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>Running 101>What do you feel after a long run @ MP?
Re Garmin reading long, yes, you can't just assume your Garmin will read 26.2. You can wind up very disappointed that way.
I prefer to turn off autolap for races, try to keep "current lap pace" a little faster than my goal for this mile, and manually hit the lap button. If the mile markers are inaccurate, it may be better to just leave it on autolap and pace slightly ahead the whole way, but then you're just guessing at how long the course will measure in the end.
I never sweat this discrepancy in training. So what if I did my MP runs at 6:50 by Garmin and I have to keep it at more like 6:47 on race day -- race day is just different all around. For training, the Gamin is my ground truth, unless it's gone totally wacko (does happen).
Hey, great job with the TT. I'm too weak to do those now, so I substitute with tempo runs when I can't find a race. I did 41:59 and 42:14 10k TT in 2009 on my way to 3:08 marathon, so you're not too far off from your goal once you get in some consistent training. There's nothing wrong with going ahead with the full since you still have time to get in some training, but did you consider switching to the half (if that's even possible) in order to get in a strong race?
Good luck!
That is nice information for me. I am not thinking to switch to the half at the moment. What would be different to race this full and do another one in the future instead of a half and then a full? The only reason I can guess is that you may concern my base may not strong enough to execute the plan.
5k - 20:56 (09/12), 7k - 28:40 (11/12), 10k trial - 43:08 (03/13), 42:05 (05/13), FM - 3:09:28 (05/13), HM - 1:28:20 (05/14), Failed 10K trial - 6:10/mi for 4mi (08/14), FM - 3:03 (09/14)
There is definitely nothing wrong with racing this full and it can be good to gain the experience. You already recognize that you're not ready to BQ, so you don't have to worry so much of a complete blow up. It can be good to do the full just to get the experience of racing a full, learning how to fuel during the race, and experiencing the last miles of the race. FWIW, I raced my first full on about 35 mpw base with similar PRs to yours and finished in 3:18. I feel like you are in a similar situation I was when I ran my first marathon, so I thought I would share.
I think the 10K time is a good benchmark, but like any other benchmark for the marathon distance, it assumes a certain aerobic fitness level. I used to run 43 minute 10K's on just running around the neighborhood, no training plan, 25 mile weeks. If i had tried to run a marathon at that time though Iwould have crashed and burned around mile 12 at an 8 minute pace. With an easy day the day before, i have always found the MP LR to be fairly easy, even with as many as 13 miles at MP. If you struggle with it in training, it can mean you need to reconsider things. Everyone is different, with differing abilities at certain distances, so my experiencemay not be analogous to yours. Maybe you are naturally more aerobically fit, but slower at shorter distances, but maybe not. With your recent break in training, be honest with yourself about your aerobic endurance or you will pay the price on race day.
Thank you for the sharing. I certainly concern if my base is strong enough to run at 7:40. At the moment I think I am comfortable with 7:50 as my MP. Here is the stats of today's long run. My breathing was good all the way except some hills. I didn't feel it hard but at the end of the run my legs were rather tired.
Your anticipated time is what I got in my first marathon, I did I it In 3:23. My longs runs of between 16 and 22 miles where between 8 and 8:30 pace. Probably closer to 9 at the beginning of my 14 week plan. I recall a tough 18 miler done in 8:20 pace, 2 weeks later I did a 22 and averaged 7:52 so that was a confidence booster. A good workout I liked was 3x3 mile or 2 x4 mile at 30 seconds quicker than marathon pace.
I do find anything faster than easy pace (anything that makes me work) is tough but I can really up the ante in a race.
take for example my last half. My longest tempo was 7 and I avg 7:25 pace which felt ok but not the easiest. I then went to run the half at 6:55 pace with the last 2 miles in 6:40 and 6:12 - so I may have had more?
"I've been following Eddy's improvement over the last two years on this site, and it's been pretty dang solid. Sure the weekly mileage has been up and down, but over the long haul he's getting out the door and has turned himself into quite a runner. He's only now just figuring out his potential. Consistency in running is measured in years, not weeks. And over the last couple of years, Eddy's made great strides" Jeff 14 Jan 2009
Eddy, Thank you for sharing your experience. you are probably the kind of race person who can get energized by the race atmosphere. I am not sure if I am. I don't know if the race will help me. Plus, the marathon I am running is rather small. There will probably be about 300 people. So I might just run by myself most of the time.
Yesterday I run at my tempo pace (6:51) that was faster than my 10K trial pace (6:56) 2 weeks ago. It was a much flatter route though. My breathing was much more comfortable than the trial race. I think I could probably go another one or two miles on that pace. Was that just a good day or my two-week workout has helped?
Also I am wondering how many seconds difference between the tempo pace and the MP? McMillan calculator gives about 40 - 60 seconds difference.
If you can do a 6-7 mile tempo at 6:51, 3:20 may be conservative.
40-60 seconds sounds way too big to me; I'd think 25-35 seconds. So your MP may be faster than you are thinking.
Unless you're only running about 45 miles a week. Then it may be aggressive.
Runners run.
Well there is that.
Yesterday I run at my tempo pace (6:51) that was faster than my 10K trial pace (6:56) 2 weeks ago. It was a much flatter route though. My breathing was much more comfortable than the trial race. I think I could probably go another one or two miles on that pace. Was that just a good day or my two-week workout has helped?
Also I am wondering how many seconds difference between the tempo pace and the MP? McMillan calculator gives about 40 - 60 seconds difference.
McMillan calculator is not a calculator,but rather a forecaster. A forecast by definition is not accurate. The tool works very well for my 5k to half. My marathon is always way slower. You will need several years to figure out your adjustment with it. I would suggest you race a short distance, then add some buffer on McMillian forecasted marathon time. Over time, you will do a little better.
Using training to estimate is more personal. Too many factors, mileage, and recovery ability etc. "High" mileage runners train at fatigue state. A slow recover runner can't train too fast, but it doesn't mean he/she will race slower, because of taper.
The most important thing is not to over agonize, none of us can get it right every time. I would say we get it wrong most of the time.
I understand we have to talk about it.
The tool works very well for my 5k to half. My marathon is always way slower. You will need several years to figure out your adjustment with it
Ha. I just checked your PRs... our marathon PRs are within 3 seconds. But your half PR is 5 minutes faster than mine. Yeah, I have to adjust McMillan's times down slightly for marathon, instead of up.
45 mpw is not enough base to support then. I have a 20 mile run coming this Sunday. It is my first 20 miles. Can I use that to gauge my base? I was planning to run at 8:30. If I run at 8:00, would that give any indication? Also, it is first time I am going to try some energy gel.


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When I open up the Terminal app on my MacBook, I see this...
Last login: Tue Oct 6 20:41:59 on console
MARK-HATCH:~ user1$
What in the hell is that?? :eek:
BTW the command line in Windows XP+ (all NT variants) is not DOS, it just looks like it.
Then what is it?!
I found these two articles...
Are there any Unix/Linux gurus around here??
I would like to know what is going on here, and I don't want to start mucking around with Terminal/command-line/Bash stuff and really mess things up. (Although both of the articles above seem to be from authoritative sources.)
If the computer was pre-installed with software it is possible it was the person whom installed the software. I have done similar in Linux before but it was several years ago and just in a Lab during Linux Server Admin.
I wouldn't worry too much about it, it's more of a personalisation and in either case you should usually make duplicates/backups of major config files before editing just in case.
