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Design Creative Of The Week: Mark Kobine [Industrial, Product, Spatial]
The hottest new talent of the week brought to you by PSFK x Arts Thread. This week a designer who create everyday items that help the well-being of their users.
In the fifteenth of our series of 'Creatives of the Week' chosen from ARTS THREAD's graduate portfolios, we take a look at the specialism of industrial, product and spatial design and take a look at the work of Mark Kobine.
Mark Kobine studied Product Design at Edinburgh College of Art and we have chosen Mark for his versatility. His work covers product design, interiors and furniture, as well as developed graphic skills. In addition, his work always considers as a starting point–improvement of people's lives at either an emotional or functional level.
Mark's video above
demonstrates the concept of peel-off OLED paper screens for laptops….The physical location within the building and the orientation of the screens suggests the content they should display.
This video was a winning entry for a Philips design competition.
The brief was to design a domestic consumer product for the year 2020 given wireless transmission of power and content, cloud computing, connected product eco-systems and super-slim affordable displays.
Mark's project Give Stamps was designed to 'encourage the act of giving which is an obvious way to boost wellbeing. In this case the given objects are used paperback novels. The book is stamped and then left in a public place for someone to take, enjoy and pass on. Give is the fourth of the mental health 5-a-Day.
1. Connect, 2. Learn, 3. Exercise, 4. Give, 5. Notice.'
We also like the Nonlinear Notebook. Mark comments:
One limitation of existing notebooks is that they are linear by nature and so make it difficult to create connections between notes made in nonadjacent parts of the notebook. To solve this problem, and foster creativity, I developed a nonlinear notebook that gets round this and helps users bring together disparate concepts to create new ideas.
Mark's Grow Bookcase was developed as a bookcase for a local homeless charity. He comments:
The charity acquired a significant number of old church pews and, with limited resources, are using this as an opportunity to generate income and to give their clients a sense of purpose and achievement. The bookcase was designed to be simple to manufacture but also to help open up new markets.


