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World briefs
Suspected U.S. drone strike kills 3 in Pakistan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Pakistani officials said a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed three militants in a Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border.
Senior government official Shahid Ali said two drone-fired missiles hit a vehicle Saturday near the Sheen Warsak area of South Waziristan, killing a Yemeni militant and two others.
The attack was the second last week in the same area. On Thursday, a missile strike on a house killed three alleged militants. Two intelligence officials said another Yemeni was killed in that strike.
Compensation offered to fire victims' families
DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Bangladesh's government said Saturday it will give 200,000 takas ($2,500) to the families of those who died in a garment factory fire and 50,000 takas ($625) to those who were injured.
The government's offer of compensation, announced to the Associated Press by Mahbubul Hoque Shakil, an aide to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was separate from the garment industry's promise to pay the families of the victims a monthly salary for at least 10 years. The fire a week ago killed 112 people.
More than 1,000 workers at the Tazreen factory in a Dhaka suburb protested outside the burned-out facility on Saturday demanding compensation for lost wages. The government announced they would be paid for November, but some workers demanded they be given four months' salary.
Fracking opponents protest in Great Britain
LONDON -- Opponents of shale gas extraction are protesting amid reports the government is to green-light the controversial practice known as fracking.
Campaigners delivered a letter Saturday to Prime Minister David Cameron's 10 Downing Street office calling the extraction of gas by hydraulic fracturing "an unpredictable, unregulatable process" that could poison the environment.
Advocates of fracking said tapping underground gas reserves could transform Britain's energy supply.
Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. halted work on Britain's only shale gas project in 2011 after it triggered a series of small earthquakes.
Iran's president promotes controversial aide
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's president promoted a controversial aide to a high-profile post in a move widely viewed as an attempt to boost the adviser's profile before his expected candidacy in 2013's presidential elections.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday appointed Esfandiar Rahim Mashai the head of the secretariat of the Non-Aligned Movement, the bloc of developing nations Iran currently heads. The post gives Mashaei much-needed international experience.
Ahmadinejad cannot run in Iran's presidential elections in June because of term limits. The move is seen as a challenge to Iran's powerful hard-liners, who denounce Mashaei as the head of a "deviant current" that they said seeks to undermine the country's ruling Islamic system.
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mplsystems has announced a new, integrated field service management solution that directly addresses he three main barriers to field service efficiency: combining disparate IT systems; enabling the scheduling of reactive jobs alongside planned tasks; and solving ongoing issues relating to lack of visibility of activities in the field.
Key functionality includes a unified service desk portal, automatic and dynamic planning and scheduling of service activities, as well as mobile communications for field personnel through dedicated apps for all leading smart phones and tablets. The solution is particularly easy-to-use, supporting a unique combination of automated scheduling with dynamic drag-and-drop capabilities to enable planners to optimise schedules and manage their reactive tasks in real-time. When integrated with a comprehensive service desk portal and updates via mobile apps, organisations will be able to unlock significant productivity and efficiency savings with a true, real-time view of all current maintenance activities across the business.
"Until now field service management systems have always suffered from a disconnect between the service desk, planning and what's actually going on in the field. The result is that it has proved virtually impossible for service management firms to react quickly to customer emergency jobs and change requests as the planning function is burdened by overly complex scheduling tools that make it difficult to schedule such reactive jobs in real-time. Our new service management solution directly address this challenge," commented Paul White, CEO at mplsystems.
"And despite the great advances in smart phone technology, the reality for most service organisations is still that their field workforce is largely invisible. That's a real concern given that the top complaint from service maintenance customers is that technicians, when on site, can't resolve issues. By integrating our service desk portal with both automated scheduling and field updates via mobile apps, we can make sure that field service organisations have both the real-time information dynamic planning tools they need to solve this problem."
The new solution contrasts with traditional service scheduling tools that are typically over-complex with endless menus, options, parameters and screens. Instead the mplsystems solution features three core drag-and-drop presentation options that enable schedule optimisation: a dynamic map view that streamlines the scheduling and allocation of tasks, a field service engineer's calendar view showing all jobs and locations, and a complete list of jobs that can be filtered using a range of parameters. These three views can be toggled separately or displayed concurrently on a single screen. When the service desk receives a call, all service desk staff need to do is just drag and drop the task onto the appropriate field engineer's schedule. This action updates diaries and transfers all relevant task information to the engineer's mobile Android, iOS or Windows Mobile device.
Statutory Support Services, a specialist building services maintenance group, chose the new mplsystems solution to gain a single view of all its field activities. "With mplsystems we've been able to automate around 50 percent of the manual scheduling tasks that we had to do with our previous system, and we're already seeing improvements in terms of our KPIs and SLAs. Our schedulers are no longer overloaded with endless menus, options, parameters and screens. Instead they get to look at just three simple views – a dynamic map that streamlines the drag-and-drop scheduling and allocation of tasks, a field service engineer's calendar view, and a complete list of jobs that can be filtered using a range of parameters," explained Adam Clarke, Statutory Support Services UK Limited's Managing Director. "The sheer simplicity of the system means that our staff simply need to drag-and-drop a task onto the appropriate field engineer's schedule. This action updates diaries and transfers all relevant task information to the engineer's mobile device. With the time saved, we can focus our helpdesk staff on the kind of added value tasks that other service companies simply don't have the time to do.
"Thanks to increased SLA adherence and the ability of our new mplsystems implementation to respond effectively to reactive jobs and dynamic schedule optimisation, we're expecting the mplsystems field service management solution to pay for itself within just six months," he added. "When you factor in costs such as licencing and hardware costs for field mobile systems, we're estimating that our cloud-based mplsystems technology solution will work out at around five times less expensive than our legacy enterprise Maximo-based scheduling system."
mplsystems' new end-to-end solution can be delivered either on premise or in the cloud, and provides field service organisations with a true real-time view of all their current maintenance and support activities across their entire operation. A full suite of field service management software allows businesses to create and customise exactly the level of functionality they need around their existing IT investments.
About mplsystems:
mplsystems offers a full suite of field service management solutions, bringing together multi-channel customer contact centre technology with field service components - including service desk, planning and mobile service apps – to help organisations optimise their end-to-end service capabilities. Suitable for both small, field-based operations as well as larger teams of contractors, mplsystems provides a flexible framework that wraps around existing components and allows service businesses to create and customise the functionality they really need around their existing products.
For more information please visit www.mplsystems.co.uk or follow @mplsystems on Twitter


text: Del Toro release a clever version to its staple Alto Chukka. Constructed out of silk-blended cotton, the "Wood Grain" Alto Chukka, as the name suggests, works in a print of light sawn lumber — giving the impression from afar that your footwear is made from wood. Details include leather laces, an engraved outsole, and a gold RiRi heel zipper. Retailing for $350 USD, the made in Italy "Wood Grain" Alto Chukka is available now through the Del Toro web store and Wynwood location.


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Tech Detox
As our world becomes more and more automated, authentic, "discovering-with-our-hands" experiences become increasingly critical in keeping it real.We continually search for beautiful, no tech inspirations designed to help us stay rooted in the human experience. (From origami and chalkboard art, to returning to the joy of the kitchen.) Things that are made by hand are often the most imaginative.
Plain Vs. Restrain
We are inspired by the workings of a product or package, the raw beauty in how something functions, how something is made. Simple in form, thoughtful in its design, we are inspired by things that are simply and singularly purposeful.
Temporary Pleasure
As more and more people migrate to cities (an estimated 70% by 2050) the question of limited space and the need for ownership arises. We wonder, will rented pleasure trumph the status of ownership? How might the sharing of products we use influence brand design? And how might brand communication strategies evolve?
Stand for Something
Consumers are exposed to, and are often participating in an uncensored, opiniated world, especially on-line. Experienced, urban consumers no longer tolerate being treated like yesterday's middle-of-the-road audiences. They crave more in-your-face brand experiences and appreciate brands and design that move with the culture. We are inspired by brands that disregard neutrality for a distinct, inspired, and compelling point of view.