Its Windows command line, that is all.
[/B][B]Are there any Unix/Linux gurus around here??[/B]
I would just leave it alone then. It probably is nothing but the hostname of your computer.
That appears to be the computer name or host name.Is your computer named MARK-HATCH?
The app that gives you the command-line like the DOS window in Windows.
Is there a Unix/Linux forum here?
Maybe I can get better help there?
i don't want to not answer, so i will, but i'm a pc guy and i have no idea what a Terminal is
no idea, but it sure doesn't look like anything related to databases
Should I be freaked out??
Was my computer hacked??
Is that some default name or value??
I'm really not sure what I'm even looking at, other than I wouldn't expect to see what appears to be some person's name in the Terminal window?! :shifty:

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Jak Poore
14 May - 18 May
"With our new production of Wagner 's Lohengrin we pay tribute, in his anniversary year, to one of the most inspiring,controversial and significant figures of our European culture.
Wagner's restless creative energy provoked him constantly to challenge the boundaries of musical, theatrical and spiritual possibility. Lohengrin already hints at the path that would lead him to Parsifal, and beyond that, to a vision of the Buddha which he did not live to compose.
This is the cue for Jonathan Harvey's astonishing work, Wagner Dream which takes as its starting point Wagner's preoccupation, in his dying days in Venice, with the Buddha, and the idea of renouncing the world and embracing a spiritual reality. Harvey, himself a Buddhist, has created an awe-inspiring score of great beauty and power, using primarily electronic means to evoke the scale and power of Wagner's soundworld."
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The Nutcracker. No other ballet in the history of dance has become so synonymous with Christmas and American tradition. It's hard to believe that the ballet originally flopped when first premiered at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in 1892. In fact, it did not truly become the phenomenon it is today until re-staged by Willam Christensen and the San Francisco Ballet more than fifty years later. Tchaikovsky's score, originally critiqued by some as "ponderous" and "insipid" is now employed for everything from football blooper videos to automobile commercials. I once walked out of Macy's in defiance when the "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy" came on over the speakers. It was my first time dancing the role, and I had broken out in a sweat when the music infiltrated my unsuspecting psyche while innocently shopping for Holiday gifts.
It's not that I don't like the Nutcracker or its music. On the contrary, it has become an inherent part of my life, my career--literally part of the fabric of my being. I am not exaggerating. To a professional ballet dancer Christmas without Nutcracker would be like Thanksgiving without turkey...we joke about its ubiquitousness, but deep down we are ever so slightly addicted to it. I have numerous friends who have retired from dancing and they are still involved in the Nutcracker. If not actually performing as a guest dancer, they are teaching other children how to be toy soldiers and Mother Ginger's polichinelles, or at least attending as an audience member. Like an old friend, the Nutcracker never really leaves a dancer's life completely.
How did we become infected with such a virus? Everyone has a different story. My first experience with the Nutcracker was as a child watching Gelsey Kirkland and Mikhail Baryshnikov on PBS. I can remember being all alone in the living room (my brothers were not so interested), entranced by the magical story unfolding before me. The televised version of Baryshnikov's Nutcracker was not only technically flawless from the dancing perspective, but also included close-ups of Clara's enchanted facial expressions and Drosselmeyer's ambiguous and mysterious side show. In the final scene, I was truly convinced that Clara in fact had not been dreaming, but had journeyed to a magical place in another dimension--a place that I was dying to be a part of myself. Little did I know that one day, I would indeed be a part of Nutcracker-land, over and over and over again.
Every year, at least one person looks at me with pity and says that they don't know how we dancers can stand performing the same thing 30 times year after year. And in the next moment, another person will look at me with bright eyes when they learn I am a ballerina and exclaim, "Do you dance in that show...the Nutcracker...I LOVE that one!" It's an interesting dichotomy in which we are placed.
The truth is that most dancers don't actually loath performing the same thing over and over again. Most of them enjoy the opportunity to master their craft at something, to have it so in their system that they can relax enough to enjoy the experience of being on stage and connecting with an eager audience (it is rare to find any Scrooges attending the Nutcracker). Of course, there are exceptions. If there are particular roles or choreography that a dancer is not fond of, you can imagine the kind of torture it would be to put on a happy face in front of 2,000 people every day for the entire month of December.
But boredom itself is not a problem for most dancers. Ballet is a live performing art. Even though the choreography is the same, there are an infinite number of ways to execute and find character, nuance and expression within those steps. When I dance the Sugarplum Fairy, I feel as if I am dancing with three partners. There is my Cavalier with me on stage, there is the conductor and orchestra in the pit, and beyond that there is the audience. Each of these partners plays a crucial role in the art I am creating on stage, and they are different every performance. In addition, my body is never the same body from day to day, moment to moment. Although we may look light and effortless as we piroette and jete across the stage, in reality we may be having a serious conversation with a sore hamstring or knee in order to create that illusion.
The Nutcracker is a love-hate symbiotic relationship with all involved. As dancers, we never get to go shopping on Black Friday, we have to check our gluttony on Thanksgiving and Christmas day (no-one wants to see a plump Plum or hung-over Prince rolling around the stage the next day), and Holiday Parties must go unattended. Christmas shopping usually happens at midnight on the computer when we get home from the theatre. Christmas cards get written in the physical therapy room while waiting to get an ankle adjusted between matinee and evening performances. Often we are unable to go "home" to visit our families. The theatre becomes our home. The other dancers, musicians, and stage-hands become our family. Every year Davie, our prop guy, sets up a fake Christmas tree in the Green Room of the Opera House. Although we don't sit around it singing Christmas carols, its presence is comforting as we fill our coffee cups in preparation for the second show of the day. The sheer athleticism of performing six weeks straight inevitably takes a physical and emotional toll on us. Compound this with the universal stress that comes with the Holidays, and most dancers are ready to collapse when the curtain comes down on the last performance.
That being said, there is also an intangible "specialness" that comes with being a performer during the Holidays. If you can strip Christmas-time of its commercialism, emotional baggage and stress, there is a festive, beautiful, and generous spirit that can be tapped into. For many, attending the Nutcracker is a way to fill that cup. Ultimately we dancers understand our responsibility as magic-makers, and we feel honored to do so. There is nothing more satisfying than finishing a well-executed Nutcracker performance and knowing a thousand little faces will leave the theatre smiling and wondering if Clara really did have a beautiful adventure with her Nutcracker Prince.
Sharon Wehner as Dewdrop in The Nutcracker, photo by Mike Watson


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ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- No. 13-ranked Princeton University scored four of the game's last five goals to hand No. 16-ranked Navy an 11-9 overtime setback on Saturday afternoon in Lejeune Hall.
The loss drops Navy to 13-4 overall
and 0-1 in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Southern
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Navy now leads the all-time series against Princeton, 52-22, but Navy is just 7-6 against Princeton since the start of the 2008 season. Navy has scored just 10 goals in three of the 13 games during that span.
Princeton took an early 2-1 lead midway through the first quarter, but Navy responded by scoring two straight goals for a 3-2 lead with 1:44 to play on an Arny Warren goal. But Princeton tied the game at three with just 38 seconds left in the first quarter.
Princeton would score the second quarter's only goal just 1:44 into the frame for a 4-3 halftime advantage.
