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According to Jim Gillespie (contact info below), America's Premier Commercial Real Estate coach, "There's so much negative news being shoveled at us that it can be difficult to rise above it all and still determine your own destiny in commercial real estate brokerage. Yes, transaction volume is down considerably since 2007, but did you know that the total dollar volume of commercial real estate sales transactions in the U.S. rose by a full 58% during the first half of 2010, as compared with during the exact same period back in 2009? This information comes from Bloomberg and Real Capital Analytics.
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My primary focus is providing location advice to owners and occupants of industrial buildings between 20,000 and 100,000 square feet in Orange County, California. The volume of transactions in this sub market has increased exponentially since the first half of 2009...highlighted by the below transactions:
163,000 sale in Anaheim
156,000 sale in Anaheim
120,000 sale in Anaheim
60,000 sale in Fullerton
57,000 lease in Anaheim
45,200 lease in Anaheim
45,000 lease with purchase option in Anaheim
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50,300 lease with purchase option in Orange
49,364 lease with purchase option in Anaheim
30,800 sale in Orange
58,000 lease in Garden Grove
52,500 lease in Brea
24,700 lease in Brea
Outlook for the Future:
Anyone's guess at this point as the negative "pre-election" news is creeping into the market and minds of small business owners. I continue to believe that NOW is the best opportunity to make an outstanding real estate deal!
Jim Gillespie
America's Premier Commercial Real Estate Coachsm
Advanced Commercial Real Estate Coaching
41890 Enterprise Circle South, Suite 135
Temecula, California 92590
(951) 694-6655
Saturday, August 7, 2010
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Costa Mesa, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 03/02/2015 -- Researchers at the University of Texas Austin successfully identified a genetic network which appears to determine alcohol dependence, according to a recent publication in the Imperial Valley News. Findings from the researchers appeared in the Journal of Molecular Psychiatry. The research results are likely to help alcohol addiction treatment professionals heal patients, as well as opening a new possibility to screen people for alcoholism.
Support for the research came from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse, or NIAA, while funding came from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009.
To find the network, the UT Austin researchers looked at the genetic profiles of brain tissue from patients with alcohol dependency and compared it to the genes of patients who had no dependency. The researchers found a set of genes which tended to be "co-expressed together" in patients who consumed the largest amount of alcohol in the study. These genes in particular were linked to patients who struggled to the greatest degree against alcohol dependency.
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[JP] Game Update/Maint 27thOct Red coated Visitor Event Patch
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These are my favourite posts. My monthly re-cap where I link up with Deena (and EEEK I KNOW HER NOW, and we like text in real life) it's like knowing a famous person for reals guys.
Anyways, I like doing this month in review, makes me count my blessings and such.
here's my May in numbers:
37 - years in which I have been alive. My Birthday was on the 6th of May, and I celebrated with my Boot Camp ladies as well as the best friends a girl could ask for from work. These are my people.
4 - kids that call me Mom and celebrated with me on Mothers Day. Scary to think I've had 17 (almost 18) of these. The cutest thing ever was Nevaeh making me Coffee by herself. She was so proud.
1 - Very wet prom my daughter attended. I loved spending the afternoon with her getting her make-up and hair done. I wasn't fully prepared for how emotional I would be (and how much I would have to drink afterwards because of it - yikes!).
2 - weddings I photographed in May - Wedding season is upon us folks!
2 - rained out mini sessions - this weather we've been having sucks
1 - book I read (well listened too).
10- girls I met on May 24 Weekend when the Blended Blog ladies came to Toronto , which you can read about here or here.
$3948309 - dollars I spent at Sephora
8 - number of dresses I purchased last month
16 - Pounds I gained
8 - Pounds I lost (almost gone guys!)
3 - cousins who played at Black Creek Pioneer Village on the Monday of the long weekend. We love this place.
1 - Snuggle up and read event at the kids school. Abby acted out Get out of bed and did amazing.
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Your girls are so beautiful just like their mama!! The Pioneer Village looks so fun! I'd say May was a pretty grand month!!!!ReplyDelete
bahahahahha, like knowing a famous person...I could say the same about finally getting to know you. I absolutely adore you and am so glad to have you and your cussiness in my life.ReplyDelete
Love reading about your month Nicole! Those cookies are awesome. You should get Nick to make a shirt for you with that saying.ReplyDelete
gorgeous kiddos! YAY for listening to your first book (of many, I'm sure). Great month (mostly because we got to hang)ReplyDelete
I feel like I know famous people too after Toronto :)! May was a great month because I got to meet you! Your daughters are gorgeous.ReplyDelete
Aww, I love all the pictures that you're taking of the kids. Wish you lived closer to me to take our family pictures! Want to travel to see us? hehe. I think I might have to jump on that book listening wagon.ReplyDelete


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So…. it's been a while hasn't it?
