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I teach in a upper middle class suburb of Detroit, Michigan. While diversity has started to make its way to my school, the vast majority of my students are white. I think our school district does a great job at keeping the curriculum diverse so that our student population gets a taste of various cultures they might not normally experience. In American Literature, there is a nice unit on the Harlem Renaissance, but I always felt that my students were just too far removed from the meaning of the poetry and essays to truly understand how Hughes or Johnson felt.
In 2007, I found this great article by James McBride in National Geographic. "Hip-Hop Planet" takes an interesting look at the culture of Hip Hop around the world and touched on many of the same themes that are explored in the Harlem Renaissance unit. By understanding the cultural significance of Hip-Hop and Rap music, students could understand the relationship Jazz and the Harlem Renaissance had with each other. I was happy that the students could make the connection between the article and the unit we covered, but I still wanted them to connect to the Art that was created during the Harlem Renaissance. Self-Expression is very important to high school students, but they are hesitant to recognize it in others. This is where Tupac comes in the picture.
I was born in 1979 and grew up during a very interesting time in music. Hair Metal was rolling right along and a new branch of Rock was emerging from the Pacific Northwest that I loved. Rap music was taking a very political stand on many different songs. "911 is a Joke" and "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy stood out from many other songs that were speaking about the neighborhoods people were living in but society ignored. Most kids today are not very familiar with Public Enemy so I needed someone a little more current and I decided to go with Tupac.
Tupac is a very interesting rapper. He has some songs that are not appropriate for kids to listen to at all in a school setting, then he has others that send such a great message to everyone. "Changes" is the first one I play for the students. It really talks about the struggles of African Americans and the lives many lead because they do not have options. It has spurred some of the best conversations of the year when kids think about the meaning of the lyrics. I especially love the part where he says, "The world is not ready for a black President." It speaks even louder today than it did a few years ago when I taught this lesson. I also play "Keep Ya Head Up" for class. Another solid message about treating woman. It's a wonderful message that really gets the kids thinking about what might spur someone to write a song like this. It also introduces many students to music they might never encounter on their own.
The link might seem like a stretch, but self expression through distinct cultural mediums was as much a part of the 80's and 90's in African American Culture as it was during the Harlem Renaissance. As each year passes, we are moving further and further away from "The Classics". Connections need to be made for students so they can reach "The Classics". Sooner than later, an entire overhaul of English Departments is going to happen because Literature keeps going. In other subjects, much stays static without worry of new material, but the libraries need to get bigger and new books need to be considered so the themes and ideas of relevance can be passed to a newer generation. Until that time comes, look at making connection to older pieces of literature with articles and the occasional rap song.
- @TheNerdyTeacher
P.S. I just remembered something else I used to do for this unit until the school cut back on the number of field trips allowed per year. I used to take the kids to the Rock and Roll hall of Fame for a day. It's an all day event, but it was so much fun. Here are a couple of pictures back in the day. The Rock Hall had a great exhibit on the roots of Rock and the connection to Jazz of the Harlem Renaissance. It was a blast while it lasted and it is one of the things kids talk about when they visit. Enjoy the pics.


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- 4 tablespoons butter, cut into cubes
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 ripe bananas, peeled and cut lengthwise into halves
- 1/4 cup banana liqueur
- 1/2 cup Myers Rum
- 1 quart of cream
- 8 egg yolks
- 12 (3-inch) tart shells of graham cracker crust
- 3/4 cup caramel sauce
- 4 egg whites
- 1/4 cup sugar
- In a large saute pan, melt the butter. Stir in the brown sugar and cinnamon. Add the bananas and baste them with the syrup for 2 minutes. Pull the saute pan off the burner. Carefully add the banana liqueur and rum. Place the pan back on the stove and shake the pan a couple of times. The pan should flame, if not, ignite the pan with a match. Shake the pan back and forth until the flame dies, basting the bananas continuously. Remove from the heat and cool completely. In a food processor, fitted with a metal blade, add the banana mixture and puree until smooth. In another saucepan, add the cream. Bring the liquid to a gentle boil. Whisk the egg yolks together.
- Whisk 1 cup of the hot cream into the egg mixture. Mix thoroughly. In a steady stream, slowly add the egg mixture to the hot cream mixture. Continue to cook for 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat and cool completely. Whisk the banana mixture into the cream mixture. Mix thoroughly and cool completely. Add the banana/cream mixture to the electric ice cream machine. Process according to manufactures directions. Place a tablespoon of the caramel over each tart shell. Spread a heaping 1/2 cup of the ice cream over the caramel sauce, filling each tart shell completely. Place the tarts in the freezer until frozen, about 1 hour. In the bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with a wire whip, whip the egg whites until soft peaks form. Add the sugar and continue to beat to stiff peaks. Remove the tarts from the freezer and spread the meringue over ice cream. Place the tarts on a baking sheet and place in the oven. Bake until the meringue is golden brown, about 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and serve.
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The story of former FBI director Louis Freeh is an odd one. Freeh was openly hostile to Bill Clinton, the President who appointed him, and later trashed Clinton in a book for allegedly selling out an FBI terrorism investigation in Saudi Arabia so he could solicit a donation for his presidential library from a Saudi prince. Then, a few years after leaving the FBI, Freeh went to work for a different Saudi prince, this one accused of engineering a billion-dollar corruption scheme. More recently, Freeh has reportedly been subpoenaed as part of a federal investigation into the source of payments made to him and several other former government officials for advocating the removal of a controversial Iranian opposition group from the State Department's list of designated terrorist groups.
And now it turns out that Freeh is mixed up in yet another controversy: the nation's former top G-Man has drawn attention in his role as the official trustee managing the bankruptcy of John Corzine's notorious failed investment firm, MF Global. On Capitol Hill today, Freeh was grilled by Senators about reports that he had discussed awarding bonuses to executives who oversaw the brokerage's collapse.
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Software Management Solution provides intelligent and bandwidth-sensitive distribution and management of software from a central Web console. It significantly reduces desktop visits and lets you easily support your mobile work force.
Software Management Solution also lets users directly download and install approved software or request other software.
This product is part of the following suites:
This document contains the following topics:
The new features of this release are as follows:
New supported platforms
Following platforms for managed client computers are now supported:
Software Management Solution requires Symantec Management Platform 7.0 SP2 Hot Fix 1 to be installed on the Notification Server computer. It can be installed on any server that is acceptable for the Symantec Management Platform.
See knowledge base article 46035, Symantec™ Management Platform 7.0 SP2 Release Notes.
Software Management Solution can manage the following client platforms:
Software Management Solution can manage the following server platforms:
You can install this product by using the Symantec Installation Manager. You can download the installation files directly to your server or you can create offline installation packages.
For more information, see the Symantec Management Platform Installation Guide (see knowledge base article 45732).
You can upgrade this product from 6x versions if you run the Symantec Installation Manager on a Notification Server 6x computer. To upgrade from the 6x version, you must first upgrade your 6x Notification Server to Symantec Management Platform 7.0 or later. During the Notification Server upgrade process, you can choose to upgrade to the latest version of this product.
For more information, see the Symantec Management Platform Installation Guide (knowledge base article 45732).
The migration of 6.x data to Software Management Solution 7.0 SP1 is the same as for 7.0.
For a list of the data that can be migrated, see knowledge base article 40926, Software Management Solution 7.0 Release Notes.
For more information about migrating data, see knowledge base article 44969, Migration of 6.x Data to Symantec Management Platform 7.0.
All the data in Software Management Solution 7.0 is supported in 7.0 SP1 without the need for data migration.
