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Hello all, new to this site. Just thought i'd make a comment about some of the insensitive remrks I've recieve since the passing (oct 12, 2011) of my beautiful better half. Most comments I let go in one ear and out the othe. But this one really set me off. A work associate who knows I am an atheist asked how I felt knowing that my wife (a liberal baptist) was going to spend an eternity with jesus while I burn forever in hell.
If I didn't know that her remarks were made out of ignorance, I would be in jail right now for assault.
Instead of bashing her face in, I explained that although my wife beleived in a god she didn't believe that any loving god would send anyone to hell for any reason. My wife loved me and understood how I felt about god(s). She never tried to convert me to her point of view, and didn't try to convert her. We had a long very happy life together and I will miss her very much. The last year of her life was lived in constant pain and I am glad that she no longer gas to stay awake at night crying because of the pain. She no longer hurts. Only I hurt now, and I know that when I die, that pain will stop. I quit that job today because I had two jobs and my wife wanted me to quit one because (she said) of how tired I was from working so hard. I now believe she wanted me to quit so I could spend more time with her. I wish I did quit sooner. But now I have the time to take care of her house and yard (which she kept immaculate) and to take care of our little Pug.
One chapter of my life is over and a new one begins. I will keep her memory alive and live my life as happily as she wanted me to live it.
Thank you for letting me vent
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Hi Paul,
Sorry to hear about your wife's death. Dealing with the loss of a loved one is difficult enough without having someone at work insult you. It's too bad you can't file a religious harassment complaint against her. I've been shocked at some of the things people at work said to me because of their religious xenophobia. It's pathetic how much hubris some many xtians have. Unfortunately there has to be at least on A-hole in every group. Hopefully she's the only on like that were you work and the rest are supportive and understanding.
No..I thank you for letting me join a community that cares...the support has helped greatly thank you all
Hi Paul, I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Take it easy. I hope that you can still see meaning in staying alive. My husband always says that if you're fit and healthy but feel like ending it all - don't waste your life - think about what you can do for others in your life - stay alive and give to others. I thought that a good way to see it. Shame you couldn't have thought of a quick quip back at her, 'is this your Christian values talking?'
All the best...
I recently went to the funeral of a second cousin of my parents(or something...family is weird in the south). He'd recently gotten married, he was apparently a dude who loved to cook and party and drink and go to Biker Rallies and My mom was apparently on good terms with him.
He'd just gotten married for the 3rd time to a woman---barely 15 minutes after the wedding he suffered a heart attack and died.
Of course, some dude turned the entire hour-long funeral into a deal about "accept jesus so you can be with him in the afterlife" when the guy was not religious AT ALL. <facepalm> It angered me so much that I pulled out a notebook and wrote the entire time to keep from running out of the room.
The entire time my father's birth mother(whom everyone in the family loathes..) was talking to her imaginary friend (Yes lawd, thankya lawd) and my mom said she wanted to shut her up after the first 5 minutes of hearing this.
They did do a few things--his children read from a little poem he'd kept in his wallet--he was a volunteer firefighter so they did a last call deal on all their radios--everyone cried at this, and then that night some of their friends including my parents went and had one last drink at the gravesite--something more poignant than an hour about how Lazarus was raised from the dead and going to heaven with Jesus was important.
I don't think believers realize how selfish and childish they're being when they say things like this--threatening people with hell isn't comforting when they've lost someone. Attacking someone with faith in their time of mourning is a low blow.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Paul, and others who are grieving,
I would like to invite you to join Grief Beyond Belief, a faith-free grief support network for atheists and other grieving nonbelievers. It is currently only on Facebook, although there are plans for an independent website in the future.
Thank you for allowing me to post in your group,
It would appear that every person that dies with family members that are Christians will need to settle and dig in because we all know what is coming. Judgemental, holier-than-thou attitudes that show everyone true Christian Family Values.
They simply cannot help themselves can they? It's overwhelming to them - scared half-to-death themselves of death - so they lash out at you. Do they even have any idea of the misery they cause? Probably not - and probably don't care anyway.
Loss of a loved one is a most tragic event in a man's life and making a crude remark on the subject shows utter disregard for a most common sense of decency. A mere idea of such a loss makes me emotionally disturbed. Please accept my belated sympathies for your loss. Take courage and give fitting replies to the insensitive people.
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Washington Navy Yard Opening 3 Days After Massacre
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Navy Yard is reopening to workers three days after it a mass shooting in which a gunman killed 12 people.
Gates at the Navy installation reopened at 6 a.m. Thursday.
But traffic was blocked from reaching the main gate because a tractor-trailer tried to make a U-turn, and its load shifted. The truck was blocking the road in front of the Navy Yard early Thursday.
Navy spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr. Sarah Flaherty said Thursday will be a regular work day, except for Building 197, where the shootings occurred, and the base gym. She says the gym is being used as a staging area for the FBI to investigate Monday's rampage in which former Navy reservist Aaron Alexis gunned down 12 people before being killed by police.

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John LT needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 156 designs submitted by 51 freelance designers.
Fresh New Scientific Supply Company requires a logo for use on website, business cards, stationary.
Company is a UK lab equipment supply company mainly web-based. Logo can include just "Labaratus" or also include the tagline "The Lab Equiment Store" or "Lab Equipment store" if desired (not essential)
Logo will be used on all stationary, business cards, ID's and website, as well as a link from other websites.
- Vector Graphic - Illustrator or Photoshop format please
- Clean, Clear, Non fussy logo
- White Background preferred
- Colour scheme to include Blue(s), or Blue with Green, Orange or Grey (not all!)
- Must work well in both grayscale and colour
- Looking to portray sophiscated and professional image
- No Lab Equipment in logo please (e.g. beakers, microscope, bunsen burners etc)
- No Clip Art or Stock Images
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925 H Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
1 (916) 668-6631
GPS Coordinates: N 38 34.965, W 121 29.565
HI Sacramento is located at 925 H Street (at 10th Street), near the State Capitol in downtown Sacramento.
Be sure you get off the train at the main Sacramento station (not the Capitol station), located at I Street and 5th Street. Walk 1 block north to H Street, then walk 5 blocks east to 10th Street. The hostel is on your lefthand side, at H Street and 10th Street.
From the Greyhound Bus Station
From the front of the terminal, take Sacramento Regional Transit bus #15. (Bus fare is $2.50, exact change.) Get off at the third stop, at J and 6th streets. Walk 2 blocks north to H Street, then 4 blocks east to 10th Street. The hostel is on your lefthand side, at H Street and 10th Street.
The Megabus makes several daily trips between San Francisco and Sacramento. The trip takes about two hours and costs around $10 (often less) each way. The Megabus dropoff and pickup location in Sacramento is located at 6740 Q Street, a short walk from the University/65th Light Rail Station. To get to the hostel, take the Gold Line to the Sacramento Valley Station or the 8th and H Street Station. Walk east along H Street for 4 blocks or 2 blocks, respectively. The hostel is on your lefthand side, at H Street and 10th Street.
From the Airport
Option A
Take a Yolo bus to 8th and J streets (from $2.00).
Option B
Take a shuttle van to the hostel (from $15.00).
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By car, take Interstate 5 South to the J Street exit, and follow J Street to 10th Street. Turn left on 10th Street. The hostel is 2 blocks north, at 10th and H streets. Please call ahead to the hostel for parking instructions.


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Grace Cremins, age 90, on March 21, 2012 of Chestnut Hill. Wife of the late Peter J. Cremins. Mother of Joseph P., Catherine G., and the late Peter F. Cremins. Also survived by her sister Joan Drop and brother Joseph Echelmeier. A funeral mass was held at March 26 at Our Mother of Consolation Church, 9 E. Chestnut Hill Ave., Phila., PA 19118. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, memorials in her name may be made to Our Mother of Consolation School.
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How does Armstrong buy way out of vicious cycle?
Imagine Lance Armstrong, on top of his bike, peering over the edge of his own fiduciary cliff.
