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Sometimes a little bit of procrastination isn't a bad thing. It can be a good way to clear your head and come back to something with a new viewpoint or to hop over to work on another task for a while.
If you spend hours every day trying to combat procrastination though, that's a problem.
When you can't seem to get anything done because you're always getting distracted, putting things off, and avoiding the tasks you need done the most in favor of other things your ability to be productive and successful plummets. If that's a problem you face often, a few of these quick tactics to get yourself back on a productive track might be just what you need.
Changing Your Mindset
Before we get into the meat of how to actually combat procrastination, I wanted to take a second to talk about how we think about procrastination first.
The single worst part about procrastination is the way essentially everyone beats themselves up for it after it happens. Almost universally after a person recognizes they've procrastinated on something they start feeling bad. They kick themselves for wasting so much time. They wonder what's wrong with them that they couldn't just buckle down and get the work done. They feel ashamed over their procrastination, which can just drive them into feeling depressed and procrastinating more, which leads to even more procrastination and less productivity.
Stopping that reaction is the first step.
Even though this is an article on how to combat procrastination, and it's goal is to help you stop procrastinating, I still want you know it's okay to procrastinate.
Procrastination is a natural part of the work process. Frequently it's the result of external factors anyway – boredom or dissatisfaction over repetitive uninspiring work, nebulous or too far-off deadlines, or any number of other things.
Not wanting to do the work in front of you is a valid feeling and you should acknowledge it, and accept it, and not beat yourself up for it. It's far better to say to yourself, "Okay, I've been totally procrastinating on [X Project]. What's been making it so hard to work on it?" than it is to say to yourself, "Ugh, I've procrastinated so much on [X Project]. I'll never get it done. I'm so useless."
Now that we have that out of the way, let's look at those five quick ways to combat procrastination I promised.
1. Divide and Conquer
This is easily my favorite tactic so I made it first. I've talked in other articles like our intro to Timeboxing on breaking things up into manageable chunks and it's a principle I find myself applying all over the place.
Two frequent causes for procrastination are the lack of a concrete goal/deadline, and a task being so overwhelming it's daunting to even think about starting to tackle it. Breaking a task up into smaller more manageable pieces solves both of these issues.
When it comes to a lack of a goal or nebulous deadline, chunking the task allows you to set personal goals and deadlines to lead up to completion of the final project. Imagine your personal goal is to write a novel by the end of the year. Where do you start? There are so many things that need to get done to write a novel it can leave you feel aimless in terms of what you should do next. On top of that it's really easy to tell yourself you've got all year, what's the difference if you start tomorrow instead of today?
If instead you break that goal up and say you're going to write one chapter a month, or even further to 2500 words per day, then you have both a clearly defined goal to work toward and a much closer deadline. It's easier to see the end of the day or end of the month fast approaching than it is the end of the year.
This also makes a huge task less daunting. Writing a whole novel can feel like such a monumental task you just can't muster the motivation to get started. An 80,000 word novel divided into a year is just 220 or so words per day. That's a little less than a printed page of writing per day, I've already written double that to get to this point in the article. When a task is that small (do you really not have ten minutes to spend today to wind up with a novel in a year?) it's hard to find reasons to justify putting it off.
2. Discuss Your Project With Others
Another common source of procrastination I see is a feeling of being stuck, of not knowing where to go next on a project or task even when you have a well-defined goal.
Caroline and I do a lot of writing, so I see this most within the sphere of creative pursuits, but it applies elsewhere as well. Sometimes when you're faced with a task there are so many moving parts or things that you need to consider it feels so much easier to just let it go and focus on something else.
This often personally expresses itself for the two of us in fiction writing. We'll hit a point in a story where we know what we want to happen next (we both heavily outline our stories in advance, something we'll talk about in a minute) but we don't completely know how to get there. As a result we pop over to Facebook, or Reddit, or remember that we wanted to get some guitar practice in or need to do a load of laundry. The writing never gets done, and when we come back to it we really haven't thought it through and we're just stuck in the same place we were before.
The best solution we've found for this is to discuss whatever it is we're working on at that moment with each other. Either by saying, "Hey I'm stuck, will you talk this through with me?" or by one of us seeing that the other is starting to drift into procrastinating and starting to ask questions about the story – "What's going on right now? What's going to happen next? Why would so-and-so do that?" etc.
Almost without fail something about talking it over with someone else helps get over those (likely self-imposed) mental blocks put in place as a result of thinking of it as 'work'. You can do this with all sorts of work, not just creative stuff. Grab a co-worker, a friend, a family member, whoever is handy and will care enough to talk the project over with you and ask if they have ten minutes to discuss it.
Even if you don't necessarily get enough help with it to get you past the problem, it's usually enough to get your brain refocused and ready to tackle it again rather than slacking off.
3. Make an Outline
This comes back to problem of procrastinating due to feeling lost. In a sense, this method to combat procrastination could even be considered an offshoot of number one up there.
Either way, outlines and lists are an excellent way to make something that feels directionless into something with a very clear progression from one thing to the next. On top of that there's something about lists that human brains seem to really like. Part of that is why it's so popular to structure articles like I've structured this one – as a list.
