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Leonardo's Birthday
Today is da Vinci's 554th birthday and the short "Leonardo" has officially completed rough animation. Good ole' Herriman came in with scene 5/3 - the last one. I have to pinch myself that this day has finally arrived. The film isn't done but it has just passed THE biggest hurdle and now everything has just got a whole lot easier.
Some images from the last scene. Leo is fighting the wind, while he floats on the Arno River. Water effects haven't been done yet and the coloring is from the down shooter.


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A Guide to Eating and Drinking on the Lower, Lower East Side
(Business Insider) A few weeks ago, we were walking across East Broadway, in that area south of the Lower East Side, but east of Chinatown, when we noticed something unusual outside of 169 Bar, one of our favorite dive-y hangouts: a line outside. Next door, at the new location Mission Chinese, waits are absolutely bonkers (though worth it, we say – check out our review). Around the corner, you'll find the perpetually packed and much freaked-out about Dimes, as well as a new outpost of Pies 'N' Thighs. In a very concentrated and frankly, pretty out-of-the-way area, stuff is HAPPENING. Speaking of the area, we're not exactly sure what to call it. East Chinatown? The Lower Lower East Side? Maybe Beanie Town. Everyone walking around here is always wearing a beanie. Suggestions welcome. We're defining the area as east of Allen, and south of Hester, so maybe…SHeEAl? In addition to restaurants, there's a thriving gallery scene around here, as well as some cool bars and coffee shops.—Read more at Business Insider

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Over the last ten years I've attended a couple of dozen meetings of Standing Committees of Hamilton City Council.
Usually I've been there to watch; occasionally I've been presenting. From time to time I've gone home happy as the issue that had prompted my attendance had been resolved appropriately, from my perspective anyway.
But almost always I've headed out into the real world following these meetings out of sorts because of the lack of respect that Hamilton Council consistently shows for the public.
This lack of respect takes many forms.
First, meetings frequently start late, usually because of lack of quorum. Once I was there for a 9:30 meeting that was about to be postponed. Seconds short of 10:00 a Mountain Councillor raced into Chambers arriving just under the wire so the meeting could get started. (Not having a quorum within thirty minutes of the scheduled start means no meeting.) Let's face it those who are there to present or listen have other responsibilities that need their time.
Second, Councillors, some more than others, feel the need to get up and leave the room a lot. To be fair it isn't easy sitting for the hours that the job requires and some, OK most, of the dialogue is tedious but these pols knew what the job entailed when they put their names forward.
Third, and this is what really turns my crank, is the propensity some councillors have for talking with the media in the middle of meetings. Way back when we were toddlers we all learned that it was rude to talk when others are talking. And someone - staff, a member of the public or another Councillor - is always talking at a Committee meeting. In my experience most municipalities' procedural by-laws cover such matters and committee chairs have the power to enforce.
In this context I found Andrew Dreschel's column in today's Hamilton Spectator interesting. (http://www.thespec.com/opinion/columns/article/537176--bratina-s-office-looks-at-tighter-media-rules)
Dreschel reports that Peggy Chapman from Mayor Bratina's office wants to start "regulating interactions in the Council Chambers."
That would include, apparently, not allowing reporters to talk with councillors during proceedings and restricting councillors from talking privately with reporters during meetings.
The columnist seems to think that the Mayor's initiative may be more about "exercising control than good form."
But if Dreschel and others took a look around they'd likely find that Hamilton is out of step with other cities who think that at the heart of good form is respect for citizens.


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Safe use of canister cookers
Energy Safety advises owners and users of canister, or "lunchbox", cookers to be careful when using the cookers. Regulators in Australia have identified safety compliance issues in some products supplied in Australia. Energy Safety is part of WorkSafe New Zealand and is responsible for monitoring, encouraging and enforcing the safe supply and use of gas and electricity.
Canister cookers that comply with the relevant Australian standard have a safety mechanism to prevent the fuel canister from rupturing if it is overheated. If a canister gets too hot, the pressure inside it could build up to the point where it can cause the canister to rupture. The escaping gas may explode and burn users and property.
This safety mechanism is a backup in case the cylinder becomes overheated, for instance if it is used with pot supports in the incorrect position or the cooking vessel is too large. It works by disengaging the canister before the pressure gets too high, which prevents further heating by cutting off the gas supply to the cooker's burner.
This overheating scenario is unlikely to occur if a canister cooker is used correctly, following the manufacturer's instructions. Accidents involving this type of cooker usually occur because the either the pot supports (trivets) are not in the correct position or the cooking vessel is too large.
Many canister cookers come with the pot supports in an upside-down position for ease of storage. If used with the pot supports reversed the cooking vessel is too close to the burner and will direct heat towards the canister compartment and overheat the canister. The picture below shows a cooker that was used with the pot supports reversed.
Overheating will also occur if the cooking vessel, for example a pot, frying pan or baking tray, is larger than the canister cooker was designed for. Even if the pot supports are the right way up, an over-large cooking vessel will direct heat towards the canister compartment and may cause the canister to overheat.
If you have purchased a gas appliance within the last twelve months it should have the "flame logo" compliance mark (pictured above) on it to indicate that it is certified, unless it is old stock that was imported prior to 1 July 2013.
Energy Safety urges user to:
- FOLLOW the manufacturer's instructions for use of the appliance.
- NEVER use the appliance with the pot support or trivets inverted.
- NEVER use a cooking vessel that extends beyond the cooking area.
- NOT USE a canister cooker if it is damaged in any way.
Energy Safety www.energysafety.govt.nz
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Marion Nestle
Paulette Goddard Professor and Professor Emerita, NFS
Phone: 212-998-5595
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- Departments:
Curriculum Vitae/Syllabi:
- Syllabus: FOOD-GE 2021 Food Writing for Professionals--Spring 2012
- Syllabus: E33.2244 Food Sociology: The Farm Bill--Fall 2011
- Syllabus: E33.2288 Ethical Controversies--Spring 2010
- Syllabus: E33.2244 Food Sociology: Social Movements--Fall 2009
- Syllabus: E33.2215 Nutrition in Food Studies--Spring 2009
- Syllabus: FOOD-GE 2015 Food Policy--Fall 2013
- Syllabus: FOOD-GE 2300 Seminar in Food Advocacy--Spring 2016
- Syllabus: FOOD-GE 2039 Food Policy and Politics--Fall 2015
- Syllabus: FOOD-GE 2040 Food Advocacy--Spring 2014
- Syllabus_Food System Policies & Politics--Spring 2018
Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, emerita, at New York University, in the department she chaired from 1988-2003 and from which she retired in September 2017. She is also Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. She holds honorary degrees from Transylvania University in Kentucky and the Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York.
She earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition from the University of California, Berkeley. Previous faculty positions were at Brandeis University and the UCSF School of Medicine. From 1986-88, she was senior nutrition policy advisor in the Department of Health and Human Services and editor of the 1988 Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health. Her research and writing examine scientific and socioeconomic influences on food choice, obesity, and food safety, emphasizing the role of food marketing.
She is the author of six prize-winning books: Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health; Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety; What to Eat; Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics (with Dr. Malden Nesheim); Eat, Drink Vote: An Illustrated Guide to Food Politics; and Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning). She also has written two books about pet food, Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine and Feed Your Pet Right (also with Dr. Nesheim).
From 2008 to 2013, she wrote a monthly Food Matters column for the San Francisco Chronicle food section. She blogs daily (almost) at www.foodpolitics.com. Her Twitter account, @marionnestle, has been named among the top 10 in health and science by Time Magazine, Science Magazine, and The Guardian, and has more than 145,000 followers.
She has received many awards and honors. She received the John Dewey Award for Distinguished Public Service from Bard College in 2010. In 2011, the University of California School of Public Health at Berkeley named her as Public Health Hero. Also in 2011, Michael Pollan ranked her as the #2 most powerful foodie in America (after Michelle Obama), and Mark Bittman ranked her #1 in his list of foodies to be thankful for. She received the James Beard Leadership Award in 2013, and in 2014 the U.S. Healthful Food Council's Innovator of the Year Award and the Public Health Association of New York City's Media Award, among others. In 2016, Soda Politics won literary awards from the James Beard Foundation and the International Association of Culinary Professionals. In 2018, she was named one of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health's 75 most distinguished graduates in 75 years, won a Trailblazer Award from the International Association of Culinary Professionals, and was selected Grande Dame of the year by Les Dames d'Escoffier International.
Her forthcoming book, Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat, will be published by Basic Books on October 30 this year.


