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Crowdfunding has quickly become one of the most exciting financing trends of the decade. Never before has it been so easy for individuals, businesses, and non-profits to raise funds to launch new creative, entrepreneurial, and cause-related projects.
At Amplifier, we're helping clients deliver on the promise of crowdfunding, by entering into a partnership with the largest global funding platform, Indiegogo. Together, we're building an end-to-end solution that allows Crowdfunders to easily manage every stage of a typical project, including;
We'll have more details on what this partnership means for Crowdfunders in the weeks ahead.
In the meantime, if you're looking to launch your next crowdfunding project, or produce and deliver perks and products for an existing one, let us hear about it!
Dear Amplifier clients, we're excited to announce you can now create new orders directly from within My Amplifier. No more emailing Client Service*. No more placing orders from your Online Store. Create Orders gives you an easy button to send out simple shipments.
How it Works
You can create your own order in 3 simple steps:
Using Create Orders is simple and straightforward. But we did want to call out one particular feature for you to be aware of…
Managing Delivery Windows
Orders are often time sensitive. We built Create Orders with that in mind. Using our Do Not Ship Until Date, you control when your order is released into our warehouse for shipping. When combined with a service-level-bound Shipping Method (e.g. "UPS 3 Day"), you'll be able to make sure you've got the right stuff in the right place at the right time.
UPS Domestic Air Methods (3 Day, 2 Day and NDA) are almost always delivered on time, but if you play your cards right, you can also usually rely on UPS Ground Estimates to get your shipment to where it needs to be at a lower cost. Here are estimated delivery times for UPS Ground shipments from Amplifier headquarters in Austin.
We want to get you what you need, where you need it, right on time – but please play it safe. Strive to get your Created Order out a little early, to allow for time to react in the event that something goes wrong. Better safe than sorry.
* Important Note
The beta-release of Create Orders supports simple, straightforward shipments that do not necessitate additional handling. It's perfect for sending out a DVD to a VIP Customer, or a sample of a product to a prospective Vendor, or hundreds of shirts to a Hotel for a conference. However, the Create Orders Tool not yet designed for shipments that require significant additional handling, namely Business-to-Business and Very Large Convention Shipments.
Business-to-Business orders often involve significant Vendor Compliance work to conform a shipment to the supply chain requirements of modern retailers. To prepare such shipments takes days of extra time to properly label shipments/containers/pallets and to provide the proper documentation. If your business sends out B2B orders (e.g. Wal-Mart, Amazon, GameStop, Dillards, etc.) then continue to send your orders directly to Client Service.
Similarly, Very Large Convention Shipments may involve very explicit dock instructions, labor unions, scheduled of LTL carriers and coordination weeks ahead of the event. They also often also require that we ship rigging, merch tables, and other furnishings that Amplifier stores for key accounts. As these are so complex, we do not yet support their creation in My Amplifier. However, we do hope to add these Order Types in the future.
Want to see this tool in action? Click here to see how easy it is for you to Create Orders.
Amplifier recently had the chance to do a t-shirt printing and fulfillment job for Yancey Strickler at Kickstarter. It was an honor to be asked and a blast to do. So we shot a little video while the job was underway, for the backers of the shirt to enjoy.
Thanks, Yancey!
An oldie but a goodie.
In 2011, Amplifier co-founder Joel Bush hosted a SXSW panel entitled "Merch: The Other White Meat of Monetization." The title nods to the old Pork commercials and (before you go knocking the reference) remember… bacon is pork.
Joel brought together a supergroup made up of Rooster Teeth's Burnie Burns, Busted Tees' Mikhail Ledvich, LIVESTRONG's Mona Patel and Despair, Inc's Justin Sewell. In this spirited and informative discussion, panelists respond to a series of questions from Joel that seek to reveal "how successful web properties delight fans, earn revenue, and achieve self-sufficiency with a vibrant direct merchandise business.
Our friends from Reddit Gifts paid us a visit in Austin last week.
As you can see from this Twitter selfie, much fun was had. Especially enjoyed take their team our to experience Alamo Drafthouse… After it sank in that he was sitting at the greatest movie experience known to humankind, Reddit Gift's founder Dan McComas began to lament, "It's not fair that you get this…"
It is so not fair Dan. So deliciously, hilariously not fair. We will pour out a .40 for you next time we see a movie at Alamo. Some time next week.
Really enjoyed hanging out and getting to know you, thanks for making the trip! Hope to return the favor in SLC soon!
(Photo credit, from left to right, Topher Hyink, Dan McComas with Reddit Alien plush, Jessica Moreno, Gary Jense, Ellen Pao and Joel Bush.)
Zach Weinersmith and his awesome wife Kelly pilgrimaged to Amplifier's Austin headquarters today to autograph his latest Breadpig-published Kickstarter hit, TRIAL OF THE CLONE 2 - WRATH OF THE PACIFIST. Pizza was had. Books were signed. And signed. And signed.
If you missed out on this Kickstarter, here's Zach's video announcing it:
Wrath is the long-awaited sequel to Weinersmith's previous smash, TRIAL OF THE CLONE. For those who missed THAT Kickstarter, here's a flashback to Zach signing the very last of 2,500 books for previous backers.
Zach is on a crowdfunding tear lately. He also recently secured over $7000/month from his fans using the new Patreon platform. Fans can contribute as little as $1 a month to help Zach keep expressing his creativity.
It's a privilege for Amplifier to play a small part in the creative efforts of artists like Zach Weinersmith and publishers like Breadpig. They're not only exploring this emerging medium, they're building entirely new business models to boot.
Viva la crowd!
Deadly Fredly's post yesterday around Why International Shipping Doesn't Work For A Kickstarter brought to the forefront some very real growing pains of Kickstarting a business. As makers, shippers, and general behind-the-scenes logistics sherpas for some wildly successful Kickstarter clients ourselves, we've seen many of these issues first hand.
Perspective is everything, though. When you evaluate a single Kickstarter campaign in isolation of the rest of your current and future business, the dollars dwindled away to international shipping premiums can seem enormous, but is that the only way to look at this issue?
To Deadly Fredly's insights, we would respond:
1. Each member of your backer community delivers lifetime value beyond one campaign.
International shipping costs can eat up some of the revenue of the pledge. This does not render the contribution moot at all.
2. Kickstarter is not simply a transaction engine. Patronage is also at work here.
Passionate people who are invested in your community and your success will pay a bit more for shipping to get something of high perceived value to them. How much more? More than you might think. International customers are used to paying higher shipping rates across the board.
You can also reward international backers with special freebies. If you choose to charge significantly more for international shipments, what about offering those backers an exclusive (but cheap to produce) incentive? A cool bookmark? A badge? Something that might add <$1 in cost to you can still add a ton in perceived recognition and value to the international customer. In the end, no one backing a crowdfunded campaign is expecting Walmart-level pricing on products. They're often already paying MORE for the chance to be a patron. So why not recognize their heroism in a low cost but meaningful (high reward) way?
There is also a lot more to fulfilling a Kickstarter campaign than just the reward items. Backer updates and other open communication are a big part of the value to the backer and have no shipping costs at all.
3. Kickstarter Creators should take a broader view of margin.
Fred advocated analyzing margin (pledge dollars minus product and shipping costs) at each tier. Amen. Understanding the numbers is fundamental and critical.
Your Margins May Vary. And that's a GOOD thing.
For example, movie theaters don't make as much on tickets as they do on concessions. Distributors may make more money off the same product selling to one customer than they do to another. It's common practice, and while it doesn't mean that you should get into the practice of dismissing international tiers as loss leaders, it does mean you should feel free to consider international tiers a product that will likely yield lower margins. That's perfectly normal.
Look for creative ways to offset international expenses. If you feel your international shipping rates are far too high to be fair, consider looking at your domestic tiers, to see if an across-the-board price lift might offset the international premiums. What if you had even $0.25 or $0.50 cents extra for each domestic backer? And if you offer a digital download anywhere in the mix, those backers bring zero shipping costs. (For example, Zach Braff's Kickstarter captured $386,670 for purely digital rewards, which represents more than 10% of the $3,105,473 he raised.)
$91,330… for a PDF! Nice.
Lastly, also appreciate volume discounts for production. While international backers may bring additional shipping expense, they also bring unit demand that could help you achieve deeper volume discounts in production, which benefits the economics of domestic and international backers alike. Bonus!
