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What about all the realistic violent video games available and part and parcel of many young adult's entertainment. What about what is on TV – reality TV with all the arguing and posturing – kids fighting each other and the bullying? AND most importantly, what about the head-meds that are prescribed and taken by so many Americans ? How about taking a look at that? Not to mention that we have been at WAR with someone somewhere in the world since 1941? at least "Keeping the peace"? What about heavy handed tactics used by U.S. gov't officials to make sure our "allies" follow the corporatocracy that seems to be taking over the whole world.
The mental health issue in our society isn't just about "crazy"', it's about what we fill young minds with, what they believe is acceptable behavior that leads 15, 17, 20 year olds' to get guns and shoot up places as an effort to resolve some issues? We need to stop exposing our children to so much violence. Parents allow their children to play violent video games,watch violent and inappropriate movies and then wonder why young adults under 25 choose violence as a means to solve their issues. What we "feed" or children's minds and psyche is having an affect on their reasoning skills. When you shoot up folks on video games and the reward is achieving the next level as the reward, how does that translate to the way they deal with life? The movie industry makes a lot of money on violent action-flicks. Parents watch inappropriate movies at home with small children around, the consumers Chooses to take their children to see this crap when they should get a baby-sitter and go without the kids. Naysayers will claim this isn't the reason for the shootings that occurs more and more often, but when children are allowed to play games that focus on violence, children become more de-sensitized to it, their psyche doesn't even register that violence is "wrong".
We should stop exposing our children to so much violence.
Good points Wanda. Here are 2 of my favorite quotes on this subject.
Have a Merry Christmas!
"Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith." ― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
"Men cannot abandon their religious faith without a kind of aberration of intellect and a sort of violent distortion of their true nature; they are invincibly brought back to more pious sentiments. Unbelief is an accident, and faith is the only permanent state of mankind." ― Alexis de Tocqueville
Bozo I missed you earlier in the day. I know you like to quote Aleis de Tocqueville but do you know he was a "liberal"? Did someone give you his book or a book of his quotes? You do realize that of all of these mass murders none was an athetist.
Bill…. de Tocqueville was a "liberal" in his day, and I am a similar "liberal" to not only him but our founders. In fact, I refer to myself more frequently as a "libertarian" (lower case 'L' intended). The definition of "liberal" has been turned upside down, however. "Liberal" used to mean one who supported maximum freedom and liberty with minimal government involvement in one's live. Today, "liberal" means "progressive" which means maximum government involvement and control over every aspect of life from womb to the tomb. Today, there is not one aspect of an American's life where the government does not influence or outright control and direct. Think about it. From the moment you get up in the morning, everything you do involves something the government influences. In addition, if you work and pay taxes as I do, adding up my local, county, state, and federal taxes, government has a claim on nearly 45% of my time. That's damned near slavery when someone else, under threat of a gun and imprisonment, takes the fruits of my labor for their purposes and not mine. This is not to suggest that we not pay taxes, but rather makes a point that there is such a thing as too much, as immoral. And this takes us back to the crux of the debate as it should be: What is the proper role of the federal government?
You should try reading Alexis de Tocqueville, John Locke, Charles de Montesquieu, Adam Smith, The Federalist Papers, Paine's 'Common Sense'. That would be a good start. Don't stop there though. Read the other side. Read Plato's 'Republic', Thomas More's 'Utopia', Thomas Hobbes's 'Leviathan', Karl Marx's 'Communist Manifesto'. Perhaps Saul Alinsky's 'Rules for Radicals' so you can know the leftist freak's playbook. I have tended to focus on reading the other side in recent times. It's why I come to this site. To be challenged.
Regarding your assessment that none are atheists…. bullsheet! You don't know that anymore than anyone else. And it's irrelevant. All are batsheet crazy to begin with.
Merry Christmas!
"The man of system . . . is apt to be very wise in his own conceit; and is often so enamoured with the supposed beauty of his own ideal plan of government, that he cannot suffer the smallest deviation from any part of it. He goes on to establish it completely and in all its parts, without any regard either to the great interests or to the strong prejudices which may oppose it. He seems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as the hand arranges the different pieces upon a chess-board. . . ." —Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, 1759
And now…. the REAL Cartoon of the Day!
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Merry Christmas!
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." – Ben Franklin
YOU are the cartoon of the day.
Replying to ObozoMustGo –
I can't help but wonder – would you feel the same way if one of your children were among the victims of this killing spree?
If so, May God Have Mercy On Your Soul.
Jimbo…. no question I feel the same way. Unlike the leftist freaks who seek to take away my 2nd Amendment rights, I'd rather that my kid have a handgun in his desk to attempt to defend himself rather than be executed while defenseless. Better yet, the teachers should be armed and trained. Arm all the teachers and watch school shootings evaporate like a glass of water in Death Valley. The solution is more freedom and more guns, not less.It's not the gun, it's the hands that hold it.
Every wonder why there are no school shootings in Israel? To see why, click the image to enlarge.
Merry Christmas, Jimbo!
"There is evil in the world. It's beyond mental illness, beyond gun control. It is evil." — John R. Coyne, Jr.
Don't forget Israel also has mandatory military service. That teacher, if she is a teacher, and not security, probably is ex-military. That is a far cry from most of our teachers. I did have 2 teachers, when I was in school, that served in WWII, one of them directly under Patton. Also Israel has lots of reasons to be that heavily guarded…look at a map, they are surrounded by centuries old sworn enemies. We have friendly neighbors and Oceans to seperate us from enemy countries. I personally do not want to see our teachers walking around with guns, but if they HAD to I would rather they carry assault weapons not some old bolt action like the teacher, in the picture has.
Hi Gene. Merry Christmas! I hope you are well.
While I agree with you that Israel is in a dangerous place being surrounded by violent muzzies, I'd say that your comparison of the US to Israel as a means to suggest that our teachers do not need to be armed flies in the face of recent events. Afterall, we would not be even talking about this if our schools were so safe from nutcases. Right?
Question: You have a choice. Your little child can be executed while defenseless, or he/she can have a fighting chance with a teacher that is armed and trained. Which one do you choose? Or you can be in a theater defenseless to be executed or you can increase your chances of survival by being armed. Which one do you choose?
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Merry Christmas, Gene!
"Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm– but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves." — T. S. Eliot
How many kids will get toy guns for Christmas. They need to be prepared for the next wars if they're not Romney do gooders, exempt from such devious action.
The sign to the right on my screen says: "Killing Wildlife Isn't the Solution to Resolving Conflicts" – neither is killing our children. Neither is killing our Elderly by robbing them of Medicare benefits and their lifetime earned Soc. Security benefits.
The cartoon above shows what has effected the Tea Party and Republican's attitude and regard for the 98% of America who seem so 'below their worry and care'.
How do you spell grinch? in politics it's: R.e.p.u.b.l.i.c.a.n.; and they represent all the Ebenezer Scrooges in those upper brackets. Republicanism isn't the answer – its the problem! All their antics for past 4 years have shown that, every time!
Another comparison: Obama is like Moses confronting Pharaoh Boehner – Let my people go! Let them have a descent life! And that can apply in the work place as well as for the retired.
That poses a good question: Why do all the 98% of America LET the 2% dictate their welfare?
I don't think that guns in toy stores doesn't have anything to do with todays issues. I grew up in a semi rural enviornment and practiced target shooting with real guns at 10 yrs old. By 12 all my friends had guns and we would pick up old cans and bottles and shoot them. We never shot each other. We have a breakdown in our values where killing doesn't have the taboo it once had. Now we are just greedy and stealing can be ok. If you are doing it from a boardroom you are looked upon by society with esteem, no mattter if it's millions and even if you take it from pension funds of workers. If you take it by violence you get societies wrath and end up with a long prison sentence. If you are a professional killer you are not looked at that way. Why is the Mafia treated with respect? Why did a show like the Sopranos win awards? It's about killers.
We have more mental illness than we've ever had. Why? How come we can't seperate the violent ones for the not? Why is it ok to keep it confidential if you are treating a person that could be a danger to society. All these mass killers were in conseling. Why couldn't that professional alert a national data base that this person should not have access to a gun. The VT killer bought his legally during the time he was being seen. We can track what everyone purchases are, but not this. We have to reorganize our entire mental health system because it's in a state of failure. We just can't keep a file in a drawer of a person who is dangerous and think it's ok because I gave him meds. Right now we have a very bad combination of factors. We have to as a society do something about this.
Hello Howie! How are you, my friend? I hope you are well. I've just read your post and find that we are in agreement. I would add to your post with a comment about the correllation between a decline in morality and faith and the increase in violent crime and other social ills. The 2 go hand in hand in opposite directions. This is not to say that the world has ever been perfect. Nor is it to say that we can somehow eliminate crazy people from the earth, or the horrors they perpetrate. That will NEVER happen. But it is the truth to say that a decline in morals and faith results in more tragedy like occurred in that school in CT. Your statement about how you grew up shooting guns as a kid, but did not shoot anyone because you valued life makes the point. Today, human life is becoming less and less valued, especially in the womb. No, this is not an abortion discussion, but I say so to simply make the broader point about the devaluation of human life in society.
Merry Christmas!
"Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith." ― Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America
Merry Christmas to you and your family
Bozo you are totally wrong on this issue. Nobody is trying to take away all of the guns just those that can fire 30 rounds or more in a minute. As for your kid having a gun in his class, would you allow all kids in the class or school have guns. What happens when two of them have a disagreement and one shoots the other.
So lets arm all teachers, why not movie theater workers (Auroa Co), mall workers (Oregon), temple workers (Michigan) or anywhere eles that some crazed people shot or killed many people.
For teachers where would they carry their guns – holter, shoulder holster, in thier waist band or ???? Do you really believe this would solve the issue of mass murder in the US. You use Israel as an example of no shooting in schools, I think there was one in the 1990's. How about Australia where there has been gun control for the last 30 years and no school shootings.
Bill, first off, Australia has not had a gun ban for 30 years. It went into effect in 1997. Here's a clip from NCPA website:
It is a common fantasy that gun bans make society safer. In 2002 — five years after enacting its gun ban — the Australian Bureau of Criminology acknowledged there is no correlation between gun control and the use of firearms in violent crime. In fact, the percent of murders committed with a firearm was the highest it had ever been in 2006 (16.3 percent), says the D.C. Examiner.
Even Australia's Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research acknowledges that the gun ban had no significant impact on the amount of gun-involved crime:
•In 2006, assault rose 49.2 percent and robbery 6.2 percent.
•Sexual assault — Australia's equivalent term for rape — increased 29.9 percent.
•Overall, Australia's violent crime rate rose 42.2 percent.
Moreover, Australia and the United States — where no gun-ban exists — both experienced similar decreases in murder rates:
•Between 1995 and 2007, Australia saw a 31.9 percent decrease; without a gun ban, America's rate dropped 31.7 percent.
•During the same time period, all other violent crime indices increased in Australia: assault rose 49.2 percent and robbery 6.2 percent.
•Sexual assault — Australia's equivalent term for rape — increased 29.9 percent.
•Overall, Australia's violent crime rate rose 42.2 percent.
•At the same time, U.S. violent crime decreased 31.8 percent: rape dropped 19.2 percent; robbery decreased 33.2 percent; aggravated assault dropped 32.2 percent.
•Australian women are now raped over three times as often as American women.
While this doesn't prove that more guns would impact crime rates, it does prove that gun control is a flawed policy. Furthermore, this highlights the most important point: gun banners promote failed policy regardless of the consequences to the people who must live with them, says the Examiner.
Source: Howard Nemerov, "Australia experiencing more violent crime despite gun ban," D.C. Examiner, April 8, 2009.
Now, back to your questions. The fact is that more guns in the hands of more law abiding citizens is the best defense against criminals with guns who do not obey the laws in the first place. Mass murder occurs when one crazy bastard is armed and everyone else is defenseless.
Re: teachers being armed. I don't really care whether teachers carry or keep a gun in their desk drawer or not or whatever. If they have one, they should be trained and practiced. The fact is that if teachers were allowed to be armed and trained, the very fact that a killer is likely to face armed opposition is a very strong deterrent. I would prefer that the teachers in my kids classes be armed. As to little kids being armed, I was merely making the point about being defenseless is the worst case scenario. That's all.
Merry Christmas, Bill!
"The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it." ― John Locke
I had toy guns as child. I played with toy soldiers as a child. I played war games as a child.
I didn't go around shooting others as adult.
The point is that it is easy to blame things on childhood.
What can be said is that it shouldn't be so easy to have those who might be mass killers have access to weapons and ammunition.
Let's ban dolls they aresexist and cause perverted thoughts to develop in the minds of the young.
The toy cars will cause reckless driving. Base ball bats represent a club that can involk bludgeoning. Any science kit will lead to a meth lab in later years. There are so many things to ban that will make our children monsters if we let them play with these toys. It all starts on the shelves at the toy store. Liberals are the lowest IQ idiots of the idiots.


