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After the phenomenal success of their book and podcast, Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner partner once again to release another revolutionary book. The duo take readers through ways of how to think outside the box, and provide examples of how its applied in real life, from philanthropy to business to sports. Part witty and part serious, the book presents a different way of seeing the world that anyone can benefit from.
Personal Take: I'm a huge fan of Freakonomics, and I couldn't wait to start reading this book. Just as the hosts are engaging on their podcast, I was so happy to see the same narrative style of equal mix casual, funny, and informative present in the book. I really enjoyed reading the book, and the examples they provided. Even though I heard these examples on their podcast, the authors expanded on it further in the book, and I enjoyed the revelations.
The book also makes a list of things to consider when it comes to "thinking outside of the box" (a phrase I hate so much because its overused for the most nonsensical reasons, but somehow I accept it from the authors because they do know what they're talking about). It was surprising to me to find out how basic these steps are. They're things that we grow out of, that needs remembering again.
And that's another thing the duo touch on; how to grow from your mistakes and to make the best from these experiences.
Always easy and engaging, this is a must read. I can't wait to read their other books.
Audience: Even though it does touch on real life examples and interviews, I do recommend this to older teens. Of course, adults will also love it.
Other recommendations: Dubner and Levitt are also the authors of Freakonomics and their recent release, When To Rob a Bank– both on my must-read list!


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When it comes to epic driving tours of the state of Colorado, nothing tops the Independence Pass (Indy Pass) loop. This drive will take you through ghost towns, historic mining districts, up and over 11,000' ft peaks, send you through the infamous town of Aspen and shoot you through one of the largest feats in United States construction history – the Glenwood Canyon.
Starting from our shop in Eagle-Vail, you will take Highway 24 through Minturn, past Red Cliff, and through Leadville. At Twin Lakes, you will hang a right (west) and cruise up and over Independence Pass and down into Aspen on highway 82. With Independence Pass only being open during certain months of the summer, this loop must be researched for road closures before heading out. From Minturn to the turn off at Twin Lakes, you are looking at a 90-minute straight shot. From Aspen to Glenwood Springs, you need to plan for at least an hour and from Glenwood Springs to our shop, again, you are looking at an hour. As a straight drive, the entire loop takes at least 4.5 hours so plan your stops according to your taste and what you hope to see.
#1. Ghost Town of Gilman Lookout point.
Above the town of Minturn and just before Red Cliff, you will come to a lookout point where you can view the town of Gilman Colorado and the Homestake Canyon. The town was built in 1886 during the Silver boom and later was a source for Lead and Zinc mining. In 1984 the EPA forced a town evacuation due to toxic pollutants including contaminated ground water. The town of Gilman is currently on private land and is strictly off limits to the public. The Ginn Company currently owns the property and once had lofty goals of creating a private ski area nearby – those plans were put on hold during the 2008 recession. To learn more about the ghost town of Gilman, you can visit the Wikipedia page at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilman,_Colorado
#2. Red Cliff Colorado
Red Cliff Colorado is currently known for its access points to the Vail Pass Recreation Area. It is also home to the very popular Mango's Restaurant which is a great place for lunch and dinner. The drive into Red Cliff offers some amazing views of the Green Bridge, Vail Pass, and Homestake Creek. In early June, Red Cliff Colorado and Homestake Creek plays host to the GoPro Mountain Games kayak event. It is worth the drive through if you just follow the map above for the best loop.
#3. Camp Hale and the World War ll Memorial.
As you make your way to Leadville, you will pass the site of Camp Hale. During world war ll, Camp Hale was home to about 15,000 soldiers known as the 10th Mountain Division. Constructed in 1942 and later decommissioned in 1945, soldiers at Camp Hale were trained in Alpine and Nordic Skiing, Mountain Climbing, and Cold-weather Survival. There are multiple plaques along the highway and at the entrance to Ski Cooper stands a memorial dedicated to soldiers at Camp Hale. Though not actively in use by the Armed Forces, on occasion you will see the special forces units running drills in the area for backcountry travel techniques in the winter months.
#4. Historic Town of Leadville.
Leadville is an interesting place and ideal for history buffs. at the 300 block of Harrison stands the Tabor Opera House and the location where Doc Holliday shot (but didn't kill) his last man - you can still walk in and see the bullet hole. The Tabor House and Museum will take you through the Tabor fortune and you can learn more about the "Unsinkable Molly Brown" from the Titanic. The National Mining museum is without a doubt, one of the most interesting museums you will ever step foot in. Aside from all of the history, Leadville also offers massive views of Colorado's tallest peak "Mt. Elbert." For those of you looking for a museum tour while in town, we have provided a printable walking map of the area that outlines the locations of each museum.
#5. Summit of Independence Pass
The summit of Independence Pass stands at just over 11,000' ft above sea level with nearby Mt Massive and Mt. Elbert reaching the 14,000' mark. The road up offers great views of the Twin Lakes region and both the Mosquito and Sawatch mountain Ranges. At the top, you will have the option of hiking the peak trail to go to the actual summit. There is also a restroom at the top which can be an added convenience at times. The way down into Aspen is a quick descent with many hairpin turns. There are also a series of one lane approaches where the adjacent cliffs make a two-lane road impossible. It's advised that you take your time heading into Aspen to avoid conflict on the road.
#6. Aspen
Aspen is Aspen. Movie Stars, Gazillion dollar two-bedroom homes, and an endless variety of great restaurants and shops. If you're thinking about having lunch in Aspen, we highly recommend Hops Culture and Meat & Cheese… Aspen is a place you need to experience for yourself so I will just shut up.
#7. Glenwood Hot Springs & Glenwood Canyon
Glenwood Springs will bring your historic tour of Leadville full circle as Glenwood Springs is the final resting place of Doc Holliday. His grave site is marked on the map above. Glenwood Springs is also known for their Hot Springs and Vapor Caves. Glenwood Canyon is where the driving tour really culminates. The Canyon is a 16-mile stretch of interstate that winds its way along the Colorado river. You will pass the famous Shoshone rapid, Grizzly Creek rapids and both Upper and Lower Death rapids. There is the highly popular Hanging Lakes Trail Head which has become overused due to the many lazy travel websites and publishers that seem to think that Hanging Lakes is the only hiking trail in the state of Colorado. There are numerous picnic and rest areas throughout the canyon so it is highly recommended that you pull off and snap a few photos. The Canyon itself is an engineering feat and PBS recently created one of the more interesting documentaries on the construction of the canyon – worth viewing before heading out on your trip.
From Glenwood Canyon, you will head back to our shop in Eagle-Vail. You have two options depending on time. You can stay on Interstate 70, or you can pull off at any exit and take Highway 6 all the way in. Highway 6 follows the Eagle River and you will pass through the towns of Gypsum, Eagle, Wolcott, Edwards, Avon (Beaver Creek), and into Eagle-Vail. For scenic purpose, we have mapped the way home through Eagle and Wolcott. Just know that if you choose to take Interstate 70, you need to exit at the Minturn Exit.
The Independence Pass Loop is easily one of the prettiest and most complete tours you can take in the state. To do it right, you need a full day but it is a day that you will talk about for years to come.

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Kristin Bauer van Straten Speaks Out Against Shark Finning
December 17, 2010 by Stacy Ann
Asking Fans to Help Make a Difference
Not only does Kristin Bauer van Straten portray the unforgettable vampire Pam on True Blood, but this talented actress is also a passionate, vocal and dedicated animal rights activist. Recently published by the Huffington Post, Kristin's article entitled 'Congress: Time Is Ticking for Sharks' not only serves to provide awareness, it also serves as a warning and implores fans and readers alike to help make a difference.
