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The gizmos on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas cover a range of interests, from physical fitness to child care.
Take the Soloshot2, dubbed the "robot cameraman." It allows a user to film a person carrying a tracking unit. It's perfect for filming yourself while surfing, horseback riding, running or just clowning around.
Not far from the Soloshot booth, two guys are demonstrating the Polar Loop, for tracking physical activity, including steps, calories burned, sleep.
Then there's the Paro, a cuddly robot seal meant to be a therapeutic device that sick children or seniors could pat and stroke.
Similar gadgets have been on display at CES in previous years. But with the buzz around the "Internet of Everything" CES 2014 is clearly focused on a broader range of gizmos and services.
And the focus isn't just on the gadget-makers.
At one end of the south hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center are by-invitation-only booths sponsored by other tech companies, many of components suppliers, including chipmakers.
In the Broadcom booth, would-be customers are checking out the chipmaker's latest processors and chip platforms.
Broadcom showed off how its products could be used to develop chargers, state-of-the-art TV systems and home appliances.
The trend toward the "Internet of Everything" offers a new opportunity, Russell Castronovo, Broadcom's director of public relations told MarketWatch.
Broadcom is already known as a major Apple supplier and provider of communications chips to other major companies. But in the new wave in consumer electronics, companies like Broadcom are also taking aim at new, smaller players.
They may not have the scale and reach of a company like Apple, but they are focused on such a broad range of devices and functions, they still represent a sizeable market. The key for Broadcom, says Castronovo, is to be able to offer chip platforms on which these startups can launch their products.
"It's everything you can think of, from livestock to smartwatches," he said, referring to some firms that are developing devices for farm management.
"The number of things you can make is only limited by one's imagination,\" he said. \"We want to get them to market quickly."
— Ben Pimentel
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The Temperance Movement began in the early 1800s and by 1833 there were 6,000 local societies in the United States. This is a notice of the meeting of the Greenfield, Massachusetts, Temperance Society. A minister was to give a talk on the importance of young men in the Temperance Movement. The Temperance Movement attracted a large number of women and children. The Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald was the newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from June 26, 1827 to June 27, 1837. It changed its name to the Gazette & Mercury.
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She gave me a dozen of his shirts. A few other colleagues came to help. All were new to me and new to quilt-making. I wanted to cry most of the weekend. It felt like very important, sacred work.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Sacred Work
She gave me a dozen of his shirts. A few other colleagues came to help. All were new to me and new to quilt-making. I wanted to cry most of the weekend. It felt like very important, sacred work.
35 comments:
- Julie Fukuda said...
You are a blessing to your friend, her children, and her friends. God has given you a gift for just this purpose at this time. The quilt will be a lovely comfort to all.
- August 22, 2011 at 1:50 AM
- Jackie said...
What a fabulous thing that you did! I am sure that she will cherish this quilt forever. And more for her daughters, they will definitely be comforted for a long time to come.
- August 22, 2011 at 3:55 AM
- Pinkadot Quilts said...
What a wonderful thing to do! They will cherish them forever.
- August 22, 2011 at 4:49 AM
- MB in MI said...
May God bless you. What a wonderful way to use your hands and your heart.
- August 22, 2011 at 5:03 AM
- Theodora quilts said...
what special quilts they will be for the family,your offer is truly one of a true friend,how lucky your friend is!! and I also read your previous post and I also follow marits blog and also love her work,we have built a small quilt community in this big world of ours ,and have managed to somehow tie ourselves into a small circle through the net ,it is amaizing.xoxo theodora
- August 22, 2011 at 5:07 AM
- The Scrappy Bee said...
What a wonderful thing to do for someone. Indeed, these quilts will be a treasure.
- August 22, 2011 at 5:43 AM
- Chris said...
There are many places, besides a house of worship, where we can stand on holy ground - which you found out this weekend. Thank you for sharing.
- August 22, 2011 at 6:30 AM
- Anita said...
What a wonderful way to remember a loved one!
- August 22, 2011 at 6:40 AM
- smazoochie said...
Bless their hearts and yours too.
- August 22, 2011 at 6:53 AM
- Pokey said...
You really ARE using your love of quilting to give more love here. The quilt is really nice looking, great stars! Your title is so precious ~
- August 22, 2011 at 6:59 AM
- sallgood said...
A beautiful treasure, made with love.
- August 22, 2011 at 7:23 AM
- fiberchick said...
What a lovely way to memorialize their father. They can be comforted visually by thoughts of him everyday...
- August 22, 2011 at 7:53 AM
- Miki Willa said...
Brilliant. This is so very kind of you to do. What a wonderful way you have provided for the family to continue to celebrate the life of the husband and father.
