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Previous blogs:
03-July-2008, Simmons & Simmons: on the up
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Clifford Chance will be breathing a sigh of relief after Linklaters failed to steal its crown as the world's number one law firm in terms of turnover.
Linklaters, however, is catching up and is now only £36m behind its rivals after posting a 15.3 per cent increase in revenues of £1.29bn compared to Clifford Chance's £1.33bn (see story, 4 July 2008).
The firm has seen double-digit growth in all three of its divisional practice areas, with corporate seeing the largest increase of 41 per cent. Finance grew by 36 per cent and commercial brought up the rear with 23 per cent.
And with the tough economic climate that corporate and commercial practices it is likely to at least maintain, if not, increase their growth in the coming year.
For finance, though, it could be a different matter after JP Morgan axed Linklaters from its panel.
As The Lawyer understands, JP Morgan has withdrawn all its current mandates, which make up around 25 per cent of the work for the firm's London's finance lawyers.
This is naturally a major blow to the magic circle firm and will, at least for next year, mean a lot of hard graft to even ensure that financials for this practice area even stay flat.
Managing partner Simon Davies' grand plan to weather the economic storm is a basic one even by his own admission: lawyers will need to ensure close client relationships.
To which JP Morgan hasn't really been a good start, has it Simon?
Previous blogs:
03-July-2008, Simmons & Simmons: on the up
03-July-2008, Hammonds: 2 out of 3
27-June-2008, Walker Morris: Turn down the volume
27-June-2008, Hill Dickinson: A tale of two cities
20-June-2008, LG: "frustrating and disappointing"
13-June-2008, Trowers & Hamlins: set back, or de-railed?
12-June-2008, Stephenson Hardwood: joining the club
11-June-2008, Ward Hadaway, Leeds and Hoyle: the long game
10-June-2008, Lewis Silkin: credit where due?
09-June-2008, Freshfields: equity cull pays off
06-June-2008, Martineau Johnson: mission accomplished?
05-June-2008, Addleshaw Goddard: babies and bathwater
04-June-2008, Technology firms: RPP reveals all
02-June-2008, The magic circle – a new ring leader to emerge?
30-May-2008, Berwin Leighton Paisner: could do better
29-May-2008, Links to take CC's crown?
28-May-2008, FFW: surprise performer
22-May-2008, Herbert Smith lays down the gauntlet
19-May-2008, Second tier is out to impress
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Crossroads emerged out of a student organization named Harmony. With the support of the Office of Multicultural Programs & Services (OMPS), Harmony held the Harmony Retreat before new student orientation in the fall of 2004. The next year, the retreat was adopted by OMPS to become the Crossroads Retreat. By 2008, Crossroads had become so popular that a second retreat was offered over fall break to accommodate the high student interest. In 2012, OMPS piloted a Crossroads Retreat for upper-division students who did not attend one of the retreats during their first-year; while this program was extremely successful for the two years it was offered, the OMPS staff decided to refocus Crossroads on first-year student needs and address upper-division student leadership development with a separate program, Intersections. In 2014, the Crossroads Program grew further to include Crossroads Connect events in order to provide opportunities for more first-year students to become involved with the program. Additionally in 2015, the program expanded to include Crossroads Direct, giving students a chance to extensively engage their peers in coversation about topics relevant to the first-year student experience.
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Katherine Ingalls won two national titles in cross-country skiing at the March 2007 USSA Junior Olympics in Utah. Also an accomplished bicycle racer, Ingalls was struck by a semi-trailer while cycling in June 2007.
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Caring for Our Country Part 2 (alternative video Bangarra Fire)Sunday 8 August 2010, 1:30pm ABC1
Australia's environment, with its iconic areas such as the Great Barrier Reef, the Wet Tropics, the Snowy River and the Australian Alps, along with our coastal areas, forests, rivers, wetlands and unique wildlife is at the centre of our national identity.
In recognising Indigenous people's relationship to and aspirations for country, these programs recognize that protecting the environment is a shared responsibility and that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's knowledge about land and sea shouldn't be overlooked but celebrated and used to care for our environment.
MIRIAM COROWA: Hello, I'm Miriam Corowa, welcome to Message Stick. This is our second week of special programs on caring for country.
It goes without saying that a deeply spiritual connection to country defines Australia's first peoples. And that Indigenous knowledge is likely to be vital in reducing the worst effects of climate change.
This week's five short films confirm that protecting the environment is a shared responsibility, and that Indigenous peoples' knowledge shouldn't be overlooked, but celebrated and used to care for our environment.
DEAN KELLY: On the 29th of April, 1770, a big white bird sailed into the bay. On board what the Aboriginal people thought was a big bird, was Lieutenant James Cook. And that was the first day of contact.
From that day, our people have continually been removed from this site, and disconnected. This project is very much about trying to reconnect the Aboriginal people back to the site.
YVONNE SIMMS: These boys were getting into trouble every day, weren't going to school.
PEGGY ANNABEL:When I first met these boys, I felt that they would really have to make a lot of changes to have a good future in a regular job.
JEYNARA MURRAY: First I was in Year 10, finished school. Got a pretty- not a good certificate.
ADAM RUSSELL: Well, I was probably with Centrelink, and just bumming around La Perouse.
JEYNARA MURRAY: I was on Centrelink doing nothing and then Dan offered me the job and I was like - yeah. Didn't know really much what it was about, just National Parks.
DEAN KELLY: The Towra Team is what some people might say is an Aboriginal Green Team.
ADAM MASON:It's like a program they've got going for us young ones to educate us, to get us our certificates and help us with the National Parks.
YVONNE SIMMS: It's employed and trained and skilled a lot of our young male and female, for this area.
DEAN KELLY: They do a lot of bush regeneration works. The project the Towra Team is working on now is to restore a threatened species, the Kurnell Dune Forest.
PEGGY ANNABEL:We're trying to get it back to the point where it was when Captain Cook actually arrived in 1770.
DEAN KELLY: That vegetation was documented and samples were taken back to England by Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander, the two naturalists onboard the Endeavour.
PEGGY ANNABEL:We're collecting only the plants that were here originally, and we're collecting the seed only from this area.
DEAN KELLY: Part of the boys' work is to not only plant those plants, but know them. Know what they're putting back, make sure they're the right species that belong here on the site.
PEGGY ANNABEL:Just at the moment, you've got to find a melaleuca nodosa and put that one in...
ADAM MASON:Peggy, she would take us out into the bush and show us some of the weeds that shouldn't be there. So, we do a lot of weeding, as well as planting seeds.
PEGGY ANNABEL:We don't want to damage the plant, but we want to get a lot of seeds.
JEYNARA MURRAY: She would show us the plants and stuff, which ones we can store in the bag, the seeds. They're the ones we would plant out on the hill.
DEAN KELLY: On the weekends, usually Sundays, when it's the busiest in the hot weather, the boys do boat patrol.
BOY: We've gotta take care of Towra Island. We've gotta educate people, because they're not allowed on certain areas of Towra beach. We've gotta hand out pamphlets and tell them why they aren't allowed on there, and just patrol the island. Make sure no-one goes on there, ruins it.
SEAN DELSIGNORE: I've been involved in the Towra Team for say, close to two years. It's all interconnected, and the wider community is all involved in the cultural stuff we do. And it's a good learning experience for everyone. It's good employment opportunities.
DEAN KELLY: Alright, boys. We've found a nice straight one here, we're going to cut it down. But we're going to use this, OK? We're going to make some spears out of it.
BOY: I think it's much better for me to be outside and be involved in Aboriginal cultural stuff in regards to caring for country and learning our customs and our heritage, and passing that knowledge down.
