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the South San Diego County Graveyard Rabbit
Association presented in order of their membership.
I was fascinated by cemeteries when I was a child. They seemed so quiet and peaceful – a green space in the middle of the city surrounding them. I was intrigued by the "why" of burying or cremating dead bodies, and I admit that it hasn't ever seemed very logical to me – frankly, it seemed very cold and final.
My grandparents told me that it was so that the living could honor their dead loved ones by visiting their burial locations and placing flowers on important days of their lives – birthdays, deathdays, Christmas, etc. That seemed to be the most logical reason of all to me – the survivors longed to be near their loved ones and remember them. That is, of course, the reason many of us pursue our elusive ancestors – to remember, appreciate and honor them and to bring their life stories to the attention of other family members as good examples (or perhaps bad examples) of lives lived well.
My great-grandparents, Austin and Della (Smith) Carringer, Della's mother, Abigail (Vaux) Smith, and another great-grandmother, Georgianna (Kemp) Auble, were all cremated and are inurned at the Cypress View Mausoleum in San Diego. When I was a child, I occasionally went with my grandparents to put flowers on the niches of their parents. It was only when I started doing family history research that I found the graves of my other great-grandfather, Charles Auble, and Austin Carringer's parents, David J. and Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer.
The goal for the South San Diego County Graveyard Rabbit web site is to provide useful information concerning each cemetery, memorial park and mausoleum in San Diego County south of Interstate 8. There are a number of very large cemeteries in this area and I plan to visit each one, take some pictures, and then write a blog post about each one. I plan to provide links to the cemetery web site, and note the location of published or online cemetery listings. In general, I won't post many photographs of graves in each cemetery, or lists of persons in the cemeteries – I'll leave that to the web sites dedicated to those purposes. However, I do hope to note special areas – like Civil War veterans – in each cemetery.
I am a 5th generation native of San Diego. That doesn't sound too impressive to some people, but San Diego was discovered by European explorers in 1769, became a town in 1850, and really didn't start growing until the 1880's, which is when my great-grandparents Austin and Della (Smith) Carringer came to town on their honeymoon – and they never left.
Family history and genealogy has always intrigued me – I love mysteries and detective stories. I began pursuing my elusive ancestors in earnest in 1988 – after my grandparents and my father had died. Fortunately, my mother had boxes of family papers, photographs and books, so I have been able to find quite a bit of family history through them. Tracing earlier generations has led me to studying and searching the northeastern USA, Ontario in Canada, England, Holland, Germany, France and Norway.
In addition to serving in my local genealogy societies, presenting genealogy programs to societies and conferences, and writing books about my ancestry, I write several genealogy blogs, including GeneaMusings, The Geneaholic and the Chula Vista Genealogy Café.


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Contouring, I find, makes a big difference to the face, even if its just a quick bit of shading and highlighting. I bought this unusually names Top 10 V-Line Maker from Ebay, by Korean brand Etude House.
As well as being a bronzer, its also a 'V Line' maker – V line? Do they mean cleavage enhancer? It there's one place I don't need enhancing, its there!
How to use? Etude House have given us a cute guide:
Best areas to contour:
Under the cheekbone
Under the chin
Sides of the forehead (you can cover all three areas with the magic '3' shape covering the temple, cheek bone and chin).
Centre of the forehead
Tops of cheeks
Around the collarbones
Also the outer 'V' (the top of the cheekbone leading up to the end of the eyebrow.)
It is a pretty compact and its handy having both shades in one place. The texture of the powder is somewhere between soft and hard – its not overly pigmented but you would still need a light hand with these colours – the darker shade would be better I think, if it were more cool toned, like Illamasqua's Mischief Blusher.
Instead it is more of a bronzer, and warm toned making it hard to wear for cool toned girls. Too much, and it verges on slightly orange. With a light hand it looks quite good but I do have a very warm toned complexion at the moment.
There is a mild shimmer to this powder – its actually not that bad (more prominent with the highlighter) but nevertheless, I prefer mattes when contouring.
Verdict: Its not for everyone because the darker shade is such a warm toned brown, but I like it and its makes it easier for me to contour and go!
Got it from eBay for £12 plus shipping.

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The New York Artbook Fair at MoMA's PS.1
This past weekend had me preoccupied with the Printed Matter New York Artbook Fair held at PS1 in Queens NY. For anyone living in the area who hasn't been, it is a great chance to see more books than one can possibly take in within one weekend. Still I saw some stuff that had me wanting to rethink my recent personal moratorium I placed on book buying.
The events started Thursday evening with a preview and after-party at Deitch Projects. The after-party seemed to be mostly long lines of thirsty and hungry hipsters waiting for free beer and dollar-fifty empanadas. Art was on the walls and floor but no one seemed interested in much beyond the complimentary Tom Sachs screwdriver (a real Stanley).
Germany was present with a booth run by Markus and Schaden.com along with the Marks of Honor project run by Nina Poppe and Verena Loewenhaupt. Look for Markus's Le Brea Matrix project in the near future. Oliver Sieber and Katja Stuke from the Dusseldorf-based Bohm/Kobayashi press also had ten years of their own artist book projects for offer, plus a new book by the NY photographer Ted Partin, Who are you this time?
The Foil booth from Japan had a signing with Rinko Kawauchi. Jason Fulford and Leanne Shapton of J+L had a few limited edition's of their books including a great portfolio by Landmasses and Railways author Bertrand Flueret. Mike Slack and Trisha Gabriel of The Ice Plant shared a booth with A-Jump and Ron Jude was present to sign several of his books. Mike Slack's new book Pyramids is fresh off the presses and will see some coverage here soon.
When Boredon Strikes author Joachim Schmid had a whole slew of his Blurb books of appropriated photos and no one seemed to mind. In fact, most readers seemed to enjoy his work so his unneeded bodyguards and team of lawyers were left to wander the Richard Prince exhibition of art books and posters.
Winfried Heininger and Kodoji press had a few fine books with a Jules Spinatsch retrospective, Jet Master (a collaboration by Salome Schmuki, Idan Hayosh and Corina Kunzli) and title on the student movement of Mexico in 1968. The Errata Editions books distributor DAP had Steidl's new Ed Ruscha limited edition (350 copies) On the Road for perusal. At 10,000 dollars and full of original c prints, the white gloves were necessary. They couldn't spare a review copy.
One of my favorite rooms was for the Arnhem based graphic design and typography school Werkplaats Typografie (Their website is fuckin nuts!). My single purchase of the whole fair was of a fine book of silkscreen 'make ready' sheets compiled by Hans Gremmen for 20 dollars. The poster/prints were discarded sheets found in the studio of Paul Wyber. I will give this book some coverage later.
Many rooms featured self-published artist books which is the main thrust of Printed Matter's concern. Paul Schiek of TBW had a table as did representatives of NY's Center for Book Arts. Thurston Moore and Ecstatic Peace! Library, his new publishing venture had a couple books - one a book of Morre's poems and another of an extended interview with Vito Acconci. Both will be distributed by DAP.
On the ground floor, many rare book dealers had great stuff of limited affordability. Harper Levine of Harper's Books has been digging deep with the Japanese books and had many titles I haven't ever seen before. Gordon of Anartist had a full wall of goodies and his usual bins of rare ephemera and catalogs.
One seller had a 100 dollar copy of the American Bricolage catalog from the Sperone Westwater gallery. This is a handmade book (with duct tape) made by Todd Alden with Chris Burden, Tim Hawkinson, Richard Wentworth and others which I had seen a year ago and has been on my list of wants since. Even though 100 bucks is a fairly good price, I passed on it and it remains on my list.
This fair was great but for whatever reason PS1 throws off my internal compass so I kept discovering rooms of tables that I hadn't seen during the first days. Luckily, I did stumble upon the William Kentridge cut-outs pasted to the walls of a stairwell. If only the James Turrell room was open, but, that isn't a book so I guess I saw most everything else that was worthwhile. Cheers to Printed Matter until next year.


