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This Photopopper is a solar-powered, light-seeking, obstacle-avoiding robot, but now with update electronics & gold trim that make it twice as fast!
The Photopopper photovore utilizes very small high-efficiency motors in combination with elegant circuitry to make a very active solar powered robot capable of covering a meter (3.3 feet) distance in under a minute!
This Photovore is a capable little robot that is powered entirely by solar energy, has light-sensing directional optics (eyes), and a pair of obstacle avoidance sensors. The pair of infrared detectors on the robot give it a very directed phototropic or light-seeking behavior, making it trace outlines around shadows, and be attracted to the brightest sources of light.
The Photopopper Photovore 5.0 uses new "MillerEngine" technology to make a very dynamic light-seeking & obstacle-avoiding robot. All components necessary for the Photopopper are in the kit, including a high-quality printed circuit board, optics, motors, and a very complete 12 page instruction manual with over 26 illustrations and images. The BEAM Photopopper Photovore kit is designed to be a straight-forward kit to assemble and tune, but does require fundamental soldering skills and hand-tool abilities to complete successfully.
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The Dysfunctional Relationship between Society and Species
Here's the premise: the celestial rock we reside on is the only living planet within the observable universe. This means that we are just a speck, that we are all that we have, and that is why we should care about the planet we live on.
Murray Bookchin wrote in Society and Ecology that "the present generation seems more self-centered, privatized, and mean-spirited by comparison with earlier generations. It lacks the support systems provided by the extended family, community, and a commitment to mutual aid. The encounter of the individual with society seems to occur through cold bureaucratic agencies rather than warm, caring people." Through government policies that harm the environment, institutions allow businesses to assault the animal kingdom which, in turn, hurts us and our planet.
Capitalism is the cold-blooded culprit that is responsible for this state of affairs. In Japan, despite a ban on whale hunting since the late 1980s, whaling companies use a legal loophole to continue to decimate Minke Whales. Federal researchers in the U.S. Northwest as well as in Alaska found that 46,000 seabirds called Common Murres are dying off because of the warming water temperatures in the region. These warming temperatures are associated with anthropogenic climate change which is killing their food source. The Zoological Society of London reported that 7,100 cheetahs remain wild in Africa and in a small area of Iran because of the loss of their habitat to mankind for farming and raising livestock.
Further, authors of For the Common Good, Herman E. Daly and John Cobb Jr., wrote that "we are living by an ideology of death and accordingly, we are destroying our own humanity and killing the planet" (21). Chris Williams, in Ecology and Socialism: Solutions to Capitalist Ecological Crisis, also acknowledges the battle between capitalism and the ecology: "the rapacity of capitalism knows no bounds…by its very nature is 'unbounded'– as soon as a limit or boundary is reached, it must be exceeded….capitalism forcibly alienates us both from ourselves and our own planet." Even the Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and former Environmental Advisor to Jimmy Carter, James Gustave Speth said in an article Global Warming and Modern Capitalism that, "the system of modern capitalism will grow in size and complexity and will generate ever-larger environmental consequences." Capitalism's ecological crisis is profound. It cannot solve existing problems; any reforms put in place will leave the root cause intact. If this continues, capitalism will keep on annihilating and every species in the animal kingdom will be first to go as literal canaries in the coalmine.
Environmentalists should demand a transition out of capitalism into socialism. It is imperative that we achieve ecological harmony, be more ecologically responsible, prioritize people over profit, and learn to live equitably among the species around us. To do that, we need to be protagonists for socialism, including addressing the woes of capitalism. For a genuine change, one needs to help create institutions that are antithetical to current ones. Cautious people often imagine future drastic change when they think of replacing capitalism with socialism. Certainly, capitalism was the drastic change when it replaced feudalism; nevertheless, the transition from capitalism to socialism will need an effective path. Michael Lebowitz, the Director of Program in Transformative Practice and Human Development at the Centro Internacional Miranda in Venezuela from 2006-2011, offers workers a space to create their own power. In The Socialist Imperative: From Gotha to Now, Lebowitz does not advocate social democracy, which simply reinforces capitalism. Rather, this space allows workers to evaluate how production affects the ecosystem, including all species. A policy model might be the 2010 Bolivian Law of the Rights of Mother Earth where, from earth to sky, Bolivians celebrate those rights and their struggle to defend the Earth.
To build a future worthy of our dreams, we must focus on species, including the human species. We need to become protagonists for the socialist imperative to improve the metabolism between society and species.
Let's end the capitalist system!
The time is now.

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The iTunes Decade As Celebrated By Apple, Mike Doughty & Industry Analysts Alike
Over the last 10 years iTunes has become the dominant force in digital music sales and has gradually moved from being a loss leader to drive hardware sales to become a revenue center in its own right. Sunday is the 10th anniversary of the debut of iTunes and many in the overlapping worlds of tech and music are reflecting on that history.
Apple is celebrating their success with, among other things, A Decade of iTunes, a timeline featuring high points in the history of iTunes illustrating its growth from a music store to an ecommerce hub for a variety of digital products. The timeline was announced with a creative looking press release in print.
Yahoo Music Commissioned a Mike Doughty Song to Celebrate
Mike Doughty came up, appropriately enough, with a tune that celebrates drunken iTunes shopping. Enjoy!
My take on the history of iTunes in relationship to music is probably way oversimplified:
Digital music was a disruptive innovation. Digital formats were good enough for the web even though CDs and vinyl were much higher quality.
The major labels were totally baffled by digital music as they would be by any disruptive innovation as discussed by Clayton Christensen.
When they eventually recognized they needed to do something, Steve Jobs stepped in with iTunes as a solution and, given major label CEO's inadequate understanding of the reality they faced, managed to bargain them into accepting a price point and a platform that would ultimately define the parameters of digital music retail.
Eventually major label execs realized they were fucked and when they finally decided to work with streaming music startups they made sure that startups and the musicians were the one's getting fucked and so order was restored. They did this by demanding partial ownership and huge upfront fees for licensing while keeping their books to themselves and musicians in the dark.
Musicians have responded by grumbling about iTunes, getting outraged by payments from Spotify and generally buying into the major label smokescreen. Media has, as is usual, helped to increase confusion with inadequate coverage of this history.
That's my take but smarter more well informed industry analysts see things a bit differently.
Mark Mulligan presents The Four Ages of iTunes:
Baby Steps: On January 9th 2001 Apple launched its iTunes music management software, and later that year in November came the first ever iPod.
Changing the Tune: In April 2003 Apple launched the iTunes Music Store in the US, and then in 2004 in the UK, Germany, France and Canada, as well as an EU Store.
Beyond Music: When Apple was in the business of selling monochrome screen iPods, music was the killer app and iTunes was the marketing tool. But that changed on June 29 2007 with the launch of the iPhone.
The Platform Challenge: The App Store turned the iTunes Store into a platform, albeit it a highly controlled one.
Mulligan makes the case that despite competition from streaming music services one should not assume Apple cannot manage such challenges to remain the "preeminent force a decade from now."
Billboard's Alex Pham took a different route with Seven Ways iTunes Changed the Music Industry featuring quotes from key executives:
1. iTunes created the first legitimate digital music store that competed effectively with piracy.
2. iTunes + iPod turned digital music into a fashion statement.
3. Digital music became ubiquitous through the combination of iPods and iTunes.
4. iTunes leveled the playing field for independent labels and artists.
5. The 99-cent download became a standard price.
6. The economics of the single rose in importance.
7. Labels got paid faster – much faster.
Both are worth a closer read for their thoughtful, gentle and positive approach to analyzing the impact of iTunes on the industry.
So what is your analysis, Dear Hypebot Readers?
[Alternative iTunes icon thumbnail via Gizmodo contest.]
- iTunes Sales Are Making Apple Money, No Longer Just A Lure For Hardware
- iTunes Payments Account For 60% Of Total Digital Music Revenue
- iTunes Has Sold 25 Billion Songs, 15K Songs Per Minute
Hypebot Senior Contributor Clyde Smith (@fluxresearch/@crowdfundingm) also blogs at Flux Research and Crowdfunding For Musicians. To suggest topics for Hypebot, contact: clyde(at)fluxresearch(dot)com.