SEAN DELSIGNORE: Here boys, here's some good examples of some bush medicine. It's angophora sap, which is used as a penicillin for toothaches.
PEGGY ANNABEL:The skills that they've developed here are going to make their potential for the future just absolutely wonderful.
ADAM MASON:It's good to do something for my own people and to help out, just care for country.
ADAM RUSSELL: It gave me heaps of confidence about being with other people around job sites, work sites, and that.
JEYNARA MURRAY: Makes me feel proud just knowing that you're looking after your local area.
YVONNE SIMMS: I can't get over it, I can't get over the change in them. they've shown most of all respect for country, respect for their elders, and they've got a sense of how we used to live here.
DEAN KELLY: They're very proud of who they are when they're part of the Towra Team. What we provide them with now is a doorway. A doorway that could open up to many different places, many different job opportunities. The future is theirs, it's in their hands.
Wadeye Pride. South West Coast, Northern Territory.
VOICE-OVER: We have 17,000 acres altogether to protect.
DAN SECOMBE: The rangers work for the community for one, for the traditional owners here, to help look after country, and look after culture as well.
MATT ANDERSON: The TOs own this country, and they direct myself and the rangers on how to manage it. It's important that we sit down on a regular basis just to hear their thoughts, make sure we're heading in the right direction.
POSSUM MARSHAL: I work with eight full-time, full employed ranger women. We do marine surveying which we report to AQIS. Things like nets, rubbish that we find on the beach. See, these aren't just driftwood, these are pieces of wood off boats. You know, might be off one of them boats with people. Or them illegal fishermen.
DAN SECOMBE: We're the only ranger group on the western coast of NT that actually patrols this region. So, we're specifically looking for foreign fishing vessels. We're monitoring commercial fishermen and their practices, we also work with a lot of government departments in regards to fisheries, NT weeds.
MAN: The rangers do go out in the field and camp for a couple of days, doing... spraying mimosa.
CHRIS COLLINS: Mimosa is an introduced shrub that came in from South America.
MAN: We're coming close to full eradication of mimosa in our area. And hopefully today we'll put the final spray on it.
CHRIS COLLINS: Mainly this big patch out the back.
MAN: Yep. There's buffalo roaming there. We've done all down this side, here.
VOICE-OVER: Just really good as far as we're concerned, to have people who are quite competent and capable of managing this weed.
WOMAN: After we do a marine debris survey, typically we would come to a mangrove area like this, and the ladies will then collect up traditional food from the mangroves. Things like coobali, cootali, cookay, my favourite.
MAN: The elders want to improve us to teach the young generation. The young ones are not understanding in our way and they need to be taught how to do this job, to get a better life and better education.
RODNEY KING: We're up to about 22-23 rangers now. Women and men, and even green corps - young up and coming rangers, training them as well.
POSSUM MARSHAL: We get those young girls in, mix them up with the older ladies, take them out on country.
INDIGENOUS WOMAN: When we go out to bush, collect thithimambe and the colour, we tell them young ones to come and see what we're doing.
POSSUM MARSHAL: We collect a lot of thithimambe, which is sand palm fibre. Take it back to town and distribute it to the old people at the rehabilitation centre, for doing the weaving.
MAN: We've got a lot of jobs to do like bushfire awareness and our cultural heritage... which is sacred site, go and burn that area.
POSSUM MARSHAL: It's a very much a lot of negotiation with the traditional owners before we can burn anything at all.
MAN: Burns are done early, cultural sites are avoided.
POSSUM MARSHAL: The rangers are trusted and well-known, and they do a really good job so the people for this country trust the rangers to be out there looking after their country. They're a lot prouder to come to work because they work under conditions that everybody in Australia works under. They get paid the same rate of pay that people on the East Coast would be getting paid.
VOICE-OVER: Started off very slow. At first, there wasn't a lot of support. But now, a lot of people are working together and can see the value in training up Indigenous people to manage their own country.
MAN: Young kids, they like to say... "Ah, we would like to join Ranger when I grow up." They keep saying that to us. We don't forget our culture. It's all of our thought and our heart and it's passing over to next generation, to generation, to generation and we would like to go forward to... keep on doing that for...forever.
Fire Sticks. Jervis Bay, New South Wales.
TANYA CUTMORE: My name is Tanya Cutmore, I'm the manager for Banbai Business Enterprises, and we're at Booderee National Park. Banbai Business Enterprises manages Wattleridge IPA. Wattleridge IPA is the Indigenous Protected Area Program and we're an Aboriginal-owned and operated organisation.
We came down to Booderee National Park because the young people are really interested in fire management and we wanna keep that interest keen. So, yeah, we brought them down here to get some insight on fire management.
MAN: The two main things that we'd like to show you is a recent burn that we did. And in going there, we'll actually be going to a burn that we did the year before that got away. So it's interesting to see that bit of bush that's had two years to regenerate - and a very hot fire in parts - as opposed to a much more controlled burn which was done a couple of weeks ago.
TONY CARTER: I think the main difference between our park here at Booderee and other areas is it's a jointly managed park and it's Aboriginal land. So we have a real input of what areas and how they're burnt.
TANYA CUTMORE: Fire management is a tool that we can use and it's traditional knowledge that has been practised thousands of years ago. So we've learnt a lot of information from the way they participate in fire management in the park. They do sectional burning and we're hoping to take that back to Wattleridge. Wattleridge shows evidence of Aboriginal occupation and we need to protect that area. We also have cave paintings and so we'll do burns around there to protect the artwork that's there.
TRAVIS PATTERSON: I travel on a bus every Monday to Guyra from Glen Innes - it's about 40 minutes drive - and stay there for the full week and then go home on weekends to see the family. It's pretty hard actually. Like, you know, being away all week and then spending two days with the family. It's good to learn different stuff every day. And I like working in the bush, you know? And looking after sort of stuff, like the sites and all that, Aboriginal sites and all their artefacts and that, we find.
TONY CARTER: I think fire management in a traditional way, it's totally different in the areas you go. From our visitors that are here now, to our Indigenous brothers up in Arnhem Land and Kakadu, the fire regime is totally different. We have some special plants that we have in this area and they're not as common as others. Particularly some rainforest species. They're not fire-tolerant and pretty much, if fire goes through them, they're destroyed. We actually identify where these species are in the park and we'll actually go out and do pre-burns and take fuel away.
TANYA CUTMORE: Wattleridge is host to many endangered plants and wildlife. We have the black grevillea and the glossy black cockatoo. The glossy black cockatoo likes casuarinas and we need to maintain that. Casuarinas don't like fire so we need to manage that so their environment is sustained.
LESLEY PATTERSON: We need culture burns so we can sort of regenerate the earth we've got. Like, it's important for managing our culture, puts us back to our own roots. It helps our community, it helps our environment, it helps our endangered species. The young kids, we need them 'cause I reckon it's better that every generation knows everything there is about cultural burning or even burning.
STUART JAMES: Protecting cultural heritage is similar to protecting other assets. We try to avoid fire impact. So we may burn around specific sites, if there's wildfire coming through, to protect those sites from wildfire impact.
MAN: Pretty much all areas are unique in their own way. I've spoken to some of the younger boys that are down and I've just really hit home on them about the importance of training and keeping it up.
YOUNG MAN: When we learn stuff from here and back at home, I can, hopefully, teach that to the younger generation coming up so they can learn how to control fires as good as we may be able to.
OLDER WOMAN: If you don't teach your kids now, you're never gonna pass down anything.
