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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.comments2016-02-03T07:29:13.520-07:00LilaLoaGeorganne Bellhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-61265380432261021562015-12-02T11:18:24.489-07:002015-12-02T11:18:24.489-07:00Superb ! Your blog is incredible. I am delighted w...Superb ! Your blog is incredible. I am delighted with it. Thanks for sharing with me.Sandra Jhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-12783517371068160042015-12-02T08:21:58.062-07:002015-12-02T08:21:58.062-07:00These really are the prettiest things, thanks for ...These really are the prettiest things, thanks for sharing! Accountants London Ladyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-75329130882311107172015-11-18T11:11:39.293-07:002015-11-18T11:11:39.293-07:00This recipe is the bees knees. It's awesome. I...This recipe is the bees knees. It's awesome. It taste wonderful and I love the fact that I don't need to set it. It's officially my go to recipe for chocolate cutout cookies. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-79621254066084497092015-09-28T12:34:28.667-06:002015-09-28T12:34:28.667-06:00yum. i mean really yum. thank you so much! i omitt...yum. i mean really yum. thank you so much! i omitted the shortening altogether and used just the 1c of butter. you said that the shortening keeps them soft, so i replaced 1/4c of the sugar with agave nectar and they are soft.

so excited to offer these to my clients!traciephttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-20831545461526774572015-07-15T11:25:22.845-06:002015-07-15T11:25:22.845-06:00What flavoring besides the lemon juice do you use?...What flavoring besides the lemon juice do you use?April Wainwrighthttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-25602234469767789092015-05-20T08:55:40.356-06:002015-05-20T08:55:40.356-06:00Hi, can i use this recipe with those message-in-a-...Hi, can i use this recipe with those message-in-a-cookie cutter kit? firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-55407053455526327512015-05-09T08:31:47.659-06:002015-05-09T08:31:47.659-06:00My kids are going to love these, deliciously color...My kids are going to love these, deliciously colorful!Rachel Pagehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-53302214938449078152015-04-01T07:35:34.903-06:002015-04-01T07:35:34.903-06:00Yes! You can save it! Put it back in your mixer an...Yes! You can save it! Put it back in your mixer and add an extra egg. It should pull it together again.

Flour is sometimes a tricky thing. You need more or less of it depending on the humidity of the environment that you are in. (Humid/desert climate....dry winter...humidifiers...etc) Next time just mix enough flour so the dough is no longer sticky. Georganne Bellhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-83892816168071526372015-03-31T22:41:21.044-06:002015-03-31T22:41:21.044-06:00I just mixed these up today, and I can. not. get t...I just mixed these up today, and I can. not. get them to roll out without cracks. I followed the recipe to a T, and I saw that the directions said not to freak out about cracks, but to knead the dough and they would smooth out. But I have kneaded and kneaded, and it has made zero difference. Any advice for how to save this before I throw out all these email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-28409156268236375912015-03-11T11:11:59.210-06:002015-03-11T11:11:59.210-06:00Magos & Friends -- Was your kitchen warm? Did ...Magos & Friends -- Was your kitchen warm? Did you put a lot of cookies on one baking sheet? If your dough is warm, or you over crown the baking sheets...your cookies will always spread...no matter the recipe. Georganne (LilaLoa)firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-20352045029764059532015-03-11T10:27:45.588-06:002015-03-11T10:27:45.588-06:00Hi, the taste is great and it is very quick to mak...Hi, the taste is great and it is very quick to make. But although everybody says it does not spread, mine was spreading a lot. What went wrong? Can anyone help? I would love to use this recipe for cut cookies, because of the taste and texture, but so far I could not due to loosing shape. Please help! Would really appretiateMagos&Friendshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-74834177382290159532015-03-05T12:11:19.772-07:002015-03-05T12:11:19.772-07:00Rachael -- The important thing for this recipe is ...Rachael -- The important thing for this recipe is that you use unsweetened, baking cocoa. When I lived in South Korea, I used non-alkalized cocoa. Now that I live in America, I use dutch-process cocoa. They both work great. Georganne (LilaLoa)email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-88537099937609583532015-03-05T10:24:05.981-07:002015-03-05T10:24:05.981-07:00I was trying to figure out the cocoa listed in thi...I was trying to figure out the cocoa listed in this recipe. I saw your response here:
I use unsweetend, non-alkalized cocoa. (That's the "regular" type of cocoa.) I think Dutch processed would still work, but definitely use the unsweetened cocoa!

But also followed the link to they type of cocoa powder you normally use here:
I use Callebaut Cocoa Powder most often

So now I'm totally confused because the product description says:
 is it dutch processed

A:
The answer is yes, as others have indicated. The picture of the side of the bag that is on this site indicates that it is "Dutch process" by stating that it has "alkali". Good luck.

