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Seadoo twin Jetboat amd trailer
Seadoo twin Jetboat. No title, for parts only with a bill of sale. Hull and engine is good. Trailer is good, needs TLC interior. The reverse cable broke. $1,000 firm. See photos. Boat located in Chain o' lakes. Please call Nick (773)391-0725
Oct 5 -
21' 2006 Caravelle Interceptor
Please call boat owner Frank at 773-701-2228 or e-mail [email removed] .
ONLY 94.6 HRS, Full stainless steel package, Bimini top, cockpit and bow cover, Corsa thru hull exhaust, race controls, mercury mirage 3 blade 19p prop, stainless Skegg guard, dual batteries switched, 2012 Thunder series MTX speakers w/sub, 1200w Kenwood stereo, CD Satellite ready, anchor, Bimini top, cockpit cover, ...
Oct 5 -
Mercury Outboard 2 stroke 6HP Motor
Mercury Outboard 2 stroke 6HP Motor. Like New. Used only one season as a kicker. see pictures. Located in Chicago. For more information, please call Nick (773) 391-0725.
2007 21' Sea Ray 205 Sport
Type of Boat or RV: Power Boat
Year: 2007
Make: Sea Ray
Model: 205 Sport
Length: 21
Hours: 40
Fuel Capacity: 37
Fuel Type: Gas
Engine Model: 5.0L 220 hp Alpha I MerCruiser
Max Speed (Boat): 53
Cruising Speed (Boat): 45
Inboard / Outboard (Boat): None
Total Horse Power: 220
Beam (Boat): 8
Hull Material (Boat): fiberglass
Trailer: tandem-axle trailer with swing-away tongue and surge brakes ...
Oct 4 -
Boat for sale
Tracker 18 ft Targa. Fully loaded with lawerance fish finder, trolling motor, pole holder, live well, 90 hp motor. Please call after 5 pm and serious inquiries only please. 847-275-8246 We are NOT in Rockford. We are in West Dundee
Oct 3 -
2000 Yamaha XR1800 Limited Edition Twin Engine Jet Boat
I am selling my 2000 Yamaha XR1800 Limited Edition twin engine jet boat. This boat has 2 3-Cylinder, 2-Stroke engines making 155 HP each (310 total HP). It runs great and just had new fuel filters and spark plugs installed. I also installed a brand new Interstate Battery in June of this year. The oil tank is full and the boat is ready to hit the water immediately. My boat includes full Yamaha ...
Sep 30 -
Yamaha exciter 270 jet boat
Up for sale yamaha exciter 270 with Bimini top, new battery spark plugs, tune up done in 2014, carbs replaced in 2013, newer stereo. Clean trailer
Ran good in 2013-2014
I am a second owner of this boat, clean title on hand
Well taken care of, stored inside, barely used. Clean upholstery
Gauges are not working, one of the engines has low compression
Located in round lake trailer is clean.
Sep 29 -
26' 2013 Hurricane Sundeck 2600
Please call owner John at 815-385-5593 or 815-344-1070.
Boat is in McHenry,Illinois. Hurricane Deckboat 2600 IO - BRAND NEW condition - 150 hours -LOADED - CLEAN - Custom Cover. Bimini Top, Has Volvo V8 320hp Duo-Prop w/Catalyst, Captains Call thru-Hull Exhaust, Versa-Teak Swim Deck Surface, Upgraded Upholstery, Premium Thunder Lightning Sound System w/Blue Tooth, Depth Finder, Electric Flush ...
Sep 28 -
28' 1987 Cruisers Inc Rogue Sport 28
For more details visit: http://www.BoatsFSBO.com/97358 Please contact boat owner Richard at 219-405-7102. Less than 50 hours on new outdrives. New carpet below. New carbs. New batteries. New upholstery. New head. Trailer is a 1995 Transport with new surge brakes and tires.
Sep 25 -
1985 17ft. Sea Ray Seville
1985 17ft. Sea Ray Seville
Bow Rider
Original Owner
Mercruiser Alpha 1
Chevrolet 2.5 straight 4-cylinder (Refreshed 4 yrs ago) 120hp
4 Blade Prop
Sunbrella Cover
Matching 1 Axle EZ Loader Trailer
BRAND NEW INTERIOR= Upholstery Recovered Last Year
Always Stored on Shore Station and Garage Kept.
Turn Key Ready for the Water
Asking $3500.00 obo
Sep 24 -
2000 27' Glastron Carlson CSX23
Stock Number: 723604. For Sale 2000 Glastron Carlson Csx 23 Limited. Only Made For 2 Years By Glastron Company To Compete With Baja Boats. Overall Length 27Ft(Included Swim Platform)Comes With 7.4L(454) Big Block Chevy Motor Tuned By Volvo Penta To 405 Hp-Fuel Injected And Duo Prop Ss Volvo Penta Dpx Outdrive(Same As Bravo X). Little Over 350Hrs On Boat. Dual Shifter/Throttle Levers. ...
Sep 24 -
Sea Ray 200BR 94'
Stereo Kenwood CD Changer
Depth Finder
Hour Meter (1723)
Soft Top
Bow Filler Cushion
Tilt Steering
Boarding Ladder
Ski Tow
TYPE: Mercruiser 5.0
LENGTH: 21 ft.
BEAM: 8 ft.
Weight: 3150
HULL MATERIAL: Fiberglass
DRIVE TYPE: Stern Drive
Call Mike At 847-903-3495
For More Info & ...
Sep 24 -
Fox Lake
1991 36' Catalina 36 MK I Sail Boat
Type of Boat: Sail Boat
Year: 1991
Make: Catalina
Model: 36 MK I
Length: 36
Hours: 875
Fuel Capacity: 26
Fuel Type: Diesel
Engine Model: M-35 Westerbeke/Universal Diesel
Sleeps how many: 8
Inboard / Outboard (Boat): Single
Total Horse Power: 35
Water: 48
Beam (Boat): 11
Hull Material (Boat): fiberglass
Trailer: no
Price: 55000
690184 - Wing keel, Standard rig, Standard Cabin Layout, Walk ...
Sep 24 -
La Grange
1979 24.2' MelHart Beretta
Type of Boat: Power Boat
Year: 1979
Make: MelHart
Model: Baretta
Length: 24.2
Hours: 165
Fuel Capacity: 75
Fuel Type: Gas
Engine Model: 165hp Volvo V-8
Sleeps how many: 2
Max Speed (Boat): 45
Cruising Speed (Boat): 30
Inboard / Outboard (Boat): Single I/O
Total Horse Power: 165
Beam (Boat): 8
Hull Material (Boat): fiberglass
Trailer: yes
Price: 7950
693989 - This boat has only been used in ...
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2003 Zodiac rigid haul inflatable
2003 zodiac rigid Haul inflatable and trailer 50 horsepower Mercury 2 stroke GPS stereo life jackets all accessories included nice for its age always garage stored has been used maybe twice each year for the past for 4-5 years need the room time to sell any honest cash offer will be considered
Sep 22 -
31' 2005 Larson 310 Cabrio
Please contact the owner directly @ 847-715-8706 or [email removed] hours, fresh water boat is a roomy midcabin with an impressive inventory of standard equipment.
Built on a solid fiberglass hull with a notched bottom, the Cabrio's wide open interior is lined with cheerywood cabinetry, a wet bar and refrigerator.
A forward u-shaped dinette converts into a double v-berth.
The double helm ...
2008 17' Lowe Stinger Bass Boat
Stock Number: 722473, Excellent condition with Motorguide trolling motor, 2 Hummingbird depth finders, 1 with GPS, lots of storage with aerated live-well bait bucket. GARAGED. Many more extras. please phone calls preferred. Call Alex 708-408-3354.
Sep 21 -
Tinley Park
21' Boston Whaler
1999 21' boston whaler Clean all around famliy boat big enough for lake michigan and small enough for the smaller lakes can be towed with small pick up not a real heavy boat, seating for 8 very roomy it has a fresh water 2003 white trim eninrude 225hp ,get this boat up on plane in seconds serviced by C-Haking and Sons of Aantioch Il. all the cushions ,fish finder,bimini,top with storm closer ...
