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In addition to watching episodes of the Beavis and Butt-head - The Mike Judge Collection Vol. 1 DVD, I've recently watched three band-related DVDs: a 90-minute documentary on Kid Dynamite called Four Years in One Gulp, The Hives' Tussles in Brussels concert and blink-182's The Urethra Chronicles. While I enjoyed seeing The Hives rip it up in concert and some older blink-182 videos, seeing Kid Dynamite again was a nice reminder of things.
In the fall of '98, Jade Tree had three highly-anticipated records coming out. A new EP by The Promise Ring (Boys + Girls), Jets to Brazil's debut album (Orange Rhyming Dictionary), Kid Dynamite's self-titled debut album. These three records sounded nothing alike, but I wanted all of them. Already a Promise Ring fan and convinced that bands featuring ex-members of Jawbreaker, Handsome, Texas is the Reason and Lifetime were guaranteed to be great.
In an age when MP3s were few and far between and before peer-to-peer networks were everywhere on the Internet, short clips in the Real Audio format were the standard. No audio was available at the time when I sent my money in, but I couldn't help it because Jade Tree had a sweet deal. They offered a pre-order where you could get the record a few weeks before it came out in stores. So I just went for it and sent my money in.
While awaiting for my records to arrive, sound clips from each album appeared online. Hearing "Bookworm" by Kid Dynamite and "Resistance is Futile" by Jets to Brazil, I wasn't too hot with what I heard. I couldn't wrap my head around KD's Jason Shevchuk's voice and I didn't really enjoy Jets' Devo-like new wave. I'm glad I got the albums though; it's amazing when you hear more than one song. That's the beauty of a record!
Kid Dynamite sounded like a much harder version of Lifetime, but they were not a weak, retooled version of it. They played fast and their songs were very short, but they were all worth the while. Orange Rhyming Dictionary turned out to be a really great album filled with mostly mellowed-out rock songs. I would continue to follow Jets to Brazil closely for years to come, but I wouldn't be as close a follower of KD.
As a full-time band, Kid Dynamite went full-steam ahead with releasing a number of compilation tracks, split-EP with 88 Fingers Louie, and a second album, Shorter, Faster, Louder. Despite their material being really strong, their flavor was going out on me. As much as I love fast punk rock, I can't listen to it all the time. Kid Dynamite was a casualty in my changing of taste after a couple of years of listening to a lot of pop-punk and hardcore.
When Kid Dynamite called it quits in 2000, people were incredibly bummed. I was sad to see them go, but I was surprised to see how revered they had become in such a short amount of time. They were thought of as highly as Lifetime, but as its own band. The band has since reunited for a few one-off charity shows in the last few years and every show has been packed to the gills.
All of the band's story so far is placed together nicely in the Four Years in One Gulp documentary. While there is a great balance of fun and seriousness in the interviews with those involved, the true pearl is seeing amateur video of the band playing live. Though the video quality varies, the band's performances are always top-notch. Seeing the band attack the songs with so much intensity, I really miss this kind of approach with bands now. Shevchuk goes to town as an engaging frontman with a fireball of energy while his bandmates do the same, but in their own ways.
I could get all nostalgic and think that they don't make bands like Kid Dynamite anymore. Well, I'm not sure a band just like Kid Dynamite will come out, but I'm not worried. KD was a special band that has remained special in the years to come. I'm glad I did give this band another chance even after being not too impressed with the 30-second Real Audio clip that I heard. I think I should apply this a little more than what I normally do. I don't want to get ripped off with a lame record, but I shouldn't be so quick to judge bands (especially with just 30 seconds of an album).


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A car battery charger is an essential tool that must be owned by every single driver. They are so important that new models are almost extremely sophisticated and have several tools incorporated into one. But, this also means that there are so many models out there, so which one is right for you? Well, the best car battery charger is one of 5 models we will include below.
STANLEY FATMAX J7CS Jump Starter
This is the most popular all in jump starter and battery charger period. First of all, it comes as a jump starter and with a compressor. The jump starter has 700 peak amp and the air compressor is 120PSI. Combined, this is a device which almost must be found in each car on the planet today. It is extremely useful and it is more than just helpful in a case of emergency.
But, there are a lot more advantages here. For example, the unit comes with a 270-degree rotating light and with USB ports. In addition, it also has a 12-volt port. All of this is packaged in a nice case, which is easy to carry and still lightweight. In essence, you will get set of tools which is more than just helpful for all drivers.
- A jump start capability
- Built-in compressor
- Light that rotates
- Small and compact
- Great value for money
- Complicated to use
- Still bigger than other car battery chargers
NOCO Genius G3500 6V/12V 3.5A UltraSafe Smart Battery Charger
This is another car battery charger on our list. But, there are some advantages here. It is based on the latest technology, therefore it comes in a small package, with great construction and with all, additional elements you are going to need. Let's just say that it looks futuristic and extremely practical. LEDs and controls make use much easier than ever before.
Now, the specifications. This unit is a great battery charger due to several reasons. It can be used for 6 and 12V batteries, it will repair old ones and it can be used for lead-acid and for lithium-ion units. But, at the same time, it charges batteries 2 times faster than other models and it has several safety protocols which will prevent overcharging or overheating. In addition, this model supports CANBUS systems. At this moment, all we can say is that this is a great model with a lot to offer.
- For all battery types
- Repairs batteries
- Overcharging protection
- Supports CANBUS systems
- 2 times faster than usual
- Isn't great for fully drained battery
- More power would be better
Potek 2/10/20 Amp Smart Battery Charger and Maintainer with 50-Amp Battery Clips
All of you are going to like this model. The car battery charger reviews of the unit are so high that it is considered to be one of the best models ever. Why it is so special you may wonder? First of all, it is well-made and durable, a commercial device. Then we have the fact it will recharge the battery and at the same time maintain its condition. Of course, there is no need in telling you that this unit supports all car batteries.
At the front, there are three displays so users can track the charging process and adjust it correspondingly. What's more, this unit has advanced safety features. It will prevent the battery from overheating, it will alert you in a case of polarity error and it will safely recharge the battery as many times as you need it. The unit we tested is 20A version, but there is 40A version which is slightly more expensive.
- Great display at the front
- Maintains the battery health
- Safety features
- Value for money
- Slow
- Loud cooling fan
Schumacher SEM-1562A-CA 1.5 Amp Speed Charge Battery Maintainer
Besides the name which is more than just well-known on so many levels, this car battery charger has a lot of additional benefits to offer. First of all, let's take a look at a value for money. It is one of the best available right now. This is a small device, but it is still capable of meeting all your requirements.
You can use it for recharging 6 and/or 12V batteries, to maintain those which are in a storage and also to slowly charge all types of newer batteries. One thing you are going to especially like is the plastic case. It is actually made from heavy-duty plastics, therefore it is extremely reliable. In general, all of this suggests that the model we have here is a great car battery charger for the price.
- Safe charging
- Ideal for maintaining the health of old batteries
- For 6 and 12V batteries
- Strong plastic case
- Lack of sophisticated features
- 1-year warranty only
Battery Tender Plus 021-0128, 1.25 Amp Battery Charger
Straightaway, we must reveal the fact this is one of the most popular car battery chargers available on the market at the moment. It is so desirable that soon it may be difficult for you to get one! Reasons are simple. It is small, compact, yet it comes with all, essential features you are going to need. It is even packaged in a modern and nice case!
Some specification details must be mentioned. The charger will automatically stop the battery charging process and engage floating mode. Also, it has a polarity-detection mode which protects the battery in a case user has reversed the polarity wiring.
- Safety systems
- Lightweight and compact
- Fast charging
- Overall quality
- Expensive
- May be difficult to get one anytime soon
Regardless of which unit you choose from the list, it is going to be the best car battery charger for you. Nevertheless, take into account the unique features, the overall quality and the additional features we have mentioned. When all of that is met, you have the best unit for your specific purpose. For those who are looking for an easy answer, the first car battery charger is the safest and the best choice.

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Hey guys how are you? I was feeling really inspired by the hot weather and thought it was a justified reason to wear all of my brightest garments together. I think when it comes to neon, there are no boundaries in terms of how your pair it. I would say that colour blocking would be the easiest way to wear neon. When you become a pro at it, you can add patterns and prints into the mix. Just have fun with it!
