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Over the years, people claim to have received messages from beyond the veil through their telephones, cell phones, computer screens, TV images and more. However, mainstream scientists have avoided this phenomenon until now.
According to Dr. Imants Barušs, of London, Ontario's University of Western Ontario they can. The doctor conducted studies in this area and discovered "that deceased persons have communicated to the living through electronic devices. In the first of two studies, radio static was recorded while speaking with any possible spirits. While doing so, they picked up "some words or phrases" that had no other known source. This is what ghost hunters do when recording EVP (electronic voice phenomenon).
Although nothing more was garnered during this test, Dr. Barušs took things a step further. In 2007, he conducted another experiment – much more involved than the first one. Dr. Barušs opted for computer programs, which might randomly generate letters or even full words.
At the same time, he used an EVPmaker, which is a device that "chops sound files and reassembles them randomly." This was done to see of the EVPmaker came up with the same thing. If so, it would be further proof that something truly strange was happening. When the results were analyzed, it was found that there was 'at least one significant string of words."
The researchers then used a different computer program and asked a total of 11 questions. Designed to elicit 'yes' or 'no' answers, they were correctly answered in 9 of the 11 questions. Barušs said the other two questions could have easily been misconstrued. Of the correct ones he said it was a "statistically rare event." Particularly since the program used had a "4.2 percent chance of obtaining this result."
And whoever was answering those questions did not hesitate when asked if the provincial Conservatives would win the upcoming election. The answer of 'no' was deemed correct because the date of the election changed.
This test followed the same technique as ITC (instrumental trans-communication) device whereby questions are asked in the same manner. In Barušs' tests a medium was also present, who said she received messages from one of his researchers who had passed on. This spirit talked about "quantum theoretic mind/matter interactions in what appeared to be much the same style as when he had been alive," the doctor wrote.
Despite all of this, Barušs noted that because "speculative strategies" were used, "the medium and I felt that we entered a zone of uncertainty that was contrary to the clarity required of scientific research."
Tests have also been conducted at the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab (PEAR) to determine if consciousness could interact with electronic devices. To learn more about those tests, go to: http://www.princeton.edu/~pear/
The procedures and results of the doctor's studies were published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration (2001) which can be found HERE.


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When searching for a home loan, can I get two or more mortgage brokers to search for the best rate for me and at the end just choose the one that found the best rate?
While it is possible, it's not a really good use of your time or theirs. Mortgage brokers have access to dozens of lenders, can assemble deals you can't even dream of, and are much more intimately acquainted with the latest lending rule changes than you are. They are paid by the lenders to bring them business, so there is no cost to you. A mortgage broker has the advantage of leverage because he can be placing 10 mortgages per day, while you will be placing one, once.
Your mortgage broker is working on your behalf. Get out of his way and let him do his job so you can concentrate on other matters. If your concern is that you want the lowest rate, share that with your broker and let him find the best rate for you. If you want a deal where you can put a larger prepayment down, let him know that and he will find you what you're looking for.
Obviously mate. Mortgage advisors don't have just one client, similarly why should you have only one advisor? it´s an open market. Don't worry about wasting their time, you are not wasting their time if you are considering a mortgage. then, in case you found a better deal with another mortgage advisor then that´s life - someone was better then them.


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The House has adjourned for the week, and your phone calls and faxes have kept the DREAM Act off the floor for another week! Time is running out on the 111th Congress, but this is still a top priority for both the House and Senate Leadership. Keep the pressure on and urge your Members of Congress to oppose the DREAM Amnesty. Capitol Hill switchboard: 202-224-3121. And check your Action Board for more actions you can take.
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Banana Shpeel Lacks Appeal
Friday, November 20, 2009
By Bender
Cirque du Soliel's new "vaudeville" style show premiered last night in Chicago and it was lackluster at best. The vaudeville skits were overly long and it was painful to sit through corny, dated and even offensive jokes.
The only redeeming factors were the handful of dancers and performers that appeared throughout the show. They were truly amazing.
This banana is rotten. Watch your step!
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It takes a lot of discipline for a parent to start photographing their child from day one, and every day since, until it's 21 years old. This is what Cory McLeod's parents did, and he made a timelapse video with 7500 of his own photos.
His parents, like clockwork, took a picture of their kid's face every day. In the following video, you can see stills transitioning very fast before your eyes, though they lack uniformity. How could they, since they compose 21 years of life. The few days of the son, missing from the parents' photographic archive, have been substituted with sketches of him.
Watch this baby growing up to be a man. Keep your distance from the monitor, though. You will see 7500 photos passing before your eyes with a speed that may annoy you. 21 years within almost 6.5 minutes is no small feat, right?
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The Truth Behind Running a Web Business
THE TRUTH BEHIND RUNNING A WEB BUSINESS – A friend was moaning the other day about his lot in life and how the daily 9 to 5 was one long stream of monotony followed by a respite at the weekends, and even then, on occasion, the respite was interrupted with weekend overtime at the office.
There are many people who would dearly love nothing more than to break away from regular employment and venture into the world of self-employment and one of the easiest ways, so it is perceived, is to start an online business. This is exactly what my friend is thinking and so, as a seasoned online entrepreneur I gave him a little advice, which I am about to pass on to you.
All Or Nothing
When it comes to starting a business many people take the leap and walk away from their job and throw themselves headlong into their new venture. This is not the most sensible thing to do.
A website takes time to develop, in terms of getting visitors to the site, and therefore it is a wise idea if you hang onto your 9 to 5 and work on your website part time. Losing that regular monthly income is, in most cases, simply not practical – there are bills to pay and even running a website costs money. Think carefully about continuing with your current employment until you get to a point where your website is generating an equal sum, or more, to that of your salary.
Primary Types of Website
There are primarily three genres of website:
¤ Information – generally these are article websites providing people information on a particular subject; or even a range of subjects.
¤ Commerce – this involves the online retailing of products and this can be for anything you like, from toys, clothing, foodstuff and anything else you physically supply.
¤ Service – these types of online businesses are designed to provide information to a service that you supply, for instance Public Relations, Marketing, Electrical / Plumbing Services – in fact anything where you supply a service to the customer.
Which one of these you choose will generally depend on your area of expertise or interest. Note carefully that both A and B are the most time consuming and requires you to constantly update your web pages in order to provide your visitors with new and interesting information or products.
It's More Work than You Imagine
If you have never run a website before then you might be thinking it is a relatively easy thing to do. If you decided on either A or B above as your business model I can assure you that running such an online business takes dedication and lots of hard work. As an example, running Meebal.com takes on average of 14 hours a day and it's a 7 day a week occupation. In fact I cannot remember the last time I took a day off work.
What many people fail to realize is that you will almost certainly be working alone in a room and therefore isolated from human contact. This is NOT the same as your 9 to 5 where you get to interact with people all day long – this is a lonely job and one that many people simply cannot handle.
There's an old saying; 'It's lonely at the top.' And this phrase will certainly play a huge role in your online business, unless of course you have the funds to start a business with premises and a body of staff. The reality however, for most online entrepreneurs, is that they work alone, for long hours, with very little form of human contact.
Remember this… while your friends are out enjoying themselves you will be stuck in your room with your computer working on your website.
Can You Work for Nothing?
We all like to think that our websites will spring to life and make us billionaires. Unfortunately of all the millions of websites online only a handful of these ever really make it to this level.
