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Scott Stossel writes: Whose Life Is It?
Biography, in our contemporary understanding of it, has a capacious range, embracing everything from Plutarch's "Lives" and the New Testament to St. Augustine's "Confessions" and the E! television network's "True Hollywood Story." But a tension has haunted the biographic impulse from the very beginning. Is the primary function of biography to idealize and commemorate figures in order to provide models for emulation? Or is it to capture the warts-and-all essence of an individual human personality in a way that engages the sympathy and deepens the self-understanding of those who encounter it? This in turn generates another tension, one that has particular currency today: to what extent must biography, to be worthy of its name, be based on knowable fact, and to what extent does a full picture of a human personality depend on speculation, symbolism and fictionalization? As Hamilton puts it, "Where does fact end and interpretation begin?" Is biography "a branch of history" or "an art of human portraiture"? Scott Stosell is the authorized biographer of Founding Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver.
Scott Stossel writes: Whose Life Is It?
Whose Life Is It?
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By SCOTT STOSSEL
Published: March 18, 2007
Poor Nigel Hamilton; he's having a bad run of luck with big biographical projects. After publishing a respected three-volume biography of the British field marshal Bernard Montgomery, he embarked on the first book of a projected three-volume work on John F. Kennedy. "JFK: Reckless Youth" (1992) was a salacious but well-researched and insightful book about Kennedy's early years. The experience of writing it, however, was so harrowing for Hamilton (he felt hazed by the "toadies" of the Kennedy family, he said, and had been thwarted by the "fascistic spirit" of the "family loyalists" at the John F. Kennedy library in Boston) that he gave up after just one volume. After "Bill Clinton: American Journey," the first of a projected two-volume biography, took a critical pounding in 2003 (Michiko Kakutani, writing in The Times, called it "a sleazy new low in the chronicling of presidential lives") it was an open question whether Hamilton would again feel moved to give up after one book.
But he seems to be gamely forging ahead: "Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency" is slated for publication this summer. In the meantime Hamilton has written "Biography: A Short History," which might be thought of as a kind of palate cleanser (no doubt Hamilton wants to wash away the bad taste of those reviews). Naturally, one wonders to what degree the main thrust of this book — an apologia for the art of biography — is really an apologia for the art of biography as practiced by Nigel Hamilton. But in any case, he has produced a rich and provocative meditation on the history of biography, albeit one marred by an overblown central argument.
Biography, in our contemporary understanding of it, has a capacious range, embracing everything from Plutarch's "Lives" and the New Testament to St. Augustine's "Confessions" and the E! television network's "True Hollywood Story." But a tension has haunted the biographic impulse from the very beginning. Is the primary function of biography to idealize and commemorate figures in order to provide models for emulation? Or is it to capture the warts-and-all essence of an individual human personality in a way that engages the sympathy and deepens the self-understanding of those who encounter it? This in turn generates another tension, one that has particular currency today: to what extent must biography, to be worthy of its name, be based on knowable fact, and to what extent does a full picture of a human personality depend on speculation, symbolism and fictionalization? As Hamilton puts it, "Where does fact end and interpretation begin?" Is biography "a branch of history" or "an art of human portraiture"?
You would be forgiven for imagining that these questions have come to the fore in only the last 10 years, a decade that has brought us Edmund Morris's "Dutch" (the official Reagan biography, in which the author inserted himself as a fictional character) and James Frey's "Million Little Pieces" (a "memoir" that turned out to be largely fictionalized), not to mention an avalanche of the kind of gossipy and dysfunction-obsessed life-writing that the novelist and critic Joyce Carol Oates has labeled "pathography."
But similar questions surround the earliest written biographical material on record. The Epic of Gilgamesh, etched on clay tablets sometime before 2000 B.C., recounts the tragic adventures of a Sumerian king and his best friend. What's not known is whether the story is fact-based biography — an instance of early historical scholarship — or a myth meant to convey only symbolic, and not factual, meaning to its audience. And ancient Roman historians like Plutarch and Suetonius wrestled with the tension between biography-as-idealization and biography-as-realism. The standard biographical form of the day, Hamilton notes, was supposed "to drip with didactic praise." But Plutarch wanted a more realistic texture for his portraits, and he was less interested in battlefield achievements than in, as he put it, "the virtues and vices of the men who performed them"; "a chance remark or joke," he wrote, "may reveal far more of a man's character than the mere feat" of winning a battle.
Suetonius, for his part, believed in the importance of "telling detail," and he wrote this sentence about Julius Caesar, which is as interesting and revealing as anything in Caesar's "Gallic Wars": "His baldness was a disfigurement which his enemies harped upon, much to his exasperation; but he used to comb the thin strands of hair forward from his poll, and of all the honors voted him by the Senate and the people, none pleased him so much as the privilege of wearing a laurel wreath on all occasions — he constantly took advantage of it." (Would today's critics have savaged Suetonius for writing snarky "pathography"? One suspects that Hamilton believes they would.)
Biography's second flowering didn't occur until the Renaissance, when Shakespeare transmuted Raphael Holinshed's three-million-word compendium of British, Scottish and Irish lives, among other sources, into literature. "Whereas nonfiction prose writers felt constrained by the straitjacket of historical, antiquarian scholarship," Hamilton writes, "the Bard felt licensed to speculate and interpret at will ... in order to explore the secrets of psychologically realistic, as opposed to idealized, leadership and decision-making." Shakespeare demonstrated that fictionalized history could be more realistic, in a sense, than factual history.
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As you know, modern, decent, ethical trainers use rewards, or 'reinforcement', as a means to get our animals to do things for us. Many goodies are on offer as a means to offer these to your dog. All dogs need to eat, so why not use food as one of those reinforcers? By definition, something we want, we will work to earn (and work out how to gain them). Dogs are no different.
'Treats' are probably mis-named as the sound of them puts people off. Imagine being offered a cream cake every time you did your job properly each day? Sounds good? Only if you like cream cakes and aren't worried about your health, perhaps... Pint of beer, instead? Roast dinner? Only you can decide which of these would constitute a worthwhile thing to work for, and it may or may not be a 'treat'. Humans like to work for money, since this allows us to choose our 'treats' at the end of each payday.
Food is a necessity, that you mostly provide for your dog. Some food is tastier than others. Some dogs love food, others just eat it. A 'treat' for them might be playing with a ball. Rarely, however, would we train a dog with something as invisible as 'love' and expect them to work hard. After all, if your boss just patted you on the head and said 'Nice job' each day, with no money, would you stay working for them for long?
Pay your dog wages, not 'treats' for the job you are asking them to do. Work out what wages they enjoy, be it food, games, chews, walks, fuss, or all these. Food is quick and easy to use, and very varied. Chicken will often be much higher value than boring dog biscuit.
