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Shannon and Cortney Casey have journeyed all over the state of Michigan in pursuit of their passion: wine. Michigan By The Bottle started as a blog, but their readers' demand for locally produced wine spurred them to open their own tasting room. Now, though the pair still creates wine-focused videos and interviews Michigan winemakers, they spend much of their time inside the Michigan By The Bottle Tasting Room. Between walls hung with works by Michigan artists, they pour wines from six Michigan wineries.
These six partner wineries represent the state's four major wine trails: Lake Michigan Shore, Leelanau Peninsula, Old Mission Peninsula, and the Southeast Michigan Pioneer trail. Each is also one of Shannon and Cortney's favorite boutique wineries, chosen in part because they use only their own estate-grown or locally sourced fruit.
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Another day, another shooting. That's what it feels like, doesn't it? The latest tragedy happened in Washington, D.C. A man in his late 20s entered the office of the Family Research Council around 11 a.m. this morning with a gun and several rounds of ammunition. When the security guard confronted him, the gunman shot the guard in the arm. Other security team members then detained the shooter and he's now in FBI custody.
The shooter's motive has not yet been released to the press, but one can speculate (but probably shouldn't) that he disagreed with the FRC, which is a conservative Christian lobbying group that recently stood by Chick-fil-A's stance; one that many people believed to be anti-gay marriage and anti-divorce.
The FRC says that it's all for faith, family, and freedom in public policy and public opinion, and is against abortion, euthanasia, and homosexual marriage. Clearly, some of their views are contentious to those who are a bit more left-leaning.
But all that political stuff and speculation about the shooter's motives aside, there is a silver lining to this story. The security guard is being touted as a hero for his brave and selfless action. Yes, he was just doing his job, but when someone comes in with a gun, I'd assume it's slightly difficult to resist the urge to hide under a desk and reach for a panic button you hope is there somewhere.
The guard is in the hospital and is reportedly doing OK.
Between the shooting in College Station, Texas, the Sikh temple shooting outside Milwaukee, The Dark Knight massacre, and this incident today in our nation's capital, it's hard not to wonder what the hell is going on.
Guess you just have to hope that the heroes will always outnumber the criminals, but really, not so sure anymore.
Are you taken aback by the number of shootings in the news recently?
Photo via Chip Somodevilla/Getty
CHEESE & RICE! We seriously need to start putting the crazy people in the looney bin!
So we are not to assume this was a Religious hate crime, because from the tone of your article, well, maybe they deserved it? When you wrote "The FRC says that it's all for" you forgot to italics the "says", but fortunately the implication was blatantly clear. Amazing, completely, disgustingly amazing.

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Jake Gyllenhaal (L), director Gavin Hood and actress Reese Witherspoon posed carefully at the after-party for the premiere of New Line Cinema's Rendition at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Bevery Hills. The rumored couple was reportedly "…doing their own thing…They did not even talk to each other at the post-reception except [for] when a photographer pulled them together for a picture with the director—and he was standing in between them," as reported by usmagazine.com. The onlooker elaborated, "You know how actors are who are in projects together — they always go up to each other and say, 'It's so good to see you!' For actors to not talk to each other, they have to either hate each other — which they don't — or they're hiding something."


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Princess Eugenie of York is making fashion headlines with the black outfit that she wore to a recent sports event. The 23-year-old royal was seen sitting courtside at a Knicks game at Madison Square Garden as the local New York team beat the Atlantic Hawks.
According to a Dec. 15, 2013 report by the Huffington Post, Princess Eugenie "… dressed the part [of a New Yorker] in head-to-toe black with a luxe quilted mini-bag."
One interesting thing about the hubbub over Princess Eugenie's all-black ensemble is that it was not the first time that the princess showed up to an event wearing black.
Princess Eugenie attended the Novak Djokovic Foundation, which supports vulnerable and disadvantaged children, inaugural London gala dinner at The Roundhouse on July 8, 2013 in London, England. As you can see from the photo on the left-hand side of the page, she wore black to the event.
Back in her homeland of England, the media referred to her New York look as "somber," speculating that the British royal is homesick for her native land and her boyfriend.


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Allison Garwood combines art and poetry
Allison Garwood is compelled to draw. In school this got her into trouble with teachers, most notably a philosophy professor who shared her sketch portrait of him with the entire class. But this compulsion, which began as a way to avoid boredom, led to a studio art degree and turned into a career.
Garwood (AB '96) is now a professional cartoonist and illustrator whose strip, "Haiku Ewe," has run in papers such as the Kansas City Star and in syndication online. She started drawing comics for her high school newspaper and continued at UGA with a strip in The Red and Black called "Roar Shock Test." After graduation she drew for the strip "Moo" and eventually began drawing and writing her own strip, "NEUROTICA."
It was after "NEUROTICA" that Garwood began thinking of new ideas for a comic strip and decided to arbitrarily combine two things she enjoys.
"Drawing sheep is really fun and everyone likes writing in haiku, and I thought, 'Maybe this could work,'" she says.
And much to her delight, it did.
"Haiku Ewe" started as a single frame, "thought of the day" cartoon, which Garwood likens to a Facebook status update. Over time, she began to develop story lines and at some point surrendered her creative control to an animated sheep.
"Eventually the characters take on their own identity and the strip becomes character driven," Garwood says.
And no one knows the characters better than her readers, who are quick to correct mistakes and let Big Al the Gal (her pen name) know if a character isn't acting…well, in character.
"I love the viewer interaction…it's a strip that gets people's juices going," she says.
"Haiku Ewe" is now in re-prints while Garwood works on her next project, but she hopes to pick the strip back up in the future.
Garwood, who lives in Los Angeles with her husband, stays busy for now raising her 2-year-old son Luc and drawing for her collaborative project, "Extra Special Books," a series of e-books for children. The books chronicle the lives of children on the autism spectrum, with titles such as Timmy Tastes Textures.
While she now enjoys drawing with an electronic tablet, she is grateful for her training in more traditional mediums. A figure drawing class, where she spent three months drawing a skeleton, was one of many "cool experiences… that opened my eyes to being a curious artist."
This curiosity now helps her develop ideas for her stories, which she gets not only from her own life—she used "Haiku Ewe" to write about the long and complicated process she underwent to adopt her son from Haiti—but also from reading and observing everything around her.
"I live in downtown L.A. You can't imagine the things I've seen. People take themselves super, super seriously in Los Angeles, so they come across as silly and are great food for thought for comics."
While Los Angeles has good food for thought, Garwood hasn't been able to find good pizza there and makes it a point to stop by Mellow Mushroom when she's visiting her parents, who now live in Athens. This is a step up from her college days when the former Mean Bean—"the nastiest, dive-iest, dirtiest place ever"—was her restaurant of choice. And while she may frequent better restaurants and use computers to color her cartoons now, her enthusiasm and love of drawing is the same as it was when she was an undergrad, doodling professors in the margins of notebooks.
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I am a girl from Canada on a never ending quest to increase my running speed and distance through strength training and proper nutrition.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Well I got back at it yesterday, I ran 8,1x13k. It was raining and I am coming off a 3 week cold complete with sinus infection, so it wasn't the fastest I've ever run, at 1:32.38. But I did it! Unfortunately the rain sort of brought up the smell of dog poop and someone along the seawall decided to take all of the bags of dog poop out of the garbage cans and leave them on the pavement, so the environment wasn't as serene as it normally is. With the rain and the dog poop smell it was quite a feat, so I'm happy I got out there. Even if it drained my energy for the rest of the day :-)
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Even though I finished shopping for my kids' toys several weeks ago, I'm heading back out to Target this morning to pick up some toys for the Toys for Tots program.
