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I went out to eat with a group of friends and did not 'pig out'. I brought 2/3rds of the meal home and skipped dessert completely. I drank water with a little lemon and ate all my salad. I did 'overdo' on the rolls though. They were piping hot a... Read more
Monday, November 09, 2009
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Today started off a little frustrating at work as I could not get in as the person who normally opens was in Chicago and forgot about my coming in early. Thus, paperwork didn't get finished today and will have to be added to tomorrow's things to... Read more
Sunday, November 08, 2009
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I've spent time the past two days raking leaves. It is an enjoyable pastime on a warm autumn day. The pile on my curb lawn is now higher than my knees. However, there are still leaves falling and many more on the trees to still come down. Hopefu... Read more
Friday, November 06, 2009
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We're supposed to have a few days coming that are in the 60's. It will give me a chance to get the leaves raked. This is a multi-day task as there are several trees in my yard. Hopefully, the wind that we are to have tomorrow will be blowing in ... Read more
Thursday, November 05, 2009
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Getting the H1N1 vaccine takes thoughtful consideration. I felt it was right for me as I am a health care worker with underlying medical conditions. I received the injection last night. I was about 40 min early for the clinic and was through wit... Read more
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
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I appreciate all the comments on my recent blogs. I am having a better day today. Smiling has picked up my mood. I am taking it a day at a time.... Read more
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
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I have been remenencing a lot about the good times Tim and I had. Last night there was a church service remembering those who passed away during the past year. It brought tears to my eyes. It was beautifully done. Everyone who lost a love one wa... Read more
Sunday, November 01, 2009
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I will be going with Tim's brother and sister-in-law to visit Tim's grave today. I have flowers to leave there. It's been a little over 5 months since his death but I still miss him. The holidays will be a bit lonelier as we went to Christmas an... Read more
Saturday, October 31, 2009
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Today my grandchildren are trick-or-treating. They are dressing as everything from a Chinese war lord to a cat. How I wish they didn't look forward to the junk they'll receive in their bags. How I wish more people would give coins, trinkets or s... Read more
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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My sister-in-law has lost another sister to cancer. I was at calling hours today. The funeral is tomorrow but I have to work. It is very hard on my sister-in-law as her parents are also gone. We shared hugs.... Read more
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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After the great weekend, I developed laryngitis, so took Monday off to sleep and recuperate. Today, I was back to work. I saw one new patient and a few others. I gave a couple of flu vaccines and taught a patient how to use a piece of medical eq... Read more
Monday, October 26, 2009
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On Friday night, two of my sisters, five nieces and I arrived to set things up for our weekend. We decorated the cabin in Halloween style and the pavilion for a wedding shower. On Saturday, the rest arrived (in all, 24 more for a total of 32). W... Read more
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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Once a year, my sisters and female relatives (Mother, nieces, daughters, granddaughters) get together for a weekend of fun. This can include anything from hiking and horseback riding to facials and pedicures. We have gone shopping in Amish count... Read more
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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Today was a better day for exercise. I walked and did steps. After the weekend, I decided that was enough. I know if I overdo and get too sore, I'll skip exercising completely. So, I'll build back up into my routine.... Read more
Monday, October 19, 2009
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Directed by anyone else, Masculine Feminine--one of three movies that Godard made in his peak year, 1966--would be a masterpiece. For the young JLG it's business as usual.
Masculine, Feminine could be viewed as Godard's reaction to his own success and the state of the world around him.
One of the quintessential '60s foreign art films, a bizarre melange of pop music, revolution, sex, movie allusions and poetry. It's a masterpiece of sorts by one of the most important European filmmakers of that era. But it's also a movie that can drive you crazy.
One of the most alluring and bizarre shapes that Godard's itchy search for truth and meaning took in those heady long-ago days. In comparison, most Hollywood movies are like tiddlywinks.
This document of youthful confusion has not aged one minute. If anything, its detached, discursive and sympathetic observation of the earnest foolishness of post-baccalaureate, pre-1968 Parisians is more acute, and more prophetic, than ever.
Remains worth seeing as an achingly nostalgic farewell to youthful idealism, tinged with a kind of loving contempt.
Jean-Luc Godard visited the world of young folk to create his most humane film. (Review of Original Release)
Godard works with a bright style and a sense of humor and his pictures leave a cumulative impression. (Review of Original Release)
It's cumulatively entertaining, and a fascinating and nostalgic time capsule of its era. Watch for the cameo by Brigitte Bardot.
