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A dilapidated property that neighbors have complained about for years has caught the attention of city officials.
A dilapidated property that neighbors have complained about for years has caught the attention of city officials.
The Columbus City Attorney's Office is working to fence in the property at 6079 Northgate Road, which has been vacant since 2003.
Since that time, the property, which is just smaller than an acre, has been heavily vandalized. The building, once a glass-enclosed office building, has been smashed in and spray-painted.
The property is littered with broken glass and garbage.
To make the property safer, the city attorney's office is seeking a judge's order to fence in the property, said assistant city attorney Michelle Cox.
"That seems to be the best option -- to at least make it safe," Cox said.
The property has put the city in an usual situation.
Its owner, listed as Lynsco Properties by the Franklin County auditor, filed for bankruptcy, Cox said. Those with liens against the property have released the owners from their debts.
"There's no effective owner to take responsibility for it," Cox said. "We don't have that happen very often."
Ideally, Cox said, the city would demolish the building, but that measure is too costly, leading the city to take steps to secure the property.
Long term, Cox said the city could issue fines against the property, eventually leading it toward a sheriff's sale.
That would take some time, she said, and the case is relatively new to the city attorney's office.
The matter is further complicated by the fact that the city rarely deals with cases such as these, Cox said.
"It's a little more complicated," she said.
Northland Community Council President Dave Paul said the property has drawn complaints from residents for years.
At one point, the city code enforcement officer for the Northland area looked at taking steps to deal with the property, but no action was taken.
"There have been complaints about the property since 2006," Paul said. "It was a problem then and has been a problem since."
Paul said local leaders began talking with the city again last May about securing the property.


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This morning Noah woke up at 6am.
Not cool.
His usual wake up time is between 7:30 and 8 so this was highly unusual for him.
I got up and went in to him and helped him get all comfy again and told him it was still nighttime and that he had to go back to sleep.
Then I left.
Then he screamed.
He was so angry!
And THEN...
He started screaming, "I KILL YOU MAMA!"
I think my jaw dropped.
"Did he just say, 'I kill you Mama'?"
Jamie said, "Yup. Sounds like it."
I credit his good friend Elijah (you did warn me, Jen!) with this new expression of anger.
It only lasted 5 minutes and then he fell back asleep until 7:45.
And he woke up happy as can be with no memory of his death threat against me.
Oh boys.
I guess I have more of this killing and death talk in my future - especially with 2 boys.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Expression of Anger
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oh dear! shocking just to read that, let alone hear it from your little one! i'm sure with my little emotional drama queen girl it will one day take the form of "i HATE YOU" which itself will do me in. ah, motherhood...the joys, the sorrows...the perspective needed to move beyond the emotional outbursts of our little ones and not take it too personally!ReplyDelete
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Residents of Massachusetts Community Reportedly Barred From Displaying Real Christmas Trees
Residents of one Massachusetts community are angered after being banned from celebrating the Christmas holiday with real trees, the Sun Chronicle reports.
Wingate Management, a national firm that operates the Norton Glen housing complex in Norton, Mass., sent out a letter to its residents prohibiting them from displaying real Christmas trees and lighting real candles within their homes.
Dean Siflinger, president of Wingate Management, said in an interview with FoxNews.com on Monday that the trees -- especially when not watered properly -- pose an increased risk of fire.
"It can be a real dangerous situation," Siflinger said.
The regulation, however, has upset several residents, many of whom already had purchased real trees before the letter went out.
"I can't celebrate Christmas the same way I grew up," one resident told the newspaper.
Other residents have complained about the cost of purchasing an artificial tree, which can be two or three times more than a real one, the newspaper reports.
"Nobody can afford that," the woman said.
Siflinger said a ban on real Christmas trees has been the company's policy for "many years." He said Wingate Management took over the Norton Glen housing complex last year from another company.
"It's a fairly standard policy" among similar rental properties, Siflinger said of the regulation, explaining that fires in such buildings can spread quickly from unit to unit.
Siflinger also said that his company will reimburse residents who purchased real Christmas before the letter went out in early December.
"I agree it's not fair it comes out there pocket," he said.
FoxNews.com's Cristina Corbin contributed to this report.


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9 more days to go
Now here we are talking about value addition. What has MBA taught me????
and most of all........What really have I learnt in the past 2 years?????
But hey!!!! the learnings can be good or bad, serious or funny, a major revelation or simply common sense :)
Well in interviews we ( yes "we" because all MBAs give certain typical answers ;)) answer this question by saying that MBA has helped us to formulate a holistic view of the business, to think from a business perspective, resource management etc etc etc...
Some also say ( not in interviews, of-course :)) that MBA is all about GAS :). Its all common sense which is presented in a glorified way by some amazing use of a language called English :)
Well as far as i am concerned, i think MBA has actually broaden my horizons. I was an entrepreneur before pursuing MBA so I had already learnt many business concepts before commencing the course but MBA helped me to appreciate what I already knew.
By the way, there is lot of acads involved in MBA & its not just about business suits & fancy presentations :) :)
Following is what I learnt from my MBA:
- Negotiation & Marketing are the key to MAKE or BREAK…All the fancy looking numbers on excel sheets are not enough but interpreting them convincingly is of utmost importance. You don't get deals by numbers because everybody has the same numbers. What work in your favor are your communication skills. Even if you have no substance on paper, you can still shine with some good marketing.
- To make your work sound very important, effective & complicated. use words like "analyse", " strategy", " value enhancement", etc generously.
- A true MBA never ever gives straight jacket answers like YES, NO or I DON'T KNOW. All that you say is... "we'll have to look into it" or "it depends" etc etc. Even the non MBA successful businessmen that we see all around us also use such lingo :)
- Always consider OPPORTUNITY COST..... The principle of opportunity cost applies to everything: every choice has hidden costs (i.e if you do one thing you forego doing various other things that you could have done in the same time or money or both) whether you're buying groceries, buying clothes ( the dilemma of buying a skirt or those amazing shoes within your limited budget ;)) , or taking on a new project.
- If you cannot convince a person, confuse him.
- Its best to be "Jack of all trades, master of none"
- MBA concepts are not just "gyaan", they are actually applicable to real time situations.
- Good academics + Great Communication Skills + Loads of Self Confidence+ Little bit of Luck = A Successful MBA Story
- Lastly, I learnt to make some real good Power Point Presentations and I really am good at it, in fact I would say I am superb at making and delivering PPTs :) :) :)