To train your dog properly, use a combination of these wages that help your dog to link an action with the resulting reinforcement. 'Sit=biscuit'. 'Sit when visitors arrive=chicken'. 'Come here=chase a thrown ball'. And so on.
Dog training is not difficult, when you understand their views on wages, treats, and 'just love'. Happy teaching!

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|In a galaxy far, far away...
Oh, sorry wrong script...
Once upon a time I joined a well known "free" website hosting service. I built my website and I was happy. My domain name was perfect - astrosadventures.com - my books are the Astro's Adventures series and I loved how this made my books so much easier to find... or so I thought!
This was long before the kindly wizard (@belew) taught me about SEO and blogging, and other such important matters.
The kindly wizard also taught told me the importance of self-hosting, and like a dutiful servant I embarked on the journey to "own" my own domain names, websites etc., but I had my doubts.
"Oh Golly," I thought, "Does it really matter??"
Well, when I tried to leave the "free" website hosting service I found it impossible to take astrosadventures.com with me. Sad and dejected I had to move on and create a whole new website - astrosadventures.net.
However, like a naughty elf, every now and then I go to my bluehost account and check if astrosadventures.com is available. I dream of one day reuniting myself with my old domain and living happily ever after.
This morning I did just that.
Imagine my horror when I saw how much the greedy trolls wanted for astrosadventures.com - see below.
In fact, I nearly fainted!
So children, the lesson here is - self host or be damned to a life of regret! And, if anyone has a spare $4k lying around, I'd appreciate a loan.
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|I just bought two new domains from Blue host. I bought a domain and had them host me for a before I moved to another host. Moving my original domain that I bought from them, did not cost me when I left. I wonder what the difference is?
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|I heard that it is good to buy domain name from GoDaddy. However, I move my self-host to godaddy so that it is not taxing for my mental energy.
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|The difference is @SusanDay site had grown in value. Yours hadn't. ... yet.
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|Maybe when you get time Bill, you could explain the hosting and how it grew in value?
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|Belew private msg quote post Address this user
|It's not the hosting that grew in value, it's the domain name.
In all probability someone saw the value of the AstrosAdventure series that Susan created and wanted a piece of it or was hoping that at some point she would want it back.
On a much smaller scale but even more recently...
I have a site www.inboundchurch.org
I thought I might want the site www.inbound.church Sure enough it has been purchased by somebody. I looked up to see who the owner is and contacted him. He has done zilch with the site ... just sitting on it.
I offered to buy it off of him. He said, "Sure, $500!" For a site that has no value to him but one that I wanted.
No, I didn't buy it from him.
Does this help?
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|I see, I have been working on adding different domains to my site. Somewhere I noticed my main domain was "valued" at $800, not a big concern. I tried to buy www.Captjack.com I found it being unused. The guy wanted $12,500 I think. Sorry, not interested.
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Will Rogers - "It ain't want you can ask, it's what you can get."
Ain't nothing worth nothing if someone doesn't pony up the money.
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|I don't recommend using Goddady for hosting. I don't say you shouldn't. I just don't recommend it. I've had my experiences there. For what it's worth, I mostly turn down service work if the site is hosted there, too. It's not worth my frustration.
I do suggest (even recommend) registering your domain names at Godaddy. There are cheaper places. There is maybe one better place. But generally I like Godaddy for domain names. But there is a big caveat!
DO NOT get suckered into buying all the stuff they try to up-sell. Just by the domain name. You don't need anything else they offer. The stuff you do need (email, perhaps) will come with your hosting account if you get it in the right place. I like InMotion Hosting and Siteground. There are others.
I currently own (registered) or manage (for clients) about 70 domain names and about 60 websites. Over the years there have been hudreds, perhaps thousands, of others. I've learned a thing or two. You can too. Or you can re-read what I wrote above.
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@Belew I remember that you recommended me bmhosting to host my first author site. What is the good side of bmhosting? Sub-domain?
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I used to use Bluehost, and Hostgator, and Arvixe. Each one was good at the time I started using them. Then Endurance International Group (EIG) came along and bought them up -- and dozens of others. They put them all in the same box and so the service now seems to have reached the lowest common denominator. They may be improving but, in my opinion, the consolidation was more about cost saving than service improvement.
I think that is what Joni was singing about...
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Oh hai, sparkle motion!
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India is the third largest producer of agricultural output in the world. Nearly two-third of India's population still derives their livelihoods from agricultural sector directly and indirectly. Thus agriculture development is always a priority in the development policy in India. After producing 259 million tones food grains Indian agriculture has shown a fatigue and struggles to massage the new dynamics. The expenditure on subsides crowds out public investment in agriculture research, agriculture education and transfer of technology. AKS University has ventured to start the agricultural education in the Vindhyachal region in various courses of graduation and post graduation. It has also started Ph.D. program in various agriculture fields. Approximately 1000 students from all over India are presently getting education in agriculture field. AKS University is dedicated to produce future entrepreneurs.
The faculty of Agriculture Science and Technology (FAST) is established with the objective to conduct education research and extension activities for enhancing productivity optimization of profit and sustainability of agricultural production system and improving rural livelihood not only in Madhya Pradesh but also all over India.
GRADUATION IN AGRICULTURE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY : B.Tech Agricultural Engineering | B.Sc. (Agriculture) Hons
Duration: 4 Yrs.
Course Offered
B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering
B.Tech Agricultural Engineering Eligibility : Passed 10+2 with PCM/ PCBM or equivalent examination with Minimum 50% (45% for Reserved categories)
B.Sc. (Ag) Hons
B.Sc. (Agriculture) Hons Eligibility : Passed 10+2 with Agricultural/PCM/ PCB/ Biotech or equivalent examination with Minimum 50% (45% for Reserved categories)
Duration: 2 Yrs.
Course Offered
M.Sc Agriculture Eligibility: Graduation in Agriculture or applied stream or equivalent examination with Minimum 60% (55% for Reserved categories)
M.Sc. (Ag.)
♦ Agronomy
♦ Horticulture
♦ Soil Science
♦ Food Technology
♦ Post Harvest
♦ Entomology
♦ Extension
- Ms Rama Sharma has been awarded 29th young Scientist fellowship Award by MPCST Bhopal in 2014.
- AKS University has first time organized a mega event of Agri. Tech Madhya Pradesh under joint programme of Department of Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development, Govt. of MP from 26 to 28 Feb. 2014 at Sherganj Satna. In which around 15000 farmers from various states e.g. Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra etc visited. There were 80 stalls exhibiting the products related to agriculture e.g. seed growers, farm power machinery, biofertilizers, micro irrigation etc. Hon'ble Agriculture Minister Dr. Gaurishankar Bisen was the Chief Guest
- Faculty has started publishing a biannual Agril. Magazine entitled as "Vindhyachal Krishi" w.e.f. Feb., 2014.