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Apr 30, 2014My fourth Godard's film (CONTEMPT 1963, 7/10; BREATHLESS 1960, 9/10; PIERROT LE FOU 1965, 7/10) so far, thus apparently I am not a newbie inMy fourth Godard's film (CONTEMPT 1963, 7/10; BREATHLESS 1960, 9/10; PIERROT LE FOU 1965, 7/10) so far, thus apparently I am not a newbie in Godard school, but to see the defiant Jean-Pierre Léaud (Francois Truffaut's alter ego in THE 400 BLOWS 1959, 9/10) has grown into a handsome young man, a boy-becomes-man leap from Antoine Doinel to Paul, with sharp stare, worldly-wise sophistication (a wonderful whistler and vocalist too), in a Godard's picture, which strikes as a sublime force of naturalistic liaison between La Nouvelle Vague auteurs.
read rest of the review in my blog, google "cinema omnivore"… Full Review »
kckiDec 5, 2005Ugghh! I tried to appreciate it's unique context, blah, blah, blah...in the end I would have sacrificed my own family to stop watching Ugghh! I tried to appreciate it's unique context, blah, blah, blah...in the end I would have sacrificed my own family to stop watching the movie. The tedium was endless.… Full Review »

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I am glad I am not that person,just want to stay in the shadows *Looks on from shadows at screen*.
Calradia Reimagined takes us back to a different version of the M&B land we all know so well. What if the Swadians had decided that Archers and Shock Infantry would serve them better in the forested hills of their lands? What if they had never even been called the Kingdom of Swadia? What if the Rymor Republic was formed when the Mountain Towns broke away from the Kingdom of Anglior? This mod brings in new factions, new mechanics, new graphics and an entirely new feel to the base game.
I am glad I am not that person,just want to stay in the shadows *Looks on from shadows at screen*.
Nah, Alby is an okay guy, he's just a bit... challenged at times.
Though I do love you all for playing the mod and communicating with me, some of you are extremely loyal and extremely dopey. It is with this in mind I present this image of one of Calradia Reimagined's greatest fans deciding he wants to be a German. This is all in good fun, so please, nobody take offence! (This actually happened in conversation, it's not set up.)


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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
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My thoughts and prayers are with ALL those effected by the storm that is hitting the east coast. The images are heartwrenching...
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Monday, October 29, 2012
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Weighed in this morning.... officially down a total of 105 pounds since starting this journey... Slow and steady wins the race.... :)
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
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"At any given moment, you have the power to say: "This is NOT how this story is going to end."- Anon
We get to decide how our story ends.... based on the choices we make!!!
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
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Your desire to change must be greater than your desire to stay the same.-Anon
This quote makes me think about what I desire and what I'm willing to do get there!!!
Have a wonderful day!!!... Read more
Friday, October 26, 2012
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"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."- Michael Althsuler
This quote reminded me of just how fast life goes by, which reminds me to spend my time wisely!!!
Everyone have a great day!!!!... Read more
Thursday, October 25, 2012
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�Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.� H.L. Hunt
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Parent teacher conferences today! I'm praying LOTS and LOTS of parents stop by to discuss the... Read more
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
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Fall is my favorite season... I love the cool brisk mornings as well as the beautiful autumn colors! My walking/running/biking routes are absolutely beautiful right now; reminder of God's handiwork!
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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�It�s not that some people have willpower and some don�t. It�s that some people are ready to change and others are not.� James Gordon
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Monday, October 22, 2012
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Sunday, October 21, 2012
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Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional, and mental states.' Carol Welch
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
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If I desire abundance but keep seeing lack everywhere I look, I need to turn and look in a different direction. If I desire health but my attention is only on ailing, I must change my point of view. I can not experience, achieve, or manifest ... Read more
Friday, October 19, 2012
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32 years ago today an eighteen year old "kid", ME, married her twenty-one year old sweetheart and although our life and path has not always been easy... it has been wonderful! I am so blessed and thankful to GOD for blessing me with my husband ... Read more
Thursday, October 18, 2012
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"You never understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."- Harper Lee
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
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This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.- Theodore Roosevelt.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
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"We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers. -Seneca
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I am doing a port scanner program as part of a school project where am using raw sockets. My understanding is this:
When using multithreading with raw sockets, each pthread does NOT get a copy of the packets seen by the NIC. Hence to handle all the different thread, I would need a receiving thread that passes messages to the correct thread.
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Synonyms of florid in English:
1 a florid complexion
ruddy, red, red-faced, rosy, rosy-cheeked, pink;
flushed, blushing, high-colored
archaic sanguine
[Antonyms] pale
2 florid plasterwork
ornate, fancy, elaborate, embellished, curlicued, extravagant, flamboyant, baroque, rococo, fussy, busy
[Antonyms] plain
3 florid prose
flowery, flamboyant, high-flown, high-sounding, grandiloquent, ornate, fancy, bombastic, elaborate, turgid, pleonastic
informal highfalutin
rare fustian
[Antonyms] plain
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It's hard to believe that SunFest has been around for 32 years, but it has. The now gigantic music and art festival started out as an outdoor juried art show with some local musicians performing on a portable stage provided by Parks and Recreation.
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We live in an amazing time. Anyone can make a video and a darn good one. This video by dads Ryan O'Quinn and Todd Wilkerson shows exactly how every father in America feels. Really, really funny…until the Disney lawyers see it!
