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So, what does the bicycle co-op do?
The co-op is about helping people help themselves. The co-op provides a central place for people to come to rescue bicycles and learn how to fix and maintain them. The volunteer mechanics do not fix bikes for people; they help guide members who are working on their own bicycle projects. The co-op also works for bicycle advocacy, and organizes rides, social events, and contests. Most importantly, we concentrate on empowering people, getting them on bicycles, and having fun.
Mission statement
The MoBo Bicycle Cooperative is a non-profit volunteer-run cooperative dedicated to making cycling accessible and practical to everyone in the greater Cincinnati area. We build community by providing a welcoming and communal workspace, knowledgeable volunteers, and the tools and parts for cyclists of all ages and skill levels to repair, maintain and acquire bicycles. Members learn from and teach one another by sharing knowledge and experience. MoBo facilitates healthy and sustainable transportation through bicycle programs, events, and advocacy in our immediate community and beyond.
Vision Statement
The MoBo Bicycle Cooperative envisions a world made healthier through the increase of people using bicycles for environmental, social, creative and practical purposes. We believe that cycling and its benefits should be made equally accessible to people from all walks of life. We see that the promotion of the social and educational aspects of cycling creates empowered individuals and communities. We see the intrinsic value cycling has for developing community, and we acknowledge that as our culture and infrastructure become more inclusive of bicycles, quality of life is enhanced for all.
OK, so how does it work?
The first step is to become a member by paying $20 annual membership fee. This gives members access to the shop, tools, cleaners, grease, the knowledge of our community and much more to help them work on their bikes. Members who do not own a bicycle can adopt one of the many donated bicycles, parts, and accessories at very modest prices. Kids receive free help maintaining their bikes during our summer Kids Day program, which runs weekly throughout the summer.
And what doesn't the co-op do?
First and foremost, the co-op is not a replacement for a retail bicycle shop. If you are looking for a new bicycle and someone else to service it, we recommend one of the many specialized bike shops in the area that offer professional services.
The co-op is not a place to drop off a bike to have serviced. Volunteer mechanics are there to help you, but they will not do the work. We will offer assessment and advice for drop-ins, and we will not turn people away due to lack of funds. Finally, the co-op does not sell reconditioned bicycles (except at our yearly Bike Sale).
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That said, we hope to take some of the mystery out of bicycles and help people get the most out of bicycling.
When is Open Shop?
Open Shop happens twice a week: Wednesdays 6-9pm and Sundays 2-5pm.
Additionally, MoBo is open for Co-op Night on Tuesdays from 6-9pm, though this shop time is reserved for all activities besides personal projects. It's a time for pitching in to do the work necessary to keep this place going. We also schedule community meetings and events, volunteer work parties, workshops, etc. during Co-op Night.
In the summer we are open for Kids' Day. For all other Open Shop times outside of Kids Day, youth under sixteen must be supervised by an adult. For specific dates and VERY INFREQUENT shop closings, please see our homepage or our Facebook page.
What does "MoBo" stand for?
It looks like an acronym, but it's not. "MoBo" was the nickname of Justin Morioka, in whose memory MoBo was founded. When asked the origin of the nickname, a source concludes, "it was just kind of funky and goofy and that fit Justin".
Who's in charge here anyway?
MoBo is a cooperatively-run project of the Village Green Foundation. All members are encouraged to participate not only as shop users, but also as volunteers, organizers, and leaders. Village Green Board meetings are held on site once a month (see the calendar for dates), and serve as the primary forum for group decision-making and organizational planning. We strive for a consensus-based decision-making model that encourages participation by all members and stakeholders. All members are encouraged to attend and contribute their ideas and vision.
A small number of especially-committed volunteers serve as Board Members for the Village Green Foundation. These individuals are tasked with taking ultimate responsibility for the project and its programs.
Village Green Foundation Board:
Nate Kemphues, Chair
Suzie McCoy, Vice Chair
Sharon Mithu
Tonya Morris
Laureen Niehaus-Beckner
Secretary – John Nnyanzi
Treasure- Nikia Prince
And how do I get in touch with you?
E-mail us at email@example.com
Message us on Facebook @MoBoBicycleCoop
Are my cash or bicycle donations to Mobo tax-deductable?
Absolutely! Bring your donation by during Open Shop and a Shop Coordinator can provide you with a receipt.
MoBo Bicycle Co-op was formed by a dedicated group of volunteers in the Spring of 2007 in memory of Justin Morioka, a friend to bicycles, Northside, and self-sufficiency. Startup funding donated in Justin's name was used to buy tools to get the shop started. The Village Green Foundation, a community garden facility located in Northside, invited MoBo to join their non-profit and offered an empty garage on-site to operate a community bicycle shop. The Village Green's mission is to bring together diverse members of the community around a common commitment to community building, urban agriculture and access to healthy food for all residents of the community. MoBo Bicycle Co-op and the Village Green formed a natural union by a common belief in sharing community resources, increasing self sufficiency and advocating for a healthier, greener world.


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Europa League: Maccabi Tel Aviv draw 0-0 with Basle in round of 32 first leg
Basle secured a hard-fought 0-0 draw with Maccabi Tel Aviv after an impressive performance from goalkeeper Yann Sommer.
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Sommer denied Maccabi Tel-Aviv striker Eran Zahavi 18 minutes from time as a tight contest ended goalless.
The home side started the better and finished strongly, but were unable to make their periods of pressure count to leave the tie in the balance ahead of next week's second leg.
Maccabi began in positive mood with both midfielder Maharan Radi and striker Barach Yitzhaki having good chances on goal inside the opening six minutes, with the latter forcing a save from Sommer.
However the Swiss side, who started their European campaign in the Champions League in the same group as Chelsea and Schalke, rallied and after Philipp Degen had headed wide, fellow defender Gaston Sauro tested goalkeeper Juan Pablo Colinas with a 20th-minute effort.
But as the break approached, it was Maccabi frontman Zahavi who came closest to breaking the deadlock with a 38th-minute shot which flew wide.
Basle returned in determined fashion in the second half and Serey Die saw a 55th-minute audacious effort blocked seconds before fellow midfielder Taulant Xhaka had just fired wide.
But Maccabi's Omri Ben Haroush tested Sommer with 28 minutes remaining, and the goalkeeper was on hand again 10 minutes later to keep out Zahavi's attempt.
Radi had an 83rd-minute shot blocked with the home team desperate to take a lead into next week's second leg, but Colinas had to keep out substitute Valentin Stocker's effort at the death to secure a draw.


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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Friday approved stopgap spending legislation to keep the federal government open without gutting President Obama's health care law, putting new pressure on Speaker John A. Boehner to find a way out of an impasse that had the government on a steady course to a shutdown at midnight Monday.
The 54-to-44 vote to send the measure back to the House came after the Senate, in a bipartisan rebuke to Republican hard-liners, cut off debate on House legislation that would fund the government only if money for the new health law was eliminated. That 79-to-19 vote included the top Republican leadership and easily exceeded the 60-vote threshold to break a filibuster. It was followed by a 54-44 vote to take out the health law provision before passage.
Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, called the votes "the first step toward wresting control from the extremists."
"This is it. Time is gone," Mr. Reid warned. "Here's a president who less than a year ago won election by five million votes. Obamacare has been the law for four years. Why don't they get a life and talk about something else?"
After the vote, President Obama called on Republicans to stop what he called "political grandstanding" on the health care law and accept the Senate measure to avoid government disruptions.
"Over the next three days, House Republicans will have to decide whether to join the Senate and keep the government open, or shut it down just because they can't get their way," he said Friday at the White House. "This grandstanding has real effects on real people."
The series of Senate votes brought Mr. Boehner to a defining moment of his speakership, days from the Oct. 1 government shutdown and weeks before the more momentous deadline of Oct. 17, when the Treasury will no longer be able to borrow to meet the government's obligations unless Congress raises its statutory debt limit.
He can accept the Senate bill, which finances the government through Nov. 15 without Republican policy prescriptions, or listen to his conservatives, who will accept a government shutdown unless the health care law is suspended or weakened. House Republicans will meet at noon Saturday to hash out their options. Mr. Boehner has signaled that he will again attach language to chip away at the Affordable Care Act, but as the deadline approaches, fissures are appearing in the Republican ranks.
