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This is an activity about image resolution. Learners will recreate a solar image taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) using various sizes of building bricks, and discuss how their recreations relate to image resolution. Learners will also... (View More) compare SDO images to solar images from older spacecraft to see how improved technology helps scientists learn more about the Sun. (View Less)
This activity is about planetary rovers. Learners will simulate the challenges in communications that engineers face when driving a rover on Mars. They will particpate as part of a rover team to design and execute a series of commands that will... (View More) guide a rover made of people through an obstacle course simulating the Martian surface. Students will learn the limitations of operating a planetary rover and problem solving solutions by using this simulation. The lesson models the engineering design process using the 5E instructional model and includes teacher notes, vocabulary, student journal and reading. (View Less)
Using three images from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission, students measure and analyze infrared light from objects to identify Brown Dwarfs and Ultra-Luminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs). The lesson includes a teacher's guide,... (View More) student worksheet and PowerPoint presentation (which contains the three images to be analyzed). (View Less)
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This activity is about rocket shape and performance. Learners will test a rocket model and predict its motion. They will launch their rocket multiple times, make observations and record the distance it traveled. They will have the opportunity to... (View More) answer a research question by collecting and analyzing data related to finding out the best nose cone length and predicting the motion of their model rockets. The lesson models the engineering design process using the 5E instructional model and includes teacher notes, vocabulary, student journal and reading. (View Less)
This is an activity about spacecraft design. Teams of learners will model how scientists and engineers design and build spacecraft to collect, store, and transmit data to earth. Teams will design a system to store and transmit topographic data of... (View More) the Moon and then analyze that data and compare it to data collected by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter . (View Less)
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Using common items - a glass soft drink bottle, a straw, clay and food coloring - students assemble and calibrate a thermometer and then use it to measure outdoor temperatures. Students record and graph the temperature data and, additionally,... (View More) complete scale conversion problems, a written assignment and an oral presentation. The Students' Cloud Observations On-Line (S'COOL) project engages students in making and reporting ground truth observations of clouds then comparing those observations with data from the CERES satellite instrument. (View Less)
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Air traffic (and therefore airplane contrails) was halted nationwide for nearly three days following September 11, 2001. Students will investigate whether that stoppage resulted in any changes to cloud cover, temperature and/or radiation. Using the... (View More) MY NASA DATA Live Access Server (LAS), students gather satellite data on each of the three atmospheric parameters around that time frame. Working in teams, they read, compare and discuss two accompanying articles, then use the data from the LAS to create a PowerPoint presentation contending whether it was the lack of contrails or simply natural weather patterns at the time that was responsible for the increase in the range of temperatures. This lesson uses student- and citizen science-friendly microsets of authentic NASA Earth system science data from the MY NASA DATA project. It includes detailed procedures, analysis questions, teacher notes, related links, background information, lesson extensions, and a list of related AP Environmental Science topics. (View Less)
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This is an activity about Earth's magnetic field. Learners will construct a soda bottle magnetometer, collect data, and analyze the results to detect magnetic storm events. Ideally, learners should collect data for at least a month. If several... (View More) months are available for data collection, this is ideal. This is the first activity as part of the iMAGiNETICspace: Where Imagination, Magnetism, and Space Collide educator's guide. Instructions for downloading the iBook educator's guide and the associated Transmedia book student guide are available at the resource link. (View Less)
This is an activity about size and scale. Learners will construct a 3-D model scale model of one of the MMS satellites. After, they will calculate the octagonal area of the top and bottom of the satellites, given the measurements of the satellite.... (View More) Then, learners will compare the octagonal cross-section area of the satellites with the circular cross-section area of the launch vehicle to determine if the eight-sided spacecraft will fit the circular rocket hull. This is lesson one as part of the MMS Mission Educator's Instructional Guide. (View Less)
Using the MY NASA DATA Live Access Server (LAS), students gather data on both solar radiation and surface temperature for two same-latitude locations. Students then create online graphs of that data to allow for analysis and comparison. This lesson... (View More) uses student- and citizen science-friendly microsets of authentic NASA Earth system science data from the MY NASA DATA project. It includes detailed procedures, analysis questions, teacher notes, related links, background information, lesson extensions, and a list of related AP Environmental Science topics. (View Less)
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Kurtis Todd Sobush, M.D., has joined the faculty of Saint Louis University School of Medicine as an assistant professor of pediatrics in the Division of Pulmonary Medicine. Dr. Sobush earned his medical degree from Saint Louis University School of Medicine, where he also completed his pediatric residency, followed by a pediatric pulmonary medicine fellowship at Duke University. He joins SLUCare from Duke University.