Some estimates are that his personal worth is in the $100 million range, even with all the sponsors who have dropped him as a client in recent months. Yet, honestly, the guy is morally bankrupt.
His Livestrong Foundation, which has inspired millions in their personal battles against cancer, teeters in credibility.
The air has been taken out of his tires – the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has concluded that, despite years of his denials and nasty retorts, Armstrong did illegally use banned substances through an elaborate covert system and would thus be sentenced to a lifetime ban, as well has giving up his seven Tour de France victories.
So there Armstrong sits to ponder his future, reportedly in a quandary as whether there's any benefit to him starting a public Tour de Mea Culpa journey – admitting he was a low-down, dirty user, throw himself on the mercy of the public court of opinion, shed a few tears of remorse, and pay any restitution that comes with it.
This is the point where the 41-year-old could go "Thelma and Louise" and just ride that bike over the edge and into the abyss and be done with it all.
He could seek salvation, allow for some healing time, and pedal forward.
Or, Lance Armstrong can continue to be Barry Bonds.
When the results of today's Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2013 announcement is made, very few give Bonds, the seven-time National League MVP and career home-run hitting leader, even the slightest chance of being voted in now that he's eligible for the first time.
Bonds' continual denial of knowingly using banned steroids during his career, which was documented in the government's case against BALCO, will forever define his legacy. The 48-year-old continues to fight the bad fight, even after being found guilty for grand jury obstruction of justice, awaiting another appeal.
Armstrong's timing for a public apology may be too little too late for those who have been caught in his tailwind this far and understand how damage control works in the public sector and under media scrutiny.
It could serve no real purpose other than to allow him the self-satisfaction of being able to compete in future triathlons and other running events that adhere to the World Anti-Doping rules.
Is it worth it, just for that? Hardly.
But before then, Armstrong has more explaining to do. It's possible that he could be a bigger dope than we've given him credit for.
A report airing tonight on the new "60 Minutes Sports" investigation show on Showtime will address an accusation that he made a "brazenly inappropriate gesture" by attempting to donate, through a representative, as much as a quarter of a million dollars to the U.S Anti-Doping Agency in 2004.
USADA CEO Travis Tygart will discuss the matter with CBS' Scott Pelley for the first time, saying he was "stunned" and his organization "had no hesitation in rejecting that offer" that obviously looks to be a bribe from Armstrong to help pay his way out of trouble.
The report also points out that Armstrong once gave the International Cycling Union a "gift" of $100,000, which Tygart also called "totally inappropriate" but the ICU accepted.
It also leads to questions as to why Armstrong was never punished by the U.S. Justice Department after a two-year investigation of him and the U.S. Postal Cycling Team implicated many of his teammates.
Armstrong, according to CBS, declined to comment on this report, some of which aired on the network's news show Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, Armstrong will give a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey where he will address allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career, it was reported late Tuesday. That interview will air at 6 p.m. Jan. 17 on Winfrey's OWN cable TV channel. The Associated Press reported that it's unclear if the interview at Armstrong's home in Austin, Texas, has already been taped.
There are many more awful ramifications involved should Armstrong acknowledge his doping, ones that could cost him even more dearly than he's already experienced.
More could be implicated and prosecuted. The U.S. Justice Department could re-open its case, or join another lawsuit started by former teammate Floyd Landis that alleges fraud in U.S. Postal Service money used to sponsor teams that supported Armstrong.
A British newspaper, The Sunday Times, has filed a libel suit against Armstrong, seeking to recover about a half-million dollars it had to pay out when a judge determined it wrongfully accused Armstrong of doping.
Under oath, Armstong has said he never used performance-enhancing drugs.
Under pressure to fix things, that could change.
Marion Jones once denied doing anything wrong when questioned in the BALCO investigation. The former Thousand Oaks star and Olympic sprinter ended up doing six months in federal prison for perjury.
Jones has since returned all five medals she won at the 2000 Summer Olympics, rid herself of the latest husband-related track and field drug use, wrote an autobiography about her "Life in the Fast Lane," and has tried to rehabilitate her image by speaking to youth groups about stopping to think before they tell a lie.
Armstrong continues to live his own lies, weighing the lesser of many evils. How will a confession set him free now?
It was rough road for Mark McGwire, but admitting to steroid use got him back into baseball, and on the Dodgers' bench as their hitting coach this coming season. Heck, the Dodgers are even implementing some of McGwire's suggestions on how to better rebuild the team's clubhouse, weight room and batting cages.
If he can't learn from any of them, isn't there a lesson in how not to do things laid out by Bonds?
Now is when Armstrong needs a team around him to help him in the breakaway, rebuild his brand, because he doesn't seem to even trust his own judgment at this point. He could use a few strong fiduciaries on his side right now – people entrusted to steer him in the right direction, protect his assets, and explain away his shortcomings.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be that surprising to see Armstrong go head over handlebars again in denials, retractions and possible retribution.
That's the vicious cycle he rides now.


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Like nearly every local public entity, the Contra Costa Community College District faces significant financial challenges should Proposition 30 fail. In the case of this district, which serves Contra Costa College, Diablo Valley College and Los Medanos College, the loss would be about $9 million. That means tough choices will have to be made.
That is why we think it is vital for voters to select experienced, dedicated people to fill the two seats up for election to the district's governing board.
Voters in Ward 2 will choose among three solid candidates, incumbent Tomi Van de Brooke, former Martinez school board member Vicki Gordon and former Lafayette Mayor and Saint Mary's professor Tom Cleveland.
While Van de Brooke has served well, we wonder about her commitment. She initially was not going to run for re-election, choosing instead to seek a county supervisor seat. Only after she lost that in the primary did she enter the race. We think Gordon's enthusiasm and solid experience would be beneficial to the board.
In Ward 5, the voters also have three able candidates, trade publication editor Daniel Borsuk, education program analyst De'Shawn Woolridge and Heald College professor Greg Enholm. We recommend Borsuk, whose 20 years on the county board of education should serve the district well.


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"I wanted to be here. This is what i believe in."
White-Mare? Dark White? Whatever you wanna call the new look by Shaun White, the song remains the same: X Games Gold in Men's Superpipe Finals. Earning a score of 97.33 on his second run, capped by his trademark Whitesnake, Shaun looks almost impossible to beat, once again.
To quote Todd Richards, "Kazu gets the shaft." Maybe TR wasn't hyped to see the young Japanese Olympian finish outside the medals, but it's hard to overlook the runs put down by Scotty Lago (Silver) and Louie Vito (Bronze). Impressing all weekend by entering four events (only athlete to do so)—while having his mouth pretty much held shut by elastic bands thanks to a recent jaw-shattering slam in the backcountry—Scotty was sending massive overhead spins and doubles in all three runs, his first setting the bar for all. Louie's triple-doubles and final hit 1260 on his last run were good enough for third, his best-ever finish at Winter X Games.
Sitting in the recently unfamiliar position of having to come from behind to capture the Gold, Shaun stood up from the drop bench above the pipe, all eyes fixated on what was about to happen. Just like the scene in the Athlete tent during Slopestyle Prelims, every TM, media member, and rider went quiet as he dropped. Well, you know what happened next. The double 12 Whitesnake came out on the final hit, the judges awarded Shaun a lofty 97.33, and X Games Gold would once again go to Shaun White.
When asked later about coming back from his hiatus after the Vancouver Olympics, Shaun was quick to explain how he regained the motivation to win: "The more time I take away from the sport, the more excited I am to get back to it. …I wanted to be here. This is what I believe in." Regarding his recent addition on non-endemic sponsors, such as BF Goodrich, has also played it well: "I have a lot of exciting new projects going on … [laughs] And I'm not afraid to make fun of myself." Finally, when asked what would come next for the King of X, Shaun lit up: "After this, I wanna go hit jumps! More competitions, for sure. …I'm not done. Not in the slightest."
Watching the Pipe Finals with Slopestyle Gold Medalist Sebastien Toutant, we asked him about Shaun's dominant win. "It was great to have [Shaun] in the contest," said Seb. "He had a tough time in slopestyle, but he's still the best in Pipe. Congrats to Shaun, Scotty, and Vito!"