The following table lists the known issues that are related to installing and upgrading this product. If an article ID is included, you can click the link for additional information.
|Article ID
Migration of sequential software delivery tasks to Software Management Solution 7.0 SP1 might fail.
In some instances, the migration of sequential software delivery tasks fails during an upgrade from Software Delivery 6.1 to Software Management Solution 7.0 SP1. When the upgrade process updates an assembly file named altiris.profiling.dll, it corrupts the file.
Perform this task before you run the 7.0 SP1 upgrade or migrate the sequential software delivery tasks.
During an off-box upgrade, the Software Delivery Package File Importer in the migration wizard fails.
When you copy the software package migration data during an off-box upgrade, you must place both the PackageFiles folder and the data store (ADB) file in the same location on the 7.0 Notification Server computer. Otherwise, the migration fails.
A software package that is migrated from Software Delivery Solution 6.x might lose its package server associations.
In certain cases, a package server's GUID is changed during the upgrade from 6.x to 7.0 or 7.0 SP1. As a result, when you migrate a software package that was assigned to that server in 6.x, the package loses the server association after the migration. Because the package cannot be downloaded to the package server, any legacy software delivery tasks or policies that deliver that package cannot be run.
Workaround: After the upgrade and data migration, check the server assignments of the migrated software packages and if necessary, edit the packages to reassign the package servers.
The following table lists the previous issues that were fixed in this release. If an article ID is included, you can click the link for additional information.
|Article ID
The following table lists the additional things in this release that you need to know about. If an article ID is included, you can click the link for additional information.
|Things to know
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The Software Management Solution tasks do not support multicasting.
The Package Delivery, Quick Delivery, Source Path Update, and Windows Installer Repair tasks do not use multicasting. Therefore, even if the multicasting option is selected in the global Altiris Agent settings, and you use those settings for the task, the multicasting does not occur.
The Software Portal shortcut might not appear on the client computer. (Mac OS only)
If the Altiris Agent window is open on the client computer when the Software Management Solution plug-in for UNIX, Linux, and Mac is installed, the Software Portal shortcut does not appear on the client. To prevent this problem, restart the Altiris Agent on the client computer after the plug-in is installed. After the Altiris Agent restarts, the Software Portal shortcut becomes available to the user.
Software Management Solution supports hierarchy and replication.
Software Management Solution supports the hierarchy and replication features of the Symantec Management Platform. These features let you create tasks and policies at the top-level Notification Server computer and replicate them to child-level Notification Server computers.
For more information about replicating Software Management Solution data, see the Software Management Solution User's Guide.
Also see knowledge base article 48826, How to replicate Software Resources referenced by Policies in Software Management using Hierarchy.
The Software Portal does not open properly on a computer that runs Windows Server 2003 or 2008.
This problem occurs when the computer's browser security settings are set to High, which disables the Security Settings option for "Launching Programs and Files in an IFRAME". Because the Software Portal home page uses IFRAME, the page is not rendered properly. We cannot fix this issue because we cannot edit your browser security settings.
Details about the alternate download location for packages.
The download settings for Software Management Solution delivery policies and tasks contains the Destination download location option. This option lets you define the directory on the destination computer in which to place the package files. The default location is the Altiris Agent cache. You can also select an alternate download location.
The download settings do not affect the location of the delivery-related XML files that are created during the delivery.
The following table describes how different delivery methods use the alternate download location:
The following issues are unresolved in this release. If an article ID is included, you can click the link for additional information.
|Article ID
Updated documentation and Help are not shipped with this product.
Updated versions of the User's Manual and Help for Software Management Solution are not available at the time of this release. When it is updated, the PDF version of the User's Manual will be posted to the following locations:
Software that requires a restart during installation cannot be installed with Software Management Solution.
You cannot use Software Management Solution to install software that requires a restart during installation. An example of such software is MS SQL Server 2008. Because the Software Management Solution agent cannot handle the restart, the installation task or policy does not complete successfully.
A workaround is available. See knowledge base article 48740.
The Software Management Solution reports do not show information about a child Notification Server computer and its clients.
When you create a parent and child hierarchy between two Notification Server computers, and then perform a replication from the child to the parent, the Software Management Solution reports do not show information about the child server and its clients.
Execution data is not replicated up the hierarchy.
The information about the success of a delivery task or policy is not replicated back up the hierarchy. For example, when a Managed Software Delivery policy is executed on a client computer, information about the success of the execution is sent to the server. If a policy is executed from a server that is a child in the hierarchy, that execution information is not passed up to the parent server.
The data replication of software publishing information is not supported.
Information about software resources that are published to the Software Portal cannot be replicated.
Quick Delivery tasks might time out if they are executed immediately after upgrading.
After you upgrade to Software Management Solution 7.0 SP1, wait approximately 15-30 minutes before you execute a Quick Delivery task. If you try to execute a Quick Delivery task immediately after the upgrade, the task might encounter a timeout failure.
Legacy Software Delivery policies that are located in subfolders are not replicated.
If you migrated 6.x Software Delivery tasks to 7.x policies, and those policies are organized in subfolders, they are not included in the replication of Software Management Solution policies. Any policies that are in the root of the Legacy Software Delivery policies folder are replicated correctly.
In a Package Delivery task, the predefined command lines do not appear for packages that you select by browsing.
In a Package Delivery task, if you select a package by browsing, any command lines that are defined for the package do not appear in the Command Line drop-down list.
Workaround: Select the package from the Package drop-down list.
Command lines are not available for selection in a Package Delivery task.
If command lines are added to a software resource before the package is added, those command lines are not available for selection when you create a Package Delivery task for that software resource.
Workaround: Use Quick Delivery to deliver such software resources.
|Managed Software Delivery issues
When Sequential Software Delivery tasks are migrated to Managed Software Delivery policies, they do not download packages to the alternate download location.
When you upgrade from Software Delivery 6.1 to Software Management Solution 7.0 or 7.0 SP1, you can migrate Sequential Software Delivery tasks to Managed Software Delivery policies. When you run those migrated policies, their packages are always downloaded to the default location on the client computers. If you specified an alternate download location in the download settings, it is not used.
The Managed Software Delivery wizard cannot deliver a software resource that contains dependencies.
When you use the Managed Software Delivery wizard to deliver a software resource that contains dependencies, one of the following things happens:
Workaround: Perform the Managed Software Delivery without using the wizard.
For more information about creating a Managed Software Delivery policy, see the Software Management Solution User's Guide.
Package subfolders are not created in the alternate download location.
In Managed Software Delivery, when you specify a destination download location for a software package, the package is supposed to be placed in a subfolder of that location as follows:
Instead, the subfolder is not created and the package is placed in the root of the download folder. This was an issue in 7.0 and is not fixed when you upgrade to 7.0 SP1. However, this issue does not occur in a new installation of Software Management Solution 7.0 SP1.
Replicated Managed Software Delivery policy fails
A replicated Managed Software Delivery policy fails to execute when the installation file is an MSI and resource and item replication rules are used to replicate the software resource and the policy.
|Virtualization issues
Virtualizing Windows applications during a software delivery requires a specific version of the Software Virtualization Agent.
The Install this policy's software into a virtual software layer option in the Managed Software Delivery wizard can only be used with the version of the Software Virtualization Agent that is shipped with Software Management Solution or a later version. Earlier versions do not support this feature.
A Managed Software Delivery policy cannot correctly install software into a Symantec Workspace Virtualization 6.1 layer.
Workspace Virtualization 6.1 is the new version of Software Virtualization Solution 2.1. Normally, a Managed Software Delivery policy can install software into a virtual layer on a client computer. However, if the client computer contains the agent for Workspace Virtualization 6.1, the software is installed and the layer is created. However, the layer does not contain any files and therefore cannot be used.