You really need to face reality and think about the size of your market – that is how many people are actually going to be interested in what you sell, or what information you provide, or what service you have to offer.
Going back to the A, B and C of website genres it is A that is the most difficult, however, with the right content you are able to tap into a vast audience. Why is A so difficult?
With B and C it is much easier to create a turnover of revenue but A often involves selling advertising space. You can of course, as I do with Meebal.com plug in Google Adsense, however the revenue from this is almost non-existent until you can attract a very large audience and even then many users now use Ad Blocking Software, so your potential source of revenue is totally eradicated from these users.
The question you need to ask yourself is how long you can survive without any income? You will not doubt appreciate now why retaining your 9 to 5 is a good idea, while you develop your website and its visitors until it does indeed generate sufficient cash to cover your monthly living expenses and those of your web business.
How Long Does It Take to Start Making Money?
That my friend is the $64 million question. There is no real answer to this and much of it depends upon how much effort and money you put into your online business.
Yes, it's that dirty word … money! You can, as I did, start off with a very minimal budget and many online businesses start this way. You will need money to pay for a domain name, hosting service and of course a website design (unless you build it yourself). Apart from that it is possible to run an online business without any more money, other than paying for your internet connection and web hosting service, which is not a huge expense.
The difficulty with the 'Shoe String' budget is that it can take months, or even years, before you attract sufficient site visitors that will generate you an income.
Should I Spend Money On Marketing
If you are fortunate enough to have a marketing budget then you need to tread very carefully. There are tens of thousands of website services offering all manner of online marketing, some that can work extremely well, while others that could in fact put you out of business.
One of the first areas many new website owners look to is Search Engine Optimization (SEO). If you do your research you will quickly discover that Google Search can be one of your biggest suppliers of free visitors, however, Google has some very strict guidelines regarding indexing your website and ranking it – the higher your rank the more people you are likely to get – see Google Guidelines
Once your website has been active for a couple of months you will begin to see your email Inbox begin to fill up with offers of SEO services. You need to do two things with these emails, firstly add them to your Junk Box and secondly delete them – DO NOT reply to them otherwise your email address will be sold on to other services and before you know it your email system will be overloaded with junk.
Almost all SEO services will promise you a No.1 Position in Google and with this millions of visitors. If it was this easy everyone would be doing it and so ignore any SEO services that promises this type of positioning. Why? Yes, I thought you might ask that, let me explain…
Google Search is used by people typing in Keywords and or Keyprhases, for example
¤ HDMI TV – that's basically a keyword
¤ Sony HDMI 55" TV – that's basically a key phrase
The chances of you hitting No.1 spot on Google search for the keyword is akin to winning the lottery, unlikely but not impossible.
The chances of you hitting the No.1 spot in Google for the key phrase is more likely as it is more specific and if you have a page with this information on it, then Google may provide you with a ranking for it.
The trick with most SEO services is the promise of a No1. Spot and these are generally for key phrases, or what is referred to as 'Long Tail Keywords'. These are often very long such as:
Buying a Sony HDMI 55" TV with Wall Brackets and Stand
Two things to note here:
¤ Anyone with no knowledge of SEO could create a page with this information on it and reach No.1 in Google Search.
¤ It is unlikely that you will ever see much in the way of traffic for such a key phrase.
Now you know why some SEO services will offer you the ability to get No.1 in Google, because they will convince you that their analysis of your website suggests you target certain key phrases – what they won't tell you is that these often receive little, or if indeed any, traffic from these key phrases.
When it comes to splashing out cash for marketing your website, always follow the rule – "If it sounds too good to be true then it has to be false."
Finally, whatever marketing you decide to engage in, research the marketing thoroughly and make sure you find out exactly who you are doing business with – there are many websites out there that help you discover if the service is a scam. Remember you are in a sea of bits and bytes and these waters are infested with sharks.
Love What You Do!
As I said at the beginning, many people dream of starting their own online business in order to break away from the monotony of working a 9 to 5 that they simply do not find rewarding; either on a personal level or a financial level.
Again, be prepared to work far more hours, in isolation, than you are accustomed to and whatever type of online business you decided to operate, make sure you LOVE what you do or you will end up realizing that you've merely swapped a monotonous 9 to 5 for a monotonous 7 to 11 that doesn't even pay you.
If you have any questions, please leave these in the comments box below and I will endeavour to answer these.
http://www.scottdylan.net/ Scott Dylan
Found your post on Moz but was a great read.
http://www.meebal.com/ meebal
Cheers, much appreciated. Cool to know that even Moz deemed it worthy enough Moz has some outstanding information on all aspects of web operations especially when it comes to SEO.
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Finance Bulletin, September 2008
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Economic Update
California labor markets continued to slide in July. The state lost nonfarm jobs and the unemployment rate inched up. On the housing front, home sales improved as prices dropped further; however, construction activity remained depressed.
- Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 14,900 in California in July, following a revised loss of 13,400 in June. The loss in June was originally reported as 12,800. The latest loss was the fifth consecutive monthly job loss for 2008. Since the end of 2007, the state has lost 54,000 nonfarm jobs, or 7,700 per month on average.
- Nine of the state's 11 major industry sectors lost jobs in July, and the other two made only small gains. Financial activities lost 5,200 jobs; information, 3,600; leisure and hospitality, 2,900; construction, 2,000; manufacturing, 1,200; government, 400; professional and business services, 200; natural resources and mining, 200; and other services, 100. As for the gains, trade, transportation, and utilities added 600 jobs, and educational and health services, 300.
- From July 2007 to July 2008, the state lost 75,900 nonfarm jobs, a 0.5-percent drop, with the state's beleaguered housing industry continuing to be the focus of most of the losses. Employment rose 47,000 in educational and health services; 39,300 in government; 9,200 in leisure and hospitality; 6,200 in professional and business services; and 900 in natural resources and mining. Of the year's growth in government, more than three-fourths—29,800—was in local government. Over the year, employment fell by 83,100 in construction; 35,400 in financial activities; 30,900 in manufacturing; 20,500 in trade, transportation, and utilities; 7,800 in information; and 800 in other services.
- The state's unemployment rate rose to 7.3 percent in July—a 12-year high. July's unemployment rate was up 0.3 percentage point from a revised June unemployment rate of 7.0 percent and 1.9 percentage points from July 2007's unemployment rate of 5.4 percent. This large year-over-year increase will most likely be revised down next February. The national unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage point to 5.7 percent in July, leaving the gap between the state and national rates at 1.6 percentage points.
- Both single and multi-family home building slipped in July. Residential permits were issued at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 59,000 units, down over 47 percent from July 2007, which was the 29th consecutive month that posted a year-over-year decline. New home permitting during the first seven months of 2008 was down 43 percent from the same months of 2007 and down 60 percent from the same period of 2006.
- Nonresidential construction permitting essentially held steady in July, with a sharp boost in office construction and a solid gain in alterations and additions offsetting losses in all other categories. For the first seven months of 2008 as a whole, nonresidential permitting was down 3.3 percent from the same months of 2007.
- The state continued to work its way out of the collapse of the real estate bubble. Existing home sales jumped in July, driving inventories down and shortening the time needed to sell a home. The pace of sales of existing single-family homes rose 15 percent from the prior month, and was up 43 percent from a year earlier, according to the California Association of Realtors. Its unsold inventory index inched down to 6.7 months—the lowest reading since the end of 2006. It peaked at 16.8 months in January 2008. Similarly, the median number of days needed to sell a home slid to 47.5 days, a 34-percent improvement from the start of the year. Mortgage interest rates dropped in August and at the beginning of September, which should provide additional relief for real estate markets.