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What is the City's Sphere of Influence? A City sphere of influence (SOI) is a plan for the probable physical boundaries and service area of a local government agency. Territory is included in a SOI to:
Who approves the City Sphere of Influence? The seven member Nevada County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) is responsible for determining the City's SOI.
What factors were considered in developing Nevada City's SOI? The current SOI boundary was based upon several factors, including, but not limited to:
What is the history on Nevada City's Sphere of Influence? Nevada City's Sphere of Influence was carefully developed and approved by the Nevada County LAFCo Board in 1983. The Sphere was again reviewed and approved by the Nevada County LAFCo Board in 2008. Since incorporation, Nevada City has approximately doubled its incorporated territory.
If my property is removed from the Sphere of Influence, is it possible the County could change the zoning of my property or neighborhood? Yes, if your property is removed from the SOI, then the City would only be able to comment on proposals to change zoning. It is possible the County could modify the zoning to a more intense or different land use (e.g. multi-family, commercial, industrial, etc.).
My property is on a septic tank that is aging. If my septic tank fails, will I still be able to connect to City sewer if my property is removed from the SOI? Standard septic systems last approximately 50 years and possibly less in this region given substandard soils associated with previous mining activities. Removal of your property from the SOI would complicate your ability to connect to City sewer.
Does the City have sewer capacity to accommodate properties in the current sphere of influence? Yes, the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant has capacity for 0.69 million gallons per day (mgd). Current average dry weather flow ranges from 0.38 to 0.47 mgd and has capacity to serve the entire SOI.


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MICHELIN have, for the first time, utilised the PST technology in the production of a tyre destined for use with a scooter. The continuous, fine capillary tread breaks the surface tension of any water layer, no matter the condition of the rest of the tread pattern. These have also been increased along the tyres shoulder, making cornering even more predictable, and consequently also safer.
These 'City Grip' tyres make sure you are best equipped to deal with wet roads, cobblestones and slippery street markings without any upsets! As proof of their superior performance these tyres have already received world-wide manufacturers approval for use with over fifty separate models of scooter, amongst others, they are already standard equipment on the PIAGGIO MP-3 three-wheeler. A version of this tyre (GT), especially developed for use with the Vespa GT is also available, to meet its own individual demands and specifications.
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Fulda, SK is officially utilizing an area code overlay in which area codes 306 and 639 serve the same geographic area. Ten digit dialing (area code + seven digit number) is necessary.
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"There's a story in every brick you trip over." Barbara Early was talking about Olde Towne, the historic heart of Portsmouth, Va., a city of 97,000 on the banks of the Elizabeth River.
Early's enthusiasm for this small city is infectious. "In one square mile there's so much to see," said Early, an Olde Towne resident and history/docent coordinator at the Hill House Museum there. "There's not any one reason to visit. There's a lot of reasons. We're a hidden gem."
My wife and I were on a walking tour of Olde Towne, a compact grid north of Queen Street and east of Green Street. We'd arrived earlier in the day, crossing the river on the paddle-wheel ferry from Norfolk. Looming on our left as we'd approached Portsmouth were three huge naval vessels, including an aircraft carrier undergoing repairs in dry dock. From the vessels came clanging and rumbling and the smell of diesel fumes. Tugboats and a military patrol craft cruised the river, while several helicopters flew by overhead. The Elizabeth is a working river, home to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth.
Portsmouth's shipyard history goes back to 1767, when Andrew Sprowle, a well-to-do Scottish merchant, established the Gosport shipyard just south of Olde Towne. In the ensuing years, succeeding generations of merchants, ship designers and builders, whose livelihoods depended on the ever-growing shipyard, built homes and businesses in Olde Towne.
Starting our walk on North Street, we strolled past Federal, Victorian and Romanesque houses, former taverns, lodging houses and businesses lining the tree-covered streets. Crape myrtles flowered with lovely pink and white blossoms, reminding us that this is a Southern city, as did the Confederate Monument to fallen soldiers at Court and High Streets.
The Grice-Neely House on North Street, an 1820 structure with a wrought-iron second-floor balcony, reminded us of New Orleans. Francis Grice was the last master builder of sailing ships for the U.S. Navy. He designed the flagship that Commodore Matthew Perry sailed on his 1854 voyage to Japan. Across North Street, the Patriot Inn, built in 1784, was once a boardinghouse and until recently a bed-and-breakfast.
Perhaps the best place to visit for the most complete sense of Portsmouth's history is the Hill House on North Street. This three-story building is the home of the Portsmouth Historical Association and contains the furnishings of four generations of the Hill family, who lived there from 1820 until 1961. The Hills were a prominent Portsmouth family of businessmen and politicians. Hill House entertained four U.S. presidents over the years.
Among the interesting pieces in the house are two gorgeous rosewood secretaries, with ivory inlays, from Italy; an unusual cylindrical music stand; a Knabe piano, a famous 19th-century brand; and the family silver and china.
Portsmouth was occupied by the North during much of the Civil War, and several houses have Civil War connections. One of the most interesting is the Pass House, so named because that's where the Union army issued passes to anyone wishing to leave Portsmouth. The Macon House, now a private residence, served as a hospital during the Civil War.
At the end of London Street, we boarded the Lightship Portsmouth Museum, an actual lightship that used to anchor at sea for months at a time to warn ships, via a light mounted on its mast, of navigational hazards. It was extremely dangerous duty for the crew of up to 15 men. Sometimes the lightships were rammed by the very ships they were trying to protect. And conditions on board were crowded. The tiny crew's quarters held bunks stacked three high, while the captain's quarters had a single bunk and just enough room for a small desk and chair.
At the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum on High Street, naval artifacts, ship models and various display cases illustrate the history of Portsmouth and its shipyard through the Revolution and the Civil War and into the 20th century. My wife's favorite display was a scale model of Portsmouth in 1774, showing the streets of Olde Towne and the early shipyard.
There are models of the Monitor and the Merrimack (a.k.a. the Virginia), the ironclads that fought their historic Civil War battle in the waters of nearby Hampton Roads. The Confederate navy converted the wooden frigate Merrimack to the ironclad Virginia right in the shipyard. I looked at an actual piece of armament from the Virginia, a small piece of metal that revolutionized naval warfare.
Corey Thornton, curator of the shipyard and lightship museums, said that one of the most popular exhibits at the shipyard museum is the yeomanette, a model, in full uniform, of the first women on active duty in the U.S. Navy during World War I. Most of these women worked around shipyards and other naval installations doing clerical work, although some were machinists or did medical work. They were precursors, in a sense, of the World War II-era WACs and WAVES.
"It's one of our favorite pieces," Thornton said. "It stands for something when women didn't have the rights that they have today. It was the first real effort by the government to say to women that we need your help."
For me, the most fascinating story at the museum concerns the German village, constructed at the shipyard in 1915 by German sailors whose ships were impounded before the United States entered WWI. This was a complete village with houses, shops, a church, a post office and even its own newspaper. A photo shows bearded and mustachioed men clutching beer mugs around a piano, one man cradling a dog in his arms. Another photo shows the village windmill.
Curiosity seekers paid admission to tour the village, whose residents, living in a sort of political limbo, were neither prisoners of war nor completely free. When the United States entered the war in 1917, the sailors became prisoners and were shipped to POW camps in Georgia. The village was torn down to enlarge the shipyard.
Just another story found in the bricks of Portsmouth.
Lee teaches journalism at Bucknell University.


