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Lyrics for PDLQY Underneath my bed There’s a raincoat Packed with scarfs and books Just go look But don’t let the storm slow you down No honey, don’t let the storm slow us down The sound the furnace makes Irritates you I promise by next spring We’ll replace it But dont let the winter run you out No honey Dont let the winter run us down It’ll run us down I want it to get better I swear I’ll work to make it... Download my song from one tree hill Please Don’t Leave Quite Yet http://t.co/o1lKGCI Behind the story of PDLQY Two summers ago, I stayed on a farm in Alabama. I quit my job, and went to go find myself. I was lingering in the pines of the southern acre, and was determined to find whoever I was meant to be. Everyone comes to a point in life where they realize they have been living blindly. I was there. I brought five books, one journal, my Bible, guitar, and a polaroid camera. During my time on the...
We can all agree that it’s important to distinguish between real experts and those posing to be experts. People look to experts for advice on any number of subjects. I remember sitting in class at the University of Texas where I majored in Government, and looked over one of my professor’s accomplishments. He was a Harvard grad, wrote dozens of articles which had been published, and even co-authored a book on a subject he was expert on. The one thing missing from this list of accomplishments was any actual experience in politics, government, or international relations. He was a student ALL of his life. His ideas and points of views were all molded by other people’s experiences. He may have known more than most people about politics and how government technically works, but does he really have the authority to call himself an expert if he’s never spent any time in the field? Is he familiar with the nuances that goes into every day decision making, or is he going off a hunch? In my field today where my company sits at the bleeding edge of the intersection between social and commerce, I am surrounded by so called experts. They are experts of web 2.0, social media, and any other term you can think of that’ll make a Twitter lover salivate. Yet you ask one of these experts how to effectively create a program that will drive sales through social applications, and you will get answers that are far more chimerical than actionable. I’m sure everybody has had experience with these types, but we’ve also all been fooled by them. Next time you talk to somebody who mentions they’re an expert, dig beneath the surface; you never know what you might find. Remember that false expertise is usually hidden behind the cloak of broad generalizations and limited experiences. Sean Hannity, so-called Economics expert, who never graduated college and has been in radio his entire career
All of these ladies are just a few feauterd starlets in brand new releases from Jules Jordan Video. Check out my take on five new movies fresh from the Jules Jordan studio and his heavy-duty roster of directors. Big black booty fans rejoice! Alexander Devoe Productions and Jules Jordan Video have rounded up some of the phattest black booties in the adult industry for Black Ass Master! Catch your favorite ebony pornstars Pinky, Cherokee, Beauty Dior, Roxy Reynolds, Chyanne Jacobs, Skyy Black and Donna Red, and their big black asses in hot interracial scenes with studs like Mark Wood and Marco Banderas. You know the names, you know their big black asses and you know they’re all some of the hottest freaks of the industry! Wanna find out more about hot new DVD releases and projects from some of the adult industry’s best studios? Read my articles on the latest from Teravision, Sex-Z Pictures, Combat Zone, Legend and JM Productions! Teravision Unleashes RockStarPimp.com: Not only is lucky bastard Evan Seinfeld married to porn bombshell Tera Patrick, he also gets to bone porn chicks as the RockStarPimp! On RockStarPimp.com, Evan Seinfeld, AKA Spyder Jonez, gets to rock out and plow through Teagan Presley, Rebeca Linares, Alexis Love and, of course, goddess Tera Patrick on the hottest new celebrity sex site RockStarPimp.com. Teravision Brings A Giant Bang To Mobile: Porn queen Tera Patrick and Teravision recently signed a three-year deal to produce exclusive adult entertainment content for provider Giant Mobile. Teravision Goes “Public” With… : “The Sex Offenders.” Available now, this flick finds smokin’ hot babes Stoya, Lexi Belle, Ariel X and Holly Wellin having hot sex in public places. These girls and rookie director Aunt Gertrude help you live out some of your most twisted fantasies like sex in a moving car and elevator sex. JM Productions’ Nasty New Releases: JM Productions and their brand of extreme hardcore allows us all to tap into our “inner degenerate”. Find out more about JM’s September releases including She’s Half My Age, Irritable Bowl Syndrome 4 and Reverse Bukkake 9. JM Productions and Fuck You Cash Collab On… : Big Sloppy Asses! “White ass! Black ass! Latina ass!” The cast of sexy, lubed up asses includes Alexis Texas, Cherokee, Ayana Angel, Shyla Stylez and Sarah Vandela. get their fill of dark meat in this hardcore gonzo interracial booty fest! Combat Zone’s Sizzlin’ September Releases!: Combat Zone is a newer studio, but they have a knack for producing with high end gonzo with beautiful, fresh-faced cuties. Check out their four new releases this month including Trannyformers, Black in My Ho #2 and Shorty’s Mac’in Yo Momma. Sex Z Pictures Sex Z Sexy September Releases: Sex Z Pictures has been in the business of making critically acclaimed, AVN Award winning epics. Eli Cross’ Corruption and Upload are racked up tons of accolades from AVN, XRCO and Adam Film World. More acclaim could be in store for Icon starring 2007 AVN Performer of the Year Hillary Scott. Sex Z will also release I Touch Myself featuring hotties like Dana DeArmond, Rebeca Linares and Holly Welling in super sexy solo action! The second installment of I Touch Myself is scheduled to hit shelves late October. 8 New Legend DVDs Due 9.15.08: Legend will release eight titles next week. Click to find out more on Chocolate Pie Lovers, Ass Buffet, Tiffany Rayne AKA Filthy Whore and more! Next time, I’ll hit you with some of the latest happenings from Jules Jordan Video, Evasive Angles and Anabolic! With so many studios and so many movies, you might that pornstars are a haughty dime-a-dozen. If you have had any interaction with them, you’d be wise enough to know that these sex acrobats are some of the coolest, most down-to-earth people out there. That’s right. I’ve had the pleasure of interacting with some real salt of the earth ladies that entice, entertain and fuel our fantasies. Annette Schwarz is one of the hottest girls in the business. This busy lady splits her time between her hometown of Munich, Germany and LA. Annette was so grateful for my in-depth review of her opus Annette Schwarz is Slutwoman Vol. 2 that she even stopped by to comment here! She brings a real passion and enthusiasm in all of her performances. Show her some love and add her on Myspace at http://www.myspace.com/annetteschwarz. Adrianna Nicole has been in the game for a short time, but this blonde amazon is one of the most intense performers I have ever seen. She blew my mind and brought smiles to the faces of James Deen, Dave Hardman and six lucky studs in No Cum Dodging Allowed 9. She left a sweet comment on my myspace page thanking for a great review and helping her relive one of her favorite scenes to date! Add her at http://www.myspace.com/adriannanicolexxx. Dana DeArmond is one of the most popular pornstars on myspace. Her 500,000+ fan following has dubbed her “the Internet’s Girlfriend” and with good reason. Not only did she rock my world in No Cum Dodging Allowed 9, she keeps up one of the best personal blogs and vlogs that I’ve ever peeped. She also thanked me for the review and mentioned that she has so great scenes on the way including her first double anal (!!!) in the upcoming Belladonna’s Butthole Whores 3! Check her out and add her at http://www.myspace.com/littledana. Thanks again, ladies. I’ll be watching! On a steamy, insomnia-filled night like this, I enjoy perusing the ‘net for things that scare the shit out of me. Fortunately, a couple of new tracks from Narcotic Puppeteers have me freaked out enough that I can forgo 3am viewings of “Suspiria” and research on Joe D’Amato’s gore classic “Anthrophagus.” If you like space-age tempered starkness, you’ll enjoy the multi-layered pulse of “The Square Root of H8.” If you’re into icy climes, you’ll love “Road Trippin with Hunter.” Hell, just listen and love ‘em all anyway. Check out their official myspace at http://www.myspace.com/narcoticpuppeteers and add them as a friend! So, you already know that Tera Patrick is one of the hottest Eurasian goddesses to ever grace the screen. You know that she’s one of the world’s most beautiful women and one of the world’s most famous porn actresses. But did you happen to know that her husband Evan Seinfeld is a “rockstar pornstar” in his own right? Teravision has just unleashed RockStarPimp.com. As Spyder Jonez, Evan plows his way through super sexy vixens like Teagan Presley, Rebeca Linares, Lexi Belle and Alexis Love. Of course, “it’s no fun if the Mrs. can’t have none” so there are several scorchers with Tera Patrick herself! Thanks to the wondrous double whammy that is AdultMaven.com and ReviewersClub.com, I was able to get my paws on two incredible new releases from Jules Jordan Video: Give Me Pink 4 and No Cum Dodging Allowed 9. Give Me Pink 4 is a Cruel Media production and the second movie from Romanian porn goddess Clara G. It features seven lengthy scenes of hot American and European girls (Alexis Love, Angie Savage, Tanya James, Sonya, Zuzana Z., Eve Angel and Peaches) giving themselves sweet self-pleasure with an array of toys & dildos. Check out my review for all the juicy, cooze-cramming details! No Cum Dodging Allowed 9 from director, producer and noted POV pervert Mike John. Just as the title suggests supersluts Adrianna Nicole & Velicity Von, rookies Allie Foster and Tatiana Kush, and myspace fave Dana DeArmond get two scenes a piece: one with hardcore MFM action and 5/6 man blowbangs. With nearly four hours of intense sexual acrobatics, I’ve rarely seen anything like it! Grab a kleenex and read my blistering hot review! Just in case you all miss the visual orgasm that is Adaora… For months, you’ve read my blogs, reviews and bulletins going on and on, raving about AdultMaven. Well, I love the community of writers, I love getting first dibs on new releases and the chance to review them. My reviews have been praised by the likes of Elegant Angel, Annette Schwarz and Kimberly Kane. I’m not alone. - PornWench is AdultMaven’s #1 writer. She recently reviewed her 100th title, Porn of The Dead. She loves Wicked & Vivid features, Joanna Angel/Burning Angel productions and has a strange affinity for Evan Stone. - Pax Analysis is porn beat poet, a naughty wordsmith who digs Derrida & Freud as much as he digs Sasha Grey and gonzo. Director Eli Cross called his review of Upload “brilliant” and Vivid loved his take on Kimberly Kane’s Morphine. These are exciting times for AdultMaven and we want you to join us! Go to ReviewToEarn.com to check out our step-by-step guide which will have you watching, writing and getting paid in no time! This is from a much larger short fiction story. Each section corresponds to a piece of music. In theory, this would be a top 25 New York Times hit and come with a corresponding soundtrack at your local Borders or Barnes & Noble. For the time being, just let the words guide you. Interlude: “City Approach,” Grandadbob It’s a balmy Friday night, three weeks from graduation, 11:13pm. The air is hot and thick like fat billowy fuzz bass. Three girls stand in front of Commons, ears glued to their cell phones, swaying sleek bodies to the muffled bass emanating from the café. Blonde, brunette and redhead–each coif touched by trendy $400 contrasting highlights. They flaunt sexy hair cascading over porcelain shoulders, always falling pristinely back into place after the breeze flows through. By day, these dames are strikingly attractive, stripper-pole ready, but clad in baggy track pants and oft-matching jackets that hide well-toned and tanned 32C-22-30 physiques, always puffing Virginia Slims with fervor directly in front of doorways. Tonight, they turn it up in tube tops revealing perfect, sinewy Maxim-girl abs with neo-punk can-can girl skirts low enough to showcase pelvic indentations at the base of the spine and short enough for free peeks at the cookie after a slight bend. Suddenly, I can only hear cosmic bubbles popping over electro guitar riffs and dueling vox hooks. Absinthe green lights descend from the trees and everything goes into European proofing. The music shimmies and swaggers with an air that rings of French house and that cool lounge shit you’d hear at a grand opening of a swanky South Beach boutique. It’s contagious, makes me want to buy a new cell phone and replace all hellos with HelloMotos. The girlies are moving in time to my beat, making eye contact and come hither fingers like they want to give it a go. Just what kinda go they wanna give it, I don’t know but I’m looking at them like “you don’t want nunna this, can’t handle it.” I don’t know if they want me to dance with them, dance against them or what. Defying my words, they put hands on knees and proceed to drop booty as if this were an impromptu casting call for a Nelly video. They snap their phones up, drop them daintily in Louis Vuitton handbags and walk into Commons. Yeah, that’s what I thought. “Stab, stab, stab.” “Leave those heffas alone.” I couldn’t say anything else. I’m pretty sure he wanted to bone at least one of them…if he didn’t already.
The horrors of the advertising business, a compelling National League pennant race, and an obsession to re-write every one of these goddamn posts five times, have conspired to give me a nice variety of unwholesome reasons for not doing any serious reading lately. However, last week on vacation I picked up Philip Roth's Pulitzer winning novel American Pastoral. It is simply a work of amazing brilliance. Anyone who's ever tried to earn a nickel writing knows that if in your lifetime you can come up with one truly original insight into human behavior you're ahead of most. Roth seems to be able to accomplish this ten to the page. I think there's a part of all of us that wants to believe we are somehow connected to extraordinary people. Like the girl who tells you that a rock musician went to her high school, as if that was some kind of achievement on her part or validation of her worth. I had a similar experience with Roth. In the beginning of American Pastoral he comments extensively on a baseball novel written for kids by John R. Tunis called The Kid From Tompkinsville. As it happens, this was my favorite book when I was young. I have never met anyone else who's ever heard of it, no less read it. I spent the better part of one summer reading all of Tunis's sports books. I would hit my local library every week in the insane hope that in the preceding week Tunis had turned out another novel. Hey, it only took me a few days to read 'em, why did it take him so damn long to write 'em? When I read Roth's reminiscences of The Kid From Tompkinsville I was thrilled. I pictured an 11-year old Roth lying in bed in a hot apartment on a still summer night reading about The Kid, just as I had done. Somehow, in my senile imagination, the idea that Roth and I shared The Kid created a bond between us. Me and my man Phil. BFF.
So you’ve come across this website, and perhaps you’re thinking “cool name, wonder what the heck is going to happen in these parts?” Well, perhaps I should first explain that we’re going to talk about a lot of things - not just stuff that’s vinyl related. Sure, that’s part of it, and we’ll get to that in a second….we’re here because you and I are fellow music loving freaks, and soon enough, you’ll discover how much we have in common. Or perhaps we have nothing in common. But I’m guessing that I can at the very least provide a good forum for musical discussion, and hopefully we can have some fun. And now let’s talk about the vinyl part of things: I’ve been itching to start my own music blog for the past year or so, and it was a generous gift late last year that officially lit the fuse and led me to pull the trigger. My New York friend Michael bequeathed to me his entire collection of 45 RPM singles, complete with the original picture sleeves. His collection contains EVERY song that charted top 40 in the 80’s. It is truly a mind blowing collection, and it is something that I look forward to sharing with you here in the coming months. I’ll be writing about my favorite artists that have gotten me this far on the planet, and also sharing my thoughts and opinions on artists of today, and ongoing musical topics of interest as they come up. And I’ll be looking for you to counter with your own musical thoughts and memories. Just a bit of history on me - I grew up in the 80’s in Odessa, Texas - home of prairie dogs, Permian Panthers football (as covered in the movie Friday Night Lights,) oil wells, and not much else. While in Odessa, I had the opportunity to spend a day at my favorite Top 40 radio station, KWES-FM (The Hot 102 FM.) Thanks to that day at KWES, I got to see MTV for the first time, and at seven years of age, I was officially hooked on music. The remainder of my time growing up was spent in the mountains of New Mexico which led to my family moving to the Chicago area suburb of Joliet, and finally in 1989 we made our final move to Cleveland, OH. An early life spent living in small towns and cold weather left me plenty of time for listening to as much music as I could get my hands on. High school found me working in record stores for most of my teenage years, and since then, I’ve spent the past 12 years working in various parts of the radio industry. How could you resist jobs where they give you tons of free CDs? I couldn’t, and still can’t resist to this day. Even after all of the many records, cassettes and compact discs that have passed through my player, I still look forward to hearing that next band that will knock me off my feet musically. I live for that connection that exists between the band on stage and the fans that have come to see the show, and the goosebumps that occur when everything connects for musical nirvana. I’m still a fan at the end of every day - a consumer that still buys music…what a concept! Once I am a fan of your band, I’m committed to everything you put out, although there are a couple of bands that really test my limits. As for the rest of it, stick around - we’ll get to that, bit by bit. Thanks for checking out the website!
Voltron Explorer has a growing collection of Voltron images available online. These sounds were recorded by ADEQUATE.com for use on this site only. Steps have been taken to prevent other web sites from linking directly to these sounds. (If they do, people will only get an image telling them that access is forbidden.) We encourage other web sites to record their own sounds instead. Let's not just have every site have the same stuff as every other site, okay? - Friend.wav (24k) Princess: [Echo] You need someone to be your friend. - Goodness.wav (50k) Princess: [Echo] Why are you always so cruel? Isn't there any goodness left inside you at all? - Mice.wav (92k) Lance: What are they doing now? Ooh! Ow! Ow! Owwww! Pidge: I get the feeling they're trying to tell us something. - Ooh.wav (131k) It's NOT what it sounds like. For all of you with dirty minds, Hunk is really trying to get in the Princess' room to save her from Witch Hagar. - SleepTogether.wav (86k) Just what is Koran encouraging? Keith doesn't sound too enthusiastic about it. - VisitPrincess.wav (46k) Princess: Maybe later, some of the girls will come and visit me on planet Arus. - VehicleForm.wav (227k) The Voltron vehicle team forming Voltron with Jeff calling out instructions. - VehicleSword.wav (105k) The Voltron vehicle team forming the blazing sword.
It would be quite the badge of shame wouldn't it, what with Alec Baldwin and Sean Penn writing material for the same publication. I've printed below the first few paragraphs of Weber's new article for The Huffington Post...There is a lot more of it but I grew weary trudging through the mistakes of fact, logic, grammar and the sheer bravado of Weber's horrible prose. I know the point he's trying to make and politically I'm largely on board with him but doesn't The Huffington Post have a copy department or fact checkers or is Weber just too much of an egomaniac to be edited? Have a read for yourself...what would you fix if you were a copy editor for the HuffPo? Just came back from The Europe Place, having wandered about with family in tow (and vice versa), mainly making our way through Barcelona and Scotland, two cities steeped in history and art, drenched with passion and pride. These are mature places, the denizens going about their business not as material-obsessed drones but as active participants in their respective cultures, able and articulate representatives of their countries. They are places whose maturity has enabled them to achieved a sort of balance of all the disparate elements which otherwise might threaten to swamp a national psyche and make it an unreasoning, destructive presence in the international sociopolitical scheme. In other words, it's nice there! (A side note: if the Earth is ever invaded by aliens, just send in some Scots. Those aliens -- or what's left of them -- will be limping back to their home planet within a few hours.). And from that objective geographical perspective, I saw America from a, whattayou call it? Ah, yes: a parallax view (Another side note: great film by Warren Beatty by the same name. See it, why don't you?). And fellow travelers I'm telling you, to understand the state of our own union, it's a view that really needs to be seen. For, to return home from being abroad is to see America as it is and marvel at the mess it's become, like looking at a celebrity from a strictly verboten angle and seeing the scars, the stitches, the ooze. Which I myself have done, but never before a meal. And one sees most clearly the utterly biased corporate media using all manner of cannily manipulative techniques to corral the nation towards its own selfish aim: to ensure profit at the expense of people. And one sees this only after having been removed from the sheep-dip that is American corporate media submersion. Only it's not parasites being cleansed from the sheep's wool, it's the ability to know when the wool's been pulled over its eyes...
Ace AdWeek reporter, Noreen O’Leary has a good run down on the current “Commonwealth aint no more” situation. As she points out, a decision could come as early as today. I can tell you that the decision WILL be today. Jeff is in Detroit trying to save the jobs of the hundreds of poor fuckers he hired at the insistence of Chevy. He also has a lease on some spacious premises. Hopefully, McCann will do the honorable thing and take them over… Yeah, and in this fucking business, doing the honorable thing doesn’t happen every day. Finally Noreen points out… Sources said McCann's Karlsson, chief creative officer, global brands, has played a major role is shaping the new positioning. “He was able to give GM the confidence that he could take the creative lead on Chevrolet,” said one source. That ain’t what I heard, but hey, to the victor, the spoils.
