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Curling Up In a Ball to Avoid Police Violence May Be Considered "Active Resistance"• prisonplanet.com
In a Police State Like Modern America, Even Peaceful Resistance Is Considered Violence and Cause for Even More Brutality
As I've repeatedly documented, passive resistance is considered "violence" and aggression in today's militarized police state.
For example, protesters peacefully linking arms is considered "violence" by the UC Berkeley police. And failing to get on the ground is grounds to beat a peaceful war hero so bad that his spleen is ruptured (and then denying him medical treatment for 18 hours).
Of course pregnant women, old ladies, judges, legal observers (and see this), reporters , veterans andskinny students are all scary and violent enemies who need to be beaten into submission.
And as AP reports today – in relation to the pepper spraying of peaceful UC Davis students:
Charles J. Kelly, a former Baltimore Police Department lieutenant who wrote the department's use of force guidelines, said … After reviewing the video [of the pepper spraying of UC Davis students] he observed at least two cases of "active resistance" from protesters. In one instance, a woman pulls her arm back from an officer. In the second instance, a protester curls into a ball. Each of those actions could have warranted more force, including baton strikes and pressure-point techniques.
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A march, or "Occupy," especially a large one, with thousands of marchers, is often made up of a few people who know what it is really all about, a bunch more who have a good idea what it is about, a load of folks who know something is up but don't really understand what they are marching for, and some rabble who will march for anything, ready to make trouble at the drop of a hat.
A march is a good place to get some faces behind your movement, to sell people in general that you are serious. What it should be used for is to sell your fellow marchers on the issues and principles in question, get serious fellow marchers contact info for further follow-up, and to get a feel for what the public thinks about your issues.
What a march should NOT be used for is to antagonize police, local neighborhoods, and local businesses. These people, the locals, are your friends. Often they would be completely on your side if they only knew what you were all about. But an extended march only invites criticism from the locals, and marshal law from local law enforcement.
Take the contact info that you get from fellow marchers, and follow up with everyone on the list. Since they were at the Occupy, and since they were willing to give you contact info, they probably are at least a little serious about effecting changes.
Once you get your group put together, use them to further your effort by Training them to, Advertise among the public, form and support Propositions, Practice for future peaceful Occupys, and to monitor, use, and uphold the local Voting processes. You will only bring trouble on yourselves if you make trouble. Instead, use your strength to make change in the right way.
Impossible to do this? Well, if you succeed directly with the Occupy rather than the vote, you will be showing that the vote and Government don't count. If the vote and Government don't count, then any Government crook who wants to mount terrorism and tyranny against you for any or no reason, will be able to do it without any fear of recourse. There will be civil war. And it will be a civil war in which many will lose lives. Most of you do not want this. So do it the right way.
When survival is outlawed, only outlaws will survive! Live free or die trying!
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Fifty-nine years ago today everyone in the United States was a bit freaked out. It had nothing to do with the stock market or economy. It was due to something unseen that was floating over our heads. The Russians had launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit earth. The Russians had beaten the United States to being the first in space. The reaction in the US was a combination of fear (does this mean we are behind the Russians militarily as well?) to let's get to work and catch up fast! Both reactions were natural, but either reaction is not necessarily how traders should react to other's beating them to a new strategy having success with a new market. In trading being first is not always being best. It was true in the space race as well.
We all have the experience of hearing other trader's success stories. A human reaction to the trader at the option club who has discovered a great way to make profits in Russell 2000 Index options, which worked great for the past four weeks since you saw him last is to start doing the same thing when the market opens tomorrow. However, this is often a recipe for failure. Keep in mind that when the Russians put Sputnik into orbit they had failed in many ways that were not made public. Heck, they put people's lives in danger in ways the US would never consider, just to beat their rival into space. Your trader friend most likely has suffered through months if not years of trial and error leading up to their short term success. Remember that he's only sharing the success.
The geniuses at NASA went to work catching up with the Russians in the space race, eventually through hard and independent work became the only country on earth to put a man on the moon. We had our own setbacks as well and they were public, but through focused hard work, we prevailed in the space race. You can do the same in the trading arena, but there are no short cuts. Focus on your own methods, don't worry about the other guy, and take your time working into becoming a consistently profitable trader. It worked for NASA and it can work for you as well.
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To blow out hair, apply a thickening serum and dry it a section at a time with a medium-sized round brush, pointing the hair dryer down as it follows the brush. To keep the style looking fresh in between washes, apply a dry shampoo to the scalp after a few days.
Blow outs are commonly done in hair salons to give a style a sleek, finished look. With a little practice, they are easy to do at home.
Step 1: Apply a thickening lotion
Apply the thickening lotion to damp hair. It helps the brush grip the hair better, resulting in a smoother finish.
Step 2: Begin the blow out process
Since the results are better when blowing the hair out from the undermost layer to the top, section the hair off with a hair clip prior to starting. Using a round brush, start at the roots of a section of hair, drying it with a hair dryer as the brush moves down the strands. Hold the dryer close to the brush and point it facing down to avoid frizz. Continue in this manner until all the hair is dry.
Step 3: Touch up the hair style
Apply some thermal straightening spray on the hair and use a flat iron to smooth any frizz. This step also adds extra shine.


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May 1, 2018, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
May 1, 2018, 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM @ Shull Conference Room
A Grief Support Group presented by HCI Hospice, facilitated by Maurice Dyer
"The quality and quantity of understanding support you get during your work of mourning will have a major influence on your capacity to heal. You cannot, nor should you try to, do this alone. Drawing on the experiences and encouragement of friends and fellow grievers is not a weakness but a healthy human need."
~ Alan Wolfelt, Understanding Your Grief
Free and open to all, this grief support group will offer a safe place for people to do the work of mourning as they search for appropriate and effective ways to heal.
Meets the first Tuesday of each month.
May 1, 2018, 6:00 PM @ Trailhead
A FREE running group for learning the basics of training and racing for all levels of runners. We run rain or shine, cold or heat - but we will wait for a storm to pass. All paces welcome, including walkers. If there is lightning, we will not run.
Prior to each run, there will be a 10 minute presentation great for those learning the sport. Have fun, meet other runners, and learn the basics of running while preparing for any of the many area races such as the Loop the Lake, Dam to Dam, Living History Farms & more.
May 1, 2018, 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM @ Buxton Room
A gentle workout that can be done sitting or standing. Good for mobility and balance.
May 1, 2018, 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM @ Buxton Room
May 1, 2018, 10:00 AM @ Arts & Crafts Room
Our game closet will be open for those who enjoy board games. Trivial Pursuit, Uno, Scrabble, Sequence, Dominos, Checkers, Chess....and the list goes on!
May 1, 2018, 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM @ Buxton Room
Improving strength and balance is the most effective way to prevent falls and decrease risk of injury. Resistance bands are an excellent tool to keep muscles strong and improve posture. Resistance bands are perfect for those beginning an exercise program and can be adjusted to make any routine more difficult. Come join us to learn exercises to improve balance and strength of upper and lower body. Free class for adults 50 or better. Resistance bands will be provided free of charge by Athletico Physical Therapy-Indianola.
May 1, 2018, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM @ Buxton Room
Wii games aren't just for kids, adults enjoy them too!
Try your hand at Wii Bowling, Archery, Table Tennis, Golf, and more! You'll have a ball!