And that's it! Winter X Games 15 has come to a close. Congratulations to Gold Medalists Lindsay Jacobellis (W's Boardercross), Nick Baumgartner (Boardercross), Scotty Lago (Best Method), Torstein Horgmo (Big Air), Dan Brisse (Real Snow Video), Nic Sauve (Real Snow Rail Jam), Enni Rukajärvi (W's Slopestyle), Sebastien Toutant (Slopestyle and Athlete of the Games), Kelly Clark (W's Superpipe and W's Athlete Of The Games), and Shaun White (Superpipe); and to all the riders in this year's events—we out!
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Flames cook Hens in second game of DII showcase
January 19, 2013 | Lynchburg, Va.
In the second round of Liberty University's Division II showcase, the Flames DII men's hockey team turned up the heat following a narrow victory over Kennesaw State, beating the Blue Hens of Delaware 8-5 at the LaHaye Ice Center.
Liberty lit up the scoreboard first six and a half minutes into the game when Bobby Cervone made good on a feed from Brad Docksteader. It was the beginning of a big night for Docksteader, who tallied four points including two goals for the home team.
Delaware knotted the score at 5:51 in the first before the Flames went on a hot streak to close out the period. First, with just under three to go, Peter Kazmierczak, fired one right past the glove of Blue Hens goalie Patrick Rochefort. Then, DJ Dinnison got fans out of their seats for the highlight play of the game. In a brilliant display of puck handling and slick skating, Dinnison juked two defenders, causing one to slip, before deking the goalie for the finish.
Early in the second period the Blue Hens stilled the increasingly excited home crowd momentarily, slimming the margin to one. But five minutes later Docksteader swung the momentum back in Liberty's favor. After forcing Rochefort to dive, Docksteader fired a shot into an open net after having been denied the five hole on the previous play. Lucas Ebel recorded the assist on the play and Brandon Cox the second.
Liberty pushed the spread to three after Jeff Boschman put in a rebound off a Kyle Burman shot. Celeb Allison had the second assist. Less than a minute later the Hens slipped one past Flames netminder Nick Devine, cutting the score to 5-3.
With a minute and a half to go in the second, Docksteader notched his sophomore goal on a power play, assisted by Aaron Semiao and Kazmierczak. Both teams grew increasingly aggressive as the tempo heated up in the final moments of the period, but Liberty held on to its 6-3 lead entering the break.
In the first eight minutes of the final period the Flames built their lead up to five. Four minutes in, Clinton Nigh skated all over Delaware and finished a feed from Docksteader. Then, Neal Henderson got the crowd on its feet with a slick move in front of the net. He beat all other skaters to the UD net on a breakaway before a deke finish on an assist from Dinnison.
The Blue Hens refused to accept defeat and slimmed the deficit back to within two in a span of 40 seconds. At 10:48 Delaware scored on a power play and right after Liberty killed the penalty the Hens put another one past Devine.
Despite whittling the score to a more manageable spread, penalties and mental errors cost the Hens opportunities down the stretch, while the Flames controlled the puck well in the final minutes.
Devine went the distance in goal for the Flames, blocking nearly 20 shots and picking up the win.
Liberty will conclude the DII showcase at home Sunday against Christopher Newport University with a 12:30 p.m. start time.


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Bob Adelmann
New American
October 15, 2013
Just as the economy appears to be improving slightly, one of the prime drivers — the healthcare industry — is faltering, according to John Howser at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. "While the rest of the U. S. economy is stabilizing or improving, health care is entering into a recession," he observed.
Vanderbilt is in the process of eliminating 1,000 jobs by the end of the year as it trims its operating expenses, thanks to cuts in reimbursements and employee mandates under ObamaCare. Indiana University Health has already laid off 900 workers, while the Cleveland Clinic is offering early retirement to 3,000 of its employees. Said Eileen Shell, executive director at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation:
Some of the [budget cuts] include offering early retirement to 3,000 eligible employees, reducing operational costs, [slowing] the filling [of] vacant positions, and lastly [cutting the] workforce.
Putting the best possible spin on the matter, she added, "To prepare for healthcare reform [ObamaCare], Cleveland Clinic is transforming the way care is delivered to patients."
Once that "transformation" is completed, her patients may discover the realities of government intervention into the healthcare industry: fewer jobs, more delays, higher costs, and fewer choices — just the opposite of what the president promised.
Back in November, Gary Bauer, president of American Values, told OneNewsNow.com,
The ripple effects, the negatives on our economy, are going to be playing out not just for months but for years.
And I doubt we will ever be able to totally measure the complete cost in manpower and money — in addition to taxes — that Obamacare will end up costing the American people, proving once again that there is no such thing as a free lunch, and there is no such thing as free healthcare.
The cost savings promised that would help provide coverage for 30 million Americans currently without it aren't real, according to Bauer. Instead, they come from cutting the fees paid to doctors and hospitals:
I think that what the public still doesn't realize is that all the savings the president projected are literally savings that come from not paying hospitals, doctors and other care centers for services. If you don't pay them, you're not going to get [them].
Job cuts are not restricted to the healthcare industry, either. While Aurora Health Care in Racine, Wisconsin, just joined others in reducing its expenses by cutting jobs, those far removed from Wisconsin are being affected as well. In Florida, the Buca di Beppo chain of Italian restaurants just cut back 400 jobs to part-time as a direct result of ObamaCare. Palm Beach State College cut 100 jobs and placed another 895 positions on notice for further cuts while another half-dozen Florida colleges made similar cuts. SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Tampa reduced the number of hours its part-time employees can work in a week to stay under the 30-hour limit imposed by ObamaCare. And even the city of Boca Raton, a Democratic stronghold, has placed a 25-hour-per-week maximum on its part-time employees.
There have been so many ObamaCare-related job cuts that Investors Business Daily has tasked Jed Graham to keep track of them all. And his list keeps growing. As of October 9, the IBD "ObamaCare scorecard" lists 331 employers who have been forced to cut hours for their employees thanks to the mandate. For example, NEMF Trucking in New Jersey has cut back 400 jobs, while Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona have reduced the hours for 1,300 of its employees and adjunct faculty. In Indiana, Fort Wayne Community Schools have cut the hours of part-time teaching aides and cafeteria workers from 30 hours a week to 25, and the Alpine School District in Utah has done the same, affecting 800 of its employees.
Virginia has been particularly hard hit: Chesterfield Public Schools have cut the hours of some 2,000 part-timers, along with Christopher Newport University (483 jobs), College of William and Mary (331 jobs), Norfolk State University (504 jobs) and Virginia Commonwealth University (883 jobs). All told, according to Graham, schools and municipalities in Virginia have slashed the hours on more than 7,000 part-timers.
Many forced by ObamaCare to reduce the hours worked by its employees aren't even on Graham's list, including Louisiana State University, which just announced it would be cutting 1,495 positions along with various programs across its seven hospitals in order to save $150 million.
Bauer's rule — TANSTAAFL (there ain't no such thing as a free lunch) — is being validated once again as government promises more than it can provide, and what it does provide is costly, inefficient, and ultimately comes right out of the pockets of the taxpayers who were supposed to benefit from all this generosity.
ObamaCare is a new government program that proves the old rule.
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unclefungus needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 40 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
I'm a mortgage loan officer. I want to brand myself with a personal logo. I want something that is different and memorable. My profession is housing and money so maybe something can be created around those two things.
The McAdams Group
I want a logo that will be different, memorable that will also clearly show what my profession is (real estate, mortgage lending). In my business very few actually stand out from the crowd. They are all the same.
- My colors on my web site are maroon/burgundy and gold.
- Tagline: Maryland's Home Loan Specialists
- No Intitals, rainbows
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Safety belt laws and disparities in safety belt use among US high-school drivers." Am J Public Health. 2012;102(6):1128-34."
Seat belt syndrome in children: a case report and review of the literature." Pediatr Emerg Care. 2001;17(6):474-7."
