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Tonight, the very muggy weather and the threat of Hurricane Isaac is giving me déjà vu. I've never experienced the full force of a hurricane firsthand. But I did have a surreal secondhand hurricane experience, one humid night in southern Tennessee that comes to mind tonight
Keely was still in college in September 2005, and she was a member of SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism), a medieval reenactment group. Her group was attending a reenactment near Columbia, Tennessee, so Isaac and I went along. We arrived late on Friday night in torrential rain, and decided to sleep in a motel instead of setting up our tent in the downpour.
On Saturday, the sun was shining. We drove out to the site, found Keely's group, set up our tent, put on our medieval garb, and had a very hot, humid day of medieval entertainment and activity. That night, we enjoyed a nice medieval meal with several courses. That ended the official activities, so Isaac and I wandered back to our tent and settled in for the night.
|Hurricane Rita, September, 2005
I couldn't sleep, so I turned on my little radio and put on my headset. The emergency broadcast of a Mississippi radio station was coming in clearly, and I listened to it for the rest of the night. Tornadoes, high water, toppled trees, downed electric lines, impassable roads, emergency vehicles-- I participated in a long, dangerous night on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, as I tossed and turned and dozed in my tent. The hurricane in my ears that night was the closest thing to a real hurricane that I've ever experienced.
At daylight, the radio waves became faint, and static overrode the voices. I turned off my radio and got up from my air mattress, tired and sticky. The camp was quiet at last, except for the twitter of birds and a few loud snores.
We packed our tent and headed back to Kentucky. Somewhere between Columbia and Nashville, we stopped at a Waffle House and had an exceptionally good breakfast. I mentioned that Waffle House breakfast to Isaac a few weeks ago and he remembers it, too.
Oh yeah, definitely surreal.
I do not mean to speak lightly of the dangerous, very real hurricane that people faced that night. As I remember the terrible storm I heard described on the radio, my thoughts and prayers are with everyone in the path of Hurricane Isaac. Please be careful.
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Studies have shown that higher levels of lipids, or fats, in the blood can cause some people to develop raised yellow patches of skin around the eyelids, known as xanthelasma. Generally the spots are considered a benign cosmetic issue. Though they affect people of all ages, they are most common in middle age and later. Last year an Italian researcher reported that he spotted clear signs of xanthelasma around Mona Lisa's left eye.
But in a study this year in the journal BMJ, Danish scientists decided to look at whether these yellow patches could be an indication of underlying cardiovascular disease, tied to high cholesterol. In the study, the researchers followed nearly 13,000 adults over age 30 who were taking part in the Copenhagen City Heart Study.
People who developed the spots, it turned out, were more likely to have a heart attack or die of heart disease, regardless of other risk factors, like obesity and cholesterol levels. Over all, men who had xanthelasma had a 12 percent higher risk of heart disease, compared with those who did not, and women who developed the condition had an 8 percent rise in risk.
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The permissible radial loads for a flanged housing depend on the bearing, the breaking load of the housing and the strength of the attachment bolts. Guideline values for the breaking loads of the housings are provided in the product table.
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Marvel lovers is a new Guild looking for members. *****Everyone is welcomed***** If you love Comics even more so. Our Guild isn't as big as others and can't yet set up Guild Wars and Prizes, but we are looking forward to doing so.
- You'll be among members who like to have fun in an uncritical environment. **Lets face it, no one likes a bully**
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A village's builders live in the main building. The higher its level, the faster your builders will complete the construction of new buildings.
When you have buildings queued for construction and your main building is destroyed or upgraded, the building times will not be recalculated. This is exactly the same as prerequisites for buildings being destroyed: statistics are calculated when you click the 'upgrade to level X' link and are not recalculated again. The only exception for this is the prerequisite that the village has to be the capital.
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Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has checked in to the famed Betty Ford Center to begin her court-ordered course of rehab.
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Entanglement distillation
transforms weakly entangled noisy states into highly entangled states, a
primitive to be used in quantum repeater schemes and other protocols designed
for quantum communication and key distribution. In this work, we present a comprehensive
framework for continuous-variable entanglement distillation schemes that
convert noisy non-Gaussian states into Gaussian ones in many iterations of the
protocol. Instances of these protocols include the recursive Gaussifier
protocol and the pumping Gaussifier protocol. The flexibility of these
protocols give rise to several beneficial trade-offs related to success
probabilities or memory requirements that can be adjusted to reflect
experimental specifics. Despite these protocols involving measurements, we
relate the convergence in this protocols to new instances of non-commutative
central limit theorems. Implications of the findings for quantum repeater
schemes are discussed.


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The Zombie Feed, Vol. 1
I love me a good zombie tale. Dawn of the Dead is my favorite movie of all time, Romero is a god to me, and my first book is about those meandering, rotting corpses. So when I was sent The Zombie Feed, the new compilation put out by Apex Publications and edited by Jason Sizemore, for review, I was more than pumped to dive right in.
Inside this volume are 17 tales of zombies in all of their various forms. At first I expected a grouping of run-of-the-mill apocalyptic, undead stories. I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered how different the collection is, with how many various directions the authors took what very often are clichéd tropes and plot devices.
In order to adequately break down this fantastic collection, let's look at The Zombie Feed story by story.
Not Dead by BJ Burrow: A woman wakes up on her deathbed, questioning if she's still alive. A touching story of the nature of faith and what really defines humanity.
