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Wendy O. Williams
In 1987 Williams O. Williams hosted the Headbangers Ball, a heavy metal show that ran for eight years on MTV before it was abruptly cancelled in 1995 (The series was re-born in 2003 and still runs today on MTV2 for those of you who care). If you know who Wendy O.Williams was, then you are in for a treat. If you do not know who she was you really must change that and perhaps this will help. Headbangers Ball had a reputation for giving everyone from their guests to their hosts carte blanche on the show, which usually led to metalheads running amok on set. During the four-minute bit of footage below, Williams continually refers to the Ball as the "Maggot Moshers Ball" while the green screen shows a pile of the squishy bugs crawling around, juxtaposed at times with the cover to the Plasmatics' 1987 record Maggots: The Record. She cracks jokes, is overly dramatic and makes a few anti-establishment statements along the way that likely went WAY over the heads of the average Headbangers Ball viewer. All while looking like a gymnastics team dropout that just doesn't give a fuck.
Occasionally you can find copies of the old Headbangers Ball on VHS. You can also track them down on eBay and elsewhere on DVD-R that some die-hard metal fan burned for a pretty reasonable dime. If you can track down a copy of Wendy's show (May 27th, 1987), it will be worth the effort. The original 90+ minute episode also contains footage of her jamming with Lemmy Kilmister at London's Camden Palace in 1985 as well as the video for the Plasmatics' song "The Dammed" which is nothing less than an iconic snapshot of pure punk adrenaline.
Directly following the Headbangers Ball bit you can see clips Williams did for Radio 1990, a TV show that ran on the USA cable network for a few years in the early 80's.
Lastly, if you draw the conclusion that Williams was "high" or "drunk" during her appearance on the Ball, forget it . She was straight-edge. A vegetarian and exercise junkie who dedicated much of her too-short life to protecting animals and speaking out in support of wildlife advocacy. Let there be no doubt, we lost one of the great wild untamed spirits when we lost Wendy O. Williams in 1998.
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
The Plasmatics blow up shit on SCTV's 'The Fishin' Musician'


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Constitution Class Insignia Recognition Chart
I developed this chart to show the different ship's insignias for the 12 original Constitution Class Starships. I based each design on the ones that were done back in 1980 for the U.S.S. Enterprise Officer's Manual by Geoffery Mandel and illustrated by Geoffery Mandel and Doug Drexler, with the exception of the Enterprise, Constellation and Exeter since those insignias were actually seen on screen.
Another thing that I did was try to offer an explanation on the numbers lower than 1700 since the Constitution was the lead ship of the class. So as a result, I reasoned that ships's with 17xx numbers would be new builds and that ships of the 10xx and 16xx were older model ships that were refitted to Constitution class specifications, A theory that I have is that the Constellation Class was built before the Constitution but still had the same dual hull, dual Warp Engine configuration, so they could easily be updated and refitted to the new Constitution standards and Starfleet decided to keep the original names and NCC numbers for record keeping reasons instead of issuing new ones.
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At the end of next month, two rare first edition copies of Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set to go up for auction by Chiswick Auctions.
The Hobbit, which is in excellent condition, is likely to sell for between £1,000-£1,500 ($1300-$1,900), while a good condition of The Lord of the Rings is valued slightly higher at £2,000-£3,000 ($2,600-$3,900).
Says Nicholas Worskett of the Auctions' book department: "It is particularly exciting to be able to offer a first edition of such
a well-loved work, of which only 1,500 were printed. Such is the
popularity of Tolkien's repertoire, that we expect a huge wave of
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Spacious Loft 5 min to Union Square
Spacious Loft 5 min to Union Square
Le logement
Space is located in the heart of Williamsburg that is the coolest neighborhood in New York. It is located on the quiet street. The place is furnished. One block away to L train on Bedford Avenue station. minutes to Manhattan. Close to the restaurants, bars, and main attractions of New York City. Supermarkets are within 1 block of the place and open 24 hours. There you can find any type of food you like including organic and healthy products. Also, four blocks away from amazing park on the East River with panoramic of Manhattan. Plus, you can take water taxi that can bring you to downtown Manhattan: South Sea Port and east 34 street; Downtown Brooklyn: DUMBO and Brooklyn Bridge in 15 min for 4 dollars only. Another park & Stadium (for those who have to exercise ) is three blocks away where on Wednesdays and Saturdays farmers sell fresh fruits and vegetables.
Your rooms are large and private. It has a window, and heater / air conditioner. . The living room is nicely decorated with plenty of sunlight. There you can use heater and air conditioner when needed. There is a rooftop with remarkable view that is accessible for 24 hours.
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My guild, The Dirty Casuals of Hyjal (Horde) is looking to recruit raiders for our team. We are currently 8/10 in BRF with just Blast Furnace and Blackhand left. I had some decent luck recruiting through the blog last time so I'll give it another shot.
We are currently recruiting Tanks of any class. Between my move and other IRL stuff going on, I haven't been able to be on consistently. Case in point, my daughter has a dance recital tonight so I'll be there. Our other tanks would really prefer to be Boomkins or Windwalkers.
We'd also accept Healers, Melee DPS or Ranged DPS. More people is always good.
Dirty Casuals is a laid back group. We like to kill stuff but we don't yell and scream when someone fails or we wipe. We don't care what class you bring because we are far more interested in getting to know the person behind the keyboard than what your avatar brings to a particular raid. The only thing we come down on hard is our members being jerks to other members.
Our current schedule is Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9:30 EST to 12:30 EST. We love the Flex system that allows people come and go as they need.
We are currently raiding Normal mode with ambitions to go to Heroic once we kill Blackhand. We'd encourage you to try us out through a Cross Realm raid first before you decide to transfer.
If you have any other questions, feel free to hit me up on Twitter @honorshammer or you can hit up our official Twitter @TDCasuals.


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English Paper Piecing method (click to see a tutorial). Siobhan's doing it and so is Texas Freckles who has a whole lotta people corralled into a hexagon by now. Check them all out. In fact, Sunshine has come up with a cool yo yo crochet method and is doing a giveaway of her book. Me, I am sorely tempted - and probably will break down and do SOME teeny tiny hexies; but, for now, this is what I've had going on . . .
One day I was serching for pincushions and came upon the Kootoyou blog. If you follow the link you'll scroll down until you see the pincushion. She's got a slideshow presentation with instructions PLUS a downloadable PDF file complete with templates.
I cut out the templates, got out my scrap box and as you can see, ended up with quite a few hexagonal shaped pincushions. My friend and I have been picking up button collections lately. She found the bag at the hospice thrift store that had the ceramic birdie button (and quite a few other birdhouse buttons). Isn't it Tweet? Sorry, just could not resist the bad pun. I thought it looked adorable on the red, white and blue pincushion.
Kootoyou's instructions are for hand-piecing. While I admire the diligence of hand-piecing, I just haven't got the time. So, I cut the pieces out and chain stitched them on the sewing machine so that I ended up with two halves that got sewn together to form the top which was then united with the bottom, the whole was stuffed and then whip-stitched into shape. One thing I really liked about this shape was that the straight edge of the whip-stitch closure was supposed to be straight. What I mean is that when I do a circular pincushion, invariably the hole, when closed, looks more straight than curved like the rest of the cushion. I usually do a lot of massaging to get that little half inch to match the rest of the circle's curve. That wasn't a problem here. Even less time spent; YAY!
I've made quite a few pincushions lately, trying different shapes and sizes. They're quick to make and can be done mostly with scraps. Although, I suspect I'll begin to run out of scraps soon! But, anything that I can do with a more bang for your buck sort of zest to it is great! I've gotten several books with cute pincushions in them too. A review and listing of them will have to wait for another entry.
Finally, I shop at Nancy's Notions often and got a sale catalog this weekend. One thing I noticed is that they have 14-count Aida available by the yard for $8.99. I think that's a pretty reasonable price. If anyone out there uses Aida, this might be for you!


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Glen Ridge Apartments
About Glen RidgeGlen Ridge is a very residential area with primarily single family homes. Great schools and easy access to Manhattan make this a very desirable place to rent or own a house. Sandwiched between Montclair and Bloomfield makes this community ideal for people who want the quiet of a small town but also enjoy a nice night out.