Paul Pedrotty would take over for Navy in the third quarter, scoring all three Midshipmen goals to give Navy a 6-5 lead at the end of the third quarter. His final goal of the quarter came with just 23 seconds left in the frame and broke a 5-5 tie heading into the final stanza.
Pedrotty then scored his fourth goal in a row at the 7:39 mark of the fourth quarter to give the Midshipmen a 7-5 advantage, the contest's first two-goal lead for either side.
Princeton rallied, scoring the next two goals coming at the 4:25 and 3:24 marks to tie the game at seven. Navy regained the lead on an Archie Warren five-meter goal with 2:15 to play, but Princeton sent the game into overtime tied at eight on a netter with just 21 seconds left.
Princeton controlled the overtime session, taking the lead for good with 1:03 to play in the first overtime period. In heartbreaking fashion, Princeton freshman Sam Butler scored with just 1.4 seconds left to give the Tigers a 10-8 cushion entering the second, three-minute overtime session.
Navy cut the lead to 10-9 on Arny Warren's second goal with 1:47 to play, but Princeton scored on its next possession for an 11-9 lead, and the Tigers were able to run out the clock to hand Navy its first league setback.
Pedrotty led Navy with four goals, while Arny Warren scored twice. Archie Warren, Tommy Schofer and Pat Seipp scored once for Navy.
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The Ritz cinema as seen from Union Street.
I can recall going here when I was a small child and can remember even now it was considered more a treat to go to the Ritz than the Theatre Royal. I am sure I saw Mary Poppins here... Hyde saw the loss of the Ritz when it closed for good on Tuesday August 13th 1968. The last film to be shown was a 1963 film aptly called "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World", starring Spencer Tracy, Micky Rooney, Phil Silvers, Terry Thomas... and many more well known names. The fact the film was five years old says a lot... it might of ended on a laugh but I remember it was a sad day for Hyde when the choice was gone. My mum had worked in one or two picture houses and always had an interest in films.. I recall her saying it was a shame.
I could not have updated this post if it was not for information I gleamed from a scan I was sent, it came from a book called The History Of The Theatres & Cinemas Of Tameside, by David Owen. By all accounts a 'must read' book for anyone with a fondness for local history.
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The victim, a 20-year-old Bournemouth University student who lives in Winton, was unexpectedly grabbed from behind by an unknown man and attacked in the subway between Holdenhurst Road and the travel interchange at around 1.30am on Friday.
CCTv was released at the weekend, but has been criticsed for being too indistinct.
Now police have released an e-fit of the suspect and a description
The suspect has been described as white, of large build, between 27 and 35 years old, between five feet seven inches and five feet 11 inches tall.
He has dark hair and stubble, big eyes, a crooked nose, pock-marked skin and had a dirty appearance. He was wearing grey tracksuit bottoms and a top with a logo on the chest.
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Witnesses and anyone with information should call Dorset Police in confidence on 101 quoting incident number 01:20. Alternatively, call the free and anonymous Crimestoppers line on 0800 555 111 where mobile phone tariffs may apply.


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Values campaign would elevate the debateAndrew West
Published: February 1 2013 - 3:00AM
Penny Wong was insistent. The federal election in September would be about ''values''. During an appearance on ABC TV's Lateline on Wednesday night, the Finance Minister said so repeatedly.
''I think what will define the election is a question of values and priorities and plans,'' she said, trying to shape the political debate for the next nine months.
Again, when asked about the budget: ''I think you'll always see a Labor budget and Labor values in action in the decisions this government makes.''
Great stuff. Let's hope it happens because, if it does, we might finally have the debate that's been all but missing for 30 years.
During the Hawke-Keating-Howard years, if you tried to talk of values - other than amorphous ''family values'', the Anzac legend or Kokoda - you were a dewy-eyed idealist. Even worse, you were an ''ideologue'', cluttering the national conversation about labour market flexibility, deregulation or productivity, as if these were not, in their own way, ideological obsessions.
The discussion of state politics was even worse: triple-A credit ratings, federal-state relations and that gem ''public-private partnerships''.
In recent years, as the public tired of technocratic jargon, we submerged into platitudes unworthy even of a bumper sticker: ''prosperity'', ''initiative'', ''quality health care'', ''safe communities''. Ugh. As Ross Gittins suggests in his recent book, find me a politician who promises a poorer, sicker, lazier and more dangerous Australia and that will be interesting - and, frankly, more believable.
But a values debate suggests something deeper and, yes, potentially divisive (although there's nothing wrong with peaceful, if heated, disagreement). Barack Obama only really found his voice as a president when he ditched what the 2008 Republican Party vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, called the ''hopey changey stuff'', and presented Americans with a stark choice. He was unafraid, finally, to say that he was on one side - and only one side - of the debate, namely higher taxes on the rich and salvaging the remnants of America's social security and public healthcare for seniors.
The closest Australia came to a values campaign was the 2007 federal election. Because Kevin Rudd described himself as an ''economic conservative'' with barely a cigarette paper's difference between himself and John Howard, the Canberra press gallery missed the values debate that WorkChoices represented. They mistook it for a mere policy difference and, for a few months, suggested it would be neutralised as an issue if Howard changed the ''no disadvantage test''. He did - and it didn't save his government because WorkChoices masked an almost philosophical argument over the work-life balance. How much power should you, or your employer, have over your life?
This year's campaign has the potential to become a genuine contest of values, reflecting deeper religious and humanist principles: who should have power, privilege and access in a society, and who should not? Do we rely on the state for help, on each other, or are we on our own? Do we invest in publicly provided goods or rely on individual initiative and entrepreneurship? What is bigger threat or asset: big government or big business, or this British concept of the ''big society''?
Interestingly, for the three major political leaders, religious faith is present in their lives or looms large in their histories. Julia Gillard may be an atheist now but, as Michael Madigan pointed out in a perceptive piece in The Courier-Mail in 2010, she is a ''cultural Baptist'', who ''won prizes for catechism, for being able to remember Bible verses'' while she attended Baptist Sunday School.
You can detect it in her injunctions about ''hard work'' and ''setting the clock early''. It might even explain her opposition to same-sex marriage.
Tony Abbott, caricatured as a doctrinaire Vatican-line Catholic, is actually a more complex Catholic. He defies easy categorisation. Part of him is a Christian Social Democrat, with a communitarian ethos, derived from his association with B.A. Santamaria. There is also that English Catholic sensibility about him, embodied in John Henry Newman, that emphasises conscience as much as doctrine.
The Greens leader, Christine Milne, opponent of the Australian Christian Lobby, spent her formative years in a convent school. She worked with the World Council of Churches and the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference as an adviser on environmental issues, reflecting the movement for ''creation care'' among Christians.
And Wong herself, who urged this campaign be one of values, is a Christian in the Uniting Church tradition.
A values-based campaign isn't a religious crusade, and shouldn't be. But this is the chance to elevate debate beyond the platitudes - ''prosperity'', ''fairness'', ''initiative'' - and the minutiae of the Gonski report or the Asian century white paper. It's a chance for leaders to articulate the stark choice of who wins, who loses, and whose side they're on.
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This website is one of seven connected websites that are a real treasure house of information for those with family from the Black Country. As I understand it the Black Country is comprised of West Bromwich, Oldbury, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Old Hill, Bilston, Dudley, Tipton, Wednesfield and parts of Halesowen, Wednesbury and Walsall.