Sep 20 -
1950 Kainer 4-Person 13.6 Ft Speed Boat
1950 Kainer 4-Person 13.6 Ft Speed Boat -- Fiber glass, no motor, no trailer, very good condition. Good Winter project to get ready for the Fishing Season. $400 Call 312-806-2918
Sep 19 -
Homer Glen
32' 2006 Sea Ray 290 Amberjack
Please contact the owner directly @815-540-9593 or [email removed]...2006 Amberjack Sea Ray fully equipped.
Twin mercruiser bravo IIIs with 350 hours.
Kohler 8kw Gen Set with 51 hours.
Sleeps 6.
Head w/ shower and sink .
Galley w/ stove micro wave and sin and fridge.
Stereo system DVD /CD players. 19 Flat screen TV.
Hyd. trim elec.tilt twin screws on each shaft.
GPS,DEPTH Sounder map ...
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May 26, 2013
Embracing & Owning Your Imperfections Opens More Doors, Not Less...
People who know me well know that I'm a sucker for a new read. As long as there's not six other books in queue or the recommended book is so uncompelling I can't get through it, it's mine for the taking. When I was beating up on myself recently, a friend recommended I look into the work of Brene Brown.
I started with her TED talk and then moved to her book: The Gifts of Imperfection -- oh such a compelling title in a country that deems itself more perfect than any other. Some may call it a personal self help book, and while aspects of that may be true, the category has gotten such a bad rap lately that I'd prefer to call content what it is designed to do: help you get from A to B through whatever wisdom the author shares through their vantage point and skillset. If that's self help, fine.
Is it self help when you need to learn a specific management skill and an expert who has the wisdom shares it through a book to get you unstuck? We look down upon wisdom that might help elevate ourselves and our sense of humanity but praise things that help our skills and ability to accomplish and succeed. You get my point.
Frankly if you dive deep enough into most things we do of "external value," there's always an underlining emotional issue that gets in the way. Take money. While clearly there's a skillset in trading, investing and allotting the right money to the right buckets, selling too quickly or making the wrong decision often comes from a place of emotional fear rather than following a code of what works and what doesn't. The best guys on Wall Street keep their emotions out of it but not all of us can. The same applies to raising kids, keeping a marriage together, staying healthy or running a company.
While most of Brown's references are personal ones, the gift that this "read" gave me was largely professional. Here's why. While clearly we all have moments where we're afraid to be honest with ourselves and others, throwing our vulnerabilities out there with a friend or group of friends tends to be easier, at least for me. I'm more likely to lift the shield in a personal environment than in a professional one. The former can expel me from their group while the latter can fire me, impact my revenue, reputation and most importantly, self esteem.
When I read that Brown was a "shame researcher," my immediate reaction was: how much is there to research about shame? Really? It's so specific that I couldn't imagine a professor dedicating her entire career to something that specific and yet, there are professors who dedicate themselves to ants and write lengthy scientific papers on the latest Melanesian ant fauna which end up as a TED talk, so why not?
Little did I know. Shame is not as specific as you might think. Through reading her book and doing some additional digging on my own, I can see how prolific it is in our lives, weaving its way into all aspects, from how we interact with family, peers, and loved ones to the person who hands us our double latte in the morning.
To deny that "shame" shows up in my personal life would be to deny being human, for we've all experienced it, however the piece which most resonated with me is how it awkwardly plays into professional relationships and dynamics, a place that doesn't use the word "shame."
Getting beyond it requires courage and compassion daily in order to live what she refers to as a wholehearted life. It requires practice. Malcolm Gladwell said it best in his 10,000 rule analogy. How can you ever ace something you don't spend time practicing over and over and over again? The same applies to our personal lives. In other words, proactively practicing courage, compassion, connection and empathy is how we ultimately cultivate worthiness.
Time and time again, I have witnessed people not asking for what they're worth and "owning it" while they're at it. I've been there - we all have. Given that PR in general is often perceived as being useless, provides little or no value and can't be measured, I find that many practitioners and consultants undersell themselves or charge on a transaction basis to bring the cost down in order to get the business. It's an act of desperation when you do this - it not only commoditizes our business and our value but delivers an "action" rather than the "value of that action."
Women often have a harder time feeling worthiness and the moment we attempt to prove our worthiness is the moment we've lost the game. Often, we feel as if we have to prove ourselves particularly when a CEO or worse, a COO suggests that what we do didn't move the needle today. The problem at least in my industry, is that branding, communications and marketing doesn't move a needle in a day, or a week or even a month, although sometimes it can. It's a process, just like building relationships is a process. We cannot and must not ever measure our worthiness based on that formula and model.
Because of the nature of my industry, it's even easier to undercut our worthiness than say a doctor, who performs a surgery and suddenly a limb is working again. At the heart of what we do as communications pros is storytelling. Aren't the best stories the ones which are authentic, intimate and vulnerable at their core?
I often feel that when I begin to go there with a client, fear gets in the way...not just on my side but on the client's side as well. The more I rely on emotion, intuition and creativity which is the essence of what makes me thrive at what I do, the more the client throws up roadblocks or devalues the deed because it's so untangible. Beauty, art and yes, even moving the needle often comes from untangible.
Is a brand that you buy again and again always tangible? Sometimes it is (it's faster, more durable) but more often, it's a feeling you have about the brand that brings you back again and again. This feeling is the result of years of storytelling and messaging, not six month's worth. And, consistency is key.
One of our inherent gifts as professionals is that we excel at not just creating that story, but delivering it consistently again and again. It's an art and our clients need to understand that it's an art, not a science. Own that art and you own your worthiness. We shouldn't have to 'sell or prove our worthiness' again and again as if somehow showing a stat suddenly proves that our "art" is worthy.
Brown talks about owning our story and I'd ask you to think about how what she says here shows up or doesn't show up in the workplace. Where she refers to love, belonging and joy, replace the words with self respect, connection and courage.
She writes: "Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love, belonging and joy -- the experiences that makes us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light."
She also quotes Pema Chodron, a Buddhist writer who is one of my favorite authors. "In cultivating compassion, we draw from the wholeness of our experience: our suffering, our empathy, as well as our cruelty and terror. It has to be this way. Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounder - it's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity."
Hear hear Pema.
Here's another little bit of wisdom for those who have a hard time with imperfection and asking for help. Depending on what circles you travel in, some have a tight network (let's not forget the old school boy network, which yes, does still exist, especially in Washington), they rely on and often, they don't even have to 'ask' for help. It shows up just because they're part of that network. Others have different networks who help them out from time-to-time and others try to do it themselves...all the time: parenting, managing, creating, producing and running with very little delegating along the way.
Asking for help is hard when we are conditioned to strive for perfection, even if its something we disguise as perfect. From that place, we often feel that if we ask for help, we're indebted to someone and that lays over us like a negative card. Within the confines of that negative card, it's as if we're always trying to figure out how to repay for that help, even if the help wasn't a financial one.
This is how it shows up in many of our lives. While the following statement may sound counter-intuitive, it's true and she's right. Brown writes, "until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart. When we attach judgment to receiving help, we knowingly or unknowingly attach judgment to giving help."
This is also true: "Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us....because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance."
While I know many a narcissist in my business circles and on the flip side, others who have gone through the hard journey to get to self-acceptance, many of us still struggle with pieces of it from time-to-time. When that piece shows up in our professional lives, we second guess our decisions when our intuition tells us its the right one or we don't ask for what we're worth because a client widdles us down or leads us to believe our value isn't worth a specific amount.
Suddenly we're in a place of proving that we matter when we matter for just showing up and sharing the gifts we can deliver better than that client or possibly anyone else. Bottom line, we should be paid well for it: the value of it, not the task of it even if some of that value can't be measured right away. I know people who have gone to psychologists for ten years - does the value of their work show up after a visit or does it take time to get results? What about a tennis coach? Does the value of a dentist's work show up after one time or let's put it another way, how would your teeth look and feel if you didn't have those bi-annual check ups and cleans?
Value shows up over time and if you believe in yourself, your client needs to believe in your value too or don't work with them. Walk away. I mean it - walk away. It's the biggest gift you can give yourself. When one door closes, another one opens. And if you're feeling fearful about that statement, think about Helen Keller's fabulous quote: "when one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one opening before us."
Live from a place of true worthiness, self-respect and authentic living and as Brown puts it, a wholehearted life and things will blow open for you. While it may not happen overnight, it will happen as long as you trust in the process. As an old wise monk said to me on a hike in Nepal many years ago, Patience, grasshopper, patience.
