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When one hears the title US Attorney General, it should inspire trust, honor, and integrity. Unfortunately, as with many things associated with the current administration, traditional adjectives do not apply. What was billed as the "most transparent administration in history" has become the most racist debacle in recent history.
In only 3 years, the Obama administration has managed to propel racism to a level that harkens to the Civil Rights era. What started out as a meme on class warfare has quickly escalated to a race war with dire consequences. At the heart of the controversy is Attorney General Eric Holder.
Only 5 months into his new role under Barack Obama, Holder dismissed what should have been a default case against 3 members of the Black Panther party for voter intimidation. When told that dismissing the case was an assault on voting rights, Holder defended his actions by saying comparing the incident to earlier civil rights action "does a great disservice to people who put their lives on the line, who risked all, for my people". Instead of applying the law equally to all, Holder took it upon himself to dismiss the case against "his people".
Soon to follow would be lawsuits against South Carolina and Texas for their new voter ID laws. When defending his actions against the 2 states, Holder claimed the law would "disenfranchise minority voters". There are currently 14 states with voter ID laws on the books. Will Holder sue all of them?
Earlier this year, at a meeting hosted by 100 Black Men of Atlanta Inc., Holder attacked school administrators for disciplining students on the basis of race. The Daily Caller reports that Holder's claim of racial disparity in school discipline was based on statistics pulled from a flawed study, statistics Holder manipulated to fuel another story on the mistreatment of minorities.
The latest race-based incident involves the shooting of a black teenager, Trayvon Martin. In addition to Obama wading into the fray by stating Trayvon "could be my son", the case has been tried in the court of public opinion by both traditional and social media with no respect to due process. The New Black Panther Party has escalated the race war by putting a bounty on the other party in the tragic incident, George Zimmerman. While the special prosecutor tries to determine the facts of the case, Holder remains silent as the militant NBBP publicly touts a reward for Zimmerman, "dead or alive". Spike Lee added to the hysteria by tweeting an incorrect address for Zimmerman's parents, forcing an elderly couple to temporarily leave their home in fear. Numerous death threats against Zimmerman are easily found on social media outlets Twitter and Facebook, with no apparent consequences. Where is Holder??
There are additional incidents of improper and possibly illegal dealings within Holder's Department of Justice, and the examples listed above only capture Holder's racist behavior during his current tenure. Whether they rise to an impeachable offense can only be determined by Congress. They do serve as a clear reminder that Eric Holder has the responsibility to be a just and fair Attorney General for ALL Americans, not just "his people".