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To say that I am obsessed with this new track by mysterious mystery band Rhye is an understatement. I am enamored. I am entranced. I want to spend three hours today building a shrine with bits of shell and gold leaf and vaguely religious candles for this song. I want to spend the evening with my head curled up in this song's lap as it gently strokes my hair and caresses my cheek. I want this song to be transmogrified into a light Fall coat so I can wear it everywhere all the time.
Here is the song in collage form (I am a gifted artist):
As I listen to this song, many questions pop into my head. What angel is behind this voice? Why do I feel so floaty? How many times can I listen to this song before it becomes too many? Will anyone ever be a fool for my belly? What does this person want to stay open? Am I open? Is Chipotle open yet or is it too early? Have I ever been truly honest with someone I loved? Am I too cold and distant? No but really, when will Chipotle be open?
(Answers: No idea, the song is magic, infinity, maybe?, eyes/heart/Target?, probably not, yes, no, maybe, 11am at most locations).
Rhye recently signed to Innovative Leisure Records (because everything they do is awesome). They probably live in an enchanted forest but it must have wireless Internet because they have Twitter and Facebook. No details have been released about who they are but in my head they look like this:
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Immunological Factors, Genes, and the Environment in Autism
There are 314 comments on the Health News Digest story from Apr 18, 2013, titled Immunological Factors, Genes, and the Environment in Autism. In it, Health News Digest reports that:
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The UC Davis MIND Institute will host an update for parents and health-care professionals on research exploring the growing body of evidence suggesting associations between environmental mechanisms, immunological susceptibility and autism on Saturday, June 1. "Immunological Factors, Genes, and the Environment in Autism," will ... (more)
Join the discussion below, or Read more at Health News Digest.
Winnipeg, Canada
#1 Apr 18, 2013
Vaccines cripple the immune system by causing spontaneous genetic mutation.
Lincoln, UK
#2 Apr 19, 2013
Where is your evidence?
Vaccines do not cripple the immune system. They help to trigger the immune system.
Vaccines do not cause spontaneous genetic mutations by definition.
Medical definition:-
"Spontaneous mutation
A mutation that arises naturally and not as a result of exposure to mutagens. Also called natural mutation."
These are facts, not like Winnipeg dummy's fantasies.
Winnipeg, Canada
#3 Apr 19, 2013
more stool from rictum
#4 Apr 19, 2013
How do you Limeys like being subjects (indentured servants) of a dingy old broad? Bush might have been a Nutjob but at least he could find the door to the bathroom by himself.
Winnipeg, Canada
#5 Apr 19, 2013
Lincoln, UK
#6 Apr 20, 2013
Which roughly translated means that the Winnipeg dummy doesn't have any evidence that "Vaccines cripple the immune system by causing spontaneous genetic mutation", so he resorts to his usual insults.
Lincoln, UK
#7 Apr 20, 2013
Two more links that don't work, and two more by quack sources.
About par for the course from the Winnipeg dummy.
Since: Nov 12
#8 Apr 20, 2013
HOW would you have known that joe?
Since: Nov 12
#9 Apr 20, 2013
The flu vaccine being forced on many people when there is no epidemic very easily could be casing ADD Autism. Look at what is in that vaccine.
Formaldehyde: known carcinogen
Triton X100: a strong detergent
Sucrose: table sugar
Resin: known to cause allergic reactions
Gentamycin: an antibiotic
Thimerosal: mercury is still in multidose flu shot vials
Egg proteins: including avian contaminant viruses
Polysorbate 80 (Tween80): can cause severe allergic reactions, including
anaphylaxis. Also associated with inferility in female mice.
But yet it's being pushed on babies and Pregnant mothers.
Since: Nov 12
#10 Apr 20, 2013
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Figures, Tenpenny! But where's your stats on how many children and pregnant women get the flu vac??? And the pregnant women who do choose the flu vac don't get the multi dose, and neither do young children. Hello.
what they give pregnant women and children Ingredients:
ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA), monosodium glutamate, hydrolyzed porcine gelatin, arginine, sucrose, dibasic potassium phosphate, monobasic potassium phosphate, gentamicin sulfate, egg protein.
Take not of the difference between that and Tenpenny's scare tactics.
*Adjuvants- Aluminum salts- To help stimulate the bodys response to the antigens
*Stabilizers- Sugars, gelatin- To keep the vaccine potent during transportation and storage
*Residual- cell culture materials- Egg protein To grow enough of the virus or bacteria to make the vaccine
*Residual inactivating ingredients- Formaldehyde- To kill viruses or inactivate toxins during the manufacturing process
*Residual antibiotics- Penicillin, sulfa drugs- To prevent contamination by bacteria during the vaccine manufacturing process
Since: Nov 12
#12 Apr 20, 2013
Bottom line: when there is no epidemic the Government should not be pushing for everyone to get a flu vaccine. Influenza vaccines are Category C drugs, which means that animal reproduction studies have not been conducted and it is not known whether these vaccines can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or if they can affect reproduction capacity.
Since: Nov 12
#13 Apr 20, 2013
Many medical experts now agree it is more important to protect yourself and your family from the flu vaccine than the flu itself.
A systematic review of 51 studies involving 260,000 children age 6 to 23 months found no evidence that the flu vaccine is any more effective than a placebo. Also the shots are only able to protect against certain strains of the virus, which means that if you come into contact with a different strain of virus you will still get the flu.
Medical journals have published thousands of articles revealing that injecting vaccines can actually lead to serious health problems including harmful immunological responses and a host of other infections. This further increases the bodys susceptibility to the diseases that the vaccine was supposed to protect against.
lowering of the immunity. The flu vaccines actually do not immunize but sensitize the body against the virus.
If you have a disease that is already lowering your bodys ability to fight a virus, taking the flu shot will put your body in danger of getting the full effects of the flu and make you more susceptible to pneumonia and other contagious diseases.
The Flu vaccines contain mercury, a heavy metal known to be hazardous for human health. The amount of mercury contained in a multi-dose flu shot is much higher than the maximum allowable daily exposure limit. Mercury toxicity can cause memory loss, depression, ADD, oral health problems, digestive imbalances, respiratory problems, cardiovascular diseases and many more such serious health ailments.
There is mounting evidence that flu shots can cause Alzheimers disease. One report shows that people who received the flu vaccine each year for 3 to 5 years had a 10-fold greater chance of developing Alzheimers disease than people who did not have any flu shots. Also with age the immune system weakens, thus lowering your ability to fight off infections. Introducing the flu virus in the bodies of elderly could have dangerous consequences.
Can we trust the authorities who are promoting the wide-spread use of flu vaccines?
Since: Nov 12
#14 Apr 20, 2013
There is enough evidence that shows that the ingredients present in the flu vaccinations can actually cause serious neurological disorders. In the 1976 swine flu outbreak, many who got the flu shots developed permanent nerve damage. Flu vaccines can contain many harmful materials including detergent, mercury, formaldehyde, and strains of live flu virus. Is this what you want to put in YOUR body?
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#15 Apr 20, 2013
Nothing but scare tactics. Let's just look at that 1976 flu vaccine. It was GBS and no, it wasn't permanent and most who ever get it, 80 percent recover.
As for 'evidence', you didn't ptovide any but some copy paste thing that has no references. And of course mercury isn't the same thing as thimerosal. Different compound altogether. Nice try.
Don't want a flu vaccine? Great, don't get one. No one is 'forcing' you or anyone else to.
You still have yet to provide stats of how many pregnant women and children get the flu vaccine to support your claims about ADD and autism.
Since: Nov 12
#16 Apr 20, 2013
The problem is long term, one has to wonder why all the increase in autism and ADD. Should we still keep taking chances when there is no flu epidemic, so what if you get a freaking cold for a few days, get over it! Yes it is forced, try to work at a Hospital or School and refuse to get a flu shot. Plus the flu shot doesn't even help that much.
Since: Nov 12
#17 Apr 20, 2013
The Government pushing the flu shot on pregnant women.
FoLLow the Money, it's all about the Government making Big Pharma happy.
Since: Nov 12
#18 Apr 20, 2013
Not covered by ABC News (and probably any newspaper) was a study of CDCs vaccine adverse reaction data by MIT scientists that was also published last week. It is yet another study that concluded a strong correlation between autism and the MMR vaccine, neurotoxic aluminum additives in vaccines and the use of acetaminophen (Tylenol and others) during pregnancy.
All vaccines have ingredients called neurotoxins (mercury, for example, in multi-dose flu vaccinesand aluminum). It would be impossible for those neurotoxins not to have some neurological impact on some infants or fetuses In fact, they do in someimmediately or cumulativelymanifesting as autism or other neurological disorders and learning disabilities. Toxicologists are schooled to recognize that a neurotoxin, by definition, will attack the nervous system and the brain.
Stop pushing flu shots on pregnant women!
Since: Nov 12
#19 Apr 20, 2013
Cited is Seneff S., Davidson R.M., Liu J. Empirical Data Confirm Autism Symptoms Related to Aluminum and Acetaminophen Exposure. Entropy. 2012; 14(11):2227-2253. Download PDF Full-Text [441 KB, Updated Version, uploaded 8 November 2012 16:12 CET].
Our results provide strong evidence supporting a link between autism and the aluminum in vaccines. A literature review showing toxicity of aluminum in human physiology offers further support. Mentions of autism in VAERS increased steadily at the end of the last century, during a period when mercury was being phased out, while aluminum adjuvant burden was being increased........"
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This is a follow-up to yesterday's post about a possible "Slim" Xbox 360. More evidence has turned up. Joystiq has uncovered information revealing that a Spring update to the Xbox 360 firmware will allow external USB devices to work on the 360. But there are a couple of limitations. First, the 360 will only address 16 GB of space on an external storage unit, and it will only acknowledge 2 units. So in theory you could plug in two 16 GB USB devices and add 32 GB of storage space to your Xbox 360. But what you can't do is add an external 120 GB drive in lieu of buying an official (and over-priced) Microsoft replacement hard drive.
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So what does this have to do with the rumored Xbox 360 Slim? These limitations make it pretty clear that Microsoft is giving up the Memory Unit business. No one is going to spend $40 for a 512 MB Microsoft Memory Unit when they could spend $35 for a 16 GB thumb drive that does the same thing. Remember, this is the same Microsoft that made a point of locking out unauthorized storage devices last fall. They weren't interested in sharing the Memory Unit market then; one can only assume that they're just going kill it off altogether now. Why would they cut themselves off from this source of revenue? Because the Xbox 360 Slim won't have ports for a Memory Unit. Instead it'll just have USB ports, saving either enough room or enough expense (or both) to offset the lost revenue from Memory Unit sales. It'll be interesting to see if they finally phase out the "Arcade" model (the one with no hard drive) model when they introduce the Slim. I would think that would depend on how much storage space (if any) Project Natal requires. Because that's the other possiblity: that Project Natal requires significant storage space (possibly temporary, cache storage), and Microsoft wants to be sure Arcade owners can use Natal, and further, that they don't want to introduce an even larger Memory Unit to facilitate that. Instead, Microsoft could advise Arcade owners to purchase a USB thumb drive (or even see a Microsoft-branded thumb drive). This scenario seems more contrived, though. So I'm sticking with the idea of an Xbox 360 Slim with no memory card slots. [UPDATE: Video game modder extraordinare spoke to Joystiq about the leaked motherboard images and offers his opinion that the board shown would not support Memory Units. He's got some other interesting things to say and the post is well worth a read.]


