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Let's talk about getting reservations at Florida state parks. You may reserve a campsite as many as 11 months in advance. The Keys are a pretty desirable snowbird destination, so snagging a spot during the colder months can be quite arduous. I have one friend (a FL resident) who says she uses more than one computer to grab a site at midnight on the first day it's available.
So, when I found a site at John Pennekamp State Park in Key Largo for the weekdays following our Ocala reservations I was ecstatic! It was easy to hit the "reserve site" button and get the details figured out later. (Just little details like: we'll be gone for 11 days in December. We have to be completely ready for Christmas before we leave. We're having 30 people to our house for a dinner party 2 days after we get home.) Chores be damned. We're going to the Keys, Baby!
We made our Silver Springs reservations 7 months in advance. It's a little easier to get in given its inland location. Ms. Rivets has a nice get together there. We love going.
Ocala, FL has a night parade that attracts 60,000 people. We discovered this quite by accident. On a venture into to town scaring up (AMAZING!) grub, gawking at Christmas lights, and eyeing Ocala's hand-painted windows, we noticed rows of lawn chairs lining the road. Why? In some places, no chairs but large sections of the roadside taped off, then bleachers. A kind fellow in an antique shop told us the chairs were set up for Saturday's night parade. Night parade? It must be something to see if folks were putting their chairs out at least 3 days before the parade! We had to go.
The outside temperature at parade time was low 60s. Super cold, right? We saw hats, gloves, and coats; everyone was bundled up! I was reminded of the Clarion, PA parade we attended in October 2012. Both crowds were bundled up about the same in spite of vastly different temperatures. Also, almost everyone sat down for the parade in Ocala. I really can't say what was more entertaining, the crowd or the parade.
This float is from Silver Springs State Park, it looks like a glass bottom boat:
Some serious hometown effort on this one. Impressive!
See what I mean about windows. Ocala does them.
Even lights for your horn.
Night parade, you did not disappoint.
The temperatures on departure morning were near freezing.
Ms. Rivets sent us all away with a hearty breakfast. She is the perfect host.
With one night to spare between our Silver Springs and John Pennekamp reservations, we headed 330 miles south to the Everglades. We've been hearing about the Shark Valley tram/bike loop for years and had to go see what it was about.
Shark Valley has a 15 mile loop accessible by foot, tram tour, or bicycle. There aren't any sharks to look out for, but there are plenty of gators! There's also a menacing gate that closes shortly after sunset.
Did you ever play the "don't step in the lava" game when you were a kid? You jump from pillow to pillow and try not to fall in the "lava." The Shark Valley tram road has a bit of that feel to me. Don't fall of your bike or you'll get eaten by a gator.
Wow. This was one big boy!
It feels funny to say we had to leave "the safety of our bicycles" to tour the observation tower. We all felt more vulnerable though.
The gators you see are scary, but it was thinking about the granddaddies hiding in the bushes that gave me the willies.
Only half of our journey was complete so we had just a short time at the observation tower.
Back on our bikes, now in a bit of a hurry. What a sunset. It was hard not to dawdle.
Are you counting bikes? Mine is a tripod.
Toward the end we were really feeling a time crunch. Brian, Samuel and Annabelle rode ahead to start loading their bikes on top of the car. Sabrina and I arrived just in time to to have our bikes loaded. We pulled out of the gate with only 5 minutes to spare! Whew.
Settled at our Long Pine Key campground, it was time to celebrated a birthday!
In the morning it was just a short drive south to John Pennekamp and 72 degrees. John Pennekamp has a reef that's great for snorkeling. It can only be reached by boat. There's a small beach.
The highlight of the John Pennekamp State Park for Sabrina? Coconuts! She is the coconut queen. In the mornings she would get on her bike and race to the bath house in search of fallen coconuts. She had competition, too. The camp hosts were saving coconuts for their grandkids.
What's Sabrina doing? Looking for a screwdriver. "I'm going to open a coconut!"
...and open a coconut she did!
After a day of rest (and laundry) we all hopped in the car and headed toward Key West.
First, a stop at Bahia Honda State Park. We've heard it's a good place for shore snorkeling.
Snorkeling from the shore at Bahia Honda was kind of a bust.
It was cold (for swimming.)
I love to snorkel but it frightens me.
Brian had to work and therefore could not literally hold my hand.
One kid freaked about the wet suit. Oh well.
No Name Pub for a late lunch.
A beach pace, indeed.
High marks for atmosphere. Dollars with people's names and vacation date litter the walls.
In case you were wondering, the southernmost menorah and the southernmost coconut disposal are right behind the southernmost buoy and the southernmost Christmas tree.
I am pretty sure this is the southernmost chicken crossing the road.
Not far away, we watched the southernmost sunset with many southernmost tourists.
Maybe if I had planned it correctly then we could have done all of the Key West things in one day. We didn't. There were too many things to do and not enough day.
So, the kids and I drove back to Key West the very next day.
Let me explain. John Pennekamp State Park is at mile marker 102 on the Overseas Highway. Key West is mile marker 0. That means we took a 204 mile car ride (at 45 miles per hour) two days in a row. My kids are troopers!
Not everybody is hoarding coconuts. This roadside stand was practically giving them away. Fifty cents a piece. Our coconut queen was delighted.
Why go back to Key West? Because Hemingway. Because Harry Truman.
By Hemingway's extravagant pool. It has quite a story.
Hemingway's wiring studio/office. Ironically, no cats allowed.
Let's face it though, we really came here to see kitties.
Shortly before our arrival at Harry Truman's Little White House, President Barack Obama announced, "Today the United States of American is changing its relationship with the people of Cuba." The docents were practically giddy. What a historic day to be in Key West.
On the way back to Key Largo...
Not stopping to see the sunset should be illegal.
Breakfast at Harriett's the next morning.
The key lime muffins were delicious but I think my favorite part was the way they made us feel. It was like going to grandma's house. They were happy to have us.
Great minds think alike, I guess. This cutie was parked out back:
Our last afternoon in the Keys we took a boat to the reef at John Pennekamp.
At the reef, Sabrina and Samuel stayed on the boat.
Annabelle is crushing my hand. Or maybe it was me crushing her hand?
Either way, we're glad she joined us.
The brave one, who steers us away from Barracuda and enormous jellyfish.
Annabelle. Middle child. Adventurer extraordinaire.
Time to leave our cushy spot in the Keys to make room for someone else. As a matter of fact, some of our Atlanta peeps were headed this way. How lucky that we would be crossing paths exactly at lunch time. Rendezvous: Melbourne, FL.
One last stop before home, to visit our friends in New Smyrna Beach.
Their house really is the best campground ever! Full hookups! Delicious seafood! It's a five minute walk to the beach. We love our New Smyrna friends and their SAWEEET "campground."
On the beach with our host's well behaved puppies.
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KAMLOOPS - Local politicians worked up a sweat with Kamloops Fire Rescue personnel today.
Members of the Kamloops and the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc councils joined together at the fire training centre today, March 14, to see first hand what firefighters do.
The councillors watched as firefighters demonstrated tools for extracting a person from a car crash, and then joined the rescue team in a pair of drills in smokey buildings.
Mayor Peter Milobar and city councillors Tina Lange and Donovan Cavers were joined by Tk'emlups councillors Katy Gottfriedson, Howard Campbell, Eagle Casimir and Tacoma George in simulated smoke and fire drills.
Tk'emlups chief Fred Seymour says it's a good team building exercise for the two councils and rescue team.
"Our new council gets to see the full in-depth of what fire rescue is all about," Seymour says.
The fire rescue drills were a precursor to a council-to-council meeting between Kamloops and Tk'emlups. Seymour says the meetings are a way for councillors to discuss working together and common issues.
"I look forward to these types of meetings. We have so much in common," he says. "We have to work together, make a better life for everyone. We're just a stone's throw away from the cross rivers."
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The Time of Olympics: Opening Ceremony
With straight off the charts music, and refreshing food and drinks, students were welcomed to the 11th AUBG Olympics Grand Opening on Wednesday, April 20.
The event, which started at 8:30 p.m., was opened with a few performances by AUBG students. The AUBGers who gathered on the lawn in front of ABF Center were welcomed by Stratsi Kulinski, AUBG President, and by Dragomir Kyosev, President of Olympics. Also, a small fireworks show and a fire routine, executed by the Brisingr Club, were prepared to mark the beginning of the univrsity's annual Olympics games.
"Apart from the weather, everything went according to plan," Tihomir Dimitrov, a third-year student and a member of the Olympics crew, said. "Everyone did their job perfectly which resulted in a great event," he then added.
"A well-organized event," Pavel Dzhelyov, a second-year student, said. "Great job."
Along with all the things the event offered, the students witnessed the traditional lighting of the torch. The act ended with the Olympics crew performing a dance sequence.
"It was cool even though not that many people showed up," Plamen Penchev, a second-year student, said. "The only thing that had to be improved was the distribution of the food; instead of one table, there should have been two, to avoid forming a crowd," he then added.
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There is much debate about commercial property tax abatements such as PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) agreements and mortgage tax, sales tax exemptions and other financial incentives, e.g., lease agreements, as a means to attract businesses and foster job creation here in Orange County and New York State as well. This week, it was brought up at the debate for Orange County Executive at the Chester High School and both candidates echoed the pros and cons. There were questions about the actual benefit. It is often pointed out that these tax reduction incentives generate only a fraction of the taxes larger corporations would otherwise be required to pay relative to their profit margins. Many corporate entities pay less per square foot then we pay for our homes. These projects claim to bring needed revenue, construction jobs and permanent jobs to the area but research demonstrates that these claims rarely, if ever, materialize. Moreover, while larger corporate projects reap tax benefits, small businesses, which are the "backbone" of our economy as well as "existing smaller businesses" that currently provide employment, see little or no tax relief and, thus, have no "incentive" to come here or stay.
In a study, entitled, "Examining the Feasibility of Converting New York State's All-Purpose Energy Infrastructure to One Using Wind, Water and Sunlight" Dr. Mark Jacobson, a senior fellow of Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the Precourt Institute for Energy, with Cornell University Professor of Engineering, Anthony Ingraffea, Cornell Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Robert W. Howarth, and Mark Delucchi, a research scientist at the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis, among other notable scholars demonstrated among other things that the Shale Gas and Energy Industry frequently exadgerates the need for their facilities, overestimate the economic benefits of their projects, while understating the adverse environmental and consequent economic losses, which are borne by taxpayers.
Orange County's IDA (Industrial Development Agency) works with local municipalities, such as Wawayanda and Middletown to bring new businesses to our communities ostensibly to improve the economy. The Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) Valley Energy Center to be located between Route 6 and I84 on 120 acres of farmland is an example.
In fact, it may prove to illustrate exactly the concerns people are raising and scholarly research is bearing out. It also raises the question as to whether the Orange County IDA and our present municipal leaders have the capacity to represent the interests of their constituents, or whether they are willing to sacrifice the future of our communities for short lived false promises.
Excerpts from a press release issued by Competitive Power Ventures in regard to their Sentinel Energy Center project in southern California state, "The CPV Sentinel project is located near Desert Hot Springs, five miles northwest of Palm Springs. . . .The project will provide an estimated $30 million in sales tax during construction and an estimated $6.4 million in annual property taxes once operational." Given the projected 30-year operational life expectancy of the plant, CPV's Sentinel project would, thus, generate approximately $222 million dollars in tax revenue during that period for that community, which if true, seems wonderful.
On the other hand, in another excerpt regarding their Valley Energy project in the Town of Wawayanda, CPV's press release declares: "The project will also provide more than $30 million in local tax revenue, with the majority going to the local school system, which has been hit hard, in recent years by budget cuts." Efforts to glean factual information regarding the status of the "Deal" CPV has negotiated with Wawayanda Town Supervisor Rozzano, Town Board Members and representatives of the Orange County IDA have proven fruitless. Both Supervisor Rozzano and OCIDA representatives have stated that the "deal" has not been finalized and thus is not available for public scrutiny or FOIL request.
However, last month with minimal public notice, the OCIDA held two "public hearings" on the same day, one in the morning at Wawayanda Town Hall and the other at Middletown's Thrall Library in the afternoon, to entertain public comment regarding a proposed OCIDA purchase/lease back arrangement of the proposed project property to CPV, Mortage Tax Exemption and Sales Tax Exemption. Two town residents who learned of the hearing presented testimony opposing these additional financial and tax considerations at the morning hearing and one opposed in the afternoon; no town resident spoke in favor of these proposals.
If it is not too late, it would be prudent for present town leaders to take another harder look at the "deal" being negotiated and reconsider if, given the green house gases and toxic pollution the proposed power plant will emit on an annual basis, the adverse impact on the health and welfare of our community, our quality of life and property values, are really worth it.
An additional consideration should also be subject to re-negotiation. CPV promises to provide many construction jobs over the 30 months of construction planned for their facilities and 25 permanent jobs once the plant is operational. However, based on current information and understanding, there is nothing in contract that would require them to actually deliver the quoted number of jobs. Yet they would still reap the tax benefits of the "deal" they negotiated; if the promised jobs do not materialize, it would seem "fair" for CPV to be subject to additional taxation and/or re-negotiation of the "deal".
In addition to the CPV Valley Energy shale gas and diesel fueled power plant recently approved by the Wawayanda Planning Board, with variances provided by the Wawayanda Zoning Board of Appeals, two other large industrial are in the works. One is the Brookline car crushing and metals recycling facility to be located on Dolsontown Road. Another already approved and operating is a heavy industrial equipment training school that will pay little or no taxes, as it is a not-for-profit organization. All of these projects are in or near residential neighborhoods. All will produce numerous health and safety hazards as well as adverse environmental impacts that we the taxpayers must endure. All will cause property values to decline further than they already have.
While our elected officials justify the industrialization of our town by claiming that "they" are delivering "ratables," the tax "deals" would seem to argue otherwise and the projects jeopardize not only our health and safety but also the rural residential and agricultural character of our town. We are against projects such as these. Many of us would like to see "ratables" more consistent with the character of the town we have cherished so many years. And, we say NO PILOT AGREEMENT or mortgage and sales tax exemptions for corporations that can easily afford to pay their fair share of the tax burden. Giving away our tax base only produces less revenue, which in turn means higher taxes for all property owners.
We need to end the practice of PILOT AGREEMENTS and
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Hartford, Conn. – Sophomore midfielder Caroline Hayes (Greenland, N.H.) tallied a career-high eight points with five goals and three assists to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 17-8 victory over the visiting Montclair State University Red Hawks in the NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship First Round this evening on Sheppard Field. The defending NCAA Champion Bantams improve to 18-0 with their College-record 26th consecutive win, and advance to the NCAA Second Round this weekend. Montclair State closes its season at 15-5. The NCAA Second Round and Quarterfinals will take place on Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12 on Sheppard Field. The Bantams face the winner of tonight's game between Redlands and Augustana (Ill.) on Saturday, while Eastern Connecticut plays College of New Jersey and Colby plays Lasell this evening with the winners advancing to the second round in Hartford.
"Our performance was great at times and we hit some lulls at other points during the game," said Trinity Head Coach Kate Livesay (7th Season). "We converted our free positions, and maintained our composure against a feisty Montclair State team."
Trinity led wire-to-wire, wasting no time getting on the board on the first shot of the game's first possession by junior attacker Shea Kusiak (Longmeadow, Mass.) 22 seconds into the contest to ignite a 4-0 run. Hayes scored 2:04 into the game, followed by a goal by senior tri-captain midfielder Megan Leonhard (Summit, N.J.), and Hayes fed senior attacker Hadley Duncan (Rye, N.Y.) at the 22:15 mark to complete the spurt. Sophomore midfielder Jenna Bussiere (Dayton, N.J.) netted the first Montclair State goal 12:08 into the first half, and Hayes traded goals with Red Hawk senior tri-captain attacker Kailee Beal (Succasunna, N.J.) to make the score, 5-2, just after the midpoint of the opening period. The Bantams rattled off five of the last six goals before the break, including the last two by Hayes. Trinity first-year midfielder Martha Griffin (Exeter, N.H.) assisted a streaking Hayes for the last tally of the first half with one second on the clock.
Duncan scored from Hayes to open the second half, answered by the second of Beal's three scores in the game, but rookie attacker Molly Cox (Norwell, Mass.) scored twice and Hayes once on free positions for a 14-4 Bantam lead with 16:24 left to play. The Red Hawks outscored the Bantams, 4-3, over the last half of the second half, including three Montclair State goals off assists by sophomore attacker Tierney Conlon (Caldwell, N.J.).
Trinity outshot Montclair State, 33-13, won the ground ball battle, 16-10, and won 16 of 26 draws while forcing 23 turnovers and committing 16. The teams combined for eight free-position goals in 17 tries, and Trinity scored three goals with an extra player. Leonhard scored four times for Trinity, while both Cox and Duncan had hat tricks, and senior attacker Kaitlin Hildebrand (Berwyn, Pa.) finished with a goal and two assists for the Trinity offense. Hayes added three ground balls and three draw controls to her eight points, while senior tri-captain defender Mallory Hinman (Longmeadow, Mass.) collected three ground balls, three draw controls, and a game-high three caused turnovers, and senior tri-captain goalie Olivia Whitney (Danvers, Mass.) made a pair of saves including a point-blank stop late in the first half. Conlon finished with four assists for the Red Hawks, while junior midfielder Kelly Schoneveld (Denville, N.J.) added two goals and one assist to go with her game-high seven draw controls. Montclair State senior backstop Tiffani Henderson (Landing, N.J.) made 10 saves.
"Mallory Hinman was big for us defensively today, breaking up plays and bothering their attacker," added Livesay. "Caroline Hayes did a nice job finishing for us against an excellent goalie."