TRAVIS PATTERSON: That's of real importance to me, like, just learning about what the old people and that used to do with their time they had there and... Yeah, that's what I like doing. Yeah.
The Warru APY Lands, South Australia (TRIBAL MUSIC)
INDIGENOUS WOMAN: Our fathers, they got a lot of little Warru, a lot of meat and they're feeding us. We're living on that Warru.
SECOND INDIGENOUS WOMAN: A long time ago, all the men thinking... good meat, and all the kids really happy...oooh, cooka, good cooka, good meat.
JENNIFER WELLS: They used to eat warru. It's a long time ago, but not now.
INDIGENOUS MAN: Today we are looking after it, we like to look after Warru, in this Pitjinjara Land.
ANIKA DENT: People just started to notice that there weren't many warru around anymore. They couldn't catch them anymore. They didn't see them out on the hills.
INDIGENOUS WOMAN: They worried about the warru. Some animals must be here today.
YOUNG WOMAN: If they're not seeing them out there, then we're gonna lose them and we've lost other species out here before.
MATT SALMON: I look after an initiative called Working On Country. People started getting interested in working on warru six or seven years ago. Working On Country provides them with the platform to extend that work, to apply more expertise from Western science and to be properly resourced and paid for the good work they're already doing.
ANIKA DENT: About 10 years ago, we started doing some baiting around this area. We bury them so that the crows don't take the baits. We only want the foxes taking the baits. We're doing a lot of different monitoring with the warru. We go out and we do some radio tracking. And we go and monitor the feral animals, see what's around, see what their population size is like.
INDIGENOUS WOMAN: Every morning we go round and look for dingo and foxes... We are tracking to see what is killing the Warru.
MAN: The old ladies that work on the warru project have a particular knowledge about where animals are and why, the sorts of things that threaten them and the stories associated with those animals. And so the transfer of cultural knowledge and, in particular, traditional ecological knowledge, is extraordinarily valuable.
ANIKA DENT: The elders, they really wanna pass on their knowledge to the younger ones. They don't wanna see their knowledge just being lost. They've been doing this work for about 10 years and they feel like it's time for them to sit down now, time to maybe retire or at least reduce their work.
INDIGENOUS WOMAN: We like to teach all these young people to look after the Warru. I'm doing my best work to show the young people to do that, but we can't work today. Young people are better to learn and control this, to look after the Warru for generations to come.
JENNIFER WELLS: I wanna look after them animals, bush animals and feed them.
ANIKA DENT: In the communities, there aren't many proper jobs around and I think people like coming out onto country.
MAN: I have old people telling me that they have young people healthier than they've ever seen them, they've increased school attendance rates, we have people starting to send kids to boarding school on the back of the money they're starting to earn. People shouldn't underestimate the work that Indigenous people are doing on their own land. It is in fact a benefit for all Australians, not just them.
ANIKA DENT: The warru is a threatened species. It could possibly be lost in the next 10 years if we don't look after it.
Bush Medicine. Maclean, New South Wales.
VOICE-OVER: Mother Natures, telling us everything, let us know what season, what food.
MAN: We are a strong culture... it's just finding it, you know, and... teasing it out... you know. There's a lot there, but you don't know it's there until you find out... you know. You gotta scratch the surface.
MAN: Now that we've got a voice, we intend to use it. We've got the people now from Macquarie University.
DAVID HARRINGTON: Initially, our project started off looking at bush medicines, particularly working with the elders.
INDIGENOUS MAN: We used to often eat the young tender ones.
WOMAN: Oh, OK.
LEE LAURIE: What was there thousands of years ago, what they was living off these plants and stuff and how they utilised them, oh, it just blows you away.
STEVE SCOTT: I go out into country with elders, we pick the plants. Walking around and having the elders point out which ones they can utilise to use. And having that knowledge is a plus. We identify them according to Western sort of scientific methods.
MAN: Took them down and analysed them and all that and found out what properties they had in them for our bodies and why they help us out and that.
DAVID HARRINGTON: It's intended to acknowledge community ownership of these type of plants. So basically, anything that we publish or write up gets published in the name of the community.
INDIGENOUS MAN: A lot of people of my age group are willing to see that happen and we want to see it happen. Because, in the past, it didn't happen.
DAVID HARRINGTON: Then we take local medicinal products back to the university. The value of traditional medicinal knowledge is just incalculable.
YOUNG MAN: Passing the knowledge down to the students, using it more in the curriculum, you know, we need to hang on to it, we need to know about what's happened in the past.
ROSS ALLOMES: This project aims to give the Aboriginal kids a leadership focus in science. It's something that they really enjoy and, in fact, they're very talented at and yet, traditionally, they haven't been seen as having a great role in science. Macquarie were the instigators of the project, really. They come along with demonstrators and help train our Aboriginal students.
WOMAN: We train them in the hands-on activities. And then they actually run science shows.
JESSIE HARVEY: I feel more confident learning about science and talking in front of people, and going up and learning stuff about the uni.
WOMAN: We actually find that the compounds that are normally causing the medicinal properties are present in a plant in quite small amounts.
DAVID HARRINGTON: I think it's forged really close links between the community and the university, which is encouraging young people up here to consider university studies. We're also trying very hard to develop relationships between the young people and the elders through running activities at the school. MAN: They basically come along and participate as though they were our Year 7 students.
JESSIE HARVEY: Wet your hands and crush it up in your hands and it's just like a natural soap. I find it good 'cause they find it interesting and they're quite surprised of knowing what we can do and what we learn at school.
MAN: For them, a lot of them anyway, it's a whole new world.
ROSE VESPAR: Oh, wow! I've never done nothing like this. I never picked that subject when I was going to school, science. I never picked that subject, so... (LAUGHS)
JORDAN WALKER: When we show the elders all the experiments and that, they seem pretty surprised from what we can do and what we know. We feel very proud. We can see the elders are proud of us too.
ELSDON CHARLTON: I see a lot of young kids actually come out on excursions and it's good to see the arrangement of elders and young 'uns just generally together, instead of separated all the time. GIRL: When I come out on country with elders, I find it quite interesting, like how they used to live and what they did. As an Aboriginal girl, it's good to know both cultures, like, my side, Aboriginal culture, and going to school and getting educated.
MAN: If we can keep it documented and put it to paper and all that, it's there for the younger generation when they come through and want to learn that.
DAVID HARRINGTON: I think it's given a lot of people within the community a real sense of pride. That's the first time that that type of institution has actually come up here and just said, "Well, we wanna learn from you."
INDIGENOUS MAN: In the past, before, when I was a nobody, I used to go in the back door, you know, with the head down there. But these days now with the degree, I go in the front door. University is the outcome. We've kept that door open for the other younger ones to come in, you know? You're making it easier for them.
MIRIAM COROWA: I really hope you enjoyed the Caring For Country series. Indigenous environmental insight is invaluable. And next week's program continues that theme with a profile of Aunty Fran.
Frances Bodkin is an Aboriginal woman with degrees in climatology, geomorphology and environmental science, and a truly holistic approach to understanding our Earth. A story not to be missed.
If you'd like to watch this week's show again, then go to abc.net.au/messagestick. You can click on the 'have your say' tab and leave us a message there too.
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A few moments with the Articles of Confederation: The officering of the Army
- By Thomas E. RicksThomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
I was looking up something the other day and noticed that the book in hand contained the Articles of Confederation, the notorious failure that preceded the U.S. Constitution.
I'd never read it, and the Red Sox game was heading south fast, so I sat down and looked at it. First, yes, it has a reputation of being dull, and it is well-earned. It is rather plodding and procedural.