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Location, Location, Location.
They say that location is the key to value, and the same is true with blog posts. Many people ask me where they should post their content - on their own blog or a group blog such as the ERP Software Blog. (I know it is tempting to post the same article on both sites, but we all know that duplicate content is bad, so just don't even consider that as an option.)
My Options
In my role as Director of Marketing for CAL Business Solutions, I write blog posts about Microsoft Dynamics GP accounting software.
When I have a blog article ready to publish, I could post it on my company's own blog. That blog has our name on it, it is all ours. All the traffic stays on my website.
That might be good for my ego, but if I don't have very many people coming to my blog, that doesn't do me too much good.
I want to put my article on the site where it will get the most readers. After all, I worked hard on this post and I want people to see it.
So where will my blog post get the most readers?
My Proof
To answer this question for myself I did a little experiment in December 2012.
- I posted an article on my own company blog. In one year it got 260 views.
- I posted a rewritten version of the article, on exactly the same topic, on the ERP Software Blog. In one year the article got 6,539 views.
That is over 2000% more traffic to the article posted on the group blog site.
So you tell me, where should I put my content if my goal is to attract the most prospects to buy my software?
Some people have the objection that posting content on a group blog is benefiting that site's SEO more than my own site. But that just doesn't matter to me if that site is getting more people to read my content.
To me it is simple: Traffic = Leads = New Clients = Revenue.
My Strategy
My personal strategy is to publish all of my existing customer/client focused content on my company blog at www.calszone.com/blog-cal . This keeps my company website active and is good for our SEO. Our whole website www.calszone.com gets about 7,000 visitors per month, which is actually very high for a Dynamics GP partner site.
But the ERP Software Blog gets over 40,000 visitors per month!
So I publish my prospect focused blog posts at www.erpsoftwareblog.com. I know that my articles that appear on this group blog site will be seen by the most people and get the most traffic.
Another company I know has the strategy to write two blog posts per month and post them on the CRM Software Blog. Then he pays a writer to re-write those articles and posts them on his own blog site. This works too.
My Other Choices
But then again…….sometimes traffic is not my only priority.
- I might post on a partner's site to trade links and build relationships.
- I can post on industry specific sites to reach a certain audience.
- I like to publish on new blog sites I haven't used before to test it out.
The site with the highest traffic is often, but not always, my first choice.
So I post some articles to these other sites because I think they also provide value:
Your Proof
The best way to prove to yourself which locations are providing the most value is to track the analytics. Which sites are referring the most traffic to you? Of that traffic which site is referring the most qualified traffic?
My Answer
In the end, my answer to the question, "Should I Post On My Own Blog or A Group Blog?" is that ideally you should post on both sites. But if you can only choose one, then choose the site that will give you the most traffic to that post.
Update: My SEO Consultant, Dave Foreman from Interactive Limited, has a suggestion on this topic too.
Dave says, "We do not make rules, but we can give you recommendations on what strategy will give you the most SEO value. If your company blog is not very strong in search results and the home page of your site has a "Domain Authority" below 30 we recommend you put 90% of the original copies of your posts on the group blogs. (Check domain authority with OpenSiteExplorer)
This will insure that you get the most readers and visitors to the post but still have a duplicate post available as a resource on your company site. And the 10% of original posts on your company blog will use the strength of the group blogs to boost the Domain Authority of your company site.
If your company site has a Domain Authority of 30 or above we recommend doing a 50/50 split with half of your original posts on your own company blog and half on the group blogs.
Domain Authority is a rough measurement of how your site stacks up against other sites on the web based on backlinks and other factors. It roughly corresponds to how your site will rank on Google when competing with other sites for the same keyword string and using similar content and meta-tags."
What is your strategy? Leave a comment or send me a tweet.
By Anya Ciecierski, Collaboration Works Marketing
Twitter: @AnyaCWMktg


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I was in Ireland and London and that was so much fun and I'm ready to go back now please. Plus the weather around here has gone from miserable to still a lot of miserable but with some sunshine that makes you think it's warmer out than it actually is. So, you know, improvement!
Onto the stats
Number of books read
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig
Puppet Shows by Michael Frissore
Moranthology by Caitlin Moran
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Total pages read
Percentage of fiction
Percentage of female authors
60% - this might be the first time in ever this has happened
Percentage of white authors
100% - last month I managed something, but not this time. Dammit
Percentage of US authors
Percentage of eBooks
80% - this would be more unusual except I had a review copy AND made sure to download books before my trip
Books written by decade
2000s - 60%
2010s - 40%
General reading goals are the same as always: read more non-white people, more people from non-US or UK countries, read more stuff written before I was born. How am I currently doing towards that end? Right now I'm reading Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince (written in the 2000s by a British white lady) and A Clash of Kings (written in the 2000s by an American white guy) so yeah, things are going swell.


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Users of cloud systems demand that their data be reliably stored and quickly accessible. Cloud providers today strive to meet these demands through over-provisioning: keeping processors ready to go at all times and replicating data over multiple servers. Special erasure codes have been designed and adopted in practice as a more storage-efficient way to provide reliability. We will show how coding reduces download time of large files, in addition to providing reliability against disk failures. We will introduce a fork-join queuing framework to model multiple users requesting their data simultaneously, and demonstrate the trade-off between the download time and the amount of storage space. We will explain how for the same total storage used, coding exploits the diversity and parallelism in the system better than today's replication schemes, and hence gives faster download. At the end, we will mention several problems that arise in distributed computing systems when some servers are straggling in completing their tasks, and the cloud data is hot, large, changing, and expanding.
Emina Soljanin is a Professor at Rutgers University. Before moving to Rutgers in January 2016, she was a (Distinguished) Member of Technical Staff for 21 years in the Mathematical Sciences Research of Bell Labs. She works as an information, coding, and, more recently, queueing theorist. Her interests and expertise are wide. Over the past quarter of the century, she has participated in numerous research and business projects, as diverse as power system optimization, magnetic recording, color space quantization, hybrid ARQ, network coding, data and network security, and quantum information theory and networking. Dr. Soljanin served as the Associate Editor for Coding Techniques, for the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, on the Information Theory Society Board of Governors, and in various roles on other journal editorial boards and conference program committees. She is a co-organizer of the DIMACS 2001-2005 Special Focus on Computational Information Theory and Coding and 2011-2015 Special Focus on Cybersecurity. She is a 2017 outstanding alumnus of the Texas A&M School of Engineering, an IEEE Fellow, a 2016/17 Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Information Theory Society, and is currently serving as the Second Vice President for the society.


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One of the questions I am asked most often by friends and colleagues is why people choose open relationships.
There are a lot of paths to choosing nonmonogamy and each is uniquely personal.
Many of my clients come to an open relationship model for different personal reasons, but here are a few:
We don't believe in the traditional monogamous married formula for relationships.
I like watching my wife have sex with another man.
My partner is bisexual and I want him/her/them to be able to have relationships with folks of a gender different than mine.
I am interested in a specific kink that my partner just doesn't like. She wants me to be able to explore this fantasy.
We don't believe people are naturally monogamous- look at the 66% infidelity rate among monogamous marriages in the U.S.
It's exciting to flirt with other women with my husband. We often have similar taste in women, so it made sense to date them together.
I don't believe it's possible for one person to meet all of another's emotional and physical needs.
Legal marriage isn't our definition of relationship success.
My partner is physically unable to participate in certain activities I really enjoy. Because we're poly I can do those things with other partners.
I wanted to start a family and my girlfriend did not but we really loved each other. Having an open relationship allowed us to create a different relationships structure and now I am also partnered with my daughter's mother.
I have always loved multiple people- finding polyamory meant I could talk more openly about it and be honest with partners.
I cheated on a lot of my previous partners and didn't want to have a dishonest relationship anymore. Now I am up front and clear with partners.
My boyfriend is into a lot of hardcore BDSM play and I want him to be able to play while I build my play skills for safety.
We both have fluid sexual identities and want to be able to grow our commitment to each other as our sexualities grow and change.
I don't want the pressure of meeting all my partner's emotional and sexual needs.
I don't believe in valuing one relationship over all others.
My husband is gay and we have a child. We decided to stay together but have other partners because we love each other and want our family to stay in one home.
If you are thinking about opening your relationship and need help set up a free consultation to see if working with me is right for you.
Gina Senarighi, MS, MA, CPC is a sex educator and relationship coach specializing in polyamory, open relationships, jealousy, LGBTQ issues and infidelity.
She can help you:
- rediscover passion in long-term relationships
- repair trust after infidelity or dishonesty
- move past jealousy, insecurity or codependent patterns
- open your relationship or practice polyamory with care
- resolve sexual dysfunction and disconnect
- break unhealthy communication patterns in your relationship
Contact her for a free consultation to see if working with her is right for you.
Click here to download her free guides to strengthen your relationship (monogamous or not).


