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- Power cord/charger not required
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Grade A, 9/10 with a Generic Cable. 3-DAY SHIP & 1-YEAR WARRANTY!
GRADE A 9/10. Light wear and tear. Comes with a cabel (generic). 1-year Warranty!
All sales include a charging cable.
Warranty Term & Condition:
- 1-year of limited warranty covers manufacture defects (normal functionality)
- Does NOT cover issues caused by heavy uses (degraded battery over time), physical damages (heavy scratches / crack / dents from drop), and liquid damage (moisture / submerged in water).
- Device may be IP rated but it is simply water resistant and NOT waterproof. Warranty does not applied for ANY sign if water damage.
- Buyer is responsible for shipping TO & FROM our service location
- Please get approval by contacting Customer Service by including your order ID and date of purchase for verification purposes
- We will verify the device once it arrives at our service center. (IMEI must match and no damages)
- Out-of-warranty repair may be available for the cost of parts + labor.
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Standard Shipping
- Ships from City of Industry, CA
- Ships with Tracking & Insurance
- Ships in 2 business days or less
- Seller not required to ship internationally
We aim to ship within 24 hours of receiving the order (1 business day).
This excludes holidays or weekends because carriers do not pick up parcels on weekends or holidays.
Delivery time is 3-5 business days.
Expedited service to 3-Day ($14.99) or 2-Day ($19.99) is available upon request.
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*** Warehouse operation is Monday to Friday, we do not ship orders on weekends.
*** Express orders will be delivered on Tuesday (Or Wednesday if Monday is a holiday)
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Return Policies- Eligible for PayPal Purchase Protection , so you get what you paid for
- Items received not as described shall be returned to the seller for a prompt refund
We will VERIFY the SERIAL / IMEI # of the device with order record.
(IPHONE/IPAD: Settings -- General -- Reset -- Reset All Content and Settings)
(SAMSUNG: Settings -- About - - Reset )
We accept return of items within 30 days of delivery. Buyer will pay for return shipping.
Unwanted / Order by mistake will access a 15% restocking fee + initial shipping cost.
ORDER OVER 30 DAYS RETURN with NO ISSUE Found will incur up to 50% restocking fee.
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For decades, it has been clear that sustainability is necessary to ensure the Earth's survival. Now the green imperative has expanded from environmental activists to boardroom executives. The business community is confronting both a call to action and stark ultimatum: embrace sustainability or risk becoming obsolete.
The evidence in favor of green corporate social responsibility (CSR) is mounting. Smart large companies are using CSR to their advantage. Examples include GE's revenue from ecomagination products growing to $18 billion – during the 2009 recession – with projections for continued growth at twice the rate of total company revenues. PepsiCo plans to generate 50% of revenues from healthier foods, such as newly acquired Naked Juice, while Pepsi's Refresh Project to fund community initiatives has been an indisputable brand boon. Waste Management, North America's largest trash hauler and recycler, is redefining the value of garbage by creating enough energy from waste to power over 1 million homes.
In their seminal book, "Green to Gold," authors Dan Esty and Andrew Winston refer to this progressive business approach as "Eco-Advantage." Some have coined the term "differentiated green." In either case, the concept is the same: innovative companies are distancing and distinguishing themselves from competitors by employing an aggressive green strategy. This approach goes beyond managing downside risks, such as environmental liabilities, but it serves that purpose as well. More importantly, a robust CSR strategy can save money, spur innovation and attractively position a brand – ultimately leading to increased enterprise value.
While CSR has been traditionally viewed as a public relations tool, its financial impact has become increasingly compelling. At Bennu, we scrutinized the research and developed a framework for identifying the stakeholders and outcomes that drive CSR value.
Stakeholders range from employees to regulators, while outcomes can be both tangible and intangible. Benefits include access to new markets, e.g. green conscious consumers, innovation, e.g. cleantech products and services, and operational efficiencies, e.g. energy savings. While these impacts seem obvious, many implications of CSR strategy are overlooked. A few examples follow:
- Human Resources – Research shows that a strong CSR program can positively affect employee recruitment, engagement, morale and productivity. Amidst fierce global competition to attract talent and high costs of employee turnover, CSR can serve as a powerful mechanism for human resource management.
- Shareholder Wealth – A study in the Journal of Marketing found that the positive reputational effect of CSR creates company goodwill that decreases undesirable stock price volatility. In other words, CSR can act as an insurance mechanism by generating "moral capital" that enhances brand equity, customer loyalty and community ties.
- Management Quality – A report by McKinsey states that high-performing CSR programs often serve as a proxy for the effectiveness of company management. Managers who value CSR tend to exhibit greater leadership qualities, responsiveness to change and strategic vision.
Successful CSR adoption depends on aligning financial, social and environmental interests. "Green business" is not an oxymoron and leading companies – across sectors – are approaching CSR as an asset rather than a burden.
The bottom-line: if you are not greening, you are not competing. Companies that fail to catch the green wave will suffer the same fate as dinosaurs: extinction.
Article by Ashok Kamal, Co-Founder of Bennu, which is a socially responsible product development and marketing company that completes the recycling loop.

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What I wore:
Necklace: Kmart gold and navy beaded necklace
Tank: Jeanswest Florence print long line tank
Jeans: thrifted ASOS petite green skinny jeans
Shoes: slim gold Havaianas
Bag: Rebecca Minkoff Regan Satchel Tote in moon
Why I wore it:
Bit of a busy day when I wore this! I had a few errands to run with the boys in the morning, after having a mobile tailor come over and hem a few pieces for me. I wore this out to watch Church Online at my friends place in the evening too.You might remember me mentioning before that my normal tailor retired, so I was on the lookout for someone similar. I've tried the 'chain' stores in the shopping centres and been unhappy with the results and the price. MAMAS Mobile Alterations Mending and Sewing was recommended to me and I'm so glad. She came over, set up her machines and got to work on the little pile of alterations I had. In an hour she had fixed or altered 4 pieces for me, it worked out really cheaply as you pay for an hour instead of per item. Not sponsored, I just think it's an awesome service, especially as she didn't mind that I had the boys running around at home too!
Back to the outfit! I knew I wanted an extra layer in the morning and evening so picked this navy cardigan to wear with the green jeans - and I'm glad I did as I really loved this combination. It definitely wasn't needed during the day, but came in helpful running around the shopping centre aircon in the morning and it was nice to have in the evening too.
Last worn: navy waterfall cardigan, button up printed tank, green skinny jeans, gold Havaianas, Rebecca Minkoff regan tote.
Other ways to wear: navy waterfall cardigan and little black dress, button up printed tank and flares, green skinny jeans and mustard cardigan, Rebecca Minkoff regan tote and wrap dress.
Perfect for pregnancy: button up printed tank in third trimester.
What's In My Bag: Rebecca Minkoff Regan Edition!
What I wore:
Necklace: Lovisa gold filigree heart pendant
Tank: Atmos&Here 'Florida' tank in Aztec print
Jeans: Jeanswest blackberry super skinny jeans
Shoes: Marc by Marc Jacobs metallic mouse flats
Bag: Rebecca Minkoff Regan Satchel Tote in moon
Why I wore it:
Since I loved the outfit combination above so much, it made sense to wear something similar again. You might remember I've worn these purple jeans and navy cardigan together before, I really like the combination of colours. I was looking up how many times I'd worn these jeans to see if I could get a 30 wears post together and I was surprised I hadn't worn this tank with the jeans before, I was sure I had. Gave me the idea to actually wear the combination together. I like the navy and gold with the purple jeans, and the navy in the printed tank tied in so nicely with the cardigan and the Rebecca Minkoff regan bag.I wore this to take the boys to BrisBricks - a big lego exhibition in Brisbane. While I knew we'd be indoors and away from the rain, I thought the cardigan would be good in the aircon at the event. I was glad I'd worn this, after we got soaked walking from the carpark inside. 2 adults and 2 kids don't fit under one tiny umbrella! It was nice having it to keep me warm as I shivered in the hall - although how much of that was the air conditioning and how much of that was because we got wet outside I don't really know!
Last worn: navy waterfall cardigan (above), printed tank, purple skinny jeans, mouse flats, Rebecca Minkoff Regan bag (above).
Other ways to wear: navy waterfall cardigan worn two ways, printed tank and shorts, purple skinny jeans and kimono, gold mouse flats and pencil skirt, Rebecca Minkoff Regan bag and floral dress.
Perfect for pregnancy: printed tank in second trimester, purple skinny jeans in first trimester, metallic mouse flats in third trimester.
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How You Can Wear It:
It's so easy to introduce another colour to your outfit by throwing a cardigan on top. Paired with bright jeans, or any other colourful item of clothing, it's a fun way to try some different colour combinations with your outfit. I've worn navy with purple and green here, but you could also try navy with pink or other neutrals like black, white or grey.Linking up with Thursday Fashion Files, Fancy Friday, Weekend Wear, Flashback Fashion, Friday Faves.
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Billions of people nowadays suffer from high blood pressure or high cholesterol levels. These diseases demand life-long therapies in order to be controlled.
After reading this article you will never ever reach for over-the-counter drugs.
This remedy is known for treating a lot of ailments and improving the work of the immune system, and was used by the Amish for a long period.
Also, this medicine is used for lowering the high blood pressure and cholesterol.
- 1 teaspoon of lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar
- 1 grated garlic clove
- 1 teaspoon of organic honey
Mix all ingredients and put the mixture in the fridge and keep it for 5 days.
Consume the mixture before breakfast and dinner, but make sure not to consume it more than 3 times a day. It takes only 1 week for the results to occur. Your blood pressure and cholesterols levels will be lowered.
Source: naturalremediesforlonglife.com


