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Here’s an excerpt of indie writer Alan Jones’ epic fantasy novel Sacrifices, the second in his trilogy, To Wrestle With Darkness. In it, Cil, Deborah, Ruth and Sarah are four sisters descended from angels (and humans) who must contest the forces of darkness that are intent on ending all of creation. Read More
Bronx-based blogger/artist/vlogger Jasmine Keitt’s forthcoming webcomic The Preternaturals blends occult and horror with fantasy/sci-fi elements. In this world, werewolves and vampires are real and some humans have super powers. Check out an excerpt of “Nae Nae & the Wolf Cub,” the first of three stories to be released before the comic’s October debut. Read More
Author Miri Castor gives Midwest BFSA readers an excerpt of her new YA urban fantasy novel Opal Charm: The Path to Dawn! A New York native, she spent many a middle school recess writing fantasy stories, with Opal Charm being one of them. She has written for Black Girl Magic literary magazine and was recently featured as a Spotlight New Author. Castor is currently working on her second novel while finishing her final year of undergrad. Read More
As part of the latest Diverse Book Tours event, the Midwest BSFA blog is excerpting Thelonius Legend‘s middle grade tale Sins of the Father, in which three sisters discover that they have extraordinary powers that could kill them if they don’t find a cure for the side effects. Keeping their powers under wraps all while trying to survive middle school? Good luck, girls! Check it out! | <urn:uuid:e5b5b583-cfce-4788-ba62-7439bbd127de> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://midwestbsfa.wordpress.com/category/excerpts/ | 2017-06-22T12:11:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319265.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622114718-20170622134718-00394.warc.gz | en | 0.937101 | 343 | [
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REGIONAL FILM COMMISSIONS
Western Norway Film Commission
Western Norway Film Commission (WNFC) is based in Bergen and covers the counties of Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane and Møre og Romsdal. In this part of the country you will find a wide range of locations - fjords, mountains, glaciers, year-round snow, dramatic roads and coastal landscapes. WNFC can assist you in your search for locations, professionals, production facilities and industry information.
Mid Nordic Film Commission
The Mid Nordic Film Region covers the areas of Central Norway and Central Sweden. Though the region is small in size it is one of the most diverse you will ever find. It covers locations from the rugged Norwegian Atlantic Coast through the wide open alpine landscapes of Sweden to the Baltic Sea. They can offer fantastic unused locations, professional crews and financing opportunities.
Rogaland Film Commission
Rogaland Film Commission is based in Stavanger and covers the county of Rogaland in the Southwestern part of Norway. Rogaland Filmcommission services film producers interested in utilizing our locations and/or work with the skilled crews and companies in the county. The film commission is part of Filmkraft Rogaland, which also consists of a regional film-centre and -fund.
REGIONAL FILM FUNDS
Fuzz film fund is based in Bergen. The fund can provide equity funding of up to €500 000 for feature films, games, documentaries with theatrical distribution, and TV productions that are produced partly or entirely in Western Norway. Fuzz is looking at projects with a two-fold interest: 1) to recoup their investment alongside other equity investors, and 2) to strengthen the audiovisual sector in Western Norway.
Filmkraft Fond is located in Stavanger in the county of Rogaland. The fund invests in Norwegian and/or international productions that contribute to strengthen the film industry in Rogaland. The fund support development and produtions of films, TV-dramas and computer games.
Filminvest Midt-Norge is a regional fund which provides top financing for co-produtions with a regional producer. The production can take place in Norway or abroad, but the fund assumes that the participation in financing partnership will generate a turnover in the region, amounting to 100% of invested capital, limited to use in the audiovisual sector. The fund invests in feature films, TV-dramas and games.
Film3 is a regional film fund located in Lillehammer. They provide funding for film and television productions in the two counties of Hedmark and Oppland, in the eastern parts of Norway. The name Film3 refers to the threefold focus of the company: film, funding and facilitation. Film3 offers facilitation for foreign productions coming to the region and they can act as co-producer in features and television series.
FilmCamp is a regional resource and infrastructure company that accommodate needs and demands in the market for feature film and TV productions in the very north of Norway. FilmCamp is located on a small beautiful island in a river in the middle of Troms county. FilmCamp also have a fund meant for film and TV productions shot in the region or at FilmCamp.
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Head on over to www.mypinkstamper.com to check out some great Cricut video tutorials and a fab blog.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
For this wedding card I used my Cricut with Sweethearts cartridge to cut the wedding cake and cake plate. I used glitter to decorate the icing and the Cuddlebug Swirls embossing folder to texturize the aqua cardstock. Under the aqua cardstock I mounted a piece of velum that is embossed with the Cuddlebug Swiss Dots folder. Inside I added a velum insert for my stamped sentiment. Stamped images are from Inkadinkadoo's Wedding set. Aqua ribbon from Hobby Lobby finishes it all off.
I made this tri-fold card for a challenge. I used my Cricut to cut the wedding cake and cake plate. I decorated the cake with Martha Stewart border stickers and flowers cut from a wedding flower pick. I used the Cuddlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder and a Martha Stewart edge punch to deocrate the light aqua cardstock. I made space inside for cash, a check, savings bond or gift card. The congratulations stamp is from Inkadinkadoo's Wedding set. Leave a comment and let me know what you think. Thanks!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Here's some Saint Patrick's Day cards I made for several challenges. I didn't have any stamps specifically for St. Pat's Day, so I used 2 small hearts from 2 different Hero Arts sets and made my own shamrocks. For the two toned shamrock, I stamped the lighter green hearts first and then went over it with the smaller heart in dark green. I added stems and doodles with black Pigma Micron pen and also used a Inkssentials White Opaque pen to add highlights. On the last card I added small pearl stickers to the Shamrocks. I hope these cards will bring luck to their recipients!
Here's a happy card I made for a couple of challenges. The stamps are from Unity, which I colored in with Copic markers. The 3-D flowers are from Prima and started off white with teal polka dots. I colored the flower with two different yellow Copic markers and when they dried I went over the polka dots with a black Pigma pen, now they match my color scheme! For the flower centers I used black rhinestone stickers.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
I love to enter the challenges over at www.stamptv.ning.com , the people on the blog are so friendly and creative. Participating in challenges gets me thinking outside the box and trying new techniques, which is so fun! I used Unity and Inkadinkadoo Stamps for my cards.
Here's a new card I made for the latest Paper Maniac Sketch Challenge. The stamps are Hero Arts, cardstock is from Archiver's and the glitter cardstock is K & Company. I added a little pink rick-rack as my trim and colored the images with Copic markers.
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Here’s Sandra from 5 inch and up in a genius lil diy skirt made from a button up shirt! No alterations involved, just a sneaky steal from her bf’s closet. Must try!
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Fallen Earth LLC has announced that it’s self-titled MMO is now available on Impulse, and comes with a couple of exclusive in-game items.
Players who buy Fallen Earth through Impulse will receive codes for some “Fancy White Boots” and a “Snazzy White Hat” which increase a character’s primary, secondary and tertiary armour stats, and perception points, respectively.
“As we grow, we are continuing to expand the availability of Fallen Earth through online channels,” said Fallen Earth marketing manager, Jessica Orr. “Digital distributors have become major players in the video game space and this is an area where we are constantly seeking to expand Fallen Earth’s presence.”Steam is also offering exclusive items when players buy FE through its site; a selection of special t-shirts with faction-specific stats is up for grabs, read more about that in ourfrom last week.
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FOOD PROJECTS and COMMUNITY GARDENS
Originally posted here.
Growing news from North Edinburgh
It’s all growing in North Edinburgh – the following two stories are about two food-related projects happening just around the corner from each other in Muirhouse. You can find more action from North Edinburgh in project focus.
North Edinburgh Grows
Growing food in North Edinburgh will be given an extra boost by The North Edinburgh Arts Centre who are re-developing the garden behind the Centre in Muirhouse into an attractive multi-functional space, with substantial funding from the Big Lottery Fund. The funding includes a part time artist in residence post which has been taken up by artist and grower Natalie Taylor, who is helping to shape the garden and involve the community in its creation and use. The garden will include four plots which existing groups in the community, including the West Pilton Gardeners and the Drylaw Community Project, will use for growing food. The arts centre’s own café will have four small beds to grow food for their own use. NEA see the garden as part of a long-term project to create greater about food and food systems in North Edinburgh. If you live in North Edinburgh and would like to get involved, they would like to hear from you. The garden should be ready for use by April 2014.
T: 0131 315 2151
In response to the poverty, lack of food, lack of fuel and social isolation that she observed around her in North Edinburgh, one woman has taken her own initiative to do something that makes a difference. Jan Moore, a resident of Fidra Court in the Pennywell area of Muirhouse, has opened the Fidra Kitchen – a community café for the residents of Fidra Court. The Kitchen is in a room originally designed as a pram store on the ground floor of the block, but unused for six years. With the help of friends the space has been made clean and friendly and bright, and basic cooking equipment has been donated to enable Jan and her volunteers to offer tea and coffee, toasties and lunch. The menu is changed on a weekly basis, with the varied choice hopefully allowing those who can’t/won’t cook to enjoy a filling meal and possibly encourage people to cook from scratch easily on a low budget. Food is offered free to residents, although donations are welcomed. Jan would like to establish contact with local suppliers so that her food can be sourced as locally as possible and sees lots of possibilities in working with some of the other food groups in North Edinburgh (see the projects on our JOIN IN page), and in developing a garden at Fidra Court. Jan would welcome donations of food any suitable equipment etc. or funds to help the Fidra Kitchen get established. Contact Jan on [email protected].
Pilton Community Gardeners
Community growing group in North Edinburgh, began creating a community garden on a neglected bit of council land in 2012. Small orchard, soft fruits, veggies, herbs and flowers to share. They have also taken on a new community plot at North Edinburgh Grows, and support their neighbours growing in Granton and Drylaw in any way possible.
Regular gardening drop-ins on a Friday morning 10-12 at West Pilton Brae. Just come along or call first on 07778732171,
Contact – Kirsty Sutherland
Grove Community Garden
The Grove Community Garden has transformed an unused development site on Fountainbridge (owned by Grosvenor) into a garden that is thriving to become a community hub. The aim is to grow an active community as well as growing food. It has been established by the community for the community. Originally based on the idea of mobile plots (which could move as the development moved), the garden has evolved into unique standard pallet bed units, which can be moved by forklift. One part of the garden is dedicated to pallet bed units giving local people the chance to growing their own veggies, fruit and herbs in an inclusive and supportive surrounding. The rest of the garden is a shared communal space. The garden relies completely on the Gardeners and Friends of the Garden for its upkeep and maintenance. If you want to become part of the garden go along to one of their communal gardening sessions.
Where – Go to the iQ Student Accommodation building at 114 Fountainbridge. Once there follow the little road downhill along the blue fence. The garden is behind the blue fence on the right hand side.
Leith Community Crops and Pots
Begun as a small scale initiative in Leith schools, Leith Community Crops and Pots have developed into a Leith-wide gardening and food-growing development project. Their aims are ‘a happy, healthy, leafy Leith’ in the belief that growing food benefits your pocket, your health, your mood and the environment, and is particularly good for children.
The organisation’s purpose is to encourage and support the people and organisations of Leith to grow food vegetables, and flowers for bees, in urban spaces, in order to improve health and well-being, community cohesion and the environment. In addition to their own practical projects, their web site has lots of advice on growing, and they like to share their experiences and opinions and thoughts on policy.
Gorgie City Farm
Gorgie City Farm is a free-entry community owned initiative that aims to educate inner city children and adults about farming and food production. They also aim to promote social inclusion by providing volunteering opportunities for all. Tucked in between a busy railway line and one of Edinburgh’s main arterial roads they have been open for over 30 years. They have a wide range of animals including sheep, pigs, goats, chickens, ducks, pony and jersey cow and the farm is run as a working farm, with the animals bred and raised for food production. The Farm Café is open 7 days a week, 9.30 am to 4 pm. See the ELFN project focus on Gorgie (and their sausages) here.
Open 7 days per week, 9.30am to 4.30pm summer, 9.30 am to 4.00pm winter. Closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Where – 51 Gorgie Rd, Edinburgh, EH11 2LA
Email – [email protected]
Phone – 0131 337 4202
The Edible Gardening Project
If you are interested in learning how to grow your own food, the Edible Gardening Project may be just what you need. Based at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh the project offers weekly drop-in sessions for seasonal growing advice, and maintains demonstration vegetable and fruit growing areas to learn from at the Botanics. The project is funded by the People’s Postcode Lottery and run jointly with the Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society.
For details about the drop-in sessions go to www.rbge.org.uk/ediblegardening
Contact person – Jenny Foulkes
Email – [email protected]
Phone – 0131 248 2983
The Food For Thought Forum
The Food for Thought Forum exists to bring together community food and growing initiatives, organisations, projects and individuals within the area of Greater Pilton, Edinburgh; and to support, promote, link and increase local community food activity. They believe everyone in North Edinburgh should have access to a tasty, enjoyable, nutritious diet. They want food to be a central part of their thriving community, bringing people together to grow, bake, cook and eat. They have developed a ‘Food Map‘ of North Edinburgh showing the location of community cafes, cooking groups and where to find affordable food.
Email – via contact form on website
Phone – 0131 551 1671
Bridgend Growing Communities
Bridgend Growing Communities is an organic community garden and allotment project that aims to give participants a sense of personal effectiveness and well being. They promote the close connections between food, physical activity, the natural environment and working outdoors in their gardens based on the Old Dalkeith Road at Craigmillar. They engage in a number of ways, from open access volunteer sessions to specific programs of work to develop life and employablity skills for people referred from partner organisations such as Access To Industry, Health In Mind, StreetWork, SEHLI and the Gowrie Care Trust. They organise public events every year such as their famous Potato Day where gardeners can buy their seed potatoes for the coming year.
Bridgend are in the process of renovating their Farmhouse and have a drop-in event every Sunday from 11am – 3 pm – come and see what is happening and learn new skills that you can apply to the project. For more information see our News page or go here.
Contact person – Karen Carrick
Phone – 0131 664 9559
Royal Edinburgh Community Gardens
The gardens are an NHS Lothian initiative located within the beautiful 15 acre grounds at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in Morningside, and offer fantastic opportunities to grow your own food, build community, and keep active. There is also a programme of events, workshops, and courses. The gardens operate on a membership basis – for groups or individuals. Groups who are current active members of the gardens include the Shandon Local Food group, Transition Edinburgh South, Edinburgh Permaculture group, Steiner School, Bruntsfield Primary School, and Craiglockhart Primary School.
Contact person – drop-in to the gardens Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 9.30am – 4.30pm and ask for the garden co-ordinator. To volunteer, contact Simon [email protected] or call 0131 537 6232. For group membership contact Hilary Vipond – [email protected] or phone 0131 537 6232
Redbraes Community Garden, Leith
We are a voluntary community group who maintain a garden for the use of the local community. We grow ornamental plants and vegetables. Surplus veg is distributed locally. The garden is used for public events – open stage for performers, BBQ evenings,etc. The project has received funding from Comic Relief.
Contact person – Julian Siann
Email contact – [email protected]
Shandon Local Food Group
We are a group of Shandon residents who are interested in buying, and growing, more local, seasonal and organic food. We hold talks, food fairs and other events in the Shandon area; we run campaigns and share information with over 200 members; and we are involved with the Royal Edinburgh Community Garden which is just up the road.
Contact person – Alison Jones
Address – 28 Briarbank Terrace, Edinburgh, EH11 1SU
Phone number – 07847 504011
Email contact – [email protected]
Website – www.shandonfood.org.uk
Abundance Edinburgh is a voluntary community group which collects surplus fruit and puts it to good use. We pick from private households and community gardens, abandoned orchards and forage for fruit. We donate fruit to charities and community groups and also make things with it – jam, cider, pies, chutneys… We’re always on the lookout for donated fruit, keen pickers and cookers and places to donate fruit to.
Phone number – 07594824558
Email contact – [email protected]
Website – www.abundanceedinburgh.com
Edinburgh Community Food Initiative
We tackle health inequalities in low-income communities in Edinburgh through our food and health development and promotion work including cooking courses, cookery demonstrations, nutrition workshops, health information sessions and tasting sessions.
Contact person- Karen Miller
Contact email- [email protected]
Ormiston Grows is a community-run shop and business in Ormiston, East Lothian. Our shop at 20b Main Street Ormiston sells a wide and growing range of vegetables, fruit and groceries, all local, organic or fairly traded.
OG opened a cafe in 2012 and now also have a community garden nearby.
Contact person – Allan Robertson, Shop Manager, Yvonne Dalziel, Director
Address – Ormiston Grows, 20b Main Street EH35 5HT
Phone number – 01875 898189
Email contact – [email protected]
Website – www.ormistongrows.co.uk
St. Andrews and St. Georges- Wider Horizons
The Wider Horizons group on the Kirk Session exists to promote awareness of and raise funds for important issues and causes, and to highlight specific campaigns and issues of justice throughout the world.
Craigie’s Farm Education and Environment Project
Cragie’s Farm supplies local outlets with their home-grown and home-made produce, such as soft fruit, vegetables and jams. Craigie’s Education and Environment Project works with a number of local schools and the Drylaw Neighbourhood Partnership. The aim of the project is that West Craigie Farm should be a place where people of all ages can learn through direct involvement about food production and the environment. Craigie’s also has a 400 sq. m. farm shop and a 100 seat café.
Contact person – John Sinclair
Address – West Craigie Farm, South Queensferry, EH30 9TR
Phone number – 0131 319 1048
Email address – [email protected]
Web address – www.craigies.co.uk
Granton Community Gardeners
Granton Community Gardeners was formed in early 2010 by a group of neighbours on Wardieburn Road who worked together to turn a neglected street corner into a community garden. Since then the group (and the gardens!) have flourished and now grow fruit and vegetables on two sites, as well as hosting community meals, and (thanks to a recent Awards for All grant) food growing workshops for members of the local community. There remains a large amount of severely underused land in Granton, and GCC have a vision to see it transformed into a more healthy and productive environment that brings people together across generational and cultural divides, and makes a significant contribution to the health, food culture, and perception of public space across North Edinburgh.
Contact person – Tom Kirby
Email address – [email protected]
More information – http://www.facebook.com/grantoncommunitygardeners
Slow Food Edinburgh
Slow Food is an international movement which addresses how our food choices affect the world we live in. By thinking globally and acting locally, Slow Food supports and celebrates good, clean and fair food all over the world. Slow Food Edinburgh is part of this movement, and seeks to encourage meaningful links between those who eat, produce, sell and cook food in our region. We aim to cultivate a sustainable Scottish food system and celebrate good Scottish food!
We run all kinds of events around the city. For more info, follow us on Twitter @slowfoodedin Facebook (SlowFoodEdinburgh)
Edible Estates is an initiative to promote best practice in the regeneration of greenspace within social housing estates.Edible Estates is a collaborative project established by Re:Solution, an Edinburgh based urban design practice, and Wester Hailes Health Agency, to promote best practice in urban greenspace within Edinburgh’s social housing estates. The lead project partners are described below.
If you are interested in establishing a community greenspace project in your neighbourhood please get in touch: [email protected]
We are part of Edinburgh Cyrenians, an independent charity providing innovative help to hundreds of people a year whose lives are blighted by homelessness and poverty. Cyrenians work with all parts of the community to combat homelessness and promote social inclusion.
Cyrenians Farm is a Social Enterprise located just west of Edinburgh. As well as a working farm producing local fruit and vegetables, we are also home to a community of vulnerable young people, many with backgrounds of homelessness. The Farm grows food and helps the Community to grow people providing a range of opportunities for individuals, including young trainees, to develop skills and confidence as a step towards a settled lifestyle.
Lochend Community Growing Project
Everyone is invited to come and share in this community-led project, that takes place in the restsalrig/Lochend area of Edinburgh. They hold regular garden sessions or have a look at their websites and most recent newsletter for details.
Want to get involved? The garden is organised by a steering group made up of local community members. You can get in touch with them at [email protected]
Edinburgh Garden Partners
Edinburgh Garden Partners brings together people who want to garden with people who have garden space to share. Set up in 2011, EGP has set out an exciting strategy, recruited staff and opened an office in the centre of the city. Some 69 volunteer gardeners are growing their own in gardens all over town, and sharing their skills and produce with 47 garden owners. EGP are also growing herbs in the garden of the former Park Keeper’s house in W. Princes Street Gardens. Next time you are in Princes St go along and have a look.
Contact – Claire Bennett (Manager)
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Painswick Vacation Packages
To appreciate the many textures of Gloucestershire, step out and explore surrounding areas like Stroud, Birdlip, and Barnwood.
Those interested in exhibits and shows will find many unique cultural highlights in and around Painswick. Spend a while admiring the exhibits at the Museum in the Park in Stroud.
If you have a passion for sports, don’t miss the opportunity to see local favorites, the Gloucester, doing battle at Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester. On match days follow the procession of red and white, to the stadium, then after the final whistle blows, join fellow sports lovers at a nearby pub, bar or cafe for a post-game drink.
Finding somewhere comfortable to base yourself close to the Painswick area is a breeze. The Holiday Inn Express Gloucester - South M5, Jct.12, the Cheltenham Chase Hotel - QHotels and the Hallmark Hotel Gloucester are just some of the best places to stay while you are enjoying this special area.
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I have friends who swear by Kindles, Nooks and other techie reading gadgets. “So good for travel,” they all say. Funny how I can’t remember the last time any of them ventured beyond the international food aisle at Safeway.
I know that I’m unlikely to reread the finished books that sit like trophies on my crammed bookshelves. And all I can do is pick up and recycle abandoned plastic bottles discarded in gutters as penance for the fact I am contributing to the elimination of forests of trees that sacrifice their lives so I can hold my beloved tomes.
Logically, I realize I should change my ways. I am sure I could adjust to more hours spent gazing at a screen. Maybe I’d even look good in glasses.
But I don’t want to change.
I like my books, dammit. I like holding them, I like the simple acts of opening and closing them. I like glancing at familiar spines and forgetting most of the plot but recalling varying feelings of satisfaction (and author envy) from each reading experience.
I love wandering into a bookstore, seeking out the one title I’d gone in for and walking out forty-five minutes later with an armload of new reads. Every book shop visit is a treasure hunt and I invariably find a nugget or two of gold. Typically, the book I’d originally sought gets bumped down my reading list as a new Must-Read takes priority.
A week ago, I made a rare appearance on Davie Street in Vancouver’s West End, a gay hub of old that is losing its signs of Pride. In an era of greater acceptance of LGBT people and in a time of rising housing costs, the gays are leaving Vancouver’s gay ghetto and settling in the suburbs. (There is word that one unfortunate fellow even moved to an outlying area, accessible only by ferry. The fool!)
I had a few minutes to kill so I wandered into Little Sister’s Bookstore aka Little Sister’s Book & Art Emporium, a LGBT bookstore. I wanted to pick up something new in YA gay fiction, a compelling memoir and perhaps a collection of humorous essays. (Surely David Sedaris doesn’t have a monopoly on the market.)
Little Sister’s has long been a business that has struggled to survive. When I first moved to Vancouver, the store filled the upper floor of a dilapidated wooden structure and relied on donations to help pay legal fees arising from censorship battles. Its move to a new space a decade ago with the large uncluttered, well stocked book collection was a sign that it would endure, even thrive. I remember stopping in during its opening weekend and feeling proud that this was a pillar of the gay community, a worthy hub instead of the bars.
