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Rural settlement
About two-thirds of the rural population of Pakistan lives in nucleated villages or hamlets (i.e., in compact groups of dwellings). Sometimes, as is generally the case in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the houses are placed in a ring with windowless outer walls, so that each complex resembles a protected fortress with a few guarded entrances. Dispersed habitation patterns in the form of isolated single homesteads are rare, occurring only in a few mountainous areas. But it is not uncommon to find numerous satellite hamlets of varying sizes near larger villages; such hamlets are occupied either by a landlord (along with his family, servants, and sharecroppers) or else by members of an extended family group living together in adjoining houses. The spread of tube wells (driven wells) in the Punjab has increased the tendency for such dispersal, for people often prefer to live near their tube wells in order to guard the valuable machinery. The concept of village, therefore, often tends to be equivalent to that of the mawzaʿ (an area of land that, together with a village and its satellite hamlets, forms a unit in land-revenue records). It is difficult to speak of an average size of village, for patterns of habitation are complex. Most groups of dwellings have a minimum of a dozen or a score of houses, and there are usually a few hundred dwellings in each "village." Large villages rarely have populations exceeding 2,500 persons.
Three basic types of village layout are to be found. Most of the older settlements are of the "spiderweb" form, having at least one focal point, such as the village mosque, some shops, or a well from which lanes radiate. A few villages follow the contours of hill slopes and other natural features. In the Canal Colony areas, villages are of a regular rectangular pattern, with a well, a mosque, and a school, as well as the house of the village headman, at the centre and with the houses being arranged in a series of concentric rectangles. Houses are built from available local materials; the vast majority are of adobe, a material that is not only cheap and reasonably durable in the dry climate but also provides better insulation from extremes of heat and cold than brick or stone. Houses usually have walled courtyards where animals are tethered and where people sleep in the open in the hot summer.
Urban settlement
The urban population of Pakistan represents about two-fifths of the total. Two cities have a dominating position—Karachi, the capital of Sind province (and of the country until 1959), and Lahore, the capital of Punjab. Since the 1960s, government policy has been directed toward the dispersal of industry, which had become heavily concentrated in Karachi. As a consequence, urban growth has been more evenly distributed among several cities. Karachi remains the principal port and centre of commerce and industry.
Rapid and unplanned urban expansion has been paralleled by a deterioration in living conditions, particularly in the housing conditions of lower-income groups. Many urban households are unable to pay rent for the cheapest form of available housing and live in shacks in makeshift communities known collectively as katchi abadis. Water supply and sewerage systems are inadequate, and in many areas residents have to share communal water taps. Inadequate urban transport is also a major problem.
Karachi experienced serious ethnic conflict between the muhajir immigrants and Sindhis and (since the late 1980s) between the Sindhis and Punjabis. Discouraged by civil strife, businesses—both industrial and commercial—began to relocate to Punjab, particularly in and around Lahore. After Karachi and Lahore, the principal cities are Faisalabad and Rawalpindi in Punjab and Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Quetta is the capital and largest city of Balochistan. The national capital, Islamabad, adjoins Rawalpindi.
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This week we want to highlight (with the brightest neon marker I can find in my drawer) Ellie Goulding. We were so honored to hear that she is a fan of Miss KL. She said she thinks we are cool! No no no Ellie, you ARE bloody cool.
This girl is the balls! Her biggest hit "Lights" on her debut album in 2010 is still murdering dance floors across the world. Her other major hit from said album, cover of Elton John's "Your Song", is one of my personal favorites. It's one of those hair-raising tunes for me. Let's face it most covers pile in comparison to the originals. It like the multiple "seriously?" attempts at unsuccessfully covers of MJ. (with the exception of The Weeknd, of course) Oh and she performed at Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding, that's some royal sh*t right there.
Miss Ellie's cover however delivers full justice with that high yet delicate vocal range of hers. She is currently on tour in support of her most recent album "Halcyon" so make sure to check location and dates. You wouldn't want to miss the magic.
Ellie, I can Princess Cam you all day.
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*Located near City center.
*5 min walk to two subway stations on different lines (S14, N13, C15)
In walking distance to MINAMI ; Shinsaibashi, America mura and fashionable areas like Horie and Senba
On one subway-line to Namba, Dotombori, Osaka Aquarium (Kaiyukan), Osaka castle
Easy access to Osaka / Umeda station, Shin-Osaka station
About 1-1.5hour to Kansai International airport and Osaka airport.
Three styles of rooms can accommodate from single travelers to groups and families.
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FREE wirelss LAN (Wi-Fi) is available.
*PC(Win):100yen/20min *Massager: 200yen/15min.
Library: books about art, design and Osaka, as well as manga (comics) are on our shelf.
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Our new, and closer to home Studio B(arn). We are back in the studio and writing! Keep an eye out for new posts on our creative and physical travels!
A great article that talks about the state of artists and music business. Why shouldn't artists take control of the music industry, isn't THAT what it's all about?
I do my fair share of Internet exploring, and through my travels on the high seas of broadband I have learned many things. For example, thanks to the Internet I now know that people getting hit in the face with exercise balls is funny. I also know that Google is the final authority on any subject. And I've learned that success is the sum of originality and fearlessness. And also one more thing: Devour is the best damn video site on the planet.
Promoting for our show at Vinyl Dec 7th 2010.