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Attack on Titan Eren Action Figure
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Eren Yeager, is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Attack on Titan manga series created by Hajime Isayama. Eren is a teenager who swears revenge on enormous creatures known as Titans that devoured his mother and destroyed his town.
In order to defeat the Titans, Eren, alongside his childhood friends Mikasa Ackerman and Armin Arlert, enlist in the Military and join the Survey Corps—an elite group of soldiers who fight Titans outside the walls. As the story progresses, later learning it was his father's doing, Eren gained the power of becoming a Titan later identified as the titular Attack Titan (進撃の巨人 Shingeki no Kyojin). Attack on Titan Eren Action Figure Eren uses this power to give his people an advantage to defeat their enemies while learning of their true identity and their own history.
In the anime adaptation of the series, Eren has been voiced by Yūki Kaji in Japanese and Bryce Papenbrook in English. In the live-action film adaptations, he is portrayed by Haruma Miura. Attack on Titan Eren Action Figure Critical reception to Eren was initially quite mixed but grew more positive as the series progressed, though the character has typically proven popular within the Attack on Titan fanbase and anime in general.
Author Hajime Isayama created Eren to be "an ordinary youngster who gets paralyzed with fear when he sees a titan" rather than a stereotypical hotheaded protagonist often seen in shonen manga.[ He also stated that Eren's wish to go outside the city's walls is similar to his own when he was a child: He lived in a rural Japanese town surrounded by mountains. Attack on Titan Eren Action Figure One day, he wanted to go beyond the mountains, which reflected in the town surrounded by walls in the manga where Eren lived in the series' beginning. The character's Titan form's physique was modeled after middleweight mixed martial artist Yushin Okami. Japanese actor Yūki Kaji commented on how it was important that he should voice Eren's Titan form because he believes it is an extension of the character. He had a meal with Isayama after he visited the recording studio and the manga artist told him he found Eren quite a difficult character but complimented Kaji by saying "You know Eren already", which gave him confidence. Attack on Titan Eren Action Figure Eren's characterization was briefly altered for the English dub of the series making him self-reflective and eloquent in some scenes.
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Learn how to meditate using these easy instructions
We offer meditations that are simple, natural and easy to do. The goal of these meditations is to help you to relax and flow more easily with life, so that you can live with greater authenticity, spontaneity and ease. We have a brief description of each meditation below and a link to click for full instructions.
Our Meditation Guidelines page contains suggestions which can help support your practice of these meditations. If you are already meditating and finding it difficult, visit our Difficulty Meditating page.
Breath Meditations
Many meditations involve focusing on the breath. We offer two variations of breath meditations.
Breath Awareness Meditation
This is perhaps the easiest way to begin meditating and you may never need to look further. In this meditation, you bring your awareness to the natural flow of the breath, noticing the details of the sensation of breathing. When the attention wanders, it is gently brought back to the breath.
Stillness in the Breath Meditation
This is a variation of the Breath Awareness Meditation which can be done when you find that you are able to follow the breath for periods of time. It develops awareness of inner stillness.
Read instructions for our Breath Meditations.
Nature Meditation
This meditation is done outside in natural surroundings. It helps to enliven the basic intelligence of nature in our awareness and physiology. Our being resonates with the sight of a flower, sound of birds, feeling of the breeze. These experiences wake something up inside of us, and help to set our lives into a more natural rhythm. Nature lovers have discovered this secret without ever studying meditation! (Read instructions.)
Walking Meditation
Walking meditation can be just as profound as sitting meditation, and has the advantage of bringing the meditative experience into our activity. In addition to being relaxing, it allows you to be more present in your body and in the present moment. The simple experience of alternating steps with the left and right foot naturally helps create a meditative state. (Read instructions.)
Our Meditation-in-Action is a way of meditating while remaining active. It can be a very relaxing experience. It can also bring insights into how we resist the natural flow of life and help you to let go of that resistance to experience activity in a more natural and spontaneous way. This meditation can be for personal growth, or simply to relax. Usually this meditation will be most effective if you can take at least an hour to do it. (Read instructions.)


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This was one of the first crazy glitter polishes I bought, so back then when the concept was still fairly novel, it was absolutely irresistible to me. Techno glimmers and dazzles like a billion-faceted disco ball in the bottle. On the nail however, it's a bit less exciting. Pedestrian, even. It's basically small holographic, hexagonal glitter, with holographic normal glitter in a clear base. I've previously paired it with Revlon Blue Lagoon, and while the density of the glitter grabs your attention, it's all a bit too much. With Techno, I think less is more. I'd be more inclined now to paint just one coat over a creme base for added festivity.
For Audrey
Probably among the best known China Glaze shades (if not the best known), and a polish on my wishlist for a considerable length of time before I managed to get my hands on it. I already have an entire post on For Audrey here, and my thoughts haven't changed much since. If you like the idea of wearing the iconic Tiffany & Co. blue on your nails, this is the polish for you.
Luxe and Lush
When swatches of the The Hunger Games Capitol Colors Collection started popping up, the only must-have for me was Luxe and Lush. At the time, the idea of a shredded flakie was completely new to me, so it opened my eyes up to a whole new world of layering possibilities. I tried it with a black base but the shards of glitter appeared predominately yellow, green and orange, which I didn't particularly like. I much prefer glitter/flakies that flash more pink, purple and opalescent, or at least a mix of everything. I think I might try it over a light blue base like Sinful Colors Cinderella next, as demonstrated by Jen. I find the glitter in Luxe and Lush to be very dense, almost to its detriment as it can get slightly lumpy and chunky, especially with its thicker formula.
Swing Baby
Back when I was obsessing (literally, not figuratively) over Orly Rage, I looked up reviews online and read that Swing Baby was similar. Naturally, if I frustratingly couldn't source Rage anywhere, I needed the next closest thing (because, you know, Revlon Crème Brûlée, Chi Chi Go Go Girl and Ulta3 Envy didn't cut it). Now that I have both Rage and Swing Baby, I can say that Swing Baby isn't even that close. Rage is lighter, more of a warm gold, with rose gold tones. Swing Baby is darker, more taupe and pewter, with a distinct greenish tinge to my eyes. It's not really the kind of colour I normally go for, so it now just sits in the nail polish category "Failed Polishes I Bought to Fill the Orly Rage Void".
Snow Globe
One of the most delicate and whimsical glitter concoctions I've encountered and very aptly named. Undoubtedly one of my favourite nail polishes ever. Snow Globe can simply be described as beautiful, though I summed up the colours I see in it before: "turquoise, peridot, amber, peach, cornflower blue, lavender". The base isn't completely clear, it's more slightly milky and white, which makes it even more reminiscent of an actual snow globe.
I picked this up on a whim almost two years ago along with Techno and Snow Globe, and to be honest, I think I've only worn it once since. This is a nude/beige shimmer with a silver fairy dust overlay. It's not super reflective though, the overall effect is more subdued despite the metallic sparkle. I like how it looks next to IV, so I think I might incorporate the two polishes next time, perhaps in an attempt to replicate this gorgeous manicure by Ashley.
I saw this on a colleague's nails one day, asked her what polish she was wearing, and pretty much ordered it off BeautyBay right after. IV is a soft pinky coral that I find really complements my skin tone. It's described as a carnation pink creme, but it leans quite peachy on my nails. According to Reika, it's very close to Chanel Morning Rose (IV is just missing the gold shimmer). A shade that I genuinely look forward to wearing and one that I'm happy found its way into my collection.
It's a Trap-eze!
Featured recently in my March Favourites and with a whole post dedicated to it here, there's not much further I have to say except that there's been no dip in enthusiasm. I'm lamenting I didn't receive this as a full bottle, because the prospect of running out is already giving me anxiety. A unique, playful and incredibly well-executed glitter that I never want to be without.