WSB reported on Friday that the Toys for Tots charity is about 675,000 toys short this year!!
The Marines who run the program had requests for more than 900,000 toys but as of Friday only had about 225,000. (I assume this number is national. They didn't specify in the report.)
Obviously due to the bad economy more families are in need and also due to the bad economy fewer families are donating.
I wanted to encourage all our readers, if you can, to donate just one new toy to Toys for Tots. There are lots of places to drop off and you can even buy the toy there. Publix and Toys 'R' Us stores are drop-off locations and you buy the toy inside. (It couldn't be any easier.) You don't have to wrap it or anything. There are tons of other local businesses that are accepting donations too. You can check the map here.
It's too heartbreaking to think of 600,000 children waking up with no toys under their trees! (Why didn't Santa Claus bring us any toys? They won't understand why they have been "forgotten!")
(I'll probably post a second topic around noon but I just wanted to get the word out about this need!)
December 21st, 2009
8:06 am
Out of all the topics Christ discussed, the poor ranked #1 in his commentaries. It is our moral obligation to help those in need.
December 21st, 2009
8:10 am
Theresa, I just discussed this last night with my son. I plan to run by with a few things today.
As I have mentioned before, if everyone does a little…a lot can be done, Photius, now is the time for those of us who talk the talk of Christianity, to walk the walk …thanks for the reminder!
December 21st, 2009
8:14 am
The Toys for Tots thing is a good idea.
One thing I wonder about: alot of toy stores collect for this program (Toys-r-Us). You can buy the toy there and donate it right in the store. That's nice. However, with such high markups these days, it'd be great if these toy stores would give a 25-50% discount off all toys that are purchased and given to the program in the store. Surely they could forgo most of their profit on those items.
Win-win situation. You go to the store to buy toys for your own children (the store makes money) and you buy an extra toy for the program (at the discount) and the Toys for Tots wins.
December 21st, 2009
8:20 am
I think if you have kids you should just buy an extra gift for them to give to the toy drop off, but I do know that more and more families are having a tough time this year and aren't able to do all that they may have done in the past. It's a tough year for everyone and I just hope more people find a little extra to give at least one gift.
Thanks for getting the word out and hopefully we'll get that number down.
December 21st, 2009
8:22 am
PS. I hope the "parties" went well last week and you didn't lose your mind or gain a few extra grays. :-)
December 21st, 2009
8:28 am
This year, instead of buying gifts for each other, my husband and I went out and bought toys to donate for Toys for Tots. We have more than enough stuff, no children of our own yet and really wanted to do something to make the focus of this Christmas on others and not ourselves. This is such a great program and brought us so much joy!
December 21st, 2009
8:29 am
@ Mary Kay…my neighbor mentioned to me that her mother gets for the buy one get one things and Publix and then take thee FREE sack to the local food pantry. I thought that was a great idea.
@ Hi there…a good suggestion too. When your children are involved in an charity venue they will learn from watching you. I am not a finalist for Mother of the Year but my kids are both charity minded as we have demonstrated this with them since they were very small and they have volunteered in these types of venues. They saw my husband and I doing it while they were young and continue as they grew.
December 21st, 2009
8:31 am
ooops…typos galore….gets the buy one free things at Publix and then takes the FREE sack…sorry!
December 21st, 2009
8:44 am
Chag Sameach
December 21st, 2009
8:57 am
I looked on the Toys-R-Us site and it said the cutoff for the Toys-for-Tots in store drive to buy/donate was Dec 6. Has this been extended?
December 21st, 2009
9:10 am
The Chef's of Atlanta held their Annual Christmas Party last Friday night. I am pleased to say that the participants of the party helped out greatly with Toys for Tots. The 3 Marines present were very appreciative that people contributed.
My living community had a cut off date of yesterday. At this point it is going to be difficult to find a drop off place that is still open. Please check for your local Marine Recuiter office as they will likely still be donating.
Also Hosea Feed the Hungry has a Toy Outreach program. They too have children in need and their drop off may be closer. Lastly, check the Clark Howard site for the Clark Kids. These are foster children who may otherwise not receive a gift.
I encourage everyone to think of the OLDER kids (10 – 18) when they contribute, as the younger kids are usually well supplied.
Lots of Christmas Blessings to everyone!
December 21st, 2009
10:18 am
You can also donate online at the following web address: http://www.toysfortots.org/
December 21st, 2009
10:22 am
@ theresa….to me, this is not pushy. It is not like a church venue for your own church. This is a national group that is helping children who are in need. I am surprised that you do not have more folks who are on board with this today but perhaps they are overwhelmed with other things to do before Friday. Thanks for the reminder.
On the flip side, we sponsored 3 little grannies at a nursing home and bought their gifts. I had a bit of trouble finding clip on earrings. One wanted DOVE body wash, as one of her items…imagine it? That was such a simple request.
December 21st, 2009
10:34 am
I love the idea of giftf for the grannies at the nursing home. What a wonderful thing to do (in addition to toys for children). She wanted Dove bodywash. How cute is that! I hope you got her a big old supply. What a great idea for next year.
December 21st, 2009
11:14 am
Thanks Theresa for this update. I will definitely be making a drop off today at Publix.
December 21st, 2009
11:20 am
@ YUKI…yes I bought a giant bottle of Dove. She also wanted a sweater and brooch ( sp?) . I found a pretty pink sweater with sparkles on it and also then threw in a sparkly bracelet with Christmas charms.
My daughter had a party for her girlfriends and she asked them each to bring a canned good for the co-op. I thought that was neat.
She learned an important lesson at her party.. She paid her own money to rent our clubhouse, for the paper goods, sodas and cooked an appetizer. She asked her friends to each bring a large snack to share and a canned good. One girl brought a BAG OF M AND M's. She told me, "next time, I am going to have to tell them WHAT kinds of snacks I mean…" since she cooks, she was thinking more on the line of appetizers not a bag of Doritos. Of course, her homemade appetizers were the first to go. My sister and I got a chuckle of of it.
December 21st, 2009
12:28 pm
We donate to Toys every year..Every child should have a good Christmas..IMO..
@MJG, that is a great thing to do for the grannies..I think I'll look into that near where I live..
Hope all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year..Talk to y'all next year..
December 21st, 2009
12:47 pm
Not trying to hog the blog but I am looking at the Walgreen's ad now and they have a coupon for HOT WHEELS cars for 49 CENTS and UNO and other card games for $4.99. I am going to dash over there today. Just letting you guys know.
@ Becky…it is hard to believe that those grannies are neglected. My husbands grandmother is 93 and in an old folks home. I mentioned this to him last week and we went to the store and he said to me, "Just pick out whatever you think she would like….I will get it as I have wonderful memories of my grandmother." We got 2 pair of snuggly p.j.s with socks to match and some snacks. She is in bed most of the time now but still wants to look nice. I shipped those off on Friday and hope she enjoys them!
December 21st, 2009
12:51 pm
[...] (Toys for Tots needs about 600,000 more toys for Christmas. See my previous entry for info about how… [...]