- These promising signs, though, came amid continued deterioration
of home values. The median price of existing single-family
homes sold in July was $350,800, a 40-percent drop from July
2007. It remains unclear how long it will take for the
pickup in sales to stem falling home prices.
Monthly Cash Report
Preliminary General Fund agency cash for August was $124 million below the 2008-09 May Revision forecast of $6.281 billion, and year-to-date revenues are $107 million below the $11.882 billion that was expected. Although August is a significant revenue month, September is more important because estimated payments for personal income tax filers and calendar-year corporations are due mid-month.
- Personal income tax revenues to the General Fund were $67 million below the month's forecast of $3.014 billion. Withholding receipts were $65 million lower than the projected level of $2.878 billion. Other receipts were $56 million below the anticipated $421 million and refunds came in $53 million under the estimate of $231 million. Proposition 63 requires that 1.76 percent of total monthly personal income tax collections be transferred to the Mental Health Services Fund (MHSF). The amount transferred to the MHSF in August was $1 million below the month's estimate of $54 million. Year-to-date General Fund income tax revenues are $193 million above estimate.
- Sales and use tax receipts were $222 million below the month's forecast of $2.537 billion. August cash includes the remaining portion of the final payment for the second quarter sales, as well as the first prepayment for third quarter sales. Year-to-date, the sales tax cash is $303 million below forecast.
- Corporation tax revenues were $47 million above the month's estimate of $167 million. Prepayments were $63 million lower than the forecast of $151 million and other payments were $89 million above the $110 million that was expected. Refunds were $21 million below the projected level of $94 million. Year-to-date revenues are $5 million below estimate.
- Revenues from the insurance tax were $48 million
below the month's
estimate of $388 million. Since the third quarterly payment is due
September 1, it is likely that this shortfall may be recovered in
September's insurance receipts. Estate,
alcoholic beverage, and tobacco taxes came in $1 million below the
$37 million that was expected. Pooled money interest income
was $3 million over the $26 million that was forecasted, and "other" revenues
were $164 million above the month's estimate of $112 million
due to cash flow, primarily from State Lands Royalties and miscellaneous
For more information, please contact the California Department of Finance, Room1145, State Capitol, Sacramento, CA or call (916) 323-0648.


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SDN topic for April is MOBILITY
By lukas on Apr 26, 2006
- SDN channel with the MOBILITY
Blogs that are featured are Breh, Hikmond, Fabi, Suchys and me (second month on the channel, yabadabadoo ).
That's not all. Martin Ryzl recorded demo for newbies in Mobility Pack. It's called Getting Started with NetBeans Mobility Pack 5.0
I recorded demo for users interested in JSR172. The name of the demo is End-to-End Java ME Web Services (JSR-172). The demo is fast and it doesn't explain all what happens on the screen. I'll try to provide you the script (it can be usefull if you don't understand me English) and explain it a little bit more in next post. Fabiola is translating the demo to Spanish - look forward, Spanish community.


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Crimson Tide topped by Tigers, 4-1, in final home match of the season
Crimson Tide takes down UAB and Samford on Wednesday
Crimson Tide picks up a pair of singles wins against nationally-ranked opponents
Crimson Tide finishes the tournament 2-1
Crimson Tide edged out by Texas Tech but comes back to beat Clemson
Won four matches in singles in addition to eight doubles contests in his first year with the Tide ... went 2-0 from the No. 5 singles spot in dual match play ... won both of his doubles matches partnering with David Vieyra in Alabama's doubleheader against UAB and Samford ... won his singles matches against Furman and Troy, and partnered with Vikram Reddy for a doubles win over Tory ... debuted for the Crimson Tide in the Spring with a singles win at the UCF Spring Invitational and three doubles wins with partners Ricky Doverspike and Michael Thompson ... also picked up a singles and doubles victory at the SEC Coaches Indoor Championships.
PREP HIGHLIGHTS Trained under Spanish Davis Cup Captain and former top 10 ATP player Albert Costa ... three-time member of the Cyprus Davis Cup team ... winner of the Cyprus National Tournament U18 ... in 2010, had one of the biggest wins of his career, topping ITF Wimbledon Champion and No. 1 ranked Marton Fucsovics, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, at the ITS European Championships in Switzerland ... won his first international title in Israel in 2006 ... two-time Young Tennis Player of the Year.
PERSONAL INFORMATION Born July 2, 1992 ... son of Costas and Katherine Tsangaridis ... has one brother, Aris ... major is undecided.


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Senate Minutes for meeting on September 07, 2006 at 12:45 pm in
Conference Rooms A & B in the Student Services Building.
Senators Present:
Yolanda Bellisimo, Barbara Bonander, Hank Fearnley, Theo Fung, Ron Gaiz, Deborah Graham, Erika Harkins, Patrick Kelly, Arthur Lutz, Radicia Portello, David Rollison, Ingrid Schreck, Blaze Woodlief.
Senators Absent:
John Sutherland, Sheri Rollison
Bernie Blackman, Jim Garieghty, Michael Brailoff, TC (Echo Times), Peggy Dodge
Senator Lutz:
1. Call to Order
Approval of Minutes:
2. President Reported:
3. Vice President Reported:
4. Treasurer Reported:
5. Standing Reports
6. Old Business:
Meeting adjourned at 2:05
Minutes submitted by Schreck


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At three years running strong, Chelsea Lately is at the forefront of late night talk shows, bringing daily news and pop culture tidbits into the spotlight in a dynamically funny and unique format, starring the brashly honest Chelsea Handler. From the very beginning, comedienne Heather McDonald has been a stalwart of the show, cracking up audiences with her spot-on impressions, witty quips as a regular on the panel, and featured spots on Handler's comedy tour. With a new book (You'll Never Blue Ball in this Town Again) and a national headlining comedy tour, McDonald's brand is one that stands on its own. She recently headlined at Denver's own Comedy Works, and took a break to chat with the Denver Comedy Examiner about everything from her beginnings as a stand-up and sketch comic in Los Angeles all the way to the rise of Chelsea Lately. This is part two of a two-part interview. You can read Part 1 of the interview here.
How did you get started in the industry? Was it improv, stand-up, acting?
I started stand-up first, it was the first thing I did right out of college. I didn't study drama or theatre in college, I grew up in LA and at the time I was really jaded. I didn't want to be a waitress at 27 -- not that there's anything wrong with that -- but I very much wanted my own apartment, so my very first job out of college was this boring cubicle job. And then I got fired from that and I did actually end up working as a waitress, ironically. I was horrible at it. Then I started selling real estate, and that ended up being my normal job throughout my career. Which was funny because I'd be out doing a home inspection and someone would be like, "Uhh, were you on Drake & Josh last night?" and I'd be like, "Um, yes?"
With comedy, I first did stand-up. I always loved sketch and improv so -- once I started stand-up -- I auditioned for a couple theatres. And one theatre was like, "OK, within 6 weeks, you can be doing your show on the stage," and I was like, "Cool! I can find agents!" The other theatre was The Groundlings in which it took two years to get on stage. I was talking to my mom and I was like, "Don't you think I should do the one where I can be on stage?" And she was like, "No, you go with the one that's the best" At that time, The Groundlings were the crème de la crème of LA. It still is very good, there are just others that have popped up like UCB and Improv Olympics that just weren't very popular back then.
