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With the financial crisis and all the budget mess in Washington, D.C., and at the state and local levels, it appears that the whole country could use a dose of good, old-fashioned financial literacy. The Graduate School of Banking at Colorado, which I have been instructor at for 20 years, held an interesting session concerning this issue.
Josh Guttau, President and CFO of Treynor State Bank, a small but impressive community bank in Treynor, IA, had a vision that came to reality. The bank invested 10% of their profits into starting a financial literacy institute for the local school systems to improve the financial literacy of young people.
The Institute included curricula for students ranging from kindergarten to high school. The curriculum was developed and facilitated using materials developed by other organizations; however, everyone at the bank was actively involved in implementing the curriculum. The bank sought and received support from others including the Iowa Bankers Association.
They also facilitate the young people in establishing savings accounts and investment clubs. Students at the schools participated in national financial literacy contests. ATMs were placed in the schools. Josh indicated that the young people were actually training parents and adults concerning financial management, entrepreneurship and other economic matters.
They had five winners in the national contest and financial literacy scores were in the top percentile compared to average students nationwide. Teachers are buying into this educational process, and now it is part of many of the courses.
I tip my hat to Treynor State Bank, a small community bank, for investing in the future. Change starts bottom up, not top down. This is a refreshing American success story about the community bank in small town America that was willing to invest in the future instead of getting caught up in soap opera politics played out on cable television.
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President's Message
I can't believe it has been a year since my last President's message – the time has gone by so fast! For those of you that have been affected by the weak economy – we have felt it too! But the good news is this year has been so much better than last year for Radon Boats! Let's all hope that things continue to improve and we can build lots of awesome boats to show this crummy economy who's in charge!
This newsletter is devoted solely to Steven Paling's boat. It is a 26' custom Radon with twin Evinrude 250 HP E-TECHs.
Our next newsletter will be more extensive with lots of photos!Don Radon
Featured Boat
Stephen Paling, Jr., Oahu, Hawaii
We built and delivered Steve's boat last year
and we humbly apologize for taking so long to feature it in our
Newsletter. Steven was a dream customer, and we thank him for choosing us as his boat builder.
Above: With Don at the helm, Jeremy and Jose go along on the first sea trial
Stephen's boat is powered with twin 250 HP Evinrude outboards. In other words, it flys! Steve loves to fish and
dive, so this boat was custom built with his needs in mind.
Above and below: view of deck from stern and bow. As you can see, his boat has ample deck space!
Foam insulated fish hold
Live well and fighting chair ring mount
Transom dive door
The helm and table
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Dive tank racks for easy storage
A very happy customer! Stephen on the first day at the helm of his new custom Radon 26'
In the Santa Barbara harbor
Don & Stephen in the Radon boat yard
Stephen's boat in Hawaii after his first trip. That is quite a catch!
Thank you Stephen!
Radon Team is finished for now! See you next time!
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I was having a look at Roots Television the other day and watched an interview between Dan Eastman and an author called Dan Lynch.
Dan Lynch has written a book called Google Your Family Tree and from the 10 minute interview I learnt at least 2 things I didn't know about how to do searches on Google. If you want to exclude something from a search just put a minus sign in front of it and if you want to definitely include something in a search just put a plus sign in front of it. How simple is that???
So I then had a look at the website related to the book and that has useful things on it too. Did you know that if you put an asterisk in a search that it acts like a wildcard? So searching for "daniel * guthrie" will give back results such as Daniel James Guthrie or Daniel J. Guthrie.
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Bad news for Fiorentina, as Mario Gomez is out for six weeks with ligament damage, while Juan Cuadrado dislocated his shoulder.
Both players went off during today's 1-1 draw against Cagliari at the Stadio Franchi.
The club released a statement with the latest test results, confirming Gomez sprained his knee with partial lesion of the collateral medial ligament.
Cuadrado dislocated his shoulder, but there is no fracture.
"For Gomez it is a trauma that will have repercussions for several weeks," Doctor Manzuoli told Radio Blu.
"Clearly everything will be evaluated with more detailed tests tomorrow, but with the first results we can say he'll be out for at least three to four weeks, being optimistic. If the lesion is more serious, then it's closer to six weeks.
"As for Cuadrado, it's not an injury that occurs often in football. He can be back in the side within a couple of weeks, perhaps even less. It can be painful to the shoulder, but does not take long to recover from."
David Pizarro was sent off for dissent, so will be suspended for Atalanta-Fiorentina next week.
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Enabling and Emerging Technologies
New understandings at the level of fundamental science will lead to novel energy recovery processes and routes to emission reductions. Research in this theme takes place in fields not usually associated with fossil energy such as biology, genetics and nanotechnology.
Moving the fossil energy industry toward radical cuts will require both incremental and cutting-edge changes. Research in Theme B has the potential to be breakthrough because investigators are working in fields both within and external to the energy sector and at the level of fundamental science.
This theme focuses on incorporating knowledge from biological, chemicals and engineering science advances in order to enable novel energy recovery processes and routes to emissions reductions, and novel sensors and sampling systems for monitoring both industrial and subsurface environments. Investigators are also examining chemical and electrochemical routes to unique carbon storage vectors.
Theme B Lead: Dr. John Shaw
Professor and NSERC/AB Innovates Industrial Research Chair in Petroleum Thermodynamics
University of Alberta
Dr. John Shaw is an associate editor of the journal Energy and Fuels and sits on the Network Coordination Council for the Canadian Oil Sands Network of Research and Development (CONRAD). He is a specialist in the phase behaviour, transport and thermo physiochemical properties of mixtures from coal liquids, heavy oils and condensate rich reservoir fluids to pure compounds.
Dr. Shaw served as professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry at the University of Toronto before joining the University of Alberta in 2001. He has held visiting scientist/professor positions at the Technical University of Delft (Delft, The Netherlands), the Institut Francais du Petrole (Rueil-Malmaison, France), the Syncrude Canada Research Centre (Edmonton, Canada), the ITESM campus of the Technical University of Monterrey (Guadalajara, Mexico) and is now visiting the TOTAL Research Centre and UPPA (Pau, France). He has a B.A.Sc. and PhD from the University of British Columbia.
B02 Enabling the capture of CO2 under anaerobic (subsurface) conditions
Principal Investigators:
Gerrit Voordouw, UCalgary
CO2 storage in the subsurface is a novel and promising technology. However, if we are to use CCS successfully and safely, we need to understand the long-term fate of the stored CO2. The subsurface microbial community represents one of the largest reservoirs of living organism on our planet. The influence of microorganisms on CO2 storage is still unknown as are the potential uses of microorganisms to aid carbon storage. This research project will involve analysis of samples obtained from a subsurface location prior and during CCS to determine changes in microbial community composition. This approach will allow us to determine in detail the properties of microorganisms that thrive under CCS conditions and natural and engineered processes involved in microbially mediated fixation and or conversion of CO2. Research will improve the long-term success of CCS by filling an important gap in knowledge as well as developing new process options.Go To Top
B04 A pore scale microlab to perform fundamental laboratory-based studies of CO2 transport and reactivity in reservoirs
Principal Investigators:
David Sinton, UVictoria; Aimy Bazylak, UToronto; Savvas Hatzikiriakos, UBC; Steven Larter, UCalgary; John Shaw, UAlberta; Zhenghe Xu, UAlberta
The overall objective of the experimental program is to characterize CO2 transport and reactivity in the fossil fuel processes that underpin the technical and socioeconomic models for effective carbon management. The objective is to develop small scale testing systems and apply them to a specific set of measurements relating to CO2 behaviour in reservoirs. The testing systems to be developed are microfluidic chip based adaptations of the classical Pressure – Volume – Temperature cell offering improved control, range, accuracy, and capacity for pore scale study of porous media. The proposed work leverages the unique opportunity offered by the CMC network to combine a national team of engineering and reservoir geosciences researchers with complementary expertise.Go To Top
B222 Development of novel nanostructured photocatalysts for highly efficient solar photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to fuels
Principal Investigators:
David P. Wilkinson, UBC; Baizeng Fang, UBC
The conversion of CO2 into clean energy fuels is an attractive idea but with current techniques very energy intensive. Researchers are working on an innovative solution to efficiently convert CO2 into methane, alcohols or other hydrocarbon fuels using a catalyst, water vapor and sunlight. The goal is to manufacture new types of catalyst-containing nanostructures with high surface area for absorbing light and test their effectiveness as a component route to carbon neutral fuels.Go To Top
B232 Bioconversion of coal by enhanced engineering pathways into fuel products
Principal Investigators
Sushanta Mitra, UAlberta; Karen Budwill, Alberta Innovates Technology Futures; Julia Foght, UAlberta; Jennifer McIntosh, UArizona; Steve Larter, UCalgary; Arno de Klerk, UAlberta; Subir Bhattacharjee, U of Alberta; Thomas Thundat, UAlberta; David Nobes, UAlberta; Gordon Southam, UWestern Ontario; Marc Secanell, UAlberta; John Shaw, UAlberta; Ian Gates, UCalgary; Vinay Prasad, UAlberta; Bruce Peachey, New Paradigm Engineering Ltd.