But a couple of things made me stop and think. One thing that struck me about it is that it makes a clear distinction between control of the Army and of the Navy. The federal government is assigned to appoint all naval officers but only some of those of the land force. That is, the states get to pick "regimental officers." That's a pretty big exception, if regiments are the basic unit of your combat land force. This seems to me to give the states a lot of power, a vestige of which we see in the continuing power of the states to appoint the leaders of their National Guard forces.
Famously, Article 11 of the AoC also expressly invites Canada to join the United States. Still hasn't accepted the offer.
Civil War buffs also should note that the Articles state twice that "the Union should be perpetual." The second time is the last sentence in the document. Too bad that sentence wasn't retained when the drafters of the Constitution set out to create a more perfect Union.


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I think our preferences reveal more about us than our actions. I only wear black shoes, but I don't like things around me to match. Not towels, furniture, dinnerware… nothing. My homes have always been eclectic minefields where memories, tradition and unique contemporary designs try to harmonize.
In my early years of dinner parties and socializing, I found the commitment to eclectic troublesome as arguments would bring inebriated bliss to a knuckling halt. In my mind, differences can co-exist. In reality; not always. But am I the only one who finds constant agreement a bore? If I wanted to only be with myself, I would. But contrast and contradiction create a more intricate and interesting story. I think of the old films of Nazi soldiers walking in lock step. Their model is used in many large organizations that discourage individualism and unique thought. It is easier to control the non-thinking mind that seeks only to conform, than to dominate the creative mind that strives to re-invent and re-define itself according to a unique palette.
So as a person who finds conformity stifling, the black-shoes-only rule would seem an irony. But within the shadows of a liberal, lives a conservative, and vice versa. And for inner hate, there is a love. Every like a dislike, and so on. I embrace my inner complexities (or contradictions), realizing they are not unique. We are all one embellished contradiction. So we are all black shoes on the outside, housing a colorful pump or wingtip that only shows if we are brave enough to fight sameness.
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@Edward Chester - "It still has plenty of redeeming features"...
I thought it had quite a lot of features as well, especially for the price. E.g., 3.2 Mpix camera with LED flash, VGA video recording, secondary camera for video calls, free lifetime navigation, 2GB MicroSD card included (supports 16GB), great battery life, HSDPA up to 10.2 Mbps and HSUPA up to 2 Mbps.
So I was surprised to see it only get 6/10 for features. I thought it deserved at least 7/10, maybe even 8/10 when you consider it's price point. And speaking of price, £150 seems a tad high. Especially when you can get it for £145 on Nokia's own website, and for even less elsewhere. As a result, maybe it could have gotten 8/10 for value, giving it the same overall score as well.
Just my take on things...
Hmmm, I agree value seems rather low.
I also think TR sees "Touchscreen" as a feature nowadays.
In any case, at least the video calling item needs to be amended in the feature table as I checked elsewhere and it does apparently include a secondary camera.
i thought the scores were a bit low as well.
plus no mention of the gps and worldwide ovi satnav?
I got the c3 for the wife, paid £80 for it with vodafone its not a bad phone but email was slow as hell to download. Got her a replacement, the e63 for only £89 on three. Both phones are a lot cheaper than the c5 and the qwerty keyboard is very useful.
Personally i find the symbian os a complete dog and complex as hell, but for the price the phones are great value.
This phone is an absolute gem. Its simple to use and has bags of features (including free for life inbuilt voice guided sat nav). I prefer a push button phone and would not honestly swap this for an iphone. It deserves 10/10.
Hi there, I have just bought this phone to replace the brilliant Nokia 6300, and I'm concerned that the C5 doesn't give me the odd reminder that I have recieved a text message or a missed call, unlike the 6300 that used to sit on my desk flashing away...anyone else have this problem or is there a setting somewhere to tell me this.
The C5 is Nokia at its simple best trouble is what have they now in 2012 to replace it ? Nothing!
They've lost the plot chasing the iPhone and as a result they haven't made a handset which has a keypad and battery life of 5 days .
No they insist on making touchscreen phones which are not as good as an iPhone instead!
Nokia you deserve to have a low share price and to go bust you're incompetent.
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Following their testimony to Congress, General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker will appear exclusively on FOX News Channel on Monday at 9pm EDT for a one hour live interview with Brit Hume... Developing...That's really all you need to know about Petraeus and his report, don't you think? Drudge Report and Fox. Yup.
Will they also give an exclusive interview to Rush Limbaugh this week?
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There won't be much time for Sebastien Steigmeier to rest once the school year ends.
Shortly after he finishes his last exam at Brandon University, the right side for the Bobcats men's volleyball team will be flying home to Switzerland to join his national team for the European Championship qualifiers. It will be his fourth stint with Switzerland's elite men's volleyball squad and the 6-foot-7, 220-pound Steigmeier is looking forward to the opportunity to travel and represent his country again.
"I think everybody has a bit of pride in wearing the national team's jersey and trying to represent their own country in the sport they like wherever it is on the planet," he said. "It gives us a chance as athletes to travel a little bit. I'm so lucky, more than anybody. I've travelled a lot and I want to keep on doing it."
Steigmeier, who averaged 3.51 kills, 1.67 digs and 0.53 blocks per set this season with the Bobcats, will arrive in Switzerland on April 25 and have an afternoon to himself before going to Schaffhausen to join his Swiss teammates, who will have been practising for a couple weeks already.
They'll have a pair of exhibition matches with Luxembourg before heading to Croatia for a week and then Hungary for the first round of qualifying from May 9-11.
Switzerland has been placed in a pool with Hungary, Norway and Bosnia and Herzegovina and needs to finish first in its pool, or be the best second-place team of the three pools, to advance to Round 2.
Like last summer with the Swiss team that competed at the World University Games, Steigmeier expects a heavy workload, especially with three potential starters missing for various reasons. That will add to the challenge in the qualifying process, but Steigmeier has faith in the replacements and loves facing adversity at the European Championship qualifiers.
"It always starts at our level," he said. "It's not a bad level at all, we have talented players and are pretty good, but we're not like European champions kind of team. But that's what makes it exciting is we start with teams that are just like us and the farther we go the harder it's going to get. That's great to know that if you win that it's going to keep getting harder and harder and that's what I love. I want competition, so it's pretty awesome."
Because of his exams, Steigmeier is going to miss the majority of his team's training camp, but hopes his time with the Bobcats will have him in great shape and ready to play. It also means he won't get much time to spend with former Bobcat player and assistant coach Luke Reynolds, who is helping with their training for a few weeks before the team goes to Croatia.
Steigmeier will have three days to reconnect with Reynolds — who coached Svedala into the Swedish women's league final — including a day off in which he plans to take Reynolds on a tour of Geneva.
Once the European Championship qualifying ends, Steigmeier plans to work a bit and play beach volleyball. He feels a break will be nice before he returns to Brandon to try to lead the Bobcats back to nationals in his final year of CIS eligibility.
"I'm still going to be playing beach volleyball as I always do," he said. "I'm thinking a good break from volleyball after the qualifiers. Stick around volleyball in the sand and come back fresh."
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Dec 6, 2012
Husband in a Fabric Store, Part 2
In August, I hit the Japanese fabric jackpot. See, that's the business trip that my hubby realized there is a fabric shop in the very train station he takes to and from work every day when he's in Japan. Only catch is: he usually heads in before the shops open, and returns after the shops close.
He just returned on Sunday, which means he was there over the weekend. And so, he spoils me once again!
Echino Ni-Co - 2011. Mari is spot on again! This was her pick. I'm thinking bag (hobo maybe?) and I want it made yesterday...