Results 1 to 3 of 3 11-20-2009, 08:09 AM #1 - Join Date - Nov 2009 - Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Access TSM database from ODBC on Linux I have a TSM 220.127.116.11 server running on Linux x86_64, from which I would like to extract data to generate some HTML reports (something like the reports that TSM on Windows generates). Querying the database by calling "dsmadmc" and parsing the output is something I would like to avoid. Is there a way to connect to the database over ODBC on Linux? 11-20-2009, 10:38 AM #2 11-20-2009, 10:49 AM #3There is no ODBC driver for linux By selsp1 in forum OthersReplies: 2Last Post: 04-04-2005, 10:34 PM By igor in forum TSM Reporting & MonitoringReplies: 0Last Post: 03-09-2005, 12:13 PM By nghiatd in forum TSM ServerReplies: 1Last Post: 01-21-2005, 03:57 AM By TeEsEm in forum ScriptingReplies: 1Last Post: 12-30-2004, 03:44 AM By igor in forum TSM Reporting & MonitoringReplies: 0Last Post: 01-22-2003, 11:03 AM
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Sorry I haven’t been blogging. Tis the season where foreigners like to turn on each other and I literally have no “overskud” to deal with it. Not that I’ve been at the centre of much drama this season (yet), though I have been peripheral to a lot already and it is only pigging October. What gets me is that the same people that put me on their shoulders and laud me for “telling it how it is” and express gratitude that I vomit out such words as these for their reading pleasure are ready to shun me for bringing them down or being too negative for their tastes. Honestly, guys, make up your minds. If “I’m telling it like it is” in summer and spring, how am I causing you mental distress in autumn and winter? May I suggest it is not I who is causing you issues, it is THE COUNTRY YOU ARE LIVING IN. And as I benefit, as you do, from friendship, dropping me just for expressing views about this country (that you agreed with when the sun was shining), is a bit of a “dick move”. There are a lot of people who are going to think I am talking specifically about them which goes to show how widespread this shit is. No, I am not talking about you. I am talking about y’all. Anyway, when the spring comes, you are welcome to make contact and enjoy my company anew. No hard feelings or nuttin’. I just wanted you to hear that I am a real person with real feelings, not some anti-dk roboto. (NOTE TO SELF: Invent anti-dk roboto) My solution, (just as theirs), is to make a nice little bubble where I don’t peek out and spoil the “hygge” I have “skabt”. So, this means I haven’t been reading nor watching the Danish news. There is no grist to my mill. So, no blogs to be written. Mostly, though, incredibly, things are okay with me. Yes, my boyfriend is in Helmand, Afghanistan doing a dangerous (and somewhat pointless and probably illegal), job. Yes, my job is disappearing and I have to find a new one here or leave the country and lose the boyfriend I will have been waiting for six months for because he will not come with me. Yes, I tried to get pregnant but the embryo got stuck in my tube, threatened my life, died and then was not acknowledged as a pregnancy at all because the embryo was crap and was not producing enough hormones to show up in my wee (which buggers up the possibilities of getting grief counselling). Yes, work asked me to do extra lessons to make up for the time I missed through this medical emergency and other illnesses and then changed their mind and tried to take a class off me entirely and then finally came up with the compromise of having a backup teacher in case I was ill again and are now finally leaving me alone. Yes, the “expert” that came in to assess the levels of mercury after a major spill a couple of years ago said that “I’m not a chemical engineer but I expect it has evaporated by now” and then printed out the first google hit about the “half life in blood is 3 days”. (Yes, the half life IN BLOOD is three days, the mercury isn’t all pissed out, though, it goes from your blood to your internal organs, where it stays and that says nothing about the half life of mercury in a room which is swept with the same contaminated broom every three days) and then refused to even try to measure the levels in the classroom. Yes, I’m ill every five weeks for a week. Yes, I live in a country which I have great difficulties feeling welcome. Yes, the loneliness of my situation crushes me. Yes, every single part of my life has high levels of bullshit attached to it. But it’s not all bad, is it? I have actually been feeling pretty cheery. Some good stuff has been happening. I am learning to make socks. Work asked me to give a small talk about my teaching to the other teachers and it went well. My fitness is increasing. My weight is decreasing. My fertility is normal. My doctor is really good and is going to treat my asthma, to see if untreated asthma is why I am so ill all the time. My lessons are going great. I have been keeping myself entertained. I have planned a lot of social arrangements. My boyfriend comes back on R&R in a few weeks. I have been keeping my head above water with a combination of exercise, meditation, “good” bacteria pills (shown to be mood altering in some studies) and, as I have already said, avoiding the Danish news. Life is actually okay. I am feeling good and, dare I say it?, happy. Okay, that’s enough peeking out of my bubble to talk to you, I’m going for a swim.
Saturday, May 29, 2010 On Russh Magazine I am a self-proclaimed minimalist. Is this accurate? I'm not quite sure. All I know is I hate having things; I hate clutter. Perhaps I am partial to a blank, white space because it opens my mind and allows my imagination to run free. If the white wall above my bed had a poster, I wouldn't be able to sleep at night. I'd be too distracted by the image. When I adopted this "minimalist" way of life, I stopped collecting things: coffee mugs with kooky sayings, Barbie dolls, free AOL CDs, crime scene "DO NOT CROSS" barricade tape, etc. However, there is one very particular thing that I can't seem to stop collecting no matter how hard I try: magazines. Like a pack rat, I have acquired a stack of magazines the size of a mountain, and I can't seem to part with it. Let's just say I hope my house never catches on fire because my room would go up in flames in two seconds flat. Russh Magazine, the bi-monthly Australian publication, is one of my favorites. The images are stunningly provocative and the design is slick, clean and minimalist -just how I like it! Established in 2004, the aim of the magazine is to showcase Australian fashion. The target audience is 18 to 30-year-old women. Considering that major fashion publications are primarily published in the U.S. and Europe, I think it's exciting that a magazine from our friends "down under" is competing with the big boys. Posted by Alison at 12:39 AM
Wed, Mar 15, 2006 Earlier this week, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced that Xavier Aviation has signed deposit agreements for two S-76D helicopters scheduled for delivery in 2009. Xavier Aviation is based in Palm Springs FL and -- through its relationship with Aircraft Services Group (ASG) based in Ramsey, NJ -- provides an entire range of helicopter services to its customers. ASG currently operates one Sikorsky S76B helicopter on behalf of Xavier for executive transport and multi-mission use. Both new S-76D aircraft will be managed by ASG. ASG also manages two S-92(TM) helicopters for customers in the United States and "We are looking forward to continuing our long-standing relationship with the Sikorsky product line. The D model is perfectly suited for Xavier's hot and high operating environment," said Aircraft Services Group, Inc.'s Chief Operating Officer The launch of the S-76D model was first announced in February 2005 as a series of engine, air vehicle, interior and avionics upgrades that ensure that the venerable S-76 product line will remain best-in-class in the corporate VIP, offshore oil, airline, EMS/ search-and-rescue and law enforcement segments. Product improvements on the S-76D include new composite main rotor blades, new quiet tail rotor, rotorcraft icing protection system (RIPS), an all new Thales cockpit, and a new Pratt & Whitney Canada PW210 engine. Three-Eight Charlie If you know the name of the first woman to fly solo around the world, you’re ahead of most people. By the way, if you thought it was Amelia Earhart, you&r>[...] Holding pattern. A racetrack pattern, involving two turns and two legs, used to keep an aircraft within a prescribed airspace with respect to a geographic fix.>[...] “We need a world-class system of weather prediction in the United States – one, as the National Academy of Sciences recently put it, that is ‘second to none'." So>[...] Send Them A Story -- We Don't Mind! Do you need another set of eyes to see that story you can't believe Jim just wrote? Want to spread Hognose's unique wisdom and perspective to th>[...] Cites 'Strong Record On Aviation Security' The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) has endorsed Congressman Ed Markey for the U.S. Senate, specifically noting his proven rec>[...]
A storyteller always has the advantage over his audience in that he knows how things are going to end up and where the story is going. Unlike the proverbial storyteller, in this series of letters I am about to share with you, I do not know where this story is going. I struggled with waiting to share until I knew what the direction would be and in which order to take it. Hopefully, you’ll be glad to know I’ve decided to throw such caution to the March wind instead of waiting for April showers to make way for those May flowers I won’t be planting if I keep sitting here, mulling over which order to use in presenting some hundred-year-old letters. I’ll be adventurous and let the story unfold for me as well as for you. With that decision behind me, I’m reaching my hand into the pile of letters from the personal papers of my husband’s paternal grandmother, Agnes Tully Stevens, and pulling out what I hope will be a “plum.” Although I can see the name of the letter’s writer, I have no idea who this person is, or what significance he holds. Perhaps, if I’m lucky, I’ll stumble upon that information while I’m going through the process of posting these transcriptions. Today, I’m starting with a letter from a gentleman who signed his name as “Dan E. Reilly.” He was writing Agnes Tully (at the time, she was not yet married) from his location in Tucson, Arizona, although I get the feeling that he either had previously lived in her home town of Chicago (most likely also attending the same church as she did), or that of her older sister’s family in Ohio. Whether it is the jovial nature of the letter writer, himself, or the manner of written communication at the time, I am not sure, but Mr. Reilly certainly sounds quite friendly and familiar with Agnes, personally. The opening paragraphs of this letter make me want to know much more of the details of young Agnes’ life and that of her correspondent. Tucson Ariz May 19 ’09 My Dear Agnes Well you old bummer you took a sneak [?] away from St. Anne’s down to beautiful hilly, inviting, home-like New Lexington where you will I hope spend your time in building up and getting strong and above all in forgetting – forgetting one that is not worthy of a pleasant look from my little Agnes. Remember honey that many a young woman who allowed herself to run down was beyond the life line before she knew it. So cast care and worry and seriousness to the winds and in the loveliness of your young and bright womanhood be cheerful and happy both for yourself and for those around you. Stay there just as long as you like and if any one complains just tell them that you’ll report them to me.
Life of full of good news/bad news events – after all, every situation has plusses and minuses. This past September I received good news that I would be involved in an 11-month project starting in October. Bad news is the work is 70 miles away. I accepted the work, thus spend more time than I prefer in a car. Friends ask me if I listen to books on the road. Although I good idea, I tell them that XM radio is my reliable companion. Since I appreciate many types of music, XM allows me to select the music that is best for the time of day, travel conditions, and my mood. Besides, I enjoy hearing music that I do not know. Here is my primary listening choices, listed by channel number (not preference). XM 32 – The Message Playing contemporary Christian music that is more electric and pop than I realized, The Message offers me inspirational words of faith and hope through music that causes me to reflect and even at times pray. I admit that I had only heard of a few artists before becoming a listener, but this music has been a pleasant surprise. XM 45 – Spectrum To me, Spectrum offers contemporary rock for adults. It’s not heavy, but not pop – yet a blend of artists that I know and others that are new to me. Plus, some of the original MTV VJs host. XM 51 – Coffee House I’m not a coffee drinker, but I can imagine sitting in a coffeehouse listening to acoustic versions of hits by the original artists or original tunes by local artists that probably won’t make it to the national scene. Although Coffee House does not feature songs from the latter, I thought the description would help describe the music. XM 72 – Spa Spa attacks the new age side of me as I really like the music. Whether at the end of a hectic day or when taking precautions by driving slower on slick, snow-covered roads, Spa’s music selection gives me a sense of calm … a journey into tranquility. Besides, it is also quick access to some interesting music on neighboring stations. XM 73 – Simply Sinatra The channel of crooners – whether Mel Torme, Sammy Davis Jr, or Nat King Cole – or modern day crooners as Michael Buble or Harry Connick Jr – female artists from the past as Peggy Lee or Rosemary Cloney – or every fifth song by Frank Sinatra – this channel takes me back to an era of nightclubs and fox trots. XM 74 – Bluesville Although I listen to this the least of the listed, certain blues offers a beat that I enjoy. Although I recognize the artists, others catch my ear and cause the toes to tap – such as Tab Benoit’s Too Sweet for Me. XM 134 – NPR Now I like learning and think, so talk shows can provide that avenue – but listening to some talk-show hosts is difficult. Listening to callers can be worse. Sometimes I treat my cerebral side by tuning in to hear intelligent conversations about a topic. Oh my, this can be quite enlightening. Traveling on Air Tran airlines introduced me to XM radio. Two years ago, I purchased a new car offering free XM for 3 months. I loved it and have been an avid listener (only in the car) ever since. Click here to read other posts I’ve written about XM radio.
free hit counter January 31, 2005 Another Fiendish American Plot Americans have been discovered trying to feed the hungry--an obvious ploy by the arrogant superpower to destabilize a local government by keeping its citizens alive. Or something like that. Bad, America! Bad! Bad! January 25, 2005 Does the Label Really Matter? (Cross Posted at ResurrectionSong.com) It's been a while, but I thought now might be a good place to take up right where I left off: the genocide in Sudan. The developed world and the UN have a tendency to do a little dance around the word "genocide." The reason, of course, is that if everyone agrees that genocide is taking place then someone has to do something. Doing nothing tends to be much safer than doing something. While the UN has a definition of what constitutes genocide, it rarely applies the label. Rwanda earned the term, for instance, after 800,000 people were killed in a matter of weeks, but in the Sudan people are still ducking the obvious: at some point it doesn't matter much whether it's an "official" genocide or just mass murder on a giant, ethnically-fueled scale. Without asserting that there is an easy solution to the situation where everyone can go home and sing kumbaya in a haze of brotherhood and happiness, I can say, with no self-doubt, that the UN was created specifically to handle situations like this. Kofi Anan, though, refuses to call this genocide precisely because it would obligate the UN to act. The UN has no problem floating the idea of worldwide wealth re-distribution through taxing member states like the United States, but it can't manage to even live up to its own Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Or, I suppose, if the organization continues to either dodge giving a title of genocide to racial, religious, and ethnic murder on massive scale, it isn't really failing in it's duties in a legalistic sense. It also helps tremendously to make sweeping declarations after a good racial cleansing has already taken place. Maybe hold a few trials, point the finger in blame, and make a ton of noise about how this will never, ever happen again. Of course, it will happen again and it will be handled just as ineptly by an organization too frightened of serious action to be useful to the world. Just ask the 800,000 that died in Rwanda. Then turn an eye to those million displaced people in Sudan who are facing starvation, disease, and the oppression of the vicious militia groups; if the UN doesn't exist to take decisive action in a situation like this, then what does it exist for? I'm in agreement with Senators Corzine and Brownback: the United States has an obligation to send clear economic and diplomatic signals to the government of Sudan. And if those signals aren't met with and immediate, positive response from Khartoum, and if the UN continues to ignore its obligations, then military action must be considered. The United States is not obligated to act against every petty dictator and tyrant in the world, but does have the moral obligation to act in the most egregious situations. Stopping the slow murder of a million refugees seems like a pretty good cause to me.
This Week's Pod Cast This is Friday June 19th 2009 My name is Angela Walton-Raji This is the African Roots Podcast! Happy Juneteenth everyone! For those of you who have become interested in learning more about the Juneteenth celebration you will enjoy reading more about it here. The Prince George’s County AAHGS Juneteenth workshop can find information is hosting an all day Juneteenth Event on African American Genealogy. It will take place at the Family History Center in Suitland Maryland. The workshop is free to the public. You are invited to attend a special event at the Library of Congress on African American genealogy resources. Journey Into Your Past: African American Genealogy at the Library of Congress Journey into the lives of your ancestors through the published records and online resources at the Library of Congress. Explore the untold stories of generations past by searching digitized oral histories, newspapers, maps, and photographs documenting African American lives in America. Learn strategies to overcome roadblocks in the historical record. Join us as we examine items and share tips to break down these barriers. Ahmed Johnson, a specialist in African American genealogy resources from the Local History and Genealogy Reading Room at the Library of Congress, will be here to help at the Opal Auditorium For anyone interested in the history of the great plains you will find the Nebraska Studies website, of interest, including some stories of African Americans and you have chance to learn about life on the plains and on the early homesteads. Great information is located on their website. Connecticut Digitization project called Connecticut history online provides over 16 pages of photos, and documents of African Americans throughout the state. Both documents and portraits as well as group shots can be located on the website. I hope that those of you who have been conducting genealogy research for several years, will consider telling the story of not only your family, but will consider defining your special passion within genealogy. Some of you have become immersed in community documentation projects; others have become cemetery preservationists, while others have immersed yourselves into oral history projects as well. This kind of data will hopefully be published in the future. You are urged also to become engaged with the greater genealogical community. Consider joining the historical society where your ancestors lived. Consider also speaking at events,. and initiating some projects to put the black community that you research on the historical map. They were there, and you often might be the person to expose something unique about the community, stemming from your research. A few links are placed for you here, to consider sharing, teaching and growing within the genealogical community. Images of Someret Place are found here. Well Thanks for listening. Happy Juneteenth, everyone! Remember to keep researching, keep documenting and keep sharing what you find!
What have I been up to? Hmm let’s see… it feels like a ton, but really not so much. Just a lot of the mundane family and house stuff. We had a great 4th of July with family and friends. Well, till my little one accidently burn his finger on a sparkler just as the fireworks were about to begin. It was nothing serious but the poor thing was traumatized by the whole thing (as was I) and needed a little mommy love and a bandage, so we left early and missed most of the fireworks. I felt like a horrible mom that it happened and that the other kids had to miss out, but I had to deal with the situation at hand and chock the rest of it up to a learning experience. Note to self: Next year NO SPARKLERS! Mommy just can’t handle it. Since then it has been all about entertaining the kids and keeping them away from the television and video games. AKA, my sewing time, but I am not complaining because we are having a blast just hanging out and being in the pool. Our summer can be best described by this article I read this morning, because yes my toddler just spent 2 days in the same outfit and the kids are in the pool as we speak instead of taking showers, but hey at least they are not in front of the tv. Right? Even though the kids have been taking up a majority of my time, I have been able to get a few things done. I made this cute little magnetic pin holder for a friend. She is not a sewer but I thought it would be cute on her dresser to hold safety pins and such. I really hope she likes it. If your interested in how I put it together, I am in the process of writing up a blog post about it and hopefully it will be finished later today or tomorrow. The other thing I have been working is a quilt. Unfortunately I can’t share to much about it right now. I know, I hate when other bloggers say that to, but since it is impossible for me to keep anything a complete secret, I thought I would share a little sneak peak. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week!
First Impression: I need some apple cider and donuts For Bitty: The pants are the only drawback to this cute outfit; they are thin and feel kinda cheap. the hoodie, with the leaf detail is great. The leaves on the hoodie match the super cute leaf sorter toy! The sox and shoes are perfect for a crisp fall day. Grade: B For Big Girls: Works surprisingly well, with the exception of the pants (again). Grade: B IN Conclusion: Worth it for the toy alone, I can see a little one playing with it for a long time.
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We had our first snowfall last week! Well, the first snow that stuck to the ground overnight, it was beautiful! I love taking the back roads home when there is snow, it looks so pretty on the pine trees! Have you had snow yet? ☛ I want to see your Wordless Wednesday posts! Link them up below! ☚
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WELCOME TO AISHE To portray the status of higher education in the country, Ministry of Human Resource Development has endeavoured to conduct an annual web-based All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) since 2010-11. The survey covers all the Institutions in the country engaged in imparting of higher education. Data is being collected on several parameters such as teachers, student enrolment, programmes, examination results, education finance, infrastructure. Indicators of educational development such as Institution Density, Gross Enrolment Ratio, Pupil-teacher ratio, Gender Parity Index, Per Student Expenditure will also be calculated from the data collected through AISHE. These are useful in making informed policy decisions and research for development of education sector.
