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The website for Rescue Ranch is up and running! Check it out at www.RescueRanch.com!
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It's on my favorites already.
Krissie's white water rescue class was fascinating. She's awesome!
I can't tell you how amazed and full of admiration I am for the Newmans on this project. I didn't fully understand the concept or scope until recently and certainly would have never dreamed The Ranch or Foundation would have taken on the roles they hold, even now in their infancy. The recent coverage on "The Hub" blew my mind. I don't impress easily and am not too quick to lay praise but I gotta say - thank you. Thank you for being "real about the deal". Amazed, 'happy-happy-happy', proud, humbled and excited to visit some day.
Friday, June 21, 2013Christine
- Anoka MN
It is so heartwarming to see the passion and enjoyment Krissie and Ryan bring to their project. This year is the culmination of their dream and the support of all the sponsors and supporters that have participated in the project. I don't know if you read the list of people of people working for the Rescue Ranch but the "assistant animal care director" is Brooklyn Newman. How cute!! I wonder what Ashlyn's job will be.
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No bomb was found after Colorado Springs Early Colleges, off Garden of the Gods Road west of Interstate 25, was evacuated Friday morning.
A note containing a bomb threat was found in the building at 4405 N. Chestnut St. shortly before 11 a.m., police said. A spokesman for the Colorado Springs Police Department's Falcon Division said shortly after noon that explosive sniffing dogs were combing the campus to see if there was any immediate danger.
Early Colleges, which cancelled classes for the remainder of the day, shares the complex with Colorado Technical University.
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This city hotel, which was renovated in 2007, consists of 53 rooms and 5 suites spread across 5 floors. The interior reveals the secret of good taste, from its open colours, subtle textures and hint of luxury to the flow of the stairs and warm glow of the winter garden. It is air-conditioned, and has a lobby, 24-hour reception, a hotel safe, currency exchange facility, lift access, a café and a TV room. Other amenities include a restaurant, bar, sitting area and esplanade, a meeting room and banquet facilities. Room and laundry services, and WLAN access at the reception and bar are provided for a fee. Parking facilities are available to guests arriving by car (subject to fees).
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Kangaroo Island
Kangaroo Island is Australia's third-largest island after Tasmania and Melville Island.
It is 112 kilometres (70 mi) southwest of Adelaide in the state of South Australia.
At its closest point to the mainland, it is 13 kilometres (8 miles) offshore from Cape Jervis.
The island is 150 km (93 mi) long and between 900 m (980 yd) and 57 km (35 mi) wide, its area covering 4,405 km2 (1,701 sq mi). Its coastline is 540 kilometres (340 mi) long and highest altitude is 307 m (1,010 ft).
Wildlife and its protection[change | change source]
More than half of the island has never been cleared of vegetation, and a quarter of it is conserved in National Parks, Conservation Parks, and five Wilderness Protection Areas.[1] The main protected areas are:
- Flinders Chase National Park
- Seal Bay Conservation Park
- Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park
- Cape Bouguer Wilderness Protection Area
- Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area
Because of its isolation from mainland Australia, foxes and rabbits are absent from and prohibited from entering the island. Registration and microchipping of cats is mandatory.[2]
The Kangaroo Island Kangaroo, Rosenberg's Sand Goanna, Southern Brown Bandicoot, Tammar Wallaby, Common Brushtail Possum, Short-beaked Echidna and New Zealand Fur Seal are native to the island, as well as six bat and frog species. The sole endemic (found nowhere else) vertebrate species is a small marsupial carnivore called the Kangaroo Island Dunnart. The Koala, Common Ringtail Possum and Platypus have been introduced and still survive there. Kangaroo Island had a native species of Emu, the Kangaroo Island Emu; however, it became extinct between 1802 and official European settlement in 1836, perhaps owing to bushfires or from hunting by sealers or whalers.
The introduced Koalas have flourished so well on the island that their preferred food source, the Manna Gum, is at risk of local extinction. Koalas have recently been forced to turn to other, less palatable, species. Park Management has been searching for a solution.
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The island is a major tourist attraction.[3]
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- ↑ "South Australian National Parks & Reserves - Kangaroo Island Region". South Australian Government Department for Environment and Heritage. http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/visitor/kisland.html. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ↑ "Dog and Cat Management Plan" (PDF). Kangaroo Island Council. 2005. http://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Dog_and_Cat_Management_Plan_2005_MD_App.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ↑ Kangaroo Island Tourism Optimisation Model (2005-2006). "Visitor Exit Surveys". http://www.tomm.info/reports_factsheets/visitor_exit_surveys/index.aspx. Retrieved 2007-06-22.


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A tutorial on how to shape free standing loaves or hoagie rolls also called batards.
First start with your risen dough.
This you will cut into pieces of the desired size for your finished product. I am making Italian bread and it makes 2-1 pound loaves. Sometimes I make 3 smaller loaves so they fit on my baking stone better. Cut into even smaller pieces this makes great hoagie buns.
Roll and stretch the top of the rectangle over to touch the center. Seal the dough by pressing down. The goal is to create some surface tension in the dough.
Roll and stretch the top of the dough again, but this time to meet the bottom of the rectangle. Again seal the seam creating even more surface tension. The dough should be relatively cigar shaped. Then gently rock and roll the dough to even out the shape and place seam side down on parchment paper.
Now you have a free standing loaf or batard. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise for the second time, score and bake. The process is the same for hoagie rolls just smaller. Now go and make some bread. Enjoy.


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The Economic Data calendar for the week of the 6th of September through the 10th of September is full of critical releases and events. Attached below is a snapshot of some (though far from all) of the headline numbers that we will be focused on.
Conclusion: The combination of today's employment report and the ISM Non-Manufacturing Index spell incremental trouble for the U.S. economy. We have conviction that growth will continue to slow based largely on a jobless and deleveraging consumer, downward pressure on housing prices, and a burgeoning federal debt burden.
Position: Short the S&P 500 (SPY).
This morning's employment report was well received by the market (up around 1% today). This is largely due to the fact that private payrolls "beat" consensus estimates, climbing 67k vs. 40k (Bloomberg Consensus).
Akin to a bad company beating low earnings expectations, this morning's employment report does not pass the test of analytical rigor. Diving deeper into the "model" we see that private payrolls growth (while up 67k MoM) slowed sequentially. In MACRO, everything that matters happens on the margin, and, on the margin, this is sequential deterioration.
Analyzing the industry-specific reports, we see that employment at service providers fell 54k MoM. While a sequential improvement, it is important to note that today's ISM Non-Manufacturing Employment Index came in at 48.2 for the month of August, offering no near-term signs of reprieve in this sector. Employment in the retail industry fell by 4,900 bodies and employment in the construction sector grew 19k MoM. We hope (understanding full well that hope isn't and investment process) that this addition of labor isn't busy adding more supply to a housing market that is very much in disequilibrium from a supply/demand standpoint. Research from Josh Steiner, our Managing Director of Financials, suggests we are due for a ~20% correction in housing prices over the next 12 months based on current inventory levels – absent major government intervention.
The deltas in federal government employment continue to be distorted by the unwinding of Census hiring, so we'll just leave the (-121k) MoM decline alone. We will, however, point out that State & local governments continue to shed jobs (down 10k MoM) and the austerity measures currently being undertaken across the country will weigh on GDP growth going forward. YTD, State & local governments have shed 135,000 jobs and without meaningful intervention by the federal government (or a pickup in tax revenues, which we feel is unlikely based on where we think GDP is headed), this trend will continue because of their budget balancing mandate.
Today's unemployment report is similar to the trend we saw in the 2Q earnings season whereby companies beat on earnings but missing on the top line. The positive market reaction to the private payrolls "beat" is overshadowing the sequential uptick in the unemployment rate (9.6% vs. 9.5% in July), which is a miss in our eyes – regardless of consensus expectations. The end result is simply that less people that want jobs have them. Underemployment, which measures part-time workers who'd prefer full-time employment and people who want to work but have given up looking, also worsened sequentially (16.7% vs. 16.5% in July). Needless to say, the employment situation in America is not conducive for a pickup in growth, given that ~70% of our economy is consumer spending.
