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Honor Roll is a daily series for December that features new or previously published interviews, profiles and first-person stories of some of the year's most notable cinematic voices. Today, we're running a new interview with Robert Zemeckis, whose acclaimed return to live-action filmmaking, "Flight," has been drawing praise and awards buzz since world premiering as the closing night film of the New York Film Festival.
Following the computer-animated folly "Mars Needs Moms," the biggest flop in his remarkably accomplished career, Oscar-winner Robert Zemeckis is back on top a mere one year later with one of his most acclaimed films to date, "Flight." Already a hit at the domestic box office, where it surprised in early November by opening to a $25-million gross (a big win for an R-rated adult drama), the film recently earned its star Denzel Washington Golden Globe and SAG nominations, which bodes well for the film's Oscar prospects.
Marking his first live-action film in 12 years following his groundbreaking forays into computer animation "The Polar Express," "Beowulf" and "A Christmas Carol," "Flight" stars Washington as a pilot who crash-lands a crippled airline. Hailed a hero upon landing with most of the passengers intact, he soon comes under fire after it's revealed he was out boozing the night before. The plot affords Zemeckis the chance to show his action chops with a crash sequence among the most harrowing ever commited to celluloid, but it's the moral darkness of the tale that shows a different, more nuanced side of the director his fans aren't accustomed to.
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In our chat with Zemeckis, the helmer opens up about why he was drawn to "Flight," how his approach to actors has evolved over the years and whether he'd ever make a live-action feature in 3D.
Confession: I'm a big "Death Becomes Her" fan.
Oh, there you go!
You probably don't get that too often.
Actually, it's got this kind of afterlife, after-death-life. Yeah, it's got this resurgence, which is interesting.
How did you first come across the script for "Flight." I know it was on the shelf for quite some time.
Yeah. I first read it in February of 2011. I had no idea it existed before then. It was just so good. It was really good and beautifully written with interesting characters -- something you don't see too often.
READ MORE: 'Flight' Breakout Kelly Reilly on Auditioning Opposite Denzel Washington and Why She'll Never Fly With Robert Zemeckis
So much has been made about the fact that this marks your return to live-action filmmaking, but it's interesting to draw the parallels between "Flight" and "A Christmas Carol." Both films are essentially character studies about lone, morally flawed guys who redeem themselves over the course of the films.
Well, if you look at my entire body of work, I think you'll see that whether the characters are morally flawed, they're all flawed. And that's the thing that I have to hook into to do a movie. I have to know what the character arc is. I can't just do a procedural. I can't just do a cop story, or a spy story. I have to have character growth. If you're going to have character growth, they have to start from somewhere, so they're basically flawed.
What do you make of the fact that so many people are harping on the fact that this marks your big return to live-action filmmaking?
I can understand it. The part that I'm just confused by is that a movie that's not a live-action movie is not considered a real movie. I guess that's just me, because I think everything's legitimate. But it's apparently not considered a real film if there isn't a live-action actor in it -- which I guess is just people's perception of it. I guess that's why animated films are not considered real films. To me, moving images are moving images no matter how they are created.
At $31 million, "Flight" marks one of your lowest budget films in quite some time, especially following your expensive foray into animation. Did you see the amount as a hindrance or was it a challenge you embraced wholeheartedly?
The challenge on this movie was very, very specifically working to realize the screenplay, which was very, very different. But because it was different, it was apparent there would be very little money to do something. You can't spend a lot of money on something that's different -- so it was a very responsible way to do the movie. I didn't find it challenging. I was a little concerned about not having enough days, because the material was so character-driven and the actors would really need to deliver. So I was worried about having enough days for the performances. But the actors were great -- they were just on fire and stepped up every day.
How did you execute the crash sequence with the budget you were given?
Well, you just plan it out. It all comes down to days and what you can do. It's like building a ship in a bottle. You say, how many days do I have, what can I afford to build. I wish I had a more elaborate set, more ability to wile things out. But we couldn't afford it, so we had to struggle with all the atmosphere going in and coming out of one door -- that kind of thing. When you know what your limitations are, you just have to make it work.


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i gotta tell ya, i have NO idea what this is all about. i got this pic from a forwarded email that had some truly weird pics in it, and this was the only bike one.
i gotta tell ya, i have NO idea what this is all about. i got this pic from a forwarded email that had some truly weird pics in it, and this was the only bike one.
first star on the right and straight on 'til morning
avatar is of dame edna
He's obviously a devout follower of the N+1 rule.
2011 Trek 1.2
2009 Trek 4300
would that be 'you can never have too many bikes'?
first star on the right and straight on 'til morning
avatar is of dame edna
2011 Trek 1.2
2009 Trek 4300
This pic has been floating free on the internet for several years now. I'd love to know the back story on it, but every time I've found it posted somewhere, nobody knows.
Tineye currently finds about 85 copies, but none seem to offer any explanation.
Princess and the bike - I mean pea? Maybe they have OCD about riding the same bike twice, but definitely a complex about getting rid of any.
Looks like a bicycle junkyard. I've seen a couple here in Vegas. Some enterprising backyard bike mechanic/flipper post adds saying they'll pick up damaged bikes, collects bikes from the dump, maybe buys some from yard sales and thrift stores, keeps or ebays the best stuff, Craigslist the mid-level complete bikes, and stores the rest like a giant parts bin, and let people come pick through it just like an auto pick-a-part junkyard.
Craigslist flipper
Yikes, that's a whole lot of bikes. I too would love to know the story behind the pic.
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Cycling....if you're not having fun, you're definitely doing it wrong!!
I heard joking conjecture that the man on the balcony is a bicycle thief...
Fwd'ed email from like 8 years ago!
Well, that's when I first saw this picture.
IIRC the photo originally comes from Canada, Vancouver or Toronto i think, and it was a guy who was stealing and reselling, and got caught by the popo (or Canadian Mounted Police Inspectors as they're referred to in the native tongue).
Suntour Cyclone PL-5300 pedal. Pls PM me if you have one to spare.
I guess that is what the backyard of all those CL posters who constantly post the stolen bikes for sale look like.
For the record, I find it hilarious that these sellers keep taking pictures of all their "for sale" bikes against the same backgrounds. Don't they realize that people start to recognize the backgrounds and figure they couldn't possible own all these bikes of different sizes?
'cept I dont think it was Canada, somewhere in the southern States. But it was aloooooong time ago when I read the story.
Kinda looks like my living room with model trains, but they arent stolen. I realized I had a problem with too many trains when there were more trains in the china hutch than there was china. Even after my expansion is built, I'll have more trains than track. I'm pathetic...........


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About San Miguel, Cozumel
For many first-timers San Miguel, Cozumel is merely a cruise ship stop or a blur out the taxi window on the way to one of the resorts that cluster on the north and south end of Mexico's largest inhabited island.Few realize this buzzing little metropolis is a tempting target in its own right.
Most Sunday nights towns-people crowd the large, downtown plaza with its whitewashed framboyan trees, gazebo, tall clock tower and cooling views of the sea. They come to giggle and flirt, to listen to music salsa, to dance. Parents show off carefully groomed and dressed-up children and older folks sit on one of the many cools, stone benches chatting softly in Mayan and keeping a sharp eye on the scene.
Although Avenida Raphael Melgar, the waterfront road and promenade, is often thronging with cruise ship passengers and day-trippers from the mainland, they're gone by sunset. Plus you need only wander a few blocks inland at any time of the day to discover a different, mellower world.
Here riots of pink or purple bougainvillea tumble down over bright-pastel walls, church bells toll and children laugh and play soccer in the streets until long after dark.
