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DD needs me to wait for her cue. She does not like to be interrupted or directed in her learning. She wants to explore and think about things on her own, only coming to me for minor assistance. "How do you spell this word, Mama?" "Why does this letter make more than one sound?" "Alright, Mama, go away!"
|I receive a tolerant smile before she goes back to carefully storing
her treasure: her first microscope!
She has received actual workbooks from traditional homeschooling friends and she does like them. But I have not drilled her. I have not prodded her. I have not made her sit down for lessons or made her fill out the workbooks. Her work and progress are hers alone, from her own motivation and her own dedication to learning. She seems especially predisposed towards math and started completing equations before she was verbally able to process terms such as subtraction and multiplication.
|Maybe that explains why she loves baking??
|What five year old begs to go to the art museum
to see Giovanni Paolo? This one!
Or another example, around age 3, I bought her a 2 wheel bike and encouraged her to ride it without training wheels. She was capable, but unwilling. I waited. I backed away. Sure enough, one night she took her bike out of storage and began balancing on it in her bedroom, then demanded to ride it outside. Off she went as if she had been riding it the entire time!
Even at her birth, she taught me the same lesson of letting go and trusting. Wait, wait, wait, Mom. Give me space, Mom! She has a plan and she's going to stick to it!

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Fin whale Balaenoptera physalus Washed up dead on Camber Sands, East Sussex, UK..Jason Carter and Glenda Frost of British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) talk to members of the public. Note injuries caused by propeller strike.This 15 metre whale was found beached on 16 November 2006. It has been struck several times by a large ship's propeller and the tail fluke has been severed. It is unknown if these injuries occurred before or after death.Add to Cart Add to Lightbox Download


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June 11, 2007
Equinix Internet Hubs Enable Netflix to Deliver Instant Online Movie Viewing Feature to Various Markets
Foster City, CA — June 11, 2007 — Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, announced today that Netflix, Inc., the world's largest online movie rental service, has established operations supporting the company's new instant viewing feature at Equinix Internet Business Exchange™ (IBX®) centers in multiple markets across the U.S. The move will give Netflix direct access to an aggregation of networks, including the broadband providers and transit networks that reach their end users.
The addition of the real-time playback feature not only allows Netflix users to view video in real-time as it is delivered to their personal computers, but it also eliminates the need for the download of large video files. Following a one-time installation of Microsoft Windows Media Player, most subscribers' movie selections will begin playing in their Web browser in as little as 10 to 15 seconds
Equinix offers Netflix a high performance platform with a rich source for interconnection and robust network connectivity, and the ability to scale its infrastructure in a more hands-on manner. These are important elements for delivering rich media content to end-users around the world. Deploying to multiple markets to gain redundancy and resilience, Netflix will have direct access to end-users' networks, providing the fastest and most reliable customer experience.
"Equinix is a critical partner for our new instant viewing feature," said Mike Osier, vice president, IT operations for Netflix. "With Equinix, we can operate in close proximity to many of our top network service provider partners, with access to a platform that ensures the most streamlined path between our content and our end-users. This results in another value-added feature for Netflix's 6.8 million members."
"Netflix is poised to become a leading destination on the Internet for the delivery of movies and television programming on demand," said Margie Backaus, chief business officer of Equinix. "As Netflix and other content companies seek to push large amounts of data to users in a reliable and efficient manner, they are finding that the environment at Equinix provides them with a perfect platform for traffic exchange."
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Famous Grouse Go Personal
Posted by Tom
2012 has been an odd year and i managed to somehow win 2 personalised bottles of The Famous Grouse within the first couple of months of the year.
The Famous Thomsons bottle was won for a New Years Resolution competition and the Famous Tom & Lynn one was for a Valentines day competition
I'm really happy with them both, as they both feature the personalised labels (available to buy with your own personalised label directly from The Famous Grouse for around £19.99 a bottle).
My only problem is that i now have two bottles of Whisky that i really can't drink, it would be such a bad thing if i opened these wouldnt it.
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A social media campaign for a missing dog in Los Angeles went viral recently, as many residents of the city banded together in search of the lost pet.
According to reports, Tesla the dog first went missing in late December while her owner Alex Berg was in Connecticut visiting family.
Tesla, LAist reports, had "slipped through the fingers of a dog walker and bolted from [Berg's] Silver Lake apartment." After hearing the bad news, Berg, the artistic director of the Upright Citizens Brigade comedy theater in Hollywood, immediately took to the Interwebs in an attempt to find his missing pet. He emailed friends, posted a notice on Facebook and tweeted out a photograph of Tesla, a white poodle mix Berg described as "shy."
Though hopeful that his friends would be able to lend a hand in his hunt, Berg had no idea that his online search for Tesla would soon reach epic proportions, impacting strangers across L.A. and netizens around the country.
"From the beginning, the response has been overwhelming," Berg told LAist last week.
By the time he returned to the city, Berg's search for his dog had gone viral. The hashtag #FindTesla began making its rounds on the Twitterverse; a Facebook page had been set up, and more than a hundred people -- many of them strangers -- had volunteered to search for the dog on the streets. Even celebrities like singer Ryan Adams, TV journalist Rich Eisen and actor Jerry Ferrara got involved in the search, re-tweeting Berg's message about Tesla to their followers. One Good Samaritan, 29-year-old John Roiniotis, reportedly drove around the city "for several days" looking for the fluffy animal, tracking his progress on a map app on his phone and sending the information to Berg, who had reportedly turned his apartment into the search team's 24-hour headquarters.
"Strangers combed the streets for Tesla," the Los Angeles Times reports, "pursuing leads that [she'd] been seen outside a 7-Eleven or wandering along Hillhurst Avenue. A group that billed itself as the 'dawn guard' pulled early morning search shifts."
How detailed are everyone's fantasies about being the hero that actually finds Tesla? Mine is very. #FindTesla
— Tim Neenan (@TimNeenan) January 1, 2013
According to LAist, the search team was so efficient that they helped reunite a different lost poodle, this one named Snow, with its owners.
Sadly, despite the efforts of many, the search for Tesla ended when she was found dead a few days ago. Details of her passing have not been revealed.
Though many now mourn the loss of the adorable pup, those involved in the hunt for Tesla agree that the search was not in vain.
"It's so sad, but the effect of it is so heartwarming," Drew DiFonzo Marks, a friend of Berg's who was involved in the search, told the Los Angeles Times. "Tesla kind of becomes a symbol for something better now."
In the wake of the pup's death, actress Fiona Landers, a friend of Berg's, wrote an ode to Tesla on her blog on Sunday:
Tesla, the dog that launched a thousand ships, that sent hopeful, loving, comedy nerds and big-hearted strangers into the night, into the early dawn, into Echo Park alleys, Los Feliz hills, and Silverlake streets all in the name of kindness and community. Tesla, who owned Twitter for a week...[and] who inspired us to hunt whole-heartedly, together.
It was so amazing, and beautiful to watch and work with my heroic friends, to see so many people drop everything to go search for a sweet mutt of an angel.


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The following is a random series of photos/captions with quick updates on what's been a' happenin'. I'm insanely sleep-deprived, but wanted to post a few pics (especially of the kitchen) with even fewer words.
a quick video before leaving for school yesterday:
a quick video before leaving for school yesterday:
Oliver's classroom-
O with his teacher, Mrs. Williams
We have sheetrock.
I love it like I love Cyprus Inn's bread pudding,
which is a heckuva lot.
Eliza loves chapstick as much as I love sheetrock and bread pudding.
Supper with the hubs fam tonight.
And as I type this, the hubs is busy priming + painting those beautifully sheetrocked walls in the kitchen. The cabinets are sleeping soundly in their boxes in the man cave (they made it here yesterday) and will be installed on Monday. We can see the light....
I'll be back soon, hopefully after some much needed rest.
Starting back to work this week is kickin' my tail.
Sure nuff.