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If you have migrated your Database\Instance or if the drive holding the SQLdata has been decommissioned, then in those scenarios how do you move the SQL Full-text Filter Daemon Service Error Log (FDLAUNCHERRORLOG) from one location to another in SQL 2008.
"SQL Server Fulltext Filter Daemon Launcher" service will be up and running even though the FDLAUNCHERRORLOG is not getting generated.
Open registry editor:
Go to the location in "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.<INSTANCEID>\Setup\SQLDataRoot" and change the value of SQLDataRoot to New location
Restart SQL full-text filter daemon launcher service from configuration manager.
IMPORTANT : This resolution contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
Also, please test this in you Test environment before moving to the production server.
Nilabja Ball
SE, Microsoft SQL Server.
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B & B business - project: Presbytery of 700 m2 to be renovated, terrain 1500m2, orientation south, 1,5 hour to Geneva
Good opportunity for B&B. Wonderful presbytery located in heart of charming village, . . .
Region: Franche Comte
Near: LES BOUCHOUX MAP
1500 M2 land
700 M²size
12 beds
0 baths
Superb mansion of the XV th century, to be renovated, on a surface of 350 m ², located in Champlitte, Burgundy Franchecomté
You will discover a mansion full of history, built in 1550 or King Henry IV would have stayed . . .
Region: Franche Comte
Near: CHAMPLITTE MAP
487 M2 land
350 M²size
1 beds
1 baths
Restaurant in the center of a beautiful village of Haute Saone, in Burgundy, very functional with its exclusive IV license and its apartments.
House of character of 216 m² in the heart of a village of Haute Saône, close to the A31 and . . .
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A day before Scripps ABC affiliate WEWS/5's "NewsChannel 5" says goodbye to its most visible face, this is a good time to talk about the changing environment in local TV news "after Ted Henry".
By our reckoning, after Mr. Henry says his final words on Wednesday night's 11 PM newscast, there will be just two of his generation of Cleveland TV news left: his former co-anchor Wilma Smith, now down to a single nightly newscast at Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 "Fox 8", and Wilma's WJW co-hort Dick Goddard, who's been doing the weather on Channel 8 since before many of its viewers were born.
That's it, basically...Dick and Wilma. Their "generation" has been seen in Northeast Ohio's local living rooms for decades.
The group was once formidable: those who were so established locally, they felt like friends. In an insular market like Cleveland, local ties and longevity are important.
But as time moved on, retirement came in for names like Ted Henry...and like Tim Taylor, who recently stepped down from his role alongside Ms. Smith at WJW. On the entertainment side of local TV, "Big Chuck" Schodowski called it a career. The bridge from the mid-to-late 1970's into the 21st Century is getting close to being gone.
Oh, there are still some who cross a divide of more than a couple of decades. WEWS' "Live On Five" co-anchor Leon Bibb comes to mind. Or, maybe Robin Swoboda at "Fox 8", though her presence hasn't really been as continuous (and she's doing the talk/entertainment show "That's Life" today).
How important is the "Big Name Anchor" in 2009?
To most broadcasters, well, not very.
Consider this TVNewsday interview ("Raycom Success Strategy: 3 Screens, 24/7") with Raycom Media VP of News Susana Schuler, responsible for overseeing dozens of local news operations for the company - including, of course, "19 Action News" - the newsroom of CBS affiliate WOIO/19-MyNetwork TV affiliate WUAB/43 in the Cleveland market:
Our goal has been to try to put more energy, effort and resources into 24-hour content dissemination on all our platforms. To do that, we need to have more people in every station that are able to do more things than perhaps they had been encouraged or trained to do in the past.
It's been almost two years now since we started down this road. We always have had a good understanding that this was an important place to be, but we weren't structured in a way that allowed us to gather news and information 24 hours a day and pick the platform for dissemination depending on the particular time of day.
We call it our three-screen strategy. We want to be the local information provider over the air, on the Internet and on the mobile device.
Not a word there, of course, about the high-profile local anchor who becomes the face of the station. But the anchors do get mentioned:
If you now have three skill sets, you are probably going to need six and you're going to be utilizing those skill sets with some regularity to do your job every day. We're probably asking everybody to double the number of skills that they have.
Do I think every reporter needs to shoot? Absolutely. Do they need to do that every day? That's not up to me. It's up to the local managers. Do I think every anchor needs to report? Absolutely. Do most of our managers? I suspect they do, but that's not my call.
These words are no surprise to anyone in a TV newsroom in 2009. The highly-paid anchor with the cushy job and the over-six-figure salary who never leaves the news set? That seems destined to be consigned to the era of fictional TV news anchor Ron Burgundy.
So, what does Raycom consider the role of today's news anchors? Back to Susana Schuler:
Anchors need to be leaders in our newsrooms — what (AR&D's) Jerry (Gumbert) calls chief journalists. As I said earlier, every anchor should be reporting. It keeps them connected to their communities. It gets them engaged in what their audience is interested in. Being a reporter was the most fun I ever had. It was being out in the field connecting with the audience.
So, the anchor role is evolving. Their connection to a community, to the audience, remains critical, but their role in the future has to go way beyond their performance in a newscast. I would hope that the journalists and news anchors that work for us understand that. I feel they do. I feel they have embraced what we have been asking them to do, some better than others. Why wouldn't you want to be more connected, more relevant, more engaged, more valuable moving forward?
Schuler also talks about the company's employees being more involved in online media, social networking and blogs, spreading their personality brand outside the realm of the TV studio.
That may be one reason why many "19 Action News'" Twitter updates will include the anchor or reporter introducing themselves. "Denise Dufala here", "Paul Joncich here" "David Wittman here", etc., many of 'em with quick takes on hot button issues...or pokes at NBA TV analyst Charles Barkley, recently.
All of this ties back into the situation at 3001 Euclid, where Replacing Ted Henry will be the focus in the next few weeks or months.
We're hearing again that WEWS will turn to a rotation of fill-in anchors to sit next to Danita Harris on the evening editions of "NewsChannel 5". Expect names like Duane Pohlman and John Kosich, among other existing station newspeople, to start showing up after Wednesday.
Station insiders tell us that they expect this to continue through the summer and perhaps into the fall, before a final decision is made...and expect it's "even money" that the hire will be internal, vs. someone from outside the station.
Does that preclude WEWS VP Viki Regan dialing up Wyoming and reaching out to former WKYC/3 anchor Tim White?
Well, as we mentioned, we're not hearing anything about that possibility, one way or the other.
But what may have been a nearly-automatic move for a TV station executive like Ms. Regan a few years ago, may not be nearly so automatic now.
And certainly, the above reality - and cost pressures - of modern TV news would tend to work against paying big money to lure a high-profile former competing anchor to "come back" to compete with his old station.
And in 2009, it's just as likely that WEWS will move one of its existing news people into the anchor chair...and focus on continuing to build its online presence instead of "landing the big fish" anchor-wise, be it Tim White or anyone else...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Changing World Of TV News
Posted by Ohio Media Watch at 9:02 AM
Labels: cleveland, news, television
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- red collar administration said...
Hey Brother---
What about Leon Bibb? How can you leave him out? He has been on the airwaves in NE Ohio just as long as the rest of them. I remember him being at WKYC when Al Roker and Doug Adair was there....
Washington DC
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Parlour: Arsenal must believe in own ability
Former Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour believes the Gunners must prove they have the spirit to maintain their title challenge after Saturday's 5-1 defeat to Liverpool.
Arsenal were two points clear at the top of the Premier League before their capitulation at Anfield. The defeat saw Chelsea leapfrog the Gunners and take pole position in the race for domestic silverware.
Only six points separate the Blues and Brendan Rodgers' team in fourth, with Arsenal and Manchester City sandwiched in between.
The Gunners' thrashing on Merseyside has cast major doubts over their title-winning credentials, but Parlour thinks they can still lift the Premier League trophy for the first time since 2004 if they believe in their ability.
"They've have got to just keep believing. They're a very good side if they can get their best 11 out," the former England international told FourFourTwo.
"Everyone is expecting Man City and Chelsea to do the business, but I still think they have got every chance of going all the way.
"The Arsenal players have to believe they can win and think, 'You know we are a very good team ourselves. If we can play to our ability we can get a result.'"
Parlour was part of the Arsenal team that pegged back a 12-point gap on reigning champions Manchester United to win the league in 1998.
During that title-winning season the Gunners had to recover from back-to-back home defeats against Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool.
Parlour also played for the Arsenal side that led the Premier League by eight points in March 2003, but collapsed and handed the title to the Red Devils.
With experience on both sides of the run-in, Parlour knows what psychological damage a poor run of form can do.
"If you lose a game you have to focus on the next one and win that," Parlour explained. "If you lose two then confidence suddenly lowers in the dressing room. Players start to think, 'Are we good enough?'."
Before the weekend's defeat, the Gunners were unbeaten in 10 games; their last loss coming in a 6-3 mauling at the Etihad Stadium.
Parlour is hopeful Arsenal can show similar resolve after the Anfield wreckage.
"We saw the way Arsenal responded to the City result. That's what they have to do again after the loss to Liverpool," he said.
"You can't play well every week. Sometimes it's all about getting results. What I have seen from Arsenal this year is when they play poorly they have managed to grind out a result. You're going to suffer setbacks throughout a season – it's how you respond that matters."
Parlour, who won three Premier League titles and four FA Cups during his 12 years at Arsenal, believes crunch time is still to come for the Gunners.
"People keep talking about this month, but March isn't going to be easy. They've got Bayern Munich, Tottenham and Chelsea away from home and then Man City at the Emirates," he said.
"Arsene Wenger will be hoping they still have a chance with six or seven games to go – that's when the pressure kicks in, when every point is so important and when you need your players to really perform."
Ray Parlour was talking to FourFourTwo at the Budweiser Open Trials, in association with BT Sport, helping decide which London based amateur footballers will have a dream opportunity to play in front of professional scouts at Wembley. Watch the first part of the Budweiser Open Trials on BT Sport on Saturday March 8, as part of its FA Cup coverage. Subscribe to YouTube.com/BudweiserUK to keep up with all the action.