These sites contain images (almost 5,000 of them!), parish records, monumental inscriptions and much, much more. I couldn't see who is the author of these sites, but whoever they are they are definitely a "Genealogy Hero" !!


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Evolution Hoax
An orderly and efficient manufacturing process in a factory requires harmony among the entire apparatus.
However, the harmonious working of all devices is not enough for manufacture. Since production depends on the simultaneous work of the tools. In case where there is trouble with synchronization, an extensive disorder occurs in the factories that are much simpler when compared to the complex systems in human body. Yet, in our body, there are trillions of cells that have a higher technology than the most developed factories of the world. Besides, production is splendidly varied in our cells where as many factories focus on a single product, mostly. In order to produce a perfect product, these cells have to move in cooperation and order with one another and with other cells. Here are the miracles happening at every moment, in our cells:
Cells protect Genetic Information
Any kind of information regarding our body structure, shape and feature is included in a system inside the cell nucleus, called chromosomes – which are made of DNA and protein. Yet, our genetic information within the very first cell has to be transferred to the other cells by means of cell division. During this procedure, cells use a particular "chromosome adhesive" called cohesin. Cohesin "glues" the chromatids together, which gets separated from one another during the process of cell division. Nonetheless, recent research has shown that the function of this adhesive-like protein is not limited to its binding the chromatids. It also repairs DNA damages. That is to say, cohesin is a significant protein displaying how a cell protects its very own library. This repair is significant for the protection of all genetic information that belongs to us and is based on the principle of rejoining the broken strands in DNA strings. If there hadn't been such a protection system in our body, then there would have been a distortion in the systematic functioning of our body. This can be compared to a computer crash resulting from a malfunction in the system.
Cohesin is only a protein. And surely it is impossible to claim that this protein processes a repairing mechanism for DNA, the building block of the cell, and knows when to interfere for impairment in chromatid, daughter strand of DNA invisible to the naked eye. The fact that cohesin becomes an intelligent protein is possible only by the inspiration of Allah. The Almighty Allah shows a sign of this fact, in the Holy Quran:
We will show them Our Signs on the horizon and within themselves until it is clear to them that it is the truth. Is it not enough for your Lord that He is a witness of everything? (Surah Fussilat, 53)
Cells interfere at the right time
DNA uses a language, foreign to us, consisting of an alphabet of four different letters; A, C, T and G, each letter standing for a chemical molecule. Different sequences of these letters provide the information required to form a protein inside the cell. However, not all sequences of these letters make up a protein. Unfamiliar with the language of DNA in these strings, scientists have divided DNA into two categories, as "meaningful" and "meaningless" parts, calling the latter "junk DNA". However, recent study has shown that junk DNA is not junk at all; and on the contrary, it organizes the activities of genes around itself. While genes transport the information to produce proteins, the part called junk DNA controls the beginning and end points of that gene. Junk DNA functions as punctuation marks (such as comma or full stop) determining the parts of the gene to produce proteins. In other words, if we consider genes as workers carrying bricks, junk DNA acts like the head workman giving workers their tasks and thus performing a very important function. This proves once more that the Almighty Allah created everything for a purpose and it is a great error that evolutionists named these genes as unused junks.
Each detail in our body is formed by the simultaneous processing of thousands of information. The color of our eyes, our bone structures, how trillions of communication network is established in our brain…these are all registered in the databank of our genes. This information is activated when needed, and lasts during the required time and cell functions as it should. Then the so-called junk DNAs adjust the timing. If the timing had not been right, neither the shape of our body nor our hormone levels would be proper. In brief, the first cell in the womb would have never known when and how to divide and thus man would have never existed. The Almighty Allah created the tiny cell with all the information packed and ready inside. The existence of such an order is of course an admirable sign of Creation.
Cells Separate DNA Strings from One Another
Another enzyme called helicase is an enzyme that unstrings and unwinds DNA strings in DNA replication. This protein uses a great energy to separate DNA strings from one another and by doing so they help our cells divide easier and performs a vital role.
Cells Prevent DNA ends from Unwinding
The ends of the chromosomes are called telomeres. These form the shape of flower bouquet when the strings drew back to their polar spots and they prevent the edges from unwinding and thus prevent DNA from being distorted as a result of unwinding. Through this precaution, the division of cell and transfer of our genetic information to the other cell occur in a perfect orderly pattern. Surely it is impossible for the cell to "think" and take the necessary precautions against the possibility of the edges in the helically packed DNA being unstrung during DNA replication. It is doubtless that the True Owner of this intelligence in the cell is the Almighty Allah.
Cells Prevent Many Diseases through Communication
The intercommunication between cells is also a great miracle of Creation. For instance, red blood cells somehow talk to thrombocytes. Any interruption to this communication results in several diseases from diabetes to heart attacks.
Cells Do Transportation
Kinesine is one of the motor proteins running along a road of spinner strings made for itself, inside the cell. As it carries a load or chromosomes like a lifter during the cell division, kinesine has to stop at some point. In accordance with this need, kinesine was created with mechanisms that will allow it to stop.
Like workers building rays, this protein determines the speed of division by extending or compressing the road made of spinner strings during cell division and ensures that the ending of the road. This feature of cell is only one of the perfect signs of Allah's supreme intelligence and His unique artistry in Creation.
What is in the heavens and in the earth belongs to Allah. Allah encompasses all things. (Surat An-Nisa, 126)
Among the invisible cells in our bodies, there is a flawless and perfect harmony. This harmony cannot absolutely occur on its own, by mere coincidences. It is ultimately complex that a gene called bicoid is efficient in the organization of body development; that an adhesive called cohesin fixes the distortion in the primary block of cell called DNA and that it organizes the gene activities around the so-called junk DNA, that another protein called helicase loosens up DNA strings during cell division, that cells communicate with one another, that the protein called kinesine provides intercellular transportation. These are all so intricate that none can be explained by means of coincidences. The fact that activities such as quality control, effective communication, organized performance, planning, guiding are obtained by unconscious, unintelligent cells which are incredibly tiny and unseen to the naked eye proves us that everything has been created with a great intelligence and supreme consciousness. This order that functions in the same manner in all 100 trillion cells in every single human body of the millions of people living, is a sign of the Almighty Allah's supreme Creation, His supreme intelligence and that He is the only Deity.
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Fellow squad member I did not get a chance to know you real well. We shared the same bunker on Hill 411. I had been in country a couple months when you arrived and left for the rear a few weeks after you arrived. My memory of you is sitting in front of the bunker at night using what light there was to write home. It was quite apparent you loved and miss your family back home a great deal. Like all of us you just wanted to serve your time and get back home to your family and loved ones. Posted by: Bill Mead
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Now that we have a new logo, we reckon it's time to get a new SitePoint t-shirt. Since it's a t-shirt that we want our community to wear with pride, we think you should be the ones to design it. If design isn't your thing, then at least you can have a say in the final decision. So here's the deal...
A Brief Overview for Those of You That Don't Know Us Wellsitepoint.com is a popular destination for web designers, developers, and deal makers. One of the most visited sites in the world, sitepoint.com has been helping people build a better web since 1997. We offer a range of educational products including books, kits, and videos and provide tonnes of free content through our blogs, articles and newsletters. Our vibrant community has hundreds of thousands of members - you're probably one of them.
Target AudienceOur target audience are web designers, web developers, and web business people. In fact, anyone who has a passion for the web!