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Are the Lakers out of their minds? Trade Sam Perkins for Benoit Benjamin, a has-been, and Doug Christie, who has a history of knee problems? Has the Laker front office been impressed with the Angels' recent trades? Assistant General Manager Mitch Kupchak says, "We feel we might have to take a couple of chances . . . " He must have caught "Whiteyherzogitis."
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— Cleveland Heights has plans to spruce up the Cedar Lee neighborhood and is now looking for the money to do so. No truth to rumors plan simply is to ask all young black males to kindly not go there anymore. (Cleveland Hts. Patch)
— A woman from L.A. was pulled over and arrested in Solon with Jolly Ranchers that were laced with weed. In other news, there are now Jolly Ranchers that are laced with weed. (Solon Patch)
— The AKC says dog thefts are on the rise. That's, well, that's just too sad to make a joke about. (NewsNet5)
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Do you know who he is? Why, it's none other than General Joseph Dalton Hooker, commander of the Army of the Potomac. Although I prefer to call him by his street name: JO-HO
Does his last name sound vaguely familiar to you? It should.
Apparently Hooker's military headquarters acquired the unsavory reputation of being more of a bar and brothel than a war strategy think tank.
General Hooker wanted to keep up troop morale......the operative words being 'keep up.' Hooker allegedly requisitioned a passel of prostitutes to entertain his men, hence, the modern day association with his surname.
MINNIE HOOKER- Works the red light district in Munchkinland.
Studying History has an infinite boring factor built into it. I prefer the National Enquirer version of historical events as opposed to painfully dry textbooks penned by the class of intellgentsia solely responsible for keeping the professorial elbow patch factories in business. See how a little spark of ingenuity combined with an angle that's been marinating in salacious sauce all day really brings a Civil War history lesson to life??!?