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Three concurrent phenomena threaten the future of liberal arts education.
My husband recently retired after 40 years in education. He's done everything from teaching (high school and college) to publishing (textbooks and software) to consulting. He's seen every swing of the pendulum--very little impresses him as a true game changer.
But when Harvard and MIT announced edX, their joint online open-education initiative, he made the kind of sweeping statement that he would have scoffed at in the past: "This might be the death knell of the traditional college."
The Ivy League is not about to collapse any time soon, but, in that announcement, my husband recognized the forces that are fundamentally challenging the assumptions and the future of traditional higher education.
The first force, of course, is technology. If someone in rural Iowa can take an engineering course for free at Harvard, what are the implications for Iowa State?
Skeptics may point out that the course is non-credited, so it has no real standing in the world. But consider this: Technology may soon permit "seat-time" credits to be replaced by rigorous demonstration of knowledge and skill, however and wherever these are learned. And that demonstrable skill acquisition may turn out to be more valuable in the real world than a degree based on credits.
Which leads me to the second imploding force in higher ed: the cost of those credits. A private four-year college degree easily runs to $200,000. Public institutions are not much cheaper. My in-state tuition at the University of Michigan in 1974 was (this is not a typo) $800 per year; including all expenses, a four-year degree cost about $10,000 back then. Today, that same degree runs more than $100,000. This kind of hyperinflation is forcing young people to find other--non-credited--pathways to adulthood and careers.
Statistics do show that people with college degrees have better jobs and more economic security than people without. But--and here is force No. 3--right now our college grads, many of whom are saddled with crushing lifetime debt, are flooding an economy that cannot provide them with jobs, much less lucrative careers.
Moreover, college is not--nor has it ever been--"job training." Even grads with "practical" degrees (such as engineering) are rarely trained for specific jobs, but rather given foundational knowledge for their chosen professions. Higher education's historic calling has been to teach young people how to think and reason; to prepare them for whatever choices life presents; and to help them become thoughtful, contributing members of civil society.
That is an invaluable mission. But weighed against a $200K price tag with no guarantee of a good job, many families may choose to invest their money in something other than a liberal arts degree.
And who could blame them? I am the proud product of a liberal arts education, but I would seriously counsel a young person today to rethink a traditional college education. Does anybody have a counterargument for me? Please?
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Milton Caniff
Date Of Birth:
28 February 1907
Date Of Death:
3 April 1988
Place Of Birth:
Hillsboro, Ohio
Best Known As:
The creator of "Terry and the Pirates"
Milton Caniff is the grand old man of the adventure-drama style of newspaper comics. He created two classics of the genre, "Terry and the Pirates" (begun 1934) and "Steve Canyon" (begun 1947). Both involved globe-trotting heroes and exotic villains; Terry was an eager young buck growing up in Asia, while Canyon was a veteran fist-fightin' flyboy. During World War II Caniff had Terry join the Army Air Corps and also began a new strip, "Male Call," which ran in military newspapers. After the war Caniff remained closely associated with flying and the military. Caniff is particularly known for his detailed and dramatic visual style, which is often described as cinematic.
Extra Credit
The term "Dragon Lady" comes from the name of a slinky Asian villainess in Caniff's "Terry and the Pirates."
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In bestseller Deaver's surprise-filled third Kathryn Dance novel (after The Sleeping Doll), Dance, an agent with the California Bureau of Investigation, gets an eye-opening education in some of the hottest areas of the cyberworld. After an auto accident kills two teens, vicious smears of Travis Brigham, the teen driver deemed responsible but not charged in the accident, appear on the Chilton Report, a popular blog. After one of the accusing bloggers barely survives an assault, Brigham becomes a "person of interest." Brigham disappears, and attacks, each preceded by a crude roadside cross, spread to other Chilton bloggers. Meanwhile, Dance also looks into a mercy killing at Monterey Bay Hospital that takes an unexpected turn, and Robert Harper, a special prosecutor from the attorney general's office in Sacramento, begins an investigation that will affect her. Deaver's expert and devious plotting makes it a challenge to stay only a couple of steps behind him. (June)
Order your signed copy of Roadside Crosses by Jeffery Deaver at www.vjbooks.com
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My daughters love music. They do some pretty adorable things, but up there on the Cute List is watching them dance and groove along to the beat (or at least somewhat close to the beat) while we're blasting some tunes.
We have a wide variety of kids' music around here and my husband and I disagree on how much of it we can stand to listen to. I guess after a while listening to songs about barnyards and school buses starts to get to some people.
Something that we can all enjoy, however, is the hot new album Time Out To Rock by the great indie children's band, The Not-Its!
As their 2009 debut CD, We Are The Not-Its!, received unprecedented awards and praise as one of the best family music albums of 2009, this group of Seattle musicians (all moms, dads and teachers) has set out to bring an edgier sound to traditional children's music. Instead of the slow rhymes and sweet lyrics that we're used to, The Not-Its! feature electric guitars and drums in their up-tempo, danceable songs.
Having grown up in the age of Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, I was interested to hear how The Not-Its!, particularly lead vocalist Sarah Shannon of the 90's indie-pop band Velocity girl, could bring a little rock to our otherwise conventional selection of kids' CDs. So, to put this album to the test, I waited until my girls were happily occupied and nonchalantly pressed play:
If the mission of The Not-Its! is to make kids dance, they have definitely succeeded in our household. The combination of the tempo, beat and great lyrics that children can relate to got both Big Sister E and Little Sister B up and moving, while my toes couldn't help but tap along. I loved the messages behind the songs, such as welcoming a new kid at school or dealing with bullies and how The Not-Its! manage to take a positive idea and bring it across as hip and fun.
Not having listened to a great deal of indie music in many years, I was glad to have such a nice change in the sound around here. Not to mention that any time my kids can enjoy hearing that accidents happen or about changing their luck all the while having a great dancing and moving... well, that's just an added bonus.
Information about ordering The Not-Its! CDs, t-shirts and fun petticoats (so that your child can dress just like the rockin' ladies in the band) are available right on their website, as well as musician bios, music samples and printable lyric and coloring pages. If you're looking for a fun way to get your children to jump up and dance in delight while still letting adults rock out at the same time, The Not-Its! is a great change from the norm of kids' music.
Plus, thanks to the generosity of The Not-Its!, one person will get to get on their feet and groove along, because...
To enter to win: Tell me what your child's current favorite song, band or CD is and why you would like to win this fun album.
Extra Entries (available after the mandatory entry above is completed; please leave a separate comment for each entry in order for them to be counted).
1 Extra Entry (per method) if you follow The Not-Its! on Twitter and/or become a fan on Facebook. 1 more Extra Entry if you leave this message on their wall: I want to rock with The Not-Its! I just entered to win a copy of Time Out To Rock at Thanks, Mail Carrier! http://bit.ly/c3so1k
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1 Extra Entry if you follow me on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway by copying and pasting the tweet below and leaving me the link. Tweet daily for an extra entry every day!
2 Extra Entries (per follow method) if you follow me publicly with Google Friend Connect, subscribe to my RSS feed, subscribe to Thanks, Mail Carrier by email or become a fan on Facebook.
3 Extra Entries if you put my cute button up on your blog. Please leave an address where it can be found.
3 Extra Entries if you blog about this giveaway linking back to Thanks, Mail Carrier and The Not-Its! Please leave an address where it can be found.
Giveaway will end on July 29th at 11:59pm CST. Do me the favor of leaving an email address or making absolutely sure it is visible in your profile, I have to have a way to contact the winner. The winner will be chosen by random.org and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to contact me or respond to notification or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.
A big thank you to Waldmania PR for providing a copy of The Not-Its! Time Out To Rock for me to review as well as for one lucky giveaway winner. The opinions shared are my own and honest and if you really need to see more, click here to see how I roll.


