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Brandy's Holiday Stroll
Dress up Brandy in glamorous style for a nice holiday winter stroll with various different outfits. There are a variety of hats, shoes, hair, jewelry, and dresses for you to choose from to make her look her best. After you dress Brandy up make sure you show her off in front of the family. Fun!
Beautiful Wedding Dress Up
Welcome to the beautiful wedding of the century! A place where you can be creative and wear the greatest wedding dresses of all time. Pick and click the various dresses, make up and eye colors, and other accessories to make the most fantastic wedding known! For a romantic good time!
At a Conference
At a conference Ami looks like a real business lady. She's stylish and convincing. No surprise that she becomes a contest winner.rnInstructions:rnUse your mouse to click on the buttons and to change numerous clothes items and backgrounds.
Holiday Wedding Dress Up
Welcome to the Holiday wedding of the century! A place where you can be creative and wear the greatest wedding dresses of all time. Pick and click the various dresses, make up and eye colors, and other accessories to make the most fantastic wedding known! For a romantic good time!
Beach Fashion
Annie is going to be on the summer cover magazine and she is having the photo shooting on a gorgeous beach from Belize. The ambiance is perfect for the shooting and to make Annie radiate with delicacy and beauty help her manager to pick out the trendiest outfits, accessories and shoes. Check out his designs and see which one will look gorgeous on ..
Career Stylist
These girls are each applying for different jobs and they all need a specific style for each job interview. Emma, our HR Manager, will rate your work at the end of the game, so match every girl with the right outfit and become the best career stylist! Do you have what it takes to be the stylist for these career seeking girls?
Fancy Fireworks Party
3...2...1... oh no: the new year is at a few seconds' distance and this gorgeous lady has not yet picked her perfect New Year's Eve fashion look! Quick, look through her classy stylish evening gowns, check out her lovely chic baby doll dresses and fabulous accessories and see what stunning, glamorous festive look you could get her!
Put on My Bird Costume
Emma is a little girl who loves bird very much. Today she really wants to dress up a bird costume. In order to look cute and lovely, she has bought various kinds of birds costumes. Are you willing to help her become a bird? Come to dress up her with funny bird costume. Select one cute bee hat for her and then choose one beautiful hairstyle that ..
Beautiful Fur Girl
It is really very cold outside but that doesn't mean the beautiful girl has to let her fashion suffer as well! So, look through her collection of trendy fur coats and create her an outfit which is fashionable and warm at the same time. Select one gorgeous fur coat for her to keep her warm, to match her beauty you can style up her hairstyle and ..
Office Fashion Girl
Look at the beautiful girl. She was just graduated from school, and tomorrow is her first day in the new office! She wants to make a good impression to her new colleague,so she need to prepare some new clothes for the work. Please help her find a natural office look. Thank you!
Leggy Frog
This leggy frog is definitely one of the most fashionable frogs on the entire lake! She has the cutest funny print costumes, the fanciest suits and the most funky looking hats and scarves and where do you add that now she has you as her own personal stylist!
Valentine's Day Tale
Romantic dinner, bright city lights, kisses and sky lanterns – all I need for complete happiness and unforgettable evening.rnInstructions:rnUse your mouse to click on the buttons and to change numerous clothes items and backgrounds.
A Happy Weekend Girl
Hot summer is coming. Going out to the seaside is a good choice and this girl can't wait to go to there this weekend, please help her dress up!
Punkrock Monster Dress Up
Play inside at the concert hall with a monster! A fun place where you can get a punkrocker ready for her long days in the hot stage. There are a wonderful selection of out fits, shoes, jewelry, and shoes. You can even make her look so pretty with many, many choices. Having a wonderful punkrock party with a monster!
Fashion Shooter
Today your job is to help the shooter girl dressing up with cool girl shooter clothes and choosing one great gun for her. Just feel free to show us you fashion talent and dressing up skills. I believe with your kindhearted help she will be the most amazing shooter girl. Have fun in our brand new girl dress up game. rn
Kayla Fashion Dressup
Kayla, want to go to fashion party, so she wants a new-style dress up so please help her friends. Play this game! Have fun
Cocktail Party Makeover
Attending one of the most exclusive, fanciest cocktail parties in town sure is a huge fashion challenge! This lovely upper class lady's make-up should look as polished as possible, her hairdo as sophisticated-stylish as possible not to mention her cocktail ladylike dress, which cannot look anything less than: so very elegant-stylish!
Summer Nail Salon
Time for your summer manicure! A fun place where you can get ready for long summer days and warm nights. There are a wonderful selection of nail polish, nail art, jewelry, and sparkles. Wonderful day at the nail salon getting pampered and treated magically. Nail time!
Mermaid Beauty
The mermaids princess lives underwater with all the oceanic creatures. She is very popular there and she loves her magical world. Every month she hosts a party for her close friends and all the mermaid shows up with new outfit and glamorous look. She has no one to help her so she needs some help coming from you because here above the water the ..
January Cover Girl
She may already be a worldwide known topmodel, she may have such a stunning, fab-glam, stylish designer wardrobe at her disposal, without a talented fashion stylist like you to help her look jaw-dropping on the cover of that famous fashion magazine, all that is in vain. Would you use your fashion creativity to help her out?
Lisa's Summer Fashion
Lisa's been dreaming about her amazing summer vacation to the Caribbean for more than a year. Well, now it's time time for her to enjoy the hot summer sun, to get herself a gorgeous tan, to enjoy her days of pure relation and fun on the soft sandy beach and... to sport some of her newly bought summer stylish, beachy chic outfits, too, of course. ..
California Wedding
Noemi is going to get married today in the California style. Help her to choose the best dressing gown and other accessories so that she looks very cute. Do it now or else she will be late for the wedding. Can you? rn
Fashion Assistant
She just got a job as an assistant. Today is her first day to work. She wants to dress up with a little fashion in order to leave a good impression to her colleagues. Please help her!
Summer Picnic Dress Up
Play outside at the park with Summer! A fun place where you can get Summer ready for her long days in the hot sun. There are a wonderful selection of out fits, shoes, jewelry, and shoes. You can even make her look so pretty with many, many choices. Having a wonderful summer picnic with Summer!
Laura New Look
rnYou can easily tell she is an authentic fashionista. rnJust check out her impressive closet. You will find there all the possible styles.
Extreme Fun
It's amazing to watch the real snowboarders. Nia gets constant attention through her board skills and fabulous looks.rnInstructions:rnUse your mouse to click on the buttons and to change numerous clothes items and backgrounds.
Witch In Snow
This cute little witch will need your help in choosing her dressrnfrom a wide selection of glamorous clothes. Check out the wonderful hairstylesrnand pick out the one you like best.Have fun!
Colorful Life
This cutie's addicted to bright, candy-colors, you know! Therefore, expect to get instantly cheered up by that amazing burst of color coming from her rainbow-like wardrobe while you're looking for the perfect, girly chic, colorful outfits for her to wear at the amusement park today!
Jessy Autumn Beauty
You are going to help this beautiful girl to choose suitable clothes for her walk on this rainy autumn day. Select from variety of stylish outfits such as jackets, dresses, coats, shoes, etc and also you can pick the umbrella with you.
Stylist for the Stars 2
Stylist for the stars is finally back! In this sequel you have to prepare 6 new celebrities for their event: a talkshow host, a princess, a reality star, a popstar, an athlete and the first lady. Match each celebrity with the right outfit and become the best Hollywood stylist again! Sara, our celebrity stylist, will judge your outfits at the end ..
Earn To Shop
Emma is working really hard because she wants to go shopping tonight with her friends. She took a job as a waitress because the more money she has the more clothes she can buy. Help Emma with her job. She has to catch the flying dishes in order to earn money. Show her how you do the things here and impress her with your skills. When Emma has ..
Primadonna Dancer
This ravishing dancing queen loves feeling just like a glamorous red carpet diva on the Oscars' night each time she hits the dance floor in that fancy, exclusive night club that she loves going out in! Look through her fashion-forward, extravagant evening dresses, check out her elegant, glamorous classy gowns and resplenden
Mia and her Pets
Mia is going on a walk, so help her pick the best outfit for this occasion!