We live in an amazing time. Anyone can make a video and a darn good one. This video by dads Ryan O'Quinn and Todd Wilkerson shows exactly how every father in America feels. Really, really funny…until the Disney lawyers see it!
I'm sorry, but where are these dads that run errands? My husband works 8 to 5 so the dance classes and other errands are run by me the MOM while he is at work. ?? And trust me, I am tired of these songs, too.
You realize that is the SEXIST comment I have EVER read!!! I am sorry but there are stay at home dads and Dads who take off to do these things.
Thank you, Nic.
I've been a single father for the last 12yrs. We are out there, in that time I have been a Soccer coach, Baseball coach, Wrestling coach, Sunday school teacher & Boy Scout leader. I still make sure he has a 3-4 course meal every evening made by me. So please don't make general assumptions about dads…
A 3-4 course meal?
Meat, starch, veg,= 3 and some type of "dessert" =4 course meal! =)
Yes, a Three to Four Course meal.. That means I feed him either 3 courses or 4 courses every night…
So he gets an appetizer, a salad, a dinner and then a dessert? He eats better than I do.
Gotta beat the 4-cheese Totino waiting at home in the freezer.
No, the child probably gets a starch (course one), a vegetable(course two), a protein of some sort (course three), and perhaps a fruit or maybe a sweet. (course four) That is a modern day 3-4 course meal for a child.
Those are not courses, those are servings
Some of us work , and work at home and get to do many of these things with our kids and love doing it ! We enjoy spending time with children and while the song is parodying this, its actually wonderful being a hands on engaged dad ! Sexist statement.
Oh brother. I'm only referring to what the video description said that "EVERY father in America feels" when in reality EVERY father in America does not in fact run errands. I did not mean to exclude those dads that in fact do run errands. Let's try not to get so excited about every supposed assumption. We've become too easily offended in some areas and not offended enough where it really matters.
I know of Dads who work and they feel the same exact way- not just about running errands.
Yes of course that is true. And my 6 year old son feels that way as he covers his ears every time his older sister starts singing a Frozen song.
Just like EVERY woman doesn't do everything or backstabs her husband as being lazy and unhelpful.
And I really didn't intend to offend any single dads, work at home dads, take off work dads or any other dads. I am definitely a supporter of Dads and think dads of all kinds are great and love their kids. And I think dads AND moms and many more are tired of the
Frozen songs which is what I was saying in my previous post, Moms are
tired of these songs, too.
But I do love Disney so please don't attack me for being tired of Frozen songs that my daughter still sings.
I guess you think the world revolves around you. And because that is your situation … It must be the same for everyone.
There is a lot of us dads out there. You know, its not that our wife doesn't help enough, its that she's not there at all!. She ran off to "find herself" and explore other stupid pop culture philosophy cliches we hear instead of just facing up to the fact she's just terribly selfish. I cook, clean, listen, advise, buy clothes, heal hurts, drive carpool, drive them and go to game and plays, etc., etc….and yes, I also work.
I used to. I had a pretty flexible schedule. Not all the time, but enough. (and yes, I had to get instructions each time because the details kept changing.) Ask me about the Jungle Book – I can recite it – words and music – word for word beginning to end.
Ha ha ha… took weeks to stop singing EVERY THING IS AWESOME… from the Lego movie.
Me, too. And now we are singing it again because the DVD just came out last week.
Omg.. ME TOO!!!!! That's what I said when I watched this Dad video yesterday. You are NOT ALONE in your pain Hopeful. (note: that song is so socialistic too, but the movie is about doing your own thing.. )
LOL… I was singing that today…
My son and I feel the same way. They could torture terrorists with this stuff! My daughter and granddaughter both love it.
Hmmm…….that's not a bad idea…..if anything could get these ISIS terrorists to crack, surely it would be Disney tunes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17QQcK4l6Yw this version is better and more entertaining
I see allot of you dads that replied to a Michelle Maria on her comment about dads. Sensitive much? Seriously tho the over sensitivity in this "country of pansies" isn't just on the left but very much on the right. Stop reading that crap out of every statement made. We complain on the right about how the other side gets offended to fast and you all do it yourself to one of your own. She only made a statement as to herself. I haven't seen the movie yet myself. My niece how ever has and her and her 2 younger sisters sing those songs so much. lol
Too much soy in their diet … turns to estrogen in the system and men become … well, not so much. Back to steak and potatoes, boys.
Nah, just sick of all the crap. Didn't stop you from whining either. Kind of ironic, huh? And no, I don't complain all the time either. Stereotyping me or anyone else off of just one or two message board posts is pretty stupid. Sometimes you just have to fight fire with fire to show someone else how irritating it is.
Now we start on "Happy"….
My husband was the one that was playing that movie (and the soundtrack) over and over and over again after it came out. We all love it, but I think he plays it the most…
Y'all gotta see Philosopher Stefan Molyneux's review of Frozen on YouTube.
When does the funny part start?
Or did I miss it…
Guess you'd've had to have seen the movie, huh? (My kid's 29.)
That is too good!