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HA Ultras real life! sold.. lol just start the question asking.. though im sure Ultra will be threatening me with doom and death.. but its worth it..
heheh ultra spends ways too much time studying.
Heres one, has he ever made of fool of himself infront or for a girl?
You work for this!
ROFL girl ?! Ultra like never talked to girls.. to busy studying.. he prolly is still the same way! lol ha!.. but not really.. he isnt the type to fool around and do stupid things.. like the rest of us.. which was to bad.. oh wait.. i think he talked to em.. when they asked him for answers.. or he needed answers.. i think the only way he mighta embaressed himself was when going over some war type thing and making crazy gun fire noises and explosions.. we got so many weird looks from that but it was fun!
Ah... remember caitlyn in law class? That one was hiliarous.
ultra... you need to get wasted. like, really fucken wasted. like you dont remember the last 3 days kind of wasted
Yeah, we need to start beefing up recruitment. What ever happened to that Canuck guy?
captain canuck is grumpalumpagus on bnet right? the leader of clan xWPx, the clan where all warcraft III playing cows are in.
Yeah join fags!
ooooooh, can i join?
Can I rejoin?
I'll take that as a 'no'.
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Last minute dessert.
I know, I know Thanksgiving is tomorrow and you are thinking you don't have time to come up with another dessert recipe. This is where you are wrong. You can make this recipe from start to finish in 10 minutes! Not only is it quick and easy, but rice crispy treats are a universal crowd pleaser. If you bought Candy Corn at Halloween, changes are you still have some leftover. If you don't have any then you still have time to run to the store and get some (but really any favorite candy will work). now start your timers and get baking!
Crispy Rice Candy Corn Treats
recipe adapted from Paula Deen
4 tablespoons butter
1 (10 ounce) bag marshmallows
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Vanilla
6 cups Crispy Rice Cereal (preferred brand: Kellogg's Rice Krispies)
1 cup candy corns
Spray a 13x9 glass baking dish and rubber spatula with non stick spray.
In a medium sized sauce pan over low heat, add butter to melt. Once melted add marshmallows, salt, and vanilla. Stir continuously until the marshmallows have reached a smooth consistency. Remove from heat and fold in the cereal and candy corns until completely coated.
Add the mixture to the greased baking dish and smooth out evenly. Allow to cool before cutting into squares.


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What is the probability they can be arranged in a triangle with each end touching another end with an equal number of spots?
For example: [1|3][3|0][0|1] can form such a triangle.
(Note: this triangle is not a legal configuration in an actual game of dominoes.)
Randomly draw four dominoes instead.
What is the probability of being able to form a square in the same fashion?
How about 5? 6? 27? 26?
There doesn't seem to be a general formula. Is there?


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Men are simple folk, so why is it when it comes to buying your boyfriend gifts, it's anything but simple? If you need a little help finding the perfect gift for your perfect man, check out these brilliant boyfriend gifts.
Want to impress your man with a brilliant boyfriend gift? It's easier than you think! Walk away from the socks and boxer shorts and check out our pick of the best boyfriend gifts on the web. He'll be so impressed he may even give up an evening of football to spend some time with you. We kid you not.
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Is your boyfriend obsessed with sports? For once this might be more of a help than a hindrance. Be it football, golf, tennis, rugby or some other sport that has a ball, you are onto a winner when it comes to choosing a boyfriend gift he'll love. Embrace his sporty ways and choose some unique sports memorabilia or merchandise for championship league boyfriend gifts he'll be bragging to his mates about. Officially securing your place as 'the ultimate girlfriend.'
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Women are always complaining that their men would do well to be a little more style savvy, so if your boyfriend takes pride in his looks, rejoice!. You now have carte blanche to pick out a stylish boyfriend gift that you both will like. Him wearing it, and you looking at him wearing it - everyone's a winner!
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Community Leader Spotlight: Teach for America
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Educational opportunities should not be determined by your family's income or the neighborhood in which you live. That's why Teach For America is developing a movement of leaders who will help drive change at every level of our education system toward the goal of closing the opportunity gap. These leaders start their paths as corps members who teach for two years in urban and rural high-need communities and help students make the academic progress that expands their opportunities. Deeply affected by their teaching experience, our alumni continue to advocate for students and build lasting change in many different roles and fields.
This year, 11,000 corps members are teaching in 48 regions across the country, while nearly 32,000 Teach For America alumni continue working from inside and outside the field of education for the changes necessary to make a great education a reality for all.
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303 Magazine kicks off Denver Fashion Weekend
303 Magazine declares it "Denver's Largest Fashion Event," and maybe it is. But they've got a lot of work to do if they want to make it Denver's best.
Thursday night, crowds of women in wedged platforms – and lots of guys in suspenders – swarmed City Hall to be seen at night one of 303 Magazine's Denver Fashion Weekend, an event often held in the spring and fall that hasn't been without inconsistencies in its production values (with clear differences in the spring 2013 and fall 2013 shows).
Generally a two-night soiree – with one featuring local designers and boutiques, and the other hairstyles and salons – this season's DFW threw a third evening into the mix, boldly titled National Brands: Street Style Fashion.
A street style fashion show would have been a great idea.
Rather, 303 had DFW sponsor MINI, and then Burton and Ducati send models wearing logo-ed baby-doll tee's and zip-ups down the runway.
A couple accessories peppered the show. MINI had some giant vinyl bags and messengers, and Ducati eventually brought out the moto gear. But as far as street style goes — these national brands haven't got a clue.
Instead of watching color after color of tee-shirts with brands slapped onto the chest, I would have liked to see how a street gal or guy might actually style a piece like that (read: free shirt) into an outfit, or how one of those big ol' bags could be used for the beach.
I understand the magazine wanting to celebrate and showcase its sponsors, but I was hoping for a little more creativity. Night one was billed as a fashion show, after all.
But just because Thursday ended with SWAG instead of a BANG, that's not to say the rest of the weekend doesn't have potential. Saturday night's fashion show will feature Mondo Guerra and the hair show on Sunday will include Colorado's first ever Hairstyling Awards.
Tickets are still available for each night, and begin at around $25.