February Cover Girl
You must admit that appearing on the cover of a worldwide known fashion magazine is a huge fashion challenge and a big responsibility, too. Therefore, hot about helping this gorgeous topmodel put together that fabulous, top stylish magazine cover fashion look that will turn her into the ultimate fashion style icon for thousands of ..
Mary in Paris
Mary came to Paris for Holidays. Mary is a young, modern girl who likes travelling, fashion and meeting new people. She has prepared wonderful dress combinations for various occasions. Her dresses are unique, colorful and modern. Help her find the best dress combinations for Paris, the city of love!
Coming Out Party
This is it, it's this charming debutante's major chance to be the center of attention and to truly impress all those picky upper class guests coming at her coming out party with her exquisite sense of fashion, with her amazing taste in putting together a really sophisticated, classy elegant, slightly extravagant even look! How about lending her a ..
Cycle Accident
Weird, but a cycle accident made Emily smile but not cry. This event is going to change everything cause she's finally got acquainted with a boy she was dreaming about).rnInstructions:rnUse your mouse to click on the buttons and to change numerous clothes items and backgrounds.
March Cover Girl
Could you think of a fashion look for this gorgeous cover girl to sport on the cover of this highly popular fashion magazine, this month, a look that should be at the same time lovely and feminine glamorously stylish, girly cute and sophisticated, so very bohemian chic and refined, too? Start looking through all the super stylish designer outfits ..
Hawaiian Sand Toes
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If you are an affiliate manager you face something of a dilemma: how to
attract a range of good quality affiliates to your programme without
becoming bogged down in managing the issues that this multitude of
relationships may present?
Affiliate marketing is something of a bottomless pit: it is not a question of performing a set number of tasks; there is always more you can do, which can very quickly swallow up a large amount of your time.
For one, there will always be affiliates applying to join your programme which you must either accept or reject. At the same time you will need to go out and actively recruit new affiliates that represent a good fit with your brand and are likely to drive high-quality customers through your programme.
But something of a trend has emerged recently in the UK affiliate industry whereby certain advertisers have taken the view that one way to manage their affiliate programmes is to remove large numbers of non-revenue generating affiliates.
The slightly sinister terms 'cleanse' and 'cull' have been used to describe these moves. Alongside this practice, many programmes have been hidden on affiliate networks, or their existing affiliate memberships audited to assess their value and check for compliance.
Each of these initiatives share the same aim of making the task of affiliate management easier. They can be framed in the context of a debate which can be characterised as one of plurality versus control:
- is it good or bad to have a programme that has lots of affiliates?
- Does a larger programme mean there are inherently greater risks of something going wrong?
- Do the number of affiliate relationships to be managed produces diminishing returns?
- In what practical ways can a programme be run to deal with some of these issues?
Approving affiliates
The first line of defence is the programme description that affiliates will see prior to applying to join.
Being clear from the outset about what kinds of affiliates you are looking to attract and what kind of activity is acceptable helps prevent issues arising further down the line, making the task of approving affiliates onto your programme more manageable, and makes it less likely that you will ultimately have to remove affiliates from it.
The Affiliate Marketing Council of the IAB has produced an Ethical Merchant Charter with some examples of what to think about including when writing this.
When approving affiliates, of key importance is to have absolute visibility over what they intend to do for you and how. Ensure that they have specified a site URL on which you will feature, for example, or if they intend to promote through email that you sign-off on all content about your brand prior to it being sent.
In order to achieve this, manual rather than automatic affiliate approval is advisable. It may take extra time to vet each application, particularly so in the immediate post-launch period, but that time is worth it in gaining assurance over the long-term about the kinds of affiliates you will be working with.
Removing affiliates
On the other hand, whilst there might be a number of reasons why you would want to remove affiliates from your programme, two of these should be advised against.
Firstly, that an affiliate is dormant (i.e., non-revenue generating) is not really sufficient grounds to take them off the programme without their consent. There might be a number of reasons why they are not referring sales, and these should be explored by communicating with the affiliate.
After all, an affiliate driving a high number of clicks or impressions is still a valuable partner, and re-engagement is surely preferable to removal. Sales volume should not be seen as the only metric of value by which to judge activity.
Secondly, removing affiliates purely in an attempt to improve the programme's statistics is also an ill-conceived tactic. In the first place, affiliates are not stupid: the publically-visible information on a programme's performance – conversion rates, EPCs, etc – are just a few amongst many factors that affiliates consider to be indicative of the health of a programme.
Many others – such as the percentage of approved orders, commission levels or payment speed – have little or no relation to the make-up of the affiliate membership. If there was a 'golden rule' about affiliate removals therefore, it would be to contact and consult with the affiliates concerned before attempting to pull the plug.
The worrying trend to 'culling' affiliates from advertisers' programmes should be opposed, and it is therefore encouraging that the issue is currently being debated at the level of the IAB's Affiliate Marketing Council.
Ultimately, it is an advertiser's choice which affiliates they wish to work with and how. The manner in which they address this question can however go a long way to determining the perception of their programme amongst affiliates, and therefore the likelihood of its long-term success.


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Hrm. Writing this post, I have an extremely awkward feeling. Probably because the people with whom I spent the most time over the past few days are the ones who are most likely to read and comment on it. Usually I can just make up realistic adventures and people will believe they really happened. In this case I ought to just stick to the facts. Thus:
Things recently done include:
-Spending Saturday-Wednesday at Yosemite with David and Andy Pekema(aka the "let's-pull-our-pants-down-and-take-a-picture-by-this-waterfall" brothers)
-- Preparing on Friday by going shopping for longjohns, plastic bowls and spoons, and a "sanitation trowel." I assumed this would be used to fling my excretions into the forest, but apparently you're supposed to dig a little pit and poo into it. You probably don't have to guess which I did.
-- hiking 45 miles or so over 5 days, over rocks and through muck and snow
-- lizard-resting on rocks in the sun, drinking purified stream water and snacking on GORP
-- eating untold amounts of aforementioned home-made GORP, plus salamei, peanut butter, and instant potatoes
-- sleeping in a sleeping bag on a tarp under the stars with piles of snow 15 feet away (aka "alpha-maling")
-- rinsing off in freezing stream water
-- taking photos of various shenanigans
-- not being afraid of bears. not even a little bit.
-Followed by several days with the illustrious Jeff Stepp, spent
--Visiting various ritzy malls in search of big, shiny watches.
--Visiting used book shops and stumbling across "The Mike Roy Cookbook No. 2" (LITERALLY!)
--Playing stupid amounts of a board/video game Jeff read about in Wired magazine called "Settlers of Catan."
--Cooking out of the "Grange Cookbook" purchased at the used book shop: aloha chicken, napoli pizza, peach crisp.
--Taking a mini-road trip from LA up to San Fran.
---First by driving up the 1, the westernmost road in the US (I figure), running along the Pacific coast.
---Stopping for a night at Morro Bay to watch seals or sea lions or whatever they were play in the marina while we had dinner.
---Going to Hearst Castle so a 65 year-old named "Art" could use his "tour" as a pretense to make about 6000 terrible puns.
---Driving through Greenfield, the town where I spent innumerable summers, looking at houses where my friends and I used to live, which have now been abandoned because the owners took out too many loans and were forced to foreclose.
---Spending an evening at Chez Pekema, eating free fish and ribs and seeing David and Andy's parents for the first time in 5 years or more.
As with the last 5 months' worth of hijinks, photos coming sooner or later.


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After last week's FA Cup exploits, our teams are back in league action this week and most of them appear to be looking up.
Here, Chris Holt makes his predictions for the weekend's action.
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY v Wolves
It's amazing what a couple of wins can do. A few weeks ago there was a cloud hovering over Hillsborough with some fans starting to question the stewardship of Stuart Gray. Now talk of a play off push has sneaked in to some conversations as the Owls lie just four points off the pace. It would be a big shock if Wednesday were to finish up among the top six but at least they focusing on the right end of the table. Wolves, by contrast are in poor form and I expect the home side to make it three in a row for the first time under Gray.