The issue at hand is the amputation of shark fins for use in an Asian dish, shark fin soup. Within weeks the US Senate will be voting on The Shark Conservation Act, a bill to ban shark finning in US waters. While sharks may not have the best image, many feel when it comes to these magnificent animals "humans are the predators and sharks are the prey". Kristin goes on to say:
"We're hunting many shark populations to the brink of extinction. The demand for shark fins, which are used to make shark fin soup — a popular dish in Asia — leads to the killing of tens of millions of sharks around the world each year. Sharks aren't furry or cute, so there just aren't as many voices to speak for their conservation."
Kristin asks you to join her and Oceana.org "in asking our Senators to do the right thing for sharks".
Be sure to read Kristin's full article here and visit Oceana.org if you'd like to tell your Senators that you demand shark protection and the passage of the Shark Conservation Act!
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com – Congress: Time Is Ticking for Sharks
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Hi everybody! Today I can finally share my projects made with the amazing March kit from Swirlydoos - Garden Romance. This kit is filled with lovely papers from Fabscraps and Blue Fern Studios, and embellishment from Prima, Kaisercraft, Martha Stewart, Petaloo, Dusty Attic and much, much more! To remind you of this fantastic kit, here it is:
When I get my kit and add-ons (flower and embellie add-on) I start by laying everything out on our large kitchen table (because my scraproom is too much of a mess to have room for all the goodies in this kit), and just take everything in for a while. I then start planning my layouts, and I do so combining the papers two and two (or three sometimes) and then add embellishment to go with them. When I start creating I usually mix everything up again, but the first plan is somewhere in my head. I just love the endless possibilities with these kits!!
I usually start with the sketch layout, but this month I actually scrapped the sketch last.
The sketch this month:
Here's my take on the sketch:
I used the frames from Cosmo Cricket, from the embellie add-on, for my photos. The background paper is from Blue Fern Studios and just Beautiful! I also adore the pearl branches from Martha Stewart (from the embellie add-on). I added some flowers from my own stash (because I used up most of the kit flowers on my other pages - you can see that below!)
A couple of close-ups:
Lots of layering - using cut-outs from the other BFS-paper in the main kit.
Next, a layout for the All that flutters-challenge:
I adore pink and gray together and this layout is all about those colors! I have used the stencil from the Medium add-on (butterflies) with clear gesso and mists (pink, gray and purple).
All the flowers used for this layout (except a couple of purple roses) are from the main kit or flower add-on. I adore the flower layers from Petaloo - just amazing!
The chipboard flower from Dusty Attic i cut into two pieces, painted them white and layered the under the paper pieces. I then decorated with charms from a previous kit.
My next layout is a scalloped shaped one, with a photo of one of our darling cats:
I have layered three papers from Fabscraps after cutting them and distressing the edges. I have also painted the edges with gesso and texture paste, to get a real shabby look.
I have used the Picket Fence chipboard piece from Blue Fern Studios (embellie add-on). The Petaloo berry clusters are from the flower add-on.
The title, Love Completely, is from Dusty Attic.
And my final layout with this totally stunning kit:
Lots of layering, circles in the background are from the stencil in the Medium add-on.
Thank you for stopping by today!


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Van Eyk Awarded AHA Grant for Heart Study
Jennifer Van Eyk, PhD, director of the Cedars-Sinai Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute, has been awarded $2 million by the American Heart Association for a study seeking to identify novel blood proteins that consistently predict cardiovascular risk across diverse patient cohorts.
Van Eyk, who also is director of Basic Science at the Barbra Streisand Woman's Heart Center at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and the Erika J. Glazer Chair in Women's Heart Health, will share the four-year Grand Challenge Award with Daniel J. Rader, MD, Seymour Gray Professor of Molecular Medicine and chair of the Department of Genetics at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
Van Eyk and Rader are co-principal investigators on a project that will generate data on blood protein biomarkers from people of European, African-American and South Asian ancestry and their relationship to genetic variants and the risk of heart disease. "We hope we can use this information to make a test that can be used in a family doctor's visit or in the hospital," Van Eyk said.
The award is part of the American Heart Association's Cardiovascular Genome-Phenome Study program, which funds research to accelerate the discovery of personalized treatments and prevention of cardiovascular diseases. The program enables researchers to simultaneously access massive volumes of data from multiple studies, including the famed Framingham Heart Study and Jackson Heart Study.


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- 'NOSSE- NOSSE' can be directly translated into 'Enjoy and Enjoy' in Korean. However, the expression is often used to cheer senior generation in Korea. So, the English title was named as 'Bravo my golden life'.
- The purpose of game is to encourage cognitive and social activity of elderly people while playing the game. The game provides player with everyday quest, and they get virtual money when quests are completed. With the virtual money, players can either buy daily necessities, or donate them. The high ranking players with good amount of donation can be recognized on TV or online media to encourage the sense of pride and participation.


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Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they will post a new Top Ten list that one of their bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join.
This week they ask: Top Ten Favorite Books I Read in 2011?
1. The Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa
2. The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
3. Extraordinary by Nancy Werlin
4. Sunday's At Tiffany's by James Patterson
5. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
6. Fallen by Lauren Kate
7. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
8. What Happened To Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
9. Distant Waves by Suzanne Weyn
10. The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley


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School Garden News – Belize
Belize Sows Seeds for Food Security
Written by Megan Tady
"Vegetables in general are skipped out of the Belizean diet," said Mark Miller, executive director of the development organization Plenty Belize. "Most of the cultures here used to have a much healthier way of eating than they do today. As time progresses, people are eating less and less healthy."
In 2002, the organization started a school garden program in Belize's southernmost Toledo District. The gardens are designed to educate young people about how to grow their own organic supplemental vegetables at home.
"We're hoping that the concept of organic school gardens is institutionalized so that it becomes a norm that we teach our children, and that talking about our food, food supply and health comes as a regular part of what is done," said Miller. "Whether [kids] grow their own food, or they appreciate where their food comes from, it gives them the ability to make better choices."
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Someone asked me why I don't put my own poetry up here more often. After much probing self-analysis I have come to the conclusion that it was pure, shallow selfishness that was keeping me from sharing more poetry here. The logic went like this:
I should be careful about putting poetry here because I want to be published. Some publishers are reluctant to publish something that has already been published, and they might consider this as publishing.
I really want to be published so that lots of people can see my stuff. Partially because I think I speak to some people and also because I crave fame and approval.
I will hog all my stuff to myself in the hopes that someday I'll get the chance to share it under the label of a publication which proves that "people who know something about poetry" agree that my stuff is worth publishing and sharing.
thus (and here's the faulty logic)
I am keeping my stuff hidden instead of sharing it, supposedly because I want to share it.
Well, anyway, I am trying to squelch my pride. If people want to read my stuff (badly enough that they would actually ASK about it), I should let them, by golly! Who is it that I am saving it for—people who MATTER????? Who matters more than the people who care about me and/or who are hungry for what I'm saying?
So, I apologize. You, my dear, loyal blog-readers (most of whom I can't identify because you don't comment but I know you're out there because I see you in the stats) deserve to see what I've been writing, even before it gets the approval of some all-powerful status-granter in the form of an official publication. I will mend my ways.