I recently traded the comfort of a part time desk job and climate control for full time hours on my feet in the warehouse where I am 'unburdened by air conditioning' as my boss puts it.
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Despite the fact that they moved our shift back an hour so we work 6-2:30 instead of 7-3:30 to avoid the heat. But it means getting up at 5am.
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And when fall comes and we go back to our old schedule I'll get to 'sleep in until 6am' (there is a sentence I never thought I'd utter).
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Inspecting things. Making sure they meet the measurements & descriptions we have for them.
What kind of things? Right now mostly Adirondack chairs and variations on Adirondack chairs.
I will never sit in an Adirondack chair again.
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I haven't been to the gym since I started this job.
Partly because I am getting lots of physical exercise and partly because after working in the heat all day I'd need to take a shower BEFORE I worked out and I just don't have the energy for 2 showers a day.
The demons recently spend a week at camp
They liked okay. Mostly. Havoc lost his glasses in the lake the second day there & the camp never called to let me know so he was semi blind for 3 days. He still had fun. He had an outdoor survival class he loved. Mayhem enjoyed the competitions they had but is ambivalent about the classes he took.
They want to go again next year though.
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We cleaned out our oldest shed (which is a container usually hauled around by 18 wheelers & came with the property). We were ruthless. Tossed everything and being the cheap people we are we tossed most of it in the burn pile because we didn't want to pay the dump's charges to drop it off.
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Yes, that is MDF wood you are not supposed to burn that we're burning.
We stood well back from the smoke & didn't let the kids roast marshmallows.
It was fine.
No one said "Hold m'beer" at any point so you know it was safe.
The down side to full time hours at a job in tiny town is the lack of opportunity to take Scavenger Hunt photos. But I did find a turtle on my boss' desk.
Pretty sure I can get "Someone plugged into social media" on one of my breaks as we all have to turn off our phones while working. (not a policy there just is crap coverage in the warehouse & the phone's battery drains itself trying to connect to a signal). And "people dressed the same" can be done when I pick the boys up from Boys & Girls Club (our child care place) after they go to an activity (they all have to wear the B&G shirt)
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[caption id="attachment_12422" align="alignnone" width="450"] Flavoured wax is so gentle, you can even use it on your face[/caption]
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[caption id="attachment_12423" align="alignnone" width="682"] Chocolate wax is said to be less painful as compared to regular sugar wax[/caption]
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[caption id="attachment_12424" align="alignnone" width="697"] Aloe vera wax is extremely gentle and best for those with sensitive skin[/caption]
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TEMPE, Ariz. – Arizona State University sophomore forward Sara Tosti was named the Pac-12 Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week, according to an announcement by Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott on Tuesday.
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It's the second time in as many weeks that Tosti was involved in the game-winning goal. On Sept. 29 vs. USC, Tosti assisted on Devin Marshall's goal, which came with 19 seconds left in ASU's 1-0 win over the Trojans. It's also the second time in as many weeks that a Sun Devil has earned Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honors as Marshall was selected last week for her aforementioned last-minute heroics vs. USC. Marshall also earned the award last month.
The Sun Devils (7-4, 2-1 Pac-12) continue their current stretch of five straight games on the road this week when they travel to the state of Oregon for contests at Oregon (Fri., Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. PT) and Oregon State (Sun., Oct. 13 at 1 p.m. PT).
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By Audrey Horton
The High Court has provided guidance on use of evidence based on computer modelling, court scientific advisers and the scope of cross-examination of a witness about a Civil Evidence Act 1995 (1995 Act) notice to admit hearsay evidence.
A party seeking to prove any fact by using experiments as evidence must serve on all parties a notice: stating the facts which the party seeks to establish; and giving full particulars of the experiments proposed to establish them (paragraph 7.1, Practice Direction 63).
A scientific adviser may be appointed to assist the Patents Court (section 70(3), Senior Courts Act 1981) (section 70(3)). The assessor will assist the court in dealing with a matter in which the assessor has skill and experience (Civil Procedure Rule (CPR) 35.15(2)) (CPR 35.15). Although CPR 35.15 only uses the word "assessor", the Court of Appeal has held that this rule also included scientific advisers (Halliburton v Smith [2006] RPC 2).
A party proposing to adduce hearsay evidence must give notice to the other party and, on request, particulars of the evidence as is reasonable and practicable in the circumstances to enable that party to deal with any matters arising from its being hearsay (section 2(1), 1995 Act). Where a party proposes to rely on hearsay evidence, the court may, on request, require that party to call the maker of the statement to be cross-examined (CPR 33.4).
E issued proceedings against P for patent infringement. The High Court held that E did not have to serve a further pleading giving particulars of the alleged infringement because its construction of the patent could be discerned from correspondence.
E then wrote to P indicating a change of stance on its case as to construction (the letter).