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Hand Carved Willow Porringer and Spoon
This bowl and eating spoon set is perfect for eating porridge, cereal, soups and stews.
This lovely little bowl is hand carved with an axe, adze and knives. The entire bowl has a slightly faceted finish. The handles are made to fit your thumb while you cup the bowl which makes it a joy to hold. The style of bowl is know as a porringer and is a personal favourite of mine.
The pictured bowl and spoon are made from the two halves of a willow log, collected near where I live in Westport. Yours will be similar but there will be some variation in grain and colour. They will be treated with cold-pressed linseed oil and they can be safely hand-washed daily in hot soapy water.


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Preview the first few pages of all the books here.
A Surprise Visit
Ray spends the weekend with Laura's parents.
The Dandelion
Ray helps in the garden and finds a most beautiful flower.
The Shell
Ray goes to the seaside to capture the sound of seabirds in his shell.
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Panthers to start Thomas against Bruinsby NHL.com Staff
The Florida Panthers announced Tim Thomas will make the start Thursday when his former team, the Boston Bruins, come to BB&T Center for an Atlantic Division matchup.
Thomas hasn't played since leaving an Oct. 8 game against the Philadelphia Flyers with a groin injury, but he started skating with the team earlier this week.
Thomas won 196 regular-season games during his tenure with the Bruins and another 29 in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He led the team to a championship in 2011, a season in which he won the Vezina and Conn Smythe trophies.


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Here is a card I made for my good friend, Anick, who just moved home. I based the colours for the image on the paper I wanted to use. The images were freebies from the Doodle Pantry. It comes with three sentiments. I printed it twice and cut the little windows out of the lifted up one so it looked more real! To get the woodgrain effect I coloured it twice, then with the same colour just doodled the woodgrain over the top. I love how that turned out.
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Friday, 22 January 2010
The toilet paper caper.
I've personally experienced how certain members of the public treat disabled folk as either completely helpless charity cases or heroic "overcomers." This excerpt from my Deliverance From Jericho (Six Years in a Blind School) memoir is one of many that demonstrates how similar visually-impaired boys are to their sighted peers.
One night as we lay in bed, waiting for the night nurse to turn off the blue-tinted central light, I noticed a lump on the ceiling. "Hey Charlie, what's that thing?" I pointed.
"It's toilet paper. Some kid threw it there a couple of years ago."
"How did he make it stick there?"
"He got it wet under the tap," Charlie sleepily mumbled as he rolled over on his side.
My mind raced with mischievous possibilities. I ran excitedly to the bathroom, grabbed a hand full of toilet paper, poured cold water on it until it packed satisfactorily in my hand, ran back to the bedroom, and hurled it upwards. To my amazement, it stuck fast. The others also caught the spirit of the moment. After we industriously wet and hurled toilet paper blobs, the ceiling was festooned with them. We settled into bed again, admiring our handiwork. I particularly enjoyed the way the blobs radiated long shadows towards the walls.
Mrs. Parker made her final round a few minutes later to see if everybody was in bed. "What's that," she barked, staring at the lumps on the ceiling. "Toilet paper," Charlie said sleepily, "Brucey threw it up there." Mrs. Parker switched the four main light fixtures on. I winced at the sudden blast of light.
"You take those down right now," she commanded.
As I began pulling off the sodden lumps, I noticed no one else was helping.
"How come those kids aren't taking any down?" I enquired.
"You were the one who started it. Stop being a complainer and do as you're told."
I obeyed but I left the original yellowed lump, from bygone years, where it was.
"Take that one down too," Mrs. Parker insisted.
"I didn't throw that one there."
"I don't care. You take that down right now."
I reluctantly pulled it off and tossed it in the now full garbage pail.
As we drifted off to sleep, I silently cursed our supervisor for blaming the whole affair on me. I knew I was guilty of starting the incident but having to pull off that old lump, besides those which the other boys threw, reinforced the unfairness of it all.
Deliverance from Jericho contains many more vignettes of what life was like in that government-run institution. These range from poignant experiences of homesickness to hilarious incidents of mischief. This 196-page paperback, containing 6 black and white photos, sells for $25.00 through the PayPal-equipped Inscribe writers group website. E-mail me for further information or if you don't have PayPal and still wish to place an order.
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Nesting Season is here. This is the busiest time of year at almost any wildlife rehabilitation or rescue center. Not only does the number of patients increase, but the amount of care that is needed for each patient increases. Some baby birds need to be fed every 30 -45 minutes from dusk until dawn. Last year ORC took in over 50 crow orphans and they need to be fed every hour, that's a lot of feeding! Needless to say this is an important time of year for rehabilitation but also for education. We'd like to start this year's nesting news with a post about what to do if you come upon a baby bird. We have a section about this in our FAQ section that we refer people to but we thought we would do an elongated post since much of the time it is dependent on the situation and the type of bird. This post won't fit to every situation but we hope it will be informative and interesting.
I have found a baby bird what do I do?
Do not attempt to keep and raise a baby bird. All native birds are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and keeping them for any period of time without a permit is illegal. Keeping a baby bird can and will result in IMPRINTING.
Imprinting is an irreversible social psychological disorder in animals that occurs when humans try and raise them. When a baby bird is fed/taken care of by a human when it is 4-6 weeks old or younger, the bird will no longer associate or recognize its own species. Imprinting is not equal to domestication. If you find yourself caring for a baby wild bird, you may think the bird is thriving because it's alert, eating and seems to be "fine," but it may have some serious health problems and imprinting may have already occurred. When imprinting occurs, the bird will never be able to feed itself, mate or reproduce in the wild and therefore would never survive in the wild if released. By keeping a wild bird and unintentionally or intentionally imprinting it, you sentence it to a life in captivity or worse. Imprinting is one the most common "injuries" but it is also one of the most preventable. We strive to give every bird the best chance at survival in the wild, which means having to put our natural instinct to nurture it aside and do the right thing by getting it to professional care. Six of our education ambassadors are imprinted birds, their chance to remain wild was taken from them by humans who were probably trying to help them but were unaware of the possibility of imprinting them.
Fledgling on the ground
ALWAYS observe before interfering with any wildlife. This is especially important for baby birds. When birds are fledging (leaving the nest and learning to fly), they are often on the ground from anywhere from 1 to 5 days (typically), so it's actually perfectly normal for them to be on the ground, often looking very vulnerable. Bird parents are usually very consistent and have strong instincts to continue to care for their young even after they have flapped out of the nest. So before you scoop up a bird, look for a parent- is there a parent coming down to it? During their time on the ground baby birds may be walking, hopping and flapping. They're also learning other things like foraging for food, and identifying and avoiding predators. Most fledglings have feathers, their eyes are open and they will usually try and flap away from you! The best thing to do is leave it alone!
There will always be hazards for baby birds, regardless of what type of environment they live in- cats, dogs, kids, cars etc. If there is not a hazard present at the moment, the best thing to do is leave the bird alone. The most you would want to do is to move the bird to perch on a nearby tree or shrub. If you have a dog, cat or kids you can keep inside for a few days, all the better.
If you believe the bird is a nestling and was displaced from the nest (not yet ready to fledge) first try and find the nest. If you can see the nest and can put the nestling back in it, this is the best option. Despite the popular myth, most birds do not have a developed sense of smell and cannot smell a "human scent." Bird parents will not abandon young if placed back in the nest. If you can't reach the nest try placing the nestling in a small container (with tissue, straw, leaves, grass or a small towel) and attach it as best you can to the closest sturdy thing you can. *Corvids (Crows, Ravens and Jays) are an exception to this rule because they recognize man made objects and will avoid them- replace in nest or simply move to safer place nearby if necessary. Below is a small breakdown the difference between fledglings and nestlings:
Days 0-3: Wisps of natal down on body, eyes closed
Day 3: Eyes open
Day 4: Primary feathers (also called pin feathers) pierce skin, they look like blue tubes sticking out of the skin
Day 6: Nestling responds to alarm call of parent
Day 7: Primary feathers unsheath
Day 10: Bird is alert, stretches wings and legs
Below are all examples of nestlings...not quite ready to fledge...
Days 13-14: Can flutter and hop from branch to branch, fully feathered, but has short tail and wings, leaves the nest.
Days 14-28: They do not return to the nest, but are still fed by the adults in nearby trees or on the ground if the young have not yet mastered flying.
Below are all example of fledglings- they will resemble their adult versions but feathers will be slightly different...