San Miguel is a a food lover's paradise, too. Stores sell fresh yogurt laced with walnuts, crystallized limes and sour orange juice squeezed while you wait. Up on Avenida 30, five blocks from the waterfront, there's whole, mesquite-cooked chickens to be had.
And the Mercado market on 25th displays enough prime and inexpensive produce to make a vegetarian's heart sing for joy.
But the best thing about San Miguel is its people. You'll meet all kinds: stout Mayan housekeepers in embroidered finery, glossy-haired mothers proudly pushing baby prams, sailors strolling with their sweethearts.Listen for the bread man's clap as he peddles past. He's announcing to the neighborhood that his pan dulce is ready to eat. Or the knife sharpener who plays a haunting tune on his flute as he wheels slowly through the quiet streets
Dignified, merry and kind, Cozumeleños judge you not by what you do for a living, but by who you are as a person. So next time you're in San Miguel, be sure to smile and say "hola" to the people you meet. You may be surprised at how many will reward you with a warm, rich grin in return.
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Raise your hand if this phrase has come out of your mouth, "I wish I could lose (5, 10, 20) pounds before the wedding." Or maybe for you it's not so much about losing weight, but having Michelle Obama arms in your sleeveless dress?
If you have pre-wedding fitness goals, it might be time to think about talking to a personal trainer.
I recently sat down to talk to Giulia (pronounced Julia) Isetti, owner of Coaching by G in the Chicago area. Giulia is not only a certified personal trainer, and cycling coach, she's also a former chef and holds a PhD in Chemistry. All in all, she knows quite a lot about fitness, lifestyle, and nutrition. Originally, I wanted to talk to Giulia about how to hire a trainer, but as our conversation progressed, we wound up talking not just about how to hire a trainer to get you in shape, but how to think about getting in shape.
1. Use your wedding as a starting point, not a goal
Attempting to lose a certain amount of weight by your wedding is not a great goal. It may even be counter-productive. Although our culture has changed, our bodies haven't. So, your body can't tell the difference between stress over a weight-loss goal, or a work project and stress over the fact that your bronze-age village is experiencing a famine. This means that when you're stressed, your body will do everything it can to hold on to fat, to keep you alive.
A better goal is to realize that your wedding is the starting point of a new phase of your life. It's a great time to start new habits, and make a commitment to taking care of yourself. This is especially important if you're planning on having kids in the future. Women with children have a very hard time finding time for themselves. Try to make a commitment now to doing something healthy for yourself every day.
Hopefully, your fiancé is someone who has your best interests at heart, and helps you be a better you. This is what you want in a trainer, too.
2. Be realistic
If you work very, very hard and watch everything you eat, you may lose one pound a week. But, how much fun does that sound? The most muscle mass anyone has added in a year (this is a good thing, turning fat into muscle) is something like 17 pounds. He was a professional weight lifter. No matter what you do, you probably will not look radically different six months from now. If a trainer promises you that you will lose weight, or re-shape your body, walk (or run if you're up to it) in the other direction.
3. Focus on the positive
Guess what? Being 20 pounds overweight is not the worst thing in the world. It's not great, but we all focus on what's wrong with our bodies and our lives, instead of what's right with them. The most important thing is to be healthy and strong. You don't choose your friends based on their bodies, and you don't love your fiancé more or less if he gains weight, so give yourself the same leeway.
If you're getting married, you've found true love, focus on that, not on what you perceive as your flaws.
4. Join a gym, and use It
Joining a gym is a relatively cost-effective way to start your new habits. Make sure you join a place where you feel comfortable. If you walk into the gym and feel fat, or like you don't fit in, you won't go. Most gyms have a ton of free classes, from spinning to step, to dance. Take different classes and see what you like.
5. When hiring a trainer, it's not all about looks
Giulia says that one of the biggest mistakes she sees people make when hiring a trainer is choosing someone based on his or her body. Just because your trainer has a body you admire, doesn't mean you can follow his or her instructions and then magically look like him or her. So much of the way our bodies look is about genetics. Also, keep in mind that it's a large part of your trainer's job to work out. Unless you plan on being at the gym as much as he or she is, you probably can't achieve that same look.
6. Ask about certifications
Not all trainers are certified, even if they work in a health club or gym. Ask about certifications and experience before following advice. This is especially true if you have injuries or other issues.
7. Get referrals
If you've read any of our other Top Tip articles on hiring wedding vendors, you probably already know this tip. It's the single most important thing to do, and it's why OneWed lets you rate and review wedding vendors, even health and fitness providers. If you go to a gym or health club already, this is a great place to start. Watch the trainers and see whose style you like. If you don't already belong to a gym, or you haven't seen anyone you like, talk to friends and family, or check out an online referral service. OneWed has some trainers listed under Health and Fitness. In the Chicago area, Giulia recommends using the Personal Trainer Network.
8. Know what you can afford, and be upfront about it
A typical personal trainer will cost between $40-$60/hour. If you're paying more than that, you're probably a professional athlete. Knowing what your budget for this is will help your trainer come up with a plan. For example, if you can afford 10 sessions, you might want to meet with the trainer 3 times a week for 3 weeks, then check in a month later. This lets you learn good form, and form good habits.
If you're already a runner, cycler, or swimmer, you might want to consider hiring a coach instead of a trainer. Because a coach can work with you on the phone, or over email, sessions are less expensive.
9. Pay as you go
You should pay for each session as you have it. A legitimate trainer should not attempt to talk you into paying in advance for a package. But, if you've worked with someone and know you're comfortable with him or her, it's worth asking if you can strike a deal. For example, if you have the money to pay for 17 sessions upfront, your trainer may be willing to throw in 3 sessions for free.
10 . All brides are beautiful
At OneWed we try to remind people that no one will ever know if your napkins are the wrong shade of blue. The same is true for your weight. If you're happy, you'll look beautiful.
Thanks again to Giulia Isetti of Coaching by G for her expertise and her wonderful perspective.


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You Might Be Saying it Wrong: English Words and GrammarMadeline Holler
My husband's kind of a snooty guy. Not in some foodie/movie/oenophile hipster way. Just in a "no, you're wrong/I'm right" way. He has difficulty containing this "tic" and it's nearly impossible when he deems someone has mispronounced or misused a word. Especially when that someone is me.
A sample conversation:
Me: Hey, today after visiting my dad I drove the kids by some of my old stomping grounds.
Him: It's stamping grounds.
Me: I know it's "stamping" grounds but no one else does.
Him: People are stupid. It's "stamping."
Me: You're stupid, shut up.
Him: So how's your dad?
See, I'm a woman of the people. I hate pretension more than I love grammar, though I love grammar quite a bit. I have a background in linguistics and there's a long tradition in that field of hurling invective such as "prescriptivist!" at people like my husband, who believe once -a-rule-always-a-rule, and "descriptivist!" at people like me, who acknowledge language evolves and point to words like "nice" that once actually meant something along the lines of not-so-nice.
My husband is one of the few people I know to use the word "presently" to mean "in a sec" instead of "now." And boy is he nonplussed with the common usage of nonplussed! What's so hard about speaking correctly? But me? I avoid those words and others like them because (1) I don't want to be corrected if the hubs is in earshot and (2) I'd rather the people I'm talking to understand what I'm saying than for them to be wondering if I mean what I'm saying in the traditional sense or the new-fangled botched English sense. Even worse would be to get corrected: "Oh, Madeline, you mean 'chomping at the bit.'" I don't want to have to explain that, no, "champing" is the historically correct term, just so I can be right and they can be wrong (which feels good but also awkward).