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I have a Dell Inspiron N4010 laptop. My brightness hotkeys are not able increase or decrease the brightness of the screen. And as a matter of fact, I also can not reduce the brightness from the Brightness & Lock
menu under System Settings
. Any solutions?
EDIT: I think I may have found the reason behind the problem. In the previous versions of Ubuntu there were acpi_video0
and intel_backlight
inside the /sys/class/backlight
folder. Now in 13.04 there are dell_backlight
and intel_backlight
in that folder. And the most interesting part, my friend installed 13.04 on his Dell Vostro and in his system's /sys/class/backlight
folder there are acpi_video0
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Sometimes, building your brand means pairing up.
When you're in the business of doing a specific thing very well, partnering with symbiotic talent can result in a win-win situation.
Right now, a toy maker is in search of such an alliance with a seller who knows how to make money on handmade toys.
This toymaker is an elderly gentleman and a generational craftsman who makes all his toys out of reclaimed wood. One of the most captivating aspects of his builds is that all the moving parts work.
Wheels roll, levers lift, and doors open.
His toys aren't static showpieces; they are meant to be played with.
A century ago, such toys might have been common. Today, they are a dying breed because no one makes them anymore.
Well, almost no one.
This craftsman can make the toys—including custom designs—and sell them to you at fixed, small-town prices. You can then mark them up as the market allows and sell them customers he can't reach, due to age and other restrictions.
"What do the toys look like?" you ask.
Let's take a look.
This is what you see when you walk into his remote shop.
You'll notice that he has plenty to sell, but this is a good time to point out that he has enough inventory in storage to fill this shop 3X over.
Also, to get a sense of scale, take a moment to note of the semi trucks off to the right in the picture. Sizes of toys vary, but I would estimate that most of them average between 4″ to 7″ tall.
Keeping that in mind, here's a closer look at a few of his designs.
His selection of construction toys are fun because, as mentioned before, everything that you want to play with does what it's supposed to do. Levers lift, diggers dig, and wheels roll.
Take this dump truck, for example:
Or this carriage that sits on elastics that make the coach sway as it moves.
And if you're wondering if the carriage door opens…
… yes, it does. All you need is a size-appropriate horse and you are on your way!
He's got planes.
He's got trains.
He's got automobiles
He's even got aircraft carriers.
But my favorite might be his semi trucks.
No joke, if I owned a semi company that gave out honors for drivers that hit benchmarks of excellence, I would buy him out, varnish them up, and put custom metallic placards on them.
Talk about an award everyone would actually want to get that might get passed down to future generations. It would be a killer way to build your brand.
There's more I could show, but you get the idea: There's a toymaker who lives 90 minutes from anywhere who reclaims wood and fashions it into old-school toys you really don't find very often anymore.
On top of that, if you have a design you want, he'll make it for you. Like this toy rifle a customer wanted:
Complete with crosshairs in the site:
He's a man with skills looking for a partner who can take him to market.
Are you that partner? If so, contact me.
Are you not his partner, but know someone who might be? If so, share this post.
A few answers to FAQs:
All toys:
- are handmade
- use reclaimed wood
- 100% Made in the USA
- have moving/functioning parts
- are easily marked up from wholesale prices
- Partner lives in a remote location
- Partner has no internet communication
- You will likely want to handpick inventory if you are a stickler when it comes to variations in quality
Want to know more and find out if there is a profitable work relationship in your future?
Follow and DM me (Sheralyn) on Instagram or Twitter, and let's get a conversation started.


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"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root…"
-Henry David Thoreau
Walden (1854)
Do you ever get the feeling that progressives have run out of ideas? This thought crossed my mind when I read Thom Hartmann's "The Draft: A War-Killer" on Truthout. Hartmann advocates reinstatement of conscription in a "new and improved form." He proclaims that the military industrial complex "would finally be held in check if we were to re-instate a draft." Hartmann seems oblivious to the fact that the military industrial complex grew and prospered with a draft in place.
The hook for Hartmann's piece is the upcoming tenth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. "Would we still be in Iraq today," he asks, "or even have gone to war with Iraq — if there was a military draft in this country?" He claims that the war in Iraq has lasted longer than other major US wars where a draft was in place, such as the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
Right away, Hartmann runs into problems. The Vietnam war is generally described as having been fought from 1965 to 1975, so it lasted at least as long as Iraq has. And in actuality the US was involved in Vietnam for years before that.
Hartmann further argues from several flawed premises. For instance, he claims that conscription is "a great leveler," ensuring that people from all backgrounds share in the sacrifice. But that claim contradicts much of what we now know about the Civil War (in which two out of three Union draftees were hired "substitutes") and about Vietnam, the last war in which conscription was used.
Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney received five draft deferments while flunking out of Yale, struggling through six years of college and impregnating his wife (in the nick of time, it turned out). Shotgun Dick famously told the Washington Post, "I had other priorities in the 60s than military service."
Cheney's running mate, former US President George W. Bush (son of George H.W. and grandson of Prescott) protected the America South from a Viet Cong invasion while serving with (and apparently deserting from) Air National Guard Units in Texas and Alabama.
Fellow Republican (and 2012 GOP presidential nominee) Mitt Romney, son of Governor George Romney of Michigan, was granted deferments first as a student and then to serve as a Mormon missionary in France.
To be bi-partisan, I should add that former US President Bill Clinton also received student deferments. To his credit, Clinton did express moral objections to the war, unlike Cheney, Bush and Romney. In a letter to an Arkansas ROTC Colonel, Clinton stated, "no government really rooted in limited, parliamentary democracy should have the power to make its citizens fight and kill and die in a war they may oppose, a war which even possibly may be wrong, a war which, in any case, does not involve immediately the peace and freedom of the nation." Did you catch that Thom?
But Hartmann is undaunted by the experience of Vietnam. He thunders, "history shows that when we have a draft, our lawmakers are less enthusiastic to start wars, and more enthusiastic to end them quickly." Where is the evidence for this claim? The government's actions during Vietnam clearly undermine this notion, but let's talk about World War I as well.
According to historian James W. Lowen, people may believe that President Woodrow Wilson took the US into World War I reluctantly. There was a draft, after all! But this is hard to swallow, since Wilson was a serial interventionist. Under Wilson, the US armed forces "intervened in Latin America more often than at any other time in our history" (Lies My Teacher Told Me, p.16). Wilson's administration also actively aided the "White" side in the Russian Civil War. And how did Wilson react to those, like Emma Goldman, who agitated against conscription during these years? With swift repression, of course.
Surely Hartmann is aware of all this. But he imagines that we will get it right this time around: "As part of a draft, we should be asking young Americans to give 1 or 2 years of their life to serve their country, not just in the military, but also, alternatively, in civilian programs like Americorps, to volunteer in hospitals and schools, or to care for our nation's elderly and disabled people."
But the government would not be "asking" young Americans to do anything. That's not how conscription works. If young Americans resisted Thom Hartmann's draft, like their forebears did during Vietnam and World War I, the government would turn to force as it has done before. Hartmann and progressives like him misunderstand the nature of the state, which makes them naive and potentially dangerous.


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Growing Bougainvilleas
In 1768 when Admiral Louis de Bougainvillea began his long journey to the Pacific Ocean and discovered the vine that now bears his name, it was a botanical highlight of the voyage. Through the ensuing years, this Brazilian beauty has assumed its rightful place as one of the most popular, spectacular and beautiful tropical plants. The modern day hybrids of Bougainvillea spectabilis (B. Brasiliensis) and B. glabra are among the most beautiful of flowering vines. These tropical members of the Nyctaginaceae (Four-O'Clock) family, are very vigorous, evergreen, woody vines with spines. Although normally climbers, they can be trained to stay bushy as pot plants, hanging baskets, or as standard 3 or 4 feet high. They will bloom beautifully on branches on 18"-20" long. Keep all long shoots cut back to 18"-20" for best bloom. The vibrant color of this vine comes not from the small white tubular flowers, but from the 3 large paper-like bracts that surround each flower.
They grow readily from cuttings 4"-6" long, and in 4-6 weeks will develop good root systems when given bottom heat and mist. When well rooted in perlite/peat moss mix, they can be potted in small containers in a soilless mix such as Fison's Sunshine Mix No. 1 with added pine bark to give more drainage. Care should be exercised in transplanting since the fine roots often do not knit the soil together in a firm root ball. When repotting annually, slice off the outer 1"-2" of the root ball, and repot in the same size container. Bougainvillea need very bright light (2,500 fc) and do well under high shade or in full sun. These vines typically lose some leaves for a short time during the winter, but when light conditions are low, leaf loss may occur at any time. Under high light conditions, the colorful bracts will adorn the plant almost constantly and will persist for weeks. Plant in the ground in San Antonio is not recommended because of the winter damage which will result, and the fact that our soils are too rich and we receive too much rain. In the ground, the plant will stay vegetative and bloom little.
These vines are heavy feeders and respond best to almost constant feeding with 1/2 strength water soluble fertilizer, e.g., Peter's 20-20-20, Excel 21-5-20, Miracle Grow or Rapid Grow. With high light and constant feeding, the plants will bloom at least 11 months of the year. Straight hibiscus food has also been a very successful fertilizer.
These plants flower best under stress. Keep the plant slightly on the dry side, and allow the plant to become root bound.
Bougainvilleas are almost totally insect free. The occasional "cabbage looper" or aphid can be treated with the appropriate pesticide.
The blooms as we know them are not true flowers, but are 3 large papery bracts that encircle small, white, tubular inconspicuous flowers much like the poinsettia. Some of the best bougainvilleas to look for in your local garden centers are: golden yellow 'California Gold',, and its gold and green leaved variegated from 'Vickie', the dark pink flowers of 'Juanita Hatten', and its new mutation with green leaves spatter painted with gold. 'Barbara Karst' Bright red to bluish crimson in shade, blooms very young, likes heat. 'Sundown' Apricot color, vigorous, good bloomer, heavy feeder. 'Jamaica White' white, veined with green, bloom young, vigorous. 'Texas Dawn' smaller pink flowers, in huge clusters, vigorous, keep cut back. 'Double Pink' clear pink, vigorous, keep trimmed back, spent flowers must be cut off since double flowering types will not shed flowers in the typical fashion. 'Surprise' large, clear pink-white bi-color flowers, easy bloomer. Excellent!
Plants do best in large (5-10 gallon) clay containers if grown outdoors (clay containers tend to stay drier, thus stressing the plants) or in large handing baskets. The 10" basket is the commercial standard, but plants will do much better in 12" hanging baskets. Place the containers in full sun, or in a place where they will receive at least 1/2 day of full sun. If your bougainvillea is not blooming, it probably is not receiving enough sun or fertilizer. These plants thrive in the tropics in areas of low rainfall and intense sun and heat. Any well drained potting soil mix is suitable for growing Bougainvillea. Hatten's Nursery in Mobile, Alabama, world famous bougainvillea growers use a mix consisting of 4 parts of well rotted pine bark, 3 parts peat moss and 2 parts of coarse perlite. To about 5 gallons of this mix add 1/2 cup of Osmocote and 2 tablespoons of 19-5-9 slow release lawn fertilizer.