9 gems of Akbar - Abul Fazl (1551–1602) was the chronicler of Akbar’s rule. He authored the biographical Akbarnama. Abul Fazl documented the history meticulously, over seven years, in three volumes, the third volume is known as the Ain-i-Akbari and a Persian translation of the Bible. He was also the brother of Faizi, the poet laureate of emperor Akbar. - Faizi (1547–1595) was Abul Fazl’s brother. He was a poet who composed beautiful poetry. His father was Mubarak Nagori, a scholar in the philosophy and literature of Greece as well as in Islamic theology. - Miyan Tansen was a singer for King Akbar, born as Tanna Mishra, a Hindu Brahmin, in 1520, he was a poet himself. He learnt music from Swami Haridasand later from Hazrat Muhammad Ghaus. He was a court musician with the prince of Mewar and later was recruited by Akbar as his court musician. Tansen became a legendary name in India and was the composer of many classical ragas. He was an extraordinarily gifted vocalist, known for a large number of compositions, and also an instrumentalist who popularized and improved the rabab (of Central Asian origin). He was buried in Gwalior, where a tomb has been constructed for him. It is unclear if Tansen converted to Islam. - Raja Birbal (1528–1583) was a poor Hindu Brahmin who was appointed to the court of Akbar for his intelligence, and became the court jester. Born by the name Maheshdas, he was conferred the name Raja Birbal by the Emperor. Birbal's duties in Akbar's court were mostly military and administrative but he was also a very close friend of the emperor, who liked Birbal most for his wit and humor. There are many witty stories of exchanges and interactions between the monarch and his minister that are popular today. Birbal was also a poet and his collections under the pen name "Brahma” are preserved inBharatpur Museum. Raja Birbal died in battle, attempting to quell unrest amongst Afghani tribes in Northwest India. - Raja Todar Mal was a Hindu Khatri/Kayastha and was Akbar’s finance minister, who from 1560 onwards overhauled the revenue system in the kingdom. He introduced standard weights and measurements, revenue districts and officers. His systematic approach to revenue collection became a model for the future Mughals as well as the British. Raja Todar Mal was also a warrior who assisted Akbar in controlling the Afghan rebels in Bengal. Todar Mal had developed his expertise in Sher Shah's employment. In 1582, Akbar bestowed on the raja the title Diwan-I-Ashraf. - Raja Man Singh was the Kacchwaha Rajah of Amber, a state later known as Jaipur. He was a trusted general in Akbar's army and was the grandson of Akbar’s father-in-law. His family had been inducted into Mughal hierarchy as amirs (nobles). Raja Man Singh was the foremost ablest among Akbar's military commanders and assisted Akbar in many fronts including holding off advancing Hakim (Akbar’s half-brother, a governor of Kabul) in Lahore. He was also the Mughal viceroy of Afghanistan, led campaigns in Bihar, Orissa, Deccan and was also the viceroy of Bengal. - Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana was a poet was the son of Akbar’s trusted protector and caretaker when he was a teenager, Bairam Khan. After Bairam Khan was murdered treacherously, his wife became the second wife of Akbar. He is most known for his Hindi couplets and his books on Astrology. The village of Khankhana, named after him, is located in the Nawanshahr district of the state of Punjab in northwest India. - Fakir Aziao-Din was a mystic and an advisor. Akbar regarded his advice in high esteem. - Mullah Do Piaza was a advisor to Akbar.
We had such an amazing west coast journey. The words above, found in the bathroom at PNCA + OCAC, say it all. I especially love the short paragraph at the bottom: “Helvetica, one of the world’s most ubiquitous typefaces was released in the same year as the publication of this essay. It was chosen to juxtapose the modern and the pastoral.” I think that E.B. White would agree. Thank you to William Rueck for allowing me to share his work. And thank you to everyone who came out to see us in California and Oregon. It was unforgettable.
Albany Girls Club - After School Program Structured, recreational program for 125 girls from low income and/or single-parent families, ages 6-14, offered on an after school basis. Program activities include: tutoring, social education, community oriented activities, physical fitness. Programming offered at 25 Western Avenue and Grace and Holy Innocents Church, 20 Robin Street. Albany Youth Basketball Program, Inc. - Instructional Basketball Program will provide a positive and structured environment for youth to engage in activities that promote learning, teamwork, and sportsmanship. Green Island Recreation Department - Village of Green Island Agency will provide structured activities, athletic competition and creative leisure opportunities to village youth that will provide a means for personal, physical, mental and social development. Trinity Institution, Inc. - Homer Perkins Center Agency will administer an after school program for economically disadvantaged youth from one-parent families residing in the South End. Project will offer arts and crafts, gym activities, educational support services and weekly field trips. Agency will also provide administrative and staff support for the Arbor Hill Community Center. Watervliet Civic Center, Inc. - Recreation Program Agency offers a comprehensive recreation program for youth ages 8-18 that include: gym games, table games, weight lifting, basketball, ceramics and physical fitness activities, and special events. The program helps youth to develop skills and character. Colette V. Poulin, Commissioner
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In a letter to the prime minister, nearly 70 university heads are warning that changes to student visas would drive bright applicants away. They urge the government to take foreign students, who bring in £8bn a year, out of net immigration counts. In the letter, senior education figures called for the prime minister to class foreign students as temporary rather than permanent migrants. In their letter, the signatories expressed concern that Britain's higher education industry could be harmed by changes to immigration policy. Britain attracts around one in 10 students who study outside their home country, generating around £8bn a year in tuition fees, they said. This, they added, could increase to £17bn by 2025. But ministers said the policy did not stop genuine students coming to the UK. Immigration Minister Damian Green said the government was "determined to prevent the abuse of student visas as part of our plans to get net migration down to the tens of thousands. Students coming to the UK for over a year are not visitors", he said. "Numbers affect communities, public services and infrastructure." But Mr Green pointed out that the Independent Office for National Statistics was responsible for producing net migration figures, which were based on an internationally agreed definition of a migrant - someone entering the country for more than a year. "Public confidence in statistics will not be enhanced by revising the way the net migration numbers are presented by removing students", he said. Or if I may put it another way. University heads should realise that the economic impact of illegal migration is far greater than the paltry loss of revenue they might suffer as a result of these measures.
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Tailya breaks social and moral constraints in order to help the memory of her gypsy mother live on. The Ruby Necklace Tailya moves quickly, weaving through the forest with as much agility as a hawk. The aroma of pine needles assaults her, her breathing quickens to the pace her horse runs. The grand trunks of trees that loom before her, the wind whipping her face and the clarity she feels allow her to move expertly through the maze. She doesn’t know why three men on three black horses have been pursuing her. It might have something to do with the jewels she stole recently, but how could she know? The king is not a very forgiving man, he welcomes new prisoners gladly, and his knights are eager to please. Download to read more
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Many A Change... SO, I've been silent for a while. WELL I've got some BIG TIME (for me) news! My husband and I took a big leap and...we moved to the suburbs! We finally bid adeiu to Manhattan after seven years and have a tiny place to call home. Its not far from the big city but it makes my commute a HECK of a lot easier and I get to go crazy decorating! We've been tres busy trying to get this place move in ready: painting, sanding, and overall making it fabulous. Stay tuned for some fun decorating projects and big reveals/before and afters!
Visit From Friends This was a great time with friends- among other things, we went to see the new Chronicles of Narnia movie (a great review of this movie may be found on the blog of Christian musician Steve Camp), we discussed eschatology quite a bit (this conversation was prompted by comments on a recent blogpost by Tim Brown, who is an elder at a Reformed Baptist church congregation), and we worshipped at Grace Heritage Church, where Abby and I are blessed to be members. Abby and I are very much thankful to God for the friendship of Nathan and Courtney White. I met Nathan "accidently" (that is, completely by God's providence) one night at Borders Cafe when he was visiting a Bible study group that met there and I was invited into the group by a friend of a friend who recognized me as I was sitting around studying for college. Nathan asked some very difficult questions and was challenging the views of other members of the group that turned out to be more based on tradition than on Scripture. Nathan then invited me to a weekly Bible study at his apartment. I began attending that Bible study and became close friends with both Nathan and Mark Jensen. Eventually, I began attending Grace Bible Church with Nathan and Mark. Mark and I became roommates for a year before I was married and Nathan and Mark were two of my groomsmen at my wedding. One thing in particular that I enjoy about my friendship with Nathan is that time spent with him and his wife truly seems to be "redeemed". That is, a great deal of the conversation this past weekend was centered around the Person and Work of Jesus Christ or on understanding different sections of His Word to the glory of God. Nathan and Courtney have by their words and example truly challenged Abby and me in our study and application of the Scripture. If anyone reading this blog does not have friends like this, I encourage you to pray for God to send you friendships that can strengthen you in your faith and to seek out quality friendships for the upbuilding of His everlasting kingdom. As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. (Proverbs 27:17 NKJV) Please keep Nathan and Courtney in your prayers as Nathan has the strong desire to preach and to pursue a biblical education at either Southern Baptist Theological Seminary or Master's Seminary.
it's that time, again! the april cocoa daisy kit it live! subscribers can order add ons now and non-subbers can purchase on sunday. want to see it? it's GORGEOUS!! one of my faves, so far. the US half of the design team did an amazing job with this kit! (international reveal is mid april). check them out here. here are the layouts i've created so far. i embossed the chevron hexagon stamp with mustard zing on this one and love how the photos turned out cut in the same shape as all of the patterned hexes. :) this one was totally inspired by my friend becky novacek. she had a layout on OA's blog a few months ago that i loved and i drew a little sketch of it for future reference and this kit was screaming for me to use that sketch. thanks for the inspo, becky! :) well, we're finally to the end of the post and i have another giveaway. well, it's the same giveaway i had last month and the person who won never contacted me, so i still have the prize and that makes it your lucky day! please leave a comment to be entered. i will draw a name sunday morning and post the winner. the prize is a little pack of sassafras things from a previous cocoa daisy kit. fun stuff! :) have a fabulous thursday!
Saturday, July 26, 2008 These little buggers were my all time favorite for years then I fell out of the habit of liking them, I think I had too many, but now I'm back after a several year hiatus. They were so popular in the late 80's and early nineties with restaurants selling them then for 18-22 dollars for a plate of two. I am not sure what they go for now. The soft-shell is the blue crab in its molted state. The molting process means an abundant supply of soft crabs from late spring to early fall, with May through September ranking as the most productive months and Chinatown is well stocked with both hotels (4 - 4 ½ inches) and primes (4 ½ - 5 inches) grade. Today we bought hotels grade to get back in the swing of things. (they were just smaller, and cheaper) Clean the crabs by removing soft gills under each side of shell. Remove the tail by twisting and pulling off. Remove eyes, mouth and sand bag under mouth with a snip of a scissor. Wash well with cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Soak in mixture of egg, milk and salt and pepper. Dip in flour. Fry in deep fat for about 3-5 minutes or until brown. (Remember you eat the WHOLE thing, shell and all) I like them in a sandwich with a chipotle mayonaise and a slice of tomato. Chipotle mayonaise is simply a little of your favorite mayonaise with some chipotle peppers mixed in to your degree of hotness. You can also have them on a mixed green salad or with some smashed root vegetable as a main course with a rémoulade, they are good however you decide to have them. The kid ate two! Posted by christo AKA doggybloggy at 12:03 AM
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Today I decided to share with you a funny story that happened to me two weeks ago. By funny I do not mean amusing but ‘difficult to explain, strange’. As you may or may not know, I often receive emails at my webmaster email address that are destined to Steve Jobs. The reason is quite simple: people who have little knowledge of Apple’s CEO think all about Steve Jobs.com is his official website. They just click on the ‘Contact’ link thinking their message will go straight to Steve’s famed iPhone email inbox, even though it would take them a 15-second visit to Google to figure out his real and hyper-famous email address. Anyway, on May 26, I got the following email: To which was attached the very interesting PDF below: The PDF can be downloaded here for the most curious/visually challenged of you. To summarize: this is an email claiming that Steve Jobs owes DHL $107.06 of duty taxes for the import of a sweater worth $1630, from a German company called Von Rosen AG & Co. Here’s how I reacted to this in chronological order: - I noticed that, despite orthographic inconsistencies, the mail address really was that of Steve Jobs’ home. But this one is not hard to find either. - I then visited Von Rosen’s website and figured that, yeah, their turtlenecks and sweaters kinda looked like Steve’s, but they clearly weren’t. First, their logo, though small, is easily recognizable from a distance and I’ve never seen any picture of Steve with a turtleneck sporting it. Second, I know for a fact his turtlenecks are by Issey Miyake. - As a last check, I quickly Googled some of the DHL email addresses, mail addresses and phone numbers on the bill to see if they were fake or not. This was quite puzzling: the @dhlar.com did not redirect to their website; its Whois record was anonymous; their Chicago address was real, as their Florida one. But the phone numbers seemed fake, as I read on this scam alert website - I went to DHL.com to double check and tried to enter the shipment numbers, which din’t fit any standard format and kept returning errors. - I concluded it was a scam and wrote back the following: But it didn’t end there. As all of you (I assume), on Monday night, I watched eagerly Steve’s WWDC 2011 keynote. And my jaw dropped when I noticed the following: For those of you not following, this is Von Rosen’s trademark logo!!! See below: That’s right, it’s that German fashion designer on the ‘fake’ DHL bill I had gotten the week before! And sure enough, the guy posts on his blog that finally Steve publicly admits to wearing his turtlenecks (well posted anyway, because as I can see the post’s been removed – I guess the iHand has intervened in this matter, sorry Von Rosen but I don’t think Steve will be wearing your shirt for some time to come). Of course, I went back to Google and re-did the check I made about the scam alert, in a more thorough way. The scam alert website had a post saying the number was in fact real. But as of this writing I can’t find it… I guess it’s been removed too because identified as made by the scammers themselves. Still, I’m puzzled: - if the bill really was aimed at Steve (which I now seriously doubt), 1. why did it end in my inbox? (some guy from DHL would have looked it up online?) – 2. why is the price $1630 not the $420 listed on the website? - why was Steve wearing a turtleneck vs. the simple sweater even Von Rosen told TechCrunch he was wearing? - most important of all, if it really is a scam, how come the scammers knew Steve was using that German brand? I insist, it never happened before. Do they have an inside man at DHL who informed them of the real shipment of a sweater to SJ from Berlin? - if it is a scam, again, why would such elaborate scammers be stupid enough either to think my e-mail address was Steve Jobs’, or that (if I was their target) I would be stupid enough to give them my credit card number just because there was Steve’s name on the bill? The story itself is not that interesting but since even big-time tech blogs post about Steve’s iWear now, I thought I’d jump on that wagon. What do you guys think of all this? The only thing I can be sure of is, it mustn’t be easy being Steve Jobs every day.
Somali government forces and allied militias attacked rebel positions in the capital Mogadishu Friday morning in a bid to retake control of the capital, Radio Garowe reports. At least four people, including a radio reporter, were killed in the clashes as pro-government forces clashed with rebels loyal to Islamist factions Al Shabaab and Hizbul Islam. Abdirisak Warsame Mohamed, a reporter for the independent station Radio Shabelle, was shot and killed in the crossfire, the radio owners said. A spokesman for Al Shabaab denied government claims that pro-government forces retook control of two key intersections in southern Mogadishu. The fighting is still continuing as the sounds of gunfire and mortar explosions could be heard across the seaside capital. Islamist rebels took control of many government positions earlier this month in week-long battles that killed 130 people and displaced nearly 30,000 civilians from their homes. Somalia's U.N.-backed government, led by Islamist politician Sheikh Sharif Ahmed as president, has fought for control of Mogadishu against Islamist hardliners since coming to power in Jan. 2009. The government is backed by a 4,000-strong African Union peacekeeping force, which Islamist rebels say must withdraw before any peace deal.
Vatican City — The Vatican statistics of the new edition of the 2012 pontifical yearbook indicates that the number of Catholics in Africa is growing exponentially. The statistical information, which refers to the year 2010, reveals details about the Catholic Church in the 2,966 ecclesiastical circumscriptions on the planet. According to the new 2012 pontifical yearbook, presented to Pope Benedict XVI by Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone on Saturday, the number of Catholics with respect to the total population varies considerably between the continents. Catholic numbers have increased in Africa from 15.15 percent to 15.55 percent while they have dropped in South America from 28.54 percent to 28.34 percent and in Europe from 24.05 per cent to 23.83 percent. The number of bishops went from 5,065 to 5,104, a growth of 0.77 percent. This increase involved Africa which has sixteen new bishops. The number of clergy has increased in Africa by 765. The steady increase in the number of priests which began in the year 2000 has continued. However, the statistics also showed that the number of female religious is undergoing a strong decline, moving from 729,371 in 2009 to 721,935 in 2010. Numbers fell by 2.9 percent in Europe, by 2.6 percent in Oceania and by 1.6 percent the Americas. Nonetheless they increased by around 2 percent in both Africa and Asia. The number of students of philosophy and theology in diocesan and religious seminaries has increased constantly over the last five years, from 114,439 in 2005 to 111,990 in 2010, a growth of 4 percent. Numbers of major seminarians are increasing in Africa at 14.2 per cent. Over the last two years the presence of baptized Catholics in the world has remained stable at around 17.5 percent, according the statistics. The new data also states that the number of Catholics in the world moved from 1,181 million in 2009 to 1,196 million in 2010, an increase of fifteen million faithful, corresponding to a growth of 1.3 percent.
The national football team (Super Eagles) will resume training in Abuja on Monday morning ahead of its second leg encounter with Rwanda in an Africa Nations Cup qualifier. The team arrived from Blantyre, Malawi, Sunday, after a 1-1 draw in a World Cup qualifier last Saturday. Head Coach, Stephen Keshi told the players after a late lunch at the Bolton White Hotel, that the morning training will involve players who played no part in the encounter against Malawi, save for one. However, the evening training will involve all the players and officials of the team by 4pm on Monday. The Nigerian side returned to the country Sunday afternoon via a chartered Chanchangi 737 Airliner, still sulking from the late draw that Malawi snatched on Saturday. Depart for Calabar Tuesday According to the team's Media Officer, Ben Alaiya, it will depart for Calabar on Tuesday where it will engage the Wasps of Rwanda and will again camp at the Metropolitan Hotel in the city. Some of the players dropped from the Malawi party are expected to join the team in Calabar for the encounter against Rwanda on Saturday in the Canaan City.
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has urged Christians to imbibe the qualities and teachings of Jesus Christ as part of measures to contribute to the nation's development. MURIC Director, Prof. Is-haq Akintola, said in a statement yesterday that the lessons of the life of Jesus are enough to surmount the problems facing Nigeria as a country if all the citizens would emulate him regardless of religious or ethnic background. "If we can all be God-fearing, nobody would hate his fellow man or contemplate taking the life of another homo-sapien. Nigeria would be paradise on earth if we could all be as loving as Jesus. Seeking revenge would become history in our country if all would embrace the qualities of fortitude and forgiveness. Neither would poverty pervade the land if we adhere to Jesus' pattern of simple life. "The Glorious Qur'an reveals that the life of Jesus was filled with piety, humility and simplicity (Qur'an 6:85). He was "held in honour in this world and the hereafter" (Qur'an 3:45) just as he was righteous (Qur'an 3:46) and was blessed (Qur'an 19:31)," Akintola said.
"It will also serve notice that the physician lobby and the AMA remains a very powerful force, a lesson that will be heeded when the health care reform process gets serious next year."He couldn't be more wrong. The physician lobby is pathetically weak and not well regarded on Capitol Hill. Iconic Chicago newspaperman Mike Royko famously defined "Clout" as political influence, as evidenced by results (in Chicago, usually patronage). We don't got any clout. There's an urge for all of us politically aware policy wonks to slap ourselves on the back and say "Boy we really muscled that one through! Boo-yah!" But no. Seriously, Medicare is the second most popular program in the history of the federal government, and everybody knows it was facing absolute implosion (again) and there was bipartisan, nearly unanimous consensus that a fix was needed to avert catastrophe (again), and all we were able to get was an eleventh-hour stay (again). And only barely. That ain't clout. Look at the other national legislative priorities the physician lobby has favored. How'd that "Patient's bill of rights" turn out? How about tort reform? (hint: the trial lawyers' lobby has clout.) Did we ever get EMTALA funded? Balance billing? For that matter, can you name a single major piece of legislation the physicians' lobby has gotten passed at all, let alone over major opposition? And I hasten to point out that Congress was for 12 years in the iron fist of our ostensible "allies" in the GOP. How'd we do? Compare that to, say, the insurance or energy or farm lobbies. They write their own bills, and they almost always pass. Let's not delude ourselves into thinking that this "win" indicates a powerful lobby on our behalf. We'll have a seat at the table for health reform in 2009, but we'll have a lot of work to do to make our actual voices heard. It's a win, so I'll take it. It's better than losing. But I have to (much as it pains me) agree with Catron: all we really won was another stay of execution.