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Whilst killing time at my amigo's flat, the hour inevitably came when the bars were closed and we had played all the Smash Brawl we could reasonably stand. Calling my attention to a small, white box with mildly erotic cover art, he suggested we watch an episode from the first season of "True Blood," his latest vampire-infused TV fetish.
I immediately recoiled, as if repelled by garlic or by sunlight. I'm really not much of a television enthusiast, truth be told, and rumors of Twilight's blatant donk-canery had soured my taste for any attempts at mainstreaming the vampire genre. (Sparkling vampires? Stake through the heart. Or maybe a kukri knife, a la the original Stokerian epic.)
Due to boredom, masochism, or the perseverance of hope, I decided to give it a shot. After five or six hours of viewing time over two subsequent evenings, I am happy to say that my doubt has been laid to rest – the program is well-written, engaging, and most importantly, does not reduce the vampire to a glittering, Hot Topic-esque pissant conceived to arouse fifteen year-old emo chicks.
This does not imply that the show does not have its sensual moments. The vampire has long been a symbol of sexuality and deviance, and I cringed at first for fear of half-assed soft-core or soap-inspired shamefulness. Never you fear, gentle reader – True Blood rides the line between Steeleian cliché and pleasant sexuality like a drugged up fang-banger straddling their first vampire lay (puts "v-card" in a whole new light, doesn't it?)
Outside the bedroom, the show continues not to disappoint. A host of believable if routinely traumatized characters (it is, after all, a drama) bring the town of Bon Temps to life, infusing the program with a down-homey, colloquial flare. While the dialogue's backwoods simplicity was alienating at first, repeated exposure charms the viewer like a southern belle; drawing the audience into the more human aspects of a fantastic world. This is a strong claim coming from me, as a lifetime of exposure to Bush-era redneckery has embittered me toward anything that drives a pick-up and listens to Toby Keith; but it is true – seeing relatable characters in such familiar surroundings actually did much to assuage the shame brought on by my humble Midwestern origins.
And speaking of politicizing, I should applaud the satirical elements of True Blood. The message is subtle yet undeniable, as background programs host chattering about vampire-rights legislators and the struggle to legalize vampire marriage. Pricelessly, a Fellowship of the Sun cathedral even sports a bright yellow poster reading "God Hates Fangs." If that doesn't get you off, well, then I simply have no comment.
While the action scenes are not uber-abundant, they certainly occur often enough to maintain interest. The violence is intensely fast-paced and often over quickly, which upon consideration is better than the drawn-out, cheese-ridden excuses for melees that so permeated the genre's prior failures. Also, as the name implies, the program is suitably ensanguined in other aspects, from vampire intercourse to the snorting of vamp blood to induce psychedelic journeys.
All in all, this is the program that got it right. While it is not my favorite drama of all time (bring back The Riches!), it is a masterful forward leap for the vampire traditions, honoring the genre's hallmarks without trespassing into the cliché. The show maintains an aestheic homage to metal and gothic aesthetics at points (such as at the vamp-bar "Fangtasia") while keeping Bon Temps and its residents believably normal – the only inconsistency is that landscapers and wait-staff walk around in high-end, sponsor-evident fashions. Also, I am proud to announce that HBO's vampires balk at running water, recoil from sunlight and silver, and are precluded from entering private dwellings uninvited. And, once again, they don't fucking glitter!!!
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Every time I try to save replay's it comes up with error ? Any idea's ... little help
Every time I try to save replay's it comes up with error ? Any idea's ... little help
PC Master race here so I have no clue about the XBox, but I read somewhere that the lenght of the session is important here due to cloud saving on consoles.
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I had such a problem for several times
In ps4, you have a limit of 1 gb or 2, to save your stuff, like replays, setups, images, etc.
I got this cause I was saving a setup and that space error came up.
It might be it. I had like 20 replays. I deleted it and no more error.
How many replays do you have saved?Delete a couple then it should work.You can also delete cares modes and setups that you no longer use.
On xbox sometimes after the 4th or 5th save you get a error or you get a error with a save and then you cant save. My advice is get rid of the error save and save the other vids to the cloud. Start your night or day of racing with no saves and you won't have problems saving.
Also with setups when you get around 10 saved setups for a track you start to encounter problems with getting the correct setup to load. So you have to manage your garage and get rid of the old stuff..
CAR AIN'T GOT NO ROOF!!!!! - Young Dro
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The Southwest's best destination for art lovers also serves up New Mexico sunshine and mouthwatering chocolate.
You hear a lot of talk about the light in Santa Fe. The honeyed halo around the big shoulders of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains drew such legendary artists as Georgia O'Keeffe and D.H. Lawrence to the area when it was still a lonely outpost, far from the culture capitals. Nearly a century later, contemporary art world stars still come to bake and bask—and be creative—in that high-desert sun.
Santa Fe sells more art than almost any U.S. city except New York and Los Angeles, which it trails in potential paintbrush-wielding inhabitants by a cool 8 million. That fun fact can be traced directly to Canyon Road, its own little land of enchantment, where visitors can see a half-mile of art on a single stroll. One mile, if you work both sides of the street.
It wasn't so much for its artistic properties that painters sought Santa Fe's light. Along with a squadron of other consumptive cultural elites, they flocked to the nearby Sunmount Sanitarium, where Easterners suffering from tuberculosis went to be cured—literally and figuratively—by the high-desert sun. Even after they got better, most simply never went back. Thus the Canyon Road art colony was born—not with a bang, but a cough.
But there's a lot to recommend in Santa Fe after dark, particularly the town's dark chocolate, which can be found and sampled along the well-worn Chocolate Trail. Four renowned chocolatiers—many within a chile-infused truffle's throw of Canyon Road—dot the downtown area. If you have time, or the waistline, for only a couple of stops, try Kakawa Chocolate House and Señor Murphy, which is on the west side of La Fonda on the Plaza. Take something sweet up to the hotel's rooftop bar and watch the sun set over the historic central Plaza.
The Plaza has been a lure for visitors almost since the first tubercular poet landed, but don't let the abundant T-shirt shops scare you away. Each day, American Indian artisans line up their wares on blankets in front of the Palace of the Governors, and often the faces you see are as striking as the handcrafted jewelry.
Just off the Plaza, you encounter a funky little street called Burro Alley and across the street to decidedly non-honky-tonk Lensic Performing Arts Center, after which you come to Holy Spirit Espresso, serving up the best cup of coffee in town.
This was my nightly route back to the Eldorado Hotel, which features the Nidah Spa, where massage therapists gave me a Chocolate Mole Wrap that was good enough to eat. Even if the skin treatments leave you licking your lips.
Photography by MarkKane.net (chili peppers and fiesta dancers); Douglas Merriam (gallery with blue door); Georgia O'Keeffe Museum (flower painting); Daniel Nadelbach (skull on adobe)
This article was first published in March 2012, but updated in November 2013. Some facts may have aged gracelessly. Please call ahead to verify information.