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Even though I am not interested in the Tantric New Age Earth, Fire, Water Energy feel good message she is using with her exercises, I found that I liked these exercises and would do this video again and again. Her moves were easy, smooth, fluid, and effective. Easy enough for someone overweight and out of shape. I was NOT sore the next day after doing these exercises. As a special feature you can turn off her narration and just have music for your workout. She has one person in the group who models how to do simplier moves when it comes to a few balance poses. I didnt try the color mediation and my copy says it is 10 minutes. I found it annoying/distracting that this scrawny, boney lady(Stephanie DePhillipo) with fake boobs was wearing a blue bra and her breasts kept flashing/jiggling in my face.
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"I love this workout. It has a unique blend of visualization and energizing movements. I agree that the phrases she uses are a bit over the top. I watched it once without following along to get a feel for it before trying it. I laughed so hard.
When you are actively participating and visualizing the pictures Stephanie paints, the feeling is very different. For the majority of the work out, you are relaxed and calm. What difference from having other trainers yelling at you to keep going. The 45 minutes goes by fast and you don't even notice you are working out until you are done. When you have completed it, you know you have done something good for yourself.
I would consider this to be a light workout. It makes for a great off-day or morning routine. When done in the morning, my day seems to be brighter and more relaxed. I feel this is due to the grounding and centering throughout the program.
I don't often do the color meditation. Not that it is a bad meditation but it is so relaxing that I often fall asleep. Since this is part of my morning routine, falling asleep causes me to run late and completely ruins the balance I had just gained."


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Dr. Suraj Rihan meets Kriya, a popular singer in his hospital. While he is a quiet, responsible man, she is loud, kiddish and a little crazy. Kriya invites Suraj to meet her family, which includes her mother, who is very strict and her mother's twin sister, who is fun and giggly. Kriya has an adopted son, who is very mature for his age. Kriya and Suraj fall in love with each other and their new feelings are tested by a crisis that enters both their lives. Kriya's son is in a critical state as he has a hole in his heart and they are unable to find a donor till the date of the operation. This makes Kriya commit a medicine induced suicide and her heart is then used to save her son.


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New Software Framework Helps Developers Empower People to Take a More Active Role in their Health
CUPERTINO, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 21, 2016 — Apple® today announced CareKit™, a new software framework designed to help developers enable people to actively manage their own medical conditions. iPhone® apps using CareKit make it easier for individuals to keep track of care plans and monitor symptoms and medication; providing insights that help people better understand their own health. With the ability to share information with doctors, nurses or family members, CareKit apps help people take a more active role in their health.
"We're thrilled with the profound impact ResearchKit has already had on the pace and scale of conducting medical research, and have realized that many of the same principles could help with individual care," said Jeff Williams, Apple's chief operating officer. "We believe that giving individuals the tools to understand what is happening with their health is incredibly powerful, and apps designed using CareKit make this a reality by empowering people to take a more active role in their care."
CareKit will be released as an open source framework next month allowing the developer community to continue building on the first four modules designed by Apple, that include:
• Care Card helps people track their individual care plans and action items, such as taking medication or completing physical therapy exercises. Activities can automatically be tracked and entered using sensors in Apple Watch® or iPhone;
• Symptom and Measurement Tracker lets users easily record their symptoms and how they're feeling, like monitoring temperature for possible infections or measuring pain or fatigue. Progress updates could include simple surveys, photos that capture the progression of a wound or activities calculated by using the iPhone's accelerometer and gyroscope, like quantifying range of motion;
• Insight Dashboard maps symptoms against the action items in the Care Card to easily show how treatments are working; and
• Connect makes it easy for people to share information and communicate with doctors, care teams or family members about their health and any change in condition.
"With ResearchKit, we quickly realized the power of mobile apps for running inexpensive, high-quality clinical studies with unprecedented reach," said Ray Dorsey, MD, David M. Levy Professor of Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. "We hope that CareKit will help us close the gap between our research findings and how we care for our Parkinson's patients day-to-day. It's opening up a whole new opportunity for the democratization of research and medicine."
Developers of health and wellness apps are excited to build these CareKit modules into apps for Parkinson's patients, post-surgery progress, home health monitoring, diabetes management, mental health and maternal health.
• Sage Bionetworks and the University of Rochester are using CareKit to turn the mPower ResearchKit™ study into a valuable tool to help better inform patients about their condition and care providers about treatment.
• The Texas Medical Center is designing apps to guide and support care pathways for its 8 million patients to improve their health through enhanced connectivity with their care teams.
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center will provide patients with more insight into their own chronic care management through home health monitoring devices that securely store data in HealthKit™.
• One Drop is empowering people with a better approach to managing their diabetes.
• Start, by Iodine, helps people on antidepressants understand if their medication is working for them or not, and helps their doctors deliver more informed care.
• Glow, Inc. will incorporate CareKit modules into its pregnancy app, Glow Nurture, to guide women through a healthier pregnancy.
For more information, visit www.apple.com/carekit.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. Apple's four software platforms — iOS, OS X, watchOS and tvOS — provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay and iCloud. Apple's 100,000 employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving the world better than we found it.
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It is my absolute pleasure to introduce to you Bernie de Le Cuona, a brilliant BlogTour NYC connection I'm thrilled to have made during our visit to DDB (Decoration & Design Building), one of the world's destination luxury decor showrooms.
Bernie de Le Cuona is a success story in fabric design, spun by her taste for quality and her eye for craftsmanship. Known for her paisleys and her ability to make neutral palettes look distinguished, Bernie leads what is now one of the most sought after linen collections in the world today. Her simple dream was born in her kitchen in 1992 and, with no experience, Bernie made it all happen by letting her elegance and passion lead the way.
Our BlogTour group arrived at Bernie's showroom toward the end of the day but walking in was like a breath of fresh air. With the smell of decadent candles in the air, champagne and dessert waiting, Bernie greeted us with a poised and welcoming smile. The showroom ambience exhibited the comforts of a traditional English home with a luxury Safari feel clearly achieved by Bernie's South Africa roots.
Bernie gave us an inspirational look into her work and travel insights. I hope you enjoy.
Greatest influences in your work?
South Africa – the textures and colors of home always make it into my collections and inspire me when I'm looking for something new. Ragamuffin, one of my favourite fabrics in my last collection has colors in it that are inspired by the Protea flower (native to South Africa) and the raw, beaten up texture of it is indicative of the rugged lifestyle of the bush.
Words of wisdom for those starting a career in textiles?
Produce the unique – there is too much fabric on the market at the moment and the world is looking for the startling.
You're known for your wide range of hand woven paisleys and rich textured materials. What is your favorite piece in your current collection?
Florence, one of our new fabrics, was one of my favourites of the latest range because it offers a more contemporary way to look at paisley and is 100% linen, which is what we're known for. It also comes in 10 colourways and is therefore available in dark, masculine tones (my personal preference) as well as light, feminine hues.
A quote you love?
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." -Leonardo da Vinci
Do you collect anything?
I love antiques and pieces that remind me of my travels, so I have a lot of unique objects in my home that tell a story about where I've been in the world. I also take pictures that I blow up and frame in my house, so a lot of our artwork is very personal to the places we've seen; one of my favourites is a picture of lions playing in the bush in South Africa that I took the last time we were on holiday there.
How do you relax? Where do you spend your downtime?
To relax I run – exercise is such a vital part to my day and I try to go every morning before heading into the office in the parks in Windsor with my husband and my boxer Lucy. I also love to entertain and cook, which is a great way to spend weekends. If I really want to unwind, my favourite place in the world is on the Zambezi River.
You've traveled the world and called some spectacular places home…
Where should we stay, what should we eat and where must we visit in South Africa?
You should stay in Cape Town around the mountain; I would recommend a hotel called "The Cape Grace." I would definitely suggest visiting a game lodge to get a taste of Africa as well as the vineyards in the Cape – they're incredible. Seafood is delicious in South Africa and I would specifically recommend you try crayfish – it is particularly good in the Cape.
You've spent so much time in London, where should we stay, what should we eat and where must we visit?
I love Kit Kemp's hotels; we had our Christmas party at The Haymarket in London and there is an amazing indoor pool with a cocktail bar and a wall covered in a giant image of a tropical sunset – it made me forget we were in the middle of winter. For a boozy lunch go to Le Caprice – it always stays the same and has the true essence of London glamour with the fashion pack and the European elite always stepping in and out of the door. If you want a light, interesting and healthy lunch I'd go to Daylesford Organic in Pimlico that allows you to sit outside and watch the passersby. One of the good places to visit (other than our showroom on Walton St.!) is The Kings Road – it is a London institution and has the Saatchi Gallery (which is a fabulous collection of modern art) as well as Guinevere, an antiques shop full of great finds which people outside of the design industry don't really know about.
Share my love of easy elegance and finds from around the globe that are simply fabulous? Ready to make your place a space that you adore? I'd love to help make your house a home. cecy j is currently accepting new interior projects. Let's chat firstname.lastname@example.com


