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Pushed to brink, LeBron refuses to let Spurs win a title
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MIAMI -- They noticed the platform. But did they notice the irony? LeBron James and his friends are the modern-day standard for counting championships before they are won, and there they were, on their home court, watching the NBA prepare a trophy presentation for the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night.
The Heat would not allow it. Say what you want about this team, but say that, too: The Heat would not allow it. With 28 seconds left in what was already an incredible sporting event, Miami trailed San Antonio 94-89. Tony Parker had just scored five straight points, including a deep fade-away three-pointer that seemed destined for two decades of highlight shows. Manu Ginobili added three free throws. The Heat had gone from up three to down five.
James was struggling, Dwyane Wade was hobbling and Chris Bosh was serving as Tim Duncan's throw pillow. This was not what they planned. But they are discovering that sports, at their best, are not about carefully orchestrated celebrations, but those little, unplanned moments when you find yourself.
THOMSEN: Ginobili, Spurs ponder how they lost Game 6
Moments like this: James, wary of firing an outside shot for most of this series, drilling a 25-footer for his 14th, 15th and 16th points of the fourth quarter. And then, perfect chaos: A missed shot, a rebound by Bosh, a pass to Ray Allen, who drifted behind the three-point line and launched, all in one smooth and historic move. Good. Overtime.
Five minutes later, the Heat forced Game 7 with a 103-100 win. Somebody will get that trophy, but not until Thursday night. Can the Spurs recover? Can the Heat do this again? Can anybody say for sure? For a moment, let's appreciate what we saw in Game 6. This was the kind of game that made spectators feel like participants and participants marvel like spectators.
"Best game I've ever seen," said Bosh, who played 39 minutes.
James said it was "by far the best game I've ever been a part of."
WATCH: LeBron takes over after ditching headband
OK, easy for them to say. They won. But when Mike Miller hits a fourth-quarter three-pointer with one shoe on, and the final 10 minutes feature an 11-3 Heat run and an 8-0 Spurs run, and overtime ends with Bosh blocking former future Finals MVP Danny Green's three-pointer ... well, maybe there have been better games in NBA history. But not many.
What was the key moment? James finished with 32 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds -- that is a whole stat line full of key moments. Naturally, the first two questions in James' press conference were about his headband coming off in the second half. I'm going to take a wild guess here and say this was not about the headband. We get so caught up in the silly sometimes that we miss the transcendent.
Buried in that press conference, if you listened closely enough, was the best player in the world saying this, about the start of the fourth quarter:
"After we came out, before we entered the ball, I basically just told myself: Give it all I got. If we go down losing, I'm going to go down with no bullets ..."
James stopped himself. Perhaps he was worried about how the bullet imagery would be portrayed. Would we really criticize him for using a fairly simple analogy, and say that he was insensitive to gunshot victims? Yeah, we might.
" ... I'm going all out. I can be satisfied with the results."
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It was almost like he was checking Twitter during timeouts, and saw how people were eager to dump on him as a choker and fraud for missing some shots in the first half, for losing in the Finals for the third time, even though the first time the carried an overmatched Cleveland team to the Finals and last year he won the title and in these Finals he had some terrific games and ... enough. He can't win the argument. He wasn't even sure he could win the game. But he was determined to go for it.
He played like it, too. He has hesitated with the ball too much in this series, and he seems to know it. He didn't do that as much in the fourth quarter. He took guys off the dribble. He rebounded. He blocked a shot.
He also committed three turnovers, and his team almost lost the game. But he played like he is supposed to play.
We may look back and decide that the Heat won the title Tuesday night -- that the Allen three staggered the Spurs, and they never recovered. I don't know. San Antonio was the better team for most of Game 6, and the Spurs are consistently getting better shots than Miami.
MAHONEY: Spurs drop Game 6 after two debatable calls
Either way, James can know that he pulled his team as far as he can pull it. Thirty-two-points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds. We may never be satisfied with his results, but he is.
There is a quote hanging in James' locker. It is from Mahatma Gandhi: ""Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow men."
If we choose our inspirational quotes by the people we admire, that is perfect for James. He does not have the assassin's heart of Michael Jordan or the unshakable confidence of Kobe Bryant. But on an epic night in a riveting series in a magnificent career, LeBron James did everything he could for his fellow men.


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Sounds like it went well. Good job on your part to.
This is a discussion on First traffic stop while CC within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I live in a fairly small town with slow speed limits throughout. I was driving through town with my kids yesterday evening when I drove ...
I live in a fairly small town with slow speed limits throughout. I was driving through town with my kids yesterday evening when I drove past a police cruiser. The lights went, the cruiser made a quick U-turn, and I noticed I was driving 40mph in a 35mph zone. I know...regardless of how much, I was driving faster than the limit. After pulling over, I took off my sunglasses, shut the car off, and kept my hands at 12 o'clock on the steering wheel. The officer walked up and stood next to my rear, driver side door and asked for my license, etc. Not sure if it was just her normal approach or if it had anything to do with my CPL, but I don't recall an officer standing that far back from my window as she did in this instance. Since we're required by law to announce, I replied "I have a CPL, I have a pistol on my right hip, how would you like me to proceed officer?" Her response was a polite, but direct "Just hand me your license, ..."
She was very polite while I collected my information, even interacted with my wide-eyed kids a bit. After what seemed like forever, she came back up to my car, asked if everyone was buckled and in proper booster seats, and handed me my documents simply saying "just slow down." I was quite surprised, as I was expecting a ticket, and felt the entire experience was a positive one. Not sure if my kids being in the car made a difference, but based on other accounts I've heard and read I was honestly expecting to be disarmed. Definitely a thumbs up to the officer.
Sounds like it went well. Good job on your part to.
The 1911 is an antiquated weapons system but then again, so am I.
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Went as it should! Back when I was active, I gave everyone 10 mph before I even looked at them, unless they were cutting in & out, or doing something else to draw my attention. Another thing we mostly did, regardless of speed, most tickets were written for only 9 mph over the limit, which was the least amount of points.
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A police officer pulls a guy over for speeding and has the following exchange:
Officer: May I see your driver's license?
Driver: I don't have one. I had it suspended when I got my 5th DUI.
Officer: May I see the owner's card for this vehicle?
Driver: It's not my car. I stole it.
Officer: The car is stolen?
Driver: That's right. But come to think of it, I think I saw the owner's card in the glove box when I was putting my gun in there.
Officer: There's a gun in the glove box?
Driver: Yes sir. That's where I put it after I shot and killed the woman who owns this car and stuffed her in the trunk.
Officer: There's a BODY in the TRUNK?!?!?
Driver: Yes, sir.
Hearing this, the officer immediately called his captain. The car was quickly surrounded by police, and the captain approached the driver to handle the tense situation:
Captain: Sir, can I see your license?
Driver: Sure. Here it is. (It was valid).
Captain: Who's car is this?
