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Archive for November, 2007
A Commercial Worth Talking About …
I know, that's quite a twist. If I am not fast forwarding through them, I mute them. However, I have to give some credit to the new seasonal holiday Alltel commercials. They are recreating holiday cartooning from the Frosty and Rudolph days. I just love it. Of course the commercial itself is rather funny. It's hard for me to believe that Rudolph would stamp his hoof like that but, well, you never know. This is one commercial that hits the spot this season and really understands what it means to be capture an audience's attention. I think I am going to go check and see what Chad is doing right now.
Changing Times
It's funny to think that less than 10 years ago, caller ID was an add-on feature. You had to actually buy a little caller ID box to link in between your phone line and telephone. Now, caller ID, call waiting ID, caller ID ring tones are standard fare on all telephones and cell phones.
This sprang to mind because I noticed that one of the hot items this year in every advertisement in the Sunday paper was for a portable GPS. It seems every store had a major deal on their front page trying to entice customers to buy one. If you want GPS in your car, you pay a heavy price for it. However, give it another five years and GPS will be a standard feature in every new car and the portable GPS will be another obsolete product, just like those little caller ID boxes are now.
The changing times can bring better solutions, greater innovation, and above all else, wonderfully fun new toys!
Holiday Specials
Don't forget to catch tonight's annual Peanuts Christmas Special! It's a true treat, one I never miss. One of the best parts — watching all the kids, and Snoopy, dance. That just absolutely makes me smile every time. Ya gotta love it!
To tell or not to tell?
I have noticed a trend lately in movies, books, blogs, etc. about affairs. It would seem that now, more than ever, affairs are occurring. If you believe what some media states, it's higher among women than ever. That is not the trend I have noticed lately. What I have noticed is that when one partner learns of his/her partner's infidelity and by happenstance also learns that a friend(s) were aware of the situation, this person will go ballistic with "you should have told me's" and other verbal attacks.
For those of you, like me, who have been in this situation, it's a tough call. When it happened to me, I could hear my friend yelling at me in my head to the tune of "why didn't you tell" and "I thought we were friends" and "doesn't our friendship mean more to you than that" and other related barbs and also considered if the situation were reversed, I would definitely want to know up front, no matter how much it hurt. So, after I learned my friend Robin's boyfriend Joe was kissing around behind her back (having seen it firsthand), I went to Robin's that night after dinner and shared the horrible news.
For all of you who have ever faced this situation and think this is the way to go, let me be the first to tell you that it backfired. Robin got mad at me. It was a case of firing the messenger. She eventually found out the truth on her own (having chosen not to believe me) but we were never the same kind of friends again.
You really cannot win in these situations. But if your friendship truly means anything to you at all, I would still do the same thing again. I did not want her to be humiliated, to be in more pain than she needed to be, and to be able to move forward to find someone who would treat her the way she deserved. Yes, I would still do it again today even knowing the results. But I can certainly understand why others say to stay out of it all together. Either way, there are consequences. It's a shame really as the blame, anger, pain, or frustration should be directed at the cheater, but it never fully is. Humans sure are interesting!
You Got That Right!
Not everyone is thinking about or looking for ways to 'get' things out of people. Some realize that it's just as important to just give things away (See Seth Godin's blog). When I think about people, I tend to see things one way or the other – you are either a giver or a taker, a collaborator or a solo artist, a chatty cathy or a silent sally, etc. I know wonderful people in each category and feel blessed to have such a variety of friends in my life. Today, I am very grateful to have met and learned from some of the best people in the world. My friends, colleagues, and mentors have given me so much; more than they will probably ever be able to know. For that, I thank you but will also do my best to continue providing the same in return. Have a great day!
To Give Is Divine ..
As most of us are preparing for either the big Thanksgiving feast that is almost upon us or preparing for the 4am sprint Friday morning, I started thinking about the little things. To me, it is the little things, the simple things that mean so much. For example, today, I sold some lamps and a tv on Craigslist to different individuals. When the guy came to get the tv and realized I did leadership coaching, he inquired about it and mentioned some ideas for me (as I am relatively new to the area). This was unsolicited and wholly appreciated.
I started thinking about the ways that I help others, in random and unsolicited ways. I used to be an incredible giver. So much so, that all I ever did was give and never asked for help or accepted anything. I had some unhealthy moments where I learned that you can't lean to one extreme or the other. I am now much better about asking for help and am much better about not being so automatic in my generosity. It's a tough lesson. Is there anything that you have done like this that you are proud of?
I recognize that the point of advertising and marketing is to get people to think about your product, to learn about your product, to understand the value a product can bring me. We are repeatedly told that it takes 7 to 9 impressions before a customer will actually make a purchase. That amazes me but I am sure there is plenty of research to support it. What I don't get is if more consumers are TIVO-ing/ DVR-ing television shows so they can zoom through the commercials and tv is slowly dying anyway, why is every other commercial about a car, a drug of some type, or a movie preview? People don't buy a new every car every weekend, more like every few years (or more). We are such savvy medical professionals ourselves, we can check webmd or any other site for information on what ails us and what will cure us. It doesn't even matter much anymore if critics pan a movie as the public has their own tastes and isn't afraid to show it.
If you ask me, what the Big Heads (that is what I call the big dogs at large corporations) need to do is consider how we, the public, consume information and where we are likely to see images that appeal to us. I don't know about you, but between various internet sites, email, RSS feeders, and other means, my curiosity gets piqued a lot more there than through general media. TV – well I either zoom through commercials or I mute them. Movies – well I am a captive audience in a theater, so those little ads on screen do tend to get some of my attention. Magazines – not so much anymore because I have either stopped subscribing or there seems to be a 10 perfume ads within that taint the whole experience. Why aren't they thinking creatively with the consumer in mind? Boggles the mind.


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I love studying old football books. Though we think that this idea or that idea is cutting edge in football, you see that the coaches from the past had similar ideas. The game just evolves so that what we see on the field looks revolutionary, but really that idea existed somewhere in the past. For example, I found a video on the internet of the ball being snapped in three seconds. This was before the days of helmets, but even, some kind of communication system had to exist to let the players know what to do on that particular play.
In reading through Tiger Ellison's Run and Shoot Football -The Now Attack, I read a section that seems to be a topic of interest:
Definition of Run and Shoot
…We made every pass look like a run and every run look like a pass. Offenses that pass from a pocket split their attack into two phases-their running game and their passing game. The setting up of the quarterback in the pocket screams "Pass" to every defender on the field. Even though pocket-passing teams often fake the ball to a runner before setting up in the pocket, still the fake wards off detection for only a moment, after which all defenders spring into anti-aircraft action. The Run and Shoot offense did not split its attack–it was just one game, running and passing performed anywhere anytime with no distinguishing clue to signal run or pass.