Help firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-14431778108762611022015-02-14T10:28:26.057-07:002015-02-14T10:28:26.057-07:00I just made these for Valentine's Day treats. ...I just made these for Valentine's Day treats. They are wonderful to roll out, I've never used such a silky dough before, loved it! And the census is 100% joy from all my taste testers! Anxious to try with frosting instead of glaze but didn't have a lot of time. Baking for 6 minutes worked the best and kept them from hardening too much. Definitely an enjoyable experience!!!
Marie firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-50350429436283159282015-01-29T05:38:35.392-07:002015-01-29T05:38:35.392-07:00Wow. When you said these didn't spread, you we...Wow. When you said these didn't spread, you weren't kidding! I was skeptical (I've tried many other cookie recipes that made the same claim) but this recipe really delivered.
They taste just like brownie edges too!
I'll be trying the vanilla version next.Jessicahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-47398133028688077162015-01-24T11:38:40.757-07:002015-01-24T11:38:40.757-07:00Yesterday I made a batch of cookies using this rec...Yesterday I made a batch of cookies using this recipe! Fantastic! Still have to get the hang of the baking time, in my case it worked between 10 and 15 minutes. So delicious, tastes like brownie but not extremely sweet! I didn't use shortening but added a little extra butter and it worked just fine!
Thank you so much LilaLoa! Paprikahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-3002224830294630572014-10-27T08:25:37.538-06:002014-10-27T08:25:37.538-06:00silkandcinnamon -- I still outline and flood the c...silkandcinnamon -- I still outline and flood the cookie. I just do it all with the same consistency of icing, instead of using a thick icing to outline and thin icing to flood.Georganne (LilaLoa)email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-81743436288716160732014-10-26T12:42:01.960-06:002014-10-26T12:42:01.960-06:00If you don't use the flood method, what do you...If you don't use the flood method, what do you do to get the icing to look so perfect? What recipe and what technique? Thanks these are so cute!silkandcinnamonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-25695663502424181142014-10-17T11:30:44.013-06:002014-10-17T11:30:44.013-06:00I just made a batch of cookies using this recipe, ...I just made a batch of cookies using this recipe, and they're everything you promised they would be! Usually I'm anti shortening, but I decided to give it a go and I'm pleased with the result. My cookies are decadent, moist, delicious brownie-esque goodness! Thank you so much!Ella Beehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-82633893272798251322014-10-07T19:31:53.650-06:002014-10-07T19:31:53.650-06:00Elana -- Totally NOT a silly question at all! I ad...Elana -- Totally NOT a silly question at all! I add the black with the vanilla, just like you email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-75451272809463856282014-10-07T18:50:24.502-06:002014-10-07T18:50:24.502-06:00Silly question... When are you adding the coloring...Silly question... When are you adding the coloring? Would it be when you're adding in the vanilla or when the dough has formed?Elana Valenciahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-73820166988167394932014-05-05T10:27:31.788-06:002014-05-05T10:27:31.788-06:00I tried this recipe and they were delicious!! I ev...I tried this recipe and they were delicious!! I even used the shortnening. Thanks, this recipe is perfect for my Mother's Day cookie gift bags!!Shan Plezhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-47514826235092683222014-04-03T12:49:10.417-06:002014-04-03T12:49:10.417-06:00I use regular Americolor food colors for painting ...I use regular Americolor food colors for painting most of the time. I only buy the airbrush colors when I want them to be shiny (silver, gold, and pearl.) But you can definitely paint with ANY of the airbrush colors.Georganne (LilaLoa)email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-83730058154461181862014-04-03T12:25:21.185-06:002014-04-03T12:25:21.185-06:00I love your idea of using airbrush paint. I am abo...I love your idea of using airbrush paint. I am about to order some, but I am not sure what colors to order. Have you ever tried using other colors of airbrush paint with a paintbrush? Would it be worth it to order a whole set of colors? Or should I just stick with gold, silver, and pearl? Amy Jo Romneyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614957929134095286.post-27506096829272672952014-04-02T20:43:25.325-06:002014-04-02T20:43:25.325-06:00Making this now....nervous because the water, egg ...Making this now....nervous because the water, egg whites, and cream of tartar are not "peaking" yet ~ fingers crossed =)firstname.lastname@example.com


