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Overcome Writer's Block with Hypnotherapy
Writing is an art form that can flow easily. Sometimes life events throw us off track completely hindering our natural creative progression and the words just gradually dissipate from our mind. Hypnosis can help you overcome writer's block because it works at an unconscious level by taking your worries and thoughts away from the ineffective conscious effort of resistance.
The deep relaxation that hypnosis brings, coupled with your own unconscious abilities help you to restart your suppressed writing effortlessly. All your best ideas come from your unconscious, so once you have tapped into the stress that is pressurising your thoughts, you can free yourself and open up your creativity helping the ideas to flow more freely. Even better, you may find that your increased understanding and connection to your creative unconscious improves the quality of your work.
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There are so many elements that make up the decor in a home that lamp shades may be easy to overlook as a design element. Most people may never consider how a lamp shade affects the aesthetic appeal or their home, often throwing a plain and boring shade on for not other reason than shading the harsh light bulb. Lamp shades control the light that illuminates your home, and with so many styles and varieties, these shades can be used to create softer, subdued lighting; or brighter lighting to showcase art or other decor in the room.
A beautiful lamp shade will make an ordinary lamp capture your attention, and turn an exquisitely-designed lamp into a work of art. The same is true of the effect the lamp shade creates with the light. Use a paper lantern style amber lamp shade and the room will be warmer and more inviting. The cheap white shade from Walmart may do little more than make noise in the corner, making the room uninviting.
Wide selections of lamp shades are found at every superstore including Walmart and Target, and higher-end lamp shades are often found at stores like Macy's, Nordstrom's, and Lamps R us. Even more expensive and more elaborate lamp shades are found at higher end furniture stores. The lamp shades you choose should complement the furniture and the fabric of sofas, chairs, and throw pillows; as well as area rugs or flooring. Instead of buying Walmart lamp shades with matching patterns to your furniture, search for interesting shades of color that compliments your pieces. Introducing visually striking elements to a room such as an appealing lamp shade, breaks up the monotony, and draws you in. Light affects our moods and attitudes, so choose carefully, then turn the light on and enjoy the glow.


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All gold lovers will adore this museum in Bogota of Colombia; the Museo del Oro (the Gold Museum) attract visitors from all over the globe. This museum offers a wide range of knowledge and history in gold, metal, platinum, and more.
Explore different regions of Colombia and see how gold and other materials are discovered and used in different time periods. But be prepared to be dazzled at "The Offering Room"! Step inside and wait until the door close behind you. This room gives you a demonstration of how gold was used in Colombian rituals. The presentation starts with pitch darkness, and light slowly glows across the room, revealing a panoramic view of various gold objects, sparkling in dim light.
So many beautiful objects fill this place… but nothing beats the price!! For just $1 US dollar grants to access to all four floors of the museum.
Location: Cra. 6 #1588, Bogotá, Colombia
Opening Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 9am-7pm; Sunday 7am-5pm; Closed Mondays.
Cost: 3,000 Colombian Pesos (aprox. $1USD); Free on Sundays.
Side Note: All the displays in the museum have English captions for tourists
More info: http://www.banrepcultural.org/museo-del-oro


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President Obama remains at least an even bet to win reelection. Democrats are favored to hold on to the Senate — an outcome few prognosticators envisioned at the beginning of the year. And yet, with a little more than a week to go, the party holds almost no chance of winning back the House.
"They called the fight. It's over. We're going to have a House next year that's going to look an awful lot like the last House," Stuart Rothenberg, the independent analyst who runs the Rothenberg Political Report, said.
The outlines of a comeback for Democrats seemed possible. From its opening act, the 112th Congress was dominated by a raucous class of House freshmen who pushed Washington to the brink of several government shutdowns and almost prompted a first-ever default on the federal debt. It became the most unpopular Congress in the history of polling and, by some measures, the least productive.
Analysts cite several factors why the Democrats haven't been able to take advantage. First was a redistricting process that made some Republicans virtually impervious to a challenge and re-election more difficult for about 10 Democrats. A few Democratic incumbents have stumbled in their first competitive races in years. And Republicans have leveraged their majority into a fund-raising operation that has out-muscled the Democrats.
That means that regardless of who wins the White House, the Republican caucus of Speaker John A. Boehner (Ohio) will remain a critical player in the coming showdowns over tax and spending cuts. Such a result will have defied the chorus of prognosticators who saw so many of these inexperienced freshmen as beneficiaries of blind political luck — swept up in the 2010 wave of sentiment against Obama and presumably poised to be swept back to sea when the tide went out this November.
First among those critics was Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), labeled the "face of defeat" after overseeing the loss of 63 seats two years ago. Defying recent precedent, Pelosi gave up the speaker's gavel but stayed on as party leader. She vowed that "the tea party Congress" was so unpopular that Democrats would ride Obama's coattails back to the majority.
Now, with a second straight election about to leave Democrats in the minority, Pelosi, 72, has not signaled whether she will remain in office. She delayed her leadership elections until after Thanksgiving, prompting more speculation about her future than about next year's House majority.
Rothenberg predicted modest gains for Democrats of about a handful of seats, a symbolic victory but well short of Pelosi's "Drive to 25" for the net gain needed for the majority. Privately, Democrats do not dispute those estimates but contend the gains will set the stakes for a 2014 campaign in which they will shoot for the majority, particularly if Mitt Romney wins the presidency and is facing his first midterm election.
Republicans, however, believe they have used congressional redistricting to shore up enough of their seats to remain in power for years to come. Rather than aggressively seek more seats, Boehner's leadership team counseled Republican-led state legislatures to fortify those Republicans already serving on Capitol Hill.
The result has been that House Republicans start off with 190 districts that have a historic performance safely in their corner, while Democrats begin with just 146 such districts, according to an analysis by the independent Cook Political Report.
That leaves just 99 districts viewed as regularly competitive, an all-time low. Democrats will likely have to carry 72 of those 99 seats to reach the bare majority of 218.
"That's a really bad omen for Democrats, not just this year but in future years," said David Wasserman, the House editor for the Cook report.
Though more than 80 GOP freshmen are standing for reelection, just two dozen are facing tough challenges and only 15 are in significant danger of losing. Take Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.), whose 2010 victory over a Hispanic Democratic incumbent defied the odds because the district was nearly 75 percent Latino. Legislators drew him into a new district running north of Corpus Christi along the Gulf of Mexico, which tilts 60 percent toward Republicans.
Rather than a one-hit wonder, Farenthold, 50, could now serve in Congress for decades to come.
Similarly, the Philadelphia suburbs have served as political ground zero for past House majority battles. In 2006, the National Republican Congressional Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent a combined $5 million battling over the 7th Congressional District to the west of Philadelphia, followed by another $1.3 million in 2010.
Now, that district snakes across five suburban counties, encompassing the most Republican-leaning sectors of each, allowing freshman GOP Rep. Patrick Meehan to cruise to re-election.
Neither party committee is devoting resources to the Philadelphia media market for the first time in more than 20 years. With a delegation that boasted a dozen Democrats two years ago, Pennsylvania will send five or six Democrats to the House next year depending on Democratic Rep. Mark Critz's tight battle outside Pittsburgh.
Democrats have put a few high profile tea-party lawmakers on the defensive. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), whose confrontational style made him a YouTube sensation and a regular on Fox News, is running behind in his suburban Chicago district.
In Florida, Rep. Allen West (R), a former Army lieutenant colonel, moved north of his previous Palm Beach-based district but still faces stiff competition, even as he declines to tone down his rhetoric.
"It's about two different ideologies going forward. It's the opportunity society against the dependency society. It's the constitutional republic against a socialist egalitarian nanny state," the conservative icon, one of just two black Republicans in Congress, said in an interview in St. Lucie.
Beyond the freshmen, Republican Reps. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) and Steve King (Iowa) are fighting for their political lives. Bachmann's Quixotic presidential campaign left her open to charges of ignoring her district. King is facing Christie Vilsack, the wife of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, a still-popular former governor. She is also focusing on local issues rather than King's national conservative platform.
"If you're truly focused on the people of your district, if you're making it local, you should be concerned about the 750,000 not about the ideology that my opponent is talking about," Vilsack said in a recent interview.
Democrats believe that such high-profile victories could send a signal that hyper-partisanship is not the route to reelection, giving hope for more bipartisan work in 2013.
Kane reported from Pennsylvania, O'Keefe reported from Florida and Iowa


