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According to this video, I am currently and am always having a heart attack.
This is terribly unfortunate because I was recently denied health insurance on the basis of my weight. I had a stronger emotional reaction to this rejection than I expected, partially because I never actually expected to be denied. I'm (relatively) young at 31, have no serious health problems, no penchant for cliff diving or anything risky or edgy at this point, and I don't plan on doing anything expensive like getting pregnant EVER (which should be covered anyway, in my opinion, but just sayin'). If I'm feeling the symptoms in the video above, it is due to anxiety, which can obviously affect one's health negatively in the long run, and I thought I could do something good for myself by seeking insurance coverage for my minor (by comparison) issues with that. I thought I was being smart and a good person by not lying about my weight (sorry about that, Driver's License), but now it feels like I'm being punished.
Usually when the subject of obesity comes up among civil folks, two camps quickly form: those who advocate for size acceptance no matter what and those who are quick to inform everyone that they don't hate fat people, it's just that they are worried about us because we are probably going to drop dead at any second and are pretty much stealing the money directly out of everyone's pockets with our expensive diseases (aka concern trolls). The issue of fat and health and whether or not the two can coexist has been debated at length and quite frankly I don't want anything to do with it. I cannot stand it when people use concern as an excuse to shame fat people (that's what it comes down to, pure and simple), but I'm also not a doctor or someone that likes reading doctor-y statistics, so whatever. I can only go by my own history of physical and emotional health as a fat person with a lifetime of baggage because of external and internal fat phobia. I struggle constantly with the disconnect of how I logically feel about body acceptance, my personal struggle with internalized fat phobia and low self-esteem, and my health issues and fears. The majority of past posts on this blog were written when I was at a much lower weight than I am now but starting to gain it back. When I was going through the archives recently, adding tags and such, I was kind of surprised and ashamed at just how much I talked about my weight and how I was absolutely planning on "starting a new diet asap." I guess some parts were supposed to be funny and in-step with the whole Failure schtick, but reading now it feels embarrassing on two very different levels: 1) because I never want to feed into my own or others' insecurities and body fixation/shame and 2) because I never did go on that diet. See what I mean about the disconnect?
Anyway, I thought it might be interesting to write briefly (HAHA) about a few of my adventures in trying to lose weight.
I never forget I'm fat. I mean, how could I? It's a constant focus within and by the world around me. Sometimes it seems like my (thin) friends forget I'm fat, though. Surely that could be the only explanation for someone having the audacity to inform me, breathlessly, mouth curled in disgust, how "omg sooo FAT" so-in-so has gotten, or showing me FatBooth pictures (that app has thankfully fallen from popularity, but one remembers these things when an acquaintance was so genuinely horrified by what she would look like fat that she nearly cried), or posting Instagram shots of oozing burgers, decimated pans of brownies, or sometimes even just a regular plate of food with the caption "Uh oh, my inner fat kid is coming out!" or "Being a fat girl again" or (my favorite) simply, "I'm so fat!" My own "inner fat kid" comes out every day when I get out of bed as my outer fat woman, a person who is haunted by past ridicule and is subjected to very real prejudice in the world. For the record, my inner and outer fat persons are not particularly partial to burgers or sweet treats and are resentful at the suggestion that only fat people eat a certain way or at all and thin people don't. I shouldn't have to feel ashamed for nourishing my body. I'm not that sensitive when it comes to jokes and I have one of the most off-color senses of humor, but shit like this wears me down after a while. How many "Oh, I wasn't talking about YOU"s can a person accept in their lifetime? I cannot pretend that when you, even unintentionally, say cruel or hurtful things about fat people, you aren't talking about a fat person "like me." You are. I'm fat. That being said, I am obviously not free of fat phobia. My own internalized fat phobia does some pretty impressive contortionist moves. I don't hate fat people, just myself. I love the fat positive movement, but I could never be that. Wow, she sure is brave to eat that in public where everyone is watching and judging her. I want another serving, but I know what people will think. I just love how hot Beth Ditto looks on stage when she takes her clothes off, but I could never do that, my body is disgusting. All of my fat friends are prettier than me, which is why they can pull it off. It never ends, and yes, it is as painful and tiring as it sounds. All of this shame is something I've tried to use as motivation in the past to try to lose weight, and it just does not work. It leads to deeper patterns of despair, desperation, and negative behavior.
I won't bore you with all 20+ stories of me trying to beat (and measure and count and blend) my weight into submission using Weight Watchers, Slimfast, etc., starting from about six years old. The main thing using Slimfast taught me was that there is no way a shake is a full meal for me and that adding a banana to one of their chocolate shakes, while counter-productive, is damn delicious and banana+chocolate is the dream team. All I really ever got out of Weight Watchers was the terror of being dragged there by my mother and weighed in public each week and probably, deep in storage somewhere, several vintage sets of measuring cups, kitchen scales, and books emblazoned with the WW logo. Today Jennifer Hudson wails at me from my tv to say that if I want it, I've got it, I've gotta believe, believe in myselllllffff. I wish I could tell her that one of the main reasons I DON'T believe is that I DID believe on and off throughout the 90s and yet here we are. Oh well.
Diet Pills/Meth
Seriously. Meth. Okay, sort of. When I was in high school my group of friends and I met a group of older kids, Caltech students, and started hanging out with them. We found out that the school actually has a not-so-secret reputation for its wild parties. Apparently extreme science nerds need to cut loose somehow, and that somehow was with booze, weed, ecstasy, GHB, meth, and K. Someone told me they used their superbrains to make their own drugs sometimes, but I don't know if I believe that. I do know that there was a hollowed-out electrical box in the wall of one of the dorms containing piles of condoms and clean needles, among other goodies. I never got down with any needles, but I was curious and self-destructive enough to try just about anything when the creepy ringleader dude gave my friend and I a tiny baggie of speed one afternoon. We took our first ever nostril-burning rails in our Catholic school uniforms as he stared lecherously, leaning back on his bed. It was totally weird because he obviously expected something other than money in return, so we got out of there fast. I remember feeling slightly euphoric for literally about four minutes and then feeling my emotions come crashing down as I walked along the sidewalk, wishing it would open up and take me inside. When we got home we put on a movie in an attempt to chill out, but I could not relax, laugh, or even smile. The movie was There's Something About Mary, and to this day I don't know if it was any good. I mean, I highly doubt it because I don't find Ben Stiller very funny, and is the main gag seriously semen as hair gel? But it WAS sort of a 90s classic, never the less, and now I'll never be able to appreciate it. We stayed up all night until the little baggie was gone, trying, mostly unsuccessfully, to ward off the terrible feeling of coming down. We talked in circles about everything awful under the sun and moon and damn near made a suicide pact. Somehow we made it through to the next morning when my mom picked me up and I'm seriously glad I can't really remember that awkward car ride. Just before I finally fell asleep late the next afternoon, after trying to force myself to eat a piece of bread that tasted like poison in my mouth, my friend and I swore to each other in whispers on the phone that we would NEVER EVER try speed again. I hadn't tried it to lose weight, just out of teenage curiosity, but fast forward a few years later and I was trying a diet pill for the first time, the original formula of Metabolife, which was packed with ephedra (a powerful stimulant which has since been banned by the FDA). I pretty much had a meth flashback and a total meltdown, so no, it didn't help me lose weight, because I was only able to take it once. I had hoped it would give me energy and cut my appetite, but instead it just made me jittery and depressed. If you know me, you know if I drink even one cup of coffee I start having racing thoughts, pacing back and forth, and being generally intolerable. This "energy boost" doesn't help me get stuff done or concentrate or feel invigorated. I've since tried caffeine-based diet pills and they have a similar effect. It doesn't really suppress my appetite much, but even if it did (like meth and the amphetamine diet pills that some doctors still prescribe) it wouldn't work for me because I hate that speedy feeling. I know a lot of people love it, but we all know that real speed and fake speed and even excessive amounts of caffeine can be just as terrible as or much worse for your body (speaking of heart attacks) than being fat, so there goes that method of weight loss.
