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Awhile back, I wrote a blog post about shooting macro subjects on a budget. While there is no replacement, in my opinion, for a quality macro lens, let's face it: I would have to sell off body parts to be able to afford one right now. So here is a follow-up to that post.
As I mentioned before, I am back in my hometown in Central Florida. The great thing about that is that I am looking at this place with fresh eyes. Not new eyes, as we were only gone two years, but I am noticing things that I had ignored before. With limited shooting time available, I am looking for things that keep me closer to home; that lets out leisurely day trips. If you Floridians–both native and transplanted–hadn't noticed, it is November, a month of cold weather and possibly snow in northern areas. Here, however, we still have butterflies, honeybees, and new blooms of flowers (all I can say to you Northerners is, "Hahahahaha"). I had cruised up a road I don't usually find myself on anymore, on my way out to SR 46, which leads west toward the St. John's River. From years of driving SR 46, I know it gets acres and acres of flowers alongside the road, leading out into the floodplain. I just never paid attention to the times it does that (I was always on my way to work, and EARLY). Anyway, the city road I had taken had some nice flowers alongside it too, so on my way back, I stopped to pick some. I came home with three different kinds, stuck them in a vase of water, and took them outside to check for stowaways.
Right away, I found a beetle-like bug called a shield -backed bug, a spider who quickly skedaddled away into my yard, and an ambush bug. If you've never seen an ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica) (I hadn't, nor heard of them), it is related to assassin bugs, but looks like a tiny armored alien with praying mantis legs. And they fly. So I grabbed the only close-up setup I have: my DSLR, Promaster 28-80mm, and extension tube.
I have tried to use a tripod with this setup, and in the case of a slow-moving or stationary subject, like a caterpillar, it works just fine. But in the case of a constantly moving bug or flying insect, I have to switch to handheld and either increase my shutter speed, or boost my ISO in order to do so. With the windy and overcast weather we have had lately, I have had to boost up to crazy ISOs, as in ISO 800-1600! I use my tracking focus, which usually works on this setup (though it can be maddeningly inconsistent), and I have gotten some pretty decent results. Again, nothing compares in this case to a quality macro lens, but we work with what we have!I went back out to the same field a few days later, and ended up battling breezy conditions, but nothing too bad. There were many "keeper" images that I was happy with, the opening image of the brown-legged grass-carrying wasp (that really is what it's called: scientific name Isodontia auripes) being one of them. Large paper wasps (Polistes major) buzzed among red bugs (Dysdercus suturellus)–also called "cotton strainers"– and leaf-footed bugs (Leptoglossus phyllopus), of which I found a nursery on a stalk of goldenrod.
As you can see, it's not quite the same. But, it made me slow down, and take a closer look at what was around me. I had to be careful when I was collecting wildflowers, so I didn't take anyone else home with me! I went back two days after this, and shooting conditions were nonexistent. So I went exploring on a macro level, and peered closer at stalks, leaves, and flowers. Do you know what I found? ALL KINDS of different insects that I had no idea existed: five banded tiphiid wasps, dogwood borer moths, root weevils, and Delta flower scarab beetles, to name a few. I found caterpillars of the buckeye butterfly, and a bee fly, Eristalis transversa, which I had never seen before. (Thanks are owed to the great people at www.bugguide.net for running such a great site, and for all their help with IDs when I couldn't figure it out myself. You guys rock!)
In this age of instant gratification in the form of high-speed data transfers and not being forced to wait for ANYTHING anymore, slowing down and noticing details is not as easy as it sounds. The limits of my DIY macro setup make me slow down even more, and take a closer look for hidden subjects. Maybe because it's harder to use, with a lack of shutter speed or depth of field, even when using small apertures. When we push ourselves, we tend to get better, more satisfying results. Who says you need a true macro lens?
Now, anyone have one to donate? 🙂


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You may be really surprised at the high costs of wedding dresses these days. One of the ways you can save money on this essential purchase is to shop for discount wedding dresses. This does not mean that there is anything wrong with these dresses or that they are out of fashion. Stores often sell off their inventory of wedding dresses at discount prices to make room for dresses of the upcoming season. Some of these discount dresses may have been special orders that were cancelled for one reason or another and now the store is stuck with them.
Spending a lot of money on a dress that you will wear once doesn't make a lot of sense when you are trying to save money on your wedding. It will take you time and energy to search the bridal salons for cheaper wedding dresses but this does not mean you have to compromise on the quality of the material in the dress. If you know a good seamstress, you can have your wedding dress made for you at a lower cost as well.
The Internet is the best place to start shopping for discounted wedding dress prices. They range from dresses that have been discontinued by specific designers which assures you of a unique dress for your special day. You may find a dress that was bought and never worn and is now being sold at a really low price just to get it out of the closet.
There are many consignment boutiques in larger centres where you will find the wedding dress of your dreams at a low price that you may find hard to believe. It makes it easier to shop when you don't have a particular style of dress in mind because then you have numerous options in finding one that will suit your taste and style.
Many of the brand name stores also have outlet locations where you can find a wedding dress for a price ranging between $100 and $200. Some of these stores carry styles not sold in the regular locations and this will help you find something completely different. The wedding dresses in the outlet stores are brand new and have never been worn they may not be the styles of the current year.
Another option in getting a wedding dress very cheaply is to look for a vintage wedding dress from an earlier time. Your mother may still have her wedding dress and with a few alterations you can make it your own. She will also be very honoured that you like the dress she wore enough to want it for your wedding.
When you order online, you do have to be aware of the shipping policy and the length of time it will take you to receive the dress. The shipping costs can add to the price of the dress. You also have to inquire about the return policy of the site to make sure that you can return it for a full refund if you don't like the dress when you do receive it.

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During the holidays, we often become busy with work, shopping, baking, and much more and sometimes we forget to spend time with people that mean the most. Be thankful those people are still in your life and make the best of every moment!
For Thanksgiving, I will often have multiple dinners to attend. Two sometimes three dinners to celebrate, eat and get fat with loved ones. This year I have at least two. During those dinners, we like to talk, play games and go through the Black Friday ads.
What are some of your holiday traditions?
This year, we are sticking with the classic foods for Thanksgiving, turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing, pumpkin pie, and probably a lot more.
What do you normally eat for dinner?
I also like to sit back after a full meal and read a great book. This year I am reading Starlight Inn by Lucie Ulrich. It's a fun, Christmas romance and I'm already about half way through. It's great so far!
Here's a quick blurb:
On her way to celebrate her birthday and Christmas with her family, Ella Dixon finds herself trapped in the middle of a blizzard. She seeks refuge at The Starlight Inn. Though the inn is full, an elderly guest offers to share her room. Accepting the kind offer, Ella soon realizes Tillie Spencer isn't your average "little old lady." She knows things nobody else does, and appears to come and go on a whim.
Nick Wallace runs the inn along with sister, Fran. The attraction Nick feels for Ella is instantaneous and unexpected, but with the miles that separate them, and both busy with their careers, Nick doubts much will come of their Christmas Eve meeting. Tillie, on the other hand, holds a much different view.
Though Tillie won't admit to being an angel, Nick and Ella think otherwise. How else can they explain the twists and turns that began at The Starlight Inn.
What are you reading this holiday season?
If you need something to read, feel free to check out my book Bleeding Hearts. It's a romantic suspense about a serial killer and his girlfriend.