So I was like, "OK, you're right." And it really is important in improv and sketch to be with the best people, because if you're not working with strong improvisers the scene is going to die. It was like a graduate school for comedy. It was so much fun and really consuming. My whole life revolved around The Groundlings, which can be really unhealthy. I talk a lot about it in the book. Not a lot, but I talk about it because it was a really important part of my life. And I was doing both stand-up and improv at the time, and a lot of the sketch and improv people looked down on stand-up at the time because it was seen as like so hokey.
And my experience is that it's the opposite now. I've heard some stand-up comics really bash the improv side of things.
You're right, now it's the opposite. Everyone realized that stand-up is such a better showcase because you don't have to depend on other people. You don't need a theatre. It's just you, which makes it hard, but it's a great, great showcase when you only have to depend on yourself. Sketch is still a great thing that people should pursue and it will totally help your act, but it's important to have something where it's only you.
So what format were you working in with The Groundlings?
It's a program. You go through four levels and you have to pass each one until you get into the Sunday show. And once you get into the Sunday show, you have a guaranteed six months that you're on stage every Sunday. Then they judge you again. All the main company members would vote on who they wanted in the troupe. Second City doesn't do it that way, they have a group of people that are like the elders of the group, which I think is a healthier way to do it. Because sometimes there will be a person in the main company who might feel a little insecure and would say to someone else, "Oh, that person reminds me of so-and-so in the group," and then they wouldn't want them. So in my opinion it's not really the healthy way to go because the insecurities of the current people can dictate who gets in. I don't know if it's changed, but that's how it was.
I didn't make it into the company; there were eight of us that auditioned for one spot because someone was leaving. There can only be thirty people at a time in the group, and none of us actually made it. It totally worked out for the best because I think I would have gotten stuck in there and more into pursuing, "Do I have a good show for 100 people?" rather than trying to find a job in writing. Which I did after I didn't get the spot in the group, so it worked out.
What was your first big break into the industry?
Well, I did this show with MTV called "The Lyricist's Lounge" which was a sketch show that was on for two seasons. That was really good for me, and I got a development deal with CBS. That didn't go anywhere and my mistake was -- once I got on television -- I thought, "Good, now I can stop doing stand-up." I got kind of lazy, so that was a big regret. That point is really when you need to up it. When this opportunity came around with Chelsea and people were starting to recognize me, I really decided to push it into high gear. I set a deadline for myself to have my proposal ready for the book. That was the main thing: What can I do while this is popular? I mean, there was a time when Arsenio Hall was the hottest thing in town. Not that we're going to go by the wayside, but you just have to take advantage of the opportunities as they come. The book has been great and I really went for the stand-up again.
I did take a huge break from stand-up and it was kind of unconsciously. August 18th four years ago will be the first time I went on stage after a seven- to eight-year break. I didn't realize until the girl I had done Pretty Funny Women with called me up and was like, "You know, I really wish you hadn't quit stand-up, you were so funny!" and I didn't even realize that I'd stopped doing it. She gave me a date about a month away, and I was forced to write an entirely new set because all of my old jokes were about dating and being single. It really forced me to keep going. And I really love stand-up. It's one of those great things that you can always do and I never want to let that much time go by again without doing it.
So do you see stand-up as a foundation for the comedy industry?
I mean I think it's really smart to keep it up. If you do get to the point where you're known and people start coming to your shows, you can start doing the bigger theatres and your audience knows what to expect from you. At that point, stand-up isn't as much of a hurdle anymore, as exhausting as it is. As long as people continue to come to your show, you should continue to do it, ya know? As long as it's still fun for you, you should do it. And there are those bad nights, but stand-up is kind of like going to the gym. It can be horrible and self-revealing, but you feel the best after you do it.
In writing the book, is that something you had always wanted to do?
Yes, definitely. I had always kept notebooks about dating and that whole period of my life. A lot of people had asked me, "Oh you know, is this about being married and being a mom?" and I just wasn't ready to write that kind of book. I really wanted to highlight this particular period in my life for my first book.
And you're at four weeks on the best-seller list?
It's definitely going really well. What I didn't realize was how hard it was going to be to constantly promote the book. Each book counts so much, and that is a really tough part of the process. But it's been really rewarding to have people read the book and email me back saying that they're addicted to cracking their back too or all these little funny things that I was laughing as I was typing it. To know other people are laughing reading it is really, really cool. It was fun doing the narrative in that particular way, and it felt really natural to me.
So has writing been the ultimate goal for you?
No, the ultimate goal is to be on TV more often. And whether that's a sitcom, I've always wanted to star in my own sitcom. Whether it's single-camera or traditional. I also love the format of giving my opinion on things, whether it's like a panel View-type sort of thing or whatever. I'm just really excited to see where things go because there's a lot that I can do, so I'm just really open to whatever opportunities come along.
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On Sunday, May 19, The Nature Conservancy dedicated a new memorial site at the Newell and Ann Meyer Nature Preserve near Eagle. In 2006, the Meyers donated 374 acres of land to The Nature Conservancy through their estate. The Meyers' generous gift of land and other financial assets allowed the Conservancy to establish the nature preserve in Waukesha and Walworth counties and open it to the public in 2009.
Nature Conservancy staff and supporters unveiled a sign that recognizes the Meyers for their generosity and vision in working with the Conservancy to establish a nature sanctuary for wildlife and the enjoyment of future generations in southeast Wisconsin. Guests at the event were invited to take a self-guided hike on the preserve trails where they could learn about prairies, wetlands, forest, birds and restoration activities through new interpretive signage installed this spring by AmericCorps crew members from around the U.S.
The Newell and Ann Meyer Nature Preserve is 405 acres of oak savanna and woodlands, wetlands and former agricultural land. A major portion of the headwaters of the Mukwonago River, the most pristine small river system in southeast Wisconsin, rises from springs on the property. The river is home to 59 species of fish, including five that are threatened or endangered, and 14 species of mussels.
Prior to the Meyers' acquisition of the land, about two-thirds of it was in agricultural production. The Conservancy has restored about 215 acres to native prairie. Forty-two acres of oak woods on the property are being restored by staff and volunteers who are removing invasive plants including buckthorn, honeysuckle and garlic mustard. They are also improving the health of the wetlands by removing purple loosestrife, Phragmites and other wetland invaders.
The Meyer Preserve is open to the public from sunrise to sunset for walking, birding, wildlife watching and other recreational activities. The preserve is located at S104-W38319 Highway 67 in the Town of Eagle in Waukesha County. It is about 2.5 miles southwest of Eagle. The entry drive is one mile southwest of the intersection of Highway 67 and Highway LO. Visitors can park in the lot just inside the entrance driveway and walk into the preserve.
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- noun - a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back
- noun - any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
- adj - having a sharp narrow back
- A semiwild hog of the southeast United States, having a narrow body with a ridged back.
- See rorqual.
- A sharp, ridged hill.
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In Texas, there are now pedophiles and rapists facing less prison time than a Round Rock man accused of baking a batch of pot brownies. Jacob Lavoro could soon be sentenced to rot inside the Texas Department of Corrections for running a small-time marijuana edibles operation, an offense that could earn him a penalty of spending the next five years to life behind bars.