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1. A nurse is hiding under this strange bucket with floppy ears. This suit from 1918 was designed to protect from X-rays.
2. Until the 19th century, surgery was performed without any anesthesia. In this pic from 1885 the patient was lucky to be put out with ether before having his leg amputated.
3. These orphans from Chicago are receiving a dose of artificial sun during the legendary winter of 1925. At the time it was one of the best treatments for rickets.
4. In 1920 physiotherapy was slightly different.
5. An advertisement from 1885 for toothache drops containing cocaine.
6. This wheeled torture device dates back to 1878. It was used to treat scoliosis.
7. These living mummies are patients in a psychiatric ward. They were wrapped in humid blankets to keep them calm.
8. In 1890 heroin was all the rage as a cough syrup. A little extreme, wouldn't you say?
9. This old box isn't a radio with two spoonfuls of ice cream — it's an old defibrillator from the 40s !
10. This weird looking contraption is an iron lung from the year 1950. Given that polio affected respiratory muscles, these machines were the only things keeping these kids alive. In some cases they were kept in the device for years.
11. This peculiar-looking glass houses one of early medicine's secret weapons: leeches, a popular cure-all until the 19th century.
12. This unfortunate woman suffered from scoliosis. This suspension system was meant to allow the doctor to "inspect" how twisted her back is.
13. This remedy from 1928 called "eternal sunshine" consists of irradiated water. At the time it was considered delicious and healthy.
14. This chair dating back to 1750 was designed for birthing. Apparently the back is adjustable, so that's nice.
15. This old prosthesis from 1890 looks surprisingly futuristic, although its functionality is very limited.
These old photos really make you appreciate the advances of modern medicine. Thank goodness scientists are always looking for ways to make our lives better!
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As any STAR WARS fan knows, the love for the saga extends well beyond the films and into our daily lives. We play with the LEGOs, collect the figurines, read the books, and wear the apparel. Some of us have been collecting for 40 years, others our whole lives. It serves as inspiration and fills us with wonderment.
That is why, for the 40th Anniversary of STAR WARS, Artist Matt Busch chose to illustrate an epic collection of over 200 of greatest, the rarest, and the strangest collectibles to hit the shelves. With material spanning the film in 1977 to the recently released ROGUE ONE, nearly every character and type of item is depicted, from toy to magazine to poster to tape dispenser. This will be one of the pieces in your own collection that you could stare at for hours.
The limited edition print is 16″ x 36″, a nice size that is large without taking up too much wall space- perfect for those in-between wall spaces and nooks. You can get awesome frames this size on Amazon.com- just search for "16 36 frame".
The print is a limited edition of only 250- all of which are signed and numbered in the lower right-hand box by Matt Busch.
Plus- there is an opportunity to have your print remarqued in the bottom center square. This means Matt will draw you an additional marker sketch of a character! This will truly make this collectible one-of-a-kind. The cost of having the remarque sketch is an extra $25. (You can select whether you want the sketch included or not above.) Matt was only doing custom sketches to order at the show- if you're ordering now, you won't get to choose, but will be happy with what you get. Matt typically draws Vader, Yoda, BB-8, and Old Luke.
Check out the video interview below, where Matt chats with Studio SB3 about the piece, STAR WARS in general, and more!
This Limited Edition Art Print is SOLD OUT! If interested, contact email@example.com and she may be able to put you on a waiting list, should any become available…
Inspired by Ahsoka's fate from the STAR WARS: REBELS show, Artist Lin Zy has captured the evocative imagery originally designed by Director Dave Filoni's Topps' Trading Cards. The fascinating clues give us a look at her evolution becoming one with the Force, and Lin Zy has illustrated it all in the style of a vintage Japanese scroll.
The limited edition print is 12″ x 36″, a nice size that is large without taking up too much wall space- perfect for those in-between wall spaces and nooks.
The print is a limited edition of only 250- all of which are signed and numbered by Lin Zy. First come, first serve, and you will get to choose your number from the numbers remaining at the show!
Plus- there is an opportunity to have your print remarqued. This means you can have Lin Zy personally draw you an additional small profile portrait marker sketch of Ahsoka at the bottom of the print! The cost of having the remarque is an extra $20. (You can select whether you want the sketch included or not above.)
Note: This Pre-Order is for pickup at the STAR WARS CELEBRATION ORLANDO 2017 show ONLY. Please bring a copy of your PayPal receipt in order to pick up your print at booth 2610. You can bring a printed copy of the email or show us on your phone.
Thank you, and see you there!
Shiva to Believa! Show your support of ALADDIN 3477 by wearing this sweet beveled logo shirt loud and proud!
High Quality 3 color silk screens. Available in unisex sizes S – XXL.
Think of all the great places you could put this deluxe ALADDIN 3477 beveled logo patch! On a hat, jacket, bag, snuggie… The possibilities are endless! And showing your support is so very appreciated! Thank you!
These 4-color high quality patches are 1.75″ x 5″!
Here's your chance to get an incredible sneak peek at the ALADDIN 3477 movie! Offered here is a complete set of all 24 Series One Trading Cards!
Each card has a character or scene on the front. On the back has information about said character or scene, with additional behind-the-scenes info about cast and crew that is bringing it to life.
In addition, the back of each card has a space intended for a signature. The idea is to get them all signed! The ALADDIN 3477 cast and crew will soon be making the rounds at shows and conventions near you- happy to sign your cards for free.
For some of you ordering, we will randomly throw in some signed cards to help you get started. The sooner you order, the greater chances you may end up with a few of these signed already.
There are limited quantities and there will be more ALADDIN 3477 Trading Card series in the future, so don't miss out on the very first one!
This special issue of ART SCENE INTERNATIONAL features a 12 page article on how Matt Busch illustrated the STAR WARS Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Style D One Sheet movie poster!
In addition to dozens of images detailing how Matt's sketches were approved with Lucasfilm, the article also has segments with Lucasfilm's Pete Vilmur and the poster's typographer Paul Micheal Kane.
An incredible tutorial with other other how-to gems included.
This killer AT-AT / AT-ST button as illustrated by Matt Busch is sure to make your attire have that zing you're looking for. Wear it with Imperial pride!
Authorized by Lucasfilm and licensed by Zazzle. Button measures 1.25 inches in diameter.
This killer AT-AT and AT-ST Walker magnet as illustrated by Matt Busch is sure to make your fridge that much cooler. No pun intended.
Authorized by Lucasfilm and licensed by Zazzle. Magnet measures 2 inches by 2 inches.
In this vibrant image from Topps' STAR WARS Galaxy 6 Series, we see the impressive power of the Jedi! The image was previously featured in the STAR WARS POSTER BOOK as a rare poster from the Netherlands!
The card comes signed by artist Matt Busch!
This special STAR WARS commemorative issue of AUTOGRAPH TIMES has a deluxe wrap-around cover, illustrated by Matt Busch. The magazine also has a feature article and interview with Matt. It also has some rare and never-before-scene concept images that Matt illustrated STAR WARS – Episode II, Attack of the Clones!
The demon of demons, illustrated by Matt Busch in all his flaming glory. (Not that kind of flaming.) This card is from the base set of LORD OF THE RINGS Masterpieces II. It comes signed by the artist!
This trading card from Topps' STAR WARS GALAXY 5 series brands Matt Busch's vision of the epic battle of Hoth from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. Here, Busch shows more fucus on some of the elements not seen as much in the movie, including the AT-ST Walkers and Probe Droids.
The card comes signed by Matt Busch. (Signature not shown in above image.)
This comic book written by J.C. Vaughn and illustrated by Matt Busch has been hailed by many fans as the greatest BATTLESTAR GALACTICA comic issue of all time.
The etheral story takes place on the eve of the original BATTLESTAR movie, and the entire issue is evocatively painted by Matt Busch. The issue also features a deluxe 8 page sketchbook of all the main characters and vehicles, as well as a nice article / interview with Busch.
For fans of classic BSG or Matt Busch, this is one item your collection cannot be without!
You know who's King among the Clouds, and you know "He Just Gambles Better!" As seen in the first episode of the cartoon Power of the Force Girls (see below) BESPIN KING is one of Pizza Da Hutt's favorite fast-food restaurants!
This pimp sticker measures 4 x 6 inches. Show all your friends who has the REAL Whopper! Um, Or something…


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Dorset: History, Culture & Memory
Located in the Southwest of England, Dorset is a charming town filled with wondrous beauty and culture. Anyone that loves the outdoors is going to adore the town's amazing coastline. With some of the United Kingdom's most famous and beautiful beaches, there are expansive spaces for walking and hiking alongside […]Read more ›


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Efficient Frontier - European Launch
In case your office didn't come to a complete standstill when this press hit the wires, EF officially announced its European launch today.
European PPC is growing faster than in the U.S. and the arbitrageurs - perfect indicators of opportunity - are much more active in the UK and Europe than they are in the U.S.
What's different about PPC in Europe?
1)There is no Europe, but rather 15+ different countries whose users must be targeted separately. There may be one currency, but that's where the similarities stop.
2)There's more broadband adoption in Western Europe, leading to higher connection speeds and thus more searches per month per searcher.
3)Google dominates search to a much greater extent than in the U.S. Their European marketshare is 75-85% vs 58-60% in the U.S. Google being the opaque marketplace that it is, this presents a great opportunity for EF to do well there because - unlike all the rules-based systems littering the SEM market - our portfolio algorithms work well in modelling traffic and conversions despite Google's opacity.
We've hired a great team to sell and service our growing European client base, and I fully expect EF to be managing more PPC spend that any other firm in Europe in 2 years' time.


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WAKEFIELD, Mass. — For more than a year, the guilt and shame overwhelmed Kayla Harrison, even though she had done nothing wrong.
"I can't describe how I felt," she says quietly. "I think I cried pretty much every night."
She also thought about suicide — even tried to run away from home once. Then she decided to stand and fight.
Sexually abused by her judo coach for three years as a teenager, Harrison did what few in her position ever find the courage to do: confront her attacker in court. It didn't end there, though, because while Daniel Doyle pleaded guilty and received a 10-year prison sentence, it was Harrison who had to pick up the pieces of a shattered life.
This is where tragedy becomes a story of triumph. Fleeing infamy in small-town Ohio for anonymity in suburban Boston, Harrison enrolled at Pedro's Judo Center, an unlikely sanctuary managed by Jimmy Pedro and his father, Big Jim.


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How to find MAC address in windows 8?
If you want to find the MAC Address in Windows 8, refer to the tutorial below.
MAC(Media Access Control)address are permanent address of your NIC(Network Interface Card).
MAC addresses are also known as hardware addresses or physical addresses as this address is hard coded in the NIC.
They uniquely identify an adapter on a LAN. MAC addresses are 12-digit hexadecimal numbers having 6 fields separated by a hyphen (-). Each field is of 2 digit.
The first three fields are used to indicate the Vendor Id, i.e., unique for the manufacturer of the NIC.
The next three field are used to uniquely identify each NIC of that manufacturer.
If you have both wired and wirelessLAN ports, then
in that case you will have 2 MAC addresses each for different LAN. If you want to find the MAC addresses for your adapters, then follow the instructions given below.
1. Press Windows button to open the Start Menu and then type "cmd" without quotes.
2. Open "cmd.exe" and type "ipconfig /all" without quotes and hit ENTER.
It will show you the MAC address along with some other details such as IP Address for all the adapters.
There is an another process by which you can find MAC address of your computer.
1.Open "cmd" from your Windows 8 computer as shown before.
2.Type "getmac -v -fo list" without quotes in Command prompt and hit ENTER.
- Cheers!