Whether we are talking packaged plays in which the offense is either running or passing based on a pre or post snap key, or whether we are talking "constraint" plays which look like and work off of a base play Tiger Ellison's philosophy of attacking a defense holds true today. The concepts and schemes we use may be different, but the philosophy is the same.
For more on base plays read my post on USA Football.
For more on Constraint Plays
Joe Daniels
Chris Brown
For more on packaged plays check out my resources link.
My iBook 101+ Pro Style Pistol Offense Plays uses a similar philosophy as that described as Ellison in creating a run game and pass game that look the same.

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Over on the Creative Gene blog, Jasia has a note about the new Picasa 3 (beta). Thanks, Jasia, as between being away and being sick, I haven't even had a peek. I will now though as her review is so very positive.
I think I'll still like Fototagger for labelling group or 'complicated' pictures, but I see that Picasa has more editing tools, including text, watermarking, multiple tags and a magnifying loupe!
Picasa still helps you locate and view your photos - that's primarily what I'm using it for - but now you can move photo folders around while viewing - that sounds good to me as I am weeding out and 'migrating' my photos right now.
Just as soon as this weekend's conference meeting is over, I'll have a look. Thanks again, Jasia!
Creative Gene: http://creativegene.blogspot.com/2008/09/quick-look-at-new-picasa-3.html
Canadian Genealogy & Women's History: Current Ideas, Information & Projects
Friday, September 19, 2008
Picasa 3(beta) - Creative Gene's Enthusiastic
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- Jasia said...
Hey thanks for the mention and the link, Diane. I'm glad you're picking up on my enthusiasm because I have it in spades for the new Picasa. I'm thinking about writing another post about some of the other features for those I haven't been able to convince to try it yet. Time... all I need is more time for blogging... ;-)
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"Bones heal, pain is temporary, and chicks dig scars." –Robert Craig 'Evel' Knievel
"Healing is expensive, pain is painful, and chicks dig sensible, steadily-employed guys with a killer cubicle." –Evel Knievel's insurance agent, Herbert Nudds
When I was a kid, my hero was Evel Knievel. That swagger. That red, white, and blue jumpsuit. That cape. He was an American superhero: iconoclastic and rebellious. I even had his action figure and toy stunt bike, dreaming gossamer dreams of flying across the Snake River Canyon on a rocket cycle, cigarette dangling from my lip nonchalantly, as the world's collective sphincter puckered. Seventies cool.
"All my life, people have been waiting around to watch me die." –Evel Knievel
As a so-called responsible adult, beavering away in the safety of my cubicle, I came to see Mr. Knievel's accomplishments in a more cynical light. I mean, who chooses "human projectile" as a career? And he wasn't even very good at motorcycle jumping. More often than not, he crashed! In spectacular, humiliating, bone-crushing fashion. How are we supposed to feel sympathy for him when he sets up some asinine, terribly dangerous stunt and then, predictably, gets hoisted by his own petard? Tenderizing his already suspect brain matter with the concrete. Breaking every bone in his body until you could spread his insides on a cracker. Instead of standing before an adoring throng, peeling away on his Harley in triumph, he is instead peeled up off the pavement like chewing gum, and unceremoniously hauled away in an ambulance, while his insurance agent's sphincter puckered. Not nearly as cool as I remembered.
"Where there is little risk, there is little reward". –Evel Knievel
But, something happened. My inner Knievel started to rev his engine, imperceptibly at first. Over time, it became deafening. I realized that I avoided risk with the zealotry of an insurance agent, and therefore was not living life to the fullest.
Fear of failure paralyzes many people into abandoning their Dreams. Worse, it makes them circle like vultures, waiting to watch others dare to try. Secretly hoping they will fail. Waiting around to watch them die. And when they do, they pounce. Ridiculing. Trolling. TMZ'ing. Having a Hell of a lot of fun at their expense.
But the vultures, the ones who never put themselves out there, will never know the reward of pursuing audaciously. Of failing nobly. And of fighting through doubt and pain time and again to try again, and keep trying until you succeed. That's the real lesson of Evel Knievel. His choice of career notwithstanding. As a young man, he was going nowhere, in and out of jail, heading towards a wasted life.
Fun fact: Ironically, Evel Knievel worked in insurance sales before embarking in a career in daredevilry.
Finally, he embraced what he loved, and he went at it with everything he had. Designing his own stunts. Building his own ramps. Doing his own promotion. And he, for a brief time, was the biggest star in the world, and hero to millions. Never mind that nobody would sell him an insurance policy. This was pre-Obamacare, after all.
Because he knew, even with his tenderized brain matter, that Reward takes Risk. That failure is temporary. That Daring Greatly usually looks stupid to the unimaginative vultures among us. And that chicks dig scars.
Be a DAREDEVIL! Dare. Fail. Repeat. Reap your reward.


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Shit happens. You get sick, fall down, lose stuff, experience life. Without friends and family, the odd incident would merely pass, unmentioned. Inevitably, your partner comes home, a friend calls to check in, you go to a meeting, drinks or an event. They ask that question, and you are faced with a decision: are you going to tell the Truth, or the Real Story?
Facing this dilemma, I often leave it up to the interrogator, but they nearly always choose the Truth. Big mistake. The Real Story is always more entertaining, and often contains clever life lessons to direct your steps.
I discovered The Real Story when quizzed by Eric Simpson's kid at a party shortly after the ventricular fibrillation that killed me in May 2010. She asked about the death experience. I told her the Truth: I was completely unaware – no bioflick flashing before my eyes, no glowing light. Here one moment, gone the next. I kind of regretted not having a better experience to share.
A few weeks later, the Mason family were at the house. As they were leaving, Leah asked the same question. I was ready.
Now, Randy Newman recorded a similar story, and so I am pretty sure The Real Story has validity.
I was in a meeting at esd&associates and I heard, "Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh" in perfect harmony. Three French Algerian backup singers stood before me, grabbed me outta my chair and we whooshed away.
We landed in a musky old. garage studio, complete with cardboard egg cartons. Looked like Lubbock to me. Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix and Craig Wiley sat on stools in front of Keith Moon's drums. The guitars were locked away in some sort of A minor jam. John Entwistle was in the opposite corner – I was on the right side, standing behind a Hammond B-3 with twin wood Leslie cabinets whirring away. I fell into a full-chorded rhythm and Keith yelled, "gary! We been waitin'! We need some pad under the guitars."
I looked around the room, did my best to keep up, did pretty good. Jerry passed a segue to me, and I launched into a winding solo. I took one chorus, but passed on the next, sending it on to Craig. Finally, we wound it down. "Nice," Entwistle said.
I was suddenly struck by the players. "Aw fellas," I said in a moment of doubt, "I need a lot more woodshed before I play this garage." The whoosh came back and I woke up in the hospital. Dude, you can't sing and doubt at the same time. If you get a chance, take it and play. Heaven is no place for cowards.