Ben Yagoda over at Slate is sympathetic — he's been watching the misuse/new use of words (disinterested, nonplussed, presently, momentarily and others) and is fine with change. Just not too quickly. In addition to a fantastic list of words whose original meanings are on their way to extinction, he also made up an algorithm that will help preservationists and humble folk like me decide whether to stand up and go with tradition or risk ridicule and quiet judgment when they embrace the currently popular meaning and pronunciation (yeah, I wrote "currently.")
All of which brings me to this: the kids. What do we teach them?
Well, the former linguist in me knows that what my husband and I "teach" our kids? They're not going to learn. Their peer groups trump us when it comes to language. Even modeling correct usage of those words won't prevent them from claiming that they're "disinterested" in cleaning their own rooms.
However! There are a thousand teachable moments at dinnertime and the stomping/stamping, chomping/champing, presently/screw you! conversations provide a nice gateway to speaking explicitly about language and debating the very issues and vocabulary that Yagoda brings up.
My kids can work it out for themselves whether they'll follow in their father's linguistically conservative footsteps or roll with it like Mom. As long as they know English can get weird, my job as home-based grammarian is done.
Until they start texting and emailing me, that is. Then I'm siding with my husband. We may presently (current usage) differ on how far English has evolved, but we're united when it comes to believing all words should be spelled out and that proper punctuation is not only a must, but a real treat!
What about you? Anyone champing at the bit to chime in?
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Born in 1974 in the south of the Netherlands and still living there. Did graphic design and art school (interaction design), founded Fluid.nl in 2000 and became a dad almost two years ago.
What do you do for inspiration?
It's a combination of a zillion things together, but the medium itself is definitely an inspiration to mention.
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What do you regard as being your biggest achievement?
Being self-employed since 2000
What software couldn't you live without?
An operating system, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator and email
What projects do you have in the pipeline?
A series of online games for a Dutch brand, a Flash Content Management System I'm building with Thomas from Deluxe a dynamic interface environment for design student's portfolio work and an animation and site for a new range of Philips products.
And, I've just launched a site with Folkert Gorter for the Art Directors Club of the Netherlands containing a Flash interface to access rewarded advertising projects which is the beginning of a national archive of advertising history in the Netherlands.
Who do you rate as being the top 3 design companies?
I don't think I have a list of that.
What effect on traffic do your new designs have?
The Fluid design implementation effects department is currently not available.
Who is your target audience?
From a project point of view it can be anybody basically because that depends on the project or brand.
My clients are companies, agencies and organisations in the commercial and cultural field.
What area of web design lacks the most?
Functional playful behaviors and applied generative design.
What did your very first site look like? Is it still online?
It was a Macromedia Director site, made somewhere around 1996. I skipped HTML immediately. I'm still surprised it's here in the form we know it now.
I don't know why exactly but the site looked retro, pink, white and purple with a metal booming hard in the center. I actually won a prize with it, it stated something like 'this is really 'not-done', but it's nice'. Damn too bad I can't find it anymore.
Have you written any books, if not do you plan to?
No, and yes I would love to do a book someday.
What was the toughest thing you ever did with Flash? How long did you spend on it? Is it still online?
If it really gets tough, I change the design (don't tell anybody)
Do you think Flash is here to stay?
Absolutely, Macromedia did a great job with Flash 8, it's really becoming the ultimate tool for me and many others, designers and developers.
It's funny to see this update when you worked with Director years ago when Flash didn't even exist.
The performance upgrade and new features like programming on pixel level and motion tracking are all coming from Director actually.
What are your views on design/graphic school. Do you think someone can get into the field without educational experience in a school environment?
Yes, but it depends on the person. And the internet is the greatest thing for it of course.
I mean, it's all out there, knowledge, people, inspiration.
When your company was just getting started, what did you find was most effective for getting new clients?
The Fluid website. Without Fluid.nl v1 I wouldn't be where I am at the moment.
How have you learned so many Flash/design skills and techniques and can you offer any advice for newbies?
Think - Act - Don't think - Act. Don't stop 'till you love it yourself.
Oh yeah, and reality checks are okay from time to time – not too often though.
What is the most expensive thing you've bought in the last week?
Snowboard shoes
What type of overcoat do you wear when Flashing, basically are you a labels man?
I believe I wear label stuff here and there, but I'm not really aware of it.
Any parting shots or pearls of wisdom?
Create your own wisdom.
It's been a privilege, Remon, thanks very much.
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I've been dated as 17 weeks but my midwife says my uterus is more like 19/20 weeks. There's a helpful page on this site actually. It helped me. http://www.babycenter.com/0_measuring-large-or-small-for-dates_1453305.bcposted 11/13/2008 by chloe1st-timemummy
I am currently 29 weeks, and measuring at 32 cm (which should equal 32 weeks). My doctor scheduled an ultrasound for me, and the results were that our baby is right on track with size (61st percentile) I just happen to have more amniotic fluid in my uterus than other women. The doctor said it was fine, and that it was even more comfortable for the baby. "Instead of having a kiddie pool, your baby has an olympic-size swimming pool". the doctor even went on to state that our baby may even move more often because he has the room to.posted 02/25/2009 by StellaLunaSolara
I was just at the doctor today due to bleeding and I am 9 weeks but the doctor says my uterus felt like I was 11 weeks. I was already told that I have fibroids and because of them my uterus has always been bigger than normal and I was told that during my pregnancy they would get bigger and I just found out that I have a bicornuate uterus which is an abnormal shaping of the uterus, so as far as I know fibroids could be a reason for a bigger uterusposted 05/02/2008 by a BabyCenter Member
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The Paleo Recipe Book
Hello friends! My first post about food! Huzzah!
Today I have the ridiculously huge honor and fortune to share with you the experiences I've been having with a brand new paleo cookbook, called The Paleo Recipe Book, by Sebastien Noel over at Paleo Diet Lifestyle.
When I first got my hands on the eBook, I expected what I had come to expect from every paleo cookbook I've ever come across– plenty of meats, a smattering of different ethnic dishes, and liberal uses of protein and fat. I was not disappointed in this regard. However, when Sebastien said to me, "I tried to make this will the one paleo cookbook anyone will ever have to buy," OMG did he ever deliver. Comprehensive, thorough, intuitive, innovative, and beautiful are just a few of the words that come to mind when I think of this book. Mindblowing might be another.
I'm the world's worst self-promoter, and I hesitate just as naturally to promote another person's work. But I really can't help myself this time. The last post I wrote for this blog was about how happy I am to be in Taiwan and never cooking my own food, but Sebastien has made me regret enormously not having access to a kitchen. From Sebastien's instruction, Paleo is easy and is tasty and I'm just itching to get started.
The Paleo Recipe Book opens with a foreword in which Sabastien shares the philosophy that went into his food choices. The book is based off of the paleolithic principle, which states that people achieve optimum health by eating the foods they evolved to eat, but it does not ignore neolithic foods, such as butter, which Sebastien believes (correctly) are in fact quite healthy. This book is also based off of supremely accessible and cheap ingredients and achieves inexpensive, satiating, and quick meals suitable for the widest range of audiences possible. Unbelievable.
Before jumping into recipes, the Paleo Recipe Book includes a guide to each:
Conversion tables
Doneness, Temperature, and Roasting times of all meats
The food list
How to find foods online
Good fats and how to cook with each
How to make clarified butter (ghee)
and Rendering Animal Fat
Then you get blown away by the content:
395 pages thick, with a mouth-watering photo of each recipe (one per page), The Paleo Recipe Book covers just about anything you might ever want to make. Each recipe page contains both a clear ingredient list and a set of instructions which almost never exceeds ten steps and is usually more like seven. The book doesn't presume any prior cooking knowledge, but is never bogged down in silly details. Simple, straightforward, and intuitive for any level of cooking skill, this book does it right.