Prediction: Sheffield Wednesday 1 Wolves 0
ROTHERHAM UNITED v Nottingham Forest
Like Wednesday, the Millers have a little bit more of a spring in their step compared to a couple of weeks ago with a few loan signings giving Steve Evans men a boost. If they perform as they did against Cardiff last week then there are plenty of reasons to be encouraged and while there have been a few too many draws of late, they could get another one here against a hot-and-cold Forest.
Prediction: Rotherham 1 Nottingham Forest 1
Fleetwood Town v SHEFFIELD UNITED
A trip into something of the unknown for United this week as they travel to the coast to take on Fleetwood Town - a surprise package this season. The Blades arrested a very minor slump last week by beating Plymouth 3-0 in the FA Cup and they'll hope to build on in comparison to results this season was a relatively emphatic win. It won't be easy but they'll be coming back with the three points.
Prediction: Fleetwood Town 0 Sheffield United 1
CHESTERFIELD v Bradford City
It's not been a nice week at the Proact and it really should have been. The glory of a superb win over MK Dons was diluted by fears that they could be thrown out of the competition for fielding an ineligible player in the victory. Only the players know if they've been effected by this and they face a Bradford team in very good form. The misery could continue.
Prediction: Chesterfield 1 Bradford City 3
DONCASTER ROVERS v Gillingham
On the face of it, this should be a banker for Rovers - at home against a team just outside of the relegation zone on goal difference. But the Gills are unbeaten in four in all competitions and Paul Dickov's men haven't won at home since beating Chesterfield in September. They need to fix that before it becomes a major issue if it hasn't already. Today could be the day.
Prediction: Doncaster 2 Gillingham 1
Walsall v BARNSLEY
The Reds came in for a fair amount of criticism from their fans last week after being held to a draw by Conference side Chester FC but these things happen in the Cup and it's best not to dwell too much on them. The bigger worry is replacing Sam Winnall's goals. Thankfully for Danny Wilson, Devante Cole is back and he needs to come up with the goods. Still may only be enough for a point though.
Prediction: Walsall 1 Barnsley 1


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Science, but NOT as we know it!
It takes a certain kind of person to capitalize on a human catastrophe such as the attacks on the World Trade Centre. While the rest of us remained desperate for news, some were plotting how these events could be used to maximum advantage. On the 5th anniversary of the attacks, one observer wrote:
September 11, 2001 brought out the heroism and humanity of thousands of men and women, like the transit workers who worked on the pile. It also brought out the kind of political opportunism that fouls American politics.1
9/11 also brought out the so-called pundits eager to exploit media outlets hungry for content. One such was Steve Milloy of junkscience.com. Even before the dust had settled, Milloy was drafting remarks which would appear within days in articles such as Ban on Asbestos Cladding Cost Lives2 and Asbestos Could Have Saved WTC Lives.3 The former article was published in The (London) Times a week after the attacks and stated:
Hundreds more lives might have been saved in the World Trade Centre but for building regulations preventing the use of asbestos fireproofing, scientists said yesterday Steve Milloy, publisher of the science website Junk-science.com, said: 'Asbestos is the best insulator we know of, and not to use it because of hysterical public health reasons is absurd.'
The fact that Milloy chose to make this and other such statements as ground zero was still smouldering shows an insensitivity that is hard to fathom. What decent human being could do anything during those early days but watch and wait as the emergency services worked 24/7 to locate survivors?
Shortly after the 5th anniversary of 9/11, Milloy's motives were exposed in an article entitled The Denial Industry;4 author George Monbiot detailed Milloy's links with U.S. corporations using fake citizens' groups to challenge the scientific consensus in order to forestall state or federal regulation. This strategy was explained in a memo by the tobacco company Brown and Williamson:
Doubt is our product since it is the best means of competing with the 'body of fact' that exists in the mind of the general public.
Funding was, Monbiot wrote, received by Milloy from spurious groups such as the Advancement of Sound Science (TASSC), set up by ACPO, a public relations company working for tobacco giant Philip Morris. A letter from ACPO highlighted the need:
'to ensure that TAASC has a diverse group of contributors'; to 'link the tobacco issue with other more politically correct products;' and to associate scientific studies that cast smoking in a bad light with 'broader questions such as global warming, nuclear waste disposal and biotechnology.'
Documents obtained by Monbiot show that Philip Morris paid Milloy $90,000 in 2001; Philip Morris's parent company (Altria) admits that Milloy was under contract till at least the end of 2005. In 2004, TASSC paid Milloy $126,000 for 15 hours work/week. Philip Morris, Altria and TAASC were not Milloy's only source of funds:
Two other organisations are registered at his address: the Free Enterprise Education Institute and the Free Enterprise Action Institute. They have received $10,000 and $50,000 respectively from Exxon.
While the main interest of Milloy's tobacco paymasters was casting aspersion on the risks from passive smoking, the goals of ExxonMobil, the world's most profitable corporation, included countering the accumulation of data on climate change. In prolific articles, letters and statements, Millioy did not acknowledge the corporate sponsorship nor any potential conflict of interest which might exist. Although asbestos did not fall neatly into any of the pre-assigned categories covered by Milloy, it seems likely that 9/11 was just too good an opportunity to pass up to promote the junkscience brand: all the junk that's fit to debunk.5
The manipulation of science and the secret employment of scientists has been practiced by the asbestos industry for decades. In a recent paper entitled: Saving the Asbestos Industry, Dr. Jock McCulloch detailed the lamentable relationship between a formerly revered scientist, Dr. Christopher Wagner, and Owens Illinois (O-I), a U.S. asbestos defendant:
beginning in 1986 O-I made regular payments to Wagner through its legal firm Nelson, Mullins, Riley and Scarborough the arrangement continued for more than 15 years and in total Wagner probably received in excess of $300,000. That income compares to the �30,000 per year salary typical for medical researchers in the UK at that time. Neither Wagner nor O-I ever acknowledged Wagner's employment at the numerous conferences Wagner attended during the period his association with the asbestos company remained secret. It was an association that he even denied under oath. It is equally significant that Wagner's stance on chrysotile (white asbestos) shifted at a time when the evidence linking all types of asbestos to mesothelioma had become overwhelming.6
The esteem with which Wagner was held for his early work on mesothelioma assured him a strategic position from which to mediate the reception of knowledge about asbestos disease. Industry lobbyists used Wagner's vacillation on chrysotile to create doubt and confusion; capitalizing on the uncertainty they created, asbestos stakeholders continued to benefit from sales of this acknowledged carcinogen for many years to come.
September 26, 2006
1 Local 100 Express - Transport Workers Union Press Release. 9/11 Hall of Shame: President George W. Bush, EPA Dir. Christie Todd Whitman, Governor George Transport Workers Union Pataki, Mayor Rudy Giuliani. September 2006.
2 Henderson M. Ban on Asbestos Cladding Cost Lives. The (London) Times. September 18, 2001.
3Milloy S. Asbestos Could Have Saved WTC Lives. Fox News. September 14, 2001.
4Monbiot G. The Denial Industry. The Guardian. September 19, 2006. http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1875762,00.html
6 McCulloch J. Saving the Asbestos Industry. Public Health Chronicles. September-October 2006/ Vol. 121, pages 609-614.


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Once again, the questions fly when Microsoft releases something new. I have been contemplating buying Windows 7, for the sake of playing and learning. I have a few clients with the new system on new computers, and as I have had a little time to meander through the Windows 7 world, I have found it a bit refreshing compared to Vista. Vista has been a donkey of an operating system, removing control and distancing users from well known features so that a whole new thinking process had to emerge. Windows 7 seems to be better thought out, removing the guess work out of it, and offering some great features that are useful and time-saving. I especially have liked the preview of open items, the ability to compare windows, and a cleaner use of memory (Vista used 1GIG of memory to function, W7 uses only half a gig, so older computers are supposed to enjoy this new Operating system).