Tomorrow's Precious Lambs by Monica Valentinelli: An original, if somewhat clunky, take on the origins of the outbreak and the privileged nature of the wealthy. It could've been spectacular given the original premise the author came up with, but it falls flat. A little too "Ah, gotcha!" for my taste.
Cold Comfort by Nathaniel Tapley: What is this? A zombie tale without a true zombie? A fantastic story dealing with the undead that only exist in the narrator's head, as a Russian mortician whose wife is cheating on him communes with his recently-departed patients. Ironically enough, in this particular tale it isn't the dead who should be considered zombies.
The Final December Day by Lee Thompson: This one follows more along the lines of a traditional zombie tale. A lone cop, searching for his long-lost partner on his last day on Earth, runs across a young photographer. An interesting take on the apocalypse where the zombies are simply drug-addicted, insane humans, and aliens roam the earth. I enjoyed the message, but it fell a little short. This is one short story that begged to be longer.
Broken Bough by Daniel I. Russell: A particularly heartbreaking tale of the end of the world, told from the point of view of a young family of three struggling with the ultimate decision. Truly sad, it makes you wonder what you might do should the unthinkable happen. Would you be able to take the actions necessary? Haunting.
The Sickness Unto Death by Brandon Alspaugh: A somewhat convoluted tale of the recently departed rising up, remembering their pasts and able to act as human, though they're no longer living. A bit confusing, and written in a way that I think might seem like the author is trying to "put one over" on the reader. I'm all for an original, inventive story, but this one seemed too clever for its own good.
A Shepherd in the Valley by Maggie Slater: Now this one was creepy. A man, all alone and living in an old airport, has figured out a way to "tame" the dead. A heartening examination of a parent's love and the sacrifices one must make in the face of absolute terror.
Twenty-Three Second Anomaly by Ray Wallace: Eh, I could give or take this one. The story of human experimentation and how exact science can be. Interesting, but the punch isn't punchy enough and the emotions seems forced. Not bad, but could be better.
The Last Generation by Joe Nazare: Another very interesting and not-quite-zombie story. All people have fallen over and entered a state of non-death, and only a few wake up, albeit minus their memories and sense of self. An inventive story, but lacking in some important information (such as how do they remember pop culture references and not their names or pasts) that could have made the story much more affecting. Decent nonetheless.
Bitten by Eugene Johnson: One of the few standard zombie tales in the whole collection. A very short story of a bunch of folks trying to protect a house at the end of the world. It is what you'd expect.
Lifeboat by Simon McCaffery: A very entertaining story of a group of people surviving the apocalypse by sailing the ocean on a cruise ship. Intriguing and imaginative, the narrative takes twists and turns I never expected, coming out at the end in an intense, hell-bent-for-leather climax. One of the best in the bunch.
Rabid Raccoons by Kristen Dearborn: Now this is what I call taking a genre and flipping it on its head. A teen girl does her friend wrong, only to be assailed (possibly mystically) by zombie raccoons. A stupendous job of telling a story from the viewpoint of a young adult, this tale captures the sense of seclusion and fear beautifully. Great story.
Zombies on the Moon by Andrew Clark Porter: Another short tale, and while the imagery of a moon cluttered with zombies has stuck with me since I've read it, this is another example of a story that could use some fleshing out to be perfect.
The Fare by Lucian Soulban: The absolute best story of the bunch. A lonely man in the aftermath of the world's end hires a mysterious cabbie to help him obtain closure for his past sins. A tremendous study of the human condition, of how guilt can guide our actions after a traumatic event, no matter if we were in the right or not.
What's Next? by Elaine Blose: This is the only story that I don't think belongs in this collection. It wants to be campy, describing a world where aliens bring about the zombie apocalypse, only to have monster after monster appear in their wake, but it comes off as amateurish. The rest of the stories in this collection are so strong and insightful, it seems entirely out of place.
Goddamn Electric by K. Allen Wood: Another ingenious story, imagining a "different" sort of zombie, when the skies open up during an apocalyptic storm and fry everyone who wasn't smart enough to find shelter. High on anxiety and even (surprisingly) emotion, this story follows an old man who's lived a long life and isn't quite ready to give it up.
Hipsters in Love by Danger_Slater: This is the oddest story of the bunch. I absolutely hated it until I was a couple pages in, when I went back to the beginning and re-read the title. This is a complete farce of a tale, a satire poking fun at a certain segment of our modern culture, complete with kids and their ironic t-shirts worrying about obtaining some Pabst Blue Ribbon in the face of the undead. A highly funny romp, it's the perfect choice to end this anthology.
So that's it! In all, I'll say this is well worth the read, and the best zombie anthology to come out in years. Congrats to Apex and to Jason Sizemore. You've collected something highly entertaining and even touching. I highly recommend this to anyone who loves this genre of story.
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VMware announces AppShift, Wanova integration in end-user computing keynote
Brian Madden and Gabe Knuth recap the VMworld 2012 end-user computing keynote, where attendees learned that VMware AppBlast is not dead. The seamless application delivery product will be part of the Horizon suite, which will also include Project Octopus.
On the desktop virtualization side, CTO Steve Herrod introduced a demo of Wanova's Mirage technology working with VMware View to provide a centralized image over various devices -- whether physical or virtual.
Also intriguing was the announcement of a new tool, Project AppShift, which makes Windows desktops more tablet friendly for mobile users. Plus, Herrod announced that Horizon Mobile, the company's mobile virtualization hypervisor, will not only work with Android -- it will finally cover iOS devices as well.


