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2016-11-12 01:32:32 (26 comments; 2 reshares; 9 +1s; )
"Rural voters, of course, are not precisely the same as Trump voters". Well, that turned out not to be so true. This is a good look at why rural voters feel ignored.
It reminds me of the book I read on people who had made the jump from working class to middle class. That too talked about the resentment for the college-educated who sit behind a desk. They aren't working 12 hours a day doing work that breaks down their bodies, with no hope of savings, no hope of retirement.
But addressing those issues (if it's even possible, and it's not clear to me it is, and it is clear to me that Trump won't do the things that would help rebuild the economy of rural America) isn't enough. We need to address the divide which makes them think everyone else is alien. Conservatives complain about liberal education. It's not the curriculum of education tha... more »
Most reshares: 7
2017-01-02 00:16:55 (14 comments; 7 reshares; 46 +1s; )
A New Solar Panel Road Has Opened in France by the Ministry of Ecology
A French small town located in Normandy named as Tourouvre-Au-Perch, will power its street lights by the use of sun rays. Yes! The sun will take care of that.
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2017-01-02 00:16:55 (14 comments; 7 reshares; 46 +1s; )
A New Solar Panel Road Has Opened in France by the Ministry of Ecology
A French small town located in Normandy named as Tourouvre-Au-Perch, will power its street lights by the use of sun rays. Yes! The sun will take care of that.
LEARN MORE --> http://wp.me/p7UEXZ-147
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2017-06-16 01:14:48 (5 comments; 4 reshares; 27 +1s; )
This is a REALLY big deal. #Fossilfuel advocates have been saying for YEARS that #wind and #solar energy will never be more than a tiny percentage of US electric output. Well, guys, we're up to TEN FREAKING PERCENT. And growing FAST.
2017-06-16 01:07:52 (0 comments; 1 reshares; 1 +1s; )
For any other SCI-FI show, this would've been the jumping the shark episode.
Instead, it turned out to be the best episode of the entire series.
2017-06-07 04:20:18 (0 comments; 1 reshares; 2 +1s; )
Better hang onto your hat!
I just stumbled across this new-to-me artform called black MIDI, and it. is. insane!
As an added bonus, it got its start with with the impossible music of Conlon Nancarrow on the Player Piano:
2017-06-07 03:19:25 (2 comments; 5 reshares; 4 +1s; )
2017-04-26 03:39:52 (2 comments; 0 reshares; 6 +1s; )
This project perfectly blends art, architecture, and engineering. Fabulous.
2017-04-09 23:23:39 (1 comments; 0 reshares; 4 +1s; )
2017-03-13 21:46:33 (2 comments; 0 reshares; 10 +1s; )
Feeling inspired!
Went to the Ansel Adams exhibit at the Art Museum over the weekend, and it inspired me to give a couple of my own photos from last year's Yosemite visit the ol' black-and-white treatment...
2017-02-27 19:12:31 (2 comments; 3 reshares; 17 +1s; )
"The primary aim was to find out whether we could go to 100 per cent renewable electricity while using only common, off-the-shelf items that have very well established prices. The short answer is, 'yes'."
Via +Nila Jones
2017-02-24 04:43:35 (0 comments; 0 reshares; 1 +1s; )
Something which may be of interest to various security- and open-source minded folks: we just open-sourced a distributed, secure file-sharing system. Full technical details at https://upspin.io/ .
(I know most of its authors, and they're very, very, good at what they do)
2017-02-16 05:04:55 (2 comments; 0 reshares; 11 +1s; )
Formula E unveils next-gen all-electric race car http://buff.ly/2krXC88
2017-02-09 16:20:10 (3 comments; 0 reshares; 3 +1s; )
Christopher Grant Harvey spent the better part of five years making Tears In The Rain: A Blade Runner Short Film. Unwilling to settle for something merely average, Harvey labored away, especially in post-production, "trying to get the perfect original visual effects and [a] fitting score to bring the story to life." Set in the world of Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) and the motion picture Blade Runner (1982), Tears In The Rain is a loose prequel to Ridley Scott's motion picture, and it's also a "what if" story. It asks what "if a 'Blade Runner' retired a human by mistake, what happens then?"
2017-02-08 05:06:26 (0 comments; 0 reshares; 4 +1s; )
Please share widely. Tell the GOP their goddamned tactic backfired. // Perhaps the good Senators from the party of Trump will do themselves a favor and Google the phrase, "Streisand Effect." Too late. The letter and Warren reading it are below, and many other places. //
2017-02-08 04:18:17 (0 comments; 0 reshares; 4 +1s; )
2017-02-05 04:56:57 (0 comments; 0 reshares; 0 +1s; )
One for +Panah Rad
Blooms are 3D printed sculptures designed to animate when spun under a strobe light. Unlike a 3D zoetrope, which animates a sequence of small changes to objects, a bloom animates as single self-contained sculpture. The bloom's animation effect is achieved by progressive rotations of the golden ratio, phi (ϕ), the same ratio the nature employs to generate the spiral patterns we see in pinecones and sunflowers. The rotational speed and strobe rate of the bloom are synchronized so that one flash occurs every time the bloom turns 137.5° (the angular version of phi)*. Each bloom's particular form and behavior is determined by a unique parametric seed I call phi-nome (/fī nōm/).
*For this video, rather than using a strobe, the camera was set to a very short shutter speed in order to freeze individual frames of the spinning sculpture.
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2017-02-03 03:10:10 (1 comments; 0 reshares; 8 +1s; )
2017-01-30 18:19:15 (0 comments; 0 reshares; 5 +1s; )
The news continues to develop almost faster than I can type analyses. But I've tried to round up the most critical updates from the past few hours, together with a discussion of what they mean.
The short version is this: we're seeing the formation of an "inner circle" of government, including Trump, Bannon, Miller, Kushner, Priebus, and possibly Flynn and Conway, who have been taking deliberate steps to hobble the ability of all other parts of government – the rest of the Executive branch, Congress, and most especially the courts – from controlling them. Somewhat unexpectedly, they went straight for an attempt to grab extraordinary physical powers over people (yesterday's Muslim ban), rather than trying to boil the frog slowly; in the context of other moves taken over the past week, this starts to look like a coherent strategy.
Power, including the power to execu... more »
2017-01-25 21:16:36 (0 comments; 1 reshares; 6 +1s; )
Back in June 2013, five friends in Arizona decided to capture some footage of space by sending a GoPro, camcorder, and phone up in a weather balloon. The team–consisting of college students Bryan Chan, Ved Chirayath, Ashish Goel, Paul Tarantino, and Tyler Reid–built their device, calculated its trajectory, registered with the FAA to avoid interfering with passing aircrafts, and finally launched the balloon in the desert a few miles outside of Tuba City. The friends planned to track the balloon's progress using GPS on the attached smartphone, but they soon lost contact with the locator after the device floated out of cell phone tower range.
2017-01-18 02:10:47 (0 comments; 0 reshares; 2 +1s; )
It's safe to say we're all jazzed up about this Postmodern Jukebox version of the Harry Potter theme.