The last chart we want to highlight comes from another survey; the ISM Non-Manufacturing Index for August "missed" estimates, falling off the table sequentially (51.5 vs. 54.3 in July vs. consensus expectations of 53.2). The survey, which covers about 90% of the economy, is now 150bps away from signaling a contraction. The three components of the index we watch all declined sequentially: New Orders dropped to 52.4 from 56.7; Backlog of Orders dropped to 50.5 from 52; and Employment dropped into contraction at 48.2 vs. 50.9 in July.
All told, the combination of today's employment report and the ISM Non-Manufacturing Index spell incremental trouble for the U.S. economy. We have conviction that growth will continue to slow based largely on a jobless and deleveraging consumer, downward pressure on housing prices, and a burgeoning federal debt burden. On July 1st as part of our American Austerity theme, we published our initial estimate for 3Q GDP, which was 1.7%. That will be revised lower in the coming weeks.
We remain short the S&P 500 via the etf SPY with an immediate term TRADE downside target of 1061.
Enjoy the long weekend with your family and friends.
Darius Dale
Once per year, the BLS benchmarks its payroll estimates against state unemployment insurance filings, which last year saw a significant drop in the previously-reported payroll employment levels.
In the benchmark revision for the year beginning March 2009 (printed in 2010), the net effect of the BLS revision was an upward adjustment to the number of jobs losses during the recession of 900,000 jobs. When the BLS first announced the massive 2009 benchmark revision, in effect the statement indicated that the underlying assumptions to the Birth-Death Model were missing certain jobs losses and it is not a reliable indicator. The BLS's model assumes that jobs created by start-up companies have more than offset jobs lost by companies going out of business. So for the BLS this becomes their equivalent of a fudge factor; the ability to make the employment situation appear better than it really is. We will be following up with a more in depth analysis of this effect early next week.
So far this year, the model has created an average of 53,000 jobs per month, including 115,000 jobs this month. In this economy, it is interesting that the bias has been positive and not negative! While there is no shortage of misinformation being broadcast through the media, the government seems to be a fully engaged participant.
With the September payroll numbers, the BLS is scheduled to publish its initial estimate of the benchmark revision for March 2010; once again we are likely to learn that the BLS got it wrong again and hundreds of thousands of people lost their jobs that we did not know about.
Knowing how flawed the Birth/Death model is flawed, backing out the 115,000 of addition jobs this month, the non-farm payroll number would be closer to -169,000; worse than consensus and acceleration from last month's loss of -131,000.
We just bought the TLT exchange-traded fund. If the hope that unemployment is meaningfully improving and housing is stabilizing, we'll be a buyer of the long end of the bond market on associated weakness.
Housing is not improving and unemployment situation is not either.
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Wynn Encore Macau has been open over four months. While still preliminary, we took a look at the incremental revenues and EBITDA from the new property.
How is Encore doing? Based on the first four months of data – admittedly preliminary – we'd definitively say that Encore is doing, well, okay. We look at the Encore contribution in two ways: 1) by calculating the incremental market share gain and deriving an estimate of EBITDA and 2) calculating the incremental EBITDA from Q1 (pre-Encore) to Q2 (post-Encore) and adjusting for the hold differential.
In Q2, Wynn generated $216m in EBITDA versus $181m in Q1. After adjusting for the fact that Encore was only open for 72 days in the quarter and hold percentage was significantly higher in Q2 and Q1, we calculate the annualized incremental EBITDA from Encore was $83 million. Encore cost $600 million to build so the ROI per this method was a respectable 14%.
The second methodology yields a lower ROI of 11%. Given the market growth from Q1 to Q2, we decided to look at the Wynn Macau VIP market share following the opening of MPEL's City of Dreams on June 1, 2009 but before the April 21st opening of Encore (June 2009 through March 2010 period) and compare it to the May-August period (post Encore). We are focusing on VIP because Encore did not add any Mass tables. In fact, according to the numbers, Encore added nothing to Wynn's Mass share. The 2.2% increase in market share would generate approximately $64 million in annualized incremental EBITDA per our math. See the chart below.
So the jury is still out on Encore. However, Wynn's post Q2 market share has been substandard and trending lower. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Conclusion: European PMI Services fell or substantially slowed in August, which is line with our forecast for a negative inflection in the August data from Europe. We continue to expect a decline in consumption across Europe post the exuberance of the World Cup and in response to the enactment of austerity measures that should induce individual belt-tightening and hamper confidence. The British Pound is one European currency that's taken a notable dive alongside headline data, down -3.4% over the last month.
Of the countries reporting, here are the PMI Services numbers in August versus July:
The German, French, and British economies are anchoring points in our analysis. The negative move in August PMI (German PMI Manufacturing released on Wednesday was unchanged in August, while the UK fell to 54.3 from 56.9) bodes poorly for the region, especially due to the fact that Germany, France and the UK are often the largest trading partners with other EU member states.
Matthew Hedrick
Back in July, we decided to map out where the restaurant companies were in terms of their positions on the SIGMA chart. Changes in top-line growth and margin expansion/contraction clearly illustrate key operational trends in each company. Tracking these changes as the quarters roll over, and the different valuation multiples that are assigned companies as trends change, offers valuable insight.
All restaurant companies want to live in Nirvana, with same-store sales positive and margins growing on a year-over-year basis. Not all of the restaurant companies in Nirvana are there for the same reasons; some companies may be lapping easy comparisons, driving comps entirely by pricing or thanks to a temporary but very favorable cost environment. In these cases, such companies will not sustain their positions in the Nirvana quadrant.
The following companies are currently enjoying positive same-store sales and margin growth as of the most recently reported quarter: CMG, MCD, YUM US, YUM China, BJRI, DPZ, PNRA, SBUX, TXRH, CAKE, RT and MRT. All of these companies, with the exception of YUM US and BJRI, were operating in Nirvana territory before the most recent quarter was reported.
As I did in July, I would like to bring to your attention a few names that I think may be "moonlighting in Nirvana". YUM China, TXRH, MRT, CAKE and RT are the five names I would highlight as being particularly vulnerable to a move from Nirvana in the second half of 2010 (or by fiscal 2Q11, in RT's case).
YUM continues to expect to face labor and commodity inflation in China during the second half of the year. Overall, as expected, China continued to operate in Nirvana during the second quarter, but will likely move into the Trouble Brewing quadrant (positive same-store sales and YOY decline in restaurant operating profit margin), and potentially, into the Deep Hole, during the back half of the year as higher food and labor costs materialize.
TXRH is guiding to same-store sales of +1% for the remainder of the year which implies a relatively stable two-year average trend. Food deflation is set to provide a sequentially more favorably environment than in 2Q but not as much as the company enjoyed in 1Q. That being said, YOY comparisons from both a cost of sales and restaurant-level margin perspective are set to become more difficult in the back half of the year.
My concern for MRT is primarily top-line related. While there is a certain amount of risk in their beef costs only being 20% contracted for 2010, given the 14% increase in Live Cattle prices YTD, I believe that the steep increase in sequential comps from 1H to 2H09 will make it difficult for MRT to maintain positive comps, particularly in 4Q10.
CAKE could also face pressure going forward due to an average check problem; customers have been trading down to small plate and snack items. In an effort to maintain comps going forward the company implemented a 1% effective menu price increase in August. Same-store sales and margin comparisons become decidedly more difficult, for CAKE, in 2H10.