The Not-So-Healthy Diet and Exercise Plan
Several years ago I tried to go on The South Beach Diet but failed to lose even one pound or inch, despite the fact that I had followed it strictly for over a month. I had healthcare at the time and went to the doctor to be like WTF and was tested and diagnosed with PCOS. It had been so hard to lose weight even when I was genuinely trying my whole life that it was in some ways a relief to be diagnosed with PCOS, a disease that makes weight loss more difficult, among other symptoms. The thing is, even though it's harder to lose weight, weight loss can help alleviate some of the other symptoms. I began a strict regimen of birth control pills, anti-androgen meds, generic metformin (a diabetes drug that can be helpful to some PCOS patients, but has several unpleasant side effects), exercise, and an extreme low-carb diet (as in not even fruit for the first month) all under a doctor's care at first. Eventually I did start to lose weight, but I wasn't exactly at my healthiest. I lost my health insurance through my mom and was no longer seeing a doctor. I was newly living away from home and was hanging out with two thin girls who were both very concerned about their weight, and we talked about it constantly, obsessively. I was getting thinner and thinner for me, but never "thin enough." There were days I cheated on my diet and ate whatever I wanted, weeks I ate salads for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and times where I wouldn't consume much at all other than vodka sodas (low in carbs, you see) when I went out at night. I had a job where I was constantly moving and on my feet in addition to taking daily walks and spending feverish nights on the dance floor. I was such a hot mid-20s mess that I rarely remembered to take my medications then finally stopped altogether. For me, losing weight was a FULL TIME commitment and lifestyle change that had started for health reasons, but that was never the real issue. I wanted to feel better about how I looked and be more accepted, and people did treat me better, sadly, but it was never enough. I never got skinny, I never felt like I looked as good as my friends in clothes, I still hated my body, I still hated myself, inside and out. And I certainly wasn't being healthy about it after the first few months, skipping meals because I was too busy and going out every night, not dealing with my real problems. I think people who find it easy to moderately difficult to maintain a certain weight really don't understand that when they say "why don't you just lose weight?" to someone like me, they are essentially saying "why don't you devote just about every waking moment to looking a certain way and being my and society's definition of beautiful and healthy?" I mean, I kind of feel like no one should be getting in anyone's body business like that anyway, but it is particularly annoying to me as someone who has a condition that makes weight loss extra difficult.
So, this is where I'm at now. I feel defiant, like going on a diet and exercise plan would be me bending to society's will. I don't want to be shamed or bullied into doing something that could potentially be healthy for me, and losing weight definitely isn't the answer for everyone's health. It sure wasn't the answer to my biggest problem, which was my absent sense of self-worth. I do want to make steps to avoid certain health pitfalls I know may be prone to because of my history. I feel like this time I could be trusted to do things right and for mostly the right reasons, but I keep going back and forth. Attempting to get insured was a big step for me, but we know how that ended up. It feels extra hurtful and crazy that I would need to lose weight to get health insurance but getting health insurance could be one of my best shots at losing weight, if that's what I decide to do.
Ugh. Is it Obamacare yet?


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Best and worst 2012 investments
Updated 4:48 pm, Saturday, December 22, 2012
The year 2012 had its ups and downs financially. It was a great year for home builders and wheat farmers, but tough on coffee growers and prudent bears in the stock market. Here's a look at some of the big winners and losers in investments in 2012 - including some Bay Area notables on both sides of the ledger:
Best international stock (+283%)
India consumes more than $20 billion worth of whiskey each year - the most in the world - and United Spirits is the nation's largest distiller. The company's sales doubled in four years. The United Kingdom's Diageo bought a controlling stake in United Spirits in November.
- 'Curly' the Curling Robot Loses Game to Humans Ruptly TV
- Audi A6 - the new business sedan presented at Gims Swiss AutomotoTV
- Barbecue Pickles Are Smoky, Sweet, And Spicy Delish
- The Shocking Amount Americans Spend on Drunk Purchases Buzz 60
- The First Synthetic Plastic Was Revolutionary Timeline
- These German Twins Made a Flying Drone of a Bathtub Vocativ
- Walmart Will Soon Bring Meal Kits to Thousands of Stores Wibbitz
- Walmart Battles Amazon to Deliver Groceries to Your Door Buzz 60
- FOX Business Beat: Toys 'R' Us may close all stores; Volkswagen Beetle production ends Fox5DC
- Lyft Testing Netflix-Like Subscription Packages for Riders Wibbitz
Best U.S. large-cap stock (+224%)
The good news for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals shareholders included strong sales for a treatment for eye diseases. Total revenue jumped fourfold last quarter. The Tarrytown, N.Y., company also won approval for a chemotherapy drug and is developing treatments for rheumatoid arthritis and high cholesterol.
Best bond fund (+26%)
The GMO Emerging Country Debt Fund invests in debt issued by emerging-market countries, a strategy that's worked in nine of the last 10 years. Its top holding is Venezuelan bonds, a sign that its managers are willing to take risks in particularly unstable countries.
Best initial public offering (+105%)
Retailer Five Below sells candy, stationery and beauty products designed for teenagers and priced at $5 or less. Sales are growing 47 percent a year.
Best equity mutual fund (+39%)
The Fidelity Select Biotechnology Portfolio spreads $2.7 billion in assets over 131 biotechnology stocks. A top holding: Gilead Sciences, the Foster City biopharmaceutical company.
Best commodity (+24%)
Wheat prices rose in 2012 as drought cut into supply from the grain belts of Russia, Australia and the United States. Wheat is a $14.4 billion crop in the United States, where it ranks fourth behind corn, soybeans, and hay.
Best exchange-traded fund (+77%)
Signs of a housing recovery sent shares of home builders soaring this year, boosting the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction Index Fund.
Worst exchange-traded fund (-79%)
The ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF holds futures contracts that are profitable when the VIX index, a measure of U.S. stock market volatility, rises. 2012 was a calm year.
Worst commodity (-35%)
Abundant supply is depressing coffee prices. Brazil, the world's largest grower, has almost doubled its output in the past decade, producing another record crop this year.
Worst equity mutual fund (-17%)
The Federated Prudent Bear Fund holds gold mining stocks and other investments it expects will do well in times of financial stress. That strategy suffers in years such as 2012, when stocks rise.
Worst initial public offering (-30%)
Facebook plunged as much as 53 percent after its $16 billion debut in May. The stock rallied on news that third-quarter sales rose 32 percent, beating analysts' estimates.
Worst bond fund (+.12%)
While the GMO U.S. Treasury Fund may just barely be holding its value at yearend, its extremely cautious strategy means returns aren't keeping up with inflation. The fund is invested entirely in U.S. Treasury bills, government debt that matures in less than a year.
