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Book Review: This is Service Design Thinking: Basics, Tools, Cases
By Jakob Schneider, Marc Stickdorn Schneider, J. and Stickdorn, M. (2011) This is Service Design Thinking: Basics, Tools, Cases, John Wiley and Sons, New Jersey Guest Reviewer: Jacqueline Wechsler Design is not the narrow application of formal skills, it is a way of thinking. – Chris Pullman This is Service Design Thinking presents an inter-disciplinary approach to service innovation. Where the distinction between product and services is disappearing, and where the services sector within Australia … Continue reading
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Book Review: Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organisations and Inspires Innovation
By Tim Brown and Barry Katz Brown, T. and Katz, B. (2009) Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organisations and Inspires Innovation, Harper Business, New York Guest Reviewer: Joanne Hutchinson If you are attracted to design thinking, and wondering where to start, then let me introduce you to one of my favourite books in this area: Change by Design – How design thinking transforms organisations and inspires innovation. This book is a pleasure to … Continue reading
Book Review: The Illusions of Entrepreneurship, Scott A. Shane, 2008, Yale University.
Reviewed by Cheryl Kernot UK social entrepreneurship and social innovation pioneer, (currently CEO of NESTA), Geoff Mulgan recommended this book as a useful and interesting read. I wanted to see whether the same "illusions" might apply equally to social entrepreneurs. Specifically written for the diverse audience of entrepreneurs, investors and policy makers Shane's motivation in writing is to challenge the repeated and unhelpful myths surrounding entrepreneurship discourse: how so many "penniless dropouts become multimillionaires" , … Continue reading
Book Review: Volunteers: A social profile
Book by Marc A. Musick and John Wilson. Published by Indiana University Press, 2008 Reviewed by Prof. Ram Cnaan Twenty years ago I was able to read everything that was written on volunteers; today, Musick and Wilson demonstrate that it is no longer possible. This book is the most successful attempt to provide an authoritative review of the state of knowledge on volunteering, looking at hundreds of sources. For many reasons outlined in the first … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Issue 9: Autumn 2011, Volunteering
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Book Review: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Book by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, HarperCollins, 2009. Reviewed by Barbara Merz. This book was my companion while delayed at an airport recently. Right beside the Starbucks café at LAX airport waiting for my flight to Sydney I noticed an advert with a small Afghani girl with bright eyes and a determined face. It read 'Role Model.' Fellow travelers were stopping by, perhaps jarred by the message. The poster was part of a broader … Continue reading
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Book Review: Blessed Unrest
Book by Paul Hawken. Reviewed by Jonathon Fisher. "Only connect," wrote the British author E.M. Forster. This is the message I take from Paul Hawken's Blessed Unrest, a book which has important lessons for those of us catalysing social change movements. Blessed Unrest suggests that although there are vast numbers of people and organisations who share the desire for a transition to a saner and wiser culture, most of them are not connected with each … Continue reading
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Book Review: Creating a World Without Poverty
Book by Muhammad Yunus. Reviewed by Barbara Merz. Creating a World Without Poverty could easily have been a retrospective. After all, its author has plenty to reflect upon. Instead, the book is unmistakably forward-looking. This book presents a compelling vision for the future of capitalism. It envisions a market where social businesses emerge to address social issues. Muhammad Yunus could have rested on his laurels when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. … Continue reading
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Book Review: The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty
BY Peter Singer, Text Publishing , Melbourne; 2009. Reviewed by Dr. Michael Liffman, Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Social Investment and Philanthropy, Swinburne University. Peter Singer's latest book should be one of his least controversial – and, paradoxically, therefore one of his most important. Singer's ideas inevitably excite heated debate, largely because, notwithstanding their extraordinary lucidity, logic and respect for facts, they rest on premises – the priority of avoiding suffering, the interests of animals, the … Continue reading
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Memorial Day is just around the corner. It is time to start firing up the grills and preparing for a group of people to trample your backyard! An abundance of awesome food and cold drinks is an unspoken must. There should be no plate or cup left unfilled. Aside from these elements, here are some ways to create a truly memorable outdoor party.
Give guests something that they can use at the party, but also take home as a memento. For outdoor parties these things can be reusable plastic cups personalized with a family name, design, or event date. Line with a plastic bag and fill with peanuts, candy, or drink mixes. That way guests can remove the goodies inside and use the cup for the party. You can also place personalized matchbooks on the tables for guests to light candles later in the night and then take home with them. These are just a few examples. Use what you know about your guests to gear the party favors toward things that they are interested in.
Give your guests something to do. If the day is a hot one set out inexpensive squirt guns or a tub full of water balloons and let the "kids" have at it. Slip and slides (a.k.a a large sheet of plastic and a water hose) are also fun for kids or adults. (Though alcohol may be required for the second group.) If your party lasts into the evening a bonfire is easy entertainment when marshmallows are provided. If you have access to a lap top and can rent a projector, hang a white sheet on the side of the house or garage and make your own "drive-in movie." Another favorite past time for summer parties that last late into the night is a card game. You can even send guests home with a deck of personalized playing cards.
Create a carefree, easy going, atmosphere. Part of why we love outdoor parties is the ability to get messy and let go of the stress we normally carry around with us. You can do this by providing entertainment, as mentioned above. Don't bring out your heirloom tablecloths or fine china. Stick to plastic or disposable plates and cups. This will help guests feel at ease as well. You can also provide conversation starters cleverly blended into the party supplies. Styrofoam cups or paper napkins with funny quotes are a great way to do this. You could even go one step further and attach labels to the bottom of plates or cups that are printed with silly conversation topics or fun questions to ask the closest person.
It is these fun and personal touches that will make the day and night amazing.
Have fun!
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The Godfather II PC
- Publisher: Electronic Arts
- Release Date: Apr 7, 2009
- Also On: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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PC GamerThe Godfather II doesn't trip over the ambition of its design - it balances the different genre aspects extremely well - but nagging graphics issues weigh it down, causing quest characters and family members to disappear or distort in-game and in cutscenes, sometimes requiring me to load old saved games to progress. [Apr 2009, p.82]
The Godfather 2 is a great improvement in comparison to the first installment, but it has some flaws that keep the game from excellence. The Don's view works and it's well devised, unfortunately the game is too tedious hours after hours , the A.I. is a little bit broken and the visuals aren't top notch.
