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Light Blue Gemstone Jewelry
|Unique handmade beaded gemstone jewelry. Beaded gemstone necklaces in beautiful shades of light blue and aqua. The matching pendants can be added to a necklace using an S hook clasp.
|Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Necklace December birthstone. Length: 20 inches Consists of: 5 mm to 12 mm (about 1/2 inch) graduated chips of sleeping beauty turquoise, 10 mm ( more than 3/8 inch) and 6 mm Bali vermeil ( gold plated sterling silver) round beads. Gold filled 2.5 mm round spacers Clasp: gold plated toggle #469 Beaded Turquoise Necklace $55
|Handmade Turquoise Necklace Length:17 1/2 inches. Consists of: turquoise pebble shape beads in sizes from 3/8 to 3/4 inch, black seed beads. Color: aqua blue, black. Clasp: silver plated lobster hook #528Handmade Turquoise Necklace SOLD
|Blue Crazy Lace Necklace Length:16 1/2 inches Consists of: large 14 x 10mm blue crazy lace agate pillow shape beads, 4mm and 8mm round and 6mm rondelle blue crazy lace beads, 6mm mahogany obsidian round beads Clasp: sterling silver S hook Matches necklace #BCL235 and can be combined for a long or 2 strand necklace. #BCL234 Blue Crazy Lace Gemstone Necklace $35
|Blue Crazy Lace Ovals Necklace Length: 18 1/2 inches Consists of: large 18 x 12mm horse eye shape blue crazy lace agate beads, 14 x 10mm flat ovals blue crazy lace, 6mm and 4mm round blue crazy lace beads, small 4mm mahogany obsidian round beads Clasp: sterling silver S hook Matches necklace #BCL234 and can be combined for a long or 2 strand necklace. #BCL235 Blue Crazy Lace Handmade Gemstone Necklace $39
|Large Blue Crazy Lace Agate Pendant Size: 35mm (1 3/8 inch) x 25mm flat rectangle Can be attached to the S hook clasp of either #BCL234 or #BCL235 necklace. Put the clasp in front. Because gemstones are not identical, colors and patterns may be slightly different from the photo. #BCL236 Blue Crazy Lace Gemstone Pendant $7.50
|Basic Opalite Hadmade Necklace Handmade Opalite Necklace One of a kind. Similar available. Length 16 inches. Consists of: puff rectangles and 6 mm round opalite beads. The rectangle is more than 1/2 inch long. Clasp: sterling silver S hook #OP136 Blue Opalite Necklace $45
|Beaded Opalite Necklace Opalite Necklace One of a kind. Similar available. Length 19 inches Consists of: 14 mm and 18 mm length puff rectangles, 14 mm length barrels, and 6 mm round opalite beads. The large rectangles are almost 3/4 inch long Clasp: sterling silver S hook. #OP137 Handmade Opalite Necklace $45
|Large Faceted Blue Quartz Necklace Length: 17 inches Consists of 27 mm (1 1/8 inches) long barrels of diamond faceted blue quartz dyed gemstones, 10 mm faceted blue quartz round beads, clear glass E beads. Clasp: silver plated toggle #463 Unique Blue Quartz Beaded Necklace $46
|Tanzanite Gemstone Necklace Length: 17 inches Consists of graduated 5mm to 7mm genuine tanzanite gemstone faceted rondelles, 6 mm fancy sterling silver beads, 5mm and 4mm plain sterling silver round beads. Color: a medium periwinkle blue Clasp: sterling silver hook and eye #465 Tanzanite Handmade Gemstone Necklace $79
|Chalcedony and Apatite Necklace Consists of: 10 mm (3/8 inch) long blue chalcedony drops on a necklace of 4 mm apatite faceted rondelles and silver plate chain Length: 18 inches Clasp: silver plated lobster #435 Blue Chalcedony and Apatite Gemstone Necklace SOLD
|Handmade Aquamarine Necklace Length 18 1/2 inches. Consists of: aquamarine18 mm (3/4 inch) puff ovals, 10 mm puff ovals and 7 mm puff coins, handmade fancy sterling silver beads, 3 mm sterling silver and clear seed bead spacers. Clasp: sterling silver hook and eye. #442 Aquamarine Gemstone Necklace SOLD
|Blue Quartz and Iolite Gemstone Necklace Length: 28 1/2 inches. Consists of 9 mm and 10 mm light blue faceted coin shape beads, 4 mm iolite faceted rondelles, 4 mm rock crystal quartz faceted rondelles. All are genuine gemstones. Clasp: silver plated filigree box style. Color: transparent light blue, navy blue, clear crystal. #350 Handmade Beaded Iolite and Quartz Gemstone Necklace $40