So, as you can see, don't let your friends choose between Truth and Real. On Friday, June 2, I tripped and rammed my forehead into a wall. There was no lasting damage, but I sported a racoon face for a few weeks. That kind of cosmetic prompt calls the question again. Both Terry and I had good Real Stories to explain the bruising.
Terry: "I told him and told him, don't EVER say that again."
The Real Story, written by Adonis Yoda: "Sittin round, passin one with da boyz. Tyson was just about passed out, and stopped the flow with a loooong Bogart. I told an old hippie joke: "Hey Mike, you know what body part was most discussed in the Sixties?" Tyson looked up and said "What?" I took the roach from his hand, took a toke, passed it back to him. "'Ere'" I said. I had no idea he was so sensitive about that…"
You got your own Real Stories. Next time I check in, don't waste The Truth on me.


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Welcome note in the Opening Ceremony by the Minister of Communications and Works Mr. Tasos Mitsopoulos
On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the 'First International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of Environment' invites you to join us in Paphos-Cyprus April 8-10, 2013 to network with leading experts in the field of Remote Sensing and Geo-information.
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Mark your calendars and register early. We look forward to seeing you in Paphos, Cyprus!
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IT used to be that you'd never find the words "Linux" and "easy to use" in the same sentence.
Linux, to the unfamiliar, is an operating system – the basic software that allows you to use your computer. It's like Windows (although that comparison probably made a lot of its developers and users cringe).
The main difference between Linux and Windows is the way these are developed. Windows is a proprietary system built by a single company- Microsoft. Linux is built by a global community of users under an open source license – a framework that encourages sharing and collaboration.


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Accidents that occur in the workplace come with a lot of confusion. Not only are you suffering physically and emotionally from the accident, but you are also probably stuck wondering about the future of your job and what this means for your regular income.
- Am I eligible for worker's compensation?
- How much will I get and when?
- What happens if my claim is denied?
- What if I cannot work again?
All of these questions are valid and you deserve clear cut and direct answers. If you or a loved one has been injured on the job front, then contact a Northern Minnesota personal injury lawyer as soon as you can. Getting the answers to these questions is of utmost importance and can ensure that you are moving forward correctly with your claim and your recovery.
If you are injured in the workplace then you are entitled to worker's compensation. This is something that all employers across Minnesota must provide for their employees and will protect both the company and the individual in the event of a serious accident, injury or death. Worker's compensation can pay for:
- A portion of your lost wages up to a certain period of time
- Some medical bills
- Surgeries and rehabilitative expenses
- Occupational therapy if you are unable to return to your regular position
Every single case is different which is why it is often hard to know exactly what you are entitled to. You may be out of work for a month with a sore back or you may be out of work for three years after a serious truck accident. You may need special care and assistance for the rest of your life or you may be able to return to the job in a couple of weeks. While you may have reviewed the terms and conditions of worker's compensation when you were first hired, this is probably an ancient memory now and you may be left wondering what happens next.
Worker's compensation requires injured parties to fill out a claim before they receive any benefits. They will also need to see a special doctor approved by the worker's compensation company. Unfortunately, worker's compensation claims are confusing and many claims will be denied. In other instances, you may not be offered what you are entitled to and you will experience out of pocket expenses due to this injury. You are already suffering enough physically and emotionally without having to add the burden of financial pressure on as well.
Our law firm focuses on the end result – ensuring that you get what you deserve. Whether you have been injured in the office, at a construction site, at the workshop, on the road or anywhere else, you can expect our International Falls workers compensation lawyer to fight on your behalf.
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Today we are joined by Codie Sanchez, a bad ass entrepreneur who is an Angel Investor, Start Up Advisor, Speaker and Journalist. In this interview, Codie talks about her thoughts on Cryptocurrency, investing in Start Ups and why finding your leverage points is so important for getting ahead.
About Codie:
Starting out as a journalist she decided it would be her mission to stop reporting on stories and start rewriting them. Whether she is helping investors across the globe achieve their goals as Head of Latin America Investment Distribution for First Trust Portfolios, investing & consulting in startup land, advocating for the next generation of women and Latinos in business, or leading her incredible team of strivers, you'll find her grinning like crazy every time someone says, "that's not possible".
Having already been featured in People, Forbes, The Huffington Post, Fast Company and Telemundo Codie is transforming the world we live in.
What you will learn:
How was Codie able to push through some of the existing barriers and break into the financial sector? (4:10)
What is the unique strength that Codie tries to double down on everyday that helps get her ahead? (12:02)
What was the big "Ah-ha" moment that made Codie realize she was going to do some very impactful things in her career? (13:33)
What are the three options everyone has in life for the situations they encounter? (18:04)
Being in the financial sector what is her view on Cryptocurrency? (27:55)
What are contrarian business models and why are they so important moving into the future? (33:39)
What are some of the most important mindset strategies Codie practices on a daily basis? (37:31)
Why creating a "Not to do list" will dramatically impact your life. (42:35)
Where is Codie focused on for 2018 and moving forward? (44:45)
"I've never been any good at coloring inside the lines."
"Follow the things you are curious about."
"Action pushes through fear."
"I'm not a victim. Only I get to choose if someone makes me feel like a victim."
"If you live in the U.S. you are already in the 1% and you have no excuse not to go out and create."
"Most people work for money, but it is important to work for either equity or knowledge."
"You will never create generational wealth working a 9 to 5."
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Photography Classes in Putnam OK
Interested in learning about photography in Putnam OK? Whether you are a hobbyist, professional, or beginner, the best approach to improving your photography skills is through hands-on classes with professional instructors.
Oklahoma offers numerous recognized and accredited photography schools. Photography classes teach techniques such as lighting, exposure and composition, posing and unposing, portrait capture, and other photography fundamentals. Becoming an experienced photographer can pave the road to a prosperous professional career or lifelong hobby.