- August 22, 2011 at 8:19 AM
- Vicki W said...
I agree. I've made 2 memorial quilts for the sons of a friend. It's the most meaningful thing I've ever made and I know that the teenagers treasure the quilts made all from their Dad's clothes.
- August 22, 2011 at 8:56 AM
- Sujata said...
A really beautiful thing to do.. They are going to love it and treasure their memories forever through these gifts.
It is the most rewarding and humbling experience at the same time.
- August 22, 2011 at 8:59 AM
- ~Niki~ said...
my friend also lost her husband 2 years ago. i got all his shirts and made her a chinese coin variation quilt. she loved it. cried. i can say, i was happy to do it, but cutting all those shirts were harder than i thought. he actually worse some pretty funky pinks/oranges as well, so it came out great. i'm going to try to get a pic of it to post on my blog if you wanna come by this week and see it! love yours!
- August 22, 2011 at 9:03 AM
- Sharon said...
How kind. I'm working on a comfort quilt for someoen right now, it needs quilted and bound. I feel so lucky to be able to do this for her. This is lovely, and great that others came to help out. It will make the quilt that much more special.
- August 22, 2011 at 10:37 AM
- regan said...
What a wonderful quilt you have made for her family....it will surely be loved and inspire wonderful memories for them for many years. What a blessing!
- August 22, 2011 at 10:58 AM
- Angie said...
That is such a special gift from your heart, to take his shirts, and together with other quilters, make a memory quilt. Such a treasure for all of you.
- August 22, 2011 at 1:01 PM
- Kathie said...
I agree nothing better then being able to use our passion and make quilts to comfort others.
I am so glad your making the daughters quilts too.
they will treasure those quilts forever.
what a wonderful thing you are doing.
- August 22, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- pat sloan said...
wow... what a special project... big hugs to all
- August 22, 2011 at 4:54 PM
- Janet said...
These quilts will be so cherished just as you have all sewn so much comfort into them. Well done to all involved, it's wonderful.
- August 23, 2011 at 12:49 AM
- Victoria @ BUMBLE BEANS said...
Beautiful, heartfelt and fabulous...what a beautiful gift to her.
- August 23, 2011 at 9:23 AM
- Barb said...
what a blessing and comfort it will be for her. I've made several mourning quilts from clothing. It's always sad making them, but finishing and gifting them is a joy.
How lovely of you!
- August 23, 2011 at 9:51 AM
- Sew Create It - Jane said...
What a wonderful gift you are giving your friend and her children...((hugs))
- August 23, 2011 at 3:39 PM
- Em said...
You are amazing! I have tears in my eyes and what a gift....Cannot put into text what I am feeling. This hobby is such a gift! Love, EM
- August 23, 2011 at 8:54 PM
- Kim said...
Oh yes and what a productive way to grieve with friends making a tangible keepsake for your friend to have and hold.
Life is so unpredictable and fragile, handle with prayer.
Bless you all that worked on the gift
- August 24, 2011 at 6:58 AM
- Cheryl's Teapots2Quilting said...
Great job. This quilt will be cherished for years to come.
- August 24, 2011 at 6:21 PM
To make a quilt is the best way of mourning for us.
As the african american quilters say: the quilts made with old clothes keep the spirit of the people alive and they give us confort when feeling pain.
Your friend wil find that confort in this quilt in the harderst moments.
Sorry for the lost of your friend.
- August 25, 2011 at 5:38 AM
- Michele Bilyeu said...
A lovely blessing. I am always so deeply touched by the sacred giving that I participate in. You can feel the energy flow in the circle from them to you and back into the universe again and it is deeply moving. Bless you for knowing and feeling this. They are further bless by this gift from you heart and your hands.
- August 25, 2011 at 8:38 AM
- Andrea, the little collector said...
Truly one of the best parts of quilting! The quilt is lovely and will be so CHERISHED! Thanks for sharing it.
- August 25, 2011 at 3:28 PM
- meli B said...
What a beautiful gift. I have been eying my dad's shirts for a while now and I know Mum would love something like this.
- August 27, 2011 at 5:20 PM
- Tonya Ricucci said...
it's a beautiful quilt and so very sweet of you all to make it. hope it provides a great deal of comfort to your friend.
- August 28, 2011 at 1:54 PM
- Quilter Kathy said...
Absolutely sacred work...what a privilege and a joy to make these quilts.
- September 5, 2011 at 1:43 PM
- Suzanne said...
I made a quilt for a friend who lost her husband to brain cancer. I know just what you mean on so many levels about the process and its sacredness. It is truly good work.