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Report: Two Years After Y-12 Break-In, U.S. Nuclear Security Still 'Chaotic'
GAO analysts say NNSA's lack of a 'clear vision' since nun's breach of a nuclear weapons site could be problematic.
Two years after an 82-year-old nun was able to infiltrate a nuclear weapons site in Tennessee, the U.S. approach to securing such facilities remains "chaotic," a government report released this week suggests.
The report to Congress by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office quotes unnamed National Nuclear Security Administration officials describing the agency's current approach in this manner. "Dysfunctional" is another adjective the unidentified officials have used to characterize the situation, according to the report.
For their part, GAO analysts said the agency's lack of a "clear vision" since the July 2012 incident -- in which the nun and two fellow peace activists went undetected as they approached stores of bomb-grade uranium -- could prove problematic.
"After the Y-12 security breach, NNSA took a number of actions designed to improve its security performance and oversight but did so without first developing a clear vision and path forward for its security program and an implementation strategy, including milestones and responsibilities for carrying them out," the GAO report states.
"For example, NNSA initiated actions to reinstate [Energy Department] security directives, which it had previously replaced with its own security polices; [and] started, then discontinued, a security inspection program and reorganized its headquarters security office twice," the report says.
However, without a clear "road map," the agency "risks putting in place short-lived or ineffective responses to its security problems, on which GAO and others have reported for more than a decade," the report adds.
Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Monday issued a statement about the GAO report, which also examines NNSA security efforts prior to the Y-12 incident.
"The report confirms the committee's concerns that the 2009 and 2010 security reform efforts, while making some operational and efficiency improvements, may also have increased security risks," the lawmakers said, adding that committee leaders share GAO concerns about a lack of a clear plan going forward.
"We will continue our oversight of DOE and NNSA's security reforms, including GAO's recommendations, to make sure any security improvements can be sustained," according to the statement, issued jointly by Reps. Fred Upton, R-Mich., and Tim Murphy, R-Pa.
Upton serves as Energy and Commerce Committee chairman, while Murphy heads the panel's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. The panel has generally differed with fellow Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee about how best to respond to the Y-12 break-in.
NNSA officials agree with the GAO recommendations, according to the report. They told the study's authors that they have already begun an effort to create a "security road map" for their agency, which they hoped to complete by December.
The GAO authors said the agency response was "encouraging," but added that NNSA should develop an implementation strategy for the road map and regularly monitor its progress.
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ssh – remove offending key.
Whenever a system/server is re-installed or the host key changed for any reason, you would have seen the "host key verification failed". And as usual you would have to go to known_hosts file and delete the offending key. I will show you 2 simple ways to do this here.
The output that you get in such scenario is:
Offending ECDSA key in ~/.ssh/known_hosts:4
First, you can use sed to directly delete the offending key with a command like this :
sed -i 4d ~/.ssh/known_hosts
So, if you see, we are using "-i" to do the changes inline and using "4d" command to delete the 4th line.
But being on Linux has the advantage that everything can be automated. So, lets do this in simpler way.
We will be using command called xclip for this, so get that intalled.
sudo dnf install xclip
Once that is done, add a alias in your bashrc file like this:
alias ssh-remove-key='a=( $(xclip -o|sed "s,:, ,") ) ; sed -i -e "${a[1]}d" ${a[0]}'
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Some exciting Broadway names have joined Ryan Murphy's American Horror Stories, an FX on Hulu spinoff of the series American Horror Story. Each episode tells a brand new tale of terror, and fans can watch as soon as July 15. Murphy shared a video on Twitter on July 7, revealing that talents like Aaron Tveit, Gavin Creel and more will appear on the show. "And this isn't even the half of it," he said.
And this isn't even the half of it. Take a peek at some of the American Horror Stories cast. The brand new anthology series begins streaming July 15 only on #FXonHulu. #AHStories @AHSFX pic.twitter.com/Phu6dh02Vd
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) July 7, 2021
In addition to the newcomers, American Horror Story and Broadway alum Matt Bomer will also appear on the new series. Pose's Dyllón Burnside, who is set to take the stage in Thoughts of a Colored Man this October, is also set for the July series.
"He's so magnanimous and so generous of spirit and so loyal to his troupe of actors," Bomer said of Murphy on a previous episode of Show People with Paul Wontorek. "It really does feel like you're part of a rep company."


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Hi All,
I noticed that we skipped one of the chapters! And one of the best ones in my opinion!
Hope it's ok that I start a small discussion on it!
This chapter floored me. I was in tears when reading about how the care and love her mother poured into the robes and kimonos that she made by hand...even to the point of raising the silkworms herself. True parental love in action! It was horrible to think of having to give up my child as her mother did. Also, the pain that she had to go through as a little girl coupled with the burden of responsibility she felt from her father's death.
It made me reflect on my own life and how my mother died at the age of 54 from lung cancer (life-time smoker). I wondered if I will have some level of deep introspection during the time I reach that age. I also thought about how the one thing that summed up my mother was compassion. And how I have inherited that from her, almost to a fault, yet am still grateful. I then realized my tea was over-steeping and laughed to myself.
Life is so simple, it's annoying how we over-complicate things sometimes.
Thank you for your practice and a deep gassho to all our parents.