Photo Credits: Original Impulse. Andrew S. Gibson. Tiny Buddha. Jenny's Endeavors.
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February 22, 2012
TEDxBerkeley 2012's Inspiring Innovation Merges Magic, BioData & Technology With Film, Oceans & Plants
Most people in my circles know what a TEDx event is but for those of you who don't, it is a local, self organized event that bring people together to share a TED-like experience, in the spirit of ideas worth spreading.
This video gives you an idea of what these non-profit events are like, which extend far beyond Berkeley. Cities around the world are organizing TEDx events, with a goal to teach, share, collaborate, educate, faciliate and grow. Ideas worth spreading means that some of these ideas can revolutionize (and have revolutionized) the world because of a new relationship or partnership that has evolved as a result of the wider distribution of these ideas and the courage and dedication of people behind making the 'magic' happen.
It's the second year I've been involved as co-curator of TEDxBerkeley, an event held at Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall every February. In attendance were well over 1,000 people from a broad range of disciplines and minds - from academic, music and science to medicine, technology and the arts.
15 ground-breaking thinkers, leaders and performers entertained and educated the audience through storytelling, performance and anecdotes from their life experiences.
Given that UC Berkeley is involved, so were some of the professors and students, including the opening act by DeCadence (pronounced dee-KAY-dence, with a capital 'C'), a vocalist group that sports eye-catching blue and gold capes and creative dance moves at nearly every performance.
The musician in me couldn't help but call out music brilliance first and while we're on the topic of incredible voices, Charles Holt stole the stage with his storytelling and singing of "He Lives in You," my favorite Lion King number.
He had me at "go" is an understatement, largely because of his intuitive nature, the fact that he lives his life through that intuitive lense and his witty and incredibly honest stories of his mother and grandmother from the south, which will leave you crying and laughing at the same time.
From music to dance, Jodi Lomask then awed us through her dance troupe. Known for her work with an organization she founded called Capacitor 15 years ago, she works with world-renowned research scientists to create original dance works that draw attention to critical environmental issues.
I think about people I know who spend their life committed to understanding oceans and I think about the moment it was for me that I got one step closer: deep sea diving off the coast of Australia some 60 or so feet below the surface. In that world, that remarkable world, you truly understand the beauty of a world we need to cherish and preserve.
Her dancers showed us that beauty through a combination of violin, dance movements in and outside of rings in somewhat of a Cirque du Soleil style and environmental videos, all creating an outer world exerience for us to share.
One of my favorite moments of the performance is below...the intertwining of minds, hearts and bodies.
Also involved in conservation and the environment was Dr. Maria Fadiman who I had the pleasure of setting up with a new Twitter account (social media will get us all, the deep hidden voice says, lurking in the background), is a fascinating combination of geologist, comedian, nature lover and ethnobotanist, her work focuses on the relationship between people and plants.
From South Florida, her style was very informal for an academic crowd yet had people laughing as she pounced onto the stage with a machete in hand, telling one humorous story after another of her time in the jungle, the majority of her time spent in the rainforests of Latin America.
She has worked with Tibetan children in teaching them to record their own ethnobotanical traditions and is currently working on a global scale cross cultural study of people's use of a cultural keystone species (the flora and fauna that are deemed important to the survival of a culture), and how these plants can act as larger ecosystem preservation incentives.
AutoDesk's CEO Carl Bass walked us through five trends of innovation, using Kickstarter and Moon Express one example of companies doing something extremely unusual.
Digital fabrication is where you change the rules about how things are made, referencing 3D printers, showing us examples of various things which can be printed into a variety of materials, including rubber, plastic and metal.
It's amazing what can be printed on a 3D printer now...I ran into BitTorrent's Bram Cohen at SF Music Tech who showed me a very interesting 3D ring he was wearing on his finger. Additionally, imagine 3D buildings and even a 3D-printed human kidney.
We also heard about the rise of information, aka the wisdom of the crowds and the wisdom of the 'cloud.' Not only are we all becoming creators in our own way on our own personal platforms, but we're becoming curators as well.
Then, ARZU's Connie Duckworth, who took the stage in vibrant red, focused on international development sharing things learned from her work in Afghanistan. She says of the current state of international development:
- The international development industry is dysfunctional.
- Big money brings big unintended consequences.
- Hope can't thrive in the world's worse places.
She believes that we have an urgent call to change the structure of the international development industry, which holds in its hands the lives of billions of people at the bottom of the pyramid.
Their thinking is that somehow inherently flawed short term thinking will move into sustainable systems. Big money when not hosed in the right direction can create a lot of chaos. She asserts that its a key reason that so many people lose so much faith in their government.
She refers to another unintended consequence of big money going to the wrong places: Brain Tilt, which is when the most highly educated local people (engineers, professors, doctors), all end up working for expats in low level positions. Local smart people are working as drivers and clerks rather than working in higher level positions because they can get paid so much more in the other positions.
Connie defines the quest for peace as security. "We all see the world through our own lens of experience, so for me, success all starts with a job. This is how people start with a way to solve those basic level needs, such as the ability to eat and feed their family." She encouraged the audience not to just sit back and want peace, but believe in it and take action.
We went on a gratitude journey with Nipun Nehta of Service Space who asked us how we could all have more "Gif-tiv-ism" in the world?
Rather than focus on money, we wanted to focus on giving, in other words, the idea of unleashing the power of compassion capital. "Once you unleash compassion," he says, it's amazing what happens. "Stay focused on adding value and discovered untapped capital."
When small acts of giftivism get connected and activated, it rekindles a gift economy. A gift culture, he says, is marked by four key shifts:
- Shift from Consumption to Contribution – Instead of asking "what can I get," open with "What can I give?" He says if you open each door with a different question, about what can you give, it changes the entire dynamics.
- Shift from Transaction to Trust: Build synergy. He refers to Karma Kitchen, a restaurant in Berkeley, where you pay for the people ahead of you or behind you rather than for your own bill. 26,000 meals so far and people continue to pay it forward.
- Shift from Isolation to Community: it is not enough that we connect, but rather how we connect. When you serve other people together, you create a network of 'gift ties.'
- Shift from Scarcity to Abundance: Cultivate inner transformation to arrive at enough. "There is enough for everyone's need but not enough for everyone's greed."
Hear hear Nipun. From gift economies, we shifted to Gopi Kallayil from Google who talked about the power of social and a connected world, particularly during the 18 days of the Egyptian protests, showing us a video where Desmond Tutu is talking to the Dalai Lama on Google+, a clip which has now been watched 2 million times. This is a great example of how social media is driving innovation around the world.
We saw examples from Libya and Kenya to South Africa and Egypt, where during the protests, they were able to express how they really felt and more importantly, people were able to listen to those words on YouTube and other platforms. They sang, "the most important thing is our right and writing our history with our blood – if you were one of us, better not blabber and tell us to go away and leave our dream and stop saying the word "I". In every street in my country, the sound of freedom is calling. In every street in my country, the sound of freedom is calling." Powerful stuff.
From the vantage point of healthcare, intuition and communications, Dr. Neha Sangwan encourages everyone to be proud of yourself for "listening to yourself." Often, listening to ourself comes second to listening to opinions of others, whether they be friends and family or a doctor we're seeing for a particular issue.
She asks, "what if communication is the cure that we're missing? What is the way we talk to ourselves & whether we choose to lean into our discomfort & show up in the world? What is this is the prescription for health long before I need to write you a prescription?"
Her talk was highly emotional as she brought us a journey around the world to the Middle East, where she spoke to women, sharing with us insights she learned about their world, their pride and in turn, what we can learn from them in the western world.
A professor at Berkeley, Ken Goldberg who closed the talks, on nothing other than robots. Yes, robots...and what we can learn from them. As someone who worked in speech recognition for years and did a project for the Willow Garage guys (I love PR2 and even danced with one), I was eager to hear his insights.
Ken thinks robots can inspire us and that we have a lot to learn from them. Some of those insights from various projects over the years include: always question assumptions. It's amazing how quick we are to turn to other people's assumptions and make decisions based on them without digging deeper. Secondly, when in doubt, improvise.
