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Dr. Lang and his staff believe that informed patients make better decisions about their health. With that in mind, we have created an extensive patient resource center covering an array of foot related topics. We regualrly conduct educational seminars on the most current podiatric subjects, such as fungal laser treatments, diabetic foot care, diabetic nutrition with our staff nutritionist, and many other podiatric issues.
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Athlete's Foot, also known as tinea pedis, is a skin disease caused by a fungus that usually occurs between the toes. The fungus attacks the feet because shoes create a warm, dark, and humid environment that encourages fungus growth. Warm, damp areas around swimming pools, showers, and locker rooms, are also breeding grounds for fungi.
Symptoms of Athlete's Foot include drying skin, itching, scaling, inflammation, and blisters on and between the toes. Athlete's Foot can spread to the soles of the feet and to the toenails as well as other parts of the body, which is why timely treatment is so important.
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This afternoon, GM investors got the kind of good news they've been craving for several months. Talking with analysts in Dearborn, Michigan, GM's Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner said the company plans to save an additional $5 billion by 2011.
Near term, '08 will be tough, but Wagoner's forecast of industry sales in the low 16 million range is a bit higher than many on Wall Street, who think U.S. sales could slide as low as 15.5 million, which would be the lowest since the early 90's.
So If you are a GM investor, how encouraging is this news? Mildly.
Wagoner highlighted the one advantage GM has over its Detroit competitors: its strength in developing markets around the world. In China, GM remains red hot. It's quickly moving into the booming Russian market. And the company has just set up a design studio in India, which many consider to be the most promising of developing countries.
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A day in the life of a cancer survivor
Photos by Jill Marzion Photography
MRI days are BIG days when you are a cancer survivor. They are a chance for a huge sigh of relief when you get word there is no new signs of cancer and that everything looks "stable". In my world "stable" is a pretty amazing word. Stable means I can go back to living life without worrying for another one or two months depending on when my next MRI will be. MRI days can also be the day you learn your cancer is back or progressing which is the last thing you want to hear. So you walk into the cancer center that day knowing it will be good or bad, there is really no in between.
I actually am a wreck about 4 or 5 days leading up to MRI days. I am pretty good at living my every day life without thinking too often about my brain tumor. As MRI day nears, I think more and more about my health, fears of getting bad news bounce around my head at random points of the day, I start losing my appetite, it's hard to stay focused or in the moment because my mind is all over the place. Just about every time I have an MRI the day or two leading up to it I go into cleaning panic mode. I still don't know why but Jamie and I always joke about it. I can admit I am not the best at keeping our house super clean but before I leave for an MRI the house will be organized and spotless. It's not something I consciously do but somehow it always ends up happening. I think in all honestly it's because I fear I will get bad news and I just want to come home to cry and sulk in a clean house. What a weird way to think....like I said, my mind is all over the place.
I usually get little sleep the night before an MRI. I generally wake up early to make sure I have enough time to shower and get ready without feeling rushed. I want to feel healthy and in control when I walk in. I can still remember my first time pulling into that parking garage. It was pure fear, I was entering a CANCER building. It was a reality, I would be one of thousands of sick people walking around the building that were trying to rid their bodies of cancer.
I can remember the fear as I pulled up the first day and pulled into the parking garage underneath, I grabbed a parking ticket, found a spot and walked into the building. It didn't take long for me to realize the Cancer Center is AMAZING!!!! When I pull into the garage now, I feel a sense of calm, like I am at home, as strange as that sounds. I feel safe.
Each floor is designated with an animal to help you remember which floor you parked on. I always drive up to find a spot on the loon level because I just love the sound of the loons.
When parking on ground level you walk into the main entrance and are greeted by the same woman. EVERY single time I have been there she was behind the desk. I don't know her name but she is always smiling and laughing. It's the first impression you have upon arriving, a warm and welcoming face. I have seen her giving directions to people that are lost, helping people arrange for rides home and just generally being a positive force for everyone who passes by.
My first stop is always at the lab. I always check in with the same woman. She's so sweet. I always find myself looking at her hands. They remind me of my grandma's hands, wrinkled and almost swollen looking, rings are so tight you would think they would be painful but the skin looks SO soft and delicate. Every time I look at her hands I can see my Grandma T punching down dough for a loaf of homemade bread or cinnamon rolls.
She always has a huge smile, verifies my birthday, what doctor I am seeing, who my husband is. When she asks if I am employed, I tell her I am a mom she jokes every time that she is entering in an occupation like "executive homemaker" or "domestic engineer". Then I take my seat in the waiting area until my name is called. The blood draw is quick and I leave there with an IV placed and taped down to my arm for my MRI.
Jamie and I then walk from the Cancer Center into Froedtert for the MRI. Today it's in the lower level which is a long walk and then you have to find this weird hidden elevator where you go in on side but exist on the opposite side, I can finally find it without getting lost. I check in at the desk and go to the MRI area where I change into my gown and robe.
Policies changed just a few months back requiring everyone to wear a gown and robe. I used to be able to go in with my clothes on as long as it had no metal so I would purposely wear yoga pants, a tee and a sports bra so I could wear my regular clothes into the machine. I much preferred wearing my own clothes, I felt strong and healthy and the people working the machine had a sense of who you were.
Now you just go in with the same robe and gown that every other person has to wear. I have to remove my wedding ring and leave it in my locker which I also hate, like I am going in without Jamie. Walking to the machine in my gown and robe always makes me feel sick and kind of scared, not myself, not a strong resilient woman but just a patient. I am usually pleasantly surprised that even with the gown and robe, they usually still recognize me and immediately say "I remember you, I'll get you a warm blanket". I always request a warm blanket.
I lay down on the machine, they put the big cage around my head and I usually make some sort of awkward joke or comment because that is just what I do when I am nervous. They had me the ball to squeeze if I need anything and they all leave the room. A few seconds pass and I head into the machine.
The actual MRI is about 45 minutes, I think. Anyone that has been in an MRI machine knows how loud they are. I always wish I could fall asleep but it's too noisy so I lay there without moving for the entire 45 minutes. Sometimes my mind is in a good place and I think about upcoming events on our calendar, I think about planning a date night for Jamie and I, I think about fun things the boys and I will do this summer. Sometimes my mind goes to a bad place, I wonder every time there is a pause in the imaging if they just saw something alarming on the scan and are calling to inform my oncologist. Sometimes I want to cry and I am scared and alone. I try my hardest not to cry but it happens once in awhile and it's the worst. I can feel the tear forming in my eyes and I can't move so I can't wipe it away. I feel it getting bigger and bigger and eventually it will start running down my cheek ever so slowly. It tickles as the tears slowly make their way down my cheek before eventually going right into my ear. Now I have to sit the rest of the time trying to ignore the tickle in my ear while wondering if the MRI techs could see the tear and if they think I am some pathetic thing just stuck in this ginormous machine.
I always ask them not to talk to me during the scan other than to tell me when the contrast will be shot into my IV. This is the signal that I am almost done. I can feel the ripple in my veins as the contrast enters. It's about 5 minutes of scans and then they inform me the second round of contrast is coming. Another scan starts and about 30 seconds later you feel the cold contrast zipping through your veins again. This time you immediately get the taste of metal in your mouth. About another minute and the machine turns off. I slide out, they take the cage off my head and I hop off the table, get dressed and head back to the Cancer Center for my results.
There is usually some down time before I can meet with Dr. Connelly. I usually pop over and say hi to Maggie at Small Stones, grab lunch, check in with the boys and update family that I am done with the MRI.
Then we had over to the Dr. Connelly's check in area. We pass by the Quality of Life desk and giggle at the little guys on the desk that dance in the sunlight. There are always new ones depending on the season.