Workaround: If you plan to use Managed Software Delivery to install software into virtual layers, use the agent for Software Virtualization Solution 2.1. It is included with this version of Software Management Solution. Do not upgrade to Symantec Workspace Virtualization 6.1.
When you install software into a virtual software layer with a localized layer name, the localized name does not appear in the SVS Admin on the client computer.
In a Managed Delivery policy, if you choose to virtualize the software during installation, you must provide a name for the virtual layer. If you enter a localized string as the layer name, the software appears in the SVS Admin with the default layer name "SWD" instead of the localized layer name that you provided.
Managed Software Delivery does not virtualize software whose installation file is in EXE format.
Managed Software Delivery does not virtualize an EXE package when you select the Install this policy's software into a virtual software layer option. The software is installed normally instead of in a layer.
|Software Portal issues
Software requests are missing after upgrading to 7.0 SP1.
Any software requests that were created from the Software Portal in Software Management Solution 7.0 are not available after you upgrade to 7.0 SP1.
After an authorized user accesses the Software Portal, any other user can access it.
This issue was fixed in Software Management Solution 7.0 SP1 MR1.
After an authorized user accesses the Software Portal, any other user can access it for software that was published for one or more user groups. A caching issue on the Notification Server computer allows this unauthorized access. When the cache is dumped, the Software Portal access is blocked for unauthorized users until another authorized user accesses the portal.
An "invalid license" error might occur after a user configures their user profile in the Software Portal.
This issue was fixed in Software Management Solution 7.0 SP1 MR1.
In the Software Portal, on the User Profile page, after a user enters their information and clicks Save Changes, the following error might appear:
"The computer from which you are accessing the Software Portal does not have a valid Symantec license. Please contact your administrator."
Workaround: The user should close the Software Portal and then re-open it and log on with the same credentials as before.
The Software Portal Administrators and Software Portal Managers security roles cannot access their role's views and options in the portal.
This issue was fixed in Software Management Solution 7.0 SP1 MR1.
If a user is added to the Software Portal Administrators security role or Software Portal Managers security role as part of a domain group, that user has the following restrictions:
Also, due to a restriction of the Windows operating system, security role access cannot be defined for local groups.
Workaround: Add users to these security roles individually instead of by groups.
Local users cannot be added to a manager's list of users in the Software Portal.
This issue was fixed in Software Management Solution 7.0 SP1 MR1.
In the Software Portal, on the User Profile page, a manager can add the users whose software requests the manager can process. However, if the Notification Server computer is not a member of the Active Directory domain, the manager cannot add local users to the list.
If the Notification Server computer is a domain member, the domain users and the local users can be added successfully.
Software Portal managers do not receive user requests under certain circumstances.
This issue was fixed in Software Management Solution 7.0 SP1 MR1.
When a user is added to a Software Portal manager's User Profile page as part of a group, the manager does not receive that user's software requests. Instead, that user's software requests are forwarded directly to the Administrator Portal page.
Groups that are added to the Software Portal permissions list do not appear in the list.
This issue was fixed in Software Management Solution 7.0 SP1 MR1.
When you publish a software resource to the Software Portal and you add a domain group or a local group, the group does not appear in the group list on the Software Publishing tab. The members of that group can see that software resource in the Software Portal. However, because the group does not appear on the Software Publishing tab, you cannot assign portal permissions for that group.
Workaround: Add the group to a security role and then assign the security role to the software resource, as follows:
|Non-Windows delivery issues
You cannot execute Managed Software Delivery policies from the client side on non-Windows computers.
The client-side user interface (on the Altiris Agent) is not available on UNIX, Linux, or Mac computers. Therefore, you cannot execute Managed Software Delivery policies from those client computers. This issue occurs because those policies do not appear in the utility "aex-swdapm" on UNIX, Linux or Mac clients.
Some Managed Software Delivery settings do not work for non-Windows software.
Because the client-side user interface (on the Altiris Agent) is not available on UNIX, Linux, or Mac computers, the following Managed Software Delivery settings do not apply to UNIX, Linux, or Mac delivery policies:
Launching a GUI application via Software Delivery on a Mac computer is not recommended.
To ensure the highest security, we recommend that you do not launch a GUI-based application through a Software Management or Inventory task. If the computer is at the login window, you may inadvertently provide root access to the computer through the application.
SLES 9 RPM packages cannot be delivered.
You cannot use Managed Software Delivery or Quick Delivery to install RPM packages that were created with RPM Package Manager 4.1.1 or earlier. For example, those used on SLES 9. Because those packages cannot be imported into the Software Catalog, they do not have software resources that you can deliver.
Solaris 10 zones are not supported.
A Solaris 10 global zone that has non-global zones installed is not supported. However, Solaris 10 that does not contain any non-global zones is supported.
The names and descriptions of the Software Delivery for UNIX and Mac exporters and importers appear in English only.
When you migrate Software Delivery data for UNIX and Mac, the names and descriptions of the exporters and importers that appear in the Exporter and Importer Configuration dialog boxes always appear in English and are never translated.
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This information is available in PDF format.
Information about how to use this product. This information is the same as in the User's Guide.
Help is available at the solution level and at the suite level.
This information is available in HTML help format.
The Documentation Library, which is available in the Symantec Management Console on the Help menu.
Context-sensitive help is available for most screens in the Symantec Management Console.
You can open context-sensitive help in the following ways:
For more information, you can use the following resources:
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This information is available as an article in the knowledge base.
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It was back in September 1978 when Honda launched their very first lawn mower in Europe. At that time, standard 2-stroke technology dominated the market, providing noisy, dirty engines that were difficult to maintain. So Honda fitted their lawn mowers with ground-breaking 4-stroke engines; setting new standards of performance, reliability and safety, but they didn't stop with the engines.
Honda's aim has always been to constantly improve in all areas of design, so they built in hard-wearing durability and long-lasting performance at every stage of the process, from cast iron cylinder sleeves and ball bearings to support the crankshaft, to aerodynamic cutter decks with nylon grass bags for improved airflow and more efficient collection.
For years, Honda have built all their lawn, garden and power equipment around clean 4-stroke engine technology. That's because they're committed to making their products as user-friendly, fuel-efficient and reliable as they can, without compromising performance.
Today, Honda have harnessed their design and technology expertise to create a versatile repertoire of lawn, garden and power products from lawn mowers and brush cutters through generators and water pumps to tillers and snow throwers. Their patented Roto-stop feature is their latest benchmark in design, providing complete safety and peace of mind by allowing users to stop their lawn mower blades turning without switching the engine off.
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There they go again. Or so it appears, on the surface.
Last week, Planet Fitness revoked a woman's membership for using her cell phone while working out. The Boston Herald story quickly spread over social media and other news outlets.
If Planet Fitness kicking a member out for violating one of its policies sounds familiar, it should. Planet Fitness made a name for itself a few years ago when it banned a member for violating its "no grunting" policy. While that story made its way to The New York Times and identified Planet Fitness with its unique "judgment free" brand, the recent report about cell phone use could apply to any club.
The woman reportedly took a call from her doctor's office on her cell phone while working out on an elliptical machine at a Planet Fitness in Dedham, MA. She claims the club's general manager threatened her and violated the club's own "no gymtimidation" policy. Management claims the woman was "rude and dismissive" and had previously violated the no cell phone use policy.
McCall Gosselin, spokeswoman for Planet Fitness, Newington, NH, said in an emailed statement that it is corporate policy that cell phone use is only permitted in the lobby of the club.