Little Sister’s 2013 looks a lot different. When I walked in, I immediately turned right in order to head to the spacious book section with the beautiful wooden shelves. I was shocked to see plastic hangers with dangling rainbow thongs, glittery kites, sex toys and a large greeting card section. Little Sister’s has always carried this merchandise but not to this scale. And not in the amazing book section.
I pivoted and reoriented myself. Ah, books! They were in the area that used to be a porn magazine or video section—I don’t fully remember as I was always too embarrassed to venture there, a lingering side effect of a reserved upbringing in which “Charlie’s Angels” was too racy.
I wandered over and dutifully surveyed the selection, a sparse mix of new and used books on shabby shelves. The books in Little Sister’s Bookstore seemed like an afterthought. I shudder when I think of the logic: Well, no one buys cellophane-wrapped magazines anymore with free porn on the internet. Maybe we could unload a few books here. It was probably a sound business decision to relegate books to the back section, away from the windows, away from natural light, away from the natural foot traffic flow of the store. Apparently, lube, thongs and flags are the bigger sellers.
The book nook had a few general headings—Gay Books, Lesbian Books—but the collection seemed no more diverse or in depth than what one might find at any mid-sized urban bookstore (assuming that a few still exist).
I purchased nothing. The shock proved too much. I desperately wanted to support Little Sister’s in hopes that my single book purchase would be just what was needed to spur a book renaissance. Unfortunately, I could not find a promising new piece of YA fiction, an intriguing essay collection or a prized, unexpected nugget. While rainbow flags adorned other parts of the store, the book area might as well have been marked with a white flag.
Book days are over.
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I'm usually not one for kid-specific music, but I have to say,
it's been a trip listening to Justin Roberts' Jungle
Gym. Every track is inspired by universal kid experiences:
Sleepoverland, Trick or Treat, Fire Drill, New Haircut. Gym Class
Parachute brought me right back to my childhood elementary school
gym class, where, every once in awhile, Mr. Fabbri took out the
giant parachute much to our delight.
Mothers of kids who are just now passing through or have passed
through the Truck Obsession Phase will appreciate "Obsessed by
Trucks." Fratellone, who has broken his arm a whopping FIVE times,
most recently this past June while playing on the - you
guessed it - Jungle Gym at school - related to "Sign my
Cast." I was offered to review this CD, and now I'd like to return
the kindness and giveaway a copy to a reader.
Interested? Just subscribe to my blog - either Windy City Mama or tiramisumom.com - and leave a
comment below detailing your happiest elementary school memory, and
I'll let a now cast-less Fratellone pick a winner next
In another blast to my elementary school past,
yesterday, at Open House, my son's teacher reported that he has
been sneaking reads of his book (he's currently engrossed in the
Percy Jackson series) whenever he gets a chance. At least she
winked and added, "I can't blame him though!"
Her comment brought back more memories of my school
days, because I, too, was the kid that sneaked a read whenever
I could. (I sneaked reading in because, well, I was bored
in class. So of course now I'm worried that Fratellone
too is feeling un-challenged by school. I'll have to keep this in
check.Evidently, sneaking reads in class is a genetic trait that I
passed on to my son.)
Meanwhile, I try to encourage his reading (outside of
school) even more, and this weekend, we're heading out to the 57th
Street Bookfair in Hyde Park to meet some authors (Blue
Balliet!), check out new books and hang out with our fave
storybook characters. We'll be there at 1 on Sunday to catch the
Storybook Character Parade because I know that Pupa too will be
thrilled to see Clifford . Hope to see you there!
Amy Bizzarri is a mom of two living in Logan Square. She also blogs at tiramisumom.com.
See more of Amy's stories here.
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Super Hero Boy Birthday Personalized Gum Boxes
Add a little sweetness to your super hero party with these personalized Super Hero Boy Gum Boxes. These gum boxes include a variety of brightly colored pieces of flavorful gum to match your multi-colored labels. The caped super hero design is sure to get all your friends excited for the adventures to be had at your big birthday bash. Each white box is re-sealable; making them ideal for an after dinner treat that can also be easily slipped into pockets and purses for enjoyment on the go.
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I am loving the Flourish with A Bling products! they are so well made.....and the colors are awesome!
So this is the second project I made for my new DT!!! (I am still super excited to be amongst these incredible ladies)
around a few of the curves to add a bit more emphasis!
I also had fun with the title!
I used the sun from the Up in the Sky from the outdoor range to create my title! I simply added the words and used the sun to create visual interest and have some fun!
and lastly I added some more of the Adhesive Pearls 100 Pack Teal to the upper corner to finish off the visual triangle!
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
Yesterday my youngest peed in the potty for the first time. She went twice. The first time she showed me immediately. The whole family commenced to acting like circus freaks: dancing, clapping, smiling and screaming. It was a scene straight out of Mardi Gras, minus the boobs and the cocktails. Cocktails would have been nice though and I’m certain they would have improved my dancing skills but, alas, that is neither here nor there. She peed, we behaved like lunatics. We flushed, clapped, washed our hands, distributed a lone skittle to the potty trainee and waited for round two.
Not one to sit and twiddle my thumbs, I decided to multi-task. I put the potty in front of the bathroom door, sat Hazard County (that’s #3’s nickname) on it and filled the bathtub with suds and warm water. Hazard Country remained a fixture on the pot while the older two got their baths. We played a short game of volley-diaper, a genius activity that involves volleying a balled up, dry-on-the-outside-and-taped-securely-shut wet diaper back and forth until said diaper hits the floor. The kids think it is the Best. Game. Ever. Judge away. Given the choice between a ball and a waded up diaper, my kids will always go with the latter. Much like a fart joke, there is something hilariously taboo about it.
Diaper Volley must have gotten pretty intense because we all forgot about Hazard County and round two. Snapped back to reality by the scene out of the corner of my eye and my daughter’s scream, “Look at Hazard County!”, I turned to see #3 crouched over the potty, both hands immersed in a good size puddle of pee. Right next to her was a small plastic container full of rubber hair bands, which she was adding, one by one, to the potty basin and pushing them around in her puddle. She was smiling, clearly proud.
There was a time in my life when this scene would have sent me running for the hills and vomiting in my mouth. Those days are a distant memory. Hazard County has taught me a lot about sweating the small stuff and, believe it or not, pushing mini rubber bands around in a puddle of pee qualifies as small stuff. A simple hand washing and flush of the toilet is all it takes to clean up that mess and, even though she may have some misgivings about what to do after she pees, #3 did pee and that, my friends, is something to celebrate. | <urn:uuid:e85ce6e7-5084-4ea9-a0f1-f7b168961137> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://anothergrayhair.blogspot.com/2011/03/latrine-lunacy.html | 2017-06-28T22:43:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323807.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628222452-20170629002452-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.973935 | 565 | [
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Cs panel on composition studies and ebooks/future of the book
We are looking to round out a panel on composition studies and ebooks for the 2011 Conference on College Composition and Communication in Atlanta, Georgia.
We need one or perhaps two more papers for our proposal. Papers could address:
--ebooks in web culture
--ebooks and composition pedagogy
--ebooks and digital knowledge production / peer review
--ebooks and intersections with print culture
--ebook production and distribution
--ebooks and archiving
--ebooks as multimedia
--ebooks and the future of the book
You can email me with questions, ideas, or proposals by 4/30. | <urn:uuid:ff12c151-dc20-42c6-b479-8d2cee387fa2> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/36792 | 2017-06-28T23:35:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323807.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628222452-20170629002452-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.859271 | 142 | [
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Don’t know the science behind it, but when I’m in pain I’m a lot more emotional. After wisdom teeth surgery? So emotional, I cried like twice. Menstruation and terrible, terrible cramps? Occasionally I can get very, very sad.
I don’t know if I’m fed up with everything, or if it’s just my menstruation period, but most of today sucked. Stuff happened with my mom. It was so stupid, I don’t even want to talk about it. It’s so stupid, it’s embarrassing. But for some reason I threw myself in my bed, cryng more than I have been crying since a long while ago, and hating everyone and everything. My mom’s going to leave for a week and I don’t even feel like saying goodbye. I’m gonna say it’s my period. Because if this is the “new” me, I hate it. Life sucks like this. It’s like the world is against me.
Um yeah, I never really planned to write about this, since males that may stumble upon this will scratch their heads and say in falsely knowing voices, “Oh. It’s that time of the month again.” But you don’t know nothin’ man!
*rolls eyes* :roll:
Yeah biatch. At least you don’t bleed every month for a week or sometimes even more, regardless of weather or circumstances. At least you don’t ever feel like curling into the fetal position on your bed for the entire day! And you don’t feel like ripping out your hair for no apparent reason!
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Some of the more difficult and draining activities we tend to participate in are endurance competitions. Events like cycling, marathons and triathlons all require us to manage our energy. The most difficult part of management is being able to know how much energy we have in reserve.
Energy storage and usage
In order to understand how we store and use energy, it's important to know about glucose and glycogen. Glucose is what will provide the energy we need. It comes from the complex carbohydrates in the foods we eat daily. Examples of complex carbohydrates are rice, pasta and bread. The glucose we don't use immediately will be converted to glycogen and stored for later. However, if there is too much glucose, the body stores it as fat.
The available energy we have is used up fairly quickly during exercise. When this happens the body calls on the glycogen reserves to keep us going during long competitions. However, there are limits as to the glycogen we can store. As the glycogen stores are used, the body starts to call on fat stores for extra energy. It takes time for fat to become energy. This is usually when we start to slow down in the later stages of the competition. The reason for this is because we are trying to burn energy faster than we can produce it.
The importance of training
When we train our bodies for endurance, it also helps our muscles to store more glycogen. As our conditioning improves, so will our fat burning improve to provide energy while our glycogen decreases. After 18 miles or so is when we usually use up our glycogen reserves. This is when our training efforts pay off.
Do supplements work?
There are more people now who use supplements for endurance events. The success of these supplements vary with each athlete. Some do not notice any results, while others swear by their supplements. As these products become popular, there doesn't seem to be too much harm in trying them to see if they work.
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Midwest Truck and Trailer Repair was founded in 1986, and is located at 127 Byassee Dr in Hazelwood. It employs 3 employees and is generating approximately $120,000.00 in annual revenue. Additional information is available by contacting this business at (314) 895-5900.
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Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Santa Claus Is Back In Town
I didn’t want to work on my birthday, much less around Christmas time and December in general is not a good time for me; but the call came. I was to chauffeur Elvis (yes, he’s back) while he was in town to give a speech on globalization. I couldn’t refuse, I mean, how often do I get be behind the wheel of the Beast. You know… my 410, duel carb, three on the tree, ’67 Checker limousine? You know, the one with the speedometer that goes up to 140 MPH and doesn’t lie? The one that will do 90 in second gear …up hill? The one that takes up as much parking space as my girlfriend’s apartment? I’ll tell you…not often enough. I welcomed any excuse, even if it was only to drive Signor Presley, as he was now known, around the French Quarter. Dressing for success, I put on clean underwear and a rare smile. I sharpened my wit for the unsuspecting.
The first stop was at Claire’s on Conti where we hooked up with three waitresses of my recent acquaintance; comparisonwise, they made the Witches of Eastwick look like girl scouts. Their assignment was to keep Elvis practicing his Cuban accent (he said that it had helped Desi Arnez remain undetected for decades and was working wonders for him as well).
While I was grabbing a smoke in the patio by the pool, the ladies grouped around him and drilled him in the art of accent. Even though only one of them was actually Cuban, they all knew their stuff (“no, no no!…not ‘Evre tahm Ah’m taykin’ thuh elevaduh’, “say it again”… ‘Ebbree tine Ayne een de allibater’”). I moved out of earshot and practiced blowing smoke rings. Lucky Strikes make great smoke rings.
Christmas in New Orleans is like that; a perpetual light drizzle in an unctuous gray sky, slightly depressing, but not particularly cold yet, smoke rings in the air, and ‘The King’ practicing his Cuban accent in a cozy patio bar in the French Quarter. Go figure.
Imagine a wet Labrador, after rolling on a dead snake, or in mule dung, insisting on a big lick of your face and a cuddle up. It doesn’t get any better than this. Unfortunately.
I wandered outside to check on the Beast. As I passed the door of the ladies room, and arm shot out and dragged me in. It was dark in there and someone, decidedly feminine, was nuzzling me, the scent of tea olives was heady in my senses. ‘What’s the worst that can happen, I thought?’
Suddenly the lights slap on and an elderly Asian couple, escorting an overweight mentally challenged young woman relative burst in with their language barrier in tow and I dive for the shower. Meantime Elvis is in the back seat of the Beast making out with all three of the waitresses. A train whistle blows.
It’s quiet now in the rest room and I sneak back to the bar dressed in the only thing I could find to wear, a lavender waitress uniform. I’m looking for my clothes.
I come up behind Claire who’s taking a drink order from a table and I hiss my demands. She out-hisses me with something that I could swear sounds like “f#cking moron” and proceeds to ignore me. I slither towards the door, hugging the wall. A small boy sitting on the floor by the door, back to the wall, tosses me my dripping trousers and jerks his thumb, indicating that, apparently, the rest of my apparel is outside on the street. In a rare fit of clarity, I decide that it’s time to wake up from this dream and find a drink. It’s not easy living in a cul de sac of sanity; it’s kind of like being backed in to a corner that you’ve painted yourself into.
Outside everything was back to normal. Christmas lights were strung everywhere, Dads were lugging home dead fir trees, and blindfolded children were swinging long sticks at piñatas. ‘Twenty somethings’ were snake dancing down Bourbon Street with hunger in their eyes and beer on their breath, singing “play that funky music, white boy”. There were women in tight clothing and men with powerful hand guns. Large birds were about to be sacrificed for the Baby Jesus' birthday. My goose would be cooked. Bells would ring, dogs would bark. It was good to be home. It was a street gumbo study in black and white. A regurgitated pasta jambalaya with fettuccine.
Somehow I felt safe in the harsh olfactory reminder of excess, impatience and inebriation. These were my ‘peeps’, my ‘rounds’, my ‘dogs’.
Here, I’m Peter with the lost boys. I never have to grow up; I’m not a face in the crowd, I’m not some ugly rumor, I’m not just tolerated. I’m loved because of who I am, not left alone because no one cares.
I could cross Canal Street; I know a half a dozen bars that house incoherant mutants that, since noon, have been jabbering nonsense into the air, passed one another and into outer space. Cosmic debris, like me. But no, I prefer to be who I am with people who know me.
I go to Molly’s on Toulouse, Polly pours me a ‘chilled beverage’. “Lovely to see you again my friend”.
It is amazing to me that after traveling, no, after wandering. those hundreds of thousands of miles that I can find the spirit of Christmas in a friend’s eyes, right here at home.
Or as the Moody Blues said a long time ago: “Isn’t life strange?”
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Freddy Krueger Demon MaskItem #: 14028
Freddy Krueger Demon Mask
Original Freddy Krueger mask from the series A Nightmare on Elm Street
The teenage killer from the movie series A Nightmare on Elm Street, here as Freddy Krueger mask in a new edition as Freddy the Demon.Just like in the series, Freddy has evolved as a movie character and is now available as a full head mask in a special design.
The Freddy Krueger mask made of latex is lovingly refinished to the smallest detail and hand painted.The skin is penetrated by many burns and on both cheeks emblazoned each additional mouth with rassiermesserscharfen teeth.Vicious bares the killer from the Elm Street his teeth before you with his Freddy Krueger Metal Glove Deluxe processed.
In addition, check the appropriate Freddy Krueger Slouch Releases and much other horror movie merchandise that is to be feared.
- Delivery: 1x Freddy Krueger Demon Mask
- Size: full head mask
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Counseling and Medical Health for Sexual Issues
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We specializing in counseling men with erectile dysfunction, prostate problems, lack of desire, Intimacy issues, gender issues, STD screening, hormone testing, general sexual health issues, disabilities and sexual function. We also offer medical services for men's sexual health issues as well as the counseling. WE understand that sexual performance and the ability to perform sexually can be devastating to a man when he feels he is no longer able to function. We are the only center in Ventura County to offer both psychological help as well as medical help for individuals and couples with sexual issues.
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At our sexual health center we help women with sexual issues both psychological and health related. We treat loss of desire, painful intercourse, vulva pain, hormone therapy, yearly pap smear, STD screening and treatment, yeast and bladder infection diagnosis and treatment, intimacy counseling issues, gender issues, Peri-menopause and menopause problems, dry vagina, and Vaginismus. We are one of the only sexual health and wellness centers in Ventura County and Los Angeles County that offer both medical and psychological help for sexual problems for women.
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If you are experiencing problems with your intimate life, loss of desire, sexless marriage, relationship issues, dating advice, marriage advice, premarital counseling concerning sexual information, sexual dysfunction, fetishes, porn issues, gender issues, and sex education we can help. We offer intimacy counseling similar to sex therapy but not limited to just psychological we also help with sexual health related issues.
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Matthew and Melka’s site was one of the first online shops I stumbled upon when I started browsing for headpieces for me and my bridesmaids. I’ve been semi-stalking the shop since and I’m so proud of the people behind it because they keep coming up with headpieces that are comparable to the bold headbands making waves in the U.S. today. True, M&M’s pieces are not exactly easy on the pocket, pegged at P750-950 per piece. But hey, you get what you pay for, right? (And they do give discounts for “bulk” — meaning 5 or more — orders)
M&M comes up with a bridal collection twice a year and does not make the same piece twice. The stuff here are from the first album of 2009. The second set should be coming out anytime soon. For now, enjoy these heady pieces!
Perfect for Grecian weddings:
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First look: Neverwinter Nights expansion
Here are the first exclusive screenshots from Shadows of Undrentide, the upcoming expansion for BioWare's D&D role-playing game.
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Infogrames has released the first screenshots from Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide. The images show a fight against a group of stingers and antlike formians that takes place on the new desert tileset.
The expansion is being codeveloped by BioWare and FloodGate Entertainment, a new studio founded by a number of ex-Looking Glass designers. As the first of two planned expansions for Neverwinter Nights, Shadows of Undrentide is a new adventure designed for low- to mid-level characters, and it will require players to create a new character.
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Orchids Accessory Pouch
A convenient pouch to hold all of your essentials. It's the perfect bag to carry on its own or within another. Secure zipper closure keeps make-up, skin care, jewelry and small essentials safely in place and within reach. Carry this beauty around for that extra oomph.
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Even though I followed a career in business I've sometimes wondered what might have happened if I'd pursued other interests instead - interests which (at the time) didn't promise much in the way of financial rewards but which I imagine might have been more rewarding in other ways. Don't get me wrong - I'm good at what I do and generally enjoy it - but I always enjoyed most the science and biology classes in school and my hobbies still run along those lines. But I'm also a religious person, and while I don't see a problem with reconciling science and religion, they often seem at odds in today's highly polarized and contentious world, each sneeringly scornful and antagonistic toward the other. At least, that's how they're usually portrayed.
But this book is about much more than just the religious thoughts of some of history's greatest thinkers. It also profiles the world they lived in, from the superstitions and diseases the people faced to the unsanitary conditions that produced such maladies (and pity those who had access to the doctors!). And it quotes frequently from these geniuses and humanizes them (most were pretty ill-tempered) even though they had talents the rest of us can only dream of. It also seeks to convey - in layman's terms, thankfully - a basic understanding of the principles and truths discovered by these geniuses, and why they were so earth-changing.
In all honesty, physics was never a branch of science that I had much of an aptitude for and just reading Dolnick's discussions of time and distance and infinity made my head spin! But it's a very interesting read, particularly for those of us who aren't as familiar with the history of these men or their discoveries. Actually, (as Dolnick points out) we're more familiar with them than we might realize (from math classes) and this book excels not only in pointing out how momentous the discoveries were but also in presenting them in a way that those of us who struggled with physics and math in high school can follow (or almost follow!). The chapters are short and easy to read and understand, and surprisingly hard to put down. And neither side in the science vs. religion debate should find anything to be offended by here. (Note: I received this book from Amazon Vine.) | <urn:uuid:04c67d2c-0a59-4e46-a960-971d411534aa> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://bookworm-dad.blogspot.com/2011/02/struggling-to-decipher-gods-codebook.html | 2017-06-23T12:02:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320057.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623114917-20170623134917-00194.warc.gz | en | 0.985479 | 472 | [
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It’s A Question Of Balance ® radio show balances the intellectual with the creative, exploring whether we have more in common than divides us through thought-provoking conversations – out and about with people on the street on different topics, and in the studio with inspiring guests from the arts. Balance is not a compromise. Balance is truth distilled from many places creating cohesive understanding.
Topic: Out And About – Conversations on the Street about Questions That Matter: Do We Still Need Public Libraries?
We consider ‘Do we still need public libraries?’ In this age of the internet and e-books what is the role of the public library in society today? Thomas Jefferson in 1809 wrote “I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library in every county”. Funding of libraries is constantly under attack in budget cuts and has seriously declined in recent years even though 90% of Americans say the closing of their local public library would impact their community*. Publishers are ambivalent or even hostile about libraries fearing reduced book sales. With their core mission of promoting reading, however, do libraries create new readers (and thus new purchasers)? 82% of Americans believe libraries should provide free literacy programs to young children*, which may include traditional reading, writing and comprehension as well as technology and new media literacies. Is this a good use of public money or should parents be responsible for providing these skills? Many people have home access to the internet for research and e-books but does this replace the cultural and intellectual experience of the library and its role as a vibrant community center? Is the library more than a repository of books? Libraries now provide free access to the internet and computers – is this as fundamental a right to information as the original intent of libraries providing access to books (and thus knowledge) for all people regardless of socio-economic standing? What do you think? Local people share their views with me on the show’s Out and About feature.
*Pew Research Center.
Arts Interview: In-Depth Conversation with Azar Nafisi Begins at 53 Minutes
As my special guest from the arts I’m pleased to be interviewing Azar Nafisi, New York Times best-selling author, essayist and academic. Azar is perhaps best known for her book Reading Lolita in Tehran, which tells the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, Azar taught American literature to her students in Iran. It is an exploration of the transformative powers of fiction in a world of tyranny. Reading Lolita in Tehran has sold over a million copies, spent over 117 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, has been translated into 32 languages, and has won diverse literary awards. In 2006 Azar won a Persian Golden Lioness Award for literature, presented by the World Academy of Arts, Literature, and Media. She is the author of Anti-Terra: A Critical Study of Vladimir Nabokov’s Novels, a children’s book (with illustrator Sophie Benini Pietromarchi) BiBi and the Green Voice and Things I Have Been Silent About: Memories, a memoir about her mother. In addition, Azar has written for The New York Times, Washington Post, The New Republic and The Wall Street Journal. Azar Nafisi is a Visiting Professor and the executive director of Cultural Conversations at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC, where she is a professor of aesthetics, culture, and literature, and teaches courses on the relation between culture and politics. Her new book The Republic of Imagination has just been published. For more info visit http://azarnafisi.com
“It’s A Question of Balance ® so rare among radio talk shows, lets its subjects breathe. With her discursive style and pleasingly eccentric range of curiosity, host Ruth Copland each week treats her listeners to two hours of Whole Brain Radio.