4. An expert partner can add tremendous value.
Several times, Deadly Fredly talked about weighing the monetary cost of every decision vs. the impact it will have on his time. For example, he stated that only launching one international tier priced at $150.00 would yield the best margin return, but would cost him in time responding to the hundreds of complaints for offering so few international options.
In the comments, he even addressed the potential value of using a third-party vendor to handle customer service and fulfillment, but quickly dismissed the idea due to his hesitation to work with an unproven vendor. He's completely correct on this one: never trust your brand, your products, and your reputation to a company or consultant that has not earned that right.
There are companies who deserve your consideration, though, our own being among them. If Kickstarter is a big part of your business model and your campaigns are wildly successful, you need a strategic partner to free your time and maximize your return on contributions.
Consider just a few of the ways a proven vendor could help you:
Thanks again to Deadly Fredly for the thought-provoking post. We pay close attention to the unique challenges that professional Kickstarters encounter, and we relentlessly chip away at them one by one.
Stay tuned, and please hit us up with your campaigns, questions, and general Kickstarter rabblerousing.
Rooster Teeth's Gavin Free (left) & Burnie Burns (right.)
We just learned that – in addition to Alexis Ohanian – two other Amplifier clients will be speaking Wednesday. Rooster Teeth's Burnie Burns and Gavin Free along with LIVESTRONG CFO Greg Lee will speak about the "Alternative Business Models" powering their respective businesses. If that weren't enough synchronicity, Goodwill's Michael Willard will be joining them. Goodwill honored Amplifier with their Business Partner of the Year award an event last week.
In the words of The Alternative event organizers:
This event will focus on alternative business models companies use to run their business. There will be guest speakers from a variety of different businesses and organizations present at the event to talk about what methods and strategies they use to run their company. These strategies are some that are not normally seen in the business world and are thus harder to study in an average classroom.
Who: Rooster Teeth, Livestrong, Goodwill and more.
When: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 6PM
Where: Welch Shell Auditorium (WEL 3.502) at the University of Texas at Austin
Trust us, the only excuse you have for missing THIS event is that you're attending Alexis' talk (and/or vice versa!)
We ran into Alexis (right) two weeks ago @ JFK Airport
Alexis Ohanian has done more before 30 than most people do in a lifetime. In addition to co-founding powerhouse community Reddit, he's created a thriving not-for-profit called Breadpig, acted as an angel investor to the likes of Hipmunk, Hubspot, Crowdtilt and helped stop antipiracy legislation on Capitol Hill. Alexis' most amazing achievement may be that despite his success, he remains one of the nicest people you will ever meet.
Alexis and his epic tour bus rolls in Austin this week. This Wednesday, he'll be speaking at the University of Texas about his new book WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION.
If you live in Central Texas and care about entrepreneurship, the future of the Internet or making the world suck less, then don't miss your chance to hear Alexis speak. Here are the details.
Who: Alexis Ohanian
When: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 from 7-9:00 PM
Where: Burdine Hall Room #108 • 110 Inner Campus Dr Austin, TX 78712
Alexis is no stranger to Austin. While this Brooklyn diehard isn't quite shopping for houses, he did recently tell an interviewer another primary motivation for his stop in Austin.
"Austin is a hub for tech. There's a tremendous tech community there and it's nice to come without South By Southwest going on all around me. It's also one of the largest universities in the nation so to reach such a large chunk of students is a great opportunity. I'm also coming for the tacos. I should make that clear."
He ain't lying, he loves him some breakfast tacos! Now sign up and get ready to listen to someone drop some science.
We've hosted book signings and Kickstarter mavens but yesterday's visit by Girl Scout Troop 1252 will go down in Amplifier history as our first time staging an actual merit badge challenge.
We're pretty sure these girls will grow up to be creative kingpins. Every year, they design and print their own troop tees, with stencils and ink and amazing DIY grit and gristle.
This year, they asked us if Amplifier would teach them to screen print for real. Who can say no to girl scouts, even when they aren't selling cookies?
Our screen printing man, myth, and legend Chris Vreeland taught them the printing process, from art to film to screen to tee, and they took turns printing and curing their very own t-shirts.
The shirts look amazing. We'd like to say you can get your own Troop 1252 tee in our online store, but you can't. That would be… strange.
Thanks again for stopping in, taking the tour, and brightening our day with your questions about screen printing, glitter ink and unicorn posters, Troop 1252. Let us know when you're old enough for summer jobs!
More firepower arrived on our ship dock today. Secret equipment to help the Internet's most awesome communities spread their signals.
Our management team just wrapped a great shareholder meeting.
Amplifier® is a rapidly growing, profitable company in Austin, Texas. Located minutes from downtown, we are building a next-generation merchandising platform for the Internet's most compelling communities. With nearly 100,000 s.f. at our disposal, Amplifier blends order fulfillment, apparel manufacturing and personalization, and digital print-on-demand into a single service offering. And while we are strong enough for the Fortune 500, we are made for Internet powerhouses. Our clients include brands like MailChimp, Imgur, The Chive, Reddit, Glennz Tees, Despair.com, Rooster Teeth and many others.
Position Overview
Amplifier® seeks reliable and attentive workers for our bustling screenprint department. If you bring experience with any area of screen printing, we'd love to hear from you. If you are experience running an automatic press, even better. We're looking for people who work hard, pay attention and have fun supporting the ecommerce sales of some of the Internet's coolest online communities.
Physical Demands:
Work Environment
If you're looking for an opportunity to work hard, to learn new skills and be given increased responsibility, we'd like to hear from you.
Amplifier® is a rapidly growing, profitable company in Austin, Texas. Located minutes from downtown, we are building a next-generation merchandising platform for the Internet's most compelling communities. With nearly 100,000 s.f. at our disposal, Amplifier blends order fulfillment, apparel manufacturing and personalization, and digital print-on-demand into a single service offering. And while we are strong enough for the Fortune 500, we are made for Internet powerhouses. Our clients include brands like MailChimp, Imgur, The Chive, Reddit, Glennz Tees, Despair.com, Rooster Teeth and many others.
Position Overview
Reporting to the CEO, the Director of Marketing is responsible for establishing and implementing strategic and tactical communications plans designed to capitalize on market opportunities and generate demand. They will build a creative, integrated, multi-channel marketing department that builds brand awareness and reputation, provides a steady flow of sales leads, and measures the return on marketing program investment. The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, resourceful, and have impeccable communication and leadership skills.
Responsibilities Include:
Who We're Looking For:
Bonus Points:
What's in it for You:
Amplifier is building something new. Somewhere at the intersection of Logistics St. and Makers' Drive. When you apply, please share your social profiles and, if applicable, links to blog posts or articles you've written.
Would you like to work with a talented, vibrant team that serves many of the web's most exciting and creative organizations including Glennz Tees, MailChimp, Reddit, Imgur, Rooster Teeth, and LIVESTRONG? Amplifier provides a fully turnkey solution that allows web-based communities to offer physical merchandise to their user base. Our services include product manufacturing, order fulfillment, warehousing, customer support, and returns handling.
This position requires accounting, excel, andI nternet research skills as well as excellent interpersonal communication skills. The position calls for a high level of attention to detail, and the ability to work well with all levels of internal management and staff, as well as outside clients and vendors. It is necessary to be proactive, resourceful, flexible, and efficient while working in a fast paced, rapidly growing environment all while maintaining a high level of professionalism and confidentiality at all times.
Essential Function:
Perform a range of accounting, bookkeeping, and general clerical support functions in an organization. This position will work closely with the Controller and reports to the CFO.
Primary Responsibilities:
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Introducing one of our newest clients, Rogue American Apparel.
Founded two years ago by a former Marine, Rogue sells exquisitely designed apparel for "the elite Military, High Threat Security Professionals & Law Enforcement" communities among others. Given such clientele labor under the specter of continuous threat, it's no surprise that Rogue's styles feature skulls, crossbones and other grim reaperish motifs. Yet Rogue's designs don't make death into an end, it's merely a potential means to the greater end of Liberty itself. Harm's way is the journey, with Freedom the destination.
Not only do they celebrate those who live in harm's way for others, they also donate a portion of all their profits to the Brothers In Arms Foundation.
Rogue's the real McCoy and we are proud to call them a client. Check their store out for yourself and pick up one of their many fantastic designs.