Don’t miss the next Business After Hours on Thursday, Sept. 13. Ferguson Enterprises will be hosting the event in its colorful showroom. Relax with friends and enjoy food, beverages and live music. Also, Ferguson will offer guests chances to win door prizes. The event is scheduled from 5-7 p.m. Thursday Sept. 13. at 160 Spring St. The cost is $15 for Alliance members and $25 for future members. Online advance registration ends the day of the event at noon. Prices at the door are $25 for Alliance members and $35 for future members. Business After Hours offer fantastic opportunities to meet the region’s leaders in a relaxed setting, all while enjoying food, drinks and entertainment. The Alliance will be able to invoice only for groups of 10 or more. Contact Deb Coffman at DCoffman@CharlestonAreaAlliance.org for more information. The Alliance cannot issue cancelation refunds within 48 hours of the event. Thank you.
"This easy salad is perfect for the dieter or for those who love to eat well. The goat cheese and dressing add needed levels of flavor to these nutrient-packed veggies." — BeachBaby Watch video tips and tricks broccoli, cut into bite-size pieces red onion, cut into slivers 1 (15 ounce) can dark red kidney beans, rinsed and drained 1 (14.5 ounce) can no-salt-added beets - drained, rinsed, and halved red wine vinegar crumbled goat cheese * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Broccoli Beet Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette Serving Size: 1/8 of a recipe Servings Per Recipe: 8 Amount Per Serving Calories from Fat: 165 Watch how to make this traditional Ukrainian beet salad. Fresh broccoli with lots of bacon, grapes, almonds, and a sweet, tangy dressing. This tasty salad is perfect for potlucks and buffets.
I make a lot of cupcakes and am always looking for a new recipe to try. This was my first try at carrot cupcakes. I used butter instead of oil and creamed the butter, sugar and vanilla, then added the eggs, flour mixture and carrots and pineapple. They came out great. My one suggestion would be to make sure you grate the carrots. I put them in a food processor and I don't think I got the pieces quite small enough. I also used vanilla paste instead of vanilla extract in the frosting. Was this review helpful? 7 users found this review helpful I make a lot of cupcakes and am always looking for a new recipe to try. This was my first try...
Weird Wacky Wonderful I am not entirely sure where to start, how are you meant to explain six days that have been so entirely packed that there's hardly been time to steal a few minutes away to debrief? For those who completely missed why the blog hasn't been updated, I've been away leading on a junior ESA camp - grade 4 to year 7 age. My very set habit of spending my evenings thinking, blogging, writing, reading, thinking, praying, thinking and msn'ing, were shot to pieces after such full days and the different location. Different to a holiday when you have loads of time to do most of the above, this resulted in getting to sleep being very very difficult task every night despite being so tired. My mind would run absolute riot the moment I lay down. The fact that I wrote hardly at all and and absolutely no 'journal' type recording stuff, will mean I have to rely somewhat on memory. I did however take the scrawl opportunity during the few 'quiet times' and looking back have a little bit of a remarkable record of where God took me through the week. Or at least I think so. Made it up to ESA early as pertaining to the parental's paranoia of driving the black spur at night. The drive was shorter than I remembered. I wasn't first there which was kind of nice in a way. Met Carris - another of the leaders so we got to know each other as much as you can when well you are in such a random circumstance of waiting hours for the others to show up. Mass produced name-tags and organised lodge groups. Slight bedlam on the following day when campers started showing up early. I was designated photographer to take a mugshot as each came in the door. Photos for the fuzzy bags (ie: say nice things about xyz bags). It was a good way to start grasping everyone's name. I'm quite good when it comes to remembering names -unlike phone numbers, and got them all down pat fairly quickly. About 55 kids all up, only 20 or so of them boys. I 'Lodge Lead' fifteen or so girls - the slightly older group (11-13) with Andy (girl) and Jacinta. Turns out I knew Jac when about 8 from Horsham! Both fantastic, got along with them well. The girls were also a very diverse group, from the extremely quiet to the out-there, I care stacks about what I look like kind. So... meals, activities, games, 'worship' (where I got roped into doing the 'words'), lodge time, study time, memory verses, duty group, quiet time, 7:00 leaders meetings... There was no snow so the snow trip, whichever day it happened to be turned into a trip down to the heated pool. I haven't swum in ages so enjoyed it heaps. Two of the boys decided to spend their time chasing me around the pool all afternoon with a dophin that squirted water. Thoroughly wore me out but was quite hilarious. I think one of them thought it was his right after working out we share the same birthday, he became Mr.4 and I Ms.4 for the rest of the time. Interesting moments... Chosing what to do as a Lodge Group for the Concert night (ie: a talent night) was slightly chaotic. Several of the girls were fixed on doing a dance/song thing. Andy and Jac got minorly caught up in their idea helping them out. Not being such a fan (not that I had to join them) I had a look around and saw some very un-keen faces. I followed one when she went to her room where I found her crying and fairly upset. So I had a chat to her, calmed her down and worked out who were the rest of the girls not keen on the idea and we split the group so they could do something 'more tame' - a skit that could link up with the dance. They mostly wrote it, with a little help from me. The girl that was crying got pretty excited about how to do things which was really encouraging. I know all to well what it's liked to be dragged into something you hate doing, something that deeply embarasses you, scares the pants off you and resent it for a long time. Much of my time I spent looking out for the girls who weren't so much the 'trouble' makers but more those who still wanted some leader time, and those not getting so involved. It was very worthwhile watching the reluctant ones come out of their shells and start enjoying themselves. I managed to be not quite central to the biggest issue we faced - which involved a heap of crying some lying, some real issues and a lot of emotional energy on behalf of Jacinta. To be honest the girls involved tested my patience and I don't think much sympathy would've come from my end. It is a very stuffed up world. Sonja (camp Mum) and I got along quite well and I hope I managed to be some kind of friend I guess to her rather than just another person she had to support. I hit my 'tired' wall on the last night. I was slightly surprised it wasn't earlier, despite grabbing a two hour break/sleep the day before. Sonja and I escaped the kids dancing around the dining hall and went and chatted/played fooze ball away from the noise. I believe as a whole I managed pretty well. I enjoyed myself, didn't quite get as many deeper conversations as I might of liked but I hope I encouraged those I did get to know a bit better. I dont' think a day by day run through is very possible as it is all somewhat of a surreal blur. So that's all you're pretty much going to get. I came out to my car when it was time to leave and found random notes on my car (thanks to Dan and Jerome). The drive back was beautiful, wished my camera wasn't so buried. What God did in me? I have a bit of a progression of what I was reading through the camp. Beginning with 2 Corinthians 5, God was really pushing the whole time what it means I guess what we usually dub as 'evangelism', the importance of sharing him. Which I honestly don't believe is something I've grasped or seen the extreme importance of before (there's a confession and a half, that's sort of what being a Christian is about right?). Also, Acts 2, where it talks about Paul being a Roman citizen - he appealed to who he was and it worked. I am not some jump around, go crazy out there person. I could only be who I was and live from that. This reappeared later when I was looking in 1 Corinthians. Acts 26:22 "But I have had God's help to this very day, and so I stand here and testify to small and great alike." 1 Cor 9:10 "Surely he says this for us, doesn't he? Yes, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they ought to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest." 1 Cor 9 "To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings." (22-23) 1 Cor 2:1-5 "When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power." 1 Cor 1:27-30 - which some of was part of one of the memory verses "But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption." An interesting experience that has left me feeling entirely more peaceful than I have in a long time. I have been encouraged to relook at how I live my life. To spend more time with Him and more time actually doing the stuff. I got to look at how other Christians (like Andy and Jac) read, experienced, lived and saw God's word... I got home and God gave me one last thing to read from Luke, "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete." (46-49) And so there you go. Perhaps my foundations have been a little more cemented. I certainly hope so. It's a really exciting thing to serve God. Would I do it again? Yes. Do I need to look for areas where I can contribute positively towards the kingdom of God otherwise? Yes. I have spent far too long getting totally engulfed in theological intricacies that I forget what's really important. And thanks to Paul for suggesting that I come along, because on the selfish side of things, I really did need it aside from it just being a great opportunity to serve. **additions for things I forgot. We had an amazing race afternoon, I was running activities with Warren and Sam, so got to know them a little better. Kids got egg all over them, I purposefully didn't join in 'because I was running it'. Followed this by a BBQ and a night-time trip up to Stephenson's Falls. Beautiful! It's all lit up, I haven't been there for a long time but as far as I recall it's ten times nicer at night. The sky was so clear, I could've looked and looked. I did spend the majority of the evening trying to keep 'a campers' hands warm and we became quite good friends with the bbq as one means of doing this. One more thing worth recording. I had a very strange, what I think was a 'God dream' although nothing too much came of it. I rarely dream and if I do it's usually stupid or nightmarish. Of a camper (one I had no cause to be thinking about at all) one of the pretty quiet ones standing up the front with the rest of them, "I must speak, I must speak!" she then prophesied about well, the guy directing the camp (unfortunately I do not recall what she said) and started speaking in tongues, whereby the rest of everyone sort of joined in. I was looking on and 'testing' the weirdness of it and found it okay... just a really strange, amazing dream. There was another part to the dream which is actually what I remembered first - I only ever dream good things about that person (and it's flipping confusing). But the rest was oh so clear. Extremely strange but it came with the 'that was a good thing' feeling when it woke me up around 4:30am. I ended up telling Jac and Andy about it in the morning and we prayed for the girl I dreamt about... I didn't see anything come of it, who knows. And that'll do for now, unless I remember anything later.
The war in Iraq rages on, the European Union is fraying and North Korea may have nuclear weapons. But if you read the business and technology news this past week, all of that seemed to pale before an event variously described as seismic, epic and stunning: Apple Computer has decided to adopt processors made by Intel for its future Macintosh computers. There’s a reason this was big news in the computer world. For decades, Intel’s chips have been tightly linked to the software of Apple’s archrival, Microsoft, and Apple has touted as superior the IBM PowerPC chips that powered the Mac. Plus, Apple CEO Steve Jobs, probably the most charismatic business leader in America, attracts attention for anything he does, even though his Macintosh has a tiny share of the PC market. But what does Apple’s move mean for the average consumer, who just wants the best computer for the job? In the long term, the change will strengthen Apple and the Mac, which is good news for anyone devoted to that platform or considering switching to it. That’s because Intel’s processors and other chips will give Apple more options than IBM’s products could for building Macs that run faster and cooler, and have longer battery life. The first Intel-based Mac is due in spring 2006. Even consumers who use Microsoft Windows, which runs on the vast majority of computers, will benefit, because the Mac’s impact on the industry is vastly greater than its market share. Apple is the most innovative major computer maker, and the only one largely dedicated to serving consumers instead of large corporate customers. Almost everything it does is later copied by the Windows PC makers, so keeping Apple strong and innovating is good for Windows users, too. In the short run, however, the chip changeover should make little difference to average consumers. For all but the techiest techies, changing the processor in these machines will be a nonevent, sort of like changing the engine in next year’s Lexus cars. As long as the new engine is at least as fast and smooth as its predecessor, few drivers would notice or care. What makes a Mac a Mac isn’t the processor under the hood. It’s Apple’s elegant operating system, OS X, which won’t see major changes for 18 months, and the company’s stylish hardware designs, which it will continue to produce. When you peer at the screen of the first Intel-based Mac, it will look just like today’s PowerPC Macs, only it should run faster. Of course, if Apple fails to execute the switch well or the Intel processors don’t meet expectations, the Mac could be in trouble. And users would lose if too many third-party software developers decline to spend the money and time to convert their products so they run on the Intel chips. Here are answers to a few common questions I’ve received about the switch. Should people hold off buying a Mac that uses the IBM PowerPC processor, which Apple will soon abandon, and wait for the new Intel Macs? No. If you need a new computer and the Mac was the right choice for you last week, it’s still the right choice. Today’s PowerPC Macs are, in my view, the best consumer computers on the market, and Apple plans to roll out additional PowerPC models this year. Plus, all new software for the Mac will continue to run on PowerPC models for at least a few more years, the likely life of any Mac you buy now. That’s because Apple has created a tool for software developers that easily creates “universal” programs capable of being run on either the PowerPC or Intel models. Now that Apple will be using the same processor as Dell, H-P and other competitors, will people be able to run the Mac operating system on these non-Apple machines? Unless some hacker does a masterful job, the answer is no. Apple intends to keep its operating system and hardware tied tightly together. The new Intel-based versions of the Mac’s OS X operating system will be designed so that they cannot run on non-Apple hardware, and Apple has no plans to license OS X to other PC makers. Will users be able to install and run Microsoft Windows on the new Intel-based Macs? Apple’s official position is that it won’t block the use of Windows on its new machines. Unofficially, however, the company says people won’t be able to just buy a copy of Windows XP and install it on an Intel-based Mac. That’s because Apple is unlikely to build in all the standard under-the-hood hardware pieces that Windows is designed to mate with. And it won’t supply any special software called “drivers” to help Windows use the unique under-the-hood hardware Apple will use. However, I expect some third-party company to supply the missing drivers and otherwise make it possible to run Windows on an Intel-based Mac. Microsoft itself might even do this. That would allow Mac users to run Windows programs that lack Mac equivalents at speeds comparable to a Windows computer’s. Will Mac prices fall due to the switch to Intel? There’s no way to tell now, but I doubt it. Apple’s lower volumes, higher quality and unusual designs will likely keep it out of the very basement of the market. Write to Walter S. Mossberg at email@example.com
"The 2009 U.S. Digital Year in Review: A Recap of the Year in Digital Marketing" (Thanks to comScore for Letting Us Embed!) The fine folks at comScore have graciously allowed BoomTown to embed a very good report they released this week about the digital landscape. Titled “The 2009 U.S. Digital Year in Review: A Recap of the Year in Digital Marketing,” it’s chock-a-block full of all kinds of interesting information, from declining growth rates for e-commerce to core search market share to social networking trends to display advertising innovations to the big issues in video and mobile. I also like all the pretty charts and unusual factoids–such as the fact that the heaviest individual spending day of the year was Tuesday, Dec. 15 with $913 million in consumer buying and that “long-tail” videos on small sites make up more than 50 percent of the viewing. There’s this and more in the report, which covers most of the Internet bigs, such as Google (GOOG), Facebook, Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo (YHOO), Twitter and MySpace. Noted the comScore (SCOR) report: “2009 represented a critical year in the relatively brief history of digital media; a year that was marred by the overhang of a global economic recession that had a particularly negative impact on the U.S. advertising and e-commerce markets. But it was also a year in which digital consumer activity soared, new innovations grabbed hold in the marketplace and businesses got more serious about navigating the digital landscape.” Click on through and you can read all about it here (and download your own version here):
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Some quarters, including the media, are blaming President Noynoy Aquino or PNoy for the long delay in the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. They say the FOI’s main obstruction is P-Noy’s fear, uneasiness, reluctance, or passivity. Some politicians in the House of Representatives then use this as an excuse not to act on FOI, killing it softly, ostensibly to protect the President and gain his favor. Take this story from Interaksyon,com (16 January 2013), which reinforces the above perception. The title is: “With time running out, PNoy remains passive on FOI.” Really? Read the article; the author of the story, Dexter San Pedro, quotes PNoy’s remarks: “’Well, tatanungin nga natin, ilang araw na lang natitira sa session ng Kongreso pagpasok. ‘Di ba, proseso nila ‘yan. Naibigay na namin ang inputs namin sa FOI. Ang pagkaintindi ko’y matatanggap ’yung mga amendments na minungkahi namin so hinihintay na namin ‘yung finished na output [There are only a few session days left for Congress. But that is their process, right? We have already given our inputs on the FOI. Our understanding is that they have accepted the amendments that we have proposed so we are waiting for the finished output].”’ PNoy’s statement above should by now dispel any doubt about his desire to have the FOI passed. FOI was his election campaign promise. The FOI is a crucial element of the administration’s open government program (OGP). The expression of Malacañang commitment to FOI is found in its inputs and amendments to the Congress bill. In fact these have been incorporated into the House’s FOI bill, sponsored by Representative Erin Tañada and others. The House bill reflects and upholds the Malacañang view on FOI. The House bill is essentially the Malacañang bill. The perception that PNoy is passive about FOI or even resistant to it is thus dead wrong. Yes, he has concerns about the misuse of government information (understandable in light of attempts of vested interests to use any means to undermine the credibility of his reforms) and the threat to national security (understandable in light of the tense maritime disputes between the Philippines and China). But the FOI bill approved by the Senate and the bill pending in the House have amply addressed these concerns. PNoy is now signaling Congress to act on FOI. To repeat and paraphrase what PNoy said: Malacañang is done with the amendments and inputs for FOI and have submitted them to Congress. Congress has accepted accepted them. We are waiting for Congress to make the final output, which is the passage of the bill. So to the House leadership, just do it! Yet what has the House leadership done? The opposite of what PNoy wants it to do. It has not calendared the FOI, which has been approved by the House’s Public Information Committee, for the plenary debate. Each session day is critical. Only nine sessions days remain before Congress adjourns, and by then everyone will be attending to the elections. Not calendaring the FOI for discussion means only one thing: The House leadership is sabotaging the FOI. It cannot even accommodate a debate on the FOI. We anticipate the leadership’s excuse. Speaker Sonny Belmonte and Majority Floor Leader Boyet Gonzales will tell the FOI champions in Congress that they are doing PNoy a favor by not having FOI passed. They will announce to everyone that they are trying their best to pass FOI, but there’s not enough time to have it passed. All this is BS. Speaker Belmonte, also known as SB, will be made accountable for the non-passage of the FOI in this Congress. SB cannot use as an excuse the lack of time because he and Boyet Gonzales have used all the tricks to delay its passage. Moreover, it will be ugly and awful for SB and his followers to use PNoy as the excuse for failing to pass FOI. We applauded SB before, for despite the intense pressure from his peers in Congress, he facilitated the impeachment of former Chief Justice Corona and the approval of important controversial bills, namely the sin tax reform and reproductive health (or responsible parenthood). But it will be a great tragedy for SB if it turns out that he is the main obstacle to FOI. Let not his record be stained; let it not be him who causes embarrassment to PNoy, Malacañang and Congress. Ultimately, SB must act to move forward the FOI and prevent this disaster from happening.