December 21st, 2009
2:09 pm
Everyone is doing great with the cheap Barbies and the match box….what about the older kids? Is there some cut off when underprivledged children aren't children? Is that different from our children?
Try some board games, they are not too expensive at Walmart and Target. I saw the Twilight game in the box at our Publix. I am impressed someone would get the older kids something.
My eldest was holding her new–just opened the wrap present from a friend, she got near the box and I almost died! She wanted to see what was in it, but not give her toy away or get accused of taking it. I ushered her out the door with admonishment. OF COURSE we did do something for the underprivlidged children this year too.
December 21st, 2009
3:23 pm
Speaking of charity giving, who's going to give MILF Hunter what he's been wanting?
December 21st, 2009
3:51 pm
What is the address of the Marietta warehouse?
December 21st, 2009
4:44 pm
@ FCM, I appreciate your concern. My charitable projects were already finished last week and I was just trying to pitch in a little extra as I had heard of the need on the radio and also read it in Theresa's blog. Perhaps those who had not yet planned for a charitable venue could pitch in for the older kids?
December 21st, 2009
5:08 pm
Our daycare/school in E Cobb filled up 6 bins that have not been picked up as of this morning. I thought this was another good idea because we all used it as a lesson for our kids to give to others.
December 21st, 2009
5:15 pm
Well MJG obviously you have done your part so I would not necessarily be speaking to you. I truly believe that the older kids get over looked.
I adopted 3 kids 13 – 16 from Clark's kids. The helpers almost cried. They told me the older kids are often left to last or don't get anything. Nobody has problems getting a doll for a 3 yo or 6 yo. It is almost like the age of disbelieving (about 9 – 12 yo)–you know disbelief in Santa or Magic–is the age that people stop buying/caring. It is at this age the kids need it more than ever. I have held this belief for years. It was reinforced when I saw Blind Side. MJG I know you saw that movie, you said you did, you should understand what I am saying.
Michael Oher closed his eyes to what was around him and believed when he was long past the age of disbelieving. Good thing he did or he could be just another statistic instead of the inspiration he can be (let's hope) or memeber of the family that took him in.
December 21st, 2009
5:51 pm
Walgreen's has buy 1 get 1 free toys for like $7. Easy decision. 7$ to help 2 kids.
December 21st, 2009
7:40 pm
My kids received toys for tots when they were kids. Now they are grown, I had them give back. My son and daugher and myself gave last year. This year we can't because we got hit by the recession. We can only send our love.
December 21st, 2009
8:26 pm
[...] UPDATE ON DEADLINE FOR DONATIONS: Gunnery Sargeant Edward Barrett says "Dec 21 is the last day for almost all locations. We are trying to get to all 600+ today and tomorrow with the help of the moving company 2 Men and a Truck. …Read Original Story: Toys for Tots in GREAT NEED of toys! – Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog… [...]
December 21st, 2009
9:31 pm
Every year we take our teenage daughters (and this year the boyfriends) and each girl/couple (including my husband & I) get $100 and we shop to see which team can get the coolest toys. This is their favorite part of the giving of Christmas. We shopped this past Sat. night and dropped it off at the local fire station.
December 21st, 2009
10:12 pm
Yes. Christ spoke adamantly about helping the poor … but He did NOT say anything about providing TOYS. And, the government and taxpayers are not responsible, either. Don't try the "Robin Hood" argument … because it won't work. Robin Hood was an ENEMY of the government (Sheriff of Nottingham … remember?). And, in Robon Hood's (and Christ's) day, people were poor for different reasons than in the 21st Century. Back then, they were poor because a breadwinner keeled over from plague or flu (or having fallen in battle with no GI Bill). Today, it is usually due to drugs … such as, meth or crack. So, follow the advice of the old adage … TEACH a man (or woman or child) to fish, and feed him/her for a LIFETIME, rather than giving him/her a fish, and feeding him/her for a day.
That is my opinion. I do NOT welcome yours.
December 21st, 2009
10:51 pm
Drexel Gal : There is nothing wrong with your arguement. One is entitled to their opinion on charity. All I will say is it's good for the heart and spirit to help when and if one can. Although we're one job down in my household, we still were able to help a local drive for children with clothing for Christmas presents. No hotweels or XBoxes, but something needed. I figure ,"What will I do without by giving a little something..?"
December 21st, 2009
10:59 pm
@ Drexel Gal – I know you don't welcome my opinion but you put yours out there, and we live in a country of free speech so I'm gonna give mine anyway. True, drug addiction is a huge problem, but that's not the only reason that the "breadwinner has keeled over". Let's look at the high cancer rates, high heart disease rates, the price of life many of our military have given for their country, etc.
It's not the kids' fault their families are less well off than others, and if we're able to brighten just one day for them, why shouldn't we? And maybe many of these parents are working, but using their paychecks for other things – keeping a roof over their heads, keeping food on the table, keeping their children in clothes and shoes.
December 22nd, 2009
7:17 am
So, Drexel Gal thinks people are poor because of drug use? What an idiotic and stupid statement. Yes, there is drug use in the "poor" community – and in the "hood" as she actually meant.
But, there are many more reasons why people are poor.
I'm surprised she actually knows what Christ said – because clearly she doesn't KNOW Christ, as she shows none of his compasion or caring.
BTW Drexel Gal – have you bothered to teach any poor people how to fish or do you just mock them?
December 22nd, 2009
7:38 am
@ Drexel I agree with Allie. You had no problem stating your opinion but then said you did NOT welcome anyone stating different. Why bother blogging.
Christ did tell us to help the poor. However if you read the Laws (which Jesus being a good Jew would have followed) or even follow history there was what we call a Deserving and Undeserving poor. The parents (and I use that loosely) that use their money to buy to drugs rather than feed their children, or who do not look for work, or cry for the government to help them are what we call the Deserving poor — they made their bed.
The Parents who truly struggle — jobs were outsourced to foreign markets, are widowed, who have medical/cancer bills eating their savings, etc — are the Undeserving poor. These people are doing the best they can to provide for the family, and like Job their circumstances changed overnight.
The Laws and Christ told us to help the undeserving poor. He may not have meant toys. So, give a donation to CHOA to Susan Koeman, or go to a Women's Shelter and help out. There are pleanty of Undeserving Poor who need your help. Most of them wish they didn't. However, these days a child doesn't understand why they cannot have Santa fulfill a wish…and should they? Maybe it is true a young child should not and a child at the age of disbelieving should. That is why I asked it earlier.
Kenny Rogers sang "It is just another homemade Christmas in KY. Just odds and end I fashioned with my heart and with my hands."
As to Robin Hood and Nottingham…Nottingham created his poor by taking everything he could find and keeping the peasants oppressed and starved. He took the alms (pennies for the poor) from the church coffers. He took the livestock and farm goods to feed his men leaving next to nothing to feed the people who worked the fields, and he trampled the fields. To top it off he took the peasants (and this includes the children) for his own nefarious avrices. Do NOT delude yourself into thinking Nottingham (government) was on the side of the right…he was a corrupt tyrannt of the worst sort.
Robin Hood was an outlaw. He took from Nottingham that which Nottingham had stolen and returned it. This is not unlike the Forefathers of America, those men who signed the Declaration of Independence, whom by the way were outlaws/treasonsist to Mother England. In the words of our early Revolutionists — "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security." (D of I 2nd Paragraph).