Rudy's BBQ for yesterday's lunch. Amy's Ice Cream cakes for today's desserts. calorically speaking, it's been a brutal couple of days.
All Hands Meeting
Yesterday, March 27th, we held an all hands meeting at Amplifier. During yesterday's all hands meeting, Everyone ate huge, ridiculous, almost debilitating portions of Rudy's BBQ. Pretty cruel when you consider that after the meeting everyone had to go back to work instead of take a nap.
We surprised the crew by handing out embroidered Red Kap workshirts. (If you don't know Red Kap, they make some of the best work wear in the business.) We thought it would be cool to color code our teams by their department. Do so enables visitors to instantly grasp what's happening in the often raging sea of activity on a typical day.
Color schemes were:
5 Year Jerseys
We also took a moment to recognize employees who had put in more than 5 years at Amplifier with a special handmade flannel baseball jersey. We do hard work here. Anyone who has made it five years has put in unbelievable hours. No matter what their department, it's a given the "5 years" have packed thousands of orders, worked many a holiday, and generally done so with a great attitude.
These jerseys were a secret. Only our founders knew about them. We just asked employee for their favorite number between 1 and 100. They didn't know it but they were picking their team number.
Very soon Tanya Johnson and Cody Isaacks will join the 5 year club. We hope everyone working here today sticks around to earn a jersey. They're a great crew and we're proud of all of them!
During our Beta period, users gave us terrific suggestions. Great minds must think alike. Most of you told us very similar things. Here's what you asked for:
Last but not least, we lowered our prices on American Apparel tees! White Tees now start at $16 instead of $19! Color American Apparel tees are cheaper too! Hey, we did tell prices were subject to change. Every once in a while, that's a good thing! Existing Merchify users can check out the newest features here.
Don't have Merchify yet? No problem, it's free for all Shopify users to install. Not yet a Shopify user? Get a free 14-day trial here. It's the easiest way in the world to start selling made-on-demand products from your very own online store.
Hosted the ever-awesome Christina Xu (@Chrysaora) of @Breadpig fame. Publishers of the most successful Kickstarter Publishing Project…EVAH! Ryan North's "To Be or Not To Be." Breadpig also publishes the powerhouse Kickstarters of Zach Weiner, no stranger to these pages.
Stop Making Sense.
Here it is. Enjoy.
10k time lapse
It's time to watch 'em again. Greatest game ever.
Do it clean.
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Revelation 13:16-17
"So, let me guess," she says, "you are the guy doing the software."
"Yeah," he admits, a little defensive, "but the software is the only interesting part of this whole project. All the rest is making license plates.''
That wakes her up a little. "Making license plates?"
"It's an expression that my business partner and I use," Randy says. "With any job, there's some creative work that needs to be done—new technology to be developed or whatever. Everything else—ninety-nine percent of it—is making deals, raising capital, going to meetings, marketing and sales. We call that stuff making license plates."
There are many kinds of making necessary to making anything.
[text via Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon; photo via H. Michael Karshis]
The Boss honored Fremantle's Bon Scott February 8, 2014, in Perth.
We salute you.
At my parents' house years ago, I read this article when it hit Parade Magazine. It stuck with me.
Thomas Ricks asked:
I wanted to see how the Marines could turn an undereducated, cynical teenager into that young soldier who, on his second night in Africa, could lead a file of men through the dark and dangerous city. How could a kid we would not trust to run the copier by himself back in my office in Washington become the squad leader addressing questions that could alter national policy?
His exploration offers interesting lessons regarding happiness and fulfillment for soldiers and civilians alike.
"Don't pursue happiness; pursue excellence. Make a habit of that, and you can have a fulfilling life.
"The drill instructors didn't try to make their recruits happy. They tried to push members of the platoon harder than they'd ever been pushed, to make them go beyond their own self-imposed limits. Nearly all the members of the platoon cried at one time or another. Yet by the end of 11 weeks almost all had been transformed by the experience – and were more fulfilled than they had ever been. They had subordinated their needs to those of the group, yet almost all emerged with a stronger sense of self. They unembarrassedly used words like 'integrity.'"
Happiness, not as the target, but as a byproduct of striving for standards, excellence, and integrity. Powerful stuff, even for a non-military individual such as myself.
Lyle Lovett covering "Bears" by Steven Fromholz:
Some folks drive the bears out of the wilderness
Some to see a bear would pay a fee
Me, I just bear up to my bewildered best
And some folks even see the bear in me
So meet a bear and take him on out to lunch with you
Even though your friends may stop and stare
Just remember that's a bear there in the bunch with you
And they just don't come no better than a bear
I love Lovett's remarks about Fromholz before this live performance of the song, captured by a fan at the show:
We've all had the kind of teachers that make you feel stupid, and he was the kind of teacher that lets you know that, even though you are stupid, it's going to be ok. That's the way good teachers are… that's there's actually hope for you. And he was really, really kind to me.
So this is one of his nature songs, and it's about my favorite kind of nature, human nature.
I kinda fight tears every time one of my baseball heroes retires and every time we lose one of Texas' musical treasures. This is one of those times. I'll miss Steven Fromholz's light and words and sounds. He had that magic that magnifies life.
Well played, good sir, Godspeed, and they just don't come no better than a bear.
After The University of Texas Longhorns defeated The University of Southern California Trojans in the 92nd The Rose Bowl on January 4, 2006, to secure the BCS National Championship (his university's first football title since 1970), head coach Mack Brown addressed his players, coaches, staff, and lucky supporters:
The most important thing, regardless of how much you played, we love you very much. We love you very much, and that's important for you to know. On the good days and the bad days – now we like you more on the good days, but we do love you very much.
And last thing – and I said this at the first of the week – I don't want this to be the best thing that's ever happened in your life.
When you're 54 I don't want you to say, "Winning a football game is the best thing that's ever happened in my life." You'll have it, and you'll be a champion for the rest of your life.
You make sure that's one of the best sports things in your life, but you promise me, if you've got enough about you to win a national championship, you got enough about you to be a great citizen and a great role model, a great father, and a great leader in your family, and that's what we're looking for when you get out of here. That's what we want.
Complaining isn't a strategy.
— Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon
"All your great ideas will be accidents."
@whurley and @JaymiHeimbuch discussing trees communicating reminded me of Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings.
…and the Zen master says, "We'll see."
Remember this photo every time you have to deal with a phone company.
I recommend we remember this photo any time we get cocky or lazy.
Don't ask for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.
…so that it is of a place, not of no place.
"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do. - Apple Inc."
Here's To The Crazy Ones (by Ralph Quintero)
selections from our wedding reception
Brothers Playing Ball
Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Photo by @bpkruse
Clemente, 1971
Clemente, 1971
Ever fewer people appear to understand that design is a serious profession; and for our future welfare we need more companies to take that profession seriously.
The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.
It's quite a treat to have Lee on our board.
I love Austin history, and I love listening to Joe Nick talk (and reading his writing). Here he tells of the 1981 Memorial Day Flood.
The process of making a representation:
It really is a series of tubes.
Sometimes, suddenly, the right thing to do is to grab a dolphin by the tail and pull it back to the safety of the sea.
Clay Shirky tells us of a 9-year-old Scottish girl who lives about 50 miles from here. Martha Payne started the foodblog NeverSeconds, for which she took her camera into school to document her lunches, using metrics such as "pieces of hair found in food." First, she acquired dozens, then hundreds, then thousands of readers. Until, two weeks ago, when she posted that she'd been shut down by her head teacher. No more photos from the lunch room. "You can guess what happened next," says Shirky to laughs and applause. "The outrage was so swift, so voluminous, so unanimous that the council reversed itself the same day. 'We would never censor a 9-year-old,' they said. Except for this morning." Shirky asks the obvious question: "What made them think they could get away from this?" The answer is simple: "all of human history prior to now."
The whole article is really good: TED Blog | In praise of cooperation without coordination: Clay Shirky at TEDGlobal 2012
Here's the blog he's talking about, by the 9-year old: NeverSeconds.
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This isn't a steak. Why would you call it that on your menu?
– Ron Swanson
Joe Nick on the 1981 edition.
"You gotta give 'em out… You just give them out today… It's a happy day."
Just being nice can shock people these days. You gotta give 'em out.
ht reddit
Ok, this isn't an official music video, but it nonetheless features Austin, so it's going on our list.
ht austinkleon on Twitter
ht José
Given how often we talk traffic/transit, y'all might dig Logan Green's SXSW talk.