"The only time you shut down the government is when you shut it down and refuse to open it until you accomplish what you want. We'll fold like hotcakes," said Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma. "You do not take a hostage you are not going to for sure shoot, and we will not for sure shoot this hostage."
Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, immediately began encouraging House conservatives to stand up to any move by Republican leaders to back off efforts to gut the health care law. He had been urging his Senate colleagues all week to oppose ending debate as a way to force Democrats to accept language defunding the Affordable Care Act. But with the clock ticking toward a shutdown, an overwhelming bipartisan majority wanted to act quickly to move the spending bill back to the House.
The Senate legislation would almost certainly win approval, largely with Democratic votes, if it was put to a vote in the House, but conservatives warned that it could hurt the beleaguered speaker dearly if he took that step.
"I think it would be devastating to the speaker's support," said Representative Richard Hudson of North Carolina, one of the members urging the Republican leadership to drive a hard bargain with the Senate.
"I think the question is, Do we go with the carrot or the stick strategy?" Mr. Hudson added. "Do we try to do something bad enough to force Harry Reid to negotiate with us, or do we do something that we think he can't refuse?"
Republicans may also consider a simple bill to keep the government open for as little as seven days while the legislative jousting continues. That was sternly opposed by senior Republicans, like Representative Harold Rogers of Kentucky, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
But, said Representative Pat Tiberi, Republican of Ohio and a close ally of Mr. Boehner, "If you can't get the House and Senate together by midnight Sept. 30, it becomes a more viable strategy."
By Friday, most House Republicans had come around to the view of their leadership: that a government shutdown would be painful for their party from a political and public relations standpoint.
"Listen, I'm not going to let the government shut down," said Representative Peter T. King, Republican of New York. "I don't want to be undercutting Boehner, but put it this way: I will not let the government shut down."
House Republicans thought they might be able to find a compromise with Senate Democrats — including, they said, on some more modest changes to the president's health care law, like the repeal of a tax on medical devices that helps pay for the law, or in exchange for approval of Republican priorities like the Keystone XL pipeline.
"I'd love to see a medical device repeal, whether it's Keystone, even a delay in the individual mandate," said Representative Adam Kinzinger, Republican of Illinois, referring to a tax on medical device manufacturers. "Look, I think the administration realizes that Obamacare is not ready for prime time, and so I think ultimately maybe they'd be amenable to it."
But Republican leaders face a badly divided conference and a new wrinkle in Mr. Cruz, who has angered many of the House members while rallying a core group of hard-core conservatives to his side. On Friday, Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah and a key ally of Mr. Cruz, huddled with four House conservatives in plain view on the House floor — Representatives Tim Huelskamp of Kansas, Justin Amash of Michigan, Cynthia M. Lummis of Wyoming and Scott Garrett of New Jersey — to plot the next steps.
After an unrelated morning vote in the House, another half-dozen conservative Republicans gathered in a stairwell just off the House chamber to discuss their next steps, agreeing that a funding bill that contained only modest policy changes, like the medical device tax repeal, would be "unacceptable."
"I think I'd be very satisfied tomorrow if we sit down and we send them a one-year delay" in carrying out the health care law, said Representative Mick Mulvaney, Republican of South Carolina.
With Democrats united in their demands for no changes to the health care law, Mr. Boehner once again finds himself squeezed, this time with a hard deadline rapidly approaching.
"I'm concerned. I'm not at the point of pants on fire, but I'm concerned," said Representative Charlie Dent, a moderate Republican from Pennsylvania and a Boehner ally. "It seems there's likely going to be another relaunch. If there is going to be another relaunch, in my view it should be something the Senate will accept."


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Season 9 really unenjoyable so far...
There is no substance to the games, maybe 1 or 2 out of 20-30 games feel like 'good games'... where either team could win, games where it feels satisfying to win, or when you lose you can't really complain - you know your mistakes and you know the enemy played well and exploited them. Now they are just so 1 sided, stomp or get stomped. Doesn't feel worth playing past the 10-15 minute mark because you know what the outcome will mostly like be by that point. Matchmaking is also really unsatisfying - you get a winning spree of 20-30 games where you have an 80% win rate and then you get a losing spree where you have a 20% win rate for 20-30 games. Rinse and repeat.
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Oh yeah, your looking at the champs right there! You must have all sent a whole lotta good vibes our way because my brother Cody and his team came up victorious in last nights Sectional Championship Game! Woohoo! Saratoga hasn't taken home the Sectional Championship in 10 years! The game was a total nail biter and the crowd was VERY energetic. There was some serious electricity flowing through that arena! I'm so happy I was able to be there to support the team, and scream until my vocal chords felt numb :)
In honor of this momentous occasion in my little brothers life, I made a little "Music Video" of the end of the game and the team celebration at the end, otherwise known as a "celly" in the hockey world. Watch Cody and his team celebrate, accept their trophy and generally love each other :)
Congratulations, Saratoga Varsity Hockey! Everyone is so proud of you! Good luck a the NYS Quarter Finals in Utica!!!
Friday, February 26, 2010
CHAMPIONS!!! : Celebration Video :)
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Labels: brother, championship, high school, hockey, music video, new york, sports
Thursday, February 25, 2010
My Little Brother's Momentous Day...
World, meet Cody. Cody is my youngest brother and the youngest of the 4 of us kids. Today marks a big day for Cody. It may or may not (let's hope!) be the very last game of his High School Hockey career...
Cody has played hockey his entire life and is quite talented on the ice ( and does a pretty spot-on Borat impression ). Now, at the ripe old age of 18, and in his Senior Year of high school, Cody finds himself the Captain of his Varsity Hockey Team headed into the NYS Sectional Hockey Championship Game tonight at Union College. Before the game there will be a little awards ceremony where Cody (and others) will be receiving recognition for being chosen for the "All League" Team. Yay, Cody! What a loaded night! Made more dramatic by this awesome winter weather we are NOT enjoying here in Upstate NY.
So with that said, I ask you to send some good vibes our way, as we bite our nails and cheer Cody and his team on tonight!
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Labels: brother, championship, high school, hockey, My So Called Life
Monday, February 22, 2010
Another Sweetness Alert! SO HAPPY!
Can I just tell you, my heart is exploding from all the love I've been getting from friends and customers lately. It truly makes my days more magical! Especially now since those of us in the North Country are stuck in the middle of February without much sun or greenery...
Anyway, Amy of Amy Holton Designs, wrote up the sweetest little blog feature on me I think I have ever gotten! She's totally made my day. Thanks to her, my coffee is a little tastier, my sweater is a little warmer, and my day is just a little bit sunnier. Amy has added sprinkles to my cupcake of life and I just have to give her a little shout out and a BIG BIG BIG 'Thank You' from the 'Up North' to the 'Deep South' :)
Check out the lovely little feature Amy did on yours truly, HERE!
And don't forget to check out Amy's fantastic work, HERE!
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Labels: Amy Holton Designs, blogging, Etsy, feature, happy, jewelry
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Video Reaction: Sweet Butterflation of The Heart...
Have you ever had the most excellent opportunity to see someone react to a package you sent them in the mail as they are opening it? I was lucky enough to experience this recently and found out it's an adrenaline rush of joy! I sent this little "By Heart" Ring off to Lexy out in Los Angeles and was absolutely elated to find out via this video just how much she loved it! The ring made a long trek from the Left Coast to the Right Coast in about 2 days and was greeted with such warmth when it arrived. It's always nice to see one of your babies go to a good home :)
Thank You Lexy! This video provides instant butterflation of the heart every time I watch it :)
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Labels: Etsy, fed ex, happy, jewelry, love, music video, ring, usps
Friday, February 19, 2010
Coming Soon...
...as in later today! But here's a little sneak peak since I love you guys :) ! I have a whole buncha new items to add to my Etsy Shop today, including this adorable camera pendant, as well as some other pieces that relate to it. I'm SO SO SO excited about these little camera's I hardly know what to do with myself!
So, since I am suffering through a bout of The Black Plague I am going to force myself to stay away from the dusty, chemical laden studio and instead sit on my couch, with my pups and of course my laptop, and work on these new listings. I'm hoping to have everything up on Etsy by mid-late afternoon. Wahoo!!!
I'm so excited for you all to see the new stuff!