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Client Session ~ Jackson, Alexa, Tyson and Kiki the Great Danes
Tracey is what you would call a Great Dane enthusiast. With four of these lovely dogs, you'd have to be! When she contacted me about photographing her babies in Melbourne, I was thrilled. Great Danes are 'my breed' and I was really looking forward to meeting some more and spending some quality time with them.
This Great Dane family lives in South Frankston in Melbourne so we took a trip to the local pier (complete with trailer-load of all four Danes) for the session. Melbourne turned on the blue skies, perfect temperatures and lovely evening light which made for a great atmosphere for the photos.
A quick note to future clients – in many of these photos you'll see leads on the dogs – sometimes this is unavoidable in public areas like this! I'm more than happy to do a bit of tricky Photoshopping and remove them on the ones you wish to use as wall art or prints, however to do it to every shot would take me months, so I just leave them in until the final ordering stage when it's decided if they'll be used or not.
Alexa is two years old and affectionately referred to as the Elle McPherson of the bunch. You can see why, with those long supermodel legs and elegant neck.
She is very pretty, but also quite a devious and naughty little thing! The stories Tracey told me about her remind me so much of my Kaya, that same calcuating, clever way of looking at things. Brains as well as beauty!
I just love this shot of her.
And who can resist the famous Dane 'helicopter ears'.
It's easy to see how much Tracey loves all her Danes, bestowing them with frequent kisses and cuddles.
Another regal shot of 'Princess' Alexa. The funky architecture of the bridge makes for a fantastic background!
Next in line were the oldest and the youngest of the pack – Kiki who is 8 years old and such a gorgeous, gentle soul. And little (said with tongue firmly in cheek of course) 8 month old Jackson. We took a stroll up the pier with these two. The shot below is one of my favourites from the session – a standoff between the Danes and the boys further up!
Kiki is pretty amazing. Great Danes generally age more quickly than most other smaller breeds and unfortunately tend to live shorter lives. Kiki however is doing fantastic for a lady of her age! She impressed me no end with an agile leap up into the back of the 4wd, easy as pie!
At 8 months and already taller than Kiki and Alexa, Jackson is still such a baby and easily intrigued by the simple things in life, such as birdies flying overhead.
What a handsome boy though! His occupation is a show dog and he's already proving to be a star, with many great results under his collar, and many more to come.
I love this tangle of legs, tails and ears as we walked further up the pier.
With Jackson pausing to watch some activity in the water further out.
Back on the beach, a rock wall provided a chance for Jackson to stand up tall and look like the big regal Great Dane he is (with plenty of cuddles of encouragement from his Mum of course).
On the beach, he found a little nut that took up his attention for a good 10 minutes.
Everyone must know by now how much I LOVE head wrinkles – well this boy was a goldmine of them! How smooshable is this face!
Jackson's distraction gave us a bit more time for Kiki who posed it up, reminding us that she too used to be a successful show dog in her day and still has it.
Last but certainly not least, the adorable Tyson. The perfect gentle giant, he is much more concerned with being cruisy and relaxed, than looking nice and alert for us for photos. After lots of time and patience though we did manage to get some beauties, thanks to some other dogs who were being walked along the pier that managed to grab his attention.
Tyson wasn't going to miss out on cuddles either. This probably gives you a good idea of his size, he's a very big boy!
Right at the end of our session when the light was on the verge of running out, I snapped off a few shots like this. Just perfect – even including the rising moon!
As you'd expect, taking four gorgeous Great Danes to a public place like this does attract some attention. The number of people that wanted to stop and get cuddles from the dogs and ask the inevitable questions was staggering. We were originally counting the 'horse' comments but ended up losing track – just goes to show the impact these regal dogs have on people. To finish off, here's a few shots of them being loved and admired by people and dogs alike.
Thanks Tracey for allowing me to hang out with you and your lovely family of Great Danes, it was a pleasure!