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Sky Whale is a casual adventure game where your core target is to lead a little whale. It's the latest game from Nickelodeon that inspired by show – Game Shakers. The game lets you to bounce through the sky to gather donuts to remain your narwhal in the balance, the further donuts you gather the longer you leap through the sky which serve as a type of fuel for the tiny character. Apply clouds and wild items to jump upper and beyond. Select the extraordinary rainbow donut to activate the crucial Sugar Rush. Insane thing combos like Double Money Monkey Toilet insert enhances to your jump. Insane combos will place your narwhal into external space, and scuba tool will place on an underwater exploration. Achieve game currencies to release tremendous things, exploding your narwhal beyond than he's ever achieved before. The further you release the beyond you can go in this real game from Nickelodeon. The game only stops when all donuts finish, completing its adventure through the heavens. Demonstrate all his prospective and talent to take the donut and advance.
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text: This flower represents the little things that are beautiful and special in life if we opened our eyes to them. The intricate lines on the flower, shows the symmetry of nature. I love how the blurred background enhances the flower and its intricacy. This is one true example of beauty.


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Top 10 Tips for Writing for Localization
April 25, 2016
All too often, companies create content without preparing it for localization. This can result in higher costs, longer turnaround times and even low-quality translations. To avoid this situation, follow the tips below as you develop content, or at a minimum, before you send the content for translation. You'll reduce costs by using fewer words, reusing content and reducing turnaround time.
1. Make Sure Content is Relevant
In today's world where people have access to infinite information and limited attention spans, your content needs to have a purpose to attract them. Develop your content with your personas in mind. Create personas for your customers at each step of the buying cycle and then refer to them as you build supporting content for your product or service.
As an example, let's say you have a list of product benefits in a brochure and on your website. Do you need to list these benefits in a product manual? Probably not, as your persona has already bought the product and just needs instructions for how to use it.
It would be helpful to conduct a content audit to determine the relevancy of your content. Having targeted content, without extraneous supporting material, will be beneficial to your customers, and will reduce your costs.
2. Write Concisely
Again, think about your personas and goals at each step of the buying lifecycle. When you develop content, focus on the clearest, most concise way to say what your customers need to know. Supporting content has a place, but think about other ways to provide that information (e.g., a reference manual or customer support section with links). Also, use the active tense whenever possible. You'll send fewer words for translation by writing concisely, which will reduce costs.
- Original text: Passive voice should not be used.
- Updated text: Don't use a passive voice.
3. Don't Use Ambiguous Words or Phrases
Avoid using jargon, abbreviations and cultural references. Jargon and abbreviations may be understood by a particular group or culture, but they may not resonate with your customers and they can be quite difficult to translate, if at all. Something that may be humorous in one culture could be offensive in another.
As an example, these phrases don't translate:
- Rotten to the core.
- Many ways to skin a cat.
4. Make Illustrations Accessible
Translators must be able to access text inside illustrations and screenshots. Keep text outside of illustrations by creating callouts below them. If you must have text inside illustrations, it will cost more money for the translators to translate the content and then adjust the spacing around it. If you have translated screenshots, provide them to the translators early on. If you don't have translated screenshots, they won't be able to edit the native screenshots.
5. Allow Enough Space for Text to Expand
Translated content can take up to one-third more space, so leave enough room for text to expand in callouts, buttons, labels, tables and other constricted areas. It's better to review your content for potential text expansion issues before sending it for translation or you may face additional costs for formatting.
6. Create Standard Terminology
If your content is technical or if you have a lot of product or industry-specific terminology, create a set of standard terms for the translators to use. Providing context around the terms will help the translators since words can have different meanings depending on the text around them. If you have in-country resources, have them review the translated terms. You can then use these standard terms in future translations.
Here's an example of content that changes depending on the context. "We have to move" can mean:
- Move to another house
- Take action
- Exercise
Also provide training materials, websites or other sources to help the translators understand your content.
7. Reuse Content Whenever Possible
Any time you can reuse content, whether it's a safety message, instructions or service descriptions, do so. It improves consistency and reduces translation and authoring costs. Reuse content wherever you can, across document sets and across content from different functional areas such as marketing collateral, training courses and website content.
For example, if you have customer service contact information in multiple places, make sure you're saying it the same way everywhere.
8. Use Simple Tables
Using tables can be a great way to show complex information, but they can also be difficult for translators. If you're going to use tables, create simple ones with little styling. Also make sure you leave enough room for text to expand.
9. Check Data Formats
Dates, phone numbers, currencies and other data have different formats in different languages.
For example:
- A date in U.S. English is written: October 1, 2015
- In British English, it's: 1 October 2015
- In Slovak, it's: 1.10.2015
The translators will need to localize the data so make the content is accessible in places like screenshots. Also, don't use fancy styling, translators will have to change it anyway.
If you generate content with imperial units, you also need to provide the metric equivalent (and make sure you have the space) as most countries outside the United States use the metric system.
10. Consider Adopting Simplified Technical English (STE)
Simplified Technical English, or STE, is a writing standard with guidelines for writing and terminology. Implementing STE can help reduce translation costs. It was designed to promote clear, consistent and simplistic writing primarily for non-native English speakers. You can follow the STE guidelines or one of the other controlled languages, and you can even create your own. STE can be particularly helpful if you have many writers and/or are located in multiple cities. Writing becomes more objective with STE guidelines.
Spending some time thinking about localization as you develop content or during the editing process, will benefit your customer, lower your costs, reduce turnaround time and improve translation quality.
Resources for Content Strategy
You may gain further insight into content strategy, document localization, translations and related topics by reviewing previous blogs written by GPI:
- Document Revision Control Part 1: Managing Revisions and Creating Standard Directory Structures
- Document Revision Control Part 2: Tracking Changes between Revisions
- Document Revision Control Part 3: Part Number and File Naming Conventions
- Content Strategy Part 1: Content Audits
- Content Audits Part 2: Technical Content Audits
- Content Audits Part 3: Marketing Collateral Audits
- Content Audits Part 4: Web Content Audits
- Content Strategy: Auditing for Localization
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- On Apr 26, Marie-L. Flacke said:
Your article mentions: "Write Concisely Using a Minimalist Approach
Original text: Passive voice should not be used.
Updated text: Don't use a passive voice."
This has nothing to do with Minimalist authoring: http://users.edte.utwente.nl/meij/minimalism.htm
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Hi Marie,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
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really made an improvement to the quality of my posts.
Finally scheduling, after writing a post I would say its a good idea to schedule the post as if you suddenly become busy at the time you want to post, you will still go 'live' at the time you want.
Aswell as scheduling blogposts its a good idea to use an app to schedule various tweets and Facebook posts promoting your post as again this means you don't need to worry about freeing up a certain time of the day to post and promote.
What organisation tips do you have when blogging?
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text: I love a fast meal that is delicious and makes you feel warm and comfy. This pork roast is definitely one of those recipes. It only takes a few minutes to prepare this recipe then you put it in your Instant Pot and Voilla! It's ready to eat in a short time. The best part… Read more


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2014-12-02 Tue 08:35
Best red wine coming from Montenegro, presented by Monte Do.
It's Vranac !
Drops of God from Balkans!
Vranac is a black-skinned variety native to Montenegro.
It produces dense, deeply colored red wines that are rich and flavorful.
Montenegrin wines are made from a wide range of grape varieties including: Krstač, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Vranac.
2014-12-02 Tue 08:34
The rouble suffered its biggest one-day decline since 1998 as oil prices continued to fall on Monday, escalating fears about the Russian economy.
2014-12-02 Tue 08:28
Delegates from around the world have opened a UN conference on climate change in Peru.
2014-12-02 Tue 08:27
A high-ranking official of the World Health Organization says the goals set 60 days ago to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa have been met in Guinea and Liberia, but not in Sierra Leone.
2014-12-02 Tue 06:27
A leader of the Hong Kong student federation says they will decide within a few days what steps to take next in their protest movement.
Alex Chow was speaking at a news conference on Monday.