Every child is an artist until he's told he's not an artist.
The miracle is this…
The more we share
The more
We have
Doors coming together. #woodworking #walnut #curlywalnut #bookcabinet #handmade #toocoldtowork
"…many of the people who we think of as lone geniuses were actually part of 'a whole scene of people who were supporting each other, looking at each other's work, copying from each other, stealing ideas, and contributing ideas.'"
Y'all remember our friends at Clayworks on E 6th. They now also offer great event space, via their shop, workshop, garden, patio, and deck. Please check it out for intimate concerts, dinners, pop-up retail, or parties of all sorts. Thanks.
so sweet ♥
See the author's work here and here. And become a hug machine.
Don't ask for critique if you only want validation. If you want a hug, just ask.
Don't wait for permission to make something that's interesting or amusing to you. Just do it now. Don't wait. Find a story idea, start making it, give yourself a deadline, show it to people who'll give you notes to make it better. Don't wait till you're older, or in some better job than you have now. Don't wait for anything. Don't wait till some magical story idea drops into your lap. That's not where ideas come from. Go looking for an idea and it'll show up. Begin now. Be a fucking soldier about it and be tough.
Two weeks until #AmplifyATX! The Harry Ransom Center is excited to participate in this year's Amplify Austin Day. Support your community and the Ransom Center during this day of giving. Schedule your donation.
We make ourselves lists in order to know if we think what we think.
I now inhabit a life I don't deserve, but we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end soon.
Maybe they should think about making the Stanley Cup, maybe the World Cup, an armadillo." – Bobby Boswell
found another for our list. y'all keep looking. thanks.
We're great the way we are, level-headed self-assessments and all. Stop rewarding them for being jackasses.
The one consistent thing that I've noticed by watching all these films is that people keep coming to Austin! They come, and they're blown away and excited at this community because it's different to them. And you see that [not only in real life but] in movie after movie after movie.
Come on down Friday morning. Per Louis CK: Look at people. Build empathy. Build an ability to just be yourself, not doing something. Be a person.
"If you needed a hug, he would give you a hug. If you didn't feel that you needed a hug, he would still give you a hug. He seemed to know better than you how much you might need a hug. He always hugged, like a man who had come home from war, which in many ways he had."
Eddie is auctioning lots of his *amazing* collection. See details here.
Regulars Field trip for the Preview?
From the HRC at UT:
"The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has acquired the archive of Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014)."
I'm pleased to announce that applications are now open for the next Orbital Boot Camp, starting in January 2015…
So, we're also announcing a Crowdrise campaign to fund scholarships for women and people of color underrepresented in tech, those working on civic or social projects, or those who require financial assistance.
For good background, read Fred Wilson's post on the program.
The Forty Panes crew shared this nice Wendell Berry audio. "Things that belong together have been taken apart." Thanks to each of you for taking two things and putting them back together.
Wendell Berry on community:
"We are just flooded with language now, which means that we've got to be careful about language. Now you can speak of a digital community if you want to. But all I ask is that you recognize that you're using a metaphor.
"A real community… it's the people and the place and everything else that's in it. And they're there together, and they're interdependent, and we're just trying in the most awkward way, like a bunch of children, trying to understand the extent of our responsibility for those other neighbors that are not people we like or that are not human. This is a terribly daunting job of work.
"The work is redeemed by the great interest there is in it, I mean the great interest that is possibly in it for people who will apply themselves to it – How best to farm or garden so as to share the place rather than tyrannize over it and ultimately destroy it.
"These are interesting questions and people, good people, have spent their lives on those questions. And if they weren't fascinating questions, they couldn't have done it. Just remember that."
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This may look like an ordinary pic: a for sale sign w: balloons tied to it & prospective buyers standing outside. But this picture is symbolic of many things that make me feel unsettled about my life in Brooklyn. This is the open house of a black homeowner who worked (and continues to work) as a sanitation worker. He bought the house for $140k in 1995 and now in 2014, he is putting it on the market for 1.8 million, with an estimated closing of 2+million.
This is someone who went from working class and made it. He was far enough ahead of the appreciation train. His story is the other side of gentrification, but it's a rare story.
Most of the people living in these neighborhoods are having to relocate out of the communities they've built. Now they are getting forced out because of an ownership society that doesn't have enough policies in place to ensure multi-income and diverse neighborhoods for families and individuals who haven't experienced mullti-generational wealth accumulation.
These prices are bringing in people who don't understand the complexity of the existing culture and history. I worry so much about how the social fabric of our block is slowly corroding. I worry about the racial and class homogenization of Brooklyn. I worry about the loss of community. I worry about my role and place in all of this.
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Maybe y'all've met Jeffrey Brown around The Regulars. He helped produce No No: A Dockumentary, which looks great. The Austin Film Society is presenting a screening on September 3 – details and tickets here.
Glenn Fleishman was nice enough to invite me onto his podcast The New Disruptors to talk about Orbital and the upcoming boot camp, which is slated to launch in the coming weeks (. We recorded this just a few days after applications closed, and talk about how I got started and why the boot camp is such a relevant project for me.
It's a nice marker for me because the last podcast I was on was back in November 2013 (Joel Bush's Capital), which took place when I was still figuring things out after leaving USV earlier in the year.
About a week after recording that podcast, the opportunity to take over the space presented itself, and I've been pretty heads down on developing Orbital ever since.
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IAVA Daily Brief 11.8.10
Posted by Isabel Black on November 8
Here are some of today's top stories and happenings at IAVA. Prefer to receive real-time updates about major stories and legislation that IAVA is tracking? Follow us on Twitter @IAVAPressRoom or subscribe at www.IAVA.org/DailyNewsBrief.
1) Video: Six-word memoirs: Veterans share their stories of coming home
SMITH Magazine has teamed up with IAVA to collect six-word memoirs about the experience of coming home from veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Three of these veterans were interviewed for the PBS show, Need to Know.
2) Military moves to the front lines of suicide prevention
The military's suicide rate is almost double the national average, and in September four soldiers at Fort Hood took their own lives in the course of one week. More than a hundred Army troops have killed themselves this year. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen and his wife discuss the increased efforts to curb these suicides in an interview with NPR.
3) Veterans Day parade in Auburn stirs pride for a soldier mom
For veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who have just come home, this Veterans Day holds more significance than others. IAVA is participating in Veterans Day parades around the country, including in Auburn, Washington, this year to acknowledge these veterans.
As a new White House review of President Obama's strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan gets under way, the rosy signs have opened an intense debate in Washington over what they really mean.
The Afghan Independent Election Commission has discovered tens of thousands of previously unaccounted for ballots cast during the September parliamentary elections.
Al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate said that recent attacks in Baghdad were "the beginning of the downpour" and many more bloody days would come.
A group of Iraqi activists said that they have filed a lawsuit demanding that lawmakers return back pay and forgo future pay until they break the stalemate that has prevented the seating of a new government.
With critical decisions ahead on the war in Afghanistan, President Obama is about to receive an unusual opportunity to reshape the Pentagon's leadership, naming a new defense secretary as well as several top generals and admirals in the next several months.
Children of active-duty military personnel make 18 percent more trips to the doctor for behavioral problems and 19 percent more visits for stress disorders when a military parent is deployed compared with when the parents is home.
Lawyers for the Log Cabin Republicans asked the Supreme Court to step in and temporarily block enforcement of the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.
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It had seemed like the shuttered Valencia Club had a new lease on life. Alcohol was flowing, and customers were crowding the bar.
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Evidently we as a society are better off with a millionaire in prison for not paying his taxes. Absolutely insanity.
Friday, a federal appeals court upheld the lower court decision that actor Wesley Snipes' three-year prison sentence for tax evasion. The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld Snipes' 2008 sentence for three misdemeanor counts of failing to file tax returns for several years.Read more »
More than 11,000 people have signed the Vienna Declaration which calls on the world's politicians to let policies on illicit drugs to be guided by scientific evidence which proves the prohibition on drugs such as heroin is a failure. "I think there's a real recognition in the scientific community that there's an ethical obligation to start speaking out about this," said Dr. Evan Wood of the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS at UBC and a co-author of the Vienna Declaration.Read more »
An employee was arrested at her workplace for not filling out and sending back a form demanded by the creditor. The client, Barry says, suffered the humiliation of having to have her boss come to the jail and post a bond before she could be released. The bond money, he added, was turned over to the creditor.Read more »
COOPER CITY, Fla. - A Cooper City family awoke to the sounds of three men posing as FBI agents on Wednesday.