- Adoption of villages for doorstep delivery of Agricultural Technology: In this regard Satdhar, Chakbandi, Sohawal, Sherganj and Sitpura Villages have been adopted by FAST. Project director ATMA has been associated in this programme.
- Five varieties of Litchi viz Shahi, China, Rose scented, Purbi, Bedana and Five varieties of Mango viz Ambika, Mallica, Amrapalli, Dashahari and Langda and Important varieties of Guava and Beal have been collected from different research station and have been planted in Agricultural farm. On 5th Oct. 2013 Hon'ble Chancellor Shri B.P. Soni planted a plant of Shahi Litchi in front of administrative block of AKS University.
- The faculty has opened a Farm outlet for the sell of organic farm produce.
- Visit in Agritech Asia, Gujarat: Er. Anant Soni and Dr. Neeraj Verma HOD Agriculture visited Agritech Asia at Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat.
- Students are given hands on training for Rice and Wheat plantation in experimental field of AKS University, Satna.
- Regular visit to nearby KVK Majhgawa and Rewa, nursery visits and various farms like Revera farm, Satna and Indian Meteorological Laboratory, Satna for hands on training, demonstration of various agronomic activities and experimentation.
The University has provided faculty with one online classroom with video conferencing facility. Experts from prestigious organizations from the different part of the country deliver lectures to the students.
- Soil Science
- Plant Pathology
- Entomology
- Horticulture
- Plant Breeding and Genetics
- Agronomy
AKS University offers RAWE (Rural Area Work Experience) program in the 4th year of degree program with a total of 18-20 credits for 1ST semester of 4th year B.Sc. (Ag) Hon's degree program. In this program students attached with Krishi Vigyan Kendra/ Research Institute/Corporate Bodies for their practical training and learning.
- Genome organization studies and developed of cost effective diagnostics for soybean viruses. Funded by M.P. Biotech Council. (2014-2017)
- Process standardization and quality evaluation of tomato ketchup.
- Biological control of phytophagous nematodes
- Effect of GA3 on growth and development of papaya (Papaya carica L.) seedlings.
- Effective weed control methods in soybean crop
- Three tiers system of Fish cultivation in ponds
- To maintain soil health by organic manure, FYM, GM, VC and NADEP and also increase crop quality.
The faculty has an active student association and research association through which, the students and faculties together organize various scientific/spiritual/extension activities. The association provides a common platform to execute their talents and innovations to the peer group of University as well as other Institutes. The faculty has well disciplined committed and dedicated team of students with great potency to learn and serve humanity with compassion. They are skilled to organize various scientific, spiritual and social events like Agritech Madhya Pradesh, Workshop on Kharif Crops. They represent our Faculty to other Institutes in scientific sessions like MPCOST, BIODIVERSITY BOARD etc. Our students are very active in research activities, placement cell activities, library cell and sport activities
Various events are being organized in the faculty from time to time:-
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The faculty is excelling towards establishing links with industries to facilitate Institute-Industry tie-up to drive-in more sponsored industrial projects and constantly expecting extramural funding from national and state level funding resources to encourage student projects in these schemes. The faculty and students embellish by the annual technical symposium organized to embody team spirit, organizing skills of the students and to get benefited from the deliberations of eminent scientists and technologists who are nationally renowned. Our faculties and team of potential students/scholars formed an association for research in our faculty to guide our students towards research excellence.
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There should not discrimination to this community : Upadhayay
Kathmandu (Pahichan) July 13 – Chairman of Professor's Association Rameshwor Upadhayay has said that people who accept negative thing in the society cannot be called an academician.
Speaking to Pahichan, he said that if there is discrimination to the members of this community and stands against this community, he is not an intellectual.
"An academician has a quality who could guide the society. Academician people should not discriminate the members of gender and sexual minority," he said. He said there is a gender study in the society. He said all the people in the society should be treated on equal footing.


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We must apologise for the totally unacceptable delay in delivering sheepskin flying jackets this Winter, sadly the team running Aero from 2004 to last Autumn had been giving very unrealistic delivery dates considering the size of our order book and added to this, we feel the quality of sheepskin we've inherited when we resumed the running of Aero is way below Aero standard.
Our first priority is to provide a garment that merits the Aero label and this means sourcing sheepskins of the best grade possible.
Along with a much improved sheepskin, all zippers used on our US military jackets will be upgraded to Japanese Talon as standard.
Our WW2 RAF Sheepskin jacket is being totally overhauled, new patterns have been cut from original examples in our archives resulting in a much improved fit and more authentic sleeve profile. A completely new sheepskin has been sourced in The UK and tanned to perfectly match the original WW2 material specifications and these "new" RAF jackets will be fitted with very authentic deadstock zippers dating from the 1950s or 60s while stocks last, meanwhile more accurate replicas than our current ones are being especially made and should be ready by the late Spring.
While all materials used on our Sheepskin jackets will be improved to a much more authentic standard as soon as possible, we probably won't receive much more than sample deliveries until late spring so delivery of your order, realistically, won't be until into the summer months.
Meanwhile we need to clear the skins we've got. These will be used to produce "training" jackets made in the factory as part of a programme to convert more of our regular machinists into becoming familiar with the very different skills needed to make sheepskin flying jackets.
This gives customers with overdue orders three options......
1. We can offer you any jacket made during this training programme that matches your order at a vastly reduced price as soon as one becomes available
2. You can wait for a much better jacket than you would have got before, you can get a new delivery date for your existing order which, of course, would be at the old price with free delivery by way of an apology for the inconvenience.
3. Alternatively, of course, you can cancel your order at any time.


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Oh happy day! That is exactly what I feel when I look at this card! I used Penelope papers to create this 4X3 pocket card. I used a thin cut doily to cut the blue paper. The spring and butterfly are cut from the Artiste cartridge. I added some Pixie twine and pink gems to finish this card.
My card is up over at Sketches in Thyme Project Life Style today with this yummy sketch!
Here is a look at the papers in this Penelope pack....delightful!
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October and November have been months full of congratulations — to members of our staff who have gone above and beyond, celebrated milestones, and worked hard to pass difficult exams and gain certifications!
Front Office Achievements
First, our front office manager, Janet Knutson, took it upon herself to pass the testing requirements to be a Certified Patient Service Specialist (CPSS). This certification, specifically for ophthalmology staff, is the new standard of excellence in patient care on a national scale.
And Janet is the FIRST of our employees to take and pass this test! Well done, Janet — we're proud to have you in the family.