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Mobile BI solutions that don't break the bank
Mobile BI solutions don't have to break the budget. Mobility expert Bill French ponders the benefits of lightweight BI solutions for the mobile era.
It's no surprise that business leaders want mobile access to actionable information that can help them make good decisions. Companies have made significant investments in desktop business intelligence (BI), the gold standard for operations units' reporting.
Bill French
It's a no-brainer to expand an already well-designed and integrated BI product so it can be used on smartphones and tablets. And the well-established BI providers have been happy to oblige. Companies such as MicroStrategy Inc., IBM and QlikTech International AB are providing managers and executives with mobile extensions to their existing BI investments.
But what if your company hasn't invested in traditional desktop BI services? And, given the enterprise trend of taking advantage of such consumer tools as the iPad to empower a mobile workforce, does your department or firm actually need a monolithic -- and usually pricey -- product to address its BI requirements? Maybe not.
Post-desktop BI and the consumerization of IT
In fact, I would contend that the post-desktop BI era is upon us, driven by the consumerization of IT and the need for anytime, anywhere computing.
As Apple constantly reminds us, tablets fit naturally into executives' and managers' work styles, and I agree this segment will embrace mobile BI solutions readily. The adoption of mobile business applications, on the other hand, is not limited to the executive class.
In fact, mobile apps for business use are flooding the enterprise. These apps typically aren't developed by enterprise IT, nor are they provisioned by the enterprise -- and for good reason. What sense does it make for a company to build its own PDF viewer if a $2.99, off-the-shelf product meets the known business requirements? There's been increasing evidence for a while that IT is simply unprepared to deal with the rapid increase in demand for mobile apps. A June 2010 IDC-Unisys survey of 560 IT managers and 2,660 employees and executives at large companies showed that IT underestimates significantly the number of employees using laptops, mobiles devices and tablets, and that IT is unable to support those consumer devices.
Not all business apps are being ignored in favor of using an available consumer version, but it is a powerful trend that is reshaping how workers use such apps to get stuff done. In this context, I think it's reasonable to consider the future of mobile BI apps and the real possibility that point products, which solve a single problem, can be created more easily -- without massive investments in a traditional BI infrastructure and without increasing the burdens IT organizations are facing already.
One additional point to consider in the march to predominantly mobile BI: In my investigation of lightweight BI tools, I've heard from many IT professionals that their users' BI requirements are changing rapidly and becoming fluid.
Combine the phenomenal uptake by employees of powerful mobile tablets with IT professionals' need to deal with rapidly shifting user requirements, and you have a computing shift that is kicking open the doors for lightweight BI software.
Post-desktop BI application strategy
We know that BI software has to be integrated with internal operations data and, increasingly, with external data as well, much of which is publicly available information. Social media metrics are a good example of the kind of external BI data that companies need to access.
And, yes, traditional BI vendors are looking for new ways to remain relevant as a tsunami of social media mobile apps races toward the shore. MicroStrategy's recent announcement of Alert, a free Facebook BI application, is a case in point that social network data is emerging as a requirement for BI.
These requirements nevertheless can be met effectively by cloud-based services and lightweight BI dashboard systems designed specifically to use information from the conversational Web. This new breed of BI products -- with their powerful BI dashboards based on social metrics -- will cost less and will give enterprises more agility as they try to keep up with rapidly changing market conditions.
Another factor influencing the era of post-desktop BI is the ubiquitous availability of cloud services, which are a significant force in mobile computing. Many small companies -- even some large ones -- are adopting Google Docs and Microsoft Office360, a signal of yet another shift away from traditional IT technology and the application stack. Naturally, post-desktop BI products must take account of these trends.
Rapidly shifting user requirements are producing a computing shift that is kicking open the doors for lightweight BI software.
I asked Mark Priatel, software architect at cloud-based BI-dashboard services company Klipfolio Inc., whether the emergence of lightweight BI tools is signaling a post-desktop era in BI. "To a large extent it is being made possible by the ease with which data can be shared. Specifically, the rise of easy-to-consume data services (for example, RESTful [from REST, or Representational State Transfer], as opposed to SOAP [Simple Object Access Protocol], and the adoption of [the OAuth protocol]) has made it a lot easier to move data around," he said.
One strategy enterprises should consider when they address BI requirements in the post-desktop era is to invest as little as possible in developing mobile or data visualization apps. Instead, they should focus on middleware -- the integration layers necessary develop apps rapidly that use the data that is most suitable for their mobile BI requirements.
To be clear, organizations don't need a native app to display business data on a mobile device, such as an iPad. Products like GeckoBoard and Klipfolio Dashboard (in beta) use open Web standards to deliver BI visualizations that are comparable to those that native apps deliver. But if you absolutely must have the snappier performance or heightened security of a native app, Roambi from MeLLmo Inc. integrates with many enterprise services, and Google Docs as well, at a price that even small businesses can afford.
Little bets in business intelligence
These new cloud-based BI services are simple, effective and very inexpensive to experiment with. They also are highly agile and can be reshaped quickly and redeployed instantly. It's likely that we'll start to see "little BI bets" with these services, especially [among small and medium-sized businesses]. I can envision moderate adoption of post-desktop BI services at departmental levels of enterprises where rapid change in BI requirements is critical, or access to social data is more important than internal operational data.
Bill French is a software developer and co-founder and CEO of MyST Technology Partners Inc. He's also founder of news portal iPadCTO and can be reached at email@example.com.
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Apparently new employees on the Cadburys production lines have a grace period in which they can gorge themselves on as much confectionary as they wish, free of consequence beyond massive obesity and a Se7en-style end. The intention is to overwhelm them with chocolate, to desensitise them to its pleasures through sheer sickly overconsumption, and in doing so deter future sampling from the factory floor. Few workers, it seems, opt for worktime snacking again.
There's the risk that Brazilian electronic artist Amon Tobin's latest release might produce a similar effect. Seven CDs, two DVDs, six vinyls and a ton of artwork, pressed between hard covers by metal bolts and industrial chic: this is as exhaustive a collection as it is beautiful. But it really is beautiful - seriously, just look at the pictures on the Ninja Tune website. There's a level of presentation here that can only really be expressed through drooling, eyes wide and flickering at the contemplation of whole evenings spent twirling the bolts and fingering the contents, trembling hands lifting the package closer to inhale the smell. And that's without even considering what's on those disks: an almost entirely unreleased glut of live tracks, remixes, soundtrack contributions and rarities, videos, images, interviews and documentaries, it's a lifetime's supply of chocolate for lovers of moody soundscapes and industrial clatter.
Alas, DiS has only been able to nibble at the edges, with 14 tracks on a sampler standing in for the 121 spread across the CDs. The DVD and vinyl content we can't comment on, beyond observing that there's a lot of it and that the names are interesting: 'Bath Scene (Here Comes The Moon Man)' in particular sounds essential. But assuming what we've heard is representative, Boxset is a considerable cut above the usual odds-and-ends array of offshoots and b-sides that all too often constitute collectors editions.
This being a numbered release shipping for £130 there's a pretty clearly-defined audience, and it's not the casual listener. There's little concession for newcomers to Amon Tobin here, little acclimatisation to the edges and shadow that he carves into sound. From the broken fairground of 'Carry On Marmaduke' to the fractured dystopia of film score 'Madam Larivee' and the tribal bite of 'Angels and Demons', this is a characteristically jarring assault of glitches and experiment, of white noise and hanging mist.
Highlights are everywhere, in the ghosts and melancholy of Bibio's take on Isam's 'Wooden Toy' and the fever-dream brass of Pete Wareham's rendering of 'Surge' to the orchestral cataclysm of 'Sunhammer'. It's a claustrophobic listen, certainly, but often a disarmingly affecting one as well, with moments of striking fragility woven in amidst the caustic breakdowns and artillery beats. Epitomising this are the live performances from the Royal Albert Hall, highpoints from across Amon Tobin's career adapted by The London Metropolitan Orchestra to foreground instrumentation over loops and emotion over amplification, and genuinely worth the asking price in themselves.
Some of the remixes grate a little, sure, and with a running length of around a day there's bound to be some filler here, but that doesn't really matter. This was never going to be for everyone - indeed, it's only for 4,000 people, in all likelihood not just familiar with but already at home in Amon Tobin's rain-wracked future-noir. There's certainly an argument that the rising trend for premium editions - at a time of economic dissolve, sadistic reforms and bloated living costs - is unpleasant, pricing people out of music for the sake of short-term opportunism, but really that's a discussion best saved for another time, with a different product: Boxset has been put together with far too much care to be dismissed as a mere cash-in, and those fortunate enough to be able to afford it are very, very unlikely to find cause for disappointment. As for the rest of us - well, there's all that drool to leak.
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Buck gives interview on loss
Though US Senate candidate Ken Buck was largely unavailable for interviews yesterday, he did give this interview to the Greeley Tribune.
He said:
"I am who I am. I'm going to speak my mind. A lot of people found that refreshing, some used it against me," Buck said Wednesday evening in a telephone interview with The Tribune. "There was a lot of candidate scheduling by my opponent. That's just not who I am. If a reporter has a question, I'm going to do my best to answer the question."
In the article, Buck took the blame for his loss at the polls, and said the campaign was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.