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The head of the district government of the Indonesian island of Nias has expressed his gratitude for Taiwan's decision to sponsor 3,000 children in Nias, which was hit by a devastating earthquake in March after being hit by tsunamis last December.
The Bupati of Nias expressed his heartfelt thanks to Taiwan while meeting with a delegation of aid workers headed by Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍), a former Government Information Office chief who now leads a "10,000 Hopes" project to help 10,000 children orphaned in the tsunami disaster caused by a magnitude 9 earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26 last year.
Lin said the "10,000 Hopes" commission will cooperate with World Vision International, a Christian relief organization, to assist victims on Nias.
Under the World Vision arrangement, Lin's mission inspected disaster zones on Nias' east and west coasts and in mountainous regions on Sunday and Monday to get first-hand information about the devastation and the needs of children and their families.
Lin said the "10,000 Hopes" commission will earmark NT$108 million (US$3.43 million) over the next three years to help 3,000 children on Nias to complete basic school education. The fund will also be used to build 20 schools and finance vocational training programs for the schoolchildren's parents to improve their living conditions.
Lin said the first installment of the financial aid will be remitted to World Vision's Nias chapter after his return to Taiwan in line with an agreement with the charitable organization. According to World Vision officials, 80 percent of the funding for relief projects on Nias has come from Taiwan.
Taiwan has spent or committed to spend a total of US$87.8 million on relief aid for countries affected by the tsunami disaster of last December.


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The Most Magical Leggings Ever + a Q&A with Sara Blakely
Remember life before Spanx?
I try to block it out.
Well, the beloved tummy-tucking, thigh-thinning, ass-boosting, man-repelling shapewear has just released its new Star Power collection, and it…is…powerful.
The leggings are made of some magical material that makes you look like the lower-body hybrid of Pippa Middleton and Gisele.
I mean, you can't even tell the difference between the Victoria's Secret Angel and me, right? It's crazy!
I'm sporting the Tout & About Shaping leggings ($48) and they feel like a second skin, plus they have a super-high waist (read: muffin top minimizer) that you can wear all the way up past your belly button or roll down like I did above. I'm also very intrigued by the Dress to Slimpress leather and suede styles; not that I need leather or suede accents to justify wearing "leggings as pants" (as the haters say), because I WILL wear leggings anytime, anywhere and proud of it. They ARE pants, people.
For you Atlanta ladies, the Star Power launch party is this Saturday, August 17 at Macy's at Lenox Square! You can meet (and praise) Sara Blakely herself as well as the fab Jessica Dauler, score swag bags (get there early for those bad boys), win giveaways, see a Star Power fashion show (ummm, why didn't they ask me to be in it….?), buy those leggings (duh), get complimentary MAC makeup touchups, and much more. Click HERE for all the deets; and disregard the "at capacity" thing; it's an open event and Macy's is just
blowing smoke referring to the fashion show VIP seating.
With the hosiery queen in ATL, I figured it was time to ambush her with my burning questions. See what she has to say about magic, makeup, and making it big.
1. Ok, the Star Power leggings. What the F do they have in them that make them so magical? Fairy dust?!
It's the magic of SPANX! We are committed to using the most innovative shaping solutions that deliver dramatic results…with a comfortable fit. Our fashion forward products give Star Power its stylish edge.
I am a beauty junkie at heart–picking five is hard! I love dry shampoo because it gives me an extra day to go without washing my hair. I like Sally Hansen Airbrush Spray Tan because it evens out my skin tone and you can pick it up at any drugstore. I get my eyelashes tinted black so I don't have to wear mascara, but I like to put a clear gloss on them to make them really stand out. I wear Jan Marini sunscreen every day—I love how lightweight it is. And I love a bold lip, so I wear Estee Lauder lipstick in Fig and swipe a clear gloss over it for shine.
3. How do you stay fit? (We know that physique isn't ALL Spanx).
I like to warm up with a walk to a jog, and then move to a run toward the end. I try to keep my heart rate up during the majority of the workout and often use just body weight as resistance, as well as bands and light dumbbells or medicine balls. I like to mix it up with circuit workouts and the occasional spontaneous dance off, where I can just break it down to a song and really keep my heart rate up. But my favorite activity is going to Mommy & Me yoga class with my son.
4. Bringing new meaning to child's pose. What's your woman weakness(es) that you splurge on?
I splurge on experiences for friends and family. When I started Spanx, my first fashion splurge was buying two front row tickets to the John Galliano fashion show in Paris (at a charity event), and I took my mom.
5. I love that. I know you get this ALL the time, but can you give a few nuggets of advice for aspiring female entrepreneurs?
Don't be afraid to fail! Growing up, my dad encouraged us to fail. At the dinner table, he would ask us what we failed at that day. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome; it is not trying. To me, failure is life's way of nudging you to keep on the right path.
Also, don't quit your day job. It took me two years from the time I had the idea for Spanx until the time I had a product in hand ready to sell to stores. While I was investing my $5,000 worth of savings into Spanx, I held onto my day job until I had landed accounts with Neiman Marcus and Saks. I worked on Spanx at night, during lunch, and on weekends, so I advise aspiring entrepreneurs to keep their day jobs as long as possible for financial security.
6. What's the last thing that inspired you?
Last year, I met a young, aspiring entrepreneur named Veronika Scott at the Forbes Philanthropy Summit. At the time, she was finishing college and had just founded The Empowerment Plan. Today, she employs homeless women in Detroit to make coats that turn into sleeping bags, which are then distributed to homeless people all over the city and beyond. I was so inspired by her, I flew her to Atlanta and she spoke about her journey to the entire company.
7. Very cool. Ok, final question! What's your favorite Spanx product(s)? Or is that like picking a favorite child?
Right now I'm loving our new Star Power Dress to Slimpress and Tout & About Shaping Leggings. They are stylish, slimming and perfect for fall.
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- "Timmy Needs A Bath"
- "Sticky Timmy"
- "Tidy Timmy"
- "Timmy Goes Camping"
- "Timmy The Artist"
We watched Timmy Time as a family. This is a really cute show with no talking. In the first episode Timmy Time Timmy Needs a Bath, Timmy gets all muddy while playing outside. As all the other children go inside to eat their lunch Timmy is to take a bath, but there are interruptions. Timmy goes inside, getting mud all over his lunch and his friends. It is funny as all the episodes of Timmy getting sticky and getting messy while painting.
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Free Download Cambridge IELTS Books Series 1-14
"Cambridge IELTS Collection (1-14) Cambridge ESOL Intermediate, Upper-intermediate, Advanced Including in the package: Cambridge IELTS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 Student's Book with Answers This collection of practice material for the International English Language Testing system (IELTS) has been specially prepared for publication by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate. It provides students with an excellent opportunity to familiarize themselves with IELTS and to practice examination techniques using authentic test material. Cambridge IELTS contains complete tests for Academic candidates, plus extra Reading and Writing modules for General Training candidates. The book includes an introduction to these different modules together with an explanation of the scoring system used by Cambridge ESOL. The inclusion of a comprehensive section of answers and tapescripts means that the material is ideal for students working partly or entirely on their own. The cassettes contain material for the listening paper in the same timed format as the exam.
- Cambridge Practice Tests for IELTS Series (1 – 14) Student's Book with Answers with Audio
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* Contains complete tests, plus extra Reading and Writing modules for General Training candidates providing ample exam practice for both Academic and General Training candidates.
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* Contains a helpful introduction outlining the IELTS format and its scoring ensuring students and teachers have a thorough understanding of what the exam is all about. All books are in PAPERPACKS and it is supplied with Physical Media (CD/ DVD)"
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The Cambridge IELTS Books series 1 through to 14 are excellent resources to help you have some real practice for the IELTS test.
The books are excellent for exam practice as each book contains four authentic past IELTS examination papers from Cambridge ESOL.
There are answer keys included and the listening CDs.
There are a total for four complete tests for those taking the academic part of the exam plus extra reading and writing modules for IELTS General Training.
The books also explain the scoring system. Also useful is the fact that the books have the full transcripts of the listening texts.
The books also have some Band 8.0+ model answers with band scores for IELTS writing tests (with explanations of why the writing got the score that it did) for some tests.
Note though that the books DO NOT provide methods or teaching. They are just practice materials.
You can also download the latest editions of Cambridge IELTS series: Cambridge IELTS 10 , Cambridge IELTS 11, Cambridge IELTS 12, Cambridge IELTS 13, Cambridge IELTS 14.
The Cambridge Books listed below are all the Self-study Pack versions with student's Book with answers and 2 Audio CDs.
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First, a brief update on our RTW itinerary: We're here until 02JAN, then in central and southern Vietnam until 14JAN. We're going to spend a week in Cambodia focusing on the temples at Angkor Wat, then a month in Thailand. It's time to slow down and relax more and I think Thailand will be the perfect place. Afterward, we'll spend a few weeks minimum in India; longer if Greg doesn't hate it! :) Then on to Europe...
2010 represents the year I finally started living my dream. True, those of you who know me well also know that I've never been one to follow the mainstream. It has taken a lot of hard work and trial and error to get to where I am today. For me, happiness is never measured by financial or material wealth but by life experiences. Of course, I love my family and I've even had jobs that I loved for a time, but nothing compares to how alive I feel when I'm traveling in an unfamiliar place. In the past, many of my most memorable experiences are from times when I was alone. Sharing this trip around the world with Greg has been both challenging and rewarding. Thankfully, it's mostly rewarding!
As I look forward into the new year and beyond, I hope for continued (reasonably) good health and for the courage to continue creating my own path in life. I have no idea what will happen when we eventually do return to the U.S., but I have to believe that everything will fall into place as it always has. I refuse to consider the alternative!
Here are a few photos of us from 2010:
|loving the beer in our "new" hometown of Portland, OR
|sharing good times with "old" friends in Nashville, TN
|touring Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons, Wyoming
|feeding roos on Kangaroo Island, Australia
|walking on the Great Wall in China
|enjoying dinner in Istanbul, Turkey with my mom and stepdad
|riding camels at the Giza Pyramids, Egypt
|celebrating Greg's birthday in Wadi Rum, Jordan
|on safari in Tanzania
|riding an elephant in Luang Prabang, Laos