I couldn't help but smile but when i realized that both of these recommendations btw are great ones for start-ups as well as for children. So is tihs one: When your path is blocked, pivot. In start-up culture, we learn to pivot a lot, something that Fortune 500 companies should pay more attention to...
Author and thought leader David Ewing Duncan focused on DATA and how do we make sense of it all?', something he thinks is an awesome achievement of humanity, for 'better or worse.'
Because of his background, he centered his talk around bio-data. He points out that today, we can get a micro-analysis of our blood work, which can tell us how just whether we have a high chance of cancer and chronic diseases, but how empathetic we are as human beings. He notes "more experiences, more tests leads to more data."
But, as so many of us know, we have so much data, that its often overwhelming, so much so we can't make sense of the data we have at our fingertips. This is David's point.
Whats needed, he asserts is a new mindset in every occupation. "Enough of all this data, what does this data actually mean?" he says. "We need a revolution in interpreting the tools and the data as well as a radical shift in resources. In other words, how do we go about testing 42,000 genetic traits?"
Clearly, we need a radical shift in resources. There's only 4% invested on translational medicine and he thinks there needs to be a reversal in resource allocation. He also pointed to trends in the future for all the students sitting in the hall: "we're going to need 500 million analysts in 6 years and we only have 100 million today." Clearly, these are the people who are going to be well versed at making sense of all that data and transforming it into something usable and most importantly, actionable by individuals.
Tapan Parikh, a Berkeley University professor brought us back into traditional technology and current trends. Tapan's research interests include human-computer interaction (HCI), mobile computing, speech UIs and information systems for microfinance, smallholder agriculture and global health.
He showed us photographs and results of some of his work in rural areas. Of his latest projects, Tapan has been designing, developing and deploying information systems in the rural developing world – initially in India, and now also in Latin America and Africa.
Tapan and his students have started several technology companies serving rural communities and the development sector. It was inspirational to see what they have accomplished so far and to see what is possible with resources, tearing down silos, sharing among communities and better access.
What he hopes to represent is the notion of showing respect for where you come from. He says, "Pick a challenge that is important to you" (for him, it was setting up real-time video conferencing, knowledge sharing and instant messaging in India), "and stick to it." He adds, "Don't assume you know what people need for their development - let them speak up, don't act for them."
I was thrilled that Tiffany Shlain was able to join us this year as I've always been a fan of her work. She has been making films for 20 years, and some of them have hit Sundance, Tribeca, Rotterdam and others and her films have won over 36 film festival awards.
Tiffany says, "each time we were able to change the way we recorded film and show reality, we were able to change reality itself."
She showed us snippets from her most recent film: Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology, A Declaration of Interdependence." Connected had its U.S. theatrical tour this past fall and is now available for people to host their own screenings.
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) announced earlier this month the 29 films selected for the American Film Showcase, an international cultural diplomacy initiative that brings people together worldwide through film and Connected made the list.
The movie is enlightening and sad at the same time, taking us deep into what is happening around us in a connected world and how technology is shaping and reshaping us. Bravo!! I have a love/hate relationship with technology myself -- the timing of this film couldn't be more perfect.
"Do something radical and true," she says. "We as humans should declare our human interdependence." Film projects they're working on for others are centered on life's most emotional topics: engagement, power, money, wisdom, death, inspiration, the brain and others.
Now that we're back to Entertainment, the E in TED, the last two speakers this year were performers: magician Robert Strong and violinist Lindsey Stirling.
Robert Strong is known as 'The Comedy Magician' and in watching him, it's so clear that magic is his life passion. He has performed on every major television network, in more than 40 different countries, in all 50 states, and twice at the White House.
I never paid much attention to the word magic until I renamed my own consultancy with Magic in the name. Now, I see 'magic' everywhere and am a true believer that perception is reality and that we can create any outcome we want through our own belief systems.
Lindsey Stirling, who I first saw play at Idea Festival in Kentucky last fall, is often referred to as the Hip Hop Violinist. Her passion, energy, and presence is magnetic, so much so, that you can't help but want to get up on stage and dance as she jumps around, violin and all, around you. Here's some background on her work. Let's just say that I'm a huge fan.
Check out last year's (2011) TEDxBerkeley talks on video. And a few talks from last year to get you inspired were Chip Conley on remembering that we're human in business, Anat Baniel on flexibility and vitality, Lopas Brunjes on carbon reduction, Bryan Alvarez on living organisms in our body, and Shore Slocum on spiritual awakening and awareness and how this can transform your everyday life.
Photo Credits: Lightbulb - Kauffman.org, Speaker images by Renee Blodgett
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December 28, 2011
If You Only Had One New Years Resolution....
If you only had one New Year's resolution, it might be to recognize where this statement applies and do something about it. I'm sure it will lead to countless things you cannot even imagine until you start writing them down.
"Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation.
So does inaction sap vigor from the mind."
-- Leonardo da Vinci.
AND I'd add to this....it also saps vigor from your life.
December 28, 2011 in America The Free, Europe, Holidays, On People & Life, On Poems, Literature & Stuff, On Spirituality, Reflections, WBTW | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
October 22, 2011
Bryan Doerries' Theatre of War
At PopTech this week, Bryan Doerries, a New York-based writer, translator, director, and educator read poetry to us, his eloquent use of language and intonation resonating with nearly everyone in the audience.
He is the founder of Theater of War, a project that presents readings of ancient Greek plays to service members, veterans, caregivers and families as a catalyst for town hall discussions about the challenges faced by combat veterans today.
Over the past year, Bryan has directed film and stage actors such as Paul Giamatti, Isiah Whitlock Jr., David Strathairn, Lili Taylor, Charles S. Dutton, Gloria Reuben, and Jeffrey Wright in readings of his translations of Sophocles' Ajax and Philoctetes for military communities.
When people are in pain or have undergone crisis, it's important to be able to speak the unspeakable. He says, "Imagine soildiers in Athens, seated in the order of tribe and according to rank. They have come together to hear plays that only those who have been to war or cared for those who have gone to war could understand. They were there to laugh, weep and bear witness to the truth of going to war."
He goes on: "Now imagine American soldiers in a drill hall or a field house where they are seeing a play about a depressed warrior who has slipped into depression because he has seen his best friend murdered. He then takes his own life."
"Being separated from my troop is like being stripped of my humanity," said a soldier to him. He is doing this project to restore humanity for these individuals who feel like they lost their humanity along the way. And, he wrote these plays to help people heal.
Sophocles wrote these plays to comfort the inflicted and to inflict the comfortable. "This is what happens everytime we perform Theatre of War," he says. "In an environment that combines live theatre and community dialogue, people are comforted by what brings them together across time. They are inflicted by the understanding that empathy is not enough. Theatre is an ancient military technology which we are licensing from Sophocles, to raise awareness, to raise stigmas, and to stir our fellow citizens to action."
His other recent theatrical projects include "Prometheus in Prison," which presents Aeschylus' "Prometheus Bound" to corrections professionals to engage them in conversations about custody and reentry, and "End of Life," which presents Sophocles' "Women of Trachis" to palliative care and hospice workers to engage them in dialogue with other medical professionals about medical ethics and pain management.
For more on his work, read Bryan Doerries' op-ed in the Washington Post about his experience taking Theater of War performances to military bases.
October 22, 2011 in America The Free, Arts & Creative Stuff, Conference Highlights, Events, On People & Life, On Poems, Literature & Stuff, On Politics, WBTW | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
May 22, 2011
Not Just in Aging that the World Surrenders to a Silent Mind
It was on a flight from Las Vegas to San Francisco, a flight I had made countless times over the years, when I had a deja vu moment about aging. As I glanced over to the woman to my right, I suddenly remembered all the times I had watched the older women in my life as a child and felt as far removed from them then as I do now from a 15 year old male skateboarder from Detroit.
On that flight, a surreal feeling swept over me...as if I was her or could have been a dear friend of hers in a previous life. The moment was short lived but vibrant and incredibly real, and it made me incessantly aware of aging and this precious thing called human life.
She was probably 70 or so, the woman was a petit, short Asian woman with beautiful silver hair, strands of black scattered throughout as the only remnants left of her middle age life. Her skin was glowing despite her obvious fatigue and you could tell she was once a stunner in that way you can about some people; there's a certainty, a quiet sauciness, and a knowing smile that suggests a life fully lived. She was wearing faded jeans, classy gold earrings with just a touch of ruby red and a Victorian blue button up top with a crocheted back that barely covered her neck, just enough to add a sweet balance of feminine energy to her other otherwise masuline aura despite her small frame.
