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Global Leader Digital Consulting Genpact Interests: Social, mobile, analytics and cloud computing, 3D printing and wearable computing, artificial intelligence. Author of Business Models for the Social Mobile Cloud (John Wiley and Sons). Past: Managing Director at PwC. CEO of Open-First. Also - The Conversation Group, The Personal Bee (Technorati), Orb Networks, CallTrex, Borland, The Dr. Spock Company, Neta4, WhoWhere? (acquired by Lycos), CMP Media, and IT Solutions.
Thursday, July 08, 2004
Nokia Won't Control Symbian
I couldn't disagree more. The 800 lb. gorilla that Nokia must worry about in this marketplace is Microsoft. With apologies to my friend David Levin, continuing to have Symbian as a dysfunctional semi-independent entity dragged in numerous directions simultaneously by multiple licensee/owners will never result in a strong answer to the unified strength of Redmond.
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Sigh - the battle is NOT in the OS platform, but in the applications and services + look and feel of the terminals. The mexapixel race to win smartphone customers will be short lived since technology matures extremely fast. Apps Rules - OS is a necessary evil and in all OS platforms it means unpleasantly high burning of dollars, whether as do-it-yourself or as licensing - Sigh.


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Abandoned flowers placed against the wall,
stems bent and twisted, limp and on display.
In long, straight row they line the gloomy hall;
these wilted gems now spent, no role to play.
Some showing with their blossoms barely raised
and others hang on weakened stems so low.
In varied ways, their languishing is phased;
decaying flowers lined up in a row.
Abandoned flowers there against the wall,
their colors dull and dry like winter grass.
What once stood straight now lies in wilted sprawl;
they stab the heart of visitors who pass.
Abandoned with no sunshine in their skies...
in worn wheeled chairs, awaiting their demise.
Sandra M. Haight
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Copyright © Sandra Haight | Year Posted 2015
Red velvet petals, only I, seduce,
With hidden danger under the disguise,
My fingers feeling shyly, I reduce,
Thorns sharpen, ready, waiting the unwise.
Before me, bleeding poison, I assume,
This flower withered, shriveled the entire,
A dark extracted substance, the perfume,
No beauty, only sorrow, I admire.
Withdrawn I wept lamenting the depart,
A rosebud, crimson, youthful, I erased,
A lifeless flower, never I impart,
nor taken with affection, I embraced.
Written by Kelly Deschler October 23rd, 2014
Copyright © Kelly Deschler | Year Posted 2014
on the day we met
he brought me orange roses
their vibrant colour
matching the fire in his eyes
I caress the soft petals
in the center of
my love's well tended garden
orange roses bloom
through tears I pick a bouquet
to brighten his lonely grave
Copyright © Francine Roberts | Year Posted 2013
Holding you inside one fragile beautiful flower blossoming dream
Sweet you are my love painting words breathtaking within all wishes
Silvery streak of moonlight shimmering a star
only now I read between the lines trailing thoughts
How can you ask someone to stop loving without care
an impossible task even for the hardest of hearts
If I were the last person on this planet sunshine through clouds
that's how it draws to me you're asking me not to love you
Misery likes company cuts deeper than a knife wounds beauty
never was the answer to love in our friendships face
Copyright © liam mcdaid | Year Posted 2015
Wind beaten, lashing
Against such, beauty still shows
Even Roses strive
Copyright © James Fraser | Year Posted 2015
Leilani was a little island child
as lovely as the bud that she first saw
in spring where it was growing in the wild.
She loved to visit it, and then with awe
she noted its unfolding day by day.
Nobody noticed that Leilani, though,
was growing smaller. Little did she weigh!
What grew inside her, nobody could know.
One day the flower that she loved so much
began to wilt. By summer it would die.
Leilani grew sick too, for it was such
a bad disease she had, her soul would fly
to heaven, where sweet girls like Leilani
are blossoming for an eternity.
*I have always loved the sound of Hawaiian names, so I wanted to show Leilani, which means Heavenly flower or garland.
written Aug. 30, 2016 for Casarah Nance's "And In Words She Blooms"
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2016
feel such
deep sadness
because I know
how it feels to be lost in such sorrow
she could be me
in gardens
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Theme - what I feel
For the contest, Photograph #1
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Copyright © Broken Wings | Year Posted 2016
Blue petals of a forget-me-not
resting upon a marble headstone,
with this image weighing on my heart
I play my violin all alone.
Looking out of place amidst white rock
a blue as vivid as crimson blood,
rebuffs the paling pallor of death
with a promise conveyed in its bud.
The icy hand of fear grips my heart
shrouded in a cerulean hew,
as callused fingers caress the strings
lamenting the love I feel for you.
Grief resonates within every note
sending sad tears dribbling down my cheeks,
as I evoke lasting memories
granting my soul the comfort it seeks.
Copyright © Emile Pinet | Year Posted 2017
A distant voice is like a fading colour
a muted version of reality
I'm hiding from the noise, always under cover
in fear of losing gravity.
A solitary flower laden with dew
the scent hangs heavy in the air
I scan the landscape exploring the view
my eyes straining from the suns glare.
I am that solitary flower who is forever losing its colour
telling myself it will be alright
as I once again take my cover
and settle down for yet another lonely night.
Copyright © Rachel Lipscomb | Year Posted 2005
I'm sorry I'm trying so hard
I talk to you now and then
I see you see her
And this hurts me so bad
I love talking online
But you only talk sometimes
You're either on, or you're not
And when she's not, you rot
You're finally happy, with her
You have a friend
I'd like to thank her...
I hate myself, I smile to her
I won't say any more
I won't tell you to leave
She'll hate me and she'll hate you
I just want you to be free.
Copyright © Aa Nn | Year Posted 2017
As the time passes by season to season. I wait and wonder if this flower will ever grow. Planted so
many times what seemed to be the right place , but once again it was not right at all. Struggling to
blossom so it can show its color and beauty to the one that matters most of all. Thirsting for the warmth
of the sun , starving for the attention , not really asking for much at all. So many times it felt so right ,
but things would change so quickly in the middle of the night and all would be lost. Slowly it would wither
till there was no hope of blossoming one day. As the time passes by tears fill my eyes and there is nothing
left to say. I only know that this flower will grow , but not this way. It must be cared for and understood ,
loved and nourished so it will blossom and grow stronger , more beautiful then any flower you've ever known.
Will this flower ever grow? This is something I do not know. Sad as it may seem, it's even sadder to me , That I
am that flower that will never grow , didn't you know ?
Copyright © TIMOTHY CARTER | Year Posted 2013
The day they fell
He stands before the great woods
Arms stretched, bracing the storm of machines
They roar and bark, trying to break his wall
But he stays put, Save the Forests he screams
The tress stand tall, lush and green
Seedlings sprout, Flowers bloom
Animals frolic in their wonderland
Is the forest really meeting it's doom?
He stands before the great woods
Protecting everything it confides
Many plants and animals are within
Away from the human eye they hide
Even if you have never seen them
Just take a step inside
The feeling of life the smell of grass
Do u really want them all to die?
The machines don't care
Around the forest they continue to surround
They have never seen the wind
And never heard the sounds
They never felt the wind against their faces
Never heard the rustling of leaves
Never seen the life in the forest
Never understood that it brings relief
Fire shoots up as the forest screams
Roars and crackles follow too
Animals run, plants sink to the floor
As the machine consumes the forests full
The trees spend decades growing up
The animals spend years moving in
But it only takes seconds to burn it down
To burn the forest into the size of a pin
What has the forest done he wonders
As He stands in front of the orange blaze
To deserve this kind of torturous pain
With Heat and sorrow right in his face
Copyright © Sapphire Williams | Year Posted 2013
The mother's tears fall along the trail where they cried upon the bloody ground Families huddled together in a circle like quail The women's smiles are nowhere to be found A prayerful flower along the tears has flourished Looking for beauty to forget the pain for the people need to be nourished like the thirsting earth needs the rain This flower blooming white with tears In the center stands the golden thieves coming to take the land now many years Finding strength from seven green leaves
Copyright © John Beam | Year Posted 2015
kash flower
changing the horizon
not for the first time
this autumn festival
without my Dad
*Google 'kash flower'
Copyright © kash poet | Year Posted 2013
Roses in the garden,
Roses in the world,
Barrened roses,
Roses impearled,
But now roses curled...
Peach roses show modesty,
Peach roses show gratitude,
However, they are often insincere...