So Wrong It's Right
We continue to be delighted and inspired by the surprisingly out-of-whack creations that couldn't be imagined if armed with a formula. They teach us to challenge the aesthetically expected and break new visual territory.
Slow Food
Fast food...there is tremendous baggage that comes with the term, from health concerns to questionable agricultural practices. We wonder if presenting consumers with food choices that need to be prepared slowly communicate quality, responsibility and health. Might food manufacturers rethink quick prep products and instructions and once again, embrace the pot and the pan? Might that be more believable than pictures of fresh ingredients and health benefit claims on the front of a package?
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text: Explore Taebaeksan to Chiaksan Suwon and around Incheon The West Sea Islands The Demilitarized Zone Chuncheon Sokcho and around Seoraksan National Park Gangneung and around Jeongdongjin Samcheok and around Taebaeksan to Chiaksan Share Heading west from the coast towards Gyeonggi-do and Seoul, you'll pass through some magnificent Gangwonese scenery, its carpet of rolling hills rising up to a couple of relatively untouristed national parks. The more easterly of the two, Taebaeksan, can be accessed from the relaxed city of Taebaek, while Chiaksan National Park lies east of Wonju, near the confluence of the Gangwon, Gyeonggi and Chungbuk borders. The Jeongseon route Read More


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The grim nightmare of successfully banning booze
Edward Snowden, Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald recently did an AMA on Citizenfour, their Oscar winning documentary about Snowden and the NSA scandal. Among the highlights is Snowden discussing the relationship between people and their governments and how enforcing the law too well actually can have severe drawbacks.
"I collect spores, molds, and fungus."
"Hollywood's pathological fear of being political has made them blind to the changes that women's friendships have undergone over the last forty years. We're so far past women's relationships revolving around men that no one is even offended by the suggestion that women have relationships that don't revolve around men. Bridesmaids was a smash among women AND men, and so was [Paul] Feig's follow-up, The Heat, another female driven, non-romantic comedy." (Hat-tip: Mick LaSalle) [more inside]
On Chicago Public Schools Censoring Persepolis's Images of Torture
Suffice it to say, Persepolis is quite a work. It's a testament to the power of the graphic novel. The art's simple linework helps the story feel unpretentious and direct. Persepolis was adapted as a 2007 French animated film, written and directed by Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud. Among other honors, it was nominated for an Academy Award. Why would someone want to ban such a book?
THR & The Blacklist
After 65 Years The Hollywood Reporter addresses its role in the hollywood blacklist, including an apology from W.R. Wilkerson III, son of THR founder Billy Wilkerson whose "A Vote For Joe Stalin" editorial named writers such as Dalton Trumbo, Lester Cole, Howard Koch and John Howard Lawson as communist sympathisers.
"Aaron Sorkin versus reality"
"Aaron Sorkin is why people hate liberals." The writer of Sports Night, The West Wing, Studio 60 and The Newsroom makes Alex Pareene's Hack List at Salon.
Alan J. Pakula's "The Parallax View"
Welcome to the testing room of the Parallax Corporation's Division of Human Engineering. [more inside]
The lady's not for turning?
'History is what happened in the past': reflections on The Iron Lady.
Hoover Hush-Up
Though the posters and trailers promise quality performances, Clint Eastwood's biopic J. Edgar seems intent on skirting certain issues in the former FBI director's personal life. The JEH Foundation is already denying the "rumors" louder than ever, but so far there's little indication that they've got anything to fear beyond a little hand-holding. QUEERTY asks: if Clint Eastwood is cool with homos, why is he freaking out about J. Edgar not being a gay movie? Despite the tame promos, screenwriter Dustin Lance Black insists that the gay subplot makes up "about a third" of the story. Meanwhile, an upcoming memoir by former Hollywood pimpster Scotty Bowers is rumored to contain a firsthand account of a gay weekend getaway with Hoover and company.
March of Time
From 1935 to 1951, Time Magazine bridged the gap between print & radio news reporting and the new visual medium of film, with March of Time: award-winning newsreel reports that were a combination of objective documentary, dramatized fiction and pro-American, anti-totalitarian propaganda. They "often tackled subjects and themes that audiences weren't used to seeing — foreign affairs, social trends, public-health issues — and did so with a combination of panache and subterfuge that today seems either absurd or visionary." (Previous two links have autoplaying video.) By 1937, the short films were being seen by as many as 26 million people every month and may have helped steer public opinion on numerous issues, including (eventually) America's entry to WWII. Video samples are available at Time.com, the March of Time Facebook page and the entire collection is available online, (free registration required) at HBO Archives. [more inside]
Orange you glad you got your Nickelodeon?
Two and a half years ago, we explored the early history of Cartoon Network... but it wasn't the only player in the youth television game. As a matter of fact, Fred Seibert -- the man responsible for the most inventive projects discussed in that post -- first stretched his creative legs at the network's truly venerable forerunner: Nickelodeon. Founded as Pinwheel, a six-hour block on Warner Cable's innovative QUBE system, this humble channel struggled for years before Seibert's innovative branding work transformed it into a national icon and capstone of a media empire. Much has changed since then, from the mascots and game shows to the versatile orange "splat." But starting tonight in response to popular demand, the network is looking back with a summer programming block dedicated to the greatest hits of the 1990s, including Hey Arnold!, Rocko's Modern Life, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Double Dare, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Legends of the Hidden Temple, and All That. To celebrate, look inside for the complete story of the early days of the network that incensed the religious right, brought doo-wop to television, and slimed a million fans -- the golden age of Nickelodeon. (warning: monster post inside) [more inside]
Robert Altman's "H.E.A.L.T.H."
HealtH (1980) [part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] was the film which ended Robert Altman's relationship with Twentieth Century Fox, the studio for whom he had made M*A*S*H. ... During the editing of the film Altman's main supporter, Alan Ladd Jr., left the studio and release was shelved. Altman distributed the film himself to the festival circuit. ... But it has never been released on VHS, DVD or BluRay and thus remains one of the least seen of Altman's ouvre. This is unfortunate as it is a very entertaining film, even if it falls short of its ambitions as a political satire. Ronald Reagan disagreed - calling it "the world's worst movie".
You have all committed a terrible sin.
The Life Zone is an anti-abortion suspense thriller about three women who are kidnapped and forced to carry their pregnancies to term.
Telling lies about Poliwood
As I write this, I realize I am about to do something that, for the most part, is never done. I am going to criticize a critic. Filmmakers are never supposed to respond to a critic about their work. It's an unspoken rule of engagement. But in this case, I feel compelled. [more inside]
Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high, There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby. The MGM musical version of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz turned 70 this week. It wasn't the first time it was a movie, nor the last time it was a movie or a movie musical. [more inside]
Here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere!
Silver's Picks for the Silver Screen
He predicted a losing season for the White Sox in 2007 and foresaw that the Tampa Bay Rays would be the best team in the American League in 2008, although he wrongly predicted that the Rays would win the World Series. He also predicted Obama's 6-point victory over McCain. Now the stats guru Nate Silver is picking the Oscar winners and predicting an upset win for Taraji P. Henson in the Best Supporting Actress category.
Adding images to words makes things easier to remember. The 14 defining characteristics of Fascism as a flash movie. I know, I know, it's been discussed quite a few times at MeFi, but I only post this as Thursday fun. Only. Really. Fun.
Red Film, Blue Film
What do The Passion of the Christ, Hero, Team America, and The Incredibles have in common? They're all among the Top 20 Conservative Films of 2004 according to the Liberty Film Festival. Naturally, they have a blog. Recent entries include free advice for the Oscars, like having Rush Limbaugh emcee.
Hollywood Propaganda
The Manchurian Candidate remake has all the makings of a cunning piece of republican political propaganda. The most obvious theme of the movie warns a politician war hero is a danger to the country.