A few of the down sides of the new OS, is that again, Microsoft wants you to purchase purchase purchase… so the price continues to be steep. I upgraded my new Mac OS for $29… you can expect to pay at LEAST $110 for the basic-basic version of Windows 7. Additionally, if you used Windows Mail in Vista, or Outlook Express, don't expect to find either in the new OS. Microsoft offers a download of a simple mail software, but you have little control… What Microsoft REALLY wants you to do is decide you need something better and buy Microsoft Outlook 2007 to save your productivity. It's all about the money. I am hoping I have more to report once I purchase Windows 7 and really see it myself.
I found this video online that provides a wonderful overview; so "Thanks to Microsoft and CompUSA" for this clip. Take about 5 minutes to view… you may find some fun features to contemplate before you take the chance… either way, if buying a system this holiday season… look for one with Windows 7 before Vista!


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AUSTIN — Wondering what to get your dad for Father's Day?
UT football coach Tom Herman might have the perfect answer for you.
The University of Texas is offering a week-long promotion, where you can buy two tickets to the Longhorns football game against Tulsa on Sept. 8 for only $50. Yes, that's right -- $50 each. Plus, any additional tickets bought after the first two will be sold at $25 dollars each.
The Texas Longhorns Athletics program posted the promotion to their Twitter account, which includes a link to redeem the offer using the promotion code: "FATHERSDAY".
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Keeton is New Treasurer
Marie Keeton was sworn in this week as the Ravalli County Treasurer, ending a tumultuous episode in the office. Newly elected treasurer Marie Hudson-Smith resigned last month following criticism of her performance and Ravalli County Commissioners advertised the position and last week picked Keeton, who was most recently chief deputy treasurer in the office. Other applicants who were interviewed were attorney Max Boese, Valerie Stamey of Victor and former treasurer JoAnne Johnson.
Keeton had been filling in for Hudson-Smith during much of March and assumed her Treasurer's duties Monday.


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because it looks like we figured out what the suspend/resume problem was. And as suspected, the actual resource code had nothing what-so-ever to do with it, and was apparently just a trigger for timing.
It's frustrating with bugs like that, but on the other hand it's then a big relief when it gets resolved, and in this case we also ended up going through a lot of code and I think we'll be much better off as a result. It's also a huge relief to find the actual root cause, rather than seeing things that can be used to paper over and hide the problem.
And kudos to the people who actually saw the problem (Rafael and Frans), and who spent a lot of time trying out different things and sending out logs and looking at the resource allocation. The real clue was in a log from a successful suspend/resume cycle that showed some questionable behaviour despite not actually failing.
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Self-funders on the rise in Florida
By Felicia Sonmez
Unlike other large states, Florida does not have a long history of wealthy candidates successfully self-funding their pursuits for political office but this cycle may change that.
Billionaire real estate developer Jeff Greene (D) and former health care executive Rick Scott (R) have surged to leads in their respective Senate and gubernatorial primaries, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.
Both Greene and Scott entered their respective races at the 11th hour and have been propelled themselves to frontrunner status against more established politicians due to their willingness to spend of their own personal fortunes and voters more willing than in years past to consider candidates with unconventional resumes.
(Greene has spent about $6 million, while Scott has spent a staggering $22 million).
What's surprising about the rises of both Scott and Greene is not only how quickly they came about but that no one like them (ie, really, really, ridiculously wealthy) has met with any measurable success in the fourth largest state -- by population -- in the country previously.
Florida candidates have spent millions on their Congressional campaigns -- most notably Rep. Alan Grayson (D) who spent $2.6 million of his own fortune on his 2008 bid, eking out a 52 percent to 48 percent victory over then-Rep. Rick Keller (R).
Surprisingly few self-funders have run for Senate or governor in the Sunshine State, however.
Before this cycle, the most recent example of a statewide self-funder in Florida was businessman Doug Gallagher (R), who spent $6 million on his unsuccessful bid in 2004 for the seat of retiring Sen. Bob Graham (D). (Gallagher finished third in the Republican primary.)
By contrast, other large states such as California and New York have a long history of self-funders. Al Checchi, the former co-chairman of Northwest Airlines, spent $40 million on his unsuccessful 1998 California gubernatorial bid; former eBay CEO Meg Whitman (R), who's currently running for Sunshine State governor, has thus far spent more than $90 million from her own fortune. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) spent a stunning $109 million on his bid for a third term.
Even smaller states have seen big money spent by wealthy candidates.
Former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon (R) has spent more than $21 million so far on her Connecticut Senate bid, and in Massachusetts, Boston Celtics co-owner Stephen Pagliuca (D) spent $7.8 million of his own fortune in his unsuccessful bid for the seat of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.).
Florida Democratic strategist Steve Schale said that the recent emergence of self-funders in the Sunshine State is in part due to the evolution of the state's political landscape from one that was typically dominated by establishment figures to one that presents more opportunity for outsiders.
"For so long, the state was really controlled by real establishment types -- Graham, Chiles, Nelson, Bush. Just look at our governors' races going back 20 years: the last real open race where there wasn't an establishment heir apparent was 1986," Schale said, referring to the open-seat race for the seat of term-limited Gov. Bob Graham (D) (Graham's lieutenant governor, Wayne Mixson (D), opted not to run).
Schale also noted that the Sunshine State "was a much 'smaller' place until the last 20 years, where candidates could get known through community leaders and local press." Now, with a population that has grown from 13 million in 1990 to 18 million last year, "the only way to get name ID is to buy it," which benefits self-funders, Schale said.
Florida Republican strategist J.M. "Mac" Stipanovich offered up a divine explanation for the historic lack of self-funders in the state:
"Because Almighty God saw fit to give Florida crippling heat and devastating hurricanes to balance its incomparable beauty, He, in his infinite Grace, spared us the Corzines, Bloombergs, and Meg Whitmans of the world. Until now. Now we have Scott and Greene visited upon us like Biblical plagues, atonement, I surmise, for sins the heinous nature of which I can only guess, given the punishment."
Um, ok.
Even if Greene and Scott make it through their primaries -- and if recent polling is anything to go by, they appear on track to do so -- a bigger question remains: will their millions in self-funding will be enough to carry them through the general election?
And, if it is, will the future of Florida politics be forever changed? With Sen. Bill Nelson (D) up for re-election in 2012, a win by either Greene or Scott would almost certainly encourage other wealthy individuals to take a self-funded shot of their own in two years time.
Felicia Sonmez
July 30, 2010; 5:26 PM ET
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The Prowler is a multi-role trans-atmospheric starfighter used by the Peacekeepers. Mass-produced, Prowlers can be found nearly anywhere a PK military installation is located. Prowlers are apparently short-ranged, but are used for many mission types, from interception, escort, space superiority, commando transports and general short-range shuttles and personnel transport. They are commonly found aboard command carriers as part of their standard complement. They are the fastest ships in the PK arsenal.
Prowlers are lightly armed and lightly armoured and very manuevorable when compared to the much larger vessels seen in the Farscape universe.
Prowler pilots appear to be highly respected amongst Peacekeepers, and possibly are mostly entirely made up of commando/pilots. Standard Peacekeeper pilot uniforms are very similar to those of standard Peacekeeper soldiers, black with black helmets and a clear bug-like visor. Most pilots appear to carry a standard side-arm, and possibly rifle.
- In Crichton's Notes, John Crichton likened the Prowler to an F-14 Tomcat.


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So you've looked at your goals and realized you need a little help achieving them. There's nothing wrong with asking for help. No one feels motivated ALL the time. Whether you're trying to reach personal or professional goals you should have an accountability partner. You know, someone to encourage you and keep you on your toes. We often need that push when things get difficult or don't go according to plan. With your accountability partner, you check in and keep each other in line when one starts to slack off.
Three ways having accountability partners can help you:
When seeking an accountability ,partner, find someone who will challenge, engage, and bring out a sense of accomplishment in you. It may be your spouse, a friend, a colleague, or complete strangers. Wait! Did you say strangers? Yes, I did! Often in online communities you can find some of the best accountability partners. You may have common goals, but have never met before. You connect on social media or via an app and support each other through those means. Let me tell you, it works better when you have someone you're accountable to.