Seat belt use among 13-15 year olds in primary and secondary enforcement law states." Accid Anal Prev. 2007;39(3):524-9."
Seating patterns and corresponding risk of injury among 0- to 3-year-old children in child safety seats." Pediatrics. 2008;121(5):e1342-7."
Shifts in child restraint use according to child weight in the United States from 1999 to 2002." Annu Proc Assoc Adv Automot Med. 2003;47:313-28."
Special Considerations in Distracted Driving with Teens." Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine. 2014;58(3):69-83."
Statistical implications of using moving violations to determine crash responsibility in young driver crashes." Accid Anal Prev. 2014;65C:28-35."
Suboptimal restraint affects the pattern of abdominal injuries in children involved in motor vehicle crashes." J. Pediatr. Surg.. 2003;38(6):919-23."


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The BMW Z3 was the first in a line of roadsters produced for wide consumption by the BMW car company. Also called the E36/4, it was the first BMW model ever produced in the U.S. Spartanburg Manufacturing plant.
The Z3 was first introduced in October of 1994 in the film, GoldenEye, and BMW released it to the public in 1996. BMW ceased production of the Z3 at the end of 2002, when the BMW Z4 model replaced it.
The BMW Z3 was best known for its high-performance capabilities as well as its incredible design. Japanese designer Joji Nagashima, who created the body designs for the BMW E36, E90, E39, and the BMW 5 series, designed the Z3 body model. The Z3 is based upon the third series of compact executive cars developed by BMW in 1990. The chassis of the BMW gives the Z3 its sleek "dolphin shape."
The BMW Z3 appeared in the Pierce Brosnan Bond film GoldenEye. Sales of the car increased due to the popularity of the film and the release of the car to the public.
The Z3 vehicle was highly desirable, and made several top ten lists, including the "10 Best" list by a top automotive magazine in 1999. AUTOMOBILE Magazine named the Z3 design of the year in 1999. The famous British automobile show Top Gear named the Z3 "Driver's Car of the Year" in 2000. The Z3 M also earned Top Gear Car of the Year in 2002.
The BMW Z3 was discontinued in 2002 for the updated Z3 model. Many used versions of the vehicle are available for purchase from reputable resellers.
Several variations of the BMW Z3 were released during the cars run from 1996 to 2002.
The original Z3 model has a 1.9-liter, straight-four engine. This engine is weak and does not satisfy consumers' appetites. BMW later introduced a six-cylinder 2.8-liter engine to the standard model, while the BMW Z3 M contains a 3.2-liter version of the engine. All Z3 engines were replaced in 2000. The brand introduced 2.2-, 2.5- and 3.0-liter engines to increase the power of the entire Z3 line.
In 1997, traction control on the vehicle was upgraded from the original model to increase stability. Rollover bars were added in 1998 to increase the vehicle's safety. In 1999, the Z3 underwent a redesign with a new rear end, and side airbags were presented to prevent injury during side collisions. In 2001, the Dynamic Brake Control system developed by BMW was introduced to the Z3 line.
The BMW Z3 M roadster remains the high-performance version of the vehicle. The Z3 M roadster was introduced in 1998 and ran until the Z3's end of production in 2002. The body has several variations from the regular Z3 model, including front and rear bumpers, gills for engine cooling, rear wings for aerodynamics, a trunk, and added mirrors. The suspension system of the Z3 M allows for the use of wider wheels. The interior of the vehicle is also different, with redesigns to the steering wheel and some of the dials, including the oil gauge. Interiors and exteriors between U.S. and European models sometimes differ. The BMW Z4 M replaced the BMW Z3 M roadster in 2006.
The roadster has many performance features that set it above the standard Z3 model. The gear box, in particular, gives the roadster better control.
All versions of the BMW Z3 M roadster were produced in the Spartanburg, South Carolina plant, with the engines being shipped all the way from the BMW plant in Germany.
The Z3 coupe version of the vehicle was introduced in 1999. The chassis is redesigned, and included a hatchback. The coupe has the most powerful engine in the Z3 line: a six-cylinder engine, at 2.8 liters in 1999 and a 3.0-liter engine in both Europe and the U.S. for 2000. A high-performance M coupe was also introduced and featured a 3.2-liter engine taken from the E36 BMW M3. In 2001 and 2002, the coupe came with the S54 engine from the E46 BMW M3. The coupe was manufactured at the BMW plant in Greer, South Carolina.
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The 2002 BMW Z3 is the final year of production of this mass-market roadster manufactured by BMW.
The 2001 BMW Z3 provides one of the most fun cars available today.
The 2000 BMW Z3 is a sporty rear-drive two-seater that is available as either a hatchback coupe or convertible.
It is very rare that a vehicle comes along that makes such an impact as the Z3 model.
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One of the stars of the stage at Australia Zoo, Occa our Sulpur-Crested Cockatoo, regularly visits the Royal Brisbane Children's Hospital, bringing joy to those children in need.
We all know Occa, the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo, is a star of the stage and screen at Australia Zoo, he is a star with a conscience. Occa, knows the importance of valuing his young fans and he was not about to let down fans in need. When the Australia Zoo began a program of regular animal visits to the Royal Brisbane Children's Hospital, Occa was one of the first to volunteer his time.
The hospital visits begin with preparation for the journey. Being a star, and an A-list star at that, certain travel demands have to be met. Whilst his safety is of utmost importance, comfort is a necessity for Occa. He requires a pet pack which not only fits the vehicle seatbelt, but also has perches to sit on, soft blankets to walk on and lots of toys to play with. A view is also important. He definitely demands to be able to see the scenery on the way. Someone is also required to sit in the back seat with him, after all, Occa loves a chat, and chat he does, the entire way to the hospital. The only time Occa isn't talking, is when he is singing, so having the radio on, is also a requirement.
When Occa arrives at the hospital, it is nourishment time. A star needs to keep up his energy if he is expected to perform. To this end, water, nuts and seeds (special treats for a special occasion) are supplied to Occa. Next, it is show time.
Upon meeting the children, Occa swings into action, his number one aim being to bring smiles and laughter to everyone he visits. First, he greets them by greeting himself saying, "Hello Occa". He finds this a useful tactic for making sure everyone knows his name, he would hate to be mistaken for any ordinary cockatoo. Occa also has lots of tricks, one of his favourites is to jump.
Another trick popular with his young fans is his 'chasing the tiger' trick. When Occa is asked how he chases the tiger he begins to bark like a dog, and when Occa is asked how the tiger reacts, he makes a chicken noise. Cheeky!
Occa loves to treat his young fans so, although he doesn't sign autographs, he is more than willing to pose for any photos.
Occa and his keepers at Australia Zoo hope that through our hospital visits, we have helped to brighten the day of kids who are doing it tough.
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Swyndelstock evokes the turbulent reality of mediaeval life.
The band is available both for incidental music and for formal
concerts in music and spoken word.
Tim Healey (narrator,
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Well known for his many broadcasts on the popular music of the
past, Tim Healey enlivens concerts with droll and lurid tales
of mediaeval life. Tim is founder of the 17th-century costume
band, the Oxford Waits, with whom Swyndelstock maintains strong
Giles Lewin (mediaeval
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fixture of Maddy Prior's Carnival Band. Giles recently appeared
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An outstanding traditional singer and musician, Ian Giles is
a key member of the Oxford Waits and of the English folk band
Magpie Lane. Ian is much in demand as a recording artist having
featured on more than 30 albums.
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True and false romances: stories and a novella
Serpent's Tail, 1 sept. 1994 - 261 pages
In this scintillating collection of stories Puerto Rican writer Ana Lydia Vega exposes machismo, Caribbean style. With deft pastiches of genre fiction-the thriller, the historical romance, the bodice ripper-she turns the traditions of Latin American fiction on their head and produces a work that critically reflects the influence of US culture. Though her stories appear in many anthologies, this is the first collection of Ana Lydia Vega's work to be published in English. It showcases one of the provocative 'post-feminist' voices of the Continent.