Regardless of attempts to confuse legitimate government functions with "socialism", it is important to remember that they are not the same.
Oh….My…GOD!!! That is one of the funniest things I've ever seen! The Disney lawyers can drop dead; there are song parodies done all the time, and this is freakin' BRILLIANT!
My husband works 8-5pm. I work 6-2a. My husband helps fix dinner, does laundry, pays bills, grocery shops and coaches football, basketball and baseball. People are so crital of the hard work men do. Times have changed people. Both parents have to work so both parents are playing both parts. I too run the errands, clean the house, help with the dance recitals and serve in my church. There are men out there like this and thank goodness they aren't pompass chaivinistic jerks and instead love their families enough to do what has to be done while like us moms enduring the constant sounds of The Wonderful World of Disney. Go Team Mom & Dad!
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We stayed a week in this hotel. I would like to recall, that we have no friends are, if you on account of the besucheraufkommen ( nationalitätenaufkommen ) the whole focus on these guests and so the actual style, the actual flair, completely changed and tampered with. It is a pity, as this complex really the potential for a 5 star hotel should have. But with this kind of leadership not even the right in a grups to be included. We stayed for 3 days g … read hotel review
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We really enjoy our holiday and centara was an amazing Place to stay. Everthing was clean and the stuft was Friends and Nice. Thank you! It wasnt the Last time for us in centara. Please stay amazing as you are! read hotel review
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We stayed a week in this hotel. I would like to recall, that we have no friends are, if you on account of the besucheraufkommen ( nationalitätenaufkommen ) the whole focus on these guests and so the actual style, the actual flair, completely changed and tampered with. It is a pity, as this complex really the potential for a 5 star hotel should have. But with this kind of leadership not even the right in a grups to be included. We stayed for 3 days guests of the oriental mandarin in Bangkok, so was the impression of a world-class hotel ... still fresh, and even scarier, the judgment on this hotel. The check in was chaotic. Actually, our arrival nobody interested. The front desk staff was overwhelmed and was not thai, or at least with an international 'welcome' welcomes, but directly to russian. This fact was almost through the entire stay upright. The hotel could be so rather in the kremlin are established, than at the beach Pattaya. Russian theme nights, russian leaflets on the room, russian signs, russian-speaking thai in the service. Actually everything russian. We were then asked to the not yet finished room to wait. (rooms in the highest category). That is not unusual, but the related service was under all sow. Always again other times, always again new console, no interest. We have actually every demand, whether the room is ready, again newly checked in and us again and again by a variety of employees of the reception washed, until any time someone speak english. No structure visible. Without number't even have the possibility to get something to drink to arrange our own, or without badetuchkarte already times a towel for a beach chair at the pool to get, the more the time to bridge. This chaos continued for the entire stay. Breakfast chaos. No cutlery, another time, no cups. Always only cold scrambled eggs, even, if it fresh from the kitchen - cold. Not only not warm - freezing. Omelette no chance. An egg chef hopeful overstrained. Not a single morning we got a table assigned, the full set. We asked (other contraband well-known in the area), whether our parents/in-laws us during the day time to visit, because this time the pool wanted to see (the only successful in the hotel complex). We got the answer, that you are in the fitness center, day passes can buy for 250 Baht per person (for the bath-towel). There arrived we were to incomprehension and speak with hands and feet, back to the front desk sent. Other employee/new challenge. Then it cost 550 Baht per person which we also agree, probably simply only happy, because something worked. But he wanted to have a colleagues ask. Then they said we need to go after consultation with the manager hold. We asked this now, so that we do not again have to start. We got then again surprisingly a full 'no'. - they were fully booked and wool no visitors. We got the room for sleeping and two beach chairs at the pool in a peace zone for bathing. In this zone remained over our entire stay at least 10 are daily unused. A service for drinks came in one week never past. We spent most of the time outside of the hotel. Eat at the hotel on principle didn't. We are now, as scheduled on koh samui. Here we are now in a hotel (hall samui), where one service finds and experiences. Centara grand Mirage Beach resort once and definitely never again. read hotel review
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You'll love the robust taste of these tender chops. They will be as popular at your home as they are at mine. The honey and garlic sauce is so good, I sometimes double it so there's extra for dipping.—Michelle Smith, Eldersburg, Maryland
- 4 bone-in pork loin chops (6 ounces each)
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- Place a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat. Add pork chops; cook 5-6 minutes on each side or until a thermometer reads 145°. Remove and keep warm.
- In a small bowl, combine lemon juice, honey, soy sauce and garlic; add to pan. Cook over medium heat 3-4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve with chops. Yield: 4 servings.
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The world's largest software company introduces new mobile gadgetry and a controversial agricultural chemicals giant posts its latest quarterly results.
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How to say baseball in Slovak ˈbeɪsˌbɔl
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To The Point: Collected Works by Ren Hui
19 September – 30 October, 2015
Ren Hui moves you. His work draws you in and then forces distance to understand. As you move to understand his modern pointillism, Hui successfully creates three dimensional space of two dimensional paintings. He calls his art "uncomplicated and honest." Hui celebrates simple subjects with a flourish of points, dots, marks — very pure and deliberate, highlighting the simple idea that it takes many to create a whole.