Worst U.S. large-cap stock (-43%)
Hewlett-Packard's annus horribilis was marked by a third-quarter loss that was its worst ever, including an $8 billion write-down related to the dwindling value of its enterprise services business. HP later took an $8.8 billion write-down related to accounting problems at Autonomy, a software maker it acquired last year. In September, HP announced plans for 29,000 job cuts.
Worst international stock (-81%)
The biggest target for the European Union's bailout fund for Spanish banks, Bankia, forecasts a $25 billion loss in 2012. The bank, formed last year from the merger of seven regional savings banks damaged by Spain's real estate downturn, is in the midst of cutting more than a quarter of its workforce.
Ben Steverman is a Bloomberg Businessweek writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com

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As a painter, Fuseli favoured fantastical and supernatural themes which dominated British culture from around 1770-1850. He pitched everything on an ideal scale, believing a certain amount of exaggeration necessary in the higher branches of historical painting. In this theory he was confirmed by the study of Michelangelo's works. As the teacher of Joseph Turner, the similarity between the two artists' style and subject matter is clearly visible.
The top image- The Nightmare 1781 was first exhibited to the public in 1882 and has been an icon of horror ever since. The image depicts a woman apparently deep in slumber, while a beast representative of the devil crouches over her and a ferocious looking horse stares on. The painting draws from folk lore and popular culture, medicine, concepts of the imagination and classical art to create a new kind of highly charged horror image. The commissions for the subsequent two paintings were received from Alderman Boydell, who was then organizing his famous Shakespeare Gallery. Both depicting scenes from A Midsummer Nights Dream, the ethereal, atmospheric and yet oddly sinister feelings that the paintings evoke in me especially draw me to them.


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Potash Corp. Declines on Speculation Canada May Block BHP Takeover Offer
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., the world's largest fertilizer company, dropped the most in four months in New York on speculation the Canadian government will block BHP Billiton Ltd.'s $40 billion hostile takeover offer.
Potash Corp. fell $4.79, 3.3 percent to $142.53 at 4:15 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading, the most since June 29. The government is becoming more skeptical of Melbourne-based BHP's $130-a-share offer and Industry Minister Tony Clement is being swayed by comments from Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, who opposes the offer, the Globe and Mail reported, citing unidentified people.
"The deal uncertainty is weighing on the stock," Edlain Rodriguez, a New York-based analyst at Gleacher & Co., said in a telephone interview. "That's going to be the short-term focus."
Potash Corp., which today reported third-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates, has rejected BHP's bid as too low and said it was seeking alternative proposals. The Canadian government is to decide by Nov. 3 whether to approve or reject the transaction based on a calculation of the transaction's benefit to the country.
BHP officials are concerned that Canada may ask it to make "extravagant" concessions as part of the takeover, forcing the company to walk away, the Globe and Mail said.
'No Basis'
"That is not BHP Billiton's position," Ruban Yogarajah, a BHP spokesman, said in a telephone interview.
"We have absolute confidence in the integrity of the Investment Canada review process," Yogarajah said. "We continue to have ongoing negotiations with the investment review division."
The Globe story has no basis in fact, Lynn Meahan, a spokeswoman for Investment Canada, a division of the Industry Department, said in an e-mailed response to questions.
Potash Corp.'s net income climbed to $402.7 million, or $1.32 a share, from $247.9 million, or 82 cents, a year earlier, the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-based company said in a statement. Per-share profit topped the $1.16 average estimate of 25 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
Potash Corp.'s total sales in the quarter rose 43 percent to $1.58 billion from $1.1 billion, more than the $1.34 billion estimated by 16 analysts surveyed.
'Committed Bidder'
"BHP remains a serious and committed bidder" for Potash Corp., Paul Galloway, a London-based analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd., said today in a note to clients. He estimates BHP will have to raise its per-share offer to $156 to complete the transaction.
A group of Saskatchewan native groups, merchant banks, pension funds and foreign investors is trying to complete a counterbid for Potash Corp., the StarPhoenix newspaper said today, citing First Nations spokesmen and without naming the banks and funds.
Ed Stelmach, premier of Alberta, said he supports Saskatchewan's opposition to the proposed takeover, the StarPhoenix reported. Saskatchewan's potash resources are "very strategic" to the province and the rest of the country, the newspaper quoted Stelmach as saying.
Potash Corp. boosted its forecast for full-year earnings to $5.75 to $6 a share from a previous prediction of $5 to $5.50. It also projects 2011 profit of $8 to $8.75 a share. Twenty-six analysts surveyed by Bloomberg estimated on average earnings of $7.83 next year.
Potash Sales
The company sold 1.9 million metric tons of potash in the quarter, up from 1.01 million tons a year earlier. That beat the 1.5 million-ton average of three estimates from Horst Hueniken, a Toronto-based analyst at Stifel Nicolaus & Co., and two other analysts.
"The process of replenishing nutrients accelerated quickly and tangibly in the third quarter," Potash Corp. Chief Executive Officer Bill Doyle said in the statement.
Potash Corp. raised its 2011 global forecast for industrywide potash demand next year to 55 million tons to 60 million tons from a previous prediction of 55 million.
The company's average selling price for potash fell to $305.60 a ton in the three-month period, from $308.64 in the previous quarter and $389.24 a year earlier.
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The job is Shaun Hill's, all his, except for his strained lower back and a few dozen other pertinent questions about his full capacity for NFL success.
If Hill is dinged up for a while, the 49ers' quarterback job transfers to Alex Smith, no problem, except for Smith's sprained right thumb and a cloud of doubt about his actual worth. And if neither is healthy by Saturday's exhibition game in Dallas — or, good gracious, the Sept. 13 season opener in Arizona — then "... then "... then "...
Your 49ers starting quarterback will be either Damon Huard or Nate Davis.
That's a screaming one-sentence summary of a true QB quandary, for the short, middle and long term.
If all goes well the 49ers still have a major issue at QB, and we know the 49ers never win unless they're loaded at QB.
And if things continue to go awry "...
"It doesn't bother me a bit," coach Mike Singletary said after Wednesday's morning practice, in which Hill was greatly limited (sidelined after one throw) and Smith sat out completely. "It is what it is."
There's really nothing more Singletary or general manager Scot McCloughan can do at this point, except hope for the best.
The 49ers' QB situation was sketchy all through camp, now it's injury-affected and sketchy, and in a few weeks it could be sketchy and headed to an emergency search for a long-term replacement.
Remember, this team tried hard to get Kurt Warner last winter and took a casual glance at Jay Cutler, and failed to land either.
It's hard to believe that the 49ers have a playoff-caliber QB on this roster, and management probabl y doesn't violently disagree with that assessment.
The 49ers might not even have their 2010 starter currently in Santa Clara, either, unless Davis blooms far faster than expected.
More to the point, with two-a-day practices just completed, the two live candidates for the long-term job are suddenly both sidelined.
Weird timing, since Hill was named the starter Monday and since Smith and Hill were jousting for the job as recently as Saturday's game against the Raiders.
Hill gave a thumbs-up to reporters as he jogged into the locker room after Wednesday's morning practice, but back problems are not often kind to QBs.
Smith is definitely out for this weekend, and he's the guy who lost the QB derby in the first place.
Meanwhile, top draft pick and potential game-breaker Michael Crabtree remains unsigned and unlikely to soon join the team or start hauling in touchdown passes.