Driver: It's mine, officer. Here's the owner's card. (The driver owned the car).
Captain: Could you slowly open your glove box so I can see if there's a gun in it?
Driver: Yes, sir, but there's no gun in it. Sure enough, there was nothing in the glove box.
Captain: Would you mind opening your trunk? I was told you said there's a body in it.
Driver: No problem. (Trunk is opened; no body).
Captain: I don't understand it. The officer who stopped you said you told him you didn't have a license, stole the car, had a gun in the glove box, and that there was a dead body in the trunk.
Driver: Oh Yeah, I'll bet the liar told you I was speeding, too!!!!
got a gun for my wife....best trade i ever made
I have never been disarmed by the Police, and I always tell them even though we are not required. It has gotten me ou of at least two tickets. They know you have a CCW because it's connected to your plates, so it doesn't hurt to be courteous. I was a witness once to some punks doing some vandalism in the neighborhood, when the cop showed up, I showed him my CWP and told him for our safety, that I was carrying. He asked where and what it was. I told him j-frame in my right pocket. Cop says, "keep your hand out of your pocket, unless you need it." No problems.
I got stopped last month and although not required to tell them (might as well, it's the same number as your DL so why cause him/her any stress) I immediately told the officer I had a carry permit and asked if he wanted to see it, too. His replies were No, Where is your weapon?, Leave it there, and, then with a big smile, "If I don't see yours, you won't see mine" Good encounter over carrying even though I did get a ticket for speding--deserved.
My one incident didn't turn out so well. I mentioned this in another unrelated thread, but figure I could mention it here too.
I was pulled over for speeding 41 in a 35 a couple of years ago. That was the last time I was pulled over. The law had just recently changed in Texas that all civilians can carry a gun in their car without a license as long as they are legally capable of owning a gun. So I had assumed I didn't need to show my CHL to the officer. I gave him my driver's license and insurance to him and then he asked me if I was carrying a gun. I'm not sure if he knew this from my plates or driver's license#, or if he just saw the CHL in my wallet because it was right next to my driver's license when I pulled it out. I told him, "yes, sir." At which point he began to very harshly chew me out saying I was required by law to inform him immediately and show my license. He said he could have my license revoked for it. Then he wrote me a ticket and sent me on my way.
When I took my last renewal course for CHL I found out the irony. If you are a Texas resident without a CHL but carrying a gun in your car, you are not required to tell the officer. But if you HAVE a CHL and are carrying a gun, then you are still required. Strange laws.
I'm not required to inform in CT and I don't. I've been let go with a verbal warning the last two times I've been pulled over (speeding, turning right on red). I attribute that to being honest both times.
Doesn't sound like the LEO was too concerned about a permit holder's firearm...nice for a change!
In MI? city LE, county LE, or trooper?
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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"If I walk in the woods, I feel much more comfortable carrying a gun. What if you meet a bear in the woods that's going to attack you? You shoot it."
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I would hope that with time and education (for some LE), that would be an average stop
"I do what I do." Cpl 'coach' Bowden, "Southern Comfort".
It has not happened to me but a friend of mine's truck got hit by another car, and when the LEO showed up to do the paperwork my friend told him he had a weapon in the car. He was totally unconcerned. The LEO just said "ok" and kept going working on his report. He probably sees that frequently here in Florida.
I had an interaction with a TX DPS trooper at 70 mph,I noticed he pulled up alongside me on a 4 lane highway,I kinda had an idea why but I just looked straight ahead,he sat there and I knew he wanted my attention,I looked as he pulled on his seat belt strap,I nodded and fastened my seat belt as he drove off,I really gotta get in the habit of wearing a seat belt
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Hey delta: You end your comments with expecting the worst "based on other accounts I've heard and read". Not sure what all these "other accounts" are but they are more like the rotten apple that is spoiling all the good apples, if indeed the LEO has a problem with the public; more likely the motorist has a problem with LEOs and his "rights". Your account is by far the majority opinion/experience. Anyone who disagrees with my assessment, kindly give me FACTS and FIGURES and not just your particular exercise in agitating an LEO with your own problems of decency and responsibility, as opposed to what tokerblue says in Reply#8..

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posted at 1:14 pm on July 14, 2009 by dougpowers
In Hollywood recently, 71-year-old Jane Fonda was seen wearing a style known as "Pitiful old hippie chic" — in this case, a t-shirt with a picture of her mug shot from 1970 on the front:
Why is she wearing this shirt? For starters, the shirt with a picture of her posing on an NVA anti-aircraft gun was at the cleaners. Secondly, for marketing purposes — to pitch a line of "Jane Fonda mug shot" merchandise to benefit the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention. That should do the trick. I know when I was younger I certainly wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere near a woman wearing clothing with Jane Fonda's picture on it.
The mugshot was taken after Fonda was arrested in an airport on drug charges. The drugs apparently turned out to be vitamins, but what I found interesting is that the motivational speaker for the NVA, self-confessed communist, socialist and… you name it… is actually a fiscal conservative when it comes to taxpayer money:
Writing about her false arrest on her blog earlier this year, she said: 'They confiscated (my vitamins) as well as my address book (which was photocopied) and arrested me for drug smuggling. 'I told them what they were but they said they were getting orders from the White House – that would be the Nixon White House.
'I think they hoped this "scandal" would cause the college speeches to be cancelled and ruin my respectability. I was handcuffed and put in the Cleveland Jail, which is when the mugshot was taken.
'I was released on bond and months later, after every pill had been tested in a lab (with taxpayers money!) the charges were dismissed and there were a few paragraphs hidden in the back of papers that they were vitamins, not drugs.'
If all it takes to get liberals to suddenly care about wasting taxpayer money is to say their vitamins are drugs and send them off for testing, let's stake some agents outside the Berkeley GNC store and let the arrests begin!
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STAND down. Facebook appears to be back online after a few minutes of a server-wide outage. Everyone can stop losing their minds.
Users logging on for a social network break a bit after 11am AEST freaked out when they faced an error message instead of selfies and invitations to play Candy Crush.
The site was down for about five minutes for some users, up to 10 minutes for others.
UPDATE 2.30pm: Facebook has apologised after its website went down, attributing the outage to an internal issue.
"Earlier today, an internal issue in our web infrastructure caused the site to be slow or unavailable for a brief period of time," a Facebook spokesman told AAP.
"We resolved the issue quickly, and should now be back to 100 per cent. We apologise for any inconvenience."
Messages posted online, apparently linked to hacking group Anonymous, have claimed responsibility for attacking the site, but these have since been debunked. That didn't stop people
from speculating that the outage was orchestrated by Anonymous in response to Facebook's involvement in the US National Security Administration data-mining scandal.
The social network revealed last week it had received between 9000 and 10,000 user-data requests from US government entities.
BuzzFeed recently put together a summary of the internet in 60 seconds, estimating that more than 208,000 photos were uploaded to Facebook and more than 1,875,000 posts were liked.