*Time table taken from Seattle Audubon
How do I know if it's injured?
The majority of fledglings on the ground are uninjured. Again, observe before taking action. If it's flapping its wings, is only one extending? Is it walking? Is there blood? Not flying does not necessarily mean injury. *If you know a bird has been caught by a cat, get it to a wildlife rehabilitator immediately- cats have a bacteria in their saliva and claws that is deadly to birds if not treated immediately.
To sum it up- it's always best for a baby bird to stay in the wild with its parents. If your situation doesn't quite fit this description you can always call ORC or your local wildlife organization.


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Young Cancer Survivors Face Later Health Risks
(WASHINGTON) -- While much progress has been made in the field of cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment as whole, these same trends are not evident in cancer among young adults.
The National Cancer Institute reports survival rates in young adults have not improved significantly over the years, and a new study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that young adult and adolescent cancer survivors are at higher risk for developing chronic diseases, engaging in risky health behaviors such as smoking and having mental health problems.
The study authors analyzed data from the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a nationwide, ongoing phone survey that monitors risky behaviors and health problems.
They compared data from 4,054 adolescent and young adult survivors with more than 300,000 people who never had cancer and found that more young cancer survivors smoked, were obese, had chronic medical conditions such as hypertension and asthma and also suffered from more mental health problems.
"I think it illustrates that this population, which is already vulnerable because of their prior cancer, is continuing to engage in behaviors that lead to long-term outcomes, which can lead to problems down the road for them," said Dr. Eric Tai, the study's lead author and a medical officer with CDC's Cancer Prevention and Control division.
There is evidence from other studies, the authors wrote, that certain risky behaviors such as smoking and drinking may be linked to an increased risk of secondary cancers later on.
Significantly more young cancer survivors also reported having heart disease, high blood pressure, asthma and diabetes compared with those with no cancer history. "This is consistent with late effects of cancer treatment, including cardiac and pulmonary complications, among childhood cancer survivors," they said.
Tai added that young survivors struggled much more with their psychological well-being, which suggests they may benefit from counseling and care that revolves around promoting healthy behavior after cancer. They may also benefit from interventions that address their risky behaviors, such as smoking cessation programs.
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Sage Hayes, SEP, LMT, RYT
Sage offers a unique integrated approach to therapeutic change and transformation. Offering Somatic Experiencing (SE), craniosacral therapy and massage, Sage facilitates thoughtful reflection and embodied change particular to each client's intentions.
Somatic Experiencing, craniosacral therapy and intuition are favorite modalities in my practice. They identify places within the body-mind relationship that are stuck in habits which are not serving you and then gently restore them back into coherence with a greater sense of health, choice and peace.
Current professional development interests facilitating workshops which thoughtfully heal collective trauma, foster relational trust and connections, reduce fear and increase peace.
With each client, Sage brings a holistic perspective which can explore multigenerational trauma inheritance, cultural contexts and practices, and ongoing adaptation to oppression and an unsteady world. Social and systemic inequality, prejudice, and discrimination produce stress, a physiological state of threat and danger, and an ongoing hypervigilance or disassociation for those in non-dominant groups. As we work to create a more just world on the outside through policy, education, and mass change, Sage believes we must each simultaneously do our inner work to clear internalized social trauma.
important personal influences on my work:
- Pronouns: she/he/they - whatever your experience is of me and it can change over time
- Trans identified since 1999, queer/gay identified since 1988
- Adopted and foster care experience
- White and gently exploring both family lineages
- Grew up middle class
- Self-employed
- Deep reverence for love, justice, evolution and liberation
Major influences in my practice:
- My clients and all they have taught me about courage, grit and transformation
- Biodynamic craniosacral philosophy and practices
- Shamanic teachings and practices
- Somatic Experiencing - theoretical underpinnings and skills of practice
- Family and Systemic Constellations + Playback Theater
- Social change workers and liberation theory
- Social and physiological thinkers and frontiers of non-binary evolution
- Quantum physics
- 5 Rhythms teachings and ecstatic dance communities
- Sacred feminine wisdom, teachers and practices
- Energy and vibrational medicine wisdom keepers
- Intuition in all its forms
Current Projects:
- Writing a book. Working title: Quantum Conditions for Transformation, Practitioners at the Frontiers of Evolution
- Participant in Francesca Mason Boring's All My Relations Family Constellation Facilitator Training
- Assisting Somatic Experiencing trainings: Perth & Brisbane, Australia + Golden, Colorado
- Somatic Experiencing Introduction Workshop Presenter
- Workshop facilitator: Creating Safer Spaces for Helping Professionals, In Between the Lines - A workshop on resonance, attunement and intuition
- Private practice in Maine and Skype
- Research Paper in process: A Somatic Experiencing® Informed Therapeutic Group for the Care and Treatment of Biopsychosocial Impacts of a Gender Diverse Identity
Embodied Liberation
Embodied Liberation is an invitation for ALL people and systems into embodied inquiry towards illumination, reconciliation and resolution of historic and current social and economic trauma. Identifying these broader influences is a necessary process towards understanding why things are the way they are, inside and out. We can and must shift our vantage point from our mental health and life 'issues' being merely personal and isolated towards an enormously broader view of social-environmental influences.
Paying attention to how sexism, abuse, homophobia, racism, classism and other products of our 'dominance culture' are internalized into our bodies can create entryways to unpacking the affects of ongoing, repetitive social oppression on our state of health and wellness. In this light, we can begin to detoxify, externalize and discharge more 'survival' adrenaline which has become locked up in our physiology and come into much deeper states of health, balance and freedom within, and with each other. Utilizing these understandings, Sage educates clients about social trauma and the body, normalizes depression and anxiety within a nervous system context, and provides tools for self-regulation and physiological empowerment.
somatic experiencing Background
After graduating from massage school in 2006 in Maine, Sage moved across the country to study Somatic Experiencing in the Bay Area with Ariel Giarretto, Raja Selvam, Steve Hoskinson and Kathy Kain (2006-2009). Sage has assisted Somatic Experiencing trainings for the past 7 years in Peterborough, NH, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Chester and Southbury, CT, San Francisco, Chicago, Perth and Brisbane Australia.
Sage currently maintains a private practice integrating bodywork, somatic experiencing and craniosacral work in Portland, Maine.
earlier background
While on the West Coast studying Somatic Experiencing, Sage lived and worked as the Director of Student Affairs at the Heartwood Institute near the Redwoods in Garberville, CA. At Heartwood, Sage also studied biodynamic craniosacral therapy with two wonderful teachers, Margaret Rosenau and Marshal Amini Peller.
Before pursuing bodywork and SE, Sage worked for the Maine Youth Action Network and the Muskie Institute as a training specialist, working with young people and advocacy. Sage spent a speck of time working for the State of Maine Community Health program getting a more macro vantage point of public health policy and programming. First moving to Maine in 1999, Sage landed the famous job of Education and Outreach Coordinator for Outright, an organization dedicated to GLBTQ youth.
In 1996 Sage graduated with a B.S. in Community Development from the University of New Hampshire. At UNH, Sage created the Wellness Project, a 10-week holistic wellness program for specific populations of students to explore holistic health and self-care. During college, Sage lived in Washington, D.C. for 2 years to intern with Public Allies, coordinating their 2nd Annual Tomorrow's Leaders Today at the White House. The next year Sage became an Ally with the Public Allys' apprenticeship program for young people making social change and worked at the After School Kids Program, a mentoring program out of Georgetown University, for juvenile offenders on probation.
Sage grew up in rural Charlestown, RI and then moved to South Kingstown, RI for teenage years. Growing up in Rhode Island gifted Sage with love of both ocean and woods. Sage currently splits time between time between Maine, North Carolina and the rest of the world.
On the side, Sage is a DJ at Portland Community Dance, is a dedicated power yogi, and loves to travel.


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A resource for informing patients and caregivers about Multiple Sclerosis, its possible causes, effects, and treatments. Get the most current information on new developments, clinical trials and other important matters for anyone dealing with MS.
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Edmonton, Alberta, September 4, 2008 – BioMS Medical Corp. (TSX: MS), a leading developer in the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States has granted fast track designation for the Company's lead drug, dirucotide (MBP8298), for the treatment of secondary progressive MS (SPMS). Dirucotide (MBP8298) is currently being evaluated in a U.S. pivotal phase III trial, named MAESTRO-03, at 68 sites with approximately 510 patients.