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If you are a victim of image-based abuse your local police may be able to help. Police may be able to pursue criminal charges against the person who shared an intimate image or video of you.
Contacting police
For non-emergencies, you can call the Police Assistance Line on 131 444 or contact your local police station.
Staying safe
If you are experiencing image-based abuse as part of an abusive or violent relationship, staying safe is your number one priority and your local police are there to help.
You can call police, or visit your local police station to report image-based abuse. It is helpful to take a supportive friend or family member along when you meet with police. They can help by taking notes so you can read over them later. Make sure you write down the police report or event number, and the name and rank of the officer you speak with in case you need it later. We have a form to help you provide police with useful background information about your case and advice on how to collect evidence.
There may be a specialist police officer you can talk to.
- If your situation involves family or domestic violence you can ask to speak to a specialist Domestic Violence Officer.
- If you are LBGTI you can ask to speak with a Gay and Lesbian Liaison Officer.
- If you are Aboriginal or Torres Strait islander you can ask to speak to an Aboriginal Liaison Officer.
- If you are from an ethnic or multicultural community you can ask to speak with either an Ethnic Community Liaison Officer or a Multicultural Community Liaison Officer.
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More Aboriginal children and their parents in Bendigo will have access to culturally responsive services and care thanks to a funding boost for a new early years centre.
The Bendigo and District Aboriginal Co-Operative will receive $800,000 through the state government's Regional Health Infrastructure Fund.
The $200 million fund – the largest of its kind in Victorian history – will rebuild rural and regional hospitals to ensure all Victorians can access the high quality care and facilities they need, no matter where they live.
The funding boost for Bendigo and District Aboriginal Cooperative will go towards building the second stage of the service's $1.7 million state-of-the-art early years centre.
The centre will give BDAC the modern and efficient facilities they need to expand services to local Aboriginal families, from pregnancy to school age.
This will include facilities to cater for 22 three-year-old kinder places and 66 four-year-old kinder places.
BDAC provides holistic health and wellbeing services to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families living in the Dja Dja Wurrung traditional area, including its Aboriginal Early Years' Service, youth programs, health promotion programs and supports for children in out-of-home care, or at risk of homelessness or family violence.
The new early years centre will boost access to these holistic and integrated services that improve the health, wellbeing and safety of Aboriginal children, focussing on prevention and early intervention.
Member for Bendigo West Maree Edwards said Aboriginal people know what works best for Aboriginal people.
"The Bendigo and District Aboriginal Co-Operative is leading the way in ensuring care and services are culturally safe and responsive to the needs of Aboriginal people," she said.
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Hawthorne football coach James Sims is moving to California to become a sports agent.
While Hawthorne's boys basketball team was playing for a state title in Lakeland on Wednesday, James Sims was preparing to leave the Hornets' campus for California.
Sims, the football coach at Hawthorne the last two seasons, resigned Friday and is heading West to become a sports agent. He leaves today by car with a stop in Texas planned to possibly pick up two basketball players who want him to represent them.
"I've always had a passion for coaching, but as a sports agent I am still around the business but it doesn't take up the same amount of time," said Sims, who in two years at Hawthorne had a 12-10 record with consecutive playoff appearances. "My wife is out in California, and she was my high school sweetheart, so it is going to be great being with her in Los Angeles."
Sims said he plans to represent athletes in the NBA, NFL, CFL as well as models, actors and actresses. He said many members of his former team were upset initially with the news.
"They didn't take it too good," he said. "One of my players was very upset. They felt this would be their year with the entire offense coming back, but with a new coach coming in it would change everything.
"I talked to a couple of them and they understood my reasons and love me as their coach and as a person."
One of the players returning is Montrell Bryant, one of the area's top junior athletes, who scored 14 points in Wednesday's Class 1A state basketball championship loss to Chipley in Lakeland. Bryant, a standout on offense and defense in football, was a first team all-state selection after the 2011 season.
"He kind of knew it was coming," Sims said of Bryant. "He will be all right. He is going to get a lot of attention."
Hawthorne athletic director Bobby Hill said the school is looking to name a new football coach soon.
-Both Bronson and Bell are also looking to fill their football posts. Al Cooksey resigned after four years and the Eagles going 0-10 last season. Roy Harden left the Bell Bulldogs for Branford.
-P.K. Yonge athletic director John Clifford said he hasn't made a lot of progress yet in finding a new volleyball coach for the Blue Wave. Cobey Shoji Hutzler left in January after a very successful season in which a young P.K. Yonge team advanced to the regional finals. She followed her husband, Coleman Hutzler, who was hired to join Bob Davie's football staff at the University of New Mexico.


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Subject Matter Experts – How to Tap into Their Knowledge
If asked, I think my family and friends would claim that I'm astute at being very honest and organized, seeing all sides of an argument, quoting movie lines to many classic 80's and 90's movies (Name that movie… "Lane, I've been at this high school for seven and half years…I'm no dummie!"), and creating delicious desserts. At work, I think my colleagues would agree that I'm good at those things and also very passionate about technology, social, and making life and business more efficient. So does this imply that I'm an expert on these subjects because I have passion and experience? My self-deprecating nature would say no; however, I do think that passion and experience are the two key foundational elements to be an expert on any topic.
Part of my job at NewsGator is to tap into the expertise of my peers, and I consider my peers to include colleagues, customers, and partners – all of whom share a passion for social. Beyond the everyday knowledge exchange that takes place on our customer and partner Extranet – appropriately called eNGage, we host monthly SMEssions. SME, of course, stands for subject-matter expert. One of my colleagues came up with the name so I can't take credit for it – but it still makes me giggle almost every time I say it! (Side Note: One of our customers came up with name eNGage for our Extranet. The word truly represents the essence of social, and the NG aptly stands for NewsGator. Thanks again Mike!).
These monthly SMEssions are hosted in a public community on eNGage and the format is similar to a Tweet Jam on Twitter. We use an Idea Campaign for customers and partners to submit topic ideas and vote for their favorites. The most voted-on topic is the one we choose each month and topics have ranged anywhere from community management, to hashtags, to metrics, and so on. Each SMEssion has a moderator – a NewsGator, customer, or partner SME on the topic – that poses questions, polls, and advice to encourage conversations with the diverse NewsGator population on eNGage. It's amazing to watch the collaboration unfold and learn how each customer and partner uses our product – Social Sites – in cool ways to help their organization and employees be more efficient, happy at work, and ultimately, more successful as a team. It's truly inspiring!
Once each SMEssion is over, we review all of the valuable contributions to the conversation and create or add them to the appropriate Knowledgebase on eNGage to make sure the content is searchable and becomes a living and breathing piece of information that others can share, edit, and absorb. SMEssion moderators get a special badge for their leadership, and SMEssion contributors get a badge for their participation, input, and eagerness to share.
It's a simple process with amazing contributions and value – and just one example of how to tap into the knowledge of your experts. Through our human-centric approach to product development, NewsGator's goal is to continue to make enterprise social software easier and more effective for you to share your knowledge and expertise, ask questions, pose new ideas, and almost anything you can imagine. I couldn't be more proud and excited to be part of the NewsGator family – an innovative think tank of colleagues, customers, and partners committed to making social a vital component of the way we work together every day!
What examples can you share of how you tap into the knowledge of the subject-matter experts in your organization? What do you do with that knowledge once it's surfaced? Are you using social technology to accomplish these goals?


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An arm lift, or brachioplasty, is a surgical procedure that:
Fluctuations in weight, growing older, and heredity can cause your upper arms to have a drooping, sagging appearance. This is a condition that cannot be corrected through exercise.
Arm lift surgery may be right for you if the underside of your upper arms are sagging or appear loose and full due to excess skin and fat.
The average cost of an arm lift is $3,936, according to 2014 statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
Arm lift surgery costs can vary widely. The average fee referenced above does not include anesthesia, operating room facilities or other related expenses.
A surgeon's arm lift price will be based on his or her experience, the type of procedure used, and the geographic office location.
Most health insurance does not cover arm lift surgery or its complications, but many plastic surgeons offer patient financing plans, so be sure to ask.
Arm lift surgery costs may include:
In general, arm lift candidates include:
During your recovery from arm lift surgery, dressings or bandages may be applied to your incisions, and your arms may be wrapped in an elastic bandage or a compression garment to minimize swelling following surgery.
A small, thin tube may be temporarily placed under the skin to drain any excess blood or fluid.
You will be given specific instructions on how to care for the surgical site and drains, medications to apply or take orally to aid healing, specific concerns to look for, and when to follow up with your plastic surgeon.
Be sure to ask your arm lift surgeon specific questions about what you can expect during your individual recovery period:
The smoother, tighter contours that result from arm lift surgery are apparent almost immediately following your procedure. Initial results will be obscured by swelling and bruising, and a scar will remain where the incision was made.
Although good results are expected from your procedure, there is no guarantee. In some situations, it may not be possible to achieve optimal results with a single surgical procedure and another surgery may be necessary.
The results of arm lift surgery will be long lasting, provided that you maintain a stable weight and general fitness. As your body ages, it is natural to lose some firmness, but most of your improvement should be relatively permanent.
Following your physician's instructions is essential to the success of your surgery.
An arm lift procedure includes the following steps:
Medications are administered for your comfort during arm lift surgery. The choices include intravenous sedation and general anesthesia. Your doctor will recommend the best choice for you.
Incision length and pattern during arm lift surgery depend on the amount and location of excess skin to be removed, as well as the best judgment of your plastic surgeon.
Incisions are generally placed on the inside of the arm or on the back of the arm, depending on the surgeon's preference, and may extend from the underarm (axilla) to just above the elbow. Excess fat may be directly excised or treated with liposuction.
Depending on your specific condition, incisions may be more limited. Then, underlying supportive tissue is tightened and reshaped with internal sutures. Finally, the skin is smoothed over the new contour of your arm.
Your incisions will be closed either with absorbable sutures, or stitches that will be removed within one to two weeks following your arm lift.
The smoother, tighter contours that result from brachioplasty are apparent almost immediately following your procedure, although there will likely be swelling and bruising.
In preparing for arm lift surgery, you may be asked to:
Arm lift surgery may be performed in an accredited office-based surgical facility, ambulatory surgical center, or a hospital. Be sure to arrange for someone to drive you to and from surgery, and to stay with you for at least the first night following surgery.