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Kicked up chicken rub with fresh asparagus and baby Yukon potatoes, sounds good doesn't it? It was delicious!
For the rub I used 1 teaspoon of each of the following spices:
black pepper
red pepper
white pepper
Then rub the boneless skinless chicken breast on each side,sautee with coconut oil for about 4 minutes per side or until done. Serve with fresh baby asparagus and potatoes or whatever you like.
Packed full of flavor, no fat, no guilt.
Kevin woke up and noticed the house was unusually quiet. He expected all sorts of noise with everyone getting ready for their annual Christmas trip. He stretched and got out of bed. Walking down the hall he saw no one, heard nothing. He called out "MOM, DAD?" still nothing, panic began to set in, he raced down the hall bursting into each room, no one, no where, he cautiously knocked on Bud's door then threw it open, empty! ARRRGGGHH
HOME ALONE again????
HOW, just HOW did they do this three years in a row???
At first he was upset, then scared, then...oh wait, alone, quiet, no ONE to boss him around, pick on him, make him eat vegetables but wait, he must keep a low profile, he knew his parents would realize their mistake soon enough and back the entire clan would be. sigh...
He went to the kitchen, not much to choose from since mom had not been shopping lately "we must use up everything we have so it won't go bad while we're gone" he remembered her saying.
The neighbors all knew they would be gone, so if he was out and about they would call the authorities. So he would have to pick the perfect time to go out.
He scrounged around a found enough junk to keep him happy for the day.
Up to his room to eat popcorn in bed and watch his favorite movies.
Bouncing on the bed.
Dancing in his underwear.
Yes, he did enjoy it when they left him, except at night. Nighttime was the most difficult and scary.
After eating junk all day Kevin was really wanting some "food" but he knew better than to go to the grocery store. Now how... how would he get food? Night time was upon him and he dressed for a sneaking around. Dark clothes, flashlight in hand and out the back door, over the fence and through the neighbors yard. Once he was safely on the other side of the neighborhood he tried to figure out his next move.
Wait, there were three paths here. He never knew this. "I wonder where they all go?" he thought the middle one was best, it looked less worn so he started off. It began to get spooky, the clouds covered the moon, the wind blew and he swore he heard wolves!
Coming around a bend he smelled the most delicious odor, brownies, cakes, fresh bread! Oh man. A cabin made entirely of candy! He began to run toward the smell with no concern for what he might find. He stopped short at the sight of a candy fence, gingerbread barn, marshmallow fluff dripping from the trees. Fresh bread was sitting on the window sills and a big flashing sign that said "welcome all boys and girls" WOW!!
He ran up and yelled "HELLO" while grabbing a small loaf of banana bread. Oh man this was good!
A small girl came out, "hi" and she smiled.
Kevin said "HI my name is Kevin, oh man I'm sorry, I'm hungry and this smelled so good I couldn't help myself."
She giggled, "it's okay, everyone is like that."
Kevin thought she looked familiar but didn't worry with it, he continued with the bread. She looked at him and asked if he'd like to stay for dinner. Of course he said yes. She told him she had a beautiful stew going with cake and ice cream for dessert. He could smell the stew, his stomach growled and she smiled.
Inside the delicious little cabin there was candy, cakes and pies all over it was hard to focus on one thing. He did keep hearing a banging noise but dismissed it.
After eating he was so full and sleepy, he just could not keep his eyes open, he would faze out and when he'd open his eyes he thought he had been moved but was too sleepy to care.
Suddenly he was warm, no HOT, oh man, burning up! He forced his eyes open and tried to see but it was dark, he could smell something cooking but didn't like the smell, it was very disturbing. He could hear muffled cries, he tried to move but was tied! WHAT THE HECK was going on???
In a panic he struggled, wiggled and try as he might he could not get loose. From the heat and exhaustion he passed out.
Some hours later a cool feeling was washing over him, he struggled to open his eyes, there was a sweet face. His MOM! He sat up and wrapped his arms around her crying OH MOM MOM it was awful! This girl tried to cook and eat me!
Bud picked up a copy of "Hansel and Gretel" from the bed and said "You dork, you were dreaming, some fairy tale SCARE the little boy?" and everyone laughed.
Kevin didn't even care, he was home, safe and with his family.
The end~
Welcome to a Secret Subject Swap. This week 14 brave bloggers picked a secret subject for someone else and were assigned a secret subject to interpret in their own style. Today we are all simultaneously divulging our topics and submitting
our posts.
Here are links to all the sites now featuring Secret Subject Swap posts. Sit back, grab a cup, and check them all out. See you there:
Baking In A Tornado http://www.BakingInATor
The Diary of an Alzheimer's Caregiver http://www.thediaryofanalzheim
The Lieber Family Blog http://thelieberfamily.com
The Bergham Chronicles http://berghamchronicles.blogs
Bookworm in the Kitchen http://www.bookwormkitchen.com
Never Ever Give Up Hope http://batteredhope.blogspot.c
Simply Shannon
Southern Belle Charm http://www.southernbellecharm.
Not That Sarah Michelle http://notthatsarahmichelle.bl
A Little Piece of Peace http://little-piece-of-peace.b
The Angrivated Mom http://www.angrivatedmom.wordp
http://climaxedtheblog.blogspo t.com
When I Grow Up
http://kimberlyyavorski.com/wh enigrowup/
Your "Secret Subject" is:
Rewrite the plot of your favorite movie as a fairy tale.
It was submitted by: http://climaxedtheblog.blogspo
Thanks Jennily, Home Alone is not my favorite movie, but it seemed the easiest to adapt. I really had to put my thinking cap on for this one. I hope i did it justice and that you enjoyed it.


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USA TODAY NETWORK Continues To Push Boundaries in VR Storytelling with Release of Season Two of "VRtually There"
New segments will deliver powerful
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McLEAN, VA (May 9, 2017) – USA TODAY NETWORK, part of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), today announced the release of season two of the highly successful franchise, "VRtually There," the industry's first branded news experience presented in virtual reality (VR). Launched in October 2016, "VRtually There" continues to demonstrate USA TODAY NETWORK's ongoing commitment to innovative and pioneering work in VR by pushing the boundaries in immersive storytelling and technology.
In season two, new segments will be rolled out each Tuesday at 4 PM Eastern Time. Over the course of the season, viewers will be provided with immersive, first-hand experiences, ranging from wild adventure, extreme nature and sport fantasies to iconic America and behind the scenes with VIP access.
"With over ten million views of 'VRtually There,' we are bringing together amazing advances in VR technology and an even higher ambition to tell the most gripping stories and bring new experiences to our audience in VR," said David Hamlin, Executive Producer of "VRtually There." "We are focused on five content areas that we know our audience enjoyed based on prior performance, and are even more unique and thrilling for viewers."
In its first week, the show will take viewers hang gliding in Hawaii, on a ride with the last Goodyear blimp that's retiring after a 50-year career and being replaced, and an upclose encounter with giant elephant seals in Año Nuevo State Park, CA with researchers from UC Santa Cruz.
The new season of "VRtually There" follows USA TODAY NETWORK's impactful work in virtual reality and further moves the needle forward on innovation in storytelling. In early 2017, the NETWORK produced its first special feature presentation of "VRtually There" and its first ever VR livestream for the 45th Presidential Inauguration, which received millions of views across its distribution channels.
Season two of "VRtually There" will run from May 9th through July 2017. "VRtually There" is accessible on the USA TODAY app, YouTube app, Google Play store, Daydream, and youTube.com/vrtuallythere.
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2014's best people haulers
Acura MDX
Price: $43,185
Mileage: 20 mpg city/28 highway/23 combined
CR Score: 79
Third-Row Legroom: 31.6 in.
Sharing the best highway fuel economy with the Honda Odyssey, MDX is also the only other vehicle on this list to be an IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus. It's the priciest by far, but it's the only one of our picks from a luxury brand. Acura totally redesigned MDX for 2014, and it's more fuel-thrifty than last year because it's 200 pounds lighter and has a new, more efficient V-6 that delivers 290 horsepower to the front wheels via a six-speed automatic transmission. Acura boasts it's quieter than last year's version, too. This crossover comes in just one trim level, and we don't think you need any of the options packages when leather seats, tri-zone automatic climate control, seven-inch color touch screen and power rear liftgate are all standard equipment.


text: DVD's of every race night are available this season. Pete Van Hal Jr. will provide coverage of all races, feature winner interviews and behind the scenes footage of each and every race night in the 2014 season. DVDs will be available the next Saturday following each race night from Pete for $15. For information or to place an order, see Pete at the track or contact him by email at email@example.com


