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Friday, January 24, 2014
Angelina's Cup
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Ahh Angelina's! I enjoyed a beautiful dessert and hot chocolate and then asked to purchase 2 cups and saucers and a pitcher. They send me to the front counter I ask the lady and she said only 1 cup. I said I need 2 can you go to the back and get it I can stop by later? She said No! Seriously? She said if you want them come back tomorrow. Not is a beautiful French Accent voice! lol I went back the next morning and saw she was not there and this gentleman asked if I was there yesterday and he was the manager. So I explained and he was so upset especially after I said I did not understand how they do not want to sell their products. He went to the cabinet got me 4 cups and saucers and a pitcher and insisted I sit and have hot chocolate and pastry with him! I paid for 2 saucers lol So sweet. But I love Angelina's it is so pretty! Your painting is beautiful. Grace xooxReplyDelete
Amazing selection of Angelina's pastries, Carol. I'm glad that they let you snap away without hassling you.ReplyDelete
I like how they put their name tag on everything :)
I could use some of that hot chocolate; we're in the deep-freeze here in RI.
- Mary10:12 PM
Hi Carol. I thought you might be ill because I have not received your blog for over a week. Then I went online and saw that you did write this wee. Even today talking about my favorite, Angelina's . Please put me back on your list of PB bloggers. MerciReplyDeleteReplies
- Veronica10:23 PM
Your Angelina post (I've not gone in over 45 years of being in Paris!) abt the Louvre reminded me that perhaps you have yet to visit the Islamic exhibit there. The relatively new setting is great! Many visits I don't enter the L, but rarely do I not stop to take in the ambiance of the Cour Carre and the palace and its setting. I love the place - and the Pyramide. Last year I spent several hours in just the Islamic section. It was fabulous! Not crowded, either, but then I often go at 4 or 5 pm on late nights.ReplyDelete
The Angelina Mont Blanc is my absolute favorite---but so rich! In April, I might stroll by and get a small plate of the petit four size---I'll share with you! So are so right, I hadn't thought of it,but the pastries are still an affordable luxury!!ReplyDelete
My little update..no posts in a while and then today many all at once..so yes something's up~ReplyDelete
Such a pretty spot Angelinas and I think you tucking something the package is really thoughtful and will be apprecaited..
I love your potato tatin and will try!! I am going to go see if you used puff pastry or not..
I only have little red grelots at the moment but they could work..It's like a dream of a tartiflette with a crust in a pie..etc..les aquarelles sont si belles~
- Anonymous9:21 AM
Use my Angelina creamer almost every day...wish I had gotten the cup/saucer/milk pitcher + plan to do on my next visit to Paris! Great posts as always Carol!ReplyDelete
Merci. Patricia, Minneapolis
WIsh I'd known about the secret entrance when we were there! Our line wasn't impossible but it is time on your feet that you'd rather be walking IN the Louvre instead of WAITING to get in!ReplyDelete
Oh, those pastries. Simply to die for. Trader Joe's here has started making frozen macarons -- and they're not bad, all things considered. But they definitely aren't Paris!
Bon jour from below freezing NYC on a Saturday morning. Carol, you've given me a Paris treat at my own breakfast time when a long promenade of your posts (beginning with the Alaia post) appeared today. Wow...it was a delight to have this multi-part feast while enjoying my own French toast "pain perdu" and coffee.ReplyDelete
Hoping your transmission irregularities are cleared up soon. Meanwhile, your posts are fabulous!
Taking notes carefully. Spending two full days in Paris and my list is filling up. Glad you mention that they don't mind taking photos. I will carry my camera around everywhere I go. Thanks again for sharing.ReplyDelete
- Barb11:28 AM
Your blog has led me to so many interesting people. I love Cara Black and have read all her novels now. I follow your friend at I Prefer Paris. Read Bringing Up Bebe and have wandered around many cooking sites. All delightful. I finally bought Sara Midda's sketchbook. Thank you for opening so many doors for this armchair traveler.ReplyDelete
Bonjour PB~ReplyDelete
thought perhaps you were taking some time 'off'.....but this morning found 4 blog entries all together in my mailbox....yeah!
LOVE Angelina's and your photos remind me why!
My favorite parts of the Louvre are the sculpture areas...so now you are making me 'homesick' to return.
Then Shangri-La.....mon dieu! How exquisite! I doubt they would even allow me in the front entrance and I, for sure, could not afford to spend a night in one of those luscious 'rooms with a view'....Merci pour la petite visite!
It never ceases to amaze me just how much pastry there is in Paris...after all, I'm sure they don't hold them for more than a day. How much pastry do you think the average Parisienne eats?ReplyDelete
I'll be in Paris in September, researching my next Belle Epoque mystery. Is Angelina's the best hot chocolate still, or should I try another spot?ReplyDelete


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FRAME HARP, called delta harp or Trigonon
Many pictures of this type of harp show up from about the 5th century BC well into the Middle Ages of our time. During the first centuries of Christianity this harp served as asymbol of the Holy Trinity, not so much as a musical instrument. As such this harp has been used as a picture for Biblical texts concerning musical instruments, like King David's harp. In theory this harp was a perfect triangle like the Trinity according to the Church Fathers. It is not clear if this trigonon has ever existed as an instrument and if so, it had already vanished. There are no pictures with people playing it after the 4th cenury BC.
Picture 3.01
Drawing on a rock near Megiddo in old Canaanite Israel. Most ancient picture of a frame harp. It is clearly different from arched harp and angular harp. It dates from about 3000 BC.
Picture 3.02
Marble sculpture from the Cycladic Islands near Greece. This harpplayer has been found during excavations on the island of Keros. More small statues have been found of figures with or without musical instruments but all have the same bearing with their head, looking upwards. This harp is a frame harp though that has been doubted. The general opinion was that the frame harp could only be a European invention. This statue dates from aound 2200 BC and is now in the National Museum of Athens.
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Marble statue from Thera/Santorini, one of the islands of the Cyclades near Greece. The sound box is horizontal, rising a bit towards the string-carrying neck. The pillar has a bird-like decoration at the top. It dates from around 2200 BC and is now in the P. Getty Museum, LA, USA.
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Picture 3.04Trigonon on a Greek vase. Wedding scene with Eros flying between the pair. De harpist has the thin side against her body, so perhaps the outer side is the sound box. This vase dates from 430 BC and is now in the Metropolitan Museum of New York.
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Signet-ring from the studio of Dexamenos. This harp is a trigonon, being a pure triangle. It really measures 23 x 18 mm. The studio of Dexamenos the gemcutter was situated at the Black Sea, North of Greece. This region had its affluent time during the 5th century BCThe ring is now in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Imprint of the signet-ring of picture 3.05. The beauty of this gemcutter's art shows the professional skill of the artist.
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THE TRIGONON AS HARP AS WELL AS PSALTERMany centuries later, in the 9th century AD , new pictures of the trigonon appear. Through many translations of Bible texts, musical instruments with the names psalter and harp show up. The translators of the Hebrew and Greek Bible-books used these names for instruments called kinnor [David's instrument], kythera, psalterium and trigonon in these books. With the Holy Trinity in mind they translated these names as triangular or delta harp and psalter. At last all these different instruments were called harp, probably because of the West-European influence where the harp was foremost among the instruments. It still is today.It is also the word Psalter doesn't only mean psalterium but obviously is the name of the Book of Psalms. In pictures the difference between harp and psalter is visible. It is a harp when you can see the hands through the strings, a psalter has the same form but has a soundboard behind the strings. You can't see the other side. In the Bible the central figure in music is King David [around 1000 BC]. He is also the central figure in nearly all pictures. Every now and then Orpheo is acting but that is in a much later period.Pic...
Picture 3.08
David is giving or taking a harp/psalter while bringing over the Ark of the Convenant.This MS is called the Folchert-psalter and dates from 865 AD. It is now in St. Gallen.
Picture 3.09
This is a famous version of the Book of Psalms, drawn as a strip for people who couldn't read. It gives them ample information about the meaning of the Psalms. This book is called the Utrecht Psalter but it was made in Reims, France. It dates from the 9th century AD. It is now in de Library of the Utrecht University under nr. 32. The small harp/psalter is carried by the singer under his arm.
Picture 3.10
David playing on a psalter with a plectrum. This illustration was made in Reims, France, In 870 AD but is now in Rome in the Santo Paolo church. It is a fragment of a large painting of David with his musicians.