So for today, I will give you "Approaching the Veil," which was the very first poem I wrote as an adult (and therefore is my inaugural foray into writing). I can look at it now and see its flaws, but it was a good beginning for me, I think. I felt very proud of the tanka structure (several stanzas of haiku) at the time, although I know a little more about haiku now and realize it wasn't all that appropriate. Nevertheless, it helped me make a beginning.
Though a good poem should speak for itself and suffers from too much introduction, I still want to tell you a little about this one. I tried to combine two different, powerful situations into one. One was my mother's eagerness to get beyond the veil (well, die) after she had a beautiful near-death experience, and the other was my first experience at the temple, which was very deeply moving to me. The ladies who helped me were elderly and beautiful, and I still remember how they looked into my face as they whispered their words of holiness.
This was published in Orson Scott Card's Vigor newsletter and, later, Irreantum (I think. I haven't kept very good track. Maybe it was Exponent II.) Shortly after it appeared in one of those publications, I got a nice e-mail from someone I didn't know asking if she could read it in her big meeting of temple-workers. That was really cool.
Approaching the Veil
by Darlene Young
I lean on tiptoe,
Taut, poised at the edge,
Eyes prickled with stars.
Spirit percolates.
I am brimming, wakening,
Fresh-whetted and ripe.
You, god-whisperers,
Hover like angel mothers,
Priestesses of light.
My lips follow yours,
Invocation and blessing,
Strange sounds of power.
A pause, and I hear
Through your reverence for the Words,
Sounds of rushing wind.
Holy escorts
Midwives to the quickening
Reach, grasp, launch
I am beautiful, aflame,
Burnished bright and fierce.
Alleluia my birthcry,
I greet pentecost.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Poetry: Approaching the Veil
Posted by Darlene at September 21, 2007
Labels: poetry
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So, I'm curious: what flaws do you see in it now? Because I'm not seeing any... How do you analyze your own work?
- Jennifer B. said...
I love this. You sent me a copy, but I think the end is different. Now I will have to check. Hope to see more!
- Darlene said...
Thanks, Emily.
Well, for one thing, the metaphors get a little mixed up and are pushed a little too far at times. ("Midwives to the quickening"?)
I was trying so hard to be poetic that I think I fell off the side at times.
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Just like that, his bike was gone, stolen before his eyes. Nine-year old Justin McGregor stared out the window of the convenience store, unable to believe his eyes. Right in front of him, his bike had been swiped. The events played over again in his mind: the dark red car screeching around the corner and stopping; the punk hopping out, snatching the bike, and tossing it in the trunk.
Idiot! Justin cursed the thief silently. Jerk! That no good� He halted the thought, trying not to let it bother him. But it did. The punk was all of those bad words � and more. Unable to control his emotions, he cursed the thief again, this time out loud, "Idiot!" He almost called him the 'A' word.
Justin tried not to cry. A lump grew in his throat, rising, choking. He tried to swallow but couldn't, his mind still hostage to the thief. How could that jerk steal his bike like that? And the two in the car, how could they help him? The more he thought about it, the more he wished those guys in the car would die or get in an accident. All three of them, that's right! They're such�
Again he halted the harsh thoughts, then reverted to the ultimate � God would get them for their sin!
Walking all the way home when he should've been riding, Justin tried to forget it. But he couldn't. He had worked so hard for that bike � mowing lawns in the summer, shoveling driveways in the winter. With his own money, he bought it. It was his, no one else's. Now it was stolen, as if a piece of him gone, forever. Stupid red car! He hoped it would crash. Maybe it already had.
When he got home, he was afraid to tell his mom what had happened, but he finally did. She called the police. While waiting for them to come, he broke down and cried for the first time. He didn't feel any better, thinking only of his bike. Sure, it was beat up, scratched, and the chain popped off now and then, but it was his.
"Son," the police officer said when he arrived, "just be thankful you weren't on the bike when they stole it. Thieves won't stop at anything."
Then Mom attempted to hug him. With a sour face, he pushed away. "Honey," she tried to console him, "there's nothing you can do about it. It's not your fault. Like the officer said, just thank God you weren't hurt."
Justin thought about this for awhile. He saw again in his mind the red car screeching to a stop, the punk hopping out, snatching his bike... Suddenly the scene stopped, his mind stuck on a still frame of the thief. With a scar along the jaw-line, the thief wore a grimy shirt and had holes in his jeans. He looked angry, yet sad, as if nobody cared about him or what he did. He probably couldn't afford a bike, Justin guessed, so he took his.
After awhile, Justin actually felt bad. Pangs of guilt wretched his stomach for calling him names, for wishing him dead, and for hoping the get-away car had crashed. Before bedtime, he decided, he'd say a prayer and ask God's forgiveness.
Then an idea came to him.
Spreading colored markers and a large sheet of poster-board on the floor, he began to draw and scribble on the board. When he was done, he looked it over to make sure he spelled every word correctly.
Justin rolled up the poster and grabbed one of Dad's hammers and some nails. He told Mom he'd be back in a half-hour and carried these things to the site where his bike had been stolen. Standing in front of the tree at the scene of the crime, he nailed up the poster. Something was wrong. He tilted it more toward the road, stepped back, and eyed it. There, he thought, perfect! He collected his belongings and, for a final time, admired his sign.
To the guy who stole my bike,
At first I was angry with you. But God forgives me for my sins. So I can forgive you. I'm not mad at you anymore.
Later that night, Justin went to bed feeling better. He'd forgotten about the day's events, even that his bike had been stolen.
But the next day he didn't forget. How could he? Almost every day that summer he had ridden his bike to the convenience store to meet Robby, and if he had money, he'd buy a bottle of soda and maybe play an arcade game or two. But now he didn't have a bike, and he didn't feel like walking there, but since he told Robby he'd meet him, what choice did he have?
As Justin neared the store, he saw Robby's bike leaning against the tree. He checked his watch and began to jog. When he reached the tree, he stopped cold. The sign! It was gone. His eyes fell to the bike, which looked nothing like Robby's.
"Hey, Jus." A voice called from behind. It was Robby, on his bike. "Sorry I'm late."
Justin turned again to the tree and stared at the bike. The frame, he thought, looked like his. And the rims: the same he had. But the handlebars were yellow and new, not black and old. And the seat: yellow, too. Instinctively his eyes dropped to where the frame met the crankshaft, and he saw a familiar Trailboss sticker with an unmistakable scratch across it.
This was his bike, with new handlebars and seat.
The crook had to be near. He looked in the parking lot: Nobody! Up and down the street: No kids! Inside the convenience store: just an old lady buying milk.
"Got some new equipment?" Robby asked, pointing to the bike. "Looks cool."
Justin scratched his head and blinked at Robby. Suddenly from down the street, a dark red, beat up Cadillac pulled from the curb spinning its tires. It turned the corner, but before disappearing from sight, Justin thought he saw someone in the passenger seat holding his sign.
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What To Do If Your Boss Doesn't Like You
We've all been there. Whether you're new to your company or you've been at the same company for a long time, at some point you will have a boss that you don't feel likes or respects you. It's inevitable, and it's up to you to do something about it.
If you sense that your boss has a problem with you, walk yourself through these six steps to manage the situation before it impacts your career:
1. Be Sure You Are Reading The Situation Correctly
We all have different levels of sensitivity in the workplace that vary based on things like stress, emotions, past history and workplace politics.