RT's outlook for their next quarter (1QFY11) is quite positive; same-store sales could improve again on a one-year and two-year basis and restaurant-level margins should increase year-over-year. However, as I wrote in my recent note "RT: IMPROVING BUT THINGS SHOULD SLOW", momentum will likely slow from there for RT. Same-store sales, by my reckoning, will come under pressure for the balance of FY11 with margins likely following suit due to higher food costs as a percentage of sales and more difficult comparisons come to bear on the bottom line. RT could possibly be heading for the Deep hole in 2QFY11.
Other Nirvana standouts:
CMG: CMG is largely unlocked from a commodity perspective and this could impact margins adversely in the second half of 2010. Further increased costs on the labor, other operating cost (higher marketing) and G&A lines could further impair CMG from maintaining positive margin growth in the back half of this year. Investors may be less concerned about this increased margin pressure if the company is able to maintain its sales momentum from the second quarter.
The Deep hole quadrant is inhabited by companies experiencing negative same-store sales and declining restaurant level margins.
The following companies are currently suffering: SONC, DIN, BKC, WEN, EAT, CPKI, KONA, JACK and RRGB. The trouble about the Deep hole quadrant in this current environment is that there is no "magic bullet" that can solve the issues that have led the company there. Sometimes there are plans that management initiates that are margin accretive and build sustainable top-line momentum, but these strategies require a patient management team (resisting the temptation to take short cuts to print good numbers) and several quarters to implement. McDonald's "Plan to Win" is one example of an effective strategy that has changed that company.
For the QSR names in the list above, MCD is the main problem. They continue to knock the cover off the ball – I estimate a +7% comp in August – and it is hurting BKC, WEN, SONC and JACK. For these names, I would not expect much movement from the Deep hole over the next few quarters and I believe that will be reflected in their valuations. Compounding the impact of MCD's outperformance, JACK's geographic issues augment the macro headwinds. Their overexposure to California and young Hispanic males (high unemployment cohort), in particular, has been pressing their stock for some time.
Other Deep hole standouts:
EAT: We expect the top-line to be volatile in the near-term as the customer familiarizes itself with the new menu. Following the most recent quarter's earnings, I am marginally less confident in Brinker's ability to meet earnings expectations over the next two quarters (1H11). I do expect, however, the company to see a material YOY improvement in restaurant-level margin in FY11, despite near-term sales volatility. Having extensively researched the operational initiatives and changes being undertaken by the firm to increase margins and customer satisfaction, I see the potential for a strong turnaround for Brinker. I remain confident in the direction of the company but believe that the turn in fundamentals is further out than previously thought.
Trouble Brewing: We believe that the trends associated with the Trouble brewing and Life-line quadrants are unsustainable. Companies usually find themselves in either territory in a transitional phase. Typically, if a company is posting positive same-store sales and declining year-over-year margins, the company is not leveraging the positive top-line and is spending too much on growth-related costs or increasing discounting. Whatever the reason, it usually spells trouble.
PFCB is currently situated in this quadrant. On a sales-weighted basis, its concepts are running same-store sales of +0.8%. Having taken price in May, for the first time in two years, and improved operational performance during the first half of the year, the company could see top-line strength persist if traffic can hold up (as of the date of the most recent earnings call, 7/28, traffic had been positive for five months). I expect a gradual improvement in restaurant-level margins in the second half of the year for PFCB.
PFCB is facing easy comparisons in 3Q10 on many fronts. At the same time, trends are getting better at the Bistro, which should make for a strong third quarter. PFCB could move up and to the right into the Nirvana quadrant during the back half of the year after starting out the year in the deep hole.
The Life-line quadrant is usually populated by companies that have "pulled the goalie". When customers are not coming through the doors, sometimes companies cut costs in order to maintain bottom-line numbers in the absence of top-line strength. This clearly is an unsustainable situation. In other cases, such as 2Q for BWLD, a shift in commodity margins can boost margins and add to profitability even in a difficult top-line environment.
The following companies are in the Life-line territory currently seeing restaurant-level margins increasing year-over-year but same-store sales declining: BWLD and DRI. BWLD is likely going to experience year-over-year restaurant level operating margin expansion over the next number of quarters. This is largely due to the 31% decline in chicken wing prices since the YTD peak in January. The company is in the process of closing underperforming, lower volume stores but it is likely going to take some time.
Howard Penney
Managing Director
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Shooting: Story Story Posted 06-05-2013 Buffalo Bill Presents NRA's Eddie Eagle in Old Colorado Gene Johnson playing Buffalo Bill and spreading the Eddie Eagle message at Frontier Day By: Kyle Jillson, NRAblog.com From NRAblog.com COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - NRA Volunteers come in all shapes and sizes. There are professional shooters who teach basic shooting, retired collectors who work at the museum and concerned citizens, like Gene Johnson, who spread the word about the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program ... and he does so in a very unique manner. Dressed as Buffalo Bill Cody, Johnson attends events like Territory Days in Old Colorado City to pass out Eddie Eagle materials to families in attendance. Here's more from this year's Territory Days: An estimated attendance of 150,000 turned out for the annual Memorial Day 2013 event in Colorado Springs. Johnson gave three performances as Colonel William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody and distributed over 900 NRA Eddie Eagle 'Parents Guide to Gun Safety.' as well as over 1,000 Eddie Eagle Coloring Books and Comic Books to parents and their kids. Even local law enforcement came by to express their appreciation and picked up packets of the Parents Guides for redistribution. Several day-care operators asked for stickers, coloring books and Parents Guides for their students. Everyone expressed their appreciation for the NRA material and Buffalo Bill's participation. Many listened to Buffalo Bill's stories about 'Lucretia Borgia', an actual 1866 50/70 Springfield Trapdoor Rifle (the sister to Col. Cody's Trapdoor that earned him his name of Buffalo Bill and the title 'Champion Buffalo Hunter of the West'). Buffalo Bill had a great love for children and admitted orphans free of charge to his Wild West educational experience over its many years. Johnson feels that Colonel Cody would have heartily approved of these efforts to inform families about Gun Safety. The Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program has taught more than 26 million pre-K through 3rd graders Eddie's lifesaving message that if you see a gun, then you should: STOP, DON'T TOUCH, LEAVE THE AREA, TELL AN ADULT. Learn more about Eddie Eagle on their webpage at eddieeagle.nra.org. NRAblog is your connection to the programs of the NRA. It is a project of the NRA's Media Relations Division. PUBLISHING: NRA Executive Director: Kyle Weaver CONTRIBUTORS: Lars Dalseide. E-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Kyle Jillson. E-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Justin McDaniel E-mail him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Share This Story Next From Story USA Shooting Athletes to Partner with NSSF First Shots Program Related Hunting : Posted 05-31-2013 North Carolina to Enact Families Afield Legislation View Hunting : Posted 05-28-2013 Pennsylvania Proud View Shooting : Posted 02-06-2013 New E-book Teaches the Basics of Handgun Safety View Comments Categories News Stories Tips Gear Videos Photo Galleries Viewer Photo Galleries Features Concealed Carry & Personal Defense Down Range TV Short Stories by Larry Potterfield AllOutdoor.com Outdoor Blog Sponsored Content Streamlight Shooting Check Out All The Photos Explore the United States. Find information about and activities within your state. Get Started
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Part of my job as an educator, motivator, coach (etc.) is to sell stuff. Kind of.
Not physical stuff (toasters, convertibles, cross-bows… although that'd be fun) but more the emotional and psychological stuff like… ideas, concepts, philosophies, strategies.
In order to get people to take action I am constantly 'selling' the notion that creating our best life (body, health, relationships, career, finances, happiness) is largely about decisions, attitude and personal responsibility. Most people 'buy' this as it's kind of a no-brainer; not difficult to understand or accept. Although some still struggle with it.
But without doubt, the toughest 'sale' I ever have to make (and I make it daily) is the value (idea, notion, concept, whatever you want to call it) of discipline. When I tell people that they don't need a pill, powder, potion, product, gadget or gizmo… they simply need some discipline in their world, they are typically disappointed.