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Joshua Kors buys iMac, writes article, sets off link-bait awooga alarm, shows incompetence at job and life in general
Oh dear, Joshua Kors, 'Investigative Reporter', if only you could find your way to investigating a manual. Then you wouldn't have had to tell everyone why you're returning your iMac.
Kors's story is more than a little astonishing, because it reads like something torn from a Microsoft marketing exec's wet dream, but it's so unbelievably bad and stupid that it's the kind of thing even Microsoft wouldn't run with, because they've too much class. Really. And yet Kors's Onion-like article made the Huffington Post's tech section.
The journey begins when Kors got bitch-slapped by a news director. Kors said he was working with a video editor to compact a hearing into a YouTube clip, and the director said even his interns can edit videos. Thinking video-editing skills could give his career a shot in the arm, Kors decided to invest in a Mac. (Why at this point he didn't buy Premiere Elements for his PC is never explained. Maybe Kors thought he could grab a Mac, learn Final Cut Pro in eight seconds, and then go back to the news director and yell WHO'S THE DADDY NOW?, while rubbing his nipples in the director's face.)
But things went wrong right away for Kors when he booted his Mac:
Turns out there's a video camera embedded in the screen, and before I could boot her up for the very first time, she wanted to take my picture.
This is true—all Macs with a camera do this. (I'm not sure they're overtly feminine though. Maybe Kors got a 'special' iMac, with boobs.) It also happens to be optional and a really nice touch. But Kors seemingly considers this neat idea for a little personalisation of your computer some kind of BIG BROTHER EVIL.
Next up, Kors discovered that those bastards at Apple hadn't installed Microsoft Word on his computer, for free:
I had an article to write, but the only word processor I could find on my iMac was TextEdit, essentially a stripped-down version of Notepad.
After all, PCs are well known for arriving with suites of high-end software. I'm sure if you pick up a cheap Dell, it will be bursting at the seams with all the Photoshops and Offices of this world. (Also, TextEdit is, if you're not a befuddled idiot, a surprisingly capable text editor. It can happily open basic Word documents, and it forms the text layer of many Mac writing tools. Of course, you actually have to learn how to use it, rather than dismissing it out of hand as somehow being inferior to Notepad.)
At this point, Kors also decided he hated the Mac mouse and had began to miss his old, five-button one. Oddly, it never occurred to him to plug said five-button mouse into his Mac. After all, he had more moaning to do:
I booted up my bank account before realizing the Mac keyboard had no number pad and was heartsick to learn that the thesaurus WordWeb, every author's best friend, didn't work on Mac's OS. Neither did Ipswitch FTP, my file-uploader.
Man, Apple really are bastards, in not providing a full compatibility layer with software designed for their (formerly) biggest rival in software terms, Microsoft Windows. I personally find it hell EVERY SINGLE DAY having to dodder through life without a thesaurus on my Mac (apart from the built-in one) and an FTP client (apart from the several I have installed). It's like some kind of tech nightmare.
Following Kors's software pains are some simply bonkers claims. Unlike on a PC, he said, he knew he wouldn't be able to connect one computer to another and transfer over documents. This is fair enough, because if I totally ignore all the many times I've happily connected Macs to Windows PCs, I know it's literally impossible to connect Macs to Windows PCs. Kors decided to use an external hard drive to move files about, presumably while making burbling noises, ringing up his editor and yelling: "I'm technically incompetent! Why the fuck are you having me write for the tech column of your paper, you total dick?"
Next, Kors made more exciting discoveries:
Even moving over my iTunes playlist, I soon learned, was going to take intricate coding tweaks.
Last time I moved iTunes content between platforms, it did indeed take intricate coding tweaks. Mind you, I've suddenly decided that I'm a programmer and intricate coding involves 'dragging a folder' and intricate tweaks involve 'dropping a folder'. Man, I'm such a great coder. Maybe the Huffington Post will give me a series of columns!
Oh, wait—Kors isn't done!
My frustration beginning to boil, I figured I'd cool down with some swing dancing videos stored on my hard drive. But QuickTime wasn't in the mood to play. My .flv and .mkv files triggered only error messages, and some of my .mpg clips opened to blank screens.
And, my, a moment of non-crazy. The lack of compatibility for Kors's porn—sorry, swing dancing videos—is stupid. It's not Apple's fault—it's down to the horror that is video codecs—but it is frustrating. I'll now ignore the many apps and add-ons you could install for the Mac that would make said videos play, obviously. After all, I don't want to make Kors look like he's hopelessly out of his depth writing a tech column about using a Mac. No, wait:
I opened Mac's Thunderbird, and my jaw dropped again. The font on every email was so small, I was going to need the Hubble telescope just to answer my morning mail.
This bit is followed by semi-comprehensible babble about font sizes and how they're apparently really small on the Mac but giant-sized on a PC. Fonts do differ across platforms, but not to that extent. I'm guessing he was running his PC on blind-o-vision. Later in the article, he claims an Apple Store employee reckons:
Yeah, that small-font thing really is a problem. We have a lot of people who face that, then come back to return their computers.
First I've heard of that one, but we should all take Kors's word for it; after all, the rest of his article is clearly full of win.
I had battled the QuickTime player, which proved unable to make playlists, […] and grimaced at the dock shortcut to my MP3 folder, which malfunctioned after one day, topping the inert folder icon with a question mark.
I can't make playlists in QuickTime Player either, to be fair. Mind you, I can't make toast in Photoshop. Question marks instead of Dock folders? That'll be Kors either deleting the source or having it on a disk no longer connected to the Mac, then. Mind you, I do hate the way Macs cannot connect to things that they're no longer connected to. Steve Jobs and Apple and Macs and unicorns really suck like that.
The final straw came when Mac's Firefox took me to my website. To my horror, all the spacing was askew, the graphics tossed left and right like the wreckage of a hurricane. I asked myself: As a web designer, how can I design web pages when I can't see what 90 percent of my viewers are seeing?
I asked myself: as a web designer, I wonder whether Joshua Kors is a web designer, or whether he threw together some shit in Dreamweaver years ago, and has in fact left it to fester on the internet, like a mouldy cabbage. I then discovered, as a web designer, that, indeed, Kors's website looks the cat dragged it kicking and screaming from 1998, and then the cat thought "You know what? I'll just put it out of its misery" before shooting it through the head. Twice. Kors: as 'a web designer', perhaps explore some trends and technology that's standards-compliant as of this century.
For a second I thought, well, I could load Parallels, the Mac OS program that allows you to run Windows applications on your iMac. But that plan was squashed fast. Before I could complete Parallels' installation, it asked for a copy of the Windows CD. I shook my head in disbelief
Yeah, those bastards at Parallels are nearly as bad as the ones at Apple. What they hell are they thinking in not giving you a free copy of Windows with their inexpensive, powerful and hugely impressive virtualisation software? Kors: you should sue. Hell, you're American, so you probably already have.
I'm returning my iMac, then headed to Best Buy to snag a PC, one four-times faster than my current computer and $400 cheaper than that iMac. I'll spend the difference on a video editing program, a new haircut and a first-rate pair of swing dancing shoes.
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Innovation and entrepreneurship may sound like activities for a start-up based in a garage, but these qualities are the catalysts for growth and success in a business, regardless of its size.
Turbulence on the stock market will demand investor attention until Christmas, says UNSW Business School Professor Elvira Sojli, who specialises in understanding periods of market uncertainty.
The changing economic landscape, and advances in technology, bring progress and unprecedented challenges for a new generation wondering what their careers will look like, says UNSW Business School's Professor Richard Holden.
Sentiment can skew logic when it comes to using our natural resources, writes Raja Junankar.
The latest numbers suggest construction is accelerating even as buyers become more hesitant, writes Richard Holden.
Data from Australia and overseas, inlcuding the fluctuations in the US stock market, point to a tricky balancing act for policy makers, writes Richard Holden.
Cutting company tax rates can help to redress economic inequality and deserves political support, writes Richard Holden.
Data released this week in Australia and the United States showed continued strength – or at least a lack of weakness – in consumer spending and unemployment, writes Richard Holden.
The US economy looks to be improving but Richard Holden warns that Australia is on shaky ground with low interest rates, high household debt and the Aussie dollar on the rise again.