Meaning that in the past five minutes 1,041,500 photos have gone un-uploaded, and 9,375,000 posts went unliked.
Desperate Facebookers turned to Twitter to find out if the outage was affecting anyone else.
#Facebook down *Twiddles thumbs and looks longingly at the outside world* Should I venture outdoors?— SBS 2 (@SBS2) June 19, 2013
the end is near, Facebook is down.— Jonas Peterson (@jonaspeterson) June 19, 2013
While Facebook is down, all you're missing is that a friend you haven't seen since 3rd grade posted a new photo of her kids.— Nina L. Diamond (@ninatypewriter) June 19, 2013
Did Facebook just go down again? I can't handle this emotional rollercoaster!— Text Publishing (@text_publishing) June 19, 2013
Facebook is down? Good! pic.twitter.com/2ESwBbApyP— John Yowan (@Yowan) June 19, 2013
When #Facebook is down, I lose my will to live. All I can do is stare at the ceiling, helpless.— Emilie (@Bulbasaurus_Rex) June 19, 2013
NO ONE PANIC IT APPEARS FACEBOOK IS DOWN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH #notpanicking— Isabelle Oderberg (@yodaberg) June 19, 2013
@newscomauHQ down in Canada also— barbaratanco (@BarbaraTanco) June 19, 2013
@newscomauhq Brasil.— Brunna Eyer (@brunnaeyer) June 19, 2013
@newscomauHQ peru too— luis (@lyingtometa) June 19, 2013
@newscomauHQ netherlands too— M. (@Lovelockdownn) June 19, 2013
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While I am not a nail blogger, unlike Midnight Manicures, I surely do appreciate beautiful nail polish and application. For most of my life I bit my nails down to the quick. I don't know what made me change but one day I just flat out decided to quit biting (it only took 30 years!) and grow nails. Thanks to a wonderful nail tech I was able to keep what I grew though my nail base is still pretty short. I also went from pink, pink, pink to being daring enough to wear red polish. But then I stuck with the same red for almost a year. So braveness wasn't exactly in the cards (or polish).
Another epiphany came one day when shopping with a friend. I saw Deborah Lippmann Wicked Game and fell for the duochrome shade. The idea of turning my nails and seeing something new each time stopped me in my tracks.
I've come a long way in the last few years and now I yearn for every shade imaginable. The moral of my story is that if you are a mom who has a little girl that's a nail biter – have hope. Things change. Maybe your child will even become a blogger (or whatever the future will bring in the place of bloggers) and show off their nails like I do.
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A friend of Michael Schumacher has said the 45-year-old former F1 champion's life is no longer in danger.
Speaking on Friday to Sky News reporters outside the hospital where Mr Schumacher is being treated, Philippe Streiff, also a former Formula One driver said: "I'm not a doctor, I'm repeating what Gerard Saillant (surgeon and friend of the Schumacher family) told me.
"Gerard Saillant said it is a serious condition but his life is not in danger anymore now, thankfully."
However in a statement issued on Saturday, Mr Schumacher's agent said his condition "remains critical but stable".
Eluding to Mr Saillant's comments, Sabine Kehm added that any news which has not come directly from Mr Schumacher's management, or from doctors treating him, "must be treated as invalid and pure speculation". She requested respect for the family's privacy.
Ms Kehm also confirmed reports that authorities are examining the footage from the helmet camera he was wearing at the time of the ski accident, adding that the family handed over the helmet and camera to police.
Moving scenes as fans hold silent vigil for Michael Schumacher's 45th birthday
Moving scenes as fans hold silent vigil for Michael Schumacher's 45th birthday
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As the former Formula 1 champion fights for his life, well-wishers and supporters have staged a vigil outside the Grenoble hospital where he is currently being treated.
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Candles were lit in support of the F1 champion, who is currently in a medically induced coma
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T-shirts with the slogan 'I Heart Schumi', Ferrari caps, banners and flowers festooned the fences surrounding the medical facility.
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Meanwhile, Ferrari clubs from France and Italy gathered outside the hospital.
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Michael Schumacher's fans were determined not to let his 45th birthday pass by unmarked, and left scores of tributes.
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In the deepest respects for his recovery, the vigil was entirely silent.
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While a sombre and poignant occasion, those present are optimistic to hear more encouraging news on the medical condition of the German sportsman.
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The team with whom Schumacher won a record five titles in a row with between 2000 and 2004 organised a silent march in support.
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On his fans, the Schumacher family said in a statement: "They are giving us great support. We all know he is a fighter and will not give up. Thank you."
Authorities have also spoken to Mr Schumacher's 14-year-old son, who was skiing with his father when he fell, French newspaper Dauphine Libere reports.
Mr Schumacher remains in an induced coma after the accident on a rocky patch in between two relatively simple ski slope on 29 December. He hit his head so hard on a rock that his helmet split in two and suffered critical brain injuries.
French prosecutors are looking at whether the pistes on the edge of the patch were clearly and correctly marked, and if the safety releases on Schumacher's skis were working properly, AFP said.
The news comes as fans held a silent vigil outside the hospital to mark his 45th birthday, in part organised by Ferrari, the team with which he won five successive world drivers' title between 2000 and 2004.
Following the vigil, his family said in a statement: "The incredible sympathies shown today by the Ferrari Fans outside the hospital has utterly overwhelmed us and moved us all to tears."
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This challenging walk is the perfect way for seasoned hikers to take in the Bricklieve's dramatic karst landscape and fascinating cairn tombs at the top. Thanks to the challenging terrain and the breathtaking surrounding scenery, this mountain walk will push you further than the average ambling woodland path. Look out for fossils embedded in the limestone rock face along the way!
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10.5km – Due west of Ballinafad, the waymarked route continues up along a narrow lane to the base of the Bricklieve mountains. The trail winds its way up across the mountains. Walkers cross a cliff edged ravine, followed by a steep climb to bog terrain.
15km – Follow the bog road which drops gently downhill to the Carrowkeel Passage Tomb Cemetery on the right. This is well worth a detour.
16km – Continue to a road junction and turn right, pass the donkey sanctuary and follow the trail as it descends down through the fields below.
18km – Rejoin the public road into Castlebaldwin village.
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The castle outside the village of Castlebaldwin is a fortified 17th century house. The walls of the castle are made from stones taken from a nunnery that was near the village. To hold the stones together blood from animals was mixed to sand to form mortar to help the stones stick.


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Perhaps the holidays have made me somewhat sentimental this year. As I pondered what to write for this blog post, I kept returning to how thankful I am to have had a career in the arts. I have been able to make a living doing what I love to do, share that passion with my students, and encourage them to pursue a career that will provide artistic and intellectual stimulation as well as a possible lifetime of inspiration. Of course, my professional achievements would never have been possible without influential role models and access to the arts from a young age.