They really want someone or something to do it (whatever it is) for them. People don't wanna hear that achieving their goals and creating forever results is largely about discipline; they want quick, easy, painless and convenient.
Imagine having to actually work for something… that might take some self control, mental and emotional strength and discipline. And personal growth.
"Err… what's option B?"
"C'mon Craig… discipline is such an outdated notion… what is this, 1963??… ya killin' me… haven't you got something a little more contemporary… perhaps some new self-help program like the 'accelerated-learning-and-incredible-results-with-no-effort' program… or something similar?"
Imagine turning up for day one of your new job as a sales representative, only to discover that the 'product' you're selling is discipline. Bummer.
"Are you kidding me…. can't I sell cake… or chocolate… or plasma screens…. something people actually wanna buy?"
And then to make matters worse, your boss informs you that your remuneration is commission-based. Doh! Better get a second job.
Some things are easy to sell. Donuts for example. Find some teenagers, put up a sign… bingo, you're in business. It's a donut-fest.
Or sports cars… find yourself a Porsche dealership, a few forty five year-old guys with
big egos, small.. self-esteems and a bunch of cash (or more likely, credit) and bingo again… ya got Boxsters driving themselves out of the showroom.
Not that I spend a lot of time trawling the web for personal development stuff, but with the little research I have done, I haven't seen too much written on the value of discipline or it's place in the personal development (life renovation) process.
Some, but not much. I believe it's importance is incredibly under-rated. I've seen plenty on goal setting.
Lots on visualisation. Lots on attitude and 'attraction'. And a bunch of feel-good, mindless, repetitive, you-can-do-whatever-you-set-your-mind-to.. fluff.
It seems (to me anyway) that some people (writers, speakers, experts.. etc.) are more concerned with telling people what they want to hear (what's popular and easy to sell) than they are with telling them the truth. Me on the other hand….
So I'm gonna throw a thought up for your consideration and it's this:
"When it comes to creating genuine, life-long positive change there is no more important ingredient than discipline (some people may also call it self-control or mental toughness)."
I'm the first to admit that creating our best life is multi-dimensional, multi-factorial process and that there are often many variables… and while things like visualisation, positive thinking, resources, knowledge, goal-setting, time management and planning … are often important ingredients in the success formula… the one non-negotiable is discipline.
All successful people have a level of discipline which separates them from the pack. This discipline influences how they think, communicate, choose, react and behave. What they do. How they live. In fact, it's is the underlying basis of their success.
And the challenge for someone whose life is about helping people move from mediocre to amazing (teachers, coaches, motivators, writers) is that… teaching and selling the value of discipline is a tough gig! It ain't easy. Kinda like trying to sell brussel sprouts.
"No really… I know they're ugly, they taste horrible and they smell… but they're so good for you."
Discipline means dealing with our fears. It means overcoming laziness, apathy and our poor attitude. It means doing the things we don't feel like doing (but know we need to). It means persevering when most won't. It means doing what's required; not what's popular, convenient or easy.
It means creating different standards for ourselves. It means moving from procrastination to pro-activity. It means controlling our emotions (not the other way around). And too many feel-good, hand-holding, positive affirmation, self-helpers don't wanna teach the truth of discipline because it's not sexy enough… new enough or exciting enough.
These days the personal development consumer doesn't wanna buy discipline; he/she wants to buy DVD's…. or maybe another book. Self-help book number six hundred and twelve perhaps. We can visualise and focus on whatever we want all day long but if we don't consistently apply a level of discipline to our life (our decisions, our health, our career, our spiritual life and our day-to-day behaviour)… we'll never create or maintain amazing.
If we have everything except discipline… we won't get there. We might experience change for a minute but we won't create forever results. The truth is this:
Creating our amazing life is periodically a crappy, uncomfortable, messy, difficult process which requires a level of constant discipline and self-control. Yes the rewards are fantastic, the personal growth can be incredible and the learning is life-changing…. but the actual journey (where we live) requires daily discipline.
I shared this message with a twenty two year-old woman recently who told me that she preferred a life with no discipline, no rules, no limitations and lots of joy and fun. When I told her that a life with no discipline or self-control would (ultimately) lead to a life of misery she didn't believe me.
Oh well… she'll find out.
A common misconception is that discipline is a synonym for pain and misery. When in actual fact, discipline really equates to freedom, satisfaction, achievement, fulfilment and happiness. In my opinion some personal development programs have gotten so clever, amazing and revolutionary… that they actually miss the fundamentals.
Dale Carnegie must be turning in his grave.
People don't wanna talk about things like discipline because it's not Razzle Dazzle enough, it's not 2007, it's not sexy, it doesn't sell DVD's… and it doesn't get butts on seats. People want secrets… and breakthroughs…. and new technologies and anything which means they don't have to work hard. If you wanna waste some money, go get another DVD set.
If want results, go get some discipline. Sorry if the notion of discipline is a little boring, a little old-fashioned and a little 1963 for you… but the truth is…. it's also a little effective.
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AFOS, which I finally upgraded from mono to stereo earlier this month, was occasionally mentioned on Twitter by other people in 2012, either to express their disappointment in iTunes dumping AFOS from its station list (another reason to dislike iTunes, but I can't really do anything about their decision to dump AFOS) or to praise my station for streaming movie themes they enjoyed hearing. Author Scott Pearson, a contributor to Simon & Schuster's Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Myriad Universes anthologies, did both:
The AFOS blog's new "5-Piece Cartoon Dinner" column received a few shout-outs and retweets on Twitter, mostly from staffers at Titmouse because I said a few nice things about the animation studio's collabos with Disney: Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja and the even more impressive--and anti-authoritarian--Motorcity. The latter action cartoon is a one-season wonder that looks remarkably like a big-budget animated feature film each week and is another unfortunate casualty in a TV landscape that hasn't been kind lately to true sci-fi like Motorcity. Alyssa Rosenberg posted a piece on ThinkProgress where she lamented the lack of true sci-fi shows on the currently-more-fantasy-oriented--and crap-oriented--Syfy. Motorcity, which was slept on by even the few TV critics out there who regularly cover animated shows, was exactly the kind of sci-fi show Rosenberg was clamoring for.
I favorited Motorcity writer George Krstic's tweet about my review of his "Power Trip" episode mainly because of the joke he cracked about himself and his colleagues:
Enough about me. What about the rest of 2012?
(Most year-end lists can make for boring and grueling reading. Reflecting on the past year by skimming through tweets I favorited is turning into an entertaining alternative from scrolling through endless year-end articles and think pieces.)