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Brahms ein Deutsches Requiem
Brahms carried the great death mass with German lyrics – Ein deutsches Requiem – with him for a long time before he finally completed it in 1866. It also became his true breakthrough as a significant composer. The idea for a requiem had started to grow in him as early as in the mid-1850s, but it wasn't until his own mother died ten years later that he returned to the theme.
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach conductor
Sofie Asplund soprano
Peter Mattei baryton
Göteborgs Symfoniska Kör
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KEY BISCAYNE – Less than two years ago, Johanna Konta was outside the top 150 on the WTA Tour.
Work ethic, perseverence, increasing belief – and a tour that is currently offering a TON of opportunities to improve one's status – and she will be No. 7 in the world Monday.


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Midi dresses and midi skirts are lifesavers when it comes to winter fashion. In fact, during the cold months you tend to always wear the same thing: big sweater and jeans or black tights and dresses. Midi dresses and midi skirts can completly change your winter fashion because you can do really interesting looks.
How to style midi skirts in winter ?
The secret to style midi skirts in winter is to start your look by choosing your midi skirt. Your midi skirt is the key piece of your look. Don't be afraid to choose a midi skirt out of the box!
All those outfits have a statement midi skirt. As your midi skirt is the key piece of your look, you need to be more classic and basic for the rest. It is important to balance your outfit in order to don't turn things the wrong way. For example, your midi skirt is a statement piece so you need to wear a basic top like a plain color tshirt or sweater. Also, you need to choose simple shoes like black boots or pumps or even white sneakers. It's all about balance.
how to style midi dresses in winter?
As well as midi skirts, midi dresses are in this winter. You can style them different ways. For a classic and chic look you can wear them with heels and a fancy coat. For a more confy and casual outfit, you can style them with low boots and black tights.
As you can see, it's all about mixing textures and balacing styles to have a polished look. Don't be afraid to wear a fancy dress with white sneakers! Fashion it's all about taking some risks!
Now, I am going to show the day outfit that I wore in Geneva. I styled a midi dress with boots and black tights. It was cold so I needed to dress warm.
I really like to wear this outfit because it is warm and confortable so it is perfect for the winter time. I hope you've enjoyed this post! Leave me a coment to tell me what is your favorite outfit in winter!


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Last Friday, Jay Yarow at Business Insider reported the following tantalizing nugget:
"Apple made $1 billion off Google last year by having it as the default search engine in Safari, says Macquarie analyst Ben Schachter in a note this morning."
Fascinating. But also not true.
I might just let this slide, except you can see how quickly this number has been spread around the Web in a few days, and has largely been accepted as a concrete fact.
I called Schachter on Monday to discuss the note that Yarow cites, and the analyst emphasized that the figures were rough guesses to make a larger point about the relationship between Apple and Google. More on that in a moment.
Indeed, even in his note, which was the source of the figure, Schachter writes of his calculations (and which Yarow cites but at the end of the post): "we acknowledge that this could be high."
That thought struck me the first time I read the $1 billion figure. It just seemed too large. This figure quickly gained a lot of attention because the nature of Apple's and Google's relationship remains largely secret. Though it is of increasing interest. Indeed, on Tuesday, Bloomberg reported that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission had subpoenaed Apple as part of an anti-trust investigation of Google:
"The U.S. Federal Trade Commission subpoenaed Apple Inc. (AAPL) as part of its antitrust probe of Google Inc. (GOOG), seeking information on how the computer maker uses the search engine on the iPhone and iPad, two people familiar with the matter said.
The agency's request for documents includes the agreements that made Google the preferred search engine on Apple's mobile devices, said the people, who weren't authorized to speak publicly and declined to be identified. Google rivals such as Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) have criticized these agreements as anticompetitive."
Back to that figure. It does highlight some important issues that most average people probably don't know. The main one being that Google gets some portion (we don't know how much) of its traffic through exclusive distribution deals. In other words, it pays organizations like Mozilla or Apple to be the default search engine on their browsers. It also pays companies like MySpace and AOL for similar positions.
In his note, Schachter notes, correctly, that Google disclosed that it paid about $1.5 billion in 2011 on such distribution deals, something that appears in its annual report under the heading of "traffic acquisition costs." But that is all Google will tell you about this topic.
Indeed, Google has fought the U.S. Securities and Exchange on disclosing more on this topic. Back in 2009, the SEC sent Google a series of letters asking why it didn't break down the distribution number to let investors see how much it was paying each distribution partner. Google essentially said it wasn't information investors needed:
"We believe that it is most appropriate to aggregate access points on a pooled basis for impairment testing. In any event, it would be unwieldy and ultimately highly inefficient to separately account for each of the over [CONFIDENTIAL** **CONFIDENTIAL] access points based on individual usage data.
You can see the series of letters from Google here and the SEC here. Eventually, the SEC elected not to pursue the matter.
But there are a couple of interesting things to note about that exchange. For instance, Google acknowledged that it does not necessarily make money on all these deals:
"We know that we will pay for many access points that will realize little or no revenue. At the time of entering into an agreement, we have no way of knowing which access points will realize revenue and which will not, but we must pay for all of them."
There was some belief that Google was probably losing money on its MySpace deal. But then, in 2010, Google renewed the deal to the surprise of many. Why would Google keep paying for traffic in a deal where it was losing money? And indeed, why would it pay $300 million to Mozilla even though the share of its Firefox browser is in decline?
If one were cynical, one might suppose it is to keep the traffic out of the hands of competitors. And that may be exactly what the FTC is exploring.
Now, let's go back to Schachter's numbers. Schachter sent me a copy of his note. Of that $1.5 billion in distribution costs:
"For modelling purposes, we assume that Apple represented ~66% of this TAC (though we acknowledge that this could be high), or $1bn.
While I'm betting that Google pays Apple a lot, I still find it unlikely that it accounts for two-thirds of its $1.5 billion in distribution payments. The actual amount is something we just don't know, nor do we know how many of these deals Google has.
But Schachter also assumes that Google is making $335 in net revenue on its partnership with Apple. I don't think we can even assume that. After all, there were rumors that Apple might move to Bing, and you have to believe that Microsoft was putting in a competitive bid for that spot on Safari.
But Schachter's next line is likely spot on:
"Notably, mobile/Apple revenue is among its fastest growing revenue drivers."
And this goes the heart of the larger point of his note. At the moment, Google and Apple might be heated rivals. Who can forget Steve Jobs' quote in his recent biography:
"I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong. I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this."
Juicy, but for now, the companies also need each other. Apple needs Google's search experience because it remains the best. Google needs the traffic it gets from Apple devices because they are growing so fast.
It's worth noting, for those who have always been unclear about the importance of Android, why it's so strategically important to Google. Just imagine if Apple had the same smartphone share as it did on tablets. Now think about how much more Google would have to pay for that search position. While Android doesn't generate direct revenue, another way to think about its business value is that it saves Google hundreds of millions of dollars every year.
It's also why Google desperately needs Android tablets to start making a dent in the iPad marketshare at some point. If Apple continues to dominate tablets, its leverage over Google will continue to grow in the coming years. Apple probably still can't just dump Google, and it seems unlikely that Siri will be robust enough to challenge Google search any time soon.
Still, given the growing intensity of the rivalry between these two Silicon Valley superpowers, Schachter says that Google has to be concerned about either being cut off one day or forced to pay astronomical fees to maintain its search position on Apple's tablets and smartphones as the balance of power tilts.
"They've become a bigger driver of traffic to Google," Schachter said. "Apple doesn't put Google there to help Google. They want to drive more usage of their phones and a better experience.
"The question going forward is: How much do you want to help your direct competitor?"