You may NOT want our opinions, but when you come to start a fight, you should come armed with facts not some conjecture you wrap your ignorance in to make you feel comfortable.
December 22nd, 2009
8:27 am
December 22nd, 2009
8:41 am
When I was a little girl, we sang a Sunday School song about JOY, and it stood for
JESUS. OTHERS, YOU. There are those who do not agree on who to help and there are those who help no one but themselves….this is sad.
Any child who observes his/her parents helping others at Christmas and all throughout the year will probably grow up and continue the tradition. Just like any other behaviors that are modeled. I applaud the parents who are out there pitching in and showing their children that actions speak louder than words.
Here is something that I observed this year while speaking with hundreds of smaller children and I cannot put a finger on it….I asked the children to tell me one thing they would like for Christmas…
In the lower socioeconomic areas, many children were asking for expensive things like IPODS and electronic "toys" that would cost well over $100 per item.
In the more well heeled areas, the children would ask for a train, a doll, a puppy, a flashlight, an easy bake oven etc.
Not sure what to think here…does anyone have any ideas?
December 22nd, 2009
10:11 am
MJG not sure — we are not low socio-eco nor is the area we live in. My kids want Iphones from Santa. I have no idea why they think they need them or where they got the idea they should have them. Santa is not bringing them IPhones.
For Thanksgiving they were asked what they were most thankful for one child said God who sacraficed himself for us (she is 7 and she said this on a school paper–and did not need psych evaluation) and the other said her family. So I do think they have their priorities right.
December 22nd, 2009
12:11 pm
I made my daughter choose a toy that she really wanted and had her donate it to Toys for Tots over the weekend. She did not like it, because she wanted the toy herself (too bad). I explained to her that Santa does not make it to every house and we need to help. She, just like a bunch of other kids do not realize how lucky they are. My daughter, like the previous poster wants an IPhone (she's 6). I think a dose of reality is just what is she needs from Santa. Of course there will not be an IPhone or any cell phone for her under the tree.
MotherJaneGoose-The kids in the "upper bracket" have parents that are well grounded. I own several rental properties, and assure you that come January, those that can not pay their rent will be the ones that had a real fat Christmas. This is how the parents in the "upper bracket" got to where they are today.
December 22nd, 2009
12:24 pm
FCM and Alecia – you both stated that Santa will not be bringing your kids iPhones. How do you know what Santa may or may not bring?
December 22nd, 2009
1:52 pm
Jane — Because I told the elf on the shelf to tell Santa NO iPhone. If the elf wants to be on the shelf next year he will get the message through.
December 22nd, 2009
3:37 pm
I let her know that mom and dad have the final say so in what she gets from Santa. I also explained to her that Santa has so many presents to deliver that he will be thinking in a practical way and be fortunate that we are not in one of the houses Santa may not reach. This again is why it was important to pick out a cool gift for Toys for Tots. Besides, she might end up with kids in her class that got "short changed" from Santa. No better way to put the end to Santa than to have kids around that might not get anything from him. I try to explain to her that in life not everything "magically" appears while still trying to keep the fun in Christmas. When she has a part time job and can pay for the IPhone herself, then fine.
December 23rd, 2009
7:45 am
One thing is that I do NOT agree with people applying for toys for tots if your children allready get toys. Just because you are low income, even if you can buy your children a few toys you should not take from those because some kids do not get ANY. Plus some younger teens get nothing! That being said I am totally against families applying even low income when they can buy there kids some toys. I don't like people who take from the government. It annoys me seeing a person buying $200-600 in food (paying with food stamps) but driving around in a new car and a Coach hand bag. My mom and I struggle to buy food but have not qualified for foodstamps yet, times are hard for us but we do not take from the government unless absolutely neccesary. I do not have children so I try and buy 1 toy every year for toys for tots and it is fun to think of a child receiving a gift that I had picked out. I bought a nice large musical keybord one year for ten dollars and a nice sky dancer, which was originally more but on SALE for $9 another year and then one year I bought a ten dollar toy and a three dollar dora the explorer dominos set. I mean I think everyone should donate. When I used to work at a gas station I asked my boss to donate but she is too CHEAP but she can buy her kids, ipods, laptops, cars and whatever they want. It makes me upset. Then I met this other lady who is wealthy, she refused to buy a toy also and she gets all her bills paid. I found out she was managing her sons restaraunt and lives in his guest house FREE and has NO bills and gets Social Security illegally… That makes me sooooooo mad! She can take from the government and steal money and is soooo super cheap… People reap what they sew… Don't believe in giving blessings and you will be returned 10x over ?? It's true, do good to people and in return you are blessed. Some people are so scrooge – like. It is really sad.
Another thing.. How much did Toys for Tots make this 2009 year ?????? It upsets me that they do not tell on the news now that they have all the toys in and it is past the deadline. We want to know if they made it. As citizens we are concerned also, so please someone if you know please post how much they made this year.. Thanks!
December 23rd, 2009
7:53 am
6 year old wanting iphones or cell phones ????? I am sorry but that is outrageous!!! What 6 year old wants that !!!!
Seriously…. I have heard of maybe 11 year olds but not that young. They mostly want barbies, baby dolls, etc….
I am sorry but I know of a lot of parents buying there children / teens ipods and phones for Christmas, expensive items… That is not what you should buy your child, no matter how much they want it.
I got my first phone when I was 15… It was lost and had to get another one…
Kids lose and break expensive things, let friends borrow, etc… So it is not worth it, just crazy to buy.
The only reason I wanted one is because EVERYONE ELSE HAD ONE… Now I realize who cares…
Buy them clothes and things they NEED not want… Maybe a ipod or cell phone if they are 15 + years old.
It makes me upset that a parent would buy an 11 year old a phone, how crazy!


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Let me tell you a story. I was at a presentation that a friend, an Astrophysicist, gave to a potential donor ... After the talk the sponsor said to him, "you know what, I'm gonna pass because I just don't feel inspired… you should be more like Malcolm Gladwell" ... So I ask the question: does TED epitomize a situation where ... a scientist... is told that their work is not worthy of support, because the public doesn't feel good listening to them? I submit that Astrophysics run on the model of American Idol is a recipe for civilizational disaster.Benjamin H. Bratton (Dept. of Visual Arts, UC San Diego) uses a TEDx talk to critique the medium of the TED talk itself. Does TED—"weird, inadequate and symptomatic"—encapsulate the twenty-first century's inability to face the challenges of the future in any honest way?
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Tough Taco Talk
Two fired up readers submitted photographs of what they consider a perfect taco. Ann's favorite taco, pictured at left, has "a nice schmear of guac" and WBGuy believes a taco, like the one on the right, should only contain the following: two layers of fresh tortillas, some kind of seasoned meat, salsa, onions and cilantro.
Do you make tacos at home? What are the most important ingredients in your creation?
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I really adore tacos, in all their infinite varieties - even the "crappy" taco kits have a place in my heart (stomach?) on occasion.
On the more luxe side is the Carne Asada recipe available in Santa Fe's Cafe Pasquale cookbook. I'll try to post the recipe in full later today (the book is only available for purchase at the cafe). A simple, marinated skirt steak, with loads of lovely onions - grilled, served on a fresh tortilla with fresh guacamole. Lovely.