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Neri Oxman Lecture: Everything is Connected
Join the University Lecture Committee, the Office of Research and Economic Development, Theme Semester, John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, and Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) for a lecture presented by Neri Oxman on the innovation in design.
Architect and designer Neri Oxman is the Sony Corporation Career Development Professor and Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, where she founded and directs the Mediated Matter research group. Her team conducts research at the intersection of computational design, digital fabrication, materials science and synthetic biology, and applies that knowledge to design across disciplines, media and scales—from the micro scale to the building scale. Oxman’s goal is to augment the relationship between built, natural, and biological environments by employing design principles inspired and engineered by Nature, and implementing them in the invention of novel design technologies. Areas of application include architectural design, product design, fashion design, as well as the design of new technologies for digital fabrication and construction.
Oxman coined the term, and pioneered the field of, Material Ecology, which considers computation, fabrication, and the material itself as inseparable dimensions of design. In this approach, products and buildings are biologically informed and digitally engineered by, with and for, Nature.
Oxman’s work is included in permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Centre Georges Pompidou, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna (MAK), the FRAC Collection and the Boston Museum of Science, amongst others including prestigious private collections.
This event is free and open to the public. Participants are encouraged to take five minutes to complete the Our Lives Online Theme Semester Survey to become eligible to receive prize giveaways this semester.
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Sarah Tortora in advance at [email protected].
Thursday, April 20 at 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU), Main Lounge
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Never imagined that I’d learn something from an anime. Then I’ve been learning stuff from anime for years. I learned from UBW that even though something may be borrowed or contraditory doesn’t mean that it isn’t worth fighting for
Anyway…let’s get to the review…
Hmm…I think that looks kinda sexual…
So after the opening which is pretty good music right there, we open to our main character Ryo starting to cook some dinner and she even explains how she does it.
Deven goes to get a sandwich and a juice
Sorry I got hungry. This anime gets me hungry.
So once she finishes this is what it looks like:
That looks delicious.
But at least the presentation is good! She’s sad because her grandma died and before then she was able to cook before then.
There are some guys that would enjoy that from their wives. I’m not one of them.
So Ryo gets a phone call from her Aunt Akira and she explains that she’ll be having Ryo’s cousin wants to stay with her on Saturdays so she can go to cram school on Sundays.
Ryo wonders if she can do it since she doesn’t believe in her cooking and she’s got to study for her exams as well.
Akira says not to worry. Why?
Now that will work! However she’s in eighth grade which means she’s about 14 years old or something like that.
Anyway we flash to Ryo outside walking around. She reflects on the fact that she accepted her cousin staying with her.
So as young, cute, and strangely well endowed for a 14 year old thinks someone grabs her.
Now that’s cute.
So after some introductions, Kirin gives Ryo a gift for letting her stay.
Hmm when I give gifts they tend not to be lettuce but that’s me.
So Kirin explains that she stole the cabbage from her house and then we have a flashback of Kirin’s home life.
She has a good life with good parents but her mama only cooks vegetables. As a lover of various meats like steak, chicken, and others I can’t take that! I’d run away.
So anyway Kirin says that she wants to go to specific arts high school in Tokyo. However her mom doesn’t want her to take the long commute to Tokyo on Sunday. However they get into a argument and at the end they compremise about it. She’ll be staying at Ryo on Saturdays and coming home on Sundays after School.
After Kirin explains you can see that Ryo’s a bit shaken. I get that. Ryo must be remembering her Grandma. For people that have lost parents or people close to them, seeing others fight with those people would kinda make them sad. After all they’d give anything to be with those people again.
So we move to Ryo and Kirin back home and Ryo made dinner.
I’m beginning to think that there’s going to be a lot of food in this anime…I should have eaten more before doing this review…
Looks like someone enjoys it.
I have a half empty stomach and you two are eating…
Now that’s a good thing to say. Food tastes better when you eat with others.
Ryo says that she hasn’t any confidence in her cooking lately and Kirin tries to get her to eat some. Ryo doesn’t want any but…
So Ryo takes a pic and look at this.
I’ve seen girls trying too hard have less sex appeal than that moment.
Oh good it isn’t just me thinking this.
Kirin then asks if she can make the hotpot without any help but then Ryo quips that she can do it when she doesn’t skip the carrots in the hotpot.
We switch over to Ryo washing the dishes, thinking about how happy that someone enjoyed her cooking and then she gets a call from Akira.
She asks about Kirin and she says that her mom wasn’t all against as she thought. She says Kirin might be lonely.
Akira starts to go on but a sneeze comes from the bathroom and Ryo runs to check on Kirin.
Next morning looks like Kirin’s gotten all sick. That’s what she gets for going around Tokyo on New Year’s in nothing but a light jacket.
She doesn’t look so good.
Yeah I’m American. Someone translate this into something I can understand! By my count she should close to freezing.
So the next day they go to cram school and Kirin is wearing one of those medical masks that Japanese people wear when they’re sick.
They met up with three of Ryo’s friends before class and then we flash to after school where Ryo wonders where Kirin is.
We’ve only seen a few scenes of Ryo’s grandma but you don’t need that many to know that she was kinda and loving old lady.
As the flashback ends, Kirin staggers out of the school feeling really sick. She’s so sick that she’ll have to stay the night at Ryo’s because it would be too bad for her to go back that night.
So what do with a cute little girl is sick?
Sounds good. Can you pass me a bowl?
She looks happy and after a few minutes we get this!
I’m finishing this review the next day after writing last night and I haven’t eaten breakfast yet…I’m hungry…
So after taking those first few noodles what do you think Kirin?
And then we get a close of the ramen…why do I torture myself like this…
So while Kirin’s getting ready for bed, Ryo makes some Inarisan or sushi wrapped in fried tofu but Kirin pops up and wants some too. However she can have any being sick and all.
That is definitely sexual looking.
So after that the two girls talk about their families. While Kirin doesn’t like her mother’s cooking, she sure does love her. As for Ryo, she still getting over losing her grandma and her parents work overseas.
However she’s happier because she has Kirin to keep her company.
Kirin even agrees when it’s time for bed.
Now that’s a lesson worth knowing. Most people today aren’t even eating with their families and just watching television. Maybe we should slow down and take the time to really spend time together.
During the night Kirin wakes up to go to the bathroom and when she remembers the Inarisan she goes to get it but remembers what Ryo said.
And with the next day comes around and Kirin goes home with a lunch made by Ryo.
That’s so sweet.
I’m really loving this anime. It’s so sweet and cute. This is definitely the cuteness anime of this season. I can’t wait for the next episode!
It’s hard to wait a week but at least next week, I’ll have eaten before I do this review!
Until next week with some more delicious food and cute girls,
Also check out my right hand man, SkyCorps on AnimeWithSky where I’m also a writer. We’ve got some good reviews from all the writers, Speculations, Light Novel Reviews, and Manga Chapters Reviews. What are you waiting for? Come and check us out! You won’t regret it! | <urn:uuid:66699319-7f3c-442b-9cc5-b2f05de2d1ff> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://animethief.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/lets-look-koufuku-graffiti-episode-1-food-is-better-with-family/ | 2017-06-25T01:59:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320386.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625013851-20170625033851-00355.warc.gz | en | 0.965558 | 1,628 | [
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Agnieszka Wjcik, CPA was founded in 2011, and is located at 26 Court St Ste 606a in Brooklyn. It employs 2 employees and is generating approximately $92,000.00 in annual revenue. Additional information is available by contacting this business at (718) 522-6277.
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Diarrhoea is a common condition in which the person frequently passes loose or watery stools. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that about 3.5 million deaths occur each year because of diarrhoea. Most of these deaths (about 80%) occur in children under the age of 5 years. Death and complication due to diarrhoea are common in children as a smaller amount of fluid loss in them leads to dehydration, compared to adults.
Types of diarrhoea: Based on duration diarrhoea can be categorized as acute or chronic diarrhoea.
Acute diarrhoea: When an episode of diarrhoea lasts less than 14 days, it is known as acute diarrhoea. Acute watery diarrhoea can cause dehydration (loss of electrolyte and water) and contribute to malnutrition. Acute diarrhoea is the leading cause of death in children in developing countries.
Death in acute diarrhoea is most often caused due to dehydration. Most cases of acute diarrhoea are caused due to infection with virus or bacteria or food poisoning. Acute diarrhoea in most cases is a self limiting illness which improves within a few days. Symptoms of diarrhoea usually subside in five to seven days in children and rarely last for more than two to four days in adults.
The time for which diarrhoea usually lasts varies depending on the type of infection. It may be as follows:
Chronic diarrhoea: If the diarrhoea lasts 14 days or more, it is known as chronic or persistent diarrhoea. An acute episode of diarrhoea may become chronic in about 20% of cases. Persistent diarrhoea increases the risk of malnutrition and may cause dehydration. Chronic diarrhoea may be caused by infection or it may be a symptom of some other disorder. Time period for which chronic diarrhoea may last depends on the underlying cause. Some common causes of chronic diarrhoea include:
Diarrhoea due to giardiasis (infection with the Giardia intestinalis parasite) may last several weeks. If persistent diarrhoea is caused because of irritable bowel syndrome, the person may have repeated episodes of diarrhoea. In cases with lactose intolerance or allergy to gluten (wheat protein), diarrhoea may start when the person is exposed to allergen.
Though all possible measures have been taken to ensure accuracy, reliability, timeliness and authenticity of the information; Onlymyhealth assumes no liability for the same. Using any information of this website is at the viewers’ risk. Please be informed that we are not responsible for advice/tips given by any third party in form of comments on article pages . If you have or suspect having any medical condition, kindly contact your professional health care provider. | <urn:uuid:fbce7522-9137-472c-839a-14bb1515a418> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.onlymyhealth.com/how-long-does-diarrhoea-last-12977618430 | 2017-06-26T15:35:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320823.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626152050-20170626172050-00515.warc.gz | en | 0.942739 | 570 | [
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“[M]y current boss (age 2) rivals any partner at a big law firm – he is demanding, prone to melodramatic outbursts, is not always reasonable, and gets crazy if lunch is late.”
Elizabeth S. (Cornell Law ’00) from San Gabriel, CA left the law in 2009 to become a full-time mom. “In general, I am using this time to figure out my next career,” says Elizabeth. “More specifically, I play with fire trucks, garbage trucks, dump trucks, crayons, more fire trucks, and building blocks, and enforce nap time and bedtime routines.”
Here’s what Elizabeth had to say about life after the law:
1. Life for a lawyer who leaves the law is…wide open. I left legal practice by degrees. After a public interest fellowship right out of law school, I worked for an internet company that provided legal services (such as 50-state surveys), and then did legal compliance work for several start-ups.
2. The hardest thing about being an ex-lawyer is…letting go of the career you prepared for. Although I do not wish to practice again, law school was a challenging and rewarding experience that is hard to dismiss.
3. The best thing about being an ex-lawyer is…the relief at leaving a profession that was never a good fit. I have many compassionate and peaceful friends who are successful lawyers, but what stood out for me when I worked as a lawyer was the antagonistic nature of legal work which was simply not for me.
4. The primary misconception about ex-lawyers is…working as a lawyer was a total mistake. I don’t regret law school – I feel like it was a second round of college with interesting professors, a great reading list (sometimes) and an incredible opportunity to collaborate with fellow students (which I did not get out of college). There were positives about my legal career, but the negatives far outweighed them.
5. The main different between my life now and my life as a lawyer is…. I worked part-time for about a year after having my son, and it was during that time I decided to leave the legal profession altogether. My start-up employer worked with me to make part-time work possible, which was great, but switching gears between home and work gave me the perspective I needed to see that my career wasn’t adding anything other than a paycheck. As a full-time mom, my current boss (age 2) rivals any partner at a big law firm – he is demanding, prone to melodramatic outbursts, is not always reasonable, and gets crazy if lunch is late. | <urn:uuid:ee6d9b5f-ad29-4ab2-8c1f-c8e21044e851> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://exlawyersclub.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/lawyer-turned-full-time-mom-on-the-post-law-life/ | 2017-06-26T15:46:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320823.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626152050-20170626172050-00515.warc.gz | en | 0.979342 | 570 | [
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Sometimes I am amazed when I repeatedly stumble upon similar profound thoughts in unexpected places. One recent example is my stumbling yesterday upon the song “Hatred (A Duet)” by the Kinks, and then today something that Frederick Buechner wrote in his novel “On the Road With the Archangel.” Continue reading
I heard this old classic by the Kinks the other day, so when I saw the special segment on the Oscar’s last night that honored all the famous persons affiliated with Hollywood this song naturally popped into my mind. It is undoubtedly one of the greatest rock songs ever.
I believe that the song beautifully deconstructs the romanticist hopes our culture places in what Robert Bellah called “expressive individualism,” by revealing the avoided but painfully obvious reality that the “Celluloid Heroes” that “never really die” are not real persons. But our cultural narrative of expressive individualism is strong, making our nihilistic faith almost necessary. Thus we buy into the hope that we can transcend death through such achievements. Our cultural narrative is quite persuasive, supported by a propagandizing consumerism wherein “Image is everything” and “Nike” rule. This ensures that our religious allegiance is almost a foregone conclusion. Continue reading
“Oh God how I love this land” (Mr. Flash)
Why does that sentiment sound familiar?
“Money & Corruption” and “I’m Your Man” are another great highlight of the Kink’s rock opera “Preservation, Act 2” wherein we see that the people were swindled by the political savvy of the deceitful and greedy Mr. Flash. Continue reading
I always loved The Kinks non-critically acclaimed “Preservation” albums, acts 1 and 2. The two songs “Flash’s Dream (The Final Elbow)” and “Flash’s Confession,” toward the end of “Act 2” were thematically and musically a high point. Ray’s singing is amazing as usual, and I believe he is not given the credit of being one of the greatest rock singers of all time. Brother Dave’s guitar is also wonderfully prominent in the “Confession.”
The video posted below by Gerard van Calcar was well done with some appropriate images, and thankfully he combined both songs parts together. Continue reading
“If life’s for livin’ what’s livin’ for…”
A simple question, or is it?
Do they know the answer in Oklahoma, USA?
“All life we work but work is a bore,
if life’s for livin’ what’s livin’ for?”
A beautiful song by the Kinks, that begs for an answer!
BMC @ Manifest Propensity, 2013
One of the greatest rock songs of all time, and as relevant as ever for the “21st Century Man.” I think the photos in the youtube video were very well done and assist in demonstrating the enduring political and societal relevance of the song for the “Western” world. The acoustic blues/rock music with the melancholic interlude in the middle have served the song well to prevent it sounding stereotypically time-bound.
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I’m not really sure how to read this, but it looks like things are (on the surface at least) looking pretty depressing. I have given away 78 copies so far, but each day it seems as if units moved are shrinking.
I suppose I could get very depressed right now, but I won’t. This Broken Earth saw 500 copies given away when I released it last year, and I guess this book is not one of those fad genre books, so it probably isn’t gathering steam like a post apocalyptic novel.
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OTTAWA—It has been the solemn gathering place where Canadians pay tribute to the sacrifice of tens of thousands of soldiers lost in conflicts overseas.
But on Tuesday, it’s expected that two soldiers in particular — Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent and Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, who were killed on the homefront — will be foremost in the minds of many who crowd around the National War Memorial to mark Remembrance Day.
The two soldiers were remembered by Princess Anne, who arrived in Ottawa on Monday for a two-day whirlwind visit that will include Tuesday’s ceremony.
“We especially remember the two servicemen, Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent and Corporal Nathan Cirillo, who were recently killed in the service of their beloved country, and we will always honour and cherish the sacrifice they made on behalf of us all,” the princess said after arriving at Rideau Hall Monday.
The still-raw memories of the two murdered soldiers are expected to draw tens of thousands of people to the monument for what’s expected to be the largest Remembrance Day ceremony in years.
In a week of jarring violence, Vincent was run down by a car on Oct. 20 in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. Two days later, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was fatally shot as he stood sentry duty at the war monument by an attacker who later stormed Parliament Hill, where he was killed by security staff. Police believe both men were deliberately targeted as soldiers.
That’s why a massive police presence will be keeping watch over Tuesday’s events in Ottawa.
“You’ll see a higher number of officers than in previous years and it’s just to make sure everything takes place in a safe manner,” said Const. Chuck Benoit, spokesperson for the Ottawa Police Service.
“We’re going to be vigilant for any suspicious activity. We also asking the public, if they do see something that is suspicious or out of the norm, to advise one of our officers,” Benoit said in an interview Monday.
Officials are bracing for a crowd considerably bigger than the up to 35,000 people who attended last year’s Remembrance Day event.
The dignitaries will include Princess Anne and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, Governor General David Johnston and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who interrupted a trip through Asia to be in the nation’s capital for the ceremony. He flew back from China on Monday, and Tuesday night will fly to New Zealand.
Princess Anne will help rededicate the soaring monument first dedicated by her grandparents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, on May 21, 1939, to honour the sacrifices of the First World War.
“As we stand on the verge of the monument’s rededication, I am mindful of this continuum of history and the privilege given us, as members of the Canadian Royal Family, to share such important moments with you all,” the princess said.
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The Importance of Choosing the Right Custom Web Design Firm
In the highly competitive Internet world, the marketing strategy of a web-business can be its life or its death. This is how important the role of website marketing is. With today's highly globalized Internet-centered world, organizations have all moved into the web and had their share of the unlimited opportunities provided by the Internet.
Many web-based companies, big and small, find it cost-efficient and most effective, not to mention safest, to hire a custom web design firm as a partner to take care of their ecommerce as well as marketing needs. The expertise and the experience needed to carry out a successful online marketing campaign can be too much to handle internally, which is why custom web design agencies are so valuable. Technical skills on Internet marketing, software development and integration, and Search Engine Optimization are all special skills that even on-staff marketing resources might not possess.
The custom web design firm (also termed as the interactive agency) you choose will have a large bearing on the outcome of your marketing strategies. That makes it equally important that you choose the best custom web design firm to carry out all your marketing objectives. Here are some guidelines to help you choose the right web design company.
1. Know your goals and how you want to achieve them
Before searching for a suitable custom web design firm, you should be clear on what your company needs. Remember that the web development firm will help you achieve your marketing goals. It is best for you, as the representative to identify them beforehand since it is you who knows your company best. Of course, the custom web design firm will be knowledgeable of what you might need as well, so it is best that you cooperate and collaborate.
For instance, what message would you like to convey in the advertisement? Do you only convey the most basic information of the company as in a brochure, or do you want a more comprehensive coverage of the products and services that you provide? You also need to find out whether you need Internet marketing methods such as SEO or Google Adwords. Would you like to gain new customers or foster stronger ties with existing customers? These are just some of the most basic aspects that you need to decide. The most basic information your web design firm will need in relation to the marketing plan will be as follows:
- The goal of the marketing project
- Your target audience
- Your anticipated budget
- The individuals or departments in the company responsible for the marketing project
- Whether the project needs to fit into a large custom marketing scheme
2. Find the custom web design firm to work with
There are a variety of ways to look for a web development firm to partner with. You can ask for referrals. Checking the web design firm's portfolio is a great idea in itself, but there are a few technical aspects which can never be really seen through a portfolio such as software development or database. That means it's very important that you use a combination of various approaches for you to find the web design firm which will really meet all your custom needs.
What do you look for in a custom web design firm? Here are some of the good signs which can tell you that you are dealing with a potentially reliable company:
A professional custom web design firm will have an impressive portfolio which is consistent in terms of quality. Looking through their sample works can give you an idea of what to expect out of their services. If you admire some portfolio pieces, do not hesitate to ask for the designer or the people behind the project and insist that you talk to them.
It is also a good sign if the web design company has already done projects with other companies related to your niche. The breadth of their experience as seen in their portfolio will determine how they will be able to meet your marketing needs. If you anticipate working with a custom web design firm for a long time, check to see if they do provide long-term services. Note also that the Internet now allows web design and marketing services to be provided all across the globe. It is great to work with an interactive firm which has worked with clients from different geographical locations so you can enjoy a more global approach in terms of marketing services.
It is very important to deal only with a custom web design firm which has enough technical competence and expertise to meet all your design and marketing needs. Reliable web design firms should have enough experience related to Internet marketing, ecommerce or e-business, Search Engine Optimization, software and database development and system integration, among many others. It is a good idea to check their knowledge on these aspects. A great way to start is through their website. A professional looking site which contains enough technical information may be a good sign.
The Design Process
The process that a reliable web design firm carries out should be clearly stated and intricately designed. The firm must spend time in understanding your goals through Needs Analysis and design your structure in a well-thought Information Architecture. Remember that with all the web design firms all over the Internet, it can be very difficult to find one who has the ability to efficiently handle all the visual and technical elements that are needed to make your web presence more felt by more people. Never waste your time and money on a custom web firm that simply can't give you what you need.
Other Services Offered
Most custom web design firms offer value-added services. Most offer product marketing, web site promotion, pay per click, email and newsletter campaigns and so on. You can also verify whether a custom website design firm provides software and database development if you need them. It is great to find out what more you can expect from a web development firm. The added services they offer will give you a better run for your money. Note though that a lot of web design firms out there tend to make false promises and attractive offers just to get you to sign with them. At this point, you should never be hasty when making decisions. Prioritize the most important services that you need first before checking out the bonus offers.
3. Request a proposal
Custom web design firms (at least the reliable ones) send proposals for you to evaluate before you make a deal with them. All you have to do is request one. You should specify that the proposal must include a general overview of your requirements (based on what you agreed upon) and the proposed solutions. This is a good way to determine if the custom web design firm indeed understood all your needs. It is also best to ask for a description of the development and implementation process along with price quotes for different aspects of the site marketing project. This way, you have a better understanding of what is expected of you by the web marketing firm.
4. Finalize the contract with a trusted web development company
Again, your custom web design firm will be responsible for creating your company's image on the World Wide Web and make your company be known to millions and millions of Internet users all over the world. This can potentially make or break your business. So, before finalizing a deal with a custom web design firm, make sure that the firm is 100% reliable. You need to carefully evaluate how quick and efficient they are in terms of services and communication.
Once you are satisfied with their proposal and their cost, you can then sign a deal with them. Your web design agreement should contain detailed information on the custom website design services that will be provided. It should include the number of pages, the scope of the design, maintenance, costs, payment and project completion. If you are also availing of marketing services, it should include the kind of Internet marketing solutions provided and the costs involved.
Your custom web design firm should be your partner in making your business more profitable. Hiring the services of web developers does not mean that you are fully entrusting everything into their hands. Remember that though you have outsourced this aspect of your business, it is still important that you work hand in hand with your web development firm. This way, you can make sure that all process and the solutions are all geared to the main goals and aspirations of the organization.
Many companies have achieved online success in a short span of time. This can be attributed to great site design, proper marketing, bundled with great products or services. You too can be one of them. Start now by choosing the right custom development firm to take care of all your e-business and online marketing needs.