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Premier League teams fare worst in giving youth a chance
When it comes to giving youth a chance, the English Premier League is at the bottom of the table out of the big five leagues.
Data released by CIES, a dedicated statistics analysis company, shows that footballers under 21 years of age played only 5.3% of minutes this season in the Premier League.
Top of the league for giving young players a chance was the French Ligue 1 division with 12.1% of minutes played by under 21-year-olds.
The numbers
The stats cover England, Germany, Spain, France and Italy. Of the clubs in each of these leagues, Liverpool had the highest percentage of U21 players in England with 19.8% compared to the highest in France of 34.6% from Champions League quarter-finalists, AS Monaco.
Valencia were the highest users of young players in Spain with 25.5%, Empoli in Italy with 23.3% and Bayer Leverkusen in Germany had 23.1%.
None of the named teams with a prominent use of young players won their respective leagues, in fact, Monaco were the highest placed team, finishing third in Ligue 1.
Surprisingly, the success of La Liga champions and Champions League finalists, Barcelona, renowned developers of young players through the famous La Masia academy, has come with U21's playing less than 2% of minutes, likewise at Juventus, proving that experience is crucial in a team.
Managerial pressure
One reason for the low turnout of under 21's in England could be attributed to the pressure that managers are under. With the huge fortunes at stake in the modern game, especially in the Premier League, very few managers have the luxury of giving youth a chance and instead stick with seasoned professionals.
The statistics also go to show how far behind England as a nation is in giving youth a chance. The reluctance to do so at club level has hindered the national team, as seen with poor showings at the World Cup and European Championship in recent times.
A lot of talk about the character of players was an argument for underachieving, as well as the talent being produced. Maybe more faith from managers in giving youth a chance would be a good step in the right direction.
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India Ratings has counted the developer's high value ready inventory in Bandra-Kurla Complex, sustained high profitability, moderate financing risk and low execution risk for ongoing projects as key drivers for the rating.
The developer has five major ongoing projects that are strategically located across Mumbai mainly in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Goregaon (West), Borivali (East), Andheri (East) and Airoli. These projects are likely to contribute approximately 85-90% to sales and collections over 2016-17 to 2019-20, India Ratings said.
The company's BKC project, has ready-for-sale inventory, of which more than 70% is sold out. Further, the company has 23 acres of land parcel in Goregaon, on which it has launched two projects Sunteck Avenue 1 and 2 on 7 acres and has three upcoming projects on the remaining area.
Sunteck Realty generated high EBITDA margins of over FY14-FY16 (FY16: 31.8%, FY15: 44.2%, FY14: 30.1%) owing to increased contribution from the BKC project, which commands high margins in its ultra-luxury and luxury segments. In the near-to-medium term, the ratings agency expects profitability to remain at the current level as the BKC, Goregaon, Airoli, Andheri and Borivali projects are likely to contribute approximately 85-90% to the top-line over FY17-FY19.
India Ratings added that the company acquires land parcels either through closed auctions conducted by government agencies, outright purchase from corporate players or through joint development agreements which help keep its land price under check. The company prefers to execute projects outside Mumbai through joint development agreements.
Sunteck Realty's joint ventures are with Piramal Group in a 50:50 partnership. The Piramal Group is also a minority stakeholder in the BKC project. The company's strategy is to monetise land in 12-18 months' time period. It has approvals/clearances for all its ongoing projects, thus protecting its near-to-medium term cash flows from any delay in statutory clearances/approvals, the ratings agency said.
Sunteck Realty sold Rs 550 crore of inventory in 2015-16, which was lower than India Ratings' expectation due to delay in receipt of commencement of construction certificate for Signia Waterfront project, pending Oshiwara District Centre notification for Sunteck City, Goregaon project, and lower-than-expected sales for Andheri, Borivali and Nagpur projects. This resulted in weak cash collections of Rs 480 crore in 2015-16.
Until 2015-16, Sunteck Realty has sold about 46% of the total launched 3.5 million sq ft and incurred 80% of the project cost (construction costs, and FSI), while it collected 72% of the total sales value. With all approvals/clearances in place in India Ratings' base case, the company is likely to have generated collections of Rs 650 crore in 2016-177 and intends to generate Rs 820 crore and Rs 1,460 crore in 2017-18 and 2018-19, respectively, India Ratings said.
As on March 2016, the developer achieved cumulative sales of around Rs 3,710 crore from its ongoing projects and collected Rs 2,670 crore as advances from customers, against the tied-up sales. According to the ratings agency, The company is yet to incur construction and FSI cost of Rs 750 crore for its ongoing projects. Although the land cost is fully paid-off, the FSI cost for the Goregaon project will be incurred during the course of the project.
As of April 2017, Sunteck Realty had an unutilized bank facility of approximately Rs 100 crore. Additionally, the company's working capital utilisation during the 12 months ended December 2016 was low at around 15-25%, India Ratings added.


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Department/Office InformationWomen's Studies, LGBTQ Studies
I am a transborder scholar with interests in queer Chicana, Mexicana, and Latin American transborder activism and art. Through my research I examine the cultural, aesthetic, and political practices of feminist and queer artists within 20th and 21st century U.S. Latina/o and Latin American social movements.
My specialties include Chicana/ Latina visual and performance art, U.S. Latina and Latin American feminisms, transnational gender and sexuality studies, transnational and decolonial feminisms, including Xicana indigenous feminisms.
I hold a Ph.D. and M.A. in Chicana and Chicano Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a Master of Arts in Teaching and a B.A. in History from Occidental College. As a bi-nationally trained scholar, I was a UC MEXUS Fellow and Visiting Scholar in Gender Studies at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). I also completed a Specialization in Mexican Art History through UNAM's Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas.
My interest in queer Chicana/Latina feminist art activism grows out of my work as a founding member of various queer women of color organizations in Los Angeles. While living and studying in Mexico City I became interested in documenting the transborder networks and archives that connect queer Chicana and Mexican lesbian feminist artivists across the border.
- PhD, Chicana and Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2014
- MA, Chicana and Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2007
- Master of Arts in Teaching, Occidental College, 2000
- BA, History, Occidental College, 1998
- Introduction to Women's Studies
- Feminist Methodologies: Theory & Praxis
- Queer Latina Visualities: Art, Theory, and Resistance
- Communities & Identities: Mexico
- Biography and Autobiography in Chicana/Latina Cultural Production
- Women of Color: Race, Class, Ethnicity
- Chicana Art and Feminism
- U.S. Third World feminisms, decolonial feminisms
- Feminist & queer methodologies, Chicana, Latina, & Latin American feminisms
- Queer Chicana Latina art
- Transborder cultural studies
- Colgate University Research Council, Major Grant, 2017-2018
- UC MEXUS Dissertation Research Grant, 2012
- Humanities and Social Science Research Grant, 2012
- Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship, 2010-2011
- National Science Foundation UC DIGSSS Summer Research Fellowship, 2010
- Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, 2006-2007
- "It's Not About the Virgins in my Life, Its About the Life in my Virgins," in Our Lady of Controversy: Alma López's Irreverent Apparition, Alicia Gaspar de Alba and Alma López, eds. University of Texas Press, Chicana Matters Series, April 2011:165-194.
- "Locating A Transborder Archive of Queer Chicana Feminist and Mexican Lesbian Feminist Art," Feminist Formations, (forthcoming, 2017).
- "Decolonial Aesthetics in Mexican and Xicana Fiber Art: The Art of Consuelo Jiménez Underwood and Georgina Santos," book chapter for Consuelo Jiménez Underwood: Art, Weaving and Vision, Laura E. Pérez, ed. (under review).
Deconstructing the Nation: Queer and Feminist Art in Mexican and Chicana/o Social Movements.
In my present book manuscript, Deconstructing the Nation: Queer and Feminist Art in Mexican and Chicana/o Social Movements, I use ethnography, artist interviews, archival research, and visual analyses to examine the interventions made by queer Chicana feminist and Mexican lesbian feminist artists in post-1960s social movements. In addition to analyzing visual art, performance, and literature by contemporary Mexican and Chicana artists, I examine transnational encuentros that link U.S. Latina and Latin American art and activist communities across the border. This book also investigates the artistic influence that Chicana feminist art has exerted in Mexico in order to chart the course of transborder cultural exchanges that flow in multiple directions across the border thus challenging the idea that postcolonial/decolonial cultural practices can be understood as geographically bounded and separate cultural, political and economic entities.


