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Posted by Ted Schadler on July 28, 2014
The following is an excerpt from The Mobile Mind Shift, Groundswell Press, 2014, pages 153-4. Click here for more on Forrester's mobile mind shift market imperative.
Steve Singh knows about the challenges of building technology platforms for great mobile moments. He learned them honestly by moving his entire company and its customers to a cloud technology platform.
Steve is CEO and co-founder of Concur Technologies. Concur helps businesses and government agencies manage their corporate travel bookings and expenses.
Concur's technology platform, which Steve calls the Concur Travel and Expense Cloud, is designed for the demands of mobile moments: It supports applications that make it easy for travelers to focus on a few tasks and complete them quickly. Travel and expense (T&E) software is by its nature complex, but at Concur, the complexity remains behind the scenes in the servers, not in the user interface because busy travelers and business expense managers have no time to puzzle out complexity. To make this work, Concur invests 40% of its research and development budget in the applications and 60% in the cloud technology platform that provides the services.
The success of the strategy and technology platform is reflected in the rapid growth of his company, from a startup in 1993 to more than $540 million in revenues in 2013.
Concur's cloud technology platform delivers four benefits.
Posted by Ted Schadler on July 24, 2014
Facebook's steely revenue march is fueled by mobile ads: 62% of Facebook's Q2 2014 advertising revenue came from mobile ads, up from 41% just a year ago. This ad revenue may still just be a paper castle waiting to fall -- my colleage Nate Elliott's analysis that Facebook is still failing marketers suggests that. But right now over a billion people around the world -- 81% of its entire member base -- access Facebook on mobile devices every month, twice as many as did just two years ago (see Figure 1). And they are seeing ads.
Source: Facebook
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Frequently Asked Questions About Athletic Trainers
What is an Athletic Trainer?
Athletic Trainers are health care professionals who collaborate with physicians to optimize activity and participation of patients and clients across the age and care continuum. Athletic training encompasses the prevention, diagnosis and intervention of emergency, acute and chronic medical conditions involving impairment, functional limitations and disabilities. ATs work under the direction of physicians, as prescribed by state licensure statutes. ATs are highly qualified, multi-skilled health care professionals, and are under the allied health professions category as defined by Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Athletic trainers are assigned National Provider Identifier (NPI) numbers, and the taxonomy code for athletic trainers is 2255A2300X. Athletic trainers are listed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the "professional and related occupations" section. They are mid-level health care professionals.
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How would Hiring an Athletic Trainer Benefit my Business?
Reducing Lost Workdays after Work-Related Injuries
Effect on Patient Throughput and Revenue Generation in a Primary Care Sports Medicine Practice
Pediatritians Confirm Enormous Value of Athletic Trainers at High Schools
How do I Hire an Athletic Trainer?
The NATA Career Center is simple and easy to use. Because NATA represents the most qualified industry professionals, our resume database gives you access to the best possible job seekers so you can find your next employee without leaving your desk! You can set the criteria for your ideal job candidate, and this system will email you when new resumes are a match. No more time wasted visiting the site every day to see new candidates. Your online account will include reports showing you the number of individuals who have viewed your job, applied online, and even how many times your job was sent out in a "job agent" or "emailed to a friend." You'll be able to see at a glance just how effective your ad is! Online job posting information – Now you can manage your job postings online, any time. Add, edit and delete company postings right from your desk, or even copy an expired or deleted ad for increased time savings. For more information, visit:
How do I Find a Job as an Athletic Trainer?
The NATA Career Center is a free and confidential site available for NATA members to post resumes. Make your resume available to employers in the industry, confidentially if you choose. You will have access to individual jobs and can quickly and easily find relevant industry job listings and sign up for automatic email notification of new jobs that match your criteria. Job listings on the NATA Career Center provide a broad range of opportunities for individual NATA members. You can also save up to 100 jobs to a folder in your account so you can come back to apply when you are ready.
What is the Occupational Outlook for Athletic Trainers?
The projected rate of change in employment for the 10-year timeframe between 2010 and 2020 for athletic trainers is 30%. The average growth rate for all occupations is 14 percent. For more information regarding the outlook of the athletic training profession, vist http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/athletic-trainers.htm
How can I verify that someone who claims to be a Licensed Athletic Trainer, truly is a Licensed Athletic Trainer?
Arkansas: You can search a roster by visiting http://www.aratb.org/search.php
Texas: You can access a live search or browse a roster by visiting http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/at/at_search.shtm
How can I verify that someone who claims to be a Certified Athletic Trainer, truly is a Certified Athletic Trainer?
You can go through a simple process called a Basic Online Verification to verify one's credential. However, if you are requiring an official verification, you may choose an official written verification or official electronic verification. All three of these options are available by visiting http://www.bocatc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=185
What is the Difference between a Licensed and Certified Athletic Trainer?
National certification is the credential of certification granted by the Board of Certification (BOC). State licensure is granted by an individual state.
What is the Law that Regulates Athletic Trainers?
Arkansas: Act 1279 of 1995 established the State Athletic Trainers Committee of the State Board of Physical Therapy. The effective date of the Act was July 28, 1995, and the act was codified as Ark. Code Ann. 17-93-401 et seq. The Act was amended by Act 1124 of 2001 to establish the State Board of Athletic Training. The amendment was effective July 1, 2001. There was a minor amendment to the law in 2003.
Texas: Texas Civil Statutes, Article 4512d (the Athletic Trainers Act) is the law that regulates the profession of athletic training in Texas. The law was effective on September 1, 1971 and was amended in 1973, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1997, and 1999. Effective September 1, 1999, the Act is codified in Chapter 451 of the Texas Occupations Code, although some recently amended provisions of Article 4512d remain in effect. Licensed athletic trainers are required to comply with the Act and with all state and federal laws applicable to the services they are providing.
How do I become an Athletic Trainer?
To become a BOC-certified athletic trainer (AT), you must earn a degree from a college or university with an accredited athletic training program, then, depending on your state regulation, take and pass the exam administered by the Board of Certification (BOC). If you do not have a Bachelors Degree, go to http://www.caate.net/ and leave State field blank, select Undergraduate in the Program Type area and then click submit to see the listing of all undergraduate level programs. If you do have a Bachelors Degree you can get a second bachelor's from one of the schools mentioned above or you can get a masters in athletic training from a university with an accredited entry level masters program. There are fewer than 20 of these. For a list of schools with accredited entry-level masters programs, go to http://www.caate.net/ and click on Accredited Programs. Leave State field blank, select Entry Level Masters in the Program Type area and click submit to see the listing of all entry level masters programs
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To Become a State Licensed Athletic Trainer:
Arkansas: An applicant for an Arkansas athletic trainer's license must hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, meet other curriculum and internship requirements as specified by the Arkansas State Board of Athletic Training, pass the examinations administered by the Board of Certification and submit appropriate application forms and fees to the Board. Notarized proof of employment, performance of duties, and supervision is required as part of the application process.
Texas: Licensed athletic trainers must hold a college degree, meet the coursework and apprenticeship requirements set out in the board's rules, complete the application process, and successfully complete the Texas Athletic Trainer Written and Practical Examinations. If an applicant has successfully completed the examination administered by the Board of Certification on or after January 1, 2004, the applicant shall not be required to complete the state licensure examination, unless the applicant has previously held a license issued by the board.
What is the Difference between an Accredited Program and an Internship Program?
