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Before you become too friendly with the nearest bowl of eggnog, give your finances a quick year end checkup. That way, you can roll into the new year hungover, perhaps, but with some idea of where you are financially and where you want to go. Admittedly, money issues bring less cheer than the bubbly stuff that makes the cork pop. Ignoring one's finances, though, won't lead to wealth.
A lot of year end financial advice focuses on tax planning or prognostications for next year. Like many things, though, a solid foundation in financial basics is more important than doing some transactions that invite an IRS audit or believing in the latest self-appointed soothsayer. Get the basics right and other things become easier.
Calculate your net worth. This is the where sound financial planning begins. If you don't know where you stand, you can't tell if you're making progress (or losing ground). If things are going well, you can give yourself a pat on the back. If not, save more and perhaps change what you're doing. Calculate your net worth every three months. For more, see http://blogger.uncleleosden.com/2007/04/secret-to-building-wealth.html.
Ensure adequate cash reserves. Make sure you have at least six months worth of living expenses set aside in an emergency cash fund that you never tap except during a crisis. Better yet, considering today's continuing albeit not-officially-recognized recession, have nine or twelve months of living expenses set aside. Unemployment remains a serious problem. Even though high ranking government officials are quick to tout even a tiny smidgen of improvement in employment levels, lots of people are still being laid off. Thrifty squirrels are the ones that survive winter.
Review portfolio diversification. Your portfolio's asset allocation may have changed as a result of market shifts. Most recently, bonds have been falling (contrary to every effort of the Federal Reserve to push them higher), while stocks have been rising. Consider whether you should adjust your allocations.
You may have different asset allocations for different pools of assets. The way you diversify a college fund for your kid(s) could be different from the ideal asset allocation for retirement savings. Keep these differences in mind.
Go over your benefits. Make sure you understand where you stand with Social Security and, if you have a pension, with your pension benefits. Maybe you don't believe either will be around by the time you retire. Well, people thought the same thing 30 and 40 years ago, and they're now retiring with Social Security and, sometimes, pension benefits. Figure out how to maximize your benefits. Then, maximize them as much as possible.
Review privacy. The Internet, by all indications, is becoming less private by the day. In an implicit but sharp rebuke to the private sector for its failure to display even a modicum of propriety, U.S. government regulators are now talking about setting federal standards for online privacy. Think about limiting your use of the Internet for financial matters (this includes banking, stock trading, online shopping and other online use of credit cards, debit cards, bank account numbers, and other financial transactions). The less often you do financial transactions on the Internet, the fewer opportunities you give bad guys to steal your money and/or identity. The Internet is unquestionably a convenience, but being robbed by cybercrooks can be highly inconvenient. If you must do transactions online, use the best security measures available.
A report in this weekend's Wall Street Journal (P. C1) indicates that smart phones (like the iPhone and Android) may be significantly less secure than computers. Apparently, some apps may sneak off with your name and other highly personal information without telling you or getting your permission. Avoid doing financial transactions on a smart phone, at least until security is greatly improved. If you must do financial transactions on your smart phone, check account balances and activity often. This means at least weekly and perhaps even daily for your bank accounts, credit card accounts and whatever accounts you use through your smart phone.
A cyberthief can make off with savings you took years to accumulate. Protect yourself.
Think about saving more. One of the best protections you have against an uncertain future is a nice, warm, fuzzy and large pool of savings. The more you save, the sooner you'll be able to retire and the nicer your retirement lifestyle will be. See http://blogger.uncleleosden.com/2009/07/simplest-financial-plan-of-all.html and http://blogger.uncleleosden.com/2009/11/techniques-for-retirement-saving.html.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Year End Financial Checkup
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Most pressure washer owners do not have the 'in-house' expertise to service their own machines.
A pressure washer creates a high velocity jet by forcing water through a small nozzle at the exit of the pump. Obviously, this process creates wear on machine parts such as pistons, valves and accessories. In hot water machines, burner systems can clog and coils may need de-scaling. Coupled with the fact that pressure washers are often used in less than ideal situations, regular maintenance, such as routine checks and oil changes, is essential.
The frequency of maintenance depends on how long and how often the pressure washer is used. With frequent use, your machine may need minor maintenance 2 or 3 times per year. However, most pressure washer owners do not have the 'in-house' expertise to service their own machines.
If you are buying a pressure cleaner and don't have the necessary repair skills, choose a supplier with a reputable on-site service team. Ask for references and check to see what their typical response times are like and also on the quality of workmanship. Buying from a supplier without on-site service is not good practice.
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Hey y'all. Here I am, hopefully, finally, emerging from the new baby fog. Now that kid #2 is six months old, it's probably time to start figuring out how to fit in non-diaper/milk/laundry aspects of life again. So here we are, with an attempt to bring this blog back out of the darkness.
I've talked before about how we try to involve Simon in food prep and other kitchen work both as practical life skill development, but also as a way to get him to eat things (if he's involved in cooking the food, it's less mysterious and scary, there's a sense of pride of accomplishment, etc). Since the child genuinely needs nothing, but has enthusiastic family and friends who want to give him things come holidays, one of the things we suggested was cookbooks or other cooking tools to encourage his involvement in the kitchen. We got three worth mention:
Forest Feast for Kids
This book wins in the beautiful layout and simple recipe categories. The food is colorful and interesting, while still using limited ingredients and uncomplicated prep. There are not a ton of recipes in here, and a lot are sort of in the side dish or snack category (rather than a real meal), but we've found it engaging, and the food tasty.
Vegetarian Food for Healthy Kids
We're not vegetarians ourselves, but try to go meat-free at least a few days a week. For non-practiced vegetarians, this cookbook is chock full of tasty-looking, interesting meal ideas. Some are more ingredient-heavy and technically involved than in the Forest Feast book, but there are more actual meals, too. While most of the recipes aren't things Simon would be able to execute without a lot of assistance, there's always at least one aspect he can do himself or help with, plus a lot of pictures so he can choose (and get excited about) whatever looks good to him. The book is also organized by meal-type, and includes sections for "weekday" and "weekend" dinners, which is a plus for meal planning. And bonus, there's a dessert section.
Gardening with Children
This is not a cookbook. Does not contain a single recipe, actually. However, part of our "get these kids to eat a dang vegetable" strategy is to also involve them in a bit of (light, simple) gardening. This book is loaded with garden and outdoor-related activities for kids and has something for everyone, regardless of space or gardening ability. We'll definitely be doing some of these activities over the next few months and will report back on any particularly successful (or not successful) ones.
What are some of your favorite (maybe food related?) holiday gifts for kids? You know, the ones that aren't loud or huge or distracting or plastic (I can hear our family asking "what's left?" all the way from here).