Yellow roses seem to care,
Yellow roses show friendship,
However, they are often joyless and jealous...
Pink roses communicate sweetness,
Pink roses radiate elegance,
However, they are often unthankful...
Orange roses have desire,
Orange roses show their pride,
However, they are often impassive...
Purple roses are majestic,
Purple roses express love at first sight,
However, they are often repulsed and unenchanted...
Green roses are harmonious,
Green roses carry hope,
However, they are often unpeaceful...
Blue roses like dreaming,
Blue roses are imaginative,
Blue roses desire to know the unknown,
Blue roses are mysterious,
However, they are often elusive and unattainable...
Red roses are emotional,
Red roses are devotional,
Red roses are respectful,
However, they are often remorseful, sorrowful and mistaken...
Gold roses are occassional,
Gold roses like memories,
Gold roses are preserved,
However, they are often misinterpreted and confused...
White roses are pure,
White roses have innocence,
White roses are spiritual,
White roses carry secrecy,
However, they are often arrogant...
Silver roses are rare,
Silver roses like to grow,
Silver roses convert fantasy into reality,
However, they are often lost and uneasy,
But they seem unpredictable and mystical...
Black roses are mysterious,
Black roses are rebirth,
However, they often remain elusive,
They often symbolize death and loss,
But they are unpredictable and silent,
Though, they are often harmed...
Roses in the garden,
Roses in the world,
Barrened roses,
But now roses swirled and twirled...
Although, now peach roses are lying,
Yellow roses turning jealous and browned,
Pink roses being unsweet and unthankful,
Orange roses being impulsive and compulsive,
Purple roses being repulsed and revulsed,
Green roses losing hope and harmony,
Blue roses being undiscovered and lost,
Red roses being regretful and voided,
Gold roses bewildered and confused,
White roses losing purity and innocence,
Silver roses turning black and unused,
And black roses silenced and unborn...
All there is to see are roses vanishing,
Roses burning,
Roses trembling,
Roses surviving,
Roses aching,
Roses battling,
Roses crying,
Roses suffering,
Roses drowning,
Roses drying,
Roses fading,
Roses trying,
Roses wiltering...
All there is to feel are roses withering,
In a bed of bleeding roses...
Copyright © Ruben Alejandro Hernandez Diaz | Year Posted 2013
Love cannot bloom,
love cannot go on,
love cannot persue it dreams,
love cannot be what it is meant to be,
love cannot be where it is supposed to be,
if love doesn't have two hearts.
Love needs two hearts to be true,
Like water to a dried rose
makes it bloom in spring weather
with such glory and beauty.
Love cannot be true if one heart
doesn't love the other.
Care, trust, honesty and loyalty
in love it has no boundaries,
it has no color, it has no age,
like a fine wine or an aged whiskey
it grows better with time.
But love cannot fullfill without the other half.
If a woman loves man,
let her love him,
if you love me,
than love me, but if my heart is gone
and cannot be found in such relation with you
then I must halt, till my heart comes around.
If it never does show with the first light of morning,
then it wasn't meant to be with thee.
Come now, do not shed a tear for me,
a simple heathin, who cries havoc
when something doesn't go his way.
Do not cry, do not shed your one of a kind tears
for a souless man, for a heartless man like I,
but do not blame me,
if my heart cannot be found.
Love needs two hearts,
not one or the other can survive
without each other.
Love is patient, love is kind,
but with ever lover comes another.
And we will all fall in great and deep love,
be intoxicated with each other,
and our sweet kisses that God himself would shed a tear
for such beauty that still exisits.
Love needs two hearts,
you cannot have one, without the other.
Copyright © Chris Boskovski | Year Posted 2013
Inspired and dedicated to the famous, to the Royal families, to the actors and actresses, and pop stars, who live lives of Uncharishable Fame.
"Fame is a struggle and the lives that surround it are not happy." - Christopher Boskovski
Fame, have you ever walked down the streets of stars?
Have you stood on a stage with a beam of spotlight on you
at center stage, delivering a sweet monolouge of peace and love?
Fame, do you know how it feels to be followed along city streets,
and bustling cafes by flashing lights, and Poperazzi?
You strike a pose, you sign an autograph, and you are late for a dinner reservation.
You grow dark, and hungry and you seem not so happy,
but yet you smile?
Fame, do you like to be famous?
Is it a fun life to live?
Somedays living in Mansions and others out of the suitcase.
Somedays eating lobster by the bay, and others, cold pizza on Saturday.
Are you misreable, not knowing the womanthat you love, loves you back, or loves your
wallet that is so fat?
Books upon books of love poems staked towers of romance that scrambles your brain,
and leaves you with tears of sorrow in your eyes.
Fame, enough of the fake smiles
and red carpet wardrobes and be true to yourself.
Stop and smell the morning roses that bloom,
walk through the parks with smiling faces on every corner,
before all that beauty goes away.
Fame you don't see color, you see black and white.
Contracts, nothing about love, only about wages.
Live life, before everything around you dies.
Be happy and true.
I ask you fame,
come away from your money and expensive cars and cell phones
and live life, instead of living a fabricated one.
Read a book of poetry,
that shows true beauty.
Stop making yourself happy, reading tabloid viewings,
in morning newspapers of yourself.
Look in the mirror and smile.
Fame, I tell you now, you are not happy.
Come with me
take my hand, and sail with me.
For Fame, I shall show you a golden dream in reality.
As the heavy wooden door creaked open
I could hear the church bell chime
All heads turned to witness your arrival
Tears filled my eyes as the organist played 'our' song…
Whitney Houston's I will always love you
The sweet scent of gardenias filled the air as you passed by
Your coffin was covered with your favourite flowers
I followed behind you and took my place in the pew
My darling … I will always love you
Submitted to best sad poem ever II
sponsored by Laura Loo
15th September 2015
Copyright © JAN ALLISON | Year Posted 2015
Written July 29, 2013
The wind blows the rainbows down
Turns your frown upside down
Then spins it back around
The sun hides the moon
Underneath its coat in bloom
The flowers came late this June
The rain in a teardrop
Falls like dew from a leaf
When she looks at me
See that look upon her face
Used to take her to the stars
Now she's headed back from Mars
Now that Venus loves her more
Wouldn't throw her to the floor
Like before
Copyright © Brandon Carter | Year Posted 2013
Though the midnight summer rains
as we sit together under the geraniums,
hanging low and at full bloom,
we hold hands and talk of old times;
times that were kind to us and our youth.
As summer storms light up the night skies
We kiss the storm away, as it rolls through the grey skies
and the lighting cracks the clouds in half,
riping a hole in the universe, as we kiss the night away.
We sit throughtout nightlong summer dreams
and talk, and we hear the storms roll into the golden hills
of summer meadows filled with roses and a field full of daisies.
Love rests in time to see us grow old together,
and love strengthens its walls and pulls us closer together.
We shall go now, as day turns to night,
into our chamber of love and sleep the night away, together.
Hold us close to each other, as I rest my head on you sweet bossom,
and you nurture me to life of talks of love and beauty.
Nature whispers and sings us songs,
as we kiss and go for walks through the countryside
looking at the golden hills soaked in the rolling storms
that summer offers every year, upon a silver platter.
Sooth me, my love as I tell you of the sorrow I have witnessed.
Embrace me with your curiousity and tell me of the beauty in
the secrets of life and its hidden messangers
that hold secret letters from Devils that send temptations
to destroy something that we share, that is so beautiful and true.
Tell me that life will be okay, and my love is still true and with you.
Tell me my sweet and beautiful love, tell me if everything will be alright.
Love has seen us come and go, through the narrowed and sprinkled streets,
as we move through life fused at hands and eyes blind, not noticing the possiblities of death at any moment stalking us with knives jabbing at our backsides.
We are blind, for we see each other and only each other.
As we live life eyes a blazed looking at the sun, we do not notice the obvious between us.
Caring from me, at my time of need I never noticed the betrayal of our love.
My heart sees, but I deny the obvious and see what I hear.
As I see the knife drive deep in my heart,
you with a suitcase in hand,
I stand on my front steps and I watch the summer storms
come back over the golden hills to say, "hello"
Love is the same everytime, like a summer storm;
beautiful to watch, but when it leaves, it is depressing to say, "goodbye"
Now I sit, as the geraniums dry up and die
and the wrinkles at my eyes make me blind,
I see love walk past my house and mock me with lone kisses.