P applied for further information in relation to E's use of experimental proof, the appointment of a court scientific adviser, and permission to call and cross-examine the maker of a statement about a 1995 Act notice. P argued that the letter meant that E's position needed to be clarified by requiring E to answer certain questions, and that these answers should be formally recorded in a pleading.
The court granted the application in part. It also gave general guidance in relation to the use of computer simulations as experimental evidence.
In conventional scientific experiments in a patent case it is usual to have directions for a witnessed repeat of the experiment. In some cases a repeat might be disproportionate but the availability of a witnessed repeat was important. The same applied to computer modelling, but the need to have a witnessed repeat might be removed by providing the totality of the input data and the computer software to the other party so that they could run the model themselves and see whether the result was genuine.
It was necessary for E to explain what the experiments were supposed to prove and what role they were to play in the case. Proper notice had to be given to P of what facts the experiment was supposed to prove. If E changed its case and wished to rely on the same experiment to prove something different, permission to amend the Notice of Experiments was required.
General guidance was also given on whether the court should sit with a scientific adviser. Where a case involves a difficult area of science, the correct approach is for the parties to arrange for the judge hearing the trial to have a non-controversial introductory course, probably over no more than a day, before reading into the case. With that assistance a Category 4/5 judge (with a technical background and patent law experience) would then be able to handle the trial itself without a scientific adviser sitting in the trial, but assisted by the technical primer, the expert witnesses and the parties' legal teams. Any written materials produced by the scientific adviser for the judge should be given to the parties after the introductory course had taken place. If they wished to comment, they could do so at trial. Verbal discussions between the scientific adviser and the judge would not be available but a reasonable and fair minded observer would understand the respective roles of the court and the scientific adviser and would have no reason to think that these roles had not been fulfilled.
Cross-examination under CPR 33.4 was limited to the contents of the hearsay statement and did not extend more widely. The party cross-examining already had the equivalent of the evidence in the form of the hearsay statement. If the cross-examining party could cross-examine more widely, they would be able to introduce new evidence on new topics by using the techniques of cross-examination. This would be unfair to the party serving the hearsay notice, who may have had no notice of any of this.
The use of computer simulations as evidence in patent cases arises in a range of technologies, so the guidance that this must be approached using the law and rules relating to experiments is helpful. In particular, it will be useful to practitioners preparing cases where proof of infringement can only be done by computer simulation.
The issue of court scientific advisers is controversial. The concern about using a separate court scientific adviser is that the parties are not privy to what that adviser says to the judge, and fear that he or she may unconsciously influence the judge's view on a contentious issue. The court noted that assistance in other cases had sometimes been sought from patent examiners with expertise in the relevant field as they might be seen as being more impartial. Under the Unified Patent Court (UPC) system, patent litigators may have to become more familiar with this situation, as the UPC rules of procedure provide for the panel to include a technically qualified judge, who is not also legally qualified.
Case: Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA v Petroleum Geo-Services ASA and others [2016] EWHC 27 (Pat).
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LONDON (Reuters) - Carphone Warehouse CPW.L, Europe's biggest independent mobile phone retailer, said Andrew Harrison would be promoted to chief executive next month as the firm met guidance for year earnings.
The group, which in April agreed to buy back Best Buy's (BBY.N) stake in its European joint venture for 471 million pounds ($726 million), said on Wednesday Harrison would take on the CEO role at the annual shareholders' meeting on July 24.
Current CEO Roger Taylor will switch to deputy chairman on the same date, maintaining many of his existing responsibilities.
Taylor said the Best Buy deal meant Carphone's retail operation formed the core of the group's business.
"It is logical, therefore, that Andrew Harrison, who has run this business for several years, should step up to become chief executive officer for the group," he said.
Carphone said headline earnings per share (EPS) were 12.3 pence in the year to March 31.
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"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought,
by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing
for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery
of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together."
-- Dwight David Eisenhower, Farewell Address
Dwight Eisenhower was a West Point graduate, a victorious five-star general, and a Republican. Nobody in American history
was better qualified to deliver this admonition.
Forty-seven years later, consistent, consequential adherence to Eisenhower's call to action still eludes us, despite repeated
and ample proof of his veracity. "Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can COMPEL..." COMPEL is what Eisenhower
said, and he was in a position to know that nothing less forceful than compulsion would be necessary to maintain a proper
balance between defense and the broad scope of our national priorities.
The Eisenhower Project will be attempting to help an alert and knowledgeable citizenry to organize in a manner whereby
it can expand its numbers and exercise influence to the point where compulsion becomes possible.
This will mean re-conceiving the idea of an anti-war movement as non-situational -- instead, to be a permanent, large-scale
establishment, as suggested by Eisenhower, that opposes not "this war," but the policies, practices, and influences
of militarism in general. An active, vast, and permanent society -- a new religion, if you will, that assembles regularly
in every locale, has a meaningful community presence in all locations and endeavors, and coordinates at regional, state, and
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Beyond Belief News- 20 Sept 2010
The issue? Doctors had to obtain a court order to force the surgery for her other little girl, and she is willing to continue to defy doctors until they force her again now.