On top of that, our entire group of Patient Services Coordinators decided to get OSC certifications to better serve patients. Here's what Janet had to say:
"In order to better serve our patients (since the front office is the front lines), we felt it is important to know the terminology and eye anatomy, as well as to be knowledgeable in scheduling, medications, and how and what are the vital findings and procedures done by the doctors and techs when they are in with a patient. So it has been decided that all front office staff should become ophthalmic scribe certified (OSC)."
So congrats to Janet, Melissa T, Mandy, and Hannah for passing their OSC tests so far – with more to come.
UPDATE as of 11/18: PLUS Melissa M, Dawn, Leslie, and Marlene!
Technician Achievements
If you've read my blog post about it, you know that our ophthalmic technicians are strongly encouraged to work and study their way to COA (certified ophthalmic assistant) after at least a year of technician experience with us. We love to celebrate our techs' achievements when they do! In October, Maria Braymer successfully passed her test for her COA. It's not easy – well done, Maria!
And finally, especially big congratulations to Jackie, one of our new technicians! We love to hear from our patients what we're doing right – and what we need to work on, too – but this review on Yelp really reminded us of how we want to go above and beyond in our work at Cascadia Eye.
Read B D.'s review of Cascadia Eye on Yelp
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If you would like to learn more, or if you would like to schedule an appointment at Cascadia Eye, please contact us today. We are happy to answer any questions you might have!
In addition, join us on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+ to ask your questions about eyes, exams, and our practice. We'd love to hear from you — and there might be a blog to address your questions in the future.
Who am I? Alex Brandt, Cascadia Eye's official blogger. You can read more about me here!


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Anthony Byrne MP, Federal Member for Holt, joined Viv Paine, Christopher Morgan, Paul Graham, Vanessa Watson, Robin Dzedins from the Lynbrook Residents Association at the Banjo Paterson Reserve in Lynbrook to congratulate the group on receiving a $3,750 for a barbeque under the Volunteers Grants Program.
Under the Volunteer Grants Program 24 local organisations have been awarded funding. They will receive total funding of $100,857.
Volunteers play a critical role in helping shape our region and building stronger and more resilient communities. Their generosity permeates almost every aspect of Australian society; whether it be helping out local sporting clubs or land care groups, assisting our most disadvantaged, or helping recover from natural disasters.
The successful organisations will receive grants of between $1,000 and $5,000 to purchase small equipment items, contribute towards the cost of training courses and background checks, and to help to reimburse volunteers for the cost of their fuel or transport.
"I wish to congratulate all the organisations that received Volunteer Grants this year, as each grant is vital to continue to support the work of volunteers in our local community,' said Mr Byrne.
In Holt the following organisations received Volunteer Grants:
African Christian Kush Aid Program of Australia $4,500
Angel Light Link $2,626
Anglican Church of Australia Parish of Cranbourne $4,977
Care Africa $5,000
Casey Chinese Senior Support Group Inc. $5,000
Colman Education Foundation $3,130
Cranbourne West Primary School Parents & Friends Club $3,620
Doveton Baptist Benevolent Society Inc. $3,000
Doveton Football Club Inc. $4,200
Hampton Park Turkish Seniors Group Inc. $3,200
Lynbrook Residents Association Inc. $3,750
Magwi Development Agency Australia Victoria Branch Inc. $5,000
South Sudan Entertainment Kids Group $5,000
Dongo Lobo Woman Group $5,000
Acholi Kids and Mother Tongue Class Group $5,000
Mauritian Silver Edge Club Inc. $3,000
Narre Community Learning Centre Inc. $2,895
Narre Warren Christian Church Inc. $5,000
EI Hokamma Senior Citizens $4,200
The Association of Hazaras in Victoria Inc. $4,500
U3A Cranbourne Inc. $3,350
Women's Friendship Cafe Hampton Park $5,000
Friendship Enterprise $5,000
Girl's Friendship Club $4,909
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How Current Design Patterns Fail Both Companies and Users
Smartphones have become nearly ubiquitous, and although more of us conduct business, seek out information, and shop on our phones than ever before, navigation for mobile websites is stuck in the dark ages. It's been a hot topic in user experience for the last several years: how do you get people to the information they need on a 3.5" screen? The answers have been various: either you don't ("if they really need it they'll go to their desktop" or "they can search"), or you do it slowly, click after painfully loading click.
Many in the user experience community have argued that people don't need the depth of information from a full website from their mobile devices, but it just isn't true. What we don't need is desktop-scale navigation and desktop-type interaction, because obviously, we're not on a desktop. Our information needs are often the same, though; and because we're on a mobile device, the need can be more targeted and critical. Most of us try to use our mobile devices to access specific information and conduct research, and we are overwhelmed by frustration. It takes time, effort, and persistence. Yet most major websites have this information tucked away, and it's a ton easier to get it on your desktop.
It's not all about connection speed, nor is it about the form factor alone. Most websites offer poor and limited navigation to mobile users. That people give up trying to extract information from the depths of websites is a failure of information architecture and, often more importantly, interaction design.
As interaction patterns for mobile navigation have been debated, a few patterns have emerged as dominant. It's easy to find them, and even if you're not a designer, you could probably list them – for the frustration they've caused, if nothing else. Most websites will give you a list of their top categories, either hidden under the hamburger-style "menu" icon at the top of the screen, or as a list at the top of the page or in the footer. A precious few will let you click to see the subtopics for each of the main categories. That's usually where it ends (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3).
Figure 1. With the mobile menu revealed, Lonely Planet offers visitors their top categories, preceded by Search and other tools. (The more helpful navigation is actually in the footer. If you click "Destinations" from here, the website cryptically takes you to "World", as though you might not be here yet.)
Figure 2. The New School offers visitors five buttons to browse the site. Each of these buttons leads to long, scrolling pages; some of them have menus to help you filter through the information.
Figure 3. The Huffington Post offers only four main categories for navigation, and a link to a page with All Sections. Compare this with the main site, which offers eight different topics, each with subcategories of its own, and "All Sections" visible on the main page.
If you're lucky, the page you're clicking to gives you some more topics to click into; although it's a cursed kind of luck, since each page you load takes some time (Figure 4). If you're not, you're stuck on a top-level landing page that shows you whatever an editor decided would be most important to you, and all of the rich detail available on a desktop screen is not available for you, dear mobile user. You have to search, and hope the search engine is good (and that you pick the right words to search on) – or just leave the site and try somewhere else.
That's not a good thing. We want you to stay on our website. We have things to tell you or sell you, and we've worked hard to write them and publish them. We want you to hear what we have to say.
Figure 4. Macy's lets you see subtopics for it's major categories (like "Shop by Category"), but when you click a category, it loads a new page with more navigation. With the +/- symbols and the arrow icons, the page load is unexpected; and on a mobile device, these unexpected page loads are painful.