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Labels: camera, Etsy, jewelry, new designs, photography, sick, silhouette, sneak peak
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The Little Things: Thing #2, VitaMuffin Tops!!!
Great Grandmothers Spatula! VitaMuffin Tops, where the hell have you been all my life!? These are my new obsession! I was skeptical of these VitaMuffin Tops at first, I wasn't expecting to like them, but alas, I do! I admittedly have a serious sweet tooth, if you know me well you know that frosting is my kryptonite! Lately I've been looking for healthy alternatives to satisfy my inner raging frosting monster. And while nothing can ever TRULY replace frosting in my heart, these babies are a seriously excellent distraction! They are 100 cals per 'top, 5 grams of fiber, and brag that they are more healthful than having an Apple! I don't know that I believe that but I'm pretty sure I'm in love with chocolate that tastes like chocolate that can be considered as healthy as eating an apple, thats for sure! So far I've only tried the Deep Chocolate flavor and the Corn Bread flavor, both are SO delish with coffee. I think I've found my new favorite breakfast and/or after dinner snackeroo! I think A.N. Original Jewelry is officially endorsing VitaMuffin! Well, kinda...via this itty bitty blog :)
Dear VitaMuffin Gods, feel free to send me free 'tops and swag :)
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Labels: chocolate, food, little things, muffins, My So Called Life, vitamuffin, yum
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Snapshot of the Day
If your like me, and you live in the Great White North country, your probably dying for Spring, greenery, flowers, bunnies and baby birds. I know I am...
Today, as I try hard to ignore the snow coming down outside my window, I am taking a trip inside this picture, Magic School Bus Style. I hope there's a snack shack somewhere around this flower though, I could really go for some Lemonade and Cape Cod Chips :)
I took this picture in Lake George, NY this past summer whilst rolling around in the grass and taking Macro pictures of bugs. This lone little flower caught my eye and I decided I had to give it it's 15 mins of fame :)
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Labels: flowers, funny, lake george, magic school bus, photography, springtime, summer
Monday, February 15, 2010
Whistle while you work on President's Day :)
Ya know what's weird? The music I work best to, that I'm able to totally zone out to, especially whilst sawing for hours upon hours, isn't necessarily the music I'd choose to listen to later that night when I'm unwinding and kicking about in my apartment. I have certain artist's on my iPod that I really work best to, in fact, I feel I'm MOST productive and efficient if I'm listening to Counting Crows. However, other than while I'm in my studio, I don't really listen to them all that much. Something about Adam Duritz' voice must level me out in some way or another. Don't get me wrong, I love Counting Crows, always have, always will, but I seem to really only listen to them when whittling in my workshop.
Why am I finding this so weird? I just had this sudden realization and now I'm fascinated by the psychology of my own work habits. I guess I need to study myself more to find out why it is that when I'm working I automatically turn on Counting Crows and when I get home at night, I turn on Horse Feathers almost instinctually. Is this strange/interesting to anyone else? Probably not, haha, but I felt the need to share with you all...
Happy President's Day to you all! I'll be spending mine in my workshop, working on fun new designs and listening to Counting Crows :) Luckily they have like 7 albums for me to listen to, hours of productively mindless zone out listening pleasure. Wahoo!
OK, OK... Seacrest, out!
P.S. Here's a lovely Counting Crows song for you to zone out to, too :) Although, you might as well really LISTEN because I DO absolutely LOVE the lyrics in this song :) Here is " Anna Begins "...
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Friday, February 12, 2010
Betty White, You Crazy Kid!
Can I just tell you how much I love this commercial? I wish Betty White was my Grandma!
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Hummingbirds and Opals Abound!
"Remember to remember me
Standing still in your past
Floating fast like a hummingbird"
- Wilco
Let's lighten the somber mood from yesterdays awful loss of Alexander McQueen and talk about cute pretty things! YAY! Hummingbirds and Opals, Blue Peruvian Opals to be more specific! What a great way to start off my weekend :) I'll be adding a couple new items to the ol' Etsy Shop today, including these little babies!
I'm so excited about the Hummingbird Studs :) And how gorgeous is this Blue Peruvian Opal Necklace for Spring/Summer? A refreshing alternative to the typical (but of course still gorgeously fabulous) Summer Turquoise Necklaces :)
Anyway, keep checking the shop for the new additions today! I have lots of new designs up my sleeve for Spring/Summer and I will be adding them steadily as I make them rather than releasing them all at once :) ENJOY!
*P.S* Don't forget to checkout my new "Brain Squeezed" Interview Series! Feedback would be great since I've only got one little post under my belt! The lovely Kaitlin Cassidy was my very first "Brain Squeezed" guinea pig! CHECK IT OUT! And please let me know what you think of the questions etc! Feel free to suggest a question you'd like to see added to the list :)
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Labels: Etsy, hummingbirds, jewelry, new designs, opal, Saratoga Springs, springtime, summer
Thursday, February 11, 2010
R.I.P. Alexander McQueen
The world has lost a true genius. Although, his creative genius will live on in the legacy of his work long after we are all dead and gone. So sad to see the demise of such a talented and clearly troubled man, with so much more potential within him, now left unfulfilled.
R.I.P. Alexander McQueen. There just might never be another like you. The fashion world grieves for you.
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BRAIN SQUEEZED #1: Kaitlin Cassidy
Tada! That's right! It's here! The very first installment of 'BRAIN SQUEEZED'! I'm so excited about it, yay! Anyway, onto the squeeze..
Today's Brain Squeezed victim is Kaitlin Cassidy. You may or may not recognize her from Paris Hilton's BFF Reality Show on MTV, "Paris Hiltons New BFF". If you do in fact recognize her from the show, don't worry, she is not at all the crying manipulator she was portrayed to be on the show via the magical wonders of video editing. Kaitlin and I are actually old friends, and I can promise she's a sweetheart with a great sense of humor so I figured she'd be a great person to kick off this little Brain Squeezed series I'm doing. Anyway, without further ado, meet Kaitlin...
Getting to know Kaitlin:
1. Name & Location? : Kaitlin Cassidy - Hollywood, CA
2. Pimp your link : http://www.twitter.com/kaitlincassidy http://kaitlincassidy.blogspot.com/
3. If you could create an alias for yourself, what would that be? : I already have one: Trixie!
4. What's your day job?: Nanny/ Personal Assistant, freelance graphic design, freelance entertainment jobs
5. Your dream job? : Still have yet to figure it out.... maybe a nutritionist! Or to own my own restaurant !
6. Last time you laughed so hard you cried? Care to elaborate? : Last time I went home and hung out with my friends...I do everytime I'm with my friends from home!
7. What is the single most defining moment in your life thus far? : Moving out to LA on a whim!
8. Who inspires you most in your life? : My mommy... she has accomplished so much with the little she was given!
9. Best gift you've ever received? : My computer! I run my whole life on it!!
10. Name 1 item you'd like to put in a time capsule to represent you years from now? : Some of my wacky outfits....maybe one of my beloved ugly jumpsuits.
11. What is something people would be surprised to know about you? : I'm overly obsessed with skin!
12. First thing you'd do/say if you were to meet Johnny Depp at random? : Haha, being in Hollywood has changed my celebrity reactions...I would probably just shake his hand. Lets just put it this way: It wouldn't be a stretch to meet him.
13. What is your guilty pleasure? Wine & Cheese
14. What are the TOP 3 things you want to do before you die? 1. Travel more 2. Have a daughter 3. Meet Lady Gaga!
Lightening Round:
1. Swan Dive or Cannonball? : Neither, not into swimming!
2. Favorite Variety of Cupcake? : Red Velvet or Chocolate Cheesecake like my Mom makes!
3. Plane, Train or Automobile? : Train! So easy!
4. 1 album EVERYONE should own? : Sarah McLachlans "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy"
5. 1 movie EVERYONE should see? : "Forrest Gump"
6. Guitar or Piano? : Piano, I play a little.
7. Most underrated Actor/Actress/Musician? : My boss, EG Daily.
8. Karaoke song of choice? : "Greatest Love of All" Whitney Houston
9. Most prized possession? : My Louis Vuitton Bag
10. Christian Bale or Christopher Walken? : Bale...sexy!
11. Black & White or Color photos? : Depends on what light you look better in lol!
12. Guns N' Roses or Bon Jovi? : Bon Jovi!
*FINAL QUESTION!: Now that you've been Brain Squeezed, who would YOU like to see Brain Squeezed in the future? : Actor Chris Riggi, a fellow Saratoga Springs native who you may have seen on Gossip Girl :)
**HAVE SOMEONE IN MIND YOU'D LIKE TO SEE BRAIN SQUEEZED? LEAVE A COMMENT AND LET ME KNOW! PLEASE LEAVE A LINK TO THE NOMINATED PARTY AS WELL AS A REASON WHY YOU THINK THEY'd MAKE A GREAT BRAIN SQUEEZED VICTIM! THANKS!