The movie has all the makings of a good thriller. However, the script and screen play are so heavily slanted the movie comes across as a commercial just like other movies geared towards one political ideal.
The Manchurian Candidate remake has all the makings of a cunning piece of republican political propaganda. The most obvious theme of the movie warns a politician war hero is a danger to the country.
The movie has all the makings of a good thriller. However, the script and screen play are so heavily slanted the movie comes across as a commercial just like other movies geared towards one political ideal.
D'Souza and Coulter on Aliens
Unused Audio Commentary By Dinesh D'Souza and Ann Coulter, Recorded Spring 2003, for Aliens Special Red-State Edition DVD, Part One and Part Two.
Will the Money Men Give Peace A Chance?
Warner removes peace symbol from What A Girl Wants ad. Terrified of the "political" content of a young lady flashing the peace symbol, Warner has removed it from their new ads. The movie, incidentally, was hardly agitprop. It was only a teen movie featuring a young lady goofing off on the poster. If this isn't overly cautious, then just how paranoid will movie studios and marketers get?
"All democracies turn into dictatorships -- but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it's Julius Caesar or Napoleon or Adolf Hitler. Ultimately, the general population goes along with the idea... It isn't that the Empire conquered the Republic, it's that the Empire is the Republic." George Lucas talks about the politics of his new Star Wars films.
Roger Ebert savages "John Q." for general dumbness
Roger Ebert savages "John Q." for general dumbness yet agrees with the message: we should have socialized health care. Steve MacLaughlin, however, details how the film greatly misrepresents medical and health care reality just to make its point -- and he fears that Joe Popcorn is going to absorb it as political education. Given that the film is set in the present day, rather than some fictional dystopian future, is this artistic license or irresponsible oversight? Perhaps libelous propaganda?
Lee Atwater - The Movie
Lee Atwater - The Movie Yep, coming to your town will be a film based on the career and life of Lee Atwater, former Republican national chairman and (insert description here). Jay Mohr is set to star as Atwalter, no word on who will be playing Willie Horton.
.... AWAY, AWAY - site for what looks like an interesting film on the Confederate flag debate. Be sure to check out the video clip.
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Courtney Kahlsdorf went 2-for-2 with a home run, five RBI, and four runs for Somerset Tech as it defeated East Brunswick Tech, 17-6, in Bridgewater.
Giannie Cintron went 2-for-4 with three RBI, two runs, and a double for Somerset Tech while Naomi Sadlon was 2-for-2 with two RBI and two runs. East Brunswick Tech scored three runs in the top of the fourth inning.


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Over the past several years, we have seen the National mountain bike scene move from beautiful mountain
resorts to small and possibly obscure towns. What used to be held in Big Bear at Snow Summit resort in Southern California– the first race of the NORBA National Mountain Bike Race Series– is now at Bonelli Park in San Dimas and is the Pro season opener. And to add a healthy amount of confusion to the idea of National mountain bike race series, this particular race at Bonelli Park is a part of the Pro XCT Tour from USA Cycling, the US Cup Pro Triple Crown series (ad isn't the US Cup it's own mountain bike race series?), Team Big Bear Series and the Kenda Cup West. There may be another series, however we're unaware at this time. For the most part, the Pros race for the Pro XCT Tour and the Triple Crown, and everyone else can participate in the California series and the Kenda Cup West.
Welcome to San Dimas, California! You may know of San Dimas from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Beyond that, a cyclist needs to know where to find food. And perhaps where to go for fun, but really, where to find good food.
One important ting beyond food is of course a bike shop that can provide those last minute items such as CO2 cartridges, race nutrition, the gloves you left behind, and a derailleur hanger to replace the one bent from the plane ride to ONT. The best bike shop in town, and right next door is Incycle Bicycles. Incycle San Dimas (there are 4 locations) is right next to Bonelli Park on Arrow Highway and Bonita. Refer to the map below.
San Dimas is also a Route 66 town. Motels and googie signs still sprinkle the landscape, although you're more likely to see a Starbucks or McDonald's than an old diner– The Golden Spur excepted (it's technically in Glendora, though).
You'll be traveling to the San Gabriel Valley, and therein can find amazing food, great rides and a few fun landmarks along the way.
Frank G. Bonelli Park offers myriad activities for the family. From horseback riding to fishing, if your support staff needs to do something while you are pre riding the course, they can even hit a few holes on the Mountain Meadows Golf Course. Need to relax after the race, or settle the legs after a hard pre-ride? hit the Hot Tubs at at Puddingstone Resort!
A fun stop for movie buffs is the modernist church from the final scene of The Graduate. Remember Dustin Hoffman pressing his face against the glass screaming "Elaine!"– the original Wedding Crasher!
A stroll down Bonita Avenue at San Dimas Avenue will present you with gift shops, small cafes and antique stores. The street is reminiscent of the original cowboy days of San Dimas, with brick walkways and old style building facades. This is also the scene of the criterium of the San Dimas Stage Race, which attracts the top talent from across the Nation.
Stay tuned all week for more information about where to eat, shop and relax during your stay in Southern California.
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In March, T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS ) rocked the telecom sector and became the first major wireless carrier to do away with smartphone subsidies, even though it did so under the veil of freeing customers from the burden of contracts. Since the announcement, rumors have begun to circulate that Verizon (NYSE: VZ ) is considering following suit. If Verizon drops subsidies, it's likely that AT&T (NYSE: T ) will do so, as well, and the rest of the telecom sector could follow suit.
In the video below, Fool.com contributor Doug Ehrman discusses how the end of subsidies will impact the telecom sector, specifically companies like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) , which rely on a rapid upgrade cycle to push unit sales.
Want to get in on the smartphone phenomenon? Truth be told, one company sits at the crossroads of smartphone technology as we know it. It's not Nokia... or Verizon... or even Apple! In fact, you've probably never even heard of it! But it stands to reap massive profits NO MATTER WHO ultimately wins the smartphone war. To find out what it is, click here to access the "One Stock You Must Buy Before the iPhone-Android War Escalates Any Further."


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At 12:11:36 $ 8.34 303,720 Shares
Sentiment: Strong Buy
It's going to be a big volume day today... million plus shares. We should be seeing a nice bump in price here....
The volume is up for today. Don't you think the price of stock should be more up with this volume? It seems institutional or insiders are selling their stocks.


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The Miss Santa Clarita Valley Scholarship Pageant will celebrate its 34th year with a pageant to be held at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center on Saturday, June 15.
Contestants are still being sought for the pageant which will award a $5,000 scholarship to the 34th Miss Santa Clarita Valley.
Additional titles and scholarships are awarded to the Miss Teen SCV, Little Miss SCV, Ms. SCV and Mrs. SCV.
Miss SCV contestants should be between the ages of 18 and 25.
Miss Teen SCV contestants should be between the ages of 14 to 17. The Miss Teen SCV winner will earn a $2,500 scholarship.
Little Miss SCV contestants should be age 8 to 13.
Girls and women participating in the Miss SCV Scholarship program each complete up to 300 hours of community service each year.
"This program has proven to build self-esteem, open doors of opportunity and build exceptional resumes for college acceptance," said Mardi Rivetti, Miss SCV Scholarship Pageant program director.
Rivetti said the pageant training workshops will begin soon with sessions on public speaking, model's walk and comportment, personal grooming and interview technique.
"More than a thousand women have come through the Miss SCV Scholarship Program in the past 33 years," said Rivetti. "You see them now as school teachers, interns, Santa Clarita city leaders as well as exceptional parents."
Rivetti said the entry fee for the pageant is $100 (plus sponsor fee). The deadline to enter is May 19.
The Miss Santa Clarita Valley Scholarship Pageant will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, June 15 at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center. For information on becoming a contestant visit www.MissSCVPageants.com, email email@example.com or contact Mardi Rivetti, Program Director 661-252-3232. Tickets available online at: www.canyons.edu/offices/pio/canyonspac.