2017-01-13 20:53:22 (0 comments; 0 reshares; 1 +1s; )
Hell Yeah!
2017-01-02 00:16:55 (14 comments; 7 reshares; 46 +1s; )
A New Solar Panel Road Has Opened in France by the Ministry of Ecology
A French small town located in Normandy named as Tourouvre-Au-Perch, will power its street lights by the use of sun rays. Yes! The sun will take care of that.
LEARN MORE --> http://wp.me/p7UEXZ-147
2016-12-22 01:17:01 (1 comments; 1 reshares; 8 +1s; )
So creative. Much talent.
h/t +Yonatan Zunger
2016-12-03 17:45:43 (0 comments; 0 reshares; 1 +1s; )
Follow the FIA Formula E Championship as they prepare to undertake another world first - running the Formula E car on an ice cap in 'Ice Drive'. We join the electric street racing series as they plan, prepare and execute the dangerous and ambitious task, whilst creating a stunning visual link between the threat of global warming and the impact electric cars can have on reducing CO2 emissions.
Read more about Formula E's mission impossible here: http://bit.ly/FEimpossible
2016-11-12 01:32:32 (26 comments; 2 reshares; 9 +1s; )
Yes, this actually does make sense
2016-11-10 04:23:58 (2 comments; 4 reshares; 16 +1s; )
This was very well-done.
2016-11-10 01:25:17 (10 comments; 1 reshares; 33 +1s; )
I've been a silent partner.
No more.
For years, I've been a quiet supporter of minority rights. My reluctance to be more vocal in my support helped create the conditions that made it possible for there to be a President-Elect Trump. I don't plan on being so silent with my support any longer. I realize that it's probably too little, too late, but it is my sincere hope that now that such support will be needed more than ever, that I can be even more effective in what I do.
I'm sorry. I hope to do better, if you'll accept my help.
2016-11-02 03:23:50 (0 comments; 1 reshares; 6 +1s; )
" "It is using a lot of techniques used in automotive glass business. In case it wasn't obvious with the announcement, Tesla has created a glass technology group – with some really phenomenal people." "
2016-11-02 00:27:53 (1 comments; 0 reshares; 6 +1s; )
We went along to the 2016 Paris Motorshow Show to find the best E Concept cars out on display! Which was your favourate? Let us know in the comments down below.
2016-10-31 23:58:20 (0 comments; 0 reshares; 3 +1s; )
In this edition of the clean energy and transport news roundup, we've got stories about Singapore's floating solar test-bed, Swell Energy's storage solutions, Massachusetts solar successes, a 700 MW solar and wind project for Long Island, Henrik Fisker's…
2016-10-29 19:00:06 (0 comments; 1 reshares; 5 +1s; )
2016-10-28 03:25:55 (0 comments; 0 reshares; 4 +1s; )
Catch the first glimpse of Faraday Future's production EV http://engt.co/2fcHZzz
2016-10-28 03:19:49 (1 comments; 0 reshares; 18 +1s; )
Oh, my. What do we have here?
2016-10-21 16:01:38 (0 comments; 0 reshares; 1 +1s; )
Pushing the boundaries of autonomous vehicles and embracing new technologies, Roborace will become a fixture prior to each Formula E event.
2016-09-30 16:47:09 (23 comments; 0 reshares; 8 +1s; )
1.occurring every two weeks.
2.occurring twice a week; semiweekly.
Well, I'm glad that that has been resolved....
2016-09-09 05:07:10 (1 comments; 1 reshares; 6 +1s; )
If you lose at Hot Lava just remember to give a thumbs up as you go under.
2016-09-09 04:51:50 (0 comments; 0 reshares; 8 +1s; )
2016-09-09 03:02:47 (2 comments; 0 reshares; 12 +1s; )
'tis a sight to behold...
2016-08-24 14:37:38 (1 comments; 2 reshares; 12 +1s; )
I generally prefer a "metal" cover-song to the original. This non-metal version of We're Not Gonna Take It, though, is actually a remarkably powerful re-tooling of one of my all-time Head-banging favorites.
(via private share)
2016-08-21 05:50:31 (0 comments; 0 reshares; 0 +1s; )
TIL: The Livens Projector was the inspiration for Smaug
2016-08-18 21:28:50 (3 comments; 2 reshares; 19 +1s; )
Tiny Solar Device Rapidly Disinfects Water With Nanoflakes & "Eager Electrons"
A tiny device, half the size of a postage stamp, which can rapidly disinfect water with solar energy, has been developed by researchers at Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. While the nanostructured device has only been tested with small amounts of water, and on three strains of bacteria, the little gadget shows promise in the quest for affordable and effective low-power water purification solutions.
This gadget, because it's small and made from a "cheap and easy to make" material, molybdenum disulfide, could eventually be a viable solution for point-of-use water disinfection, either in the developing world or for emergency situations.
See http://cl... more »
2016-08-04 00:56:20 (14 comments; 0 reshares; 8 +1s; )
I wish I could get an Fiat 500e with solar panels. Now that would be really great http://www.fiatusa.com/en/500e/
2016-08-04 00:56:10 (2 comments; 0 reshares; 15 +1s; )
I wish I could get an Fiat 500e with solar panels. Now that would be really great http://www.fiatusa.com/en/500e/
2016-07-31 18:33:07 (0 comments; 1 reshares; 16 +1s; )
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Valencia-Paris Published at
Ancelotti: 'We need to show character'
On the eve of their match at the Mestalla, Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti and forward Ezequiel Lavezzi and Valencia boss Ernesto Valverde and midfielder Tino Costa fronted up to the pre-match press conference to preview the clash...
Both the Parisians and the Valencia players are impatient for this last-16 Champions League clash to get underway. The first to speak to the media on Monday afternoon was Ernesto Valderde, coach of the Spanish outfit, who couldn't hide his desire to succeed: "We are really motivated to do well. The whole world will be watching. Paris Saint-Germain are like Real Madrid, a team that play on the counterattack, with speed and power up front and very attacking full-backs."
VCF midfielder Tino Costa echoed his coach's words: "Paris are one of Europe's biggest clubs. They are a team that warrant respect, and not only because of Ibrahimovic. We have to stop the whole team," he explained. PSG's Argentine forward 'Pocho' Lavezzi returned the pleasantries: "Valencia are a very good side that play very good football and have a lot of experience in these big European matches."
Carlo Ancelotti looked ahead to Tuesday's match ups: "I don't think it will be a physical match. I'm expecting a very tactical game, open and entertaining. Paris Saint-Germain's aim is to play good football and not only hit on the counterattack. However, these Champions League matches are often very particular. We need to show character and plenty of personality to play and win these types of matches."
Tino Costa doesn't feel respect lessens one's motivation: "We mustn't let anything slip in our approach or our attitude. We know our strengths. We have grown in confidence and belief in recent weeks. We have everything to play for," he added before his coach labelled PSG the favourites over two legs: "Obviously they are, they finished top of their group!"