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British Fly Fair International 2020
Held in association with Fly Fishing and Fly Tying
Staffordshire County Showground ST18 0BD
8th and 9th February
9.30am – 4.30pm
The UK's Premier Fly Fishing Show
Charles Jardine will be at BFFI 2020 – great to see him back at the show. He will be demonstrating his artistic skills with some live painting demonstrations.
Ample Free Parking
As in previous years we will add to the website as information becomes available and as tyers/exhibitors confirm their attendance.
Over 80 individual exhibitors this year including quality tackle, fishing holidays, organisations, bring and buy tackle stand
and the largest selection of fly tying materials at any UK show.
The famous International Fly Tying Rows with over 50 demonstrators from across the globe.
Fly Tying in Focus Theatre with live demos on the big screen
Fly Fair Forum Theatre with thought provoking presentations
Fly Tying Clinic for all fly tying queries
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We traded our bikes for walking shoes and spent the rest of our time prowling the streets of Florence. In a day, we chalked up 8 miles. We were on a mission to buy the things we wanted but didn't want to carry on our bikes. Plus, we had the chore of packing our bikes.
We returned to the olive oil shop we visited on the Foodie's Tour. It is located in the tiny Piazza del Limbo, where there's a plaque marking the water level (about 13 feet), when in November 1966, the rising waters of the Arno River flooded Florence.
We spent 45 minutes in hardware store waiting to be served; you take a ticket, like in a deli, and wait until it's your turn. There, we had a found a "chitarra" to make pasta and so, we waited.
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OK I know it's not usual Generation Bass fare but I'm still massively on a disco/house mission so this week's mixxxtapes are all along that theme… Alfresco Disco's Tom Hodgson opens with some chunky freeparty disco house / Repeater brings some cosmic Italo action / Seka comes with some more techy house vibes
(on a totally non-disco related tip, catch me spinning cumbia in Bath tonight)
Tom Hodgson
This dude played a frankly heroic set at my wedding, on the decks for about 8 hours or something ridiculous. And it was near impossible to get him off them 😀 Lush, chunky freeparty house from one of the dudes behind Alfresco Disco.
Tracklist is on the way, I'll post it when I get it.
via New Worck, repeater brings us 90 minutes of spaced out cosmic Italo disco, interspersed at expertly chosen moments with big uplifting cheesy vocal tunes. Absolutely love the Washing Machine tune.
The Love Supreme – Tiefferre (Tirk)
Mushrooms Project – Phalcon Crest (Bear Funk)
Alien Alien – Sambaca (Slow Motion)
Crimea X – 10pm (Hell Yeah)
The Heels Of Love – Slow (Nang)
Marcello Giordani – Chubby Rain (Slow Motion)
Clap Rules – Pericoloso (Bear Funk)
Golden Bug & Rodion Feat Lavinia Claws – Washing Machine (Bang Gang)
Luminodisco – Questo Amore Splendido (Danny Was A Drag King)
Enzo Ponzio – Electroboogie (Pizzico Nobel)
Johnny Paguro – Igadadadoo (Pizzico Nobel)
Jadoo Feat. Hard Ton – Voodoo Love (Danny Was A Drag King)
Nassau – Errol Flynn (Club Edit) (TBM)
Bottin – Galli (Give It Up) (Eskimo)
Nic 2 Birilli – Boogie Ornella (Pizzico Nobel)
Ajello Feat Hart Ton – Chocolate Black Leather (Danny Was A Drag King)
Tobor Experiment Disco Experience – Guitar Voodoo (Bear Funk)
Brioski – Radio Anatomy (Nang)
Marco Antonio Spaventi – Partire Ritornare (Pizzico Nobel)
Out Of City – Phobos (Lipservice)
Rotary Disco 76 – Cotillon (Disco Volante)
Billy Bogus – Disco Lambro '76 (Mad On The Moon)
Repeater – Corrodromo (Duplikat)
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2. Iron Curtis – Goma
3. Homework – I'm Into This (Michael Gracioppo Remix)
4. Jaffa Surfa – Pimpin'
5. James Braun – OD
6. Seka – Beluga
7. Wally Lopez & Ismael Rivas – Save Love (Danny Serrano & Hector Couto Remix)
8. Andre Butano, Miguel Lobo – Brunch
9. Tapesh, Albert Marzinotto – Will You
10. Dave Kurtis – Sundari (Loko Remix)
11. Tim Green – Lemon
12. David Keno – Stars Above
13. &ME – Glaced
14. Subb-an – This Place
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Maurice Tempelsman is one of the top funders of the Democratic Party who has funded Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Templesman was the unofficial ambassador to the Congo (Zaire) for years, but a new Israeli-American tycoon has replaced him. In the world of bling bling and bling bang, some things change, some stay the same. The CIA, the MOSSAD, the big mining companies, the offshore accounts and weapons deals—all hidden by the Western media. The holocaust in Central Africa has claimed some six to ten million people in Congo since 1996, with 1500 people dying daily.1 But while the Africans are the victims of perpetual Holocaust, the persecutors hide behind history, complaining that they are the persecuted, or pretending they are the saviors. Who is responsible?


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Hollywood, California – Virgin/EMI is pleased to announce September 28 as the North American release date for David Bowie's hugely influential 1976 album, Station To Station, in two expanded packages: a 3CD Special Edition and a limited edition 5CD, DVD (Audio) and three 180gram vinyl LP Deluxe Edition. Both new editions include the original album, remastered from the analogue master, and the much-bootlegged, but previously unreleased concert favorite, Live Nassau Coliseum '76, as well as new liner notes by Cameron Crowe.
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Finn is an absolutely stoic war horse. And he finished his well-deserved let down and with 58 starts and still retired sound. He is a true gentleman who is the first to greet you in the pasture and boy does he loves his attention! He is shaping up to be an outstanding ride with tremendous willingness to work, bombproof approach to new environments and a steady personality that makes him a favorite at the stable.
Asking the low price of $7000 as we have too many horses right now and this boy deserves a family to love!