I love the walk to Dr. Connelly, the entire wall is windows and there is so much natural light. We check in and wait to get called back. Everyone there has a familiar face. Nurses comment on how much my hair has grown since the last time they have seen me, I always consider working on the puzzle that is out on the table in the waiting area, sometimes I grab myself a hot chocolate.
My name is called and I head back to get weighed, get in a room and have my temp and blood pressure taken. Then Jamie and I sit in the room and wait.
We try and pass the time with any sort of conversation we can think of to keep our mind busy. Then we hear Dr. Connelly knock and we both hold our breath. Thankfully every time she has walked in so far she has IMMEDIATELY said "everything looks great" as she is walking to her computer.
So we can instantly breath again but we know the day could come that she will just silently walk in and sit down and give us different news. We pray that is many MANY years down the road. She then pulls up the scans from that day and we will compare it to my original scans from when I was first diagnosed. We flip between scans and smile at how everything looks perfectly "stable".
No growth, no changes, the tumor has not lit up with any of the contrast. Dr. Connelly then does a quick evaluation of me.
It's a brief meeting, we smile and Dr. Connelly tells us when we need to come back for another scan. I am going every 3 months now, if my next scan looks stable we may be able to stretch it to 4 months. We schedule our next visit before we leave and then we walk back into the waiting area and head back to our cars.
We generally get a few steps away from the waiting area before Jamie and I grab hands and give each other a quick kiss. Jamie always give me hand a little squeeze and says "I knew it would go well".
We walk back to our car as we text our family to share the good news. Then we pull out of the parking garage and try to get back to "normal" life until the next appointment.
So there you have it, a day in the life of a gal battling a brain tumor. One who is lucky to have a large army of supporters and a great team of doctors that make this journey bearable. I GOT THIS.
A HUGE thanks to Jill Marzion who spent the day photographing this day for us. She is amazing at what she does and has a true gift for capturing all the small details that truly tell your story.
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Linux desktop adoption barriers: Open source apps development and integration
Find out why one desktop advocate thinks that most sys admins and developers couldn't care less about the upcoming Vista release and how the Linux desktop remains ahead of the game.
Integration and development of open source apps is what is needed to drive users toward the Linux desktop, said Jono Bacon, app development specialist for OpenAdvantage, a developer of open source software in Birmingham, England.
Developers and systems administrators couldn't care less about the release of Vista or the success of the Linux desktop, said Bacon, who is also one of the authors of The Official Ubuntu Book. What they want is an OS that works right out of the box and one that offers a full software stack, he said.
SearchOpenSource.com: Recently the Freespire Linux-based operating system was announced, and SuSE Linux Desktop -- also known as SLED 10 -- was released. Which event do you think will have the biggest impact on the Linux desktop?
Jono Bacon: Recent developments on the Linux desktop front are constantly pushing Linux in front of people, and it becomes an ever-more compelling choice. Recent releases, most notably Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and SLED, work right out of the box for most people and provide a pretty complete software stack. People just don't want to fight with the operating system, and, today, Linux is a particularly fluid system.
I don't believe any single event can have a huge measured effect on desktop adoption -- it is, instead, a series of smaller steps that combine to make the whole. The increasing importance of community in the marketplace, ever-more mature software, flexible support, better licensing, automation, aesthetics, hardware compatibility, integration and other factors each play a role. Importantly, we are moving forward, and at one hell of a pace.
Do you think there are any changes in adoption trends that have been overlooked?
Bacon: A few key areas do seem to have been skirted over. Firstly, most of the press about Linux and open source versus Windows focuses on large enterprise contracts. Although this applies to certain readers, a huge number of people work in small to medium-sized organizations, and open source is making a win there -- particularly in the server, desktop and Web applications space.
There is also an increasing trend in open source on platforms such as Windows and Mac OS X. Many people feel that open source is just a Linux thing, but many Windows and .NET developers are making use of open source. I experienced this recently when I spoke at the DeveloperDeveloperDeveloper! Day, which pulled together a number of Microsoft user groups and Microsoft developers. There were a stunning number of people making use of open source.
Finally, the Linux marketplace is changing with respect to the prioritization of the open source community. With distributions such as Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE and Freespire, the companies behind them are placing a very real priority on the community. Traditionally, the community was shunted to the side by some companies, but many have identified that this is social software, and the community plays an essential role in securing its future and growth.
What do you think of the release of Vista? Do you think there are any major differences between Vista and SLED 10 that would affect adoption?
Bacon: In many ways, Microsoft is a company of grand gestures, and Vista is another example of such a gesture. The legend of Vista is, in many ways, more interesting than the reality. Recently, Microsoft invited me to their Technical Summit at Redmond, and I saw some tech demos of Vista. While I am not denying that it includes some interesting technology, I don't know if the average tech on the ground can justify the upgrade.
Upgrading operating systems is a big deal and, typically, new Windows releases require significant hardware refresh and training. Moving to Vista is not all that different from moving to any operating system -- it requires justification, planning and resources. If the person tasked with the work cannot source these things, it typically gets the thumbs down.
As for how Vista compares to Linux, it largely depends on what you need an operating system for. If you are looking to run a database, create an application, run a server, create artwork, develop Web applications, play games or anything else, you care only about how Vista can solve your primary problem.
Operating systems are general-purpose pieces of software designed for a range of intended uses, and each user explores if the operating system can help to solve their specific problem. As an example, the visual capabilities of Vista have been touted by many as a particularly interesting element. But while this may attract some generic desktop users and designers, I suspect that most developers and system administrators couldn't care less. Operating systems don't excite people all that much. The real comparisons need to be made on the application and/or development stack.
If you compare Windows to Linux in the different-use cases, such as servers, desktop deployment, Web development and general desktop use, Linux is very much a comparable and intriguing platform. It is important to remember, though, that Linux not only competes on a technical level, but it can also compete in areas where Vista either can't compete or is less suitable, such as strong community involvement, collaboration, community support, free redistribution, transparency, learning, hardware recycling and more. Not everything in life is about comparing two columns of tick boxes -- there are many issues to be factored into the decision.
What major advances have you seen on the Linux desktop? Do you think adoption trends have changed at all? Which ones are still the biggest barriers?
Bacon: Wow, that's a big question with a few different parts. In terms of advances, the Linux desktop develops publicly in an iterative way and grows in all areas daily. As such, if you keep on top of current developments, you rarely see the same kind of huge, ground-shattering, underwear-rattling announcements that you see in the proprietary world.
What is clear, though, is that the desktop is leaping forward in terms of look and feel, usability and applications. We are at a point where we have a pretty flexible and usable desktop, and developers are now hammering on the details. With six monthly releases for most distributions, it is always interesting to install the last three releases and compare the details. You can really see how it grows.
Ultimately, people care about applications. I remember when I first got into open source in 1998, there were few killer graphical applications for the average desktop user. Computer users are familiar with studio-like environments with comprehensive functionality, and Linux really lacked that. Now, we have a range of these comprehensive applications including OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Blender, Inkscape, GIMP, F-Spot, Banshee, Xara, Krita, Eclipse and more. It is incredible how quickly these applications have matured, and people are doing real, solid work on the Linux desktop.
In terms of barriers, I would level cross-desktop integration as a barrier. We have two major desktops on Linux [GNOME and KDE], and application developers tend to write for one desktop over the other. I want to see all applications merging into the desktop, and projects such as Freedesktop.org, Tango and The Portland Project are working toward this. This is partly a psychological problem as well as a technical one, and we see this becoming a real priority.
What is your involvement in Freespire?
Bacon: A while back, Kevin Carmony from Linspire gave me a call to get my thoughts on their planned Freespire distribution. They had been working on it for a while, and Kevin and I have known each other for a few years. Kevin asked me to join the leadership board as a community adviser.
My role on the leadership board is interesting. I am not a Linspire or a Freespire user, and I probably never will be. Despite this, I am always keen on seeing more open source software surfacing, and my role on the board is to advise how the Freespire project should be directed in terms of fostering a real and productive open source community.