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This Week in Misogyny
Oh, dearies, it was another week of fuckery in the world. Between Rolling Stone throwing a source under the bus when inconsistencies rose in her story (cue gloating from the "false accusations!!1!" crowd), a misguided storyline on The Newsroom, and the usual assortment of random awfulness, it's hard to see the good news. Of which there's a little bit, partially in the form of Legos. (As usual, trigger warnings for pretty much everything apply.) Read More This Week in Misogyny
This Week in Misogyny is One Big Pile of Shit
Buckle up, everyone, it's about to get rough up in here. Hobby Lobby went before the Supreme Court this week, so that could really suck if the court sides with them. Our new weekly list of terrible people is just ridiculous today, and schools are also being particularly shitty. But to balance that out, we have a few scathingly funny critics of bro culture. And dick pics! Sorta. (As usual, trigger warnings for pretty much everything apply.) Read More This Week in Misogyny is One Big Pile of Shit
New Show Recap: Parenthood 5×15, "Just Like Home"
Parenthood has returned from its Olympic hiatus, and presented just the kind of episode I love. It covered just about every storyline, and there were great scenes where most of the cast was together. The Braverman siblings shared a moment, and the grandkids are learning to lean on each other too. Read More New Show Recap: Parenthood 5×15, "Just Like Home"
Fear of Living Alone
I've never really, truly, been on my own before. And that scares the living shit out of me. While there is definitely a part of me that is looking forward to moving on and taking charge of my life, there is still another part of me that is absolutely terrified at the prospect. Read More Fear of Living Alone
Dispatches from Ladyblogland: The Important Questions
Ladyblogland tackled VERY important questions this week, like, "Are leggings pants?" and, "Do Red Shirts really have an alarming death rate?" Get the answers under the cut.
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Dr. Susan vs. Dr. Laura: Divorced Women are Damaged Goods, Right?
Here we go again. This time, Dr. Laura answers the question that has been burning in all of our minds: how damaged are the damaged goods that are the result of a divorce? Answer: Damaged.
The question: I lost my wife to breast cancer three years ago, and I'm ready to find a new love in my life. It seems that a woman who has been divorced may not know, or care to know, how to make a man happy, and perhaps only dating widows gives me a better chance at being happy. What do you think? Read More Dr. Susan vs. Dr. Laura: Divorced Women are Damaged Goods, Right?
Takedown: Broken Marriages are Meant to be Fixed
Ooh, this week's takedown is a perfect combination of bullshit nostalgia and judgmental shaming, wrapped in a saccharine sweet packaging. The kind of awful that you feel bad pointing out that it is awful, because shucks, the crapdate poster just wants everybody to love everybody else. Read More Takedown: Broken Marriages are Meant to be Fixed


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Meet the Team at Bella
Our highly trained staff of medical professionals, laser-certified and licensed aestheticians take pride in helping each client discover their own beauty through state-of-the-art science. With our skincare know-how and understanding of medical grade lasers, we address every concern from tell-tale aging signs, breakouts and pesky cellulite to hyperpigmentation and unwanted hair.
Alethea Tinkle
Owner and Laser Specialist
Alethea owns and operates Bella as a Clinical Aesthetician and enjoys providing dramatic, lasting results for her clients. She graduated from the Atlanta Institute of Aesthetics in 2005, continued her education acquiring Laser Certification by Candela, Cynosure, Aesthera, and apprenticed under two medical doctors for three years before starting her own practice. Her knowledge and passion for skincare is unparalleled in Atlanta.
She enjoys health and wellness, horseback riding, spending time with her family and, of course, helping to put her customer's best face forward! She finds the greatest joy in providing dramatic, lasting results for her clients–and is rewarded with a loyal following.
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Rebecca has worked for seven years in the skincare industry with some the most advanced laser and facial treatments available. She often attends educational seminars to keep up to date with the most current treatments and products in the industry to better serve her clients. What Rebecca loves most about being an Aesthetician is having the opportunity to not only help people feel better on the outside but the inside too. Rebecca is known for her amazing Aquagold results and is a master at performing anti-aging laser treatments.
When she is not in in town hanging out with her loyal canine companion, she enjoys visiting her family in her hometown Charleston, SC.
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Registered Nurse & Medical Aesthetician
Jamie is a passionate, joyful and gregarious Registered Certified Nurse from Atlanta who is also a faithful Bella client. She loved getting treatments so much that she became a part of the team while also attending nursing school. She is also currently earning her Master's Degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner. When she's not going to school or treating patients, she loves traveling and spending time with her friends and family. We are so excited to have Jamie on board!
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Dr. M. Susann Bedford, board-certified plastic surgeon, is experienced in many aspects of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. She has served the Atlanta area since 2006. Combining artistic skill and knowledge, along with an understanding of each patient's unique goals and desires, helps her to achieve outstanding results for each patient.
She holds a medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and completed a fellowship in breast and cosmetic surgery at Georgetown University Hospital. Married, with three daughters,
Dr. Bedford is also a serious athlete and enjoys a variety of activities including horseback riding, biking, and weight training.


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When Chuck Harvey went stomping at London's legendary Klub Foot, he caught the psychobilly virus. Ever since the frontman kick-started the Frantic Flinstones in 1986, they've been part of a tradition that defies description. While wrecking plenty of musical borders, the revolving line-up included players from numerous nations. When Chuck moved to Curitiba in Brazil, his Tripabilly Whizz Kids became even more boundless. The revamped Flinstones are spurred by local hero Mutant Cox (Os Catalépticos, Sick Sick Sinners) slappin' on some Latin spice. The Chuck and Cox dream team penned most of the mighty fine originals featured on 'Psycho Samba My Way'. The latest volume in the truckload of Frantic Flinstones releases once again celebrates a wild variety of styles, without losing any psychobilly credibility. Mad mountain fiddles, honky-tonk piano, banjo pickin' and pirate mariachis beef up the party mix, topped off by a handful of old favorites getting the trademark Bedrock & roll treatment. El Cha Cha Chuckers cowpoke credo is: Have a fucking good time! Those cheers stampede from the get-go, so the worldwide FF Muh Posse will go bananas over 'Psycho Samba'. Yabba-Dabba Muh!
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This is the first book of the 'Raw Passion' Series. A seriously hot and provocative romance by Lucia Jordan, written in her signature style of high passion, searing depictions and emotion.
Jennifer Russell is an aspiring actress trying to make her way in Manhattan. Her family is under the impression that she supplements her income as a waitress. The fact of the matter is that Jennifer moonlights as a companion for wealthy businessmen. On a particular night, she agrees to meet the mysterious Bryan Shaw. Unforeseen circumstances lead to a serendipitous encounter that has Jennifer surrendering to pleasure. But when the night is over, and Jennifer is left only with the memories of the devious encounter etched into her mind, seeing that familiar face once again in an unexpected place sends her reeling and begging for more.