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OK...so I decided to throw a curveball at ya today! Lets think back to Tree #1...Classic Red and Green...you are going to need Christmas Decor around the house so lets take a look at some ideas!
|A premade poinsetta garland layered in with some decorative items, doent take much skill, its SUPER SIMPLE!
|3 simple little packages on the hearth helps balance the mantle...DO NOT forget, your local craft stores are already running sales on Christmas decor!!!
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|LOVE these Christmas Trees!
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|Simply, preboxed ball ornaments, white pearl-like beads with balls placed all in a pretty bowl...
|These little Frosty the Snowman Hats were so cute...Just added some Small ribbon...
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|A LARGER pick...
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I ordered these from Market...BUT, Ive seen them at Hobby Lobby!
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- Woodwick Candle in Christmas Evergreen fragrance. Woodwick is known for its crackle & pop sound - just like a fireplace! (soy based)
- Bath Salts in Ginger Lime fragrance. Sprinkle a tablespoon or so into bath water...bath salts pull the impurities and toxins out of your body (during this time of year it helps to keep you from getting sick)
- Bubble bath Cupcake in Ginger Lime. This is a hot item!
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Market evolution in the communications space in the last year has been dynamic at the very least and in anticipation of the upcoming ITEXPO West event in Austin, TX, TMCnet's Rich Tehrani wanted to get the inside scoop from key players. He spoke with Voxbone's CEO, Rod Ullens to get his take on the industry and market evolution. Ullens pointed to the broad adoption of VoIP as a "carrier-grade" technology as the most important evolution. As for the next disruptive force in technology, he anticipates that mobile VoIP will revolutionize mobile telecommunications.
Ullens also noted that cloud computing will not influence his company's internal way of working as Voxbone services are already offered in the cloud, yet the adoption of cloud computing by enterprises will impact their business in a positive way. The most common request from customers is for mobile phone numbers from mobile VoIP service providers. As for customized mobile devices, Ullens doesn't believe in them. As for the communication mix on devices in the future, Ullens believes all types will continue to co-exist. When asked about the anticipated success of Google+, Ullens could see potential for both success and failure.
In meeting the need for increased mobility, Ullens noted this is a key driver for Voxbone business. To meet the growing need, the company offers phone numbers, SIP and IP. In the mobile operating system war, Ullens believes iPhone and Android will dominate in the residential market, and RIM and Microsoft will penetrate the SME space. He doesn't believe HTML5 will be the anticipated game changer and at ITEXPO West, Ullens is looking forward to meeting interesting new companies that later become good customers. He also believes that every communications service provider should come and visit the Voxbone booth at the show as it is bigger and strong than last year.
Their entire conversation follows:
1. How has your market evolved over the past year and what trends have fueled those changes?
The most important evolution in the voice communications market in the last five years is the broad adoption of VoIP as a "carrier-grade" technology, enabling voice services at the best possible price/quality ratio. Until 2005, VoIP was considered low-quality and free. Today it is seen as equal quality at low cost. Skype's number of active users, paying users and number of international minutes have grown spectacularly year-on-year since its inception in 2003: 170 million active users in 2010 – of whom 8.1 million are paying users – generating a volume of international voice minutes equivalent to 24.7 percent of the total number of international minutes on the PSTN. Also, Google Voice, Jajah and Rebtel gained ground and have become well-established telephony service providers. In the carrier market, sending minutes to the other side of the world no longer requires expensive leased lines or complex least-cost-routing management, as a new generation of service providers, including Voxbone, are offering international call services of similar quality at a fraction of the cost. It may seem that VoIP is well on its way to replace all legacy voice technology, but the (re)volution is yet to begin in a couple of domains: mobile telephony and enterprise cloud communications.
2. What do you see as the next disruptive force in technology and how will it impact your market or business?
Mobile VoIP is going to revolutionize mobile telecommunications in the next two to five years. Traditional mobile voice and messaging services are still relatively expensive. On the other hand, mobile data, which has been sold at a fairly low price by mobile network operators desperately searching for new revenue streams, is relatively cheap. The increase in the power, openness and user-friendliness of smartphones the last few years, combined with better coverage of Wi-Fi and mobile data networks at a lower cost, make VoIP on mobile phones a very attractive technology. Mobile networks operators who find themselves in a situation where they see high-margin voice and text services being replaced by low-margin mobile data services will have to re-invent themselves in the next couple of years. For Voxbone, this is a positive evolution. Voxbone sells local phone numbers from 50 countries on its global VoIP backbone. Phone numbers are the only standardized identifier for voice and SMS communications, in legacy as well as future communication networks. So if mobile VoIP service providers would like to make their services interoperable with legacy telephony networks and other VoIP networks, they need phone numbers. This is where Voxbone can help.
3. How has the acceptance and adoption of the cloud model influenced your development cycle and process?
Cloud computing is not something that will influence our internal way of working; our services are already offered from "the cloud." Voxbone delivers phone calls from phone numbers in 50 countries to its customers anywhere in the world over the Internet-- the cloud. However, the adoption of cloud computing by enterprises will impact our business, again in a positive way. Over time, multinational corporations will consolidate their internal voice communications infrastructures in the cloud. They will no longer have a single IP PBX for every site in every country. As a consequence, enterprises no longer will source their telephony service from a different local service provider in each country. They will sign up for a global voice service with a single global voice service provider. This global voice service provider will have to be able to serve all countries where the multinational corporation has subsidiaries. To do this, the service provider will work with a couple of wholesale voice companies that provide local phone services in several countries, such as Voxbone.
4. What is the most common request you are seeing from your customers? How is your company addressing these demands?
Not surprisingly, Voxbone gets many requests for mobile phone numbers from mobile VoIP service providers. Also, given the increase in demand for VoIP services among businesses, we have noticed increased interest in security features and high-availability services, domains in which Voxbone has invested heavily the last two years.
5. There has been talk of Facebook coming into the mobile marketplace with its own devices, and LinkedIn just rolled out a new HTML5 mobile app. Do you expect we will see a push towards universal solutions or customized mobile devices as we move forward in social media?
Personally, I don't believe in customized mobile devices. I believe in a limited number of software platforms on which loads of applications are available: Apple iOS and Google Android predominantly for residential use, and Windows Mobile and RIM predominately for business use. The choice of applications that are offered through these platforms allows everyone to customize a device according to particular needs and likes. I do believe that social media apps will integrate more and more functions that have been delivered by other service providers or applications in the past, such as text messaging, voice and video calling, and content services.
6. Besides phone calls, mobile is now sharing bandwidth with video and machines. What do you predict will be the mix of traffic in the future?
I think that all types of communication will continue to co-exist. In the'90s, the success of texting was thought to remain limited because of the limitation of the medium: just text, with a limited number of characters. However, texting became huge because it's less intrusive than a phone call and hence better suited for some types of communication. Likewise, voice, video, chat and information sharing all have their advantages in certain situations. The best application will be the one that integrates all the communication types in a way that is most convenient to the end user. And as people are different, different types of applications will co-exist.
7 Will Google+ become bigger than Facebook and Twitter? Why or why not?
Well, that's a difficult question. On the one hand, Google is late, very late. The value and strength of a network is in the numbers, and Facebook and Twitter already have half of the world subscribed. The introduction of Google Buzz to compete with Twitter hasn't been a great success so far. On the other hand, Google usually does things well, and it has the advantage of owning Android OS for smartphones and tablets and now Chrome OS for PCs. Google can handle integration with these devices better than anyone else. But then again, how much difference is this going to make?
8. As businesses continue their move toward virtual workforces, how are you meeting the need for increased mobility? What barriers are keeping others from adopting mobile strategies?
Increased mobility and virtualization of workforces are key drivers of our business. When people communicate and collaborate with one other remotely, often different networks need to be linked, including mobile phone networks, PSTN networks, Web-conferencing services, and cloud-based unified communications services. The diversity of networks to interconnect will grow as virtualization becomes more accepted. Interconnecting these communication networks requires standards: E.164 phone numbers as identifiers, SIP for signaling and IP for transport. That's what Voxbone does in three words: phone numbers, SIP and IP.
9. How do you see the mobile operating system war (iPhone vs. Android vs. RIM vs. WM7 vs. HTML5) playing out?
As stated before, iPhone and Android will dominate the residential market, but will also have a share of the phones in the business market. RIM and Windows will have considerable penetration in medium-sized and large enterprises. Although Microsoft's market share is negligible today, its dominance in the market for enterprise software, the success of Microsoft Lync (Microsoft's IP PBX), the acquisition of Skype and the collaboration with Nokia are good ingredients for a remarkable comeback.
10. Is HTML5 the game changer many predict it will be?
No, I don't believe HTML5 will change the mobile industry. An OS is more than just software; it's a complex ecosystem of hardware vendors, application developers, advertisers, end-users, etc. There must be someone in the middle to manage the ecosystem. For Android, that's Google; for iOS/iPhone, that's Apple. For HTML 5, there is nobody and everybody at the same time. I believe a leading technology company needs to be in the middle to "regulate" the ecosystem.
11. What are you most looking forward to at ITEXPO West in Austin? What do you see as being the biggest trends at the show?
ITEXPO is one of the biggest shows in the world, if not the biggest show, for the high-tech communications industry. As high-tech communications service providers are our customers, we always meet interesting new companies that later become good customers. As we are a global service provider, these events also provide us the possibility to meet with our current customers "in real life." And last, the fact that ITEXPO is not only a conference but also a trade show is important for me. Spending some time wandering by the booths gives me a good idea of where the industry is going. I use this input in developing Voxbone's strategy.
12. Who should visit your booth at ITEXPO and why?
Every communications service provider should come and visit us. Voxbone has become bigger and stronger in the last year. Helping customers get the most out of VoIP, Voxbone offers services similar to those provided by traditional global carriers but at a fraction of the cost and with lead times in seconds instead of weeks. Given these benefits, we are proud to serve several big industry players including Skype, Jajah, Telefonica, IDT, Global Crossing and Voxeo. The fact that these companies have chosen to work with Voxbone proves that we have reached the level of quality and maturity the big guys expect.