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May 5, 2015
FPs @Eurocat 2015, Day 3 Video
Sadly no match against the F20s , only OD course racing for both fleets as Long Distance was cancelled. Also the announced nr of boats was less, Alex told on Thursday on the weather conditions was a factor.
I'm sure next year we will see more FPs and F20s, and some Box Rule racing among different foilers in the course racing arena too. I pretend to put one, hull is already being built, got pics yesterday of mold.
In the meantime the Pro FP crews take the advantage to train as the Nacra camp did, with good fresh Carnac breeze. Gurvan & Ben showed the flight hours count and won over Besson-Vandame & Cammas-Joubert. Check video above with Cammas talking on their improvement, it is not easy to sail the foiler in the breeze less to race, but hours on the water as always gives you confidence and the FP races will become quite dynamic next months.
Asked Nacra for pics & video from last day, nothing available yet. There are some good ones pics on a French
Photographer Philip Plisson philip-plisson-blog.com
Update: Video published in Nacra & CSN FB , can´t share here. Follow FB Link
Report by FP: Flying Phantom Series Eurocat 2015 – Day 3
"For the final day of racing at the Flying Phantom Series Eurocat 2015, the weather was much milder than the previous day in Carnac.
In the morning the wind was blowing at 20 knots, settling down to 17 knots. After a brief wait ashore, the competitors sailed to the race area for the last 3 races of the event. The showdown between the top three teams was really impressive with a lot of lead changes and tactical battles upwind and downwind. In this contest,
Gurvan Bontemps and Benjamin Amiot were the most consistent in their results and with their experience of the Flying Phantom they managed to win 1 of the three races enabling them to achieve overall victory."
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Hello Monks!
I'm currently writing a GUI front-end for a Perl script I have which uses TCP Sockets to send XML Data to a server.
I decided to use Gtk2 since I found a lot of documentation for that one. I am writing the program on MY laptop which
runs Linux 32-bit. The front-end I'm writing will be pretty basic, but it will run on another users PC running Windows XP.
I'm pretty sure they don't have Perl already installed on their PC so I guess I may need to do that first...?
But anyway, what would be the least/most basic installation I would need in order for them to run a Gtk2 Perl script?
The person who's PC this script will run on will NOT need any development type stuff, if that makes a difference in the
amount of files that need installing, since I don't think they even know what programming is lol...
So basically I ONLY need to install whatever is required for them to run the program once I'm finished...
Any thoughts or suggestion would be greatly appreciated!
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Book Review: True by Hilary Duff
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Pages: 304
Series: Elixir, #3
Source: ARC from publisher
Goodreads Synopsis:
Following the harrowing events of Elixir and Devoted—and the ceremony that almost killed Sage—Clea faces a new reality: With Sage's soul in Nico's body, the love of her life looks an awful lot like her best friend's boyfriend. Can Clea and Sage really be happy under these circumstances?
Clea wants to try to enjoy their new life together, but Sage is acting different—angry—and she struggles to keep her friends from finding out what has happened to him. Something is clearly haunting Sage, and Clea is losing control. Can she trust her friends with the dangerous truth, or will she have to risk losing Sage to madness?
My Review:
I still find it hard to believe, but Hilary Duff is an author and she wrote this series and pulled off a pretty good trilogy. The Elixir novels were intense, romantic and intriguing. We never knew what would happen next and I enjoyed that. In True, book #3, we finally see the fate of Clea and Sage. Are they finally together for life or did the ceremony from Devoted end Sage's life forever? If you've read Elixir and Devoted then it's crucial that you finish the series and read True.
Sage is alive through Nico's body and this was the hardest part for me. That was Clea's best friends boyfriend who is now dead, but can be seen walking around, but it's not him. It was just hard to wrap my head around that, and be okay with it.
Sage is now dealing with anger issues from being inside Nicos body, and has become a violent person with episodes here and there and he's forgetting things that have just happened and Clea doesn't know why this is happening. She is determined to bring out the old Sage, her soul mate, the kind hearted Sage we all knew. Can she does this alone? Can she trust her friends to support her and help Sage? The ending of True will have you re-thinking the loyalties of all of the characters in this series and with the back and forth POV's of Clea and Rayna you will see things differently. How does Rayna feel now that her boyfriend has left the earth but his body remains? These are all new issues that will be dealt with in the final conclusion of Hilary Duff's Elixir Series.


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1. Re: Publish only to SWF?d_skinner Jun 7, 2010 9:43 AM (in response to GoldenHistoryBooks)
What are you trying to use FC to create? a website or app?
If its a website then you just use the swf and the folders that FC builds when you export.
If its an application then you can have FC build it for AIR.
Or maybe you are looking to use it for more than its intentive purpose? Maybe the Flash Professional is the program you and your company is looking for.
2. Re: Publish only to SWF?Bear Travis Jun 7, 2010 10:04 AM (in response to d_skinner)
Catalyst publishes to a swf file. You can convert that swf file to a standalone .exe or .app file using a Flash Projector. See this discussion for more details:
You can create links using the "go to url" interaction in Catalyst.
You may find the Catalyst Examples thread helpful in terms of getting a feeling for what Catalyst can and can't do.