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Software Group (the Company), a leading global specialized IT vendor for delivery channel solutions for microfinance institutions, credit unions, and banks, has joined forces with BlackPeak Capital and PostScriptum Ventures in order to support its ongoing global expansion strategy. BlackPeak Capital, a co-investment growth equity fund focused together with PostScriptum Ventures, a venture capital group, have acquired a minority stake in Software Group.
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September 10, 2018 at 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
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Mark Nepo inspired readers and seekers all over the world with his #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Awakening. In 2015, he was given a Life-Achievement Award by AgeNation. And in 2016, he was named by Watkins: Mind Body Spirit as one of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People, and was also chosen as one of OWN's SuperSoul 100, a group of inspired leaders using their gifts and voices to elevate humanity. Mark devotes his writing and teaching to the journey of inner transformation and the life of relationship. He continues to offer readings, lectures, and retreats.
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CORNET – international Collective Research for SMEs
Research and development plays a vital role in developing new markets for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). That is why the AiF is committed to several international activities as the representative of German SME interests in international research. Furthermore, the AiF F·T·K GmbH is coordinating the international initiative CORNET.
About CORNET
CORNET is a network of ministries and funding agencies that combine their existing funding schemes to increase the competitiveness of SMEs. In this way, CORNET supports funding organisations worldwide to introduce pilot actions and schemes for pre-competitive Collective Research.
Participation in a CORNET project allows SMEs, SME associations or groups and research organisations to build an international network and benefit from know-how and resources that might not be available in their own country or region. CORNET features high success rates and short time to contract. The CORNET partners support applicants in finding the right partners for their pre-competitive Collective Research projects.
Calls for Proposals
Twice a year CORNET issues Calls for Proposals for international Collective Research projects. The calls follow a bottom-up approach: every topic that supports SMEs in their innovation efforts is welcome.
The 27th CORNET Call for Proposals closed on 27 March 2019. Meanwhile, CORNET is organising a joint evaluation by international experts. The evaluation results will be communicated to applicants in October 2019.
On 12 June 2019, the 28th Call for Proposals opened. Project submission is possible until 25 September 2019 (12 p.m. CET) via the CORNET Submission Tool.
As a well-established international network, CORNET accomplishs an average success rate of 66 per cent. Please find further information about the application process, proposal templates and international partners on www.cornet.online.
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Here's an exciting opportunity to see a new project this summer by one of the world's great living artists, The Floating Piers by renowned artist Christo. Let us help you plan a customized trip to the Italian Lakes, a gorgeous destination with mountains to walk, boats to ride, and luxurious hotels to stay in, and the good life to live.
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"This June, renowned land artist Christo and his team will transform Lake Iseo in Lombardy, Italy, by building a 75,000-square-foot floating pier that visitors will be able to walk across. The plans—revealed on April 23 at Rome's MAXXI: National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, designed by Zaha Hadid, Hon. FAIA—feature 200,000 high-density polyethylene cubes that will swell with the water's movement and be wrapped in yellow fabric, a feature which the artist is famous for. Titled The Floating Piers, visitors can travel from Sulzano, located in the bottom right portion of the lake, up to Monte Isola and San Paolo, the islands in the middle of it that the entire installation encircles, for a 16-day period."
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Our first fellowship is live, kicking off with one of the most intense weeks of our lives: Bootcamp!
Bootcamp served to introduce our fellows to each other – other pioneering grads who'd leapt at the chance to challenge themselves, join a network of ambitious and compassionate people and do something real.
The first Year Here challenge to be introduced was educational disadvantage – the fact that, in Britain, the lottery of your birth is a bigger predictor of your educational and career success than in nearly any other developed country. If you grow up poor in the UK, the odds are stacked against you.
Year Here Fellow Michael Simpson facilitates a focus group with Globe Academy students.
If you went to University, did you know what you wanted to do for a career before you applied?
We'd hazard a guess that, for many, the answer is a 'no'. But you probably still felt comfortable about the idea of going to University and working out what on earth you were going to do with your life while – or even after – studying.
But during our first 'raid', where fellows were challenged to plan and facilitate a focus group with Year 10s at the Globe Academy on aspiration and university access, we discovered that for many, often from tough backgrounds, not knowing what career to choose sounded an alarm bell: Uni is not for me.
To introduce homelessness, we were incredibly lucky to be invited to see a performance of Glasshouse, a production from Cardboard Citizens, the UK's only homeless people's professional theatre company. We can't say we weren't warned but Glasshouse was hardcore, a raw snapshot of what life can be like when it spirals out of control: drugs, sex, abuse, violence and some tough decisions for the protagonist.
Cardboard Citizens employs the forum theatre methodology developed by Brazilian Augusto Baol as part of his Theatre of the Oppressed. The audience is invited to come up on stage to act out the characters' roles at key moments.
Year Here Fellow Stella Grant stepping up to play the protagonist in Glasshouse.
Turning up to Silk Court Care Home somewhat overdressed (our next appointment was at Number 10) on Friday, we introduced our third challenge: Ageing and Isolation. We threw a coffee morning inspired by Magic Me's Cocktails in Care Homes model and were regaled by war stories and tales of lost loves by the residents of Silk Court.
Year Here isn't only about the social issues we seek to tackle. It's also about our own personal capacity to tackle them effectively. We believe that it takes hard-won courage, skill and insight to turn a sense of passion or injustice into real social change.
So we went deep.
With all of 2 days to prepare, Fellows and Year Here team members each gave a presentation on their life stories, using the Pecha Kucha format. Moscow State Circus, the Windrush, double-exposure photography and kibbutz all got mentions in what turned out to be a deeply personal and emotional afternoon.
Bootcamp week culminated in a reception at Number 10 Downing Street.
The week culminated with our launch at Number 10 – and an article about our launch in the Evening Standard. Fellows Andy and Flora gave assured and passionate speeches on everyone's behalf as they embarked on their years here.
As we start the very first Year Here fellowship, we called upon our fellows to be bold, compassionate and visionary. And in just one week we were convinced that they would rise to this challenge.
A huge thank you to all who enabled bootcamp week to happen:
Facilitation – Nick Nielsen, John Cremer
Raids – Globe Academy, Cardboard Citizens, Silk Court Care Home and Citizens UK
Entertainment – The Maydays
Social Innovation Lecture Series – Neil Jameson, Emma Southgate, Cynthia Shanmugalingam
Launch Host – 10 Downing Street
Launch Speakers – Matt Jones, Seyi Obakin, Philip Colligan
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Bell Sounds from the 20th The 2012 Session is underway! Session convened on Wednesday, and I was honored to be officially sworn in for my 2nd term in the House of Delegates. Over 1,000 pieces of legislation have been filed, so it looks as though we are going to be very busy once again this year.
Spotlight On: Governor's State of the Commonwealth Address
In his speech on Wednesday night, Governor McDonnell set out a bold agenda in his State of the Commonwealth address. Governor McDonnell also challenged Republicans and Democrats in both chambers to work together for the benefit of all Virginians. A number of the proposals he laid out in his speech will likely receive bipartisan support, such as initiatives to continue to help businesses create new jobs and opportunities, a $200 million investment in our colleges and universities to expand enrollment at an affordable cost, and a record $2.2 billion investment in the Virginia Retirement System (VRS) for our teachers and state employees.
Of course, not all of the Governor's proposals will enjoy bipartisan support, and there will be spirited debate about those proposals; however, I believe those disagreements will not lead to the partisan gridlock we see in Washington.
In case you were unable to watch the Governor's address live, below are links to the text and video from the Governor's State of the Commonwealth Address.
Text from State of the Commonwealth:
Video link to State of the Commonwealth:
Governor's Press Conferences
Monday I had the privilege of attending a K-12 Education Press Conference with Governor McDonnell. I have been chosen by the Governor to carry a couple of pieces of education legislation and was pleased to stand along with him as he unveiled this agenda. You can read more about the Governor's education package online at
Tuesday I had another opportunity to join the Governor and the House and Senate Republican leadership as they released their 2012 Legislative Agenda. You can read more about the 2012 Republican Legislative agenda online at
Committee Assignments
Wednesday I received news that Speaker Bill Howell has appointed me to the House Committee on Finance. The Finance committee handles legislation that pertains to revenue and taxation in the Commonwealth. I look forward to the new challenges that will come with this assignment.
I was also reappointed to the Committee on Health, Welfare, and Institutions, as well as the Committee on Education.
2012 Legislative Survey
Each year my office conducts a legislative survey at the beginning of Session. These surveys are extremely important to me in gauging the views of the residents of the 20th District so that I can better represent you in Richmond.
If you haven't already done so, you can complete the survey by clicking here.
You can see the legislation that I have filed for this session here. You're encouraged to take a look, and we will frequently update you on the status of this legislation as it moves forward.
This week I was very happy to see a few bankers from across the Valley. We had folks drop by from Capitol One, and I was also very happy to see my friend Greg Godsey. As always we were also happy to visit with our friends at the Rockingham County Fair Association.
Contact Us
Our office is currently operating out of our Richmond Office for the entirety of the 2012 Session. You can contact us here by phone at 804-698-1020, or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you're in the Richmond area we'd love to see you. We make constituent visits a priority and do our best to meet with as many as possible. In order to help us accommodate you we encourage you to call and make an appointment.
We hope to hear from you while we are here. If you have any questions or concerns, or would like to voice your opinion on key pieces of legislation that may impact the District or the Commonwealth, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Thanks again for allowing me to serve as your Delegate.


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Leap Motion - Control your Mouse on Mac OSX
I have a development kit for Leap Motion that arrived last week and I've been working on an Objective-C/C++ wrapper for the C++ Leap Motion SDK. I used opaque pointers to contain the Objective-C/C++ code into one file so that the header can be included in vanilla Objective-C apps. Now that I have a starting point I'm working with the data from Leap Motion. My first goal is to make a functional mouse counterpart that can be used "hands free." Here's a video of my of basic mouse control. I use the position and direction of the finger to cast a ray into the monitor (ray tracing anyone?). Using the intersection point and a lot of math you can start to translate the raw leap data into something meaningful for an application.
Going further I'm investigating the best way to recognize a tap gesture and what that will look like in practice.


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Rubidium (Rb #37) is the next element on the periodic table for my APEX mineral collection.
Rubidium starts row 4 (Period 3) on the periodic table.
Rubidium Minerals - The very few Rubidium minerals which exist are ionic compounds (salts).
Pollucite ((Cs,Na)2Al2Si4O12•(H2O)) with 1% Rubidium is the only practical choice for my APEX mineral. It is only found at Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada. Lepidolite is mined for Rubidium traces but this mineral formula really doesn't contain Rubidium.
Rubidium is more common than Copper. It readily substitutes for Potassium in minerals, and is therefore fairly widespread. The problem is that there are no geologic processes which concentrate Rubidium. A lack of need and a lack of good ores has limited Rubidium production to 4 tons per year. Rubidium melts at a low temperature and reacts violently with water and air so pure element must be stored carefully.
Rubidium is not known to be necessary for any living organisms. However, Rubidium is easily substituted for Potassium in biologic functions. The only downside to this is that some Rubidium isotopes are radioactive which can pose a danger.