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The M15 is difficult to read as it appears as a M18 except at the perfect angle. The whole thing is double imaged on the windshield and is in a 12C 69 Big Block Conv. upon close inspection the glass doesn't appear to have been removed at any point.
I have the same windshield in my Z. Put in in 78 or so when rust was repaired around the dash.
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DAP chairman Karpal Singh says the thousands who attended the BN-sponsored Chinese New Year open house came to watch only Psy.
GEORGE TOWN: The thousands who turned out at the Barisan Nasional Chinese New Year open house here yesterday came to watch South Korean sensation Psy perform his "Opah Gangnam Style" hit and not to show support for BN.
DAP chairman Karpal Singh said (based on the response to the Psy show) Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak should know by now that the majority of Malaysians have rejected BN.
He said the thousands who thronged the state BN-sponsored open house in Han Chiang College came just to watch Psy.
He added that Najib should have realised the people have rejected BN's 55-year rule "Gangnam Style" when they screamed "No" thrice when he asked them: "Are you ready for BN?"
Instead, the crowd screamed "Yes" thrice when Najib asked: "Are you ready for Psy?"
Karpal said the crowd's "Big No" to BN was a public vote of no confidence in the ruling coalition.
He added that the incident showed Najib is not a smart prime minister as he should have avoided repeating his question after hearing a resounding "No" in his first attempt.
"The crowd was not only from Penang but from all over the country. Najib wanted the people's approval for BN, but they did not give him.
"He asked for it," Karpal, the Bukit Gelugor MP, told reporters here today.
He recalled that former British premier, the late Winston Churchill, was a smart politician in converting a negative situation into something positive.
In the immediate post-World War II general election, Karpal said Churchill, who was campaigning, had stopped by a woman and asked for her vote.
The woman told Churchill: "I rather vote for the devil than you."
But a shrewd Churchill replied: "In case your good friend [the devil] doesn't stand [by you], you vote for me."
Karpal said Churchill showed political wisdom in changing a negative situation into a positive one, adding that the woman eventually changed her mind and voted for Churchill.
"Churchill was definitely smarter than Najib," he said.
Karpal also hit out at BN leaders for attempting to exploit the issue of who would be the prime minister if Pakatan Rakyat comes to power.
He said the DAP's choice was Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim because he was the most qualified and best suited to head the government and lead the country.
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Giants need Lincecum to return to form
SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants manager Bruce Bochy is known for his patience.
Right now, however, patience is not an option.View Full Game Coverage
SAN FRANCISCO -- Giants manager Bruce Bochy is known for his patience.
Right now, however, patience is not an option.View Full Game Coverage
The Giants need a jolt.
A team that looked like it could run away with the division back on June 8 -- the Giants were 42-21 and 9 1/2 games in front of the Dodgers in the National League West -- is battling to remain a factor in the NL postseason race, whether it be as the NL West champions or one of the NL Wild Cards, and the season is winding down.
The Giants woke up Monday morning 4 1/2 games back of the Dodgers in the NL West, just a game ahead of the Braves in the battle for the second NL Wild Card.
And then came the wakeup call.
Tim Lincecum was dropped from the rotation. Yusmeiro Petit will start in his place in Thursday's series finale against the Rockies at AT&T Park.
After that ...
"We'll see," said Bochy.
There's no question that the Giants need The Tim Lincecum to make their stretch run.
But right now, Lincecum just isn't Lincecum.
This Lincecum is coming off a stretch in which he is 1-3 with a 9.49 ERA in his last six starts. He has worked fewer than five innings in five of his last six starts. Lincecum has given up four runs or more in four of the last six starts.
"It is pretty important to get him back, throwing the way he was not too long ago," said Bochy.
Lincecum had a four-start stretch just before the All-Star break in which he not only won all four games, but he allowed only one run in 30 1/3 innings. It brought back memories of those NL Cy Young Award-winning seasons of 2008 and '09.
That, however, is just a memory now.
And the Giants can't afford memories.
There's no time to reminisce when only five weeks remain and a postseason opportunity is at stake.
"The margin of error is not there at this point of the season like it is in April or May," said Bochy. "Right now you have to make a more sudden change than early in the season. At this point in the season, it is hard to have patience."
The Giants were World Series champions in 2010 and '12 primarily because of the strength of their rotation, and if they are going to get into October again this year, they need help in their rotation.
They aren't going to get Matt Cain back. He underwent right elbow surgery Aug. 11.
Madison Bumgarner (14-8, 3.17 ERA) has assumed the role of the ace. Tim Hudson (9-9, 2.99 ERA) has done what was expected as a veteran off the free-agent market.
Tim Lincecum pitching like Tim Lincecum would provide the perfect trifecta for a stretch drive.
Right now, though the Giants' No. 3 is Ryan Vogelsong (7-9, 3.78 ERA).
Then there is Jake Peavy, who had won back-to-back starts before suffering the 3-2 loss to the Rockies on Monday. Those wins, however, came on the heels of 19 consecutive winless starts -- his first three with the Giants after they acquired him from the Red Sox, where he had gone 16 starts without a win.
And now there is Petit. He has dominated out of the bullpen this season. Petit is 2-1 with a 1.84 ERA in 27 relief appearances. Starting, however, has been a struggle for him this year (1-2, 6.32 ERA in six starts) and throughout his big league career (14-20, 5.08 ERA in 50 starts).
This move, however, isn't about getting Petit into the rotation. It's about getting Lincecum right. It's about banking on a short break from the routine allowing him to clear his mind.
"He has been working hard," said Bochy. "Sometimes you can tinker a little bit too much. You want to get him back to where he was six weeks ago. He was throwing as well as anybody."
Bochy said it is not out of the question that it could be a one-time-through-the-rotation move, and that by the time it is Lincecum's turn again in Colorado on Sept. 2, the right-hander could be starting again.
"More than anything, [the move] gives you a few more days to clear your head, not worry about your next start," said Bochy. "You get two or three side sessions to clear your head, both on the mental side and the physical side."
This isn't a demotion. It is a chance for Lincecum to regroup.
"If you have any self-doubt, it can creep into your head that you are not getting the ball where you want, and you start to press," Bochy said. "This game is such a mental game. It's why with a hitter, a couple days off can change things. In Tim's game, it could be one start."
At least the Giants hope it's just one start.
Tim Lincecum pitching like Tim Lincecum is too vital for the Giants to think he could be out of the rotation much longer.
Tracy Ringolsby is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Write 'em Cowboy.


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Wake Up Studios
We need logo for our IT-startup. We are going to create some cool and fresh high quality applications (games first of all) for mobile devices. The priority is on iPhones and iPads, but we won't forget such platform as Android, Bada and Windows Mobile. Our team members are strong professionals with 10 or more years expirience in it-development each.
Apple AppStore customers, people that like anything modern, perfect and looking cool. For people that like exploring something new.
We want this logo to tell people that they are facing something of high quality no matter where they will see it. Strong lines, modern fonts. Maybe an accent on "W".
The words "Wake Up" should be bigger than "Studios". Maybe word "Studios" is unnecessary.
We'd also like our logo to reflect something rapidly growing and developing.
In case of our partnership with some IT-brands (serious guys) we would like to make a message with our logo saying that we are modern, professional and cool guys, who they will be happy to work with.
The logo will appear at splash screens in iPhone and iPad (and other mobile platforms) games or other applications. We will use it on our web-site and documents. So it should look nice on white and black backgrounds.
Desired image formats are .psd and .png
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Mpls. Elementary School Employee Caught With Gun At Work
One of the topics of discussion in the wake of last week's Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut was arming staff members of schools to to prevent another tragedy. A Minneapolis Elementary School employee decided to take matters into her own hands by bringing a loaded .357 Magnum to work because of last week's shooting.
I read the story with great interest because it was at Seward Elementary. The Elementary school I went to from kindergarten through sixth grade. It's in the heart of what was a great neighborhood. I walked the eight blocks to and from school for all those years. The sledding blog I wrote last week was at the same location. It's unbelievable to me that times have changed so radically that educators and employees feel they HAVE to bring loaded firearms to school.