To find out more about VOXBONE, visit the company at ITEXPO West 2011. To be held Sept. 13-15 in Austin, TX, ITEXPO is the world's premier IP communications event. Visit VOXBONE in booth 820. Don't wait. Register now.
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Seasonal Safety Tips for Runners
One of the biggest factors in summer running or hot weather running in the summer months is the heat and how it impacts your hydration. "We generate heat during exercise and the human body is not particularly efficient in this respect – 75 percent of our expended energy is turned into heat," writes Roy Stevenson in an article in the Washington Running Report. "Thus, the faster and longer we run, the higher the heat load placed on our body." Add to that, hot weather, and it's a recipe for a disaster. Here are some ways to beat running in the heat and other running safety tips for summer:
- Stay hydrated. A runner's hydration needs may change during the summer running season because of the amount of sweat he or she loses during exercise. It's important that every runner makes sure to drink enough to avoid thirst. If you find yourself becoming thirsty, it's likely that you are well on your way to dehydration. Take water with you even if you don't think you will need it. You will become thirsty faster on a hot run.
- A note on hydration: On average, a person who exercises may need an extra 1.5-2.5 cups of water a day to make up for fluid loss, according to the Mayo Clinic. But what about summer running? Do you need even more? The International Marathon Medical Directors Association's (IMMDA) hydration guidelines say runners and cyclists should drink when thirsty to avoid hyponatremia, or water intoxication. "The new scientific evidence says that thirst will actually protect athletes from the hazards of both over- and under-drinking," the IMMDA reported. So you may not need to drink at every hydration stop during a road race. An article by Runner's World suggests paying attention to the color of your urine to determine your level of hydration. Totally clear urine may mean you are drinking too much. If it's dark – like iced tea, the article points out – you're not drinking enough. When you do quench your thirst, you may also need to think about the sodium, potassium and other electrolytes you lose through sweat. Training expert and writer for Competitor magazine, Matt Fitzgerald, recommends sports drinks as the most effective hydration during hot days in a recent article on summer running safety. He says, "…because a sports drink contains dissolved minerals and carbohydrates, it's absorbed into the bloodstream more quickly than water, which has fewer or no dissolved particle." Try sports drinks during runs before race day. If your stomach is sensitive to sugar, try an electrolyte tablet that dissolves in water, such as Nuun.
- Keep water cool: Fill water bottles halfway and then place them in the freezer the night before a hot summer run. In the morning, fill the rest. This will keep your water colder, longer.
- Run early or late: Run early in the morning or later in the day when the heat is not at its full intensity. Try to avoid running between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. – the hottest part of the day.
- Apply sunscreen: Did you know you can get a second degree burn from the sun? Practice safe running and prevent blisters, burns and skin cancer by applying sunscreen before an outdoor run. Use a sweat-proof sunscreen and apply it generously 30 minutes before you go outdoors, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- Eat light: Avoid large meals before a long run or race in the summer since food digestion interferes with blood flow to muscles at work.
- Wear appropriate exercise clothing and running apparel: Wear moisture-wicking socks to keep feet cool and dry, which prevents blisters and painful foot chafing. See our page on blister prevention for more tips.
- Acclimate to heat. In a Runner's World article, running expert and Olympian Jeff Galloway, recommends acclimating to hot weather gradually. "For the first two weeks of hot weather, do no speed sessions and keep your midday running bouts to 30 easy minutes at most," he says. "In 10 days to two weeks, you should be fully acclimated."
- Listen to your body: You don't have to be running in extreme heat to get sick from the hot weather. Pay attention to your body and the warning signs of heat illness (from WebMD):
- Cramps that suddenly begin in the hands, calves or feet
- Hard, tense muscles
- Fatigue and/or weakness
- Nausea
- Headaches
- Excessive thirst
- Muscle aches and cramps
- Confusion or anxiety
- Drenching sweats, often combined with cold, clammy skin
- Slow or weak heartbeat
- Dizziness and or fainting
- Agitation
- Step carefully: There will probably be a lot of leaves on the ground during the fall running season. The leaves can be slippery or they can disguise another running hazard, such as a pothole or large rock, or even patches of ice in the late season.
- Time change: Don't forget that it will get darker earlier. If you still want to enjoy running at night or even early evening, make sure you wear reflective running gear and reflective sports apparel when you head out as your run may end in the dark.
- Hydrate right: You may need to adjust your hydration for long runs since you may be losing less sweat than during the summer running season, but you'll still need plenty of water or sports drinks. See Summer Running Tips above. Remember: Drink when you're thirsty.
- Watch for animals: Trail running is popular in the fall, but don't forget you are sharing the trail with wild animals, especially bears that are eating more than their weight in preparation for winter hibernation. A Runner's World article on animal encounters while trail running shares advice from the Colorado Division of Wildlifeon what to do should you come across a coyote, bear or mountain lion:
- Coyotes: Use a loud, authoritative voice and walk towards a coyote. They will typically run away.
- Bears: The most common species of bear in the U.S. is the black bear. Brown bears (Grizzlies) live in the northwest U.S. and in Alaska. If you are running in bear country, be sure to make plenty of noise so you don't surprise a bear. If a bear acts aggressively, give it a "wide berth by stepping off the trail on the downhill side." Tyler Baskfield, Communications Manager for the Colorado Division of Wildlife, says you should, "Look as big as possible, talk to the bear, and back away slowly…Don't run or climb a tree because that's prey behavior." If attacked, the general advice is to play dead.
- Mountain lions: Baskfield says trail runners' and hikers' heads should be on a swivel. Don't wear anything that could impeded your field of vision like hats, visors or headphones. If you do see a mountain lion, you should react as you would in a bear encounter. "Look as big as possible. If you're wearing a coat, hold it out. Raise your arms slowly. You want to look like a formidable opponent to a mountain lion." If you are attacked, fight back. Try not to crouch or turn your back, but Baskfield says you should throw things, fight, and go for their eyes.
- Snakes: Watch where you step. Snakes can usually feel the vibrations of the ground and will leave the area, but if you see one, tap a stick on the ground. It will most likely slither away. Baskfield says in the spring, snakes often sun themselves on rocks, so avoid rocky untraveled areas.
- Wear running baselayers, but don't overdress: Wear a thin synthetic layer underneath a breathable shell layer made of nylon or Gore-Tex®. The first layer will wick the sweat away from your skin to help you avoid the chills and the second layer will keep the cold wind off of your back. If it's very cold, you may also need an insulating layer, such as fleece or some high loft insulation like a down jacket or a synthetic down jacket. Avoid wearing cotton as it will keep cold moisture close to your skin because it doesn't dry fast enough. Remember to avoid overdressing as it can cause excessive sweating, and instead dress in layers. A rule of thumb: Dress as if it is 20 degrees warmer outside than it is, as you will be generating quite a lot of heat through anaerobic exercise. Even if you will be winter running in the snow, the air temperature may not be as cold as you think it is. And, don't forget: wearing reflective athletic clothing isn't just for running at night. Wear it so vehicles can see you through snow and rain, or in the dark.
- Protect hands and feet: Mittens and winter gloves will keep hands warmer than in gloves as the fingers insulate one another in mittens. If it's really cold, you can try putting hand warmers inside your mittens. Runners' feet don't swell as much in the cold, so you may need to wear a thicker sock or a sneaker cover to keep your feet from sliding around in your shoe, advises running expert and Olympian Jeff Galloway. Warning: Wearing two pairs of socks may cause blisters. (See our page on blister prevention.) Cold-weather running socks will wick moisture to keep feet dry and warm. Many companies, including Drymax, make dual layer running socks for cold weather that also protect against blisters on your feet.
- Protect your head: Humans lose up to half of our body heat through our heads. On his website, Galloway recommends choosing a hat that covers your ears and your entire head. Hats made with moisture-wicking materials work best. If you will be running in extreme cold weather, you may want to invest in a runners' balaclava, such as the DryLete Balaclava by Saucony that helps regulate your temperature on the run. Don't forget to wear sunglasses to protect your eyes from snow-blindness if you will be winter running while there's snow on the ground.
- Warm up and stretch indoors: For two or three minutes, walk on a treadmill, jump rope or do a few sets of stairs, then stretch before going outside, advises Janna Wentzell in an article on winter running safety in Reader's Digest Canada. Wentzell is an instructor at Acadia University's School of Recreation Management and Kinesiology in Wolfville, N.S., Canada.
- Watch for ice: If it is icy and you must run outside during the winter, wear grippers or running crampons on your shoes, such as Yaktrax. Running in snow is usually safer than running on ice. Go for fresh snow over packed snow.
- Know the warning signs for hypothermia and frostbite: An article by the New York Road Runners club shares the symptoms of frostbite – feeling numb or turning white or blue – and hypothermia – confusion and uncontrollable shivering. (See Winter Hiking Safety Tips for all of the signs and symptoms.)
- Stay hydrated: Sometimes it's easy to forget to drink in the cold weather months, but your body is still losing sweat. Remember to drink when you're thirsty. Remember that the dry air has a detrimental effect on your hydration.
- Stay inside: It's probably never too cold to run outside, according to the article, "Too Cold to Exercise? Try Another Excuse," in the New York Times. What's actually dangerous about cold weather running is the tendency to overdress in insulating winter apparel or stop moving all together, according to the physiologists interviewed in the article. So, when it drops below zero, it may be advisable to run on a treadmill or an indoor track at a gym.
- Take it easy: Winter running means easier runs at a slower, more careful pace. Don't try to do speedwork on snow and ice.
- Stride right: Jenny Hadfield, author of Marathoning for Mortals and Runner's World columnist, suggests in the article, "Running On Snow and Ice," that you should shorten your stride during winter running. It will help keep your feet lower to the ground and it will decrease your chance of slipping, falling, or straining muscles.
- Watch for animals: Springtime animals to watch for include snakes, bears, coyotes and mountain lions. See Fall Running Safety Tip for what to do if you see wild animals during a run.
- Pay attention to traffic: You may have been spending a lot of time running on a treadmill over the winter months. Remember these basic running safety tips, when you return to outdoor running after the snow melts:
- Run with a buddy (human or canine) and make sure someone knows where you plan on running.
- Follow traffic rules. Look both ways before crossing a road. Before crossing the street in front of a car, make sure it stops completely and make eye contact with the driver to be sure the person sees you. Keep in mind that kids go back to school in the Fall, and that means more traffic on the roads at after dawn and at dusk.
- Wear reflective running clothes when running in the dark.
- Pay attention to your surroundings. Don't wear headphones while running.
- Run against traffic so you can see oncoming vehicles.
- Carry identification and any necessary medical information. Write it inside of your running shoe. Or purchase an identification product, such as RoadID.