Her only fear is that placing her children in such consistent danger will result in them being taken away.
Read the story here
What a loving parent.
This is a time where freedom of religion should find its limits.
No one should have the right to endanger their children, or ANYONE else because of their personally held beliefs.
She SHOULD fear having her children taken away. She is allowing personal and unsupported beliefs to endanger them.
That is abuse.
Even though she is well intentioned, her children are in danger.
Right now.
As we speak, she endangers them by being a modern day Abraham and risking her children for the love of her god.
If those are her priorities, then let her have her god. And let someone else have her kids.
Someone who will love them and be proper parents to them.
As the parent of a beautiful 7 year old boy, I can tell you that nothing is more important than his health and safety.
Not a belief.
Not a god.
Not anything.
And these children deserve to be number one too.
Here is a message to you Zayna.
If your god asks you to risk your children's health, then he is not a god that is worthy of your worship or your obedience.
If God gave you these children, and made you love them as you do, then it doesn't make sense not to question instructions that might risk that love and those children.
Zayna, please!
Stop praying for them, and start thinking for them instead.
If you can't, then I hope that someone takes them from you before you do them harm that can't be undone.
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014
ColourQ #271 and winner to my "name that band" contest
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Love the airy use of the colours Kim (and your new photo!). And I would never have guessed Foo Fighters (despite all my expertise in the Lake House!) since that is a band I don't know at all. I'll have to go check them out!ReplyDelete
You are just the sweetest thing! And fun too!!! I'll bet the winners are delighted. And your card is sooo sweet. Since I've got a million family members, I use this sentiment often (on the inside of cards mostly). Such a happy card, Kim. Love it. BevReplyDelete
This just makes me happy, love those balloons!ReplyDelete
What a lovely, soft, light, airy feel to your card, Kim ... and such a wonderful sentiment! Anita :)ReplyDelete
Love the colors you chose, and no, I am not ready yet, but getting there!ReplyDelete
Foo Who? Just kidding...yes, I've heard of them but honestly, wouldn't know their music if it bit me in the butt!ReplyDelete
Fabulous card - the balloons look awesome in these colors! GREAT photo - love how you were able to capture a bit of a shadow beneath each element!
Don't think I will ever tire of that stamp set! Your card is fabulous and perfect with the challenge colors!ReplyDelete
Aw, man, I got it wrong! Congratulations to Carri and Greta!! Your card is so cool, Kim, and such a great use of the colors!! Happy Holiday Hugs! DarnellReplyDelete
Love those clouds! Yippee! I'm super excited! Emailing you now! Carri~AbusybeeReplyDelete
Gorgeous use of the colours and love all the dimension with the clouds. I'm no where near ready for Xmas but like you I know it will all work out in the end. And if not, well, I'll just eat some more Xmas cake and not worry about it!!!!ReplyDelete
Congrats to the winners; I wouldn't have guessed Foo Foo Fighters because I'm not music-savvy, but your daughter's creation certainly made clear that a concert was happening. Brilliant...speaking of which, so is your card! Pretty, colourful and a nice 'break' from Christmas themed ones. Maybe I should step outside that zone for a bit to rejuvenate my creativity (that, and not crafting near a sink of water..sheesh!)ReplyDelete
Such a fun card, Kim--will certainly bring a smile! Such a fun surprise to win a prize--thank you!ReplyDelete
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Op-Ed Columnist: Electing the Electable: "Meanwhile, a bunch of Democratic insiders drafted Wesley Clark, who may have been a Republican and who didn't seem to have a single domestic policy idea in his head. But he did seem electable because he had worn a military uniform and thus could negate the Republicans' biggest electability advantage, national security. "
Great description by Brooks.
Saturday, January 31, 2004
Op-Ed Columnist: Electing the Electable: "Meanwhile, a bunch of Democratic insiders drafted Wesley Clark, who may have been a Republican and who didn't seem to have a single domestic policy idea in his head. But he did seem electable because he had worn a military uniform and thus could negate the Republicans' biggest electability advantage, national security. "
Friday, January 30, 2004
OpinionJournal - Houses of Worship
I will likely be linking to this weekly column regularly, as it always seems to interest me. This week is an amusing anecdotal story that goes a long way to illustrate some serious contemporary issues.
Thursday, January 29, 2004
diet coke for breakfast: My Brother Fisks Maureen Dowd
Message Posted on Dean for America.com (via today's Political Diary):"Dated Dean. Married Kerry . . . woke up with Bush" -- Message posted on Howard Dean's Web site
We can only hope.
WSJ.com - Kerry Captures New Hampshire; Dean Hangs On (subscription only): "The major Democratic contenders all have nearly exhausted their campaign treasuries; advisers say that even Mr. Dean, who raised an unmatched $40 million in 2003, has less than $5 million left."