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"Gronckle, Zippleback, the Skrill... Boneknapper... Whispering Death... Burns its victims, buries its victims, chokes its victims, turns its victims inside-out... Extremely dangerous, extremely dangerous... kill on sight, kill on sight, kill on sight..."Nearly every culture has myths about something called a 'dragon', despite the fact none of them can agree on exactly what dragons are. How big are they? What do they look like? How many heads do they have? Do they breathe fire? Or ice? Do they fly (and if so, with or without wings)? How many legs do they have? Are they dumb as planks, or superintelligent? Are they low scaly pests, or ultra-rare Uber-serpents ancient and powerful as the Earth itself? The answers to these questions generally fall within two traditions, "Western" and "Eastern". Even then, in addition to cultural differences, dragons fall into a very wide range of types even in one local mythology. Eastern dragons, such as in the Eastern Zodiac, come from different traditions and as such aren't technically the same dragon as their Western counterparts; Westerners who encountered stories and images of Chinese lóng and Japanese tatsu/ryuu sprung on the similarities to the European dragon and couldn't think of anything better to call them. Even within these traditions, however, there is much variability. This has increased in modern times, as Western and Eastern authors have blurred the traditions by mixing and matching attributes from both (benign Western dragons are quite popular these days, for instance). Some authors invent completely new attributes to set their dragons apart from the crowd or just make them cooler. And some authors put dragons in their stories just for the sole reason of making a story look cool.
— Hiccup (flipping through the Dragon Manual), How to Train Your Dragon
|Western Dragons
|Eastern Dragons
|Are scaly and reptilian (outwardly, anyway), and usually serpentine.
|Are Mix-and-Match Critters, though the exact components vary (generally, they can best be described as "lion-snakes"). They sometimes evolve out of Seahorses or Legendary Carp.
|Normally associated with fire, which they often breathe as an attack.
|Normally associated with water (and the sky, which was considered an ocean in classical Chinese thought), and are often considered bringers of rain. In various fiction, some Chinese dragons are capable of breathing fire.
|Have around the same size range as houses, at least when fully grown.
|Can be as small as a grasshopper or large enough to fill the space between heaven and earth.
|Are usually antagonistic towards humans, if not an outright Satanic Archetype. More intelligent versions are often manipulative, or, at the very least, love to screw with people; less intelligent versions are beasts and act the part.
|Are benign, but capable of destructive force when provoked. They may be rivals with tigers.
|Kidnap damsels (preferably princesses) and/or hoard treasure. Often greedy and/or insatiable, especially in the latter regard.
|Instead of hoarding magical treasures, they make them. The other thing they hoard is wisdom, which they rarely share with mortals.
|Have a variable number of heads and legs, though one head and six limbs (four legs, and a pair of wings) and a tail is the most common configuration. More divergent types (no legs, multiple heads, etc) seem more likely to be brainless bestial monsters than the "basic" form.
|Most often have one head and four legs. The longer a dragon, the more pairs of legs he has.
|Either fly with bat-like wings, or they lack wings and don't fly.
|Can fly via magic even if they lack wings, which they usually do. When they do have wings, they are often birdlike.
|Have varying levels of intelligence. Prior to Tolkien, they rarely spoke. After Tolkien, they are often portrayed as at least as clever as humans, and frequently (much) more. More traditionally bestial examples still usually have a predatory cunning.
|Not only are they intelligent, they are usually a Mentor Archetype.
|Their scales (and armor made thereof) may be impervious to magic. In addition, they often have some form of innate magic if intelligent. Sometimes they may even disguise themselves as humanoid beings of much smaller size and interbreed with said species, creating half-dragons.
|In addition to assuming human form, they also often have the ability to transform into other animals.
|Live for a very long time, if not actually immortal, but typically may be killed.
|May be an out and out Physical God.
|Are incredibly strong and hard to kill but usually have one or two fatal weak spots. This is traditionally under the chin, but post-Tolkien, it's more likely to be on the chest or belly, and the eye is popular too.
|In relation to the above, pretty much invincible... not that people actively seek them out to kill them anyway. Have a single "reversed scale" under the chin, and go into a blind rage if it is touched/rubbed the wrong way.
|Sometimes have poisonous blood, breath, saliva, or some such. Often, this will kill you after you kill it. If their blood isn't poisonous, it grants special powers such as invincibility.
|Since they live and breathe essence of life itself, they are the exact opposite of being poisonous.
|The original name (drakon) meant Serpent/Snake.
|The original name (long) is used to describe Saltwater Crocodiles (smaller crocs are named something else) explaining their ties to water.
- The most popular variation has been the wyvern, somewhat resembling a bat with the forelimbs being clawed wings and the rear limbs being two legs - this configuration generally being considered more "realistic" as something that could actually evolve. note In some settings, this is the only type and will simply be called "dragons." In other settings, wyverns are not considered "true" dragons at all, but a related, usually less powerful and intelligent species. Wyverns are less likely to breathe fire, and more likely to be venomous (even when dragons in the same setting are not venomous).
The term "wyvern" is less likely to be used if the creature in question walks quadrupedally (using the wings as forelimbs, like a bat or a pterosaur), such as Smaug from The Hobbit, Vermithrax Pejorative from Dragonslayer and the dragons from Reign of Fire.
- Rivaling the wyvern is the Hydra from Greek Mythology, which is often depicted as a flightless dragon-like water or swamp beast with one or more heads; for each head you cut off, two rapidly grow to replace it. If they have a Breath Weapon, it's often a different one for each head. The original sprayed poison and had poison for blood.
- A drake (when it is not simply another term for dragons, occasionally for male dragons specifically) is usually a creature closely related to dragons but smaller and less intelligent, equivalent to the relationship between humans and chimpanzees, or is sometimes an adolescent dragon who isn't finished growing yet. Multiple species of drake may exist for different environments (e.g. the drakes that live around volcanos may be the only ones able to breathe fire). Unlike wyverns, they have the same body type as other dragons in the setting, though if dragons have wings then drakes will sometimes lack them.
- Very old (Greek and Roman, and some medieval) dragons are presented as more serpentine than the more recent ones — if winged, the wings are usually their only limbs; and some were totally limbless, just very enormous serpents. This type of dragon may be referred to as a wyrm (pronounced just like "worm").
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- Earth and Sky: Due to dragons being magic creatures, their physical forms change based on their desires. For instance, a dragon that lived by himself in the middle of nowhere grew a second head just so he'd have someone to talk to. This is also apparently why Spike has wings now when he didn't during his greed-induced growth spurt; he didn't want them back then, but has since learned to enjoy the concept of personal flight.
- Hope For The Heartless: According to the Horned King, despite resembling them, gwythaints such as the two he kept aren't dragons. He did once encounter a true dragon, which was built like a gwythaint but had four legs and bronze-colored scales, and was as large as two peasant houses put together. It didn't breathe fire (but he has heard tales from people who have actually seen firebreathers), but spat lava instead, something some dragon types can do by eating rocks and digesting them into a lava-like substance.
- The Last Draconequus: According to Discord's inner monologue, eastern dragons exist alongside the western kind, and are capable of interbreeding with ponies to create a chimeric species called the long-ma. The draconequi were long-ma who migrated west. The original long-ma followed a different evolutionary path and are still around today, and deny being draconequui at all, but Discord still considers them basically the same species. Western dragons are stated to be an inherently chaotic species, and as such, like the draconequi, can potentially produce an Avatar of Chaos.
- The dragons of RainbowDoubleDash's Lunaverse are mostly of the Western type. They have nigh-invulnerable scaly hides, fire breath, six limbs (counting the wings), eat gemstones, and collect a Dragon Hoard because they grow larger the more stuff they possess.
We are dragons. We are mighty. We are the strongest of the mortal races. We have no equals. And because of that... we are dying.
- However, this is heavily Deconstructed. Because dragons are so individually powerful, and can find their food so easily, they never developed a civilization beyond the crudest level of "might makes right". Very few dragons can even read and write, and the handful of more civilized dragons have to learn other languages just because Draconic lacks the vocabulary to express many of the things they want to say. In addition, since the greatest threat to a mature dragon is another dragon, they never work together, and though they may spawn whelps, they would never take them into their own lairs, for they might steal something. As a result, there are only a few thousand dragons on the planet. As one abnormally wise dragon puts it:
- Gloryhammer: The song "Magic Dragon" from the first album, Tales From The Kingdom of Fife is about a magic dragon who becomes Angus McFife's ally after a magic spell is cast.
Demon attacked me but then it was slain
The dragon appeared and a battle was fight [sic]
I spoke from the words of a powerful scroll
And magical dragon became now allied.
- The protagonist of the "Dragonland Chronicles" album trilogy of the Swedish Heavy Metal band Dragonland is said to descend from dragons. In addition to that to cite an example "Dragondawn", the first song of their first album is accompanied (it's instrumental) by these verses:
As the dragons of the dawn spread their wings
And in the first blazing rays of the flowing morninglight
Set flight over oceans of radiant azure blissfull tides
Over majestic mountains of old, mountains of gold (...)
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- Chikara has Dragon Dragon, a giant stuffed animal who came to life. He was modeled after a dragon (obviously) but doesn't have many of the abilities associated with. His plushy nature allows him to survive things most other wrestlers cannot however, including decapitation.
- Throughout the years, The LEGO Group has produced a number of dragons:
- In the 1990s, the Castle theme introduced 'big-fig' dragons figures built with only a handful of bricks; bright green bodies, frills, a head-piece shared with alligators, a separate wing pieces. The 2013 revival featured a significantly larger big-fig dragon.
- In the Ninjago theme, the ninjas use a number of dragons as transport and to assist in combat. They have wildly varying appearances, wyverns, quadrupedal dragons and drakes, and Chinese Lung dragons. Unlike Castle, the dragons are fully brick-built (like a vehicle), and are very posable thanks to ball-and-socket joints. In The LEGO Ninjago Movie, Llyod Garmadon uses a bright green dragon mech based on the Chinese lung dragons
- In the Elves theme derived from the girl-centered Friends, the elves ride magical winged two or four-legged dragons in all sorts of flashy colors that behave like giant overgrown dogs. As with Ninjago, they are brick-built, albeit with custom head pieces allowing for more expression.
- The Creator theme has had a number of dragons that are 100% brick built and like Ninjago encompass all sorts of body types.
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Gone are the days of sending an email blast to your entire list of subscribers. No matter what the size of your audience or customer base is, you could benefit from dividing it into smaller groups.
Segmentation enables you to test and send targeted messages and get optimal results from your email marketing efforts. Here are some popular ways to split up your list — and how to use each to your business's advantage.
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- Keep tabs on past purchases, then send messages that try to upsell or cross-sell related or like items.
- Monitor people's activity (or inactivity). Reward loyal, repeat customers and offer incentives to re-engage others.
- Find out where people spend their time on your website. If it's in non-product areas, offer them rich content — including relevant links back to products — to keep them coming back.
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- Create a "welcome" series for new subscribers (this can be automated). For instance, if you run an e-commerce site, offer newcomers a discount on their next purchase, simply as a thank-you for subscribing.
- Reward longtime customers with sneak previews, early access to sales, and other perks that promote retention.
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- If you operate bricks-and-mortar stores, segment your audience by a certain mile radius around each one. Create location-based offers to drive store traffic.
- If you offer seasonal products or services, market them accordingly. Subscribers in northern ZIP codes will have different needs from those farther south.
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- Depending on your products or services, you could market your offering as a gift purchase for someone else or as a treat for the buyers themselves.
- Tailor the colors in your email palette. Studies have shown that men and women react differently to color.
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i was getting glycolic peels from this derm for quite some time, the peels were great; however the laser hair removal for my face was horrible! i started out from having a little peach fuzz to having a full grown beard! the hair is coarse and no matter how much i wax or thread it, it comes back! not only has it come back thicker, a lot of it is ingrown. i had over 12 sessions, and a blood test done to determine if it was something with my hormones/thyroid, the tests came back normal! each time the doctor would increase the strength of the laser, which did nothing.
i was then told that it was due to my skin color (which is olive/tan) and thus it did not work. i have 3 girlfriends who also had this procedure done and they are of hispanic descent, and all of them grew more hair and it was dark/coarse as well! i am assuming it was due to the doctor shaving our faces before treating it with laser hair removal!
the laser machine they used on me was called the gentle yag, i can tolerate the rubberband snapping feeling on my face and neck, but the amount of hair on my face has caused me a lot of stress! never get this done if you have anything but fair skin!