Salsa Verde and a squeeze of lime on a fresh fish taco makes it for me.
you know, authenticity and goodness aren't the same thing, folks. :) it's okay to enjoy a "nonstandard" taco. really.
like any street food, you make it out of what you have available. that's why you get fish tacos in baja and goat tacos in guadalajara. i have to say i don't recall ever being offered guac (or radish) as a condiment, but i only traveled through the central and southern parts of the country. a couple of squeezes of lime juice was common.
once, in veracruz, i had tacos made of pork rinds and, uh, assorted meat bits (i never did, and never wish to, find out what they were).
I have to laugh whenever I hear these discussions on the perfect taco (or any other Mexican food), and especially the "I'm from California/Texas" tone of authority (no offense, SK). I have spent time in Mexico, and what Mark Bittman said yesterday in the Times is right on the money -- a taco is basically just a sandwich. And just like sandwiches, there are infinite varieties -- none are "right" or "perfect". I have had amazing tacos in Mexico City at stands that specialize in carne asada, but I have witnessed Mexican friends place some cheese and avocado in a corn tortilla and popped in a toaster for warming -- not OUR gringo fantasy of a taco, but a taco nonetheless.
One of my favorites that I learned in Mexico is called a synchronisada (meaning syncronized): place one corn tortilla in a pan, top with sliced ham and then sliced or shredded cheese, then some sliced pickled jalapenos (available canned) or favorite salsa, top this with a second tortilla and flip once or twice to heat evenly through. Delicioso!!!! (And yes, sounds suspiciously like a ham-and-cheese sandwich mexican style!)
The perfect taco is one that makes you perfectly happy. So, as they say south of the border, buen provecho!!!
I should add that my favorite ingredient for tacos is "Salsa de chile de arbole" -- literally "tree chile" sauce. It has a woodsy, earthy flavor and a very subtle bit of chile heat, and is the perfect accompanient to some cheese with a little diced tomatoe. It can be found in mexican markets, so if you happen to see it sometime, I do suggest trying a bottle.
i made tacos last night as i was inspired by the debate and the ny times. i marinated chicken breast in beer, basalmic vinegar, and garlic. i then seared it in a sautee pan then baked it. i sliced the chicken super thin, almost shredded. i layered two corn tortillas, added the chicken and topped it with shredded red cabbage, cilantro, red onion, queso fresco, and homemade tomatillo salsa. yum!
I agree with liz and frank . . .
favorite that someone else makes: pork cooked twice to make the magic tacos al pastor
favorite traditional that I make: skirt steak marinated with limes, onions, tomatillos and grilled, on corn tortillas with onion, cilantro and radishes
all-time favorite, that I made: taco of grilled fish vietnamese-style (with ginger and fish sauce), with fresh cilantro and jicama
that fusion one is totally traditional in a way . . .
biggest taco disappointment: that fish tacos that made so many people swoon were made of battered fried fish
favorite taco stand in Mexico City:
David's, in the Condesa neighborhood. It's a whole different game there. Mmmmm, nopales, huitlacoche, and flor . . .
posted this in the other taco thread, but wanted to mention it here:
tacos abound, cheaply, fantastically, amazingly, in QUEENS. all over astoria, jackson heights, woodside. Maybe it's 'cuz mexican folks live there, and they cook there for one another. And they're making things like huitlacoche quesadillas.
huitlacoche is corn fungus, that grows like crazy on sweet corn, and is by far one of the strangest mushrooms I have ever seen. But it tastes amazing, as the Iowa farmers who encouraged me to "just take that thing home, slice it up and fry it with butter in the pan."
Corn tortillas are a must for any great taco, as is fresh tomato salsa, although I have had a few delicious peach salsas in my time. Red onions, cool sour cream and creamy guacamole are also vital. I can't wait to make tacos for dinner this weekend!
For me, any taco is good as long as it has homemade/fresh tortillas. With that, even the simpliest one becomes sublime. I've had just a few slices of avocado and a sprinkling of kosher salt in a taco and it was yummy.
as originator of this hullabaloo i just want to say that frank, that ham & cheese taco sounds sublime!
and guido, dude, i am SO there with you
after years and years of hearing displace west coaster cavil about the lack of fish tacos, i expected something more than a riff on fish&chips!
thankfully i found my perfect fish taco on a beach in cozumel at a palapa all coated in achiote and served with pickled onions and habanero salsa
mmm... tacos
i'm with WBGuy (who believes a taco, like the one on the right, should only contain the following: two layers of fresh tortillas, some kind of seasoned meat, salsa, onions and cilantro.) the only thing i'd add is lime. we either make 'em like that at home, or we go for avocado tacos (not guac.): same as WBGuy's recipe but replace the meat with sliced avocado. chicago has so many places for perfect tacos! click my name for the maxwell street market taco pics (scroll all the way down).
and yes, frank, perfect is in the taste of the beholder...!
I was simply stating my own preference for the stripped-down, most basic of tacos, without all the extra fancy toppings.
That being said, there's more than enough room in the world for new innovations in the art that is the taco. It's what you like that counts. So, if you like your tacos with chopped M&Ms and cheez wiz, more power to you. Just don't try to market it as the authentic thing.
Man, I could really go for a cabeza taco just about now.
Whatever you prefer, whatever is locally available, etc, goes. It's up to each cook to give it the taste & presentation they wish, right? All the combinations mentioned sound good to me. I don't think there's a wrong way.
It's a tortilla, with stuff on it!:)
My only criteria is a soft corn tortilla & cilantro---After that petty much anything is good.
In Wisconsin we actually have a large growing Hispanic population, so we have many wonderful Mexican restaurants. One of the best tacos around here is 2 steamed corn tortillas, meat (like pastor pork or chirozo), enchillada cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, cilantro and home-made hot sauce.
I agree. Queens has the best tacos!
I love fish tacos, and I have never even seen a fried one. I've only had it with grilled fish.
I don't eat red meat, so I'll either use beans or make the Morningstar crumble kind. I don't care if they aren't authentic!
The best tacos I ever had were also had were also achiote-red fish tacos with pickled onions, although mine had slices of avacado on top. Of course, the most important ingredient was probably the turquoise Caribbean water a few feet away.
Back here, I only recently discovered that my favorite tacos are of the "lengua" variety.
minipanda, I'm hoping that you have the chance to post the recipe from that Santa Fe cookbook that you've mentioned before!
Ah, the trinity is all you need: good corn tortillas, good meat, good salsa roja with onions and cilantro.
Aah, I have just returned from a trip to San Francisco where I filled up on tacos and Mexican food every single day. Being a California native, I truly believe that finding good, fast Mexican food is very difficult in states which do not have a large Mexican population. I have lived in New York for nearly two years and am still looking for a burrito that will quench my craving, not to say that I have stopped looking but I haven't found it yet.
The great thing about California is that there is a rockin' tacqueria every few blocks. It's the New York equivalent of a slice of pizza and good slices are hard to find in California. Then again, the Italian population in California is a good deal smaller than that of New York. Call me crazy but I think there's a parallel here.
I miss the authentic stuff so much that I end up eating it twice a day on trips home.
What I miss the most are the delightful burrito bars, where you choose between three types of beans (I am a whole pinto lover myself), 5 types of meat (carnitas or verde chicken), your choice of jack or cheddar or both, salsa crudo, or roja, guac, sour cream and Mexican rice. All 1200 calories wrapped up for less than $5.00, which is great if you are broke and in college. It's amazing how long these burritos will last.