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Today's news that may be of interest to you:
Marketing Tool Most Real Estate Pros Want?
Realtor Magazine | April 4, 2012
A new survey reveals the marketing tool that the majority of real estate professionals most want to have and what they view as the tool of the future for marketing. (Hint: I've been saying this for some time now, this is the best tool ever! ~Anthony)
Owning Regains Appeal
The Wall Street Journal | April 4, 2012
Climbing rents for apartments are combining with a continued decline in home prices to push once-reluctant home buyers into finally taking the plunge, say economists and real-estate agents.
Wells Fargo Dominates Multifamily Originations
HousingWire | April 4, 2012
The Mortgage Bankers Association crowned Wells Fargo as the top multifamily mortgage originator in 2011, despite flagging commercial originations. What's more, the mega-lender will likely hold the top spot for some time.
For Home Buyers, an App for Attributes
The New York Times | April 4, 2012
While Zillow offers assessed values and Trulia has searches based on a buyer's needs, the House Hunter app ranks the qualities of a home.
The Government has Just Made Home Buying (Slightly) More Expensive
The Washington Post | April 4, 2012
Americans are still wary about buying homes, as many remain strapped for cash and gun-shy after the market's recent meltdown. Banks, meanwhile, have tightened their lending requirements, so even those with enough money and great credit scores are having trouble getting loans.
What Should Obama Do Differently on Housing Policy?
The Wall Street Journal | April 4, 2012
Some of the housing world's heaviest hitters are gathering in New York tonight and Thursday for an event organized by home-listings website Zillow to discuss bringing stability to the housing market (the forum Thursday includes the Journal's S. Mitra Kalita).
Another Bank Says Goodbye to TARP
The Hill | April 4, 2012
Another bank has ceased to receive the government's bailout support, handing the American taxpayer a nice bit of a profit along the way.
When Excluding Distressed Sales, Home Prices Continue to Rise
DSNews.com | April 4, 2012
When excluding distressed sales, such as short sales and REO transactions, prices actually increased on a month-over-month basis in February, according to the February 2012 Home Price Index released by CoreLogic Wednesday. Though, when including distressed sales, prices decreased compared to the month before.
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100 Random Objects From the G+ Hivemind
Contributions by:
James Aulds
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Reece Carter
Trey Causey
Jeremy Duncan
Jez Gordon
Paolo Greco
Richard Guy
Jason Kielbasa
Joey Lindsey
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1. a brass top that cuts your finger when you spin it
2. A domino mask made of buff-colored kidskin
3. 4 strings of heavy glass beads in an old boot
4. A birthday present for the youngest daughter of Tarantula
5. A rosewood maraca filled with teeth
6. The ugliest hat that will be worn this morning.
7. A wax-stoppered vial containing the dying breath of a notorious murderer, dissolved in
8. A stereoscope that stirs fear to touch--and few dare peer into.
9. A yellow wooden box with a hole to stick your hand in, which is lined with velvet and rusty
10. A Chinese puzzle ball which, once taken apart, can never be put back together again
11. a string bag full of counter-lemons.
12. the Hellraiser box, already open. You can't seem to be able to close it.
13. A wedding dress, previously worn only once. When tried on, the walls of the room weep
blood and the wearer disappears, but echoes of their voice remain.
14. What appears to be an elephant goad, but twice the length and width of any you've seen. Weighs about 25 lbs.
15. d12 worn copper coins depicting a monarch in full maturity that you know to have been strangled in their crib long before they could have assumed the throne.
16. A flail inlaid with precious stones, with little rubies set at regular intervals along the many thin silver chains depending from the handle.
17. An icon in the form of a foldable triptych, about the size of a deck of playing cards. There is a small hole through each panel where the saint's face should be.
If you fold the triptych backwards the three holes line up. In this arrangement the holes act as a powerful attractor for bullets.
18. A cylindrical wooden box that opens into a standing velvet-lined display case for false noses
19. A cylindrical wooden box that opens into a standing velvet-lined display case for real noses
20. a mushroom, Aureola Agaric. Whoever eats it might develop a severe case of extra nipples.
21. A white glove of expensive silk with the bones of a hand inside, but no flesh...found resting on your chest when you wake.
22. a single rose in a vase that crumbles to dust in the sunlight but reforms in moonlight
23. A small but extremely heavy brass paperweight.
24. A pair of shoes which cause any floor surface to act as an annoyingly over-smart kind of touchpad. Supposedly useful features surprise you constantly as you walk (e.g. if you skid to a stop with both feet at once then the whole world scrolls past you, or if you draw them together sharply then suddenly you're in some other space where you have a choice between the ordinary world you were previously enjoying and a number of popular or fashionable dream worlds).
25. A one-way ticket to
26. A two-way brickbat from
27. A fist-sized wooden statue of a frog on a mound of leaves. The bottom is a natural knothole.
28. A 3 inch pewter wizard with a cut glass crystal ball in a basin at his feet.
29. A stone gargoyle ear.
30. 24 perfectly shaped nail clippings.
31. A flat stone disc, 4" wide and one quarter inch thick, the top carved with a rose.
32. A stick of charcoal wrapped in parchment.
33. discs of copper, silver and gold which are all the same size and each weigh exactly one
tenth of a pound.
34. The recipe for the sticky stuff on post-it notes
35. A small vial of virgin tears
36. A vial of fairy dust
37. A drawing of 12 pillars on a parchment made from human skin. The pillars represent the leaders of a city, and the amount of decay and debris falling from each pillar represent how corrupt and evil they are.
38. A old revolver with strange runes engraved into it. When it's shot the bullet does no damage, but any damage the weilder of the pistol takes is transferred to the target. This lasts for one hour per empty chamber of the pistol
39. A key that opens nothing
40. An owl pellet the size of a large boulder, containing d3 human skeletons (when assembled) and d4 other objects on this list.
41. A "racy" novelty postcard from a resort on the shores of
42. A contract for someone soul, but it's written in the language of daemons
43. A perfectly round stone (small boulder), when this is in someone's possession any survival
checks to find food (not animals) in the wilderness is significantly harder
44. A well worn swiss army knife; whenever a tool is opened it cannot be closed again
45. A contact for someone's soul - if you can find the other contact you can administer a soul shock to them or possibly draw their soul out through a copper wire circuit.
46. Beautiful crystal chalice filled with horribly stinking, maggot-ridden fermented goblin fat.
47. Stuffed human body, naked and exposing huge genitalia, apparently transplanted from some beast.
48. Potion of healing with lots of fishing hooks inside it.
49. Hourglass full of living maggots.
50. Cuckoo clock constantly striking hours. Rotting human cock is placed instead of a cuckoo.
51. Huge wooden spoon, about three meters long.
52. Marble pedestal with one-meter eye resting on its top. The eye is real one.
53. Ornate chest full of rotten fish.
54. Bear trap with rusty spring.
55. Huge tome titled Guide to Hemorroid Collecting
56. A small pendant on a necklace, it looks like a warding stone but attracts instead wards
57. A small vial containing a fireball, closer inspection shows that it's actually a vial with a containment spell on it and that the fireball is a fire elemental
58. Plain sewn leather sack full of viscous, mossy gel and tiny bones.
59. Merit badge and walkie-talkie with your name on them in marker from
with an invitation to return next summer.
60. Used diaper, full of tiny gold coins.
61. Duck-shaped helmet (not duck head, whole duck!).
62. A seam on your leg, with one end slightly raised and a thread loose.
63. A small box containing the last breath of a old man
64. A large sphere containing the last laugh of a young woman.
65. a cup of Joe.
66. The blueprints for a clockwork antelope on 175 pages of bound vellum, written in a language the translation for which is stored in some cursed subterranean library.
67. A tiny vial, carefully packaged in down feathers and preserved vine-leaves. Contains distilled nymph tears and acts as a fairytale love potion.
68. A delicate dagger blade of yellow glass
69. The boots and coat of a mythological cartographer.
70. A pair of quartz dice that no sinner can resist.
71. A red leather diary describing the tragic and wonderful life of an adventurer. All names have been magically removed, leaving clean paper and underlines like a 'fill in the blanks' game.
72. A bottle of perfume with atomizer. Will trigger powerful random memory in anyone smelling it, after which they will be unable to concentrate on anything else for 24 hours.
Memory relates to...
1. The giddy heights of first love
2. shame and embarrassment
3. righteous indignation
4. existential dread
5. irretrievable loss
6. confusion and bewilderment
7. all-consuming lust
8. visceral disgust
9. personal triumph
10. physical danger
73. A set of Hello Kitty canopic jars, with preserved organs. Jars can be carbon-dated to the early 18th Dynasty.
74. A carton of eggs, but when cracked it is full of human blood
75. Written instructions for closing a gate, it's written in "l33t speak"
76. A picture of a naked man and woman on a piece of parchment
77. A magical book, it can only be read when using your peripheral vision, otherwise it's in a undecypherable text
78. d100 wax packs (with bubblegum) of Deros Attack! trading cards. Art by Victor Moscoso, S. Clay Wilson, R. Crumb, Spain Rodriguez, and other underground comix luminaries.
79. Skeleton of a 20' giant ground sloth with brass fittings at every joint. Next to a jeweled panel on a podium covered in cobwebs.
80. Bronze backscatcher w/ Mycenaean lion-hunting scene on handle. 4-fingered "hand" on the end has long, hooked claws, as though made to scratch under scales.
81. lingam-shaped lodestone in lapis lazuli.locket lined with linen.
82. The sick bed of Cuchulain -- 25% chance of Warp Spasm if sleeping in it overnight.
83. Pith helmet painted red and covered in pieces of broken mirror.
84. Hangman hammock, you sleep like the dead, ever hours rest is worth two hours. Con check is required to get out, otherwise death and death-like symptoms occur
85. Small leatherbound volume which contains a completely accurate and exhaustively intimate biography of the last person to possess it for 48 hours. Helpfully indexed.
86. A tiny set of golden horns suitable to be worn by a cat or small dog. They do 1d4 damage.
87. Set of high heels rumored to belong to Lux Interior. The wearer gains a +2 to damage and attack while fighting zombies.
88. A wishing ring, all the wishes have been used
89. A box with an ornate gold filigree on it in the shape a smaller box, opening the golden box requires a wisdom check and 1 pint of blood, inside is a bone finger dipped in gold
90. Animated suit of bronze armor reminiscent of the Dendra Panoply. Will fight valiantly on owner's behalf until destroyed or commanded to stand down. Detailed activation/shutdown instructions engraved in Linear B on the back.
91. A monkey butler named Jasper. Will understand and follow simple commands. (fetch me a scotch on the rocks, get my sword, get me a plate of gruel, etc.) Wears a tiny butler's suit and white shoes. Wears a monocle on his left eye. Smokes a pipe and speaks common with the elocution of a Shakespearean actor. Has an irrational hatred of Paladins, and Bards. Will attack them on sight as if he is a 4th level fighting man Monkey. Does not like bananas.
92. A double headed coin (both sides are heads)
93. A scrap of paper with numbers on it, the numbers change when ever in the vacinety of different people. The numbers are the social security numbers of that persons enemy
94. Hip flask with a tiny bezoar stuck inside. Will neutralize all poisonous effects of any liquid poured into it.
95. A wax sealed stonework jug of fearsome black wine.
96. A skeletal owl who answers 3 rhetorical questions.
97. A beautiful woven twine neckpiece last worn by a queen.
98. A jar of the most delicious spices this side of the moon.
99. a frog in a frog in a frog in a frog in a purse made out of toad
100. A box containing:
A pouch containing the crushed remains of your enemy
A small box with the lamentation of your enemys women
A vial containing those women's tears
man the hive mind of G+ is awesome