Picture 3.11
A delta-harp as the Church Fathers had in mind. The strings are going from short, to long, to short again. The tuning pins are on a tall beam but the meaning is clear. This is not a musical instrument but the symbol of the Holy Trinity. The picture was made around 1001 AD in Reichenau and is now in the Municipal Library in Bamberg, Germany.
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Pictic High Cross with harpplaying David.In Scotland too like everywhere else in Europe, Christianity was brought with sermons and illustrations. The tall High Crosses full of Biblical scenes are still to be seen in Scotland and Ireland. But in those ancient times an other people had been living in Scotland, the Picts. This people lived in Eastern Scotland till they were thrown out by the upcoming Scots from the West. This sculpture with a delta-harp is still standing in Monifieth and dates from the 9th century AD.
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Drawing of David with delta-harp on the High Cross of Dupplin in Scotland. It dates from the same time and perhaps the same artist as the David of Monifieth [3.12].This is also 9th century AD, and stands at Dupplin, Scotland. Uitvergroot:
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Seven musicians with stringed instruments of which one is a delta-harp or psalter. This sculpture dates from the 2nd half of the 11th cenury AD. It is in the San Isidore church in Leon, Spain. This church is rich with sculptures. Most people couldn't read and so they were informed by images about the meaning of what they heard in the church.
Picture 3.15
An illuminated manuscript of the Beatus, beginning of the first Psalm, full of singing Elders who are showing their harps and psalters. Beatus means blessed. This MS is in the cathedral of Burgos in Asturia, Spain and dates from 1086 AD.
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THE REAL EUROPEAN FRAME HARPThe first pictures of the European frame harp date from the 10th century AD. Characteristic features are the construction of the harp with pillar, sound box and neck, more strings and tuning pins alongside the neck.Picture 3.16The oldest known picture is this English harp, dating from the 10th century AD. It is a drawing in the Metrical Paraphrase of Scripture History, folio 54, by Caedmon. It is in Oxford, MS Junius 11. The harpist is supposed to be Jubal, the Biblical inventor of musical instruments.
Picture 3.17
Oldest known picture of an Irish harp on the reliquary of St. Mogue, dating from the 11th century AD. It is now in the national Museum of Dublin, Ireland.
Picture 3.18
David and his musicians. He plays an English harp with straight neck and pillar with a 'nod', tall sound box with holes for the sound. It is an illustration from an Anglo-Saxon MS and dates from the 10th century AD.
Picture 3.19
David tuning his harp. A nice instrument with a kind of birdhead at the meeting of neck and pillar. Clearly visible are the little stops in the soundboard to keep the strings in place.This is an illustration from the Hunterian Psalter, MS Hunter 229, f.21v. It is now in the Glasgow University and dates from 1170 AD.
Picture 3.20
Harp in North French style of David playing. This is a miniature from a psalter. It is now in the British Museum in London, Add. 11639 f.117b with the addition: Hebrew MS. It is from the late 13th century AD.
Picture 3.21
English harp with David playing. It dates from the late 12th century AD and is now in the British Museum in London under Westminster Abbey Psalter MS 2A XXII f.14b.
Picture 3.22
Sculptures on Romanesque churches were made to inform people about the faith. In the South of France, Spain and England sculptors made the most fantastic scenes to tell people about the temptations of the devil, appearing in many disguises. One such a mythical animal can be found on a pillar in the crypt of the cathedral of Canterbury in England, dating from the 12th cent ury AD. This relief is still there.
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Harp played by a dog in the St. Nicholas in Barfreston, UK. It is good to know that the harp first was an instrument of sin. Only later it became the instrument of angels. This relief is from the 12th century AD and still in place.
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The devil himself with a trigonon [delta harp or trianglular harp] in a tympanon of the church of Conques in Languedoc. 'The devil allures the faithful people int the wrong directiom with his music'. It dates from the 11th century AD and is still in place
Picture 3.25
A beautiful harp/psalter with an ass as harpist. It is from the 12th century AD.This relief is outside the St. Pierre de la Tour in Aulnay-de-Saintonge, France.
Picture 3.26
Little monkey with a double-harp or double-psalter. It is not really clearly visible if there is a soundboard between the two rows of strings. Probably the two rows of strings were differently tuned. Relief in Surgèrers, France, from the 12th cenury. AD.
Picture 3.27
Goat with a tall trigonon/triangular harp. Sculpture in the Notre-Dame de Beaune, France. Of course the goat was a sinful animal. It tries to seduce the faithful. It dates from the 12th century AD.
Picture 3.28
Salomé's dance accompanied by a harpist surrounded by little monsters. Sculpture in the San Salvador in Aragon, Spain. This harp looks like a tall trigonon/triangular harp. It dates from the 12th century AD
Picture 3.29
Sculpture in Palacio de los Reyes, Navarra, Spain. An ass is playing like David and allures the badly singing faithful to the wrong path.
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Sculpture at the Dome of Siponto, Italy. A centaur is playing his trigonon/triangular harp. A centaur is a combination of a man and a horse and, though coming from an other mythical time, seems to belong to the guild of seducers. This one dates from the 13th century AD.
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Harp or psalter, anyway it has two rows of strings, tuning pegs on top. It is played by a dwarfish figure. This sculpture is sitting outside the church of Artaiz, Navarra, Spain and dates from the 12th century AD.
Picture 3.32
One of four scenes on the narrow side of the Sumerian King's Lyre. The ass is playing the big lyre, a jackal plays the sistrum and the bear sings directing the music. The lyre with this picture dates from 2500 BC en is now in the University Museum of Philadelphia, USA.
Picture 3.33
Egyptian drawing on papyrus of an animal ensemble; monkey with flute, croc with lute, lion with lyre and ass with a big arched harp. The meaning of this strip is not known but it seems to be a political cartoon. It dates from 1300 BC and is in the Museum in Turin, Italy.
Picture 3.34
Sumerian arched harp in a musical scene with asses and other animals. A story from 2800 BC about king lion who receives nice titbits and music from his servants. In the right corner of the drawing you can see the real character of this lion. He is killing a gazelle but strange to see, with a knife. So, a human disguise? This picture is a large print of a cylinder seal. It is now in the University Museum in Philadelphia, USA.
Picture 3.35
A cartoon by Froissart, 1388 AD, in the Chronicals of Brabant, showing a pig in lady's wear playing on a gothic harp.
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A cartoon by Froissard, 1388 AD, of a little pig playing on an early-gothic harp. Drawing in the Chronicals of Brabant.
Picture 3.37
West-European small harp in the hands of a siren/mermaid who tried to seduce the seafaring men. It is a small drawing in Queen Mary's Psalter from the 14th century AD.
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West-European small harp played by this monkey/monk. Drawing in the Queen Mary Psalter from the 14th century AD.
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Little donkey with a West-European small harp drawn in a medieval 'Antiphonal for the festivities' from 1260 AD. This is a MS illumination from the time books were still written by hand. This book is in the Abbey of Cambron, Belgium.
Picture 3.40
Gothic fancy harp. The illustration is of the French king François I, depicted as king David. 16th cent. AD. Detail from a wood carving in the Auch Cathedral, France.
Picture 3.41
Gothic harp from Bruges, Belgium, 15th cent. AD. Illustration of a May aubade when a lover presents flowers to his beloved. The three musicians accompany the lover. The vertical letters seem to indicate musical notes (e.g. harp strings).
Picture 3.42
Gothic harp from France, 14th cent. AD. The neck and the pillar of this harp are made of ivory. The sound box was renewed when the harp was renovated. This harp is on display in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.
Picture 3.43
Gothic harp, an illustration from the bible printed in Zwolle (Netherlands), 15th cent. AD. The bible is kept at the Friary in Zwolle.
Picture 3.44
Early Gothic harp, detail from the missal 'The resurrection' by Henry van Chichester, 12th cent. AD. This missal is now in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester University, England.
Picture 3.45
Painting by Rembrandt illustrating a music-making group, 17th cent. AD. The line of the neck of the harp is not curved as it should be. This makes it a fancy harp. The painting is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Picture 3.46
Detail of a painting of Saul and David by Rembrandt, 1655 - 1660 AD. The detail shows David playing the harp. The harp depicted is after an existing instrument, a relatively large Western European frame harp. The painting is in the Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands.