Daisy Chain by Prints Charming for Kokka
Daisy Chain by Prints Charming for Kokka
Liberty 2010. That's all this one says. I love the richness of the colors and it's Japanese vibe.
minakoko collection (by koko seki) for Lecien (pink panel). This is actually a repeat of a print he picked up for me last time he visited. (Not surprising that a guy who doesn't shop, let alone fabric shop, would accidentally pick the same print twice.) I'm considering giving some away.... maybe when I reach 1000 followers....
In related news, Mr. GXQ has recently been appointed CFO of this little blog here. I should be keeping better track of my spending, etc... but I'm just so darn busy creating! Actually, although I am a numbers person in most respects, for some reason I despise budgets. He's going to help me out.
To prove his... ahem, uh... dedication to GXQ, he not only called me from the fabric shop in Japan to talk fabric - BUT he also shot a couple videos of bolts for me to see. Too bad we have dumb phones and I couldn't see them until he got home.
But it made me smile, nonetheless, to think that my hubby is shooting video in a fabric store in a different country.... :) All for his crazy fabric-aholic wife.
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Oh you definitely have an amazing husband! Mine probably wouldn't notice a fabric shop if one smacked him in the face! Love all those prints - you're so lucky! ;-)ReplyDelete
AnneMarie, my DH used to bring me fabric from a great shop near IBM HQ in Somers, NY. Now my younger son is stationed in Japan and goes to Tokyo every time he gets a day off -- I'd love to tell him which train station that is!?!ReplyDelete
Awwwwh, what a sweet story. Love it!ReplyDelete
I love that he shot video. So cute, I'll have to show my hubby :)ReplyDelete
Wow, he's a keeper! Good for you!ReplyDelete
UH-OH, watch out for that Liberty 2010 fabric. That's the fabric that launched Paula Nadlestern's career. First a stint on TV now the Liberty fabric. Fame and fortune are on your cutting table Anne Marie!ReplyDelete
BEAUTIFUL fabric!! He's got good taste! Seriously, so sweet that he's thinking of you, and buying you fabric!ReplyDelete
holy crab nuggets, my husband would have to have a gun to his head to walk into a fabric store and shop for me! lucky you! enjoy!!ReplyDelete
Love his choices. You have a fantastic hubby. What a long way to work though!ReplyDelete
You have the best husband EVER!ReplyDelete
Love the fabric your fabulous hubby bought... he's a keeper!!!ReplyDelete


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Lugz Responds To Apple Over CopyCat Ad and Makes The Most of Its Day In The Sunby
A few days ago I blogged about the mounting controversy over Apple's new TV ads by TBWA/Chiat Day featuring Eminem that bear a striking similarity to TV ads for Lugz done by New York shop Avrett, Free & Ginsberg a few years ago.
The story, which originated on Adfreak, was later picked up by The New York Post and, today, The New York Times. Lugz is finally on the record after spending several days just basking in the publicity over the fact that the great originator Steve Jobs, by way of his ad agency, seemed to be ripping off a sneaker company. I love it when this happens. A small brand with a paltry marketing budget gets to leverage the boneheaded mistake of two companies with giant egos--Apple and TBWA/Chiat Day--into millions of dollars of good publicity. I can see the headline a new Lugz ad: "You think Apple is innovative? Steve Jobs gets hisn ideas from Us. Buy Lugz." Apple, especially, is known for being especially hostile to the media, mostly blowing off even casual straightforward inquiries from the press, but expecting the media to jump whenever Steve Jobs even mumbles.
From Lugz: NEW YORK, NY (October 25, 2005) – In 2002 Lugz footwear unveiled an innovative, edgy advertising campaign featuring an anonymous silhouette man set against an urban scene in red, orange, yellow and black and brought to life by the rap music of Funkmaster Flex. Just recently, Apple Computer unveiled their new ad campaign featuring the silhouette of rap artist Eminem set against an urban scene in red, orange, yellow and black.
The similarities between the two commercials are garnering national attention from outlets such as The New York Times, "Is Imitation Flattery, Theft or Just Coincidence?" and ADWEEK, "Is Apple's Eminem Spot Too Much of an Encore?"
"If you look at these spots, common sense would tell you that there's a problem here. The Apple commercial uses the most powerful elements of our campaign, making the ads disturbingly similar," said Larry Schwartz, executive vice president and principal of Lugz. "We are looking into the circumstances under which this could have happened, and the effect on our creative and intellectual property, which Lugz plans to aggressively protect," continued Schwartz.
The Lugz "Arrow" ad can be viewed by visiting http://www.psyop.tv/main.php, clicking on "Archive" and then on "Lugz." The Apple "Detroit" ad can be viewed by visiting http://www.apple.com/itunes/ads/.


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Bunny Bait Popcorn Treat
I wanted to try out a new treat last week. Something easy that would be fun for my girl and me to make together during the baby boy's nap.
As always Pinterest delivered in the form of "Bunny Bait", an Easter treat from Sing for Your Supper.
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We ended up missing our party and delaying our deliveries…which meant I had a TON of this sitting in my kitchen…which means that I can WHOLEHEARTEDLY attest to how delicious and addictive it is.
You can bet that after 24-bunny-bait-filled-hours, I made darn sure those bags got delivered.
Don't let the name fool you. This treat is good year-round. Call it "Party Popcorn" if it makes you feel better when you dish it up for the 4th of July.
*I drizzled melted milk chocolate over one batch. It did not suck.
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Another game, another loss for the Celtics. The Celtics dug themselves into another hole that they couldn't get out of as they dropped their third game out of their last four, this one to the Magic by the score of 83-78.
This was their first game between the two teams since last year's playoff matchup. Unfortunately for Boston, it was much of the same as the loss dropped the Celtics' record to 9-4 while the Magic improved to 10-3.
Boston came out sluggish as the Magic jumped to an early 22-8 lead. The Celtics' defense woke up in the second quarter as they forced six Magic turnovers and held them to just 14 points on 24 percent shooting. This defensive play allowed the team to crawl back and head into half-time down three, 43-40.
The second-half saw both teams play pretty evenly, but the Magic got a couple of big fourth quarter basket's from their off-season acquisition, Vince Carter, to put away the men in green. Carter had a game-high 26 points while Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 21 points.
Now the question is, what has happened to the Celtics? After beating LeBron on opening day and holding the Bobcats to under 60 points in a 33-point blowout, the Celtics raced out to an 8-1 start. However, they have lost three of their last four, and while two of the losses came against very good teams, those are the teams good teams are supposed to beat.
Here's a look at what has been plaguing the Celtics lately:
Maybe the Celtics should stop scheduling games on Friday nights. Since they beat the Bulls, 118-90, on their first Friday game, the Celtics have lost three straight Friday games. Overall, Boston is 1-3 and has allowed 95 points per game while shooting just 24.4 percent from three-point range on Fridays. Compare that to the rest of their games: an 8-1 record with 85.4 points per game while shooting 40 percent from three-point range.
For those of us watching on TV we have heard this phrase over and over…and over. Wallace is currently on pace to attempt 492 three pointers this season and while that would be great if he were making them, he simply isn't. After starting the season on a hot streak (15-of-33, 45.5%), Wallace has shot just 15.6 percent (7-of-45) from three-point range since then. Most of them have been open looks so we can't blame him for taking them, but maybe he would be better off playing down low more until he gets his stroke from beyond the arc back.