I'll give you a personal example. I wanted to change my eating habits and exercise regularly. A friend invited me to one of her online accountability groups where we followed a certain exercise program for a couple of months. Each day we posted when our workout was complete. If we had any challenges or confessions (like you didn't workout) we posted those, too. There's always someone there with an encouraging word and a "friendly reminder" to get it in. Even on those days when I felt guilty for eating those cookies and ice cream when I should have had a salad or smoothie for lunch, I still got myself up and worked out. Guess what? Those who checked in regularly tended to see better results with weight and inches lost. That's just one example. So I challenge you to go out today and find an accountability partner for one goal that you're working to achieve. After you've been with your partner a couple of weeks, leave me a comment here or on my Facebook page and let me know how it's working out for you.
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I'm a little underwhelmed. The new Obama for America organizing tool is designed to help Obama supporters and Democrats pressure members of Congress on the budget. Enter in your address and zip code and your members(s) of Congress's telephone number pops up along with a suggested call script. That's basically it. Kind of not very tricked out. Also: I'm sure I'm offending someone at the Democratic National Committee, but couldn't the author of the script have used more natural language?
Hello, my name is __________ and I'm calling you from __________ (city or town).
I'm calling today because we are in the grips of the worst economic crisis in generations -- and President Obama needs the support of every member of Congress to create jobs, fix our economy and rebuild and renew America.
The President has proposed a budget that is honest, responsible and invests in the priorities we need to get our economy moving again and create jobs now and in the future, including:
- Renewable energy to reduce our dependence on foreign sources of oil
- Making Health Care more affordable for every American by cutting costs
- Improving education so our children are prepared for the jobs of the 21st Century
Can I count on Rep./Sen._________ to support the President's plan?
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This toy organizer is a great product. As our little boy acquired toys (cars, little stuffed animals, animal action figures, legos, books) it became nearly impossible to keep his room organized. We found ourselves piling all of his small toys into his toy box.
At the time, he was too little to really get into the toy box and find exactly what he wanted. Then, my wife saw this toy organizer at Target. It was a great purchase. Now, our little guy can walk up to the organizer, and can see all of his little things. He can get what he wants, when he wants it. Furthermore, we don't have to worry about him getting frustrated with legs in the air and torso in the toy box. His room stays much more organized now. Unfortunately, he's not yet great at replacing his toys when he's done. I guess we'll have to continue working on that one!!


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Issue 7: In the Mean Times
A song by Ted Leo
I've been writing political or "issue driven" songs for as long as I've been writing songs (which, at this point, qualifies as a pretty long time). There's been one thing that has always stuck in my craw, and that has thus always cropped up in my songwriting: racism and hatred of others because of their perceived "otherness." AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, this has also been a constant — if not THE MOST constant — theme in the political life of Donald Trump (other than the narcissistic advancement of Donald Trump).
The amount of noise in this campaign has been ratcheted up to a level that makes it hard to even understand what's at stake anymore.
Imagine your brain is a colander in reverse — information comes in like spaghetti in hot water, and your brain takes in what it wants and discards the rest. And the spaghetti and water, pouring in in the right proportions and at an ok speed allow your brain colander to do its work (in this metaphor, unlike in real life, you want the water and not the spaghetti — in real life, you obviously want the spaghetti). Well, my brain, right now, is like that colander, except instead of spaghetti and hot water, IT'S LIKE SOMEONE KEEPS TRYING TO RAM A TREE THROUGH IT WHILE SOMEONE ELSE TAKES A LEAK ON ITS TRUNK. The tree breaks the colander. Your brain has pee on it. There is that much noise in this election campaign.
One might argue that with Donald Trump, it's ALL noise, and I would not argue with the person arguing that; and thus, I haven't written a song about this election since before this election started. And when I started this one, I honestly didn't even know where to begin. I thought I might pick one issue facing the Supreme Court next year and do a sort of civics lesson about it, but the more I thought, the more it just started making me feel like I had to go back to the beginning of this, myself; because at the beginning of this, loud and clear, before any of the other noise, Donald Trump told us who he is. He is a racist. He has always been a racist. And the Republican Party molly-coddling the racists among them FOR DECADES, enabled his ascent. Now, lucky for him, he's not ONLY a racist — he's a lot of other horrible things that apparently appeal to a lot of people, too. But he's a racist. And he is where he is today, because America is, in part, racist. And I think of all my friends who are not white, who are not male, who are not cis/straight, who are disabled, who are not Christian or not even religious at all, who think of prosperity in terms of community and not just personal wealth, etc., and the malaise that I have sometimes found myself slipping into over the last year, starts to seem awfully selfish.
Now, this is just a song — and a hastily written and recorded one, at that. I am under no illusions that it's going to play any part in changing the world. But going back to square one with Donald Trump and thinking about how he (and his party before him) has twisted the very real concerns of millions of working Americans of all ethnicities (whisper: "economic anxiety") into a dog whistle the size of a bassoon, and how the entire apparatus invested in electing him President just glibly, daily, elides over it or ignores it completely... I got angry enough to use a curse word in a song again. It's a song about my own economic anxiety, my anger at the way its been used by the Right, my own white privilege in being able to sit back and think and write a fucking song about this, knowing full well that it's hitting other people much harder than it's hitting me; my desire to gather close to the people that I love and to tell those who feel personally under attack by these politics of divisiveness that I love them especially right now, that everyone who's been pushing back is an inspiration to me, and that I hope we all come through this together and ready to keep fighting after November 9, because this work will continue. These fights will be with us for a long, long time.
So, yeah — here's a dumb song into which I tried to cram all of this. I should've thought about that colander metaphor earlier.
— Ted Leo
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7 U.S. Troops Added To Rising Toll in Iraq
Wednesday, December 27, 2006; Page A01
BAGHDAD, Dec. 26 -- Seven more American service members have been killed in Iraq, the U.S. military reported Tuesday. It is the second deadliest month of the year for troops.
With five days left in December, 87 service members have died, according to figures provided by the military and news releases of combat deaths. The deadliest month this year was October, when attacks in Baghdad and the western Iraqi province of Anbar killed 105 U.S. troops.
The total number of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq war announced by the Pentagon is 2,961.
Military officials and analysts have attributed the rise in U.S. casualties in recent months to the larger number and greater visibility of American troops in Baghdad, plus the intensity of the Sunni insurgency in Anbar.
"We are continuing to conduct operations. We're doing that aggressively," said Lt. Col. Christopher C. Garver, a U.S. military spokesman. "We are fighting a tough war against a tough enemy, and unfortunately we take casualties."
As 2006 began, there was talk on Capitol Hill of withdrawing some U.S. troops by the end of the year. But rising sectarian violence in Baghdad forced President Bush to instead shift troops from other parts of Iraq to the capital, preventing a withdrawal. With no end to the violence, Bush ends the year with more than 140,000 U.S. troops on the ground in Iraq and faced with the decision of whether to send even more.
Although much of the focus of the war has shifted to Baghdad, analysts say the battle in Anbar remains just as intense.
"You have had to limit the number of troops deployed in Anbar and deploy more to Baghdad. This makes U.S. forces more vulnerable in Anbar because you're thinner on the ground," Anthony H. Cordesman, an analyst for the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said by phone in Washington. Insurgents have increased the number of attacks "faster than we've been able to make countermeasures effective."
Iraqi civilians have suffered the most casualties in the war. In the latest count available, the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq found that the number of civilians killed in Iraq reached a record monthly high of 3,709 in October.
On Tuesday, at least 54 civilians died in car bombings and mortar attacks in the capital and elsewhere, hospital officials told the Associated Press.
Three car bombs exploded simultaneously in Baghdad's mostly Shiite neighborhood of Bayaa, killing 10 people and wounding about 40, the U.S. military said. Abdul Kareem al-Kinani, a spokesman for the Iraqi Interior Ministry, said there were 14 fatalities and 69 injuries.
A car bomb in the mostly Shiite neighborhood of New Baghdad killed six civilians and wounded nine others, according to an Interior Ministry official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
Sunnis were also targeted. In the Sunni enclave of Adhamiyah, a car bomb exploded near the Abu Hanifa mosque, killing at least 15 people and wounding 37, according to Iraqi TV reports. The bomb tore through markets and kebab stands during the late afternoon rush, according to Iraqi TV.