You're one of the authors of the upcoming Official Ubuntu Book. Can you give us a hint about what is to come?
Bacon: The Official Ubuntu Book has been hard work but a great project to work on. The book has been written by a team of authors and is available in print and electronically under an open content license. In fact, three chapters from the book are included with Ubuntu 6.06 LTS itself. Just click System -> Help -> Ubuntu Book Excerpt.
I wrote three chapters for the book -- the installation chapter, the introduction to the desktop and a support chapter. For the support chapter, I wanted to engage with the awesome Ubuntu community to gather a diverse range of solutions to problems. So, I got a message posted on The Fridge to encourage people to submit their recipes, and a number are included in the book. Like Ubuntu itself, the official book was a collaborative effort.
I think the book provides a pretty neat introduction to Ubuntu for people who are new to Linux on the desktop. There is also some good coverage of Kubuntu, Ubuntu as a server and the community.
What further developments do you think we will see relating to the future of the Linux desktop?
Bacon: What has been interesting about being part of this community is that the community itself has matured in so many different areas. Open source contributors have not only become better developers but also have a better appreciation of what users want -- usability, performance and many other areas. Part of this maturity has been prioritizing what needs fixing and making it happen.
For our desktop to really hit home, we need to keep hammering on the details in the many different areas. Critically though, applications and integration are where the real action needs to happen. People need a reason to move to open source, and ethics alone simply aren't enough for most people. People want applications that can do what they need to do. And integration, which will pull the threads together into one consistent system, is essential. Fortunately, this is exactly where we are going.


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We just recently watched the movie Inception. What is that, nine months late? Don't judge. Hey, we have little kids…and a lot of laundry.
So, um…wowza. Loved it. Loved it so much, Paul immediately turned to me and said, "You know we have to do a video parody of this, right?" To which I replied, "But, of course."
Click on the video to see the world premiere of our movie trailer, Reduction.
Obviously we cannot fly through space or call the city to demolish a building, all in the name of a Very Culinary video, but watch below and see how close we recreated the trailer shot for shot.
Pretty cool, eh?
If all of this is completely lost on you, here's the link to the original Inception movie trailer. Rent it! You'll be talking about it for days afterward.
And what about Paul's shirt?! How much do you need one of those? We got it from Snorg Tees. Click here to get one of your own.


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Care decisions and choices at the end of life can confront patients and families with a myriad of challenges that could threaten their physical, psychological, social and spiritual well-being (1). Many individuals in society fear prolonged and painful deaths—and as such have placed reliance on the use of advance care directives and explicit conversations with family, to ensure their wishes are known and that their autonomy is preserved at that vulnerable moment and beyond, when they have lost decisional capacity and can no longer direct care for themselves.
This paper will examine the unique issues raised at the interface between law and ethics as it relates specifically to the controversial issue of alimentation (providing food and nourishment) at the end of life. This analysis will be based, in part, on a historical case involving Margot Bentley (MB), an 82-year-old Canadian residing in a long term care facility in British Columbia (2). MB is living with and dying from the end stages of Alzheimer's disease and in 2013 Margot, her family and the care facility she resides in were at the centre of a legal battle over the circumstances necessary to constitute an imposed duty on caregivers to provide the basic necessity of life (food). This case exposed a number of concerns: the questionable utility and limits of living wills, surrogacy decision making, the actual meaning of implied consent, and what exactly constitutes medical treatment versus basic care. What is unique about this case is that it does show gaps in both ethical and judicial analysis which has resulted in a legal decision to provide a level of care the family believes would be untenable and lacking in dignity for MB.


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Formula 1 endured another wasted opening day in Russia on Friday, but it's unlikely to make too much difference to race day at Sochi. BEN ANDERSON thinks there's a lesson there
The first day of the 2015 Russian Grand Prix was summed up neatly by TV pictures of Felipe Massa at the wheel of his Williams, parked in the garage, eyes firmly closed as rain hammered the Sochi asphalt.
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Just when his parents signed papers allowing his organs to be donated to other children, 13-year-old Trenton McKinley began to stir from his coma, "Today" reported.
The Alabama boy was injured in a go-carting accident two months ago, rushed to a hospital with seven skull fractures.
"They told me I'd be a vegetable," Trenton told "Today" after he had regained consciousness hours before his family was prepared to take him off life support.
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Now the teenager is able to talk and walk: "I don't really seem like a vegetable, do I?"


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JERUSALEM — On the eve of a White House meeting between President Obama and President Shimon Peres of Israel, officials here took steps on Monday to advance controversial new housing in the West Bank and a disputed area of Jerusalem.
The steps, by two separate agencies, are the latest in a succession of awkwardly timed housing announcements. International players are seeking ways to resume Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, which stalled last September when a partial Israeli moratorium on new building in the settlements expired.
Washington has given up its efforts to persuade Israel to commit to an additional settlement freeze; the Palestinians refuse to negotiate with Israel as long as settlement building continues.
On Monday, a municipal planning committee in Jerusalem gave preliminary approval for nearly 1,000 new housing units in the residential district of Gilo, in the south of the city. And the Israeli Ministry of Defense said it had completed zoning plans for several Jewish settlements in the West Bank, retroactively legalizing construction that was already under way.
Aides traveling with Mr. Peres, who was in Washington on Monday, refused to comment on the building plans.Continue reading the main story
Elie Isaacson, an adviser to Mayor Nir Barkat of Jerusalem, said there was no connection between the Gilo action and the timing of Mr. Peres's visit.
"There are no secrets whatsoever," Mr. Isaacson said. "The plan is merely going from one bureaucratic stage to the next bureaucratic stage. The building policy in Jerusalem has been the same for 40 years."
He added that the area of privately owned land was zoned for construction 10 years ago, and that it would take at least five years for the new housing to receive final approval and for the contractors to break ground. And he said the municipality was also considering hundreds of requests by Palestinians for building in Jerusalem, though Palestinian projects tend to be on a smaller scale.
Mr. Peres is expected to talk to Mr. Obama about security cooperation between Israel and the United States; the recent upheavals in the Middle East and the potential for democratization in the region; and possible ways of restarting the peace talks. One issue that may come up is whether Mr. Obama will go to Israel this year to make a major speech, and if so whether he will put forth an American peace plan. Administration officials say Mr. Obama has indicated that he would like to address Israelis about a range of issues, including the turmoil unfolding in the Middle East. But timing remains an issue, one administration official said Monday.
The role of president in Israel is mainly a ceremonial one, but Mr. Peres, who is regarded internationally as an elder statesman, has played a more active role than most of his predecessors. Relations between Mr. Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were chilly from the start, and in a departure from diplomatic norms, Mr. Peres met with Mr. Obama in 2009 before Mr. Netanyahu did, to try to smooth the way.
The issue of settlement construction has severely strained Israeli-American relations since Mr. Obama took office.
Gilo is in a part of the city that Israel annexed after capturing it from Jordan in the 1967 war. Most Israelis consider it an integral neighborhood of Jerusalem, but to the Palestinians and much of the world, it is a settlement built in occupied territory in violation of international law. Israel's claim to sovereignty in the area of Jerusalem beyond the 1967 lines is not recognized internationally, and the Palestinians claim it as part of their future state.
In February, 14 of the 15 members of the United Nations Security Council backed a resolution demanding a halt in what it termed illegal construction in Israeli settlements. Only a veto by the United States blocked the resolution.
Peace Now, an Israeli advocacy group that opposes any Israeli building beyond the 1967 lines, said the Defense Ministry had approved development plans for four West Bank settlements. But it is not clear whether the plans relate to areas that are already built up or for additional sites.