"Use of cell phones on the gym floor or while using equipment is dangerous for individual members and distracting to others," Gosselin said.
I have to agree with Planet Fitness on this one. Member safety comes first, neck-and-neck with the company trying to save its own neck by lessening the threat of potential lawsuits should an accident occur involving a member on a cell phone. Although it was not spelled out in the company statement, the Herald reported that Planet Fitness has 10 signs restricting the use of cell phones throughout the club.
Back when Planet Fitness first made headlines, it was a brash, up-and-coming company looking to separate itself from the pack. Today, Planet Fitness is more streamlined, especially after its partnership with private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners. Planet Fitness also is the national brand partner of NBC's "The Biggest Loser," giving the company national exposure to millions on a weekly basis.
Lunk alarms? Judgment-free zones? Those are quirky Planet Fitness staples. Not allowing cell phone use on the gym floor? That's just common sense.


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1. Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself. All of spirit would deprive. The mild air, with season moderate, Gently attempered, and disposed eo well, That still it breathed foorth sweet spirit. (Spenser)
2. A rough breathing; an aspirate, as the letter h; also, a mark to denote aspiration; a breathing. Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use for it. (B. Jonson)
3. Life, or living substance, considered independently of corporeal existence; an intelligence conceived of apart from any physical organization or embodiment; vital essence, force, or energy, as distinct from matter.
4. The intelligent, immaterial and immortal part of man; the soul, in distinction from the body in which it resides; the agent or subject of vital and spiritual functions, whether spiritual or material. There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. (job xxxii. 8) As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. (James II. 26) Spirit is a substance wherein thinking, knowing, doubting, and a power of moving, do subsist. (locke)
5. Specifically, a disembodied soul; the human soul after it has left the body. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return unto god who gave it. (Eccl. Xii. 7) Ye gentle spirits 1000
far away, With whom we shared the cup of grace. (Keble)
6. Any supernatural being, good or bad; an apparition; a specter; a ghost; also, sometimes, a sprite,; a fairy; an elf. Whilst young, preserve his tender mind from all impressions of spirits and goblins in the dark. (locke)
7. Energy, vivacity, ardor, enthusiasm, courage, etc. 'Write it then, quickly, replied bede; and summoning all his spirits together, like the last blaze of a candle going out, he indited it, and expired. (Fuller)
8. One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper; as, a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit. Such spirits as he desired to please, such would I choose for my judges. (Dryden)
9. Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; often in the plural; as, to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be downhearted, or in bad spirits. God has . . . Made a spirit of building succeed a spirit of pulling down. (south) A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ. (pope)
10. Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or to formal statement; also, characteristic quality, especially such as is derived from the individual genius or the personal character; as, the spirit of an enterprise, of a document, or the like.
11. Tenuous, volatile, airy, or vapory substance, possessed of active qualities. All bodies have spirits . . . Within them. (bacon)
12. Any liquid produced by distillation; especially, alcohol, the spirits, or spirit, of wine (it having been first distilled from wine): oft f5e en in the plural.
13. Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.
14. (Science: medicine) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.
15. (Science: chemistry) Any one of the four substances, sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, or arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment). The four spirits and the bodies seven. (Chaucer)
16. Stannic chloride. See Stannic.
Spirit is sometimes joined with other words, forming compounds, generally of obvious signification; as, spirit-moving, spirit-searching, spirit-stirring, etc. Astral spirits, Familiar spirits, etc. See Astral, Familiar, etc. Animal spirits.
(Science: medicine) alcohol; so called because formerly obtained by the distillation of wine. Spirit rapper, one who practices spirit rapping; a medium so called. Spirit rapping, an alleged form of communication with the spirits of the dead by raps. See spiritualism. Sweet spirit of niter. See Spirit of nitrous ether, above.
Synonym: life, ardor, energy, fire, courage, animatioon, cheerfulness, vivacity, enterprise.
Origin: OF. Espirit, esperit, F. Esprit, L. Spiritus, from spirare to breathe, to blow. Cf. Conspire, Expire, Esprit, Sprite.


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Eric Decker, Jessie James are planning their Colorado wedding
Eric Decker and Jessie James are still working out the details of when and where they will marry next year, but that hasn't stopped James from attending to other wedding matters — namely, her dress.
Decker, 25, a wide receiver for the Denver Broncos, and James, a country singer, announced their engagement earlier this year and are trying to schedule a Colorado wedding and reception next summer.
James, 24, has been busy shopping for her gown and accessories and while we know the designer, she's keeping other parts of her ensemble a secret because Decker is a traditionalist and doesn't want to see his bride-to-be in her gown until the big day.
James found her dress on a single shopping trip at the Highlands bridal shop Anna Bé, which is owned by Anna Walsh and Breanna Doll. She selected Anna Bé because the boutique carries Monique Lhuillier and Vera Wang designs, two iconic designers in wedding fashion.
"I came into the shop thinking I wanted a certain type of gown and brought pictures of that style with me," James said. "As I was trying on all the dresses, I was getting the reaction of, 'OK, this is nice,' but it wasn't quite how I was supposed to feel."
Then she tried on a Vera Wang design and knew it was the one. "It was almost a happy disappointment because it was the opposite of anything I ever thought I would want…but I was so in love with it and felt like a princess," said James.
Anna Bé Bridal Boutique's owners note that the singer's self confidence will make wedding planning an easier process for her. "She understands her sense of style and doesn't second guess," Walsh said. "She connected well with our stylists so when we make a recommendation or suggestion, she accepts it and trusts us."
Anna Bé's owners said James was smart to keep her shopping party small. She was accompanied only by her mother, Karen Parker. "She brought the one person who was really important to help her make that decision, and that's really all you need," says Doll, who adds, "We recommend that brides bring only key decision makers, usually one or two people. Any more than that can lead to confusion during the dress selection process."
James will wear a custom veil from Denver-based designer Sara Gabriel. "She asked for a traditional veil design," Gabriel says. "Her dress is just stunning and we wanted to make sure that the veil complemented and didn't overshadow the gown."
Just as she didn't need to overshop for the gown, the veil selection process was quick. "I tried on one and loved it, and when I tried on the second, I knew it was the one," James says.
Brides are increasingly requesting veils, Gabriel says. "The last few seasons (the preference) has been headpieces or fascinators, which are French net headpieces. We are seeing a swing this coming season back towards traditional veils" made from tulle and including such elements as a blusher, the piece worn over the face and the lifted off during the ceremony.
The couple's wedding will likely include a few Southern details in design and traditions to pay homage to James' career and upbringing. She was born in Italy, but spent her early years in Louisiana and Georgia. James says she will wear minimal jewelry, but does plan on wearing her mother's gold necklace throughout the day to represent her "something old." Her "something new" has already been found in her gown and veil, and she's currently formulating ideas for a "something borrowed" and "something blue."
Decker hasn't seen any pictures of the gown, James says. "He won't see it until the day of the wedding, but he always says, 'I'm sure you'll look beautiful in whatever you put on,'" says James.
Her dress and veil selected, James can move on to the process of finding dresses for her seven bridesmaids. "I'm going to have the most beautiful bridesmaids ever…I have some ideas and I'm thinking multicolored gowns, but I'm not quite sure yet," she said.
James and Decker have an increasingly high profile in Denver, getting involved in such charity events as the Saddle Up Foundation, Volunteers of America, and next week's Judi's House benefit, Uncork for a Cause. James has been working on her music and makes a point to attend Broncos games to support her groom-to-be. "Eric and I love to just sit around the house; we make food, drink coffee, we're working on a puzzle or we play pool together. We have very little time together, so we like to do the most simple things like lounging around the house," she says.