Quite a bit of fun resulted on Twitter from the much-hyped second season of Downton Abbey (I once tweeted, "Note to self: Don't forget to add #DowntonAbbey to the list of 'Shit White People Like That I Don't Understand the Appeal Of.'"):
Artists whom I've been giving heavy airplay to on AFOS got the chance to kick it with their idols:
There was 2 Broke Girls showrunner Michael Patrick King's stupid defense of the racist material that's being written for the Korean Long Duk Dong on the show, or as GQ writer Lauren Bans amusingly calls the openly gay King's brand of humor, "gaycism":
Ignorance came not just from sitcom joke writers but also from TV stars and, as usual, the far right:
There was Linsanity (and the inevitable and stupid racial slurs in response to the rise of the NBA's first Asian American star player):
There was also the fall of aging (and disappointingly homophobic) champ Manny Pacquiao:
There was the horrible death of Trayvon Martin, who was killed by a batshit crazy wannabe vigilante who frequently changes his looks as if he's a racist Latino Cher going through costume changes during a concert:
There were too many deaths of musicians whose work I dug, especially an MC whose rhymes I grew up listening to and reciting like they were a slightly stoned-sounding Pledge of Allegiance:
There was some movie called The Avengers:
There was also a tiny election:
The senseless massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, the latest of too many gun-related tragedies, reignited the debate over gun control in America. It also pointed to ugly truths about race:
The Newtown massacre elicited from the right some absurd comments, which were promptly torn apart by comedians on Twitter:
Newtown was one of many instances in 2012 that made us want to just lie in bed for an entire week and pull the covers over our heads, but luckily, comedians on Twitter were always there when we needed a good laugh:


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Hey Pseu hey kiddles nice start yea yea ! ! ! | |
Wed. 8/21/13 12:15am
oopsy Sue P. :) !! | |
Wed. 8/21/13 12:19am
sinister dexter:
woohoo! | |
Wed. 8/21/13 12:28am
Hot damn, the show sounds wild and rabid tonight! It's a full moon tonight. | |
Wed. 8/21/13 12:29am
Marmalade Kitty:
explosive start! | |
Wed. 8/21/13 12:33am
Go Sue! | |
Wed. 8/21/13 12:38am
This show is hitting my drunken groin in all the right places... | |
Wed. 8/21/13 12:39am
Pete from Boston (and NJ a few more hours):
It's pretty great that another installment of Solid Gold Hell gets to fill my empty house on this, my last night as even a pretend resident of New Jersey. | |
Wed. 8/21/13 12:41am
hey Sue, GREAT to hear your show here in Sydney for the first time in ages (doing a weird work shift today). purely coincidentally, Mr Kim Salmon is doing an album launch just up the road tonight! | |
Wed. 8/21/13 12:41am
Jeez Pete... Boston vs. NJ... I'm not sure which is worse... :-P | |
Wed. 8/21/13 12:42am
Sue P.:
aw man, wish I was there, ausmanx! great to see so much action on the comments tonight. | |
Wed. 8/21/13 12:51am
Reading an article on global warming to Earth Dies Burning. What a great night. | |
Wed. 8/21/13 12:55am
I can't think about global warming right now. Solid Gold Hell is on. | |
Wed. 8/21/13 12:58am
Pete from Boston (and NJ a few more hours):
Boston is worse. New Jersey is unendingly interesting. Boston is a place of limits. | |
Wed. 8/21/13 12:59am
No need to think. Nothing to be done. Doomed as doomed can be. Relax and enjoy the show. | |
Wed. 8/21/13 1:00am
Well said, Pete. My condolences... | |
Wed. 8/21/13 1:00am
Nick H:
@ausmanx: Where is KS doing the launch? Is it private or public? | |
Wed. 8/21/13 1:00am
We are doomed aren't we. Fuck! | |
Wed. 8/21/13 1:04am
it's public nick h, but seems to have had no publicity! new Darling Downs album with Ron Peno, being launched at the Annandale. i think it's on faceborg (but i don't go there!) annandalehotel.oztix.com.au... | |
Wed. 8/21/13 1:09am
Kurt Gottschalk:
who know sue p made for such good morning music? greetings from prague! | |
Wed. 8/21/13 1:11am
Sue P.:
KG in Prague! Nice to hear from you. | |
Wed. 8/21/13 1:22am
And good morning from Leipzig (not too far from Prague) - enjoying the sounds... | |
Wed. 8/21/13 1:23am
got to be the most cosmopolitan audience on the planet! in every sense. sunburned are GREAT! | |
Wed. 8/21/13 1:26am
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Wed. 8/21/13 1:53am
This Earthless is some damn fine acid rock. | |
Wed. 8/21/13 1:53am
My god what a jam! | |
Wed. 8/21/13 3:23am
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There have probably been a hundred James Bond impersonators. Few of them match Ian Fleming's style and writing ability. Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise is, in some ways, a far more interesting character than Fleming's Bond. O'Donnell can certainly write and his stories of the female agent and her sidekick Willie Garvin read well and have a certain humour that is lacking in most fiction like this.
Written in the mid-60s, at first it's hard not to see this book as being influenced in some ways by the growing women's movement. Its strong, central female character is unusal in the secret agent genre. But in reality, the stereotypes here are as terrible as any Bond girl. Modesty Blaise knows how to use a gun and is an expert in unarmed combat, yet at the end of every operation she cries to herself, while her male Garvin gives her a shoulder to rest upon.
The extraordinary detail about guns, knives, explosives and unarmed combat here, practiced by women and men, hides a much more annoying set of cliches. Women are emotional, men are strong. Even when Modesty tells her lover that he must agree to follow her orders when on an operation, he points out that when they're in bed, she is happy to follow his. Here is a female assassin, dressed in tight clothing and shimmering stockings designed to titulate. O'Donnell frankly spends rather a lot of time describing his heroine's underwear.
The actual story is fairly standard fare. A shipment of diamonds is to be robbed by an eccentric arch-criminal. His use of technology and an evil female hench-women is standard Bond, as is the climax which is stuffed full of technological wizardry and just-in-time solutions.
Modesty Blaise is famous for being a long-running cartoon and book series. Perhaps the novels improved over time, but don't fall into the trap of beliving that this is anything other than James Bond in a dress.


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Brooklyn College is planning to destroy the Campus Road community garden in order to put up a parking lot. Flatbush Gardener writes about it here: Save the Campus Road Garden in Flatbush
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Garden Donations
Just a quick note to let you know that we are accepting plant donations for the flower garden. Here's what we're looking for:
Recent Donations:
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
MIT Gardeners
We mentioned the MIT Garden at today's meeting. See Gardeners on the Roof for a description of the project:
The MIT gardeners used Earth Boxes--it might be interesting to incorporate something like this into our garden plan for the Pratt Campus.
The pilot program in urban sustainable agriculture is the result of a months-long effort spearheaded by MIT Police Sgt. Cheryl Vossmer and Libraries Administrative Assistant and Public Service Support Associate Ryan Gray. Working with administrators and staff across the Institute, the two were able to secure seven little-used parking spaces and a strip of grass at West Garage to house the garden, which will comprise several dozen plots. The remainder of the spots on the garage's roof will still be open for parking this summer.And there's a video too!
The MIT gardeners used Earth Boxes--it might be interesting to incorporate something like this into our garden plan for the Pratt Campus.
Weekly Meeting Report (3 in 1)
My apologies to the gardeners! We have been meeting every week, but I've been too busy to update the blog. Here are some brief notes from our last 3 meetings:
- Barbara suggested that we should have a garden party at some point this semester. She can arrange for us to use the roof of her building.
- We talked about the possibility of arranging a viewing of a documentary about a garden in South Central LA: The Garden.
- We talked about planting bulbs & getting donations for the flower garden by the ARC
- Garden T-Shirts--would you like to design one?
- Olga plans to watch The Garden & report back to the group
- Olga & Alicia plan to take pictures of the ARC garden & of the site by Classon Avenue
- Olga showed us the pictures of both garden sites--we'll add them to the blog soon!
- We discussed the meeting w/ new members scheduled for next week--I hope all current members can make it
- We went over some of the garden plans and discussed the use of cinder blocks in the central bed
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Greenpoint Rooftop Farm Visit, Oct. 3rd
Sarah Stewart from SAS is organizing a rooftop farm tour in Greenpoint. If you want to attend please be sure to send her an RSVP. Her contact info is in the announcement:
Urban agriculture is an exploding in many unique ways in New York City; every corner seems to offer the imagination a new place for a community garden or backyard farming. In the case of Rooftop Farms, 100 tons of soil were lofted to the top of a factory in Greenpoint in an attempt to prove just how creative one can be to get fresh food to a community. Join me in touring this amazing farm.
Saturday, October 3
5:00 pm (through sunset)
Greenpoint, Brooklyn (more directions for those who RSVP!)
We will be led by Annie Novak, one of the founding members of the Rooftop Farm, who will show how a defunct bagel factory was turned into a proper veggie producing farm through hard work and ingenuity.