Tensions over building in Jerusalem peaked in March 2010, when Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was on a visit here meant to underscore American support for Israel. The Israeli Interior Ministry announced 1,600 new housing units for Jews in Ramat Shlomo, in East Jerusalem, infuriating the Obama administration. Mr. Netanyahu said at the time that he had been surprised by the move; the interior minister, Eli Yishai, leader of the right-wing Shas Party, insisted that the timing was coincidental.
After that episode, the prime minister's office said it would track the advancement of building plans more carefully to avoid new surprises.
But in November, Israel published plans for more than 1,000 housing units in other disputed areas of Jerusalem. That announcement came days before Mr. Netanyahu met with Mr. Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in the United States, drawing criticism from Mr. Obama.
Mr. Netanyahu's office announced three weeks ago that hundreds of new units had been approved for West Bank settlements in areas Israel intends to keep under any deal with the Palestinians. The news came shortly after five members of one family, including three children, were killed in the Itamar settlement.Continue reading the main story


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How do you make sure EVERY interaction achieves the right outcome? How can you be sure that the right words are used and are delivered with the right tone? Listening to 1-2% of agents' monthly calls simply will not give you the answer.
We've put together a list of four powerful ideas from Duncan White of management consultancy horizon2 Limited, backed by technology tips from Frank Sherlock of CallMiner, on improving quality management in your contact center. These will help to ensure your customers are getting a great customer experience every time they interact with your agents.
- Really understand the voice of the customer – and agent – by evaluating more calls
- Link your agent evaluation to drivers of positive customer outcomes… not just compliance
- Recognize that there are different elements that create a good interaction and they all need to be taken into account
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Passionate about shopping locally, buying from independents?
I thought I was, but when I really thought about it, and particularly with regard to food, which is something that I am really passionate about, am I? I'm the owner of an independent builders merchant, and I get so upset if I see my customers in a big chain buying something they could get from me, but do I practise what I preach?
If I'm not working on a Saturday, I might visit the market, buy some veg, salad, maybe some cheese. Pop into the butchers and bakers for a purchase or two. But honestly that's about it. I make the bulk of my food shopping online or at one of the bigger supermarkets.
If I really want to be able to say that I am a champion of independents then I need to ensure that I really am.
So my challenge is that for the next 30 days I will only buy food in an independent shop. If I eat out it will be in an independent pub/restaurant.
I will be honest about my challenge, what's been easy and what hasn't, and hopefully I will learn even more about other independent retailers at the same time. My ultimate hope is that it will become a new habit rather than just a 30 day challenge.
The rules
1. I am starting tomorrow, no start of the week or start of the month nonsense, immediately is the answer
2. I will eat food that is already in the house, I'm not about to waste food!
3. I've not done a massive shop already – I've posted images of my cupboards below and will do the same at the end of the 30 days.
4. I will post daily on instagram what I've eaten and where I've bought it from.
5. I will update my blog at least once a week with a summary of the pro's and cons from the last few days
6. If I eat out I will chose an independent
7. If someone else cooks for me (or takes me to dinner) I will eat it, but share with them my challenge in the hope that they will help me.
#buylocal #shoplocal #localfood #independentshop #supportyourhighstreet #30daychallenge #makeaneffort #supportlocal #savethehighstreet
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21 Jump StreetReviewed By Rob Gonsalves
Posted 03/18/12 19:35:53
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What was the appeal of the cop show "21 Jump Street" to young audiences? It seemed preachy, and its subtext was that the cool, mysterious new kid in your high-school class could be an undercover cop. (The obvious answer is not to trust any new kids.)I remember the show being somewhat ironically enjoyed, much like its near-contemporary Beverly Hills 90210. Like The Mod Squad, it tried to tackle tough issues relevant to Today's Youth, but a network television series could only tackle so hard back in the '80s. The new 21 Jump Street movie lampoons the typical 21 Jump Street episode, with added fish-out-of-water jokes involving how much high-school culture changes in only seven years. It's no longer considered cool to be aggressive and dismissive of passion; now everyone is sensitive and socially committed.
The movie sends inept twentysomething cops Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) back to high school to bust up a drug ring. The narcotic all the kids are taking is some new synthetic mind-blaster that works in hilariously specific stages. This 21 Jump Street is neither pro- nor anti-drug, but mines a lot of humor from its effects, especially when Schmidt and Jenko are obliged to try the drug to prove to the school's dealer that they're not narcs. If there was ever an episode where Johnny Depp and Peter DeLuise had to shove their fingers down each other's throats so they'd vomit up a drug, then failed and had to contend with a track coach whose head kept changing into animals and ice cream cones, I must've missed it.
The young directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) hedge their bets entertainingly by filling the movie's margins with ironclad comedy professionals; Rob Riggle, for instance, turns up as the aforementioned track coach, Ellie Kemper and Chris Parnell are also on the faculty, the formidable Nick Offerman appears too briefly as the cops' deputy chief, and none other than Ice Cube is the captain of the Jump Street program. (The movie goes excessively meta for a minute or so when NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" invades the soundtrack, ending on a shot of Ice Cube, looking as angry as he sounded on that song.) For nostalgic fans of the show, no fewer than three of its actors walk on here; sorry, but that sort of thing is what the too-serious Miami Vice film needed.
Hill and Tatum make a natural Mutt and Jeff team, and when I laughed, which was fairly often, Hill was responsible — though I became an instant fan of Tatum's chemistry-class ode to the wonders of potassium nitrate, and Brie Larson as Hill's romantic interest has some terrific dry line readings. The movie is perfectly pleasant, a smidgen too aware of itself (though the "why didn't that explode?" running gag during a car chase pays off nicely) but consistently sharp; the party scene midway through is wilder and funnier than the entirety of the recent party movie Project X (which, like this film, was written by Michael Bacall — small world). It's been getting a tad overpraised, perhaps because everyone's surprised it isn't completely foul; the randomness and genre-tweaking of The Other Guys hit my particular humor spot more solidly. It's not a classic, but it'll look just fine on cable in a couple of years, and at least it doesn't end with a painfully earnest PSA, as some episodes of the show did.Then again, that might've put it over the top to genuine greatness — leave something for the DVD extras, I guess.
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Our 7 Favorite Jarred Pasta Sauces
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Flavors to Try: Uncle Joe's Vodka Celebration, Aunt Mary Ann's Sunday Marinara, Uncle Fred's Fireworks
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Use jarred sauce to make this delicious recipe in a snap on busy nights. (From our partners at Recipe.com)
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Newman's Own boasts tons of tasty varieties—from Tomato & Basil to Five Cheese—and great value, at just $3 a jar.
Flavors to Try: Alfredo, Marinara, Tomato & Basil, Sockarooni
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How To Make Quick Skillet Ziti
If you have a jar of sauce and 15 minutes, you can make this easy ziti that has just four ingredients. (From our partners at Recipe.com)
Infused with Napa Valley wine, these unique sauces have an extra touch of depth and flavor.
Flavors to Try: Creamy Marinara, Homemade Style Marinara
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Rao's Homemade
With its simple, homemade taste, Rao's has earned the title "best sauce in New York."
Flavors to Try: Tomato Basil, Marinara, Arrabbiata
Available at most major supermarkets, $8.
Amy's great-tasting sauces have major health cred—they're low in sodium and made with organic ingredients.
Flavors to Try: Organic Low Sodium Marinara, Organic Family Marinara, Organic Tomato Basil
Available at most major supermarkets, $8.
New varieties, like spicy Arrabbiata or creamy Four Cheese Rosa, bring restaurant-quality sauce to your dinner table.
Flavors to Try: Arrabbiata, Four Cheese Rosa
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3 New Ideas for Pasta Sauce
- Simmer 1 pound trimmed green beans and 2 sliced, seeded Italian frying peppers in 2 cups marinara sauce for 10 minutes, until tender.
