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Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Royal Philips Electronics, Amsterdam
Passion may best be defined for Geert van Kuyck as the drive to "get it right for the customer." He sees a company's essential responsibility as being accountable to adding value to that product purchaser--whether in the consumer or business-to-business space--in any of the company's healthcare, lighting and consumer life-style divisions. Customers now have come to expect such virtues from the Philips brand, and van Kuyck believes that the support, needs and ideas of impassioned consumers engender strong, useful companies.
At Philips, "sense and simplicity" is more than a marketing mantra; it is the guiding ideal behind how the company does business in every division and every department. It has now become so infused throughout the culture that employees take it to heart. He says, "Great people are attracted to things that trigger passion. Few are interested in just another job. They ask, 'How can I use my time meaningfully?' And they want to make a meaningful difference-- despite the economy. This brings people to Philips. Our simple effort to underscore how light bulbs can factor into the climate change discussion has attracted countless young people to the company. Passion from people matters."
For van Kuyck, "the essence of a global brand is that it is shepherded by a passionate and obsessed owner;" he cites iconic companies with strong leaders like Apple and Starbucks as examples. He also believes that global marketing today has much in common with understanding "the role of the Constitution versus the Rule of Law." A multinational giant like Philips with a clear message that resonates in over 60 countries needs a marketing constitution with standards and procedures that live up to its brand promise.
"A Brand Constitution focuses on the essentials and is durable over time. A much more flexible Rule of Law allows local markets-- infused with passion for the brand's promise-- to apply these constitutional principles to offer local solutions, just like a local judge would. In practicing locally, they literally protect the constitution and make it relevant in a local environment. Importantly, without local application, a global brand often becomes a stale, irrelevant ivory tower brand over time… which obviously cannot build or support business."
Additionally, he believes that a CMO today has a huge responsibility in regard to shepherding the constitution of what shapes the brand. And a strong constitution becomes even more critical in light of today's industry trends of short CMO tenures. "A brand promise and a brand executed effectively transcend so many activities."
An advocate for the role of marketing within the corporation, Geert van Kuyck believes that strategic market entry decisions are as much branding decisions as they are economic and general business ones. "For example, if a company wants to enter a market, but the benefit needed does not connect with the brand promise, then one should not play in that arena."
Despite such extraordinary re-shifting with so huge a corporation, Geert van Kuyck has only been with Philips for just over 4 years and was named CMO in January 2008. A native of Belgium, his prior career includes a role as Vice President of Marketing for EMEA at Starbucks and 14 years at Procter & Gamble with various positions in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and the USA.Contact: email@example.com


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The more read about this, how to describe it, another fiasco? c0ck-up on a grand scale??We have special forces on the ground in Syria, there are estimated to be four hundred Dutch and American troops over the border in Turkey.The terrorist we are supporting in Syria are affiliated to the same ones killing our troops in Afghanistan and creating chaos all over Africa.Terrorist, arms and possibly chemical weapons are being taken from Libya into Syria.If, as is suggested, the terrorist do have chemical weapons and they use them, would that be our excuse to blame Assad and give reason for yet another futile invasion? For Israel things were pretty comfortable with Assad in power, if the jihadi's Saudi Arabia is pouring into Syria do achieve power, what comes next.Nobody knows!Slaughter is inevitable for many.It could be wise to consider putting our support behind Assad.Two headlines:10/12/2012 Syrian rebels defy US and pledge allegiance to jihadi groupRebel groups across Syria are defying the United States by pledging their allegiance to a group that Washington will designate today a terrorist organization for its alleged links to al-Qaeda.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9...11/12/2012US prepares to recognise Syrian opposition The US is preparing to officially recognise the new Syrian opposition, amid reports the West is preparing to provide military training to rebels fighting Bashar al-Assad.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9... History should have taught us that training terrorist is not always in our best interest.RegardsTony
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The cell phone companies show be held responsible for adding this feature to phones.
A phone is a device used to talk. A computer is a device made to type.
Take the function away and the problem goes away.
The very least is to disable the text function when the phone is moving more than 10 miles an hour through GPS tracking.
Texting while driving should be illegal in all states because the risk of accidents from distracted drivers is unacceptable. Texting forces drivers to divert their attention from the road. In just a few seconds a car can travel over 50 feet and hit someone or something. This risk is unacceptable.
Texting and driving is a horrifying way to get an injury or death and I could go on and on about this topic. The United States has had WAY too many car accidents caused by texting and driving, it's ridiculous. The bottom line is that there is absolutely NO point in texting and driving and they need to make texting and driving illegal! People are so crazy these days, the drivers need to have all eyes on the road and around them and texting while driving defiantly does not help. These are the politics opinions on the question "Should texting and driving be illegal in all states? 91% of the member voted yes and 9% of the members voted no. 23% of automobile crashes were related to cell phones. If you text while you drive, you will be distracted for a minimum of 5 seconds. Driving at 55mph, you'll traverse a football field in that time. 1 in 5 drivers of all ages admit to usage of the internet while driving. 1 in 2 kids have been in a car where the diver was texting multiple times. More than 3 in 4 young adults were confident that they could text while driving. Half of young adult drivers think it's easy to text while driving. Young adults and teens who text and drive spend 10% of their time out of their lane. About 35,000 American teens died in automobile crashes during the last five years, 6,000 a year, 18 a day. Once they make this illegal our world will be a much safer place.
Driving is a dangerous act in itself, which is why we have age requirements and driver's education courses to meet and pass before we are allowed to drive. If you text while you drive you greatly increase your chances of crashing into another car, driving off the road injuring yourself and any other passengers, or hitting a pedestrian. Taking your eyes off the road for even a split second can cause an accident.
Driving is a dangerous act in itself, which is why we have age requirements and driver's education courses to meet and pass before we are allowed to drive. If you text while you drive you greatly increase your chances of crashing into another car, driving off the road injuring yourself and any other passengers, or hitting a pedestrian. Taking your eyes off the road for even a split second can cause an accident.
Texting while driving has shown to be very similar to driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Studies have repeatedly shown that when people text at the same time that they are driving, they are more likely to be in accidents that can cause harm to either themselves or others.
Texting while driving is irresponsible and extremely dangerous, not only to the driver texting, but to everyone close by. It only takes a second for a disaster to occur on the highways, and texting takes the driver's attention off the road for more than a second.
There are already so many causes of accidents, such as road conditions and
weather, which are unavoidable, we do not need to add another way for people to kill others or themselves. Especially considering the fact that many who text are young people who already represent the greatest number of fatalities in vehicular accidents. This really should be outlawed.
Cars are giant rolling death machines, at the best of times. Since we've grown up with them, we tend to not respect their raw power and ability to destroy. We've become such distracted drivers over the last 20 years that the addition of texting doesn't seem out of place to some people, even when operating such a powerful piece of machinery. It is for this reason that laws must be clear and enforced. People who text and drive are putting everyone around them in imminent danger of severe injury and death, and should, for their own good, be made to understand that what they are doing is unacceptable to society.
People have a tendency to get too involved with reading, or writing a text message, that they could forget to keep their eyes on the road. It only takes a swerve to cause a bad accident. And, if you are not watching the road, how can you make sure you are on your side of the road, or there isn't a vehicle pulling out in front of you? Even at a stop sign, you may be holding up traffic. The best option is to pull of the road to text, or turn your phone completely off.
It takes longer to find a good radio station and turn on the AC then reading a text (which takes what? A second?
It should not be illegal because if you have a child at home with a phone, and if something went wrong then they would not be able to get hold of their parents if they are driving. If someone needs to pull over to answer it and they can't, then they wont be able to know what is wrong and their child may die!
When considering the core issue of Text Messaging while driving, we have to focus a bit less on ourselves for one point, and intensely for the next.
First off, texting is a simple slight of hand, but for so many people, it's a crutch that hinders our driving and safety...but why is this? It is true, that cell phone companies and service providers have only made it more difficult to text safely, instead of taking up a safe stance by providing Talk to Text services as a default function or all phones. Yes, that's right. We can't merely blame it all on those who use the drug, but in fact, those who readily provide it too.
Secondly, one should be aware of what he or she is doing, and learn his of her phone to better become capable at the things that they choose to do while operating a vehicle, to even merely walking about. What do I mean by that? I specifically purchased a non-touchscreen phone that has a digit key pad on the front. Sure, it opens up to a full key board, but it's seldom (if ever) used. So I spent the time to memorize the T9-Word scheme, so I never have to look at my screen. "What about reading the texts?", you ask? The Hash Tag symbol, when pressed, provides a poor (but understandable) computer voice that reads the message to me. Do all phones have that option? I've found that very many do, but we should really be learning about the functions of our phones before having at it.
My point is clear. Texting while Driving CAN be SAFE, if taught to be so. We can compare it to Sex. Should we blindly let our children have sex? OR Should we teach our children on how to safely have sex and of the dangers of not doing so? Same argument. Simply put, if it was taught that Texting While Driving could be done so Safely, then I really would only expect that those who do, would do so in a conscious manner, and it would SAVE LIVES.
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Texting and driving can cause deaths and injuries as well as drinking and driving. People argue about DUIs and the problems they bring but they don't realize that texting and driving has similar disstractions with the same effects and consequences as drinking and driving. There are children playing, poeple running to stay in shape, and people just walking to enjoy their day and that day can be ruined by a death or an injury caused by a person that was distracted by their cellular device. People loose their concentration over a text messege.
Texting is one of many distraction. Eating, putting on makeup, more. Getting rid of it would be discriminatory. It is their choice to answer that text: Which takes on average, less time then to find directions on a GPS. Just because It could kill doesn't mean we should outlaw it. Otherwise, we would outlaw cars, bathtubs, construction equipment and more. The fact is, the young drivers that this affects can't vote against it. It's just not reasonable to outlaw something only on death count.
People will only hold the phone lower and look down at a sharper angle, in effect seeing NOTHING straight ahead.
Dogs ride on drivers laps, as do children, women put on makeup, hair is brushed/combed, radios are adjusted, eating is done, GPS devices are looked at, and pot is smoked. Why pick on texting?
A cop needs probable cause to pull someone over. Now all they need to do is SAY they thought they saw a person texting and your entire month is ruined trying either paying a fine or fighting it in court. Lets not forget about the always overlooked "slippery slope" created every time a new law is passed.
I'm torn on this issue. I am strongly opposed to people texting while driving. I think it is irresponsible and am certain that 99% of the time it is not necessary (checking texts or facebook or whatever can wait but people are so impulsive). It needlessly endangers other drivers and there should be stiff penalties for accidents caused while texting.
However, when the question is whether it should be illegal or not, then I'd like to stop and think about this seriously for a moment. How would this be enforced? Would it really work? Do people really not understand the dangers unless there is a law? I think that most people realize there is a danger but believe that it will never happen to them. I am more afraid of how such a law would be enforced (i.E., going through your texts if you get pulled over for speeding). This is something that people should think about and stop on their own. Unfortunately I don't that happening unless public outcry results in shaming the person every time he's seen doing it. I honestly don't have a good solution, but I think we should stop and think seriously about it before making it a criminal act.
Driving should not be a "privilege," it is a natural right. The right to travel, the right to engage in commerce, etc... And when people cannot do this legally they will do it "illegally". It is human nature and cannot be legislated, texting while driving should be your CHOICE. No doubt, people stop texting while driving but laws like this will not stop anybody from being killed. And in some ways may make driving more dangerous because again, people will do what they want.
Texting while driving is dangerous, certainly. There are FAR better ways to discourage TWD (as I will refer to this phenomenon from now on) than through a ban. Bans do not decrease TWD by sufficient numbers to be worth the cost. What bans on TWD do is make drivers hold their phones lower down or try to text discreetly other ways, leading to a greater distraction from the road. This only leads to more accidents. Bans on TWD DO NOT WORK. If anything, they cause more accidents.
Think Prohibition.
There are other options. Public campaigns, advertisements, written publications and other methods could be useful for warning the public about TWD: just not legislation.