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Taryn Coulson is a contemporary painter. She graduated from the Studio Arts Program at the University of Guelph, Ontario with an Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in 2011.
Taryn's interest in painting, began as a response to the ubiquity and overload of images through technological sources, and our experience of artworks becoming increasingly distanced from their original source. The idea of failure through technological reproduction, pattern and repetition's inevitable erosion of image are fundamentals of her practice.
The process of creating a painting is the most important aspect in her work. Each piece begins with a neatly planned grid structure, and through the performative addition and subtraction of paint, repeating patterns, techniques and colours, each grid gets built up, broken down, and in time becomes its own completely unique artwork, or ends up a big mess.
This aspect of potential mess and failure is what drew Taryn into art marking (especially paintings) in our increasingly digital world. Fascinated with the possibilities in variation that happen as a physical process gets repeated again and again to create those moments of beauty when a medium is being pushed to its limits, and breaks apart into something spectacular.


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AKA What Cheeses Me Off About Unethical Internet Marketing
Some of them are bad, some are outrageous, but here is a list (hopefully not too technical) of the most annoying SEO Behaviour on the Web today ... 4/7/2017 update post.
As the internet progressed and Black Hat SEO and Hackers evolved, it became necessary to identify computers using a Mac (machine) Address, but nowadays we are wanting to hide our credentials from cyber stalkers and their malicious purposes, thus the creation of VPNs ...
Our savvy offenders can still fake (spoof) their credentials in lightning strikes, using the same privileges we had when we first began.
"Moriarty" (my name for him/them) is my hacker/SEO opponent (a real person) who's been on my tail for 25+ years and this group has expanded to a covert team of liquid tekkies, situated in Australia, Hong Kong and the UK, plus a few other minor localities.
He's been menacing our site web forms since we began, starting with thousands of bogus sign ups and evolving into man in the middle attacks. He loves using their Russian Spam and p-rn sites to spam Splash ... they're pretty cocky about it, leaving their smart arse messages in website code, just so I know I am being purposely targeted .
Cyber Stalking does attract the disturbed covert types! Gives a whole new meaning to Psycho!!
Round Robinsons
18th July 16 Post I first posted about the Round Robinsons ... a more recent Black Hat nuisance of rotating/switching/sharing a number of websites across a variety of IP Addresses and Domain Addresses ... with the objective of using vast internal linking to push their own websites up, and competitors websites down and out of search engine keyword indexes.
This practice was outlawed decades ago.
The legitimate purpose for IP spreading was once, when we were all on Dial Up and the average super rack server only had 500 mbytes disk / 50 mbytes of RAM, a heavily visited website was permitted to spread itself across a number of racks and ip addresses to cope with the visitation ... nowadays we deal in gigs and terras of bandwidth and the only sites that should really need this technique might be emergency news sites and local disaster announcement sites (cyclones, hurricanes, earthquakes, war etc) where the hardware speed and RAM might not cope with sudden loads ...
So what's wrong with the practice of Round Robinsons?
The most important way of handling a Bot or Spammer is to block their IP, this is what Server Brut Force software is intended for ... but this fails if the offending website is flying across a range of IP addresses and/or Domain names every few weeks, days or even seconds, or the offenders are spoofing (faking) their IP addresses.
Website Control Panels record all visitors, including the fake ones, and you will know you are dealing with prize creeps when they name their visit "The Worlds Best Hack Team" and dumb ass stuff like that.
IP Spoofers Scourge
Brut Force and IP Blocking Tools were brilliant for blocking denial of service spammers, who still bomb your site with hundreds of thousands of error creating visits per second, but alas! IP spoofing has evolved further, to turn the Blocking Tools against the victims server.
IP Spoofing is now using IP addresses of key broadband and wireless services, and if not cleaned out regularly, will block the world from your server.
The Hard Line IP Spoofers generate false DNS records for their rogue websites that will show up as registered on your server, they may even go to the trouble of buying up discontinued domains to do this.
This technique gives the rogue site clearance for their skullduggery (email spam, remote servers, link attacks), or perhaps they are intending to have your server black listed as a result of their monkey business.
There is currently a huge changing hands of most of our previously Australian owned Domain Hosting Services to international ownership, where I know there is internal tampering occurring.
We should be very nervous about this.
Fake Pages & Listings via XML Sitemap spam
The most recent method of website strike is using XML Sitemaps which grab bits and pieces out of a websites' code, e.g. Favicons, Images, Tags, Action and JS Code to hang off (like a skier pulling a boat).
This technique is almost untraceable because xml pages are not treated as searchable pages, and trusted by the search engines as being supplied by a legitimate source. They are now being used to create Phantom Web Pages and Fake Listings Data, and taking control of an entire keyword index. Legitimate pages can show up as late as the 20th page.
You have to keep a vigil on your listings and visitors and what they are linking to, block every XML sitemap provider you can find (except yours!) so they can't scrape your site in the first place ... but if your attacks are coming from Russia and/or Ukraine, your site is under attack from Westerners who use these countries weak technology to their advantage. Russian hackers are not interested in SEO scams, this is small change for them. .
Gang Spammers
Pirates still exist in the modern world ... only they now wear suits and drive a mouse ... and deliberately steal your website traffic!
I am up against a few Gang Spam Groups that operate from a franchise, product or media group (not excluding their SEO Specialists) that have millions of dollars at their disposal, to do what ever it takes to keep ahead on the web. Pretty challenging for average Joe to get a fair go, even if he does know what is happening.
Success of a web page boils down to the incoming links ... e.g. if my web page is about eggs and chips but the stronger links are coming in as sausage and mash guess what gets the listing? You got it ... sausage and mash.
Some Gang Linkers operate long term global classified ad and news sites that have been developed over the last 10-20 years to assist them in their quest of control. (These people have been so successful, they likely own the search engines now ...)
Others (the world web cowboys), are constantly creating new ip addresses, new websites and classified sites to gang crosslink to push up their legitimate sites in the search engine index. These are the guys that use the Russian and China Hosts - because they are cheap.
Cross linking in a small way is White Hat SEO, and not evil if only taking a fair share of the web with genuine material, but it is when gang linking is deliberately used to push out other websites from the index, that the pirating occurs. This is Black Hat SEO and if reported to the Search Engines they will act swiftly to Black List the offenders, because this hurts them too.
The newer Asian and Indian SEO Cowboys have rediscovered Black Hat gang cross linking and are shooting out indexes globally, to boost up often empty or irrelevant content. If the first page of your search engine key word index only offers one or two website listing (likely to related products), and the rest of the page is full of Classified Ad Sites, (including Pay For Click) all pointing to the same product or service, there is a Black Hat Operator that must be reported to the search engine in question.
Some of these jokers think it's fine to take all the Pay For Click Ads and the top 5-7 listings on the first page of an index. They of course have to be reported and blacklisted. Repeat Black Hat offending will result in the ban of the Server and all upon it ...
Gang Spamming has totally destroyed Google, Yahoo and Bing as marketing tools, and it is a tragic shame ... I hope they are getting on top of it.
Classified Ad Spammers
I had reported these regularly in recent years, but was unable to stop them, and did a bit of blame act against the media organisations to fix it ... until I realised that the classified ad sites like Ebay, Gumtree, Wikipedia, Yellow Pages, White Pages etc were likely being pushed up in the same manner spoken of in previous sections.
I still think (nah I know!) there are some insiders in these large media groups driving some of these spam fests ... particularly the newspaper groups ... probably an old boy system to help a local client or investor ...
The most annoying Classified Ads are the ones that are dynamically created (by pulling up the same listings again from the Search Engines) and are promoting their products in Static or Pay For Click Ads, which gives their activity immunity, and they get paid for the clicks too!
Again there are clearly benefactors of this behaviour, which is pretty obvious by who is leading.
The only way to deal with them is to track them ... look for the patterns and report to the search engines.
.edu and .gov Spammers
These domains are reserved for education and government, and to spoof or fake sites using them will gain a web host blacklisting. I guess I should be flattered to come to the attention of the University Internet Gurus and students in training, but this includes you too!
.edu and .gov Spammers
These domains are reserved for education and government, and to spoof or fake sites using them will gain a web host blacklisting. I guess I should be flattered to come to the attention of the University Internet Gurus and students in training, but this includes you too!
Ignorance is No Excuse
I have two trading locations, Sydney and Hervey Bay ... Hervey Bay is a mecca for people over the age of 60 who never really got involved in technology, even my mother frets to use her new smart phone .... These areas are at the mercy of technically savvy criminals.
Many of the 60+ residents have been assisted by support phone calls from (they said) American support personnel (heavennnn forbidddd) when they Googled for help where first in the search engine.
Within minutes they had been telephoned by someone with an accent and their PC connected to remotely. The caller now had privy to all of their not very well secured personal and financial information. It's easy pickings to infiltrate people like her who know NOTHING of technology.
If you run a web service locally, you would be doing your district a great service to make your locality aware of these issues, it will be an excellent marketing exercise for your business too.
The Enquiry Spammers
Enquiry Spammers create hundreds of bogus emails and social media comments, usually just to create a nuisance against a server of Social Media Page. ... Enquiries can be very targeted using genuine company names and telephone calls (SEO firms usually have privileges to create a special email for the company they represent) and sure they will be for something you probably don't supply ..
The real purpose however is to send code that reports back to them, that can be used for dozens of evil purposes: e.g. to clone your ip address ... and use to it to evade detection when they visit your server; or they can set up email attacks that create a denial of service to you, your visitors and other users.
In the worst possible scenario they are developing a man in the middle attack on your modem source ... and they're going to create a little back door to pop into your device when they choose ... and do anything!
Pay For Click Gang Spammers
I calculated that up to 2013, I once spent $40K a year on Pay For Click advertising for just one website, because it was very effective, but I won't touch it now, due to the issue of Pay For Click Gang Spamming.
If you have 20 companies selling the same product and you are related by church, family or franchise ... isn't it ok to put them all in the index, and a bunch of Pay For Click Ads? No .. it's not, particularly if you are deliberately cross linking to push up the prices of the links to push others out of the game and snatching the full index portion of Pay For Click. This is mafia behaviour dudes ...
In our case our Ads began at 50 cents a click and in just a few months they soared to $12 a click ... I reported, and reported but gave up, because we realised the Pay For Click Programs were outsourced to "endorsed" partners who were failing in their duties to the Search Engines Pay For Click Honesty policy.
As mentioned earlier, Pay For Click Ads are being used to advertise Dynamic classified websites that just call up the same results again from Google, Yahoo and Bing, but featuring their favored Pay For Click listings (which they get paid for too). This system is also used to drive broad spectrum XML Sitemap Gang Link Spam.
Why isn't it stopped? Well it is if you "Dob The Bastards In".
Maybe it's because the Pay For Click systems are outsourced, and likely to the same Trillion Dollar marketing organisation that gang spams through classified ads and news media. These floated organisations have investors ... and is there any privilege in this? You can bet your sweet bippy baby ...
The Solution? ... There isn't really a solution until The Search Engines find one - I am sure it's not easy for them, but when consumers cannot use search engines to get a good cross section of products and services, they stop using them ... that kills off everybody ...
So the most effective advertising at the moment is in Social Media and Good Old Fashioned Direct Marketing. Get on the phone and send gorgeous glossy snail mail, go visit your clients and take them out to lunch ... at least it gets you off the computer, into the world and helps the economy to boot.
Well ... Think about it!