- February 27, 2012 at 5:45 AM


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There is currently no available "Beginner" label. The following is the default level label: Stereoscopic photographs gave the illusion of three dimensions and were quite popular in the 19th century after their invention in the early 1850s. This photograph of Main Street in Greenfield, Massachusetts, shows the street on a typical summer day. Tall American elms shade the packed dirt street. Horses harnessed into buggies and wagons await their owners' returns. To the right, a street vendor's table waits for customers. Benjamin F. Popkins, the photographer, came to Greenfield in 1847, where he opened a daguerreotype studio at the corner of Main and Federal Streets. He lived there until the early 1850s, when he moved to Georgia, but returned to Greenfield around 1870 and reopened his studio at his old address. He remained there until he went out of business in 1892. He died in 1905, aged 82.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced that it will hold competitive lease sales for renewable energy development in two wind energy areas (WEAs) in federal waters.
The lease sales, which will be held next year, will be the first-ever competitive sales on the Outer Continental Shelf for wind energy. These lease sales cover two WEAs along the Atlantic coast that have high wind resource potential: One area is offshore Virginia, and the other area is of mutual interest offshore Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
The two areas proposed for leasing, which together total 277,550 acres, are expected to be able to support more than 4 GW of wind energy generation, BOEM says.
The proposed lease area offshore Virginia will be auctioned as a single lease and totals about 112,800 acres located about 23.5 nautical miles off the southern part of the state's coast. It is expected to support more than 2 GW of wind energy generation.
The area of mutual interest proposed for leasing offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts covers approximately 164,750 acres and is located about 9.2 nautical miles south of the Rhode Island coastline.
The area will be auctioned as two leases, referred to as the North Zone and South Zone. The North Zone lease will consist of about 97,500 acres and has the capacity to support more than 1 GW of wind power generation, and the South Zone lease will consist of about 67,250 acres and is capable of supporting between 350 MW and 1 GW.
BOEM identified the WEAs in conjunction with renewable energy task forces, which included federal, state, local and tribal government partners. BOEM has conducted environmental assessments to analyze the potential effects associated with issuing leases in these WEAs. In addition, BOEM will conduct a comprehensive, site-specific National Environmental Policy Act review, including opportunities for public comment, for the construction of any proposed wind power facility.
The 60-day comment period for the notices ends Feb. 1, 2013. BOEM will host a public seminar for each WEA during the comment period to introduce potential stakeholders to the auction format, explain the auction rules and demonstrate the auction process through examples.


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LONDON (Reuters) - Ryder Cup organizers received a record 17,500 applications from 27 countries for the 1,800 volunteer roles at next year's Gleneagles tournament in Scotland, they said on Tuesday.
Ryder Cup Europe said in a statement that Scotland, England, the United States, Wales and Ireland made up the top five countries.
Successful applicants for the Sept 26-28 event were being told on Tuesday and European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley welcomed their enthusiasm.
"No golf tournament could exist without volunteers and that is especially true in terms of a competition of the size and magnitude of the Ryder Cup, so I thank them all for their participation," the Irishman said.
The volunteer roles include acting as crowd safety marshals and buggy shuttle drivers as well as selling merchandise and programs. Each will get a guaranteed half day of viewing time on course during each day of competition.
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Born in a working-class area of Bristol, in the west of England, in 1904, Mr Archibald Leach legally changed his name to Cary Grant, his professional name as an actor, in 1942. His mother suffered from depression when he was young and was committed to a mental institution. He never saw her at all during his childhood and adolescence. In fact, he thought she was dead and did not discover the truth until he had lived in the US for many years. He hated school, managed to get expelled and started his long theatrical career on the "halls" doing all the undignified things that were part of an actor's practical training in those days.
Mr Grant arrived in the US in 1920 having travelled on the same liner - but certainly not in the same class - as Mr Douglas Fairbanks and Ms Mary Pickford. Catching glimpses of them changed his life. The elegant and timeless dress sense of Mr Fairbanks had such an effect on him that many years later he was able to describe the Fairbanks look to Mr Ralph Lauren in almost photographic detail, even down to the width of the lapels on the actor's suits. He had found his archetype. Always attracted to men dressed impeccably in the English upper-class style, the Cary Grant manner of dress was suave and confident. In his own words, he favoured the clothes of a "well-dressed, sophisticated chap"
'The Cary Grant manner of dress was suave and confident. In his own words, he favoured the clothes of a 'well-dressed, sophisticated chap'
|An off-duty Mr Grant, circa 1933
The people he admired in 1920s and 1930s America were the Hollywood actors who were émigrés from the UK, or Americans who wished to be seen as British. As he once said, "I tried to copy men I thought were sophisticated - like Douglas Fairbanks or Cole Porter... I cultivated raising one eyebrow and tried to imitate those who put their hands in their pockets with a certain amount of ease and nonchalance... I guess to a certain extent I did eventually become the characters I was playing. I played at being someone I wanted to be until I became that person. Or he became me." His interest in clothes undiminished, even though his film work was booming and he was playing against actresses of the global stature of Ms Marlene Dietrich, Mr Grant took time off to invest in a smart men's shop on Wilshire Boulevard, but his partners were crooks and the business was liquidated after a short while, leaving him with considerable debts.