In Arkansas and Texas, an accredited program is the only way to achieve a Certified Athletic Trainer credential. To sit for the BOC certification exam, candidates must graduate from a CAATE (Commission on the Accreditation of Athletic Training Education) accredited athletic training program. CAATE is the agency responsible for the accreditation of professional (entry-level) Athletic Training educational programs.
In Texas, an internship program allows you to achieve a Licensed Athletic Trainer credential and is regulated by state departments of health services.
What is the Difference between an Athletic Trainer and a Personal Trainer?
A Personal Trainer is a person who prescribes, monitors and changes an individual's specific exercise program in a fitness or sports setting. An Athletic Trainer is a person who meets the qualifications set by a state licensure and/or the Board of Certification, Inc. and practices athletic training under the direction of a physician.
Personal Trainers may or may not have higher education in health sciences. Athletic Trainers must have at least a bachelor's degree in athletic training, which is an allied health profession.
Personal Trainers may or may not be required to obtain certification. Athletic Trainers must pass a comprehensive exam before earning the ATC credential.
Personal Trainers may or may not participate in continuing education. Athletic Trainers must keep their knowledge and skills current by participating in continuing education.
Personal Trainers may become certified by any one of numerous organizations that set varying education and practice requirements. Athletic Trainers must adhere to standards of professional practice set by one national certifying agency.
Daily duties:
Personal Trainers assess fitness needs and design appropriate exercise regimens. Athletic Trainers provide physical medicine and rehabilitation services.
Personal Trainers work with clients to achieve fitness goals. Athletic Trainers prevent, diagnose, treat and rehabilitate injuries (acute and chronic).
Personal Trainers help educate the public about the importance of physical activity. Athletic Trainers coordinate care with physicians and other allied health professionals.
Personal Trainers work in health clubs, wellness centers and various other locations where fitness activities take place. Athletic Trainers work in schools, colleges, professional sports, clinics, hospitals, corporations, industry, military, performing arts.
- http://www.nata.org/sites/default/files/ATs_vs_PTs.pdf
What are the Standards of Professional Practice of an Athletic Trainer?
The Practice Standards establish essential practice expectations for all Athletic Trainers. Compliance with the Standards is mandatory. The Standards are intended to: assist the public in understanding what to expect from an Athletic Trainer; assist the Athletic Trainer in evaluating the quality of patient care; and assist the Athletic Trainer in understanding the duties and obligations imposed by virtue of holding the ATC® credential. The Standards are NOT intended to: prescribe services; provide step-by-step procedures; or ensure specific patient outcomes. For more detailed information on the Standards of Professional Practice of an Athletic Trainer, visit: http://www.bocatc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=111
Where do Athletic Trainers work?
Athletic Trainers can be found in many settings. Although most athletic trainers work at secondary schools, colleges & universities and professional sports teams, athletic trainers are also employed by physician's offices and hospitals, the military, performing arts and many other settings.
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Would you recommend changing oil twice a year if one drives only 5,000-6,000/year?
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Once a year or 7500 miles which ever comes first provided you are running a BMW LL04 approved oil
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how true is the thing about people changing the transmission oil after 60k miles and the transmission failing on them? Im almost 100% positive my sister never changed the transmission fluid but I want to change it since the car has 130k miles on it.
Also are there any good products to remove sludge from the engine, Im sure my sister followed the 15k mile change, but when I changed the oil myself it didn't look catastrophically bad. Im assuming most people who bought a used bmw or car for that matter from a "normal" person, would have bought from a person who follows the manus recommend intervals for service, just hard to imagine serious damage being done.
If you're beyond ~60K, don't even bother changing it. It'll just make it worse. If it's running, that's good. But just be prepared for it to meet its end at any point.
Of course the oil wouldn't look too bad, the filter is your main concern, not filtering out gunk. It'll build up in the engine, instead of being flushed out with the oil change. Not sure what you can really do about that other than having a mechanic pull it apart. You can try Seafoam, but that's more for carbon buildup.
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Nice write up. For the auto tranny fluid change...I don't know how he did it but my friend has an 03 325i auto. He is a business man and puts about 35-40k a year and his car just hit 195,000. Original auto tranny. Fluid never changed. 1 in a million I guess.
Wow, that's incredible.
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But Amazon seems to have even bigger plans for its video service. Apart from releasing an Android version, the commerce giant is reportedly going to endow Prime Instant Video with 4K content. Yet again, there is no information when that will happen, but it seems that Amazon's movie & TV division, Amazon Studios, has been shooting 4K content throughout 2014.
As the displays of mobile devices receive incremental bumps in the resolution department relatively often, it is normal that Amazon is about to target audiences that sport a non-Kindle or non-Apple tablets with its video service. After all, Quad HD-enabled displays already grace some devices, most notably the LG G3 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and Tab S 10.5 – with these adoption rates, 4K-enabled displays might come even sooner than you think.
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It was earlier today on my way into work that i was driving down a residential street by a local school. I know what you are going to think man why is this guy posting a story about street racing by a school in the morning? Ha dont be fooled, i was coming to a main road when i heard this load reving. I look around and didnt see any cars that were worth racing so i just ignored it. Well once on the main road i catch a stop light, once agian i hear reving. I look around and low and behold i see a short bus (you know the sort) in the lane next to me. I was to say the least a little surprised to see a old lady reving at me while driving the "short bus". Well aftera few revs back and forth the tension had come to a boil i was concentrating so hard on the light that it was the only thing that exsited in that moment of time. The second i saw the light change i launched HARD, so hard i swear there must be divets in the aspholat. I look over to my right and see that the dman short bus is neck and neck, so i quickly powershift into second and whamoooo i hit the NOS switch, i knwo by now that there is no way that the damn bus can still be riding me. I look back and i dont see the damn thing in my rearview, i look over and the damn thing is gaining on me! I COULDNT BELEVIE IT! i got owned by a short bus.. i mean what is going on here i drive uberl33t wrx! i am a street racing god! and i got owned by a short bus? I look down to find that the whole time i never took off my ebrake. DOH! i should have owned that short bus good and plenty.


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A/Musing: On Creativity
Part I.
She entered with a flourish – a leather suit, staccato stilettos, and a hand-held computer device with which she may have been commanding the International Space Station. No time for bullshit.
To be fair, there wasn't much time. Last week was Parent-Teacher Conferences and, in all, I talked with around 100 parents in 5-minute conference slots.
Most of my conferences were love fests (Thank you. No, thank you), but from the get-go this woman was strictly bottom line: "Will she be ready for college?" (I'm fine, thanks. Won't you sit down?) I talked all we had done this year (five short creative nonfiction essays, several poems), how her daughter had become deeply introspective, how she had really begun to write with voice by mining her personal experiences.
"Look," she said, unimpressed, "These creative assignments are all fine and good, but what about college and the real world?"
An 80 mph fastball in my wheelhouse. I talked passionately about how her daughter's life right now is the real world, how she was starting to carve out her own identity, making and re-making her life and the world in which she lived. That's the power of creative writing.
I thought I had gone yard, hit this softball straight out of the park, maybe even into the cold, dark orbit of that space station. But when I was finished I looked up to see she had long ago stopped listening. She extended her hand, smiled and said, "So, she'll be ready for college? It was nice meeting you."
Part II.
The following day I led a session on creativity at our annual Teacher Institute day. This is not an assignment I chose. Actually I had been voluntasked (too late for Word of the Year consideration? Do you even read blogs, Noah Webster?) The irony of being asked to slap something together on creativity in a mere week was not lost on me, but it's a topic I care about, so I braced myself and got to work. Luckily I got to work with two terrific teachers (photography and social studies), so my task was less daunting than it might have been.