Her face was weathered, not terribly so, but like her glow, certainty and smile, her face and hands exuded a lifetime of stories, over decades of experiences, far far beyond Las Vegas or San Francisco.
My deja vu moment came moments after a visit to the airplane lou where I observed my own weathered skin from years of sun exposure including the most recent trip in an open convertible where the hot desert sun beat on my skin, adding more aging spots which will someday tell a long story, or a series of them, just like the silver-haired neighbor to my right.
Although I was more than 30 years her junior, I felt as if this woman, whose coiled sleeping body next to me, was a kindred spirit somehow, despite the fact that we had yet to exchange a word.
Part of the desert trip included exploring rock ruins, flora and engravings, the latter of which told some of our ancestor's stories during a time that not only knew no computer, but knew no pen, paper or even a primitive chalkboard. I couldn't get enough of the hot Utah sun largely because the sun had become such a foreign oddity as I had somehow become more accustomised to hanging out with words on a screen as Google's Chrome churns them out tab after tab.
Despite the fact that I had "inked" my face up with pure white zink from Australia, the sun took its toll, not just on my face but on every inch of my body except for the six inches which were covered by scarves and shawls.
In the mirror that afternoon, seeing the weathered results of miles of sun and wind, brought back a memory of my South African host sister and I basking in the African sun as teenagers one hot summer afternoon in Durban. We were coated with baby oil as were our neighbors and their neighbors and so on. My host mother would bring out iced tea (roibos) with mint on the hour to make sure we were hydrated and their rotweiler would bark every time she opened the door. White as snow, she came out glaring through the sun to find us spread out on the grass in her 1950s-style apron with printed pansies in oranges and reds. She would shudder as my grandfather would at the amount of time we spent unprotected under the far too close to the equator sky. Like our neighbors, and their neighbors and so on.
As the memories flooded my head, I looked back at my silver-haired friend, who opened one eye on this occasion, just enough to add a small but tired smile as a way to acknowledge my gaze. At the end of the flight, we exchanged one short sentence as we all queued up like cattle waiting our turn to exit the plane.
I felt so connected to this woman I knew nothing about for some reason and yet......an older short, silver-haired Asian woman with gold earrings next to an American auburn haired, blue eyed woman nearly half her age and yet the almost silent exchange was as if.....as if, we had met before in a far away place, in a previous life, at a time when time had no meaning.
When time has no meaning, aging has no meaning. Later, I read an excerpt called Late Ripeness by Czeslaw Milosz that went something like this:
like ships, together with their sorrow.
And the countries, cities, gardens, the bays of seas
assigned to my brush came closer,
ready now to be described better than they were before.
It made me think of her, the woman whose name I never learned, nor whose origin I will ever know. Yet when time has no meaning and aging has no meaning, I understand how things in an aging mind might just be ready to describe things better than they were before, and as the brush does in fact come closer, we also appreciate the preciousness of the journey we're on, have more gratitude for what we are becoming and who we encounter along the way.
We also become okay with the silence that blesses us along the way. Just when we think the silence is a "negative" as it reminds us that we are in fact getting older, we realize that it is in fact a gift, the biggest gift we'll ever receive in our lifetimes, for when we live our lives from this place, we are more open, more vulnerable, more authentic and more pure. How appropriate to end with one of my favorite quotes: "The whole world surrenders to a quiet mind."
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March 21, 2009
On False Beliefs
One should not be intimidated by the fact that so many people hold false beliefs. Nor does the truth of a belief depend on whether it has been held for a long or short time. The point is simply whether or not it conforms with reason. —Nichiren
March 21, 2009 in On Poems, Literature & Stuff | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
November 18, 2008
Sighs Are My Food
1986 during college. I came across it the other day and can't recall the reference or the specific place......I was living in London at the time and if it was winter, I was studying 24/7 in a dark library with few windows.
Signs are my food, drink are my tears
Clinking of letters such as music would crave
Stink of close air away away my life wears
Innocency is all the hope that I have
Rain, wind & weather I judge by mine ears
Malice assaulted the righteousness should have
Sure I am, this wound shall heal again
But yes alas, the scar shall still remain
November 18, 2008 in On Poems, Literature & Stuff | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
April 30, 2008
Nimrod's Coffee of Love
Rosh Pina in Tel Aviv's Port. The below is a story of Nimrod's Coffee house which was opened in 2007 with the purpose of immortalizing the heritage "The Good Life" that Nimrod left his sister in his death. Below is the background of the creation of Nimrod's Coffee of Love.
Nimrod's sister writes. I admit. I didn't believe in love. Actually I was one of those who didn't believe love existed until Nimrod married Iris. And then everything changed. I needed that my only brother would get married in order to believe that true love existed. "What's the secret of happiness?" I asked him. "The Good Life," he answered in his simple way.
We left Rosh Pina. Nimrod became a high-tech manager at Microsoft and I moved to America. In my visits, I discovered Nimrod was having a dilemma which was more preferable; to go with his beloved Iris and little Omer and Vick, to our childhood village, Rosh Pina, or take them to the harbor in Tel Aviv.
What is love? Nimrod taught me. In love, there are no boundaries, no barriers. It's an endless flow.
I had a tour contract in Mexico and Nimrod was in the middle of preparations to the annual Microsoft convention in Israel when the Second Lebanon War started. My parents and I begged: "leave everything and come over to Mexico."
Nimrod was drafted, as a reserved soldier with a special emergency call. Before he left home for Lebanon, he wrote his beloved Iris a poem:
At about midnight they called me.
It was the telephone announcing machine.
Her voice said: Soldier - Gathering Spots!
You yelled you weren't ready
Even though you were --
In your sleep --
To pay the price.
I said, pretty thing. It's routine.
Every soldier-citizen has to go.
I kissed her, I calmed her as if for real.
I hoped to be back before Fall.
When the tank entered the land of Lebanon
I put on my armour,
Praying you wouldn't call me on the phone.
A simple high-tech man from Ramat Gan
Taking his children to school.
Fighting terrorists at night.
Tell me, will all this help
Tomorrow or the day after
When I come back
And all this business will be over --
In the end you fight to live.
In the end you fight like animals.
For the silence within.
On August 19 of the Hebrew month of Av, the Hebrew Valentines Day, the announcing officers knocked on Iris's door.
April 30, 2008 in Arts & Creative Stuff, Israel, On Food & Wine, On Poems, Literature & Stuff, Travel | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
March 26, 2008
In Love With Intuition
Intuition transcends the limitations of reason.
March 26, 2008 in On Poems, Literature & Stuff, On Women | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
March 22, 2008
Emerson on the Way to Live
"When you were born, you were crying, and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one smiling and everyone else is crying." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Welcome to the Lowcountry of South Carolina
Kick your shoes off, squish your toes in the sand, unwind and feel the sea breeze dance across your skin. Take a boat ride and experience the sheer joy of dolphin watching. Spend a day communing with nature kayaking on the river. Or flex your muscles and bike miles of island trails. Go crabbing. Go shrimping. Go fishing. Play a relaxing round or two of golf at one of many signature golf courses.
Stroll through Old Town Bluffton or downtown Beaufort and shop in unique shops and visit galleries full of work from the imagination and talent of local artists. Celebrate the Lowcountry lifestyle at one of our many festivals. Take a guided tour and revisit history at an antebellum mansion. If you like the dark, try a ghost tour. Don't just make the Lowcountry your vacation spot, make it your lifestyle.
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January 9, 2013
Tests done at Superstorm Sandy cleanup sites show that the level of contaminants does not exceed federal workplace exposure limits.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration released initial results from tests of dozens of cleanup sites in New York and New Jersey. The agency tested for employee exposure to contaminants.
Related: Insider: EPA Lied About WTC Air – CBS News
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Listen Live! Pancakes & Politics
Visit CBS Detroit's
DETROIT (WWJ) – The event may be sold out, but you can still tune in for Thursday's Pancakes & Politics, beginning at 7:30 am, for a discussion on "The Future of Detroit."