The Table of Contents is as follows:
36 Red Meat Recipes. This section spans a coffee and vanilla bean prime roast, venison medallions, beef brisket with onions and tomatoes, and just about every cut of beef I can think of. What's more, it opens with a "how to" on the perfect steak, a diagram of a cow, and a discussion of each different cut of beef.
18 Pork Recipes. I'm not much of a pork girl but the recipe for garlic pulled pork has made me a willing convert.
35 Poultry Recipes. These include: Moroccan chicken, duck confit and bacon wrapped turkey with pears. Lots of both simplicity and complexity here. Totally awesome.
27 Stews and Curries. This section just about hijacked my imagination, oh my goodness. Check out the dark chocolate venison stew, beef ghoulash, or African sweet potato and ghoulash stew… each of these recipes is so rich in complexity and flavor… I can't wait for you to see the other twenty-four. Gods.
15 Fish Recipes. Fifteen doesn't seem like much, but it covers every cooking technique (frying, broiling, tartare, searing) as well as a variety of flavors. Plus this is supplemented by the section below on seafood, which really rounds out a rich tour of the plentiful Flavas of the Sea. This section includes pan roasted wild salmon with anchovy-rosemary dressing and broccoli, and mango and salmon tartare.
16 Shellfish and other Seafood Recipes. These include Scallops with ginger and pineapple salsa, and basil and cilantro marinaded squid.
17 Vegetables and Sides Recipes. This section really takes paleo nutrition to heart. Vegetables are combined with rich flavors and plenty of fats to make both delectable and filling sides. Some include: creamed spinach, Ratatouille, and carrot confit.
22 Salads. This is pretty cool. I've been a salad girl all my life, and the innovation here went beyond my normal thought patterns. I guess I'm in a bit of a salad rut. In any case, some I'm just itching to try are the kale and seaweed hot salad, tuna salad with apple and orange, and–gods, I love this, it's so important to be practical– both a canned sardine and a canned salmon salad.
11 Stir Fries. Much like the stews and curries, I think that the stir fries here make for brilliant flavors and paleo playgrounds. This section includes basil and chilli beef stir fry, cabbage and apple stir fry, and spicy shrimp stir fry.
24 Eggs and Omelets! Goodness, I can hardly get over this. Eggs are one of the most nutritious foods out there, and it is so fun to play around with savory and sweet flavors. Some sample omelet and frittata flavors in the book are: cajun, blackberry and honey, lobster, pizza, smoked salmon, and dark chocolate (!).
12 Snacks. Good, I'm glad there's only twelve. Still each is healthful and tasty and basically the bomb: eg: pork rinds, bacon wrapped dates (!), nut and fruit balls.
17 Offal Recipes. Okay. I think Offal should have gotten a bit of a higher spot. At least above snacks! They're vital and brilliant and super tasty. However, this slight is made up for the fact that just about every organ is covered here, and many in ways I know aren't common on the internet. (Sautee liver with onions and pepper, yeah, I get it, thank you eHow.com). Some good looking recipes include: grilled liver with bacon and mushrooms, kidney and orange stew –I can't wait for that one — chicken liver pate, braised beef heart… You name it, it's here. Plus, the techniques special to each organ is simply laid out. In this way, you can follow the recipes by heart, or you can take your new offal skills and combine them with different flavors to make spectacular dishes of your own.
14 Soups and Stocks recipes. These are super important for a paleo kitchen repetoire. Instructions for stocks are included, as well as delicious flavors in the soups: Shrimp gumbo, shrimp and salmon chowder, and bacon and parsnip soup are a few stellar ones.
And then the two sections I'm most excited about. This is because, as I've been pronouncing the whole time, I think incredibly rich and interesting flavors are easy with a paleo diet. You just need to know how to work the ingredients. The book shows you how, brilliantly, with 54 different sauces:
30 Vinaigrettes, marinades and sauces, including: sauce vierge warm dressing, roasted chilli dressing, chermoula wet rub, and Brazilian chicken marinade.
And 24 Condiments. Let me say that this is awesome. These sauces are home made and lightyears more delicious than that store bought poison. Sebastien includes: mayonnaise (a must, and it looks like his emulsion will work, too), tapenade, tartar sauce, different horseradish varieties, and both a simple and rich ketchup.
15 Breakfast and dessert foods. I like this. Good job on grouping them together. Sebastien seems to put the right emphasis on the right foods–such as the meats, fish, and offal–but to include everything we might want to dabble in regardless. He's got breakfast burritos, gingersnaps, almond banana pancakes, almond milk custard, and bbq grilled peaches with cinnamon on here. Also, pumpkin pie! Double chocolate cookies! Carrot and orange cake! Oh, how I miss thee, sugar!
10 Smoothies, all of which I'm seriously impressed with. Both simple and complicated flavors here: kale and banana green smoothie, pumpkin smoothie, spicy tomato smoothie, and almond butter and chocolate blueberry smoothie, for example. I like, again, here, how the smoothies are included, but not the stars. Their place seems to say: "go ahead, make me, I will be delicious, but don't forget that there are over 100 ways to cook a cow listed above."
And last, but definitely not least:
11 Lacto-fermented vegetables. I'm not sure they deserve to be mentioned so late in the game, but Sebastien makes up for that fact with some really kick ass flavors and techniques. These include: apple and juniper berry sauerkraut, sour dill pickles, lacto-fermented peach chutney, kimchi (woot!), and beef kvass, something I've never even heard of but is simple and delicious looking.)
And that's it! The whole cookbook. Are you tired, too? I want to play Julie and Julia and see if I can make it all in 365 days. That said, reading through the book, it certainly doesn't seem overwhelming. Rich, yes. Detailed, yes. Informative, absolutely. But not dense, and not repetitive, and not confusing. I am impressed with this cookbook (it is called a recipe book, but you are indeed taught how to cook each type of food, so it could just as easily be called a cookbook) in the same way that I am impressed with the Sebastien's site: it is organized in a phenomenally intuitive and reachable way. The information is right there and it is just begging you to use it. I am a super critical consumer of books, and believe me, I dug deep to be objective here. And I succeeded. It just so happens that there's practically nothing I can say against this book.
Included with The Paleo Recipe Book is a Paleo Meal Plan. The Paleo Meal Plan is pretty cool because it is designed both with a budget and your time in mind. A stock prepared one night and may be used again for braising a lunch meal the following day, or breakfast and lunch may be cooked adjacently to the previous night's dinner, for optimal time management. As a final bonus, the page reference for each recipe is listed under each meal recommendation. All of these things make this really awesome, and super doable, and I commend Sebastien for that fact.
That said, the meal plan is a little bit too conventional for me. I know that this is the point of the meal plan, to be accessible to the masses, and to those who require guidelines to get into the diet, but I have two small problems with the plan: 1) breakfast meals are pretty heavy in carbohydrates and 2) each day includes a snack. Snacks are fine, I guess, but I think we include them in paleo books just because we're supposed to. And as for the breakfast, the book could unashamedly say: "bacon and steak!" instead of "berries with coconut milk" or "almond flour pancakes" like it actually does. This isn't to say eggs and meats are ignored, because they are in fact plentiful. It's just that I find the kowtowing to conventional foods and methods a bit unnecessary.