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In addition to many big-name brands, Furlong's Liquor prides itself on its wide variety of Minnesota craft beers, wines and liquors.
After 32 years in business, the Furlong brothers have brought people together inside their store and out in the community
The Greg Foote Jewelers staff, from left: Tina Reeves, Greg Foote, Jean Hoerth and Shelley Roeske.
Greg Foote Jewelers is something of a hidden gem, located in the center of Oakdale in the All Family Dental Building.
The new and improved gallery remodel of the Care Center.
The Maplewood Campus has recently undergone a name change and become Maplewood Senior Living.
Lake Elmo Bank's Commercial Lending Team includes Eric Graf, Mike Mazzara, Nate Mears, Jodi Christensen, Bryan Kemnetz,
JoAn Hoffmann, Ryan Benson and Dan Raleigh.
Lake Elmo Bank is proud to be celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Oakdale office, this year. While the bank itself started in 1911, the Oakdale location will mark two decades in June, with an afternoon full of food and fun.
Volunteers pass out donuts and coffee at the Holiday Helping Hands wrap-a-thon, hosted yearly at Tartan High School.
Community programming and public events offer a variety of opportunities for businesses to network with residents and each other
The annual summertime tradition of a city parade brings the whole community together to celebrate. Kids wait patiently for clowns, shriners, beauty queens and dozens of local businesses and organizations to hand out treats and spread the joy of summer.
When choosing a local business over a large corporate chain, customers can rest easy knowing they're helping not just small-time owners, but their neighbors.
Marc Cove, market president and founder of Platinum Bank, behind Debbie Bramstedt, business banking concierge, and Jennifer Bryfczynski, vice president and cash management specialist.
The way businesses handle and manage their money has evolved throughout the years, and as technology develops and grows it will continue to change.
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From humble beginnings in a doublewide trailer, to the now 20 Premier Bank branch offices, Premier Bankers continue to keep clients and community front and center.
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Kendall's Ace is decorated with homemade sculptures throughout the store. From paint to plumbing, Kendall's Ace has dedicated employees who can help with any home improvement project.
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It was a rather lovely weekend! Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures…
Friday night Karen, Marissa, and I went to the opera! Karen and I try to get season tickets every year (you know, in the 2 years we've been here) and Rissa has been wanting to see La Traviata so she joined in the fun! The opera was lovely and the music was beautiful! It was a fun night!
Saturday was a good day. I had bought a KSL deal (I'm addicted to those stupid deal sites!) for the Crystal Hot Springs and in true Erin fashion, it was about to expire and I still hadn't used it. So Marissa, Jane, Brie and I made the trip up to the booming metropolis of Honeyville, Utah to go to the hot springs. It was a fun adventure! We spent a little while at the hot springs and then made a stop at Brigham City's famous drive-in, Maddox, for a late lunch on our way home.
Saturday night I went with Jeremy to a birthday party for one of his co-workers. We stayed there for a bit, did a little grocery shopping after, and then went home and had a movie night.
Sunday was a typical Sunday. Church was good. I wish that we had switched to 9am church though. I hate having church so late in the afternoon.
For dinner I made a fabulous lasagna! It was so yummy and now we have enough leftovers to last pretty much the whole week. I also did a little bit of baking. I had made a chocolate chip bundt cake to take to a Junior League event but when I was taking it out of the pan, it completely fell apart. It was too sad looking to take somewhere so it became our wedding cake for Sean and Catherine's wedding. Then to replace the cake (I still had to have something to take to Jr League!) I made oatmeal butterscotch bars. Thankfully those fared better than the cake!
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Birthday Cupcakes!
Yesterday was my wonderful husband's birthday and we celebrated with friends and food. Unfortunately for me, my husband is not too fond of cake...or cupcakes. Don't get too worked up though, I made pie for him and it turned out great! I will post all THREE of the pies I made soon, but in the meantime here are some cupcakes I made last month for our friend John's 3oth birthday.
You may notice from the color scheme in the pictures that John is quite the Auburn enthusiast. His wife, my great friend Leslie, asked me to make Auburn colored cupcakes and that was the only specification. Since I wanted to make blue frosting I immediately thought to make a blueberry frosting and I love lemon and blueberry together. These cupcakes turned out great! Everybody loved them which was evidenced by their blue smiles :)
Lemon Cupcakes
from Baked Perfection
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
4 teaspoons grated lemon zest
4 tablespoons of lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups sour cream
In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. In a separate mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Add the lemon zest, lemon juice and vanilla; mix well. Add the flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream (batter will be thick). Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups with 1/4 cup of batter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Blueberry Meringue Buttercream
recipe adapted from www.marthastewart.com
4 large egg whites
1 1/4 cups sugar
3 sticks unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups (12 ounces) blueberry jam, pureed in a food processor
Blue Food Coloring
In the heatproof bowl of an electric mixer set over a saucepan of simmering water, combine egg whites and sugar. Cook, whisking constantly, until sugar has dissolved and mixture is warm to the touch (about 160 degrees).
Attach the bowl to the mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat the egg-white mixture on high speed until it holds stiff (but not dry) peaks. Continue beating until the mixture is fluffy and cooled, about 6 minutes.