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Happy New Year! In this first edition of Peace and Justice News of 2013 we gave our contributors a free reign to comment on the last year, and consider their hopes for the future. Last year was an exceptionally busy one for the Peace and Justice Centre, and the year to come is already packed with events.
However, we start with a backwards glance as Douglas Shaw gives us the run-down on the events of the previous year, some of which are positive, some of which we spent considerable time protesting.
Source: Truth-Out.org
Whilst assuredly many of our readers will be aware of the horrific rape and death of a young woman in Delhi, Varsha Gyawali discusses this tragedy from a personal perspective, giving us some insight into the context in which such a crime could happen. This is accompanied by an English translation of the lyrics of a song written in response to the tragedy.
In 'The Warrior Prince' Brian Larkin writes about the recent return of Prince Harry from Afghanistan, and our review this month takes a recent book by Professor Jolyon Mitchell, one of the speakers at the recent Edinburgh Peace Initiative Symposium, which looks at the role of religion and the media in promoting peace and inciting violence.
As always we have our regular features, News from around the movements and Centre news, featuring this month a write up of the visit of Bill 'Bix' Bichsel's visit to Scotland, and his talk, alongside Leona O'Neill, which took place just before Christmas. And our reflection this week seeks to remind us that Martin Luther King was much more than just a civil rights activist, and that his anti-militarist views are especially relevant today.
The theme for the next edition of Peace and Justice News is Afghanistan. if you would like to submit a piece of any length, on this theme or another, please send it to the Peace and Justice Centre at firstname.lastname@example.com, ideally by the 15th February, where they will be greatly appreciated.
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Subject: [Accepted] Mootsetoong-Resto Druid
Fri 10 Sep 2010, 19:34
Personal Information
Your real name
: Nikos
Age and Country
: 35 Athens Greece
Tell us about yourself
: I am an easy going person that likes a good laugh.I have worked for around 8 years as an IT slave and lately I am between jobs.I like hunging around with friends when time allows me ,reading a book, or taking reputation with the everlasting quest of becoming exalted with my gf.
Tell us about your history in WoW or other MMOs
: I have played Lineage II for 2 years playing an Eva's Templar, then I discovered WoW where i made a hippie druid and sticked up to it till now.I spent my gaming time till now in DS (normal server) as an ne druid. At tbc some friends of mine persuaded me to form a guild called Fleurs De Mal.I stayed there till a week ago when the need to play sth different and see the game from a different perspective drove me to letting Aeonyx persuade me to move to TN.
Info about your computer and internet connection
:IGC: gtx465 1 G ddr5, The rest i will edit later cause i am not home atm:(
Do you use an Authenticator?
: No
How stable is your internet connection?
: 24Mbit Connex, pretty stable for Greece's standards
How much fps do you normally have in 25man raids in combat?
Whats your ping (latency) in dalaran?
more or less 100ms
Does ANY other person have or will ever have access/password to your account?
: No
Did you read and understand the criteria for joining us inside the "Application Template"?
Character Information
Character Name:
Class & Race:
Tauren Druid
Professions (including Cooking & Fishing)
: (State your skill and rare recipies also) Cooking low, Fishing Low, Herbalism 450, Alchemy 450 Elixir Master
Main spec
: Resto
Off Spec
: In my previous guild ,where i stayed since day one of TBC almost, My os was resto as well(tank healing spec)
Armory Profile
Information about your Keybindings
: (We need to know what sort of keybindings you use for your spells/abiltiies.) I use 3(ht)4(rejuve),5(lifebloom),6(wg),7(swiftment)t(regrowth)y(nourish) as my most common keybindings
Do you have Ventrilo and a working microphone?
: Yes
Previous PvE Experience
: Lvled up till 58
:Cleared Kara,Gruul,Maggie,SSC,TK,MH,BT,First 2-3 bosses of SP
:Naxx,Maly,Sarth 3 drakes, Ulduar Normal apart Algalon,Ulduar heroic cleared till Freya,Toc Nomal,Toc heroic apart Anub,ICC Normal, Icc Heroic 10/12,RS Normal.
Hodir rep level
First aid level
Do you have any PvP experience? If so what rating and bracket?
(High rating players is a huge plus)Have not really pvped till TBC,Lately I am after Conqueror Ach in bgs .
Do you have any out of game skills useful to the guild like web designing or movie making?:
Not in proffesional status, but having worked as IT crowd for around 8 years ,I find my self playing, in amateur standars, in such area of expertise.
List names and class of every character you played at least up to level 70+
(Experience with other classes is a small plus) Mootsetoong, Nemrelen 80(Gnome Mage),Ozzy 80(Undead Rogue),Olethros 75(Tauren DK)
Do you know anyone from Results May Vary?
What do you expect from Results May Vary?
To find an enviroment where i will improve as a player, and a new home.
Are you fine with respeccing to a spec of the guilds need?
I enjoy playing resto,I have played balanced alot during Ulduar, I have not really played feral apart from lvling up. But I am to play whatever the guild asks me tbh.
We raid Thursday and Monday 19:00-23:00. Does the times suit you?
It seems ideal.
How active do you plan to be? What days can you and cant you raid?
Atm I can raid almost every day.I prefer to have my weekends off but need be i can follow even then.
Who controls your game time? (Wife/Girlfriend etc)
Any additional information you need to tell us?
tree hugger inc faithfull member.
Post a Picture of your UI (User interface)
: I am not home atm but i will update it as soon as possible. But just to mention the most common ,I use grid,decursive,omen,dbm
High Warlord
Subject: Re: [Accepted] Mootsetoong-Resto Druid
Sat 11 Sep 2010, 11:13
We spoke a lot on vent before you transferred and its more than obvious you know your class. Wasnt lookin at performance in the 10 man the other day as i was too busy pwning as frost, so i cant comment on that at all.
I would like to see first Aid up. Its a guild requirement.
The other thing is your choice of chest. Why that one and not the emblem one? The emblem is second BIS after Blood Prince 25 Hc Cloth chest, adds a huge chunk of haste and will get you closer to 850+ where you can lose the points in CF.
Aside from that all looks solid.
Really nice guy from my experience!
You will have an answer before next lock out.
Subject: Re: [Accepted] Mootsetoong-Resto Druid
Sat 11 Sep 2010, 12:57
Hello Nikos
I was looking over your armory page, and a few questions struck my mind. I would do some of the following things different, but then again I never had to take a valanyr into account.
1. You've glyphed rapid rejuv. with nourish and swiftmend. Why not normal rejuv over RR/Nourish and howcome you don't use wild growth either?
2. You're quite a bit below haste cap to change your specc, however I still find spirit gems in slots that only has a minor socket bonus, why not take the extra SP, OR the SP/Haste ones?
And then the overall haste theme... is it on purpose that you have what you have, or is it just whatever you managed to get your hands on? I mean, it looks like you aim for the softcap, but then again something could've been done different
I've heard of some players going with far less haste with the RR glyph, however your amount is far higher. I've heard some arguments about RR with T104P bonus making the bonus stronger, however I don't understand that argument seeing that the amount of ticks from each rejuvenation is the same regardless of your haste, the overall time of the rej will just be lowered whilst using RR glyph.
I think I just managed to confuse myself a bit here...
High Warlord
Subject: Re: [Accepted] Mootsetoong-Resto Druid
Sat 11 Sep 2010, 13:39
Personally i hate RR. I tried it and i just dont like it. I dont like the T10 bonus either for that matter. Bring back t8.
RR is good to tank heal and ok in 10 man. The t10 bonus is useless in 10 man imo. Some high ranking restos dont use 4 piece at all and opt for BP shoulders and the fester Legs or Marrow hands. Ensidia resto Tjiani (sp?) doesnt have the 4 piece, but then ensidia do things their own way.
Rej is my 3rd glyph of choice as it can be a lifesaver on fights like sindy where life drops incredibly low on P3. however i dont believe my REJ glyph has contributed more than 1% of my healing in recent months due to the OP nature of our disco priest and the shamans! I simply cant get people to die fast enough for it to work
Subject: Re: [Accepted] Mootsetoong-Resto Druid
Sat 11 Sep 2010, 15:06
About the spirit gems i have to mention here that the healing setup in my previous guild was 90% without pallas or even priests which led 3 druids and 3 shamans trying to fullfill all the roles at most raids.Hence i became a spirit freak cause replentishement was sth very rare to see.Even the RR glyph came handy in this setup tbh.But yes you have a point there and i have no prob to adapt to new situations and change my build.
Now about the first aid....yes i am a slacker and i will fix it today:(
and here is an ui pic
High Warlord
Subject: Re: [Accepted] Mootsetoong-Resto Druid
Sat 11 Sep 2010, 15:18
If you were fulfilling a tank healing role with no replenish then i can see why you would go for spirit, although perhaps mp5 would have been better as you are constantly casting
Ah i love tree talk
High Warlord
Subject: Re: [Accepted] Mootsetoong-Resto Druid
Sat 11 Sep 2010, 16:10
What the.... :p
Subject: Re: [Accepted] Mootsetoong-Resto Druid
Sat 11 Sep 2010, 16:53
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What the.... :p
Gtfo Pawky. This is where trees talk now ....
Subject: Re: [Accepted] Mootsetoong-Resto Druid
Sun 12 Sep 2010, 01:39
First Aid 450. And i got many beautiful bandages to send gifts to all now;pppp
Subject: Re: [Accepted] Mootsetoong-Resto Druid
Sun 12 Sep 2010, 01:44
Sorry for double post and sorry for the Again offtopic question.
You must be a REALLY patient person... since you played an eva's templar. Leveluping an eva's templar without bot is like pretty much lvluping a vanilla warrior... although it's even worse since eva's templar had like 0 skills to use so it was autoattack.
/vouch from me even if i don't know you only because you played Eva's templar for 2 years
High Warlord
Subject: Re: [Accepted] Mootsetoong-Resto Druid
Sun 12 Sep 2010, 17:58
After careful consideration i am sad to say that your application is declined. We simply cannot accept a Nosokoma with a main hand weapon of only 245 level.
Perhaps after farming ICC10 for a week you can re-apply.
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Heres the process for buying property in the BVI
1. Let Coldwell Banker Real Estate BVI, part of one of the worlds largest and most experienced professional real estate organisations, help you find your perfect property.
2. Appoint a BVI lawyer to assist you with the purchase. Again, Coldwell Banker can help with recommendations.
3. Submit your Offer along with a 10% earnest deposit, which will be held in escrow pending acceptance and completion.
4. If your offer is accepted, you will enter into an Agreement for Sale and Purchase with the Seller. If not, your deposit is returned to you.
5. If you are not from the BVI the property must be advertised for four weeks in the local press to give any local person the opportunity to purchase the property on the same terms.
6. If applicable, your lawyer will help you apply to the BVI Government for a Non Belongers Land Holding Licence. Approval of this licence gives you permission to own the particular property.
7. Completion and transfer of title typically happens 30 days after the Governor of the BVI has signed your Licence.
Take note, if your Licence takes a little longer to be approved than you might have expected, dont panic. Whilst completing and submitting your application is not particularly complicated, it can take a while to work its way through the system and a wait of several months is not unusual. Consider this to be your first test of your ability to live on island time!
Appraisal an appraisal of the property is required and the typical fee for a home of less than $1m is in the region of $750.00 although it does vary.
Non Belonger Land Holding Licence Fees a property can be purchased in an individuals name or jointly or in a company name. The current Licence fees are as follows:
Application Fee
Company $500.00
Individuals $200.00
Licence Fee (once the Licence is granted)
Company $1000.00
Each Shareholder or Directors $600 each
Individuals $600 each
For those that are interested, politics of the British Virgin Islands takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the Premier is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. The British Virgin Islands is an internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Assembly. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Military defence is the responsibility of the United Kingdom.
Whilst we have some very professional and competent Architects, Contractors and Project Managers in the BVI, building a home anywhere can be stressful and is probably only more so if you are sitting several thousand miles away wondering what is happening to your project in the BVI! Tomorrow is quite a well used word on BVI job sites but a well managed contract will be fixed price and a typical 3,000 sqft masonry home would ordinarily be complete within a year from closing on the land.
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Thanks to a recent announcement to reduce tablet screen specifications, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has effectively green-lighted Windows 8 tablets to be made in the in the 7- to 8-inch form factor. This is a major development for investors since about half of all tablets shipped today are of the 7- to 8-inch variety. Besides the added portability, a smaller-sized tablet is bound to make Windows 8 tablets more price-competitive against the sea of low-cost Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Android tablets.
What Android never was
Until now, Android hasn't seen much in the way of competition in the low-end tablet segment, allowing it to capture nearly 49% of the market last quarter. Since Android wasn't originally intended to be a tablet operating system in the first place, affordable Windows 8 tablets could easily be perceived as more productive mobile computing devices that better suit users' needs.
The icing on the cake
For all intents and purposes, Windows RT is a bridge product until Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) releases a processor that's better suited for mobile computing. When Chipzilla releases its quad-core Bay Trail processor later this year, not only will it be the world's first 22-nanometer tablet computing processor on the market, it will allow Microsoft and its OEM partners to offer tablets with the full version of Windows 8- in a 7 to 8-inch form factor. In other words, it's all but certain that $200-$300 full-blown Windows 8 tablets become a reality. In fact, such a device would likely score very high on the "price versus function" scale against conventional tablet operating systems, potentially mitigating the threat from mobile computing.
Searching for hidden threats
Google Search has largely benefited from increased mobile computing usage, which has inadvertently driven higher volumes of search. If Microsoft and its partners can successfully infiltrate the low-end tablet market, Bing would become poised to steal search queries away from Google Search. With the prospect of a $200 Window 8 tablet now in the mix, it's entirely possible that Google's search growth in the mobile realm may not prove to be as robust as it once was.
If consumers were presented with a $200 to $300 tablet that runs the full version of Windows 8, would they opt for it over a similar Android device? I wager Android wouldn't stand much of a chance.
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SMS Update
1. Legislative Initiatives. There are 3 Bills pending in Congress:
(1) H.R. 1120 – "To Enhance Interstate Commerce by Creating a National Hiring Standard for Motor Carriers." Introduced by John Duncan (R-TN) on 2/26/15. This Bill, supported by TIA, would establish a new hiring standard of "licensed, authorized and insured" and is designed to protect shippers, brokers and intermediaries against negligent selection lawsuits.
(2) H.R. 5532 – Reintroduced as H.R. 1371 – "Safer Trucks and Buses Act of 2015." Introduced by Lou Barletta (R-PA) on March 16, 2015. Supported by NASTC, OOIDA and ATA, this Bill would require removal of SMS methodology from the website pending further study of its efficacy and a report back to Congress.