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I will be running a 6 week creative course at The Bridge Community Centre in Brighton, bringing creativity and shamanism together. No previous experience of either discipline is necessary.
6 Friday afternoons starting on February 2nd (except Feb 16th, which is Half Term)
Please contact The Bridge directly to pay.
Come and explore different artistic techniques, including wet on wet watercolour, felting, clay, drawing, pastel and exercises in a safe and supportive environment. We will be concentrating on the theme of your creative authentic voice this term.
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Today on Amazon, you can pick up this adorable John Deere Sit-N-Scoot Tractor for only $22.74. You'll also get FREE shipping with Amazon Prime or when you spend $25 or more.
- Classic foot to floor play pattern
- Wide wheelbase for riding stability
- Easy to assemble
Can you just imagine the giggles??? 😉 Too cute!
Thanks, Free Snatcher
Disclaimer: Amazon prices can change quickly. This price was current at the time of this posting.


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Embracing my new life
Monday, 1 June 2015
Little Baby MiH turned 6 months last month, and I just really had to stop and think of what I wanted for my family and out of my family life. If I am honest, going from 1 child to 2 children has been quite a challenge for me (so a third one is definitely NOT on the card). There are different reasons for that, but the main one was that I was trying to go against having this new family size rather than embracing the excitement that is to have two boys who are active and enthusiastic about everything. It sounds obvious but it was not for me. And it is not until we went to Paris a couple of weeks ago that I realised how exciting seeing adventures through children eyes could be.
Don't get me wrong, it is still hard work, but rewarding hard work. We have more tired babies and less tears - a sure sign they enjoyed themselves at ours. Some people get the two children business straight away, but I didn't. Although in the GRAND scheme of things 6 months is not bad - it was just a long 6 months.
I feel now that I can fit in more craft time. I stopped last month, it was easier that way to go through the day. I started sewing for the first time in a long time today - and it is as therapeutic as I remembered crafting to be. The next step will obviously be to join the crafting community again. Soon, very soon. Watch this space!
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Well for starters - they are adorable, love that photo! Glad it's all falling in to place for you, crafty time sounds like it will bode well xx. I agree - any sort of making is just so therapeutic.ReplyDelete
Cherubs. At least in the photo! lolReplyDelete
What a sweet little family you have!! Even a row of knitting can be calming and very rewarding!ReplyDelete
Glad things are starting to slot into space for you, sometimes it takes a while. Our first pregnancy was twins so when we had our pregnancy, I was rather unprepared for how much time a third child would take up along with the twins. It all works out in the end though. Enjoy your boys, I wish I had those days back (sometimes!)ReplyDelete
Adorable photo! You must print and frame for your bathroom! Yes! You hit it on the nail how setting things through your children's eyes can be much more fun! Family friendly places I'd rather be with my girls. And yes, the dynamics of the family changes with two children. I wouldn't be able to do three. I'm not that kind of mother. I'm done breastfeeding, changing diapers, and potty training.ReplyDelete
what a precious photo, I hope you frame it! I can imagine how difficult it is to go through a big change like that- another child, no matter how wanted and how prepared for, always changes the dynamic of the day-to-day. But it sounds like you've got an excellent perspective on it, which is amazing. You are doing a great job with your boys!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful photo! And, by the way, you rock! When my time comes I'm going to need some tips on how to juggle it all...Keep doing what you are doing! :)ReplyDelete
Such a lovely foto! May I add that I envy you a tiny little bit that you were able to fit in some crafting time again? Sewing hasn´t been in my cards lately (sweet baby of 8 months and working fulltime since baby was 4 weeks old) and I feel how I miss being creative. I just started to look at my favourite sewing blogs lately so... baby steps...back to sewing. Maybe ;-)ReplyDelete
The photo is just so gorgeous!! They are so sweet! Bath time is great :) I think being a mum is hard work and I always find change difficult so I completely empathise. Six months is a good adjustment period and I'm so glad you are enjoying your family!ReplyDelete
The photo is just so gorgeous!! They are so sweet! Bath time is great :) I think being a mum is hard work and I always find change difficult so I completely empathise. Six months is a good adjustment period and I'm so glad you are enjoying your family!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous14 June 2015 at 20:13:00 BST
These two are so gorgeous! I'm glad you're finding a rhythm with your new family-- it can't be an easy adjustment!ReplyDelete