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A pinhole camera, also known as camera obscura, or "dark chamber", is a simple
optical imaging device in the shape of a closed box or chamber. In one of its
sides is a small hole which, via the rectilinear propagation of light, creates
an image of the outside space on the opposite side of the box.
Simply explained, it is a light-proof box with a small hole in one side. Light from a scene passes through this single point and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box. Cameras using small
apertures, and the human eye in bright light both act like a pinhole camera.
Holes in the leaf canopy project images of a solar eclipse on the ground.
A home-made pinhole camera (on the left), wrapped in black plastic to prevent light leaks, and related developing supplies.
The smaller the hole, the sharper the image, but the dimmer the projected image. Optimally, the size of the aperture should be 1/100 or less of the distance between it and the screen.
A pinhole camera's shutter is usually manually operated because of the lengthy exposure times, and consists of a flap of some light-proof material to cover and uncover the pinhole. Typical exposures range from 5 seconds to hours and sometimes days.
A common use of the pinhole camera is to capture the movement of the sun over a long period of time. This type of photography is called Solargraphy.
The image may be projected onto a translucent screen for real-time viewing (popular for observing solar eclipses; see also camera obscura), or can expose film or a charge coupled device (CCD). Pinhole cameras with CCDs are often used for surveillance because they are difficult to detect.
As far back as the 4th century BC, Greeks such as Aristotle and Euclid wrote on naturally-occurring rudimentary pinhole cameras. For example, light may travel through the slits of wicker baskets or the crossing of tree leaves. The ancient Greeks, however, believed that vision is enabled by rays emitted from the eye. The discovery that vision results from rays entering the eye rather than being emitted by it enabled a much better understanding of the pinhole camera effect.
It was the 10th-century Arab physicist, astronomer and mathematician, Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen), who published this idea in the Book of Optics in 1021 AD. He also invented the first pinhole camera after noticing the way light was streaming through a hole in a window shutter. He improved on the camera after realizing that the smaller the pinhole, the sharper the image (though the less light). He designed the first camera obscura (Lat. dark chamber). As a side benefit of his invention, he was credited with being first man to shift physics from a philosophical to an experimental basis.
In the 5th century BCE, the Mohist philosopher Mo Jing (墨經) in ancient China mentioned the effect of an inverted image forming through a pinhole. The image of an inverted Chinese pagoda is mentioned in Duan Chengshi's (d. 863) book Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang written during the Tang Dynasty (618–907). Along with experimenting with the pinhole camera and the burning mirror of the ancient Mohists, the Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD) Chinese scientist Shen Kuo (1031-1095) experimented with
camera obscura and was the first to establish geometrical and quantitative attributes for it.
In the 13th century, Robert Grosseteste and Roger Bacon commented on the pinhole camera Between 1000 and 1600, men such as Ibn al-Haytham, Gemma Frisius, and Giambattista della Porta wrote on the pinhole camera, explaining why the images are upside down. Pinhole devices provide safety for the eyes when viewing solar eclipses because the event is observed indirectly, the diminished intensity of the pinhole image being harmless compared with the full glare of the sun itself.
Around 1600, Giambattista della Porta reinvented the pinhole camera. It was not until 1850 that a Scottish scientist by the name of Sir David Brewster actually took the first actual photography with a pinhole camera. Sir William Crookes and William de Wiveleslie Abney were other early photographers to try the pinhole technique. pinhole cameras were also used by Leonardo Da Vinci,as he was one of the first artists to use the pinhole camera.
The best pinhole is perfectly round (since irregularities cause higher-order diffraction effects), and in an extremely thin piece of material. Industrially produced pinholes benefit from laser etching, but a hobbyist can still produce pinholes of sufficiently high quality for photographic work.
where d is diameter, f is focal length (distance from pinhole to focal plane) and λ is the wavelength of light.
For standard black-and-white film, a wavelength of light corresponding to yellow-green (550 nm) should yield optimum results. (For a pinhole-to-film distance of 1 inch (25 mm), this works out to a pinhole 0.22 mm in diameter. For 5 cm, the appropriate diameter is 0.32 mm.
The depth of field is basically infinite, but this does not mean that no optical blurring occurs. The infinite depth of field means that image blur depends not on object distance, but on other factors, such as the distance from the aperture to the film plane, the aperture size, and the wavelength(s) of the light source.
Pinhole cameras are often constructed with a sliding film holder or back so that the distance between the film and the pinhole can be adjusted. This allows the angle of view of the camera to be changed and also the effective
f-stop ratio of the camera. Moving the film closer to the pinhole will result in a wide angle field of view and a shorter exposure time. Moving the film farther away from the pinhole will result in a telephoto or narrow angle view and a longer exposure time.
Pinhole cameras can also be constructed by replacing the lens assembly in a conventional camera with a pinhole. In particular, compact 35 mm cameras whose lens and focusing assembly has been damaged can be reused as pinhole cameras—maintaining the use of the shutter and film winding mechanisms. As a result of the enormous increase in
f-number while maintaining the same exposure time, one must use a fast film in direct sunshine.
A fire hydrant photographed by a pinhole camera made from a shoe box, exposed on photographic paper (top). The length of the exposure was 40 seconds. There is noticeable flaring in the bottom-right corner of the image, likely due to extraneous light entering the camera box.
The f-number of the camera may be calculated by dividing the distance from the pinhole to the imaging plane (the focal length) by the diameter of the pinhole. For example, a camera with a 0.02 inch (0.5 mm) diameter pinhole, and a 2 inch (50 mm) focal length would have an f-number of 2/0.02 (50/0.5), or 100 (f/100 in conventional notation).
Due to the large f-number of a pinhole camera, exposures will often encounter reciprocity failure. Once exposure time has exceeded about 1 second for film or 30 seconds for paper, one must compensate for the breakdown in linear response of the film/paper to intensity of illumination by using longer exposures.
Other special features can be built into pinhole cameras such as the ability to take double images, by using multiple pinholes, or the ability to take pictures in cylindrical or spherical perspective by curving the film plane.
These characteristics could be used for creative purposes. Once considered as an obsolete technique from the early days of photography, pinhole photography is from time to time a trend in artistic photography.
Related cameras, image forming devices, or developments from it include Franke's widefield pinhole camera, the pinspeck camera, and the pinhead mirror.
NASA (via the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts) has funded initial research into the New Worlds Mission project, which proposes to use a pinhole camera with a diameter of 10 m and focus length of 200,000 km to image earth sized planets in other star systems.
A huge piece of muslin cloth was made light sensitive by coating it with 80 litres of gelatin silver halide. and it was hung from the ceiling at a distance of about 80 feet (24 m) from a pinhole, just under Ľ inch in diameter, situated 15 feet (4.6 m) above ground level in the wall. The distance between the pinhole and the cloth was determined to be 80 feet (24 m) for best coverage, and the exposure time was calculated at 35 minutes. The opaque negative image print was developed in an Olympic-swimming-pool-size tray with 600 gallons of traditional developer and 1200 gallons of fixer, and was washed using fire hoses attached to two fire hydrants. The resulting finished print was nearly 108 ft (33 m) wide and 85 ft (26 m) high and was exhibited for the first time at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, on September 6, 2007.