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Designer Peter Stults has reimagined movie posters and given them a retro design upgrade. The retro upgrade not only makes for a better movie poster for each movie, but also reimagines the cast of the movies and replaces the actors with actors from the appropriate time. Make sense? For example, the poster for The Grand Budapest Hotel … Continue reading Movie Posters Get Retro Upgrades
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Google has released a useful little tool called Material Design Lite. Use it to turn your website or web app into a slick Material Design masterpiece using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. Really! The beautifully designed collection includes an entire library of page elements like Cards, Click-sensitive Menus, and Gem-toned buttons, and more. It can be as simple as picking a … Continue reading Material Design for the Masses
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Welcome 2 America by Prince
Photos by G.
I know a lot of Prince fans read my site, so these posters are 4 u. I'm also going to say what a lot of those same fans have been thinking for a long time but have been afraid to admit. I've seen Prince in concert no less than 50 times and he's amazing every time. I've been seeing clips of his latest tour on line and I have to say, to me it looks like Prince and it sounds like Prince, but it feels like a cheap Prince imitator playing those songs. His "Vegas-style" interpretations of his hit songs are so tired! Because of his religious convictions, he has wiped away any implications of "dirty" lyrics from his act (for example, instead of "Sexuality is all you'll ever need," he sings "Spirituality is all you'll ever need.") I am very happy that he pretends to have found Jehovah and all that and I even think it's great that he has moved on from playing his "nasty" songs in concert, but a man who made millions of dollars humping the stage, wearing high heels and singing about 'wanting to fuck the taste out of your mouth' is trying to pretend his past never existed! Is Prince going to give back all the royalties he made from the songs "Do Me, Baby," "Head" and "Gett Off?" I don't think so. Not acceptable, Prince.
He went from declaring "I'm never going to play my hits again" to embarking on countless "hits tours." He announced he'd never play the song "1999" again after that year passed and now it's a staple each night. He's announced so many projects that never see the light of day because he either loses interest or doesn't pay the people that help him to execute his plans. Some examples are "Crystal Ball II," a set of unreleased outtakes he even asked fans to help with in selecting the final tracklist; "Roadhouse Garden," a collection on unreleased songs he recorded with The Revolution; a 7 CD set of samples and loops that could be used any way the purchaser would like; and I could go on. A big tenet in his religion is to not utilize idols or symbols. Therefore he has completely stopped signing autographs (not that he was ever gracious about that act previously) for fans but yet he still wears that symbol all over his clothing, uses it on art work for his albums wears a gold and diamond encrusted necklace bearing the symbol and the stage he performs on nightly is a gigantic Prince-symbol! Would Jehovah really approve of those actions?
In the early 2000's when Prince had pretty much fallen off the map, he gave his die-hard fans all kinds of perks like pre-sale concert tickets, soundcheck access and unreleased tracks from his "vintage" period. Then he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was placed atop the world stage again and he sued fan sites for using his image and is now charging upwards of $500 to get good seats at his concerts. Again, very un-Jehovah-like, according2g. I'll be skipping this series of shows because it saddens me to see a person that looks like Prince go through the motions for cash. If you've never seen Prince before, you'll probably see one of the best concerts you've ever been to, but for the people that supported him when the rest of the world thought he was a joke, it feels like the joke was on us this whole time. I've always likened being a die-hard Prince fan to being in a bad relationship because he'll treat his fans like shit and they'll come back every time. I finally feel that I don't think I am going to come back this time.
His last decade worth of albums have gotten progressively more embarrassing to listen to (see songs like "Lion of Judah," and the direct Jimi Hendrix rip off "Dreamer") and his latest effort "20Ten" which ironically sounds the most like the record the fans have been waiting decades for, is probably my least favorite album he's ever made. If you are a "new" Prince fan, don't bother with anything he's done post 1998. Get the songs that have the 'bad' words in them. Not because they are bad or naughty, but because those are the words of a man who pushed the envelope. Those are the words of a man who was sick of the styles that currently existed so he created new ones. They were funky then and they are funky now. Those tracks have and will continue to stand the test of time. Post 1998 Prince is a watered down, pale imitation of a man who went from creating sounds to following trends! The man that once sang "Jack U Off" wearing a trench coat and bikini briefs is now singing about a "Future Baby Mama" and wearing platform tennis shoes! Horrid!
Ironically, Prince ordered the removal of YouTube clips of his cover of Radiohead's "Creep," and Radiohead demanded the clips be put back up because it's THEIR song to make such a decision about. Did they not hear that he massacred the lyrics of the song? He also similarly massacred the lyrics of Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" and "Never Going Back Again," infusing them with his cruddy religious jargon. Will someone please sue Prince for unlawfully fucking up great songs? Would a lawsuit of that nature drive him insane to the point of cursing again on stage? Doubtful. The one thing I am really sad to miss on these upcoming shows is the fact that the entire venue will be taking pictures at the concert and not even a control freak like Prince can do a thing to stop it. The photos will be posted on line and videos will surface from every angle. It's going to drive him insane! But that's what people do at concerts in this country, so Welcome 2 America, Prince!


