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Today makes it exactly one month since I arrived in the USA! Pretty exciting!! Now this post isn't going to talk about the whole crazy, stressful and somewhat enjoyable path to me landing the internship and also not about my work here. Maybe, I'll get to those things sometime later. I'm more going to be … Continue reading One Month in the USA
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Prison School
If I wanted to describe this Manga in one word, it would have to be "F*CK"! (Such a splendid vocabulary I have). One of those moments in Prison School that makes you question what you're reading. There are so many things wrong with the scene, yet look at everyone's stern and serious expressions. I'll be … Continue reading Prison School
If we go for somewhat safe here, it'll mean we never changed!Sugawara Koushi This quote summarizes the new Karasuno boy's volleyball team. Throughout all of the three seasons, change and risk have been the only constant for them. Haikyuu is the first sports Anime I have watched (although I have read some sports Manga before) … Continue reading Haikyuu!!
My First EDM Night!
The final event of Thomso 2018, Wargasm, a party filled with explosively loud music, high college students and electricity in the air, signed off the annual cultural fest of IIT Roorkee with a bass drop! So, this is my third Thomso after coming to IIT Roorkee and for various silly reasons my first time attending … Continue reading My First EDM Night!
Variational Autoencoder Explained
Variational encoders (VAEs) are generative models, in contrast to typical standard neural networks used for regression or classification tasks. VAEs have diverse applications from generating fake human faces and handwritten digits to producing purely "artificial" music. This post will explore what a VAE is, the intuition behind it and also the tough looking (but quite … Continue reading Variational Autoencoder Explained
A Look at Image Segmentation using CNNs
Image segmentation is the task in which we assign a label to pixels (all or some in the image) instead of just one label for the whole image. As a result, image segmentation is also categorized as a dense prediction task. Unlike detection using rectangular bounding boxes, segmentation provides pixel accurate locations of objects in … Continue reading A Look at Image Segmentation using CNNs
Paper Explanation: Net2Net – Accelerating Learning via Knowledge Transfer
Motivation One of the biggest challenges during designing new neural network architectures is time. During real-world workflows, one often trains many different neural networks during the experimentation and design process. This is a wasteful process in which each new model is trained from scratch. In a typical workflow, one trains multiple models, with each model … Continue reading Paper Explanation: Net2Net – Accelerating Learning via Knowledge Transfer


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Statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show that North Carolina has a higher incidence of most motor vehicle accidents than the rest of the United States. At Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban, our auto accident attorneys want you to know as much as possible about the leading causes of vehicle accidents so you can keep yourself and your family safe. But if you are seriously injured by a reckless or careless driver, our determined accident attorneys are here to fight for the maximum compensation you deserve.
Throughout the country, a significant number of car, truck and motorcycle accidents are caused by driver distraction: in 2015 alone, distracted driving claimed nearly 3,500 lives nationwide, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) estimates that in 2016, 20.3 percent of crashes in the state involved a driver who was distracted. However, this number is likely to be low, since distraction is a statistic that relies on drivers self-reporting. Common distractions include texting, rubbernecking, talking on a cellphone, eating, looking at scenery, scolding children, adjusting the radio, putting on makeup, and reaching for an item. Anything that takes your eyes off the road, your hands off the wheel, or your mind off your driving can distract you enough to cause a serious accident.
It's common knowledge that many Americans do not get sufficient sleep to maintain optimum health or even to remain alert throughout the day. Unfortunately, many of these sleep-deprived individuals don't appreciate the danger of getting behind the wheel when they're about to fall asleep. Drowsy driving accounts for about 12 percent of auto accidents in the United States. This is why so many tragic accidents happen between the hours of 11 p.m. and 8 a.m., even though few vehicles are on the road. The second most dangerous time for driver fatigue is noon to 2 p.m., when many people feel sleepy after lunch.
To avoid driving when fatigued, watch for symptoms such as:
If you detect any of these signs, pull over to the side of the road and allow yourself a 15-minute nap. This should be sufficient to revive you and allow you to make your way safely to your destination.
According to the NHTSA study, drunk driving accounts for one death in the United States almost every half-hour. Weekends are the worst time for drunk driving accidents — about 53 percent of weekend fatal crashes are DUI-related. In 2016, according to statistics compiled by the NCDOT, there were 11,264 alcohol-related crashes in the state, causing 8,189 injuries and 402 fatalities. Drunk-driving fatalities in North Carolina comprised 27.9 percent of all traffic fatalities in the state. Despite these sobering statistics, people here and nationwide continue to drive while impaired, and the results can be deadly.
Driving at a speed above the posted limit or too fast for road conditions increases the likelihood of an accident for several reasons:
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says that the energy released in a crash doubles when people drive 60 mph instead of 40 mph. The NCDOT reports that in 2016, there were 4,043 crashes in North Carolina that involved a driver exceeding the speed limit. Of those, 2,088 caused injuries, and 240 were fatal.
An aggressive driver is one who operates a motor vehicle in a selfish, bold, or pushy manner, without regard for the rights or safety of others. Aggressive drivers cause accidents by tailgating, making aggressive or rude gestures, honking excessively, assaulting others physically, disregarding traffic signals, changing lanes frequently and abruptly, and refusing to yield the right of way.
Even the best roads can become deadly when heavy rain, ice, hail, snow, high winds, or fog reduces visibility and traction. But Mother Nature is not entirely to blame — weather-related accidents often occur when drivers continue to speed, tailgate, or generally drive inappropriately for existing conditions. In bad weather, be extra alert for trouble. According to the NCDOT, 15,175 crashes occurred in North Carolina in 2016 because someone was driving too fast for conditions, resulting in 107 deaths and 5,016 injuries.
Your best efforts to avoid an accident may fail when others do not take similar precautions. If you are hurt in a car crash, Marcari, Russotto, Spencer & Balaban can provide the reliable representation you need to pursue financial recovery from negligent parties.
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Going Home, Coming Home by Truong Tran and Ann Phong #WeNeedDiverseBooks #Vietnamese #DiverseKidsBooks
Going Home, Coming Home is a bilingual (English-Vietnamese) story book for all readers who feel "home is two different places," on the left and right sides of their heart. The author, Truong Tran, sets this book in Vietnam and based it on his own upbringing. But I think the story will ring true with any family who has left their first home to make a second home in a different country. (more…)
Lakas and the Manilatown Fish/Si Lakas at ang Isdang Manilatown by Anthony D. Robles #WeNeedDiverseBooks #DiverseKidsBooks #BilingualKidsBooks
A colorful, English-Tagalog bilingual romp from Manilatown through San Francisco Bay, Lakas and the Manilatown Fish presents a modern, colorful tale of the legendary kissing fish.
The story begins in a realistic manner: Lakas's father takes him to the Happy Fish Man to buy a fish to make sinigang. But the fish turns out to be a talking fish and escapes from its tank, kissing people along the way and making them fall "dizzy in love." It kisses a bus driver and takes her bus, kisses a manong and takes his clothes and teeth, all the while chased by Lakas, his father, the Happy Fish Man, and the manong. When everyone falls into the ocean, the fish jumps in and rescues them. That night, the fish returns home with Lakas and his family and they all eat rice, chile and tomatoes (no fish).
An action-filled story showcasing Manilatown and San Francisco buildings and scenery, Lakas and the Manilatown Fish has the familiar repetition and climactic buildup that will certainly make kids say, "Again!" after each reading. The lovely illustrations by Carl Angel add additional character and color to this striking children's book.
Recommendation: Recommended; ages 6 and up
Reveiwer: Yu-Han Chao
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Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel/si Lakas at Ang Makibaka Hotel by Anthony D. Robles #WeNeedDiverseBooks #Diversekidsbooks #BilingualKidsBooks
A hopeful, bilingual English-Tagalog tale about activism and a little boy motivating adults to fight for their rights, Lakas and the Makibaka Hotel is so much more than a mere vehicle for morals, providing musical writing and expressive artwork from cover to cover.
The lines here are filled with vivid metaphors and musicality, such as a sky the color of mangoes, a woman whose face "looked like a tomato," and one of the first characters Lakas meets sings, "The roof was leaking in my hotel room / and the rain hit my buckets, TICK-A-BOOM! TICK-A-BOOM!"
The illustrations by Carl Angel make each page an explosion of color, with endearing depictions of working class characters and the little boy, while the rich landlord wears a hideous outfit of green thousand dollar bills.
Lakas gives all his change to the men singing or dancing in the street, and even surrenders his lucky dime to the rich landlord in hopes of changing his mind about evicting Lakas's new friends, the tenants about to be displaced. Lakas organizes the tenants in a protest, and like the tenants of the Trinity Plaza Apartments in San Francisco in 2002, they win their battle.