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I thoroughly enjoyed my "YouTube experience". I've had friends send me YouTube links but had never before browsed YouTube files. I was amazed at the sheer number and variety of them!I think 'streaming' has become popular because it's terrific to be able to see the beginning of something, to get an idea of whether you want to continue listening or watching, without having to wait for the entire (sometimes large) file to download.I'm sure that I will continue to use YouTube. I don't have much interest in silly time wasting material however there seemed to be many files containing useful information. I find that watching something being done is often more instructive than wading through pages of instruction.... not to mention the fact that there were lots of puppy training videos that might come in handy one dayl
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Well, back to the foot doctor I went - I have a splint to wear at night which keeps my foot straight up and the tendon stretched. I also have a prescription for physical therapy - a lot of it mind you. The doctor is getting concerned because it should not still be this bad at times and if the PT doesn't work we will be back to the drawing board. I'm supposed to keep off it as much as possible so I've been knitting and watching movies in my spare time, I can still use my Elipse and my exercise bicycle which gets me moving. I'll look into the PT next week as I've been very busy lately. Work is picking up but as crazy as our office gets I still have the weekends to myself 99% of the time and rarely am out late - it's challenging and sometimes overwhelming but we work together well as a group. Working with kids is hilarious at all times, some of my clients notes include the Time Out Bench and detention, drama club and recess. I've started doing a bit of knitting for them when I have the time, their parents appreciate it more than they do (what kid wants a hat??) - but it's all good. Today David and I went to the Chinese Buffet before we went grocery shopping ,with David's new hours we are reduced to having one full day together a week so we try to do something fun since the other activity we do is grocery shopping on that day. I LOVE the Chinese buffet, I could live there forever and ever. I don't understand why Chinese buffets tend to include cheese & macaroni and creamed spinach but then again I've never been to China so maybe it is a local dish - who am I to say? We've been getting a little better at the grocery budget, it probably averages out to about $120 a week, I'd like to get it down further but the prices around here are not cheap. And we bring our lunches to work, both of us and we only eat out once a week so all things considered, I don't think it's that bad. The Yarn Budget is another story, I have slowed down due to Lack Of Space and I have to start knitting it up faster than I buy it I suppose. But they keep sending me stinkin emails that they have a sale!, clearance!, addi turbo bamboo needles! - it's like having a pipe sale at a crack house, how am I to resist?? | <urn:uuid:5f93ef3e-3c93-4122-8723-0a24028074ba> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://julia-yarnsandtalltails.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-foot.html | 2017-06-22T18:37:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319688.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622181155-20170622201155-00394.warc.gz | en | 0.985412 | 501 | [
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Grandma/Papa/Silas pictures...taken with Grandma's camera.
Silas loves the little Ernie boat that Patrick got for him.
Having a good time with Papa:
Silas' banjo becomes whatever instrument he wants it to be. Most often, it's a guitar, but is also a stand-up bass, a cello, or as seen in the picture below, a violin:
The boys, making Si's bulldozer costume:
Making Halloween cookies with Grandma:
And that's that!
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It seems remarkably easy to prevent an apocalypse. Don’t make killer robots, avoid neural implants, and keep invasive technology to a minimum. Easy. Of course, if there are three things people want, it’s robots to talk to, convenient neural tech, and ‘better’ body parts. The Surge tries to remind us of why these are all bad ideas, and while it misses the mark in many areas, there are plenty of things that it gets right. It’s no Dark Souls, but it’s a fun romp for those who don’t want to git gud to enjoy themselves.
You play as Warren, a down on his luck paraplegic hoping for a chance at being able to walk. Lo and behold, the future is full of many incredible new technologies, including power armour that drills into your skeleton. After being gifted with his new rig and neural implant at CREO HQ, something goes wrong, and Warren awakes to find himself in a junkyard. What could have possibly happened? Could it be that the neural implants were overloaded by an electrical surge and caused people to go insane like every other sci-fi story involving neural implants? Could CREO, the very same company who plans to save the planet, be the bad guys!? Well, yeah.
The story is nothing special. You’ll get your fill of the usual fear of technology sentiment, and that’s fine, but it’s nothing memorable. There are certainly a few good moments in there (especially the opening sequence), but this is a game that doesn’t try to push the envelope on the narrative front. Where the game places most of its focus is in the gameplay, but don’t expect Dark Souls level of brilliance here.
While The Surge offers a very Souls-ey experience, it doesn’t capture what made the Souls games so great. Combat, while slower paced, lacks intricacy and can be mastered in a couple of hours. The combat feels more like Dead Rising than anything else, providing a Dark Souls-lite approach to gameplay. It’s more approachable than a typical Souls game but with a skill ceiling as low as the standards of CREO’s OH&S department. The simple combat doesn’t make the game any easier to beat, though.
Despite the simple combat, The Surge is an unforgiving game. Take two or three hits and you’re dead, and that’s true for just about every enemy you encounter. The brutality of the game feels unnecessary, and I would have preferred a slightly easier experience considering how light the combat feels. Hell, the implants you have installed are unusable mid-swing, yet they will immediately take you back up to full health. The balance between difficulty and challenge feels wrong, save for some fantastic boss fights.
While combat can be a tedious experience most of the time, the boss fights almost make up for it. Each boss offers a well thought out battle with multiple phases, and once you figure out the trick of the fight, it feels amazing to pull it off. There are a few exceptions to this, like the first Big Sister’s blowtorch phase involving poorly shown AoE attacks, but these are still far and away the best parts of the game. Boss fights only crop up once every few hours, so the game’s main temptation to keep you coming back is sci-fi themed loot.
The Surge isn’t a game about getting better with the tools you have so much as getting more tools. New equipment is gained by hacking targeted limbs off enemies, and crafting works in much the same way. Some of the things you find are fantastic, ranging from iron pipes to chainsaw gloves, but the fundamental problem is that there’s no reason to find them. As you use a particular kind of weapon, you’ll gain a proficiency rank that increases damage done, so it’s almost a punishment to switch from a power hammer to a chain-sword. You can upgrade weapons too, so why would you ever switch from one to another? Because they look frakkin’ rad, that’s why.
If there’s one thing the game gets right, it’s the aesthetic. Everything from the power armour to the next robot boss looks like something from a sci-fi novelists’ wet dream. The bosses look especially good, making great use of the lighting to bring across the terrifying nature of these mad machines. There are instances where pop-in is an issue, though, and some armour sets look almost identical, but everything still looks freakin’ awesome. It’s hardly a future I’d want to be stuck in, but it’s one I like looking at. Apart from the costumes. Oh man…
Although The Surge is an enjoyable game, it’s no Dark Souls. Most of the combat is easy to game and lacks any real depth or precision, but man, I do love chopping off limbs to acquire some ‘better’ body parts. The narrative also doesn’t try to push the envelope and make you think deeply, quite unlike a useful neural implant. Most of the enemies will two-shot you for no good reason, too, and yet those killer robots just look so damn cool. Ultimately, The Surge is not a particularly engaging game, but it’s far from bad and is definitely worth a look. | <urn:uuid:e4ae4855-1015-4001-9fe7-8f0b14bb5ae4> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://gamecloud.net.au/review/the-surge | 2017-06-22T18:32:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319688.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622181155-20170622201155-00394.warc.gz | en | 0.944756 | 1,132 | [
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Yes I know it is difficult to compete with the big chain companies. Yes I know that they have a store relatively close by. Yes I know I am taking a risk.
Why is it that people feel the need to come in to the store to say those things to me. Would you like to know how I can survive and keep helping the community and providing people with better service and improve overall health? Instead of walking in the store to just ask me what I was thinking opening a pharmacy, maybe you should actually buy something. Maybe you should transfer your prescriptions to my pharmacy. I've had to hold my tongue so much because I just want to cuss out those people that don't understand why I would open a business. Thanks for coming in the critique the place and my decision and buy nothing and leave. You are a real asset to me.
When I worked at a chain, I was amazed by how much people complain about every little thing. I once had a customer that had a problem with our service every single time he came in, and for some reason, he came month after month after month to fill his scripts. I'm not sure the way his brain works, but in my brain, if I get bad service every month and every visit for 3 years, I'm probably going to start looking for a new pharmacy to start getting my prescriptions.
I'm a little biased towards small businesses. My father owns his own business and was able to put me and my 2 sisters through college with that business. So even before I started my business, I was always a supporter of the little guy whenever I got the chance. I have a ton of respect for all those that risked a big chunk of their money to open a store front and not know what the future will hold. | <urn:uuid:810272b9-2bb5-4445-ad78-35dfa01fd50a> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://pillpusher.blogspot.com/2013/06/buy-something.html | 2017-06-23T13:48:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320063.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623133357-20170623153357-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.989659 | 361 | [
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Fort Defense Saga: Pirates APKDownloads: 1222 Updated: December 17, 2014 Category : GamesStrategy
by:Gamer-Gamer Inc. Requires: Android 2.3 and upPrice:free
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Fort Defense Saga: Pirates Description
Fort Defense Saga can be played on Android device NOW!
Take part in an uncompromising clash repelling freebooters’ assaults. Watch out, the pirates may catch the tide for ruining your Empire’s fortress.
Each level brings new units and structures to help you fight the pirate menace.
Build towers, save money, learn spells, collect casks and keep the enemy away!
Fort Defense Saga is the unique pirate style Strategy Game. Now the battle rages on by land and by sea!
Highlighted features include but are not limited to:
– Challenge your defense with 80 levels in 4 maps
– Use powerful spells to struggle with menacing bosses
– Fight 19 special types of ships, each of them has unique skills
– Deploy 12 kinds of defense towers to protect your Empire
– Classic topic, Excellent graphic design and Funny level design
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- Requires: Android 2.3 and up
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- Fort Defense Saga: Pirates V1.1 Apk File [free] Date: 2014-12-17
What's New in Fort Defense Saga: Pirates
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Social media is the perfect platform for any artists to promote your work and may also be the key to becoming a successful photographer in this day and age. Galleries and art shows has now evolved to a daily digital gallery everyone can access on their mobile device with the touch of a button. Being an artist who mainly drew and painted since the age of four, I can honestly admit I developed a new love and interest for photography due to my fascination with Instagram. Los Angeles Aerial Photography
Living in Los Angeles and posting photos of many popular locations this iconic city is known for, resulted in instant recognition and a rapid growth in followers (interest). I first started off by taking landscape photographs of popular locations in Los Angeles, which include: famous beaches, local parks, and the ever so popular downtown L.A. My photos were shared on local television news shows, featured on Instagram accounts with huge followings, and won several Instagram photo contests. As a result of the continued success, I transformed this hobby into a passion.
One of the photo contests I won was sponsored by @Conquer_LA and @Anthelion.Helicopters , in which the prize was a free aerial photography helicopter flight over Downtown Los Angeles. @Conquer_LA is a very popular social media account on Instagram featuring the best street/landscape photos of Los Angeles. @Anthelion.Helicopters is a helicopter company that caters to photographer’s needs as far as service and ensuring you get the best views of Los Angeles. Prior to entering the contest, I had never been on a helicopter, but always planned on flying in a helicopter to take aerial photographs of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles is home to millions of diverse people making it a very competitive place to stand out and get noticed in any field you practice. As an artist, I find myself wanting to give my audience something different and produce visuals they’ve never seen from me before. After exploring and shooting places in Los Angeles for years, I found myself trying to access rooftops, trespassing into abandoned places and anywhere not too many people had access to.
Flying with Anthelion Helicopters gave me the perfect opportunity to capture Los Angeles from a new and spectacular perspective over the city. The view from a helicopter gives you a clear unobstructed overview of the entire city allowing the photographer to compose and frame shots freely. Alex, founder of Anthelion Helicopters piloted the aircraft during my flight. I was able to communicate with him throughout the entire flight, in which I directed him with the exact locations I wanted to visit to achieve the photographs I had in mind. Clear communication between Alex and I was key to this flying experience. We flew over the 6th Street Bridge, Dodger Stadium and hovered around Downtown. The breathtaking views from such a high altitude could not be compared to anything I have shot before.
I recommend not just photographers, but for everyone who enjoys exploring our city to experience Los Angeles from a helicopter. Their affordable aerial photography flight over Downtown L.A. costs $99 per person with a minimum of three people per flight. Besides the aerial photography, Anthelion Helicopters provide different tours throughout Los Angeles and also offer a flight training program. My favorite time to fly would be during the transition from Golden Hour to sunset, because the sky displays an array of vibrant warm colors gradually fading into cool hues.
After having such a great experience during my aerial photography flight I wanted to find a way to bring the same opportunity to you. With the help of Happening In DTLA, I was able to partner up with Anthelion Helicopters to put together a contest where you have the chance to win an aerial photography flight over Downtown LA. The official contest will start on November 21, 2016 and will end on November 27, 2016. Official rules will be announce on Instagram via @happeningindtla and @anthelion.helicopters. Therefore, be sure to follow both accounts for updates. | <urn:uuid:49ae439a-91e4-4329-a848-55ce91d8329b> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://happeningindtla.com/los-angeles-aerial-photography/ | 2017-06-25T03:36:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320395.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625032210-20170625052210-00635.warc.gz | en | 0.967498 | 816 | [
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$79.95 - 1100mAh CE4 Bundle Kit Includes:
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County of Maui
State of Hawai'i
Office of Economic Development
County of Maui
Hawai'i Pacific Export Council
Export and Trading Programs for Small Businesses
“We support the Maui Small Business Week program focused on helping small businesses succeed,” said Jenny Chan Takemoto, HPEC secretary. “HPEC programs are to educate and promote local business owners as they spread their wings to do business overseas, by reaching out across all Hawaiian islands, Guam and Samoa." “In 2016, the HPEC has new and exciting programs in partnership with DBEDT, United States Department of Commerce, Trade International and the Direct Export Council,” Takemoto continued. “The HPEC Export programs include professional assistance on how to obtain assistance and resources from federal, state and local agencies, overseas, and from DEC offices in Southern Region and Nevada.”
“Maui Small Business Week is a wonderful opportunity for our entrepreneurs and manufacturers to take advantage of key resources that will advance their business to the next level,” said Robbie Melton, HTDC executive director and CEO. “We are grateful that these resources are also being provided to our neighbor islands. HTDC is proud to support these events as it helps to drive the state’s 80-80 Initiative of creating 80,000 new jobs earning high wages for our kama‘āina.”
Hawai'i USA Federal Credit Union
Banking Services • #1 Small Business Lender
“I am so happy that we are able to help small business owners to grow and be successful, because small businesses make a big difference in our community,” said Sylvia Ho, business relationship officer and financial advisor at HawaiiUSA’s Kahului Branch.
Hawai'i Medical Service Association
An Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
"Serving small businesses has been our privilege at HMSA for more than 70 years. That’s why we're enthusiastic supporters of Maui Small Business Week," said HMSA Sales Account Manager Becki Victorine.
Serving small and medium-size companies of all industries in Hawai'i that are willing to invest time, money, and people to build and improve their business.
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Greek move against boats born of Netanyahu campaign for Greek financial rescue
Can you think of a more dismal day in recent months? Do you feel powerless? Do you know where the power lies? From Barak Ravid's report, "Netanyahu's big fat Greek wedding," in Haaretz (thanks to Noam Sheizaf at 972):
Many of Netanyahu and Papandreou’s talks in the past few months have revolved around the severe financial crisis Greece is currently suffering. Netanyahu recently decided to come to the aid of his newfound friend in a meeting of foreign ministers and European leaders, imploring them to provide Greece with financial aid.
“Netanyahu has become Greece’s lobbyist to the European Union,” an Israeli diplomat said.
In recent weeks, as efforts to stop the impending pro-Palestinian flotilla to Gaza came to a head, Netanyahu reaped the benefits of his investment in Israel-Greece ties and his gamble on the European country paid off.
He was able to create a viable alternative to relations with Turkey in several regards, showing Erdogan that Israel will not hesitate to become close to its greatest enemy in the West.
And when the moment of truth came, Greece followed through and ordered all Gaza-bound departures be blocked from leaving its ports. | <urn:uuid:6505a9f6-6036-4e89-b85a-cb428f6276de> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/07/01/18683468.php | 2017-06-25T03:39:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320395.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625032210-20170625052210-00635.warc.gz | en | 0.958845 | 304 | [
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Join Bill Weinman for an in-depth discussion in this video Reading with JOIN, part of PostgreSQL 9 with PHP Essential Training.
The Join keyword is used as a clause and select for retrieving data from two or…more tables in one query.…This can be a little bit confusing, so let's look at an example.…I'm going to select the world database. I am just going to go ahead and run this…query, and you'll see that I've got a list of country names and languages that…are spoken in those countries, and this is the query that produces that, and it…produces it from two different tables.…There is a countryLanguage table and there is a country table, so let's take a…look at these two tables.…We're just going to look at the first five rows from each of them, so the…countryLanguage table just has country code and the language, whether or not…it's the official language and the percent of the population that speaks that language.…
The country table on the other hand has a lot of stuff, but you'll notice…that it has a corresponding code and it's got the name of the country, and these…are the things that we're interested in.…So when we look at this Join query here, we see we are selecting From…
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- Creating a database library
- Indexing ID fields
- Storing numbers, text, and Boolean values
- Reading data
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- Using mathematical functions
- Concatenating strings
- Working with date and time functions and operators
- Defining CRUD
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In this section you will find a manner of resources and articles around dance careers, benefits of dance, health and safety, putting on events, and industry research/strategies, as well as stories about people within the industry.
Dance makes important contributions to our nation, economy, cultures, communities and individuals. In order to maintain this reputation it is key to work together and recognise/celebrate the positive outcomes of the art form.
It is important for people in the dance industry to be well informed on the ins and out of the industry. It is this knowledge which helps ensure sustainability and growth. This section provides information pertaining to the professional landscape of the industry (careers, contracts, funding, health and safety etc).
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Contract Law Cases - Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Mardon (1976)
- Mr Mardon bought a petrol station from Esso Petroleum Co Ltd., a gas station franchise.
- Esso Petroleum made an estimate for a throughput (maximum upper boundary of sales) of 200,000 gallons a year. This estimate would have meant Mardon would turned a profit from his investment.
- It later turned out that the local council made a change to planning permissions and that this mean the gas station would no longer receive customers from the main street entrance.
- Esso Petroleum knew this but didn't account for this change in their estimate for the throughput.
- In reality, the throughput was much lower and Mardon didn't turn a profit.
Court Ruling on Esso
- At first Mardon's claim for Esso's breach of warranty was rejected by Judge Lawson but Mardon appealed.
- Lord Denning MR however disagreed with Lawson J for the following reasons:
- Esso had specialist knowledge and due to this any statement it made about the station should be considered as facts.
- Esso had decided the rent for the petrol station by using the 200,000 gallon estimate. Knowing that this was too high meant that they were charging too much since the rent was proportional to the throughput estimate.
- People who have specialist knowledge and use that knowledge in an attempt to convince others to purchase or part with property have a duty to make sure their forecasts are reasonably accurate.
What Lord Denning MR said on the Case
- Now I would quite agree… it was not a warranty - in this sense - that it did not guarantee that the throughout would be 200,000 gallons. But, nevertheless, it was a forecast made by a party - Esso - who had special knowledge and skill. It was the yardstick… by which they measured the worth of a filling station... They knew the traffic in the town... the throughput of comparable stations... They were in a much better position than Mr Mardon to make a forecast.
- If the forecast turned out to be an unsound forecast such as no person of skill or experience should have made, there is a breach of warranty.
- "If a man, who has or professes to have special knowledge or skill, makes a representation by virtue thereof to another… with the intention of inducing him to enter into a contract with him, he is under a duty to use reasonable care to see that the representation is correct, and that the advice, information or opinion is reliable."
Lessons to Take Away from Esso v Mardon
- When you don't have all the information that another party does, you should ask them for any details you think are important and expect a reasonably accurate response back.
- Specialist knowledge holders have an obligation to make the effort of giving you reasonable estimates. If these estimates were important and you feel they were not even closely met, you may have a right to sue.
- To be completely safe and make court proceedings easier, include any vital conditions in a written contract so that it is clear what is expected or not. This warranty will provide you with concrete legal evidence if something goes wrong later.
This recent case (1976 is recent for cases of such importance!) shows how the courts put a legal obligation on those with specialist knowledge to provide accurate information when negotiating a contract.
One can look at this case as an exemplar of how the legal system punishes those with knowledge, putting extra strain on their already busy lives, but also of how uninformed people are looked after by the law.
What do you think?
Do you think the court's decision was the right one?
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When Apple first unveiled iOS 9 they made some claims about expanding Siri’s assistance level which I later found to be underwhelming. So even after WWDC 2016’s amazing claims about deep learning and intelligently learning user habits locally, I was still a little skeptical.
Software developers and authors have a lot in common. Both have chosen a way of life that involves pouring countless hours of toil into a project that may or may not pay off in the end. If you’re one of the best, or best known, your hard work will result in a windfall of cash. But that windfall will leave just as fast as it came, because only so many people will buy your book or program, and after they have you need to move on to your next project.
The draw of earning a living from doing what you love, whether it’s writing a book or writing a code is similar. It comes from seeing other people achieve spectacular success, from knowing that the opportunity out there is very real and attainable by anyone. But not everyone.
Third-Party Services Make the iPhone More Valuable, Not Less So
Writing for Recode, Jan Dawson again brings up his idea that Apple Inc. could be vulnerable to its iPhone customers one day seeing past Apple. His basic premise is that potential iPhone buyers would one day see software service providers as so integral to the experience that the device manufacturer starts to fade from relevance.
I couldn’t disagree with him more.
I never understood the crowd that didn’t like the Apple Watch home screen. With one push of the crown you have access to at least seventeen apps without having to swipe or search. I’m not buying the argument that the bubbles are too small to select because I use the home screen all the time and it's about as easy as typing on a 4” iPhone. That means your touch targets appear impossibly small but the software makes it amazingly accurate.
Cult of Mac is reporting that Apple Inc. was a formal objector to the Uniform Consortium’s inclusion of the rifle emoji. This brings up an interesting debate over just how much respect do emoji deserve. I think the battle between voice calling and text messaging was settled long ago and the masses overwhelmingly chose little bubbles. But are emoji an essential part of that package?
Apple’s WWDC keynote yesterday reaffirmed their commitment to privacy while at the same time expanding their iOS intelligent assistance capabilities. I couldn’t be happier about how it went. Expanding the iPhone’s capabilities via local intelligence and differential privacy was music to my ears. Why settle for one or the other when Apple can do both?
At today’s WWDC Apple gave everyone their first look at upcoming versions of their four main software platforms. There was no shortage of intelligent assistance on iOS and macOS to satisfy the tech nerds or messaging bling for seventeen-year-old girls with bionic thumbs. It was an impressive show that alleviated any fears that Apple is giving up in the great software arms race.
Apple’s recent announcement that it was opening up the Mac App Store to subscription pricing for developers raises a lot of interesting new possibilities. Phil Schiller’s news has kicked of a huge deal of buzz on what this might mean for pulling in new sales and customers for software developers.
But coming from my corporate background, I’m still trying to get my arms around why developers have such a romantic view of selling via the subscription method vs the old fashioned upfront pricing model. In theory, it doesn’t matter.
Prior to the 2015 WWDC there was a flurry of speculation that perhaps Apple was moving too fast with software development. The tech press opined that maybe Apple should dial down their torrid pace of software advancement and just focus on stability and bug fixes. Apple should give the people what they want. And the people don’t want new features, they want it to just work. Who needs new features? Just make 2015 a Snow Leopard year and kill bugs.