Switch to the paddle attachment. With mixer on medium-low speed, add butter several tablespoons at a time, beating well after each addition. (If frosting appears to separate after all the butter has been added, beat on medium-high speed until smooth again, 3 to 5 minutes more.) Beat in vanilla. Beat on lowest speed to eliminate any air bubbles, about 2 minutes. Stir in blueberry jam with a rubber spatula until frosting is smooth. Add food coloring until you reach desired color.
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Lemon Cupcakes with Blueberry Meringue Buttercream
Birthday Cupcakes!


text: National Aquarium, Baltimore is pleased to announce that they have been named the first Maryland attraction to be part of the Maryland Green Travel program. The statewide program recognizes tourism businesses committed to improving their operations in order to reduce their environmental impact. "Increasingly both business and leisure travelers are making their travel decisions based on sustainable practices that reduce our carbon footprint," said Margot A. Amelia, Maryland Office of Tourism Development Executive Director. "National Aquarium is taking steps to reduce its impact on the environment and we applaud those efforts." Maryland Green Travel was created to reduce the environmental impact of Maryland's tourism industry. The program, developed through a partnership of the Maryland Office of Tourism, the Maryland Department of the Environment and the Maryland Tourism Council in support of the Governor O'Malley's Smart, Green and Growing initiative, encourages environmentally-friendly practices in all aspects of the state's tourism industry and promotes Maryland as a green destination to the eco-minded traveler. The program helps businesses evaluate their procedures, set goals and take specific actions towards environmental sustainability. "National Aquarium's mission is to inspire conservation of the world's aquatic treasures, and that starts right here in our buildings, on our grounds and throughout our company culture," says Laura Bankey, National Aquarium Director of Conservation. "Conservation is in everything we do from our building to the Chesapeake Bay and beyond." The National Aquarium has an Internal Conservation Committee (ICC) that meets regularly to discuss and implement ways to incorporate green practices within the Aquarium's everyday activities and operations from recycling and energy efficiency to contract services and hosting green events. Some of the many efforts made by National Aquarium include a green roof over the Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes exhibit and bleachers made from recycled materials in the Dolphin Discovery amphitheater. Locally grown produce as well as sustainable and organic foods can be found at the Harbor Market Kitchen, where disposable utensils, cups and containers are minimized and are made from compostable materials and visitors are asked to recycle and compost food waste. Green-minded souvenirs are on sale at the Aquarium gift shop. High-efficiency hand-dryers are found in the restrooms and green cleaning products are used by all departments, including custodial and biological programs. In 2011, National Aquarium collected 20.24 tons of organic waste for compositing; diverted 45.72 tons of trash, 347 pounds of technotrash and 448 pounds of batteries from reaching landfills by recycling; recycled 1,350 gallons of waste cooking into biodiesel; recycled 26.95 tons (75.8%) of construction debris; saved 3.3 megawatts of energy; and saved 3.5 tons of solid waste by using recycled paper, vegetable-based inks and wind power to produce their Watermarks newsletter. Click here to learn more about National Aquarium's green business practices. "We aim to be a role model for resource conservation. By continuing to make sustainable decisions as part of National Aquarium culture, we want to inspire others to follow our lead and take action at home," said Jennifer Hamilton, chair of National Aquarium's Internal Conservation Committee (ICC). Being named a Maryland Green Travel partner will give National Aquarium a chance to be more energy efficient, which will reduce waste and streamlines our operation, thereby leading to lower costs and increased profits. The program teaches the best ways to advance sustainability efforts through networking opportunities with other green businesses as well as provides a road map for conserving environmental resources, such as energy and water. It will help the Aquarium support the preservation and protection of Maryland's special and unique resources from wildlife habitats near the Chesapeake Bay. National Aquarium was recognized by the Baltimore Business Journal in 2009 for their green practices, being named runner up for the Green Business Award and received a Maryland Green Registry Leadership award in 2011. Click here to find more information on Maryland Green Travel. Categories: Conservation


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What Were They Thinking?
A version of this article appears in the November/December 2006 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
November 06, 2006
As a HERS rater, I continually think about energy conservation. So when it came time to do the annual defrost of my beer fridge I thought to test the gasket to see if it was properly sealed. I bought this refrigerator at a church yard sale for $5, and it works for about $2.50 a month. Anyway, I used the dollar bill gasket test. (A dollar bill should be held tight if placed between the gasket and the frame when the door is closed.) What I found was that the gasket was disintegrated, so I went to replace it. (I had to dismantle the door.) What I found inside the door (expecting some sort of fiberglass insulation) was single-faced corrugated board! Thought Home Energy readers would like to see what insulation looked like back in the 1940s.
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The equestrian-inspired runway satchel in smooth bridle and grainy leathers. Reflecting traditional British saddlery, the soft practical shape is crafted with utilitarian clasps, a grooved border and burnished edges. The Italian-made bag has an internal and external pocket and a long adjustable strap to wear over the shoulder or across the body. As seen on Meghan in June 2017.
15 x 8 x 20cm/5.9 x 3.1 x 7.9in
Min. strap length: 50cm/19.7in
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Outer: 100% calf leather
Trim: 100% calf leather
Lining: 68% polyester, 32% polyurethane
Internal slip pocket, external back zip pocket
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gailpm necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 28 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
Namaste - DS, LLC
Namaste-DS is an organization founded in 2009 that sprang from a three year period of private readings. The organization was established for interested individuals or groups who want to access information from divine spirits. Namaste-DS accesses Divine Spirits who are willing and able to proclaim the Almighty God, Universial Spirit or Jesus as the Christ. Services include psychic readings to answer questions that are presented to the Divine Spirits. The answers are provided to the client in a written format and/or an audio format, typically a computer disc (CD).