By the mid-1930s Mr Grant was one of Hollywood's top male stars and he married the first of his five wives. There were inevitably many affairs over the years but the great question that stayed with him despite the high profile liaisons with the opposite sex would not go away. Was he bisexual - or even gay? Certainly the rumour mill made much of the fact that he and Mr Randolph Scott, one of the more macho movie stars of the time, shared a house together for many years and were inseparable. Of course, as such rumours were the province of Hollywood insiders and even the gossip columnists treated them with caution, they did nothing to jeopardise Mr Grant's image to his legions of fans as an elegant, confident lady-killer - on screen, at least.
Because of his perfect figure - which he kept well into old age - Mr Grant occasionally bought his clothes off the peg, being a regular customer of Abercrombie & Fitch and Aquascutum, which was owned by his friend Sir Charles Abrahams. According to Ms Nancy Reagan, Mr Grant "always looked smashing. Ronnie thought the turtleneck sweaters he wore in To Catch a Thief were so good-looking and when I mentioned it to Cary, he sent Ronnie two of his own sweaters." But although he occasionally bought off the peg, Mr Grant's clothes were usually tailor-made, often from Schiaparelli in Rome - one of the great tailors in the 1950s - or Dunhill in London. Then he had them copied in Hong Kong.
On one occasion the copy was too good. Mr Grant had a favourite shirt that he had worn many times. He sent it to his copyist in Hong Kong with strict instructions to make a dozen and copy the original exactly. And that was done, right down to the little fray in the identical place on the collar.
He once told an interviewer that the crop-spraying scene in North by Northwest had required him to change suits six times and have "dozens of ties" - which seems perfectly right for Mr Grant, a man who believed that clothes maketh the man. It was a lesson he had learnt many years before from his father, who taught him the art of understatement by telling him, when he was inclined to wear "loud" socks when he was young, "Remember, that's you walking down the street, not the socks." Mr Grant never forgot it.


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jvaill needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 73 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
TalkFolio is a new web service aiming to revolutionize voice notes.
Customers dial our toll-free number, login with their acount ID and PIN, and record voice notes. Through the intuitive phone interface, customers can record and review voice notes as well as post them to social networking sites such as twitter or facebook. Voice notes that are recorded through the phone interface are automatically uploaded to a server, and can be later accessed through the web interface.
All options that are available through the phone interface are also accessible via the web interface. Through the web interface, voice notes can be categorized and tagged, sorted and searched much like how google mail works. Also, voice notes can be shared through public links if needed, these public links look a lot like the ones on image uploading websites.
Finally, transcribing is built-in for small messages, and a premium human transcribing service is available for a fee.
The initial target audience will be the general public, people looking to keep notes and share with friends and colleagues. Eventually, bloggers and people who want to upload recordings in real-time from any mobile phone, anywhere. Finally, the ultimate goal is to get doctors and lawyers who voice dictate often on-board.
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Good luck, may the best design win!
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In Utah the 24th of July is a holiday where we celebrate the pioneers arriving in the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. To learn a little bit more about our pioneer heritage and ancestors we made mini covered wagons - an idea from Enjoy Utah. While the girls worked on these wagons we talked about what kinds of things the pioneers were able to carry in their wagons and things they had to leave behind. They also got to see a picture of one of their ancestors who came across the plains this way. Hopefully they can appreciate the sacrifices these people made and know how good they have it!
To start, the girls painted some small cardboard jewelry boxes. We used this size so our tiny horses could pull the wagon once it was finished. I think it would also be fun to make one out of a shoe box so you could fit more things inside of it.
Next, they were able to practice their cutting skills to cut out the wheels. Lou thought this part was easy peasy, but Maisy struggled a bit because of the smaller size. She pulled through though and did it all by herself. I did the cutting for Mina since she is two and is still learning to hold scissors correctly.
We had to wait for all that paint to dry...
Next, I poked holes in the wheels and box and attached the wheels with brads. The girls added a little glue to each side of a piece of cardstock that was cut to fit the length of the wagon. This made the canvas.
Lou decided she would tie her horses up to the wagon with some hair ribbons - clever, clever. (I ,of course, couldn't figure a way to hitch them up.) Have you done any art projects to help your children learn about their heritage?