It's still fun and has almost all of the elements of a great game, but until a harder difficulty level is added (which, fingers crossed, would occur with a future download or patch), The Godfather II falls a tad bit short.
Being a virtual mobster never has been this much fun; though the highly repetitive gameplay manages to put an end to the gun-toting joyride before long.
The strategy elements fall short and are only as important as you choose to make them, but the combination of brutal action and customizable crews is reason enough to warrant a play-through.
In the end, The Godfather II has the recipe for an excellent game filled with action, mindless violence, great characters and strategic thought. But you just can't help but shake the feeling that it doesn't quite feel 100% finished.
Dominic's criminal activities remind me of GTA. The first one in 3D to be exact – the one released for PC seven years ago. But despite its prehistoric visuals I like it in some kind of way. The don mode adds some strategic challenge to the quite simple (and in a couple of missions even quite boring) gameplay. Not a perfect mafia game, but if you have never played GTA4 before, you'll be well-entertained.
The game feels like it came out a few years too late. GTA is much more modern in every way, but the strategy elements are unique and can be a lot of fun. On the other hand, the game is far too violent. That some opponents are immortal except when brutally executed just serves one purpose: voyeurism - and plays into the hands of people asking for video games to be banned.
Play (Poland)It has its moments - managing the family business and conquering the cities one building after another is compelling, as is the decent crime story told within. But this game looks dated, as if the GTA IV never happened. Roaming the city and the brushoffs with the police feel awkward, like an afterthought. [Mar 2009]
The other major problem is that the game as a whole is pretty short: You can get through the game in about 10 to 12 hours, maybe less if your work swiftly, and once you're done there's really not much left to play for.
The game could almost be called the Good, the Repetitious and the Ugly. Some elements are well done and some are not. Still, this is not a bad game, by any means. There are some immersive elements and you do, at times, feel like you are part of the world. The graphics could have been better, though, and some of the game mechanics could have been improved upon.
LEVEL (Czech Republic)Addictive fight for power in between "famiglias" Godfather II is a long term attraction. Unfortunately, this game is smart and entertaining but at the same time it's rather ugly. In other words: nice fights, good story, real feel on one side, unsightly graphics, plain locations, repetitive mission on the other side. [Apr 2009]
The Godfather II is a technically flawed game. Glitches, pop up, framerate drops are quite frequent and the soulless sandbox world isn't too appealing either. The upside is the strategic element of the game. It's fun to coordinate attacks on rival families and to take over businesses by using excessive force. All in all it's great fun if you're not turned of by the technical issues.
The film truly is a millstone around the game's neck. If this game was called Cosa Nostra or Organised Crime 101 (or something similar) it would feel like a far stronger title altogether. Its open-world game template may be well worn but The Godfather II contains some excellent ideas, and the way it integrates them through a smooth control system is admirable.
Violence is of an unsightly and masochistic flavour and nothing here is a patch on the king of the genre.
The Godfather II was meant to be big competitor to the dominating GTA series, but it feels like a lousy rip-off. You got to be doing more than that, EA!
Overall, there's certainly been an effort made to do something interesting with The Godfather II – an engaging business model has been strapped onto the familiar crime-sim, but with middling results. If you like your games mediocre, dive right in, otherwise heave a little sigh and move on.
All in all, The Godfather II goes on the same path of its predecessor: funny gameplay, but repetitive, cool design, but graphics look old. You can squeeze the best out of it while managing your rackets, but the fun won't last long, and won't leave much behind when it's over.
PC Zone UKThe Godfather II is an improvement over its predecessor, though that's hardly a gratuitous compliment. How about this - The Godfather II is surprisingly not as plain as you might have thought it would be, all things considered. [May 2009, p.70]
The Godfather II is an offer that you probably should refuse.
EA had a chance to deliver a really cool game and to improve upon the sequel. They seemed to have failed on both fronts.
Game InformerMost of this game's content is in betrayal of the license, and it's not all smut, either. In one mission, you are tasked with assassinating Fidel Castro, an act that ends up being just as comedic as The Naked Gun's assassination attempt on Queen Elizabeth II. Unfortunately, the intent of this sequence isn't to make players laugh. [May 2009, p.82]
A good idea that turned into a bad game. The Don's View has potential, but with a very low difficulty you can take over where and whenever you like. The action itself is pretty mediocre, the graphic style even worse. The Don's View can form a good starting point for a new game, but pretty please with sugar on top, don't mess with the Don.
The only one of the film's cast members to appear here is Robert Duvall, and every word spoken sounds like he was reading it while doing his taxes. The members of the Godfather cast who appeared in the first game knew when to 'git while the gittin's good' it seems.
PC Gamer UKBizarrely creaky tech masks nice ideas. [May 2009, p.66]
Even if it were finished, this movie-inspired action game wouldn't be deserving of its prestigious license.
You're better off just playing through the first game a second time and waiting for The Godfather III!
There's absolutely nothing wrong with the game in concept, and done properly, it would easily have established it as a classic on par with the film on which it's based. Instead we get brilliant concepts ham-handedly executed.
Establishing a new Family is a hard undertaking… and a tedious chore. Imagine spending 10+ hours on taking over one building after another! In GTA: San Andreas and The Godfather, this occupation was but a side attraction; here, it is everything.
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Casket TestLogic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
You are one of many young men claiming the right to the throne. A simple test is devised to see who will become King. If you pass the test you will be King, however, if you fail, you will lose your life. Three caskets are placed in front of you, a gold casket, a silver casket and a lead casket. Two of these caskets contain a skull and cross bones representing death, while the other contains the King's crown. Each casket has an inscription.
Gold- Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire. Silver- Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves. Lead- Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath. Which casket leads to death, which leads to glory, your fate is in your own hands! What Next?
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New song "Slow Deceit" video from the Victoria
…a dog's a dog and a cat's a cat….
As far as I know, this was the worldwide debut of this song…
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Thanks for helping us with the song title, Rhodri!
PS- The graphic I found online is a dog and a cat with a green background. Seamed fitting. Too cutesy?