Fast track designation is an FDA status reserved for products that are intended to treat a serious or life-threatening condition and that demonstrate the potential to address unmet medical needs for that condition. Fast track designation can potentially facilitate development and expedite the review process.
"Our receipt of fast track designation for dirucotide in the U.S. is a significant milestone for both BioMS Medical and the MS community," said Kevin Giese, President and CEO of BioMS Medical. "Based on previous clinical results, we believe dirucotide is well-positioned to become a first-in-class treatment for secondary progressive MS patients, a large patient population with very limited treatment options."
About MAESTRO-03
The MAESTRO-03 U.S. pivotal phase III clinical trial is a randomized, double-blind study that has completed recruitment of approximately 510 patients at 68 clinical sites who will be administered either dirucotide (MBP8298) or placebo intravenously every six months for a period of two years. The primary clinical endpoint for the trial is defined as a statistically and clinically significant increase in the time to progression of the disease as measured by the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), in patients with HLA-DR2 and/or HLA-DR4 immune response genes (up to 75% of all MS patients are HLA-DR2 and/or HLA-DR4 positive).
About Dirucotide (MBP8298)
Dirucotide (MBP8298) is a synthetic peptide that consists of 17 amino acids having a sequence identical to that of a portion of human myelin basic protein (MBP). Dirucotide is being developed for the potential treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease caused by immune attack against normal components of the central nervous system. The sequence of dirucotide is associated with the autoimmune process in MS patients with certain immune response genes (HLA types DR2 and/or DR4); MS patients having these genes represent 65 to 75 percent of all MS patients.
The drug's apparent mechanism of action is the induction or restoration of immunological tolerance with respect to ongoing immune attack as a result of high doses of peptide periodically delivered intravenously. The potential benefit of the drug for any individual patient is therefore expected to be related to the role this peptide plays in that patient's immune system. The degree of immunomodulation achieved will depend on the relationship among the peptide, HLA molecules and T cells.
The results of phase II and long-term follow-up treatment of MS patients with MBP8298 (dirucotide), published in 2006 in the European Journal of Neurology (EJN), showed that MBP8298 (dirucotide) safely delayed median time to disease progression for five years (versus placebo) in progressive MS patients with HLA types DR2 and/or DR4. Thus, dirucotide (MBP8298), if approved, has the potential to be used as a tailored therapy for patients genetically determined to express the appropriate HLA molecules.
Dirucotide (MBP8298) is being studied in four late-stage clinical trials:
• MAESTRO-01: A pivotal phase II/III trial for secondary progressive MS (SPMS) patients in Canada and Europe.
• MAESTRO-02: An open-label safety extension study to MAESTRO-01.
• MAESTRO-03: A pivotal phase III trial for SPMS patients in the United States.
• MINDSET-01: A phase II trial for relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) patients in Europe.
About BioMS Medical Corp.
BioMS Medical is a biotechnology company engaged in the development and commercialization of novel therapeutic technologies. BioMS Medical's lead technology, dirucotide (MBP8298), is for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and is being evaluated in two pivotal phase III clinical trials for secondary progressive MS patients, MAESTRO-01 in Canada and Europe and MAESTRO-03 in the United States. It additionally is being evaluated for relapsing remitting MS patients in a Phase II trial in Europe entitled MINDSET-01. In December 2007, BioMS entered into a licensing and development agreement granting Eli Lilly and Company exclusive worldwide rights to dirucotide (MBP8298), in exchange for an $87 million upfront payment, milestone payments and escalating royalties on sales. For further information please visit our website at www.biomsmedical.com.
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Case Study: Social Media Campaign for Inspirefest NY Salon
Amplifying Inspirefest's New York Salon through MetaMeetings: Content Capture, Distribution, and Social Media Campaign with Data Analysis
MAP Digital: MetaMeetings™ produced Inspirefest's New York Salon on April 27th, 2017, under the aegis of the Irish International Business Network (IIBN-NY), at our sponsor's White and Williams law office in Times Square. Based in Dublin, Inspirefest is Europe's leading international festival of science, technology, and the arts, featuring fresh perspectives on leadership, diversity and innovation. Ann O'Dea, founder of Inspirefest and co-founder of the Silicon Republic, asked MAP Digital to produce the New York Salon to promote the upcoming Inspirefest conference in July to technology, arts, design and business professionals in the United States.
After the venue and speakers were chosen, a MetaMeetings platform was built to capture and display the speakers' slides, the video recordings of the speakers' presentation sessions, and to provide interactivity for the attendees. The next step was to design an integrated social media campaign with the Inspirefest team. We had less than two months to promote Inspirefest's New York Salon, so every tweet and LinkedIn, Facebook, or Instagram posting would count. We coordinated our postings to our teams' social media networks with standardized hashtags and handles, before and during New York Salon. Then we extended the Inspirefest NY Salon's thought leadership by posting the link to the Inspirefest NY Salon MetaMeetings in social media to reach our audience.
Inspirefest MetaMeetings Web Site
After the event, our next goal was to create a social media campaign to engage audiences in a higher level of conversation. We posted pertinent and relevant quotes that we extracted from the transcripts of the speakers' presentations with links back to the MetaMeetings website. Inspirefest has successfully repurposed their previous presentations' content via the Silicon Republic. We used a similar model and posted a LinkedIn article containing key quotations pulled from the sessions' transcripts: "In their own words: Insights and video from Inspirefest 2017 NY Salon." The article featured the highlight video that we created, along with speaker's quotes and links to their session's videos.
Social Media Analytics Powered by IBM Watson
We used IBM's Watson Analytics for Social Media to analyze the digital content associated with the Inspirefest New York Salon. This allowed us to extract relevant data, from sources such as Twitter, that matched specific hashtags (e.g., #Inspirefest and #IIBN). The system compiled and displayed every Twitter profile linked to the event, allowing us to gauge the overall sentiment and gain a fuller understanding of how attendees and others reacted to the event.
Through Twitter Analytics we were able to monitor how many "impressions" were achieved per tweets; impressions are clicks anywhere on the tweet, including retweets, replies, follows, likes, links, cards, hashtags, embedded media, username, profile photo, or tweet expansion. As documented below, a tweet containing a link to the MetaMeetings website attracted 3,143 impressions, significantly expanding our audience outreach.
The examples below prove the importance of using the hashtags and Twitter handles we promoted in our initial campaign. That way, we could track how the content traveled to reach a broader audience.
We also posted the videos of the speakers on the IIBN's YouTube channel. The YouTube Analytics tool showed us detailed stats about the content, including number of views, popularity of videos, and traffic sources. This provided us with a strong understanding of who was watching what content. It also displayed the geographical location of viewers. The Inspirefest content very early on received hundreds of views and has been watched in different countries.
Duration of Watching Videos on YouTube
Reaching Global Audiences via LinkedIn:
In their own words: Insights and video from Inspirefest 2017 NY Salon
We released an article on LinkedIn, a month after the event, to reconnect the audience with the speakers, their thought leadership, videos and presentation slides. Within weeks, the article was viewed 122 times and was shared by 11 different followers, again increasing our Social Media reach and engaging a wider network of audiences in Inspirefest's STEM, Arts and Diversity and Inclusion discourse.
In Conclusion
At MAP Digital: MetaMeetings, we are interested in exploring the power of digital content to extend, amplify and re-purpose thought leadership from conferences over multiple channels to comprehensively build audiences, brands and messaging. In doing so, we join in establishing and participating in communities of knowledge and engagement. We initially built the MetaMeetings platform to gather and distribute a conference's content: slides, white papers, webcasts along with attendee interactivity. We collect rich behavioral data with every click from onsite attendees and Web users. What we have discovered over the years is that there is a "second life" for digitized content redistributed to social media networks. This is the new landscape where the digital transformation has taken root, and it has a vast horizon. This is where we are learning to create better, more expansive experiences for audiences and, in doing so, we believe to create better futures for all.
We were delighted when Inspirefest asked us to offer our services pro-bono to help their marketing outreach in the United States. It gave us the opportunity to use every feature in our tool kit to make their event more successful and to extend their highly purposeful content to a wider audience. Also, we are committed to advancing STEM with the arts, diversity and inclusion. So, our work with Inspirefest was part of our corporate social responsibility to amplify the message and effectiveness of diversity and inclusion conferences. It gave MAP Digital the opportunity to deploy ideas on extending the experience of events via digital content to social media networks.