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New Yorker Bests Bode in Sochi
Alpine skier Andrew Weibrecht of Lake Placid, NY won a surprise silver medal in the men's super-G event at the Olympics in Sochi, Russia. He was just 0.3 seconds slower than gold medalist Kjetil Jansrud of Norway. American teammate Bode Miller and Jan Hudec of Canada tied for bronze.
Weibrecht said of his finish that it was "probably the most emotional day of ski racing that I've ever had."
Weibrecht charged late at Jansrud's time of 1 minute, 18.14 seconds. He was ranked No. 29 heading into the super-G final. At these sunbathed Sochi Olympics, starting numbers above 22 have proved impossible to turn into medals on softening snow, and Weibrecht was in a bad mood the night before racing.
"I thought that 29 was kind of a death sentence in terms of having a good run," he said. "I consciously made a promise to myself that I wasn't going to let any of that affect my race."
Weibrecht peaked at the Olympics for the second time in an injury-ravaged career. Nicknamed "War Horse," he has blown out each ankle and gone through surgeries on both shoulders since the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, where he won the super-G bronze.
He lost his sponsorship from the U.S. ski team after a string of lackluster results, but that didn't make him any less of a threat in the eyes of the other skiers.
"With Andrew at the start, I was like, `There's a good chance he wins this run right now,"' said Miller, who took silver in the super-G at Vancouver.
Weibrecht's 2010 bronze hangs in the lobby of his parents' hotel in Lake Placid, host of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Games. In the wee hours of Sunday - there's a 9-hour time difference between New York and Sochi - Weibrecht's parents followed along at home.
"He had some really bad experiences," Weibrecht's father, Ed, said in a telephone interview. "It's been a struggle for him to come back, but he never wavered from that goal."
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SPLOST VI Passes, Foster Re-elected Martin Mayor
Stephens County voters say yes to SPLOST VI.
According to final unofficial results Tuesday night, 1001 voters cast ballots in favor of SPLOST VI, while 384 voted against the SPLOST.
That is almost a 3-to-1 margin in favor of SPLOST VI, which will continue the one-cent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax after the current SPLOST ends on June 30, 2014.
Meanwhile in Martin, incumbent Mayor Don Foster won re-election to another term.
He received 37 votes to challenger Thomas Looney's 8 votes. There was one write-in vote in Martin.
Martin council members Roger Looney and Sandi Stovall ran unopposed.
Also, Toccoa did not have a municipal election as Jeanette Jamieson and Evan Hellenga were unopposed in the two open seats on the Toccoa City Commission and all incumbents in Avalon were also unopposed.
Turnout was light for the election, with just over 11 percent of voters casting ballots.
Stephens County Registrar Theresa Kelley said that there were no problems reported at the polls today.
"Everything went well," said Kelley. "We did not have enough turnout, but other than that, everything went well for a SPLOST election."
This was the first time all of Stephens County voted at a single location for a county-wide election after the county consolidated its eight voting precincts into a single precinct, which is located at the Stephens County Senior Center.
Kelley said she was pleased with how things went at the Senior Center.
"Everybody that came in was very glad to be there," said Kelley. "I had no one complain about it and it worked very well. We limited the number of poll workers that we had to have and everything went just as smooth as could be. No problems at all."
Municipal voting in Martin still took place at the Martin Community Center.
Kelley said the poll workers at both locations did a great job ensuring everything ran smoothly.
"I appreciate my poll workers so much because they are the ones that actually do the election," said Kelley. "I am just the one that supervises. If we did not have them, we would not have an election."
All election results are unofficial until they are certified, which will happen in the next few days.