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"Mother Goose Stories" (Frederick Sands Brunner 1886-1954)
|This is the edition I had, printed in 1985
I picked up the phone immediately. Jim's adult daughter had seen my letter in the magazine and had told him about it. He was calling to thank me. Of course I thanked him! (My kids still tease me about how long I left that message on our machine!)
Here's an excerpt from the introduction to the seventh edition of this invaluable book:
Back in 1982, there was no Internet or email, no cell phones, DVD players, iTunes, iPods, iPads, Amazon, e-books, Wi-Fi, or Facebook. The closest thing to an "instant message" was a facial expression that exasperated mothers gave their children. "Texting" was something you did on a typewriter. The first CD player was just going on sale, Starbucks was just a coffee-bean shop in Seattle, and if you said "laptop" to people they'd have thought you were talking about some kind of TV-dinner tray...
Want more? The Read Aloud Handbook, 7th Edition, is now available, with revised and updated chapters, and the ever-valuable "Treasury of Read-Alouds" (over 300 recommended books!) at the back of the book with nine categories of books and their descriptions, listed alphabetically by title. There is also an author/illustrator index.
Chapter titles include:
Why Read Aloud?
Digital Learning: Good News and Bad News
Dad - What's the Score?
A Hyper Kid's Road to Reading
Can't wait? Before you get this new edition from your bookstore or local library, you can peruse Jim's excellent website at no charge - here.
Didn't we tell you? Reading aloud costs nothing but time!


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Ever have something valuable in your pocket and then you lose it? Money? Piece of jewelry? Even an important piece of paper? Something? Anything?
For some unknown and inexplicable reason, you'll continue to reach in your pocket hoping that it's in there somewhere. Over and over again. Admit it. You do that. I know I do.
It's GOT to be there. Right? Nope, it's gone.
But sometimes you lose something and get it back when you were sure you'd never see it again. But still…you keep hoping.
On our recent Peru/Argentina vacation that happened three times.
I love my gps unit. Take it with me everywhere. I use it to make track of bike trips I take. Go geocaching. Use it for directions to some place. Mark waypoints. Bought a Garmin map of Brazil. Even took it to Peru but even though I don't have the Garmin map for Peru, I can still download Geocache coordinates or make waypoints. I can mark the hotel as a "waypoint" so if I get lost at least I have a directional arrow to point me back to the hotel/hostal etc. coordinates even without a street map.
Heading to Machu Picchu I downloaded some geocaches to find. One of them required a long walk towards Gate of the Sun. Found the geocache. A few hours later decided to look for another geocache as Sue and I were in a far different part of Machu Picchu. Where's my GPS? It was in my pocket I'm sure. Looked in my pocket again. Not there. Looked in my camera bag, backpack, every place I could imagine. No GPS.
I've lost it. Yah, I felt in my pocket one more time.
Then I remembered I placed it on the rock wall along the path we were on while I made some notes. Sunk feeling. It's gone. Sure someone picked it up.
Sue suggested going back and looking for it. I replied: "What's the use? Someone by now has picked it up and that's a valuable item. No one will turn it in".
Sue suggested the go back and look one more time. After all she said, we've got plenty of time. OK. Why not.
I hiked all the way across Machu Picchu, climbed up the path to the Gate of the Sun, downtrodden I walked to where the geocache was, confident that I'd find nothing. Came to the spot and started looking along the wall and there it was, resting on a rock ledge right where I left it.
How did no one see it and take it? Then I had an idea maybe why no one saw it. The path was very rocky. As you walked along you had to really concentrate where you put your foot so your gaze was downcast to the ground. Maybe that's why. Heck, I really didn't care why, I was just glad to recover my gps.
Joe, where's your Camera?
Our first night in El Calafate, Argentina was New Year's eve. As we walked along the street, restaurants were either closed, booked solid, or were taking reservations for a later New Year's Eve dinner that would only cost your first born.
We had passed a small bodega and decided to head back there, buy some goodies then go back to our room and have whatever we bought as our New Year's eve dinner.
I usually have my DSLR camera with me. That is one of those big, fancy looking big lens cameras that everyone thinks takes great photos. Little do they realize that today's point and shoot cameras have such incredible logarithms that their phone camera will probably take a better out of the camera photo than my DSLR. My camera and lens is over 10 years old. Antiquated by today's technology. Still it is a pricey camera. The lense alone still sells for new at about $900. This was one of my "working" cameras when I did photography as a job.
The store was very crowded. We bought a couple of sandwiches, sodas, cookies etc. and left.
Blocks away Sue looks at me and says: "Where is your camera?" My hand was empty. No need to look in my pocket. "I left it at the store" says I.
Did not walk. Ran back to the store. Pushed my way to the cashier and said "Camera?" That's English dummy. They speak Spanish. "Ola Camera?" I had placed it on a bunch of candy when I went to pay. I moved over to where I left it and some kid had starting to point to the camera about to say something to the cashier. It was still there!! MINE!!! I think I screamed as I exhaled deeply.
Lost and found number two.
On a bus trip back to El Calafate from El Chatel I placed my umbrella in the side pocket of my backpack and tossed it in the overhead bin.
Hours later unpacking at the hostal room I noticed the umbrella was gone. How? I realized I placed the backpack in the overhead top side first, which meant it was tilted down in the sloping bin. Of course, the umbrella slipped out. No, the umbrella wouldn't fit in my pocket, but I almost looked there.
The next morning we had to go back to the bus station to take a different bus to the Moreno Glacier. I said to Sue: "I'm going to check at the other bus ticket office. Maybe someone turned in my umbrella." "No way it will be there" , she says.
Walked up to the ticket counter and asked the ticket attendant: "Did you find an umbrella on the bus yesterday?" She smiled, jumped up, went over to a shelf and said "This one?"
Sue's jaw dropped. "I don't believe it" she says and smiles as I gave the attendant a "high five" and a thank you!!!
Number 3 lost and found.
And yes, there is a moral to this story: Joe, you really do have to be more careful about your things and stop looking in your pocket.