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Treating prostate cancer patients with drugs that block hormonal activity does not appear to increase the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, according to a study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers. While a 2006 report from members of the same study team found that treatment with gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists increased the risk of diabetes and heart disease, the current study is the first to examine whether treatment actually increased heart-disease-related deaths.
In their Journal of Clinical Oncology report, which has been released online, the researchers note that GnRH agonist treatment has a number of adverse side effects, which should be kept in mind when determining treatment strategies.
"Hormonal therapy for prostate cancer has become routine for many patients, so it's even more important to understand the potential adverse effects of treatment," says lead author Jason Efstathiou, MD, PhD, of the MGH Cancer Center. "Given recent concerns about the safety and impact on cardiac health of hormonal therapies – particularly GnRN agonists – our study is quite timely."
Since the male hormones called androgens can accelerate the development of prostate cancer, reducing their activity is a standard part of treating the disease. Most commonly this is done with GnRH agonists that block the production of all sex hormones. GnRH agonist therapy is routinely administered to men whose cancer has spread beyond the prostate gland, and its use in patients whose tumors appear confined to the prostate is becoming more common. It is estimated that one-third of the two million prostate cancer survivors in the U.S. are currently receiving this therapy, making understanding the potential adverse effects of treatment particularly important.
The earlier report from a Harvard Medical School team – including Matthew Smith, MD, PhD, of the MGH Cancer Center, who is corresponding author of the current study – found that men with localized prostate cancer who received GnRH agonist therapy had a greater risk of developing diabetes or cardiovascular disease than patients not receiving hormonal treatment. To specifically investigate the relationship between GnRH agonist therapy and death from cardiovascular disease, the current study analyzed data from a 1987-92 clinical trial in which almost 1,000 patients were treated for locally advanced prostate cancer with either the GnRH agonist goserelin plus radiation therapy or radiation therapy alone.
During the decade following completion of the clinical trial, more than half the participants died from various causes. Of the 574 deaths, 117 were from cardiovascular disease, but whether or not patients had received the GnRH agonist apparently had no effect on the risk of cardiovascular death. Instead, it was established cardiac risk factors – including heart disease or diabetes that existed prior to GnRH agonist treatment – that appeared to increase the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
"The absence of an increase in cardiovascular mortality does not exclude the possibility that GnRH agonists increase non-cancer deaths through other mechanisms," Efstathiou stresses. "In addition to the increased risk for diabetes identified in the 2006 study, we know they can raise the risk of fractures and anemia – both of which can reduce survival – and can have adverse effects on weight gain, cholesterol levels, mood and sexual function.
"While our study supports the continued use of GnRH agonists in situations where the benefit for cancer control has been established – typically the treatment of advanced or more aggressive prostate cancer – clinicians should keep in mind the risks of diabetes and cardiovascular disease and help their patients adopt strategies to reduce those risks," he adds. "Further studies are needed to evaluate potential risks for men with earlier stage prostate cancer, for whom the role of GnRH agonists is not as well defined, and treatment decisions need to carefully weigh potential risks and benefits." Efstathiou is an instructor in Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School.
Additional co-authors of the Journal of Clinical Oncology paper are William Shipley, MD, MGH Cancer Center; Kyounghwa Bae, PhD, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group, Philadelphia; Gerald Hanks, MD, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia; Miljenko Pilepich, MD, University of California at Los Angeles Medical School; and Howard Sandler, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. The study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
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This is part four of a series of posts I've written over the past several months on my ongoing efforts at using positive classroom management strategies at our inner-city school. The previous three have been:
When A "Good" Class Goes "Bad" (And Back To "Good" Again!) — April, 2008
Maintaining A "Good" Class — April, 2008
More About Maintaining a "Good" Class — May, 2008
This most recent post is prompted by a major struggle I've been having with my mainstream ninth-grade English class this year, who are with me for two full-hours each day (the rest of the time I teach Intermediate English Language Learners). My students are very smart, and many come from challenging backgrounds.
I've been trying most of the classroom management strategies I've shared in those previous three posts but, to be truthful, few of them have been particularly effective in creating better classroom management this year. One thing they have been successful in doing, however, has been in helping me develop strong, trusting relationships with all of my students. This is the foundation that has allowed me to finally begin to create a more orderly classroom through using some new strategies. Of course, the primary reason to create this kind of orderliness is to enhance student learning, not for the sake of orderliness.
Here are some of the actions I've taken that have finally begun to work:
"DON'T LET OTHERS CONTROL YOU": I had been spending a lot of time "putting out lots of little fires" — students reacting to what other students would say or do to them (throw little pieces of paper, say something about their mother, etc.) My reaction had typically been to go over to each student involved and ask them quietly to not repeat the action. Sometimes I would send a student out of the classroom for a few minutes to "cool down." Punitive measures would typically just escalate the problem, so I seldom, if ever, implemented them (except in extreme cases). I also used many of the positive actions I've mentioned in my previous posts, but improvement was minimal.
What I have begun to do now, instead, is when students react to provocations is to just ask them "Why are you letting __________ control you? He/She is doing it just to get your reaction — don't you want to be in control of you?" I tell them that I'll deal with the instigator firmly while the reacting student needs to work on his/her self-control.
This strategy has had a profound effect on how students act in the classroom now, and on how I respond to disruptions. When issues arise, I continue to have short, quiet conversations with those involved. But now, I don't say, "Please be quiet." I say, "Why are you letting him/her control you?" This stance has clearly resonated with students, particularly boys (who are a large majority in my class). I feel much better about my stance, too. And the number of disruptions has fallen dramatically.
I assume I picked-up this idea from something I read somewhere, so I'm not claiming it as original. I just can't believe I haven't used it earlier.
I'm also working students to think about how this strategy relates to the rest of their challenging lives.
This first strategy has been, by far, the most important one I've used to get a handle on this class this year. Here are a couple of others that have helped, too:
"YOU MAY GET OUT OF YOUR DESK DURING CLASS — JUST ASK FOR PERMISSION FIRST: Usually, as long as I'm not talking to the class, I let students get-up to sharpen their pencils, get supplies, throw-out garbage, etc., without asking for permission. However, with this class, that ability was often an excuse for unhelpful student-to-student interactions (intentionally bumping into each other). I've begun enforcing this rule very strictly, with students having to be very clear with me what they want to do.
Framing it in a positive way –"You may get out of your desk — just ask for permission first" is something I've learned from Marvin Marshall, my favorite writer on positive classroom management strategies. It sends a different message than "Don't get up without permission."
"YOU'LL HAVE THE SAME PARTNERS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, AND HAVE A PERMANENT ASSIGNED LOCATION FOR YOUR PARTNER WORK": I always have a lot of partner work going on in my classes, and, typically, I mix-them-up frequently and let students sit where they want. This also was problematic with this class, and resulted in more classroom disruptions.
After consulting with students about their partner preferences, I assigned groups that will work together for several weeks, and have a classroom map where everyone knows where they will be when we do work in partners. The group locations are strategically placed to minimize problems, with certain students far away from others.
I'll keep readers posted as the year continues.
One good week does not a semester make, but at least it's a start…


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Founded in 1931 to collect and preserve the history of Greenwich, Connecticut, the Historical Society was housed in a library in the village of Old Greenwich. Outgrowing its space, the Historical Society began its search in the late 1950s for permanent headquarters.
In 1957 the Historical Society purchased Bush-Holley House, a circa 1730 waterfront mansion on the historic Cos Cob Harbor that had become a boardinghouse for an art colony between 1890 and 1920. Volunteers began the campaign to restore the house and its outbuildings, and the house opened to the public as a museum in 1958. Emphasizing its early history, the house was furnished with eighteenth-century furniture and served the dual role of curators' residence and house museum.
In 1975 the town's first National Register and Local Historic District, the Strickland Road Historic District, was established through the Historical Society's efforts. The district includes Bush-Holley House and protects over 25 houses built between 1730 and 1938. To celebrate the Bicentennial, volunteers researched and published a chronology of Greenwich from 1640 to 1976, recently updated to 2000.
In 1987 the Historical Society built the William E. Finch, Jr. Archives, followed by the hiring of an archivist and the first director. The board leadership galvanized 200 volunteers into the "Antiquarius" committee to raise funds for the Historical Society. Over the next ten years they raised over two million dollars, making possible the transition to a professional organization.
In 1989 the Justus Luke Bush Storehouse (1805) was purchased. The importance of the house and storehouse's nineteenth-century link to American Impressionism came into stronger focus in the 1990s through a collaborative exhibition with the Bruce Museum and the formation of the Connecticut Impressionist Art Trail, joining ten sites featuring Impressionist art collections. In 1991 Bush-Holley House was granted National Historic Landmark status as home of Connecticut's first art colony. The Historical Society adopted its first long-range plan in 1994, and adjacent property and buildings were acquired.
In 1997 the Historical Society began restoration of the storehouse and the first phase of a historic landscape restoration. The Bush Storehouse opened as a Visitor Center, and the museum's name was changed to Bush-Holley Historic Site in order to convey the Historical Society's interpretive strategy to unite the landscape and historic buildings' exteriors to their appearance in 1900 at the height of the Cos Cob art colony.
With the opening of the Visitor Center in late 1997, the Historical Society instituted a bi-annual changing exhibition program, hands-on history gallery and a museum shop. The focus then shifted to expanding the education programs and the reinterpretation of Bush-Holley House to convey its two periods of significance. In 2001 construction began on the Hugh and Claire Vanderbilt Education Center, and the remaining historic landscaping was completed. With its expanded and professionally developed site, exhibitions and programs, the Historical Society received accreditation by the American Association of Museums in 2005.