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Illustration from a manuscript with portraits of prophets, 15th cent. AD. David is depicted as a harp player on the bottom left. The manuscript is in the British Library, London, England.
Picture 3.48
Gothic harp from the 15th cent. AD in an illustration of the musicians Dufay and Binchois in 'Le Champion des Dames' by Marin Le Franc (AD 1451). The harp has a beak-like connection between the pillar and the neck, as well as a flat sound box. To be found in the Bibliothèque National in Paris, France.
Picture 3.49
Early Gothic harp from England, 12th cent. AD. The strings of this harp go to the pillar instead of the sound box. This sculpture is to be found in Salisbury Cathedral, England.
Picture 3.50
Gothic harp from the 10th cent. AD. This picture looks like a festive occasion enlivened by harp and flute music. This harp is depicted on a Picto-Scottish stone in Lethendy, Perthshire, Scotland.
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Scottish, gothic harp from the 17th cent. AD. This carving can be found in Hill House, Dunfermline, Scotland.
Picture 3.52
Gothic harp from the Iona Psalter, 12th/13th cent. AD. This is the book of Psalms, intended as a hymnal. The illustration depicts king David. The MS containing this illustration came from Oxford and is now in the National Library of Scotland.
Picture 3.53
Brian Boru harp from the 15th or 16th cent. AD. It is the oldest existing Irish harp, made from willow and strung with metal strings. This harp has wrongly been associated with the Irish king Brian Boru from the 10th cent. AD. It is now in the library of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Picture 3.54
The Scottish Queen Mary harp from the 16th cent. AD. This harp is said to have been presented by Queen Mary to Beatrix Gardyne, one of her ladies in waiting. Characteristic of this harp are the metal strings and the sound box carved out of one piece of wood. This is one of the three harps surviving from this period. The harp is now in the National Museum of Antiquities in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Picture 3.55
Scottish harp, the so-called clarsach Lumanach (Lamont harp) from the 15th/16th cent. AD. It is a sturdy harp with brass fittings to keep pillar and neck together. The neck shows the characteristic 'Scottish hump', making it undeniably a Scottish harp. Now in the National Museum of Antiquities in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Picture 3.56
Fitzgerald-Kildare harp from Ireland from AD 1672. This harp with 36 strings is so big that it must rest on the floor to be played. The instrument is richly decorated with wood carvings, including the coat of arms of the Fitzgerald family. The harp was built especially for this family. It is now in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland.
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Irish-Scottish harp in a painting of musicians at the Danish court.17th cent. AD.


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Usage almost same with ProcessWire Inputfield Api, only difference is set and showIf usage like on example.
<?php namespace ProcessWire; /** * Resource : testing-mystique */ return [ 'title' => __('Testing Mystique'), 'fields' => [ 'text_field' => [ 'label' => __('You can use short named types'), 'description' => __('In file showIf working like example'), 'notes' => __('Also you can use $input->set() method'), 'type' => 'text', 'showIf' => [ 'another_text' => "=''" ], 'set' => [ 'showCount' => InputfieldText::showCountChars, 'maxlength' => 255 ], 'attr' => [ 'attr-foo' => 'bar', 'attr-bar' => 'foo' ] ], 'another_text' => [ 'label' => __('Another text field (default type is text)') ] ] ]; Example:
site/templates/configs/Mystique.seo-fields.php <?php namespace ProcessWire; /** * Resource : seo-fields */ return [ 'title' => __('Seo fields'), 'fields' => [ 'window_title' => [ 'label' => __('Window title'), 'type' => Mystique::TEXT, // or InputfieldText 'useLanguages' => true, 'attr' => [ 'placeholder' => __('Enter a window title') ] ], 'navigation_title' => [ 'label' => __('Navigation title'), 'type' => Mystique::TEXT, // or InputfieldText 'useLanguages' => true, 'showIf' => [ 'window_title' => "!=''" ], 'attr' => [ 'placeholder' => __('Enter a navigation title') ] ], 'description' => [ 'label' => __('Description for search engines'), 'type' => Mystique::TEXTAREA, 'useLanguages' => true ], 'page_tpye' => [ 'label' => __('Type'), 'type' => Mystique::SELECT, 'options' => [ 'basic' => __('Basic page'), 'gallery' => __('Gallery'), 'blog' => __('Blog') ] ], 'show_on_nav' => [ 'label' => __('Display this page on navigation'), 'type' => Mystique::CHECKBOX ] ] ]; Searching data on Mystique field is limited. Because, Mystique saving data to database in json format. When you make search for Mystique field, operator not important. Operator will be changed with %= operator.
Search example
$navigationPages = pages()->find('my_mystique_field.show_on_nav=1'); $navigationPages = pages()->find('my_mystique_field.page_tpye=gallery');


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Search for Waukesha murder suspect continues
Police say Eddie Callaway is armed, dangerous
Police continue to search for Eddie Callaway, the man officer said shot and killed his girlfriend.
Callaway, 26, is accused of shooting and killing Shanel Negron, 24, outside their townhouse near Moreland Boulevard and Summit Avenue on April 22.
Police have charged Callaway with first-degree intentional homicide, but they have been unable to find him since the shooting.
Waukesha Police Capt. Ron Oremus said Callaway is considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached.
"We don't want anyone making contact with him," Oremus said. "He had a handgun that was not recovered at the scene, so we don't want anyone to make contact."
Callaway's father is concerned police will kill his son.
"I don't know what happened to Nani," he said of the victim. "I love her, but I'm going to tell you something: As God as my witness, they're only trying to make a vigilante out here now to execute my son."
Police said Callaway left the scene in a 2002 Ford Taurus with Wisconsin license plate No. 394-TVK.
Anyone with information on Callaway's whereabouts are asked to call 911.


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Just before the start of the Federation of Genealogical Societies' Annual Conference, I will be one of the panelists of the Association of Professional Genealogists' Annual Meeting and Roundtable on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 in Salon AB of the Hilton Hotel in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The topic of the roundtable is "Your Internet Presence- How to get IT and what to do with IT: A discussion of what IT is." I am honored to share the table with these APG members and leaders in the genealogy field: Drew Smith, Josh Taylor, Kathy Hinckley, Katherine Flynn and Laura Prescott, moderator.
As stated in a recent blog posting:
The panel members will each discuss a particular option or area that can enhance a professional's web presence then the discussion will be open to the audience for questions and a sharing of ideas. This is a subject that can have some of us quaking in our boots while others are smiling with the opportunity to expand their horizons. Which are you?
The APG Roundtable is open to all APG members and their guests. If you are interested in becoming an APG member you are welcome to participate in learning and sharing from other professionals.
I am looking forward to a great discussion and the chance to interact with my colleagues in the field of professional genealogy.
©2010, copyright Thomas MacEntee


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Comics Corner – Week of 9/240
A relatively small week in the grand scheme of things. I picked up 10 books that came out on Wednesday plus Welcome to Hoxford #2 which came out a couple weeks ago. In addition to these, I dropped about 7 titles including X-Factor, The Boys, and Angel. More will be coming as more storylines end though as I make my transition away from regular monthly comics.
Now for some reviews! Don't forget to call me retarded at the bottom as your opinion is always welcome. K THX. (more…)
Comics Corner – Week of 8/130
Here are my thoughts on the comics I picked up this week. Please note, some of these will probably come off as retarded to some people so consider yourself warned. I dropped all things Final Crisis from my pull list after last week. I'm done with that event and I'm practically done with DC altogether.
- 100 Bullets #94 – Holding off on this one until the series ends. I think I'm going to drop the book and just pick up the last trade when it comes out. No sense in me shilling out the $3 a month for it if it's just going in a box for now.
- Action Comics #868 – Geoff Johns' look at Brainiac continues. I'm loving the "horror story" vibe that this story is giving off. Brainiac is essentially the Kryptonian Boogieman. Children are terrified of him and rightly so. Now he's found Earth and his drones are descending on it to destroy the planet while Superman is away. Action, Adventure, Drama. I'm digging this book.
- Amazing Spider-Man #567 – The conclusion to the arc featuring a new lady Kraven. This issue wrapped up the arc pretty well and definitely left things with a lot of room to grow. I loved the "twist" of adding Peter's roommate Vin to the mix. I didn't really care for the way Peter's face looked in the Daredevil costume though. It looked too open and just weird. Again, I don't remember why Vermin is alive because I could have sworn he was dead. Although maybe that's a result of the whole "Brand New Day" thing. Speaking of, I just noticed that that header is no longer on the top of the comic. Bout damn time. Next issue picks up the "New Ways to Die" arc featuring Venom and Green Goblin. I'm really looking forward to that.