All that said, you can probably tell I'm thrilled by this book. "The only paleo cookbook anyone will have to buy?" Absolutely. If you want to go ahead and supplement with other books, go ahead. It's a fruitless exercise, but that's your decision. The sheer amount of content in this book, as well as the beautiful and easy-to-navigate presentation, make it an absolute must have. There's this one episode on the Simpson's where Homer sells his soul to the devil for a doughnut. If I had to pick one culinary item to sell my soul for, it just might be this book, which could guide me in exploring paleo flavors and techniques for years without tiring.
Head over to www.paleorecipebook.com to see some sample pages and read more about Sebastien's work and book. The Meal Plan and a guide to spices in the kitchen are both currently available for free, and this book is normally forty seven dollars, but right now thirty four dollars, and Wow, I couldn't believe it when I read that. I was prepared to pay at least one hundred, and this is coming from a girl who lived off of canned tuna in Italy because artisan foods still weren't worth it.Tweet


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According to emergency responders, most of the damage occurred in the central and northeastern part of the county. Around 11:00 a.m. a family on Fred Clayton Road near Marion was rescued by emergency responders.
Neither churches nor business were skipped when it came to flooding. A family business off of Cotton Gin Road received extensive damage.
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Within the next five to 10 days, Butler says federal emergency responders will likely be in the area, offering assistance to flood victims.
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Top security threats for 2013 include "hacktivism" attacks, botnet malware, distributed denial of service attacks, and identity theft. The problems are well known and yet there is still resistance to spending the capital on prevention measures. Intel® provides a painless way to protect web services and sensitive data from threats.
The beauty of the solution is that existing services do not need to be modified. Service delivery of tokenization and key management is abstracted, secured and simplified. The Expressway Service Gateway provides features made to integrate, mediate, secure, and scale services in a dynamically changing Enterprise application perimeter that may include multiple security domains. Once deployed to the network edge in a software or hardware form factor, our service gateway combined with the DPM can safely expose existing REST APIs or SOAP web services. High speed data mediation capabilities for XML, JSON, binary, and legacy data enable existing web services to be exposed as REST APIs to meet growing mobile service demands.
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For retail applications, PCI Compliance can be achieved by intercepting url-encoded web requests containing PAN data, tokenizing and forwarding to the existing backend with no change needed to the back-end service. Bulk tokenization requests, transmitted over SFTP, can be proxied to allow for tokenization. ESG can batch large requests to run in parallel in order to optimize performance. The concepts applied to PAN data also work to secure patient health information (PHI) for healthcare applications.
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Behind the scenes: How to write a business book
Feb 23rd
I just completed a year-long process to bring you a new book. It's called The Content Code and when it arrives in a few weeks, it will teach you how to ignite your content and your business in a world of overwhelming information density. It is my best book, perhaps my best work of all-time.
This is my fifth book (seventh if you count three editions of The Tao of Twitter) so I wanted to share some of the lessons I've learned from this intense process.
How I write books
The main idea — The most challenging part is coming up with an idea that is truly different and exciting to my readers. In this case, I answered the question we are all fighting through: "I'm working as hard as I can, but my content is buried. How do I break through and succeed?" This is a book that changes the conversation from "create content" to "ignite content" … the first of its kind.
The main idea: "Great content is not the finish line. It is the starting line."
Outline — Once I had fleshed out the concept, I created an outline in early 2013. This formed the basis for the research I needed to do to answer the question with completeness and authority. I created an Evernote file for each chapter in the outline to collect ideas, resources, people to interview. I ended up with hundreds of paths to pursue but only the best and most relevant made it into the final book.
I employed a part-time intern for a year as a research assistant to flesh out every "to-do" and ended up interviewing about 50 people for the book.
The outline changed dramatically over the last year as the 6-part "code" coalesced from the research. That's a good thing. I was letting the research write the book, not my pre-conceived outline of what I thought should be in the book!
The Wall of Fame — I write the title of each chapter on the top of a large easel page of paper and draw a line down the middle. One side is "to do" and one side is "done." I create a Post-It note for every resource, idea, and interview that needs to be explored and place it in the "to-do" column. Then I hang all the chapters on my office wall. This way I can see exactly everything that needs to be done in one place.
It's "old school" but it works extremely well! I can be concurrently working on a "to-do" for chapter 10 even while writing chapter 2. That way, by the time I get there, I have all the pieces in place to begin to write.
The writing begins — There's no way I can write a book in small segments of time. For a book of 60,000 words I need to concentrate for days at a time. I only had one chance to write the book — over the holiday season when business travel, teaching, and consulting cease. I knew that if I didn't finish the book by the time my business travel started again I would not complete it this year, so I had to work like a maniac … and I did.
Testing ideas — The Content Code is filled with hundreds of new ideas and the blog was a perfect place to test them before committing them to a book that will live forever. For example, I drew some conclusions about the relationship between search engine optimization and content ignition but wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. I wrote a blog post about it to test the waters and everybody seemed to think it made sense — so I had confidence that the idea should be in the book.
Cutting it into a book — The first draft was about 75,000 words — far too long for you busy people! So I cut ruthlessly. I chopped more than 25,000 words out of the book to make sure that every single sentence leads you toward insight, value … and maybe even a little fun! There is no writing, only good re-writing. The book is still longer than I would have liked, but I cut it to the bone. It is 100 percent fluff-free.
What I learned from writing a book
It changed me — I became consumed with this topic — finding every single angle on how we can ignite our content and win in this competitive marketplace. I learned that for most people, the act of sharing content is a very thoughtful, intimate act. We share for intrinsic, emotional reasons. But companies expect us to share their content for economic reasons. That's a problem, isn't it? My approach to content marketing was transformed. Yours will be too, I hope.
Sacrifice — Because I had a limited timeframe to get the book completed, I locked myself in a room and did nothing but research/write for 12 hours a day (or more), every day except Christmas, for almost three months.
My health suffered. I gained weight. Sometimes I wrote for 18 hours until my joints hurt and my eyesight was blurry. I had to maintain complete focus and discipline. The book became a physical and psychological obsession.
I know that sounds terrible and weird, but at least for me, this strenuous commitment was the only path I had to create something unique, entertaining, and extraordinary. Obviously I'm fortunate to have a wife who supports the lunacy. I'm now recovering from the book!
I became an expert on something — I immersed myself in a single topic for a year. As a result, I'm pretty sure there is nobody on earth who knows more about igniting content than me. What I learned will help me become a better teacher, blogger, and business consultant. I basically spent the last year giving myself the equivalent of an advanced degree in content marketing.
The benefits of writing a book
Fuel — The results of the book are already paying off. The innovations in The Content Code have become the fuel that will propel my business for at least the next year. It will be the topic of blog posts, a new speech, classes, workshops, and consulting opportunities. Do you need me to help you ignite your content? Let's talk.
Intrinsic Reward — I am a teacher in everything I do. My greatest reward is when people tell me that something I wrote or said helped them succeed. This book will help you. I literally cannot wait for you to see it.
Financial reward — Ask any author and they will tell you that you don't make money from books. The traditional publishing system is … broken, to put it mildly.
So I forged a new path. I have two corporate patrons generously sponsoring this book, Dell and gShift, which allowed me to break the shackles of needing "an advance." I am self-publishing (and will do so from here on out) so the profits will direct to me, not a corporation. I can use those profits to actually promote the book, something publishers don't do any more. This topic is worthy of an entirely separate blog post, which I will provide to you down the line.
By now I hope you're intrigued enough by my writing process to actually be interested in the book, too. It should be out by mid-March and available in most of the world on Amazon, Kindle, and eventually an audio book. Watch this space for news of its release!