Who is Althouse? * View only LAW posts * Contribute * Shop AMAZON* Heh...that was pretty funny actually. Pink burkas with RPGS and scimitars, what a hoot.Still not up there with The Producers but a good first effort. I'm reminded of the matron leaving the Producers: Talk about Bad Taste!It made me chuckle. I've always thought the war on terror would be over when I see a late-night ad from a used car salesman where he starts it with, "I declare Jihad!... on high prices!!!" I've always thought the war on terror would be over when I see a late-night ad from a used car salesman where he starts it with, "I declare Jihad!... on high prices!!!"Excellent point. Once you can start making parodies of them, you know you have them on the run. Plus is probably drives them completely insane as they take themselves so seriously Let's not forget the opening of Family Guy where, in the cave, the AQ guys are razzing another of their band who brought a doctor's note as an excuse for why he couldn't do a suicide bombing. Oh, and Seth Myers as Osama commenting on the 2004 election. "Why is nobody talking about Social Security?" Brilliant. The CNN link goes to an Althouse vlog.He kinda' reminds me of Mandy Patinkin. Mockery is good psych ops. Sorry about the bad link. Fixed.I agree that mockery is a good attack even if it seems to disrespect the victims too. Even better, the sad folks who tried to get an official petition against it launched have seen their effort hijacked by people who are also taking the mickey Post a Comment
Who is Althouse? * View only LAW posts * Contribute * Shop AMAZON* I love Mickey. He's such a cool guy. You're so fine. The cult of youth and glib snark has kids like Weigel and Ezra sitting pretty. Mickey is teh awesome cool.(The beard must go.) M I C K E Y K O U S E, hey there, hi there, ho there...He's the leader of the Blogging heads Club. Sugestions: Learn to play guitar... Chess...Badminton?????? He didn't have a book deal in place when he started the campaign? What was he thinking? Micky needs to lose the beard. Adds 10 years to his looks. Mickey Kaus is a breath of fresh air. And - as someone currently sporting one week's worth of facial hair - leave his beard alone. He'll figure out what to do with it. Forcing men to scrape their faces is wrong. I hate shaving and a beard can be groomed. Talk about things someone can easily do something about, without degrading themselves, like telling Roger L. Simon to lose that stupid fedora. Somebody get him a fucking bowler or something. I just looked at him and, Jesus you guys, he looks fine. (I don't see 10 years on him at all.) And it's not even a full beard, but one of those goatee-type deals. Big whoop.Here's a question: why hasn't Jon Stewart had him on The Daily Show yet? Mickey is a funny guy. Is it the phone delay or does Robert Wright normally interrupt that much? He may be funny but his speech impediment is off-putting and makes him unintelligible. What should Mickey do?Follow his dream and open a goat breeding farm. Post a Comment
- Alvin Fritz Alvin Reinhard Fritz Architect Inc. RR8 S28 C14 5801 1st Avenue South Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4P4 Follow the link below to view the Project Update for Harbourview Landing in Comox, BC. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPuGdG-zkqs Alvin Reinhard Fritz Architect Inc. has been featured in the latest issue of Canadian Builders Quarterly. Click here to view the article or follow the below address, and be sure to pick up your copy of Canadian Builders Quarterly magazine. … Continue reading ARFAi is looking forward to providing services to the City of Medicine Hat for the new Attainable Housing Project in Southlands, and working with the City to make this project LEED for Homes Certified. Silver Ridge Construction has been awarded the Construction Contract for the New Lethbridge Irrigation District Administration Office Building in the North end of the City. Excavation and foundation work is currently underway as crews continue to advance the construction on … Continue reading ARFAI would like to thank all our special guests tonight that celebrated all the past projects Alvin Reinhard Fritz Architect Inc. has designed, and all the projects in the future in the Medicine Hat area. Keep checking alvinfritzarchitect.com for additions … Continue reading Vibrant Digital Web Design Lethbridge
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Heather and I threw our first party in honor of Bastille Day, and much to our surprise, it was a success! Despite being a Monday, and all the way on the Hill, at least twenty people showed up! We drew moustaches on faces (with Heather's expensive eyeliner.. oops!), served brie, French 75s (then switched to High Life, the champagne of beers!), listened to French pop, played bocce, and said "Merci" instead of "Thank You." No French kissing or spin le bottle, which I'm thankful for. The night ended at a reasonable hour with night swimming at the East End Beach. Perhaps next year we'll get someone to smuggle in some illegal fireworks.
Glenda Yvonne Meyer, 63, of Amarillo died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Llano Cemetery with Dr. G.A. Roach officiating. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd. Mrs. Meyer was born Sept. 3, 1949, in Lawton, Okla., to Horace and Irene Howeth. She married Wesley Meyer on Nov. 19, 1990, in Amarillo. Mrs. Meyer was a loving, caring and compassionate person. She will be truly missed by her friends and family. Survivors include her husband, Wesley Meyer of Amarillo; a daughter, Melinda Engle of Amarillo; three sons, Darrell Engle of Colorado, Kenneth Engle of Amarillo and Gerald Gardener of Fort Lupton, Colo.; a brother, David Howeth of Amarillo; two sisters, Linda Stewart and Sharon Collins, both of Amarillo; seven grandchildren, Jared, Jase, Kiersten, Kelly, Chassidy, Cody and Cassie; and a great-grandchild, Logan. Sign the online guestbook at www.boxwellbrothers.com. Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 7, 2012
Now, maybe her attendance at this conference was planned and arranged many months prior, but would it be completely unheard of to cancel a cameo because your paper's having crisis?Especially, when whatever conference you would be attending is likely full of talk about the newspaper business or at least journalism, both of which are best practiced actively rather than in theory. Yet, even in theory--in a hypothetical situation, it does seem like Ms. Charlotte Hall should be (A) at the Sentinel, instead of (B) at some conference. By definition, an editor is responsible for guiding their staff and the paper through dicey situations. The national coverage of cutbacks at the paper and the management's covering up of those cutbacks seems like a dicey situation. So, it seems like she should be present right now. But, she's gone and I don't foresee anyone commanding her to return immediately. Therefore, she will remain gone until next week, when she's hopefully helping guide that long awaited "Sentinel cutbacks" report. Still is it really fair that Ms.Hall can brandish a "get out of jail free" card, while everyone else remains in fear behind bars?
"Addiction is tricky. For example: a man who quit smoking for 11 years spent 15 seconds in an elevator with a man smoking a cigarette. He gave in. What I’m trying to say is I think I love you again." - (via thatkindofwoman) (Source: alienveins, via thatkindofwoman) "There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound." - Diana Cortes (via youngfolksociety) (Source: kari-shma, via the-messenger-of) HI AGAIN YALL I am slowly adding more things to my website. & there will be a blog section on updates of my art world. I will soon add a daily photo diary too! LOTS OF THINGS HAPPENING. — So I have a website now, i guess. It is still in process, but I have a handful of things up & ready to look at —
November 21, 2006 pictures, Magpye plus others Well the muse is back with a vengeance:) First picture is my part made Margaret Pye(Magpie) inspired totally by Charles de Lints book Someplace to be flying. She needs her boots painting once they dry and she needs a vest and jangley bracelets. But I like how she looks I love her top, very magpieish don't you think? Then the muse wouldn't let me finish, she was here and determined to stay So we have secondly a hand dyed felt figure who had to have a face of clay. Her choice not mine as I am not very good at faces. However she likes it so thats all that matters:)) Like her funky boots? Final figure has more of abird or beaky face but it hasn't come out clearly with the camera. Probably as she hasn't been painted yet. She is wearing dashing chenille leggings as is her friend. Her clothes?? are also hand done felt. Hope you like Posted by Ambermoggie, a fragrant soul at Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Exciting morning! Just received the new L’Oreal – Matrix collection book – Bold Intentions..Oh yes, I forgot to add…my photos are published there! backstage photography: Ambra Vernuccio.DOESN’T IT LOOK AWESOME? Held in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The taiko drummers wear fearsome masks while drumming. Gojinjo daiko commemorate the day when villagers in Nabunemachi in Ishikawa Prefecture used crude and frightening […] On the western coast of Japan, the Noto-hantō (Noto-peninsula) stretches towards the north surrounded by the Sea of Japan. It seems to be an uncontaminated strip of Japanese culture untouched by […] Time to update my galleries! Here below a selection of images from my Fashion portfolio – collaboration with designers Corrie Nielsen, KTZ, Aminaka Wilmont, Bora Aksu, Karelle wear and Issa […] Karelle Levy hosted her first fashion show in London at the Blackall Studios. Club culture, nu rave and 24-hour party people form part of the inspiration for her ‘DiscGlo – […] ONLY 3 DAYS left to my Street Photography workshop – Taster Session this Sunday 1st April – between Brick Lane /shoreditch area. There are a few places still remaining! Use […] London Fashion Week AW12- Issa London Yesterday, I was at the London Fashion Week to document backstage and show at Issa London. Issa captivated the fashion crowd at Somerset House […] This evening, I documented an extravagant fashion show. Tartan fabric and heavy jewellery for Kokon to Zai. Check out the first photos here. Winner of National Portrait Gallery – STREET PORTRAITS COMPETITION E.O. Hoppé, The Image of London. Hoppé Portraits showcases Hoppé’s fascinating photojournalist studies of every day British life. 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Letters and complex shapes can be difficult to cut from felt – when accuracy really counts. And pins are cumbersome to use on smaller pieces Printable freezer paper also called quilters paper solves these problems and makes it a breeze to use up those smaller felt scraps. Quilter’s freezer paper also adds a rigidity that makes it easy to accurately cut small or complex shapes from amazingly small pieces of felt. You’ll find it’s a life saver when mass producing felt items like party favors or making a felt flower bouquet. All without damaging or staining your felt. You might also want to check out Andie’s method for cutting small and detailed shapes without freezer paper for small projects. A quick freezer paper refresher: Freezer paper is not the same as parchment, butcher, or waxed paper. Printed sized quilter’s freezer paper is a must (we sell ours here as Felter’s Friend) You do not want to use the rolled freezer paper sold at the grocery store for this craft for two reasons: 1: You will have to cut the paper into printer sized sheets and given the thinness and curl even with precision they may still jam. 2: Since these pieces will be handled a lot while you are cutting them out the curl of rolled freezer paper can cause the paper to dislodge more easily grocery store versions also adhere less strongly so you may find yourself getting very frustrated especially if you want to reuse the templates or cut intricate shapes. Use the right tool for the job you won’t regret it. Plan out your templates in your favorite photo editing program. One sheet can be use on multiple colors so pack them in tightly and use every scrap of freezer paper. No need to reverse letters or shapes print your templates exactly the way you want your felt pieces to look. When choosing a font or a shape look for thick lines- the thicker the better. . Felt less than 1/4″ thick can and will tear. To print on freezer paper Print onto the matte (feels like regular paper) side NOT the shiny side. Since quality isn’t important print on the fast setting and save some ink. Black and white prints will work for most projects however color printing is very helpful for layered projects (see more on this below.) Ironing freezer paper to Felt Cut your templates loose before ironing them onto to felt this makes it easier to position pieces and make the most of your felt. Letters can be broken up to fit onto your felt scraps. Freezer paper will stick to acrylic felt however it may not adhere firmly enough for open centered letters; the synthetic setting on the iron doesn’t fully melt the freezer paper backing. Bamboo felt is very soft and it may be difficult to remove the freezer sheets once ironed on. Wool or wool blend felt works best. Iron freezer paper templates to wool/ blend felt using the wool setting. (about 30 seconds) Felt Cutting Tips Once your templates have printed cut away extra paper around shapes or letters, removing bulk first keeps your cuts accurate. Start slowly and cut inward you can always cut more but you can never cut less! Cutting curves can be tricky it helps to cut deep lines to points on your templates. Then cut away in the opposite direction, this will make little triangles at each curve. Now move your scissors around the curves Consider using smaller scissors for tight spaces. Cutting Open Centers from Felt If you cut your words straight you can easily curve them after they are cut which also helps save felt. Cutting layered template pieces from felt When cutting a layered piece it helps to print in color, no need to print each template piece separately! Iron shape to first color, cut out felt and peel off. Cut away the color you just completed and proceed to the next color. Quality freezer paper sheets can be reused again and again for each color. Each time it will adhere a little less firmly but I was able to use each piece up to 6 times. Interested in more freezer paper/ felt magic? Check out our DIY printed felt sheet tutorial or stop by the store! If you like it then you should put a pin on it! We <3 Pinterest!
I guess I will start from the beginning: I had my last AF on Nov. 22nd 2011 - it lasted for about a week and a half. Hubby and I DTD a few times as soon as AF was done between Dec. 4th and Dec. 6th. On Dec. 14th I had started bleeding. But it wasn't normal red blood. It was a little thick and a brownish pink color. It only lasted for a couple days. DH and I just thought that it was AF coming again, but it didn't feel like it. I just chalked it up to my body trying to get back on track after BC shot in May or 2011. On Christmas Eve, around 11pm I had what felt like AF cramps..very achy feeling. That happened again around the same time on Christmas day. We didn't really think to much about it..thought it was probably a stomach ache from all the goodies we ate that day. Up until New Year's Day I didn't really notice of symptoms except myself being extra moody. On New Years Eve hubby and I went out to celebrate, we both a a few drinks and jello shots. Normally I can hold my alcohol pretty well, but on this night I couldn't. I was extremely tired within the first hour of drinking (2 or 3 drinks) and by the end of the night I was throwing up yesterday's lunch. Since then I have noticed that I am always hungry and nauseated off and on during the day, Constipated, and my gums have been bleeding for the past couple weeks. I am really bloated, and still have cramps every now and then. DH just pointed out yesterday that my boobs were bigger, they've been sore for a while but I didn't notice them being any bigger. I have noticed blue veins on my chest and down my arms - I have never seen that before with my other 2 boys. Do you ladies think that this could all be related to pregnancy? DH and I are waiting until AF is late this month to test, just want to know if anyone else thinks that this could all be pregnancy related. Sorry this post is so long, I just wanted to make sure that you all knew my exact situation. I should probably add that I have been peeing every time I hear or think about water.
I got to see my little peanut today!! so exciting and reassuring to see a heart beat. The u/s tech dated the pregnant as 7 weeks and gave me a due date of Aug 6th. I'm assuming my dr will go with that as my official due date since the whole reason for this u/s was to date it. The heartbeat was around 182 bpm if I remember correctly, although that seems high to me so I think I may not be remembering what she said correctly. That's about it, just an exciting day!
On Wednesday, July 4, President Obama held a naturalization ceremony at the White House, welcoming 25 members of the military originally from 17 different countries as new American citizens. Obama’s thoughts via Byron York at Washington Examiner: We’re still perfecting our union, still extending the promise of America. That’s why, as another step forward, we’re lifting the shadow of deportation from serving — from deserving young people who were brought to this country as children. It’s why we still need a DREAM Act — to keep talented young people who want to contribute to our society and serve our country. It’s why we need — why America’s success demands — comprehensive immigration reform. According to Yahoo Noticias, the President specifically honored Francisco Ballesteros de la Rosa, a formerly undocumented immigrant who had joined the Marines in 2009 and won a medal of service. “Becoming a citizen was for Francisco a step in the right direction. So today we congratulate you,” said the President in his salute to the Marine. Unlike some other candidates, Obama has been fairly consistent about wanting to put the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the country on a path toward citizenship. As Jose Antonio Vargas put it in the Huffington Post, “When Obama issued a directive to stop the deportation of an estimated 1 million DREAM Act-eligible undocumented youth and welcome them to our workforce, America, in turn, embraced 1 million dreams“. You can view pictures from the event below.
Photo of Leizl Joy Nayahangan By Alpha (Day 101) “I know you are busy – but do you have a minute?” “I’m sorry if I am taking your time right now, I know you are very busy.” “I understand how busy you are and I appreciate your time with me.” “I’m sorry, I’ve been busy at work, I haven’t had the chance to call you back.” “I don’t have enough time to even get a manicure I am so busy!” “You guys are busy, so I don’t bother to give you a call thoughout the weekdays.” “She has so many afterschool commitments that she can not find time to . What a busy life!” Do these lines sound very familiar to you? I bet they are! You hear it all the time – from family members, friends, neighbors, workmates, fellow grocery shoppers, mom groups and from other organizations you decide to associate yourself. It is not uncommon to hear these excuses anymore rather they are household phrases. I for one, do it too - and I am guilty about it. I understand that people are busy (that includes me!) but I also believe that if you make time for something that you believe is important, then being busy is out of the picture. That’s why – as I was wrapping my workday last week I finally started a revolution to myself. The minute I anticipated such lines, I started to say to people within my circle, “Please, be my guest!” instead of “No, I am not busy at all!” I also realized that a lot of people just assume that their friend or their boss is so busy because of the nature of their work, their family structure and the activities they choose to engage in – but in reality, we know that there is still some room to squeeze in some time to do leisure and play time within their schedule, be it tight or not. Look how many times you see people update their twitter account or any of their social networking profiles on what they are up to, then you say they are busy? ‘Course not! Finally, some thoughts about being busy: When people claim they are too busy they can’t even pick up the phone to say “hi” or “hello”, I think there are only two reasons: a. they are either choosing not to prioritize it b. they just forget about it (when they remember you, they will call) I know, I fall in one of those categories sometimes – and again, I am guilty of it!
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Mass Movement or Alternative Economy: Dealing with the Economic Crisis Building democratic mass movements in our workplaces and communities should be the strategy for combating the capitalist economic crisis and advancing revolutionary struggle. An alternative economic sector does not have the capacity to win short-term reforms or fundamentally transform society The current economic crisis has highlighted, in the boldest terms, the fact that a capitalist economy and the politicians that represent it are unable and unwilling to provide for the needs of working people. While thousands of people have to grapple with losing their homes or jobs rich capitalists were propped up with bailouts, not held accountable for the crisis, and continued to get richer. Working people all over the world have recognized that this is a crisis caused by capitalism, yet the capitalists are not paying the burden, the workers are. In Europe in particular this has resulted in mass movements led by unions and community organizations that are directly confronting capitalism and the state that supports it while at the same time envisioning and building in its place a new world based on solidarity, equality, and liberty. The question is, what is the best way to deal with economic crisis? Is it to develop a mutualist "noncapitalist" economic sector in which co-ops and "peoples banks" could be competitive alternatives with capitalist business? Or should we focus our efforts on building a mass movement of militant revolutionary worker organizations within our existing workplaces and communities? It is the latter in which we can realize our collective power, confront capitalism and finally overturn it to fundamentally transform society. Mutualism is known as a form of "market socialism", and like other tendencies of socialism and anarchism, it came about in the mid to late 1800s as a response to the rapid changes that accompanied the second industrial revolution. A leading figure behind mutualism was Pierre Joseph Proudhon, a man ahead of his time, and who would soon become known as a forebear to anarchism. Proudhon's mutualism contributed greatly to the anticapitalist movement of the time. Proudhon articulated the need for self-management of laborers over the means of production as well as a hatred for capitalism and a deep distrust of the state. Proudhon envisioned a world where free artisan co-ops and "peoples banks" would take on the functions of society. It is important to keep the time period in mind for this. This was a time when class society was very different. The laboring class (i.e. those that did most of the labor that produced capitalist value) consisted mostly of slaves, serfs, and peasants. Skilled tradesman and artisans were a relatively privileged minority of commodity producers. This rapidly changed with the second industrial revolution. In industrial countries laborers began to be isolated to large-scale factory production. Once artisans now became wage laborers as the means of production became increasingly consolidated into the hands of a small group of capitalists and property owners. Artisans could no longer compete with this new economic force and mutualism became the effort to defend the artisan life. As you can imagine this position had little relevance with those from the peasantry as most lived on rented land and were very indebted. The prospect of owning one's own land or contributing to a viable alternative economic sector that would overthrow the existing landowners was simply not practical. The same could be said for the wageworkers. Although setting up a small business and being one's own boss (or as part of a cooperative) was certainly appealing it was completely impractical as most lacked the necessary income to invest in people's banks and small entrepreneurial endeavors. Unions and radical organizations proved to offer the working class and the peasantry a much stronger organ for fighting for their united class interests. Today the world's wealth is consolidated into even fewer hands. And while the vast majority of people will never experience this wealth, it still exists. It exists because workers and farmers have created it; the capitalists and bosses only own it. With this realization we should reject mutualism as the end-all approach for confronting the capitalist economic crisis. Mutualism advocates that workers should create a noncapitalist economic sector of cooperatives that could compete with the big capitalist businesses and banks and gradually overturn the existing order. The creation of cooperatives is great insofar as it demonstrates the practical experience of economic self-management. It cannot however compete with the economic might, political backing, and armed force of modern capitalism. A noncapitalist sector could not have the same resources at its disposal and therefore could not beat the capitalist sector at its own game. Michael Schmidt and Lucien van der Walt get it right in their book Black Flame: The Revolutionary Class Politics of Anarchism and Syndicalism when they say, "On the contrary, the capitalist sector would conquer the noncapitalist one: economic pressures would lead cooperatives to hire wage labor, resulting in exploitation"(p.84). This is historically proven. Either the cooperatives are conquered and must "sell-out" to an extent or they are crushed by force. The mutualist approach also supports private property and private profits in their "noncapitalist" market utopia. Simply put, mutualism does not significantly challenge the status quo. We must reject the legitimacy of private property all together in our movements for we can only reach our greatest potential in a society based on collective ownership by farmers and workers. Historically this question of property rights isolated mutualists from the rest of the radical left wing movement. In 1869 the issue was debated at length within the First International where anarchists voted with Marxists against the mutualists and thus solidified common ownership as a fundamental principle and core demand of working class struggle. Creating a noncapitalist sector is like reinventing the wheel. Again, there is a massive amount of wealth in this world that was created by the hard work of millions who will never realize it. We need not invest what little money we are surviving off of into alternative banks or noncapitalist business ventures. Instead we should focus our energies organizing in our workplaces and communities building revolutionary struggle where the means of production and wealth already exists. Through organization we become collectively empowered and with this power we gain the ability to make and more importantly WIN demands from the capitalist class. This power has a truly revolutionary character that is capable of transforming society. This is historically proven. Every victory from an end to child labor to the eight-hour workday to the end of racial segregation can be attributed directly to organized struggle by workers organizations and community groups. This power does not have to stop with simply winning a slice of the pie here and there. Instead its aims should be set on the entire bakery. Building movements have short-term goals and long-term visions. The short-term goals are winning demands and forcing reforms that have very real impacts on people's daily lives. As an article from The Northeast Anarchist #10 is titled, "Where they retreat, We Must Advance". This is what fighting on behalf of short-term goals means, it is the working class fighting and winning improvements for itself and with each victory there is the potential to keep advancing. However there are severe limits to this. The centralized state is a brutally oppressive institution whether it claims the interests of the working class or is a representative system that only represents the interests of the rich. The centralized state can only be counted on to truly represent the interests of a privileged minority. Thus, the long-term vision must be to build a revolutionary consciousness within these mass movements that will confront capitalism and the state transforming reform efforts into revolutionary aspirations and struggle. Mutualism also tries to avoid direct confrontation with oppressive institutions. Capitalists and politicians have never ceded any of the gains we have made without a fight. Right now in the face of the current economic crisis working families that have been order to leave their homes after a bank foreclosed on their building are taking direct action by organizing their fellow tenants and other local activist and in some cases occupying their foreclosed home. Through their efforts they have seen tremendous results and have gotten their homes back. In Chicago at the Republic Windows and Doors factory workers were given notice that the factory was shutting down and they must get new jobs. The workers were left high and dry so they used direct action. They occupied the factory and held daily demonstrations until the company had to agree to their demands. There are countless other examples of organizing in the face of this economic crisis that have proved successful. The idea that an alternative economic sector could beat out the capitalist sector without a confrontation is impossible for its been proven countless times that capitalists will do everything they can including the use of physical force to protect their interests. Only a mass movement utilizing a diverse array of tactics can muster the power to successfully combat such attacks. This economic crisis has been levied upon the people by the rich capitalists and the fact that they are getting away with maintaining their profits while the rest of us struggle is an act of class war, a war that they are winning right now. Joe hill wrote, "If we workers take a notion/ we can stop all speeding trains/ every ship upon the ocean/ we can tie with mighty chains/ every wheel in the creation/ every mine and evry mill/ fleets and armies of all nations/ will at our command stand still". We do not need to create an alternative economic sector to have a world based on equality and freedom. We must "take a notion", organize, and fight for the incredible wealth and means of production we have already created collectively and then use it not for the greed of a few but rather for the needs of us all.