- Angel After The Fall #11 – I'm pretty sure this is the penultimate issue so at least I've got that going for me. This issue actually gave us a lot of information about what Gunn's been up to and why he's been doing what he's been doing. I can't tell if it's the vampire part of him or if he's just been driven insane by the events in Los Angeles. This issue felt like it flowed a bit better with some dialog that was closer to the spirit of the Buffyverse, especially the interaction with Spike and the others. I seriously have no idea what's going on in the last page. If it was a cliffhanger I think it failed because I don't see what's going on. This could probably be due to the horrendous art. The second to last page seriously looked like something out of a crumbled up old Peanuts comic. Seriously go check it out. Gwen looks like fucking Charlie Brown with a wig on. I don't understand how the art could be so piss poor in this book. You'd think that with the attention that is undoubtedly on this book that they'd at least spring for a halfway decent artist. Ugh.
- Astonishing X-Men #26 – The second issue of Warren Ellis' run on this book. While I'm a big fan of Ellis' work, this one just isn't up to par for me just yet. There's some interesting theories popping around and I'm liking what he's done with the characters so far. Cyclops has changed, or as he puts it, grown up. The X-Men have to face the fact that mutants are literally an endangered species now. If they hope to survive, they're going to have to resort to drastic measures like kill or be killed. Cyclops mentions that both he and Storm have killed before, but I don't recall whom or when. If anyone can fill me in, please do.
- Batman #679 – Part 4 (or is it 5?) of Grant Morrison's "Batman R.I.P." storyline. I feel like I have to go back to the beginning of Morrison's run and re-read the whole thing because I'm starting to get lost in this. There's a whole lot of jumping around and Batman's in a weird purple costume and he's a schizophrenic hobo now. Sure. It's Grant Morrison. Go with it, right? Eh. I'm starting to lose faith in the man. The re-introduction of Batman's arch-rival certainly gives me hope for the next couple issues though. I loved what Morrison did with the Joker so I'm looking forward to when he actually gets to use him.
- Booster Gold #11 – When I heard that Geoff Johns was leaving this book, I was ready to drop it on the spot. Chuck Dixon is filling in for a quick 2 issue arc before someone else takes over the book. Booster is sent to fix a time hole created by a backwards time traveler and an encounter with Batman and crew. He just doesn't know how to fix it just right. This issue was not nearly as good as the previous arcs. It felt a little hokey and just small time. Johns' run was almost epic, but on a scale that someone like Booster Gold could still take on. I think I'm going to give this book two more issues (one to end Dixon's arc and then one more for the new guy) before I make my final decision though. If they're anything like this though, I'll be dropping it.
- Fantastic Four #559 – I considered dropping this book because while it's written by Mark Millar, it got a little out there with the first arc. This issue convinced me otherwise though. I just want to know more. Is the Earth really doomed to be destroyed within 30 years? Why is the Hulk leading a strange group of super villains to capture Johnny Storm and Dr. Doom? And is that who I think it is at the end there? Holy shit. How can I not read the next issue now? The art is the only thing that I'm a little iffy on with this book now. While Brian Hitch's earlier issues seemed a bit more detailed, this one seems almost sketchy with some things definitely looking unfinished. I feel like the art in a book like Fantastic Four should be crisp and clean and that's not the case here.
- Green Lantern Corps #27 – I think I'm going to stick it out with this book. I just love the Green Lanterns now. This issue starts up a new arc with someone brutally killing the families of several Corps members, mostly rookies. I don't recognize the face at the end of the book, but it is most likely a member of the Sinestro Corps. The hunt should be on in the next issue. Oh, and Mongul's not dead? Sure.
- The Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe (One Shot – Reprint) – I think I red this issue awhile back. Essentially it's a sort of "What If…?" story where Frank Castle's family is killed not by criminals but as a result of a battle between super powered individuals. Castle freaks out and kills some of them, then he's recruited to kill them all, hence the title. It's an interesting little story that shows what can happen if things go too far. You can also see how this issue could have planted the seed for Garth Ennis' The Boys later on as it deals with a lot of the same themes (ie: policing super heroes). Not a bad read.
- Secret Invasion #5 – OK. Let's get on with it already. The Skrulls have invaded. Some shit went down and then I feel like I've been hanging around waiting. It's like the wind was knocked out of me and I'm just waiting to get it back. Now it looks as if that will happen with the NEXT issue. Thanks? Issue 6 of 8 is when things are going to heat up? Is Bendis taking lessons from Grant Morrison and Final Crisis? This issue also showed us that seemingly all the heroes on the Savage Land ship were indeed Skrulls thanks to some nifty super gun that Reed Richards invented on the spot. That's pretty disappointing because one of the really intriguing parts of the first issue was that ambiguity of those long lost heroes. Even if one of them was the real deal, even f'ing Mockingbird, it would have made it worthwhile and caused so much more drama. Instead it felt like a publicity stunt. It was just a flash in the pan. I've still got hope for this, but I'm a little let down. Let's wrap this up, Bendis. This better not be another House of M.
- Secret Invasion Inhumans #1 – I feel like the Inhumans haven't really gotten enough play. Sure they basically isolate themselves away from Earth on the moon, but they're just so interesting up there. There's got to be more drama, no? Thankfully with the proof that Black Bolt was really a Skrull (for who knows how long) there's some hope yet. Medusa and Crystal set out to find their true king while Black Bolt's brother causes some mischief as usual. It would be a safe bet that he's a Skrull, but I feel that might be too obvious. I think I'm going to stick with it for this mini-series, unlike Front Line and Fantastic Four.
- Secret Invasion Runaways Young Avengers #2 – Since I love both teams involved with this story, I'm definitely sticking with it. (I also like that Marvel kept most of these tie-in mini-series short, between 3 and 4 issues, with Front Line being the exception at 5. Makes it a bit easier to swallow.) This issue moves things along pretty quickly as both groups are confronted by even more Skrulls. I like that this mini-series is addressing some of the factions within the Skrull religion that Bendis has mentioned in interviews, but has yet to address in his books. Here we see a group of extremists hellbent on removing the prodigal son of their former queen, Young Avenger Hulkling. Next issue wraps this one up.
- Secret Invasion X-Men #1 – So apparently with all the planning and preparation that the Skrulls did for this invasion, they forgot to check in on one of the most powerful super teams in the Marvel Universe. I guess they didn't get that change of address form that the X-Men sent out when they moved to San Francisco because they were surprised to see the mutant team there to stop them from taking over the land of Rice-A-Roni. I find this incredibly hard to believe. Does this mean that there's not one Skrull among the mutants? It seems to be a safe bet. If one is revealed, this entire issue won't make a bit of sense. As a result, I'm probably going to skip this mini-series. It definitely seems like it'll be easily forgotten about and not really matter to the big picture anyway.
- Walking Dead #51 – I think this is the only comic that I actually fear reading each month. After the last arc where writer Robert Kirkman essentially proved that literally no one is safe, I read the book by peaking through my fingers at times. This issue was heart-breaking. I thought things looked a little odd when the phone first "rang" but I didn't think anything of it. Then BAM, I'm hit with that doozy. What a book. Also, in reading this issue I got to thinking about just how old Rick's son Carl is. He's got to be like 10 at the most, right? Throughout all this he's got to be pretty mature for his age by now though, especially since he basically has to take care of his Dad now. Oh man. I can't even imagine what could happen next with this book.
- Welcome To Hoxford #1 – This was the first issue of Ben Templesmith's new series. He wrote and drew this book and man, was it creepy. I've been a fan of Templesmith's art in Fell and this is very similar. There's this underlying creepy-ness factor that runs throughout the entire issue. I also feel like it's got an almost dreamlike aura about it. The colors blend together and people's faces can stretch and contort into weird shapes and it would be natural here. Hoxford is a new privately-owned maximum security prison / rehabilitation center. A group of inmates on death row are transferred there and they are definitely an interesting (re: insane) bunch. It seems that the guards and the warden are just as strange though. The book is definitely worth checking out if you're a fan of Fell. I feel like it's a bizarre and twisted version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and I love it.