Born in Nanjing in 1957, Ren Hui describes himself as a "low-profile person." At the age of twenty, he joined the army but refrained from registering as a Communist. Army life did not suit him well. "I was not a good soldier," he says, "as I wasn't proactive enough."
After three years, he left the army and found work as a steel-cutter in the Nanjing Ocean Shipping Fitting Factory. A factory worker's uniform fit him as poorly as a soldier's, and he spent much of his time reading classic novels and writing poetry and unpublished articles. In the mid 1980s, Ren Hui left factory work for good. He embarked on a long bicycle ride across central China-from Nanjing to Tibet-taking photographs and visually documenting the life he saw around him.
When he returned from his trip, Ren Hui stopped wandering and started painting. Artwork gave him the sense of purpose he lacked in other lines of work. "I feel more at ease when painting," he says. At first he created woodcarvings and paper cuttings. Later, he developed the method of dot painting for which he is known today. Painstakingly created from layers of paint applied in various densities, the circles that fill his paintings reference the dot matrix that underlies a photograph.
Ren Hui's subjects range from friends and family to political figures. "My work reflects life," he says, "We have family, friends, ourselves, history, culture, trees, flowers, buildings, demolition-all of which are reflected in my work. This is our life."
Ai Weiwei-China's famous artist, curator, and social commentator compiled an exhibition of Ren Hui's work in 2006 for the China Art and Archives Warehouse in Beijing. This exhibition, along with others in Germany, US, China, Canada, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore introduced Ren Hui to an international audience. He was born in Nanjing, China in 1957. He currently lives and works in Guangzhou, China.
Please join us for an evening of Ren Hui's art and cocktails. The opening exhibition of To the Point will take place at Pagoda Red, 400 N. Morgan, Chicago IL 60642 September 19, 2015, 5-7pm. The exhibition will continue through October 2015.
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"IT COSTS A POTOSI!!!" Top 5 Page for this destination Potosí by marcelo15
Potosí Travel Guide: 126 reviews and 359 photos
Potosi, is the highest city in the world 4020 over the sea level.
It has a lot of memories, since the discover of a great amount of silver by an indian named Diego Huallpa, the Rich Mountain, until its decadence.
yeah, this city was the most important city in the world. Some people tell us that Potosi was more crowded than London. also, that the Spanish conquerours found so much silver that they could built a bridge from Potosi to London. Can you believe that?
So this city was be able to support the economy to the other cities of Bolivia.
Mmm... folks what i saw today (02/07/04) was amazing. at the same time it really made me sad. because i had the great change to see how the miners work into the mines. I invite you to see it in my tip of THINGS TO DO. After seeing them working in that conditions, I`m sure that you`ll aprecciate more your job.
Nowadays, Potosi is the poorest city of Bolivia.
The economy from Potosi just keep working from the minerals that still exists (complejo, or complex), also from the little tourists that visit this amazing city.
Potosi, is really interesting, even for me that i`m bolivian. because i saw extraordinary narrow streets very colonial that relive the past. The mountain (Rich Mountain), the Money House. Folks all of this attractions are waiting for you...believe me it won`t let you down.
Latest news:Thanks to a vt friend i `ve just noticed about a wonderful movie about a typical family in POTOSI...from now this is one of my wishes to watch this movie...well i`ll try to get the cd as soon as i can...by the moment i just know the web site. which is: ("THE DEVIL`S MINER").
Yeah, so far this is one of my best meetings that i`ve done. A had the great change to meet Efrain, who guided me when i did the tour of the mines, and also he has worked for eight years in the mines. And of course i enjoyed a lot the tour and his friendship.
Amigo Efrain, i won`t be able to forgive you!!! QUE VIVAS POR MUCHO TIEMPO MI HERMANO!!!
When the miners are into the mine, their divinity is the devil ( better known as el tio). ountside they believe in God as some of us.
This picture was taken into the mine, where you can see a museum as a good attraction.
- Pros:beautiful colonial houses, churches amazing people.
- Cons:what? perhaps the cold, but who cares!!!
- In a nutshell:VIVA MI POTOSI...Defintely i`ll be back!!!!
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Great pages Marcelo, you get all the information about Bolivia, very helpful and interesting
Potosi will be one of my next places I want to visit
La visita a la mina es algo realmente impresionante
Thanks for the great tips marcelo, I saw the movie "The Devil's Miner" yesterday and it really made me feel like I was in Potosi for an hour. The miner's life is unbelievable and deeply moving
Hola Marcelo! Una pagina muy buena de potosi. Algun dia espero visitarlo. Fleiz cumpleaños desde Finlandia!
it's seems like i have to include Potosi in my travel plans;do many tourists go there?
me ha encantado tu página sobre Potosí. Vaya vueltas ke da la vida. Un saludo desde Euskadi
oh yes it has been very, very cold at nite in Potosi and no hot showers....we survived, just ^..^ good to see the Town moved on, lovely Hostel there. tkas for sharing Marcelo
Great page! It's always good to meet nice friends! Well, i would love to see those beautiful colonial houses and those drunk miners haha. Llamas? Maybe to ride on them (if possible) than to eat them he?