Colorado LifeStyle editor Suzanne S. Brown contributed to this post.


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Make the first gift to yourself by savoring the Season's Bounty as you shop.
If you're one of those people who love to shop, you can stop reading now and go wrap some presents.
But if it takes eight crazed reindeer to drag you to the store during the holidays, this story is for you.
You've seen the news, read the paper. You're thinking OMG. Black Friday. Cyber Monday. Waiting overnight in ridiculously long lines. Mad dashes for sale merchandise. Customers crushed and pepper sprayed. All while shopping? Yikes!
But holiday shopping doesn't have to be crazed. Like you, we don't think it should be.
Throughout the month — far, far away from maddening malls and big-box blahs — Bay Country is jingling with holiday spirit. Look past the vast asphalt lots to the independent shops and museums, to the art shows, craft festivals and good-cheer street fairs. Sipping cider, sharing good times, you'll be having so much fun that you'll forget you're shopping.
Grab a friend. The more the merrier, and you'll both be boosting the local economy.
Read on — and keep your copies of Bay Weekly and our Season's Bounty special by your side — to find your way to good-time shopping.
Shy about giving a used gift? Get over it. Antiques are, after all, used. You can spend a bundle or just dollars on old treasures.
Shop antique and consignment shops to find gifts with history and personality for the less conventional loved ones on your list. Got collectors to shop for? All the better. From perfume bottle collectors to fishermen to dish fanciers, you've got them covered.
Whoever you're shopping for, half the fun is in the search, as you dig through piles of possibilities. Often your find tells you who wants it.
No need to limit your second-time-around shopping to gifts for others. Spend a little — and we mean a little — on yourself at Shoppe for Hospice dress boutique in Huntingtown Town Center. Here's where you can score a $500 LBD for $15. Or a sparkly red one for $15. They're all just $15, so you don't have to wear the same dress twice.
In our manufactured age, gifts that pass from hand to hand have added value. When you buy gifts from artists and artisans, you're making a human connection that works three ways, from the maker to the giver to the receiver.
Have a Santa collector on your list? Shop these fairs for Santas galore: Santas made from glass, gourds, starfish, driftwood, pipe cleaners and oyster shells. You might even be lucky enough to score a Rudolph toilet paper holder.
You'll also find paintings, fine wood furniture, silk screens, stained glass panels, jewelry and clothing. Prices range from a few dollars to hundreds.
You may not dare buy a painting for Aunt Jane, but a hand-thrown vase or a crocheted throw — especially one made from alpaca yarn — is a good bet. Artful ornaments, which flourish at these shows, make good, affordable gifts.
Illustrator Lisa McCue signs copies of her Corduroy Bear children's books at the ALS Artisan Boutique December 4, with all book sale proceeds going to the ALS Association.
Many fairs also benefit a charity, so your gifts give twice. The ALS Artisan Boutique (10am-5pm, Sun. Dec. 4, at the Sheraton Annapolis Hotel), for example, has raised over $150,000 in eight years to help find a cure for the devastating and always fatal neuromuscular disease while honoring the memory of Nancy Wright of Annapolis. At this year's Boutique, six-dozen regional artists show and sell confections, glassware, handmade purses, paintings, photographs, soaps, turned wood, wire-wrap and capes, gloves, scarves and more. Lisa McCue, illustrator of the Corduroy Bear series, signs and sells her latest children's books, with all money from her sales going to the ALS Association.
Fresh corn, tomatoes and peaches are sweet memories. But this time of year, Farmers Markets rally for a final holiday hurrah. So don't forget these purveyors of local bounty. Believe us when we tell you that somebody on your list would love a stem of Brussels sprouts tied with a big red ribbon. Or a basket of beautiful broccoli and cauliflower. How about a big jar of local honey? Real bees' wax candles? Even oyster shell art. Jewelry, soap and lotion, jelly and vinegar makers gather at these winter markets, too, in case you don't believe us about the Brussels sprouts.
When skies, ground and trees are gray and your feet are cold and tired from beating the pavement, garden centers thaw your attitude — and give you great shopping. Under the big greenhouse, it feels like spring but looks like Christmas. Santa holds court and hears wishes, trains run on time through villages with no zoning issues and Christmas decoration reaches its bright and enviable height.
This is a no-brainer for the gardeners on your list. They all lust after hand tools, seeds, books and — the most coveted — gift certificates for spring.
Or you can give growing gifts right now. Beyond the ubiquitous poinsettia — always a great gift — consider Christmas cactus, amaryllis, paper whites and orchids. Winter is shutting the garden down, but an herb basket grows an indoor cook's garden till spring comes to the rescue.
A big bag of birdseed — or a birdhouse, birdbath or bird feeder — is a good gift for birds and bird lovers, who at 48 million are a big bunch. Surely one of them has landed on your list.
Garden and wildlife centers also know how to deck out a tree. Shop here for huge selections of ornaments. As well as angels, icicles and pickles, you'll find blown-glass vegetables, pinecone raccoons and birch-bark birds for more nature lovers on your list.
Among our favorites: Greenstreet Gardens, Homestead Gardens and Wild Bird Center of Annapolis.
Nature lovers also love nature center memberships. For as little as $15 a year, you can join Calvert County's Battle Creek Nature Education Society and help provide quality environmental education programs to students and adults.
American Chestnut Land Trust, Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum, Jug Bay Nature Center, Kinder Farm Park, Quiet Waters Park and the gardens of many historic homes — the list of possibilities for memberships in nature centers and their friends' organization is long, so match the center to the tastes of the nature lovers on your list.
The out-of-town visitors have already checked in, and you haven't checked off half the people on your list. What to do?
Hit the museums, and shop while they gawk. Museum gift shops are stocked by imaginative people who've thought of gift possibilities you never dreamed of.
Visit this time of year, and you'll find historic places decorated for the season and many offering workshops that teach you how to make historic holiday decorations for gifts or for yourself.
On December 3 alone, you can make an historic Williamsburg wreath at William Paca House, seasonal wreaths at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum and custom wreaths under the guidance of Historic Londontown's expert wreath makers. All thumbs and out of time? Buy already-made kissing balls, wreaths, swags and garlands at Hammond Harwood House.
If all your friends have too much stuff, give a gift that never needs to be dusted: the gift of a membership. You'll not find a museum or historic house that doesn't want members. And maybe you'll get invited to go along, with free entrance, when you can look rather than shop.
Small-town shopping with happy people thronging the sidewalks makes us feel like we've slipped into a nostalgic holiday pageant.
Chesapeake towns and villages band together this season to lure you out to play and in to shop. Shopkeepers deck their walls and lay out, if not a feast, certainly tables of nibbles and potables. The streets are illuminated and crowded with other partiers. These street festivals are safe and fun, and you can find a whole lot of gifts as you shop-hop.
In many of these town parties, you're on foot, so you can add a little bar hopping to your evening. Every Chesapeake town has bars, and most restaurants as well as shops, galleries and entertainment, so you can combine a night out with your shopping.
In Annapolis, parking meters are wrapped in holiday bags, for in December, parking is free — though the two-hour limit still holds. To cover distance, hop the Connector trolley, which is free for the season, or flag down an eCruiser, where your fare is your tip to the driver.
South County Christmas Crawl is a running daytime party that lasts two weeks, from December 1 to 15, and stretches from Harwood south to Friendship, with stops in Galesville, West River and Deale. You'll be traveling some of the prettiest roads in the county, so drive slowly, enjoy the scenery and hope for good weather.