Outlines and lists make things easier to plan, easier to understand, easier to work with and restructure if necessary. It also helps you both to better view the project on a big-picture level and to take that big-picture view and deconstruct everything like we discussed in the first tactic in order to make things more manageable.
Even if you're someone who prefers to fly by the seat of their pants when it comes to projects, trying to make a quick outline next time you start drifting into procrastination territory can make a big difference.
4. Offer a Reward
At our core we are still simple biological creatures (assuming any biological thing can be called simple) and we follow most of the basic patterns and processes that other biological creatures follow. One of the biggest of these is the reward response.
Rewards are a big motivator.
It can seem kind of cheap to essentially bribe yourself into getting something done, but when it comes down to it providing or withholding a reword based on whether or not you completed what you set out to do can be an extremely powerful tool to get you back to work. This reward can be as simple as a literal food treat, some ice cream or going out to dinner someplace you love, or it can be something else you want. If you've been daydreaming about going hiking or playing a new game that just came out, then tell yourself you can do it as soon as you finish whatever it is you're struggling to work on.
You may think that would encourage you to just fly through your work to get to your reward, which might be true, but that's okay. The most important thing is that it gets you to do something a little productive rather than doing things that aren't productive at all.
Which brings us to the last one.
5. Embrace Imperfection
Perfectionism is a parent of procrastination. It is the sworn enemy of 'finished'. To best combat procrastination then, we need to avoid giving in to perfectionist urges.
Again this might show itself more strongly in creative pursuits, but it's present in some degree in any and every kind of work. When you give in to the idea that you have to make whatever it is you're working on completely perfect, you are guaranteeing that you will never be finished with it. If you're never going to be finished with it, you're inevitably going to start avoiding it.
Instead of focusing so firmly on the ideal of finishing something as perfectly as you possibly can, get comfortable with resetting your goals to be based around getting it done – in whatever state it's in – and then revising things after the fact.
If you struggle often with perfectionism fueled procrastination you can even make it a personal challenge to yourself to finish a task or project at the minimum viable level and then go back through and refine it into something more polished when you're done. Productivity challenges like NaNoWriMo are built entirely around this premise. No one expects you when writing an entire novel in a single month to produce a great work. They expect it to be shit. It will be.
It will be finished though.
That's the real crux of it. Once it's finished, it's easy to go back and turn it into something you can be proud of that everyone loves.
These are just five easy little tactics you can start using to combat procrastination, but it's definitely not anywhere close to exhaustive. If you have any tactics you find effective for getting back to work share them with us in the comments. Let us know as well if you've had any luck with any of these tips or if you've struggled with them.
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WWD: What was the audition process like?
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Green Pepper, Cilantro and Tomatillo Salsa
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Salsa is often a hit-or-miss combination of tomatoes, onions, peppers and garlic. This leads to a lot of mediocre salsas out there. Remix your attitude towards salsa-making with this green pepper, cilantro and tomatillo salsa, which remixes basic salsa from condiment afterthought to unforgettable starring flavor role.
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If you've noticed a recent flurry of emails mentioning "Updates on our Privacy Policy," you are certainly not alone. These catchy emails – and oftentimes cheery even pop-ups when you visit blogs and websites – are written as a Privacy Statement to support new EU data protection laws, which came into effect last May.
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- Students use technology resources to conduct research, demonstrate creative and critical thinking, and communicate and work collaboratively. (AdvancED STEM Indicator ST1.4)
Our school exhibits many strengths in terms of technology infrastructure. Our students and teachers have access to technological tools for instruction and independent activities. Each grade level classroom has a Promethean board and projector, which can be used for whole-group instruction and activities. In grades 3-5, we are at a 1:1 ratio for student laptops. In the lower grades, student-to-computer ratios are approximately 2:1. We also have access to instructional software and online resources, including access to a district-wide learning management system, Reflex Math, Accelerated Reader and STAR 360, Discovery Education, BrainPop, and MinecraftEDU. Teachers in each grade level incorporate technology in a variety of authentic, effective ways:
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Technology Integration at Fairforest Elementary:
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- Special Education: Meteorite Research
- Horizons (Academically Gifted): Storybird Presentation
In order to assess and better meet our technology needs, our school now has a full-time technology integration specialist. This individual works closely with teachers on planning, teaches model lessons that integrate technology effectively, assists with troubleshooting, and keeps teachers informed of new resources that are available. Classroom teachers are required to meet with the technology integration specialist in some capacity at least once each month. In order to identify and meet each teacher's instructional needs, the technology integration specialist posts a survey at the beginning of every month. Teachers respond with their requested times and areas of need.
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1 cup of quinoa, uncooked
2 cups of vegetable broth, chicken broth or water
1 onion, diced
4 cloves of garlic, diced
1 can of diced tomatoes
Handful of mushrooms, chopped
1 tablespoon freshly chopped parsley (you can swap for basil or cilantro if you like the taste of those better)
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1 package of boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1/2 cup of bread crumbs plus more for topping
1 8oz. can of tomato sauce or 1 cup of honey mustard
1. Place quinoa and broth in a pot, bring to a boil then lower flame and simmer until liquid is absorbed. Fluff with fork, then set aside.