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Ok so the focus is going out to the track on friday. not for time purposes but for bragging rights against my friend. but i need some advice to get the time down. The car is in the process of being striped you know no backseat or spare tire, jack or that stuff. but what else can i do to get a faster time thats quick and easy and moderatly cheap. i have till friday night to do it.
well it might help if you would list what you have done to it already...
go on a diet[eek], take off all the doors and trunk
launch at 3200rpm
1st -> 2nd at 5500rpm
2nd -> 3rd at 5200rpm
3rd -> 4th at 5200rpm
4th -> 5th at 5000rpm (if it happens)
if you stock you should run a high 15 like 15.8 - 15.9
I have a full Exhaust setup and a CAI.
^^^ yeah, and if u have a SPI, i doubt you'll be in the 15s...
make sure you get good reaction times...always look at the lights. bad reaction times make your time slower. the first time i went to the track i had horrible reaction times which put me in the 16's
Yeah but im not goin for time just to beat my friend.
everyone thinks that it does
ive sat there at the line at the local 1/8 mile track before and pulled a 3.2 second reation time,and then ran 10 flat..[thumb]
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How much does a Financial Assistant (Corporate) in Pierre, SD make? The median annual Financial Assistant (Corporate) salary in Pierre, SD is $40,801, as of May 30, 2017, with a range usually between $32,968-$45,080 not including bonus and benefit information and other factors that impact base pay. However, the salary for someone with the title Financial Assistant (Corporate) may vary depending on a number of factors including industry, company size, location, years of experience and level of education. Our team of Certified Compensation Professionals has analyzed survey data collected from thousands of HR departments at companies of all sizes and industries to present this range of annual salaries for people with the job title Financial Assistant (Corporate) in Pierre, SD.
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After a 10/1 winner last week, find out who Ben Coley is backing for the Quicken Loans National on the PGA Tour.
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Basketball star Stephen Curry has accepted a sponsor's invite to compete in the Ellie Mae Classic on the Web.com Tour.
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Spain's Jon Rahm is looking forward to his European Tour appearance at the Open de France this week.
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This week's ante-post column reflects on Royal Ascot and also highlights some value ahead of next month's Open Championship.
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Our Ben Coley tipped Jordan Spieth at 10/1 and the superstar American delivered an amazing win at the Travelers Championship.
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The Jesuíta - You Sassy Portuguese Pastry You!
written by Gabriella Opaz | 28th March 2017
In 2005 they quit their jobs, moved to Spain and dug deep into the local gastronomy. As time passed, they expanded their focus to include Portugal, whereby sharing the heart and soul of Iberian food, wine and culture. We invite you to follow our adventures via our blog or, for those who'd like to experience Spanish and Portuguese gastronomy themselves, we'd like to offer you our firsthand tips on travel and our expertise in organizing food and wine tasting tours.
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Tim McDonald has spent his entire life in Gainesville, so he knows the Northeast Georgia region well. It's knowledge that helps him greatly in his role helping boost economic development here. As Lanier Technical College's vice president of economic development, McDonald is continuing a long tradition of using the college as a catalyst for development.
Today, we ask McDonald five questions about the area's economic development and Lanier Tech's role in it.
1. Lanier Tech has long been a partner in this region's economic development activities. Why does the school feel it is important to play such a role?
While innovation and entrepreneurship provide the foundation of economic development, workforce development is the key to maximizing the benefits of innovation. From the founding of the college in 1964, the mission of Lanier Tech has always been workforce development.
The college's approach to workforce development, and thus economic development, is twofold in that we offer a traditional technical college experience through credit programs that provide current and relevant training that meets the needs of local businesses. These programs range from health care to business to technical to public services. The diversity of our college credit programs mirrors the diversity of our local economy.
Additionally, through the college's economic development department, we offer fully customizable training to meet the specialized needs of local businesses and industries.
This training is specific to an individual firm and targets the skills gaps that occur due to changing technology or the need to grow a flexible workforce.
The college was founded to provide the workforce development component of economic development and to a person, our faculty and staff (are) not only very qualified, but also very passionate about fulfilling our mission.
2. How has the economy affected students at Lanier Tech and the school's mission?
Lanier Tech's student-age demographics are much like any other higher-education institution in that we have a large number of students in their late teens and 20s, but in recent years we have seen a growth in our population of students in their 40s and older.
This growth is due to the needs of these individuals to upgrade their skills or move from a low-labor-demand industry to a higher-labor-demand industry such as health care.
Lanier Tech's short — four months to 18 months — programs offer the perfect opportunity for a person to acquire the knowledge and skills that are in high demand in our area.
While Lanier Tech's mission is always relevant, the need for workforce development tends to be magnified during challenging economic times. A well-trained and flexible workforce gives businesses the competitive advantage needed to remain viable during challenging economic cycles.
3. How have the college's programs integrated with the local business community?
Lanier Tech is part of the Technical College System of Georgia and the TCSG has a staff of curriculum experts who continually review and upgrade the curriculum content of all of our programs based on the employer needs of the state.
On a local level, every program at Lanier Tech utilizes an advisory committee composed of local business leaders knowledgeable in the disciplines of that particular program. These advisory committees guide the college's instructional process through the recommendation of curriculum updates, technology upgrades and equipment upgrades. The involvement of local businesses ensures that the college is teaching the specific skills needed to meet the requirements of our area employers.
Additionally, as previously mentioned, the economic development department develops very specific training programs to meet the needs of local businesses. We work directly with businesses and industries to identify skill gaps and we develop and deliver specific training plans to upgrade their workforce. Lanier Tech works to specifically target the needs of local businesses and industries.
4. Northeast Georgia has landed a number of large new industries and industry expansions recently. But what is one area in which the region could improve to make it even more attractive for industry?
Northeast Georgia is known globally for our quality of life, educational institutions and business-friendly environment, but will not be immune to the effects of the aging workforce and the diminishing labor pool of skilled workers.
To remain attractive to businesses we must continue to develop a skilled, flexible and innovative workforce.
With the renewed emphasis in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and math, the foundation of the future workforce is being solidified.
But in addition to this focus, the rapid changes in technology will require the continual upgrading and reinvention of our workforce. To remain competitive, a workforce culture that understands periodic retraining to upgrade skills will be necessary not only for the individual, but for our entire economy.
5. What do you think the future holds for economic development here?
I think the future is bright for economic development in our region. There are many facets to economic development and what sets our region apart is the collaboration and cooperation between all of the players.
Our local chambers of commerce, industry councils, private developers, utility groups, government agencies, educational systems, and other stakeholders all recognized the importance that economic development plays in our continued high quality of life.
There is truly a partnership here that knows how to maximize all of the available economic development resources. Of course, Lanier Technical College will continue to follow our mission of workforce development. It is the college's desire to provide the education needed so that our citizens can enjoy prosperous, fulfilling careers and our businesses can remain competitive on a global level.


