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By JANET
from NORTH YORK
The fluoride (by itself) was the first product I ever bought. I believe it helps my nails, but I do wonder since it evaporates so fast.I would like to be able to refill the pen that comes with anther set, as it is easier to apply with the pen, and you never have to worry about tipping over the bottle and loosing any of the product. (The products may be considered expensive when given shipping charges and taxes, so you do not want to loose any of the product with accidental spills.)I had also been using the "white" nail and cuticle moisturizer on both hands for a month with the fluoride.When I purchased the "pink" nail moisturizer with peptides, I decided to use the "pink" product on my left hand and the "white" product on my right hand so that I could compare any difference I might see between products.It has been a little less than a month now, and both hands and nails look good.I still break nails, usually by jamming or catching a nail, so I would expect the same to occur. These product are making my nails able to withstand more punishment.These is the BEST nail care products TSC sells.My nails do not turn yellow.My nails are not more brittle.My nails no longer break far down on the nail bed, far from the whites of my nails.I have seen absolutely nothing negative being done to my nails with these products. Everything has just gotten better.I have had relatively good nails to start with, but I now have no hang-nails and my nails are growing longer, and lasting longer before they break.Great news for my nails and hands.
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By Orleans
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I have to agree with the other comments. In my opinion, this is the best nail product sold on TSC. Others are good but this is the best. If I could get my nails to grow, they would split on either side of my nails and then I would have to cut them right down. Not so with this product -- no strong odour and dries quickly. My nails have never been this long and this strong. Keep these products in stock.
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These products are amazing! I have used so many of the other nail products at TSC and nothing has helped. I have extremely dry brittle nails and this line is finally helping treat my nails. The nail polishes are excellent too! A bounus is that there are no harmful chemicals used in this line. Thank you TSC and ProStrong.
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This product is so easy to use, the floride dries instantly. I had short, soft, braking nails. I have tried several other product but this one WORKS. I am so impressed. I have great nails now after 2 weeks of applying the solution twice a day. I hope I never run out. Don't hesitate to try this product you will be happy that you did..Thanks Londa
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I purchased this product the last time it was on and I so love it. I have purchased other nail products which were, okay, but this works, it's easy to use, and it does what it is supposed to do. I will purchase it again today. I also love the nail file as it is very very gentle on your nails. thanks for a wonderful product.
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within a couple of weeks I noticed no more split nails and much healthier looking nails. Nails were harder but not breaking, which was great
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I first bought it in a 1.0 Floz bottle and then tried to order again. No luck, out of stock for this size.I will always need to use this and would appreciate it if it came in larger than 0.5, size. It is a good product and Ionly took away one star because I don't like the 0.5 bottle. Maybe it shouldn't make a difference but I do not like to keep ordering and paying the S & H each time on such a small amount.Please give us the option when it comes to size and do not link it in with another product.
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Having only had three days at home in the four weeks between Qatar and Austin meant it was nice to get back and recharge the batteries prior to going to Jerez.
The bags were soon packed, and I was ready and looking forward to Jerez, but the fickle Manx weather had other ideas. When I arrived at the airport in the Isle of Man it was a beautiful sunny day: an hour and half later and a thick blanket of fog had settled over the airport.
The plane due to fly me to London was unable to land and my flight was cancelled, meaning I was not able to make my connecting flight to Malaga. I got straight on the phone to EasyJet who kindly changed all my flights and a few more hasty calls to sorted the car hire a hotel at Gatwick for the night.
My rescheduled flight off the Island was not looking good either but the fog magically lifted at the perfect moment and I finally made it away at 6 o'clock in the evening.
My original plan was to spend an evening in Malaga, giving me Wednesday to drive to Jerez, find my digs and stock the fridge with supplies for the weekend.
This all went out the window, thanks to the Manx weather and I ended up arriving at Malaga at 10pm which meant that that my first foray onto the Spanish roads was in the pitch black!
Around two and a half hours later I managed to find my apartment in what appeared to be a field in the middle of nowhere, but in the sunlight the following day it proved to be quite close to a little town.
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The dream lives.
The NFL came to Toronto last night.
At kickoff, flashbulbs popped. Music exploded. When Bills quarterback Trent Edwards hit Robert Royal with a touchdown pass in the first quarter, a big football crowd hollered. In the press box, about a dozen Canadian football writers were so impressed they spent half-time watching the CFL game.
When Ben Roethlisberger threaded a touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes there were oohs. Leodis McKelvin brought folks out of their seats. All of which was nice.
Somewhere Ted Rogers -- owner of the Rogers Centre, and the man who brought the Bills' exhibition to Toronto -- was smiling. Good thing, because there have been times in this enterprise when there wasn't much to smile about.
Before buying into this talk about bringing an NFL team to Toronto it should be remembered dreams also come with nightmares.
In other words, be careful for what you wish. There are expectations and then there is reality.
A Bills game in Toronto is not like the Bills in Buffalo. For instance, enjoy tailgating? Not in Toronto. Yesterday there was a beer tent selling beer for $6 a pint. Anyone trying to light up the bumper bar-b would set off alarm calls at fire stations all over town. Popping a Coors within city limits in this country is considered one of the deadly sins. Security guys talking into their armpits surrounded the stadium like the Russian army on a Georgian holiday. A CFL protest group led by Sterling Halliday drew about 20 supporters -- and 13 cops.
Talk about your No Fun League.
Sure, you get an extra down. You also get a lighter bank account. It is still possible to see an Argos game with the family for the face value of one of the tickets to last night's do. We already have one team people can't afford to watch. Is it really possible this city needs another one just so fans can have a home team on the Pro-line card on which to lose their weekly paycheque? Just wondering.
Also, we are talking about the Bills. Just what this city needs, another team that can find a playoff spot about as often as my wife can find something in her purse. People hear NFL and think Super Bowl, Brett Favre, the Patriots, Cowboys and Peyton Manning. What Toronto is most likely to get is what most NFL cities get. A team near .500, unless we're really unlucky and end up with some facsimile of the Detroit Lions.
Of course it's not like the night was a complete failure for Rogers and proponents of getting an NFL team. For instance, that CFL rally fizzled like an Argonaut offensive drive. During a stroll around the Rogers Centre and along Front St. the closest thing to a protest move in evidence were the people declining the free Irish Spring body wash.
But there was plenty else to see. Buffalo Jills, for instance. It is like they say: In the NFL, everything is ... ahh, uhmmm. Bigger? But, I (blush) digress.
To hear promoters tell it, this was the toughest ticket in town. It was. But you had to be a scalper to understand why. They were in tough. "Cheap, cheap tickets! Cheap!," pleaded one left holding a fistful. Maybe fans weren't as gullible as Rogers' advisers thought they might be when they tried to sell an August exhibition as if it were a real NFL experience. For instance, Edwards was done partway through the second quarter. Ditto Roethlisberger.