Tacos? Oh gawd, naming the perfect one is an impossible endeavor because there are so many kinds!
I'm personally in love with three styles:
The Tex-Mex taco: seasoned ground beef, lettuce, tomato, shredded cheddar on a crispy corn tortilla
Taco al Pastor: shredded pork meat cooked with sauteed onion, topped with cilantro on a warm, soft corn tortilla (usually two because it's so juicy)
Baja Fish Tacos: a white fish like mahi mahi (fried or grilled), shredded cabbage, cilantro, and some mayo-based white sauce on a warm, soft corn tortilla.
I wish we could get one of those Cali fish taco joints to open up here in Austin, TX. Might be hard to sway people though. We like our beef here. :D
i'd definitely echo the suggestion of Queens as the taco capital of NYC. if you're a carnivore, there's a taco truck about every 10 blocks in along Queens Blvd. from Queens Plaza out into Jackson Heights, serving everything from barbacoa to tongue in taco form. if you're a veggie (and even if you're not), the best veg taco i've ever had is at Tacos Mexicos at 38th St. and Broadway in Astoria. which, btw, is hands down the best for-mexicans-by-mexicans joint i've seen so far here in NYC. whether we're talking tacos or anything else.
fish tacos, however, are another story. i think the deal is that NYC isn't historically a big point of immigration for mexicans, and the mexicans who've come to the city in recent years are from a totally different part of the country than those who immigrate to california, texas, and the southwest. i've had much more luck with mole than fish tacos in these parts...
TO -- you are right, Mexicans in NYC are almost invariably from Puebla, which is landlocked, but is considered the home of mole. (Puebla is the state immediately east of Mexico City.)
I live in Chicago where we have fantastic Mexican food and lots of great taco variations. My favorite is flour tortilla, marinated goat meat, onions, cilantro, salsa.
Another easy approach is what I call my "trailer park tacos." Here's the recipe:
1. One rotisserie chicken from the supermarket
2. One bag of tortillas
3. One bag of shredded cheese
4. One jar of salsa
5. One bunch of cilantro
6. One lime
Take it come, rip the meat off the bones, and stuff the tortilla. You can get dinner for six this way it it costs less then $10. Prep time is five minutes. Enjoy!


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1:30 PM EST, November 13, 2013
The latest season of MTV's venerable unscripted series "The Real World" won't just be seven strangers picked to live in a house, work together and have their lives taped.
No, "Real World's" return to San Francisco, set to debut in 2014, will see an overhaul of the show's iconic format, as exes of the housemates are integrated into the loft.
Per MTV, "Things take a dramatic turn when exes of the original seven roommates surprisingly take the house by storm and move right in. In the midst of new relationships that started to brew before their exes arrived, the roommates find out very quickly that things can get complicated as loyalty is tested, tempers flare and romances sizzle and fizzle."
"Real World: Ex-Plosion" marks the first major format change for the program in 21+ year history. After "Real World: Portland" -- the 28th season of the skein -- failed to deliver strong ratings for MTV, questions swirled as to whether the net's flagship reality show could continue to stand the test of time in the face of juggernaut programs like "Duck Dynasty.""Portland," as previously reported, seemed to focus mostly on the noise factor of the show, with brutal, drunken fist fights serving as the main attraction for the season.
In fact, when "Real World" was renewed for its 29th season in August, sources in the reality biz remarked that, should this latest trip to San Fran not produce higher viewership than recent runs, it would likely mark the sunset for the Bunim-Murray Prods. program.
Adding an ex twist to what has remained one of the purest reality formats on television could read to some fans of the franchise like a last-ditch gimmick to drive up ratings. In a way, it is -- MTV's programming topper Susanne Daniels, who joined the cabler just a year ago, remarked, "We wanted to give our audience a fresh take on the series," but a fresh take would not be necessary had recent seasons -- San Diego, St. Thomas, Portland -- accrued decent viewership.
Ex play has served "Real World" spinoff "The Challenge" well in recent years, as "Battle of the Exes" continues to be a great draw for the net, offering auds its own version of unscripted, serialized storytelling as exes of relationships forged on the "Real World" franchise shows are forced to team in a competition setting. What's more, the relationships that housemates on "Real World" have with those back home -- often manifested by nothing more than grainy calls, should a trip not materialize -- have always been a point of drama for those in the "Real World" house, and a point of interest for viewers tuning in. Other reality shows, including "Big Brother" in 2003, have added ex-boyfriends and girlfriends to the mix to spice up the series, as well.
What this format change is truly exemplary of, however, is the difficulty in casting a pure house reality show in today's unscripted market. As Jonathan Murray, co-creator of "Real World" said in a statement to EW, "When 'The Real World' went on the air in '92 you put seven diverse people together and you get conflict, and out of that conflict would come change, and then you have a story. Now that it's 21 years or so later, maybe we're a bit of a victim of our own success. Diversity is a fact of life today. A lot of young people date people of different races, or have friends who are gay. The world has changed."
Indeed, creating a melting pot of cultural backgrounds and lifestyles is not as novel as it was years ago on television. "Real World" came close in its return to Las Vegas, where one housemate revealed that, though he is heterosexual, he has a past of working in the gay porn industry. But twists like the one Dustin possessed in Vegas are not as easy to come by these days.
House reality shows -- "Real World" being the granddaddy of them all -- must rely on compelling casting for a season to produce interesting drama and twists, since the simple format does not propel storytelling the way, say, a competition format would. And even the best casting intentions can result in so-so results -- insiders say that "Real World: San Diego" was not as captivating as it could have been because cast members at times froze up, or muted their personalities in the presence of rolling cameras.
Thus, in 2014, "Real World" will be relying on rather inorganic means to stimulate clashing in the house, something that, in the '90s, unfolded naturally. While indicative of the state of reality TV, it still moves "Real World" away from its initial bottom line and towards a more romantic relationship-centric show -- something that some may argue has been the new, unofficial bottom line for a decade or more.
But, even if the "Ex-Plosion" produces solid ratings for MTV, "Real World" will not be out of the woods. The trouble with a "surprise" gimmick launched at housemates is that, come hypothetical next season, new cast members may be expecting such a twist -- the ex element will already be out of the toolbox, and a new one will have to be used. Thus, "Ex-Plosion" may place MTV and Bunim-Murray on the hamster wheel of format tweaks as they try to refresh the show each season.
Nevertheless, MTV and Bunim-Murray are confident in their new spin. Journos were invited to the San Francisco loft recently to peep the digs and meet cast members, and media screenings will be held to introduce writers to the new format.
"Real World: Ex-Plosion" will undoubtedly provide a slew of fascinating moments throughout its run, and feed the talent pipeline for "The Challenge," which was also recently renewed. But the symptoms of aging, like the iconic opening credits go, eventually stop being polite and start getting real. It turns out that, as far as formats go, 21 years means huge generation gaps in the reality TV biz.
But here's to 22.


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Charlottesville police are searching for a teen they say smacked another teen in the head with a BB gun during a fight inside a fast food restaurant. It happened around 8 p.m. at the McDonald's off Ridge-McIntire Road.
Investigators say that one of the teens made a derogatory comment to the other teen's girlfriend and it escalated into a fight.