While the Lone Star state is known for having some of the most maniacal laws against marijuana in the United States, the entire country is looking at Texas prosecutors in horror over reports that they intend to bury some poor kid under the prison for producing brownies and cookies infused with marijuana.
Even members of the police community believe the possibility of Lavoro receiving a life sentence over pot-laced baked goods is an example of the law going overboard. "It shouldn't be overlooked, but that's too heavy," retired Oregon police officer, Rick Bittmer, recently told KEYE-TV.
Jamie Spencer, a legal representative for Texas NORML, agrees that the potential punishment in this case is excessive. He says, unfortunately, it was Lavoro's hash oil recipe that brought the heat down. "Possession of the smallest amount of marijuana is a misdemeanor. Possession of the tiniest amount of hash -- even a gram -- is a state jail felony," he said.
What's worse is that it is perfectly legal under state law for law enforcement to calculate the total weight of the ingredients of marijuana edibles when establishing charges, which they did. They found Lovoro to be in possession of nearly a pound and a half of hash oil, which is a first-degree felony with a maximum punishment of life in prison.
"That's higher than the punishment range for sexual assault, higher than the punishment range for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. It's kind of crazy," said Spencer. "This case is the perfect example of the insanity of Texas' drug laws," he continued. "Especially when it comes to marijuana or anything where the active ingredient it THC."
Although prosecutors have not said whether they will pursue the maximum penalty in this case, they certainly are not cutting this young man any slack. Lavoro, who has no apparent criminal record, is currently sitting in the Williamson County jail on $30,000 bond.
Mike Adams writes for stoners and smut enthusiasts in HIGH TIMES, Playboy's The Smoking Jacket and Hustler Magazine. You can follow him on Twitter @adamssoup and on Facebook/mikeadams73.


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Three Market Concerns That Could Trigger Rapid Selling
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Weary consumers, political instability in Europe, and downbeat earnings guidances cast a shadow on an otherwise upbeat stock market.
With all the buzz in the market about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's appearance before Congress this week and whether sequestration will kick in on Friday, stock market investors are on tenterhooks. Bernanke may have offered up a defense of the Fed's bond-buying program on Tuesday, but the continuation of QE3 is far from the only worry that could weigh on investors. The
(INDEXSP:.INX) has already dropped 1.5% over the last week, and despite Tuesday's gains, fears are still mounting that this year's great start in equities may end not with a whimper but with a bang.
It wouldn't be unprecedented, and there are plenty of reasons to be anxious about the long-term outlook for stocks. But in some cases, those catalysts aren't necessarily the same as the ones that have been causing investors to re-evaluate equities. Rather, they are the ones that have the potential to turn what otherwise might be a temporary setback into a lasting market slump.
Consumers Running Low on Fuel
You're not hallucinating. Gas prices really are higher than they were a year ago at this time. Jeffrey Kleintop, chief market strategist at LPL Financial, calculates that they are $.16 per gallon higher than they were last February, at a national average retail price of $3.75 per gallon. Moreover, price increases have soared $.45 since the beginning of 2013, with the bulk of the gains recorded this month. Why does this matter? Well, higher payroll taxes already mean that most Americans are taking home less in the way of disposable income than they were only a few months ago, and that already is showing up in the same-store sales results at
(NYSE:WMT) (and ultimately may be reflected in lower profits). The US economy is dependent on the health of the consumer, which in turn means that the profits at most US corporations hinge on our willingness and ability to open our wallets and spend. If higher gas prices mean that we travel less, then hotel chains and airlines (jet fuel costs will climb, too) will feel the impact.
Airlines will take steps to control their own costs to keep profit margins high. Heavy industrial companies that depend on orders for hotel renovations or new aircraft will be hurt. That is, as long as gasoline prices keep rising or even stay at higher-than-average levels. This could just be an earlier-than-usual kickoff to the usual summer driving season, of course, in which case prices will begin to subside by midyear. But to Kleintop, it is one of a series of signs that the stock market is about to peak, as has been the case in each of the last two years.
The Italian Job
The European crisis raises its head again, just when we had managed to shove it to the back of our list of worries. Mario Monti, an economist, stepped in in late 2011 to oversee a "unity" government of technocrats and economic experts, and during his brief tenure as prime minister introduced a raft of austerity measures and reforms with the goal of restoring market confidence in the country's embattled economy. Monti got Italy off the danger list, at least temporarily, and stepped down in late December after passing a second budget. Alas, the elections just held to select a new government have ended in what appears to be an impasse. Parties at least partly opposed to Monti's reforms picked up support from disaffected Italians – as did a protest party formed by a comedian, Beppe Grillo. While it may be possible for the Democratic Party to form a government, the country's Senate appears headed for gridlock, with no party commanding a majority. As for Monti's technocrats, their winning less than 10% of the vote was not encouraging news for those who had hoped that the prime minister's regime marked the first steps toward greater stability, not a political anomaly. It's all a reminder that many of Europe's fundamental challenges remained unresolved, and that the key to fixing the continent's economic problems lies in the political domain.
Earnings Growth
The fourth-quarter earnings reporting season is almost at an end, and in only about six weeks' time we'll all be looking at the earliest of the earnings announcements for the current quarter. While the end of 2012 was a pleasant surprise, with the earnings growth rate higher than expected and a hefty number of better-than-anticipated results, analysts are more gloomy than usual when it comes to the first three months of this year. Any gain in stock prices hinges on the expectation of higher profits, so bearish earnings forecasts are a major sign of worry.
It's not unusual for analysts to lowball projections as each quarter of the fiscal year draws. What does stand out is the rate at which companies themselves are putting out downbeat guidance, taking advantage of their fourth-quarter earnings conference calls to warn investors not to be overly optimistic about the prospects for earnings growth in 2013. So far, Thomson Reuters calculates that 79 of the companies in the S&P 500 Index have published negative guidance, while only 19 of them have issued positive forward-looking statements. That ratio is more bearish than has been seen since 2001, analyst Greg Harrison concludes. So, unless there is an even more dramatic shift in expectations as earnings season kicks off, or companies decide their early conclusions were erroneous and change their minds publicly next month, the odds are that the stock market could have a hard time finding the kind of improved fundamentals that it needs to keep itself on track.
These three issues may creep into the headlines in the coming days and weeks – as Europe's problems are doing right now – but it is the longer-term likelihood that they will be problematic that marks them out as real perils. Without these clouds hanging over the market, the current level of anxiety about what Bernanke said and will say this week would be less acute, and there would be somewhat less fear that sequestration, or at least a few weeks of it, will completely derail the economic recovery. As things stand, however, what we have is a toxic brew of factors, short and long term in nature, that collectively have investors in a tizzy and are sending volatility levels sharply higher. (The CBOE Volatility Index fell 11% Tuesday after spiking 34% on Monday.)
You may want to brace yourself for a bumpy ride.
Editor's Note: This article by Suzanne McGee originally appeared on
The Fiscal Times.
For more from The Fiscal Times:
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Consumer Confidence Rebounds, but Will It Last?
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Influences on ABBAABBA's music was influenced by The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and The Bee Gees. In writing "Dancing Queen," ABBA's Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus claim to have been influenced most by Dr. John—especially the drums on his album Dr. John's Gumbo—and George McCrae's disco hit "Rock ME Baby."
Influenced by ABBAElvis Costello, Madonna, Chrissie Hynde, Pete Townsend of the Who, and Katy Perry have expressly acknowledged ABBA's influence on their work. It has also been rumored that Kurt Cobain liked ABBA.