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Reading: I finished reading The Shining and picked up my next King book; a short story collection called Skeleton Crew. I also continued with Ghastly Beyond Belief, and I managed to catch up on One Piece and FairyTail.
Gaming: I played some Baldur's Gate this week, and now I have managed to get into the story and the characters, though I'm sure I've made some mistakes along the way, but that's bound to happen the first time you go into a major RPG. I've also played some ESO. Yesterday I tried some PvP for the first time in a long while, and for the first time ever it was actually fun.
Working: Six days this week. It's been the standard way this week. I wake up intent on being positive at work, and by the time half my shift has gone I'm ready to just pack up and leave because people are idiots. Not the tourists, I don't blame them for anything (except for being rude and angry with me for not knowing their language - yes I'm looking at you Finns), but the shoppers are a constant pain in the ass who left their brains at home before going out, if they ever had any. And why do all the rich old ladies look like a mix between Mrs. Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances and Ellinor Dahlén from Rederiet?
Watching: I've been watching lots of The X-Files S07 as well as two old black-and-white movies (Carnival of Souls and Black Sabbath). We also watched the last episode of Sherlock S04 together.
Fun stuff: Nothing special this week.
Annoying stuff: See "Working" above.
Stuff bought: Too many snacks.
Shared on social media:
Stuff from Facebook:
• Women who don't conform to the standard can be sexy.
• Last request from Obama.
• A collection of the amazingness that was President Obama.
• Showcase of how beautiful ESO is.
• How to accept a full variety of gender roles.
• Rasaad in Baldur's Gate is adorable.
• Depressing side quest.
• How to loot in Dragon Age 2.
• Cullen Care Guide.
• The annoyance of getting carded.


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Small Favor
- The Dresden Files, Book 10
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
No one's tried to kill Harry Dresden for almost an entire year, and his life finally seems to be calming down. For once, the future looks fairly bright. But the past casts one hell of a long shadow.
Missing 2 minutes of audio!
- By Daniel Eggert on 12-15-15
- Small Favor
- The Dresden Files, Book 10
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
The Return of Nicky and The Nickleheads
Reviewed: 08-14-10
The Summer and Winter Queens are having another strange game of 'cat's paw' and our favorite wizard is stuck in the middle again. Small Favor draws on plot threads from some of the previous novels and sets the table for Turn Coat which follows as book 11. Care is taken to explain plots that carry over from another book, at least briefly, so the book stands on it's own, but read the earlier installments to get the full story.
Jim Butcher seems to have few 'disposable' characters, and they become familliar and develop over the course of several of the books, most involved in over-arching plots that do not detract from the main plot of the novel, but continue to neatly build over time. He does hit the pop-culture references pretty hard in this novel, but that's one of the joys of reading modern fantasy that connects so strongly with it's reader base. I am a RPG playing child of the 80's and can't help but love this series.
This is probably one of the more action packed books, with the billy goats gruff, hobbes,not one but two showdowns with Nicodemus and the Denarians, a non-standard assortment of thugs, the Archive and her Hellhound, the captain of the White Council's Wardens, the Knights of the Cross, the Queen of Air and Darkness, and... a donut. Prithee, with frosting of white, and sprinkles 'pon it.
I came to these books as a fan of the narrator's previous work, and I have not been dissapointed. James Marsters rocks hard as Harry Dresden and the suprising array of character voices he portrays in this series. They come to life in his care and I couldn't imagine anyone else portraying them. The only vocal continuity glitch is the change from the normal "John Marcone" voice of previous installments to the one used for his brief appearances here.
14 of 16 people found this review helpful
White Night
- The Dresden Files, Book 9
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
In Chicago, someone has been killing practitioners of magic, those incapable of becoming full-fledged wizards. Shockingly, all the evidence points to Harry Dresden's half brother, Thomas, as the murderer. Determined to clear his sibling's name, Harry uncovers a conspiracy within the White Council of Wizards that threatens not only him, but his nearest and dearest, too.
Intrigue in The White Court
- By Donna on 09-23-09
- White Night
- The Dresden Files, Book 9
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
Intrigue in The White Court
Reviewed: 09-23-09
First, an update, since no one who left a review complaining of it has done so: The audio file is intact, not corrupt and contains the full contents of the book. I will assume either there was a download problem, or an issue with the hosted file that has since been corrected.
James Marsters has quickly become my favorite Audible narrator. He nimbly performs a wide cast of characters with many distinct voices, many of which are magical, evil or demons - I wonder how many throat lozenges he goes through a book. This is no dry reading, but a one-man show - mostly spent as Harry Dresden the droll, wise-cracking and sympathetic hero.
The pop culture references sometimes get laid on a little thickly, but they serve to ground Harry in the world as we know it, while he moves equally easily through the fantasy around him.
He is a magical Everyman in a world of intrigue among the heavy hitters of the supernatural world. He is increasingly distrustful of his fellow Wizards, targeted by ticked off vampires, training his new apprentice, worried about his brother the White Court vampire's secretive behavior, while he tries to track down the murderer staging the suicides of local women.
Did I mention the fallen angel in his head trying to corrupt him?
I love these books - There is both lighthearted humor, and darker drama - the characters are never just 'one thing' they all develop into multifaceted personalities and their relationships with Harry keep every book interesting.
With every book Harry seems to pick up a new friend to add to the close knit crew who follow from book to book and add to the depth of the underlying story in the series.
55 of 57 people found this review helpful
Storm Front
- The Dresden Files, Book 1
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
A call from a distraught wife, and another from Lt. Murphy of the Chicago PD Special Investigation Unit makes Harry believe things are looking up, but they are about to get worse, much worse. Someone is harnessing immense supernatural forces to commit a series of grisly murders. Someone has violated the first law of magic: Thou Shalt Not Kill. Tracking that someone takes Harry into the dangerous underbelly of Chicago, from mobsters to vampires....
Excellent listen and a great start to the series
- By Donna on 07-13-09
- Storm Front
- The Dresden Files, Book 1
- By: Jim Butcher
- Narrated by: James Marsters
Excellent listen and a great start to the series
Reviewed: 07-13-09
It must be hard - harder than just publishing your book - to publish a book in this format. Not only does the book win or lose due to it's quality, but it has the added complication of being able to fail due to the narrator being unsuitable to the material.
This book, and it's narrator, bring Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden to wry, sarcastic life.
What the book and narrator have, the audio editing could have brought out more. You do hear James Marsters take many a deep breath, and for many of those, it seems to fit into the nature of the character being portrayed. After a while, you understand that better editing would have alleviated the background product of getting long passages of text out.
I had still made the decision to download the next few books in this series by the time I'd reached the middle of the book. I'd checked first to make sure that the narrator was the same, and he is, before doing so.
A bad narrator has often caused me to stop downloading what might have otherwise been an excellent choice. A good narrator, like this one,
has caused me to listen to entire series I might otherwise have gotten in paperback.
I recommend this to fans of mysteries, magic and modern fantasy.
112 of 124 people found this review helpful