There are many Photography Classes in Putnam OK:
- Studio Photography Classes in Putnam
- Photography 101 in Putnam
- Digital Photography Classes in Putnam
- Nature Photography Classes in Putnam
- Editorial Photography Classes in Putnam
Putnam OK Photography Classes
Oklahoma City University
2501 N Blackwelder
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106-1402
Phone: (405) 208-5000
83.93 miles away
University of Central Oklahoma
100 N University Dr
Edmond, Oklahoma 73034
Phone: (405) 974-2000
84.76 miles away
Oklahoma School of Photography
2306 N Moore Ave
Moore, Oklahoma 73160
Phone: (405) 799-1411
89.26 miles away
Great Plains Technology Center
4500 W Lee Blvd
Lawton, Oklahoma 73505-8399
Phone: (580) 355-6371
91.85 miles away
Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center
4601 N Choctaw Rd
Choctaw, Oklahoma 73020-9017
Phone: (405) 390-9591
98.31 miles away
Northern Oklahoma College
1220 E Grand Ave
Tonkawa, Oklahoma 74653
Phone: (580) 628-6200
109.07 miles away
Southern Oklahoma Technology Center
2610 Sam Noble Pky
Ardmore, Oklahoma 73401
Phone: (580) 223-2070
156.87 miles away
Amarillo College
2011 S. Washington
Amarillo, Texas 79109
Phone: (806) 371-5000
168.41 miles away
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology-Okmulgee
1801 E 4th St
Okmulgee, Oklahoma 74447-3901
Phone: (918) 293-4678
170.26 miles away
Tulsa Technology Center-Lemley Campus
3420 S Memorial Drive
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74145-1390
Phone: (918) 828-1000
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I've got my laptop in dual booting, and whenever I boot into Linux (Ubuntu or Linux Mint), there's a decent chance that it will run the file system check (more than the default once every 30 times), and it'll be a definite run if I'm booting after letting the laptop run out of battery. This has happened over two different laptops.
The Windows partition on the other hand, never does anything visibly, so I was wondering:
Is it the case that the file system on my Linux partition (ext2/3) is more fragile than the file system on my windows partition (NTFS)?
Is it the case that Windows checks for errors and solves them in the background?
Is it the case that Windows doesn't check for errors, and Ubuntu is just more vigilant in terms of file system health?


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Winter 2010 CHA Sneak: My Mind's Eye "Jack & Jill"
Posted by Unused Account at 9:30 AM
Labels: My Mind's Eye
7 comments:
- ~Lori Roop (loree2000 SCS) said...
I see a strong Cosmo Cricket flavor in this collection...Love it!!
- 1/14/2010
- Gabi said...
Cute stuff, great color scheme I like this way better that Little Miss Muffet and Little Boy Blue!
-Gabi from Savannah, TX
- 1/14/2010
- Scrapamum said...
It reminds me of Early Bird from Cosmo Cricket... I love it!
- 1/14/2010
- Carla said...
I love it!! Love the color combination and that adorable little birdy!!
- 1/14/2010
- kgscrapper said...
Love that it is "girly" without being pink!! Nothing against pink...just nice to change it up a bit!!
- 1/14/2010
- Natalie said...
I really love this one! So totally cute. This one actually makes my list of I WANT IT. :)
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- Etta said...
Oh, I am IN LOVE!!!!!
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Vermont socialist and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders recently introduced a bill to eliminate undergraduate tuition at public colleges and universities. His College for All Act would also reduce interest rates on federal student loans and allow graduates a refinance their loans at these lower rates, thereby "stopping the government from making profits on student loans." The stated cost of the bill would be $300 billion annually, which would supposedly be financed by instituting 0.5% and 0.1% taxes on trades of stocks and bonds respectively, as well as a smaller fee on derivatives, including stock options and futures contracts.
Sanders has virtually no chance of winning the Democrat primary, but a lighter version of his bill could get some traction from those on the left—and possibly some swing voters who buy the notion that this would be an "investment in America," so it's worth debunking at the outset.
As for the interest rate proposal, the federal government nationalized the college loan industry in 2010, a move Sanders supported. If there's any profit in the student loan business, the federal government is only getting it because it took over the system. The easiest way to keep this from happening is to privatize, but this wouldn't make the left happy either. The problem is profit. In a socialist's world, it's evil. Governments determine production, pricing, and wages so that "market distortions" are eliminated and everything is "fair." This ideological point aside, we're hearing more calls to "do something about the $1.2 trillion in student loan debt," which really means transferring some or all of it from those who willingly borrowed the money to those who did not. Like others of his ilk, Sanders would really like to dissolve most or all of debt, not just tinker with the interest rate.
There are many problems with his free college tuition proposal as well, aside from the fact that the federal government has no constitutional authority to pass it anyway. Costs of public institutions vary widely among the states in part because of the amount of funds state governments allocate. If the federal government is going to pick up the tab, then state governments have an incentive to spend less on their own, effectively turning over the entire college funding process to Washington.
Moreover, not every student needs to go to college or is ready to do so upon graduating from high school. The return on investment for any college decision depends on individual factors. Motivation is a very important one, but less of it is required when someone else is paying the bill. In fact, free college would be viewed as an easier alternative to many jobs one might get out of high school, effectively promoting a college education to those for whom it is not intended.
It's also important to consider Sanders' funding mechanism. His proposed taxes on stock trades sounds like a tax hike on the wealthy, but it would be counterproductive to the economy. Investors should be encouraged to move their funds into investments with the most potential. Like a capital gains tax, a levy on stock trades encourage investors to hold funds in questionable assets rather than pay the expense. This is a surefire way to stunt growth.
There is an irony here. Part of the occupy protests was based on the notion that many college graduates have incurred large amounts of debt but are struggling to find employment in their majors. Indeed, many have been deceived by a mantra that encourages college at any cost, so I have some degree of sympathy. Nonetheless, if many current graduates are unable to find good jobs—something leftist supporters of the movement parroted throughout the protests—then why should the government "invest" in more graduates? They wouldn't owe tuition individually under Sander's plan, but taxpayers collectively would incur the debt.
There are many other reasons why free college education is a bad idea; in fact, I can't really think of a reason to support it. Perhaps you might expect me—as a professor at a state-supported university—to favor such a proposal because it would infuse federal dollars and expand the industry, but it's just not a good idea for anyone.


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Lotus Notes is not a relational database. There are things you can do to create tie-ins between data in different documents, however.
For instance, suppose you have a Sales Order form containing a field CustID that stores a customer ID number. You also have a Customer form, and the Customer form also contains a CustID field and additional information about the customer, such as CustomerName.
When people ask about relational functionality in Notes, they usually want two things.
First, they might want to display data on a form that is not stored in the document. For instance, when the user views a Sales Order document, they want to see the CustomerName value, which is not stored in the SalesOrder document.
One way to do this is with a Computed for Display field. The formula of the field uses CustID as a key to retrieve additional information about the customer. For instance, the field in this case might use the following formula:
@If(CustID = "";
@DbLookup(""; ""; "CustomersByID"; CustID; "CustomerName"; [FailSilent]))
This assumes there's a view whose name or alias is CustomersByID, which contains Customer documents sorted by the CustID field.
It is also possible to make the field Computed, so that a copy of the customer name is stored in the Sales Order as well as in the Customer document. However, there is nothing in Notes to make these values stay in synch. People familiar with relational databases would say that the data are "not normalized." If the Customer document is edited and the name changes, you would have lots of old Sales Orders displaying the old name, unless you added custom code to update them. However, there are times you might want to do this.