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Recycling of ewaste requires lot of expensive equipments. The article enlists some of the biggest problem of E-waste exportation. Here's the list of some:
E-waste is a serious problem in developed countries where huge amount of used electronic goods get dumped every year. Disposal of E-waste is a serious problem in such nations and threat to the environment.
During 1980's, there were serious conflict between nations because of the shipping of such hazardous E-waste to developing countries for burning or recycling. To address the issues of movement of such toxic E-waste, an international treaty named "Basel Convention" was signed and adopted.
E-waste exportation is a serious problem which involves lot of money and resources. Even after the signing of Basel Convention by 150 countries, still export or E-waste is carried out to unauthorized recycling centers present in developing countries.
There was a shocking report by Basel Action Network in coalition with Silicon Valley Toxics which stated that around fifty to eighty percent of E-waste collected from U.S. was exported to developing countries like Pakistan, India and China. This was a serious problem for the developing nations where already environment pollution is an existing issue.
Only Australia which signed the Basel Convention in the year 1992, made a promise that hazardous E-waste could not be exported anywhere without getting a permit of where it will be taken and how it will be processed. They declared the Hazardous Waste Act which does not allow export of E-waste without proper permit, and anyone who does not follow this Act can get serious punishments including 5 years imprisonment or series penalties of up to 1 million dollars.
But still the problem continues where E-waste worth more than 20 million dollars gets exported to developing countries like India, China and many other Asian countries from Australia.
In times of economic slowdown, E-waste recycling is a very good business. Many companies tend to refurbish the products so that it can be used longer. There is always a serious debate going on about exporting and recycling of E-waste. Some African countries like Ghana has become a victim for E-waste dumping and this has caused lot of environmental and health problems to people living in those countries.
Actually proper recycling of E-waste requires lot of money and investment which companies are not ready to spend. So, they just try to export the E-waste to developing countries where it gets dumped as landfills which result in soil pollution. Only few companies in U.S. have a separate budget for recycling used electronic goods, since there is no mandate for e-waste recycling from U.S. government.
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But recycling of E-waste requires lot of expensive equipment and man power which company is not ready to invest. Due to this, lot of E-waste gets exported and dumped in other countries and is a serious threat to environment. The Basel Convention Network and its Coalition team is trying to closely track this problem in order to address the issues with exporting of E-waste.


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Is it really surprising that the most powerful man in the world should be a figure of controversy.
We as a population on this planet have been looking for a savior.
We're talking about a being whose very existence challenges our own sense of priority in the universe.
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Small can be an advantage
Start-ups can't hope to match established consultancies, but the back-to-basics approach can pay off, says Naomi Turner
It is incredibly difficult to make an impact as a small, new consultancy in a big world. The tendency is to spend approximately three years being used and abused by clients which know full well that you want them on your portfolio and which also know that they don't want to spend any money on you.
You hit an inevitable period of stalemate, where you need to progress from the period of 'will work for beans on toast', but larger clients won't touch you with a barge pole because you are not big enough and have not been trading for a substantial period. How do you break out of this rut?
Through the friend of a dog's uncle's brother's niece, we once, as a very new consultancy, landed the opportunity to pitch for a job that, if we'd got it, would have been a really big contract for us. We did all the right things, turning on our 'Pink Sky telephone voice' and arranging a meeting with the client to assess its requirements. It was at this point that we broke rule number one for 'making an impact': if you rent a small shed from the council that has no heating, do not, under any circumstances, allow your client to enter your premises in the middle of winter. The client will try everything it can to 'come and see your place', but it is a bad idea.
Picture the scene. The client is sitting in a coat, scarf and hat, breathing steam as he speaks because it is so cold. Half way into the meeting, I have to excuse myself to make some hot chocolate in the office kitchenette, which is only feet away from where the client is delicately balanced on a school chair, astride the cable that runs to the convector heater ('heater', in this instance, being a rather generous description).
his culinary decision was not a matter of impulse or greed, but one of life or imminent death from the arctic chill. The picture of Sean Connery in the kitchen area had even steamed up in his frame in disgust.
Two minutes later, the cheap microwave coughed politely, and I looked with horror at the pool of milky chocolate powder that was edging its way across the top of the fridge, about to make its presence felt in the general direction of the floor and, in fact, the client. I leapt up and scooped the milky detritus into a tea towel which I subsequently hid in a cupboard. The client gave me a bewildered and slightly nervous look as I replaced myself upon my chair without the drink that I had excused myself for. When he wasn't looking, I made throat-cutting motions at my colleague Mark and pointed at the microwave, which translated as 'under no circumstances may you open the microwave door'. Mark, somewhat perplexed, ended the meeting. The client walked out, now a delicate shade of blue. Needless to say, we didn't get the job.
We have a motto here at Pink Sky, which is that you should 'influence the things that you can influence'. If you are a large consultancy, then the things that you can influence are staff, money, skillsets, training, outsourcing work, targeting large clients with some credibility and reputation behind you, and so on. As a small group, your influence is somewhat limited and needs to grow. What you can influence, however, is character and working ethic. If you are reliable, polite and you don't rip people off, then you have more chance of securing future contracts and thus building your reputation.
It is vitally important that we humanise our work. The vast majority of clients will come to us because they do not know how to do what we do.
Therefore, if we start speaking in a language that they don't understand, we appear arrogant and intangible. For the clients in that middle bracket, being straightforward and transparent is really key.
There are benefits that, being a new and small consultancy, you can use to sell yourself. If you are able to work with speed and drop everything to deliver a job or meet a client, then this works in your favour in the early days. The client should have easy access to the team which is working on the job, and be communicated with regularly. There are also inevitable financial benefits in working with a smaller consultancy.
If you want to get your foot in the door, be brave (and persistent). If you aim for the sky, you might hit the trees. One day you will hit the sky. Don't lose heart when people say 'no' – just keep trying.
Naomi Turner is co-founder of Pink Sky Design
- Do everything you can to improve your skills and experience levels. See if a creative director of a bigger consultancy will take you under their wing in a mentoring capacity
- Talk to people. It's amazing how word-of-mouth recommendation can generate work
- Respect your superiors. Don't speak badly of other consultancies. Look up to everyone
- Be professional from the outset, even if working for friends
- Smile when you answer the phone
- Work hard
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HAMPTON — In a day that was enhanced by Scripture readings, special music and prayers, the First Congregational Church of Hampton observed its 375th anniversary on Sunday with services celebrating its descendents as well as its daughter churches.
HAMPTON — In a day that was enhanced by Scripture readings, special music and prayers, the First Congregational Church of Hampton observed its 375th anniversary on Sunday with services celebrating its descendents as well as its daughter churches.