- Add 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes to 2 cups garden-style pasta sauce. Stir in 1 can whole clams and 1/2 pound shrimp. Simmer 3 minutes. Stir in 1 can crabmeat; serve over cooked linguine.
- Beat 3 eggs and 2 tablespoons each four-cheese pasta sauce and shredded mozzarella. Pour into a nonstick pan; scramble.
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A gift pack with some of our flavorful explorations using organic yerba mate. From smooth and rich flavors in our Organic Vanilla Macadamia Nut Mate and Organic Roasted Mate blends, to our excitedly spiced Yerba Mate Chai, this gift pack pleases the palate in every form. Silver tins wrapped in orange tissue and black pinstripe gift box.
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If ever there were a beautiful image that will remain in my heart and mind forever, it will be this one: the last photo taken by a daughter or her parents before they tragically passed in a car accident. Ledell, my sweet friend, was perhaps one of the kindest, gentlest souls I had ever known. A teacher, musician, mother, daughter, sister, spiritual advisor, activist and friend to so many. Her daughter, Kat, was only 30 and just beginning to blossom as a creative artist. Don, Ledell's warm and wonderful husband and Kat's dad, survived the accident and held on for over a month with their only son Devan, his girlfriend Lucy and a tribe of love ones standing vigil. This photo was posted with the news of Don's passing. I stared at it for a long time. First with weeping and then with calm.
For all of us who knew them, there is no doubt that Don and Ledell were fully present in that moment, taking in the amazing beauty of the water and sunlight. I know, in that moment, they felt their love of each other and perhaps the presence of their God. No doubt, Kat felt that, too, to be moved to capture it. How grateful I am that Devan shared this moment with us. I feel honored and compelled to share it with you.
This lake was their Lake. Silver Lake. A place where they shared their creative ministry with so many others. Like all lakes, it was formed by an ocean that became a river that flowed into a stream that became a creek that fed a brook that filled tributaries to join together into a lake – which in turn flowed with all its twists and turns back to the ocean. I won't be the first or last to use this metaphor, but as I struggle to understand this tragedy, I find peace in my belief that our lives are like rivers: endless, ever changing, moving in natural directions, changing forms, some times calm, some times turbulent. We flow apart. We join together. There is no beginning, no middle, no end.
I pray that Devan and Lucy will find peaceful waters to rest their boat upon. That Don, Ledell and Kat have returned to their Source and are together again. To all of you – who take the time from your lives to flow by this blog from time to time, I thank you for your grace. Until we meet, or meet again.


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hey y'all!!!
oh.my.gosh. i've been v. bad. AGAIN.
i know i'd promised to blog more often, but more often than not, i don't. whaa??
i don't know. life is so crazy. either i'm too tired, too bizzzzy or something else comes up.
ANYway, what drew me back to blogger (gahh gahh gahh!! it took me THIRTY minutes to figure out my login and password!!) was my most recent project(s).
recently, as i was driving down a neighborhood road, i spotted two cafe tables, sitting pretty as you please, curbside. naturally, i slammed (er, i mean slowed down) on my brakes, hit reverse and backed up to the aforementioned cafe tables. not ONE, mind you. but TWO of them. CURBSIDE!!!! (read: FREE)
i don't know about YOU, but my heart goes into v-tach (that's like real fast thumpety thump-thump for you non-medical types) when i see "stuff" that has been tossed out and kicked to the curb.
i mean, one man's trash, blah blah blah, and all that jazz, right?!?!
so i jumped out, hauled the not-so-light tables to my camry, arranged them nicely in the backseat and headed on my merry way.
let me interject here and say that these cafe tables were UgLy!!! if i had no motivation or inclination to paint them, I'D throw them out too.
case in point:
seriously?! red and silver metallic stripes! what was this USED for?! WHO used it?? looks like something that belongs at the north pole, no? ho-ho-ho!!
and then THIS one:
metallic silver with an attempt at trees on the top! what. the. WHAT?? maybe the tin man from the wizard of oz lost his table along with his heart.
ALSO, i've had it in my crazy tow-headed/gray brain to paint something ... ANYTHING ... a lovely robin's egg blue. i've fallen head over heels in love with it and thought it'd be a nice change-up from my usual PINK. yes, i know ... a moment of silence. she's not using PINK.
over the last four days, the project has finally come together (after only 3 trips to walmart, several naps, multiple xanax and more than a few cuss words!).
the gawd-awful red and silver metallic table (henceforth to be known as table 1) was converted into a chalkboard table. i used the robin's egg blue for the heavy metal base.
the metallic silver table (table 2) has been transformed into a lovely cafe table. it has the robin's egg blue top and white for the heavy metal base.
i think they both turned out pretty well. i love it when i can rescue an old, thrown out, kicked to the curb piece ... and give it new life. makes me just a tad sentimental for some reason.
together, before:
with any luck (blogger is imPOSSible to work with ... slooooow photo uploads, weird screens, ack!) my next post will be about another recent rescue rehab, a bad-a$$ old screen door which was teetering atop another pile of junk, on another road, awaiting another life.
til then!
love and hugs,
terry lee
let's have a cup of tea!


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When your car breaks down, it is difficult to know what to do. If you don't know what you're doing when it comes to car repairs, it's time to start learning. This article is a great start, so get reading!
Don't underestimate how important it is to have some kind of emergency kit within your vehicle. A battery charger, tire changing tools and an extra can of gas are just a few of the items to have on hand. Bring a blanket and flashlights too, in case you are stranded.
When you take your car to the shop, ask plenty of questions about your vehicle. You should ask things specific to the problem that has arisen and how you can take preventive action going forward. Preventing automotive issues is a valuable skill to save money during the year.
Check the radiator regularly. Keep your car running then shut the engine for several minutes before opening the hood. You never want to open up the radiator if your car is still running. Check the amount of fluid in your radiator with your dipstick and remember to mix the coolant with some water.
You don't always have to take your car to the shop when there is an issue. Many things can be easily fixed. You can always go online and try to diagnose the problem and educate yourself to the possibilities. If it's a quick repair to make, you can save yourself some cash by doing it yourself.
You should not let car problems to cause you stress or to make rushed decisions. If you aren't knowledgeable on auto repair, then you may worry about who you should turn to in order to have your car repaired properly. Hopefully, this article has provided you with the necessary guidance to know what to do if you have a problem.
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Rachel Shechtman has retail in her blood. Her mother was in the gourmet food business and her grandparents and great grandparents owned a fabric store. In 2011, Shechtman launched her own rotating shop in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. STORY, her business, is entirely reinvented every three to eight weeks like a gallery, has a point of view like a magazine and sells things like a store. When we visited, the theme was Fresh STORY, a collaboration with Jet.com to promote fresh food. We spoke to Shechtman for our Making Sen$e segment about how shifting consumer habits are forcing stores to either transform or perish. That piece airs Thursday on the PBS NewsHour. You can watch our related story about retail jobs here. Below Shechtman discusses why she thinks traditional stores are struggling. The conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity and length.
— Diane Lincoln Estes, Making Sen$e producer
PAUL SOLMAN: So you're a magazine or a store?
RACHEL SHECHTMAN: We're both. It's really retail as a media channel. If a magazine tells stories by writing articles and taking pictures, we tell stories through merchandise and events. And then, magazines have advertisers, and we have sponsors. For example, the editorial narrative for Fresh STORY is informed by and inspired by fresh ingredients from Jet.com and merchandise that's connected to it. And then, we've done a ton of events, ranging from a conversation with Mario Batali to a cooking class for kids to a make your own bitters class. And I think that's one of the things that's probably one of the biggest surprises since launching STORY. There have been many happy accidents, and people yearning for a community in a physical world. There are couples who have met at STORY and started dating. There are people who've quit jobs, because they've come to events and they've been inspired and motivated. I think the more and more technology isolates us and automates things, the more we want human connection. To me, so much about the future of retail is community and bringing people together.