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Nokia 808 PureView is a camera engineering marvel - are you getting one?
0. phoneArena 27 Feb 2012, 13:52 posted on
What we are interested in is whether you are intrigued by Nokia's bombshell device as a phone, and if you are planning to get one the day it comes out, or are already distracted by something else. Checkmark our little poll and sound off in the comments...
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1. DontHateOnS60 (Posts: 867; Member since: 20 Apr 2009)
Doubt we'll see everything this phone has to offer, running Windows Phone by the end of the year. Not a big fan of the design either. Would love to see another N8 looking phone with a bigger 4.3" display on it plus all this has to offer. HDMI is still something we've yet to see on WP so hopefully since Apollo allows for microSD expansion, it will allow for HDMI as well. It's crazy how immature WP still is in so many respects.
15. shafboy (Posts: 179; Member since: 26 Sep 2010)
Even though this phone isn't actually that great of a phone, it is the thing at the back that it's designed for. It may change the future of camera's, at least for a certain line of phones. Either way it is a great technology.
49. gevvyd (Posts: 13; Member since: 17 Feb 2010)
and a higher resolultion!
2. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
there should have been a "i take pictures with my camera not my phone" option.
9. Giggity (Posts: 147; Member since: 17 Nov 2011)
Amen to this, frankly I don't really see the need for camera on smartphone to exceed 12MP.
20. -RVM- (Posts: 331; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
Well, the camera on Nokia 808 is supposed to make 5 or 8 MPx photos. So why there's 41 MPx sensor ?http://europe.nokia.com/PRODUC
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43. eiyoy009 (Posts: 57; Member since: 01 Jun 2011)
whatever everyone is saying...for me this is a best camera and a phone for me...
i don't want to have a camera and a phone in both side of my hand...i want ALL-IN-ONE gadget.. PERFECT!!!
19. -RVM- (Posts: 331; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
yea, because it's easier to walk around with much heavier camera around your neck 24h.... wake up dude, most people don't have their cameras with themselves 95% of their time.
24. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
no sh!t. a camera phone usually works in a pinch.
but "wake up dude," they do not compare to real cameras. most people do not want a phone that is 95% camera either. the 808 is a niche phone. ill take my g2x and my dslr over the 808 anyday.
23. shafboy (Posts: 179; Member since: 26 Sep 2010)
True, but wouldn't it be great for photographers to have both in one?
25. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
if two could exist in one than having two would be pointless. the limitations of belle are numerous, and a DSLR still trumps the 808.
not saying that photographers dont/wont use both. just that a photo nut is going to haul around their gear anyway and might pic up the 808 to fill in the gap when not hauling.
i like the 808's camera. but im not going to sacrifice android for it. and i dont see any camera phone replacing my dslr in the near future.
the 808 might be the best camera-phone. but by becoming that it is neither going to be the best camera or the best phone, just the best compilation.
27. andro. (Posts: 1998; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
It'll sell to a niche group. The N8 which sold well by 'nokias' sales standards but poorly in the global comparison scale and from returns we had instore it was not without a fair few software and hardware problems most notably freezing and self charging till the battery died quickly without actually being connected to a charger.
Don't get me wrong I had an N8 and loved the cameras photos but it too was a fairly limited phone,the os is dated and the browser was only ok at best incomparison to other smartphone browsers,facebook apps wouldn't open half people status updates,links or photos.
Most people certainly wouldn't sacrifice 400 bucks or a bill upgrade for 2 years for the sake of the camera. No professional photographers would swap an dslr for this 41mp camera either as zoom functions and optical zooms for instance are very limited in the 808
28. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
i mean.
Nailed It!
31. quakan (Posts: 1373; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)
How come you didn't just edit what you said and just said "Nailed It!" instead you realized your error, left it there, and showed what you meant to say? Not trying to be a douche but that just stood out to me when scrolling down.
36. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
The whole thing is a phrase from wkuk. The whole statement is a reference including the I mean. Sorry, I guess it isn't as universal as I thought.
45. quakan (Posts: 1373; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)
Oh, never heard of it. lol
29. thatdude1 (unregistered)
Andro, have you ever tried Belle on Nokia hardware? I would wager that you have not. It's really good. Its definitely is not dated. This phone will definitely sell well where Symbian is strong, and will do better than average in places that Symbian is not so strong. You clearly don't like anything other than Android, which is fine, so why bother wasting your time commenting on anything other than Android?
32. andro. (Posts: 1998; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
Its a wager you'd have lost,my n8 when i had it was on Anna and my N700 when i had it was on Belle,its handy working in the phone industry as lots of manufacturers give you phones to mess around with it! ;-)
Anna was an improvement in software but still dated,belle is better but merely was so because it brings in pull down task bar features ala android style and a few tweaks. Mostly the improvements were cosmetic in nature. I do infact prefer belle to windows and sales wise we have definitely sold more nokia symbian phones than windows.
Still both are really show their level in the industry by the sales figures they have ended up on. Nokias best phones ultimately are its features phones which have prolific sales and zero trouble. They are the very life of nokias sales figures year in year out and will continue to be so
40. chapizzo (Posts: 116; Member since: 13 Sep 2011)
Belle was not just cosmetic changes. It was the whole system written from the ground up using the new qt engine. Brought large improvements in operation and use of system resources. I'll point out one that i expect you'll understand. With Anna, it was common to run out of RAM especially using opera mobile with lots of pages open. With Belle, that has never happen, even with more than 10 apps running, several pages open in opera mobile, and thats a phone with only 256MB RAM.
But ofcourse, you'd know this if you had ever used the phone
38. chapizzo (Posts: 116; Member since: 13 Sep 2011)
see you actually talk like someone that never used the phone but seemingly knows all about it. HATER.
48. andro. (Posts: 1998; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
You've obviously not read any of the comments as i stated i actually had a nokia n8 and n700 for a while and currently a lumia,which i don't use as its not great
47. karanstyle (Posts: 188; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
I feel so sorry for you but I too had one but Nokia N8 is way better than any Android or iOS phone in terms of Battery & Camera!
Pls. Search more to know more!
50. andro. (Posts: 1998; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
Battery and camera were better yes,thats about it. i only used my nokia n8 for camera only as the rest ended up frustrating due to limitations and better alternatives readily available to me
51. karanstyle (Posts: 188; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
May I know what kinda restrictions??
You ppl just have to downgrade the name of Symbian for the sake of "I dunno what"?
Anyways, I'm waiting for Apple's next fake revolutionary phone with 16Mpx(and sell it with some stupid tag line and say for just 800$ + Some crappy app about "Steve Jobs" with the name "Steve Pop").
I'm not so good at bulls**tting like Apple :-P
46. karanstyle (Posts: 188; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Ummm stop comparing Crapsung's SGS2 with NOKIA's Pure view 808.
Oops! I meant Sam-sung not CRAP-Sung ;-)
(a useless 8MPx of SGS2+SGS3)
Admit the power of Symbian on just 1.3Ghz Single core processor and very petty amount of RAM running a huge camera where Android tin bot would just be hung up with eyes wide open.
And yes as far as Samflung(oops again :-P ) read this:
"Samsung's Executive says Samsung is not doing well @MWC" ~ LINK -http://www.phonearena.com/news
So, just stop negating and admit the facts.!! :-D
42. eiyoy009 (Posts: 57; Member since: 01 Jun 2011)
then wish that your phone have nothing camera on it...freak!!
3. Mozarrt (Posts: 301; Member since: 08 Oct 2011)
Do I really need one?
4. andro. (Posts: 1998; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
Its gonna be like the n8,a fantastic camera but nobody wanting the mediocre phone. The N8 camera was the best camera ive ever used. Unfortunately most of the people who bought an n8 was for the camera itself rather than the phone.
The 41mp camera here will be wasted on an os that nobody wants and nobody buys in windows phone.
There will be some other very capable shooters on very popular and very top level smartphones this year on platforms much more capable than windows
5. drahmad (Posts: 480; Member since: 20 Aug 2011)
take it easy kiddie. don't try to out perform analysts. you are not.