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'Jon & Kate' still lures us -- but for new reasons
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It's still called "Jon & Kate Plus 8,'' though, as the bloggerati have joked for months, it's more like "Jon Minus 9'' or "Kate Plus 8 Minus 1'' or, I might humbly suggest, "8 Plus 2 Zeroes.'' Having witnessed the dissolution of a marriage, America now gets front-row seats for a joint-custody arrangement. Jon and Kate Gosselin, unable to escape the paparazzi or the lure of the cameras or the bounty of their TLC contract, will not go away.
Instead, they'll return tomorrow night at 9 for a new set of "Jon & Kate'' episodes, promoted by TLC as a study of two separate but equally loving parents, moving on with their lives while caring for eight kids. In upcoming episodes, we'll see Kate clumsily pitch a tent in the backyard and talk about how she now has to do guy things on her own.
Why this show remains on the air is hardly a mystery; it's a ratings bonanza for TLC, much more so since the Gosselins have shoved the Jolie-Pitts off the tabloid covers. As it becomes a tale of the logistics of divorce, it could be more relatable than ever; a lot more couples split up than have sextuplets.
But how long "Jon & Kate'' will keep the viewers salivating will depend on how much of the story TLC chooses to tell us. There were the on-air professions of normalcy, after all, that characterized the epi sodes early this summer, and the pulpier tale that played out in the press during the show's brief hiatus.
There have been new romances, at least on Jon's side; it's hard to keep up, but seems he's now dating a reporter who covered him for the tabloid Star, then nobly vacated her job in the name of journalistic integrity. There have been real estate transactions: Jon's $5,000-a-month apartment in New York, Kate's cheaper pad in less-exciting Rockville, Md.
Mostly, though, we've been privy to a PR battle over who is the worse parent. Is it Jon, who let a fashion designer pay for what Us Weekly dubbed a "champagne-soaked weekend'' with his girl-friend in St. Tropez? Or is it Kate, alleged to have ignored her kids' tears as she hustled them grimly to a six-hour photo shoot? Is Kate the woman who, in her "exclusive'' interview with People, shed tears over her marriage as her kids were "happily playing'' in the next room? Or is she the one in the viral video, denying water to one child while swigging from a bottle herself - as she made her fidgety brood sit still for an "Access Hollywood'' interview? "You're really, really mean,'' the girl whined, standing in for the rest of America.
TLC is in a tricky spot; the network has branded itself as the warm-hearted TV home of oversize families and undersize people, so it has some interest in showing the Gosselins as caring parents with their kids' needs at heart. On the other hand, the "Jon & Kate'' ratings have soared since the tabloids took hold - especially for the heavily promoted "big announcement'' shows in which the Gosselins discussed their marital woes and announced their divorce. More characteristically milquetoast episodes, such as one where the Gosselins got rides from the cast of "American Chopper,'' haven't fared as well.
America likes fertility, but it likes strife more. The Duggars, the pious and much better-behaved family on TLC's "18 Kids and Counting,'' get less than half of the "Jon & Kate'' viewership, according to Nielsen ratings - though if Jim Bob went on a secret tryst to St. Tropez, there's no telling how many would watch.
On "Jon & Kate'' episodes thus far, TLC has handled things slyly, showing paparazzi lurking in the supermarket parking lot, allowing Kate to growl about the coverage and Jon to whine, while still maintaining the original format of cuddly scenes with adorable kids interspersed with confessionals on the sofa. How the kids feel has barely been mentioned, but the "Plus 8'' part of the show was always an afterthought, a means to get to those sofa scenes, where the real heart of the series lay.