5. In a large frying pan, saute the diced onion and 4 garlic cloves until tender. Add the can of diced tomatoes, chopped mushrooms, chopped parsley and salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes.
6. Remove from pan and put tomato mixture in a bowl. Add 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs, mix well. Add 1 cup of cooked quinoa. Mix well.
7. Take chicken breasts, and pound thin or cut in half so it's thin
8. Place in a greased baking dish, and fill the center of each chicken cutlet with the quinoa mixture, then fold over in half so the quinoa mixture is covered.
9. Drizzle tomato sauce on top of stuffed chicken, or spread honey mustard on top of chicken, then sprinkle bread crumbs on top.
10. Bake, covered with foil in oven on 400′ for 30-45 minutes until cooked through.
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[26] Serpent Wild
[28] Arikara (Group)
In Sacred Fire, Motega Firemane sends you to collect [Incendia Agave] from the area around Darkcloud Pinnacle and bring them to Magatha Grimtotem in Thunder Bluff. This is the third quest in the Arikara quest chain, a series of quests involving the serpent Arikara in Thousand Needles. The first quest [Alien Egg] can be picked up at Freewind Post in Thousand Needles from Hagar Lightninghoof.
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Turn in [26] Serpent Wild to Motega Firemane at Whitereach Post in Thousand Needles, then speak to him again to receive this quest.
Gather 10 bushels of [Incendia Agave], and then consult Magatha Grimtotem on Elder Rise in Thunderbluff.
You will need:
- [Incendia Agave] x10
[Incendia Agave] can be found around and inside the lake near Darkcloud Pinnacle - it looks like a little clump of spiky grass. Most of the plants are actually underwater. Herbalism helps to pinpoint on your mini-map. Steam elementals are scattered through the area. NOTE TO MAGES: these elementals will be much harder for you than for other classes, as they resist all ice and 50% damage from fire. Be prepared to use mainly your costly arcane spells against them, or get someone to help you with this quest. Other classes should have no problem soloing this quest.
Rough coordinates for the lake: (36,36) - just go to the big lake on the map.
Turn in this quest to Magatha Grimtotem on Elder Rise in Thunderbluff. Her coordinates are (70,31).
Arikara is a deadly creature that must be dealt with swiftly. In order to hunt her down you will need to light the sacred fire of life - this will summon Arikara.
Go now and harvest the rare Incendia agave plant. Once you have harvested enough agave, seek council with Magatha Grimtotem on Elder Rise in Thunder Bluff. She is a powerful shaman that can enchant the agave plant to create a powder that will light the fire.
Travel northeast to the Boiling Pool and gather Incendia Agave.
So, Motega Firemain sends word of Arikara...well now that is grave news.
<Magatha looks around.>
Arikara is a deadly creature born only to seek vengeance against those who have committed heinous acts.
<Magatha smiles.>
Good, you have gathered the essential amount of Incendia agave. This rare herb found only in Thousand Needles will help light the dormant sacred fire of life.
<Magatha begins to enchant the Incendia agave.>
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- [26] Serpent Wild
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Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning admits abusing boys
Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning has pleaded guilty to a string of historical sex offences against boys.
The 73-year-old admitted 29 charges of abuse against boys aged between nine and 16, at Southwark Crown Court.
He denied 12 further charges and will face a trial beginning on 24 November at the same London court.
Denning, of Basildon in Essex, was charged as part of Operation Yewtree, which was set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal.
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I was looking at the photos from the recent AQS show in Paducah. I looked at them (thanks, Leslie, for posting!) and thought they were unbelievably gorgeous. The work, the time, the creativity. I also thought that there was no point in me ever enering anything in Paducah, because that work is different from what I do. It isn't that I probably couldn't do what Sharon Schamber and Caryl Bryer Fallert do, but I really don't want to. I love the work that I do and want to continue on the path that I am on and not make something just to enter it into Paducah.
Today when I read the Word of the Day, Struggle, I thought of these feelings I had when looking at the Paducah photos.
Deng Ming Dao, from 365 Tao writes (abridged by me!):
"Goals are important. Forbearance is also important. But the very process of struggle is equally essential…Without it, we cannot know any true meaning in our accomplishments."
"A writer will write significant passages as if they were dictated. Each might say, 'It happened so fast!' But in reality, it took all of them years of dedication and struggle to come to that moment of climaz. Thus even the virtuoso performance is the tip of a lifetime of struggle, and the gem of meanin is set in the metal of long perseverance."
Struggle has a negative connotation at first glance, but this passage is great because it acknowledges past work and sums up success.
I think that we have to acknowledge our past work as we achieve success in the present and the future. We have to acknowledge how much we have learned and struggled to get where we are at this point. Caryl Bryer Fallert and Shawn Fanning (founder of Napster) did not have immediate success. What appears to be immediate success has some kind of backsory. Caryl Bryer Fallert had years of machine quitling experience behind before winning best of show at Paducah. Shawn Fanning knew about the Internet and programming before he created Napster.
I don't think that a person can have instant and immediate success. There is always something behind doing something for the first time: family, classes, related experience. There has to be a foundation.