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my god i am so full! the americans in my university halls of residence cooked thanksgiving dinner for all of us, it was absolutely superb! the first peoper plated meal that ive eaten in a couple of months and it was AWESOME! and i also got to try some Pumpkin Pie which was absolutely lovely! long live thanksgiving :D


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While their *****are away, these MILFs will play with your cock! Watch these sexy MILFs suck and fuck with experience. Who will be your favorite? Enjoy!
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DevOps expert Casey Bisson demonstrates the process of scaling a Docker deployment from a laptop to the cloud.
The older I get, the more engineering values matter to me — and the more I seek out shared values in those with whom I endeavor to build things.
DevOps expert Casey Bisson presents the advantages of running your apps on container-native infrastructure, instead of in VMs.
There are a few quick and easy ways to setup outbound email from your infrastructure container running SmartOS.
In this talk, Bryan Cantrill, CTO of Joyent, describes the debugging techniques Joyent has employed across a multitude of customers.
The rise of containers is changing how we develop, package, distribute and manage applications.
Containers are at the heart of Joyent's cloud offerings, and they're the fundamental technology that allows our users to run their workloads securely on bare metal.
This week marks my first full year as CEO of Joyent. As at any company, the job description is multifaceted.
Couchbase, Docker, and Joyent's Elastic Container Service make deploying and scaling Couchbase clusters fast and easy.
Infrastructure containers running in Joyent's Triton Elastic Container Service or in private data centers powered by Triton Elastic Container Infrastructure offer an alternative that delivers the bare metal performance and elasticity demanded by sophisticated Couchbase ops teams.
Containerization, spurred on by Docker's rise, is swiftly establishing itself as the future of computing.
If my application is monolithic and runs on one large server, what are the steps to containerize my app?
As we open a new chapter with the Foundation, we also close a remarkable chapter in Node.js, as TJ Fontaine will be stepping back from his post as Node.js Project Lead.
See how Triton simplifies container deployments in production and gives you the ability to seamlessly scale.
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Scenes from the Napa Valley–October 2008
While we were out-and-about this weekend we snapped a couple photos to give you all a sense for what things currently look like in the Napa Valley.
We took the little one to the Stanly Lane pumpkin patch to check things out and this was one of our favorite pictures. He had a blast climbing the giant haystack, checking out the pigs and cows and of course, touching every pumpkin he could get his hands on.
A shot of the rolling hills and vineyards in Carneros–the fall colors are now out in full force!
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One of the most common forms of migraine surgery is the nerve decompression surgery. It is usually performed on individuals with diabetic neuropathy, as the inflammation of the nerves in the spinal cord caused by diabetes usually results to chronic migraine that could not be effectively soothed by drugs and other types of medication.
Nerve decompression surgery is a special procedure that is not usually given to patients suffering from chronic migraine. There are a number of qualifications which the individual must be able to satisfy in order to be recommended with the procedure. At present, there are only over 500 surgeons from all over the globe who can perform this type of operation, as it requires a highly delicate procedure that, when not conducted properly, may result to neural failure and even death.
Qualifying for Nerve Decompression Surgery
Nerve decompression surgery is conducted on persons who have been suffering from chronic migraines due to certain underlying conditions such as diabetes. This is because diabetics experience long-term stiffening of the nerves mostly in their upper and lower extremities, causing inability to make motor movements in these areas. There are also instances in which the affected nerves are those in the head and neck, which in turn cause chronic migraines each they become stiff.
Nerve decompression surgery is also recommended as a last resort for individuals suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome, as the nerves in the fingers no longer function normally, not to mention that these appendages lose their ability to feel.
Nerve compression surgery is conducted in order to stimulate the nerves and loosen them up from their stiffness. It is also performed to reduce the pain, tingling and buzzing sensations that take place in the affected areas particularly on the head.
Effectiveness of Nerve Decompression Surgery
Nerve decompression surgery has been found to be an effective way to significantly reduce the frequency of migraines especially for diabetics. This is because the nerves are relaxed and stimulated in order to function properly as they used to. Long-term stiffness may eventually lead to breakage of the affected parts of the body; unattended nerves on the head meanwhile may lead to more complicated problems and may even affect the nerves on the neck.
According to studies, around 80% of the patients who undergo nerve decompression surgery are able to get rid of chronic migraines within a six-month recovery period. However, the procedure is not always recommended by doctors as it may also produce adverse effects such as total loss of neural function on the treated areas.
Who Cannot Take the Surgery?
There are individuals who are not recommended to undergo nerve decompression surgery even if they are suffering from chronic migraine and are not responsive to regular medication. These are people suffering undergoing hormonal processes, such as menopause or pregnancy, as well as those diagnosed with aneurysm. There's nothing wrong with the nerves with people experiencing migraines due to hormonal issues; patients with aneurysm meanwhile are subject to a different kinds of operation to treat their condition and through this their migraines will be reduced.


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Approaching companies for sponsorship requests is a usual practice among organizations that are in need of funding for their events or activities. Companies are open to supporting causes because they know that the act will impress people and attract potential customers. If you want to get corporate sponsorship, the first thing that you should do is to determine the companies that you think are perfect for your cause. One you have a list of companies, you are now ready to approach them and submit a proposal. Don't know how to write a sponsorship proposal? Don't worry, that is what this article is all about.
Do you homework. Get to know the companies well. You can do this by doing some research on them. Fortunately for you, doing research nowadays is easy thanks to Google and other search engines. Other sources of information include, newspapers, magazines and even books. You can also try to call the companies and ask for pertinent details. Just explain your purpose in doing the research so the companies will be more accommodating in giving you the information that you need. Research is important because it will give you an idea of the nature and culture of the company. You should also try to determine their sponsorship history.
Make an outline of your proposal. This will make it easier for you to write the proposal because all you need to do later is to fill in the parts. In the process of making the outline, you can also decide on which sections you will include and which section you will leave out. Remember, that you are writing for busy individuals. So make sure that everything that goes into the proposal is actually essential to help them make a decision regarding your sponsorship request. The outline will help you streamline your proposal so you can make sure that there are no fillers in it.
Focus on the event's benefits for the sponsor. One of the biggest mistakes committed by many people writing sponsorship proposals is to try to appeal to a company's sense of altruism. This stems from the thinking that asking for sponsorship is the same as asking for a donation. There is more chance that your request for sponsorship will be approved if you will communicate clearly the benefits that the company stands to receive if it will sponsor your event or activity. You could focus on the marketing and customer relations benefits. The company would expect to see its logo on your materials so let them know exactly where they will be able to see it.
Let other people review your proposal. It is always good to have other sets of eyes review your work. Some people may have inputs and ideas that you haven't thought of. You can also show your proposal to people outside your organization just make sure that they will be able to contribute positively to it.
The sponsorship proposal is your best tool for getting a sponsorship for an event or cause. This is why it it important that you master how to write one.


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Seth Jayson (TMF Bent) is a senior analyst at The Motley Fool. He is currently the co-advisor to Motley Fool Hidden Gems newsletter.
Art historian, photojournalist, and Fool writer Seth Jayson is a curious Iron Range boy who relishes the challenges of living cheaply and investing successfully. He has degrees from Carleton College, New York University, the University of Missouri, and some Internet divinity school that purports to be located in Utah.