I <3 The Internet
So I am watching a couple of my good friends beat the fuck out of each other in street fighter….well one of my friends is beating the fuck out of my other friend and it's actually really entertaining. It's kind of like watching Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his prime, beating the hell out of some minor actor, playing a terrorist, with his bare hands, a couple of grenades, and shear Austrian swagger. Anyway we have started promoting for our up coming shows in September at Smith's Olde Bar, Local, etc in Atlanta. We have been rehearsing for the past month and we are all very excited about staring our rounds playing in Atlanta. We will have a lot of great stuff for everyone at the shows….like free cds, stickers, and some other things that you will have to come out to see. ;) I hope this finds you, who ever you may be, in good spirits and great health, and I look forward to seeing you at the shows!!!!
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PLAYERS: Jhoulys Chacin
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Colorado Rockies right-handed starting pitcher Jhoulys Chacin exited last night's game suddenly in the seventh inning after grabbing at his left side, according to Patrick Saunders of The Denver Post. The Rockies have since described the injury as oblique stiffness, and Chacin said after the game that he felt something pull in his back and side. "I don't know, it was kind of right in the middle -- could be my oblique, could be my back," Chacin said. "I just felt something pull." Prior to the injury, Chacin had held the Arizona Diamondbacks scoreless over his first 6 1/3 innings. He threw one pitch to D'backs outfielder Cody Ross, and quickly grabbed at his side. He threw another fastball and proceeded to walk around the mound in obvious discomfort. The right-hander was then removed from the game. Chacin will be checked out today, and the extent of the injury should become clearer. Both oblique and back injuries aren't easy to put a return timeframe on, and any significant period without Chacin would be a huge blow to the upstart Rockies. Colorado has won seven games in a row, and Chacin has played a large role in the team's early-season success. After leaving the game, Chacin's ERA is down to 1.46, and the 25-year-old is 3-0 so far this season. Follow @mlbinjurynews Looking for fantasy baseball advice?
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Colosseum is a huge amphitheatre built in Rome. The work of building the amphitheatre began in AD792 under Vespasian, and inaugurated in AD 780 by Titus. The Colosseum could not hold more than 80,000 spectators. Public sport included the killing of early Christians at the theatre by the lions and gladiators. The Colosseum is now in ruins.Answered by arunraj vs, 17 Nov '08 03:27 pm
The Colosseum or Roman Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), is an elliptical amphitheatre in the center of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering.Answered by kartikay Gangaprasad, 18 Dec '08 05:39 pm
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A group of students at Tech school of Larry that pretend to do real engineering work but instead send out all designs, tests, and builds and throw all common sense out the window. They rely on the school's interest in "GREEN" projects so that they don't have to fundraise, work, or think. It is quite ingenious if you think, because they now have 3 different chassis designs that someone else designed and tested using FEA, can afford to buy all titanium bolts, decided to use a carbon fiber unit body that ended up weighing as much as their original chromoly frame, and are totally absent minded of the fact that the project is a go-kart with a fuel cell. Hope they don't hit any bumps because this kart doesn't even have any suspension (the one thing they didn't over complicate).
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Welcome 2012! This is how I've decided to embrace the new year, with excitement and fear of what the year holds for me.
I don't want to make any big plans for change or resolutions — which is so common this time of year — but I want to focus on the simple things of taking it one day at a time.
As I reflected on 2011 and all the fun and difficult things that happened in my life, as for most, I think that it can become hard to go back and change anything! So I decided that I would go back even further in time to reflect on some good times that I hope to replicate in the upcoming year.
As a food writer and recipe developer, I find my solace in food and cooking. I think it becomes a favourite thing for many people to do on a rainy day or cold winters night to get in the kitchen and create something delicious to share with family and friends.
So I took myself back about 10 years when I was working with two amazing ladies Elizabeth Baird and Daphna Rabinovitch on a cooking show titled Canadian Living Cooks. I was pregnant with my first son and having a blast filming a television show, enjoying pregnancy and creating tasty recipes to share with the country.
It's interesting to me that only 10 short years ago all this was going on and that I can look back at it with awe and smile, because all of those things and people are still a huge part of my life.
I still get to enjoy working and chatting with Elizabeth and Daphna, albeit in different ways and capacities but they are truly still a part of my food life and family life as good friends and colleagues.
My oldest son — on his way to hitting the double digits of age — is one of my pride and joys because he also shares a keen interest in food and my passion for eating. And food, oh glorious food. The food I cooked and baked 10 years ago doesn't all appear on my table but some favourites certainly do.
I have cookbooks that I use often and have shared over years with friends that have asked. Then there have been other inspirations to create many more variations of recipes that I've offered up as well.
I think that is what I take away most often from each day is that something inspires me to do something else or share with someone a thought or taste that they may have not experienced yet. It could be my kids, a neighbour or someone at the grocery store.
I think taking each day as it comes and sharing it with the people you love while doing what you enjoy most is a great theory. Sitting back and regretting what you didn't do may end up bothering you. So I'd rather not spend effort on that part of the day.
How do you move past that with food? Simply put — over cake and coffee! Remember when you could go over to a neighbour's or aunt's and she'd have cake or cookies waiting for you on the counter while your mom and dad had coffee? Nope I don't either!
But it doesn't mean that it didn't happen or that it can't happen. I dove back about 10 years and dug up one of my favourite cookbooks from our old Food Network television show Canadian Living Cooks. It contains a great recipe for coffee cake.