Here are some things that could be happening:
- Your boss is having stress within or outside of work, and is unintentionally taking it out on you
- You did something to anger your boss and he can't get over it without a catalyst of some kind
- You are being overly sensitive and need to learn to see things a little differently.
- Your boss doesn't know your personality well enough to know how to best approach you and there are communication issues
- A better relationship needs to be established
- Your boss is actually a jerk
Determine your reality, absent stress or emotion. Run your thoughts by one or two of your trusted confidants at work. Are they seeing what you see? Is it happening to them also? Have they seen behavior like this from your boss in the past? Any insights that you can get will help you determine your approach. Take some notes about what's going on from your perspective, validate or align them by talking to others, and document the resulting reality.
2. Figure Out Why
Next, get to the bottom of why this is happening. Think hard about when the problem started and whether there was a precipitating event or time period. Put some thought behind the drivers of your boss' behavior, whether you are fully or partially to blame, or if you are clueless as to why it's happening.
A healing relationship is a two-sided process. Each of you has your own gripes to air and want to come out with a "win." Understanding and being honest with yourself about your role in the problem, even if you don't agree with your boss' perspective, puts you in the best position.
3. Determine What You Can Realistically Change
This is your career, not your boss' career. A boss who is mistreating you is not likely to promote you and can derail your career with his or her personal views and actions.
Figure out what you can and can't control in the situation. Start by asking yourself:
- What is the extent of this problem?
- Do you feel you aren't being treated nicely?
- Is your boss badmouthing you to other managers?
- Does your boss treat everyone like this, suggesting that it's a personality issue?
- Did your boss' behavior change suddenly after a project or interaction?
- Is your boss approachable and open to feedback?
Asking yourself these questions helps you assess if the problem is fixable or just the way your boss operates. If your boss has been at the company a very long time, he may operate in a, "I've always managed people this way," mode and be hard to change, but most bosses are open to discussion and feedback depending on your approach.
4. Take The Right Approach
What I recommend is to privately approach your boss and have an open discussion about how you are feeling. Depending on how the conversation goes, you may need to swallow your pride and apologize to make amends. This provides a win-win situation vs. the "blame game" that adds fuel to the fire.
If you do not feel comfortable directly discussing things with your boss, try taking the lead on establishing a better relationship between the two of you. Or, just kiss his ass a little more. Everyone wants to feel effective and useful. Pumping up your boss can turn him into your greatest supporter. Tweak behaviors you know bother your boss. Make the changes and make sure your boss is aware that you are working hard to impress him. In all of these cases, you are proactively attempting to repair the relationship.
If you feel a discussion or behavior changes won't work you can:
- Approach Human Resources about the issue (if you have an HR department)
- Ask one of your boss' peers who you trust for advice
- Put it behind you, cross your fingers, and let your performance speak for itself to repair the disconnect
- Ask for a transfer to a different department
- Leave the company
5. Time It Right
This is important. Think about your boss' rhythms and when he would be most approachable on this potentially squirrely subject. Be aware of catching your boss off guard. No one likes to be blindsided.
Write a quick email saying something like, "Do you have any time this week where we could discuss your expectations of me? I have a few things I've been working on and wanted to get your perspective."
This note does a few things: it prepares your boss for the subject matter, allows him to choose the timing, shows respect for him by asking for his perspective, and shows your commitment by noting that you've been working on things.
So think about your boss. Is Monday morning a great time to catch him, or the worst time possible? Is he the kind of person that might prefer to discuss this over a beer at an upcoming event you'll both attend? Is later in the week the best time? Giving thought to the best timing for a discussion helps tremendously.
6. Know The Result You Want
Before you take any action have a clear idea of the outcome that you want so you will know if the situation has been remedied.
Repairing a relationship takes time, possibly months. Keep an eye on how your boss makes you feel, whether you are getting more positive recognition, if you are being treated fairly among your peers, and if other leaders are being influenced negatively regarding your performance.
This is a two-way process and you have to hold up your end of the bargain. If you make any promises to change, be sure to focus on that change and be consistent over time. "Acting" like you care or are willing to change, but not changing, only hurts you and can make the situation worse. Working on changing for a week or two, then returning to your old behavior has the same effect. You may have to make real changes to your behaviors to fix the relationship long term.
Don't bristle at the changes required. Embrace them as part of your developing career skill sets and you will have found a powerful new tool in your toolbox.
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Sometimes you take a nice pic but there are some "unwanted" objects on it, like someone in the background, birds in a clear sky or even bigger obstacles, like cars. In those situations you have 3 options: do nothing about it :S, try using some advanced and expensive program like Photoshop, or use SnapHeal to remove them!
Snapheal is photography and image edition app from Macphun available in the Mac App Store.
This app has several tools which will let you edit many aspects of your image:
As the name says, this tool is in charge of deleting unwanted elements present in your picture. It's incredibly easy to use, however is really powerful (we tested it against Photoshop's equivalent tool), so you don't have to worry about obstacles in your pics never again.
Here is a sample of this tool's work:
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Another tool for correcting your photos. It clones a certain area of the image and then "pastes" it over the area to be corrected, so you delete the imperfection. The best application for this is for facial imperfections and small details that you want to disguise.
This tool lets you adjust brightness and contrast, the saturation of the colors, turn them into cold or warm colors, make shadows more bright or highlights less bright, sharpen the image, reduce the noise and mucho more!
You can also import photos directly from Aperture and iPhoto, so you don't have to waste time exporting them and then opening them in Snapheal. You can then easily export your healed photos to Photoshop, Lightroom, Aperture and iPhoto.
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Seton Hall's College of Nursing has responded to the heightened panic surrounding the Ebola outbreak and the concerns of medical staff, especially nurses, in New Jersey facilities by arming nursing students with information that it hopes will ease mounting fears.
"What the College of Nursing is doing is to inform the students of good websites, reliable sources, so that they can get accurate information about Ebola (because) there's a lot of reaction that people are afraid," said Dr. Mary Ann Scharf, associate professor at the College of Nursing and director of Patient Care Simulation Laboratory. "What we're trying to do is to quell the fears."
In an email to the entire College of Nursing last week, Dean Marie Foley declared an "Ebola Awareness Week" in light of rising hysteria surrounding the disease and the recent proximity to Seton Hall of a medical response that generated a great deal of controversy.
A nurse who had flown to Newark after volunteering to work in Ebola-stricken West Africa was put into quarantine at University Hospital in Newark and held against her will even though she tested negative for the disease. She was allowed to leave on Tuesday, Oct. 28, after she had threatened to sue the state for violating her rights.
Thomas Giordano, assistant director for emergency management for Seton Hall's Department of Public Safety and Security, attended a meeting called by the Essex County Office of Emergency Management on the issue of Ebola.
In an email to Dr. Scharf, he said the meeting explained that at Newark Liberty International Airport, there are special screening procedures for arriving passengers from affected African countries, namely Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, and that "high risk" persons will continue to be evaluated at University Hospital in Newark.
At Seton Hall, a bulletin board was converted in the College of Nursing building to spread awareness about Ebola. Most information is from the Centers for Disease Control while pictures are from CNN reports in West Africa. The board highlights the proper equipment medical personnel must use to handle infected people. Nursing professors informed their students about issues related to the spread of the disease and recommended precautions that nurses should take. In most classes, information from the CDC as well as the New Jersey Department of Health was given to students or posted to Blackboard, according to Dr. Scharf.