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Top Ten Lists
Worst Genocides of the Twentieth Century
Worst Genocides of the Twentieth Century
The ten worst genocides of the 20th century listed by dictators responsible; ranked by number of deaths
Mao Zedong
27 - 73 million Chinese deaths (1945 - 1976)
Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution
Joseph Stalin
4 - 60 million polictical purges (1922 - 1953)
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953
Adolf Hitler
15 - 50 million civilian deaths by democide and by deaths in concentration camps (1939 - 1945)
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945
Hideki Tojo
6 million - 30 million deaths of Chinese civilians during World War II
Hideki Tōjō was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army , the leader of the Taisei Yokusankai, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan during most of World War II, from 17 October 1941 to 22 July 1944
Pol Pot
2 - 3 million deaths in Cambodia in the 1970s
Saloth Sar , better known as Pol Pot, , was a Cambodian Maoist revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until his death in 1998. From 1976 to 1979, he served as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea.
Kim Il-Sung
More than 1.6 million political purges and deaths in concentration camps (1946 - 1994)
Kim Il-sung was a Korean communist politician who led the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from its founding in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of Prime Minister from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to his death
Mengistu Haile Mariam
1.5 million deaths by democide in Ethiopia in the 1970s
Mengistu Haile Mariam is a politician who was formerly the most prominent officer of the Derg, the Communist military junta that governed Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987, and the President of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991
Ismail Enver
1.2 - 1.5 million deaths of Turkish civilians (1914-1916)
Enver Pasha or Ismail Enver Pasha , title was changed with his military ranks such as Enver Efendi , Enver Bey , Enver Pasha, higher than Mirliva) was an Ottoman military officer and a leader of the Young Turk revolution
Yakubu Gowon
Over 1 million deaths in Nigeria in (1966-1975)
General Yakubu "Jack" Dan-Yumma Gowon was the head of state of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975. He took power after one military coup d'etat and was overthrown in another
Leonid Brezhnev
over 900,000 Armenian deaths (1979 - 1982)
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev – 10 November 1982) was the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union , presiding over the country from 1964 until his death in 1982. His eighteen-year term as General Secretary was second only to that of Joseph Stalin in length
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BC: Again just dnt ask... | kirsty, michelle n gemma
1: Again just dnt ask... | Aww I like this pic
2: A great pic!
3: sometimes it is best not to ask... | 3 sexy ladies, love the growl Kirsty
4: Finally ready to party... | Strike a pose | me!!
5: shell n i | kirsty, michelle n me | haha i look like a melon
6: kirsty, michelle n gemma
7: Michelle+Pole=Trouble!! Gemma+Pole=More trouble! | Me and Davie, after he drove down on Halloween to see me
8: Claire put together all this picture's for me 18th of her, Gems, Kirsty and me | Last ever art lesson, Kirsty, Gem, me and Claire | Eve's Birthday Meal at Diana Tandoori, Gem and Me


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Ranjith Kanag needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 194 designs submitted by 54 freelance designers.
A simple, yet classy and original logo for the launch of my own photography site primarily based at getting wedding photography business. Logo will be used on website (to be done), business cards, watermarks etc.
Ranjith Kanag Photography
I'm based in London, UK. My style of photography is informal/unobtrusive and some would even say reportage! My experience up to now has been the Asian wedding market but I'm hoping to get work from all backgrounds. You can get an idea of my style of work here: http://www.ranjithkanag.com
- Must contain 'Ranjith Kanag Photography' and a logo of some sort (could be my initials or a graphic)- Something that will look good in both colour and black and white too- I tend to prefer sans serif (for readability) fonts but don't want to narrow my options - I'll leave it to you pros- I tend to prefer simple, clean designs which stand out- A high quality scalable logo in a formats suitable for website and print- Something that will also work on a business card - My final website will most likely have a dark background (not sure if that's relevant here)
- - Graphics associated with photography ie. Cameras/film- Girly colours, soppy wedding themes (!).
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Usapang Pangkababaihan lalong laluna pang Pinay sa English kaya o Pilipino, pagsamahin natin ang mga pangarap, pagtingin, pananaw sa mundong ginagalawan natin. Let's weave a tapestry of our voices, knowledge and dreams. Let's enrich our lives with these treasures.
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Independence Day Celebration in Germany
Invitation to the 113th Philippine Independence Day Celebration
at the Philippine General Consulate in Frankfurt
featuring the University of Santo Tomas Singers
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The results of the recent public consultation on the proposed changes to the traffic calming scheme on Station Road/Gaydon Road have now been analysed and the full report can be downloaded here.
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- Every Place You Need To Visit If You Are A First-Timer In Una
- Strange Case Of A Woman Who Cannot Hear Male Voices
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Telecom operator Airtel has partnered with Opera Software to launch the new mobile Internet service, Opera Web Pass. The service will allow users to Opera Web Pass to subscribe to pay-as-you-go plans for their mobile phones. The service, exclusive to Airtel users, gives them instant access to Internet plans that best suits their needs. Also, the simplicity of these time and content based packages, allow users to better understand the fee structures.
The users can opt for a hourly data plan by paying a fee for one-hour subscription of mobile internet. they can also opt for an unlimited data package for a day, by paying a flat fee for a 24-hour subscription or opt for weekend only, subscription pack.This will be the first time, Airtel will be collaborating Opera Software, to bring such a service. Opera Web Passs has been aimed at users, as an easy and flexible solution for accessing the web.
How to subscribe for Opera
Step 1: Open Opera Mini on your mobile phone.
Step 2: Click Opera Web Pass in the Speed Dial start page.
Step 3: Choose a plan that suits your needs, from the list of web pass subscriptions.
"Access to the web is a universal right. Partnering with market leaders such as Airtel has offered us the opportunity to help lower the barriers to access the mobile web and empower more Indian users to get online," says Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software.
"For millions of users, their mobile phones have the potential to become the first device through which they will experience the web. We want to simplify the steps leading to web browsing for these first-time users. Opera Web Pass allows us to give users access to the mobile internet when and where they want it," adds N Rajaram, Chief Marketing Officer for Consumer Business, Bharti Airtel.


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day eight
"Look not at your own capacities, for the divine bestowal can transform a drop into an ocean; it can make a tiny seed a lofty tree. Verily, divine bestowals are like the sea, and we are the fishes of that sea. The fishes must not look at themselves; they must behold the ocean, which is vast and wonderful."
"O Lord, my God! Give me Thy grace to serve Thy loved ones, strengthen me in my servitude to Thee, illumine my brow with the light of adoration in Thy court of holiness, and of prayer to Thy kingdom of grandeur. Help me to be selfless at the heavenly entrance of Thy gate, and aid me to be detached from all things within Thy holy precincts. Lord! Give me to drink from the chalice of selflessness; with its robe clothe me, and in its ocean immerse me. Make me as dust in the pathway of Thy loved ones, and grant that I may offer up my soul for the earth ennobled by the footsteps of Thy chosen ones in Thy path, O Lord of Glory in the Highest."
anjali pala/left (eliot, usa): I spent this fasting weekend at the Green Acre Baha'i School, breathing in wide gulps of bracing New England air and taking time for quiet reflection, study, laughter, and prayer. I am ready to return to New York and all that it holds for me.
shahriar erfanian/right (vancouver, canada): Praying for spiritual growth and steadfastness. Grateful for everything in my life. Hopeful that my 1.5-year-old son won't try to force-feed me pretzels for the remainder of the fast.
day eight
"…all songs are from the King, and every melody from Him."
"Verily, I say, fasting is the supreme remedy and the most great healing for the disease of self and passion."
anjali pala/left (brooklyn, ny, usa): My nights this week have been spent trekking to all corners of the city, accompanying a friend as she plays a series of concerts in New York. This time with her has been a reminder of how marvellous the gift of creation is, and how privileged and powerful we are in our ability to bring yet more beauty into this world. We've been out until the wee hours, which has resulted in bleary-eyed mornings and a relentless yearning for caffeine throughout the day, but I wouldn't trade this week for anything.
ashley southall/right (sandy, bedfordshire, uk): In the words of Florence and the Machine – "it's always darkest before the dawn"(!). This year something happened in my medical life that rather crushed me. But as with all tests, there is a reason for which I must search. Hopefully within this little piece of coal under pressure is a diamond. It has certainly helped me realise how rich my life is with family and friends and for this I will be eternally grateful. The Fast could not have come at a better time.
day eight
"Make me ready, in all circumstances, O my Lord, to serve Thee and to set myself towards the adored sanctuary of Thy Revelation and of Thy Beauty. If it be Thy pleasure, make me to grow as a tender herb in the meadows of Thy grace, that the gentle winds of Thy will may stir me up and bend me into conformity with Thy pleasure, in such wise that my movement and my stillness may be wholly directed by Thee."
amy: obviously my moaning did some good, as it finally stopped raining here and I managed to even stumble upon some flowers and grass (GRASS!) struggling to make an appearance through the heavy coating of dead leaves.
late this afternoon, shamim and I took a long walk in central park, waiting for the sun to set and to join friends for dinner. those are ducks, not shamim and I. just in case anyone was wondering.
leila: i have been reading "Democracy in America" by Alexis de Tocqueville. reading his glowing words about the potential of the american system, it is hard to restrain one's own enthusiasm: "The free institutions which the inhabitants of the United States possess, and the political rights of which they make so much use, remind every citizen, and in a thousand ways, that he lives in society … by dint of working for the good of one's fellow citizens, the habit and the taste for serving them are at length acquired."
again and again my thoughts turn to this backbone of social structure: service.