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Labels: Brain Squeezed, funny, Gossip Girl, interview, Kailtin Cassidy, My So Called Life, Paris Hilton
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Life in 1970 vs. 2010
My, my, what 40 years can do to a culture! What is it about great retro pictures that make it seem like life was just so much more fun and colorful decades ago? Don't get me wrong, 2010 is cool and all, but theres a certain charm from days gone by that unfortunately isn't a present in the modern day world as I wish it were.
This is a photo of some of my family, circa 1969/1970ish, and the little doll in the mod flower dress is my Mom! How cute was she as a munchkin??? She's not actually itching her head, or thinking hard, but she is saluting. In fact she is doing the "Woofum Poofum" salute. What is that you ask? Well, the short answer to that is, I have no friggin' clue! It seems to be some sort of family thing since most of my Mom's generation knows what it is, but I'm still in the dark about it. Either way, it's just as awesome.
Mom, you should have been a child model. :)
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Dachshund Love: I'm OFFICIALLY a Crazy Dog Lady!
Greetings, my darlings! Just a quick post to let you all know I've entered into the realm of Crazy Dog Lady. My darling little love nugget, my Miniature Dachshund, "Mel", inspired these adorable little studs. I can't lie, I'm pretty much obsessed with them. Are they not the cutest little things EVER??? Don't judge me people! I just love my dog, OK???!!! Geez!!!
Anyway, if you love these as much as I do, you can find them in my Etsy Shop pronto! Right over HERE :)
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A Show Of Hands , Please....
Lately I've been thinking about doing a fun twist on a "Featured Seller" type interview and ask some of my favorite Etsy Artists and maybe ever some people outside of Etsy to keep it fresh and interesting, to answer some no-so-typical interview questions. You know, a little of this, a little of that, mostly fun stuff but maybe throw in a bit of business to go with the pleasure. I'd like to begin a little series of these posts and entitle the series "Brain Squeezed" or something along those lines.
So what I need from you is a show of hands. Is this something you'd be interested in reading? Yay or Nay?
If this is in fact an idea you'd like to see get off the ground,PLEASE take this time to nominate someone (not yourself though, sorry!) to be 'Brain Squeezed'. I'm very interested to see who your most interested in seeing on this blog :) It doesn't need to be Etsy exclusive, but do make sure to leave links in the comment area to let me know where to find these little gremlins :)
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Labels: blogging, Etsy, funny, humor, interview, people, questions
Monday, February 8, 2010
Jessie Baylin - "Leave Your Mark"
Many moons ago, I discovered my buddy Jessie Baylin, her unique voice and her sweet disposition. I even was fortunate enough to make a few pieces of jewelry for her based on lyrics from her songs somewhere towards the beginning of this jewelry journey I've been on. Really gorgeous words, so beautifully written. She has a little bit of a jazzed up Stevie Nicks feel that I find SO refreshing. Anyway, I've been listening to her a lot lately when I'm looking for chill inspiration music to have going whilst working on new designs etc, so I thought I'd share her with you :) It really bothers me that more people don't know who she is, because she really deserves a lot more respect and attention than she gets. I realize that music is just as much of a rat race as the fashion design world, but alas, I will help her fight against the droves of singer/songwriters running alongside her, one dinky blog post at a time :) It's the least I can do, right? :)
You Can buy Jessie's album on iTunes, HERE!
Here Jessie is singing on of my favorite songs of hers, "Leave Your Mark", LIVE :) She is a breath of fresh air :) Enjoy guys!
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Labels: jazz, jessie baylin, jewelry, lake george, live, music, singer, songwriter
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Flight of the Hummingbird
Today I'll be adding a few new designs to my Etsy Shop, including this sweet and delicate little Hummingbird! What do you guys think of it? I'm considering doing some stud earrings with this design...Yay or Nay?
I'm also brainstorming new darling silhouette ideas for my shop in Spring, so if you have a request, please speak now or forever hold your peace :)
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Labels: birds, designing, Etsy, jewelry, Saratoga Springs, springtime, whimsical
Friday, February 5, 2010
Can I PLEASE Live Inside This Song???
Seriously, can I? It's heaven. It's absolute perfection. Why don't more people know about Horse Feathers? It's a damn shame, I'll tell you that much!
The lyrics kind of contradict the music that accompanies them, but I think that's what I love :)
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Labels: horse feathers, love, music, song
Cupcakes vs. Zoloft
Yesterday I made some cupcakes for my little brother, well, he's 18, but still 'little bro' status in my mind. I figured I'd make them bright and springy to break up the icy cold whites, greys and cool blues of an Upstate NY winter and bring us all thoughts of spring :) Who need's Zoloft for their seasonal depression when you can whip up a batch of cupcakes with bright yellow buttercream frosting? I'd rather self medicate with frosting, it's so much more enjoyable :)
Wait, have I told any of you guys just HOW MUCH I love frosting??? It's a problem...
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
'Single Ladies' in the form of 5th Grade Boys...
I gotta make this quick because I have a day full of shopping for home goods, laundry, making cupcakes for my little brother and working in the studio for a bit ahead of me. But, I had to share this video with you all! I am dying over here!!! I've pretty much been peeing my pants over it since I saw.
This lovely little video is from my cousin Drew's 5th Grade Talent Show. He and about 8 of his buddies all got together and decide it'd be nice to channel their inner Beyonce. Seems as though their decision to perform 'Single Ladies' whilst dressed in black leotards and stockings is something that will go down in history at their school. Now, I know about a million people have spoofed the 'Single Ladies' song/video but I think this 5th Grade Boys version takes the cake.
Check out Drew & Co. shake, wiggle and neck bob to Beyonce. Clearly, they brought down the house :) Yay, Drew!
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Labels: 5th Grade, Beyonce, boys, cousin, family, funny, music, Single Ladies
Monday, February 1, 2010
Let's Play Catch Up : Sundance & Home Decorating
Wowza! I haven't blogged in quite a long time! What's going on with that?! So sorry all, sometimes my brain gets all A.D.D. on me and it's all I can do to just hold on for the ride :) I promise I've been absent for good reason! Let me explain...
Well first off, as you may or may not know, The Sundance Film Festival was this past week! To my utter euphoria, I was involved in an amazing art collaboration of video shorts that screened at Sundance on Friday! So exciting! Wahoo! So, that ate up quite a bit of my time last week, taking away from my blog of course :( It was all worth it though, I watched the screening via a Live Feed on the internet and I'm not sure I've ever had such an extreme overwhelming sense of pride in my life! It was truly otherworldly to see some of my contributions make it to Sundance! YAY!
Aside from the hoopla of Sundance, I've been spending a lot of time conceptualizing/sketching new designs for my Etsy Shop! As well as coming up with fun new ideas to make your A.N. Original Jewelry experience more fantastical! Oh yes, I'm also putting together some bead DESTASH lots to make room for new gemstones...yippie! Stay tuned if you want to get a sweet deal :)
Last but not least, I've been obsessed with trying to revamp my bedroom. I'm in an apartment so I'm avoiding the paint situation, although I'd really LOVE to paint, gah! I searched far and wide for a new duvet cover but opted to stay with the one I have for now and choose to revamp the artwork in my room. This is where you come in...
See, I have lovely Red/Cream Toile patterned Pottery Barn bedding, with accents of red around my room, as well as very vintage-y old hollywood looking lamps and floaty drapes that are a gradiation of sage green.Now, what I need from you is your assistance in choosing a huge ol' painting for above my bed! I have a thing for Vintage Ad Art, they are all over my apt so I think thats the style I'm going with! I also have a thing for monstrously oversized art...so all of these prints would be purchased in a very LARGE size :)
I've narrowed it down to these 3 options, HELP ME CHOOSE! Which one do you think would be most majestic and fabulous?