Yet as Carlo Ancelotti explained, Paris will be without several key players: "The absences of Thiago Silva and Thiago Motta are a handicap, but those that have replaced them so far have done so perfectly. That is also why Paris Saint-Germain are a big club." One of the important players is Lavezzi and he warned his teammates that "mistakes will not be tolerated! This match is important for the club and we need to maintain every chance for the return leg in Paris. Valencia will try and make the difference from the outset and we have to stand up to the challenge." The message was sent and Valderde wasn't about to disagree: "The atmosphere in the Mestalla will be at boiling point!"

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Feb 11, 2014 - Steven R. DoyleEditor:
Sue Wallis, a state representative from Recluse, passed away last week. Many in Fremont County had the pleasure of working with her on several issues over the past few years, and we feel a great loss.
Most of your readers knew Rep. Wallis if only because she stood for issues that were sure to put her in the public limelight -- or crosshairs, depending on orientation.Sue was a libertarian -- pure Wyoming, if you ask me. Her challenges to the status quo put her at odds with both of our grand parties from time to time.Sue stood up for women's reproductive rights. She took the lead in reforming marijuana laws.She maintained a running battle with state regulators to allow citizens to buy produce directly from farmers.She stood up for property rights -- equine processing being part and parcel of that fight. Sue was no shrinking violet.
I will miss her dearly. I will miss her friendship and her leadership. Sue firmly held that our lives would be far richer without the heavy hand of government on our backs, and she worked tirelessly and courageously towards that end. Thank you so much, Sue.
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Chicago: Your views
With eight Golden Globe nominations and a string of critical plaudits under its belt, the film version of stage hit Chicago has already made an impressive impact, many hailing it as the best screen musical since Cabaret.
BBC News Online's Caroline Westbrook said: "It is a film which makes you question the whole notion of stardom, even as it exhilarates you with its boundless energy and brilliant acting."
But what did you think?
I saw Chicago on the day of the London premiere and thought it was wonderful. I think the film has a really nice sense of theatricality and the way that singing and dancing is done fits into the film seamlessly. The three leads are also incredible and, in some cases, surprisingly good at the singing and dancing. This film is really fun and entertaining to watch and will do really well with cinema audiences.
I just caught a showing of Chicago and am happy to report that the film does indeed live up to its massive hype in nearly every way. Oddly enough, the cynical angle of the show which basically revolves around instant fame and celebrity based on notoriety seems even more relevant today as we live in a world chock full of "celebrities" from Big Brother, Popstars, Fame Academy and a host of other reality shows.
The movie takes the musical baton from Moulin Rouge and runs with it. Catherine Zeta Jones as merry murderess Velma Kelly has never been better as she burns up the screen in what will surely become signature screen moments for her in numbers like All That Jazz and the brilliantly staged Cell Block Tango. Renee Zellweger as her nemesis Roxie Hart surprises yet again with a beautifully realised performance. Her rendition of Roxie is a highpoint of the film...yet there are so many highpoints! Its hard to know where to begin really, Richard Gere gives what has to be one of his best performances ever (people were cheering after one of his numbers)and Queen Latifah is a revelation. John C Reilly also turns in topnotch work as the schmuk husband Amos.
Major props have to go to The Director/Choreographer Rob Marshall for finally finding a way to make a sexy, exciting, funny, well-acted, well-sung and well danced movie musical. Chicago is a definite must see for anyone even remotely fond of musicals and if Oscar comes a-calling (and he really should) it will be very well deserved.
Yes, it's all about stardom. Chicago is a brilliant musical but why not use singers and dancers instead of "Hollywood stars" - Richard Gere was an embarrassment - with Renee and Catherine, we saw only flashing smiles/wild arms or legs - never a full length shot (which the likes of Fred Astaire always insisted upon - in fact he would not allow himself to be filmed cropped in any way - but he was a master dancer). The chorus line were absolutely brilliant - the choreography awe inspiring - the music and songs are the greatest - but no, give me the stage version any day - I want to see honest to goodness hoofers in the leading roles.
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NFL Draft Update – Bearcats overtake Utes for #1
With two more guys drafted, the Bearcats move past Utah for the #1 player development ratio slot.
Texas, FSU, Tennessee, Auburn and UCLA lead a distinguished group of top recruiters with no picks in the first 3 rounds. Funny how all but Auburn have had negative coaching effect numbers in the CBFMatrix for the last 3 years.
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Pittsfield Resident Appointed Director at Greylock Federal
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Greylock Federal Credit Union selected Kelly Krok as the newest member of its volunteer Board of Directors. Krok's term began in January.
"We are happy to welcome Kelly and are fortunate to have someone with her talents, business experience, and people skills join our board," Board chairman Gerard E. Burke said. "Greylock and our members will greatly benefit from the new perspectives she brings to the team."
Krok began her career at General Electric in Pittsfield in 1981, working for GE Plastics and GE Aerospace in several human resources positions. She has been with SABIC Innovative Plastics since 2007 and played an instrumental role in supporting the HR department during the divestiture of the GE Plastics business to SABIC. Currently, she is the Manager of HR Operations and Global Mobility, as well as the Pittsfield Site HR Manager with SABIC.
Krok holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. She and her husband Joseph reside in Pittsfield and have two sons, Joe and David.


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Ascension Software announces that its ORION Amenities program is the only PCI-compliant amenities platform used by hotels today. This successful online program is helping ensure the security of guests' amenity credit card transactions, thereby reducing the risk of non-PCI compliance for hotels throughout the world.
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From now on, my weekly message to you will feature a �Green Tip of the Week.� These tips will help us to become more conscious of our impact on the environment. They are simple and easy to follow through with. Please read the tips each week and find ways to incorporate them into your own lifestyles. Through our collective efforts, we can make our city and our world cleaner and greener places to live in.
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Properly maintaining and inflating the tires on your vehicle according to manufacturer's specifications can save you 3.3% on your annual fuel bill (on average). For New Haven's 50,578 registered passenger vehicles, this equals a total annual savings of over $3.3 million!
Holiday Safety and Substance Abuse Display
For the Holiday season, the City of New Haven Commission on Substance Abuse Policy and Prevention, in cooperation with the New Haven Free Public Library and Hillhouse and Career High Schools will feature displays on "Holiday Safety" to increase awareness on the variety of resources available in the City for substance abuse prevention and treatment. The displays will be housed at the Main and the Wilson Branches of the Public Library and in the libraries at James Hillhouse and Career High Schools until the end of the month. Along with the display will be helpful substance abuse education materials including: pamphlets, treatment guides, and other resources for the public. Substance abuse negatively affects our entire city and increased awareness and participation among New Haven residents will bring us one step closer to reducing numbers affected by substance abuse issues and create a happier and healthier holiday season for all!