"This has been a full, rich day teetering on excitement and total exhaustion," laughed the Rev. Deb Knowlton as she welcomed members and guests from the daughter towns to the afternoon service, the beginning of which was heralded by John Cochrane on bagpipes.
Earlier in the day, the morning worship service included the placement of a time capsule by the church's younger congregants, and a Roll Call reading by Sammi Moe and Jeremy Sawyer of the familiar names of Hampton's 43 original founders — Lane, Hobbs, Dearborn, Taylor, Marston, Palmer, Toppan and Nudd among them.
There was also the presentation of a resolution issued by the New Hampshire Senate by Sen. Nancy Stiles, herself a descendant of the Rev. Stephen Bachiler, Hampton's original founder.
The Senate resolution acknowledged Knowlton as the church's 40th pastor and her years of "shepherding a very large and active congregation." It also extended "congratulations to the church and its descendents" and "best wishes for continued success."
In view of the church's 375th year — an anniversary which it shares with the town — Knowlton asked the children in the congregation what their thoughts were in comparing church life in the past to that of the present. Differences in clothing ("from sheep to shawl") and traveling ("They walked sometimes five and six miles to church") were mentioned.
"Can you think of anything that is still the same?" Knowlton asked, with the responses being "praying," "singing" and "worshiping God." She asked the children to guess how many worship services the church had held over the years, encouraging them to "guess high!"
The top guess prompted Knowlton to respond that "we're not quite (at) 200 million yet, but that's where we're heading!" She revealed that there have been close to "20,000 times of continuous worship" that includes both regular and special Sunday services, and events such as weddings and funerals.
"It's all up to you kids — you cannot shut down the church!" said Knowlton. "In 25 years when you pull that time capsule out of the wall (a task completed during recent renovations), it will be another 25 years of prayer and worship and serving in Christ's name."
Taking a moment to address the congregation, member Dave Weatherby offered a "thank you" for the support that has been shown for the $1 million capital improvement project which recently brought major renovations to the church building.
"We're 375 years young and still going strong," he said, acknowledging the church's "deep roots of faith and long history."
Weatherby also noted that the success of the project "has to be recorded as a remarkable achievement ...; formally (dedicated) to this congregation and to the glory of God."
The second service of the day was dedicated as a "celebration and thanksgiving for the daughter town churches and our oneness in Christ." It, too, featured special music and readings, as well as a greeting from the Rev. Gayle Whittemore of the New Hampshire Conference, United Church of Christ.
"We give thanks for you and your faithful witness," said Whittemore, who had attended the fall meeting of the Rockingham Association of the NHCUCC at the church just hours before the afternoon service. "You have been a blessing."
Knowlton, Moe, and Elizabeth Ackroyd took turns providing historical accounts of three of the daughter churches in Hampton Falls (which in the earlier years spawned those in Seabrook and Kensington); Kingston (East Kingston, Sandown and Danville); and North Hampton.
These "Stories of Starting and Parting" often featured humorous recollections of church history, including how it took 23 years and numerous petitions for the North Hampton church to finally become independent of its Hampton roots.
A dessert reception followed the afternoon service, bringing a sweet conclusion to a celebratory weekend that was deemed "wonderful" by Eric Small of Seabrook.
"We truly are so grateful for these churches that are still active today," said Knowlton, noting that in spite of the changes that have occurred over the past 375 years, "one thing that hasn't changed is that people still need to pray, still need to sing and still need to worship. We (want to) carry that to the next generation."


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It is easy to misjudge the scale and significance of the Northern War. Compared to the world wars of the twentieth century, the Northern War may seem insignificant and perhaps even quaint. It wasn't. The Northern War was important, brutal, and costly. Overall, Ngāpuhi paid a much higher price.
Ngāpuhi went to war because the British were not honouring the spirit of the Treaty of Waitangi. Today, the Treaty is recognised as New Zealand's founding document, a powerful symbol and the basis of important legal principles1. The Treaty is the thread, which connects the Battle of Ruapekapeka to the present day.
Today, many pākehā New Zealanders are a little smug about their country's race relations history. There is a belief that Māori fared better than, for instance, indigenous Australians and Native Americans. They probably did. However, exceeding these dreadfully low benchmarks is hardly something to be proud of. The remarkable earthworks of Ruapekapeka Pā and Battlefield are a stark reminder of our own history of conflict and broken promises.
For New Zealand at that time, the scale of the conflict was not small. The army of 1300 troops and volunteers sent to Ruapekapeka in 1845 was the largest the British had deployed in New Zealand to that date. For comparison, the force was equivalent in size to one-tenth of the pākehā population of New Zealand at the time2. The campaigns against Heke and Kawiti were gruelling and expensive. However, the British had the might of an empire behind them, in stark contrast to their opponents.
Ngāpuhi paid a very high price for their partial victory3. By Māori standards, the Northern War lasted a long time, which placed considerable strain upon Ngāpuhi resources. Māori warriors were not professional soldiers. They were fishermen, traders, farmers, husbands and fathers. Channelling the available man-power into the war effort caused huge disruptions to everyday life. Old people and small children were left behind in their home villages to fend for themselves. Gardens went untended and there wasn't time for the usual fishing and gathering food. Trading with pākehā settlers – by then integral to the Ngāpuhi economy – was disrupted.
On top of all this, Northern Māori lost a number of pā and villages which were not actively defended. The British soldiers destroyed perhaps eight4 of these settlements, to punish those they believed to be associated with the "rebellion". Gardens, food stores and valuable possessions such as waka (canoes) were lost. The losses drove Ngāpuhi into a state of "extreme deprivation", as people were forced from their homes to find refuge elsewhere5. Māori in the North continued to suffer these economic and social effects long after the fighting drew to a close.
2 Based upon a population of 13 000 pākehā colonists in New Zealand in 1845 'Overview of New Zealand History in the 19th Century' nzhistory.net.nz accessed 1 July 2013
4 R. Johnson (1996:413) lists nine villages/pā, which were destroyed by the British during the war; most were not actively defended.
To Northland Māori the Battle of Ruapekapeka isn't relegated to a distant past. From a Māori point-of-view 1846 was not very long ago. Great great grandchildren of those who fought in the battle are still alive, only four generations removed from the action. The histories are well remembered, and many Ngāpuhi today can recount stories of their own ancestors during the Northern War.
The Northern War exacerbated existing divisions within Ngāpuhi. Tāmiti Wāka Nene and his associates were rewarded for supporting the British. Nene himself received a cottage in Russell and an annuity of £100. He became a prominent advisor to Governor Grey and was held in high esteem in pākehā circles. At the same time, supporters of the "rebels" were suffering in the aftermath of the fighting. To this day, Ngāpuhi remember who provided assistance to the British. Among those whose ancestors fought with Heke and Kawiti, a shadow of resentment persists towards those who supported the Crown.