It was evident that Jason "White Chocolate" Williams was playing off Rondo in the second half because his lack of a jump shot does not make him a scoring threat from 18 feet. By playing off Rondo, Williams was able to neutralize Rondo's quickness and create more traffic in the paint defensively. He was daring him to shoot all game and Rondo responded with a 27.2 percent (3-of-11) performance. Look for more teams to employ this strategy, at least until Rondo fixes this problem. By the way, he is only shooting 25 percent (4-of-16) from the free throw line. Yikes.
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1st Place & Big Bream for Jason Reid
Traveled down to Narooma over the weekend for the atomic southern bream series. What a great place, the weather was fine but cold both days.
I didn't do a prefish but just looked around the bridge and the mouth of the river and seen what the tide was doing and how hard it was pushing out and just looked around and seen the sight.
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ACT Pro Staffer Jonathan Chen fished the Basin Lure & Fly Southern Bream Series kayak round and pulled off a credible 3rd place. Below is Jons report of the trip
My trip report from this weekend at the Southern bream series round held at Greenwell point on the Shoalhaven river. On Saturday I slowly packed the car and headed down to totally immersed water sports in Nowra. I got there just in time to pimp my Hobie pa 14 with a seadek in Camo blue.
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UK access control leaders Paxton, demonstrate trademark commitment to installers and introduce a vandal resistant panel for Net2 Entry, their smart, simple door entry system. Installers can get a sneak preview of the super tough Net2 Entry Vandal Resistant panel at IFSEC 2013 at the Paxton Stand; Hall 5, E20.
The much anticipated product provides installers with a vandal resistant door entry solution to meet the most demanding site requirements. Installers can now offer a Paxton door entry system at sites where vandal resistant capabilities are a prerequisite.
The Net2 Entry Vandal Resistant Panel is made from attractive marine grade stainless steel, to withstand the elements and meet high-end aesthetic site requirements. The toughened polycarbonate screen means the panel can easily stand up to vandal prone or extreme weather environments.
The new solution retains all the plug and play benefits of the Net2 Entry IP door entry system, with three components that simply plug together, using only one type of cable. Units auto detect on set-up and PoE extension switches allow for fast and easy expansion. Net2 Entry has built in Net2 access control for a fully integrated system but can also be used as a standalone door entry product.
Paxton are showcasing the Net2 Entry Vandal Resistant Panel at IFSEC 2013 exactly one year after they first brought Net2 Entry to IFSEC 2012. This fast turnaround demonstrates Paxton's renowned dedication to quality product development and attention to installers' feedback.
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bgoldhunter wrote:Are you sure you don't post as Maser on some other sites?
Gooseboy wrote:bgoldhunter wrote:Are you sure you don't post as Maser on some other sites?
Joel wrote:If God wanted a lab to point he would have gave them a stick.
Penguine wrote:Calm down GB. So your telling me a .45 ACP through a window of a plane is not going to cause enough damage to cause serious issue? Hrmm.. ok. NOT. This is not even the proper place to ask such a question. If your dad gets the pilot job, and I am sure we are all hoping he does, the airline will tell him what he is/is not allowed to carry.
Anyway... to test your theory that a single bullet will not bring down an airliner I would recommend that you get a pilots license, take an EMPTY 737 up to cruising altitude, and then pop a round through the front window and see what happens. If that does not work then pop three or four through the body of the plane and wait. A plane cruising at a couple miles up is under a LOT of pressure, allow that pressure to quickly escape and a little hole will turn big, a big hole will turn large, and bad things will happen.
JSODEP5338 wrote:I thought the only people carrying on a plane were air marshalls. When did they allow pilots to be armed? I'm not opposed to it at all, but I thought the FAA didn't allow it.
michigan wrote:I posed this question to people on a rifle and handgun forum and was told many many many times that air marshals and pilots use special rounds that use some type of material other than lead. It is designed to come apart completely once it enters a target so that it does not go through and harm any passengers.
Boomn4x4 wrote:I'm not concerned what a hole in the plane will do. What would concern me is a hole in the control panel. A single bullet in the fuselage may not take a plane down, but a hole in the instrument panel sure as heck can! Those is a lot of sensitive equipment in the cockpit. I'd be absolutly willing to bet that the threat of an accidental dischage is far greater than a hostile hijacking.
I don't disagree that there should be someone on the plane carrying a weapon, but the pilot sure as heck shouldn't be.
And Gooseboy.......Don't think for a second that you can post up a contorversial topic and expect EVERYONE to agree with you. And then when someone does disagree with you, your simple solution is to tell them to leave you alone...... I don't think so. if you are going to stick you neck out like that you better be willing to take some heat back.
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Dane, 26, assistant vice president of finance for a bank; Ryan Moore, 25, advertising account executive; Andrew Liu, 25, banking analyst; Mark Watson, 27, manager at Phoenix Energy Group; Hussain Ismail, 28, social-media marketing director.
Broker: Akil Rucker, Bond (917-375-2001, bondnewyork.com).
Broker's fee: One month's rent.
Deposit: One month's rent.
Moved in: March 2012.
THE SEARCH: "We all lived in smaller apartments, and we felt like we were ready for some space. The only way to make that happen was to have five people," says Dane. "Originally, Ryan and I were just looking for a four-bedroom, but once we saw this place, we said we'd just find a fifth roommate. It all came together perfectly: Ryan and I already lived together, and one of his buddies, Andrew, was planning to move into the city from Minnesota that month. Mark was already looking for a new place, as was Hussain, who was searching forever but couldn't find anyone normal on Craigslist." The quintet had researched various spots on the popular posting site and scoped out at least four other pads. The decision came down to the Tribeca space or a five-bedroom in Soho, which Dane and his roommates passed on because, he says, "the asking price went from $8,000 to $10,000 within two days."
THE BUILDING: "Our first impression of the apartment was, Wow—look at all the room for activities!" says Dane. "But our first impression of the building was, Wow—this building is old! Still, we have a private entrance—there are two more people living in the building, but you can only access it from the other side." There is a sushi restaurant on the bottom commercial floor, which means no lobby: "There's just a small two-step stoop where the local restaurant employees sit to take a smoke break," he says.
THE APARTMENT: "It's good for having people over or hanging out," Dane says of the 2,000-square-foot space. "We have 15 to 25 people over twice a week. In Ryan and my old apartment, that many people would have been a blowout, but here we never have to worry. We've had 50 to 75 people in here before."
THE NEIGHBORHOOD: "We agreed 100 percent that it had to be downtown. The train is right here; we have the 4/5/6 and the 1/2/3 within two blocks. Cabs are easy to catch too," says Dane. "There are nice, legitimate places to go out like Nobu [105 Hudson St at Franklin St; 212-219-0500, noburestaurants.com], Ward III [111 Reade St at West Broadway; 212-240-9194, ward3tribeca.com] and Super Linda[109 West Broadway at Reade St; 212-227-8998, superlinda.com]." He does acknowledge one drawback: "There's no late-night spot for when we get home, and there are no sports bars within a half mile. We don't have any late liquor stores either, so we have to plan around that."
THE TRADE-OFF: "There's no privacy—that's one of the biggest issues—and the walls are thin," observes Dane. "For instance, someone's having people over and someone else is trying to sleep when the music's playing. Everybody agrees that Friday to Saturday, there are zero rules here. If someone wants to come back at five in the morning and play music, they can—that's what you decide when you move into a place like this. But Sunday through Thursday, we say midnight, you have to have everything shut down. We all agree that if you are celebrating something, all bets are off." Some prospective tenants may have balked at the pad's lack of closets—there aren't any—but Dane insists that his group didn't take issue with that omission. "With guys, it's so simple, as long as you have one drawer where you can keep socks and underwear." Another drawback of the festive atmosphere: "People treat it like an event space," he says. "When we wake up [after a get-together], the apartment is really messy." To clear away the aftermath, the guys hire a maid service to do bimonthly scourings.