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Movie Review
Rated R for strong violence, drug content, sexuality/nudity and language. 1 hour, 59 minutes.
Publication date: Sep. 28, 2012
Review by Tyler Hanley
Released: (2012)
But of all the quality projects Gordon-Levitt has been involved with, "Looper" may well be the catalyst for his launch into superstardom.
Time travel is at the crux of the story, so a certain suspension of disbelief is essential. The picture takes place in the year 2044, 30 years before the invention of time travel. Sadly (though not surprisingly) the mob seems to have a stranglehold on the advanced technology, using time travel to send informants and oath-breakers back to the year 2044 for termination by highly paid Loopers (aka hitmen) like Joe (Gordon-Levitt).
Occasionally the mob will send back the older version of the Loopers themselves to "close the loop," which, as you can imagine, creates quite the conundrum for the younger counterparts. And such is the case when Joe's older self (Bruce Willis) appears in the year 2044 and young Joe can't pull the trigger, allowing older Joe to escape. The episode sets off a hunt-and-chase that ropes in brassy farmer Sara (Emily Blunt) and her young son Cid (Pierce Gagnon in a spotlight-stealing performance).
The plot is not as convoluted as it sounds. A healthy chunk of the film takes place on Sara's farm, which tends to slow the pace but allows for strong character development. Director Rian Johnson ("Brick") demonstrates a deft touch and infuses "Looper" with subtleties and soulful moments. Johnson's vision is clear and compelling; the 39-year-old filmmaker is worth keeping an eye on. The makeup department deserves a huge amount of credit for Gordon-Levitt's facial prosthetics, used to make him look like a young Willis.
And Gordon-Levitt's performance is impressive on many levels. He nails Willis' mannerisms, so it's easy to believe the two are younger and older versions of the same person. Gordon-Levitt also showcases his depth by demonstrating both toughness and compassion. Blunt is also remarkably good as a protective mother, and youngster Gagnon is a revelation. The visual effects underwhelm at times (particularly in scenes involving hovering motorbikes), but the story doesn't suffer.
Ultimately, "Looper" is a thoughtful genre-bender that brings science-fiction, action and mystery together in one tight package.
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Talk about the novels, new and used books that Chase-Riboud has written!
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Echo of Lions
Chase-Riboud gives a historical-fiction account of the slave trade and tells the story of one group of individuals who beat incredible odds and changed the course of American history. Joseph Cinque and 53 other Africans are captured and shipped to America on the Amistad, a slave ship. Seeing the chance for revolt, the men take over the ship while still at sea; when they land in America, the survivors are treated as barbarians and charged with murder and ...


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Choosing accessories for the house. Everything from the shade of paint to the front door style.
The core principles in my selection process are sustainable living, energy efficiency, water efficiency and functional.
I'm predicting the cost of energy will be doubled in the next three years. Afterall, I played a part in the project that enabled Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) in Australia.
According to the Australian Government and the design and construction industries the top three household energy elephant are heating and cooling, water heating and elettical appliances.


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Note: weatherunderground.com is a good place to check the day's dewpoint, it's not listed in all weather sites and apps!
I wanted to share this great bit of info I found on a RW training forum, it was written by a runner who is also a meteorologist. By adding the temperature and dewpoint, you get an idea of whether your run/race will suck or not:
Temp+dewpoint of 90-100 is probably ideal, but anything below 130 is pretty much OK to go for the fast time…maybe 120 for longer distances…say 1/2 marathon or above. Between 130-150 will see a gradual slowdown in pace, and if it's above 150, forget pace altogether and just focus on finishing.
Here's another poster's way of looking at it (that the meteorologist agreed with):
Dewpoint <55*F: Go for it!Dewpoint in the 60s…it'll be tough for racing, training runs OKDewpoint in the low 70s…hard training will be toughDewpoint in the upper 70s….anything other than a recovery run will be a struggleDewpoint in the 80s…even a recovery run is tough
This approach is good science, for it considers the cooling effects of sweat. You can't cool off without evaporation of sweat, and sweat won't evaporate in the air is saturated with water. Also % humidity is a number we think of when calculating the heat index of a day, but humidity comes from dew point.
and... for my run home today, temp = 97deg, and dew point is 60deg = ugh.