Join a panelist of experts as they discuss the latest efforts to revitalize and repopulate the city of Detroit.
Panelists include:
— Sandy Barauh – President and CEO, Detroit Regional Chamber
— David Egner – President and CEO, Hudson-Webber Foundation
— Michael Finney – President and CEO, Michigan Economic Development Corporation
— Daniel Gilbert – Chairman and Founder, Quicken Loans, Inc.
— George Jackson – President & CEO, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Carol Cain, Emmy award-winning talk show host of "Michigan Matters," on WWJ-TV, will be the moderator for the session.


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October 7, 2015
Traffic was backed up for miles along I-75 in Madison and Rockcastle counties Thursday morning following a big rig accident.
Police say a UPS truck crashed in the northbound lanes at mile marker 65 just before 10:00 a.m. Witnessess say it appeared the driver turned left for an unknown reason and just kept turning left. The rig flipped several times before coming to rest in the median with the cab stuck underneath the trailer.
It took nearly two hours to extricate the driver but surprisingly he suffered only minor injuries.
The driver of the truck was identified as Robert Taylor of Knoxville, TN. He was airlifted to the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville.
No word on what might have caused Thomas to lose control of his truck.
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Category Archives: 2014 Speakers
Ashley Wiggers
Ashley Wiggers grew up in the early days of the homeschooling movement. She was taught by her late mother, Debbie Strayer, who was an educator, speaker and the author of numerous homeschooling materials. It was through Debbie's encouragement and love that Ashley learned the value of being homeschooled. Currently, Ashley is the Editor-in-Chief of Homeschooling Today magazine, Public Relations Director for Geography Matters and the author of the Profiles from History series. Ashley makes her home in Somerset, KY, with her husband, Alex, and their faithful Golden Retriever, Mandy.
Kids Party DJ's
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Joshua, Jonathan, and Abigail Ling from All Star Kids Party DJs
They have entertained at hundreds of kids' parties with their father, Keith Ling. Two homeschooled brothers, they enjoy entertaining children with music, games, and non-stop fun! All Star Kids Party DJs specializes in fun dance parties for children up to 13 years of age.Always a KidsZone favorite, all music played is guaranteed to be clean and age appropriate. Visit their website at Kids Party DJs.
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Randi St. Denis
Randi St. Denis, Director of Home Educators Encouragement Alliance (HEEA), is an educator, popular homeschool speaker, and a seasoned homeschooling mom. Using her degree in Educational Psychology, Randi works as a consultant to public, private, and homeschool families; providing teaching expertise and assistance for all types of children. She is recognized as an expert in the technical aspects of learning that allow every type of child, from special needs to gifted, the opportunity to learn well.
Some of Randi's seminar/conference topics include:
- Beginning Homeschooling
- Homeschooling the High Schooler
- Early Learners, Parenting: Fun or Frenzy
- Parent Perspectives: Special Needs
Randi and her husband have homeschooled their seven children for the past 23 years; all of whom have gone on to college.


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Authoritarian Outfitters
March 04, 2015
German neo-Nazis' favorite clothing brand is expanding throughout Europe.
The Secretary General in His Labyrinth
March 03, 2015
When Ban Ki-moon was a child, the United Nations saved his village from a war. Can he save the U.N. from irrelevance?
Is Christianity Doomed in the Middle East?
January 30, 2015
A religious revival is just one of the factors leaving Christians deserting the Middle East.
In Israel, Mocking Hipsters Is Now a Political Statement
December 17, 2014
In a new ad, Naftali Bennett wears a fake beard and pink watch.
How to Dig a Perfect Grave: A Day With Britain's Top Undertaker
November 26, 2014
Jonny Yaxley enjoys preparing graves and learning about the lives of the people he buries.
A Major German Political Party Used to Support Pedophilia—And It's Coming Back to Haunt Them
November 23, 2014
Everything you need to know about the scandal that's rocking German politics.
International Development Is Broken. Here Are Two Ways to Fix It.
November 18, 2014
So how should we save the world?
This German Talk Show Is American Celebrities' Worst Nightmare
November 03, 2014
It's a little bit racist. It's a little bit sexist. And it shows ordinary Germans cracking walnuts with their butts.
Polygamy and Child Wives: Women's Rights Are Going in the Wrong Direction in Pakistan
October 24, 2014
It's a frightening time to be a woman there.
I Was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine 20 Years Ago. Now I'm a War Reporter There. Here's What's Changed.
October 21, 2014
The change is astonishing.


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Jennifer Lawrence is a little busy these days, what with shooting the next installment of the Hunger Games trilogy and all. Plus, she hardly needs to keep up the publicity parade now that she's already taken home a certain little gold statue. This means that new photo shoots have been few and far between since February, and magazines that want her for their cover have resorted to buying up outtakes of already-published shoots. Case in point: this month's Tatler Russia cover.
Luckily, they chose a snap from one of our favorite photos of the actress: her February Vanity Fair cover shoot with Ellen von Unwerth. While VF chose a more wholesome photo for their cover, Tatler went for the bouffanted, bombshell, Bardot-on-wheels image, albeit an unpublished version showing Lawrence with her head propped up on her fist.
And even though cover repeats can occasionally be confounding (see: Beyoncé's six-year-old Cosmo cover), in this case, we wouldn't be mad if Condé Nast rehashed it five times over.
Check out both photos below, and for more of Lawrence's best shoots, check out her smoking Vogue Italia spread and oh-so-Hollywood turn in Elle:
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2009 Audi A4 Premium Plus 2.0 turbo from North America
An outstanding vehicle that we are very happy with
Shake at front tires, not properly inflated at pickup from dealer.
General Comments:
The Audi has been a pleasant surprise. We were shopping for a new BMW when the dealer stated we might want to look at the Audi that was in stock. After a short ride... we were hooked.
A read of the reviews from several reliable sources had us a bit on edge at the time of purchase. Reliability being one of the main concerns. So far the Audi has been very reliable, minus the dealership failure to properly inflate tires at delivery.
The vehicle has great power for the size, the interior and standard options with the Premium Plus are well above what we could get with the BMW 3 series. The look of the exterior is outstanding. We have received many comments from strangers about the beauty of the car.
The BMW definitely has great feel of the drive, Audi is more of a luxury drive and feel. That being said, the Audi will definitely handle even though the feel of the drive does not accompany it. Once you get use to that, it is quite a comfortable car. Long drives have been quite comfortable with no real issues.
If I had to do over again, I would definitely opt for the Audi over the BMW. Although we were skeptical at first, we have been very happy Audi owners since we drove it off the lot. Great Job Audi!
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 4th December, 2009


text: Music In this new column, WW music calendar and contributing writer Mitch Lillie helps the discerning club-goer put together their weekly calendar by compiling Portland's best dance-music options for the next seven days. Turn up, tune in, drop the bass. — Flight, a celebration of all things clubby and San Franciscan and '90s, turns one year old Thursday at the Rose. Veteran DJs Art of Hot ... More


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phyllo with feta, basil & tomatoes (cooking light)
Submitted by jayoung082681
Updated: October 22, 2012
Ingredients-2 oz (1/2 C) mozzarella
-2 oz (1/2 C) feta cheese
-1 oz (1/2 C) grated Parmesan cheese
-1 T fresh oregano
-1/4 t salt
-1/8 t ground black pepper
-10 sheets of frozen phyllo dough, thawed
-2 C thinly sliced plum tomatoes
-1/3 C thinly sliced green onions
-1/4 fresh basil leaves
Preparation1. Preheat oven to 375�
2. Combine mozzarella through pepper in a bowl
3. Cut phyllo sheets in half crosswise
4. Working with one phyllo sheet at a time (cover remaining dough to prevent it from drying), place phyllo sheet on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray, then coat phyllo sheet with cooking spray
5. Repeat with two more layers of phyllo, then sprinkle with 2 T of the cheese mixture
6. Repeat layers 5 times, ending with 2 phyllo sheets on top
7. Coat top phyllo sheet with cooking spray, then sprinkle with 2 T of cheese mixture.
8. Pat tomato slices with a paper towel, then arrange tomato slickes on top of cheese, leaving a 1-inch border
9. Sprinkle with green onions and remaining cheese mixture
10. Bake at 375� for 20 minutes or until golden
11. Sprinkle with basil leaves and serve (6 servings)


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SEALED BIDS will be received by the Borough of Madison, County of Morris, State of New Jersey, in the Planning Board Room, 2nd Floor, Hartley Dodge Memorial, Kings Road, Madison, New Jersey, on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2007, AT 10:00 AM, prevailing time, and at that time will be publicly opened and read for the MADISON LIBRARY INTERIM LIGHTING PLAN. Bid prices shall remain firm for a period of sixty (60) days.