Many thanks to all who have been patient with me during this intense writing period! The Content Code is coming!
Do you have to cheat to be successful on the social web?
Mar 6th
I spent a great part of my career in B2B marketing positions and the part I loved most was traipsing around the factory floor. I loved watching things work and being with people who were actually "making stuff."
There was one manufacturing manager I knew who seemed to be a wizard. The guy always led the pack and found a way to hit his production numbers no matter what was thrown at him. He seemed too good to be true.
That's because he was. He was a cheat.
Turns out, he would invest to improve his plant's productivity and then purposely understate the manufacturing capacity of his equipment. So he was always holding back — in essence, lying and cheating the company so he could "make his numbers" and get that big bonus check. Of course he was fired.
He moved on to another Fortune 100 company, did the same thing, and was fired again.
You see, it's not just about making your numbers. HOW you make the numbers matters too.
It's all about cheating
This has been one of those weeks when I get really disgusted about the questionable games people play in business. For example, there has been a significant debate about the number of well-known authors who allegedly hire specialized companies to buy bulk copies of their books to nudge them on to the New York Times bestseller list.
I understand why people do this. They cheat, bump themselves on to The New York Times list for a day, and then claim that badge of social proof for their career forever. But it's kind of like calling yourself an "award-winning author" for that third-place trophy you received in high school for the Kiwanis Club essay contest. What did you really accomplish?
The publishing companies apparently approve of this because it moves books. Even the New York Times seems to condone cheating. This blows my mind. I mean, it's the New York freaking Times, the most respected newspaper in America. And they're allowing the editorial section of their paper to be gamed? The fact is, it is possible — maybe necessary — to buy your way on to this prestigious list.
An addiction to social proof
I've written extensively about this idea of "social proof." An indicator like "New York Times bestseller" is a short-cut indicator of quality when we are overwhelmed in a decision process. But this is a two-edged sword. It is undoubtedly a powerful indicator of influence, but it is also increasingly meaningless because nearly every "badge" can be faked.
Today, anyone can manufacture their own image of personal power. In Return On Influence, I wrote about a colleague who admitted to me that his entire social media presence had been faked. He bought his massive Twitter audience. He had somebody ghost-writing his blogs. He made up his client list. And people bought into it.
Another person I know created their own social media award and presented it to themselves so they had something to display on their blog. Nearly every day I get requests from people to vote for them for some crazy, made-up award. What the heck does winning a "Shorty Award" mean? Are you really the "best" of something?
The sad reality is, what you do may be less important than how you appear on the Internet. In a social media world that barks "Authenticity! Authenticity!" … there is precious little of that, in reality.
There was a time I was too concerned with social proof. I didn't cheat, but I spent too much time comparing my "numbers" with other people. It was driving the wrong behavior for me and my business because instead of just doing good work, I was thinking about doing work that increased these meaningless metrics. The social proof on my blog included badges about the awards I had won, Ad Age Power 150, etc. I took them all down about a year ago (which means I am not even following my own advice about the importance of social proof!), but it was the right decision for me because today I am concentrating on business metrics that make a difference.
Leaving success on the table?
I do wonder if the world will pass me by if I don't cheat. Will I ever have a bestseller? Will my publishers even support me any more if I'm not willing to pay a third party to buy my own books? Is it more important to write a great book or have the financial resources to make it look like a great book?
Will my blog readers eventually be more attracted to bloggers who display their awards and badges like a a five-star general?
Will clients hire speakers for conferences and workshops based on the number of Twitter followers or Facebook Likes they manufacture?
Does it matter that I don't make "best of" lists or win social media awards because I don't lobby my friends for votes?
Despite the business realities of social proof, life is too short to compromise myself to make a book list or fake my way to stardom. I feel like I am in a shrinking minority, but I still believe the lesson I learned on the factory floor so many years ago — How you make the numbers is important too. Even if other people can't tell what is real, I know what is real.
Thanks for reading my post today. I would love to hear your thoughts on cheating and social proof in the comment section!
Getting your first book published: Lessons learned!
May 29th
Do you dream of writing and publishing a book some day? It was always something I've wanted to do and I was so fortunate to have the opportunity to do it this year. Here are some lessons that you might find helpful from my journey with Return On Influence.
How did I get a book contract?
I was in an unusual position. Beginning in 2010, publishers actually sought me out to write a book. Why? I think there were three things that boosted me into that position:
1) I had demonstrated my writing ability through my blog
2) I had successfully self-published my first book, The Tao of Twitter (a great stepping stone!)
3) I had an engaged community who would be advocates for the book
I think this last part is particularly important. Like any content on the web, you have to be able to "ignite" it for it to be useful. Even if I had written the world's greatest book, it would never sell if I couldn't light the match. Establishing a blog or Facebook community seems like a good first-step for publishing today.
The good news is, these opportunities are available to anybody today to get them into a position to get a publishing contract. The bad news is, it takes a LOT of work to get there.
How did I choose a publisher?
After meeting with several publishers, I developed a good personal chemistry with the people at McGraw Hill. They really respect and support their authors. It ended up being a great decision.
When I turned in my proposal, it ended like this — "I really don't know what this book is going to be about because the topic is entirely new. I don't know what I will find and I have to let the research determine the outcome of the book." They let me write it any way, which I think is cool. And the book ended up being 80% different than the original proposal!
How did I choose a topic?
There was no master plan, really. The emerging marketing trend of social influence was simply something I was interested in — Is there anything to this Klout stuff? How does power show up on the web? Why are companies scrambling to implement these Klout Perks?
If I was going to devote months of my life to a project, first and foremost, it had to be interesting!
I also realized that I had to write a book that had not been written before — something COMPLETELY different. Choosing this topic of social influence was a big risk. When I started the project, nobody had heard of Klout or social scoring — the trend was just emerging — but I thought this was going to go mainstream and I was right, thankfully.
What was the writing process?
The biggest challenge for me and other writers I have talked to is blocking out the chunks of time necessary to get the project done. A project this size cannot be accomplished with an hour here and there. Even when I reserved a whole week to write, I looked up at 9 p.m. on a Thursday night and not written a word — my week had been filled solving client problems. This was a panicky moment. How was I going to get this done?
So I blocked out another week and made a decision I have never made before or since — I was going to write, even if it meant disappointing customers. That's gut-wrenching and wrong but I had to do it.
My wife helped me as a research assistant and also transcribed about 50 taped interviews. From start to finish it took about nine months to research and write the book, with about three solid months of intense writing and re-writing.
Editing and promotion
I completely under-estimated the time required AFTER the book was written. The manuscript went through four editing phases. Although the final product is probably 95% the same as what I first turned in, there were a lot of decisions about the title, the tone and direction of the book. McGraw-Hill wanted it to be a "how-to" book and that just didn't align with my vision. They let me follow my own path, but all these discussions took a lot of time.
Once the book launched, I was doing 2-4 interviews a day for eight weeks. This time, I warned my customers ahead of time and I was able to put off some projects to allow enough time to properly promote the book. I took a financial hit but I realized that this was a once in a lifetime opportunity and I needed to go for it.
Did I make money from the book?
I knew going into it that the goal for this book was to expand my reach and reputation, not become rich from book sales. So I approached it realistically. Even though I received a generous payment upfront and the book is selling very well, on a per-hour basis, this would have been a bad economic decision.
However, I am already receiving the benefits of being a published author through new invitations to speak and consult. In that regard, I forecast that there will be a long-term financial benefit.
What's next?
I feel really proud about where I am right now with Return On Influence. I proved to myself that I could do it and the publisher is happy with a best-selling book (the first printing sold out in eight weeks). My community and the reviewers have embraced the book.