So it makes a lot of sense that running back Frank Gore has been loudly announced as the team's central figure on offense.
"Right now, I'm trying to be the best player on the field on Sunday," Gore said. "If I stay healthy, I will be the best player."
But running backs can't always remain healthy, and good defenses can normally stack up the run even against the best ground attacks. Which is when QBs are called upon to save the day.
What can the 49ers do now, other than the hope-and-pray option?
Well, they have an extra 2010 No. 1 pick (acquired from Carolina), a nice chip to use in QB hunting.
Is it time to go shopping, maybe sooner rather than later? Maybe for Derek Anderson or Brady Quinn, whoever loses the QB battle in Cleveland.
Maybe they hold off for now, absorb another tough season, and get in position to draft Oklahoma's Sam Bradford or Texas' Colt McCoy.
But for now, the job is Hill's, if his back holds up. I asked Singletary: How deep is his commitment to Hill as the starter?
"It's not (just) a week-to-week thing," Singletary said. "I don't want him looking to the sidelines wondering if I'm going to take him out, put somebody else. "... No, we're not going to do that."
The job is Hill's, unless he's hurt or until he proves he shouldn't have it. For the short term, the 49ers should be worried.
For the long term, they should make sure they never get into this worrisome position again. By 2010, if they're lucky, they should get it right.
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A large percentage of the gross sales of the Commemorative WWP Pen are guaranteed to go directly to the Wounded Warrior Project. Due to contractual agreements with WWP we are not allowed to list the exact percentage as it could hurt their negotiations with future campaigns. It is extremely important to Cotapaxi that we maintain complete trust and transparency with everyone that participated in our campaign. If you would like to speak further with us about our exact contribution level to WWP specifically, or any other additional information pertaining to this campaign, please contact Carl Cetera @ firstname.lastname@example.com
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On 16 Feb 2009, at 14:34, Julian Reschke wrote: > Bijan Parsia wrote: >> On 16 Feb 2009, at 12:06, Julian Reschke wrote: >> ... >> DTDs with errors in major coursework in the presence of oXygen and >> pretty extensive training is within the past few weeks. >> ... > > Were the students told how to test their submissions? Have you ever used oXygen? The testing is built into the editing. I notice you didn't say whether you found it easier to believe that my graduate students earlier had trouble producing well formed XML. >> Second, uhm, well isn't this part of the point? It's hard to >> evaluate these claims stripped of context. Prima facie, claims of >> ease of authoring (of any strict computer format) is the >> *extraordinary* claim, thus requires backing. >> (Also, not all computers run IE :)) > > Luckily enough most of the others run Firefox. Or xmlint. Thanks for giving additional evidence in support of my point. You did not give, in your reply, a reliable procedure for testing XML well formedness for many people. I'll not that your instructions involve using a browser in a way that many (most) users of browsers would not expect to use it or a rather obscure tool. Furthermore, your instructions are incomplete, as I'm pretty sure that a .txt suffix on the file name for this content: """<test> <foo>dfdf<b>fd</foo></b> </test ref="dfsdf>""" will load it without giving any errors. (Checked, so it did.) And if I serve it with the right mime type, even the .xml won't help. I reiterate that it is, prima facie, non-trivial in many computing environments to produce well formed XML. >> I would think that the main point is that in isolation simplicity >> is not, itself, a reliable indicator of over all usability. I >> would be very interested to have good evidence that XML formats >> have good usability (and in what circumstances). > > I think the usability of XML depends on the knowledge of the people > using it. Usability is always relative to a population, of course. That's my point above. > Users authoring docbook or XSLTs do not seem have trouble with it. Those are pretty expert audience, esp. the XSLT. > On the other hand, users thinking that XHTML somehow is simply a > newer form of HTML, not understanding the underlying differences, > fail miserably. I don't think that informing about the differences is enough...it typically requires a tool chain switch. But, uhm, this was my point. Assertions simpliciter that XML _is_ easy are non-starters. > In all cases though, *testing* the document using conforming > software will highlight errors early on. In the DBLP case, where I was dealing with "XML" I did not generate, this wasn't true. As I said, having a standard parse mode that would give me a DOM to analyze (plus lots of warnings) would have been much better than what I had: Errors and no joy. In fact, the problems tended to occur in elements I didn't *care* about. So, in order to extract some data, I have to fix all the well- formedness errors *then* use my XQuery? Well defined error handling resulting in a sensible DOM would make XML *easier* to work with (though not necessarily easier to author correctly), at least for me. Given that lots of people have trouble generating well formed XML, coping with the results in a better way is very helpful. YMMV. Cheers, Bijan.Received on Monday, 16 February 2009 15:45:58 UTC
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Although Marina Suites is stylish, Puerto Rico will never win any beauty contests, despite its sheltered bay and sandy beach. Towering tiers of white apartment blocks are stacked up on the hill and scar the landscape – not that you see them from Marina Suites. But what the resort lacks in beauty, it makes up for in friendliness, fun, food and entertainment.
The crescent-shaped bay of Puerto Rico still attracts families, as do the raft of beach activities, from dolphin-watching boat trips to big-game fishing. The seafront is also lined with a huge range of bars and family-friendly restaurants that appeal to visitors on a budget. But there are an increasing number of more upmarket bars and restaurants too, especially along the delightful cliff-top path to the beach at Amadores, which makes an appealing stroll.
Most Puerto Rico bedrooms feel like dated, old-school Gran Canaria –but these bedrooms are the `new south'. The look is airy and contemporary, with a funky nautical style characterized by clean lines and bold stripes. Flat-screen TV and DVD players in the suites are a nice touch. All rooms can sleep a minimum of three adults (or two adults and two children). The larger, two-bedroom suites can sleep 5 adults (or 4 adults and 2 children). Even standard rooms come equipped with terraces overlooking the marina, as well as compact but functional kitchens (with an oven and microwave). The bathrooms are stylish and contemporary, with separate shower and bath.
Public areas
Apart from the rooftop area (complete with pools and Jacuzzis) and the ground floor restaurants and bar, the public areas are somewhat limited.. But it is still engaging, especially the cool rooftop area. There is WiFi in the lobby.
Eating and drinking
If not making breakfast in your suite, then opt for breakfast at Atlantic, the rooftop bar, which is also open for light lunches and drinks. The Yacht Club bar takes over at sunset but is also the place for coffee and cakes. Allegretto, the main restaurant, has a nautical feel and is best-suited to families, while the adjoining El Beso (reservations only) is a cosy yet chic affair for couples. The same buffets are on offer in both restaurants so it's simply a difference of mood. Puerto Rico is bursting with adult-friendly bars and family-friendly restaurants so there's no excuse to hide out and cook in your suite.
Leisure facilities
I love the cool rooftop `chill out' zone, including the pool, bar, two jacuzzis and sun-deck area. The heated outdoor infinity pool has lovely views over the marina and beach on one side and the rocky bay on the other. For children, there's fully-staffed kids' club (for four-14-year-olds), a dedicated pool, and daily activities. The marinas on either side of the bay offer every kind of boat trip.
Puerto Rico is linked to Amadores by a delightful cliff-top promenade that begins on the far side of Puerto Rico. It's still easily walkable if you want a day at a different beach or an evening out in the quieter but more chic Playa Amadores area.
The young staff are switched on and exceptionally friendly, in a contemporary, laidback way.