The other thing people want when they ask for relational functionality, is to create a "join view" where data from different documents is displayed on the same view row. In this example, you might want to create a view of Sales Order documents with a column displaying CustomerName.
By default, Notes does not support the creation of views such as this. Each view row is only able to display information from a single document. If the Sales Order contains a stored copy of the CustomerName, you can of course use that value in your view. But by storing a copy you run into possible data inconsistencies as described above. You can't write column formulas that pull some fields from one document, and some fields from a related document.
You can create a real "join" view if you use NSFDB2 (fully supported in 8.0 and later) . When you store your Notes data in a DB2 back-end, you can create "DB2 Access Views" (DAVs) which are actual relational tables linked to your Notes item data, and then use these tables in a DB2 Query View (QV) that uses DB2 relational capability to display the results of an actual join in a view in the Notes client. If you choose, users can click these view rows to open a document (which document opens depends on your Select statement — if you are mixing data from Sales Orders and Customers, you probably want to open the Sales Order document, but it's your decision). Please refer to the Domino Designer help for details of this capability.
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Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus
Vinous-throated Parrotbill Sinosuthera webbiana
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
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The bay was gloomy and chilly on December 24th, with the obvious highlight being a brief encounter with a female Bluethroat. Other noteworthy bird sightings included a Western Osprey, just one Cinereous Vulture, and a dozen Lapland Longspurs. Two days later in the hills north of town, seven Pallas's Rosefinch were a treat to watch as they fed in a roadside ditch just after sunset.
On the final day of 2015, an Eastern Water Rail and the overwintering pair of Hen Harriers were seen, but the real excitement for the day came in the form of three Pine Buntings. This is a long-awaited species for me, and this sighting was apparently the most southerly mainland record.
A Siberian Accentor on January 2nd was a personal new species for the site, as were two Long-tailed Rosefinch on January 9th. Later in the day, I was fairly surprised to see a lethargic Long-billed Dowitcher. Six White-naped Cranes were also a welcome sight.


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Over the past few months, as I've written this blog and told our story, I have received many, many messages. People have reached out not only to offer their support, but to share their own stories. As we have listened to these stories, it's become increasingly evident that a majority of the stories that are similar to ours, almost all have a common thread.
After Jeff and I had many conversations this week on this very subject, discussing the need for people to feel safer talking about it and asking for help, a video popped up on my Facebook newsfeed. It was the actor Terry Crews, sharing his own personal battle with porn. That was all the affirmation I needed that it was time. It's time to talk about it. His bravery and honesty is something we need more of. I don't know him personally, but I couldn't help but feel so proud of him. For putting himself out there, for risking his reputation to help others. I personally don't believe he was risking his reputation though. If anything, in my eyes, he exponentially improved it. There is nothing more beautiful than a repentant heart that allows God's goodness to wash over and pour out of them. But still, to put his darkest secret out there for all to see, was a scary thing. This I know for a fact.
It's something that no one wants to talk about. They are embarrassed. They are ashamed. They are afraid of the way people will judge them, and gossip about them. They are afraid of losing people's respect. Or maybe, just maybe, as much as they think sometimes that they wish they could be free of this dark secret, they really aren't ready to give it up. And the women in their lives don't want to talk about it either. Or they do but they don't feel like they can. They are also embarrassed. They are also ashamed. They are afraid of how people will view their husbands if they knew. And they are afraid of how others will view them. "She must not be enough to satisfy her husband. If she took care of him this wouldn't be an issue." So many fears. So many lies. And so much destruction.
I've known about Jeff's porn addiction for years. It's been the biggest struggle in our marriage. Although up until recently, he wouldn't have admitted that. You see, in his mind, he wasn't hurting anyone. The porn addiction tells you that it's normal. It tells you that how your spouse feels about it doesn't matter, because it has nothing to do with them. It tells you that you need it. Then it tells you that you need more. As you progress in your addiction, you find that the images get less and less satisfying as you become desensitized, and so you find yourself searching further into depravity. Unfortunately , for so many, it eventually spills over into real life. You really believed you would never cross that line. But then here is someone, offering themselves up to you. The flirting, then the naked pictures. Then the proposition of a secret rendezvous. You aren't sure how you ended up here. And you know you shouldn't. But the addiction tells you this is what you need. You can actually partake of this fantasy world that you've created in your mind. You are entitled to this. Your wife will never find out. No one will get hurt. You deserve to have this.
The addiction tells you that your wife can't or won't keep up with these needs. The truth is, your wife feels so objectified and devalued, so insignificant and unimportant. You've created a world for her in which she is forced to compete with this unrealistic fantasy world of yours. You've created a world for her in which she is never enough. Maybe you're so deep in this addiction that you feel the need to look at porn before going to bed with your wife. Because the addiction has told you that she isn't enough. And that you aren't enough of a man without it. And so you've created a world where she knows that your affection is not about her. It's about what you were looking at before you came to her. You've created a world where she is just the means to an end. Where she questions herself everyday:"Why am I never enough?" This is the world your porn addiction has created for her. And yet you can't figure out why she doesn't want to be intimate with you all the time. You are too blinded by your addiction to see how much pain you are causing. Your mind has been so inundated with unrealistic expectations and untruths that you aren't really even capable of true intimacy anymore. And the saddest thing about that is, you don't even realize what you're missing.
And the lies. So many lies. Sometimes you feel bad about all the lies. Deep down, living with that deception is what causes your anxiety issues. But you've gotten really good at it. Every time you get caught, you get a little better at hiding it. You get a little better at convincing her that you do see that it needs to stop, and that you will. And maybe you do, for a little bit. A part of you wants to. But you never really let it go. You can't quite let it go. It's got you. And so you lie some more. By the time you are on the edge of an affair, the lying has become such second nature to you, that it's really not even all that difficult. And your mind has been conditioned to believe that this is how things are supposed to be. It's no big deal.
But it is a big deal. Pornography is a thief. It steals your time. It steals your dignity. It steals your integrity. It steals your honor. It steals your intimacy. It steals your relationships. It steals your identity, it keeps you there in its chains, so that you are unable to reach the potential of the person you are intended to be. It's so dark there, that you can't even see it, how bad things have gotten. You've filled your mind with so much trash, that you can't see the truth anymore. You can't see who you truly are. You can't see the treasure that your wife truly is. You can't see the blessings right in front of you.
It's time to wake up. It's time to see the damage and the toll this addiction is taking not just on you, but everyone around you.
"Oh, but I'm fine" you say. Yeah, Jeff said that too. "I know my boundaries" you say. Yep, he said that too.