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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A northeast Ohio clinic is denying a woman's allegations that doctors failed to successfully perform the abortion she sought, eventually leading to her child's birth.
Ariel Knights of Cuyahoga Falls is suing the Akron Women's Medical Group and two doctors. The 22-year-old woman's malpractice lawsuit filed last month alleges they were negligent in March 2012.
In a court filing, the clinic and doctors deny any negligence and challenge the lawsuit for various reasons, including that they say at least some of the claims are barred by the statute of limitations. They want the case dismissed.
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A winner was selected from 241 designs submitted by 79 freelance designers.
Cable Warehouse
We are launching a bunch of e-commerce stores based around products in the IT industry, there will be many new concepts coming soon for designers to try and win. This store is Cable Warehouse.
We will be looking for a website to be designed later once we are happy with the logo and color scheme.
The business is based in Australia and will be shipping all over the country.
I'm targeting all consumers but given the products are of an IT nature most of my customers will be 16-45 with a greater proportion of male customers. We are also targeting regular users of cables such as IT Technicians, HIFI technicians, as well as government departments.
If you need any more information to assist in designing these concepts please let me know.
We are looking for a modern looking logo that will catch the eye of ecommerce buyers looking for cables. The types of cables we will be are mainly computer cables, such as HDMI, DVI, Network cables, etc. The logo and slogan also needs to be printed onto the top of the polybags (a photo of a sample polybag has been provided). Please note there will be different sizes of the polybags but they will all have the same height band at the top where the company logo will go.
The company name is Cable Warehouse and the slogan is "Lifetime Guarantee!"
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Finding a parking space in Downtown Houston can be easy and inexpensive when you plan ahead. Use a map to find parking options located near your Downtown destination. Have a second location in mind in case your first choice is full.
Minute Maid Park is a short walk from most of Houston's downtown garages and surface parking lots. It is estimated that almost 25,000 parking spaces are available in a walkable distance for ballpark events.
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Geotechnical Drilling Tools (GDT) has been growing a rental fleet of large DTH products over the last 5 years to meet increasing demand for these products. By creating this rental fleet it has meant the Customer Centres can offer a full range of products quickly and without the headache a customer faces when having to outlay this type of equipment.
GDT offers DTH hammers from 10 to 30 inches and Cluster drills from 30 to 118 inches along with a full range of auxiliary tooling that is available worldwide. These auxiliary tools consist of rods/swivels/oilers/manifolds and much more. With these tools, the Customer Centres can break into markets that before may not have been possible. Our main focus is to offer a complete solution for the customer. This has helped create relationships where we truly are first in choice and first in mind.
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Goddamn it I'm kind of loathe to add to the sextrillion words already spilled vainly over That Speech last week, but I feel that there is one thing that remains unremarked upon.
I'm certainly not about to dive in to the debate over what is/isn't sexism/misogyny, other than to say that as a man, I'm not positioned to judge how women should feel about things, and that it's clear that Tony Abbott almost certainly is not a misogynist and almost certainly is a sexist.
The addendum to this debate, one that emerged rapidly on the heels of the speech itself, is whether or not the 'press gallery' was wrong to fixate on the fact that the PM was speaking in defence of Peter Slipper, whose text messages were certainly not a glowing endorsement of the fairer sex.
"WHY ARE YOU FOCUSSING ON SUCH IRRELEVANCE" came the cry from vocal corners of Twitter, which acts effectively these days as a channel for intelligent spokespeople of non-journalistic background to speak up against media intransigence. "We are here to provide context and we know best" came the journalistic retort.
Clearly the massively consistent reporting of Gillard's speech as a 'failure' and 'hypocrisy' was faintly ridiculous, given that it was not how the speech was being received across the populace. 1.6 million views of the youtube clip in six days indicates that the gallery had its finger utterly removed from the national pulse. Getting bogged down in the minutiae showed that political journalists missed what is clearly a historical moment. My former TBL comrade Max/Hunter/Paul put it best when he said it was "our generation's Redfern speech".
By stressing the importance of Slipper, the media wound up (and will likely wind up) looking like fools, much like the Chicago Tribune, commenting in the wake of the Gettysburg Address:
"The cheek of every American must tingle with shame as he reads the silly flat and dishwattery [sic] remarks of the man who has to be pointed out as the President of the United States. … Is Mr. Lincoln less refined than a savage? … It was a perversion of history so flagrant that the most extended charity cannot view it as otherwise than willful."
Obviously, the lens of history makes them look like a proper arse, and no doubt in future several quotes will re-emerge, making them look even more foolish, removed as they will be from the immediacy of the parliamentary moment.