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This team of 15 researchers is involved in an ambitious project to coax communities of microorganisms to convert coal into natural gas (methane) at production rates, right in the ground. The methane produced from bioconversion could then be collected for use as a clean-burning fuel with much lower emissions than coal for equal amounts of energy generated. The researchers will investigate bioconversion at the nano-scale through to lab and field scales, gathering evidence about the biochemical pathways involved, the microbial species at play and how nutrients and methane flow through coal.Go To Top
B254 Frustrated lewis pairs: A new approach to CO2 capture and utilization
Principal Investigators:
Douglas Stephan, UToronto; Eugenia Kumacheva, UToronto
This work will lay the foundation for a method to convert waste CO2, including potentially air captured CO2, economically into water and methanol, a low emission liquid fuel. The team will build on their breakthrough discovery of a new catalytic process to increase reaction rates for CO2 reduction with hydrogen in order to develop an efficient and cost-effective method for methanol production and potentially kickstart a methanol economy. The ultimate goal is an energy-generation system that would be carbon neutral, with every CO2 molecule released from fuel consumption being converted back into methanol fuel.Go To Top
B312 Development of single-molecule level multi-species nanowire-based sensors for carbon emissions
Principal Investigators:
Harry Ruda, University of Toronto; David Risk, St. Francis Xavier University
Industry Participants:
Kyoto Technologies, Forerunner Research
Researchers are developing an affordable, energy efficient and ultra-sensitive sensor that has the potential to detect even one molecule of carbon dioxide. Current sensors used to detect CO2 at surface sites are either very expensive or they use a lot of energy. And they're not as accurate as they could be. Dr. Harry Ruda of the Centre for Nanotechnology at the University of Toronto and Dr. David Risk, Earth Sciences Department at St. Francis Xavier University, are working on single nanowire transistors that should have unprecedented sensitivity for detecting CO2 emissions. The sensors could provide complete topographic and temporal mapping of carbon emissions, which would help in the design of new protocols for carbon storage and recovery systems as well provide the means for enforcing regulations—all of which will enable markedly reduced emissions. Dr. Risk's role will be in testing and translational work that will help embed the sensors in these real-world application environments.Go To Top


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The good thing that the president does not appoint the Mufti anymore but the bad thing now is that the MB's official Mufti is applying for this position !!
MB Mufti Abdel Rahman El Bar is one of the candidates and to be honest I am extremely worried to have another MB member in that critical position.
El Bar claims that he was surprised by his nomination "what you know !!" yet people should not be discriminated for their political affiliation according to him"which theoretically is true"
Despite he says that he does not seek the position , he will have one hour interview on the State TV today !!!
I am totally against having El Bar as Egypt's grand Mufti because if he is elected , we will have fatwas based on the MB's conservative interpretation for Islam !! We will have fatwas upon the request of the guidance office.
Based on how the MB members and supporters act online and say regarding the candidacy of El Bar , I fear from the elections' results today.
Updated :And the Clerics elected Shawky Ibrahim as Egypt's newest Mufti. We do not know much about him expect that he is a professor of Maliki Fiqh in the faculty of Sharia and Law , Al Azhar University in Tanta. Before the elections he used to work in Oman.
We do not know any thing about his political affiliation. Here is his picture.
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Today there was a frenzy in Cairo when rumors spread in the afternoon like fire that there were no foreign currency in banks and Foreign exchange companies. There was even that rumor about Western Union closing its offices in Egypt because it lacks US dollars.
Well Western Union offices are not going to suspend the work in Egypt and they are working fine but.. there is a foreign currency shortage at least in Cairo these days. The foreign exchange companies got no US dollars or Euros thanks to the huge demand on foreign currency "Euro and US dollars" early this week. What happened early this week !??
Well Egyptians freaked out when they heard the contradicting news/rumors about the resignation of the Central Bank of Egypt's governor Farouk El Okdah
According to my sources Farouk El Okdah wants to jump the ship soon before Titanic would hit the iceberg soon but for some reason he can not jump now.
I will not go in economic debates because I am not an economic expert but We all know that Egypt is heading towards a terrible economic crisis that some compared to the Greek crisis.
Now socially there is a hysteria in the Upper , Upper middle and middle classes. People are calling each other advising them to withdraw their bank accounts and buy either gold or real estate. Some advised their friend to convert their Egyptian pounds to US dollars and Euro before the pound hits rock bottom. I am speaking about my friends , their families and their neighbors.
Ironically withdrawing their money from banks will harm the Egyptian economy for real. This has to stop. Rumors and wrong actions will make things even worse.


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How to Avoid Fighting About Your Finances
by a guest poster • Tagged: budget, finances, relationship
Money is a topic that can put strain on even the healthiest of relationships. When finances are tight, stress, frustration and fighting are all common side effects. But while we all experience concerns over our bank balance from time to time, money doesn't need to damage the special bond you share with your partner.
With this in mind here are some top tips to help you avoid fights and tension when it comes to managing your finances.
1. Keep it in perspective
When we're worried and stressed about money, it can be easy to take your frustration and fears out on the people closest to you. Instead, it's important to keep the bigger picture in perspective. Keep in mind the fact that in today's tough economic times, there are plenty of couples in a similar financial situation to you – not to mention quite a few that are much worse off. Money isn't everything, and while limited funds can be stressful, they aren't worth losing a loved one over.
2. Identify the problems
If you and your partner fight about money on a regular basis, try and identify a pattern behind the arguments. Do they usually take place in the same week as your rent payments? Are you more likely to quarrel at the end of the month when funds are limited? Once you have identified the common problems, you've got a better chance of fixing them.
When you empathize with your partner about the things that are stressing them out, there's also a better chance they'll go out of their way to return the favour. For instance, if your partner's stressed about cooking meals on a tight budget, make a point of helping out in the kitchen to help carry the work load.
3. Keep communication lines open
In a healthy relationship nearly all fights can be avoided through clear communication. It's important not only to express your feelings, but also to be receptive to the issues your partner raises.
Always try to talk through your worries about money rather than bottling them up. This way you won't end up angry and frustrated at your partner, which usually leads to aggression and hostility.
4. Have a plan
If money is a constant source of tension, then it might be time to review your budget. Sit down as a pair and consider ways to cut back on costs.
If you feel like your partner spends too much money on unnecessary expenses like socialising or fashion, this is a calm environment to raise your opinions – rather than shouting at them in the heat of the moment.
5. Find love on a budget
Money not only puts a strain on maintaining relationships, it also adds stress to the dating game itself. For people on a tight budget who are looking to find love, wining and dining on 'traditional dates' can prove costly. It is for this reason that free dating sites have proven such a popular way of meeting new people.
Relationship websites have helped thousands of money-conscious singles to find their perfect match. Instead of heading to pricey nightclubs and bars to meet people, dating sites allow users to view and connect with other compatible local singles for free. To find out more about your compatible matches, visit www.eharmony.ca today.