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Are you looking for the right fit for you in the world of small homes, but haven't found it yet? This fall's Build Small Live Large Summit is the "big tent" of small housing, where you can learn from experts on a wide range of options – not just tiny houses on wheels, but backyard apartments and micro-communities too. This event is for you if you want to learn about a variety of real houses and developments that are helping people live large in small homes – saving money, helping the environment, and living in communities they love.
The Build Small Live Large Summit is Friday, November 6th in Portland, Oregon. It's for homeowners, home-seekers, and design and construction professionals who have work to share or want to understand the growing trend toward downsizing your square footage and upsizing your life. Tiny house pioneer Dee Williams from PAD Tiny Houses is one of the keynote speakers who will kick off the day with insights from her experience with tiny house living. She'll be firing up the audience alongside sustainability expert Alan Durning, who advocates for backyard cottages (also called accessory dwellings, or ADU's) as a way to create affordable housing in the city, like his home of Seattle.
Build Small Live Large Summit
Here's a sampling of sessions that would interest the tiny house community:
- "What Type of Small is For You?" Explains the spectrum of small housing options and their relative costs, complication levels, legality, and experiences. It will introduce some ideas most people haven't considered, and help people understand what might be the best fit for them. This great discussion includes Dee Williams, Tiny House Hotel owners Kol Peterson and Deb Delman, who also live in a backyard cottage they built (and that Kol now teaches others how to build), and Eli Spevak from Orange Splot, who has created small and inventive cohousing developments and micro-communities like Ruth's Garden Cottages.
- "Introduction to ADU Development for Homeowners" Walks current homeowners through the process of creating a fully legal accessory dwelling on their property – in the backyard, or by converting space in the attic, basement or garage.
- "The Affordable Tiny House Communities Incubator" Explains two successful tiny house communities for formerly homeless individuals.
- "Courtyard Clusters: Living Small Nestled in Community" Explores more of Eli Spevak's creative pocket communities and cottage clusters, including larger-scale work like the 16-unit Cully Grove community, where Eli also lives.
- "The Space Efficient Housing Policy Roundtable" Shares how people are successfully navigating code and zoning rules to create small housing legally.
Here are some photos of the kind of work you can learn about at the Summit:
Learn What's Working, What's New and What's Next in Small Housing!
One of the interesting things to me about the tiny house movement is that people are often first inspired by a particular story or image, but as they dig deeper and learn more about the options, they find that the right home for them is something they hadn't even heard of yet. The Build Small Live Large Summit is so exciting to me because it's pulling together the experts from all over the Northwest who are out there creating all the things most people haven't heard of yet! This is the place to learn about creative building solutions that are really working, directly from the people who made them work.
If you know you want to build a tiny house on wheels and want technical information about how to do it, this isn't the right place (though Dee Williams will lead a PAD Tiny House Workshop that weekend that can teach you all that). But if you're one of the folks who wants to start some type of tiny house community or explore how your own backyard could become a community of friends, there is no better event for you!
Visit the Build Small Live Large Summit website to learn more about this unique event!
If you enjoyed this post you'll absolutely LOVE our free daily tiny house newsletter with even more! Thank you!
Billy Ulmer
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From Case Western Reserve University Athletics
Sophomore pitcher/outfielder Annie Wennerberg (Avon Lake, Ohio/Avon Lake) broke the Spartans' single-season home run record as the Case Western Reserve University softball team defeated The University of Mount Union 9-8 and 10-1 (five innings).
Wennerberg now has 13 home runs in 19 games this season. She broke the previous mark of 11 by Lauren Wolz in 2011. Wolz is the program's first and only All-American. In the first game of the doubleheader, Wennerberg went 3-for-4 with three home runs and five RBIs. She added a fourth home run during the second game.
While the Purple Raiders took an 8-3 lead, the Spartans rallied back to make it a 8-5 with doubles from senior second baseman Molly O'Brien (Northbrook, Ill./Loyola), senior first baseman Rebecca Taylor (Greensburg, Pa./Greater Latrobe), and junior shortstop Erin Dreger (Alliance, Ohio/Alliance).
The Spartans would seal-the-deal in the bottom of the sixth with a two-out, two-run home run from O'Brien, who went two-of-three with three RBIs, and another two-run shot from Wennerberg, her third of the game.
During the second game, CWRU carried the momentum from the previous game jumping ahead 3-0 after the first inning and 7-1 through two innings. In the second inning, Wennerberg hit her fourth home run of the day. She finished with four runs batted in.
The Spartans improve to 12-5 overall, while the Purple Raiders drop to 9-7.


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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is quoted to have said: "Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know."
That of course clears it all up ;-)
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He went on to go through is goals. They are good goals. But I'm about my goals. Which are:What's big for you this week?
One of my closest friends asks me that question each Monday. The first time she posed the question, it caught me off guard. I can still remember my response.
"Um, my to-do list."
It took about 2 seconds to identify that my snarky response was a lame attempt dodge the question. I hadn't defined what was truly BIG for me that week. And I didn't yet understand how powerful this simple question could be.
My friend and I worked together to identify the 3 biggest things for that week and I wrote them on a post-it. It took less than five minute, but it created a clarity that propelled me through the rest of my workweek. And the best part was that, at the end of the week, the list was complete—a welcomed supplement to the ever-growing list of things that need to get done.
I want to pay it forward. So, here's the question for you:
What are your 3 Big goals for your business this week?
Write your Big 3 down on a post-it. Tell a friend, a mentor, a random person at a coffee shop—anyone. Heck, if you can't find someone, email me.
Go ahead and reply with your Big 3 directly to this email. I can't promise that I can reply to all of them, but I will certainly read each and every one. If there's some way that I can help, I will.
Sharing this stuff can be scary. Trust me, I get it.
- Get My Work Status Worked Out: there's a thing I want to get into, startup-wise, but it is essentially working for the U, and I can't work twice for the U. Or something. Need to talk to some people who know, and to HR, about this.
- Do That Work: This involves a location-connected app, and I want to turn the whiteboard work into something we can put in a proposal.
- Get APR Stuff Done: This is my non-moonlighting project, for the people who currently pay me. I have it feature-complete, but now they want new features. I want to knock 'em out quickly.
I like this idea, and I will try to keep doing this. I might put outlining Monday's Big Three as Friday's last task. And, as I've stated mine, I should turn it around.
What Are Your Three Big Goals?
What Are Your Three Big Goals?


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The story behind these lo fi teasers is that YG Entertainment was all set to have Seo Hyun Seung (G-Dragon's "One of a Kind", CL's "The Baddest Female") direct this mv but there was some sort of setback. Instead of letting this set all their plans back a few weeks or months, they decided to go with having the girls use handheld video cameras to take home videos of themselves. What a great idea, and look how adorable they look in these teasers!
You know every other Kpop group is going to copy this, right? Because who doesn't like seeing their fave group being cute in their home setting?
2NE1's "Do You Love Me" will start promotions for "Do You Love Me" August 8th on M! Countdown. Check back soon for more!
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Dr. Baroukh Beroukhim
May 19, 2011
Dr. Baroukh Beroukhim is a world-renowned physicist, educator and philanthropist. He was born on January 12, 1912 in Tehran, Iran to parents Asher Beroukhim and Aalieh Ghatan. His father, Asher, was one of the most reputable merchants in Tehran. The couple gave birth to six children (four sons and two daughters), who went on to reach high levels of education and obtain doctorate degrees.
From early on, Dr. Beroukhim had a penchant for learning and was known as the best student in his class. With an average grade of 19.75 out of 20, he completed his preliminary studies at the well-known Alliance High School where he obtained a degree in French. In 1929, he participated in an exam that paved the path for his profound career. The exam results demonstrated his skills in the fields of Medicine, Engineering and Science and earned him an introduction to the Reza Shah Pahlavi, who was impressed by Dr. Beroukhim's talents. Dr. Beroukhim was then sent, with just one hundred other students, to Europe to further his studies.
In 1935, Dr. Beroukhim received his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from France's Strasbourg University, the institution where Louis Pasteur conducted his research.
Shortly after, he attended Montpelier University and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in physics as the first step toward attaining a doctorate degree in the field. His extraordinary talent and significant research in the area of Physics of Light earned him great respect in the eyes of his peers and superiors. Finally, after years of studying, he completed his doctoral dissertation on "Diffusion of Light in Chloure-d'Ethyle" with Honors and was granted the doctoral degree he so deeply deserved.
In 1943, shortly after he returned to Iran, Dr. Baroukh Beroukhim married Ezat Laed. The couple raised four children — Dr. Bijan, Dr. Behrooz, Dr. Benjamin and Dr. Kamran — who are all among the most outstanding and skillful physicians in the society.
Dr. Beroukhim first taught at the Teachers Higher College of the University of Tehran, which was the only institute for higher education in the country at the time. He was later drafted and joined the Military Officers School where he taught in the Aviation and Officers Schools while completing his military service, and was hired by Iran's Ministry of Education to work in Alborz High School, which continues to be one of the best schools in Iran to this day. He also taught physics in French at Le Lycee Razi (the Razi School) for thirty-six years.
His dedication to education prompted him to join Iran's Service of Education. However, he was disappointed with what he discovered. To his surprise, Dr. Beroukhim found there were no student textbooks on physics. His solution was to write a series of comprehensive physics and chemistry textbooks which were widely used and to this day, after half a century since their publication, continue to be used by Iranian students.
Dr. Beroukhim's constant service to academia garnered him various awards from Iran's imperial court and numerous scientific and educational medals in recognition of his contribution to society and for his scientific and educational services. Despite the Iranian revolution, Dr. Beroukhim and his family chose to reside in Iran for two years before opting to leave their homeland for a calmer way of life in the United States. Although of advanced age and facing the challenges of adjusting to a new environment, this active and energetic man did not remain idle.
He taught Farsi in Los Angeles from 1980 to 1995 and in 1990, he helped establish the Magbit Foundation, where he served on the Board of Trustees, Board of Directors and the Executive Board for many years. Among his other achievements are the establishment of the "Anjoman-i-Sokhan" (Speech Society) and the "Bonyaad-i-Farhang-e-Iraniya" (The Iranian Educational and Cultural Foundation).
Dr. Beroukhim's other accomplishments include serving as the principal of the Kourosh School for boys and girls as well as the Etefagh School and he is credited with being one of the founders of the Azar Educational Group. It was due to his unbridled enthusiasm and efforts that the educational authorities of the cities of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills agreed to recognize and accept Farsi as a second language for students.
Dr. Beroukhim is always ready, willing and able to help students. He has been a constant friend of all students, regardless of age, in need of assistance and guidance. His services and favors are invaluable and have repeatedly been appreciated and cited by authorities in Beverly Hills. In recognition of his efforts, Mr. Allan Alexander, then Mayor of Beverly Hills, proclaimed September 23, 1995 as Iranian Education Day.
So rarely does an individual come into this life whose work affects the lives of countless other people the way Dr. Baroukh Beroukhim's work has affected others. The world is better off for knowing him. His legacy will live on forevermore.