Now prior to the 2016 WWDC there is a flurry of speculation that perhaps Apple is moving too slow and getting left behind by Google. The tech punditry is wondering aloud if lumbering Apple can ever catch up with Google’s advances in machine learning. Give the people what they want, and this year they don’t want stability, they want new features and software bling. They want their phone to proactively assist them wherever they are. iOS needs new features.
Am I the only one who sees the humor in this? Was the 2015 crisis a false alarm and the current hysteria is accurate or vice versa? They can’t both be right. Or maybe a totally new meme will emerge after next week's WWDC. I suppose if Apple is getting criticized for both moving too fast and too slow, they are probably advancing at about the right pace.
I’m pretty bullish on the future of the Apple Watch. If I was working at Apple in an advisory role I’d be making the case that the Apple Watch should be Apple’s number one or close second priority and deserves an unlimited budget for research. As the vocal interface becomes more and more robust, the wearable will take on an increasing share of the workload from the smartphone. I was thinking about how to articulate why the watch is so important and what it brings that the iPhone can’t when it hit me. Advocates of the Amazon Echo have already made the case for me.
I’m sure making strategic decisions for Apple’s iPhone team has been pretty easy the last few years. The basic playbook would be something along the lines of, invest in as much capital assets as you can, and keep the margins at 40% or more. They didn’t need to worry about covering their fixed costs or unloading any unsold inventory because the customers just kept coming as fast as they could build those iPhones.
But eventually, whether it’s 2016 or 2020, those iPhone sales will plateau or even go down. The rules of the game will change for Apple and they will need to make some hard strategic decisions on the future. The new customers who were shopping for their first smart phone will start to dwindle at some point and Apple will need to focus their big guns on poaching Android customers.
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Figment will take you through a wonderfully bizarre world full of music, puzzles, and nightmares. As Dusty, you and your high-flying partner Piper must explore minds to eradicate… Continue reading
Tucked away on the show floor at PAX East 2017 was The Escapists 2 and Aven Colony, two games slated to lunch this year from Team 17.
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New York lawmakers are rushing to halt a 1% takeout increase on out-of-state pari-mutuel wagers before a law kicks in next week authorizing the higher levels.
The across-the-board takeout boost on Thoroughbred wagers made at OTBs and tracks in New York was part of a deal last year to try to keep New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg from shutting down the New York City Off-Track Betting Corp. State officials floated the higher takeout as a way to bring upward of $5 million in additional revenue for the city in return for NYCOTB remaining solvent.
But in June, the state Legislature authorized the state to take over NYCOTB from the city. However, the higher takeout provision was not struck from the final piece of legislation, and now the Legislature is pushing to rescind the increase before it takes effect March 15.
Officials say it could create chaos for the OTBs and tracks with the out-of-state venues, upsetting existing simulcast contracts and possibly setting off retaliation against New York races simulcast in other states.
The Assembly passed the measure March 2 to keep the takeout levels at their current levels and the legislation has now moved through two Senate committees and is heading to the floor for a full vote.
The looming takeout measure, if not repealed, would boost levies across the board, depending on the tracks and types of wagers. For example, the takeout would go from 15% to 16% on on-track super exotic bets.
"The proposal to increase the takeout was part of a package of suggested actions constructed to prevent New York City OTB from closing down. The package was not enacted. Accordingly, these provisions are no longer necessary,’’ states a memo by the bill’s sponsor, Assembly Racing Committee Chairman Gary Pretlow, accompanying the Assembly bill. | <urn:uuid:dea35913-c4b8-40a0-b074-6f74c682bd28> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/149801/ny-lawmakers-trying-to-halt-takeout-rise | 2017-06-26T19:43:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320863.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626184725-20170626204725-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.953904 | 384 | [
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Playing pranks on April 1 isn’t such a big deal for me, although I do know of some people who do it religiously year after year. It gets tough to top each effort, they say, and sometimes some people don’t get sucked in anymore.
Anyway, I love the first of April for a whole lot of other reasons. It’s my birth month… and also my sister, my cousin Lee, my uncle Athan, my aunt Tata, my late grandma Edith’s birthday as well (to name a few).
April also signals the other month for the year that has a long holiday, thanks to Holy Week (December to January is by far the longest). As a student I love April because it means the start of summer, the break from the tedious student life (bah, who am I kidding? I loved school, especially college). It also meant the trip home to Zambales (or to other places where there are relatives) for hanging out with my siblings, days at the beach, green mangoes and bagoong, and home cooked meals.
I add this to my reasons why April is a good month. Today, I received the pocket Moleskine reporter that I won from Avalon.ph’s 10th anniversary contest. I knew I had a slim chance of getting the autographed Neil Gaiman book, but I felt I had a fair shot at winning the notebook. Here is my entry, which I had fun writing. Thanks to Jasper, the brains behind Avalon.ph (a great site, I tell you).
Saturday is my talent determination test at UP Diliman. It’ll let me know if I am worthy to enter the hallowed halls of the College of Fine Arts. If I don’t pass this… well, I’m heading off to the hills of Baguio and see if I can get in there. Half serious on that.
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Design on a Dime NYC will kick off with an opening-night reception on April 27 at Metropolitan Pavilion, where attendees will find 60-plus vignettes by celebrated designers to benefit Housing Works, the nonprofit organization committed to fighting the crises of AIDS and homelessness.
George Oliphant, host of the TV show George to the Rescue, is serving as co chair at this year’s event, alongside Michael Boodro of Elle Decor. Oliphant first got involved with Design on a Dime three years ago, and, he says, “quickly realized that I’d been missing out on the most amazing celebration of design revelry New York has to offer, with a healthy dose of charitable giving to boot.”
As co-chair, Oliphant says, “I am responsible for spreading word long and far about DOAD, and even more importantly, making sure that my most generous friends come and basically steal unbelievable items for ridiculously low prices, all in support of Housing Works’ mission to stomp out HIV/AIDS and help those who are affected by it.”
Among this year’s designers are Azie Shelhorse, who will create an immigration-themed vignette (complete with an African headdress, a Turkish suzani textile and a Mexican mirror), and Paris Kostopoulos of Paris K Interior Design, who is designing a vignette titled “Faith,” in tribute to the late George Michael.
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According to the headline in the Seattle Times, the “Airport link makes Sound Transit line the train to somewhere“…
The airport line is not expected to have a huge impact on near-term ridership, but routing to such a logical place squelches earlier complaints that light rail is the train to nowhere.
But… Central Link stops in my neighborhood. Huh. I guess that means I live “nowhere.”
As do all the other residents near stations in Tukwila, Rainier Beach, Rainier Valley, Columbia City, Mt. Baker and Beacon Hill.
At least, in the eyes of Times editors.
I wonder if that attitude might help explain how little the Times seems to care about issues concerning folks here in South Seattle, and how dismissive the Times editorial board is about the values, priorities and preferences of voters around here? Hmm.
Um… one more thing:
South Tukwila, where the current route ends, was an embarrassment to transit planners who could not afford and design an airport station in time for the opening of the first segment.
Actually, most of the delay in the airport station was due to the fact that Sound Transit couldn’t start designing and engineering it until after the Port of Seattle had finalized its ever-changing airport expansion plans. The fact that this segment is opening so soon — on time and on budget — is a credit to ST, not an embarrassment. | <urn:uuid:6f360dd5-e524-4b89-ab23-2dd7774b84e2> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://horsesass.org/nowhere-man/ | 2017-06-27T13:49:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321426.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627134151-20170627154151-00155.warc.gz | en | 0.94913 | 297 | [
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Amy has long legs and a tight body to match. She knows she has all the right assets for a music video with her blond hair and amazing ass. That’s why this 18-year-old beauty decided that this video audition would be perfect for her talents and look. When she arrives its not what she expected. She didn’t realize that she would be expected to show all her goods at once. She’s a bit unsure at first, but then starts to get into it, twerking her amazing ass for the camera. She knows she has a bodacious booty and exactly how to work it to make it in the video. She also knows she has other skills that she can use to prove exactly how much she wants to be in the video. | <urn:uuid:f00f2a8c-f7bf-4d60-8981-1f96fe8e5b03> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://netvideogirls.net/blonde-at-interracial-video-casting-gets-naughty/ | 2017-06-27T14:02:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321426.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627134151-20170627154151-00155.warc.gz | en | 0.988504 | 159 | [
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“We are educating people out of their creative capacities. Picasso one said that all children are born artists. The problem is to remain an artist as we grow up.”
I’ve seen this video probably ten times, and each time something new stands out to me. This time, the idea of a student as a kind of intellectual artist was interesting.
Robinson uses the example of an artist in a literal sense, alluding to Picasso and the young artist in art class in schools. But if you consider every student a budding thinker, the intellect itself becomes the most primal art.
The ideas that originate in a budding thinker’s mind is then manifested through art, sports, music, writing, and so on. But by endlessly conditioning students to adhere and comply rather than blossom and take chances, creativity is stunted.
And not just in the context of a child’s insistence on painting “unknowable things,” but the perhaps the most primal urge of all.
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Rihanna Hospitalized in Sweden, Cancels Show
The singer tweeted an apology to her fans in Malmo, but is expected to resume performances on Nov. 1.
Rihanna is down for the count, but recovering in a Swedish hospital.
The singer tweeted her apologies to fans in Malmo, Sweden, where she was forced to cancel a performance on Oct. 31. “Sorry Malmo!” she wrote, attaching a photograph of an IV drip inserted into her forearm -- the perfect Halloween accessory.
Rihanna's rep tells The Hollywood Reporter that only one show has been cancelled, and the singer is expected to resume performances on Nov. 1 in Stockholm. The pop star released her own statement, blaming the flu for her hospital visit.
“I am so sorry to everyone who was coming out to my show in Malmo Sweden. I was so excited to perform for you all,” she wrote. “It would have been a great time… so much better than being sick with the flu, ugh! I’m really disappointed I couldn’t be there.” | <urn:uuid:781979c9-6ece-48ae-b07b-1679acf38139> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rihanna-hospitalized-sweden-cancel-show-255372 | 2017-06-28T10:08:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323588.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628083538-20170628103538-00235.warc.gz | en | 0.971626 | 231 | [
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- I Just Want To Ride For Fun! Make Trail/Pleasure Riding safe and happy, and help with confidence!
- Groundwork – for Manners, Obedience, Control and Safety
- Energy Work – What energy is, how it affects the horse, and how you can use energy to your advantage in training. These classes are full days, and include individual work with the human first, then on to groundwork with your horse, and finally under-saddle work. One of BC’s finest Equine Energy & Body workers, Guliz Unlu also travels and works with April in this clinic
- Equine Agility Horsemanship – learn how to get your horse’s mind and body fit for the saddle work ahead. Teach him how to use his feet, his brain, and how to think problems through without getting emotional. These skills learned on the ground will transfer to saddle. Agility is also just plain fun, and another way to enjoy your horse, bond, and help him become healthier.
All individual lessons are discussed with the student before the clinic. April ensures that every participant receives the instruction they need to get the results they want!
Hosting a Clinic – Private
Host a clinic at your facility, where the Host may attend at no charge. There is a fee to audit, and the host receives all audit fees. Hosts may use or sell their clinic space.
Hosting a Clinic – Make Additional Funds For Your Club!
When you host a clinic at your club grounds your club receives all the audit fees.
Most clubs charge $20/day per person or $30 for the weekend (2 days).
If you only have twenty weekend audits, you receive $600 for your club!
Judging: April is available for judging throughout Western Canada
Types Of Riding Clinics
1, 2 or more days, 8 hour days, individual instruction.
You may book one hour privates, half hour privates, 1 1/2 or 2 hour groups.
Demo and Group Instruction
April often customizes her clinics to accommodate the needs of the participants and auditors:
- 1 1/2 hours of specific instruction.
- Mix & Match: specified instruction & privates.
- Problem Horses – April works on one horse at a time, so that auditors and participants can take the information home and work on their horses.
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In a series of bizarre events that read like a half-baked plot arc from a dystopian novel, Kim Kardashian was forced to leave a Viennese ball early — abandoning the 81-year-old Austrian man who had paid her and her mother, Kris Jenner, $500,000 to attend the event with him.
Kris and Kim graced the Vienna Opera Ball upon the arms of Austrian entrepreneur Richard Lugner, a man whose Wikipedia page is approx. one-third devoted to famous women whom he has paid to appear at this ball with him through the ages (fun trivia: he was going to take Lindsay Lohan in 2010 but she missed her flight because she is Lindsay Lohan).
From there, circumstances only got stranger and more horrible: Lugner allegedly grabbed Kim several times and attempted to lose her security detail so he could be alone with her. Later in the night, one of the ball's staffers apparently approached Kim IN BLACKFACE and PRETENDED TO BE KANYE WEST. When she rebuffed him, he reportedly approached her again and said that he wanted the orchestra to play "Ni**as in Vienna."
Kim left early, because duh. Later, Lunger told press that she was "annoying" for not "sticking to the program." WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE ENTIRE WORLD? (Apparently, some of it was filmed for Keeping Up With the Kardashians, so you have that to look forward in the not-so-distant future.) More pix at the link. [Daily Mail]
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are probably engaged; Mila was spotted wearing a diamond ring on "that finger" (my favorite thing is when tabloids say "THAT finger" because it sounds very disparaging, like they're talking about a diseased, crooked finger that smells like a swamp — you know, THAT fuckin' swamp-finger). Anyway, they've been dating for two years and they're very cute and in love and the world rejoices for them. [E!]
Lady Gaga wanted to perform inside of a six-story Doritos vending machine at SXSW, but the Man kept her down, citing "safety concerns." Goddamn it. [MTV]
- Miley Cyrus flaunts her uvula in a video selfie of herself in concert performing "Jolene" that ends with her nearly devouring her iPhone. [NY Daily News]
- The Allah pendant that sparked a Change.org petition has been scrubbed from Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" video. [NY Daily News]
- The complaints sent to the FCC after Beyoncé's Grammy performance of "Drunk In Love" have been unearthed, and they are beautiful: "I want to ask Beyonce if it's okay if I stick my butt in her childs (sic) face like she did mine?" [NY Daily News]
- As part of his never-ending quest to make his body closely resemble a sheet of looseleaf doodled upon by a not particularly artistically-inclined high school student, Harry Styles has gotten another kinda misshapen tattoo. [Hello!]
- Matt Damon knows all the words to every song in The Little Mermaid "because I have four daughters, understand." Matt, there is no shame in that. [Just Jared]
- Rihanna rocked this season's hottest accessory (one's own nipples) in Paris and looked great. [ONTD; warning, nipples ahead]
- Lupita Nyong'o spent the last Oscars in her pajamas and will spend this one being a fashion icon and probably getting showered with awards. I spent last Oscars eating nachos with a fork and will spend this Oscars eating nachos with a fork. [PopSugar]
- BREAKING: Leonardo DiCaprio likes kale. [PopSugar]
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At Wednesday's city council meeting they will be approving the sale of a two-acre site consisting of vacant land and a parking lot at Paulin Street and Pacific Avenue. It's just outside Chinatown and a block from where the Peace Tower housing complex is being built.
In 2009 Habitat for Humanity conditionally purchased the city-owned property for $1 with the intent to develop it but late last year decided that they would not proceed and the land was returned. In January the Winnipeg Housing Rehabilitation Corporation, with the blessing of the Centennial Community Improvement Association, made a play for it and an agreement was reached to purchase it for $1.
The WHRC plans to develop "...a medium to high density, mixed income, mixed tenure housing project of approximately 100 units of which half will be rental, half will be condo." The one catch is that a portion of the parking lot is dedicated to police department parking and cannot be developed until they move to the new Public Safety Building on Graham Avenue.
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"Jaime's China" is a weekly column about Chinese society and politics. Jaime FlorCruz has lived and worked in China since 1971. He studied Chinese history at Peking University (1977-81) and served as TIME Magazine's Beijing correspondent and bureau chief (1982-2000).
Beijing (CNN) -- What does it take to count more than one billion people in China? Six-and-a-half million census-takers going door to door, visiting more than 400 million households nationwide for several days.
The world's most populous nation is conducting its sixth national census after a gap of 10 years (the last one showed a population of 1.29 billion). The counting is done, but the numbers need to be collated and crunched. Results won't be announced until April 2011, but there is already much anticipation.
"The information gathered is vital for China's economic and social policies," Vice Premier Li Keqiang told state-run Xinhua news agency. "Only by getting a clear picture of the population could we better plan and provide people with equal public services in education, health care, housing and pension."
The Chinese word for population combines the pictographic characters for ren (person) and kou (mouth). In this sense, the current census will be counting mouths, not heads, consistent with the traditional Chinese notion that despite the country's economic boom, the main challenge remains how to feed its huge population.
Who will feed China is a recurring issue since the population is aging. The country's population policies of the last three decades -- particularly the one-child policy --- means the majority of China's citizens are now in their prime working years.
By 2050, there will be only 1.6 working-age adults for every person aged 60 and above, creating a heavy dependency ratio.
The census will record a person's age, sex, ethnic origin, occupation, nationality and other data. For the first time, foreigners will be included. The government has allocated a budget of $104 million to the process --- which hasn't been easy.
"Counting people is difficult," said Gu Yanzhou, deputy director of Beijing's city census team. "Counting people on the move is even more difficult."
"Even in terms of buildings, there are changes every day," Gu added. "Buildings are torn down, new ones go up. People move. We must check buildings and maps, so we don't miss counting people."
China is in the middle of the greatest move toward urbanization the world has seen -- more than 10 million move from rural areas to cities each year.
Some 47 percent of the population now live in towns and cities as rural migrants -- called liudong renkou (floating population) -- who continue to move out of villages. People have become richer, own private property and are generally more wary about government intrusion into their lives.
"People have little knowledge about the census and often link it to vacancy rates and property taxes. Another reason is that people feel unsafe letting strangers in for fear of being swindled," Yu Xuming, director of the Shanghai census office, told local media.
Beijing's Gu Yanzhou attributes such occasional reluctance to "misunderstanding."
"Some residents thought the census count might be used to punish them, say, if a migrant family has more than one child," Gu said, noting that information given to census-takers will not be used as the basis for any form of punishment.
China has tried to limit population growth by enforcing birth-control rules for the past thirty years, limiting most couples to one child. The government says that without the policy, there would be some 300 million more people.
But many families, especially in the countryside, have extra children and have failed to report the births. Couples who have violated the strict rules may be not willing to admit this.
When China carried out the 1982 census, the first after Chairman Mao Zedong died in 1976, people were "very cooperative," said Aprodicio Laquian, representative of the United Nations Population Fund in China during the 1980s. "They lined up patiently to be counted. Now, I hear some residents are hesitant to open their doors."
Census officials remain confident that census-takers -- mostly students and government functionaries -- will manage to hold errors to an acceptable level.
"It's inevitable that some people will slip the tally," said Gu. "Our aim is keep it to below 0.5% -- that means missing at most five in 1,000."
Just how staggering is the notion of having a billion-plus population? When I first reported on China's census in 1982, its first since 1964, the TIME Magazine story we wrote made a rough calculation.
With the population then standing at 1.008 billion, our story reckoned that, if all the Chinese stood four abreast, in rows six feet (1.8 meters) apart, and marched through Beijing's Gate of Heavenly Peace at a steady pace of 3 miles an hour (5 kph), it would take more than 10 years for them to pass.
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U.S. Attorney Edward Tarver said Thursday his office has already started implementing efforts to meet the Obama Administration’s view that mass incarceration alone will not solve the nation’s violent crime problem.
“I don’t think it will be a huge change in the way we do business in the Southern District of Georgia,” Tarver said of announcements of a major shift in federal sentencing policies.
On Monday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told the American Bar Association meeting in San Francisco that changes were needed in federal sentencing policies, targeting long mandatory minimum terms for low-level drug offenders.
“We will start by fundamentally rethinking the notion of mandatory minimum sentences for drug-related crimes,” he said.
His comments came as federal prison inmate populations have swelled to more than 219,000, nearly 40 percent above capacity — an almost 800 percent growth since 1980.
As a first step, Holder said he was instructing federal prosecutors to stop charging many non-violent drug defendants with charges that carry mandatory minimum sentences.
Tarver, who has been U.S. attorney here since late 2009, said he also plans to work with Congress to give judges more discretion in sentencing. U.S. attorneys were informed of Holder’s policy shift in advance of the bar meeting.
He said Holder’s views were anticipated given the administration’s position that the country could not solve the violent crime problem by locking everybody up.
He said prosecutors in his office are already at work to comply with Holder’s goals, in some cases leaving prosecutions to state courts, adding it is within his discretion on what charges his assistants bring.
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Oxford United have stepped in to try to tempt Ryan Taylor away from Fratton Park.
The News understands Michael Appleton has tabled an offer to the striker who is out of contract this summer.
Taylor has been in fine form during the second half of the campaign, with 10 goals so far.
However, a groin injury forced him off in the first half of Tuesday night’s 1-0 defeat at Stevenage.
Regardless, the 26-year-old has been a rare positive in a hugely disappointing campaign and many fans would like him to remain with the Blues.
Taylor has already admitted his desire to stay, however the club have previously stated there will be no fresh deals until the season’s end.
Andy Awford had made no secret of wanting to retain the former Rotherham striker for next year and beyond, although his exit as boss has now changed that situation.
Whoever next arrives in the Fratton Park hot-seat will be required to make decisions over the futures of 11 out-of-contract players, including Taylor.
It remains to be seen whether the incoming manager will share the same views as the former regime over those players.
Others whose deals expire this summer include Dan Butler, Adam Webster, Nicky Shorey, Wes Fogden, Ben Chorley, Tom Craddock, Joe Devera and Danny East.
In addition, first-year pros Bradley Tarbuck and Ben Close are bidding to remain at the club.
Taylor, though, is already attracting interest having blazed seven goals in his last 13 matches.
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I like to listen to music while I work. It can be motivational or calm me down if it’s a stressful day. Almost every mobile device on the market these days gives you the ability to listen to all kinds of music wherever you are. The only problem is the speakers on most tablets, laptops, and smartphones were never intended to blow your hair back. Instead of enjoying music wirelessly, we often end up tethered to our devices by a pair of headphones.
For the iPad and iPhone, the problem of low-output speakers is compounded by the fact that the speakers are pointed in the opposite direction from your ears. That’s where the Sounder comes in. This natural amplifier captures and redirects the sound toward the listener, all without wires or need for a power source.
The Sounder is both a genius idea and a labor of love. Created by New York-based designer Howard Fink, the device at first appears to be nothing more than a simple block of wood. The secret to its amplification power comes from the special slot designed to hold your iPad at the perfect angle. When you hit play on your favorite album, sound from the iPad speaker is directed into the horn, an inverted semicircle hollowed out into the Sounder’s base.
“You can compare it to the human voice box,” writes Fink on the device’s Kickstarter page. “iPad speakers are the vocal cords, the narrow slot feeding the horn is the throat. The horn is the mouth, and the rounded opening the lips. The Sounder has an uncanny fidelity when projecting the human voice.” Although it was designed with the iPad in mind, the device also works well with the iPhone 4/4S and various e-readers.
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School is about a month in and my little big guy has been doing great. We’ve had a rough day or two. You know those days that every little boy has…but for the most part, third grade has gotten off to a great start. He’s had to adjust to a lot in the past year with moving and becoming a big brother again, so I’m glad that he’s taking everything in stride. He’s my little superhero. He got an award last week at school for helping other students. Perfect timing! Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier was released September 9th on DVD; I figured this was a perfect time to treat him!