Recommendation: Recommended; ages 6 and up
Reviewer: Yu-Han Chao
First Rain by Charlotte Herman
First Rain by Charlotte Herman and illustrated by Kathryn Mitter is a wonderful tale of personal growth through family love. When Abby and her parents move to Israel they are sad to have to leave Abby's Grandma behind. As Abby finds out that Israel is an exciting new place, she tells her Grandma all about her new experiences through letters and telephone calls. Abby's relationship with her Grandma is poignant without being emotionally heavy. Their love carries the reader through the text and Mitter's bright illustrations. (more…)
Ghosts for Breakfast by Stanley Todd Terasaki
Stanley Todd Terasaki's Ghosts for Breakfast is a read that Japanese American families may enjoy reading together, but that not every child will be able to appreciate.
The story begins with three old men knocking at the door to tell the young narrator's family that they have seen ghosts in the neighboring field. This tale, as explained on the book jacket, is based on an experience of the author's ancestor, and takes place in a Japanese American farming community in the 1920s. The body of the story provides no explanation of the time and place, and the vague setting might not grab or hold the attention of children who are looking for something more relatable. What may engage them is the comic flavor of the three old men, referred to as The Troublesome Triplets, and the scared feeling evoked by the ghosts they describe. The suspense builds as the narrator and his father go out to the neighbor's field to investigate. (more…)
Flowers from Mariko by Rick Noguchi and Deneen Jenks
This book, written by husband and wife team Rick Noguchi & Deneen Jenks, is a real gem. It tells the story of a young Japanese American girl, Mariko, and her family as they return to California after being imprisoned in American concentration camps (also known as internment camps or relocation centers; simply referred to as 'Camp' by Japanese Americans of that time) during World War II. An authors' note provides additional context at the end of the book.
I found this book to be excellent in several ways. To begin with, the artwork of Michelle Reiko Kumata is a revelation. It is apparent that the illustrations were based on actual black-and-white photos from the 1940s, but Kumata's pictures bring the story to life in beautiful full color. Drawn with bold outlines, her pictures are full of patterns and textures from period fabrics, shadowing that adds depth to every scene, and subtle, authentic details such as the furoshiki-wrapped bundle that one woman carries on her way to Camp. Though the story's subject matter is far from uplifting, it was still a joy to gaze at every page of this book. (more…)
When Christmas Feels Like Home by Gretchen Griffith
This is a story about finding peace. Many of the Children's books which feature Latin or South American children leaving home often cling to the concept of acceptance. The characters yearn to be part of the new culture's home, or they have a desire to accept their current state of life or accept that nothing will ever be the same.
Acceptance is a very complicated and almost jarring concept. In this book, Eduardo is moving, and he must come to terms with this movement. He feels confused when children are playing football with a brown, egg-shaped ball, while he understands futbol to be different. He has to constantly accept that this new world is different, confusing, unreal.
Soon the unreal becomes real: the hillsides turn color "…the color of the sun" (12), the trees began to lose their leaves and stand like skeletons (13), and the winter comes with all of the anticipation of Christmas. The book reels forward, moved by the rich, dark illustrations and the comforting, and repetitive call of Eduardo, whose acceptance of this world is suspended in disbelief, and he repeats "No se puede" (that can't happen).
Despite the title's suggestion, the story is not driven by the concept of Christmas, but by the treasure within a secret box which can only be opened at Christmas. As time moves on, Eduardo's hard reality begins to smooth. He learns and grows. Eventually he accepts the changes around him. Acceptance is no longer an indicator of difference, abruptness, or shock; acceptance begins to smooth into peace. And on the last page, the reader is given a very strong, and comforting message of peace.
Reviewer: Rachelle Escamilla
Recommendation: Recommended
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Welcome to the online shop of "Kitemare Company (Kite) Limited", UK company number 08455808. We have a bricks and mortar store with integrated repair centre at Unit 3, Latitude 51, Westward Ho! Devon. EX39 1GW. We have a large shop stocking surfboards, wetsuits, kitesurfing equipment, power kites, kids kites, surf hire and even surf lessons are run from here.
See our main information website for more information on the repairs we can offer, information on our local beaches and surfing lessons. www.kitemare.co.uk
We only add on our website what we have in stock and are able to send out instantly. In the rare occasions we sell an item from the shop and also the website on the same day we let you know instantly and sort it out quickly.
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Somewhere near our 6th wedding anniversary, I killed our 3rd blender.
At which time Mr. Native Texan implored "Will you please find the best blender, and BUY it!?"
Well, he didn't need to ask twice. I immediately put our Consumer Reports membership to work by researching top blenders.
And I found it (insert Halellujah chorus and streaming light from heaven): the Almighty Vitamix.
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The pricetag was hard for this frugalista to swallow, but as Mr. Native Texan pointed out, it would save us from replacing our wimpy blenders every other year for the rest of our marriage.
So we waited for my birthday and bought a refurbished model directly from Vitamix.
(Note: I can't seem to find refurbished models offered on the Vitamix website anymore. This is the one we have. Since then, it's come to my attention that Costco carries them. We are not Costco members, for reasons I'll not delve into here. I am not your Costco expert, but many of my friends and family members are, and they tell me the Vitamix is sold at special times only. Apparently there must be an Official Vitamix Person present. From what I understand, Costco offers the best price around on this Mercedes of the Blender World).
Oh. My. Goodness.
The first time I used it, I literally held onto the counter while my heart pounded furiously in my chest. After turning it off, I realized I'd been holding my breath the entire time.
And truth be told, I still do this. I'm trying to become conscious of it and remind myself to BREATHE NORMALLY while operating the Vitamix, but it's hard. It sounds very much like a jet preparing for take off.
For the Joy of the Blender
In fact, while the Vitamix is running, my boys have taken to running laps around our kitchen-dining-play-room loop and shouting at the top of their lungs. When I asked them what they were doing, they replied "We're running for the joy of the blender!"
And every time I use it, I must admit that I feel some of that same joy. 🙂 It's an amazing machine.
I use my Vitamix almost every day, and sometimes more than once per day. For what? I'm glad you asked.
Here's a sampling of our favorite Vitamix uses:
- Smoothies
- Homemade Tomato Puree (from our own garden tomatoes)
- Home Canned Tomato Soup
- "Homemade Herbamare"
- Coconut Milk Ice Cream
- Fudgy Popsicles
- Tropical Popsicles
- Homemade Tooth Soap
- Baby Food
- General pureeing–it's a snap to puree vegetables and add them to certain soups, sauces and meats. (Don't tell my kids)!
- Etc!
What do you make in your Vitamix?
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Where do we get our used computers?
The vast majority of large companies lease their computers and computer equipment. They typically lease them for 2 to 4 years. When the lease expires, the equipment is returned to the finance companies. That is where we come into the equation. We buy the off-lease computers from them and sell them here at our store. These are not computers that had problems. They are just simply used. We clean them up and reinstall a fresh copy of the operating system. Often we upgrade the memory and hard drives depending on how old the system is. The computers are typically Dell and Hewlett Packard. Because they are coming from large corporations that are very picky about the specifications, they will be the commercial product lines from Dell and HP that have higher quality components as opposed to cheaper product lines offered to home users at your typical national electronics retailer.
What kind of a warranty do they have?
We offer a 6 month warranty that covers everything on all of our computers and laptops. Thats a longer warranty than most brand new computers that are sold at national retailers. We do all of the warranty work here in town. There is no sitting on hold with technical support in foreign country.


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The Hayloft, situated in the private and tranquil courtyard of Greystones, offers luxurious self catering accommodation for two. It is ideal for a romantic break, away from the stresses of modern day living.
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Well, I'm actually surprised that when I posted in the last day phase, everyone COMPLETELY disregarded me, and I really mean EVERYONE. -_- And now everyone's on me? I actually think it's suspicious of Ryu to try to frame me, when I have already said that I don't have any special abilities. May I remind you that the only wolf left has a special ability to silence vote? And everyone just jump in to join her vote. o_o But meh, since everyone completely disregarded me anyway, I don't think anyone reads my last post. -_-
Also about Maru, what makes you think that her death is caused by me? The wolves have killed 4 seers already, in consecutive night phases, and Maru is the last one. What makes you think that Maru will be spared? Also IF I were a wolf, I would kill Maru first because she already hinted to being a seer, which is a power character, and she was convinced in day phase two that she was Marvel. But she still didn't die in night phase 2. Wouldn't it be odd for me to leave Maru alive? You know why Maru is only dead now? Because I'm not wolf. -_-
My list of suspects consist of RyuTama, mainly because she said about me changing my opinions too often, then doing that herself too. I think it's hypocritical of her, and it makes me think that she's doing that to throw confusion. For all we know, she's doing that to save her fur. In the last phase, she voted for ZW (who turned out to be a wolf), and suddenly changed her suspect to November. If I remember correctly, ZW and Ryu both voted to lynch November. Very odd. Because I still think Ryu is scum, so I'm going to vote for her still.