The nasty people in the tabloids this summer, after all, are just extensions of the characters the Gosselins played on TV: It wasn't the extreme number of kids that made the show a hit so much as the extreme way they embodied the stereotype of marriage that has persisted since the dawn of civilization. Jon was the doltish, henpecked guy who finally got around to hanging those shelves in the garage. Kate was the nagging taskmaster who pointed out that they were crooked.
Even before the marriage fell apart, the show had started to turn into a freak-show version of itself: As their fame increased, the stars' teeth grew whiter, their bellies slimmer, their clothes fancier. Kate's hair, once brown, grew blonder and more devilishly asymmetrical by the week. Two people who seemed to be in love, despite the bickering, grew less loving and less likable by far.
It was just a matter of time, then, before the couch they shared became a solo platform for backhanded jibes. Whether the show keeps its viewers now will depend on whether things stay nasty enough to feed the tabloids, which feed the ratings, which feed the tabloids again. Nobody watches TV to see an amicable divorce, and Jon and Kate have set the bar for bitterness high. Now, it's their solemn duty to keep it up. Or, alternately, they could just vacate the airwaves for good.
Joanna Weiss can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. For more on TV, go to www.viewerdiscretion.net.


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Galvin Bistrot de Luxe's birthday
Rain in the summer in London is a real pain because even if it looks cold outside, it's really not. Rather, it's muggy and humid and when I get to wherever I'm going, I'm all hot and sweaty because I overdressed. Such was the case as I arrived at Galvin's Bistrot De Luxe for a pre-birthday dinner a few weeks ago. Galvin had just the thing to cool me down as I joined everyone else at the dinner table. Sipping on a French 75, the house aperitif for the month of September in celebration of their birthday, was just the ticket. Galvin has taken the classic cocktail and put a twist on it, originally made with champagne, gin, lemon juice and sugar, they've substituted the gin for calvados which gave it a nice apple-y twist. Hosted by Sara Galvin, we were there to take a trip down memory lane to five years previous and sample the menu as it was then. On the menu for dinner were some originals from 5 years ago. Starting with the terrine of ham hock & foie gras with onion confit, a very tasty, meaty slab of terrine, it was paired with an Alsatian riesling, the Brandluft 2006 from Dom. Lucas & Andre Rieffel. I love most rieslings and think they are great food wines. The Brandluft did not disappoint, a classic nose of spices, limes and riverside minerality with plenty of ripe peaches on the palate and a refreshing limey finish. A fruity but dry wine, it worked a quite well with the sweetness of the ham, score another one for riesling. A Corbieres was next, the 2008 Ch. Ollieux-Romanis. A blend of carignan, syrah and grenache it's a big, powerful wine. Carignan is always a signal for rather muscular wines to my mind and this was definitely in that category. Blackberries and fruits on the nose and palate with excellent structure, a wine that was suited to the Pithivier of wood pigeon & quail that we had...read more


text: Close Tweet0 Share0 Comment0 Share0 Share0 Stumble It0 Print0 More Point Forward Knicks sign Kenyon Martin for the rest of the season by Ben Golliver Twitter Email Posted: Fri Mar. 15, 2013 The Knicks signed Kenyon Martin for the rest of the season. (Sam Forencich/Getty Images)By Ben GolliverThe Knicks announced Friday that forward Kenyon Martin has been signed through the rest of the 2012-13 season. The move comes after Martin was first signed to a pair of 10-day contracts beginning in February.Martin's signing isn't surprising in the least. Amar'e Stoudemire was recently lost for roughly six weeks due to his second knee debridement of the season, forcing Martin into action in a larger role than originally anticipated.The veteran forward, who went unsigned until March, is averaging 5.7 points and 3.2 rebounds in 18.8 minutes in six appearances for New York. He played 30 minutes for the Knicks in a Thursday night loss to the Blazers, as New York was without Stoudemire, Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler because of knee injuries. The No. 1 pick in the 2000 draft has evolved into a snarling, physical rebounder/enforcer type in recent years, and he fits right in with an aging frontcourt reserve group that includes the likes of Marcus Camby and Kurt Thomas.New York is currently the Eastern Conference's No. 3 seed with a record of 38-25. Martin played meaningful postseason minutes for the Clippers last season, averaging 4.5 points and 3.2 rebounds in 11 playoff appearances, but he was forced to look in the mirror earlier this season when the Clippers moved on without him and he wasn't able to catch on anywhere else as a free agent. Martin, 35, holds career averages of 12.9 points and seven rebounds per game. Promoted Stories Comments


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Following the recipe closely, I found that it made 13 cups (!) which I reduced to 10 cups. Since I was making this stock for chicken soup, I poached a bone-in, skin-on half chicken breast with the carcass, removing it, shredding it, and setting it aside after about 20 minutes. After straining the finished unseasoned stock, I added some small bow-tie pasta, o-ring pasta, broccoli, and julienned carrots, all of which were precooked. Then I froze three quarts of soup. Season with salt and pepper after defrosting and, if the pasta absorbs some of the liquid, add canned chicken broth to one's liking. This made a very good chicken soup.flag if inappropriate


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Counting the costs of Taiwan's student rally
Publication Date : 09-04-2014
The students have won. But has Taiwan lost?