However, ill-feelings have been diluted by marriages and children. Many Northland Māori have some ancestors who supported the Crown and others who fought against it. Intermarriage was not limited to opposing Māori factions. There are several known cases of a pākehā soldier marrying a Māori woman affiliated with those who fought against the British.
When the Treaty was signed in 1840, Māori expectations were very different to those of the British. The administrators and missionaries who facilitated the deal genuinely believed that Māori would benefit from British rule. However, these men must have known that the concept of "sovereignty" had not been properly explained. Very soon after 1840, it became apparent to Northern Māori that British sovereignty undermined Māori mana. The missionary Richard Taylor recorded the view of Chief Pana-kareao of Te Rarawa:
"He thought the shadow of the land would go to the Queen and the substance remain with them but now he fears the substance of it will go to them and the shadow only be [the Māori] portion."
The Northern War wasn't really a "rebellion". It began as a protest, when Hone Heke demanded that the British address legitimate Ngāpuhi grievances. He didn't want the settlers and their government to leave New Zealand – he wanted them to listen and to behave in accordance with the Treaty. This view was commonly held among Northern Māori at the time, even if they did not support Heke himself. In fact, the underlying sentiment is strongly held by many Māori to this day.
The Northern War foreshadowed Māori protest movements, which collectively spanned at least 140 years. As Māori continued to loose their lands and their rights, protest movements were born in the central North Island. In the 1860s, the British were again at war, this time against powerful chiefs of the Māori King (kingitanga) and Pai Maraie movements.
Ngāpuhi were not directly involved in these later stages of the New Zealand Wars. However, there was a connection, valuable lessons had been learned during the fighting in the north. Kawiti and his allies had refined the art of building "gun-fighter" defences, and the knowledge filtered through to Māori of the central North Island.
The British also adapted their strategy and tactics, to involve larger armies and more firepower. Having studied the defences of Ngāpuhi gunfighter pā, the British started to employ sapping6 as a method of gaining entry to Māori fortifications. The events of the 1840s (and the remarkable strength of Ruapekapeka Pā) had taught the British to respect Māori skills in warfare. However, they still did not respect the Treaty of Waitangi. In the aftermath of the fighting millions of acres of Māori land was confiscated as "punishment". The confiscations have since been judged a breach of the Treaty7.
Over the decades, breaches of the Treaty continued8. Six decades of manipulative land purchases saw Māori across the country loose a very large proportion of their lands. Rangatiratanga was eroded, and Māori were denied opportunities to participate in the governance of the colony.
"Māori protested early, and continually, about their exclusion from the processes of government, where decisions were made about their property and their lives, usually without even the courtesy of consultation."
Professor Alan Ward9
It took well over a century, but eventually the government had to listen. In 1975, an Act of Parliament established the Waitangi Tribunal, a commission of inquiry to hear Māori grievances against the Crown regarding Treaty breaches.
One hundred and seventy years after Hone Heke first chopped down the flagstaff at Kororāreka, Northern Māori are presenting their cases to the Waitangi Tribunal. Getting to this point was a long and painful struggle across multiple generations. The Battle of Ruapekapeka was an early stage of this struggle, which at last may be resolved.
6 Sapping is a method of advancing towards an enemy fortification by digging a trench to shield the attackers from defensive musket or artillery fire.
7 Ward, A. 1997. National Overview, Vol. 1. Waitangi Tribunal Rangahaua Whanui Series, p. 35.
Orange, C. 1980. The Covenant of Kohimarama: A Ratification of the Treaty of Waitangi. New Zealand Journal of History 14:61-82.
Walker, J. 1984. The Genesis of Maori Activism. The Journal of the Polynesian Society 93:267-282
Ward, A. 1997. National Overview, Vol. 1. Waitangi Tribunal Rangahaua Whanui Series.


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About 37 persons have been reported killed and several others injured in fresh Boko Haram attacks in Borno State.
Spokesman of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Sagir Musa, a Lt. Col., said on Monday that gunmen suspected to be members of the terrorist Islamic sect who had threatened to launch massive attacks as Ramadan ends lived out their threat by launching coordinated attacks on Sunday.
The gunmen attacked a police base in Bama, a town close to Cameroon border.
Musa said: "Troops have successfully repelled Boko Haram terrorists' attacks on Mobile Police Base and Bama town.
"Terrorists using sophisticated weapons and Improvised Explosive Devices launched attacks at about 6.45 a.m. on August 4, 2013.
"The encounter led to the death of one policeman and 17 Boko Haram terrorists; two soldiers were also wounded," he said.
Musa also said two soldiers were killed when the Boko Haram insurgents staged another attack on the operatives of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF).
The soldiers were able to kill 17 Boko Haram terrorists during the attack, he added.
He said the attack took place "about 6:45 a.m. on August 4, 2013 when some Boko Haram terrorists armed with sophisticated weapons attacked MNJTF location at Malum Fatori."
He said normalcy had returned to the two towns.
The recent attacks have heightened the fear of residents in Maiduguri, especially as they prepare for the Eid-el-Fitri which marks the end of the Ramadan fast.
In a related development, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Monday that after a preliminary investigation she believes that acts attributed to the Boko Haram group in Nigeria are likely crimes against humanity.
"Information available provides a reasonable basis to believe that since July 2009 Boko Haram has launched a widespread and systematic attack that has resulted in the killing of more than 1,200 Christian and Muslim civilians in different locations throughout Nigeria," Fatou Bensouda wrote in a report. She said the potential crimes against humanity include murder and persecution.
But she said she will only move to a full-fledged investigation after further study and depending on whether Nigerian authorities themselves are willing and able to prosecute "those who appear to bear the greatest responsibility."
Her report was based on evidence gathered through December 2012. Bensouda noted that while the Nigerian government forces may also have violated human rights while conducting operations against Boko Haram, as of December 2012 there was no evidence they were targeting civilians.The International Criminal Court is the world's permanent war crimes court, established in The Hague, Netherlands in 2002.
The prosecutor's office formally launched its investigation into the situation in Nigeria in November 2010.


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Monday I see my endo and coach along with a new person from Omni. We are going to go over the data from the Dexcom and see if we cannot come up with a better plan for round 2.


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Should you treat your charitable decisions like your financial decisions?
To philosopher Peter Singer and those endorsing the "effective altruism" movement, the answer is yes. They argue that people could do more good if they approached their charitable decisions like they do their investments: donate to organizations that provide the greatest expected value.
For example, in the United States, it costs over $40,000 to train a single seeing-eye dog for the blind. However, it is estimated that you can save a child's life by donating to the charity Against Malaria for under $4,000. If people aimed to maximize the return on their donation like they aim to maximize the return on their investments, then donating to Against Malaria provides a far better deal and will end up doing more good.