If your little superhero (or big superhero) likes Captain America as much as mine, swing by Walmart and pick up the movie! When I was there I also grabbed some M&M’S® so we could make something sweet together to enjoy with our movie.
M&M’S® Chocolate Cheesecake Minis
6 Graham Crackers
1/2 stick of butter, melted
1 box of Chocolate Cake mix
1 stick of butter, softened
8 oz. Cream Cheese, softened
2 c. Powdered Sugar
12 oz. Bag of M&M’S® Chocolate Candies
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a food processor, pulse Graham crackers until crumbly
3. In a bowl mix the crumbs with butter and press firmly into a prepared baking dish.
4. Mix Cake mix, egg, and butter together until combined and makes a “dough”. Press mixture into pan on top of Graham cracker layer evenly.
5. Bake for 15 minutes.
6. Meanwhile mix cheesecake layer in a bowl until smooth. Pour on top of cake and return to the oven for 20 minutes, until top is firm and set.
7. Let cool completely and top with crushed M&M’S. Refrigerate for at least one hour before serving. Enjoy!
You can use a knife to cut them into bars, I used a biscuit cutter to cut mine into rounds.
For more M&M’S and superhero fun visit the social hub at www.heroeseatmms.com! You can get a cool coupon and and so take neat quizzes on what M&M you are. I was Ms. Brown! I know right? 😉 That’s not all! Enter below to win a Walmart gift card!
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2005 Pirramimma Stock's Hill Shiraz
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- ABV 14%
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So I want now to focus on learning to sing the Office. This part is a bit of an overview. Then next part will go through some more specific strategies to actually tackle the task, including saying a bit about the different types of chant used in the Office.
Singing is the Benedictine tradition
Private recitation is a much later tradition invented by other religious orders; by contrast many Benedictine communities (used to) pride themselves on the maintenance of the choral office without a break across decades or even centuries.
'Singing' the Office doesn't necessarily mean anything elaborate - virtually every traditional monastery sings at least some of the hours most days 'recto tono', at least for the psalms.
But in the Office, the musical settings are used to indicate the level of the feast, the season, the importance of the particular hour and much more. The different chant tones used help add variety to the Office, which is important given the repetitiousness of the cycle of psalms, and also help give a subtlely different flavour and perhaps interpretation to to the texts set for each day.
In order to sing the Office you need to....
There are basically three requisites for singing the Office which I'll talk a little more about below:
- being able to sing - St Benedict of course specifies that only those whose voices are edifying should sing in choir. But in the privacy of your own home, if you croak like a frog, only God will know, and will perhaps appreciate you making the effort in any case...;
- being able to read chant 'square notation' - this is actually much easier than conventional modern musical notation to learn, and there are some good resources around to help you on this which I'll point to below;
- access to the chant books. There is actually a fair amount of chant available online that you can use to at least get yourself started. I'll say a little about the books to buy below.
To be able to sing chant, you need to be able to sing. I'm personally in the camp that claims that even the most tone deaf person can actually to be taught to sing with a bit of work. Because most people are not really deaf - they just don't know how to reproduce what they hear. And that's mostly because they have never been taught to really listen properly.
And since listening is a very Benedictine virtue, it is a good one to learn! If you fear you might be in this category (and even if you aren't), record yourself to check how you are going. Even monks in some of the traditional monasteries regularly do this as a cross-check on themselves, as we often hear what we want to , not what we are really doing! The key point is to know what you are aiming at sound-wise, and keep testing how far off you are from achieving it.
So one of the the best ways to learn to sing the Office is to listen to examples of it being sung over and over again until you have it in your head and can imitate it. I've posted a few youtube and other chant links as we've gone along in this series, and I'll point you to a few more in the next part of this series.
But google key texts to see what you can find on the net, and look out for CDs. One of the most useful starting points in terms of CD's is Solesmes' recording of Sunday Vespers and Compline - it is a slightly novus ordoized version of the Office, and the (Latin) psalm translation is a different one to that used in the Diurnal, but it is still an excellent reference point. I've put an Amazon link in the sidebar to it in case you are interested in listening to some of it (and if you order it via the link, Amazon rewards me a little too for all my hard work!).
Be aware though that there are some very different singing styles around (and I'll talk a little more on that in the next part) - personally I prefer the more robust sound of the Norcia monks for example, to Solesmes, but it is all a matter of personal taste.
Reading square notation
In terms of learning to read chant notation, particularly if you can already read conventional notation, a useful starting point is The Idiot's Guide to Square Notes by Oost-Zinner and Tucker. If you don't find that's enough, there are a number of books around aimed at teaching it more systematically, often accompanied by CDs. Readers might be able to recommend one or other of them!
The chant books
The basic book you need for the day hours is the Antiphonale Monasticum. Make sure you buy the 1934 edition with updates through the 1950s if possible (so you have later feasts) - do not buy the most recent Solesmes edition of this book (which comes in three parts) as the texts do not match those in the Diurnal. You can either buy it new through the Monastery of Le Barroux and other places, or secondhand.
There are however, a few supplementary books that are worth thinking about, and a few other possible starting places. As the name suggests, the Antiphonale contains all of the antiphons, along with the tones for the hymns and the other chants used in the Office. However, it doesn't write out all the variants for the psalms and hymns in full, and that makes for hard work and lots of mistakes at first.
So to make it easier for yourself, two books are particularly helpful to acquire if you can:
- the Liber Hymnarius published by Solesmes often sets all of the verses of a hymn to the music, making things a lot easier than being presented with one verse set to the music and the rest to work out how it fits for yourself. It also contains a lot of the music for Matins if you eventually decide to add that hour to your regime (or do it occasionally on special occasions) so it is useful to have. Be warned though, it is a bit frustrating, and isn't cheap. It doesn't always write out all the verses for key hymns, and some of the hymns have been changed or dropped altogether in line with Solesmes' later revisions of the Office;
- Psalmi Vespertini ad Antiphonale Monasticum...put out by St Meinrad's (available secondhand only) is a truly invaluable publication to have. It writes out all of the psalms, plus the Magnificat, used in Vespers throughout the week and year and against the psalm tone to be used. It also covers Compline.
The key point on singing is that, just like learning the Office itself, or learning to say the Latin, you need to start slowly and build up as you become more confident. So by all means start off singing it all just on one note. I'll talk a bit about how to built up from that in the next part. | <urn:uuid:1dc0c032-d549-4667-9442-4a7a77ff7640> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://saintsshallarise.blogspot.com.au/2009/05/part-xiva-singing-office-overview.html | 2017-06-24T12:10:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320261.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624115542-20170624135542-00115.warc.gz | en | 0.963114 | 1,462 | [
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Blankets that show emotion, deducing 'health' from a photo and hacking Hue (#WIC)
Featuring our little Hue-powered-by-mood hack, Siri goes neural-net, a tour of machine learning algorithms, emotion-displaying blankets by British Airways, tracking your every cough, and Jaguar’s smarter cars.
This Week in Context
Your Weekly Update on All Things Context, July 11 2014
As I’m writing this, the general mood in our office has evolved from tired to cheerful. We’ve not been feeling intoxicated, aggressive or nervous today. How do I know? The guys put together a neat little hack that ‘ubiquitously listens’ for our mood, and changes the colour of these Philips Hue lights accordingly. Pretty awesome, no?
Now, on to this week’s must-knows for sensors, mood detection & AI:
A neural-net boosted and more talented Siri is on the way, writes Wired. The company is hiring in the artificial intelligence branch known as ‘deep learning’ for their speech recognition team.
Deep learning? What is the difference between supervised learning and unsupervised learning? As it comes to popular machine leaning algorithms, is k-Nearest Neighbour even remotely similar in function and form to Self-Organizing Map or to Decision Stump? Time to start your tour of machine learning algorithms.
An algorithm schedules and manages the nightly engineering work for the Hong Kong subway, and does it more efficiently than any human could. This supports Bringsjord vision (quoted below) and demonstrates the power that niche artificial intelligence can have, opposed to the idea of a human-level intelligence. (via Roel)
“I have no small amount of optimism about what machines that fall short of human intelligence, but leverage brilliant human engineering, can accomplish. In this regard, I think there are very few limits within those constraints.”
– Selmer Bringsjord
quoted in Forget Turing, the Lovelace Test Has a Better Shot at Spotting AI
Mood, Sensing & Wearables
British Airways is tracking their passengers emotions using bluetooth & fiber-optic equipped blankets that respond to electrical fluctuations in the brain measured by a headpiece. The “happiness blankets” turn red when you are relaxed or happy and blue when you are angry, irritable, or anxious.
A prototype wearable, a ‘piezoelectric detector’, picks up sound waves transmitted through the skull, it can detect subtle clues about the activity – eating, coughing, breathing, .. – or emotional state of the person wearing it. The system consists of a microphone that attaches behind the user’s ear, and someday could be built into the frame of a device like Google Glass.
Talking about Glass, wouldn’t it be much better if you just had to think ‘OK Glass’? This Place adjusted NeuroSky’s MindWave Mobile headset to create MindRDR, an open-source project that allows you to command Glass using mere thought. (via Roel)
Smarter Car, Connected Home
Jaguar too is working on self-learning technology that will figure out your habits, schedule and preferences so it can automatically and independently act. The cars could pre-heat the cabin, or send you smarter alerts. More examples on businessinsider.com and in this video. (Hat tip to Niels van Weereld)
(Related in a previous #WIC: Mercedes-Benz Research & Development and their aim to turn your car into the family’s friend & concierge.)
Sentri, a smart home solution that aims to guard everything from your home’s security to its physical state such as humidity levels and air quality, has more than reached its $200,000 Kickstarter home. (via David)
Privacy & iOS 8
With iOS 8 and OS Y Yosemite, Apple introduced many changes to the way it deals with user security and privacy. Luis Abreu has posted a great overview.
‘Detecting’ Your Health
Will your health insurance soon ask you to submit a selfie? ‘Face My Age‘ focusses on facial-recognition and age-progression technology, research that will help with estimating people’s life spans and future health based on a photograph.
With ‘And what if your health plan knows how you shop?‘ the New York Times has a look at which data sets hospitals and insurers are using to make predictions about your health and doctor visits. These predictive analytics get used to timely steer patients to primary care, rather than wait for their emergency room visit, but also to target “scientifically identify well-insured prospects.”
Papers, Talks & Research
- Volvo intelligent news: A context aware multi modal proactive recommender system for in-vehicle use (context-aware, paper)
- Ad Click Prediction: a View from the Trenches (machine learning, paper)
- Online Matching and Ad Allocation (algorithms, paper)
- The 380-millisecond-tracking, decision-making software that reveals what you really want (predictive analytics, article)
- Future progress in Artificial Intelligence: A Poll Among Experts (future, poll)
- Group Affiliation Detection Using Model Divergence for Wearable Devices (sensor data, paper)
- Networks with emotions: an investigation into deep belief nets and emotion recognition (deep learning, paper)
- BodyBeat: A Mobile System for Sensing Non-Speech Body Sounds (mobile sensing, paper)
If you encounter – or have written – an interesting article on emotion & mood detection, using sensor data to make technology respond smarter, or the future of artificial intelligence, let us know!
Enjoy the weekend, see you next week.
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There are many arguments for and against flat design, so in this article I wanted to take a quick look at how flat design can actually affect your bottom line. When it comes to arguments, nothing speaks louder than actual dollars.
I examine three case studies where flat design has increased conversion rates (and in some cases sales!) and how you can apply these to your next project.
Read to the end to get my free bonus resource: “25 conversion rate best practices to test in your next design.”
Minimalism Increases Conversions by 261%
Let’s take look at our first case study and see how minimalism can increase conversions.
Underwater Audio redesigned their website with a flat layout. They A/B tested a more complex version of their homepage against a stripped-back minimal version.
They made the design much simpler by removing some product information and images. They also removed social proof, something that is often thought to increase conversions, but in this instance, it did not.
The simpler version had a conversion rate increase of 261% or 3.6x. Customers liked the minimal approach more.
Content-First & Mobile-First
When approaching a design with a content-first approach, eg starting with all the copywriting before even thinking about sketching a wireframe. A few things happen.
Firstly you end up with a content inventory which helps you visualize the page hierarchically before getting bogged down with too many layout options. Secondly it helps you refine the content and copy into something concise.
By reducing your unique value proposition to it’s simplest form you make the user experience of the page much better. When it is clear what people are looking for and what they should do next, they enjoy the experience.
The user should be able to tell within a split second why they are on the page and how they can actually benefit. Benefit, not your features, it’s the benefits that sell.
Mobile-first design takes into account the huge number of people surfing the web from mobile devices. The website or app is optimized for the smallest screen first and then feature-enriched as the devices get larger and connections get faster.
Because good developers care about performance they care about what actually makes it onto the page. Resulting in the content again being streamlined and considered in much more depth.
As you can see the two go hand in hand and result in fast loading, concise, well thought out content that speaks to the users needs and wants.
Content-first and mobile-first says ‘We give a shit.’ Flat design says ‘How we give a shit.’
Elements are bigger, simpler, type is generally larger and padding and margins increase. On touch devices this means bigger touch points, easier navigation and, of course, an improved user experience.
The decision to strip back and simplify at every point, from content, coding, and designing, has a cascading effect of clarity and focus on the overall brand communication.
And remember the best converting pages have only one focus per page.
A Flat Button Increases Conversions by 35.81%
Many marketers argue that designers should use buttons with drop-shadows and gradients, so that they stand out more, especially when it comes to primary calls to action.
Sounds logical, what I’ve seen and what this next case study shows is that button design comes down to contrast, not shadows and gradients!
In this instance they were able to increase not only click-throughs, but sales by 35.81%, by simply changing to a flat designed button.
No gradient or text shadow. Simple flat design, with CONTRASTING white text and a simple border radius.
Another win for flat design.
Bad Flat Design Can Reduce Discoverability
However it’s not all good news for flat design.
The Windows 8 Metro style UI is a classic example of flat design gone wrong. With no clear separation of elements including clickable area’s or inputs, it is hard to know what to click. Even though the new look is more aesthetically pleasing it falls short because there is still a need to make objects look actionable; if not through details like shadows then in other ways.
The Nielson Norman Group conducted a study with 12 experienced PC users who struggled not only with the two environments the new OS offers (touch and classic, who wants to learn an interface twice!) but with knowing and clearly seeing where to click and interact.
The ‘Change PC settings’ is actually a button here… dodgy.
However given the right approach, even this level of minimalism can still be functional if usability is taken into account (sorry Microsoft). Take for example the beautifully crafted Take Your Pulse website below.
Even though many areas are not clearly defined as buttons or inputs, because of the subtle animations, the buttons still make themselves known and usable while the design speaks for itself.
Readability Increases Task Completion
Flat design has a focus on legibility and creating truly great reading experiences (yes I’m thinking of Medium.com too!). With so many elements stripped away you are often just left with the copy.
A study by MIT showed that when faced with cognitive tasks users that are shown easy to read typefaces performed much better than users that were shown hard to read ones.
During the candle problem, 4 of the participants in the easy to read typography group successfully completed the test, while 0 participants in the hard to read typography group completed the task.
In the remote associates task, participants in the easy to read typography group completed 52% of the task at an average speed of 6395 ms, and the participants in the hard to read typography group completed 48% of the task at 6715 ms.
Here we can see readability and clarity, a core focus of flat design, improves UX and enables users to complete tasks easier and quicker.
Why Great Flat Design Is Hard
People like intuitive interfaces. Skeuomorphic design aims to be explicitly intuitive by relating tasks and representation to real world objects.
Raskin (1994) says designs are intuitive when they feel familiar. Intuition therefore comes from past experiences that we can draw on easily, reducing the learnability of an interface. Skeuomorphic designs aim to harness these familiarities to improve the user experience, so that the patterns you learned in the real world are mirrored in the interface.
However the real and digital world are not one and the same. A folder for instance on a computer can hold infinite numbers of files, have nested folders and all sorts of complicated intricacies, while the real world version cannot. Therefore this intuition can only be taken so far.
Spool (2005) says that intuition comes from bridging the gap between the users current knowledge and required knowledge of the system for effective use. He refers to this gap as a ‘Knowledge Gap.’
Flat design is new, and still developing it’s design patterns. This means that it is intrinsically harder than skeuomorphic design to get right.
However when we combine existing design patterns with flat design, taking into account what we know about content-first, mobile-first, typography and contrast, and ensuring that our minimalist approach does not remove elements and details necessary to maintain Spool’s knowledge gap, the result can be wildly successful designs.
Flat design is no trend, it’s here to stay, but only when paired with content and mobile-first approaches that present information in intuitive and familiar ways.
When our designs are flat, simple and content focused with good reading experiences, we can dramatically increase the likelihood of users completing desired tasks per page or view.
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My Wedding Review
Posted 16 November 2009 - 07:55 PM
Posted 26 November 2009 - 01:40 AM
Posted 12 January 2010 - 03:16 AM
| Originally Posted by canadianheather |
We used VIP limo's to transport everyone from the Forum shops to New York New York. They too were great to work with. And in fact had lowered their rates from the time we initially booked and gave us the better price. We also decided to use two limos instead of just one and they were able to accomodate our request 24 hrs prior to the event. We were required to be at the piano bar by 9pm and course we were running 15 min late and the strip was jam packed!!! Our driver quickly found a back route and had us there in no time!!!
Bar at Time's Square - New York New York
Ok well the evening ended up well but I had all kinds of problems getting ahold of people. Turns out the girl i initially contacted and signed a contract with was let go prior to our event. Luckily I had kept copies of teh contract along with all of our email transactions. So they did honor the contract which i was very thankful for because their new fees required us to pre-pay for alcohol for a certain time period which would have cost us close to $5000. And I certainly didn't have an extra $5000 45-30 days prior to the wedding. So once that was all straightened out I had to pay the balance the of the depost which covered everyone's entrance fee. I emailed and called and was unable to get ahold of anyone. This was the most frustrating part of dealing with this company. They were absolutely horrible to try to get ahold of and never called you back!
In the end though, there was a manager waiting for us when we arrived (not the woman i had been talking to) who took care of us. They did a head count and only charged us for the exact number of people who attended rather than the number we had initially given them a few months back. They had enough seats for everyone and even made us a mini dance floor in our sectioned off area. The entertainment was awesome which is why we booked it in the first place. Everyone had a great time and they let my brother perform on the piano and me sing a song. Even our waitress was incredible; had drinks in front of us all night long!
Overall, everything worked out but I was completely stressed about this part of the evening simply because no one could call me back. But we had a great time and many of our guests (including us) were there till the bar closed at 2am!
I am so thankful to all the vendors we used who all made our day so special. Absolutely the best day of my life!!!!
Posted 16 February 2010 - 03:22 AM
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I have to run a 5k tomorrow.
Ugh. Have I mentioned that I hate running?
Anyway, my goal is to finish without embarrassing myself too badly.
Which, you know, is a good goal considering my mom runs way more and way further that me and my sister is a PE major.
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Since today is the day I usually post my Food Matters Project challenge post and I don’t have one to post – I thought it would be great to tell you why. See, I had a recipe fail this week. The challenge, selected by Evi and Sam from Fifth Floor Kitchen was Vegetables au Vin with Coq. The recipe basically is a version of Coq au Vin with extra vegetables. If you are not familiar with Coq au Vin, it is a French dish featuring braised chicken and mushrooms in a red wine sauce. Sounds great right? Done well, it is wonderful!
So, I had this great idea to use up these dried Fava Beans burning a hole in my pantry and make a Vegan Fava au Vin using most of the ingredients in Bittman’s version except the bacon and chicken. I learned a few lessons from the experience.
Lesson 1: do yourself a huge favor and NEVER buy dried, unhulled Fava Beans unless you want to spend 2 to 3 hours of your life peeling individual half-cooked beans.
Second, not sure if it was really such a great idea to take most of the Coq out of the Coq au Vin. I probably should have used Turkey Bacon or Chicken for an additional layer of flavor. Now, don’t get me wrong – the dish actually tasted pretty good but like I said I think another layer of flavor would have been great.
But here’s the truth, it looked disgusting. I mean disgusting. Like I think there are nicer looking piles of brown stuff at the dog park disgusting. And the texture was off. The fava beans and eggplant melted into the sauce (which lent a nice earthy flavor) and without the Coq all I was really left with was a bowl of brownish-red sauce, some soft onions, mushrooms and green beans. I don’t know about you but not my idea of a great meal. Definitely not delicious and not good enough for you guys!
I am not going to lie, I’m pretty upset. Mostly because I wasted half of a bottle of delicious Merlot. Secondarily, because I was hoping it would be awesome. That’s why I went with the great Merlot, I took a chance. But sometimes kitchen experiments fail and that’s OK!
The moral of the story is always experiment in the kitchen but never waste good wine.
If you want to see what the other Food Matters Project participants conjured up from the Vegetables au Vin with Coq, check it out here!
So now on to my (mini) organic garden endeavor. Living in a place like Seattle, it’s pretty hard to NOT to want to garden, have chickens, compost, reuse rain water and probably have a goat – all while living less than twenty feet from the next house. At this point, we just compost and have started a mini garden but give us a few more years here and who knows what we will be up to!
We went to the first Organic Edible Plant Sale of the season hosted by Seattle Tilth and finally pulled the trigger by buying a huge bag of Organic Soil, a variety of Gourmet Lettuces, Collard Greens, Dinosaur Kale, Totsoi (an Asian green I love!) and five herbs (Flat Leaf Parsley, Rosemary, Thyme, Oregano and Mint).
While we are lucky to have a large backyard, it is not suitable for gardening. First reason is it is mostly shaded and this being Seattle, that’s a bad start. Second reason is that it is paved and set up for entertaining and Barbecuing. Not such a bad thing in the big scheme of things and I’m not complaining but doesn’t leave us much room to grow things.
My husband got excited and committed to building me some raised beds out front but after some discussion, we decided to get these Biodegradable Fiber Grow Pots and pot everything out front for maximum sun. These pots are really inexpensive and can last one or two years. We figure if the gardening thing works out, we can compost them and build some raised beds.
Taking a tip from the knowledgeable woman at Swanson’s Nursery (amazing store!!), we threw some clean, empty cans in the bottom of each pot to use up some space and allow us to use less soil.
Next we carefully transferred all the plants into pots. The Mint is alone in the smallest pot. Next are the lettuce plants and lettuce seed. Then from front to back we planted Collards, Kale and Totsoi (probably planted a bit too close together), and finally the remaining herbs; Parsley, Oregano, Thyme and Rosemary.
Some things I learned are:
- Mint should be potted alone because it grows like crazy and will take over anything else it is near.
- Try to place your plants at least 6″ apart to give the roots room.
- Loosen the roots/soil a bit when transferring the seedlings to the pots.
- Once you plant everything, leave it alone.
- Don’t over-think the whole thing and be a lunatic.