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Cupcakes x 2
The recipe is here, courtesy of the ever-awesome Bittersweet. I sent most of these to work with my boyfriend last week and they were a bit hit. I followed the recipe for the most part, with just a few changes. I subbed applesauce for some of the oil, halved the frosting (I still had plenty), and left off the ganache drizzle because I was feeling lazy. Mine didn't rise too high, but they didn't sink, either - always a plus. I think I under-filled my muffin tins a little bit, though, because I got 15 cupcakes instead of 12. No one complained about the extras.
These are less exciting but just as delicious. Golden vanilla cupcakes with chocolate buttercream, both recipes from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. I made them to take to class today, because college students are excellent for getting rid of excess baked goods. These were excellent, and well-loved by all. We are by and large a bunch of geeks, so the Spiderman wrappers went over particularly well.
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My approach to patient management is based on comprehensive assessment and multi-disciplinary treatment. I have experience in managing many multi-system disorders especially in older people. I have a particular interest in movement disorders. I also manage patients with frailty, falls, stroke, memory problems and multi-system disorders. I am trained to assess mental capacity for lasting power of attorney, court of protection etc.
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Consultant Physician, General Medicine and Medicine for Older People at Peterborough and Stamford NHS Trust - Peterborough City Hospital, Stamford Hospital, Fitzwilliam Hospital
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I am currently involved in multi-centre trials tracking patients with Parkinson's disease. I am also researching the outcomes of minor arrhythmias detected in routine tests. I have published extensively on stroke. I have an interest in improving quality of care for hospitalised patients and conducting numerous projects in detecting delirium, improving daily assessment by junior doctors and raising the standards of prescribing.
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Teen Mom 2's Adam Lind has reportedly given up his custody battle
According to Radar Online, Teen Mom 2 star Adam Lind is no longer seeking custody of his daughter after his personal and legal issues.
Lind and his ex-girlfriend Chelsea Houska have been embroiled in a custody battle for their two-year-old daughter Aubree. But as Radar reports, Lind has yet to file documents that would allow him to try for joint custody.
"It's been quiet on [the legal] front," a source close to Houska tells Radar, "He knows he has a losing case."
More: Teen Mom 2's Adam Lind inappropriately exposed by ex-girlfriend
Lind initially took his ex to court in March 2015 seeking joint custody and unsupervised visits with Aubree. As of September 2015, he was legally allowed to try the case again. Has he given up hope? Has he lost the money for legal fees? Has he just realized that he's not fit to be a father? According to Radar's source, "He knows nothing will change. So he doesn't bother."
Since March, another ex — Jessica Nicole — attempted to file a restraining order against Lind for "choking and hitting her". The order was denied due to insufficient evidence. Not exactly the kind of fatherly behavior that looks good in court.
More:Teen Mom's Adam Lind stirs up drama with unnecessary rant about Chelsea Houska
The source continued to disregard any changes Lind says he's made over the past few months: "As much as he's told people he's changed, he clearly has no control over his anger. It shows his true colors." Stay tuned for an ongoing custody battle on the next season of Teen Mom 2.
More: Teen Mom 2 star Adam Lind has reportedly made a life-changing decision