In the mixed southern Baghdad neighborhood of Dora, national policemen fought armed groups Tuesday evening, Kinani said. Several mortar rounds also fell on the outskirts of the neighborhood, he said.
Most of the U.S. casualties were also the result of bombs. On Monday, one soldier was killed and two wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol southwest of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. A roadside bomb killed two soldiers and wounded one southwest of Baghdad while they were conducting operations aimed at preventing insurgents from planting such explosives, the military said.
On Tuesday, a roadside bomb detonated near a patrol as it was clearing a route, killing three soldiers northwest of the capital. Another soldier was injured.
Also on Tuesday, a soldier was killed and two were injured when their vehicle rolled over along a dirt canal trail during a combat reconnaissance mission south of Baghdad.
Special correspondent Saad al-Izzi in Baghdad, staff researcher Robert E. Thomason in Washington and other Washington Post staff in Iraq contributed to this report.


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In the context of the strategic imperatives of Nexter, corporate responsibility contributes not only to building and maintaining transparent trust-based relationships between the Group and its partners, but also to its business performance. Its practical implementation is based on a certain number of policies and initiatives, whose main focus is on unambiguous, transparent corporate governance, risk management and strong internal controls, our environment policy and the development of partnerships with our suppliers.
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Narrative Escalation and Non-Linear Storytelling
Joseph Smith makes a continuity error in verse 2:
And thus there was a tremendous battle; yea, even such an one as never had been known among all the people in the land from the time Lehi left Jerusalem; yea, and tens of thousands of the Lamanites were slain and scattered abroad.Tens of thousands, you say? Biggest slaughter in the land since the time Lehi left Jerusalem, you say?
What about the Jaredite civilization, numbering in the millions, that basically swallowed itself up in constant warfare until only one guy remained? What about the story the people of Zarahemla learned of Coriantumr, the king and last survivor of the Jaredite nation?
My guess is that Joseph either forgot about the Jaredites at this point in the dictation of the book or he hadn't planned on making their society so huge. But after all these wars and battles, he might have wanted to amp up the carnage and the intensity just so it didn't seem mundane and irrelevant. So he made hundreds of thousands of Jaredites die in Ether, completely forgetting about this one pesky little verse he'd written a few hundred pages back that puts a cap on the number of casualties his battles are supposed to have.
Yeah, Sure, That's the Moral of the Story
After spending three verses describing the carnage the Lamanites and Nephites caused each other and the depth of sorrow of the mourning civilians, we arrive upon what strikes me as an odd comment in verse 13:
And thus we see how great the inequality of man is because of sin and transgression, and the power of the devil, which comes by the cunning plans which he hath devised to ensnare the hearts of men.
Wait, what? "The inequality of man?" What does that even mean? What I'm getting from this chapter is how terrible war is and how much of a price we'll all have to pay for the senseless violence of our societies. But yeah, um, the power of the devil and all that inequality stuff sounds good, too.


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Some people hate them, other people love them. Software companies have even created apps to make keeping them easier.
I'm talking about To Do lists, of course. When used properly, they can really help you to manage your time.
Freelancers are busy people. There's no doubt about it. Discussions of time management are always among the most popular topics here at Freelance Folder. That's why today I'm going to share a very simple time management To Do list technique that I use myself.
Getting Started
While you may wish to use one of the online To Do list tools, all you really need to get started is a notebook and a pen.
I like to place each of the four lists on a separate page in a separate section in the notebook. That way, old lists can be discarded without affecting the rest of your To Do items.
Your Immediate Tasks
Your first To Do list should consist of your immediate tasks. These are typically tasks that are due within a day's time.
I include both work-related tasks and personal tasks on that list. That way, I only have one place to look to see what I need to do each day.
Try to keep this list to a reasonable length (less than seven items). If your list is too long, you not only won't get everything done–but you'll get pretty frustrated. I recently had a daily To Do list with 17 items, boy was that frustrating! To trim your list, move any items that don't really have to be done today to the second list.
You need to redo this list for the next day at the end of each day. Look at your second list to see if any of the tasks on it are due tomorrow. Also, add any new immediate tasks that came in during the day.
Your Second List
Tasks that are due within a week's time make up your second list. It's a good idea to write the due date beside each task on this list. Not only will this help you to update your first list, but it also helps to keep you from procrastinating and leaving all the tasks until the last day of the week.
You need to update this list daily and redo it completely at the start of every week. At the end of each day, add any new tasks that came up during the day. Remove any tasks that you've transferred to your first list. At the end of each week, review the list and make sure that all of the tasks are still due during the coming week. Add any tasks from your third list that will come due during the coming week.
Intermediate Planning
Your third list is used for your intermediate planning. This is for events and tasks coming up in the next few months. Be sure to right an approximate date by each item.
You need to review this list weekly to see if any items need to be moved to your weekly list (your second list). Also, add new items as you become aware of them.
Your Wish List and Your Goals
No time management method would be complete without a way for you to list your goals and dreams. That is what your fourth list is for.
Most likely, you won't have specific due dates for the items on this list. However, you should still review this list at least once a month. Take time to brainstorm and figure out what it will take to turn your dreams and goals into reality. Add those brainstormed tasks to the lists above.
To Do List Tools
Admittedly, this is a VERY simplistic method of managing time and making sure that your deadlines get met. However, it will work for some freelancers. Sometimes, simpler is better.
For those who need more sophisticated tools, such as the ability to generate reports or interface with an invoicing system, consider one of the online To Do list tools.
Here are five top-rated To Do list tools that you may find helpful:
- HiTask–This To Do list tool allows you to work with a team. It includes file sharing, reporting, and mobile access. Great for teams.
- ToodleDo–Another helpful online To Do list tool. This tool includes a hotlist, lets you hide tasks. It also includes a scheduler and alarms.
- Remember the Milk–This is a very popular method of managing tasks. Remember the Milk interfaces with Google Calendar and can be accessed from anywhere including your phone.
- Evernote–This popular tool works more like a bookmarking/note-taking service. It can be accessed from anywhere.
- Do It Tomorrow–I was immediately attracted to the visual interface, which looks like a paper planner. This allows you to keep two short-range lists, one for today and one for tomorrow.
Most of these tools have a free version, so try several and find the one that works best for you. You can find even more apps here.
What Do You Think?
Choosing a To Do list application (or any kind of time management tool) is a very personal thing. A lot of it depends on how you work and how you prefer to organize yourself. It also depends on the needs of your clients.
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ISLAMABAD, May 10 (APP): Benazir Income Support Programm (BISP) is ready to initiate the pilot phase of its new poverty survey in 15 districts and a tribal agency by the middle of this year, following the best international practices.
This was stated by Minister of State and Chairperson BISP MNA Marvi
Memon during her visit to Chakwal and its adjacent villages, Mureed, Bhoun and Keryala in order to create awareness among massess about the survey.
While addressing large gatherings of elected members of local bodies,
notables and beneficiaries, Chairperson BISP said that BISP aimed to conduct the most reliable and accurate resurvey utilizing the advanced mechanisms and procedures, said a press release issued here on Tuesday.


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Børnetivoli (Children's Amusement Park)
In Børnetivoli (Children's Amusement Park) you will find the most fun kids rides that are guaranteed to put a few butterflies in the belly and a huge smile on the lips.
In Den Røde Baron (The Red Baron) you fly around in your own airplane, in Fårup Racing Team you drive your own racecar, and in Safaribilerne (The Safari Cars) you'll drive around with a toy gun in the big woods. Once you have had enough of airplanes and automobiles, you can ride around in a coach or on a horse on the beautiful Skovkarrusel (Forest Carousel).
Are you not afraid of getting a little dizzy, you can go for a a ride on the swings on the Waveswinger or with the whole family in Tønderne (The Barrels), which spins and spins and spins around themselves and each other.
At first SnurreTræet (The Spinning Tree) rocks calmly back and forth, but suddenly it starts to spin around itself, and Skovsuset (The Forest Rustle) is a super fast carousel for both big and small daredevils.