|Handcrafted Blue Topaz Necklace Length: 34 1/2 inches – can be shortened by placing the clasp through a different link in the chain. Consists of: sterling silver chain with 1/4 inch diameter double round links connected with oval links. Faceted irregular shape puff rectangles (1/2 to 3/4 inch) of blue topaz genuine gemstones. Color: transparent light sky blue. Clasp: Sterling silver S hook #1053 Blue Topaz Gemstone Necklace SOLD
|Blue Topaz and Fluorite Beaded Necklace Long Length: 25 inches Consists of: medium blue topaz 17-20mm (about 3/4 inch) long irregular shape flat rectangles, 5 mm faceted rondelles of fluorite in shades of blue and purple, 5-6 mm white freshwater pearls, 13 mm (1/2 inch) sterling silver hollow bead with a cut out design, 3 mm sterling silver round beads. Color: medium and other shades of light blue, purple. Clasp: sterling silver toggle. #498 Fluorite and Blue Topaz Gemstone Necklace $82
|Handmade Turquoise and Wood Necklace Length:23 inches. Consists of: chalk turquoise chips in sizes from 1/8 to 3/8 inch, 7 mm black wood and 5 mm off white wood beads. Color: bright blue, black, off white Clasp: silver toggle #280 Wood and Turquoise Beaded Necklace SOLD
|Angelite and Silver Handmade Gemstone Necklace Length: 19 inches Consists of: angelite gemstone 10 mm (7/16 inch) and 4 mm beads, white Italian onyx 4 mm beads, 1 inch and 1/2 inch sterling silver matching carved beads, 3 mm silver plated round beads. Color: dusky light blue, white, and silver. Clasp: sterling silver toggle #509 Angelite and Silver Handmade Beaded Necklace SOLD
|Unique Multicolor Aquamarine Necklace Length: adjustable 16 3/4 to17 1/2 inches. Consists of 20 mm (about 3/4 inch) x 13 mm puff oval multi color translucent aquamarine beads and large light blue aquamarine chips. Color: various shades of light blue, olive green, gray, golden yellow Clasp: silver plated lobster. #514 Handmade Multi Color Aquamarine Necklace $50
|Handmade Jasper and Turquoise Necklace Length: 19 1/2 inch 2 strand with clasop, or 35 1/2 in single strand without clasp. Consists of: blue impression jasper 12 mm puff coin and 10 mm flat squarebeads, turquoise 8 mm round beads, natural onyx 18 mm x 13 mm flat ovals, copper 9 mm Bali style beads and daisy spacers. Colors: greenish blue, tan, brown, antique copper. Clasp natural copper S hook #1054 Turquoise and Jasper 2 Strand Gemstone Necklace $165
|Amazonite and Czech Glass Beaded Necklace Length: 16 1/4 inches Consists of: 8 mm (5/16 inch) faceted amazonite and 4 mm amazonite gemstones, Swarovski crystal pacific opal color 6 mm bicones, Czech glass faceted 8 mm beads sterling silver with open design 6mm beads. Color: light aqua opaque and lighter aqua transparent. Clasp: sterling silver S hook #399 Amazonite, Swarovski Crystal and Czech Glass Handcrafted Necklace $45
|Blue and White Jade Necklace Consists of: 13 x 18mm ovals (3/4 inch) of white jade and tourquoise (dyed) candy jade, 6mm round tourquoise candy jade, 4mm white shell Length: 17 3/4 inches Clasp: sterling silver beaded hook and eye Matching bracelet #2013 and earrings #5121 #317 Handmade Blue and White Jade Necklace $40
|Light Blue Mother of Pearl Bracelet Matches necklace #317 #2013 Blue Mother of Pearl Bracelet sold
|Hemimorphite and Swarovski Necklace Consists of: 12mm (1/2 inch) coin shape hemimorphite, 6mm Swarovski indicolite crystal, 6mm faceted rondelle white shell, small gold filled spacers, small gold plated twisted tubes Clasp: gold plated lobster Length: 16 1/4 inches One of a kind #288 Hemimorphite Gemstone and Swarovski Necklace SOLD
|Handmade Amazonite and Swarovski Necklace Length: 18 inches. Consists of: 8 mm (3/8 inch) faceted light aqua amazonite, 6 mm Swarovski crystal in 3 shades of aqua. Clasp: sterling silver fancy S hook #390 Amazonite Gemstone and Swarovski Necklace SOLD