I've made some minor changes like including some whole wheat flour and using a slightly larger pan but in the end it still reigns supreme as delicious coffee cake we demonstrated on television so long ago. The cookbook is out of print but you can find all the tasty recipes we did on the foodnetwork.ca website.
Enjoy the start of 2012 and sit back and enjoy some quality time with friends and family over coffee or tea and cake. It will surely make you smile if not at the stories for sure the taste of the cake.
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REQUEST DENIED - Survey: Many Executives Uncomfortable Being Friended by Business Contacts on Facebook
TORONTO, Aug. 20, 2013 /CNW/ - Here's some "friend"-ly advice for those interested in reaching out to work colleagues on Facebook: proceed with caution. Most senior managers surveyed by OfficeTeam said they are uncomfortable being friended by their bosses (71 per cent) or the employees they supervise (66 per cent), comparable to 69 per cent and 72 per cent of respondents, respectively, in a similar survey conducted in 2009. In addition, half (50 per cent) of those recently polled prefer not to connect with coworkers on Facebook, compared to 56 per cent in 2009.
The survey was developed by OfficeTeam, a leading staffing service specializing in the placement of highly skilled administrative professionals. It was conducted by an independent research firm and is based on telephone interviews with 342 senior managers at Canadian companies.
Managers were asked, "How comfortable would you feel about being friended by the following individuals on Facebook?" Their responses:
|Your boss
People you
|Very comfortable
|Somewhat comfortable
|Not very comfortable
|Not comfortable at all
|Don't know/no answer
*Responses do not total 100 per cent due to rounding.
"People have different comfort levels when it comes to social media, so it's best not to blanket colleagues with friend requests," said Robert Hosking, executive director of OfficeTeam. "Along with being selective about who you ask to connect with online, you should always post prudently. You don't want to share information that could reflect poorly on you."
Hosking added, "Although some people are hesitant to reach out to business contacts via social networks, there can be a benefit to doing so -- if you approach it the right way."
OfficeTeam offers five tips for determining if you should connect with coworkers on Facebook:
- Follow the leader. Let your boss or those more senior than you make the first move. Proactively sending a friend request could create an awkward situation.
- Scope it out. Check out whether colleagues have other employees in their networks before asking them to connect. If their lists are limited to favorite work pals, they may not be eager to friend a wider group of coworkers.
- Ask first. When in doubt, ask individuals whether they would be interested in connecting on social media before sending an invite.
- Do a self-check. Review your profile and make sure there isn't anything posted that could damage your professional image. You may prefer that your colleagues not see your spring break photos, game updates or quiz results.
- Don't give in to peer pressure. You aren't obligated to share social media updates with everyone in the office. If you're concerned about slighting people by turning down invites, you can accept friend requests but use privacy settings and lists to control who can view certain content.
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OfficeTeam is the nation's leading staffing service specialising in the temporary placement of highly skilled office and administrative support professionals. The company has more than 300 locations worldwide and offers online job search services at www.officeteam.com. Follow OfficeTeam at twitter.com/officeteam, and gain insights into the latest administrative hiring and salary trends at www.officeteam.com/salarycentre.
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10/350 is probably realistic.
300M floor. Everyone start your bidding.
Honestly I'm not even sure I want to think about it...
I was thinking more like 15-17 years and 450-500 Mil.
He should get way more than 10 years when 30+ year olds like A-Roid and Pujols are getting 10 years.
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Luckily that's around the time Hamilton and his contract comes off.
I doubt teams would go beyond 12 years. Do you understand how much changes over a decade? 300-350M over 12 years is probably about as high as it would go in my opinion. That's still an incredibly risky contract even for a 20 year old with Trout's talent.
Id say 10/300, teams wont want to go over 10 years and this way he'll be in for one more huge payday. I think it'd be higher than $30 mil per year but only a handful of teams are capable of paying that kind of money.
angles should give him a $300m extension right now.
If he was a FA today that means he would hit FA at the age of 22. I would say he would get 12 yrs/360 million dollars, maybe more if that was the case.
Considering he hits FA at 26, probably 10 yrs/300+million.
he will be on the red sox soon
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This quarter is kicking my butt! I'm teaching, and trying to get an accelerated summer syllabus together; taking both a theory seminar and a pedagogy class; trying to knock out an incomplete paper from last fall; and, the most important and hardest and most terrifying of all, trying to get my prospectus and dissertation committee together. I'm glad to be moving into dissertation territory, don't get me wrong, but…
Look, I know it's not like I have it worse than anyone else. But it's like, okay. When I go talk to faculty, I know how ridiculous I am.
(Speaking of Chris Traeger, did I mention I'm trying to make it to the gym?)
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I'm Annabel, and for now, I'm the Operations Manager at Delib. We're looking for someone to take on my role and be a general all-round problem-solving organiser-of-stuff.
This is an ideal role for someone who's worked in project or account management, been a production or traffic manager or even high-level office administration and is looking for a new challenge – we want a proven fixer.
This is a part-time position – roughly 3 days a week, but we're open for discussion about this. The salary bracket is between £24k – 34k pro rata.
The job is based in central Bristol. Don't live here already? Move, you won't regret it.
The job, briefly:
We develop software to help government consult their citizens on matters of policy. We have customers in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and North America, with a team based in Brisbane, as well as our HQ in Bristol.
Much of what the job really entails is supporting the frontline – the developers, the sales team and account managers – by being responsible for all the things which enable them to do their job.