RequirementsWe want the t-shirt design to be "cool, yet professional". We are looking for a design that will be the official t-shirt of the SitePoint Community, as well as something that SitePoint staff can wear with pride to meetups and similar events. It will need to include the SitePoint logo and name, but those are the only limitations. The rest is up to you. [Here's a link to a vector logo and [URL="http://www.deviantart.com/download/43939482/Customizable_T_shirt_Template_by_DV_n_tart.jpg"]here is a link to a blank t-shirt template](https://www.dropbox.com/s/sfb03tq8gsh2rz7/Sitepoint-logo-2012.ai).
The winning entrant will receive the new official SitePoint t-shirt*, a SitePoint coffee mug and the SitePoint book of their choice.
The competition will run for 2 weeks, ending on July 6. After the 14 day design period is finished, SitePoint staff will decide on the top 5 entries which will then be polled here at the SitePoint forums in order to decide on the winning design. *It is important to note that while we do guarantee to choose a winning entry and award a prize, we reserve the right not to use any entry as our official SitePoint t-shirt, should there not be a design that we feel is appropriate.
To enter, upload your designs (which must be on a t-shirt template) into this thread. You may enter as many times as you like. You must be able to supply your design in vector format immediately should you be chosen as the winner. Your design then becomes the property of SitePoint.
For nostalgia reasons only, here are the previous two community shirts. Shows how long I've been around this place.
Great competition! I hope I have time to submit an entry.
@HAWK; Do we have to use the logo 'as is', or can we change the colors (like the black and white shirt in the photo you posted, where the SP logo is all white) ?
Here's my submission. I made the design in Inkscape, so it's vector.I then used GIMP to put the design in the t-shirt template.
I've never done something like this before, so I have no idea if the "design" in vector format is the way you want it.
You can use it in black/white/grey as well if you like.
To be honest I don't know anything about Inkscape so I can't answer that question! Ideally we'd like a .ai file or similar, but I imagine a high res pdf would work in a pinch. I can get some clarification around that.
Here's my (probably first :D) entry.
How does it feel when people try to connect with you?! LOL
EDITA variant: http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s490/itmitica/itmitica-t-shirt-03.png
EDIT EDITAnother variant: http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s490/itmitica/itmitica-t-shirt-04.png
Code rescuers: http://i1054.photobucket.com/albums/s490/itmitica/itmitica-t-shirt-05.png
Version 1Trying to come up with something a bit more dynamic at the moment...
what about other members?will they also get t-shirts of course for a price?
Yes most PDF files can opened in Illustrator. In most cases it will even get the layers correct.
Here is my submission:
Variation on a theme
There are some great ideas coming through guys! Awesome.
I look forward to seeing it. I like what you've come up with so far.
We'll definitely offer them on a Print on demand basis. Unfortunately that makes them a bit pricey.
is it possible to have a t-shirt even if it cost much?!?thanks
Yup. Once we have the design sorted out I'll add it to our Printfection store.
I really liked your design , as black is my favorite color , it can be used in both personal and professional fronts , i really liked the logo , at the back.
Mitică I love your designs! Awesome. The last one seems the most like one I could see SP staff members walking around a webbish convention with, but they're all very cool. =^.^=
Thanks Mallory!
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I talked my bosses out of using 99designs for this because I wanted it to be part of OUR community, so don't let me know people! Keep 'em coming. Tell your friends. Tell your pets.
Here is mine. It's just hacked together but I can quickly clean up if necessary.


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You would think that an American executive who came to China in 2006 and has only made one sale since then might be feeling a little discouraged. But, as I discovered on a visit to the city of Wuhan in Hubei province, Brad Bean is not.
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Listen to TV's Josh Radnor reading an article by Eddy Portnoy about...what else? Death!
Six-Word Stories
Rebooter Joshua Wolf Shenk writes...
Not long ago, I hosted a storytelling event at a Reboot Hanukkah party. The event was inspired by Stories at the Moth. The Moth gets people in front of crowds to tell honest, well-crafted stories, with no notes or script. I thought to spice up the show with contributions from Rebooters around the country.
Perhaps you know the legend that Hemingway wrote a whole story in just six words. The story was, "Baby shoes, for sale, never worn." (I've also heard it this way: "for sale, baby carriage, never used.") You can find all kinds of great take-offs on this idea online, including a Guardian feature ("Juicy offer. Must decline. Still paralysed."--Richard Ford), a Smith Magazine open call for six-word memoirs ("Eight thousand orgasms. Only one baby."--Neal Pollack, and Wired's take, which is six-word sci-fi, fantasy, or horror: ("Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so."--Joss Whedon).
I asked a slew of Rebooters to tell me their story of Judaism in six words. I told them it could be a personal story, or, for those feeling more audacious, a story of the whole tribe. Some of the contributions came in a word over or under. Some were funny. Some were obscure. Like a really good anthology, I think, they are individual pieces that stitch together something full, provocative, and penetrating.
If you want to chime in, email Amelia your six-word Jewish stories at email@example.com.
Jewish dad, not mom. No guilt here.
Hebrew high school. No intermarriage. Bye.
"Yes, we can drink chocolate milk."
Ten summers at camps in Wisconsin.
Grandpa said Richard Nixon saved Israel.
Maybe we should have proselytized some.
God said 'Go.' 'Stop' He forgot.
Cousin Pauly dead, excessive sour cream.
Not Hitler -- years later, Virginia Slims.
"Won't you take me to Hymietown?"
Pogroms, pogroms and more pogroms.
Jewish? I'd rather cut my schmuck off.
God likes us. We don't.
Yeshivah banned trick-or-treating. Left after Kindergarten.
You're really wearing that to synagogue?
Dated shiksa. Dated shiksa. Married Jew.
Little boy, now a dad. Oy!
Post-Rosh Hashanah with Cantor Dad: Cheeseburgers.
Stuck in the desert, messiah AWOL.
Knishes, yes. Kishka? No so much.
Orchard now for bars not bras.
Food is basically love to me.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Testimony has started on Tuesday in the trial for Timothy Davis Sr., a former Orlando police officer accused of shooting and killing his 21-year-old son in Apopka more than a year ago.
Timothy Davis Sr. was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Timothy Davis Jr. during an argument on October 1, 2011.
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In the opening statements on Tuesday, Davis wiped tears from his eyes as prosecutors told jurors Davis said that he "didn't mean to kill him. I just lost it, lost it."
Surveillance video shows Davis walking to his car, grabbing a gun and then firing a shot at his son. Prosecutors say Davis killed his son when an argument between the two men got out of control.
Davis Jr.'s girlfriend was on the stand on Tuesday, saying she had a disagreement with Davis Jr. the day of the shooting over custody of their son. The son of Davis Jr. was 3 years old at the time of the shooting.
The defense said in opening arguments that Davis Jr., who stood at 6 feet 2 inches and 285 pounds, beat up his father and injured him, which led to the shooting.
"You're going to see the force of this young man just beating beating beating his father," said defense attorney Robert Nesmith. "Before Mr Davis could fall he is being grabbed by his knees picked up,and power driven into the floor."
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James "Raymond" Orechia was a Radio-Gunner in the U.S. Army Air Force; 12th Air Force; 57th Bombardment Wing; 321st Bombardment Group, 446th Winged Group Squadron; aboard B-25 Mitchell Aircraft, stationed in the MTO=Mediterranean Theater of Operations, during World War Two.
On 24 January 1944, James R. Orechia was promoted from Corporal to Technical Sergeant.