HOW THEY SCORED A DEAL: "Our first broker told us in the beginning we could negotiate the broker's fee; then he wanted the whole two months' rent, which would be almost $16,000. We said, 'No way—that's not going to happen.' One of my buddies, Akil Rucker, works for Bond. He said he'd do it for one month's rent, so we switched over."
THEIR ADVICE: "We pulled the trigger real quick," recalls Dane. "Someone else was interested in the place, so four of us got the [first month's rent, broker's fee and security deposit] together, then three of us ended up going to the Bond offices and signing the lease." Another circumstance also worked in the fivesome's favor: "This apartment was open for three months, because they hadn't been able to find anyone to fill it," he says. "The first person who wanted this apartment wanted to blow out all the walls and make it a one-bedroom."


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text: Submitted by Mary Beth Lawlor on Wed, 06/06/2012 - 10:15pm Free Things to Do in CT with Kids this Weekend: June 9-10th Even though most children have a week or two of school left, the summer fun begins this weekend with lots of festivals and free family events. It's CT's 8th Annual Open House Day this weekend which means that museums, galleries and parks all over CT are opening their doors for free. Many are doing special events for families all weekend long. The Community Cooperative Nursery School in Rowayton is holding its 50th Anniversary Art Show this weekend featuring over 75 artists. Looks like a great way to add quality local art to your home as well as raise money for a great school. Bring your pooch to the Canine Carnival and Dog Walk at Stepping Stones Museum this weekend. There will be games for families and dogs, face painting, performances and a best dressed contest. The Mystic Seaport is hosting its 33rd Annual Sea Music Festival. There will be many concerts as well as special kids' performances and workshops. Bright Horizons will be celebrating A Day Out With Dad with fun Father's Day events at their center and then by giving free passes to the Sports Center in Shelton. All dads will recieve a free golf swing analysis. Also in Shelton, the Soupstock Music and Arts festival is this weekend and there will be arts and crafts, a bouncy house and Kid's Olympics. Ride behind an 80 year old coal-fired steam locomotive at the Naugatuck Railroad. It's Harriet Beecher Stowe's birthday and you can celebrate with free house tours, carriage rides, crafts and birthday cake! Right across the street don't miss more family fun during Tom Sawyer Day at the Mark Twain House. We've listed the CT's Open House Day participants in both Hartford and Fairfield Counties. Celebrate West Hartford with free entertainment all weekend long as well as games, rides and a 5k road race. In Manchester the New England Fiddle Contest will bring music to your ears. Since 1974 this premier contest has drawn the largest crowds and best fiddlers from the region. Baseball history buffs will not want to miss a vintage baseball game as it was played in the 1860's on Saturday at Colt Meadows in Hartford. They will be celebrating World Ocean's Day at both Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo and Mystic Aquarium. You can make a difference by participating in a beach clean up at Bluff Point State Park. In New Milford the Village Center for the Arts is hosting Paint the People on Saturday. If you love rhubarb you won't want to miss the Rhubarb Festival at White Silo Farm in Sherman. The Lutz Children's Museum, The Junior League of Greenwich and the Mandell Jewish Community Center are having Touch-A-Truck events. Sunday is Pirate Day in downtwon Milford. There will be a downtown treasure map along with a booty bag for your found treasures. Pirates will be visiting Milford that day and Captain Hook will be looking for more crew members. The Sportsplex in Fairfield is opening their doors to everyone on Sunday with free admission, laser tag, giveaways and more. For even more events check out our calendar where they are listed for you by date. Thanks to all who came out and had a FREE day of fun at the CT Summer Fun Expo last week. The kids had a blast and many attendees left with great raffle prizes. For pictures check out our facebook page. Tis the season for family festivals and fairs this June and we've listed a bunch of them in the Hartford and Fairfield areas for you. If you enjoyed our first list of 25 FREE things to do in Fairfield County this summer you will certainly like our list of 25 more free things to do! Now that the Expo is over I am going to start concentrating on more fun things to do in Litchfield County. If you have event listings please submit them for FREE in our calendar. LIKE us on Facebook and Twitter for up to minute information about fun happenings all over CT! We also love updating our Pinterest boards with great kids stuff including party and family food ideas. It's especially fun to follow some of our reader's boards back! It's suppose to be in the low 80's and sunny (for the most part) this weekend. For beach fun check out our day trip post that we did a few weeks back. Alas, enjoy every minute of your weekend with the kids! Area/Neighborhood: ConnecticutAge: Tweens & TeensKidsPreschoolersCategory: Things to Do<< PreviousCT Open House Day: Hartford County ParticipantsNext >>Long Island Kids' Activities June 9 and 10: Nunley's Carousel 1912 Festival, a Strawberry Fair, and a Passport to Israel50 Free and Inexpensive Summer Activities in Fairfield County 25 MORE Free Things to Do this Summer in Connecticut (Fairfield County) June Festivals in Connecticut (Hartford County) CT Open House Day in Connecticut June 8th: Fairfield County Participants


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World Franchise Leaders Gather in Brazil for World Franchise Council Meeting
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2009—Delgates attending the World Franchise Council meeting in Bahia, Brazil recently reported the global franchising market was in strong health and anticipated growth in 2010, the International Franchise Association said today.
The WFC is comprised of franchise organizations from 41 countries each representing the franchising sector in their respective countries and represents 30,500 brands with over 2.5 million outlets. In the United States, franchising creates 21 million jobs at 900,000 locations nationwide and contributes $2.3 trillion in economic output.
"The franchising model is growing strongly in almost all regions of the globe, including the developing economies of central Asia, Eastern Europe, and South America," said IFA President & CEO Matthew Shay, who represented the United States at the meeting. "Leaders attending the meeting were optimistic that franchise companies would help lead the way to a global economic recovery, creating jobs and economic output in countries around the world."
Shay said that many member countries reported resilient franchise revenue and profitability in 2009, despite the global financial crisis. While some markets did experience some contraction, the majority of countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas reported better than expected results, and strong optimism for improved trading in 2010.
For example, Brazil, expects to close 2009 with a 14.5 percent increase in national franchising sales turnover – from $32.3 billion at the end of 2008 to $37.1 billion at the end of 2009. Brazil expects franchisee numbers to grow 6 percent by the close of the year, from 72,000 at the end of last year, to 76,000 at the end of 2009.
Australia also reported strong franchise business growth, with the number of systems in operation growing more than 10 percent from October 2008 to October 2009 (according to figures compiled by franchise trading and information website www.franchisebusiness.com.au) as well as resilient profitability in most market segments.
Shay reported that the U.S. franchise industry was projected to see modest declines in 2009 due to the credit crisis in the country. Despite the lack of access to credit, however, U.S. franchise businesses are expected to continue outpacing other U.S. business sectors in terms of job, unit and output growth. Preliminary predictions for 2010 expect the franchise industry to regain its growth trend. The U.S. has the largest franchise industry accounting for 20 million jobs and contributing $2.3 trillion to the annual U.S. economy.
During the meeting held Nov. 2-4, delegates also continued work on a new strategic plan for the WFC to outline how the organization will play a more proactive role in the development of franchising in 2010 and beyond, especially in assisting developing nations grow their franchise industries.
IFA will host the next meeting of the WFC during its 50th Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 4-8, 2009. For more information and to register for the convention, click here.