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My name is Lynn Dunlap. I've been teaching at Woodway Christian School for fourteen years. When I was a little girl, I used to play school every Saturday afternoon with the younger children in the neighborhood.
Being a teacher has been the most rewarding vocation, second only to being a wife and mother of two children. I've enjoyed working at Christian schools most because of the spiritual aspect. I've been a Christian all of my life, and watching the little ones grow in their love for God has been an awesome experience for me personally. I am very blessed to be working here and having the opportunity to teach preschoolers to grow both academically and spiritually.
In my spare time, I enjoy reading the Bible/spiritual writings. I also enjoy being with my family in various activities such as: dining out, shopping, hanging out and watching movies together. I not only love kids, but I have a passion for animals too. I have a pit-bull mix and a German Shepherd mix, a cat, a horse and three Longhorns.


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Avocado Toast
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by Linda Katz
Breakfast ● Recipes ● Vegan ● Vegetarian
1-2 pieces of Ezekiel Sprouted Grain bread, toasted
½ avocado, mashed with a fork
4-5 cherry tomatoes, cut in half or thickly sliced
4-8 slices of English cucumber
Trocomare Herb Sea Salt
Fresh cracked pepper
Smother that creamy avocado goodness all over your toast. Lay the cucumber and cherry tomatoes on top. Sprinkle with Trocomare (you should really buy this the next time you are Whole Foods, it does wonders for veggies, salads, and sandwiches) and top with fresh cracked pepper. Serve open-faced and enjoy!!
Beware that sometimes the cucumber slices and/or the tomatoes try to make a slippery escape. Remain vigilant at all times.
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Pap's Ultimate Sports Bar and Grill serves traditional American food along with 30 varieties of bottled beers and 12 on tap. There is karaoke on Thursday and Saturday nights, and complimentary WiFi access is provided every day. It has 12 flat screen televisions and 3 large projection screens as well as Golden Tee Golf, an internet jukebox, dart boards and video games.


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Some BGN 25 million of the budget surplus for 2007 will be spent on medical equipment for 50 medical institutions in Bulgaria. The news was announced at the meeting between Minister of Healthcare Radoslav Gaydarski and the media.
Over BGN 14 million will be allocated for renovation and modernization of university hospitals.
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As my vignette yesterday suggested, this is a tough month for me, especially when I'm dealing with a lingering illness (contracted a severe ear ache last week, and it's not going away). What helps get me through January is an appreciation of winter's beauty, which Paul F. Lenzi captures in a haiku today.
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We have openings in the following departments:
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Lead an individual project addressing a specific business problem and present to senior management
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Self-starter with strong networking skills
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I really believe in the old age saying that your first best friends and enemies are your siblings (If you were fortunate as I am to have 2 of them). This is my sister Misty and growing up I'd say we probably didn't get along as much. When you're kids you always tend to learn the hard way. I think that growing up I took my sister for granted because she was always there! But hey, that's why we're called kids you learn lots of stuff! However, even though we fought my parents raised us with the values to love each other and be kind to people. Blood is thicker than water they say, and I am glad that my parents instilled in us those values. Now that we are grown up, we have never been any closer and she is my true best friend forever.
Day 3 is dedicated to one of the positive motivational forces within my life. This one is for you MIMI!
During my recent lucky streak my sister and I have been thinking of different ways to live a happy life or to find something fun to do. Misty is a very hardworking and down to earth leader. She is always down for anything, friendly ear to listen and overall caring person. I want to add that Misty and Vic (Sorry fellas, that's her boyfriend) make such a great team in always spreading love and happiness. Put both of them in the room and you have great positive energy. That's why I am very proud that she had decided to enter the "Fly it Forward" contest by Jet Blue airlines.
A little about the contest:" If you were to spread good, where would you go?". Contestants then had to pick a destination and write what they would do to spread good in that city. The winner would receive 2 round trip tickets and a chance to do their wishes. Here is Misty's entry:
About a year ago, Misty and Vic lost a very important friend who had made such a big impact on their lives. A girl named Ally. Misty and Vic had told me numerous stories on how this one person was "full of life and passion for adventure." However, she was taken away too soon by Graves Disease. (An immune system disorder of the butterfly shaped gland in the throat (thyroid). That is said to be fatal if untreated immediately. Unfortunately, her condition was misdiagnosed and her fate gave her only a few months to live when found. Because of that, Ally lived the rest of her days being kind and inspiring to her friends and family (Misty and Vic especially).
Misty decided that if she won, she would dedicate these tickets in honor of Ally's spirit. By repaying Ally's message by showering random acts of kindness to the people of Seattle. Reminding that simple acts and reminders can bring a smile to someone who might need it.
The advantage for Misty in all of this? Why a free trip to Seattle, one of her top bucket list destinations! I am sure that Ally is smiling down on Misty and Vic right now for the good that they will be doing this weekend. She deserves it and I am happy for the lucky people in Seattle that get to encounter Misty and Vic's acts of kindness.
We all need days like this. Everyone can pay the kindness forward.
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Elina, 03 Apr 2010I have been using my sony ericsson Z610 for 2 years now.unfortunately the LCD is broken and i ... morei have one that i am selling for 45 dollars.
i used it for 1 year only..
the phone now always hang..i dunno wat is the problem..
i like dis phone very much n i take care of it very well eventhough it cant function at all now..
wat can i do 2 make it "alive"?
I have been using my sony ericsson Z610 for 2 years now.unfortunately the LCD is broken and i have been looking for it i all the market but i cannt find it.Please advise where can i get it because i would like to use my phone again.
to sony ericson, i want to know if there is available cover, so that i can change color,,, if not, produced
i am using it from 2 years and the charging and headset terminal is same so i am having problem with that i cant charge my phone i am charging it from universal charger where can i fix this problem and where can i get the panel of this phone because i have searched the whole market but i cant get it pls reply
This Phone has served me well for 2,5 (11.08.2007) years!
The original battery that came handset when purchased it still going strong and has been dropped many many times and still works well.
I Love this phones !! so nice for me.. it serve me well too.. the design are good.. love this phones !!
jm, 23 Oct 2009awesome phone, its just no full screen option in viewing pics and videosFor pics, you could rotate
problem with sony ericsson phones is that the headset and charger terminal is the same. with everyday use, the terminal tends to get lose. you'd be experiencing such problems. I advice you to go to your nearest phone technician and have it repaired.
z610i at night cannot capture so clear coz no light.why all sony ericson dun have fuction like nokia have flash light.
phone is good but dese dayz dere seems to be a charging error weneve i charge it..i jst wanna fix this problem rest it works fine
plz someone, i cant on my phone, i try to charge my phone but it still cant be on, does it have anything to do with the battery ??? plz help me,
reply at : firstname.lastname@example.com
is this phone read mp4 or wmv? please any one answer me quickly because iwant to buy this phone