TFQ turned me on to a Flickr group called Mod Sampler Quilt-Along. It is related to the blog, Oh fransson! It seems that this is where people are gathering now and sharing their quilts in a way that is different from the Paducah show. TFQ and I had a long talk about the AQS show and how it relates to new quiltmakers. She is starting a blog and I hope she will write more about our discussion, but if not, I will pick it up later.
Note: You can see the beginning of the WOTD project on the January 1 post. While I am still doing the project in my journal, I am only posting WOTDs here when they really related to something I have seen or done. My last WOTD post on February 1, 2009 explains a little about my thinking.


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If the recording industry thinks Steve Jobs has been a bear to negotiate with in the past, wait until it gets a load of him now.
Apple's (AAPL) iTunes Store has become the No. 2 music retailer in the states, according to a new study by the NPD Group. It's second only to Wal-Mart and, if things keep going the way they are, Apple will soon surpass it. "Digital sales were up close to 50% and CD sales were down 20% last year," said Russ Crupnick, the NPD Group's president of music. "Even at half that growth rate in digital sales, Apple will in all likelihood catch Wal-Mart this year."
One last point worth noting here: While 1 million consumers dropped out of the CD-buyer market in 2007, 29 million acquired digital music legally. That's an increase of 5 million over the previous year. Growth here was largely driven by the 36-to-50 age group. "The continued growth in legal download sites is encouraging, yet the industry struggles to improve the value of each digital customer," said Crupnick. "With so many baby boomers and Gen Xers entering the market, there are certainly opportunities to sell more digital albums, promote older catalog titles, or create bundles that will raise revenues. In the near term that's going to be the best means available to narrow the gap on dwindling CD revenues."


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Released version 1.4.8 of ZOOM and PAN.
May 23, 2014
Released PERGOLA 2.0.91.
At its birth in 2000 this SVG space was only meant to be a showcase of my SVG work, art and commercial implementations. In 2004 it was enriched with a Javascript-SVG library where you can find a collection of utilities and widgets. Some of them are now legacy, and some are still maintained.
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Some of these demos have declarative animations and will work with all browsers that fully implement SMIL, and with versions 5 to 8 of IE + ASV.
technical drawing of a Roots type compressor. Declarative animation.
essay with polygons, patterns and gradients.
Pattern animation. Based on work by David Dailey.
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two artworks created for the KDE 3.4 wallpaper competition made in collaboration with designer Jayne De Sesa. Nothing transcendental, just SVG wallpapers. For evaluation purposes the color shifts in these versions make a complete cycle in 2/4 min, the final versions being 1/4 hours. Gearobolo is a projection of Myron's Discobolus, 450 b.C.
horse in motion. Faithful reproduction. Declarative animation.
Dr Fifty
meet doctor Fifty. Art. Declarative animation.
animated landscape from a travelling experience. Declarative animation.
second episode of Stick's computed dream. Interactive game. Declarative animation and script.
Color wheel
simulation of a classic optical experiment. Declarative animation and script.
stick's computed dream. a short, animated story. Declarative animation and script.
Image pop-up
picture distortion. All declarative. Photo courtesy of Paula Gillen ©
Glass globe
filters. Dramatic lighting controlled by collapsible, resizable interface. Declarative animation and script.
SVG native framework with libraries.
GEMï is a cross-browser Web Operating System. It consists of an Application Environment Manager and a Graphical User Interface. It uses SVG as Virtual Device Interface. Since version 2 GEMï is powered by Pergola (old version 1.1).
Codetronix project
The company's specifications required the building of a subsystem of interactive windows with current features like zooming, scrolling, displacement, collapse, maximize, menus, debugger like functions, etc., which resulted in building a mini operating system and grafting it onto a pre-existing application. The application allows engineers to monitor programming procedures happening in parallel in microchips. A key feature is the possibility of opening new windows: the program running in the microchip can present several thousands of procedures, with events activity taking place in parallel in different channels at a given time. The monitoring engineer must be able to simultaneously visualize procedures in a time zone other than the current or to check events taking place in procedures not currently shown. A demo will be available soon.
Corio project
The company's specifications required a vector based, interactive graphical interface that would allow the managers to consult the monthly results of the individual shops of several commercial centers. SVG was the perfect soultion. The accompanying script draws the data from a database using JavaServer Pages technology. Features include thematic, as well as global, data display; bar charts; classes; layers selection; full feature zoom and pan; help. Note for developers: Feel free to use routines from this code, not without giving credit to the author, thank you. Dotuscomus, Inc. holds the intellectual property of its copyrighted creations and the use of this complete svg+js work, in its actual form, for other commercial implementations without prior agreement with the author, is expressly prohibited. Previews no longer available on the company's demand. A fake build will be available soon.
Following these links you will find everything you may possibly want to know about SVG. Some of these sites have been around for quite a while, pioneers of the SVG community, establishing themselves as a reference. The information offered is exhaustive, to various extents.
|cartography libraries and tutorials
|Andreas Neumann & André M. Winter
|probably the most popular SVG tutorial
|Kevin Lindsey
|Petra Kukofka
|Jon Frost
|David Dailey
SVG is implemented natively in Opera, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer 9+. For previous versions of Internet Explorer, as well as other browsers, the Adobe ASV plugin is available.