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Three's not a crowd but 'ideal' for Jets running backs
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- Shonn Greene insists he isn't really all that into numbers.
He's a rare running back who won't sulk on the sideline if his carries are down, just as long as the New York Jets are winning.
No, really. He means it.
"I'm not selfish, man," Greene said Tuesday. "You all know that. I've never been that guy who says, 'I want this or that.' The more, the better. That's how I see it."
After the success Greene, Bilal Powell and Joe McKnight had against the Rams on Sunday, all three could expect to be in the mix for significant playing time the rest of the season. While some might see three as a crowd in the backfield, the Jets believe it's the way to bring back their run-first approach on a consistent basis.
"I think it's the ideal scenario for us because we have three very capable backs," coach Rex Ryan said. "Instead of just throwing one guy in there all the time to take the hits, protections and routes, when you have three guys coming in, it helps."
That certainly was the plan going into the season for offensive coordinator Tony Sparano, who was excited about bringing the "Ground-and-Pound" approach back to the Jets' offense -- especially with backup quarterback Tim Tebow in the mix as a wildcat-style presence. While that hasn't yielded the results the Jets hoped for, it has also been rare for all three running backs to be healthy and effective in the same game, as they were in the Jets' 27-13 win over St. Louis on Sunday.
Greene ran 18 times for 64 yards, Powell had 42 yards and his first two NFL touchdowns on 11 carries and McKnight rushed for 14 yards on four carries. The Jets finished with 124 yards rushing, using all three players to try to beat the Rams.
"I think that's where the league is going to," Ryan said. "You don't necessarily have that guy that does it all every snap anymore the way you used to with a Walter Payton. You kind of divide those things up."
Ryan also noted that the Jets' three AFC East rivals -- New England, Miami and Buffalo -- all use multiple players in their backfields.
The Jets will get a close look at the Patriots' unpredictable running back rotation Thursday night at MetLife Stadium.
While Stevan Ridley is the primary ballcarrier with 842 yards on 185 attempts, Brandon Bolden (43 for 234), Danny Woodhead (49 for 179) and Shane Vereen (33 for 117) have all rushed at least 30 times.
"If you have the talent and the guys are healthy and fresh," Ryan said, "I think that's the best way to do it."
That approach worked effectively for the Jets in 2009 -- Greene's rookie season -- when he, Thomas Jones and Leon Washington shared the load, until Washington was lost for the season with a broken leg. The Jets still led the NFL with 2,756 yards rushing that season under then-offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer.
New York cut Jones and traded Washington the following offseason, but still finished fourth in rushing with the arrival of LaDainian Tomlinson. Greene was the primary backup, with McKnight getting some snaps and wide receiver Brad Smith effectively used in wildcat packages.
The Jets slumped to 22nd in the league in rushing last year as Greene assumed the starting role, Tomlinson was relegated to the third-down back and McKnight and Powell saw limited carries. When Sparano was hired this past offseason as the offensive coordinator, he talked about a return to the run-first mentality Ryan loves.
It has taken a while, but the Jets might be on the verge of getting back to "Ground-and-Pound" on a regular basis. They're 15th in rushing, and rising.
"It's an opportunity to keep everybody fresh," McKnight said. "When Shonn goes in, he's gets his plays and then when Bilal goes in, it's another fresh back. When Bilal comes out, I'll go in and it's another fresh back. It's all about keeping us fresh."
It's also about confusing opponents with three players with different skill sets. First, there's Greene, who is a blue-collar type of running back who leads the team with 631 yards rushing. Next is Powell, also a physical back who has some speed to bounce outside but also is an excellent pass blocker. McKnight is a speedy, shifty runner who also adds a pass-catching element in the backfield.
The Jets tried some trickiness against the Rams, switching things up at times with all three. Greene took a few outside runs, McKnight went in between the tackles a few times and Powell even stayed inside on both of his scores.
"I think we can give some defenses headaches by having all three of us in the game plan," Greene said.
Keeping Powell and McKnight healthy has been a challenge this season, though. Powell has dealt with a concussion and a separated right shoulder, while McKnight is playing while still healing from a high right ankle sprain. So, to have all three play significant snaps in a game was promising.
"It was pretty good to see everybody get out there and get going," said Powell, who has 180 yards rushing in his second season. "It was a great game plan. The offensive line did a great job of blocking, making it a lot easier on us. We really enjoyed it, but most importantly, we enjoyed the win."
In the offseason, Sparano said he could see Greene get as many as 300 carries this year as the bell cow of the Jets' running game. That's music to the ears of most running backs, with many saying the more carries in each game, the better they get at establishing a rhythm.
Greene acknowledged that he hoped that would be the case, but as the season has unfolded and he and the offensive line struggled at times, he insists he has only one goal. And it's not about getting his second straight 1,000-yard season or rushing for double-digit touchdowns.
"This is a team game and I'm more into winning games than worrying about who's getting the ball here and who's getting the ball there," Greene said. "I think it does take a different mentality, but my mentality is: Just win games -- whoever can help us win games."
McKnight agrees, adding that he is used to a running back-by-committee scenario anyway, with six players getting 20 or more carries in each of his last two seasons at Southern California.
"I mean, I went to SC and we had 11 running backs," he said, laughing. "It really never fazed me about how many carries you got. When the opportunity came for you to get in the game, just make the best of it."
And that goes for him, Greene or Powell.
"As a group, whatever guy's out there, we're always cheering for each other and it's always good to get all the running backs a chance to get in and do their thing," Powell said. "The offensive line did a great job and we just want to keep that going."


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Cut the Fat
I was headed to the DMV to renew my driver's license, and I had to walk past a food court to get there. Even though I had just eaten lunch, the smell of pizza and Chinese food was making my stomach rumble, and I could practically feel my pupils turning into tiny cheeseburgers, cartoon-style. Ninety minutes' worth of paperwork later, I was slathering extra frosting on a Cinnabon. "We're continually being offered calorie-dense food in big portions, and we don't have to work hard or spend much money to get it," says Barbara Rolls, PhD, the author of The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet. "If you wanted to fatten someone up, you couldn't design a much better environment than the one we live in." And a lot of Americans are succumbing: 33 percent of adults are overweight and 36 percent are obese. But there's good news: You can beat the odds and ditch extra pounds. Here, the 10 hurdles standing between you and your goal weight — and how to tackle every one.
Food Is Everywhere All the Time
Turn on the TV, fire up your laptop, or open a magazine, and there it is: food porn. Nearly 60 percent of the Pinterest content that we interact with is culinary, more and more non-grocery stores are selling food (think a hot dog stand at the hardware store and mini pizzas at Target), and there were 32 percent more food ads on television in 2011 than in 2007. The average person now watches 20 mouthwatering commercials a day, according to Yale University research.
The problem is that "seeing or smelling food activates pre-eating responses, like salivating," Rolls says. But just as spotting a doughnut can trip your splurge trigger, leaving your running log out on the coffee table can activate your stay healthy one. Research shows that overweight grocery shoppers who were handed a recipe with health-related words printed on it bought less junk food than those who got otherwise identical recipe cards. "It didn't matter whether participants thought about or looked at the card again," says study author Esther Papies, PhD, an assistant professor at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. "These reminders work subtly." To give your brain the hint, hang your bathing suit from your bedroom doorknob or put the class card for your favorite yoga studio in the front part of your wallet.
There's Too Much Variety
Take a buffet: If you have just a few bites of each dish, you'll still consume far more calories than you would if there were only two or three foods on your plate. Even when you're not in an all-you-can-eat situation, having too many choices can sabotage your diet. That's because when you devote mental energy to reviewing all of them, your brain gets overwhelmed and your willpower suffers.
"People in other countries tend to have the same thing for breakfast and lunch every day," says Brian Wansink, PhD, the director of the Food and Brand Lab at Cornell University and a FITNESS advisory board member. "Here, there's no pattern at all. One day you skip breakfast, the next morning you have leftover pizza, and the next morning you buy a caramel latte. All this food freedom leads to taking in more calories."
Wansink suggests eating more or less the same balanced breakfast and lunch every weekday, changing up dinner so you don't get bored. Claire Wheeler, MD, PhD, a professor of community health at Portland State University and a coauthor of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Belly Fat Weight Loss, takes this approach: "I stick to the same few proteins and grains, but I switch up my fruits and vegetables," she says. "Variety in that aspect is good, because different kinds of produce contain different nutrients."