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Nao-Team HTWK participates in the RoboCup Standard Platform League. It is a RoboCup soccer league, in which all teams compete with identical robots that operate fully autonomously during gameplay.
This year's RoboCup will take place in Montréal, Canada from June 17 until June 22
Sunday, 3 July 2016
We finished in 3rd place in Robocup World Championship 2016
We won our final game this year 4:1! Thanks to team UChile for the great game!
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Thank you again for your updates, videos, links, and posts. You have, by far, the best and most informative website for RoboCup 2016. The official RoboCup page would do well to directly link to your blog!
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Are some things just unforgivable?
All couples argue from time to time — and everyone makes mistakes — so a healthy attitude toward forgiveness is necessary for happy relationships. In a new video for YourTango, relationship expert Charles J. Orlando explains why it's so important to embrace the act of forgiving.
Now, are some things totally unforgivable? Yes: Those are deal breakers. Check out the video below to discover the difference between forgivable offenses and petty details. Has forgiveness helped your relationship? Should you forgive AND forget? Leave a comment below with your thoughts.


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OTTAWA — Calgary's police chief says the Harper government's $20-million pledge to help sex workers get out of the industry is "woefully inadequate."
Chief Rick Hanson offered that assessment Tuesday during the second day of hearings by the House of Commons justice committee as it examines the government's new prostitution bill.
The government's five-year commitment amounts to $125,000 a year in Calgary, which is not enough, Hanson said.
He called for a national strategy in which Ottawa, the provinces, municipalities and social agencies would work towards abolishing prostitution.
"We have to look at the exit strategy," Hanson said.
On Monday, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said the government hopes to see the new bill — which targets demand for sexual services by criminalizing pimps and johns — foster an end to prostitution entirely.
Though not part of the actual bill, the $20-million commitment is an additional government commitment to help women get out of the sex industry.
Hanson said after his testimony that he hasn't approached the Harper government directly about increasing their funding and that includes his city's best-known MP, the prime minister himself.
But he said the underlying causes of prostitution — from child abuse, drug addiction and domestic violence — need to be addressed, and the agencies that deal with these problems need more help.
"I don't think the prime minister lays awake at night wondering what Rick Hanson has to think about anything, chief of Calgary, or otherwise," he said in an interview.
"I can tell you that $20 million, when you actually spread it across five years, and you spread it across the country, it's a start, but that's all it is — it's a start."
Manitoba Attorney General Andrew Swan testified Monday that he'd like to see a larger federal spending commitment, since his province already spends $8 million a year on the problem.
The funds fit the so-called Nordic model of several Scandinavian countries, which the Harper government's legislation appears designed to imitate.
In addition to making it illegal to be a client or a pimp, the approach calls for social spending to help exploited women in the sex industry.
NDP justice critic Francoise Boivin said the government needs to spend more in that area.
"The Conservatives will spend more on the commercial" to advertise the bill than they will on helping prostitutes, she predicted.
"He (MacKay) wants to eradicate prostitution. But with $20 million I tend to take him not too seriously."
The Supreme Court of Canada struck down the existing prostitution law last December and gave the government one year to respond with new legislation.


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Monday, Aug. 27, 2012 | 1:44 p.m.
A Las Vegas casino mogul is increasing his clout in the conservative political realm one check at a time and it's not Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson.
Wynn Resorts Limited, owned by billionaire Steve Wynn, gave $475,000 to the Republican State Leadership Committee in July, according to the committee's most recent IRS report. The nonprofit focuses on electing Republican candidates to state legislatures and other down-ballot offices.
It's the latest big donation from Wynn, who as Politico reported last month, has contributed millions to Karl Rove's nonprofit Crossroads GPS.
Wynn has spent $90,000 supporting the campaigns of Republican candidates and party committees so far this election cycle, according to data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.
Of that total, $30,800 went to the Republican National Committee, another $30,800 went to the National Republican Congressional Committee, and thousands went to the campaign coffers of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and lawmakers including House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Nevada Sens. Dean Heller and Joe Heck Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei and Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich.
Wynn Resorts has also given $350,000 to the Republican Governors Association during the 2012 election cycle, according to data from CQ Moneyline.
Wynn claims he voted for Barack Obama in 2008, and that year was generous to Democratic candidates. He gave $3,500 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and thousands of dollars to the campaigns of Democrats such as Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, Rep. Shelley Berkley of Nevada and then-presidential candidate Joe Biden. Wynn has not contributed to Democratic candidates and party committees this cycle.
Adelson, meanwhile, has become one of the Republican Party's most important donors. He and his family have given more than $30 million to Republican super PACs and other political organizations that have been active in both the presidential race and Heller's campaign against Berkley.