In a research class, Dr. Munira Wells had her students conduct an "Ebola mini-project" to study the disease's spread and prevention, evaluate the use of proper protective equipment, and check global incidence rates compared to rates in the U.S. Dr. Scharf pointed out the African tradition of the touching the bodies of family members who die directly contributed to the initial spread of the disease.
Dr. Mary Ellen Roberts, director of the Nursing Practice Program and assistant professor in the graduate Department of Nursing, does not believe that the current level of fear about Ebola in this country is justified. Dr. Roberts said there is a significantly higher chance of people contracting the flu, which has many of the same symptoms as Ebola. She said the most important thing is not to panic and get your flu shot.
In an email to a Seton Hall public relations manager, Dr. Roberts said, "Do not be afraid, this is a virus that is containable as long as the proper precautions are used."
The College of Nursing is also hosting an information session about Ebola on Thursday, Oct. 30. This program is only open to the students of the Nursing School and other healthcare related students and faculty. Dr. Roberts, Dr. Scharf and Thomas Giordano will give presentations that provide more information regarding the recent outbreak of Ebola and the response of New Jersey and the national nursing organizations, according to a printed flyer for the event.
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Hello friends, today i am back with a most common ailment prevalent today. Backache, which is caused due to sedentary living habits,hazardous work pattern and psychological conditions associated with emotional stress.
As the back bears the weight of the entire body overweight person feels the strain on the back when they have to carry an extra load
In most cases of backache, the pain is usually felt either in the middle of the back or lower down. It may spread both sides of the waist and the hips. In a condition of acute pain the patient is unable to move and is bedridden.
About ninety percent of backache patients suffer from what is called cervical and lumber spondylosis. It is degenerative disorder in which the different vertebrae adhere to each othet through bony unions. As a result of this,the spine loses its flexibility
The main causes of backache and spondylosis are muscular tension, straining of the joints,poor posture and incorrect nutrition resulting from dietetic errors and lack of exercise. Other causes include stress and strain resulting from sitting for a long time,improper lifting of weights,high heels and emotional problems which may cause painful muscle cramping.
1. Garlic—- Its a very good home remedy for backache. Two or three cloves of garlic should be taken every morning to get results. An oil prepared from garlic and rubbed on the back will give great relief. Any oil such as mustard oil or sesame seed oil can be used. They should be fried on a slow fire till they are brown.
2. Lemon—- The juice of one lemon should be mixed with common salt and taken by the patient twice daily.It will give great relief.
3. Chebulic Myroblan-— The use of chebulic myroblan is beneficial in the treatment of backache. A small piece of this fruit should be eaten after meals. This will give great relief.
4. Vitamin C—– Vitamin C has proved valuable in case of severe
backaches. About 200mg of this vitamin should be taken daily for treating this condition.
5. Potato—- Raw potato is an ancient home remedy for backache characterised by incapacitating pain in the lumber region especially in the lower part of the back. Application of the raw potato in the form of a poultice has been found very effective in this condition.
1. The diet of those suffering from backache should consist of a salad of raw vegetables such as tomato,carrot,cabbage,cucumber,
radish,lettuce and at least two steamed or lightly cooked vegetables such as cauliflower,cabbage,carrot,spinach and plenty of fruits except bananas.
2. The patient should have four meals daily.
3. In breakfast fruits and milk should be taken.
4. For lunch steamed vegetables and wholewheat chapatis should be taken.
5. In the evening fresh fruit or fruit juice can be taken.
6. A bowl of raw salad and sprouts during dinner.
The patient should avoid fatty,spicy and fried foods,curd,sweetmeats and sugar,tea and coffee. Foods that have been processed for preservation have few nutrients and should also be eliminated from the diet.
Smoking or taking tobacco in any form should be given up completely. Yogic asanas which are beneficial in the treatment of backache are bhujangasana,shalabhasana,halasana,uttanpadasana and shavasana.


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According to Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe, the Mets will formally interview former Yankees hitting coach Kevin Long on Wednesday, for the vacant hitting coach position created when Lamar Johnson was relieved of his duties.
Long was the hitting coach for the Yankees for seven seasons before being fired by Brian Cashman two weeks ago.
In addition to the Mets, he is drawing interest from the Blue Jays, brewers, Pirates, D'Backs and Braves.
October 15 – Who is Kevin Long
With all the talk about the Mets considering Kevin Long to fill the Mets vacant hitting coach position, I decided to spend an hour researching him and learning what this former Yankee is all about. I learned some things along the way and thought I'd share some of them with you.
Long Is Very Confident
"If you're going to fix somebody's swing, you better know what you're doing because you're putting your name and reputation on the line. One of the criticisms I heard was how I could teach this caliber of player when I never played at this level. That doesn't matter. It matters what kind of educator and teacher I am that I can get these guys to compete at an optimal level."
Long Is A Hard Worker
"There's always three things that I think are going to put you above anybody else as a coach. First of all, work ethic. No one is going to outwork me. No one is going to put in more time. That's number one because the players see that.
Number two is knowledge. I've got to be very knowledgeable about what I do. Drill work, what adjustments I make with these guys… I have to know what makes good hitters good. I've done my homework. I've studied. I've taken Barry Bonds' swing and broken it down into the finest details. And that's how I started with my philosophy.
The third part—and if you don't have this, you might as well pack it in as a hitting coach— is you'd better be personable. You'd better have people skills."
About the Home Run Drill
"You never know if it's going to catch on," Long said. "You're trying to help players become as consistent as possible. When you see guys have a lot of success with a certain drill, you keep it around. And it's just one of those drills where I've seen numerous people throughout my career get better and better with it."
The drill is intended to build muscle memory and teach players to consistently pull the ball for power.
Long Goes Above and Beyond
"I went to the Dominican Republic to work with Robinson Cano. Did the Yankees pay for that? Did Robinson Cano pay for that? You know who paid for that? Kevin Long paid for that….It wasn't the Yankees saying go. I went in order for me to be a good instructor. You know what Robinson Cano thinks of me? He thinks I'm the greatest guy in the world…And as I do that, and as we go through a season where there's struggles and this and that, he now feels he can lean on me, and we can lean on each other and that part can get you over the hump."
Carlos Pena on Kevin Long
"You can know it all, but if you don't know how to share it with your players, then the knowledge is lost. His strength is not actually all he knows, but how he teaches, how he can relate to a single player and make the player comfortable and confident and make the player trust him. Regardless of the stage or the level of the hitter, they start to feel they are the best in the world without ever even realizing it."
Hope you enjoyed this and that you learned a little bit more about Kevin Long that you didn't know already. These quotes were courtesy of ESPN, the New York Times, Hardball Magazine and Fox Sports.


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Designs that make you smile
Inspired by Chelsea College of Arts's headline-grabbing installation The Smile, we asked UAL's design community which designs make them smile (and which look like they're smiling back)…
The design that makes me smile every time I use it is the multi-function Swiss Army Explorer knife precisly because it is compact, useful, ingenius and 'comforting' to hold."
Michael Vale, Wimbledon College of Arts
The design that looks like it is smiling at you is the 1930's Airstream Trailer designed by Hawley Bowlus."
Michael Vale, Wimbledon College of Arts
The 'Little Miss Piggy Hat' from the Piers Atkinson SS17 collection. I smiled so much that I had to draw it! "
Susan Dray, London College of Fashion
The Cloth Cat Bum End Tea Towel Holders and Rose Thomas 'Smile' necklaces make me smile :-)"
Ben Stopher, London College of Communication
Of the Brain Waves exhibits the one that makes me smile is Orla Lawn's Depth of Light, just for the sheer visual and sensual pleasure. It makes me feel calm and that is a precious thing in the hectic schedule of LDF."