December 2 and 3 may be the best time of the year to explore the tiny isle of Solomons, for the Solomons' 27th annual Christmas Walk. Santa's in town, 2,000 luminaries light your way store to store. Saturday night, boats decked out in light displays parade up to the Patuxent River Bridge.
You'll have fun strolling Solomons, but don't get sidetracked: Shopping is your mission. Essentials aren't what you'll find in the shops of this quaint waterfront town. Look for atmospherics to accessorize your friends' — and their dogs' — Bay-centric lifestyles.
December 3 and 4 is the Antique Dealers of Calvert County Christmas Open House, where shops have been known to serve turkey, champagne punch, ham biscuits and salmon rolls.
Start Saturday at North Beach, where Santa leads the annual Christmas parade along the Boardwalk. Antique shops cluster in this little Bayfront town, so your Buster Browns won't be busted, and you'll have plenty of energy to climb in the car and head south down the holiday antique trail.
Midnight Madness takes over historic Annapolis and spills down West Street and into West Annapolis on two Thursday nights, December 8 and 15, from 6pm to midnight. The town Christmas tree shines, and everything is bright, lovely, crowded and fun.
Many stores offer special pricing plus lots of wine and personal attention to encourage you to buy. Buy what? Heirloom silver spoons, rings, beads and bangles, soft warm clothes, hand-thrown pottery, gourmet foods, toy trains and teddy bears, dog treats — and whatever else strikes your fancy.
At the Gifts that Give Hope Alternative Gift Fair at 44 Maryland Avenue, you can even give a gift that's really needed in the name of the person on your list who has everything.
Look beyond the storefronts, too, for gift certificates for restaurants, concerts, historic tours and theater, including Colonial Players, right off State Circle.
Prince Frederick is a charming town when you see it on foot. It's even better at Christmas, when the Calvert Garden Club has greened the historic Courthouse with a traditional Della Robbia wreath and the square and gazebo with swags and garlands. Saturday, December 10, is the time to see for yourself, for that afternoon shopping pedestrians take over the usual auto-mobile town center for Art Walk Prince Frederick.
Artists exhibit and musicians perform as you walk and shop along Duke and Main Streets and in Prince Frederick Center. Collaborating to make your shopping fun with open houses, music and demonstrations are 10 locations, from art galleries to Calvert Hospice to Linden House, the home of the Calvert County Historical Society. Take this occasion to step into the heart of the community and shop for gifts to be found nowhere but Prince Frederick. Look for specials, including $1-a-ticket raffles of each store's specialty, with your dollars benefiting the Safe Harbor family shelter.
It's a Wonderful Life in West Annapolis Saturday, December 17, when the village within our capital city goes warm and fuzzy with nostalgia for the times we love best. Horse-drawn carriages soften the mood of the auto age, Santa visits and George Bailey reminds us that, despite appearances, it is a wonderful life.
Even shopping is wonderful here, where the holiday pulls you from festive streets into fabulously chic boutiques with charming specialties, both new and gently used for artful friends: art supplies, paper and home wares, children's clothes and oddities from tie-died duct tape to false moustaches and tattoos.
You'll be doing good while buying, as a portion of all sales benefits Lighthouse Shelter, Salvation Army and the SPCA of Anne Arundel County.
Never can tell who you'll run into on the art trail.
Lynn Simarksi, Bay Weekly columnist turned photographer, shows what she's been up to lately on the Bay in her first photo show, Watershed Moments: Contemplative Photographs of the Chesapeake Bay, opening December 3 at River Gallery in Galesville.
"Living aboard a 40-foot trawler through all four seasons, cruising from one end of the Chesapeake to the other," Simarski says of her years on the water, "opens intimate moments and places to view. While anchored in fog, secure at the end of a dock, or kayaking up a wending creek, I am witness to the calligraphy of dew or frost or light. Transitions in space and time — where water meets banks and shores, and as one season gives way to the next — present an ever-shifting palette.
"The Chesapeake's geography still harbors special places, holdouts of the Bay's essence. But what I photograph today may not be there tomorrow."
Learn more at www.chesapeakewinter.com.


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The Archaeology Days across Europe are coordinated by the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap).
They will take place on 14, 15 and 16 June 2019.
Whether you are passionate about history or just curious, with your family or your class, come find out about archaeological heritage and research.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) Dwight Howard scored 24 points, Kobe Bryant had 14 points and 11 assists in another pass-first performance, and the Los Angeles Lakers hung on to beat the New Orleans Hornets 111-106 Tuesday night for their first three-game winning streak in five weeks.
Earl Clark had 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Lakers, whose 18-point lead with 5 1/2 minutes to play dwindled to 102-101 with 2 minutes left before Clark and Steve Nash hit big shots to clinch Los Angeles' ninth straight win over New Orleans.
Eric Gordon scored 18 of his 25 points in the first half for the Hornets, who were all but finished before making a 16-2 run in an electric 2 1/2-minute stretch. New Orleans got within one point on Greivis Vasquez's running jumper, but Clark hit an inside layup and Nash buried a 3-pointer with 1:21 to play.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - LaMarcus Aldridge hit a turnaround jumper at the final buzzer as Portland came back from a 21-point third-quarter deficit to beat Dallas.
Aldridge finished with 29 points and 13 rebounds for the Trail Blazers, who trailed 101-94 with 2:18 left. J.J. Hickson had a season-high 26 points and 15 rebounds.
After Wesley Matthews made two free throws to pull Portland to 101-98 with 52 seconds to go, Nicolas Batum's 3-pointer tied the score.
Dirk Nowitzki answered with his own 3 with before Aldridge had a 3 to tie it at 104 with 4.9 seconds left. O.J. Mayo was called for charging with 1.5 seconds to go, and Aldridge hit his jumper after the inbound from Matthews with 0.2 seconds left for the victory.
Dirk Nowitzki finished with 26 points for Dallas, which had won six of its last eight games.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Brandon Jennings scored 20 of his 30 points in the third quarter, leading Milwaukee past Detroit.
Mike Dunleavy had 17 points and Monta Ellis added 14 for the Bucks, who led by as much as 29 points.
Rookie Andre Drummond had 18 points and 18 rebounds for Detroit, while Greg Monroe scored 14 points. Drummond became just the second teenager to have an 18-18 game since 1985-86, joining Dwight Howard.
The Pistons led by 15 points late in the first quarter, were outscored 78-40 over the next 25 minutes.
CLEVELAND (AP) - Klay Thompson scored a career-high 32 points to lead short-handed Golden State.
The Warriors were missing three starters - guard Stephen Curry (ankle), center Andrew Bogut (ankle) and forward Harrison Barnes (knee). Also, Carl Landry, one of the first players off Golden State's bench, didn't play because of a shoulder injury.
Still, Golden State shot 54 percent and was 11 for 16 on 3-pointers, hitting the first nine from beyond the arc. Golden State took control in the second quarter and built a 16-point lead in the second half.
Jarrett Jack, starting at point guard in place of Curry, had 26 points and 12 assists, and David Lee had 20 points and 13 rebounds.
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From LEGO to Clouds: Connecting the Pieces
By: Marie Hattar
Kids might be building Hogwarts now instead of the Death Star when it comes to LEGOs, but pieces from their old sets still work with new structural elements. Even beauty salons are getting hip to the idea that when you can simplify a system of elements so that they easily work together, customers get more satisfaction. Happily, I see this as a technology industry trend, as well.
Related: GT's new Cloud Storage Solution
Many companies realize that today's consumers share and store data across a variety of different electronic devices. So, now they're making it easier to connect between them. For example, the smartphone market is moving to the convenience of universal USB chargers. If you change or upgrade your cell phone, you can just plug your new one into your existing charger.