We decided to show not tell, inviting the 60 or so colleagues in attendance to play – making poems out of the letter shapes, making story sense out of photographs, creating captions for cartoons. In short, we invited these teachers to make meaning through play. Everyone had a good time, and some people even raved (though these gushes were usually couched in invidious comparison: Normally Institute Days immediately make me wish someone had stabbed me senseless with a pitchfork, but your session was not too shabby).
At the end of the sessions, teachers wrote some incredibly insightful comments their obligatory reflection sheets. In particular, we asked what role creativity played in school. Here is a smattering of their replies:
"There is no time for creativity in schools. Everything is geared to getting into college. Schools pay lip service to creativity, but the sub-text is 'teach to the test.'"
"In schools there is a tendency to keep the good-enough idea rather than to constantly push for different solutions."
"Schools reward teacher creativity more than student creativity."
"There are so many ways to measure creativity, but schools only measure a tiny fraction of these."
"Schools measure student progress against a single standard. This makes creativity almost impossible."
"If we practice creativity we become more creative. It we practice routine we become robots."
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Oh, not to worry. Creativity was around long before schools. And it will be around long after.
"Schools reward teacher creativity more than student creativity."
This rings true, though I'm not totally sure it's a problem.
Has anyone ever been "ready" for college?
"We invited these teachers to make meaning through play."
What is poetry? Making meaning through play.
Is creativity measured on any standarized tests? Are teachers rewarded for instilling creativity in their students? Is 8 hours of 5 minute conferences an educational institution's idea of creativity?
In the "real world" of everyone's workday, is creativty welcomed? Ummm. Follow the rules,yes. Create a different way of doing things? Unless you know how to sell it, forget about it.
Where is the lion's share of creativity employed in this country? Advertising. Aren't those commercial's creative?
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Sapna on Matt
First impressions?
Awesome shoes.
What did you talk about?
Lots of things… but mainly movies.
Any awkward moments?
Good table manners?
Perfect. He caught the potato the chef flicked into his mouth.
Best thing about him?
Very friendly and easy to talk to. He was also cheery and relaxed.
Did you go on somewhere? To a bar nearby for a drink.
Marks out of 10? 8.
Would you meet again?
Possibly as friends!
Matt on Sapna
First impressions?
She seemed warm and funny from the off.
What did you talk about?
All sorts – from art, music and films to our various travelling stories.
Any awkward moments?
Not as far as I was aware.
Good table manners?
Impeccable at all times. To be honest, she was a lot more versatile with the chopsticks than I was claiming to be.
Best thing about her?
She has good banter.
Marks out of 10?
7 – good conversation in a nice setting.
Did you go on somewhere else?
Yeah, to a local bar for a nightcap and to exchange numbers.
Would you meet again?
I don't think so. There wasn't a spark, although she was very warm and bubbly.
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Analysis: Leaderless Iranian opposition seen lacking strategy
By Parisa Hafezi
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's reformist opposition has watched with admiration as revolutions have toppled three Arab leaders, but despite divisions in the ruling elite it looks incapable for now of taking its protest movement back out onto the streets.
Mass protests against the 2009 re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marked the worst unrest since the Islamic Revolution three decades earlier, but were quelled with lethal force by the state's security apparatus, headed by the elite Revolutionary Guards.
While Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei swiftly endorsed the election result, splits emerged in the ruling establishment as some, including lawmakers, criticised the government for mishandling the protests and using force to silence the 'Green' opposition.
Attempts to revive street protests have fizzled. The opposition, which says its fight for a freer Iran will continue, is following the Arab uprisings with a mixture of envy and regret for its own failure, analysts and moderate former officials say.
"The opposition is leaderless and lacks any strategy. The opposition leaders are under house arrest. Dozens of prominent reformists are jailed. Their supporters have no choice but to wait and see," said a close ally of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi, who asked not to be named.
Mousavi, a former prime minister, and Mehdi Karoubi, a cleric and a former parliament speaker who also stood against Ahmadinejad, have been placed under house arrest since February and denied any contact with the outside world.
The authorities, who deny the election was rigged, have jailed many senior pro-reform politicians, closed a dozen reformist publications and banned at least two moderate parties since the vote.
The government is permitting less and less political dissent by banning media coverage of the opposition, according to journalists working for local newspapers. The opposition continues to communicate over the Internet despite a web-filtering system designed by the authorities to curb its online activity. Continued...


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An astute judgment call helped the nation's largest life insurer steer clear of the subprime crisis. An interview with William J. Wheeler, EVP and CFO, MetLife Inc.
Edward Teach, CFO Magazine
December 1, 2009
Yes, Wheeler did a good job, as did MetLife, including their bright Chief Investment Officer. What I would like to add is the the insurance industry generally did a good job regarding the financial crisis, excluding AIG, the financial guarantors, and the mortgage insurers. Why did the insurance industry do well? 1) They avoided complex investments with embedded credit leverage. They did not trust the concept that a securitized or guaranteed AAA was the same as a native AAA. Even a native AAA like GE Capital many insurers knew to avoid, because the materially higher spread indicated high risk. 2) They focused on the long term. The housing bubble was easy to see with long-term perception -- where one does stress tests, and looks at the long term likelihood of loss, rather than risk measures that derive from short-term price changes. Actuarial risk analysis beats financial risk analysis in the long run. 3) The state insurance regulators did a better job than the Federal banking regulators -- the state regulators did not get captured by those that they regulated, and were more natively risk averse, which is the way regulators should be. 4) Having long term funding, rather than short term funding is critical to surviving crises. The banks were only prepared to maximize ROE during fair weather. I know of some banks that prepared for the crisis, but they were an extreme minority, and regarded by their peers as curmudgeonly. I write this to give credit to the insurance industry that I used to for, and still analyze. By and large, you all did a good job maneuvering through the crisis so far. Keep it up.
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"My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence in the tortured soul"
"Bunny slippers remind me of who I am. You can't get a swelled head if you wear bunny slippers. You can't lose your sense of perspective and start acting like a star or a rich lady if you keep on wearing bunny slippers. Besides, bunny slippers give me confidence because they're so jaunty. They make a statement; they say, 'Nothing the world does to me can ever get me so far down that I can't be silly and frivolous.' If I died and found myself in Hell, I could endure the place if I had bunny slippers."


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The librarian's book recommendations from the Elgin Public Library in Elgin, Iowa.
Friday, September 11, 2015
Damon Blundy, trendy, controversial blogger and news columnist is dead. A message is scrawled near the murder scene, "He is no less dead." What? Yeah, that's what everyone is asking in this wonderful psychological thriller by Sophie Hannah.
Nikki Clements feels like she knows what "He is no less dead," means. In fact, she drove by Damon Blundy's house many times that day. In fact, she just moved to his neighborhood. But she can't quite place why those words stick in her head. Words are important to Nikki, you see. She uses them a lot in her secret life. Is her secret big emough to kill for?
If you liked Gone Girl with all its quirky, pyscho drama, you'll love this book. Its pace is good enough and just wild and creepy enough to keep you reading page after page. Give it a try, and then check out the many other Sophie Hannah books the library has to offer!
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Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Second books in trilogies are often my favorites. For me, this was definitely true of The Hunger Games and Legend. I think the same holds true for this second entry in the Darkest Minds trilogy.