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Majambiente (Caramanico Terme - PE), born in 1994, works on sustainable nature tourism, on environmental education and hiking. It plans guided trips on the whole territory of the Majella National Park, educational activities for schools, trekking of various difficulty levels, hiking trips or snowshoes excursions to the wildest places of Majella mountains and to the many celestinians hermitages.
Majambiente manages many Park facilities, as visitor and information centers, a CEA (Environmental Education Center) of regional interest, two museums, a wildlife fenced area and several hostels for a total of 60 beds.
Among its collaborators there are mountain, environmental and speleological guides, biologists, geologists, agronomists and art historians, environmental educators and touristic guides, all of them having the Pan Parks certification.
Cooperativa Majambiente
Via del Vivaio, s.n., 65023 Caramanico Terme (PE)
Tel. and Fax 085.922343
Email firstname.lastname@example.com
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The Spark: 1964 Supply Co. Just Threw the Coolest Launch Party in LA (Video)Brett KonenJuly 14, 2017
Washington-owned (by Rubicon Organics) but California-based, the new company is laser-focused on artistry and cannabis's role in stimulating it. They recruit audacious artists from around the world to create their strain packaging, with a key twist—the artist consumes the strain in question before designing its packaging. The resultant imagery features everything from a three-eyed owl with a goblet for a head (OG Sour Diesel), to a mash-up of a woman's face and an abstract clock (Trainwreck).
To celebrate cannabis and creativity alike, 1964 partnered with Secret Walls—a series of underground-style illustration battle events that pit makeshift teams of three artists against each other in a race to cover a massive white wall with the most earth-shattering mural possible, using only black paint.
In the space of 90 minutes at Start Los Angeles, the audience sipped beer, smoked complimentary joints of 1964 flower (fantastic), and chowed down on sushirritos from the food truck outside as they watched a floor-to-ceiling warehouse wall take shape as a full-blown work of art before their eyes. Music pumped through the space, energy levels stayed sky-high, cheers broke out often, and guest judges weighed in with commentary as the night progressed.
When the 90 minutes were called, the artists stepped away from the wall and the showdown was decided by cheers from the crowd for each team, measured on a decibel reader. Ghost Cops, responsible for the right half of the mural, barely edged the Sharpie Spartans to win, which earned them bragging rights, a bit of cash, and plenty of swag.
Turns out that between six artists, 90 minutes, a full house, and plenty of pre-rolls, you can put a pretty epic event together. Watch the video below to see for yourself.


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have you ever had a dream that is so real that when you wake up, you can't decide if it's actually reality? (crowd interaction, call me herbie hancock!)(truth: i have no idea who herbie hancock is…i just google'd 'who interacts with their crowd a lot, a lot?') on thursday i had one of those dreams!
my dream was that i was dating someone. a boy! he had brown hair and was on the basketball team and just thought i was the greatest thing in the whole land. we were so for each other! we held hands and kissed each others faces and ate out a whole lot and talked about celebrity gossip ad naseum and even dropped the L-bomb!
and it was real, guys! we really did love each other!
and he was actually a real person? and was actually on the basketball team? and from his twitter, i know he doesn't like croutons? and we had had two interactions in REAL LIFE! 1. i was looking at gelato flavors in the food court and he walked by and said something in my direction(…ish…?) and 2. i was at a dance party and he said he liked my dance moves…sarcastically…very, very sarcastically.
but that's besides the point, because we loved each other in my dream and were so meant to be! he just needed to realize it.
on saturday, i had accepted the fact that it was just a dream and that it would never happen…or so i thought.
as i was sitting there alongside my friends, i found myself feeling like i was dating him…in real life. i cheered extra loud and got all fired up when they subbed him out: "but he's going to get cold!" "what are they doing?! oh, i hope this doesn't upset him!" every time he scored, i hooted and hollered and swatted away all the fans that were undoubtedly looking at me, his sugar boo.
fortunately my family and outback steakhouse beckoned at half time. i fear that if not, i would have waited outside the locker room for him and swooped him up in my arms and put him in my backpack or something.
…and then i woke up! but just kidding.
the end.
p.s. isn't that picture rad? you think? oh, thanks!


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Ever decide to make a mistake? Sometimes you know something's a bad idea, but you do it anyway. This was one of those times...
Doesn't look that bad, aside from my usual issues ever getting ANYTHING to stick to the inner curves of my lips. The problem isn't visual. It's a nifty enough retro color and surprisingly well pigmented. Despite the tiny glittery bits, the application wasn't the issue either.
Maybe you spotted the issue in the title of the post. "Eye and Lip" is practically a flashing warning sign of trouble ahead. I don't think I've ever found a combo eye/lip product, especially a bargain one, that didn't have an issue of some sort. Some taste or smell horrible. Others wouldn't stick to your lids even if you sold your soul for that oddly specific purpose. Then there's the worst kind...the kind that start to burn. I have fairly sensitive skin, and I started having some kind of reaction within maybe two minutes of applying Sky Blue. Dunno if it's specifically this shade or what, but I took it off the moment I was done with the photos. This was the eighth lip color I'd applied in fairly short succession, so maybe my lips were telling me to fuck off already. Not sure. They're still a little itchy. I like the color enough that I might patch test it and try again sometime...maybe. I'm absolutely not putting it on my eyelids, since my eyes are MUCH more sensitive than my lips.