Years before his affair ever happened, I found the story of a friend of a friend, named Cindy Beall. Her husband had a porn addiction too that eventually led to him having affairs. She has a blog, and has written a book about their story. I highly recommend y'all look it up. I discussed it with Jeff years ago, and told him I was so afraid we would end up there. He assured me we would not. He truly believed that he could control it. That he would never do what Cindy's husband did. Don't fall into that same trap. An addiction not dealt with doesn't go away. It always, always gets worse. You may think you can control it, but the truth is that you won't realize how far you can fall until you've already fallen.
I'm gonna stop right there and speak to you ladies. And this is important. You are MORE than enough. Hold tight to that, and when those thoughts of inadequacy sneak in, see them for the lies that they are and squash them. You have been and always will be more than enough. His addiction has blinded him from seeing you. From truly seeing the treasure that you are. But just because he can't see it right now doesn't make you any less of a treasure. You're going to need to come back and re-read this paragraph over and over again. I know, because even though sometimes I could remember this and know it to be true, it was and sometimes still is so, so easy to let those feelings sneak back in and get the best of me. Your husbands addiction has affected you in ways you know, and in ways that you aren't even aware of yet, and your recovery is just as important as his. It's important that you reach out and find trustworthy people to talk to and resources to help you heal from the wounds in your heart, mind, and spirit.
It's time that more people step up and tell their story. It's time for us to bring what we have hidden away and put it out in the light of day. It's time for people to know that they are not alone. It's time to remove the stigmas and remove the shame that keeps you there, hiding in that dark place. It's time to be bold. God doesn't look at your past. God looks at your heart. It doesn't matter what you've done, what matters is where you go from here. So let go of that shame. Replace it with the freedom and the happiness that comes from moving towards being the best person you can be. You are worthy of being that person. This life of bondage and shame is not what you deserve. You can have a life of freedom and joy. You can be the husband and father your family deserves. It's going to take commitment. You have to be willing to do the work. But the rewards are endless.
It's time to be brave. Let's create a community where it is safe to reveal your "dirty little secret". Where it is not met with judgement or scolding, but with compassion and love. Talk to someone. Find someone that you can trust that you can be accountable to. There are resources out there. Books, videos, websites that have a wealth of information on how to break free. And there are people like Jeff and I that are walking this road of recovery before you, who will gladly share what we have learned and are still learning. This is how we win this battle. This is how we take our lives back. This is how we get the life of freedom that God intended for all of us. This is how you become a man that is capable of truly and fully loving, that is capable of real and fulfilling intimacy and relationship.
Come and join us out here in the light. Things are so much better out here.
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To celebrate the release of James Mangold's Logan on DVD and Blu-ray, Rising Sun Pictures has given us a behind-the-scenes look at the hours of meticulous work that went into crafting the VFX Hugh Jackman's Wolverine's final swansong.
Gone were the days of dodgy adamantium claws unrealistically popping out of Jackman's knuckles in Logan. Instead, the film gave us glorious fight scenes that perfectly slip in among the emotional farewell to some of the best-loved X-Men characters from the past 17 years.
At around five minutes long, Rising Sun showcase their best work on the film with the video above, including Jackman's limo fight, the Las Vegas hotel attack, and Wolverine vs. X-24. The company's VFX Supervisor Dennis Jones revealed that it became much more than just your standard CGI with a blood splatter to create the glossy final look of Logan:
"There was a lot to work out about the mechanical functioning of the claws and how they related to the actors and individual body parts, and we were given considerable license to solve the action in creative ways. It went beyond tight match-moving and claw integration. For some of the really specific penetration moments, we had to remove, stabilize and reposition Logan's arms, fists and claws to suit the composition and timing of the shot."
Particularly memorable is the scene in Las Vegas, where we see the true power of Patrick Stewart's Professor Xavier and his "psionic blast." The film had already alluded to Charles being a danger to those around him, and that he had inadvertently caused the Westchester Incident, but here we saw him in full flow. As a battered Logan diced his way through an attacking group of Reavers, Jones said that some shaky camerawork made their job even harder:
"The blast was the most challenging effect creatively. The sequence was shot natively with camera shake and so there were no clean takes. Initially, we explored effects and treatments designed to add tunnel vision vignetting, as well as applying blur and over exposure, but weren't satisfied with the results."
RSP reprised its role, having worked with Mangold on The Wolverine, and contributed some 230 shots to the concluding chapter of the character's spin-off trilogy. If you noticed that there was a little more gore this time around, Logan's R-rating gave the company room to maneuver when it came to bringing the violence to life. Whether it be flailing limbs or someone taking Wolverine's claws to the jaw, there were no punches pulled by either Mangold or the SFX team:
"On the earlier films, we worked within PG-13 guidelines, but Logan's R-rating was confirmed from the start. That introduced another dynamic to play with. We could work with less restraint regarding things like blood and claw penetration."
We recently saw some candid behind-the-scenes photography from Logan, but Rising Sun's video really shows the lengths that Mangold and his many collaborators went to giving us realistic Wolverine action, without looking out of place. Together with the violent pacing, a heartfelt script, and more than a few farewells, you can see exactly why Logan is revered as one of the best superhero films of recent times and a near-perfect end to Jackman's tenure as the clawed Canadian.
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I thought today would be a good day to do a food photo journal post. After having a break from these for a while, it sounded kind of fun again!
For breakfast, I ate 1/2 serving of oatmeal with PB2 mixed in and topped with 1/2 of a sliced banana. I also had scrambled eggs and skim milk.
Hubby informed me that he is starting to get tired of eggs, unless they have something delicious mixed in. I heated up some Laughing Cow cheese and spread it over the top of his eggs. Problem solved.
I like to eat eggs in the morning because of the protein. I know there are other options like bacon, or other meats, but they tend to be high in sodium and I don't really like to go there. Plus, my MIL raises chickens and gives us the eggs. But I admit, I'm starting to get tired of eating an egg every morning too!
Wednesdays are usually my weigh in days, but because of the challenge, I've changed my weigh in days to Saturdays for a while. Today showed a nice loss though, if I had been counting it as the official weigh in! Hear that, Jessica? lol. Although the majority of the weight loss was lost before we started our challenge on Saturday anyways.
While working (from home again), I sipped on coffee with FF vanilla creamer.
For lunch, I ate tuna with light miracle whip and relish, along with tomatoes, a light string cheese.
I also had butternut squash soup.
I wanted something a little sweet, but wasn't hungry, so I ate an Adora dark chocolate calcium supplement.
On my last break, I made a fruit smoothie of sorts. I usually add yogurt to my smoothies, but I decided to make this one with strawberries, ice, water and a packet of Stevia. It was good! I need to tweak it a little because I like it a little sweeter. But for those of you who follow WW, this would be 0 points I believe!
I also had a serving of dry roasted peanuts.
I have been adjusting to working 40 hours again for the past couple of weeks. I know, poor me, right? But I've been tired. Plus we've been so busy and it's just been crazy. When I got off of work, late, I was pretty beat.