Apparently the dot-com bubble is still bursting. The newest victim: Dean for America?
Dissent Magazine - Paul Berman (via Andrew Sullivan): "I answered, 'The United Nations and international law are fine by me, and more than fine. I am their supporter. Or, rather, would like to support them. It would be better to fight an antifascist war with more than a begrudging UN approval. It would be better to fight with the approving sanction of international law-better in a million ways. Better politically, therefore militarily. Better for the precedents that would be set. Better for the purpose of expressing the liberal principles at stake. If I had my druthers, that is how we would have gone about fighting the war. But my druthers don't count for much. We have had to choose between supporting the war, or opposing it-supporting the war in the name of antifascism, or opposing it in the name of some kind of concept of international law. Antifascism without international law; or international law without antifascism. A miserable choice-but one does have to choose, unfortunately.'
My friend said, 'I'm for the UN and international law, and I think you've become a traitor to the left. A neocon!'
I said, 'I'm for overthrowing tyrants, and since when did overthrowing fascism become treason to the left?'
'But isn't George Bush himself a fascist, more or less? I mean-admit it!'
My own eyes widened. 'You haven't the foggiest idea what fascism is,' I said. 'I always figured that a keen awareness of extreme oppression was the deepest trait of a left-wing heart. Mass graves, three hundred thousand missing Iraqis, a population crushed by thirty-five years of Baathist boots stomping on their faces-that is what fascism means! And you think that a few corrupt insider contracts with Bush's cronies at Halliburton and a bit of retrograde Bible-thumping and Bush's ridiculous tax cuts and his bonanzas for the super-rich are indistinguishable from that?-indistinguishable from fascism? From a politics of slaughter? Leftism is supposed to be a reality principle. Leftism is supposed to embody an ability to take in the big picture. The traitor to the left is you, my friend . . .' "
I simply had to reproduce this for people to see. This is why I won't debate with anyone who says Bush, or conservatives in general, are fascist. We sincerely did not go into Iraq with the intent of killing Iraqis (other than the Baathists at the top who would not surrendur) -- we went there because we firmly believed (whether we were right or wrong is up for debate) that Iraq posed a threat and to save the Iraqi people from a truly fascist (not up for debate) regime. There are plenty of people who understand this, and can discuss the War on the merits, but far too many who do not and cannot.
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
www.AndrewSullivan.com - Daily Dish..: "Dean did a little worse than the exit polls suggested. But his concession speech was easily the best of the night. It was authentic, uplifting, and red meat to the Democrats. It actually rang true to me as Dean's real view of the world. It isn't one I entirely share, to say the least, but it is genuine, represents a lot of people in this country and deserves a hearing. He seemed more affable than recently as well. He smiled more. He spoke more calmly but not ineffectively. He's real. Kerry is so fake, in contrast, I cannot believe that Democratic primary voters will continue to support him in such numbers. Dean gave arguments. Kerry spoke in packaged Shrumisms. Dean has a vision. Kerry has ambition. If I were a Democrat, I'd vote for Dean over Kerry in a heartbeat. To my mind, this is a battle between the Democratic party's soul and its fear."
Well said. A friend of mine and I were discussing the other day how she fell in love with Dean the candidate early, before he sprinted to the extreme left, and how frustrated she's been with his campaign generally. Her comments on last night were that his speech reminded her strongly of what she knew of him way back when.
What I think Kerry did by winning in Iowa, strangely, was opening up the move to the center early. Conventional wisdom had suggested that Dean would win because he was pulling the party to the left, and while Kerry didn't win because he seemed more moderate, the fact that he did allows Dean to move back to his true beliefs. I was tempted last night to count him out, but we're going to have to wait until at least next week before any accurate estimates can be made.
From today's Political Diary (email me for a copy)
Gen. Clark continues to make errors typical of a first-time candidate. Last night, he came out to deliver his speech at the same moment as John Edwards. The TV networks blew him off and focused on showing Mr. Edwards' stirring "Two Americas" speech instead. The Washington Post even noted that clumsy staging by General Clark's staff had two supporters so close behind the candidate at the podium that they looked down him. The result was that the general appeared dwarfed by his own anonymous supporters.
Amateur mistakes. Somebody should get fired for each.
Boston.com | 2004 New Hampshire Presidential Primary Results
The globe's comprehensive list of New Hampshire Democratic and Republican primary results. Some interesting information, particularly in the write-ins on the Republican side - that's a bit scary.
What I want to point out, though, is the difference between Clark and Edwards. When I last checked, 97% of districts had reported, with a total of 217,346 Democratic votes cast. Clark squeaked ahead of Edwards with 705 votes, or, 0.32% of the total vote.