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It's FRIDAY and that means
it's a NEW
I made a little move over to
ScrapMuch? Design Team
(Team A Reveals the first and third Friday of the month
but the exciting part is the 1st is always a double LO)
|2"lips" in Ottawa
Three years ago, we spent a few days at the Tulip Festival in Ottawa.
It was so FUN - my little guy is such a Trooper!
(Joaquin was sick with an ear infection)
I used Gesso + Jamie 6x6 stencil and overlapped with Cherry Cobbler ink
This cluster is a Silhouette Cut File, fussy cut lips,
Foam Thickers and OA mini-Alphas
*giggle giggle
|love you more
I continued with the yellow floss and swirled it behind the flower.
I added the Wood Veneer Coin to the camera viewfinder
|wooden veneer coins
I heart my Boys!
These paper flower embellished with MME brads
and [heart] coin is the perfect touch
Look at this GREAT DOUBLE SKETCH
by Laura
|Sketch-y Friday August 1st
I hope I have INSPIRED YOU
Hop on over to see TEAM A
PLAY along,
and remember to LINK UP
for your chance to WIN!
I can't wait to see YOUR take on this Double sketch
Thank you for stopping by
~ Danie ~


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Sunday, October 31, 2010
#19 Toast to a new friend
I made a new friend this week. She is down to earth, witty and just plain nice. The thing that floored me the most was her honesty. She confided about her life and it has been a hard road, yet she is still standing. She has inspired me. When someone can stay human, humble and still have motivation for life despite circumstances that would make some crumble, we need to celebrate them. So I would like to make a toast to your strength and your character. You know who you are.
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A timely discussion on the environmental impacts of hydrocarbon development in the Caspian Sea basin, with a focus on Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Hosted by Nick Menzies, Assistant Director of UCLA's Asia Institute, the panel features environmental leaders from the Caspian region, providing a unique opportunity to learn about the oil and gas projects already underway and about the prospects for the future development.
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the countries bordering the Caspian Sea—Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan—have attracted increasing attention from corporations, governments and financial institutions alike, all of which seek to secure a stake in the region's vast petroleum reserves. Increasingly, these policy issues impact US consumers, policy makers and others concerned with the role of energy in the international arena and environmental security both at home and abroad.
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|Willow (the_willow) wrote,
@ 2011-12-17 18:46:00
|Current mood:
|frustrated & upset
|Entry tags:
|about family, fail fail everywhere, things that suck, willow's warren
Not So Holy Day
At 3:50am this morning, I heard a man shouting upstairs. TL:DR decided not to call the police, after checking it wasn't already the police - because domestic squabbles can be messy and I was afraid for the children. But I did stay up, listening, in case things changed and I had to. Turns out I wasn't hearing everything as much as I thought through the vents. And things were so bad, the upstair's neighbour's young teenage son ran away from home. She was frantic looking for him near 10:30am today. I'm praying and hoping they found him, or he got his arse back home. The neighbour says if I ever hear her raising her voice, call for help. I honestly... I did honestly worry things would get worse. I'm not sure she'll understand that fact. But....
And my brother just called me, to say my stepfather is playing the fool about getting the dog to the vet; and it's had rat poison. I had decided to wait until Christmas, to see if the Dog's Christmas present would be a doghouse so the dog would be safe from authorities worried about. I never stopped to consider that the news he told me, was news that could stir a vengeful neighbour to possibly throw rat poison over the fence. The first dog my siblings ever had? It died, from a neighbour throwing rat poison over the fence (different neighbour, different house). But still.
I cannot believe my stepfather is running around trying to get activated charcoal and NOT also calling a vet. My brother looked up on his phone that things were more complicated than getting the dog to throw up, or getting the poison absorbed. They are, it's about vitamin K and internal bleeding and it's XMAS. Just go to the vet and spend the damn money. How you gonna let the children's dog die for stinginess on XMAS? As if they give a damn about presents, if their pet dies.
For myself, yesterday I bought something from Walgreen's, then forgot it there. I called. They were to hold it for me to get there today. Hopefully it's still being held and I can pick it up tomorrow. Cause I ended up crashing so damn heard at noon. I also did early morning cooking to keep me busy while I was waiting out the noise upstairs and thus was physically exhausted too.
It's absolutely self indulgent and selfish - but when I think of the trouble i went to this month, to get gifts, specific type gifts, for all my siblings AND my mother - cause this year has been so stressful for them.... The gifts I got? Cannot, CANNOT alleviate the OMGWTFPAINSORROW of losing yet another pet, in a similar manner due to my stepfather's selfishness.
I can't get my mom on the phone. And I begin to think the situation is more complicated than even my brother knows. Cause I called my sister, thinking my mother might be with her, and it seems likely my sister is at the mall, keeping my littlest brother occupied while all this is going on. I can't even.
Cannot. even.
And please, this is not a case of my being blithe about what finances and resources my family has. I know there are emergency funds, an emergency credit card and practically? For the sake of the kids? Their paternal grandmother would pay the damn vet bill, if it came to that. Heck, I would contribute what little funds I have - cause it's family.
I can't even. Really can't even. And I'm just... I am now more glad I won't be there. Because I could not handle, once again, being a living present, to make up for the shit going on in that house. It's exhausting.