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Designer Pamella Roland laid the foundation for Spring 2013 with elegance and charm. At the height of New York Fashion Week, Roland showcased the upcoming collection in a private presentation at the Lincoln Center. Harmonious instruments could be heard lingering above, while editors and photographers awaited the first look. Six fresh-faced models appeared, looking like actresses from old Hollywood films.
The collection featured dramatic evening gowns in romantic silhouettes. Cocktail dresses paired with high gloves, chic separates and bold blazers were exquisitely made in silk crepe, raw silk and silk taffeta.
Reinforcing the color trend for spring (or the lack thereof) Roland presented gorgeous gowns in black and white and monochromatic tones, while offering a refreshing splash of color with yellow or royal blue.
The collection creates geometric lines that provide a contemporary feel to eveningwear. Cutouts, linear shapes and asymmetric hemlines exposed Roland's newer approach to design.
The inspiration for the Spring 2013 collection comes from "An iconic American designer Ellsworth Kelly who is very known for sleek, simple lines. His paintings are very simple, black and white."
With celebrity clients such as Halle Berry and Angelina Jolie, Roland's' new collection is for the modern woman that embraces femininity, glamour and elegance.


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Each year Brent Lodge treats nearly 3,000 patients - sick, injured, and orphaned wild birds, and other wildlife, including about 500 hedgehogs.
Many of these patients arrive at the hospital as patients are due to being victims of the actions of mankind. Including road traffic casualties, poisoning, pollution or environmental damages.
It costs Brent Lodge over £20 an hour, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to keep going. We receive no government funding and in order to survive so, we are dependent on generous donations from the public.
100% of this donation will contribute towards the general running costs of the hospital, which will then help the care and rehabilitation of our patients.


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Wear your smile everywhere, it is both beautiful and sweet.
Life as a carbon-based life form; a journey of building on success and learning from mistakes.
Wear your smile everywhere, it is both beautiful and sweet.
One day I will start binding a hardcover book collection from these weblog pages.
I'm still passionate about tattoo. My old school boy Quang Sta is still the best in Cabramatta.
National security threat, its an excuse to lockdown. Control the transport system and you control the population.
Success is a state of mind.
The Dutch's liberal view on cannabis has open doors to:
Happiness is when the people important to you are happy.
I want both of our parents to travel to Europe next year, all paid for. Enjoy travel while they still have good health.
My frequent travel and upbringing of Ella will make her a global citizen. There is a high probability that she will grow up and travel extensively.
One rule is clear, she must travel with a companion, whether its boyfriend or girlfriend.
Daughter: Ba, Ella lon roi, Ella ngu moi minh. (Daddy, Ella sleep alone, Ella is older now).
Dad: Ba ngu dau? (Where will Dad sleeps?)
Daughter: Ngu voi Me. (Sleeps with Mum.)
I don't own many material things because everybody dies, everybody need just 1 square meter of space for the grave.
I go to great length to search for the right thing and the exact style. I don't follow trends or brands.
The Jorg Gray timepiece is the same one as worn by President Barrack Obama.
Visiting home after 11 months abroad. Home sweet home, where the air smell fresh and the food is delicious.


text: Westeros #1 Posted March 4, 2010 Now that Game of Thrones is greenlit, it's time for fans to pile into the Casting Polls sub-forum. Forum member Smouldering Hound has started a fresh series of threads for suggesting actors to fill the many, many roles that may need filling as the nine additional episodes of the series start shooting in June.If you're new to Westeros.org and its forum, it should be noted that David Benioff and Dan Weiss—the executive producers of the series—are members of the forum, and while the pilot was rolling into production they specifically asked fans to pitch suggestions for roles. Our suggestion threads then seemed to have an effect as a number of roles cast were pretty much spot-on to names fans put forward, and hopefully this chance for fans to express their further ideas is going to help them to choose some more, great actors.Some caveats: if you're just signing up for the forum, please be patient, I manually approve the queue a couple of times a day (manual approval helps cut down on spam bots quite a bit). Also, when posting, try to focus on British actors—95% of the roles are going to go with actors who are part of the British actors association, as special exemptions are needed for non-Brits.Visit the Site! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Antidepressants: OK for RA?
What you should know if your doctor recommends antidepressants in addition to your prescribed RA treatments.
If your doctor diagnoses you with either depression or anxiety, you may be prescribed one of the many drugs on the market designed to block or regulate brain chemicals that may be at the root of these mood disorders. Commonly prescribed antidepressants include:
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs): Fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil), sertraline (Zoloft), escitalopram (Lexapro)
- Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs): Duloxetine (Cymbalta), venlafaxine (Effexor), milnacipran (Ixel), desvenlafaxine (Pristiq)
- Tricyclic antidepressants: Amitriptyline (Elavil, Endep)
- Norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitors: Bupropion (Wellbutrin, Zyban)
Antidepressants are used to treat not only depression, but anxiety, chronic pain and sleep issues. In fact, doctors may prescribe antidepressants for treating chronic pain caused by RA, or even sleep problems, rather than for depression or anxiety. The drugs' use for these symptoms in people with RA remains controversial, as they may not be that effective in reducing RA pain. Some studies suggest that antidepressants may even treat inflammation itself, but this has not yet been determined.
Your rheumatologist may prescribe an antidepressant for you, or he may refer you to a mental-health professional like a psychiatrist who will prescribe these drugs. For people with RA who are diagnosed with depression, adding an antidepressant may help regulate their mood, make them feel better emotionally, and even help them sleep better. What should you know about adding an antidepressant to the drugs you're already taking for RA?
SSRI antidepressants, when taken along with a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug like ibuprofen or naproxen, can increase internal bleeding risk. In addition, these antidepressants, if taken over the long term, have been linked to bone loss. People with RA who have taken long-term corticosteroids like prednisone to control inflammation may also be at higher risk for bone loss, so bone density testing and monitoring may be important.
As with any new medication, it's important to discuss the possible side effects or interactions with your rheumatologist. You'll also want to track how effective the antidepressant is at reducing your depression or anxiety. To learn more about arthritis drugs and their possible interactions or side effects, check the Arthritis Today Drug Guide.
Antidepressant drugs aren't the only tool you and your doctor can use to treat your depression or anxiety:
Seek counseling. A mental-health professional like a therapist, psychologist or psychiatrist can discuss how RA increases your stress or causes you frustration or grief, and recommend ways to manage feelings more effectively.
Talk it out. Join an arthritis self-management or support group to learn coping techniques and feel that you're not alone in living with RA.
Get moving. Exercise is nature's mood lifter. Regular physical activity, including exercises designed to improve range of motion (ROM), strength and cardiovascular fitness, has been shown to relieve depression symptoms by actually increasing levels of serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine and other mood-related brain chemicals. Arthritis exercise classes or videos can help improve physical function and help you do your daily tasks more easily, so you may feel less frustrated by your RA.


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To take joy in returning to the pleasures and ways of the past is not necessarily nostalgia. Sometimes one will be clinging sentimentally to the idea of some golden age, and as a way of not letting go of one's youth, which is what I think of as being nostalgia in the true sense. But other times, enjoying the company of good people really is just a great experience worth trying to preserve. It was excellent in the past when you got to do it all the time, and it is still excellent when you get to do it now, albeit less frequently. Unlike getting old, I can proudly say that I did reflect at the time on what a rare pleasure it was to spend one's time with excellent companions.
Congratulations on getting married, old friend.