PAUL SOLMAN: Is retail dying or transforming?
RACHEL SHECHTMAN: I think it's doing both. I think it's evolving, and I think it's an exciting time, because there's more risk in not taking risk. But it's hard to say that without acknowledging that a lot of people are going to lose a lot of money and a lot of people are going to lose jobs.
PAUL SOLMAN: What explains the demise of Sears, or J.C. Penney, or goodness knows how many other near-dead or dead retail chains? Is it that they just didn't think about the way the world is changing and that they had to relate to customers in a different way?
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RACHEL SHECHTMAN: I think that there's two different things happening simultaneously. You're basically asking a 200-year-old business model industry to do a titanic u-turn. That doesn't happen overnight. Then you have this thing called Wall Street. So therein lies the innovator's dilemma, right? You're asking this entire industry to reinvent how it creates value. Yet, the system, Wall Street, that determines its value remains unchanged. Because they're functioning based on comparables. In other words, they're looking at comparable sales performance. So if you're the CEO of one of these large stores and you have a decision to make, are you going to double down and risk something that could prove very fruitful in the future, but right now, it would impact your balance sheet?
PAUL SOLMAN: And you won't have greater profits next quarter.
RACHEL SHECHTMAN: And you won't have greater profits and your stock's going to tank, or you're going to have an activist investor who's yelling at you. Or you're like, "Okay, I've got to cut costs and do this because they're looking at my comps." So, no offense to my friends who work on Wall Street, and to be honest, obviously nothing's going to change about that, but therein lies the problem. That's one huge issue.
Now, take Wall Street out of it, which is hard to do, but you now look at these stores and decisions. I think you have two massive problems. You have training and compensation structures. A lot of the skills needed, or that I think certain brands would benefit from, are different skills than are in traditional retail. It's building relationships and doing community events. That's a different skill set.
PAUL SOLMAN: And you need to be paid for it, more than the typical person.
RACHEL SHECHTMAN: Yeah, but when I also talk about compensation I mean people aren't incentivized to collaborate. So if marketing is becoming merchandising, and merchandising is becoming marketing, and you're a buyer working in a merchandising group, you're rewarded in bonus based on your sell performance. So then someone from marketing comes up to the buyer and says, "Oh my God, I have a great idea for this campaign. Can we spend two hours this afternoon talking about it?" So I'm the buyer, asking myself a question. Am I going to take two hours of my afternoon, brainstorming with a marketer, to help them with their idea, which is part of them doing their job well? And that's two hours where I'm not analyzing my business to impact sell-through. So, collaboration and risk-taking, which are two things that I think inform innovation, aren't compensated.
I can say with confidence that most large, traditional retailers, don't think about it that way. I think now they might be starting to, but you have to do it all together. It's not just a little bit here. You have to shake it up, and not just lay off people, but add in new blood, and be uncomfortable about it, because it might be people who have different backgrounds.
PAUL SOLMAN: How much sympathy do you have for people who run these big chain stores?
RACHEL SHECHTMAN: I have a tremendous amount of sympathy. I really think Wall Street is to blame for a lot of it. But it's not just them. Wall Street's not keeping people from walking into stores, Wall Street's not responsible for store traffic being down, so don't get me wrong.
PAUL SOLMAN: Wall Street's not responsible for the internet. In fact, Wall Street bets on the internet. Look at Amazon's stock price.
RACHEL SHECHTMAN: Exactly. So, I think that's part of it. It's not all of it, but it is a big part of it. But I think you have leadership that grew up in an era of retail, and we're in uncharted waters. You're not looking for the answer based on what worked 20 years ago. Markdowns, that's not going to fix something. An exclusive launch might help you for a month or two. Nobody has the answer. It's all connected. I said to one retail CEO, "I want you to give me an empty department store, I want you to give me 365 days, and a black ops team of talent, and let's just go rogue and reinvent a department store." It's a lot easier to do that under one roof than to do that across 800 stores.
PAUL SOLMAN: And the response?
RACHEL SHECHTMAN: And the response was, "I love that idea and I would love to do it, but then we're going to get on an earnings call, and we're taking $50 million to invest in this, while we're laying off 2,000 people."
PAUL SOLMAN: How can you blame Wall Street, when Wall Street loves Amazon, which shows almost no profit at all, ever?
RACHEL SHECHTMAN: There's a difference. Amazon's creating the model. They're inventing, they're innovating, they're creating. Retail, it's the same business model that's been around for 100, 200 years. I just want to be clear, this isn't about playing the blame game. It's not about, it's just Wall Street. I don't want to say that at all, I'm just saying, it's not just the CEO. There's not a simple answer, because it's not a simple problem.
Let's keep in mind, we've never been here before. It's another thing when you're creating a new path and doing something that's never been done before. A lot of what Amazon does do is that. When you look at Macy's, or Neiman Marcus, or Saks, or all of these brick-and-mortar brands, they've been around for a hundred years. They have real estate, they have employees, they have vendors. That's not something that you can turn upside down overnight, it's not that simple. I do think that there's a huge opportunity to create impact at scale. And I think a lot of the answers are going to be about unlikely bedfellows. I think what that means for brands at scale, is finding talent and skill sets that are outside of coloring in the lines of sales per square foot.
PAUL SOLMAN: And so what you're trying to do is to create an in-person experience, where sales, actually taking things out of the store, is only a part of the whole story.
RACHEL SHECHTMAN: Yeah. Also, keep in mind how much our behavior has changed because of technology. We're used to getting new content every second on our devices. I think it takes a lot more to satiate our appetite. Also, I can go within a 10-block radius and find the same black pant in 20 different stores. Then, oh, by the way, I can get it online and receive it tomorrow and it's half the price, so why do I need to go to the store?
PAUL SOLMAN: Right, that's the question we all ask.
RACHEL SHECHTMAN: I think, for us, it's about a narrative and storytelling, and how we can learn, and how we can connect, and how we can be entertained, and how we can consume in a new way.


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Congratulations to Salford's school pupils for their 'astonishing' GCSE results which have bucked the national trend.
This year, 52 per cent of pupils achieved five A-C grades including English and mathematics – an increase of four per cent when compared to last year.
The national trend has shown a sharp decline with the overall proportion of students achieving A to C grades falling by 2.1 per cent and a drop in the numbers gaining C or above in English. The percentage of candidates receiving the top grades has also dropped.
I'd like to congratulate all our young people for their astonishing results – they should be very proud of themselves. A lot of hard work, stress and dedication has gone into achieving these great results.
Nationally the number of candidates receiving a grade C is at its lowest level since 2008 which demonstrates how hard our teaching staff have worked. I hope they are celebrating too!
Life isn't only about exam grades but today's results show we are doing all we can to give young people the best start to life in Salford.
Well done to everyone involved, great day!


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Search Engine Optimization and other web site myths debunked
In 2004, for a public site, you don't need:
Search Engine Optimization firms - most are a rip off (especially reciprocal linking and hiring firms in India, the Philippines and elsewhere to ask people to link to your site. I get requests from these kinds of firms all the time and I ignore them. Here's the link Golden Rule: link unto others as you would have them link unto you. If you link to others who are relevant, others will find you and link to you if you are relevant).
Search Engine Placement Software - manual and automatic placement doesn't work; this kind of software is a waste of time
Metadata tags - Google and other search engines ignore them
Here's what you need at a minimum (lots of other things you can do but we'll save those for a future post):
Clean URLs - no ampersands, no technology specific suffixes (like .asp, .php, .pl, .py, etc.), URLs should be short and legible to people e.g. restaurants.com/burnaby/franksDiner instead of restaurants.com?ridiculousp1=burnaby&ridiculousp2=franksdiner
Relevant, up to date content that is added and maintained regularly- if your site is about "fubars" then write about "fubars". This requires a human editor. As of 2004, there is no automated way to do this. You can display RSS feeds on your side automatically without human intervention, but to find, filter and collate juicy, relevant links still requires a person!