The three men were caught on home surveillance video.
They were all wearing t-shirts with the words FBI on them and had fake badges around their necks.
A father, mother and three children were all inside, when the heard the men say "FBI, police! Open up!"
The father fired a warning shot and the three men took off running.Read more »
Those already outraged by the president's health care legislation now have a new bone of contention -- a scarcely noticed tack-on provision to the law that puts gold coin buyers and sellers under closer government scrutiny.Read more »
In London and Cornwall, a pilot program has just been launched that combines all the fun of terrestrial speed cameras with the creepy omniscience of GPS. In a nutshell, the program -- called "SpeedSpike" -- uses positioning satellites to track motorists as they travel between traffic cameras. By calculating the time it takes a driver to move from one point to the other, SpeedSpike can determine whether or not the motorist has been speeding.Read more »
Hundreds of residents of one of the poorest municipalities in Los Angeles County shouted in protest last night as tensions rose over a report that the city's manager earns an annual salary of almost $800,000.Read more »
In the last quarter of the year we could even see Martial law, which is more likely for the first 6 months of 2011. The FDIC will collapse in September 2010. Commercial real estate is set to implode in 2010. Wall Street believes there is a 100% chance of crash in bond market, especially municipals sometime during 2010. The dollar will be devalued by the end of 2010.Read more »
The Swedish Pirate Party, who are at the forefront of anti-copyright lobbying in Sweden, are planning to shake up the country's ISP market. After taking over the supply of bandwidth to The Pirate Bay, Piratpartiet will now partner in the launch of Pirate ISP, a new broadband service that will offer anonymity to customers and provide financial support to the Party.Read more »
Media accounts state that Mr. Manning was arrested in late May for leaking the video of US Apache helicopter pilots killing innocent people and seriously wounding two children in Baghdad, including those who arrived to help the wounded, as well as potentially other material. The video was released by WikiLeaks under the name "Collateral Murder".Read more »
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Here's a head scratcher: as everyone knows from elementary chemistry courses, gold is the most inert metal in the world - it does not rust, nor corrode. Yet this is precisely what Russian commercial precious metal trading company, International Reserve Payment System, discovered on thousands of (allegedly) 999 gold coins "St George" (pictured insert) issued by the Central Russian Bank.Read more »
A Quebec man, fed up with his skyrocketing property taxes, carted more than 200,000 pennies down to City Hall to pay his bill.Read more »
This is a video that's been appearing on hacked Facebook profiles. Saw this shared at another facebook page (posted it willingly) and all I can say is WOW!Read more »
Once again, the Obama administration has violated the Bill of Rights. Earlier this month, the feds took down a free WordPress blogging platform and disabled more than 73,000 blogs. The action was completely ignored by the corporate media. The site, Blogetery.com, was told by its hosting service that the government had issued orders to shut down the site due to a "a history of abuse" related to copyrighted material.Read more »
California town disbanding. Gone. Sign of things to come.Read more »
In January of this year Arizona began considering the shut-down a state-wide traffic cam program. This is because there was wide-spread non-compliance. Many, many citizens of Arizona simply refused to pay the tickets that came in the mail.
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Health Benefits of Pistachio Nut-Pista
Delicious ice creams, mouth-watering desserts, tasty gravies – almost every one of these dishes can be enhanced by adding a small amount of pistachio nuts to it. These lovely little nuts are an ancient source of food, originating from Asia Minor and Western Asia, which later spread across the globe, becoming a favourite. You can snack on pistachios, add them to your favourite dish, and even use them as a beauty aid. There is no end to the ways in which they can be used. Apart from being a boon to the taste buds, pistachio is a panacea for a wide range of disorders as well. Did you know that cracking open a handful of pistachio nuts could actually prevent you from cracking open medicines to a large extent? Yes, it is true. Pistachios can help improve your overall health, ranging from cardiovascular health to vision and help aid the fight against cancers, due to the abundance of the phyto-nutrients that they contain.
Health & Nutrition Benefits Of Pistachios
* Pistachios are free of cholesterol and have a high content of monounsaturated fats. They also contain approximately 90% unsaturated fats, thereby boosting HDL cholesterol. This means that they can help prevent heart attacks.
* The presence of phytosterols in pistachio helps prevent the body from absorbing too many bad fats that affect the heart and overall health. Apart from this, the anti-oxidants present in it further helps reduce cholesterol. Arginine, a plaque-like substance in the blood, is also reduced. This makes the body avoid its build up in the arteries.
* The presence of copper, magnesium
and vitamin help strengthen one's immune system and helps improve overall fitness.
* Pistachios are packed with fiber and protein. This makes them a filling snack, which reduce food cravings.
* Pistachios are full of phyto-nutrients, minerals and vitamins. This helps the body fight many debilitating diseases, including cancer.
* The minerals and vitamins in pistachios can help boost metabolism, build bones up, strengthen tissues, aid the nerves and cardiovascular system, improve vision, and purify the blood stream.
* In today's stress-filled world, pistachio can help reduce acute stress reactions and improve overall behavioral health.
* Ground pistachio, when mixed with milk, can be used as a face pack. It helps the skin glow and is a great beauty aid.
Nutritional Facts About Pistachio Nuts
* Pistachio nuts contain antioxidants, phytosterols, unsaturated fats and essential vitamins and minerals, all required for a healthy heart.
* The monounsaturated fats in pistachios are known to prevent coronary artery diseases and heart attacks, and maintain a healthy blood lipid profile.
* You can reduce cholesterol content in your blood by eating a handful of pistachio nuts. Being the main culprit behind most of the heart disorders, these nuts assist in reducing both total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol levels which, in turn, decrease the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.
* Pistachios are useful for building strong teeth and bones and carrying out normal nerve functions, due to their high calcium content.
* The zinc content in pistachios is largely responsible for promoting cell reproduction and tissue growth during the process of wear and tear of the body parts.
* The oil extracted from pistachios helps in keeping the skin healthy and well protected from dryness.
* The nuts also aid in reducing weight as the proteins, fat and dietary fiber contained in them induce feelings of fullness, thereby reducing the chances of a person overeating.
* Pistachios assist in keeping diseases, cancer and infections at bay since carotenes, vitamin E and polyphenolic compounds found in them are known for removing toxic oxygen and free radicals.
* Rich in phosphorus, pistachios help in breaking down meat and other proteins into amino acids essential for hormone production and reducing the risk of developing adult-onset diabetes. On the adverse side, lack of phosphorus can result in glucose intolerance.
* Though not as good as sweet potatoes and carrots, pistachios provide a good amount of vitamin A necessary for cell differentiation.
* Consumption of pistachio nuts helps in reducing stress and elevated blood pressure by almost 10%.
* In case you want to increase the nitric levels in your body, then pistachios are what you should look out for. They contain a good amount of Arginine, important for the metabolic processes of our body, such as preventing the blockage buildup along the arterial walls of the body and improving functions of many body processes.
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One thing you've got to love is that we get so little snow that two to three inches is grounds for school closures. We have been getting more wacky weather lately... I'm not even going to start to speculate why.
I'm familiar with several of the hikes you listed on your website. They're tons of fun! Have you ever hiked down to Snoqualmie Falls? That's gorgeous. There's another one that was my absolute favorite as a kid during the summers... Franklin Falls. We would go there and wade in the river and have all sorts of fun... though a bit on the cold side. ^_^ Franklin Falls isn't quite as massive as the Twin Falls or Snoqualmie Falls. It's really nice on a hot day because you get the slight misting from it as you're messing around near the river.
*cough* To return to the topic of shoeing vs. barefoot... it's really up to you. There's lots of people who are die-hard "au natural" and may claim that shoeing is detrimental, but I think if you get a good farrier who knows what they're doing, you're just as likely to have a lame barefoot horse as a lame shod horse. I'm sort of a middle of the road type I guess. I could easily go either way depending on what I feel really works best with the specific horse in the specific circumstances. Oh, and if you ever get to the point that you're considering having your horses shod, I know of a few farriers around here.


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TEMPE, Ariz. --- The Cal State Northridge softball team (0-4) lost twice Saturday at the Kajikawa Classic. The Matadors took an early lead before ultimately falling 10-2 in six innings to No. 20 Nebraska. In the second game, Northridge fell behind early and lost 9-0 in five innings to Western Michigan.