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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
WILMINGTON, N.C. - A Parkton, N.C., nursing home violated a settlement agreement stemming from a disability discrimination charge when it failed to complete the payments that were a condition of the agreement, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
According to the EEOC's complaint, Green Manor Rest Home, Inc. entered into a conciliation agreement to resolve a discrimination charge filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In the agreement, Green Manor Rest Home promised to pay $85,876 through six equal monthly payments to a former employee who, the EEOC found, had been discriminated against because of her disability. The company also agreed to various injunctive provisions in the agreement, including training for all employees on the ADA. However, Green Manor Rest Home made only two of the required monthly payments under the conciliation agreement and failed to pay the remaining balance due of $57,250. The company never complied with any of the injunctive provisions in the conciliation agreement, the EEOC said.
The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (EEOC v. Green Manor Rest Home, Inc., Civil Action No. 7:15-CV-00131) to enforce the conciliation agreement. The EEOC's lawsuit seeks an order requiring Green Manor Rest Home to pay the remaining amounts due under the conciliation agreement and to comply with the other terms of the conciliation agreement.
"When the EEOC enters into a conciliation agreement with a company, the process does not end there," said Lynette A. Barnes, regional attorney for the EEOC's Charlotte District Office, which includes the EEOC's Raleigh Area Office, where the underlying charge was filed. "The EEOC will absolutely seek to enforce any conciliation agreement it reaches, even if that means filing a lawsuit."
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws prohibiting discrimination in employment. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Guillermo Del Toro hasn't had the best run of luck in recent years. The Oscar-nominated "Pan's Labyrinth" might have catapulted him onto the A-list after years of developing a burgeoning cult, but he hasn't made a film since 2008's "Hellboy II: The Golden Army." The Mexican director spent years on "The Hobbit" before leaving the project last summer due to frustrations over delays, and the financial uncertainty of MGM, while his pet project, the $150 million R-rated H.P. Lovecraft adaptation "At The Mountains Of Madness" was scrapped by Universal when a compromise couldn't be reached on the film's rating, despite the presence of James Cameron as producer, and Tom Cruise as the mooted star.
Del Toro swiftly jumped onto a new film, "Pacific Rim," a giant tentpole set up at Legendary Pictures, from "Clash of the Titans" writer Travis Beacham. But almost immediately, the film hit a speedbump: the plot involved giant creatures emerging from the Pacific ocean, wreaking havoc on a number of cities, including those in Japan, and the project's announcement came only days before the devastating earthquake and tsunami in the country, which killed thousands. Reports started to circulate that the studio was nervous about the subject matter — had fate once again scuppered Del Toro's plans? It seems not: the project is not only moving forward, but it's just landed its lead actor, and it's not an entirely expected name.
Deadline reports that Charlie Hunnam, the British actor best known for his starring role on the FX series "Sons of Anarchy," is in advanced talks to star in the project. Hunnam's been a familiar name for over a decade, beginning with his breakout in the U.K. TV series "Queer as Folk," before going on to make his U.S. debut in Judd Apatow's "Undeclared" opposite Jay Baruchel and Seth Rogen. That show was swiftly cancelled, but Hunnam's worked in movies both big ("Cold Mountain," "Children of Men") and small ("Green Street Hooligans," this year's Sundance indie "The Ledge"), but "Pacific Rim" is easily his highest profile role to date — other than a screen test for the title role in "Thor," the actor generally hasn't appeared on the same casting wish lists as his peers, the Taylor Kitschs and Garret Hedlunds of the world — and it's undoubtedly thanks to the success of "Sons of Anarchy," which is about to go into its fourth season.
Having read the script, we assume that Hunnam, who'll next be seen opposite Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde in the crime flick "Blackbird," will be playing the role of Raleigh Antrobus, who along with his brother, piloted Jaegers, enormous building-sized robots constructed to fight off the malevolent creatures, driven telepathically by a pair of specially-trained pilots, working in tandem. As the script begins, Raleigh has lost his brother in an attack, and is paired with another 'leftover,' a young Japanese woman named Mako (paging "Babel" star Rinko Kikuchi…), to help stave off the attacks, which are increasing in number. Meanwhile, his brother's fiancée, a journalist, investigates the source of the monsters.
There's a reason that Beacham's script has become such a priority for Del Toro and Legendary — it's pretty terrific, at least in the early draft that we read. Melding "Avatar" and "Inception" with "Godzilla" and Japanese anime, it wears its influences on its sleeve, but combines them in a genuinely fresh way. It's consistently thrilling, occasionally soulful, and is easily one of the most confident, well-executed pieces of tentpole writing that we've come across . Plus, the Siouxsie and the Banshees song "The Last Beat Of My Heart" plays a key role in the plot, which we kind of love.
Obviously, Beacham and Del Toro are continuing to work on the script, so things could change — certainly, we hope that the somewhat rushed climax, the script's principle flaw, has been worked on. Hunnam's a strong choice for the lead, even if it's come out of left field, so things are shaping up nicely for the project at this stage. Filming's due to get underway in September, and Warner Bros will release the film some time in 2013 — with only "Iron Man 3" and "Monsters University" currently set for that summer, now that "The Dark Tower" appears to have been derailed, we imagine the studio will grab one of the prime summer slots any day now.
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Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Citigroup Inc. created products that were "tragically deficient," in the view of the chairman of the panel charged by Congress with identifying the causes of the financial crisis.
"The notion that Wall Street was non-culpable is just ridiculous," Phil Angelides, the chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, said in an interview aired Sunday on C-SPAN's "Newsmakers" show. "Either people knew and didn't care, or they didn't know and they didn't care to know."
He cited Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Merrill Lynch as parts of a "Wall Street mortgage-security machine" that, he said, never slowed even after the housing market peaked in 2005 or 2006.
"They in fact were creating products that they were selling into the marketplace," Angelides said. "They clearly turned out to be tragically deficient products."
Legislative leaders of both parties appointed the 10-member commission in 2009 to investigate the causes of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The panel has until December to report its findings to Congress.
Angelides, the former treasurer of California and a Democrat, estimated the commission and its staff have interviewed 600 to 700 people.
"We're now putting together the findings of our investigation, we're working furiously, we're deliberating as commissioners and we hope to have a report delivered to the American people that helps explain how this calamity came to be," Angelides said.
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Supreme Court Rules for Big Money
By Stephen Lendman
It didn't surprise. It's supremely pro-business. It's always been this way. It's more than ever now.
It supports Big Monied interests. It does so over democratic governance. It's on the wrong side of most issues mattering most.
On April 2, it repeated a familiar pattern. Its McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission decision ruled one dollar = one vote. It struck down federal campaign contribution limits. It did so disgracefully.
It gave monied interests more power. Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts referred to the landmark 1976 Buckley v. Valeo ruling saying:
"We conclude that the aggregate limits on contributions do not further the only governmental interest this court accepted as legitimate."
"They instead intrude without justification on a citizen's ability to express the most fundamental First Amendment activities."
Justice Stephen Breyer ruled otherwise. He read his comments from the bench saying McCutcheon "eviscerated our nation's campaign finance laws."
"If Citizens United opened a door, today's decision we fear will open a floodgate." It creates "huge loopholes in the law; and that undermines, perhaps devastates, what remains of campaign finance reform."
"It understates the importance of protecting the political integrity of our governmental institution."
"It creates, we think, a loophole that will allow a single individual to contribute millions of dollars to a political party or to a candidate's campaign."
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus lied calling McCutcheon "an important first step toward restoring the voice of candidates and party committees and a vindication for all those who support robust, transparent political discourse."
Responsible voices called it another step on the road to tyranny. It tramples on First Amendment freedoms.
It gives monied interests near-exclusive rights. It denies them to all others. It lets powerful voices drown them out.
More on McCutcheon below. In 2010, the High Court's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruled corporations are entitled to unconstrained federal campaign spending.
Writing for the majority at the time, Justice Anthony Kennedy said:
"(W)e now conclude that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption."
"The fact that speakers (aka donors) may have influence over or access to elected officials does not mean that these officials are corrupt."
His opinion drew on earlier ones, adding:
"Favoritism and influence are not avoidable in representative politics. It is in the nature of an elected representative to favor certain policies, and, by necessary corollary, to favor the voters and contributors who support those policies."
"It is well understood that a substantial and legitimate reason, if not the only reason, to cast a vote for, or to make a contribution to, one candidate over another is that the candidate will respond by producing those political outcomes the supporter favors. Democracy is premised on responsiveness."
In other words, limitless corporate spending drowning out other voices = democracy.
At the time, Ralph Nader denounced Citizens United, saying:
It "shreds the fabric of our already weakened democracy by allowing corporations to more completely dominate our corrupted electoral process."
"It is outrageous that corporations already attempt to influence or bribe our political candidates through their political action committees (PACs), which solicit employees and shareholders for donations."
"With this decision, corporations can now also draw on their corporate treasuries and pour vast amounts of corporate money, through independent expenditures, into the electoral swamp already flooded with corporate campaign PAC contribution dollars."
"This corporatist, anti-voter decision is so extreme that it should galvanize a grassroots effort to enact a Constitutional Amendment to once and for all end corporate personhood and curtail the corrosive impact of big money on politics."
"It is indeed time for a Constitutional amendment to prevent corporate campaign contributions from commercializing our elections and drowning out the civic and political voices and values of citizens and voters."
"It is way overdue to overthrow 'King Corporation' and restore the sovereignty of 'We the People' "!
Dark money infests politics. America's political system is scandalous. Duopoly power corrupts it. Voters get the best democracy money can buy.
Corporations, NGO advocacy groups, and other powerful interest groups decide everything. Ordinary people have no say.
Democracy is a convenient illusion. On April 1, America's Supremes affirmed it writ large. Federalist Society (FS) members dominate decision-making.
They include Chief Justice John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, and Clarence Thomas. They're ideological extremists.