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Table of Contents
|p. vii
|p. ix
|Sports in Early America
|p. 1
|Britain's Festive Culture
|p. 2
|The Puritan Assault Upon Britain's Festive Culture
|p. 5
|"Lawful Sport" in New England and the Middle Colonies
|p. 6
|Sporting Ways of the Southern Colonies
|p. 9
|Tavern Pastimes
|p. 13
|The Backcountry's Sporting Ways
|p. 14
|Pastimes in the Revolutionary Era
|p. 15
|p. 17
|p. 18
|The Setting for Nineteenth-Century Sports
|p. 20
|Conquering Space and Time
|p. 21
|The Rise of Middle-Class Victorian Culture
|p. 23
|"Rational" Recreation and Muscular Christianity
|p. 25
|An Oppositional Culture
|p. 27
|Enclaves of the Oppositional Culture
|p. 30
|Nineteenth-Century Sporting Groups
|p. 32
|p. 34
|p. 34
|The Sporting Fraternity and Its Sectacles
|p. 36
|John Cox Stevens: Wealthy Patron of Antebellum Sporting Spectacles
|p. 37
|Pedestrianism, Rowing, and Billiards
|p. 39
|The Early History of American Prizefighting
|p. 42
|Meanings of Prizefighting
|p. 43
|Prizefighting in the Postbellum Era
|p. 45
|Enter John L. Sullivan
|p. 47
|Postbellum Thoroughbred Horse Racing
|p. 49
|p. 50
|p. 51
|The Rise of America's National Game
|p. 52
|The Club-Based Fraternal Game
|p. 53
|Baseball as a Commercial Enterprise
|p. 55
|The National League
|p. 58
|The Players' Revolt
|p. 60
|Ethnics and African Americans
|p. 62
|Between The Foul Lines and In the Stands
|p. 63
|p. 65
|p. 66
|Late Nineteenth-Century Sporting Communities
|p. 67
|Ethnic (or Immigrant) Sporting Communities
|p. 69
|Turner Societies
|p. 71
|African American Sporting Communities
|p. 72
|The Wealthy New York Sporting Community
|p. 73
|Sports and the Forging of an American Upper Class
|p. 74
|Athletic Clubs
|p. 75
|Amateurism and its Uses
|p. 78
|Cricket Clubs and Country Clubs
|p. 80
|p. 82
|p. 82
|The Rise of Intercollegiate Sports
|p. 84
|The First Intercollegiate Sport
|p. 85
|Early Intercollegiate Baseball, Track, and Football
|p. 87
|Walter Camp: Father of American Football
|p. 89
|Football and the Making of College Communities
|p. 93
|Football Becomes an Upper-Class Sporting Spectacle
|p. 97
|p. 100
|p. 100
|The Rise of Organized Youth Sports, 1880-1920
|p. 102
|The Social Context
|p. 103
|The Cultural Context
|p. 104
|Luther Halsey Gulick Jr.
|p. 106
|The Evolutionary Theory of Play
|p. 108
|The Public Schools Athletic League
|p. 110
|The Playground Movement
|p. 112
|Private Academy and Public High School Sports
|p. 113
|p. 117
|p. 118
|The Setting for Organized Sports, 1890-1950
|p. 120
|The Media and Sports
|p. 121
|The New Middle Class, Modern Consumer Culture, and the Quest for Excitement
|p. 123
|Islands of Pleasure
|p. 125
|The Strenuous Life
|p. 128
|Changing Ideals of Physical Beauty
|p. 131
|An Age of Racial Segregation
|p. 134
|p. 136
|p. 136
|The Age of Sports Heroes
|p. 139
|Babe Ruth
|p. 140
|Red Grange
|p. 144
|Jack Johnson
|p. 147
|The Golden Age of Boxing
|p. 150
|p. 155
|p. 155
|Baseball's Golden Age
|p. 157
|Baseball's Coming of Age
|p. 158
|An Age of the Pitcher
|p. 161
|Ty Cobb
|p. 162
|Organized Baseball's Quest for Order
|p. 164
|The Black Sox Scandal and the Reign of Kenesaw Mountain Landis
|p. 166
|An Age of Team Dynasties
|p. 169
|In the Great Depression and World War II
|p. 173
|Black Baseball
|p. 174
|p. 175
|p. 175
|The Intercollegiate Football Spectacle
|p. 177
|The Age of Crisis, 1890-1913
|p. 178
|The Issue of Brutality and Major Rule Changes
|p. 181
|The Formation of Conferences
|p. 183
|The Reign of King Football
|p. 184
|The Football Coach as Hero
|p. 187
|The Incomplete Democratization of College Football
|p. 189
|Continuing Controversies
|p. 192
|p. 193
|p. 193
|The Club Sports Go Public
|p. 195
|Tennis Goes Public
|p. 196
|Golf Goes Public
|p. 199
|The Emperor, Bobby Jones
|p. 202
|Track and Field
|p. 204
|The Revived Olympic Games
|p. 205
|International Politics and the Games
|p. 207
|p. 210
|p. 210
|The Rise and Decline of Organized Women's Sports, 1890-1960
|p. 212
|The Athletic Girl
|p. 213
|Early Women's Basketball
|p. 215
|The Arrival of Women Sports' Heroes
|p. 218
|The War Over Turf and Principles
|p. 221
|Female Cheerleaders
|p. 224
|The Rise and Decline of Women's Softball and Baseball
|p. 226
|p. 228
|p. 229
|The Setting of Organized Sports Since 1950
|p. 231
|Sprawling Metropolises
|p. 232
|The Inner City and the Suburbs
|p. 236
|The Nation's Sporting Ideology
|p. 239
|The Sporting Ideology Under Assault
|p. 240
|The Quest for Self-Sufficiency and the Fitness Cult
|p. 243
|The Advent of Televised Sports
|p. 245
|Roone Arledge and Howard Cosell
|p. 248
|The New Era of Sports and the Media
|p. 250
|An Assessment of the Media
|p. 252
|p. 253
|p. 254