Who stays there
Puerto Rico is traditionally popular with the UK market, but Marina Suites is so stylish that it even appeals to the French, sacre bleu. It's perfect for couples and families who are looking for a sun-and-sand holiday with a wide range of facilities. But it also suits partying groups of friends, give the suite two-bedroom set up.
Price advice
Given the variety of room/bed permutations, check the right one for you. As on most of Gran Canaria, winter season rates (October-April) are higher.
- High-Speed Internet
- Parking
- Restaurant
- Room Service
- Swimming Pool
Recommended for
- Couples
- Families with teenagers
- Families with younger children
- First-time travellers
- Singles
- Live entertainment
- Nightlife
- Relaxation
- Trendiness
- No fuss
Pros & Cons
- The location is great for bars, restaurants, the beach and boat trips
- The suites work wonderfully for families, couples or friends
- Marina Suites has the cool factor, from the suites to the `chill-out' rooftop pool
- As a resort, Puerto Rico won't be to everyone's taste
- Funky hotel – but set in a fun-loving, old-school beach resort


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Charles Soule plants new seeds in 'Swamp Thing' legacy
Writer of '27' brings larger-than-life characters and a sense of legacy to the big plant guy.
It ain't easy being part of the Green.
Signing on to guide the further adventures of Swamp Thing, though, was the easiest decision ever for writer Charles Soule.
After 18 issues and a big crossover with Jeff Lemire's Animal Man penned by Scott Snyder, Soule takes over the reins of DC Comics' Swamp Thing series with artist Kano (Action Comics) and brings botanist Alec Holland's monstrous green alter ego to Superman's Metropolis for a tussle with Batman villain Scarecrow in issue 19 (available Wednesday in comic shop and digitally).
Since his creation in 1971 by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, Swamp Thing has always been a little bit different in terms of DC's superhero books, and "it's traditionally been a place where deep, interesting ideas can be introduced right alongside incredible action and it still manages to work," Soule says.
"Any comics title, especially one that's been running for 40 years as Swamp Thing has, is a tapestry made up of threads from everything that's come before. It's that idea — that this is a title no one phones in — that brings people back."
Soule follows the likes of Alan Moore, Joshua Dysart, Brian K. Vaughan, Grant Morrison and many others, and the writer plans on continuing having the Green — the life force of all plants — continue to be a huge force as it was in Snyder's run.
"Swamp Thing's job is to protect the plant kingdom, whatever that may require," Soule explains. The Red, which is the animal kingdom, won't disappear either, "but it won't be as front and center as it's been so far. I love what Scott and Jeff did, but the kingdoms will return to their separate tracks — at least for a while.
"That said, the plant and animal kingdoms aren't the only ones out there, and who's to say we might not run into an entirely new avatar?"
Until then, Alec Holland is the avatar of the Green, and he now understands that being a superhero of sorts was going to have consequences — meaning his old life was over and a new one would be very different.
"I'm embracing that idea in a big way, and exploring what it would actually mean for a person to give up everything in order to become a walking, talking shrub with immense powers," Soule says. "Being Swamp Thing is a stunning experience, I'm sure, but that doesn't mean Alec doesn't miss kicking back with a beer every once in a while."
Swamp Thing No. 19 finds the big plant guy on the move, mainly because he feels isolated in the swamp and worries what it's doing to his psyche. Wanting to be at least in the presence of people again — even though he can't directly interact with them — he uses his new powers of travel to venture to Metropolis.
Swamp Thing hasn't been around one of the world's larger-than-life characters recently, but he recognizes Scarecrow and knows that he's bad news in the beginning part of a two-part story that helps Alec Holland explore where he is now and the real dangers that come with his powers, according to Soule.
Of course, being a powerful hero of the Green in Metropolis is going to attract the attention of Superman, whom readers saw way back in Snyder's first issue two years ago.
Soule loves the way the two characters interact, he says. "Supes and Swampy don't totally trust or understand each other, although they're each aware of the other's immense power. Superman has appointed himself the guardian of Metropolis — and in a larger sense, all of humanity — and he doesn't yet know whether Swamp Thing is a threat."
However, the writer adds, "he's the sort of guy who will give Alec Holland the benefit of the doubt, and the events of (issue) 20 will go a long way toward defining the relationship of two of the most powerful figures in the DC Universe going forward. Not necessarily for the better, mind you."
Soule admits getting to write Superman is "a total blast. Twelve-year-old me was pretty psyched."
He aims to do very tight story arcs with Swamp Thing, i.e. self-contained issues or, like with issues 19 and 20, a couple that form a larger story. Soule's sowing seeds for "a bigger game being played in the background" that will all come to a head around October, he says.
Another goal: introduce new characters to Swamp Thing's supporting cast. "For a character as long-lived as he is, it's surprising he doesn't have more pals," Soule says. "On the other hand, he lives out in the Louisiana swamps, so I suppose that could play a role."
One of the new characters he's bringing on board is the formidable and "fab" French killer for hire and an urban legend among her ilk — "like a Loch Ness Monster of assassination," Soule says.
"The idea is that if you can find Capucine and take her down, you'll gain immense power — and so she's been hunted all of her adult life. Of course, the fact that she's still around speaks to what she's capable of.
"She also has knowledge of events centuries ago, including the Sanctuary of the Green Leaves, which is related to previous avatars of the Green. Alec Holland's never heard of it, though, and he'll be figuring out what it is and how it relates in issue 21.
"Capucine is portrayed as an urban legend of sorts among killers for hire, like a Loch Ness Monster of assassination. The idea is that if you can find Capucine and take her down, you'll gain immense power — and so she's been hunted all of her adult life. Of course, the fact that she's still around speaks to what she's capable of. She is formidable, in a way that I think will feel refreshing and new. I've seen the character designs, too, and she looks awesome."
In addition to Capucine's "awesome" character designs, Kano's artwork features a great level of detail, especially in the plant-related material, and innovative story beats. "You won't be disappointed. In fact, you'll probably frame half the pages," Soule says.
As for the writer, he brings to Swamp Thing the same desire to surprise the reader with out-of-nowhere left turns, a signature of his work in the Image Comics supernatural music series 27 and the upcoming Archaia mathematics-based thriller Strange Attractors.
"Most comics readers today have read thousands upon thousands of comics stories — I know I have. It's hard to find something that doesn't feel familiar. What I'm really trying to do with Swamp Thing is bring that sense of surprise back," Soule says.
"If I do it right, you'll never know how an issue is going to get from A to B — or if it will get to B at all."
His comic 27 mined Soule's love for music, and Swamp Thing's horror history as a place where creepy things can happen taps into his being "a fan of scary business for ages," he says.
Making something frightening in comic, though, isn't easy with the lack of sound effects, music and moving pictures, so finding ways to make Swamp Thing scary is a challenge he's enjoying.
Yet, he adds, "Swamp Thing isn't just a horror book by any means — it's also a book about superhero action and philosophy and humor. This is a title that's open to just about anything."


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Not sure if this post is allowed but was just wondering what could have happened if the Ramseys would have just told the truth in the first place.
In the movie "sliding doors" an alternate reality story was followed.
Just wondering if Pasty admitted to killing the JB in a toilet rage incident and the vaginal injuies were attributed to her excessive "cleaning" of the area and trying to get rid of the recurring infections. What could have happened?
How many years in jail would she have gotten?
The Ramseys wouldn't be living in fear of the truth being uncovered for the rest of their lives.