Therefore, I try to pay it forward by acknowledging my mentors and the opportunities I was afforded. Giving back by participation and service in initiatives and projects that help sustain the quality of the arts and arts education for future generations is my duty. This week, I offer a list of how to give thanks for how the arts have enriched our lives. For most of us reading this blog, this practice would be commonplace. Therefore, consider it one individual's humble attempt to spread awareness of the many ways we can support the arts and the beginning of a larger conversation that illustrates the priceless benefits that accompany such efforts. I encourage you to add additional ideas to this preliminary list and share them with your community. Perhaps some ideas of different ways to become involved in the arts will help create new spectators, volunteers, and donors.
- Make a donation to a local arts organization. Donating money is an obvious way to demonstrate support for the arts, and organizations usually have various donor levels to accommodate many tax brackets. Donations are usually tax deductible and may come with special opportunities to interact with artists who are sustained by such financial support. In addition, employment with some corporations guarantees a matched donation, which could double your intended contribution. Between December 3 and 31st, The Giving Library is enabling individuals to make donations that do not require money from their own pockets. Five minutes of your time is all that it requires!
- Volunteer at a local arts organization. If a financial gift is not an option, volunteering at a local arts organization enables you to donate your time in lieu of cash. Volunteering with your busy schedule might seem a little daunting at first; however, many arts organizations have specific one-time events that require extra hands on deck. Volunteers perform a variety of tasks. In addition, volunteering might involve opportunities to enjoy the event itself.
- Donate space, materials, or services to local arts organizations. Sometimes an arts organization like a theatre or university might benefit from material donations. My family has made it a practice to donate distinctive clothing to local theatres that might be usable in future productions. Some professional nonprofit organizations that provide valuable services for its members might benefit from access to space to hold events. In addition, smaller nonprofit organizations might benefit from specialized services such as web design, strategic planning, and legal services that individuals are willing to provide pro bono or for a reduced fee. In return, arts organizations also have valuable services that they can provide to local businesses. Read more about Arts and Business Partnerships to get ideas.
- Go see a performance or exhibit in your area and support local artists. Ticket sales are one of the easiest ways to support the arts and your local economy. Attending an arts event in a metropolitan area might involve other spending such as going to dinner at a local restaurant and parking. In addition to spending additional money that will support the local economy, attendance at arts events provides museums and theatres with data that help them demonstrate their impact in the community to granting organizations. Explore the economic impact of the arts in more detail through the research compiled by Americans for the Arts.
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As an academic serving as a consultant or vendor, nonprofit work can be among the most rewarding and valuable jobs around. However, it's not always easy to handle the pressures that come with working for organizations with limited resources, tight schedules, and small budgets. The key is to balance doing work that interests you with making sure that the project is viable for you in terms of time and finances.
Over the summer, I put in over 80 hours a week, including nights and weekends, on a massive project for a nonprofit company. From its inception, I knew that the project would be a challenge, especially since it required me to manage 30+ consultants and their work, never mind the issues of tracking multiple large deliverables. Oh, yes, and at the time I was eight months pregnant.
What I didn't expect was that the project proved to be a logistical nightmare due to major technical problems that were not our fault. I lost consultants over the course of the project, and those who stayed with me remained frustrated with the difficulties they had with the project. But the rewards of the work somehow stayed in focus, particularly as the problems with the project began to clear up.
Despite all the problems, the project was one of the most important I've ever done. It was for a cause that I support, which meant that the work was both interesting and satisfying. Also, I was working with a major client who was refreshingly open, transparent and communicative even about the project's problems. As a result, I was always keen to build a good and long-lasting relationship with them.
Yet I quickly learned from this project that it is absolutely critical to maintain a realistic perspective about how much working you're putting into a project and what you're getting out of it. This is the eternal balance between working and working for a cause or specific goal.
While it's easy to say that it's all about the optimal combination of factors, consulting work, particularly for nonprofit organizations, is rarely an ideal situation.
Deadlines are frequently tight, with budgets even tighter. Also, limited capacity on the client side in terms of resources and human capital means that nonprofit clients rely on you, the vendor or consultant, to do your job as perfectly, efficiently, and cost-effectively as possible, which is a tall order even for the most experienced business person.
Over the past year of doing nonprofit consulting, I have learned a few tricks that have proved helpful to both my business and my sanity.
Determine Your Priorities
Before beginning any new project, it is important to assess whether the project specifications and rate of pay make sense for your schedule, budget and business goals. Sometimes it's worth earning less money for a project than you otherwise would like in order to work for a cause in which you believe, as well as to build your portfolio, win clients, and maintain a steady stream of work. However, this decision is never easy to make, particularly when you have to weigh the opportunity costs of whether the project is substituting for other, more lucrative work you could be doing.
For me, the top priority has always been a question of investment rather than straight finance. As an entrepreneur, I know that I have the potential to earn both more and less than those with salaried jobs, depending on the client and the project. My decision generally comes down to a matter of how well a particular project adds value to my professional portfolio and builds the reputation of my own organization.
Determining the priorities for your professional goals can be liberating. Being decisive but passionate about what you do opens you to new possibilities or types of work that you wouldn't normally consider doing.
Ask Questions
When consulting, many people are often afraid to ask their clients too many questions for fear of seeming ill-informed or pushy. Yet good communication is key to producing quality results and to building solid client relationships.
People who work in nonprofit organizations are generally passionate and committed about what they do, which makes them motivating to work with. However, many organizations don't have a clear idea of how to articulate their needs and preferences for a project or, worse, have a changeable notion of what they want, both of which can prove disastrous when hiring external vendors and consultants.
Being inquisitive from the inception of a project is critical to making sure that you understand the specifications, milestones and timelines, and also to showing that you're genuinely interested in and committed to the project.
Maintain a Sense of Humor
One of the other main lessons that I learned from my busy summer nonprofit project is the import of not taking everything that happens in a project too seriously. This is not to say that you shouldn't take yourself or your work seriously. It's just that you have to realize that some things are out of your control, particularly when working for and with other people in a cause-based context.
Indeed, I find that keeping a sense of humor about your work and life is productive because it keeps you in a solutions-based mindset. That is, instead of focusing on the problems or difficulties of a project, if you're able to take a step back from a situation and even laugh at whatever challenges you're facing, it is often relatively easy to find a workable solution. Pressing the panic button when encountering problems within a project is a good way to raise your stress levels, but is no way to work through the problems and move forward.
Having gone back to work almost immediately after the birth of my child, I highly value how and with whom I spend my time, and thus on what I'm working. I have no choice but to take things one deadline and one day at a time, particularly as my days are currently an odd mix of strategic consulting work, writing, and caring for a newborn. The most important thing for me is to find projects that are both lucrative and about which I am passionate. This has not always been an easy balance to reach.
But, working with nonprofit clients, finding the ideal balance between passion, money, and professional growth is strangely both feasible and worthwhile if you take the right approach.