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Fujitsu Siemens Computers has beaten its competition to clinch the number one position for desktop sales in Egypt during Q307. The leading European IT manufacturer has experienced exponential year on year (YoY) growth of 472* per cent during Q307 compared to Q306, capturing 11* per cent of Egypt's desktop market share, while the market grew 6* per cent.
According to IDC preliminary figures for the third calendar quarter 2007, Fujitsu Siemens Computers outperformed the market to achieve above-average growth for its desktops and notebooks. The company captured 21 per cent of the market in the notebook segment with a YoY growth of a staggering 683* per cent, and an overall 15* per cent in the desktop and notebook market and YoY growth of 583* per cent.
"We are delighted with our results in Egypt, and can attribute this growth to the collective efforts of our local presence and partners," said Sascha Haake, Sales Director Volume Middle East, Fujitsu Siemens Computers.
Hussein Shehab, Country Manager for Egypt, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, added: "During Q3 we won numerous projects and held a broad range of activities including events and road shows to boost our market presence. We will continue to expand and offer our customers and partners competitive and unique products which are designed to help them increase productivity and ensure their success."
Haake added: "Egypt is a fast growing and promising market in the MENA region. Our growth is testimonial to a market driven mainly by strong demand for notebooks and PC's and increased purchasing among small and medium-sized businesses."
Fujitsu Siemens Computers has grown 45 per cent in MEA and has been ranked among the regions top desktop and notebook vendors by IDC for Q307.
* Source: IDC EMEA Q32007 preliminary results.
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Nothing Terrible customer service, oversold hotel, we were left looking for a different hotel at midnight with our 3 kids!
Nothing Smoking and dirty rooms Every restaurant had a wait
The whole place N/A
Our second room was nice and what we expected. The hotel made it right, but it took 3 calls, two maintenance calls, and a room move. During the hottest week of the year, our room stayed at a toasty 75 degrees and we had no sleep for the first two nights. Also, the buffet was overpriced and not very good. Very disappointed!
Staff went above and beyond making sure needs were meant. Always grateful with great customer service. Trash cans in room could have a paper bag or plastic in order to properly dispose of any trash accumulated in room.
The hotel smelt of smoke Our room smelt of vomit The furnishing were outdated and old There was no fridge in the room
The rooms were good. The bathroom sink did not drain well. We have almost 800.00 of charges that are not ours. Luggage was misplaced by bell desk. Will not stay their again. Staff is too busy to help.
I reserved 2 beds in each of the 2 rooms I booked weeks in advance and booked through the hotel to make sure I got what I requested. I even asked for a higher floor and paid extra for it. They told me they were sold out and that's all they had left although there was a line of people before and after me getting rooms... That didn't make since. This was my 4 time staying there and was really disappointed in the experience
Had an amazing dinner at the Cantina restaurant. I'd go back to the hotel just to go there for dinner. The food and the service there was fantastic and was the thing that kept my stay from being a total disappointment. I learned that hotel casino resorts aren't for me. I was put into one of their renovated rooms and it wasn't very clean. There was dirt on the floor and a couple of toenail clippings under the desk. The renovation was ugly. The bathroom with it's floor to ceiling brown marble and black vanity and very poor lighting was like being in a cave. Not all the lamps in my room worked. Why would a "resort" hotel renovate the rooms and put the same old lumpy bed back in there? The first night I was there the heat in my room didn't work. However, it was fixed rather quickly. If you're traveling with a family and looking for a place to stay where there is a lot of stuff in one location and you feel like letting your kids run around and act like animals while you sit in front of a slot machine getting drunk then I suppose this is the place to be. If you enjoy a hotel where there are drunk people smoking in the hallways at 8 a.m., kids running around and screaming in the public areas and having to wait in line for 45 minutes just to check out then this is the place for you. There are other hotels in the area that are cleaner and less expensive
Noise rooms can hear people upstairs and either side late @ night 4am Manger wouldn't stop the noise
When I called the front desk to request checking out at 1pm, she said $20 extra charge plus tax and repeated for a few times emotionless. Most time this hotel's rate per night is about $20.
Large casino, lots of places to eat and things to do. Can literally stay there and not leave for anything. Lots of slot machines, tables. Wasn't very clean, room smelled like smoke even though non smoking room. There was hair in the shower and bathroom that was not ours. The room was just generally rundown.
Super helpful front desk. Quick check in and out. Yay for the shuttle guy!
Next to airport You can hear anything and everything from people in rooms next to or above you. We had people being very loud for almost 3 hours in the night time that kept waking our 7 month old baby. Not fun.
Booked through Kayak and hotel would not honor check in time. We only needed hotel for layover so those 2 hours made all the difference. Hotel clerk was rude and unwilling to answer questions about paying extra for an early check in. When we attempted to cancel booking, were told that refund had to be issued 72 hours before. We were out $100+ because Westin won't honor printed check in time. Avoid.
The facility was very nice and we had no problems. Was close to the airport. I did not like having the charge go through on my credit card before I even left for my trip.
Close to airport Burned out light bulbs in room that were not changed. Air conditioner very noisy.
Lots of comfy pillows. Beds were good. We didn't get a chance to use, but facilities looked really nice. Shower was small, water pressure weak, and temperature not stable.
Stayed here last minute for a baseball tournament. Our friends had stayed night before so we requested to be near them. We were two doors down. Kids hot tubbed after a game and several hours climbing. We bought dinner at a noodle house a couple blocks away. A very pleasant stay. No complimentary breakfast.
It was clean and quiet and upgrades are being done. A small store in the hotel would have been good to have.
Food in restaurant was good for hotel restaurant. people at front desk were very pleasant, very. Poor heater control, had to call front desk. Told the controls on wall does not work unless you go over to wall and hit the knee high switch on , wait 10 minutes and the heat may go on. may get too hot if you do not adjust. What year is this that I can not turn the heat on on a cool nite when I am very tired??? Needless to say stayed cold. Noisy fan also.
Nice, clean, decently priced hotel located very conveniently at the entrance to the Reno Tahoe airport. We had a very early flight and not having to stress about traffic, etc. to get to the airport on time allowed us to get a very good night's sleep before our early a.m. wake up call. They also had a shuttle ready and willing to take us directly to the airport. Not a thing....