Bids shall be addressed to the Borough Clerk, Borough of Madison in the Hartley Dodge Memorial Building on Kings Road, Madison, New Jersey 07940. Each Proposal must be enclosed in a SEALED ENVELOPE, properly endorsed with the name of the Bidder, with the designation "BOROUGH OF MADISON, SEALED BID, MADISON LIBRARY INTERIM LIGHTING PLAN, DECEMBER 20, 2007, 10:00 AM". Any envelope that is received that is not properly marked causing it to be opened prior to the bid will be invalidated. Bids may be received before the hour designated in this office, if they are mailed or hand delivered in person. The Borough of Madison will not be responsible for any bid that is sent by mail or other form of carrier which is lost or which arrives after the bid date and time, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2007, AT 10:00 AM.
The project includes, generally, but is not limited to:
1. Removal of existing overhead electric lines
2. Removal of seven (7) existing light fixtures
3. Removal of pavement, sidewalk, and curb as necessary to accommodate improvements
4. Installation of ten (10) new light fixtures
5. Installation of new underground electric service
6. Pavement, sidewalk, and curb replacement as necessary to accommodate improvements
7. New overhead electric service from an existing utility pole
8. Installation of meter and panel for new electric service
9. Alternate Bid 1: Removal of one (1) existing light foundation and installation of one (1) new light fixture and base
10. Alternate Bid 2: Removal of six (6) existing wall-mounted light fixtures and installation of five (5) new wall-mounted light fixtures
In addition to the proposal, each bidder may be required to submit a statement of his or her qualifications, experience, financial ability, equipment and a non-collusion affidavit. Failure to submit same with the proposal may result in rejection of the bid. All bids must be submitted on the Proposal Forms furnished by the Borough. Bids on any other forms will not be accepted. Bid documents and specifications are available at the Borough Clerk's office in the Hartley Dodge Memorial, Madison, NJ from 8 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday – Friday.
Sealed Bids must be accompanied by: (1) a duly executed Bid Proposal Guarantee in the form set
forth in the Bid Package; (2) a certified check, cashier's check or bid bond, payable to the Borough of Madison, in an amount equal to 10% of the bid (based upon the highest total bid, if alternative bids are involved), but not to exceed $20,000, and (3) a duly executed Certificate of Surety and Power of Attorney on the standard New Jersey Statutory bond form, as set forth in the Bid Specifications, issued by a surety company licensed to do business in the State of New Jersey.
The Borough of Madison reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities therein and to accept any bid that will be in the best interest of the Borough of Madison according to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1.
The Borough of Madison reserves the right to delete sections of work from the contract after the award of the bid has been made due to funding or other reasons. The prices bid for various items of work shall not be adjusted due to the deletion of any work due to the variation of any quantity for the various items scheduled in the Proposals. The Borough of Madison reserves the right to make separate purchase awards for various sizes and kinds of materials or equipment required, based on the low unit bids submitted on such items.
Proposals for this contract will be accepted only from bidders who have been properly qualified in accordance with the requirements of the Specifications.
Bidders are required to comply with the provisions of the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act, Chapter 150 of the Laws of 1963, effective January 1, 1964. Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 17:27.
The contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, creed, color, sex or national origin and to the greatest extent possible, opportunities for training and employment shall be given to lower-income residents of the project area and that, when possible, contracts shall be awarded to business concerns owned by area residents. Bids for proposals in excess of $l00,000 must be accompanied by a written Affirmative Action Plan.
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Drug Convictions and Financial Aid
By law, some students who have drug-related convictions under any federal or state law may be ineligible for federal student aid. According to the law, if you are convicted of a drug-related offense you may face these restrictions:
For possession of illegal drugs, you are ineligible from the date of conviction (not arrest) for:
One year for a first offense
Two years for a second offense
Indefinitely for a third offense
For sale of illegal drugs, you are ineligible from the date of conviction (not arrest) for:
Two years for a first offense
Indefinitely for a second offense
Do all drug convictions count?
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The Internet censors here are going mad these days. It comes in waves – what is blocked and what isn't. I pay for a program that gives me a U.S. ip address which lets me see all the "counter revolutionary" sites. I can also see what sites are being blocked.
And let me tell you, right now, it's bloody annoying on the "normal" Internet. I was attempting to make strawberry sorbet yesterday (I paid $1 for half a kilo!) and about 70 per cent of the posts about strawberry sorbet were blocked. STRAWBERRY SORBET. How is this a threat? It's totally absurd.
Much of it comes from the fact that last week, all of Blogspot was blocked. YouTube is still blocked here. Big chunks of WordPress are blocked.
Reporters Without Borders published an interesting report here about Internet censorship in China.
Unlike most of the world, the search engine Baidu rules here, as compared to Google. Apparently a list of words that are used to block sites was leaked, though I certainly can't vouch for its authenticity. I was sent a copy, and I translated a few things. I wasn't surprised by the common ones (human rights in China, Communist Party, etc.) but there were a few that made me pause.
- "Husband and wife exhange" (or "phone dating" or "male slave")
- "Electric baton"
- "Pregnancy to help people"
- "Lonely Woman"
Now, these are some that just made me sad.
- "Xinjiang" or "Tibet" or "Ethnic issues"
- "Poor people" (because they don't exist here, didn't ya know?)
- "Japanese" (apparently all of them are counter revolutionaries, ahem)
- "1989" or "student leaders" or "the wounds of history."
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I feel so delinquent. I made this cake long before March 20, but I just never posted about it. I haven't posted anything since February 21. :(
Oh well, no sense in lamenting over the past, must move on. So, even though it's April 9, I will proundly post about my March cake for The Cake Slice Bakers. And I will promise to do better with the April cake!
For some crazy, insane reason I decide to try and make this cake low-fat. How stupid of me. I had talked with a coworker about baking with appelsauce instead of butter or oil and I remembered a hummingbird cake that I made with mashed bananas and pineapple and how delicious it was. So, I decided to give it a try with this cake. And I didn't want to buy cream, so I justed used the skim milk I already had on hand.
The results were....fine. Actually kind of good, but it had that distinct, unsatisfying low-fat taste. High on sugar, but low on the oomph that FAT gives. Fat is so delicious. So, I've repented and from now on it will be all butter all the time.
Although I will say that I did feel less guilty eating this; it just also wasn't as fun.
Chocolate (Cream) Pound Cake
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6 Tablespoons cocoa powder
¼ cup heavy cream (I used fat-free milk)
1 cup plus 2 Tablespoons flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 stick unsalted butter, softened (I used unsweetened applesauce)
1½ cups sugar
3 eggs (I used egg substitute. gross.)
1 tsp vanilla extract
Heat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan and dust with flour.
Sift the cocoa powder into a heatproof bowl. Place the cream in a microwavable bowl and heat for 30-60 seconds until just boiling. Pour the hot cream over the cocoa and stir and mash with a spoon to make a thick paste. Set aside to cool. (I don't have a microwave, so I just heated my milk on the stove).
Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.
Combine the butter and sugar in a large bowl and cream with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl once or twice as necessary. Beat in the cocoa powder paste until smooth.
With the mixer on medium-low speed add the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the bowl after each addition. Stir in the vanilla.
Turn the mixer to low speed and add the flour mixture, ½ cup at a time, scraping down the sides after each addition. Add the last addition, mix for 30 seconds on medium speed.
Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a rubber spatula. Bake the cake until it is firm to the touch and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Invert it onto a wire rack and then turn it right side up on the rack to cool completely. Slice and serve.
Store uneaten cake in a cake keeper or wrap and store at room temperature for up to 3 days.
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In its monthly meeting, the Newland Business Association celebrated health, holding its meeting at Cannon Memorial with a program about the Williams YMCA. This nonprofit charter Y was built to serve every resident of Avery County, providing life changing programs and services that enrich people from all walks of life.