The staffer has been placed on leave after authorities discovered a handgun inside her locker Wednesday, according to a school official. Police say the staffer, who's is not a teacher, told a teacher that she brought a gun to school. That teacher then told school officials, who searched her locker and discovered a .357 magnum revolver loaded with five rounds.
A school representative said the female staff member is in her 50s. She has worked at the school for more than 21 years with no prior issues. The staff member has a gun permit, but guns are not allowed on school property. She was removed from the school and placed on administrative leave.
The staffer told police that she brought the gun because she was concerned about what happened in Newtown, Conn. last week.
There are no charges yet, but the staffer could face a misdemeanor charge.


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Press Release
Couchbase Closes Phenomenal 2011 with Thousands of Open Source Deployments and Over 150 New Commercial Customers
December 13, 2011
Leading NoSQL database company emerges as market and technology leader, races toward 2012 with growing momentum
Mountain View, Calif. – December 13, 2011 – Couchbase, Inc., the leading NoSQL database company, wraps up a phenomenal year punctuated by significant customer, product and company milestones. Couchbase's success in 2011 has been fueled by:
- The overall growth in the NoSQL technology market. Uptake of NoSQL technology is increasing dramatically, across many industries, as companies seek a more flexible, high-performance, scalable, and cost-effective approach to data management than traditional relational databases provide.
- The transition from NoSQL experimentation to production deployment. As users exit the experimentation phase and begin to deploy in production behind mission-critical applications, they are increasingly focusing on reliability, maturity and production-readiness. Couchbase's simple, fast, and elastic NoSQL solution has proven it can meet the stringent reliability demands of companies requiring 24x7x365 availability.
"In less than 12 months Couchbase has emerged as the NoSQL market leader," said Bob Wiederhold, Couchbase CEO. "Couchbase is consistently the choice for mission-critical, revenue-generating systems where data safety, uptime, and performance consistency are paramount."
2011 Couchbase Highlights
Customer Milestones
- In addition to thousands of open-source production deployments, Couchbase exceeded 150 commercial deployments worldwide across numerous industries including:
- Social gaming: Zynga, Pokemon, Quepasa, Antic Entertainment, Gamegos, Meteor Games, Nexon, Playtika, Scoreloop, Shuffle Master, Sojo Studios, Tribal Crossing , VNG, Vostu
- Advertising: AOL, MediaMind, BurstaBit, Chango, Cognitive Match, Dotomi, Nami Media, TubeMogul, Xclaim
- Communications: NTT Docomo, Orange France Telecom, VodafoneCisco, ITT, Korea Telecom
- Business services: Salesforce.com, Thomson Reuters, ADP, Concur, Deutsche Post DHL, LG CNS, Navteq
- E-commerce: Starbucks, Skechers, Ganz, Kobo, Skyscanner,The Knot
- Social networking: SmugMug, Vimeo, mig33, Spotme, Tango, The Ladders, Tunewiki, Umami TV,
- Automotive: American Honda, BMW, Manheim
- "We selected Couchbase after evaluating several open source products to power our next-generation backend ad serving platform. Couchbase has the only product in the market place that met our stringent performance requirements and was dynamically scaled to meet our future growth projections without service interruption. We have been very pleased with the maturity of the product and the responsiveness of the support team at Couchbase." – AOL Advertising
- Couchbase's ability to provide real-time data synchronization between devices and the cloud led to a strategic customer relationship with NTT Docomo to support the development of their mobile applications and services, followed by a strategic investment from Docomo Capital.
- "Next-generation mobile applications and associated cloud-based services need the performance, scalability, and schemaless flexibility of NoSQL databases. Couchbase stands out among NoSQL players as the best NoSQL database technology, and the only solution that extends from the datacenter to mobile devices. Couchbase's unique mobile-to-cloud data synchronization is particularly impressive." – Dr. Minoru Etoh, Managing Director of Service & Solution Development Department, NTT DOCOMO, Inc.
Company Milestones
- In February, Membase and CouchOne merged to form Couchbase, combining the teams of two leading NoSQL database innovators and assembling a critical mass of database and distributed systems expertise.
- In July, Couchbase closed a Series C round of financing, with $15 million in investments from existing and new investors Accel Partners, Ignition Partners, Mayfield Fund and North Bridge Venture Partners, bringing the company's total funding to $30 million to date.
Product Milestones
- Couchbase announced Couchbase Server 2.0, now shipping in developer preview 3, which extends the performance and dynamic elasticity of Membase Server with the storage, indexing and synchronization innovations pioneered in the Apache CouchDB project.
- Announced and shipped Couchbase mobile technology, providing mobile-to-cloud synchronization– supporting both native iOS and Android application development.
- Couchbase unveiled and released to the public domain the UnQL query language , (UNstructured Query Language). Jointly developed with Microsoft and SQLite, UnQL is designed to provide a common query language for NoSQL developers and help drive widespread adoption of NoSQL technology. Each company has committed to delivering product support for UnQL in 2012.
"It's an exciting time to be in the database industry and participate in a technology shift that is disrupting the data management status quo of the past 40 years. Couchbase's amazing growth and success in 2011 has established our position as the industry leader in the NoSQL database market. We are honored by the confidence our customers place in our technology and our company, and are committed to delivering the technology and support our customers need to take their application of NoSQL to the next level." – James Phillips, Co-Founder and SVP Products, Couchbase
Other Milestones
Couchbase held its inaugural CouchConf developer conference in July, more than 300 developers gathered in San Francisco to learn and share how to harness Couchbase technology for web and mobile applications. With the great success of the inaugural event, Couchbase launched a CouchConf World Tour to support its worldwide community, with stops in Berlin, Chicago, New York, Bangalore, Tel Aviv and Tokyo and more venues planned for 2012.
- Couchbase received industry recognition and was named as a Gartner Cool Vendor in Infrastructure Management; was named to the GigaOM Structure 50 list, a list of leading innovators in cloud computing and infrastructure selected by GigaOM editors; and was selected for VentureWire's FASTech 50 list of most innovative technology start-ups.
Additional Resources
Read Bob Wiederhold's end-of-year blog for more in-depth commentary on Couchbase's success in 2011 and what lies ahead in 2012
Download Couchbase NoSQL database technology
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About Couchbase
Couchbase's mission is to be the data platform that revolutionizes digital innovation. To make this possible, Couchbase created the world's first Engagement Database to help deliver ever-richer and ever more personalized customer and employee experiences. Built with the most powerful NoSQL technology, the Couchbase Data Platform was architected on top of an open source foundation for the massively interactive enterprise. Our geo-distributed Engagement Database provides unmatched developer agility and manageability, as well as unparalleled performance at any scale, from any cloud to the edge.
Couchbase has become pervasive in our everyday lives; our customers include industry leaders Amadeus, AT&T, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), Carrefour, Cisco, Comcast, Disney, DreamWorks Animation, eBay, Marriott, Neiman Marcus, Tesco, Tommy Hilfiger, United, Verizon, Wells Fargo, as well as hundreds of other household names. For more information, visit www.couchbase.com.
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Clintwright needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 53 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Our mountain bike tour company is about to launch in Australia, so we need a designer who is up to the challenge of giving us a great brand image. The job will start with logo and color palette recommendations for our website and a little bit of effort will go a long way as this job will progress to a full suite of promotional material. We have provided a detailed brief below so please read it and ask questions if you need direction.
Ride Canberra
What's required:
Logo and color palette development for website
Ride Canberra is a new concept for a mountain bike online tourism business in Canberra, Australia. The aim of the online business is to provide a one-stop shop for mountain bikers that want to travel to Canberra and ride the mountain bike trails in the region. The business will provide information via a website on where to ride, accommodation options, bike shops, where to eat etc.
The logo and color palette needs to be flexible enough that the concept can be expanded to other cities, replacing Canberra with another place name.
Target Market
Males 25 – 44 years (although females are often involved in the decision making)
Well educated, have medium to high level while collar positions. Looking for places to ride for a weekend release.