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Car tax may go
But before you dream up ways to spend that extra money, be forewarned:
Still, Rell called her proposal - which even came as a surprise to fellow Republicans - a bold step in a state where people have complained for years about inequities in the property tax system.
"Under my plan, this July you will no longer have to write a check for your car taxes. It will be a thing of the past," Rell said in the annual State of the State speech, as GOP lawmakers stood, stomped, whooped and whistled.
"This is a bold step to eliminate a regressive tax and put millions of dollars back in the economy," said Rell, whose plan would not include commercial vehicles or recreational vehicles. "It is a step, which will make Connecticut a much more attractive place to live while reducing the burden on the average working family."
Rell also spent much of her speech touting the need to create jobs. Calling herself "Connecticut's CEO," she proposed a new state Department of Business and Employment , a cut in state corporate taxes and tax incentives to businesses that create more than 50 new jobs or hire displaced workers.
In opening this year's three-month legislative session, Rell also unveiled proposals to fight violent crime, enhance educational opportunities, phase out the inheritance tax and give consumers a break on utility prices.
But undeniably, the proposal to cut the vehicle tax garnered the most attention Wednesday from Democrats, Republicans, municipal officials and taxpayers.
"I am ecstatic," said state Sen. David Cappiello , R-Danbury, who last year made an unsuccessful proposal to dump the car tax. "This is the single best initiative for property tax relief."
In a briefing book, Rell's staff took great pains to illustrate how the tax was unfair because each of Connecticut's towns and cities sets its own tax rate.
In her speech, Rell said: "If you are a Bridgeport resident who owns a 2003 four door Taurus, you pay $309 in property tax. In New Canaan, the same car carries a tax of $103 a year. Is that fair?"
"No," Republicans shouted.
In another example, Rell's staff said that a Greenwich taxpayer pays $273 in property taxes for a 2005 Mercedes Benz C240 sedan, while a Waterbury taxpayer pays just $5 more for a 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier.
As it stands, towns collect about half a billion a year in car taxes. Rell said the state would send municipalities a check to offset the loss in revenue. She said the state would recoup that money by drawing on cash paid to the state by two American Indian owned casinos and by eliminating the $350 property tax credit.
The Rell administration said far more people would benefit from the car tax cut than the property tax credit. About 935,000 households with earnings of less than $200,000 per year received a property tax credit of up to $350 last year.
But some Democrats branded the plan as an election year political ploy, while others called it a hand-out to wealthy residents who have two or three pricy cars but make too much money to claim the property tax credit.
"To some extent, this is a windfall for the wealthy," said state Sen. Martin Looney , D-New Haven, said. "It's a bait-and-switch shell game. The $350 goes to the moderate income people."
State Rep. Lewis Wallace , D-Danbury, said many of the people he knows would lose out on the deal.
"I'm not sure the governor's proposal works for Danbury," Wallace said. "Most people pay a combined tax of $100 to $250 in car taxes. Then to take away $350 and let them keep $250 doesn't help."
Last year, several town tax collectors in the Danbury area expressed support for Cappiello's plan, saying it's difficult and costly to collect car taxes. It's particularly tough for towns on the state boarder, where owners will often register their vehicle in New York State, which doesn't have a car tax.
But on Wednesday, some municipal officials were skeptical of Rell's proposal. While the governor promised that towns would come out even or ahead on the deal, Danbury officials estimated they would lose $1.5 million in revenue if they collected money from the state instead of car owners.
"We're going to have to pass it on to the voters as property taxes, and we're going to blame people," said Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton , referring to Rell and the legislature. "It's going to get shifted onto your property taxes."
But the Rell administration was emphatic that the car tax cut was good for Connecticut and most residents. Robert Genuario , secretary for the Office of Policy and Management , noted that not everyone gets the maximum $350 property tax credit.
"Some people will be better off under the credit," Genuario acknowledged. "That's if they are of a certain income and don't own a car. But they are in the minority."
Even some Republicans, such as Rep. Julia Wasserman of Newtown, wanted to know more about the details of the car tax plan before fully endorsing it. "I would be very anxious to know how the money would be balanced out," she said. "That would be the key question."
The car tax was not the only one Rell wanted to cut.
She proposed a 25 percent cut in the taxes that utilities pay to the state in an effort to reduce power costs for businesses and consumers.
Budget director Genuario said businesses would benefit the most from the cut, but he could not say what effect it would have on the average customer if utilities passed on their savings to consumers. Tax rates are different for gas and electricity and for residential and commercial customers.
House Minority Leader Robert Ward , R-North Branford, is a big supporter of this tax cut, but he said it would likely only save most consumers no more than $50 per year.
"Not since the energy crisis of the 1970s has America seen such a jump in oil, gas and other energy prices," Rell said.
Rell also touted her budget proposal as forward looking because of her plans for a projected surplus in this year's budget. She would put $335 million in the reserve fund and using $85 million to pay down the state's debt.
"Now, because we have largely held spending in check, we have a sizable budget surplus," Rell said. "It is a surplus that should not be viewed as a license to spend but rather as a means to get our fiscal house more in order."


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Those born between October 24th and November 22nd are born under the reputed most powerful sign of the zodiac, Scorpio. Continuing our on-going theme, we will be taking an in-depth look at the star sign, discussing its history and mythology as well as the unique traits of a Scorpio. Basic Facts: Your element: Water Your ruling planet: Pluto Symbol: The Scorpion Your stone: Topaz History & Mythology The history of Scorpio is rooted in Greek mythology, which suggests that the original Scorpion was associated with the hunter Orion. Orion often threatened that he was capable of exterminating all wild beasts, however the Goddess of the earth Gaia learnt of Orion's bragging and sent a giant scorpion with impenetrable armour to punish him for his arrogance. The scorpion stung Orion to death, and at the request of Goddess Artemis, Zeus gave Orion and the Scorpion a place in the sky amongst the stars. Traits Scorpios are a mysterious bunch and there is much more to them than meets the eye – they are extremely sensitive and have extraordinary emotional depths, however they are careful not to show any hurt or weakness in themselves to others. They are very observant and sharp minded and there are few things that will escape their notice. They love to be in control. As friends, you will find if you are true to a Scorpio, you will gain an amazingly loyal and honest friend for life. Nobody needs to love or be loved like a Scorpio; however, at the same time they like their independence and are perfectly suited to being by themselves. Scorpios are ambitious and determined, and their love of control makes them great doctors, lawyers, and leaders. They are natural problem solvers in the workplace, and are quick learners. Like their mascots, it is hard to penetrate Scorpios protective outer layer and you may never truly get to know the real them. They are extremely secretive, and are very capable of hiding their true thoughts and opinions from others. They are often their own worst enemy and have a strong fear of failure. Scorpios struggle trusting people and if they are hurt they tend to bear grudges and they rarely forgive and forget. Scorpios are constantly trying to understand their emotions through finding a deeper purpose in life. Famous Scorpios Unsurprisingly, celebrity Scorpios tend to shy away from public attention and are incredibly protective over their private lives. While they're undoubtedly dynamic performers, its unlikely you'll see notable Scorpios Leonardo DiCaprio, Anne Hathaway or Julia Roberts starring in their own reality show anytime soon! Discover what is in store for you this month by visiting our horoscope page here. Many of our readers are especially talented in astrology and may be able to tell you more about what the future holds for all the Scorpios out there. Look out for specialist readers on the Psychic Light reader's page, and get in touch!
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This is the second of the beers I got in the Father's Day specials, not the most important factor in beer picking but I liked the labeling for this range, it stuck out on the shelves in a good way.
Anyway onto the beer itself. Described on the website as having "a unique smooth malt taste upfront is finished off by a vigorous bitterness and a 'tidy' clout of citrus and berry hop flavours". I would have to agree pretty much, it looks good in the glass with a clear straw coloured beer with a fluffy white head which did have a fair amount of staying power. Tastewise its in the ballpark for an American IPA strangely given its ABV there wasn't much sweetness to it like you get with similar percentage American versions.
It worked well with the cheese and biscuits on a warm Sunday afternoon.


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Okay, I should know this BUT can anyone tell what the "choker-thing" is that Lennon wore around his neck for about 3 years during this period ? Thanks!
John Lennon wore this talisman necklace often during the late 1960's, and it was his sole "clothing" for the nude cover photograph for John & Yoko's "Two Virgins" album in 1968.
The talisman is handcrafted from leather with Indian swirl stones and glass rings and flowers.
Does anybody know what John is holding? It looks like a package or something, but I don't actually know. Thoughts?


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- How a CMS Works
- Content management system (CMS) engine, such as Drupal or WordPress
- A database, often MySQL
- A theme to structure and present content
- Plug-ins to add functionality
- Accessibility Principles
- Perceivable
- Operable
- Understandable
- Robust
- From Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/
- Goals
- Create an inclusive University
- Building a site that works with assistive technologies
- NVDA Screen Reader - http://www.nvaccess.org/
- FireVox - http://firevox.clcworld.net/
- VoiceOver - http://www.apple.com/accessibility/osx/voiceover/
- Building a site that is intelligible to people using assistive technologies
- Methods for building accessible CMS sites
- Adhere to standards
- Use semantic elements
- Follow WCAG 2.0
- Apply Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) attributes
- Use ECMA Standard Scripting
- Use Progressive enhancement methods in scripting
- Page Design Access Blockers - Addressed by theme designer
- Contrast and luminosity
- Color issues
- Font legibility
- Reading order
- Scalability (user-scalable=yes)
- Content Access Blockers - Addressed by the people who enter content into the pages
- No page <title/>
- No heading elements <h1/>…<h6/>
- No link element text or title="" attributes
- No form element label elements
- No caption elements and <table/> summary attributes
- No scope and id attributes to relate column and row headers to data
- No useful alt text for images, or are missing the alt attributes altogether
- No captions for videos
- CMSs, Out of the Box, Start With Good Accessibility
- WordPress http://make.wordpress.org/themes/guidelines/guidelines-accessibility/
- Drupal https://drupal.org/about/accessibility
- Understand what they have done
- Don't mess it up
- Themes
- Pre-built set of code that defines page layout, colors, functionality, fonts and font sizes, and navigation
- Many are built on frameworks such as Bootstrap, which provide libraries of code
- Examples of Accessible Themes
- Blaskan – http://wordpress.org/themes/blaskan
- Badeyes Skeleton – http://www.badeyes.com/services/
- Ambrosia – http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/ambrosia
- Scrapbook – http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/scrapbook
- Twenty-Twelve Child Theme – http://daniemon.com/blog/accessible-wp-theme-twenty-twelve/
- Examine them closely, perfection has not yet been achieved
- Frameworks
- Themes are generally built on existing frameworks, which may or may not have been created with accessibility in mind
- Example frameworks:
- Bootstrap - http://getbootstrap.com/
- Skeleton Boilerplate - http://www.getskeleton.com/
- Whiteboard - http://whiteboardframework.com/
- Most frameworks are created without much consideration of accessibility
- Non-semantic coding
- Forms without labels
- Give Content Maintainers an Environment That Lets The Do The Right Thing
- Carleton CMS Training video on accessibility considerations when entering content in the Carleton WordPress site - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5N57Kwjx9s
- Resources
- Accessibility With WordPress - http://www.slideshare.net/joedolson/accessibility-with-wordpress
- Accessibility, WordPress Codex - http://codex.wordpress.org/Accessibility
- 25 Ways to Make Your WordPress Site More Accessible - http://wpmu.org/25-ways-to-make-your-wordpress-website-more-accessible/
- WP Accessibility Plug-in http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-accessibility/
Buzz, thoughts, and observations on the ongoing efforts to build information technologies that work for all people at the University of Washington. A blog of the AccessibleWeb@U interest group.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Building an Accessible CMS Site
Notes from the September 25, 2013 AccessibleWeb@U meeting
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Last week, I delivered a huge pile of stuff to our local op shop. There were about three boxes and as many garbage bags full of clothes, shoes and toys.
I know there are books, blog posts and more out there that tells you how to do a massive clean up – I know because I've read them. Every time I read something I think "that sounds great, let's give it a try". And always very little happens.
What I do now is clean out a little bit at a time so that part of the house works for me. I have an empty cardboard box near the stairs that is marked for the op shop. As I am am sorting things out, I consider whether or not I want to keep different items. In general, I think "would I want to move house with this?" (It's not as if I'm moving any time soon, but it's a good way to decide if something should be kept.)
If I decide we don't want to keep it, it either goes in the bin or in the op shop box. If something isn't good enough to sell, it goes in the bin – or if I decide I don't want the boys to remember it exists and want to keep it (like McDonald's toys). If it is good enough to sell, then it goes in the op shop box.
The sorts of things that end up there are clothes that I no longer wear, shoes that are still good but don't fit, toys the kids have grown out of, books that we don't want to read any more (I do keep a lot of books after I've read them), and a number of other items, such as the Red Nose the boys got from a Santa visit a couple of years ago.
When the box or boxes are full, we take it down to our local op shop.
I find that doing this makes the job seem a lot smaller than trying to de-clutter the whole house or even a single room in one go. It's also easy to get the kids involved as they often add things to the op shop box, sometimes without any prompting. It also means that I de-clutter as I go and don't get overwhelmed by the task ahead. Hopefully when we do eventually move, there will be a lot less junk in the house than the last few times we've moved.