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Intel Core i3-530 Clarkdale Processor Review - Low Price Performance
Westmere brings Nehalem cores to lower prices
In our first experience with Intel's Westmere architecture back in January, known now as the Core i5 and Core i3 lines of desktop processors, I found this 32nm shrunk dual-core version of the Nehalem architecture to be both adequate and reasonable in terms of performance and pricing. The integration of an Intel GMA graphics core on the processor was an improvement only in that it lowers the cost of entry for system builders and OEMs - it did not adequately change performance on the oft-criticized GPU component to warrant applause. Couple that with the fact that the price of our first sample, the Core i5-661 processor, was about the same as the quad-core Core i5-750 processor and you can see how I came to my tentative conclusion:
processor is this: it only makes sense to buy one if you are going to
utilize the integrated graphics. If you plan on adding a discrete
graphics card anyway, then it makes more sense to use that processor
budget for a Lynnfield part.
Now we are preparing for our second look at the Clarkdale processors based on the Westmere architecture and things are already starting out better. With an estimated street price of about $115 which is about 70% lower than the Core i5-661, the Intel Core i3-530 trades some of the advanced features for pure affordability. How that affects overall system performance has yet to be seen - until of course you read the rest of this review.
The Core i3 Series
No one has ever accused Intel of having high quality naming schemes for its products and the mess of Bloomfield, Lynnfield and Clarkdale parts confirm this continues to be the case. You can get LGA1366 Core i7 processors, LGA1156 Core i7s and Core i5s, LGA1156 Core i3s and if we go to the mobile world you can get Core i7s, i5s and i3s in the same configurations and without a degree in cryptology it's hard to tell the difference. Let's see if this helps:
All six of these SKUs are dual-core processors that support HyperThreading for a total of four virtual processors as reported to the operating system. That is notable because in the Lynnfield product line there are some CPUs that have quad-core processors with, and some without, HyperThreading support. All six CPUs also sport a total of 4MB of cache and DDR3 memory speeds up to 1333 MHz.
While base clock speeds scale from 3.46 GHz down to 2.93 GHz based on the price of the CPU, there is more to the story than that. You will notice that the Core i3 processors actually don't have anything listed for Turbo Frequency in the table above - because they don't support the Turbo Mode feature. One of the cooler features of the Nehalem architecture was its ability to scale frequency ABOVE the base clock based on work load and current thermal conditions. For example, a Core i5-661 processor under normal operating conditions would go from 3.33 GHz to as high as 3.60 GHz when only a single thread was running and maybe as high as 3.46 GHz when all cores were loaded. For our Core i3-530 though, 2.93 GHz is where it will stay.
Core i5? Core i3? Lynnfield? Clarkdale? I dunno.
Obviously this means that performance will be lower on the Core i3 series of processors, but we expect that for the lower price tag.
Other than that, the Core i3-530 processor we are testing today really does have all the same features and functionality of the Core i5 Clarkdale parts. If you want more details on what Nehalem/Westmere and the accompanying integrated Intel HD Graphics offers in terms of architectural changes, check out my initial review of the Clarkdale series here.


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"Prior planning prevents poor performance." --Mike James
Those words of wisdom were drummed into me over 12 years ago by (in my opinion) one of the best photojournalists to ever work in trucking, Michael James. A native of Waco, TX, and raised in an Army family, Mike never missed a chance to remind me of the power that philosophy contained -- largely power that could prevent all kinds of miscues from occuring out on the road.
I had the good fortune to travel with Mike on assignment all over the U.S. on more than one occasion and the truth of his words got borne out every time. If I hadn't obtained good directions beforehand, we got lost -- and we didn't have cell phones then, so getting back on track required a LOT more luck, like finding an available pay phone that wasn't in a bad part of town. I screwed up more often than not, and that's when Mike would lean over and slowly raise every finger on one hand -- silently reminding me that I didn't do my planning, which is why we were in this particular mess.
Yet the five Ps are also part of the fabric of trucking's lifestyle, I've found -- woven into everything from how carriers map out routes and lanes to the the pre-trip planning drivers must do every day. I've talked to countless drivers myself about all the ways they plan ahead to save themselves grief down the road -- like one smart gent who's kept a detailed log of every parking place he's found over the years, so he knows where he can pull over safely for a night's rest. Or the truckers that know the location of the best truckstops for them, for food, rest, fuel, maintenance, you name it.
It's a philosophy, however, sadly lacking in most parts of government these days -- witness the terrible bridge tragedy in Minnesota. An overused example, I know, but they knew it was a problem ... and if they planned the repair schedule right, it's a tragedy that could have been averted. Same with the diesel fuel supply. Soon, we'll be heading into winter, and a few cold days in the Northeast will cause the price of diesel to shoot up. Why? We as a nation lack refinery capacity and the Northeast relies on home heating oil -- put them together and diesel supplies get squeezed. It's an old story by now -- but it is something we still deal with because we refuse to develop plans, on a national level, to solve the problem.
Planning isn't bulletproof, of course (I love retired Gen. Colin Powell's take on that: "You're always confident in the plan, until the sh** hits the fan") but it helps you map out what to do in case your first option is a total bust. For example, if interviews fell through at the last moment, we always had the names and numbers of other fleets in the area we could visit. Mike always carried more than one camera in case his primary shooter went kaput on him. In fact, you could probably live out of his camera bag for days, as he packed in there food, extra batteries and film, a medical kit, a bottle of water, clips and straps and lord knows what else. That man traveled PREPARED for something to go wrong.
And, of course, something always DOES go wrong -- that's life, as any driver can tell you. That's why planning is such a huge mantra in this business -- one other parts of our society could stand to use as well.


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Brewery's Color-Logic Packaging Increases Sales
- Published: March 20, 2013
WEST CHESTER, OH | Wold Top Brewery—a craft brewery in the Yorkshire Wolds of England—recently chose the Process Metallic Color System from Color-Logic to produce packages that make their brand stand out on store shelves. According to brewery co-owner Gill Mellor, "The package designed by Color-Logic increased our gift sales by one-third in the 2012 Christmas season and elicited favorable comments from retailers and customers alike. Just looking at the pack, everyone assumes we have a gold foil box."
Color-Logic decorative effects utilize the existing workflows of printers and designers, yielding dynamic results without the use of special equipment.
Commenting on the project, Color-Logic Director of Sales and Marketing Mark Geeves said: "Brand and product managers large and small are using the Color-Logic process to differentiate their products from competitors in the marketplace. Several recent marketing studies indicate that 80 percent or more of purchasing decisions are made in the store, based on shelf appeal. We are pleased at the increased sales volume Wold Top Brewery realized using our design and production technology."


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Hidden Gem: Mystika Music *hip-hop collectiveMay 24th, 2012 by HipHopIsLove | Hidden Gem, Hip-Hop/Rap |
Everybody who loves music of any genre loves finding the hidden gems. Recently I have come accross Mystika Music, a production company originally started by the Hip-hop group The Problemaddicts. Mystika Music has a line up of some super talented artists including; The Problemaddicts, Moke & Tone, Vorheez, Team Genius, & DJ Theory. Vorheez, member of The Problemaddicts has recently started working on his first solo album. The first single "Agoraphobia" dropped within the last month and impressed me enough to start giving all artists on the Mystika Music label a listen. Vorheez has a unique flow thats backed up with incredible lyrics. Make sure to check out Mystika Music's Facebook page and also their Soundcloud page.
-HipHopisLove (Follow me for hot new music @HipHopisLove)


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Cindy Brown needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 117 designs submitted by 29 freelance designers.
We're looking for well thought out logo for budgetbug.com that incorporates some type of "Cool" bug with (maybe dollar signs on the bug?). This is a discount membership website. People who join will get a money saving discount card that can be used at local participating retailers, restaurants, movie theaters, nightclubs and more.
Budget Bug
What we want designed is a logo using the name - Budget Bug
Please see the what I want list for minimum specifications.