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First, if you're free today and within travel distance of Lower Manhattan, do yourself a favor and attend this event, 4 p. m., a book signing by Dr. James M. Lindgren. His new book is a much needed complement to Peter Stanford's A Dream of Tall Ships, reviewed here a few months ago. Details in Preserving South Street Seaport cover almost a half century and will enthrall anyone who's ever volunteered at, donated to, been employed by, or attended any events of South Street Seaport Museum. Lindgren laments SSSM's absence of institutional memory saying, "Discontinuity instead defined the Seaport's administration." Amen . . as a volunteer I wanted to know the historical context for what seemed to me to be museum administrations' repeated squandering of hope despite herculean efforts on the part of volunteers and staff I knew.
As my contribution to creation of memory, I offer these photos and I'd ask again for some pooling of photos about the myriad efforts of this museum over the years.
Pier 17. April 17, 2014. According to Lindgren, this mall opened on Sept 11, 1985 with a fireworks show. Its demise may by this week's end be complete.
April 12, 2014. Photo by Justin Zizes.
Feb 23, 2014.
Jan 21, 2014 . . . Lettie G. Howard returns.
Sept 20, 2013. This is the last photo I ever took FROM the upper balcony of Pier 17.
Sept 12, 2013.
July 2012. A fire had broken out on the pier, and Shark was the first on scene responder. Damage was minimal, despite appearances here.
Now for some photos of vessels that have docked in the South Street area in the past half century.
July 2012 . . . Helen McAllister departs, assisted by W. O. Decker and McAllister Responder.
June 2012. Departure of Marion M as seen from house of W. O. Decker. Photo by Jonathan Boulware. The last I knew, Marion M is being restored on the Chesapeake by a former SSSM volunteer.
Lettie G. Howard hauled out in 2009.
2009. The Floating Hospital . . . was never part of the SSSM collection.
2009. Maj. Gen. Hart aka John A. Lynch aka Harlem.
Helen McAllister with Peking and Wavertree. Portion of bow of Marion M along Helen's starboard.
Mathilda posing with W. O. Decker in Kingston. 2009.
Moshulu now in Philadelphia.
2005, I believe. Spuyten Duyvil (not a SSSM vessel) and Pioneer.
Thanks to Justin and Jonathan for use of their photos. All others by Will Van Dorp. For many stories on these vessels, that mall, and so much more, pick up or download these books and read them asap.
Here was a post I did in early spring 2013. She went to Portland, Maine for the work, and this morning
she returned to South Street Seaport Museum pier, about 36 hours travel out of Gloucester.
The timing was perfect for me . . . as I'm currently reading A Dream of Tall Ships, Peter Stanford's account of the years from 1965–1974, when as the subtitle of the book has it, a story of "how NYers came together to save the city's sailing-ship waterfront." Well . . . round 1, at least.
Lettie looked glorious in the morning sun, nestling back beside Ambrose, but I couldn't help looking especially closely at the bow. I'd just read this account the day before in Stanford's book, a recollection about the vessel then-called Caviare in September 1968
"there was one thing that needed replacing, which not vital to the schooner's structure, mattered a great deal to her appearance. This was the gammon knee, an oak extension of the stem arching forward under the bowsprit, which nicely completes the sweeping curve of the clipper bow. The old schooner's gammon knee had been chopped back into a stump to allow a heavy rope fender to be slung under the bow when she'd been adapted for work as a tug."
Wow! That's one old foto I'd love to see, this vessel, with a rope bow fender, pushing a barge. Anyone have such a foto?
Lettie's back, and so is this fleet. Maybe Lettie'd love to come out fishing with them? Vessel in the distance is Pati R. Moran. Brown fishboat in the foreground is Eastern Welder.
All fotos this morning by Will Van Dorp.
Here was the first post. Today spring has sprung and may Lettie,
with such graceful toughness
delicate efficiency,
like a crocus, burst forth. Support the fundraiser.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
For updates on Marion M. and if you do FB, click here. It updates this article: Marion M. has been purchased and is undergoing restoration in the Chesapeake.
All the fotos I have of Lettie G. Howard were taken five or more years ago. So why am I posting these now . . . reposting some, in fact? Here's why: April 8, 2013 Rosanne Cash will perform a gala concert to raise funds to restore Lettie, as she is affectionately known, which needs about $250,000 worth of repairs to repair rot and maintain her sailing integrity. Rosanne Cash traces her family to an ancestor who arrived in Salem, MA in 1643 aboard Good Intent. Click here for info on buying tickets.
Right now, Lettie is docked at Pier 17 cloaked in unflattering shrinkwrap. Here's some history of the unique vessel:
Built in 1893 at Essex, MA, in the yard of Arthur D. Story, Lettie G. Howard is named for the daughter of her first captain, Frederick Howard, Lettie fished out of Gloucester, MA, for her first eight years. In 1901, she was purchased by owners in Pensacola, FL, for use in the red snapper fishery off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. After surviving two major hurricanes, she was thoroughly rebuilt in 1923 by a new owner—Thomas Welles of Mystic, CT—who installed her first auxiliary engine and renamed her Mystic C. She continued to fish under sail for the Welles Company for 43 years, until it disbanded in 1966. That year, she was sold to the Historic Ships Association in Gloucester, and in 1968 she was purchased by the year-old South Street Seaport Museum. She traveled from Gloucester to the Museum's pier at South Street largely under sail. By then, she had been renamed twice, and her long working life had obscured her origins; research into her background led to a docking book that confirmed her identity as Lettie G. Howard.
Since 1968, Lettie has been a proud and beloved resident of South Street, where scores of fishing schooners like her used to dock to bring their catches to the Fulton Fish Market. She was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989, and between 1991 and 1993 she was completely restored to her 1893 appearance. Lettie has operated as a certified sail training vessel since 1994, taking student crews on trips in New York Harbor and waters further afield—teaching history and ecology along with the skills and crafts of sailing, and celebrating the legacy of the North Atlantic fisheries and the Gloucester fleets.
Unrelated but this just in: Former SSSM vessel Marion M has a vibrant new life ahead of her on the Chesapeake. If you do facebook, check out these fotos!
Boro6 aka the sixth boro or New York harbor sees diverse vessels and and floats in and out staggering amounts of cargo. I'm thrilled by the amount of collaboration this blog can muster. Many eyes see more things. Like Princess Danae, captured last week by John Watson. Princess Danae has long since departed, but John pointed out a secret. Any ideas?
The vessel is operated today by Classic International Cruises. For scale, compare her beside Norwegian Jewel. The secret? Princess Danae began life in 1955 as Port Melbourne, a
tanker general cargo vessel! (Thanks for catching that, Bart!)
A first time foto from Capt. G. Justin Zizes, Jr. . . . it's Maryland. Welcome, Justin.
I'm putting the next two fotos here because I wonder if anyone can tell me what type of barge this is . . . long and narrow, towed on a single diagonal line by
Thomas J Brown. This is my second time to see Brown towing this barge.
A darker story awaiting enlightening here . . . the inimitable Elizabeth Wood took this foto some five or so years back. It's Lettie G Howard, dormant and in bondage for many months now, and for sale; part of the sad dissolution
and crumbling happening at the museum formerly known as South Street Seaport. Until a new plan for the ships (See these stories by MWA, Old Salt, and Frogma.) even Pioneer will remained fettered. SOS indeed, or given the age of Lettie G and Pioneer . . . should we make that CQD? CQD!! The MWA link has a tribute to Bernie also.
Thanks to John, Justin, and Elizabeth for these fotos and the collaboration. The ones of Thomas J Brown and Pioneer by Will Van Dorp. Type any of these vessel names (except Princess Danae) and you'll get many previous appearances. And, doubleclick enlarges most.


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Thomas Voeckler had a love-and-hate relationship with Paris-Nice until Wednesday's fourth stage in the Beaujolais vineyards which he won after a long and fruitful break.
The French champion raised his arms at the end of the 191km hilly ride to Belleville-sur-Saone after beating breakaway companions Remi Pauriol and Belgian Thomas de Gendt, who claimed back the race leader's yellow jersey.
In 2009, Voeckler was beaten into second place in a stage finish by compatriot Jeremy Roy and broke his collarbone the following day.
Last year, he was pipped on the line in the final stage on Nice seafront and punched his handlebars in disappointment.
"I had been waiting for this since 2003. I was second twice in the past years and I tried again yesterday," said Voeckler, who complained at the start in Creches-sur-Saone that his fellow riders were not bold enough. "Today, I told myself to try my luck far from the finish as the last climb was far from the line. I had good riders with me. It was close but it was good enough."
Voeckler joined forces with Frenchmen Pauriol, Remy Di Gregorio and Belgians De Gendt and Francis De Greef after 6km and the quintet remained together over the seven hills on the day's menu.
Along the way, Pauriol secured the best climber's polka-dot jersey while De Gendt was setting a furious pace in a bid to take back the yellow jersey he lost to Australian Matthew Goss on Tuesday.
"I thank him, I thank him a thousand times," Voeckler said of De Gendt's impressive performance at the front.
Initially, the Belgian, winner of Sunday's first stage in Houdan, had joined the break to collect bonus seconds in the two intermediate sprints of the day.
"I had good legs, I wanted to ride in the front. I didn't expect it to go so well. I was riding just for the yellow jersey. If I wanted to win the stage, I would have played it smarter," he said.
Overall, the Vacansoleil team rider leads Voeckler by 10 seconds with Pauriol third, 16 seconds adrift.
The peloton, with Goss in last position, finished 13 seconds behind the break. Goss is now fourth overall, 21 seconds behind De Gendt.
Despite their superb display in the day's stage, Voeckler and De Gendt said they were not realistic challengers for overall victory.
"In the 2004 Tour de France, I swapped the French champion jersey for the yellow jersey and it would be good to do it again on Paris-Nice, but with the time trial on Friday I don't have the slightest chance to win," Voeckler said.
"Tomorrow is a hard stage, I have 30 seconds on the first real climbers. Maybe it will be enough, maybe not. I don't think so," De Gendt said.
Yesterday's 193km fifth stage to Vernoux-en-Vivarais was to be a grueling one with seven more climbs, including two first category passes.
AP, MARINA DI CARRARA, Italy
Rabobank won a team time trial on Wednesday to open the weeklong Tirreno-Adriatico race.
Dutch rider Lars Boom took the leader's blue jersey, as Rabobank clocked 18 minutes, 8 seconds along the 16.8km route in Marina di Carrara on the Tuscan coast.
Garmin-Cervelo, led by world champion Thor Hushovd of Norway, finished nine seconds behind and HTC-Highroad, led by British sprinter Mark Cavendish, was third, 10 seconds back.
The Liquigas squad with Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso finished fifth, 22 seconds back. BMC with 2009 world champion Cadel Evans was sixth, 26 seconds behind, and Leopard Trek with Swiss time trial standout Fabian Cancellara was seventh, 29 seconds back.