All America City Quilt on Display
The All America City Quilt is now on display in the 1st floor atrium of City Hall. The quilt features one square from each of the 10 cities that won the All America City contest this year. New Haven�s square was hand-crafted and sewn by the residents of the West River Senior Center. The quilt will be on display for only two weeks before it visits the other winning cities, so please come and view it before it leaves!
Fire Safety
The winter months create increased risks for home fires. With the high cost of utilities, many families turn to alternative sources of heat. On Thursday at 1 p.m., at the New Haven Fire Training Academy on Ella Grasso Blvd., our Fire Marshall and Livable City Initiative will host a demonstration to educate the public about fire safety and offer clear do�s and don�ts for the winter season. The media is encouraged to attend this event to help us spread the message of fire safety to the larger community.
Tune in to the Chaz & AJ Morning Radio Show on Friday
This Friday morning, I will be joining the Chaz & AJ Radio Show on WPLR for their Sixth Annual Toy Drive show. By tuning into the show, you will help support children in need and will hear about the ways you can help those less fortunate this holiday season.
Here�s what�s happening in New Haven Public Schools this week:
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2008, 10:00 A.M.: Mary Wade Nursing Home, Pine Street, New Haven Katherine Brennan School Band.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2008, 6:00 P.M.: Board of Education Meeting, Gateway Center, 54 Meadow Street, 2nd floor board room, New Haven Teacher Of The Year Celebration honoring winner Ms. Harriett Alfred, Cooperative Arts Humanities High School; Three finalists: Rocio Barahona, Clinton Avenue School; Melissa Talarczyk, Roberto Clemente; and Hilary Walsh, Fair Haven School.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2008, 10:00 A.M.: SOUND SCHOOL, 60 So. Water Street, Students will undergo an emergency training session on the water in bright orange emergency suits. They will be jumping off the pier into the water and work their way to shore. They bob like corks in these suits and are protected against the cold water.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2008, 7:30 P.M.: Episcopal Church of St. Paul & St. James, Corner of Olive and Chapel Streets, New Haven High School in the Community Holiday Concert.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2008, 7:00 P.M.: Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven Micro Society Magnet School Chorus.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2008, 6:00 P.M.: Shubert Theatre, 247 College Street, New Haven Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School Chorus.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2008, 7:00 P.M.: Long Wharf Theatre, 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven Truman School Chorus.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2008, 10:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M.: Auditorium, 804 State Street
Worthington Hooker School The 27th Annual REVELS, A celebration of the winter solstice and other celebrations of light from around the world. Multicultural songs, folk dances, processionals, ritual songs, singing games, poetry, mummer�s play and much more.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 11, 2008, 2:30 P.M.: BARNARD SCHOOL, 170 Derby Ave., �Rock Festival� 3rd grade students have a culminating performance that showcases their studies on artistically and kinesthetically exploring the rock cycle. Students have been working with two artists, Joy Wulke and Gena Rho-Smith. Part of the project has been funded through a mini-grant from the Jamie A. Hulley Arts Foundation.
Have a Happy and Healthy Week!
Very Truly Yours,
John DeStefano Jr.


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Stroll through Fisherman's Wharf
The newest of Macau's attractions, Fisherman's Wharf is a themed park, divided into different port towns. One can escape to Cape Town, Amsterdam or the Italian Riviera in the same evening. The Dynasty Wharf, for example, replicates the time of the Tang Dynasty, offering tranquil Chinese kiosks and tea parlors.
Watch the Cybernetic Fountain show
On the waterfront, the Cybernetic Fountain offers music performances with laser shows at night on the weekends and holidays. Lit by 288 spotlights, with the tallest water jets reaching 80 meters, the fountain's dramatic displays are stunning and romantic.
Taste true Macanese cuisine
The local cuisine is the first indication of how Western and Chinese cultures have blended into one in Macau. You can taste this one-of-a-kind cuisine, which has its inspirations in Portugal, Indian China and other African countries on Taipa Island's Rua da Cunha (Food Street).
Ride a cable car to a lighthouse
Guia Hill is the highest point in Macau, on which stands the Guia Fort and Lighthouse. You can take a round-trip cable car ride up to the fort and also wander through Flora Garden, which contains an aviary and small zoo.
Enjoy a historic walking tour
You can visit more than twenty historical and architectural sites by walk in downtown Macau, including, the Mandarin's House, St. Joseph's Seminary, the Ruin's of St. Paul's, A-Ma Temple, Na Tcha Temple, Dom Pedro V Theatre, Moorish Barracks, the Cathedral and Mount Fortress, and the Guia Fortress. Enjoy also one of Macau's coffee houses, while eating a traditional egg tart.
Observe nightlife at Macau Tower
Ascend to the observation deck with its breathtaking views, or eat at the 360 Cafe, Macau Tower's revolving restaurant.
Shop 'til you drop at Senado Square
The most popular shopping attraction in Macau is Avenida Almeida Ribeiro, off Senado Square. It features everything from luxury boutiques to traditional Chinese delicacies like dried sharks' fin and abalone. The original artisan section of Macau is on Rua Nossa Senhora do Amparo to Rua da Tercena.
Visit Coloane Island
For sports enthusiast, a visit to Coloane Island is a must. The Macau Golf and Country Club, with its unique view over the Pearl River and the black-sand Hac Sa Beach, is one of the most beautiful golf courses in Asia, open to locals and foreigners.
Enjoy a night at the races
If you love excitement, spend a night at the races. The Canindrome, Asia's only greyhound racing complex, is open in the evening, as is the Macau Jockey Club for horse racing. Another Macau racing attraction is the Grand Prix Museum.
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Star Ingredient: Geisha Fancy Smoked Oysters
There is nothing more satisfying than a traditional Southern oyster po'boy sandwich—until you consider the time and effort it takes to shuck the fresh oysters and then deep fry them. This deliciously simple variation, using smoked oysters sold in tins at the supermarket and a tangy lemon dressing, is ready in one-tenth the time.
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- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce or 2 tablespoons minced jalapeño
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 3 inner celery ribs, thinly sliced on the diagonal
- Two 3 3/4-ounce cans smoked oysters, drained
- Two 6-ounce bunches watercress, thick stems discarded
- One 1-pound baguette, halved lengthwise
How to make this recipe
In a medium bowl, combine the olive oil with the lemon juice, garlic and hot sauce and season with salt and pepper. Add the celery and oysters and toss. Add the watercress and toss again. Season with salt and pepper.
Mound the salad on the baguette, close the sandwich and press to flatten slightly, tucking in any greens. Cut the baguette into 6 sandwiches and serve right away.
Suggested Pairing
A crisp California sparkling wine will provide a refreshing contrast to the briny oysters and the tangy dressing.


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The Current Wisdom is a series of monthly articles in which Patrick J. Michaels, director of the Center for the Study of Science, reviews interesting items on global warming in the scientific literature that may not have received the media attention that they deserved, or have been misinterpreted in the popular press.
Could President Obama have picked a worse time to announce his Climate Action Plan?