Fat and Sugar Are Hijacking Our Brain...
Junk food has more fat, sugar, and salt than ever before, and all three can affect the brain in the same way drugs and alcohol do. "Food scientists know exactly how to make the french fries in a restaurant more addictive than anything you could make at home," Dr. Wheeler says. Namely, they engineer them to light up the pleasure center in your brain while throwing off your body's "I'm full" signals, so it's hard to feel satisfied no matter how many you have.
But don't quit eating your faves cold turkey. "If you try to cut something out completely, you're likely to go overboard if you do cave, because you think, This is my last chance to eat this, so I had better make it count and go all out," says Deborah Beck Busis, the diet program coordinator for the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. "Instead, allow yourself a small serving and get used to the feeling of stopping once it's gone." Another trick: Indulge in activities you enjoy, like Spinning or playing Words With Friends, Dr. Wheeler suggests. They have the same pleasure-producing effect on brain chemistry as hyperpalatable foods, minus the calories.
...and Our Gut
We all have a mix of good bacteria, which help us break down food and fight off sickness, and bad bacteria, which can muck up digestion, metabolism, and immunity. The newest research hints that a diet high in fat and low in fiber can cause a proliferation of bad bugs, which tell your digestive tract to store more calories as fat. (Good microbes tell your digestive system to let more calories through unabsorbed.) "This means that if two women eat the same 100-calorie candy bar, the one with a healthier mix of bacteria might absorb just 80 calories, while the other might absorb all 100," Dr. Wheeler explains.
To slow the absorption of calories, aim to get 25 grams of fiber a day. "The nutrient increases the production of mucus in the gut, and good bacteria need mucus to survive," says David Rakel, MD, an associate professor of integrative medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
We're Lame in the Sack
"Since the recession, we feel that we need to be working at all hours to prove our worth," Dr. Wheeler says. And once we do go to bed, high levels of the stress hormone cortisol prevent us from slipping into dreamland.
The problem is that not logging enough zzz's doesn't just make you drowsy during the day, it can also increase levels of the hunger hormone ghrelin, reduce levels of the satiety hormone leptin, and give more clout to genes — including the bad kind that tell your body to gain weight the second you stray from your diet or take a break from the gym. "The more people sleep, the less sway their genes have over their weight, and the more diet and exercise matter," says Nate Watson, MD, the codirector of the University of Washington Medicine Sleep Center in Seattle.
To get your seven or more hours, skip caffeine in the evening, power down your electronics at least an hour before bedtime, go to sleep and get up at about the same time every day, and make sure your bedroom is pitch-black.
Our Social Circle Is Growing, and Not in a Good Way
After tracking more than 12,000 health care professionals for 32 years, Harvard Medical School researchers found that their subjects' obesity risk was 57 percent greater if they had a close friend who was obese, 40 percent greater if a sibling of theirs was obese, and 37 percent greater if their spouse was obese. One explanation: The researchers suspect that unhealthy activities are contagious (if your BFF loves going out for happy hour nachos, you'll probably partake, too). Also, if the majority of the people in your life are packing extra pounds, being overweight can begin to seem like the norm.
Fight weight creep by finding ways to turn social time into slimming time. "People are willing to change, but you have to take the lead," Busis says. Suggest meeting at a healthy soup-and-salad cafe instead of a Chinese buffet or taking a kickboxing class together instead of seeing a movie.
We Love a Bargain
You probably shop at least occasionally in one of the more than 4,000 big-box stores in the U.S., like Sam's Club and Costco. And once you get your purchases home, they can cause something called stock pressure, Wansink says. "You open the cupboard and think, Whoa, look at all those chips!" Suddenly, you're worried about polishing them off before they go stale or just clearing some room on your shelves.
If you must buy an economy-size bag of chips, crackers, or cookies, repackage it in smaller baggies as soon as you get home, Wansink suggests. Or put bad-for-you bites in the very back of your cabinets, where you're less likely to see them.
Portion Sizes Keep Climbing
A report in the International Journal of Obesity examined 52 well-known paintings of Jesus' last supper, comparing portions and dishware. The results: Since 1000 A.D., the size of entrees has grown by 69 percent, bread by 23 percent, and plates by 66 percent.
If you aren't already eating dinner off salad-size plates, make the switch. Then dish out 20 percent less food than you think you need: Cornell researchers found that a 20 percent reduction didn't make people feel any less full. At restaurants, ask the server to box up your leftovers. And if you chose something that won't hold up well the next day, "get over the idea of getting your money's worth," Busis says. "You're paying the same amount whether you finish your food or not. And when you think about the cost of taking in too many calories, it's just not worth it."
Health Halos Are Blinding Us
Buying the light version of packaged foods instead of the regular kind could make you heavier. When people were served treats that had a "low fat" sticker on the package, they ate up to 47 percent more than those who were served the same snacks minus the label, a Cornell study showed. In fact, just seeing the phrase "low fat" caused people to consume an extra 89 calories in a sitting. "People think they're being good, so they compensate by eating more," Wansink says. Other health claims — "gluten-free," "all natural" — also spur us to justify eating more. "But these foods aren't necessarily healthier," he says.
Weirdly, knowing about the halo effect doesn't make us any less susceptible to it, Wansink notes. So whether you're reaching for rice cakes or Oreos, count out a single serving, then close up the box or bag. "Every time you stick to a reasonable portion instead of overeating, your resistance muscle gets a little stronger and your giving-in one gets a little weaker," Busis says.
We Pay for Everything with Plastic
Studies show that we're likelier to splurge on an expensive bag or gadget when we use a credit card, because swiping doesn't feel like spending money. Now a study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that we also buy less-healthy fare when we pay with credit instead of cash, because our brains trick us into thinking that if it doesn't count financially, it doesn't count caloriewise either.
Busis recommends taking out enough money each Monday for seven days' worth of food. "Doing this can help you become more aware of how you're spending your grocery dollars," she says. And use the cash trick when eating out, too. "If you've budgeted $20 to spend on dinner, you may have to get an appetizer instead of an entree or stick with water instead of ordering wine," Dr. Wheeler says. "When you're more mindful of how much you're spending, you're also more mindful of how much you're eating."
Originally published in FITNESS magazine, September 2013.


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Tesla Model S Service Contract: $600/Year, Or Warranty Voided
Tesla Model S Service Contract: $600/Year, Or Warranty Voided
Any car I purchase I won't a worry free driving experience and $600 a year keeps me worry free. We all have our breaking point and maybe the $600 is yours. Keep in mind if you cancel you miss out on a great opportunity of driving the finest sedan ever built and being a first generation electric sedan owner. At worst you can sell it.
Keep the car, you will love it!
Yeah I am none too happy about it either.
Out the door goes the argument of lower cost of ownership due to less maintenance. But I guess when you buy a car at this price point, it something to be expected.
It's actually $475. About the same cost my Saturn maintenance package was in 2000. That plan did not include wipers or brakes or anything like that.
Sure there should be less things to pay for in your mind but I/we do not know that so I don't mind paying for the package.
Sounds like you did the right thing Kal-el and canceled because the price sounded too high.
Would you like a link to the half dozen other threads on this?
What is/was your reservation number?
Kal-el. I disagree with you if you consider the maintenance and repairs in the long run.
Most if not all luxury carmakers include in the price a 36/36 maintenance package. It is not free, it is factored in to the price of the car. Since there is no maintenance any charge for the first 3 years will seem exorbitant. However, five + years down the road the maintenance and repair charges will begin to mount.
For what it is worth, I use to work for a BMW dealership. The best part of the 36/36 at BMW is getting a free loan car. Why? They are always in the shop!
Lastly, being a new type of vehicle, you can't run over to Sears or Pep Boys... but a Ranger will come to you. What is approximately 3-4 hours of your time worth, plus the cost and time to drive to and from the dealership? Sorry to lose you but I hope you had low reservation #. The sooner I get mine the better.
I can vouch for that to the tune of a few grand a year.
Yeah, people were sneering when GB said, "Everything but the tires."
Yeah, so what does that mean? Wiper blades?"
New product, unknown wear & glitch pattern, personal home/work service -- it's a bar-goon, IMO. TM is absorbing much of the "risk" of newness, which is a strong incentive to do preventative design, QC, and timely checkups.
and another thread here:
The sentiments and arguments are similar on all of them.