The teen that was struck in the head with the plastic gun was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
The suspect ran off.


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Newton Medical Center recently acquired the Olympus EVIS EXERA III video endoscopy system. Endoscopy systems, comprised of a processor, light source, endoscope and monitor, enable physicians to peer inside the human body to diagnose, detect and treat gastrointestinal (GI) diseases and respiratory conditions. The advanced imaging in the system will help physicians at Newton Medical Center detect GI diseases, such as colorectal cancer, at an earlier stage when treatments are most successful.
The third-generation EVIS EXERA III system provides enhanced image quality, added brightness and several key technologies such as HDTV for superior clarity and dual-focus capabilities that allow physicians to switch the depth of field from normal focus to near focus for more detailed observation of suspected lesions. These new technologies are designed to help physicians provide their patients with more accurate and earlier diagnoses.
Early detection can improve treatment outcomes, reduce overall healthcare costs and improve the quality of life for patients. To aid in early detection,
the American Cancer Society recommends that beginning at age 50, both men and women at average risk for developing colorectal cancer should be screened for colorectal cancer and polyps, and those with personal or family risk factors should be tested even earlier.
In addition to helping physicians at Newton Medical Center detect and diagnose disease at an earlier stage, the EVIS EXERA III system should improve comfort for patients as well. Technologies such as Passive Bending (for following contours in the colon), High Force Transmission (for improved sensitivity to a physician's movements), Variable Stiffness (to meet the unique anatomical needs of the patient), and ScopeGuide (for visualizing the scope's position inside the patient's body) all deliver better control to the physician and help to improve comfort for the patient.
"The improved handling on the new Olympus EVIS EXERA III scopes is particularly helpful in situations that require advanced endoscopic technique. It also makes the entire experience much easier on my patients," said John McEachern, MD, General Surgeon at Newton Medical Center.
Additionally, the EVIS EXERA III endoscopy system is designed around system integration and workflow management to ease setup and reprocessing, manage patient data, communicate with hospital networks and provide seamless IT integration to help optimize the flow of activity in the endoscopy suite and the hospital overall.
"With the acquisition of the Olympus EVIS EXERA III system, our goals are to continue to provide safe, patient-focused care, improve the efficiency of our operations and enhance our diagnostic capabilities. With this advanced technology, we are able to provide our patients with more accurate diagnoses, shorten their procedure times and improve their overall procedural experience," said Cindy Knoeppel, Surgical and Cardiac Service-line Executive Director.
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Pilots visiting the site of the Wright Brothers' first flight at Kill Devil Hills, N.C., near Kitty Hawk will soon have more than a minimalist line shack in which to prepare for their outbound flight. In anticipation of the centennial of man's first powered flight next year, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is sponsoring the construction of a 900-sq-ft pilot's facility at First Flight Airport adjacent to the Wright Brothers Memorial. Overnight stops are still not permitted, but now pilots will have an indoor comfort station and a pilot briefing room with telephones and computerized weather information. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of this year, though not all services may be available until early next year. The 100th anniversary of manned, powered flight is Dec. 17, 2003.
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[1]Maybe you are among the 110 million Target shoppers [2] whose payment card or personal information was hacked during the recent holiday shopping season. Perhaps you are one of the 1 million-plus Neiman Marcus customers [3] whose data was exposed in a 2013 breach just recently announced.
Been to Michael's lately? The arts and crafts retailer is the latest well-known company whose customer payment details were reportedly stolen in the same type of data breach.
How are con artists [4] doing it - and which trusted retailer is next?
Sadly, warns the FBI and other authorities, wherever you shop, prepare for more of the same: cyber attacks that employ sophisticated malware to specifically target point of sale (POS) systems such as cash registers and card-swiping devices.
In a confidential report shared with select U.S. retailers and obtained by Reuters last week, the FBI identified "memory-parsing" malicious software - also known as a "RAM scraper" - as the source of about 20 Target-like hacking cases in the past year. And the bureau predicted that additional POS attacks will follow.
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On the black market, this malware sells for up to $6,000, and some reports indicate these hackers may be tied to the Russian mob. The FBI noted that one variant, known as Alina, included an option that allowed for "remote upgrades" to make it even harder for corporate security teams to identify and stop.
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Is there any real difference between reality and a dream?
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This is looking at the problem only symptomatically, ignoring the origin of these states: the conscious and unconscious mind.
A dream is what your unconscious mind does to entertain itself when your conscious mind is dormant. Waking state is what happens when your conscious mind returns to its active state and reasserts its dominance.
I got the impression he was stating that the conscious mind/brain is (also) a projection(constituent part of the dream), the opposite of the mind being responsible for all objective sensory sensations. What the thing that 'projects' those sensations(reality) onto the mind is supposed to be like, is not something i can fathom, though. Maybe he can clarify his beliefs about us being in a more fundamental state somewhere else, and only temporarily here(dream state) in this physical universe. I wonder when we "wake up" as he claims after death, how are we supposed to know that we aren't again in a dream-reality?
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Would a total freedom and no laws of physics and bounderies mean that you have woken up?
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TERMS: Techniques for electronic resource management
Two decades after the advent of electronic journals and databases, librarians are still grappling with ways to best manage these resources in conjunction with their print resources. In addition, economic pressures at most institutions of higher learning are resulting in librarians having to justify each dollar spent on collections and resource management. Furthermore, ebooks are becoming yet another stream of purchasing and management with the added complexity of patron driven acquisitions. All this results in the need to codify the management of electronic resource management more than ever.
"Our job over the next five to ten years is to provide a way to access these valuable resources in an intuitive, easy to use one-stop shop, and not to be afraid of running continual beta test where new services and functions can be added when necessary. To do this we need flexible, interoperable resource-discovery systems based on open source software. In addition, we must keep evaluating users' needs and reach out by adapting our systems to fit their requirements, rather than expecting them to come to us; indeed our very future depends on it." (1)
In the past, we have been able to afford 'nice to have' resources and renew our electronic resources without real evaluation of their worth. In times of budgetary constraints and staffing reductions we are now working our electronic resources harder than ever in order to extract maximum value for money from them. We must now look closely at all of our electronic resources at all steps of the e-resource life cycle (2).
There has been a lot of discussion about the implementation of ERM systems in recent years (3), however, use of these systems is still far from ubiquitous and many academic libraries have yet to implement or even purchase a system. Despite early expectations Collins and Grogg see the current crop of ERM systems as 'less like a silver bullet and more that a round of buckshot' (4).
A growing area of recent research has been around workflow management. Collins and Grogg (4) found that over 1/3 of academic libraries in their survey put workflow management at the top of their prioritization list. This area has also been highlighted as a gap by the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) ERM Data Standards and Best Practices Review (5). In the UK, two projects, the SCONUL shared ERM requirements project (6) and the Managing Electronic Resource Issues (MERI) project at the University of Salford (7), have looked in depth at workflows.
Both the University of Huddersfield and the Portland State University will be sharing their workflows as part of TERMS, and we encourage others who would be willing to share your own workflows to contact us at the email addresses given below.
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I'm astounded that there hasn't been a peep from Gruber about the problems and inconsistencies in the Mac App Store application, and those of the apps sold on it. My first experience with the Mac App Store was a purchase of the new Twitter app, of which Gruber had this to say:
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Person: Steve Wozniak
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This story begins in October.