Global warming has been stuck in neutral for more than a decade and a half, scientists are increasingly suggesting that future climate change projections are overblown, and now, arguably the greatest threat from global warming—a large and rapid sea level rise (SLR)—has been shown overly lurid (SOL; what did you think I meant?).
You hardly need an "action plan" when there is so little "action" worth responding to.
As I frequently discuss the lack of warming and the decreases in the estimates of future climate change, I'll focus here on new scientific findings concerning the potential for future sea level rise, interspersing a little travelogue.
Projections of a large sea-level rise this century depend on rapid ice loss from Greenland and/or Antarctica. Yes, as ocean waters warm, they expand, but this expansion-induced rise is pretty well constrained and limited to being about 6 inches plus or minus a couple of inches by century's end. And the contribution from melting glaciers/ice in other parts of the world (not counting Greenland and Antarctica) is even smaller, maybe 2-4 inches. So that adds up to about 8-12 inches of sea level rise by the year 2100—not much different than that which has already occurred over the past century. This is hardly catastrophic.


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I have been tagged! That is right I have been tagged by Maddy to participate in the meme game.
The rules:
Each player starts with seven random facts about themselves. Cats who are tagged need to write on their own diary about the seven things and the rules. You need to choose seven cats to tag and list their names. Don't forget to leave them a comment that they have been tagged and to read your diary.
My seven random facts:
1. I like to sleep on either Mom or Dad at night.
2. I don't like Louis (surprise, right)!
3. I like to beat up Lennie!
4. I lift my leg when I pee (Max was my Mom).
5. I love Maximus!
6. I am picky about my food.
7. I will sometimes let Mom and Dad pat me for 2 minutes!
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Well Friday night was a busy night! Caught a mouse in the house with my brother Lennie! Played with it for a while and then I put it in the toilet to watch it swim. That got boring so I went to bed and cuddled up with mom. Mom got up Sat and went to brush her teeth and happen to see something floating, oops I forgot about it. Today was a little more exciting! A chipmunk got in the house and I had claimed it as mine even though everyone esle was chasing it too. Well Max really tried to take it away from me so I jumped on his back with all four paws clawing him, Mom had to pull me off the crying baby!! Dad came running in and got the little bugger to go out the slider. Man I was so close to having that.
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Restoring Wetlands on Abandoned Agricultural Lands
In 1993, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, and the National Park Foundation entered into a partnership to restore about 6,300 acres of former agricultural land in Everglades National Park, known as the "Hole-in-the-Donut." Through cooperation with Miami-Dade County, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Hole-in-the-Donut was established as a mitigation bank, the first in Florida. Using the mitigation funds from permitted development projects in Miami-Dade County, the park has undertaken a precedent-setting program of exotic plant removal and wetland restoration for the entire Hole-in-the-Donut.
View a 9-minute video about the Hole-in-the-Donut habitat restoration project.
This restoration program involved more than a decade of development, planning, field experiments and reports, and permitting. This program is a large and ambitious wetland restoration project and when complete will not only restore about 6,300 acres of short-hydroperiod wetland, but also provide enormous benefit to the habitats surrounding the Hole-in-the-Donut that are in serious jeopardy from Brazilian pepper invasion. Everglades National Park is using the scientific information generated by this program to enhance its understanding of restoration and the many effects that people have on Everglades environments. Management is adapted as new information becomes available. Through this program of mitigation and science, Everglades National Park and Miami-Dade County are ensuring a comprehensive program of exotic plant control and wetland restoration for one of the most important habitats in the Everglades.
Strategic Plan
A strategic plan was developed to provide information and guidance to scientists who need to understand the program's objectives and framework in order to develop research projects, establish mechanisms for review and oversight to the science program and products resulting from it, and outline the process by which modification to the Hole-in-the-Donut restoration activities and management will be made in response to research findings.
The restoration program has five broad goals:
Following restoration, communities of short-to-medium hydroperiod prairie develop within the first year. Wildlife, such as wading birds and deer, return to the area to forage for food and leave seeds behind in their waste, helping to reestablish native vegetation. As of 2010, 4,100 acres of wetlands have been restored. View a video of progress on the Hole-in-the-Donut wetlands restoration project from 1988 through 2010 below.
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This guest post is by Thomas T. Tinker and entry in our non-fiction writing contest .
Getting real time training in how to put one of your 'hardware' preps to proper use.
let me begin by warning you that I am a master… at run on and fractured sentences. I excel at the over use of the ( . ) period. My style is 'stream of thought' and you may have to take a few mental breaths to get through this piece.
My beginnings in the gun culture started near birth. Eh… Ok.. Actually I was around 4. Dad would grab the olde brown canvas bag and the gun case out of the closet and off we'd drive into canyon country.. East of Lancaster, California. My old man loved to just get out of town.. away from Lockheed Aircraft.. Away from all the concrete of Burbank and the 'Valley'. To say he loved to shoot would not be correct. He loved the silence in the hills and canyons. He loved iron skillet bacon and 'Navy coffee' ala a Billy pot on a camp fire. Shooting was something extra for him. As a young adult of the WWII generation…. He took his firearms very seriously. My Dad taught me his respect for them before I could even get my thumb around the stock of the rifle. It was a Rem. 22 pump with the tootsie roll for end.
At 16 and a half, I joined the Navy Reserve (I begged without shame and my Momma signed the waiver). On a Destroyer Escort.. In a heavy sea… doing flank speed… Cutting ASW fantail screen for the USS Chicago… with a head cold… humping 3 inch shells to an open tub anti-aircraft gun… for practice… with no foul weather gear… after corn beef hash and eggs for breakfast… with no ear plugs. I decided that the deep sea Navy was a poor choice. At 18 and change… two days before I went active duty as a squid, I had this revelation… or a stroke… and enlisted in the regular Marine Corps. My undergraduate studies in the gun culture began. I graduated as a rifleman / sharpshooter and did graduate work with the 1st. squad, 3rd. fire team, 3rd. platoon, Hotel Co., 2nd. Battalion / 9th. Marines of the 3rd. Fleet Marine Force. I was in the bushes before my 19th. birthday. When I got out of Naval Hospitals some time the next year, I was sent to NCO school ala Quantico & Fleet training schools… then dropped into an MP unit as Training NCO, Marine Barracks Oahu. Nice duty! I got keys to the arms lockers, the unit's ammo bunker, the range gates and my own truck. That year I got to know the shotgun, ever an MP staple. I got to take training where and whenever I could find it.. I found plenty of places and had all the time I wanted to schedule for it.
The shotgun became my friend! There are so many other fine firearms that fill a certain 'bill' and use.. however none have shown me more use in the 'social settings' as the shotgun. Ok…. I hear the chorus and din of opinion.. ".. Butt waabout the……….. and the ………" I own more than a few of them all. This is an article in a 'Preppers' blog.. about what is accepted as a prepper staple.. the Shotgun. My slant is toward that part of the gun culture and that 'tool' specifically.