On Thursday, Taiwan's Occupy Parliament movement to oppose a service trade pact with China will come to an end.
By 6pm, the students will furl the posters poking fun at President Ma Ying-jeou, pack up their sleeping bags and vacate the legislature building that they have occupied for more than three weeks.
Their departure will conclude one of Taiwan's most dramatic political episodes in recent years.
But it is not over for Ma's government. The 23-day movement may not ultimately stop Taiwan's march towards closer ties with the Chinese behemoth. But in the short term, it will have to find a new way forward in two affected areas: the economy and cross-strait relations.
The most significant concession that led the students to end their occupation was a pledge by Speaker Wang Jin-pyng of the Kuomintang (KMT) to put the controversial services pact on ice, until the passage of a new law to monitor all cross-strait accords - a move some KMT members lambasted as a "betrayal".
What it means is that the current pact - 10 months in the signing and which Ma had hoped to have ratified by the legislature by June - will be delayed indefinitely until the oversight law, contentious in itself, is hammered out by the various political parties. Already, the parties are locked in intractable politicking in the run-up to this November's local polls and 2016's presidential election.
Professor Wu Yu-shan, director at the Institute of Political Science of Academia Sinica, does not mince his words, saying: "Society has been blackmailed and Parliament held hostage, with the demand that the government produces solutions that satisfy them.
"The services trade pact is doomed."
This, in turn, could slow any recovery of Taiwan's stagnant economy. The pact aims to open up 64 and 80 service sectors in Taiwan and China respectively, ranging from beauty salons to banks.
While the students believe the pact will hurt Taiwan's small businesses, its advocates say it represents an overall boost for the economy. Merrill Lynch forecasts that the economy will grow by 2.9 per cent if the pact comes into force, but just 2.5 per cent otherwise. Ma has said it could create 12,000 jobs and is "a guarantee of Taiwan's future competitiveness".
Other things are riding on it, including a pending goods trade pact with China, which now buys 40 per cent of Taiwan's exports. South Korea, its main rival, meanwhile is going full steam ahead in negotiating a free trade agreement with China.
"There are overlaps in some of our export goods such as motherboards and other electronic components," says Dr Ku Yin-hua of the state-funded Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research. "If Korea gets there first, we will be in a very disadvantaged position."
Some mainland observers such as Professor Chu Jintao of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences believe Beijing can be sympathetic to Ma's difficulties and liberalise its markets first.
"We can let the Taiwanese companies come in first. After all, we believe it is part of the country, so why not give them the benefits to help them see the positive side of things?" says Chu.
But such blatant giveaways will just cement popular misgivings in Taiwan about China's motive - to absorb it. In that sense, Ma faces a difficult task - to try to revive the island's economy by engaging with the largest regional economy, and yet contend with suspicions about drawing closer to it.
Looking ahead, his work will be made harder by the fact that his standing with Beijing would have dropped as well, as a result of his handling of the saga, says Wu. Cross-strait ties which have warmed under Ma's tenure since 2008 will also be put on ice.