6. thatdude1 (unregistered)
Gotta disagree with you there, andro. I happen to own a Nokia N8 and it's a fantastic smartphone, and not just because of the camera. The N8 was a hit for Nokia, hence the follow up in the 808 pureview. The OS on the phone(Symbian/Nokia Belle)is a joy to use and is a powerful one at that. And the 808 will be running Belle out the gate, not Windows. This phone is destined, at the very least, to be every bit as popular as the N8.
8. Penny (Posts: 1648; Member since: 04 Feb 2011)
@ andro.
The phone is being released with Symbian Belle, not Windows Phone. And despite the fact that you clearly have something against Windows Phone 7 (as evidenced by almost every one of your posts in WP7 related articles), it is a good operating system.
Choice is a good thing, and companies innovating for the platform you may not like will still benefit you in the long run, so don't be so hateful toward them.
16. chapizzo (Posts: 116; Member since: 13 Sep 2011)
Just because you dont like the OS doesn't mean nobody wants it, just shows how immature you are. Try it out and you may actually realise its not as bad as it has been painted out to be.
22. m.garz (Posts: 61; Member since: 08 Oct 2010)
bet you haven't tried Belle
7. Penny (Posts: 1648; Member since: 04 Feb 2011)
Lol @ the last option in the poll. Very trollish choice there to end it with the comment about apps. How about just leaving the option at "My smartphone camera is good enough, so I'm not going to change phones for it?"
30. thatdude1 (unregistered)
Totally agree with you, @penny. Very trollish indeed.
10. rnk.khch (Posts: 86; Member since: 30 Jan 2012)
Finally I can have what I was waiting for my entire life!!! N8 made my dream come true for the most part, but this one is unbelievable. It's a true marvel of technology, and only Nokia could have done it!!!
I don't see why people are unhappy with Symbian OS. It's a pretty good OS, much more efficient than iOS and Android, which is why N8 with 680MHz processor and 256MB ram has an unbelievably amazing performance (despite my initial doubts). Plus it's a very stable OS. I have never seen it crashing so far despite the fact that I torture it quite a bit on a regular basis.
26. RamyAbdelbadea (Posts: 17; Member since: 07 Nov 2011)
you must be kidding !!! i am with nokia since old times but can't say that Symbian is comperable to IOS Or Android !!! NO way sir ..
they even kill the memo and mego which was a really good OS if they support it !!
53. rnk.khch (Posts: 86; Member since: 30 Jan 2012)
Just put iOS or Android on a device with 680MHz cpu and 256MB ram, and you will see why Symbian is better. Even Satio with 600MHz cpu and the ancient S60 has a brilliant performance. Everyday I amaze my Android and iOS friends with my N8 and Satio.
There may not be as many apps for Symbian as there is for Android and iOS, but the Symbian OS on its own is very capable.
11. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
I'll get it the day it comes out if it's subsidized on T-Mobile US, otherwise I'll have to get the unlocked international version. Here I was about ready to buy a used N8, glad I waited.
52. karanstyle (Posts: 188; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Even I'm waiting for the day it arrives in stores. I'm so buying this Device because Anna > Belle > Carla > Donna.
12. MNX1024 (Posts: 13; Member since: 16 Nov 2011)
I don't know, this phone is extremely tempting, but the amount they're probably charging can get me a decent lens. I do own DSLR's, so yeah.
13. jaytai0106 (Posts: 1888; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
41 MP might be a little too much. Since it's an amazing camera phone, it better be water proof, sand proof, shake proof and everything proof. Otherwise, I drop my phone too often as it is. I know I would break that camera easily. Now they need to cramp 1 TB hard drive in that baby to store all that super high quality pictures.
21. -RVM- (Posts: 331; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
There's a reason why it is 41 MP dude :)http://europe.nokia.com/PRODUC
T_METADATA_0/Products/Phones/8 000-series/808/Nokia808PureView_Wh itepaper.pdf
14. christianqwerty (Posts: 467; Member since: 05 May 2011)
White iPhone 4s for sale! Willing to trade for a Nokia pure view lol . The camera is one of the most important thing on a phone for me. Second is battery life
17. chapizzo (Posts: 116; Member since: 13 Sep 2011)
Why do all of keep saying 41MP is too much? Have you actually tried to find out the reason they are using the 41MP in the first place? Personally the ability of zooming into what ever i am capturing is really something to love. And in the fact that you get better low light performance. Seriously, anybody that uses their phone camera heavily will want these qualities.
18. chapizzo (Posts: 116; Member since: 13 Sep 2011)
Lets just hope nokia dont treat this one like they did the N9 with limited LIMITED release.
33. Mr.Best (Posts: 79; Member since: 17 Jan 2012)
I fail to see Nokia's logic here. Why oh why would you put such a magnificent camera phone on such a dated operating system? I mean the Lumia is such a great phone yet they do this...
34. bon87 (Posts: 10; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
cos windows aint yet optimized for such high camera performance and symbian is. They'll soon use the same technology with Apollo hopefully but i don expect the same 41MP sensor.
44. Mr.Best (Posts: 79; Member since: 17 Jan 2012)
Makes sense. Thanks a mil.
35. bon87 (Posts: 10; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
Why is there so much hate here towards pureview 808? Is it cos its a Nokia? Or is it cos its Symbian..or both? You ppl all hate Nokia cos you know it was once a king and it can take back the throne if it really tries and you ppl are eager not to let that happen cos the brand you support will be down the drain wen that happens..And regarding symbian, i agree its a dead platform, but so wat? it still does well wat its supposed to do and does it better than any other fone out there wen u just compare fones with similar hardware. and no i'm not a troll or a fanboy, i'm just in awe of the technology nokia has developed. 'm using samsung omnia w, so 'm neither a nokia fan nor a symbian fan. there are some things that are facts and there's no denying it..Nokia is a great company and symbian is a good os, not an awesome one like ios or wp, but still good..
37. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)
its because we are all jaded @ssholes.
41. chapizzo (Posts: 116; Member since: 13 Sep 2011)
When this camera finally gets to windows phone 2 years later, they'll call it the best tech ever.
39. bbblader (Posts: 590; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
one more poll: i got a phone 2 months ago so ill wait for 1 year :(
54. Meghu (Posts: 1; Member since: 03 Mar 2012)
Wow, its great news nokia launch 41mp camera along with 16 GB memory storage and 4 inch screen with 360 by 640, price is also reasonable.http://www.howbler.com/2012/03


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have you ever done water marbling on your nails?
I found this one, and i loooove it, it looks like the new Pucci for Guerlain! I'm really good at marbling paper, but I have never tried nails.
I really liked the nails pictured, nice color combination.
Quoting bozobean:
Pretty! Could someone post "How To" instructions, or do you have to go to a salon to have it done?
here is how that blogger did hers:
I love the effect. It's not exactly what I was going for, but I'll take it. I improved so much over the first attempt, I know I will keep on improving each time I do this. Even though it's a bit complicated, I did enjoy doing it and seeing the result.
Let's back up a bit. I'd seen some wonderful water marbles, such as this gorgeous pink and this subtle Easter manicure. I was amazed and thrilled by how beautiful they were and was determined to try it on my own. There are many tutorials available, and I used the one at Chloe's Nails. In case you're not familiar with the technique, in a nutshell, water marbling is dipping your nails into a fine film of polish floating on water. By swirling the different colors, you can get a nice pattern on your nails. The basic steps are:
- Paint your nails with a base color and let them completely dry. No top coat.
- Using filtered, room temperature water, fill a small cup or bowl with water.
- Tape around your nail with scotch tape.
- Put a drop of polish in the water, then the next drop right in the center of the first drop and then the next one. I recommend at least three drops, even if you're only using two colors.
- Using either an orange stick or a pencil, carefully swirl the colors in the water until you get the pattern you want.