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Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) Market Competitive Dynamics & Global Outlook 2024
Sarasota, FL -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/25/2017 -- Global Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) Market: Overview
To support the health professionals in decision-making in the health sector a system is developed which is the clinical decision support system. To analyze the clinical data and diagnose various diseases of the patients the clinicians interact with the clinical decision support system. The adoption of the system was due to the passing of the acts such as Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) in 2009. The system can be used in various stages such as before the diagnosis, during the diagnosis, and after diagnosis in order to understand the connection between the patient's past medical history and the current medical data.
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Global Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) Market: Segmentation
The global clinical decision support system market is segmented into its component, delivery mode, product, type, model, user interactivity, and application. Based on a component, the market is segregated into services, hardware, and software. The services segment is further sub-segmented into ongoing IT implementation and support services, post-sale and maintenance services, consulting services, and training and education services. Based on the delivery mode, the global market is divided into on-premise, web-based, and cloud-based. On the basis of the product, the market is categorized as integrated CDSS and standalone CDSS. Based on the type, the market is segmented into diagnostic CDSS and therapeutic CDSS. On the basis of the model, the market is bifurcated into non-knowledge-based CDSS and knowledge-based CDSS. Based on the user interactivity the market is segregated into passive CDSS and active CDSS. The different applications where the clinical decision support systems market is used include advanced CDSS and conventional CDSS.
Global Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) Market: Growth Factors
The growing adoption of IT in the health sector is the major reason that is contributing to the market growth of the clinical decision support system. In the recent years, the trends in the health sector have changed considerably. The clinicians are looking out for analytical solutions so that they can reduce the medication errors and they are also looking out for ways to reduce their healthcare expenditures, thus boosting the demand of the market. With the help of clinical decision support systems, the health professionals can be more effective, planned, and safe about their decisions. The growing need to improve the healthcare sector is triggering the market growth in a positive way.
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The clinical decision support system is geographically segmented into regions such as Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, and Rest of the World. The region that dominated the clinical decision support system market is the North America. The factor that contributed to this growth is the better healthcare infrastructure, increasing disposable income, and availability of technologically advanced healthcare IT solution. The Asia Pacific region is also contributing to the market share owing to the gradual adoption of IT in the healthcare sector.
Global Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) Market: Competitive Players
The key market players in the clinical decision support system market include Accenture, Quintiles, Surgical Information Systems LLC, Clinical Computing, ITH icoserve, Haitai Medical Information Systems Co., Ltd., Healthcare Management Systems, iMDsoft, Clinicmaster, Allegro CTMS, Promantra, Inc., Clinical Computer Systems, Inc., SCC Soft Computer, and 3M Health Information Systems.
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Details are still emerging about Cho Seung-Hui, the 23-year-old English major believed to have gunned down 32 people at Virginia Tech before killing himself. One thing professors and students knew unequivocably: That dude was weird.
When I was in college, the "weird dude" was a guy whom rumor had it brandished a gun at his friend and threatened to rape her. The friend didn't press charges because she wanted him to get professional help. Not long after, he broke out of a hospital's mental ward, drove across the state and fired shots at her house.
Rumor had it she pressed charges that time.
In the interest of public service, Creative Loafing would like to offer few ways to identify a person in your school, office, apartment building, etc., who's at risk of taking out a few bystanders on his way to hell:
1. Learn to differentiate the shy recluse from the sociopathic loner. The shy person simply doesn't talk much; the loner doesn't talk much because he's engrossed in old copies of Soldier of Fortune magazine.
2. If your dateless and bitter friend insists on reminiscing about high school girlfriends as if they just dumped him last week, beware. That was sad even when you both were still in college, but when he's pushing 40 and hasn't gotten laid since Reagan's second term, you better start talking to him about counseling. At the very least, make sure he's not a very good shot.
3. If your co-worker speaks admirably of Eric Rudolph or routinely retires to the bathroom with a copy of both The Berenstain Bears New Kitten and Thank You, President Bush: Reflections on the War on Terror, Defense of the Family, and Revival of the Economy, put in for a job transfer.
4. If your next door neighbor suddenly announces that the late G.G. Allin would have been the most underrated musical and cultural genius of our time if he hadn't been such a pussy, you might want to consider breaking your lease. If you own your home, put it on the market and take the first offer.
5. Remember: The homicidally crazy often don't advertise their angst. Forget about the friend who without fail calls you sobbing on Saturday at 3 a.m. -- they're just screwed up.


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Russian restaurant in the center, Acapella is well located on the outer side of the Garden Ring, close to large business centers and in the immediate proximity to the Moscow International House of Music. This is a great place for breakfast, business lunch, or dinner. Guarded parking is available to the guests of the restaurant.
Cozy and reserved interiors in Acapella Russian restaurant give the perfect atmosphere for rest and communication. We have comfortable armchairs, soft sofas and a lounge zone for those who like to chat. The contemporary design is completed with the elements inspired by Russian culture and architecture: a number of chandeliers resembling onion-shaped church domes and decorative white eggs with red floral design based on the famous creations by Faberge.
Our restaurant offers dishes to suit every taste: juicy steaks and grilled dishes, fresh fish and seafood, light salads and desserts that are hard to resist. Wine connoisseurs will appreciate our wine list, and we offer soft drink lovers to taste original non-alcoholic beverages, smoothies, fruit drinks, organic and fresh juices or enjoy a cup of hot coffee or aroma tea.
You can watch the chef at work in the show kitchen of the restaurant that fills the hall with warmth and enticing aromas.
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Sunday, January 8, 2012
Anti Piracy
I'm sure most have you have had to sit through this shitty commercial before watching a movie that you have bought or rented. It turns out the music used was stolen by the MPAA and the composer Melchoir Rietveldt was never contacted.
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HAGERSTOWN -- Rustin and Doreen Riss are building the home of their dreams near Hagerstown, but until about three weeks ago, the decision had a disappointing side.
Then, with the stroke of President Obama's pen, the couple and thousands of other home buyers across the nation have been given a reprieve -- and eventually, a windfall amounting to thousands of dollars.
"It's a nice little surprise," Rustin Riss said.
"Yes, I mean who's not happy with 6,500 bucks?" Doreen said. "That's an unexpected 6,500 bucks."
Obama on July 2 signed legislation that Congress passed to extend the deadline for home buyers to qualify for federal tax credits. First-time home buyers can qualify for up to $8,000 and homeowners, who are selling theirs and buying another home, can get up to $6,500.
The credit is equal to 10 percent of the home's purchase price up to the maximums of $6,500 and $8,000.