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October 9, 2012By Toby Westerman
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declared that the Obama administration's "Reset" in relations with Russia "cannot last forever," and must be followed by a closer relationship, according to a Reuters news report. Lavrov, however, is willing to wait until the outcome of the elections in the U.S. for more specifics.
President Barack Obama has already assured Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev that he would have "more flexibility" in his dealings with Russia after the U.S. presidential elections.
The kind of role the U.S. would have in Moscow's world view was made apparent by Lavrov's boss, Russian president Vladimir Putin, who clearly favors the rule of a heavy handed Communist elite.
Two days before Lavrov unilaterally placed limitations on the Obama administration's "reset," Putin had relayed his enthusiastic congratulations to Chinese president Hu Jintao on the 63rd anniversary of the 1949 Communist takeover of the China mainland. After that victory, the U.S.-supported Nationalist government of Chinag Kai-Shek took refuge on the island of Taiwan. The Russian language online version of RIA Novosti carried Putin's remarks
Putin has referred to the collapse of the Soviet Union as the "greatest geo-political catastrophe of the 20th century," and now applauds the founding of the Peoples Republic of China, which has killed tens of millions of its own citizens since its founding.
Today, Beijing does not kill to the same degree, but it still tightly controls its population. The secret police is an ever-present reality in the Peoples Republic.
In his communication with Hu, Putin praised Communist China for its "significant contribution to solving the most pressing problems" of today's world, and he praised the mutual cooperation between Russia and China. One area of cooperation, it may be noted, is propping up the bloody Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad.
Putin stated that he wants even more intense ties with Communist China.
How close Moscow and Beijing can become is anyone's guess, but already, in 1997, Russia's Boris Yeltsin and Communist China's Jiang Zemin together declared the founding of a New World Order intended to replace U.S. world influence.
Russia and China are at the present time working to bring about the vision of Yeltsin and Jiang's New World Order, most notably an intense military buildup directed against the United States. Included in their plans are the construction of aircraft carrier task forces, which are intended to challenge the United States Navy in the Pacific.
Putin has stated that Russia and China stand ready to ensure the "stability" of the Asia Pacific region.
The Peoples Republic of China has already warned U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the United States must keep out of the dispute over several island groups in the South China Sea.
Beijing has gone so far as to claim the entire South China Sea as its own, putting Communist China in control of one of the world's most important commercial shipping lanes. An American pull back from the region would be a fatal blow to the independence of Japan, Philippines, and the free island of Taiwan (Republic of China on Taiwan), all close American allies.
Moscow and Beijing are also taking their New World Order into space. There are serious plans for a Russian-Chinese base on the moon.
The power of this Moscow-Beijing axis is not just a future threat, but its effects are being felt now. Every day lives are lost to the brutal oppression practiced by the dictators which the ruling elites in Russia and China support, from North Korea to Cuba. The Islamic Republic of Iran receives technical assistance from China in how to most effectively subjugate its population, and Russia is making Iran into a nuclear state.
Russia is also assisting in protecting Iran's nuclear facilities. A recent report from RIA Novosti reveals that Iran's Raad anti-aircraft missile system is an "optimized version" of Russia's deadly Buk system.
Spying by Moscow and Beijing against the U.S. and its allies is at Cold War levels. The FBI has just broken another Russian spy ring, this one operated out of Houston, Texas, and was run by a naturalized U.S. citizen. The case involves U.S. microelectronic technology transferred to Russia for the purpose of assisting the modernization of the Russian military. The Chinese are as active. A House panel has recently warned U.S. companies not to do business with China's two top technology firms over cyber security concerns
Unfortunately -- and ominously for the American people -- the mass media addresses little of this.
In view of Moscow's past and present actions, Lavrov's demand that the Obama administration's "Reset" be expanded is absurd.
The "Reset" itself is an abject and dangerous failure. U.S. national security demands a realistic look at the world around us, beyond what so-called mainstream media will provide. Our survival as an independent nation and a free people demand it.
We will do our part to keep you informed.
We appreciate your assistance:
Mr. Westerman is the editor/publisher of International News Analysis Today (www.inatoday.com ) and is author of the recently published monograph, "Putin's Process: From the 'New' Russia to a Reinvigorated Soviet State," and the book Lies, Terror and the Rise of the New Communist Empire: Origin and Directions.
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
A Small Show In Paris . . .
It is a great pleasure to share with you here that a small showing of four photos that I took this past summer in the south of France has just begun in the Canon Photo Prony store at 55 rue de Prony, 75017 Paris, and will be up for the next few months. I would like to give a big "Thank You" to Gilles and his team there. We got to talking last summer one day, and I mentioned that some of the photos from the trip in July to Florac and the Causse Méjean could be seen here on the blog. It was a very great and positive surprise when a couple of weeks later he asked me if I could do some large prints in order to hang them in the store in Paris. So shortly thereafter I delivered four big prints, measuring 45 by 60 cms, or roughly 18 inches by 24 inches. And as of yesterday they are hanging in the store. The first public showing ever of any of my work, in printed form of course. This blog is where it started, in virtual format. But there is no comparison between a print done on fine quality photographic paper, and what can be seen on a computer screen. In any case, should you happen to be in Paris in the near future, please do drop by to say hello to Gilles and the team at Photo Prony, and take a look at the prints of these photos. These are the four photos thus exposed.
C'est un grand plaisir de partager l'info ici avec vous qu'une petite exposition de quatre photos faites cet été dans le sud de la France vient de commencer dans la boutique Canon Photo Prony, au 55 rue de Prony, Paris 17ème, et sera visible pendant quelques mois. J'aimerais dire un très grand Merci à Gilles et son équipe au magasin. Nous avons commencé à parler cet été à propos du sejour que j'avais fait dans le sud, et du fait que quelques photos de ce voyage étaient visibles sur le blog. Imaginez ma surprise quand quelques semaines plus tard il m'a demandé si je pourrais fournir quelques tirages en grand format pour exposer au magasin. Peu de temps après j'ai livré quatres grands tirages, format 45cm x 60 cms, et depuis hier ils sont joliment présentés dans la boutique. C'est la première fois que mes photos en format papier sont exposées quelque part, il n'y pas de comparaison entre la qualité d'un tirage sur papier de bonne qualité et une image sur écran d'ordinateur. Bref, si vous êtes dans Paris dans un avenir proche, n'hésitez pas à passer par le rue de Prony pour dire bonjour à l'équipe Photo Prony, et voir ces photos de plus près. Voici les quatre photos.
The rue de Prony begins just opposite the main entrance to the Parc Monceau in the 17th arrondissement, shown here. The round columned building here primarily houses public toilets. (just in case !)
And just a few short blocks up the rue de Prony from the Parc Monceau you will find the Canon Photo Prony shop.
Merci BEAUCOUP Gilles !
40 comments:
- pRiyA said...
That's wonderful. Good for you Owen!
- November 13, 2011 at 5:52 AM
- Oakland Daily Photo said...
Congratulations, Owen. You must be thrilled and I'm thrilled for you. These photos are intriguing because they present a view of France so different from the stereotypes we are used to. For what it's worth, photos 1 and 4 are my favorites.
- November 13, 2011 at 7:10 AM
- Alistair said...
A well deserved CONGRATULATIONS...
- November 13, 2011 at 7:35 AM
- Lady Mondegreen's Secret Garden said...
Well fancy that, you must have had a good chuckle when you read my email on Friday. There you were with your exhibition base tucked under your arm! What a fantastic step :-) You have laid out explicit instructions for viewing, and I wasn't going to leave the 8th Arrondissement but... 17th is next door!
My favourite photo is your fence posts, maybe because they were where you were at when I found your blog, and I like the visual pun. The memorial cross and the roofless cottage could easily be relics on the Otago gold fields here in NZ.
I do hope this exhibition opportunity opens doors for you Owen.
Jeneane - November 13, 2011 at 9:58 AM
- Steve said...
Fantastic to hear this. Well done, Owen. I hope this is the start of you getting the recognition you and your work deserves.
- November 13, 2011 at 10:19 AM
- Pastelle said...
Félicitations !
Dis, tu nous parleras encore quand tu seras devenu célèbre ?
;) - November 13, 2011 at 10:57 AM
- Jane Aston said...
These are lovely, I went to Florac last year so I am putting some of mine up as inspired by you.
- November 13, 2011 at 1:17 PM
- Gwen Buchanan said...
...it must have been hard to choose from the many, many, many fabulous photographs you have taken.. These look amazing!!!
The shop must be receiving some great feedback.. Congratulations to you and well deserved... - November 13, 2011 at 2:29 PM
- Nevine Sultan said...
This is wonderful news, Owen! And what a great opportunity for you to showcase your work to other eyes. It was inevitably going to happen that your work was going to be recognized for its uniqueness and beauty. Way to go and... here's a toast! *Clink!*
Nevine - November 13, 2011 at 2:47 PM
- the fly in the web said...
The photographs look superb in situ...and as had been said above, such a relief to see a beautifully executed vision of the 'other' France.
- November 13, 2011 at 2:54 PM
- Lorrene said...
You deserve it !! Well done.
Who would have ever thought falling down fence post and knee deep weeds would be so fascinating. There is just something about it. I love all of them. - November 13, 2011 at 5:02 PM
- Stickup Artist said...
That's so awesome! I certainly can't think of a better place to make one's debut! I love that image of the wooden fence. Congratulations!
- November 13, 2011 at 6:20 PM
- Amanda said...
I am so happy for you Owen. Well deserved recognition!
- November 13, 2011 at 6:36 PM
- Laurie said...
Hurrah, Hurrah, Owen! Marvellous news.
- November 13, 2011 at 8:20 PM
- Mary Ann said...
Bravo, Owen! Happy for you.
- November 13, 2011 at 8:30 PM
- English Rider said...
Congrats to you and well deserved. All of these photos have depth and texture and narrative. The first breathes warmth and life into cold granite. It stands out like a beating heart, pulsating with life, amongst the still landscape.
- November 13, 2011 at 8:41 PM
- Lynne with an e said...
An excellent testimony to the quality of your photographs, being requested to display them in a Canon camera shop in Paris! They seem from here to look fabulous, blown up and framed, so must be very impressive up close and viewed in person.
And so thoughtful of you to let us know where to find the toilets.
Here's to your first exhibit! May there be many more to come. I will do my best to make it over for your first large scale solo one. Let me know. - November 13, 2011 at 9:15 PM
- henk van es said...
Dear Owen, This news is so good. Congratulations with this first public exhibit of your wonderful work.
- November 13, 2011 at 9:30 PM
- mythopolis said...
Excellent! I hope it is the first of many exhibits for you. Your photographs are wonderful. I also like the way they have been framed and matted. Bravo.
- November 13, 2011 at 9:45 PM
- Anonymous said...
Concratulations upon this achievement ! It's probably a much larger promise in the making. Please have a good new week.
- November 14, 2011 at 12:41 AM
- Lydia said...
When I saw the snippet of this post in my sidebar I got butterflies in my stomach! How exciting, Owen, to have a showing of these four photos. I wish I could board a plane this week to pay a visit to Gilles and his fine store to thank him for giving you this exposure! Such well-deserved recognition....and the best thing is that these aren't even your best works in my opinion!
I am so happy for you. - November 14, 2011 at 9:33 AM
- PeterParis said...
I will be at that shop soon, for sure!(Only ten minutes walk.)
(I suppose that the toilets are free of charge, as all public Paris toilets, considering that the place used to be where you paid taxes to get into the city.) - November 14, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- Adam said...
Congratulations Owen - they look excellent there in their new - physically real - setting!
- November 14, 2011 at 1:47 PM
- Amanda Summer said...
huge congrats owen on a well deserved honor. your photographs are spectacular - moody, contemplative and mysterious - my kind of images. i'm so happy that many others will have a chance to view your stellar work.
- November 14, 2011 at 9:35 PM
- The Sagittarian said...
How fabulous Owen, so well deserved! Your photos have a certain 'soul' to them which is very appealing. I'll have to scoot to the bar to concoct something special in your honour!
- November 14, 2011 at 11:25 PM
- Owen said...
A simply GIANT Thank You to each of you...
I cannot tell you how much your kind words coming back through the comment box have served to keep me going at this blogging over the past three years, and were it not for the blog, these photos wouldn't be hanging in a shop in Paris today... so you are all in part responsible.
Hope to see some of you there this coming Saturday 19 November, late in the afternoon around 17h00, when a bottle or two of Champagne will be opened...
Deepest thanks again ! - November 15, 2011 at 1:01 AM
- Nathalie H.D. said...
I'm so pleased Owen, this is truly deserved. CONGRATULATIONS !!!
I just love this series, my favourite being numbers 1 and 3 (I LOVE that fence!).
If the exhibit runs for a couple of months I'll definitely come and see it when I'm in Paris for Christmas... and I hope to come and kiss the photographer on both cheeks too! - November 15, 2011 at 7:52 AM
- Lady Mondegreen's Secret Garden said...
Oh golly, is that what one does in Paris? Kiss the photographer on both cheeks?
- November 15, 2011 at 9:47 AM
- Jenny Woolf said...
Congratulations, Owen. I'm sorry I won't be able to see them in person but thanks for posting them on your blog. I find the picture of the fence particularly interesting, it's not clear to me whether it is actually falling down or whether it has been made that way. I think the former. It has a ramshackle, yet purposeful air, and stretches as far as the eye can see under a gloomy sky. It's really great!
- November 15, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- nouvelles couleurs - vienna atelier said...
Hi very nice to see again, I'm back on the blog!!
- November 16, 2011 at 4:32 PM
- James said...
Congratulations Owen! A well deserved honor! I wish I could go see them in person.
- November 17, 2011 at 7:03 AM
- dusty said...
I will be in Paris in March - I hope he exhibit is still up!!
- November 19, 2011 at 9:26 PM
- Owen said...
Hi Dusty, I'm not sure that it will still be up in March, normally it will go on for two, maybe three months, but they change the shows every few months to give new photos and photographers some exposure, but who knows, time will tell. How long will you be in Paris for ?
Nathalie & Lady M., yes, kissing the photographer on both cheeks is a fine way to greet a photographer, or anyone else, so I can't wait !
And just for info, the fence is there to keep snow from blowing across a small road that goes by there, but I don't know for how many more winters it will continue to perform its duty, unless it gets an overhaul...
Many thanks again to one and all !!! Wish you all could have dropped by the Canon shop this evening, as a couple of bottles of champagne were opened and duly consumed, in moderation of course.
Peter, if you see this, it was great to see you tonight, and looking forward to another outing dès que possible... - November 20, 2011 at 3:40 AM
- :: Karine :: said...
félicitations owen adoré ! tu le mérites :-)
- November 20, 2011 at 12:51 PM
- Owen said...
merci Karine !!! à bientôt
- November 21, 2011 at 4:14 AM
- PeterParis said...
Thanks for the champagne! :-)
- November 22, 2011 at 4:36 PM
- Kate Cullen Fisher said...
A very belated note of appreciation....the exhibit is fabulous! Only wish it could be a traveling show. The Naples Art Museum would be another great venue...
- December 9, 2011 at 6:06 PM
- Linda Gibbons said...
I could look at that fence forever!
- January 7, 2012 at 9:51 PM
- Andrew said...
I've been checking your site far less often than I should, and see that I have been missing some really beautiful photography, as well as this exciting piece of news. Nancy's reaction to your pictures matches mine and some of your other followers: your photography is excellent, and should be exhibited. Four pieces is a nice start!
More personally, I sent an e-mail to you last week. The family news hasn't been great from anywhere. Drop me a private line, please.
--Andrew, from New Hampshire, where last week's snow is already little more than memory - March 9, 2012 at 3:51 PM
- Leslie D. said...
That is just fantastic and so well deserved!
- December 2, 2012 at 8:21 AM