Room and Accommodations Had to call a cab to the airport. The shuttle doesn't run at 4am for an early flight. Very disappointing.
Maids did not make noise or attempt to enter the room until later in the morning. Location is fantastic. Place was clean and in good shape. Once in a while the planes would make some noise early in the AM.
The hotel is very convenient to the Reno Airport. The rooms are clean and comfortable. The walls are extremely thin. Unfortunately my neighbor had a winter cold, and was up coughing all night which meant I was up listening all night. The walls are so thin that I could hear when they pushed the off switch on the night stand. Also, the heating is not central, and the window system was very loud when it would kick on every couple hours. Overall, not a good night sleep. I was in room 223. Perhaps other rooms or floors have better insulation.
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I've got a lot of pics that have been acummulating over the last 3 months so today will be a blogging binge. Included are some pre-katrina pics of the Possible World gig at Tips in NOLA.
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A potpourri of shots from our day of skiing. |
We had skied for years in the Weatherwax Bowls near Kings Hill in the Little Belts, but had stopped short on its east ridge, often because the bowls are so hammered by snowmobilers. Sunday was no exception. Throughout the day we could hear the whine and roar of distant snowmobiles, and caught a brief glimpse of one that had entered our area, and quickly left.
The bowls hang of the far eastern face of Weatherwax in an area that is sheltered from most winds and is probably too small to attract more than an handful of snowmobilers.
We saw tracks of what had probably been AT downhill skiers who hit the area and created some deep furrows that jarred us when we skied across them.
The upper slopes were steeper than the lower slopes, more than 33 degrees, enough to make me consider the avalanche possibilities. We skied about half-way across the bowls where slopes below us began at 28 degrees and tapered to 21 degrees.
A snow pit Jim Heckel dug revealed a very strong snowpack. The snow itself was about 2.5-3 feet deep and very powdery.
At the half-way point we could descend, cutting 10-13 turns per run.
Mark took 17 runs, so he got well over 170 turns. Not a bad day.
Although the wind howled elsewhere in this mountain range, it was calm and perfect and a just-right upper 20s for temperature.
I'm certain to be stiff tomorrow from all the yo-yo skiing in these beautiful bowls.
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I just got some info about an upcoming event! Clearasil is hosting their "You Look Awesome" Event at Lollapalooza in Chicago on August 6th (Friday)! Semi Precious Weapons and Lady Starlight will be there. And…it's at the new Beauty Bar in Chicago! (And complimentary PBR from 10PM – 11PM for all our 21+ ladies.)
Everyone is invited! All you need to do is go to www.ugpresents.com/yla and RSVP.
Go! Get yourself invited!
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The 2014 NFL Punt, Pass & Kick Competition taking place in Tempe is open to boys and girls ages 6-15 who want to demonstrate their punting, passing and kicking skills. Winners in each local competition (by gender and age division) will advance to the Sectional Round in October. Competitors who advance from the Sectional Round will move on to the Team Championships. From there, the top finisher in each age bracket will have the chance to compete at the National Finals, held during an NFL playoff championship game in January, 2015.
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Description: Single mother Collette McVeigh (Andrea Riseborough) is a Republican living in Belfast with her mother and hardliner IRA brothers. When she is arrested for her part in an aborted IRA bomb plot in London, an MI5 officer Mac (Clive Owen) offers her a choice: lose everything and go to prison for 25 years or return to Belfast to spy on her own family. With her son's life in her hands, Collette chooses to place her trust in Mac and return home, but when her brothers' secret operation is ambushed, suspicions of an informant are raised and Collette finds both herself and her family in grave danger.
Genre: Thriller
Studio: Paramount Pictures International
Offical Website: http://www.magpictures.com/shadowdancer/
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Country | Release Type | Date |
United Kingdom | Theatrical Wide Release | 8/25/2012 |
France | Theatrical Wide Release | 2/6/2013 |
Ireland | Theatrical Wide Release | 8/24/2012 |
United States | Theatrical Limited Release | 5/31/2013 |
United States | DVD/Blu-ray Release | 8/20/2013 |
United States | DVD/Blu-ray Release | 8/27/2013 |
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CloseDescription: [CIVIL WAR] Edward McPherson (1830-1895) Pennsylvania newspaper editor and politician who served 2 terms as a United States Congressman. As a director of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, he effected efforts to protect and mark portions of the Gettysburg Battlefield. McPherson organized Company K of the First Pennsylvania Reserves at the beginning of the Civil War, and was defeated in the 1862 reelection when his House of Representatives district (Adams, Franklin, Fulton, Bedford, and Juniata counties) was expanded to include opposing Radical Republicans in Somerset County. President Abraham Lincoln appointed McPherson as Deputy Commissioner of Revenue in 1863. After the Battle of Gettysburg, McPherson became an officer of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association with an office on the corner of Baltimore and Middle streets and after Congressman Morehead nominated him, Thaddeus Stevens had him appointed as Clerk of the House of Representatives (December 8, 1863-December 5, 1875). McPherson presided over the Republican National Convention in 1876, and President Hayes appointed him as Director of the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing (1877-8). Bold signature..
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Intel seems close to putting behind it a decade of market abuse complaints from round the world in a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission this week.
The deal will include concessions on the US chipmaker's business practices, according to a person familiar with the settlement, but will not include fines because the FTC does not have the authority to issue civil penalties.
A resolution with the FTC would complete investigations by the national regulatory authorities in the US, Europe, Japan and South Korea into complaints that the world's biggest chipmaker has abused its market dominance.
The FTC inquiry has been more wide-ranging than those of its predecessors. The processor technology that drives the world's computers has changed significantly since Intel's rival Advanced Micro Devices first filed a complaint to the European Commission in 2000.
The central processing units (CPUs) made by Intel and AMD under Intel's "x86" designs are now rivalled in importance by graphics processing units (GPUs) as PCs are used for more multimedia tasks.
The FTC had alleged in a case launched last December that Intel used "threats and rewards" aimed at PC makers including Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM to coerce them not to buy AMD CPUs.