Finally, you will also find a couple of children's rides next to the Falken (Falcon) and a little ways away from the rest of the Børnetivoli. Egerntårnet (The Squirrel Tower) will lift you 11 meters up in the air and will then suddenly let go (aargh!), and Pindsvinet (The Hedgehog) is a new roller coaster for children who love a little speed. Do you dare to keep your arms in the air the whole way through?


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"The greatest gift we can cultivate in students is their curiosity—our challenge is to make sure children stay curious and feel empowered to solve problems in uniquely innovative ways." – Cheri Sterman, USA
Creativity isn't just a key contributor to life-long happiness, it's also a critical 21st century skill for today's students. And one company that has nurtured kids' creativity for over a century is finding new ways to bring creativity to classrooms. Crayola, a sponsor of next month's Microsoft in Education Global Forum, offers more than just crayons, paints and modeling clay. With a program designed specifically for educators, the company is supporting teachers with lesson plans, activities and tools they need to unleash students' creative energy.
Cheri Sterman, Crayola's director of education, has worked with teachers and school leaders throughout the US to better understand obstacles to creativity, and to find meaningful solutions. "We have found great positives in our research," Sterman tells us. "Educators believe in the power of creativity to improve students' engagement and achievement. Educators want kids to lean forward and there is consensus that creative experiences awaken students' minds and bring stronger engagement."
Sterman has spent her career as a child advocate and "kid expert" who helps others understand play, learning, child development and education trends. In addition to teaching child development, Sterman has served on the White House Committee for Children and Youth and on a number of statewide commissions for children. She also serves on the strategic council of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. In her 20-plus years at Crayola, Sterman has authored a number of publications, including How Children Learn, How to Raise a Creative Child, Imagination Quotient—The Other IQ and The Power of Creativity to help adults understand the creative potential of children.
In discussing the value of creativity, Sterman has said, "Creativity is not so much about children becoming accomplished artists, as it is about expressing what's inside. Expressing thoughts and feelings through art is important throughout childhood and in helping children develop into accomplished adults."
Crayola has taken significant steps toward establishing the importance of creativity as a 21st century skill, and we're thrilled they are also playing a role in the Global Forum. Enjoy today's Daily Edventure with Cheri Sterman.
What drew you to the field of education?
Like many educators, I come from a family of teachers. I grew up helping my mom with her lesson plans and preparing her classroom.
Can you tell us about a favorite teacher, or someone who made a difference in your education?
My 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Heinz, believed in us. She shared control with the kids and took an untraditional role for that era. She was a "learning facilitator" not the sage running the show from the front of the class. She figured out how to get creative energy out of collaborative work. We were always in teams creating things—new solutions and new simulations. It felt playful and inventive every day!
Please describe how your professional achievements have advanced innovation in education. What has changed as a result of your work?
I'm very excited about the work we've been doing with Creative Leadership Teams in schools. For years I've talked with art teachers about their role as the Chief Creative Officers in their schools—but more recently we've realized that one art specialist can't do it alone. There really needs to be a Creative Leadership Team that includes teacher leaders who have different perspectives and unique areas of expertise. Tech specialists, science teachers, people who are good at motivating others—they all bring a special flavor of creativity that is important to forming an effective group. The goal is to embed a strong creative, collaborative culture within the school and to build the creative capacity of colleagues. I'm excited that the content we have developed is helping embed more creativity in schools. The exercises help educators address some essential questions and self-reflect on what changes are needed.
How have you applied technology in innovative ways to support your work?
Technology has become the oxygen in the air—ever present and life sustaining—yet unnoticed when all goes as it should. But as educators we shouldn't become comfortable with what we use today. We are headed for some very interesting new developments as teachers help students use technology to visually map patterns. We are just at the tip of the iceberg in fields like quantum computing and mining big data—so the challenge is to figure out how to use technology advancements to help students visualize information and see patterns. Human brains are hard wired to seek patterns and make sense of what the brain sees. So the combination of technology and visual literacy opens many new opportunities.
How has the use of apps, cellphones, and mobile devices changed/is changing education?
Schools that I visit are still at very different developmental levels of figuring out how to leverage the power of mobile devices. I had a great conversation with the person responsible for technology within a large state department of education. I asked what pain point she encounters in schools and what she would change if she could change one thing. Her pain point is exactly what I experience as I advocate for more creative experiences in classrooms. She said, "If I could only teach teachers that they should share more of the control with students instead of trying to keep it all to themselves…" Wow—that is really the issue. Not what device students use… but realizing that technology and creative experiences both enable teachers to put some more control into the hands of learners and enable us to watch their inquiry and independent thinking blossom. We all need to treat students as the responsible curious learners we want them to be—and make classrooms more child-centered instead of teacher-centric.
In your view, what is the most exciting innovation happening in education today?
It is so exciting that there is SO MUCH CONTENT! Students no longer have to struggle with finding information. In fact, some of the most important skills they need—that innovative teachers are focused on—is how to curate content. We see parallels to the art world. What curators consider noteworthy and memorable is the work that has been carefully crafted, represents a depth of meaning, and is recognized by others as having value. Students need to learn how to decipher what has significant meaning and to apply their own creative insights to information that is readily available. That is how innovative problem solving skills are formed—take what is known and build upon it to create something new and meaningful.
Is there a 21st century skill (critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration, or creativity and innovation) that you are most passionate about? Why?
CREATIVITY. I do a lot of work in the field of creativity and have the good fortune of talking with a lot of researchers and practitioners whose careers have been spent advancing creativity. Unanimously leaders proclaim creativity is a critical skill. There is plenty of research to show how it is nurtured and sustained.
In order for creativity to really flourish in a school there has to be the right culture. We ask teachers to "draw their culture." It is amazing the different visuals that people use to represent their reality. We have seen metaphors of ships sinking under the weight of divisive factions pulling in opposite directions. We have seen scary visuals where ideas are tossed out windows and kids are tossed over the fence. We see scales that tip the balance of test scores outweighing hands-on learning experiences. The exercise help teachers visualize what they need in their culture—think of the metaphor of a petri dish where you keep out the cultural contaminants and nurture the nascent organisms that are the desired culture. We ask teachers to confront their fears that are holding them back—literally knotting them up and making them feel like they are not creative.
I remember a powerful quote a principal told me recently after participating in one of our Creative Leadership exercises. He said "How teachers teach has more to do with how they feel than what they know." Professional development should ask teachers to reflect on what is holding them back, address their comfort level with the messiness of sharing control with kids. We need to confront these emotional issues, not just teach teachers new lesson ideas and how use tools.
If you could give one educational tool to every child in the world, what would it be? Why?
Not a tool per se. The greatest gift we can cultivate in students is their curiosity—our challenge is to make sure children stay curious and feel empowered to solve problems in uniquely innovative ways.
What is your country doing well currently to support education?
I see innovative schools throughout the country. It doesn't seem to be a geographic or regional issue… instead it all boils down to leadership. We have found that the key difference in the quality of the educational experience is the principal. That individual sets the priorities and pedagogy for that learning community. And enlightened principals realize they can't do it alone, so they empower a group of teacher leaders who help build the creative capacity of the entire school—coaching colleagues as well as teaching students.
How must education change in your country to ensure that students are equipped to thrive in the 21st century?
Building on the answer above—we found similar insights that came out of the Partners in Learning research—that while there are always a handful of innovative teachers in every school—that the only way to embed a more innovative collaborative culture in the entire school is to engage the principal and a team of teacher leaders who embrace this and articulate the vision as part of a school-wide mission.
What is the biggest obstacle you have had to overcome to ensure students are receiving a quality education?
The challenges often mentioned are standardization of education and how limiting standardized tests can be—contrary to what we want—helping students use information in new ways and generate innovative solutions. I am not a testing expert, but when I listen to leaders like Linda Darling Hammond, I'm encouraged that there are wonderful models of how authentic assessment can give educators insights into what children know and can do and it doesn't have to boil down to standardized bubble tests.
How can teachers or school leaders facing similar challenges implement what you've learned through your work?
The first step we have found is to make a school-wide commitment to nurturing creativity —among students and faculty. After that vision is articulated, we have found some very interesting creative tools that help school leaders map out a strategic plan for how they will get there. Resource allocation can be a playful, empowering experience when school leaders figure out how to leverage the talents of teachers and allow them more collaboration time to coach each other. And with any change, it takes a concerted effort to convince others to embrace the vision and try new ways.