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North Richland Hills, Texas, fans of better burgers will soon enjoy a whole new reason to get "moo-ving" for lunch or dinner. This Labor Day weekend, MOOYAH is opening its doors.
The MOOYAH will open on Labor Day at 9127 Blvd. 26 in The Crossing shopping center at Precinct Line Road and Grapevine Highway. The shopping center is anchored by a Kohl's and a Kroger Signature store.
In 2007, MOOYAH began franchising with a simple mission to deliver the best burgers, fries, and shake experience anywhere—and have fun doing it. The brand exploded in just five years with 24 restaurants in the Dallas Ft. Worth area and nearly 50 restaurants total throughout the country, spanning from California to Connecticut.
"The burger business is booming right now, but MOOYAH sets itself apart from the herd with our high-quality food, commitment to freshness, welcoming atmosphere, and serious sense of fun. We love bringing the MOOYAH experience to new cities around the country and are excited to double our unit count this year," says Alan Hixon, president.
Franchisee Brian Wells worked in area restaurants with his father after high school and became a Subway franchisee in 1999. He was ready to branch out from sandwiches and stake his claim in the world of better burgers.
Brian is looking to fill 20 openings for the restaurant. Since the latest MOOYAH design offers guests the chance to see every part of the food preparation, from the 24-hour french fry process to burger building, Brian is looking for people who love to smile.
"I worked in restaurants from high school until now, which showed me early on how to prepare food, work hard behind the scenes, and most of all serve people. When I hire, I'm looking for people with the same attitude. I'm excited to branch into the better burger business with MOOYAH because I know the community will love the superior quality of our service, environment, and food," Wells says.
Wells, who learned family business values from his dad, is using his MOOYAH to teach his two children the same core principles his father taught him. His son, age nine, already has big dreams of being involved in the restaurant business one day, and his daughter, who is just four, happily serves as an official taste tester.
The guest experience is a top priority, with every second of every visit thought out to the smallest detail. North Richland Hills will be outfitted with the brand's latest design, featuring an island in the heart of the restaurant with a visible burger creation station and a window into the kitchen where french fries undergo the 24-hour process that makes them the perfect combination of fluffy and crispy. New sweet potato fries are crunchy with a sweet hint of natural goodness.
Green touches were also at the forefront of the latest restaurant's design. Restrooms feature Dyson Airblade hand dryers and motion-controlled light switches. The restaurant is outfitted with an instant-hot water heater and high efficiency air conditioning units.
Even the ice is special. Taking MOOYAH's traditional pellet ice to the next level, Wells invested in a Scotsman nugget machine, which produces a crunchy, flaky, chewable ice that pairs perfectly with MOOYAH's premium ice teas and top shelf sodas.
"MOOYAH's menu is simple, but people are obsessed with it and it's easy to understand why," Wells says. "At MOOYAH, we don't super-size, we super-serve, and we strive to make every bite perfection."