You can read lots more about the farm here <http://rooftopfarms.org/>. (Or through a good article More Than a Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
If you're interested in coming along, please RSVP to email@example.com. A suggested donation of $5/pp is asked to help the farm.
bk farmyards
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NYC's Cool New Backyard Farms: Growing More Than Just Produce from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo.
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NYC's Cool New Backyard Farms: Growing More Than Just Produce from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo.
The bk farmyards mission statement:
bk farmyards is a Brooklyn based decentralized farming network providing local food to reduce the city's reliance on fossil fuels and offering local jobs to boost the economy. We are seeking partnerships with developers willing to temporarily transform their idle land to farmyard; homeowners who want to eat from their own yard; and city agencies holding under-utilized land. Our strategy is to stay nimble, growing food between the cracks of urban development.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Weekly Meeting Report 9.23.09
At today's meeting Olga and Alicia talked about the garden design and presented some of their plans. We all agreed that we need to do more research into the construction of the circular berm. We also distributed more copies of the Garden Survey--please let us know know if you'd like some copies! The plan is to publish the results of the survey next week.
Note: The garden club is planning a kick-off meeting for new members on Wednesday, October 7th. Let me know if you'd like to be involved!
Note: The garden club is planning a kick-off meeting for new members on Wednesday, October 7th. Let me know if you'd like to be involved!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
College Garden Guide
The College Garden Guide is a fantastic resource. Take look at the links to sample garden proposals in Appendix E .
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Weekly Meeting Report 9.17.09
At today's meeting we reviewed:
- The garden society's participation at Student Club Day (9.15.09)
- The campus garden survey (I'll post on that separately)
- Plans to apply for official club status w/ SGA
- To distribute more copies of the survey to faculty, staff, and students
- To move the weekly garden meetings to Wednesdays (instead of Thursdays) from 12:30-1:30pm
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Prattfolio Food Issue
In case you haven't seen it already, here's a link to the Prattfolio Food Issue.
From Tom Schutte's introduction:
From Tom Schutte's introduction:
"Many Pratt-trained designers and thinkers have gone on to create products and environments that involve food. Pratt alumni have designed such helpful kitchen tools as the OXO Good Grips line of products and the Cuisinart food processor, as well such high-end restaurants like The Modern at the Museum of Modern Art. Pratt-trained fine artists have used their skills to examine that place where food intersects with our emotions, to comment on the relative value of food in our societies, and to make statements about the political realities wrought by food and lack of access to it. Graduates from Pratt's Food Science and Management program are keeping the legacy of that program alive with their work in food safety and technology, nutrition, and culinary arts."
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Rawlings/Lloyd/1835-1916/Cordelia/1847-1933 Cordelia was a daughter of Keen W. Field and Sarah Duncan. Lloyd was a son of Shadrack Rawlings and Mary Brothers.
Matilda Louella was a daughter of Henry Clinton Field and Minerva Peterson. Charles L. was a son of Frederick Krile and Caroline Kull. Krile/Bessie W./His Wife/Sept. 16, 1885/[no death date]/Edward/Krile/Jan. 20 1886/Dec. 9, 1910/Asleep in Jesus Bessie W. was a daughter of Henry Clinton Field and Mivera Peterson. Edward was a son of Frederick Krile and Caroline Kull.
Krile/Frederick/Feb. 19, 1851/Nov. 11, 1948/Asleep in Jesus/Caroline/Sept. 5, 1856/Sept. 25, 1953/Asleep in Jesus Frederick and Caroline were the parents of Charles L. and Edward Krile.
Schrimpf/Emma Krile/Aug. 21, 1906/Dec. 28, 1924/Together Forever/Walter Paul/Oct. 1 1898/Aprl 2, 1980 Emma Louise was a daughter of Charles L. Krile and Matilda Louella Field. William E./July 10, 1886/Dec. 3, 1982/Margaret A./Feb. 24, 1886/Jan. 24, 1973/Kull William E. Kull was the second husband of Bessie W. Field. Margaret A. was his second wife.
Bessie W. Kull/1885-1934 Bessie W. was a daughter of Henry Clinton Field and Minerva Peterson. She was the wife of Edward W. Krile and William E. Kull.
Kull/Lucinda M./1865-1948/James F./1858-1940 James F. and Lucinda M. were the parents of Weilliam E. Kull, second husband of Bessie W. Field.
This cemetery visited by Gene and Lucie Field, August, 1999. There were many other Krile and Kull stones in the same cemetery.


text: Home Jay Beeber helped eliminate LA's red light cameras, saving Angelenos millions. Find out how you can support Jay end other dysfunctional policies. Jay Beeber and Mayor Garcetti are working together to reform LA's parking policies. Let your friends know about Jay Beeber and how he is improving LA. Jay Beeber and California State Assembly Member, Adrin Nazarian, worked together to increase yellow signal light times improving safety at intersections throughout the state. See how Jay Beeber is working for you today. Jay Beeber's tremendous dedication, unwavering commitment and visionary leadership demonstrate... his desire to protect the rights, safety and well being of the people of Los Angeles" "Certificate of Recognition" from Paul Kortez, LA City Councilman, 2011 Jay Beeber leading the reform of parking throughout LA as co-director of LA Parking Freedom Initiative and co-chair of Mayor Garcetti's Working Group. Are you in District 4? To See if You Live in District 4, check Here Find your polling place HERE OTHERS SAY WHAT THEY WILL DO… HERE'S WHAT I'VE ALREADY DONE · Eliminated LA's red light camera scam, triumphing over powerful entrenched special interests · Leading the reform of LA's unfair parking policies, as Co-Chair of Mayor Garcetti's Parking Reform Working Group · Devised a plan with the Public Works Department to reuse ground water, helping to solve a decades-long water runoff issue in hillside communities · Convinced Caltrans to increase yellow light times throughout California, increasing safety at intersections · Helped neighborhoods get streets repaved, sidewalks fixed, and stop signs installed · Stopped state bill AB666 that would have taken away our right to trial for certain traffic offenses And this is just a small sample of what I've accomplished as a community advocate, not as a paid staffer, and not because it was my job. These were things that needed to be fixed, so I fixed them. The community is responding to my candidacy because they recognize that I'm the person most likely to bring about fundamental change to city government – not some current or former city staff member; not some political insider. As the Daily News reports, this is what I told the crowd: "I never give up, I never take no for an answer". That's how I got rid of the red light camera program. That's how I got Caltrans to change the yellow light times throughout the state. That's how we just got Dixie Canyon paved when they told us it wouldn't happen for 20 years. That's how we're finally getting the water run-off problem solved in Benedict Canyon. That's how I'm getting parking reform done. When I'm committed to something, I will never give up. I'm committed to fixing LA and I'm not going to give up until we get the job done. I would be honored to have your vote on March 3 and to serve you as your councilmember. Jay Beeber Check Your Address Here to See if You Live in District 4 Find your polling place HERE Are you in District 4? Tell Your Friends in District 4 to Vote for Jay Beeber. Tweet


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BENISSE Name Report:
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BENISSE & Numerology
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With this sum name BENISSE ranks as 39329.th name according to its arithmetic value (... 39327.jenney, 39328.tallman, 39329.benisse, 39330.kurre, 39331.slaven ...). There are 1233 other names which have the same sum of 73 in our database (1.65%)
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Some words from the dictionary with the same arithmetic sum of 73 are:
crafty, graceful, charming, comely, dainty, focused, sexy, perfect, sincere, shrew, bloody


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Welcome to APCE2016
Welcome to APCE2016 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Welcome to the official website of the 16thAsia-Pacific International Symposium on Microscale Separations and Analysis (APCE2016). This website provides updated information about the symposium. This event of great scientific and technical appreciation gives Malaysia reasons to feel proud, as the coming symposium is to take place in Johor Bahru, the Southern City of Malaysia.