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which ones would you pay tak/bro again to be revisted redone resold (RRR)? i know we haven't even gotten the rest yet but let's just say we're all dreaming about this. - prime alt mode needs some work (yes i can't get enough of primes) and trailer - jetfire bot mode needs to be at least ultra class - powerglide needs to be same as BB - windcharger bot mode too short or - bb either shorten him to go with windcharger or just do the above - and CJ needs to be a funky chibi looking porsche. - wreck-gar has to be a chopper then the rest of the junkions can be dirtbikes. - megs and galvatron. i wouldn't mind a tank for both with accurate bot mode. | <urn:uuid:bedffa0e-4271-456c-bf6d-52549ab80102> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/classics-revisted.403281/ | 2017-06-25T07:35:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320443.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625064745-20170625084745-00195.warc.gz | en | 0.937529 | 170 | [
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Purchasing a hat is a little like falling in love. Sometimes the appeal isn’t instantly apparent to the outside observer!
With the furor still raging over the unusual hats showcased at the Royal Wedding, I thought I’d highlight some of the best (and most interesting) hats that you can try for your next event.
First, large brimmed straw hats are not only beautiful, they are practical as well. Attending an outdoor event? Throw on a wide brimmed hat and — Volia! — instant sophistication. Plus, large brimmed straw hats offer great protection from the sun’s rays on a bright day.
$58 – nordstrom.com
290 GBP – julesb.co.uk
160 GBP – farfetch.com
Next, I love a seriously glamorous hat for special events. A simple suit or dress you’ve worn many times suddenly has new life with the addition of a chic topper. Just don’t forget the bobby pins!
Last, America has (finally!) embraced the fascinator. Popular in this country for years with the on-so-fashionable Sarah Jessica Parker, the fascinator has been a staple of the British wardrobe… well, forever! A fascinator is really nothing more that a tiny confection perched atop the head, most often embellished with feathers. Perfect for a more formal occasion, plus it won’t obstruct the view of someone seated behind you!
689 GBP – harrods.com
79 GBP – houseoffraser.co.uk
45 GBP – houseoffraser.co.uk
Whichever style you choose, a sweet chapeau is sure to add style to your next event!
While you’re here, don’t forget to enter to win a stunning handbag from Ellen Allen Annapolis. The Whitehall bag retails for $225. Contest ends 5-31-2011. ENTER HERE
Susan McNeill is a wife, mother, author, entrepreneur and social activist. In addition toSusan Said What?! Susan also writes for It’s how you play the game!, Success Won’t Wait! and new for 2011 The Best Christmas Ever!
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My daughter will be 49 later this year. I hope some of what she learned from me has helped her. She is an artist and a massage therapist now.
I tried to pass on to her much of what I learned from Jack. He will be missed, not only by me but by many I know whose lives he influenced.
A new study reports that beta-glucan is very helpful for protecting lung health, just as is vitamin A (oil based) and vitamin C.
UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION - Pleuran, Beta-Glucan, Glucan
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"Threaten me or my family and I will use my God given and law appointed right and duty to kill you."
Suspended San Jose Cop: "Threaten me or my family and I will use my God given and law appointed right and duty to kill you."
There are a host of issues that have to be addressed to effect effective police reform: overcriminalization, lack of transparency and accountability, union-negotiated protections, racism, and so on. In some states there's also the issue of self-defense. As a life-long resident of New Jersey, it always made me uncomfortable that the local super market could hire someone licensed to carry a firearm to protect their store but I was not permitted a license to carry a firearm to protect myself or my family. These, I suppose, are progressive values: you can exercise a right when you have the wealth to influence the state. New Jersey has some of the strictest gun laws in the country. But these laws, in New Jersey and elsewhere, rarely apply to law enforcement, on or off-duty. New York state recently passed new anti-gun legislation they forgot to exempt all police from and worked diligently to correct their mistake.
This disparity between the right to bear arms for the "civilian" and the right to bear arms for government agents is another issue that makes the questions of police reform so "complex" because it contributes to the sense that police officers and other government employees are a different class of citizen, with different rights and privileges, than those of us who pay their salaries.
Take this not unique attitude a cop in San Jose, now suspended over his comments, had no fear sharing publicly. Via CBS News:
In one of his tweets, [Officer Phillip] White said: "Threaten me or my family and I will use my God given and law appointed right and duty to kill you. #CopsLivesMatter."
In another, he said he would be off-duty at the movies with his gun if anyone "feels they can't breathe or their lives matter."
The tweets and hashtag played on protest slogans "I can't breathe" and "black lives matter."
Efforts to reach White through the San Jose Police Officer's Association were not successful.
The tweets and White's Twitter account have been deleted amid a social media firestorm over the comments. White's department, union and a college where he coached basketball all condemned the comments.
White was suspended with pay and not fired, not just because of the police officer's association but because California actually has enshrined job security for cops and other public employees into its state laws, be they unionized or not.
White talks about his "God given" and "law appointed" right to use lethal force in self-defense, confusing natural rights with government privileges not just because he's probably not that intelligent but also because of the systematic effort in this country by the establishment to confuse rights and privileges while curtailing natural rights like the right to bear arms from self-defense as much as they can get away with.
In California, Phillip White, who saw nothing wrong with going on social media to announce his right to defend himself and his family using lethal force in the context of peaceful protesters, and other law enforcement officials across the state enjoy the right to defend themselves and their families, on or off duty, using a service weapon paid for by taxpayers who the state treats like criminals when it comes to exercising the right to self-defense.
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Galerija Gregor Podnar was established in June 2003 in Kranj (Slovenia) as part of the DUM Association.
In August 2005 the gallery moved to Kolodvorska 6 in Ljubljana, where it was operating as a project space until the end of 2014. From 1996 till 2003 Gregor Podnar had been running an international program as artistic director of Galerija Škuc in Ljubljana and since 2001 he presents artists at different art fairs.
In October 2007 Gregor Podnar opened a second gallery in Lindenstr. 35, Berlin. By continuing this line of curatorial and gallery work Galerija Gregor Podnar aims at running a production center, which collaborates with different galleries and institutions in Europe and abroad. It represents internationally renowned and established artists mostly from Eastern European centres, like Attila Csörgő, Tomislav Gotovac, Ion Grigorescu, IRWIN, Julije Knifer, Dan Perjovschi, Goran Petercol, and Goran Trbuljak. With an emphasis on the heritage of conceptual movements, the gallery has developed step by step towards a wider context, with artists like Primož Bizjak, Irma Blank, Vadim Fishkin, Marcius Galan, Alexander Gutke, Anne Neukamp, Marzena Nowak, Tobias Putrih, Ariel Schlesinger, Francisco Tropa and B. Wurtz. | <urn:uuid:36610735-10ea-49d8-8f39-152ab5f57bd1> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://gregorpodnar.com/about/ | 2017-06-26T20:35:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320865.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626203042-20170626223042-00355.warc.gz | en | 0.894722 | 316 | [
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Adding new music and songs to iTunes music library is really tiring some times, specially if you have to do it manually. We already posted about a freeware tool which lets you to automatic itunes library refresh but it does have some nag screens.
SYNCiTunes renews, adds new songs from your music folder to the iTunes library. It updates songs that were changed outside; deletes songs that doesn’t exist anymore; adds new audio files. Besides, you can manage a different set of songs in your computer and in your iPod.
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Your satisfaction is our #1 goal. Sorrells Body Shop guarantees all service work done on your vehicle by our employees. If you find any defect in our repair once you vehicle has been delivered, we will work to ensure that any issue that may arise is fully resolved. Any replacement part that is found to be defective will carry the manufacturer’s warranty. We hope you won’t need it, but if you do we are here to make sure you are 100% satisfied with our repairs. Any and all work performed by Sorrells Body Shop employees is guaranteed for as long as you own your vehicle. A copy of our warranty is handed to you when your repairs are complete. | <urn:uuid:2aae4430-ecdc-47a4-8e42-b3cc46438398> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://sorrellsbodyshop.com/sorrells-auto-body-shop-warranty/ | 2017-06-27T15:28:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321458.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627152510-20170627172510-00435.warc.gz | en | 0.973465 | 140 | [
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When one of our major telecom clients invited us to discuss their project reporting challenges, we suggested them a quick SharePoint-based solution. However, “SharePoint sucks!” was what our client executive said. Today, after using our SharePoint-based Project Reporting and Management solution, he and his colleagues cannot imagine a day without the SharePoint-based solution.
We strongly believe that several people bash SharePoint due to the lack of awareness about what SharePoint really is. It truly is a “platform” and not a finished “product”.
SharePoint is less of a finished product and more of a platform which is much more flexible, customizable and configurable. Many organization start with using it out-of-the-box or with minimal configuration and quickly conclude that SharePoint has limited capabilities. At times, such opinions are prejudiced by the limited features in the SharePoint legacy versions [SP 2003 and SP 2007]. Just like any other Microsoft product does, SharePoint has come a long way in last 10 years and the current version viz. SP 2010 and SP 2013 are powerful platforms to quickly address several business challenges.
And then…..”Use the right tool for right solution” mantra is applicable for SharePoint too. Solutions with high transaction volumes or complex reporting requirements may not be a right fit for SharePoint. There still remain about 60-70% business challenges which can be addressed by SharePoint-based solutions. Trouble Ticketing Systems, Approval Management, Course Management, Contractor Management, Project Reporting, Marketing Automation, Conversion and Distribution, and several other solutions can be built on SharePoint within weeks. However, if SharePoint is used for an unsuitable business challenge, SharePoint cannot be blamed for not meeting one’s expectations.
Lastly, organizations have to invent into training its IT staff as well as engaging experienced Microsoft Partners like workMETHODS Solutions to build initial solutions until IT staff is ready. However, organizations who think that just installing SharePoint is sufficient will probably meet with disappointment.
The only reason why our above-mentioned client [name reserved for obvious reasons] started to love SharePoint is because workMETHODS helped them understand the power of SharePoint platform. We built the entire solution and deployed it within weeks. With the same client, we are working on another SharePoint based Contractor Management Solution
workMETHODS has significant experience conceptualizing, designing, developing and implementing several complex SharePoint-based solutions for clients like Fannie Mae, Bayer Pharmaceutical, University of Virginia, Sprint, Ericsson, and few others. We have also hosted SharePoint for our clients and manage/support the solutions for them.
Our solution at University of Virginia has improved process time from 1 week/content to 10 minutes/content! Our SharePoint-based Trouble Ticketing system has made their Diabetes Support Team more efficient by reducing number of calls to the center. Fannie Mae is saving $650K/year due to our SharePoint-based Marketing solutions.
The only thing common between all these diverse clients is that they engaged workMETHODS Solutions to analyze how they can effectively use SharePoint.
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If you are hearing SharePoint bashing in the break rooms or you are worried about your SharePoint ROI or would like to learn how to use SharePoint more effectively, please do the right thing. Contact workMETHODS Solutions at [email protected] or call us at 703-889-8339 Ext. 100. Give us the opportunity to prove that SharePoint doesn’t suck!
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A Synthetic Universe
Edward Holloway FAITH Magazine January – February 2012
To mark FAITH movement's fortieth year we publish an extract from a 1950 book written by Fr Edward Holloway, "Matter and Mind: A Christian Synthesis", of which only a dozen copies were made. He brings out the meaning of his use of the word "synthesis" (see also our July/August 2011 Editorial, "Science and Religion: Is Synthesis Possible?"). He also begins to show how his vision of the unity of the cosmos can found an understanding of scientific law which takes account of both its predictive power and its apparent provisionality. This extract is from the beginning of Chapter Four, "Absolute and Relative: The Existence of God." For other extracts see our November 2009 and July 2008 issues.
When a man tries to understand the Universe which modern knowledge has revealed to us, he can easily become fascinated and mentally confused. This is true of the non-scientific layman in particular, but even the expert often loses his way. We begin to lose our grip upon those threads of thought which enable us to interpret the cosmos as a whole. The danger of mental incoherence is the greater because we must take our stand in the present and work backwards; a process necessary for analysis, but one which often retards the opposite requirement which is the synthesis of partial truths. The process of working backwards oversimplifies the reality we study. It is easy to take a radio to pieces and to work out the function of each relative part when you can begin from the radio as a goingconcern. It would be quite another thing to build a radio from its raw materials if you knew what a radio did but had no idea how the mechanism was related. We are all the time retracing in the Universe what has happened and what does happen in a highly complex "going concern", and we can rest too complacently upon the discovery and mathematical expression of laws which are only the reduction of a general equation of relatives to its specific terms. We can fail to realise the quite different aspect the Universe bears when we try to think of it as a process and a progress upwards from primitive beginnings; some scientists consistently ignore this much more important mental process which is synthesis rather than analysis. In this way most important clues to the nature of materialbeing are overlooked. Analysis is always more easy than synthesis: it is easy to break down and relate, difficult to build a complex relativity from more elementary relative entities.
A Synthetic Perspective on the Evolution of the Cosmos
A proper interpretation of the Universe however must consider it as an evolution upwards, and examine the conditions necessary for the eduction of the highly complex from the elemental ultimates. This way alone lies a true understanding of those philosophical issues which lie behind the natures of material entities. Man has learned how to resolve uranium into a fierce flash of radiant energy; that is analysis, exciting, full of newly realised truth. He is not yet able to harness radiant energy back within the compass of the same fragment of uranium; that is synthesis, even more exciting, and much more difficult. Synthesis calls for more effort than analysis, and requires a far more complete understanding of every factor relative to the construction of the complex from the simple; analysisdoes not. Synthesis forces the mind to pose more objectively the question of finality and purpose in the coming to be of things, the relation of a result produced to "whys" and "wherefores" that define the thing produced. A man has to work purposively to invent the complex upon the basis of the antecedent simple; he requires also a unity, the concept of the nature to be produced, which controls and directs the purposive work of his hands. We must ask ourselves whether this law that defines the complex inventions of man does not underlie also the evolutionary development of a complex Universe from an elemental Universe.
The Universe in which we live and to which our being is organically relative, is a synthesis. The Universe has been "made" in the sense in which "making" denotes continuous and harmonious development from the simple to the complex. The vindication of the atomic theory is the greatest of modern scientific triumphs and the foundation of all scientific achievement that may follow in this new era of human history. We know that this hard and concrete world is not the sort of continuous solid our fathers thought. We are aware that all material beings are composite, composed of atoms, that these particles are discrete within the continuity they integrate, that in themselves even they are miniature solar systems, and that these orbits are wide open spaces in relation to the miniature elementswhich are bound within them: bound and determined by the fixed laws that define the still mysterious phenomena of centrifugal and centripetal force. Every year we read more of the unimaginably minute particles such as electrons, protons, positrons, mesons, and others named and described in quick succession as science advances, which form the outer particles and the inner nuclei of the atom. The scientist tells us much, though much of it is still tentative, and we read of the positive or negative electric charge carried by different particles, and the manner of their operation within the atom because of this relationship. We read and we marvel, and often as unspecialised and amateur students of science we get hopelessly lost. Nevertheless we understand well enough that the explosion whichcan overwhelm a city in an instant is retracing in that unit of time the synthetic processes built up over long ages of evolution. We cannot doubt today that across the leagues of time the whole cosmos was akin to a vast nebula, a universe of such elemental forces, as yet unsynthesised, but already the fecundated seed out of which has developed the universe we know today. It is not this insight, breathtaking though it is, which constitutes the significance of the atomic theory for us here, but the need there is to link that Universe of Physics with the Universe of Biology and of many other sub-divisions of Science.
Purposive Inter-Relation of Scientific Laws
There is no need to elaborate upon the existence of laws in the Universe, because every science of matter rests upon them. Perhaps nothing is more impressive, when read at length in the context of some definite medical case, than the intimate relation discovered between the psychological and the physical in man himself, and the detailed tracing of the organisation and operations of every organ of the body to the brain as their centre and control tower for stimuli both incoming and outgoing. The main effort of science today consists in the striving to relate a multiplicity of local "laws" to one governing key principle which explains a multiplicity of phenomena. In every science more exact relations of cause and effect are today known, codified, and compared with the phenomena of otherrelated sciences. The only things that admit of expression in coded formulae, and equations are those inferences of cause and effect we know as laws.
We are forced today to interpret the whole Universe in terms of one process of evolutionary development. The evolution of the living thing is only an aspect of a process traceable over the whole order of material being. In the face of the tremendous elaboration of compound and complex being that can be traced from the primordial beginnings of the Cosmos, is there any one principle, any one certainty on which we can lay hold in our efforts to interpret rightly ourselves and our Universe, and to formulate a true philosophy of existence? There is a principle, one too often ignored in its philosophical value, which underlies the research of all the sciences, and the interpretation, especially the mathematical interpretation, of all knowledge gathered by the "exact sciences". This principle isthe postulation, fundamental to all exact material knowledge, of the definition of a substance in terms of the causal relationships of law. There can be no "exact science" without law, order of cause and effect, action and reaction. The scientist seeks to discover these causal relations, and to determine with utter exactitude what it is in the entity of a cause which produces an effect, and what in the effect is partially or entirely determined by a given cause.
Law of Final Determination - Purposiveness
Physics is sufficiently advanced today to define many substances very perfectly, in their very essence, in terms of those causes which constitute them, and in this we see that the active relationship by which, let us say, oxygen and hydrogen are defined as causes of water in a given relativity, is an active potency in those causes of dynamic finality with respect to the composite substance which is water. They are naturally and intrinsically defined as causes of water in a given relationship, and that constitutes a purposiveness, something which is identified with their very natures, and is contained in their definition as substances.
It is interesting to notice that this dynamic finality, the definition of a complex thing in terms of the active natures of its components, is something which while taken for granted in physics, causes a panic stampede among a large class of biologists. They are very concerned not to allow this notion of purposiveness, finality, determinism to a pre-set end, to enter the field of the living, they are far more concerned with denying the possibility than with studying the evidence for the possibility, which is prejudice not reason. Anything which even reminds them of an "élan vital" drives them to a fury of dissent. We are no Vitalist or Animist, we do not say the postulate of an "élan vital" drives them to dissent, but anything that reminds them of a principle of purpose in any way. Yetthe very valencies of the ultimate elements themselves, by which men can make and transmute substances has some similarity to an élan vital. Atoms themselves have affinities and repulsions, even as some biologists have an affinity for a theory of most pure and orthodox Natural Selection, and a repulsion to anything that smells of Lamarck. If biologists of this temperament were only given rein to their dislike for Animist and Vitalist theories of the living being, there would be some excuse for this panic, because Animism and Vitalism do finally destroy the rational basis of the sciences, but taken by itself their attitude makes as much nonsense of the Universe as any form of Animism does. Natural Selection of random mutations is not a Fairy Godmother who can be waved in at everymoment; the "environment" which "selects" is the total impact of other being upon one being, and the selection is the better "survival value" of the new mutant.
The application of such a test to the elements of physics would be laughable. Many elements have a very primitive "survival level" and the new compounds and syntheses which could have formed only in a cool and stable condition of our planet and its atmosphere are much inferior in stability, i.e. in "survival value", to the elements out of which they are composed. We should then expect either a condition of "no change" beyond simple elements, surviving very nicely as principles of intense energy, or else a riot of physical "mutations" having neither "survival value" nor any principle of control by "survival value", a Universe in which so stable and inelastic a thing as complex life could not survive. There is no place for "Natural Selection" in the evolution of the azoic elementsthemselves from their own primordial origins: you cannot, as we will see in more detail again, explain the Environment by the Environment any more than we can all live by taking in each other's washing. The process of synthesis by which azoic elements have reached their present multiplicity and complexity is an evolution, the same process entirely as the biologist traces in the order of living things, and the synthetic chemical compound embodies in itself a complex relativity capable of being expressed in most exact laws, which reflect the evolutionary emergence of its substance as much as do the organs of an animal explained in terms of evolutionary development. The science of genetics which is beginning to dominate the study of living forms depends upon very exact laws capable ofmathematical expression, and usually so expressed in advanced technical works. These laws express the determination to a certain condition of the living entity, a condition contained within the relations of its genetic facts. This is once more an intrinsic finality, a purposiveness or relation to a pre-determined end. The laws of genetics today are so complex that the Mendelian formulae from which the science began has been reduced to its alphabet.
There is no doubt either of the purposive nature of the urges and impulses of anything that lives. Every organ has a definite function, is framed to that function and performs no other function. Every instinct and impulse of life, the urges of self-conservation, and reproduction, are purposive; they are directed to an end, and the living thing seeks the function to which it is relative. There is law of birth, growth, and decline, the whole order of nature from the ultimate particles to the body of man is a relativity built upon finality and purposiveness.
The reader must bear in mind that this finalism and purposiveness in being, and of being, does not imply any conscious striving or conscious knowledge at all: nor any principle of being existent within the material order distinct from matter. We have already stated that we are not preaching a theory of Vitalism or Animism, this purposiveness means that in the first place every substance is defined by laws and causal relationships that explain and define its substance, and secondly this finalism implies a Relative Universe in which the purposiveness and relativity that goes through all being, non-living and living, means the ultimate postulation of an Absolute Intellect, the control, direction, and planning centre of a Universe of evolving relative entities. This last, the existence ofGod, we now foreshadow, the proof consists in the more detailed analysis of data already given, and perhaps already sufficiently indicated for the keen mind.
Towards the Existence of God
These relative entities have evolved in a cosmic totality which is our serial Universe; they represent a process of coming to be in which the composite is built up on the simple; and the process is a continuum; it progresses on and on, from the particles of matter to the most complex synthesis of elements, from these to life, from life to the anthropoids. This continuum is truly a progression, and one worked upwards: a synthesis. It is a progression which we can analyse, which is traceable backwards also, and we can trace it backwards as a "history" because neither the "environment" nor the natures under our consideration are found to be arbitrary and chaotic, even though they are part of a transformist order of being.
If there is an intrinsic finality which defines the substance of a living entity, and the purpose within itself of its component parts, if there is also an external relation of such cause and effect between the entity and the environment which inhibits and stimulates and if there are instincts that rule the life cycle of the living, then clearly we cannot dismiss the possibility that there may be a finality so substantial to an evolving entity and its environmental relationships, that the future specific evolution of the living is pre-determinedly contained in the relativity of its present. This means that the future can be regarded, on such an hypothesis, as a value implicit and potential in a cosmic equation, a value yet to be educed, a value the eduction of which involves a universalrearrangement of the more generalised value, just as the eduction of a new value in an equation is a value relationship in a total relativity of values. This concept would not allow of any sort of "random mutation" or random chance of any sort in a mechanistic and determinist order of matter. The future of evolving material beings, both non-living elements and compounds, and living forms, would be completely defined, determined and inevitable: as blind and as pre-fashioned as the multitudinous parts and functions that define a complex electronic machine. These relative entities do not possess within themselves their own explanation. They do not have, anywhere in the Universe of matter, any possible absolute as their overall control and direction to an evolutionary end.
So they must ultimately imply an absolute outside their order, even as the most delicate and wonderful relativities made by man, the new electronic calculators and reactors, are not explicable except in terms of an absolute not contained in the inter-relativity of their integral parts.
It may be, if finalism should be at the very heart of this relative Universe that the future, in the determinist order of matter, is as much contained in the definition of the present as the future adult is contained in the fertilised ovum of the parent animal. In a Universe so shot through with laws that are expressions of the intrinsic causal relativity of being, we cannot ignore this possibility even as a purely a priori hypothesis. Careful reflection will demonstrate that it is more than an hypothesis, it is something that must be so.