He washed up on the shores of Fooldom after stints at newspapers and magazines across the U.S.A. During past lives, his work appeared in places like The New York Times, National Geographic Traveler, and Burlington Magazine, and on his mother's refrigerator door.
As the kind of nerd who never lets ignorance stop him from disassembling expensive machinery, he's interested in computers, software, and every other kind of gee-whiz technology out there. As an investor, he's partial to damaged goods and companies with great margins.
Among his favorite things are bike rides, fresh bread, red wine, stinky cheese, and warm golden retrievers. If he can get all of that in one day, plus poke a little fun at the world's smarty pantses -- himself included -- all the better.
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It is still blockbuster season at the local multiplex and we are at the stage where one can lose faith in the fact that there aren't movies out there that aren't just non-stop explosions and orgies of action, sometimes they can have a little humanity inside all the madness. "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" is a thoughtful next step in the de-evolution of man and the rise of the ape in the struggle for the planet and the survival of the human race where both ape and man have better defined characters then some action movies with stars that DON'T have body hair.
It's years after the initial outbreak of the simian flu and a growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is trying to live a peaceful life until it is threatened by a band of human survivors looking to recreate a little piece of what they lost and restore power to the city of San Francisco. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species as neither side can forget or move beyond the crimes of the past.
Director Matt Reeves takes over the centre chair from previous helmer Rupert Wyatt with great results as the writing team remains intact and crafts what very much feels like the 2nd in a potential ape trilogy that is brimming with intelligence, not necessarily in its character development but in its portrayal of the root of human nature in some unexpected ways.
Reeves is the kind of talent who is more than capable of shooting the large scale action set pieces as well as the intense close up stuff, and here he makes everything seem vital and mean something. It's something that is often taking for granted, but it is never action for the sake of action in this film as every single frame means something as these two factions who think that they are so very different are actually very much alike. He infuses it all with a certain amount of intensity that makes it come alive, be it in an extended battle sequence, or in a simple scene where a young boy shares a graphic novel with an ape who is fascinated by words and pictures. The script and the narrative aren't necessarily overloaded with character development and depth but it gives us the raw humanity of good and evil and right and wrong in absolute spades. It is by nature a silly story, but with genuine profound moments as good tries to overcome but in the end the nature of both man and ape is just far too similar then either side cares to admit as they all exist in various shades of grey.
Jason Clarke isn't quite at leading man status yet but he does a decent enough job as the co-founder of a human colony who stumbles upon some apes while on an expedition. He plays the uneasy leader and moral compass of the group well while Gary Oldman as the military man trying to keep people alive and helping them take back the planet is equally as strong. It's a story where both men are just trying to do what is right. Surprisingly enough the genuine star of the film is Andy Serkis as the ape Caesar, not just in his brilliant physical movements, but as a tortured soul who knows firsthand that not all humans are evil but he is compelled to take care of his own kind as he sees what humanity is capable of towards being that look just like him. With a simple pained look, we see more agony and humanity in Serkis' eyes then some film's can ever muster. Sadly the balance of the ensemble that includes Keri Russell, Kodi-Smit McPhee, Kirk Acevado, Toby Kebbell and Judy Greer really didn't have that much to do and it felt like a bit of waste.
Upon reflection, "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" isn't a new kind of social profound tent pole blockbuster but it does maintain a certain level of humanity and that is a refreshing enough change for me.
4 out of 5 stars.
"Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" is now playing in theatres everywhere, please check with local listings for show times.


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Well, we knew going into this campaign season that the goal of Barack Obama, beyond all election goals was to have unemployment below 8.0%. No sitting President, outside of FDR has ever been reelected with numbers that bad. Just like many of us predicted, and were roundly ridiculed as conspiracy theorists, the last employment report before the election gave us an unemployment number of 7.8%. The problem for those of us on the right, is not the concept that for the first time in 44 months there may be some real headway in the world of employment statistics, that our friends, neighbors, and family members may in fact be experiencing an end to the economic misery that has been needlessly inflicted upon us. The problem is that this report could only be considered truthful in the land of Unicorns, the mythical kingdom where our President seems to be from.
For those who do not know by now, the Bureau of Labor Statistics does not determine its full employment report based on hard data. The contents of this monthly report are based upon the interpretation of answers to two surveys which have been conducted randomly each and every month of our nation's existence. One survey conducts a poll amongst 400,000 companies which meets the minimum size requirements to be considered, and the other survey is of 60,000 U.S. households. The reports that are created from these surveys are nothing more than the interpretations of those wonderfully accurate polls that we have all become so fond of.
This is not the conspiratorial part of the article, just some perfunctory analysis of the obviously fudged statistical conclusions of our federal government, used to tell us what the state of our economy is. While the more oft reported U3 number, the guess as to how many Americans are actively looking for work, but can not find it has been falling steadily for the past two years, the truer measure of labor force participation and real unemployment number U6 has remained unchanged since 2009. It stands fast at 14.7%. While our economy added 114,000 jobs, our population increased by 150,000 during September. This marks the 48th consecutive month that available jobs increased by a number lower than population growth. In what universe would an unemployment decrease be possible?
In the Universe of Unicorns, where we could merely shift people from one category to another with a number two pencil, an eraser, and creative accounting. According to zerohedge.com, the BLS report included a seasonal adjustment of 377,000 jobs, (something that happens every year at this time in anticipation of temporary workers being added to cover increased commerce around the holiday season,) What makes this so startling this time around, is that it represents the largest such adjustment in the history of our government's tracking of these statistics. Merry Christmas! Then there is the adjustment made to reflect the real change in Birth versus Death rates, as compared to the estimations. Unfortunately, the revisions are also estimates, albeit supposedly more refined estimations. For July and August, those revisions were for a total of 52,000 people, also a new record for such revisions, by a mere 1000%. So, out of the 114,000 jobs added, 429,000 were nothing more than pure statistical fudging.
So, outside of the outright lies being told to us by the BLS, which should just have its moniker officially changed to BS, of what quality were the non fictional jobs added to give us this far from rosy picture? As it turns out, of the very same quality that sent the Democrats into a tizzy in 2004.
This report is part of a broader trend that we've seen over the past few years, in which job gains have been concentrated in lower-wage positions. And this isn't just spin from the Romney campaign. Over the summer, the liberal National Employment Law Project released a report that was highlighted in the Atlantic, which focused on this trend. The report found that:
– Lower-wage occupations were 21 percent of recession losses, but 58 percent of recovery growth.
– Mid-wage occupations were 60 percent of recession losses, but only 22 percent of recovery growth.
This is illustrated by the NELP chart above. Though Obama has touted modest job gains during the recovery as evidence things are getting better, looking merely at the headline jobs and unemployment number obscures the fact that the middle class has still struggled to find quality jobs, while more Americans are settling for lower-paying work.
Now, on to the more conspiratorial part of today's musings. (you didn't believe that I would have skipped that after reading the headline did you?) Guess what! As it happens, at least two of the economists who produced today's full unemployment report are Obama donors. Just because people are in government positions does not mean that they are non partisan, even though they are required by law to be so. It is an impossible task to ask any person with an opinion to suddenly cast their personal feelings aside simply because their employment requires a certain amount of neutrality. They still root for one side over the other. Keeping that in mind, due to simple attrition and propensities for hiring versus not hiring, meaning that Democrats hire a lot more than Republicans do while in charge, about 80% of those who work for the federal government, even when the Republicans are in charge, tend to be left of center politically. The BLS, (BS,) is certainly no exception to that rule.