While some such as Professor Shaw Chong Hai from China Culture University believe relations will not be affected - "China has invested six years in this; it will not backtrack because of this," he says - others think otherwise.
Already, there is collateral damage. A trip by China's top official in charge of cross-strait relations Zhang Zhijun - he had hoped to visit in the first half of this year - has been postponed. Provincial delegations' trips have also been put off, observes Professor Chao Chien-min, deputy chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council during Ma's first term.
Contrasting the chips on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, Wu says that Chinese President Xi Jinping, despite his anxiousness to move on cross-strait ties, has until 2022 to play the game out. Ma has just two years to go before the next election - which the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) seems poised to win - and is pretty much "a lame duck".
"The whole process has been torpedoed, and it will take more effort to resume the trust between Taipei and Beijing," he says.
For the students and their supporters, their victory has propelled a drive to train much-needed transparency on all future cross-strait talks. Both governments have also been put on notice on the need for far more public discussions in an area that generates polarising concerns.
Chao, for one, thinks it is time to bring back an inter-ministerial body that has to conduct public forums on various cross-strait issues.
"Cross-strait relations is a two-pronged effort - with Beijing, and with the Taiwanese public as well. We need to refocus on the second prong too."
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Written by Tyler Cole | 14 June 2011
Flight over the North Caucasus mountains to Mestia (Svaneti) from Tbilisi, Georgia from Tyler Cole on Vimeo.
More about my visit to Georgia: http://bit.ly/kSqyl1
After learning about a $40, one-hour flight to the difficult to access town of Mestia in the northwestern region of Georgia tucked away in the Caucasus mountains, I abandoned all intention of getting there by minibus and bought a seat on the next available flight. Luckily, there was amazing weather over the mountains and the views were stunning. Towards the end of the video I have a few shots if Ushguli, considered the highest inhabited town in "Europe", located about 45 km and three hours from Mestia over bone-jarring roads. The nice old lady you see toward the end was the caretaker of a 9th century church in the area with some incredibly ancient frescoes.


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Silence walks me out to the ledge and says jump and there will be nothing there to catch you.
The winds of my body are in an uproar, tossing my mind to bits.
In Afghanistan, the Buddhas of Bamiyan crash to the ground and what rises out of the rubble is a madness in my heart that allows no room for answers.
Twin towers fall, and it doesn't hurt, I mean really hurt, until I hear of a woman calling her husband and three kids to tell them she loves them, right before the plane drops down into a heap.
My shoulders are two towers that barricade my heart and it takes a 20 hour plane ride and a 4 hour jeep trek up into the foothills of the Himalayas, to Sivas temple, to even begin to recognize the gate, the wall that keeps me out.
A beautiful boy, no more than 12, watches the temple fire, kept burning all day and all night. He touches the ash, the vibhuti, to my forehead and we sit in silence, forgetting the world, the story, the script.
Again I am walked to the ledge, yearning to drop off, knowing not even the ethers could catch me.
In this temple, this silence, this empty space, there are no claims to god, bought and dug up like a gold mine and rationed.
There are no palaces of words and ideas staking ownership over the 'right' path.
No trademarks or labels to mark the hierarchy.
There is nothing to theorize or grip to.
There is only this movement towards abandon, a need to live empty, to not follow any rules.
A movement as soft as the early morning light — it's shimmer of gold breathing gently down this mountain….
A movement as easy as a Red Tail suspended in the updraft…
As steady and as fierce as Mother Ganga melting away rock.
It is a moment, after years of searching, of following this path or that, when finally dropping off onto unbroken ground, not previously seen, I recognize that there is no path and no one to blame.
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In the eyes of a boy tending fire…
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A lot of whining of snarky-defensive talk goes on online on Valentine's Day. But one person has seen through all the FOREVERALONE to make good use of it! Roghek, she of the funny and occasionally odd tweets, has brought us a breakthrough concept.
What are all this forever alone tweets? We have enough foreveralone people to make 2 harems, and everyone will have a harem to chose from xP
Clearly this line of thought needs to be operationalized. Who knows how many countless souls wander around looking to be part of a harem? To this end I have drafted the following form for Roghek Inc.'s Staffing Division to best place you, the aspiring harem member, with one of our many partnered firms.