|Professional Team Sports in the Age of Television
|p. 256
|The Woes of Baseball
|p. 257
|On the Diamond
|p. 259
|The Early Days of Pro Football
|p. 261
|The Making of Pro Football
|p. 262
|The Golden Age of Pro Football
|p. 265
|Professional Basketball
|p. 267
|Marketing Pro Team Sports
|p. 269
|A New Age of Pro Team Sports
|p. 270
|p. 274
|p. 275
|College Sports in the Age of Television
|p. 276
|The NCAA Becomes an Economic Cartel
|p. 277
|The Soaring Popularity of College Football
|p. 279
|A New Era of Television Rights
|p. 282
|The Requirements for Success
|p. 283
|College Basketball Enters the National Arena
|p. 285
|The Rising Popularity of College Basketball
|p. 287
|The Scandals of the 1980s
|p. 289
|The Financial Arms Race
|p. 293
|p. 295
|p. 296
|American Sports in A Global Arena
|p. 299
|The Politics of the Olympic Games
|p. 300
|The Escalation of the Stakes
|p. 303
|Amateurism Abandoned
|p. 305
|Television and the Ascent of Golf
|p. 307
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|The Impetus for Change
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Why is [borax] delaying the next midi note?
I made a patch that takes PC keystroke values (mapped 1-17, with two separate inlets for KEYUP and KEYDOWN events), and converts them to raw midi data for use with [midiout]. When you send a keydown, the note sounds until a keyup event occurs. HOWEVER, for some strange reason, if you change the note, it takes TWO keypresses before it "switches" to that note!?
Just wondering what I'm doing wrong here…
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After deleting the [borax] object and rewiring straight to the end, I found out it has to do with the [expr] object (which came BEFORE [borax]). For some reason, it's delaying the next result… ???
I've tried replacing it with [+ 35] but the same thing occurs.
Everything before the [expr] works perfectly. I press a key, and get a value from 1 to 17 going into inlet #1. I release that key, I get the same value coming from inlet #2. So is this some sort of bug? Is it working for anyone else?
its more convenient to post patches that work by themselves – there's some patching required to actually test the patch you posted. But from looking at it the trigger order of pack is wrong – velocity triggers the pack & pitch comes "one late". Use t b i & prepend set to fix it or just use noteout instead of midiout.
One other thing to consider is that PC keyboards have a obscure hardware limit on how many keys can be presssed at one that can be annoying in this context.
Thanks, fixed it. As for the hardware limit, I just used the [keydown] and [keyup] objects to determine when to start/end notes. So at the bare minimum, in conjuction with [poly~], people should be able to play a chord or a triad.
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Rather than dusting off some shoulder pads, digging out old denim shirts or grabbing a 'scrunchy', since blogging has been declared "over", I decided that I'd go against the grain of fashion by starting a blog.
My name is Julie O'Donnell and I've been working in marketing and communications since 2007. I started life in the agency world, advising companies big and small across a range of sectors – Telecoms, IT, Healthcare, Recruitment, Interiors and Financial Services. For over 5 years now I have been working in the pharmaceutical sector in various roles – most recently as Strategic Planning Director and Board Director with Publicis D Healthcare with responsibility for delivering truly integrated PR, marketing and digital initiatives. Throughout my career I've been focused on the development of insight-driven strategies that leverage all relevant channels…not digital for digital's sake or forsaking a channel mix that creates a really engaging customer experience (regardless of who your 'customer' is).
I recently moved to Copenhagen, taking the role of Global Head of Digital Interaction with a pharmaceutical company (this is my personal blog and all views are my own and not representative of that of my employer).
With an emphasis on digital strategy, social media, marketing and public relations, I'll also blog about pretty much anything that catches my eye. I find these days that between reading other blogs, newspapers, tweets, and so on that we're all inundated on a daily basis with interesting tit-bits of information, great articles and news on new tools/services. I intend to use this blog as a bit of a resource for myself – aggregating the best/most interesting/weirdest things I spot during the day.
Although I do have a healthy Waterford accent, a love of shiny gadgets, travel and Manchester United, I do not have an inflated ego so feel free to drop me a line, comment on the blog and proffer up any thoughts or criticisms you may have.