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March 31, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Several years ago I was watching a TV show on healthy eating in which the host was playing a game with school children. He'd hold up a vegetable and ask the kids to name it. The results were rather sad. The kids couldn't name some basic veggies. I was feeling rather superior, calling out "Asparagus!" and "Radishes!" with glee until the host picked up an odd, green leafy thing and I was stumped.
"It's a leek!" he told the kids. I still didn't understand what he meant. A leek? What the hell was a leek? I Googled it and discovered there was indeed a vegetable called a leek and according to this site it was related to the onion in some way. And now, Farm Fresh Delivery has dumped one on my doorstep. So I ask you, dear readers, what shall I do with my leeks?
March 18, 2010 at 11:49 am
By popular demand, last night I carefully documented the process of chopping and cooking the rainbow chard I received this week. "But PastaQueen," you might say. "Those don't look like your hands." And I would say, "You think I don't know the back of my hands like the back of my hand?" But I would also agree that, yes, those are not my hands. After feeling somewhat intimidated by staring at the chard on the bottom shelf of my fridge for several days, I decided to hand this project off to an expert, namely my mother.
As my mother commented last night, she has greatly neglected my culinary education. She grew up in a small town in southern Indiana where they had a vegetable garden in the back yard. Eventually her parents bought their own farm and the vegetable patch grew to be larger than the house. Because of this, she came to be very experienced in the art of washing and properly chopping vegetables, not to mention canning, peeling, and other lost art forms. So […]
March 15, 2010 at 12:06 pm
All right, y'all, the Farm Fresh Delivery peeps sent me some rainbow chard and dill fenouil this week. I only know that they sent me rainbow chard and dill fenouil because that's what the labels say on these odd, green, leafy plants. If someone had asked me to name 100 vegetables last week, I would not have listed either rainbow chard or dill fenouil because I had never heard of them before. Any suggestions on how to prepare these veggies are welcome. I would especially appreciate any warnings, like if the fuzzy ends of the dill fenouil are poisonous or if the rainbow chard only turns rainbow colored when it's gone rancid. Thanks!
February 26, 2010 at 10:44 am
Farm Fresh Delivery has been delivering vegetables to my front door for two months now, and it's going fairly well. I have yet to trip over a parsnip on the way out the door, and I've eaten several good-for-me plants I wouldn't have otherwise. Yes, I threw out half the bok choy when it started to rot, after telling myself every night I'd do stir-fry for dinner and then popping open a can of soup instead. And I think they sent me a rutabaga instead of a beet last week. But I have been eating most of the fruits and vegetables before they turn slimy, and I'm content to continue the service.
My best discovery so far was how tasty snow peas can be. My roommate has a vegetable steamer and showed me how to cook the snow peas with it. They made for a crunchy snack that I know I would never have made otherwise. Broccoli and cauliflower definitely taste better chopped up fresh instead of defrosted from the frozen foods section. And I've […]
January 21, 2010 at 1:31 pm
Last week Farm Fresh Delivery dropped off a crate of fruits and veggies at my door, as I have paid them to do. Included among the familiar apples, pears and mangos were these items:
At first glance they appeared to be a mutant strain of lettuce and a set of reindeer antlers. However, I have since determined that they are bok choy and ginger root. I figured this out after eliminating everything else on the invoice that I could identify.
I have absolutely no idea how to cook bok choy or ginger root. Actually, I've seen ginger root in the grocery store and considered buying it for my old Lick the Produce series, but decided it look far too funky for me to attempt cooking with it. Am I supposed to slice it? Grate it to get ground ginger? Tape it to a headband, paint my nose read, and call myself Rudolph? I have no clue, but now I have some in the house, so I'd better do something with it!
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Analysts say ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff is expected to avoid a runoff against her main rival Jose Serra. Video courtesy of Reuters.
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2nd Sunday of Lent
C cycle
Reading 1. Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18
Reading II. Philippians 3:17-4:1
Gospel. Luke 9: 28b-36 (Transfiguration)
At one point in the gospels our Lord refers to someone, I believe it was Nicodemus, as a "true son of Abraham." It was probably the highest compliment our Lord ever gave to anyone for Abraham was the father of Israel, the people of God. In today's first reading Abraham "put his faith in the Lord, who credited it to him as an act of righteousness." As a result the Lord makes a kind of agreement--a covenant--with Abraham that is meant to last forever. Because of his faith the Lord will give to Abraham and his aged wife, Sarah, the son they had longed for all their lives.
Later in the story, however, the Lord asks Abraham as a sign of faith to sacrifice his only son in much the same way as he had sacrificed the animals in today's reading. Abraham obeyed but just as his knife was set to strike, the Lord intervened and stopped him. Thank goodness! What would we think of a God who could allow a man to kill his own son?
Instead, we see in today's gospel that the Lord is going to sacrifice His own Son so that our sons and daughters might live. St. Luke in chapter 9 of his gospel gives us the story of the Transfiguration. Just as the Temptation in the Desert has always been the subject of the first Sunday in Lent, the Transfiguration of our Lord has always been the subject of the second Sunday in Lent.
Jesus is far along in His mission when the Transfiguration occurs. He has given the Sermon on the Mount, healed the sick, driven out devils, and raised the daughter of Jairus from the dead. Now in chapter 9 Jesus feeds the multitude with five loaves and two fishes. After this incredible miracle, He asks the disciples, "Who do the crowds say that I am?" Peter answers, "the Christ of God," and our Lord then reveals the mission of the Christ:
The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief
priests and Scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day rise again."
Immediately after this prophecy of our Lord's suffering and death, Luke goes right to the scene of the Transfiguration where we get a glimpse of the Resurrection. "Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray," just as He would later do in the Garden of Gethsemane. Just as in the garden they fell asleep, but while "He was praying, His face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white." The three disciples then awoke to behold Him in His glory standing with Moses and Elijah, two of the greatest figures in Hebrew history.
Our reading says that Jesus was speaking with them of his "exodus" that He was going to accomplish in Jerusalem. The word "exodus" is full of meaning. Moses led the Israelites out of slavery to the promised land--Jesus was about to do the same for us. Older translations say that Jesus was speaking of "his death, which he was about to fulfill in Jerusalem."
Finally, a cloud envelops them and they hear a voice just as they did at the Baptism of the Lord saying, "This is my beloved Son; hear Him." The Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus are linked to the covenant that the Lord made with Abraham and his spiritual descendants. We are the true sons and daughters of Abraham when we hear the Word of the Lord and believe.
In today's second reading from the letter to the Philippians, Paul is telling us to be true to the covenant and conduct ourselves "according to the model you have in us." He knew that in his time as well as in ours, many "conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ."
Their end is destruction.
Their God is their stomach;
their glory is in their "shame."
Their minds are occupied with earthly things.
But for those who "stand firm in the Lord," they will receive a promise similar to the one made to Abraham:
He will change our lowly body
to conform with His glorified body...
When Jesus spoke of his own crucifixion, he also told his disciples and us that we must also bear our cross.
If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For he who would save his life will lose it; but he who loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, but ruin or lose himself? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory..."
This is why our little sacrifices during the forty days of Lent are so meaningful. They are a reminder that it is impossible to stand firm in the Lord without sacrifice of some kind.


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Well, yes, it is NOT Tuesday, is it? We did a little switch-a-roo, which isn't such a bad thing every so often.
It's pure fall here, as combines hum in the background and the leaves start dancing their rainbow selves to the ground. And fall means CANNING.
In the last week, I've filled my cupboards with some of our favorites: grape jelly and tomato sauce. Now that I have myself drooling, let's talk books.
Recent Reads
Emily Post's Manners in a Digital World: Living Well Online, by Daniel Post Senning (Open Road E-riginal, 2013)
My rating: 5 out of 5 stars
A lot about manners is common sense. And…am I the only one who's noticed that common sense is not so common these days?
This book is a guidebook that I will be referencing and using with the young people in my life. And did I mention that I learned quite a bit (maybe it's just as fair to say that I had suspicions confirmed)?
It's well-written, well-researched, and well-done. Highly recommended.
Current Reads
Just Married: The Catholic Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the First Five Years of Marriage, by Dr. Greg and Lisa Popcak (Ave Maria Press, 2013)
So far, not a bad read. I wasn't going to mark it up, planning to maybe share it. And then…then I just couldn't help myself. (In my defense, that's sometimes helpful for review writing for those of us with bad memories.) I'm pretty early in reading it, so we'll see if it holds true to what I expect it to be.
Mind Over Psyche, by Karina Fabian (fiction, Dragon Moon Press, 2013)
Oh, oh, ohhhhhh. I sooooooo want to hole myself up and just! read! this! book! Yes, it's as good as I thought it would be. Seriously.
True or False Possession? How to Distinguish the Demonic from the Demented, by Jean Lhermitte (Sophia Institute Press, 2013)
This is strangely fascinating. It's something I wouldn't have picked up on my own, but you know, I appreciate having that every so often. Talk about a whole arena of things I had NO IDEA about! This book is firmly in that category.
How and When to Tell Your Kids about Sex: A Lifelong Approach to Shaping Your Child's Sexual Character (God's Design for Sex), by Brenna and Stan Jones (NavPress, 2007)
I am trying to read one chapter a week. Pitiful, on the one hand, but on the other: do you see this list? Yeah. Me too.
Up Next
Well, until I get through a few books on that rather hefty list above, I'm not looking at the Up Next pile. I'm just…not.
What have YOU been reading lately?
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Lollipop Chainsaw is the 'un-deadly' story of sweet and killer zombie hunter Juliet Starling and her quest to uncover the root of a colossal zombie outbreak. With her wickedly awesome chainsaw in hand, Juliet slices, dices and splits her way through hordes of the undead, but soon realizes the horde is only the opening act to a festival of zombie rock lords determined to kill the chainsaw wielding cheerleader.
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- Platform(s): Playstation 3, Xbox 360
- Genre: ACTION
- Developer: Kadokawa Games
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- Release Date: April 16th, 2016