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Kohai (ideal harem lead is older than you) Oneesan
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Tsundere Kuudere
Yandere Osananajimi/Childhood Friend
Shota Senpai (ideal harem lead is younger than you)
Kohai (ideal harem lead is older than you) Angsty
Too-shy Butler
Onii-san/chan (non-blood related) Onii-san/chan (blood-related)
Salaryman Former Bad Guy
Smooth Talker Overachiever
Slacker Strong Silent Type
Schemer/Keikaku Doori Otaku (social)
Otaku (slovenly) Teacher/Officer/Authority Figure
Musician Trap
Other (fill in blank) _____________
Megane?: Y/N
If no, would you be willing to wear glasses anyway?: Y/N
Typical dress/fashion:
Qualifications (relevant licenses, training, education, experience) :
Unique catchphrase, sentence ending, pose or expression:
What would you bring to this harem?
As for myself… (and fill out what kind of character you'd be in the comments!)
Name: ExecutiveOtaku
Gender: Male
Type of harem sought: straight
Species (select all that apply) : Human (badass normal)
Archetypes (if male). Select up to four from the area below: Kuudere, Kohai (ideal harem lead is older than you), Schemer/Keikaku Doori, Otaku (social)
Megane?: N
If no, would you be willing to wear glasses anyway?: Y
Typical dress/fashion: Mecha pilot suit/flight suit; dressy casual.
Qualifications (relevant licenses, training, education, experience) :
– Class III mecha piloting license.
– Watched Honey and Clover at least five times.
– Macross Lifer Cross – awarded for surviving Macross 7.
– Bachelor's degree – mecha and shoujo double major.
– Master's degree – shipping studies.
– Suave mother- shut your mouth (certificate issued by Hana)
– Completed 'Immortal Colasour' training in normal badassery and TAISA~ worship.
Unique catchphrase, sentence ending, pose or expression: assorted quotes (and altered quotes) at random moments.
What would you bring to this harem? I feel that I would be an excellent candidate for any realistic romance or mecha sci-fi harem. I believe that I am eminently qualified to take the role of cool-but-supportive character who can quickly warm up to my haremette leader if given the chance. Until that point, I would serve a useful role as a friend/team player/wingman (literally and figuratively) to the other characters depending upon the genre. I would also be enthusiastic at the prospect of being part of a beta couple outside the main GOOD END or HAREM END. Ideally would not end up as the supporting character who dies half way through.


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Wednesday, 12 August 2009
Laura Hastings, Director of Account Management, Goodmail
Or it could be because women tend to have lots of photos of themselves to hand, so there's no need to book a proper photography session.
10 comments:
- phorenzik said...
Someone's Photo-shopped her face and made her look like a PSYCHOPATHIC KILLER!
- 12 August 2009 at 14:14
- Anonymous said...
You people need to get a life and focus on more important things.
- 19 August 2009 at 22:01
- The CEO said...
Believe it or not, Mr Hastings, but this is one of the top three most important things in my life at the moment.
- 19 August 2009 at 22:38
- Waist said...
This is a bad photo with the flash-reflection all over her forehead, cheeks and lips. It's also casting a harsh shadow behind her cheeks and under her chin (again from the flash). Her head stands out from her hair since there is a huge light-to-dark contrast.
Maybe it's all a good thing since she certainly didn't get the job on the basis of this photo. I imagine a decent photo would make her look much better.
- 26 August 2009 at 04:10
- Anonymous said...
She looks like a complete b*tch.
- 30 August 2009 at 16:24
- Anonymous said...
Wow! How come I never get to work with women that are this hot!?!
- 18 September 2009 at 18:26
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- 6 December 2010 at 19:35
- Anonymous said...
She is a bitch and a thief.
- 20 January 2011 at 23:38
- Anonymous said...
Looks like anonymous from August 30th didn't get the job and is still mad about it in Jan 2011. HAHA!
- 24 June 2011 at 06:46
- Fred Bellitnakopt said...
nice white teeth. maybe she uses those glow at night inserts?
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Sitting on a bench, late in life, holding hands with the one you have loved all these years.