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AMSURG Director Henry Herr was one of four University of North Dakota (UND) alumni recently honored with the highest award given by the UND Alumni Association and Foundation.
Herr's Sioux Award profile details how the North Dakota native received his undergraduate degree in accounting from UND, volunteered for the Army and returned to UND for a graduate degree after serving in Vietnam. Herr's accounting career led him to health care, where he "fell in love with the dynamics of being on the frontlines of health care delivery." Among his other numerous honors, Herr was added to the UND Accounting Department Hall of Fame in 2011.


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A particularly amusing clip of Jonathan Richman singing Let Her Go Into the Darkness. The funniest stuff is after about three and a half minutes.
I dunno, I guess I never got over my fascination with the robots from Lost in Space. That show is so cheesy and badly done, but when I was eight years old I thought it was the very best thing on TV. And the best part was the robot.
Combined with this is the fact that when I was eleven, I desperately wanted one of those circuit-board kits like this one. You'll notice in the picture there's a boy working with the board, and that is exactly the problem. My parents wouldn't buy me one because I was a girl.
Ah, adulthood. So glorious. VICTORY IS MINE. For I have now discovered a new nerdy obsession: I want to build robots, all due to checking a certain book out of the library. This great book gives a step-by-step guide on how to build a robot from scratch, and even if your not a nerd, you'd still think that's totally cool.
So, after almost four decades, I finally get to play around with circuit boards 'n' shit. Which is to say: I finally got my way.
One New Year's Day, many years ago, a song came on the radio that changed the feeling of this day, and how I felt about music, forever. As I stood in my parent's kitchen, with its ugly wallpaper and a view of the frozen backyard, I heard a guitar played in a way I had never heard it before, and a voice that called to me. It was, of course, U2's New Year's Day, the ultimate song of hope and despair.
To this day, I always play my old War LP, third track, as the first song of the New Year. Listening to it, and watching the video, I amazed how this song is still completely relevant all these years later.


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Keke Palmer's (Scream Queens and Grease Live) new book I Don't Belong To You— is an inspirational guide that encourages young people to change their mindset and live with more freedom, confidence, and love as they navigate the rough terrain of the twenty-first century.
This book might be for the Millennials, but there is plenty of knowledge that is perfect for everyone. Here are 5 ways we learned to love ourselves and others.
The Greatest Healing Power Is Love For Each Other
So often in our world we allow the societal "standard" to turn us into robots. We should encourage individuality in one another because that's how we get closer to who we are meant to be. It's trial and error in life, and there's nothing wrong with someone who is still "figuring it out."
There is no reason we should feel ashamed or less confident when we don't look like we are walking in a runway show twentyfour/seven. It's very beautiful to be secure and confident in ourselves, even if we don't fit, or even if we defy the typical standards of beauty.
Everyone has a beautiful smile. I know everyone wants perfect teeth, but I promise you, snaggle-toothed, gap-toothed, toothless, braces, or WHATEVER, I have never seen an ugly smile if it was offered up without any fear or insecurities.
To be kind is to be open, and to be open is to connect. Making connections is what life is all about! That's what makes the world a beautiful place!
#5: JOYOUSLY YOU. Just you, a beautiful creation brought to this earth to serve a purpose. You are interest-ing and different and I feel that that's the most beautiful thing of all. There is only one you, and only ONE me. THAT is magical!


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Transhumanism is a personal philosophy of personal human enhancement. This document offers applied individual effort (or hard work) as a critical missing piece of the transhumanist puzzle.
People who work on transhumanist technology projects tend to do so because they believe in directly applying existing technology towards transhumanist technology projects that are either presently possible, near-term possible or long-term possible.
Other definitions of transhumanism often leave out the dirty details of how to make technology. Generally, the future isn't going to create the technology and then send everything to you. The alternative is to focus on transhumanist engineering projects through engineering and other participation.
This document describes a general sense of transhumanism that is shared by the participants of hplusroadmap, an IRC channel that is focused on transhumanist technology engineering projects.
Transhumanist technology
Transhumanism is the concept of engaging in the ongoing work and development of certain technologies that enable further development. These technologies tend to include:
genetic engineering or synthetic biology
computer architecture, wearable computers, mobile devices, supercomputing, etc.
nutrition and body building
cryonics, cryopreservation, cryoresuscitation
powered exoskeletons
neural implants
space colonization, habitats, mining, communication, transportation
robots, mechanical automation
Transhumanist technology tends to include devices and methods that further enable you to make modifications, augmentations and improvements. For example, a nootropic that enables someone to build a better nootropic would be considered transhumanist. This is also known as recursive self-improvement.
Obvious statements
Transhumanists directly engage in learning and practicing:
Programming. This is the best way to experience the most immediate gains in transhumanist undertakings.
Lab protocols for molecular biology, microbiology, genetic engineering (synthetic biology), neurophysiology, computational neuroscience, bioinformatics. See diybio.
Skills involving electronics, circuit design, chip architecture, semiconductor/pcb manufacturing, and robotics.
Machining with lathes, mills, laser cutters, CNC, and operating other machine shop necessities.
Biology is technology.
Software and hardware
Type words about open source software, open source hardware, free software, technology licensing, etc.
Proactionary Principle
The proactionary principle exists as a response to the precautionary principle, a rule of thumb often used when deciding whether to allow the pursuit of a technology that might have a negative consequence. In practice, the precautionary principle is strongly biased against technological progress, stating that "we should permit no new technology to be developed and no new productive activity to take place unless we can scientifically prove that no harm to health or environment will result."
Alternatively, the proactionary principle emphasizes technological progress and our freedom to innovate and experiment, while also considering lost costs, payoffs and negative effects. The burden of proof against developing a new technology instead belongs to those who propose restrictive measures.
People's freedom to innovate technologically is highly valuable, even critical, to humanity. This implies a range of responsibilities for those considering whether and how to restrict new technologies. Assess risks and opportunities using an objective, open, and comprehensive, yet simple decision process based on science rather than collective emotional reactions. Account for the costs of restrictions and lost opportunities as fully as direct effects. Favor measures that are proportionate to the probability and magnitude of impacts, and that have the highest payoff relative to their costs. Give a high priority to people's freedom to learn, innovate, and advance.
Self-directed actualization
transhumanism is the recursive process of technological self-improvement:
reference extropian principles http://www.maxmore.com/extprn3.htm
with the right sort of cultivation, a human's capabilities can grow in any given dimension. although there exist many capabilities one may wish to improve, here we will only include those capabilities which are expected to contribute to further improvement. thus "the ability to fool oneself with wishful thinking" is not included in the list of justifications.
sort projects by dimension of capability, feasibility, and expected effectiveness
effectiveness is defined as the relative contribution of a given technology on a scale of 0 to infinity, where if the sum of all technologies a group has access to is greater than 1, then the group is able to create new technologies. technologies that affect the brain and that directly create new technologies are of special consideration because of the possibility of a positive feedback cycle of growth.
list of justifications, our core goals and values:
overcoming limits (increase maximum performance)
- physical strength
- perseverance
- sustained attention
- maximum complexity awareness
- bandwidth in
- sensory awareness
- information awareness
- pattern recognition complexity per unit time (increase)
- bandwidth out
- action latency
- expressiveness
- reduced time to mutual understanding
- communicate mental state and perceived history
- communicate plans, goals, models
improve system resilience (increase minimum performance) (zero performance means you're dead)
- mobility
- eliminate single points of failure
- biological immortality
- increase diversity
- partition society into loosely coupled units
- self-sufficiency
improve effectiveness (increase average performance)
- signal to noise ratio (increase)
- reduce extraneous input
- increase network size
- social interaction cross section (increase)
- flattening of social hierarchies
- reduce duplicated effort
- repeatable open source development
- delegation (offloading)
- leverage diversity of talent
- memory
- spatial awareness
- technology that enables technology development
- more useful mental models
- more predictive human performance descriptors
- more useful mental models
- reduction of unnecessary pain
- create drive for improvement
- signal to noise ratio (increase)
More information
General biohacking questions can get the best support through the diybio mailing list.
If you are interested in directly building transhumanist technology, please contact us through the ##hplusroadmap channel on irc.freenode.net, the longest-running transhumanist channel in existence. The channel began as a roadmapping project for transhumanist technology for figuring out which enabling technologies (that is, technology that begets more transhumanist technology) to build. But really it's a community of like-minded individuals that are working on and funding cool projects.In addition, you might be interested in finding individuals nearby or a place to do work:
This document is version controlled by git. Register to edit here and see other commands. You can also clone this wiki with git and push changes back:
git clone git://diyhpl.us/diyhpluswiki.git
Note to push changes you must push with your registered account:
git push firstname.lastname@example.com:/srv/git/diyhpluswiki.git master
You can make this easier by updating the remotes:
git remote set-url origin firstname.lastname@example.com:/srv/git/diyhpluswiki.git
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Monday, September 21, 2009
Romania -- Jewish cemetery in Gura Humorului
I've begun to post some YouTube videos of Jewish cemeteries in northern Romania that I am documenting for my (Candle)sticks on Stone project, which examines the way that women are represented in Jewish tombstone art.
The first video is of the cemetery in Gura Humorului, a little town in the heart of the painted monastery country -- two wonderful medieval monasteries, Humor and Voronets, are nearby. To me, the beautiful Jewish tombstones are in perfect harmony with the wonderful paintings on the monastery walls: touriststs visit the monasteries, however, and few people set foot in the cemetery.
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Thanks for the great work and the excellent idea to post a video! Recently, I received a letter by Norman Manea, the famous Romanian, New York based writer. He and his wife did quite some research about Jewish cemeteries in Romania before they left the country. Mr Manea sent me a text published by his wife Cella in the "Revue Roumaine d'Histoire de l'Art" (1979 issue) about "Old Mosaic Funeral Stelas in the North of Moldavia". The text is wonderful and contains many pictures. Mrs Manea finishes her text with the following sentence: "If the special beauty of these relics deserves and rewards a study worth of it, we think that the first step taken on this line has at least the merit of calling people's attention to an insufficiently known anonymous work" (!). Mr Manea also wrote me that they took much more, unpublished material with themselves into exile.ReplyDelete
Hi Simon -- I would love to have a copy of that! Recently I have re-reading some of the material that I have on Jewish cemeteries in that part of Romania, as well as nearby parts of Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, etc. Like Monika Krajewska's "Tribe of Stones," Goberman's "Jewish Tombstones in Ukraine and Moldova," Saniu's book on Siret, etc. I also have a copy of Lajos Erdely's (poorly produced) book on old Jewish tombstone art, published in Bucharest in 1980, with a lot of Bucovina pictures. (The book was republished with more text, including in English, and with much, much better quality prints, in the 1990s in Budapest). The photos in these books capture many stones that have either disappeared, or that show signs of recent aging....though many are the same ones that you and I have photographed, too!ReplyDelete
Thanks RUTH for a revolutionary step.ReplyDelete
I am confident that your research must give us more valuable facts about Romanian cemeteries. I came through your web page and found it very informative.
Really your work is very admirable...
Your site is excellent and very well laid out with good info. Keep up the good work. Http://hubpages.com/hub/fishing-tackle-review Then click read other hubs by thor6 for the rest. And please follow me at http://ragnasuns.blogspot.comReplyDelete
Take care and be safe out there.