Yet our research finds that people don't treat charity decisions like investments. Rather, people tend to donate based on the emotions evoked by a cause, and the personal connections they feel toward a cause.
For example, many people donate to help single, identifiable victims, which tend to elicit strong emotions. But statistical victims—those far away and out of sight—don't evoke the same emotions and levels of support. If instead of concentrating so much on identifiable victims, people supported the thousands of statistical victims around the world, they would likely save many more lives.
One potential solution is to give people information about which charities have the greatest impact. While impact is often difficult to assess, organizations such as GiveWell.org are beginning to crunch the numbers and identify charities that are particularly effective at helping others. The hope is that by informing the public about the true impact charities have, people will increasingly donate to the ones that do the most good for each dollar donated.
" In a study, 73% said they would choose the investment option that maximized value. But only 56% said they would donate to the charity that maximized value. "
Will this work? There is some reason to believe so. On the one hand, no one wants their charitable donations to go to waste, and effectiveness information could help people avoid low-impact charities.
On the other hand, "going with the numbers" may not align with the causes people are drawn to support, and those causes are often what motivates people to give in the first place.
For instance, many feel a deep commitment towards their local community. Yet eliminating suffering in the developing world is often much cheaper and can help many more people for the same price.
Recently, we have conducted a number of studies that compare how people make charitable decisions to how they make investment decisions. For investment decisions, we reasoned that people will want to maximize their returns, and will rely on expected value information to guide their choices. In one study, when we asked people which one of five investments they would choose—and provided information about the expected value of each option—73% said they would choose the option that maximized value.
However, when we presented five different charities alongside expected-value information for each charity, merely 56% said they would donate to the option that maximized value.
When we ask participants how they think they should donate to charity, they respond that it is matter of personal taste rather than one of objective truth. That is, people believe that donating to charity is like choosing which restaurant to visit or selecting a piece of art for your home.
In another study, we had people imagine they were donating to a medical center, and provided effectiveness information about different departments. Only 28% said they would donate to the department where their donation could have largest impact. In contrast, when we had people imagine they were the president of the medical center and needed to allocate the center's resources, this jumped to 41%. In a position of responsibility, people are more likely to consider effectiveness information, choosing the option that does the greatest good.
But when it's their own money, they choose the ones they personally prefer.
These studies expose the challenges that the effective altruism movement faces, as providing impact information to the public will likely only have a limited effect on where people donate. Getting people to donate to more effective causes may require more than just providing information, and instead may involve changing the way in which people think about charity altogether.
However, not all hope is lost. Even if people believe that their personal feelings should guide their donation decisions, it may still be possible to nudge them to choose options that are more effective at helping others. In our studies, we find that people are more likely to select a highly effective option when selecting among causes that are of the same type (such as three different charities that support the blind) than of different types (such as one that supports the blind, one that supports children's health, and one that supports water provision).
This suggests that many donors are less tied to a specific organization than an underlying cause. Once they identify a cause that is personal to them, they are more likely to utilize expected value information to choose between organizations that support that cause.
Consistent with this notion, Dean Karlan, an economist and founder of Innovations for Poverty Action, argues that we should encourage people to choose a cause with their heart but an organization with their mind. In this sense, establishing a compromise between people's feelings and the numbers may provide a middle ground.
This strategy recognizes that people feel attached to causes, and that severing this attachment can be counterproductive. But people also recognize a good deal when they see it.
Jonathan Berman is an assistant professor of marketing at London Business School. Alixandra Barasch is an assistant professor of marketing at New York University. Emma Levine is an assistant professor of behavioral science at the University of Chicago. Deborah Small is a professor of marketing and a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.


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Behind the Shot: April 2011 Cover
The newest cover of Alliance Wakeboard Magazine has been getting some great reaction throughout the industry and all over the Internet, whether it's been about Adam's insane nose press or green riding apparel. I figured it would be kind of cool to get the back story on how the photo was shot, as well as to dispel any potential e-rumors.
Adam actually got his cover shot because of Clay Fletcher. I had to do a shoot with Clay for the CWB "Commitment Issues" article in the magazine (same issue as this cover) and he mentioned to me that Adam had a long A-frame rail in his backyard that had never really been shot on before. It was late December, but Orlando was having some great, sun-filled days following a cold spell. When I saw Adam's rail I knew there was potential for a lot of cool shots. The water all around it was about waist deep, so it was easy to move around it with a camera, and the afternoon light hit it perfectly for photos. That afternoon Adam rode after Clay and killed it. I got a couple shots that I thought had cover potential, but that I also knew could be improved upon, so I told Adam we should do it again soon and try to get a really good shot on lock.
A few days later I returned to Adam's backyard and went to improve upon the shots I already had. We got out a bit earlier so we had some more time to work with the light and once again Adam went to town on his rail. He was seriously nose-pressing a traditional, non-flexing board like I'd never seen before. The first time I'd shot with Adam I'd used a 70-200mm lens and stood at sort of an angle to the rail, in order to show how long it was in the photo. For much of the second round though, I wanted to try to really clean the image up. I put on a 300mm lens so I could be a bit further away (and get a bit more compression in the image), and lined myself right up at the end of the rail so Adam would be coming right at me.
In reality it was a very easy image to shoot, as I just had to stand in the right spot and let Adam keep coming at me over the rail. When we were done I was about as confident as I'd ever been in knowing we had a future cover of the mag.
Here are the specs:
Camera: Canon EOS 1D MarkII N
Lens: Canon 300mm f4 L IS
Settings: ISO 200, 1/2000th @ f4.5
1. Adam most definitely did ride away from the nose press shot on the cover. In fact, the only times he fell during both days of shooting were when he dropped the handle to take a breather.
2. We did not pre-plan Adam's wardrobe on either day. It might have been sunny in Orlando in December, but it was not very warm. Adam didn't want to wear a westuit because he knew he wouldn't be falling much, but he didn't want to skin it either, so he just kept his flannel on while he rode. In the end it ended up looking pretty cool for the photos because it brought in a pop of color.
3. Where I was shooting from was not very dangerous. I was using a 300mm lens, which allowed me plenty of space away from the end of the rail. It would have taken a serious screw up by Adam and me sitting like a deer in headlights in order for there to have been a collision of any kind. I did shoot some stuff with a wider lens closer to the rail a few times and that lead to one near decapitation. Fortunately Adam has cat-like reflexes and just missed me…


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This is Weird Dreams, a Rainbird Software game for MS-DOS that eventually got ported to the Atari, Amiga, and C64. It's about a dude who, as the title suggests, has really weird dreams thanks to his girlfriend who's possessed by a bored demon, and fortunately we can all relive its haunting glory thanks to the return of the Classics of Game YouTube series.
For the uninitiated, the channel specializes in short, bizarre clips from old games. Usually they put some mechanical shortcoming or visual absurdity for viewers to laugh at and wax nostalgic about. Other times it's just really strange nonsense completely free of context.