Officially this was supposed to be a sellout. Attendance was announced at 43,484. Unofficially, many got free passes. Show me a Rogers employee and I'll show you someone who had access to free tickets. An exaggeration? Okay. Maybe. But so was that radio ad telling people tickets were going fast. "Half-price tickets!" yelled the scalper. Gotta admire his optimism.
Noted Halliday of his protest movement: "We got a lot of media coverage so we've made an impact already." But they were left protesting well up Blue Jays Way -- where only a small part of the Toronto populace noticed. You know, kind of like an Argos game day. Some things never change.


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The daughter of two opera singers, Debbie Davis never had a chance. She was born a singer. Making her first professional singing appearance at the age of two, her childhood was peppered with performances in opera and musical theater. As a young adult she was on track for a career as an actress, singer and dancer when a knee injury diverted her energies toward singing exclusively. She became well known in her native New Jersey as a rock and roll singer in several bands, dabbling in jazz standards when opportunity allowed.
Moving to New Orleans in 1997, Debbie began making a name for herself in the local music community singing jazz and all manner of musical styles. She's gone on to record with people like John Boutte, New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Dukes of Dixieland, Leigh Harris, Paul Sanchez, Kevin Clark, Tom McDermott, 3 Manisha, All That, Tin Men, Lil Band of Gold (CC Adcock), Marc Stone, Mike West, Harry Shearer and Alex McMurray and was the jingle singer for the 2003 Zatarains ad campaign produced by David Torkanowski. In 1999 she joined The Pfister Sisters and has spent the last decade performing locally and internationally with the group. In 2010 she played herself on the critically acclaimed HBO series, TREME, and sang on the Grammy nominated soundtrack for the show. She was nominated for Best Female Vocalist of 2010 by Offbeat Magazine and her first solo recording, on Threadhead Records, is slated for release in 2012. It will feature a who's who of New Orleans finest players and songs spanning from Irving Berlin to Amy Winehouse as well as the talents of local songsmiths, Alex McMurray and Paul Sanchez.
Debbie is New Orleans premier female ukulelist and is proud to endorse Southcoast Ukes. She is also married to tubist, bassist, composer, arranger and Threadhead artist, Matt Perrine. They live in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans with their two sons, Ben and Henry, and Bowie the wonder-dog.


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Fairfield Community School District school board member Phil Miller has served on the board for about four months, and he'd like to stay on for a few more.
Miller, a local veterinarian, is one of two candidates on the ballot running for the special school board election April 1. The vacancy was created when board member Amy Miller announced in October she would move to Des Moines in December. The board voted to appoint Phil Miller in her place until the next special election. Steve Pumphrey is the other candidate on the ballot.
The winner of the April 1 special election will serve the remainder of Amy Miller's four-year term until the regular school board election in September 2015.
Miller said the greatest challenge facing the school board is finding a new superintendent to replace outgoing superintendent Art Sathoff, who announced he would leave the district on June 30 to take a job as superintendent in Indianola.
"Art is a very talented and gifted leader," Miller said. "He did a great job here, and we would love to have him stay for many years. Now it's our job as a board to find a qualified replacement. The superintendent of the Fairfield school district is a very important job. He's the leader of our school system, and our school system affects everyone in the community."
Miller said the board is still deciding which search firm to hire to find a replacement. He hopes that will be completed next week.
"If all goes well, we might have a replacement in eight weeks," he said. "The search company didn't seem to think there was going to be a problem finding qualified applicants. Fairfield is a very good place to live and work, and to be a superintendent. There will undoubtedly be people who want to become our next superintendent."
Miller said it's possible the school board might have to hire an interim superintendent if the position cannot be filled in time, although he said that probably wouldn't happen.
The other major challenge facing the school board is the $10 million addition and renovation planned for the high school. The bond issue for the project passed a year ago. The architect and general contractor presented a plan to the board that they thought would be within the $10 million budget. However, the bids have come back totaling $12 million.
"Should we try to negotiate some of those bids down?" asked Miller. "Should we do without some things. Those questions will need to be answered soon, because the project was supposed to be starting now."
Miller said construction on the new shop building was supposed to begin at the end of this month, but now it might not start until June. He said he hopes the school can negotiate those bids to be lower. He said the school might allow companies that did not bid the first time to submit a bid.
He said the third major hurdle on the horizon is the contract negotiations with teachers.
"We've got wonderful teachers in the district," he said. "They're dedicated professionals, and we want to make sure we compensate them fairly. That said, the district will have less money to spend next year than last year, because our student enrollment number is going down."
State aid to schools is tied to the number of students in the district.
"We can still have good buildings and good transportation," he said. "Figuring out how to get it done fairly is the challenge."
Miller said he is proud the district was able to reduce its tax asking by more than 2 percent in this year's budget. He said the district is in very good financial shape, with an unspent balance of about $1 million.
"The goal of the board is to make sure that we do not go over our authorized spending," he said. "The goal is to also have enough tax revenue to provide good education."
Miller said he has enjoyed his four months on the board a great deal. He said whether he is elected or not, he hopes the public turns out to vote on April 1 in favor of the Physical Plant and Equipment Levy, which comes up for a vote once every decade. The levy is 67 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation. The current PPEL expires in FY15. The funds are used to purchase buses and technological equipment.


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Aflac Inc.'s (AFL - Free Report) fourth-quarter 2012 operating earnings per share of $1.48 came in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate and were slightly ahead of the year-ago quarter's earnings of $1.45. Operating earnings edged up 2.0% year over year to $697 million. A weak yen/dollar exchange rate had a negative impact of 4 cents per share on the operating earnings.
Operating earnings in the reported quarter primarily excluded the after-tax negative impact of realized investment gains from securities transactions and impairments of $141 million or 29 cents per share compared with $168 million or 35 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. It also excluded other operating losses and hedge costs on investment totaling $8 million or 2 cents a share in the reported quarter. Additionally, a positive impact of derivative and hedging activities worth $33 million or 7 cents per share affected the operating earnings as opposed to $22 million or 5 cents per share recorded in the year-ago period.
Including one-time items, Aflac's GAAP net income in the reported quarter rose about 8.0% to $581 million or $1.24 per share against $538 million or $1.16 per share in the year-ago period. Total acquisition and operating expenses moved up 3.4% year over year to $1.51 billion, while benefits and claims jumped 7.8% year over year to about $4.0 billion.
Total revenue for the reported quarter augmented 6.6% year over year to $6.38 billion, but fell short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6.61 billion. Despite the ongoing derisking activities, weak yen and the low-rate environment, total revenue benefited from consistent improvements in the U.S. and Japan. While Aflac Japan contributed about 80% to the total revenue, Aflac U.S. contributed the remaining 20%.