Budgetbug.com will be dealing with both corporate participants (home depot, best buy, AMC theaters, etc) local businesses and consumers. The model of the company is built around pre-negotiated discounts for members (consumers) at specific locations in target City's. It is important that the logo be both professional for our corporate partners, and interesting for our consumer audience.
We are looking ideally to have a unique brand-able "Bug" icon with personality as part of the look and feel of the overall logo. The logo will be used in traditional marketing materials, the company website and the consumer side (backend) of the company website. We are not locked into any particular color, though black and green tend to lend themselves to a more gender-neutral presentation. We'll certainly consider any logo that we believe stands out regardless of the colors selected. If you have any questions or need direction, we will be available over the next 7 days to provide any clarification you might require.
I believe this will be a great portfolio piece for any graphic designer. The owner of the company involved has the capital and resources to push this project the way it will need to be on a national scale. We've done this once before with a startup for this owner three years ago and they are now one of the most well known firms within their industry.
We're going to do it again with another of his start-ups and would love to have an outstanding logo from a graphic designer at 99designs to get our project off on the right foot. Thank you in advance for your time and your participation.
- Professional Font
- Custom Bug Character - Beetle, LadyBug, something cool and not a turn off (i.e. a roach....lol)
- We don't really have a tag line yet. If you can come up with something great, if not, no biggie we can always add it later.
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- 300 x 300 .png Version with Clear Background
- 300 x 300 .jpg Version with white background
- Sloppy, 10 minute design (see budgetbug.com)
- Logo's with no thought or creativity
- Cookie cutter look and feel - i.e. something I could have done with my 30 dollar piece of logo creation software. (see budgetbug.com...lol)
- Logo's that cut off at the edge
- Logo's with Wacky colors schemes that don't work together
- Logo's with Wacky fonts that don't work together
- Words cutting off in the Logo
- Animals as part of the Logo
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Mayor Don Wesely today announced plans for the 17th annual Star City Holiday Parade, set for 11 a.m. Saturday, December 8 in downtown Lincoln. The theme for this year's parade is "Kids in Motion", and the event will feature a unique vehicle called "Big Horn."
"This year's parade will be the best yet, and 'Big Horn' is guaranteed to be a show-stopper", said Mayor Wesely. "Kids of all ages will marvel at its bells, whistles, strobe lights, smoke machines and music. Several organizations and businesses have come together to bring this attraction to Lincoln, and their generosity will make this a very special year for the parade."
"Big Horn" is the Lincoln Children's Museum's entry in the parade, and the local sponsors are NEBCO Inc., Bryan LGH Medical Center, and Union Bank and Trust. Following the parade, "Big Horn" will be on display at the Museum, 1420 'P' Street. (See accompanying release.)
For the second time in its history, the parade will be judged entirely by children, who will be selected in a random drawing . Kids ages 10 through 14 are asked to submit their names in writing on or before October 15 to Parade Headquarters, 1200 'N' Street, Suite 101, Lincoln, NE 68508.
For its first 15 years, the Parade was held the first Saturday in December. The date was moved back one week last year to avoid conflicting with the Big 12 football championship game, which is set for December 1 this year. Having the parade on December 8th has again allowed the UNL Cornhusker Marching Band to make a commitment to perform in this year's parade.
Another highlight this year will be the entry from this year's Star Community, Nebraska City. More information on the Star City Parade will soon be available at the parade's web site: www.starcityholidayfestival.org.
MEDIA NOTE: Audio, video, pictures and information on "Big Horn" are available at
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UW Libraries hosts Open Access Week: Publishing Your Work in the Digital Age October 20-22, 2009
Contact: Timothy Jewell
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In conjunction with 2009 Open Access Week <www.openaccessweek.org>, the UW Libraries is offering four programs that explore various aspects of the current landscape of scholarly publishing and access, as well as projections for the future.
Tue, Oct. 20, 3:30-5:00pm
Johnson Hall 102
Journal Publishing: Economics and Access
Pricing and bundling practices by journal publishers have led to never before seen levels of spending by major academic libraries as they attempt to provide access to content needed by faculty and students for their research, teaching, and study. But locally, the recent unprecedented cut in state funding to the University (and by extension to the Libraries) will lead to an equally unprecedented cut in serial subscriptions this fall, and to an even greater loss of access to journal content. Explore with our speakers what these changes mean for you and what you and your colleagues can do about it.
- Lizabeth (Betsy) Wilson, Dean of Libraries
- Tim Jewell, Director of Information Resources and Scholarly Communication, Libraries
- Charles Wilkinson, Research Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Ann Lally, Head, Digital Initiatives, Libraries
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Health Sciences D-209 Turner Auditorium
Access to Research and Your Rights as an Author
Panelists will discuss questions about publication practices and models and how these factors affect access to findings and how investigators can (or cannot) use their own work. Issues to be considered will include author rights, copyright and the university, funding agency public access requirements, and the UW Faculty Senate resolution on public access. Bring your questions and learn how Open Access and trends in scholarly communication are likely to affect your research and publication.
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Publishing Prognosis: The Future of the Monograph
Should your promotion be dependent on publishing a book? Will electronic publication of your dissertation jeopardize your chances of publishing it as a book? Are you concerned about declining manuscript acceptance rates among university presses? Do technological advances and economic pressures foreshadow the death of print publishing of academic works? Join a forum with a panel of experts sharing their knowledge of the accelerating changes in monograph publishing in a digital age.
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Asked by L. Rodriguez, Orange County, California
I have suffered from eczema for many years. I changed doctors last year and she thinks that my skin condition may be a result of being allergic to gluten.
Since I have an HMO, she cannot test me for the allergy because they will not pay for it. I have tried going gluten free and the skin condition got better but did not go away. Is there anything that I can do to be sure I was given the proper diagnosis before completely changing my diet and life?
Conditions Expert
Dr. Otis Brawley
Chief Medical Officer,
American Cancer Society
You ask a fascinating question about a very common disease, much of which was first described only in the past 60 years.
Celiac disease is also called gluten-sensitive enteropathy and nontropical sprue. It is an allergy to gluten in the diet. People with this disease often have mild abdominal discomforts such as bloating and gas after consumption of breads and cereals that contain gluten. Gluten is found in wheat, barley, rye, and oats. Some have more serious symptoms such as bowel mal-absorption, abdominal pain, diarrhea and nutrient or vitamin deficiency. Children with it can have severe malnutrition and growth impairment.
The treatment of a serious gluten allergy is a gluten-free diet, which has a lot of meat, fruit, milk and potatoes. Many grocery stores are starting to carry gluten-free foods. Restaurants in Europe and Australia commonly advertise gluten-free meals. Abdominal symptoms generally improve within a few weeks of changing to a gluten free diet.
This disease is primarily found in whites of Northern European ancestry. It is estimated that 1 in every 300 to 1 in every 500 Northern Europeans have some form of it, usually with relatively mild non-specific abdominal symptoms. This disease was once thought to be one that began in childhood and infancy, and some children eventually grew out of it. It is now realized that some children do go into remission and may relapse later. Also, the prevalence of the disease increases with age, meaning some people develop it as they age. Some will develop first symptoms in their 50s or 60s.
Patients are at higher risk for Type 1 diabetes, mellitus, collagen vascular diseases, autoimmune thyroid disease. Bone mineral deficiencies such as osteopenia and osteoporosis have also been noted. Uncontrolled celiac disease is also associated with a small increased risk of a number of malignancies. There is no special cancer screening recommended for patients with celiac disease.
The disease can be diagnosed using blood tests that measure the amount of immunoglobulin that binds to the proteins gliadin and endomysium. The classic definition of celiac disease includes atrophy of parts of the small bowel as seen on biopsy. A series of small bowel biopsies is often done to confirm it. The biopsies can be done through an endoscopy, in which a fiber-optic tube is placed in the mouth and down into the small bowel or through some even less invasive procedures.
There are some skin illnesses associated with celiac disease. It is very frequently associated with dermatitis herpetiformis, an itchy red raised rash with fluid-filled vesicles. This rash is not related or caused by any of the herpes viruses, but has the name because the rash resembles that of the herpes viruses or shingles. It improves as the disease improves with diet modification.