While I think the gallery wrote a bunch of junk, and should have realised that this was a moment that deserved attention, rather than trying to dictate to readers what the readers should think was important, there is a case for sympathy for them.
In almost every other case, the non-journalistic eloquence of that particular slice of Twitter is fierce in its prosecution of journalists who fail to provide detail and context, instead simply offering simplistic 'analysis' that confirms existing audience prejudice. That when Tony Abbott rails against the carbon price, reporters simply repeat the claims and the government's counter-claims. And they'd be right. But still, when political writers DO look deeper, and offer context, it's a little bit stupid to be suggesting that their reporting should be dictated purely by the angle that the audience finds most appealing.
Still, what a speech. If I have a daughter, I'm going to play it for her before she's 12.


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More than 100 same-sex couples participated in a mass wedding at Rio de Janeiro's Superior Court of Justice Sunday. The ceremony has been billed as the world's largest communal gay wedding, Agence France-Presse reports.
Brazil became the third country in Latin America to approve marriage equality when a court ruled that same-sex couples cannot be denied the right to obtain a marriage license. A final law has yet to be passed, but some public offices have already begun accepting marriage applications.
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AwesTRUCK was the Double Down of food truck events. You have a food truck event that showcased Toronto's fledging food truck scene, which was wrapped with people's choice awards for food trucks. Around that, you had more pop-up food vendors serving their innovative eats and Ontario beer, wine and spirit vendors serving their unique offerings. The only thing that would have made AwesTRUCK that much more awesome? A LASER SHOW.
The day started with a 2 hour "VIP" event, which allowed all ticket purchasers to, essentially, eat all they could eat for their price of admission. The tickets sold were limited and this left few line-ups and lots of room to enjoy the surroundings, view the artwork hung for the occasion and gawk at the amount other patrons were eating. This also featured an awards ceremony which highlighted some of Ontario's cutting edge and new food trucks, as voted by food truck patrons.
After the award ceremony ended, the rest of the ticket holders were allowed in. More eating (and drinking) ensued. Belts were loosened. More food trucks opened up to serve the masses. Here are some pictures of the yumminess served up to over 1500 patrons:
Thanks to Suresh Doss, Frank Kocis and the rest of the volunteers who organized the event and made it run smoothly. A big thanks to all the vendors involved:
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Thomond O'Brien took on Axis powers, alcoholism and Irish partition during his eventful life.
A "feisty, big Irishman" with a knack for survival, Thomond O'Brien of Inver Grove Heights parlayed his experience flying with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during War II into a long career flying with Northwest Airlines.
O'Brien, who was also involved in the Irish national unity cause and anti-alcoholism efforts, died July 31 from complications triggered by an aortic aneurysm. He was 86.
"He had the most extraordinary life," said his daughter, Caragh Bartness of Inver Grove Heights. "One of the most amazing things about him is how many times he survived when he shouldn't have."
O'Brien was born in France and joined the RAF at age 16. On one raid, flying in formation under heavy fire, O'Brien was forced out of position by another pilot who was soon shot down while flying exactly where O'Brien should have been, Bartness said. While serving in Italy, O'Brien, informed that his unit was to be sent to England for Christmas, celebrated in a bar, where he got into a brawl. O'Brien's crew was held back as punishment in Italy, while the rest of his unit, flying back to England, crashed in the mountains.
"He was in trouble most of the time," Bartness said. "He pretty much worked his way down the ladder of success in the RAF. He was shocked to find himself alive at the end of the war."
O'Brien followed his Irish sweetheart, Demaris, to New York City in 1950, married her the next year and in 1952 took a job with Northwest Orient, an airline based in Minneapolis that he thought might have been a crop-dusting outfit, Bartness said. But in time he was captain on flights across the Pacific. He retired in 1984.
In 1970, on a family vacation to Hawaii, O'Brien broke his neck after being slammed to the ocean floor while body surfing. Told he would never regain use of his right arm and right leg, O'Brien recovered and went back to a Northwest cockpit two years later. He flew for more than 10 years after that.
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"A lot of kids have their dads with them because my dad mentored them and helped them stay sober," Bartness added. "He has quite a legacy that way."
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How Obama reset his campaign
Nobody had to tell President Barack Obama he had whiffed when he walked off the stage in Denver Wednesday night — nor was he in the mood for a lot of advice.
"You could tell he was pissed," said a person close to the president, "But it wasn't like the end of the world. It was like, 'That wasn't good. The next one has to better.' No apologies. No hand-wringing."
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That night, after a brief, terse chat with his advisers backstage at the University of Denver arena — "He had real clarity about what had happened," one of them told POLITICO with a chuckle — Obama hopped in his limo, "The Beast," and sped off to a nearby DoubleTree with wife Michelle.