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Tagged: Michael Gove
Secret Origins
Who makes our nation's education policy, do you know? Who decides how schools are to be structured and run? If you think you know, how do you know? Is it because you have seen a face on the television with a name and a title below it?
The architects of many policies in many government portfolios are unelected, you won't see their names on your television screen and you won't hear them give interviews. They advise the elected from desks paid for by party donors and direct them to distribute departmental funds to their allies.
Their allies use these funds to lay astroturf over patches of public and professional opinion in their efforts to prepare both public and professions for their pet policies yet to pass into law, along the way recruiting useful idiots.


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Ohio teacher claims discrimination over fear of kids
- Teacher retired after teaching in district for 35 years
- Lawsuit says discrimination based on teacher%27s age and disability
- Pedophobia is recognized as an irrational fear or extreme anxiety around children
MARIEMONT, Ohio -- A longtime high-school French and Spanish teacher is suing the Mariemont school district, alleging it discriminated against her because she has a disability -- she has a phobia of young children.
Maria C. Waltherr-Willard, 61, says the district in which she worked for 35 years discriminated against her when it reassigned her in 2010 from its high school to its junior high and then pressured her to resign.
The suit claims the discrimination is based on her age and her disability, a rare phobia called pedophobia, which in this context means an extreme fear or anxiety around young children. Waltherr-Willard's lawsuit claims she has suffered from the condition since the 1990s and that Mariemont had made assurances to her and her lawyer that she would not have to teach young children.
Documents filed in the case by her medical doctor, psychiatrists and psychologists note that she experiences stress, anxiety, chest pains, vomiting, nightmares and higher than healthy blood pressure when she's around young children.
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed three of the six claims in her lawsuit, claims which alleged Mariemont violated an implied contract to keep her from young students.
District Judge Herman J. Weber said the district lived up to its written contract -- with the teachers union -- and that Waltherr-Willard would still be employed had she not resigned.
He did not rule on the other main allegations of the suit, giving the district's attorneys more time to respond to them. If the case goes to trial, it's scheduled for February 2014, according to court documents.
Waltherr-Willard, a Greenhills, Ohio, village council member since January 2012, declined to comment recently on her lawsuit, referring questions to her attorney, Bradford Weber, who did not return phone calls for comment.
Experts in phobias say that irrational fear or extreme anxiety around children is a rare but recognized anxiety disorder, although it's unclear how many people have been diagnosed with it.
"It's a tough phobia. You can't really get away from (children) when you're outside," said Dr. Caleb Adler, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati. "When you're a teacher, it may not be an issue with older students."
The term pedophobia also can refer to a fear of dolls, a distaste for children or, in the case of parents, an obsession with one's own children.
Waltherr-Willard was born in Cuba and traveled to the United States in 1969 at age 18. A naturalized citizen, she was a native Spanish and French speaker who became fluent in English and Italian. Mariemont hired her in 1976 to work at its high school, teaching Spanish and French classes.
In 1997 the district asked her to teach a Spanish enrichment class to fourth- through sixth-graders, but she and her attorney at the time, Alphonse Gerhardstein, objected to it, claiming medical reasons. The district accommodated her, agreeing to keep her at the high school.
She began having trouble in 2009, when she discussed with parents the likelihood that the district would eliminate teacher-led French courses at the high school.
Parents complained, and in December of that year, and district officials warned her that if she continued talking to parents about the French changes, her job would be at risk and they would put a memo in her personnel file.
Waltherr-Willard alleges they retaliated against her by transferring her to the junior high to teach 7th and 8th grade Spanish in 2009 and for the 2010-11 school year.
By January 2011, Waltherr-Willard said, she had successfully rebuilt Mariemont Junior High's Spanish program but her blood pressure was often at dangerous levels. She asked again, in writing, to return to high school teaching.
Imhoff responded in writing that there was no open position but he'd keep her request on file.
Waltherr-Willard retired in March 2011, and in July of that year she filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint. The commission dismissed her complaint in March 2012, giving her the right to sue the district, which she did in June.
In court documents Mariemont officials say they did not expect Waltherr-Willard to resign when she did. They said she was replaced at the high school by teachers who also were in their 50s.


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We are seeking designs for a new website for one of the leading dentists in Boulder, CO: Dr. Kirk Rathburn. Dr. Rathburn is a well-established comprehensive dentist with a very loyal patient base. He has been in practice since 1989.
Dr. Rathburn's practice is unusual in that his services range from the "standard general dentistry" – examinations, fillings, crowns, etc. – to all specialty areas, such as root canals, gum surgery, full tooth implant restoration, etc. In other words, if you are a patient of Dr. Rathburn's he will never need to refer you to a specialist for advanced treatment. He is highly respected by his patients and peers for his advanced skills, treatment innovation and the state of the art technology he uses to deliver the most excellent dentistry in Boulder with an absolute minimum of pain and inconvenience for his patients. Dr. Rathburn is also on the faculty of the University of Colorado School of Dentistry as a clinical instructor.
Dr. Rathburn's current site is typical of many "commodity dental template" websites, and does not visually communicate his excellence, points of difference or dental leadership in his local and professional community. See http://RathburnDental.com for details. We seek an entirely different visual treatment for his new website.
Dr. Rathburn seeks the following kinds of patients. First, adults who understand and value high-quality dental care. Not price shoppers or patients just looking for a dentist who "takes my insurance." Second, those seeking a highly-credible, trustworthy dentist who can serve all of their needs under one roof, and is the best at everything he does.
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A closer look at this sweet gal being featured.
This image stamp is called 'Tilda with Two Rosettes' from Magnolia Stamps from their Special Moments Collection 2013.
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That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by. Your visit is always very much appreciated. Enjoy your day and have a wonderful week!
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Julie, of The Gerber Babies blog just reviewed two of my custom birthday shirts that I made for her cute little guys. Here's a little of what she had to say.
Last year I discovered Olive & Ollie. Sam was decked out in a cute matching tee and bib for his first birthday. It was the most adorable set that I've ever seen. And I see a lot sets. This year, I didn't hesitate to contact Olive & Ollie. I didn't consider anyone else. Heather took the time to create the most adorable birthday tees for Logan and Sam. Here are a few pictures! I took these several days after our party and they have already been washed. The colors didn't fade and the appliques survived a wash and a tumble. Everything is intact without any loose threads!
Thank you so very much, Julie! I really appreciate your kind words! She is also hosting a giveaway for a $25 gift certificate to my etsy shop, so head on over to her blog to enter and win. The contest is open until April 30. Good luck!