The list is endless, but here's just some examples of the things you'll need to do:
+ Ensure we get the most out of the tools we use (which'll involve some analysis) and administer changes and improvements;
+ Formulate and implement policies (or updating existing ones), to comply with new guidance or for our own advancement, and maintain advocacy for each and every one of them in real terms;
+ Keep tabs on production traffic: working with account managers and developers to manage priorities and avoid scheduling pitfalls;
+ Speak regularly with the Australian team (and, maybe as we grow, other territories) to understand their priorities and pressures, and represent these in conversations that happen in GMT (this will mean some out-of-hours chats);
+ Coordinate information to prepare for a software release;
+ Submit documents (and some inevitable form-filling) to keep us on government frameworks, and help respond to ITTs;
+ Recognise where failure demand can be reduced and working to make that happen.
And you'll also work with our Studio Services team, to handle things like:
+ Recruitment and new starters;
+ Maintaining processes for leavers;
+ Password administration and access;
+ Sourcing and managing freelancers.
There's a lot of variety in this role, both in the work and the pace – some days are wholly reactive maelstroms of activity, while others I have the opportunity to spend hours on a single, less urgent, equally important task. You need to be able to thrive at both.
Why I like to work here:
Delib is a fairly unique opportunity to do something that actually matters. Internet tools alone won't strengthen democracies, but without them it's downright impossible to improve the ongoing relationship between citizens and their government.
Aside from our social mission, I like Delib's working environment – the dress code is casual, using business speak is practically grounds for dismissal and we operate flexi-time. We also do all the usual tech company stuff – Macs, second screens, free toast, our own mini festival – in short, it's one of the better working environments you'll come across.
Delib is an 'agile' company, which is primarily a software development practice, but one we try to implement in other areas. I've never worked somewhere so… smart. We also use IRC (chat rooms) for a lot of internal communication (if all companies did this, I think the world would truly be a more efficient place).
For better or ill, (I'd say better) I run my own day and so does everyone else. You need to be able to crack on without constant supervision, which suits independent people down to the ground.
What I would like from you:
We don't have many pre-requisites on experience, but a solid, practical understanding of relatively fundamental business and professional practices is a necessity – the Data Protection Act, how cashflow works, risk assessments, the different types of business insurance – that kind of thing… (that rules out fresh graduates, sorry).
You'll also need to know about (or be prepared to get familiar with) operational issues more specific to developing software for online use: the intricacies of our Cookie and Privacy policies; information security compliance; reviewing the disaster recovery plan…
And some of the things I do are purely administrative – we need someone who gets a kick out of a good filing system, who won't get bored by the small stuff.
You'll need strong organisational skills, and the ability to juggle a number of tasks – plus a genuine desire to get stuck in and take responsibility for seeing things through.
I think you'll probably be quite a logical person, who doesn't freak out when confronted with a page of legal language, and you can digest complex ideas and translate them simply, accurately and honestly.
Finally, you're going to need to be a little bit annoying Keeping tabs on what's going on in different teams and joining up the dots requires a keen ear and no shame about (occasionally) being downright nosey.
We don't place too much faith in CVs but the bad ones help us choose who gets routed to the no pile (we don't enjoy saying no by the way). The covering letter is really what we look at. If we like the look of yours we'll get you in for a standard hiring interview. Fancy that? Drop us a line. Email firstname.lastname@example.com
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Step 1: Materials Needed
1) Yarns (different colors),
2) White paper,
3) White glue or hot glue (I used white glue),
4) Cotton swab (for applying glue on paper),
5) Scissor,
6) Pen or pencil.
Step 2: Basics
I've selected 9 different (easy) shapes for yarn art, I hope the step-by-step tutorial is helpful.
I used white glue for sticking the yarn on paper and cotton swab for applying glue on paper (over the design).
*Don't apply glue over the whole paper at once. Apply glue only on the pattern on which you'll be sticking yarn and after completing that pattern go for another one.
*Don't forget to carefully tap the glued yarn on paper with your finger to flatten it.
*Glue yarn from the middle or corner of any pattern.
*To create perfect corners you'll have to cut the yarn every time the yarn reaches a corner rather than folding the yarn (see triangle, square, lens, tear drop...).
*To fill small blanks or patterns cut the yarn into small manageable pieces.
*Last but not the least, make sure the color combination is good.
In few easy words, all you need to do is- draw a design and stick yarn over the design :p
You may come up with your own technique for yarn art while you're working.
These are awesome! Nice work!
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The St. Olaf men's hockey team advanced to the MIAC playoff semi-finals with a 3-1 victory over Gustavus Tuesday in Northfield. The timely victory marks the first Ole win over Gustavus this season.
The Gusties jumped out to an early lead, tallying a goal less than one minute into the first period. The Gustie lead was short-lived, however, as Andy Ockuly '08 evened the score one minute later on assists from Jeff Budish '08 and Dylan Mueller '09. Bryan Osmondson '10 gave St. Olaf a one goal lead midway through the first on assists from Roger Trousdale '09 and Nick Stalock '09. The Oles carried their advantage into the first intermission.
If the first period was about offense, the second period was all about defense. Gustavus limited St. Olaf to just three shots on net for the entire period, and both teams prevented each other from developing scoring opportunities. By the time the dust had settled, the second period ended just as it had started, 2-1.
The third period featured defense as well, as both teams were held scoreless until Mike MacMillan '08 notched a power play goal with just over a minute left in the game on assists from Mueller and Budish. The insurance goal sealed a St. Olaf victory, allowing the Oles to advance to the MIAC semifinals.