Total revenue in Japan increased 5.4% year over year to $5.1 billion. Reflecting the accelerated sales from the bank channel and WAYS product, but partially offset by weak average yen. Premium income from the Japanese operations, in terms of dollars, was up 6.1% year over year to $4.4 billion in the reported quarter.
Net investment income from the Japanese operations inched up 0.3% year over year to $711 million. The growth was primarily mitigated by a weak yen/dollar exchange rate, which was 80.93, or 4.4% weaker than the average rate of 77.35 in the year-ago quarter. However, higher benefit ratio, weak yen and other expenses resulted in pre-tax operating earnings of $906 million in Japan, dipping 0.5% over the prior-year quarter.
Aflac U.S. generated revenue of $1.4 billion, up 5.8% over the prior-year quarter. Net investment income grew 4.4% year over year to $156 million. Premiums from the U.S. operations were up 5.5% year over year to $1.3 billion. Given the lingering weakness in the U.S. and limited growth in new sales, total new annualized sales slipped 0.7% year over year to $444 million as more than 90% of the accounts come from the small business market.
Subsequently, pre-tax operating earnings in the U.S. climbed 5.9% year over year to $208 million, whereas persistency improved to 77.1% from 76.2% in the year-ago quarter.
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For full-year 2012, Aflac reported operating earnings per share of $6.60, which breezed past the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6.59 but modestly grew from $6.27 recorded in 2011. Operating earnings climbed 5.1% year over year to $3.1 billion. A slightly weak yen/dollar exchange rate had a positive impact of 1 cent on operating earnings in 2012.
Including one-time items, GAAP net income surged 48.0% to $2.87 billion or $6.11 per share in 2012 versus $1.94 billion or $4.12 per share in 2011.
Total revenue for the reported quarter inflated 14.4% year over year to $25.36 billion, also exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $25.73 billion. Total acquisition and operating expenses climbed up 4.8% year over year to $5.73 billion in 2012, while benefits and claims spiked 11.5% to $15.33 billion.
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Quote from: dead0man on April 03, 2012, 02:07:05 am
That's going to be hard (if not impossible) to get passed into law. Maybe you'd have a chance if you put in some loopholes to the truck tax for farmers, construction workers and such. Nobody needs an SUV unless you go off road frequently and need to carry covered cargo or people while you do it, you'd basically kill that market (something I'd like to see happen, but not this way). And like I said earlier, there already is a gas guzzler tax on vehicles (<22.5mpg I think....
). You could probably get away with raising that number up to 25. There is also the CAFE tax on car makers, but that has had less than stellar results as well. From
Before the oil price increases of the 2000s, Overall fuel economy for both cars and light trucks in the U.S. market reached its highest level in 1987, when manufacturers managed 26.2 mpg (8.98 L/100 km). The average in 2004 was 24.6 mpg.[25] In that time, vehicles increased in size from an average of 3,220 pounds to 4,066 pounds (1,461 kg to 1,844 kg), in part due to an increase in truck ownership during that time from 28% to 53%.
The SUV is the main reason for the decline in avg mpg since 1987. Americans like big cars. Because the Gas Guzzler tax doesn't effect trucks/SUVs, the people that like big vehicles have moved on to them (mainly SUVs). So you're correct to aim your proposed legislation at them, if only there was a way to aim it so that it didn't hit the people that actually use these vehicles for their intended purpose and only hit the trendy douchebags that need a new Yukon because their neighbor just got one.
(if you can't tell, I freaking hate SUVs and other tall vehicles, especially when a 110lb soccer mom tries to park one)
Yea I hate SUV's too, although that's a bit hypocritical because I want to buy a Subaru Outback(26 mpg). So I'm guessing the reason for the loophole in gas guzzler tax is that GMC/Ford lobbied Obama to keep SUV's/Trucks untaxed?
Personal car opinions aside, if you want to change someone's behavior you have to nuke it from orbit. Stopping suburb construction in big cities is an obvious one(I am at least one household member who commutes to the city which has over 1mil in csa in a suburb drives 50 miles round trip per day, so that's a solid 12k miles they put in just commuting every year), and this would probably not be so regressive. Gas tax is another one, which would be pretty regressive and no concern for the poor. I think taxing new SUV's/Trucks and writing tax breaks in when appropriate moderate heroish option, that wouldn't really result in a behavior change, just the amount of gas used(still a good thing), and could make American cars competitive in other regions of the world again. Right now sin taxes that are prohibitive are only for cigarettes, and booze in some places, both very regressive for obvious reasons. I think that freezing all suburb construction would be worth considering if you are pretty confident that gas prices will spike $8-9 gallon over one summer from natural causes like they did in '07(but baseline was lower at that point), because at that point the suburbs will become deadweight/China status. This would mean as much as $3-5k expenses for gas, double food prices, and utility bills going up unless you live in a geographically favored area for alternative energy. Rural areas could mitigate the second one by producing their own food, and are more likely to be favored for the third one, urban areas can potentially handle the first ones, and in very few cases the third one. Either way it would be a second great depression, depending on how peak oil happens. The best case scenario is the current plateau of oil production continues to slowly decline and keeps the prices rising steadily at about 50 cents per year for a few years giving a wake up call to Americans before oil production accelerates it's drop. Even if you are completely optimistic about our ability to adapt/extract unextractable oil we will at least see another recession.
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April 03, 2012, 07:44:49 am »
Quote from: dead0man on April 02, 2012, 11:42:50 pm
I do not think this has been adequately proven.
Do people that make 10 times as much as you tend to drive 10 times as much as you? Do people that make $25k a year drive half as much as people that make $50k?
Those are not measures of repressiveness of a tax on distance driven.
Personally I dont drive much. I walk and take the train. So it is quite possible that richer people drive 10 times more than me.
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April 03, 2012, 09:22:06 am »
My point was that the amount people drive really isn't all that dependent on wealth. Just like smoking and drinking. Thus a gas tax is going to be just as regressive as sin taxes. And I'm not saying it's necessarily wrong (unlike sin taxes, which I
think are wrong), or that we shouldn't have them or that they should vary depending on income level and/or wealth. Like I said in my last post, I'm all for gas taxes, even
gas taxes if we have roads and bridges that need fixing.
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April 03, 2012, 09:28:18 am »
Same amount of tax no matter how much gas your car guzzles?
Yeah, I don't really think so. Would help utility vehicles, of course, but would alas also help SUV drivers.
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April 04, 2012, 03:30:43 am »
Yuck. Perhaps I'm not far enough to the left on economics (I would think -6 would be enough) or it's my regional influence, but this just smacks of wrong. Maybe it's because it has bad elements from left and right (regressive tax, radical environmentalism) or maybe it's just the 5 cent per mile number that's ruining it for me.