The clients have asked various types of questions. For instance, some people would like to know how to increase their spirituality, while others would like to find out what health issues to focus on and improve.
The Namaste-DS Divine Spirits are a group of spirit guides who are committed to providing guidance to those who seek deeper spiritual experiences.
We are looking for a logo for our web page, a design that impacts the purpose of Namaste-DS LLC. The LLC needs to be in small letters with the focus on the name. As with all businesses once the logo is established other designs will be needed. The color of deep rich blues are in our minds eye and as far as limits on the designers we have none, for we feel if he/she understands what we have written about Namaste – DS then they will understand how to design the logo.
For each designer we say "Namaste"
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On an oddly warm fall afternoon, I went for a solo ride. It had been a crazy day at work, and I needed to clear my mind. I had an urge for a roller-coaster descent through a tunnel of foliage, so I pointed my bike southwest and began pedaling. I knew before long that I'd wind up on Dale Road but didn't have a plan for how I'd get there. As I climbed out of town, my head felt clogged with all the pressing concerns that a typical weekday can bring.
Then, in the course of 2 miles, my whole point of view started to shift. I turned onto a road with nubby pavement that felt like music on the steel bike I was riding. I heard dried-out stalks of corn rustling in the breeze, then some unseen animal moving in the trees. I took a squirt from my bottle, and a little splashed onto my right thigh. As I pedaled uphill though a dark spot on Mill Road, I briefly inhaled the overpowering aroma of decay and smashed acorns on the road. My heart was thumping.
This is what riding can be like—an explosion of the senses. You smell the fields before you hear the tractor before you startle the horses. I can't tell you how many times I've pedaled past people barbecuing and come home with a raging hunger for a burger. I've inhaled the scent of freshly cut grass and felt the leading edge of a cold front and chugged a sugar-sweet Mexican Coke in a manner that seemed spiritual. I sometimes see dogs with their heads stretched out of car windows and feel a strange kinship.
These are the sensations of being fully alive, even if the input is not always pleasant. Like the 90-degree turn into a headwind. The crunching sound after wheels touch. The persistent howls of a saddle sore. The funk you endure drafting off the back of a truck loaded up with porta-potties. (Which, by the way, is often worth it.)
After 45 minutes of riding, I reached Dale Road. There's a short uphill pitch and then a few miles of undulating descent. As I climbed, I heard church bells clang in the distance. Then I topped off and pushed the chain onto the big ring and zipped past the warped sounds of children playing. It was an hour until sundown, and light was streaming through the trees in wide beams. The sweat on my chest felt cool. My shadow was dancing on the other side of the yellow line.
I knew I'd have to turn back soon to make it home before dark. But leaves were spiraling to the pavement and I had the good sense to roll it to the bottom of Dale Road.


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Kyla C. Gutsche completed an undergraduate degree in art history at the University of Calgary before studying at the University of Oxford in England, where she obtained a Master's degree in Art Historiography and is currently completing a Doctorate with an emphasis on the aesthetics of Alo Riegl. Like Riegl, she feels that art history should be taught without the bullshit and that art historians and the general public must be brought together in understanding works of art.
She is a renowned speaker and lecturer who makes subjects ranging from art scandals to fashion and design entertaining and accessible.
Among her publications is the modern Canadian art section in the The Oxford History of Western Art, edited by Martin Kemp.


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Anti-choice Democrat Rep. Stupak will not seek another term.
Victim of fake Wiccan was listed in her cell phone under "Sacrifice."
President Obama calls Virginia governor's declaration of April as Confederate History Month with no mention of slavery coughbullshitcough. That's a paraphrase.
More details emerge about what drove a 15-year-old bullied girl to end her own life. Eff bullies.
Navy to ban smoking on submarines. You can smoke on submarines?
Malcolm McLaren, manager (creator?) of the Sex Pistols, died yesterday. He was 64.
Danish employees of Carlsberg beer strike after their worksite coolers of brew are removed. They will now only be allowed to drink at lunch.
After a murder, sheriff in a Texas border town tells residents to start packing heat.
A pregnant Valencia County deputy sues the sheriff over gender discrimination.
It's Dennis Quaid's birthday. Innerspace!
It's National Poetry Month. Here's a poem by Sandra Beasley.


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IRVING, Texas—The National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association wants to know if your company's electronic security system helped save a life, avert property damage, or prevent a crime. The NBFAA is soliciting entries for its 2009 First Line of Defense Award, which recognizes a security company's actions in a specific incident in which the right response saved a life, prevented property damage or loss, or otherwise prevented a crime.
If your story is selected, you and your customer will win a free trip to the awards ceremony. Plus, your story will be featured in NBFAA publications and your company will receive a local and national publicity campaign.
"The First Line of Defense awards a company that represents what our security industry is all about—protecting people and property,†said Brink's Home Security spokesman Dave Simon, who is NBFAA public relations committee chairman, in an email interview. "The winner each year is selected based on a number of factors, often for having saved the life of a homeowner.â€
Interested security companies can write their story and send it to the NBFAA for a chance to win the 2009 award to be given at the 2009 Electronic Security Expo (ESX) in Baltimore, Md.