This tells me a few things: 1)Clark's campaign is imploding now that a "stop Dean" candidate is unnecessary, and b)Edwards could still have a shot with a strong Carolina showing, but he needs to make sure that he doesn't get pulled into a race with Clark. He needs to win there strongly enough that people don't say "well, he's still not as strong as Kerry in the rest of the country," or he might be marginalized as Clark's counterpart. If that happens, he's done for.
So Where's the WMD? - Anti-Bush partisans aren't listening to what David Kay is saying.
This is a great piece that expounds on why it's premature to say that WMD won't be found in Iraq, and posits some good theories as to why we may not.
I, for one, will come right out and say it: I don't care if we find WMD or not. No, this is not because I am a blind follower of the Bush White House, or even of the man himself. In fact, as many of my friends can attest, I was so turned off by last week's SOTU that as of right now I'm not even sure I'll vote for him.
That being said, I maintain that Saddam was or could soon be a threat. He may not have been conspiring with Al Quaeda (I think he was), but terrorism is not an Al Quaeda monopoly. This is a man capable of great evil, who made no bones about his desire to turn that evil towards the rest of the world, particularly the United States. Do you think he cared if he had to deal with a few muslim terror groups toward the common goal of attacking us? Not likely.
That he was not capable of lashing out in the moment we attacked, and that he seems to have been contained (though, according to Mr. Kay by his own scientists, not by inspections and sanctions) does not mean he couldn't avail himself of future opportunities. Yes, this was preemptive. Yes, I believe it was necessary - even if we don't find any weapons.
UPDATE: Prompted by this article, I was also reminded of this paradox: if we can't attack Kim Jong Il because he already has WMD, and we shouldn't have attacked Saddam because he didn't have them, when can we depose murderous dictators who want to attack us? Seriously, I know no one is reading this blog yet (and may never) but anyone who opposed (or still opposes despite the fact that it already happend, you Kucinich lunatics), please tell me: under what circumstances could we have invaded Iraq to safeguard the world?
So, we're gonna give this another shot. My first two attempts at a solo-post blog have failed, and it looks like elmivy might be dying too. So, this is going to be an Andrew Sullivan, or Glenn Reynolds type of blog. That is, I will link to things I find interesting or funny, and make comments. The format will likely change over the next few days/weeks, but hopefully I'll make this a regular thing for once...


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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Cover Reveal: Long Way Home by Katie McGarry
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I am very intrigued. Added book one to my TBD wishlist. Thanks for the heads up on this series.ReplyDeleteReplies
I really liked book two, more than book one! You can read these as standalone novels, which is pretty great. :)Delete
I really need to start reading some of Katie's books already!ReplyDelete
I love the bold letters for title in this cover!Replies
I highly recommend Walk the Edge and Pushing the Limits! Two different series, but two very good books. =)Delete
I NEED to read this series asap! I loved all of her books from the Pushing The Limits series, but I haven't read this yet. Love the covers!ReplyDeleteReplies
That's so great, that you loved her entire PtL series! I read a few of them, and enjoyed them for the most part. I think my favorite McGarry books are Pushing the Limits and Walk the Edge. So good!Delete
I have decided that these books are just not for me, lol :) Though I have only read her first book. And I did love it.. back then. But not reading more of them :\ Sigh. But maybe one day :D But even so! I like this cover a whole bunch :D Pretty. <3ReplyDeleteReplies
I know what you mean! McGarry's books are hit-or-miss for me. I really liked Pushing the Limits and Walk the Edge... the rest, meh, there were a lot of issues that I had with them. But it's okay!Delete
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This article was last updated on the 30 January, 2015, by Patrick Carpen.
As many of us may know by now, SEO or Search Engine Optimization is the holy grail of internet marketing. If you master the art of rolling well-written, well search-engine-optimized webpages to the top of natural search engine results, you can attract an avalanche of hungry buyers, ready to grab your product or service and eat it up.
Since over a year ago, I embarked on the study of Search Engine Optimization, with the aim of mastering the art, one simple step at a time. The rules were simple: build your site in a natural, user-friendly way, and Google and the other search engines will put your pages where they truly belong.
I decided to target a very simple keyword at first: one with very little competition, and one for which my website's homepage deserved to be at the very first spot. That keyword (or keyword phrase) is "patrick carpen".
My domain name www.patrickcarpen.com contains this keyword phrase. For the first six months of building and writing on my website, I kept checking Google for my keyword phrase "patrick carpen". Sadly, for the first six to nine months, my website never appeared anywhere in sight when I searched for it on Google. However, within the first three months, my website appeared number one for "patrick carpen" on the Yahoo! search engine results. I came to the premature conclusion that Yahoo! search engine delivers better results and that Google search engine sucked. After all, I was following all the rules:
1. My homepage had 100% original content and contained a number of sporadic headings which included the keyword phrase "patrick carpen".
2. A number of subsections of my site had pages with 100% original content linking back to the homepage using the keyword phrase "patrick carpen".