He had had enough of politics for the night.
( Also on POLITICO: Colorado debate transcript and full video)
Like he does almost every time something goes wrong, Obama eschewed the mea culpas — he's not big on apologies in front of his staff — and shut down to think things over with the adviser whose company he values most in times of trouble: himself.
At first, Obama didn't think his performance was a complete disaster. But he began Thursday morning by watching excerpts of his own performance and was especially struck by his own tentative, grim demeanor — especially when he and a more relaxed Mitt Romney were broadcast in split-screen. It was worse than he thought, according to one person close to the situation. He was subdued but positive on a conference call with staff.
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He huddled with his inner circle — David Axelrod, David Plouffe, Valerie Jarrett, Anita Dunn, Ron Klain and Jim Messina — and settled on the theme they hammered all of Thursday — a direct attack on Romney that accused him of out-and-out lying on his tax-cut claims and portrayed the former Massachusetts governor as a two-faced imposter willing to say anything to win.
Hours after arguably the worst debate performance of his career, Obama charged that Romney is a different man than the guy he faced Wednesday. But it was the president who seemed to be a totally different guy on Thursday. Gone was the distracted, deer-in-headlights mumbler. In his place, suddenly, was someone doing a pretty good impersonation of Obama '08.


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Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry pauses while announcing he is suspending his campaign and endorsing Newt Gingrich, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, in North Charleston, S.C.
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Texas Governor Rick Perry announced Thursday morning that he is dropping out of the presidential race and is endorsing Newt Gingrich for the Republican nomination.
"There is no viable path forward for me," he told supporters on Thursday. "I gave fully of myself for a cause worthy of this country," he added. Perry said it was time for him to make a "strategic retreat."
Spokesman Ray Sullivan told reporters after the announcement that money was a factor; that the campaign had gone through "the bulk of our friends." He added that Perry is not yet ruling out running for re-election as governor or making another play for the White House in four years.
Of Gingrich, Perry said Thursday, "Newt is not perfect, but who among us is?" Perry continued, "There is forgiveness for those who seek God." He applauded Gingrich as "a conservative visionary who can transform our country."
The former House speaker watched Perry's speech from his campaign bus, parked outside of Beaufort, S.C. He said he was "honored and humbled" by the endorsement. He called Perry a "great patriot."
Gingrich's candidacy has been boosted by strong debate performances, with another debate scheduled for Thursday. But he's likely to receive more unflattering attention when ABC News airs an interview with his second wife, Marianne Gingrich. In the interview, Marianne Gingrich says Gingrich asked her for an "open marriage" in which he could have both a wife and a mistress, and she refused.
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Perry's withdrawal and endorsement of Gingrich is a further sign that he's emerging as the main rival to Romney, who has failed to persuade many Republicans of his conservative credentials.
Perry had faced calls to drop out of the race to compel conservative voters, whose support has been divided among several conservative candidates, to rally behind Gingrich in hopes of stopping Romney. Recent polls show Gingrich gaining steam heading into the South Carolina primary, but he still trails Romney by about 10 percentage points.
Texas Governor Rick Perry holds a press conference in North Charleston, S.C., to announce he is dropping his presidential bid and endorsing Newt Gingrich.
Saturday's contest has been seen as the pivotal battle in the race, following what had initially been declared a narrow victory for Romney in Iowa, the first nominating contest, and a solid Romney win in last week's New Hampshire primary. Since 1980, no Republican has won the presidential nomination without a victory in the state.
But Republican officials said Thursday that Rick Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, edged the former Massachusetts governor in Iowa by 34 votes, though no winner was declared because some votes remain missing.
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Perry entered the race last August to great fanfare and high poll numbers. But his standing quickly fell after a series of campaign blunders. During a nationally televised debate in early November, he could not remember the name of the third Cabinet department he had pledged to eliminate. "Oops," he told the audience. He later admitted of the gaffe, "I stepped in it."
Perry finished fifth in both Iowa and New Hampshire and, at one at one point said he was going to go back to Texas to reassess his path forward, but then headed to South Carolina instead.
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The Texas governor's decision comes after a disappointing campaign and just days before the critical South Carolina primary, NBC News' Carrie Dann reports.
Perry made his announcement to withdraw from the race just hours before Thursday night's GOP debate. He was joined on stage by his wife Anita and son, Griffin, and stressed that the Republican Party "transcends any one individual."
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Thank you, Omnigroup, for thinking outside of the box.
I tried quite unsuccessfully to use Omnifocus v1 for iPhone in my workflow, but found it to be too clunky and cumbersome. If I don't enjoy using an app, it creates friction and resistance. Once that psychological barrier is up, it's just not going to be part of my trusted system.