The Y staff thanked the generosity of donors, the Avery County Commissioners, and the people of Avery County, so that no one is turned away. Outreach 'Y' programs make formally immobile elderly residents mobile again, with other programs including diabetes prevention, obesity, wellness programs, and more. The Williams Y works with hospitals, schools the health department to combat disease in Avery County. There is a Youth Development program that teaches every 2nd grader in Avery County to swim, as the Y promotes healthy living, and social responsibility. Their goal is to touch as many non members as members, with over 3100 members who take advantage of all the Y has to offer. The Y employs 60 people of Avery County and they are committed to improving life in Avery County. The members of the NBA were treated to a video narrated by Jim Greene of WECR radio showing how the Y has changed people's lives. Every month, a sponsor will host the monthly meeting of the NBA which is held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. For more info and to become a member of the NBA please contact Johnny Carson President at Nationwide Insurance at 828-733-2960. The goal of the NBA is to promote economic development and it's a great group of business owners and individual members that care about the future of Newland. For more info about the Y and its programs call 828-737-5500.
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The FAA Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant will help pay for installation of an Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS) at the south end of Runway 18R/36L. An EMAS uses crushable concrete placed at the end of a runway to stop an aircraft that overruns the runway. The system improves safety when land is not available to create standard-sized runway safety areas. The runway safety-area work is expected to begin in March 2013 and will take four months to complete.
In addition, the grant will be used toward a five-phase, $90-million project to reconstruct the concrete, aircraft-parking ramp that surrounds passenger terminal concourses A, B and C. The full project includes the demolition and removal of approximately 350,000 square yards of concrete and base material that is 40-50 years old and must be replaced, having served its useful life.
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"We are pleased with the continued investment in Memphis International Airport by the FAA, and feel it reflects the ongoing confidence in our role as a vital part of the nation's aviation system and one of the world's most respected airports," said Larry Cox, president and CEO of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority.
"This funding will help enhance safety and security at Memphis International Airport," U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in the FAA announcement about the grant. "Making important investments in our aviation system promotes safety and economic growth in communities across the country."
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CLEVELAND - The Horseshoe Casino Cleveland brought in $19.3 million in adjusted gross revenue in June according to figures released Monday by the Ohio Casino Control Commission. The total, which is winnings after all bets are paid, was down $714,355 or 3.5 percent from May and down $6.7 million or roughly 25 percent from a year ago.
This June marks the first year to year comparison of full casino months, the Horseshoe Cleveland opened May 14, 2012.
ThistleDown Racino figures released by the Ohio Lottery were also down slightly for June with adjusted gross revenue of $10.27 million from its VLTs, a 6.2 percent drop from May.
Both properties are owned by Rock Ohio Caesars.
The combined slots take of the two properties was $21.5 million, down roughly a million from May but still strong enough to be the second largest slots month considerably higher that the Horseshoe's biggest slots month alone $18.5 million in June of 2012.
The Horseshoe Cleveland's table games accounted for $8.1 million off about 4.3 percent from May while the slots take of $11.2 million was down 3 percent.
The Cleveland casino continues to be the state's leader in revenue the Horseshoe's $19.3 million was followed by Horseshoe Cincinnati's $17.6, Hollywood Columbus' $16.5 million and Hollywood Toledo's $15. 2 million.
The $68.6 million total among the four casinos was down $3.5 million from May.
Though down from May ThistleDown numbers continue to remain strong with a daily win of $305 per machine. The racino's payout was also up more than one percent in June with a 92.69 percent payout on every dollar wagered.
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The newest addition to Las Vegas' resurgent downtown announced itself this week with a marching band, a ribbon cutting and showgirls.
October numbers up for ThistleDown and Horseshoe over September.
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September revenue numbers released Monday show the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland posting a slight revenue jump over August figures but down 8.4 percent over September 2012.


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I used this as a base for a peanut sauce. I used 4 garlic cloves, replaced the pepper flakes and tomato paste with almost a tbsp of chilli paste. I didn't have hoisin sauce (sadly) so I used soy sauce to taste, 2-3 tbsp. I used honey instead of sugar and added water to thickness desired. I only used about 1/4 c. I also added a squeeze of fresh lime juice, Everyone loved it and was defnitely spicy.flag if inappropriate
Easy, super quick....I used almond butter instead of peanut butter and skipped the sugar. Also added a dollop of black bean garlic sauce inspired from the reviews....tossed it with soba noodles and broccoli. Delish!flag if inappropriate
Recipe is good for a basic peanut sauce, but I agree with the other cooks, you need to add a little extra zing. I added Indian red chili powder. Also I didn't have hoisin sauce so I just used soy sauce, and instead of tomato paste used a spicy/sweet ketchup from the Indian store called "Sweet Devil".flag if inappropriate
Wonderful. Recipe made just enough for 8 spring rolls. I'll probably double it in the future so that we don't have to ration it. Also, I added a little srirracha for some extra heat and depth.flag if inappropriate
Substitute chili garlic sauce for the tomato paste and you have a winner. This is my standard peanut sauce recipe. Everyone loves it - just the right amount of kick.flag if inappropriate
I made this exactly as described except I used grapeseed oil instead of vegetable. I doubled the recipe as per a reviewer's suggestion in the herb salad spring rolls review. I had a _lot_ of sauce leftover. Nice if you're looking for leftovers, but if not, one batch is sufficient. A great recipe. I'll make it again and again.flag if inappropriate
yuk--the only people who liked this made substitutions. Smart! Flavors are so wrong together. I'm throwing it out and making similar w/chili sauce, less hoisin, more peanut and whatever else it takes to tweak it.flag if inappropriate
Delicious. Left out the tomato paste entirely and added the chili-garlic sauce sold in Asian markets. Chilled and served with fresh veggies on a tray.flag if inappropriate
Wanted to thank all the previous cooks for their input and comments on this recipe. I had to make this last-minute when I didn't have the right ingredients on hand for the peanut sauce I'd originally planned to make. This one worked wonderfully well and I also added a little more peanut butter and used chili garlic sauce instead of tomato paste. i couldn't find chili garlic paste but the sauce is probably the same thing. I cut back on the red pepper flakes because of the chili garlic sauce and it was perfect.flag if inappropriate
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Mincek's music has been performed at major music festivals, including Festival Présences of Radio France, Voix Nouvelles at the Abbaye de Royaumont, Festival des Musiques Démesurées, Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt (IMD), Contempuls Festival in Prague, and the Ostrava New Music Days. Mincek has collaborated with groups including the Les Percussions de Strasbourg, Ensemble Cairn, Orchestra of the SEM Ensemble, the Janecek Philharmonic, Talea Ensemble, the Kenners and the JACK Quartet. Mincek's music has also been recognized through commissions and grants from the New Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra-Leipzig, Ensemble XXI in Dijon, Present Music, MATA, the French Ministry of Culture, Meet The Composer, the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Due East, ASCAP and the National Endowment for the Arts. Mincek is the artistic director of the Wet Ink Ensemble, a group dedicated to experimental contemporary music, which he founded in 1998.
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Freeport, Texas. The Scuba Guy and thirty other Houston area divers sampled diving at the Flower Gardens from a dive site located about 115 miles south of the Houston Bay Area coastline. The M/V Fling was loaded with divers from the Clear Lake area in March to make seven fabulous recreational dives in almost current-less water. Visibility was running 75 feet.
Divers saw sharks, turtles, large schools of Barracudas, Groupers, eels, manta rays, and lobsters on this annual Hammerhead Shark trip. Water temperatures ranged from 67 to 71 degrees with divers using everything from 3mm-wetsuits to drysuits.
Divers were treated to the sights of the automated Mobil Oil Rig HI-A-389a. Built in the late 70's, the high-tech rig has been under the Flower Gardens Sanctuary rules since 1992 when President Bush ordered the site to be protected by the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act. Large Orange-spotted Filefish, Angelfish, Groupers, and Barracudas seemed to dominate the rig's huge legs. This rig is clearly a home to plenty of large species that will delight all of its diving visitors.
Divers worked on their PADI Boat Diver, Night Diver, and Deep Diver certifications while having a fun and exciting weekend vacation. If you have never been on a dive trip with The Scuba Guy, you've missed being with a group of people that know how to have a great time.
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