[Vote Lynch RyuTama]
Kagami and すずめ are confirmed townies, because they got silenced, so I think they're townies. I don't think it's possible for Plutarch to silence himself.
Folter is suspicious because he's always on and off, without actually giving enough reasons to back up his vote. But since he already voted to lynch for two wolves, I'd have to think that he's town. But it's not impossible for wolves to vote for each other. I still don't have enough evidence to point my fingers at Folter though.
I think whoever voted against ZW the last phase are townies (Ribbon, Serenity Faye, November). It would be odd for a wolf to vote for an alpha wolf, at least that's my logic. Also, Maru said something about Ribbon being a townie, so she's not a wolf. If anyone remember, I was almost sure that Maru was either Clove or Marvel, but when she said that Scruffy was guilty and DButterfly was innocent, and she was right, I was convinved that she was really Marvel. So her read on Ribbon must be right.
Denja is, I have no words for it. At one time, he seems innocent, at another, he seems not-so-innocent. I still remember reading the fight he had with Kagami Sama. I'm already so sure that Kagami is townie, so Denja could possibly be a wolf. But it is possible for townie to fight with a townie because they don't know each other. Also, I noticed inconsistencies with Denja's reasoning, and he's also throwing suspicions without much reasons.
@Ribbon , I don't ignore you, but you all ignored me! ;-;


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Topic: Mac marketshare
Tough 2010 comparisons cause 'soft' 9% Mac sales growth for Apple in April
05/16/2011, 03:05 pm
Mac sales a year ago were exceptionally strong, making Apple's year-over-year sales increase in April 2011 a "soft" 9 percent.
iPad retains 74% tablet market share as Apple sits among top 5 PC vendors
04/28/2011, 09:04 am
Apple's iPad accounted for 74 percent of tablet shipments in the first quarter of 2011, as combined Mac and iPad sales made Apple one of the top five PC vendors in the world by volume.
New MacBook Pros push Apple's US sales up 47% year over year in March
04/18/2011, 02:04 pm
Driven by strong sales of the new Thunderbolt-equipped MacBook Pro lineup, domestic Mac sales are estimated to have increased 47 percent year over year in the month of March.
US Mac sales grow 9.6% in Q1 2011 as rest of market drops 10.7%
04/13/2011, 05:04 pm
Apple's line of Mac computers saw great success in the U.S. in the first quarter of calendar 2011, growing 9.6 from 2010, while the rest of the American market fell 10.7 percent and netbook maker Acer tumbled 42.1 percent.
NPD data shows Feb. Mac sales slowdown before Apple's MacBook Pro refresh
03/14/2011, 03:03 pm
U.S. Mac sales were on the low end of expectations -- but still up 16 percent year over year -- in the first two months of the March quarter, ahead of Apple's release of the new MacBook Pro lineup.
NPD data shows Mac sales up 20%, Apple on pace to sell 3.6M in March quarter
02/22/2011, 03:02 pm
The latest U.S. sales data shows Apple's Mac sales are up 20 percent year over year, putting the company on pace to meet an expected 3.6 million units sold in the March quarter.
Apple becomes No. 3 global PC maker with 241% growth, if iPad is included
01/26/2011, 08:01 am
With Mac and iPad sales combined, Apple computer sales grew 241 percent year over year in the fourth quarter of 2010, vaulting the company into third place in worldwide PC sales research, firm Canalys revealed on Wednesday.
Apple's domestic holiday Mac sales up 18% year over year
01/17/2011, 04:01 pm
New domestic sales data from the NPD Group shows that Apple's U.S. Mac sales were up 18 percent year-over-year during the holidays, suggesting that the company remains on track to report its best quarterly Mac sales ever.
NPD data shows Apple on track to sell record 4.3M Macs in Dec. quarter
12/13/2010, 04:12 pm
Apple is on pace to have yet another record breaking quarter for Mac sales, this time crossing the 4 million milestone in a three-month span for the first time ever.
Classifying iPad as mobile PC makes Apple No. 3 worldwide manufacturer
12/07/2010, 02:12 pm
If the iPad is categorized as equivalent to a traditional laptop, Apple is the largest mobile PC seller in the U.S., and the third-largest worldwide.
Mac pricing gives Apple top dollar share in U.S. home PC market
11/23/2010, 09:11 am
For the first time ever, Apple is the dollar share leader in the U.S. home PC market, with the Mac taking 29.4 percent of every dollar earned from domestic home computer sales.
Categorizing iPad as PC would make Apple largest US seller
10/18/2010, 10:10 am
Reclassifying the iPad as a PC in terms of sales would catapult Apple past rivals Dell and HP, elevating the Mac maker to the No. 1 computer manufacturer in the U.S., one Wall Street analyst has noted.
Apple's share of U.S. PC market cracks the 10% barrier
10/13/2010, 05:10 pm
Apple's share of the U.S. personal computer market grew more than 13% to reach a modern day high of 10.4% for the third quarter of 2010, leaving it just 17,000 units shy of becoming the nation's third largest PC vendor. [Updated with IDC data]
Apple on track to sell record 3.8M Macs in Sept. quarter
09/13/2010, 06:09 pm
New domestic sales data shows Apple is on pace to sell as many as 3.8 million Macs in the September quarter, up 23 percent from the same period a year ago.
Steam survey finds 47% of Mac gamers run Apple's MacBook Pro
08/27/2010, 09:08 am
Valve's monthly survey of the hardware specifications of Steam users has found that nearly half of Mac gamers run a MacBook Pro, while the iMac accounts for nearly a quarter.
Apple's government Mac sales surge 200%, enterprise grows 50%
08/23/2010, 10:08 am
Apple's Mac sales to enterprise and government customers in the June quarter saw tremendous growth, easily beating competing PC makers in the three-month span.
iPad, Mac, iPhone growth potential seen to propel Apple stock to $375
08/09/2010, 02:08 pm
A prominent Wall Street analyst has upped his price target for Apple stock from $280 to $375, citing stronger than expected iPad, iPhone and Mac sales, and the fact that the company remains "a small fish in three very large ponds."
Apple's US Mac sales grow 11% in June, forecasting strong quarter
07/19/2010, 09:07 pm
U.S. Mac sales increased again in June, the third month of Apple's fiscal quarter, growing 11 percent and foreshadowing an announcement of strong sales in Apple's earnings report Tuesday.
Apple's US Mac shipments grow 15.4% to 1.6M in June quarter
07/14/2010, 04:07 pm
Quarterly estimated PC sales were released Wednesday afternoon, revealing that Apple was the fourth-largest computer maker in the U.S., shipping 1.6 million units during the second quarter of calendar 2010.
Mac sales up 35% in May, suggest no cannibalization from iPad
07/06/2010, 01:07 pm
The NPD Group on Tuesday released its retail sales data for the month of May, revealing that Mac sales increased 35 percent for Apple and suggesting that the launch of the iPad will not slow their growth.


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Project Veritas' video shows what some may argue as the rebirth of ACORN through Battleground Texas. There is no doubt Battleground Texas is doing anything and everything it can to register voters and are willing to go to illegal measures to do it, as our video shows.
Will there be an official investigation? Many are demanding it after the Texas Secretary of State said "The law speaks for itself" and our video clearly shows the law being broken.


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Marvel Unlimited's front page features a widget designed to showcase what's popular this month; or maybe what they want to be popular this month, seeing as how rarely changes. Until mere days ago, YOUNG AVENGERS held pride of place--and if you want the truth, I used to wonder why I should pay attention.
I like the Avengers. I like young people. Stick the two of 'em together, though, and I just didn't know. My teenage self loved young superhero teams like DC's Legion of Superheroes, but as time rolled on I began to feel like young superheroes were, well, corny. And while I've got a decent tolerance for corniness, it ain't exactly my favourite.
But then I read HAWKEYE, and I fell in love with Kate Bishop (light of my heart; breath in my lungs), and I developed a powerful need to see where it all began for my favourite superheroic archer.
And you know what? It was awesome.
The Young Avengers were created by writer Allan Heinberg and artist Jim Cheung. They're a superhero team brought together by the young Kang the Conquerer (a classic Avengers villain I haven't yet met in his adult form), who travels back in time and calls on a bunch of teenagers with ties to the Avengers in the hopes he can stave off his own future supervillainy. (Three guesses how well that works for him.) His original picks are Eli/Patriot, a supersoldier and the grandson of the original Captain America; Billy/Wiccan, a magic user and the Scarlet Witch's sorta-kinda-maybe son; and Teddy/Hulkling, the shapeshifting son of Captain Marvel and a Skrull princess.