Jonbenet wouldn't be the pin up girl and fantasy of sicko pedos.
Would their friends have stuck by them?
Would Patsy be a spokesperson or co-written a book about abuse, and how to stop and recognise it.?
Would people have had more sympathy for them?
I know I have a "idealistic" view that telling the truth always works out best in the end. But I can't help but wonder if they created their own hell and justice was served by themselves to some extent.
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I know I have a "idealistic" view that telling the truth always works out best in the end. But I can't help but wonder if they created their own hell and justice was served by themselves to some extent.
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That last line is very true. If they did kill Jonbenet....and I believe they did,
they certainly had their lives drastically changed as a result.Justice for Jonbenet!
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"If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing
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how does it fall? What's the force behind the falling? Rather than
taking these experiences for granted, he used them as opportunities
to learn
"Patient attention" is an excellent way to describe a
process by which we can approach out experience in meditation and
learn about ourselves. In meditation we call this patient attention
The other day, a student was saying that when he wished himself
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The same is true for every other "distraction" we experience
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There is a good chance that Brazil will be the world's largest soybean producer during the 2012/13 season. A big part of the reason for this is that the U.S. crop was reduced by drought. But Brazil's production has been gaining on U.S. production for years and at some point Brazil's output will exceed the U.S. output even in years when yields are near trend.
Farmers in Brazil have been expanding soybean acreage for decades. In 1995/96 Brazil harvested nearly 11 million hectares of soybeans (27 million acres). This year the total is projected at 27.5 million hectares (68 million acres). Brazil's soybean area has trended up except for a couple of years in the mid-2000s. The gap between U.S. and Brazil production was about 35 million tones in around 1995/96 but the current USDA forecast shows Brazil's 2012/13 crop 3 million tones larger than this year's U.S. crop (81 mmt versus 78 million tones). Brazil's area is still 3 million hectares below that of the U.S., but the yield in Brazil is forecast to be 16 percent higher than the one in the U.S.
Despite the impact of Asian Soybean Rust, Brazil's soybean yields already match those in the U.S. The trend yield for the U.S. in 2013 is 2.97 tonnes per hectare, compared to the trend yield for Brazil of 3.01 tonnes. At least based on actual yields over the last 12 years, the trend in Brazil passed the trend in the U.S. in 2010.
With high prices Brazil's soybean area is forecast to increase by 2.5 million hectares this season. However, area was held down in 2011/12 because of low yields. In 2011/12 Brazil's soybean yield came in nearly 10 percent below the long term trend. The average increase over the last five years is 1.24 million hectares, or a little more than 3 million acres.
Brazil's soybean exports are also expected to exceed those from the U.S. in 2012/13. This happened once previously, in 2005/06 Brazil's exports exceeded U.S. exports by 0.33 million tones. This year the advantage is expected to be about 10 times that large. Brazil's domestic soybean use has been rising at an average rate of 1 million tonnes per year over the last five years, while the U.S. crush has declined over that period.
While the rapid gains in Brazil's soybean industry are well known, Brazil is also gaining in the corn sector. A decade ago, farmers in Brazil harvested 12 million to 13 million hectares of corn, and produced about 40 million tonnes. This year production will be near 70 million tones on 16 million hectares. Brazil has become a sizable corn exporter, shipping a total of 19 million tonnes in 2011/12, second only to the U.S. This year exports are expected to decline to 16 million tones, but that is still 18 percent of total world trade.
Brazil's soybean yields are essentially even with, or a little above those in the U.S. However, the yields for corn between the two countries are very different. The 2012/13 corn yield is estimated at about 70 bushels per acre while the trend yield for the U.S. is about 164 bushels per acre. There are several factors that keep the yield relatively low in the Brazil, including the way the sun hits the leaves and the fact that a lot of the corn is doublecropped. However, the data shows that there is considerable room for improvement in Brazil's corn yields. Argentina's yields are also well above those in Brazil, coming in near the 120 bushel per acre mark.


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Dr. Seuss' Birthday and Truffala Trees
The Lorax has been one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books since I was a kid. So, it seems only right, that I would honor this book, the week of Dr. Seuss's birthday, for my son's class activities. I volunteered to make cupcakes for them on Friday to celebrate the end of the week which is 'Reading Across America' which includes Dr. Seuss's birthday.
So, of course, I hit Pinterest in search of ideas. When I saw these Truffala Trees made out of pixie sticks and pom-poms, I knew that that's what I wanted to do for a cupcake decoration.
Instead of using pixie sticks, as the person did on Pinterest, I used decorative straws. The pom-poms came in a large bag of different sizes and I use the largest size. I bought all these items at Hobby Lobby.
It was basically just a few minutes of work with my glue gun. These trees will now just stick into the top of a cupcake that has white icing with green sprinkles on top to make it look like grass.
Monday was wear your wacky or favorite hat. He represented in his Auburn hat.
Tuesday was tacky tourist day. Cuteness.
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Soldan, P. and Cvitas, M. T. and Hutson, J. M. and Honvault, P. and Launay, J. M. (2002) 'Quantum dynamics of ultracold Na+Na-2 collisions.', Physical review letters., 89 (15). p. 153201.
Ultracold collisions between spin-polarized Na atoms and vibrationally excited Na2 molecules are investigated theoretically, using a reactive scattering formalism (including atom exchange). Calculations are carried out on both pairwise additive and nonadditive potential energy surfaces for the quartet electronic state. The Wigner threshold laws are followed for energies below 10-5 K. Vibrational relaxation processes dominate elastic processes for temperatures below 10-3–10-4 K. For temperatures below 10-5 K, the rate coefficients for vibrational relaxation (v=1→0) are 4.8×10-11 and 5.2×10-10 cm3 s-1 for the additive and nonadditive potentials, respectively. The large difference emphasizes the importance of using accurate potential energy surfaces for such calculations.
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Lugo is in Galicia, NW of Spain.
The Lugo municipality stretches along over 330 sq. km (127 sq. mi), so it is one of the largest municipalities within the Galicia autonomous region, and it has a population of 90,000 inhabitants.
Get in
By plane
Lugo province has no airport but it can be reached through the airports of Santiago de Compostela and Corunna. The company Freire offer bus service between Santiago de Compostela airport and Lugo. Buses depart from Lavacolla at 7:05, 9:20, 11:05, 12:50, 16:05, 18:35, 20:05 and from Lugo to the airport at 7:00, 9:30, 11:00, 13:15, 14:30, 17:00, 19:30. The journey takes just 1h 40 minutes.
By train
Long-distance railway services are available. Lugo can be reached from Barcelona, Madrid, Irún and Bilbao.
By car
Lugo can be reached overland although there is only motorway from Corunna, the rest of the roads are national.
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By boat
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It is an area surrounded by wavy, old and not very high mountains, so it is quite easy to move around and beyond the region. There are suburban and urban buses, train and taxi services.
Lugo's culinary offer is quite wide. Although its traditional cooking is based on veal and pork, visitors may also taste excellent fish and seafood in any city restaurant. The most popular typical dish is the Galician "lacón con grelos" (pork shoulder cooked with turnip, potatoes and chorizo).
Octopus is the king of every Galician fest (sliced in pieces, paprika and salt marinated and sprayed with olive oil). Other popular dishes are the "empanadas": a thin stuffed bread-like pastry. They can be filled with meat, bonito, scallops, cockles, octopus, although the typical empanadas in Lugo are those stuffed with "zorza" (pork), loin, eels, bacon and apples. Traditional desserts are: strawberries, "os freixós" and local cheese.