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Wes Bentley became an overnight sensation when he starred in the Oscar-winning film American Beauty in 1999. The 33-year-old actor – who is father to son Charles with wife Jacqui Swedberg – was recently featured in Details magazine's latest issue and dishes on his sobriety from drug abuse, fatherhood and a newly embraced healthy lifestyle.
On his moment of clarity of when to get clean: "When I met my wife. I saw then what I have now. I saw life. We met through a mutual friend, and all of us went to an Iron Maiden concert, which is sooo romantic. Eddie the Head [the band's mascot] just brings people together. It still took me a while to get sober after that, but the switch had happened. We were long-distance for a while, and I'd try to be sober for her, but I ended up withdrawing with her – and I hated that. That's when I told her everything. She wasn't mad. She wanted to help."
On his 1-year-old son: "I feel so aware of everything -for his sake. Babies are all emotions, so I'm aware of reason because I have to protect him from his lack of reason. I'm aware of society, because I'm getting ready to send him off into it. And I'm aware of what I'm eating because I want to influence the way he eats. It's truly being alive."
On embracing a healthy lifestyle: "I play a lot of soccer, so a lot of it has to do with being game-ready. I actually started the program in my high school—found a coach, a conference, all that stuff. I didn't play in my twenties because I was partying. I'd be sitting there, high, going, "Oh man, I'm gonna play soccer one day." Luckily I did, and now I play as much as I can."


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Synod Affirms Covenant Bonds
RCA urges churches, assemblies, and members to remain in the denomination
On Monday, June 12, delegates voted to urge RCA assemblies, other bodies, and members to maintain covenant bonds (R 17-60). They also urged classes to refrain from approving the requests of churches to transfer to another denomination prior to the conclusion of General Synod 2018, instead focusing on the RCA's God-given mission.
The recommendation arose in response to concerns expressed in the president's report, in the general secretary's report, in several overtures, and by delegates on the floor. They appealed for trust, conversation, unity, building relationships, and a common understanding and interpretation of Scripture. Several overtures also addressed the uses and limits of RCA polity.
"A church divided is not God's intention for his people and is not a redemptive witness to our world," Tom De Vries said in his report to the synod on Friday, June 9. The Commission on Overtures and New Business, which prepared the recommendation, echoed De Vries in its reasons.
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|Leg of Lamb: Middle Eastern Recipe
|By Kitchen Queen
This delicately flavored leg of lamb roast is a simpler version of the traditional North African Mechoui popular in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria: slow cooked whole lamb, roasted either on a spit over a fire or in a pit in the ground.
This modern recipe is ready in a couple hours and is great when served with flavorful Middle Eastern and Mediterranean dipping sauces such as tzatziki, a Greek dip made from yogurt, chopped cucumber, and mint. You can serve the leg of lamb with vegetable pilaf or pita bread.
The leftovers are perfect for making gyro-style sandwiches the next day or simply enjoy it cold with a Greek salad that has lots of black olives and Feta!
Blanch lemon zest and apricots (without syrup) for about 10 minutes. Add lemon juice and syrup from the apricots and stir for 2-3 minutes. On a dry griddle or frying pan, toast all the spices: coriander, cardamom, cumin, cinnamon, paprika, turmeric, zatar and cayenne, stirring frequently until lightly browned and fragrant.
Make long gashes in the lamb and rub garlic paste all over. Next apply the toasted spices with a brush or use lemon peal and coat generously. Sprinkle salt and pepper and brush with the oil.
Brown both sides of the lamb in a heavy skillet on the stove for about 5 minutes per side.
Transfer to a baking pan and bake in the oven preheated to 375° Fahrenheit for 1 hour 15 minutes. Baste the lamb half way through with the apricot-lemon sauce until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the leg registers 140° Fahrenheit for medium-rare meat.
Remove from oven and cover the lamb with foil to finish cooking in its own heat for 15 minutes. Add remaining zest and apricot sauce to the pan juices and serve in a gravy boat alongside the lamb. Sprinkle fresh parsley and serve with dill pilaf.
Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
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Interest: Repayment interest: Special provisions for start dates: Income tax deducted at source
You must check whether, and from which date, the FA 2009 interest rules apply to the tax or duty you are dealing with. See CH140160 for full details.
A special provision changes the repayment interest start date from the general rule, see CH146040, where income tax is deducted at source. The repayment interest start date is 31 January of the year following the year to which the income tax relates.
'Income tax deducted at source' is where a person making a payment to another person is required to deduct tax from that payment. To determine the repayment interest start date it means
- income tax deducted (or treated as deducted) from any income, or treated as paid on any income, in respect of that year, and
- amounts which, in respect of that year, are tax credits to which section 397(1) or 397A(2) of ITTOIA 2005 applies.
But does not include a reference to amounts which, in that year, are deducted at source under PAYE regulations in respect of previous years.
Examples of income that might have tax deducted at source include
- employment income which is subject to PAYE,
- bank and building society interest paid net,
- annuities paid net, and
- royalties paid net.
See CH146260 for an example of the special provision to determine the repayment interest start date where there is income tax deducted at source.


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I've definitely got A Crush
Good Morning, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Very few things could make my friday night sweeter than cuddling up with a friend and going to see a Joseph Gordon-Levitt movie. I know that I am not alone in saying this, but I'm pretty certain he is my (other) soulmate. In reality though, it's been great seeing him become so successful since his humble beginnings on 3rd Rock From the Sun.
His newest film, set to debut today, Looper combines action, time travel and wtf moments all into one. It's refreshing to have a unique story hit the silver screen, and I'm super excited about the duo of Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I'm pretty excited for this new wave of serious roles because although 500 days is by far one of my favorite of all times, The Dark Night Rises is definitely something that kept me on the edge of my seat.
Also, isn't it creepy how he pulls off being Bruce Willis SO WELL? Don't forget to checkout Looper and let me know what you think!
Now that you've got your eye-candy fulfillment for the day, get to work and be prepared to kick off the weekend! And don't forget to comment and post your favorite crush of the moment!!


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LITIGATION RELEASE NO. 16798 / November 14, 2000
SEC v. Jerry A. Womack, Civil Action No. 00-1105 GLT (EEx) (C.D. Cal.).
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") announced today that it filed an injunctive action in federal district court in Los Angeles against Jerry A. Womack. The Commission alleges that Womack committed securities fraud in offering and selling $19 million in securities to about 400 investors nationwide between August 1997 and June 1999.
The complaint alleges that Womack represented to investors that he would invest their money in the stock market pursuant to an investment strategy that he had developed and used successfully called the "Womack Dow Principle." He also represented to investors that, to implement his Womack Dow Principle, he had retained traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Additionally, Womack represented to investors that the trading activity was yielding profitable results.
In fact, the complaint alleges, Womack utilized only about a quarter of the investors' money for securities trading and suffered a net loss on that trading. The complaint further alleges that Womack misused the majority of investor funds for personal and unrelated expenses and to pay some investors their purported profits and principal. Among other things, the complaint alleges, Womack used the funds to purchase homes, real property, artwork, jewelry and cars and to pay for his honeymoon, for cosmetic surgery for his wife and for his divorce settlement.
The complaint seeks an injunction against Womack and the payment of disgorgement, prejudgment interest and civil penalties, in amounts to be determined, for violating Sections 5(a), 5(c) and 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder, and Sections 206(1) and (2) of the Investment Advisers Act.