Good Morning Darlings! Christmas is all about wishes. Sometimes fantastic wishes. So today, I thought I would bring you some fantasy items and offset them with similar, but less outrageous, alternatives. Is the man in your life a shutterbug? How about the Neiman Marcus Limited Edition Leica M9 Camera for a mere $17,500.00? Neiman Marcus lets us press our nose to the glass to wish for these luxury gifts via their luxe website, but those with the Black Amex are able to have this piece of history delivered personally by a Leica photography expert with private instruction. But you must hurry – only 50 have been crafted.
decent frenchish at london heathrow’s terminal four. gone are the days when I expect airport food to be mediocre – there are multiple decent chains in the london airport, and even singapore’s changi airport is turning itself out to be more like a mall that so happens to have some runways by the side. this was our last meal in london before we flew back to singapore, and thank goodness it was pretty good as we were in the middle of a great british airways fiasco. we had got on our original late-night flight from heathrow, woke up after 10 hours of travel time for the customary before-touchdown breakfast, only to be told by the captain that we were on the way back to london due to engine failure – and that we had been on the return route for 6 hours by then. we had to queue up for more than 3 hours to try and get a return ticket home (24 hours after our first one) and by then we were famished, and not very happy people. decent diner in heathrow terminal 3. so airport and airplane food is typically bad and not quite worth paying too much for, which is why I usually stick to sandwiches but this time it was like sort of saying goodbye to london and so we decided to go for something more special. oriel’s has a large bar in the front, and the inside was a mock-up of a retro-style paris bistro. it has a medium-sized menu typical of restaurants in this style, ranging from all-day breakfasts to french ‘classics’. airport food in most european/american airports are on par with the stuff you actually get on planes. it’s like as though their acclimatising you for mediocrity since you’ve been locked in a place and have no alternative for food. we stopped over at warsaw chopin airport on our way to danzig, and we found what we thought was a corner ‘deli’ that looked the most appetizing. most of the airport seems to be under construction so there is only a canteen-like place, a salad bar and one or two bar-type places and this ‘deli’. I never really understand having bars in airports – do you really need that much fortification before taking transport that really is as prevalent as the bus? in any case, half a chicken and a pint of beer set my partner back nearly 20pounds, which makes this the most expensive meal we’ve had in poland. we would have been happy to pay about 10, but this was ridiculous. the chicken as dry, the skin as rather soggy, and the vegetables boiled to an inch of its life. why do people still do this to vegetables?! so I went for a chicken salad that was strange – the chicken had been battered but it looks as though it never had a chance of being crisp, and it seemed to have lost the fight to try. but 3pounds for sweetcorn, some vegetables and a portion of protein (no matter how dubious) makes this indistinguishable from many salad lunches I’ve had. they really should learn from asian airports – which have less bars, more cafes and much better food. yes I am making an overriding generalisation, but really no one speaks for joy about stopping over in europe unless they get to leave the prison that is confines of the airport.
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untitled on Flickr. Thanks to Jen Henry of www.flockflockflock.com/ I was able to get my daughter Sadie to model for me. This was the fallen warrior cupid look! Hair and Makeup by Eden Walton Holly Madison on Flickr. Here’s something that is completely out of the ordinary for my uploads on here. Sometimes I get asked to photograph celebrities. In this case I had the opportunity to photograph Holly Madison with her collection of trolls that she has received over the years. Shot for Seven Magazine.
From the very first time we heard about the HTC Rhyme, it was clear it would be a phone unlike any other. HTC has a reputation of creating new phones with amazing features and specifications that are hard to rival. But the HTC Rhyme isn’t anything like the HTC EVO 3D, HTC Sensation or any other flagship device we’ve seen this year. Rather than creating a super phone with cutting edge specs, HTC went back to the drawing board to create a phone with a unique experience–a phone designed primarily for women. HTC has never expressly said that the HTC Rhyme is a phone for women, but the purple handset, charm indicator and marketing campaign aren’t typically what you’d think of when you talk about a “man’s” phone. When we talk about new phones, the first question most of you want answered is how the phone stacks up against the competition. The spec highlights for the HTC Rhyme include a 1 GHz MSM 8655 Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 3.7-inch WVGA super LCD display, 4 GB onboard memory, 768 MB of RAM, 8 GB microSD, 5 megapixel camera capable of recording 720p HD video and a front-facing VGA camera for self portraits or video calling. The HTC Rhyme runs on Android 2.3.4 and is the first handset from HTC to launch with HTC Sense 3.5. The specs on the HTC Rhyme may not be comparable to those of the upcoming HTC Amaze 4G or even the EVO 3D that launched a few months back, but that doesn’t mean the Rhyme can’t hold its own. If you look closely, the HTC Rhyme is nearly a clone of the HTC DROID Incredible 2 in a smaller, flashier body. The 1 GHz MSM 8655 processor and 768 MB of RAM allow the Rhyme to easily churn through benchmarks (Quadrant: high 1600s, NeoCore: 31.5 FPT, AnTuTu: 2439) while providing enough power to tackle graphic intensive games like Dungeon Defenders, Asphalt 5 HD and Stardunk. 2. Call quality and reception At times we get so wrapped up in all the cool features these new handsets have to offer that we forget they’re actually phones. Anyone looking for a new phone with great audio will certainly be satisfied with the HTC Rhyme. Call quality on the Rhyme is clear and crisp over Verizon’s CDMA network. The people we called noted that the audio they were hearing on their end was loud and understandable, but that audio quality deteriorated when we were talking in loud places (walking down a busy street or on the bus). Verizon’s CDMA network probably has a lot to do with the good call quality we experienced with the Rhyme. The phone typically had three to four reception bars while out in the open or in houses or office buildings. We did notice the signal bar drop down to one when we were in an elevator. But that’s more than acceptable, since the T-Mobile phones we use always lose reception in the same scenario. 3. 4G Speeds Unlike most of the new phones on Verizon’s network, the HTC Rhyme does not feature 4G LTE support. For now, not having a phone that can take advantage of Verizon’s blazing fast LTE speeds may not sound like a huge issue. But most people who buy the Rhyme will likely choose to pay the $199 on-contract price, which means they’ll be locked into Verizon’s slower 3G network (the Rhyme averaged 1450kbps download and 872kbps upload) for two whole years. Granted, most people still don’t know the difference between 3G, 4G, HSPA+, WiMax and LTE, but having a 4G data connection is certainly noticeable when you spend a lot of time surfing the web or catching up on episodes of your favorite TV shows with Netflix or Hulu Plus. 4. Rear and front-facing cameras The 5 megapixel camera on the back of the Rhyme is a bit of an anomaly in a world where 8 megapixels has become the new standard. Yes, you can still find phones with 3 megapixel sensors, but those handsets are typically entry-level devices, free with a new contract. The reason HTC chose to equip the Rhyme with a 5 MP sensor was to allow the phone to use HTC’s new instant capture functionality, which typically snaps a shot as soon as you press the shutter button on the screen. The camera application features a selection of presets, including portrait, landscape, action burst, panorama and backlight HDR in addition to the typical distortion, vintage, grayscale, solarize and other styling effects that we’ve seen on HTC’s cameras in the past. HTC Rhyme Camera Samples The flash on the Rhyme seems to produce better results than other HTC phones that come with a dual-LED flash. In general, image subjects more than two feet away do not get completely washed out, and the flash does a good job of proportionally lighting up a dark room for a shot. The HTC Rhyme’s camera certainly has a lot of features, but we wish the images it produces were a bit sharper. Overall, image quality is good for 5 megapixels, and the 720p video holds up well as long as you have a steady hand. We’d still recommend carrying around a dedicated point-and-shoot camera when you head out for the evening if you know you’ll be snapping a few shots. 5. HTC Sense 3.5 The debate around custom UIs versus stock Android could go on for decades. The Android purists cry foul every time they hear another phone is shipping with a custom build of Android or a new and enhanced UI from the manufacturer. The truth is, there are probably just as many people who love HTC Sense as there are those who hate it. But one thing most of us can agree on is that HTC’s Sense is a lot better than what most other manufacturers put on their phones. HTC Sense 3.5 brings all the new animations, graphics, widgets and functionality we’ve seen on HTC’s most recent dual-core powered phones to a handset that’s a lot less powerful. You still get the new unlock screen, app drawer, notification bar with quick settings and HTC’s new task manager, in addition to a new Quick Launch widget for your main home screen panel. The Quick Launch widget features a clock with weather information and four customizable application launchers, which give you insights into your calendar, sms, email, pictures and more without actually opening the apps. Users can choose to use the presets or swap in any app of their choice. The HTC Rhyme’s version of Sense 3.5 does feature those mysterious “calming wallpapers” rumored back in May, but the selection is probably a lot better than what most guys would have imagined. The wallpaper collection has more of a retro feel to it; most images are of nature or cityscapes in light vintage tones. 6. Android 2.3.4 When you buy a new phone, you expect it to come with the latest version of Android. While Android 2.3.4 is a little behind the curve, it’s certainly a lot better than the many phones shipping with Android 2.3.3 or lower. The Rhyme is one of the first phones to ship with support for gTalk video chat. And since HTC is by far the best at updating their phones, we’re sure the Rhyme will receive a handful of updates over the next year or two. 7. Build quality and design HTC is known for making some of the highest quality phones on the market, and the HTC Rhyme is certainly no exception. The handset features a uni-body aluminum frame that wraps around the screen and across the upper section along the back. The rest of the phone is covered in HTC’s signature soft-touch rubber, which gives the user a solid grip of the phone. The body of the Rhyme measures 119 x 60.8 x 10.85 mm while weighing 130 grams. It may not be the lightest or smallest phone on the market, but it’s a lot more manageable than HTC’s flagship phones with their 4.3-inch displays. For most men, the purple finish of the device may be a little intimidating. It’s not a color that many guys are comfortable with, but the reaction from women is typically positive. Most women that saw the phone gave positive comments about the phone’s color and design. Most were pleased that it has a screen bigger than the iPhone but wasn’t so obnoxiously large that they had to use two hands to operate it. HTC Rhyme Gallery Since the introduction of the original T-Mobile G1, finding device-specific accessories for Android phones has always been tough. You can typically find a handful of cases and an occasional dock, but most of them are cheap, generic options that don’t match the aesthetics of your phone. This is really where the HTC Rhyme shines. HTC realized that consumers want great accessories with their phones and decided to include a charging/music dock, tangle-free headphones and a unique charm indicator. The dock for the HTC Rhyme is very subtle. The exterior is coated is a textured cloth and features a single microUSB port on the back. The Rhyme connects to the dock via three charging pins on the back side. All you have to do is set it in and you’re ready to go. The dock itself is equipped with Bluetooth technology, which pairs with the phone as soon as the two devices connect. The dock’s speaker is located on the back and produces a half decent sound when listening to your favorite music. The headphones that come with the HTC Rhyme are really nothing special. They match the purple color of the Rhyme and feature a linguini-style cable that reduces tangling. Unfortunately, the audio output from the headphones doesn’t live up to its unique styling. We’ve all seen a dock and headphones before, but what makes the HTC Rhyme truly unique is the inclusion of the charm indicator. The charm connects to the phone via the 3.5mm audio jack and glows pink when your phone receives a new text message or call. The idea behind the charm is to have it connected to your phone when you carry it around in your purse or gym bag. The woven fiber cord on the charm feels extra strong and should hold up over time, even if you use it as a retrieval mechanism to pull the Rhyme out of your bag. 9. Marketing campaign When you create a phone with a unique user experience, you need to tell the world about it in a simple and competitive way. Unfortunately, HTC and Verizon have failed at that task. Verizon’s TV commercial for the HTC Rhyme is over the top and may be pushing potential consumers to avoid the phone. A few of the women who have been impressed with the Rhyme indicated that the commercial has given them a negative connotation of the phone and that they wouldn’t be interested in buying it because of the ad. We’re not sure if the six-armed goddess commercial was HTC’s idea or something that came out of Verizon’s creative department, but we feel a “quietly brilliant” commercial may have been a lot more effective in this case. 10. Battery life Having a smartphone for all your communication and entertainment needs is great, but your enjoyment of the device can only last as long as the battery. The Rhyme’s 1600 mAh battery isn’t the largest we’ve seen, but it holds enough juice to keep the phone powered up longer than most of us are used to. Power users who typically charge their Android phones once a day will find that the Rhyme will still have about 35-40% battery life at the day’s end. On a few occasions, we were able to squeeze through two entire days on a single charge. Not having an LTE connection or a dual-core processor certainly pays off in the battery department. Verizon HTC Rhyme8 / 10 It’s pretty obvious that most of you will not be running out to your local Verizon store to buy the HTC Rhyme. It’s not a flagship device with cutting edge technology, but we believe HTC has created a unique handset that should do well within its niche. The HTC Rhyme will not appeal to all women, but its sleek design, user friendly UI and bundled accessories help the phone stand out from the crowd, which is mostly filled with non-descript black slabs. The $199 price tag may appear outrageous for a mid-range Android phone with no 4G support, but the included accessories help blunt the sticker shock quite nicely. I’m not sure how you or the woman in your life will feel about the HTC Rhyme, but my wife is willing to throw her Nexus One in the trash and switch to Verizon just so she can have a purple phone.