I do have a few ideas for a new book but the scope of these ambitious projects is quite daunting because of the time it would take to pull it off. It will be a difficult decision to make but you can be assured that if I write a new book it will also be "out there."
In the near-term, I'm happy to announce that McGraw-Hill bought the worldwide rights to The Tao of Twitter and a new edition with about 30 percent new content will be available by the end of the year.
So those are the highlights.
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Ten-year-old Gim Lew leaves his village in China to accompany his father to America, but before they go he must prepare for a grueling test that he must pass--without stuttering--at California's Angel Island, where officials strive to keep out unwanted immigrants. Includes facts about immigration from China and the experiences of the author's family.
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Pilot Casting: Dennis Miller Headed To Awesometown, Tom Irwin Joins Devious Maids
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Dennis Miller is probably known for his hosting and commentating than he is for his acting, however hes also known to be funny, which should serve him well in the ABC comedy pilot Awesometown, a project that's building a solid cast but seems to have taken the wrong page out of Cougar Towns book with regards to its title. (See also Happy Town... also ABC.)
Deadline posted the news that Miller is set to join previously cast Ben Rappaport in the Adam Sztykiel written comedy pilot. The project is described as raw, hilarious peek behind the curtain of modern twentysomething relationships. Rappaport plays Dusty, a recently divorced 20-something who moves into an apartment with two of his coworkers (played by Nick Kocher and James Earl III). Miller has signed on to play the genius boss of Burke Architecture. Apparently, he doesnt smile, which should make for an interesting character, and certainly an intriguing role for Miller.
In other casting news related to ABC pilots, Tom Irwin has joined the ABC pilot Devious Maids. The drama pilot is based on a Mexican series and follows four maids (Ana Ortiz, Dania Ramirez, Roselyn Sanchez, Judy Reyes) who work in wealthy Beverly Hills households. Irwin has signed on to play one of the employers, who has apparently been sleeping with his maid.
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Hi, I currently have a fixed gear/single gear bike with a drop bar and two dropbar style brakes.
The specs for the stem on this bike state:
"Forged Aluminum, 8 deg, Removable 26.0 Clamp, Black Finish, Threadless 1.125" It's not clear to me what these measurements, particularly 26.0 and 1.125, mean.
I also have an extra flat bar which I tried to install but the stem (above) was too big for it. The handle bar has no measurement markings so I measured the circumference twice and divided by pi and got 25.2 and 25.26 mm. The online store I'm chatting with insists this a 25.4 mm handlebar. But I see 25.2 mm handlebars online being sold online (here). Although Sheldon Brown doesn't mention a 25.2 mm anywhere either.
My online store also suggest I get a new stem. I don't understand why I can't buy a shim?
My online store also indicates I need to get new brake cables because the current cable endings that are on the dropbar won't fit the new brakes for the flarbar I need.
Anyway here is a summary of what I need and any help will be appreciated!
- Is my extra flat handlebar indeed a 25.4mm or is it really a 25.2mm? This is where everything starts.
- Do I really need to get new brake cables to convert from dropbar brakes to flatbar brakes? If so any recommendations?
- So I really need to by a new stem (see dimensions above)? Why can't I simply buy a shim? If so any recommendations?
- Any suggestions on grips?
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Child in a Strange Country: Exhibit and Events
The traveling exhibit from the Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind, "Child in a Strange Country: Helen Keller and the History of Education for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired" officially opens this Friday, May 2, with a reception featuring library director Josie Parker, Museum Director Micheal A. Hudson, harpist Deborah Gabrion, and refreshments.
But the exhibit is already assembled enough (in the Downtown Library's lobby and 3rd floor) to see it will be fun and informative featuring a big globe with raised features, selections of writing such as Valentin Hauy's tactile book and Louis Braille's dot code, and insights, events, and photographs from Helen's life.
The title of the exhibit comes from Anne Sullivan's report about Helen in which she said, "For the first two years of her intellectual life she was like a child in a strange country," and noted that no learning was possible until she could overcome the communication barrier posed by blindness and deafness. With that in mind, "Child in a Strange Country" explores four primary subjects: Reading, Science, Math, and Geography. Using Helen Keller's educational journey as a lens, the exhibit uses tactile reproductions and authentic artifacts to uncover the roots of modern education for children with vision loss. The exhibit is designed to be fully accessible and interactive. You can touch and explore that big globe as much as you want.
If the exhibit whets your appetite, come see Child in a Strange Country or Why is Helen Keller at the Water Pump the Only Person Who Was Blind that Most Americans Know?, on Sunday, May 4 from 2 - 3:30 PM, a talk by Museum Director Micheal A. Hudson in which he explores major advances in learning and literacy since 1784 for people who are blind or visually impaired, introducing characters that most people do not know. Also join us on Wednesday, May 7 from 7 - 8:30 PM for Sensory Communication: Relaying and Receiving Information Through Touch, in which UM Performing Arts Technology Professor Sile O'Modhrain discusses touch, communication, and Helen Keller.
You may also be interested in Visions 2014 in the Morris Lawrence Building at Washtenaw Community College on Wednesday, May 14 from 10 AM - 3 PM, where a variety of exhibitors demonstrate the latest products and services for people with vision loss. The fair also features presentations by guest speakers from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Disabled, UM Kellogg Eye Center, WLBPD @ AADL, and the AT Guys.


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[3/29/14, 10:33:28 PM] Angel Vasquez: [SCENE ONE]
[3/29/14, 10:35:19 PM] Angel Vasquez: Scarfy: " It's been 2 months since she took over" *Running* "She's destroyed 3/4 of the world's population" *Distant explosions* "I don't know where my group is or if they're even alive." *Camera flips* "SHIT SHIT SHIT"
[3/29/14, 10:35:54 PM] Angel Vasquez: *Scarfy picks up camera and watches Tina grab Hulk Hogan by the neck*
[3/29/14, 10:37:01 PM] Angel Vasquez: "Poor man...."
[3/29/14, 10:37:27 PM] Angel Vasquez: *Her head turns 180 degrees and looks at Scarfy*
[3/29/14, 10:37:49 PM] Jake... from StateFarm: Her: *distorted little girl voice* I seeeee youuuuu....
[3/29/14, 10:38:12 PM] Jake... from StateFarm: *She slowly floats towards you*
[3/29/14, 10:39:28 PM] Angel Vasquez: *Scarfy runs and gets pulled into an alley by Jake*
[3/29/14, 10:40:17 PM] Angel Vasquez: [SCENE TWO]
[3/29/14, 10:40:43 PM] Angel Vasquez: *Jake and Scarfy have entered a sewer*
[3/29/14, 10:41:06 PM] Angel Vasquez: Scarfy: "Uhh where are we going?"
[3/29/14, 10:41:41 PM] Angel Vasquez: Jake: "Some where safe...Somewhere she can't find us.."
Just a story my friend Scarfy came up during the time when I drew A-Head in the Game. We should do this more ._.


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The tax-favored status of employer-paid educational assistance benefits would be made permanent under bipartisan legislation introduced in the House of Representatives on March 5.
Under Section 127 of the Internal Revenue Code, employers can reimburse employees for up to $5,250 in annual undergraduate and graduate costs without the reimbursement being included in employees' taxable income.
That tax break, though, is set to expire on Dec. 31, 2012. The bill, H.R. 4137, introduced by Reps. Sam Johnson, R-Texas, and Richard Neal, D-Massachusetts, would make the tax break permanent.