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MIAMI FASHION WEEK 2015By Wesley Sin
Summer is here… Are you ready for the beach, sunshine and bikini? Miami Fashion Week, or you can call it Swim Week, takes place in South Beach in Miami every summer to showcase the swimwear and the resort line for the next season. For the 2015 collection, the participating brands included Poko Pano, Gottex, L*Space, Maaji, Luli Fama and many more international swimwear brands. Among all runway shows, the "Electric Barbarella" collaboration by Beach Bunny and celebrities' favorite designers, the Blonds, was the most exciting night for the fashion insiders. L.A. based streetwear, Wildfox, joined the Miami Fashion Week for the first time to debut their cruise line inspired by the 80s' Barbie look. The exotic tropical prints from We Are Handsome and the Hawaii vibe infused design by Frankie's Bikini also gave swimwear lovers more options for this hot summer.
Planning to beat the heat by a summer getaway to the tropical paradise which is only 3 hours away from NYC? This time, we are not only showing you the hottest beachwear for the season, but also guiding you to explore more about the palm tree city, Miami!
Beach Bunny X the Blonds
Beach Bunny has become one of the most popular swimwear brands with its previous collaborations by the Kardashian sisters, Kate Upton, and Irina Shayk. This time, they did not disappoint for their highly anticipated return with The Blonds. The designer-duo famous for creating Lady Gaga's outfits produced a phenomenal show which has never been seen on the swimwear runways. This "Electric Barbarella" collection with colors of gleaming metal, opaline pastels and neon hues was inspired by the French-Italian fiction film Barbarella. Led by supermodels Hailey Clauson and Samantha Hoops, the girls with Beach Bunny's swimwear displayed a vision of retro futurism combined with the incredibly sexy design aesthetic that the brand is most celebrated for.
Wildfox is a L.A. -based women's label known for its iconic campaigns, dreamlike quality, and clothes that tell a story. After the success of streetwear and denim collection, the brand debuted their cruise and swim collection in 2015. Kimberly Gordon, creative director of Wilfox commented, "This collection is inspired by late 80s and early 90s fashion, Barbie, vintage Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issues, and supermodels of the era. The show featured a palette of pastel, ombre and neon hues mixed in with hamburger prints, swimmable gingham fabric and sporty zipper details on neoprene sets and high leg one piece suits." In addition to swimsuits, you can also see a lot of interesting items with vintage style on the runway such as woven beach pants, rompers, beach totes and flowing maxi dresses.
We Are Handsome
The Australian swimwear brand, We Are Handsome, caught the audience's eyes by the tropical foliage and a huge white albino python carried by the models on the runway. "This season, we're largely inspired by contrasting notions and striking imagery. We draw on our experiences through travel, art, culture, and all things life to bring a new collection to fruition", said Jeremy and Katinka Somers, the designers of the brand. A lot of different prints can be seen in their new collections, including the Bouquet print which intertwines hummingbirds with pineapples in a kaleidoscope grid and the Bermuda print which pays homage to the designers' traveling lifestyle with maps, sails and palm trees combined into one retro-cool design.
Frankie's Bikini
Frankie's Bikini, a new brand created by a 19-year-old California girl Francesca Aillo, was the new face for the Miami Fashion Week. As the youngest designer among all, Francesca made her "Hanalei Dreams" become colorful pieces. This collection featured a bohemian chic vibe infused with a tropical twist and the suits captured the essence of Hawaii's beauty through attention to details and many floral crochet patterns. "The Hanalei Dreams Collection was crafted for the fashionable and active young girl like me and the fits are perfected so that these bikinis are just as ready for the ocean as they are for the poolside," commented Francesca.
Getting ready for Miami?
After seeing so many stunning swimwear collections, I think a lot of you can't wait to plan a trip to the tropical paradise. Besides beaches and pools, there are also historical sites and perfect places for shopping and dining in Miami City. Don't worry if you don't have a car, any double decker tourist bus in Miami will take you around the city easily.
South Beach
South Beach is probably the hottest spot in Miami. The clear blue water and the white sand beaches are the most attractive scene to all tourists during the day. At the night time, South Beach becomes an area that never sleeps. All kinds of parties are happening in the bars and lounges along the seaside.
Lincoln Road
Lincoln Road Mall is Miami's largest outdoor mall with a lot of shopping and dining options. You can enjoy an afternoon in various stores under the palm trees; after shopping, just pick up a restaurant with outdoor seating to have a chilling dinner time.
Little Havana
Little Havana is a historical area with Cuban immigrants. Colorful murals, monuments to heroes, elderly men playing dominoes in the park and the aroma of cigar and Cuban coffee make this area unique and cultural. You can find specialty stores and Cuban restaurants all around the main drag, Calle Ocho.
Coconut Groove
Coconut Groove is the oldest inhabited neighborhood of Miami. Nowadays, there are various cafés, college bars, restaurants, boutiques and galleries lining the streets. A favorite spot of tourists is the shopping mall under the coconut trees, Coco Walk.
Bayside Market Place
Located along the Biscayne Bay in Downtown Miami, Bayside Market Place is a shopping center with wide selections of retail stores and theme restaurants. You can simply sip a glass of Pina Colada at the juice bar and enjoy the view with some live music performance.
The Museum of Contemporary Art is the must-visit destination in Miami for art lovers. The building, designed by Charles Gwathmey, creates an open space for all kinds of exhibitions. The museum maintains an active exhibition schedule, presenting 8 to 10 exhibitions annually.
For more information, you can visit the official Miami Tourist Website: www.miamiandbeaches.com


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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
17th May Part 4 Bosham church and cottages.
The church at Bosham is very old. There has been a church building on this site since 730 AD. This building dates from the 10th century.
The Saxon arch is depicted in the 11th century Bayeux Tapestry.
The daughter of King Canute is buried under the main aisle.
The story of King Canute trying to halt the advancing tide is supposed to have happened at Bosham - perhaps he was afraid of losing his chariot under the water, as we almost did once.
A reminder that a church is much more than a museum or a history lesson.
The church and the War memorial.
The cottages along the street are very pretty, using tradiational stone and thatch.
Friday, May 25, 2007
17th May. Chichester. Part 3. Bosham Harbour.
Bosham is the best known of the Chichester Harbour Villages.
It is pronounced Boz - um.
Later in the day we went to Itchenor. There is a ferry from Bosham Hoe to Itchenor, but only at weekends. It is a long drive round.
At high tide the harbour road is under water.
Below is a picture from a web site showing the road at low tide. It winds round the edge of the harbour.
Many years ago we parked our car on that road and went for a walk. When we came back the tide was in and the car had disappeared. Fortunately a kindly person had been able to move it for us.
And here I am with baby Jamie enjoying a walk along the harbour road in 1970.
The swans in Bosham were almost tame and I didn't feel alarmed having their beaks so close to Jamie.
Bosham is a popular centre for boating.
When the sun came out the harbour atmosphere was peaceful and relaxing.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
17th May. Chichester. Part 2. The town.
Chichester is a small city, with a population of less than 25,000. It is the County Town of West Sussex and is a centre for the surrounding rural and coastal towns and villages.
Cottage near the cathedral.
Lamp close to the cloisters.
The Market Cross - at the centre of a crossroads with 4 busy shopping streets intersecting at this point.
South Street, looking towards the market cross.
An old church has been swallowed up by the surrounding shops. It is now used as a Christian book shop.
Ashley joins Bill and me after spending time and money in the Christian book shop.
At this time of year the herb, valerian, grows just about everywhere including on the tops of walls.
Cottage near the cathedral.
Lamp close to the cloisters.
The Market Cross - at the centre of a crossroads with 4 busy shopping streets intersecting at this point.
South Street, looking towards the market cross.
An old church has been swallowed up by the surrounding shops. It is now used as a Christian book shop.
Ashley joins Bill and me after spending time and money in the Christian book shop.
At this time of year the herb, valerian, grows just about everywhere including on the tops of walls.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
17th May Chichester. Part 1. Cathedral
For nearly 1,000 years the cathedral at Chichester has dominated the landscape and drawn worshippers and visitors to its door.
A cathedral is not a museum; it is a living and ever changing centre of Christian spirituality. Even for those who profess no faith, a cathedral or church creates a time of still and calm. There is beauty all around and an atmosphere full of the history of all who have walked and worshipped there.
Things within a cathedral reflect the changing tastes and times of the people. The altar is now simple, with an amazing modern tapestry by John Piper behind.
Candles can have a spiritual and soothing effect on the soul. I like to light a candle in a church and think of those in need.
Outside the cathedral are many interesting things to see. On either side of the main door are life size heads of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. I like this image of the Queen - it has humour and joy and gentleness.
St Richard of Chichester was born in 1197. He was great teacher and theologian and Archbishop of the cathedral.
His simple prayer is well known.
Thanks be to thee, our Lord Jesus Christ,for all the benefits which you have given us, for all the pains and insults which you have borne for us. Most merciful Redeemer, Friend and Brother, may we know you more clearly, love you more dearly, and follow you more nearly, day by day. Amen.
The cathedral buildings were badly damaged during the reformation. Fortunately a small part of the cloisters remain.
Now we will take one last look inside the cathedral, which on the day we were there was about to celebrate a service of Holy Communion for Ascension Day.
The first and last pictures about the cathedral are post cards.
Monday, May 21, 2007
14th May. Tunbridge Wells Part 4. Details.
There is always so much to see and appreciate.
Here are some details seen in Tunbridge Wells a week ago.
I love old bird cages. Perhaps these on the paving outside an antiques and curios shop were not actually old - but they were still attractive.
This was the plaque on the bridge over the railway.
We were pleased to see that the bridge was celebrating its 100th birthday on the week we were walking over it.
Another detail on the bridge over the railway, probably ignored by most who cross the bridge. Sometimes we have to lift our eyes to notice things.
It wouldn't have been surprising to have avoided looking up - such a grey sky above us.
The kitchen/hardware shop in The Pantiles was a delight. They sold so many gadgets and tools for the kitchen.
Above there is the vast range of pepper mills.
And below we see collanders of many kinds making a lovely pattern.
As a footnote I must tell you that I own 2 collanders. One is fairly new and came from Ikea. It is white and rather like the ones on the right in the picture.
My other collander is very precious to me - I bought it in Woolworths in Richmond before were married. I saw that my college friends, preparing to be married, were collecting for their bottom drawer and I thought I should do the same.
All I could afford was an aluminium collander - still serving me well after all these years (43 years almost).
Saturday, May 19, 2007
14th May Tunbridge Wells Part 3. Museum and art.
We called in to Tunbridge Wells Museum to escape the rain.
We enjoyed our visit - and, as ever, loved the old toys most of all.
We enjoyed our visit - and, as ever, loved the old toys most of all.
This is a post card of the Noah's Ark.
Bill's eyes were drawn to items being studied by museum people at the desk - more old animals.
I think he would have loved to be sorting them out.
Tunbridge Ware is beautiful. Here is a description from Wikipedia.
Tunbridge ware is a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tonbridge and the spa town of Tunbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries. The decoration typically consists of a mosaic of many very small pieces of different colored woods that form a pictorial vignette. Shaped rods and slivers of wood were first carefully glued together, then cut into many thin slices of identical pictorial veneer with a fine saw. Elaborately striped and feathered bandings for framing were pre-formed in a similar fashion.
There is a collection of Tunbridge ware in the museum in Tunbridge Wells.
There is a collection of Tunbridge ware in the museum in Tunbridge Wells.
We were very impressed with the collection.
The box in the picture has a picture of The Pantiles on it.
The art gallery was being used to display the work of pre school children and it looked lovely.