Otra joyita tuya. La dura historia de Potosi es bien conocida por aqui, aunque no con tanto detalle adquirido en una visita personal. Gracias por abrir mas nuestros ojos. Un abrazo
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Why you've already missed the hottest marketing opportunity
Feb 5th
By Eric Wittlake, {grow} Contributing Columnist
Want to take advantage of today's hot new marketing opportunity? Sorry, you've already missed the boat.
The best opportunity goes to the marketers who identify it well before it's hot, not the ones who join at the frothy peak. You won't see those initial eye-popping results today.
This trend has played out time and time again.
The first online banner ad, for AT&T, 44% click rate. Today's average click rate for an ad the same size (468×60) rounds off to a nice even 0.0%! The only 44% you are likely to find in today's banner discussion is the percentage of people with an ad blocker installed.
In 1978, Gary Thuerk sent the first unsolicited email to a whopping 400 people. The result? He successfully drove attendance to two in-person events and ultimately closed more than $10 million in sales. Today's unsolicited marketing email to 400 people wouldn't be expected to get a single webinar attendee!
Over the last 16 months, organic reach of brand posts on Facebook dropped from 26% to just 7.8%. That's 70% shaved from the results of your Facebook efforts just for getting started 16 months later!
The story is the always the same. Twitter. Online video. Google AdWords. Blogging. Infographics. Native Ads. The marketers who get in early are the ones with the headline-making results.
Find Your Opportunities
What can we learn from these and other early adopters who captured outsized returns?
- Innovate. AT&T took advantage of a brand new type of opportunity on HotWired. More recently, SAP was the first marketer to join the Forbes BrandVoice program and they are continuing to see some of the best results today.
- Know the trend setters and early adopters in your market. Just like Gary's first email blast, Pinterest delivered astounding results for early adopters. Often the best opportunities are right in front of you—you just need to see them through a marketing lens.
- Be different. Did you already miss the best opportunity? Whatever you do, don't just follow the masses! The unexpected nature of something completely new breaks through the filters we have all established for marketing. For a bit of inspiration in a stodgy B2B space, look up Maersk on Facebook. Or if you prefer, consider Red Bull's marketing.
The Lasting Advantages
The early mover advantage doesn't end there. The benefits of starting early often continue long past the point a marketing activity becomes mainstream.
- In social media, marketers that started early had a head start building an engaged audience.
- In content marketing, early adopters learned how to connect with their audience effectively (and got a head start on SEO as well).
- In online advertising, early movers found the hidden gems. Working with a B2B advertising client about 10 years ago, we helped a niche site create their online ad offering. They became one of our best performing advertising partners for years.
Do you want your share of the results that you always see in case studies but so rarely achieve? Then stop chasing the results other people are getting and start finding your own opportunities.
By the time something is broadly recognized as the next great opportunity, it's really just table stakes.
Here are some of the areas I'm watching with a marketing, not just product and marketplace, lens:
- The sharing economy.
- The Internet of things.
- The proliferation of inexpensive sensors.
- The brand new insights, segmentation, personalization and (most importantly) services this information and connectivity enables.
Today, these are becoming things we market. Soon, some will likely become ways that we market as well.
Where do you see potentially uncharted and untapped opportunity for today's innovative marketers?
Eric Wittlake spends his days working with B2B marketers and shares his marketing views on his personal blog, B2B Digital Marketing. You can find him on Twitter (@wittlake) when he isn't spending time with his three young boys.
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Four key marketing lessons to propel us into 2014
Jan 2nd
By Kerry Gorgone, {grow} Contributing Columnist
2013 is over. What are the marketing lessons from that year that will help propel our efforts into the New Year?
From Jay Baer's Youtility to Brian Solis's What's the Future of Business, marketing thought leaders this year have pushed marketers to create content that helps the audience and enhances the customer experience. Let's revisit some of the year's core lessons as 2014 blasts off.
1) Create marketing so helpful people would pay for it.
"As Gary Vaynerchuk has said, the problem with marketing today is that everybody wants to be a hunter and nobody wants to be farmer," author Jay Baer wrote.
"Youtility is really a book on how to farm. You have to change the way you think in the organization from, 'hey, here's coupon, buy in the next 10 minutes,' to 'hey, let us help you and you will connect those dots eventually and you will eventually reward us with attention, sales, loyalty, and advocacy,' but it takes time to do that."
Did you create helpful content and cultivate a deeper relationship with your customers this year?
2) Have real conversations, and publish them as content.