- Once you have the pattern you want, lay your nail down on top of it at an angle. Wait a few seconds and then use a qtip to gather all the floating polish together and pull it out of the water. This is so when you lift your nail out, the extra polish doesn't get on it.
- Carefully remove the tape.
- Use a brush dipped in nail polish remover to clean up the polish that got on your skin.
- Apply top coat.
- Repeat for each nail.
For my first attempt, I used Essie A Crewed Interest as the base color.
A Crewed Interest is a lovely light peach, but unfortunately was a little streaky and took three coats to get an even color. Since I couldn't use a top coat yet, I had to wait until it dried. For the marbling itself, I chose the following colors:
The first container I used for the water was a plastic bowl. I quickly found out that the mouth was too wide. Once the polish was dropped in, it dissipated too much. So next I tried a styrofoam cup. Don't use styrofoam! The polish eats right through it. Water got everywhere! After I cleaned that up, I finally found the perfect container: the very small glass bowl that I've been using to mix polishes for Franken Fridays. The mouth of it is just about the same width as an 8 oz cup, and the depth is about 2 inches.
A note about the water: it needs to be filtered and at room temperature. The first several times I dropped the polish in, it didn't behave the way the pictures from the tutorial showed. The tutorial is specific, but I hadn't noticed the first time I read it.
Below is the result of this first try, which is kind of a mess. I'm going to go through it nail by nail and tell you what I learned with each one. I didn't bother cleaning up my cuticles because I knew I was going to try again.
I taped off my index finger, dropped the polish in, then used an orange stick to make a swirly pattern. For this nail, even though I had used all the colors, there wasn't enough of a design.
For my middle finger, each drop of polish had not dispersed enough in the water and therefore was a gloopy mess when I laid my nail on it. As you can see, that nail came out terrible.
For the ring finger, it actually came out very pretty. The problem was in removing the tape. I had taped up my nail so thoroughly that when I removed it, it scraped off some of the new polish. Therefore, I recommend that however you tape up your nail, you ensure the tape will be easy to remove. I ended up only using 3 pieces of tape, and putting the piece at the base of the nail on first.
My pinky finger turned out the best, although it didn't show the lilac at all.
Next try, I decided to use some different colors. For the base color, I used OPI Hawaiian Orchid. This is a fairly sheer color and I needed three coats. However, it's a thinner formula than Essie A Crewed Interest and didn't take as long to dry.
For the marbling, I used these colors:
I found that once I got the hang of taping my nails and putting just a drop of polish in the water for each color, the challenge was getting the pattern I wanted. You need to carefully swirl the colors, because the polish starts to congeal fairly quickly and if you aren't careful, it will glom together as you're pulling the colors across the water. Then once the pattern is what you want, the placement of the nail becomes critical. As you can see from the final result, the pinky nail had too little purple and the index nail had too much. The ring finger had too much turquoise. The pattern is perfect on the middle nail, but there's very little turquoise.
Perhaps I attempted to use too many colors for the first time. No matter. I'm pleased with how much I learned and how they turned out. I can graduate this method from the 'learning' phase!
Im planning on trying it soon. I was wanting to get some other colors to do it with first.
I don;t have those exact colors she used here, but close enough. I think if I feel good this weekend I am gonna try. ould be a huge, fat mess. but it's so pretty!!
Quoting johnnybgood:
I haven't tried it. Those powder pearls are pretty, but blue? Humm I wonder what that looks like.
I own so many Meteorites, and they all swirl to just make you look perfect. they are a MUST HAVE for me. I'm sure I'll get suckered into getting these too.
Agreed. It looks really cool though.
Quoting pixiemg1:
I have never tried and it seems to be more work than I am willing to do. I do love it though and the photo you posted is pretty cool.


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Fall is here and soon to pass us by! So while you are checking your gutters, rolling up hoses and breaking out the winter clothes, now is a good time to prepare for those winter space makeovers! You know, the unplanned ones you talk yourself into because it's too cold to go outside so you went to Target instead and bought a bunch of cute but inexpensive containers that you aren't exactly sure what you are going to do with yet. Blogs, Pinterest and even TV gives us so much inspiration these days that we think it's easy to just whip out an organization or makeover project with little budgeting or planning.
Well, I'll be honest with you; I love looking at a picture of a laundry cupboard that has been made over complete with wallpaper, matching baskets, and gold accents, just as much as the next girl. However, I think to myself is that really necessary or even cost efficient? The baskets could be between $7.00-$12.00 each, the gold accents $5.oo each and who knows about the wallpaper. Of course, this doesn't even include the actual laundry supplies that you need to do the laundry. BUT there are plenty of people out there who think a decorated laundry cupboard with gold accents just hits the spot! It makes them happy! So the question here is, are you a $50 makeover or a $5 makeover? Do you go all around the house and find the shoeboxes you've saved, or round up the cute baskets people gave you and reuse these items to organize with? Or do you prefer a glorious trip to Target (sans kids of course) to roam the storage bin isles to find just the right color and design for your space? The answer here is BOTH methods are correct! Of course one requires a bigger budget!
You have to decide what type of organized space makes you feel better? Do you prefer style with functionality or functionality with whatever you have on hand? A person who feels better when the space has more design and style would not feel as organized if they had to just use a shoebox, whereas a person who is fine with a shoebox might feel silly putting wallpaper in a cupboard. Being organized isn't just about how things look on the outside but how it makes you feel on the inside. You have to organize the way you feel and make the space function for you or you will just keep changing it or avoiding it. Do yourself a favor and figure out what makes you 'stylistically-happy' first. Then decide how to tackle your organizational project. You are more likely to maintain it if it satisfies your style and function. So the next time your husband asks why you put wallpaper in his medicine cabinet you can just tell him you are putting the FUN back in function!
Organizational TIP: Measure everything! Before beginning a project measure the space, shelves, doorways and especially figure out what size storage bins you need to maximize use of space.


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Boxer Rebellion
secret Chinese societies besieged foreign embassies; caused fear in the Open Door Policy
Pure Food and Drug Act
prohibited manufacture, sale, or shipment of impure of falsely labeled food and drugs
Meat Inspection Act
required federal inspection of meat sold through interstate commerce and required Agricul. Dpt. to set standards of cleanliness in meatpacking plants
Newlands Reclamation Act
authorized use of federal funds from public land sales to pay for irrigation and land dev. projects
Federal Reserve Act
created 12 regional banks to be supervised by a Board of Governors, appointed by the president
Clayton Anti-trust Act
passed by Wilson; outlawed unfair trade practices; corrected mistakes of Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Roosevelt Corollary
Roosevelt gave a speech; said US would intervene in Latin American affairs when necessary to maintain econ. and pol. stability in the W. Hemisphere
Dollar Diplomacy
American bussinesses would increase their trade and profits, and countries in Latin America would rise out of poverty
Zimmerman Note
German telegraph to Mexico intercepted by Brit.; said if Mexico went to war w/ America, Germany would give back TX, AZ, and NM
14 Points
Wilson's peace plan for Germany; 8 points of territory; freedom of seas, League of Nations, no secret alliances, self-determination to all people; free trade, and limitation of militarism
Liberty and Victory Bonds
Americans bought bonds and lent money to the gov. that would be repaid in interest in future years
Henry Cabot Lodge
would only sign Treaty of V. if certain amendments were made to the League of Nations
League of Nations
Wilson wanted in his 14 Points; help preserve peace by pledging to respect and protect ach others territory and pol.
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Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, steak in one hand, chocolate in the other, yelling "Holy F***, What a Ride!"
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Wow, lots to catch up on...new words, shopping for bras (I hate skinny, teenage saleswomen who have no empathy!), cool art work, wound-healing issues...
Sounds like the new stuff, in combination with everything else, is doing something right despite the extra carbs.
Okay, I was bored so I snapped a few shots. Here's me and Gud's Knyttneve:
August 2010: 207 lb, 37" waist, 25+% BF | Currently: 177 lb, 33" waist, ~15% BF
I have a new site up and will soon be blogging at The Wayward Mind. (My journal is semi-retired at this point)
naiad, very classic name.