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Helen Clark: From Rio to 2015 and beyond: Charting a course for a fairer worldJun 21, 2012
Remarks for Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator
From Rio to 2015 and Beyond:
Charting a Course for a Fairer World
Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, 21 June 2012
11:00a.m. – 12:30p.m.
It is a pleasure to speak at today's event "From Rio to 2015 and Beyond: Charting a Course for a Fairer World." At the outset allow me to thank Prime Minister Erdogan and the Government of Turkey for partnering with UNDP across a number of initiatives.
In March, Turkey and UNDP co-organized our first Global Human Development Forum, bringing together more than two hundred participants from across the globe. They represented a range of sectors: government, academia, civil society, international organizations, and business. In debate and dialogue in Istanbul, they explored the intersection of the "human development" and "sustainable development" paradigms.
The "Istanbul Declaration: Towards an Equitable and Sustainable Future for All", which emerged from deliberations at the Forum, is the starting point of our discussion today.
The Declaration affirmed that: "Development must be with and for the people, equitable, inclusive, and human rights driven", and called for a new vision which would promote the three dimensions of sustainable development – social, economic, and environmental – simultaneously and put people at the centre of development processes.
But what does it mean to "put people at the centre of development"?
UNDP argues that development is about far more than growth in GDP per capita, and that it must lead to tangible and positive changes in people's lives. Human development is a process of enlarging people's choices and freedoms. It is about enabling them to live long and healthy lives, be educated, and have a decent standard of living.
Thus, putting people at the centre of development is about affirming that the health and well-being of people is ultimately what matters. This concept has been at the heart of the human development paradigm promoted by UNDP since the first global Human Development Report in 1990.
The 1995 Human Development Report said of human development that: "At the heart of this concept are three essential components:
- Equality of opportunity for all people in society.
- Sustainability of such opportunities from one generation to the next.
- Empowerment of people so that they participate in – and benefit from – development processes."
Sustainability, equity, and empowerment were reaffirmed as core elements of the human development paradigm in the twentieth anniversary Human Development Report in 2010, and are critical and relevant today as we meet in Rio.
What can be observed from advancement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and from evaluating trends in human development over the last few decades is that while on average people are healthier, wealthier, and better educated than ever before, development progress is uneven with significant disparities existing both between and within countries.
Last year's global Human Development Report issued a stark warning that unless both greater equity and environmental sustainability are prioritised, human development progress will slow, and some regions may witness a reversal in human development.
But sustainability, equity, and empowerment are central not only to the human development paradigm; they are central to advancing sustainable development, and they must help shape discussion on the post-2015 development agenda. I am pleased that these principles featured prominently in both the Istanbul Declaration, and in the 2012 report of the UN Secretary General's High Level Panel on Global Sustainability, helping to bind what happens here at Rio with the human development agenda for years to come.
The topic of today's discussion, Charting a Course for a Fairer World, invites us to delve further into the notion of fairness, to define what we want to strive for, as well as outline how we could do so.
Implicit in the notion of fairness are inter- and intra- generational equity. We can think about two 'distinct' dimensions:
- one concerned with how policies impact on the distribution of well-being for today's citizens of North and South, men and women, people of different ethnic and other groups; and,
- one concerned with how these same policies, will impact on the well-being of future generations.
In the lead up to Rio, I have continually said that sustainable development need not be about trading economic, social, and environmental objectives off against each other, but rather that these interconnected objectives can and must be pursued simultaneously.
In line with this approach UNDP has just published a report titled "Triple Wins for Sustainable Development," which demonstrates through case studies how policies and initiatives can work in synergy to advance the three pillars of sustainable development - economic, social, and environmental – simultaneously.
But, just as these three objectives should not be seen as competing objectives, nor should promoting inter-generational and intra-generational equity be seen as requiring policies at odds with each other.
Evidence suggests that promoting greater equity today (intra-generational equity), a noble goal in its own right, leads to better outcomes for people, communities, and the environment, which is critical for inter-generational equity too.
In their 2009 book "The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger", Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett demonstrated that more equal societies do better on most measures of human wellbeing, and that these benefits are accrued not only by the poorest, but also by all segments of society. Similar findings are to be released in the upcoming Human Development Report, based on a larger set of countries - both developed and developing, showing that human development achievements are on average lower for countries with higher inequality.
A major essay on "Income Inequality and the Conditions of Chronic Poverty" in a recent UNDP publication ("Towards Human Resilience: Sustaining MDG Progress in an Age of Economic Uncertainty", UNDP, New York, September 2011) describes the potential mechanisms involved, asserting that: "High and rising inequality also reduces the likelihood that economic and social policies fostering inclusive growth and human development will be delivered and implemented. For instance richer groups may secure economically inefficient advantages such as regressive taxes or an allocation of public funds for their own interest rather than for that of the country."
This concern has been raised by a range of leading thinkers, from Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz to Robert Putnam, who postulate that more unequal societies, where levels of trust and social cohesion are low, are less likely to invest in public goods and infrastructure – such as conserving the environment, public health, or improving education systems yet such investments are critical for the well-being of current and future generations.
When we think about sustaining development, we must take into account the stocks of our capital – economic, human, social, and environmental – and how much of those stocks we are bequeathing our children. Rising inequality can have a negative impact on all of them.
At times, this impact is highly visible - when rising inequality, for example, leads to violence and armed conflict with human, social, economic, and environmental costs, and blight an entire society's development trajectory. At other times, the impact may be less visible, but rising inequality nonetheless may be leading to the rich and poor in a society living such separate lives that they cannot imagine a shared future worth working for together, and therefore cannot take the steps needed to achieve it.
As Joseph Stiglitz reminds us: "growing inequality is the flip side of something else: shrinking opportunity."
Today's side event is about understanding these inter-connections in ways which will help develop policies to expand opportunity and build a fairer future.
The human development approach can guide policy makers to focus on what matters most – better lives for people. It provides a lens through which governments can think about policies – a lens which highlights linkages between different goals, and helps foster "whole-of-government" solutions to "whole-of-society" challenges. There is no bigger such challenge than that of sustainable development.
In closing let me offer a concrete example on how a "triple win" set of policies can work – drawn from many examples:
India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act guarantees a minimum of one hundred days work a year to eligible rural poor; sets a minimum quota for women's participation in the scheme; and prioritises work on environmental sustainability, including water and reforestation. Women also have thirty per cent representation guaranteed on the village councils which determine the work to be done. The scheme simultaneously empowers women, provides jobs and incomes, and implements projects which have a positive impact on the environment now and in the future.
I look forward to hearing from others in the room on initiatives and policies they are implementing which also simultaneously promote economic, social, and environmental objectives, and set out to tackle inequality explicitly across different dimensions: gender, income, ethnicity, and geographical location, to name but a few.
We can learn from each other and work together - governments, international organizations, civil society, the private sector, and academia - to deliver smarter, and better integrated policies and initiatives which recognize the complexity of the challenges we face.
The Istanbul Declaration recognized the need to maintain progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, while also building consensus for a refreshed post-2015 development agenda. It is to be hoped that consensus will be found in that agenda around the fundamental principles of equity, sustainability, and empowerment.


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Levenda answers more questions about the "To the Stars" project, and we continue our philosophical examination of the U.F.O. phenomenon. Some issues touched: Are they organic, machines, or robots? Human, aliens, or inter-dimensional? Have we back-engineered? Why is Military & Intel concerned? Why don't they come clean? Will other whistle-blowers come forward? Can we attain a public discourse? Is this a controlled drip disclosure? Does it restore the SSP discussion? ...and Al argues that the NASA footage proves they are not only "ours".
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