3. My website's pages were intelligently inter-linked.
4. All my pages were properly meta-tagged, and had great keyword density for other keywords as well.
But why was Google still being so stubborn? The answer is simple. Google is a machine: a software program, not a human being. But its intelligence rivals and perhaps surpasses that of the most intelligent human being. Google crawls every page of a site, checking cross-links, checking for original content and keyword relevance, as well as for steadily updating content. Using a set of of "algorithms", the search engine software is able to determine how relevant and useful a page is to a user who is searching for a particular keyword or keyword phrase. It then pushes that page to the top of the search engine result for its respected keyword.
Because of the importance, and profitability in making pages rank at the top of search engines, many people have been employing "tricky" techniques which feed misleading information to the search engines. For this reason, the writers of the Google search engine software need to monitor the web for these shady practices and kick those fraudulent pages down to the bottom.
After about 14 months, my website, patrickcarpen.com, started showing up somewhere in the 20th spot for the keyword phrase "patrick carpen". Within 15 months, it pushed up to about number 15 spot. Within 16 months, I saw it at around number 5. Within 17 months, I saw my site at number 3 for the search term "patrick carpen". Now, there were only two pages surpassing my personal website in Google for "patrick carpen". One of those pages was my Facebook personal profile page and my Facebook professional profile page.
Today, I "googled" my name again and saw that www.patrickcarpen.com was at number one spot for the search term "patrick carpen". I had done it! That is what I consider to be a landmark achievement in my SEO efforts. In fact, I thought to myself, that's one small step for a website, one giant leap for an SEO professional.
My conclusion of the matter then, is that, when it comes to delivering relevant results, Google still does a good job, if not a great one. It may be slow – for good reasons – but certainly sure!


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Chelsea loanee Marko Marin is set to return to Stamford Bridge after reports in Spain claimed Sevilla have already told him they are not interested in prolonging his spell in La Liga.
The German playmaker has endured a mix spell during his one season on loan at the Europa League champions, showing his quality with some top performances but also struggling to secure regular playing time due to a number of injuries.
According to Sevilla-based newspaper Estadio Deportivo, the Spanish outfit have already told Marin that he can return to west London – as they are not likely to make his move permanent or extend his loan move for another season.
Recently, Sevilla sporting director Ramón Rodríguez 'Monchi' suggested the club were disappointed with the lack of impact delivered by the Chelsea loanee.
"I've talked to him a lot. He has a lot of quality and he should analyse why he has not proved more often," he said.
However, his future at Stamford Bridge looks also uncertain after the club added Mohamed Salah to their attacking ranks in January following Juan Mata's move to Manchester United – with the former Basel star joining Eden Hazard, Willian and Andre Schurrle as attacking options.
The Blues signed Marin in the summer of 2012 after paying around £6m to Werder Bremen to secure his services and they may now consider to sell him to recoup a fraction of that amount.
Reports in Germany claim that a number of Bundesliga sides are still interesting in his services, as the 25-year-old retains a high-profile in his homeland where he used to be considered one of the most talented young players around Europe, having been part of the Germany's 2010 World Cup squad.


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Your windows and models look great. You've obviously got a flare for it.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, it's a bit of a shame that I work consecutive days really as the displays aren't primped between times.Delete
Your windows would definitely draw me into the shop...! Looking forward to seeing more posts about this. JxReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you. Hopefully I'll be doing this for the next month or so at least, until we have a new permanent manager who I assume will want to do it themselves.Delete
You certainly have a flair for display, both windows look great but I dod like the red and blue.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous15 June 2017 at 09:24
You certainly have a talent for window dressing - it is the best way to draw people in and attract attention. As soon as they are over the threshold you are most of the way to making a sale. I know some people prefer the ones that resemble a junk shop as they feel they are going to find more bargains but I need a neat and orderly presentation when I go shopping so this would definitely suit me. well done.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you.Delete
There really is no pleasing everyone. We receive a lot of compliments about the appearance of the shop these days, but there are always people (I had a conversation with one on Wednesday) who prefer the old-style shops where things are more of a jumble. Often people think that a tidy and pretty shop means we've put the prices up, we haven't I just like tidying!
It looks so good. You've really got an eye for it and have staged it beautifully. Some of the charity shop windows I see are so crammed full of stuff that you can't see things properly. XReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you. If I pass on days I'm not working there has occasionally been extra stuff shoved in, so I just nip in and take it out. People might think I'm annoying, but I don't care!Delete
I don't think I'm going to win over the hideous hats, the stand in manager thinks they look good, they don't but he's the boss!