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Is there any circumstances I don't need to have unused open knockouts plugged? Just remembered I have some in my garage subpanel, and I don't have all the right knockouts...
For that matter, I do have 3/4" knockouts and 3/4" opennings - but the knockouts seem too big and the knockout ring for the next size started bending when I tried to get the plug in... I hope the question is obvious, I'm too tired to finish typing whole words.
After you get a nice rest try it again most KO filler will snap in pretty firm and you can not leave any open KO's at all.
Which kind of KO filler you are using ?? the metal or plastique verison ?? If metal just bend in couple tabs but not too many or bend in too much you don't need to go crazy to push it in and also make sure there will be no conductors { wires } that will get pintched when you push in the KO cover in the place.
Most the KO filler I just take a lineman plier and give them a quick whack they useally snap in pretty fast.
The 1/2 , 3/4 and 1 inch verison is the most common KO filler I use but there are few larger size I use them from time to time.
If the box is not already installed, it is sometimes better to buy a new box if for example the cost of plugs to fill the unused holes is greater.
I've had to bend the tabs of the KO seal inward some to get it to snap into the hole, then bend them out some to get them to stay tight. They don't make things like they used too...
Yeah, this is on a main breaker panel. I bought the metal plugs, HD didn't have plastic, and with the morning schedule full I got home with them the same time the inspector got there. He didn't say anything about this issue, but he did decide that he wanted the service cable on the main to go straight into the panel. Would've been nice if he said this the first time he rejected my rough inspection. The garage feeders I had to move into conduit were long enough to get into conduit and reconnect. Now they aren't long enough for where I need to move the panel to, AND the conduit run is garbage.
I already put the request in for inspection tommorrow. I'm thinking about doing nothing and telling him to look at everything and stay until I have a list of everything he objects to and a corrective action he agrees with. Ya know, so I don't have to rework my rework. Again. I'll probably try to get through everything anyway (if I can get the wife to release a credit card so I can get material tonight instead of tommorrow after the paycheck deposits - tomorrrow doesn't leave enough time to install it.)
Did the inspector cite a code reference for the rejection? Do you have a pic?
My problem with the inspector isn't that he wants things that go beyond code, it's that he just does enough inspecting to find 2 things and then leaves... Then the next time when I've fixed the 2 things he's identified plus everything else I can find, he finds 2 more things - and these are things that he COULD have found the first time because they are exactly as it was the first time he came out.
This time, the problem is compounded by the fact that I have to move the panel. Thus trashing the work I did on the garage feeder getting it into conduit.
Anyway, I'm not in a position where I don't know what to do or I want to try to argue that he's wrong.
But I need to vent so I can clear my head and get on with the work I need to do to get ready for the next round. Which I'll do in another thread.
Please let us know how it goes with the inspection. My guess is that the inspector will not be all that pleased with you doing nothing and asking him to do another inspection so that all of the corrections come to light. Sometimes, additional work fixing previous corrections results in new corrections.
You said that you have been told to move the panel but it is not clear why you must move the panel. You also said that the inspector wants things "beyond the code". What are the things that are beyond code?
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I've already done the work that he asked for that didn't require buying any new materials. Securing cables in general, my understanding has been that the flexible tabs in the blue boxes and holes in joists count as points the cable is secured and he went with that on the first permit. This time he wanted everything stapled.
Beyond code was the service mast bracing he required the first time through. He looked at it and made no objection.
The service entrance is on the wall of a 11x11 additon where there is a window in the middle of the wall on which the meter is mounted. It needs to be near the corner to get the 36" distance to the window, so it comes through close to the corner. On the inside of the house, the adjacent wall has a cabinet hanging on it, so the service panel is not a straight shot through the wall to the meter socket. He wants a straight shot.
To achieve this, I need to move the panel left 9" and up 6". I have most of my circuits coming in from above so no problem with those, but the garage feeder comes in from the right and below. The first inspection I had to put the feeder cables in conduit, but I was able to do so with the existing length by moving the breaker to the lowest breaker position. I don't have enough cable for the panel move, so I need to do a splice in my j-box.
By the way, the first permit I had, he objected to surface mounted schedule 40 due to needing protection from physical damage. This was on a run that was behind a hard mounted utility sink.
This time I have surface mounted schedule 40 in the garage. No objection. On one hand a lack of consistency. On the other hand, I'm keeping my mouth shut because I'm between jobs and I'm pinching pennies to try to get this inspection done rather than having spent $1400 for nothing because I can't afford the $20 extra it'd cost to run EMT instead of PVC.
The tabs in the box allow you to staple within 12" instead of 8".
Can you link to the pic of your service entrance?
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Just posted a seperate thread on the service entrance.
The thing is with the cables, all of them are run horizontal through studs and the holes are either less than 12" above the stud the J box is mounted on or they're on the next stud over.
The photo below shows what he wanted me to do, at the inspection the staples were not there.
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The romex is bent with too small a radius just above two of the outlet boxes. Since the cable is too short to move the staples, nail in a block and staple the cable at the block. Passing through a hole counts the same as a staple so if the hole is within 8" of the box, no staple is required. I see a cable that is stapled sideways and the cable should be stapled flat against the stud.
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Halko, 28, is the mother of 3-month-old Fentale, who is suffering from severe acute malnutrition, a condition that can lead to brain damage and death. A two-year drought in Ethiopia has caused a serious food shortage, leaving millions without enough to eat. Halko, who is married and has three more children, eats only a diet of maize flour and is unable to produce enough milk to feed Fentale.
After a health extension officer from the government of Ethiopia identified the possibility of severe malnutrition, Halko took the baby to a health post in their village, where a health worker referred them to the health center. Halko spoke to us recently about the drought and the food shortage affecting her family.
Due to the absence of rain, the conditions here are so hot and dry. It's difficult to live in this village. The trees give no shade. The drought is really affecting us. It started two years ago. There's been no change. It is the same. If the rain comes, the situation will be different.
We are facing a problem. The livestock are not able to produce milk. If the livestock can't give milk and I can't add milk to our porridge, then we face problems. We eat only maize porridge without milk. Our livestock have no pastures to graze because there's been no rain. They don't have grass to eat. Because of this drought, we have a food crisis. Our children also suffer because of the drought. They don't get any curd or milk. In the past, we'd add different things like onions or rice – and we may have gotten tomato or oil sometimes. Now we eat only maize. We can't even get oil to cook with.
The land is dry and it produces no crops. There's been two years of no rain, and we haven't been able to harvest crops. We planted maize and white teff [an important food grain used to make staple food injera], but since there was no moisture, the seeds did not germinate. During normal times, we used to buy cabbage and potatoes from the market, and we cooked it together with the maize, but there's no more now.
The distance to the water point is two hours from here, one way. If we go in the morning, we return back here by noon. My, how we travel.