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This Financial Adviser Has 75 Million Clients
The following is an excerpt from Ben Steverman | July 26, 2017 | Bloomberg.com |
Credit Karma had a problem. How does a financial-services company win the trust of a generation that just lived through a financial crisis? And a new, online company that asks for your personal information, at that?
Today, a decade after its launch, Credit Karma claims 75 million members, including almost half of all U.S. millennials and a third of all Americans with credit reports. The private, San Francisco-based company, which says it has been profitable for the past two years, recently revealed that its revenue jumped 50 percent last year, to more than $500 million.
Now the site, known mostly for giving out free credit scores and helping people find auto loans and credit cards, wants to remake Americans' financial lives from top to bottom, and it's starting with two of the most complicated and unpleasant tasks of all: filing taxes and getting a mortgage. This year the company launched both a free tax preparer and a new service to streamline the process of securing a home loan.
"Our goal is to be the best product [in] the whole spectrum of financial-services products that consumers could use help on," founder and Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Lin said. "There is a real opportunity in this space to change consumer finance." Among Credit Karma's competitors: NerdWallet, Credit Sesame, and Credit.com.
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McGraw-Hill's SAT, 2012 edition is 784 pages long. There is also a version that includes a CD-ROM with four extra practice tests. This book is reasonably popular with students, and even more popular with SAT teachers. That alone says something.
Note that McGraw-Hill is a major publishing house. So if you see the name on the cover of a test prep book, you have no idea of that book's quality (as you would with The Princeton Review or Barron's, for example). Some of the best and worst prep guides are published by McGraw-Hill.
I have reviewed several of the fat, comprehensive SAT prep books, and the good ones are very similar in quality. One may have slightly more realistic practice tests; another may be somewhat better organized. That being said, I would say that McGraw-Hill SAT is the best comprehensive guide I have reviewed thus far.
Introduction – basic information, reasoning skills (the "College Hill Method" includes advice such as "considering alternatives" and "thinking logically")
Diagnostic Test
Strategies by section type
Essay Practice
3 Practice Tests
Smart Cards (math, vocab, essay prompts)
Very well written, and directed at its target audience
Often more than one strategy is offered.
I did find some helpful techniques that aren't in most other guides, particularly in the Reading Section. There is even a thoughtful reading list.
Step-by-step guidance, even on grammar questions.
Explanations are given for all questions (illustrative and practice test questions)
Practice tests, while differing somewhat from the real thing, are the closest I've seen.
There were very few errors that I could find.
Amazon's price of $10.54 is a crazy bargain.
Some of the best techniques (e.g. plugging in on math) were not featured prominently, so many students will undervalue them or miss them entirely.
There are only four practice tests (although you can access two others online). You can get the CD-ROM edition with 4 extra tests for over double the cost.
Some of the advice is academic and not very helpful. Many of the introductory strategies are very general and can be summed up as "think in different ways."
I found this to be the best written, most accurate, and most useful of the large prep books. I would recommend it unless you are buying based on quantity (other books have more sample questions and practice tests). It's not head-and-shoulders above the competition, but it does many of the little things a bit better. Clearly, a tremendous amount of effort went into writing it.
That's it. It's funny that, although I really liked this book, I seem to have written a rather short review of it. Perhaps that's because there was a general impression of scholarship and usefulness that's hard to criticize. It's not as if any one paragraph jumped out at me. rather, I repeatedly kept thinking "they explained that very well," or "that's a great way to guide students through this type of problem."
I believe that most students who want to learn from a large SAT book will find this one to be the most helpful.
Buy Mc-Graw-Hill's SAT 2012 here
Mc-Graw-Hill's SAT 2012 with CD-ROM here


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Hollywood has many problems from it's apparent gender bias behind the camera and depressing representation of the LGBT community in front of it but now Hollywood now is facing a another problem it needs to counter quickly: sluggish summer blockbuster slumps.
Hollywood has had it's dry spots before but an expected 15 to 20 drop at the box office compared to last years performance in the summer representing, according to The Hollywood Reporter, "the worst year over year decline in three decades". If that wasn't bad enough overall revenue is struggling to break the 4 billion mark, a mark surpassed for the last 8 years.
The macro picture doesn't look great and it doesn't any better on the movie release level either as according to the The Hollywood Reporter, "for the first time since 2001 no summer pic will cross $300 million domestically (X-Men: Days of Future Past and Transformers: Age of Extinction hover near $230 million)".
However, Hollywood can breathe easy as it's performance internationally has been stellar however the year over year decline in performance is reflected in the performance in the sequels of Hollywoods' when compared to their predecessors. for example, this years' Spidernan release earned $706.1 million worldwide but earned $51 million less than it's predecessor, The Amazing Spiderman.
Dawn of the Planet of The Apes was also outperformed by it's predecessor, The Rise of The Planet of the Apes, by $217 million despite having an earlier summer release. The only film that escaped the trend was X-Men: Days of Future Past as it earned $736 million worldwide comfortably outperforming it's last outing, X-Men: First Class, by a cool $383 million.
There are a number of reasons to explain the notable drop in the takings from the quality of modern television to an ever fragmenting audience with an even more varied consumption habits when it comes consuming movies. However, the truth is that the majority of movies being made recently, particularly those that gross in the hundreds of millions, are either horrendous (any Transformer movie of your choice) or mediocre.
Movies like The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes or X-Men: Days of Future Past aren't bad movies and have fared well under critical review (both films were rated certified fresh by Rotten Tomatoes with scores of 91% and 92% respectfully) but they're no candidates for entry into the cannon of western cinema by a long shot.
Hollywood's concentration on making global hits that can translate across a large and varied audience has diluted the dramatic value of it's biggest earning titles to the point that the brilliant technical feats offered by these big budget behemoths often outshines the human drama on offer. The most poignant example of this is The Dawn of the Planet of The examples where a large company CGI and motion captured primates offered more nuance and dramatic tension than their human counterparts.
Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke and Kerry Russell are all terrific actors but they were forced to make the best of dull and pancake flat characters which punctuates the recent and continued trend of A-list caliber talent taking on TV projects due to the lack of well written movie roles around for actors of Oldman's, Clarke's and Russell's quality to sink their teeth into as Rob Reiner has pointed out, Hollywood "...don't make movies about real people".
In sum, the Hollywood machine will continue to crank out CGI heavy blockbuster for a long time yet as they, quite simply, keep on the lights but the need for real human drama is in real demand as people will eventually get sick of watching two robot beat the code out of each other or monsters destroying cities with no human fallout and if the recent numbers say anything, the audience might already be there.


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Harmonize Your Yoga Practice with Pristine Musical Ambiance: Five Playlists to Try
Yoga has the power to touch our lives in such a profound way. Unsurprisingly, music is the same. When combined, a yoga practice supported by a moving background playlist can bring your experience to another level. The right music and sounds can make that challenging pose just a little easier, motivate us to execute a flow sequence with stamina and grace, and ease us into deeper relaxation and meditation.
However, finding the right music may be trickier than you think. A band you may love to see in concert might not necessarily be right for your yoga practice. Appropriate music should embrace and heighten your connection to mind, body, and spirit; it should not distract you from a pose or a flow sequence or get you caught up in lyrics. If you're struggling to find the right music for your practice, here are five playlists that might supply what you need:
Tibetan Monks
Featuring subtle rhythmic chanting, humming sounds, awakening chimes, singing bowls, and deep bellows, the music created by Tibetan monks has been used for many years to assist in the relaxation of body and mind. Traditionally used by Tibetan Buddhists to prepare themselves for meditation, this style of music has been adopted by yogis everywhere as a soothing background for yoga practice.
~Try searching: Tibetan monk, Tibetan meditation, and singing bowls~
Sounds of the Natural World
Another option used to cue relaxation during yoga offers sounds of the natural world. Often paired with light piano music, these soundtracks commonly incorporate ocean waves, dolphins, seagulls, crickets, rainstorms, and rustling leaves. Give it a try and embrace the interconnectedness of all creatures.
~Try searching: rainforest sounds, wildlife music, and ocean sounds~
Mystical Noise and Outer Space
Some yogis who are easily distracted by traditional music or wildlife sounds opt for more mystical playlists. Featuring an eclectic blend of keyboards and inexplicable melodic noise, mystical soundtracks are reminiscent of deep space and often have a recurring note or subtle melody. Try it out during your next session and see if it helps you channel your inner universe explorer.
~Try searching: mystical music, universe, outer space, and ambient sounds~
Casual House Music and Lounge
While some yogis may be initially puzzled by this suggestion, this is actually a common choice for power flow yoga classes and any class that features quick and continuous flow sequences. This is because the consistent beat of these tracks is often emphasized, making it easier to match moving transitions to the beat and retain a rhythm for sequences. Try to avoid playlists that feature a lot of remixes with heavy lyrics, as words can sometimes distract.
~Try searching: casual house, lounge music, majestic house, and deep house~
Surprise! Try a silent yoga practice to help concentrate on your breathing and the internal rhythm of your own heartbeat. Throwing in a silent practice every once in a while, is also beneficial for heightening your awareness and appreciation of other music-based practices.