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Rock Climbing Photos : Trad : Variation on 5.7 Pitch near top.
Variation on 5.7 Pitch near top.
A variation on the long 5.7 pitch near the top is shown ascending the two red overhangs to double right facing corners. 5.9+R maybe no R if you remember the HB, doh!
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Seriously, you expect us to believe that someone in 1958 is named "Boliver Shagnasty"? Whose name, no less, is on a 45 that bears the randy song title "Tapping That Thing"? Sounds like a Wayne's World prank. And yet it really happened.
Boliver Shagnasty = Rusty York in disguise?
45Cat contributor makes the following controversial claim:
"According to ancient rumour, the artist was Rusty York, who was contracted to King Records. Syd Nathan wouldn't allow these tracks to be recorded, so this was a "moonlighting" job. [Note well] only what I've heard!"
"Tapping That Thing" Boliver Shagnasty 1958
One cannot think of the song title – "Tapping That Thing" – without being reminded of McDonald's hilariously misguided ad campaign from ten years or so prior:


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02/04/10 7AM SAS910 (meal service, see zaremblog) arrival: dark... snow...
view from the Absalon Hotel, Copenhagen
I'm sitting in my room at the Absalon Hotel (doubles from DK805,http://www.absalon-hotel.dk/sider/forside_74.aspx ), a serviceable enough place a few blocks from Copenhagen's main train station that offers a good 'morgenmad' (breakfast) -breads, yogurt, fruit, cheeses, cold cuts, pickled herring, the whole Scandinavian works. It's cold out, the promotion we've come a day early to do isn't happening and I've got exactly one and a half Danish crowns. So I'm catching up on some writing and thinking about my first trip to Denmark while sitting on my narrow berth-like bed (narrower the better, I wind up thrashing around in a big empty bed). Maybe that's why I like boats. The hum of the engines also helps me sleep. And if hanging around a bar in the middle of the day is a good way to find interesting (and unexpected) conversation, a voyage can combine all the possibilities of a bar, combined with the inducements of the seemingly endless features of sea -with expansive results. Just look at Moby Dick.
I took my first 'international cruise' in 1972 while returning from Newfoundland with my old friends from Maspeth Bobby-O and 'Doy'. We were taking the day-long ferry across the Bay Of Fundy from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Bar Harbor, Maine (a mere 23 years earlier, before Newfoundland joined the Canadian Confederation, the ferry there from Nova Scotia would also have been an international voyage). After weeks of wintery mid-June gloom and rain in the Maritimes, we were enjoying the sun on deck when a Nova Scotian Scot introduced himself and his family. Apparently he thought that three long-haired, teenage boys flying on LSD would make appropriate companions for his 13 year old daughter during the voyage. Very thin and somewhat anorexic, with long thick dark hair and eye-brows, her name was Heather -a pretty, very Scottish name indeed. Conversation proceeded awkwardly enough as it would between teens of the opposite sex, when she suggested we play rummy. Spades and hearts, diamonds and clubs were literally dancing across my hand when her father reappeared and offered us all thick, home-made lobster sandwiches. Incessant English propaganda to the contrary, I've never met a Scot who was anything but generous -sometimes grave, but always generous. Neither my friends or I had any appetite, but eating these luxurious sandwiches, even to be polite, was out of the question. Besides, the great chunks of shocking electric-vermillion lobster were slathered in gleaming white mayonnaise. Ever since my childhood I've found mayonnaise completely repulsive. Why would someone do such a thing to lobster? On we sailed for what seemed to be an eternity, me shifting the sandwich here and there, not wanting to appear to be an ingrate, trying to make some sense of the unrecognizable and ever-shifting patterns on the cards in my hand. "Don't you remember this game?" Heather would occasionally say as she reached over to pluck a card right out of my hand. It was with a mixture of sadness and relief that the silhouette of Mt. Desert, which I'm sure never will look more majestic, came into view, signaling the imminent end of our voyage.
The first time I visited Denmark was with The Fleshtones in the mid-eighties. We arrived by sea, the best way to arrive anywhere for the first time. We took the ferry down from Oslo, Norway to Copenhagen. I found myself a spot at one of the long formica tables in the ship's near-empty cafeteria. As we slid down Oslo's long fjord towards the open sea, an elderly man sat down opposite me. Perhaps he noticed me watching the passing shore, so he began to point out the various old shore fortifications as we steamed along. Being somewhat familiar with the story of Germany's 1940 sea-borne invasion of the country, I listened with some interest. It was going to be a long float anyway. As we passed through a narrow point in the fjord, he showed me the spot where a Norwegian battery had managed a direct hit, sinking a German cruiser -I believe the 'Hippler' (actually, it was the Blücher -PZ). "Good for them" I somewhat absent-mindedly commented, almost immediately realizing my mistake. "Good?" my companion corrected "they were only boys -like you, doing their duty!" I realized he was German, himself possibly a veteran of that invasion. Bygones are bygones, however, and he continued his discourse, bringing me right up to the current world situation. The old Soviet Union was then still very much alive and he warned the world was still fraught with danger. "Keep the powder dry" he advised me, bringing his fist firmly down on the table "-keep the powder dry!"
We arrived in Copenhagen very early the next morning. It was our first time there, so even though we were only 'in transit' and had a boat to England to catch on the other side of Denmark, Bill and I took off to find the famous 'Tivoli Gardens' which being extremely early (and out of season) were of course closed. We then went to see the changing of the King's Guard. They wore big bear-fur hats just like the guards at Buckingham Palace, only their tunics were blue instead of scarlet and they smirked during inspection.
By the time we made it back to the van, the whole band was waiting on us, so we jumped in and began a mad race across the country to catch our ferry on Denmark's west coast. It seemed like we were doomed to miss it, but to my intense relief, we arrived just as the last vehicles were being loaded on the ship. "See, we had plenty of time!"
The ferry was big enough to have a disco, so rather than retire to our miniscule cabin buried somewhere in the iron bowels of the ship, we got right into liberally taking advantage of the cheap drink prices. As a particularly inky dark night fell, we sailed straight into one of those rightfully-feared North Sea storms. In the disco, The Bee Gees and Brit pop like 'Wham' was still blasting. The loquacious English DJ babbled on over the music as gigantic waves slammed repeatedly into the ship, sending drinks and dancers flying. In hindsight (the only kind, it seems) it was foolish that our bassist Marek and I went up to the top deck to drunkenly enjoy the thrill of being buffeted by the gale. We hung on to the rail for dear life as the ship slammed down into the void after riding over each colossal swell, sending the cold sea crashing over the bow. Through the darkness and pelting rain I could swear I could see the back of a woman's figure, the fierce wind tearing at her hooded cape. With water hitting us full-force in the face, we watched in disbelief as she stood there staring off into the fatal blackness of the storm. Suddenly she turned and walked directly towards us. Like in a dream, I was riveted to the spot, unable to move as she came face to face with me, her nose within an inch of mine. There was an insane wildness in her eyes. "I love it when it's like this" she said. By the time we could collect ourselves, she had disappeared.
This time we're flying. Here's where we'll be:
02/04 Copenhagen,Denmark: Råhuset
02/05 Trømso, Norway: Blå (Blue) Rock
02/06 Moss, Norway: House Of Rock w/The Cocktail Slippers
02/10 Oslo, Norway: Elm Street w/ The Cocktail Slippers
02/12 Stockholm, Sweden w/ Stupidity and special guests The Nomads
02/13 Stockholm, Sweden w/ Stupidity and special guests The Cocktail Slippers
We'll also being doing a special afternoon performance at The Fountain House in Stockholm on the 13th.
Hope to see you there!
Peter Zaremba
Danish Addenda
If you're ready to drop a lot more crowns for style, you could consider staying at Nimb Hotel, a white-white-white ultra-contemperary boutique property on the 'right' side of the tracks (main railroad terminal). A member of the elite Small Luxury Hotel group, it's in easy walking distance to everything, in fact its back door opens directly into Tivoli Gardens. (dbls from DK 2,500 breakfast NOT included, www.nimb.dk).
Before the show we ate at Cafe Mandela (www.cafemandela.dk), part of the same renovated old industrial complex as the Råhuset. Hip without trying too hard, Mandela's most interesting dish is the African Stew -antelope in traditional tomato/onion sauce seasoned with cumin and almonds, served with mashed sweet potato -DK165, or feast on the Mandela Burger (I was joking but they actually have one), the real whopper of 200g of lean (less that 5% fat) beef, chedder cheese, salsa, jalapeños and french fries, DK125. Yeah, everything is expensive. Wait 'till you get to Norway.
And even if you don't arrive by the super-easy quick train from the airport, take time to admire the amazing vaulted roof of Copenhagen's main railway terminal, supported entirely by immense, broad arches of finely worked wood. Oh yeah, the debut of Rådhuset was lots of fun, a situation greatly aided by our friends from The Mau Mau Club and opening band David Peter and the Wilde Sect (www.myspace.com/dpthewildesect), they're kind of like The Swinging Blue Jeans only young and Danish.
Råhuset, Copeenhagen
Thursday, February 4, 2010
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Labels: Denmark, garage rock, The Cocktail Slippers, The Fleshtones