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I received an invite to MLKSHK, the image sharing site. I'll be posting/saving pictures to My Shake. Check it out!
Tag: pictures
The One Who Got Away
via Kottke
What we remember — and what we forget — may reveal more about ourselves than about them. We have photos, letters, souvenirs, and fragments of memory, but our powerful imagination takes over from there: We color in the blanks. And that's OK. Retouching old loves is a way of understanding what we want. It helps us find our way to new ones.


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Unless you've been in space this last few months you probably would know about Kylie Jenner and the whole, is she pregnant, isn't she pregnant. She finally announced she had given birth to a little girl on 1st February.
It made me think what do we keep quiet while pregnant about, do we/ should we tell everyone everything or are there things we keep secret.
When to tell people you are expecting
With my first baby I told close friends and family I was pregnant pretty much the day I took the pregnancy test. I let Facebook know when I was about 6 weeks pregnant!
I had terrible pregnancy with my first and was told all sorts of things would be wrong with my beautiful baby girl and so for my second pregnancy we kept the news to ourselves until I was 23 weeks. I wanted the 20 week scan to be ok before I let the world know I was having baby number 2.
With SB I went to Australia, came back and I had got DVT (blood clot). I found out I was pregnant and out of shock told the world when I was about 8 weeks gone.
With BBG we had the 12 week scan and then announced to close family and then Facebook that we were expecting.
But what is right?
I've known people tell the world as soon as the pregnancy test comes back positive, I've known people not tell social media at all and just let their friends and family know. Do you let people know early on, or wait until later on in the pregnancy?
Due Date
For all 3 of the older kids, we announced the due date at the time we showed the world the scan. This just seemed natural, however for our third due to going into early and premature labour in the past we decided to just let people know we were expecting a summer baby. It was an amazing experience. People were stunned when I wouldn't tell them the due date and I just felt I wanted to keep that special date to myself.
We found out the gender with 3 out of 4 pregnancies. We wanted to keep the gender a secret for the 4th so that only we knew, however it was a lot harder then I expected, plus I wanted to show people the things we had got for the new bundle of joy.
I know people like keeping this a secret and I really do applaud them as it is something I could not do! I wanted to do it as I feel that 9 months is so special, once the baby is born everyone will know it's a girl or a boy anyway so why would we need to share this before?
When the baby arrives
We had a planned induction 3 weeks before BBG was due. We didn't tell a soul except our immediate family. It was amazing being able to announce our new bundle of joy to the world, no one knowing it was coming, no one texting constantly to ask how it was going, is the baby there yet. I had that with my other children and it just made Labour more stressful. I know I didn't have to check my phone and see the texts but me being me I had to! Especially as the induction medication started to work and I played games to keep my mind occupied.
Also knowing that I could enjoy labour with no one knowing I was there, enjoy cuddling my new bundle of awesomeness without people messaging you for pictures. I know they are excited but I did love just being in my own little world. Especially as BBG wasn't quite right, so I got to tell the world she had arrived when I was ready. With SB he was born premature and we let the world know he was premature and about to be born, and people expected to be told as soon as he was born that he had arrived with a picture and yet in reality he was taken away to special care and we had to wait to see him and cuddle him and people didn't seem to understand I wasn't up to announcing the arrival of my healthy baby boy, as we didn't know what was happening.
There are so many more things you can keep to yourself; scans, pictures of the baby and moments like first kicks. You can tell the world everything or nothing. It is completely up to you.
Is it more stressful to tell people things or to keep it to yourself? In all honesty, it's up to what kind of person you are.
Whatever your choices, don't let people pressure you into changing them.
If you want to keep the name a secret, then don't tell people.
If you want to keep your babies picture off of social media, then do it.
It's your baby, your family, your life.
Did you keep anything a secret or do you wish you did?


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Cirencester score goal in added time to take the points against Biggleswade.
Cirencester Town 2 – 1 Biggleswade Town
A competitive match saw Cirencester take the lead when BRAD HOOPER scored with a low drive from 25 yards that took a slight deflection past unsighted visiting 'keeper, Ian Brown, to enter the net inside his right post.
Biggleswade had a penalty appeal rejected as their top scorer Inih Effiong went to ground six minutes from the end of the first half.
With the advantage of the slope in the second half Cirencester pushed forward looking to increase their lead but Biggleswade were dangerous on the counter and Shayne Anson and Matt Bower had to be on their toes to keep them out.
As the game entered the final ten minutes Biggleswade drew level after a long throw-in from their right flank bobbed about near the penalty spot until IAN REES managed to convert off the underside of the bar.
On the stroke of full time Josh Langley pulled off a superb save to prevent Biggleswade taking the lead and the Cirencester response was a powerful header from Charlie Griffin but Brown made a fine reaction save to keep the score level.
The game looked destined for a draw until Ant Brown played a ball into the box in 'added time' for the determined MATT LIDDIARD to produce a clever looping volley that cleared Brown and dropped inside the far left post for a late, late winner.
Click here to read Dave Pyzer's match report.
This entry was posted on 20 March 2016 at 02:00 and is filed under First Team | Miscellaneous. You can leave a response here.