The clips are hardly random, however. If anything they're chosen and crafted with great care and love for the original source material. It's not machinima per se, but it's definitely more intentional than your average Let's Play or off-the-cuff Twitch stream.
Most of the segments would fit right at home in-between commercial breaks on Adult Swim and follow a logic similar to the random jump cuts in an episode of Robot Chicken. Like, for example, here are some dancing newts, or geckos, or whatever.


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Under President Obama, there have been wide-ranging legislation and programs designed to train, educate, license, and employ veterans, including Joining Forces, the Veteran Gold Card, Veterans Job Bank, Veteran Skills to Job Act, and Veteran's Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP). In this ongoing effort to quell veteran unemployment, the Obama Administration has also incentivized employers for hiring veterans through two tax credits, Returning Heroes and Wounded Warriors tax credits.
Set to expire December 31, 2013, the Returning Heroes Tax credit provides incentives of up to $5,600 for hiring unemployed veterans, and the Wounded Warriors Tax Credit doubles the existing Work Opportunity Tax Credit for long-term unemployed veterans with service-connected disabilities, to up to $9,600. Signed into law in November 2011, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extended the credits through this year.
On April 5, President Obama addressed their expiration by including a permanent provision for them in his FY2014 Budget. Information released by The White House Blog by Denis McDonough, Chief of Staff to President Obama, and Gene Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, indicates that there has been a near doubling of the number of veterans hired through tax credits in 2012 when compared to the previous year. McDonough and Sperling call these tax credits "a critical tool to spur more robust hiring of some of our nation's most skilled workers."
The last few years have brought about many initiatives aimed at facilitating veterans' transition to the civilian workplace, and a permanent tax credit for hiring veterans would be yet another in a long list of reasons why companies should seek out veterans for their open positions. From the technical, leadership, and operational skills inherent in veterans, to the non-tangible skills like integrity, teamwork, and efficiency, companies who hire veterans are not just availing themselves of a tax credit, but adding a valued employee to their team.
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I have come across some forums with similar problems but no one seems to have an answer that works for me.
I have office 2003 installed on my computer and i am having a major problem with word and excel files appearing as corrupt or asking me to choose a file conversion type.
Initally i thought it was a problem with the version then i install office 2007 but the same thing happened when i tried to open it . Note that the files have been saved as 97-2003 compatable.
It also happend my friend with excel files when she saved them to an external harddrive and tried to open them on another machine. Both her laptop and the other machine have ofice 2007 installed.
I have tried to open the files with the open and repair function but the file still appears as random characters when opened.
Please Help as i cannot access alot of important files because of this
First thing to try is a Diagnostic:
Running Microsoft Office Diagnostics from within Excel / Word
Click the Microsoft Office button
Click on the Excel / Word Options button to bring up the Excel / Word Options dialog box (at the bottom of window)
Click on the Resources button in the left hand pane
Click on the Diagnose button in the right hand pane
Click Continue
Click Run Diagnostics
Running Microsoft Office Diagnostics from the Start Menu
Click on the Start button
Click All Programs
Click Microsoft Office folder
Click Microsoft Office Tools
Click Microsoft Office Diagnostics
Click Continue
Click Run Diagnostics
See if that helps.
You could also try saving the offending file as SYLK or HTTP type files, not DOC or DOCX file types.
You can also open the file with a text editor like JEDIT or NOTEPAD,
scroll down, the top will be filled up with Word instructions that look like garbage,
until you find the body of the document then Cut & Paste into a new document.
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Doing Effective Online Marketing For Your Small Business
The internet is a really powerful tool especially when it's used for marketing small businesses because of the fact that it allows you to reach out to a much wider audience within a short period of time. In addition to that, more and more people are now switching onto the internet from watching TV shows or listening to the radio.
There are different ways to market a small business online including social media marketing, PPC or Pay Per Click, Google Ads, video marketing, press releases, blogging, and many others. If you want your online marketing to be really effective and bring you the results you need to grow your small business by allowing you to bring in more customers, you need to carefully plan and execute it.
One of the most important things you need to take into consideration would be web design and on-page SEO. You need to see to it that your web pages are set up in such a way that it's going to be faster and easier for Google to index and rank them. Through this, you'll easily bump yourself up the Google search results and get more traffic.
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We heard there was a "groundbreaking" announcement incoming from Nikon next week, but no one was quite sure what it was. Speculation was leaning towards a point-and-shoot with a built-in pico projector, and… it still is. Info from some insiders lends a little more weight to the hypothesis, and even… a code name.
The news is from French print photo mag Chausseur D'Image, who, as a mark of credibility, had the D300 and D300s specs in their July 25 issue, well ahead of schedule. Their next issue features prominently a device called the VP650:
In their august issue, they're talking with A LOT of confidence (as if it was a sure thing) of a new Nikon product with the code name Nikon VP650 that should be announced in August and shipped in September. This camera would be a compact camera with a LED projector that could project up to 8×12 images in good quality in the dark. They are also stating that this projector could be manufactured by the company FoxLink (it's in Taiwan).
Sounds reasonable to me. I wouldn't call it groundbreaking, but I would say it "explores new territory."


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BRIAN SCIARETTA - Thursday, June 10, 2010
With just two days to go before the United States' highly anticipated World Cup opening match against England, Landon Donovan is eager to emerge as a leader for the American team in South Africa.
It was only four years ago when Donovan was hyped as a potential star for the World Cup in Germany only to see the attacking midfielder suffer mediocre performance as the US team crashed out of the tournament with one point in group play.
Following a successful four years since that debacle, Donovan feels as if he is far more of a mature player now and is ready to lead.
"I think in the past when I thought about leadership, it meant doing more things to help other people," stated Donovan. "I'm best leading when I'm focused on what I'm doing well. I think my energy and the way I play is a form of leadership on the field. Other guys feed off of that. I don't need to say things all the time. I'm certainly at my best when I'm focused on myself."
Based upon his play over the past four years, Donovan does appear to be in a better position. Entering into the 2006 World Cup, Donovan was coming off an unsuccessful stint at Bayern Leverkusen and was struggling with his confidence.
Entering into this tournament, Donovan is on the heels of leading the US to the finals of the 2009 Confederations Cup and more importantly, fresh off a successful loan to Everton during the MLS off-season where he even managed to earn Everton's player of the month for February.
"My experience at Everton was valuable in a lot of ways," Donovan recalled of the loan. "One for me personally, [was] furthermore getting the chance to play against some of the players that we'll see on Saturday. Also, having the ability to understand the way their league is, the way most teams play in their league. I think those are all beneficial to us."
Donovan, 28, is excited for the game on Saturday but also wary of the fact that it is just one game out of three the Americans will play in their group.