Senior Alyssa Ray had a nice day at the plate for CSUN, collecting the first three hits of her Matador career. She had a ground-rule double in both games Saturday. Jaci Carlsen also had two hits and an RBI on the day.
Northridge jumped out to an early lead over the 20th-ranked Huskers. Randazzo started the first with a four-pitch walk and then quickly stole second. After Samantha Sloniker reached on a fielding error to move Randazzo to third, Carlsen punched a single through the left side to plate Randazzo.
However, Nebraska wasted little time getting the run back and then some in the bottom of the first. The Huskers got an RBI single and then a three-run home run off CSUN starter Alexa Limon to reclaim the lead.
The Huskers added an RBI double in the second to chase Limon, who was replaced by Mia Pagano. She promptly gave up a two-run single and Nebraska increased its lead to 7-1. The Huskers added a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth.
CSUN got a run back in the sixth inning. Carlsen reached on a walk and moved to second on a single by Madeline Sale. Alyssa Ray then plated Carlsen with her first career hit as a Matador, a ground-rule double to left-center.
Unfortunately, Nebraska scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to end the game. Limon took the loss for CSUN, going 1.2 innings and allowing six hits, seven earned runs and four walks while striking out one.
In the second game of the day, Western Michigan struck early and often and never looked back. The Broncos homered on the first pitch of the game off CSUN starter Crysal Maas and wound up scoring eight runs as 14 Broncos batted in the first inning.
Ray had two of the three Matador hits in the game, including her second ground-rule double of the game. Carlsen had the other CSUN hit.
Maas took the loss after allowing two hits, four earned runs and one walk. Mia Pagano tossed five innings of relief work for CSUN in the defeat.
Northridge closes out its time at the Kajikawa Classic Sunday morning when it faces No. 8 Arizona. First pitch between the Matadors and Wildcats is slated for 11 a.m. (MT). Next week, CSUN heads to Las Vegas to participate in the UNLV Louisville Slugger Desert Classic.


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Modern A Cappella Tunes
by Dan Weiss | September 6, 2013
Technology has done incredible things for the human voice, a paradox if ever there were one -- needing a computer cheat or loop pedal to manufacture a performance that's ostensibly from one's own mouth. So these days an artist like Juliana Barwick is considered electronic, despite her sounding like an entire church congregation herself. Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs hums and sighs like vintage James Brown into a cheap little recorder to make a funky masterpiece called "Real Live Flesh." Tom Krell of How to Dress Well slows down his own hums and whistles to make ambient backdrops for his postmodern lo-fi R&B tunes, like on "Ready for the World," an homage to the New Jack Swing group of the same name, or on his Boyz II Men tribute "& It Was U," which was created with nothing but a quartet of himself and snapping percussion.
Meanwhile, vocal percussionists like former Roots member Rahzel ("Southern Girl") and electronic conceptualist Dave Aju ("Crazy Place") upped the polyrhythm ante, while Bjork enlisted the services of Japanese motormouth Dokaka to help create a dance track (["Triumph of a Heart"]) for her all-vocal album Medulla. Drum 'n' bass god Roni Size even snared Rahzel to mimic his own style for "In Tune With the Sound." The all-vocal style has even had a few hits, with Bobby McFerrin's iconic, Grammy-stealing "Don't Worry, Be Happy," and Suzanne Vega's conversational "Tom's Diner." And if you remember Rockapella's theme from the Carmen Sandiego kids show, be sure to check out their take on Vampire Weekend's "A-Punk."


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Visit The White Lion Hotel in Ambleside for proper pub food, quality cask ales and a warm welcome. Why not extend your visit and stay in our stylish, affordable Innkeeper's Lodge rooms?
Our pub-food menu features classic meals made with award-winning ingredients. Included are seasonal specials and buffet food for all occasions, and great value set menus too.
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A true Ambleside local, we're a great place to meet up with friends and swap stories. Take part in our weekly quiz, or just come to eat and relax in our stylish pub surroundings.
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How come girls didn't go for those kind of partys when I was in school? It's just not fair.
This has been a Filmways presentation dahling.
I remember when the girls would have candle parties.
Hey, wait a minute. Isn't there a thread somewhere concerning lio gloss?
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Are thes parties sponsored by Skittles. Afterall, their theme is "Taste the rainbow". I'm inclined to agree that every generation has their own way of offending previous generations by pushing the envelope. Then again, I am reminded of an old addage, "Sometimes, a little revolution is a good thing."
Channel 12 must have missed ALL of Phoenix's PRIDE events.
And Noah's Flood.
Critter Country's a mess ev'r since the Country Bears were kicked out. Ya can't cover pooh with honey and 'spect people ta like it.An Adventurers It's Time to Put the Spotlight Back on Bring Back the REAL Disney GalleryLife for Me! ~ ~ ~ Melvin, Buff, and Max!!! ~~~~ Dump the Dream Suite!Meese-ka Moose-ka Mice-Chatter!
So where's the Rainbow party for the 50th?
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I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it.That explains the trouble that I'm always in...
What kind of world do we live in???
Why the best of all possible worlds, of course - to quote my friend Pangloss...Originally Posted by Disneylandrocks55
The world is a rainbowOriginally Posted by Disneylandrocks55
And darling I'll promiss you this
I'll send you all my love every day in a letter
Sealed with a kiss
Sealed with a kiss
Sealed with a kiss
Thank "You". Thank "You" very much.
Why are there so many songs about rainbows?
Originally Posted by General You
...and what's on the other side...
Who knew Kermit was talking about that?
Cause' rainbows taste so gooood!Originally Posted by General You
Skittles. Taste the rainbow.
... Stunned Silence
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This explains that one time.
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Nov 21, 2011
How to feel gratitude
Our minds have an inherent tendency toward finding fault. In psychology, this is called negativity bias. As psychologist and regular Wildmind contributor Rick Hanson, PhD, has pointed out, this results from our evolutionary heritage:
Imagine being a hominid in Africa a million years ago, living in a small band. To pass on your genes, you've got to find food, have sex, and cooperate with others to help the band's children (particularly yours) to have children of their own: these are big carrots in the Serengeti. Additionally, you've got to hide from predators, steer clear of Alpha males and females looking for trouble, and not let other hunter-gatherer bands kill you: these are significant sticks.
But here's the key difference between carrots and sticks. If you miss out on a carrot today, you'll have a chance at more carrots tomorrow. But if you fail to avoid a stick today – WHAP! – no more carrots forever. Compared to carrots, sticks usually have more urgency and impact.
But we're no longer hominids, and life no longer involves a struggle for physical safety and security — unless, for example, you're in the armed forces and serving in a combat zone. So most of the time, for most of us, our negativity bias simply impoverishes us emotionally, making us think that our lives are much worse than they actually are. For we are, for the most part, blessed with wealth, security, and abundance that our hominid forebears quite literally could not have dreamed of.
Because the mind has negativity bias, though, we tend to lack appreciation for the blessings we have in our lives — no matter how abundant they are — and focus on what's wrong, or what we think's wrong (which is often not the same thing). And so we often walk around in a troubled and stressed state, even though basically 99.9% of our life is going just fine.
The Indian teacher Naropa described the negativity bias when he said "Samsara is the tendency to find fault."
In order to feel a sense of security and wellbeing, we need to consciously remind ourselves of what's going right in our lives. We need to reassure ourselves, and calm down the inner hominid who's constantly on the alert for problems, and who often invents them when they don't exist. In Buddhism, this practice is called "rejoicing in merit."
- We can offer the mind reassurance by expressing gratitude. At the start of my meditation practice, these days, I often become aware that I am in a building, safe and protected from the elements, and I say (inwardly) to the building, "Thank you."
- I notice that I have plumbing, and electricity, and internet access around me, and I say (inwardly) to all these things, "Thank you."
- I notice that my body is whole, and basically functioning. The heart is beating: "Thank you." The lungs are breathing in air: "Thank you."
- Even if there is illness present I know my body has the resources to heal itself, and I say to my body, "Thank you."
- I notice that my senses are intact, and I say "Thank you."
- Even if a part of my body is in pain, I focus on the fact that it's still functioning. I have back problems, and so I remind myself that my back is basically functioning well: it's keeping me upright, allowing me to move around, and protecting the spinal cord. So I say, "Thank you."