In this continuing saga of Ruby and her friends as they battle to find each other after separation in battle, President Clancy's son and his personal agenda become evident. Ruby must face her decision regarding her sacrifice for Liam as well as analyze every part of her humanity and conscience. There are some wonderful chances for readers of all ages to ask themselves the questions Ruby faces: Does love really mean letting go sometimes? Does an end justify the means? How far would we go to help others?
The twisty plot and thrilling action once again drew me in and amazed me as an adult reader reading this YA novel. If kids can follow all the espionage and mind games going on here, they are very smart readers, indeed. There is also just enough "superpower" sci fi going on to keep those readers going, but like other well-done dystopian books, there is enough "reality" or real-world drama to keep those who really don't get into fantasy plots reading well into the night.
The next book is called After Light. I might have to take a break to read some great new adult novels coming out this summer, but I'm eager to know if the last book ties up all of the exciting loose ends in this wonderful series.
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Friday, June 5, 2015
I took this book to our middle school for kids to check out, and the school librarian said they immediately started passing it around because after one person read it, another wanted it. So, I'm finally giving this trilogy a shot.
The premise is that the children in the United States suddenly become vulnerable to a virus at the age of 10 which ultimately either kills them or changes their brain chemistry so that they have new and powerful abilities. The government and all the adults don't really know what to do with the kids who survive because some the "powers" the kids now possess seem dangerous. So, the really great system the government comes up with is to label the kids by ability, giving it a color name, and putting them in separate camps away from their parents and the rest of humanity. Ruby is one such girl, labeled "orange" because of her ability to read people's thoughts and memories. Orange kids are extremely rare by the time Ruby is 16, and so various organizations are looking for her to be their secret weapon. What could a girl who could read people's thoughts and erase their memories do for a government? An army? Yeah. A lot.
There is a little bit of something for every reader in this series, I believe. There is thrilling action, good dialog, a smart heroine, a couple of handsome love interests, friends with loyalty, war, and any number of other social issues. Pick it up and give it a try. I'm going to read the second book, Never Fade. I'll let you know if it's as good as the first.
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Friday, May 22, 2015
New Posts on the Way!
I cannot believe it's been almost a year since I posted something here. I apologize for this laziness, and I vow to get back to sharing my book recommendations with you! I also plan on creating a new blog just for kids and teens where I'll review all the YA and middle grade fiction that I read. Thank you for your patience this year, and I hope you'll continue to follow me!
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
I have always loved Alice Hoffman because she manages to mix realistic characters, a strong sense of place, and a spiritual or magical element all into a fascinating, believable story that stays with me forever. The Museum of Extraordinary Things is another of these extraordinary stories.
Coralie Sardie is extraordinary for many reasons. She lives with her father, the mastermind and owner of a boardwalk "freak show." Coralie herself is one of the "freaks" billed as the Mermaid Girl, floating in a tank of water for many hours at a time to entertain the masses and swimming for hours in the dark, dangerous waters of the Hudson. She lives among the other acts including a "wolf man" and a "butterfly girl" who all have extraordinary looks and talents, but are, as Coralie knows, just people.
Eddie Cohen is not a sideshow act but a photographer trying to find his way in a confusing world where he feels alone and unworthy until he happens upon Coralie, who seems to him like a dream in every way. He also happens upon a mystery involving a missing girl and all the characters who played a role in her disappearance. He cannot shake the need to solve the mystery for the parents of the girl, and he can't shake his longing for Coralie.
When Coralie and Eddie find each other, it is more than a simple romance. It is a mysterious and dangerous tangle of past, present, and future. It is two people simply trying to have ordinary love when their lives and bodies and friends are almost too extraordinary to hold it.
If it's magic, mystery, and great characters you want, then Alice Hoffman will never fail you. Give this, or one of her other wonderful books a try. Great summer reads!
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Friday, March 21, 2014
Ashfall by Mike Mullin
In the first chapter of the novel, a teen boy named Alex is left home alone for the weekend. While he is innocently trying decide which computer games to play without interruption, the house begins to shake, thunder sounds louder than he's ever heard, and he ends up pulling himself from the rubble pile that is his home. No one in his small town seems to know what is going on, but a strange substance begins to fall from the sky and doesn't quit - the ash from a distant mega-volcano. The struggle that ensues for Alex, who tries desperately to get back to his family a couple hours away, is mesmerizing. The ash becomes like the dust in the American Dust Bowl era, covering everything and killing people and animals who breathe it in and destroying the natural resources by suffocating them. Along the road, Alex is met with struggles of violence both from other people and the desolate environment and altered weather patterns that follow the volcano's destruction. He does find a friend, Darla, along the way, who is both a hindrance and a help in his survival but who helps him retain his humanity in a very inhumane setting.
I'm not quite sure why I couldn't put Ashfall down. It was dark and dystopian, yes, but the idea of the ash and the struggle and randomness of the characters Alex meets was like no other. It seemed very real and unbelievable at the same time, and while the journey had a pattern and rhythm to it, it was so exciting, I couldn't wait to see if he made it to his family. I also can't wait to read the second in the series, Ashen Winter, and all Mullin's fans anxiously await the newest and last book, Sunrise, which comes out soon.
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The Bat by Jo Nesbo
So I couldn't help myself and thought I'd start at the beginning, with the first Harry Hole mystery. Getting to see the inspector as a young pup just starting out and beginning his good-natured self-destruction was very fun and dark at the same time, and the premise of this one was every bit as intriguing as The Snowman.
In The Bat, Harry travels to Australia after the movie of a celebrity from Norway is killed. He befriends his "partner" in the police department and learns about the lives and prejudices regarding modern Aboriginals. He also becomes romantically involved with a witness, which adds some spice to Harry's character. Will these relationships get in the way of the investigation?
This first novel, while a little less polished perhaps than Nesbo's The Snowman, was nonetheless completely readable and unpredictable, and we can really see why everyone fell in love with Harry Hole. Give this series a try!
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The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
The Valley Book Club chose this Norwegian thriller for its discussion in February, and I was so glad. I had always wanted to read one by this very popular author, and I was not disappointed. It was filled with suspense, cool characters (no pun intended), and a little gore thrown in for good measure. Love it!
Inspector Harry Hole is known for his stellar insights and knowledge of serial killers. (Note that this is the 7th Harry Hole mystery by Nesbo, but don't let that deter you from reading anywhere on the list. It was my first and didn't bother me a bit that I hadn't read others.)This new case began with a little boy discovering that his mother was not at home, and she had left without her pink scarf, an item she cherished. When police find the scarf wrapped around a snowman in the back yard, they discover the gruesome truth, and this calling card leads them to other murders. The last of which gets very personal for Harry.
If you like creepy, dark, and spell-binding, then Jo Nesbo and The Snowman are for you. You may want to go back and read all the Harry Hole mysteries. I know I do.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013
Allegiant by Veronica Roth
The post-apocalyptic world in which Tris and Tobias must now live is one divided between the divided Chicago that they knew, where groups or factions were determined by one personality trait, and one they never knew existed. Those who showed proclivity for more than one trait were considered "divergent" and therefore dangerous - that is until now. Tris and Tobias find out that there is whole other world where the government watches the city, researching their lives as part of a huge "experiment" to see if people with "damaged genes" can eventually get back to their genetically ideal or divergent state. Divergence is the only good state to be in, according to this government which wants to abolish the factions altogether. While this seems liberating and just to Tris and Tobias and their rebel friends at first, the means by which genetic purity will be obtained is not so liberating. The labels for people are changed, but the outcomes and civil strife that result are just as damaging as the "experiment."