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We stayed here in March 2017 during part of the St Patricks Day Festivities. Gary was kind enough to meet us at the ferry even though we had a ride and escorted us back to Chex Mango. He was a kind and gracious host showing us around the property and offering help for whatever we needed. We walked in to our villa to find mangoes waiting for us on the table. This is one time I can say thank god for global warming cause they arent suppose to be in season until the summer. Those Julie mangoes right off the tree are the best and the smell and taste is nothing you will find here in our grocery stores.
We stayed in what is called Paradise Suites. Lovely spacious villa with 2 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms and equipped kitchen. Lovely patio surrounded by mango trees. A beautiful pool available with a beautiful view of the ocean. Within walking distance of Salem. Also walking distance to Lime Kiln Beach.
Our trip to this Island was because my husband was born here, left at 6 and never went back even though he has some family there. During this trip my luggage was lost for 2 days and I was pretty sad. But that first morning after having a little cry about no clothes to wear I went to sit on the patio. Right away this man says good morning and asked me if I wanted some fresh coconut water....I hesitated to say yes but then did and he proceeded to get me a coconut out of the tree and cut it open and present it to me. Well that was a real treat and really changed my thoughts around for the day. He also was kind enough to drive us to Isles Bay Beach one day, gave us a little tour along the way, enjoyed lunch with us where we found out he was an old friend of my husbands brother....it truly is a small world. Thanks to Alfred or Muggy we heard was his nickname back in the day.....its the small things that make a trip memorable.
Anyway this is definitely a place to stay. Montserrat is a beautiful island with beautiful people!
Chez Mango Villa is paradise! The view of the ocean from the balcony is absolutely breathtaking. I loved waking up in the morning with my cup of tea and just enjoying the ocean view and scenery. The property is surrounded by mango trees and coconut trees from afar. I enjoyed picking mangoes and eating it fresh off the trees. Morning runs to the beach was my favorite thing to do. I also spent a lot of time relaxing by the pool or in a hammock under the shades. Eating was also my favorite thing to do there, so some nights were spent in the kitchen, and lazy nights, we hired a chef. I loved that the kitchen is spacious and clean! The entire house is clean! It is well kept and like new! I highly recommend Chez Mango Villa to anyone looking for luxury, relaxation, and paradise!
I was pleasantly surprised that Chez Mango was not only gorgeous as the pictures, it was even better. The property was absolutely beautiful with a very large pool, with an excellent view of the beach. Most of my days were spent lounging by the pool, while taking in the sun and the natural sweet island breeze. The property is a short walk away from the beach. The rooms are spacious and well kept. Chez Mango is perfect for families or friends wanting to have a fun time or just some quiet down time. Friendly neighbors. Definitely will stay here again.
Chez mango villa is located at one of the most easy accessible location on Montserrat, owned by one of the most friendly Montserrat national who possess an awesome personality and as such his villa is no different, you will have a beautiful view of the caribbean sea ,it's garden will wow anyone that love same ,a swimming pool at your leisure with an open -spacious pool deck with awesome furnitures ,the rooms are comfortable, parking areas are vairy ,if you need to be absolutely private theres an area for such space, i can go on and on ,but my point is if you need or want a place to stay, your unregretable option is Chez Mango Villa.
Truly one of Montserrat's finest establishments! I recommend the Chez Mango to any and everyone! Whether you desire to rest in bed, kick back on the veranda to take in the view, or to soak in the sun kissed pool, the Chez Mango Villa will satisfy you.


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No light at the tunnel's end
Last year's dismal performance had as much to do with a shortage of equipment that go into thermal power plants as with fuel constraints.india Updated: May 03, 2009 21:31 IST
Last year India managed to add 3,453 Mw of thermal power capacity, slightly less than the peak summer demand in its capital city. Our planners have set up a hugely ambitious target of adding 90,000 Mw of generating capacity in the five years to 2012. Ambitious by Indian standards: we managed to add a mere 21,080 Mw of the targeted 41,109 Mw in the previous five years. The goal for the 11th Five Year Plan, however, seems puny against China's efforts — it is adding upwards of 100,000 Mw to its electricity generation capacity every year, despite being in the same boat as energy-deficient India. The 95,000 Mw peaking demand nationwide lends credence to the argument that India's rapid economic growth is largely 'powerless': our consumption of energy per capita is a fourth of the world's average.
Last year's dismal performance had as much to do with a shortage of equipment that go into thermal power plants as with fuel constraints. Makers of gear for power plants, including the State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, have their order books full. Capacity building would need to begin in this industry for India's electricity supply to have a hope of keeping up with demand. On fuel, the shortages in gas and coal apart, policy attention needs to be immediately focused on getting whatever supply is available to the power plants. Transport infrastructure, both rail and port, needs to be scaled up to avoid the recurrent theme of most power plants running on less than a week's fuel stocks. These are the lesser issues in India's struggle for power, and easier to grasp.
The bigger issues, of course, have remained much the same for all of India's independent history. Hydroelectricity continues to get passed over because of collateral issues. Policy preference for thermal power has been a leap of faith over successive five-year plans. Renewable energy is living off government handouts. Nuclear power offers a way out, but in the distant future, and there too our targets are modest at 20,000 Mw by 2020. Which is a pity, because power — or the lack of it — has been a deciding factor in election after election.
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That Night, a composition consisting of words that fly from the soul
There is light in her window,
There is thunder in her heart
She weeps of love, of life.
There is joy in her heart
There is magic on her fingertips
She laughs with happy bursts.
Would that she were here,
Would that she were the wind
To be blown to my open door.
Are you there advancing in the mist?
Are you there clearing away the clouds?
Yes she says, yes I am warming the day.
Her breath comes in voiceless words
Her sentences contain no periods
She races ahead with my punctuation.
Can you see the fireflies on the edge of the road?
Can you see how they come and go as midnight whispers?
There in the thickets wanders my heart, my soul, my life.
The evening is black, dark as starless space
The night lets its weary eyes fall shut,
The fire of my soul lights my way.
Then it was that the fireflies became doves,
Then it was that her window sprang open
And I sang my song of naked angels touching and kissing 'till dawn.
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Many migratory birds that breed in the United States and Canada have finished breeding and have started to show up in Honduras recently. Many residents have also finished their breeding season, and juveniles of those species which retain a juvenal plumage for a while (like Rusty Sparrow, Eastern Bluebird and Bushy-crested Jay, to name a few) now seem to be everywhere.
For one group of residents – the nectarivores – the breeding season is just starting here in Honduras. Both hummingbirds and flowerpiercers are easily found these days, because many of them are quite vocal and active. Some species, like the Wine-throated Hummingbird pictured above, spend much of their time displaying at leks, and produce an endless series of chips when perched on a favorite branch, or a surprisingly musical song when hovering in front of a female.
While chirping from an exposed perch, the male often puffs up his extravagant gorget, which glitters bright magenta from some angles, but shows a duller green or a dark wine-red from other angles.
Posturing also forms part of the display of this species. Every once in a while, whenever a conspecific flew past (my feeling was males mostly, but I'm not 100% sure), the displaying perched male would spread his tail and raise his wings, but remain perched, apparently to impress another male, or perhaps to impress the watching female.
We observed these Wine-throated Hummingbirds in La Tigra National Park, near Tegucigalpa, last Saturday. While hummingbirds and flowerpiercers can be hard to find at times, their songs are now frequently heard, and watching their displays is fascinating. We also observed several male Green-breasted Mountain-gems dueling fiercely in mid-air.