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Aziyo is a regenerative medicine platform company created by spinning out and capitalizing the musculoskeletal division of Tissue Banks International, a non-profit organization. The company brings together two seasoned management teams from the wound care industry from Advanced BioHealing and Osiris. Aziyo is a commercial stage company with multiple products.
The company is positioned as a platform to handle future growth from a combination of an increasing pipeline of new products, new customers, and potential acquisitions. Deerfield invested in Aziyo Biologics through its $19.5 million Series A Preferred Equity offering. The capital will be used to continue to grow the business.


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During her Spring Break, my oldest granddaughter, Olivia, went on her first church mission trip. I am looking forward to seeing her this weekend and hearing all about it. This got me remembering my mission trip when I was 15. This was the year that I was "president" of my church youth group at Trinity Episcopal Church in Newport R.I.. The year was 1974 and my friends and I were very active in many aspects of this historical landmark. Due to the resistance for "the Church of England" of early colonists, it was not until 1698 that our church was founded by a congregation of Episcopalians, Huguenots and Quakers. The membership grew to large for the original building, so the present day church was built in 1726.
Many youth group members served as Tour Guides for this one of a kind building. We proudly explained that individual families paid for and designed all the different shape and sized individual doored pews to help keep the cost of the building down. These individual walled spaces provided warmth for each family during cold winters. It was also said that the owners of the pews owned the air above and the ground below, under which many original family members were laid to rest with a straight shot to heaven above. The "wine glass" shaped, center aisle, freestanding, triple decked pulpit is the only one like it in America. Quite a few of us took turns playing hymns every night at 5 PM for the entire town on the church bells. Every evening I played the carillon I was so afraid of playing the wrong note, which, sadly, I must admit happened more times than I prefer to remember.
Due to the good fortune of holding that youth group position, a parishioner of our church approached the Rector and offered to sponsor me on a mission trip to Puerto Rico. This generous member of our congregation, U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell had, just one year before, originated and sponsored the Basic Educational Opportunity Grants, to offer financial aid for higher education. Many of us, or our children, have benefited by what we now call a Pell Grant. Repairing a Christian School and building a new tennis court for the children of that parish in Puerto Rico was hard, but fun work. We would start every day at 5 AM and had to end our days by noon due to the strong heat and bright sunlight. That afforded us many memorable trips to the rain forest, El Yunque, sight seeing in San Juan and miraculous views of the glowing water of the Phosphorescent Bay on evening boat trips. I ate my first turtle filet and had a rather old, toothless man in the village where we stayed offer the local priest 20 chickens for my hand in marriage! This was a solid week of hard work and wonderful memories. I can only hope that Olivia has made many new friends and wonderful memories of her own.


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A popular hit in France, this odd-couple comedy pairs Daniel Auteuil as a fastidious maitre d? with Jos? Garcia as the wannabe suicide whose life he saves. Star power trounces dubious psychology: Auteuil proves as deft and dry a comedian as he is a dramatic actor, the perfect foil to the damp-eyed Garcia who teases slow-burning comedy out of broken-hearted despondency. Needless to say there?s a woman at the root of Garcia?s trouble; an elegantly flustered Sandrine Kilberlain is the object of his obsession. Her bewilderment escalates into total confusion when Auteuil decides he must meet the woman who has caused his new best friend such misery. Incognito, he might be able to patch things up. Then again? Salvadori (Wild Target) and co-author Dani?le Dubroux (Diary of a Seducer) make some tart observations about friendship and betrayal, but mostly this film?s about being in love and behaving like an idiot. Garcia?s inept audition for the sommelier position in Auteuil?s brasserie is a show-stopper.
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M Adult Themes
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Michele Moretti
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Midnight's Children
A NovelBook - 1981 | First American edition.
This novel is at once a fascinating family saga and an astonishing evocation of a vast land and its people-a brilliant incarnation of the universal human comedy. Midnight's Children stands apart as both an epochal work of fiction and a brilliant performance by one of the great literary voices of our time.
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Midnight's Children won the Man Booker Prize in 1981
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I slogged through "Midnight's Children" for a book group assignment. It's not an easy read, nor did I enjoy it; though some of the passages are funny, like his mom's "wrong number" phone calls, others such as the war section are horrifying. I can't explain why this book won any awards or acclaim. None of the characters are at all likable or sympathetic, the female characters are either hapless or just evil, and the main emotion the book evoked for me was disgust. In brief, I was glad when it was over!
This book is heavy going. I don't mean dark and disturbing, although there are parts that make you shudder. The language is complex; there are numerous characters, some of whom change their name just to confuse you; you need an atlas to keep track of where you are; and mostly, you need a bit of knowledge of the history of the independence and partition of India that created the new Moslem country of Pakistan. I did enjoy the book as I tried to keep up with Saleem and his account of his life as one of the 1001 children born at midnight on India's independence day. These children represented the new India and all the possibilities that flowed from the new freedom. Each had special powers, Saleem's being the ability to communicate with all of them at a distance through his mind. He had hopes that the group would work for a better India, but of course not all the children were of like mind, especially Shiva. Reading this novel is challenging and not for everyone's taste, but I felt the effort, and the four weeks I put in, were worth it.
I would recommend this book to people with a high reading level. Great vocabulary and a great story line. it took me a couple of chapters to understand the book, but after that, amazing. Award winning literature!
If you can get past the premise of this story (which is rather ridiculous), you'll be rewarded with a wonderfully engaging tale that both entertains and teaches something of India's history.
I have just had to put a second hold on this gem so I can finish it. I've complained about how difficult it is. At times I felt like I was making to progress. But it is wonderful and I cannot stop until I finish. It's not for everybody, but many will fall in love with it.
Gail Von Oxlade's Favourite Book
Maybe this is supposed to be a Catch-22 style description on India's history and partition, but I did not enjoy the prose style and totally missed any insight by this (revierered) author. Very hard to get through and definitely not worth the effort.
This is one of the most difficult yet satisfying reads i have had in years. Its layer upon layer of metaphors to represent the rise and fall of the main character Saleem as compared to his twin sister, the country of India itself, who were both born on midnight aug 15, 1957. The turbulent times is reflected in Saleems life. Themes of sound, exile, mirror actions, the family nucleus, parts being broken, and parts seen to represent the whole person enterweve between the two. Its a story about a boy growing with the story of India written on his face... literally. While reading this novel keep a note pad available and write down characters names or else you will get lost. There is some 100 plus characters that move the plot along, and some of these characters change their name along the way to further confuse you. The main story is 1000 people born the hour India gets its independance from England, and each has their own power or magic that sets them apart from normal people. Saleems power is to be able to talk to anyone at a distance... even thousands of miles away. It explores the possibility of these new breed of people and what they can do to make a better India, but will India let them. If this book is too much for you then try reading JOHN WYNDHAM - THE CRYSALIDS. Rushdie actually took his initial idea for this novel from that one, a 1950 sci-fi novel about kids growing in a post apocholypse society where anyone who is different if ostricized (ie.. kill the mutant). Its on the grade 9 reading list so is a light read. Rushdie is too much for the average reader, but is still an excellent book that i highly recommend.
i found it just to into details, minute details. it bogged me down to quickly to want to continue reading
Midnight's Children Starts out as one of those books that is so good, that I can't really explain why. In many ways, it defies story telling conventions and yet manages to be extraordinarily captivating. I just want to hear all the vignettes about the Aziz-Sinai family. I am charmed by the self conscious use of language and story telling.
The problem is that for a large stretch of the second half of the book, I wasn't captivated. I didn't care as much.
I have a few ideas why. Maybe this is the kind of book that needs to be read slowly (it is a long! book), taken section by section. Maybe I suffered from overload. On the other hand, I get the feeling that Rushdie might have gotten fatigued; he was writing a long book and wanted to get to the end (where it once again became enthralling), but he couldn't skip over important sections of his main characters biography.
Anyway, as there was a hole that defined many of the characters lives, so I felt there was a hole in this book that made it somewhat less than it could have been.
And one final thought: I know Rushdie is most known for the controversy he caused with Satanic Verses, but I am impressed by the guts that he showed her, almost begging for controversy with his intense criticism of on again off again prime minister Indira Gandhi, who becomes a fictionalized villain in the story; he goes beyond any allegorical criticism of her regime to actually having her oppress the main character and his friends.
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SurfBeam 2 modem flashing all four LEDs. Tried repeatedly to power down and turn on modem to no avail. Accessing the modem status page reveals a software download was started but at 0% on the Modem Status/IFL page. Communication to TRIA is non-existent. Shows Rx power @ 0.0dBm, Rx SNR @ 0.0dB, ODU Telemetry status inactive, Cable resistance N/A Ohms, Cable Attenuation N/A dB. Could the interrupted software (firmware) download cause this issue?
Contact customer service at 855-463-9333 (see http://www.exede.com/customer-support/ for hours). Alternately, send an email to email@example.com including your account and contact information. Both methods will allow remote diagnosis of your modem, possible correction and/or warrant a service call.
Hi Jonathan, Please send your account and contact information to email@example.com or 855-463-9333 as Old Labs suggested. Please let me know if you have already contacted customer service. If not, we will troubleshoot and figure out what is happening with your modem once we receive your information. Thanks so much!
Thanks for your responses. Today the modem isn't flashing all four status LEDs and it is scanning for the satellite. Winter storm Cara is most likely to be at blame, and I'm waiting for the system to pass. I did reach customer service and they reported a "weather outtage for my beam" in the area where I live. I'm just going to wait and see and hoping the clouds clear up and for the dish to dry out as it is soaked and the TRIA appears to have condensation inside the waveguide window. Thanks again for your replies.
Jonathan I had that trouble with Tria having water in it where that little window that faces the dish had condesation and internet was not working. They had to come out and put new Tria on and they checked everything else out. I did have to pay a $95.00 service charge but that was all and the guys that I got were so good. Did a great job checking everything.
Problem solved and I'm connected to the internet. I noticed the coax cable was loose too and had dust/dirt inside the connector. I cleaned it out with some professional contact cleaner (RID-OX/Techspray(tm)) and dried it out and secured the cable. Now I have good numbers: Rx Power: -40.8 dBm, Rx SNR: 8.1dB, Cable Resistance: 1.0 Ohms, Cable Attenuation: 8.7 dB. I am a happy camper once again!
Tx IF Power: -31.0 dBm, Tx RF Power: 30.3 dBm, Temperature: 30 *C
I know once this storm system passes my numbers should be better.
Yep, those are all good looking numbers and yes checking/cleaning/tightening connections is one of the things I forgot to mention as one of the DIY actions that can be taken. Just the same I'd keep an eye on the condensation HMC mentions if you have easy access to it - HMC get off the roof ;).
Hi Jonathan, Thank you for letting us know your internet is up and running now. When the storm passes your should be up and running just fine. If not, please contact us at email@example.com. Have a great evening and I hope you don't get snowed in!
Thank you, Diana, have a great evening as well! The storm isn't expected to bring snow here where I live, just a lot of heavy cold rain here (8.5" so far). But for the most part it has ended.