Goalie Jeff Wilde '07 made 30 saves on the evening for an outstanding .968 save percentage.
Having disposed of the Gusties, the Oles now turn their attention to the semi-finals and their new foe, Bethel. The Royals will be a formidable opponent, winning the MIAC regular season title. Bethel enjoyed a first-round MIAC playoff bye as a privilege of their great regular season record, and will be well rested for the Thursday night's game.
Despite the advantage of home ice and fresh legs, the Royals would be foolish to look past the defending MIAC Champion Oles. The Oles have proven themselves a playoff team in each of the past four seasons, developing chemistry and arranging strategy in early season play only to crescendo each year through MIAC play and the playoffs. This season has been no different; the Oles, 1-5-0 after six games, finished MIAC play with a 9-5-2 conference record, and will be carrying momentum after defeating a tough Gustavus team.
We don't sleep we wait, said forward Brett Kistner '08 on St. Olaf's tendency to play their best hockey in the playoffs.
One thing is clear: neither the Oles nor the Royals can afford to be caught napping this Thursday. The Oles and Royals split during the regular season and the two teams seem to match up well. If their regular season contests are any indication, the first team caught snoozing will be eliminated from playoff competition.


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It's a good week for military homecomings. First, we had the utterly adorable homecoming that involved a dad surprising his family in South Carolina at a Gamecocks game. And now we have another dad surprising another kid at yet another game. And this one is just heartwarming and adorable.
Friday night, Petty Officer Dale Williams surprised his daughter, Kendall, at a football game. As you'll see, Williams hides behind the Color Guard while his daughter is on the field with her cheerleading squad. Right before the National Anthem, the announcer recognizes the Naval diver who's been stationed at Guantanamo Bay -- and not much happens. Kendall just smiles. But then seconds later, she realizes that -- OMG! -- it's her dad walking toward her!
Get out your tissues, people.
One of the most adorable things about this video is how nervous Kendall's dad is before he surprises his daughter. We never really think about that -- it must be nerve-racking for these men and women to attempt pulling off these surprises.
But we're certainly glad they do. They're completely adorable and utterly uplifting.
How great is this?
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they announced his name right before he walks over to the daughter. I'm confused I guess how she didn't realize it was him til he walked up to her. Does she not recognize his name?
So why did he get to come home just for one night? My husband has been in the Army for 8 yrs, and when he was deployed to Iraq, he got to come home for 15 days, but with this deployment to Afghanistan, he has not gotten to come home at all. Why let a service member come home for one freaking day?


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One of our favorite brands UNIF just released an amazing holiday lookbook video. "Nothing Lasts Whatever" features their latest picks from hell, which has got us trading in our halos for horns, kicking over trash cans, and setting $h!t on fire. Totally kidding, but as least we're loving their new selection that we've launched on Miss KL. Check out the video and see which pieces are our favorite below:
✝Our first UNIF pick is the Leather Shredded Pack complete with studs, adjustable straps, and enough space for your Ouija Board. Just keep it away from holy water, it'll ruin the leather.
✝Our second UNIF pick is the Bad Kitty Rider Jacket in Leopard. This jacket is a devilish collaboration of leather and leopard, great for vandalizing adventures.
✝Our last UNIF pick is the Prayer Sweater in Gold. Badass cross patchwork, ribbed trim, and a faux leather cross make this sweater anything but holy. Perfect for warding off the boys.
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A dialogue session we attended on Tuesday featured Singapore's first guide dog for the blind and her owner.
He saw more than any of us could.
1. Positive change is worth waiting for.
His first guide dog was repatriated in 1984 after spending two years here. He waited 21 years for society to be ready, heralded by the change in PM who preached openness and tolerance.
Then he brought Kendra in. She's been here so long that she's ready for retirement.
Don't give up when the going gets tough.
2. Look at who we already have and integrate them into society.
We are a country that looks outwards. We bring in foreign domestic workers, foreign labourers, foreign goods.
We don't see many disabled people on the streets.
But are the blind hiding at home only insofar as we are infrastructurally unfriendly?
If we are socially and architecturally accepting towards the disabled, and they are able to lead full lives, do we still need so much foreign labour in menial and intellectual occupations?
3. The simplest changes make the biggest difference - and all it needs is common sense
Have beeping traffic lights to guide the blind. Japan has them aplenty.
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Children's Health
Lead Poisoning and Kids
What Is Lead Poisoning? continued...
The CDC says about 310,000 American kids (1 to 5 years old) have blood-lead levels over 10 micrograms/dL.
A U.S. child's main risk of lead poisoning comes from the lead-based house paints in near-universal use before 1950. The paints were banned for housing use in 1978. An estimated 24 million U.S. housing units -- which some 4 million young children call home -- have deteriorated lead paint contributing to lead-contaminated house dust.
"Very small particles of paint get into household dust you cannot see," Rosen says. "That gets on hair, fingers, toys, and skin. Through normal hand-mouth activity, that paint is absorbed."
How long it takes a child to absorb toxic levels of lead depends on the concentration of lead in the dust. Rosen says that in a typical lead-contaminated housing unit, it takes one to six months for a small child's blood-lead levels to rise to a level of concern.
"If the amount of hand-to-mouth activity is robust, and the concentrations of lead in that housing unit are substantial, it does not take long," he warns.
What about the recently discovered lead paint on children's toys?