To meet their stated goal of advancing to the knockout round, a lot will depend on how they play in their second two games against Slovenia and Algeria.
Still, most of the attention will be placed on the opening game against the powerful English. The game has become widely anticipated among both regular American soccer fans and even casual followers of the sport.
"There's two parts to it. In the bigger picture, it's just one of the games," the Ontario, California native discussed. "We understand that. They are all equally important in that way. Aside from that the other part is knowing what this game means back home. For the past six months all we've seen is US-England. If you're a casual sports fan at home you might think this was the World Cup final, you wouldn't know any different. I understand that, I get that and I know there's importance."
Donovan and his US teammates are well aware of the challenges that will face them in two days. Since Fabio Capello was named head coach of the Three Lions following their failure to qualify for the 2008 European Championships, England has emerged as one of the top teams in the world.
The Los Angelez Galaxy man is excited for the test ahead to both help the US team and avenge the bitter failure of four years ago.
"In my opinion England are one of the top teams in the world," Donovan concluded frankly. "With top teams, you don't have a lot of weaknesses. It would be hard for me to point anywhere and find weakness in their team. I'm excited for Saturday's game. There's still a lot to be determined as to where people are playing. I think we're all extremely excited for Saturday."


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Sustainability. This was the word that I was hearing repeated over and over at this years NAIAS (North American International Auto Show) in Detroit, Michigan. The official definition of sustainability is the capacity to endure. It's used to describe how biological systems remain productive over time. In this context, it was used to describe the future of the automobile industry, to not only remain competitive, but looking to the future of diminishing energy sources and the search for more sustainable "green" sources of energy.
In full disclosure, my trip to NAIAS in Detroit was fully comped by the Ford Motor Company. Just so my Wired overlords know, I went as a representative of DigitalDads.com, not Wired.com. I have already filed my story there (which you are welcome to read,) but I feel that there is more to be said, and I'm saying it here. Now that we've got that business out of the way, moving on.
Going "green" is the future of the automobile industry, and it seems that they have finally embraced this concept. Of course, when everything is "green" it will no longer be a concept and I won't have to put it in quotes anymore. The point is that modern fossil fuel sources such as oil will eventually be drying up. Whether car companies notice this or because of the politics and money involved in the process being the main motivator is hard to say. I'd like to think that they are just looking towards the future and evolving, rather than looking for the payday that would come with keeping up with the current trend.
But trends are what shape this industry. Take the muscle cars of the 1970's and the craptastic compact cars of the late 1980's and early 1990's. Now, green is the new trend and if auto companies aren't participating, then they eventually be left behind. This couldn't have been more evident than when GM dumped the Hummer brand, which is a contradiction to everything automakers appear to be currently working towards.
The industry knows that green is the future, as the Chevy Volt was named Car of the Year at NAIAS. The Volt is of course GM's premier hybrid electric vehicle, as if that wasn't clear in the name. GM wasn't the only one pimping new hybrid cars. Everyone from Lexus to Mercedes, BMW and so on had an entry into the electric hybrid market. At least one for nearly all of them. While they all were nice and pretty and understandable, the luxury brands just didn't make sense to me with only touting one hybrid vehicle. You'd think if you had the money to buy one of those cars, you'd have the money to buy the one that is the best for the environment. By that logic, you'd think they'd be producing a whole line of electric/hybrid cars.
It goes without saying that I was more than impressed with Tesla. The fairly new automaker revealed their new sedan, accompanied by their roadsters. The full electric vehicles are expensive - for now - but are probably the most intriguing and beautiful cars that I had the pleasure of dreamingly touching at the show. Anytime you guys at Tesla want to send me one to drive - I'm game.
When it came to an overall attention and focus on future sustainability and green living, regardless of who paid for the trip, Ford stood out from the rest of the crowd, especially among the American auto makers. I wasn't alone in this line of thinking. When it comes to green living, no one knows it better than the green living guy himself, Seth Leitman, of greenlivingguy.com;
"Ford Motor Co has done a lot of work to be blogger inclusive in their efforts to communicate their message worldwide. That was a great thing since social media is exploding worldwide. They also are offering the eco boost, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and pure electric cars for the public.
"However, the eco boost is an option rather than a standard and they are only offering one EV rather than offering all models as electric. From my interview with Bill Ford at the auto show, it seemed that once demand picks up, they will expand their electric drive portfolio of cars. The one thing that was overlooked at the event which Ford should be commended on was that since 2003 they saved over 22 trillion btu in manufacturing energy consumption. That efficiency has led to at least tens of millions of dollars in energy costs worldwide."
The point is that automakers need to be moving into the green tech, and they are, but they aren't moving fast enough. Whether this is because the government subsidies aren't there, or because the cost effectiveness isn't there yet, I don't know. I do know that Ford was the one American car company to not take some of that sweet bailout money, and they are the only American car company that seems to again be ignoring the government and the mainstream to head steadfastly in the sustainability direction. Now, the rest of the field needs to follow suit, and if they are, they need to be more vocal about it.
A couple parting notes from the show:
- Miss Michigan USA looked tired. Let her wear tennis shoes next time. We don't mind.
- The Porsche girls all dressing the same wasn't sexy, it was creepy.
- Note to Michelin: I wanted to write about your concept vehicles, but your staff there was about as helpful as a bag of dead weasels. Not even a business card to give me. Weak.
- Stuart Brand, while interesting, was boring as all get out.
- Scott Monty from Ford is the man. Like for realz.
- Nobody could understand the dude with the mustache giving the Mercedes presentation.
- I think Mini's display gave my camera a seizure, all those pictures are blurry.
- The only luxury brand that didn't treat me like I was a homeless guy was BMW.
- Oh, and here's the Call of Duty Jeep, possibly my favorite vehicle from the show.
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"Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Small Groups exist to foster authentic biblical community and spiritual transformation in order to glorify God and make disciples of all peoples."
Further, our goal is to create a caring and yet challenging environment whereby every member will experience:
Continual surrender to Christ/offering their bodies as a living sacrifice
Grow to become like Jesus Christ in loving God and others
Build meaningful relationships with others in group
Spread the Good News of life in Jesus Christ
Grow in ability to serve/minister to other believers through their God-given gifts
Theme Verse: Hebrews 10 :24-25 (NLT)
"Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near."
♥ Authenticity ♥ Mutual respect ♥ Confidentiality Caring ♥ Commitment to the team


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Congratulations on your first step in heliciculture or snail raising. Heliciculture has been practiced for centuries in Europe, but it is a fledgling industry in the United States. As such, there is much work to do in terms of creating a viable market, developing sustainable practices, and educating potential farmers in snail husbandry. Perhaps one…
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snail reproduction
Snail reproduction is fascinating, complex and attuned to the natural rhythms of nature.