I'm not big on emissions testing and monitored driving; the government can do much in terms of influencing mileage standards, national manufacturer emission standards and the standard fuel tax. A tax like this would also be felt across the entire economy. What happens to truckers and therefore, logistics and transportation costs of products? People would pay more to be able to drive, and again for everything else that has to be driven.
Double the gas tax to 36.8 cents and that'll generate ~$125 billion per year in additional revenue. Use that to develop the next mass-produced automobile fuel sources and systems over ten years (electric, hydrogen).
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We do need to consider what will replace the fuel tax as a funding source for roads when we transition to a post-internal combustion society. However, there is no indication that will be happening soon.
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Terrible idea. You'd need a new layer of bureaucracy to implement it, and it's horribly regressive. Some people can't afford to move closer to where they work, so it'll punish a lot of people just for being in the situation they are in. I have a relative who is a good example - she's a prison nurse and she has to drive an hour each way, and she is not going to be able to move from where she is for a multitude of reasons.
This would also discourage tourism for many areas, as people would be less likely to want to drive to wherever they want to go for their vacations because it will now cost them more. Not everyone can afford plane tickets for their whole family. The decrease in tourism would result in economic decline in areas that depend on it.
We're far better off investing into research on viable fuel alternatives and encouraging people to buy more fuel efficient vehicles.
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Quote from: IDS Judicial Overlord John Dibble on April 04, 2012, 08:41:49 pm
Terrible idea. You'd need a new layer of bureaucracy to implement it
Not really, not if it's used to fund local roads and a cap is established on how many miles are taxed. Most, if not all states require you to pay property tax on cars and the county sends you a bill based on the blue-book value for having been driven so many miles (in SC it's 15000 mi/yr) with a way for you to appeal the bill if you've driven it more than that so that it has a lower value. Set the tax based on the assumption you drive the vehicle 10000 mi/yr and let people appeal it if they can show they drove less. Other than you'd get more appeals thus making that layer of the bureaucracy bigger to manage the increased workload, there would be no real problems.
As a replacement for the federal gas tax this wouldn't work, but for state and local gas taxes it would.
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Quote from: Cheesy Grits on April 04, 2012, 09:36:09 pm
Set the tax based on the assumption you drive the vehicle 10000 mi/yr and let people appeal it if they can show they drove less.
Wouldn't that defeat the entire purpose the tax is being proposed for considering that it wouldn't tax the people who drove more than that anything additional?
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Quote from: IDS Judicial Overlord John Dibble on April 05, 2012, 08:06:49 am
Quote from: Cheesy Grits on April 04, 2012, 09:36:09 pm
Set the tax based on the assumption you drive the vehicle 10000 mi/yr and let people appeal it if they can show they drove less.
Wouldn't that defeat the entire purpose the tax is being proposed for considering that it wouldn't tax the people who drove more than that anything additional?
I'll agree that it is opposite to Mitty's proposal, but as an anti-greenhouse gas measure, either the existing motor vehicle fuel taxes or carbon taxes are simpler and more directly relevant to the alleged goal. I was considering whether a miles driven tax could be used as a substitute for fuel taxes as a means of paying for roads once we all have vehicles powered by batteries and/or hydrogen fuel cells.
Same basic concept, but far different reason for implementing it.
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A number of states already have toll roads where the toll is based on miles driven.
This idea would expand the system to all roads.
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@metal I have only been a staff member of 2 sites (1 admin, 1 mod), but I do know what you mean. Also, I have been known to lose it when the staff stayed calm. Not to long ago I chewed out a newbie who was insulting everyone. Later I found out she was a mom, but I still stand by the things I said. However, I realize that it would be pretty hard for me to deal with what the staff here does. I spend hours every day on this site, but I get to ignore issues if I want to, and sometimes I forget to stay calm on the ones I don't ignore.
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Maybe the headset willl also support any WiiSpeak game such as animal crossing (city folks?) and monster hunter tri.
Ive had a wiispeak for years and havent ran into a single other person online that has one be it animal crossing, conduit 1, monster hunter 3....
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and the staff here kicks ass, i help run a clan website and the noobs there are enough to drive you mad, and this site is on a much, much larger scale.
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How low will they go? Silencing the opposition is not only encouraged, but paid for on the left.
The Left looses in the arena of ideas. When they speak freely and share their point of view (collectivism, state-ownership, transfer-the-wealth, union thuggery, post-birth abortions), the vast majority of Americans disagree.
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I have spoken directly with both Patterico and Aaron about their ongoing battles.
The mainstream press, not just the conservative blogosphere, needs to hear and report their stories.
This is a convoluted, ongoing nightmare that combines abuse of the court system, workplace intimidation, serial invasions of privacy, perjury, and harassment of family members. McCain was forced to move with his family out of his house this week, and has just gotten a small taste of what Aaron and Patterico have been enduring over the past year. Aaron and his wife were fired from their jobs after their employer feared the office would be targeted next. Convicted bomber Kimberlin has filed bogus "peace orders" against Aaron, when it is the Walkerswho are the victims, not the perpetrators.
This abuse MUST STOP.
The media needs to report this.
And the lefties who purport to hold peace and love as high attributes need to call out their violent, menacing, terrorist brethren.
Please stand with these brave researchers and writers. Please support them in their quest for truth. Please hold the bad guys to account.
Who is Brett Kimberlin?
Brett Kimberlin is the face of the American political left.
Kimberlin is a convicted bomber. He even has a nickname: "The Speedway Bomber." Back in 1978, he set of a series of eight bombs in Speedway, Indiana, one of which blew the limbs off Vietnam Vet Carl DeLong, who later committed suicide because of his injuries. Kimberlin is also a convicted drug dealer. In 1988, he claimed that he sold drugs to Dan Quayle, but there was nothing to corroborate this claim. Given Kimberlin's far left politics, it's reasonable to believe that he was lying for political effect. Incidentally, you won't be able to discover any of this through Wikipedia — it's been scrubbed.
More from Dan Collins and from Dan Riehl.
And here's Ann Althouse talking about how the left exposes personal information to try to silence you.
Instapundit has a round-up.
Kitty Genovese and the by-stander effect.
Social Media Can Kill Your Job ProspectsMonday, March 19th, 2012
A quick way to kill your job hunting: be an idiot on social media:
One in five technology firms has rejected a job applicant because of his or her social media profile, according to a Eurocom Worldwide Survey.
The annual study had previously found that almost 40 percent of respondents checked out potential employee's profiles on social media sites, but this is the first year that companies had confirmed that they had rejected applicants based on their digital presence.