"In terms of pervasiveness and widespread distribution of those toys, only time will tell how many children will be identified who develop lead poisoning. At the present time that is unknown, although the risk is definite," Rosen says.
- As you sort through your child's toy box, are you thinking ofasking your pediatrician for a lead poisoning test? Some folks on our Parenting: 9-12 Months message board are doing just that. Read their comments and share yours.
What Are the Risks of Lead Poisoning?
Rosen says the ultimate effects of lead on children include:
- Loss of IQ points
- Impairments in language fluency or communication
- Memory problems
- Trouble paying attention
- Lack of concentration
- Poor fine-motor skills
- Difficulty with planning and organization
- Difficulty forming abstract concepts
- Poor cognitive flexibility (trying something else if the first thing you try doesn't solve a problem)
"To fully test children to see if there are any adverse outcomes from lead poisoning cannot be done until they reach their sixth birthday," Rosen says. "Many of these symptoms don't manifest until age 6 or 7 years. What a parent might know before that might well be some common complaints such as speech delay, hyperactivity, not being able to sit/listen/learn in school, and not being able to focus. Those observations may be the result of earlier childhood lead poisoning."
Is Your Child at Risk of Lead Poisoning?
Except in those rare cases in which a child ingests a huge amount of lead, lead poisoning has no obvious, immediate symptoms.
"Over time, you may notice tiredness, nonspecific belly complaints, or a child may become anemic," Benitez says. "Unless you are eating blocks of lead, there are no acute or sudden symptoms that would appear in minutes. That is the problem with lead -- the subtle, slow dose over time."


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There is much reverence in this real-time world for The Hustler.
Google defines the hustler as:
The thing about hustle, is that it's all about working hard to capture something. It implies that if you move fast and don't let matters hold you back, you win. And that's all it takes.
I take issue with your search driven definition Google.
And I don't fancy myself a prostitute.
Hustle is the medium by which you travel. The interstate highway, if you will. Yet the skill you employ while driving a rental car 160 mph down the 405 defines if you live or die.
Or get to hot yoga on time.
Showed up late and got the spot next to Brand. The worst.
Hustle must be complemented by two important skills:
Execution: Undertaking the actions required to capitalize on opportunities (like scamming on the carpool lane) or challenges (dodging douchey tanktop-wearing bros trying to Vine you).
Followup: Returning the favor to those who assist you (like, letting the white bronco that allowed you to merge pass when the popo hit the lights), or getting something to those whom you promised it (just pay your speeding ticket already).
Good call, letting that nice man pass.
The point is, hustle hard, but don't forget that the bread and butter of business is getting things done, returning the favor, and doing what you say you're going to do.
Loose analogies are my specialty.
World Cup Brazil 2014 Bracket, presented by the team at Dash Hudson.
Printable version available here.
The Decoded Fashion Summit and fashion tech hackathon took place in beautiful (it hardly rained) London two weeks ago. Dash Hudson was proud to present at the Summit, show off our product and meet some amazingly talented and innovative people from the industry.
Spectacular venue in London. Image c/o Decoded Fashion.
Decoded Fashion, which was founded by dynamo Liz Bacelar, is an organization that connects fashion technology companies to brands and retailers. Both luxury and high street brands are quickly realizing that innovation - in design, product, customer engagement and marketing - are critical to their growth. This is especially true in a world where pure online ecommerce brands and retailers are executing on new, efficient models to grab a share of both wallet and mind.
My key takeaways from the event were:
- Luxury brands are inherently conflicted as to how they will pursue the development and participation in new product platforms. Their concern is around how to maintain their strong, internalized identity in a distributed, social world.
- Global retailers and publishers are moving at lightening speed to develop and invest in new platforms built through internal teams or through acquisition.
- The development of technology-supported in-store experiences are a priority for brands and retailers. Interesting to see if this commitment to bricks over clicks proves through as sound strategic thinking.
- New technologies need to deliver an experience, not just efficiency.
- Menswear is hot, and shoppable mobile content is hot. For us, this was an incredibly valuable point of validation.
In addition to some key learnings, it was a great opportunity to meet some of the leading lights in the industry. Here are a few hilights of the presenters:
William Kim, the CEO of AllSaints, showed how his once cultish brand is reaching broader appeal with the help of a sophisticated online marketing presence and technology-focused in-store experience. AllSaints had also sponsored the Decoded Fashion Hackathon. One of the resulting projects was pure comic awesomeness. 'AllSaints Row' used Oculus, Leap Motion and a rendered 3D AllSaints store to help users blow up awful, colored items that would never be found on an AllSaints rack. Amazing.
Tracy Yaverbaun, Head of Retail Marketing for Facebook, spoke about the need for marketers to once again connect on a personal level and create a human connection rather than rely solely on disruptive technologies. Enlightening words from a senior representative of one of the most brutally efficient marketing platforms on the planet.
Daniel Bobroff, Investment Director for ASOS, boldly claimed that brands and retailers need to stop thinking about mobile as a 'second screen' and see it as the only screen. This very clearly indicates how ASOS sees the future of where its customers will engage and transact. I had the chance to speak with Daniel one on one and was inspired by the sophisticated thinking of ASOS, as it relates to platform development, content and social engagement.
'AllSaints Row' demo at the Hackathon. Image c/o Decoded Fashion.