|Amazonite and Smoky Quartz Necklace Length 18 1/2 inches Consists of 2 strands of light blue amazonite 4 mm beads, Smoky quartz 3/8 inch cubes, tiny sterling silver round spacers. Clasp: sterling silver S hook Twist the necklace before closing the clasp. #332 Amazonite and Smoky Quartz Gemstone Necklace $745
|Long Blue Mountain Jade and Betelnut Beaded Necklace Long Length: 26 3/4 inches. Consists of: blue mountain jade (dolomite) gemstone chips, 14 mm(a little over 1/2 inch) dark wood round beads, 14 mm oval and 6 mm bicone betelnut beads, 6 mm and 4 mm natural fossil beads. Color: bright blue, creamy white, tan, dark brown. Clasp: sterling silver fancy hook and eye. #327 Handmade Mountain Jade and Wood Necklace sold
|Light Blue Quartz Necklace Light Blue Quartz Beaded Gemstone Necklace One of a kind Length 18 1/2 inches Consists of: puff rectangle and puff oval quartz beads blue E beads These 14mm beads are longer than 1/2 inch. The necklace closes with a sterling silver hook and eye clasp. #127 Light Blue Quartz Beaded Necklace $35
|Light Blue Quartz Bracelet Length: 8 inches Consists of 14 x 10mm light blue quartz rectangles Matches necklace #127 #2002 Light Blue Quartz Gemstone Bracelet sold
|Handmade Beaded Turquoise and Black Onyx Necklace Length: 18 1/4 inches Consists of big 3/4 inch turquoise ovals, 7 mm round turquoise, 3 sizes of black onyx. Clasp: sterling silver hook and eye #351 Large Turquoise and Black Onyx Necklace $SOLD
|Mahogany Obsidian and Turquoise Necklace Mahogany Obsidian and Turquoise Gemstone Necklace One of a kind. Similar available. This turquoise jewelry has bright natural turquoise chips that are interspersed with the nice contrasting dark brown mahogany obsidian gemstone beads. Length 18 1/2 inches Consists of: 16 mm long hexagon rice, 6 mm round mahogany obsidian genuine gemstone beads. genuine turquoise chip beads Tip: Use the basic obsidian necklace to add 17 inches to the length of this necklace, or add 10 inches by using the liquid silver extender on the silver jewelry page.. Clasp: sterling silver S hook #OB148 Turquoise and Mahogany Obsidian Necklace $35
|Multi Blue Quartz Necklace Length: 34 1/2 inches Consists of: multi blue quartz 1/2 inch faceted flat ovals, silver lined crystal seed beads Colors: shades of bright blue, mint green, white Clasp: sterling silver toggle #1015 Handmade Multi Blue Quartz Necklace sold
|Aquamarine Teardrops on White Gemstone Necklace Length: 18 1/2 inches Consists of: large graduated (from 19 x 14mm to 25 x 17mm) opaque genuine aquamarine teardrops, small 4mm white round gemstone beads, gold color seed beads Clasp: Gold pewter toggle #248 Aquamarine Teardrops on White Beaded Necklace $39
|Turquoise Heishi and Black Onyx Necklace Length: 25 1/2 inches Consists of: 5mm genuine turquoise heishi shape beads, 4mm and 6mm round black onyx beads,7mm round and 5mm Bali silver beads Clasp: sterling silver S hook #263 Turquoise Heishi and Black Onyx Necklace $42
|Turquoise and Bali Silver Necklace Length: 20 inches Consists of: large 10mm light aqua-blue turquoise beads, 2 styles of large handmade silver beads from Bali, small 2.5mm sterling silver round beads Clasp: sterling silver S hook #262 Turquoise Handmade Beaded Gemstone Necklace $40
|Handcrafted Blue Lace Agate Necklace Length 18 inches Consists of 3/4 inch long flat ovals, 6 mm rounds and 8mm rondelles Clasp: sterling silver toggle #1032 Handcrafted Blue Lace Agate Gemstone Necklace $70
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Best 18 year old girl gifts for birthdays and other occasions. Finding good gifts for that girl near the end of her teen years can be difficult to choose. This is an Ultimate guide to great gift ideas for that eighteen year old girl in your life. The gifts range from fun to more mature themes and everything in between.