No librarian worth her salt would bar you from the catalogue and force you to stumble through the aisles, or hope she'd featured precisely the book you needed on the shelf of staff-selected features. Information architects are librarians: their job is to make the information on the site easy for you to find. They work hard on this for desktop sites, but all that work is lost on most mobile websites.
This is where interaction design has failed. As designers, we continue to rely on the outdated assumption that people don't need the same information on mobile, even though mobile website use is increasingly dominant – sometimes it is the primary way that people get their information. It cripples a website audience to offer them only top topics and then the featured stories. A proper interaction design strategy for mobile navigation allows end users the same depth of navigation available to desktop users, but in a way that is easy for them to use, access, and understand.
Improving Mobile Navigation: Options that Support Robust Websites
Most mobile navigation patterns are either hard to use and understand, or so minimalist that they cannot support robust use. Both options underserve the people visiting your website, and they underserve your needs to communicate with your users. So how can you provide better navigation, if you have an information-rich website?
There are currently two strong, but underutilized, strategies to offer deep navigation to end users. The leading contenders are push-and-pull menus, and nested accordions. Neither is perfect, but both are reasonable starting points to explore the problem.
Nested accordions allow the visitor to your site to click down into the categories for each section, seeing the options offered in each category and making a selection. As the visitor clicks, the topics in the selected category expand in place.
Figure 5. Samsung uses nested accordion navigation.
Push and pull menus work similarly, but instead of a topic expanding in place to show its menu, the menu for the selected topic replaces the old menu, either pushing it to the side or sliding over top of it. So if the user clicks "About" from the top group of topics, the top topics will push to the side slightly and reveal the menu of options for "About". The pushing metaphor demonstrates the concept of drilling down in the site map, and lets the site visitor focus on the area of their interest.
Figure 6. NPR uses nested push and pull menu navigation.
Designed well, both strategies offer multiple levels of navigation that support an information- or product-rich website. When the navigation includes long lists or especially deep navigation, the push-and-pull method offers a cognitive advantage for the visitor, who sees only the options she's interested in comparing, so that decision-making is easier. It also shows a visitor how deep she is in the site map, without requiring her to do a lot of scrolling and looking for subtle visual cues like shading groups and arrows, or plus and minus signs.
Both strategies also present a new interaction design problem: there is no way to click directly to any topic that has subtopics of its own ("children"), since when you click on a parent topic, it expands to show its children. However, on a desktop website, the visitor can usually click either the parent or the child topic; and sometimes the website is designed and written to show important information on parent pages. For example, in Samsung's nested accordion navigation (Figure 5), the visitor cannot click to see all Tablets, even though Samsung has a page for this parent topic. So on websites with the deep navigation that we need, visitors miss the chance to see parent topic pages. If the visitor doesn't know exactly what she's looking for, this becomes a critical interaction issue. How can we offer users access to both the page itself and its child pages, in a mobile interface?
Brainstorming Solutions
One possible solution is to introduce a second gesture for mobile device menus, to let people get to top-level topic pages. On desktops, we pair hover and click to allow both shallow and deep navigation; so maybe on mobile devices, we could pair touch-and-hold with short-touch, or swipe with tap, to let users tell the menu whether they want it to open a topic or expand a menu to show subtopics? Over time this could become a solution, but it's not a great option right now: most users don't think to use these kinds of gestures when they are interacting with their phones unless they are trained to do this, and the conventions don't exist at all for browsing websites. These kinds of advanced gestures don't help us solve the problem.
As the Fig Leaf design team walked through these scenarios, we also considered whether there should be separate places to click within a navigation bar – possibly denoted with icons like + for "expand" and > for "open". This results in teensy target spaces, though – hard for people with big fingers or with imperfect motor control; and it relies on users to distinguish between very subtle visual cues. Similarly, we considered whether users might click the topic name to open the page, and an icon next to the topic name to expand the menu. Still, this design requires user to pay attention to iconography, when the user's main tasks in navigation are usually "make a choice" from a list, and "click the choice target" not its neighbors. ING uses a design like this, which illustrates the problem: it is far more compelling to click the topic you need, like "About Us", than to click the plus sign to the far right. Unfortunately, this short circuits all of the advantages of providing a deep navigation menu.
Figure 7. ING uses nested accordion navigation with two distinct click behaviors: clicking the word portion of the label will take you to the parent page; clicking the plus sign on the right part of the label will expand the parent topic to show its children. While both parent and child pages are available to visitors in this model, it's unlikely that most visitors will anticipate the difference between clicking on the left 290 pixels and the right 30 pixels in a single line.
Another option that Fig Leaf designers considered: when a topic menu is open, the topic itself could be listed a second time with its children, and users could click to the topic from here. Pottery Barn does something like this:
Figure 8. Pottery Barn includes an "All Bedding" link under its topic heading for Bedding > Shop By Category, but it does not include a similar "All Quilts" link under Quilts. Visitors have to decide on a solid or patterned quilt before shopping, or shop both categories separately.
It's certainly easier to find the link to "all" here, but we found a few problems with this approach. First, it either requires the CMS to programmatically insert the parent topic a second time in each topic list (hidden from view for desktops), or it requires a person to do this manually, increasing the opportunity for error. In fact, the Pottery Barn example illustrates this problem: in the second image, "All Bedding" has been inserted under "By Category"; but in the third image, there is no similar "All Quilts" category. If you want to shop quilts at Macy's by phone, you'd better have a preference for solid or pattern, or be willing to scour through both lists.
Second, if your site isn't an e-commerce site, relisting your topic within its own subtopic list becomes a little trickier. With merchandise, you can reliably use "all" as a label; but it's more complicated and less consistent if you are presenting information instead of merchandise. Imagine trying to extend this practice on a transit website or a university website, for example. You could have options for "all destinations" or "all majors", but the same language would not apply to "rider guide" or "Provost's office". Other language solutions, like "See [Topic Name]", end up looking clunky and confusing in this kind of navigation pattern.
With each mobile navigation solution Fig Leaf designers considered, we kept coming back to the same three issues:
- The navigation has to behave consistently and predictably.
- Users shouldn't have to think about where to click, or what keywords, icons, or other visual design cues to look for. These solutions aren't accessible to everyone, and they're not easy for almost anyone to adapt to from site to site.
- The solution has to be easy to implement for the people who maintain the website.
With this in mind, and many whiteboard sessions behind us, we finally settled on using two approaches for deep mobile navigation. The first model is a modification of nested accordion navigation, which works well for most sites with moderately deep architecture. The second model is our favorite, since it is more discoverable: it is a modification of push-and-pull navigation, which can support very deep information architecture models. Here are our recommendations:
Simple Accordion Menus
- With the first click of an accordion title, expand the accordion.
- With the second click of an accordion title, go to the landing page for that title.