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Monthly Archive: May 2013 MSI is on the tablet train at Computex 2011 this week too, and its Android offering is the WindPad 100A. A 10.1-inch 1280 x 800 IPS slate weighing 740g, the WindPad 100A has an unspecified dual-core Cortex A9 processor - we're guessing NVIDIA's Tegra 2 - along with 1GB of RAM, up to 32GB of storage and WiFi b/g/n. There's also an HDMI port, g-sensor, ambient light sensor, an SD card slot, USB port and audio output; cameras front and back complete the deal. OS is "the latest Google Android operating system" which certainly suggests Honeycomb, perhaps with MSI hedging its bets a little just in case a newer version pops out before the WindPad 100A reaches shelves. No word on when, exactly, that will be however, nor for how much it will cost. MSI also unveiled a new Windows 7 tablet, which you can find details of at the via link below. [via SlashGear] Press Release: Powerful, Stylish MSI WindPad Tablets To show stuff at Computex 2011 As tablets take the world by storm, MSI is leading the way in terms of R&D. This big name in high tech products is unveiling the latest additions to its WindPad Tablet Series at Computex 2011. They feature the latest, greatest power-sipping processors and a full array of I/O and expansion ports, so hooking up to your computer and multimedia devices at home and work is a cinch. MSI also joined forces with world-renowned fashion designer Jeremy Scott to design the looks of the MSI WindPad Series. Scott has an impressive résumé, having collaborated with big name celebrities, like Madonna and Lady Gaga, as well as sports product giant Adidas. This is his first time working with the high tech industry. Taipei—As big names around the world in PCs and mobile phones try their hands at tablet computers, MSI, which boasts innovative R&D capabilities, chic designs, and a cautious approach to market development, will be exhibiting its own wares, including the 10-inch WindPad 100A and WindPad 110W, at both Computex 2011 (May 31-June 4) and L607 at the Taipei World Trade Center in Nangang. Eric Kuo, associate vice president for global sales, MSI Notebook, points out that MSI's new generation WindPad Tablet Series includes WindPad 110W with AMD Brazos processing platform and Windows 7 OS as well as the WindPad 100A with ARM Cortex™-A9 architecture processor and the latest Google Android OS. Both tablets are equipped with all-new soft/hardware to satisfy your work and entertainment needs. MSI WindPad 110W Power and style Mainstream operating systems: MSI's new generation tablet series include the WindPad 110W and WindPad 100A. The WindPad 110W features Microsoft's Windows 7 OS—ideal for businesses, because the prevalence of Windows and the enhanced application support vastly reduce the possibility of incompatibility issues. The WindPad 100A uses the latest version of the open-source Google Android OS for which new applications are being designed at unheard of rates. As a result, the WindPad 100A has no problem meeting consumer entertainment software needs. Cutting-edge fashion by Jeremy Scott: MSI went the extra mile to provide its WindPads with sophisticated looks, sheathing them in color film print to not only give them an extra touch of class, but to safeguard them from scratching and wear. So whether you're zipping along on the subway, kicking back at a cozy café, or enjoying nature, you can whip out your WindPad tablet with confidence. Some beautiful WindPads will debut at this year's Computex, including models designed by world-famous fashion designer Jeremy Scott who has incorporated cutting-edge style into MSI's cutting-edge high tech to create the perfect blend of fashion and technology. MSI WindPad 100A Unparalleled entertainment platform WindPad 110W: MSI's WindPad 110W packs AMD's Brazos dual core processor with AMD Radeon™ HD 6250 display chip for impressive processing and display performance, giving this tablet graphics processing capabilities on par with a discrete graphics card. Pop open the hood and you'll find 2GB DDRII of memory, 802.11 b/g/n wireless, a G-Sensor gravity detector, an ALS light sensor, and an SSD hard drive with up to 64GB of memory. Weighing in at 850 grams, it boasts six-plus hours of battery time—the longest of any tablet with Windows architecture. WindPad 100A: MSI's WindPad 110A features ARM Cortex-A9 dual core processor architecture and the latest Google Android operating system, giving it plenty of processing power. It also features 1GB DDRII of memory, 802.11 b/g/n wireless, G-Sensor, ALS, and an SSD hard drive with up to 32GB of memory to meet the entertainment needs of users. It tips the scales at 740 grams and offers more than eight hours of battery power. Complete array of I/O ports: The WindPad 110W and WindPad 100A tablet computers come equipped with a complete array of I/O ports, including an SD card reader, USB port, and mini HDMI slot, supporting the largest number of external devices, from printers and projectors to mouses, keyboards, and flash drives. And if you're looking to kick up your multimedia experience a few notches, you can connect your tablet to any size HDTV screen or surround sound stereo. MSI WindPad tablets come with complete array of I/O ports Multimedia that will knock your socks off Wide screen, dual cam lenses double your visual pleasure: The WindPad 110W and WindPad 100A tablets have 10-inch, 1280*800, rich color, IPS wide-screen displays. Not only are the screens completely viewable from every angle, they provide high resolution video, making them ideal for such applications as graphics work, surfing the Internet, and checking out photo details. These tablets also come with dual cams, one on the front, and one on the back, so whether you're shooting a video, taking pictures, or using them in concert with the mobile communication software, you can engage in high-quality conference calls with business associates, friends, or family anytime, anywhere. SRS wrap around sound: The WindPad 110W and 100A come with new generation SRS PC Sound™ wrap around sound to expand the overall sound field, so whether you use the internal speakers, external ones, or ear phones, you get an unprecedented, natural, true-to-life surround sound experience when you finally get a well deserved break from your school or office work. Most complete assortment of practical applications MSI Easy Face biometric software: The WindPad 110W tablet computer features MSI's own facial recognition software which works in concert with the high definition webcams to protect data biometrically. It employs your unique facial features to remember your passwords, so you don't have to. MSI EasyViewer photo manager: The WindPad 110W comes with EasyViewer photo management software, so you can use your finger to enlarge, reduce, and rotate photos. Sharing photos with friends and family was never easier. Office Starter 2010: The WindPad 110W comes pre-loaded with Microsoft's Office Starter 2010 word processing software, including Office Word 2010 and Office Excel 2010, making your tablet a mobile office. What's more, in order to meet the needs of mobile workers, the WindPad 110W comes with Adobe Reader, so you can read, print, search, sign, and authenticate PDF files anytime, anywhere. It also comes pre-loaded with Adobe Flash Player to maximize your multimedia experience. User friendly, one-finger control Touch control micro-vibration sensor: The WindPad 110W and 100A tablets sport a virtual keyboard design, so you don't have to relearn how to type and when you're typing on the screen, a micro-vibration function lets you know that the tablet recognizes that you have hit a key. The micro-vibration feedback makes typing more natural and faster as you don’t have to retype characters that weren't recognized the first time around. Easy one-finger control: The WindPad 110W sports MSI's own Smart Tracker, so you can grip both sides of the tablet and use small finger movements on the hotkeys on the right side of the tablet. Because you can use both hands, your wrists won't feel discomfort no matter how long you use it. In addition, the user friendly SAS hotkey performs the traditional role of the "Ctrl+Alt+Del" combination to open the Windows Security Window. MSI's own O-Easy interface offers easier management and use of frequently used functions and software, including turning on/off/adjusting screen brightness, volume, webcam, wireless, mute, and standby mode. ViewSonic has refreshed its Android tablet range, with the new 7-inch ViewPad 7x offering Honeycomb on a 1024 x 600 touchscreen, while the 10.1-inch ViewPad 10Pro gives a choice of Froyo or Windows 7 on an Intel Oak Trail Atom processor. The ViewPad 7x - which leaked earlier this month - has a Tegra 2 processor and twin cameras, along with along with HSPA+, HDMI and DLNA support. It weighs 380g and has a microUSB port and an LED flash. As for the ViewPad 10Pro, that has a 1.5GHz Intel Oak Trail Z670 processor along with WiFi, 3G, Bluetooth and all the usual features you'd expect from an x86 tablet. Unfortunately ViewSonic's decision to go with Android 2.2 rather than Honeycomb looks likely to hurt the 10Pro's reputation. No word on pricing or release dates at this stage. [via SlashGear] ASUS is talking tablets at Computex 2011 this morning, and while we may have already seen the company's PadFone, there are still a few surprises on offer. That includes the ASUS Eee Pad MeMO 3D, a glasses-free 3D update of the original MeMO Android Honeycomb tablet shown at CES 2011, with a 1024 x 600 IPS 3D display, an active digital stylus like the HTC Flyer, and a companion MeMIC Bluetooth headset for music and calls. The ASUS PadFone is what we're more interested in, though, a 10-inch 1280 x 800 slate into which can dock a roughly 4-inch ASUS smartphone. Once in place, the tablet can recharge the smartphone using its own inbuilt battery, as well as use the phone's 3G connection and rear 5-megapixel camera. That, ASUS suggests, means two 3G-enabled gadgets for the price of a single 3G connection. The company has also done some work fettling the UI, scaled both to suit phone use and tablet use. The PadFone can switch "seamlessly" between the two. According to ASUS this is all semi-conceptual right now, with no confirmed specs, but the company does intend to release the PadFone at some point. [gallery] broken the 1m sales barrier for the Galaxy S II in South Korea, smashing sales records in the process. Meanwhile, mobile comms chief J.K. Shin has confirmed that a sequel to the GSII, aka the "Galaxy S III", is planned for the first half of 2012, while a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4G slate should arrive later in the year. Details on the two new devices are unknown, with Shin only saying that the tablet would be built upon, and improve, what the current Galaxy Tab models offer. The 4G standard it will support is also unclear, so it could be LTE, WiMAX, HSPA+ or - most likely - all three to suit the various carriers. Samsung actually sold 1.3m GSII units in May, Shin says; the original Galaxy S took 70 days to reach the 1m mark. As for the ongoing legal battle between Samsung and Apple, Shin dismisses it as not being "legally problematic." "We didn't copy Apple's design" the exec insisted, "we have used many similar designs over the past years." Kal-El, since February, and now the company has demonstrated just what sort of thing a quad-core CPU, twelve-core GPU SoC is capable of when you slap it into an Android Honeycomb tablet. A homegrown game, Glowball, shows how the four cores can crunch through real-time dynamic lighting in a way that would bring a dual-core like Tegra 2 to its knees. The game basically involves rolling an illuminated ball around an arena of interactive jack-in-the-boxes, curtains and barrels; hitting the boxes in the right order allows you to move on to the next level. The interesting thing, though, is the arena itself: the ball gives off an internal light that's projected through the patterns on its surface, and they're all calculated in real-time rather than being preset animations. That allows you to change the light, brightness and pattern and see it all take place in real-time. Meanwhile, the curtains and barrels react to movement of the tablet's accelerometer, fluttering and tumbling as you'd expect them to in real life. NVIDIA has added the ability to virtually shut down two of the cores, to show the stuttering, jerky mess you'd get if you attempted dynamic lighting on a current-gen dual-core chip. NVIDIA expect to release Glowball into the Android Market when Kal-El based devices go on sale, itself planned to take place later in 2011. [youtube eBvaDtshLY8] [gallery] chomping at the bit for the past week or two to see Asus' new effort for Android, one that we found late this past week would be at least one, maybe two devices called Padfone. As it seems now, it's definitely SOMETHING like that. Have a look at what we're seeing here: what appears to be a tablet with a phone living inside it, able to come out at a moments notice via a sort of garage door hatch. What in the world? starting to be rolled out to a small number of lucky Droid X owners, but now the update has been made available for those of you who don't like to wait. Naturally you'll have to be rooted with a recovery from which you can flash the upgrade, so if you're not you'll have wait for Verizon to push the update OTA. we mentioned that the Droid X would be starting the Android Gingerbread 2.3 update Friday the 27th. It looks as if this time the date given has actually came true, sort of. According to sources the OTA update for 2.3.3 Gingerbread is rolling out in what Verizon is calling a "soak test" or a test run to put it plainly. It looks as if a few users are starting to see the updates on their devices.
When the Samsung Vibrant was initially announced, it was confirmed by Samsung that the 4-inch Super AMOLED display, Android 2.1, 1GHz Hummingbird processor-based device would be available for T-Mobile customer purchase starting July 21st. And, as far as we could tell, there wasn’t anything wrong with that date at all. Then again, Motorola’s got their own launch happening on July 15th, with the Droid X ready to change everything all over again, so maybe Samsung saw that as a bit of a road block. Well, if rumors are true, then that’s about to get a bit more interesting. When this rumor first broke, last night, it was simply just rumor: basically, an anonymous tipster said “something,” to the effect that the Vibrant would be released on July 15th. It didn’t get interesting until a leaked T-Mobile internal document hit the scene, and thanks to the fine folks over at Tmo News, that leaked document made its way to the Internet. And, sure enough, it says that “on July 15th, T-Mobile is scheduled to launch the Samsung Vibrant.” Doesn’t get more clear-cut than that, we imagine. But, yes, this could be a major typo, too, so make sure you’ve got some salt near you at all times. So, what’s the benefit of launching the Vibrant pretty much a week earlier than expected? For one, the Droid X by Motorola is launching on the nation’s largest wireless carrier. That’s going to be a huge release, no matter what stick you shake at it, so it would be good for T-Mobile to jump on the “big Android phone-packing” bandwagon. Especially considering the Vibrant’s got a few more features that some people may consider better than the Motorola adversary’s. So, now it’s up to all of you: if the Vibrant does indeed launch on the 15th, and you’ve got an option, which are you choosing?[via Tmo News]
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Area Code - 0.99 USD by Droid Solution, Version: 1.1 , 281 KB Package name: com.kelobyte.android.areacodelookup , Last Update: 2013-01-09 04:12:09 17 ratings (4.412 average) This application helps you lookup 3-digit US area code, find area code of any city in the US and find the area code of your current location. The search result includes city name, state name and all the matched area codes. You can also check the area code map. Last comments from Android Market No caller I D feature. Its seems to be OK. NOT worth the money. I uninstalled app Great App. I've been looking for an app that has this same functionalities and now I can say that I found it. Completely blows away the competition. The UI is clean and easy to use and the features are content-rich. Excellent! This app works on Zio, great app!! Candyman7
You know it impresses me. But my wife’s comments are especially telling and especially true. I came in from the back yard today to the news about Sandy Hook. She said, “You should have seen the President commenting about the shooting; he had tears running down his face as he spoke about it.” I said I wasn’t surprised. She said, “I know but it never ceases to amaze me that he is willing to show his feelings to the public; you can tell he’s sincere. I have never seen a President actually shed tears like he has. Even when 9/11 happened; George W. Bush never showed any real emotion. What sadness he did show always seemed put on; as though he really didn’t care. But you can see and feel that Obama really cares and really grieves about these people.” I said she was right although I think I remember Bill Clinton showing such emotions a time or two as well, Barack Obama is far and away the most decent, caring president we have ever had. She said, “Yes he is; and he is the only one who openly talks about his children all the time. He always seems to mention his kids and his wife and how much he loves and cares for them. That really says something good about him to me. Any man who speaks the way he does; cries in public when horrible things happen to Americans and talks about his family as he does; is a good man. he’s not afraid to show his emotions or afraid he will be laughed at or made fun of and that says that he really cares and is really concerned.” I of course agreed with her completely. It is hard to understand how anyone could fail to be impressed by this President and I defy anyone to say that he is not sincere. As I have often said; I don’t agree with him about everything he has done or will do no doubt but he is the only human being we have had as President in many years. I can look in his eyes and see real concern; anger; pride; happiness; grief and love; not a dead pool of dark purpose and unfeeling pretence that I have seen in the eyes of most Presidents before. Others that I respect for this are Jimmy Carter and as I said Bill Clinton. Why is it always democrats? Because though they don’t always agree with me and don’t always go as far as i would like; Democrats have a record of working for the people rather than for the Banks etc. Their policies are those of a party who really wants to make America a better place for the common person and not just the wealthy. Barrack Obama is the champion though. He never fails to seem real and we love this man. We both agree that he is the only president we would feel comfortable inviting for dinner. The only one we could talk to like I talk to you. The only one who wouldn’t look down his nose at our humble accommodations. This is a really good man. Not perfect of course lest you think I can’t see reality clearly; but a really good man and one I can respect. One I can care about. One I can love as I did my brother. One who inspires that love in others. I can give a guy like him a lot of slack when I don’t agree with him because I truly feel he is using all his heart and mind in his decisions. Thank You Mr. President for caring; for feeling; for being open and sincere with us and for taking a stand for what is right for all Americans.
By PATRICK GAVIN \| 11/17/10 3:14 PM EST Updated: 11/17/10 3:15 PM EST Regular CLICK readers know that the Barbi twins - one-time Playboy models Shane and Sia Barbi - have long advocated against horse slaughter. Add one more animal issue to their list of, er, pet causes: so-called crush videos. "We are lobbying for the bill HR5566 to pass, so crush videos can be banned as obscenity!!" they write in an e-mail. "We are urging all our representatives especially Tom Coburn to pass it, and flooding his office, phones and facebook with pleas to pass it. Crush videos are basically snuff-fetish films of puppies and kittens slowly being tortured to death by stepping on them or crushing them slowly. It was made legal lately by groups like the ACLU claiming it's freedom of speech. However, when countries like Korea forbids animal torture, it makes Americans appear as if we approve of torture by NOT passing HR5566." In April, the Supreme Court struck down a law banning crush videos, on First Amendment grounds.
Dogs Can Smell Cancer One British woman calls her dog a Guardian Angel rightfully, because her dog Penny helped her to detect breast cancer on time, so it can be that dogs can smell cancer... Sharon went to a doctor because her dog was sniffing her breast during months, just the exact place where the aggressive tumor grew. This 43-year-old was then immediately subjected to chemotherapy, and is soon to be operated. Sharon said that Penny was sniffing her for weeks, and whenever she sat in her lap, she was touching her breasts with her paw like trying to pull something. After one night, when Penny laid on Sharon's breasts, she woke up in terrible pain and decided to visit her doctor. German researchers discovered that specially trained dogs can detect cancer in 71 percent of patients last year. It is believed that cancer produces chemicals including low concentrations of alkanes and aromatic ingredients that dogs can smell. However, there is little evidence that domestic dogs who are not trained can detect tumors in their owners.
\|Nichole's book, "Paris in Color," at Anthropologie\| And that is what Nichole Robertson has done. What an inspiration! Nichole of Little Brown Pen, in collaboration with Chronicle Books, recently published a book of photographs based on her three-year "Paris in color" project (the book is aptly called "Paris in Color"). She has also recently entertained interviews with Martha Stewart's blog and been featured on Real Simple, Apartment Therapy, and a variety of other online blogs and media outlets. Nichole is basically my hero. To help Nichole celebrate her success and the exquisite beauty of her new book, I'm hosting a giveaway: one SUPER lucky Anna Delores reader will score a copy of "Paris in Color" to show off on your bookshelf or coffee table (or, as I recommend, carry it with you everywhere you go). Check out the Rafflecopter form below for details and entry in the giveaway. As you scroll to access giveaway awesomeness, enjoy some of my favorite of Nichole's gallery sets. It's just all so BEAUTIFUL! It doesn't hurt that I already adore Paris, and Nichole's ability to capture everything I love about the city is just amazing. Now, on to the giveaway! This giveaway runs for a FULL MONTH, giving you lots of chances to blog and tweet and pin your way to winning your own copy of Nichole's fabulous book. So what are you waiting for?! Winner will be announced Friday, June 15. a Rafflecopter giveaway
Background: Patients with diabetes mellitus need information about the effectiveness of innovations in insulin delivery and glucose monitoring. Purpose: To review how intensive insulin therapy (multiple daily injections [MDI] vs. rapid-acting analogue–based continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion [CSII]) or method of monitoring (self-monitoring of blood glucose [SMBG] vs. real-time continuous glucose monitoring [rt-CGM]) affects outcomes in types 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus. Data Sources: MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials through February 2012 without language restrictions. Study Selection: 33 randomized, controlled trials in children or adults that compared CSII with MDI (n = 19), rt-CGM with SMBG (n = 10), or sensor-augmented insulin pump use with MDI and SMBG (n = 4). Data Extraction: 2 reviewers independently evaluated studies for eligibility and quality and serially abstracted data. Data Synthesis: In randomized, controlled trials, MDI and CSII showed similar effects on hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels and severe hypoglycemia in children or adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus and adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus, HbA1c levels decreased more with CSII than with MDI, but 1 study heavily influenced these results. Compared with SMBG, rt-CGM achieved a lower HbA1c level (between-group difference of change, −0.26% [95% CI, −0.33% to −0.19%]) without any difference in severe hypoglycemia. Sensor-augmented insulin pump use decreased HbA1c levels more than MDI and SMBG did in persons with type 1 diabetes mellitus (between-group difference of change, −0.68% [CI, −0.81% to −0.54%]). Little evidence was available on other outcomes. Limitation: Many studies were small, of short duration, and limited to white persons with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Conclusion: Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion and MDI have similar effects on glycemic control and hypoglycemia, except CSII has a favorable effect on glycemic control in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus. For glycemic control, rt-CGM is superior to SMBG and sensor-augmented insulin pumps are superior to MDI and SMBG without increasing the risk for hypoglycemia. Primary Funding Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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City officials, Towne Park employees and residents gathered around the public restroom at Noah Hillman Garage to announce it will now be open 24 hours a day. "This is step one of a three-step plan to take the parking objection off the table for area businesses," Towne Park Founder and CEO Jerry South said. His company built or renovated restrooms at all four city-owned garages, and each one has a unisex bathroom that's handicap accessible and open around the clock. Step two for Annapolis' parking overhaul will be a marketing campaign designed to alert visitors and residents to the variety of parking options downtown. South's company will also manage the monthly parking and residential parking for the city's garages via one website: parkannapolis.com. Step three, tentatively set to launch this summer, will be a free smartphone app called Park Annapolis that will give users real-time data on which garages have spaces available and at what price. In addition to the parking garage bathrooms, the Market House will have renovated public restrooms when it re-opens. Mayor Josh Cohen said he will be opening those restrooms up to the public during midnight madness on Dec. 6 and 13. Samaras has to say no to people because of security reasons—his products are mostly small and valuable. "We have been lobbying for public restrooms for at least 10 years," Ward One Residents Association President Joe Budge said. "The visitors to our town have had no facilities outside of our stores or restaurants, and after hours it had gotten very unpleasant." Budge said he's caught people relieving themselves beside trees, in gardens and down alleyways. He hopes the city and downtown businesses will advertise these new options, which are cleaned each morning. Cohen joked that had the announcement been made a few weeks ago, the man he caught urinating off the garage's third floor in October might have known about the restrooms. Budge isn't sure whether this will curtail public urination downtown, but at least he'll be able to point folks answering nature's call towards the garages.
Fernando Alonso and Raquel del Rosario to end... → f1juice: I’m totally shocked “I welcome him back. He’s a great driver,” Alonso said during a press conference...– http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/96804 (via itsfumi) Party Time: Rosberg, Schumacher and Brawn sing... wtformula1: Christmas Parties, a time to celebr… get absolutely steaming drunk and sing Karaoke. That’s what Mercedes GP did this year, with Nico Rosberg, Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn all stepping up to the mic. Unsurprisingly their singing wasn’t that great. And you thought Mark Webber was bad at singing. Videos below. Read More How I feel about Jaime Alguersuari and Sebastien... Why all this Grosjean hate? Seriously, can’t understand why all this Grosjean hate? What he’s done to get so much hate.. I hoped for Kimi & Petrov at Lotus and I like Bruno too (in fact I like both of them more than Grosjean) but can’t bee too upset when they/ Lotus Renault decided to pick Grosjean over Petrov & Senna. He’s not that bad everybody seems to think. I think he deserves another...