About The International Franchise Association
The International Franchise Association, the world's oldest and largest organization representing franchising, is the preeminent voice and acknowledged leader for the industry worldwide. Approaching a half-century of service with a growing membership of more than 1,250 franchise systems, 10,000-plus franchisees and more than 500 firms that supply goods and services to the industry, IFA protects, enhances and promotes franchising by advancing the values of integrity, respect, trust, commitment to excellence, honesty and diversity. For more information, visit the IFA Web site at www.franchise.org.


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Following months of speculation, Google finally unveiled its follow-up to the Nexus One yesterday evening, showing off the Samsung-built Nexus S and revealing it will be available here in the UK from December 20 - and running Gingerbread out of the box.
You can now pre-order the device through the Carphone Warehouse and it will cost you from nothing up to £549.99 for the Sim-free model. The Nexus S will be available on the Vodafone network for free on a £35 or £40-a-month plan. It will hit shelves in the States four days earlier, on December 16.
The Nexus S will be the flagship device for Android 2.3, aka Gingerbread, which was also unveiled for the first time yesterday following months of rumour and speculation regarding what will be included on the update and what it would be called. Google co-developed this product with Samsung, "ensuring tight integration of hardware and software to highlight the latest advancements of the Android platform," according to Andy Rubin, VP of Engineering at Google. The Nexus S will run a pure version of the Android 2.3 OS without any additional software layer from third party manufacturers or carriers to dilute the experience.
The Nexus S will have a 4in Contour Display, which is designed to fit comfortably in the palm of your hand and along the side of your face. The Super AMOLED touchscreen has a resolution of 480×800, which is slightly less than the Retina Display on the iPhone 4.
The Nexus S, which looks very fast in the nauseating, top-down video released by Google to show off its device(see below), is powered by a 1GHz Hummingbird processor. This will disappoint some as it had been rumoured that the Nexus S would be running a dual-core processor, which would make a large leap forward in mobile processing ability.
The phone has both a rear facing 5-megapixel camera, with a flash, as well as a VGA front-facing camera. The phone also has a gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, proximity sensor, haptic feedback and a light sensor. It comes with 16 GB of internal flash memory but there is no expansion slot. The Nexus S is also equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology which Gingerbread adds support for.
NFC will become a major deal in the coming year or two and could eventually replace your credit cards and Oyster card; allow you to receive information from a large range of items or easily and quickly swap information with other phones. The addition of NFC won't add much to the phone now but Google are future-proofing the Nexus S which is always a good idea. As well as NFC support, Android 2.3 adds a new keyboard and text selection tool, Internet (VoIP/SIP) calling, improved copy/paste functionality and gyroscope sensor support.
The full list of specs for the Nexus S can be seen in the picture below or you can see them online here. A gallery of further images of the Nexus S with a couple of more videos can also be accessed here.
Google has obviously been working closely with Samsung on this device and following on from the Nexus One are pointing the way for other manufacturers who will be rolling out Gingerbread-running units in coming months. Google has, though, changed its policy on selling directly to the consumer which is probably a good thing given the short shelf life of the Nexus One. We will, of course, be looking at the Nexus S in a lot more depth when we get our hands on a review copy and you'll be the first to hear our views on the phone.


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DFS product sales manager Diana Chao was crowned the 2013 Narcissus Queen this evening at the Hawaii Theatre Center.
Chao, daughter of Shih Hwa Chao and Steven Liu, is a graduate of Roosevelt High School and Chapman University.
Laurabeth Mae Lin Yuen was named first princess. The other finalists included Heather Wai Yan Koo, Kristin Yen Sum Loo and Mei-Lin Bridget Yung.
Chao was also named Miss Congeniality and took top honors in the talent competition with her piano rendition of "The Storm."
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Sheer Abandon
by Penny Vincenzi
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Odlicna knjiga o tri prijateljice koje se sretnu na putovanju za Bankok, a jedna od njih se vrati u London sa bebom koju porodi u kupatilu na aerodromu i ostavi...cije je to djete...uzivala sam u svakoj stranici
Finished this book yesterday. At one time I was really wondering why I kept on reading but after posting that, 1 day ago, I knew why. This book has its very good phases and some very boring ones. I liked the last 3/4th of the book and there was one thing I did not see coming. I like to be surprised and she managed to do that after all. Of course I did figure out who the mom and dad of kate were, very soon as most of the readers did, so being surprised was a nice thing which I did not expect anymore. Overall I thought it was an OK read.
This book could have been good. And I wanted it to be. Unfortunately, it was super freaking long, and not in a good way, like you wish books you LIKE were never ending, but in a horrible way- similar to rush hour traffic or the wait for your vacation to finally get here. During part three, I got the distinct feeling that she ended the book SEVERAL TIMES and then thought- or wait, let's add another twist!! Ugh.
This was the second Penny Vincenzi book I've read. It certainly kept me turning the pages (I plowed through the second half of this book yesterday), but it just wasn't as exciting as "The Best of Times." The mystery was solved a bit too soon for my taste. I did like all of the characters and liked how it skipped from story to story. I think that's what Vincenzi's appeal is. All in all, I really liked it. I especially liked that most of this novel was dialogue, rather than plain narration. If you're up for a feel-good, British, girlie novel that will tug on your heart, then I certainly recommend it.
Sheer Abandon is a soap opera in print. The reader knows that the characters will all be tied together somehow by the baby abandoned in an airport in the first chapter. Tension is built throughout the story but many of the plot developments are unbelievable coincidence though not always predictable. Vincenzi creates a very British setting with tabloid journalists, a failing health care system, and a budding new political party to challenge the establishment. Very little sex and language for such a long book about so many couples. An okay read if you like over-the-top drama with a British bent.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0767926250, Paperback)A number-one bestseller from one of Britain's most popular novelists, Sheer Abandon is an all-consuming story revolving around the consequences of a desperate act . . .
Martha, Clio, and Jocasta meet by chance at Heathrow airport in 1985 as they are starting off on separate backpacking adventures, and they decide to spend the first few days of their trips together in Thailand. When they go their separate ways, they vow to get together in London the following year. But many years pass before the three cross paths again, and the once-capricious, carefree girls now all have thriving careers. One of them, however, harbors a terrible secret: On her return from her pre-college excursion, she abandoned her just-born daughter at Heathrow.
Clio has fulfilled her ambition of becoming a doctor, only to find herself trapped in a marriage to an arrogant surgeon who belittles her and her professional achievements. Martha is a highly paid corporate lawyer, just embarking on a political career. Dedicated to her job, she has had little time for personal relationships and lives a busy, but lonely life. Jocasta, a tabloid newspaper reporter with an infallible instinct for the big story, is in love with a charming colleague who can't make the permanent commitment she longs for. The infant abandoned at Heathrow has grown up under the loving care of her adoptive family. Now a beautiful teenager named Kate, she sets out to find her birth mother—a quest that unexpectedly brings the women together and exposes the secret buried so many years before.
Impossible to put down, Sheer Abandon is top-notch women's fiction.
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If you are intrigued by the mysteries of Creativity like I am, you need to watch this video of a speech by John Cleese on the subject.
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John Cleese is obviously a Master Creator full of weird ideas. In this video he explains how it is important to practice a creative mindset – "A mood – an ability to play – the most creative were in this mood as being child-like", an "Open mood" -relaxed, expansive, less purposeful mode in which we are more contemplative, more attuned to humour and consequently more playful versus our usual "Closed mood" mode.
Furthermore John Cleese goes on to explain how it is vital to practice this open mood even if the result is not great every time.
Creativity is thus the result of the practice of an open mindset. When do you start practicing?