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Recent review: Excellent service from The Crepe Stop. Everybody enjoyed the food and the customer service was also excellent. Would absolutely use these guys again in the future.
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We had another terrific turnout for Trivia on Wednesday night, with 22 teams taking part. Not as many as the previous two weeks, but there seemed to be more folks in the bar taking part this week. That's always a good thing.
The story of the night was the team called DIMS, who were the winners the past two weeks, and they were going for the hat trick last night. After three rounds, I noticed they had not gotten a questions wrong yet, and a "perfect game" going. I decided not to say a word about it as the trivia was progressing, as like in baseball, I didn't want to "jinx" it. It was still going into the IQ Trivia round, but they got the question about the state of Franklin wrong, guessing Kentucky instead of the correct answer, which is Tennessee. It would be the only one they got wrong all night. Oh, so close.
DIMS won the night with 51 points, and the second place team was I'm a Girl Standing In Front of a Bull with 45 points. Third place went to Psyclones, getting 42 points.
Best Team Name: John Quinn, Let Us Win, We'll Show You Some Skin
Current Events
1. Former Red Sox and Cubs catcher David Ross will become the first MLB player to take part in what reality show later this year?
2. What Hollywood Oscar-winner sent an espresso maker to the White House press corps last week, the third time he has done so over the past few years?
3. What British-born actor says that he is applying for US citizenship in order to help "fight back" against President Trump?
4. Disney announced that their upcoming live-action remake of this classic will feature the studio's first ever gay character and love scene.
5. What 1950s rock'n'roll star is suing his daughter, claiming she abused him by giving him a diet of drug cocktails and spent his fortune?
6. Louis Tomlinson, lead singer of what pop group, was arrested last Friday at LAX after attacking a photographer after arriving on a flight with a girlfriend.
7. Robert Osborne, the film historian and author, died on Monday at the age of 84. What film channel was he a host for 23 years?
Brooklyn Trivia
1. Brooklyn gets its name from a town in what European country?
2. What county is Brooklyn in?
3. What current member of the Supreme Court was born and raised in Brooklyn?
4. What year in the 19th century did the Brooklyn Bridge open?
5. In the movie "Saturday Night Fever", the character Bobby C falls to his death from what bridge?
6. Between Al Pacino, Jerry Seinfeld and Barbra Streisand, which was NOT born in Brooklyn?
7. What was the final year the Dodgers played in Brooklyn before moving to LA?
The Q Train: True or False Trivia
1. The Super Bowl actually got its name from the Wham-O Superball.
2. The president and his family pay for their own food and incidentals while in the White House.
3. Transylvania is part of Albania.
4. The US men's national soccer team has never played in the World Cup Final.
5. "Call me Ishmael" is the first line of the book "Moby Dick."
6. George Washington appeared on the first US postage stamp.
7. About 20% of the US population are left-handed.
8. More than 1,000 languages are spoken on the continent of Africa.
9. Horse racing is called the "sport of kings."
10. The French Open is the first tennis tournament of the Grand Slam every calendar year.
General Knowledge
1. What is the largest city in New Jersey by population? ( 1 pt)
2. According to the census of 2010, what is the most common surname in the US? ( 1 pt)
3. Bart Giamatti was once commissioner of what sport? ( 1 pt)
4. Ted Kaczynski is better known to the public by what nickname? ( 2 pt)
5. Rolling Stone named what Beatles LP the greatest of all-time in 2003? ( 2 pt)
6. Haile Selassie was once emperor of what African country? ( 2 pt)
7. How many feet are there in a nautical fathom? ( 3 pt)
IQ Trivia
1. Tenerife, El Herro and La Palma all belong to what island group? ( 4 points)
2. The state of Franklin was an autonomous 18th century American territory that today is part of what US state? ( 5 points)
3. Henry Rathbone and Clara Harris were up close witnesses of what historic event in American history? ( 4 points)
4. What MLB position hasn't been played by a left-handed player since the Pirates' Benny DiStefano in 1989? ( 3 points)
5. In 1988, who became the first majority-Islamic country to elect a female head of the government? ( 4 points)
Current Events
1. "Dancing With the Stars:" 2. Tom Hanks; 3. Patrick Stewart; 4. "Beauty and the Beast;" 5. Jerry Lee Lewis; 6. One Direction; 7. Turner Classic Movies.
Brooklyn Trivia
1. Netherlands; 2. Kings; 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg; 4. 1883; 5. Verrazano-Narrows Bridge; 6. Al Pacino; 7. 1957.
The Q Train: True or False Trivia
1. true; 2. true; 3. false; 4. true, Romania; 5. true; 6. false, Ben Franklin; 7. false, 7%; 8. true; 9. false, chess; 10. false, Australian Open.
General Knowledge
1. Newark; 2. Smith; 3. baseball; 4. The Unabomber; 5. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; " 6. Ethiopia; 7. six.
IQ Trivia
1. Canary Islands; 2. Tennessee; 3. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; 4. catcher; 5. Pakistan (Benazir Bhutto).


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The End of an Era…
Joe's farewell show last night was truly a surreal experience, one "filled with laughter, love, and memories"…and some f**king exploding performances! Thanks to everyone that came out, all of our supporters, friends & family, The Armiger, Haster, SOULBLEED, all our bro bands past and present, Tiki Bar staff, Marc, Jimmy, and Joe…Steve & Diane from Buzz Radio for putting together the slideshow & videos, broadcasting the show live, and hosting an amazing night for all of us. And last but certainly not least, thank you to Joe for your leadership & spirit, the countless memories, the amazing music, and inspiring lyrics. The best shows we've ever been to were the ones that we performed at your side. We love you!


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Meets: Jan-Nov, fourth Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30p
Instructors: Michelle Wildgen and Susanna Daniel
Location: East and West Side
Cost: $1395 (3 payments)
Enrollment: 8 openings
Richard Russo says that each of his novels goes through "about 17" revisions before it's published. Revising is a skill separate from, and in some ways more sophisticated than, drafting fresh material. A smart, deep revision can elevate a story or essay at the level of meaning and substance; conversely, doing a cursory line edit without reimagining a story's shape and rethinking its structure might not amount to much.
We believe in supporting writers by sharing craft lessons and feedback -- and with this class, we'll build on that support by also helping writers reshape and polish their fresh stories, with the goal of making our pieces reader-ready.
During our first meeting, both instructors -- Susanna Daniel and Michelle Wildgen -- will meet with the writers to discuss what comprises a deep revision and go over the workshop process.
Then, every month for for six months, each writer will workshop three (3) original stories and/or essays and develop strategies for deep revisions. We'll focus on offering each story or essay a close read and nuts-and-bolts suggestions for revision.
For the last four months of the class, we'll swap instructors to provide a fresh eye. Writers will submit two (2) deep revisions, along with the original work and feedback, and put the material through its paces again. At the end of the year, you'll have everything you need to get two pieces ready for publication or an MFA application, or to bulk up your body of work.
Unlike our Novel/Memoir in a Year offering, which requires an intense commitment for a prolonged period, the pace of this workshop is meant to be workable and sustainable long-term. Our focus will be on maintaining consistent writing habits and giving each revision time to reach its full potential.