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When: Sat, October 18, 2pm – 4pm
Description: What, Where and When: Ready to bring your writing and illustration skills to The Next Level?
Whether you're plotting a novel or perfecting a picture book, SCBWI Oregon's professional series will give you tools to advance your career. Join us on the third Saturday of each month in The Annex at Tabor Space on 5441 SE Belmont. Doors open at 2:00 pm, and speakers start at 2:30.
Doors open at 2:00; Session: 2:30 pm-4pm ATTENTION from TaborSpace management: Parking has become a concern for our neighbors. Please park in the TaborSpace parking lot on SE 54th. If the lot is full, be very considerate of neighbors' driveways when parking on the street. Fees: This year we will be charging for this wonderful series—sorry, we can't continue to give the event to you free. Fees pay for the room rental and speaker honorariums. But here are your options: 1. Purchase a Member Pass for $35 for the pass (nonmembers $50) by Sept. 17th, which gives you all 7 sessions… (This option will only be available for a couple months.) 2. Preregister for each TNL event, $8 for members and $10 for nonmembers by Sept. 17th for this month. 3. Register at the door and pay $10 for members and $12 for nonmembers after Sept. 17th. Topic: Picturebook Polka: the dance of words and images How do we know which words are essential to tell our stories? How can we create illustrations that expand on the story instead of just repeating in pictures what is already written in words? And most importantly, how can the two dance together to reveal the heart of the story? In this workshop, we will look at examples of books that attain this balance and those that miss the mark. Covering issues for both PB writers and PB illustrators (and for those who do both.) https://oregon.


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text: Moving from static to dynamic pages in web applications has two routes: Flat files and databases. Being that I had a C background I was unimpressed by databases, but I was intrigued by them at the same time because I didn't understand their purpose in applications. I had very little experience with databases and would have to learn them on my own, since it was midterm at school and no one I trusted knew was able to handle PHP well enough to teach me how to make PHP handle databases. I found my way, but did a lot of stupid shit along the road.


text: Oh, my, you all certainly are excited about signing up to be notified by e-mail for when Adobe begins its Flash 10.1 and AIR betas for Android. And so are we. But do note that you're only signing up to be notified when the beta begins. It doesn't mean you're actually getting Flash next week (or even getting accepted into the beta program, for that matter), and we're not even sure exactly what's going to be involved in the beta, or just how usable it's going to be. Not to burst the Flash bubble, it's just that all you're doing right now is signing up to get a future e-mail. That's all. And here are the links to do it. [Flash 10.1 beta notification | Adobe AIR beta notification] Thanks to everyone -- and we do mean everyone -- who sent this in.


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Hey, shiny new layout! And as promised, I haven't forgotten this blog–in fact, I think writing in it maintains my sanity (what that says about the last two months, well, I'll leave that up to you to decide).
I'm working on some more thematic entries that will take a bit more time to write, but in the meantime I want to pass along some recommendations:
Film: I recently checked out the 1988 film The Vanishing (not be confused with the American remake of the same name, starring Jeff Bridges). I was somehow unaware of this film, and the notoriety of its third-act twist, but I'm so glad I went in completely unspoiled. The story is of Rex and Saskia (Gene Bervoets and Johanna ter Steege) a young Dutch couple who are travelling through France on holiday when she suddenly disappears at a rest stop. The film follows Rex and he spends the next years of his life obsessively tracking down her abductor. It's a fascinating film for its pacing alone, which I imagine is what got audiences talking when the film first came out. It's hard to know what to expect from a film that reveals its villain before he's even committed the crime. It makes you consider the reality of such a nightmare: the feeling of someone you love disappearing into thin air, and the impact that would have on your life. Highly recommended. Do yourself a favor and go in spoiler-free.
Continuing on to nearby Sweden, I finally checked out Ingmar Bergman's Scenes From A Marriage, because I am a cinematic masochist (more on that at a later date). I somehow haven't seen much Bergman, but man is he a cynical bastard. If we are to take the relationship between Marianne (Liv Ullman) and Johan (Erland Josephson) as typical–or even normal–then marriage is nothing more than a particularly twisted codependency. Few scenes have hit me as hard as that of the couple's first separation. As I watched Johan dispassionately tell his wife he was leaving her for another woman, I thought of all the people I know who've split and for the first time felt I had a window into what hell those final conversations must have been. This is an extraordinary film, but you have to brace yourself to be emotionally pummeled.
Television: Slate's Pop Culture Gabfest podcast has been getting me through my workdays lately, and one of their many excellent recommendations was the BCC miniseries The Forsyte Saga. It's an epic period soap-opera starring pretty much every "Hey! It's That English Guy!" working today (including Rupert Graves, who I've loved ever since he frolicked in the buff in A Room With A View). For those who gobbled up Downton Abbey earlier this year, it's equally engrossing and a great way to get your salacious period drama fix while waiting for Abbey's second series.
And lastly, Things I'm Excited About:
- The Celebrate Brooklyn 2011 season
- Breaking Bad Season 4
- Shakespeare in the Park
- Finally getting to see Martha Marcy May Marlene and The Future
So what are you pumped for this summer?