Now there's a new kid on the block, and I purchased it with my hard-earned money the moment it hit the app store. Let's be honest, Omnifocus 2 doesn't even remotely resemble version one. Everything can be accessed with fewer taps, and can be done in a more intuitive way. It's not at all bad to look at, either!
I have a very in-depth review in the works, so this is more or less a teaser. In the meantime, I'm curious what questions you all have about the app? I'll be sure to include your answers in the full review when it hits the web!
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The Good: Omnifocus 2 for iPhone takes an incredibly powerful and comprehensive GTD app and manages to package it into a simple, and rather delightful user experience. It's fast enough that I can use it as a quick capture tool for thoughts and ideas. The forecast mode is immediately visible on the main screen. All the powerful controls of the full desktop app are present, but cleverly hidden from view until you need them. The iOS 7 design is clean and crisp, but avoids feeling sterile like so many other iOS 7 redesigns we've seen.
The Bad: This new version does have a number of interface quirks that I've already become accustomed to. One annoyance that I keep running into is with the forecast view button on the main page. It shows the next several days and the number of tasks due on those dates, yet if I tap on a future date from the main screen, it always takes me to today's forecast. This requires a second tap to get to the day I want to look at that seems completely unneccesary. I know, first world problems, right?
Honestly, the worst thing about Omnifocus 2 for iPhone? Omnifocus for iPad becomes a struggle it look at. My longing for the iPad update grows daily.
The Conclusion: If you are a regular user of Omnifocus for Mac or iPad, I can't recommend Omnifocus 2 for iPhone enough. If they manage to apply this same combination of power, flexibility, simplicity and design to the iPad and Mac versions, I have to believe you'll see former Things loyalists migrating in droves. Right now, the worst part about Omnifocus 2 for iPhone is that the iPad version feels far behind, and the desktop version seems outright archaic. For people new to GTD, it may be difficult to leverage the full capabilities of Omnifocus 2 for iPhone, as so many of the power features are hidden from view normally. It may be easier to acclimate yourself with Omnifocus for iPad to dial in your workflow, and then bring that into the iPhone from there.
For all you Omnifocus guys who have been holding out, stop reading and buy it already.


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In London and other places over the world, escort service has been in existence now for a long time. Though the society still doesn't accept the idea, it is something that we cannot ignore for escorts are part of us. Furthermore, London escorts are much more decent compared to prostitutes. London escort agencies use a lot of professionalism and as a result, the escort service is decent. Though many want to live in oblivion, the fact that escorts are part of life, we cannot completely shut off the role they play in society.
Before you condemn the escort service, ask yourself; what drives girls to such extremes? The truth is that each escort has a reasonable story behind her decision to join in the trade. Here's just some of the reasons why girls choose to join the London escort agencies . Some were street vendors before they became escort. Others, were students who dropped out due to lack of fees. List them. Regardless of the uniqueness of various reasons, money remains the key motivator and major driving factor. All the women in the London escort trade share a mutual goal of earning a few extra coins to improve their lives.
Other than the money involved, the elite London escorts are all stunning and are the kind of the women any man would want. That's one more similarity. On the other hand a few escorts join in the trade hoping to make the best out of their young age. Such kind of women are just after fun and adventure. Men browse London escorts website one of the best agencies daily to look for adventurous escorts London . As a result, adventurous women join to meet the ever-growing demand. It would however sound ignorant putting aside this group with finances. They too are looking for money and the more they get the better.
The ever-growing London escort agencies play a major role too. They cannot be assumed for the more they are, they more London escorts they need. They create a gap that needs filling. In a world where jobs are scarce, most girls tend to go for prostitution. Since the London escort service has a more professional approach, they feel at ease. London escort agencies know this and as far as you have what it takes they will take you in. all you need to do is apply and once they get satisfied with your looks you've got a job.
With a rise in divorce cases most men are left single. Some as a result of divorce and other due to the phobia that comes with it. There are many single men who wish to have their sexual fantasies fulfilled. Since the London escort service is professional many girls tend to seek escort services. This keeps the London escort service running. The truth again, is that we live in a promiscuous world. Some married men too got out of their marriages and seek escort services creating demand which needs fresh supplies in the escort industry.
Bearing in mind the factors listed above, the London escort service will be here for some time. As a matter of fact, in some years to come it might be a necessity. In yester years, men in England held a culture where young men experience an escort girl`s service. This, as a mark of transition into manhood at the age of eighteen years. Since history repeats itself, we might be seeing more of escort in the future and the London escort agencies will keep growing as the population rises. Next time you shrug of the idea of hiring an escort in London, take all factors inherent into consideration.