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Conquering Writer's Block using Self-Hypnosis
Can't think of a thing to write?
No idea where the next chapter is coming from?
One of the best ways I have ever found to unblock my imagination is to use Self-Hypnosis.
Writer's block is a curse that affects basically all of us who write. Whether you write novels, articles, poetry or anything else, there's a good chance your bright ideas will dry up at some stage.
Before writing full-time, my profession was as a Clinical Hypnotherapist, specializing in weight reduction therapy.
I frequently taught how to use Self-Hypnosis to the participants in my weight control club, with I might add, a lot of success.
What's this got to do with writer's block?
The benefits of Self-Hypnosis don't just have to be confined to weight reduction, it is so useful in every aspect of our lives.
The expression 'I'm in two minds', goes someway to describe our thought processes. We have a conscious mind and an unconscious mind.
The conscious mind is active in the running of our daily lives. The unconscious mind sits back and stores away everything that happens to us, until that is, we need to call on that experience, for whatever reason.
I'm not going to go into the complexities of Hypnosis because if I did, I'd be writing an academic tome not a short blog.
The most important thing to know is that the language used by your unconscious mind is – imagination.
By developing an ability to use Self-Hypnosis you can cross the bridge between your conscious thoughts and the imagination stored in your unconscious thoughts.
Learn to talk to your imagination and you can eradicate the troublesome writer's block.
I'm not saying you won't get the block back but when you do, you can lift it a lot easier by using Self-Hypnosis.
A fun way to get in-touch with your imagination is to try something called 'eye closure'.
Close your eyes and imagine they are glued shut.
Imagine your eye lids stuck to your cheeks by glue, then try to open your eyes.
If you are in-contact with your imagination they won't open.
You know you can open your eyes whenever you want to because you are simply imagining that your eyes are glued together.
When you are ready, just think the glue gone and your eyes unstuck and your eyes will open.
If you can do 'eye closure' without difficulty, you can communicate with your unconscious mind for some help in getting some fresh inspiration.
Whilst your eyes are closed ask your unconscious mind for some ideas as to where you want to take your plot next.
Open your eyes - then wait. Don't push your unconscious for ideas, give it time to think of something – bet it does.
To go deeper into Self-Hypnosis, the best way is with a relaxation induction.
A proper relaxation induction takes about 20 minutes and needs peace and quiet with no interruptions to work well.
Below is a basic relaxation induction I have often used.
Firstly make sure you are not going to be interrupted by the phone or anyone wanting your attention.
You need to switch off from the world to do this.
I prefer to lie on my bed down but a comfortable chair is just as good.
Take a deep breath, hold it for a moment and then breath out slowly.
Let your thoughts drift up to the top of your head and imagine yourself beginning to relax.
Let your eyelids close as you relax your eyes, feel your face soften and your tongue lay comfortably in your mouth.
Take slow steady breaths and as you do so, say to yourself.
Breathing out tension.
Breathing in relaxation.
Take that relaxation across your shoulders and all the way down your spine, along your legs and finally to the tips of your toes.
As you visualize the tips of your toes feel all of your tensions just flow away from you, leaving you with sense of ease and peace.
Now you are relaxed and at ease, tell your unconscious mind you desire to think of creative writing ideas.
The above is a very simple technique to help you get rid of tension and free up your mind to get back on the writing track.
Good Luck.


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Common Place is Rob Halpern's most recent book of poetry (Ugly Duckling Presse 2015), preceded by Music for Porn (Nightboat, 2012), Snow Sensitive Skin (with Taylor Brady, Displaced Press, 2011), Disaster Suites (Palm Press, 2009), and Rumored Place (Krupskaya, 2004). [ —— ] Placeholder , a book-length selection of his poetry and prose, was recently published in the UK by Enitharmon Press (2015). Audio files of Rob's readings and talks are archived at PennSound.
In addition to writing poetry, Halpern is an essayist and a translator, as well as a scholar of modernist cultures and contemporary writing. Among his published essays, "Baudelaire's 'Dark Zone'" takes up Charles Baudelaire's prose poems and the commodity form (Modernist Cultures) and "Realism and Utopia: Writing, Sex, and Politics in New Narrative" (Journal of Narrative Theory)concerns the work of New Narrative writing. He has also written a critique of Conceptual Writing entitled "'Conceptual Writing' by Rethood Onroda," (The Claudius App) and a theorization of contemporary fiction and finance capital, "Narrating the Financialized Landscape" (Mediations). He is also translating the early essays of Georges Perec, the second of which, "Commitment or the Crisis of Language," can be found in the
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with an essay of his own on Perec.
At EMU, Halpern's writing workshops include Somatic Writing (Body, Language, Text); Documentary Poetry; The Poem in Prose; Poetry, Politics, Revolution; and Queer Poetics, a class that is cross-listed in the Women's and Gender Studies Department where he is also a faculty member. Rob also coordinates and facilitates an ongoing poetry writing workshop at the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility.
Rob Halpern received his Ph.D. in Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz (2006), where he wrote a dissertation on the prehistory of literary modernism in nineteenth-century France. He's held faculty positions at Bard College, San Francisco Art Institute, and University of San Francisco. He was a founding participant in the Nonsite Collective, whose commitment to self-organized pedagogy and collaboration across disciplines models some of the outreach and community work we seek to initiate in the Creative Writing Program.
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UPDATE: Little Falls Teenage Shooting Victims Were Cousins
LITTLE FALLS (AP) — Two teenagers shot and killed in a home near Little Falls have been identified.
School officials say the victims were cousins, 18-year-old Haile Kifer and 17-year-old Nicholas Brady. The shooter, 64-year-old Byron David Smith of Little Falls, is being held for second-degree murder and is likely to be charged Monday.
Kifer was a senior at Little Falls High School. Superintendent Stephen Jones said Sunday he was notified of her death by investigators. Brady was a student at Pillager High School.
Morrison County deputies went to Smith's house Friday on a suspicious activity call. They say he confessed to shooting the teenagers a day earlier after they broke into his house, but Sheriff Michel Wetzel says investigators believe he exceeded self-defense.
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UNDP is at the forefront of the post-crisis agenda in Yemen,coordinating the efforts of the international community, from elections, national dialogue and human rights to transitional justice, rule of law and early crisis recovery, including assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs). UNDP is also working closely with the Government and other UN agencies on strengthening civil society institutions, especially grassroots level non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to be used as reliable implementing partners for new development projects as well as to deliver humanitarian assistance and basic services to the population in need.
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I love what Blizzard has done to healing. =) I've been healing on my Paladin and my now L73 Priest as Discipline and they're both amazingly well-designed. The new healing model in general is just really well done — fast heals actually feel meaningful with a significant heal, but a high price for the convenience.
Thank you for making me have to think. Discipline hasn't seen much change — it's as CD focused as ever, but I can't imagine that any of the other healing classes are anywhere near as reactionary as the Paladin's is now. I mentioned the learning curve in an earlier post, and it's a spot-on assessment. This shit is going to take a bit of getting used to before it becomes second nature. I'm not going to be comfortable that I'm a competent healer until I can reach an incident of high party damage and not panic because I suddenly can't figure out what buttons to press for maximum throughput.
The DPS talents are a stroke of genius. And I know they're only there to placate bored healers when they overgear content. But I have to admit, I am placated as hell. =) That 2k of damage per second may not be what I'm used to pulling, but it keeps me sane by allowing me to try to DPS. I can engage my competitive DPS mindset at times when the healing one would only lie idle, lazily hitting a button every six to ten seconds. In the future I think I'm going to enjoy finding a combination of gear, glyphs and talents that will give me the most supplementary DPS without nerfing my healing too much.


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Monday, October 22, 2012
Quote of the Day
"Well Mr. Fischer, if that's the definition of 'the gay gestapo,' then I am a proud, card-carrying member."
-- CNN's Carol Costello, who abruptly ended an interview with homophobic radio host and American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer last week, on comments made by Fischer afterward referring to her as part of the "gay gestapo"
For quite a bit of time, I was Carol Costello's producer in New York. When CNN's Daybreak moved from Atlanta to NYC at the beginning of 2005, really only two people went north: Carol and I. The rest of the staff was in Atlanta and the show was produced there but Carol, myself and the skeleton technical crew were all based out of the Time Warner Center. It was an odd experience, with Carol and me often feeling like we were doing shows from some remote outpost; in a business where there always seems to be somebody looking over your shoulder, it was kind of liberating being left to our own devices most of the time. It was certainly an arrangement that worked well for the kinds of personalities Carol and I were. Basically, we were both strong-willed and opinionated and liked not having to deal with a lot of micromanagement.
Knowing this about Carol, I have no problem at all seeing her refuse to let a brainless asshole like Bryan Fischer steamroll her with a bunch of anti-gay nonsense. And that's what happened during her interview with Fischer: He made the horseshit claim that it's been proven there are health risks associated with homosexuality. What made Carol's decision to shut Fischer down so satisfying is that it's the rare example of a TV journalist not allowing a lie to go unpunished. Fischer's contention that the CDC has warned about the dangers of being gay wasn't simply a case of one guy voicing his opinion and that opinion being "censored" by an unfriendly media outlet -- it was a guy trying to pass off fiction as fact, more junk science from a group of people for whom there appears to be no other kind. Like Todd Akin, Bryan Fischer just makes up biology lessons as he goes and throws it all out into the ether, helping to further belief in what's essentially crap.
Carol did the right thing by not letting him get away with it. And for that -- for not allowing a lie to be cast as the truth on a national news network -- Fischer of course insulted her, calling her a member of the gay gestapo. But as Carol says, that's not really much of an insult.
Besides, I'm betting the gay gestapo would have spectacular uniforms.
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Maybe a better question is why CNN even has these idiots on in the first place. They won't bring on progressive voice but crazy extremist homophobes right wing ranters -- oh, yeah, bring us more of that.
I have no fashion sense, so I would be happy to have the gay gestapo telling me how to dress.
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Growing vegetables in raised beds. Wildlife habitat. Building things. Location: SW Indiana.
Monday, June 22, 2015
Monday June 22
This week the everbearing raspberries, Autumn Bliss and Caroline, began producing their summer crop. The timing is perfect as the strawberries stopped producing a few weeks ago. Now if the strawberries will start back up when the raspberries stop I'll be in berries much of the summer. I picked nearly a pound and a half of raspberries. This is the first picking along with a head of Green Magic broccoli.
Two small carrots were pulled up to relieve crowding. Green tops fed to the rabbits of course.
And yesterday more berries, a kohlrabi and the first hot weather crop, a large jalapeno pepper. Well it only weighed an ounce but for this variety it's large. I like an egg scramble with cheese and a fresh jalapeno for breakfast, so this pepper was put to use the next morning. For a jalapeno it was unusually hot. I bought the plant from the local greenhouse, same as last year, and those were relatively mild. Must be a different variety. I prefer them hot, for salsa.
It's hard to believe, I've picked 14 pounds of kohlrabi this season. I probably should have picked them a little smaller, as some of them were woody at the root end, but they came on so fast it was hard to keep up. The cole crops are nearly done, only the last of four sets remain, but snap beans will be ready soon. To see what other people are growing, visit http://daphnesdandelions.blogspot.com/
7 comments:
- Eight Gate Farm NH said...
Perfect head of broccoli, and I would not call those carrots small. Raspberries look great; are they seedless?
- June 23, 2015 at 7:00 AM
- Margaret said...
Beautiful head of broccoli & yum to the raspberries. I just planted some canes this year and was thinking we may get a few berries this fall (they are also everbearing), but from how slowly they are growing, I doubt we will get anything. You are definitely ahead of us here - my peppers are just starting to flower.
- June 23, 2015 at 12:52 PM
- Daisy said...
I think you're getting hit harder than we are with this Midwest storm system. We had quite the downpour yesterday, but no wind or lightning damage. Today is full sun and breezy - just right for drying up the excess. I feel very fortunate.
- June 23, 2015 at 1:49 PM
- Phuong said...
14 pounds of kohlrabi, that's amazing. And your broccoli and raspberries look perfect. I was just thinking about snap beans, mine are actually overdue to be picked.
- June 23, 2015 at 3:02 PM
- Daphne Gould said...
Hmm I think my comment got eaten by blogspot. Ah well no matter. Maybe this one will go through. 14 pounds of kohlrabi is a lot of kohlrabi. I planted a lot but I don't think it will be quite that high. I need to go out and pick some more tomorrow. I think some more have sized up for me.
- June 23, 2015 at 3:56 PM
- Mark Willis said...
I shall bear in mind what you say about kohlrabi. I have only 6 of them, so I don't want to let any of them get woody. I have Autumn Bliss raspberries too, but they don't produce fruit until the Autumn! (well, usually August...certainly not in June!)
- June 23, 2015 at 4:19 PM
- Susie said...
Mmm ... raspberries are my favourite. Unfortunately I have dozens and dozens of wild raspberry bushes popping up everywhere with almost no fruit. Just a pain for me to constantly pull them up.
- June 23, 2015 at 9:18 PM