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The Bennett Agency, which has served the area since May 1990, previously was in the Professional Eyecare Building at 556 W. Oglethorpe. The roomier new building is 1,400 square feet, and includes four offices, a reception area, a workroom, a kitchen and a bathroom.
"We decided to invest in a new office building in order to provide better facilities for our customers," Bennett said.
He also has added faster computers and additional staff.
Bennett said the building took three months to build, although a lot of planning was required before construction could begin. Richmond Hill builder Ricky Meguiar, an Allstate customer, served as the general contractor. Most of the subcontractors are Liberty County residents.
"The building is constructed in an arts and crafts style of architecture, and is intended to be very inviting and comfortable for our clients," Bennett said. "The site plan was designed to preserve a 200-year-old live oak tree in front of the building, as well as two other 150-year-old live oak trees on the property. The owner said customers have been impressed.
"Everybody who has seen it has been really impressed with the building, from the interior and exterior design to the ample parking and accessibility," Bennett said.
Also, the agency now offers Saturday hours from 9 a.m.-noon.
Bennett and his staff of Andy Bennett, Debbie Nessmith and Allison Bennett-Dyche offer all types of insurance, including auto, homeowners, flood and business. Registered representative Doug Perkins also is available for a full line of life insurance, retirement planning and investment services.
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What does it take to find a good IT position during this economic downturn? Author and recruiter Dr. Tony Beshara, who owns Texas-based Babich & Associates and has appeared on The Dr. Phil Show, discusses tips and strategies for landing a job. Among Beshara's tips: Don't believe that employers are only looking for young hot shots. Experience and maturity count too. And networking can be overrated. Pick up the phone and call companies you're interested in working for.
Forbes: What is the market like for seasoned IT professionals?
Dr. Tony Beshara: Jobs for IT professionals with at least 10 years of experience are better than you think. Overall, people looking for jobs in accounting, health care and IT have more opportunities than people looking for jobs in other industries. Of course, much depends on your geographic location. If you live in Boston, you might have more competition for an IT job than if you were in Des Moines. You, however, have to look harder for jobs than ever before.
Do older IT folks have a disadvantage in the job market?
People are more sensitive about their age than they should be. They say, "Because I am older, no one will want to hire me." They do not have a disadvantage at all. Milennials have a tendency to communicate an "I work for me attitude." They are an entitlement generation. They grew up being rewarded for everything, even when they lost a soccer game. The world does not work that way. Older people grew up [with the attitude], when you lose, you lose; when you win, you win. They know what it is to work. When baby boomers and those at the high end of GenX compete with milennials, the former have much better footing than they thought. On the other hand, if you have the attitude you are old, then you will come across that way.
How do you feel about IT people going out and networking in order to find a job?
Networking is overrated. They should be picking up the phone and calling companies that have pain or a need to hire someone like them. They have to create that value. People with analytical personalities, such as IT people and engineers, most of the time do not really want to pick up the phone and call somebody and say: "I am an application developer with 14 solid years with Java. I am an excellent employee. I'd like to see if I could visit you tomorrow morning or tomorrow afternoon." They do not like doing that because they are not sales people. You have to ask yourself, which is the greater pain? The pain of picking up the phone and making that call, or the pain of not having a job?
Do you recommend e-mailing your résumé?
Recruiters get hundreds of e-mails a day. Sending e-mails and e-mailing your résumé are a perfect example of activities confused with productivity. According to a poll of 2,500 unemployed people, 69% of them did the same two things to find a job--call relatives and/or e-mail résumés. The latter will not get your hired, except if you have a narrow amount of experience that fits perfectly in a particular technology segment. Recruiters can get more than 100 résumés for every job posting. Many résumés will not get read. Pick up the phone and call them.
What are you supposed to do if the job description says you have to reply via e-mail?
On the Dr. Phil Show, I explained that there are 7.5 million businesses in the U.S. About 98% of those businesses have less than 100 people. These businesses do not hire over the Internet. They hire people who walk in or call on the phone and say, "This is Tony. I am a Java developer. You need to hire me as an employee because I know what I am doing."
You never go to HR. If you are an application developer, you talk to the CIO or CTO. Ask who is in charge of the IT department. If they say, "We are not allowed to give out that information," then call accounts payable. They will tell you who is in charge, especially when they find out you are not asking the status of a check. You could use, "I am sorry that I got you by accident. Do you know who is in charge of IT?"
How do you feel about sending your résumé via regular mail?
That could work because we do not get much mail these days.
Any comment on getting involved with professional associations?
They are good for finding out where people work. Members may or not may not forward your résumé on to their employer.
These days you get mostly voice mail. What type of a message do you leave in this situation?
You have to leave an extremely compelling reason for why they should return your call. You need a good elevator pitch on why you are a good employee and what you can do for the company. Many companies are not looking to fill positions; they want to replace the poorest performing 20% of their staff.
For example, say Nick the .Net programmer shows up late four times in three weeks. During one of those weeks, you call and say, "I am a .Net programmer who has not missed a day of work in 15 years. I have much stability. I come in early and stay late. I produce twice the amount of work than anyone else does. I am looking for an opportunity. I would like to come in and see you." If you happen to leave that message when Nick shows up late for the fifth time, the hiring manager might think that he or she better call you.
How can you ensure that you will have chemistry with the hiring manager and the staff members who interview you?
Ask the person interviewing you many good questions and tell many stories about your successes. Stories are more than entertainment. They train us in the art of being human. The story has to be two minutes, and you only need three or four of them to deal with the entire interview process. If you can put what you do in that context, people will like you. People identify with stories. Keep in mind, religious figures told stories. Aesop told stories. It removes personal prejudices people have. For example, an interviewer might not like short people. When you tell a story, this person will forget you are short. He or she will remember the story you told.
What is one of the biggest interviewing mistakes employers make?
When employers interview out of fear or loss rather than vision or gain, they hire more out of the fear or loss. They are not looking out at their business. They should be saying, "We have been setting sales records, and we intend to set more." If employers take this defensive type of position, then it becomes hard for them to recognize the passion of candidates who say, "Here is what I can do for you to change that situation."
Given that, what is one of the biggest search mistakes people make, especially IT people?
We have had IT professionals, as well as other candidates, say, "I only want to work in an academic environment." I have even had candidates who said they only wanted to work 30 miles from their home. The more you limit yourself, the more you limit your job possibilities. In this type of market, you need to talk with anyone you can to find out about his or her openings.
If you are going through several rounds of interviews with the same employer, is there anything you can say or do to stand out?
If you go in swinging that you are the best person they can hire, employers might not like that. Instead, you are better off asking for the job.
Elizabeth M. Ferrarini is a freelance technology writer. Contact her at email@example.com.
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Standing on the banks of the River Li, modern Guilin sits around two beautiful lakes and boasts a history that stretches back more than 2,000 years ago. Relatively small and compact, the city is best known for its idyllic surrounding scenery: the conical hills and limestone karsts clustered around the Li's waters. River cruises carry visitors along the river's winding waters to soak in this otherworldly landscape, while other popular attractions include the Reed Flute Cave, Elephant Trunk Hill, and more.