Over the course of several adventures, the team expands to include Kate Bishop/Hawkeye, an expert marksman and fighter with neither powers nor ties to the Avengers; Cassie Lang/Stature, the size-changing daughter of Scott Lang/Ant-Man; Tommy/Speed, Billy's speedster sorta-kinda-maybe twin brother; a young model of the Vision; Miss America Chavez, a dimension-crossing badass; Noh-Varr/Marvel Boy, a Kree warrior; David Alleyne/Prodigy, a former knowledge-absorbing mutant who's retained all the information he sucked up during his empowered days; and Loki in his de-ageified form.
The scope of their adventures is usually smaller than what you'll encounter in any of the adult Avengers series, but it's still pretty durned cool. The Young Avengers fight plenty of bad guys and work to vanquish injustice wherever they find it, and in doing so they frequently clash with older superheroes who think these teenagers are too young to handle themselves properly. While the team is capable, smart, and good at gauging one another, they do often get themselves into trouble as they figure out how this whole superhero schtick works. Heinberg and Cheung are particularly good at showing that talent doesn't always equal perfection. The Young Avengers have a lot to learn, both as superheroes and as people. Even when they become accomplished fighters, they often struggle with personal fallout from the choices they make.
It can be extraordinarily painful. Y'all know how much I love painful things.
YOUNG AVENGERS also works hard to showcase diversity across its various incarnations. As things have progressed, Billy and Teddy (who are a couple), have more or less become the series' heart. The latest run, written by Kieron Gillen and drawn by Jamie McKelvie, also introduced lesbian America, bisexual David, and not-entirely-straight Noh-Varr. And while non-white characters don't exactly abound, they still have a major presence via Eli (black), America (future-space-Latina), and David (black).
If you're on the hunt for a diverse, fairly self-contained superhero team, you want to meet the Young Avengers. The team has always appeared in miniseries or seasons, rather than as ongoing series, and you probably want to tackle them in more or less this order:
Young Avengers Volume One: Sidekicks: collects issues 1-6 of the 2005 series. Written by Allan Heinberg and drawn by Jim Cheung, this opening volume introduces the core characters and gives them a high-stakes conflict to overcome, with plenty of opposition from all sides.
Young Avengers Volume Two: Family Matters: collects issues 7-12 of the 2005 series. A strong follow-up that makes things more personal for everyone involved.
Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways: collects issues 1-4. Written by Zeb Wells; drawn by Stefano Caselli. Civil War as a whole pushes the Young Avengers in a new direction, but I found this Runaways crossover miniseries decidedly unmemorable. If you have to make an effort to find it, you can probably skip it and focus on the larger event instead, with backup from...
Young Avengers Presents: collects issues 1-6. A different writer and artist devote themselves to each Young Avenger in this Civil-War follow-up. It's great stuff, and not to be missed. The HAWKEYE fans among you will also want to know this is where Kate Bishop and Clint Barton first come together under Matt Fraction's capable overview.
Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers: collections issues 1-3. Written by Christopher Yost; drawn by Takeshi Miyazawa. I guess it fleshes out Teddy's connection to the Skrulls, but you're safe to skip it if you have to make any effort to find it.
Dark Reign: Young Avengers: collects issues 1-5. Writer Paul Cornell and penciller Mark Brooks create an enjoyable miniseries in which another group of young people tries to steal the Young Avengers's name. It introduces some new characters and puts our established favourites in an awkward position, but you probably don't need it since none of the newbies seem to stick around past #5. I read it last of all these YA collections and didn't feel the lack.
Avengers: The Children's Crusade: collects issues 1-9, plus a one-shot of the same name. Written by Allan Heinberg; drawn by Jim Cheung. Also my very favourite Young Avengers-related story. Even though it's marketed under the adult Avengers banner, the Young Avengers drive the plot as Billy sets out to find his sorta-kinda-maybe mother and figure out what the hell is going on with his powers.
As a point of interest, the team hangs out in the High Line at the end. I love the High Line, so I totally geeked out over that scene.
Young Avengers Volume One: Style > Substance: collects issues 1-5 of the 2013 series. Written by Kieron Gillen; drawn by Jamie McKelvie. A good jumping-on point for those who loved THE WICKED + THE DIVINE and want more from this creative team. The Young Avengers come back together when Billy accidentally summons a mom-shaped horror intent on taking over the world. To be honest, I was iffy on this one, but I suspect I'll like it much more when I reread it with the entire season in mind.
Young Avengers Volume Two: Alternative Cultures: collects issues 6-10 of the 2013 series. This, now, was frickin' awesome. When Tommy is kidnapped, the team pursues his abductor across multiple dimensions with an assortment of their exes in fast pursuit--but are they playing into the mom-shaped horror's hands?
Young Avengers Volume Three: Mic-Drop at the Edge of Time and Space: collects issues 11-15 of the 2013 series. And the awesomeness wraps up with a bang, a party, and an assortment of kisses.
That's it for the main YA continuity. Various Young Avengers make appearances elsewhere, too, but I haven't bothered to track 'em all down yet and so can't comment on how interesting and/or important their other appearances are.
Aside from HAWKEYE, that is. It's half Kate's book, and, as previously stated, it's awesome. I'm forever grateful to it for leading me to this team in the first place.
Okay. You want to get started with the Young Avengers. I recommend you check your library first, of course, but if they're unable to oblige you can try the following starting points:
- Series One on Marvel Unlimited (digital; subscription service; $9.99/month for unlimited Marvel comics six months or older)
- Series Two on Marvel Unlimited (digital; subscription service; $9.99/month for unlimited Marvel comics six months or older)
- Series One on comiXology (digital; for purchase by issue or collection)
- Series Two on comiXology (digital; for purchase by issue or collection)
- Series One, Volume One on The Book Depository (paperback; for purchase; free shipping worldwide)
- Series Two, Volume One on The Book Depository (paperback; for purchase; free shipping worldwide)
- Series One, Volume One on Amazon (Kindle; for purchase)
- Series Two, Volume One on Amazon (Kindle & paperback; for purchase)
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So I'm thinking about Dorothy again, and her journey that began in a flying house. Prior to a sudden cyclone carrying her away, she was just a little girl living on a dry prairie, drained of all color.
After hours and hours of being in the center of the storm, there was nothing left to do but sleep. Oblivious in sleep, the storm ended, the house landed and when she woke up, beauty and vivid landscape invited her into a brand new world.
Strange and beautiful sights greeted her, including Munchkins and the Witch of the North. The Witch wore a white gown hanging in pleats from her shoulders. Over it were sprinkled little stars that glistened like diamonds. To Dorothy she said, "We are so grateful to you for having killed the Wicked Witch of the East, and for setting our people free from bondage."
She Was Just a Little Girl
But Dorothy knew who she was. She was just a little girl. She did NOT kill a witch.
But the Good Witch just laughed at Dorothy's assertion she was just a little girl, exclaiming, "YOUR HOUSE did, anyway, and that is the same thing!"
While discovering her house killed a witch greatly upset Dorothy, her loneliness among strangers was greater. The deepest desire of her heart was to get back home to Kansas and Aunt Em.
And as most of us already know, having watched the movie from our childhoods, Dorothy's longing for home launched her on the yellow brick road. And all along the journey she had to continue to remind everyone – she was just a little girl.
While I'm not a little girl anymore, I know the more childlike my heart is, the more capable I am of awe, wonder and trust. And this awe, wonder and trust leads me into the most satisfying expressions of my own art. You see, while I'm just being me, trusting that "me" is enough, good and lovely things happen along my journey. And often the best parts of my journey are when I get to share the journey with someone else.
Healing Happens When You Face the Dark and Terrible
For Dorothy, her journey was a long walk, sometimes pleasant, sometimes dark and terrible. But she was headed to a place and a person she believed held the answers to her hope, so nothing could deter her. On her journey her hope grew and along the way, she met others in distress. So of course she brought them along with her: the Scarecrow, the Woodman (Tinman in the movie) and the Lion.
As her journey is shared with them, so is hope. And then while together, facing the dark and terrible, hope not only grows, but healing happens. The Scarecrow develops his brain, the Woodman his heart and the Lion his courage. And all the while, Dorothy was enough, just being herself, a little girl full of belief, hope, wonder and a deep desire to get home.
I Am Enough, Just Like Dorothy Was Enough
Writing songs and singing them is a deep desire of my own. I call it my deep gladness. One day I sang a song to a group of people. I sang it poorly, and I knew I would. I didn't have the music quite right yet. But I chose not to care about my performance. Something pure in my heart told me to sing it anyway.
Later on, after many from the group shared from their artistic abilities, we talked about what we experienced. One teenage girl spoke up and said, "When Carla sang, I was healed." To this day, that remains one of the most significant moments of my life.