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This event was followed on Saturday by an excellent performance of 'Trial by Jury' by the concert party of the Edinburgh Gilbert&Sullivan Society. The church was packed and again money was raised for Waverley Care and the organ fund.
Thank you to all involved in these events.
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Stoke V Arsenal at bet365 Stadium : Match Preview
Imbula free to leave if right offer comes in, says Stoke boss Hughes
Stoke will listen to offers for their record signing Giannelli Imbula, boss Mark Hughes has revealed.
Imbula, who joined from Porto in January 2016 for B#18.3million, last started a Premier League game in December and the 24-year-old French midfielder has been linked with Roma.
Hughes said on Friday: "It is fair to say with G it hasn't quite worked out as any of us would want and if there was interest in him, we'd consider that.
"We haven't had any interest - as far as I'm aware it is all speculation - but we'd look at things (if there was interest). It would have to be something we felt was correct.
"Sometimes players can come to clubs and find it more difficult and the Premier League is a different league as well. He has struggled with that to a certain extent.
"He probably hasn't progressed as well as we would have liked and that has been a frustration for him and for us."
Hughes also said Stoke were not, contrary to some reports, targeting Charlie Taylor, the Leeds defender who is the subject of interest from West Brom and was fined by his club this week for refusing to play against Wigan.
"It's not something we are looking to pursue. We're aware of the player, but he's not one of our targets," Hughes said.
The Welshman was speaking at his press conference ahead of Saturday's home clash with Arsenal.
It is a fixture that has tended to have considerable edge over the years and one which Stoke have a fine record in, losing only one and winning four of their previous eight home league meetings with the Gunners.
This time around, fifth-placed Arsenal go into the match looking to keep up their pursuit of a top-four finish.
Asked if his players would like nothing better than to end Arsenal's chances of making the top four, Hughes said: "I don't think it gets as personal as that. We just like to upset teams that maybe sometimes expect to win.
"Our record stands comparison to anybody against Arsenal. It is our last home game, our fans will be totally behind us and the fact that it is Arsenal will add to the mix, so I'm really looking forward to it."
Arsene Wenger, meanwhile, is ready to put his faith back in Hector Bellerin as the Spanish full-back is set for a recall.
The 22-year-old has been relegated to the bench in recent weeks as the Gunners look to salvage their Premier League season by gatecrashing the top four.
Bellerin has started just one of the last six games despite his style appearing to suit Wenger's change in formation.
He was singled out for criticism by Arsenal fans during the 3-0 defeat at Crystal Palace last month and now the former Barcelona youngster, who has been linked with a return to Catalonia this summer, is likely to come into the team for a vital game at the bet365 Stadium.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been operating as Wenger's right-sided wing-back but limped out of Wednesday's 2-0 win at Southampton with a hamstring issue.
And Wenger insists he has no concerns with calling on Bellerin, saying: "He's an offensive player.
"He started as a right midfielder and was transformed into a full-back.
"Look, he's a player who has a fantastic mentality. He went through a difficult period when he came back from his ankle injury, but I never questioned his attitude. He has great spirit."
While Oxlade-Chamberlain is expected to sit out the game this weekend, it is understood his hamstring problem is not long term.


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I'm at the studio. It's hard to be here alone, with so much on my mind. I should be doing something constructive... but, it's February. February is time for thoughtful wandering and exploration.
That being said, I've got my 1st lesson plan sitting here for my first tarot class, I already did my short running around stint downtown, and I'm waiting on the first class to arrive.
With all my thoughts.
This morning I felt like "Jerk Mom of the Year." My fussy eater, the middle child, sat at the table pouting over the SMALLEST bowl of oatmeal you've ever seen. I heard my step mothers words come out of my mouth: "You will sit there until it's gone! And if you don't eat it for breakfast, you will eat it for lunch!" However, I added on the explanation of the fact that she needs something in her stomach before I send her out into the world, or she will fall down or get sick or...
I allowed myself to get emotional - this small act of "hell no, I'm not eating that." pushed ALL my buttons. My beloved stepped in with his particular brand of calm and practical - I left the entire floor of the house, and somehow what I couldn't do in almost an hour of mutual stubbornness,
he accomplished in about 5 minutes.
GAH. She and I are SO much alike. It's painful sometimes. It's good that my sweetheart knows exactly how to handle the both of us. (When we start smashing heads, that usually calls for divide and conquer by rationalization.)
It's left my heart a little heavy. Because now she and I both have to wait all day to finish this little dance we sometimes have with each other. The last step is to have a big hug and a little weep, and reassure each other we still love each other. She and I do this every once in a while.
IN other news. I"m sure I have some. There's 20 minutes to waste before my student gets here.
I got my first interview notification from the Big Busy Tarot Psychic Phone Line this morning. Oh, I don't know if I went over this on this blog. (yep, there's more than one. I'm wordy.)
So, the need to earn extra cash to pay off what we spent for my beloved to go to school seems to demand the need for me to have an additional gig. The directive from the voices is to stay on this psychic tarot path. It's been a struggle the last few weeks to figure out how to do both. Working on an additional tarot phone line (where they bring the clients, I don't have to do the marketing and finding for them.) was the answer.
So, I applied at a few lines (one Canadian, one US based.) and although the Canadian one has no openings right now, the US one has given my application the shortlist, and now I have 2 phone interviews to do. I"m hoping I'll be working within 2 weeks with them. I'll be working this line in the evenings. Day time is dedicated to my own personal list of clients on the chat, phone, email, and live readings.
So, that's news. The Universe provides. It's pretty awesome that way,when you put your mind to it. We'll be playing catch up probably until April, so If I can keep calm till then, and stay the path, It'll all work out. (My own personal chat line sends pay checks on the 10th of the month, for the previous months work. It arrives to me sometime later, as it comes from the US. The new chat line will most likely be every second week, but quiet possibly month to month also. This is why I'm estimating April.)
I"m totally babbling. Thinking out loud. How very boring.
Have I mentioned I have a TV character crush on Sherlock Holmes? Yes. How embarrassing.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - BCE Inc, Canada's largest telecommunications company, beat expectations with a 10 percent jump in adjusted third-quarter profit on Thursday, thanks to strength in landline Internet and TV, and wireless subscriber growth.
Canaccord Genuity analyst Dvai Ghose called it a "surprisingly strong quarter in both wireless and wireline" in a note to clients.
The Montreal-based company, which operates under the Bell brand, earned net income attributable to shareholders of C$600 million, or 77 Canadian cents a share in the three months through Sept. 30, compared with C$343 million, or 44 cents a share, a year ago. Its revenue was up 1.9 percent at C$5.20 billion.
On an adjusted basis, BCE earned 83 cents a share. Analysts on average expected BCE to earn an adjusted 77 cents a share, on revenue of C$5.15 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Bell said it signed up almost 91,000 net contract wireless subscribers, who typically pay more to use high-end smartphones. In comparison, wireless market leader Rogers Communications Inc won just 17,000 such customers in the same period, and Bell's network-sharing partner and rival Telus added 113,000.
Bell said its average wireless customer paid C$61.73 a month for service, a 5.9 percent increase, compared with C$60.96 at Rogers and C$C$64.51 at Telus.
Postpaid churn, the percentage of those valuable customers leaving each month, was stable at 1.20 percent in the quarter.
Bell added 61,500 Internet-based Fibe TV customers and 49,500 Internet subscribers in the quarter, while satellite television gave up 37,000 users.
Bell has spent billions to buy media assets so it can send its own content to customers' TV screens, computers and mobile devices, but the payoff has so far been less than stellar.
Bell Media revenues were flat but adjusted earnings slipped on the back of significantly higher costs for sports broadcast rights, BCE said.
BCE earlier this month closed a deal to acquire the stock it didn't already own in regional affiliate Bell Aliant. It said it plans to spend more than C$2 billion over five years to expand broadband in the four Atlantic provinces served by Bell Aliant.
Bell Aliant earnings slipped on flat revenue as it spent to improve its network.
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- Stake presidents may request that broadband internet be available in the stake's meetinghouses. The Church provides a small network appliance which provides a firewall, router and internet filtering software so that the meetinghouse internet connections can be relatively free from undesirable content.
- Audio conferencing facilities for bishops and stake presidents to facilitate meetings over large geographic areas
- Video conferencing facilities for stakes so that stake meetings can be broadcast to other meetinghouses
- A new website for stake and ward clerks that provides useful training and troubleshooting info
The most exciting announcement to me was that the Church has a subversion repository set up to host the Church's open source code. To access the repository, you have to create an LDS Account. The link given in the webinar slides seems to have been incorrect (or not active yet), but visiting LDS Account should get you there. I just signed up for my account and it looks like the account information hasn't yet propagated to the svn server. I'm still getting a "403 Forbidden" message. I'll keep trying. Now the race begins: who can set up a Git mirror of that repository first?
Joel suggested that members will most likely be encouraged to work on administrative software such as that used by the wards, stakes and members. I'm waiting for the day that the MLS source code is made available. Just last night, the Bishop and I discovered a quirky behavior when reconciling the unit financial statement. It would have been nice to go home and verify our suspicions against the source ... and then send in a patch to fix it.
The final segment of the broadcast was a question and answer session. Here are some questions and answers that I found interesting:
- What are the plans for the local unit websites? They current only serve the United States, but they will eventually be available worldwide. In answer to another question, Joel indicated that maps.lds.org will be expanded (perhaps integrated with ward websites) so that users could see a map of all the members in their ward. He said that the map might also show the ward boundaries.
- Is the Church migrating from Java to .NET? No. Java is still the internal standard. That's what most of the infrastructure is built to support. .NET is used when it suits the problem at hand, but there are no plans for it to replace Java.
- I forget the question, but Joel said that the Church is developing secure web services so that developers can create their own applications that interface with these services.
- New software was recently released to help the worldwide mission offices. It helps track and pay the rent on missionaries apartments. It also has a system to help mission presidents during transfers. It provides a graphical way to track which missionaries are serving in which areas and with which companions.