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Labels: Art, Decor, destash, film, gemstones, home, Interior Design, sundance, vintage


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The job hiring process is an intricate procedure– there is no one proven method that employers abide by. One employer could be most captivated with your college GPA or your extracurricular activities while another may be more interested in your internships and experience. How do you know what to emphasize while you are being interviewed when you don't know what they are looking for?
Stockholm-based employer branding firm, Universum, might have an answer. They have accumulated data and research that says that a strong majority of employers prefer a candidate that is a "cultural fit" within the company rather than the interviewee's skills or experience. One reason for this is due to the many companies' focus on improving attrition rates, or percent of employees who have left the business over a specific period of time, within the company. In other words, many companies aren't looking for degrees– they are looking for the "right guy"– but how can the right guy be objectively measured? Don't worry, Universum has covered that, as well. By identifying what companies are looking for in employees, Universum has been able to conclude the top five personality traits that employers look for:
1. Professionalism
This can be best summed up as one with the character of a professional. This includes: arriving on time, minding your manners/showing others respect and demonstrating a positive attitude. This is a characteristic that can be analyzed the moment a candidate enters the room.
2. High-energy
Also a trait that is clearly visible within the first thirty seconds of meeting someone, many employers are searching for an energetic, go-getter mentality to add to their team. A candidate can best demonstrate high-energy by showing assertiveness in an interview. Show that you are excited to be there– ask questions and be responsive to the interviewer.
3. Confidence
Considered to be the personality trait that candidates and employees are missing most, confidence embodies professionalism and high-energy. Whether or not you possess this trait is can be summed up in your body language. Do you stand up straight when you walk, are you handshakes firm and do you look them in the eyes? All of which are qualities of a poised individual.
4. Self-monitoring
Although this is not a quality that can be assessed on-sight, it is noticeable in a candidate's resume and interview process. A self-starter of sorts, this personality type has the capability to work independently and without the guidance of direct leadership. To emphasize this characteristic, describe how self-motivation was crucial to a moment of success in your life.
5. Intellectual curiosity
An intellectually-curious candidate would be open to new challenges in the workplace. This trait, defined by problem solving abilities and the ongoing 'thirst' for new knowledge, is a strong indicator of how an individual will fare within the company. Those who possess intellectual curiosity are more likely to stay with the organization for the long term, thus contributing to the company's attrition rate.
So the next time you're preparing for an interview, don't forget to think about how your attitude and experience fits within the company's culture. Confidence is key!
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News of the Screwed
The front page of the last ever edition of the News of the World is all over the internet, accompanied by quotes from staff bleating about the injustice of the paper's closure by Murdoch management on the back foot. I did feel a touch of regret that a supposedly crusading paper fell victim to the actions of a dodgy few.
Not for long. Remembering the culture at News International which encouraged the cynical and illegal access to voicemails of murdered teenagers whilst their poor parents knew nothing of the fate of their children makes me ashamed of the British press as an institution (and not for the first time).
However cynical an attempt this is to preserve the other NI titles, good riddance. I hope people will continue to boycott the predicted "Sunday Sun" when it materialises.
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- Murdoch flies to London amid phone-hacking crisis (msnbc.msn.com)
- 3 arrests in UK phone hacking scandal (msnbc.msn.com)
- UK's News of the World bids farewell to readers (boston.com)
- Former News of the World editor arrested (salon.com)
- The Intrusive British Press (thedailybeast.com)
- Phone hacking scandal: Murdoch's BSkyB bid – the News of the World's latest victim (telegraph.co.uk)
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There you have it. Citizens owning legal firearms are being disarmed by law, while the South African Police lost 20,000 firearms since 2004. Now "lost" here can mean many things. Anything from drunken cops leaving their guns in the local shebeen to corrupt cops selling firearms voluntarily handed in by legal gun owners.
The police described the report as "worrying" – not incompetent, corrupt, inept, but worrying. The best part – no report of how many officials have been criminally prosecuted as a result (as required by law). If this doesn't stink of communist regime to you, you probably won't notice a turd on your upper lip.
Annelize van Wyk of the ANC said that laws "seemed" to be stricter for civilians than police officers. More communist wordplay – "seemed" to be. Annelize, just remove that turd from your lip.
Diane Kohler Barnard of the Democratic Alliance said that "I am convinced that many murders are committed with police weapons". She is correct of course. This is of course over and above the crimes committed by cops themselves, with around 10,000 of them in jail.
You can read the full article here.


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Improving Online Ads with HTML
Thursday 31st July 2014
Whether you design digital ads for your clients or customize third-party ads before publishing them on your domain, our newest additions can set you on the path to beautiful, scalable, responsive ads that are customized to customers' needs and interests.
Let's face it. Ads on the web need some love. While web fonts and responsive design have created more readable, seamless experiences for visitors, and many of us have improved workflow through closer collaboration with devs and embracing prototyping as part of our role, the process of designing and building digital ads has lagged behind and is still very much an over-the-fence approach. But we don't think it has to stay that way.
The future of ads is HTML
Actually, it's not the future. It's now. 25% of all website visits are now from mobile browsers, and we can expect this to climb as tablet sales continue to skyrocket. With Apple TV, Google Chromecast, and Amazon Fire TV now in the marketplace, and games consoles enabling web browsing, large TV screens are also connecting more people to the web than ever before. In fact, 39% of TVs shipped in 2013 were smartTVs*.
But the two dominant ad formats, Flash and image-based ads, are flawed. Most mobile devices don't support Flash, nor do most smartTV browsers. And using image-based ads as fallbacks (particularly when they include text as image) is problematic for obvious reasons; they don't support dynamic content, native device functionality or any other delights that engage customers. They also pose the real risk that images and embedded text will render as blurry, pixelated messes as they're scaled up to larger screens (screens that aren't necessarily always of higher resolutions).
So those who publish Flash and image ads to the web face an unsavory tradeoff: they can either reach some of the browsing audience with engaging, media-rich creative or all of the audience on any device with static images. With HTML ads, on the other hand, there is no tradeoff. You can have the best of both: reach and richness.
Ads in Typecast
We see HTML ads as miniature webpages, so introducing digital ad design to Typecast® just made sense—helping you to create responsive HTML ads using the same visual controls you've grown used to.
New Ad Templates
To get you started, we've added 5 new templates based on popular IAB standard ad units. Rather customize something unique? Then start from scratch with the blank ad template.
Greater Control Over Images
We've also improved image support. For the first time in Typecast® you can upload images, add background images, and control image, size, repetition, and position by eye.
Design Responsive Ads
More and more publishers are making the switch to responsive design, and we think it won't be long before they start asking for ads that are formatted accordingly. Responsive design in Typecast is great because it feels like you're designing static images, when in fact you're creating fluid designs with the media queries baked in. Click our 'Breakpoints' menu to insert one of our device breakpoints, and then adjust the size of your ad's container to suit the ad unit you want to transition to. Simply restyle and rescale your designs from there, and repeat if you need to add another ad state. The result is one ad file that can be served anywhere, easing handover and making changes and updates much faster.
To quickly see your media queries in action, hit Preview in the top right of your design canvas for a unified responsive prototype that you can drag to see scale. The Preview's URL is also public (but not searchable), so you can quickly send it to clients to show them how the ad will behave and get feedback.
Readable, Scalable Text
Brand consistency across channels and devices, crisp legibility at any resolution, dynamic content, quick edits instead of twelve dozen image updates. These are just some of the benefits web fonts bring to the HTML ads party. And of course in Typecast you can experiment with over 100,000 web fonts from the web's top providers.
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Download your project's CSS, HTML and image folder with just a click. Then pass the package on to devs to add more magic, like database integration for dynamic pricing and geolocation, device event and other native functionalities.
We're not the only ones keen to see online ads improve. This week Monotype launched a new site that will be exploring all things HTML-addy. Its aim is to probe the industry, track and report developments, and offer guidance and resources to any designers who are keen to make the switch to HTML ads. They'll also be doing some HMTL ad experiments, identifying stumbling points and sharing their discoveries with the community. They've already got some sample ads, responsive demos, and free templates available. You should take a look and follow them on Twitter.
