living as someone who partners with an attorney to bring so many lawsuits that their entire livelyhood rests on suing people. Googling the term will bring up dozens of results in many different areas of the law, but a series of events this week made me wonder if the game industry might just be the next target of this kind of behavior. Specifically, the reports of a class action over Xbox Live bannings and reports that the same person who sued Sony over being banned in Resistance is now suing Microsoft over red rings and Nintendo over homebrew.
So how does this professional plaintiff idea work? Speaking extremely generally, to bring a lawsuit, someone has to have standing, that is they suffered an injury and are substantially related to the harm that caused that injury so that they can sue over it. Past allegations of professional plaintiffs have often been related to suits related to the Americans with Disabilities Act, such that one disabled person is suing multiple establishments because they have standing to sue based on the lack of compliance with the Act. I'm sure many readers are thinking, "But how would this work in gaming? There are no gaming statutes that could give gamers standing to sue like that." Well, it's a pretty straightforward answer, actually.
In the case of gamers, it's being part of a discreet group that would all be in similar standing rather than having a statute to sue on. That is, many gamers would be able to sue over game related complaints because of their participation in gaming. In particular, hardcore gamers are likely to own all consoles and be active in all online systems. Therefore, there is a pretty solid group of gamers who could sue Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo if there were actual harms done against large number of gamers.
And that's where the class action idea ties in. Often, these plaintiffs are the entry point to a class action since class action suits tend to be larger and thereby more profitable, especially to a law firm on a contingency fee basis. If you had a group of gamers who were always sufficient to get a class established, which is likely with the right group of hardcore gamers, you could easily have a number of suits filed on that basis.
But how legitimate are these claims? Just as a casual observer and without reading any of the documentation, the claims seem weak at best. Most of these claims are related to clear violations of the terms of use of the system software, and courts have upheld those terms and licenses over and over again. Furthermore, the monetary damages are often minimal, if not questionable. For example, what is the inability to unlock one character really worth? What is being banned from a service for being abusive really causing in monetary damages? Yes, there can be non-economic damages, but in many cases, a measure of economic damages is required to reach non-economic damages like 'pain and suffering' or 'emotional harm.'
So then why does this even go on? The unfortunate answer is money. This is not to say that all claims are bogus and all plaintiffs are just in it for profit; far from it. There are plenty of legitimate cases in courts at all times. Nor is it to say all plaintiff's lawyers are just in it for the money; this is again far from the case. However, given the deep pockets of some of these game companies and the ongoing huge revenues, the small minority of people with less than genuine motives for lawsuits would likely see the game industry as a potent new target, just as so many other industries have been in the past. And the stories that make the press are really just the tip of the iceberg; those who have connections in game studios can likely hear some humorous and equally sad stories of some of the threatened and filed suits that range from unusual to downright insane.
It's unlikely that we'll be seeing any fewer reports of these kinds of claims pop up on the radar as time goes on. But there's no major need for concern, as these industry giants have substantial legal teams to deal with these kinds of suits. What should concern consumers would be a series of victories against gaming companies. If plaintiffs are successful, then there are two potentially larger problems facing the industry: are companies becoming more dishonest and predatory, and should we be concerned about the continued viability of those studios with substantial legal settlements against them? Of course, I would certainly hope things would never come to that point, but stranger things have happened.
Mark Methenitis is the Editor in Chief of the Law of the Game blog, which discusses legal issues in video games. Mr. Methenitis is also a licensed attorney in the state of Texas with The Vernon Law Group, PLLC and a member of the Texas Bar Assoc., American Bar Assoc., and the International Game Developers Assoc., where he is a board member of the Dallas chapter. Opinions expressed in this column are his own. Reach him at: lawofthegame [AAT] gmail [DAWT] com.
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