FS began 30 years ago at Harvard, Yale and University of Chicago law schools. Initially it was a student organization. It challenges orthodox liberalism. It corrupts itself in the process.
It advocates rolling back civil liberties. It wants New Deal social policies ended. It supports imperial wars, corporatism, and police state harshness.
It wants reproductive choice, government regulations, labor rights, and environmental protections ended. It spurns justice in defense of privilege. It defiles constitutional protections doing so.
The words "Equal Justice Under Law" adorn the Supreme Court Building's west facade. The motto "Justice, the Guardian of Liberty" faces east.
In America, wealth, power and privilege alone count. "We the people" never mattered. For sure not now.
Egalitarian principles exist in name only. Checks and balances, equity and justice, as well democratic values are meaningless figures of speech.
Men rule America, not laws or high moral and ethical standards. Executive, congressional, and judicial officials systematically lie, connive, and pretty much do what they please for their own self-interest.
Most High Court justices are some of the worst. They're ideologically over-the-top. They're as unprincipled and venal as political rogues infesting federal, state and city governments.
Money does not equal speech. Ruling otherwise defiles First Amendment principles. In McCutcheon v. FEC, justices ruled 5 - 4.
They struck down limits on what individuals can donate during each federal two-year electoral cycle. Earlier it couldn't exceed a maximum $123,200.
Public advocacy groups say they can now contribute nearly $6 million during the same period.
The ruling leaves unchanged base donor amounts permitted for each candidate or committee.
It's currently $2,600. It's $32,400 for each political party. Big donors on their own can spend unlimited amounts on supportive or attack ads, as well as other campaign efforts.
Shaun McCutcheon is a Republican National Committee member/Alabama businessman. In 2012, he donated to 15 federal candidates.
He wanted to give more, he said. Federal law constrained him. He nonsensically claimed cap limits infringe on his speech rights.
He challenged Federal Election Campaign Act section 441. It limits biennial individual donor amounts. He wants none whatever imposed.
He wants Big Money deciding who'll rule. He wants ordinary people shut out. They can't make sizable contributions. Even among individuals able to give maximum amounts, only about 0.1% do so.
Deep-pocketed interests contribute most. During the 2012 electoral cycle, less than 600 gave federal candidates an estimated $3.1 billion.
Democracy 21 president Fred Wertheimer said:
"With its Citizens United and McCutcheon decisions, the Supreme Court has turned our representative system of government into a sandbox for America's billionaires and millionaires to play in."
"The court's decisions have empowered a new class of American political oligarchs."
America more than ever reflects plutocratic interests. High Court ideologues are on the wrong side of history.
The National Constitution Center (NCC) called McCutcheon Citizens United 2. It's "now history," it said. It's a huge step backwards.
NCC quoted NYT legal/Supreme Court writer Jesse Wegman calling McCutcheon "another blow to democracy."
According to People For The American Way:
"Our nation's wealthiest people dont need even more political influence, but thats what todays decision hands them."
"The Supreme Court has given its stamp of approval to a government unduly influenced by the rich and powerful."
"As with the 2010 Citizens United decision, the consequences for our democracy of today's deeply misguided decision will be grave, opening the door to for wealthy donors to give, in aggregate, millions of dollars in direct contributions in a single election cycle."
"The Roberts Court has once again proven itself to be ideologically-driven, going out of its way to protect the interests of the most powerful among us at the expense of everyday Americans."
McCutcheon dealt freedom another major body blow. It's already on life support. It's eroding in real time.
It's practically gone already. It's one more major homeland false flag attack away from disappearing altogether. Full-blown tyranny is a hair's breadth away.
Corrupted officials hasten its arrival. It could happen any time. Perhaps when least expected. Perhaps with public approval.
Perhaps for added security at the expense of fundamental freedoms. Perhaps not knowing sacrificing them loses both. Perhaps awakening too late to matter. Perhaps it already is now.
America is too corrupted to fix. It's unfit to live in. Transformational change is needed. So is disruptive people power more than ever.
Making it the new normal is vital. The alternative is police state ruthlessness. It's monied interests over popular ones.
It's permanent wars for global dominance. It's dystopian harshness. It's what free societies don't tolerate. It's government of, by and for powerful interests only.
It's preventing it for everyone equitably and fairly. It's institutionalizing dark side rule. It's up to ordinary people to prevent it.
"If not now, when? If not us, who?" If not soon, maybe never. If that's not incentive enough, what is?
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
His new book is titled "Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity."
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And you thought the iPad 2 was selling out fast? Apple, which opened registration Monday for its annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC 2011) in San Francisco, sold out the event in less than 12 hours.
Last year, Apple WWDC took 8 days to sell out the event, which attracted 1,000 Apple engineers and some 5,000 developers for its iPhone, iPad and Mac devices.
ANALYSIS: How Apple played hard to get and seduced the enterprise
ANALYSIS: Is Apple really targeting enterprise mobility?
Apple has specifically said that this year's event on June 6-10 at the Moscone West convention center -- which costs $1,600 to attend -- will focus on its iOS and Mac OS X software.
It's widely expected that the cloud-enhanced iOS 5 will be introduced at the event, though possibly not offered until fall. Apple earlier this month released iOS 4.3 for the iPhone smartphone and iPad tablet computer.
It is anticipated that the much previewed Mac OS X Lion software will be released during the event.
However, it remains unclear whether other typical WWDC happenings – an appearance by CEO Steve Jobs and the introduction of Apple's next iPhone – will be on tap.
Some Apple watchers read into the fact that Phil Schiller, Apple's SVP of worldwide product marketing, was the one to announce WWDC 2011 might indicate Jobs won't be there. Though Jobs, who is on medical leave, did surprise some by making the formal iPad 2 announcement.
Speculation swirled on Apple-oriented blogs Monday following Apple's software-focused WWDC announcement that no iPhone 5 announcement would take place at the event, a departure from recent WWDC agendas.
Apple at WWDC 2011 promises to hook up developers of iPad, iPhone and Mac applications with one another and to recognize the best designed and most innovative apps for Apple platforms.
Technical tracks at the event include Application Frameworks; Graphics, Media and Games; Developer Tools; Internet and Web; and Core OS.
The WWDC 2011 sellout isn't unprecedented this year. Google last month said its Google I/O event being held in San Francisco in May sold out in 59 minutes. Google said it expects 5,500 people to attend the event. Shortly after tickets sold out, some appeared for sales on eBay for quadruple face value -- something we could see with WWDC as well.
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"I've had acknowledgements from Exeter and Edinburgh, Dad."
"That's great, Ben," I say, outwardly smiling.
But inside I'm a mix of emotions. Pleasure, panic, relief, sadness.
Twelve hours ago our youngest son pressed 'send.' And that was that. His university application was hurled into cyberspace.
Clearly it's landed safely. At least in Exeter and Edinburgh. And I'm pleased for him. Ben's ready to go. He's ready for the next step, ready to leave home.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Your Emmy Award-Winning Bookstore
Terrific, astounding news: on Friday, June 6, Alex Germanotta's recent documentary on Chop Suey Books and the Books on Wheels program WON A FREAKING EMMY!!! The short film was originally produced for VCU-TV/HD and rebroadcast on Richmond PBS affiliate WCVW.
You can watch online in full at the VCU-TV site, or in three parts on YouTube. The VCU press release about the award, which was bestowed at a ceremony in Washington, DC, can be found here.
Our congratulations to Alex, his team, and everyone at VCU-TV/HD! We're just honored that they wanted to put a bunch of silly-looking book people like ourselves on video in the first place...
Hey, here's a side note: we learned about the award this morning when it was announced on WCVE, the NPR station related to WCVW. Together they're known as the "Community Idea Stations." And how'd they announce the bestowing of this honor upon a film about a community business? The award, they said, was won for a documentary "about a local cut-rate bookstore." A local cut-rate bookstore? Thanks, Wayne Farrar! Is it hard for WCVE to say the name of the store? Which is the title of the award-winning movie? They can't call us a used bookstore? Which is what we are? They've gotta use a demeaning term? Listen, we're just thrilled with our Community Idea Stations, whose staff we've never seen in this community bookstore.
For our money, the real community broadcasters in Richmond are the good folks at WRIR. Maybe that's because when we go to events with Chop Suey or do community outreach with Books on Wheels, we actually see WRIR, you know, interacting with the community.
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This is my latest desire. How very simple. Gold on silver - not something I'd always be the first in the queue for. Mathias Chaize has made this in such perfect tones, that I almost forgot I'm not too keen on this unusual colour combination.
Either way, this necklace has been added to my wish list and I plan to purchase it next week. I can't wait!
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Reflecting back to where I began to lose myself, it looks like any other awkward teenage existence. But it was different. I was depressed and lived day by day, pretending that everything was fine. I would spend hours alone in my room listening to music, inventing an alter ego if you will. I would imagine a different life, that I was a different person and I would invent this persona down to the very finest detail. And there I would "live" until it was time to go to work, eat dinner, or I just left my room for some other reason.
That's where I was my happiest, when I was pretending to be someone else. Sad, I know but that was my happy place, where I didn't have depression. Don't misunderstand me, I did have friends, but they weren't interested in me, not really. They were there to hang out or whatever, but I NEVER confided in anyone about my depression or my desire to be someone else. Really I just wanted someone to notice me, to take an interest in my life, however, I hadn't done that for anyone else. So what did I expect?
As I graduated from High School, my friends list got smaller but they were good friends. There were a couple that I really loved and still do, even though we have lost touch. One of them was a guy (no we were never romantic) and he was my very best friend. As we got older he would give his approval/disapproval on who I dated, but only when I pressed him to be honest. He really took an interest in my life and I his. He was very special to me and part of the reason I am still here today. (Yes, I know that sounded dark.)
There was a very real darkness in my life at one point. I sat on my bed and dumped a bottle of pills on the blanket. I sat and looked at them and believed that I wouldn't be sad anymore and no one else would really be affected if I swallowed them all. I really believed that. The adversary and his darkness had tricked me into believing I would be better off. However, God had plans for me and His power is much much greater. I thought about my friend and knew he would be hurt, but he would be okay I knew he would (wouldn't he?) Then….I had a clear picture in my mind. My mom would be the one to find me, and it would be devastating. I just could NOT do that to her. I could not hurt her that way.
I put all the pills back in the bottle and set it on my dresser. That was my only, real suicidal thought, never again did it enter my mind. I had (with God's help) defeated the adversary in that category. Now 20+ years later, I am working at defeating that bastard every day of my life. Some days better than others, but isn't that life? 😉