APCE2016 is committed to continue its tradition as a platform to share forefront scientific and technological advances in microscale separations and analysis. It also promotes stimulating discussions and fosters interdisciplinary research collaboration and networking. You will find new advancements in areas such as chromatography, electrophoresis and mass spectrometry. Microfluidics and nanomaterials as well as analytical methods made by combining these techniques will be highlighted. New areas of applications have emerged, focusing on food safety, environment, biomedical, proteomics, metabolome and pharmaceuticals.
Welcome to APCE2016 Malaysia!
Beyond APCE2016, please give yourself a refreshing tour to historical and beautiful Malaysia – explore splendid places, food to feast on, shopping to indulge in, or festivals to celebrate; it's a non-stop adventure for everyone!
One of Malaysia's key attractions is its extreme contrasts, which further add to the theme of 'diversity'. Towering skyscrapers look down upon wooden houses built on stilts while five-star hotels sit just metres away from ancient reefs. Cool highland hideaways roll down to warm, sandy beaches and rich, humid mangroves. As peoples, Malaysians are warm and friendly.
We trust that you will find your presence in the symposium both scientifically exciting and an enjoyable one. Should you have any questions regarding the symposium, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Warm regards
Professor Dr Mohd Marsin SanagiChair, APCE 2016 | Professor Dr Wan Aini Wan IbrahimCo-Chair, APCE 2016 | Mr Soh Song ChawCo-Chair, APCE 2016Chairman, IKM Southern Branch |


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if all your contacts are on Gmail then just set up your new iPhone to use Google Exchange and it'll pull them from the cloud
Hi guys,
So I just received a micro-sim card from Fido, the iphone is due tomorrow. My question is that I currently have a HTC touch. How do I get my contacts from that phone to the new micro-sim. My contacts are on both my current sim and also in Gmail. Sorry if it's been asked before, but I'm new to this thing, and I want to make sure I don't lose #'s?
if all your contacts are on Gmail then just set up your new iPhone to use Google Exchange and it'll pull them from the cloud
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Thanks for the reply....once I get them from google exchange, is there a way to put them on micro-sim?
I ask as if I ever lost gmail, at least the contacts would be stored somewhere else.
You can export your contacts from Gmail to store them locally. I don't think there is a way to have the iPhone write to the SIM, there are way too many fields.
sync contacts from your phone with microsoft outlook then sync microsoft outlook with itunes. I did that going from my 9700 to iphone4
Its really annoying how few phones have the ability to write to contacts to SIM and how other phones cant recognize multiple numbers on single contacts saved on SIMs when importing.
For those that do like this feature. Sony Ericsson phones have this ability as far as the non smartphones that I have used is concerned. Multiple phone numbers, emails, birthdays and other info u can save on contacts. saved to sim then Android can grab all of those contacts and the phone numbers and emails still remain attached to a single contact unlike many phones out there that will simply just give you new individual contacts of the same name each with only a single number.


text: The Cartographer Who Created The Map Of Gotham CityMark Strauss5/30/14 4:20pmFiled to: BatmanMapsComic BooksThis Is Awesome157EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink How did Batman manage to fight crime for so long without getting lost? Although the Dark Knight has been the guardian of Gotham for 75 years, the city's streets weren't mapped until 1998. Advertisement Writing at Smithsonian magazine, Jimmy Stamp reminds us that Gotham didn't become the official hometown of Bruce Wayne until 1940, when Batman co-creator Bill Finger named the city for the first time in Batman No.4. Prior to that—despite its resemblance to New York—the city was purposefully generic, so that readers could identify with it, regardless of where they lived.Gotham City's limits were defined in 1998 in preparation for the "No Man's Land Story" story arc, during which the city was cut off from the United States after nearly being destroyed by a cataclysmic earthquake. Enter artist and illustrator Eliot R. Brown, the cartographer of Gotham: Advertisement The first step for Brown was to meet with the writers and artists who shared their wish-lists for Gotham locales. As he recalls: "The DC Comics editors made it clear that Gotham City was an idealized version of Manhattan. Like most comic book constructs, it had to do a lot of things. It needed sophistication and a seamy side. A business district and fine residences. Entertainment, meat packing, garment district, docks and their dockside business. In short all of Manhattan and Brooklyn stuffed into a … well, a nice page layout."With research materials in hand and a mandate that Gotham had to be an island, Brown began, like Bill Finger, with the idea of a fictionalized Manhattan. Having grown up New York, he knew it well and used his knowledge of the city to plan its fictional counterpart, sprinkling in familiar neighborhoods, parks, civic buildings, monuments, landmarks and transit infrastructure.The city took shape in a week and, after some testy exchanges with editors and few back-and-forth faxes, Gotham's rough coastline was finalized less than two months later. Brown's final hand-annotated map of Gotham City included numerous bridges and tunnels ready to be dynamited by the U.S. government, as well as a few forgotten steam tunnels that might be useful to a crimefighter and his allies. Brown didn't just design the city; he designed an implicit history that writers are still exploring….While a map may seem like a small thing, especially for a fictional city, it really does make Gotham feel like more of a real place. So why don't more comics map out their cities? Why isn't there a definitive Metropolis or a definitive Star City? Besides the amount of work it takes, Brown thinks the imposition of an official map might just be too limiting for some writers and artists. "If a writer wants Batman to face Croc on a glacier-bound treehouse for mutants—then that's what he writes and gets drawn. If, the next month, Batman is now chasing Harley Quinn at a 24-Hour Endurance Sports Car Race Track—poof, there it is. All right in Gotham City. Put in a better way, it is about allowing the writers to have their freedom."Be sure to read the rest of the article at Smithsonian, where you can also see the various iterations of the maps.Reply15 repliesLeave a reply


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Life From A Cat's Perspective Special Pages
Monday, August 4, 2008
ManCat Monday with Mr. Tigger
16 comments:
- Cheysuli and gemini said...
I am confused--our calendar shows August 4th but NOMSS is August 5? Not that it isn't wonderful to meet your NOMSS friend but I'm still confused.
- August 4, 2008 at 11:16 AM
- Samantha and Mr. Tigger said...
You are right Chey! Geez! Mom looked at the wrong day! We took it down and will do it tomorrow! Thanks!
Your FL Furiends, - August 4, 2008 at 11:52 AM
- Daisy said...
Wow, Mr. Tigger, you are drinking from a very strong stream of water! I can only drink from a very, very light stream of water or I get scairt.
- August 4, 2008 at 12:34 PM
- Bounce, Lucy and Trixie said...
Oh Tigger that water looks so good and refreshing! I'll be over right away!
Nose kisses and love,
Trixie - August 4, 2008 at 1:23 PM
- Shadow / Molly said...
Hmm I'm going to has to show the mom that. I do not like our water spot, its very low to drink out of.
~ Shadow ~ - August 4, 2008 at 1:26 PM
- HotMBC said...
Fresh fresh water. Yummmmm.
- August 4, 2008 at 1:37 PM
- Alasandra said...
Hi Samantha & Tigger, we are having a NOMS Party at our house tomorrow be sure to come by. Everyone is welcome, so let all your friends know.
I have never drunk out of a faucet before, I will have to give it a try. ~Socks - August 4, 2008 at 1:48 PM
- Name: Mr. Hendrix said...
great Mancat post! you must stay hydrated to be healthy and perform Mancatly duties like snuggling with a sweet lady cat.
thanks so much for the healing purrs and prayers while I've been sick. i'm sure that is why i'm getting better faster. i am very glad to have so many great friends.
Samantha, it was great fun being royalty for the day with you at the party!! - August 4, 2008 at 2:31 PM
- Sunny's Mommy said...
That looks very refreshing, Mr. Tigger :-)
- August 4, 2008 at 3:04 PM
- Gandalf and Grayson said...
We won't drink from running water, we wait for it to land.
- August 4, 2008 at 4:09 PM
- Brainball said...
Oh wow, Tigger, I love drinking from the sink, too! I hope up on the sink and sit and stare at Mom and ask her to turn it on for me. When she does, I drink and drink! I love sink water.