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Male Urethral Reconstruction and the Management of Urethral Stricture Disease, An Issue of Urologic Clinics, Volume 44-1
1st Edition
Dr. Zhao has assembled the top experts in the field of urology to present state-of-the-art clinical reviews devoted to Male Urethral Reconstruction and the Management of Urethral Stricture Disease. The issue is divided into three sections, with focus on evlaluation and follow up, urethroplasty technique, and conditions affecting outcomes. Authors have specifically addressed the following topics: Definition of successful treatment and optimal follow up in urethral strictures; Cost analyses for evaluation and treatment of urethral strictures; Sexual dysfunction after urethroplasty; Endoscopic treatment of urethral stricture; Endoscopic treatment for urethral stenosis; Patient selection for urethroplasty technique: EPA vs Graft; Effect of graft location in urethroplasty; Non-transecting urethroplasty; Urethroplasty for panurethral urethral stricture; Use of alternative graft material in urethroplasty; Effect of Lichen Sclerosis on success of urethroplasty; Treatment of radiation induced urethral strictures; Effect of artificial urethral sphincters on strictures; Urethral strictures after transgender surgery; and Management of urethral strictures after hypospadias repair. Readers will come away with the current clinical diagnosis and management strategies that they can employ immediately.
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Elsevier 2017
- Published:
- 6th December 2016
- Imprint:
- Elsevier
- Hardcover ISBN:
- 9780323496810
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780323496827
About the Authors
Lee Zhao Author
Affiliations and Expertise
New York University, New York, NY


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Prayer Requests
If you have a prayer request, please send it to firstname.lastname@example.com. It will be forwarded to the Intercessory Prayer Group and Electronic Prayer Chain so people of faith can lift up your prayer concerns.
The Intercessory Prayer Group are people who meet weekly to praise God and pray on behalf of others (intercessory prayer). The prayer group at HPCUMC meets every Wednesday from 10:00-11:00 am in the Library to pray over these requests and needs. The group is open to anyone feeling led to join the group to pray. There is no membership. If you have questions or would like more information, contact Jude DeWitt at email@example.com .
Prayer requests are forwarded via email to members of the church who are committed to praying for others but are unable to come to a weekly meeting. If you would like to be a part of this prayer chain, contact Pat Jenkins at email@example.com .
Every Sunday, from 7:00-7:30 am, individuals walk the Sanctuary and other areas of the church building, praying the faith of the ministers, staff, and all members of the church will deepen and be moved to a closer relationship with God. At 7:30 am, the individuals meet in the church office for group prayer prior to the first service. Everyone is welcome to come and be a part of this group. For more information, contact Jo Seilacher at firstname.lastname@example.com.
A prayer shawl is a symbol of God's unconditional embracing love and a physical demonstration of community presence and support. As a prayer shawl is being made, the maker prays for the recipient. Once completed, the Prayer Shawl Ministry Team blesses the shawl. Thus each prayer shawl is bathed in prayer and blessing. Prayer shawls are given for life challenges, life celebrations, and service to God's Kingdom. The Prayer Shawl Ministry Team meets the second and fourth Tuesdays, 6-7:30 pm, in room 205. For more information, contact Chris McHenry at email@example.com.
A prayer labyrinth is an ancient spiritual tool that has been walked by millions of people of all cultures and traditions. A labyrinth is not a maze which is designed to confuse you, but a sacred path designed for you to find your way. This path becomes a metaphor for your individual journey through life. People walk a labyrinth for a variety of reasons including to pray, reflect, meditate, problem-solve; to grieve a loss; to ask for forgiveness; to seek wisdom. There is no right way or wrong way to walk the labyrinth. It is important to walk with an open mind and heart, to have no expectations of what you might experience, and to experience the experience! Our permanent prayer labyrinth is located outside the chapel at the corner of Observatory and Meier. If you would like more information, contact Chris McHenry at email@example.com.


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We just unpacked our collection of Harry Potter books. They are considered valuables in our household, with our nine-year-old making her way through Chamber of Secrets as we speak. It's hard to believe that the first Harry Potter book was published twenty years ago today. J.K. Rowling blessed us with this magical world that teaches us... Continue Reading →
Danny, we will start in the deuce court. I've made three major changes in my life in the few months. First, I begun a new ministry with the Pension Fund of the Christian Church. Second, our family relocated to Carmel, Indiana Last, but not least, I started tennis lessons- at the intermediate level. We've... Continue Reading →
A Reflection on Gun Violence in Virginia
I need to write something, perhaps for my own sake. I need to DO something, yet I don't know what to do. I am reminded of the verse in the book of Romans that states, "the whole creation is groaning together." There are few things more American than baseball in the summer. Add in members... Continue Reading →


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4 Kitchen Dangers You May Have Overlooked – And How to Design Them Out!
Kitchens are typically a home's chief gathering spot—a place to cook, eat, watch TV, pay bills, and entertain. But when assembling a kitchen remodeling wish list, it can be easy to put aesthetics and function on the front burner and move safety to the back.
Yet, with all of the tools and cooking equipment located in a kitchen, the potential for accidents—burns, fires, slips, falls, cuts, and more — is there. There's also the rise of multi-generational families, where young children and the elderly share the same space, which is spurring interest in making the room safe for people of all ages and abilities.
The following are four ideas to help prevent accidents, and design a kitchen for safety:
1. Help prevent burns and fire.
Cooking fires are the No. 1 cause of home fires, accounting for more than 150,000 home fires in 2010, according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). To help prevent them:
- Install a sprinkler system. While it costs less to install a sprinkler system when building a new home, contractors can retrofit an existing kitchen with a sprinkler system when remodeling, according to NFPA. A kitchen should also include a fire extinguisher.
- Choose the right appliances and use them properly. Items should be tested and approved by an independent lab and installed by a qualified electrician, taking into account manufacturers' instructions and area building codes, according to the U.S. Fire Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). For example, appliances should be plugged directly into a wall outlet rather than with an extension cord, which may overload a circuit and cause a fire.
- Be sure that appliances have child-lock safety features, if you have small children. This prevents curious tots from opening oven doors and either getting hurt or inserting flammable items inside.
- Keep hooks for mitts, potholders, and aprons away from the range, since these items may catch a flame.
- Locate outlets correctly. All should be installed according to building and safety codes to avoid circuit overloads and fires. GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter) devices are required anywhere near water and are designed to shut off an electrical current if the current connects with water.
2. Protect from slips and falls.
Falls account for 8.9 million visits yearly to hospital emergency rooms,according to the National Safety Council. Help prevent them in the kitchen:
- Lay a slip-resistant floor. Good options include wood, slate, rubber, or cork rather than polished—and slippery–marble, says Chicago architect Allan J. Grant. Better still—use a non-slip mat or rug, especially in front of a sink where water might splash and cause you to lose your footing. Rubber and cork are softer materials, and may be more forgiving than harder surfaces if breakables such as glass and china fall.
- Avoid level changes. Avoid any sudden changes in the floor level. If steps are necessary, a different pattern or color or adequate illumination will warn visitors, according to the principles of Universal Design, which is a design philosophy that works to make a room and products safer for all ages and physical impairments.
3. Cut the risk of cuts.
Numerous stores and websites offer products that can pare accidents. Examples: Knife blocks have slots for safe storage, so you don't reach into a drawer and potentially get cut. Also, Kidsmartliving.com recommends plastic dishes so children won't break dishes and glasses. Adequate lighting is also essential to perform tasks safely. Allan Grant prefers LEDs, now available in many color renditions, for their longevity and energy-efficiency.
4. Prepare for the unexpected.
Extra planning to arrange cabinetry, counters, and appliances can make a kitchen safer. David Newton, kitchen designer and trainer for the National Kitchen & Bath Association, recommends having enough cabinetry to store small appliances so they don't clutter counters, which may lead to accidents; planning for sufficient "landing" counters by burners to avoid carrying hot food and drinks; installing pull-out shelves and drawers for cabinetry to help you avoid searching deep into corners and straining backs; and planning for at least 48-inch aisles for two adults to pass safely.
Bottom line: Advance planning can make a big difference in safely enjoying your newly remodeled kitchen!
[Featured Image: Kitchen Design: Karen Swanson, New England Design Works, Manchester, MA; Photo: Evan White]


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Easy Company was a United States Army unit made up of a disparate collection of individuals who managed to participate in every major action in the European Theatre of World War II. Easy was lead by Sergeant Frank Rock, whom the men of his company looked up to him as a capable leader and he was responsible for forging Easy into the legendary combat unit it became.
Nicknamed the "Combat-Happy Joes," the men of Easy Company have their own unique and unusual nicknames, which Sgt. Rock explained that during battle, they would be required to do things their civilian identities might not be able to live with; once the war was over, the nicknames could be left behind once the soldiers resumed their civilian lives.[1]
Easy Company itself is radically different from any other American military units in which one case, they allowed African-American Jackie Johnson into their unit; in which it was a definite defiance of racial segregation policy of the Army during the war.
Equipment: None known.
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Weapons: Various conventional weapons and arsenal
- Easy Company is not to be confused with the real life Easy Company, 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Also known as the "Screaming Eagles" of the 101st Airborne Division. Instead, Easy is designated to the 2nd Battalion of the 141st Infantry.
- An "Easy Company" appears in the story "A Pigeon for Easy Co." in Our Army at War #61, serving as an early model for later "official" Easy Company stories.
- There is a Pre-Crisis story where an amnesiac Superman traveled back in time by accident and briefly joined Easy Company under the name 'Tag-Along'. Upon regaining his memory, he faked his own death before returning discreetly to his own time.[2]
- In another Pre-Crisis story, Rock and the Easy Co. worked together with Bruce Wayne, who posed as a British Service Spy and stopped a Nazi faction from using nerve gas against the allied forces. This was achieved thanks to Batman's intervention and Easy Company's teamwork.[3]