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Saskatoon is going to be the centre of the basketball world in July.
Tourism Saskatoon announced Wednesday they have secured the rights to the FIBA 3×3 basketball World Tour Masters event.
The tournament features 12 teams from around the world, with 150 countries vying for a spot in the prestigious international competition.
"The atmosphere with the amount of people around just creates its own environment," said Michael Linklater, a former national champion with the U of S Huskies basketball team.
"You have to attend one of these events to really experience it."
It'll be hard to miss: the outdoor event is set to take place at the intersection of 4th Avenue and 21st Street on July 15 and 16.
Hometown Pride
Linklater will attempt to lead Saskatoon's own 3×3 team to their third World Tour championship. They won the 2014 Chicago event and again in 2016 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The team features Linklater's Huskies teammates Michael Lieffers and Nolan Bruhdel, as well as a new addition – Edmonton native Steve Sir – who's returning from a 10-year professional career in Europe.
The three Huskies veterans are all ranked in the 3×3 top 20 players in the world.
Tourism Saskatoon has secured the rights to the World Tour Masters for the next three years, providing a big opportunity for basketball to become a focus in the prairies.
The next three years will also mark the last tournaments for Linklater's Team Saskatoon.
He said they were considering retirement after the 2016 championship, but the team can't give up the chance to claim another in front of a hometown crowd.
Not a typical game of hoops
The sport of 3×3 basketball is gaining popularity around the world and, according to FIBA, is on the verge of becoming a summer Olympic event.
The game features a half-court, with teams allowed three players on the court and one substitute on the sidelines.
The shot clock is only 12 seconds, half the time of a five-on-five game, and the ball is considered "live" after each basket.
The defensive team only needs to clear the ball to the three-point line before turning to offence.
"It's a lot faster," Linklater said. "You have to be versatile. You have to be able to defend, you have to be able to score and you have to be able to rebound."
He added since the tournament is played outdoors, players need to factor in the wind for their shots.
Team Saskatoon has already been testing the corner at 4th Avenue and 21st Street, and Linklater said the buildings should provide some cover.
"We've been dribbling the ball every time we walk through there," he said.
If you're not familiar w/ 3×3, here's a highlight reel from when Team Saskatoon won the 2016 World Tour in SUI #yxe https://t.co/fgcEDYonDz
— Chris Vandenbreekel (@Vandecision) February 1, 2017


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I know I'm not alone. I don't know if any other women hate my husband, but I'm pretty sure there are other women who hate their husbands. We just don't say so do we. But we think it, and we feel it.
I hate him for treating me so disrespectfully. I hate him for calling me "bitch", "cunt". Those words cut deep and a woman can never feel the same way about a man after he calls her that.
I hate him for forgetting I am a woman and treating me like his servant.
I hate him for rarely sleeping in the same bed with me.
I hate him for rarely taking a vacation with me.
I hate him for rarely taking me out on a date.
I hate him for rarely bringing me flowers.
I hate his cluelessness.
I hate him for making sexual comments about other women.
I hate him for looking at porn.
I hate him for only making love to me once a month since we got married.
I hate him for being so cheap with me even though he has lots of money.
He is so fucking lazy. He is the laziest man I have ever seen. I had no idea. His schedule:
noon: wake up
-1:30 lay in bed
-3:00 get up and eat breakfast.
-4:30 get the mail and read catalogs and offers for miracle cures.
-6:30 go on internet
-8:00 make dinner and eat
-11:00 play the guitar
-3:00 back on the internet
except on rare occasions, schedule does not include housework, or even moving his own shit off the dining table or anywhere else.
Okay. I admit it, I sound like a bitch. But which came first? The way he treated me came first. I was not like this before.
Why doesn't she just leave you ask? I am. I am leaving. There's a world out there.There is life out there. I want to live again.
Friday, September 14, 2007
I hate my husband.
I know I'm not alone. I don't know if any other women hate my husband, but I'm pretty sure there are other women who hate their husbands. We just don't say so do we. But we think it, and we feel it.
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I know what you are feeling, my husband is a ticking time bomb, one day he is fine and if I say something he doesnt like or call him on something, Im a fucking bitch, or sometimes an "ungreatful bitch" and its true you never feel the same way about them, I wasnt sure about that but you said it like it is. Disrespect, once its gone , its gone!
- November 25, 2008 at 7:56 PM
- jennie said...
I'm so sorry that you are going through that anon. Once those things happen, it takes a lot of caring for a long time to repair.
I hope you are learning about emotional/verbal abuse and getting support for yourself.
- November 27, 2008 at 5:15 PM
I hate my husband too. Im going to leave him he called me a cunt, a fucking cunt, shut your fucken fat mouth you funken cunt. Im leaving the bastard.
- December 21, 2010 at 4:17 PM
Yep, I completely understand, my husband and I have been married for two years Nov 21st and not 2 Weeks earlier he changedfrom being the sweetest guy ever for the most part, into a freaking schizophrenic psycho. I'm not aloud to voice my opinion or have a disagreement about anything without being verbally beat down being called a "stupid bitch ass cunt, that's selfish and thinks of no one but my slut skank Ass self" over nothing anywhere close to serious. And I have never heard of men calling a woman, let alone their wife such horrible things. Its like he went bipolar within a month. And his excuse its that he 's been bottling it all up for the last 3 years. But yet the next day he is groveling at my feet. I can't keep doing this, I have emotions and thinkwe should be able argue civilly with out those reprecutiins any time I seem discontent. I really think (but never would have before) this is a precurser to worse things to come, but I'm not sure. I don't want to leave him but I don't know what to do. Any advice would be awesome, I don't what to live like this forever. Any opinion I have can't be voiced because, he will cut me off before he knows what I'm gonna say, then mocks what he thinks I was gonna say, and he won't let me finish because he stated "he's done caring about my feelings". After us being next door neighbors, then best friends then the man I married, and I do everything I can to make him happy, in every which way, which im sure we can all relate to. And yeah, I can be somewhat of a bitch but never verbal abuse even close to that, to any one I've been with. Please help me out if anyone have advice in this situation. Thanks.
- November 24, 2011 at 5:43 AM
i am constantly stepping on eggshells and im 10 weeks pregnant. If I dont agree with anything he says im a bitch, cunt. I hate more then anything being called a cunt. And i cant call him anything back or it just gets x234566 times worse. I hate my life. I hate my husband. Hes not even.close to the same person i fell in love with 4 years ago.
- February 25, 2013 at 8:52 AM
I'm just now going through this. I am convinced my husband hates me. I am scared about my future with this man because he has made me feel so bad about myself that I often feel like jumping off a bridge....he doesn't get it and doesn't care about changing. Cheating, lying, belittling me, how can I feel any value with myself when I am just "a cunt like my mother "
- March 14, 2013 at 10:00 PM
- Christina Breuker-Hernandez said...
thank you for sharing these Posts. I am 26 to be married soon and I am experiencing everything you are describing. We have been engaged for 1.5 years and together for 6 months. I started noticing his anger a year into our relationship and it hit it's peak then, it has simmered down and is now emerging. It is taking alot of my spirit down, I am so happy to find your words as they are a light to my dark tunnel. This is the hardest thing I have ever experienced, i am looking forward to reading more
- March 14, 2015 at 2:39 PM
- Christina Breuker-Hernandez said...
I am 26 and I am experiencing a similar experience in my to be soon married situation. We have been together 2 years. I am looking forward to these posts as they are a light to my dark tunnel. Thank you so much for sharing...
- March 14, 2015 at 2:40 PM


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In a period of 60 minutes you get 7 instructions to create your layout. It was my very first speed scrap and I had problems with some steps, but really had fun scrapping. Already looking forward to future speeds scraps!
Speed Scrap 2010-12-28
Ric Rac: Pepperminty by Dylabel Designs
Tag: Project 365 by Little Welsh Girl Designs
Paper & Frame: Move Over Minikit by MariaS
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Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer tie the knot
Elijah Wood, Michael Emerson among wedding guests"True Blood" stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer were married Saturday night in Malibu.
Us Weekly reports that the actors exchanged vows in a tent on a private residence across the street from the beach.
Paquin, 28, and Moyer, 40, began dating a few months after they began working on their HBO series.
Paquin won a best supporting actress Oscar in 1994 for "The Piano." Her other credits include Spike Lee's "25th Hour," "X-Men," and "A Walk on the Moon.
Moyer appeared in "The Starter Wife," the TV movie "Uprising," and "Quills."