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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Knife Toys for Children... FAIL!!!
Yes, that's right. It's a funky-coloured plastic knife that makes a squeaking noise as you stab someone with the blade. While this toy is a hilariously campy toy that I wouldn't mind having on my shelf, this toy is all kinds of wrong for young children.
What kind of play time would you expect with this toy? Children would run around stabbing each other or their toys to be rewarded with delightful squeaking sound. What does this teach children about knives? That it's fun to stab people! Imagine a very young child who plays with this toy and hasn't yet learned the difference between toy knives and real knives. What would might happen if they somehow got their hands on a real one?
Yes, yes. I know that parents should be active enough in their children's lives that they wouldn't be introduced to a toy at a very young age, nor would they leave knives just lying around. But honestly, I don't trust everyone to properly parent their children and this is the last toy I would want to see in the hands of a child that is being raised poorly.
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That ... is disturbing. On so many levels.
- April 7, 2010 at 11:09 AM
Won't someone please think of the children! A little over the top with this post I think.
- April 7, 2010 at 11:29 AM
- Chris Olson said...
I would have to disagree with it being over the top. Knives are easily accessible, not everyone secures their kitchen knives, tools, etc. Toy guns and even swords are of a different nature, since real ones are generally not easily accessible by children, (or should be at least).
And I completely agree with the lack of trust in other people's parenting. I mean, look at the 11-year-old boy who shot his pregnant step-mother.
Parents need to be teaching their kids. I don't have a problem with violent toys usually, but ones targeted at very small children should not encourage stabbing.
Studies are starting to show that violent behaviour is instilled at a very young age. Teenagers playing violent videogames don't make them killers but learning to stab someone when you're 4 might. I would question any parent that bought their young child a squeaky and stabby fun toy. That sound is clearly only going to appeal to very young children, or ironic adults as a lark.
- April 7, 2010 at 11:48 AM
A knife is a potentially deadly instrument, even in the hands of a small child. Any knowledgeable martial artist, doctor or cop will tell you knives are extremely dangerous when directed against a human target: it doesn't matter where it touches the skin or in what manner, blood will flow and there's very little force required to deliver a lethal stab or slash. The problem isn't that this would magically turn children into psycho killers (obviously this is rather absurd, just like violent video-games don't lead to violence by themselves) but that it greatly facilitates accidents: if a young child habitually plays with this he might be inclined to grab a steakknife of the table and stab his siblings or parents with it, basically mimicking the motion expecting an equally fun squeak only this time with potentially lethal results and with a scream of pain and shock instead of the delightful sound-effect. Knives aren't toys, not even wooden or plastic ones and there's a reason they are always treated as the real thing in training.
I fully agree with Lori and Chris: letting small children play with this 'toy' is an accident waiting to happen and it should be either forbidden to target it at children under a certain age or the label should at least point out the dangers in no uncertain terms.
PS: this might be a helpful tool in knife-defense training though, at least this way it's clear when contact is made and you don't have to wash clothing as with the magic marker method.
- April 7, 2010 at 12:21 PM
- Chris Olson said...
My thoughts exactly. To paraphrase Professor Sylvain, it only takes a small scalpel to perform an autopsy...
As for a training aid, they are unfortunately a little too flimsy for training with any degree of intensity.
- April 7, 2010 at 12:55 PM
- FredInChina said...
Osu Anonymous,
Apparently from a point of authority, you say ..."(it is)rather absurd, just like violent video-games don't lead to violence by themselves"...
I am wondering what we really do know with precision about that?
Thanks for your insights
- April 14, 2010 at 11:36 PM
Common sense suggest the influence of parents, social class, education, culture and psychological factors would be far greater than at maximum a few hours of videogames a day: surely dysfunctional families, a poor & violent neighbourhood, doing poorly at school, the general cultural attitude on violence, aggression & competition and certain personality disorders or other psychopathological problems have a far greater impact on violent behaviour than anything else let alone mere entertainment. To suggest violent videogames somehow 'cause' violence among children is ludicrous since so many children spend time with them yet very few undertake serious violence. At best it's one factor among many and personally I don't buy it: if anything you'd think playing these games would lead to a decrease in frustration and violent tendencies (catharsis) and only pathological or dysfunctional cases will feed on this and fixate on these purely fictional depictions of violence. Videogames don't make you violent: that comes from within (frustration, anger, fear, pathology, lack of empathy) and it's an easy scapegoat for a violent & increasingly dysfunctional society that refuses to confront real problems and instead makes a big fuss about pseudo-issues like new game-releases. If you're that concerned as a parent simply don't buy these games for your child and forbid it to play it, that is how great your power is and how little impact the evil game-industry has on your family.
Further proof: the occurrence of extreme violence among children or teenagers is far greater in inherently violent countries like the US as opposed to rather peaceful ones like Japan or European countries yet violent videogames are popular in all these countries. This would make it at least likely a different educational system, cultural differences and availability of weapons has a far greater impact than games or any media alone. On top of that even young children are quite capable of making the distinction between reality and fiction (at least those old enough to be able to play these games and understand the storyline): surely playing Wolfenstein doesn't manipulate one's brain into thinking the world's full of evil SS-men that need to be killed off asap (if it does you urgently need to see a psychiatrist) so how would shooting a german soldier in the game lead to shooting somebody in real life? Hell, restrict gun-ownership and keep guns far away from children and locked up and nobody will get shot in the first place, at least outside of a criminal context. Keep your children in check and do not promote a cut-throat mentality where winning is everything and violence is not only condoned but actively promoted (on to the next war, boys) and there won't be any violent rampages or at the very least a steep decline in their occurence.
In any case you'd think if it was true and scientifically proven (conclusively) videogames or any other media depicting violence are a direct cause of violence among children or teenagers they'd be forbidden in the interest of public health and safety (much like alcohol is forbidden for minors). Quod non. I'm not a social psychologist nor criminologist but as far as I know studies published on the subject are largely contradictory hence there isn't a clear conclusion that can be drawn from them and that's if you grant psychology real scientific status but that is another matter entirely. If there isn't consensus among specialists common sense dictates opinion and I think my opinion isn't stupid nor irrational. ...
- April 15, 2010 at 1:09 PM
Clearly you expect facts and figures and preferably multiple references to intricate scientific studies in order to prove my 'authority' (which I never claimed btw): don't be a smartass and look it up yourself. I'm sure an educated individual like yourself could easily verify or disprove the factuality of my claims and shed some light on the subject. I'm not going to waste time on a subject that doesn't concern me directly nor am I very interested in discussing this further with you. Think of it what you like.
- April 15, 2010 at 1:09 PM
Clearly that should have been 'developmental' or 'clinical psychologist' instead of 'social psychologist' lest someone take offense
- April 16, 2010 at 1:01 AM
- rob said...
What studies? What is your definition of violent behaviour? And what evidence is there that playing with toy swords, knives and guns is likely to turn you into a killer?
Also, any four year old who doesn't know the difference between a toy knife that makes a squeaky sound and a real knife is a retard. When I was a kid, every boy of six had a pen knife. I remember getting a Swiss army knife for my seventh birthday.
- May 24, 2010 at 7:43 AM
- Lori O'Connell said...
Hedge Wizard, I wish all parents could be trusted to raise their children as responsibly as you have. Yours is an example that should be followed.
- May 25, 2010 at 8:30 AM


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Three more New England Patriots players say they will not visit the White House for a post-Super Bowl visit, bringing the total number of such players to six.
On Thursday, running back LeGarrette Blount and defensive lineman Alan Branch said during separate interviews they would not make the trip. Defensive end Chris Long tweeted the same.
"I just don't feel welcome into that house," Blount told Fox Sports Radio. "I'm going to just leave it at that."
Martellus Bennett, Devin McCourty and Dont'a Hightower had previously said they would not make the trip.
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Just a reminder that our classes are still rocking the Alola foundation Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 6:15pm!
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Monday, 28 January 2013
Album for twins
I made this for a young lady expecting twins soon. I will put their names on the outside when we know the names (both girls apparantly).
this is the inside and I have done it in red pink and yellow and used pages from a crafters choice Happy Owl stack. card stock is from stampin up. Have left places for her to add photos and places for her to journal. (hope she likes it).
took forever for me to work it out but got there in the end. Guess who was my inspiration??? of course my dear sister Flo.
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