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The NetNglyc server predicts N-Glycosylation sites in human proteins using artificial neural networks that examine the sequence context of Asn-Xaa-Ser/Thr sequons.
Paste a single sequence or several sequences in
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Alternatively, type in Swiss-Prot ID/AC (e.g. CBG_HUMAN)
Generate graphics
Show additional thresholds (0.32, 0.75, 0.90) in the graph(s)
By default, predictions are done only on the Asn-Xaa-Ser/Thr sequons
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Predict on all Asn residues
- use this only if you know what you are doing!
For publication of results, please cite:
Prediction of N-glycosylation sites in human proteins.
R. Gupta, E. Jung and S. Brunak.
In preparation, 2004.
View the abstract.
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Can video save you money and keep you out of traffic? It most certainly can, and I'll tell you how.
I know a fellow who owned a small copier repair operation in London. He serviced and repaired printers for copy shops. He also rented those giant printers used to make banners and signs.
He had about 28 copy shops as clients, all over the city. And all these customers had some sort of service contract that said when there was a problem he needed to fix it within two hours. Because he had customers all over a city the size of London, he had a bit of a logistical nightmare on some days. (I'm not sure how many of you have driven in London but it's not the ideal place to find yourself if you're in a rush to get from one end of town to the other end. Not that Washington is easy, but traffic in London is daunting, to say the least.)
Another challenge was staffing – not at his company, but at his clients' businesses. Copy shops tend to run through employees on a fairly routine basis. What has this to do with the repair guy? Everything. New employees were always calling the service and repair line on the phone with some sort of printer problem. A repairman would have to race across London to the copy shop. On a good day the repairman might make it there in two hours. Once he was in the shop, the average time spent "fixing" the "broken" copier? About six minutes.
It was always something basic. A new employee put the magenta cartridge in the place where the yellow cartridge was meant to go, or the paper was inserted the wrong way.
Finally, my friend decided to use video to help keep his repairmen off the streets and those copiers up and running more quickly.
He installed cameras to monitor the copy machines at his clients' businesses and covered the costs. By using video to look at a machine, a repairman -- without getting into a van and stuck in traffic -- could take a look at the problem and more often than not solve it. His clients paid nothing and got much better service. In fact, they actually saved money because of less down time for the machines.
So in the end, video saved my friend money and kept him and his repairmen out of traffic.
And this was several years ago. Now we have smartphones and smart video. We can view images in high definition in the palm of our hands. Our cameras can see better than we can now.
How we use that technology to improve our lives and our businesses is all up to us. And while I'm sure there are more noble pursuits out there, I think keeping anyone out of traffic is a great goal for us all.


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Living in Tasmania – Finding time and space
Tasmania is a liveable place where people have extra time for themselves because of the shortest commuting journeys in the nation. The State of Islands offers rewarding career opportunities, an inspiring lifestyle and vibrant, welcoming communities. Balancing work, family life and recreation is easier in small cities or towns where housing is affordable, good schooling is available and services come with a smile.
The natural environment inspires creativity, so that culture, arts and sport flourish side by side. Imagine living and working in a place where you and your children can surf in the morning, bush walk in the afternoon and enjoy live theatre in the evening, if you choose.
Nowhere in Tasmania is more than two hours from the coast. More than 47 per cent of the land surface is permanently preserved in World Heritage Areas, national parks or reserves.
With world-class urban environments, a mild maritime climate and an innovative business community, Tasmania is a place where living and working can be in harmony.
House prices are generally lower, both in absolute terms and as a proportion of median incomes, than in interstate capital cities, particularly Sydney and Melbourne.
Traffic is one thing you won't find much of – peak hour in the cities of Hobart (population 212,000) and Launceston (106,000) passes quickly and is rarely noticed.
Tasmania is easily accessed from the rest of Australia by both air and sea. The four main airports are in Hobart, Launceston, Devonport and Burnie/Wynyard. Five airlines service some or all of these destinations directly from Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane or Adelaide.
Passenger and vehicle ferries, Spirit of Tasmania 1 and Spirit of Tasmania 2, sail each way between Melbourne and Devonport each day throughout the year.
Tasmania's first people
Brand Tasmania respectfully acknowledges the Aboriginal people, whose presence predates the arrival of Europeans by at least 35,000 years, as the original inhabitants and custodians of Tasmania's islands.
Download our Tasmania | Australia brochure which explains why Tasmania is a world apart for living, working, learning and investing. Or contact us if you would like a hard copy.


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Image: James Montford, Black Indians in Space: Will it be hands up don't shoot? 2015, Melissa Blackall Photography 2015
James Montford: Persuasions 1990—2015 is the first retrospective survey of artist James Montford's confrontational work and ongoing engagement with racial stereotypes and social alienations. It features a range of works highlighting his repetitive and grid-like visual portals, along with maps, proclamations, performance videos and documents.
Curated by Robert Moeller
Free, Public Opening Reception: Friday, April 17, 6-9pm
Yeah, You Missed It!
And perhaps, that's the point. You missed it. This exhibition continues to explore the very temporary placement of art in both traditional and nontraditional venues. The show, part of an ongoing series, features a rotating group of both artists and curators, organized by Robert Moeller, who work together to program very brief pop-up exhibitions. These can range from informal backyard events to the embedding of new work into an existing art collection in someone's home for an evening. This exhibition at the Mills Gallery, lasting only two days, has in its title the most likely response to questions about its brief existence: Yeah, you missed it!
ACTION KITS is an exhibition of new interactive artworks by five artists. Each of these works takes the form of a kit – a coordinated set of things that have been assembled to be experienced by visitors to the exhibition.
Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) is an active site for both art making and art exhibition, a fact that is showcased each year when the BCA's Mills Gallery presents work by artists with studios in its Artist Studios Building. This year, work by 27 artists – working in media including painting, performance, installation, printmaking, photography and drawing – is on view in a show that highlights the individual voices as well as points of community and interplay among this varied group.
The exhibition explores and celebrates the many places that art comes from. It draws its title from an essay by poet Richard Hugo (1923-1982), who recognized a deep interconnectedness between art's reflection on the internal region of the individual and the external region of the natural world. This resonates with the BCA's commitment to sharing the intimate spirit of art with our community.
The camera behind film history's first movie was pointed at a factory. Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory, shot in 1895 by Auguste and Louis Lumière, shows men and women as they leave the gate of the Lumière factory in Lyon, France. Typical of early nineteenth century films, this film was made in one continuous shot, a technique that emphasizes the idea that every detail of the moving world is worth considering and capturing. For their project Labor in a Single Shot, Antje Ehmann and Harun Farocki returned to the methods of the Lumière brothers, inviting filmmakers and art and film students worldwide to express the subject of "work" with a single camera shot.
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Emily limped her way into a regular yoga practice after a running injury left her restless and broken-hearted. She began exploring different styles and fell in love with the limitless possibilities of yoga, both on and off the mat. Emily loves exploring new ways to move and guides classes where each individual is encouraged to feel good in their own bodies. Her classes encourage big breaths and expansive movement, with an emphasis on doing you! She loves sharing yoga with kids of all sizes and ages. When not on a yoga mat, Emily teaches elementary school and enjoys exploring Washington's wilderness.
A few fun facts about Emily:
After yoga and beer, her favorite thing is reading. If you want to talk books, etymology, or phonics, this is your girl.
She has read every Harry Potter book many times over, and saw the play for the eighth installment in London. It was pretty much the greatest thing ever.
She played the flute in junior high- but never went to band camp.


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From Andrew Darlow's popular site The Imaging Buffet listing some highlights from PhotoPlus
Moab Paper (Booth #630) Moab recently unveiled some great looking portfolio books named ICE NINE, in 8×9 and 12×13 inch format. Also, the company has a great sample rack with their entire photo line. I made a print for their booth this year, and the company printed up a card with one of my photos and a partially excerpted tip from my book, 301 Inkjet Tips and Techniques. I also recommend checking out the Moab Somerset Photo Satin 300 paper, as well as the amazing botanical image by Barbara Bordnick printed on the company's Moenkopi Japanese Washi. Very impressive.