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Accepts Award from First Lady
Obama on the left, her mentor on the right.
Standing in the West Wing of
the White House in late October, it was a moment Fidelia Kirby Vasquez 14
will not soon forget.
was asked by Sebastian Ruth, founder of Community
MusicWorks (CMW) in Providence, R.I., to accompany him to Washington,
D.C. to accept a 2010 National Arts and Humanities Youth
Program Award, presented by the First Lady. Fifteen programs
nationally, distinguished for their progress and potential
in improving the lives of young people, were chosen for the
Kirby Vasquez '14,
flanked by Sebastian Ruth (left) and First Lady Michelle
Obama, at the White House. (Photo by Michael Bowles)
Here I am surrounded by these amazing people, Vasquez recalled recently about
the moment she and Ruth accepted the award on behalf of CMW. I looked at Sebastian
and had tears in my eyesjust me and him there representing.
Before engaging with Obama,
Vasquez was instructed by officials on the scene to keep
it to a simple handshakeno hugging or obsequious fawning. But when
I came up to shake her hand, she gave me a big hug.
For Vasquez, it was due recognition
for a programand its founderthat has played
a prominent role in her life. Community MusicWorks, now in its 14th year, is
an after-school program that brings together more than 100 children in Providence
to learn instruments and collaborate in making and performing music. The program
was launched by Ruth in 1997 with funding from the Swearer Center for Public
Service at Brown University. Students participate free of charge.
Vasquez was
an 8-year-old spending afternoons in a local daycare when
Community MusicWorks staff members visited to teach children
string instruments.
Someone asked me, Would you like to sign up to play the cello? she said. I
had no idea what that was.
She came to know it well. After
dabbling in the instrument for a couple years, Vasquez considered
quitting until her cello teacher convinced her to stick with
it. Later, at age 15, she began
teaching others who frequented the program.
Though she continues to play
the cello today, as well
as guitar, her artistic focus shifted during her teen years
at CMW, when she met documentary filmmaker Jori Ketten, a
teacher with the program.
Shes so important to me, said Vasquez of Ketten. She taught me everything
about filminterviewing, how to use a camera. As a result, Vasquez has her sites
set on filmmaking as a possible career, perhaps combining youth activism. She
hopes to document her extended familypartly in Mexico, partly in the United
Statesand the sociology of immigration.
Ketten and Ruth remain an important
part of Vasquezs community. She is a member of the CMW board and stays in touch
with staff and students there. The reason Im here at Smith is because of Sebastian, she
said, noting how Ruth researched schools and pointed her to Smith during high
school in Providence.
She cant count how many hours she spent at the CMW over
the years. I spent more time there than at home, she said. It was where I
had my first job. And I dont come from the best neighborhood, so to have something
like that was amazing.
Its been a good year for CMW
founder Ruth. In addition to the award presented by Obama,
he is also the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship (nicknamed
the Genius Grant), which awards $500,000 to a few dozen Americans
each year in support of exceptional accomplishment and promise.
Recalling her week in Washington
with Ruth, Vasquez felt honored to be the one accompanying
him for the auspicious occasion. She performed with Ruth
three times during the week as part of the festivities, and
was interviewed by national media. It was a really
intense week, she
And all deserved, she attests,
for the program and for a man who became her mentor and
I owe the world to Sebastian and this program, she said. At 8, I had no
idea. But this program changed my life.


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Easy Vegetarian Soup Recipes
There is nothing better at the end of a long, cool day than a bowl of hot, homemade soup for dinner. For a while, I relied on canned and pre-packaged soups, but then I realized just how much extra (and unwanted) sodium these foods were adding to my diet. Since then, I've learned how to make a lot of great soups that don't take long to prepare. Most importantly, they are easy to make and are very healthy.
Kale Soup
Serves 8 to 10
¼ cup olive oil
1 large onion, finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 ½ lbs. russet potatoes (about 5), peeled and cut into small cubes
8 cups vegetable broth
¾ lb. kale, stems removed and thinly sliced
salt and pepper, to taste
1. Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onion and garlic, cooking for about 4 minutes, until the onion is translucent.
2. Add the potatoes and broth. Bring this to a boil, and then reduce it to a simmer. Cook, covered, until the potatoes are soft (about 15 minutes).
3. Remove the soup from heat, and puree with a hand held blender. Return the soup to the stove. Add the kale, and simmer for another 5 minutes. Serve.
Creamy Tomato Soup
Serves 6 to 8
2 tbs. unsalted butter
1 medium onion, finely chopped
4 cloves garlic (more or less, to suit your tastes)
3 cans crushed tomatoes
5 cups vegetable broth
1 tsp. oregano
½ to 1 cup half and half
salt and pepper, to taste
1. Melt the butter n a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the onion and garlic, cooking for about six minutes.
2. Add the tomatoes, broth, and oregano. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat, and let the soup simmer until thickened, about 45 minutes.
3. Remove the soup from heat, and puree with a hand blender.
4. Slowly add the half and half, stirring constantly, until it reaches the desired consistency. Salt and pepper to taste.
Jamaican Squash Soup
Serves 4
6 medium scallions, trimmed
6 whole sprigs thyme
1 medium butternut squash (about 2 lbs.), peeled, seeded, and cut into small cubes
3 cups vegetable broth
1 small green pepper
salt and pepper to taste
1. Tie the scallions and thyme together with some kitchen twine.
2. Place the squash, stock, pepper, and scallion together in a medium saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer, and then cook until the squash is tender (about 15 to 20 minutes).
3. Remove the scallion bundle and the pepper, discard both.
4. Puree the soup with a handheld blender before serving.
great site! Tomato soups during a cold weather is heaven!
Thanks for the recipes, will have to give the creamy tomato soup a try. It just looks fantasy, so I can just imagine how it tastes.
Again thanks for posting them!
Thanks for the great recipe suggestions! I am particularly excited about trying some of the soup recipes...it's getting cold here in the great northwest. Soup can be such a great 'comfort food'...I've been a vegetarian for over 30 years, and can remember when there weren't many 'choices' of how to prepare my meals other than my own concoctions! Thanks for providing some exciting flavor combinations!Check out http://www.easyvegetarianrecipes.org for some additional exciting options!To Your Healthy Diet!Lynn
I love kale, and I am definitely going to try your recipe. Thanks for sharing!


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Brand safety is the issue that simply won't die for YouTube, which has been putting out fires for nearly a year now. Its latest effort to deal with the issue is more stick, less carrot: YouTube detailed three steps it will use to remove revenue-generation from channels that continue to be a problem.
These steps, introduced Friday, include removing a channel from Google Preferred, suspending a creator's YouTube Original project, suspending all advertising on a channel, and removing a channel from YouTube recommendations to drastically cut down on views.
Writing in a blog post, Ariel Bardin, vice president of product management at YouTube, calls these additional steps the company will take outside of its current strike system. YouTube plans to introduce punishments faster and do a better job of communicating why a channel is punished.
The same day YouTube announced these steps, it tweeted that it's temporarily suspending ads from Logan Paul's channels. After returning from a three-week self-imposed hiatus (caused by negative attention from a video showing a suicide victim), Paul drew additional ire for tasering a dead rat and joking about the Tide Pod challenge. One analyst estimated that Paul takes in $1.2 million per month in ad revenues from his channels.
YouTube took a curious divide-and-conquer approach in announcing these additional punitive steps, describing problem creators as a danger to the YouTube community at large.
"Damage can have real-world consequences not only to users, but also to other creators, leading to missed creative opportunities, lost revenue, and serious harm to your livelihoods. That's why it's critical to ensure that the actions of a few don't impact the 99.9 percent of you who use your channels to connect with your fans or build thriving businesses," Bardin wrote.


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