By the way, it's important to actually make the sound of the words "Thank you" in your head. There's something about articulating gratitude in the form of words that makes the emotion of thankfulness more real.
This practice doesn't deny that there are problems in our lives. We may not have a job. We may be in debt. But we can balance our concern about these things with an appreciation of what's going right in our lives.
By focusing on what's going right in, we take our awareness away from the things that we image to be wrong, or that we imagine could go wrong, and come to realize that we are indeed blessed. When I do this simple practice, which only takes a few minutes, I feel an immense sense of gratitude and joy.
What about you?
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Comment from Janet Pal
Time: November 21, 2011, 1:40 pm
Yes! I am finding that even if that felt sense of gratitude doesn't always last much longer than it takes to say the words, it becomes much easier to remember how much I truly do have to be grateful for and that I really am "all right, right now" (another of Rick Hanson's gems) when I'm feeling threatened by one of modern day life's sticks.
Thanks for the reminder :)
Comment from Bodhipaksa
Time: November 21, 2011, 1:44 pm
Thanks, Janet. Perhaps more important than the actual feeling of gratitude is the habit of focusing on the positive. Every time we choose to rejoice in what's going right in our lives, we're creating and strengthening neural pathways devoted to the exercise of that habit. Over time, we don't find ourselves dwelling on the negative quite so much.
(Of course some people have a habit of ignoring the negative even when they should pay attention to it, but that's a whole nother blog post!)
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Comment from Gemma W.
Time: April 28, 2012, 8:19 am
Thank you for posting this article. I stumbled across it whilst searching for ways of improving my ability to feel gratitude, because I need to feel and express it more often. I thanked the Universe for this too.
Comment from Goran K.
Time: October 27, 2012, 6:40 am
I am really glad that i found this article. And honestly Thank You for making me feel that there is a way out of negative thinking. I have been suffering from that almost three years now. And i am 33… Some days are better and some not. When is bad i often cant find good in anything arround me. And that makes me sad and brings me down… Reading this gives me hope to keep trying. And i will. Any advice you have for me please go ahead and drop a line!thank you all….
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Time: February 17, 2013, 2:05 am
Both sides of the coin are only differed by what is on each side. One side isn't better than the other. Give thanks to both sides, with out one you don't have the other. I make a practice of giving thanks to the so called Bad as well as the Good….When I give gratitude to the so called Bad, it just dissolves it into nothingness. There is no good or bad, this is an illusion created by the mind, it just is.
love and blessings Robert
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In Word for Mac 2011 Essential Training, author Maria Langer shows how to create, format, and print a wide variety of documents in Microsoft Word 2011. The course covers building outlines, formatting text and pages, working with headers and footers, using themes and styles, adding multimedia, and more. It also shows how to customize and automate Word 2011, including how to record macros. Exercise files accompany the course.
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The 1999 Reserve Employer Survey is based on telephone interviews conducted with 2,037 large and small employers nationwide. Larger firms were defined as those having 50 or more employees; smaller firms were those with fewer than 50 employees. The overall response rate was 45 percent.
"We are pleased that the survey yielded positive results," said Charles L. Cragin, principal deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. "Employers appear to be coping with absences due to military obligations, although some concern was expressed about the increased workload that results for other employees during prolonged absences."
Cragin cautioned military leaders not to read too much into the results.
"The survey was conducted as a pilot project," Cragin said. "It was designed as a starting point to develop survey instruments, sampling procedures and data collection methods for use in future surveys."
During the past decade, DoD officials have had to rely on anecdotal information that the increased use of the National Guard and Reserve has been placing strains on civilian employers of reservists.
"We have been largely uninformed about the actual impact of increased deployments on employers and their businesses," Cragin said.
Although the vast majority of employers expressed a favorable attitude toward the reserve components, only six percent of all businesses in the country employ reservists. In addition, employers appear generally indifferent to the Reserve status of their job applicants.
"The survey revealed a general lack of knowledge about the Guard and Reserve," Cragin said. "More work will be needed to increase awareness and knowledge. Our ultimate goal is to help the department build better relationships between employers and their reservist-employees and gain a better understanding of the impact of military service on civilian employers."
Two sources of employers were used -- a nationally representative list of U.S. employers, taken from the Dun and Bradstreet Market Identifiers Lists, and a second list of employers provided by each of the seven military reserve components (RC).
Surveyed employers were grouped into one of three categories: those without RC employees (920 completed interviews); those whose RC employees were absent for no more than 10 days per year to perform military duties (466 completed interviews); and those whose RC employees were absent more than 10 days (651 completed interviews).
In surveying businesses that employ reservists, every effort was made to conduct the interview with someone who directly supervised reservist-employees. Of those interviewed:
While 90 percent of those interviewed felt that their reservist-employees keep them adequately informed about their military obligations, the survey also found that the higher the employee's level of military participation, the more likely the employer was to report not having received adequate notice.
Overall, a majority of employers indicated that absences due to military obligations were too long. Nearly one-half felt that absences over 14 days caused problems, while 80 percent were affected by absences of more than 30 days. Not surprisingly, the impact was greater on small businesses, with the most serious effect said to have been the increased workload on co-workers.
While more than three-quarters of employers were supportive of drills, annual training and absences to defend other countries or meet domestic emergencies, only 45 percent were supportive of employees who volunteered for additional duty, training, or professional development. More than one-third felt that increased reliance on the Reserve components will cause problems in the workplace in the future.
When problems did occur, respondents reported that 70 percent of the time problems have been resolved between the employee and the employer, without reference to outside employer support mechanisms. However, 44 percent of the larger companies in the survey report having contacted Reserve commanders to resolve a problem. Large companies were much more likely to choose this approach than smaller companies. When asked if they had a
preference for recruiting and hiring RC members, it appears that it made little difference whether or not firms had experienced problems regarding Reserve service.
All other things being equal, 18 percent of companies who employ reservists indicated having a preference for recruiting and hiring members who serve in the National Guard and Reserve.
When employers were asked how we might improve communication and help alleviate problems in the workplace, the top three responses were: (1) be provided a copy of the members orders; (2) receive official notification from the military service; and (3) have longer notification times.
An information packet and a toll-free number for employers, along with routine briefings from local commanders, were among the other suggestions. More than 70 percent of employers surveyed would like the flexibility to reschedule military duties around business requirements. Less than 20 percent thought financial reimbursements or assistance in finding replacements for job vacancies would be of great value.
The survey indicates a fairly high degree of awareness concerning laws that protect the civilian jobs of reservists, regardless of whether or not employers had experienced problems related to military service. Even among those employers who had no reservist-employees, more than 40 percent were aware of such laws. Larger companies were more knowledgeable than smaller ones.
Although awareness about laws designed to protect reservists appears to be relatively widespread, the same cannot be said about overall awareness of the DoD employer support programs. Only one in five employers of reservists indicated awareness of such programs, and only 11 percent of those employers with no reservist-employees were aware of DoD efforts to nurture and sustain employer support through programs like Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR).
"These results, albeit based on a limited survey, suggest that the department still has much work to do in improving its outreach to the business community," Cragin said. "Our plan now is to further refine the survey instruments and to establish a database of employers of reservists. We will also conduct surveys annually, so that we can track changes over time."
For additional information, contact Lt. Col. Terry Jones at (703) 695-3620 or visit the Reserve Affairs web site at http://dod.mil/ra .


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The new hen in town, Baby Blue joins older sibling YoUDee as an official Fightin' Blue Hen mascot at the University of Delaware. Like any blue-blooded chick, Baby Blue traces its lineage back to the Revolutionary War, when the first blue hens developed their reputation for courage and ferocity in battle -- traits seen today in the fighting spirit of UD athletic teams.
Baby Blue is YoUDee's younger sibling. Their great-great-great-grandfather, Col. George W. YoUDee, distinguished himself in the Revolutionary War and was cited for bravery in battle. Capt. John Caldwell, commenting after the Battle of Trenton, said, "There's no yellow streak in that chicken. He's blue to the bone." Col. YoUDee was given a gold medal of valor, so blue and yellow-gold now serve as their official family colors.
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DURHAM, N.H. - Logan Lee's (Racine, Wis.) goal in the 53rd minute proved to be the game-winner as the University of New Hampshire men's soccer team opened the 2002 season with a 2-1 win over Lafayette in the first round of the Nike Fall Soccer Classic at Cowell Stadium.