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Oregon Crusaders is excited to announce additions to its 2013 percussion staff. Joining in OC's debut year in world class competition are Matt Keown, Matt Logan and Jeremy Gill. Matt Keown (OC, Blue Devils) joins OC as snare technician. Matt studies at the University of Oregon and has performed throughout the Northwest as well as studying at the Percussion Symposium at the Julliard School in New York. Matt performed with the Blue Devils from 2009-2011, serving as section leader, and has traveled extensively in the US and abroad with the BD ensemble.
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Friday, April 22, 2011
Obama Declares War against himself: Pledges to "Root Out Fraud and Manipulation!!!"
Candidate Obama Declares War against himself! Pledges to "Root Out Fraud and Manipulation" as he kicks off re-election fundraising campaign
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LOS ANGELES--- Candidate Barack Obama on Thursday announced that his Ministry of Justice will try to "root out" cases of "fraud or manipulation" in the global oil markets, while Attorney General Eric Holder admitted that a wide variety of reasons (as in have a clue card Mr. President the Dollar is collapsing, the Saudi's are spooked by your Middle East gambit and have lowered their production while courting China as her new suitor. Meanwhile Brent Crude futures are nearly $124 a Barrel, and it's not exactly Top Seek Wit that the global elite have already admitted it's going to over $200 a Barrel ) may be lurking behind gasoline's surge to $4 a gallon. While Big Oil contributions to Obama's 2008 Campaign totalled at least $902,000 during the 2008 election cycle, he is now speaking harshly while carrying a soft reed against Big Oil Corporations:
"We are going to make sure that no one is taking advantage of the American people for their own short-term gain," Obama said at a town-hall style meeting at a renewable energy plant in Reno, Nevada.
MASTER CLASS THEATRE: Government Sachs/Government Electric CEO Obama pledges to save the working class from the evils of "Price Gougers, Traders, and Speculators!"
Perhaps Obama is Clueless about the agenda of Duh New World Order, if so could someone in the NSA, or Homeland Security please bring him up to speed by sending him da link 2 this video? Because EYE Bee leave DAT he must know, what we NOAH about Duh New World Odor: Verily It Stinketh 2 Hi Heaven!!!
Candidate Obama made his remarks while in the midst of four fundraising events in California on Thursday — one in San Francisco and three in Los Angeles. Part of six fundraisers during his three-day West Coast trip, at tax-payer expense targeting big money donors and young people who are predominately still clueless that Obama is continuing to manipulate the American people via fraud as his re-election campaign could well set new fundraising records.
"This is going to just as hard, if not harder, than 2008," Obama stated concerning his re-election bid during a fundraiser at Sony Pictures Studios.
With his focus clearly now on his political survival as he is already in fundraising mode for the upcoming 2012 campaign, Obama believes that he must project an image of being a man of action fighting against the international oil cartels who in reality were among of chief campaign contributors during his 2008 Presidential Campaign. This is a Grand Charade of the highest proportions as Obama is in fact totally dependent upon campaign funding by a host of international energy conglomerates such as GE, Exxon, Chevron,and BP Greased Obama's 2008 Campaign.
Here's a sampling of Obama's known energy corporate Campaign Contributions during the 2008 election cycle:
General Electric $499,130
Exxon Mobil $117,946
Shell 64,661
ConocoPhillips 17,600
Marathon Oil 15,437
Hess Corp. 6,950
Anadarko Petroleum 5,800
Valero Energy 4,850
Occidental Petroleum 4,400
Sunoco, Inc. 4,209
American Gas Association 3,970
Obama declared his Unwavering concern for the American working class who now by design of the global elite are paying nearly $4 a gallon for gasoline. "at a time when things were already pretty tough," announced that Holder will be forming the Financial Fraud Enforcement Working Group. Just what America needs: another layer of bureaucracy to hunt down retail gas station "Price Gougers" to help reduce the
U.S. National Debt which now exceeds $14.3 Trillion!
Is Obama at the Vanguard of Financial Foreknowledge of the Gulf BP Oil Disaster?
The FFEWG task force will investigate "the role of traders and speculators" in this most recent oil-price surge, Obama said, and will consist of various Cabinet department officials, federal regulators and the National Association of Attorneys General who have nothing better to do than make Obama's image more palatable to the North-American voters be they legal citizens or not.
While there's really nothing much that Obama can do to control the global price of gasoline short of launching another "Humanitarian Kinetic Military Action" as in Libya, his awe inspiring tele-prompter image as a Crusader against "Big Oil" industry insiders, and financial market manipulation by speculators surely played well to duh masses, who bought his 2008 campaign promises hook, line and sinker.
The ObamaNation of Desolation
Obama Heckled by Liberals still wanting their promised CHANGE:
During a breakfast fundraiser in San Francisco on Thursday, Obama was treated to some audience input that he wasn't quite bargaining for.
A young lady in the crowd suddenly rose from her seat and shouted: "Mr. President, we wrote you a song," The president attempted to quiet her, but the woman and her table of donors at the St. Regis Hotel breakfast broke into song and raised protest signs that read "Free Bradley Manning"--the Army intelligence specialist accused of releasing diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks. Manning has reportedly been transferred to a less restrictive prison following pressure from other human rights groups.
The protesters stated that collectively they had donated $5,000 to Obama in 2008. "We'll vote for you in 2012, yes that's true. Look at the Republicans--what else can we do?" they reportedly chanted.
"We paid our dues. Where's our change?" they sang:
Following Obama's successful mass illusion of conning duh masses that he personally spanked Goldman Sachs who contributed $994,795 to Obama's 2008 Campaign to the tune of a $550 Million dollar fine last year, Government Sachs has now admitted they made a $3.5 Billion Profit during the 1st Quarter of 2011 Obama recently renewed his pledge to cease nearly $4 billion annually in government subsidies to oil and gas corporations "at a time when they're making record profits and you're paying near record prices at the pump. It has to stop."
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Big Money "Bundler's" for the Bungler in Chief:
Barack Hussein Obama's Preferred Educational, and Corporate Contributors during 2008 Campaign Cycle:
University of California $1,591,395
Goldman Sachs $994,795
Harvard University $854,747
Microsoft Corp $833,617
Google Inc $803,436
Citigroup Inc $701,290
JPMorgan Chase & Co $695,132
Time Warner $590,084
Sidley Austin LLP $588,598
Stanford University $586,557
National Amusements Inc $551,683
Wilmerhale Llp $542,618
Skadden, Arps et al $530,839
IBM Corp $528,822
Columbia University $528,302
Morgan Stanley $514,881
General Electric $499,130
US Government $494,820
Latham & Watkins $493,835
Start Digging, Obama the Global Candidate from Iran, to Brazil, to Soros': Obama's International Campaign Donors in 2008 Cycle
Perhaps a good place for Attorney General Holder to begin his investigation would be for him to interview Pastor Lindsey Williams who revealed in October of 2010 that his globalist Big Oil insider sources had informed him that within the next 6 months that there would be a major crisis in the Middle East, and that after a nearly 2 and a half year lull in oil prices that worldwide crude oil costs would soon begin to surge upwards towards $200 a barrell.
Researcher and Journalist Jim Tucker has also revealed today that his contacts within the Bilderberg Group have informed him of the globalist's agenda to drive up the price of oil to further deplete the limited wealth of the middle, and working class peoples worldwide. Meanwhile David Rockefeller, and his mouthpiece Dr. Henry Kissinger are now Cheerleading for a wide-scale land invasion of Libya by the NATO/UN Coalition of Latter-Day Imperialism. As well as calling for the price of gasoline to skyrocket to over $7 a gallon in the U.S. as part of their twisted agenda to destroy the U.S. Dollar, and establishment of a One World Dictatorship by the end of 2012. Sometimes reality can indeed be scarier than the movie!
If Candidate Obama is sincere in his pledge to root out fraud, and manipulation in the global oil markets, then he needs to begin with his own campaign supporters the Wroth's Child's, Rockefellers, George Soros, Goldman Sachs, BP etc. etc. whose stated agenda is to cause global energy prices to skyrocket in order to destabilize the current nation state geopolitical system, destroying all paper based fiat currencies worldwide, and thus the savings of "We the Sheeple" in order to get us to embrace a New World Currency, and their twisted vision of the Fall of the Republic, and the Rise of the New World Order.
Candidate Obama if you are serious about declaring war on fraud, and manipulation perhaps you need to look into your own mirror first before you start pointing fingers at others. If you are serious about lowering energy prices for Americans than you will insist upon your assorted Big Oil contributors to begin to tap into the known oil, and natural gas reserves of the North Slope of Alaska, the Bakken Fields of the northern mid-west as well as the Stansberry fields under the Rocky Mountains. NOAH EYE AM not referring to the measly few quarts of oil in Duh "Strategic Oil Reserve" EYE AM referring to the real reserves that have more than enough volume to supply U.S. Industries, and consumers for the next 200 years. An amount that could make the U.S.A. totally self sufficient for it's energy need, and provide sufficient time for research and development to bring alternative energy sources up to speed.
Why on God's Blue Planet, Mr. President did you shut down deepwater offshore exploration in the U.S. while your Administration invested $2 Billion in Petro Brasil's Offshore Oil exploration. If you are so serious about saving American jobs is it because you have a much larger vision of both North and South America than just the good ole U.S.A.? Surely since you followed George Soros' investment advice to loan U.S. Taxpayers money to Petro Bras you realized that by your Administration's placing a ban on Deepwater drilling that the owners of these idle rigs had little choice but to now lease these rigs to Petro Bras as they develop deepwater fields that are vastly deeper than BP's doomed "Deepwater Horizon" misadventure.
The truth of the matter, which surely you are aware of Mr. Obama is that you are a key performer for your globalist masters who are hell bent on the near total deindustrialization of the United States of America. You made a Bald Faced Lie when you swore this oath of office to your Creator, as well as to the American people:
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Mr. Obama if you are insincere in your oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States including our First Amendment Freedom of Speech rights, and granting the American People their Creator given rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, than you can either: Give Me Liberty, or Give me Death in a FEMA Camp for you have sold your soul to those whose age old ambition is to usher in a Global Dictatorship, a plot DAT EYE, not I foretold, a long, long time ago:
The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. Daniel 7:23-27
Mr President it's time to "Man Up" and stop Bull Sheeping We the People. "Woe to dim who gain the whole world and lose their souls!!!" Mr. Obama choose wisely if you would like to avoid an eternal reservation in the Lake of Fire and Brimstone, it's time that you stop forcing the American people to be singing the Blues as even CNN is commenting on just how badly things are going worldwide on your watch! You must cease being the mouthpiece for those who consider themselves to be the global elite, whose well documented agenda is to destroy the soveignty of the U.S. as a pretext to a "One World" tyranny. Scripturally this ObamaNation must come to pass before Messiah יהושׁע Yahushua (Jesus of Nazareth) returns to rule Plan Neat Earth in truth, and righteousness. You may be a powerfull puppet of the Global Shot Callers for now Candidate Obama, yet Juan day soon even you will have to "tell it 2 Da Judge" concerning your fraud agianst free humanity!!!
Candidate Obama if you do not CHANGE your lying ways your eternal legacy shall be a shameful and tawdy case study into the very nature of fraud, and manipulation in High Places. Rest assured that every word you have ever uttered both while seeking,and while acting as President, as well as every action you have taken against the best interests of humanity worldwide shall be judged before אל עליון EL ELYON Da Most High on Judgment Day!!!
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Proverbs 6:16-19
EYE AM ALEF TAV (Alpha and Omega), Da beginning and the end. EYE will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of Da water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and EYE shall be his ELOHIM, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and ALL LIARS, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Revelation 21:6-8
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:28
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the wood brothers put on a great show.
gotta love when they call for an encore sing-a-long and the crowd is not too pretentious to oblige.
orange peel on wednesday night such a thing happened.
so damn heartwarming!
runnin' is useless, fightin' is foolish
you're not gonna win but still
you're the luckiest man
you're up against
too many horses
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A single mum who found out her son's nursery was inviting fathers to come in for a "dad day", stepped up to make sure her boy didn't feel left out.
Whitney Kittrell, from the US, explained that her two children don't see their dad, but she wanted her son to take part in the "dads and doughnuts" event.
When Kittrell became a single mum three years ago, she made a promise to herself that she would do anything to ensure her kids have a "normal life".
"We have accomplished a lot," she wrote on Facebook on 8 February.
"Trips alone, teaching my son how to play catch, killing bugs with minimal screaming and countless memories. But when my son came home with a paper saying that they were having 'dads and doughnuts' my heart kinda sank."
Kittrell said she sat her son down to explain the situation and asked him whether he wanted to go with his grandpa.
He replied: "No. I want you to go. You're my mum and dad".
The mum continued: "So this morning I gathered up my best dad outfit, painted on some facial hair, and went to breakfast with my sweet son.
"I was so embarrassed but I couldn't help but smile when he introduced me to his little friends saying: 'This is my mum... she's my dad too, so I brought her.'
"When I went to leave, he ran after me and hugged me tight around my neck and whispered: 'Mum I know that you'll always be there and do anything for me.
"I hope he remembers this day cause I'll never forget it or his sweet words."
Kittrell shared a photo of her dressed up with her son on Facebook.
Kittrell's post was shared more than 100,000 times within five days and had more than 13,000 comments, with many single parents able to relate.
"What a great mum you are," one person wrote. "Such a strong positive role model and your son obviously knows that."
Another person commented: "Just beautiful you should be very proud of yourself."
Another single mum shared her own personal experience, writing: "This made me tear up. I am a single mum and sometimes think I am failing my kids.
"You've just showed me I am not and I can make the best of this."