It also alleged Intel secretly redesigned key software to stunt the performance of rivals' chips that were licensing its "x86" microprocessor design.
But, in addition, the FTC alleged that Intel was repeating in GPUs its tactic of slowing down competitors, such as graphics chipmaker Nvidia, so that it could catch up.
"There also is a dangerous probability that Intel's unfair methods of competition could allow it to extend its monopoly into the GPU chip markets," the FTC said.
Intel at the time responded to the FTC allegations saying the FTC case was misguided and based on claims it had not fully investigated.
Intel, which has a more than 80 per cent global market share in computer microprocessors, is expected to accept curbs to its marketing of its chips, according to the person familiar with the FTC settlement.
The FTC declined to comment on reports of a settlement and Intel said talks were continuing and it had nothing to add at this point. Nvidia also declined to comment.
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1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons almond flour
2 tablespoons butter, melted
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dash salt
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8 oz. cream cheese, regular or 1/3 fat, room temperature
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dash stevia
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So tell me what you think - I love the brown floors, the grey cabinets...what color of carpet would you put into a large family room right next to that (think basement/Utah/cold winter so I can't do all hardwood everywhere!)
I'm picking colors right now and you've got me thinking I need to make some changes already!Susie,
You had me laughing...then drooling. Ha! when i first read your blog post title I thought you were talking about your hair...then I read on and saw the pictures. All the kitchens you posted are beautiful. I just love that white subway tile and the gray really does make the kitchen look lovely.
Happy painting!Hi Susie! I saw your blog and title from My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia and I had to come see you! I just went to Home Depot yesterday and picked up some color samples to paint my cabinets! I choose a gray green and I am loving it so far! My husband thinks that I am crazy because I have changed the color of our kitchen so may times! :) It is a big project but what else is there to do!! :)
I am following you now, you have a beautiful blog and shop!!!This is kind of funny. I was just catching up on my blogs via feedly.com (love it). Here, http://www.uniqueprop.com/index.htm , Joni, Cote de Texas, just did a post about gray being such a forerunner in homes right now. I am on board with it. It's such a great neutral that can be "perked" up if needed or just calm as well.
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grey is very versatile with so many colors definitely the new neutral! :)
thanks again....can't wait to see what you're up to in your kitchen :) :)


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Topic tags/keywords: question I now this sounds like a DIY question but has any one buildt a T ball stand.Me and the wife got ower grand child a glove and her shoe's but I never seen a T ball stand how tall is it and can I build it out of wood and remember I have 10 more grand childen to fow her any help would be nice again I apologies |
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my dad built me one when i was a kid. It was a plywood base, a flange and metal pipe came up, and there was some kind of thick rubber hose that you would put the ball on. It might have been insulation, but it was thick and heavy duty. If you use hose clamps you can adjust the height if need be. -- Every neighborhood has an eccentric neighbor. I wondered for years "who was ours?" Then I realized it was me. |
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That was more or less the way I did it (30 years ago) for my kids. I used a galvanized pipe flange, and short pipe of 2" pipe (I think) and a straight radiator hose that fit over the pipe. With a hose clamp I could adjust it to the correct height. -- Our village hasn't lost it's idiot, he was elected to congress. |
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Fred's got it. A short, straight radiator hose from the auto parts place. -- Perform A Random Act Of Kindness Today ... Pay It Forward |
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Precious! -- Max the "night janitor" at www.hardwoodclocks.com |
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Height wise, you want the ball about elbow high for the granddaughter. Maybe make it somewhat adjustable. -- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. |
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Id like her take a good swing and gauge the height off of that, let the top of the tee end up in the "sweet spot" of her swing. IMO, at that age, its all about the positive reinforcement. Sounds like a pretty cool little project. -- Something, something, something. |
#7 posted 04-08-2013 01:46 PM |
Look at PVC pipe too. I made one about 25 years ago. Also get some Furnco fittings. Those are the rubber "splice" kind of sleeves that you'd use to repair or join a couple pieces of pipe. They have the screw-type band clamps on each end. Flange on a plywood base, with a stub of PVC glued into the flange. Furnco fitting joins the stub to a vertical piece of pipe. (The furnco takes some of the shock of a kid hitting the pipe instead of the ball). Then I had a piece of pipe that fit inside the "main" one. It was a little bit of a sloppy fit but it didn't matter. Cut a bicycle inner tube to make fat rubber bands. Those go around the piece of pipe that slides INTO the "main" pipe. This gives you height adjustment. The smaller diameter pipe only slides into the "main" pipe as far as the rubber bands. For the "ball holder" you get another Furnco, but this one is normally for changing pipe suzes, like to join 2 inch pipe to inch and a half. You want to get one that fits that smaller diameter pipe as its SMALL end and then has a larger end facing UP to hold the ball. So.. you have height adjustable, shock absorbant t-ball stand. Easily repairable in the field (don't GLUE anything). Also I learned not to make the base too stable. Obviously you want it stable enough to stand, but in the case where a kid strikes the stand instead of the ball, it's ok if they knock it over and that's preferable to breaking the stand. The hardest part of the whole thing was finding the 2 pipe sizes that would work together with one sliding into the other. I believe I used a piece of PVC and a piece of ABS electrical conduit, but I could be wrong about that. It was a long time ago. That stand (I made 3 or 4 of them) was still in use at the little league diamonds about 10 years after my boys were no longer playing t-ball. :) |
#8 posted 04-08-2013 04:09 PM |
Here is a pic of my grandaughter taking her first at bat in a t ball game. The Tee needs to have an adjustable height to fit the batter. Good luck. -- Handcrafted by Mike Henderson - Channelview, Texas |
#9 posted 04-08-2013 05:30 PM |
Thanks everyone for all the great input and the pic helps alot I got home plate made and I got a 2" peice pvc and 1 1/2" as well so Im going to run down to the parts store and get some hose but I didnt thank Furnco fittings Im going to look in to that too thanks again everyone. |
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Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik visits the Power Games exhibition at the Ludwig Museum in Budapest. REUTERS/Karoly Arvai.