Applicants must be current NBFAA members in good standing, or apply for membership at the time of the award submission to qualify for the award. The incident must have occurred between October 1, 2007 and December 31, 2008. All entries must be postmarked by March 14, 2009.
"In a typical year, we tend to get five to ten entries,†Simon said. "We'd love to see that number increase.â€
A copy of the complete rules, judging criteria, and additional required forms can be downloaded at the NBFAA's website www.alarm.org. Questions on the contest rules can be directed to Laurie Knox at (888) 447-1689 or by e-mail at [email protected].
Our Security Segment designs, manufactures, markets and sells a wide range of products. The Company's primary focus in the Security Segment is the sourcing and selection of electronic surveillance products and components that it produces and sells, primarily to installing dealers, system integrators, retailers and end users. Other products in our Security Segment include, but are not limited to, less-than-lethal Mace defense sprays, personal alarms, high-end digital and machine vision cameras and imaging components, as well as video conferencing equipment and security monitors. The main marketing channels for our products are industry shows and publications, outside sales representatives, catalogs, internet and sales through telephone orders. Revenues generated for the year ended December 31, 2008 for the Security Segment were comprised of approximately 35% from our professional electronic surveillance operation in Florida, 43% from our consumer direct electronic surveillance and machine vision camera and video conferencing equipment operation in Texas, and 22% from our personal defense and law enforcement aerosol operation in Vermont.
The decrease in revenues within the Security Segment in 2008 was due to several factors. The majority of the decrease in sales was from decreases in sales of our consumer direct electronic surveillance division, our professional electronic surveillance operation and our machine vision camera and video conferencing operation. Our Vermont personal defense operations sales remain consistent between years. The decrease in sales of our consumer direct electronic surveillance, machine vision camera and video conference equipment operations, and our professional electronic surveillance operation was due to several factors, including the impact on sales of increased competition and the impact of management's completion of its consolidation of the Security Segment's electronic surveillance equipment operations from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to the Farmers Branch, Texas warehouse. The consumer direct electronic surveillance and professional electronic surveillance division had a decrease in sales due to a delay in introducing new product lines during 2008. In the latter part of 2008 sales also decreased due to a reduction in spending by certain of our customers impacted by the deteriorating economy.
â€We packaged it. We packaged it like it has never been packaged before. We wrapped it up, along with our most unique business model and plan, in the most easily recognizable, electrically charged, energy generating way. The Spy Place is sure to become the most recognized name in the security industry, period,†explains Ms. Smock.
The Spy Place Franchising, LLC
Offering a Full-Service, Fully-Integrated Security System
Debuts at ISC West—Booth # 5047
Las Vegas, NV (April 1, 2009) From its humble beginnings as a security shop in Fort Wayne, Indiana, The Spy Place has developed into a full-service, fully-integrated security system franchise that is being introduced at the International Security Conference (ISC) West, at the Sands Convention Center, April 1—3, according to Tammy Smock, The Spy Place spokesperson.
"The Spy Place is geared to become a leading security and surveillance franchise company. The energy created by this name and system are unlike anything in the industry. We are committed to helping entrepreneurs take full advantage of the energy and industry diversity created by The Spy Place,†notes Ms. Smock.
"We have all seen successful businesses that service only one aspect of the security or surveillance industry such as GPS vehicle tracking software, mobile document destruction, limited access or lighting. That corporate model can only go so far and is self-limiting. We believe that franchising a system that allows for one business to serve every aspect of the industry is a paradigm shift that will allow this industry to grow and develop,†says to Ms. Smock.
"We pride ourselves on being an innovative franchisor utilizing the highest quality training and systems for our franchisees. The Spy Place franchisees will run our exciting James Bond-type retail store complete with the most innovative and exciting spy gadgets. Our unique system and trademarked name, The Spy Place, allow for a panoply of surveillance services far beyond the generalized business model of installation and monitoring, limited access and lighting control. There is no limit as to what our franchisees can do in this industry. In addition to the general business model, our franchisees can also service GPS vehicle tracking, document destruction, vehicle recovery, personal protection, private investigation, computer forensics, and any other niche from within the industry. In essence, the franchisees will be running several different businesses under one name,†adds Ms. Smock.
In order to train franchisees, the company will provide a fully-integrated sales training program including "Perception Training†at The Spy Place University in its world headquarters located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. During the two-week course, franchisees will be provided insight into the company's operating system, along with its business knowledge and leadership.
Because of the combined buying power of a franchise system, The Spy Place has arranged for franchise owners to receive preferred pricing from its approved surveillance industry suppliers.
What did The Spy Place do for the surveillance and security Industry? â€We packaged it. We packaged it like it has never been packaged before. We wrapped it up, along with our most unique business model and plan, in the most easily recognizable, electrically charged, energy generating way. The Spy Place is sure to become the most recognized name in the security industry, period,†explains Ms. Smock.
For additional information on this extraordinary franchise opportunity, please go to www.TheSpyPlace.com .
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isdngirl necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
4 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 54 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
I love animals and I want to share stories about animals who have been rescued/adopted or are needing homes or sponsorships (for animals who can't be adopted)
People who love animals - all kinds!
People who either want to adopt an animal for their home or people who cant have a pet where they live, but would still like to help one.
Women in their 20s-60s would be the primary users but I don't want anything to feminine (so no pinks!)