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A few weeks ago I posted this photo taken by a friend - IKEA selling bags of sand for gardeners:
I thought that was odd, then this afternoon in Satwa I saw this in a shop window:
There were two sizes available - I really should have gone in and asked them the price.
Friday, April 11, 2008
3 comments:
- LDU said...
"orignal sand" - as a "special gift" lol
- April 12, 2008 6:09 am
- Arab Lady said...
"orignal sand" !!
another idea for money generation
- April 12, 2008 2:15 pm
- Cairogal said...
How expensive would potting soil be? I'm planning for an indoor herb garden when we return to the UAE this August.
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By Brian
This is really equivalent to a "Masterclass" or "Series of Masterclasses" in Sex and Love, but brought together in one extremely unique book. It is a Text book, a Reference book, a book dealing with all aspects of sex and love and written in a style that is easy to read and learn from. Certainly the best I have read, and it is complete with illustrations, detailed descriptions, contributors' experiences and results of worldwide studies. My recommendation to the 1000's upon 1000's of readers who, like me, think they know everything about sex and love, is to acquire this book and discover how to achieve the best sex, fully understand your partner's needs, and resolve any problems. Truly a "Masterpiece". Brian, UK.


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Dr. Schickler brings over 25 years of profound managerial and technological experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. Dr. Schickler has been the CEO of CureTech Ltd. since May 2001 and played a key role in transforming it from a virtual, university-based, entity into an independent company. Prior to that, he also served as Managing Director of Clal Life Sciences L.P., the research center of Clal Biotechnology Industries in Israel which he also helped to establish. Prior thereto, Dr. Schickler held various managerial positions with Pharmos Corporation and was involved in the development of several of Pharmos's drugs. Prior to joining Pharmos, Dr. Schickler held an academic position with the Volcani Institute, Israel and research position with Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., US. Dr. Schickler earned his Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, has M.Sc. magna cum laude in immunology from Tel-Aviv University, Israel and holds a diploma in business administration from Lincoln University, UK.
Mr. Hacham has versatile financial and legal experience. Prior to joining CureTech, Mr. Hacham has been an attorney in Ben-Shahar, Lekner & Co., one of Israel's leading commercial law firms specializing in business and financing transactions as well as in general corporate matters of private and public biotechnology and hi-tech companies. Prior thereto he was the assistant to the CFO of Check Point Software Technologies (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, where he played an important role in its IPO. Prior to joining Check Point, Mr. Hacham worked as a team leader at Pioneer Financial Consultants Ltd., an investment portfolio management company. Mr. Hacham has a B.A. degree in Economics from the Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel and LLB degree from the Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel and is a member of the Israeli bar association.
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But it also gives you an appropriate occasion for saying "Butt" at the supermarket. My inner eight-year-old giggles every time I approach the meat counter.
32 oz. bagged sauerkraut, drained
2 medium sized tart apples, chopped
2 Tbsp. packed brown sugar
1 tsp. caraway seeds
3 cloves garlic, pressed
A few liberal shakes of salt and pepper.
Mix all of the ingredients, except pork, in a large bowl. Place half of the mixture into the slow cooker. Add the pork. Top with remaining sauerkraut mixture. Cover, and cook on low for 7–10 hours.The result looks a bit like gruel, but it tastes like pure awesome.
Imagine that this sentence is a smooth segue moving you fluidly through an otherwise jarring topic change.
Yesterday some advice from the very wise Cat B. saved me from myself. I arrived at the studio determined to restart the illustration below. I thought it was too intense, too gloomy for my book. I wanted to alter the scale to make the image less confrontational, and change the palette to make the colors more appealing.What Cat said (in kinder, more diplomatic terms) was, "Stop dithering! It's good! It's what the publisher asked for! Send it out already!" And she's right. I get a little OCD when it's time to clear ye olde finish line. So I made up my mind to keep the image as it was. O.K., so I did end up tweaking the colors a bit...aha!..sort of like I tweaked the apple-kraut ratio in my Pork and Sauerkraut recipe! I may not be able to deliver a segue, but will you accept this back-referencing metaphor!?
Anyway, I DID finish this pair of images after all. My plan is to storyboard the rest of the book, photograph the 8 pages I've completed so far, and send it out!