When I sang from my heart, trusting that I was enough, I brought someone in on my journey, and she was blessed. And because she was blessed, so was I.
"The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet."
This world, our world, is full of strange and beautiful sights. And it's a world desperately in need of our childlike artist hearts, full of hope and belief. We don't need to be heroes, get degrees, lead armies or run for president. We just need to be who we are, with our childlike hearts intact, making our art and sharing our art with our hungry world.
With love, from one artist to another,
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Carla Porter writes, sings, designs architectural interiors and loves God, all in Los Angeles, California.
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About Dr. Cory Glenn
Hi, my name is Cory Glenn. I'm a dentist, speaker, trainer and tech developer. I live in Winchester, TN where I practiced dentistry for 8 years. During that time, I became known as the "Dental MacGyver" for coming up with creative ways to deliver care more affordably and efficiently. However, in 2015, I developed APL leukemia and had to go on medical leave for treatment. After a year long battle, I made a near full recovery with exception of ongoing back issues that have kept me from being able to return to clinical practice. Now that I am a "dry fingered" dentist, I've shifted my focus entirely to teaching and development in the field of digital dentistry.
I am the VP of Technology for Blue Sky Bio, a leading implant and software company. I work with an awesome group of people and we are disrupting the dental field by using technology to make dentistry more affordable and efficient. I speak extensively on digital dentistry throughout the world and I also operate a training center in my hometown where I teach other dentists digital workflows and techniques.
Most importantly, I am husband to an amazing wife and daddy to 3 beautiful daughters. I'm an avid outdoors-man and I spend most of my free time either on the water or in the woods. I'm a musician (guitar and bass) and I also love cooking and photography.
Fun Facts
- I'm an amateur taxidermist.
-I'm overrun with females: wife, daughters, 2 female dogs and 1 female cat. I had a male cat and he ran away to live with my neighbor a few doors down.
-I once ran completely out of air while scuba diving…… at 130 feet deep.
-I ride a Segway and a recumbent bike and I'm not even embarrassed about it even though my wife is.
-I make traditional long bows.
-I cut my own hair with a Flowbee.


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There may be an encounter with a familiar-looking wine bottle in your future.
Wine bottle recycling is the next big thing, according to Wine Bottle Renew CEO and founder Bruce Stephens. His company collects used wine bottles, sanitizes them and sends them right back to the bottler for re-use.
If this scheme can work anywhere, it's right here in the Bay Area, where recycling rates are the highest in the nation. In 2008, the most recent year for which the City has figures, San Francisco's recycling and composting rate topped 72 percent -- and that's before there was a mandatory composting law.
The wine bottle recycling is a distinctively Northern Californian endeavor, with a factory in Stockton and employees living in Sonoma and Napa.
It's a good deal for wineries, says co-president Bill Dodd, who claims that wineries can buy reused bottles for 20 to 40 percent less than new ones.
The idea came to Stephens when he was running his own winemaking business out of his home. He noticed that bottle-cleaning was widespread in Europe, but dirty bottles here in the US were ruining his product.
Sorting the glass containers sounds like a daunting challenge: with over 500 different variety of wine bottle, Wine Bottle Renew only retains about 20 percent. The rest they crush and recycle.
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After the terrible bloating of earlier this week, the last day or two have been great. Today I had zero bloat (until half an hour ago – more on that in a bit), and although I've had some gas, I've felt really good. So much so, in fact, that I squeezed into my tightest jeans tonight with no discomfort.
So what did I do differently these past two days? First of all, after cutting out bananas for a few days, I re-introduced them and made sure they were properly ripe. They seemed to treat me fine. I also tried to eat fewer than usual (so, maybe six a day instead of sixteen 😛 ).
I've also avoided the yoghurt for a few days, and that's made a huge difference. I've just come back from a birthday party at a hipster tequila bar down the road, called Cabrito:
Thanks to a belly full of vodka and tequila (more on that, too, in a minute), I've been scavenging for food. For those of you who've read my earlier posts, you'll know I get bingey when I'm tipsy, and I scavenge for anything sweet.
So I had a couple of (small) bowls of yoghurt with some extra honey, and almost immediately, I can feel that the bloat and gas has set in. I know that some people only experience the side-effects of food up to a day or two after eating it, but for the most part, I can always tell pretty much straight away, or within a couple of hours. Right now there are bongo drums in my tummy! Much as it sucks, it's great to pinpoint these things so precisely. So that's the 'nuts' part of this post.
So about that tequila
I am not a big drinker, but as someone who enjoys her wine and has the occasional night out, it was important to me to know what alcohol I could consume on this diet – mainly so that I don't drink the wrong kind. Dry wine (red and white) is okay; vodka (not grain-based vodka) is okay, and tequila is a grey area. However, I've learnt from others that tequila agrees with some people more than vodka does.
As always, when in doubt, I turn to the SCDLifestyle.com guys. And here's what Steve Wright says about tequila:
Rum and Tequila are not called out in the legal/illegal list on pecanbread's list. However, I did find an old letter from Elaine saying that consuming light rum was okay but not dark rum. However I was unable to find anything in the SCD world that speaks on Tequila.
My take on tequila is that you should probably avoid it while on the SCD diet. According to the Mexican government regulations all natural ingredients must be used in the production of tequila. Manufactures may add caramel coloring, glycerin, and sugar based syrups to flavor it. Also remember that yeast is used to ferment the blue agave sugars which could cause trouble for people with digestive problems.
And this was exactly the sense I had when I downed this:
Those beautiful little Patron babies tasted delicious (well, the one that I had), but I could instantly taste that it was packed with sugar and a million other SCD illegals. So I didn't have another – instead, I drank that very sensible (okay, semi-sensible) tall drink behind it, which was vodka with pure apple juice. Yes, I snuck a bottle of pure apple juice into a hipster craft beer bar. I am quite possibly their new leader.
So, right now, I 'feel' sober but I can tell you, from the litre of yoghurt and honey I just slurped down, I am probably not. And I'm going to pay for this tomorrow morning at 9am when our cleaning lady arrives and I want to die. But two vodkas and one tequila isn't so bad for a four-hour stint, right? Oh, and there was also the glass of red wine after work.
I do think booze affects my gut, but it seems to be okay if I give myself a few days' break in between. Will be VERY interesting to see my BMs tomorrow…
My diet and BMs right now
I'm eating all the things I've been enjoying up until now, with the exception of the yoghurt, which I'm going to have to re-strategise on 🙂 I've introduced coriander (cilantro) and it's going well. Now I get to decide what to introduce next. It's my favourite part of this diet 🙂
For the past few weeks, my BMs have been generally good. The constipation that I experienced in the early stages has pretty much cleared up, and I have decent BMs every morning, and sometimes in the evening too (which is such a bonus). I think that all that needed to happen was introducing a few new veggies into my diet. Maybe the yoghurt is, ironically, helping too?
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WOW, although I am still an Aspiring Screenwriter waiting for my big break, I like to think I have grown as a writer. Here, I thought I was about seventy-five to eighty percent finished with my second screenplay "Torn", after re-reading it for the first time in over a year, I realized WTH. I am about forty-five to fifty percent finished. I still feel it is a great story with a great plot and premise, but dayum is it awful. It needs a major re-write, and I am excited to do so.
I also have a third "The Proposal" (title still up in the air), I have been outlining for a couple of months… another good one I might add, but of course, I would think so. I do believe I will save "The Proposal" and get some help from another Aspiring writer once I make it because I plan to make it. Plenty of Aspiring writers waiting to be discovered just like I am, they just need a break, and I plan to make that happen.
Any who, I have entered several screenplay competitions for 2013, and my fingers are crossed. All I need is that one big break or even a small break would suffice. I ask myself, what I would do if I make it, and I have answered that question in the above paragraph, pay it forward… help someone else to succeed. Something I feel we do not have enough of is positive "black films". We have hundreds of undiscovered writers, including myself who is aching to tell their story, and my word is my bond, I promise I will help another undiscovered writer once I make it.


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I'm going on HiatusFebruary 25, 2016
So it's been a little bit since I posted my last post. Over a week, in fact. For this post I don't really want to have much of an intro, I'd much rather just get into it.
As you can tell by the title I'm going on a hiatus.
I've been thinking about taking a break for a few weeks now, maybe even a month or so, and it just seemed like now was a good time to finally take that break.
But why am I going on break?
Well, I'm not happy with the work I've been putting out into the book community. My bookstagram has gone down hill as far as quality, I haven't posted in three weeks, and I never interact with anyone anymore. I would really like it if I could take good, quality pictures again without feeling like it's a major chore.