Well done Julie- great idea. As you say there's a massive amount of great info/ articles out there, so it's great to read those that caught your eye in one place.
Good luck with the blog – it will be a very useful resource for me in trying to scan the digital PR world for stories for my show
Great blog Julie, looking forward to keeping an eye on it.
I am very impressed Julie, it is an interesting blog
Excellent Blog. I don't believe blogging is over either. Just boring bloggers are. Keep up the good work 😀
Hey Julie – fair play to you for starting the blog. I will subscribe and looking forward to keeping up.
Enjoyed reading your blog Julie. Thanks for following me on Twitter where I enjoy your tweets.
I've taken the liberty of linking you to my blog. If this is 'inappropriate' for you just let me know.
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Add both UIBarButtonSystemItemAdd and UIBarButtonSystemItemTrash to one side of a Navigation Item or a UISegmentedControl
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I have done something similar. I've added two UIButtons to a navigation item/bar by creating a UIView subclass that has two UIButtons in it. You can then do something like this:
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Fish and Shellfish: 6 to Eat, 6 to Avoid (Page 8)
6 Fish to Avoid
A number of environmental organizations have also advocated taking many fish off the menu. The large fish listed here are just six examples EatingWellem> chose to highlight: popular fish that are both depleted and, in many cases, carry higher levels of mercury and PCBs. The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has also posted health advisories on some of these fish at edf.org.
1. Bluefin Tuna
In December 2009 the World Wildlife Fund put the bluefin tuna on its "10 for 2010" list of threatened species, alongside the giant panda, tigers and leatherback turtles. Though environmental groups are advocating for protected status, the bluefin continues to command as much as $177,000 a fish. Bluefin have high levels of mercury and their PCBs are so high that EDF recommends not eating this fish at all.
2. Chilean Sea Bass (aka Patagonian Toothfish)
Slow-growing and prized for its buttery meat, Chilean sea bass has been fished to near depletion in its native cold Antarctic waters. The methods used to catch them—trawlers and longlines—have also damaged the ocean floor and hooked albatross and other seabirds. At present, there is one well-managed fishery that is MSC-certified. EDF has issued a consumption advisory for Chilean sea bass due to high mercury levels: adults should eat no more than two meals per month and children aged 12 and younger should eat it no more than once a month.
3. Grouper
High mercury levels in these giant fish have caused EDF to issue a consumption advisory. Groupers can live to be 40 but only reproduce over a short amount of time, making them vulnerable to overfishing.
4. Monkfish
This strange fish resembles a catfish in that it has whiskers and is a bottom dweller, but its light, fresh taste made it a staple for gourmets. The fish is recovering some after being depleted, but the trawlers that drag for it also threaten the habitat where it lives.
5. Orange Roughy
Like grouper, this fish lives a long life but is slow to reproduce, making it vulnerable to overfishing. As Seafood Watch puts it: "Orange roughy lives 100 years or more—so the fillet in your freezer might be from a fish older than your grandmother!" This also means it has high levels of mercury, causing EDF to issue a health advisory.
6. Salmon (farmed)
Most farmed salmon (and all salmon labeled "Atlantic salmon" is farmed) are raised in tightly packed, open-net pens often rife with parasites and diseases that threaten the wild salmon trying to swim by to their ancestral spawning waters. Farmed salmon are fed fishmeal, given antibiotics to combat diseases and have levels of PCBs high enough to rate a health advisory from EDF. Recently, however, freshwater-farmed Coho salmon have earned a Best Choice status from Seafood Watch. There is hope consumer pressure will encourage more farms to adopt better practices.
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brokebored26 months ago
whoa fefe you are blowing my mind lol that's an amazing list of coincidences
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lucyvalentin26 months ago
it the first time of some of this
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lucyvalentin26 months ago
Half or most of it just hear now
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Crafty4527 months ago
This came out many decades ago - - not sure if all of them are actually true, or what.............but interesting still.
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doglover118427 months ago
that's weird. who thinks of these things
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someone has way to much time on their hands
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summerpastels727 months ago
Okay, the hair on the back of my neck just stood up!! WOW! There has to be some type of relation between the two. Not just coincidence. WOW!
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I've heard that before its very interesting
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Textappa27 months ago
Astonishing series of coincidences. But did they have a BS cover up enquiry after the death of Lincoln, complete with a "magic" bullet.
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bullet6427 months ago
It is interesting when you compare the two men
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Value Realization is hot. You can think of Value Realization as simply the value extracted from a process or project.
Business leaders want to understand the benefits they'll get from their technology solutions. They also want to see the value of their investment deliver benefits and deliver real results along the way. And, of course, they also want to accelerate adoption so that they can speed up their value realization, as well as help avoid "value leakage"."