Thanks for visiting, Tawny!
And... niiice Patrick. I particularly appreciate the look of toothy enthusiasm in that first pic!
I like the 2nd.
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, steak in one hand, chocolate in the other, yelling "Holy F***, What a Ride!"
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It is a pretty badass lighthouse as well, I'll give ya that!
This weekend we're babysitting a friend's five-year-old. She's a sweet and very manageable kid, but of course she's eating a SAD. Here's the meal plan:
Drinks nothing but fruit juice. (as in, no water.)
Breakfast will be dry cereal and some fruit.
Mac and cheese for lunch. We're offering carrots and blueberries too.
Chicken nuggets for dinner (with leftover mac and cheese). Hopefully she'll go for broccoli as well; reportedly she likes it sometimes if there's dip.
So by typical standards she's a pretty good eater, in the sense that she will eat some veggies and does eat fruit. But still, my primal mind is protesting the nuggests and mac/chz! We'll just keep offering primal food along with this. If Buglet ends up eating the same things it won't kill her -- and perhaps solidarity will encourage this older kid to eat some more carrots, or somesuch.
i'm debating hair cuts too. my hair is no where as long as yours, mine is just upper-mid back (and i'm fairly short anyway) but it always drives me nuts in the summer. (my profile pic, btw, isn't recent.)
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I trim my own hair... Mainly because if you go to a salon and say "cut two inches. Two. Not more than that. Seriously." they never listen and cut more, or add layers even if you said not to, etc. It's like they can't help hacking away if your hair is long.
I use the elastic-gather technique shown here. Feye's Hair Trimming Instructions
Key points:
Make sure th elastic is tight enough since your ends are usually thinner.
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When you pull the end with t,he elastic forward to cut it, be sure to hold the elastic so the hair doesn't slide out and get uneven.


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Like most NFL franchises, the Philadelphia Eagles have their eyes trained on the Super Bowl this season. Coming off a 10-6 season and an NFC East title in Chip Kelly's first season as head coach, the vibe surrounding the team is largely optimistic, from the players inside the locker room to talk-radio callers and internet commentators.
The positive energy is only natural this time of year for all but the most hopeless teams and their faithful followers, but let's be real. Every squad has been trying to plug a few leaks this summer—and the Eagles are no different.
I know a lot of folks are feeling good about the Birds after their starters and backups ran up a 24-0 lead on the Pittsburgh Steelers' top units in the third exhibition game, considered the final tune-up for the regular season. However, it hasn't all been sunshine and rainbows for Philly during the preseason. The team has experienced its share of disappointments.
Luckily, it's not been too many, and even some of the so-called disappointments are more of a testament to the kind of depth the front office has built up in the short period of time since Kelly's arrival. Then again, if you're going to talk about the Eagles' chances to finally hoist the Lombardi Trophy come February, it all starts with an honest assessment of what could be better.


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Watching news footage of homeless children on Christmas Day in 1996, 8-year-old Caitlin Phelan of Ipswich, Mass., and her mother, Robin, were in tears. "Caitlin said, 'Why?' " recalls Robin. "I said, 'I don't know—but I know we can make a difference.' "
The item that would make the difference was close at hand: the teddy bear that Caitlin, now a seventh grader, was holding. "I said, 'If this comforts me, it must comfort other children,' " Caitlin says. That inspired Phelan, now 37, to create the Teddy Bear Foundation Inc., which donates the toys to kids in crisis—some homeless, some abused—in the Boston area.
For children with little else to hold on to, a bear can keep despair at bay. "We had a couple of kids in the shelter who were having nightmares," says Donna Bremberg, community liaison with Help for Abused Women and Their Children in Gloucester. "We told them, 'When you wake up, hug your teddy bear.' It seemed to help."
The foundation has distributed more than 9,000 bears to date, and Robin, a nurse, is seeking backers to expand the operation nationwide. To make time for her mission, she has cut back her nursing work to one day a month. Caitlin, meanwhile, runs the foundation's youth wing, the Cub Club. Although donations of money and bears have arrived from as far away as Florida, the mail Robin cherishes most comes from children like Jimmy, who attends a live-in school for abused kids. "Thank you for the new friend," he wrote. "I will never let him go."
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It's way too early to celebrate, but Steve Bechtel and his Harrisburg Christian Knights did strike the first big blow in the Commonwealth Christian Athletic Conference Tuesday night.
Despite missing stellar court general Creslyn Van Dyck, the up-tempo Knights got 13 points from Katie Bechtel and used a fiery 10-0 run in the third quarter to take down CCAC-West rival Bible Baptist 43-31.
Macaela Campbell, Bechtel and BrieAnna Seibert all chipped in during the decisive surge, the majority of those points scored with Bobcats ace Mikala Brinson nursing a leg injury.
Erika Green posted 12 points while Kamille Piacquadio and Brinson shared 19 for Bible Baptist, which ultimately suffered behind 11 of 41 shooting from the floor.
"I think the biggest thing that we didn't do was rebound," said Bible Baptist coach Bryon Brinson, whose club dipped to 7-5 overall, 1-1 in division.
"They are a very physical team, they crash the boards really well and I think the biggest thing we didn't so was box out. That and the transition game. That probably hurt us a little, too."
Tough work underneath by Samantha Krasevic (eight points), center Sierra Campbell (nine rebounds) and Bechtel helped Harrisburg Christian slowly work ahead 23-20 at the break.
Angling for more size – Seibert – after intermission, the Knights (7-2, 2-0) started to control the boards and crank up he pressure in transition.
Macaela Campbell's runner started the third-quarter rally that eventually extended HC's lead to 37-22 following Bechtel's baseline jumper with 1:15 left in the period.
Campbell, a four-year starter running point with Van Dyck (knee) out, also chipped in two free throws and a sweet assist to Seibert in that stretch.
"We made the decision at halftime to go with more size to try and control the boards. That definitely worked for us," said Knights skipper Steve Bechtel. "Macaela has experience at point guard and she's starting to play exactly the way we anticipated she would."
Sarah Strausser chipped in eight rebounds for Bible Baptist (7-5, 1-1), who managed just 11 points in the second half.
Brinson, who returned roughly two minutes after injuring her leg, had a particularly tough night from the field, connecting on just 2 of 17 attempts.
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Say the association acceptor rejects each of the proposed abstract
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How to delete Web SQL Database in Google Chrome
When I was developing my Google Chrome extension at one point I decided to switch to Web SQL because before that I was storing all my data (dictionary of around 5600 items) in a JSON array. When I first started using Web SQL I realized that managing databases is quiet tricky.
Although, Web SQL database is just a normal SQLite database, Chrome doesn't allow you to remove it in Developer Tools (which would be useful if you're testing your application). I don't think it's a bug, you can't delete database because there might be an extension's background page using it at the moment.
Where's the database?
Google Chrome is storing all Web SQL databases in:
Windows Vista or 7: \Users\_username_\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\_username_\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\databases Mac OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/databases Linux: ~/.config/google-chrome/Default/databases
I thing on Linux or Mac OS it'll be similar.
In my case folder contains databases:
http_html5demos.com_0 http_www.b-reel.com_0 chrome-extension_mlafjglckd...pfld_0
Obviously first two are databases for domain
html5demos.com and
www.b-reel.com, while the last one is my extension's database.
If you want to see what's inside your database use any SQLite database manager (like Lita).
How to delete it?
If you want to delete any database you can, but keep in mind that you have to first close tab with that particular website (you can't delete database for html5demos.com what you're actually watching it at the moment).
With extensions it's exactly the same. If you want to delete the database, you have to close all Chrome Windows or just disable extension which database you want to delete.