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In Reply to: fretless strings posted by Dave on May 24, 2001 at 19:29:32:
: I just purchased a yamaha fretless bass and it came with roundwound strings. I've read that these can eat up the fretboard on a fretless and I'm wondering if this is true. If so, any other suggestions for fretless strings?
Hey there,
Very true ...if roundwounds can wear METAL frets, just imagine what they can do to the bare wood!! I suffered this myself in my fretless. For a while I changed to flats, but the sound wasn't so satisfactory. I'm still trying to find a nice compromise between good sound and fingerboard maintenance...
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Latest News
Portmore mastered CFU assignment
Portmore United's administrator Rohn Rainford said it was a great learning curve for his club in hosting the FLOW CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship final stage at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex recently.
Atletico Pantoja of the Dominican Republic were crowned champions after wins against local clubs Portmore and Arnett Gardens in the semi-final and final, respectively. The champions advanced directly to the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League, while Portmore and Arnett will take the longer route by playing in the CONCACAF League which starts on July 31.
"It is the first time that we have done this level of planning multiple days of competition, coordinating transportation and training. It is a good start for us now that we are in elite competition of the CONCACAF League. We can now leave and ensure that we can coordinate those games properly," Rainford explained.
"We pulled quite a number of parties together for this showing. Special thanks to all who supported us in this venture title sponsors FLOW, CONCACAF, the JFF (Jamaica Football Federation), and the PFAJ (Professional Football Association of Jamaica). We extend a special thanks to our partners Arnett Gardens and congratulate them in reaching a riveting final. We are now both assured of top flight regional football and this can only help Jamaica's football," Rainford said about the local clubs.
Atletico Pantoja walked away with the trophy and US$50,000 first prize money after they beat Arnett 6-5 on penalties. Arnett won US$30,000. And, Portmore who beat Central FC of Trinidad and Tobago 2-1 in the third place match, earned US$20,000.
Meanwhile, Central FC and Martinique's Club Franciscain will meet tomorrow to decide the final qualifier for the CONCACAF League at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex.


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why ice cream cakes*?
Ever since Robin was a little girl, her family has been making ice cream cakes for their birthdays. For years she's been carrying on that tradition for her friends. They've been so popular that she decided to blend her passion for making ice cream cakes with her passion for storytelling, and Yum's the Word was born.
And let's be honest... doesn't ice cream make everything better? (Well, I think so. Then again, I'm Jewish and Italian, so food is central to everything.)
Cake Names
Each month we crowdsource punny names for the ice cream cakes like "Mint Oreo Speedwagon," "Heath Bar-ack Obama," "Carmel Toe," and more. Gotta fun name for an upcoming cake? Check out the flavors a few days before the show and post your ideas!
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Roberto Pedone
These heavily shorted stocks could get squeezed much higher if they report positive earnings this week. (Stocks include: SIRI, STMP, NUAN)
Philip van Doorn
These banks have bucked the trend, with strong revenue growth over the past year.
Chris Ciaccia
Sirius has come out from a mountain of debt and analyst's think the satellite radio company could be attractive, as free cash flow continues to grow.
James Rogers
IBM, Qualcomm and Microsoft offer investors the perfect combination of dividends and growth.
Robert Holmes
Nothing's changed -- large-cap dividend stocks are still the place to be, say professional investors.
Joe Mont
The co-dependency between hometowns and companies can lead to heartbreak.
Antoine Gara
Here's a look at five sectors and some stocks that may see gains in a recovery.
Philip van Doorn
TheStreet highlights five banks showing strong balance sheets and revenue growth.
Eric Rosenbaum
The largest oil service companies are rumored to be scouting acquisitions, but it's more likely to be smaller competitors that will seek to grow through deals.
Scott Rothbort
These companies are poised to benefit from what is likely to be the next upgrade and replacement cycle.


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The Hong Kong September Jewelry and Gemstone Exhibition
There are 3 main gem and jewelry shows in Hong Kong every year. The largest is generally considered the September show, which draws crowds from around the world looking both to source from the Asian market, and to sell their goods in perhaps the worlds most vibrant emerging market.
Expectations this September were however extremely low. For the past several years, the Asian market for gems has been booming, bolstered by a robust Chinese economy, whose citizens seemed to have an insatiable appetite for every sort of gem. From basic tourmalines, to the rarest of diamonds, the world looked to China as their main consumer. In turn, prices went up, as demand increased. These price increases had a detrimental effect on the gemstone and jewelry business in the West. With an already weak market caused by the 2008 financial crisis, price increases worldwide priced many consumers in the west out of the market.
However, since the beginning of 2015, the Chinese gemstone market has been slowing. The biggest effects were felt through the diamond market where prices have been dropping precipitously. This culminated in terrible sales at the Hong Kong March and June gem and jewelry exhibitions. And so last week's exhibition had extremely low expectations. But guess what? IT WAS A GOOD SHOW!
With low expectations, many dealer just didn't show up. But those that did were pleasantly surprised. It was a busy show, with long registration lines, lots of customers mulling around. Booths were busy. The main issue were prices. Since many dealers have been pushing up prices they have been getting stuck with lots of goods. There was a noticeable spread between the asking price and the selling prices of most goods - meaning, dealers had to move stock and could not just stand by and keep up their inflated prices. This bodes well for the Western markets, as prices come more in line with what consumers expect.
While prices have moved up quite a bit, there seems to no shortage of goods. The show was awash in Emerald, with huge stocks of stones in every conceivable size. Much of the goods was of Zambian origin, but there were many Colombian pieces as well.
Something very useful which, I saw for the first time, were precision cut Emeralds with excellent color and luster. Typically, I use Tsavorite (green garnets), when I need a rich green accent stone. But these amazing little guys come in sizes from .6mm up to 1.5m with great saturation and shine.
And in my hand it's really easy to see how small these stones really are.
In addition to all types of emeralds, there were, of course, many many sapphires. Some of the most beautiful that I had seen in terms of sheer color were from this parcel. While far from perfect stones, and all needing a re-cut and re-polish, they had great color for their 8ct average size. (click to play Video)
I also had a long look at diamonds that were available. I'm a lover of unique colored diamonds. Typically, strong individual colors are the most popular, however mixed tones and various color blends can create amazingly beautiful, and unique diamond jewelry pieces. This piece below I fell in love with. A fancy brownish pink, with a slight peach color. Simply amazing!!
In addition to the random things I thought were generally beautiful and interesting, I did have a few things I was shopping for to make some custom pieces for clients. I've been working on a diamond link necklace with rose cut marquise shapes and some rubies to fill. I found a great manufacturer who specializes in putting together these types of things.
Overall it was a much better show than expected for just about everyone. I personally accomplished quite a bit, as well as catching up with some old friends, and a little free time to run around the city.