Patients and their seemingly unaffected family members are more likely to have atopic dermatitis, which is also known as eczema. The hallmark of eczema is itching with the skin scaling, crusting and an oozing of a serous or transparent fluid. Eczema can be worsened by stress, heat, dry air and sweating.
You actually may not have celiac disease or at least you may not have the clinical manifestations of a gluten allergy and you can still have eczema related to celiac disease. It would be preferable that you get the testing to confirm or disprove the diagnosis of gluten allergy. Even if the tests were negative, many physicians would suggest a two month trial of a gluten-free diet to see if the eczema improves. Most would advocate continuing the diet if there seemed to be some improvement in the rash and even if it did not clear up fully.
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Fannie Mae's first auction of foreclosed homes to be managed as rentals sold for $78.1 million, or 96 percent of the properties' estimated value, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said.
The purchase, of 699 homes in Florida, was the first to be completed in Fannie Mae's auction of almost 2,500 repossessed properties in six states. The buyer was San Diego, California- based Pacifica Companies LLC, the FHFA said in a statement today. The homes had a total value of $81.5 million, including joint-venture financing from Fannie Mae, according to a transaction summary.
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|This document defines a registry of query components to be used in the context of XMPP IRIs/URIs and also specifies an initial submission of values to that registry.
|Peter Saint-Andre
|© 1999 – 2018 XMPP Standards Foundation. SEE LEGAL NOTICES.
|Last Updated:
NOTICE: This Informational specification defines a best practice or protocol profile that has been approved by the XMPP Council and/or the XSF Board of Directors. Implementations are encouraged and the best practice or protocol profile is appropriate for deployment in production systems.
1. Introduction
2. Terminology
3. Query Actions
3.1. Message Action
3.2. Roster Management Actions
3.2.1. Add Roster Item
3.2.2. Remove Roster Item
3.3. Subscription Management Actions
3.3.1. Subscribe
3.3.2. Unsubscribe
4. Internationalization Considerations
5. Security Considerations
6. IANA Considerations
7. XMPP Registrar Considerations
7.1. XMPP IRI/URI Querytype Registry
7.1.1. Registration Process
7.1.2. Registration
A: Document Information
B: Author Information
C: Legal Notices
D: Relation to XMPP
E: Discussion Venue
F: Requirements Conformance
G: Notes
H: Revision History
RFC 5122 [1] defines a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme for use in forming URIs and Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs) [2] from the addresses of entities that can communicate using the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (see XMPP Core [3]). Such identifiers enable identification of and interaction with XMPP entities by non-native applications such as databases and web browsers.
However, RFC 5122 intentionally leaves the potential values of the query component open-ended, does not provide a list of common "actions" for queries (e.g., send message or join chatroom), and does not specify recommended "key-value" pairs to be used in the context of such actions. Therefore, this document defines a registry of such actions and key-value pairs (to be maintained by the XMPP Registrar [4]) and specifies a set of initial values for that registry.
This document is organized as follows:
Note: The format of the XMPP URI scheme, including the format of the query component, is fully specified and formally defined in RFC 5122; this document does not modify the xmpp URI scheme in any way and assumes that the reader is familiar with all aspects of RFC 5122.
This document inherits terminology from RFC 3986 [5], RFC 3987 [6], and RFC 5122.
The range of actions that might be triggered by interaction with an XMPP entity by means of an XMPP IRI/URI is potentially as wide as the range of extensions to XMPP. This document does not seek to exhaustively define all such potential actions. However, the following actions might be of general interest:
For each such action, the XMPP Registrar maintains a RECOMMENDED "querytype" (this can be thought of as an action name or "verb"; see RFC 5122 for syntax and semantics) as well as an OPTIONAL list of keys to be used in key-value pairs if appropriate.
The querytypes and key-value pairs related to RFC 3920 and RFC 3921 are defined herein; the querytypes and key-value pairs related to protocols defined in the XMPP Standards Foundation's XEP series are defined in the relevant XMPP Extension Protocol specifications.
It may desirable for an XMPP IRI/URI to trigger a specialized interface for sending an XMPP message stanza. The RECOMMENDED querytype for this action is "message". If no key-value pair is provided, interacting with an XMPP IRI/URI that contains a querytype of "message" SHOULD trigger an interface that enables the user to input the text of an XMPP message and other relevant parameters (e.g., a message subject or XHTML-IM (XEP-0071) [14] markup).
A query component whose querytype is "message" MAY specify various key-value pairs. The following three keys are associated with the child elements of the <message/> stanza specified in the XML schema for the 'jabber:client' namespace as defined in XMPP IM [15]:
In addition, the following three keys are associated with the attributes of the <message/> stanza specified in the XML schema for the 'jabber:client' namespace (the 'to' attribute is unnecessary, since it is provided by the XMPP address included in the IRI/URI):
Other keys MAY be registered with the XMPP Registrar but are not specified herein.
<message email@example.com'> <subject>Test Message</subject> <body>Here's a test message.</body> </message>
The 'jabber:iq:roster' namespace provides a mechanism for managing an XMPP roster (also called a "contact list"). This namespace is defined in RFC 3921. The following actions are defined.
The registered querytype for adding items to the roster or editing items in the roster is "roster" (effectively there is no difference between adding and editing). An XMPP IRI/URI containing a "roster" querytype MAY also include at most one "name" key whose value maps to the 'name' attribute of the <item/> element within the 'jabber:iq:roster' namespace, and MAY contain one "group" key whose value maps to the character data of the <group/> child element of <item/>.
<iq type='set'> <query xmlns='jabber:iq:roster'> <item email@example.com'/> </query> </iq>
<iq type='set'> <query xmlns='jabber:iq:roster'> <item firstname.lastname@example.com' name='Romeo Montague'/> </query> </iq>
<iq type='set'> <query xmlns='jabber:iq:roster'> <item firstname.lastname@example.com' name='Romeo Montague'> <group>Friends</group> </item> </query> </iq>
Note: Methods (if any) for including more than one group are yet to be determined.
The 'jabber:iq:roster' namespace includes a mechanism for removing an XMPP roster item. The registered querytype for removing an item from the roster is "remove".
<iq type='set'> <query xmlns='jabber:iq:roster'> <item email@example.com' subscription='remove'/> </query> </iq>
Closely coupled with roster management is presence subscription management. In XMPP, subscription management is handled via special values of the <presence/> stanza, as described in RFC 3921. The following actions are defined
When an entity subscribes to another entity's presence by means of an XMPP IRI/URI, the invoked XMPP application SHOULD first send a roster add stanza as shown below (this is consistent with the recommendations in RFC 3921).
<iq type='set'> <query xmlns='jabber:iq:roster'> <item email@example.com'/> </query> </iq> <presence email@example.com' type='subscribe'/>
XMPP includes a mechanism for unsubscribing from an entity. The registered querytype for doing so is "unsubscribe".
<presence firstname.lastname@example.com' type='unsubscribe'/>
Internationalization considerations for XMPP IRIs/URIs are specified in RFC 5122; the reader is referred to that document for a complete discussion of the relevant issues.
Localization of application-specific data presented to a human user (e.g., as encapsulated in key-value pairs) is the responsibility of the "using protocol".
Security considerations for XMPP IRIs/URIs are specified in RFC 5122.
Completion of some of the actions defined herein will cause changes to an entity's account, subscriptions to information, registration with services, communication with other entities, completion of ad-hoc commands, and the like. Naturally, such changes, information, services, and communications are potentially undesirable (e.g., joining a chatroom whose discussion topic is not of interest to, or even patently offensive to, the joining user). The invoked application SHOULD appropriately warn a human user regarding the potential consequences of the action about to be completed.
This document requires no interaction with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) [16]. If in the future the IANA should wish to maintain a registry of XMPP URI/IRI query components, the XMPP Registrar will cooperate with efforts to migrate the registry from the XMPP Registrar to the IANA.
The XMPP Registrar maintains a registry of querytype values (see <https://xmpp.org/registrar/querytypes.html>).