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Despite the recent bridge scandal, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie received a hearty welcome in Iowa. The stop is a part of the tour Christie embarked on as chairman of the Republican Governors Association (RGA). Although the New Jersey governor has not announced he plans to run in the 2016 presidential election, his recent actions suggest that Christie is a GOP presidential hopeful.
At least seven potential presidential candidates are set to descend on the election battleground of Iowa in the upcoming weeks. The Iowa caucus can be a complete game changer as the first-voting state. It gives parties a chance to see how voters are going to cast their ballots, while national party leaders get to see how voters respond to candidates and their platforms.
Although Christie has not announced a decision to run for president, the governor hit up three cities in the Buckeye state in an effort to raise money for the RGA. A survey conducted by NBC News/Marist concluded that about 50 percent of Republican voters in the state like Christie. The governor is no doubt charismatic and possesses the conservative views required to appeal to Republicans in Iowa. He is also a key supporter of the governor of Iowa, Terry Branstad. Christie was quoted as saying in March, "I think they love me in Iowa."
Since then, Governor Christie has been working to put voters at ease about the George Washington Bridge lane closing scandal. According to ABC News, Democrats suggest that because Mayor Sokolich did not support Christie's reelection campaign, retaliation by members of his camp caused major week-long traffic jams. Christie fired his top aide and said that the George Washington Bridge lane closures were part of a traffic study, but officials from New York suggest the study does not exist. Investigations continue as Christie tries to move past the trouble in New Jersey and continues his activities as a GOP presidential hopeful.
Another stop on Chris Christie's agenda is Chicago. On July 25, the governor will be in town for another fundraiser. Some critics suggest this stop is purely financial as the governor recently raised $1 million for the RGA here.
Christie faces more challenges if he does decide to run in the presidential election is New Jersey's economy. He stopped by CNBC's Delivering Alpha conference this week and faced some hard questions concerning the state's bond rating and foreclosure rates. New Jersey lags behind Pennsylvania and New York in job recovery and will not regain employment lost in 2008 for at least ten years. The state is also suffering from 8 percent foreclosures of home loans while the already broken state pension plan lost out on $2.4 million in payments. Some positives that Christie can lay claim to is that unemployment is down to 6.8 percent, and personal income increased by 3.6 percent.
According to Christie, "I'm gearing up to win as many governors races as I can this November, and I'll make decisions about running for president after that." During his RGA tour, he has raised more than $60 million for his fellow GOP governors. This sway will no doubt come in handy for New Jersey's Chris Christie if he hopes to become the GOP presidential candidate.
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Division of Decimals
Books for Students
The Information Please Kids' Almanac
How to Get Rich
Time, Distance, and Speed
Books for Families
Basketball Math: Slam-Dunk Activities and Projects for Grades 4-8
How Math Works: 100 Ways Parents and Kids Can Share the Wonders of Mathematics
Reference Books for Teachers
Calculators in Mathematics Education: 1992 Yearbook
Illustrated Dictionary of Money and Mathematics:
Fractions, Decimals, Ratios & Percents: Hard to Teach and Hard to Learn?
Math World Literature
The Kid's Guide to Money: Earning It, Saving It, Spending It, Growing It, Sharing It
The Totally Awesome Money Book for Kids
Making Cents
Metric for Me! A Layperson's Guide to the Metric System for Everyday Use
Education Place | Site Index
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Face to face with Koevoet after an all night exchange of firepower, followed by a high speed desert chase, People's Liberation Army of Namibia (Plan) fighter Comrade Denga acted on instinct and adrenalin.
With no time to consider his own safety, bleeding profusely from a wound he had sustained from the shrapnel of a 60mm mortar, he lay still inside a bush, writhing in pain, eyes blurry as this koevoet member kept advancing.
"From the moment I saw him advancing towards the shrub that provided my cover, I began counting his steps. I figured that at the count of 12, he would be close enough for my comfort, so I readied my weapon," he recounts.
From a distance, a helicopter had landed near the Onethindi bridge, members of the South African Defence Forces were loading the casualties of the previous night's battle while another group was searching the nearby terrain where Denga lay dying; only that one of the Afrikaner soldiers was advancing towards this Plan guerrilla.
Comrade Denga had been left scared by the previous night's battle and he had advised his fellow comrades to leave him behind to avoid slowing them down as they retreated after an ambush.
Rewind to the night before, at around midnight, a group of 25 guerrillas led by Comrade Johnny Walker Eenhana aka John Kahepulo swiftly moved into Onethindi to bomb and destroy the bridge that supplied the Koevoet.
Little did they know they were walking into an ambush.
"Being the second in charge, I took Comrade Kambwa and Comrade Abisai with me and headed north to scan our surroundings and provide cover for the explosives team that was busy working on the bridge," narrates Denga, also known as Comrade Nandemupa in other regions where he operated during Namibia's struggle for independence.
In the cover of darkness, another reconnaissance team of three led by Comrade Aaron Niilonga, headed south of the bridge. No sooner had Denga and his team found a perfect spot than a loud commanding voice barked; "Hold!"
In a flash, Denga who was in front swiftly swung his already cocked AK47 and fired in the direction of the voice. Even a debutant fighter did not need training to detect the 'enemy' voice from a cough.
"I suspect they were not ready to respond to our fire because they thought being three, they could easily apprehend us."
Alas, the Koevoet had miscalculated. The three guerrillas were not ready to die yet. A massive exchange of fire soon occurred. By the time the team that had gone to recon the south of the bridge returned to report that they had seen the 'Boers' but had not fired at them, Commander Eenhana had heard the gun fight from the north of the bridge and ordered his comrades to retaliate to the south.
"They must have expected us to fight pulling back towards the bridge to join them escape by fighting through the 'Boers' in the south of the bridge. But from our position, we could not retreat, the terrain was too plain and we risked getting shot. So the three of us fought bravely and were encouraged by the sound of gun fight on the other side of the bridge."
A barrage of guerrilla gunfire opened from behind as the main group of 22 fought its way out of the trap, leaving the trio isolated.
Like a rat which eats its way out of a trap, they pretended to be dead by ceasing fire. And the apartheid forces would blunder by advancing towards the guerrillas. Within five feet, all hell broke loose.
"We fired while advancing towards them. They could not turn back; all they could do was hide, which gave us an opportunity to run for dear life," he relates.
But running for dear life meant giving their backs to the enemy. By this time, the Koevoet platoon at the south started firing the 60mm mortar towards the fleeing guerrillas, up north.
The louder the 'swoosh swoosh' sound, the closer to you the mortar was going to hit.
A few mortar bombs rained but missed the three. It was one that sounded like lightening that struck the ground next to Denga, with a very loud ear-splitting crack and a percussion airwave that threw him over.
In a split second, a grey cloud of dust engulfed the night around Denga and debris flew everywhere. Some pierced his right leg, cutting him deep under the thigh, the others landed on his waist area.
As he lay inside that shrub the following morning counting the Boer's steps getting closer.... 5... 6... 7...he realised the sharp crack of landing mortars had deafened him. He could see the advancing Boer but not hear the footsteps.
When the 'Boer' reached step-count ten, Denga tightened the grip of his magazine, positioned his weapon without blinking away from the advancing enemy.
"Somehow, as he reached my target mark, he turned a little towards the west after being signalled back. It was a relief. As soon as they were out of sight, I crawled into the hands of one old woman who nursed me," exclaims Denga.
Later that day, the 25 year-old was cycled back to Oniihua where he joined the rest of his group; he was immediately transferred to Oukango Assembly Point. The intensity of his injuries landed him in Angola at a hospital headed by Utoni Nujoma. Later they transferred him to Peter Nanyemba Military Hospital where the shrapnel was removed.
"There is still one comrade that we do not know what happened to him that night. We have never heard of him ever since," he says.
But it was only afterwards that the full significance of his heroics became clear. His prey turned out to be one of the highest casualties inflected on koevoet in terms of injuries.
A year later in 1983, he found himself in Zambia at the UN Institute where he graduated in Development Studies in Management in 1986. Before returning home in 1989, he became a member of the editorial board of 'The Combatant', a Plan publication working with the likes of Asser Ntinda, Garry Munyama, the late Chris Ulenga and Fanuel Kadunge. By now he was called Comrade Vladmir.
Because he had been a political commissar during the struggle, at independence, Daniel Kashikola was assigned to establish a Swapo Election Sub Centre in Okongo.
From that lucky escape in 1982 to numerous other battles where he diced with death, Kashikola is now the Chief Regional Officer (CRO) of Ohangwena Region. Ohangwena Region is one of Namibia's fastest growing regions having transformed in a short space of time from being 100% rural to having two proclaimed towns and three soon-to-be proclaimed settlements (Okongo, Ongenga and Ongwelume).
"At independence this region was a war zone. Our regional capital Eenhana was a village with only a military base and a mission hospital. When we started in 1993, my predecessors had to drive to Ondangwa, 100km away, for telephone and fax services. I arrived here in 1996 from Rundu and there were only three brick structures at Eenhana, that's the Haimbili Haufiku Secondary School, the primary school and the building for the traditional authority. Everything else was corrugated iron, and there was only one road," he says.
When things started taking shape in 1998 as the town planning was nearing completion, the challenge of proper communication infrastructure remained higher.
"All the roads were gravel which made public transport a challenge, there was no water infrastructure, only Eenhana, Ondobe and Ohangwena had electricity. Today, almost all the growth points in the region, the schools and other major centres now have power, 78% of the region now has access to clean water. At the completion of phase six at Ondobe and Omnonga constituencies then 85% of the region will have clean water, hopefully by the end of the year. The biggest obstacle is access to major centres because most of the roads need to be expanded first. Lack of access through roads will affect health, education and other social services. Currently we have very well tarred main roads but these only connect the towns, they do not get to where the people are deep in the reserves."
Health is still a major challenge, the region currently has only three district hospitals in Eenhana, Okongo and Enghela and those in the rural areas still foot long distances to access the nearest clinics. For a region with the biggest scars of the liberation struggle and the highest number of war veterans, those physically challenged and the elderly, Ohangwena's health systems remain a far cry and gives the CRO sleepless nights.
Kashikola notes with concern with growing learning population in the region. Currently Ohangwena has the highest enrolment in the country, with over 90 000 learners each year. The introduction of free education is expected to increase the enrolment figures extremely.
"We have 243 schools in the region but we have a backlog of 300 classrooms. Until now, we have had 330 classes taught under trees or corrugated iron sheets. Over the last three financial years, we managed to construct, 70 new classroom blocks, and this year we should be done with 14 classrooms. One should note the difference between classroom and classroom blocks," he says.
According to Kashikola there is an urgent need for central government to provide all the services to the regions.
"Things are now happening in our regions but at times the bureaucracy delays the process of development at regional level. The aim of decentralisation was to cut the red tape. There are a lot of people that want to settle in our towns and they apply for business or residential plots, but then there is no serviced land. In Okongo alone, we have a list of 1500 people that have applied for plots. We have delays in proclamations, all which delay progress.'
But for someone who sacrificed his all for the motherland when he crossed into Angola in 1976 at the age 19, the efforts of the struggle are starting to bear fruits. PF