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Lastly, the old skool print studio manager (email me for updates of all these.)
The Studio Manager acts as the main studio point person for all studio production materials. They manage the creation of all studio work and supervise other production and/or freelance artists. Small agencies can have one studio manager, or multiple studio managers broken down by serving individual clients. Studios can also be broken up into, comping, prepress & production and new business. Today's studio's are traditionally profit centers for the agency producing prepress materials in-house and charging for the work. Studios also may incorporate additional services such as retouching or interactive work.
- Responsible for all production materials released from the agency
- Supervise the creation of all art mechanicals for assigned clients, through comp to final disk release for the agency.
- Track all misc. studio requests for each assigned client.
- Act as lead studio production artist and quality control person for all assigned projects.
- Manage studio production artists and freelancers in completion of the individual assignments.
- Schedule daily studio workload, manage work changes.
- Work with project managers/production staff to accomplish all internal studio work.
- Provide design and new business support as needed.
- Track usage & maintenance of all studio devices; computers, printers, scanners and digital cameras, etc.
- Maintain a clean studio and surrounding environment.
- Estimate and invoice studio services charges for assigned clients (i.e. color copies, poster prints, discs, cd-roms, new business materials, etc.).
- Review studio/production time schedules and estimates where needed. Track and train all assistant and freelance studio staff in all relevant skill areas.
- Contact, hire & supervise all agency studio freelancers for assigned projects (in-house/outside).
- Maintain agency archiving and filing systems.
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Familiar name back on top of 'Franchise 500'
For a second straight year, McDonald's topped Entrepreneur magazine's "Franchise 500" list, with Dunkin' moving up a rung to the No. 2 ranking and edging 7-Eleven as the fastest-growing brand.
Entrepreneur magazine ranks franchisors according to how attractive they are as business investment opportunities, with this year's top 5 rounded out by Sonic, Taco Bell and The UPS Store.
Milford-based Subway fell again on this year's Franchise 500, to 125th. Subway recovered its status as Connecticut's top-ranked franchisor after Edible Arrangements designated Atlanta as its new headquarters, with the fruit arrangement vendor at 108th on this year's list.
McDonald's has undertaken a high-profile upgrade of its restaurants in Connecticut and elsewhere, with a broader menu and digital kiosks designed to streamline food service, with Subway in the process of rolling out a similar initiative.
Other industry-leading franchisors with Connecticut locations in the top 20 included Planet Fitness, Great Clips, 7-Eleven, Baskin-Robbins, Ace Hardware, Kumon Math & Reading Centers and RE/MAX.
Entrepreneur tagged the mobile phone repair shop uBreakiFix as the top new franchise, ahead of the Velofix mobile bicycle repair service.
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Pirates search for new boss
Bristol Rovers have signalled their intent to move quickly in the search for a new manager, by drawing up a list of potential names for the job including Sean O'Driscoll.
The Pirates' or Gas as they are affectionately known, currently lie 19th in League Two just two points off the drop zone.
A disappointing run of results under the recently sacked Paul Buckle has left the club in a precarious position, which seemingly requires solving via a swift appointment.
Buckle, who was appointed as early as last May was believed to be the man to lead a promotion-push for one of League Two's 'big' and most well supported clubs.
However, after picking up just 5 points from the last 33 available, ex-Doncaster boss Sean O'Driscoll is being touted as his successor along with names such as Mark Robins, Richard Money and Paul Ince.
Rovers' chairman Nick Higgs said of the club's stance: "If we didn't address the problem now we'd be fighting a relegation battle and the thought of Bristol Rovers being in the Conference doesn't bear thinking about."
Following the clubs weekend's FA Cup defeat to Aston Villa at the Memorial Stadium, the Pirates face an away league trip to Hereford United tonight under the stewardship of caretaker boss Shaun North. This game could have massive implications for the side from the West Country.News Now - Sport News


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We're turning the spotlight on our community to share their stories and flaunt our styles — after all, who would we rather see than the women who really wear them? Watch this space for more incredible style and stories. If you would like to be considered for an upcoming installment of "We're Inspired By…", submit your unique story!
For this edition, we travel to Houston, TX to feature Dawn H., an optimistic and kind-hearted mom, who's taking her practical approach to fashion to a new stylish level. Dawn tell us about her family, the surprising items she's fallen in love with, and what the Gwynnie Bee community means to her. For those reasons, and many more, we're inspired by… Dawn H.!
1. Tell our readers a little bit about yourself!
I was born and raised in Houston. I married my high school sweetheart 17 years ago. We were young, optimistic, broke and ready to take on the world…and we did. We have three amazing daughters, ages 9, 11, and 14, with completely different personalities. Sometime's it's hard to believe they came form the same parents, but they will each take on the world in their own way.
Balancing my home and work life is not easy, but my family always comes first. I make time for myself too, spending time with my friends from high school and college. We've been thought so many phases of life together.
2. What inspired you to become a Gwynnnie Bee member?
I have always had trouble finding clothes that fit well. My experience was that straight sizes weren't made for curvy girls, and plus sizes were not fitted enough for me. I was hopeful I would find clothes that fit my shape through Gwynnie Bee.
I'm am a practical person, but not afraid to pay for quality. Before GB I would wear classic pieces like solid sheath dresses and pencil skirts, and add pops of color with blouses and cardigans. I wanted to become a GB member because I loved the idea of wearing trendy pieces without having to own them. I have always hated wasting money, and clothing, on pieces I might only wear a year or two before it went out of style. I love the sustainability aspect of Gwynnie Bee. Our natural resources are better utilized when a garment is worn more than a handful of times.
Julian Taylor Fuchsia Fit & Flare Dress With Keyhole
3. What has your Gwynnie Bee experience been like thus far?
My experience has been great. I've been a member almost three years, so I've experienced some of the growing pains GB has been through, like the shipping delays associated with opening a new warehouse. I appreciate that GB has always acknowledged its own challenges and shows appreciation to loyal members.
I have experienced really fun and exciting innovations: the Gwynnie Bee shop, prioritizing my online closet, adding photos and size profiles to member reviews, member rewards, and Facebook videos.
This might sound cheesy, but I feel like we have grown together.
4. How has Gwynnie Bee changed the way you approach fashion?
My GB experience has been really transformative. I will try colors and patterns I never would have tried before. I am no longer afraid to take a chance and wear something outside of what I think is my comfort zone. I still wear classic shapes, but throw in some fun pieces too.
I can walk into a room full of suits looking professional and polished in a floral dress that looks like it was made for me. That is a huge confidence booster.
Sandra Darren Sheath Dress in Coral Scarf Print
5. What pieces have you been most excited to receive? Has any piece surprised you with how much you love it?
I have always been excited to receive my priority items just before I needed them- a jumpsuit and party dress for a weekend in Vegas, a sharp looking sheath dress before a big work meeting, a maxi dress just in time for vacation. Strategic closeting is important, and the priority feature is great.
I was really excited to get the Julian Taylor Fuchsia Fit & Flare Dress With Keyhole. I knew the brand and that dress did not disappoint. The color, the cut, the keyhole – it is adorable, sexy, and fun. I'm excited to get anything City Chic. Every piece feels like it was made for me. The black and white brushstroke dress is my go-to office piece.
I never though I would own a leopard print dress, but it is one of my favorite pieces. I would never have had the confidence to wear a dress with sharks and skulls to work, but I did.
Julian Taylor Fuchsia Fit & Flare Dress With Keyhole
6. How would you describe your sense of style? What influences your fashion sense?
I think my style is still classic, but now with a trendy twist. I prefer simple jewelry to statement pieces, but I wear both. As a southern girl, denim and pearls are my favorite combination. Leather and lace is a close second.
Growing up, my fashion icons were Jacqueline Kennedy and Princess Dianna. They were beautiful women, they dressed "ladylike" but commanded respect, and they oozed class and style.
7. Who are the women who inspire you?
Growing up, I was inspired by women like Mother Teresa and Maya Angelou. I was inspired to do the right thing, serve others, have faith, and use my words and actions to inspire others. Do what is right, even when nobody is looking.
My mother taught me the importance of education, a strong work ethic, and to do something you love. She also taught me to be generous to others, because there is always someone with a harder life.
I am inspired by my friends. My closest friends have known me more of my life than not. As we go through all the phases of life together, we provide each other strength, wisdom and perspective.
I've been inspired by the women of Gwynnie Bee. I feel like I've gotten to know members and staff through Facebook and Instagram. Their body confidence has inspired me to take chances and know that beauty has no shape or size.
Julian Taylor Fuchsia Fit & Flare Dress With Keyhole
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|Review: Inspiration and Incarnation by Peter Enns
|Written by Dr Rowland S. Ward
|Sunday, 30 March 2008 00:01
Inspiration & Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament
by Peter Enns
(Grand Rapids: Baker 2005) pbk. 197pp $19.95 ISBN 0801027306
Reviewed by Rowland S. Ward in The Presbyterian Banner, May 2006
This book is by the Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Hermeneutics at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. [Enns has left the Seminary as of mid 2008.] He was also editor of the Westminster Theological Journal 2000-05. My initial knowledge of it came through a somewhat abrasively hostile review in New Horizons (the Orthodox Presbyterian Church magazine) last year, which I am surprised was published in that form. At the other extreme a positive, certainly non-critical, review appears in Evangelicals Now! (UK) May 2006, while Bruce K. Waltke of Regent College and Reformed Theological Seminary gives one of the blurbs on the back cover. I confess my own reading of the first few chapters was a positive experience, but as I went further on I revised my opinion somewhat. Let me explain.
In five chapters Enns outlines his vision for a more adequate appraisal of the OT. Chapter 1 (pages 13-22) suggests that adequate attention has not been given to the human character of Scripture whereas we should, says the writer, use the model of the incarnation to stress that Scripture is truly human and truly divine. B.B. Warfield's excellent 1894 essay on the Divine and human in the Bible is cited. The difficulty perhaps is that your initial comfort with this idea is dispelled somewhat because Enns, unlike Warfield, does not adequately develop the aspect of Scripture as truly Divine as well as truly human, and to that extent his incarnational model breaks down. In Enns' hands the emphasis on the humanity of Scripture seems imbalanced.
His Chapter 2 (pages 23-70) sets out the challenge to the nature of Scripture from its setting in the ancient near east. For example, the OT text has similarities to Akkadian and Babylonian creation and flood accounts, similar customs in the tablets discovered during the 20th century at Nuzi, similar laws in the Code of Hammurabi, who predates Moses, and it seems to borrow wholesale from the Egyptian book Instruction of Amenemope in Proverbs 22:17-24:22, and so on. Enns does not want to conclude that the Bible is just a bunch of stories derived from ancient cultures, or that its similarities to these other books reduces its inspiration or that the Bible is dependent upon these other accounts. However, he does say there is a 'conceptual similarity', that as the OT was given in the ancient world's cultures, all of which had myths of origins, it is understandable that the OT would have its own myth, defined as ancient, premodern, pre-scientific ways of addressing questions of ultimate origins and meaning in the form of stories (p.50). It is surely right of Enns to insist God speaks to man in his real-life situation. It is surely right to insist that Genesis does not address modern questions of a scientific nature. (No one will accuse me of rejecting that proposition!) Of course he is also right to insist history is always interpreted history, always selecting and presenting with a purpose in mind. Yet one cannot help feel that Enns leaves us in some ill-defined area where we can concede lack of fundamental historicity, and indeed where we have such a bias in the history that our conclusions can only be provisional.
Note: Enn's connection with WTS ended mid 2008.
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Oops. Where did the entire fall go? Can't believe the holiday season is on our doorstep and I haven't found time to post on the blog for over a month. There, now I've done it: I have committed the cardinal sin of blogging. I've blogged about not blogging. You are just not supposed to do that...
On a more happy note, I was very excited to see the recent update of the 3D building database in Google Earth that adds tons of photo-realistic building images for several major US cities. This is a view of Boston from above the harbor, with Faneuil Hall on the right:
If you have an iPhone, make sure to also try the Google Earth app for the iPhone, which is pretty amazing, too.
So what does this have to do with XML, you ask? All the buildings are encoded in KML, which is an open XML-based standard for geo-spatial information. And Google has created a huge 3D Warehouse of building images that are available in KML as well as other formats. To learn more about KML, take a look at this tutorial or the KML reference.
For example, this image on the left is a rendition of the Faneuil Hall model from the 3D Warehouse that was used in the above image on Google Earth. If you download the KML file from the warehouse, it comes in a KMZ archive, which is a ZIP-compressed package file. To explore this file in the XMLSpy XML Editor, all we have to do is add the KMZ file extension under Tools/Options and specify that it is a ZIP conformant file format.
Similarly, add the KML extension and specify that it is XML conformant. Now you can open all KMZ files in XMLSpy, see the files contained in the package, and directly open the KML file to view the XML markup it contains (this is just the beginning of the file):
More info on the new 3D buildings and a few screenshots of New York can be found on the Google Earth Blog. So get yourself a copy of Google Earth and start exploring...