But how do you actually do Value Realization in the real world? …
This is a guest post by Blessing Sibanyoni. Blessing delivers advisory, IT architecture, and planning services to Microsoft's top enterprise customers within the financial services sector. He has more than 17 years of experience in the IT field. He is currently an Enterprise Architect and Strategy Advisor on behalf of Microsoft Corporation.
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Without further ado, here's Blessing on Value Realization …
Often we grapple with the notion of value. At first it seems like a very simple thing but when you really take time to consider it, you realize how complicated and multi-dimensional it becomes. Take a simple example of a person who follows a methodology, based on best practices, who crosses all the t's and dots the i's but at the end of the day experiences a failed project or is unable to reach goals that his customers appreciate. Or perhaps, what about the notion of another who is highly intelligent but working for someone far less "intelligent" from a credentials or even IQ perspective.
What has happened here?
Why do these paradoxes occur and how do you ensure you are not ending up experiencing the same?
I would argue that at the heart of these conundrums is the notion of value. Value is the worth of something in terms of the amount of other things for which it can be exchanged. Often it's not about inputs but rather outcomes and many state that you cannot achieve it without effecting a transformation. The transformation itself can be virtual or manifested in the real world, but for true value to be derived, transformation in whatever form, must transpire.
For transformation to transpire a real pain must be felt.
After spending almost two decades in public and private enterprises, I'm still intrigued by why organizations decide to spend resources on some things and not others. Often it's the thing that seem to make the least sense which these organizations decide to put all their resources into.
This curiosity is one that lingers on especially realizing that resources are often limited and logically, one would naturally be better positioned by focusing on projects or initiatives that offer more returns and deserve more attention. One could take the cynical view that common sense is not so common, or the perspective that organizations are made of people, and people are irrational and fallible beings that bring their own biases into every situation.
So the notion of value then or the expectation of what will bring value is often subjective and largely determined in the eye of the beholder.
I have met many stakeholders who are more interested in the qualitative rather than the quantitative. Surprisingly, this is true, even in financial services!
Giving such people a quantitative, seemingly logical justification is often destined to result in failure, and the converse is also true. So, knowing your stakeholders, what drives and resonates with them is more important that coming up with a definitive, objective, rational and quantitative hypothesis in order to convince them to take some action.
Recently I was fortunate to have worked with a senior executive who was very financially inclined with a major focus on bottom line impact. This stakeholder did so well in the organization that he was soon promoted. To my surprise the person who replaced him was much more people oriented and his biggest concerns were around how the changes proposed would impact people within the organization. The new stakeholder's view was that people came first and happy employees result in a positive bottom line effect.
I believe both execs had a great view, even though it seemed that their perspectives were fundamentally different.
The key for me was to ensure that both qualitative and quantitative arguments were well prepared in advance so that we could tell compelling stories that drove the agenda regardless of the different concerns and viewpoints.
Knowing your industry and thinking ahead about what your stakeholders may not yet know that they need or desire, is also a very valuable thing to do.
Think about the world of tablet computers that nobody knew they needed just a few years ago, yet these things are now taking the world by storm...
At the beginning I spoke about blind implementation of a methodology being a less than great thing, I would argue that the following steps make great sense around realizing that value, in the eye of the beholder:
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How can Value Realization be tied to Technology change. For me, this is the biggest hurdle for Value Realization.
@ Dragan -- It's not easy, but it is possible.
In fact, not only is it possible, as our economy tightens up, it will be required. More and more business leaders are asking for tangible value from technology, and looking for ways to make smarter investments.
A good way to start is to figure out who are the stakeholders and what are the benefits they care about?
For example, the business leader might care about improving customer satisfaction, or reducing cycle time, or improving throughput. The key is the KPIs that business is paying attention to and connect to that.
When it comes to the user base, you can think in terms of helping them do things better, faster, or cheaper. Better is always a good place to be, but you'll want to connect the user improvements, back to the business impact, and you can usually trace better, faster, cheaper in some way, shape or form.
A specific tool to add to your toolbelt is the Benefits Dependency Network (BDN). The BDN helps you trace the business changes and IT changes back to business goals, objectives, and drivers.
You can think of it as a quick way to "visualize the business case."
Here is a good getting started guide:
Surviving Turbulent Times: Prioritizing IT Initiatives Using Business Architecture
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Thanks for the comment Dragan. For me, the whole IT value realization debate is profound. According to McKinsey half of IT projects with budgets of over $15 million dollars run 45% over budget, are 7% behind schedule and deliver 56% less functionality than predicted. - Nevertheless, its still important to consider the exponential rates of productivity provided by IT year on year and how they have provided great value, even as IT is being held more accountable.
@Blessing - WOW, those are amazing statistic !!!