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Transfection for me was a let down – the cover was perfect, the blurb intriguing and concept exciting but the execution – just didn't live up to the promise. Transfection is a short story of only 5,700 words, I have nothing against short stories but hold them to the same standards as a full novel, and that was where Transfection failed for me. The whole book reads like a proposal for a novel, it is very descriptive, as if you are being told the story rather than reading it. In addition the story seems to jump in time at several points with little signposting which made the book feel disjointed and even more of a 'proposal'. The characterisation was good, especially considering the length of the book, although at times Dr Peters' character undergoes quite dramatic shifts that are not fully explained or explored, although perhaps this is due to the length of the book.
Overall, the premise was excellent and had the promise to be an excellent example of the medical thriller genre and I hope Gaughran continues to come up with such interesting plots. However, the execution was sub-standard, and the book felt more like reading a proposal for a new novel, rather than a stand-alone story its self. There was too much 'tell' on the part of the author and at times the story jumps around which disrupts the flow although it does mean that the story is pacey. This story could have easily been much longer, and it was ambitious for Gaughran to attempt to fit such a full plot into such a small number of pages.
Transfection is on sale at Amazon UK for 70p and at Amazon US for $1.12, it is also available from Smashwords priced 99c . On his blog the author talks about a bundle release of 5 books for $2.99, so watch this space.
[A review copy was provided by the author]


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(Photo credit: Meghan Cronrath, The Path of Innocence)
With The Path of Innocence, Meghan Cronrath interprets the world of women within an Old Order Mennonite community. Unfettered by modern technology, Old Order Mennonites are firmly grounded in faith and tradition. Through her own rural upbringing, Cronrath was afforded rare access to this very private world.
In her own words:
The Path of Innocence is a secret world of young women in a small community of Old Order Mennonites. My photographs will take you on a journey where the stillness offers a poetic peace. The photographs portray a sense of the young women's contentment in living in a protective bubble of permanence created by tradition and religion.
This photographer has grown up in a small farm community and for many years has had the opportunity to photograph these young women. They allowed me to enter into their world of deep faith and tradition. One wonders, "Do they long and yearn to know about life the way other young women do?" The photographs are meant to preserve the beauty of the landscapes and the unpretentious human element as well.


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In Foreign Policy, AHS speaker and University of Texas-Austin faculty adviser William Inboden addresses the Obama administration's accelerating campaign of airstrikes against the Islamic State:
"To their credit, the administration is now beginning to approach the IS threat with the gravity it deserves. Doing so will mean marshalling domestic and international support for the sustained campaign that will be needed to defeat IS, and requesting that Congress grant a new authorization to use military force is the most important first step in this direction."
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Write for Advice
Hi Cary,
I love your column. I hope you can help me. I have a multitude of problems all happening at the same time in my life.
Well, some started years ago, but as long as they happened one at a time, I managed to get through them. Right now they seem to be taking place simultaneously. Without going into too much detail, I'll tell you that my family members have or are suffering from blindness, degenerative disease, cancer, serious emotional problems, and alcoholism. I have a care-taking personality, and am physically healthy, so I take care of (constantly worry about) all of my loved ones. I am one of those "HSPs" (Highly Sensitive People) so all of these things make me suffer greatly. I feel like my heart is perpetually breaking. I feel that I can't be happy unless all of my loved ones are fixed and happy themselves.
I work in an office with a lot of people and marvel at how easy their lives seem, and how they react after the death of a parent, for example. Some of them are back at work in a couple of days, laughing by the water cooler with their coworkers.
I guess what I'm asking is: Do I have a problem with how I perceive life, or is my family really cursed and am I reacting normally to horrible situations?
Dear Overwhelmed,
Please realize that for right now, you are OK. You are safe and protected. Things may be a little crazy around you. You are in a situation with a lot of emotionally volatile, draining people and challenging problems. But at this moment, as far as I can tell, you yourself are OK.
So, right now, wherever you are, take stock of your location and what is going on in your physical environment, in your own body. That is the first step to feeling better and getting out of this feeling of overwhelm. Take a look around you. Are you in danger, physical danger? Probably not. Do you have enough to eat today? Do you have shelter and clothing and a safe place to sleep? Seriously. I want you to orient yourself in your physical environment as a first step to feeling better.
It is possible that your mind is playing over and over certain scenarios: What if this happens? What if that happens? My mind does that, too. It's just my mind going on and on. So focus on where you are and what is going on around you. If you know how to meditate, do some meditation.
After you take stock of where you are and what is happening around you, take out some paper and pen or use your computer or however you write, and just make a list of all the things you can be grateful for in this moment. Do you like the sky? It's not too crazy or trivial to mention the sky as a gift. What if you were in solitary confinement in a prison? You would not have the sky. You have the sky. It is like a gift to you. You can walk out and look at it now, or any time you want to. And you have your family. Members of your family may have challenges but they are alive and in your life. So you are not alone. That is a good thing. Put that down on your list. And I think it's safe to say you are not in great physical pain right now. You could put that down on your list. As you do this, you may find you feel a little calmer. That's good.
Just concentrate on how you feel now, in the moment. You can draw a good, deep breath. You could go for a walk if you like. You could get into the rhythm of walking for a while and forget whatever is tormenting your mind. Just take some time to let these things sink in. These things can help you get out of the overwhelm.
Next, make a list of all the places you know you can go where you will feel safe and protected. You might have friends' houses, a cafe, a park, your car, a classroom. Just make a list of all the places where you know you can go to feel safe and protected.
Then pick one of those places, and set a time today to go there. Or if not today, then tomorrow.
Also make a list of the people you know that make you feel good. Pick one of those people and call that person, or get in touch somehow. Go see that person. Spend some time with him or her. Make eye contact. Enjoy some laughs. These are things you can do right now to get out of that antsy feeling of overwhelm.
Long term, you will want to make some plans for how to structure a life that suits your sensitivities. If you haven't already, you might read Elain Aron's book on highly sensitive people, too. But for right now, you need to be able to cope with a difficult situation by lessening the effect of your own panicky feelings of overwhelm.
Life is long.Things change. Situations come and go. You can handle this. For now, pay attention to where you are physically, and how you are breathing, and this will help. Long term, you will need to make some plans. But you can't plan when you're panicked and feeling overwhelmed. So don't worry about the future now. Just take a few weeks doing these simple things and then, when you're ready, start making some plans.


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My focus was on non-profits and small businesses. Because most non-profit organizations and small businesses do not have the budget or luxury of hiring social media experts, they are either opting not to do social media or are trying to dabble in social media themselves. Either way could create a crisis situation. Even if you aren't doing social media, others are and I can guarantee they are talking about you. If you are dabbling, you have probably noticed all the social media options. You might feel overwhelmed, or are not sure where to start.
To start I would suggest the Five Points of Focus: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Blogging and YouTube.
For more information, you can see the entire presentation here. In order to prevent and handle a social media crisis I've included what I think to be the three most important slides of the presentation: Being Proactive, Being Reactive, and Taking Action.
If you would like assistance setting up social media for your organization or assistance creating a crisis communication plan columbus imPRessions can help. Email Michele at email@example.com.


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Two or more shades of eyeshadow are blended on the lids using a clean, dry blender brush or fingertips. Typically, one shade is placed in the crease of the eye while the other shade is placed on the lid, and the two are blended together.
Blending eyeshadow is a process that can take a little time to get the hang of. Proper tools and quality eye shadows make it much easier to create the desired look. Clean a makeup brush by running the bristles over the surface of a light-colored towel to remove the excess pigment from it. Brushes should also be cleaned once a week with soapy water to keep bacteria from building up.
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Apply a thin line of darker eye shadow to the brow crease, which is the place on the lid where the bony eye socket meets the eye. A lighter shade of shadow is applied to the lid between the lashes and the brow crease.
Blend the shades together
Blend these two shades of eye shadow from the outside of the lid towards the inner lid with a back and forth swiping motion. Keep blending until the transition between colors is smooth.