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What is service design? What are the benefits of a service design approach? Why engage in service design now? How does service design compare to other innovation methods? What are service design methods and tools?
Key principles of Service design:
(i) aims to create services that are useful, useable, desirable, efficient, and effective.
(ii) is a human-centred approach that focuses on customer experience and the quality of service encounter as the key value for success.
(iii) is a holistic approach that considers in an integrated way strategic, system, process, and touch-point design decisions.
(iv) is a systematic and iterative process that integrates user-oriented, team-based inter- disciplinary approaches and methods in ever-learning cycles
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(This is by far my longest photo post ever!!!)
The last year has been soooo good to me. And it really feels good to say that I've been living in Stavanger, Norway for over a year and I never dreamed that I would have met the beautiful people, awesome vendors, and amazing clients that I have in 2013. I was lucky to travel around the world to photograph peoples lives and couples on their wedding day! I feel so honored and absolutely LOVE getting to peek into the lives of so many international families. It's truly special and I want to thank EVERYONE for all your support and allowing me do what I love to do.
Above: Published in Ditt eget Bryllup - an incredible Norwegian Bridal Magazine!
Below: Published on The Norwegian Wedding Blog and featured as a Vendor!
Published on the Minnesota Bride Blog! Whoohoo!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for ALL your support! My clients are truly incredible and ROCK. Thank you for trusting in me to capture your amazing stories.
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The great thing about living during a time with some of the best resources and machinery is that there are opportunities to create greater products. Cell phones have become a huge part of everyday lives used to search for answers on Google, watch education videos, call clients across the world, and collaborate with others on text editors. Most Americans know about the big name service providers such as At&t, Verizon, Sprint, T-mobile, and Cricket Wireless, but have you heard about the latest startup, FreedomPop? Here is a freedompop review:
FreedomPop is a newly established service provider that is entering a niche market of cheap cell phone planes. Many of the service providers right now are offering expensive contracts that some may not be able to afford. FreedomPop is looking to take some of the customers from the larger service companies and change the market to offer much lower prices.
This new company has been working on free, basic cellular voice and data plans. In addition, they are working on implementing free WiFi hotspots around the world (specifically all across the United States). With FreedomPop anyone can get automatic sign-on access at any of the hotspots around the United States.
This new setup can change the way customers use high speed data. Freedompop claims that 90% of data used by customers is over WiFi. WiFi has become increasingly more popular than data.
During the first quarter of 2015, FreedomPop was able to start rolling out the data plans and experiment with results. It is very important that it works consistently well so the company is taking their time rolling out all of the hotspots and features.
Freedompop is not a liberty to say who provides the WiFi at each station, but most larger retailers will have free WiFi. The company is partnering with a few retailers to roll out the free WiFi. McDonald's, Starbucks, and Burger King seemed to be already partnered with either At&t or Google, so it will be interesting to see who freedompop will go after.
Overall FreedomPop will continue to keep building hotspots and roll out affordable service plans to bring in new customers and keep them hooked. The basic plans they offer right now include 200 minutes of calls, 500 texts, 500MB data/month. If a customer would like more than that they are going to have pay. With that said, when there are more WIFI hotspots around the globe, it won't matter that customers are getting low amounts of data every month because WIFI is free for users.