I'm definitely not happy with the content I've been putting out on my blog. The majority of my posts are either reviews or memes and that's not something I'm happy about. Though memes are something to help fill my everyday blogging goal I don't think that they should be super prominent in my blog feed, and that's starting to happen.
I want to get back to writing posts that I'm proud of.
The destroyer of my bookish life.
I'm someone who procrastinates 24/7. In fact I procrastinate so much that it's starting to become a problem to my sleep schedule and my everyday life. I wait to do HW until about 10 pm and when I finally finish around 11 pm I may write a super half-hearted blog post that is really low quality. I know I need to fix this but it's hard once you develop a routine.
During my hiatus I'd like to try and fix my procrastination problem. Finishing HW earlier means more time for book related things.
I just realized how long this post is so I'm going to stop there.
I plan on being gone for at least the rest of February. That's not super long but we'll see how things go. I should be out for no more than 2 weeks. In between this time you can always talk to me on Twitter :)
Bye for now lovely readers
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Cuboid Syndrome
So I've had a very emotional couple of weeks. After several physio sessions and plenty of resting, I still haven't been able to shake the pain in my foot. My friends and family will attest to the fact that I take most things in my stride and can always find a way around, or over, most obstacles. It took one of the smallest bones in my body to break me!
The morning of the KWAY VOB Constantia 15km race, I woke up with quite a bit of pain in my foot, but despite this, I laced up and walked to the start line – all the while trying to hide my limp and pain from my OptiFit teamsters who would never have allowed me to run.
All was going well until kilometer 5 when the pain overwhelmed me. I could hear my OptiFit manager, Rodet's, voice in my head, as he told me to stop running if I felt pain, as this would just make my injury worse. As runners whizzed past me without a care in the world, the frustration and disappointment culminated in me breaking down like a 15 year old girl whose high school boyfriend had just broken up with her via a text message. Needless to say I did not manage to complete the race.
On Monday morning I went back to SSISA to see Chris Delpierre the miracle working podiatrist. I walked out of his office feeling a lot better and with a clear idea of what was to come. Chris managed to assist me with orthotics to support my foot when running in order to keep pressure off the pesky cuboid bone. I also walked out with a new diagnosis – cuboid syndrome.
Over and above this, the greatest value I got from that consultation was advice from Chris and Kathy, my OptiFit Coach, who accompanied me to my appointment. There is no quick fix for this injury, I need to a. Rest my foot a. Trust the training I have done so far c. Cross my fingers and hope on 26 March '16 the inflammation and pain will be gone (or minimal), and I will be able to run and finally d. Injuries are part of the running journey so I need to embrace the entire process and not only focus on the disappointment.
When I reflect on all that has happened so far, it's pretty much like life – we have to get up every morning and do the best we can, sometimes things are out of our control BUT we have to keep going. Whatever happens we can't stop moving. So, bearing all of this in mind, I have continued with spinning to keep my fitness levels up, and every morning I get up - the pain in my foot is a little less and it looks more and more like I will be able to take on the OMTOM half as I set out to.
I have learnt to appreciate that no one is immune to disappointment and the crippling emotions that accompany it. When it knocks on your door, allow yourself to cry but don't stay down – keep moving forward. Ten days to go and I am confident I will be struggling up Southern Cross with the rest of you.


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I feel like I've used this pattern a 100 times. This is the only pattern that I painted on my nails more than twice. I don't like to use patterns multiple times, because there's so much designs that I have to try out, but this pattern is somehow different.
It's really simple and easy, yet pretty, and I think this is why I like to use it whenever I don't know what to paint on my nails.
I have this color combination in my mind a really long time now, because ILNP Mountain View has pretty bronze and gold flakies in it, and it totally matches to Clockwork.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu balked Sunday at a proposal by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to set up a panel to investigate Israel's deadly Gaza flotilla raid last week, potentially prolonging a rift between the Jewish state and the international community.
Mr. Ban proposed a panel headed by former New Zealand Prime Minister Jeffrey Palmer, along with Israeli and Turkish representatives, according to Israeli media reports. But Mr. Netanyahu expressed concern about a rush to judgment, according to one Israeli official.
"Nothing was finalized, and nothing was decided,'' said the official. The prime minister said "that all decisions have to be taken calmly, and not under the pressure of events."
IN PICTURES: The Gaza flotilla and the aftermath of the Israeli naval raid
Who will conduct the investigation?
The US and other countries have pressed for an impartial investigation of the incident. And some in Israel – including the foreign ministry, according to local reports – believe that an investigation with international involvement would both help ease the uproar and confirm their narrative that the pro-Palestinian activists in last week's Gaza flotilla had to be repelled with lethal force.
Still, many Israelis reject the idea of an international investigation.
"I don't need anyone to tell us what we did [was] wrong," says businessman Joshua Drucker. " We are a democracy and we can conduct our own investigation."
An investigation by Israel alone, however, is unlikely to satisfy the international community.
"If Israel wants to go it alone, as fair as the investigation may be, it will be difficult to sell to the international community,'' said Meir Javedanfar, a Middle East expert based in Tel Aviv. "Netanyahu has to consider domestic political considerations as well as Israel's foreign-policy standing, and to bring in Turkish investigators into the committee would be very controversial, and would not go down too well in Israel.''
Growing support for the military
In Israel, there has been a swelling tide of support for the military, which was initially lambasted at home and abroad for the deaths.
In the Israeli paper, Yediot Ahronot, the soldiers were lauded as "heroes'' for extracting themselves from a surprise ambush "without suffering losses and without killing innocent people.''
A billboard outside the headquarters of an Israeli military base featured a message to the Navy commandos: "Deep at sea, deep in our hearts."
Still, Israel's diplomatic isolation has spilled over to culture. In the wake of the flotilla flare up, the rock group "The Pixies" announced that they would cancel a planned concert date in Israel.
The Pixies are the latest in a growing number of musicians to cancel shows in Israel. Rock singer Elvis Costello, spoken-word jazz performer Gil Scott-Heron, and guitar legend Carlos Santana all canceled shows this summer.
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We're in the thick of it over here and I'll be honest I'm mentally exhausted. I'm rolling my eyes and sighing like I've never rolled my eyes or sighed before.
Oscar has seemingly lost all control over his emotions. He does not know how to handle the smallest of frustrations and at his age I'm struggling to communicate with him well enough to help. We're trying, oh we're trying.
To be perfectly honest, I was completely unprepared for this stage. I thought we still had time to read up and get our head around the best way to gently parent a toddler. I feel really strongly about steering clear of any discipline methods that revolve around anger, isolation, or shaming. I want to be able to talk to him and I want him to be able to want to talk to me.
I'm not completely naive, I know it's never going to be that simple and perfect. I know there will need to be a whole lot of patience in our home. I know there will probably be a lot of mockery from friends, family, strangers that will just say, "Just put him in his room and shut the door", or "A smack on the bottom will sort him out". But we're the parents and we get to decide what happens, full stop. I actually don't think there is any easy way out. Regardless of what parenting technique you choose, there will still be meltdowns and tantrums because it's NORMAL. I'm learning from Oscar just how complex his world can be and all I want to do is help him through it.
I read something the other day and it has stuck with me. When I'm starting to get frustrated I repeat these words in my head.
When your child is having a meltdown, remember, it's their crisis, not yours. Breathe deeply. Calm yourself. Then use a quiet voice and gentle hands to guide your little one through their crisis. That is living what you want them to learn.
My parenting toolbox feels pretty empty right now but I'm trying to do the best with what I know. We don't just say, "No.", we always offer an explanation as to why he can't do something. I've been trying to talk my way through all my actions lately anyway, just to help him with his communication. There are also a few phrases that we seem to be saying a lot over the last week. One of them is, "Oscar, are you okay? Would you like a cuddle?". This one always comes up when he does his major, drop to the floor, my world is ending tantrum. For the record, he hardly ever does want a cuddle but a few times he has. It's difficult because he can't talk enough yet to really be able to respond to me so that's where the hug comes in. At the moment we are trying to teach him to say "Help me". He really needs to learn this phrase! For our sake and his own. At the moment, when he can't get down from his chair or his toy gets stuck, he does that painfully irritating whine/fake cry that makes me want to rip my ears off. Whenever he does it, we walk up to him and say "Oscar, you need to say 'Help me, please, help me' okay?" This morning it happened and he did the awful whingy cry but as I walked closer to him he stopped and started saying "Meep mee, meep mee" in a cute little voice which i think was him trying to say help me. All these things will happen slowly and I really think our patience will pay off.
I have loads more to say on this topic but I'm going to be late for work if I don't stop here. I have a list of books that I want to read but until then we'll keep chugging along as we have been for the last week. When I dropped Oscar's off at daycare I saw 2 of his classmates performing the exact same meltdown routine that he does. I lightheartedly commented to the carer that I was glad it wasn't just Oscar that did that. She laughed and said "Oh, don't worry. Every single one of them do it, it's just that age." It really did put my mind at ease. It's totally normal and I need to remember that.