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Designer, author and speaker Mark Boulton joined us to talk about the current design landscape for digital ads. He also showed us some great examples of what's possible with HTML, and we used Typecast to build up some designs. Watch the webinar to see what you missed.
Tell us what you know
Listen, we don't pretend to be experts in digital advertising. And HTML ads are new territory for nearly everyone. But we believe its similarities to web design means there are things we can do to give brands and designers a hand at improving how their ads look and perform online. We'd love to learn more from those of you who are at the coalface designing digital campaigns, though. If you'd like to let us pick your brains, share your experiences, offer us feedback on our new features, test new features, etc, please let us know in the comments below and we'll be in touch.
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PureMassacre needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 23 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
Basically, we would like a new logo for the top of ushistoryforum.com before we start promoting it. It should be a 717x175 image and summarize US history.
US HistoryForum.com
Desired Color Scheme:
fit the current vbulletin color scheme
Desired Style:
Compilation of American history figures/landmarks. Similar to current header but more fitting and better looking.
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psd, gif, jpg
For this logo, we'd like to keep the idea behind the existing logo: a combination of different historical characters. A few that we'd really like to see are: a pioneer or settler scene, a Civil War person (soldier or possibly Lee/Lincoln), Theodore Roosevelt for sure , and then a WW2 scene of some kind with American soldiers, not German/Hitler.
You don't have to follow those examples exactly, but it's a good idea of what we're looking for. Other than that, the colors should of course go well with the rest of the vBulletin template. Oh, and of course have it say "USHistoryForum.com"
We hope to get some good entries so we can get the forum going. :) Thanks, and let me know if you have any questions.
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Pumpkin Butter
Pumpkin Butter
The Fall inspired recipe is perfect for freezing when pumpkins are in season and using later as a spread on muffins and scones or in desserts. Layered into Trifle, sandwiched between two cookies, or swirled into cheesecake or brownies, it is sure to be your new comfort food.
- 1 3 lb. pie pumpkin
- 1 cup apple cider or apple juice
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1-1/2 cups light brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 vanilla bean
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Quarter pumpkin and remove seeds. Place pumpkin peel side up on a baking sheet and roast for 20 minutes. Turn pumpkin quarters over, peel side down and roast an additional 20-30 minutes, until very soft. Remove pumpkin from oven and let cool.
- Scoop flesh from peel and puree in batches in a food processor. Transfer puree to a saucepot.
- Stir in apple cider, maple syrup, sugar and lemon juice. Split vanilla bean and scrape seeds into pumpkin mixture and then add remaining spices. Bring puree to a boil over medium-high heat stirring frequently to avoid sticking. Reduce heat to low, cover partially (to avoid splatters) and simmer an additional 20-30 minutes, or until thickened and it holds its shape on a spoon. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
- Ladle hot pumpkin butter into hot jars, leaving 1/2-inch (1-cm) headspace. Cool to room temperature. Place lids and bands on jars. Label and freeze for up to 1 year.


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Bella & Abel are still together
On Sunday E! reported exclusively that Bella Hadid and The Weeknd were "taking a break". The two did not spend Christmas together. And he was apparently flirting with some girls at a show in Miami. The next day, however, the two were seen together, in Miami, hanging out on DJ Khaled's boat. So either the break is over or there was no break to begin with, although it's probably only a matter of time? For starters, Bella's only 19 years old. And while 2015 was all about the rise of Gigi, 2016 might be all about Bella's ascent alongside Gigi's continued domination.
As for Abel…
He released two new songs last week, Low Life and Pass Dat. Both, as usual, are about his well-documented lifestyle. All those lyrics about being kicked out of the Ritz because he trashed it too many times? Definitely not fiction if he's talking about how he is at home. And a lot of that happened before Beauty Behind The Madness became Spotify's most streamed album of the year. Fame doesn't usually miss an opportunity to turn bad into worse.
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The 73-year-old great-grandmother, Phyllis Shaughnessy, has spent every weekday this summer handing out lunches to low income kids in Grays Harbor County, Washington. Shaughnessy has established a program called Green Lantern Lunches, in response to a change in a grant (food to be served in one location) that had previously provided summer lunches to students who qualified for free or reduced meals during the school year.
So Shaughnessy decided to bring the food directly to students in need. Monday through Friday, she and a group of volunteers gather at the Green Lantern Pub, where more than 200 lunches a day are put together, totaling to nearly 7,000 total meals this summer alone.


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We develop bespoke training solutions that improve learning process and performance in the workplace. Whether you want to integrate a playful experience in a learning environment or offer learners a powerful tool for interactive training, we've seen it all.
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Swiss Tech Startup "MaxBrain" partnered up with Q to build a dedicated development and design team to develop and support the growth of their business.
Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, MaxBrain is offers completely paperless Learning Management System to companies and universities. Universities and companies use MaxBrain in organising network and internal processes including network of facilities, students and staff. It offers competitive advantage for educational institutions through modern and needs-oriented digital education and training.
Irish eLearning agency Interactive Services and Q partnered up to build an innovative onboarding app for Facebook. Typically, companies onboard their new employees on the day of their arrival to the company and hand them out boring 50 pages long pdf, but the idea here was to integrate new employee even before they officially start to work for the company, to share company culture and company rules.
We created an eLearning app where new employee gets an early access (2 months before becoming an official Facebook employee), picks a character and goes through series of videos, texts, HTML5 games and quizzes. This way new employee learns about Facebook and Facebook's culture, collects points while having fun and when they collect enough number of points, they are successfully onboarded.


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The Boylepoker.com IPO (International Poker Open) tournament is now heading towards its seventh year, and has firmly cemented its place in the European must attend poker calendar. In 2014 the IPO will be making 5 stops across the UK & Ireland starting in Galway in February and then onto London, Killarney, Newcastle, and then make its way back to Dublin in October! The IPO is truly an International event with past winners from Ireland, U.K., Germany and the Netherlands. The event is a professional tournament for an amateur buy-in with prize pools that regularly top €250,000!
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Andrew McCutchen struggled with Pirates' decision to move him to right field
It's been a tough offseason for Andrew McCutchen. Coming off his worst season, he spent the past few months listening to trade rumors involving his name and several other teams.
Finally, when it appeared he would start 2017 in Pittsburgh, he got some surprising news — the Pirates were shuffling their outfield, moving McCutchen from center field to right, with Starling Marte going to center, and Gregory Polanco shifting to left.
MORE: MLB 2017: Handing out grades for every MLB team's offseason
For McCutchen, who had played only one game in right field in his entire 12-year pro career (at Double-A Altoona in 2006), the move hurt — especially the fact the Pirates didn't even ask him.
"It was more, 'This is something you have to do.' It wasn't an ask," McCutchen told reporters Friday (via MLB.com). "It was more of [the team saying] that I have to move there and it's for the betterment of the team. That's one of the first times where that's something I wanted to go against.
"But as I'm saying that, I'm talking about myself. I had to not be as selfish and just accept that's what I have to do and move over to right."
McCutchen, 30, says he still felt he could do the job in center.
"It's more difficult because I feel I can still play it," he said. "I don't feel like I'm at the end of my career. You know, people like to say, 'Torii Hunter moved to right.' Uh, also, Torii Hunter was 35 years old when he moved to right. So at the same time, I'm 30, and I feel like I can still play it."
The player who helped resurrect baseball in Pittsburgh after 20 straight losing seasons is ready for a bounce-back year. He played hurt at times in 2016 and struggled in the field and at the plate, with career lows in batting average .256 and OPS (.766). He's entering 2017 with optimism, and trying to put a positive spin on the shift to right, as his tweet of legendary Pirates right fielder Roberto Clemente earlier this month showed.
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"Once I got over the fact that I had to move, the more I started to look at it, get some positivity out of it, that's one way to look at it," McCutchen said. "Clemente set the standard for someone I would love to be like — at least half that guy. It's an honor to be out there playing in that position."


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The 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia offers an opportunity for humanity to look at past achievements in the global response to AIDS and face the challenges ahead in reaching the ultimate goal of an AIDS-free generation, where new infections are prevented and effective health systems provide long-term support to those living positively on treatment.
However, the theme of the conference, "Stepping up the Pace," poses tough questions: How do we sustain the response to HIV in the current global economic environment in which donor funding is declining?