In his hand is a dried dandelion. Then he looks at you just like he did all those years ago and says "Make a Wish".
You close your eyes and remember back to the time you first met on the playground, surrounded by the sound of children laughing. On that day you made your first wish together. And it's now revealed your hope and dream that day was "Wish Me Love".
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Rodrigo Nino is the CEO and founder of Prodigy Network, a commercial real estate crowdfunding platform. Nino has raised more than $300 million from 6,200 investors and is currently developing commercial real estate projects in Bogota and Manhattan with a projected value of more than $850 million. Major money center banks like Deutsche Bank, CIBC and Bank of America provided traditional financing for Prodigy's Manhattan projects. As a proponent of the Crowd-Economy as the main tool against inequality, Nino has spoken at worldwide conferences and was a noteworthy guest at New York University, MIT, Yale University, Harvard University and the AEDES gallery in Berlin, Germany. Nino is often featured in leading publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Businessweek, Forbes, The Economist, The New York Times and Fast Company among others. A Colombian native and a Manhattan resident, Nino belives Prodigy Network's crowdfunding model as an efficient and secure mechanism that enables smaller investors from around the world to invest in specific projects that were solely accessible to the very wealthy before.
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A serial tech entrepreneur and technologist, founder, writer and conference creator Barry created TheCrowdfundingCentre, now a global resource for #Crowdfunding, and VentureFundingHubs an innovation to support entrepreneurs globally. He has a long history in #Fintech stretching back to the late 1970s. Founder of the UK's first national conference, Crowdfunding:Deep Impact, he has been at the forefront of the development of Fintech and crowdfunding in the UK, and internationally, since its earliest days helping found the UK's All-Party-Parliamentary-Group on the subject and influencing the nature and direction of regulation. As a pioneering systems and eco-system architect, he and his team remain active in creating new models and new technology, including the creation of more than 70 funding hubs worldwide.


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Columbia, SC (WLTX) - Changing the ways of young offenders-- that's what authorities with the Department of Juvenile Justice hope to do with a new program unveiled on Tuesday morning.
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
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ALBANY, Ga. -- Corey Smith's new single "Twenty-one" is not your typical country music fare. An introspective number (think Taylor Swift without the teenage drama) about first looking forward -- and then looking back, wistfully -- at that magical age of the title, the song would sound more at home on a matchbox 20 or a Sister Hazel, circa 2000, album.
But Smith has never done anything "typical" in his career. A former school teacher who built a following by releasing his music independently, playing at an ever-widening circle of venues from smoky bars to cozy clubs to amphitheaters, and relying on social networking sites to spread the word, the Jefferson, Ga., native is something of an anomoly in a musical genre whose lifeblood has always flown through Music City.
But "Twenty-one," which is the lead single from his new album "The Broken Record" (due in May), could change all that. The longing of youth ("When I was only 17 I couldn't wait for 21"), the fuzzy memories of finally reaching "drinking age" ("I was breaking hearts and taking names and numbers just for fun"), and finally the reality that 21 is now in the rearview mirror ("I'm somewhere in the gray of middle class and middle age" ... "My favorite conversation starts with 'I remember when' ...") make the song a potential break-out for the man whose approach to his career has remained steadfastly independent.
"I doubt anyone could've predicted my career path," Smith wrote on his website. "By largely bypassing Nashville, it looks remarkably different than most other country artists' careers. However, unearthing my roots in Jefferson in hopes of finding fertile ground in Music City was never of interest. Likewise, a major record deal was unfeasible.
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|The Guadalupe Neighborhood has long been threatened by encroachment through the last several decades by over-zoning to facilitate industrial development, by proximity to downtown which makes it attractive to developers and speculators, and most recently by gentrification which would drive out lower income residents. So in 1979 when local officials proposed to condemn 14 families homes for a park and shopping area around the historic French Legation, neighborhood residents, with the help of the local church, organized to oppose the measure. The immediate threat to residents homes along with fear of ensuing speculation over adjacent homes mobilized the neighborhood. Their efforts not only succeeded in defeating the proposal, but also in securing the $600,000 dollars intended for the French Legation Park to preserve and create more affordable housing in their neighborhood.
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