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SHOW-HOUSE // FAUX-CLIENT :: part II
Like the early stages of a romance, the onset of a new design project brings lots of excitement, energy and anticipation. Now that we've "gotten to know" our Faux Clients better and have defined a visual narrative for their space, we are ready to start deep-diving the design. It's time to measure the room, pull our materials and find our gorgeous furnishings — let's show this showhouse what we're made of!
Prep Work______________________________
Preparation and foresight are the secret weapons behind a good design. We always arrive well-prepped for site visits and measures. Camera? Check. Tape measure? Check. Comfortable shoes? Definitely check.
Scouting for Furnishings____________________
Scouting for hidden treasure is one of design's greatest thrills. Fortunately, we are blessed to have access to a rich variety of vendors and shops from which to source our goods. We let serendipity play a part in our work, so it's usually one or two really special discoveries that drives our designs. This part of the process is not about "shopping"; it's about having an informed concept, an open mind and a great eye. Our goal at Huntley & Co. is always to curate an interior that is both timeless and forward-thinking — to evoke an emotional response that inspires and nourishes the spirit of the client.
Pulling Together the Scheme_________________
Besides hunting for furnishings during this phase, we pour through our office library for fabrics and finishes. We strive to use materials that enhance a home's architecture and complement the lifestyle of our clients. A thoughtfully selected mix of light and dark, textural and refined, beautiful and odd are what make a room interesting and livable.
Next week we'll bring you Part III of our Show-house/Faux-client series where we'll dive into the technical aspects (drawings!) of the project. Subscribe to our newsletter or find us on Bloglovin' to stay tuned.


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The next time you see Gabrielle Union looking a little bloated, you may not want to speculate about her possible impending motherhood. The "Being Mary Jane" star is once again opening up about IVF treatment. But this time, she's revealing she's had several miscarriages in the last three years.
"I have had eight or nine miscarriages," Union wrote in her memoir, "We're Gonna Need More Wine," in an excerpt obtained by People magazine. "For three years, my body has been a prisoner of trying to get pregnant — I've either been about to go into an IVF cycle, in the middle of an IVF cycle, or coming out of an IVF cycle."
Union admitted she didn't always want children. However, something changed after she wed Cleveland Cavaliers guard Dwyane Wade in 2014. She became a stepmother to his three children and helped raise his nephew. Then, she realized "there was no place I'd rather be than with them."
"For so many women — and not just women in the spotlight — people feel very entitled to know, 'Do you want kids?'" Union wrote. "A lot of people, especially people that have fertility issues, just say 'no' because that's a lot easier than being honest about whatever is actually going on. People mean so well, but they have no idea the harm or frustration it can cause."
Union knows that all too well as she has had to combat pregnancy rumors throughout her marriage. Last year, she took to Twitter to shut down such reports.