It was a great honor to be granted an opportunity to present Dash Hudson as part of the conference program. In our presentation, we described how the young male millennial shopper is much different than his elder brethren, and how we are using a powerful and intelligent community to create shoppable content that works for this customer. We had a great response and I look forward to following up on opportunities that came out of the event.
When in doubt, wear black. Image c/o Decoded Fashion.
Thanks to Liz, Fay, Dana, Anna and all of the sponsors for a great event and a great opportunity to present Dash Hudson to such an engaged, innovative and influential audience.
The Latte Effect is an oft discussed parable in personal finance. Buying too many Starbucks Extra … Lattes will erode your disposable income. More than that, it's a harbinger of greater financial distress.
In startups, where being lean and mean is just as important as in personal finance, I've discovered my own parable. It's called the Sushi Effect.
The Sushi Effect: High consumption by startup founders of delectable Japanese food (consisting of vinegared rice, fish and, often, avocado) leading to a lack of awareness of the value of scarce resources (read: CASH MONEY).
Don't fool yourself. A $12 lunch is not okay. A $6 lunch is okay. You just doubled your lunch burn because you really like raw fish. Not cool friend. Not cool.
Sushi attacks.
The Sushi Effect can be seen all over the startup world. Here are some examples I have either seen or heard tales of:
- expensive rental cars and fancy hotels
- trips to CES / any other Vegas trade show. Hell, any conference at which you are not on stage or featured somehow
- unnecessarily high pre-Series A founder salaries
- [insanity Part 1] immediately upon closing an A round, moving to lavish Google-grade office space in chic neighborhood
- [insanity Part 2] while the move is happening, taking the entire team for a week of snorkelling in the Maldives (for real this happened!)
- Color Labs burning through $41m on Palo Alto penthouses and a shitty MVP
- swag or office adornments more costly than a sticker. No we don't want to wear your polo shirt, bro
- expensive, open bar sponsored parties by PRE-SEED startups (hope it's your Daddy's cash you're burning)
- having Detlef Shrempf on retainer
Some of these are extreme, some of these happen everyday. The point is that for an early-stage startup cash is everything. It's your lifeblood and the only reason that you exist.
Tweet this: Founders, cradle that dollar like it's the last piece of sashimi you will ever see.
Every dollar that you push toward a non-value add item, you push yourself one step closer to the edge. And you're about to break.
Cue Linkin Park.
Remember how terrible Linkin Park was? Sorry :-/
We're far from perfect at Dash Hudson. That said, we built a great team, got a fully functional product (that customers love) to market and are hitting early traction. We got featured in Men's Health and Details. We built out and are executing on our marketing plan. We did this with almost no money and managed to get as far as we did by valuing every dollar.
Here are a few tips on how to stay lean pre-financing:
1. Don't pay yourself. Wages are the biggest cost to your business and the most difficult to remove. As founders, pay yourself nothing if possible, and just enough to cover rent / mortgage if necessary.
2. Buy second hand gear. Unless you're SpaceX, you can probably get by with some used gear. We bought almost all of our tech on Craigslist and Kijiji. In fact, our iOS engineer built our entire iPhone 5 app on an iPhone 4s. Yup.
3. Pretend you work for the government. Government employees get AMAZING rates at hotels. Even though it may turn your stomach, tell the hotel you want the government rate. 99% of the time they won't ask for identification.
4. Cheap office space. Work from home, from a coffee shop (not too many lattes now) or a coworking space. Find something cheap and flexible with great wifi.
5. Eat lean. Don't go ramen, but find cheap local delis near your office that serve healthy food for under $6. They exist. Find them, and love them. Better yet, pack a lunch. No nigiri.
Keep it real, stay hungry, and put as much sweat into your company as possible to make it grow.
I'd love to hear your stories about how to conserve cash and stay lean in your company. Please leave your ideas or stories below in the comment section.
Alexis Ohanian's book Without Their Permission chronicles the early development and rapid rise of Reddit. Reddit became the front page of the internet because Alexis and Steve said fuck it, let's do it.
Alexis asserts in his book that the future will be made by those who create products people love, and do so without looking for the approval of the established.
Reddit cofounder Alex Ohanian. Likes beer, lobbying governments, and not asking for permission. Not necessarily in that order.
This is an incredibly powerful realization. We are trained from an early age to follow the worn path. Walk in orderly fashion, stay to the right. Guess what. It's pretty clear that the quickest way to the front of the line is to go left and pass everyone by.
My personal mantra has been to do what I believe in, and do it without permission. If you have good ideas, and execute clearly on them and in good faith, then the outcomes often play in your favour. This is certainly how we operate at Dash Hudson.
Asking merely slows things down or gets you into trouble.
Last week, I had a discussion with an interesting founder. He was prepared, knew his business, had a good sales pitch. But when I dug in on his go to market, it involved working through some of the slowest partners around.
Fuelled by a few pints, we worked through an alternative experiment that would make the customer love him, lower his acquisition costs and DEFINITELY piss off the same partner he was trying to work through. It was mostly a thought experiment, but made me pause to reflect how almost every critical business decision can be made to act with, or without, someone's permission.
Here are three key questions to ask yourself when determining if you need to ask for permission:
1. Do I need money to get started on this?
Needing money means asking someone for the permission to get started, An investor, a boss, a friend. You often don't need money to get started. You need hustle and motivation. If you can get started without asking for money, do that.