"Stepping up the pace" will require increased funding directed toward the global response to HIV and leveraging the potential of public-private partnerships to maintain and increase access to quality health services.
Increasing involvement, investments in country financing
Limited global resources — coupled with the rising costs of care due to earlier initiation of clients on antiretroviral therapy and the inclusion of all HIV positive pregnant women in prevention as treatment programs — shifts greater responsibility for HIV programs toward local governments and communities.
This calls for using improved financial and program planning by governments to make smart investments for sustainable impact. It will require mobilization of additional domestic resources, including from the private sector, and require a focus on cost-effective interventions that address HIV program inefficiencies. And last but not least, it will require increasing the quality and accessibility of health services down to the primary health care level as antiretroviral therapy becomes a matter of chronic care.
Many countries affected by the epidemic have growing economies which can significantly contribute to additional funding for the response. For example, in sub-Saharan Africa — a key region affected by the epidemic — Nigeria's economy has been growing and has now officially surpassed the economy of South Africa, making it the largest country economy on the continent.
The Nigerian government is working with partners — particularly the USAID-funded Health Finance and Governance Project — to devise ways to increase its funding of the AIDS response in the country. Similar work is ongoing throughout the continent in countries with relatively substantial economies to increase national and sub-national governments' contributions to funding aspects of the AIDS response. This kind of indigenous funding from national and sub-national governments is critical to the success of stepping up the pace in future global responses to HIV.
Critical role for the private sector
The private sector represents a broad range of potential partners that could be engaged to accelerate achievement of an AIDS-free generation; the private sector's significant human, logistical and financial resources that could be leveraged to meet essential and chronic health needs in many high-HIV burden countries.
In many countries, there is an existing, vibrant and capable private health sector with additional capacity to provide counseling and testing, care and treatment, as well as long-term support for chronic illnesses. Partnerships with the private sector allow for greater reach by increasing the number of available service delivery points. The private sector can also help achieve equitable access to HIV-related services by removing financial barriers to care through tools such as vouchers and low-cost health insurance.
For example, Namibia became in 2012 the first country to cover voluntary medical male circumcision through private health insurance as an HIV preventative benefit. The USAID-funded Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector project worked with the public and private sectors to standardize the fee for the procedure and train private providers so that more Namibian men and boys could access this benefit. In Malawi, SHOPS worked with the Malawi Business Coalition for HIV and AIDS, the Malawi TB Control Program and the Malawi HIV and AIDS Control Program to increase the number of approved private health providers delivering integrated HIV/TB services in partnership with government. SHOPS is also working in Ivory Coast to establish a private provider network for the delivery of antiretroviral therapy in partnership with the government.
To achieve an AIDS-free generation, we must solve a variety of financial, human resource and infrastructure challenges. Doing so will require the involvement of new partners, such as the private sector, and innovative financing to make this goal a reality.
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first time I ever saw Eric Carr was on the cover of People
magazine in the summer of 1980, August I believe. I
was 13 at the time. There had been a great deal of talk
about Peter Criss leaving KISS and speculation as to who would
step into his shoes and take control of the vaunted drum kit
that backed the group's three frontmen. One of my friends had
bought the issue, which featured a full color shot of the band's
new lineup. Eric stood there, with his new Fox makeup and costume
on and I was already a fan! I thought he was an instant member
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KISS was all about. Then, he took the stage and showed fans why
he was chosen to be Peter's successor. For years after that,
Eric's vintage drumming wowed people, be they KISS Army veterans
or just casual observers. His contributions to the band were
and are stellar, his memory as well.
I must confess that I never had the opportunity to see the band perform with Eric behind the kit. For years, I had been more focused on other things outside of music (namely sports and politics). BUT, I can honestly say that his presence always brought me back to buying the newest KISS album or watching their videos on MTV, when it was actually about music in the 1980s. His drumming style was superb and disciplined. He personified everything that we fans have loved about the band for years, in that he gave it absolutely everything he had and never backed off that commitment. If only we could all follow that example.
The first time I saw Eric play on television with KISS was during their appearance on the former ABC comedy Fridays. Great set and another example of the Fox's steadfast approach to his profession and true life calling. He just pounded away on the skins and captured the crowd that night, as well as the millions of people watching through their television sets. He was MY drummer in MY band, plain and simple. He was family.
When I heard that he had been stricken with heart cancer I was saddened but hopeful things would work out. His death came as a great shock to me, same for many, many others. Eric Carr's life has been celebrated many times over, either by KISS themselves, Eric's loving family or fans. For me, he represents precisely what I love about rock music - he was a goodhearted, dedicated drummer who left it all out there on the stage. Nothing more or less. In that spirit, I donned the Fox face paint and costume and sat behind the drums at a pair of KISS conventions here in my hometown of Jonesboro, Arkansas the past two summers. It was a thrill, to be sure. I felt a bit sentimental, because Eric has been gone for some time. Yet, I also had a great sense of pride in being able to personify him on stage. There is positively no way I could even hope to play at his level, but to know that fans were there to see a performance by our tribute band that included Eric meant a lot to me.
When you boil it all down, for me, it's a question of honoring a man who honored me as a fan by devoting himself to giving me years of great music. He deserves that and so much more . . .
Anthony Childress
Jonesboro, Arkansas
KISS fan since 1976
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5 Things to Know About Rinspeed's Self-Driving BMW i8
The BMW i8 has long been billed as a "car of the future," what with its hybrid powertrain, infusion of carbon fiber, and stellar sports car performance. But now, thanks to a bit of fettling by the forward-thinking folks at Rinspeed…it really is a car of tomorrow. Meet the Rinspeed Etos—the autonomous, drone carrying BMW i8 that you never knew you wanted. But of course, now do. Like most of Rinspeed's engineering endeavors, the self-driving Etos is a concept vehicle, and a bit "out there" to say the least. Nevertheless, there are some very unique features it displays which may soon find their way to your next car. RELATED: Take a Closer Look at the 2016 Rinspeed Etos Concept
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Not only can the Rinspeed Etos drive you somewhere autonomously, its infotainment system is described as like a personal assistant, rather than say, an iPad. It can learn from your habits and over time anticipate your commands, which will help reduce the tedium of pressing the same buttons or dialing up the same screens repeatedly. It is a bit creepy though.
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Creepier still (but also rather neat) the Etos permanently tracks a driver's eye movements in order to gauge what they have seen, and more importantly, what they've missed. That'll come in handy when you want to take your Etos out of autonomous mode and tap into its BMW i8 performance roots. It also means the exterior side mirrors (video screens) will only project images when you look at them.
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The prodigal son's older brother did not forgive his brother. The older brother was angry (Lk 15:28). He excluded himself from the family's celebration of his brother's return (Lk 15:28). He was so alienated from his father that he refused to call his father "father" (see Lk 15:29-30). The older brother did not see himself as a beloved son but as a slave of his father (Lk 15:29). Although everything the Father had was his (Lk 15:31), he felt deprived and could not recall receiving even a kid goat from his father (Lk 15:29). The older brother refused to acknowledge his brother as his brother. He referred to him as "this son of yours" (Lk 15:30). Finally, he accused his brother of blowing his inheritance on "loose women," although he had not talked to his brother to receive that information (Lk 15:30).
If we don't forgive, "all hell breaks loose" — anger, alienation, family breakdown, self-pity, false accusations, gossip, and other "tortures" (see Mt 18:34). If we don't forgive, we are lost and on the road to death (see Lk 15:32) and self-destruction. Receive God's grace now to forgive everyone for every sin committed against you.


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"It was a dark and stormy night." So begins the tale of Meg Murry, a stubborn girl who is the only one who can save the universe. Sounds simple, right? She only has to tesser through all of space and time, find a long-lost father, and defy the unimaginable tug of hypnotism from IT . . . not so simple.
Madeline L'Engle's classic book A Wrinkle In Time is brought to an entirely new level in Childsplay's stage play, directed by Dwayne Hartford. This thought-provoking story starts with Meg Murry and her nerdy brother, Charles Wallace, who always seems to be able to read her mind. Then a mystifying stranger turns up, telling them that there is such a thing as a "tesseract." Soon the siblings meet Calvin and together they discover Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which, three magical ladies who send them on the quest of a lifetime. They journey using the "tesseract," a short way of travelling through time. They find Meg's father on an evil planet controlled by IT—a giant brain Meg must confront whose hypnotism is incredibly strong.