Have good knowledge of mountain biking and the industry. Have busy lives so accessing information needs to be easy for them.
Desired response:
When viewing the logo and color palette elements, the prospective customer should be excited by the prospect of an mountain bike adventure/escape.
The brand:
Sense of adventure and outdoors
Non-commercial and authentic
Easy to access
Must be supplied in jpg, gif and EPS formats
See description for detailed brief
a cheesy looking cycling logo
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Sunday, 6 February 2011
To Amanda Holden...
You can survive this. You can and will. It may feel as though nothing in your life will ever be normal again, as though the pain is too much to bear, but it is possible to carry on. You will even laugh again. You will even feel happy again. Life will once again feel precious.
The shock will wear off (although it may muffle your life for weeks). The pain will get worse. This may even feel perversely comforting and necessary. The pain brings you closer to your baby. Don't try and be brave. Work hard at being the opposite of brave.
You will cry unexpectedly. There will be conversations and situations that are impossible for you. This is not your fault, so don't apologise. At least – always a silver lining – you, Amanda, will never have to explain to people why you are in tears in the middle of a crowded café (a sleeping baby, an over-inquisitive friend). The rest of us have to learn to say the words: my baby died. I can't always cope. I need to go. I just need some air. Leave me alone. I don't want to tell you that. I don't want to talk. I need to talk. Let me tell you what happened to me. Let me tell you about my son.
You have not lost him completely. I hope you have pictures, a name, some memories. I can still see Daniel's golden hair, his soft skin, his peaceful face. I have photos, which were no good, so I wrapped them in a baby blanket and put them away. I have a picture of him sketched by a friend. I have memories of his movements, when he moved. I have memories of his birth. Best of all, I have a feeling of his presence in my life, which has been with me for 13 years now. Sometimes I hear his voice. It is very real and it is a great comfort.
You are not the only one who has lost him. Your loss is shared by his father, his sister, his family. By your friends. People will forget and people will remember. His life touched them all. He will never be nothing. As long as you live, he will never be forgotten.
It was not your fault. Women treat their bodies far worse than anything you might have done, and their babies are born healthy and whole. You may never know why he died. We believe we are so advanced, so knowledgeable, but we are not. In some ways we are like medieval peasants. You may feel full of fury at the ignorance unveiled by your loss, but there is nothing that you can do, except to talk about it, raise money for research, do all you can to back the people trying to find out why babies die in the womb for no known reason. I discovered - three years or so on - that samples of Daniel's body had been retained for use in medical experiments. I could have been angry - no permission has been granted – but I was not. I was comforted. Our loss, our son was helping to prevent others losing their children. It helped to know that. It helped to remember that scientific research marches on.
You and his father may mourn differently. It is a very lonely feeling. Some people will attempt to help by quoting scary figures about the large proportion of couples who split up after losing a child. Ignore them. Tell them this is not the sort of help you need. Allow him to grieve in his own way. He may not be the best person to support you at all times. Sometimes you will mourn together and sometimes apart. Don't judge someone in extreme circumstances. And try and make your baby's legacy one of love and understanding, however difficult that might be.
You are still allowed to be funny and laugh and be the person that you are. You do not have to laugh about his loss. But the small stuff - the gaffes, the misunderstandings, the strangeness - a robust sense of humour can help.
You may become hyper-sensitive. You may begin to hate people who call your loss a disappointment, a miscarriage (no less loss, by the way, but different), even meant to be. Not to be.You may tear up Christmas cards bearing pictures of other people's babies. You may resent pregnant woman, women with babies, people who tell you your loss is not so great (yes, some people will tell you this). You must honour your feelings while acknowledging your lack of reason. You must be forgiving and unforgiving at the same time. It is not easy. It becomes easier. The first five years are the hardest.
You are part of a sisterhood. Lots of us go through this, we understand how it may feel. You will find us everywhere. We understand, we care, we are here for you and for all of us.
You may remember him with actions and symbols. With candles, flowers, trees. With tattoos and jewellery (see my ring, engraved with his name, the stone yellow as his hair). With fund-raising, befriending, marathons. With God or nature, in the stars, in heaven, on Earth. In the arms of a lost friend, or a grandmother. After a week, a month, a year. On his birthday. For ever and ever.
In time, he may give you more compassion, more wisdom, more patience. In time, his loss may make you a better person, a better actress, a better friend. He may transform you. Take strength from the knowledge that you are suffering as much as you can. So many things will feel easier to bear after this. After you have survived this. And you can survive this.
Amanda Holden is a British actress and judge on Britain's Got Talent whose son was stillborn this weekend at seven months gestation. Our second child, Daniel was inexplicably stillborn on February 10 1998, at 38 weeks. I wrote about his loss on this blog last year.
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Yes. All of this. It does get easier.ReplyDelete
Very moving post, Keren.
This is so sad and so true.ReplyDelete
Thank you ,Keren.
I hope Amanda reads this and gains strength from it - and any other suffering soul.
Just adding warm vibes and love.ReplyDelete
Oh Keren, beautiful piece, my heart aches for you, for her, for all families that have to live with such a terrible loss xxxxReplyDelete
This is a lovely piece of writing; so poignant and full of emotion and love. It's at times of tragedy words have greater depth and meaning. To lose a child is hard to bear. I lost a child at a turbulent time in my life, much earlier in pregnancy, but the thought of that event still echoes in my mind. Life does go on, we can tell the world to stop when we feel pain but it won't happen. We never forget and there is always the thought of what might have been. Thanks for sharing and take care xReplyDelete
So sad. Such emotions, Keren, lovely words.ReplyDelete
This was beautiful Keren. I got goosebumps reading it.ReplyDelete
I always think of my friend at times like this which of course you know having very kindly written to her despite not knowing her or me for that matter.
Your words helped her more than anybodys did, and will again as I'll forward this to her in the absence of me knowing the right thing to say.
Thanks x
Thank you so much, Keren. So beautifully and powerfully expressed. I still need to hear words like yours, five years on. I love and appreciate you so much, and I will always remember Daniel.ReplyDelete
This made me cry. I'm so very for what you've gone through and what Amanda and many other women/families have gone through with this. I can't even imagine.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7 February 2011 at 15:06
Thank you, Keren, for being part of the brotherhood and sisterhood of support. It is a great way to honor Daniel, and all of us.ReplyDelete
It's a beautiful post, Keren. I hope Amanda H reads it and finds some comfort. xxReplyDelete
Beautiful. Thank you for your courage and emotional honesty.ReplyDelete
Sarah Allen
(my creative writing blog)
Hi - our mutual friend "Bateau de Bananae" sent this to me - a good read. Something I've had to experience first hand, alas.ReplyDelete


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1995 Toyota Tacoma - Coastal TacoPosted in Project Vehicles on October 1, 2007
Quality craftsmanship, simple ingenuity, and willingness to compromise without cutting corners are what we look for in a feature. Our love for the trail tends to make us feel rushed to complete our long-term projects, thus resulting in no shakedown runs and more do-overs than we'd like to admit. Shawn Swartz knew when he started tearing apart his wife's '95 1/2 Toyota Tacoma that this was no weekend project. Stripping a perfectly solid and running truck down to the frame may sound crazy to some, but for Swartz it was the only way to build the truck exactly the way he wanted.
With the support of his wife Michele, he dedicated over a year's worth of long nights and wrench-filled weekends to transform his wife's daily driver of nine years into the ultimate Taco trail machine. With the Uwharrie Mountains only a few hours from the Swartz coastal North Carolina home, they wanted to build a truck that would be dependable for those quick weekend trips to the rocks, but still maintain a clean fresh look for those fun summer days on the beach.
The homebuilt front bumper houses a 9,000-pound Superwinch along with an entourage of recessed lighting. A Safari series snorkel keeps the Tacoma breathing in the good air, while a set of All Pro sliders provides ample protection for the body and doors. Swartz chose to remove the independent front suspension in favor of a Sky Manufacturing solid front axle to increase articulation and durability on the trail. The new third member uses a factory Toyota TRD selectable locker that was converted to cable actuation for dependable engagement. Maintaining control over the front end is a Hy-Steer system that prevents the steering bars from getting bashed on the rocks.