In New Jersey, 10 teachers from two different schools participated in a pilot to integrate different technology devices into their lessons. After three months, the participants felt that it was a success. And, they discovered how technology platforms and social media could work together for effective learning. In much of the way of LEGO, they started with two schools and now the school district is likely to scale this technology integration more broadly and have the option of adapting all different types of gadgets in the future.
It's the same principle behind Cisco's Cloud Intelligent Network. It's all about integrating different pieces in order to create an intelligently designed structure. This enterprise network solution establishes a foundation to securely and efficiently unify a world of many clouds and many devices, so that businesses can seamlessly adapt to the growing cloud environment by increasing connectivity and collaboration.
The beauty of all this integration and unification is that it removes barriers to productivity and innovation. So whether you're creating a masterpiece from LEGOs, pulling together your next "it" look, or designing your network architecture, the silver bullet is an integrated system that will evolve with your needs. All the pieces connected, seamlessly and simply. And who doesn't get satisfaction from that?
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Today: Rumors of Carl Icahn's interest in Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) lifts the company's beleaguered shares higher as tech stocks help Wall Street avoid losses. Also: Facebook's privacy vote and Google's (GOOG) tax issues.
Hewlett-Packard stock gains as rumors of Icahn interest spread
Hewlett-Packard — the worst performer in the Dow Jones industrial average this year — gained the most of the 30 components in the index Monday, as rumors that corporate raider Carl Icahn is buying shares in the Palo Alto tech giant excited Wall Street.
Icahn, who has already accumulated a 10 percent stake in Netflix (NFLX) and said publicly he thinks the Los Gatos video-on-demand service is ripe for an acquisition, has not confirmed a second large investment in a Silicon Valley tech giant. CNBC's David Faber reported that HP told him it has not talked with Icahn nor is it aware of any investment in the company by the activist investor.
However, even the flimsy reports of Icahn's interest in the tech titan were a boon to the company's stock, which rose 2.6 percent on the day to close at $14.16. The gain continues a run of positive movement for the company's stock since it hit decade-low prices in the wake of the company's revelation that British software giant Autonomy was worth billions less than HP paid for it just last year, which CEO Meg Whitman said was partially due to illegal accounting tricks by the company's management.
Since closing at its lowest price since 2002, $11.71, on the day of the Autonomy revelation, which was wrapped in with another disappointing quarterly earnings report from the company, HP has gained 20.9 percent. However, the news about the company's prospects has not improved along with the stock price, as HP's printing business faces the same decreasing demand as its core personal-computer business and customers are concerned about the company's management.
However, the negative view of HP's prospects could have driven the price low enough to attract bargain hunters, and some writers have shown that HP could be worth much more than its current market capitalization by breaking up the business — a recent analysis showed that HP's assets, when broken up, were worth more than $66 billion. Minus its $16.4 billion of debt, the company's assorted parts would be worth of about $50 billion, almost twice its market cap of $27.8 billion at the end of Monday's trading session.
Former HP CEO Léo Apotheker famously investigated breaking apart the company, but Whitman has shut that down since taking over more than a year ago. However, the move would certainly make sense to Icahn, who has pushed for severing and selling companies as an investor, including when he convinced Motorola to spin off its hardware business as Motorola Mobility — a company Google eventually purchased for more than $12 billion.
HP wasn't the only Silicon Valley tech firm to help out the Dow on Monday — San Jose networking giant Cisco (CSCO) had the second largest percentage gain on the day, increasing 2.4 percent after CEO John Chambers detailed a future for the company Friday that looked a lot like IBM. The big contributions from HP and Cisco pushed the Dow to a slight gain of 0.1 percent Monday, when all three major U.S. stock indexes moved a big higher, led by the tech-heavy Nasdaq at 0.3 percent.
Google active on multiple fronts as Gmail and other services crash
While Google wrote a big check for Motorola Mobility, it wasn't interested in every aspect of the business, and it is taking bids right now for the company's division that manufactures set-top boxes for cable television.
That part of the company's business doesn't seem to fit Google's plans, despite the company's Google TV efforts, experts said.
"It's a fine business, it's just not core to Google," Pivotal Research Group analyst Brian Wieser told Reuters.
One of Google's primary motives for purchasing Motorola was patents, as the company looked to build its war chest with rights to technologies as Apple (AAPL) made a push to sue hardware manufacturers that use Google's Android operating system, such as Samsung. The two valley tech giants have surprised many onlookers, therefore, by partnering up to bid on patents belonging to photography company Kodak, according to a report from Bloomberg.
While that move would be surprising, the big surprise on Monday for users of Google's services was service interruptions for the Mountain View company's popular webmail product, Gmail, and other offerings.
As if service interruptions, a sale and odd partnerships weren't enough, Google also faced a report that showed it avoided nearly $2 billion in global tax payments by routing foreign profits through a Bermuda tax shelter, which certainly won't make the company any more popular in Europe, where its tax payments are already a big issue.
Google stock advanced 0.2 percent on the day to close at $685.42.
Facebook privacy policy passes as vote fails to garner enough users
Facebook is likely to follow Google to a new privacy policy that is unified across its properties, as the company's site-governance vote — which includes the end of such votes — did not receive enough participation to have an effect on the company's changes.
While Facebook users who voted were overwhelmingly against the changes, the total did not come close to the threshold that would have made the vote binding. More than 30 percent of Facebook's more than 1 billion users would have had to vote in the poll, while fewer than 700,000 actually did.
The tough-to-achieve standards for such votes was one of the biggest reasons the Menlo Park social network gave for wanting to do away with them, but the changes will be more wide than just the end of site-governance votes, including opening Facebook's messaging service to outside entities and a universal policy that would allow the company to share user data among other sites it owns, namely Instagram.
Facebook stock gained 1.3 percent Monday to close at $27.84.
Silicon Valley tech stocks
Up: Nvidia, SunPower (SPWRA), HP, Cisco, LinkedIn, Facebook, Yahoo (YHOO), Tesla, VMware, Applied Materials, Adobe (ADBE), Workday, Oracle (ORCL), Gilead, NetApp
Down: Zynga, Palo Alto Networks, AMD, Netflix, Yelp, Symantec, eBay (EBAY), Apple, Intel
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Up 8.92, or 0.3 percent, to 2,986.96
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Up 14.75, or 0.11 percent, to 13,169.88
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Up 0.48, or 0.03 percent, to 1,418.55
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So last week, AJC PolitiFact Georgia set two pairs of pants ablaze.
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The second belonged to AMC hit show "The Walking Dead," which blew up Atlanta's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of the Zombie Apocalypse.
Some pairs survived intact. President Barack Obama did OK and a crime ranking earned a Half True, but the britches of the National Football League Players Association got singed.
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Working Through Creative Fear
What are we afraid of in our creative lives?
1. Messing up.
2. Thinking this is the one and only chance to tell this story so it simply must be perfect.
3. People not appreciating what we create.
4. Being seen as selfish or extravagant for indulging yourself in your creative endeavor.
5. Not getting anything done.
Any of those sound or feel familiar? Let's look a bit at the realities:
1. Messing up.We all make mistakes - it is as actually an essential part of the creative process. Every time I put together a layout or work on a project I make a mistake - it is pretty much a guarantee. So much of what I do is figuring out how to cover up my mess-ups. I have a couple "c" words I rely on when I make a mistake: cover (just hide it), collage (use other elements in conjunction with your mistake - no one will ever know it began as a mess-up), and combine (add another element to turn it into something else). Learning how to problem solve your mistakes (and work with them) goes a long way to alleviating the fear.