Lmaooo… Newsflash! Women have these things called periods. On occasion there is bloating…and breathing. Meanwhile I'm enjoying cockatils
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) June 10, 2016
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Just becuz you say it and say it and say it and say it…doesn't make it true or real. Enjoy the weekend folks, I'll be at the bar 😄😘🤗💃💃💃🍸🍸🍸
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) June 10, 2016
I also have never responded to the COUNTLESS fake pregnancies I've been given over the years but I just SO love writing "uterus" UTERUS JOY!
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) June 10, 2016
"Once a month I look like I'm in my second trimester because I'm bloated," she wrote in her book due Oct. 17. "It leads to the questions and it leads to the rumors and anytime I go into a doctor's office I feel like I'm a member of SEAL Team Six undercover because I don't want people to speculate."
While not everyone has the microscope on them that Union has, many women can relate to her experience.
I get it as one who's been there. Set your sights on something else. Forget about it. And then…
— RitzzyRoo (@1ritzzy) October 4, 2017
As someone who's gone through miscarriage, this is gut-wrentching. "Gabrielle Union's Struggle with Infertility" https://t.co/8RpUXQZnNQ
— Aniyia (@operaqueenie) October 4, 2017
I know her struggle. I've miscarried 3 Times
— Arlene Gutierrez (@sweetarlene77) October 4, 2017


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NASA's Morpheus moon lander crashes and burns
The experimental "green" lander fell to the ground in a ball of flames at Kennedy Space Center today. No one was injured, and NASA said the accident was caused by a hardware failure.
While the world is still basking in the glow of NASA's successful landing of its Curiosity rover on Mars, a flight of the space agency's experimental Morpheus lander had a much more unfortunate ending today.
According to Space.com, the lander crashed and burned at Kennedy Space Center this afternoon after its first free-flight test went badly awry.
"The @MorpheusLander experienced a failure, causing it to catch fire," NASA tweeted. "No one was injured. Information will be released as soon as possible."
But Space.com added that in a statement, NASA said that, "During today's free-flight test of the Project Morpheus vehicle, it lifted off the ground and then experienced a hardware component failure, which prevented it from maintaining stable flight."
Here's a description of the lander from the official Project Morpheus site:
Morpheus is a vertical test bed demonstrating new green propellant propulsion systems and autonomous landing and hazard detection technology. Designed, developed, manufactured and operated in-house by engineers at NASA's Johnson Space Center, the Morpheus Project represents not only a vehicle to advance technologies, but also an opportunity to try out "lean development" engineering practices....
Morpheus is large enough to carry 1,100 pounds of cargo to the moon -- for example, a humanoid robot, a small rover, or a small laboratory to convert moon dust into oxygen -- performing all propellant burns after the trans lunar injection. The primary focus of the test bed is to demonstrate an integrated propulsion and guidance, navigation and control system that can fly a lunar descent profile to exercise the Autonomous Landing and Hazard Avoidance Technology (ALHAT) safe landing sensors and closed-loop flight control.
Morpheus uses a combination of liquid oxygen and methane, which NASA said is valuable because the propellant can be stored for longer durations in space than other often-used fuels like liquid hydrogen.
But NASA also claims that the propellant combination is extremely cheap and safe to operate and test, and performs better -- much more so than hypergols, another type of fuel often used in spaceflight."
However, today's crash may force the space agency to re-evaluate that claim.


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Hosting a Halloween Party that Won't Haunt your Budget
Does Halloween invariably freak out your October budget? Research says it deserves its own line item, with the 175 million consumers expected to spend an average of $86.79 – or $9 billion – on the holiday, according to the National Retail Association.
It is easy to get caught up in the fun and forget to be frugal. Many a costume and decoration has found its way to the graveyard of impulse purchases, haunting you from the place you stored them last year, but can no longer remember. With a little forethought, creativity and DIY elbow grease, you can delight in the fright without saying boo to your budget.
Parties, Pets, Personalities
It's no surprise Halloween is coming! Decide on a family theme early this year and build around it. Half the fun of the festivities is in the planning!
One of the biggest expenses are costumes. We've all had the experience of searching for a last-minute disguise we know will be destined for the trash heap the next day. Add a child or pet to wardrobe and the cost of store-bought dress up becomes dreadful.