The poetic Li River is one of Guilin s most famous scenic locales, renowned for its striking natural beauty and unique topography. Floating along the peaceful waters, you can get a taste of life outside the hustle and bustle of the neighboring metropolis. Like a jade ribbon, the river flows from Mt. Cat in northeast Guilin and winds its way southeast to meet the Xi River in Wulin. The landscape is adorned with rolling hills, caves, steep cliffs, and leisurely boats meandering down the river.
Like an underground paradise befitting of an emperor, Reed Flute Cave, is renowned for its magnificent natural rock formations illuminated with colored lighting. The sprawling cave is filled with massive stone pillars, stalagmites, and stalactites that create a hauntingly beautiful landscape. Sticking to tradition, the Chinese have given many of these formations poetic names, including Dragon s Pagoda, Crystal Palace, and Fruit and Flower Mountain.
Elephant Trunk Hill, one of the most famous hills in Guilin, rests majestically on the western bank of the Li River. The rock formation has long been regarded as the symbol of Guilin and has even appeared on Chinese currency bills. It earned its moniker for its striking resemblance to an elephant dipping its trunk into the water and its beauty has inspired great poets throughout the years.
The ending point of a Li River cruise, the charming city of Yangshuo offers visitors idyllic landscapes of soaring limestone peaks, lush rice fields and peaceful waters. An ideal destination to soak up the local flavor would be the famed Xi Street, lined with traditional handicraft stores as well as a sprinkling of modern cafes and bars.
This voyage is a must for any adventurous traveler who aspires to explore China and the mighty Yangtze River to its fullest. A journey to China is incomplete without this impressive itinerary that covers it all - memorable explorations to ancient civilizations, comprehensive guides about the history and culture of each city, sampling of traditional cuuisines, and admmittance to spectacular entertainment.
This journey showcases China's breathtaking natural scenery without missing its cultural and historical wonders. Sail along the Li River and witness breathtaking landscapes straight from ancient Chinese paintings. Explore the dramatic rock formations in Guilin's caves, walk in the footsteps of warriors on the Great Wall and gaze at the futuristic skyline of Shanghai.
Situated in southern China, the lush city of Guilin is celebrated for its breathtaking landscapes which inspired the ancient saying, "Guilin's scenery is unmatched under Heaven." A cruise down the emerald waters of the Li River displays Guilin's beauty in its purest form – mist-shrouded hills, unique karst formations and leisurely boats meandering by.


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Third Ward Jazz Festival on Hiatus
(Milwaukee, WI) The Historic Third Ward Jazz Festival: Summer Sizzle, hosted by the Historic Third Ward Association, Inc., is going on hiatus. The festival was scheduled to be held on August 2-3, 2013.
The Association is anticipating the festival's return in the future when the neighborhood quiets down. Just three weeks after the date the jazz festival was scheduled, the Third Ward Art Festival (August 31 and September 1), which coincides with the Harley Davidson 110th Reunion (August 29 – September 1), will be held on the same site. Along with these events, construction of the new Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design student apartments will be taking place on Menomonee and Erie near the festival site. Having an additional event during this time period will be would be too disruptive to the neighborhood's residents and businesses.
"We're appreciative to our long time sponsors and many other supporters and festival goers," said Nancy O'Keefe, Executive Director of the Historic Third Ward Association.
September will also bring the closing of the St. Paul Ave. Bridge for reconstruction, the rebuilding of I-794 along St. Paul Ave. and the construction of the new hotel on Broadway and Chicago St. It is a busy and challenging time for the Historic Third Ward district.
Summer Sizzle is a free neighborhood festival which features live jazz -- best of local, regional and Chicago musicians -- in a variety of styles: traditional, Latin, swing, Dixieland and even blues.
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It's a pretty big deal.
Meet runner Amelia Gapin. She's 33 and has completed eight marathons.
That's 210 miles worth of marathons in the almost nine years she's been running.
She's also a co-founder of MyTransHealth, a startup that helps transgender people find and access quality healthcare.
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Recently, she became the first transgender woman to be featured on the cover of the running magazine, Women's Running.
This is Gapin gracing the cover of the July 2016 issue of Women's Running.
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Running played an important role in Gapin's life when she started transitioning in 2012.
"Running has always been there for me and that didn't change when I transitioned. I actually relied on it pretty heavily to get through a lot of the heavy emotional and mental parts of transitioning," she told BuzzFeed Health via email.
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In fact, the "stubbornness" that gets her through marathon training is what has helped her deal with the challenges of intolerance and transphobia.
"It can take a lot to get through a tough marathon or a hardcore training cycle and there usually comes a point where I'm just too stubborn to give in. I think some of that same attitude came out a lot throughout transitioning and even in my life now. I've just refused to give in to a world that doesn't want to accept people like me," she said.
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This weekend it is time for the next leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup in the Western European league. It will take place in Zürich and several of the world's best riders and horses will be competing there. Twelve riders out of the top twenty on the world ranking are present and the show will start on Friday with the World Cup qualifier on Sunday at 13.45 as a highlight.
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The LN46C750 is the only standard LCD that's really worth mentioning. At $1,699 it handles 3D content, converts traditional 2D content into 3D and it's compatible with the touchscreen remote. As with all of Samsung's 3D televisions, you'll get a 3D copy of Monsters vs Aliens and a pair of 3D Active glasses free if you pick up a 3D Blu-ray player at the same time.
Samsung's main focus in recent years has been LED backlighting, or as Samsung puts it "LED TV." Among the sets coming out this year are the C7000 and C8000 series. They're fairly similar models, and are priced appropriately. The 55" 7000 set, which is available now, runs $3,299. A 55" 8000 series model can be yours for $3,499 when it launches in April.
The C9000 line kicks things up significantly. It's astonishingly thin; at 0.3 inches, this is one of the more impressive looking TV lines out there. It comes bundled with the touch screen remote, which sells separately for $350. The 9000 isn't cheap though. The 55" model will cost you $6,999 this April - double that of the 8000.
Of course, no lineup would be complete without plasma. Samsung's C6500 and C7000 series plasmas are fairly close in feature set (though the C7000 is 3D capable) and close in price as well. You can get a 58" C6500 for $2,399, while the 7000 runs $2,699.
The C8000 series plasmas are the highest end plasmas that Samsung will be releasing in the first half of 2010. They include a Real Black Filter and Motion Judder Canceller to deliver the best picture quality possible. A 58" C8000 can be yours for $2,999 when Samsung's plasmas launch in May.


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The 2002 WNBA All-Star Game, featuring the world's best women basketball players, will be played on Monday, July 15 at the MCI Center and will be televised by ESPN beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET. With tickets starting at $10, the whole family can enjoy the unique experience of seeing the superstars of the WNBA together in one of the league's marquee events.
"The Washington area has been such a strong supporter of the Mystics and the WNBA, we thought the fans deserved to be rewarded for their loyalty," said WNBA President Val Ackerman. "Giving residents a head start to purchase tickets to one of the WNBA's premier event is our way of saying thank you."
The WNBA tipped-off its sixth season on May 25 during Memorial Day weekend. The WNBA concluded the 2001 season by crowning a new champion for the first time in league history and recording the 10 millionth fan to attend a game since the league's inception. During the 2001 season, more than 2.5 million fans attended WNBA games, the most ever, and for the fifth straight season, WNBA regular season attendance averaged over 9,000 fans. The league's combined local, national and international television coverage reached nearly 60 million fans in 23 different languages and 167 countries. For more information on the WNBA, visit www.wnba.com.


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