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This, my friends, is an important college basketball game.
Would you expect anything less? It's N.C. State vs. North Carolina and emotions always run high whenever the neighboring rivals meet.
That's especially true this time.
Not only will the Wolfpack be trying to break a 13-game losing streak to the Tar Heels and win in the series for the time in the careers of any current player, but the presence of ESPN's College GameDay show will only add to the attention and raise the level of electricity among the crowd at PNC Arena.
If that's possible.
But while those mitigating factors – along with some controversial remarks by UNC's Dexter Strickland – have combined to make Saturday's matchup the most anticipated Tar Heel-Wolfpack showdown in recent memory, they're not the reason why this is such an important game.
Take away the hype, the trash talking and all that red, white and Carolina blue, and you have a crossroads game both teams desperately need to win – especially if they have any designs on mounting a serious regular-season challenge in the ACC this season.
"Yeah, it's Carolina and the fans will be extra excited to play them," State forward Scott Wood said. "But at the same time we're going out there with the mindset that it's another team and we need to get that win."
The Wolfpack's urgency has grown exponentially higher since Tuesday's inexplicable second-half collapse against lowly Wake Forest.
This was supposed to be a special season for coach Mark Gottfried's veteran team, and for awhile it looked like it might be. But just two weeks after what appeared to be a breakthrough win against No. 1 Duke, State is on the verge of squandering its opportunity after dropping two of its last three.
Another loss to UNC wouldn't just be a psychological haymaker from which it would have a hard time recovering, it would also drop the Wolfpack three games behind surprise ACC leader Miami with the toughest part of its schedule yet to come.
The stakes are so high that point guard Lorenzo Brown and his teammates held a team meeting Thursday to discuss "the nonsense going on between us." In that respect, the Tar Heels might just be the right opponent at the right time to help State refocus and get things headed in the right direction again.
"We know they're playing their best basketball right now," Brown said. "We've been a little lacking the last couple of games. After (Thursday's meeting), I think everybody is back on their feet."
The young Tar Heels, by contrast, have already gotten up and dusted themselves off after an 0-2 league start that sent panic through the ranks of their supporters.
They've won three straight and looked better in doing it.
And yet, even though freshman point guard Marcus Paige is playing with more confidence, young big men Brice Johnson, Joel James and Desmond Hubert are starting to make meaningful contributions and veterans Reggie Bullock and James Michael McAdoo are finally becoming the consistent scorers and leaders their team needs to succeed, this UNC team is still very much a work in progress.
In a way, the Wolfpack really is "the least of (the Tar Heels') worries," as Strickland said back in October amid the preseason hype surrounding State. UNC still has too many concerns of its own right now, some of which can be eased greatly with a winning performance in a rivalry game in front of a hostile crowd.
"I think we are close, I really do. I think we are close to being a good basketball team," coach Roy Williams said. "(But) we've got to finish plays more, we've got to make more shots. No question about that. We're doing some good things. The best news is, now I hope it's in my lifetime, that we can get a lot better."
The same can be said for State, although in the case of the Wolfpack the expectation for that growth is much more immediate.
The result of Saturday's matchup – the first in at least two decades in which a ranked State team has gone head-to-head with an unranked UNC – could go a long way toward determining the direction each team takes for the remainder of the season.
That's what makes it even more important than usual.
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Globalization and American companies
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1) Describe how globalization has changed the way American companies are doing business.
2) In what ways do you believe this change has benefited American organizations and/or their customers?
3) Are there ways in which organizations and their customers have been adversely effected? Explain.
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1) One way in which globalization has changed the way in which American companies are doing business is by causing American businesses to adapt their methodologies to the cultures and mores of the nations in which they are doing business. In essence, globalization has caused a great deal of adaptation in American companies, so that these companies can better assimilate into the differing cultural and demographic backgrounds of ...


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Some happy news today in the mail. I've been accepted to a graduate program at a local Ontario University. (Vagueness deliberate -- I don't want you crazies stalking me.)
Because apparently I'm such a sucker for higher education, I couldn't get enough in 4 years of an undergrad.
Shouldn't affect this space until September or so.
Monday, March 19, 2007
4 comments:
- Rob Cottingham said...
Hey, that's excellent news! And it reflects well on (anonymous institution).
- March 19, 2007 6:56 PM
- janfromthebruce said...
congradulations to more education. You will love it. My daughter got accepted into a grad program too in Ontario, and she was just bubbling.
- March 19, 2007 6:58 PM
- Fag Fucker said...
Well done!
On a completely unrelated note, The Now Show on BBC Radio has an absolutely brilliant bit on The Great Global Warming Swindle. It aired on March 16. The relevant bit starts about 18 minutes in.
- March 19, 2007 9:36 PM
- celestialspeedster said...
Congratulations! I'm pretty sure you will enjoy (insert institution) even though it is aesthetically revolting and full of overworked and power-hungry people. Enjoy!
- March 20, 2007 10:33 AM
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Jamie de Guerre, the chief technology officer of San Francisco-based Cloudmark, has been leading his Internet-savvy troops in a fight against spam, phishing and viruses. Cloudmark currently protects 1.6 billion subscribers from having their emails hacked.
What is Cloudmark's main purpose? Cloudmark essentially provides security products to large carriers and operators. Our overall goal is ridding the world or protecting users from any kind of malicious-messaging traffic that might be spam, viruses or frauds ... like phishing.
How important is it to be protected when surfing the Net? Today, a ton of our communication is done through digital means. Whether it's email, [text] or social networks like Facebook and Twitter, surprisingly there's a ton of malicious attackers that are constantly trying to get scams through to the user.
Has Cloudmark launched any new updates recently? The big new update for us recently has been launching a security suite for mobile operators. We are all used to getting viruses and spam on our computers, but that's a new problem on our mobile phones. If you receive a message from someone you aren't sure of or if they are asking for information they aren't sure about, treat it with the same caution you would when using your computer.