I really like the concept of being mutualistic. I think this applies to any relationship. In business it is what makes on going business work. Without it there are not lasting business relationships. In terms of the technology working, very valid point. If technology actively helps the business then the relationship inevitably continues. Thanks for a thought provoking article.
George, I'm glad you found the article good food for thought. I hadn't thought of this concept from a building long lasting and fruitful relationships perspective in this instance; but I suppose you're right in hindsight, that when friendships, as an example are mutually beneficial, they tend to be more intrinsically long lasting and heartfelt, be they professional or personal.


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There is no common room so it is difficult to meet with other travelllers. A good place to have a sleep, but I wouldn't stay here long.
Adventure Queenstown HostelQueenstown, New Zealand
This is a very good, clean and comfortable party hostel. But know that if you intend to go to bed early and get up for a tour you are very unlikely to get enough sleep. If you don't mind that it is one of the best hostels I've stayed in New Zealand
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This hostel has a great atmosphere. The terrace is a great common room, some days you even get to have fish barbacue! Great staff, very friendly and helpful. It's the perfect compromise between party hostel and a quiet one. Meaning if you feel like partying somebody will go out for sure, but if you need to relax you can stay on the pillows on the terrace.
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Of course i had to do Bluto too...
Just love this!
Awesome! I love the character design
So can not wait to see both pieces! Design whatever croc you want for the Croc master piece. Just want him in the mouth holding his jaw open.
Loving these textures, wish I could do that. And of course great character design
Brilliant! +fav
lol awesome edition to your Popeye Matt
again another great job ! Ö
Please, send this to Nickelodean or something... I'm 25 and i swear i'd watch cartoons like these!!!
Cool! In norwegian we just call him Brutus!
Thanks! Yeah, he's known as Brutus here too but it's complicated because they're actually two different characters...kind of. Haha google it sometime for the whole story.
Oh! So awesome.
This is the scariest version I have ever seen. That broken bottle proves it. Awesome.
Lovely take on Bluto.
really enjoying this series
really enjoying this series
awesome. Stop producing such awesome pics - running out of fresh things to say!!
Dammit man, this is too cool, do you hear me! I loooove these!
Oh no he brokes some bottle of olive oil, that's a shame.
Great rendition. Very nice.
Great rendition. Very nice.
Now that's a rough and tough bully if I ever saw one. I love the touch of the olive oil bottle. BRILLIANT!!!
He's perfect, ace work!
I like calling him Bluto. So much worse than Brutus.
Growing up i always called him Brutus because that's what his name was on the old Atari game. It wasn't until later that i realized the character i new as Brutus was actually Bluto. Bluto is a great name
Awesome! The broken bottle is a fantastic touch! This is one baaaaaaaaaaaaaadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaass!
now must come Olive Oil
I can't see how you can do Olive Oil in that style ... but what is Popeye with out Olive?
now must come Olive Oil
I can't see how you can do Olive Oil in that style ... but what is Popeye with out Olive?
Thanks! Yeah, Olive Oyle will come eventually. A female in this style is going to be a challenge but i think it's going to be fun


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UFC: More 'Trundle' than 'Rampage' from Jackson at UFC 96
What was up with Quinton Jackson against Keith Jardine at UFC 96 ?
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson ? Hardly. It was more Quinton 'Trundle' Jackson…
Yes, Jardine was well beaten, but the most dangerous man in the 205 lb division was clearly not at his sharpest. Or was he over-trained ? Over-confident ?
Yes, Jackson dropped Jardine with a crunching left hook in the second round and had him down again in the third, and as the fight ended, Jardine was simply hanging on.
But Jackson seemed lacklustre…heavy, trying to get motivated, and it played into Jardine's hands at times. Let's be honest, any betting man would have a roll of dollars the size of Mike Tyson's neck on Jackson to win.
Perhaps even by KO, given the history of Jardine with fighters like Houston Alexander. Rampage could, and should have walked through Jardine.
Fight like that against Rashad Evans, and Rampage will be in for a shock.
What happened to the ferocious, fleet footed, heavy punching light heavyweight who wiped out Wanderlei Silva ?
Was Jackson simply overconfident against Jardine and just looking for the one punch finish ?
It looked that way, and perhaps that's the danger when you are arguably the UFC's most dangerous pound for pound puncher.
And come to that, what was Jackson doing not recovering after he had taken a full leg in the nethersack in round 2 ? He had hardly recovered, his discs were most likely still spinning, yet he called Jardine back on too soon which gave the Dean of Mean a clear opening in the fight…
One thing I would not argue with, however, is that Jardine is one of the most awkward fighters out there. If there was a 'fake counter-punching' investigation squad, Jardine would head the wanted list.
But he also runs. An esteemed fellow writer remarked today that he had counted Jardine running away – yes, he insisted, running away – on no less than seven occasions. The alternative narrative is 'moving away to avoid trouble'. He certainly didn't want to walk into any kind of bartering session with Jackson.