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The two Portal Dogs seemed to Krasire to be doing a better job of controlling the battlefield than he was.
They teleported Relvain into the cave, but they failed when they tried the same tactic on Shadowfox and Krasire himself. This failure was almost worse than success might have been, isolating Relvain from their help.
Sure, it allowed him to keep his hippogriff, Xerxes, in the fight. But Relvain was isolated from all help. Still the Dwarven Defender seemed to be holding her own, tanking the Bloodbear inside.
But Pyradan and his dogs were able to harry them relentlessly outside the cave.
When he worked his way closer to the mouth of the cave he used his full mental powers to Force Grasp both Pyradan and the Bloodbear. Not only did this immobilize them inflicted so much damage — more than Krasire had ever dealt in a single attack — he tried it again before they could react. Seemed like a waste of a good immobilize, but it sure did a lot of damage.
Then the dogs were able to knock him out.
"Ah, the sweet surcease of consciousness," he thought as he slumped to the ground.
Andrea Ravn remembered another moment from her dream: Zellara telling her about being trapped in the Harrow Deck. She could not get out of it until she taught another to use it. The woman's ghost was caught in the fortune-telling deck which had been so much a part of her life.
Trinity Shadowfox was glad to see Xerxes bring his rider back to the land of the living, but the Shardmind did not seem to have his heart in the fight. Using her Ghost on the Rooftops power, she was able to evade the dogs for a while. Neither she nor Krasire ever really got inside the cave to help Relvain, who had added Bloodbear-pinning to her repertoire.
Trinity knew it wouldn't be long before both she and Krasire would both be unconscious at the same time and she would not be able to heal the Shardmind.
"I'm glad this is not a fight to the death," she thought. "And Xerxes can probably keep us both alive."
"Precise Mind," The Seed of Winter whispered. "Precissssse Mind." But the Shardmind did not seem to want to use its Precise Mind. Still, the Seed persisted, "True domination is possible only through the Precise Mind."
Relvain the Dragonpinner was almost sorry when she finally bloodied the Bloodbear. At first it was just a Firbolg in a bearskin. When she bloodied it, however, it turned into a giant bear-humanoid hybrid which seemed to have healed all its wounds.
Thinking it was critical to bloody it again — "I'll bet it turns back into a Firbolg" — she threw everything she had into her attacks on the werebear, which seemed to have some kind of power of regeneration.
Even though this meant she had to ignore Pyradan and his dogs, she was able to pile on the damage faster than the Bloodbear could regenerate. The dogs were unable to get through her defenses much, but Pyradan and the werebear finally managed to wear her down.
She awoke on a makeshift altar in the war-camp of an Eladrin noble who seemed to have two streaks of gold in his hair just above his ears. He was directing his healers to bring Relvain and her companions — lying on the ground nearby — back to consciousness.


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WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), Chairman of the House Rules Committee, today released the following statement after voting in favor of a bill to halt the implementation of high-cost or politically-driven regulations during the last days of the Obama Administration:
"As Co-Chairman of the Article 1 Task Force I am pleased that one of our first actions in this new Congress is to put a stop to any last-minute attempts from this Administration to implement costly, politically motivated regulations. For the past eight years President Obama and Democrats have saddled American small businesses and families with 2,998 regulations costing $870.3 billion. Enough is enough - we must put a stop to President Obama's runaway regulatory agenda. This measure will give us the tools necessary to halt any final attempts of this Administration to push through their pro-regulatory agenda."
To learn more about H.R. 21, Midnight Rules Relief Act, click here.
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Following a lost of power during tropical storm Isaac off Cuba on 26 August, the Liberian-flagged container ship Hansa Berlin found herself bricked up off the northern coast of Cuba.
American salvage firms Titan Salvage and T&T Bisso, in conjunction with local Cuban salvage company, Antilliana De Salvemento, were immediately called to action to survey the situation. The owner of the vessel, Leonhardt & Blumberg, reports today that the ship has been successfully re-floated and is now en route to Havana under tow.
Upon arrival in Havana, and after permission is granted from authorities, salvage services will continue in order to complete discharge of the remaining containers and cargo from the Hansa Berlin. All the remaining bunker fuel has been removed from the vessel and a full dive and condition survey will follow.
The ship owner reports that no pollution occurred after the vessel ran aground.


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International monitors say violence in Iraq has internally displaced more than two million people this year.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported Tuesday that the greatest number of people uprooted are from the province of Ninewa, with nearly one million people forced to flee their homes. Anbar province was the second most affected with more than half a million people uprooted.
Both Ninewa and Anbar have been devastated by the advance of Islamic State militants and counter-offensives by Iraqi security forces and a U.S.-led coalition.
The IOM reports the Kurdistan region of Iraq hosts 47 percent of the displaced. Central Iraq hosts 45 percent, with the remainder taking refuge in the south.
IOM's mission chief in Iraq, Thomas Lothar Weiss, said "the massive humanitarian needs in Iraq require a coordinated response and greater commitment for the international community, as the humanitarian needs are greater than our current funding level can provide."
IOM assists the displaced with shelter, transportation and primary health care, as well as psychosocial and work-related support.