This is the complicated moral landscape that the characters in Roth's world must navigate. Real-life societal issues come into play when one talks about genetic purity, cleansing, war, and human experimentation. When does the end justify the means, etc.? All of this fascinating stuff is wrapped up in a band of very interesting young characters, Tris and Tobias's love story, and their ongoing family battles over power, love, and acceptance.
The intoxicating combination of these elements is what makes this series one of today's hottest tickets, soon to be a ticket at theaters everywhere. So before the first movie comes out in March, do yourself a favor and get lost in the Divergent world. Read the books. You won't be able to put them down until they're done.
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The Power by Rhonda Byrne
When you say the term "law of attraction" to people, they immediately think of romance. But that is really not what the law is about at all. It is, simply put, a way to become a happier person by concentrating and visualizing, using positive thought as a means to draw more positive aspects into your life. If your life is full of negativity, people complaining, adversity, illness, or other struggles, then learning the law of attraction is for you. This book helped to reiterate all the practices and also gave them a deeper and more usable meaning in my life. It teaches that by visualizing and living as though your perfect life has already happened to you, those things can come into being. If you are a positive person, positive people, opportunities, and even wealth and properity will come to you.
So, some of you might say that these ideas are still "dumb self-help mumbo jumbo" but unless you try it, you won't see what it can do for you.If you can't do it, or it doesn't work, what have you lost?
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text: MTA asks for changes to "turnaround" plans for Holyoke and New Bedford schools The following testimony on Level 5 plans in Holyoke and New Bedford was delivered by MTA Vice President Tim Sullivan to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on April 29, 2014. The MTA is asking state education officials to change "turnaround" plans for schools in Holyoke and New Bedford. I am Tim Sullivan, vice president of the MTA, here to testify about the Level 5 turnaround plans for the Morgan Full Service Community School in Holyoke and the Parker Elementary School in New Bedford. In addition to this testimony, I am providing each of you with a short video of interviews with Morgan teachers who want to share their views but can't be here today to testify. I urge you to watch it. The teachers speak from the heart and from their many years of experience in urban education. MTA leaders and staff have been working closely with the teachers in both schools to seek changes to the plans. We appreciate Commissioner Chester's willingness to make some modifications, but the affected teachers continue to believe that the final plans will not lead to the rapid improvement in academic achievement that we all desire for our students. In both schools, the vast majority of teachers are seeking to transfer rather than to work under the conditions described. They made their decisions with heavy hearts, and we feel the plans are driving experienced, trusted, licensed teachers away from schools where they are most needed. The local associations in Holyoke and New Bedford will formally file appeals with the board seeking modifications to the plans, but let me give you an overview of their main concerns. First, the teachers feel unfairly blamed for the low academic performance of their students. The plans presume that low test scores are, by definition, caused by poor teaching. We disagree. At the Morgan, student growth percentiles rose dramatically from 2008 to 2011, topping out at 67 percent – well above the state median. In that year, Morgan was named a Level 4 school by the state and interventions were mandated that led to a big turnover in staff. It is since then that the SGP scores have fallen and are now a little below the state median. Morgan staff members believe they have finally come to grips with the disruptions of 2011 and are optimistic that this year's scores will be better than last year's. They are concerned that another round of interventions and staff turnover will set the school and students back again. Parker has a different story. Student growth there is strong by virtually all measures and performance has been on an upward trajectory since 2011, particularly in math. It is hard to understand why Parker was ever named a Level 5 school in the first place. As in other low-income districts, the percentage of students scoring Proficient at both schools is well below the state average. Teachers believe this is mainly because students arrive already behind and aren't given the supports they need to catch up. At Morgan, there is no preK program in the school or neighborhood. This year, only three of the nearly 60 kindergartners knew their letters when they entered. Unfortunately, the Morgan plan only calls for preK "space permitting" – and there is no space. The Parker has a small preK program, but the plan only calls for an increasing the percentage of neighborhood students served from 4 percent to 10 percent by 2016. Teachers believe preschool for all 4-year-olds in their zones should be the highest priority. In addition, both schools have high percentages of low-income students and students with disabilities. At Morgan, nearly half the students are English language learners. Yet neither plan has a clear program of staffing and services to provide these students with the kind of individualized instruction they need. A longer day isn't sufficient if it doesn't address the very specific learning needs of each student. Read about MTA's efforts to fight for students and educators in Level 5 schools in the latest MTA Today. The plans also lack detail about staffing and schedules. Despite the longer mandated teacher day – 8 hours for Parker teachers and 8.5 hours for Morgan – there is no guarantee that teachers will be given adequate time for planning, collaboration and professional development during the day. There is a belief among the teachers that they, like teachers everywhere, will have to work even more hours outside of the school day to meet their obligations. In both schools, teachers are being asked to work significantly more days and hours for only marginally increased pay. Level 5 teachers should either be adequately compensated for their time or the schools should be given the resources needed to provide students with a longer day and enrichment through flexible staffing schedules and community partnerships. Morgan and Parker students need schools that are stable learning communities. This plan all but guarantees high turnover and instability for years to come. It shifts some of the burden for funding public education onto teachers through an unsustainable staffing model. We urge you to give serious consideration to the appeals that our local associations will be filing seeking changes to both plans. Thank you.


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Jan Tschichold
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Jan Tschichold (2 April 1902 Leipzig, Germany – 11 August 1974 Locarno, Switzerland) was a typographer, book designer, teacher and writer.
Tschichold was the son of a provincial signwriter, and he was trained in calligraphy. This artisan background and calligraphic training set him apart from almost all other noted typographers of the time, since they had inevitably trained in architecture or the fine arts. It also may help explain why he never worked with handmade papers and custom fonts as many typographers did, preferring instead to use stock fonts on a careful choice from commercial paper stocks.
After the election of Hitler in Germany, all designers had to register with the Ministry of Culture, and all teaching posts were threatened for anyone who was sympathetic to communism. Soon after Tschichold had taken up a teaching post in Munich at the behest of Paul Renner, they both were denounced as "cultural Bolshevists". Ten days after the Nazis surged to power in March 1933, Tschichold and his wife were arrested. During the arrest, Soviet posters were found in his flat, casting him under suspicion of collaboration with communists. All copies of Tschichold's books were seized by the Gestapo "for the protection of the German people".[citation needed] After six weeks a policeman somehow found him tickets for Switzerland, and he and his family managed to escape Nazi Germany in August 1933.
Apart from two longer stays in England in 1937 (at the invitation of the Penrose Annual), and 1947–1949 (at the invitation of Ruari McLean, the British typographer, with whom he worked on the design of Penguin Books), Tschichold lived in Switzerland for the rest of his life. Jan Tschichold died in the hospital at Locarno in 1974.[1]
Tschichold had converted to Modernist design principles in 1923 after visiting the first Weimar Bauhaus exhibition. He became a leading advocate of Modernist design: first with an influential 1925 magazine supplement; then a 1927 personal exhibition; then with his most noted work Die neue Typographie. This book was a manifesto of modern design, in which he condemned all typefaces but sans-serif (called Grotesk in Germany). He also favoured non-centered design (e.g., on title pages), and codified many other Modernist design rules. He advocated the use of standardised paper sizes for all printed matter, and made some of the first clear explanations of the effective use of different sizes and weights of type in order to quickly and easily convey information. This book was followed with a series of practical manuals on the principles of Modernist typography which had a wide influence among ordinary workers and printers in Germany. Yet, despite his visits to England just before the war, only about four articles by Tschichold had been translated into English by 1945.