I took about an hour and just sat down and read blogs—something I haven't been able to really do for weeks. It was nice. It was relaxing, motivating, and so nice to catch up with you all! I know I should have been using my time to work out, but I just wasn't feeling it today. That and I was really hungry and trying my best to stay out of the cupboards!
I kept myself busy making healthy whole wheat rhubarb muffins. I ate a small bite. I think they tasted a little too "healthy" if you know what I mean, but hubby ate one and liked them.
For supper, I baked Blue Hake, zucchini and onions topped with parmesan, and lentils.
SO good.
I also had a nice glass of iced tea. Ahhhh, so refreshing. My teeth are so sensitive I often drink cold drinks with a straw at home. Isn't that terrible? I have the most sensitive teeth. If I just THINK about a popsicle, I get goose bumps. Hubby likes to mention cold things because he thinks it's funny that I get goose bumps. lol
I buy boxes of Blue Hake from Schwan's. It's very good! And only 80 calories.
And they come wrapped individually.
For dessert, I had a piece of strawberry rhubarb pie topped with light cool whip. This pie is only 178 calories, which I don't think it so bad for a slice of pie!
We are slowly running out of groceries this week. It will be time for a full load of groceries this weekend. I love grocery shopping!
I have 273 more calories left for the day, so I'm doing MUCH better today than I have for quite a while! It was a much more normal day for me today—FINALLY! I'm busy for the rest of the night so I won't be getting in any exercise today. But I will try tomorrow!
It was fun doing a picture food journal today! I hope you enjoyed it too!


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Göbekli Tepe and its striking stelae.
Göbekli Tepe in southeast Turkey is the world's oldest known site of religious worship, with a 'temple' going back at least to the early Neolithic (9000 years). Last week Milliyet reported (Turkish) the theft of a newly discovered statue from the site. The 40-centimeter high, T-shaped stela had a human head above and an animal figure below and had been left in place in the excavation area. Sunday, when most of the excavation team was off work, archaeologist Gülsüm Yaprak discovered that the new statue was missing and called the gendarme.
A detail of one of the T-stelae. Note the vulture, scorpion, and crazy-looking bird.
I can't find any more news as yet about this major theft. It's hard to overstate the importance of the site, which has evidence for complex architecture and representative art as early as 11,000 years ago - before even the development of pottery.
The new discoveries are finally beginning to reshape the slow-moving consensus of archeology. Göbekli Tepe is "unbelievably big and amazing, at a ridiculously early date," according to Ian Hodder, director of Stanford's archeology program. Enthusing over the "huge great stones and fantastic, highly refined art" at Göbekli, Hodder - who has spent decades on rival Neolithic sites - says: "Many people think that it changes everything...It overturns the whole apple cart. All our theories were wrong."If Ian Hodder is blown away, well, you probably should be too. I am, this site is amazing! Not least because it confirms my opinion that early people were much more like us than we usually give them credit for. The picture of the neolithic emerging from Çatalhöyük, Göbekli, and other sites in the region changes totally our picture of hunter-gatherers - from grunting savages in skins to settled communities with complex ideas and artistic traditions, who just happen to live on wild animals and plants rather than cultivated ones. Klaus Schmidt of the German Archaeological Institute, the excavation director, thinks that the stelae represent shamanistic religious traditions. Even more cool, there's lots of vultures juxtaposed with human body parts, suggesting that these people practiced sky burial, which survives in only a few remote places today (e.g. see this insane slide show or this video from Tibet).
Of course, such stuff is catnip for the unscrupulous collector, whose ego tells them they should have the right to "own" something like these stelae. I wonder if the theives were opportunistic, or whether the theft was commissioned? The fact that the stela was recently found points to inside knowledge and a certain familiarity with the archaeologists' routines. Local farmers? Workmen? Archaeologists? The Gendarmes? There's overlap between local mafias and antiquities smuggling in southeast Turkey. Depending on the area they could be connected to the Kurdish rebels, the army or gendarmes, or both.
The excavation has been closed to the public until further notice. How long it will take for the stela to show up in some museum, with an innocent-looking tag that says: "Syria or Anatolia. Purchased from an old private collection"? Whoever touches this thing deserves our rich contempt.


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This week, Frank and Alex lament that they cannot get to PAX Prime this year, but that won't stop them from talking about the week in games! They discuss the impending fall releases, re-imagining old classics, the upcoming game streaming service from YouTube, the goddamn Gjallarhorn, and so much more!
Listen to the episode and follow along below!
What We've Been Playing
Far Cry 4
Thomas Was Alone
Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition
News Bites
Attention: Nintendo is making a 'giant' version of the Yarn Yoshi amiibo
Rock Band 4 requires $20 adapter to use last-gen instruments on Xbox One, but not PS4
You can sign up to beta-test the next PS4 firmware update
Stealth game Republique coming to PS4 early next year
Nintendo Announces Star Fox, Xenoblade, Fatal Frame Release Dates
YouTube Gaming launches Aug. 26 with website and mobile apps
The New Metal Gear Trailer Sounds Like Kojima Saying Goodbye
Xur Is Selling the Gjallarhorn, Destiny's Most Coveted Weapon
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This week's episode features music from Devil Mar Cry 4
The intro song is from Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game Soundtrack by Anamanaguchi
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Hey guys! So I wanted to try a new thing where I recreate the looks of my favourite makeup artists because people like itslikelymakeup or Jordi are literally the biggest reasons why I got into makeup in the first place so I'm definitely inspired by them. But I love Jordi's makeup looks, she always makes them so cute and individual and I would love to be able to pull off some of the things that she does. So, I thought I would make this a monthly series and as she's done a few Valentines looks, I picked my favourite!
What she used: Jordi is literally the reason why I bought this primer but she uses the Urban Decay Optical Illusion primer alongside other primers. She's really all about skin-prep so she uses Optical Illusion, Lush Full of Grace serum, and then the KVD Lock It Featherweight Primer. She applies it all over and then uses a beauty blender to buff in her foundation which is a mixture of Tarte Rainforest foundation and the Body Shop foundation. She then highlights and conceals with Tarte Shape Tape Concealer.
What I used: Like I said, Jordi was literally the reason why I bought the UD Optical Illusion primer. I've got a review of it here. I moisturise first with my Nivea moisturiser and then I apply this all over my cheeks. I also had a random bit of redness so I colour-corrected with a product I'll be reviewing soon so I won't spoil it! I then took a beauty blender and the Maybelline Fit Me foundation and buffed it all over my face. I then highlighted and concealed with my Makeup Revolution Conceal & Define concealer which I'm pretty sure is a dupe of Shape Tape. I've also reviewed this here.