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Choosing the right applicant tracking software can be a daunting experience. With so much to choose from, it's easy to lose sight of what's important. Most vendors have a sweet spot, a set of features that address at least one part of the talent acquisition process. Sit through a couple of PowerPoint presentations with sales engineers clicking through their demo scripts and lots of us are back to where we started: the realization that this decision requires careful thought and a look at the bigger picture.
Here's a tip. Forget about the feature checklists. Focus on the biggest concept, hiring manager adoption. For buyers of corporate applicant tracking software, there are very few other fundamental concepts that matter more. If your managers willingly use the platform to request and initiate approvals, you've zapped antiquated paper processes and created a layer of exception management that can only exist in a digital environment. Even more importantly, if hiring managers consistently help drive the yes and no decisions that drive today's hiring programs and do so quickly and easily, it's a huge win for you and your organization.
Here's another reason to focuson hiring manager adoption as key concept driving your ATS shoice. If you're like most HR and recruiting leaders, metrics have become the front and center topic. If you are going to get budget approval for a new ATS, trust me, the executives are going to want reports. In the end, if the recruiting and HR users are the only ones using the system, it's only logical that the system will capture metrics exclusively from administrative users. This won't yield helpful insights without significant data manipulation (you know, building spreadsheets by hand on Fridays). Only when hiring managers are consistently using an ATS will you be able to get holistic recruiting performance metrics that will help you automatically generate reports and have the knowledge to pinpoint bottlenecks and areas for improvement.
As you create your ATS shortlist, ask yourself: what system will garner the most adoption amongst all of my users? What system is the easiest to use, easiest to activate and will be the easiest to roll out to new managers and interviewers joining the organization every week? Most importantly, whether or not your hiring managers will adopt an ATS isn't even a question anymore. Hiring manager adoption is no longer a nice benefit. It's not a feature. Hiring manager adoption is a must.
Here are 5 tips to help you choose applicant tracking software that will promote user adoption.
1. Hiring managers don't care about the technology. What counts is what it does for them.
2. Shop for usability. You won't make ATS software easier to adopt by shopping for the most features.
3. Hiring managers loathe software training. Any ATS that requires extensive training will only be adopted by a small number of users.
4. Remember, only features that provide a good user experience will be used. Expecting managers to login proactively and complete a task is unrealistic.
5. The 80/20 rule applies to user adoption. Choose an ATS that does well what 80 percent of your hiring managers do all the time. Hint: think making reviewing resumes as simple as possible.
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Ok here I am doing my assignment. I set the time for 30 minutes and I have no idea what I am going to write about. My goal is write up my landing page. I don't even know what a landing page is. However that being said I need to write for Nikki for web site so I suppose that could be used for both situations. That being said of course my left eye decides to blow up and blister almost all the way closed but I am not going to let that stop me.
I still don't know what I am going to write about. Madison shared her bio with me and her class program. She is really on the move setting up her descriptions and classes. Here I am I can't even think about who I am or what I offer. I just committed to write for 30 minutes is time up yet? No it is only 4 minutes omg 30 minutes is going to be forever. What am I going to say. Certainly I had great ideas not to long ago when I was walking around, just before I got up now nothing comes into my head but gibberish. Does this count?
I feel like such a looser….No discipline, no wonder I can't get myself off the ground. Okay now stop that it. Look what you have done since end of January. You have so many good ideas lets get clear and expand them. This is a great way to do that. Just relax and let your ideas populate your head. Do you want to start with a Bio or Meditation or one of your membership ideas that you would like to do? Remember you were thinking about all kinds of memberships and how to integrate your fellow coaches into programs and they could also start making money. Do you want to start there?
Omg 7 minutes it feels like 30… what now what do I want to say. Who am I:
Polly Fletcher, Occupational Therpist: What does an Occupational Therapist do and how does it relate to coaching practice: Let's see: As an OT of over 30 years I use meditation to show patients suffering with pain how to shift mind focus off of pain to experience moments of relaxation, quite, peace and greater comfort. I also show patients suffering from injury from falls, medical complications how to regain independence from a dependent situation and or caregivers how to manage loved one suffering from many physical and cognitive losses:
How does this apply to coaching: OT looks at how a person is physically and cognitively functioning in day to day life usually after some kind of life changing medical complication or injury. When we look at the role of coaching, the role of o coach is to provide a safe environment for inspired, consistent action to take place that will move a person to towards attaining their goals. OT's transition easily into coaching because we are masters at dissecting to the micro step when necessary. This is valuable in coaching because often projects seem overwhelming and impossible, Changing and adapting / integrating new habits can be tedious and this strength that OT's have when having to provide a safe, motivating environment for action and change to be accepted. Knowing what motivates a person, being able to ask the right questions and engage in active listening is essential to connecting to the real desires and challenges a person is experiencing so that they can be receptive and open to modification, change, resources to feel safe and successful to take the smallest step forward. Having spent many patient hours overcoming great physical and cognitive obstacles to regain independence is optimal skill for coaching. (ok 23 minutes)..
Tell me about Meditation practice: I show people how to clear their and restore their energy through a meditation practice. I developed incorporating principles and disciplines that I have used in my OT practice and other meditation practice. I have been offering this program at the West End Library for 3 years and it has really taken off and evolved. It is one of best attended programs for a branch library for Adults. I started after completing my first Transformation Coaching Program . I really didn't know what I was going to do with it. I had experience with meditation for pain. I used this often with my patients to reduce pain and anxiety with disability and inability to move and care for themselves. Having to adapt to loss of independence and trust and ask for help from caregivers. So I brought it to community level where I could give back to the community and build a name for myself: (Ok time up 31 minutes) I feel good. It went fast. This is not what expected to write about today. It helped t pretend to interview myself. Maybe I could turn this into video.


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Legendary Entertainment announced today wide-reaching licensing partnerships tied to one of the biggest motion picture events of the summer, Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Pacific Rim, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. Legendary has secured a strong list of major licensees in all key categories in advance of Toy Fair, February 10-13 in New York. Legendary has also released exclusive images of the Jaeger toys, which you can see below.
This broad-range merchandising program includes best-in-class consumer products brands and covers major manufactured goods categories spanning from apparel to board games to Halloween costumes. Here's what Legendary's executive vice president of theatrical marketing Joel Chiodi had to say.
"As anticipation mounts for the release of Pacific Rim, Legendary Entertainment is committed to collaborating with a world-class lineup of licensing partners that will serve as the foundation for a strong merchandising program. The responses from licensees and retailers have been phenomenal as they embrace the unique opportunity that this property presents."
Legendary's top-shelf list of leading licensees includes marquee publishing brands, such as the National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA), which will supply Pacific Rim-branded collectible action figures, model kits, prop replicas, posters, puzzles, board games and apparel worldwide. In the video game category, Legendary has carved an agreement with Jump Games to supply mobile and tablet games globally, as well as with Yukes Company for downloadable console and PC games worldwide. Cryptozoic Entertainment will oversee trading cards and trading-card accessories on a worldwide basis. Titan Books will handle worldwide novel adaptations; Legendary Comics will oversee the worldwide distribution of licensed Graphic Novel adaptations; Insight Editions will be responsible for the global distribution of the "Art Of" book; and Brown Trout Publishers will handle calendars in the U.S., Canada, UK and Australia. Rubies Costumes will manufacture Pacific Rim Halloween masks, costumes, animatronics and Halloween décor for the global market and Sideshow Collectibles will supply higher-end museum-quality replicas and statues from the film worldwide.
About Pacific Rim
From acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, comes the epic sci-fi action adventure Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures Pacific Rim.
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes - a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) - who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.