It was something beautiful,
like a quickly budding rose.
We found it among the thorns,
struggling to reach the sunlight.
We gave the flower so much care
with soil and shade and gentleness.
We watered the flower, so happily,
almost too happily, too enthusiastic.
We were a whirlwind, destructive
despite all our best intentions.
I think that the flower drowned.
We just used too much water,
and the flower quickly faded.
We killed it.
We, together, now have no purpose.
Copyright © Karlin K. Jensen | Year Posted 2012
Sad flower in crypt
with no idea of Easter
It wilted on Friday afternoon
at three o'clock
By Sunday, so sad
oh, so sad
No one thought to tell it
Christ is risen
Copyright © Julia Ward | Year Posted 2015
Delicate flower
reaching for the azure sky
you stand so alone.
You search for your truth
in the company you seek
from those around you.
Always surrounded,
yet always alone, lonely,
you keep to yourself.
Your fragile beauty
belies the pain in your heart,
and your need for love.
Pastel colors mask
your false insecurities
filling you with doubt.
Needlessly hurting,
the answer lies before you
yet your quest goes on.
White, gold, lavender,
what beauty could surpass you?
Deep green, Lauren's eyes.
Copyright © James Inman | Year Posted 2015
You and I.
Your heart blazed,
with a warmth of spirit,
soaked in truth.
Your smile burned,
branding me permanently,
enveloping my being.
Your love was complete,
from the depths of your soul,
yet fierce,
bathed in silent knowing.
Your dreams were poetic,
fluttering in the afternoon breeze,
infused with the distilled essence of rhyme.
I squandered your generosity of spirit.
I vainly discarded your priceless poems.
Now I stand,
wasting away,
rotting inside, day by day.
Copyright © Scribbler Of Verses | Year Posted 2013
Oh, how he struggles through storm swollen seas,
lost in the thought of his lover and he.
His toil made clear as he searches the night
for the flickering promise of her candle light.
Tossed by the waves as his muscles fatigue
in his grasp, a gift for his true love's intrigue.
Kept safe in the wrap of a soft silken veil
are fragrant white flowers, their scent to inhale.
Step by steep step she traverses each flight
to the top of the stairs to wait by the light.
From the cusp of the spire she hopes and she craves
to see her Leander arise from the waves.
He yearns to be near her on the distant land
and to touch her smooth skin with his calloused hand.
To hold her so gently and caress her soft breast
with his cheek pressed against her his body will rest.
His legs become heavy, his arms become weak
and he knows to attain his desire is bleak.
"Oh, Hero, my sweet I have lost you this night,"
the waters embrace him, he surrenders his life.
In the top of the tower above the tall trees
she waits for Leander to emerge from the sea.
Through the mist she can see him, dead on the sand,
the white petals upon him and strewn 'cross the land.
"Oh, Leander my love I have waited for thee,
but now you are gone, killed by the sea.
Never again to kiss your sweet lips,
I will join you," she spoke, as her foot she let slip.
Beautiful little buttercup glistening in the morning sun.
Fragile are you, so small, so delicate.
So eager to greet the new spring
and break free from your wintry prison,
your glorious yellow cheeks always smiling at the world.
The gentle breeze plays melodies,
peeking through the shadows.
Dancing among the fallen leaves,
your flamboyant show belies your quiet nature.
Too soon your beauty will fade but tenderness will remain.
Once more your leaves will curl
and sleep will come with troubled dreams
as your leaves unfold and your petals drop.
The changing seasons take their toll.
Often feeling tread upon, life seems so heavy.
Delicate, fragile
secreted away beneath your beautiful bract
always hiding from the world
you live in a dream shared only by you
alone, lonely
but better alone then afraid
better alone then dejected
better alone then hurt
shrouded in your cloak of royal color,
you feel invisible, protected
but I see you
I see your heart, warm and full
fringed in frail lace, sweet and gentle
guileless and open
your fragility defines you, so trusting you are,
yet allowing you to so easily be broken
and I have broken you
you trusting me to be gentle, to understand you, your needs
and me, insensitive, demanding
gruffly pushing past your leaves of green then purple
my movements careless and awkward
stripped from you your gentle flower, white and pure
gone forever
but perhaps in time trust will return and another will grow,
again, hidden away beneath your loving bracts,
and replace your broken heart
with the beauty that so fills you.
Long I hoarded my priceless treasure of silver
coins hidden from her unsuspecting glance,
this alloy of glittering metals was a curse;
I kept it guarded as gold in a greedy manner.
If the daintiest daisy is plucked to guess the other
lover's thought, I pull off the petals of this blue rose
to undo all the delusive images embellished in prose;
isn't truth a spring from which gushes only pure water?
Once lips are kissed, a sworn promise is forever sealed;
I forfeited mine by giving her less and receiving more,
selfish heart: your guilt is the palpable beat of my sad
regret stripping passion of feelings that no longer implore.
Other women's eyes with that pretty shade of light blue won't
be a strong attraction to me: yours never fades into any sunset.
Copyright © Andrew Crisci | Year Posted 2016
A little boy,
Scatters flowers of purple and grey,
Where his coffin lays.
Copyright © Julia Ho | Year Posted 2016
hello! hey! boungiorno! what is the date?/
this world of dimensions created duality/
no letters/ no words/ are enough to express/
someone like you/ in reality/
i filled all your emptines/ MY still quiet bay/
as Jhon opened world in his Yoko/
you searched perfect princes/ looked for "right him"/
now at only one overman looking/
i swear/ i will hold you/ as much as i can/
would become all the axes/ and outer space/
voice is speared by the screaming wind/
falling down/ flakes to your place/
going crazy just seeing your knees/
don't regret anything/ my Benito/
unbelievable/ perfect/ unbearable/
you whisper/ "la comedia e finita"//
Copyright © Ilya Emelin | Year Posted 2013

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Diwali is coming up and soon your house is likely to get full of gifts from neighbours, friends, family, colleagues and business associates and so on.
Be prepared to have a house full of mithai, chocolates, diyas and dry fruits. Might be a good idea to call over friends to help finish off the sugar overload. Which is when you can put some of the gifts to use too. Specially the dry fruit. Use the cashews to make some kaju katlis or raisins to odd to some kheer or cook up this festive mutton curry with almonds that come with dry fruit boxes. Do check out this recipe:
- 1.5 to 2 tablespoons of cooking oil. Any vegetable oil will do. Using an oil like canola oil means you don't have to use too much of it
- 500 g mutton (goat meat)
- Marinade: 100g curd, 2 tablespoons coriander powder, 1 tablespoon garam masala powder, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1.5 teaspoons salt, 2 tablespoons bottled ginger paste, 1 onion, 1 tomato, 1 coffee mug of water
- Curry base: 100 go of almonds and a bowl of coriander leaves. Use a mortar and pestleto pound this. The almonds first. Then the coriander. Always the dry ingredients first. You could do this in a blender but the advantage of hand pounding is that you get a coarse nuttiness which adds a great textural contrast to the end dish
- Add green chillies in the curry base if the heat works for you
- Heat the oil in a pressure pan/ cooker
- Add 1 finely chopped onion and stir
- Add 1 finely chopped tomato once the onion turns a bit golden
- Add the marinade to the meat…mix with your hands….always with your hands…and then add the meat to the cooker. In case you have planned it well then you could marinade it the night before
- Stir the contents of the pan for a couple of minutes. Add spices – garam masala, cumin and sugar. Season with salt and stir
- Add the coriander and almond paste. Stir for two minutes
- Add water. Let it all cook for 3,4 minutes
- Shut the pressure pan and put flame on high
- Once it begins to whistle, let 6 to 7 whistles happen
- Reduce flame of the hob. Let it simmer for 20 minutes
- Shut the gas. Let the steam come out
- Open the pressure pan
- Serve the meat with rice or parathas
Article and photos by – Kalyan Karmakar
Kalyan Karmakar will travel to any lengths for a good meal starting with his own kitchen. He is a consumer insights and social media specialist. He documents his food and travel stories in his blog www.finelychopped.net He considers it his life's mission to give men the confidence to cook so that they don't have to depend on anyone else to eat well. He lives in Mumbai.
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Since the dish has nuttier base due to almonds, it requires a fruitier wine like Four Seasons Shiraz and Four Seasons Merlot.
Also tannins in the wine will help the proteins in the meat to break down and make it more mellowed and savory.