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Healthier Teens Eat Breakfast
Teens: Eat breakfast and don't get fatMINNEAPOLIS (UPI) -- Moms always advise eating breakfast, but a U.S. study proves skipping breakfast is unhealthy and is is linked to teen obesity.
University of Minnesota School of Public Health researchers examined the association between breakfast frequency and five-year body weight change in more than 2,200 adolescents.
The researchers find teens who eat breakfast daily have a healthier diet overall and are more physically active than teens who skip breakfast. Five years later, compared to breakfast skippers, the breakfast eaters have gained less weight.
"Although adolescents may think that skipping breakfast seems like a good way to save on calories, findings suggest the opposite," principal investigator Dianne Neumark-Sztainer says in a statement. "Eating a healthy breakfast may help adolescents avoid overeating later in the day and disrupt unhealthy eating patterns, such as not eating early in the day and eating a lot late in the evening."
It is estimated that between 12 percent and 24 percent of U.S. children and adolescents regularly skip breakfast, and this percentage increases with age, Neumark-Sztainer says.
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Chapter 1: The Best Thing About 20th Avenue South
The best thing about living on 20th Avenue South was everything.
Ruby liked her house. She had lived there since kindergarten. Tomato slugs lived at the bottom of the front steps. A plum tree lived in the backyard. The kitchen smelled like jook and ice cream.
Ruby liked the rain. It rained often on 20th Avenue South. The rain sprinkled diamonds on spiderwebs and poured silver on the sidewalks. At night the rain was a lullaby of a billion grains of rice falling on the roof.
Ruby liked the sunshine. It was not often sunny on 20th Avenue South, but when it was, all the bottle caps in the street shone like coins. Windows opened. Radios played. Laundry dried. Plums ripened. Mothers took their babies out.
Ruby liked the bus. The No. 3 ran from Chinatown to the Jefferson Golf Course. Ruby's pohpoh and gunggung lived in Chinatown. Ruby lived near the Jefferson Golf Course. The No. 3 bus brought PohPoh to Ruby, or Ruby to PohPoh, whenever GungGung was too busy to drive them, and they saw each other as often as they could.
Ruby liked her school. Kimball Elementary was usually four blocks away. But whenever Ruby got the urge, school was nine blocks away: two more blocks over to the driving range to look for golf balls that had come through the fence, three blocks backtracking to school. Ruby was almost eight and was finally allowed to walk to school by herself. She wore lots of reflective tape -- just so her mother wouldn't have to worry, especially on foggy mornings.
"Everyone should wear reflective tape," Ruby liked to say. And she got to say this every year at the school safety assembly.
Ruby liked her new wallet. The librarian gave out a shiny wallet to every child who became a card-carrying member of the Beacon Hill Public Library. It was school-bus yellow and closed with crunchy Velcro. Ruby carried her wallet everywhere. It meant that she was almost ready for a driver's license and credit cards. Ruby could hardly wait.
Ruby especially liked after school. Mr. Tupahotu's magic class began at 3:12 sharp. Ruby was never late. Mr. Tupahotu had been a famous magician before he became a teacher. He turned scarves into butterflies. He floated a beautiful lady in midair. He owned 513 rabbits (not all at once). He appeared on TV. He signed an autograph for Ruby.
The Great Tupahotu was now just a regular guy, but he was not your regular second-grade teacher. He could read a whole Russian novel (without falling asleep) and usually one of Ruby's book reports (without confusing the two). In addition he could tell who threw the paper airplane just by the way it was
folded, and fold a much more impressive one. He knew the difference between a person, place, and thing, except sometimes when it came to Ruby's imaginative writing. And he could write in cursive, even on the blackboard.
In magic class he made everything look so easy. But everything was actually very hard. Ruby could never do any of the tricks the first time around. Or the second. Or sometimes even the 199th. But she was getting better.
She could put a coin through her elbow.
She could cut a string into two pieces and then turn it back into one piece.
She could hypnotize a handkerchief and make it obey.
She could almost make a coin stand up just by blowing on it.
She could make knots disappear...usually.
And she could make flowers appear...sometimes.
Ruby starred in her very own backyard magic show, Ruby's Magic Madness. And neighbors on 20th Avenue South agreed that she was truly amazing.
Ruby liked her neighbors. Wally lived across the street. Before that he'd lived in Hong Kong. Wally was the only child Ruby knew who could speak Cantonese without having gone to Chinese school. He was fluent, Ruby's mother said, which meant that he could speak Chinese all day without running out of words. Ruby was very impressed. Still, she was glad when Wally did not sign up for magic class. With a little help from Ruby, he had signed up for Bonsai Club.
Tiger was Ruby's best friend. He lived two blocks away, but it felt like he lived next door. He was faster than e-mail. "Don't break the speed limit!" his mother always called after him. He was also fast at making friends. With just the right smile, he was always saying hi and having a chat. Ruby didn't make friends so quickly. She liked her old friends best.
"You never know when a new friend might become another best friend," Tiger told Ruby. "Just smile and look them smack in the eye."
But the very best thing about living on 20th Avenue South was Oscar. Oscar was Ruby's baby brother. When he was brand-new, he felt as solid as wrapped tuna from the Pike Place Market and smelled like fresh-baked daan taht. He was more beautiful than Ruby had imagined. She had waited a very long time for him. And when he came home from the hospital, she had nearly forgotten that she had wished for a puppy.
The second very best thing about living on 20th Avenue South was Emma. Emma had the cutest, sweetest little dog. He had a mouthful of pointy teeth and little feet with toenails that went dop-dop-dop wherever he went. His name was Elwyn and he was bilingual. He obeyed commands in Cantonese (thanks to Wally) and in English. He'd graduated summa cum laude from dog obedience school, and so had Emma. Emma was very proud of Elwyn. And Elwyn was happy to be the only dog on 20th Avenue South.
But Emma also had a baby brother. When he was brand-new, he, too, felt like wrapped fish and smelled like something freshly baked. Sam was more beautiful than Emma had imagined. She had waited a very long time for him. And when he arrived, she and Ruby became as close as sisters.
Sam weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces, at birth.
So did Oscar.
Sam scored a 9.5 out of a perfect 10 on his Apgar test.
So did Oscar.
Sam could tell when it was lunchtime.
So could Oscar.
When Sam was only two days old, he smiled at Emma.
"It's just gas," Ruby had explained. "It says here that if babies smile before four weeks old, it's only because of gas."
That's what the baby book said. But Emma didn't believe it. Emma smiled at Sam. And Sam smiled back. Ruby saw it with her very own eyes. She'd had to think fast.
She climbed their plum tree, but Oscar wasn't watching.
Time out.
So she climbed back down.
She took a bathroom break.
When she came back, she tried some jokes.
A feather.
Funny faces.
But all Oscar did was cry and sleep.
Ruby wanted to cry too. Waiting for a stinky baby brother to smile was harder than waiting for morning recess at school.
Finally, Oscar smiled at Ruby, and he was still only two days old.
Before long Sam rolled over.
So did Oscar.
Sam sat up.
So did Oscar.
Sam cut his first tooth.
So did Oscar.
Sam said his first word.
"Da," he said.
Emma beamed.
"Da da da," he said. In case nobody heard, he said it louder, "Da da da!"
Ruby looked at Oscar.
Oscar looked at Ruby.
Oscar really was the cutest little brother on 20th Avenue South. He had headlight eyes, a drippy tongue, and a runny little nose. Ruby liked doing her magic tricks for Oscar, who cooed and drooled and clapped under their plum tree. Ruby's magic show had many fans, but Oscar was the best one of all. When everyone else went home, Oscar was still there. Oscar loved Ruby. And Ruby loved Oscar.
But Oscar was not producing, as Emma had delicately put it.
"Please," Ruby pleaded. "Say something....Anything."
Oscar put all his toes in his mouth.
He blew bubbles through his lips.
He laughed.
To make matters worse, Sam said his second word. And then his third. And his fourth. Soon, he said what sounded like the longest sentence Ruby had ever heard.
"Da dee a ma mi haba bee dee bee bee," he said.
"Daddy and Mommy have a pretty baby," Emma translated triumphantly.
So Ruby tried candy.
And presents.
She promised fireworks.
She tried hypnosis.
Desperate, she asked for advice.
"Sorry," said the lady at the dog obedience school, giving Oscar the once-over in his puppy suit. "He has to be a real puppy."
"Every baby develops at his own rate,"
Mr. Tupahotu gently told Ruby. "You can't hurry nature."
So Ruby tried the library. She borrowed language tapes and videos.
She put Oscar in front of the mirror. She moved his lips. He moved his hips. Ruby was a convincing ventriloquist. And Oscar was ready for his nap.
Ruby was close to tears. Oscar gave Ruby a yawn. And a burp.
But Oscar did not say boo.
That night Ruby dreamed that Oscar was making a speech.
"My fellow babies...," Oscar began.
Millions were transfixed. When Oscar finished, the applause was thunderous and utterly transporting. Ruby clapped loudest of all.
The next morning Ruby ran straight to Oscar's room. But Oscar the Orator was nowhere to be seen. It was just the same old Oscar. And Ruby felt her love for him getting thin around the edges.
Now the worst thing about living on 20th Avenue South was Oscar. Oscar was not talking. If only Oscar would say something -- one word -- everything would be right again. Rain would fall. Slugs would ooze. Plums would grow. It was all Ruby wanted. It was all she could think of. She wished for it with her cigar box full of old birthday candles and Thanksgiving wishbones. And just before falling asleep, she wished for it upon all the stars in the sky.
Copyright © 2004 by Lenore Look
Chapter 2: Ruby's Magic Madness
One day, when Ruby was busy, Oscar spoke.
"See," he peeped. "Seeeeeeee."
His words were glass-noodle clear.
Ruby froze.
"See," Oscar repeated. "Seeeeee." He pointed at Ruby's sleeve where she had hidden her coin for Ruby's Vanishing Quarter trick.
Ruby could not remember what she was doing. Clink! A shiny quarter fell out of her sleeve and rolled away.
Everyone laughed. Ruby's audience thought Oscar was very funny. Oscar clapped and blew bubbles through his lips. Everyone laughed again.
Almost everyone, that is. Ruby did not laugh.
Ruby moved on to her next trick, Magnetic Ruby, in which a spoon sticks to Ruby's hand as though she is magnetic.
"See," Oscar said. "Seeeeee Bee!" "Bee" was Oscar's second word (He could not quite say "Ruby."). And he pointed right at where she was holding the spoon.
The crowd roared. Plums dropped from the tree. Oscar clapped. He was very clever. Now everyone could see that "Bee's" finger was secretly bent around the spoon.
Ruby closed her eyes. She wished with all her magical powers that she could make Oscar disappear.
But when she opened her eyes, he was still there.
The next day Ruby did her tricks faster. And trickier. She sprinkled magic dust. And she said the magic Cantonese words, "Sic faan! Sic faan!" -- which means "Eat rice! Eat rice!" Ruby couldn't think of any Cantonese or English words more magical than that. She waved her arms. She flapped her cape.
Ruby held her breath. The tree held its plums. It was so quiet, you could hear someone's TV through an open window. Everyone turned to look at Oscar. But Oscar was holding his breath too, his cheeks inflated like balloons.
Everyone clapped for Ruby, who was again truly amazing on 20th Avenue South. Ruby was so pleased she gave an encore, performing her very special Knot in Hand trick. Everyone was mesmerized. Everyone that is, except Oscar.
"See Bee," Oscar peeped. He made a fist like Ruby's, then pointed at it with his other hand to show where the knot was. Oscar smiled sweetly.
"More!" Wally shouted.
"More!" Tiger stomped.
"Os-car! Os-car! Os-car!" they all chanted, giving Ruby's baby brother a stomping ovation.
A hard, green plum fell smack on Ruby's head. Ouch! Ruby was mad. If only Oscar would babble and act like the baby that he was, everything would be right again on 20th Avenue South. Why did Oscar have to talk so much?
Now Ruby was no longer truly amazing on 20th Avenue South. Oscar was. And Ruby felt all her love for him drying up like spilled soda on a hot sidewalk.
Ruby's Magic Madness was closed the next day. Instead of performing, Ruby put her elbows on the back of their sofa and sighed heavily and watched the clouds drift past their window. She'd seen her father do this whenever he had lost at Scrabble. Oscar put his elbows on the sofa too, and he watched Ruby and sighed too.
Just when Ruby thought she'd never do magic again, she had an idea.
A great idea!
What if Oscar stayed in the house during Ruby's show? He could be as clever as he wanted, as long as no one could see him. Yes! There was even something magical about it.
So Oscar stayed indoors. Only Ruby knew that the black tufts moving silently back and forth across the bottom of their window was the top of Oscar's head.
Ruby's Magic Madness went on once again. And because magicians never tell their secrets, no matter how much the audience begs, Ruby was once again truly amazing on 20th Avenue South.
Until...Emma made her announcement.
"Sam can walk," Emma bragged. "Sam can talk. Sam knows his colors. Sam knows his shapes." Then the big sister of all announcements: "Sam even knows magic tricks."
Ruby could see that Sam could walk...when he wasn't crawling. Sam could talk...if you considered baby babble talking. Sam knew his colors...except for orange and purple. And his shapes...well, he knew squares. But magic tricks? No way! Sam showed Ruby his Mummy Finger in a Box. He pushed his finger through a hole in the bottom of a little box. He opened the box. Ta-da! There was his finger! He wiggled his finger across the cotton in the box, phh-phh. He closed the box. He opened the box again. His little finger went phh-phh. Now you see it, and now you see it again. Sure was cute. But everyone could see that it was not magic.
Ruby couldn't stand it.
She ran straight into her house and grabbed Oscar from behind the sofa.
In less time than it takes for Tiger to make a friend, Ruby reappeared. She was no ordinary magician. She had a baby brother assistant who could walk fast, talk even faster, and now he knew real magic tricks. She taught him how to blow a half-dollar into a standing position, just like that. (A secret wire attached to the back of the coin and falling through a crack in the table let Oscar pull it upright.)
It beat the Mummy Finger in a Box any day.
Ruby's Magic Madness was never the same again. It became Ruby's Magic Madness, Featuring the Amazing Oscar. It was famous on 20th Avenue South, where Ruby was truly amazing and Oscar was pretty clever too. But most important of all, Ruby loved Oscar and Oscar loved Ruby, and they loved being together...at least for now.
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my tama had a baby and i didnt do ANYTHING!!! it ws just sittin there ontop of my desk wen i heard a beeping sound and the screen asked love??? yes or no...of coarse i clicked yes to see and i saw it kiss another tama and then all a sudden i have a lil tama next to mine....funny thing is my tama is a boy??? what happened????
MY tama had a baby!
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Posted 15 September 2005 - 06:39 PM ( #2 )
That would be the Matchmaker. You must've pressed B when you heard the beep and didn't get to see her, but accepted the mate she brought.
Posted 15 September 2005 - 06:49 PM ( #3 )
omg thank you so like this just happened randomly righ? lol sorry like i had this tama 4 like a year and it had ran out of batteries and i put my light up name belt's batteries and now is that lately i am startin to use it soo it was soo weird and new to me....and the parent never goes away or somethin?? lol and da baby takes alot of dunks !! i mean literally lke 1 every hour!!
Posted 15 September 2005 - 06:51 PM ( #4 )
Exactly. The matchmaker brings a possible mate, you hear beeping, and are given the choice of Love: yes or no. Choose yes, an the two tamas will mate and have babies, just like what happened to yours.
That would be the Matchmaker. You must've pressed B when you heard the beep and didn't get to see her, but accepted the mate she brought.