"The 21st century human is learning that every action leaves an indelible digital trail. In the years ahead many of us will be challenged by what we are making public in various social forums today," said Mads Christensen, network director at Eurocom Worldwide.
"The face the one in five applicants disqualify themselves from an interview because of content in the social media sphere is a warning to job seekers and a true indicator of the digital reality we now live in."
Don't be a social media dummy. It could cost you.
Via @sistertoldjah
Pinterest: Remember How People Made Fun Of Apple?Monday, March 19th, 2012
Franklin Center is putting together a new website and I wrote a post for them about Pinterest. Here's a snippet:
BONUS: Tips for Integrating Pinterest into your journalism:
1. Always have a picture in your post/article. Pictures are the way people search topics on Pinterest. There needs to be an "anchor".
2. Make the picture in your post relevant and logical. Pinterest, like the internet, is literal. Clever and ironic pictures won't make sense on Pinterest where no text is visible.
3. Put a Pinterest plugin on your Website. Make sure people can see what you follow.
4. Create a board on Pinterest of your work. People will follow and share your articles this way.
There's much more at the link, including how Pinterest is the next Apple.
The New Hollywood Blacklist: What You Can Do To Help Conservative Hollywood Fight BackMonday, March 5th, 2012
Imagine being afraid you'll lose your job because you believe the people to blame for 9/11 are the Islamofascists who plotted it. That's what one Hollywood writer, Daniel Knauf endured. Here's what he said:
Toadies in the MSM assert that there is no Blacklist in Hollywood.
And they're right.
It's not necessary because Hollywood is a very, very small, very, very ruthless town, where a few key words spoken in the right ears can absolutely wreck a career–code-words like "difficult," "high-maintenance" and "uneven." When you can obliterate a fellow professional with a few well-chosen phrases, why maintain something as crude and inelegant as a Blacklist?
How dare anyone even suggest that there's a Blacklist against conservative artists and performers?
Blacklists are for mouth-breathers.
Blacklists are for knuckle-draggers.
Blacklists are so… so… Republican.
And so I kept my mouth shut. And a funny thing happened: The longer I was forced to withhold my opinions and beliefs, the brighter they burned in me. Funny. Oppression has a way of doing that to the oppressed.
Ask any Soviet defector…
For years, I bit my tongue, nodding and making non-committal sounds while listening to the most virulently noxious Leftist spew imaginable: Explicit rape-murder fantasies directed toward Palin, Coulter, Malkin and Ingraham; blithely expressed wishes of cancer, assassination and mutilation of Bush, Cheney and Limbaugh; the snide denigration of "civilians" (i.e. anyone not in the entertainment business) in the "flyover states" (i.e. everywhere except New York and east of the Golden State Freeway–Pasadena, for instance is a "flyover state"); and, of course, the endless venomous, profanity-laced screes against the Tea Party.
Even more shocking was the rampant hypocrisy, the endemic corruption, the casual thievery–from producers ordering custom built doors and windows for their homes from the construction department, to having their Beemers and Benzos topped daily with gas by Transpo. All on the studio dime.
Meanwhile, any actress or female writer can tell you that the Casting Couch is alive and well in contemporary Hollywood. And it's absolutely fascinating just how many male producers and execs time their set-visits to coincide with nude-scenes…
And forget about "diversity."
Please, go read the whole thing.
Hollywood and the Left use their political correctness–sexism, racism, environmentalism–as a sword and a shield. They would skewer Rush Limbaugh, destroy him, and happily do it while their own side commits grievous insults of the worst, most virulent kind. More here.
They do it so people will be afraid and so people will shut up.
And many in Hollywood are afraid and have stayed quiet. Who wouldn't be afraid of being Black Listed? Andrew Breitbart gave them courage and a voice.
Across this fruited plain, there are all sorts of folks either too cowed or too weary to take on the liberals.
The folks in Hollywood have to endure the leftist mentality in the surreal insanity of an utterly narcissistic culture. They need help. They need an army of Breitbarts.
So what are conservatives doing to help the Hollywood types?
Are we buying Robert Davi's music CD's and watching his movies? I interviewed him. Get to know him here. See what he said about Andrew Breitbart here.
Are we supporting Gary Sinise's charities?
Are we signing up for Daniel Knaup's new production? Sign up here. (Just need an email.)
Are we listening and buying Five for Fighting's music? See what John Ondrasik says here.
Are we watching Chuck to support Adam Baldwin? Buying Firefly (something you should do no matter what, anyway, because it's perfect.)
Are we supporting Patricia Heaton, off of Twitter right now, as she bravely stands for what's right?
Are we standing for Kirk Cameron while he stands for traditional values? Do we stand for his free speech even if we disagree with him?
Are we downloading the Children's app [full disclosure: I am helping promote the app — business sent to me via Andrew Breitbart, by the way]: CherryTree? It's for children. It's safe. It's free. And it's being developed by Hollywood conservatives Dan Kessler and Allen Covert. These men, by the way, are wonderful. I had the joy and honor of walking around CPAC as these two Hollywood men, locked in liberal land, received hugs from adoring conservative fans.
If Andrew showed us anything, he demonstrated an absolute faith in the conservative movement–from conservative moms doing Tea Parties fearing for friendships to Hollywood actors fearing for livelihoods.
We need to do better helping each other, building each other's businesses, hiring each other, buying each other's products and promoting the work of dedicated conservatives–some risking everything.
My Hierarchy of New Media: How I Use Social Media These DaysWednesday, February 22nd, 2012
So many choices, but really, only a few matter.
Too much media? Maybe. More like too much noise and not enough sound.
Since I consume vast amounts of noise and sound, you might wonder what I consider to be the best media and how I take it all in. Or not.
Anyway, media power users have their own methods of choosing, consuming, and digesting media. It's probably not the same for most people.
Here's most people: I use Facebook. Also, I check my email. And if I'm savvier than 3/4's of my friends I Twitter. And Skype to call the kids. Sometimes, if I remember, I use Foursquare. And if I'm kinda diligent, but if I'm the majority (92%) I'm not, I use LinkedIn.
Clearly, that's not me. Please know that I haven't actually audited my life. This is just a survey of how I perceive my own use. Reality might have different percents of time, but this is how my mind works when choosing my media.
So, most mornings, I check my email–usually in fear. I hate email. There's too much of it and no matter how many Gmail filters I create, there's too much crap. The "Mute" feature has been helpful for all the chains of email I get.
While I'm packing my kids lunches, getting them ready for school, I might check Twitter and fire off a couple RTs of good stories. Because of the news cycle, many journalists have their stories go up early on East Coast Time which is an hour before me. So, if I check things at 7 am my time, it's still 8 on the East Coast. This is all done on my iPhone, unless I am printing homework or something for the kids at the computer.