Around Cup 16, I was talking about 52 Cups with Todd, a friend at work when an idea hit him, "You should try to set up a meeting with Woz, the co-founder of Apple! I…
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Hundreds of talks from independently organized TEDx events around the world are published on the TEDxTalks website daily.
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People ask me who inspires me. This often stumps me. Because I have been inspired in my work by stuff that people make. I fell in love with zines and independent radio when I was an isolated teenager living in the suburbs. Then BBSs, people's personal web sites, Usenet, Entropy8, online zines (holy crap, the old Bitch magazine site is now a porn portal! And Maxi is squatted!), blogs, Excel, online communities, Amazon, Salon, eBay, O'Reilly books, Google, Friendster, Alamut, NQPAOFU, Metafilter, board games, Blogger, paper games, 1000 blank cards, The Mirror Project, 1000 journals, Moveable Type, 20 things, Google Maps, Flickr, Gmail, last.fm, iPhone, NaNoWriMo, McSweeney's, Kingdom of Loathing, muxtape, vimeo, Etsy, iPad, Kickstarter, …the people who make these things are my leaders. Most of the time I don't know their names. Sometimes I'm lucky and do.
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Lemme make my own list: baseball cards, sticker books, Laser Tag, Legend of Zelda, BBSes, Prodigy, The Secret of Monkey Island, video game fanzines in early 90s, Street Fighter 2, disposable cameras, Yahoo, links.net, Puppet Motel, the Aladdin virtual reality ride @ EPCOT, Hypercard, CU-SeeMe, thespot.com, Orange Source (Syracuse webzine), QTVR, New York City, Moviefone, Craigslist, Citysearch, Vindigo, Modo, NYU/ITP, Bass-Station, PacManhattan, Mogi Mogi, Friendster, Pokemon, Flickr, Delicious, Nike+, Big Urban Game, ConQwest, CrossRoads, Sharkrunners, Twitter, FFFound, MuxTape, PMOG, Feltron Reports, Guitar Hero, Rider Spoke, Guitar Hero on a Bike, Epic Mix.
#1 source of inspiration? These two guys who co-founded the first real startup I worked at: Vindigo. "Build things that make people's experience of the world better" was the lesson I learned from the 12 months I worked there. And seeing these guys (who were 28 at the time?) make it happen was hugely inspiring in a if-they-can-do-it-I-can-do-it type of way. Working all day and then leaving work and seeing random people in the streets/bars/etc using the stuff that you worked on all day was the single most eye-opening thing to happen in my career.
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Rick Santorum, former Pennsylvania senator and likely presidential candidate, wants all abortions outlawed. He has even said that abortion providers should be "criminally charged." Clearly, his compassion for zygotes, fetuses, and other squishy, jelly-like substances not fully alive is without question. When it comes to actual human beings, however, there is some doubt. He voted to cut every social and welfare program that came before him as senator, and not just those helping women and girls, but those helping the poor, immigrants, children in general, and, of course, education.
Mr. Santorum doesn't hate all people, however. As a Republican, he loves rich people, white people, business people, and Christians. The real Americans, he calls them. There's one other person he loves, too: his wife, Karen Santorum.
He loves her so much, in fact, that in 1997 when she became seriously ill during the 2nd trimester of her pregnancy, he didn't want her to die.
In the 19th week of her pregnancy, Karen discovered during a routine exam that the fetus she was carrying had a fatal defect and was going to die inside of her. A long-shot surgery was performed that required cutting directly into the womb. It carried a high risk of infection and was performed not to save the fetus, but to reduce Karen's complications while she attempted to go full term.
Two days later, she became severely feverish. She was rushed to the hospital and placed on intravenous antibiotics, which reduced her fever and bought her some time, but could not eliminate the source of infection: the fetus.
Karen was going to die if her pregnancy was not ended, if the fetus was not removed from her body. So, at 20 weeks, one month before what doctors consider 'viability', labor began as a result of the antibiotics and the infected fetus was delivered. It died shortly thereafter. Once the Santorums had agreed to the use of antibiotics, they believed they were committing to delivery of the fetus, which they knew would not survive outside the womb.
They named it Gabriel Michael Santorum.
The event is obviously tragic, especially for Karen, who, like her husband, opposes any and all forms of abortion, even when it saves a woman's life. As her fever subsided, she realized what was happening and asked for drugs to stop the labor, saying, "We're not inducing labor. That's abortion. No way." But it was too late.
Today, hindsight being 20/20, Karen says she would have authorized the procedure after all, justifying the saving of her own life by explaining that her other children would have lost a mother.
The procedure, whereby labor is induced to remove the fetus before it has any chance of surviving on its own, is considered by Mr. Santorum to be a 'partial-birth abortion', and he is correct. He also personally authorized one to save his wife, whom he loves.
Mr. Santorum is opposed to any and all forms of abortion. Incest? Too bad. Rape? Too bad. Twelve years old? Too bad. Wife, mother, daughter, lover, friend dying? Too bad.
This hypocrite needs to be kept out of all elective offices for the rest of his life.
"Abortion in any form is wrong," said Santorum in 2000, three years after the tragedy. "Except for my wife. If your wife's life was at stake and the only thing that could save her was an abortion, well, too bad. Your wife will have to die. It was different with my wife. You see, I love her. I don't even know your wife's name."
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As the Open Video Conferencein New York draws closer (Oct 1-3), we're excited to announce our hack day on Sunday October 3rd.
The Web Made Movies hack day is a chance for filmmakers, developers and anyone interested in creating Open Video to turn the inspiration of OVC into action.
Are you…
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The drum machine arrived in popular music in the late 1970's. By 1983, only a few years later, after 50,000 years of live human drumming, mainstream audiences had fully embraced this sound in hits like "Rockit." Just as remarkable, Herbie Hancock was able to pioneer both acoustic jazz and a song created with electronic drums.
A similar shift is happening in photography. Looking at projects based on Google Maps Street View (GSV), particularly large photographs in physical galleries, makes me wonder: Is Street View a camera? Or a repository of source images? Or both?
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I've been working on and off for many months on a video to explain Mozilla to the uninitiated. The home for the video is now on the Get Involved page of the mozilla.org site, and I'm excited that it will be part of a process for getting people excited about pitching in at Mozilla. You can watch it below: mega hats off to Rainer Cvillink, Mozilla's in-house video wizard, for all the great camera work, and to Jenn Strom for editing and motion grapnics.
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Broadcaster Jane Pauley is suing the New York Times for fraud and fraudulent inducement. She claims the paper tricked her into giving an interview for an advertising supplement funded by drug companies. She thought the interview was for a news article on mental health. Pauley, who has been open about her struggle with bipolar disorder, accuses the NY Times of duping her into giving an unwitting endorsement. (Via Reuters)
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Im working on 5 and so far it looks real kick ass. Ive actually dont walking animations and it looks like a big improvement over the others.
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars September 5, 2004
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Rated 1 / 5 stars September 5, 2004
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Rated 4 / 5 stars September 5, 2004
Did you use...
a SWF Decompiler? Because all of the characters look exactly the same except a few things.
Rated 5 / 5 stars September 5, 2004
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Rated 5 / 5 stars September 5, 2004
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LOL! This is the funniest shit I've seen in a real long time here on Newgrounds! It ended a bit quick, but otherwise... awesome!