Generate a ping and update an RSS feed every time your site updates so that you will get indexed more often and thereby encourage people to read your site and link to it. (More info about pings and how RSS works in How Blogs work in 7 easy pieces)
And the best way to do the above? Use a blog system (like Blogware, Drupal) of course! Most blog systems don't generate clean URLs but they will. Manila and Drupal do today and more will in the future.
How to connect to Blogware
Bryght lyghts up
PR is dead and blogging killed it
Blogs and RSS revolutionize
Top 10 Reasons
Corporations and PR firms
Blogs enable DIY PR
Jonathan Schwartz
10 great examples
Why Flickr is rapidly
Microsoft trusts its employees
StreamLine announces free blogs
Ross explains the Tucows
Search Engine Optimization
RSS will become part of the lexicon


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My trip was short compared to many that I've read about, however, after 112 days on the road, and 34,000 kms on the speedometer, I felt it was time to come home. The fears that I set out with at the start of the trip, never came to fruition. Minor car troubles were all manageable. The few times I had to pull to the side of the road I had several people stop to offer help – in the middle of the Mojave desert of all places. There are still decent and helpful humans out there, and we are more resilient and resourceful than we give ourselves credit for. If you're dreaming of doing a similar trip, don't let fear be the excuse that stops you.
To keep costs down, I drove my existing car, a Chevy Aveo hatchback, for its great mileage, slept in the car half the time, and bought many meals from grocery stores.
I learned a few things the hard way. Here they are in hopes that I can save you the trouble.
- Learn to use your car's gears, even with an automatic transmission. By keeping your foot on the brake down steep winding mountain roads, you will overheat your brakes. Use second gear for steep, and first gear for really steep. I could smell my overheated brakes from inside of the car and there was steam coming off of them. If this happens, pull over for twenty minutes to allow them to cool.
- Don't overstock perishables. No ice and cooler in a car can withstand the heat of Texas or the deserts of California. I threw away a lot of food in these regions.
- Tint your windows as dark as possible. Less temptation for thieves and you'll be less visible when sleeping in the car. Come sundown, you can't see a thing inside my car.
- Car camp in hotel parking lots. I did a lot of research before the trip on where to park and sleep. I tried a few of the suggestions; Walmart parking lots, truck stops. They were often hard to find, out of the way, and didn't feel safe. Instead I used my GPS to find clusters of hotels outside of big cities and right off the highway.
- The quarter tank rule. Always fill up your gas once you've hit a quarter tank. It'll save you the anxiety of wondering if you're going to run out in a remote area where stations are few and far between i.e. Newfoundland!
- Bike pump. If you wake up to a flat tire on your car due to a slow leak, you can pump it up enough to get you to somewhere to fix it.
- Audiobooks. I love music but I'm bored with it after a few hours of driving. I listened through nine books on this trip.
- Forget most of the "just in case" stuff. I brought extra blankets and toiletries and paper towels etc. in the first couple of weeks I packed half of it and dumped it at a thrift store. It took up too much space in the car and got in the way of me finding other things I actually needed.
- It's not all a party. The road can get lonely, but there are more ups, than downs. Don't let it discourage you from continuing on. My sister and dearest friend Ivanka, dialed me in for a weekly FaceTime call so I could see some of my family along the way.
- Mesh screens and magnets. Will keep the bugs out if you want to keep your car window down while sleeping. Just roll out the screen over your window, on the outside of your car, and extend to the metal frame so you can keep it down with strips of magnets.
- Showering. Probably the most challenging of my daily routine, sometimes I went a few days without. Check with RV Parks and campgrounds. Many will let you use their showers for $5. I also used the showers at GoodLife gyms while in Canada, which I have a membership for. I've read about others using public swimming pool showers and some truck stops have showers.
- Tom Tom GPS App. Couldn't have done the trip without it. I prefer the app over an external GPS device because it will mute my music when giving directions. It's a one time payment for North American Maps with free lifetime updates. All data is stored locally on your phone, therefore available offline.
- Drink lots of water, whether you're thirsty or not. If you're like me and struggle with breathing while hiking at higher elevations, hydration helps. A short mile uphill can become incredibly strenuous at high altitudes.
- Learn to squat pee, ladies. There are some disgusting toilet seats, especially in National Parks, that you do not want to sit on.
- Ear plugs for sleeping in the car, hostels, cheap motels with thin walls.
- Steal ice. I had a tall tupperware container for my small cooler that I filled with ice most days. McDonalds and most gas stations in the USA have self serve pop machines that you can take ice from. The busier the place is, the less the staff will notice you. Trick is to walk in like you own the place, B line for the pop machine, and don't make eye contact!
- Wifi. Never fear, McDonald's is near. I find if you park near the door, you can usually get a pretty strong signal from your car. I even managed to watch a bit of Netflix in the evenings before bed. Also used Starbucks and Tim Horton's.


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School officials are working to recruit a more diverse pool of candidates for teaching and administrative positions in Valley Stream — a community highly regarded for its wide-ranging ethnic student body, which remains almost entirely educated by white people.
"It's not as simple as just go out and recruit," said District 30 Superintendent Nicholas Stirling. "You also have to be brave enough to look at your institution, and your organization as a whole, and to really analyze whether or not: Are there any institutionalized or organizational structures that are in place that hinder the opportunity for people of color to move through a process?"
Valley Stream once had a reputation for being a secluded, mostly white alternative to New York City, but it is now known for its diverse population. Across the U.S., however, the education workforce is largely homogeneous — 82 percent of teachers identify as white, according to the U.S. Department of Education — and Valley Stream is no exception.
Eighty-nine percent of the Central High School District staff identifies as white, as do 95 percent of District 13's, 95 percent of District 24's and 79 percent of District 30's. Identification of professional staff is monitored by each district, and collected on a voluntary basis.
Diversifying education staff is widely believed to provide students with a more authentic experience of society as a whole, but studies have also linked it to academic performance.
Low-income black students who have at least one black teacher in elementary school are significantly more likely to graduate from high school and consider attending college, an April study published by the Institute of Labor Economics concluded. Having at least one black teacher in third through fifth grades reduced a black student's probability of dropping out of school by 29 percent, according to the study. For low-income black boys, specifically, the chance of dropping out fell by 39 percent.
Districts 13 and 30 have both made increasing diversity an explicit Board of Education goal, and have seen success. Stirling, who was an affirmative action officer for the White Plains school district before he came to Valley Stream, said that district officials seek out diversity job fairs as part of recruitment efforts.
"If you have a larger pool of candidates that are within the minority group, then you have a larger chance of actually hiring," he said, "but there's no guarantee to that."
Constance Evelyn, superintendent of District 13, said that diversifying school staff is the board's top priority, and that it plans to host a diversity recruitment fair this year. Since Evelyn assumed the role in 2015, five black teachers and three Hispanic teachers were hired. She and Stirling are both members of the New York State Council of School Superintendents' Committee on Diversity and Inclusivity.
L'Heureux Lewis-McCoy, an associate professor of sociology at City College of New York, said that one of the dangers of having an overwhelmingly white teaching force and a student body predominantly of students of color is that the needs of students and families may go unmet.
For example, he said there exists a portion of misdiagnosed special education students, because teachers misread cultural cues and label them behavioral problems. Lewis-McCoy cited a famous example used by Dr. Russell Skiba, an education professor at Indiana University, in which a black student became frustrated with his white teacher and said that he was going to "bounce." The white teacher misinterpreted the exchange, thinking the boy was going to attack her when he was merely saying that he wanted to leave.