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Where else can we go for breakfast on a lazy weekend morning? Rozelle and Balmain are bursting with cafes and restaurants, bakeries and patisseries, and it's an easy drive, except the stark lack of parking spaces. We meant to try out Rosebud but on the way there after a grueling parking experience, we were entranced by this cozy retro cafe. The Bean. What a cute name! It reminds me of a Dr Seuss book.
The decor is very retro and old school but still has a modern tinge to it. Posters of old and famous rock stars and movies are hung up across one wide wall. On another wall, they've placed colourful old school toasters on display. Books lines the shelves and it looks like you can exchange one of your own books for one of theirs.
The menu isn't snazzy like a Surry Hills cafe but keeps to simple but essential dishes. I was torn between the pancakes and the muesli but gave in to the pancakes in the end. The Man got the big brekky, as an excuse to add another on the big brekky list.
Latte and cappuccino. Our usuals. I wanted a fresh juice but they only sold bottled ones. The coffee was smooth and well brewed so I didn't mind it.
My buttermilk pancakes! Don't be fooled by the simplicity. These stacks actually have an addictive flavour that forces you to eat beyond your limit. The pancakes are huge and thick, very evenly cooked through and have a subtle eggy/creamy flavour. The delightful mixture of the sweet and sour poached rhubarbs with the sweet and crunchy almond crumble is irresistible and although the creme fraiche melted really quickly, it was good while it lasted.
The almond crumble. It seemed like they crushed an almond shortbread. I'm always up for sweet breakfasts and desserts so I wouldn't have even minded if they buried the pancakes in crumble.
Other things to note were their service. Food came out quickly enough but their waitresses are always occupied somewhere, sometimes disappears even, so don't miss your opportunity and end up starving. The noise levels are quite high and sometimes it was hard to hear what the other person was saying and I think we both spoke an octave or so higher. But still, everyone is comfortable in their conversations and we enjoyed our meals so put this on your lists!


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London 2012 and Transport for London are urging some of London's top businesses to check their staff are fully aware of the potential disruption that this year's Games may cause.
As London will be transformed into a global sporting hub during the event, public transport services and road networks are set to be heavily impacted, reports hrmagazine.co.uk.
As a result, the two authorities are asking businesses in London, from restaurants to event venues, to think about reducing or re-timing some of their deliveries, encourage staff to take holiday, stagger work days due to peak periods, work from home or encourage cycling to their place of work in a bid to help out their firm during the Games.
According to huffingtonpost.com, Transport for London has also teamed up with app service re:route to reward Londoners that walk and cycle with discount vouchers for big brands, giving workers an incentive to use that method of transport to attend work.
Peter Hendy, London's transport commissioner, commented on the advice: "Many companies are already communicating their plans with their staff, suppliers, customers and visitors, and their efforts and leadership in preparing for Games-time travel are commendable.
"In these final weeks before the Games, it is important that London's business leaders continue to communicate with their employees to ensure they are clear about the plans in place in their own organisations and so they can take action to change their travel as a result," he added.


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Colour pairings in the home are instinctive – we all have an eye for what works and what doesn't. Still, picking the right scheme gets easier with practice, so we asked our designer-at-large Hubert Zandberg to share his expertise on how to use colour to create a space you love.
Dress to impress
We put colours together all the time, it's something you do every day when you dress yourself. Don't drive yourself mad trying to decide if a colour works – try walking away and looking again in a few hours – it's that first reaction that tells you if it works or doesn't work. Look at your home as if it's your outfit. Is your colour scheme the outfit that you want to wear every day?
Set the mood
Think about your room's function and purpose, and consider the mood you want to create. Do you want a space that's calm? Or flamboyant? Or warm? A monochromatic colour scheme will allow you to be really creative with patterns, giving space for the patterns to create the mood.
Add a sparkle
Remember to bring the metallics in – copper is very now at the moment – to give it a little 'ping'. Metallics are the room's jewellery. It's all to do with the glint in the eye, like a candle flickering or a mirror reflecting. You'll get that with your metal objects, just enough 'ping' to bring a room to life.
Bring in the bloom
Flowers are not only beautiful – they're an excellent way of experimenting with colour in a room. Even if you're not particularly green-fingered, you can bring in some low-maintenance succulents or cacti as a floral flourish.
Inspired? Find more tips from Hubert Zandberg on sprucing up your shelves and displaying art at home .
All photos courtesy of Hubert Zandberg Interiors.