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Front Axle: Sky Manufacturing housing, TRD cable-actuated locker, custom Bobby Longfield axleshafts, Rancho RS 9000 shocks, 4.88 gears
Rear Axle: Factory, Detroit Locker, Rancho RS 9000 shocks, 4.88 gears
Suspension: Custom solid-axle swap, 5 1/2-inch All Pro springs
Steering: Hy-Steer
Tires & Wheels: 35x12.50 Goodyear MTRs on 15x8 steel
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When Worlds Collide: Combining GPL and Proprietary Software
Embedded Industry Rife With ViolationsAbout the Author: Bruce Perens is the creator of the Open Source Definition, the manifesto of Open Source and the criterion for Open Source software licensing. Perens represented Open Source at the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society, at the request of the United Nations Development Program.
The vast majority of questions I get about combining GPL and proprietary software concern embedded systems, since Linux is a component of so many consumer products these days. It's impressive, for instance, to look at Sony's web site where they fulfill their GPL obligation, and see the dozens of TV models and many other products that contain Linux. So, this discussion concerns primarily embedded systems.
Linux is a natural for embedded systems. That's why it's popping up in more cell phones, often without the customer even realizing it's there. But cell phone manufacturers, and the broader sector of embedded systems, must cope with the problem of how to combine the GPL Linux kernel, and software that isn't Open Source. How does one do that legally?
Most of the publicity over suits to enforce the GPL concerns embedded systems: set-top boxes, cable modems, the list goes on. The suits are caused by just one thing: engineers and their managers combining software from different sources, without going to their company's own lawyers for help in understanding the software licenses. They're used to just "clicking yes" with no regard to what they're committing themselves and their company to.
The very worst offenders sell their designs to other, much larger, companies without conveying what the licenses are and what obligations the big company must fulfill -- and then the big company gets sued. This problem isn't specific to Open Source: violation of proprietary software licenses, with their higher stakes, is rife in the embedded systems industry.
Fortunately, it is possible to combine different sorts of software legally, if your team puts some thought into it. The first thing you'll need to do is to build a partnership of your legal organization and engineering. This requires giving engineers sufficient training so that they'll recognize a copyright issue when they encounter it, and will know to call in legal for help rather than attempting to solve the problem alone.
On the legal side, they must be aware that engineering is scored by fulfilling goals on time, and that when they call for legal advice, that advice has to come quickly enough that the engineer isn't put off schedule. Often, an engineer who has been delayed too long will simply go ahead without legal advice, due to the need to fulfill his schedule. And that can cost you big bucks later.
Legal-engineering reviews of how software is combined need to happen early in the design process, when the cost of making a change is low. Finding an issue of license non-compliance or copyright infringement when you're two weeks from shipping the product is much more expensive.
It's important for management to completely understand why you need to hold some software close, while other software should be open. There are really only two good business reasons for keeping software proprietary: that the software provides a business differentiator, making your product visibly better in the customer's eyes, or that the software component doesn't belong to your company, and thus you're not the one who decides whether it's open or closed.
Surprisingly, all of the cellular telephone handset manufacturers I've talked to designate one product as the software that they must hold close at all costs: the GSM stack. This is the software that actually links your telephone with the rest of the cellular network.
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Sept. 14, 2006
The Lady Bisons are in the land where competitive volleyball got its start.
"Anytime you go to the birthplace of sport it is going to be different," said Lipscomb coach Brandon Rosenthal. "There is no doubt that volleyball is huge in California, but over the last couple of years that there are more and more places that are bringing their levels up to the California standard."
Friday at 5:30 p.m. the Lady Bisons face host Cal State-Fullerton in the Fullerton Classic. Saturday they play San Diego State at 1 p.m. and Penn at 4:30.
"This is going to be a good opportunity to play three teams we wouldn't normally play," said Rosenthal. "The atmosphere in California should be a lot of fun.
"Some of these players haven't been out to California. It is something they have looked forward to and so have I. We are going to see some tough competition. We will have to perform extremely well to come out with some victories."
Three Lady Bisons _ Samantha Sullivan, Jessica Enderle and Cara Wilber _ are from California. Fullerton is located near Anaheim. The location will give their parents a chance to see them play in person.
Rosenthal expects competitive games as his players get a taste of the California brand of volleyball.
"The players on Cal State-Fullerton and San Diego State aren't any better than other player," said Rosenthal. "They have just been around the sport a lot longer. When you look at their rosters there is quite a bit of experience both the indoors and outdoors on the beach, but I don't know how that translates into wins and losses."
Alex Scruggs has been an All-Tournament performer the past two weeks. Lindsey Rutherford open the season as Atlantic Sun Player of the Week.
"The outside position is one place where we need to get more production," said Rosenthal. "We have been very up front and clear about that. They have the capability. It is just a matter of eliminating our errors."
One of the players moving into the forefront is outside hitter Ashley Cox who is back on the court after missing about 18 months due to an injury. She has led or tied for the lead twice this season.
"Ashley's skills are coming back," said Rosenthal. "Everyday in practice she gets better and better. I would imagine that in another month Ashley will be playing some good volleyball. It takes long time to get back into the swing of things."


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Jeff King's friends here received word
Kewanee runner Jeff King apparently escaped injury in Monday's Boston Marathon.
Friends in Kewanee received word last night that King, a well-known local runner, was not involved in the explosion.
King has run in the Boston event before, coming in 357th last year. In 2012, King posted a time of 2:56:02, which left him just over 12 minutes outside the top 10 runners in his age group of 40-44.
If he ran a similar time this year, he would have finished ahead of the explosion.
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Sunday, February 18, 2007
Early Appliances
We bought our appliances at Warners-Stellian, and were very happy with their service and selection. After we ordered them (and paid a big down payment), Michael and Adam said they'd coordinate with them for a delivery date. Suddenly, Warners-Stellian got impatient, however, and told us that we'd have to take delivery before January 31 or there would be an extra charge. Adam said he'd tried to negotiate a later delivery date--the date we wanted them--but it was no go. We didn't learn about this until the first week in February.
Jim called the woman we bought the appliances from, and she said we wouldn't have to pay the extra few hundred dollars if we took delivery right away. Then she said we'd have to wait until they got them in stock. One might think that if they didn't have them in stock, it might not be vitally important to take delivery of them immediately, but then we probably don't understand the finer points of appliance buying.
The very nice delivery people set an oven, a stovetop, and a microwave on our living room floor, and seemed surprised that we wanted them before we had a kitchen. We were surprised too.
5 comments:
- Karen said...
Just want to let you know that someone is reading your blog with avid interest. This is better than a reality show on TV!
- Melinda said...
AT least they were helpful and confusing. I want to see inside the box Marie...the Wolf one.
By the way, I still am reading but am missing the baking.
- breadbasketcase said...
Thanks. I hope I don't get kicked off the island.
I'm missing the baking more than you are! I don't know if I can make it another six weeks.
Karen, I'd thought the same thing a few weeks ago....that this blog was like a reality show. I'm so happy you said it. It's way more real and interesting than the home renovation shows!
Marie, You sound remarkably laid back re Warners-Stellian. I am in awe of people like you. I would have been upset. You're attitude is way more healthy. And, you may be right that there's some element to the story that you don't understand. (Though, I think the store should have made it understable.)
One could say that it's a little like having presents under the Christmas tree... for 30 days. It would be fun to put a bow or two on top... maybe even a gift tag! But, actually, your new pot is better than a bow!
I think I'd be running my hand over the boxes each time I passed, in anticipatory glee.
- breadbasketcase said...
I was kind of mad, but writing about it was quite therapeutic.
I like the idea of putting bows on top of the packages--they could be Valentine's Day presents and St. Patrick's Day presents and maybe Easter presents, depending on when Easter is this year. I would hope that they won't be birthday presents for me (late May).