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"Boinx products are so simple to use, the first time I used them, when I was done, I couldn't believe I created something so quickly that looked so good!" says Don Baine, The Gadget Professor, in this interview with Oliver at NAB 2016. He goes on to explore why FotoMagico is great for video editors, gets excited when he hears about the new mimoLive features and finds out about PhotoWall+, the photo wall app for AppleTV.
[...]provides a fun way to keep folks engaged at weddings, birthday parties, office parties, and other shindigs. If you want to add some spice to your social or corporate event, PhotoWall+ is worth the five bucks it will cost you.[...]
Dennis Sellers, AppleWorld.Today
When Apple announced the new Apple TV, we got very excited. This would be the perfect platform for PartySnapper, the social photo wall app we'd developed for iOS. It would help solve some of the adoption barriers we saw with PartySnapper.
One App, Two Devices, Two Roles
At just a couple of dollars revenue per sale, developers have to come up with a clever way to turn the product into its own ad. Usually this is done by offering potential customers a free download and some initial content and sell them additional content in the form of premium features or additional game levels. This concept is called "freemium" and it is the most successful model for mobile apps. With PartySnapper, our idea was that party goers could use the app for free on their iPhones when shooting photos and that only the party host would pay for hosting the party. We thought a particular clever way would be to have only one app that can fill both roles: party guests would use it to shoot and submit photos and the party host would use it to host the photo wall. If a party guest liked the idea, they would already have downloaded the app and would only have to unlock the hosting part with a simple in-app purchase. We hoped this would kick off a viral effect with every party host helping to spread the app to their party guests who would then become the next wave of customers.
Apparently, this was a bit too clever. It proved difficult to explain the two different roles for the same app and that customers had to have the same app on two devices to fulfill those different roles. I should have realized this when we struggled to describe it properly on the web site and in the App Store description, but I liked the idea too much.
PhotoWall+ now comes in two apps: PhotoWall+ on the Apple TV and the free "PhotoWall+ Camera" for iOS for your photographers.
Connecting a display to an iPad or iPhone is not commonplace
Another huge adoption barrier that we underestimated: Not a lot of people have an external display connected to their iPad or even know that this is possible. And it requires an adaptor that costs 10 times as much as the app.
Fortunately, the Apple TV will be connected to an external display or projector by default.
Freemium and Education
It turns out that, as has been the case with a lot of our previous apps, educators came up with some of the more interesting use cases for PartySnapper. One teacher told us how he loves to use it in the class room to document class progress with assignments and how he is telling all the other education customers about it. This is very exciting for us as we have come to love the education market for its vibe and enthusiasm. Unfortunately, PartySnapper's freemium model prevented teachers from purchasing the product as the Apple Volume Purchase Program for education does not work with in-app purchases.
By offering a separate, free camera app, we can now offer PhotoWall+ for purchase via the VPP.
Finally, the name
PartySnapper is a cool name. We love it very much, but industry influencers and potential customers from the event planning industry told us they didn't like to call their events a "party". Looking for a new name, we found that a name that is more descriptive of the purpose of the app just seems to make more sense:
PhotoWall+ is the photo wall on your Apple TV.
Accessing The Photos
One new challenge we faced is the lack of local storage on Apple TV. While apps can store data on the Apple TV, tvOS may remove it from the device whenever it needs more space to store something else. With PartySnapper on the iPad, we could simply store the photos in albums in your Photo Library, on Apple TV, apps do not have access to that (yet). Until that changes, PhotoWall+ stores the photo walls and the photos in iCloud. If users want to download and share their photos, we provide a web app for that.
And it's coming to your new Apple TV on Tuesday, Dec 8th 2015 with an introductory 48 hour sale at just $0.99 (down from the regular $4.99).
It is a running gag in our home town of Munich that every year in mid-November, the public transport authority struggles with the surprising and sudden onset of winter. The first snow and frost of the season causes the doors on the trains and trams to freeze shut, the heating to fail and chaos to break loose. After all, with spring just barely over, who'd have thought that winter could come this fast?
This year, I can relate better than ever before. As promised in the last newsletter, we do have exciting projects coming – mimoLive (formerly known as BoinxTV), FotoMagico 5, and a new thing soon to be featured on the new Apple TV. But before we could get our parkas out of storage, winter has come and those things are not quite ready yet. (You can sign up for the betas, though!)
So, how about a little video magic to pass the time? Tobias Witzgall, a very talented media design student, photographer and cinematographer, has made us a new trailer for Boinx FxTiles, the 3D effects and transitions package we created in cooperation with FxFactory. Maybe a little inspiration on how to spend the long nights ahead to improve your creative design skills...
Coincidentally, if you need to spice up your Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro or After Effects projects, now, for only one week, FxTiles and all the other cool plug ins from FxFactory are 20% off.
Remember, no discount is worth getting beat up over, so click on over to FxFactory to save money safely right from your office or living room.
And definitely don't miss the next newsletter, where I will reveal the next big thing for your new Apple TV.