Dr Ulrike Oberlack, Central Saint Martins
Freya Morgan's Photosympathize might not look like it's smiling, but its tongue in cheek approach makes me smile."
Dr Ulrike Oberlack, Central Saint Martins
A design that makes me smile is the giant floating silver cube that appears at mass gatherings. Requiring consensus and collaboration to build, these cubes are neither commodity nor instrument, but the highly public outcome of a socially-engaged design process. Too big for one person to hold, these playfully 'disobedient objects' bounce from person to person in the crowd, or lift off and take to the air, signalling a will to transcend the oppositions that lead to stalemate or conflict.
I know the cubes best from the global movement to divest from fossil fuels, which is going from strength to strength*, as people from different positions recognise their common cause in moving towards a post-carbon society…"
David Cross, Chelsea, Camberwell and Wimbledon Colleges of Art
Ettore Sottsass The Planet as Festival 1972 – designs of Ettore Sottsass can only make you grin. But aside from the humorous, cartoon like perspective of his work this makes you smile with the vision of liberation and freedom. It's a radical picture, a land where there is no architecture left to design, humans are free from work and social conditioning. All that is left is for designers to imagine an architecture designed by "others" – and it proposes that reinvention can only come when there is nothing left to design… Post-Brexit we could all do with design making a radical impact on the world… Design needs to be more political. London needs to be brave again. We could all learn from the planet as a festival…"
Laura Bell, London College of Fashion
My pick would be almost any page of Alan Fletcher's the Art of Looking Sideways or, if it has to be one single thing then I would say the i-D magazine logo as seen on the magazine's cover since 1980. My favourite is probably issue number 28 Let's Dance published August 1985, just before I left home for Art college to study graphic design; my enjoyment of the design is therefore based largely nostalgia for a time in my life when when I was on the brink of an exciting adventure fuelled by a belief that becoming a designer had no limits and the Can-do/do-it-yourself attitude of the magazine and people featured in it was raw, fresh and inspiring. The logo hasn't changed since inception but the publishers' ability to maintain the device of the cover image reflecting it with the model's wink and a smile I think demonstrates how the logo's apparent simplicity is both clever and timeless. I rarely read the magzine these days but whenever I see it on the shelves I can connect immediately with my younger self and smile."
Amanda Jenkins, Camberwell College of Arts
The last word goes to London Design Festival Director, and UAL Governor, Ben Evans:
I want design to be a pleasurable experience and when it is I smile. This normally happens every day. Not surprising really given we all have hundreds if not thousands of daily design experiences. There must be one that makes you smile."
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Hello, y'all. I've been processing my guts out working to resolve all the issues centered around my car accident last July. With the single exclusion of some small twinges and loud cracks in my neck, I feel good about saying that I'm 100% healed.
Instead of chewing my cabbage twice, you can read the latest overview about it where I share the spiritual or metaphysical perspective on how I saved myself and then healed. It's in Kalon Women online magazine here.
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In addition to my personal resolutions this coming New Year, I have decided to spend a few dollars to unfold some new skills in a series of classes that will ultimately benefit you and any new clients who come on board.
In my classes, taught by a Geek Virtual Assistant, I'll be learning about:
It's kind of exciting and a bit scary since some of the above skills are things I've subcontracted out before for my own business. Some of the above I'm somewhat familiar with, and I'd like to deepen my skills. Time to bite the technical geek bullet, I guess.
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Get used to seeing pictures of my grandson. He's so on the verge of magnificent discoveries and I love watching him unfold his marvelously sweet self. He hasn't begun to ask questions yet, but it's coming. Oh my, is it coming!
You business folk, have you used asking questions to help you motivate your team? To share some understanding about another's troubles? To engage someone in learning what you most need to teach?
Consider avoiding dead-end, one-word-answer questions. You want to invite someone to join in the dance, not spit out one word and stand in the stag line.
Socrates had it knocked when he used questions in his "Socratic Method." They stimulated the individual doing the thinking into using reason, and they lit up new ideas for the participants on both sides of the issue. Oh, did I mention the learning occurred between two opposing sides? What a cool idea! Like debate classes.
Learning how to ask questions that are pertinent can be a grand blessing for everyone concerned. I used to be a "let me tell you how it is" kind of individual. It irritated lots of people. I changed. I now make the same points through asking questions and I seldom experience resistance.
Little Hiero will be asking questions soon, and his mommy and daddy are currently asking him questions, so he's learning quickly.
Do you think this method might be helpful to you folks in management? You parents? You in a relationship? You with noisy neighbors? Hummmm?
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I want to formally thank Matson Graphics. Seth, my son, and his programmers did a phenomenal job. Did you notice they put the date and time at the top of the Home Page? I really like it – a practical and useful touch. Oh, and you must check out the Bucket List.
Keep checking this blog. I'll be posting useful and practical Office Tips here as well as stories of an inspirational note.
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Today, I was tasked with producing some KML files. The spatial data was in SQL Server and it needed to be married with some CSV files I had, but I wanted it to get into a more portable format so I can do the bulk of the styling work in MapGuide without having to touch the SQL Server again.
Due to some quirks in this SQL Server database, the SQLite file that were produced from an FDO Toolbox bulk copy did not have any spatial contexts in them. This turns out to be a big problem because MapGuide has to know what coordinate system your data is in for rendering and various outputs to work, especially if coordinate system transformation is required. You can fix and/or flub such a coordinate system using the Coordinate System override section of the Feature Source, but this only works if MapGuide/FDO can read a spatial context from the data store for you to stick in a replacement coordinate system in.
This actually broke the KML support in MapGuide I was intending to use because it needs to know if your data is LL84 or transformable to it and since the SQLite file had none, MapGuide didn't do anything with the data when I wanted a KML export of it. Rather than waste time re-exporting this data in another format, I wanted to see if such files can be "fixed" in-place and be made usable again.
Since SQLite files are actual relational(-ish) databases, you can open them any SQLite database viewer^ (there's a lot of them) to take a look at the contents. When you open such a file, you'll see various tables representing each of your feature classes and some special tables:
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- geometry_columns
- spatial_ref_sys
fdo_columns contains the FDO property metadata for each column of each table. Without this table, the SQLite FDO provider will treat all columns as strings, even if your column stores numbers, dates, etc.
geometry_columns contains the metadata for the geometry columns.
spatial_ref_sys contains coordinate system information.
In the event that MapGuide reads 0 spatial contexts from your SQLite data store, it's because:
- There are no rows in spatial_ref_sys. Each row in this table is read as a spatial context
- Any rows in geometry_columns either have an srid of -1 or an srid with no match in spatial_ref_sys
So with this knowledge, to "fix" such files so MapGuide knows what coordinate system they're in:
- Insert a new row into spatial_ref_sys
- Update the srid column of all rows in geometry_columns to the srid of the row you inserted into spatial_ref_sys
Or if none of what I just said made sense, just run the commands in this gist in your SQLite database admin tool of choice. Once done, your SQLite database will have a spatial context which you can then put an override in your Feature Source so that MapGuide knows what coordinate system to interpret your data in.
^ Though FDO Toolbox can technically be used to admin SQLite databases, I am suggesting alternative tools as I am not sure whether the SQLite FDO provider will let you "fix" something that it has an already-open connection to, nor do I know if the SQL commands the fix this will work as intended when going through the SQLite FDO provider. Better to be safe than sorry.