Although Die neue Typographie remains a classic, Tschichold slowly abandoned his rigid beliefs from around 1932 onwards (e.g. his Saskia typeface of 1932, and his acceptance of classical Roman typefaces for body-type) as he moved back towards Classicism in print design.[citation needed] He later condemned Die neue Typographie as too extreme. He also went so far as to condemn Modernist design in general as being authoritarian and inherently fascistic.
Between 1947–1949 Tschichold lived in England where he oversaw the redesign of 500 paperbacks published by Penguin Books, leaving them with a standardized set of typographic rules, the Penguin Composition Rules.[3] Although he gave Penguin's books (particularly the Pelican range) a unified look and enforced many of the typographic practices that are taken for granted today, he allowed the nature of each work to dictate its look, with varied covers and title pages. In working for a firm that made cheap mass-market paperbacks, he was following a line of work—in cheap popular culture forms (e.g. film posters)—that he had always pursued during his career.[citation needed]
His abandonment of Modernist principles meant that, even though he was living in Switzerland after the war, he was not at the centre of the post-war Swiss International Typographic Style. Unimpressed by the use of realist or neo-grotesque typefaces, which he saw as a revival of poorly-designed models, his survey of typefaces in advertising deliberately made no mention of such designs, save for a reference to 'survivals from the nineteenth-century which have recently enjoyed a short-lived popularity.'[4]
Between 1926 and 1929, he designed a "universal alphabet" to clean up the few multigraphs and non-phonetic spellings in the German language. For example, he devised brand new characters to replace the multigraphs ch and sch. His intentions were to change the spelling by systematically replacing eu with oi, w with v, and z with ts. Long vowels were indicated by a macron below them, though the umlaut was still above. The alphabet was presented in one typeface, which was sans-serif and without capital letters.
Typefaces Tschichold designed include Transit (1931), Saskia (1931/1932), Zeus (1931) and Sabon (1966/1967) [1].
Sabon was designed to be a typeface that would give the same reproduction on both Monotype and Linotype systems. It was used early after its release by Bradbury Thompson to set the Washburn College Bible. A "Sabon Next" was later released by Linotype as an 'interpretation' of Tschichold's original Sabon.
- Schriften: 1925–1974 Band 1/2. Berlin, 1992.
- Die neue Typographie, Ein Handbuch für zeitgemäss Schaffende, Berlin, Verlag des Bildungsverbandes der Deutschen Buchdrucker, 1928.
- Typografische Entwurfstechnik, Stuttgart: Akademischer Verlag Dr Fritz Wedekind & Co., 1932.
- Ausgewählte Aufsätze über Fragen der Gestalt des Buches und der Typographie, 1948.
- Schatzkammer der Schreibkunst, Basel, 2. Aufl. 1949.
- Meisterbuch der Schrift. Ein Lehrbuch mit vorbildlichen Schriften aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart für Schriftenmaler, Graphiker, Bildhauer, Graveure, Lithographen, Verlagshersteller, Buchdrucker, Architekten und Kunstschulen, Ravensburg, 1952, 2. Aufl. 1965.
- Geschichte der Schrift in Bildern, Hamburg, 4. Aufl. 1961.
- Jan Tschichold. Master Typographer. Thames & Hudson. 2011
- De proporties van het boek (Die Proportionen des Buches), Amsterdam, 1991.
See also[edit]
- Aynsley, Jeremy. Graphic Design in Germany, 1890–1945 (2000. University of California Press) ISBN 0-520-22796-4.
- Blackwell, Lewis. 20th Century Type (2004. Yale University Press) ISBN 0-300-10073-6.
- Bringhurst, Robert. The Elements of Typographic Style (1992. Hartley & Marks) ISBN 0-88179-033-8.
- Burke, Christopher. Active literature. Jan Tschichold and New Typography (2007. Hyphen Press) ISBN 978-0-907259-32-9.
- de Jong, Cees W., Alston W. Purvis, Martijn F. Le Coultre, Richard B. Doubleday and Hans Reichart. Jan Tschichold—Master Typographer: His Life, Work & Legacy (2008. Thames & Hudson) ISBN 978-0-500-51398-9.
- Doubleday, Richard B. Jan Tschichold, Designer: The Penguin Years (2006. Oak Knoll Press & Lund Humphries) ISBN 978-1-58456-178-1; ISBN 1-58456-178-5.
- Friedl, Friederich, Nicholas Ott and Bernard Stein. Typography: An encyclopedic survey of type design and techniques through history (1998. Black Dog & Leventhal) ISBN 1-57912-023-7.
- Macmillan, Neil. An A–Z of Type Designers (2006. Yale University Press) ISBN 0-300-11151-7.
- McLean, Ruari. Jan Tschichold: A Life in Typography (1997. Princeton Architectural Press) ISBN 1-56898-084-1.
- Meggs, Philip B. History of Graphic Design (1998. John Wiley & Sons) ISBN 0-470-04265-6.
- IDEA Magazine No 321: Works of Jan Tschichold. [2]
- ^ Jan Tschichold—Posters of the AvantGarde written by Martijn F. Le Coultre and Alston W. Purvis page 21
- ^ Jan Tschichold—Posters of the AvantGarde written by Martijn F. Le Coultre and Alston W. Purvis, p. 43, Fig 4. "Framework of ideal proportions in a medieval manuscript without multiple columns. Determined by Jan Tschichold 1953. Page proportion 2:3. margin proportions 1:1:2:3, Text area proportioned in the Golden Section. The lower outer corner of the text area is fixed by a diagonal as well."
- ^ Richard Doubleday. "Jan Tschichold at Penguin Books" (PDF).
- ^ Hollis, Richard (2006). Swiss Graphic Design: The Origins and Growth of an International Style. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
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- www.tschichold.de (requires Flash plug-in).
- Short biography of Jan Tschichold at Textism.
- Jan Tschichold: a titan of typography
- Finding aid for Jan and Edith Tschichold papers, Getty Research Institute


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USD/CHF Weekly Outlook
USD/CHF continued to engage in sideway trading in the triangle pattern from 0.8930 last week and outlook remains unchanged. Such pattern reflected indecisive underlying sentiments. Breakout from 0.9041/9251 range is needed to clear the near term picture. Otherwise, we'll stay neutral. On the upside, break of 0.9251 resistance will revive the case that fall from 0.9594 is finished at 0.8930 and will flip bias back to the upside to 0.9594 and above. On the downside, break of 0.9041 will indicate that fall from 0.9594 is resuming for another low below 0.8930.
In the bigger picture, we're treating rebound from 0.7065 medium term bottom as part of a consolidation pattern. Recent price actions mixed up the outlook and raised the odds for another high above 0.9594 before such rebound completes. But even in that case, upside should be limited by 0.9916 resistance (61.8% retracement of 1.1730 to 0.7065 at 0.9948). Meanwhile, below 0.8930 will revive the case that such rebound is already completed. Further break of 0.8567 will confirm the bearish case and should at least push USD/CHF lower for 61.8% retracement of 0.7065 to 0.9594 at 0.8031 and below.
In the longer term picture, long term down trend from 2000 high of 1.8305 is still in progress and there is no indication of a reversal yet. Such down trend would extend to 100% projection of 1.8305 to 1.1288 from 1.3283 at 0.6266 after finishing the consolidation from 0.7065.