Bottom line: Bold, with a great glittery metallic sheen, but I wouldn't recommend it for anyone with sensitive skin.
If you follow me on Instagram, this was one of the things I bought at that wig shop last month. At least it was only a dollar.
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WATCH: Morgan #2 Caught Bobby & Amy On The CMA Awards Red Carpet
The 2017 CMA Awards were an incredible night for the entire crew. Before the show kicked off, Morgan #2 searched the red carpet for our two favorite people... Bobby and Amy.
They walked the carpet, strutting their hot Velvet's Edge outfits:
We wanted to make sure we caught them in the midst of all the madness so Morgan #2 went live on Facebook as soon as she saw them. Watch it all go down below!


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Nyan Cat: Lost In Space v8.9.5 [Mod Money/Ads-Free]
Requirements: 2.2+
Overview: Play the Android version of the popular Nyan Cat game which has been downloaded more than 3 million times from the iTunes Store!
"Awesome!" – prguitarman, author of the original Nyan Cat character WARNING! The Nyan Cat game and music are seriously addictive! Play with Nyan Cat only at your own risk!
Reviews: "Best, game, EVAR!" – Jamiejdjdjdjdj "This is the beat of the nyan cat games" – Crazyboy4826 "This game is pro!" – Oseycyhycyg "I can't stop playing this Nyantastic game" – Rossw123 "cute game thats fun to play! love the art style & glad it's universal! dont like cats, but i DO love this game!" – Starscream1017
Features for humans: -powerups (magnet, …) -achievements -score multipliers -three game modes -Nyan Cat skins -different background themes -different forms of NYAN CAT (Supernyan, …) and TAC NAYN -beautiful pixel art
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About Dr. Campbell
Our neurologist Dr. Gretchen Campbell has practiced in Franklin, TN since 2003. She specializes in several areas of neurology, including seizures, migraines and multiple sclerosis; but she sees patients will all neurological conditions. Dr. Campbell believes micro-specialization limits access to care. For this reason, she chooses to take care of all neurological conditions.
I'm Gretchen H. Campbell, MD
Born and raised in Birmingham, AL the first born of educators; I always knew I would become a doctor. My mother is a retired school teacher of 30+ years who made this declaration to me at the age of 2. I have a brother that served 22+ years in the Army and now owns a diagnostics lab company in TN, a sister who is also neurologist (in Maine) and another brother who is a bit of a free spirit in Texas. My husband is an electrical engineer, who transition from that career to manage KCA in 2015. Our daughters are currently in college, one attends the University of Miami, the other attends Texas Christian University. We have been empty nesters since 2017.
Medical School Education
Medical Doctorate received from Meharry Medical College
Undergraduate Education
Bachelor of Arts in Microbiology from the University of Alabama
Neurology Residency
Completed Residency in Neurology At Virginia Commonwealth University
Neurology Practice
Co-founder of KCA Neurology
"The first duty of the physician is to listen, the second is to educate- then, and only then – may he justly prescribe." – Gretchen Campbell, MD


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Clear and insatiable individualism was Juan Manuel Fangio's main characteristic. The Argentine driver was appraised and feared by his colleagues and adversaries alike.
Juan Manuel Fangio was his own infallible manager – a bad habit, we'd say today – and although he always drove the best cars, winning five Formula One World Titles, Enzo Ferrari never took him into his heart.
Fangio started his career in Argentina, where courage and physical strength were the crucial attributes on the difficult tracks of South America. In the late 40s Fangio came to Europe, where he was already known as a very fast and intelligent driver and immediately impressed the Commendatore. In winter 1956 he came to Maranello as a three times World Champion, surrounded by several young and talented drivers. With his reluctant and distrustful character, it was difficult integrating him into the Scuderia, where loyalty for the Company stands above all. But there was no doubt that he was and still is the best driver ever. Only Michael Schumacher reached Fangio, removing the Argentine's unreachable aura. The season started in January with the Argentine GP followed by several races and victories.
Enzo Ferrari's investment was bearing fruit with the continuous successes of the Team and the driver, but the team order with two drivers racing didn't work out too well for a personality that is used to doing everything himself. The Scuderia's sacrifices were huge, but there was also polemics and Fangio's tension could be felt on and off the tracks. Bad luck and mechanical problems went along with him until his double-win, in Silverstone and at the Nürburgring. With the exceptional Argentine driver at his best and perfect teamwork, the Scuderia won the Sport World Title. It was the end of the season and of this difficult relationship between the Champion and the Prancing Horse.


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6 Overrated Technologies and Their Overlooked Alternatives
One of humanity's redeeming qualities is the pursuit of more advanced technologies in order to be more efficient, to be more productive, or to achieve goals that just aren't possible with existing technology.
But sometimes, these new technologies are touted as better solutions for our needs, even if the low-tech alternatives already work just fine and adopting the new technology takes more materials, money, and resources.