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Kitten season is well underway and the Cat Protection Society of Victoria (CPSV) needs people to temporarily adopt the hundreds of newborns that will come to the welfare group in the coming months.
Cats are seasonal breeders, and kitten season runs from about September to April each year. Female cats can give birth to up to three litters over that period, which means 12 to 18 newborn kittens to every parent, many of which cannot be kept by their owners.
This is where CPSV comes in. The 20-year-old organisation aims to rehome 90 per cent of the kittens and cats dropped at its door, and is currently looking for short and long-term foster carers. Part of the drive aims to house cats the organisation believes won't cope with a move into temporary facilities while CPSV's new facilities are being built.
You can foster a kitten or cat for as long as you want – one or two weeks, or even longer.
The foster program helps provide homes to cats that are too young or immature for permanent adoption and cats that require special care due to pregnancy or socialising issues. Some just need a second chance.
Foster carers get a starter pack with food, litter, bedding and bowls, and a free follow-up vaccination from CPSV veterinary clinics.
If you want to adopt permanently, kittens cost $120. Cats aged between one to six years are $80, and adults older than seven cost $70. The price covers desexing, microchipping, vaccinations, parasite treatments, a vet check, two weeks health cover and free follow-up medical attention for recently desexed cats.
For more information on how to adopt, head to catprotection.com.au.
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Samsung is setting up to launch a new service at MWC called "TV Discovery", which is supposed to help users find video and live TV content with their devices. Similarly to what HTC just announced with its own TV offerings on the One, Samsung will use its service to aggregate content from multiple sources to be streamed to your devices. The goal is to bring live TV, video on-demand and online content to one place, and make it all searchable without caring which service the programming is on. The content will be available on Samsung's Smart TV's and "supported mobile devices", but no specifics were given. Similarly to what Samsung is already doing with its Peel partnership, devices will be able to be used as a universal remote control as well.
Samsung says that at the launch, the TV Discovery service will aggregate from Netflix and Blockbuster in the U.S. and Acetrax, Wuaki, MovieMax, FilmIn, Chili, Pathé and SF Anytime in Europe. Youtube is also mentioned as a potential video source. We should have a better idea of how the service will work and across which devices at its unveiling at MWC next week.
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Greetings, everyone.
Someone asked me what my mold avoidance story was, so I will try to write down the highlights of it here.
The basic facts are these. I moved out of my apartment with a mold problem in May 2008. Since then I have lived in seven rental homes, six vacation rentals, many campgrounds, and many hotel rooms.
To go into more detail, I had had a classic, moderate case of ME/CFS for 18 years at the time I decided to move. I had been living in my garden level (half basement) apartment for 11 years, and it had had three flooding events during that time.
I had NO idea that anything about sensitivity to mold or mold poisoning had anything to do with me. Then I read Dr. Shoemaker's book, Mold Warriors, and found it pretty convincing. So I took some baby steps. I did the online VCS test and it showed my brain was being affected by some kind of neurotoxin. I tried some phytosterols from the health food store, thinking that they would have a similar function to cholestyramine. They made me feel better.
So then I sent in a sample of my living room carpet to Mouldworks and it came back with several different kinds of toxic mold living in it. Plus a toxin producing bacteria. I did Dr. Shoemaker's basic panel of blood tests at the time, and the results pointed to mold poisoning. The genetic test, the HLA-DR test, showed I had a mold-susceptible haplotype.
So I decided to move. I sorted my possessions and put about half of them into storage. The rest of them I donated or threw away. Very soon after I settled into a new temporary place with new stuff, I noticed that I had more energy. And the big difference was that I no longer felt the constant agonizing misery that I had felt for 18 years. It felt like going from being half alive to fully alive, although still sick.
At the same time, I noticed my body reacting to some stores that must have had mold in them. I became more sensitized to toxins of all kinds, including chemicals. Getting away from and decontaminating from these things took a lot of effort.
I intended to find a new apartment that would be a healthier place to live. But in those early years I ran into some very bad luck and made some big mistakes. I found that for me there was a big learning curve in practicing a mold avoidance lifestyle.
I was working on detoxing this whole time, but I could only go so fast. It seems like other people have been able to handle detoxing harder than I can.
After around three years of trying various living arrangements in my home town, I ran out of places to try. I had tried all the newer hotels in town by that point, as well as many of the newer and nicer apartments and townhomes. So I began to travel to different states. I discovered that in places with really beautiful, pristine outside air, I had a bigger margin of error for making mistakes.
So that's where I am today. Traveling around and looking for a good place to rent. In hindsight, it probably would have been better for my personality to do a less extreme version of mold avoidance. But I might not have been able to help it. My reactivity dictated my choices as I went along, had more mishaps, and found fewer places that felt good to me.
I wouldn't either encourage or discourage anyone from trying a mold avoidance lifestyle. Whether it's the right lifestyle for someone depends on a lot of factors. But if someone decides to try it, I would be supportive of that person.
My Mold Avoidance Story
Blog entry posted by Forebearance, Apr 30, 2014.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Upside down Down Under
UPSIDE DOWN is today's subject for City Daily Photo Theme Day.
My laundry was drying on the fence in the hot Australian sun back in 2005 when I lived an almost hermit life for a month in rural New South Wales as a volunteer for the Good Samaritan Donkey Sanctuary.
To read more about the good life there and to see some of the over 100 sweet donkeys, please go to my earlier posts, "Preaching to the donkeys" and "Bless the donkeys."
14 comments:
- VP said...
Upside down down under is good but also really perplexing...
- June 30, 2015 at 11:19 PM
- Jack said...
Good one. I marvel that you can find a photograph from 2005. I can't find photographs from last week.
- June 30, 2015 at 11:21 PM
- William Kendall said...
I wouldn't have thought of laundry drying for this theme!
- June 30, 2015 at 11:42 PM
- Jim said...
Good one.
- July 1, 2015 at 12:57 AM
- Birdman said...
I didn't of laundry either. Good show. A donkey sanctuary? I 've got plenty of jokes for this one. hahahahaha
- July 1, 2015 at 1:12 AM
- Kay said...
I'm wondering if you'll be heading down under anytime soon.
- July 1, 2015 at 10:43 AM
- Hels said...
I wonder if laundry is hung up the other way in the northern hemisphere :)
- July 1, 2015 at 10:46 AM
- Merisi said...
Great contribution, Dina!
Now, what does upside down down under mean on the other side of the globe? ;-)
- July 1, 2015 at 12:54 PM
- PerthDailyPhoto said...
Excellent title Dina, great minds think alike :) I actually do hang my washing upside down :)
- July 1, 2015 at 3:43 PM
- LOLfromPasa said...
Love this! Always interesting to read what you have been doing.
- July 1, 2015 at 11:58 PM
- Gerard Michaud said...
love it
- July 2, 2015 at 12:29 AM
- Lynette said...
Good one. I'm glad that you remembered it existed and decided to use it for the Theme Day post.
- July 2, 2015 at 3:51 AM
- Julie said...
Look at it this way Dina: to be upside-down, down-under, is to be the right-way up. I love the flag fluttering in the background.
- July 2, 2015 at 2:00 PM
- cieldequimper said...
Caring for donkeys sounds so wonderful!
- July 2, 2015 at 8:58 PM