Aside: I own a Mac i7, MacBook Air 11″, iPad 1.0, iPhone 4G.
By about 8 most mornings, I'm at my desk. I throw on my Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headset
(doubles as back up microphone for podcasting–I'm looking to buy some sweet cans) and fire up Spotify. I don't effectively use Spotify–a social music sharing app. I haven't got my full music library uploaded from iTunes yet. It takes some time that I haven't made for it. I have followed a couple friends who also use it, but haven't explored their music choices nearly enough. I get into music ruts and play stuff to death depending on the mood I'm in. Still, Spotify has better sound quality than iTunes (yes, I can hear it). No, I don't use a media player like this. I don't even open iTunes, really, unless I want to buy something or upload something, etc.
A note about Spotify. Sometimes I spam my Facebook followers and sometimes, I don't. Set your listening session to "private" if you don't want to share it with Facebook, or just don't link the two.
I check my email again.
I check Twitter again. Speaking of Twitter, I don't use the native Twitter, I use old-school Tweetdeck v.038.1. No, I haven't updated. Twitter, who now also owns Tweetdeck, seems intent on committing user interface suicide. They hate their users, especially their power users. I find this irritating. The new Tweetdeck is native and not based on Adobe Air. Air is definitely a resource hog. Still, I've heard nightmares about the new version. Other power users use Seesmic. Again, I got in a tech rut and like it.
For those who don't follow too many people and who like seeing a stream of tweets, but like a pleasant UI, download Echofon Pro for your desktop.
For Twitter on my iPad I use Echofon Pro and for pleasure, use Zite or Flipboard–both fun interfaces that are easier to read. I find that they bring my attention to different media in different ways.
It's important to keep in mind that with all the customization, we're limiting our own point of view. If keeping the big picture is your priority, make sure you follow diverse people and keep your interests broad. If you don't care about having tunnel vision because your social media intake is purely for pleasure, just be self-aware. There's lots you are not seeing.
Speaking of new versions that suck: Skype did the same thing with their upgrade. So, I roll old-school with Skype, too. I'm using Version 126.96.36.1991. Skype is a free internet-based phone and messaging app. I use it almost daily but almost exclusively for my podasts.
After email and Twitter, I hit Pinterest and reluctantly, Facebook (this is variable as I can go days without checking it). On Facebook, I'm still slowly whittling away at acquaintances and trying to only follow people I actually know. This has caused some heartburn, but when I had "friended" 5000 people, I was hating everyone and couldn't keep up. Am I missing some networking opportunities? Maybe, but at this point, people can find me all sorts of places, so Facebook is going back to its intended purpose for me: keeping up with actual friends.
Pinterest I'm still exploring so I'm spending more time in it. I kind of use an emersion therapy on myself to learn the language of the new media. Pinterest speaks to my OCD, my desire for categorization, and my desire for more relevant search.
For everything but news, Pinterest beats Google and even Twitter by a mile. I don't like Twitter's search. Pinterest is visual–humans are visual. It is easier to find a product or something I'm interested in by scanning pictures. Now, my friend Robert Scoble says Storify is better. I haven't used it yet, but have downloaded it and am starting to play, so I'll let you know. Pinterest does have some limitations but that's one of its strengths–simplicity.
If I have clients, I'm checking their stuff everywhere too and monitor it via Tweetdeck. There is no multi-user monitoring device for Facebook. That's irritating. I'm doing word searches. I'm getting Google alerts. And of course, I'm also making phone calls. Phones: the original technological social media!
If I'm focusing on blogging, I write a blogpost. I use WordPress. I still have my Blogspot blog for backup. I have plugins for YouTube, Facebook and Pinterest. Writing takes uninterrupted time. I try to get my post done and then go check on socmedia stuff again.
If I see patients, well, everything is on hold until I'm not with them.
Google+, the socmedia that Twitter fans love to hate, is still my favorite social media to learn and grow as a person. It all depends on who is curating the content and because I've been choosy and kinda anal about how I organize the people I follow, Google+ continues to be my "breath of fresh air" social media platform. It is where I learn new things, therefore I love it.
When I go some place and happen to remember, I check into 4Square. Meh. I check in as I'm leaving because it's all so stalkerish. It can be helpful when I travel, though. I just don't care to know that someone is at CVS, nor do I care to share such mundane details.
Perhaps the biggest shift in my new media consumption is to ignore most blogs unless I find the information through another media like Twitter or Pinterest or more rarely, Facebook. I still use an RSS feeder and through Flipboard on my iPad, it's truly an enjoyable experience. But really, I read blog posts via Twitter or not at all. I am too harried to go from site to site. Ben Domenech, Jim Geraghty (and of course mine) and a few others have good wrap up emails that make my life easier. Most of the time, I am beating Drudge now, in my own Twitter feed. So why go there?
After work, if I can wrest it from my youngest's hands, I get on the iPad and read, play Words With Friends, play cards, and do home stuff like, and play with Pinterest more.
There is rarely a time when my phone, computer, or some form of tech isn't with me. It's simply integrated into my life. With family obligations pressing in at certain points and little time, Twitter because a way to stay involved and continue sharing news without a huge time commitment.
So there ya go. Twitter is easiest and most mobile, thus the ubiquity of my use. People ask how I can tweet so much. It's everywhere with me and easy to use, so why not?
Protecting Bloggers And Citizen JournalistsFriday, February 17th, 2012
Who is a journalist?
If a person with an iPhone captures a picture of Congressman in a bad situation is he a journalist? Should he be given the protection a journalist receives?
If a person digs up corruption between a major Democrat donor and the White House and posts it on some obscure blog, should he receive the protection a journalist receives?
If a journalist has his own blog and opines about the news or entertainment of the day but isn't writing for an "official" news outlet, should he receive the protection a journalist receives?
Right now, bloggers are exposed. If a big corporation, a rich/important individual, the government or someone in power wants to harass a blogger, he simply has to sue them into compliance. Even if the powerful has no case, the lawsuit itself can put an independent journalist out of business.
Jason Stverak, president of the Franklin Center, an organization promoting alternate news channels, says this:
This past December, federal judge Marco Hernandez of Oregon issued a ruling in the libel trial of Obsidian Finance Group v. Cox that has dangerous First Amendment implications.
Hernandez ruled that blogger Crystal Cox was not entitled to the same protection under media shield laws that other members of the press enjoy. This ruling made it easy for a jury to find her guilty of libel. That result threatens the First Amendment rights of all citizen-journalists.
With the Internet increasingly serving as the dominant source of information, a national debate has been taking place asking the question, who is a journalist? Legal scholars, journalism academics and First Amendment advocates all have their opinions and as expected, there is little agreement.