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3 BHK Apartment - 1,438 sq ftAma Properties The TurfSopan Baug,Pune
WELCOME A NEW WAY TO LIVE. A NEW WAY TO EXPERIENCE THE COSMOPOLITAN WITH A SENSE OF CALM. 2 smart, tall 10 storeyed towers that home multiple luxuries and matchless indulgence…And rest assured every deserved one! The strategic locale on one side, the proximity of class on the other. At its enviable location between Sopan Baug and Koregaon Park, in Pune's most desirable neighbourhood, The THE Turf has all the markings of Pune's most coveted address. A statement of contemporary living that embraces your modern lifestyle and needs. LIVE LIFE TURF SIZE! "The Turf" where happiness is from within; and it's found in the present. Rate your personal luxury as you like it. Every aspect at THE Turf will gather a full ten. Open the doors to the exceptional life. Where absolute spaciousness and luxury greet you. A cosy and harmonious ambience fills every living space.##$$##
The security only adds a cherry to the cake of carefree indulgence. The location only enhances the every aspect of your being by rightly complementing it. Now, that's what you call living life THE TURF size! You can't compare ordinary luxuries with the luxuries at THE TURF! Being placed at the epitome of the best-in-class, the best-in-locale, the best-in-offering, THE TURF moves far ahead. THE TURF is a place where you lose yourself to the extensive array of recreational pursuits. The modern clubhouse offers a host of activities. Take a plunge in the swimming pool or indulge yourself in a power workout at the well- equipped gymnasium or the single post basketball court. Also a thoughtfully designed landscape garden to stretch your senses. With giving security prime importance, with modern security system for the entire complex, AMA developers has caught the right pulse of your needs! The exclusive modern clubhouse is an extension of your home that expands the way you live. its collection of large and intimate spaces – lounge, library, gym, yoga room, steam room – provides a stylish environment for your active, leisure and social pursuits.
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Varèse and the Cello Theremin: A Love Story
As a cellist, Jonathan Golove is at ease in both the Western classical tradition and in contemporary art music. Since his participation as the cello theremin player in a performance of the Varèse work, Ecuatorial, at the University of Buffalo (where he also teaches cello), Golove has extensively researched this theremin-related instrument. Below, Golove colorfully profiles the relatively obscure cello theremin while describing Varèse's attraction to it.
Varèse and the Cello Theremin by Jonathan Golove
A couple of Varèse quotes shed some light on this remarkable composer's desire to work with the latest electronic musical inventions:
"I dream of instruments obedient to thought."¹
"I don't want to write any more for the old Man-power instruments and am handicapped by the lack of adequate electrical instruments for which I now conceive my music."²
Varèse, with his spatial and geometric ideas of sound and sound projection, was the classic early adopter of new technologies. He came to Leon Theremin for specially designed cello (or fingerboard) theremins, having worked already with both primitive (siren, mechanical) and sophisticated (ondes martenot, electrical) generators of new sounds. For Ecuatorial, he made the decision to compose for Theremin's instruments, but the departure of Theremin in 1938 (he returned to the Soviet Union and was not heard from in the West for decades) made the continuation of the project with these amazing inventions impossible, following its somewhat disastrous 1934 premiere. Ultimately, he settled on (and for) the ondes, in the published score of 1961.
The significance of the cello theremin far exceeds the few, rather impressive uses to which it was put during the inventor's time in New York, the most salient of which are Leopold Stokowski's inclusion of one in the Philadelphia Orchestra's low string section and Varèse's composition of two solo parts in Ecuatorial. Rather more important, from a certain point of view, is the fact that the instrument represents the first attempt to harness the human potential to shape and manipulate electronic sound by means of the technical apparatus of the modern player of bowed string instruments, a technique which had centuries of development behind it, but was still bound up with instruments created in a pre-technological age. Consider that virtually every other pioneer of electronic instruments, with the notable exception of the inventors of the electric guitar, worked with the keyboard model, for several decades after Theremin's departure from New York. That is to say, in most of the electronic instruments built until the 1970s, sounds are controlled by means of a keyboard player's technique, in many cases not even a highly refined version of that technique. But why limit the control mechanisms to the keyboard?
Theremin, the pioneer, had worked with keyboards as well, but is best known for his space-controlled mechanism, by which the performer moves his hands in the air without making contact with any physical object, as well as for a dance floor controller which responded to a dancer's movements, the fingerboard instrument used in Ecuatorial, and other ingenious control devices. Fascinatingly, contemporary instrument designers have returned to most of his ideas, usually in conjunction with computers.
I came to the project of learning to play the cello theremin for a performance of Ecuatorial at the University at Buffalo in 2002, the first time the work would be heard with the instrument since its 1934 premiere. There were three points of contact: David Felder, artistic director of the Slee Sinfonietta, who had programmed the work; Olivia Mathis, a musicologist and scholar of both Varèse and Theremin; and Floyd Engels, who had built beautiful replicas of this long-forgotten instrument (in the project's background was Robert Moog, the great updater and popularizer of the space-controlled theremin). As a modern electric cellist, I was intrigued by the challenge, and as an admirer of Varèse's music, delighted that I would have the possibility to play a soloist role in a great work by this master who wrote so infrequently for strings. In my view, Varèse's choice to work with this very new and little-tested technology is evidence of his visionary mindset, and I believe it represents an advance on his work with sirens (as in Ionisation, the project which immediately preceded Ecuatorial): a pure-toned wailing over which a player could have precise control of both pitch and dynamics. One might also say it was a step in the direction of "instruments obedient to thought."
Varèse, 1917, translated by Louise Varèse. Quoted in The Liberation of Sound, Art-Science and the Digital Domain: Contacts With Edgard Varèse by Jean-Claude Risset (Contemporary Music Review, Vol. 23, No. 2, June 2004, pp. 27–54)
From a letter to Leon Theremin, dated May 5, 1941. The complete text of the letter, which was finally delivered to Theremin by Olivia Mattis in 1989, can be found here.
Varèse (R)evolution: The Complete Works of Egard Varese
July 19 and 20, 2010 at Lincoln Center
Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic; Steven Schick at the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE); So Percussion; Oratorio Society; Musica Sacra; and many featured soloists. Jonathon Golove will perform in the July 19 program.
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Reviewed by Scott A. Johnson
Starring Fanny Valette, Johan Libereau, Raphael Lenglet, Nicolas Giraud, Maud Wyler, and Justin Blanckaert
Directed by Abel Ferry
Fantastic Fest 2010 kicked off in grand fashion on Thursday night, September 23rd, at Austin's Paramount Theater with star-studded screenings of Let Me In (review here) and Buried (review here), which featured a few lucky (?) getting buried alive so they could meet Ryan Reynolds. But on the smaller screens they had more going on. Way back in a corner at the Alamo Drafthouse, there showed a little French movie Vertige, known here in the States as High Lane.
High Line is a story about dumb people doing dumb things … and paying for it. A group of five French twenty-somethings go to Croatia on a rock-climbing expedition through the Alps. That right there is a horror movie recipe for disaster. Along for the ride is an ex-boyfriend and the girl's current love interest, who happens to be afraid of heights. How they got him to even consider coming on such a trip is open for debate. When they find the intended route is closed due to dangerous conditions, the intrepid quintet decide to ignore the sign and go anyway. Obviously things go horribly wrong. As if that weren't enough, they discover that someone's been laying traps for anyone stupid enough to ignore the warning signs. What happens next is a remarkably intense ride that keeps the audience cringing on the edge of their seats.
To begin with, no one can watch High Lane without commenting on the scenery. It's gorgeous and terrifying in the same breath. Incredible shots across gorges, breathtaking mountain ranges, and beautiful cinematography make this movie an eyeful. Of course, a camera view pointing straight down a ravine or sheer-drop cliff face can be beautiful while also making the viewer's stomach drop out.
The pace is also well-timed. The opening scenes are a little slow, but that's to be expected. The moment the group climb over and into the mountain range, the movie's pace tightens like a cable until it reaches a breaking point. Witness the first real cringe-inducing scene in which a suspension bridge over a deep ravine begins to collapse while character Karine (Maud Wyler) is still on it. Every second is timed to drag each possible wince and clench from the audience in the most effective manner. From there the pace never lets up. It kicks the viewer in the pants and keeps kicking until the last blackout.
The actors all do fantastic jobs with their roles, delivering believable lines and palpable panic. Several of the characters reveal themselves to be unlikable while others show just how good a person can be. Their reactions come across as real and fevered and translate well to the audience. And speaking of things that translate well, the horrible injuries and deaths in this film will give the audience sympathy pains for a while.
Which is not to say High Lane is perfect. Were one to go into it with a nitpicking mindset, there are quite a few nits to pick. For example, there are several flashbacks that make absolutely no sense in reference to the film. Several of the characters, most notably competing boyfriends Loïc (Johan Libereau) and Guillaume (Raphael Lenglet), do things that make them unlikable to the audience. In fact, all of the guys in this movie are, in some way, reprehensible. Also, there are a great many unanswered questions about plot elements that, without spoiling the movie, can't be brought up here. Suffice to say, they're there, and a person might have to wait for the adrenaline rush to wear off before thinking of them.
The bottom line is simply this: High Lane is tense. It's taut. It's a nerve-ripping thriller with a dash of slasher thrown in for good measure. One audience member referred to it as "Wrong Turn done right." Well spoken.
4 out of 5
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post3337866324982785354..comments2017-05-25T22:05:24.132-04:00Comments on The TSA Blog: TSA Year to Date Report: A Look at the Year So Far firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-13302785141186624322013-10-08T11:00:03.199-04:002013-10-08T11:00:03.199-04:00I can't believe people are seriously trying to...I can't believe people are seriously trying to bring those sort of weapons into airports these days.juniorvarsityhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-5604845793468697962013-05-08T23:56:42.936-04:002013-05-08T23:56:42.936-04:00I flew out of Newark Terminal C on Sunday night TS...I flew out of Newark Terminal C on Sunday night TSA was on a go slow program. They like to keep the lines long to justify their jobs. They went from scanners doing one person per 30 seconds to one person per 3 minutes and shut down scanners even though plenty of operators were present. This is what my taxes are used for? Who is in charge?