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Harry Bertoia three bar stools for Knoll, Pu polished chrome, Pvc seat, America, c 2000s, 61 cm high, 55 cm wide, 57 cm deep
A set of six Harry Bertoia wire chairs with seats (minor rust to frames)
Harry Bertoia (American, 1915-1978). Bird chair, designed 1952 manufactured by Knoll international, USA, the welded steel wire frame with cream boucle upholstery
Four Harry Bertoia 420C chairs. C. 1960s manufactured by Knoll international. White coated welded steel frame. 77 cm high, 46 cm wide, 53 cm deep
Four Harry Bertoia 420C chairs. C. 1960s. Manufactured by Knoll INternational. White coated welded steel black base. 77 cm high, 46 cm wide, 53 cm deep
A Harry Bertoia diamond chair. C. 1960s. Manufactured by Knoll international. White coated welded steel. 79 cm high, 84 cm wide, 66 cm deep
Harry Bertoia, diamond chair, c. 1952, retains decal label 'William Latchford'. Height 77.5 cm
Harry Bertoia, pair of diamond chair's, c. 1952, white plastic coated metal, manufactured by Knoll (2)
Harry Bertoia, a set of five 420C wire chairs USA, c. 1950s Knoll (manufatcturer) enamelled steel wire. 78 cm high. 60 cm deep. 53 cm wide
Harry Bertoia. Wire side chairs, for Knoll group, USA 1950. Four early and original black wire side chairs with red seat pads. a successful combination of design and sculpture they were conceived by Harry Bertoia as a study in space, form and function
Harry Bertoia, diamond chair, fitted brown leather seat
Harry Bertoia, bird chair and stool, manufactured by Knoll international white wool upholstry
Harry Bertoia, four diamond side chairs, manufactured by Knoll, USA, white finish with white vinyl seats
Harry Bertoia, bird chair and foot stool, manufactured by Knoll international, the welded steel wire frame with upholstered cafe au lait upholstery cushions
A Harry Bertoia vintage wire chair by Knoll
A pair of Harry Bertoia white wire side chairs by Knoll
Harry Bertoia, Bird Chair and Footstool manufactured by Knoll International, upholstered in original Morocco wool, with chrome frame.
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WNS (Holdings) Ltd. (WNS - Free Report) reported operating net earnings of 38 cents per share for fiscal third-quarter 2014 ending Dec 31, 2013. Results surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 33 cents and improved 15.2% year over year. Operating net income increased 41.4% year over year to $19.8 million in the reported quarter.
Net income came in at 23 cents per share compared to 12 cents per share reported in the year-ago quarter.
WNS posted strong constant currency revenue growth and expanded operating and net income margins which stemmed from its growing size of new business pipeline. The company also added four new logos during the quarter.
Operational Updates
WNS' total revenue grossed $119.6 million in the quarter under review, increasing 5.4% year over year. The upside was driven by better performances in the Banking & Financial Services, Utilities and Shipping & Logistics verticals. Nonetheless, few international currency headwinds weighed on the upside.
Cost of revenue decreased 0.5% year over year to $73.8 million, while selling & marketing expenses increased 13% to $8.7 million in the fiscal third quarter.
WNS' operating margin was 18.4% in the reported quarter improving 450 basis points (bps) year over year. A strong US dollar and operating leverage aided the expansion.
Financial Updates
WNS (Holdings) exited the quarter with cash and investments of $122.5 million, up 65% from the fiscal 2013-end level. The company generated $22.6 million of cash from operations and reported $5.7 million of capital expenditure.
Long-term debt of WNS was $29 million at the end of the reported quarter improving 13.9% from the fiscal 2013-end level.
Fiscal 2014 Guidance
WNS (Holdings) expects its top line to grow 8-9% in fiscal 2014 to $470-$472 million.
Operating net income is projected to range between $70 million and $72 million, representing a 32-36% year-over-year increase.
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Motivate Employees with Positive Language
You can motivate and inspire your employees simply by choosing to use positive language. Ensure that your word usage is motivating employees and making them enthusiastic about the work. So instead of saying:"I can," say "I sure can."I can't," say "I wish I could.""Yes," say "Absolutely.""You are correct," say "That's exactly what I was hoping to hear.""I don't know; I'll have … [Read more...]
Wise Words: Steve Jobs on Time
Is Your Staff Dressed for Success?
This is a guest post by Catherine Welborn, business editor and writer. Is business casual going too far in your department? How employees dress can reflect negatively on your organization, department and even you, as the manager. You can ensure that employees are making a positive impression by setting a few ground rules. But how can you enforce those rules without … [Read more...]
Establishing a Successful Mentor/Mentee Relationship
A mentor can provide a huge advantage to any business person, especially a new manager or supervisor. Fortunately, you're not out of luck if your organization doesn't automatically set you up with one. We had the opportunity to talk with Paul McDonald, senior executive director at Robert Half Management Resources. He provided some great insight and advice about both the … [Read more...]
Ira Glass on Being a Beginner
This quote from Ira Glass, the host and producer of NPR's This American Life, has been embraced by many in the creative fields. I've seen it pop up on a number of design and photography blogs I read for fun, but I think it's just as relevant to those of us in the business world if you replace "good taste" with "vision." Your "creative work" probably has more to do with creative … [Read more...]
The Line Between Being Assertive and Being Aggressive
No matter how great a manager you are, bad things will happen at work: not every day, but occasionally. It's how you handle those incidents—the ones that fill you with frustration, anger and dread—that determine what kind of leader you are. If you respond to those occasions aggressively (outwardly or passively), you'll undermine your team, spread fear and start the rumor mill. … [Read more...]
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Are you having trouble retaining key team members? Use these tactics to put the brakes on turnover:Understand what team members want. Not everyone longs for large salaries and outrageous benefits. Smaller organizations offer significant advantages, such as proximity to the owner and to the action, the ability to make an impact, personal recognition, and personal … [Read more...]
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Wednesday, February 3, 1999 Published at 06:43 GMT
Great British seaside shamed
Britain's beaches: Mixed report
The UK's beaches and coastal resorts are getting dirtier and the facilities are even worse, according to a damning new report.
The survey commissioned by the Tidy Britain Group covered 153 beaches in England, Scotland and Wales in August 1998.
It found that the average score for facilities has dropped by 8% since 1996.
Beaches in the north-east of England, one of the country's most popular destinations for the traditional seaside break, were singled out for special criticism, along with some in Wales and the midlands' east coast.
Resorts in the south and south-west came out on top.
More litter
The survey found that beach cleanliness had dropped by 3% since 1996 because of an increase in general litter and sewage-related debris.
Other black spots were found in Scotland and the north-west - compared with East Anglia, which scored highest in this category.
East Midlands resorts were found to have the best dog control policies.
And visitors worried about safety should head to beaches in the north-east of England, which ranked highest in the safety category.
Good management
One positive finding was the vast improvement in provision of toilets for disabled people, which rose to 93% - the largest percentage ever recorded.
Beach access, information provision and water safety have also improved.
Director General of the Tidy Britain Group Professor Graham Ashworth said he had very mixed feelings about the results.
"It is a great shame that the UK's resorts are being let down by the poor state of their toilets.
"It is also of great concern that litter is once more becoming an issue on our beaches."
But he added: "I am encouraged that beach managers have acted on advice we gave in 1996 to improve their signage and information provision.
"This gives me hope that resorts will take heed of this call to tackle their toilets and therefore make a day at the seaside more enjoyable for their visitors."
The good and the bad
Tidy Britain Group allocated grades from A-D to all the beach resorts in the survey.
Those at the top of the pile scored 80% or more and those at the bottom in the Grade D bracket achieved less than 41%.
Grade A beaches were listed as:
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Mr. Gates isn't abandoning his belief in capitalism as the best economic system. But in an interview with the Journal last week at his Microsoft office in Redmond, Wash., Mr. Gates said that he has grown impatient with the shortcomings of capitalism. He said he has seen those failings first-hand on trips for Microsoft to places like the South African slum of Soweto, and discussed them with dozens of experts on disease and poverty. He has voraciously read about those failings in books that propose new approaches to narrowing the gap between rich and poor.