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You can play a solo, but when they ask you to play a rhythm part on a blues progression you can't play anything better than the usual shuffle or, worse, just three power chords? You know too many chord patterns but you have no idea how to use them even on a simple blues progression? Keep reading.The problem is, of course, that most guitar players are scared by harmony. Sure, they may know some chord patterns (after all many of us start by learning the "cowboy chords"), but they have no idea how they are built, what are the main notes in them, and more importantly how to modify them in order to be creative while playing rhythm. It's actually much easier than it sounds!You may have seen advanced jazz or blues players being able to improvise using chords. It sounds impressive, but it all boils down to know how to create your own chords patterns. Of course the best way to learn this is not to start with a full-blown improvisation, but "just" by learning how to play some creative rhythm. Let's see how.The solution is for us to make friends with an interesting musical interval: the tritone. To hear a tritone (that can also called diminished 5th or augmented 4th) try playing the notes C and F# on your guitar. Yes, it's dissonant! But dissonance is not bad, dissonance is "spice." Too much, and you have ruined your music, but if you don't put any then your music is boring.In blues specifically the tritone is one of the most used intervals to give that zest that is typical of blues music. Despite the bad reputation that the tritone gets from classical music - where it was often called "the interval of the devil" and used only with extreme care - the tritone sounds great in the right context. It's in fact the interval at the core of most chords used in blues. To see how to use it in practice, watch this video:
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The state's ranking improved from 42nd to 40th among the 50 states in the Kids Count report released Monday by the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation.
The foundation ranks states based on four areas - economic well-being; education; health; and family and community issues.
Arkansas ranks 39th in economic factors that include poverty; 36th in education; 30th in health issues such as low-birth weight babies and children without health insurance; and 45th in family and community indicators that include children in single parent homes and the number of teenagers giving birth.
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A family operation through and through, this Willamette Valley vineyard has been run by the Casteel—Dudley—Webb family conglomerate since 1977. It's a testament to the possibilities of cooperation that 11, yes 11, family members are currently co-owners of the vineyard. There is also a profound respect for the environment here. Ted Casteel, one of the vineyard's founders, also co-founded the Low Input Viticulture and Enology certification program for sustainable viticulture.
2011 Bethel Heights Vineyard Pinot Noir Carter Vineyard Eola-Amity Hills
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Origin: Oregon
Region: Willamette Valley
Appellation: Eola Amity Hills
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Brilliant ruby-red. Pungent dark berries, cherry pit and licorice on the nose, with subtle herb and earth nuances adding complexity. Sappy and focused, offering bitter cherry and blackberry flavors and a touch of spicecake on the back half. Finishes with strong tangy cut, a touch of cola and echoing dark berry and allspice qualities.


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St John's Wort does it really work? Is at hand any other delighted pills I can help yourself to not prescribed?
I want to get out of my sense of emptiness.
Someone else did influence to be careful beside the side effects-- this was the biggest for me. It interacts beside hormonal birth control, so be very cautious!
The thing I suggest the MOST is a supplement call 5-htp, which is found anywhere you would find St. John's Wort. The difference is that this natural supplement is a precursor to seratonin, so it elevate your brain's production of it on it's own.
5-htp is cheap, and more standardized. It also is so much more reliable, and fast acting.
Good luck!
St. John's Wort may work. It cause skin sensitivity, especially to the sun. Fish oil is dutiful, so is walking outdoors. Make sure that you eat plenty protein and don't get stuck in consumption sugar. It cause mood swings and cravings. It can simply make you consistency like crap.
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I've tried St. John's Wort, I did not discern anything. Most *prescribed* "happy pills" a moment ago tend to put me to sleep. If there really be a "happy pill" we'd adjectives be taking it. Feeling empty will overhaul. Get out there and consent to things happen to you is the best guidance I can give you.
My mom used to spawn my dad take St.Johns wort...Lol in that was no transmute in his mood...B12 vitamans present you a boost of energy that last thro the day!They can put together you feel better.
Get out of your bloody room first!! There's a world out in that!!
Its not a matter if you believe surrounded by the herbs or not. You can disbelieve adjectives you want but the facts are there. It works as mild MAOI that are prescribed. Test results show the findings, and beware of side effects as resourcefully. You may would want to check and see what foods you should stay away from while taking MAOI's for which ST Johns Wort is.
Well be careful beside herbs. The biggest problem next to them is the amount per pill is not really regulated very ably because the herbs respectively contain different amounts of chemicals. So while one batch may own a high plane of "whatever it is that make you feel happy" the subsequent dose may not. An associate of mine at the University was doing research on this remarkably topic and it seems nearby is some evidence it may be damaging to the cardiac muscle. Its still surrounded by its infancy stage but please be careful.
Himalayan Goji liquid helped me near my depression, Also Freelife International has something call Depeze, which is pretty cheap, Let me know if you are interested. I am a nurse, therefore I researched this stuff, in the past I tried it.
St John's Wort does work, at least for some society. You may have to embezzle it for six weeks before you perceive an effect, just close to you would with a prescription antidepressant. You should buy a standardized extract, so that the smooth in respectively dose remains constant.
Other happy pills...Eleuthro is worthy for stress. Kava makes you grain very relaxed (read nearly it before you run it though). Green tea extract gives you a mild perkiness boost without the shakiness you can grasp from drinking lots of coffee.
I'm wondering...is it money issues keeping you from seeing a doctor for your depression? That's understandable, but lots of states hold programs to help folks who aren't eligible for medicaid but don't have robustness insurance. If you're in Texas, email me and I'll sustain you find a clinic in your nouns you can go to, if it's a object like that.
Not one and only does it make birth control pills smaller quantity effective it can elevate your blood pressure.
I would see a doctor first until that time I would go the condition food store. Get a good physical.
Its possible adjectives you need is a accurate multivitamin or some extra vit B or some Iron.
If you decide to try the St. John Wort, I would attain info from reliable sources
This is from the Mayo Clinic:
Side Effects and Warnings
In published studies, St. John's wort has unanimously been resourcefully tolerated at recommended doses for up to 1-3 months. The most common adverse effects include gastrointestinal upset, skin reaction, fatigue/sedation, restlessness or anxiety, sexual dysfunction (including impotence), dizziness, headache, and dry mouth. Several recent studies suggest that side effects occur surrounded by one to three percent of patients taking St. John's wort, and that the number of adverse events may be similar to placebo (and less than standard antidepressant drugs). Animal toxicity studies hold found only non-specific symptoms such as cargo loss. One small study reported elevated thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels to be associated next to taking St. John's wort.
It has be reported that St. John's wort may cause psychiatric symptoms such as suicidal and homicidal thoughts; these symptoms be documented in a travel case of a 51 year-old woman who had be taking vitamin C and an herbal extract of St. John's wort for 9 months.
Delayed ejaculation has be reported in animal studies.
St. John's Wort usually a portion of any anti anxiety natural remedy. I enjoy been using 'PureCalm' and it does work and furnish me a joyful idea.
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Most of the pills that truly make us chirpy are what we call "Narcotics" and are way forming. SSRI antidepressents like Prozac or Zoloft are not positive pills they just stop you from fear sad or still be troubled but not depressed and still go almost a normal vivacity. The effects SSRIs are not immediate and simply work when used over prolonged period as it at a snail`s pace corrects the brain chemical imbalence in your brain that make you depressed. However there are only some antidepressants that are in the benzodizipine house that actually induce "happiness" upon instant use Such as Xanax but have illustrious addiction potentual and dangerouse withdrawl symptoms. Anyways speeking of an over the counter antidepressent TRY CHECKING OUT KAVA KAVA Ive heard it is slightly effective contained by anxiety and depression however Ive never tried it and i dont recomend trying it without discussion to a doctor. But Xanax in conjection near Prozac is what made my life common again. (Too depressed to wait on the Prozac to work so took Xanax when I needed an imediate move up, it felt wounderful!)
Have you ever hear of Himalayan Goji Jucie? It is said that constant consumption of goji brings a cheerful attitude. In Asia, it is rightfully known as the "happy berry".