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The election of Sen. Obama brings about a new day in America and will do more to unify this country at a time when it is so badly needed. The President-elect will bring the best of America into his cabinet and in all key positions in his administration. He will be a president for all America and that will be the key to his success. We have the most serious set of problems facing our nation in years and it will take a bi-partisan approach to governing that can only come from a person with the ability, the desire and the courage required at a time like this.
~ Jere Beasley


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siting: Kunsthuis Kaayk - day 7
Wednesday, March 3 2016. Day 7 of Siting: Kunsthuis Kaayk in Tiel, the Netherlands.
The last day to shoot, a strange feeling. The weather once again treated me really well - it was quite sunny. I finished early today, needing the time to organize the exhibition that will open on Saturday.
It's strange how choosing the final pick of the day feels so much more definitive. I've been going back and forth whether to pick one or another. Eventually I went with a shot that does not resemble the city as I experienced it, but I really like the atmosphere it breathes. It does feature a very distinct bit of architecture though: the mid-section is the facade of the city's theater.


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Is it possible to add new syntax definitions to LDAP? I've done various searches without unearthing anything. In particular, I'd like to specify a syntax which is "an integer between 0 and 5". Can I do that or do I need to code the enforcement into my client?
-- -- Howard Chu CTO, Symas Corp. http://www.symas.com Director, Highland Sun http://highlandsun.com/hyc/ Chief Architect, OpenLDAP http://www.openldap.org/project/


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The SWAT section will be especially exciting, giving visitors an inside look into this inherently intense and action-packed job. With the push of a button, an otherwise peaceful scene quickly becomes a dangerous situation that requires the intervention of tactical officers--and visitors get to watch as the action unfolds. This 90-second two-story projection demonstrates the professional and efficient tactics used by SWAT to control a high-risk situation and ensure the safety of everyone involved.
To get the full picture of SWAT, visitors will learn how long tactical officers have been around and how they came into being. Many people do not know that tactical teams began to develop in response to a number of violent incidents that had occurred across the United States during the 1960s. Single-shooter incidents—such as the Texas Tower Shooting in 1966—had an impact, but SWAT was established mainly in response to the growth of armed, well-organized militant groups like the Black Panthers and the Symbionese Liberation Army.
This look at history combined with descriptions of duties and significant turning points in the profession will make for an exhibit that will grab visitors' attention and teach them something about what being a tactical officer really means.
|Elevation of SWAT Audio/Visual Presentation in the Museum


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M.D. Biochemistry
Course Description
The purpose of this program is to standardize Biochemistry teaching at post-graduate level so that it benefits in achieving uniformity in undergraduate teaching of the subject. Accordingly, the training in M.D. Biochemistry is distinctive from that in M.Sc., Ph.D., (Biochemistry), where the approach to the subject is primarily experimental.
Programme Objectives:
A candidate qualifying in the M.D. (Biochemistry) examinations should be able to:-
- Be a competent Biochemist
- Work as a teacher/ medical faculty both at undergraduate & post graduate level
- Supervise modern laboratory techniques & procedures in clinical Biochemistry in the hospital
- Pursue her/his interest area to undergo further specialization
- Carry out & conduct various research problems both at basic and applied level
- Guide thesis at both post graduate and doctoral level
- Suggest, evaluate, interpret biochemical investigation in a given clinical situation and apply knowledge in clinical problems


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Payroll tax deductions are calculated using the IRS W-4 form, which gives an employer the information needed to determine the deduction for an employee, the Houston Chronicle explains. This form lets the employer determine all necessary deductions, including personal income and Social Security taxes.
The three main categories of payroll taxes an employer must pay are federal income taxes, Medicare and Social Security taxes. In addition to the taxes that an employer pays from an employee's wages, they must pay the same amount themselves. Besides this, employers have an additional expense in the form of Federal Unemployment Taxes (FUTA), which go towards state-level unemployment programs, says the Houston Chronicle.
The rates and other characteristics of income taxes, Medicare and Social Security taxes vary significantly, the Houston Chronicle explains. The federal income tax is progressive, meaning that the more an employee earns, the greater the taxable proportion of his income (up to a certain level). Medicare and Social Security taxes differ in their wage base limit, or the maximum wage amount subject to taxation. Medicare has no wage base limit, but any wages in excess of a certain amount (in 2011, this was $106,800) will not be subject to Social Security taxation. Note that Social Security taxes can vary considerably. For example, Social Security is typically taxed at 6.2 percent of an employee's compensation, but in 2011 this was reduced to 4.2 percent, due to 2010 legislation.


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Hotels and resorts, cruise lines, airlines and tour organizations are all now standard and enthusiastic participants in the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales tradition, offering discounts, perks, bonuses and some offbeat travel deals. Some excellent Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals have currently been unveiled for travel starting in 2017. From whirlwind European adventures and USA road trips to in-depth South America discovery tours – go on an epic adventure for much less with our final minute tour offers and discounts. Value shown is sample value located 11/28/16 on /getaways for travel departing BOS is accessible on choose dates in between 1/5/17 and 1/30/17 and may possibly not represent current savings. Intrepid Travel gives a 15-day trip to Everest Base Camp in Nepal for much less than $1,500 per individual on Cyber Monday sale.
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Anti-social Behaviour – The new ASB Bill
The way we tackle ASB in Birmingham has recently changed. Anti-social behaviour powers were reformed in October 2014 meaning changes to the powers available to us to assist victims of anti-social behavoour . The new powers ensure that the victim is at the heart of the response to anti-social behaviour and that professionals have the flexibility needed to deal with the many different situations that ASB presents.
As well as new powers, the reform includes the introduction of a new measure called 'The Community Trigger.'
What is the Community Trigger?
The Community Trigger gives victims the ability to hold statutory agencies to account for the way they have tackled ASB.
When can you use The Community Trigger?
The Community Trigger can only be used when the threshold has been met. The threshold is:
- If an individual has reported anti-social behaviour to the council, police and/or a registered provider (previously called registered social landlord) three timesabout seperate incidents in the last six months; or
- If five individuals in the local community have reported similar incidents of anti-social behaviour separately to the council, police/registered social landlord in the last six months, and they consider no action has been taken; or
- If an individual has reported one incident or a crime motivated by hate* in the last three months to the council/police or registered social landlord and no action has been taken.
Definition of hate crime:
*Hate crime is defined as any criminal offence committed against a person or property that is motivated by hostility towards someone based on their actual or perceived disability, race, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation, which is a factor in determining who is victimised. A victim does not have to be a member of a group and in fact, anyone could be a victim of hate crime.
Discover more about Anti-social Behaviour:
What is ASB? >
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This is for strolling with the baby. I thought I would go for the walker, but I compromised, and we got the red one instead. Seven more weeks to go. If it does end up a 10-10-10 baby, then not only would the baby have a binary date of birth, it would have the binary date of birth (101010 in binary is 42 in decimal). Also, the pictures are from my new iPhone4 in HDR mode. For a phone camera, they are pretty good, even in low light conditions.
This weblog documents Bram Stolk's life as an indie game developer who immigrated from Holland to Vancouver, British Columbia.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Jump Daisy Jump is nearing completion.
Almost done with Jump Daisy Jump. Here is a video of the gameplay.
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
And it has a name: Jump Daisy Jump.
So... the project is coming together slowly. It's time to reveal some more details of my new project. The name is Jump Daisy Jump. Star of it all is an hapless dairy cow Daisy. And yes... she is on springs. Like the little tank that could this game is heavily based on Physics Simulation. In the case of Jump Daisy Jump that would be spring physics. The game is as much fun as it looks. This time I think I will try the ad-supported revenue model, so the basic game will be free. It will be available for iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad.
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