Voice: Cheri Sterman, Director of Education and Consumer Relationships, Crayola
Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Birthplace: Buffalo, New York
- Current residence: Allentown, Pennsylvania (which has had more snow fall so far in 2014 than the blizzard city of Buffalo where I spent my early childhood)
- Education: Masters of Education, University of Cincinnati
- Person who inspires me most: Picasso—amazing how one person taught the world to see in such innovative ways—and that as an adult artist, when he had reached renowned status in his field he said, "I finally realized I had painting down to a perfection when I could imitate what children drew." Such respect for the creative essence of childhood.
- Favorite childhood memory: I remember bringing alive a book about Abe Lincoln by creating a 3-dimensional, authentically detailed log cabin with clay and handcrafted artifacts inside. I remember being so immersed in the project that I lost track of time… just like Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi talks about the "Flow" of creativity. The smell of the clay and the visual memory of that work are still with me decades later.
- Next travel destination (work or pleasure): I'm trying to arrange a trip to visit my daughter in Mongolia. She is a Fulbright scholar there working on a medical anthropology project on the ancient art of bonesetting. We met in Korea last month and it made me eager to visit her in her current home.
- Favorite book: Anything by Etgar Keret. His Bus Driver Who Wanted to be God is full of short stories that are playful and serious, imaginative and scary realistic. He is a great storyteller and masterful in painting pictures with words.
- What is the best advice you have ever received? "Change is a journey that people travel differently." The work I do with schools focuses on change. We do an exercise with the teacher leaders where we ask them to visualize how they and their colleagues are moving towards the desired destination… First do they all have an articulated common goal of where they want the school to be and what changes need to occur to reach that goal? Using the Journey metaphor we ask them to visualize how they are traveling toward the goal. Change experts tell us that most people react to change in one of four ways: 1. Champions—early adopters, ready to embrace change—visualize them as airplane travelers soaring to the destination. 2. Convinceables—early to learn more and can be persuaded to adopt the change— visualize them as bus travelers—eager to "get on the bus." 3. Complacents—comfortable with the status quo and waiting for "this too shall pass". They like routine and so visualize them as train travelers who like to stay on track. 4. Critics—those who blatantly resist the change. We visualize them as dragging their feet, slowly hiking and carrying a lot of emotional baggage on their backpack. Knowing that these are common human reactions to any change helps me realize that it isn't the particular goal that is meeting resistance—it is the nature of change. Helping educators identify where on the continuum of change they and their colleagues are helps plan next steps and how to coach colleagues based on how they are reacting to the change. Every time I do this sketching exercise with educators I marvel at their creativity. Recently I saw vehicles that included a superwoman superintendent soar from the sky to help bring eager teachers a life line. We saw an alien spaceship when a teacher leader felt her colleagues think she is from outer space. A principal drew a tattered bus and told the story that he thought all his teachers were on board the bus until he realized there were others from the outside stoning the bus and that he had teachers jumping out the bus windows. These visualizations sparked conversations that otherwise might not have occurred.
- Your favorite quote or motto: Another Picasso quote. This one I saw hand painted in a principal's office, "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." The principal posted this quote on her door since she believes helping children find their voice—to develop their creative thoughts and self-expression skills—is the ultimate goal of education.
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Messer has maintained our roots as a general contractor.
This enhances our influence and knowledge of the local market – resulting in better, more reliable pricing. Our in-house estimating team consists of architectural, structural, civil, mechanical, and electrical estimating specialists.
We provide accurate estimates during each phase of the project:
Early Planning & Design Phase
Messer understands the importance of timely cost information during the early planning and design phases of a project. We utilize several approaches to address this need:
- Messer has integrated our cost estimating software with Building Information Modeling (BIM) software to accelerate our estimating process, returning valuable cost information to the project team faster.
- Target value design is a process that involves designing to a detailed estimate, versus the industry standard of estimating based on a detailed design. This process requires Messer to build a detailed estimate very early in the design process, and then have this cost estimate help drive design decisions.
When planning procurement of design and construction work, Messer's cost planning department evaluates realigning the traditional construction supply chain to take advantage of Lean concepts like design-assist, prefabrication and bulk purchasing. Coupled with our extensive knowledge of the local subcontracting market, these methods can dramatically improve project performance.
Initial building costs, on average, represent only 3% of the total cost of ownership over the life of a facility. Messer's cost planning experts help our owners analyze staff costs, operational costs and maintenance expenses. Our approach allows our owners to make the best decisions by fully understanding the initial upfront investment and potential impact of these decisions over the life of a facility.


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We are looking for a Paralegal to join the busy and successful Employment Department. Please click here for the Paralegal job description.
BWB is proud of its values and delivers its services to clients in a practical, commercially-focused manner. BWB advises a huge range of organisations including household name charities and public benefit institutions, commercial organisations and private individuals.
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Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by 29th August 2014. If you have not heard from us by this date your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful but we thank you for your interest in BWB and wish you the very best of luck with your search.


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Nursery Nurse
Nursery Nurses needed for full time and part time positions in St Helens
Your new company
You will have the opportunity to work in a number of private day nurseries, nursery schools and children's centres across the St Helens area as a nursery nurse. There will be opportunities across the Liverpool area to work in nursery settings that require day-to-day nursery nurse staff to cover staff absences when needed. As nurseries need to ensure their ratio numbers are maintained they will require nursery nurse staff to be available for any immediate cover.
Your new role
We are looking for Nursery Nurses who can be flexible to cover staff absences when required covering day to day shifts within Liverpool Day Nurseries, Children Centres and Nursery Schools. You will be expected to be available to cover between the hours of 7.30am - 6pm and you must have recent relevant experience working within Early Years settings.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful for a nursery nurse supply job, you must be passionate about caring for children aged 0 - 5 years and have recent experience working in a nursery nurse job within a nursery setting candidates applying must hold a qualification in CACHE NNEB, BTEC or NVQ in early years, childcare and education or Pre-school. It is essential that you are flexible in your approach to work, as you will be required to work in various locations across Liverpool. This is a fantastic opportunity if you want to build on your existing experience as a nursery nurse or if you wish to take on a nursery nurse job but do not want the long-term commitment.
What you'll get in return
This role offers flexibility if you have other commitments outside of work and it offers you the opportunity to add to your current CV/experience.
You will receive competitive rates of pay, holiday accrual, a dedicated consultant along with professional development training. You will also receive £250 in high street vouchers every time you recommend a friend to us*
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I am so SORRY FabNerds! It's been almost two weeks since my last post. Since the implementation of the Nerdy and Fabulous Mission Statement, this is the longest I have gone without posting.
At first, it was because of spring break. "Two days without blogs wouldn't hut anyone," I said. "It'll be fine."
FabNerds, you all know by now that nothing good happens when I start talking to myself in italics. Two days turned into a week and in the days that follow calamity ensued.You probably saw if you follow me on Twitter*, but in case you missed it you can read the whole thing here.
Basically, my laptop is dead. I want to try and save it, but the end of the semester is to busy for me to go out and try and do something about it, so it'll have to wait until the summer. I'm sure that you understand that this is totally scary and awful. Imagine, no laptop – no internet (I can only get Wifi on my phone sometimes), no way to watch SMASH!**
This also means that I have to go to the library when I need a computer. And since I'm in the midst of End of Semester Craziness when I'm at the library, I really need to be doing school work and not blogging about hats, Ben Affleck, OR The Feminine Mystique.
However, I am fortunate enough that I have wonderful parents who are currently sending me a Backup Laptop. So, in a few days, I will be using that and blogging my little heart out!
And don't worry, I haven't forgotten that I owe you March's Monthly Obsession. Plus, I've got some other cool things in the works.
Wish me Luck,
P.S. Speaking of Catastrophes, please enjoy an apology video featuring one of my favorite songs about one of my least favorite animals:
*And why don't you? Look at the sidebar, I'm great at Twitter. And Instagram. Follow me on both @TheFabJessGoing
** Well, you know, except for on TV…