In April 1944 James R. Orechia was Awarded the "Air Medal"
In April, 1944 the 321st Bombardment Group transferred to its new base at Solenzara, Corsica from its previous base at Vincenzo Airfield near Naples, Italy.
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Race: White, citizen (White)
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You exercise your body to stay physically in shape, so why shouldn't you exercise your brain to stay mentally fit? With these daily exercises you will learn how to flex your mind, improve your creativity and boost your memory. As with any exercise, repetition is necessary for you to see improvement, so pick your favorite exercises from our daily suggestions and repeat them as desired. Try to do some mentalrobics every single day!
It is likely that you have been in a meeting or lecture where there were awkward silences, people who don't participate, and a general feeling of disconnectedness. Icebreakers can help infuse some much-needed energy into these unproductive meetings.
Icebreakers are little exercises that help relax tension and loosen up a formal atmosphere. Starting a meeting or brainstorm with an icebreaker can help get the creative juices flowing and get everyone in a mood to participate.
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THE coastline around our most Western county has always been a popular spot for Midlands holidaymakers.
There are always plenty good reasons for visiting Cornwall with its splendid beaches and coastal resorts and much more, and now there's an even greater incentive with some first class holiday cottages available to choose from.
So, if you should be thinking not just about that spectacular summer getaway, but a trip anytime this year, then you could find your particular hot spot near Padstow.
However, if you fancy another destination then Cornish Horizons Holiday Cottages – based in Padstow – could have the answer. A family run cottage letting agency, they have a portfolio of nearly 200 properties covering Cornwall's north coast and surrounding areas which should provide a variety of outstanding properties for you to choose from.
Trevalga itself is a fabulous five-star gold property which sleeps 10 people situated in Porthcothan Bay, just a few miles out of Padstow.
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This property currently has a special offer on week commencing June 8 and is priced at an incredible £1,350.
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So, I'm guessing a lot of you here listen to music in many different languages. There are tons of different ways of organizing them. Some Romanize all of their foreign music for example, and some don't. What are your rules for your music collection? I am also making this topic to get suggestions from other people, as I am debating over a few rules.
As for me:
In general I try to keep my music to be in a state that a native would be content with (ex. I don't like Romanization), but I make a few notable exceptions. (I'll explain these later on a language by language basis.) If an artist has a couple different official names, I try to organize everything with the current one, unless I find a good enough reason to consider them using a different name. Few examples are: I consider "L'Arc〜en〜Ciel" to be the same as "L'Arc-en-Ciel", but "FictionJunction" different from "FictionJunction YUUKA". I have great trouble deciding where to draw the line for artists that have debuted in different areas of the world with different languages. For example: I keep all Utada Hikaru songs under "宇多田ヒカル", even pure English songs from her time in America.
English music obviously is simple, I just keep it English, and preferably with proper case etc. (When multiple cases are commonly used, I just use capital for the first letter and lower case for the rest as that is pretty sane.)
For languages that are written with the Latin script but use extra symbols, accents etc, I use as much of these symbols as feasibly possible for the song name. However I will not add any on my own obviously unless a reputable source agrees on a symbol.
For Japanese, I use the official names for the song: as found on the back of the CD case, the artist's own site, wikipedia etc. However, if there is a reading shown in brackets I'd delete it. The artist's folder is named only in hiragana, but the tags of course have the proper name. (This is to separate the Japanese music from Chinese music, and to order the Japanese music properly by aiueo.) However if the artist has a name in Roman letters, I'd keep it that way and let it mix with the English music. I'm currently debating whether to keep it this way or to even order them with the Japanese music with hiragana, which might be a more "native" style approach. (Most karaoke places for example would do this.) The only exception to the "proper names" are those that are really really long, and I'd shorten it to a common name that is more sane.
For Chinese, I use traditional if the artist is mainly from Taiwan/Hong Kong, and simplified if the artist is mainly from mainland. When it isn't clear as to which side they are on, I take it on a case by case basis and decide whether to use simplified or traditional. If the original CD was published in one script I'd use that. So far I haven't had anyone get more difficult than that. Though I personally prefer Traditional over Simplified, so I'd probably have a bias there if the decision was left to me. I haven't made any special ordering system for Chinese yet, unicode's radical + stroke style seems to be okay, though I may decide to make adjustments on my own later when I encounter characters put in a weird spot in unicode.
For Korean music, I generally keep it in hangul. However, if the name of the artist is clearly something English-ey or non-Korean, I wouldn't use hangul to write it even if it is the official artist's name, because I find that official names almost always use more hangul than necessary, and the "stylized" names look better. (For example I'd take "SG Wannabe" over "SG워너비") If there is an officially recognized hanja name, I'd use that, but like I did with Japanese, I'd still name the folder in hangul, only the tag in hanja, to separate it from Chinese and to order it properly according to the hangul system. If a song has a hanja name, with a hangul reading in brackets, or a hangul name and a hanja reading in brackets, I'd delete the hangul and the brackets and leave the hanja name. (I am debating whether to keep it this way, or delete whatever is in the brackets instead, be it hangul or hanja, which might be a more native approach.) I also have trouble deciding on where to put the threshold for a "recognized hanja name". Right now for example, I have the Boys over Flowers soundtrack listed as "꽃보다 男子", but Baek Ji Young listed as "백지영". I am debating whether to turn singers who use their real name like this to hanja or not.
Indian music is where I am really debating a lot over. A lot of Indian artist put the official name in Roman letters, not the local script. Right now I try as hard as I can to accurately find the native names of the songs, but this is very difficult, especially since the Internet has few things in native Indian languages. I wonder if simply keeping everything in Roman letters would be a better choice sometimes. The thing is, Indian culture is very different from East Asian culture. In Japanese for example there are many different ways to write the same word, using different scripts/characters. However, the Japanese consider the "right" one to be the "right" one. Chinese have similar thoughts, but traditional & simplified variants of a character are considered the same, so one could use either one. But Indians write with whatever they feel like, and just because something was written one way doesn't make it right. When people talk about a Malayali song in English, they Romanize it. When Malayali talk about the song in Malayalam, they write in in the Malayalam script. I haven't checked, but I could bet any money that if Hindi people were talking about the song in Hindi, they'd write it in Devanagari if they could. On the other hand, if Japanese were shown a song written in Roman characters, they'd always use Roman characters to talk about it, and consider using katakana or other scripts - even if they are more accessible or Japanese-ey to be wrong. This makes it difficult to assess what the "native version" of the song is for Indian music. Heck, a local version of a certain band's site writes the song name in the local script, while the English version uses a (very poorly) Romanized version. So clearly the "native" approach would be to use the local script. But the thing is, it is so bloody hard to find the native versions of every Indian song. If I use native scripts for some Indian songs, I would want to be consistent and keep it that way. Where should I draw the line? What if like in the Japanese songs the "native" approach would be to use the Romanized name? I don't know how to tell.
Phew. Anyways, I have lots of other rules for sorting music etc but I only listed the language related ones here.
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Well, since all my music is on my iPod and my Computer (and backed up to a DVD) the Computer alphabetizes it for me. Because the only non-Latin language that I have music in is Hebrew, I just transliterate the song. Sorry this probably is not much help to you.
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For technical reasons, I Romanize them. I just look up the artist/song on the English and write it the way it's written there. If it's not on Wikipedia, I write it like it's written on the CD or use the official transliteration. This is not a big issue to me, because I almost only have music either in English or in other languages that use the Latin script. I write them the native way, also with special letters (if there are any).