The most visibly concrete payoff was the increased number of people who attended the Inspirefest conference in Dublin in July. We caught sight of at least 10 friends and colleagues who made the voyage over from the United States because of our marketing efforts. There is a significantly increased number of people who now know about Inspirefest, and are seriously considering or planning a trip to Dublin to attend the next Inspirefest in July 2018.


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This was a horrible update. The swipe option needs to return to switching between tabs, not going forward or backward. At least give users the option as to how the swipe function works. This update has taken Chrome BACKWARDS instead of FORWARDS. I personally will not be using chrome until this is fixed.
The changed swipe FINALLY makes swipe work as expected! =)
Yea, I also preferred swiping to switch tabs.
You can swipe left/right on the toolbar to switch tabs the old way. This brings Chrome in line with a standard gesture used across most applications on iOS.
This doesn't help if you have a larger screen phone to be able to switch between tabs with one hand.
Personally I preferred the old functionality.
Mobile App Development is the technology of the future. It is great to see how tech giants like Google placing emphasis on the design, development and improvement of mobile apps in order to facilitate development of the mobile sector in all countries.
Please bring back the old swipe to switch between tabs function back. Luckily I read the release note and refrained from updating. Hope this issue will be resolved soon.


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As regular readers of my commentary have no doubt noticed, I've taken some what of a summer sabbatical this year, under the premise that if I am not particularly inspired to write, tossing lousy commentary up on a site drives readers away. Part of the thin schedule was lack of inspiration, but a lot of it had to do with another major expansion of our studios at The Legal Broadcast Network.
Yes, our studio and broadcast platform is expanding yet again, and after a summer of R&D, comprehensive testing of new delivery methods and taking on several new clients, LBN is growing and is about to announce a re-branding of our studios to better reflect the broad scope of clients we now work with. However, starting this month my weekly commentaries on settlements, finance, law and new media will resume, and the two shows I host, Speaking of Settlements and Speaking of Justice, will likely be twice a week broadcasts going forward.
With that in mind I will be starting several series this month, the first of which focuses on the fundamental problems facing the structured settlement profession, a market I've worked in for almost 30 years now. Structured settlement sales are mired in a 3 year slump, as the combined forces of low interest rates, economic turmoil and financial instability at some of the major casualty firms has conspired to push annuity sales to the lowest level in decades. The numbers don't lie and simply waiting for rates to go back up isn't an adequate strategy for a profession that provides valuable planning advice and counsel to thousands of injury victims, lawyers and claims professionals each year.
In order for the profession to rebuild off it's current level, we have to take an honest look at the foundational product and principals that caused structured settlements to grow over time into what was once a $6-7 billion per year market, and then determine if those same principals apply going forward. If they don't, we need to craft a new direction that is consistent with the economics, consumer trends and claims practices of 2010, instead of wishing it was 1990 again and that a settlement professional can just sit by the fax machine and wait for structured settlement cases to magically show up every day.
So, what's with the title you might ask and what are the twin pillars?
As you can see from the attached photos, pillars have been used in building and architecture almost from the beginning of recorded history, as a means of providing a foundation for buildings both great and not so great, primarily to support a ceiling, roof or structure. They were foundational elements to any large building or structure and if one of them was weakened or rotted, the entire building was at risk of collapse.
In the structured settlement profession, which was founded in the late 1970's, the two primary pillars were, and to some degree still are, the use of annuities to transfer mortality, market and dissipation risk from vulnerable injury victims to strong life insurance companies, and the use of present value calculations to provide a bridge between what a plaintiff needs vs. what a defendant wants to pay.
This first foundational pillar, which I will entitle " protection of the vulnerable", is the use of income tax free structured settlement annuities to protect vulnerable injury victims. This first pillar is still rock solid and has performed exceptionally well over time. The structured settlement annuity and it's core financial elements of planning and risk transfer is the primary basis of strength of our profession and will be instrumental in restarting the growth of our profession.
However, the second foundational element of the professions growth; using annuities to lower the cost of litigation for defendants through the use of present value calculations, has lost more and more of it's impact over the years. This is due in no small part to the reduction and near elimination of rebating, as well as the gradual elimination of internal steering and approved broker and life markets at many of the major casualty companies. This pillar, which we will call " defendants economic self interest" is the one that has been most eroded over time and has slowly rotted from the inside out, until we now have a flawed "structure" of a building that is at risk of collapse.
It is this fundamentally rotten and flawed pillar that is, in my opinion, at the heart of the current sales malaise and is the one that we are failing to address both as a profession and as individual professionals. Until we are honest about the flaws of our business model and what got us to this point, we aren't going to be able to create the sales growth necessary to strengthen our market to the point where new life insurance companies look to enter it, as opposed to the steady reduction in life companies who underwrite structures.
In order to understand where we are, we need to look at where we have come from. In 1980's the settlement profession was 100% dominated and controlled by defense brokers representing large casualty companies. The amazing growth in acceptance of this new concept in claims settlement was driven by two major principals:
1. High interest rates allowed for fantastic present value discounts on future payments to the plaintiff using annuity funding. It was not uncommon back then to be able to turn $200,000 into $1 million or more in guaranteed payments and even more over projected life times. These big discounts allowed claims to settle for less then a cash settlement as the benefit payments of the structure could not be duplicated by similar taxable investments. The structured settlement transaction could demonstrably show that it was in the injury victims best interest, as well as the insurance companies best interest and therefore, insurance companies saved money on claims and plaintiffs didn't mind as the value of the structure was worth more to them than the potential discount the defendant gained in the transaction.
2. Insurance companies and structured settlement agents who worked for them also had an absolute monopoly on information related to structures and pricing, leading to the much used and now discredited lie of saying to plaintiffs " that if we tell you how much this costs your tax benefits are in jeopardy." No bigger and more poisonous lie was ever used as the foundation of a legitimate financial product in US history. ( With the possible exception that pooling mortgages into securities reduces credit risk…) This monopoly on price information led to pervasive short changing, rebating, post settlement underwriting and other tactics that saved casualty companies money on claims, but grossly misled plaintiffs and their trial lawyers who typically were unrepresented by a settlement broker in those years who could tell them "what the cost was". If you doubt this occurred, go back and read the June 3, 1985 Forbes article entitled "The Structures Game" in which claims professionals blatantly admit using this ploy as " just good old fashioned hard bargaining." Today we would call it something else, fraud, but lets not go there right now.
The point is, and I will expand it on it in part two of this series on Thursday of this week, is that our profession grew dramatically in the 1980's as a result of what was essentially a big lie and the monopoly on information that was strictly enforced by brokers and life markets. I can hear some of you saying already, "Why does this matter, it's ancient history and we have moved past all that?" My answer is, that if the primary value proposition for what was the main engine of structured sales, i.e. the casualty company saving money on claims by using structures, is no longer valid due to changes in business and claims practices, then you are missing one of the primary engines of growth for the profession going forward. You can't build a profession on the hope that casualty companies will continue to promote structures out of force of habit or some social good, there has to be value on both sides of the deal or we are going to continue to see the decline in sales we have witnessed the last few years.
I have some ideas as to how we can address this crumbling pillar and restart the growth, which we will cover in this month long series of discussions and commentaries. So, watch for part two of this series, " The dirty little secret of structured settlements" on Thursday of this week.
( Mark Wahlstrom is the President of Wahlstrom and Associates and the Founder of The Legal Broadcast Network. His is generally considered to be one of the nations leading experts in structured settlements, structured legal fees and multi-claimant litigation in the US.)


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YONKERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Government officials from the City of Yonkers, County of Westchester and State of New York joined Bruce Ratner, Chairman and CEO of Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC), today as ground was broken on Ridge Hill, a dynamic and diverse mixed-use project in Yonkers.
"This is a tremendous day for Forest City and the City of Yonkers, and I want to personally thank Mayor Amicone, City Council President Lesnick, and the entire Yonkers City Council for their leadership in making this day possible," said Bruce Ratner, Chairman and CEO of FCRC. "Ridge Hill will be the next great shopping and entertainment destination in Westchester and we are very pleased to be a significant part of Yonkers' continuing resurgence."
Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone said: "As we have said all along, Ridge Hill will bring thousands of jobs and millions in tax revenues that will help deliver the kinds of quality services—including a great school system—that Yonkers residents deserve. I want to congratulate a very dedicated group of professionals at Forest City Ratner, many of whom I have had the pleasure of working with very closely over the past few years. I have every confidence that they will deliver a world class project and leave an indelibly positive mark on Yonkers for decades to come."
Work began on the site in the spring of this year when construction workers began clearing the site. In August of this year, FCRC closed on a $630 million construction loan, marking the largest single construction loan in the company's 20-year history. Today's formal groundbreaking signified the start of the major construction work on the site. Ridge Hill is slated to open in late 2009.
"This development represents a major investment in the County, which is yet another sign of Westchester's strong economic base, and emphasizes the tremendous confidence the business community has in the City of Yonkers. The projected increase in the tax base and the number of tenants identified for the Center reinforce the reputation of Westchester as a place to do business and a destination for major retailers," said County Executive Andy Spano.
The first tenants of Ridge Hill will include: a 12-screen National Amusements cinema, Whole Foods Market, and retailers L.L. Bean, Banana Republic and New York & Company. It will be the first L.L. Bean store in the tri-state area. Additional tenant announcements are expected later in the year.
"Community involvement has helped make this a better project as FCRC has committed to various transportation and environmental goals," says Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick. "We can all agree that the creation of jobs, housing and tax revenue are necessary to continue moving Yonkers forward."
Located on 81.4 acres in the largest city in Westchester County, one of the nation's premier markets and most affluent suburban areas, Ridge Hill will feature 1.2 million square feet of retail development including shopping, restaurants and entertainment. Ridge Hill is also expected to generate a tremendous amount of tax revenue and create thousands of jobs.
Another key facet of Ridge Hill is housing – it will contain 1,000 residential units, of which 200 units will be for over-55 active adults and 135 units will be affordable units. The project also includes approximately 156,000 square feet of office and research facilities and a hotel and conference center.
"For years, this site sat relatively undeveloped," Mr. Ratner continued. "But now we are able to make it into an exciting and dynamic destination. Between the thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in taxes this project will generate, Ridge Hill will have a tremendous and positive impact on all of Westchester."
With direct access to the Sprain Brook Parkway and the New York State Thruway, Ridge Hill is highly accessible to the more than two million residents who live within a 20-minute drive. FCRC is making $35 million worth of traffic improvements to city roads, the largest investment in Yonkers infrastructure by a private developer in the city's history. Parking spaces will be conveniently located on the internal streets close to shops and restaurants and ample parking will be provided in covered and uncovered parking facilities located primarily along the perimeter of the site.
The design of Ridge Hill will be patterned after a classic town center, with traditional architecture, a landscaped town square, and a pedestrian-friendly streetscape. Entertainment options, such as a cinema and restaurants, will expand its appeal to people of all age groups. The project's components complement each other to form a harmonious design with maximum accessibility and convenience for shoppers, guests and employees.
About Forest City Ratner Companies
Forest City Ratner Companies, a wholly owned subsidiary of Forest City Enterprises, owns and operates 32 properties in the New York metropolitan area.
Forest City Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:FCEA) (NYSE:FCEB) is a $9.5 billion NYSE-listed national real estate company. The Company is principally engaged in the ownership, development, management and acquisition of commercial and residential real estate and land throughout the United States.
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Statements made in this news release that state the Company's or management's intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations or predictions of the future are forward-looking statements. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements due to various risks, uncertainties and other factors. Real estate development risks and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the inability to secure sufficient financing on favorable terms, construction risks, increases in commodity costs, the inability to obtain required governmental permits and authorizations, the inability to secure tenants or anchors for the project, the withdrawal of a prospective anchor or project partner, opposition from third parties, competition in the target market, economic conditions in the target market, the adverse impact of environmental matters, softening of the housing market, and other risk factors as disclosed from time to time in the Company's SEC filings, including but not limited to, the Company's annual and quarterly reports.


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As Cake Makers, we are in the business of dedicating our time to make occasions special, make wishes come true and create lasting memories. Bringing a cake to the table takes so much more than just butter, flour and eggs. The most expensive ingredient needed is our Time. Below we bring you time management tips to improve your productivity while running a successful cake business.
Break larger goals into smaller steps
Work out your priorities in life and let them be the guidance for how you should manage your time. Once you have worked out the bigger picture, you can then work out some short-term and medium-term goals. For each goal, establish detailed steps needed to accomplish, make sure they are outlined in advance. People set goals and then never follow through with them. Think about millions of New Year's resolutions that are made every year. The issue with these types of goals is that while they're great ideas, people just don't know what to do to achieve them.
To increase productivity on a daily basis, break larger goals into smaller steps. Your day should be made up of a series of aims that have specific milestones. For instance, if your to-do of the day is to finish filling your business taxes, you should think and write down all of the steps that you'll have to take to complete it. Plus, knowing you've completed certain steps towards conquering your goal can be incredibly motivating. By dividing larger goals into smaller steps, you will be able to achieve your goals efficiently since you know what steps must be done along the way.
Get Organised
Whether you have a bakery or work from home, keep your workspace tidy and organised. The first step to increase productivity is to clear and then organise your space. Eliminate everything that isn't necessary, then create a system for the things that are. For example, arrange your ribbons, food colours, cake boards, etc. so you can find them quickly when needed. Make sure everything has its place, and you know exactly where it is. The same for when you are baking/decorating a cake. Ensure that you have all your equipment on hand before you start, for a smooth workflow.
Understand your style of working
Do you like to work with tight deadlines or do you prefer to leave yourself plenty of time? Whichever way is fine, but know which method works for you and use it to your advantage.
Audit your time
You will know when you are at your most productive during the day (maybe when kids are at school). Schedule your day so that you take the maximum advantage of when you are at your best. That time of the day when you know you will be focused, motivated and be free of all distractions is when you should be scheduling those most important tasks. When are the main points in the day you waste time? Identify anything was causing a regular, repeated drag or drain on your time. These might include technology, tools, lack of technique or simple overload of orders. One by one, fix them, address them, or change them to free up more time. Get on a course to learn the missing techniques, order that tool which will make you work faster or simply say no to that unwanted order.
Block out distractions
What's distracting you while you are in the middle of stacking your cakes? Instant messages? Phone ringing? Are text messages popping? These things can get very distracting. Make sure you set yourself time aside to attend to the marketing needs of your business, but when you are working on a cake, put calls on record, emails auto-answered and get back to them afterwards.
Make sacrifices
To find that extra hour you need to give up that TV show you watch (or with today's technology catch up another time) or the amount of time you spend on Facebook watching those videos that come up on your news feed. Do not give up the things which you love, never sacrifice time with family and friends.
Contingency time
As cake makers, we always underestimate how long something will take us to finish. Factor in decoration drying time or cake/icing cooling or setting time. Make sure you set yourself enough time during your day so if something does happen to go wrong, you won't be rushing and stressing. Target to be early. Keep an updated diary of your workload, set yourself up daily to-do lists and be realistic with your time. Always stick to your list and accept that emergencies do happen.
We all need downtime
Take mini breaks during the day to recharge and refocus. Put the kettle on, sit down, have a brew and make sure you are working efficiently. You need to be making clear and profitable decisions, and you can't do that with a head full of cake. Go off the grid, put down your icing bag, get out of the house/bakery. Take lengthy breaks away on holiday, if possible to help you stay productive long term.
Learn to say No
If you try to do everything that crosses your path, you are bound to miss out on few critical tasks. Saying no to the less important tasks will help you focus on the important ones.
If some things can be better done by others or things that are not so important, consider commissioning. This will take your load off so you can focus on the tasks you do best. Remember you are running a business and your client expects the best, so if you are not great at modelling get it done from someone who is.
End your day with a to-do list
At the end of each day take the time to make a list of what needs to be done the following day. While your head is already in work mode at the end of the day/night, set your tasks up ready. By writing down your plan of action for the next day – including your goals and the details of them – you'll be armed with a plan that should carry you efficiently through the day. If you have a clear understanding of what you need to accomplish for the day, you'll be more likely to get right back to the task at hand, rather than aimlessly drifting from one task to the next. This will also increase productivity in the morning (or when you start your working day) as you won't be starting your working day putting together a to-do list and realising you should have started earlier for the day.