In order to submit new values to this registry, the registrant shall define an XML fragment of the following form and either include it in the relevant XMPP Extension Protocol or send it to the email address <firstname.lastname@example.com>:
<querytype> <name>the name of the querytype (e.g., "pubsub")</name> <proto> the namespace of associated protocol output (e.g., "http://jabber.org/protocol/pubsub") </proto> <desc>a natural-language description of the querytype</desc> <doc>the document in which the querytype is specified</doc> <keys> <key> <name>the name of the key (e.g., "action")</name> <desc>a natural-language description of the key</desc> <values> <value> <name>the name of a value (e.g., "subscribe")</name> <desc>a natural-language description of the value</desc> </value> </values> </key> </keys> </querytype>
Note: Within the <querytype/> element, the <keys/> child element is OPTIONAL; within any given <key/> element, the <values/> child element is also OPTIONAL.
The registrant may register more than one querytype at a time, each contained in a separate <querytype/> element.
The following submission registers parameters related to the XMPP RFCs. For submissions related to XMPP extensions, refer to the relevant XMPP Extension Protocol specifications.
<querytype> <name>message</name> <proto>jabber:client</proto> <desc>enables sending of an XMPP message stanza</desc> <doc>XEP-0147</doc> <keys> <key> <name>subject</name> <desc>a subject for the message per the "jabber:client" schema</desc> </key> <key> <name>body</name> <desc>a body for the message per the "jabber:client" schema</desc> </key> <key> <name>thread</name> <desc>a Thread ID for the message per the "jabber:client" schema</desc> </key> <key> <name>from</name> <desc>a from address for the message per the "jabber:client" schema</desc> </key> <key> <name>id</name> <desc>an ID for the message per the "jabber:client" schema</desc> </key> <key> <name>type</name> <desc>the message type per the "jabber:client" schema</desc> <values> <value> <name>chat</name> <desc>a message of type "chat"</desc> </value> <value> <name>groupchat</name> <desc>a message of type "groupchat"</desc> </value> <value> <name>headline</name> <desc>a message of type "headline"</desc> </value> <value> <name>normal</name> <desc>a message of type "normal"</desc> </value> </values> </key> </keys> </querytype> <querytype> <name>remove</name> <proto>jabber:iq:roster</proto> <desc>enables removing a roster item</desc> <doc>XEP-0147</doc> </querytype> <querytype> <name>roster</name> <proto>jabber:iq:roster</proto> <desc>enables adding or editing a roster item</desc> <doc>XEP-0147</doc> <keys> <key> <name>group</name> <desc>the user-assigned group for the roster item</desc> </key> <key> <name>name</name> <desc>the user-assigned name for the roster item</desc> </key> </keys> </querytype> <querytype> <name>subscribe</name> <proto>jabber:client</proto> <desc>enables sending a presence subscription request</desc> <doc>XEP-0147</doc> </querytype> <querytype> <name>unsubscribe</name> <proto>jabber:client</proto> <desc>enables unsubscribing from an entity's presence</desc> <doc>XEP-0147</doc> </querytype>
Series: XEP
Number: 0147
Publisher: XMPP Standards Foundation
Status: Active
Type: Informational
Version: 1.2
Last Updated: 2006-09-13
Approving Body: XMPP Council
Dependencies: XMPP Core, RFC 5122, XEP-0053
Supersedes: None
Superseded By: None
Short Name: querytypes
Registry: <http://xmpp.org/registrar/querytypes.html>
Source Control: HTML
This document in other formats: XML PDF
JabberID: firstname.lastname@example.com
URI: http://stpeter.im/
The Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is defined in the XMPP Core (RFC 6120) and XMPP IM (RFC 6121) specifications contributed by the XMPP Standards Foundation to the Internet Standards Process, which is managed by the Internet Engineering Task Force in accordance with RFC 2026. Any protocol defined in this document has been developed outside the Internet Standards Process and is to be understood as an extension to XMPP rather than as an evolution, development, or modification of XMPP itself.
The primary venue for discussion of XMPP Extension Protocols is the <firstname.lastname@example.com> discussion list.
Discussion on other xmpp.org discussion lists might also be appropriate; see <http://xmpp.org/about/discuss.shtml> for a complete list.
Given that this XMPP Extension Protocol normatively references IETF technologies, discussion on the <firstname.lastname@example.com> list might also be appropriate.
Errata can be sent to <email@example.com>.
The following requirements keywords as used in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119: "MUST", "SHALL", "REQUIRED"; "MUST NOT", "SHALL NOT"; "SHOULD", "RECOMMENDED"; "SHOULD NOT", "NOT RECOMMENDED"; "MAY", "OPTIONAL".
1. RFC 5122: Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs) and Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) for the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5122>.
2. On the difference between IRIs and URIs, see RFC 3987.
3. RFC 6120: Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Core <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6120>.
4. The XMPP Registrar maintains a list of reserved protocol namespaces as well as registries of parameters used in the context of XMPP extension protocols approved by the XMPP Standards Foundation. For further information, see <https://xmpp.org/registrar/>.
5. RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986>.
6. RFC 3987: Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRIs) <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3987>.
7. XEP-0030: Service Discovery <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0030.html>.
8. XEP-0045: Multi-User Chat <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0045.html>.
9. XEP-0050: Ad-Hoc Commands <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0050.html>.
10. XEP-0054: vcard-temp <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0054.html>.
11. XEP-0060: Publish-Subscribe <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0060.html>.
12. XEP-0077: In-Band Registration <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0077.html>.
13. XEP-0096: SI File Transfer <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0096.html>.
14. XEP-0071: XHTML-IM <https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0071.html>.
15. RFC 6121: Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Instant Messaging and Presence <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6121>.
16. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is the central coordinator for the assignment of unique parameter values for Internet protocols, such as port numbers and URI schemes. For further information, see <http://www.iana.org/>.
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I want to make sure I share with them, especially in this age of all things techno, how much I loved playing board games with my family, my sisters and friends when I was a child. Sunny, summer days tucked away in a fort of our own creation in the yard, snuggled up with blankets on cold, winter day or full family together around the kitchen table on a Saturday night.
While I do find my own children often dazzled by new, techy games and even new versions of classics, this Mom finds a great deal of value in games and activities that inspire creativity and imagination.It is a special treat to discover a toy or game that truly engages, like Morphology and Morphology Junior.
Although I usually am on the hunt for games and toys for my family or for gift for my nieces and nephews, upon discovering Morphology, I was immediately struck by the appropriateness of this game for use with my elementary level Destination Imagination (formerly Odyssey of the Mind) competitive team.
This group of ten year old engineers in the making meets weekly over a large part of the year, to challenge themselves both creatively and cognitively for competition. One aspect of the regional, state and national competitions is to showcase their improvisational skills while solving a mystery instant challenge: they are presented with a surprise challenge to solve and evaluated on their ability to meet all requirements, work together as a team and to develop a creative solution.
How To Play
With over seven creation materials, 52 units to use in creating, six varied modes of play, as well as an extensive deck of easy and hard words to create, Morphology is truly a game that offers a unique experience each time you play through limitless creative combinations.
As a family, we have especially enjoyed playing the Eyes Closed (build word given with eyes closed) and Pick 5 (select five items first, then build word given) methods of play. For my team, we often use Free Play mode (must create a word from deck utilizing all pieces) and Morph! (team member becomes part of the picture).
My Take ~
Morphology is a step above the typical board game! Easy to transport with a compartmentalized box, I frequently use it as a creative ice breaker to get my Destination Imagination team's creative juices flowing, as well as for honing the team's skills in preparing for Instant Challenges in competition. The flexibility of level and diversity of game mode make Morphology a wonderful selection for family game night, appropriate and fun for all ages, as well as for ideal for both individual or team play. This Mom considers Morphology a must have for any game collection. The recent edition of Morphology Junior would be a welcomed edition to any classroom's resources
Stay In The Know ~
Morphology is generously offering That's What She Said readers a chance to win their own original Morphology game edition, retail value $29.99. This giveaway is open to residents of US, 18+ and will end on Monday, April 30. 2012 at 12:01am EST.