I'm one for taking serious training with 'any… thing' as deadly and destructive as firearms. In the Marines, I acquired some very empirical evidence as to the terminal effects of small arms fire on the body. I both sent and received all calibers of incoming small arms fire.. the incoming form some very well trained 'off shore' talent. Ergo…. I have found that the proper application and utility of this tool .. the shotgun .. is grossly under estimated if not just overlooked. Please let us skip the rhetoric and hyperbole about the 'scattergun'.. street sweeper … '..I kin clear a houch full o hajis wit one of em! crappolla.. Ech.
I am going to use the name of a place that I use to train. This is an endorsement of that 'place'.. not a sales pitch. I don't have any chips in the management or profits of that 'place'. I do have a great respect for 'their' approach and methods. I refer you to: TDIOhio.com Tactical Defense Institute, TDI, is located in the hills outside West Union, Ohio. Tactical Shotgun is offered only once a year. Go to the site and surf around the schedule and sat. photo. It is a two day course of fire that takes in a week end. Mr. Benner, the owner, has rules as to who can train there .. simple, if you sign up and you pass the background check and sign the legal wavers .. you are in. You are 'in' with whom.. ever else has signed on for that week end .. be they Feds, Stateys, local POs, Civilians or Military. I have taken this training for 10 of the last 12 years. Most by far are 'Civies' like myself. A few have needed a passport to make it there. I have trained there with FBI, Columbus Ohio POs, an 82 year old Pediatric Dentist, Swatys, wannabes, Tokyo Police, plane olde folks like meself, boys and girls. The instructor staff at TDI is there to train 'you', at your speed, at your skill level, to your… best abilities. You are there to keep up with yourself. Oddly… the civilians tend to outperform the 'Po pos' over all… but that is another discussion for comments. This is not a 'fungunweekend'. It is fun.. in a self-abusive sorta way! You will leave late Sunday afternoon with a skill set you didn't know you had the nerve to learn. You will be a different person. Reality has that affect.. effect on us all. Your situational awareness will border on paranoia.
Ok … Day one, 8 ish a.m. sign in, waivers, fees and lite shopping at the 'pro' shop for slings, tac-lites, some nice tactical edged items, "Bobo kits" and quick clot. At 9 a.m. things get started on the range after a short… short intro speech by Mr. Benner. You will be 'trained' with whatever shotgun .. you.. bring. I would recommend against over & unders, double tubers and single shooters. But… if that's what ya brought…. You're in with it! But know that Mr. Benner will loan you one if ya need one. Basic range rules are covered. TDI runs a 'HOT' range. i.e., if you have or are holding a weapon, it is considered 'hot' unless it is roped or open and cleared by 3 other people. Now it's on to patterning your SG with your choice of defensive loads you… brought along. Suggestions are made. You decide! You will do a drill with your 'load'. Up close, then a few paces back until you are at 50 feet. A number of 'students' rethink ballistics at that point. Everyone steps up to the line for skill drills on proper presentation, clearance drills, trigger control, cycling the weapon .. short stroking.. on and on. It is a nice long 2 day get acquainted session with your gun.
About the time you are sick of cardboard and black dots, you move to the 'Steel' range. Nothing gets your BP and heart rate to spike like hearing the ring of your… shot off a steel silhouette. You will do single perp. (target) drills, all you care to fire. Skill drills on using your slings, tactical reloading. You will move on to 2 perp drills along with more skill drills. 3 perp drills with more skill drills. Oh my yeah…. You will be busy. You can step up and run all the live fire your body can tolerate. Here I gotta warn ya. Taking a few recoil hits from your favorite shotgun doesn't do much harm. WARNING! You will be there till around 10:30 p.m. on day one. Think of it as somebody giving you a moderate punch in the shoulder… several hundred times. It takes a toll on the soft tissue. Wear a pad or tape one on your butt plate. You will notice everything from hotel towels tucked in shirts, kitchen sponges duct taped on butt plates, taped fingers from jamming shell up a ramp.. and oh so many new ways of holding extra shells.
Day one, the drills will drift from static 1,2,3 perp drills to movement drills. Up and back. Left to right. Right to left. Box drills. Triangles and angles this way and that. All of these will be learned while 'servicing' the needs of your weapon .. on the move. Move engage, load, fire, move, loadmovefirefiremoveloadmovefirefiremoveload. You may step up and do it as often as your body can handle it or drill time allows. The instructors understand this…. It is why you are there. You will have a 'lunch and dinner' break. Don't plan on eating out for lunch Saturday. The nearest place to get anything is a carry out half way back to town. Dinner will be two hours or so and plenty of time to make it back to West Union. At dusk you will begin weapons and tac light training drills. Same as above… with a tac light in your 'stroke' hand unless you got the $$ to have a weapons mounted light. A lot of folks develope new plans.. lists for equipment and such about this time. Hell… a lot of folks are wondering how much they can sell the club they are running.. for something.. less socially acceptable… but alil more user friendly. A growing number of reality checked students figure out just how useful a 20ga. Pump gun is .. and how effective it actually is. Think back on how it feels after getting punched a couple of hundred times by a 12ga. The end of day one is late… Get to your room and swim in the Icy-hot or Ben-gay. Don't even think about a few beers or cocktails….. Oh pooyee.. Adams is a dry county anyhow. Show up Sunday morning with a weapon, ammo and any…. alcohol on your breath and you are in for a very short run. Did I mention most of the instructor staff are LEOs? So off to bed… you will have little problem getting to sleep.
Thus ends Part one of this 3100+ word tome… sorry MD.
Part two of: "… the practical shotgun.." by Thomas T. Tinker
Sunday morning, try to miss the Amish buggies on the roads. It is the Sabbath after all in Southern Ohio. Eat a good breakfast! Your stress level will be rather enhanced. You will do another meet and greet, more skill set info will be covered. But! This morning you will 'time in'. Each student will be timed on a single perp drill twice, then a 3 perp drill twice. REMEMBER YOUR TIME! You will revisit this drill at the end of the day. Mayhaps you know this tidbit… the average 'gun fight' envolves you and 3 perps. It lasts an average of 2.6 seconds and an average of 6 rounds are fired by all of you. Refer to these stats when you rime out on Sunday afternoon. You will notice that some folks.. mayhaps you.. have taken a lot of crap .. off.. their weapons. Simple is a good thing. Everything you have screwed, strapped or hung on your weapon is one more thing to operate or forget to under stress. Lots to be said about a no frills pump gun. Sunday is all about a repeat of the drills of the day before plus so much more. You will be pushed.. to higher limits of your .. skills. You will be very pleased by the fact that you have now….. got em. Let us not get cocky hummmm. You will start movement drills around obstacles… yepper more movement. You will master strong side weak side conversions. You will master the art of the "Drop Out". The drop out is the end move of a good pie slicing. Learned right.. done right.. it cannot be defeated. What do 'they' say…. Ah… "Cheat all ya want in a gun fight".