$475 pre-paid looks like a bargain at this point, if Tesla guys don't change their stance on this under pressure.
I think the complexity of the Model S is reduced comparing to ICE, not the other way around, but even the current pricing is still on par or cheaper than an ICE car *over four years*.
I think it should be cheaper, by a lot, but it's Tesla's decision in the end.
I don't know about that. I did not spend $2400 on maintenance in the first years of own ing new ICE vehicles. You just need a few oil changes/filters, a couple tire rotations and maybe some brake work, not even close to $2400 or $1900 assuming nothing with your new car goes drastically wrong.
If you are expecting to keep the car for just a few years then maybe $600, or $475, per year seems expensive. How much depreciation do you expect there to be when you sell it in just a few years. I expect there to be a very large depreciation because of the reducing production cost of both the car itself and even more reduction in the cost of batteries. This is above the normal depreciation you expect on a car. The fuel saved is also going to be significant. I believe the cost of the warranty is minimal compared to these costs. If you keep the car for a longer time, for example 8 years, then $4000 for worry free motoring is a bargain in my eyes.
Ooold news...
Those are all quite recent multi-page threads... Do we really have to go over it all again?
How about 10 years for $2500
This seems more reasonable. First 4 years 50k miles are the easy times/miles for a car. It is after this that you will typically start to have issues in an ICE car.
Right now, nobody other than Tesla Service Centers have trained technicians and the proper diagnostic equipment to work on the car.
I guess some folks assumed that all maintenance other than tires and brakes were included in the warranty.
I've made that assumption in the past. Yet, having owned Lexus, BMW, Mercedes, etc. I have always had to pay for something during the warranty period, which (supposedly) was not a warranty item. My average maintenance cost per year during the warranty period has been about $500.
I get the impression that Tesla is being a little more upfront (candid) with their customers, by setting a fixed cost per year. This is unusual and perhaps odd, but welcome. Thus far, Tesla has earned my trust. I'm going along for the ride. Though, each customer has to form their own opinions.
David M. Do you usually lease or buy your cars. If you buy, what is the average, annual maintenance and repair costs in 4-8th year?
petero - I have never leased a car. On average, I keep cars about 6 or 7 years. Annual maintenance after the 4th year varies greatly by make of car. Lexus better, Toyota average, Volvo & Jeep expensive. Did not own BMW or Mercedes beyond 4 years.
Maintenance Yr 5 - 7 (estimated) excluding tires.
Lexus - $750/yr
Toyota - $1,000/yr
Volvo & Jeep - $1,500/yr
David M. Thank you.


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Last month, my husband and I had the opportunity to visit Arizona. Having never been, we certainly fell in love with the landscape, the people and the food. My two favorite food items had to be my Pops' huevos rancheros and the chocolate cookies from Spa Avania. If either sound good (and trust me, they should), here are the recipes for you to enjoy.


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Detoured: Bikers to skip Scottsville after narrow vote
Three hundred bikers poised to descend upon Scottsville next June may be peeling off in a different direction.
The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation ignited a furor in Scottsville last month when it approached the town about hosting its Ride for Life fundraiser next year. The town's new mayor, Steve Phipps, cast an unprecedented tie-breaking vote in favor of the motorcycle event that unleashed a storm of criticism from vocal residents who feared the decision would turn Scottsville into a biker town.
Last week, Phipps says, he received a call from the Foundation saying the group is favoring the Goochland campus of J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College.
Residents who opposed the Ride cited concerns about 300 motorcycles roaring into town during the church hour. And the anti-biker faction is ecstatic that Scottsville may no longer be a candidate for the event.
"I'm really happy," says Dena Radley, who owns The Sesame Seed, a downtown Scottsville boutique. "They wanted to take over the town."
Claire Mellow, whose husband, a Town Councilor, voted against the bikers, says she's "relieved" over the news.
"We love philanthropic organizations," says Mellow. "We love bikers but not 300 of them in a town of 500 people."
While some residents are celebrating abatement of an alleged biker overload, Pete ter Horst, executive director of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, refuses to confirm that Scottsville is out of the running.
"We haven't eliminated any site," ter Horst maintains. "We have a half a dozen we're looking at." And he says a decision won't be made until early next year.
There is one criterion that Scottsville didn't necessarily meet: "It is our goal that a city we went to would welcome us with open arms," says ter Horst.
Since the event was begun in 1984, the event has featured mostly affluent, middle-aged professionals who don their leathers on weekends– pretty unlikely candidates for a rumble. "We work hard to maintain a family atmosphere," says ter Horst.
Mayor Phipps says the town may try to host the event another year. "I've had more calls since the vote from people telling me they're glad I voted for it," he says.
However, Brian LaFontaine, president of the Scottsville Chamber of Commerce, came under fire for supporting the Ride for Life. He doesn't think the group's possible move to Goochland bodes ill for Scottsville's chances of attracting other philanthropic organizations.
"We look forward to other groups motorcycle or not to come through here," he says.
Radley also doesn't think the dust-up will scare off other groups interested in coming to Scottsville. They'll be welcome, she says, with one stipulation: "As long as they're not on motorcycles."


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In 1979, Ken and Marsha Hobert honeymooned at Ken's family cabin in Glen Haven. They immediately fell in love with the quaint little town and the beautiful Rocky Mountains. Both lived and worked in Los Angeles and when they flew back after this vacation, they couldn't land because of a smog warning.
"We knew we had to move out of the city," said Ken. After they sold their house and were ready to move, a major earthquake struck which shook away any lingering doubts the couple may have had about leaving their corporate jobs and moving to the mountains. They made the family cabin into their home and started thinking about ways to make a living.
Ken was a former math teacher and had most recently been a senior vice president of a life insurance company and Marsha had left her LA job as the assistant to the president of a large corporation.
"We are administratively grounded," said Ken, "we were the ones to get the job done, to do the work.
"This was before PCs," he added. At that time, administration was a daunting task for many businesses, with teams of secretaries and assistants required to handle the everyday paperwork, management, and marketing fulfillment.
In 1982, the Hoberts started their business, Hobert Office Services, Ltd. in a building in downtown Estes Park. They intended to provide these invaluable services to businesses that could not afford to hire assistants. In July of that year (July 15 actually, Ken's birthday) Ken was working in the shop and Marsha was baking him a chocolate cake at their home. The Lawn Lake Flood hit downtown Estes Park unexpectedly and Marsha left her baking and came up to help with the clean-up efforts. This major event didn't stifle their resolve and for a total of five years, the business thrived in that location. In 1986, they moved to their current location on Manford Avenue.
Shortly after they started their business they got the contract to complete marketing fulfillment for the local Chamber of Commerce. "With our old computer systems, I would start sorting to create 5,000 mailing labels before I left work and when I got back the next morning, the sorting was finally done," said Marsha.
"For nine years, we were the largest bulk mailer in town."
In 1991, they were hired as the business office for an international alpaca association. At the time, that organization had 146 members and $5,000 in the bank. By 2003, they had 4,000 members and $1.6 million in assets. The Hoberts, along with four employees, ran 18 conferences nationwide and managed a $1M marketing budget. They were also the business office for Estes Park's Noon Rotary for 25 years.
About 10 years ago, the Hoberts decided to expand their business and based on their vast experience in marketing, printing, mailing, and administration started providing the community a one-stop marketing and fulfillment shop.
"We take care of the whole customer, "said Marsha, "we want to work with them and make them successful."
The services that Hobert Office Services provides include: photo printing, passport photos, graphic design, signage, posters, photo-touch ups, photo digital scanning, large format printing, along with the traditional services of bookkeeping, typing, mass mailings, UPS shipping and much more. They are assisted by Cindy Grigg, who has been with them for eight years.
"She's invaluable," said Marsha.
In recent years, Marsha has capitalized on her love of the area and her talents in photography in a new business, Photos by Marsha.
"I've been shooting since I was a little girl," she said.
"My photography has grown because of my love of animals and the scenery. Every day is a beautiful day in the place we live."
Her busy office is also her gallery where she displays her prints, coasters made from her photos, and other specialty items. Her photos have been featured in the Names and Numbers phone book (this year, she has the cover photo), and on local news channels 4, 7, and 9. She also collaborated on a book, Photography For Fun, which features many of her pet photos.
"People are welcome to stop by and view my pictures," Marsha said, "I want my photos to put a smile on someone's face.