The PowerGames exhibition aims to approach art from various aspects and the questions of its link to social and political forces and its effect exerted on the community. Featuring already existing and commissioned new works made by Danish artists and artist groups, the exhibition endeavours to open a dialogue and to give Hungarian audiences access to attitudes that shape collective thinking and responsible behaviour, exploring critical points on relevant and topical social and economic issues.
PowerGames wishes to challenge our understanding of nationality, tolerance, responsible social and political thinking, and the role of contemporary art in our changing world. The exhibition attempts to investigate and reflect on a number of themes, ranging from distribution of power in society and the social construction of identity, through economic and environmental issues to the boundaries between the public and the private space. It also attempts to address the issue of emerging nationalism, as well as the relation and interaction between history and memory and how they are constructed notions.
The works featured at the exhibition investigate the territories and borderlines as they appear in the social landscape of today while showing new, alternative scopes of action in our relation to society, challenging a number of power structures in various ways.
Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragsets When a Country Falls in Love with Itself is the opening piece of the PowerGames exhibition. The image displays the Little Mermaid, Denmarks national symbol. Sitting on a rock, instead of gazing across the sea, her eyes are diverted by her own reflection. The simple artistic intervention subtly indicates that self-celebration often comes to revolve around national symbols with the less fortunate consequence that the perspective on the world is narrowed down. The work points out the necessity of self-scrutiny and facing the past. This is crucial for a society to find its identity and determine its own future.
An attempt to face the past and to undergo self-scrutiny has been made in Jens Haanings work Recent Danish History (2008). The series of postcards is based on press images of eight events, selected from Danish history and public life between 19972008. The controversial events on the postcards represent various political and social issues, ranging from the inauguration of the Øresund Bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden, through Denmarks participation in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to the history of the autonomous Freetown Christiania. The subjective selection of the artist problematizes the constructions of common history and collective memory influenced by the mainstream media.
The riots of 2007 in Copenhagen, depicted on the last piece of the postcard series, inspired the Superflex artist group to create their film work Burning Car (2008). Hundreds of young protesters clashed with police during the demonstrations organised against the clearance and demolition of alternative left-wing community house, Ungdomshuset. The film focuses on civil unrest today and the fascinations around this: How are these situations being represented in the media?
Tanja Nellemann Poulsen also deals with social tension and the role of the media, its power to influence public opinion and the public sphere. Her new installation is focusing on the phenomenon of radicalism and nationalism, which are on the upswing in Hungary as well as other countries throughout Europe. Please teach some new tricks to this old dog called nationalism she says still pointing out guiltiness on the ghost of Europe. Departing from the naïve perspective of news consumers, she focuses on the way extreme right events are distilled through the filters of the media.
Ann Lislegaards sound and light installation focuses on the painful effort of self-scrutiny and the reinterpretation of the past. Its intention is to make us face the lies of the past and clarify our role and position in the world. Slamming the Front Door (2005) is built on the last scene of Henrik Ibsens play A Dolls House, when the protagonist, Nora, realizes that the idyll of her entire family life so far has been built on self deception and lies, and so she leaves her husband and children in order to try and find her true self liberated from the roles enforced on her. At the end of the play she slams the door and leaves walking towards the future with all the potential and dangers this act involves. But where does she go and what kind of emancipation can we expect?
What was once a novelty in Ibsens A Dolls House is practically self-evident today: womens independence in social and economic life. While Nora wants to find her place in society first of all as a human being, the Noras of today primarily want to assert themselves as women. This is very well demonstrated by Jens Haanings 33 Page 9-girls (2009/2010), considered by the artist as an ethnographical document of the Danish people and their relation to the female body. 33 Page 9-girls are selected from Ekstra Bladet tabloid paper. The photographs are accompanied by Hungarian translations of the interviews with them. The pictures, blurring the boundary between private and public spheres, seems pornographic at first, but observed with scrutiny it is a unique sociography that gives a picture of a segment of Danish society, of the reflections of these people on themselves, on sexuality, on their relationship and career opportunities.
Bosch & Fjords exhibition project, Free Zone Budapest (2010) focuses on the boundaries between private and public spaces within the cityscape, inviting debate about the public space and its functions: what is allowed, and what is not allowed in public space and why/why not? The exhibition project involves some 50 signs that are placed, apart from in the exhibition space, throughout Budapest city centre focusing on the 5th and 8th districts following the suggestions of the visitors. The signs create free zones where one is allowed to deviate from conformity. Each zone surrounding a sign is defined by a white line. Inside the zone one is permitted to sleep, play, pray, listen to each other, profess the sexual diversity etc. This project is an encouragement to see art as something that affects everyday life, a tool that can help change our everyday life and give us influence on the community we live in.
Tue Greenfort too trusts that art is capable of inducing if not revolutionary, at least gradual changes in society. The idea that urges responsible thinking and direct action is often coupled with a satirical tone in his conceptual work. His installation Kaviar Bar (2007) explores the connections between the survival of endangered sturgeons and the control of the caviar trade. The work is closely related to the history of sturgeons once so important in Budapest life and culture, as a city on the River Danube, with special regard to the issues concerning the habitats and fishing of the beluga sturgeon in Hungary, and is also linked to local environmentalist programs for saving sturgeons. Adjusting to the context of PowerGames, Tue Greenfort prepared an entirely new version of the installation. The Kaviar Bar is marked by a neon sign and a surreal fish head moulage, referring to historical and environmental issues surrounding the beluga sturgeon, while the projection intends to reflect social and market (power) relations, documenting the artists provocative intervention.
Superflex film of four episodes addresses the changes of financial power relations in a singular manner. The Financial Crisis (Session I-IV) (2009) reflects on the financial crisis and meltdown from a therapeutic perspective. A hypnotist guides us through our worst nightmares to reveal the crisis without as the psychosis within. During four sessions we can experience the fascination of speculation and power, fear, anxiety and frustration of losing control, economic loss and personal disaster.
What is Capitalism? asks Katya Sander the passers-bys on a field stretching out into the horizon resembling the typical setting for movies of the Western genre. Although all of the responses are different, describing different relations, all of the passers-by speak in normal everyday language and all of them express the difficulty of putting capitalism into language. The video installation from 2003 is referring to the impossibility of defining the nature and notion of the worlds prevailing economic system.