We're seeing a resurgence people's awareness of podcasts, which is driving an interest in podcasting. In part, as
The Invisible Sale author Tom Martin observes, this renewed interest is the result of mobile technology: it's easier than ever to subscribe and listen to episodes, and in part because the low barriers to entry make podcasting a great alternative for marketers serving a niche audience.
Define your audience segment and go after it. Create custom content that goes deep to add real value, the way a long conversation with a mentor makes you feel energized and ready to take action.
"I believe [digital channels] extend the physical boundaries of what a true conversation could be," explained Mitch Joel, author of Ctrl Alt Delete. "What a form of niche content can be. And I believe what we're creating falls into that category… the depth and the analysis of it."
In the 2013 book Born to Blog, authors Mark W. Schaefer and Stanford Smith propose that if you can have conversations — answer questions, teach a lesson, help somebody — you have the essential skills to create meaningful content.
3) Intentionally design the customer experience.
"If our customer is sharing experiences about the products that they have or that they're using, how can we better understand them? Not just their expectations, but how can we take those and create aspirational experiences, create the experiences we want them to have and in turn to share," asks Brian Solis in What's the Future of Business.
Offering a great product or service isn't enough. Offering helpful marketing content isn't enough. Think bigger.
Map the customer journey for your audience, from first touch to purchase and beyond. How does it look? Will their online comments reflect well on your brand when they talk about that experience? If not, it's time to make changes.
Have you really looked at the business experience through the eyes of your customers?
4) If you can go beyond being just "helpful," you should.
Inspire people with your marketing content. Surprise and delight them.
In 2013, Jason Falls pushed marketers to create content that makes their audience exclaim "Holy Smokes!" "You want to elicit a strong emotion." That's "Holy Smokes," not "hmm, that was helpful."
Ann Handley took it a step further, and issued a challenge at Content Marketing World marketers to inspire their audience, not just "address pain points" through content.
For 2014, she encourages marketers to "give your customers a gift." Ask yourself how you can delight them, the way Westjet delighted their passengers by granting their Christmas wishes.
How will you take some of these lessons to improve your marketing in the coming year?
Kerry O'Shea Gorgone teaches New Media Marketing at Full Sail University. She also hosts the weekly Marketing Smarts podcast for MarketingProfs. Find Kerry on Google+ and Twitter.
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Time to re-think your business: "Competitive advantage" no longer exists
Oct 30th
By Dr. Milind Lele, {grow} Community Member
"Competitive advantage" has been the goal and mantra for businesses for decades. But is it possible today? Was it ever possible?
Competitive Advantage came to prominence in the mid-1980s, when Michael Porter's book of the same name became a best seller. It gained even more currency when Warren Buffett said "…sustainable competitive advantage is the most important thing (I) look for when evaluating a company." Thus doubly blessed, managers and investors became fixated on competitive advantage. Virtually every analyst searched for it, every annual report talked about it, and every strategy was about finding it, strengthening it, or exploiting it.
The Dangerous Fallacy
There's only one problem: Competitive advantage and its twin, sustainable competitive advantage, are illusions. Having a competitive advantage — as defined by its various proponents — has nothing to do with superior performance. A business can be quite profitable and successful without having any observable competitive advantages; similarly, businesses with highly lauded competitive advantages can be unsuccessful, even failures.
What's worse, it's a dangerous fallacy because it creates confusion — if not total misunderstanding — about why a company is (or is not) successful. Belief in competitive advantage(s) creates complacency ("We have a competitive advantage, so we're OK"), inertia ("Our competitive advantages will carry us through this crisis"), misplaced investments (brand investments in commodity markets), strategic myopia (Blockbuster's focus on its store traffic, at a time when Netflix was stealing its customers).
Did Dell have competitive advantage?
Throughout the 1990s, Dell Computer was the poster child for sustainable competitive advantage through "cost leadership," specifically its tight supply chain. Academics studied it, Dell boasted about it, and analysts used it to boost Dell stock. Consequently, Michael Dell kept on investing money in cost-cutting and efficiency even as the PC industry was being commoditized, and missed out on the growth opportunities in IT services and mobile devices.
So why was Dell successful? In the mid- to late-1980s, Dell offered buyers — initially engineers and technical people — a convenient, cost-effective way of getting the PC they wanted. Before Dell, if an engineer wanted a PC with additional memory, built-in modem card, Ethernet connection, math co-processor etc., etc., he had to buy the pieces and assemble it himself. Then came Dell, and all the engineer had to do was pick up a phone, tell Dell what he/she wanted and, presto, the PC was there.
Dell was in the right place, with the right product, at the right time. The supply chain and focus on efficiency came later, and had little or nothing to do with why Dell was successful — and profitable — in the first place.
In the late 1990s, the situation changed; many of the add-ons — memory, modem, network card, etc. — had become a standard part of the PC itself. When this happened, there was nothing special about Dell — not even price, as other manufacturers had low prices (think Gateway, Acer, eMachines). Dell was just another player in a commodity market. Yet Dell still concentrated on cost-cutting, believing it must be a "cost leader" to succeed.
What Is Competitive Advantage Anyway?