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The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports the judge granted summary judgment in favor of the state Wednesday.
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June 26, 2018
In California's top-two primary system, only the top two vote getters advance to the general election, meaning that only two names will be on the ballot for each race in November. Since California is a very blue state, that often means that two Democrats advance. However, three Green Party candidates for the U.S. Congress advanced in California races this year. Among them is Laura Wells, whose name will appear alongside that of incumbent Barbara Lee in the East Bay's District 13 race.
November 4, 2016
The 50th Anniversary of the Black Panther Party Conference, Oct. 20-23, held at the Oakland Museum of California and in Bobby Hutton Grove at deFremery Park, was a huge success. To see the Vanguards of the Revolution saluted in such elegant surroundings at the banquet Saturday evening was certainly a fitting tribute to the legacy their lives concretely represent. Hats off to the committee that organized the conference.
October 12, 2016
Oct. 12 is the birthday of one of the most talented and promising young men martyred in the massive state repression against the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter. Unlike Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver and George Jackson, Carter has almost been forgotten from the history of Africans in America except for diehards. Carter, then 26 (born Oct. 12, 1942), was assassinated on Jan. 17, 1969 in a Campbell Hall classroom at UCLA in Los Angeles.
May 5, 2016
Bernie Sanders' defeats in the East Coast primaries have triggered a flurry of conversation about what the 25 to 35 percent of Sanders supporters who've told pollsters they will not vote for Hillary Clinton will do instead. Seattle-based Socialist Alternative has called for Sanders to run as an independent or join the Green Party ticket. Ann Garrison spoke to Georgia Green Party activist and Black Agenda Report Editor Bruce Dixon.
April 8, 2015
In a recently published open letter to 60 Minutes, the CBS TV news magazine, former New York Times Africa correspondent Howard French expressed concern about the program's "frequent and recurring misrepresentation of the African continent." Dr. Edmund Lubega says, "As Africans, it would be good if we could organize ourselves and try to find means by which we can share and broadcast our stories in our own way, in our own words."
December 23, 2014
Michigan political prisoner Rev. Edward Pinkney is now being held in Jackson state prison. He remains in good spirits despite the racist injustice that has landed him in detention over manufactured claims that he changed the dates on five signature entries on a recall petition designed to remove Benton Harbor Mayor James Hightower. This is not the first time that Pinkney has been imprisoned for his political activities.
September 22, 2014
The City of Atlanta hosted the fourth international Rwanda Day on September 20, 2014. Rwanda Day celebrations were held in Chicago in 2011, Boston and London in 2012, and Toronto in 2013. Rwandan and Congolese exiles and refugees have appeared to protest each time, as they did again in Atlanta. Bruce Dixon, Atlanta resident and managing editor of the Black Agenda Report, attended the protest.
March 20, 2014
Not quite a month ago, I wrote that we at Black Agenda Report had received word of a new self-organized hunger strike among prisoners in Georgia's notorious Diagnostic and Classification Prison at Jackson. A second communication says eight prisoners are still refusing food and are on the receiving end of abuse and threats from correctional officers at Jackson. The note also sheds some chilling light on the reason for the prisoners' self-organized action.
January 28, 2014
In addition to condemning IFCO for its support of Viva Palestina, the IRS has also attacked our years of solidarity work with Cuba. In both instances our legal advisor eloquently described work we have historically done to advance the struggles of oppressed people for justice and self-determination. The projects we support and operate have faithfully furthered our mission and our organization's tax-exempt purpose, as it was originally described.
January 9, 2013
Bruce Dixon, managing editor of the Black Agenda Report and author of "Did Bloody Hands, Not Black Womanhood Sink Susan Rice Nomination?" spoke to KPFA about U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice's withdrawal from consideration to become President Obama's next secretary of state.
July 13, 2012
"It has been 33 days since these men have eaten. We must move swiftly or people are going to start dying," writes Delma Jackson, wife of Miguel Jackson, the prisoner who was beaten with a hammer in retaliation for his role in the December 2010 mass sit-down strike protesting slave labor and other atrocities.
July 2, 2012
Since June 10 an undetermined number of Georgia prisoners have been on a hunger strike. Some of these men are the Jackson State prison strikers. After two weeks, according to the families of Miguel Jackson and Preston Whiting, they are weak from hunger and subject to fainting spells. But they seem to believe they have little to lose. They are, a letter from one of them asserts, "starving for change." We must demand justice for Miguel Jackson and other Georgia state prisoners who are being targeted and brutalized for exposing their inhumane conditions and standing up for their most basic human rights.
January 25, 2012
A year ago this month, Black, White and Brown inmates in a dozen Georgia prisons staged a brief strike. They put forward a set of simple and basic demands – wages for work, decent food and medical care, access to educational and self-improvement programs, fairness and more.
September 20, 2011
The North Atlantic tribes, under the banner of NATO, and their Arab flunkies are lining up for a showdown in Sirte. Muammar Qaddafi and the Al Fateh revolutionary forces remain defiant and have issued statements saying that they will never surrender.
June 20, 2011
The people of the world need to know that the corporate media is fabricating a massif of lies concerning the on-the-ground facts of the illegal war against the people of Libya by American and NATO forces. News reports represent Qaddafi as a hated and unpopular leader. Yet he has struggled harder than any Western leader to champion the rights of the poor and abolish racism against Black people. I wish the world could see the universal support of the young people for their government.
June 4, 2011
Gerald Perreira has lived and worked in Libya as an organizer and journalist and has been giving regular reports to Block Report Radio and the San Francisco Bay View newspaper. It is important to develop our own media and experts who can speak from an African perspective.
May 27, 2011
There is a popular myth which explains President Barack Obama's reluctance to stand up to Pentagon militarists, Wall Street banksters and corporate greedheads. The myth is that he really does want to do all these things, but we the people have abandoned our responsibility to "make him do it."
May 14, 2011
Emancipatory journalism aggressively argues that we need radical community-based journalism that, while professional, organized and researched, is clear about its bias in favor of oppressed communities and their political organizations and struggle.
April 1, 2011
I am pleased to stand with my colleagues today who are outraged at Nobel Peace Laureate President Obama's decision to wage war on Africa in Libya. At the outset, let me state that Libya is home to tens of thousands of foreign students and guest workers. The students come from Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. The messages I have received from concerned Africans state that these young, innocent people, inaccurately labeled by the U.S. press as "Black mercenaries," have been trapped in hostile territory and are hated by the U.S.-allied Al Qaeda insurgents.
March 8, 2011
There is no possibility of understanding what is happening in Libya within a Eurocentric framework. Libya's system and the battle now taking place on its soil stands completely outside of the Western imagination. The battle that is being waged in Libya is fundamentally a battle between pan-African forces on the one hand, who are dedicated to the realization of Qaddafi's vision of a united Africa, and Libyan Arab forces who look toward Europe and the Arab world for Libya's future.