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cottage, Pallas-Olos, Muonio, 3+5 persons
205 km north-west of Rovaniemi, L.Äkäsjärvi 30 m (length 15 km, width 2 km), shallow shore, hard moraine bottom, jetty, own boat. Shore shared with other cottage.
Planed log cottage (one half of semi-detached house unit) on 3 floors, built 1996. Downstairs: sauna, washroom, 2 large lounges, convertible sofa/bed in lounge, alcove (sliding door) 2 beds. Middle floor: living room/kitchen, bedroom double bed, bedroom 1 bed, open porch/balcony. Upstairs: sleeping loft (steep stairs) 3 beds.
Two fridges.
Note! For additional price will be available 60 square meters of additional space and 5 beds. The additional space will cost 25 percent more (cost is added on top of the normal price). If you want to book this additional space, please make reservation by phone /e-mail.
Further information about the additonal space: Downstairs is another living area with an alcove (sliding door) with 2 beds and toilet. In addition, in the loft there is another section with three beds more. These facilities are locked, if the customer does not booked them for an extra cost.
Note! If you book the additional space and you want to pay for the final cleaning, is the cleaning price for whole area 200 € Spacious cottage on shore of large lake in hilly (fell) part of Lapland. Campfire place and lean-to on shore (in shared use). Crib for a baby available from the caretaker on request (25 eur) (crib and a high chair 30 eur), should be booked in advance and paid by cash on arrival.
Several fells and ski resorts easily accessible. Area offers wide range of hobbies and sports. Ski trail and snowmobile trail nearby. Good fishing and hunting opportunities (note: licences). Ylläs-Pallastunturi National Park starts on other side of lake.
Olostunturi 16 km, Pallas 23 km, Levi 37 km, Ylläs 36 km. Kittilä airport 53 km. Taidegalleria Raekallio (art gallery) 20 km, Kellokas nature centre for visitors 36 km.
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On 07-15-86 at 0633 hours the Colorado Springs Police Department was notified of a missing seven month old named Christopher Enoch Abeyta.
The Investigation:
The investigation revealed that seven month old Christopher was the youngest sibling in the Abeyta family. His mother, Bernice Abeyta and father Gil Abeyta recall last seeing Christopher asleep in his crib in the master bedroom at about 12:30 a.m. prior to falling asleep.
Bernice Abeyta noticed that Christopher was missing from his crib at 6:30 in the morning. The Abeyta's heard nothing or saw nothing suspicious that would indicate who committed this crime.
Their were no signs of forced entry, and the front door was said to have been unlocked to allow the older Abeyta children to enter the house without a key.
Hundreds of interviews were conducted and hundreds of leads were followed up on. Over the years the Abeyta family themselves have conducted a lengthy detailed investigation.
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Winners win. Not because they don't fall. Because they get back up. We all fall. We all slip up. We all slip down the tracks that we're veering away from. I certainly seem to do that constantly.Where we land up is up to us. As TC said to me when I was once debating what to do. The worst is you make the wrong choice and fall flat on your face. So, you get back up and try again.
I just read through a post that really touched me – quoted below. Written by Becca about winners winning, because they stay in the game. I'm in awe of her writing. To me the game sometimes is life, sometimes isn't using painkillers, sometimes isn't doing anything to mess up (self harm, throw up), sometimes is exercising, journaling, colouring, doing puzzles, eating, being in touch with others. Winning can be staying away from what ain't good for me. Winning can be doing what's helpful to me (like paying myself 50p for every time I brush my teeth). Winning is just staying in the game of life, and continuing on. As Thomas Edison said, he didn't fail 1000 times, he learned 999 ways that didn't work. Thank you Rebecca for this reason.
Before I learned how feelings worked, I lived in a very fragile world. I had wounds that seemed a mile deep. When something touched them, or perhaps, as Millennials would say "triggered" them, my whole world seemed to explode. Like a simple comment by a doctor…. I had seen a chiropractor during my senior year of high school to help with headaches. At some point, my mother found one to treat me when I was in college. He very matter-of-factly made the comment to me that my large breasts were probably to blame for a lot of my shoulder and neck pain and resulting headaches.
No big deal, right? Just stating the obvious, right? Well, not to me at that time. I'm not sure when my breasts reached their full size. In my sisters' wedding pictures, when I was 15 and 16, they were a reasonable size. Sometime before college, though, they blew up. The teasing and my self-consciousness about them certainly began in high school. By the time I got to college, I hated them and did my best to hide them in oversized shirts.
Thus, the doctor's statement of the obvious sent me into a tail spin. My face flushed with embarrassment. I had no words. I thought surely this was highly inappropriate for him to speak of my breast size. I seethed with anger. How dare he? It's not my fault, I wanted to scream at the accusation he never made. I couldn't wait to get to my car to let out all the tears I was holding in.
I cried all the way to the nearest fast food restaurant. It was an Arby's. I ordered enough food for four people. I shoved it in, pushing my embarrassment down. My body is a freak of nature, I told myself.
But don't think, that hurts.
I pushed the pain down with the food.
You're so messed up, Rebecca, that your body hurts itself. You're hurting yourself now, loser!
Push it down, push it down. Push down all the feelings. Don't feel it, just eat! Just eat, don't feel. Deep breath, just eat.
He saw, he saw, he knows. Everyone who sees you knows, you're a freak! People told you in high school, and you thought people here wouldn't see? Stupid, everyone can see you're a freak. There's no hiding you.
Oh my God, if I could just cut my head off and stop the thoughts. Stop the feelings. I can't, so just push it down with food.
See binging and purging were my self-medication of choice. Not much different than other addicts. Life is too much, so the answer is in a bottle or a pill or food.
But I couldn't just do it with food, though, because I wanted to fade away too. I had to numb with food, but then I couldn't let my body get bigger, so off to the bathroom to melt away. No, no, I didn't need anyone else seeing me, judging me, and knowing that I am flawed.
The summer when I finally stopped binging and purging was the summer before I started law school. I spent it in Dallas, and it was a great summer. The night before I was to fly out, I desperately didn't want to leave. I felt safe and happy here, and what was I thinking going off to Miami. This was scary and hard, and my head started squeezing in on my brain. This is where things get uncomfortable. This is when I might have gone to my old pattern of coping.
Instead, I broke out my journal that my therapist had had me using. I wrote to myself and told myself to be in the moment.
Just stay here and feel it, I'll be with you.
I told myself it was ok to be scared before going off to a new city where I didn't know a soul. I told myself, it was normal to not want to leave a comfort zone. I wrote and wrote. I didn't let myself leave the room. I feared I'd find the bathroom or kitchen and be back to my old game of escaping the normalcy of feeling human feelings.
I didn't escape. I felt it. All of it, and I lived through it. And I felt the next thing and the next thing and all the pain and joy and confusion and failure and accomplishment that is life.
Now, I'm not above wanting to escape. I can go back, no not to binging and purging, but I can find other escapes when I forget that I'm a warrior. So, I remind myself, I can survive this, whatever this is. I tell myself to feel it, whatever it is. I will live through it.
One of my coaches introduced me to the phrase "winners win." At first, I thought it silly and redundant. But now I like it. Winners win, because they are in the game. Winners win, because they've stopped expecting the game to be painless. Winner win, because they show up. Winners win, because they can be uncomfortable without looking for a bathroom or a bottle to hide in. Winners win, because they take the damned dog for a walk (if you haven't read my Lessons from a Dog Walk blog, that makes no sense to you).
My boobs are still freakishly big. I won't add a picture to this blog to prove it! But this is me! And I'm a warrior, so I don't have to hide from pain. And guess what? You are too!
"Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself." -Paulo Coelho author of The Alchemist
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FOX had a mixed weekend covering the FA Cup, the first full-fledged weekend of soccer on the network's channels since the shutdown of FOX Soccer in September.
The wall-to-wall FA Cup coverage, that included FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2 and FOX over-the-air, included extensive highlights and studio shows. The FA Cup, often a throwaway in the years the network owned Premier League rights, was promoted throughout the week. As always, Rob Stone presented well, moderating studio discussions and giving timely updates. Stone's presence in the studio chair has grown from being a young, somewhat offbeat host on ESPN's Major League Soccer programming in the late 90s to a polished professional whose love for the game always shines through.
But as is always the case with FOX, there were far more negatives than positives. As mentioned earlier, Stone is a good host, but Warren Barton continues to give simplistic analysis that at times boggles the mind. Eric Wynalda continues to be a mixed bag, combining strong points with silly reactionary ones. Brian McBride is less assertive than he needs to be and while his analysis has grown stronger, he remains more awkward on camera and less assured in his demeanor than his colleagues.