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Friday, 12 June 2009
Dodgy Firmware for BT HomeHub 2.0
It appears that the long awaited firmware update for the BT HomeHub 2.0 is about as unreliable as most BT software. Several users are reporting problems on the support forums and many of those are suffering from losses of sync when doing big ftp file transfers. However, the problem seems to be more widespread than that.
The firmware that is causing all the problems is 8.1.H.G (Type A) which BT rolled out towards the end of May 2009. Unfortunately, BT have not yet provided a way of rolling back the firmware for the HH2.0 to the earlier version - which at least worked after a fashion.
Worse still, because BT have not published the scripts necessary to compile and install custom firmware to the HomeHub, apparently a contravention of the Linux GNU GPL, competent firmware writers have been unable to write alternative code which might have prevented yet another embarrassing failure.
UPDATE 1: Jarviser, the broadband guru, has noted that this happened before when BT updated earlier versions of the HomeHub in 2007. At least then, says Jarviser, BT provided a way of undoing the update. No such luck now, so it is much more serious.
Jamie Holman has just found the following work-around originally proposed by Andrew Jackson on the BT Broadband Forum:
"As with many, I started noticing this problem at the weekend, shortly after receiving the 8.1.H.G firmware. Downloads of any size weren't a problem, and I could upload files of any size if connected to the hub through an ethernet cable, but could not upload wirelessly any file over 2-3MB. Since it works fine through the ethernet cable it was obviously something to do with the way the router handles wireless uploads, so I went into the hub settings and changed every setting I could think of looking for a change; turning off WPA, the firewall, changing channel, etc. Nothing made a difference.
So I talked to the BT support people, who were actually quite helpful. It turns out they have had a flood of calls over this problem and admitted that there's a fault with the firmware and that a fix (newer firmware) should be available by the end of June. She offered to change my router, but I refused on the basis that I can wait for two weeks for a fix (showing some faith in BT here!). Besides, her explanation of how a new router would work is that it would contain the older firmware (not 8.1.H.G) when I receive it, but my thinking was that surely it would update itself as soon as I connected anyway, so what was the point?
The workaround I mentioned was actually on Adam Jackson's post of 29 May (thread 'ftp upload causes homehub to restart'), so credit to him for finding it. His suggestion was to download something simultaneously while uploading. Instead of finding a file to download I tried it playing an internet radio station (in my case, through iTunes) which effectively keeps a download connection active. It worked. Whereas I could not wirelessly upload a file of 3MB before, I successfully wirelessly uploaded a file of 315MB yesterday evening whilst having a radio station on. Happily, having the internet radio on didn't have a detrimental effect on the speed of the upload either. I will continue to use this workaround until the new firmware is available, hopefully at the end of the month.
Apart from this, as I said, it also seems to upload fine if you connect through the ethernet cable instead of through wireless".
UPDATE 3: New firmware has been promised by BT for 26 June 09. Time will tell if it solves the problems or introduces more!
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Well, the 26th of June came and went. Im still unable to upload. I'm starting to think I should withhold payment, It's been like this for months.
- 9 July 2009 at 08:57
- Palantir said...
Sadly, I'm not surprised it hasn't arrived yet. If only BT allowed open access to the hub firmware - some enterprising individual might have written some decent code for it.
- 9 July 2009 at 11:09
So I'm guessing this hasn't been fixed yet?
I noticed that ethernet cables are a workaround. Only now I've heard of the download streams. Typically what I found to work is to limit the upload speed via an application (or in the application if you can) and that works.
I can still upload to rapidshare at full speed with no crash, other sites however often still cause crashes, nothing I'm all that happy about.
- 12 July 2009 at 12:12
- Palantir said...
No, as far as I know, it's not been fixed as of 12/07/2009, so yet again, BT have failed to deliver on their promise. More off behaviour of the latest firmware seems to be cropping up on a daily basis.
- 12 July 2009 at 13:26
This is just horrible... I don't have to upload as much as I used to, but now, everytime I do, a crash is expected...
If you could just post here whenever the situation changes, that would be great.
- 13 July 2009 at 10:09
- Palantir said...
Happy to post again - if and when anything changes!
- 13 July 2009 at 10:50
Just to say that I found this blog and the advice of Andrew Jackson very useful. Have been suffering the BT Upload Blues since May and have now managed to get big (100+meg) files to successfully get up there by simultaneously listening to BBC 1xtra radio, and heard some cool new stuff too. No excuse for B.T. though, useless tossers. Cheers. Si
- 22 July 2009 at 02:57
- General Disquiet said...
You are welcome - though all the credit is due to Andrew Jackson!
Still no sign of an update yet - another few days and it will be a month late!
- 22 July 2009 at 11:06
Sadly, I'm not even surprised.
- 22 July 2009 at 15:15
There is a lot of good information out there, but it can be hard to find. So this blog is an attempt to pull some of it together, in one place.
It's a blog that really shouldn't be needed - if only BT and possibly other ISP's in the UK, provided useful customer support.


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Aside from being an amazing chef and photographer (you can find his Flickr account here) Syd Eisenberg loves to travel! This German man has worked and lived in various countries for several years, including England, France and Switzerland. He has backpacked through Southeast Asia and built his own campervan to travel the East coast of Australia. Let's see what he has to say about travel:
1.When/where was your first solo trip outside of Germany? Where have you been since?
I moved to England after finishing my apprenticeship as a chef. This was in 2006. Since then, I have travelled to France, Switzerland, Germany, South-East Asia and Australia.
2.Where are you now? How did you get there?
I'm back home in Germany for now and trying to find some work here for the first time in ten years. I flew over from Australia, where I recently spent one year on a working holiday visa. Before that, I was backpacking around Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
3. What kinds of jobs have you done to fund your travels?
Mainly, I have been employed as a chef in restaurants all over England, France and Switzerland. I have also worked at a few dozen music festivals in the U.K. Recently, I spent three months working on a banana farm in Far North Queensland, Australia.
4. Tell us about farm work in Australia?
It's hard, exhausting work. I would hear my alarm clock go off at 4.45am and catch the hostel bus to the the farm. All day consisted of a single task, whether it was bagging bananas, dieseling suckers, stringing banana trees and so on. By the end of the day, I was very tired and dirty – I fell asleep by 8pm and then it all started again the next day!
5. What are your top four travel experiences so far?
- Learning a new language fluently (English)
- Backpacking through South East Asia
- Building a campervan from scratch and driving it up the East Coast of Australia
- Learning to surf in Australia
6. How would you describe your travel style?
Light, then turning out to be very heavy! I like to collect a lot of things along the way! I'm also a big fan of adventure travel – in South East Asia, I went zip lining through the jungle, scuba diving in Ko Tao, deep water solo rock climbing in Ko Phi Phi and motorbiking around Laos. More recently, I learnt to surf and did a skydive at Mission Beach. I have a spontaneous travel style – don't like to think ahead too much – you never know where you might end up!
7. If you could go anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?
Peru, because I have never been to South America. I'd love to see Machu Picchu and hike the Inca Trail. Plus, I've heard the people are really nice.
8. What five items would we always find in your big, heavy backpack?
A camera, hammock, coffee percolator, ukulele and smartphone.
9. What new skills have you learnt over the course of your travels?
How to play the ukulele, how to surf, how to deal with venomous snakes, how to bag bananas, how to drive a scooter in Asian countries, how to scuba dive and how to grow a really big, hairy beard!