In light of that, here are some of our culture's overrated technologies, and their overlooked low-tech alternatives:
Overrated: Digital Maps and GPS Navigation
If getting directions from Google Maps has ever led you astray or gotten you lost, or if following a GPS has ever left you hanging, you might start to rethink your navigation strategy. Digital maps are only as good as the original data, some details are not easy to convey on a screen, and a GPS unit by itself (while handy for pinpointing where you are now) can mislead you if you don't have coordinates for where you want to be. And of course, once your battery is dead on your phone, iPad, or GPS, the only thing they're good for is as a paperweight for holding down a paper map.
Overlooked: Paper Maps and Asking Directions
Having an actual paper map with you, as well as getting directions from someone, can be just as effective (and sometimes more so) than trying to navigate with directions from a gadget. Paper maps can be folded up to fit in a pocket, don't need batteries, and allow you to more easily see your route in context. And asking someone how to get somewhere isn't a sign of weakness, it's another way to interact with a fellow human being and get personalized directions.
Overrated: Electric bicycles
Advancements in battery and electric motor technology have enabled a mini-revolution in bicycles, with new electric bike models being developed and marketed to commuters and pleasure cyclists alike. But with these e-bikes, many of the health benefits of riding a bicycle don't apply anymore, and it takes more natural resources to manufacture brand-new bicycle frames, electric motors, and batteries, as well as more fossil fuels to charge them up. If the battery goes dead, or a component fails, you're stuck pedaling a bike which weighs way more than a plain old-fashioned non-electric bike.
Overlooked: Pedaling
Pedaling your bike to work, to school, or just for pleasure is good exercise. It gets your heart rate up and your muscles moving, and can be a great habit for a more healthy lifestyle. And because you provide the power, you're never going to be stuck on the side of the road because of a dead battery (although you might end up there when you need to refuel your body). Also, used (and even most new) bikes cost quite a bit less than an electric one, and are much more widely available (as are parts for them).
Overrated: Tablet and Stylus
There are many reasons to own an iPad or other tablet computer, as they are great for consuming media or for communicating. But they fall short for many other uses, even with advancements in screen and stylus and software technology. Need to write a quick note? You better hope your tablet is on and charged, and that you can open your favorite text app and type it in with your thumbs before you forget it. Want to sketch or paint something? Great, as long as it's smaller than your screen, you have the 'brushes' installed that you want, and you don't mind having to navigate through some complex menu options to do what would be simple with a lower-tech alternative.
Overlooked: Pencil and Paper
The humble paper and pencil or pen combination is reliable, fast, widely available, and cheap. Scrap paper works as well as new paper, and there's no need for a gadget in order to view notes, sketches, or lists, or to display them where you want them.
Overrated: "Recyclable" Packaging
This one may be more of a greenwashing issue than a technology one (although claims about new technology that can recycle new materials is a tech issue), but when consumers see "recyclable" on a package, they may automatically assume that it's better for the environment. The truth of the matter is more along the lines of "if recycling facilities for this material exist, and if the packaging is actually recycled, then it's slightly better".
Overlooked: Recycled Packaging
The greenest packaging is probably none at all (think buying in bulk, or products which don't require packaging), packaging which is minimalist (and easy to recycle), and that made from recycled materials (especially those made from post-consumer recycled content). It still takes a small effort to get those types of packaging in the right recycling bin (and without any contamination which may render it unrecyclable) and to the recycling center, but if you get familiar with the different types of everyday materials which can be recycled, it's a fairly easy and low-tech way to reduce our eco-footprint.
Overrated: Genetic Modification of Plants
Once hailed as the savior of agriculture and energy, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have now been found to come with all sorts of unintended consequences, such as enabling 'zombie weeds' and 'super bugs'. Besides the fact that GMOs are a patentable, controllable, 'product' and a fairly untested technology, the adoption of these types of organisms in our food system has led to an increase in chemicals, pesticides, and herbicides in our ecosystem, which is not a good thing for our natural systems.
Overlooked: Traditionally-Bred and Appropriate Plants
Breeding plants through the transference of pollen is the time-tested way to modify the genetics of plants, and is the way that man (and nature) has improved our food crops for a very long time now. This traditional breeding method is simple and cheap to do, even at home, and keeps the control of our seed stock in our own hands. And because the transference of genes is limited by what nature deems viable, there's no possibility of crossing the genetics of unrelated species and creating new problems. Instead of creating 'designer' plants with advanced technology, when we use traditionally-bred plants which are appropriate for the growing region, the growers, and the end-users, we can better work toward sustainability.
Overrated: Drugs and Cosmetic Surgery
Our modern culture, with its emphasis on instant and easy, has a tendency to choose the 'magic bullet' approach when it comes to health, including focusing on the symptoms instead of the cause. Add to that the desire to get a quick-fix for beauty (think boob-jobs, Botox, facelifts, and stomach stapling), and mental and physical health (think anti-depressants, sleep aids, and hypertension meds) and we've got all of the makings for an overdependence on drugs and surgery. But because these technologies are still so relatively new, we aren't really sure what the long term effects of many of them are.
Overlooked: Lifestyle and Diet Changes
The more sustainable (and probably safer) way to health and longevity is through changing our diet and our lifestyle to those which support better physical and mental health. For much of what ails us, getting physically fit, eating a better diet, and dropping some of our bad habits can have a much longer lasting impact, and because these tend to be DIY-friendly options, there's no need to wonder "Does my insurance cover this?" or save up the cash in order to make a difference in our health.