Jackson remains one of the crown jewels of the UFC as a fighter, and his hilarious comments after the fight, at the press conference, depict his spirit.
Alluding to the fact he was planning to go on a love fest on a paradisial island to rest with a bevy of beauties, Jackson will instead consult with training staff and make a decision this week as to whether to step in and face Rashad Evans – who magically appeared in the Octagon after the fight like Zebedee from the Magic Roundabout – to replace (the injured) Frank Mir v Brock Lesnar fight as the main event at UFC 98, in May.
That would make three fights in five months for Jackson, who has been in training since October, barring a couple of weeks.
Jardine's style might have added to the illusion in this fight that Jackson felt 'over-trained' but if the magic of 'Rampage' and the howl is to be at its most fulsome, surely Lyoto Machida would be the better option right now against Evans.
We'll have to wait and see, but I suspect Jackson, the consummate pro, will shorten his sun, sea, sand and love-in, and get back in the gym to take on Evans.
And what a fight that promises to be.
As a footnote to UFC 96 : Great KO by Matt Hamill, the Shane Carwin power strike – though it could have been the other way round as both Carwin and Gonzaga are so very heavy-handed - could be a danger to most heavyweights, though I suspect Lesnar will hammer through him.
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Love this one, especially Malcolm as the Devil (always fun to see) and Doug's expression! Good work!
I certainly like Doug's expression.
I also have some newly founded respect for Malcolm and Rachel. I never hated them, but I start seeing why they were added to the show.
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I have serious anxiety...and I don't let people over to my house often. I would totally freak out about this, so we're going to a hotel. I'm spending a crapload on it-I figure it will be a once a year blow out.
My DD is inviting three girls...and I'm not sure what to have for them to do? They're all 9-ish.
I figure, movies, snacks, board games, glitter tattoos, spa type stuff, and swimming. Pizza for dinner, room service for breakfast.
I'll be asking the parents for all allergies, emergency contact info, if they don't want their kids to swim or put on tattoos, or put wash out color in their hair.
Am I missing anything? Is there anything else I should ask the parents?
We're going to be doing matching pajamas for the girls and a box/bag of necklace, bracelets, hair ties, nail polishes, and a teddy bear...and whatever else I can find/afford.
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the
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England's Aardman Animation and creator Nick Park introduced the characters of Wallace, a crackin' good inventor with a constant craving for cheese, and Gromit, his no-nonsense dog who is always rescuing his master from one perilous adventure after another (usually brought on by one of Wallace's own wacky inventions), in the 1989 animated short A Grand Day Out. In retrospect, their trip the moon (it is made of cheese, you know) was an inauspicious debut, although it was nominated for an Academy Award (it lost to Creature Comforts, another Claymation confection directed by Park).
It wasn't until their second outing, 1993's The Wrong Trousers, that the duo brought home the gold and glory with a delirious escapade involving a fugitive penguin, a mechanical pair of pants and an elaborate miniature train set. Wallace and Gromit (and Park) won the Oscar this go round, rightfully so, as it was not only the best animated short that year, but also one of the best animated shorts ever.
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Their next outing would win yet another Oscar: 1995's A Close Shave added in a romantic interest for Wallace as well as a whole flock of cotton ball sheep and a giant shearing machine. If it wasn't quite as loony a toon as Trousers, it did cement their popularity amongst fans of animation and British humor, mostly via home video.
It has been ten long years since Wallace and Gromit's last big-screen appearance, a decade that saw Aardman nixing an arrangement with Disney and taking up with DreamWorks instead. The first collaboration between the two, 2000's giddy Great Escape homage, Chicken Run, was both a popular and critical success. Park and company then turned to another original idea, an adaptation of the Tortoise and the Hare fable that never quite got off the ground. After that disappointment, it was decided their next project would feature their original stars in their first full-length movie.
As anyone who has had the misfortune to see such dreadful television-to-film adaptations as the recent Bewitched or Dukes of Hazard can attest, it is not always easy for characters and their stories accustomed to shorter running times to be stretched out into a full-fledged feature. More often then not, it just doesn't work. However, I'm delighted to say that Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is the happy exception to the rule. You'll be hard pressed to find a more laugh-out-loud comedy, animated or live action, all year.
At the start of the film, we find Wallace (once again impeccably voiced by Peter Sallis) and Gromit (who rivals Harpo Marx in wonderful wordlessness) are hard at work with their new pest control business, dubbed Anti-Pesto. All their clients are eagerly awaiting the annual Giant Vegetable Competition, so our heroes' services are in high demand. Just days before the big event, terror strikes the community in the form of a monstrous, veg-eating behemoth who ravishes the prized gardens of all in the tiny hamlet. It falls to Anti-Pesto to track down and capture this mysterious beast, although they may be more connected to it then they realize.
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