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No Appeals Filed Over Attica Report Release
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — No court appeals have been filed challenging limited release of an investigative report about the 1971 Attica prison riot.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sought disclosure of remaining Meyer Commission documents examining the nation's bloodiest prison rebellion and an alleged cover-up of police crimes in retaking it.
Altogether, 11 staff members and 32 inmates died — all but four shot by state police and corrections officers.
The report's published volume found no intentional cover-up by prosecutors but poor evidence gathering by troopers investigating their colleagues.
Scheiderman's office says it will carefully comply with Justice Patrick NeMoyer's order to leave out grand jury testimony from remaining volumes with investigative details.
The appeal deadline passed last week.
Lawyer Jonathan Gradess, representing victims' families, says it's disappointing Schneiderman didn't appeal and the cover-up continues.


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My favorite movies would be Fantasia, the Disney movies from the 90's, Princess Bride, the Marvel Comic movies, the Riddik movies, and I'll add more as I think of them.
My favorite TV shows are Full Metal Alchemist, Sword Art Online, To Aru Majutsu no Index, Alphas, Torchwood, Mythbusters, MXC, Stargate SG-1, and mostly Dr. Who.
As far as non tv-shows go, I do want to see Avenue Q and Wicked and I liked Thuroughly Modern Milly, and Les Miserables(movie version if that counts).
As far as music goes, I enjoy a wide variety from classical, j- and k-pop, electronic, techno, rock, rap and more. Not a big fan of country however.
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Hazelnut Thumbprints
These crispy, crunchy, nutty delights are perfect for the holidays.
- Servings: 24
- Yield: Makes about 2 dozen
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 large egg, separated, each part lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/2 cup toasted skinned hazelnuts, ground
- Strawberry jam, for filling
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Put butter and 1/2 cup sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add egg yolk and vanilla, and mix well. Reduce speed to low. Add flour and salt, and mix until just combined. Refrigerate dough for 2 hours.
Stir together toasted hazelnuts and remaining 2 tablespoons sugar in a small bowl. Roll dough into 1-inch balls; dip balls in egg white, then in hazelnut-sugar mixture. Space 1 inch apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Press down center of each ball with your thumb. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven; press down centers again with the end of a wooden spoon. Return to oven. Bake cookies until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes more. Let cool slightly on sheets on wire racks. Fill each center with jam.


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My work has become so intense that I am having a difficult time enjoying the rest of my life. My family says I have become downright crabby. When I am with them, my mind wanders into work. The same thing happens when I pray, which isn't often anyway right now. How can I manage the stress so I can be "present" when I am at home and in prayer?
I recently had a conversation with a young entrepreneur who was struggling with a similar situation. He is a man who aspires to be great. This is what I told him. "Everyone is great at being great when things are going great, but truly great people are great at being great when things are not going so great."
The greatest people of all are saints who praise God in the midst of tremendous suffering. Anyone can be joyful when things are going their way, but to praise God during these challenging times is the making of holiness.
When people get distracted in and from prayer it is usually a sign that they are trying to do all the work themselves without asking God to help. The first thing you must do is commit yourself to prayer in the same way you commit to the responsibilities at work. I know it is counterintuitive to believe that spending less time working and more time in prayer could be good for your work but it is true.
Taking time away from work in order to pray will be good for you both practically and spiritually. Mental breaks spent in prayer are very effective for clearing your head on a natural level. Even more powerful is the grace that comes from building a relationship with God through our Blessed Mother and the sacraments.
When times are difficult you can only use your own will power, but it will only get you so far. Obviously in this case, your will power is not enough. You need to move from will power to grace power.
The young entrepreneur I mentioned above called me because he needed help with a new business he started and was failing. He had made zero sales in his first several weeks, a rare situation in the industry. I helped him with various business-related answers and then, knowing that he is Catholic, I asked him how his prayer life was. He expressed a similar situation that you described in your question. I suggested that he pray a daily Rosary and go to Mass before he went to work each morning. I did this knowing how difficult it would be for him to fit into his schedule.
He took the advice and called me back three weeks later. He told me, with enthusiasm, that he was attending daily Mass and praying the Rosary.
He went on to say that he made a sale the very same day he started his new commitments and things have progressively gotten better since. God works in mysterious ways. We can't assume that Mass and a Rosary mean increased performance at work but, my money is on the pure-hearted in the workplace any day.
And a pure heart is a gift we receive in the Eucharist and through a devotion to our Blessed Mother.
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Made an immediate impact in just her first season with the Blazers ... played in all 20 games, earning a spot in the starting lineup in 18 of those contests ... tied for second on the team with six goals, and was third in total points with 13 ... scored five of her six goals during league play, which listed her tied for sixth in the conference in that category ... took 32 total shots on the year, with 16 of them on goal (.500) ... was listed on the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Lettered four years under head coach Deanise Myers, including being named captain during her senior campaign ... helped her squad to the 4A state finals as a junior and the 5A Georiga State Championship as a sophomore ... named first-team all-region and earned the team's Coaches' Award as a senior ... played club soccer for head coach Brian Moore and the Concorde Fire Elite 90 South, where she was captain for three years and helped her team to the 2007 Georgia State Championship ... also played on the Georgia Olympic Development team from 2004-06 and the Region III Olympic Development team since 2007 ... participated in basketball as well.
Full name is Laura Ann McCalla ... daughter of John and Monica McCalla ... has a younger brother, Thomas, and a younger sister, Mandy ... born November 24, 1989 in Atlanta. Ga. ... majoring in industrial distribution.


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I saw Dr. Almeyda for Smart Lipo. It was awesome. All my gross stubborn fat got sucked out and about 2 months later I saw a drastic change in my silhouette! Those stubborn pouches of fat on my thighs that I tried so hard to starve or exercise away were finally gone!!!! My cellulite that I had since I was 15 was much less visible! My swelling was being stubborn and one night I had this awesome idea to put Saran Wrap around my thighs to seal in the Arnica Cream While I slept and when I woke up my swelling really went down a lot! She did an excellent job!!!!
It took about 5 months for me to really "see" my final result. i immediately went out and bought skinny jeans, spandex, and all the form-fitting stuff I had always wanted to wear but couldn't! I always have people asking me what kind of workouts and diets I follow to have a body like this and I want to laugh but I don't! I smile and say I follow a healthy diet and exercise. It's not a total lie--those are things I have to do to maintain my surgical results---but no matter what they do they'll never have a body like this! I actually like wearing bathing suits and pants now! My friend also had Smart Lipo with a different doctor and doesn't look nearly as good.
The Pros of the surgery are that you will look friggin' great! The cons are that you can't exercise for a while after surgery so you may get restless. Also you have to wear a compression garment on the operated body part, so if u live with roommates you have to change in the bathroom so they don't find out. My goal was to have skinny thighs that were proportional to my bony, narrow upper body. Before my surgery I looked like someone took the top half of one person and switched it at the waist with the bottom half of another! I wore a size XS top and a size XL bottom! I was constantly receiving offensive comments from women about my size and unwanted sexual advances from men who like "thick" women with curvy bottoms. I just wanted my lower half to be a normal size, and diet&exercise can only change your size, not your proportions.


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For any body that has not sent the application in yet. If it matters to you please make copies of your application. Check it over and have your wife or somebody else check it over. Mail it priority mail with delivery confirmation. About $8.bucks. Then you can see how long it took to get there and what time and day they got it. Once you get it please let us know!!