Orientation of the Whole Order of Being to a Purposive End
Whatever the superiority of the living over the non-living in the order of existence, which is too strictly philosophical a matter to detain us here, there is no doubt that both orders are conditioned by intrinsic finality and that both orders are synthesised in one totality. The animal body, containing everything from the ultimate elements to the highest perfection of material entity as a unity in itself, sums up in itself all that the material Universe is. It points to the unity and oneness behind the cosmic law of the relative evolution of matter. Every one of the so-called "natural" elements and their recently understood isotopes can be expressed by a formula that is the law of their synthesis. The atoms, the elements of the elements, are likewise distinguished, and then below theatom, to particles that mark the present limits of human knowledge. The practical ability of man to change and even to transmute elements by the separation or addition of a given particle or number of particles demonstrates forcibly enough how law governs the constitution of matter, and how the law of the synthesis of at least non-living matter, contains implicitly also the finalism by which the substance is defined as "this element" with "these fixed properties".
The laws of astronomy and cosmology too, even those now relegated after correction to the rank of aspects of a more general law of relativity such as Einstein's formulation, all point to the same fact; progress in science is achieved by the presumption of definite, fixed, and determinate relations of cause and effect between material entities. It is presumed that things have a definite specific cycle of function, or purposiveness. It is presumed that there is finalism in being and the operations of being. On this supposition alone has science made progress, and in science the results achieved are the supreme test of the accuracy of a theory.
The rule of fixed law, reliable because its subject matter is mechanistically determined, and specific in its reaction, not possessed of free-will nor subject to unpredictable changes of reaction or property, is the foundation of the exact sciences, and by derivation the foundation also of our modern civilised life. We presume such a relation of cause and effect every time we switch on the radio; sometimes even more emphatically when we switch it off. We continue to believe that finalism and purposive relativity exists, but that the conditions of its relation to effect are not being fulfilled every time we flounce out of the car and throw up the bonnet to see what has gone wrong this time. We do not leave the body by the wayside and trudge home philosophising upon the fickle chances whichare the rules of Nature's Comic Opera. | <urn:uuid:967a23d5-777d-4fb4-8606-af038ccbf234> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.faith.org.uk/article/january-february-2012-a-synthetic-universe | 2017-06-27T15:40:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321458.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627152510-20170627172510-00435.warc.gz | en | 0.9582 | 4,055 | [
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"The Last Airbender" gained at least one new actor in its final days of re-shoots, according to the tweets of Aasif Mandvi. He didn't indicate whether or not the last-minute casting was for a major part, but it sounds like everyone had a good time.
Many more Twitter-Wood citizens had a grand time at the "Kick-Ass" premiere last night, and several big-name attendees were particularly impressed with Hit-Girl actress Chloe Moretz. Eli Roth and Nathan Fillion were two of them. In other posts, Damon Lindelof did his best to sell "Glee" watchers on "Lost," Randy Newman's "Toy Story 3" scoring wrapped and David Wain went to the dentist. You can check out photographic evidence after the jump in Twitter-Wood for April 14th, 2010.
Twitter Pic of the Day:
-Chloe Moretz, Actress ("Kick-Ass," "Diary of a Wimpy Kid")
"Kick-Ass" pt. 1: @NathanFillion There is a storm coming to Hollywood, and her name is @ChloeMORETZ. Cannot say enough of this more than incredible actress!
-Nathan Fillion, Actor ("Serenity," "Castle")
"Kick-Ass" pt. 2: @MrDonaldGlover Kick Ass deserves to make a bajillion dollars. F---! So dope!
-Donald Glover, Actor ("Mystery Team," "Community")
"Kick-Ass" pt. 3: @eliroth Saw "Kick Ass" last night. It does, indeed, kick ass. Most fun I've had at the movies in a long time. Get Hit Girl an Oscar STAT.
-Eli Roth, Actor/Writer/Director ("Hostel," "Inglourious Basterds")
@DamonLindelof For those of you considering switching over to Glee, we have copious Madonna songs tonight too. And by "Madonna songs," I mean "explosions."
-Damon Lindelof, Writer/Producer ("Star Trek," "Lost")
@leeunkrich Randy Newman's score for Toy Story 3 is complete. And it's fantastic.
-Lee Unkrich, Director ("Finding Nemo," "Toy Story 2")
-David Wain, Actor/Writer (”Role Models,” “Wet Hot American Summer”)
@aasif_mandvi Great seeing "The Last Airbender" gang again for reshoots... and one new cast member who has joined us in the eleventh hour.
-Aasif Mandvi, Actor ("The Last Airbender," "Spider-Man 2")
@DougBenson Because of my tweet about GLEE, two women are arguing about my use of Slurpee over Slushie. Talk about living like you're dying!
-Doug Benson, Actor ("The Sarah Silverman Program," "Super High Me")
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Hired to assassinate a microbiologist suspected of trading secrets, Hex finds that someone has beaten him to it, in the first in a series of action thrillers in the Bourne Trilogy mold
Joshua Thane, aka Hex, is a freelance assassin. His next target is Dr. Mary Wilding, a British microbiologist suspected of trading secrets. Breaking into her house, he discovers someone has beaten him to it—she’s already dead, and the hard drive he was ordered to steal is also missing. About to flee the scene, Hex comes face-to-face with Wilding’s teenage son. According to normal rules of engagement, Hex should kill the boy to protect his own identity and professional reputation, but turbulent memories from his past trigger a crisis of conscience. Bewildered by his actions, Hex allows the boy to live and flees; yet his nightmare has barely begun. With his own life under threat for apparently botching the job, Hex embarks on an international quest to find the real killer and redeem his soul. Using his old contacts, including crime boss Billy Squeeze, he unravels a criminal conspiracy to develop and detonate an ethnically specific biological weapon. Rogue state, terrorist, or organized crime, whoever has the information, holds the power to deal to the highest bidder—and the British security services want it back.
A massive thanks to Cutting Edge Press for sending me a review copy of this book.
I haven’t read anything like this, for quite some time. It surprised and enthralled me. It reminded me of James Bond and Jason Bourne. ‘Wicked Game’ is a mad, spy thriller with a dash of biotechnological menace and plenty of excitement. It is a reminder of how science can be used for both good and evil, as a scientist develops a biological weapon designed to cause widespread terror. We get double dealings, spy agencies across the globe, criminal networks and one assassin, with a dubious moral compass, trying to make sense of it all.
Chase has created a rather endearing anti-hero in Hex, the killer for hire. It is amusing that Hex seems to be developing a conscience and we follow where this takes him. He even has a love interest. I really started to care for Hex and wanted all of the agencies going after him to fail. It is a sign of pretty good writing, when that happens. I loved the opening scenes, where we meet Hex as he is going in for the kill. Only in this case, his intended target is already dead.
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"I don't think im up that high, but i can rally pretty well. Im getting back in the hang of it because i moved up here from portland in the fall and haven't found many players up here. Im probably 3.0"
Looking for some people to play/hit with around this area. Im about a 3.0 i guess, I can rally with somebody for a while. Let me know if you can play! Avail most days after 1 and weekends almost always! Thanks,JoshSee More
"Just moved up to Lake Stevens from Portland. Dont know anybody to play tennis with and would love to meet people to play with. I dont know my NTRP but would say between 3.0 and 3.5. Texting works best for me.
Sep 12, 2010
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LITTLE Summer McKenzie got a peculiar birthday present – her very first haircut.
Summer, a pupil at Hedworth Lane Primary School, celebrated her seventh birthday by having about nine inches of hair chopped off in front of her friends and family.
Summer, of East Boldon, who celebrates her seventh birthday on Wednesday, has been asking parents Jenna and Andrew for a haircut for some time but they were reluctant to cut off her long brown locks.
Her mother, Jenna, 27, who works in retail, said: “She’s been asking for a long time and I’ve always said ‘no’.
“But one day I was reading a magazine and there was a story about The Little Princess Trust, a charity that makes real-hair wigs for children who have lost their hair through cancer, and she saw it.
“She asked if she could cut her hair off to give it to the charity and, of course, I couldn’t say ‘no’.”
She added: “I was really nervous about it, but I’m so proud of her for wanting to do it for that reason.
“I would never be brave enough to do it. She looks so much older with it all cut off. She’s the image of her big sister.”
Summer, who has an 11-year-old sister Chloe, was given her new shorter look by hairdresser Alex Stanford at her birthday party at The Grey Horse, in Mill Lane, Whitburn.
Her father, Andrew, 33, a restaurant manager, said: “She’s been really brave and it was something she wanted to do for the charity. I’m really proud of her.
“It’s a great cause and if Summer giving them her hair can help another child then it’s definitely worthwhile.”
Summer said: “I wasn’t scared to cut my hair off.
“I wanted to do it because the charity will be able to help make a little girl or boy who hasn’t got any hair happy if I give them my hair.”
Summer didn’t just want to give her hair to the charity, she also asked for sponsorship and set herself a fundraising target of £100, but she’s smashed through it, raising more than £500.
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Wellington Airport says the planned 300-metre extension of its runway is virtually assured of going south into Lyall Bay.
A runway "pier" using stainless steel covered piles, titanium plates, and a dehumidification system to prevent condensation, has been used in Tokyo in Japan and is under consideration for Wellington.
Special effects whiz Sir Richard Taylor believes a runway extension would boost Wellington's movie industry.
Airport chief executive Steve Sanderson said the first phase of the engineering assessment had shown that a southern extension was the most likely option should the project receive resource consent, and funding for the $300 million project is found.
"The works required for a northern [Evans Bay] extension have been found to be more extensive as there is around 40 metres of silt below the sea bed."
Extending the runway to the north would mean the silt would have to be removed or stabilised, adding cost to the project.
Sanderson said the second phase of engineering studies would begin next month and be completed in October to "confirm the geotechnical environment to the south, enabling the completion of a base design against which detailed environmental assessments can be undertaken".
The airport would release independent studies in September on the economic benefit to the Wellington region and to New Zealand, along with the viable routes based on current market demand.
Options on how the runway would be extended are also being worked on.
However, it is understood that Mitsubishi Corporation NZ is keen on duplicating, at least in part, the extension of the Tokyo Haneda Airport's runway D.
The Haneda extension was billed as the world's first hybrid structure using a combination of landfill and a pier made with structural steel tubes covered in salt-resistant stainless steel jackets. Titanium cover plates were used on the bottom and sides of the runway pier, with a dehumidification system to prevent condensation and add to the pier's lifespan - which is about 100 years.
Infratil owns 66 per cent of Wellington Airport. Wellington City Council owns the rest.
Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown said she and an officer from Wellington Airport had met with Mitsubishi in Tokyo to look at the "innovative new system".
She described it as "a pile system with stainless steel collars . . . so it allows the water to flow".
Sanderson said there was a groundswell of support throughout the region, with surveys showing that 85 per cent of Wellingtonians were in favour of a runway extension to enable direct long-haul flights into and out of the capital.
Taylor, Weta Workshop's multiple Oscar-winning boss, was a supporter.
"Direct connections to Asia will undoubtedly facilitate greater business relationships for our creative industries as well as being a huge advantage for our city."
Victoria University vice-chancellor Professor Grant Guilford also backed a runway extension.
"If Wellington were a direct flight destination, it would be considerably more attractive to international students.
"Wellington is a great place to live and study and any move which makes the city more accessible to international students is certainly worth exploring."
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Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 14
By Umid Niayesh - Trend:
Despite what the ayatollahs would have you think, something is not quite right with the revolution in Iran. A grand ayatollah comparing the pre- and post-revolution generations said that those who grew up during the time of the shah fought on the frontlines of the Iran-Iraq war while the next generation idly walks the streets without purpose.
Really matters little if this is just anecdote or was truly said by a senior cleric in the Islamic Republic. The underlying message is that something is obviously wrong with the post-revolution generation.
Last week the head of the Healthcare Department of the Tehran municipality, Mohammad Mehdi Golmakani, said that Iran plans to open "anger controlling" clinics in Tehran by next year, Iran's Mehr news agency reported.
He said he hoped that the plan will be implemented in Tehran to teach school children how to control their anger.
Hassan Ashayeri, professor of neuropsychology and psychiatry in Iran University of Medical Science believes that such kind of organizations should also pay attention to the roots of the problem, along with the symptom therapy.
"Based on my own experiences in recent years, we mostly try to eliminate the visible aspects of the problem which is not a permanent approach," Ashayeri told Trend, adding that the roots and reasons of the social problems are often being neglected.
The expert also underlined that the administration should attract NGOs to this kind of organizations to achieve effective results.
According to the statistics of the Iran's Legal Medicine Organization on average two people a day are killed by people using knives, sabres, hatchets and the sort.
Iranian media outlets quoted MP, Abolfazl Aboutorbai as saying every year some 1,100 people are killed in Iran in that manner.
Aboutorabi went on to say that some 90 percent of the murders happen in street fights between young people.
Iranian deputy Minister of Health and Medical Education, Ali Akbar Sayyari said in October 2013 that some 25 percent of Iran's elderly people suffer from depression. In mid-February Iranian media published a study, according to which depression is the most common mental disorder among the country's young generation.
Suicide cases in Iran also have increased seriously in recent years, with 10 Iranians on average taking their lives every day.
The suicide rate has increased four times in last 30 years in Iran, according to the statistics of the Legal Medicine Organization, meanwhile the figure indicates an increase by 50 percent in the world in the last 40 years.
Around 3,640 people committed suicide in Iran last year, head of the Iranian Legal Medicine Research Center Mahmoud Khodadoust said, adding that a suicide attempt is more often observed among young people aged 18-24 (28.2 percent of total cases).
In November 2012, Iranian media outlets quoted the head of Iran's Health and Treatment Committee Hossein-Ali Shahriari as saying more than 70 percent of people in the country are under psychological pressure.
Speaking of seriousness of economic problems in Iran, Shahriari said that the nation suffers a lot because of them.
Economic problems are the main root of the psychological problems in Iran, also according to the Ashayeri.
Commenting on the issue, the expert went on to say that drug addiction as well as poverty and unemployment are other predominant reasons.
"Iranian citizens also deeply affected by the reports about embezzlement cases and corruption in the country," he added.
On Feb. 3, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that economic corruption is widespread and confronting it requires comprehensive planning referring to unacceptable standards of living in the country.
Iran has fallen from 133 to 144 among 177 countries in terms of the Corruption Perceptions there, compared to last year, according to Transparency International's annual report released on December 3, 2013.
The country's rank started falling during the administration of ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005 - 2013).
The worse rank belongs to 2009, when Iran ranked 168.
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Today's far more pragmatist president, Hassan Rouhani, faces a huge legacy of problems left behind by the former ideology based administration and is trying to fix them gradually.
Rouhani's main priorities seem to focus on fixing the economy and normalizing relations with other countries.
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Yesterday we saw an explosion in social media in Sri Lanka with over 85000 people talking about a scandal of sorts involving the director of Sri Lanka’s largest group of private schools. Now, what happened there? We don’t care. The #LISscandal is none of our business and IntCa will not partake in a gossip on a national scale. Rather, this article will explore how the management of this school, over the past decade has managed to alienate a significant portion of her alumni and students. A number of alumni have retaliated on social media, thus dragging the name of the school through a cartload of mud.
During my entire school career, I was expected to not raise my concerns about the broken systems within my school. Since I would be viewed as one that did not love my alma mater. However, this is not true. I love my school. That is the reason I decided to pen this article. Keeping quiet at a point so crucial that it could cataclysmically breakdown my entire school. Not pointing out the broken system in place which no one has pointed out for the past 2 decades would be a disservice to my alma mater.
The systemic disintegration of my school began a while back. I will show how isolated incidents which seemed insignificant (but were never talked about) on its own accumulated and over a long term, managed to completely alienate a majority of alumni and students.
Role of the Prefects Guild
A key stakeholder within the school is the prefects’ guild, hence activities involving this group can contribute towards the quality of the school. What needs to be noted initially is that prefectships at this school are done based upon appointments by the management. Whilst feedback from the preceding guild is considered when appointing a new batch, the management holds a veto power over the selection process. One idea which needs to be taken home is that prefects are NOT given any authority over the students. How well an individual is capable to executing his/her role as a prefect depends solely upon how much respect he/she commandeers amongst the student body.
Over the past couple of years, we have seen students with strong personalities denied key positions within the prefects’ guild. We have seen students unfit to hold such titles, hold them. We have seen appointments made to the guild which violate procedure. All this has gone by relatively unnoticed, since speaking out would simply threaten the “whistleblowers” position within the school, and could possibly lead out to some disciplinary action against them. The fear of a detention/suspension kept the student community from actively pointing out these gross violation of ethics, how does this relate back to the bigger picture? It seems like this may have systemically built up to a loss in trust of the management by the students.
Specific Events Which Alienated Students
Public shame speeches during Assembly
Starting off since about 3 years back, violation of a certain school rule could land you with 2 choices. The first: Suspension. The second: Give a speech at the school assembly outlining why breaking the rule is not something one should do. A couple of years back, I attended an assembly of a lower grade (I believe it was the grades 6 to 8 assembly). A kid, no older than 12 was asked to give one of these dreaded speeches and then sing the entire school song on stage alone. It was quite a humiliating and embarrassing situation for the kid amongst his colleagues. I still remember sitting down there thinking, “This moment will haunt that kid’s entire school career”. Over the years I have listened to a number of these speeches, and whilst recounting them can prove interesting, what we need to see is that by subjecting students to this humiliation, they will begin to view the school not as their alma mater, rather as the institution which subject them to humiliation.
During my final year, a number of us decided to attend the religion classes for faiths which were (legally) not ours. I happened to be one of them. This happened for a couple of weeks. We attended the Non – RC class, the Islam class and so on. One day, protocol officers walked into one of these classes and asked who the students not belonging to the relevant faith, were present in the classroom. We were then escorted to a different classroom and told how the Portuguese, the Dutch and British invaded our island and tried to convert the “pure” Buddhists into their own faiths. To be completely frank, the majority of the students within our group were secular. What needs to be taken out of this is, how students within the same school were asked to view the students of different faiths as invaders of our land and culture. Racism under the guise of patriotism has landed our country as a whole in a very tight spot. Very subtly forcing this segregation amongst the student body clearly alienates the students from within, possibly against each other.
Ignoring the Student Opinion
The senior concert is a very popular event. Coincidentally, it is always heavily oversubscribed. This results in a number of angry spectators (majority parents) who pay to watch the event but end up standing in a cramped auditorium. The prefects’ guild of one year recommended that overselling way beyond capacity does in fact create the atmosphere described above and this makes the job of the prefects on duty nearly impossible to execute. However, this recommendation was ignored, senior concert was, once again oversold and the expected outcome was seen. This is just one situation, there are several more that can be recounted. What needs to be understood is the fact that the opinion of the student body carries little to no weight within the eyes of the management. If an employee feels undervalued, they will not care about the progress of the organisation and ignoring the student input makes the student body feel undervalued. If the student body is undervalued, can a school progress forward?
Shame attached to relationships
Over my 13 years at the school, the golden rule which everyone knew was: NO LOVE AFFAIRS! They’re bad. They distract you. Right now I’m living within an atmosphere where this is not the case. Where puberty, emotions and relationships are treated as a common and very natural human need. By imposing a relationship ban the management has imposed an artificial standard. Now, it needs to be noted that I am in no way saying that we need a couple making out in every corridor. Rather, what I am saying is that by humiliating students having relationships (and in extreme cases, even expelling), affected parties within the student body will view the school (once again) as the institution that humiliated them.
Lack of attention to soft skill extracurricular activities
Soft skill extracurricular curricular activities (e.g. Modal UN) is often classed as irrelevant relative to the more brawn activities which bring fame to the school name. This once again relates right back to the undervaluing of certain portions of the student body.
My Personal Experience
The first incident occurred at an inter house drama competition. The drama competition was in the night, and as expected it was loud and had apparently received a noise complaint. Towards the end a prominent figure within the school structure stormed into the event, called us (students) dogs for making too much noise in front of 3rd party judges and parents. I was quite vocal and claimed the action was very extremely unprofessional. The next school day I was “escorted” to the office and asked why I insulted this individual. I very calmly explained that I didn’t and simply called the action unprofessional because it was.
However, the biggest incident which alienated huge proportions of my batch was the cancellation of the graduation ceremony without a substantiated reason. The organizers had to demand and negotiate with the management to be granted permission to host a tradition which had been done since inception.
Looking at what we read so far, what we can see is a broken system which is at its core severely undervalues the student body and strikes down and denies any individual with a strong personality that challenges the norms expected by the school which has alienated a number of alumni. Which is the reason for all the superficial social media attention.
Effect of Alienation
The effect of alienation leads to students retaliating against the school. This outburst by the student community over the situation today is perhaps one of many retaliations by parties against the school. Acts of vandalism and hatred have occurred multiple times in the past.
Leaving aside the student body. What else does the school lose? If the atmosphere within the school is alienating, staff will leave. The past year saw a number of stepping down of senior teachers, members of management and other staff. The sports department which was filled with professionals while I was in Year 10 was completely different when finishing school.
What can we do about it?
The reason I wrote this article was to point out that there exists a broken system within our school. I don’t want to see my school disintegrate into nothing from the empire that it once was. I genuinely love my alma mater and I want to see her succeed. The only way to fix a problem is to first accept there exists one.
A comprehensive review of existing “rules” alongside a system where student opinion is weighed in on decisions is essential to generate a sustainable school system.
The rapid spread of social media has enabled the student body to hold relevant parties accountable for what has occurred. Let’s use that chance we have been given to provide critical yet constructive solutions to the broken system within our alma mater. Frankly, putting the actions of a single individual under the microscope achieves nothing – if at all taints the school image. Rather use this opportunity wisely. The entire country is listening to you right now. How will you use this opportunity?
We have taken the first step in addressing the core problems which need to be addressed. To kick off the solutions, the head prefect of the guild of 2013/14 has proposed what he sees as solutions to some of the problems mentioned above.
“I believe that this school has the perfect environment to allow for the growth and evolution of ideas, but it insists on archaic teaching philosophies which suppress the growth of the child’s creative abilities. A child who grows up in the age of having unlimited information at the tips of their fingers cannot be lied to and bullied by authority anymore, it is imperative as a school to implement better teaching strategies to sharpen the skills of the students and include them in the conversation. In the end like the straw that broke the camels back, this incident set off a firestorm of memes and accusations of hypocrisy which might have stained the image of my alma mater forever. This public evisceration of my school’s name isn’t something that was pleasant to watch at all, but I can’t say it wasn’t something I didn’t expect. I think school can learn from this and implement measures such as:
- Appreciating all achievements of all students, instead of picking and choosing individual students for their achievements and ignoring others.
- Letting the prefects be the bridge between the management and the student body, instead of just using the prefects as spy services to rat out on their fellow students.
- Encourage open dialogue between the students, teachers and management to avoid such deep-seated anger developing within the minds of students.
I think its time for school to step back and think where did this all go wrong. Sure they might be thinking it’s a few bad apples making all the noise, but that simply isn’t true. Entire batches of students feeling like this is finally the opportunity they have to hit back at an oppressive management clearly shows something has gone severely wrong.” | <urn:uuid:bbb4cca2-e039-4cb7-8d69-e51e01857e5f> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://intca.org/2016/09/lisscandal-idealism-alienated/ | 2017-06-24T13:52:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320263.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624133941-20170624153941-00395.warc.gz | en | 0.972748 | 2,443 | [
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