So, exactly how out of whack was today's employment report? Check out Hilda Solis' reception on CNBC, hardly a hostile forum for her.
Still not convinced that this report is utter nonsense? Consider this little bit of historical perspective. The last time we experienced an increase in total employment of 853,000 jobs, it was 1983, and our GDP was growing at an eyepopping 9.2% per year. Currently our GDP is growing at a putrid 1.1% per year. On its face, this report is baloney from its first sentence to its last. Only a true moron would be capable of believing it, which pretty much sums up the exact voting block B. Hussein Obama is shooting for.


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The Food Pyramid of the Insane
Health-blogging has taught me a lot of things, most notably—misinformation is everywhere! Like this:
I wonder what life is like in la-la land. It's got to be very cubby, like low-carb devotee Gary Taubes. Remember this:
In fairness, it's not like the national food pyramid is much better. See for yourself:
One tells you eating a lot of refined grains is healthy and other saturated fat! Both are BAD ideas, more from Dr. Fuhrman:
Saturated fat is the element of the modern diet that shows the most powerful association in these medical research studies with high cholesterol and premature death from heart attacks.1
White flour and other refined grains such as sweetened breakfast cereals, soft drinks, other sweets, and even fruit juices are weight-promoting and not only lead to diabetes, but can raise triglycerides and cholesterol levels, increasing heart attack risk.
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Today may not be the picture perfect day for some and this week may have not been my favorite but something inside is starting to click, the positive is ruling over the negative voice in my head. Even when I find myself saying, " I didn't get my steps yesterday or I didn't do my yoga last night", this voice is not followed by punishment or self loathing, just the need to do what I can when I can. To seize the opportunity when it arises, like I know I still have the weekend to get my steps for the week and I already have a day planned in the park or my trip at lunch to walmart. I figured it is a big store and I need some stuff and lunch why not go there and get my errands done and get some of my lunch time walk instead of sulking about it raining and not getting my full one. One mile in the store is better than no mile and certainly better than the sour outlook I could have carried further into the week. I am not perfect, my family and friends aren't either. The world and the weather can't always be perfect either but we can chose to focus on the good instead of dwelling on the bad. I know it is hard when the rain makes your head or your hip hurt (both in my case) or you had a fight with someone you care about but it is how we deal with it that really matters. We can chose to hold on and be unhappy or move forward, we can try to fix things and be positive or dig our heels in and be unhappy. It is our decision and that is where we really win or lose. If we get back up and brush ourselves off and vow to do better next time, great! If we lay there in defeat then we are defeated. I decided this week is not going to define me and I will not quit, I may not get all the workouts in I planned but life happens when we are making plans. I will move more next week and I will one day reach this goal, I will take it one day at a time and I will get there.
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Tony's talking turkey this morning on North Dakota Today with Chris and Andrea, and is sharing two of our favorite Thanksgiving-inspired recipes: Turkey Crepes with Pistachio Pesto.
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Turkey Crepes are an elegant and creative way to utilize leftover turkey meat, or to put a new twist on your Thanksgiving Day menu. The focus of these two recipes is simplicity – these are elegant, yet uncomplicated dishes that you can easily make right at home. Tony even gives us permission to skip the hassle of making crepes from scratch, and encourages us to find fresh ones in the produce department of our local grocery store. As a busy mom, I love any kind of tip that helps me save time – thanks, Tony!
The pistachio pesto couldn't be easier to make, but don't let that fool you – with its wonderful nuttiness and buttery flavor, this pesto takes these basic turkey crepes to the next level. This pesto is incredibly versatile, and could also be used with chicken or fish, or even as a dip with hearty crackers. For this recipe, Tony uses pre-shelled and salted pistachios, so no additional salt needs to be added to the pesto.
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Psychology plays a huge role in how someone plays the auction house. There is a mental angle to being able to work the system. How you list items, resell items, flip product and advertise your trade items is determined on how you set up your mental processes.
Planning how you present your item and how you manipulate the auction house system determines exactly your sales options. Here are a few types of processes you will find players using:
The Home Run seller posts up auctions at the highest prices they can imagine. Their goal is to get someone who doesn't understand how to do a basic search on the auction house. So they see an item they really want, pay the cost of the item and then never realize that they have overpaid for an item. This many times skews the aggregator websites such as Theunderminejournal.com. Already high priced items end up becoming overpriced items if a gold goblin doesn't research more than one place.
The Grinder seller will continually post and reset auctions as they are undercut. So the auction poster will list 10 of their Bold Inferno Rubies hoping to sell one or two at a time. Rechecking to see if they are undercut, the player will repost undercutting the lowest posted item. The idea is to grind as much profit as possible out of an item. Most players end up falling into this category, especially in the Jewelcrafting and Enchanting professions. Grinding out profits is the base for many players goblin fortunes.
A minimizer will sell their product at the smallest amount to empty as fast as possible. Many times this type of seller will undercut everyone by 50%, figuring that they will pocket their profits quickly with less hassle. This again tends to skew the system, especially with semi automated posters. Auction House players find this type of seller the most annoying. The entire inscription/glyph profession on many servers crashed due to posting of glyphs at just above how much production cost. Causing many players to abandon the profession for other fertile soil.
The clueless seller has no idea how much a product is worth. They do not have or take the time to research how much something is worth. So they will listen to what "a friend" suggested or what rumor says it sold for. Usually they end up holding onto the product and resetting the auction time and time again till a kind soul, or reality explains to them that the price they are asking for makes the item non sellable.
There are other seller psychologies to be used. Even a combination of all of these options can be used, the important part is to identify not only your own patterns. But also identifying your competition to use their strengths and weaknesses against them.
What type of seller are you? Does how you sell effect how you view playing the auction house?
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The Fremont Festival of the Arts is celebrating 33 years of fun in the sun! The Fremont Festival of the Arts is the largest free street festival west of the Mississippi River.
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Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days
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The Festival of the Arts Keeps Getting Greener and Greener!
The Chamber of Commerce continues its efforts to make the Festival of the Arts more environmentally friendly.
At the 2016 Festival of Arts, we will once again provide three types of waste disposal bins - for organic waste, recyclables, and plain-old-trash in order to divert the maximum amount of material from the landfill. Collection centers will be located strategically throughout the Festival in the intersections where food courts are located.
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In a move that surprised no one, Texas A&M sophomore quarterback Johnny Manziel announced Wednesday that he will forego his final two years of collegiate eligibility and enter the NFL Draft.
"After long discussions with my family, friends, teammates, and coaches, I have decided to make myself available for the 2014 NFL Draft," said Manziel in a statement given to CBSSports.com. "I'm ready to become a professional and dedicate myself to making my dream a reality of becoming the best quarterback I can be." Manziel also wrote a thank-you letter to Texas A&M fans which was posted at TexAgs.com.
Known as "Johnny Football," Manziel won the Heisman Trophy as a freshman while leading the Aggies to an 11-2 record, including a 29-24 road victory over a Alabama Crimson Tide squad that would go on to win the 2012 BCS National Championship. The following season, Manziel finished fifth in the Heisman balloting. Manziel, who played both football and baseball at Kerrville Tivy High School in Texas, is projected to be a first-round pick.
Teams expected to take a serious look at drafting Manziel include the Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns and Oakland Raiders. The 2014 NFL Draft is May 8-10 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.