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As the demand for apartment homes rises, this survey was conducted of current renters to find out why they choose to rent. The results of the survey reveal that maintenance free living, cost and flexibility are the most common reasons to rent!
The largest number of respondents (43.7%) rent primarily for the maintenance free living in apartments. Many respondents have a strong desire for the convenience of a maintenance person available for common household repairs as well as the freedom of not needing to tend to a lawn, garden or landscaping.
More than 23% of renters choose to rent for financial reasons. If an individual plans to live in one place for less than five years, it may make the most financial sense to rent. The costs of buying and selling a home can total 10 percent or more of the price of the home. Additionally, home ownership in a desired neighborhood may be much more expensive than renting in the same neighborhood.
Renting also affords individuals the freedom to invest in a variety of stocks, bonds and mutual funds that can provide a higher return on investment as opposed to property ownership. The average home value increases only five percent each year, whereas the average stock value increases seven percent and bond value increases eight percent each year.
19% of respondents indicate that relocation flexibility and the lack of a long term commitment in an apartment is the primary reason they choose to rent.
Renting an apartment in Charleston, SC may be a good choice for the following types of individuals:
- Young adults just beginning their careers.
- Single parents who do not have time for maintenance .
- Empty nesters who want to travel.
- Anyone tired of long commutes to work.
- Anyone who wants abundant amenities and social activities where they live.
- Professionals who transfer often.


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Fans of the Dukes of Hazzard, it is almost as if it is 1985 all over again.
Turbo Season continues tonight on the Discovery channel, with the UK series opener of Fast N' Loud revving away at 9pm.
Motor mastermind Richard Rawlings and mechanical prodigy Aaron Kaufmann search the far flung corners of Texas and surrounding states for forgotten and derelict classic cars to buy and restore at their Gas Monkey Garage in Dallas, Texas.
Ultimately, Richard and Aaron will work days and nights to finish their cars to make auction. But will their blood, sweat and beers translate into cold hard cash?
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Duffin, Mpofu star as Tuskers down Mountaineers
Matabeleland Tuskers 185 (Duffin 54*, Dabengwa 39, Chatara 3-34) beat Mountaineers 168 (H Masakadza 71, Mpofu 3-28) by 17 runs
An unbeaten half-century from Terry Duffin lifted Tuskers to 185, a score that their bowlers defended successfully to earn a 17-run victory against the Mountaineers at Queens Sports club.
Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat, but the Mountaineers seamers Tendai Chatara and Silent Mujaji proved to be a handful against their batting line-up. Chatara picked up the wickets of debutant Tinashe Mhora, caught for three, and Gavin Ewing. Keith Dabengwa steadied proceedings to an extent before he was stumped off Natsai Mushangwe for 39 runs.
Duffin held the Tuskers' crumbling middle order together and ensured his bowlers had something to defend. His 54 off 66 balls featured three fours and some smart running between the wickets and, despite the lack of support from the tail, Tuskers finished with 185.
Chasing an asking rate of 4.65, Mutare's big-hitting giants came a cropper against Chris Mpofu's seamers. Former Mountaineer Njabulo Ncube was the first to strike, removing Tinotenda Mawoyo in the second over. Mpofu then removed Bernard Mlambo before trapping Mark Vermuelen lbw wicket for just 12 runs. Prosper Utseya and Timycen Maruma followed soon after and, at 92 for 5, it was anybody's game.
Hamilton Masakadza sparked a fightback, striking 71 runs off 88 balls with six fours and a six. However, the tail-enders once again failed to support the set top-order batsman. Mpofu eventually ended Masakadza's stay, ninth down in the 36th over, effectively killing Mountaineers' hopes, as the Tuskers joined the Rocks at the top of the table with four points.


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Today just seemed like a good day for some aspirational window shopping. Ever since "Sex and the City" went off the air I have to resort to trawling Barneys for my fashion ooh's and ahh's. I love these sweet little flats above. The Derek Lam (left) has just a skosh of edge, and the Lanvin (right) is pure preppy goodness.
This Sergio Rossi sandal is all about shutting.it.down. And the Bottega Veneta denim slingback is what you wear after shutting it down has taken its toll.
I am in love with this mint color on Harper by Barneys New York Co-Op! The coral Miu Miu T-strap bow (right) is guaranteed to be on my mind for quite some time!
Manolo Blahnik's Catalina would actually make a divine wedding shoe, would it not? And the Nicholas Kirkwood Abstract Bow Pump is perfect for rocking the reception.
Oh, Louboutins! How I love thee! The Aranea (left) is all blushy, sparkly sweetness, but I must admit the Delico's (right) simple charm had me at hello!


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The flair and that gorgeous floral paper on the right are my favorites items this month.
In keeping with the theme of this month's kit, my first layout focuses on the frozen treats found in our freezer this summer. We all seem to have our favorites!
I cut a piece of the yellow dotted circle paper and used it to anchor my photo and the title. The strip of ice cream cones at the bottom is a branding strip from one of the papers.
I cut a strip of white cardstock in a pennant shape to mimic the other pennants on the page and used it for my journaling.
My second layout was sparked by a conversation with my daughters while we were doing a little sight-seeing a few days ago.
Everything is from the kit except for the tiny gold letters I used as part of the title.My favorite kit paper as a flair...
and a tag! Another branding strip covers the diagonal seam between the two papers.
The last layout features a black, white and pink color scheme.
The black and white mat behind the photo is actually a piece of acetate packaging from the kit.Another flair at the top along with more branding strips - can you tell how much I like them?! The arrow is a stamp from last months kit.
More stamps and enamel dots, and a pink "hooray" from the kit's embellishment sheet.
I still haven't cut into that floral paper but I'm determined to use it soon. There are plenty of items still left in the kit so I should easily be able to make a few more layouts with it.
This is only my second month as a subscriber but it's definitely fun to see that black and white striped box waiting at my front door.


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Air Pollution May Hurt Cognition, Increase Strokes
By: HEIDI SPLETE, Cardiology News Digital Network – 02/13/12. The increased stroke risk was highest within 12-14 hours of exposure to PM2.5 and was most strongly associated with traffic-related pollution, the researchers noted.
The mean age of the patients was 73 years; 55% were white, and 68% were women. The most common determined causes of the strokes were small-vessel strokes (26%), cardioembolism (25%), and large-artery atherosclerosis (20%).
When the patients were examined by clinical subgroups, increased pollution levels were associated with stroke in patients with large-artery atherosclerosis (odds ratio 1.24) and small-vessel strokes (1.19), but not in patients with strokes due to cardioembolism. There was no evidence that comorbid diabetes, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, or a history of stroke increased susceptibility to pollution-related strokes, the researchers noted.
Although the observed relative risk of stroke was modest, the findings suggest that "if the association between stroke and pollution is causal and a linear dose-response occurs, a 2-microgram/m3 reduction in mean PM2.5 levels (approximately 20%) during this time period might have averted approximately 6,100 of the 184,000 stroke hospitalizations observed in the U.S. Northeast region in 2007 alone," the researchers said.
If pollution levels decline, further data on stroke timing and patient demographics can be used to show whether pollution control impacts stroke risk, they added.
In a related finding, Jennifer Weuve, Sc.D., of Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, and colleagues found that long-term exposure to both coarse and fine PM was significantly associated with faster cognitive decline in older adults. They reviewed data from 19,409 women aged 70-81 years in the Nurses' Health Study Cognitive Cohort and used geographic information to estimate short-term exposure (1 month) and long-term exposure (7-14 years) before the women underwent baseline cognitive testing. Read Full Article


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