What she used: Jordi is a real advocate for Kat Von D so there's a lot of KVD products in here. To contour, she used the Shade & Light palette and then the Lock-It setting powder. She also used the shimmer shade in the Sugarpill Feline Fancy as a highlight.
What I used: I'm really not very good at contour but I have Makeup Revolution's dupe of that palette – it's literally called Light & Shade – so I used the contour shade in that. I use the lightest shade as a setting powder, too. I use it so much it's about to hit pan! For highlight, I used the white shade in the Sophdoesnails x Makeup Revolution highlighter collaboration.
What she used: Jordi always does pretty intense eyebrows which I'm not very good at but she uses the ABH dip brow pomade in Ash and then sets it with Poni Cosmetics zebra brow gel. She does some huge block rectangle brows and sets them. Then, the eyes! These are literally my favourite part of the whole look. She used the Makeup Revolution neutrals vs new-trals palette and took a plain colour and used it as a base. She then took a peachy colour and used it as a transitional shade. She then took a deep red shade from the Sugarpill Feline Fancy palette and put it in the inner corners of her brow bone. She then took a detailed brush and some concealer and drew a line in the crease that wings out. It's not so much a cut crease as an extra winged detail. She sets it with a shimmery white shade that she doesn't clarify which brand it is. She then puts on the House of Lashes Iconic lashes.
What I used: Like I said, I'm really not good at intense brows without them looking really weird so I just did my normal brow routine using the It Cosmetics Brow Power Pencil. It's my favourite thing right now. I was really excited to do this look as I want to delve into some more experimental looks. I used the shade Peaches as my transitional shade and all over. I then took Danger which is a deep red as my red shade. For my concealer, I first attempted to use the Collection Lasting Perfection concealer but it was too liquidy. I then used the Conceal & Define because it was thicker and a detail brush from Real Techniques. Take your time with this. It took me quite a while. I then set it with Penguin. I am seriously rubbish at false lashes so I just applied my favourite mascara which is the Sleek volumising mascara.
What she used: Jordi is all about experimental makeup and she used a smudgy effect that I've seen quite a lot in Korean makeup. She used Sugarpill's Liquid Lipstick in Strange Love and smudged it with her fingers.
What I used: I'm not as brave as Jordi so I didn't smudge my lipstick but I used Nyx's Liquid Suede Lipstick in Biker Babe which is almost an exact dupe for the Sugarpill. She also used this for some freckles so I did the same and they look super cute!
So, there you have it! I really enjoyed doing this look and I would be interested to do another recreation so please let me know if there's any one in particular that you would like me to do!
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Build successful businesses around tier 1 providers of IaaS
When partnering with a tier 1 IaaS provider, overlapping offerings can lead to eroding margins. Experts give advice on how solution providers can create differentiated services and secure businesses.
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among technology providers causes a variety of challenges for their IT channel partners. With the majority of M&A activity in the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) space occurring among tier 2 providers, channel companies may think they will dodge a bullet if they choose to partner instead with a tier 1 IaaS provider. However, partnering with a tier 1 provider increases the risk of a different challenge: eroding margins resulting from competing offerings.
Competition between solution providers and their technology partners is nothing new. "It's been an ongoing problem with the channel for well over 20 years: They rely on margin dollars that come from very little value-add that they bring to the table. They rely on the relationship that they have with the client as being good enough. Every time that has been true, that has eroded through the years," said James Staten, vice president and principal analyst, cloud computing and adaptive intelligence for analyst firm Forrester Research Inc.
The IT channel company that used to resell servers made 30 or 40 percentage points of margin, Staten explained. Now those margins are ridiculously thin, and many providers have moved up the stack to hosting or reselling hosting, and making margin off of managing the application. "That's under attack right now. ... So, [solution providers] have to continue to move up the stack … to things that are more unique to them. They always need to be ready to move and ready to change. Wherever there's new margin activity, they should expect there is a provider out there ready to attack. They can be as mad as they want at cloud providers who have moved into their business, but it won't change anything," Staten said.]
John Treadwayvice president of Cloud Technology Partners
If anything, competition between solution providers and their cloud provider partners is made more challenging by the nuances of the relationship. According to Jeffrey Kaplan, managing director of strategic consulting firm THINKstrategies Inc., there are three ways that the technology provider/channel partner relationship changes in the cloud. "First, they must share the customer relationship because cloud services are delivered directly to the customer by the technology provider. Second, they must share a smaller revenue stream because of the subscription service cloud model. Third, they must develop more streamlined sales and support models to maximize their profitability in the highly competitive marketplace," he said.
Staying out of the big providers' way
With these challenges impacting the solution providers' bottom line, it literally pays to understand what services tier 1 providers are likely to encroach upon. John Treadway, vice president of Boston-based consultancy firm Cloud Technology Partners Inc., offered this insight: "The trick is with the big guys, the closer you skirt to things they care about because they affect everybody, the more likely they'll come and disrupt you." As an example, Treadway said AWS released its own tool to help its customers manage spend and usage of AWS resources to improve return on investment, threatening a whole industry of tools focused on doing exactly that.
"Amazon has a vested interest in making that available to all clients -- and it's available for free. So, if your business was managing Amazon spend, you better find something else," Treadway said. "If it's in [the cloud provider's] best interest, then be careful. You have to manage and think, where aren't they going to go?"
Staten agreed and offered another example: "It does make you have to tune more specifically [what] you're going to rely on for margin. It can't be on commoditized services that will be replaced by cloud services in the near term. There is a belief by channel partners that customers by default want things on premise; they want things to be private. That's a crutch to fall back on. [They think, 'Customers will] use Amazon, but use me for things that need to be more secure.' As Amazon improves security, they'll start chipping away at that."
The solution provider's differentiator
To avoid this type of competition with cloud partners, Kaplan said, "Solution providers should avoid developing and selling basic applications and/or infrastructure services that lack clear differentiation and are vulnerable to price competition."
He added: "Solution providers can add value and create a competitive advantage by providing integrated solutions that specifically target particular segments of the market. These could include industry-, application- and business process-specific solutions."
To this end, Staten advised that solution providers look no further than their customers. "How well do you know your customer base, and how well can you tune the use of the cloud services for that customer base? If you're a channel partner that works with architecture businesses and you know architecture cold, that puts you in a good position," he said.
This, according to Treadway, "is the magic of dancing with the big guys." He said solution providers should "make sure you have enough unique value that is not in the cloud provider's core that they're not going to disrupt you. Each of those tier 1 providers has a different road map and effort and focus in services or solutions that they're providing, but none of them -- with the exception of Microsoft -- are providing vertical applications. They're not building trading systems to sell to the trading systems community."
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Haven't made as much progress as I would've liked, but that's because I've been busy prepping for our trip to Costa Rica and Guatemala. Which reminds me: No WIP Wednesday next week, since I'll be exploring the Costa Rican cloud forest!
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