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Monday, March 31, 2014
Fun in the Sun
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This is great Faith! I love the scene and the grass and sunglasses at the bottom, plus the embossing!ReplyDelete
Very fun.Love the embossing in the main panel and the great summer images...it really is going to come right??ReplyDelete
Pretty card, Faith! LOVE the sunglasses! The embossed mat is fabulous! Great job this week - and thanks for linking up over at Cut It Up too!ReplyDelete
Have a great day!
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This is so cute! The embossing looks great and I love the little sunglasses! Thanks for playing along at Cut It Up Challenges! :)ReplyDelete
Faith, you're teasing me with the pool umbrella & sunglasses as I sit in cold & rainy Oregon! Great card to send to your friend!ReplyDelete
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Cute card! I love the grass and the little sunglasses. Your card is certainly making me wish summer would get here!!ReplyDelete
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We had the privilege of designing this vibrant Pakistani-American wedding celebration for two of the most wonderful people we've had the pleasure to work with (and brides don't get much more beautiful than Asma in her stunning gold gown!) Asma & Doug live in New York City and wanted a destination wedding reception here in Phoenix, since they were married already in a small family-only ceremony in Chicago.
Asma wanted the bold colors of fuschia and tangerine and we added subtle gold accents to soften the look. Per Pakistani tradition, lots of low seating on colorful pillows and bolsters were added, and a beautiful Pakistani swing for them to sit on was center stage.
Some of the best parts of this 3-day celebration were the Pakistani dances to 'entertain' the bride and groom, where the entire family on both sides choreographed dance after dance - including the little ones. So. Much. Fun. And the beautiful henna, and then there are the incredible hand-made jeweled Pakistani gowns and bangles that they offered all of the female guests the opportunity to wear to the reception. You've got to love a culture where the women are so unbelievably elegant and bejeweled and there's so much energy and dancing and honoring of the marriage.
The blending of these two families couldn't be more perfect - such genuine, nice people and we couldn't be happier for them!
Vendor List
Here's a recap of all the talented vendors who made this magic happen...
Event Design & Planning - Très Chic Weddings & Events
Venue - Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Gainey Ranch
Floral - Table Tops, Etc.
Photography - Tina with Melissa Jill Photography
Specialty Linens - LaTavola Linens and Wildflower Linens
Specialty Renals - UsToYou Party Rentals
Tenting and Rentals - Classic Party Rentals
DJ - DJ El3ments
Pies - Pie Snob
Bag Piper - The Bag Piper
Henna Artist - Henna By Purvi
Hair and Makeup - Ahseia Adina
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Obama & Romney, Save Me from Your Followers!
An acquaintance w/spouse who live in Hawaii sent a group Email this last weekend. Here goes:
Check out this interview with Penn Jillette. I know some of you've watched his BS [Bullsh*t] series and he makes some interesting points. He says there's not much difference between Obama and Romney. Also here's a link to Gary Johnson's website. He was a two term republican governor of New Mexico now running as President under the Libertarian ticket. To quote his website, "He has been an outspoken advocate for efficient government, lower taxes, winning the war on drug abuse, protection of civil liberties, revitalization of the economy and promoting entrepreneurship and privatization." His track record proves this. Read on…
Hawaii doesn't allow write-in candidates so we can vote for one of four or vote for no one. So we researched the other candidates and Gary seems like a strong choice. Sorry for bringing up politics but it's hard to stay silent with such an important election Tuesday…
My response? Well, to quote Penn, "Bullshit!" Brief point/counterpoint analysis:
BS Point 1. "…there's not much difference between Obama & Romney."
BS Point 2. "…we researched the other candidates. and Gary seems like a strong choice."
BS Point 3. "…Sorry for bringing up politics but it's hard to stay silent…"
Counterpointing: 1. Don't tell me Obama and Romney are "the same." Penn qualified this statement in the video, but some of his fans aren't so sophisticated. Dems & Reps are polar way-the-fuck opposite on so many issues, and their candidates tilt toward their bases. 2. Thank you very much for your expert "research." Or better: "expert" research. 3. We're sorry, too.
Part of the game is trying to persuade others to vote for the person whom you feel is the strongest candidate. People sign up for social media, or vent on blogs, or message boards, and this is where polemics thrive. But geeeeez. Don't forgive my "proselytizing" tone, but don't be a proselytizing caterpillar and then apologize for it.
Should you vote Third Party? Maybe in Hawaii, where Obama's victory is certain, but no 3rd Party candidate will garner over one percent of the vote this election. There's a good reason for this. Voting 3rd Party gives voice to other philosophies, fair enough. However, there are only two choices…thus:
Obama & Romney, please save me from your followers. I think Obama and Romney are decent men, they mean well for the country, and have pros and cons. Yet I can't understand how one side paints the other as evil. Obama is not a Muslim communist who wants to take your money and give it to heroin addicts. Romney is not a racist misogynist who only loves kleptocrats and billionaires.
My opinion? The Economist articulates a lot. Vote Republican or Democrat or even Third Party, make a respectable choice. This sentiment underlies elections and democracy.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-
Taking a cue from Maricopa County, Ariz., El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa plans to house inmates in a 12,000-square-foot tent set up in a parking lot.
Maketa said using a heated tent is the cheapest option to house up to 180 inmates during the eight or nine months before the downtown jail is renovated.
"I think it's safe to say the big top is coming…," Maketa said Wednesday, adding the tent could be up in the jail's north parking lot by next month.
"The demand is exceeding our capacity," Maketa said Wednesday. "I don't want to get put into a situation where we can't accept offenders because we're full."
In January, Maketa's office said the jail reached a new record capacity and was nearly full. County officials are drawing up plans for a $25 million to $40 million expansion.
Other communities that have housed inmates in tents include Denver in 2005, Boulder in 1998, and Maricopa County, which now house some 3,000 inmates 13 years after Sheriff Joe Arpaio began his tent jail.
A massive heating unit is expected to keep the tent at least 65 degrees, as required by state law.
"If it gets a little chilly on occasion, I think a little chill does the soul a little good," Maketa said.
Maketa said there would be a fence, possibly with razor wire and guard dogs and would cost an estimated $200,000 to year, not including the 12 to 13 extra deputies to staff it. There would be portable toilets for inmates and no showers. Food would be prepared in the jail's kitchen.
Inmates on work release—a program that will be reactivated if the tent goes up—and those serving short sentences would be housed there.
Elena Bost, with the inmate-rights group CURE of Southern Colorado, called the plan dehumanizing.
"If we have this many people going into our jail, we need to rethink our policies," she said.


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Brazil's health authorities have announced measures to prevent the spread of the Zika virus during the Olympics in August this year.
"Olympics and Paralympic venues will be inspected on a daily basis", spokesman, for Rio 2016 Philip Wilkinson said.
The mosquito- borne disease, Zika virus,is linked to birth defects where babies are born with abnormal small heads known as microcephaly.
Olympics and Paralympic venues will be inspected on a daily basis
The Zika virus is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is also known to carry the dengue and yellow fever.
Olympics officials said they are following guidelines from health authorities.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, issued an alert, warning expectant mothers not to travel to the affected countries.
However Brazil officials have advised the pregnant women to consult their doctors before visiting the country. Public health officials are meanwhile educating residents in cities across Brazil and also fumigating breeding areas.
Olympics officials have assured that the current measures put in place will minimise infections among in tourists during the games.
Brazil's Health Ministry confirmed the Zika virus in November. At least 3,500 suspected cases of microcephaly have been reported by the health ministry, since October.