But talent is not FOX's biggest problem. It's their programming format and production value. One of the most confusing elements is the FOX Soccer branding on some graphics while the studio and other on air graphics read FOX Sports 1. It would be more understandable if the graphics were similar in style, but they are not. The mishmash of graphics resembled the types of productions ABC, CBS or NBC would have in the late 1980s or early 1990s when switching between graphics packages. But in those days, graphics were less subtle and these things were less noticeable.
The problem is that FOX has made loud graphics a trademark of its sports coverage and the lack consistency was on full display throughout all the studio programs. Also the size of these on-air graphics was highly distracting from attempting to watch highlights or focus in on the studio team.
The types of tactical discussions Premier League fans in the United States have become accustomed to since NBC gained the rights to the league were completely absent from both days coverage. While many are of the opinion that FOX's studio talent is not in the same league as NBC, they really are not given the chance to show their knowledge or understanding of the game in the format the network chooses for highlights and analysis.


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It is now official. The mainstream media is no longer covering Ron Paul's presidential campaign.
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How to Be an Evil Villain. The universe is a place of balance. For every goody-two-shoes-puppy-saving-hero out there, the universe needs a paragon of evil. Being an evil villain is a rewarding way to make a real difference in the world and crush it mercilessly under foot in the process. Unfortunately, there are very few evil villain training programs, and they are notoriously hard to get in. Luckily, there are real opportunities for self starters in the booming industry of evil villain operations.
Establish an awesome secret hideout. It's all about location, location, location when it comes to secret hideouts. Skull shaped uncharted are an absolute classic, but they are never on the market long! Of course, there is a great deal going for an under-volcano base when looking at heating and energy costs, and it is hard to beat the view from an awesome orbiting space station or secret moon base.
Recruit an army. When the good guys come, there needs to be as much fodder around to take the brunt of the avenging fists of justice. Plus, a well trained evil army not only makes a great personal staff but also an impressive posse. Be sure to follow all worker health and safety regulations; dealing with superheroes and secret agents is easy compared to getting a visit from OSHA.
Hire at least one top shelf sadistic sidekick (of course, the more the merrier). This is even more important than a huge secret hideout or vast army of henchmen. One really crazy iron-fisted lackey to destroy enemies in some type of signature manner really goes a long way to establishing some serious street credibility, so go all out. A tip: super-hot ninja girls with repressed gender role issues are the next big thing in villainy!
Outline a sadistic plan for global domination. Something with laser satellites or nuclear blackmail... the details aren't terribly important early on as long as it is clearly established that the world will either be crushed into submission or completely destroyed to clear the way for an entirely new order (guess who gets to lead that!).
Create an intense, lethal rivalry with a major agent of good. Too many wannabe villains are out there claiming to be evil, but no one really cares enough to even try to stop them, and soon they are back to being the night manager at Kwiky-Gas. A villain is only as good as the hero they are up against. Anyone can fool the police but not really be an evil villain (for example: is OJ a real villain or just a guy that beat the cops?). A big league villain needs an A-list adversary. Select the agent of good that is most appealing and viciously blow up their wedding or something to attract their attention.
Have fun with it! This is much more important that it seems. Evil is about doing what one wants when one wants, not fretting about schedules and requisitions and jail time. If a villain is not really enjoying what they are doing, the press will chew them up and spit them out in no time!


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At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Visitor Center in Seattle, an exhibit pairs the reasons the foundation chooses not to fund alternative energy research with the reasons it funds crop biotechnology. A screen displays Bill Gates talking to the camera about how, together with improved farming techniques, genetically modified seeds can help small farmers and their families live better lives. Next to him, red text reads, "Sometimes people disagree with our approach," acknowledging the controversy around genetically modified organisms. Now Bill Gates is taking that bold argument to the blogosphere.
"It's quite common to see these farmers double or triple their harvests and their incomes when they have access to the advances farmers in the rich world take for granted," Gates writes in a post published Tuesday on his GatesNotes blog about the impact of climate change on small farmers. "This new prosperity allows them to improve their diets, invest in their farms, and send their children to school. It also pulls their lives back from the razor's edge, giving them a sense of security even if they have a bad harvest."
In his post, titled "Who will suffer most from climate change? Hint: Not you," Gates expands on the connection between agriculture and nutrition — two Gates Foundation programs that are increasingly working together. With the adoption of the sustainable development goals on the horizon, Gates is sure to be more vocal, despite the controversy, on climate change adaptation through biofortification. By investing in GMOs to help poor farmers adapt to the harsh realities of climate change, the foundation hopes to set examples for how the Green Climate Fund, which was set up as part of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change to help countries adapt to climate change, might spend its $10 billion.
The world can expect more from Bill Gates himself on this connection between agriculture, nutrition, and climate change, Geoff Lamb, chief economic and policy advisor to the co-chairs and CEO at the Gates Foundation, told Devex.
"The way he sees it [is] in typical Bill terms, in a very direct way, is you've got to have that zero-emission, low-carbon energy future. You need a lot to do with science and technology and research and investment and government action and private sector responsiveness and so on," Lamb said. "But in the end we've got to make sure that both the threat of climate change and the promise of solutions feed through directly into the quality of life for the most disadvantaged and vulnerable people. That's what drives him on this."
The Gates Foundation is known for its focus on addressing problems before our eyes, from food security to maternal health to infectious disease. But now Bill Gates is directing attention toward climate change adaptation and this blog post marks the beginning of a communications push that will continue to climate negotiations at COP21, the upcoming United Nations climate conference in Paris.
"Part of what Bill is arguing for is where the focus should be of the money that will be forthcoming internationally," Lamb said, adding that the fear is that the money will not benefit those farmers with "very little margin between an adequate life and abject poverty and crisis."
Gates explains in his post that when he and Melinda first visited a group of rice farmers in Bihar, India years ago, they learned how the rivers would swell and drown the crops during the monsoon season. Since then, the Gates Foundation has been hard at work with partners to develop seed varieties that can survive droughts and floods. Now those same farmers are using a new variety called "scuba" rice that can survive two weeks underwater.
Laura Birx, the only program officer at the Gates Foundation who works on both the Nutrition and Agricultural Development teams, explained how the increased focus on nutrition at the foundation will lead to more projects like "scuba" rice.
"Previously, we didn't have a shared goal. Now we do — that goal is ensuring equitable access to safe, affordable, nutritious diets year-round," she told Devex in a foundation conference room with a view of the Space Needle. "While the money is helpful, that shared goal opens so many doors for us, even more so than the money."
Birx, who previously worked as senior nutrition advisor at USAID, explained that the foundation approaches the agriculture and nutrition connection through different pathways, finding numerous intersections with other priority areas. Household economics, health and women's empowerment are key areas of overlap.
"For us, there's not a single program we have currently or will have in food systems that doesn't have a major component on empowering women," she said.
In his blog post, Gates describes how, without access to agricultural technologies like improved seeds, many farmers around the world are walking on high wires without safety nets. Rising temperatures around the world will have a disproportionate effect on the farmers who lack tools to manage these risks.
"Here's the good news," Gates wrote. "Many of the tools they'll need to adapt are quite basic — things that they need anyway to grow more food and earn more income: access to financing, better seeds, fertilizer, training and markets where they can sell what they grow."
Expect to see more from the Gates Foundation, and Gates himself, on how small farmers can adapt to climate change to improve their own lives and feed a growing population.
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A selection of archival, experimental, or otherwise unused miscellaneous projects I have been involved in or created in recent years.
Surtees Boats
Vector illustrated boat range and UI elements for Surtees Boats
St John's Hospice
A brochure website for an independent London charity and hospice. The hospice required a modern and refreshed website to highlight local events, ways for users to support or get involved and a prominent way to donate.
I had the pleasure of working with the Melbourne-based skate and boutique store Hemley, on their brochure site. A clean, bold colour palette was chosen to compliment the brands fresh, passionate approach to retail.
Capital Culture
Brand identity and graphic design for a popular New Zealand mockumentary web series. The series parodies 'hipsters' which naturally informed the look and feel of the 'cool' identity.
Empire Skate
I have been working with the guys at Empire Skate (a locally owned New Zealand skate and streetwear brand) for several years, designing a range of hardgoods and apparel and helped develop the online store. I was particularly please with the final 'powertool' deck output.
Bedrock Concrete Pumping
Brand identity & web layout (concept) for a leading concrete pumping business in Auckland, New Zealand. The identity reflects the strength and power of the product and service.
Tha Peaks apparel
Hever Castle – icon set
Hever Castle
– icon set
Hatched London
Creative Director:
Lee Casey
A selection of icons from a full digital set for Hever Castle & Gardens website.
Visual explorations