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You should get along to Harrogate, if you like the feel.
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First let me begin by assuring you, this is not an April Fool's joke.
Exciting news! Scott Guthrie announced today that we have released the source code for ASP.NET MVC 1.0 under the Ms-PL license, an OSI approved Open Source license with all the rights that license entails.
You can download the Ms-PL licensed source package from the download details page here. Just scroll down and look for the file named AspNetMvc1.Ms-PL.source.zip. My baby is growing up!
A big thanks must go out to everyone involved in making this happen and to those who approved it. It's truly a team effort. When I joined Microsoft, I remember walking into ScottGu's office to try and plant the seed for releasing ASP.NET MVC under the Ms-PL license. I came in armed with reasons why we should, but found him to be immediately receptive, if not already thinking along those lines. In fact, a lot of people such as Brian Goldfarb, my management chain, our LCA contact, etc… were completely on board, which was unexpected (though maybe it should not have been) and encouraging to me.
However, there's agreement to do something and the actual doing. It still a lot of people to do the leg-work to make it happen. I personally was kept me very busy in the days leading up to the official RTM release. Let's just say I feel like I'm one course away from getting a law degree.
I know one of the first questions some of you will ask is will we accept source code contributions (I've already seen the question on Twitter :). Unfortunately, at this time the answer is no, we do not accept patches. Please don't let that stop you from contributing in other ways. The terms of the license do mean we need to stay on our toes to keep putting out compelling releases and we will work hard not to disappoint.
Personally (and this is totally my own opinion), I'd like to reach the point where we could accept patches. There are many hurdles in the way, but if you went back in time several years and told people that Microsoft would release several open source projects (Ajax Control Toolkit, MEF, DLR, IronPython and IronRuby, etc….) you'd have been laughed back to the present. Perhaps if we could travel to the future a few years, we'll see a completely different landscape from today.
However, it is a complex issue and I don't want to downplay that, but there are many of us who are looking for novel solutions and trying to push things forward. I really think in the long run, it is good for us and four our customers, otherwise we wouldn't care.
But coming back to the present, I'm extremely pleased with where we are now and look forward to what will happen in the future. Someone once expressed disappointment that my involvement in open source projects seriously declined after joining Microsoft. It was my hope at the time that by the time it released, it would be clear that technically, I had been working on OSS. :)


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As I mentioned in the July issue of
Wicker Woman's Weavings, President of the Basketmakers' Association Olivia Elton Barratt and members of the BA are building two 14 ft. buff willow "giants" called Gog and Magog. That's Olivia's artist's rendition of Magog–Gog has a "ball and chain on a stick".
These giants are Olivia's project during her 2006-2007 term in the
Worshipful Company of Basketmakers, serving in the highest position as the very first Lady Prime Warden! She will be installed in the Court in October following the parade through the streets.
It is in this parade that the WILLOW Gog and Magog will travel through the streets of London, and hopefully, later take residence in
Guildhall on display for all to see and enjoy.
I was the only American to work on weaving these "giants" during my ten-day stay with Olivia when I traveled to England on my
McKnight-ARAC Fellowship Grant. Olivia later took me all over England to see the basketweaving and seatweaving sites. Stay tuned for more blog posts and pictures of this exciting project!