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Why don't we talk about something happy! We have got a lot of fabulous new products in the store. (clapping) Guess what came today? Echo Park's new Playground Collection. OMG, this line is too cute!
Here is a sampling for you.
Stop drooling on your keyboard. You know I caught you. LOL. Check out the entire collection HERE. You know you want it and we are happy to give it to you for 20% off the regular list price. Why??? Because we LOVE YOU!
New 6x6 Paper Pads
- Prima Marketing: Fairy Flora, Sweet Fairy, Madeline, Sparkling Spring, Melody, Reflections, Botanical, Annaleen, and Reflections. 3 from
- Cosmo Cricket: Salt Air, Upcycle, and Salt Air.
- Bo Bunny: Ad Libs, Blast Off, and Vicki B. (Gabrielle and Timepiece are on backorder and will arrive soon)
Restock on Popular Items:
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Other various colors.
(more coming soon)
Why don't we end this on a warm and fuzzy note. This is what I would like the weather to be like her in PA
|My Baby Sister Mandy (aka "The Princess"), My Dad, and Me! (Phillies Spring Training Stadium)
|Hubby and my Daddy. (Phillies Spring Training Stadium)
|Clearwater Beach! Doug, Abby, Me, Dad, Lindsay and Hubby.
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5 Tips For IMPRESSING Your Boss During Video Conferences
We live in a virtual world, and with more and more companies opening up to remote work opportunities, video conferencing is gaining popularity. But what do you need to do in order to have a successful video conference with your teammates, clients, or management team? Here are five quick tips for better video conferences:
1. Log in before you get coffee.
Impressions are important, and if you're running late to a meeting, you look junior and disorganized. Make sure you're on top of things, and get online early (even if you have to run out quickly to grab another cup of Joe from the breakroom).
"Instead, you want to log in first, then go get your coffee," said Bill Hoogterp, a presentation coach at Own The Room, a communication skills training company.
2. Hit "unmute" and brief, open questions.
Don't be afraid to politely interject with a question every now and then. It can be intimidating to interrupt the speaker, but if you're confused about something, chances are other people are confused as well.
"Let's say something is unclear and everyone's confused," said Hoogterp, "the boss doesn't know it."
So, when you ask pointed questions to get more clarification on something, you're not only helping yourself, but you're also helping the speaker and the group.
3. Be front-lit, not back-lit.
When the light is behind you, it hides all of your features. You want your face to be well-lit, so it's important to have a light in front of you and behind the computer so no one sees it.
4. Dominate the screen.
Want to appear more senior? Fill the video frame with your face.
"I can tell how senior most people are just by where they are on the screen," said Hoogterp.
According to Hoogterp, you want to position the screen so you're just cutting off the top of your head. That's how you dominate the screen and appear to be more senior.
5. Be counter-intuitive.
If you want to have better video conferences, you need to be counter-intuitive, according to Hoogterp. Don't just make great statements, ask great questions that force people to engage. For example, start the video conference by announcing that you're going to "do something a little different today." Then, ask them to use the chatbox feature in your video conference when voicing a concern or asking a question.
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Eternal Press Authors for Eternal Love
Valentines Blog Hop and Contest!
Readers! Would you like to win free E-books from your favorite Eternal Press authors?
Rules: Each time a "Hopper" leaves a comment and email address on a participating author's blog, the "Hopper gets another entry in the drawing (8 possible entries)!!
Comments will be tallied from February 14, 2013 through February 16, 2013 at midnight (eastern time). The winner will be drawn on February 17, 2013.
We've made it easy because we Love our Readers!
The list of blogs to hop to and prizes is listed at the bottom of the post.
Good Luck!
Welcome to my Valentine's blog today!
I decided to do something relating to my book Salvation for my post today (it's one of the prizes in the blog hop) one of the main characters from the book is Jareth (a sexy pirate ghost), so I thought I'd do a little research and see how Valentine's Day was celebrated in the 1700's. I think someone had better tell him about the changes in the last 300 years to this occasion because I'm pretty sure Miranda isn't going to quite get it if he does what they did way back then...
In the 1700's ...
English women wrote the names of men on a piece of paper and dropped them into the water. The first paper to rise to the surface was to be their one true love. Also in the 1700's single English women would pin 5 bay leaves to their pillow to inspire dreams of their future lovers
Groups of friends would draw names from a jar. Gifts were given to the names drawn and for several days the men wore the name of their Valentine on their sleeve. The saying, "wearing his heart on his sleeve" probably came from this custom.
A valentine poem then:
The rose is red, the violet's blue—Gammer Gurton's Garland, 1784
The honey's sweet, and so are you
Thou are my love and I am thine
I drew thee to my Valentine
The lot was cast and then I drew
And Fortune said it shou'd be you.
The honey's sweet, and so are you
Thou are my love and I am thine
I drew thee to my Valentine
The lot was cast and then I drew
And Fortune said it shou'd be you.
Here's the list of authors and the prize they're offering. Just follow the list from blog to blog.
Remember to visit all the authors below and leave a comment and email address
for an entry to the
Eternal Press Authors for Eternal Love Valentines Blog Hop and Contest.
Good Luck!
Barbara Winkes - Winter Storm (sequel to Autumn Leaves) www.barbarawinkes.blogspot.ca
Em Epe – Only Because it was You, Gus McRaidy http://www.emeperomances.blogspot.com/
Gianna Bruno - The Journey or Hot Chocolate Kiss (winner's choice) http://giannabruno.blogspot.com
Jacqueline Paige – Salvation http://jacqpaige.blogspot.com/
Leanna Harrow - Killing the Desire http://authorteasereadings.wordpress.com
Linda Hays-Gibbs - Angel in My Heart, Devil in My Soul http://www.lindahaysgibbs.blogspot.com
Maeve Alpin - Conquistadors In Outer Space http://maevealpin.wordpress.com/
Stephanie O'Hanlon - Affaire de Coeur www.stephanieohanlonwriter.blogspot.ca
Happy Valentines Day! I hope it's filled with love, goodies and whatever your heart desires!
Jacqueline Paige
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The Apostle Paul felt this.
So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. (Romans 7:21-25)Have you ever stopped where you stood and been reminded of your absolute undeserving character? Have you ever knelt before God and been struck by the near-preposterous nature of the situation? Who are we to approach the throne of a pure, undefiled, holy, righteous and just God? Who are we to possess His grace?
Grace. Have you ever pondered how undeserving you are to receive not just God's saving grace, but even His common grace and blessings? Who are we to be privy to the beauty of a sunset? Who are we to be allowed to awake another day, to share the love of family and friends, to rest in the cool breeze of evening? Who...are...we?
Ah, but that is the wrong question. The question is not, "who are we?" Rather, the question is, "who is Christ?"
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. (Romans 8:1-4)
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. (Romans 5:6-11)Amazing grace indeed.


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Nothing in life is more fun than negotiating a car deal
Okay, it might not be that much fun
It isn't fun for the dealer either. Customers come to the dealership confused. They're confused by all the conflicting websites they visited while researching the purchase. Tensions rise as soon as the dealer says something contrary to what was researched. Sometimes that happens right after the introductory handshake.
Negotiations exacerbate the friction as soon as the sales agent says "let me take that to my boss," and walks off to the mysterious back office.
What is he doing back there? Are they scheming against me? Yes. Yes they are.
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Hello guys! And hello September! Fall is a around the corner and it's time to refresh our wardrobes with some cool new pieces. So, today we're visiting FASHIONMIA online store to check their offer of fashion items for the upcoming season. As you already know FASHIONMIA is an online store where you can buy cheap clothing. What grabbed my attention the most are their cheap women dresses. They have a huge, huge range of dresses to choose from. I was looking for some dresses that would be perfect for an early Fall days and found some great designs. As you can see I picked some Fall colors and prints and my favorite trend of all times - fringe. If you visit FASHIONMIA you'll find many more cheap women dresses, and in general cheap clothing to meet your everyday style and taste in fashion. They have a wide selection of dresses, skirts, tops, jackets, etc. I'm sure there's something for everyone, plus the prices are more than affordable. I hope you like my choices as well.
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Our theme this year was our favourite season, Sarah chose winter and I chose summer. Here are photos of the parcel I received from Sarah.
|Front of cross stitch cushion
|Back of cross stitch cushion
|Knitted bunny
|Extra goodies
|All the lovely items together
My parcel to Sarah hasn't arrived yet but I'll add photos once it does.
Thank you again Sarah!


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flowy floral dress
My looks have been corresponding directly with my attitude lately - just go with the flow. Sometimes you lack direction and just need to coast along for a little while, so that's what I'm doing. I found this Forever 21 dress online and HAD to have it for layering during the LA winter months.
I layered the long dress with the long cardigan to elongate everything on my body since I'm so short.
How do you feel about florals into the fall seasons?
Dress & Sweater: Forever 21
Bag: H&M
Boots: Yellow Box
Bag: H&M
Boots: Yellow Box