2. Thinking this is the one and only chance to tell this story so it simply must be perfect. Oh man, what a way to stop you in your tracks. What does perfect mean to you? And who is the judge? Perfect is so very relative. What is perfect to me in this moment may be entirely imperfect to you. To me, perfect is actually taking time to tell your stories. Risking that bit of yourself to document your experience. Perfect is carving out a bit of time to be creative. Perfect is embracing the imperfection inherent in creating something that comes from your heart, and your head, and your hands. Let it go. Simply
begin writing. Tell the story in simple, plain sentences one word at a time. Keep writing until all the words have spilled onto the page and then go back and edit. Perfect is actually telling the story rather than letting fear keep you from sharing the lives and lessons of your family.
3. People not appreciating what we create. Here's the plain truth: people will either love, hate, or be indifferent to what you create. You are the one who needs to love it, feel good about it, and not worry about what anyone else thinks. Most likely your family is going to either love or be indifferent towards your projects...and indifference doesn't mean they don't love you any less. Some of the things we create now may not be appreciated until later on - and that is ok too. This is why I encourage you to get to a place where you enjoy the process now - where you are filled up by what you are creating or by the friendships you are making through scrapbooking or by the stories you are telling and the memories you are recounting.
"Eventually I discovered for myself the utterly simple prescription for creativity: be intensely yourself. Don't try to be outstanding; don't try to be a success; don't try to do pictures for others to look at - just please yourself."- Ralph Steiner
4. Being seen as selfish or extravagant for indulging yourself in scrapbooking. There was a great quote from Elizabeth Gilbert (author of Eat, Pray, Love) when she was on Oprah recently. A woman had asked her about being seen as selfish for creating a list of things in life she wanted to do and actually doing them; in essence, focusing on things she loved. "In Mandarin Chinese, they have two words for selfish," Liz says. "One means doing that which is beneficial to you. The other means hoarding, greedy and cruel." She talked about how we as a culture have meshed the two meanings together and made the word into something very negative. She suggests you simply ask yourself, "is this beneficial?" Is it beneficial to tell the stories of your family? Is it beneficial to participate in a hobby that combines your love for your family and your love for photography or words or creativity? (Note: even beneficial things can become negative when driven to the extreme. Striving for balance in all things is usually a good path forward.)
5. Not getting anything done because there is simply not enough time. This is a big one for a lot of people. You may never even begin because you envision the need for a huge chunk of time to create something. Nothing is more frustrating than that. One of the biggest lessons for me over the last few years is that little bits of time add up to big projects. It is lovely to have hours of uninterrupted time but it just isn't realistic for most people. Make the most of the time you can carve out for yourself. Maybe you do your journaling one night and upload photos the next and bring them together on a page the following night. Stop over-thinking. Stop creating complications. Your layouts do not need to take hours to complete. Ask yourself what is most important and why do you really scrapbook?
The bottom line: give yourself a break. Put aside the fear. Don't let it rule you and your passion for creativity.
As I was writing this up today I came across an article called Reflections on Photography & Art - 8: Exercising Your Creativity by Alain Briot. He talks about creativity and fear in relation to photography and art - much of which can be applied to what we do as scrapbookers and life artists. Definitely worth a bookmark and a read.
Originally published December 5, 2007 as part of my AEzine newsletter series. I will be periodically bringing content back from the archives, updating/adapting, and re-publishing here.
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I love your work and your philosophy of life. Thank you for that.
I need just to know please where you find your large wall letter, like E or A. Thanks a lot. Please continue to be so simple and pleasant.
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Hi Florence - I find most of those letters at antique stores or garage sales. There is also a great store in San Francisco called Timeless Treasures that sells a bunch of letters: http://www.timelesstreasuressf.com
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I agree with this article. Creativity is the lack of fear. Don't worry about making mistakes because in creating something, there are no mistakes. Its something that you didn't expect to happen. I have made two scrapbooks myself and working on my third. I will tell everyone here that it doesn't matter how you evaluate your work, others will love it no matter what. Http://courtnemi.typepad.com/blogReply 0 Replies


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Xcel Energy and Tri-State Generation are engaging in a counter-campaign to turn back criticisms that their planned south Colorado transmission line over La Veta Pass is too expensive and improperly routed.
Representatives from the utilities met with the Pueblo Chieftain's editorial board last week. Here's a story the Chieftain ran on the meeting.
Fights over where the location of transmission lines are nothing new. But this one is made particularly interesting because of the environmental quality of the land involved, and by the entity leveling the harshest criticism — hedge fund billionaire Louis Bacon.
Bacon recently bought a 172,000 acre ranch in the area and is dead set against the lines cutting through the region.
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I don't know if I mentioned it but... I started a new job two weeks ago, it has been pretty exciting so far and I am SO much happier than I have been for the past few years. It is amazing how feeling valued and part of a team boosts your work performance, it is an absolute revalation to work in an office where someone isn't constantly questioning your work and micro-managing you into a blubbering wreck.
Although, as a result my kitchen has been neglected, my beautiful Kitchen Aid is sitting redundant on the bench, my baking cupboard remains firmly closed and I swear I saw a teeny spider web forming on the handle *sob*, I may be being slightly dramatic as it's only been two weeks...
There has been lots of celebratory nights out, social events and excitement, so I haven't found time to squeeze in much baking; when I do find the time, or get the uncontrolable urge to bake it is quick and simple bakes.
On Sunday night I got the urge to make biscuits, something easy to whip up and pop in packed lunch boxes through the week. I spent a good hour flicking through my favourite cookbooks searching for something I had the ingredients for...
I finally settled on a mash-up of a few recipes (Nigella, Rachel Allen and Hummingbird) and made some Awesome Choc 'n' Raisin Oaty Biscuits!
IngredientsStart off by beating the sugar and butter until slightly lighter in colour and "fluffy".
150g plain flour
80g rolled oats (not instant)
120g soft butter
80g light brown sugar
80g caster sugar
1 egg
A pinch of ground ginger
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
55g Raisins or Sultanas
150g Chocolate chunks (I used a mix white and milk)
Add the egg and beat until combined.
Sift the flour, baking powder, ginger and oats together, add them to the wet mixture and mix until combined.
Stir through the raisins and chocolate chunks, then pop the cookie dough in the fridge for 30 minutes to firm it up (this bit is important)
Once firm and cooled, spoon dollops onto a prepared baking tray, press down slightly with a spoon (or finger).
This recipe makes about 12 medium/large cookies,
These cookies are a great mid morning snack/treat, I have been having one at around 11am with a cup of tea, I find they really stave off the mid morning hunger pangs, especially on those days where you just don't have time for a proper breakfast.
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Earlier this week, Polytron released another "long screenshot" for Fez the perspective-rotating indie game stuck in development hell for more than three years now. Promised for release on Xbox Live Arcade this year, Phil Fish just tweeted that his game has been delayed, yet again, until 2012.
"(and fez is delayed until early 2012)," Fish tweeted sotto voce earlier today. Ya don't say. "debug, details, cert, waiting for cert. microsoft's release buffer. it adds up," Fish said later.
But wait! Waitwaitwaitwait! He followed that up to say "it's only coming out 1-2 months later than it would have. It'll be worth it!"
Of course it is! If you'd been pushing an out-of-gas car from Cape Horn, South America to St. Louis and then realised, "Whoops, actually, we gotta push it to Chicago," you'd think the extra distance was worth it, right? It's trivial compared to how far you've come.
Except everyone is waiting on the car in Milwaukee.