I received a copy of Morphology to explore for the purposes of creating this feature. Images and information sourced from various Morphology sites. The opinions and experiences above are both honest and my own. Sponsor is responsible for supplying and shipping prize. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Goolge+ are not involved in, nor responsible for this giveaway in any fashion.


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Sunday, January 10, 2010
Thoughts for the Day
That's like saying that fuel efficient cars don't matter to me because I can't afford one.
First off is the matter of the re-appropriation of funds and availability of cost-effective solutions. Historically, the price of technology drops... you could drive over to your local big box store and buy an iPod Touch -- a device that will connect you to the greatest information resource humankind has ever assembled -- for the cost of a few textbooks. Rather than write off reality because your school is unaware of it, instead work to educate your admins and advocate for the technologies that your students deserve to be using as 21st century citizens. You work on getting devices in the hands of your students, I'll work on re-allocating my own funds and saving up for that Prius.
Second, your students and teachers alike are carrying more tech in their pockets than we could ever afford to give them. Bring those cells, smartphones, and mp3 players out into the open. Bring the game systems to school. Let 'em use them. Let 'em share. Use your imaginations. Figure out new ways to learn.
Another teacher complained about how fearful all the laws and bureaucracy have made it for teachers. Many admins have created a climate where teachers fear that to use tech "incorrectly" will cost them their jobs.
Two thoughts: 1) If the problem is the law, then petition your congressperson. We're adults, let's cut the crap. If a law seems like it has gone out-of-date given new technologies, then it's time as a community to revisit the law. Granted this takes time; but so does sitting on your hands complaining or going out of your way to hobble together walled gardens that approximate the usage of perfectly effective technologies that already exist in the public square. 2) Use common sense. If everyone followed the rules and did everything "correctly" we'd never have the Digital Age to begin with. But that doesn't mean we need to condone idiocy. It all comes down to being honest, understanding your battles, and doing what ultimately is in the best interest of your students and of the future.
Whether resource or procedure: use your limitations to your advantage.
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This makes me think of the UK standard for rail vs. the what was implemented in the US. The UK had railroads first, but they locked in early. The US came along and made a better rail system, which became the standard for the world.ReplyDelete
Perhaps that teacher has an advantage over all of the other schools/teachers that are already using tech. They can leap the learning curve and adopt the best, instead of continually trying to upgrade, etc...
The issue is never technology....the issue is mind set,access to information, and willingness to free the students. You can go 21st thinking and teaching with the old tools....it just takes longer. Demand a revolution!ReplyDelete
@Norman: Demanding a revolution, in my experience, usually encourages the interlocutor to come up with more arguments as to why you can't possibly be right. More effective, I think to *show* admins that the technologies are inexpensive, useful, powerful.ReplyDelete


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Aug. 4, 2010) - Head ETSU track and field coach David Walker announced the hiring of new assistant, Brandon Morton, on Wednesday afternoon. Morton will assist with all aspects of the program.
"We are extremely happy to have someone with the abilities that Brandon has," Walker said. "It's good to have him on board, and I feel that he will immediately add to an already outstanding program here at ETSU."
Morton brings a lot of success to the Buccaneer program having spent three years as an assistant at Campbell University. While at Campbell, Morton coached 13 Atlantic Sun Conference Champions, nine NCAA Regional qualifiers and 61 A-Sun All-Conference performers. Morton also saw 11 school records fall while on the Camels coaching staff.
A former track stand out at Winthrop, Morton was a two-time NCAA regional qualifier and conference champion as well as being named a Big South All-Conference performer seven times.
Morton graduated from Winthrop with a B.S. in Sports Management in 2005 before earning his masters in Exercise Science from Campbell in 2010.
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PUDcast News and Events
25 Pudding Club Meetings !
Audrey and Mike Haskell have attended an amazing 25 Pudding Club meetings. Their 25th attendance last Saturday February 20th coincides with The Pudding Club celebrating 25 years since it was first established in 1985. A double celebration!
Chief Pudding Club taster Simon Coombe presented Audrey with a bouquet of flowers and a silver picture frame in recognition of our oustanding achievement.
Audrey as organiser for the Civil Service Sports Club has brought over 1250 guests to The Pudding Club over the last 13 years. This is quite an impressive achievement, particularly as Audrey is a diabetic! Chef always produces a special selection of diabetic puds for Audrey.
Win the Lottery at The Pudding Club!
Increase your chances of winning the lottery by attending The Pudding Club. Anne and Graham attended the Pudding Club meeting last Friday February 19th, and enjoyed indulging in 7 puddings. The next day whilst taking a bit of exercise they popped in to the Mickleton village store to buy a lottery ticket.
And Yes on checking Graham realised he had in fact 5 lucky numbers winning in excess of £2k!
Next time he will go for all 7 puddings and hope he gets 7 lucky numbers! Graham and Anne have promised to buy us all a drink on their next visit.
Meeting of the Pudding Club down under
Wayne Carlson from Oz was due to attend his first Pudding Club meeting last November, but lo and behold his flight from Sydney was cancelled at the last minute. Disaster! Wayne had waited 5 years to make this trip, so you can imagine his disappointment.
But to his suprise his family arranged a small Pudding Club Meeting on Christmas day including Christmas Pud. What a Christmas present! Wayne hopes to replan the trip for 2010, and experience 7 puddings at the Home of the Pudding Club. We will give him a heroes welcome.
More Pudding Lovers Tasting Puddings
Tom Timms Chef from The Home of The Pudding Club was off on his travels again last week. He was tempting customers at Waitrose in Crouch End North London with Sticky Toffee Pudding, Treacle Pudding and Ginger Syrup.
Perfect pudding weather ! with a real cold snap and snow on its way, the tasting was very popular. Pictured here are Benji and Ruth tucking in to some Pudding Club Puds.
173 Puddings, 11 Pudding Club Meetings and all in less than 12 months!
Fi and Nathan Tatchell-White are true pudding lovers, they have broken all records in 2009 attending 11 meetings and have eaten 173 puddings between them. I am sure you are wondering who ate the most! Well Fi managed an amazing 91, while Nathan struggled to keep up but still achieved a very creditable 82 puds.
At their last meeting of the year on December 4th Fi and Nathan decided to celebrate this massive achievement by really dressing to impress! Was Turkey on the menu?
Peter Henderson chairman of The Pudding Club who hosted the meeting said "The atmosphere was electric, I have hosted pudding club meetings for 15 years but this beats them all"
If Fi and Nathan did this in 2009 the 24th year of The Pudding Club, what will happen when they start to celebrate the 25th anniversary in 2010!
Check Pudding Club Blog to find out more about which puds were their favourites


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Our quest for nutritional health began a little over ten years ago. Eliminating refined sugar, oils, white flour, and processed foods were the focal point of our dietary makeover. We made significant changes, benefiting with less seasonal illness, sustained level of energy, and shedding excess body weight. It proved true; it worked.
So what am I confessing?
Now, four months post-heart attack, there is a long list of things we have learned and unlearned. In my previous post Feel Healthy: Have a Heart Attack Anyway, is important information about heart attack risks and crucial tests. This post is about answering the question,
How did this happen?
Knowing is not doing; over the years, we got busy, a little lazy, and a bit arrogant. We compromised more than we thought. Even though our clothes fit a little tighter, we blamed it on our age and assumed we were fine; besides, we ate right most of the time and took supplements occasionally. The reality of the choices you've made is never clearer than when you face a serious, yet avoidable, health risk.
The statement that woke us up was from the cardiologist: "We know that what he was doing wasn't working." That was hard to hear because we thought otherwise. We have heard from more than a few people whose perception was that we followed a good diet and were relatively healthy. Well, we perceived that too. However, as we took a hard look at what we were really eating rather than relying on our knowledge of a healthy diet, denial was exposed.
Compromising adds-up in the form of convenience, justification, and rationalization. Compromise is exactly what got us (him) here—special occasions, dinner out with friends, mood enhancement, been good for a week, worked out harder this week, too tired, too busy, were all part of the excuse regimen. Whatever bargaining was necessary, we found a way to eat what we wanted, put off regular exercise, and still feel okay about it. These momentary "just this once" decisions appear harmless, even manageable. Seemingly small concessions, accumulate into health-robbing patterns.