In particular, he said, he's troubled that advances in technology, health care and education tend to help the rich and bypass the poor. "The rate of improvement for the third that is better off is pretty rapid," he said. "The part that's unsatisfactory is for the bottom third -- two billion of six billion." (Thanks Fawaz)
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Washington - National Security Team Briefs Obama On Egypt
Washington - White House officials say President Barack Obama's national security team is briefing the president on the upheaval in Egypt and their conversations by phone with leaders in the region.
In a statement issued Thursday, White House officials say calls have been made to officials in Egypt and elsewhere to convey the importance of a quick and responsible return of full authority to a democratically elected civilian government.
The statement says U.S. officials are also pushing for a transparent political process without violence in Egypt and urging the new government to avoid any arbitrary arrests of ousted President Mohammed Morsi or his supporters.
Calls were made to officials in Egypt, Israel, Qatar, Turkey and Norway. Obama was briefed in the White House Situation Room.
More of today's headlines"Sanford, FL - Prosecutors are winding down their case in George Zimmerman's murder trial after presenting forensics evidence and testimony aimed at refuting Zimmerman's..." Sanford, FL - State Winding Down In George Zimmerman Trial "New York, NY - New York City police are hunting for a daredevil who rappelled down the side of the Brooklyn Bridge. Police say witnesses reported a man climbing down..." New York, NY - Cops Looking For Daredevil Who Rappelled Down The Brooklyn Bridge (video)
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Jul 04, 2013 at 08:23 PM
This is news because the president was actually there?
Or did the president not watch the news this past week, (his usual briefing refault) so they had to brief him?
Jul 04, 2013 at 08:33 PM
Nothing more then a Photo Op
Situation room? Why? For what? Obama? He encouraged ousting Mubarak and applauded Morsi and now Morsi is out.
He is on the wrong side of history
Obama has No control and has No Foreign Policy so there is no need for a meeting in the "Situation Room" let him chill out back to Africa and let the Arabs in Egypt Kill themselves its the only language they understand anyway
Jul 04, 2013 at 09:13 PM
Considering that he had only one cabinet meeting this year, and that he regularly misses his daily briefings, one wonders why he even had this meeting.
Probably the photo op
Jul 04, 2013 at 09:32 PM
There are two women in that photo who need to be photoshopped out.
Jul 04, 2013 at 10:56 PM
All of a sudden he came to work??!! He is the most laziest President of all time and today he comes in and called the entire Cabinet in as well??!!. Why, because its American Independence day and for Barry, this day is NOT a holiday. So that what he wants to show. Second, he's angry that his fellow Muslim bros got kicked out of power by the Egyptian people so hes showing his concern as a warning to the average/normal every day Egyptian who hates the Islamo Fascist that hes coming after them. The Egyptian Army and the secularists are a million times better for the Egyptian people, for the USA and the West, except Obama is a closet Muslim Bro so hes going nuts


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Good morning from us here at Girdner. An extra day off of work for most, and a good day to worship the Lord. A day set aside to remember those who fought for our freedom. A day to remember those who have gone on before us, who has been such a blessing to us and molded our life in some way.
Sis. Maxine's message this morning was from Colossians 1:9-12. Continuing with God is Enough!
One of the things she said at the beginning of her sermon made me do some thinking. Lost people, reject our Truth, (word of God, His salvation) because they don't see much difference in us. This made me stop and think about my own actions. Do others see me as a child of God, do I show the marks of a Christian as she has been speaking on these last two weeks? Could I be more of a stumbling block than a witness to those I love? Something to pray about for all of us for sure. In last Sunday night's message she had ask us to think of someone who had loaded our parachute, or helped us to get to where we are today in our walk with God. Thinking back about these people, I could say, they showed me something. Something I wanted to have in my life, or that I wanted to be like. I hope and pray that I can be half the person some of these great people have been to me and to share God's love with someone else along the way as they have.
In Colossians as Sis. Maxine read, it tells us a great way we could pray for our loved ones and friends. I'd encourage each and everyone to read these scriptures. I certainly hadn't seen this until, with the anointing of God, she brought it out. A prayer that they might be filled with His knowledge and spiritual understanding, that they may walk worthy, be strengthened, giving Thanks to the father. A good prayer for ourselves, as well. Don't know about all of you, but I certainly need God to continue to work on me and guide me each day. As she read verse 10, she said we had to get in the book our self!! For us to get all the knowledge and understanding God has for each one of us, we have to study and read our self. We can't just go on what we hear from someone else. God reveals to us as we study and read what he'd have us to have, so if we don't do it our self, we are missing out on so many blessings.
Sunday night was such a good service. As Sis. Maxine asked us last week to be thinking on who had packed our parachute, so many people come to mind. For most ones at church, as well. There was so many who gave their testimonies, who they had visited with this last week, and thanked for helping them along the way. Some had loved ones or friends who had passed on, but were not forgotten for what they had meant to them and had got them this far in their walk with God, and appreciated them for that. It's good sometimes to think about these things, and no better time than here on Memorial Day. I'd encourage you all to think of someone who has helped you in your walk with God, and if they are still alive, give them a call and thank them for just being a blessing to you. It certainly has been good for all of us to think back and take just a little time to thank someone special for being a blessing.
So in closing this week, remember to be a blessing to someone today, you never know what it may mean to them today or somewhere down the road in their life. And, Get in the book! God has something He wants to reveal to you.


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A few years ago when I was at university I worked for the Technical Services Association, and came into contact with a lot of audio equipment as we provided sound rigs and DJ services. One of these such pieces of equipment is the Sony TA FB940 amplifier.
The picture here is a brushed aluminium one, the one I used was a piano black (high shine), other than that it was technically identical.
The amp weighs in at 10.5 kg which is rather heavy, but weight isn't always an indicator of good quality. It's size is quite typical of amps of the time at 15 x 43 x 42 centimetres. The amp has a remote, and works with a tuner, CD deck, turntables, tuner and two tape decks. I personally wouldn't run mp3s though an amp as the sound quality is too lossy, and there's too much distortion at higher volumes. Our set up of choice was via the CDJ1000 however times have changed and more modern setups would utilise more modern equipment.
The amp feels very high quality - the volume turner for example is soft and not clicky, and has a good weight behind it. Whether you are using this with speakers (and trust me, we used this with BIG speakers) or headphones (our choice: Sennheiser), the sound quality is excellent, it handles bass, strings, synth, voice, anything you throw at it, it reproduces to a professional standard, in my opinion.
However - I am unsure as to whether I can really recommend it. You can pick it up second hand for around £100 which is a great price for a home setup and certainly I think it will fulfil your needs. The reason I am holding back is that we used not one but two FB 940s and both gave up the ghost, the first just plain stopped working after six months (we didn't want to tinker with it to find out why as it was still under warranty) and was replaced with another that scraped by for about 18 months before finally going kaput. Now, we used this at high volumes week in week out. But considering it was designed specifically for this purpose I am not happy that it couldn't handle it. We replaced it with a Denon which to my knowledge is still going strong, and before that I had always thought of Sony as a quality brand. Maybe we were just unlucky but I've heard similar stories from other users that this range of amps just don't go the distance.
So as an amp, yes, it is a decent amp. But it likely won't last you and therefore I can only really award a fairly generous three out of five. If I were buying an amp now, for home use, I wouldn't buy this one and if I were to get a Sony at all I'd make sure to get a warranty.
I have owned a TA FB940 amp for about 6 years, at the weekend it really gets some hammer driving my massive B&W 605 series2 speakers, which it does effortlessly. I wanted a really simple amp with no flashing lights or other distractions and that is what I got. I originally bought it to drive much smaler B&Ws and thought I would have to upgrade when I got bigger speakers, but it was soon apparent that this was not so. I have always been wary of the big brands like Sony, Phillips, Panasonic etc but as this is one of Sony's QS range I think you get a lot better quality than the usual, cheaper 'throw away' ranges. The one thing I do wish it had was a set of pre-outs on the back then I would have bought another identical amp and bi-amped them, at the moment I have bi-wired the speakers using both speaker outputs which takes the definition up a notch.