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Conference Accessibility
The 3rd Universal Design Conference will have the following features to ensure everyone is included.
Accessible Parking
- There are 6x accessible car parks in the parking building, behind the Victory Admin building. Car parks are well marked, and located next to the exit doors. There is direct lift access to the Victory Convention Centre.
- 2x accessible car parks are available near the main entrance into the Convention Centre, however, there is no shelter on this level.
- A drop off zone is located at the main entrance of the Victory Convention Centre.
- To get to the main entrance of the Victory Convention Centre by vehicle, turn right when entering the site, drive in front of the Victory Admin Building to the right of the building, and up the steep driveway to the Victory Convention Centre.
- Please email Claire Bark – email@example.com to reserve any car parking needed.
Cycle Parking
There will be 20x cycle parking provided outside of the Main entrance.
Entering the Venue
The main entrance is accessible, with no thresholds and ISA signage. Doors will remain open, but have an automated push button if closed.
Finding your Way Around
The registration desk will be located directly across from the main entrance.
Volunteers are available for assistance such as orientating to the building, finding the toilets, assistance with catering. Conference volunteers will be wearing white Auckland Design Office T-shirts that have yellow and maroon coloured dots.
In the main theatre and breakout rooms, delegates are welcome to sit where they choose, volunteers are available to guide delegates to seats as needed.
There are wheelchair spaces available down the front of the main theatre, near the stage.
There is ramped access in the main theatre as well as to the stage.
Presentation Accessibility
We're glad to have NZ Sign Language interpretation for the majority of the plenary sessions in the main theatre. Regretfully, there will be no NZSL interpretation in the concurrent sessions or workshops. Live captioning will be available for the plenary and concurrent sessions. Hearing loop is available for the plenary sessions.
Video Accessibility
Not all videos will have subtitles or audio description. There will be live captioning provided for videos.
Handbook Accessibility
The conference handbook meets Auckland Council guidelines for Accessible Communications. The conference handbook will be available electronically as well as printed copies.
Assistance Dogs
Assistance dogs are warmly welcomed and there is a grassed area outside the Main entrance doors to the left.
Volunteers are available to take access dogs for a walk or toilet break as needed.
Accessible Toilets
There are 3x Unisex accessible toilets available. One is down the north end of the building, and the other two are located at the south end of the building.
Accessibility Rating
We are working closely with Be. Accessible to ensure the UDC2018 is going to showcase a high level of accessibility – our aim is Gold! Be. Accessible will present UDC2018 with an accessibility rating at the event.
If you have any suggestions on how we can improve the experience, please let us know via email to email@example.com


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This guide provides an overview of your organisation's responsibility to and for volunteers. It includes a list of documents that your organisation will need to develop with links to templates. It also has a table of the key terms used in the Work Health and Safety laws and a guide to the SafeWork Australia website. Queensland-specific links are also included.
Adapted with permission from a document produced by the Tasmanian Association of Community Houses (TACH).
Download A Guide to Model Work Health and Safety Laws (for Volunteers).


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There are many trends for this year's summer women's clothing line. When you walk out of the house this year you should be looking your best. You also do not have to spend all of your summer's savings on a new wardrobe as you can mix and match old and new garments for this year's women's summer clothing trends. One of the most important elements to remember while dressing this summer is to stay cool, which is exactly what this year's hot women's clothing for summer allows you to do.
Matching Denim and Dresses
There are lots of summer dresses that are available. These summer dresses can be in any style such as tunics, maxi dresses, strapless dresses and many more. The best part about these dresses is that you can dress them up or down. Whether you need to slip something on over your bathing suit or you really want to impress you hot summer date, these dresses will do the trick. Bright colours are in this summer, so make sure you get a dashing dress that shows off your personality. Since it can get windy on the beach and cool during the summer, one of the hottest trends this summer is mixing your bold summer dress with denim.
Legging Mania
Leggings are one of the most comfortable fashion trends around. What once used to be hot then not so much, is back with a bang. Instead of bold printed leggings, designers have been creating awe inspiring leggings which have changed our world for the summer. Next time you go out, try to pick up a pair of this year's best leggings to add to your collection such as tie dye looks, acid wash leggings, denim leggings, khaki coloured leggings and leggings with ankle designs such as buttons, zippers and slits.
Plaid is Back
Plaid is a great choice this year in terms of your summer women's clothing. You can wear this design to be completely casual or even sporty and formal. The plaid designs are back with vengeance as they are now larger prints with bold summer colours. You can mix and match plaids although this might be a little risky to the inexperienced, or just match it with a matching bright colour or a neutral colour to play it extra safe.


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North American Security, Inc.'s mission is to safeguard lives, properties and enhance the quality of life for those clients that contract our services. In meeting this mission, we pledge to conduct ourselves in a professional manner at all times and honor our profession with the highest degree of loyalty and integrity to our customers. Our security officers will always maintain an impeccable uniform appearance, be on time, polite, courteous and capable of handling any service-related issue that may arise during their tour of duty. This is accomplished through continuous training of our personnel and constant supervisory oversight of our officers.
In light of the recession, NAS has realized a measure of success that few companies have experienced within the past few years. NAS has been able to grow even in these tough economic years. The company has done this by never sacrificing quality for the client. The company's management team has years of experience in law enforcement and protective services, and has imparted this management and leadership experience to all company managers. Clear and simple, the difference between other companies and NAS will be the administration and management of the contract. NAS's philosophy is that once the company is awarded a contract the company will work as hard as humanly possible to provide the client with world class service, and maintain the contract on a long term basis. This is the type of partnership that you can expect from doing business with NAS.
North American Security is currently an approved vendor with the United States Government Service Administration (GSA).
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6 Not a Spin-Free Zone: Reflections on the Utility and Price of Nonprofit Spin: Internalized spin is something that nonprofits excel at and it gets in the way of effectiveness! by Jeanne Bell
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33 Assessing Fraud Risk: The authors present questions that every organization should ask when determining fraud risk. by Joseph T. Wells and John D. Gill
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Isn't this card so bright and fun?!?!? Perfect for spring and summer - especially with those fruity drinks on the front!!
You can make this card by following the instructions below. If you'd like a more printer-friendly version, you can get the pdf tutorial HERE.
Stampin' Up! Supplies:
- · STAMPS – Mixed Drinks (141928)
- · PAPER – Thick Whisper White (140272), Shimmery White (101910), Peekaboo Peach (141417), Myths & Magic 6" x 6" Glimmer Paper (145601), Tutti-Fruitti 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper (145606)
- · INK – Archival Basic Gray (140932), Peekaboo Peach (141398), Lemon Lime Twist (144086), Sweet Sugarplum (141395)
- · OTHER – Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (143263), Scattered Sequins Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (145649), Lemon Lime Twist Mini Striped Ribbon (145611), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430), Paper Snips (103579)
Cutting & Scoring:
- · Thick Whisper White 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", score at 4-1/4"
- · Shimmery White 3" x 1-3/4"
- · Peekaboo Peach 5-3/8" x 4-1/8"
- · Myths & Magic 6" x 6" Glimmer Paper 3-1/4" x 2"
- · Tutti-Fruitti 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper 4-1/2" x 1-3/4", 1-3/4" x 3/8"
- · Mini Striped Ribbon 12"
- · Emboss Peekaboo Peach layer using the Scattered Sequins Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Adhere larger DSP to Peekaboo Peach layer. Tie ribbon around as shown above and adhere to card base.
- · Stamp the glasses from the Mixed Drinks stamp set in Basic Gray on Whisper White. Stamp inside of the glasses with Sweet Sugar Plum, Peekaboo Peach and Lemon Lime Twist. Stamp the citrus wedges at the top of the glasses. Stamp off once before stamping the inside of the citrus wedges.
- · Adhere to the Glimmer paper, then adhere to card front.
- · Stamp the word bubble on Whisper White paper with Basic Gray ink. Stamp the inside sentiment in Peekaboo Peach ink. Using a Stampin' Dimensional, adhere to the card.
- · Stamp the sentiment on the smaller piece of Designer Series Paper. Adhere below the Glimmer Paper.
- · Enjoy!
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