Surprisingly, despite all the attention, there is no standard definition of competitive advantage! So there is no way to know when, and whether, a business has a competitive advantage.
Michael Porter says competitive advantage means having low costs, differentiation or a successful focus (niche) strategy. Competitive advantage, he argues, "…grows fundamentally out of the value a firm is able to create." Others have defined competitive advantage as "above average returns", "activities the firm does which create value and which other firms don't do", "a higher rate of return", "distinctive capabilities" and so forth. But you can't use any of these definitions (other than low costs, differentiation or successful focus) to know whether a firm in fact has a competitive advantage.
You might say, what's the big deal? Why do I need a standard definition? Don't I just know when I have a competitive advantage? Isn't this just nit-picking? After all, competitive advantage is about being better than the other firms — better products, better brands, lower prices, lower costs, etc., etc.
Is advantage about "being better?"
Intuitively, this makes sense: competitive advantage is about being "better than everyone else". It appeals to our notions of competition as a race, a sport in which "the better competitor won" — Nadal vs. Federer, FC Barcelona vs. Manchester United, the New York Marathon, the Olympics, American Idol, the Eurovision contest, golf tournaments and so forth. From this perspective, competitive advantage has an intuitive appeal: If my firm is better than the rest, I will make more money than the rest.
Unfortunately, intuition is dead wrong: Competition in business is much different from competition at Wimbledon, the World Cup or the Super Bowl. The rules are not well defined, they can change virtually overnight, and there are few or no referees, umpires or judges.
Consequently, managers obsessed with competitive advantage are, at best, playing last year's game.
Case in point: BlackBerry. As late as 2011, BlackBerry's CEO was convinced that their superior email capability — its "competitive advantage" — was key, seemingly oblivious to the growth of apps and tablets. More importantly, "being better than everyone else" offers little or no guarantee about making more money, which after all is the goal of strategy.
How do you define your advantage in the marketplace today? How is it changing?
Dr. Milind Lele is the founder of Tangram Solutions, managing director of Strategic Leverage Consultants, and adjunct professor of strategy and marketing at University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business.
Moving your business from digital grief to social media enlightenment
Oct 24th
I'm sure may of you can remember a time not so long ago when we didn't have websites.
In the late 1980s there was an absolute frenzy to get on the web … and figure out how to make money from it. As we moved from methods of communication based on printed materials to digital materials, many of us went through the New Technology Stages of Grief:
Denial — "This whole internet thing will blow over."
Anger — "What do you mean go digital? Do you know how much money we make from these print catalogs?"
Bargaining — "OK, maybe we can live in both worlds?"
Depression — "You mean I have to shut down the print design department?"
Acceptance — "OK, I get it now. Let's move with this new website!"
If you were around in those days, you'll probably recognize those same stages occurring in your organization with the social media wave today.
But the dawn of acceptance portends a new problem — the gold rush. Once companies decided to go all-in on the Internet, it created a frenzy that led to irrational decisions driven by a fear of being left behind. Maybe that sounds familiar now, too?
In the 1990s, the transition from gold rush to strategic success only began to occur when companies started to break this new technology down into "success components" that enabled their strategic direction. For a website, this might mean:
- Better customer service through 24 x 7 online access
- eCommerce that provided convenience and access to vast new audiences
- A repository of information to answer questions and cut service costs
Today, many companies are still struggling to see where social media fits strategically because they are in the gold rush phase instead of considering the possibilities created by these new, unique "success components:"
- An opportunity to create small, consistent interactions through content that lead to awareness, engagement, connection, and loyalty
- A mechanism to re-gain direct ownership of a customer relationship
- An effective channel for customer service
- An opportunity to "tune-in" to customer sentiment, feedback, and competitive intelligence.
Instead of thinking narrowly about the "need to put up a Facebook page," perhaps it is time to evolve in our thinking and consider how the success components embedded in these platforms can align with our specific business objectives. At that point, we will be moving out of social media depression and on to a path of business success!
How do these ideas land on you? Let me know what you think in the comment section!
This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet. I've been compensated to contribute to this program, but the opinions expressed in this post are my own and don't necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
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Fork Report: Sun Devils struggle late, lose to rival UA
Sure, you could read the box score and know who won, but we all know that won't tell you everything that happened in a basketball game. So, we will give you a fork report, providing you with the analysis, quotes and notes from ASU's loss to Arizona on January 19. Arizona 71, Arizona State 54.
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Jahii Carson scored a team-high 22 points despite playing much of the game in foul trouble. He and Evan Gordon accounted for 23 of the Sun Devils' 26 first half points. Gordon, the only other player in double figures, finished with 14 points in a game played in front of a soldout Wells Fargo Arena (10,900).
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With 10:26 to play, Carson hit a layup pulling the Sun Devils to within two, 46-44. They would go more than four minutes (4:14) before another basket as UA responded with an 11-0 run to pull away. ASU committed 17 turnovers, their most since the start of conference play, in dropping their second straight game.
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