But why is this issue so complicated? Bloggers, like all citizens of the United States, have First Amendment rights. Has the definition of a journalist changed? Or has perception and therefore legal definition simply not adjusted to modern technology?
This case disturbs me as a blogger. I've had sources feed me stories–nearly every blogger has sources. There should be shield law protection. Period.
Bloggers, journalists, and all citizens need to join to push Congress and the courts to recognize a citizen's right to report and be protected when he does. Sign up here.
Maggie Thurber reports more on the citizen journalist front. As the internet becomes the only place people find and consume their news, protecting journalists, and by extension their sources and livelihoods is essential.
Bloggers Honoring Bloggers: Award Nominees To Be Voted On At Blogbash CPACTuesday, February 7th, 2012
Blogbash was created for one purpose: to honor the unpaid, activist bloggers who are making a huge difference in the conservative movement. They are, as Pamela Gellar said, "the ones who will change the world."
This year, we're adding something special: A tangible way for bloggers to honor bloggers by nominating posts, blogs, tweets, podcasts for awards. Seeing all the amazing things bloggers have done over 2011 in one place is inspiring.
Below, you'll find the nominations for the different awards and you bloggers will be able to vote for the winners.
You'll also note the categories of awards to be chosen by committee.
This is so exciting! Please tweet this post and share all the great work bloggers are doing!
See you Thursday!
Activism Post
(The Right Sphere) Brandon Kiser, Editor and (Tea Party Brew) Dennis Pedrie, Editor — Greater Food Bank of Boston/Occupy Boston, encouraging readers to donate
(RedState) Breanne Howe, Writer
(LaborUnionReport) Peter List, Writer
Investigative Post
Welfare Reform (Christine Rousselle – The College Conservative)
Occupy Wall Street (John Sexton – Verum Serum)
Weiner-Gate (Ace – Ace of Spades)
Sunlight Post
James O'Keefe, Project Veritas, New Hampshire Voter Fraud Expose
Matt Boyle, Daily Caller, Fast & Furious
Doug Powers, at Michelle Malkin on Solyndra
Best in Show: Podcast
Jimmie Bise, The Delivery Show
Andrew Lawton & Ben Swenson, Strictly Right
Fingers Malloy, The Snark Factor
Best in Show: Twitter
@rumpfshaker (Sarah Rumpf)
@iowahawkblog (David Burge)
@RBPundit Rebel Pundit
Best in Show: Video
Attack Watch: Ezra Dulis, Misfit Politics
New Hampshire Voter Fraud: James O'Keefe, Project Veritas
The Story of Citizens United, A Critique, Lee Doren
In addition, there are more awards that will be awarded, selected by a Blog Bash panel of your esteemed colleagues, including:
Best State-level Blogger
Changing the Narrative
Friend to Bloggers (Julie Laughridge Award)
Bloggers Stand With…
We will honor one pioneer blogger with the Legacy Award. And, of course, we will honor the Blogger of the Year.
Learn more at Blogbash.org
Blog Bash: What Was I Thinking?Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Three years ago, I thought it would be cool to do something fun for bloggers at CPAC. Everyone was gathering there, why not have a casual get-together for people who work so hard.
In fact, my thought was little more than a Tweet-up sort of deal. Ha!
Turns out, I wasn't the only one thinking about doing something for bloggers. Ali Akbar, who himself, a young blogging buck, along with Aaron Marks, a young finance and tech genius who helped online fundraising for elections, also wanted to do something for bloggers.
So, we three started Blogbash. Like most things in my life, it started as a modest idea and morphed into something else entirely–sponsors, food, drink, cake, swag, speeches, awards.
Blogbash became a thing.
We continued the tradition last year. And this, year, Ali, Aaron, and I have been working nearly full time putting together the best Blogbash yet. Hours of work, endless conference calls, dealing with caterers, procuring bartenders –and we're doing it all from out of state. Aaron is in Pittsburg. Ali is in Dallas by way of Georgia. I'm here, north of Houston.
We have helpers (learn more about everyone here): Devon Wills has worked on getting bags, shirts and other things printed up. Others like Lyndsey Fifield and Abby Alger will help organize in DC. In other words, it takes lots of work by lots of dedicated people to pull this off.
It's important, too, to know that some groups have loyally supported bloggers by way of Blogbash–Freedom Works is chief among these. We are gratified to have their help again. We've had new supporters, too, like Heritage Foundation, Injustice the Film, etc.
This year, we've had groups clamoring to support the bloggers–some candidates, more industry groups. This is heartening for the conservative movement as a whole. Many industry groups have been afraid to "come out" for fear of punishment by the Obama administration.
Please go take a look at this (still incomplete) list of sponsor Blogbash.org/sponsors/.
Please make sure and thank them and remember them. Blogbash approached nearly every single group who asks bloggers to pimp their stories, candidates, ideas, etc. With sponsorships as low as $300, it didn't take much to participate.
Finally, this year, we're adding to the already big party atmosphere of BlogBash. Bloggers can nominate their peers.
Best Investigative Post
Best Activism Post
Best Sunlight Post
Best in Show: Podcast
Best in Show: Twitter
Best in Show: Facebook Fanpage
Best in Show: Video
Conservative bloggers are doing amazing work shining the light in dark places, causing real change. They are making a difference. Please nominate the posts, podcasts, social media stars. They will be voted on AT the party.
What started out as a friendly get together, has become that and much more–an event filled with surprise guests, renewed relationships, and rewards recognizing our peers phenomenal work.
It's been an honor to put this together. Unlike the left, where the blogging community is almost entirely corporate, now, on the right, bloggers tend to be unpaid and independent.
Blogbash is a yearly token of appreciation for hard work and sacrificial commitment.
Pinterest: Why You Should Be InterestedSunday, December 25th, 2011
A couple years ago, I immersed myself in Twitter over a Thanksgiving weekend. This weekend, I've done the same with Pinterest.
Some thoughts:
1. It's going to change online search. People are more inclined visually anyway. So, imaging putting in "pink bedroom" and imagine hundreds of people sorted pink bedrooms which you now see after it has been filtered through Pinterest. Like Twitter, it's a smart, people-driven search.
2. Artists, graphic designers, architects,interior designers will love it. In fact, I'd force my clients to do two weeks of "Pinning" before I worked with them. It's one thing to describe what you want. It's another thing to see it. This could be a way to diminish communication problems. A person can collect art, websites, logos, homes, living rooms, etc. and then show their designer/decorator.
3. Marketing to women has just changed. You know how I know Pinterest is a big deal? Every techtarded woman I know is on the damn thing and has ten boards going already. Women make something like 80% of home-focused purchases. Everything. Still. Retailers better make sure their website interfaces work with Pinterest so women can "pin" what they like. That includes you snobby tech sites.