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Yeah, I just dump all my music in a folder called "Music" and be done with it.
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OMG, how can you live like that? I have one folder for each artist, then the albums. I don't sort after genre, though, because sometime it overlaps and it's hard to decide on one.Zereskaoate wrote:Yeah, I just dump all my music in a folder called "Music" and be done with it.
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Ahh. Romanization would be a definite no-no for me, since I have a fair amount of Chinese music, and Chinese music Romanized isn't really good. I don't have any technical problems keeping things in their native scripts, though I might if I get any RTL music or those that use really obscure scripts. So far I haven't.
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Zereskaoate wrote:Yeah, I just dump all my music in a folder called "Music" and be done with it.
That's what I do.
Although within my "My Music" folder there are sub-folders for each album I've "acquired".
Generally I keep the names of the songs as they are given on the artist's official website.
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I keep my music in a folder with subfolders for each album. For rarer artists that I can only find individual songs for, I just put all the songs in one folder and be done with it. I normally leave the names the way they are when I download them, unless their mislabeled or misspellt or something.
As for your problem, there is help for OCD
But seriously, I wouldn't worry too much about having the "official" names for your songs. Its not like the artists are going to look at it and get offended or something.
As for your problem, there is help for OCD
But seriously, I wouldn't worry too much about having the "official" names for your songs. Its not like the artists are going to look at it and get offended or something.
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I don't Romanize.
As for organization, I have couple of categories, but many songs should get their own categories and to avoid having too many folders I just dump it all in more broader categories, like 'Celtic' also includes songs in Celtic languages but also songs in English sang by Celtic singers and soundtracks from movies with a Celtic theme.
As for organization, I have couple of categories, but many songs should get their own categories and to avoid having too many folders I just dump it all in more broader categories, like 'Celtic' also includes songs in Celtic languages but also songs in English sang by Celtic singers and soundtracks from movies with a Celtic theme.
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I don't have enough foreign music to justify sorting it.
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Whether lounging at home or lazing outside in the grass, there's little better than being able to hold your lunch between two hands. Turkey or ham, portobello or beef — no matter how you stack it, sandwiches and burgers are hot commodities this time of year. From Kelsey's BLT with a twist to Nadia G.'s mondo Hawaiian burger, Cooking Channel fans haven't been shy in showing their love for summer sammies and burgers. With so many raving reviews still coming in, and tons of great tweaks and substitution ideas from all of you, we're back to shout out some more of our faves.
A classic — but always classy — pairing, Tyler Florence stuffs roast turkey, bacon and avocado in between buttered country toast, along with thin slices of creamy fontina cheese. His Roast Turkey, Avocado and Bacon Sandwich (above) is a summertime must-have, just ask this fan:
"Simply delicious…the turkey melts in your mouth and is really easy to make. I also have made this turkey and placed it in a 'Thanksgiving Sandwich,' made with cranberry sauce, homemade sage stuffing and this turkey recipe on crusty homemade bread…delicious! Beats deli turkey every day of the week!" — gmustoe_7167552 in Westford, MA
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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
By Mike Nelson, Vice President, Sales, NCM Fathom Business
All too often, the national sales training meeting is a universally dreaded experience. It's just another night in a hotel, additional time spent traveling, and less time to get work done. Instead of looking at it as just another sales training, wouldn't it be great if your sales team looked forward to it?
Imagine this. At the same time, salespeople across the country drive to their local movie theatre, enjoy tasty snacks, network with fellow colleagues, and settle back into a plush cinema seat. After everyone settles in, the company CEO appears on the big screen and makes a live national address broadcast via satellite to local movie theatres. Following the CEO address is a presentation of the features of the new products on the big screen. After the event wraps up, the sales team visits a live product display before going to an impromptu local happy hour together only a few short hours after they arrived.
Providing a sales team with well-organized and informative sales training events can have a substantial impact on your company's bottom line. To see the ROI of your sales team training, it's vital that this valuable content is presented in a convenient and engaging setting, such as the cinema.
Hewlett-Packard (HP) saw success when it transitioned from the traditional approach of holding multiple individual trainings for retail sales associates to holding sales training events in 74 cinemas across the nation. Launching its new HP Photosmart Premium AIO with TouchSmart Web and hoping to ensure positive sales results in a crowded retail environment during the holiday season, HP was able to effectively engage its audience and reach them in their local markets nationwide, resulting in a creative and memorable experience for its retail sales force.
So, what are the key steps to planning a successful sales training event in the cinema?
Select a venue that works. The cinema offers a unique approach to a venue, as it's a place where people are accustomed to focusing on what's in front of them and tuning out distractions such as cell phones and e-mail. Those who have held events in the cinema have reported higher message retention, greater attendance, and bigger returns.
A direct-selling giant attracted tens of thousands of distributors to its event solely by making it easier for them to attend. Rather than requiring travel and time away from home for a destination event, their independent sales force was able to go to their neighborhood cinema to witness a company-wide training event, which was delivered live in local theatres via satellite broadcast. Attendance was better than ever, allowing the company to reach and educate a record number of key salespeople.
Confirm the details. To craft your messaging and cater to your sales team's needs, you must ask yourself the following questions:
Develop memorable and impactful content to inspire and motivate. You've heard the phrase, "content is king," and for cinema events, content definitely runs the show. You want your sales team to leave the cinema motivated and ready to sell, so:
Drive attendance. While cinema events typically drive higher attendance than traditional events, you want to ensure that your sales team is excited to join your company for their cinema sales training meeting. Set a good tone from the start by taking a creative approach with the invitation. Here are some ideas:
When trying to get your sales team excited for their cinema sales training meeting, it is important to ensure that they understand what the goals of the meeting are and how it will help them enhance their job performance.
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You've gotten your sales team to the movie theatre, engaged them with relevant and motivating content, and hopefully helped them to be more successful in their jobs. There is one last step: Follow up. To ensure ROI, touch base with attendees after the sales meeting, reiterating the actions you encouraged them to take. Remind them of key points from the training meeting and share helpful resources to continue to stay on top of sales trends and industry news. If you'd like feedback for the next event, share a survey along with an incentive so you can learn about what they took away from their cinema sales training. Use this feedback to further improve your next cinema event.
Naturally, people go to the cinema to tune in and engage with what's in front of them. Consider the impact that capitalizing on this event approach with your employees can have on message retention and getting your point across to a national audience in a time and cost-effective manner. Light up the big screen with your company's content and motivate your sales team to action.
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The 1980s was the most outrageous and turbulent era in the financial market since the crash of '29, not only on Wall Street but around the world. Michael Lewis, as a trainee at Salomon Brothers in New York and as an investment banker and later financial journalist, was uniquely positioned to chronicle the ambition and folly that fueled the decade.
In these trenchant, often hilarious true tales, we meet the colorful movers and shakers (or did they call themselves Big Swinging Dicks?) who commanded the headlines and rewrote the rules. Whether he is analyzing the unsavory details of the RJR Nabisco takeover or flaying American Express, Michael Lewis brings to task a wicked pen and a triumphant sense of humor.
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"Not the normal great Michael Lewis"
Better story flow. Seems like a bunch of random short stories with no real defined message to the reader.
Somewhat fitting.
Yes, I think he's a great narrator. He did a great job keeping me interested in a rather unorganized story line.