- Include supporting text or iconography for this behavior, if possible (e.g. if you use a + to denote an accordion, when it's expanded, replace this with text like "go", or better yet, "go to [topic]".
- To close an accordion title, the user would need to click another accordion title in the group.
Figure 9. Ashcroft.com uses modified accordion navigation. The first click on a topic expands the topic; the second click links directly to it. Topics which have children are denoted with a + sign.
Advantage: The user doesn't have to find a second link to the top-level topic page, and doesn't need to weed through complex iconography or distinguish between interaction spaces, to use the functionality.
Disadvantage: It takes two clicks to get to a topic, which makes the behavior less discoverable, since most people do not click the same link twice in a row expecting different behavior.
Although it is less discoverable than we would like, this model provides some support for access to top-level topics; and once the behavior is discovered, it is consistent and predictable throughout the site. However, as we develop sites using this navigation model, we do exercise some caution in the way we structure content relationships. Ideally, we want the key pages that users need to find at the endpoints of a navigation tree, so there is less risk that they will miss the page under a second click. Read the Ashcroft Case Study.
Push-and-Pull Menus (Our Favorite)
- When the user clicks a topic, its subtopic menu slides over, as with a regular push-and-pull menu.
- In the list of subtopics, the topic heading becomes clickable to the topic page.
- A supporting text link is shown beneath the topic name, to reinforce that the heading is clickable.
Zurich does something like this in their responsive navigation, using the first two steps we recommend. (They completely push the underlying page away, so it's less clear from the still images that the page has been pushed.) The blue text makes the headings reasonably understandable as links, but the support of a text link beneath the heading would help.
Figure 10. Zurich uses push-and-pull navigation, with support for clicking to parent topics. Mobile site visitors can click on the headers for "News" in the second image above, or "News releases" in the third image above, to see those pages.
We prefer this prototype below, which uses the same system, but shows the page that underlies the navigation (a single click anywhere in that area closes the navigation menu, so you don't have to notice the back button). It also shows the supporting text link we've described, to call attention to the click to the topic ure 11. A prototype of our preferred model for mobile navigation: modified push-and-pull navigation, with supporting text links to the parent topics.
Advantage: Implemented well (with the supporting text links), this model is highly discoverable. It also does not require the same ongoing attention to the structure of information on the website as the nested navigation does.
Disadvantage: It still takes two clicks to a top-level topic, and the click target moves from the first click to the second. Some users may also be less comfortable with push-and-pull navigation, than with accordion navigation.
We prefer this approach to mobile navigation because it's more discoverable and easier to maintain – and because it supports both shallow and deep site structures. In order to optimize discoverability, this approach requires extra visual design attention to make it clear that headings are clickable, and to incorporate the supporting text link beneath the menu heading (e.g. "Visit [Topic Name] >", in the prototype illustration above).
Figure 11. A prototype of our preferred model for mobile navigation: modified push-and-pull navigation, with supporting text links to the parent topics.
Advantage: Implemented well (with the supporting text links), this model is highly discoverable. It also does not require the same ongoing attention to the structure of information on the website as the nested navigation does.
Disadvantage: It still takes two clicks to a top-level topic, and the click target moves from the first click to the second. Some users may also be less comfortable with push-and-pull navigation, than with accordion navigation.
We prefer this approach to mobile navigation because it's more discoverable and easier to maintain – and because it supports both shallow and deep site structures. In order to optimize discoverability, this approach requires extra visual design attention to make it clear that headings are clickable, and to incorporate the supporting text link beneath the menu heading (e.g. "Visit [Topic Name] >", in the prototype illustration above).


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Old temple near the Great Stupa, Sanchi, Bhopal State
Photographer: Beglar, Joseph David
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1875
Photograph of Temple17 at Sanchi, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections, taken by Joseph David Beglar in the1870s. This is an important building from the 5th Century which represents one of the oldest known examples of structural architecture during the Gupta period. The temple consists of a plain square sanctuary with a flat roof preceded by a portico with four columns. These have a tall square base and octagonal shafts and are topped by fluted capitals and brackets carved with seated lions.


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Gillian Welch Returns with 'The Harrow and the Harvest'
Ten years ago, Mumford & Sons didn't exist. Neither did the Felice Brothers, or the Civil Wars, or Fleet Foxes.
But the foundation of the roots music revival currently flourishing with those bands was laid when the soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" became the surprise smash of 2001, set aloft by the gorgeous, plaintive voice of Nashville-based Gillian Welch, who also served as associate producer on the project.
Video: "Miss Ohio," Gillian Welch
Now, eight years after her last album, 2003's "Soul Journey," Welch returns with "The Harrow and the Harvest," out June 28 on her own Acony Records, and she's ready to rejoin the ranks of the roots artists that she inspired. "We're definitely flying the flag," says the artist, who is just back from a touring run with Buffalo Springfield."She's a core artist in the genre," Acony GM Lori Condon says. "With the success of Mumford and the Avetts, people are more accustomed to hearing banjos and acoustic guitars today. That should help people get ready for what they'll hear with Gillian.
"In truth, Welch never left. Without an album of her own, Welch's name continued to grow through collaborations with Conor Oberst, Old Crow Medicine Show, Solomon Burke and the Decemberists (on that band's chart-topping "The King Is Dead"). So while Welch's "core group of fans are very passionate and patient," as Condon puts it, "we want to find those people who heard her with the Decemberists, or Conor or Ryan Adams. How well that translates into record sales is the wild card."
That "The Harrow and the Harvest," Welch's fifth album in 15 years, was announced only one month before its release wasn't an accident. "We're swimming upstream, but we wanted to generate excitement by condensing that period," Condon says.
The hurried release comes with a sigh of relief for Welch -- no more waiting -- especially considering "The Harrow and the Harvest" nearly didn't happen. Working with longtime musical partner David Rawlings, Welch struggled to pull the project together.
"We just didn't like the songs we were writing," she says. "We probably wrote two or three records' worth of songs in this interim, but we didn't have the heart to put them out. It was a disappointment to ourselves. Nobody wanted a record out more than we did."
The stilted writing sessions were broken up by tours, but Welch felt the strain. "I wish I could say we took a six-year vacation then wrote the album, but it's not true," she continues. "We basically spent eight years of misery."
Welch's camp at Acony couldn't help but notice-especially as Welch and Rawlings are the only active artists on the label, which they co-founded in 2001. As Acony continued to handle Welch's touring, back catalog sales and merchandise, Condon grew concerned.
"They're such amazing songwriters; what if they weren't finishing songs that were indeed fantastic? Ultimately, we had to trust that when the songs were finished, it'd all come together," Condon says. "But there was a while when every year I was saying we'd have a new Gillian record in the third quarter."