"A Wrinkle in Time" stars Rebecca Duckworth as Meg, Will Hightower as Calvin, Cullen Law as Charles Wallace, Debra K. Stevens as Mrs. Whatsit, Yolanda London as Mrs. Who, and Kyle Sorrell as Father, and they all did an incredible job on the stage! When asked what they hoped the audience would take away from this play, Yolanda London answered, "Meg learns [at the end of the show] that what she considers to be her faults are ultimately what saves her . . . There's something cool and awesome about accepting who you are and using exactly who you are to make your world better."
In addition to the fantastic acting on stage, the costumes, designs, and stage technology were also a wonder. Behind a screen, wired lights were strung across the back of the stage to create the stars. Debra K. Stevens' (Mrs. Whatsit) winged centaur costume had beautiful, giant wings that extended out when Rebecca Duckworth (Meg) operated them from her seat on the horse body. Many fly-in objects were put to use as well, and pulleys and ropes operated them. On the floor of the stage, tape was used to mark where props stopped and moved during the production. The cast practiced six days a week for three weeks from ten to five o'clock PM until they got into the actual theatre, when they practiced ten out of twelve hours per day! The stage director, Samantha Monson, had only three days to put together all the lights, sounds, fly-ins, and technology—and that turned out to be one of the best parts of the play!
I thought A Wrinkle in Time was one of the most humorous, clever, engaging, and best plays I have been to. As Rebecca Duckworth (Meg) said, "When I was a kid and the schools took us to see shows like this, I remember those very vividly, and they changed my life. Reading a book is an amazing thing, but seeing a story on stage, for me, is entirely different and much more powerful." I know I will remember this one for many years to come, and I'm sure you will too! A Wrinkle in Time has been brilliantly put together to create a phenomenal production you'll never forget!


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|Herman Melville
|United States, England
|Romance literature
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|Preceded by
|Followed by
Mardi, and a Voyage Thither is the third book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. Beginning as a travelogue in the vein of the author's two previous efforts, the adventure story gives way to a romance story, which in its turn gives way to a philosophical quest.
Mardi is Melville's first pure fiction work (while featuring fictional narrators; his previous novels were heavily autobiographical). It details (much like Typee and Omoo) the travelings of an American sailor who abandons his whaling vessel to explore the South Pacific. Unlike the first two, however, Mardi is highly philosophical and said to be the first work to show Melville's true potential. The tale begins as a simple narrative, but quickly focuses upon discourse between the main characters and their interactions with the different symbolic countries they encounter. While not as cohesive or lengthy as Moby-Dick, it shares a similar writing style as well as many of the same themes.
As a preface to Mardi, Melville wrote somewhat ironically that his first two books were nonfiction but disbelieved; by the same pattern he hoped the fiction book would be accepted as fact.
Influence of Rabelais and Swift[edit]
The voyage from island to island echoes Rabelais's Gargantua and Pantagruel, especially the last two books. According to scholar Newton Arvin, "The praise of eating and drinking is highly Rabelaisian in intention, and so in general is all the satire on bigotry, dogmatism, and pedantry. Taji and his friends wandering about on the island of Maramma, which stands for ecclesiastical tyranny and dogmatism, are bound to recall Pantagruel and his companions wandering among the superstitious inhabitants of Papimany; and the pedantic, pseudo-philosophi of Melville's Doxodox is surely, for a reader of Rabelais, an echo of the style of Master Janotus de Bragmardo holding forth polysyllabically to Gargantua in Book I."[1] Arvin also recognizes the influence of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, "there is something very Swiftian in Melville's Hooloomooloo, the Isle of Cripples, the inhabitants of which are all twisted and deformed, and whose shapeless king is horrified at the straight, strong figures of his visitors from over sea."[2]
The emotional center of the book, Arvin writes, is the relation between Taji and Yillah, the "I" and the mysterious blonde who disappears as suddenly as she appeared. Taji begins a quest for her throughout the islands without finding her. Though Arvin finds the allegory of Yillah "too tenuous and too pretty to be anything but an artistic miscarriage" in the poetic sense, he also finds it "extremely revealing" in connection with the whole Melville canon. Yillah, associated with the lily in the language of flowers, is "an embodiment of the pure, innocent, essentially sexless happiness", and Hautia, "symbolized by the dahlia", embodies "the sensual, the carnal, the engrossingly sexual". The middle portion of the book is taken up by "a series of forays in social and political satire, and by quasi-metaphysical speculations" that are, if at all, at best "only loosely and uncertainly related to the quest for Yillah". The only way to perceive any fabric holding the book together, Arvin feels, is by recognizing "a certain congruity among the various more or less frustrated quests it dramatizes--the quest for an emotional security once possessed, the quest for a just and happy sociality once too easily assumed possible, and the quest for an absolute and transcendent Truth once imagined to exist and still longed for."[3]
For Arvin, in Mardi Melville rejects not "the profounder moralities of democracy" so much as "a cluster of delusions and inessentials" that Americans have come to regard as somehow connected to the idea of democracy. Arvin recognizes three delusions to the cluster:
- "that political and social freedom is an ultimate good, however empty of content;
- that equality should be a literal fact as well as a spiritual ideal;
- that physical and moral evil are rapidly receding before the footsteps of Progress."[2]
The philosophical plot, Arvin believes, is furnished by the interaction between the intense longing for certainty, and the suspicion that on the great fundamental questions, "final, last thoughts you mortals have none; nor can have."[4] And even while one of the characters says, "Faith is to the thoughtless, doubts to the thinker", Arvin feels that Melville struggles to avoid a brutality of what Melville himself calls "indiscriminate skepticism", and he got closest to expressing "his basic thought" in Babbalanja's speech in the dark: "Be it enough for us to know that Oro"—God--"indubitably is. My lord! my lord! sick with the spectacle of the madness of men, and broken with spontaneous doubts, I sometimes see but two things in all Mardi to believe:--that I myself exist, and that I can most happily, or least miserably exist, by the practice of righteousness."[4]
Contemporary reviews[edit]
Mardi was a critical failure. One reviewer said the book contained "ideas in so thick a haze that we are unable to perceive distinctly which is which".[5] Nevertheless, Nathaniel Parker Willis found the work "exquisite".[5]
Nathaniel Hawthorne found Mardi a rich book "with depths here and there that compel a man to swim for his life... so good that one scarcely pardons the writer for not having brooded long over it, so as to make it a great deal better."[6]
The widespread disappointment of the critics hurt Melville yet he chose to view the book's reception philosophically, as the requisite growing pains of any author with high literary ambitions. "These attacks are matters of course, and are essential to the building up of any permanent reputation—if such would ever prove to be mine... But Time, which is the solver of all riddles, will solve Mardi."
Later critical history[edit]
In the description of Arvin, "the thoughts and feelings he was attempting to express in Mardi were too disparate among themselves and often too incongruous with his South Sea imagery to be capable of fusion into a satisfying artistic whole. In the rush and press of creative excitement that swept upon him in these months, Melville was trying to compose three or four books simultaneously: he failed, in the strict sense, to compose even one. Mardi has several centers, and the result is not a balanced design. There is an emotional center, an intellectual center, a social and political center, and though they are by no means utterly unrelated to each other, they do not occupy the same point in space."[2]
- ^ Arvin (1950), chapter "The Enviable Isles", online, [no page numbers]
- ^ a b c Arvin (1950), online
- ^ Arvin (1950), online [chapter "The Enviable Isles"]
- ^ a b Quoted in Arvin (1950), online
- ^ a b Miller, Perry. The Raven and the Whale: The War of Words and Wits in the Era of Poe and Melville. New York: Harvest Book, 1956: 246.
- ^ Parker, Hershel (1996). Herman Melville: A Biography, 1819-1851. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 768. ISBN 0-8018-5428-8.
- Arvin, Newton (1950). Herman Melville, available for borrowing at the Internet Archive.
External links[edit]
|Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- Online versions
- Mardi (1864 reprint, vol. 1 of 2) at Project Gutenberg
- Mardi (1864 reprint, vol. 2 of 2) at Project Gutenberg
- Mardi public domain audiobook at LibriVox


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