The exhibition has been realised in the framework of the Budapest Spring Festival 2010 with focus on Denmark.
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Could Jared Loughner Have Received Mental Health Care if Colleges Screened All Students?
From everything that's been reported so far about Jared Loughner, there's little indication that any of his often erratic or troubling behavior - being fired from several jobs, turned down for military service, or incidents at his junior college that led to him being kicked off campus - sparked any formal attempt to evaluate his mental stability.
But a medical researcher at Northwestern University says that shouldn't be the case and that all college students should be screened for depression when they visit a university health center, even if it's just for the common cold.
"Depression screening is easy to do," Michael Fleming, a professor of family and community medicine at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine, told ScienceDaily. "We know it works, and it can save lives."
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March 17, 2012
:: On My Reading List ::
This time of year you will often find me with my nose in a book. There's just something about springtime that makes me want to lay outside and read to my heart's content. But alas, I have a confession to make... my bookshelf is full of purchased volumes whose bindings have yet to be broken. Therefore, I've made myself a promise to try as hard as I can to pull a novel off of my bookshelf instead of buying something new. With that said, here's my spring/summer (maybe into fall/winter) reading list...
I'm actually kind of embarrassed that I haven't read some of these yet! I have a habit of re-reading my favorite books over and over again instead of picking up something new. What's on your reading list?
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I´m trying to read more..maybe I get one of those!
http://fashionfablog.blogspot.com/*grin* I admit to not having read most of these either, despite them being on my bookshelf too... I remember reading 'American Psycho' when I was 19 years old and it certainly left an impression!
What a great pledge. Perhaps I will join you on the book-buying-ban for a bit. I recently plucked 'The Great Gatsby' from the bookshelf (has only been there about 2 years, so that's not too embarrassing) and I'm really enjoying it. Then I think I'll try 'One Day' - my most recent purchase.
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text: It has been more than 15 years since the Internet became an integral part of daily life. In the early years, it was used as a one-way transfer of static information to consumers. However, since 1995 the Internet has become a mainstream source of business for many companies. For the hospitality industry, this translates into hotel rooms booked and food orders placed online. However, Internet commerce comes with its challenges and requires responsibility on the part of the merchant. One of the biggest challenges is the perceived risks that come with purchasing products and services online. Researchers from the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee and Oklahoma State University conducted a study to identify the main risks related to purchasing online goods and services. A survey was sent to 10,000 randomly selected Americans, of which approximately 700 responded. Among those, 92% indicate that they have used the Internet to search for a product or service. This validates the fact that the Internet has become an integral part of daily life in America. Among those who searched for a product or service on the Internet, 89% made an online purchase. This fact also shows us a shift in customer behavior, as users have switched from just checking the prices of goods and services online, to actually purchasing them online. About half of the respondents purchased something online within a week; the most frequently purchased items were books (20.3%), followed by clothes (19%), computers (16%), airline tickets (12%), hotel rooms (9%), music (8.1%), financial/banking products-services (5.5%), car rentals (3.9%), insurance (2.9%) and vacation packages (2.2%). The total percentage of hospitality-related products among those items was 27.1%. Risks of purchasing online Survey results also reveal that privacy of personal information is the most important risk for consumers when purchasing online. The top five risks were related to privacy: 1) "The company can place cookies (an identifier) on my computer;" 2) "The company can track my shopping habits and purchases;" 3) "My personal information can be shared (sold or rented) with third-party companies;" 4) "I may be contacted by the company without providing consent;" and 5) "I fear that unauthorized third-party access to my credit card information can happen." There is a clear message in these results for any online merchant: The protection of customers' personal information is just as important as the protection of payment information. Therefore it is important for merchants to actively protect this information and to act with integrity in the use of such information. If you are going to share customer information with other parties, ask permission first. And finally, communicate how you plan on using the information that you have gathered about them. The results also reveal that brand loyalty is almost non-existent right now. The price transparency that the Internet has afforded now makes the price of a product one of the most important decision-making factors. A majority of the consumers who searched for a product or service on the Internet indicated that they did not purchase from a particular website because the price was too high. As such, many products, including hospitality products, become a commodity. The solution here is to increase the cost associated with switching to a different merchant. This means that the merchant needs to build a relationship with the customer. This will enable the company, especially hospitality companies, to learn from customers' past purchases and customize products based on those preferences and past behaviors. This is how value will be created for online shoppers. Finally a big barrier for purchasing products and services online is the lack of examination of the physical product. This is relatively easy to fix in the hospitality marketplace as hoteliers and restaurateurs can utilize multi-media pictures, videos and 360 degree tours appropriately. However, the key here is that these offerings should be "on-demand." Customers should have the ultimate control on what they see and when they see it on a website.A new study from the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee and Oklahoma State University identifies customers' top e-commerce concerns, plus how hospitality companies can improve online interactions to boost loyalty. For more insights from Cihan, click here.


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Butter cookies filled with raspberry cream are luscious additions to your tea time cookie tray. They can be varied by adding your favorite flavor of jam or preserves, e.g. blackberry. My favorite jam for this recipe is the Blackberry-Raspberry from Maury Island Farms. You can order this
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Ultima Online
Once upon a time in the early times of the internet where AOL reigned supreme and NetZero was a respectable 56k ISP dial-up provider the MMORPG genre was just getting it's first legs and growing. Long before anyone thought that Blizzard would make monstrous game behemoths (World of Warcraft duh) there were studios that were paving the way into what would be the modern MMO games of today. There are a few worthy of mention: Everquest, Never Winter Nights, Nexus: The Kingdom, MUDS, and Neopets (haha). But one really took to a whole new level...and that was....
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(Nifty Song, eh? All noble and shit!)
Ah yes, back before when "Player Versus Player" actually meant killing someone that looked funny at you rather than killing someone for some abitrary point system, where thieves weren't preying on those stupid enough to give their passwords but were ACTUALLY stealing within the game's mechanics. Where Murderers roamed outside the city limits for the purpose of being a dick. Where players pirates roammed the sea and openly attacked Fisherman and stole all their treasure. In Ultima Online the world was ruthless and with a real sense of loss on the line whenever you played, you grew attached to your character and goods. I've revisited Ultima Online thanks to the In Por Ylem Shard that recently opened. And letme sum up my experience in one picture:
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Compare Brutus and Cassius. How are they the same and how are they different. Compare and Contrast the two characters.