4. Bloggers better make sure EVERY post has a picture so it can be "Pinned". Have a favorite book? movie? military installation? gun? car? Just post a picture so it's shareable.
Now, Pinterest has some shortcomings, but if they're smart they'll fix them soon:
Share-ability. I'd really like to be able to tag people I think would be interested in something within Pinterest. Ironically, I can share something on Twitter or Facebook and tag, but it's not easy (is it even possible?) in Pinterest.
Maybe (not sure) more ability to text modify the comments below a picture. Maybe some simple commands like bold, italics, underline like Google+.
Ability to make a board private or shareable with only a few people. I can see business and family applications here. A group project where you can share all sorts pictures and ideas? Pinterest is ideal for that, but not if the whole world sees what you're up to.
Finally, Pinterest needs a killer iPad app because, really, it is a match made in visual social media heaven.
For those scorning it — namely dudes– get over yourselves. It is a fantastic organizational tool. I've saved the best part of Pinterest for last:
You know all those things you see online and you hate your bookmark bar and lists because they're a hot mess? Pinterest really is logically made to organize. It is fascinating how people break things down already based on their interests/needs. I especially love my Tech board. I'll see something cool and then forget about it. By pinning it, I can come back to it. Do I want to buy it? Do I really like it? Maybe.
At least squat on your name on Pinterest. It's going to be a big deal. It's the first social media that I'm aware of that is dominated by women out of the gate. Facebook was both guys and girls (college students) to start with. Twitter and Google Plus (predominately male to start and then women joined). Friendfeed? Well, that was dominated by Robert Scoble. Heh. Get your name before someone else does.
American Greatness: Steve Jobs & The American LegacyThursday, October 6th, 2011
I'll admit it: I cried when I heard Steve Jobs died.
No, Steve Jobs is not related to me. Nor did he appear to me some warm, fuzzy humane figure, though he appeared to be a good friend. It's none of that that moved me.
I cried because I feel greatness died, in its prime and it's a rare and beautiful thing to behold. The products Steve Jobs created were borne of a spectacular mind and singular ability to make his imagination manifest.
Because his creations were so transcendent, so empowering, so elegant, useful and beautiful, he became rich. It was a result, not a cause. The love came first.
Love always comes first. Well, love and hard work and singular vision.
Think of those who have done well in the marketplace: Henry Ford, Sam Walton, Bill Gates, Jonas Salk. Ultimately, their innovations benefitted people.
Henry Ford: "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."
Sam Walton: "I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been."
Bill Gates: "We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be."
Jonas Salk: "Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality."
Anyway, it's not wrong to recognize greatness. It's right to mourn its passing.
America is still a place of amazing ideas and innovation. Right now, someone is toiling away with artificial intelligence (we're very close to creating nearly "conscious" robots). Right now, someone is toiling away unravelling a cure for cancer. Right now, someone is imagining how to make teleportation possible (hey, an invisibility cloak already exists, don't laugh).
The thought of all these innovations and a future that I cannot even imagine (who ever imagined an iPod?) gives me hope.
I sit here and type on my Mac i7, listening to music through iTunes (don't have to buy the whole crappy album!), with my iPhone sitting next to me. My kids are fighting over my iPad. My blogging is made infinitely easier with my whisper-light, purse-carried MacBook Air. I love elegance, beauty and the minds that imagine what I cannot.
I'm sorry to see Steve Jobs passing. He represents all that is good about America. He was adopted. He wasn't rich. His smarts carried him to college and beyond. His imagination and hard work created a future that no one else could see.
America will produce more innovators. No one will be like Steve Jobs. He said it best:
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
Only a unique individual vision can innovate like this. Group think and doing what's been done has never changed the world. America needs more rugged individualists, more people with more unique vision. She has them. Now, to let them have the room to do what they do best.


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Even without John Riccitiello at the helm of gaming's publishing equivalent of the Titanic, there is still someone at the offices of Electronic Arts who will pick up a how-to guide and re-enact the ability to place both feet firmly in their mouth. Well, that last line refers to EA's CTO, Rajat Teneja, who stated that the Xbox One and PS4 were a generation ahead of the most top-end gaming PCs thanks to their cloud technology. To that, Epic Games' Vice President Mark Rein says "bullsh*t".
The original article was so ridiculous most gamers just laughed it off. I mean, really? What else can you do? Mark Reins, one of the head honchos at Epic Games, decided to douse the claim on Twitter and simply said "No they're not. I call bullshit on this one."
It didn't take the VP for one of the most established and high-end graphics engine companies to rain down on EA's little propaganda claim, but all in all it at least helps clear the air of any rabid fanboy who may have latched onto the claim and tried spreading the (mis)information like wildfire.
As we've noticed even now, Microsoft is giving it 110% in their marketing spin department to twist and misconstrue their own words regarding the Xbox One's used game fees.
I'm glad Rein called out EA on this because it's a typical PR spin to rouse interest in a product in order raise anticipation and potential market valuation, and we all know EA could use some of that right now.
In fact, Electronic Arts almost gained brownie points for killing off the Online Pass program, but then it was later revealed that it would be replaced with Microsoft's Azure cloud initiative that would prevent the easy trade-in, swapping or selling of used games without authorization or license transference from the ACI. In simple terms, EA could afford to give up the Online Pass because the Azure would effectively kill the traditional method of used game sales as they stand today.
Don't be surprised to see more comments (some truthful, many not) regarding the next gen consoles as we near launch, especially from companies who desperately need to change their image around.
(Main image courtesy of Destructoid)
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Harvey Goldstein
Centre for Multilevel Modelling
Graduate School of Education
University of Bristol
2 Priory Road
Bristol BS8 1TX
October 30th 1939
Jan 1977 – Sep 2005: Professor of Statistical Methods, Institute of Education
Professor of Social Statistics, University of Bristol (part time)
Member of Research Advisory Committee 1979 - 1994
Statistical Consultant 1981 - l987
Fellow 1991 - 1999
Fellow 1996 -
Visiting professor 1992 -
Adjunct Professor Biometry, 1998
Member of Research Grants Board. 1999 - 2003
Member of Research Assessment exercise education panel. 1999- 2001
Awarded honorary doctorate, June 2001
Visiting professor 2000 – 2005
Visiting professor, 2004 –
visiting professor, 2004-
CBE in New Year Honours list 2006: declined.
The main research area is that of multilevel modelling: developing methodology, software and training materials. Another main area is in educational assessment, and especially international comparisons. A third area is that of performance indicators, especially national and international 'league tables'.
Professor Goldstein is a chartered statistician, has been editor of the Royal Statistical Society's Journal, Series A, a member of the Society's Council and was awarded the Society's Guy medal on silver in 1998. He was elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in 1987, and a fellow of the British Academy in 1996. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Open University in 2001.