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The Milwaukee Police department (specifically Chief Flynn) could care less about a law he does not like. He claims the weapon used by the customer in the Aldi shooting incident is evidence and can not be returned to the owner until it is no longer a possibility it is evidence. This is contrary to the law which states as long as a person makes the gun available as evidence if needed.
While I am not an attorney I do ponder why the weapon that shot the alleged armed robber would be needed as evidence in the robbers trail. Under that moronic reasoning someones hands/arms would be evidence if a person physically subdued someone mugging an elder person until the law showed up. So I guess that person would have to be kept in the evidence room until needed. Chief Flynn the new laws are the law which everyone, including the police, have to abide by. Soooooooooo chief, have the law changed, in the meantime get over it.
Below is the video from channel 58TV news in Milwaukee. Unfortunately they do not show the video that was shown on the 10PM news March 8, 2012. That video has Chief Flynn stating his policy. The policy was reinforced by an assistant DA (no cite of any law) in the video.
Customer Who Stopped Robbery Controversy | CBS 58 | Local News
Hope the mail delivers some today I just saw mail person drive by so some of you may need to check the box.
Today I opened my mailbox and found inside of it a restored liberty!!! :danceban:
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Baker's cysts in knees with chronic osteoarthritic pain: a clinical, ultrasonographic, radiographic and scintigraphic evaluation
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This study aimed to determine the ultrasonographic prevalence of Baker's cysts in knees with chronic osteoarthritic pain and investigate for cysts correlates and relationships with scintigraphically established synovitis. Consecutive patients with chronic osteoarthritic knee pain underwent clinical examination, X-rays, ultrasonography and early-phase bone scintigraphy. Eighty-nine Baker's cysts were detected in 328 knees with chronic osteoarthritic pain (27%), whereas one cyst was identified among the 54 non-osteoarthritic knees (2%, P < 0.001). Baker's cysts were detected in 72/195 (37%) patients with knee osteoarthritis. Abnormal and intense tracer accumulation in early-phase bone scintigraphy were significantly more frequent in osteoarthritic knees with Baker's cysts (97 and 56%, respectively), than in those without (89 and 40%, respectively, P < 0.05 for both). Clinical and radiographic variables could not predict the presence of those cysts. Baker's cysts are a common ultrasonographic finding in knees with chronic osteoarthritic pain and are associated with synovial inflammation and its grade.


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Three Days Before the Shooting . . .
Three Days Before the Shooting . . .
By Ralph Ellison; John Callahan (Editor); Adam Bradley (Editor)
Modern Library, Hardcover, 9780375759536, 1136pp.
Publication Date: January 26, 2010
At his death in 1994, Ralph Ellison left behind roughly two thousand pages of his unfinished second novel, which he had spent nearly four decades writing. Long awaited, it was to have been the work Ellison intended to follow his masterpiece, Invisible Man. Five years later, Random House published Juneteenth, drawn from the central narrative of Ellison's unfinished epic.
Three Days Before the Shooting . . . gathers together in one volume, for the first time, all the parts of that planned opus, including three major sequences never before published. Set in the frame of a deathbed vigil, the story is a gripping multigenerational saga centered on the assassination of the controversial, race-baiting U.S. senator Adam Sunraider, who's being tended to by "Daddy" Hickman, the elderly black jazz musician turned preacher who raised the orphan Sunraider as a light-skinned black in rural Georgia. Presented in their unexpurgated, provisional state, the narrative sequences form a deeply poetic, moving, and profoundly entertaining book, brimming with humor and tension, composed in Ellison's magical jazz-inspired prose style and marked by his incomparable ear for vernacular speech.
Beyond its richly compelling narratives, Three Days Before the Shooting . . . is perhaps most notable for its extraordinary insight into the creative process of one of this country's greatest writers. In various stages of composition and revision, its typescripts and computer files testify to Ellison's achievement and struggle with his material from the mid-1950s until his death forty years later. Three Days Before the Shooting . . . is an essential, fascinating piece of Ralph Ellison's legacy, and its publication is to be welcomed as a major event for American arts and letters.
John F. Callahan is Morgan S. Odell Professor of Humanities at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. His writings include a novel, "A Man You Could Love." He is the editor of the Modern Library edition of The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison and is the literary executor of Ralph Ellison's estate.
Adam Bradley is an associate professor of English at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is the author of the forthcoming" Ralph Ellison-in-Progress," a critical study of Ellison's unfinished second novel.
"Ralph Ellison's generosity, humor, and nimble language are, of course, on display in Juneteenth, but it is his vigorous intellect that rules the novel. A majestic narrative concept." --Toni Morrison
Famed author Ralph Ellison, who wrote the literary classic "Invisible Man," was working on a second novel when he died of pancreatic cancer in 1994. Two editors were given access to his archive and have completed work on Ellison's final work, "Three Days Before the Shooting." Host Michel Martin speaks with the two editors — John Callahan, literary executor of the Ellison Estate, and Adam Bradley — about how they managed to complete Ellison's unfinished work. More at NPR.org
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Another fond farewell!
posted at 4:48 pm on October 25, 2012 by Libby Sternberg
I see fellow Greenroom poster Howard Portnoy has posted a farewell to the Greenroom. Let me say the same — adios, my friends. I'm moving on down the highway, as Jim Croce sang (or something like that!).
I've thoroughly enjoyed my time here, but you can still catch my random musings at Center Right Side, a blog I run– with my sister-in-law and father-in-law posting, as well.
I've really enjoyed the comments on my posts, too, even when you don't agree with me! And I've been very grateful for the opportunity to post my thoughts on this well-read page.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by dba, Jun 8, 2010.
Bloody Purists!!!
That rule is in there to protect the game from too many fouls. Game is choppy enough as it is with all the trips to the line, this may make it unwatchable. Plus guys like Ben Wallace may as well retire since players would have to maintain a 70% or so FT pct to avoid getting fouled everytime they shoot. We need less foul calls not more. Instead of inventing rules to smooth out the damage from inconsistant referring why not tackle the problem itself and work on consistancy of calls from game to game. That way players know exacly what a foul is on any given game and don't do it if they want to stay in the game. I know I am dreaming.
Amen, couldn't have said it better!
Yeah, for sure. The refs and/or the entire officiating system sucks. That is the major problem with the game as I see it. But I still think they shouldn't throw guys out of the game based on the number of fouls they get.
I think they should throw the refs out after a ref has made n calls.
I always thought it would be cool if they had a penalty box like Hockey. If a player gets 6 fouls the team plays a man short for a minute.
Hmmm...Actually, I do like the idea of sitting his butt out for a minute on a flagrant foul. And if the other team outscores the penalized team by 6 points during that time, then the refs call a timeout and bring the (Ron Artest) naughty offender back into the game.
So, in our case, if a player gets 6 fouls, we'll be forced to play CV for a full minute?
If they want higher scoring then 5 on 4 would do it.
Replace NBA refs with hockey refs, give them a 15 minute primer on the rules, and see how it goes.
Fine his a** for every 6 fouls by 1/82 of his salary.
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Lady Gaga stunned us all once again with a stellar performance live at the MTV Video Music Awards 2013. Gaga opens the number in an opera-like melody, dressed like a fashionable nun in white. Wide-eyed she sings to the crowd before transforming into an all black with a black swim-cap like headpiece. Moments after this, she changes into a glittery blue outfit with a mod-like short blonde wig. Not long after, she loses the blonde wig and blue outfit only to end up in a neon yellow wig with crazy face paint. You get the point. Queen Gaga ends up in a shell bikini with a long dirty blond wig. Check out the video below.
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