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Dave's TMJ Full Mouth Restoration Smile Story
Dave had severe TMJ pain and symptoms. He had reached his limit with temporary fixes and sought a permanent solution for his TMJ pain.
Dr. Randi Green helped Dave through TMJ pain treatment and relieved him of debilitating jaw pain and TMJ symptoms with a complete smile makeover.
Daniel - Welcome and thank you for sharing your smile story with us today. Tell us about yourself, Dave.
Dave - I'm married and have four kids. I'm also the co-founder of Convoy of Hope that does relief and disaster relief around the world.
Daniel - You must interact with a lot of people face to face on a daily basis?
Dave - I'm face-to-face with our partners, donors, and I also speak at churches and other venues to share the vision of Convoy and how people can help.
Daniel - Talk to me about the specific moment you realized that you had a problem and sought help for your TMJ pain symptoms
Dave - I started getting popping in my jaw that increased over time. The pain also increased and then some dizziness and that dizziness led to some nausea. I had sought out professional help from another dentist and he was not able to help. It was only a temporary fix. I was at a place where I had pretty much given up hope. Who am I going to find, especially in this community, that has the expertise to deal with what is a severe TMJ disorder? Through Google search and reading reviews I found TMJ dentist Dr. Green.
Daniel - What are some of the emotions you were going through on a daily basis. Tell me more about the TMJ pain you felt?
Dave - The pain was debilitating at times. The pressure that was causing on my jaw was leading to dizziness and from the dizziness as I mentioned nausea. There were days where it was hard for me to even get out of bed.
Dave - This is an example of how what would seem to a situation that had gone bad to worse. Another doctor, well-meaning, gave me a splint that I would wear at night and throughout the day the TMJ symptoms would return. So, obviously, it was a temporary fix. Well, one day I made the mistake of putting my removable splint on a tissue and it ended up in the garbage. It was gone! It was going to take them two weeks to make another one so the TMJ symptoms really got bad. That is what caused me to start looking for a permanent solution and that is what led to meeting Dr. Green.
Daniel - What do remember about your first appointment with TMJ dentist Dr. Green?
Dave - My wife walked me in and I pretty much shuffled in. I had lost a lot of weight. I had lost over thirty pounds. I could hardly open my mouth. I was dizzy I had a lot of despondence. Again I had been to so many places and had not found a solution so I wondered if this would be just another stop or would they really be able to help me.
"I'll never forget I was sitting in the chair and Dr. Green looked at me and she said, We're gonna fix you."
Daniel - How would you say Dr. Green and her smile team are different than other dentists?
Dave - First of all, they are very warm, personable, professional. I really appreciated how they diagnosed the problem. They carefully and clearly walked me through the TMJ treatment process and we sat down and walked through the solutions. They gave me not only a good idea of the cost but also how long it was going to take and so there were no surprises. This is one of the best experiences I've ever had with any doctor.
Daniel - How has fixing your TMJ symptoms and your new smile affected your life and your career?
Dave - First of all, without correcting the TMJ, I would have been so debilitated and limited to what I do to help the poor in America and around the world. As a result of Dr. Green and her team, I am able to do my job more effectively and having a new smile — I get a lot of compliments that I didn't get before. In fact when somebody says "Hey I love your smile" I have to do a double take. I'm just so grateful.
Daniel - What else would like to say about Dr. Green and her staff and how you felt during TMJ treatment?
Dave - First of all there are a lot of people watching that think their situation is hopeless. Because they have tried everything. I think there are a lot of people like me who had lost hope. They had tried so many other ways to get help and it's resulted in a dead end. I can tell you that this is one of the best decisions I have ever made!
My family and I could not be more grateful to Dr. Green and her team!
Dave's Custom Smile Notes
Paying attention to each step and detail taught to me by LVI instructor Bill Wade was paramount in our TMJ pain relief success. Dave worked with a specialist during his Phase I therapy to help taper off the medications. He was medication-free before the start of his full mouth smile makeover reconstruction.
We inserted a beautiful full mouth of porcelain on Dave in January. I work directly with Aurum Ceramic, a world-renowned lab that provided the beautiful porcelain restorations. We created a natural smile makeover design that maintained our physiologic bite position. Dave remains TMJ pain-free and completely free of the ineffective medications. By helping this one patient, my team and I were also able to indirectly help thousands across the globe.


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Is Keith Ellison the Antichrist?
It is said that people from Saint Paul, Minnesota like to visit Minneapolis, Minnesota on Halloween because it is extra scary. But they would always come home before dark. Meanwhile, it is hard to find which Minneapolis residents are dressed as goblins and witches because…well, have you ever been to Uptown?
Putting aside the quaint Garrison Keillor style humor, it is true that Minneapolis is a little scary. It is full of anarchists, of people with deep thoughts, scary federal penitentiarians, scary sushi eaters, and…and…bicycle riders!!11!!
So, I suppose it is quite reasonable that the man chosen by the Republicans to run against Fifth District Congressman Keith Ellison is a firm believer that we are presently in the End Times and that the Antichrist is almost here.
Which makes sense, really. If you are a Republican, Keith Ellison is the Antichrist. He's black. He's a Muslim. He's a Democrat. And…he's a liberul!!!
So, what's the story? Associate Pastor Joel Demos will run against the highly popular Congressperson who represents Minneapolis and surrounding territories. And here's what the Pastor has to say:
"I believe that we are seeing the signs of the times," he said in a January 2009 sermon at his church, Christian Life Center. "We are seeing things unfold in the world that are opening the door for the new world order which we see in end time prophecy."
"We may in 2009 witness a new heaven," he said. "We may witness the very last days of this world in this very year. We don't know what 2009 will bring in our lives."
"Anti-American hatred is rooted in a distaste of the people of God and because we have been a predominantly Christian nation, we are finding across this globe the spirit of the anti-Christ is on the rise," he said. "And I believe we are quickly approaching the end of time."
Demos also said that Satan has been hard at work in [the sleepy Minneapolis suburb of] Golden Valley.
"Folks we are having a revival. The devil might have thought that this was his territory. He might have though he had this area under wraps. He organized and he had a good thing going in Golden Valley, which is central to the western suburbs."
This is going to be a tough decision. Crazy right wing Republican pastor who is pretty sure the Antichrist live in Golden Valley, or the highly regarded, hard-working and intelligent, very capable and responsive, liberal Democrat.
What would you do?
Tags: Keith Ellison, Midterm elections, Politics
This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 at 3:44 pm and is filed under Greg Laden, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
8 Responses to "Is Keith Ellison the Antichrist?"
Adamo says:
Unfortunately, I don't live in Keith Ellison's district, so I can't vote for him. I would, even over my current semi-liberal representative, Jim Oberstar. Keith is great! We need about 250 more like him in the House, 65 in the Senate, and a pair in the White House. Plus one very rich one to buy out Fox.
Is this the end times? Only time will tell, really, but I don't believe in them they way the Bible claims they'll happen. I figure global warming is more likely to bring end times to our species than anything else, and in that case, Pogo was right: We have met the enemy, and they is us. I guess that makes us the Antichrist, which I find highly disappointing, since I always figured it was George Bush. Or maybe Cheney.
Joshua Zelinsky says:
Hang on, he didn't say that the Antichrist was in Golden Valley. He said the devil was. Those don't mean the same thing. The Antichrist in the underlying theology is a specific human being. That's not the same at all as having the devil somewhere.
Mike Haubrich says:
Joshua, Bob Dylan said it best. Sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace.
Greg Laden says:
Joshua: What. Ever.
Mike: And, Bob Dillon was also from Golden Valley!
Well, not really, but Minnesota, anyway.
Greg Laden says:
I'm guessing this would all be a lot funnier for people who have been to Golden Valley. Which is not far from Edina, Hopkins, or Plymouth, all very funny suburbs of Minneapolis.
Wait. Hopkins is funny?
Stephanie Zvan says:
Greg Laden says:
People in Minnetonka and Wayzata have a lot of jokes about Hopkins. But nobody beats E.d.i.n.a. for laughs.
Ben Zvan says:
There's at least one church in Golden Valley with columns in the architecture. Evil, I tell you!