"What it means for a child of color to see a teacher, who comes from their background or a similar background, in front of a classroom, displaying mastery — it sends a signal about what's possible," Lewis-McCoy said.
A changing community
The shift in the demographics of Valley Stream has been relatively abrupt, and nearly impossible for school hiring processes to account for, according to Central High School District Superintendent Bill Heidenreich. Since 2007, the high school district population of white students has dropped by nearly half. The student body is 22 percent white, according to the most recent State Education Department statistics from 2015-16.
Heidenreich said the Board of Education has paid subscription fees to Nassau BOCES to attend diversity job fairs, and has partnered with Queens College and the New York Institute of Technology to gain access to similar networking events.
"While we have much more to do," he said, "our staff is more diverse than they were 14, 10 and even five years ago."
Ed Fale, superintendent of District 24, said he has long been vexed by the lack of minority candidates expressing interest in employment. Despite the district's recruitment efforts, he said, few people of color apply to work there.
Fale and Heidenreich both said they believed that a declining interest in a career in education could be a factor in the districts' struggle to find diverse candidates.
Lewis-McCoy, however, said that more people of color are interested in education than one might think.
"One of the top 10 professions that black male college graduates go into is teaching," he said, citing the research of Howard University professor Ivory Toldson. " … We start to tell ourselves tales of what the numbers actually look like, without looking at the numbers."
Valley Stream's diverse student population has the potential to be attractive to young minority teachers entering the workforce, according to Lewis-McCoy.
"Valley Stream is in a unique position where it does actually have a diverse student body," he said. "Where it actually has schools that are performing well … That's attractive to folks who are often told, your only choice is to teach in the Bronx or to teach in Scarsdale."
What can be done?
School officials in Valley Stream maintain their commitment to diversifying the teaching staff — as well as the administrative and clerical staff.
Stirling said that in District 30, careful attention is given to forming hiring committees that interview candidates, so that the racial and ethnic diversity of the student body is apparent to the potential hire right away.
"And it works the other way," Stirling said. "If you are a Caucasian person, you need to know that there are diverse people in your community that you're applying to."
Lewis-McCoy said that recruiting a diverse candidate pool can be a "huge burden" for those who are not used to it, but there are opportunities for school districts beyond traditional diversity hiring fairs to aid the process.
He recommended that districts seek out partnership opportunities with historically black colleges and universities, and consider provisional credentialing — a method that allows teachers to begin work while pursuing their master's degrees. Many black and Latino students who are accepted by prestigious schools that might look good on a resume, Lewis-McCoy said, cannot afford the higher debt load, and are less likely to attend or complete their certification.
He also recommended alternative certification programs that have a higher concentration of candidates of color, such as Teach for America or New York City Teaching Fellows.
Lewis-McCoy advised that school officials adopt a philosophy of "bottom-up" listening, in which they circumvent the typical channels — board meetings, PTA functions — and investigate what the broader community wants.
"Even though you live in the same space, if you are white in Valley Stream it's different than being black in Valley Stream," he said. "And as obvious as that may seem, one of the things about suburbia is like, when you escape the city, folks are like, 'Well this is the good life.' Well, the good life always has shades of difference."
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The Australian biological parents of twins caught up in a surrogacy scandal in Thailand wanted both babies but the surrogate mother threatened to involve the police and they feared she would keep both children, they said on Sunday. David and Wendy Farnell were speaking publicly for the first time since the story broke more than a week ago of 7-month-old baby Gammy, who has Down's syndrome and is being cared for by his surrogate mother in Thailand.
The couple told Australian television they felt they had little choice but to leave Thailand with Gammy's healthy sister. "We wanted to bring him with us," David Farnell, 56, told the Nine Network's 60 Minutes program. They returned to Australia with Gammy's sister Pipah as the surrogate mother Pattaramon Janbua had told them "if we try to take our little boy, she's going to get the police and she's going to come and take our little girl… and she's going to keep both of the babies," he said.
The couple have been criticized for apparently rejecting the boy, who also has a hole in his heart and is being treated for a lung infection in a Thai hospital. The case has drawn international attention to the lack of regulation of international surrogacy and sparked calls in Australia for an overhaul of laws to cut the number of couples traveling abroad for surrogates.
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Health and Beauty, Fitness
Health and Beauty, Fitness
Beauty Is Health
Believe it or not but it is true: that person is beautiful/handsome who is health and beauty . Even the fashion legend Diane von Furstenberg said, "Beauty is health -- health and beauty". Let me prove it to you.
Good mood. Doctors tend to claim that all of our health problems 85% depend on the amount of stress we undergo: the less stress – the less health problems. However, the situation is double sided: once you have problems with your health you are usually going through pain and have no good mood. Sounds reasonable, does not it? If you are constantly depressed, in pain, do not laugh, do not get the most of your life you tend to cause even more health problems, you old early, thus you look not that attractive as you could.
Internals. When you suffer liver damage, pancreatitis, diabetes or whatever in this area you also do not look good. As a rule all your internal problems are revealed on your face: bad skin condition, dark circles under your eyes, obesity, excess thinness, etc. All these do not add up to health and beauty, do they?
Weight Management. It is considered that skinny women are beautiful. If you are constantly struggling with the problem of extra weight, then sure you have health issues, mainly with your metabolism or heart.
See, how simple everything is once you see the problems of your appearance from the inside.
Women tend to use cosmetics, undergo plastic surgeries, and so on to become more attractive. However, this is a completely wrong approach. What you have to make an emphasis on is your health and inner power and then men will be attracted to you in no time.
Once I read an announcement about a foreign TV project. A famous fashion designer and psychologist was going to launch a show for women who did not consider themselves to be beautiful, he was going to make his best to give them back their self confidence and ability to love themselves as they were. In the course of the interview he made the following comparison: to peacocks. With peacocks as you might know the male is extremely extravagant, with luxurious tail (which may be of tens of different color shades at a time and reaching 1.3 m in diameter) and colors. While his female, known as peahen, is an extremely down to earth bird with no tail and no sparkling coloring of feathers, nothing special at all. But have you ever seen how a peacock tries hard to capture the attention of the beloved?
health and beauty
We have spoiled the man by trying so hard to be better than the neighboring girl, and that is why they are looking for better forms and looks. However, in reality, no matter how fancy you are it is your inner power that can keep Mr. Right. And how are you going to work on your powers if you are feeling unwell?
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Lovely baby bracelet with four small hearts (hollow back). The bracelet is made of .925 silver and is adjustable from 11 cm (from 3 months) to 14 cm (2-4 years). This way your little girl can have extra long fun of it.
♥ The bracelet is 11 cm long, with extra eyes up to 14 centimeters.
♥ Luxurious wrapped in a pink silk jewelry buckle (with silver wiper), equally ready to give gift!
♥ The hearts have a bulky front and a hollow back.
♥ By jewel, KAYA donates an amount so that a child in Gambia can attend school one week (CSR).
♥ Safety: Children under the age of three must always wear jewelry. Never leave a baby or toddler alone with jewelry. Remove the jewelry while playing before going to a bath and of course before sleeping. Children's dresses for the youngest are mainly intended as souvenirs, to wear on special occasions and to save for later.


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No Loose Threads
A varied collection of songs and tunes celebrating the ways music interweaves with life.
SOLD OUT! I do have some extras without cases or graphics, which I can sell at a discount.
What Child Is This?
The story of Christmas told by hammered dulcimer and other instruments.
The Wildflower Garden
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Cornell Plantations produced this short film of the Mundy Wildflower Garden; I provided a score of traditional, classical, and original music. In the Ithaca, NY area, you can view the film at the Macaulay Library; there are currently no plans to offer the DVD for sale to the general public. You can see and hear a bit at Apple's high-definition QuickTime Gallery.
Fiddle, guitar, and hammered dulcimer dance their way through a mostly Celtic mix of tunes.