"It's time to make education assistance a permanent benefit that workers and employers can count on," Kathleen Coulombe, senior associate in government affairs at the Society of Human Resources Management in Alexandria, Virginia, said in a statement.
Jerry Geisel writes for Business Insurance, a sister publication of Workforce Management. To comment, email email@example.com.
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What 'Gutsy call?' CIA memo reveals Admiral controlled Bin Laden mission. Yet, Obama, claims Romney would NOT have made decision. He's right: Romney has never been 'the Admiral.' What a putz!
The Seas are Great but the Navy is Small. Former SecNavy says, "This is not the fault of the senior Navy leadership, which has to operate within the limits set by the White House. During the Reagan years, those of us in leadership positions served a commander in chief who understood, completely and instinctively, the relationship between American strength and the protection of peace and freedom in an unstable world. Current Pentagon leaders do not have that advantage." Lord help us if Republicans don't rout this Regime out in November.
1865: The worst steamship disaster in the history of the United States occurred when there was an explosion aboard the Sultana; more than 1,400 people were killed.
1956: Rocky Marciano retired as undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion.
1961: Sierra Leone gained independence from Great Britain
THE LIST COULD BE LONER: Fifty ways the Obama Administration has hurt the economy and job creation. Worst president for business in our lifetime? Unquestionably, unless you're a WWII Vet. Being born during that war doesn't count as you were at most a toddler. An excellent list, worth reading all 50. I'll have to consider writing about one or two. Maybe more.
Obama releases $200 Million to an enemy. Yawn. What else is new.
Noonan: a Bush League President one of her best:
It's interesting that the Obama campaign isn't using what incumbent presidents always sooner or later use, either straight out or subliminally. And that is "You know me. I've been president for almost four years, you don't know that other guy. In a high-stakes world do you really want someone new?"
You know why they're not using "You know me"? Because we know him, and it's not a plus.
Virginia: Tim Kaine's Advocacy for Obama will Haunt his Campaign. First governor to endorse Obama back in '08.
It wasn't his accomplishments as an Illinois state senator, because he didn't have any; it wasn't his accomplishments in the United States Senate, because Obama was too busy campaigning for the presidency to waste his time trying to advance a legislative agenda; and it couldn't have been his remarkable achievements outside of politics, since Obama's experience is void of anything noteworthy. There was absolutely nothing in Obama's record indicating that he had the makings of a good president, and his record as president bears that out.
Virginia is one of the 'swing states.' The other former governor running for the Senate seat to replace retiring Sen. Jim Webb is George Allen, a consummate business advocate, giving him a strong edge.
EPA Regional Mgr: "Crucify the oil companies." Regime lets it slip, in 2010 speech.
Liberals drive 3600 jobs into a fire hydrant: Apple 'told' to hire "disadvantaged in exchange for tax breaks. All good things crash and burn as a result of the Liberal hand.


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suck. Much simpler to find things before without having to scroll down. Go back to the old set up.
That is a good question. I still am not sure if a well will or can be drilled by Celtique in time to save those leases but if a time extension can be reached then perhaps paying the share is the best option. Does Magellan then try to sell part of HH to pay for ongoing drilling on that lease?
Sentiment: Hold
Not difficult to discern where they think the problem lies.
And bang zoom down again about 3% this morning. I am getting so tired of the BS about base building for the big push. OA cannot seem to get past 88 much less break 100 or higher.
Not something that would be unexpected as management has spoken of monetizing assets left after this exchange.
Ever hear of counting chickens before they are hatched?
Whoops, "only supply raw..."
Sentiment: Hold
Not sure the vertical idea is bad. Would you prefer that Cyanotech on supply raw product and thus run the risk of associated with only one level of the process while distributors and retail held the company hostage? I am not ready to give up yet on this type of organizational set up but I hope new management can right the ship towards profitability soon. I rather suspect we will not have the best news this quarter if he has been fired.
That would be my assumption and we will only know about a severance package later but that is standard procedure.
Bailey said he wanted to have more time with his family and had been proud to serve the company and have it grow. In athletic teams this is like the bosses saying "we want to go in another direction" but perhaps this is just Bailey being truthful. Hard to tell because the "want to spend..." is so common anymore along with "to pursue other opportunities."
Sentiment: Hold
Not sure the interim president, while good in science, has the acumen to move the company forward but the treading of water over the past year or more had to stop. Doubling of revenues and changing to a branded product is all well and good but profits now have to follow.
Sentiment: Hold
So now Magellan has UK leases and perhaps a few more shares in Central Petroleum Australia and, for a while, an off shore lease north or Darwin (if that has not expired). All obligations to West Texas Bank are off the books and management says this has left the company in better shape to pursue value for its shareholders.
Sentiment: Hold
95-100 will have me bidding adieu. I have held shares since before their first Pegasus launch and have been very fortunate to have a nice profit. Do not want to be a hog that got slaughtered as the old saying goes because I got too greedy.
Sentiment: Hold
Supplies probably being unloaded as I type this. Good job by all concerned.
Whoops, no indication of pressure decline from the zones tested.
Horsehill 1 has recorded a flow of nearly 1700 bpd over an extended test with no indication of pressure evident from the zones tested. Plans for a horizontal extension are now being forwarded for approval and estimates of recovery rates are to be released from Nutech soon.
Seems the market is really overdoing this small restatement of earnings. Unless there is something else wrong, this is really an overreaction from 90 to 77. Fingers crossed for successful Cygnus mission this month.
Sentiment: Hold
The flows from the three zones at Horse Hill certainly have exceeded expectations. Would be really interesting to be a fly on the wall listening to any plans Magellan management has regarding the Weald etc. after the news today.
Over 1300 barrels per day in tests (still ongoing in the second zone) over the two zones with the Portland Sandstone still to be tests.
Let's manipulate the stock down 2-3 bucks before earnings so if OA, as expected, beats then the smart investors can push it back up tomorrow to where it was at the start of today.
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Screw Earth Day! Thoughts on Grist and Earth Day Critics
Grist has never been Earth Day's #1 supporter, to put it lightly. It seems sort of counter-intuitive, given that Grist is serious about environmental news and issues — seriously dry and a bit sardonic, but serious nonetheless. A "beacon in the smog," as they like to put it. So, maybe it's not too surprising that they're a little less than enthused about Earth Day because, really, "It's not about a single day, dude, it's about living green every day."
We can certainly agree with that, but then again, we don't live in an ideal world. Here's what we think about it...
Yes, Earth Day won't change everything, and yes, living green on just one single day of the year is not enough. But it's something. It's an awareness, an acknowledgment that the Earth and how we treat it deserves some attention. Ideally every person would be environmentally-conscious every day of the year. But most people, unfortunately, don't live like that and even for those of us that try, we need reminders. A fresh start. "Yes, Earth Day. I can and will do better."
Bill Christofferson, the author of a biography on Gaylord Nelson, the founder of Earth Day, counters critics of Earth Day who say it's become too watered down and institutionalized — another example of greenwashing — by showing that, in effect, much of Earth Day's success is derived from the fact that it has been institutionalized. Since its first observance in 1970, it's taken root and flourished in elementary schools and universities, cultivating an "environmental ethic" in millions of young people. It may not be what hard core activists had in mind, but as long as the public is still paying attention to green issues at all, it should be viewed as an opportunity.
Gaylord Nelson, who showed up for work every morning until he was 89, always said: "Our work's not finished. There's a lot more to be done." So if Earth Day manages to inspire someone to do something helpful to the Earth, anything at all — pick up one piece of trash, recycle a few bottles — in our opinion, that's better than doing nothing.
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