They look great, very eye catching. I have bought items from the window display before it is important. xReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you. Last Tuesday when I did the main window I sold two things before I'd even finished! It's interesting that they were things that had been in the shop for a wee while but as soon as they were in the window they went!Delete
I love the red dress and shoes. the belt is a really nice zing to the outfit. I also like the striped jacket. Is it per una?ReplyDelete
I have put the last pictures up. they will be there till monday morning and then I am deleting them. there should be 9 posts altogetherReplies
I think the jacket might be Per Una, I know the red skirt is.Delete
All the volunteers said it was obvious I put the red outfit in the window as it looked just like something I'd wear!
Sorry you should be able to see it now if you are logged in with the email you sent me... user error on clicking the right button! lolReplyDeleteReplies
Apologies, I have seen your posts, but couldn't comment the other day, now I can't see them at all. But I have looked at them and have really enjoyed seeing the fruits of your labours.Delete
Lovely job! You do have a flare for putting things together.ReplyDelete
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Thanks Jackie.Delete
very pretty, funny about the assumption that a tidy, inviting display equals higher prices, draws in the eyeReplyDeleteReplies
I know, you really can't please everyone. It is a far nicer environment to work in, and when it comes down to it part of the job is to entice people that wouldn't usually come in as well as those who use charity shops all the time. We work hard to keep a balance between price and quality.Delete
Nice work!ReplyDelete
I have to ask this, what is your opinion of people who shop in your shop and then resell on certain sites at a huge markup?Replies
It's a tricky one. I work with a small charity so we just don't have the resources to have an ebay shop ourselves, we did try it but it wasn't sustainable, we do collect together any vintage stock from all our shops to sell at a local 1940's weekend each year where we can charge more than people would pay at the shop. We also rotate stock around different shops if there's an item that would command a higher price elsewhere.Delete
Having said all that, dealers have always been there, even before the internet. On the downside we know they'll be selling for more than we could ever charge (taking into account all I've said above) on the other hand, we don't do deals for sellers so we charge what we think is a fair price, so everyone's happy.
Another bonus of that is that we know we'll have regular buyers for certain items - we have people that come in for very specific items such as sewing machines and computer games so at least we know we will sell these more niche items. So it's swings and roundabouts really.


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Taboo is one of my favorite board games. It can accomodate either a large group of people or just a few of your close friends (from 6-14). The rules are simple so it's easy to learn. You are granted a card with a word written at the top of the card, followed by a list of related words below it. You are to try and get your teammates to guess this word without using the accompanying set of words. For example, to describe water, the card may tell you that you cannot use "drink, fluid, wash, rinse" etc. the idea is simple, but the game is NOT easy. Gesturing and drawing are also not allowed.
Taboo does not get boring. I've played it many times with family and friends and it is fun everytime. You do not have to worry about running out of words to say or memorizing it, because you can always purchase new card packs from game stores. It really tests your ability to act quickly under pressure - a whole other aspect of a person's intellect that an IQ test cannot define. You may find some of your smarter friends stumped due to the nerveracking sight of the sand escaping the top half of the hourglass.
Overall it is a intelligent but simple game that will get your friends together for 1-2 hours of wholesome fun. You might even incorporate your own rules, for example loser takes a shot of alcohol :P. Loser keeps on losing and winners get to laugh at the losers. good times.


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Fans of R&B singer, Banky W have continued to console him over the death of his uncle, James Shopeju, who died on Friday, August 1, 2014.
His Twitter page received a deluge of condolence messages shortly after he wrote 'Attended my Uncle's funeral today. Death is so… final. U never know when ur time will be up. Make the most of ur life. U only get 1′.
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Shopeju, until his death was a Professor at the department Communication and General Studies at the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Ogun State.
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A sunny day and a great crowd greeted the UK's top 4X riders for round five of the National Points series, held at the fantastic Redhill track near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire at the weekend.
Series leader Scott Beaumont (
The smooth, fast track is littered with an array of technical jumps and despite having very few corners it created some of the best racing in the series so far. The crowd were treated to race after race full of action, with multiple passes and challenges for the lead in every single heat, and final.
The tricky grass turn into the finish line caught out many riders as rain from the previous day made it slick. Caution was needed but couldn't always be spared with such close quarters racing.
Will Longden said: "It's been a great weekend, good racing and a fun track. It's good to see more people trying out 4X, the tracks for the National Series have improved so much over the last few years that racing in the
Scott Beaumont said: "I felt good today, I trained hard specifically for 4X before the World Champs and that form seems to be rolling on now which is great for the next few World Cups coming up in
Results Elite Men
- Scott Beaumont
- Lewis Lacey
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I was going to write something about the ever-present nonsense coming from the Canberra Press Gallery about Labor's "leadership crisis" but then I realised that if I listened to one more second of this crap, I'd go
And I didn't want to do that.
Have a look at Mr Denmore's excellent take on it here.
Also, he's much funnier.
So, the challenge is on.
My money (for what it's worth - which isn't much) is for a convincing Gillard victory.
But either way, for the sake of the Party, for the sake of the country and for the sake of my sanity, I hope it's pretty clear-cut.
Go the bloodnut!