Activity is not exercise. Having the ability to exercise, thinking about exercising, planning to exercise, buying exercise equipment, is not the same thing as actually committing to a lifestyle of regular exercise. Taking the stairs instead of the elevator, parking farther away from stores, weekend hikes, walking the dog is all good, but it is not a substitute for real heart-pumping exertion 3-4 days a week. Technology encourages passivity. We sit in our cars, at our desks, at the table, when entertained, while we wait, you get the idea. Sedentary habits catch up with us and the medical bills tell the real story.
Diligence in diet and exercise prove true once again; it still works. In just a few months, cholesterol numbers dropped dramatically and so have the numbers on the scale (he shed 20 lbs and I shed 13 lbs). The funny thing is, I had been "trying" for over two years to lose those 5-7 lbs with no sustained progress. Denial had set in as I flipped through fitness magazines for new exercises and complained to friends that I just could not figure out why the scale kept inching up. I wondered if my metabolism had simply changed after turning 40 and this is just the way things would be—it happens to everybody at some point, right. No, I was in denial and unwilling to get serious about it.
I remember telling friends, "Life is too short to not have dessert". They agreed, who wouldn't? (We like it when friends validate our denial.) Well, I have adjusted that mantra. Life is too short not to have dessert; it will likely be shorter if we do. Don't get me wrong, we will have a treat on our birthday and enjoy special holiday traditions, but it will be rare. This is not a fad diet or a knee-jerk response to a health issue; we have seen first hand what works, what doesn't work, and the cost if we ignore reality. We are diligent with our diet and exercise now as though our lives depend on it—because they do.
Proverbs 28:13 (NIV) Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
Scottish proverb: Open confession is good for the soul. (In this case, it is good for the heart as well.)
Resources for nutrition and health:
The Maker's Diet by Jordan Rubin
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon
Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill by Udo Erasmus
Food Smart by Cheryl Townsley


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Paula Goodbar's photographic series 'Homage to Frida' is exquisite. For around $20 Paula offers 8 x 10 in signed photographic prints here.
Australian Designer Collette Dinnigan with Frida Kahlo as inspiration unveiled her latest collection this week in Paris. 'Portrait of a Woman' showcases a kaleidoscope of textures, a richness of silhouettes reminiscent of eras past and prints that encapsulate a uniquely sophisticated turn.
And speaking of monobrows, if you're in Queensland don't miss Evangeline Cachinero's exhibition 'Highbrow art? Is it Lowbrow art ? No, it's Monobrow!' showing at the Noosa Regional Gallery from 18 March to 24 April.
Evangeline is a clever little chick utilising social media to encourage participation in the show. Read more about her Twitter project here and check out her YouTube video below.


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Police Department
Local Investigation of Matthew Bovee
In August of 2010, a former Lincoln resident, Matthew S. Bovee was indicted by a grand jury in Kerr County, Texas, for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and Indecency of a Child by Sexual Contact. He was accused of molesting an 11-year-old boy at Camp La Junta summer camp in 2009. He allegedly touched the boy's private parts while screening campers as they emerged from showers to ensure they were clean.
On May 10, 2011, Matthew Bovee admitted to sexually assaulting a child and pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of Injury of a Child with Intent to Harm. In a deal with prosecutors, he was sentenced to 10 years of probation. He was arrested just three months later for violating several terms of that probation. Matthew Bovee later pled "true" and was sentenced to nine years in prison.
Prior to leaving Lincoln in 2008, twenty-two year old Matthew Bovee was employed as a youth fitness trainer and lifeguard. Due to his frequent contact with children, there is a possibility that there are victims in the Lincoln area. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Investigator Cockle with Lincoln Police Department's Family Crimes Unit at (402) 441-8980.


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it's undeniable that an increasing number of academics in the United States prefer to be called by their first names, viewing honorifics as pretentious and arrogant. The blame for this social calamity can be placed squarely at the feet of Marxist sociology, which more or less permeates society today. For the Marxist everything is reduced to power relationships, including titles and formalities. The use of honorifics exposes power relationships that are not supposed to exist (better translated as "you're not supposed to notice") in our egalitarian society, interfering with the liberal's preferred method changing reality by ignoring it.
The first thing we know about any professor who rejects honorifics is that he defines his own position primarily in terms of power and privilege rather than knowledge or accomplishment, regarding the former as instruments of oppression. He feels embarrassed or guilty about this and prefers not to be reminded by his title. He has little respect for his own achievement, considering it something anyone else could do - which sounds deceptively humble. Behind the facade of humility there are some disturbing corollaries. It usually follows that such a man has even less respect for the achievements of others, [emphasis his] which he thinks anyone else might have easily accomplished, most especially himself. He views many of those who fail to reach his own level of achievement with either pity or contempt, as the only legitimate explanations for inequality in his egalitarian mind are: a) oppression; or b) moral fault.
Now, it's awfully amusing how he lays this at the feet of Marx. And then there's the bit in italics, about what usually follows this pernicious informality. These seem to be clear instances of exactly the kind of bad behavior our scientist friends were complaining about last week, where the philosopher asserts that some phenomenon is caused by or correlated with some other phenomenon, but where this relationship has not been subject to empirical scrutiny and has in fact just been made up. Examples of this in the quoted text include: that people who eschew titles view them as pretentious and arrogant; that they do this because of marxism; that they do this because they object to relationships of unequal power; that they nevertheless define the relationship in terms of unequal power, regardless of the details; that they feel embarrassment or guilt over this inequality of power; that they regard accomplishments as oppressive; that they respect the achievements of others even less than they respect their own; that they believe that just anyone could earn a doctoral degree; that the only legitimate reasons for an inequality of achievement are oppression and moral fault. Wowza.
I allow my students to use my first name. I do this not because I have no respect for my own achievements, but (in part) out of my tremendous respect for the achievements of real doctors. I do not see my role as defined by power and privilege rather than by knowledge and achievement; I see my role as involving all of these things. I have certain powers and privileges, and I am qualified to have these powers and privileges in virtue of my knowledge and accomplishments. But the most important thing about these powers and privileges is that they come with very serious responsibilities. I am competent to do this job in virtue of my qualifications, but they have little or nothing to do with the fact that I can be trusted with the responsibility of doing it.
I have these powers, privileges, and responsibilities, as well as my knowledge and achievements, whether or not I insist on being addressed in a way that accentuates them. I am inclined to suspect that this widespread trend of using first names is a result of the fact that the academic student-teacher relationship is, like a lot of things, now less formal than it was. People don't dress up the way they used to, and they don't use titles the way they used to.
I also have some experience with this practice from the perspective of an undergraduate. My undergraduate professors all permitted students to use first names--some allowed all students to do so, while others insisted on the honorific from students at the intro level while they were more relaxed with students in the upper division. This did not decrease my respect for them, their knowledge, or their accomplishments. I was, and continue to be, in awe of how smart and accomplished these people were and are. They were the smartest people I had ever met in real life, and I declared philosophy as my major, before I had any inkling that I wanted to pursue it as a career, in the hopes that a philosophical education would make me as smart as they were. I did not get the idea that just anyone could achieve what they had achieved.
And so it seems to me that if they respect you only because they call you doctor, they don't respect you. It seems to me that whether they call you doctor or not is irrelevant to whether they respect you. And it seems to me that, in an environment in which nobody else is doing it, insisting on being addressed as doctor will make them respect you less because they will think you're a jackass.
--Mr. Zero
P.S. Cullbreath is really distasteful. Here he is reprimanding a commenter for the "offensive" practice of using the feminine pronoun for a generic person.


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sales associate - kate spade new york
- Employer
- Kate Spade & Company
- Location
- Washington, DC
- Posted
- Mar 12, 2018
- Closes
- Mar 19, 2018
- Function
- Sales
- Industry
- Retail
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Hours
- Full Time
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