I want a simple but emotional logo that conveys compassion for animals and makes someone want to learn more about the site and animals listed.
The logo should be readable and printable in black and white at a reasonably small size, and be versatile enough to be in colors (1 or 2 colors I think is best - look at what I like- Im a white space person)
I am also a sans person.
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Please no rip-off's of already done logos or clipart from stock sites (if I wanted something there I would have purchased it from there!)
I would like at least a dog and a cat on the logo unless you can think of something better .
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http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/85792 (like the creativity here)
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http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/87904 (not to big on life preserver unless you do something really unique with it)
No arks - i know critters and rescuing might make you think of an ark, but please dont :) Its to religious for me
Needs to be vector format.
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Four hundred years ago Jacob Bernoulli had an insight that changed the world. As a result, today we benefit from wisdom that not only help us understand random events but allows us to exploit them for our benefit. Without the work of Bernoulli and those who followed him, we could not evaluate the efficacy of new drugs, we wouldn't be able to insure anything, weather reports would be useless and Las Vegas would be a backwater railroad depot in the desert. I don't think that it's an overstatement that without the development of probability theory, modern life would be close to impossible.
The really fascinating thing, and the reason I'm writing this column, is that—despite the brilliance of Bernoulli and his followers; despite the benefits we have gained from their work—when investors are confronted with randomness they get so uncomfortable that they are willing to act as if it doesn't exist. And I don't mean a few Luddites—for starters how about just about everyone in the investment world? The following imaginary report to shareholders will sound outrageous only because you've never seen one, not because it isn't a reflection of reality.
"Last quarter the ABC Value Fund's net asset value grew by 17.6%, beating the S&P by over nine percentage points. Your investment team met last week to discuss the details of the quarter. We would have liked to report to you that the reason for the blockbuster quarter was our adept timing, our perceptive research, and our time-tested investment process. We indeed would have liked to say that. But we were unanimous in our agreement that the reason for the exceptional performance was just luck."
Everyone understands that after all is said and done, performance is the single most important factor in investing—and benchmarking (comparing performance to a relevant index) is the primary tool we use to know we're getting fair value for our risk. There's just one problem: While the measurement of performance is accurate, it isn't a complete description of reality.
In his book The Success Equation, Michael Mauboussin illustrates how the ratio of luck (randomness) to skill impacts the outcomes of various activities: In chess, for instance, the outcomes are almost all the result of skill; and in a lottery the outcomes are all luck. While difficult to quantify, the existence of randomness in investing is well documented, especially over the short term. In explaining how randomness impacts returns, Mauboussin writes: "A good process can lead to a bad outcome… and a bad process can lead to a good outcome."
Taking this observation to its logical conclusion suggests that if randomness is really part of all investment returns, then performance measurement has limited value as tool for decision-making. Mauboussin offers us the following solution: "Since a good process offers the highest probability of a good outcome over time, the emphasis has to be on process." This is sensible but it goes right up against our discomfort. Mauboussin may be correct in his analysis, but no one is going to care.
The very idea of randomness goes against our instinctual need to find a cause for every effect; making it close to impossible to identify or accept the influence of random events. Daniel Kahneman was awarded his Nobel Prize in part for demonstrating how pervasive this situation is, and how it misleads us in all kinds of ways. Investors are uniquely disadvantaged in this area; not only do we have to face our own internal obstacles, most of the investment industry ignores randomness like the plague.
Skewed Incentives
In the investment world, it's all about the results. Despite evidence to the contrary, it is much simpler to pin over-performance or under-performance (the effect) on the investment manager (the cause). But the impact of that decision has perverted incentives throughout the investment world, and led investors and managers alike to operate in an Alice in Wonderland reality.
David Tuckett is a London-based psychoanalyst and academic. Six years ago, he interviewed 52 top investment managers in Europe, North America and Asia and published his findings in a small book called Minding the Markets. His subjects were experienced and successful investors at the top of their game. In aggregate they managed over $500 billion in equities. In the course of his interviews Tuckett discovered an unexpected common denominator among his interviewees: They could not execute the long term strategies they knew would be successful—because the pressure to look exceptional over the short term was just too intense. Whether it was fund investors, institutional clients or their own employers—the managers understood that their continuing employment depended upon them outperforming both long-term and short term: an outcome they knew was impossible to achieve.
The managers' concerns are real. The dominant reason even sophisticated investors choose to hire an investment manager or buy a mutual fund is performance, especially recent performance. A 2008 study of large pension plans showed that nearly all the 9,000 hiring decisions and half the 870 firing decisions were based on performance. Further studies demonstrated that investors gained no benefit from firing one manager and hiring another. Because randomness is part of all returns, those returns act according the law of reversion to the mean.
If you are flipping coins (a completely random activity) and you start with 10 heads in a row, everyone knows that as long as you keep flipping, at some point the results will revert back towards the ultimate 50/50 average (also known as the mean). Reversion to the mean is really that simple; and furthermore, it can't even occur unless there is randomness.
The recurring observation of reversion to the mean in investment studies proves the existence of randomness in portfolio returns. That is how we can conclude with reasonable certainty that the reason why a good manager is outperforming is not a reflection of suddenly better skills—and the reason why a good manager is underperforming is not a reflection of suddenly worse skills; it's just a run of good or bad luck. It is also explains why firing underperforming managers and replacing them with outperforming managers does not produce a better return than if investors just stick it out with their original manager.