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A common question that I receive is regarding how I keep myself updated with latest information about technology and what is going on at present. I read lots of blogs and books. I am usually traveling 4 days in my any regular work week. I read physical books at the time. I prefer to read the books in hard copy and not on the computer screen. If you ever spot me reading books, quite often you can see me with a fiction book rather than a SQL Book.
Ok… So the question is what do I read to keep myself updated with latest knowledge? Well, the answer is very simple; I read the daily post by Alvin Ashcraft. Everyday, he makes a list of the best of the best posts of different technologies and lists them category-wise in a single post. You might have came across many technology bloggers like him earlier but just like any other regular blogs, many have either stopped blogging and some stop updating their blogs at all. Well Alvin has been blogging for long time and has been consistently updating on different technologies. The quality of the links Alvin has been including is just getting better day by day.
I must admit that I have been addicted to his blog from long time. Every evening (Indian time), I wait for his blog to be updated; this way, I can read what has happened in the previous day. Alvin is from Philadelphia – also a husband, dad, atheist and geek – and has about 14 years of experience with software development.
Read Alvin Ashcraft's Morning Dew. No matter when you are reading this post, I am sure that visiting his blog will bring up the latest news updates from technology.
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§11-6B-2. Definitions.
For purposes of this article, the term:
(1) "Assessed value" means the value of property as determined under article three of this chapter.
(2) "Claimant" means a person who is age sixty-five or older or who is certified as being permanently and totally disabled, and who owns a homestead that is used and occupied by the owner thereof exclusively for residential purposes: Provided, That: (1) If the property was most recently used and occupied by the owner or the owner's spouse thereof exclusively for residential purposes; (2)the owner, as a result of illness, accident or infirmity, is residing with a family member or is a resident of a nursing home, personal care home, rehabilitation center or similar facility; and (3) the property is retained by the owner for noncommercial purposes, then the owner of that property may continue to claim a homestead property tax exemption on the property.
(3) "Family member" means a person who is related by common ancestry, adoption or marriage including, but not limited to, persons related by lineal and collateral consanguinity.
(4) "Homestead" means a single family residential house, including a mobile or manufactured or modular home, and the land surrounding such structure; or a mobile or manufactured or modular home regardless of whether the land upon which such mobile or manufactured or modular home is situated is owned or leased.
(5) "Owner" means the person who is possessed of the homestead, whether in fee or for life. A person seized or entitled in fee subject to a mortgage or deed of trust shall be considered the owner. A person who has an equitable estate of freehold, or is a purchaser of a freehold estate who is in possession before transfer of legal title shall also be considered the owner. Personal property mortgaged or pledged shall, for the purpose of taxation, be considered the property of the party in possession.
(6) "Permanently and totally disabled" means a person who is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental condition which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months.
(7) "Sixty-five years of age or older" includes a person who attains the age of sixty-five on or before June 30 following the July first assessment day.
(8) "Used and occupied exclusively for residential purposes" means that the property is used as an abode, dwelling or habitat for more than six consecutive months of the calendar year prior to the date of application by the owner thereof; and that the property is used only as an abode, dwelling or habitat to the exclusion of any commercial use: Provided, That failure to satisfy this six-month period shall not prevent allowance of a homestead exemption to a former resident in accordance with section three of this article.
(9) "Tax year" means the calendar year following the July first assessment day.
(10) "Resident of this state" means an individual who is domiciled in this state for more than six months of the calendar year.


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LANSING (AP) — State officials say Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November fell 0.2 percentage points to 8.9 percent.
The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget announced last month's jobless figures on Wednesday. The national unemployment rate for November was 7.7 percent, down from 7.9 percent in October.
The department said Michigan's unemployment rate decline in November marked the third consecutive monthly rate decrease. The state's rate has moved downward by 0.5 percentage points since the 2012 high of 9.4 percent in August.
From November 2011 to November 2012, total employment in the state increased by 46,000 or 1.1 percent. The national rate of increase over the same period was 1.9 percent.


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While most Americans were focusing on the domestic implications of President Barack Obama's re-election, the effects of his victory are being felt around the globe in different ways.
Furthermore, Candy Crowley of CNN and most others observing the presidential foreign policy debate in October thought the president had everything under control with Middle Eastern dissidents. Gov. Mitt Romney was considered a clear loser compared with Obama.
During the election, much was made of Obama's popularity abroad. An MSN poll of more than half a million people from 36 countries showed that President Obama was favored over Romney by an astounding 81 percent. Yet Obama was not so popular in a country that was not among the 36 surveyed in the MSN research: Israel. A similar study done by Tel Aviv University reported that only 22 percent of Jewish Israelis supported Barack Obama's reelection.
Why was there such a disconnect with young Israelis? Perhaps their apprehension can be attributed to our leader's affinity with the Islamic world and the numerous perceived slights senior Israeli leaders have received from him.
In addition, Obama did not visit Israel as president, although he did travel there as a presidential candidate in 2008. After winning a large percentage of the Jewish American vote—as Democrats traditionally do—his seeming ambivalence or lukewarm treatment has given heartburn to both Jews and evangelical Christians.
Middle East analyst Aaron David Miller echoed the concerns of many when he wrote in the July edition of Foreign Policy, "My sense is that, if he could get away with it, the president would like to see a U.S.-Israeli relationship that is not just less exclusive, but somewhat less special as well."
The modern state of Israel is not a stranger to defending itself against bordering countries bent on its destruction. Time and time again, the tiny country has shocked the world with its ability to stand up to its larger neighbors.
In June of 1967, Israel simultaneously defeated Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Syria-supported Palestinian guerrilla groups (and other mercenary forces) in an astounding victory known as the Six Days War.
This month, for the first time in over 40 years, terrorists fired missiles into Jerusalem and Tel Aviv from Gaza, which borders Egypt. A barrage of hundreds of rockets pounded Israel, launched from the Hamas terrorist group.
Only the providence of God and Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system has miraculously prevented major casualties. It is little wonder that Israel is preparing for a ground invasion of Gaza. A year ago last spring, during my first trip to Israel, I was shocked at how close Gaza is to Israel.
The American public remains largely unaware of the magnitude of the conflict due to the general failure of the mainstream media to report accurately concerning the wrongs suffered by Israel. Instead, any measure Israel takes to defend itself is decried as brutal and over the top.
In the meantime, Israel's enemies have boasted about its impending destruction. Most vocal today are the threats we hear from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is known to be supplying Hamas with their weapons.
On President Obama's watch, the United States has gone from being a staunch ally to the only democracy in the Middle East to something like a silent peer. But Israel will not wait for our approval to defend itself, nor should it.
As Dr. Josef Olmert observed in The Huffington Post in June: "When pushed to the wall, with a deep, genuine fear of extinction, the Israelis act, even against the odds."
At the time of this writing, the New York Daily News showed a picture of the half naked, tortured body of an alleged traitor that was being dragged through the region to the cheers of Palestinian men, women and children. This man was executed along with five others. The Daily News article carried a huge heading which read: "SAVAGE."
Meanwhile, the United Nations, which says little about the attacks on Israeli civilians, is publicly urging Israel to exercise "maximum self-restraint."
The current conflict is complicated by the fact that the United Nations is scheduled to vote on Nov. 29 to elevate the Palestinian Authority to the level of an "observer" nation, formally recognizing Palestine as a legitimate country. Ironically, and no doubt intentionally, this will be 65 years to the day since the United Nations first recognized the modern state of Israel.
With Hillary Clinton leaving the State Department, the president's very own vision, philosophy, wisdom and willpower are going to be tested in the Middle East.


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• frowsty •
Pronunciation: fræw-stee • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: 1. Stale-smelling, musty, dirty-smelling. 2. Disheveled, unkempt, mussy; dressed in frowsty clothing.
Notes: Today's Good Word behaves just like all English adjectives ending on -y. It comes with an adverb, a quality noun, and two comparative forms. The adverb is, of course, frowstily. The noun is frowstiness and the comparative and superlative are frowstier and frowstiest. (Don't forget to change the Y to an I.) Of course, the old Germanic comparatives are giving way to the French analytic forms, more frowsty and most frowsty. So, don't be surprised if you hear these expressions.
In Play: This word is heard more often today in the UK than in the US, but let's add it to the US vocabulary. It started out referring to a stale, funky smell: "The boys' dormitory room was rather frowsty with the smell of cigarettes and beer." However, like so many words, it wandered off course to come to refer to mismanaged dress: "Maud Lynn Dresser came to the party in—all I can say is—a rather frowsty outfit."
Word History: Today's Good Word is an example of what linguists call a blend but what Lewis Carroll called a 'portmanteau' word. His example chortle was created by smushing together chuckle and snort. Today's word was created by smushing together frowsy and fusty. It may have arisen out of a speech error, because we often hear others create portmanteau words on the fly. Sometimes they catch on (smog from smoke and fog), sometimes not (universery from university and nursery). The first component of today's word to enter English was fusty, originally the smell of used wine casks (14th century). Next came frowsy, from frowz, disheveled hair (17th century). Finally, someone confused the two in the 19th century (we don't know who) and, voila, frowsty. (We must now thank George Kovac for his recognition of frowstiness when he sees it and for suggesting we run the word for it as today's very Good Word. )
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Adele is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. She was offered a recording contract from XL Recordings after a friend posted her demo on Myspace in 2006. The next year she received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award and won the BBC Sound of 2008. Her debut album, 19, was released in 2008 to much commercial and critical success. It certified four times platinum in the UK, and double platinum in the US. Her career in the US was boosted by a Saturday Night Live appearance in late 2008. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, Adele received the awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Adele released her second album, 21, in early 2011. The album was well received critically and surpassed the success of her debut, earning the singer six Grammy Awards in 2012 including Album of the Year, equaling the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night. The album has also led to her receiving numerous other awards, including two Brit Awards and three American Music Awards. The album has been certified 16 times platinum in the UK; in the US the album has held the top position longer than any other album since 1985, and is certified Diamond. According to IFPI, the album has sold over 26 million copies worldwide.
Adele is the first female in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have three singles in the top 10 at the same time as a lead artist, and the first female artist to have two albums in the top five of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously. 21 is the longest running number one album by a female solo artist on the UK and US Albums Chart. In 2011 and 2012, Billboard named Adele Artist of the Year. In 2012, Adele was listed at number five on VH1′s 100 Greatest Women In Music, and the American magazine Time named Adele one of the most influential people in the world. In 2013, she received an Academy Award as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for her song "Skyfall", written for Skyfall, the twenty-third James Bond film.
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