Four years ago, I have bought this Sony amplifier TA-FB920 (940 is a follow-up one with slight modifications), after a good review I read in a magazine. Like all Sony products, it had an excellent price/functionality and price/quality ratios. Like with most Sony products (at least my experience), trouble with those ratios is that they do NOT last. It broke down after 3 years of much-less-than normal usage and Sony made me pay 35% of the original price for the repairs. In my accounts, it is a lot of money to waste on a 3,5 year old already expensive (or upper mid-market) amplifier. Come on! these things are supposed to for last years! My previous amplifier (Marantz) has lasted more than 10 years! My advise is: - Avoid Sony! Everything at my home was Sony and my home is almost like a Sony Junkyard. I may have been extremely unlucky, but you know, my very cheap Beko TV set already lasted longer than my previous expensive Sony "trinitron TV" (at the time, when I bought it, it looked like the same functions at a price cheaper than Philips, but...). - Be careful with magazine reviews! they only look at current quality and ignore the lasting ones. - In Hi-Fi, Go for specialized brands like Marantz, Harman-Kordon etc. Avod I-do-it-all brands like Sony, Philips etc.


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- Northrop, Nallatech to Create FPGA-Based Satellite Test Platform
Nallatech, the leader in high-performance FPGA computing solutions, today announced its collaboration for developing a test platform for space borne processing with Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Space Technology sector, a developer of systems at the leading edge of space, defense and electronics technology. Northrop Grumman Space Technology creates sophisticated products that contribute significantly to the nation's security and leadership in science and technology. Work on the FPGA system development for Northrop Grumman aligns with Nallatech's focus on the U.S. defense and aerospace markets.
- LynuxWorks Creates LynxOS RTOS BSP for Radstone PowerPC 7D SBC
Expanding on its already robust support capabilities for developers of military and defence embedded applications, LynuxWorks, Inc., today introduced a LynxOS real-time operating system (RTOS) board support package (BSP) for Radstone Technology's PowerPC 7D (PPC7D) single board computer, which offers rugged commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) embedded systems for defence applications.
- Cadence Logic Design Team Solution Features Concurrent RTL Design
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global electronic-design innovation, today introduced the Cadence(R) Logic Design Team Solution, which allows concurrent RTL design, enabling schedule predictability. This unique solution equips logic design teams with the elements they need — from verification and power to test and physical – plus plan-to-closure management and logical signoff — in an integrated and holistic approach. It represents another deliverable in Cadence's overall segmentation strategy, offering tailored solutions for specific types of engineering teams.
- Celoxica Introduces FPGA Co-Processing Package for Hypertransport
Celoxica (LSE:CXA), a member of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium, today announced availability of the first complete off-the-shelf hardware and software compiler design bundle for High-Performance Computing (HPC) using industry standard HyperTransport (HTX) slots. The HTX bundle combines an intellectual property (IP) core for HTX compliant connectivity, an FPGA-based HTX acceleration card and a comprehensive software-programming environment.
- Microchip Announces MCP1702 250 mA Low Dropout Regulator (LDO)
Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced the MCP1702 Low Dropout Regulator (LDO) — a 250 mA LDO with low quiescent current, high input voltage, over-voltage protection and thermal shutdown on a single chip. The new LDO is ideal for applications requiring long battery run-times and high tolerance for input-voltage variations, such as smoke detectors, fire alarms, and commercial and residential thermostats.
- Micrium's uC/OS-II RTOS Ports to LatticeMico32 Soft Microprocessor
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced the availability of Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) support for its LatticeMico32(TM) open source 32-bit soft microprocessor. A port of Micrium's uC/OS-II RTOS is included with the latest version of the LatticeMico32 Development Tools, which is being released concurrently with Lattice's award-winning ispLEVER(R) software design tool suite, Version 6.1. The combination of the LatticeMico32 microprocessor and the uC/OS-II RTOS allows users to rapidly develop embedded systems, particularly performance sensitive real-time systems.
- Lattice Rolls Out ispLEVER 6.1 Programmable Logic Design Tool Suite
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced the immediate availability of its ispLEVER(R) 6.1 programmable logic design tool suite. Version 6.1 adds new design resources and productivity enhancement tools for designers, including the innovative HDL Explorer(TM) tool that helps manage and analyze large FPGA designs. The ispLEVER 6.1 release supports Lattice's latest FPGAs, including the new LatticeECP2M(TM) FPGA family, the new LatticeMico32(TM) System for 32-bit microprocessor design and enhanced third-party synthesis and simulation tools. Combined with numerous other improvements, the ispLEVER 6.1 tool suite is an extremely powerful programmable logic design solution.
- Mercury Ports Serial RapidIO IP to LatticeSC Extreme Performance FPGA
Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that Mercury Computer, a computing solutions provider to government, defense, energy, medical and telecommunications providers, has ported its high-performance Serial RapidIO(R) Intellectual Property (IP) product line, consisting of x1 and x4 endpoint IP cores, to the LatticeSC(TM) family of 90nm (nanometer) Extreme Performance(TM) FPGAs. In addition, Mercury has joined Lattice's ispLeverCORE(TM) Connections IP partner program. Working together, Mercury and Lattice will develop and deliver complete system solutions for mutual customers requiring high-performance Serial RapidIO connectivity supported by Lattice's FPGA product families.
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Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq: RMTR), a leading developer and supplier of non-volatile ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) and integrated semiconductor products, today announced that its FM24CL16 – a 16Kbit, 3V serial FRAM memory device – has been qualified to AEC-Q100 (Automotive Electronic Council's Stress Test Qualification for Integrated Circuits) standards. Ramtron is aggressively pursuing plans to grow a broad line of AEC-Q100-qualified FRAM products to meet the design and sourcing challenges of the automotive market. This qualification program has been developed to support a number of customer design-ins from in-cab applications to the vehicle's most stringent environments.
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Real-Time Innovations (RTI), The Real-Time Middleware Company, today introduced RTI Real-Time Connect, a solution for integrating enterprise applications with real-time applications, data and devices. RTI Real-Time Connect overcomes the challenges traditionally associated with integrating enterprise and real-time systems in a number of ways: preventing high-throughput real-time applications from overwhelming slower enterprise infrastructures, delivering immediate real-time notification of enterprise events to real-time applications and bridging between disparate middleware and data management standards.
- Sequence Celebrates Diwali Festival Of Lights
Chip-design software pioneer Sequence Design typically burns the midnight oil trying to reduce power in today's multi-million-transistor circuits, but during the Hindu festival of Diwali, widely known as India's "Festival of Lights," CEO Vic Kulkarni turns up the wattage.
- NI Rolls Out LabVIEW Drivers for Wireless Sensor Networks
National Instruments announced LabVIEW drivers for wireless sensor networks, giving engineers and scientists working with these devices the ability to fully integrate their ZigBee, IEEE 802.15.4 or proprietary wireless sensors into the National Instruments LabVIEW graphical development environment. The free driver software works with sensors from three wireless-sensing leaders – Accsense, Accutech and Crossbow Technology – and includes communication functions and example programs compatible with sensors from each vendor.
- NI Unveils Vision Builder for Automated Inspection (AI) 3.0
National Instruments announced NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection (AI) Version 3.0, the latest upgrade to the interactive software for configuring, benchmarking and deploying complete machine vision applications without programming. This version introduces a new state-machine process model that gives engineers one of the most flexible environments available for configuring vision systems. With this process model, engineers can customize the execution flow of their inspections to meet a wide variety of machine vision challenges, from component alignment to part inspection and verification. Through the use of state machines, Vision Builder AI now combines the flexibility of a programming language with the ease of use of a configuration environment.
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Central Girls Tennis is Ninth at State
Mike Hammett - October 21, 2013 6:45 am
The Salina Central tennis team placed 9th at the Class 5A state tournament in Arkansas City.
The tournament was played on Saturday and Sunday after Friday's play was postponed due to weather.
The Mustangs' lone entry to place was the doubles team of MacKenzie Morris and Morgan Hauserman. The pair placed sixth, losing their final match to Andover's Abby Kaff and Abby White.
Morris was the lone senior for the Mustangs, and finishes her career with a state championship to her credit, won in doubles with Gabrielle Briggs in 2012.


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Senate's balance of power will come down to Midwest elections
FOX 32 NEWS - Whoever wins the White House Tuesday will need cooperation from Congress, and not just to enact new laws.
There's an empty seat on the Supreme Court that could tip the court's balance of power. The new President's nominee needs approval from the Senate, and control of the Senate is up for grabs.
Illinois is in the center of a handful of states that could hold the key to the U.S. Senate. Whichever party wins control, it will likely be by just one or two seats.
The Tri-State Toll Road traverses part of the political battlefield, from Indiana where Democratic former Sen. Evan Bayh and Republican Todd Young vie for an open seat; to Illinois, where Democratic Rep. Tammy Duckworth seeks to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Mark Kirk; to Wisconsin, where Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is in a grudge match with Democrat Russ Feingold, the former senator Johnson ousted six years ago.