Thank you for celebrating my Gotcha Day with me! Thanks to wonderful friends like you, it was my best Gotcha Day yet.
Love and rumbly purrs from Brainball. - August 4, 2008 at 6:02 PM
- Lando Bun said...
Good drinks man, good drinks
- August 4, 2008 at 6:24 PM
- The Island Cats said...
Slurp!!!! There's nothing like water straight from the tap!
Wally, Ernie & Zoey - August 4, 2008 at 7:02 PM
- Lux said...
My comment didn't post!
Well, I said that you look very cute drinking that water, but I would be very very askeered. - August 4, 2008 at 7:57 PM
- michico*Adan said...
yummy yummy!!!
- August 4, 2008 at 10:02 PM
- Furkidsmom said...
We like to drink from our fountain, but we've never tried the sink. Our cousin Trooper loves to drink that way!!
Sniffie and the Florida Furkids - August 4, 2008 at 10:40 PM


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Lot 230: PENNSYLVANIA QUEEN ANNE FIGURED-MAHOGANY DISH-TOP TILT-TOP BIRDCAGE CANDLESTAND.
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Description: The circular dished top tilting above a birdcage and urn-turned standard raised on cabriole legs ending in slipper feet. Height 28 1/4 inches, diameter of top 18 1/4 inches.Provenance: The Collection of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, Tuxedo Park, New York.


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About the book:
An unwanted dog. An emotional rescue.
Sometimes the life you save may be your own.
Laurie had her own shattered dreams before she came to work at Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch—the ranch of rescued dreams—where broken horses and broken children encounter healing every day. Reaching out to save a dog in need, Laurie soon realized that the dog was rescuing her.
An inspiring true story told through the engaging voice of Kim Meeder, Blind Hope reveals poignant life lessons Laurie experienced from her ailing, yet courageous canine friend. Despite the blindness of her dog—and her own heart—Laurie uncovered what she really needed most: authentic love, unconditional trust, and true acceptance, faults and all.
As Laurie and her dog, Mia, both learned to follow the lead of a master they couldn't see, Laurie discoverd the transforming power of God's selfless love even for imperfect and selfish people—and she experienced a greater love than she has ever known.
My thoughts:
Non-fiction is not typically something I read a lot of, but when I saw this cute dog on the cover of Blind Hope, I couldn't resist. This was a story about a sweet dog and the woman she rescued. Normally, you would see a sentence like that turned the other way around, and even though Laurie did rescue a sweet dog that she named Mia, Mia was the one that really made a lasting impact on Laurie's life. Through Mia's sweet, but sometimes stubborn, personality, Laurie was able to see the areas in her life where she walked away from God, or didn't trust Him as much as she should have. While reading about Laurie's past, I was able to draw parallels with my own life where I have strayed and needed to be brought back by God's grace.
While the lessons are incredible and powerful, I have to admit that I wasn't crazy about the way the story was told. Laurie told her story to Kim Meeder, who then told the story with introductions and conversations that, frankly, got in the way. I think if the story had just been written from Laurie's POV, I would've enjoyed it a hundred times more. I never had a problem getting the lessons from Laurie's life, but to have them retold after I've already read about them was a little annoying.
In spite of the layout, it was still a very good story. The pictures of Laurie and Mia that were included were an added bonus, and many of them were quite beautiful. One word of warning before starting this book....have a box of Kleenex nearby!
4 Stars
Southern? No
Sass? No
**Many thanks to Waterbrook Multnomah Books for providing a copy for review.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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Great new Christmas song!
Posted 06 December 2011 - 05:45 AM
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I make cakes want to take a look here is the site http://www.facebook.com/cakesbyshirleyklotz
Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:04 PM
If I offer a greeting that comes from my heart and my soul, accept it in the spirit in which it is given, don't tell me to change it to suit your views.
Thank you for posting this. I'm going to extract it to my phone and play it as I walk thru stores.
That "Love Thy Neighbor" thing? I meant that.
Keep using My name in vain, I'll make rush hour longer.
Tell the kids I love them.
Posted 12 December 2012 - 02:23 PM
Matthew 6:11 "Give us this day our daily bread...amen."
Phillipians 4:19 "And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus....amen"
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 "Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things"...let me walk this out Lord.
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The Tyndall Centre Oxford is based within the Oxford University Centre for the Environment (OUCE) in the Dyson Perrins building in the University Science Area. Access to the OUCE is via Hinshelwood Road, which is off of South Parks Road. To see where the OUCE is within the context of central Oxford and the University, please view the University's map of the main University and College sites and locate #9 on the University Science Area inset. Alternatively, to see where the OUCE is within the greater Oxford area, visit multimap.com.
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Read about Ramilles 2006
In preparation for this project, we prepared the game and rehearsed it over three separate 12 ft wargaming tables, utilizing 28mm miniatures. This site documents these preparations, list the information we have used to get here, and shows photos of the full size game as it was played.
This is a shot of a preliminary test game taken by David Mebust. It shows the intense action around Oberglau that in our game deviated slightly from history.
In the foreground can be seen the top of Marshall Tallard's coach as he attempts to pull back from the action slightly.
You can click on the image for a larger view
If you would like to follow along with the discussions, or even join in and opine, please JOIN THE YAHOO BLENHEIM 2004 E-MAIL GROUP The group is likely to be around for quite a while as we are already talking about Ramillies 2006.
This is the projected game table, each square representing 1 square foot.
The game was played on a 36 ft wargame table at the Pacific Northwest's Largest wargame convention, Enfilade. In order to prepare for this mammoth task we enlisted the help of wargaming friends from all over the world to assist in painting and preparing figures to represent all the battalions and squadrons, representing the 120,000 men or so that fought the battle on the Bavarian plains on the north bank of the Danube river, near the villages of Blindheim, Oberglau and Lutzingen on August 13, 1704.
The game was planed and gamed in various sections prior to the 2004 convention by breaking the game into three sections of 12 feet. We we developed our own set of fast play rules that capture the feel and flair for this colorful period.
The rules have been posted on this site when this link is active.
The game was so successful, the site will be kept and plans are afoot to game other 300 year anniversary battles of The War of the Spanish Succession.
Wargamers interested in this period are also encouraged to try the following rules.


text: An internal study done by Nintendo claims that 73% of US gamers prefer to use Nintendo products over other gaming consoles. Before you go, "Hey, wait a second…", the large percentage includes 43% of players who play exclusively on its products and another 30% who play on Nintendo as well as other consoles.If these statistics are supposed to make me by a console, better luck next time, Nintendo. Another thing I would like to see back up those percentages would be a sample group, who exactly was surveyed, etc. If the sample group was only 100 people, then the results should be taken with a grain of salt.


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I wasn't too happy with the way the lemon shots turned out, and I think it was my lighting, but here they are anyway.
Images © 2006 Kelly Hoffart
Monday, January 23, 2006
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Oh yeah, I told Laura that I gave her a lot of credit for helping me with these pictures. She asked me to make sure everyone knows that she's a princess.
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Labeled "1" - 1.50" x 1.50" - 250/ Roll - Light Blue & White - View Complete Details
Product Number: SMD67421
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Smead DCC Color-Coded Numeric Label - 1 - Self-adhesive, color-coded end tape labels are a favorite choice for medical and insurance files. Perfect for indicating primary filing numerals in straight numeric or terminal digit end tab systems. Labels follow industry standard with 10 colors to code numerals 0-9. Labels are protected by clear laminate and scored to provide wraparound color bar. Labels measure 1-1/2 wide x 1-1/2" high before folding. Easily pull out from included dispensing box."
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Combo Special -- Compatible Brother TN-450 TN450 TN-420 TN420/DR-420 DR420 For HL-2230 HL-2240
Regular Price: $51.98
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Type: Compatible
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