Fentale is 3 months old. We took him to the health center, and they measured him. They told me yesterday he will be admitted and treated there, and I have to stay there with him. It started after he was born; now he's 3 months old. There's been no improvement or growth, and he cries the whole night. If he's not able to get milk, he cries all night. He cries and kicks all night.
He started coughing after he was born. After coughing, he would cry all day. Especially in the hot weather, he'd cough and cough.
If I'm able to give him some milk, he's better. If he gets some milk, he'll sleep. But if he can't get milk from my breast, he won't sleep and will just cry. When he first started crying, we took him to the health center. They identified his problem and advised me to eat different foods, not just maize, and to drink enough pure water. They said to try to breastfeed him more often.
I fear for the future. I don't know whether Fentale will pass through this situation. We are hoping he'll recover his health and grow to be a man. We don't know if this will happen, and he's not able to speak and tell us his problem. The whole night I sit with him, and this week is somewhat better.
What we need right now is teff. Wheat is not good. Maize doesn't really have any benefits.
A balanced diet is important for my family. For their physical well-being, they need pure water and milk too.
If God gives us rain, we will try to plant crops. If our child recovers, I will be thankful. We need food. That's our most serious problem.
You can help families like Halko's by making a donation to our Ethiopia emergency fund.
By Christine Ennulat, ChildFund Content Manager
Happy World Food Day! There are starving children in Africa.
At how many dinner tables in how many homes have finicky children been scolded that way to get them to eat their dinners?
Or maybe it was India — "There are starving children in India. Eat your meatloaf."
And how many children have rolled their eyes at their admonishing parents? How many of those parents really were speaking from a place of gut knowledge about what it means for a child to starve?
Clichés come to be clichés because they're true. There are, and ever have been, starving children in Asia and in Africa. They are also in South America and in North America — right here in our back yard. All over the world.
A truth devolves into a cliché through overuse. We become numb to the idea.
The whole world has become numb to the idea of starving children. That's why fundraising for a slow-onset crisis like a drought is so challenging, much more so than for a splashy, sudden typhoon or a devastating earthquake.
But 5-year-old Selamawit is not a cliché. She's a little girl who lives in Ethiopia, where 8.2 million people right now are suffering through a food crisis.
Selamawit became so malnourished that her condition tipped into kwashiorkor, or protein-energy malnutrition, which causes loss of muscle mass, irritation, fatigue, skin issues, diarrhea, liver damage, failure to grow and more. Kwashiorkor is behind the round bellies we see in the now-clichéd photos of starving children in developing countries; the lack of protein causes fluid to collect in the abdomen and elsewhere.
Selamawit is in treatment now, but she will likely never reach her full height. Her brain development may have been irreparably disrupted — time will tell. (Another cliché.)
And time will tell for Ethiopia, but we know what to expect for the coming months: The drought that has decimated the harvest nationwide is expected to continue well into 2016, thanks to what some are calling the strongest El Niño event on record. In a country where 86 percent of the population depends on subsistence farming, the failed harvest means that families must instead purchase all their food, and prices are rising. Poorer families can't afford the food they need, so they reduce their intake dangerously.
It happens slowly and quietly. And it silences children.
You can help by donating to our Ethiopia food crisis response here.
And you can take the opportunity of this World Food Day to tell your friends and networks what's happening in Ethiopia. Tell them about Selamawit, and about her brother, 7-year-old Temesgen.
Every day after that, keep an eye on the crisis, and encourage those around you to do so, too. You'll have to look for it in the media, because it's not a typhoon or an earthquake. We'll keep you posted here.
Reporting by ChildFund The Gambia
Last week, ChildFund responded to the ongoing food crisis in The Gambia, working with our local partners in the West Coast region to distribute rice and cooking oil to 1,768 affected families.
The distribution took place during three days in the 32 communities where ChildFund has operations. All families received 50 kg of rice and 3 liters of cooking oil. We expect to continue support for affected families through October, when we anticipate food security for the region will improve.
"My family and I are indeed very thankful for ChildFund's intervention because there is no longer a fear of food shortage," says Mai, mother of a sponsored child in Siffoe. "We can now enjoy the pleasures of having three meals per day."
ChildFund New Zealand, a member of the ChildFund Alliance, as well as corporate and individual donations are helping fund the emergency food supplies.


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Is the e-reader already dead? It seems like a strangely premature question. Only a short while ago, a Kindle or Kobo was the very model of shiny new technology. But after an incredible uptake among readers—that saw a million units sold in 2008 grow to nearly 28 million by 2011—according to a recent Pew Report study, growth of e-reader sales have already started to slow, and it's likely that devices like the iPad are to blame.
Predictions are that the trend will continue in that direction, dropping to only 7 million units a year by 2016. It seems the market has spoken: when it comes to sitting down and reading an e-book, for many, the multifunctional, glowing tablet is the device of choice. And it was that fact that recently prompted a fascinating conversation between techno-skeptic writer Nicholas Carr and cyber-utopian academic Clay Shirky, each of whom had radically different take on the future not simply of the e-reader, but the book itself.
In response to the surprising information about e-readers, Carr argues that the advantages of the devices—their convenience, primarily—may be limited to specific forms, such as genre fiction or, specific situations, like being on a plane. What underpins the notion is Carr's belief that serious reading is better suited to the focus, materiality and familiarity of the print book. The e-reader is one step away from that ideal form, and the do-it-all tablet an even deeper corruption. To Carr, the artistry and cultural significance of the novel and 'The Important Work' are indivisible from their bound physical form, and the slowing growth of e-readers is not simply a sign of the iPad's popularity, but also that many people are recognizing that they like print for 'real reading'.
For his part, techno-friendly Shirky objects not by defending the inherent worth of the e-reader or tablet. Instead, he suggests something far more radical: that "maybe books won't survive the transition to digital devices, any more than scrolls survived the transition to movable type." His point is that there is nothing inherently valuable in the form of the book, print or electronic; rather, it is simply an effect of the history of the technology and book production. For Shirky, what "half a millenium of rehearsed reverence have taught us to regard as a semantic unit, may in fact be a production unit." What comes next may not even be a book at all, but the kind of multimedia experience that tablets offer, but e-readers cannot.
Strangely, then, for both thinkers, the grey screen of the e-reader is equally undesirable, if for different reasons. On the one hand you have Carr's purely aesthetic argument, suggesting that we must fight to protect what is good and true against the forces of free-marketism and techno-fetishism; and on the other, Shirky's idea that e-readers are less wildly popular because the form they peddle is itself only a temporary blip as we shift to something else.
To Carr, the artistry and cultural significance of the novel and 'The Important Work' are indivisible from their bound physical form, and the slowing growth of e-readers is not simply a sign of the iPad's popularity, but also that many people are recognizing that they like print for 'real reading'.
There is something important being elided in the debate, however. In the early 20th century, literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin suggested that the novel was not only the result of a kind of aesthetic 'evolution,' but also the only form that could take the new phenomenon of multiple ideological perspectives and place them in dialogue with each other. Thought of this way, the novel was certainly a response to advances in bookbinding and distribution, but its very complexity and artistry also had a cultural root and function specific to its time.