Newark TSA motto:
"waste a day with firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-14250625231063104712013-04-26T01:58:25.013-04:002013-04-26T01:58:25.013-04:00OK people, stop being jerks. Since 911 has there b...OK people, stop being jerks.
Since 911 has there been any huge bombings linked from an airport? No. And would you rather sit in a plane with people who have not been screened? If so, don't be surprised if something goes BOOM BOOM.
At least be grateful of the TSA keeping the country safe for many firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-67675953109498483532013-04-07T13:45:00.290-04:002013-04-07T13:45:00.290-04:00Really, though!Really, firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-80730062901507373602013-03-19T11:12:02.406-04:002013-03-19T11:12:02.406-04:00If a lot of firearms have been found already, than...If a lot of firearms have been found already, than why the TSA firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-9273281922272718972012-09-21T13:37:55.541-04:002012-09-21T13:37:55.541-04:00I would suggest some basic human anatomy training ...I would suggest some basic human anatomy training for screeners doing pat downs. On August 19, one of the agents was confounded by the fact that she felt my pubic bone and announced, in a loud voice that made fellow travelers turn their heads and look at me, that she needed assistance because I had two lumps on either side of my zipper. She would not believe it was my pubic bone and I was forced firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-7295403930585779142012-09-08T16:20:06.339-04:002012-09-08T16:20:06.339-04:00In some states, where the 2nd Amendment is not dea...In some states, where the 2nd Amendment is not dead, folks carry a firearm as naturally as they don their socks.

Some may not be "trying to get a gun on the plane". It is simply natural for them to carry a gun.

The media has done a lot to daemonize gun ownership and to convince people that we should care about what the authorities want.

It's too bad LogicalBiblehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-20627027139843495622012-08-30T21:39:31.495-04:002012-08-30T21:39:31.495-04:00When will Bob speak to the dozens of TSA officials...When will Bob speak to the dozens of TSA officials accused/convicted of firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-44811554554054555212012-08-30T13:53:32.230-04:002012-08-30T13:53:32.230-04:00Anonymous said... "I think most people with t...Anonymous said...
"I think most people with the negative comments are missing the whole picture here. Almost 11 years with no high jacking, obviously TSA is doing something right."

I have an anti-monkey rock in my living room. Since getting it, I have suffered no monkey attacks. The rock must be working. Do you see the fallacy in that logic? Yours contains the same Wintermutehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-11658892213618634842012-08-30T10:36:56.803-04:002012-08-30T10:36:56.803-04:00Anon sez - "Most if not all of those guns in ...Anon sez - "Most if not all of those guns in the pictures are brought through by Federal Marshals working for homeland security they are paid to do this when they aren't walking guns over the border or looking the other way while illegals and smugglers are invading the county. Tell the truth Bob"

This is incorrect. The weapons and prohibited items we publish here are not GSOLTSOhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-31750216216477415492012-08-29T13:56:36.658-04:002012-08-29T13:56:36.658-04:00I think most people with the negative comments are...I think most people with the negative comments are missing the whole picture here. Almost 11 years with no high jacking, obviously TSA is doing something right.

This is showing how people will try to smuggle guns and ammo. What if TSA didnt catch these guns and ammo? What would have firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-4749824539364857822012-08-27T19:16:04.292-04:002012-08-27T19:16:04.292-04:00I admit that when I travel I find all the check po...I admit that when I travel I find all the check points annoying, However, I understand that all it would take is one of those four guns to get through on any given day to cause a catastrophe. I also applaud the TSA team for finding the needle in the haystack. Sure tens of thousands of people travel with no other agenda than getting to their destination. Every agency or business has room for Dr Robert Schwartzhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-17073595101209034652012-08-26T00:55:33.411-04:002012-08-26T00:55:33.411-04:00I am sure that the majority of stuff found are peo...I am sure that the majority of stuff found are people planted by the government so that they can say "We found all this stuff."

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-39040150595284403442012-08-25T09:51:14.158-04:002012-08-25T09:51:14.158-04:00Most if not all of those guns in the pictures ar...Most if not all of those guns in the pictures are brought through by Federal Marshals working for homeland security they are paid to do this when they aren't walking guns over the border or looking the other way while illegals and smugglers are invading the county. Tell the truth email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-62088432788471743162012-08-23T19:37:51.187-04:002012-08-23T19:37:51.187-04:00Would you care to respond about the incident on Au...Would you care to respond about the incident on August 5, 2012 at FLL checkpoint in which a TSA agent harrassed a sexual attack survivor to a level she ended up in the Emergency Room? We, the public, really think there should be some explanations to the way the TSA believes that events there had anything to do with security... we believe they did not. The burden of proof and response is on firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-89183199198911762532012-08-21T10:48:51.848-04:002012-08-21T10:48:51.848-04:00Well, team TSA blog, Would you care to respond a...Well, team TSA blog,

Would you care to respond about the incident on August 5, 2012 at FLL checkpoint in which a TSA agent harrassed a sexual attack survivor to a level she ended up in the Emergency Room? We, the public, really think there should be some explanations to the way the TSA believes that events there had anything to do with security... we believe they did not. The burden email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-72634484391165069022012-08-18T10:28:37.078-04:002012-08-18T10:28:37.078-04:00I watched the "JFK TSA 'agents' force...I watched the "JFK TSA 'agents' force me to stop recording" video referenced in previous comments. Using Google to search "tsa" and "photography", the very first result was this page:

TSA: Taking Pictures at the Checkpoint
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/taking_pictures.shtm

Here's the TSA rule: "TSA does not firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-83375854230441621622012-08-17T18:21:41.946-04:002012-08-17T18:21:41.946-04:00I was wondering the same thing. they're not te...I was wondering the same thing. they're not telling you how many were set up by the government to see if they were doing their email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-55132821209268562992012-08-17T14:11:28.727-04:002012-08-17T14:11:28.727-04:00Out of the 375,432,402 passengers who have travele...Out of the 375,432,402 passengers who have traveled through our checkpoints so far this year, 30,204 have submitted a complaint.