Advanced technologies certainly have their place in our lives, but sometimes it's better to choose a simpler low-tech or no-tech solution. These alternatives can be cheaper, easier, and come with fewer side effects, and are generally more widely available (and with a smaller eco-footprint) than their high-tech versions.
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Private water wells supply water to over 13 million U.S. households that are far removed from municipal water supplies (U.S. EPA). Unfortunately, water from private wells or cisterns is not regulated by the federal or state government and has a higher risk of waterborne contaminants. If you have a private well, you are responsible for…Read More


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Medieval Serfdom: Feudalism in the Middle Ages
Prashant Magar
Mar 3, 2019
Medieval period is the time from 500 AD to 1500 AD, an era marking the transition from ancient period to modern period in human history. As is true with every transitional phase in course of human evolution, it was a time of great upheaval with respect to lifestyle, ideologies, beliefs, and systems.
What is Feudalism?
Feudalism is a term used for referring to the social, political, and economic system in place. A king was the ruler and the person at the helm of affairs. He was constantly at war, either defending his territory or expanding boundaries of his kingdom.
In order to serve both the purposes, it became absolutely essential to maintain a set of loyal and responsible subordinates to maintain the vast territories. This subordinate class consisted of feudal lords or barons, who were given a certain portion of land which they administered for the king.
The barons or feudal lords maintained a huge army, whose job was to ensure the protection of the land and fight for the lords and ultimately serve the king. The lowest strata of this system was serfdom.
Medieval Serfdom
Serfdom, as a way of life, was a significant feature in the medieval times, especially in European society. The term 'serf' was coined around 1850, though it originated much before from the Latin word, 'servus', meaning slave.
Serfdom was an extended or slightly altered form of slavery. It was a type of bondage slavery, wherein peasants were forced to work for a handful of landowners or the rich class.
Serfs formed the lower class of society and were essentially farmers, millers, blacksmith, and carpenters. They were more of household labors, who got some form of protection and rights to retain a part of the agricultural produce in return for their labor.
Unlike the slaves, serfs were not 'owned' by the feudal lords. They had their own independent existence, but were heavily restricted in the service of the nobility.
The king actually remained just as the chief feudal lord, simply in charge of the kingdom and enjoying unprecedented rights. It were the feudal lords, who exercised the real authority and command over the knights and serfs.
Feudalism was such a powerful phenomenon, that a handful of these lords dictated the lifestyle of the entire country or kingdom. Of course, their rule was limited to the area which they governed, but the king had almost no check on their lifestyle which turned out to be more autocratic and tyrannical.
Thus, the hierarchy consisted of the lord, vassals, and the fiefs or land grants. The lords got the services of the vassals, who in turn got land as a 'loan', though it essentially was the property of the lord.
The services provided by the vassals were looking after the land, guaranteeing protection for the lord and readily fighting for his cause. The serfs remained bonded labor, serving in the grand manors (the dwellings of the lords) or working as farm labors.
Towards the end of the middle ages, feudalism spread extensively and the concept prevailed in isolated areas around the world, including America and a few places in Asia and Africa.
In Europe though, the rising atrocious behavior of the lords led to uprisings in latter period, like the French Revolution and many localized revolts in England, Russia, and many other countries. It ended the reign of the feudal way of life and gave birth to the democratic way of life.
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I just woke up and checked out daviscup.org to see what's transpiring in the ties around the world (told you I'm a fan!) and I saw some of the wackiest matchups I think I ever have seen in my years of following the cup:
Mikhail Youzhny vs. Phillip Petzschner: Who? The story hasn't been updated yet, but from what I did see, it said Tommy Haas wasn't "feeling well."
Jonas Bjorkman vs. Andy Roddick: What? In the first match of the day, when the U.S. can clinch the tie? Note to Mats Wilander: The year is 2007, not 1997, back when Jonas might have had a chance. On behalf of the U.S., we thank you for this gift to clinch the tie. You'd think Thomas Johansson would've been jonesing to get back on the court after the clinic he put on against James Blake. By the time I get through typing this sentence, Bjorkman-Roddick should be over and Andy should be over on the sideline hugging P-Mac.
Novak Djokovic vs. Chris Guccione: Huh? The story says Lleyton Hewitt woke up with a "viral infection." First, why was he playing doubles yesterday, when it's obvious you needed him for singles? Djokovic-Hewitt was gonna be the best matchup of the whole weekend. Too bad it's not happening. And Tennis Australia, you should rethink how things are going: with your program and John Fitzgerald as captain. He's made some weird decisions in the past, like if I remember correctly, sitting Todd Woodbridge from playing doubles, which makes no sense at all.
Oh, and Andy's up two sets to none on Jonas, with three break points in the third, so I guess I was a little off in my estimate of the match time, but not much.
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Grand Rapids Boasts Cheapest Rates in U.S. For Babysitting [Video]
This is great news if you're a parent, but not so great news if you're a baby sitter.
The average rate for a baby sitter in Grand Rapids sits at $11.31 an hour. That is the cheapest rate in the U.S., according to Care.com.