It's this important idea that Shirky's notion of a 'production unit' glosses over, which weakens his approach considerably. At the same time, Carr's reverence for the work of art and authorial consciousness seems to resist the concept that these things too are historically contingent, suited to their age, but not necessarily to another. That the individual voice or novelistic whole was so important in one millennium does not necessitate that they will be in the next. As radical as it may seem, perhaps what humanity will need from art in the coming decades and centuries is precisely the sort of 'post-book' to which Shirky alludes.
The dedicated e-reader thus sits in a strange space. In effect, it simply does to books what the iPod did to music: it simplifies the delivery of the art we experience, but it does not fundamentally alter the nature of the art itself. And like those old classic iPods that carry vastly more music than a smartphone, the Kindle and Kobo and other e-ink devices may well become niche products for but a few people who value the convenience of digital, but enjoy the specificity of a dedicated device. It's a fact that makers of e-readers have themselves seem to have recognized: Amazon and Kobo now push their own tablet-like devices as much as they do their e-readers.
Meanwhile, the e-book will probably find its primary home on tablets and phones. And it is likely there that the tension between Carr's and Shirky's ideas will play out. As the form of delivery changes, it is probable that the type of content will too. We've already seen the e-book branch off into a multimedia experience, or a series of tweets turned into a story. That's just the start, and we could also see a new art form that supplants the book, a form of the novel or non-fiction work that is unrecognizable to us today, or even simply a recognition that print simply 'works.' At the same time, it will behoove us to remember what it is we ask of art and intellectual discourse: that they frame the world both as it is and as it might be, so that we might make both it and ourselves better. And, scary as it may seem, we must at least be open to the notion that such ideals will, in the future, perhaps not be best served by what we know as 'the book.'


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Wearing Mascara on Thanksgiving
Hello everyone!
I hope everyone's day has been as relaxing as mine. Right now, I am at Dan's family's house and we are watching "A Wonderful Life".
It's been a great Thanksgiving! We ate a FEAST around 3 pm… drank a ton of wine, then passed out Then, we woke up and had pie (my pumpkin pie was a hit! I'm so excited!). We still haven't tried the Banana Bread but I will definitely let you know how it tastes!
I hope you all are enjoying your holiday. Right now, I am going back in forth about whether or not to brave the mall tomorrow OR shop online deals for Black Friday. Thoughts? Are you going shopping at all? Let me know – I wanna hear about all your retail stories! For now, I will leave you with some Black Friday/Deals websites (I found these from googling, other blogs, friends, etc…):
Purse Blog (Scroll down their recent blogs… they have some purse deals!)
Shop Bop (They have a spend $250, get $50 off; spend $500, get $100 deal, etc)
Pink Mascara (Have a similar deal that Shop Bop has)
Sephora (These are Sephora's current Beauty Bonuses!)
Happy Thanksgiving and don't forget to enter my giveaway – it ends Friday!
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- November 28, 2008 at 5:57 am
Thanx for the tips!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
- November 28, 2008 at 5:47 pm
I'm glad to hear your pumpkin pie was a hit. I stayed cuddled up with Boyfriend this morning instead of venturing for Black Friday shopping. After seeing the parking lot at noon, I am so glad I didn't go.
- November 30, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Hi! I just found your blog and I love it! Love the title (I don't go anywhere without mascara!) and love what you write about too! Just wanted to say hi!
- December 2, 2008 at 2:36 am
Sounds like you had a great Thanksgiving!
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New member here with a question about downsizing. I have some gorgeous adult sweater patterns (womens) that I would like to re-size for my 6-year-old twin granddaughters. I'm sure it's just a matter of mathematics and proportioning, but I also know that needle size and yarn come into play somehow. Can anyone help? Is there a computerized resizing program out there? Anyone care to write one real quick?
You can try this: http://www.knittingfool.com/index.cfm
While it probably won't give you an exact translation to your pattern, it can at least give you a good idea of how the math involved works.
Wow! This is an awesome site. With a little patience -- make that "a lot of patience" -- and some peace and quiet, I just might be able to make the conversion.


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playing w his winky &then getting a boner?
Yeah it's normal . . . and baby boys will get them quite often, even unnoticed by mom and dad. It has to do with proper blood flow. Nothing wrong at all. :)
It's normal. But am I the only one who cringes at the words boner and ten month old used in the same sentence?
Does your SO get one when he plays with his? LOL Yes it's normal. He's exploring himself. MY son found his at 7 months and has not left it alone since.
yes! My 2yo DS plays with his all the time, and gets the after effect. LOL. He is in the midst of potty training, so he's in his underwear, which is easy access I guess for him lol his hand is always down the front.
i catch my 3yr old doing this in the tub. so weird to me haha but normal nonetheless


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Newsroom Season 2 episode 2
You saw me rave about this show in my previous show. This is a great show, with great characters, with great social commentary. However I mentioned there were elements of this show that were lacking. Unfortunately in this week's episode, the lacking elements were a big focus.
We see Will further deal with his emotions as the 9/11 coverage comes and goes. We learn about Will's special connection with 9/11 coverage, and it just tears you up inside. You go from feeling bad for Will, to feeling sad for Will. He also learns a rough estimate of how many people dislike him, and it takes its toll on him. This was an episode that increases your sympathy for Will.
Neal also goes a little deeper with Occupy Wall Street, which is once again interesting insight on the event, but we don't get a lot of that.
The big focus of this show is Jim and mostly Maggie. Yes, Maggie, the worst character of the show. We see Maggie complain about the video of her and try to get it taken down, we see her talk with Joe, we see her fight with her friend and we see her fight for her right to go to Africa. It was too much of the worst character of the show. Maggie is annoying, whiny and just not a great character. The less of her in an episode the better, and we are led to believe she is going to Africa for a story, so maybe she will be gone for awhile.
Now, a character I have not mentioned before is Don. Don is one of the higher ups of the news station, even has his own show on the network. However he has not been too central to the plot, other than his job and he dumped Maggie after the Jim fiasco in the last episode. He is getting involved in that a little bit, but not overload like Maggie. Don had a big plot point in this episode involving a murder case from 10 years ago getting new coverage. It was random and I remember asking myself and my folks while watching, "who cares?" It wasn't, that bad, but it was weak.
The worst part though was the woman who put up Maggie's video on Youtube. This woman was a selfish, moronic, media-obsessed, scatter-brained, jerk who I hated every second of having to watch her on screen. What a seriously bad character to have to deal with. Fortunately she wasn't around too long.
However, the strong elements of this show are still here. Will, Sloan, MacKenzie and the other great characters are still great. The Will stuff in this episode is powerful, and as always, Jeff Daniels is a great actor. There is great commentary and jokes about the Republican candidates from just a few years back, and Occupy. It's the content like this we want more of.