For those that can prove they have more than basic handgun skills, You may strap up and take part in weapons conversion drills with your carry pistol/revolver. Yepper…. As a fire and movement drill. GadZooks they will teach you how to do a head shot with your piece… the shot gun one. The first half of the day is rather full. I find that fewer are as eager to step up and do drill repeats. By now I have a bruise on my shoulder that has the colors of a nice fruit salad. Before lunch everyone is walked through the live fire house and given a nice talking to about just how stressful and deadly serious the exercises is. You will have figured that out by then.. sort of. Walking into the place on your own is not a natural act. You will find that you have learned quite a lot. You will be given tips on 'vocalization' and command voice. I hope you have the altered state of reality.. that this reality demands. You will tend to forget minor movements and lose some simple motor skills on this one. You may not remember hearing much of anything.. or how many rounds you went through.. or that you short stroked your piece.. or… or… Butt relax… live fire house doesn't come till after lunch. TIP… Hydrate hydrate hydrate. After lunch TDI ramps up the training level.. again. In a nut shell, You will be broken up into fire teams of 4 or 5. You will be cycled through your last set of drills that will test your… that's 'YOUR' skill sets. You will be cycled through the live fire house (remember what I said about learning to do a head shot with your piece? Think Hostage?). You will then be allowed to 'follow' the next poor soul through. Watch carefully! Listen to the instructor critiques. Don't chat up your team on what .. you .. saw…. A cold turkey engagement is a good learning tool. Booboos while under stress are such good training.
You will cycle on to the 'slug' range. If you thought your bones were sore… think again. You may fire any number of slugs you care to. You will begin at 21 feet and move your way back to 60 yards.. possibly 100 yards if Lt. Bowie has the time and you show the talent. Careful aimed rounds, in threes. This is a holy shit moment for some folks. A holy shit…. I nailed it.. moment. Yeah…. You do have new skills. You will then cycle up to the 'upper range' and the "WALL". The wall is a long section of…. Go figure.. Wall. Each 4 feet has 4 different geometric shapes cut into it at different elevations in no order. Pick a shape and fire through your choice alllll the way down the wall. There is ramp section, a platform section and a stair section (see web photo). By the time you fire and maneuver to the end you will have only a 2 foot wall section for cover… with four different holes in it. At the end of the wall, you will bulk load your weapon and drop out around the end, then fire and move, fire load and move from mail box to tractor tire, to tree, to stump to barrel to fireplug…. Hydrate and rest. Watch the other poor souls…. You will learn as much from watching as doing….
You will then move to the 'Jungle Trail'. This is an exercise in observation… Master Sargent Motil will also let you shoot what you spot. Then again he will also let you know yer dead should you 'walk by' anything…. The man is a master of camouflage and his perps are just that. No full figure perps… only heads and upper halves… The good Sargent will show you how to 'paint' the landscape and pick out the perps. Ask questions…… all the time…. Everywhere… of any instructor.. about anything .. any .. thing! That You don't get. They will show you how to put your talents to work for you. Did I mention DEET? You will require a gonzo bug repellent/killer. Do not lay yourself down in the grass… The Jungle trail is just that…. A freaking overgrown wet tangled JUNGLE! Hydrate.. hydrate.. hydrate.
And now we come to the end of things. No matter the level of your skills going in… you will see and feel the difference coming out. You will finish on the steel range 'Timing Out'. Most students end the weekend able to engage a single perp in about one (1) second, from a low ready… and Yepper…. Most students .. YOU… will end the week end able to do the '3 perp' drill at about 1 and one half seconds. Many of you will do far better in the 7/10ths. to 1.3 second range. Hear me now and believe me later when you 'DOIT. What are the stats on the average gun fight? This training is outstanding in that it fine tunes YOU.. to YOUR skill level. Take em home with you and 'tweek' em to fit you like a cheap suit. The cost is about that of a Rem. 870. Take a look at the web site. Click on courses and you will see a slide show on the shotgun course. If this sort of training suits you and your budget…. It will serve you well the rest of your life. It will serve your friends, group or family as well. Don't let some of the photos and verbiage put you off. This place is designed for the 'civilian' student. Should you be signed up with any LEOs or Federalies…. No worries! Ask any of the staff.. they'll tell ya the same thing… "..LEOs don't train unless somebody else pays for it…" Those LEOs that have the right thinking to pay for themselves and join you will normally have to.. keep up.. with you… All of TDI's training is more than do-able.
You can do this. If you are serious about the application of deadly force, you should think about this sort of training. Take a look at the web site. Training is available in every aspect of defense.. and offense. It is one of the best and most affordable in the United States. And OMG.. I say this without even getting a discount. As a matter of fact I catch more flak from the staff than most… sometimes I feels like a goat, sometimes I am, cause I keep coming back. And you're damn right… there are other facilities in this country. This one is simply one of the two best. The other one is in Southern Oregon. That would be 'Thunder Ranch'. Whatever side of the Mississippi you live on you are two days drive form either one. The difference in cost between the 'Ranch' and TDI will cover plane tickets to Cinncinate or Columbus and the rental car to West Union, Ohio. Look up the respective fee schedules and do the math.
Ok… gotta go and get the Honda to the mechanic and hit Costco and Todd's Gun shop. Rice is down to $14.ish a 50 lb sack and 308 ballistic tip Zombie rounds are on sale till this Saturday and there is an IDPA match this Sunday morning. I look forward to your comments, suggestions, thoughts, insights or death threats. I'll 'see' you in the comments section.. Adieu!
Thomas T. Tinker .. former grunt both wiser and worn.
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When last we discussed Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), back in late December, shares of the online streaming media star were down 15 percent from an all-time high of 209.24 set three weeks earlier, prompting chief executive Reed Hastings to cheerfully warn Wall Street "shorts" that they were betting against the wrong company. (Also see: Defiant (yet respectful) Netflix CEO challenges shorts) Nearly two months later, Hastings looks prescient (for now). Netflix shares on Monday closed at an all-time high of 247.55, or 7.1 percent above Friday's closing price of 231.07. It doesn't seem to take much, if anything, to move Netflix shares north these days, but on Monday there appeared to be a genuine catalyst. Qualcomm said it was working on a special version of its Snapdragon chip platform that would enable future Android-powered smartphones to instantly stream movies and TV shows from Netflix. Is that news alone worth a 7 percent bump in Netflix share price, especially when the stock already is overvalued relative to revenue and earnings? Probably not. But Netflix is in the bubble, which means investors treat good news like it's great news, and great news like they knew it would happen because, you know, they're brilliant investors. And right now anyone who owns shares of Netflix -- especially if they bought more than six months ago, when the stock was valued at half its current price -- looks like a brilliant investor. Here's the stock chart for Netflix since it went public in May 2002 at $15 a share.
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one single mother. one spririted preschooler. oy — what a life.
It has been 365 days since I have been out on a date, or even remotely pursued anything with men. It was a conscious choice I made last year, after a long string of bad decisions, near fatal attractions, a glut of embarrassingly adolescent behavior, and much scraping my heart up off the floor. The Year of Loving Myself Passionately has officially come to a close. Now don't get me wrong, I'm still planning on loving myself passionately, but I am now open to someone else loving me passionately as well. I'm officially Back on the Market. (That makes it sound so tawdry, doesn't it?)