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Secret Service Detains Man After He Proposes to Malia Obama at Work!
It's not every day you get proposed to.
Well, if you're Malia Obama it's all part of a routine Wednesday morning.
Apparently, the former first daughter was proposed to by some dude who showed up at the Weinstein Company offices in Manhattan, where Malia is interning. 30-year old Jair Nilton Cardoso held a sign against an office window reading, "Will you marry me?"
TMZ reports that secret agents ended up kicking him out, until he showed up again two days later outside another building where Malia was working. This time, they detained him.
Turns out, the agents recognized him as the same guy who attempted to get into the White House multiple times before.
After being interviewed by agents, it was clear that Cardoso needed to be taken to a hospital, so they happily obliged.
He wasn't charged with a crime.


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London, Aug 13 (IANS) Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt suffered a injury midway into his anchor leg of the men's 4×100 meters relay and pulled out of the last race of career at the World Athletics Championships here.
Bolt, who had suffered his first 100m defeat in nine years on August 5, apparently had a pulled a muscle in his leg only 30 meters into the race on Saturday night. He limped to the finish line in agony, Xinhua news agency reported.
Bolt had only taken a few strides when he appeared to suffer an injury to his left leg and fell to the track in pain. He stayed down for a couple of minutes before standing up and walking to the finish line.
Britain won the gold in 37.47 seconds, the US took silver in 37.52 and Japan was third in 38.04.
China, the silver medalist two years ago, finished fourth in 38.34.
The British team of Chijindu Ujah, Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake broke a European record that had stood since 1999, Efe news reported.
Bolt, who had announced prior to the World Athletics Championships that it would be his last major competition, is one of the all-time legends of track and field.
He first burst on the scene with his performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he set new world records in winning both the 100-meter and 200-meter finals.
Bolt then lost virtually no race of consequence for nine years, the lone exception coming when he was disqualified for a false start at the 100-meter final at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea.
But time finally caught up with the 30-year-old Jamaican at his final event, in which he finished third in the 100 meters last Saturday and then was unable to finish his final race.
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Since October 2013 was the 40th Anniversary of the release of the double Elton John album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, one of the most important of his career (selling over 31 million albums worldwide and going platinum in the US 7 times over), on 24th March 2014 a new edition of the album will be released in various formats.
First of all there will be a super-deluxe boxset contaning 4 audio-CDs, one DVD and one book; here's the details of each item:
the original album newly remastered by Bob Ludwig from the original analogue tapes
CD2: Extras (nine covers by contemporary artists plus outtakes from the GYBR sessions)
Candle In The Wind – Ed Sheeran (3:22)
Bennie and the Jets – Miguel (5:10)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Hunter Hayes (3:15)
Grey Seal – The Band Perry (3:48)
Sweet Painted Lady – John Grant (3:58)
All The Girls Love Alice – Emili Sande (3:40)
Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock And Roll) – Imelda May (2:51)
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting – Fall Out Boy (3:42)
Harmony – Zac Brown Band (2:55)
Grey Seal (piano demo) – Elton John (3:20)
Grey Seal (1970 Original) – Elton John (3:37)
Jack Rabbit – Elton John (1:51)
Whenever You're Ready (We'll Go Steady) – Elton John (2:52)
Screw You (Young Man Blues) – Elton John (4:43)
Candle In The Wind (Acoustic) – Elton John (3:52)
Step Into Christmas – Elton John (4:10)
Ho Ho Ho (Who'd Be A Turkey At Christmas?) (4:04)
Philadelphia Freedom – Elton John (5:21)
Pinball Wizard – Elton John (5:15)
CD3-4: Elton John live at the Hammersmith Odeon 22nd December 1973
Funeral For A Friend
Love Lies Bleeding
Candle In The Wind
Rocket Man
Bennie And The Jets
This Song Has No Title
Honky Cat
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
The Ballad Of Danny Bailey
Elderberry Wine
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
I've Seen That Movie Too
All The Girls Love Alice
Crocodile Rock
Your Song
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
Bryan Forbes' 1973 film Elton John and Bernie Taupin Say Goodbye To Norma Jean and Other Things (45 minutes)
A 100-page illustrated hardback book packed with rare photos, memorabilia and a new essay containing interviews with Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
The album will also be available in a deluxe edition (only CD1-2) or as a standard edition (only CD1).
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If you are trying to raise the profile of your business online, you need to learn some essential web marketing techniques. There are many ways to use internet marketing to speak with your audience. The article below has some effective advice on the benefits of Web marketing and how to make it work for you.
In terms of Internet marketing, you must make use of any new software or important advancement that shows up in the world of modern technology. Your prospective customers will move on if your company doesn't stay current with the competition. On the other hand, if you demonstrate a willingness to take risks and employ cutting-edge business tactics, customers will respect your innovative practices.
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While usually it's wise to keep your personal and business lives separate, this is a possible exception. This is mainly because this sort of work is low-pressure and is almost like a hobby. Do it together with your partner, and see how it goes.
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Use high-quality images that give visitors a good idea of what kind of products you are selling. A clear and crisp graphic of your product will be appreciated by your customers. Give your customers the option of sending in photos they've taken of your products. If your product warrants use of "before and after" pictures, they can be an effective selling tool.
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Normally, you shouldn't mix business and pleasure, but this is an exception. That is because there is no high pressure, and it can almost be viewed as a type of lucrative hobby. Get involved with your spouse, and try to do this together.
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Use a public relations page as a marketing strategy tool. You can publish it in online newspapers and magazines if the information is good enough. It is a simple, yet very effective, strategy to generate more publicity for your business.
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Look for ways to determine what types of emails are best-suited to your customer base. A/B testing is a very popular method for determining effectiveness. After coming up with an email campaign, modify one detail in the email. Try different methods like switching up the call to action and see what gets you the most results. Send the versions to your equal groupings of your customers to find out which one is more popular. Pick the most successful one for the rest of your email.