Work – Life balance
You also need your own time away from business with family and friends. There will be times when you can't help having to pull that all-nighter or work all weekend to get that order completed, but having a work-life balance is crucial to any successful business and for your family life. There's no point in doing all this work if you have nobody close to share and enjoy your success with. Keep strict boundaries, when it's family and friends time, when work gets put away. This will keep your relationships going strong too. You need to be happy and fulfilled in both aspects of your life to be productive.
If you can adapt these simple tips to your daily routines as a cake maker you should soon begin to see productivity increasing, earnings growing and find you have a euphoric work-life balance.
We hope you can find TIME to follow these 🙂 Let us know in the comments below.
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Did work on the Apple Car drive neighbors to file a noise complaint?
Not far away from Cupertino in Sunnyvale, California sits some office spaced leased to a company called SixtyEight Research — it's said to be an Apple-owned holding company for top secret projects. One of those projects is believed to be the Apple Car, codenamed "Titan."
Perhaps that may explain why someone filed a noise complaint to city hall, asking:
[Do] there have to [be] motor noises at 11:00 p.m. at night like last night? Even with the windows closed I could still hear it.
AppleInsider obtained the complaint that dates back to sometime last year. The resident
Electric vehicle engines do not naturally make noise, but many automakers, possibly even Apple, have been trying to figure out their implementations for engine noise emulators to not only simulate a traditional driving experience, but to make the vehicles more apparent to pedestrians, the blind, cyclists and other people outside the vehicle.
Another possibility for the bedtime disruption? Construction: property management for the SixtyEight plot acquired permits to build 10-foot-high fences surrounding its properties to keep its goings-on a secret from the public. Other permits state verbatim that necessary internal improvements were "for Apple." Some of those improvements were said to be an "auto work area" and a "repair garage."
The SixtyEight Research plot is comprised of seven buildings and spans over 300,000 square feet. Back over city limits, Apple is itself in the process of expanding its own campus.
Source: AppleInsider
Via: Cult of Mac


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Makemake1 (māk),USA pronunciation v., made, mak•ing, n.
- to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- to produce;
cause to exist or happen;
bring about: to make trouble; to make war.
- to cause to be or become;
render: to make someone happy.
- to appoint or name: The President made her his special envoy.
- to put in the proper condition or state, as for use;
prepare: to make a bed; to make dinner.
- to bring into a certain form: to make bricks out of clay.
- to convert from one state, condition, category, etc., to another: to make a virtue of one's vices.
- to cause, induce, or compel: to make a horse jump a barrier.
- to give rise to;
occasion: It's not worth making a fuss over such a trifle.
- to produce, earn, or win for oneself: to make a good salary; to make one's fortune in oil.
- to write or compose: to make a short poem for the occasion.
- to draw up, as a legal document;
draft: to make a will.
- to do;
effect: to make a bargain.
- to establish or enact;
put into existence: to make laws.
- to become by development;
prove to be: You'll make a good lawyer.
- to form in the mind, as a judgment or estimate: to make a decision.
- to judge or interpret, as to the truth, nature, meaning, etc. (often fol. by of ): What do you make of it?
- to estimate;
reckon: to make the distance at ten miles.
- to bring together separate parts so as to produce a whole;
form: to make a matched set.
- to amount to;
bring up the total to: Two plus two makes four. That makes an even dozen.
- to serve as: to make good reading.
- to be sufficient to constitute: One story does not make a writer.
- to be adequate or suitable for: This wool will make a warm sweater.
- to assure the success or fortune of: a deal that could make or break him; Seeing her made my day.
- to deliver, utter, or put forth: to make a stirring speech.
- to go or travel at a particular speed: to make 60 miles an hour.
- to arrive at or reach;
attain: The ship made port on Friday. Do you think he'll make 80?
- to arrive in time for: to make the first show.
- to arrive in time to be a passenger on (a plane, boat, bus, train, etc.): If you hurry, you can make the next flight.
- to gain or acquire a position within: He made the big time.
- to receive mention or appear in or on: The robbery made the front page.
- to gain recognition or honor by winning a place or being chosen for inclusion in or on: The novel made the bestseller list. He made the all-American team three years in a row.
- to have sexual intercourse with.
- [Cards.]
- to name (the trump).
- to take a trick with (a card).
- [Bridge.]to fulfill or achieve (a contract or bid).
- to shuffle (the cards).
- to earn, as a score: The team made 40 points in the first half.
- (esp. in police and underworld use)
- to recognize or identify: Any cop in town will make you as soon as you walk down the street.
- to charge or cause to be charged with a crime: The police expect to make a couple of suspects soon.
- to close (an electric circuit).
- [South Midland and Southern U.S.]to plant and cultivate or produce (a crop): He makes some of the best corn in the country.
- to cause oneself, or something understood, to be as specified: to make sure.
- to show oneself to be or seem in action or behavior (usually fol. by an adjective): to make merry.
- to be made, as specified: This fabric makes up into beautiful drapes.
- to move or proceed in a particular direction: They made after the thief.
- to rise, as the tide or water in a ship.
- [South Midland and Southern U.S.](of a crop) to grow, develop, or mature: It looks like the corn's going to make pretty good this year.
- make a play for, to try to get: He made a play for his brother's girlfriend. They made a play for control of the company's stock.
- make as if or as though, [Informal.]to act as if;
pretend: We will make as if to leave, then come back and surprise him.
- make away with:
- to steal: The clerk made away with the cash and checks.
- to destroy;
kill: He made away with his enemies.
- to get rid of.
- to consume, drink, or eat completely: The boys made away with the contents of the refrigerator.
- make believe, to pretend;
imagine: The little girl dressed in a sheet and made believe she was a ghost.
- make bold or so bold, to have the temerity;
be so rash;
dare: May I make so bold as to suggest that you stand when they enter?
- make book, [Slang.]
- to take bets and give odds.
- to make a business of this.
- make colors, to hoist an ensign, as on board a warship.
- make do, to function, manage, or operate, usually on a deprivation level with minimal requirements: During the war we had no butter or coffee, so we had to make do without them.
- make down, [Chiefly Pennsylvania German.]to rain or snow: It's making down hard.
- make fast, [Chiefly Naut.]to fasten or secure.
- make for:
- to go toward;
approach: to make for home.
- to lunge at;
- to help to promote or maintain: This incident will not make for better understanding between the warring factions.
- make good:
- to provide restitution or reparation for: The bank teller made good the shortage and was given a light sentence.
- to succeed: Talent and training are necessary to make good in some fields.
- to fulfill: He made good on his promise.
- [Navig.]to compute (a course) allowing for leeway and compass deviation.
- make heavy weather:
- to roll and pitch in heavy seas.
- to progress laboriously;
struggle, esp. to struggle needlessly: I am making heavy weather with my income tax return.
- make it:
- to achieve a specific goal: to make it to the train; to make it through college.
- to succeed in general: He'll never make it in business.
- to have sexual intercourse.
- make it so, strike the ship's bell accordingly: said by the officer of the watch when the hour is announced.
- make like, [Informal.]to try or pretend to be like;
imitate: I'm going to go out and make like a gardener.
- make off:
- to run away;
depart hastily: The only witness to the accident made off before the police arrived.
- [Naut.]to stand off from a coast, esp. a lee shore.
- make off with, to carry away;
steal: While the family was away, thieves made off with most of their valuables.
- make on, [Chiefly Pennsylvania German.]to turn on, light, or ignite (esp. a light or fire): Make the light on.
- make one's manners, [Southern U.S.]
- to perform an appropriate or expected social courtesy.
- [Older Use.]to bow or curtsy.
- make out:
- to write out or complete, as a bill or check.
- to establish;
- to decipher;
- to imply, suggest, or impute: He made me out to be a liar.
- to manage;
succeed: How are you making out in your new job?
- to engage in kissing and caressing;
- to have sexual intercourse.
- [Chiefly Pennsylvania German.]to turn off or extinguish (esp. a light or fire): Make the light out.
- make over:
- to remodel;
alter: to make over a dress; to make over a page layout.
- to transfer the title of (property);
convey: After she retired she made over her property to her children and moved to Florida.
- make sail, [Naut.]
- to set sails.
- to brace the yards of a ship that has been hove to in order to make headway.
- make shut, [Chiefly Pennsylvania German.]to close: Make the door shut.
- make time. See time (def. 42).