"These are the things you can't put a price on."


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EICAR Schnapps‑Shot
Well, the EICAR conference earlier this month was in Krems, in Austria, where I hear that they're not averse to the occasional brandy, but I was actually perfectly sober when I delivered my paper on Security Software & Rogue Economics: New Technology or New Marketing? (The full abstract is available at the same URL.) To conform with EICAR's


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She worked for me early in her public relations career, and her sociable personality made us think she'd do well in an outreach position, working with members of our nonprofit association. The job required her to run a training workshop to show those members great ways they could do community outreach and public relations within their local chapters--and to speak at gatherings to recruit members to this activity. Only problem? She was both untrained in, and daunted by, public speaking. And I mean daunted. She seemed confident and self-assured, but confided this was her stumbling block.
Instead of thinking we'd made a mistake, we invested -- in training with a speaker trainer, in coaching her ourselves, and in encouraging her to take on more training through Toastmasters and any opportunity to speak. Now, more than a decade later, she shared two things that were valuable for her in that process:
- "You took me with you." After she'd had a formal half-day training, focused on a presentation she'd be giving over and over again, we tag-teamed her first few presentations in front of a real audience. We worked on a presentation that would let her shine, but that we shared, taking some of the pressure off her. If a tough, unexpected question came up, I could field it. If she faltered, I could chime in. That level of "I have your back" made a big difference, as it turned out.
- "You insisted on preparation." She recalled a most-memorable moment from our tag-team days. We were at a member meeting, and presenting in the after-lunch session. At lunch, with a table full of fellow staffers, I looked at her and said, "Let's go check out the room" about 15 minutes before the end of the luncheon. The other staff members asked why, saying, "But you guys always do great presentations." My reply: "That's because we prepare." We had also spent the morning in my hotel room, going over the presentation, our hand-offs and transitions, and figuring out any rough spots. The 15 minute prep in the room was our audio-visual prep, our chance to walk the room and see how it would work when we walked into the audience, and our last-minute chance to get comfortable in the setting.
I can't describe how gratifying it was to hear this feedback--but it reminded me of the important role management can play in creating confident, skilled speakers and presenters. We take for granted that people can pick up presentation skills, but showing them firsthand how it's done can make a world of difference in boosting confidence and making the experience meaningful. Investing in your early career staff members, not just with professional presentation and speaker training, but your own encouragement and coaching, pays off. Take the time to model the behavior and walk the talk. You'll be thrilled with the results.
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Argument recap: Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
Arguing for the petitioners, Kevin K. Russell told the justices that this case presents "a single important but narrow question" and argued that the ADEA unambiguously places the burden of proof for showing a reasonable factor other than age (RFOA) on the employer. Russell advanced three main points in support of this claim: first, the statute sets up the RFOA defense as an exception to liability; second, the RFOA provision appears in the middle of a sentence where it is sandwiched between two other affirmative defenses; and third, the ADEA's substantive prohibitions use language identical to that of Title VII, which does not require proof of unreasonableness as part of the plaintiff's case in chief. Justice Ginsburg quickly asked about the purpose of petitioners' proposed "double inquiry," first asking whether the challenged employment practice is a business necessity and then asking whether it was based on a reasonable factor other than age. In response, Russell again pointed to the language of the statute, answering that this simply "arises out of the structure of the statute as Congress wrote it."
The Chief Justice expressed concern that liability for age discrimination should be "narrower" than liability under Title VII for discrimination on the basis of age or sex. Russell responded that Congress has already acknowledged and addressed this concern in two ways. First, it provided employers in age discrimination cases with the RFOA defense, "a capacious defense that's not available to any other defendant in a Federal employment discrimination statute." Second, Congress "lowered the bar for Title VII plaintiffs [in the Civil Rights Act of 1991] and left in place the Wards Cove test for age discrimination."
Justice Alito then pressed Russell on whether his proposal would allow plaintiffs to evade the requirement that they show an adverse effect "because of . . . age." Russell argued that ""because of age' refers to . . . the effect of" the employment practice, rather than the practice itself. He illustrated this difference with the example of a weight-lifting requirement: an employer might require all of its employees to be able to lift fifty pounds, and this would have a disparate impact felt more heavily by older workers because of their age, yet it is a separate question whether this practice is reasonable or not given the nature of the job.
Russell faced several questions from Justice Kennedy asking why employers should bear the full burden of persuasion, rather than a mere burden of production. Russell said that placing the burden of persuasion on the plaintiff would pose some difficulties, but that "ultimately I think [it's] beside the point" because the language of the statute unambiguously establishes an affirmative defense with the full burden on the employer. Searching for a policy rationale for allocating the burdens this way, Justice Kennedy questioned whether this interpretation of the statute would yield a result which "doesn't make sense." "[I]f I find the text of the statute neutral or at least not clear," he asked, "this it is proper for me to ask as a matter of efficiency where the burden should be placed, isn't it?"
Pressed on this question, Russell honed in on the point that "most of the facts going to reasonableness are in the employer's possession." The Chief Justice suggested that this problem can be addressed by liberal discovery rules, but Russell stuck to his position, arguing that the Chief Justice's objection would apply to every case in which informational disadvantages are at issue, but yet many statutes still address such disadvantages by providing affirmative defenses. In any case, Russell argued, the statute at issue here is clear, and even if the Court found it ambiguous (as Justice Kennedy suggested he might), it should defer to the judgment of the EEOC.
Representing the United States as amicus curiae, Daryl Joseffer of the Solicitor General's office echoed the petitioners' textual arguments, pointing both to the statute's use of the phrase "otherwise prohibited" and to the placement of the RFOA provision between two other affirmative defenses. When Justice Kennedy asked for some authority for the claim that adjacent provisions should operate in a similar way, Justice Scalia stepped in to suggest that petitioners' reading might be supported by a form of noscitur a sociis: "if it's in with two other chickens, it's probably a chicken."
Justice Alito again asked what to make of the requirement that plaintiffs show discrimination "because of age." Like petitioners, Joseffer argued that this requires only that plaintiffs have suffered an adverse effect on the basis of age, not that the challenged employment practice have actually taken age into account. This reading "has to be the case because disparate impact is not based on intent." Moreover, a more demanding interpretation of the "because of age" requirement would fail to make sense of the statute, Joseffer explained, because it would treat the "more specific" RFOA provision as "essentially surplusage."
Joseffer also pointed out that in every civil rights statute Congress has passed since Wards Cove, it has expressly placed the burden of persuasion during the "justification stage" on the defendant. Justice Ginsburg asked whether this construction would create a more generous standard for plaintiffs in age discrimination suits than Title VII race or sex discrimination cases, and Joseffer insisted that this would not be the case because the reasonableness standard is "not very daunting."
Arguing on behalf of respondent KAPL, Seth A. Waxman began by embracing the "three-step balance-shifting paradigm" that the Court has established for many employment discrimination cases, but emphasized that these cases have only required employers to meet a burden of production, not a burden of persuasion. Because age is often closely correlated with legitimate employment characteristics, Waxman argued, a showing of disparate impact on older workers merely establishes a "presumption which . . . need be met only by a burden of production."
Justice Stevens pressed Waxman to explain how his view of the statute could accommodate its use of the phrase "otherwise prohibited." Waxman explained that as he reads this statute, "it means nothing other than it's prohibited subject to the following conditions."
Waxman further argued that unlike most other affirmative defenses, the RFOA provision is not in the nature of confession and avoidance. But this argument faced considerable resistance from Justice Souter, who suggested that an employer invoking the RFOA defense would confess "I admit the impact falls more heavily on the old" and be seeking to avoid liability nonetheless. Justice Stevens and Chief Justice Roberts also chimed in with similar questions.
Waxman spent a considerable amount of time discussing the details of the record below. He faced brief questioning from Justice Ginsburg over the prospect that the subjectivity involved in judgments of "criticality" and "flexibility" could have opened the door to "at least unconscious age bias," but Waxman argued that there is nothing wrong with relying on human judgment. Justices Stevens and Ginsburg also clarified the procedural posture of the case, noting that unlike in Smith, this case has gone through trial and a jury verdict that was upheld against challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence.
In a brief rebuttal, Russell reiterated his arguments about "because of age" and offered his own clarifications of the record below, asking the Court to either remand to the court of appeals for further proceedings or to reverse the Second Circuit decision outright.