In the Show Me State to our southwest is one of the closest contests. Missouri's Republican Sen. Roy Blunt, a longtime fixture on Capitol Hill whose wife and son are lobbyists, faces Democratic challenger Jason Kander, a veteran of Afghanistan who, after Blunt attacked him on gun rights, aired an ad in which, blindfolded, he assembled an AR 15.


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Penpal of the Week #52
Hello! I'm still alive… I disappeared for a few days because of the craft fair, but I'm back for the Penpal of the Week! Today, let's meet Elle from Singapore.
Please tell us about you!
I'm Elle and it's actually a pet name. My mother and I have the same name so I anglicised my name so that my friends can differentiate me. I live in Singapore and I'm the eldest of three children.
I'm not good with animals but I can garden pretty well. I love to cook and I write creatively almost everyday. It's an outlet for me. Also, karaoke. I can't go through a month without hitting the microphone.
I love taking self-portraits when I'm on the road.
Sometimes it all comes together and I manage to capture exactly how I feel.
Describe your personality in 10 words!
I'm actually an introvert but I do like to quietly socialise?
How long have you been penpalling? How did you first start? Tell us about your first penpal!
My first penpals were actually friends from primary school who moved away.
My first penpal was a New Zealander called Madeleine. We've lost touch but it would be great to find out how she's doing. :)
How many penpals do you have now and where are they from?
Currently, I've got 2 new penpals from South Korea and Japan. I used to have a few more from Finland and Canada but I guess they got busy. :/
My friend from Japan is a real great person. We even skype weekly!
I love food and I love beauty so having tea at a traditional
Japanese teahouse was a wonderful experience.
What are your favorite topics to discuss in letters?
I don't really have a favourite range of topics that I keep talking about. I generally chat? I mean, I like a sense of rapport in my letters and I write as if I were speaking directly to the person.
Normally, my friends and I talk about books, movies, music, people. Sometimes, we plan trips that we might take when we finally meet.
What are you looking for in a penpal?
I like someone with a vibrant personality and legible handwriting. My handwriting's not too fantastic so I'm not going to make a big issue out of it. XD
I'm generally easy-going so I get along well with most people.
Making new friends with an English Language Practice group in Japan.
I met up with them through my penpal. :)
What do you like the most about penpalling?
Handwritten letters have this old-world charm that modern emails don't really possess. I love taking out old letters and reading them again and again on a quiet evening or a lazy afternoon. It's almost like a window into someone else's life. I like to imagine where they were when they wrote it, what they were thinking. Sometimes, I imagine how they might sound like if we had never skyped before.
In what language(s) do you correspond?
I correspond only in English. >_< I wish I had more fluency in the writing of other languages because I speak conversational Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia and I'm in the process of reading and writing basic Japanese.
What are some of your habits in regards to letter writing?
I like to make time to write my letters so I usually write them in the evenings after work. I usually write around three pages. Any longer and it feels like I'm rambling and repeating myself. Lol. I usually write at least once or twice a month but if I'm busy for a particular stretch of time, I'll inform my penpal as soon as I can.
More new friends I made on the road! I still keep in touch with the owner of this bar.
Has anything strange/funny ever happened to you since you've been penpalling?
I haven't had anything weird sent to me in the mail but I've met a few penpals and that lead to so many good memories that are too long to be listed here!
That being said, there are some seriously weird people out there whom I've successfully managed to avoid.
Have you met any of your penpals?
I've met my Japanese penpal and she's such a lovely person! She showed me around Tokyo and I learned so many awesome things about Japan from her. We took a rickshaw ride around Asakusa in Tokyo and had the pleasure of eating at a 300 year-old pastry shop and teahouse. I wouldn't have found this place if not for the fact that I had a friend to translate what the rickshaw puller was telling me. XD We're both history buffs so we actually discuss what places we'd like to visit together when we get the chance to meet up again.
This is my handwriting and an example of a special 'Japan' collage I sent to my friend.
My handwriting is legible but it isn't perfect. :p
Are you currently looking for more penpals?
I'm not actively looking for more penpals but I wouldn't mind writing letters to new people. Who knows where it might lead to, right? :)
Thank you Elle! And for the record, I think that your handwriting is just lovely!
* a little update *
–> For anyone who would like to get in touch with Elle, her email address is email@example.com


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By LYNDON A. ZAITZ
Of the Keizertimes
Some Keizer parks should be a bit cleaner now that Wyatt Wampler has completed his Eagle Scout project.
The 15-year old McNary High School student built and installed doggie bag stations at six parks on Saturday, Dec. 8.
With the help of fellow scouts from Troop #121 and members of the Claggett Creek Watershed Council, Wampler oversaw the digging of holes to hold posts on which the wooden boxes are bolted. Each hinged-top box is painted white and has a large dog paw print on the front.
The new stations are designed to be restocked with plastic shopping bags or produce bags by the individuals that use the stations. Elizabeth Sagmiller, the city's Environmental Program Coordinator, said the city could save up to $7,000 a year by not having to purchase bags for the doggie bag stations. A plaque mounted on each box will remind users to take a bag from the station, but bring a few extra to share the next time they visit the park. Eventually there could be a central baggie collection station in the city.
The first six stations were installed at Claggett Creek Park, Bob Newton Family Park, Country Glen Park, the Keizer Rapids dog park and the Keizer Rapids boating facility.
With the help of his father, Tyler, Wyatt designed the boxes which have a sloped, hinged top. It was his idea to paint the large dog paw print on the front for easy identification.
On the day of installation Wyatt recruited members of his troop to prepare the sites, digging post holes more than two feet deep. Everyone got their chance to exercise their digging skills.
The doggie bag station project was developed by the Mid-Willamette Outreach Group (MWOG) whose members include the City of Keizer, Marion County, the City of Salem and the Marion Soil and Water Conservation District. MWOG is an inter-agency partnership that provides educational outreach messages and activities that benefit the environmental integrity of the Mid-Willamette Valley. Animal waste that reaches waterways through the stormwater system, or overland flow, contributes to unhealthy bacteria levels in local streams and rivers. This project is part of the 'Capital Canine Club for Clean Streams' regional program.
Sagmiller hopes this effort will lead to distribution of the new stations throughout the community.
Wyatt is the son of Tyler and Katie Wampler of Keizer.


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Italian Super Cup returns to Rome
Officials have confirmed the Italian Super Cup between Lazio and Juventus will be played at the Stadio Olimpico on August 18.
The match was originally scheduled to be played in Beijing, but a Serie A Assembly decided to return the match to Rome after Juventus refused to travel to China, while Lazio were not willing to move the match to alternative venues such as Toronto.
Under the ruling of the Assembly, Lazio will receive €1.8 million for participating in the match, while Juventus will pick up the remainder of revenue available. It is understood Juve will launch an appeal against that decision.
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In this dissection of proposed new rules for mortgage lending, the Canadian Mortgage Trends blog argues that the federal banking regulator is getting too tough, too fast. "It's one thing to induce a measured housing correction (which is probably needed in some regions), but a policy-initiated free-fall is another matter."
Sanitizing history
The references here are all American, but the point of this article is spot on. You should be very careful about reading the three-year performance numbers for mutual funds, ETFs and stocks because they no longer include the dreadful results of 2008. The past three years have been outstanding for many investments, but that tells you nothing about what to expect looking ahead.