- make up:
- (of parts) to constitute;
- to put together;
- to concoct;
- Also, make up for. to compensate for;
make good.
- to complete.
- to put in order;
arrange: The maid will make up the room.
- to conclude;
- to settle amicably, as differences.
- to become reconciled, as after a quarrel.
- [Print.]to arrange set type, illustrations, etc., into columns or pages.
- to dress in appropriate costume and apply cosmetics for a part on the stage.
- to apply cosmetics.
- to adjust or balance, as accounts;
prepare, as statements.
- to repeat (a course or examination that one has failed).
- to take an examination that one had been unable to take when first given, usually because of absence.
- to specify and indicate the layout or arrangement of (columns, pages, etc., of matter to be printed).
- Atlantic States. (of the weather or clouds) to develop or gather: It's making up for a storm.
- Atlantic States. (of the sea) to become turbulent: If the sea makes up, row toward land.
- make up to:
- to try to become friendly with;
fawn on.
- to make advances to;
flirt with: He makes up to every new woman in the office.
- make water:
- to urinate.
- (of a hull) to leak.
- make with:
- to operate;
use: Let's make with the feet.
- to bring about;
provide or produce: He makes with the big ideas, but can't follow through.
mak′a•ble, adj.
- the style or manner in which something is made;
- production with reference to the maker;
brand: our own make.
- disposition;
- the act or process of making.
- quantity made;
- [Cards.]the act of naming the trump, or the suit named as trump.
- [Elect.]the closing of an electric circuit.
- the excellence of a polished diamond with regard to proportion, symmetry, and finish.
- identifying information about a person or thing from police records: He radioed headquarters for a make on the car's license plate.
- on the make:
- seeking to improve one's social or financial position, usually at the expense of others or of principle.
- increasing;
- seeking amorous or sexual relations: The park was swarming with sailors on the make.
- put the make on, [Slang.]to make sexual overtures to.
Toto (to̅o̅; unstressed tŏŏ, tə),USA pronunciation prep.
- (used for expressing motion or direction toward a point, person, place, or thing approached and reached, as opposed to from): They came to the house.
- (used for expressing direction or motion or direction toward something) in the direction of;
toward: from north to south.
- (used for expressing limit of movement or extension): He grew to six feet.
- (used for expressing contact or contiguity) on;
upon: a right uppercut to the jaw; Apply varnish to the surface.
- (used for expressing a point of limit in time) before;
until: to this day; It is ten minutes to six. We work from nine to five.
- (used for expressing aim, purpose, or intention): going to the rescue.
- (used for expressing destination or appointed end): sentenced to jail.
- (used for expressing agency, result, or consequence): to my dismay; The flowers opened to the sun.
- (used for expressing a resulting state or condition): He tore it to pieces.
- (used for expressing the object of inclination or desire): They drank to her health.
- (used for expressing the object of a right or claim): claimants to an estate.
- (used for expressing limit in degree, condition, or amount): wet to the skin; goods amounting to $1000; Tomorrow's high will be 75 to 80°.
- (used for expressing addition or accompaniment) with: He added insult to injury. They danced to the music. Where is the top to this box?
- (used for expressing attachment or adherence): She held to her opinion.
- (used for expressing comparison or opposition): inferior to last year's crop; The score is eight to seven.
- (used for expressing agreement or accordance) according to;
by: a position to one's liking; to the best of my knowledge.
- (used for expressing reference, reaction, or relation): What will he say to this?
- (used for expressing a relative position): parallel to the roof.
- (used for expressing a proportion of number or quantity) in;
making up: 12 to the dozen; 20 miles to the gallon.
- (used for indicating the indirect object of a verb, for connecting a verb with its complement, or for indicating or limiting the application of an adjective, noun, or pronoun): Give it to me. I refer to your work.
- (used as the ordinary sign or accompaniment of the infinitive, as in expressing motion, direction, or purpose, in ordinary uses with a substantive object.)
- raised to the power indicated: Three to the fourth is 81( 34 = 81).
- toward a point, person, place, or thing, implied or understood.
- toward a contact point or closed position: Pull the door to.
- toward a matter, action, or work: We turned to with a will.
- into a state of consciousness;
out of unconsciousness: after he came to.
- to and fro. See fro (def. 2).
Clothcloth (klôth, kloth),USA pronunciation n., pl. cloths (klôᵺz, kloᵺz, klôths, kloths),USA pronunciation adj.
- a fabric formed by weaving, felting, etc., from wool, hair, silk, flax, cotton, or other fiber, used for garments, upholstery, and many other items.
- a piece of such a fabric for a particular purpose: an altar cloth.
- the particular attire of any profession, esp. that of the clergy. Cf. man of the cloth.
- the cloth, the clergy: men of the cloth.
- [Naut.]
- one of the lengths of canvas or duck of standard width sewn side by side to form a sail, awning, or tarpaulin.
- any of various pieces of canvas or duck for reinforcing certain areas of a sail.
- a number of sails taken as a whole.
- [Obs.]a garment;
cloth′like′, adj.
- of or made of cloth: She wore a cloth coat trimmed with fur.
- clothbound.
Matmat1 (mat),USA pronunciation n., v., mat•ted, mat•ting.
- a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- a smaller piece of material, often ornamental, set under a dish of food, a lamp, vase, etc.
- the padded canvas covering the entire floor of a wrestling ring, for protecting the contestants from injury when thrown.
- a thick pad placed on the floor for the protection of tumblers and others engaged in gymnastic sports.
- a thickly growing or thick and tangled mass, as of hair or weeds.
- a sack made of matting, as for coffee or sugar.
- a slablike footing of concrete, esp. one for an entire building.
- a heavy mesh reinforcement for a concrete slab.
- go to the mat, to contend or struggle in a determined or unyielding way: The President is going to the mat with Congress over the proposed budget cuts.
- to cover with or as if with mats or matting.
- to form into a mat, as by interweaving.
mat′less, adj.
- to become entangled;
form tangled masses.
Howhow1 (hou),USA pronunciation adv.
- in what way or manner;
by what means?: How did the accident happen?
- to what extent, degree, etc.?: How damaged is the car?
- in what state or condition?: How are you?
- for what reason;
why?: How can you talk such nonsense?
- to what effect;
with what meaning?: How is one to interpret his action?
- what?: How do you mean? If they don't have vanilla, how about chocolate?
- (used as an intensifier): How seldom I go there!
- by what title or name?: How does one address the president?
- at what price: How are the new cars going, cheaper than last year's models?
- by what amount or in what measure or quantity?: How do you sell these tomatoes?
- in what form or shape?: How does the demon appear in the first act of the opera? How does the medication come?
- and how! [Informal.]certainly! you bet!: Am I happy? And how!
- Here's how, [Informal.](used as a toast).
- how come? [Informal.]how is it that? why?: How come you never visit us anymore?
- how so? how does it happen to be so? why?: You haven't any desire to go? How so?
- the manner or way in which: He couldn't figure out how to solve the problem.
- about the manner, condition, or way in which: I don't care how you leave your desk when you go. Be careful how you act.
- in whatever manner or way;
however: You can travel how you please.
- that: He told us how he was honest and could be trusted.
- a question concerning the way or manner in which something is done, achieved, etc.: a child's unending whys and hows.
- a way or manner of doing something: to consider all the hows and wherefores.
- a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter H.
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If you live in a Big City like New York, there's a good chance your dining room is near the kitchen. In our design for this 1 bedroom apartment in Chelsea we keep the same color concept throughout, steel, smoked glass, charcoal alpaca velvet chairs, the other side has a bench covered in Stark vinyl. Keep the table setting simple, white china, white linen napkins, clear glass wear will make the table seem les crowed because you can see through it. And try bud vases with small white flowers rather than a arrangement.
We kept the color palette of the cabinetry walls all tonal grays so even though its in the kitchen area it flows with the whole apartment.


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Mallaig to Glasgow, Scotland Travel Photography
A few of my favourite photographs taken from the train window between Mallaig and Glasgow Scotland in October 2013.
I like being taken back to these few hours on the train. The Indian summer was over, and Scotland was ready to hibernate. I slouched into the empty seats my knees up on the table in front of me. I had that restless feeling in my stomach that sometimes you get when you are about to fall asleep and can't because your mind is racing. My mind was fidgeting, rehashing, remembering the last few weeks in a wild Scotland.
Train from Mallaig to Glasgow, Scotland