Let's review: It is an indisputable fact that randomness exists in all investment returns. Thanks to probability theory we have a robust and successful tool-set to understand and exploit that randomness for our own benefit. And we can see that performance measurement gives us a useful but incomplete picture of how we are doing; so we need to supplement that data with an evaluation of the process of the investment manager. None of these observations are either new or controversial. Yet benchmarking remains the core paradigm for hiring and firing of funds and managers—and is likely to remain so indefinitely.
Navigating past the perverse incentives that infect the investment world and our own instinctual shortcomings is no simple task. But we can still be confident that we can make good choices if we remind ourselves that every outcome in life is the result of the combination of two basic elements: skill and luck.


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Can Amazon deliver on AWS enterprise development promises?
Experts say that Amazon Web Services falls short when it comes to enterprise application development -- a reality that Amazon is working to change.
It's no secret: Amazon Web Services (AWS) reigns supreme in the cloud services market. Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research reports that AWS is overwhelmingly the cloud platform of choice. A recent survey by the firm showed that over 70% of cloud developers use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud to build or deploy custom apps. At this year's AWS Summit in New York City, Amazon CEO Werner Vogels said that AWS has seen a 102% increase in customers since the start of 2013, and a 53% increase in usage of services per customer. And Amazon is a formidable contender when it comes to the cloud services price war.
But experts say that AWS still falls short when it comes to enterprise application development -- a reality that Amazon promises it's working actively to change.
Part of the problem is that AWS is not primarily known for its development capabilities, according to Jeff Kaplan, managing director at THINKStrategies, a technology consulting firm.
"There are folks who would like to develop applications on Amazon, but […] Amazon has not necessarily positioned itself as a development tool or as a Platform as a Service in the same way that Salesforce.com has," Kaplan said. "It's viewed as an environment where apps are hosted, as opposed to an environment where you can deal with native apps."
What's Amazon doing to fix that? A lot, says Zev Laderman, CEO and co-founder of Newvem, a cloud operations analytics company specializing in AWS resources.
"Amazon realizes that to go to the next step they need to have additional capabilities that we call enterprise-grade infrastructure," Laderman said. That means offering services that enable enterprises to meet the requirements, fulfill the service-level agreements and apply the policies their infrastructure providers require.
Laderman noted that Amazon has been recruiting traditional IT resellers and systems integrators to help address traditional enterprise needs.
Amazon has not necessarily positioned itself as a development tool or as a Platform as a Service in the same way that Salesforce.com has.
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The price is right?
"What [Amazon] has been trying to do is build a combination of Amazon Web Services/native functionality that supports app development, while augmenting and enhancing it with a widening array of third-party offerings," explained Kaplan. "In many ways, this is how they have been able to succeed at selling their own services so inexpensively. They remain focused on Infrastructure as a Service, and continue to emphasize their price advantage."
The cloud services price war is well publicized, and AWS has consistently beaten out Azure Cloud Services and Google Compute Engine as the least expensive competitor. Earlier this month, Google dropped the price of its on-demand virtual machines by 4% -- only to have Amazon strike back with a whopping 26% price reduction for its on-demand Windows virtual machines. Days later, Microsoft responded by slashing prices for Azure Cloud Services and Azure virtual machines. The company then made a public pledge to match AWS pricing for compute, bandwidth and storage offerings.
Amazon's fixation on pricing was apparent at the AWS Summit, where Vogels emphasized the affordability of AWS. "If we are able to drive the cost of this compute and storage down to a point where you no longer have to think about it, tremendous products will be built," he told a crowd of nearly 20,000. Vogels noted that Amazon has made 31 price reductions since 2006.
One might assume that its competitive pricing would be enough to sway enterprises toward AWS. Not so. There are several factors that seem to weigh more heavily than cost. A big issue for some enterprises is that "the more that companies build in an environment like AWS, the more locked in they get," according to Kaplan.
As a result, he said, it's not surprising that many enterprise developers are waiting to use Amazon's development services until they better understand them in the following three ways:
- Functional capabilities. What exact services does Amazon have to offer when it comes to enterprise application development?
- Development and production costs. What are the expenses associated with doing enterprise cloud app development and production with Amazon?
- Quality of service. What support is available to an enterprise that builds and deploys cloud apps with Amazon?
Still, it's important to note that not all enterprises are taking a "wait and see" approach when it comes to AWS.
"Every day, there are enterprise companies lined up to talk to Amazon -- and Amazon is reaching out on a daily basis to enterprises," said Kaplan. "A number of enterprises are already doing substantial things with Amazon. But it's still in the early stages. It's still predominantly in the experimental stage."
Notable enterprises using AWS today include NASA, Samsung -- and even NASDAQ, which recently launched a computing platform powered by AWS to help financial services organizations meet compliance and regulatory requirements.
"Overall, Amazon […] is driving the cloud market and, increasingly, the cloud development environment market -- not because it's a development tool in the strictest sense of the word, but because more and more companies are doing test development using Amazon Web Services," Kaplan said. "Because of that, [developers] are hungry for more development tools [from Amazon] and Amazon is intrigued by the prospect of getting these companies' greater investment in AWS."
An Amazon spokesperson said by email that AWS has "leveled the playing field" by enabling smaller companies to compete in ways that were expensive and often cost-prohibitive in the past. As AWS continues to make inroads into the enterprise, it remains to be seen how widespread the effects will be on the enterprise app development space.
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