I'm coming back around this time from a whole different point of view. This year of not dating has grounded me in a way that just about nothing has. Freed of the constant low-level (and often high-level) obsession with Finding a Partner, my mind and heart opened up. New awarenesses rushed in. My spiritual growth took a quantum leap.
I spent a lot of time grieving my divorce at a deeper level, something which I needed desperately to do, but used dating to sidestep. I moved through consecutive and sometimes overlapping stages of longing for my ex, then anger at him, then envy. Raging against What Is, and then arriving at a place of cautious acceptance. Then the acceptance began to feed on itself. I found myself angry at my ex less and less of the time, brooding about What Could Have Been less and less of the time, until I had a staggering realization:
It just wasn't meant to be.
When I could really accept that, and I mean REALLY accept that, it was as if the clouds opened up and the angels burst forth in song. Birds flapped their wings en masse and did aerial pirhouettes. I felt the last drops of bitterness seep out of my pores, the last dregs of self-pity melted away, and I was a changed woman. I won't say that I'm completely over my divorce, but I have truly moved on in my heart, and this means that I am now ready to allow someone new and wonderful in. The ghosts of my marriage are not mucking up my aura.
So now, I am back on the market, but I'm coming at it from a whole different place. I'm not desperate. Not at all desperate. I used to have "desperate" stamped on my forehead, people! I positively oozed desperate.
Have there been times when it was lonely? Hell, yes! There was one Friday night when a friend had to cancel, and I simply couldn't bear to be home alone. I got all dressed up and sat in a hookah bar for quite a while, breathing in secondhand smoke and drinking bottled water, until I attracted a twenty-something, unemployed bartender who invited me to sit at the table with him and his friend. That was maybe the closest thing I had had to a date all year, but when he invited me to go out dancing with them, I had to decline. I had made a commitment to myself. Do I regret it? Hell, no.
But mostly, I had good times hanging with my girlfriends. Much girl bonding was had. I worked on a lot of personal writing projects and read a ton of books and articles. I was present for my grandmother's death and stayed sane and stable through it all. Many mornings and evenings were spent in contemplative prayer and meditation. Of course, I had a whole lot of fun focusing on my relationship with the most important man in my life: my son. And I watched a shitload of RomComs, post-apocalyptic films, and lowbrow comedies. Netflix is a single gal's best friend.
Last Friday (Christmas Eve) I went to a Jewish singles' event, and I met a really sweet guy, a single dad who was fun and easy to talk to and cute. We have been emailing and texting a little bit, and he has not yet asked me out, but I am not all freaked out or much focused on that. A year ago, I would have been beside myself waiting to be asked out. I would have been calling all my girlfriends and talking about it for hours. Or I would have asked him out, and either gotten rejected or wondered if he accepted just to be polite. If he does ask me out, great - if not, I am just not getting all depressed about it. Period. It's his deal, not mine. I'm a catch. Someone will come along and be bright enough to realize that.
This year, I have discovered that I have a kick-ass life, an amazing life, a life so jam-packed with blessings it's ridiculous. What's different now is that I'm not "seeking" a partner. I'm just putting it out there that I am in a good place. I'm now ready to be swept off my feet, and I am confident that the right man for me will come along to do some sweepin'. When he does, it will be meant to be.
December 30th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
A big woohoo to this line: "I am a catch." Damn straight and I'm so glad you came to that realization. Happy BEING and I can't wait to hear about the man who comes along and does all that sweeping you off your feet!
December 30th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
What a great post. It is wonderful to hear what this year has done for you. Good for you!
January 3rd, 2011 at 2:50 am
Congrats!! How wonderful that you are at this place! I'm a little jealous too!! Enjoy.
Momma Sunshine
January 3rd, 2011 at 9:04 pm
This is so amazing! I really admire you for being able to do this! You rock!!
Single Mom Seeking
January 6th, 2011 at 1:13 am
It's so GREAT to see you back here. I LOVE your new profile picture. You are so beautiful.
And having had the honor to meet you in person. I can say for certain that you are such a catch.
January 7th, 2011 at 8:27 am
Missed your posts - love this one!
January 18th, 2011 at 4:09 am
Yay! So good to hear from you all. It is good to back in action
January 18th, 2011 at 4:55 am
mazel tov on dating again. can't wait to see an entry on your best dates. (feh, who am i kidding — the worst ones are always such hell to live through and such fun to write about!)
March 29th, 2011 at 5:15 am
Haha… love the Jewish Singles' Night effort.
The other day, my own younger brother asked if there weren't any Jewish "Meet and Mingle" events I could go to. Ha! Guess I'll have to keep my eyes peeled.
I also agree about not waiting around for phone calls anymore. I am glad to be past that. I certainly spent many an hour waiting by the phone (whether landline or cell) for a call from HRH Prince UnCharming of the month…! Not any more!!!
February 27th, 2012 at 11:29 pm
I just found your blog - and what you're describing here is EXACTLY what I'm doing this year….I could have written this myself….so I'm bookmarking you to find out what you do with this gift of yourself you gave yourself…and how it translates into finding love again. Thank you!
Welcome to this blog - my chronicle of the illuminating, character-building path of single parenthood. I'm making this up as I go along. My life is my practice, and my five year-old son is my greatest teacher.


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Is Lean A Barrier To Change?
Posted by Alexander Peters, Ph.D. on February 4, 2010
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As a growing number of executives learn how to apply Toyota's famous Lean principles and tools to improve quality and reduce costs, Toyota is making headlines. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the company had to suspend sales of different models this week, and will halt production at their five North American factories next week, for quality reasons (see, this article for more).
The moral of the WSJ story is strikingly simple: Toyota was trying to get too big, and changed too fast. In doing this, its leaders obviously abandoned some of the principles of continuous improvement which made the Toyota brand and its Lean production system (TPS) so famous. These principles are about establishing a highly specified working environment based on mature norms to minimize quality-control variables. For example, never build a new product in a new factory with new workers.
Does this mean that Lean creates barriers to change? The answer is yes, and this is good news. Abiding by your Lean principles can protect your organization from moving too fast and making potentially unsustainable, even damaging changes. True business process transformation initiatives based on Lean focus not only on zero-defects and no-waste targets, but also look at how people work and interact to make processes and services flow. This means that for any change you plan, you will need also to allocate time and resources to build the organization and develop the skills that support the desired state of maturity.
Based on these insights, I have recently developed a reference roadmap that can help you assessing and improving the governance of BPM initiatives (see A Lean Business Technology Maturity Matrix For BPM Governance).The roadmap examines BPM governance through the lens of five elements — strategy, process, structure, performance measurement and culture — including a Lean perspective, to ensure that changes are managed holistically for business value, differentiation, and the elimination of waste. The crux in making use of it is to assess each element and select improvement actions that keep them synchronized.
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