So, overall this was another good episode of a fantastic show. Hopefully in the next episode we get more of what is great about this show, because that stuff is what makes great TV.
I give The Newsroom Season 2 episode 2 a 3 out of 5


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Facebook is indeed becoming quite a colourful place to be. Thanks to a bizzare trend - bra colour status updates, which has made its way into the network. No one really knows how or why the what-colour-is-your-bra meme took off.
In case you haven't seen it yet, women (and some men) are posting single word updates with the color of their bra, hence the barrage of "black," "red," and "nothing" updates from your female friends. But who's actually behind the bra color campaign, and what they're trying to accomplish, remains a mystery.
A Detroit blog suggests that the color update craze was started by women in Detroit who are trying to raise awareness around Breast Cancer (though October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month). Another blog backs-up that notion and includes the following Facebook message:
"Some fun is going on. Just write the color of your bra in your status. Just the color, nothing else. It will be neat to see if this will spread the wings of breast cancer awareness. It will be fun to see how long it takes before people wonder why all the girls have a color in their status."
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Before a table strewn with papers, in the room we have already mentioned as
given over to the use of the police, sat Dr. Heath in a mood too thoughtful to
notice the entrance of Mr. Gryce and Sweetwater from the dining-room where
they had been having dinner.
However as the former's tread was somewhat lumbering, the coroner's attention
was caught before they had quite crossed the room, and Sweetwater, with his
quick eye, noted how his arm and hand immediately fell so as to cover up a
portion of the papers lying nearest to him.
"Well, Gryce, this is a dark case," he observed, as at his bidding the two
detectives took their seats.
Mr. Gryce nodded; so did Sweetwater.
"The darkest that has ever come to my knowledge," pursued the coroner.
Mr. Gryce again nodded; but not so, Sweetwater. For some reason this simple
expression of opinion seemed to have given him a mental start.
"She was not shot. She was not struck by any other hand; yet she lies dead from
a mortal wound in the breast. Though there is no tangible proof of her having
inflicted this wound upon herself, the jury will have no alternative, I fear, than to
pronounce the case one of suicide."
"I'm sorry that I've been able to do so little," remarked Mr. Gryce.
The coroner darted him a quick look.
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Food prices jumping, insecurity to follow?
- 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 email@example.com.
I am told by a retired analyst in the intelligence community that sharp rises in food prices are, along with the price of cooking fuels, a major leading indicator of future political unrest. So I was interested to see the following quotation in this report:
International prices of food increased by 4% during January and April 2014, putting an end to the declining trend of food prices sustained since August 2012. Prices of wheat and maize sharply increased during that period due to growing weather concerns and mounting import demand. Despite favorable prospects for cereals supplies, several uncertainties hang over the near future, some exerting upward pressures on prices, such as weather in the United States and, more globally, El Niño, and a hypothetical escalation of geopolitical tensions in Ukraine and others exerting downward pressures on export prices, such as the releases of public stockpiles of rice in Thailand. Domestic prices of food generally stabilized across regions, marked by seasonal trends and availabilities from previous harvests. . . . The thematic section of this report discusses the role that food prices and food shortages may have on food riots, a term widely used but poorly defined, and partially reflecting decades of overlooking the food-to-conflict nexus. Hence, monitoring food prices responds not only to food security and welfare interests, but also to political stability and security concerns. Proper monitoring constitutes a first step in addressing the complex interactions between food insecurity and conflict.


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Flying fun wherever you are! During traveling, hiking, or simply to keep it in a suitcase or on a backpack ready for operation.
Improved version Black Snapper L Pro
- Prepared for the new DJI Zenmuse H3-3D 3-axis brushless gimbal
- Increased length of the front booms to use propellers with up to 15" diameter
- New motor mounts which can be used for X4 or X8 setup (4 additional motor plates item no. 1044 are needed)
- Wider center frame with more space for electronics modules
- Reinforced folding mechanism
- New RC installation kit with mounting points for Naza LED, VTX, Lightbridge and 33mm circuit board
- Pure flying fun
- Extremely compact transport dimensions
- Long flying time
- Highest quality
- Almost completely made of carbon fiber
- Made in Germany
Recommended components for "sporty" flying performance and more than enough power:
- 4x Tiger Motor MT4006 -13
- 4x Maytech 30A SimonK ESCs
- 2x Aeronaut CAMCarbon Light pairs 12x5"
- 1x DJI Naza V2
- 1x DJI Zenmuse H3 3D GoPro Hero 3 Gimbal
- 4S lipo battery with 5.000-10.000mAh
Recommended components for the high efficiency setup with extremely long flying times:
- 4x Tiger Motor MN3510-25
- 1x Herkules Quadro 4-in-1 ESC (without heatsink)
- 2x Propellers Tiger Motor CF 13x6
- 1x DJI Naza V2 with GPS
With this setup and 6S 9.000mAh lipo battery we had over 30 minutes of flying time!
In the box:
- 2x Boom short (front end) with folding mechanism and motor mounts
- 2x Boom long (rear end) with folding mechanism with motor mounts
- 2x Core plates with 2x side plates
- Bolts, nuts and washers
Vapor Trail - Black Snapper L Pro from Sebastian Seidel on Vimeo.
BlackSnapper L PRO - with H3-3D GoPro gimbal from Sebastian Seidel on Vimeo.
BlackSnapper the folding Quadrocopter from Sebastian Seidel on Vimeo.
| Outer dimensions
(incl. motors, propellers and popped up GPS)
|61 x 75 x 21cm
| Outer dimensions
(without motors and propellers)
|50 x 75 x 21cm
| Folded dimensions
(incl. motors, propellers and retracted GPS)
|44 x 26 x 14,5cm
| Folded dimensions
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|39,5 x 25 x 14,5cm
|Motor axis distance
|Ground clearance / Landing skid height
| Frame weight empty
(incl. booms, motor mounts and folding parts)
| Weight of the vibration absorbent battery plate
| Example weight RTF without battery
(with our recommended motor/ESC setup,
Black Snapper gimbal, GoPro Hero 3,
vibration absorbent battery plate,
Naza V2, video TX)
|ca. 1690g
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I made two nucs from a queenless hive in June.
The original hive belonged to an elderly beekeeper who passed away last year.
The original frames are probably years old, and very black.
One of the nucs is drawing out foundation, but leaving two of the old original frames totally empty.
Do the bees think there is something wrong with these old frames?
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support plaza or Mirch media Forest Hills NY address for both, 5332 Grand central Parkway, Forest Hill, New York 11375. Senor at Mrich Media Sanjerr Thapur phone 718 228 6950, all information on internet sites. Classic scam where they tell you there are hackers or viruses poised to take over your tech support scam, involving payment for services, offer to refund payment, scam for payback of amounts to get refund, threats and then crash of computer. Forest Hill, New York 11375
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