I read the reviews that said this was not Lewis' best work, yet I insisted on purchasing the audio book anyway. Micheal Lewis is one of my favorite authors and I enjoy anything related to finance, but even I was bored at times. Lewis still does a great job writing in a witty and humorous manner, but the underlying story just isn't there. It's just a bunch of short stories thrown together that are similar to "Liar's Poker" but not nearly as good. You can probably pass on this one, and instead just re-listen to "Liar's Poker" or "The Big Short".
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This was an excellent overlay between the consequences of what happened (most of which I wasn't really aware of) and the cultures that influenced the directions of things. It was interesting from start to finish.
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It a group of non-sequiter short stories.
I would just read this one on your own. not a good audio book as it stands now.
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The whole thing is worth it for the hilarious story of the Louis Rukeyser "investment cruise" to the jungle.
I agree that some of these are a bit slow, but it's a rather fun walk through the 80's and 90's, looking back.
I thought the narrator was great.
Awesome listen. Awesomely narrated. Must listen! It was eye opening and insightful and funny which made it very palatable to someone like me who had to research half the book to make sure I understood all the quips and inside jokes being told.
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I like the way he explains money. weren't the 80's quaint. Oh how naïve we were back then.
Not bad. Worth reading for a Michael Lewis fan, although not his best work nearly.
Didn't like it at all, as a distinction from every other Michael Lewis' book. .-((
I enjoy everything that Michael Lewis has written ... except this. It is a collection of previously published articles. But the articles just are not that interesting. They lack the fascinating magic that Lewis puts into his books.
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A 29-year-old motorcyclist has died after losing control and hitting two parked cars in Melbourne's east early this morning.
Police believe the man, from Cranbourne North, was travelling west on Fleetwood Drive at Narre Warren when the incident unfolded about 2.20am (AEDT) and died at the scene.
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Very, very basic hostel. The only good thing was nice wireless Internet. The man at the recption was friendly but this could not make up for the lousy place. Could not use credit card. No towels, no soap, no chair, not even a hook or anything to hang your coat on.
Nothing positive about this hotel, I am sorry I stayed at the hotel for 2 nights, the loud noise and music from other guests was unbearable, on the second night a guest came into our room and was shouting abuse at the owner and woke all of us up. The owner eventually asked him to leave. so all in all not a good 2 days, with no sleep. I will never be staying at this hotel again and will not recomend it to anyone.
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Sewing has been a lifelong passion for owner of Judy's Sewing Room
She was 21, working at a bridal dress shop, when rather suddenly, Judy Heath was put in charge of alterations. The owner, who had arthritis, took Heath under her wing and showed her how to sew professionally. The rest is history. Today Heath, 66, is the owner of Judy's Sewing Room and has no plans to retire any time soon.
"I might start thinking about it when I'm 86," Heath said with a laugh. "I love my job and I love doing it well. I'm a perfectionist with this, just not with anything else!"
Raised in Kannapolis, Heath came to Wilmington in 1965 to spend the summer with her grandmother. But like many visitors to the Port City, Heath never left.
She got married, left the bridal dress shop behind and started a family, having three daughters. It was during those days as a stay-at-home mom and doing alterations on the side that Heath landed the account of a lifetime.
"I got a contract with Piedmont Airlines to do the uniforms for all the flight attendants," she said. "I saved up all the money to get a store and held a contest on what the name would be. The flight attendants decided it should be called Etc. & Sew Forth."
Etc. and Sew Forth, which opened in 1976, remains in business today. Heath sold it in the 1980s, but was back in the sewing business in the '90s with Judy's and Jeanne's Sewing Room, dropping the Jeanne's when Jeanne moved out of town.
Judy's Sewing Room, at the intersection of Wrightsville Avenue and Independence Boulevard, has a staff that includes Heath's oldest daughter, Marla, and sidekick and store manager, Joann Overby, 63.
"I am the owner, however Joann is the boss, and I like that because in order to get to me, you have to go through Joann and she is a pit bull," said Heath.
"We get along beautifully, we really do. I'll turn around and she'll throw something at me," Overby laughed.
The three women, along with contract sewers who work from home, keep busy. With walk-ins – which make up the majority of the store's business – to accounts ranging from Belk to local bridal shops, there is always stress to meet alteration deadlines, but Heath still makes time to teach an over-65 Sunday school class every week.
So while the atmosphere can get intense at the store, every situation is met with laughter – and a flying monkey doll wearing a cape and Batman mask – to relieve the stress.
Besides a busy schedule, another thing Heath can count on is customer loyalty. She has customers who have followed her from her earliest days as a seamstress at the bridal shop.
When her brother died last year, those supportive customers gave her encouragement.
"I got so many flowers and cards from so many people that I just knew on a professional level, I didn't know they cared about me," she said.
Heath was surprised by her customers' support, however few would argue the importance Heath has played in many of their lives – especially when it comes to wedding planning.
"It's a treat to alter gowns for the big day," said Heath. "Many special moments are made just outside the shop's fitting rooms."
"Moms will cry or daddies will cry when they see their daughters in their wedding dress, when it fits them just right," said Overby.
After 45 years of sewing, three daughters and five grandchildren, Judy Heath is still proudly threading her needle and enjoying every minute.
"I've got a whole lot more years in my life," Heath said. "As long as Joann holds out, I'm going to hold out."


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This podcast highlights the foundations of effective sexual violence prevention that draw from both the feminist movement and from research based approaches in field such as public health.
Reading from: D.S. Lee, L. Guy, B. Perry, C. K. Sniffen, S. A. Mixson, (2007) Sexual Violence Prevention, The Prevention Researcher, Volume 14(2), pp. 15-20. (c)2007, Integrated Research Services, Inc. Used with permission.
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A 50-year-old man has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a woman in Bolton was stabbed.
William Berry, of Masefield Road, Little Lever, appeared before Manchester City Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
He was remanded on conditional bail to appear at Bolton Crown Court on January 31.
The charge relates to an incident in Highfield Road, Farnworth, on October 15 last year, in which a 52-year-old dinner lady at St James School was stabbed.


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Those familiar green and red boxes of Girl Scout cookies have begun popping up at offices, homes, and pop-up stores nationwide. And while not much tops a Thin Mint straight up (especially if it's spent a little time in the freezer), we tracked down some upgraded takes on the familiar flavors of your favorite cookies.
At Bill's Burger Bar in New York City, executive pastry Chef Elizabeth Katz created the Samoa cupcake, made with German chocolate cake, chocolate fudge filling, toasted coconut and garnished with an actual Samoa Girl Scout cookie (pictured above).
Tagalong Peanut Butter Parfaits
Jamie at My Baking Addiction turned Tagalongs into a dinner-party worthy dessert by layering them with creamy peanut butter mousse.
Melissa Mack at Sugar Derby uses crushed Girl Scout cookies in her bundt cake recipe.
Did you accidentally just devour half a box of Thin Mints? Rachael Ray's dessert pizza puts the other half to good use.
And in case you can't find cookies near you, check out our sister site Food.com's collection of homemade takes on Girl Scout favorites.
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Warmmi USB Heating Warm Slippers
You can have a pair of USB heating gloves when you feel your hands freeze. However, you will wonder how about the icy feet? Don't worry! A pair of USB heating shoes can help to keep your feet toasty while you are working near the computer under a chilled environment or in winter time.