10. Where to next?
For now, I will be doing some shorter trips within Germany and Europe. I will be going to Spain for a wedding in the near future. I would also like to go trekking in Nepal at some stage.
Thanks Syd. I loved reading through your answers – your adventurous and spontaneous attitude to travel inspires me! I look forward to hearing about the next adventure!
Note: All photos taken by Syd Eisenberg


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Series Record: Notre Dame leads 18-10.
Bragging rights in a burgeoning rivalry. Stanford is one of three schools, along with Navy and archrival Southern California, the Irish have committed to playing every season while dropping annual games with Pittsburgh, Purdue, Michigan State and Michigan. The Cardinal has won four of the past five games.
Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson vs. the Stanford defense. Golson is the key reason the Irish are averaging 35 points a game, a pace not seen in South Bend since 2005. Golson completed 25 straight passes last week vs. Syracuse, but also threw two interceptions and fumbled away the ball twice. He can't afford to be so sloppy against a team ranked No. 1 in the nation in total defense, scoring defense and pass defense that has allowed only two offensive touchdowns.
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Notre Dame: Wide receiver Will Fuller. Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly says Stanford's defense starts with its corners, so the Irish need to put pressure on them. Fuller is Notre Dame's best deep threat with 25 catches for 344 yards. One corner he likely will face is Alex Carter, whose father, Tom, was a first-round draft pick out of Notre Dame in 1993.
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly is 1-3 against the Cardinal. The only other Irish coaches with losing records against Stanford are Bob Davie (2-3) and Hugh Devore (0-1). ... Stanford has allowed only four plays of 20 or more yards this season. ... Notre Dame has scored at least 30 points in its opening four games, the first time it's done that since 1943. ... Stanford has played 27 straight games without allowing an opponent to score 30 or more points.


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The alarming rise in the c-section rate internationally has been receiving much press. From the obstetric point of view, c-sections are managed easier than a natural vaginal birth, decrease malpractice claims, are easier for scheduling and bring in higher monies. Unfortunately this perspective has now influenced many mothers to choose a c-section over a natural birth even without any medical justification! The imposed benefits are influencing more and more women and the elective c-section rate is rising dramatically.
Although "Most doctors agree on two important points: Vaginal births, as well as VBAC, are safer than a C-section, and 70 percent to 80 percent of women attempting a VBAC do so successfully", Dr. Benson Harer, 2000 president of the American College of Obstetricians states his personal opinion that even though there are problems with c-sections, women should be given the information and allowed the choice for elective c-section. Marsden Wagner, MD, former director of Women's & Children's Health for the World Health Organization strongly argues that if you really study the scientific literature carefully, you can see the truth. Additionally, "there is no scientific evidence that doing over 10 percent of births with a cesarean improves the outcome for the woman or improves the outcome for the baby."
Addressing the real motive, Dr. Wagner has this to say, "Anybody who thinks that those obstetricians that promote cesarean are promoting it because they suddenly discovered women's rights, well, I'm ready to sell some swampland in Florida to those people because that's extremely naive. Because there are compelling reasons why obstetricians prefer more cesarean. First of all, it means that there is convenience. You see, an obstetrician--the average birth is 12 hours, a cesarean is 20 minutes!"
View the entire transcript here: http://www.collegeofmidwives.org/news01/gma%20transcript00a.htm#Diane%20SAWYER This informative article offers valuable insight into the debate as well.http://www.freep.com/news/health/vbac10e_20040810.htm
The facts:
Most women are not aware of the problems associated with this surgical procedure and are simply choosing c-sections because they seem to be easier all around.
Women who undergo cesareans are at an increased risk of many complications compared with a natural birth. These include: • Increased risk of mortality • Infection to various organs including the uterus, bladder or kidneys • Increased blood loss • Increased risk of complications in future pregnancies • Decreased bowel function • Respiratory complications • Longer hospital stay and recovery time • Adverse reactions to anesthesia • Risk of additional surgeries such as hysterectomy or bladder repair One of the complications of a C-section that is hardly ever addressed is the problem that the resulting surgical scar has on the mother. It frequently blocks the proper flow of energy through the autonomic nervous system and seriously impairs her ability to stay healthy. Fortunately, this block is relatively easy to repair with a simple injection of procaine into the scar, however very few physicians are aware of this issue and do not check for it. Cesareans also have a psychological effect on women. As written in "Having a Baby, Naturally," which is an excellent resource for all mothers-to-be, "Most women who have cesarean sections reported that the experience was traumatic." Women are also less able to care for the newborn immediately after childbirth and therefore may miss out on bonding opportunities. http://www.mercola.com/2003/sep/27/cesarean_section.htm
Making "Informed Choices" based on Myths and Fear.
Women are led to believe that vaginal birth is more dangerous than a surgical procedure. They are often erroneously informed that their baby is too big or that vaginal birth will cause sexual and or incontinence problems. What they are not told, however is the documented truth that most babies are not too big and that the damage to their perineums in vaginal births are caused by the medical procedure: episiotomy.
From the leading OB/GYN test book we read that the assumption that most women's pelvises are not large enough to deliver their babies is a "tenuous diagnosis because greater than 2/3rds of women diagnosed and given c-sections deliver even larger infants vaginally on subsequent births."
As for the damage to the perineum causing sexual and or incontinence, these are largely due to the obstetric procedure of episiotomy, not tearing in natural birthing. In fact, most natural births attended by skilled midwives have a low incidence of tearing because of perineal exercises advised during pregnancy and perineal support in labor.
So unfortunately, when leaving the decision up to women as advised by some, myths rather than facts become the basis of choice.
Finally, there are those women who are told that once they have a c-section they must always have a c-section. There is a rampant fear of uterine rupture in subsequent deliveries even though the literature says otherwise. A recent editorial in BMJ says: Once considered unthinkable, vaginal delivery after a previous caesarean section remains a safe option for many women. Uterine rupture after c-section remains a rare occurrence.http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/329/7462/359?ecoll
Some of perinatal specialists believe that advocates of cesareans may be scaring women into believing that vaginal birth (not to mention natural childbirth) is more dangerous than it really is. "I've seen less and less confidence among women in their ability to give birth vaginally and more worry about what can go wrong," says Nicette Jukelevics, who is a childbirth educator in California and has served on many cesarean awareness committees, including ICEA
Perinatal specialists who have been practicing for a while know that there is a pendulum that swings back and forth between the medical model and the non-medical model of birth. Ensure your clients get the best, most objective information you can possibly give them. Help them make decisions based on their knowledge of all alternatives. This will give them the confidence to keep normal birth normal and less of a surgical event. http://www.birthsource.com/proarticlefile/proarticle46.html The ethical debate:
Conscientious OB/ GYNS are aware of these risks and there is controversy and concern within their profession about the right to choose a procedure not medically necessary, especially when the procedure poses greater risk for the mother and baby.
The Society of OB/Gyns in Canada has concerns expressed in this article: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/csection_births/
The American College of Ob/ Gyns states there opinion as well: http://www.azstarnet.com/dailystar/printDS/30288.php
Get the Facts- Restore the Confidence: Ask your Doctor of Chiropractic for birth care providers an support groups in your community who support the natural process of birth and offer the facts, not fears about natural birthing. Visit our web site: http://www.icpa4kids.org/research/wellness.htm for numerous articles on pregnancy and birth to make informed decisions./p>
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