An inspired performance at the October 2010 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival pushed Welch and Rawlings literally back to the drawing board. "We came back with a dry erase calendar, and we wrote that we needed a new song every week," Welch says. "And we held ourselves to it." The duo began blasting out songs; by January, the 10 that appear on the album were written. By February, they were recorded, almost as if the previous eight years had been a daydream.
The result may be the rawest and dustiest of this year's crop of roots music: a completely acoustic set, each song lovingly stripped naked, with whispered harmonies, Rawlings' lullaby guitar and Welch's sad-eyed melodies. It's a record for slowly sipping a strong drink at dusk, for remembering bittersweet and forgotten loves. To Welch, "The Harrow and the Harvest" is a testament of strength, an affirmation.
"We realized that there's noting else we want to do. Only people absolutely committed to making music would've persevered. We're lifers," she says. "There's comfort in knowing that. This is what I do."


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Fall is the best time for changes in the California Native garden. Yes, in spring we see the fresh green and the new blossoms, and it's awfully tempting to run out, buy, and plant. But the long dry summer is likely to kill a lot of the freshly planted beauties. This year, with spring rains of maybe 3 inches (after a promising late fall and winter) I lost several plants that might have made it had I planted in the fall.
For example, I had planted 6 Mimulus 'Jelly Bean' (photo above from San Marcus Growers). They were small, but put on a good show in spring. However, with several hot spells and vacation, and the dry spring, all but one dried up and died. Having seen these beauties in other gardens, I'm determined to succeed with them and have put them on my shopping list - but how do I put the list together?
1. AssessmentThe first step is assessment. Fall is the time where I also do quite a bit of pruning and cleanup, so I can see which of my plants thrived, and which of them were duds. I make my assessment over time - even if a plant doesn't look great after the dry spring we've had, I might still keep it. But if I see a persistent problem, I take action.
For example, Lonicera hispedula (hairy honeysuckle) has been riddled with aphids in 3 out of 4 springs - to the point of not producing flowers or berries (the photo above is from the one exceptional spring). This year, I'm taking it out and will try something else, most likely Roger's Red.
In contrast, my beautiful little native grape has had a setback and sprouted very few leaves this year. But I'll cut her down to the healthy growth this fall, and I'll give her another year.
Assessment over the year is also important. We all know that the California Native garden looks best in spring, but paying attention to what's blooming in summer in fall results in the year-round beauty we're all interested in.
2. EnvisioningAs I see the not-so-pretty spots in the garden, I start to envision what might go in those places. I like to be general at first. For example, I'm thinking of replacing the Berberis/Mahonia (Oregon grape) that I bought a few years ago. It seemed like a good choice for this part-shade spot - fall color, yellow flowers in spring... However, it's suffered under repeated attacks of thrips, and the flowers (and berries) never materialized. What would look good here? I need something taller than wide, that doesn't require full sun but can get by with fairly little water.... Maybe a lupine? Maybe a holly-leaf cherry (Prunus ilifolius)? Maybe Holodiscus biscolor (sea spray) the native shrub with the many names?
I like to ask several questions as I consider my options:
- Is it pretty? This is a garden, I dream of a plant that looks good most of the year.
- Does it have wildlife value? All California natives have some wildlife value, but often a plant that produces seeds or berries is especially welcome.
- Can my candidate survive in this spot? Especially when I replace something that did not work, I try not to make the mistake of pushing what "sunny" or "average water" means and err on the side of caution.
- How about color? I'm a hopeless color enthusiast, and try to avoid planting a pink-blooming something in a sea of yellow. (See above, it's a garden...)
3. ResearchI try my best to thoroughly research the plants I'm planning for before I buy them. It's not just about wasting money, but much more about the heartache of watching a struggling plant, having a bare spot in the garden for months if not years, only to discover it was all a mistake.
For example, I'll want to replace two of the Ceanothus thyrsiflorus on the Mediterranean mounds with a ceanothus that tolerates more shade. I need something that will grow to 4 feet maximum. By researching several grower's websites, I've narrowed it down to a version of either Ceanothus maritimus or Ceanothus griseus, and will take it from there.
Ms Country Mouse and I have posted several times on resources that are out there, just search our blog for "Information" or "Sources", or you can go to the Las Pilitas, Yerba Buena Nursery, or San Marcos Growers website (Suncrest nursery is regrettably down for a few weeks - and just before planting season...)


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For lack of better name, here are some "Miscellaneous" Pages for Hitman 101:
Link World – Loads of Links that may or may not be of interest. Other web series, sites we visit, cast and crew links etc.
If you enjoyed Hitman 101, check out some of our previous work:
Short Film – No One Gets Hurt – This was the film we made coming off a long hiatus from filmmaking, and the result of our efforts gave us the initiative to continue on with our passion – thus Hitman 101 had a chance to be.
Trailer – I Am Not A Superhero This Is Strictly Revenge – This was our first effort under our Bad Guy Films Banner, a last minute entry into the Hobo With A Shotgun Fake Trailer Contest.
Short Film – Jigsaw – This has a tie in to Hitman 101, so make sure you've watched the series first!
Feature Film – Nightmare in the Attic - Though amateur-ish and very low budget, we once made a feature film… actually one of the first films we attempted was this feature. After many iterations of the edit, it isn't a half bad film, in fact we've had some people exclaim how much they enjoyed it (while others have said the opposite). Dare to enter the nightmare? (yes… that was cheesy)
How To Make A Web Series – the unabridged notes we wrote for the TomCruise.com article on making a web series.


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Moving on. I had wanted these leopard beauties for quite some time and almost bought them last week at full price. That would have been what I like to call amateur hour. Good thing I didn't because I found them at DSW for $36 [insert me on the other side of the computer screen with a huge grin on my face].
I am trying to be smarter about my spending so I can save up to invest in a new camera. While we're on that subject, which do you prefer, Nikon or Canon? Ready, set, discuss! And then head to Macy's and DSW!


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Who: Japan's ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
What: Tokyo has temporarily recalled its ambassador from Moscow, in a move to show its disapproval of the Russian President's visit to Kuril Islands, an area claimed by Japan. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made a brief visit to one of the four island outposts seized by Russia from Japan at the end of the World War II.
Where: The Russian leader toured Kunashiri Island, just off the coast of northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, meeting and dining with residents as well as visiting a church, fish-processing factory and a geo-thermal power station.
When: The visit came on Monday, 1 November.
Why: The Pacific islands, which lie north of Japan, have remained under Russian control since they were seized by the Red Army at the end of World War II. Tokyo claims the northernmost four islands as Japanese territory. Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, said Medvedev's visit to the islands was 'regrettable'. The islands, called Kurils by the Russians, have rich fishing grounds, mineral deposits and possibly oil and gas reserves. "The territory of the Russian Federation is the territory of the Russian Federation," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated.