Does that number take into account the 'Delete-O-Meter'? You seem to simply :poof: delete :poof: about 36% of posts here. (Like mine the other day which pointed out lies and flaws in your post, but violated no rules).

Do you also firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-67052607092478695872012-08-17T13:34:34.429-04:002012-08-17T13:34:34.429-04:00Bob, why do you keep refusing to post my comments ...Bob, why do you keep refusing to post my comments about a TSA employee's blatant lying to me about the availability of complaint forms, and your blog team's refusal to address my questions about what could be done about that? firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-44379249754306354222012-08-17T11:39:47.060-04:002012-08-17T11:39:47.060-04:00Anonymous said... "How easily some people for...Anonymous said...
"How easily some people forget what has happened in the past. I have no issue with getting searched. I welcome it.

"How many of you would feel comfortable on a plane today where the TSA searched nobody?

"I'll take the plane where everyone is searched any day any time!"

You welcome being searched, even though you'Wintermutehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-1773519849629108832012-08-17T11:15:57.864-04:002012-08-17T11:15:57.864-04:00Statistics on the number of guns you have found ar...Statistics on the number of guns you have found are completely meaningless unless you can assert that you have found 100% of the guns that passed through security checkpoints. Can you do that? Because I'm pretty sure you can't.

It's idiotic feel-good fluff that has nothing to do with actual security. If you only have a 10% success rate, that means 7389 guns made it firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-4263340642383449982012-08-17T11:11:13.178-04:002012-08-17T11:11:13.178-04:00"For all of you math genius's out there t..."For all of you math genius's out there that is a whopping .000008%!"

Wow. First of all, 30000/375m is .0008 - not .000008. You're off by an order of magnitude.

Secondly, "percent" implies division by 100 (e.g., 1/2 = .5 = 50%. In contrast, .5% is one half of one percent), thus, when you convert the absolute value to percentage terms, firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-18321468132830989032012-08-17T03:55:36.448-04:002012-08-17T03:55:36.448-04:00Bob Burns, Based on what you wrote, it appears th...Bob Burns,

Based on what you wrote, it appears that the TSA is doing an excellent job protecting American security. Among other things, you wrote that it has confiscated 821 firearms, a grenade, a blasting cap, and numerous "inert items that look like the real deal" among other things.

While, as you acknowledged, there have been problems, as you also made clear firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2336044328955501444.post-86855781385755924332012-08-17T00:51:06.612-04:002012-08-17T00:51:06.612-04:00How easily some people forget what has happened in...How easily some people forget what has happened in the past. I have no issue with getting searched. I welcome it.

How many of you would feel comfortable on a plane today where the TSA searched nobody?

I'll take the plane where everyone is searched any day any email@example.com


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• Driving Partner Robot
Pioneer demonstrated a 15cm tall prototype robot at CEATEC Japan 2006 that sits on the dashboard of your car, envisioned as a driving partner to make driving safe and fun. The penguin-like robot has a camera inside its head which detects stop lights, street signs, and land marks and communicates with a larger system of sensors integrated into the vehicle, which send data to the robot.
When you get inside the driver's seat, the robot performs a welcome song and dance by swiveling, moving its head, flapping its wings, and blinking its LEDs. When driving, the robot turns around to look at the road, and if it senses sudden braking, acceleration, or turning, it performs a gentle display with soothing blue LED lights. Some stops will send signals to the robot: the LEDs turn red when it detects a stop light, and blue when the stop light turns green. If a red light is ignored, the robot will swivel around and tweet to scold you.


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Glycol nucleic acid
Glycol nucleic acid (GNA) is a polymer similar to DNA or RNA but differing in the composition of its "backbone". GNA is not known to occur naturally; they are synthesized chemically.
The 2,3-dihydroxypropylnucleoside analogues were first prepared by Ueda et al. (1971). Soon thereafter it was shown that phosphate-linked oligomers of the analogues do in fact exhibit hypochromicity in the presence of RNA and DNA in solution (Seita et al. 1972). The preparation of the polymers was later described by Cook et al. (1995, 1999) and Acevedo and Andrews (1996). The GNA-GNA self-pairing described by Zhang and Meggers is however novel, and the specificity of interaction well-demonstrated.
DNA and RNA have a deoxyribose and ribose sugar backbone, respectively, whereas GNA's backbone is composed of repeating glycol units linked by phosphodiester bonds. The glycol unit has just three carbon atoms and still shows Watson-Crick base pairing. The Watson-Crick base pairing is much more stable in GNA than its natural counterparts DNA and RNA as it requires a high temperature to melt a duplex of GNA. It is possibly the simplest of the nucleic acids, so making it a hypothetical precursor to RNA.
See also[edit]
- Zhang Lilu; Peritz Adam; Meggers Eric (2005). "A simple glycol nucleic acid". J Am Chem Soc. 127 (12): 4174–5. PMID 15783191. doi:10.1021/ja042564z.
- Seita, Tooru; Yamauchi, Kiyoshi; Kinoshita, Masayoshi; Imoto, Minoru. Condensation polymerization of nucleotide analogues. Die Makromolekulare Chemie (1972), 154:255-261.
- Ueda, Nasuo; Kawabata, Toshio; Takemoto, Kiichi. Synthesis of N-(2,3-dihydroxypropyl) derivatives of nucleic bases. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry (1971), 8(5), 827-9.
- Acevedo, Oscar L.; Andrews, Robert S. Synthesis of propane-2,3-diol combinatorial monomers. Tetrahedron Letters (1996), 37(23), 3931-3934.
- Cook, Phillip Dan; Acevedo, Oscar L.; Davis, Peter W.; Ecker, David J.; Hebert, Normand. Synthesis of acyclic oligonucleotides as antiviral and antiinflammatory agents and inhibitors of phospholipase A2. PCT Int. Appl. (1995), 126 pp. WO 9518820 A1 19950713 CAN 124:30276 AN 1995:982328
- Cook, Phillip Dan; Acevedo, Oscar L.; Davis, Peter W.; Ecker, David J.; Hebert, Normand. Preparation of ethylene glycol phosphate linked oligodeoxyribonucleotides as phospholipase A2 inhibitors. U.S. (1999), 39 pp., Cont.-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 179,970. CODEN: USXXAM US 5886177 A 19990323 CAN 130:237811 AN 1999:205354
External links[edit]
- Simpler than DNA - Chemical & Engineering News
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The quiet village of Kritinia, located against the side of a mountain is still 'authentically Greek' and has a lovely village square surrounded by four taverns/cafes. There is a large supermarket and a village museum and a few more tavernas.
Ideal base to explore the island by car and walking in the surrounding nature.
Within 7 minutes' drive you will reach: a lovely bay, 'Kopria', where you can swim and sunbathe. The small fishing port of Kamiros Skala is known for its fish tavernas with superfresh fish.
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Keep your little ones snug and stylish all winter in their very own aviator cap! Perfect for boys and girls.
Lined with sherpa craft fur it's extra cozy and looks just like the real deal! Ear flaps keep out the chill and can be tied under the chin or flipped up and tied on top of the hat.
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Child (3-10 years): 20"
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Posted by Megan on 13th Dec 2015
I have made several of these now and love it! This is the first hat I have ever made and didn't know what to expect but the pattern and instructions were clear and easy to follow. The end result is just adorable!
Posted by Laura Doughty on 21st Nov 2015
So easy and absolutely adorable!
Posted by -Kelly on 26th May 2014
This is a fast sew & the results are adorable! The pattern was SUPER easy to read & follow & the compliments we get on this hat is over the top! love it!