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To: Patricia Tumulty, NJLA
From: Frank Corrado
Date: March 20, 2017
Re: Political Speech/Campaigning at Public Libraries
You have asked whether political candidates and political organizations may use public libraries, or the sidewalks surrounding them, for expressive political activity, including meetings, electioneering and the distribution of literature or flyers. In particular, you have asked whether public libraries that have otherwise opened their meeting facilities for public use may prohibit such use by political groups or candidates.
I have reviewed the relevant First Amendment law1 on these issues, and conclude as follows:
1. The sidewalks outside public libraries are generally "traditional public forums," usually municipally owned, in which government may only restrict speech for a compelling reason and in the narrowest possible way. Otherwise, it may only impose content-neutral restrictions on the time, place and manner of the speech.
2. Much of a public library's interior is not compatible with unrestricted expressive activity, and therefore is not a public forum. In those areas, the library can limit expressive activity. Those restrictions need only be reasonable in light of the library's purpose and viewpoint-neutral. To take an obvious example, a library may prohibit electioneering in its reading rooms.
3. However, to the extent a library has intentionally opened its meeting rooms, information tables or bulletin boards to the public generally, it has likely created a "designated public forum" that it must also open to political expression, subject only to the same restrictions allowed in a traditional public forum. One might argue that political expression is qualitatively different than other forms of expression, in a manner that makes it incompatible with a library's purpose, but in my opinion that argument is not persuasive.
My analysis follows. (For simplicity's sake, I've minimized legal citations, but can supply them if anyone wishes.)
With respect to the First Amendment's guarantee of free expression, not all public property is equal The Supreme Court has identified three categories of public property, or "public forums," and the government's ability to regulate speech depends how a property is categorized.
First, "traditional" public forums are those areas that by history and tradition have served as places for open expression; they include streets, sidewalks, and parks. In such places, the state may impose content-neutral regulations on the time, place, and manner of speech, but may only restrict the content of expression for the most compelling reason, and then only in the narrowest possible way.
Second, the government can create, or "designate," a public forum by intentionally opening for expression property not traditionally devoted that purpose. In such "designated" public forums, restrictions on speech are subject to the same "strict scrutiny" that they receive in traditional public forums.
However, please note that the government does not create a designated public forum simply by inaction or by permitting limited discourse; it must intentionally act to do so. To determine whether the state has intentionally "designated" a forum, a court will look to the government's prior policy and practice, to the nature of the property, and to its compatibility with expressive activity.
Finally, the government creates a "limited" or "non-public" forum2 when it opens property for limited use by certain groups or dedicates it solely to the discussion of particular subjects. In these forums, restrictions on speech need only be reasonable (given the forum's purpose) and viewpoint-neutral.
Applied to public libraries and their surroundings, these principles yield several different outcomes.
1. Sidewalks surrounding a library.
This is the easiest category to deal with. Sidewalks and green areas surrounding a library, which are typically municipally or county-owned, should be characterized as traditional public forums. The government (and, to the extent it has control, the library) can regulate the time, place, and manner of speech on this property in a content-neutral way, but it cannot ban or restrict speech simply because it is political.
In other words, while the government can regulate speech to ensure that the library entrances are not obstructed, or that pedestrians have a clear and safe passage along sidewalks, it cannot prohibit speech merely because it is "political" and therefore potentially controversial and susceptible to disagreement or counter-speech. The First Amendment prohibits the state from restricting speech merely because it fears controversy or confrontation.
I am aware of cases, such as United States v. Kokinda, 497 U.S. 720 (1990) where courts have permitted post offices to restrict speech on the sidewalks surrounding them. But those cases turn on a factual quirk: that the Postal Service, a quasi-private corporation, owned the property on which the sidewalk was located3.
The better analogy is to United States v. Grace, 461 U.S. 307 (1983), in which the Supreme Court held that the sidewalk in front of the Supreme Court building itself was.
In sum, subject to reasonable time, place and manner restrictions, political activity can occur on the sidewalks and green spaces around public libraries.
2. The library's interior.
This is another relatively easy call. The interior of a library is not a "traditional" public forum. In fact, large portions of a library's interior space – reading and study areas, computer labs, library stacks – are fundamentally incompatible with unfettered expressive activity.
Although some speech or expression may occur in these areas, no one could reasonably argue that a library has intentionally opened or dedicated these spaces to unrestricted public discourse. These spaces are best characterized as limited, or non-public, forums, in which restrictions on speech need only be reasonable and viewpoint-neutral.
Thus, for example, a library might permit students working on a research project in a library study area to confer about their project, but prohibit electioneering in the same space. The distinction is reasonable in terms of the library's purpose, and is viewpoint-neutral. (Note however, that the library could not allow students to confer about a pro-life research project but prohibit conversation about pro-abortion research. That would be impermissible viewpoint-based discrimination.)
In sum, much of a library's interior is a non-public forum and the library can prohibit political activity there, so long as the prohibition extends to all political viewpoints.
3. Meeting rooms, tables, and bulletin boards.
These areas present the most difficult issues. Generally, the outcome depends on the library's policy (whether written or not).
If the library has affirmatively and intentionally adopted a policy of making its meeting rooms available to members of the public and to organizations, then it has created a "designated" public forum, where speech cannot be restricted because of its content.
In that circumstance, the library must permit political speech in that forum, whether by an individual candidate or a political organization. The same would be true of tables and bulletin boards – again on the assumption that the library has affirmatively adopted a policy of general public access.
The critical question here is whether the library has intentionally opened the meeting room, or bulletin board, to general public access for expressive activity. As noted above, the government cannot create a designated public forum by inaction or by simply permitting some limited public discourse.
Thus, a library might argue that it can limit speech in its meeting rooms, or on its bulletin boards, to "non-controversial" topics that are compatible with a library's purpose; that therefore it has only created a "limited" public forum; and that consequently it can prohibit ostensibly controversial political speech.
There is arguably Supreme Court precedent for this position. In Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense and Ed. Fund, 473 U.S. 788 (1985), the Court held that the annual federal fundraising campaign was a limited public forum that could constitutionally exclude advocacy groups from participating. The Court found that 1) the exclusion was reasonable because it prevented the "politicization" of the campaign, and 2) it did not discriminate on the basis of the advocacy group's viewpoint.
Conceivably, a library could make an analogous argument. I find the argument unpersuasive, however. Even if a court were to find that the library's meeting rooms were limited public forums, given the sort of expressive activity that routinely occurs there, the exclusion of political activity does not seem reasonable.
Nor is it likely to be deemed viewpoint-neutral. If, for example, the library permitted Friends of the Earth to use its meeting room to discuss the perils of global warming, it could not prohibit a candidate who believed global warming to be a hoax from holding a meeting to discuss that topic.
The better analogy in this instance, I believe, are cases like Good News Club v. Milford Central School, 533 U.S. 98 (2001), and Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches School Dist., 508 U.S. 384 (1993), in which the Supreme Court assumed that a school district's meeting room policy created a limited public forum but held that the policy was viewpoint-discriminatory because it forbade discussion of otherwise permissible subject matter from a "religious" point of view. Substitute the word "political" for "religious" in that sentence and you have the situation presented here.
In sum, I believe that if the library allows public access to its meeting rooms, information tables and bulletin boards for expressive purposes, it cannot constitutionally exclude political expression.
Finally, remember that a government entity creates a designated public forum by choice. It always has the option of not creating such a forum. If it chooses that option, however, it either must ban all expressive activity, or comply with the legal requirements governing speech at a nonpublic or limited public forum.
I hope this memorandum addresses your concerns. If you have additional questions, or wish to discuss the matter further, feel free to contact me.
Adopted by the NJLA Executive Board, May 16, 2017
1. I've limited this discussion to the First Amendment. New Jersey has an analogous state constitutional provision. Art. I, par. 6, which in some cases provides more protection to speech than the federal constitution does. In this instance, however, except as described in footnote 3 below, I do not believe there would be significant differences between federal and state constitutional law.
Position Paper on Political Speech/Campaigning at Public Libraries
2. These two terms are functionally equivalent, and courts use them interchangeably.
3. Even if the library sidewalk were "privately" owned, this is the one circumstance where the state constitution might provide more protection for speech than the First Amendment does. The First Amendment only applies to government owned property; the state Supreme Court has extended the protections of Art. I, par. 6 to some private property, such as private university campuses and large privately owned shopping centers. "indistinguishable from any other sidewalk in Washington, D.C.," and treated it as a public forum. I think this is generally true of the sidewalks around libraries, as well.


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The SolidPlant Trial Version has been limited in functionality mainly in order to reduce the file size for downloading.
- 60 day time limit; we have extended the trial period from 30 to 60 days in our new trial versions.
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