How: Analysts believe the visit is intended to bolster President Medvedev's image at home who faces challenge from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for the upcoming presidential elections in 2012. The Russian president plans to visit other disputed islands soon and step up investments in the archipelago.


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EUGENE, Ore. — Amateur puppeteer Tim Braswell, founder of Peter, Paul and Jelly Puppet Troupe, has raised $1.2 million for a make-or-break Super Bowl ad he hopes will catapult his tiny ministry into the big-time.
"That sock-dog a few years back inspired me," Braswell says. "I thought, if a puppet can sell pet food, then a team of puppets like mine can certainly sell Jesus."
Braswell and three other members of the volunteer ministry team sold their homes and pooled the profits to secure a small business loan that covers the costs of the commercial. Their 30-second ad will air during the fourth quarter of the game. The ad features three puppets performing a toned-down Punch-and-Judy-style shtick, then quoting John 3:16 in unison. Millions of people could be saved through the ad's message of love, says Braswell.
But the commercial's production value was crude enough (it was recorded on a digital home video camera) that CBS nearly dropped it entirely, until Braswell paid an additional $45,000 to improve the audio. (" That was my daughter's education fund," he says.)
The members of Peter, Paul and Jelly say this could be the single biggest ministry event of the year, and they encourage people to see it as an evangelism opportunity. They want Christians to hush up friends when the ad runs. They also hope to see a major increase in invitations from vacation Bible schools and family camps.
"This will blow open the doors for our success," says Braswell. "I guarantee we'll be booked 53 weeks a year because of this. I may have to set up regional teams and hire an accounting firm to manage all the offering money."
When told that Pets.com, which aired the commercial featuring the sock-dog, went bankrupt, Braswell falls silent, then clears his throat.
"I guess I didn't know that," he says.
The Super Bowl airs in February. •


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bed, wallpaper and porcelain. A hymn to the Italian craftsmanship. If colour is the main inspiration of Dea print collections, the arrival of the next season focuses on a new colour palette, with the transition from warm to cold temperatures, by contrast reflected in the domestic. The soft colours of summer give way to lively colours, but warmer and compact, perfect to create an enveloping atmosphere.


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There is a room at the Pera Palace of Istanbul still waiting for Agatha Christie to come back. Have a red carpet entrance in the colonnaded marble hall of this spectacular Istanbul hotel opened in 1982 in the last period of glory of the Ottoman Empire. Art Nouveau and Oriental style are blended together by the elegant design of architect Alexandre Vallaury and these rooms and restaurants have seen Greta Garbo, Kamal Ataturk, Alfred Hitchcock and Sarah Bernhardt honour these places by their presence. Have a cup of tea in the Kubbeli Saloon under its six domes surrounded by the splendid banded columns of Carrara marble and enlightened by the turquoise circular windows on the roof, feel that Turkey is still living in its inner splendour, come to Turkey and find out that this country has many things to show you and to teach you. Rent an apartment in Istanbul or a vacation house in Turkey and discover this gorgeous country on the steps of Agatha Christie.
Let yourself get bewitched and mesmerized by Turkey evenings which are no other place in the world alike. Byzantine Christian churches converted to blue mosques, glittering mosaics, evenings in Topkapi palace harems, green courtyards and fresh golden fountains where lion heads carved in precious marble and stone eject waters whilst birds sing their last day song when sun goes away, feel the spirit of thousands of generations of sultans and wives in the halls of Ayafoya Harem whilst the night raises on the Bosphorus, Istanbul will simply bewitch you and your ideal accommodation in Turkey will be a vacation house in Istanbul near an Ottoman bathhouse or the Blue Mosque.
Houses carved in rocks, underground hidden towns, cave churches, discover the Cappadocian region made of canyons, valleys and peculiar rocks made by the erosion of rains and winds all though the centuries. Two million years ago the active volcanoes of Erciyes, Melendiz and Hasan erupted and the results of lavas subsequent layers flooded by rains and rivers created this very special mountain plateau which really looks like a moonlike landscape on earth. The so called "chimneys" are pinnacled and conic shaped mountains which ancient people always considered as sacred and devoted to ancient god Hepat. Full of Hittite, and Persian archaeological sites, Cappadocia was lately occupied by the Romans and used by first Christians to hide. The best accommodation you may choose for your travel to Turkey is a vacation rental in Cappadocia or a cheap apartment in Istanbul
Fascinating Turkey offers a number of exclusive seaside resorts in the southbound Turquoise Coast which is a heaven for sea sports and boating. Sunbathe on beautiful Turkish golden sands and discover the cities of Troy and Ephesus on the shores of the Aegean Sea. Three very warm seas surrounded the shores of this eternal country all along its five thousand miles coasts and the pearls resorts of Antalya, Bodrum and Amanruya are well known all over the world for their breathtaking landscapes with their marinas, pretty houses and paradise sand shores. Rent a villa with pool in Turkey for your holiday and you will be amazed by the quality of the services you will find all along Turkish coasts, the most updated and performing spas of the world wait for you among bougainvillea draped ancient houses and archaeological sites by the sea. Hype boutiques, stylish cafés and chic restaurants crowded with VIP habitués, Ibiza styled beach nightclubs will be the perfect ending of a gorgeous day of windsurfing, sunbathing and yachting followed by the most incredible Balinese massages in a Roman cave based spa. Rooftop restaurants with internationally staffed personnel will allow you a vantage point on Lycian port and Persian ruins, harbour side minimalist villas open on cobbled steps ancient alleys of sea villages, there is nothing that Turkey is unable to offer you come and taste paradise, you will not regret.


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Who wrote Unicode, and just what were they thinking of at the time?
Is it for content or style? ASCII was defined for data value essentially, and the appearance used to be handled by the character set of the host computer.
This carried through to the basic Latin character-handling in Unicode, so that there is no difference in, for example, the Anglophone 7 and the continental 7, with a bar through it; likewise the two forms of Z. That's fine.
But then comes the inconsistency... we hit things like the pre-1950s Irish script and the rules change. Let's say I chose to write in the old Irish script, and I redefined my keyboard to let me do so. Two of the main differences will be the characters & and g. & is replaced with the Tironian et - ⁊ - and g is replaced with ᵹ -- "insular g".
Sadly, most software won't realise that the two mean the same thing, so my spell-checker breaks, my sort function stops putting things in alphabetical order, other people can't search or edit my documents properly. I'm also know unable to code in C anymore, because the logical AND operator is &&, not ⁊⁊.
The end result is that while Unicode appears to give more freedom, it's entirely superficial, because the user must choose between style and function, and no-one wants to limit themselves in terms of function -- which is an issue that I will go into in the near future when considering the translation of software and of web services.
18 September 2010
Posted by Nìall Beag at 10:10 pm
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