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Brutus and Cassius are both quite ambitious. I would say that is where their similarities stop. Cassius is manipulative and is motivated by his own desires for power. Brutus, however, truly wants what is best for Rome and thinks carefully about any of his actions to be sure that what he is doing is for the good of the Roman people.
For an in-depth answer, this would be a very good question for the Enotes Q&A section. Briefly, they are alike in their desire to be free of the potential tyranny of Caesar. They differ in how they approach the problem of Caesar. Cassius is willing to resort to any tactics to get what he wants. Brutus always wants to do things in an honorable and noble manner.
i must agree with mwalter822 -- both Cassius and Brutus wish to rid rome of Caesar (i.e. dictatorship) -- but Cassius is personally ambitious too and harbours a sense of envy against Caesar's meteoric rise, whereas Brutus is purely idealistic. It is not that he 'loves Caesar less', but that he 'loves Rome more'.


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Welcome to the world, Caitlin King! Mom and baby are doing very well.
Yes, of course she has a web site.
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Welcome to the world, Caitlin King! Mom and baby are doing very well.
Yes, of course she has a web site.
This post is part of the thread: Life Events – an ongoing story on this site. View the thread timeline for more context on this post.
Alex, congratulations on little Caitlin! So glad to hear Mom and Daughter are doing well.
Is this your first? Your life will never be the same in a very good way, tho you might have to give up those late night coding sessions for a while.
two weeks ago my second my daughter was born. So I can feel with you.
Wish you and your family the best!
Alex, will you please bring her to Wordcamp SF? She's so sweet and adorable! Many congrats to you!
[…] Congratulations to my friend Alex King and his wife Heather on the birth of their daughter. […]
I found your site/blog and wanted to tell you what an amazing site you have and what incredibly interesting stuff you've posted/created…and little did I know that the most interesting creation just arrived. Congratulations on your little daughter – may you always enjoy her and may she bring you only happiness and joy.
Congratulations, Alex! A wonderful blessing and awesome responsibility.
What a doll! I loved her web sit. She was just born and is far ahead of me.
Congratulations! She is 5 days old now. My son was born one month ago but I hadn't the time creating such a lovely web site like you did daddy.
Hi and congrats on your daughter. The feeling of a new born is fantastic.
Hey Congratulations! Babies are awesome! I'm on my second myself–born about a month before yours and what struck me about this post is that the photo you used is very similar to the photo I used to make my birth announcement: http://lofistl.com/2[...]te-recently/ kinda funny really.
Anyway, thanks for all the work you do to make WP even better. I'm sure your little girl will grow up to do positive things in the world too.
[…] things have been busy with the new baby. I can't believe it's already been two and a half weeks. All of you other parents […]
Nice work Alex. The big question is did you check the URL availability before naming her? That would be classic!
I hope all is well.
We have #2 coming in July.
The big question is did you check the URL availability before naming her?
Before she was born, yes. Before we decided on the name, no.
Hi Alex. Congratulation. She is so beautiful. She is just like my elder sister's son. Of course the same face and the same colour. But he is younger than her. He was born at 8th May, 2009. Interesting. huh…
[…] became a father – my daughter Caitlin was born on April 18th. She's doing great; is now crawling backwards (hasn't gotten forward figured out yet) […]
[…] It's been very interesting to me to see how some folks are re-evaluating their work/life balance in the wake of reading Isaacson's Steve Jobs biography (most famously, this story). I've been making some of the same evaluations over the last few years following the birth of my daughter. […]
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This picture you are looking at here of the Colorado Rockies' Coors Field covered in a layer snow is exactly why I live in Florida. A snowstorm in the middle of May? No thank you.
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Jewish World Review April 14, 2005 / 5 Nisan, 5765 Demonization of the Other Side Is the Sorry Stuff of Modern Politics By James Lileks
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The Senate confirmation process for Environmental Protection Agency nominee Stephen Johnson took a dramatic turn when California Democrat Barbara Boxer recently expressed her "shock and disappointment" at his refusal to criticize an EPA program that "tests pesticides on children." Working with Florida's Bill Nelson, Boxer put a hold on Johnson's job prospects, and made one of her usual moderate, well-informed pronouncements:
"If EPA can get away with testing babies, infants, then they can get away with anything when it comes to human testing of toxics," she said.
Those fiends! They not only like to drive over the bodies of orphans on their way to work, they want them pre-flattened so the ride's smoother. Testing pesticides on kids! What's next? Hiring a batch of fresh Mengeles to vivisect Cub Scouts?
Boxer makes it sound as if the feds chose some poor red-state town, rounded up the first-graders, stuck a funnel down each one's mouth and glugged in a quart of DDT to see what color the tots turned before they died. The truth was less evil, if you are willing to entertain such a possibility. The program studied children already exposed to legal pesticides, from the stuff that wafts off the fields to the trace amounts in your food to the bug bomb Dad sets off in the kitchen when the roaches get so thick they start dragging off the family dog.
This is what you expect from the opposition these days not just arguments, but utter demonization with a tenuous connection to facts. Yes, yes, it's predictable; the side out of power hates the other side. Stop the presses.
But this nonsense hasn't moderated since the election. It has become the standard tone for modern politics, and this is not healthy for the Republic or other living things. Once we believe that the other side is motivated by the desire to grind the face of humanity under the corporate boot or, conversely, herd everyone into IKEA-designed Euro-socialist pens then everything it does isn't just suspect, but bald, plain proof of perfidy.
Examples? Sure. Just look at the Democratic camp:
What of the program to test pesticide levels on children? The EPA canceled it, citing the climate of misinformation that would have tainted reaction to the study's results. Expect a headline like "Bush administration cancels plan to study pesticide impact on children."
Damned if they do and damned if they don't but as Rangel and Dean might note, damnation is what happens to those who oppose the forces of good and thwart the will of Jesus and the pope to keep rich men from hell.
Remind us again: Who are the theocrats?
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