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How Green Smoothies Can Devastate Your Health
Green smoothies are all the rage these days with many people consuming them every day or at least several times a week in an attempt to get healthy and "alkalize" the body.
Whenever I visit the cafe of my local healthfood store, there are usually several people in gym clothes lined up to order a green smoothie to sip after their workout.
Green smoothies are made by blending large amounts of raw leafy green vegetables with fruit to soften and sweeten the taste. Typical vegetables included in green smoothies are kale, spinach, swiss chard, collard greens, celery, broccoli, and parsley.
Is the green smoothie fad a truly healthy habit over the long term or can consumption of these seemingly healthy drinks in fact contribute to serious health problems?
Raw Leafy Greens Contain High Oxalate Levels
Frequent consumption of large quantities of raw, leafy green vegetables as occurs when a person drinks green smoothies can be deceiving at first as a person will probably initially feel great after adopting this habit particularly if he or she is coming off a highly processed, nutrient poor diet.
The vegetables used in green smoothies are almost without exception high oxalate foods. Over time, a high oxalate diet can contribute to some very serious health problems particularly if you are one of the 20% of people (1 in 5) that have a genetic tendency to produce oxalates or if you suffer from candida or other fungal challenge. In those cases, a high oxalate diet can deal a devastating blow to health.
Oxalate Toxicity Not a New Problem
Humans have suffered the effects of oxalate toxicity since ancient times. A 2000 year old mummy from Chile was discovered through x-ray analysis to have an oxalate kidney stone about the size of a golf ball!
Oxalates can be deposited almost anywhere in the body and wherever they land, pain or worse is the result.
75-90% of kidney stones are oxalate related with 10-15% of Americans afflicted at some point during their lives. As the star shaped crystalline stones pass from the kidney, they cause pressure and pain in the bladder and urethra and can actually tear up the walls of the urinary tract.
Oxalate Stones Can Form in Any Tissue
Oxalate stones can show up in any body tissue including the brain and even the heart.
Oxalate crystals resembling shards of glass which become lodged in the heart cause tiny tears and damage to this vital muscle with every single contraction pumping life giving blood to the rest of the body.
Oxalate crystals which end up in the thyroid can cause thyroid disease by damaging thyroid tissue.
A frequent location for oxalates to end up is skeletal muscle which will cause pain with even normal movement and make exercise nearly impossible. William Shaw PhD, Director of The Great Plains Laboratory for Health, Nutrition and Metabolism who has studied oxalates extensively, is convinced that oxalate toxicity is a factor in fibromyalgia the pain of which can absolutely devastate a person's life.
Vulvodynia – Painful Sex
Cases of women experiencing painful sex are on the rise with oxalates a possible culprit.
Vulvodynia, a condition causing pain in and around the vagina, is linked to oxalates deposited in this delicate reproductive tissue. Oxalate crystals are very acidic and they cause irritation, burning, and stinging sensations for affected women with an accompanying feeling of rawness whenever they engage in sexual relations.
Oxalates Are Fungal in Origin
A surprising finding is that oxalates are produced in large amounts by fungus. Large stones have been found in the sinuses and lungs of people suffering from systemic fungal infections such as candida or Aspergillus.
Therefore, anyone who suffers from any sort of candida or other fungal challenge like fungus nails or dandruff would be wise to be very concerned about oxalate intake via the diet.
Consumption of green smoothies would not in any way contribute to improvement of health in these situations. Given that the majority of people today suffer from gut imbalance/fungal issues caused by antibiotic and prescription drug use along with consumption of processed foods, a high oxalate diet which includes green smoothies is an unwise practice for virtually everyone.
Does Cooking Destroy Oxalates?
Would it be safe to prepare green smoothies with leafy greens that have been lightly steamed first?
Not really, because oxalates are extremely stable and while cooking high oxalate foods like leafy greens (and discarding the cooking water) does reduce the oxalate level, it remains quite high.
Since green smoothies are consumed so frequently by those who swear by them, a light steaming of the veggies first would not make a significant difference over the long term.
Skip The Green Smoothies!
The best course of action for health, then, is to opt out of the green smoothie fad.
If you enjoy green leafy vegetables, enjoy them only on occasion in a salad or even better, cook them thoroughly in lots of butter and carefully drain and discard all the cooking water – never use it in soups and sauces!
If you already are suffering from some of the ailments described in this article and suspect a high oxalate diet which includes green smoothies or a daily spinach salad may be the cause, stop this practice immediately and consult with a holistic physician who can guide you on the road to recovery and how to best rid your body of the oxalate crystals that are potentially irritating one or more of your body tissues.
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
Source: The Role of Oxalates in Autism and Chronic Disorders, William Shaw PhD


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In The News: Parade A First For Turkey Rama
Mike Quillen isn't new to McMinnville's big shebang. A member of the Frank Messina Big Band since 1990, he's been playing the main stage on Third Street for about 20 years now.
This year, though, he found himself in a new Turkey Rama role – leading the Oregon Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps in Friday night's parade, a new element in the venerable event.
Read the rest of the article here.
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In no particular order. These are things you might want to investigate for yourself. A listing here should not be taken as an endorsement. In fact, in many case I have not used the product and cannot comment on it.
W. Curtis Preston's excellent Unix Backup & Recovery. This is the book that got me started on this bare metal recovery stuff. I highly recommend it; read my review.
An old (2000) list of small Linux disties.
tomsrtbt, "The most Linux on 1 floppy disk." Tom also has links to other small disties.
The Linux Documentation Project. See particularly the "LILO, Linux Crash Rescue HOW-TO."
The Free Software Foundation's parted for editing (enlarging, shrinking, moving) partitions.
QtParted looks to do the same thing with a GUI front end.
Partition Image for backing up partitions.
From the web page: "Partition Image is a Linux/UNIX utility which saves partitions in many formats (see below) to an image file. The image file can be compressed in the GZIP/BZIP2 formats to save disk space, and split into multiple files to be copied on removable floppies (ZIP for example), .... The partition can be saved across the network since version 0.6.0."
Bacula is a GLPled backup product which has bare metal recovery code inspired in part by this HOWTO.
"g4u ('ghost for unix') is a NetBSD-based bootfloppy/CD-ROM that allows easy cloning of PC harddisks to deploy a common setup on a number of PCs using FTP. The floppy/CD offers two functions. First is to upload the compressed image of a local harddisk to a FTP server. Other is to restore that image via FTP, uncompress it and write it back to disk; network configuration is fetched via DHCP. As the harddisk is processed as a image, any filesystem and operating system can be deployed using g4u."
"We present Frisbee, a system for saving, transferring, and installing entire disk images, whose goals are speed and scalability in a LAN environment. Among the techniques Frisbee uses are an appropriately-adapted method of filesystem-aware compression, a custom application-level reliable multicast protocol, and flexible application-level framing. This design results in a system which can rapidly and reliably distribute a disk image to many clients simultaneously. For example, Frisbee can write a total of 50 gigabytes of data to 80 disks in 34 seconds on commodity PC hardware. We describe Frisbee's design and implementation, review important design decisions, and evaluate its performance."
There are a number of USB key disties available. Check DistroWatch for details.
CD-ROM based rescue kits. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list. If you know of one (or even something that pretends to be one), please let me know. You may find more recent information at DistroWatch.
Hugo Rabson's Mondo "... creates one or more bootable Rescue CD's (or tape+floppies) containing some or all of your filesystem. In the event of catastrophic data loss, you will be able to restore from bare metal."
"System recovery with Knoppix" is a good introduction to system recovery in general, and has some useful Knoppix links.
"Cool Linux CD is live CD with Linux system. This used 2.4 kernel and some free and demo soft."
SystemRescueCd" is a linux system on a bootable cdrom for repairing your system and your data after a crash. It also aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the partitions of the hard disk. It contains a lot of system utilities (parted, partimage, fstools, ...) and basic ones (editors, midnight commander, network tools). It aims to be very easy to use: just boot from the cdrom, and you can do everything. The kernel of the system supports most important file systems (ext2/ext3, reiserfs, xfs, jfs, vfat, ntfs, iso9660), and network ones (samba and nfs)."
Syslinux builds boot code for floppy diskettes, CD-ROMs and Intel PXE (Pre-Execution Environment) images. It is not dependent on a floppy diskette image. You can build your own CDs with a number of tools, such as tomsrtbt, on it.
In case you'd like to roll your own: "Linux Live is a set of bash scripts which allows you to create [your] own LiveCD from every Linux distribution. Just install your favourite distro, remove all unnecessary files (for example man pages and all other files which are not important for you) and then download and run these scripts."
"The PPART CD allows you to generate system recovery bootable CD of previously saved hard disks."
Timo's Rescue CD Set: " This set is my approach for an easy way to generate a rescue system on a bootable cd, which can easily be adapted to the own needs. The project evolves more and more into a 'debian on cd' project, so it's not only possible to use the system as a rescuecd, it is also possible to install a whole debian system on cd."
The List of Live CDs has more CD based disties.
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Bottom line: Taxpayers are now on the hook for a record $59.1 trillion in liabilities, a 2.3% increase from 2006. That amount is equal to $516,348 for every U.S. household. By comparison, U.S. households owe an average of $112,043 for mortgages, car loans, credit cards and all other debt combined. Unfunded promises made for Medicare, Social Security and federal retirement programs account for 85% of taxpayer liabilities.
The Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Board, which sets federal accounting standards, is considering requiring the government to adopt accounting rules similar to those for corporations. The change would move Social Security and Medicare onto the government's income statement and balance sheet, instead of keeping them separate. The White House and the Congressional Budget Office oppose the change, arguing that the programs are not true liabilities because government can cancel or cut them. Chad Stone, chief economist at the liberal Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, says it can be misleading to focus on the government's unfunded liabilities because Medicare's financial problems overwhelm the analysis. "There is a shortfall in Medicare and Medicaid that is potentially explosive, but that is related to overall trends in health care spending," he says.