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text: It was a tale of two works at Churchill Downs this morning. The formula was something we see many times prior to the Kentucky Derby: two horses with similar running styles come off the same race, have two completely contrasting works, and both their trainers are ecstatic. It was a perfect example how different horses need different types of works.The beaming smiles on the faces of trainers Dave Hofmans and John Dowd told the story following Millennium Wind's five-furlong work in 1:01 3/5 and Songandaprayer's deceiving :59 drill over the same distance. For Hofmans, Millennium Wind's work was twice as satisfactory, as the colt's troublesome feet returned unscathed, with no signs that he ran down to any great extent or opened up his cracked heels.Both colts went out at 8:30 after the renovation break, with Millennium Wind the first to get it on. The son of Cryptoclearance looks to be in good health, as indicated by his dappled coat. This is an easy-going, intelligent colt who is very adaptable in the morning. According to his exercise rider Martin Derubin, he's a happy, willing colt, until he gets dirt kicked in his face. Then his hidden temper comes through and he wants to kick on the afterburners.. When he sees daylight, he's gone.Millennium Wind broke off at the five-eighths pole and relaxed beautifully for Derubin, who had a nice easy hold on him. The colt went pretty steadily throughout, rattling off his opening two furlongs in :12 3/5 and :12 2/5. He has one of the smoothest, longest strides of any of the Derby horses, and was a picture down the stretch, as he lowered his head and shoulders and glided through the final furlong in :12 flat.When Millennium Wind worked before the Blue Grass, he blazed the five furlongs in :58 4/5. This time, Hofmans told Rerubin not to move his hands at all, and the colt relaxed beautifully for him."I was very happy with the work, and with the way his heels look," Hofmans said. "I'd like to see the fungus subside a little more, but he certainly doesn't seem bothered by it. He had a hard race in the Blue Grass and we just wanted something easy today and let him experience that long stretch. I'll probably come back with another light work next Tuesday, and give him a lot of long, slow gallops. He's not a horse who needs the lead, and I would expect him to be in a stalking position."Songandaprayer turned in one of the most impressive works of the week, cruising in :59 without even the slightest urging by exercise rider Jennifer Wolfe. The big, grand-looking son of Unbridled's Song jogged to the pole, continuously gawking off to his right. Wolfe tugged on the reins to try to straighten his head out before he got to the five-eighths pole. The colt finally did get his mind on running and broke off smoothly. Passing the three-eighths pole, he kicked in gear and really leveled off. By the time he hit the quarter pole, he was motoring, but still doing it all on his own. Wolfe kept him well off the rail, and continued down the stretch with her hands still perfectly still, well down on his neck. Despite the apparent ease with which he was going, he still hit the wire in :59, with Dowd getting him in :58 4/5. He zipped home his final two eighths in :11 and change."It wasn't the time, it was how he did it," Dowd said. "He was always well within himself. I figured he'd go between :59 and 1:00. This will be his final work before the Derby. I feel with nine days before the race, he should be peaking on Derby Day."Dowd said he has named Aaron Gryder to ride Songandaprayer in the Derby. "After the colt came back from surgery last year, Aaron really helped out with him, and he gets along with him very well," Dowd said.Other news-- Point Given was back on the track this morning after walking the shed on Wednesday, and as Bob Baffert predicted, he was full himself, trying to rear on several occasions, while throwing his head around.-- Balto Star made quite an appearance this morning, as he also was full of himself, trying to buck while jogging alongside the pony. The son of Glitterman is one of many Derby horses who look outstanding. He's packing a lot of flesh and muscle, and just carries himself like a classic horse. He definitely is one of the most eye-appealing horses in the race and sure doesn't look like a horse who was floundering about on Aqueduct's inner track this winter. Whoever tries to tackle this guy early is in for a long afternoon.-- Despite his poor effort in the Blue Grass, A P Valentine still is giving his trainer Nick Zito reason to be quietly confident. After turning in a sharp work on Monday, the son of A.P. Indy has turned in two exceptional gallops. We love the way he's down into the bit and arches his neck. If he can bounce back and run to his works and looks, he could surprise a lot of people.-- Thunder Blitz, the mad galloper, was at it again, rolling around the track at a rapid clip. He was so strong yesterday, trainer Joe Orseno, who was still in New York, heard he had run off and called exercise rider Keith Ricks, who told him it wasn't true. Orseno arrived this morning and saw the colt in action for himself.-- Dollar Bill and Express Tour continue to gallop strongly, while Monarchos was back on the track following a day off to get ready for his scheduled work tomorrow. Trainer John Ward said the day off was a luxury he had given himself and the horse, and now it's back to business as usual.-- If it sounds like just about every horse is looking and training beautifully, it's because they are. These are Derby horses, and they're supposed to be doing as good now as they ever have. This is their one shot to peak for the Kentucky Derby. But don't get too discouraged, next Friday, we will try to put all the pieces together and come up with the horses we feel are ready to peak from a physical and training standpoint, especially the ones who should be a price.Steve Haskin's Daily Report, Wednesday, April 25Steve Haskin's Daily Report, Tuesday, April 24Steve Haskin's Daily Report, Monday, April 23


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You can indeed turn any flavor of ice cream black. Candice has chosen to turn pineapple coconut ice cream black because she badly needs a vacation but does not have the time to take one. Instead she's going to have a mini vacay with her delectable bowl of black pineapple coconut vegan ice cream for now. Although, as we all know, you can only hold off the vacation bug for so long before you just have to go.
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Can't see this one at all
Cidu Bill on Jan 10th 2013
Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Cornered, Mike Baldwin, comic strips, comics, humor | 17 responses so far
17 Responses to "Can't see this one at all"
The Bad Seed Jan 10th 2013 at 04:49 pm 1
It doesn't.
Jeff S. Jan 10th 2013 at 04:50 pm 2
He needs to "Garfield Without Garfield" it to make it work.
RyanE Jan 10th 2013 at 04:53 pm 3
Yeah, would've made just as much sense if they'd left the head on.
Better still would've been only the shoes and a tie, but maybe the censors won't allow an invisible streaker.
MikeK Jan 10th 2013 at 05:04 pm 4
Um people begging on the street are often "invisible" to people passing them….. Still not funny.
J-L Jan 10th 2013 at 05:10 pm 5
I actually laughed at this one.
Maybe it's because I've been known to be clueless as to where to leave a delivery for someone, despite the fact that delivery instructions are CLEARLY MARKED in LARGE LETTERS on a LARGE CONSPICUOUS SIGN for ALL TO SEE.
The guy tripping might as well be me. You see, the invisible man is taking great pains to make sure people don't trip over him, and what do I do? I trip over his legs, despite them being CLEARLY MARKED several different ways.
J-L Jan 10th 2013 at 05:17 pm 6
If you still don't get it, try reading the following conversation and see if that clears anything up:
A: Why did the commuter fall to the ground?
B: Because he tripped over an invisible man.
A: Oh, I understand. The commuter couldn't see the invisible man, so he tripped over him.
B: No, the commuter is just clumsy.
J-L Jan 10th 2013 at 05:24 pm 7
Sorry to go off topic, but that anonymous conversation I just posted reminded me of this five-line conversation between person A and person B that I read back on the early days of the World Wide Web:
A: Hey, today I bought a magic lamp!
B: That's great! How does it work?
A: You turn the light on and off by flipping the switch.
B: No, I mean: What makes it magic?
A: Oh, it also makes toast.
Lola Jan 10th 2013 at 05:28 pm 8
This would have worked much better if he'd been wearing a Hawaiian shirt and Bermuda shorts (and, of course, no footwear or socks.
James Pollock Jan 10th 2013 at 05:28 pm 9
Usually, homeless people are just figuratively invisible. People walk right by without even noticing them, despite the fact that they're right there. This guy is literally invisible.
James Schend Jan 10th 2013 at 07:16 pm 10
Wow. If he had drawn the head and hands, it would have made sense. If he had drawn just the cardboard sign and man tripping, it would have made sense.
He somehow picked the visual representation that makes the least sense.
Ron Jan 10th 2013 at 07:29 pm 11
I found it funny, but it's tough to explain. This is the U.S.A. If
a sign says something other than "wet paint", people will tend to
believe it. The sign says he's invisible, therefore, we don't
notice (or we fail to believe in) the visible suit.
Mark M Jan 10th 2013 at 08:56 pm 12
If I was The Vicar, it would just make me sad that homeless people are invisible to you and me.
Phelps Jan 11th 2013 at 03:44 am 13
Receptionist: Doctor, there's a man in the office who says he's invisible.
Psychiatrist: Tell him I can't see him.
Keera Jan 11th 2013 at 04:01 pm 14
Really??? Have none of you heard of the invisible man, who could be "seen" only if he wore clothes? And you call yourselves geezers. Fer shame!
Powers Jan 12th 2013 at 10:49 am 15
Keera: What makes you think we're not familiar with it? The point is, if the guy is tripping because he can't see an invisible man, why couldn't he see the clothing?
Keera Jan 12th 2013 at 01:07 pm 16
Powers, that's not the impression I'm getting from these comments. Which is all I have to comment on, because I can't explain the comic.
Jay Jan 15th 2013 at 10:25 am 17
I actually get the feeling that originally there was no suit there, but the cartoonist decided to add it to clarify the joke, but in the end it just made it confusing.