I bought a small chemistry set for my daughter. What I expected was a batch of small amounts of chemicals that would require strict adult supervision – meaning my wife would probably have to make sure I didn’t blow something up. As I opened the contents and took inventory, I discovered an important looking vial of white powder with a lid that would close very tightly as if something very volatile and dangerous was inside. I could not have been more disappointed. It was about the only thing worth anything, and it turned out to be baking soda. -Reposted from www.MenRising.com We decided to proceed with the experiment itself which was actually fascinating for my daughter who, knowing her father quite well, stood looking on curiously from a safe distance some 10 feet away. With some added vinegar, the baking soda fizzed a bit in the test tube, but that was it. However, I knew where I could get more baking soda, a lot more in fact, and figured it was time to ramp things up a bit. I filled a large balloon with baking soda, and then filled a 2 liter bottle about 1/4 of the way full with vinegar. I fitted the open end of the balloon over the bottle, upended the balloon to spill all of the baking soda into the vinegar, and then ran. My daughter was already 10 feet away with her hands covering her ears. The dogs had huddled together in the farthest corner of the yard long ago. As the balloon grew larger, filled with the gas created from the chemical reaction, there was greater and greater anticipation of some imminent event, which translated into more steps backward for myself and my daughter. However, there was no big bang of the balloon. There was now just a hugely overinflated balloon on top of this fizzing bottle of liquid neither of us wanted to go anywhere near. So, we waited some more and finally just let it be. "What should we do now, Papa?" My daughter was still gripping my hand and standing half-behind me watching the balloon. “It’ll deflate on it’s own,” I assured my daughter, as I turned slowly to walk away, looking over my shoulder as I ushered her into the house. The thing that is so great about true experimentation is that while you have some vague idea of what is supposed to happen, you never really know what is going to happen until you just go out and try. In a lot of ways, that is what living the Christian life can be like at times for some people. The Bible has all sorts of great advice for marriage, raising children, and living life in a way that pleases God and gives Him honor and glory. In fact, many Christians know what the Bible says to do, they also have a vague head knowledge type of an idea that God is going to take care of them and everything is going to be all right in the end, yet, they have no idea what is really going to happen . . . until they try. Do you really believe what the Bible says? Do you really have faith about the passages that teach about family, witnessing to the lost, and living a life for the Lord? Do you believe Romans 8:28 that says “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”? Truth be told, none of us really know exactly what will happen. When life hurts, we can know everything is going to be OK in vague terms because the Bible tells us that everything is going to work out all right, but how that is going to be accomplished specifically is not a done deal in our minds, and so where comfort and security in God should be, anxiety and frustration usually rule the day. The challenge is to remember God and His promises, and then cast all your care on Him (I Peter 5:7) knowing that while others act selfishly to hurt you, He still cares for you. You will never really know and understand the power of God working in your life, until you try.
The rightwingers’ efforts to redirect anger on housing unaffordability away from the real cause – their precious investment properties – and onto immigrants instead are getting more vigorous, with the realisation that it’s a handy angle on which to attack Kevin Rudd. Here’s another group whose support automatically means something’s a bad idea: the real estate industry. (I can’t believe I left them out of my earlier list.) If the land rats oppose a policy, that’s a powerful point in its favour. If they can convince increasingly desperate younger Australians to forget that the jump in housing unaffordability immediately followed the GST, the “first-home buyers’” (really, the first-home sellers’”) grant and – most critically – Howard’s massive cut in CGT on investment properties, and instead to blame it on filthy foreigners, then suddenly the ALP’s having relaxed foreign ownership rules can be portrayed as having caused the whole thing! (Provided everybody’s got really short memories.) The rich Australians whose interests the rightwingers represent get a handy scapegoat for the way their generation is fleecing the next – and the anger of the young is usefully redirected against the opponents of the political party whose policies were the biggest causes of the current mess. And the divide grows deeper.
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Archive for January 7th, 2008 ANALYSIS / INDEPENDENCE DAY Bangkok Post, 2008 Jan 7 Sixty years of ‘freedom’ finds a war-ravaged land, a weary people _ and a buoyant energy sector, thanks to complicit neighbours By KYAW ZWA MOE ”Let us rejoice at the independence which has come to us today, the result of sacrifices undergone by us and those who preceded us in the years that have passed.” Those are the words of Burma’s first president, Sao Shwe Thaike, in his independence message on Jan 4, 1948 when the country gained its independence after nearly 100 years of British rule. What has the 60th anniversary of Burma’s independence brought in 2008? Did it bring freedom, prosperity and happiness? Sadly, little of that can be found in the country today. Instead, we find more oppression, poverty and misery. On Independence Day, the then-prime minister U Nu also said: ”There is no room for disunity or discord _ racial, communal, political or personal _ and I now call upon all citizens of the Burma Union to unite and to labour without regard to self and in the interest of the country to which we all belong.” In contrast, a few months after the country gained independence, civil war broke out between the government and communist and ethnic rebel groups. Since then, civil war has continued to rage across the country. About 10 years after independence, a coup occurred that, in effect, cut off any real chance for freedom and prosperity. From then on, the military has had a firm grip on the reins of power. In the past 60 years, Burma had opportunities to create a democracy with a good economy, but failed. Instead, the country has devoted its energy to in-fighting and disagreement, based on differing political ideologies. We have to speak honestly. Burma today has few things we Burmese can be proud of. Politics is a disgrace. Economics is a tragedy. Society itself is exhausted. Seemingly, everyone in the world knows something about Burma, but it’s mostly negative. What will 2008 bring? Sadly again, the future looks like the past. Politically, the current military regime won’t soften its political stand against opposition groups. The detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will likely celebrate her 63rd birthday party on June 19 alone in custody in her home in Rangoon. Under house arrest for 12 of the past 18 years, she will continue to be recognised as the only Nobel laureate in detention. The junta will blindly continue down its self-created, seven-step road map to what it calls ”democracy”, with its hand-picked delegates. No astrologer can prophesise when this charade will end. The ”first step” National Convention just concluded and took 14 years. The junta’s notorious prisons will continue to be the home of many of the finest people in the country. Currently more than 1,000 people are unjustly held as political prisoners. Dissidents who fled the country long ago will continue to be denied the right to return home. The simmering fire in the heart of the Burmese people against the military government won’t be extinguished and is likely to flare up again in another uprising like that led by monks in September 2007. Internationally, more political pressure and targeted economic sanctions are likely to be imposed by the US and the EU. But don’t expect the pressure to change the stubborn mindset of the generals, to jump start a genuine political reconciliation for the sake of the people. Likewise, China and the Asean countries can be expected to hold fast to their infamous non-interference stance, in effect offering the generals protection. We can expect UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari to make more trips to Burma in his role as mediator between the junta and Mrs Suu Kyi. His trips, however, will sometimes be turned down or postponed by the junta. He is unlikely to return with any tangible results. But he might leave Burma with upbeat comments like ”we are turning a new page”. Economically, where is Burma heading? An assessment for 2008 by the London-based influential think tank, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), said the country’s policymaking will ”remain erratic”, but the energy sector will be fairly buoyant next year. Certainly, Burma will never face a shortage of customers for its natural resources. Countries like China, Thailand and India will continue to ignore internal humanitarian issues while doing business with the junta. Burma’s natural gas exports will keep Burma’s current account in surplus for the next two years, but import costs will rise, partly driven by the rising cost of importing petroleum products, said the EIU. ”But the outlook for the rest of the economy is poor,” the EIU said. ”Inflation will remain high, and the free-market exchange rate will continue to be subject to downward pressure.” Actually, Burmese society is chronically ill. Twenty years ago, Mrs Suu Kyi described the 1988 nationwide pro-democracy uprising as a ”second struggle for national independence”. The second independence struggle is still struggling to keep its momentum against the all-powerful military government. U Nu, Burma’s first prime minister, said on Jan 4, 1948: ”No one will blame us for being jubilant on such an occasion, on such a day, but nevertheless for most of us it is a day for solemn thought. Burma is again free, but we must be fit to maintain that freedom, and we must be ready at all costs to keep Burma free and to make her great.” Today after 60 years of independence, little _ if any _ jubilation can be found in Burma. It has slowly evaporated over the course of our independence, gained 60 years ago. - What is there to celebrate in Burma? 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Remember Samsung’s Pebble MP3 player? In what is a surprising move to say the least, Samsung brought back the design and the name yesterday during its Galaxy S III smartphone announcement. The new S Pebble is classified as an accessory to the S III, and is essentially a 4GB screenless MP3 player that has the ability to sync directly with the S III as well as a computer. The controls are a mix between switches to control power and shuffle, and touch buttons on the front of the player (yeah, touch buttons…ugh). The tiny player is said to do 17 hours on a single charge, and sync via the 3.5mm port. You may be asking why on Earth anyone would want such a device, or perhaps you’re already angry because Samsung has essentially taken a feature that exists on devices with USB host (assuming the MSC-enabled player you plug into it doesn’t try to charge off it) and made it a proprietary accessory. The idea of this device is that people who do activities where a 4.8-inch smartphone is unsuited – like running – can leave their phone at home and bring the S Pebble instead. There aren’t any features like pedometers or other sports related sensors in the thing though, it’s just an music player. With Samsung releasing a new Music Hub service with cloud syncing and iTunes Match-like functionality, it makes some sort of sense that they’re enabling the player to be synced directly from a phone that has all of this, instead of assuming that all music comes from a computer. As long as they keep the price low I don’t see any problem with leaving this device unhated for now, but I fear that this is going to be another overpriced official accessory like all accessories Samsung and other first parties have ever released. If that’s the case, I have a feeling that I’m going to be struck with a sudden and uncontrollable need to bring my Galaxy S II, USB host cable, and Sansa Clip+ around with me and politely inform people that Samsung didn’t just invent the wheel.
Dr. Allan D. Peterkin, from the University of Toronto, uses written narratives to teach professionalism. Dr. Peterkin relates that all residents witness or experience clinical and academic encounters during which something "unprofessional" or even unethical happens. Many are reluctant to report or discuss such incidents, and thus their experiences remain unprocessed and may color attitudes about work, colleagues, and patients. This approach allows for shared reflection and problem-solving. Dr. Peterkin engages trainees in lively discussions about what medical professionalism "in the real world" means and to reflect on apparent breaches by having them write about specific situations. He uses a one-time writing prompt with both family-medicine and psychiatric residents in one of their scheduled core seminars. Dr. Peterkin asks residents to: "write about an experience that felt unprofessional" and gives them 5–20 minutes to write a draft onsite. He suggests that they choose a specific incident and write a personal story, in the first person, with a beginning, middle, and end, in a way that conveys not only what happened, but how they felt about it emotionally. This instruction, informed by narrative theory, is more structured than usual assignments for "critical incident reports" (6, 7). He instructs residents to "write the way you would speak if telling this to a friend or trusted colleague" and not to worry about spelling, grammar, or syntax. He asks one or two volunteers to read their pieces aloud and to then remain silent as their peers comment, share feelings, or ask questions. This allows readers to hear and appreciate differing and sometimes surprising views and interpretations in response to what they have shared. Dr. Peterkin sets group-feedback parameters, which include not interrupting the reader, emphasizing strengths of the piece, and providing helpful edits in a respectful manner. When he invites the readers back into the discussions, they have the right to say as little or as much about the stories as they want, remaining in full control of what is elaborated. The importance of maintaining confidentiality around these written incidents is emphasized, because some of these experiences will not have yet been shared elsewhere. At the end of the session, Dr. Peterkin asks those who did not read to summarize their stories in a few lines.
Results 1 to 4 of 4 02-14-13, 07:57 AM #1 JILLIAN MICHAELS FROM THE BIGGEST LOSER IS THE BIGGEST LOSER She's not a supporter of the men and women who protect her..ungrateful POS that she is! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Biggest-Losers-Jillian-Michaels-HATES-Law-Enforcement/430063780403630Don't you just hate it when someone's balls are hidden so well, they can't seem to find it themselves ~ RSA You can't avoid gossip & rude words from people. You can't please everybody. But remember, they wouldn't bother if you meant nothing. FOLLOW RSA ON TWITTER (IF YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW ME, PLEASE SEND ME A MESSAGE ON HERE WITH YOUR O/R USERNAME AND TWEET USERNAME SO I'LL KNOW WHO I'M ACCEPTING OTHERWISE YOU WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!) A PINT OF SWEAT SAVES A GALLON OF BLOOD ~ PATTON 02-14-13, 12:06 PM #2 Whatever. I don't have much use for her either so we are even in that regard.SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM-Ex-Sheriff Martin Howe to Will Kane in "High Noon" "It's a great life. You risk your skin catching killers and the juries turn them loose so they can come back and shoot at you again. If your honest , your poor your whole life. And , In the end , you wind up dying all alone on some dirty street. For what? For nothing. For a tin star." Far from being a handicap to command, compassion is the measure of it. For unless one values the lives of his soldiers and is tormented by their ordeals , he is unfit to command. -General Omar Bradley, United States Army 02-16-13, 06:12 AM #3 She has an overblown and entirely unearned sense of self importance. She's basically just another reality "star" who never should have progressed further than a personal trainer job at Gold's Gym, and she would have been fired from that for being a bitch.\\` ` ` ` < ` )___/\ `` ` ` ` (3--(____) "...but to forget your duck, of course, means you're really screwed." - Gary Larson 02-16-13, 06:47 AM #4reality "star"Do not war for peace. If you must war, war for justice. For without justice there is no peace. -me We are who we choose to be. R.I.P. Arielle. 08/20/2010-09/16/2012 Users Browsing this Thread There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
My initial impressions on my new HTC Evo 4G phone from Sprint. If you have any tips on using the phone, battery life, apps please leave a comment. 58 comments - What do you think? Posted by rr1455 - September 16, 2011 at 6:09 am Almost, first, Week You must be logged in to post a comment.
After 46 years, papal jewelry up for auction in NC Apr 11, 4:05 PM (ET) By TOM BREEN RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - In the unlikely location of a North Carolina jewelry store near the beach, a lavishly jeweled cross and a ring once owned by Pope Paul VI sit under lock and key, awaiting transfer to an even less familiar venue for symbols of Roman Catholic authority: an eBay auction. The items have turned up at a Wilmington store owned by a Southern Baptist with a flair for self-promotion. It's the latest stop on a strange journey involving luminaries ranging from UN Secretary General U Thant to Evel Knievel, and which began with Paul VI's novel decision to allow some of his jewelry to be sold to raise money for charity. One of the items is a pectoral cross, given to clergy who attain the rank of bishop or higher to signify their office. The pope's donation was a testament to his willingness to engage the contemporary world by de-emphasizing the importance of such regalia. "This is new for me," said jewelry store owner Alan Perry, who thinks the items might fetch $800,000 to $900,000 at auction. "That's why we're going to put it up on eBay. It's only worth what someone's willing to pay for it, and eBay might be a good measure to see if people are interested." "She came in with all this paperwork and with the cross and ring, and I just said, 'Holy mackerel,'" Perry said. It's not the first time that his store, Perry's Emporium, has made headlines. Perry appeared on ABC's Good Morning America after he vowed last year to refund the cost of jewelry bought over a two-week period if a city in the North Carolina mountains had three inches of snow on Christmas. It did, and he paid out roughly $400,000 that was covered by insurance. He plans to put the cross and ring on public display starting April 14 through Holy Week with an armed guard. The Vatican confirmed that the items are the "personal" ring and pectoral cross of Paul VI. Each pope's official ring is smashed with a hammer when he dies. Although he implemented the bulk of the changes that came from the council, Paul is vilified by liberal Catholics and others for his 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae, which positioned the church definitively against all forms of artificial birth control. "Paul VI kind of gets lost in the shuffle of history, but I think people are eventually going to come to know his contributions in a much fuller way," said Geraldine Rohling, archivist at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. "He was truly an amazing man." United Nations documents about the jewelry obtained by The Associated Press shed further light on how they began their unusual trip. The first pontiff to really travel the globe, Paul VI donated the ring and cross during a 1965 visit to the UN. He intended the items to be auctioned and the proceeds used to relieve human suffering. They were bought in 1967 for $64,000 by Chicago jeweler Harry Levinson, with the money being split among four UN agencies. The items changed hands several times after that, including a period when they were owned by Evel Knievel, according to a 2004 biography of the daredevil by Stuart Baker, which referred to the items as Knievel's "most extravagant jewelry purchase" in an inventory that also included a 13-carat diamond ring shaped like a motorcycle. The donation to the UN was more than a canny fundraising strategy, though. Paul VI's tenure coincided with most of the Second Vatican Council, which brought seismic shifts to Catholicism, including a new enthusiasm for engaging the contemporary world. Part of that, for Paul, included de-emphasizing what had become symbols of Catholic triumphalism, like the pectoral cross. He also donated his papal tiara, the three-tiered crown symbolizing the pope's authority, as a fundraising tool to the Catholic Church in America. It remains on display at the Basilica of the National Shrine, and none of his successors have been crowned with tiaras. "The business of giving away objects of value that also symbolized power, it showed how Pope Paul spoke out a great deal for the poor and the Third World," said the Rev. Thomas Worcester, a Jesuit priest and history professor at the College of the Holy Cross. "He really created a new style of the papacy." \|Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All right reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.\|
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 June 7 Explanation: This infant solar system was discovered posing along the lonely outskirts of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud, a star forming region 500 light-years from Earth. Enlarged in an infrared false-color portrait from the European Southern Observatory's Antu telescope, the dark dusty disk of planet-forming material lies edge-on, neatly dividing two small nebulae which reflect light from a hidden, youthful central star. Enthusiastically nicknamed the "Flying Saucer", the circumstellar disk is about 300 astronomical units across (1 a.u. is the Earth-Sun distance) or about 5 times the diameter of Neptune's orbit. The twin reflection nebulae have clearly different colors for reasons which still remain a mystery, but the relatively isolated neighborhood of the natal solar system is a stroke of luck. Planets should be able to develop within the dusty disk free from the destructive influence of radiation and winds from any nearby massive hot stars usually found in young star clusters. Authors & editors: Jerry Bonnell (USRA) NASA Technical Rep.: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply. A service of: LHEA at NASA/ GSFC & Michigan Tech. U.
In Apple’s recently released beta version of iOS 5.1, the company also makes reference to what is believed to be its sixth generation iPhone handset (the “iPhone 5″), alongside the third generation iPad and Apple TV. Yesterday, we told you the company had made the software update available to developers, and that within the firmware file Apple made references to a new iPad model (iPad 2,4) and a new Apple TV device (codename: J33, also referred to as 3,1). Now, we’ve heard from 9to5Mac that the sixth generation iPhone (which many are calling the “iPhone 5″) also gets a reference in iOS 5.1. The handset, which will hopefully be with us by this time next year, is referred to in iOS 5.1 as “iPhone 5,1.” As explained yesterday, iOS 5.1 improves dictation in third party applications. However, there is no reference in the software update’s release notes to iOS 5′s battery life issue, which has been affecting many users. We’ll let you know when the software update is available for the general public.
The Sky Gamblers are heading back in time. Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders hits the App Store today and features World War II air combat. This time, the aces will be in dogfights, protecting cities and fleets, bombing enemy structures, and even more. All the locations in the game – Pearl Harbor, Coast of Dover, Midway, Germany, and France – are set in in accurately created real-life locations. And pretty much everything in the game looks amazing on my iPad, iPhone, and iPad mini. There is also a comprehensive single player storyline and more than enough chances for multiplayer action. Some of the multiplayer modes include survival, last man standing, free flight, free for all, team match, capture the flag, and assault. If you like to taunt you opponent in real-time, the Game Center head-to-head mode features voice chat. As a nice touch, the app also has iCloud and AirPlay support built-in. So players can save their progress and pick up play on any of their iOS devices. With AirPlay and an Apple TV, the combat can take place on a big-screen television. Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders is a universal app designed for the iPhone/iPod touch and iPad. It can be downloaded in the App Store for $4.99 now. There is the opportunity to buy other plane customization packages as in-app purchases. I thoroughly enjoyed the previous Sky Gamblers app, Modern Combat, that hit the App Store back in April with support for the iPad 3’s Retina display. And this game continues that tradition. I’m also a big history nut, so adding the World War II setting is a great plus. If you like air combat, I can definitely recommend Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders.

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