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Mr. Abhaya Poudel is founder of Biz Serve Pvt. Ltd., a company engaged in business advisory services. He is also currently working as Partner of R P B & Associates, Chartered Accountants the firm is engaged in audits and consultancy assignment of banks, finance, private, public companies, INGO/NGO and social organizations.
Mr. Poudel completed his Bachelors of Business Studies from Tribhuvan University in 2007. He has completed Information System Audit (ISA) and Chartered Accountancy (CA) course from ICAN. He also has a diploma in IFRS (DipIFR) from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants – UK.
Mr. Poudel has been involved in promoting entrepreneurship throughout his career. He is a mentor at Rock Start Impact Nepal, a business accelerator designed to support Nepali entrepreneurs in growing their companies and raising investment. He is also a Coach in Ye! Community. Ye! is a community for young entrepreneurs that connect around the world and link them to resources and opportunities to help them make their startup a success.


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IntelliResponse Systems, a provider of multichannel virtual agent software solutions, has launched IntelliResponse for Global Markets. This latest version of the firm's customer self-service software includes full internationalization capabilities in its core architecture, enabling the product to support languages such as Japanese, Korean, as well as Chinese languages, including Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese, and Min.
Supporting full internationalization capabilities at the core architecture level provides customers with flexibility in extending their Web self-service offering globally.
Prior to announcing the expanded global capabilities, the IntelliResponse product had supported multiple live implementations in English, French, Italian, and Spanish.
"Many of our enterprise clients are required to conduct business in English, French, and Spanish so we already have a great deal of experience providing multilingual capabilities," said Paul Smith, vice president of products and services at IntelliResponse, in a statement. "Over the past year however, increasing demand for our virtual agent product from large, multinational organizations has led us to expand our capabilities in this area and support a wider array of languages. Now, IntelliResponse can be leveraged by any company who wishes to extend their Web site's self-service capabilities to almost any country."
As part of its commitment to IntelliResponse's latest internationalization features, IntelliResponse will be extending its turnkey services for all languages that its customers require. Through its QuikStart program, IntelliResponse enables customers to completely outsource the development and launch of their implementation. Through its SmartSource maintenance and support service, IntelliResponse takes responsibility for the ongoing knowledge base maintenance, as well as reporting, analytics and performance monitoring.
IntelliResponse is currently shipping this release to select global customers; it will be available to all global clients this summer.


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Box Office February 10-12, 2012. The Vow premiered in the Number One spot at the box office over the weekend with $41.7 Million. Safe House premiered in Second Place with $39.3 Million. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island premiered in Third Place with $27.5 Million. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (in 3D) premiered in Fourth with $23 Million. Chronicle was Fifth with $12.3 Million. The Woman in Black, The Grey, Big Miracle, The Descendants, and Underworld: Awakening rounded out the top ten respectively.
The Vow is a romantic drama film directed by Michael Sucsy, starring Channing Tatum, Rachel McAdams, Sam Neill, Scott Speedman and Jessica Lange.
Safe House is an action thriller film directed by Daniel Espinosa, starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds.
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is an American 3D adventure film directed by Brad Peyton and the sequel to the 2008 film Journey to the Center of the Earth. Following the first film, the sequel is loosely based on a Jules Verne novel, this time The Mysterious Island.
The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzmán and Kristin Davis. The story was written by Richard Outten, Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn, and the screenplay by Brian and Mark Gunn.
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Digital leaders: Driving pace and scale in a dynamic market, part 5 (technology)
One of the biggest challenges to becoming a digital business is transitioning from legacy processes and systems to new ways of adopting and managing modern technologies. The transition is complex, time-intensive and costly. But, it's essential to driving the agility required to compete in a digital world.
In our blog series on digital leaders, we've been exploring the various areas impacted by digitalization, including the market environment, organizational structures, innovation and business models, and what digital leaders are doing in response. The series is based on our 2017 CGI Client Global Insights, which includes findings from face-to-face interviews with more than 1,300 business and IT leaders, as well as research we conducted in partnership with IDC in which more than 200 business leaders were surveyed on the topic of organizational design.
According to our findings:
- 72% of organizations say change is being slowed by technology and agility constraints
- 73% of organizations say modernizing is a top IT priority
- 67% of organizations are applying analytics to optimize the business
Leaders are combining emerging technologies to create value-add solutions
According to the CGI Client Global Insights, 72% of organizations say change is being slowed by technology and agility constraints, while 73% of organizations say modernizing is a top IT priority.
Digital leaders understand the need for modernization, along with its challenges and implications. They're focused on figuring out the best path to modernization and are willing to make the necessary investment. The ultimate goal is to implement streamlined processes and emerging technologies that enable the organization to respond to the customer and market in an agile way, delivering results quickly.
Sixty-six percent of organizations are investing in new delivery models, and 48% are increasing their experimentation with new technology. In terms of emerging technologies, digital leaders are investigating the advantages of advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to generate more customer-centric insight, as well as automation and robotics to drive efficiencies and productivity.
They're also investing in cloud technology, along with agile development methods, to speed up innovation and delivery. And
, to keep pace with increasing cyber risks and regulatory demands, they're pursuing more modern and robust security and compliance solutions.
Combining these emerging technologies is resulting in leading-edge business solutions. For example, digital leaders are not only implementing an omni-channel solution, but also combining it with artificial intelligence to provide a more personalized customer experience.
Shaping the business through data-driven insight
Sixty seven percent of organizations are applying analytics to optimize the business. Digital leaders (78%) not only invest in digital strategies that rely heavily on data-driven insights, but these insights are based on contextual data as well as transactional data. Digital leaders are working hard to collect contextual data (location, climate, economic mood) that can feed artificial intelligence engines to help create more informed and precise insights.
In addition, digital leaders separate their enterprise information services from their customer channel and enterprise business services, both of which undergo constant evolution. Doing so ensures that any change to channels or business services doesn't impact the flow and analysis of information. They also work to ensure the quality and sharing of their data as a critical enterprise asset, not only internally but externally across the ecosystem.
What is your organization's approach toward modernization? Is your organization experimenting with new technology? Is your organization focusing on a wider information strategy?
Share your thoughts in the comments or, if you would like to start a conversation, contact me. You also can visit our digital transformation section.
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With her divorce from husband Jon behind her, reality star mom-to-eight Kate Gosselin kicked off the new year by enlisting the services of superstar hairstylist Ted Gibson, who helped her trade the signature short hairstyle that got PEOPLE readers talking for sleek layered look that took 20 hours to complete, which she showed off on a recent PEOPLE cover. And this past weekend, Kate continued her transformation, heading back to the What Not To Wear stylist to freshen up the look and get her ready for a Sex and the City-worthy night on the town. "She came in because her own hair has grown," Gibson tells PEOPLE, "so we changed the length. Now we thought shoulder length would be ideal–we wanted it to be straight, and sexy and moving." And the reality star couldn't have been more pleased with the results. "She's ecstatic about the way the extensions look. We took off about four inches, close to that. That's one great thing about extensions–she can go back to having it long again, whenever she wants. She can keep changing." Her stylists, including the salon's head colorist Jason Backe, even gave her a taste of some of N.Y.C.'s best nightlife to show off the new look. "It was long overdue that she got to go out and have some fun," Gibson explains of their evening out. Tell us: What do you think of Kate's new look? Which of Kate's hairstyles is your favorite? –Katherine Kluznik Rentmeester


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What an amazing time we had performing on Conan O'Brien's show! You might not know already, but Conan himself is a great guitarist, and he joined us on Ringo's song, Act Naturally. Catch the performance here!!
Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band performs his new song 'Wings' on Conan and the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
Gregg Bissonette Joins the Dixon Drums Family
Gregg Bissonette to Tour with Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band in Upcoming North American Tour
Gregg Bissonette Announces Second Annual Groove Camp March 14th-16th in Thousand Oaks, California
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