After the Wildcats (1-0-0) and Leopards (0-1-0) came out of halftime tied at 1, Lee took a serve from the right side of the box from Matt Glode (Barrington, N.H.) and blasted a shot that bounced off the inside of the crossbar and past the goal line.
New Hampshire would get on the board in the middle of the first half. Just past the 18 minute mark, UNH took advantage of a corner kick for its first goal of the season. Senior Josh McGeachey (Cape Elizabeth, Maine) served the ball from the right corner to the far side of the box. Junior Brendan Hankard (Glastonbury, Conn.) would put it home for the 1-0 advantage.
Lafayette would tie the game at 1 late in the first half. Ralph Rapuano pushed a soft header past Wildcat keeper Mike Vignola (Hudson, N.H.) (2 saves) for the equalizer. Jamie Mullarkey assisted on the tally.
Lafayette was able to eke out a slight 11-10 edge in shot attempts for the contest. Leopard keeper Jay Freedman made two saves.
Both teams return to action in the second round of the Nike Fall Soccer Classic Sunday (Sept. 1). UNH faces Adelphi at 3 p.m., while Lafayette takes on Vermont in Sunday's early game at 12:30. Vermont was a 2-0 winner over Adelphi in the afternoon's first contest.


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Local HerstoryOn October 2000, six women came together to discuss the possibility of establishing a Latina based sorority at Humboldt State University. These six women shared the same vision and quest as the Most Honorable Founding Mothers and Charters. At the time of their meeting, there was only one other Hispanic/ Latino group on campus. Noticing the lack of Latino representation at HSU, these women formed the Interest group of Gamma Alpha Omega Sorority, Inc. and began meeting on a regular basis. On January 26, 2001, the Interest Group of Gamma Alpha Omega Sorority, Inc. received word that they had been accepted as a local sorority on campus. The Petitioning Group of GAO traveled to Milwaukee, WI in April 2002 to make a presentation to the National B.O.D. and became the Charter Colony, the first in California. Upon their return, six hardworking and motivated ladies, who are known today as the Charter Class, had the same vision and joined them in their quest. On October 2002 all the members of the Charter Colony went to Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX and once again, they made a presentation to the National B.O.D. and were initiated as the Pi Chapter of Gamma Alpha Omega Sorority, Inc. on October 25, 2002. Chapter Founding Mothers<> Obdulia N. Ortega<> Michelle Lopez<> Emilia Rodriquez<> Monica Daza<> Jacquline Lombera<> Jessica Ramirez<> Chapter Founding Charters<> Maria Quintanilla<> Susana King<> Sandra Servellon<> Deana Fernandez<> Maria Carbajal<> Carolina Tercero<>
About the Club
Mission Statement
A Latina-founded, multicultural organization that exists to:
•Increase the number of women with a college education and advanced degrees.
•Provide mentors for youth, women and under-represented communities.
•Enhance the individual leader in each member.
•Provide a family of lifelong support for sisters who live their lives by the pillars of Honesty, Integrity, Leadership, Scholarship and Unity.
Vision Statement
To be an innovative and international leader in the Greek Community, renowned for outstanding and diverse undergraduate chapters, prestigious and engaged Alumnae, developing strong leaders and providing a lifelong sisterhood.
Membership Qualifications
Minimum of 2.5 GPA
How to Join
We'll be on the UC quad tabling during the beginning of the semester— come say hi! We're the ones with the white jackets/tiger print/blue & green.
We will be holding events for the first three weeks of the semester. It's a chance for us to get to know you, and for you to get to know more about us. Below is the list of events. We hope to see you there!
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Contempt Of Court Motion Filed Against Obama: U.S. Attorneys Illegally Representing Obama | Birther Report: Obama Release Your Records
As reported here the U.S. Attorneys representing Obama in the Grinols v. Electoral College case filed their opposition to Taitz's motion for a temporary restraining order to stop the electoral count. The U.S. Attorneys also filed a motion to extend time for responding to the numerous subpoenas issued by Taitz.
Yesterday, Taitz filed her reply to Obama's opposition and also filed a motion to strike and a motion for contempt of court against Obama. The hearing is scheduled for January 3rd, 2013. – EXCERPTS:
Obama boycotting Georgia eligibility hearing…
Barack Obama has announced through his attorney that he will boycott the administrative hearings scheduled tomorrow in Georgia to review evidence of whether he legitimately is a candidate for the presidency, prompting an attorney for one set of the plaintiffs to describe the nation's commander-in-chief as acting like a "5-year-old brat."
A letter apparently from his lawyer, Michael Jablonski, was posted today on the website for California attorney Orly Taitz, whose determined pursuit of Obama's eligibility documentation has taken her to courts across the nation, including the U.S. Supreme Court.
Jablonski told Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp in the letter that "serious problems" had developed in the hearings "pending before the Office of State Administration Hearings."
He said, "At issue in these hearings are challenges that allege that President Obama is not eligible to hold or run for re-election to his office, on the now wholly discredited theory that he does not meet the citizenship requirements."
Discover what the Constitution's reference to "natural born citizen" means and whether Barack Obama qualifies, in the ebook version of "Where's the REAL Birth Certificate?"
Jablonski said the judge – who previously rejected Obama's demand to quash a subpoena for him to appear and bring with him his birth records documenting his status as a "natural-born citizen" – has "exercised no control" over the proceeding.
Obama to appear at hearing; attorney Orly Taitz says it will be '100 times bigger than Watergate'
Obama to appear at hearing; attorney Orly Taitz says it will be '100 times bigger than Watergate'
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer ^ | 1-21-12 | Chuck Williams
Posted on Sunday, January 22, 2012 1:53:42 PM by afraidfortherepublic
A Georgia judge has ordered President Barack Obama to appear in court in Atlanta Thursday for a hearing on a complaint that says Obama isn't a natural-born citizen and can't be president.
Orly Taitz, the California attorney who brought the legal challenge to Obama's name on the March Georgia presidential primary ballot, says this is what she has been working for over the last three years.
"This will be 100 times bigger than Watergate," she said Saturday morning, referring to the scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon in 1974. "There are high ranking judges and federal officials who are involved in this cover up. The ramifications of this trial will be enormous."
Taitz said she expects the president's legal team to fight his appearance in the Georgia court.
"But he's in a catch-22," she said. "If he is appealing this decision, then he looks guilty. The whole nation understands this man is a fraud."
Breaking: Hawaii Judge Knowingly Schedules Next Hearing for Date on Which Atty. Orly Taitz Must be in Georgia| The Post & Email
by Sharon Rondeau
There are over 2600 species of palm trees, which grow in tropical climates such as that of Hawaii
(Jan. 6, 2012)— At approximately 3:05 ET, Atty. Orly Taitz contacted The Post & Email following the hearing scheduled for today in Taitz v. Fuddy in the First Circuit Court in Honolulu with Judge Rhonda Nishimura. Astoundingly, although we are told that Nishimura was aware that Taitz was not available on January 26, 2012 because of a ballot challenge hearing in Atlanta, GA, she scheduled a hearing on the subpoena issued by the court in Georgia for the very same day.
Taitz said that because of the Motion for Reciprocal Subpoena Enforcement filed with the Hawaii court, Judge Nishimura was aware that Taitz could not be in both Hawaii and Georgia on that day.
Taitz is representing four presidential candidates and a registered voter in a challenge to the placement of Obama's name on the Georgia state ballot in November, and on January 3, 2012, Judge Michael Malihi denied a motion filed by Obama's attorney to dismiss the case in accordance with Georgia state law.


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Krasshonda N. Bray was transported to the Plano Medical Center in Plano, TX., after her vehicle ran off the road on a county road south of Rattan.
Bray's condition is unknown but she was transported due to head and internal trunk injuries. Bray is a 24 year old female from Valliant. There were no passengers at the time of the collision.
Bray was driving east on a county road in Pushmataha County when she ran off the road to the left, over-corrected, ran off the road to the right and over-corrected again causing the vehicle to go into a spin. The vehicle then went off the left where it struck a tree. Bray was pinned in the vehicle for approximately 30 minutes and was freed by members of the Sobol Fire Department. The collision took place around 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 16, 2012.
Officers decided the condition of the driver was apparently normal and the cause of the collision was speeds to fast for the conditions.
The collision was investigated by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Chris Dennis, #223, of the Pushmataha County Detachment.
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