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So the guy I am married to is very finicky about the food he eats. He is a big foodie and therefore he is extremely touchy about it. No, you can't screw up. There are no bad food days. If the cook has messed up, the food remains untouched and promptly a phone call is made to order stuff from some or the other restaurant.
That's one. The other very important aspect is that no dish can be repeated. Yeah, not even Rajma, not even Chicken curry. If he has eaten it ones, he won't eat it again. No matter how nice it is, no matter how much is left, no matter how much I urge, cry and then threaten. In a household of 2 it's rather difficult to cook the exact quantities, and that you will agree. But "LEFTOVERS" is a big no no.
Remember the doggy bags, the ones we use to get all that extra stuff packed from the restaurants?? Yeah, I miss them; I haven't seen them since we got together.
One person is rather happy with this habit of my better half, and that's the maid. She is the one who gets all the good stuff coz there are no takers for it in the Malhotra household.
I have tried in the past all tricks possible under the sun. From camouflaging the dish, to doing some major drama, to talking about the food wastage, to reminding him of all the poor children who sleep empty stomach and some more. Nothing has worked!!
The problem is he doesn't fight. He just throws a tantrum, like a 4 yr old? Or he gets all cute in a way that tugs at my heart, or simply refuses to eat saying he isn't hungry!! And the love sick girl I still am, I give in. That's been the story of my life for the last 4.5 years and I have rather got used to it.
Now last week, there was Dal Makhani that was made for dinner by his Mom (I mentioned that in-laws are visiting). The next morning, mom suggested that she gave him the same Dal Makhani for breakfast as well. Me being me, said rather proudly, that Aman won't even touch it. Right then our man walks into the kitchen and mom popped the question to him. And hold your breath ladies and gentlemen, HE AGREED. And then he ate it like it was the best thing he ever had!!! Praises and more praises.
Now, you my esteemed readers tell me, shouldn't I be furious at this? Shouldn't I bring the household down? For 4 years I have suffered. And now in front of my MIL this is what I get. I think its time to go on a strike!!


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Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by TheMonarch, Apr 6, 2009.
Here's TC's spec with Scourge coming soon.
Transformers: BotCon 2009!
sweet! Can't wait for the con.
That's some great artwork there, love his specs too.
Dont really like the artwork, but it does kind of show what they were aiming for on the toy. Shame it didn't work. The colours are better on hte art at least.
".....his ship, the Eight Track"!?!?!?!?! WTF!?!?! Is the shuttle called "Phonograph"???!?!
Nice ref to the 12 missiles, but geez is every piece of literature for Botcon 09 going to be reduced to "EIGHT TRACK LOL REMEMBER THOSE HAHA THEY ARE OLD AND RETRO LIKE TRANSFORMERS HAHA COOL BRO"
well I will say the colour job is good but apart from the face I cant say I like the art that much.
As for the Bio its ok I'd go as far as to say this year all the bios seem quite cool
Remember when we bought TFs because we liked the toys (and the fiction was secondary)? With this set, it seems as if the fiction is supposed to make up for the figures being crap.
sorry, this is the first bio i've read, so this was new to me.
Very neat bio. Makes me wish I was making the trip to Botcon.
I like the eight track if only for the techo punk retro 80s aspect all modern transformers lore pays respect to.
So those 12 circles on all his shoulder wheels are explained as missle launchers.
And his primary weapon is a consistently flaming plasma mortar cannon.
Well the art is the least flattering of any in the set. I can't stand to look at it.
Why is this image mirrored, therefore taking ad hits away from the TFCC? A thumbnail and link would suffice just fine...
we get it... you don't like the figs...
No, I don't remember that.
Even when I was a kid, the fiction was at least on equal footing. I would stand for an hour in the toy aisle, just reading Tech Specs. The character I liked best would almost always be the one that went home with me.
I agree, gotta have some kindof story toback up the toy!
Honestly, and I really do mean this in all seriousness. No. I don't. I'm not saying that such a time never existed, but I got into the fiction so early in my TF experience, and the characters have always been the primary selling point.... Even for those who were never properly featured in the cartoon or comic, the Tech Specs or box art made them cool.
I love the bios for these guys. This is probably my favorite theme for Botcon yet
I may not have been around for the G1 toy days, but frankly I tolerate alot of the more crappy toys in my collection for their stories. Like my Alt. Battle Ravage, who I tracked down on Canada eBay simply because his Binaltech story was the pivotal cause of the splinter Alt. BT timeline. Even the limited bio for the Alt. mentions that it's BW Ravage's mind powered by G1 Ravage's spark all together in a kick-ass heavily armed Corvette body.
Good point...
Talk to anyone on the original Transformers Marketing team and they will tell you how incredibly important it was to the brands success having a strong story to back up the toyline...
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Fire Fighters Make Progress on Idaho's Largest Fire
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Firefighters continue to make progress in battling Idaho's largest wildfire.
The Big Cougar fire burning on the Idaho side of the Snake River across from Oregon and Washington is now 40 percent contained. The fire has burned about 101 square miles. Firefighters are shifting their efforts to slow the fire's spread to the east in the Eagle Creek area. Their goal is to keep the fire from crossing the creek.
There are 445 firefighters on the scene. The fire was started by lightning on Aug. 2. Elsewhere, firefighters are fighting a new fire near Horseshoe Bend, north of Boise, that's threatening about a dozen homes.
Also, firefighters have 90 percent containment of several fires burning in northern Idaho and 20 percent containment on the Highrange fire burning in western Idaho.


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British Airways brings British wines to the skies
British Airways is serving up the best of British this summer in the form of a Bolney Estate Pinot Gris 2014 from the West Sussex located winery, plus tonic water from UK-based company, Fever-Tree.
The airline will be serving the wine, which was a favourite tipple at Wimbledon this year, to its customers in the First cabin flying to and from the USA throughout August.
It's anticipated to be a hit thanks to its fragrant aromas of rose, jasmine and pears which follow through onto the palate with a creamy texture and hints of spice and honey.
It makes a delicious aperitif has been chosen to match seafood, lightly spiced vegetarian dishes and creamy cheeses.
Also arriving on-board in August in the First and Club World (business class) cabins, plus the airline's domestic lounges will be British company, Fever-Tree's, Indian and Naturally Light Tonic Waters.
Considered to be the tonic of choice for premium gin and vodka drinkers around the world, Fever-Tree is created by blending subtle botanical oils with spring water and the highest quality quinine from the 'fever trees' of the Eastern Congo.
Colin Talbot, British Airways' head of catering, said: "Our customers have very discerning tastes and we work hard to bring them the best in food and drink when they fly with British Airways.
"We're always particularly pleased when we can support British business too, so the introduction of Bolney Estate Pinot Gris and Fever-Tree Tonic Water is a real coup for our customers and us."