2. Do I need to partner with 'X' to succeed?
Partnerships too early in the development of a company slow down development. I've seen it. Not because the partnerships don't have potential long-term value, but because the partner doesn't care nearly as much about your business as you do. Begging and borrowing take time. Take what you need from the world. Don't ask.
3. Will this piss somebody off?
You're not pushing hard enough and creating enough new value if you aren't going to make someone (a competitor or incumbent, hopefully) extremely upset. If you can piss a few people off with a great product built without their permission, you're probably on the right track.
Eric Cantona, one of my favourite soccer players of all time, never asked anyone for permission. Of course he also karate kicked a fan in the face that one time…
In the nascent life of a company, where every day spent without significant progress is a day you are closer to death, the route of independence and speed wins.
Always go left and skip the line.
A skill learned without practice is often a lost skill. For instance, in my time as a VC I spent lots of time reading about product management and helping companies sort through product challenges. But until I managed my own product, those learnings were largely superficial.
Here are three things I'm learning (on the fly) about product management:
1. Speed Wins but Coordination is Key
At Dash Hudson we move extremely fast on product development, often pushing app updates (to both android and iOS) three to four times per week. Our torrid pace is part of who we are, but the need to coordinate when moving at high speeds is especially important. We have learned that by times, a stop, deep breath and reconsideration of the dev plan is required, before jumping back on the interstate.
Destroy your competition with speed, but stop and look around once in a while or the carnage will be yours.
2. User Feedback + Data = Good Decision-Making
Sounds pretty self-explanatory, right? The real lesson we learned is that, while it's important to show your early users tons of love (do things that don't scale), be careful what you listen to. We almost made a significant product decision based solely on user feedback that would have required a week of build time and had additional product repercussions. Users were screaming. But when we checked the data, it showed that what users were telling us was absolutely not true. Their real behavior told the truth that they were activating at very high rates.
3. Thinking Your Product is Ugly is Normal
A friend recently asked me what the biggest surprise was about launching a product. This may sounds a bit self-gratuitous, but the truth is I was surprised at how much users (seemingly) liked the UI/UX. In our eyes, the product is ugly, we're never satisfied. Lesson is don't be so hard on yourself, and thinking your product is ugly is normal.
Lots more challenges ahead and lots more to learn. Until then, that's it.
It's been four days since Dash Hudson launched.
Launches are many months in the making. From ideation to market, the typical startup travels an uncertain course. The go to market phase is like running madly in a hamster ball with two giants having a kick between them. You hope at some point you get smashed in the right direction and across the goal line.
It's best I impart these fragments of wisdom while it's fresh; time will turn these lessons into either parody or legend, neither of which is helpful to fellow entrepreneurs.
Our goals were to be covered in three highly reputable publications (two in the fashion and lifestyle industry and one in the technology industry), and to drive traffic to start the wheel spinning.
With that, five lessons on launch PR, from a first time entrepreneur:
1. Be Nice
Overwhelmingly, people can be selfish assholes. When reaching out to an individual whom you do not know and whom is inundated on an hourly basis with desperate pleas for coverage, above all, be nice. Writers are people too. Be genuine and appreciative of the time journalists are taking to even consider your pitch. And if they are considerate enough to respond with a no, thank them for it.
2. Know Your Story Arc
We (I) initially did this poorly. I spent four full weeks trying to drum up PR for our imminent launch. I knew it would be tough, because we are an unknown team operating out of a small market. But for the first 50% of my reachouts, I did it all wrong. I pitched exactly what I wanted, which was a launch story. WRONG. Nobody cared about our launch. Why would they? What I learned through trial and error is to pitch a story, an arc. After I sorted that and really engaged people in what we were doing, it became much easier and we upped our response rate.
3. Use Hacks
There are a ton of hacks to reach writers and journalists. They're actually pretty easy: (a) Google your competitors and find out who covered them. Super hack? Google image search your competitor's PR photography (thanks Dan Martell for that one); (b) Look for people who care about what you do and reach out to them having genuinely researched their interests and work. Use Rapportive to figure out emails or just write every combination you can think of in bcc and send it off; and (c) Put the most compelling content in the title and the first two lines of the email because most journalists just scan the gmail preview.
4. Get Your Kit Together
Be prepared, with a tight press release and great images. This is standard advice, but truly take the time to make your package look good. Have a knowledgeable expert (I had two, thank you guys) review your release closely. If you use data in your release (I recommend) or supporting materials, make it easy on the writer and provide great source information. Help them, help you.
5. Hustle Hard and Have Hope
Many will tell you to hire a PR agency. Unless you're an overfunded darling, keep it raw and hustle the connections yourself. You tell your story better than anyone and it gives you the opportunity to build a true relationship with a writer that can be mutually beneficial over time. Research your targets, craft your emails, leverage your connections, repeat. On your first go, push the message widely in the hope that you will get those critical and important few.
Billy Dee got GQ, and so can you.
It was an adventure, for sure, and a ton of hard work. We're very happy with the outcome and I'm so appreciative of those who believed enough in our story to cover the launch of an unfunded and unproven company. We had great coverage in Details, Style Bistro and Techvibes. Thanks to Chris, Katie and Rob for taking the time to write interesting pieces.
More than anything we're happy to be out in the world. And we're happy to have found publications and writers that care as much as we do about Dash Hudson to share the story with a wider audience. We accomplished our goals and are now on to the privileged job of delighting our customers.
If you have thoughts or lessons on launch PR, I'd love to hear them in the comment section.
Dash Hudson launch story on the Details Network.


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