Make-up not masks! Forget sweaty and stinky head coverings made in China. Use cosmetics or cheap face paint, or create a mask you can print and mount on cardboard. Basics like string, cotton balls, glue and markers are back in fashion!
Use your body as a canvas. Mount homemade costumes on a background of neutral clothing. If you are forced to buy a guise, get one that doubles as pajamas.
Fall victim to cuteness! Homemade warms the heart of the maker, the wearer and the admirer. Pinterest is papered with affordable costume ideas for your kids, and maybe even more importantly, your pet! Keep things simple, comfortable and adaptable. And remember, a quirky costume is a talking point!
If you are hosting a get together, carry the theme over to potluck! Send invitations to your friends with creepy party food ideas, like boo-scotti, icky intestines bread, or a skeleton made of fresh vegetables. Tickle your friends' imaginations and keep people laughing all night!
The truth is a lot of us feel pressure to party, so it isn't without stress. Stay focused on having the fun you can afford and face your fears! Talk to one of our credit counselors for free advice!


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Ror Wolf
News From the Inhabited World
Prose IV
Edited by Kai U. Jürgens
528pp (121,000 words)
I shall perhaps tell you something of the rain, I shall invent a huge rainfall, a rain that flows down thick and black from above, or I shall tell of the snow I invent, I shall invent a monstrous snowfall, I shall invent a house which slowly disappears in the mounting snow, or I shall invent a quite different story, one day, on a Thursday, in December. - Stories about being at a loss for words in the Alps and at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, about conditions in Schlitz and the power of song in Nevada, about the laughter of sailors and the temporary abolition of difficulties.- In short: Stories about meteorological confusions, circumstances of lack of air, tight gloves and a schnitzel eaten in peace and quiet. But that was nothing compared to what happened later. (Ror Wolf)
The collection contains NACHRICHTEN AUS DER BEWOHNTEN WELT (1991) as well as the expanded edition of ZWEI ODER DREI JAHRE SPÄTER (2003/2007).
The Editor
Kai U. Jürgens, born 1966, studied literature and in 1999 completed his doctoral thesis on Ror Wolf. He has since written on contemporary themes in literature, film, art and music and works for publishing houses, daily newspapers and radio stations. He has a wide-ranging commitment to the work of Ror Wolf and is one of the initiators of the website www.wirklichkeitsfabrik.de. He lives in Kiel.
The Collected Works of Ror Wolf. The New Edition for the New Century
The annotated edition of Ror Wolf not only brings together all previously published books by Ror Wolf, but also work which appeared in out-of-the-way places or was not printed at all. It includes early drafts as well as manuscript versions and for the first time makes accessible a broad selection of essays, reviews, speeches and correspondence. An afterword by the editor describes the genesis and reception of the individual works.
»Ror Wolf's uplifting and rhythmic prose is discontinuous, fantastic and breathtakingly musical. Cinematic almost, his love for jazz, film and slapstick, for Buster Keaton and Laurel & Hardy is always palpable.«
Faust Kultur
»Wolf's texts are impeccably unacademic. There is no hidden philosophy, no professional wordplay, no scholarly wink with the eye. His experiences do not derive from a literary life, but from his findings in a literature of our everyday life, without longing glances on so-called sensuous full narratives.«
Brigitte Kronauer
»In his prose, his poetry and his word and sound collages Ror Wolf inimitably combines linguistic artistry and grotesque comedy with a terse and compassionate perception of reality and its fundamental constants, fear and hope, pleasure and decay. He is a master of the cryptic and utopian play with the primal matter of poetry.«
Friedrich Hölderlin Prize, Jury statement
»Pure joy. (...) There's no explanation yet as to why this mixture of ›excitement and scare, lust for realism, importance and concision‹, of eloquence, humour and horror moves and exhilarates readers like it does, what makes for its strong pull. An enigmatic work, yet suitbale for daily use.«
Frankfurter Rundschau (launch of the Collected Works)
»In over forty years, Ror Wolf has created an opus that is singular in its powerful visual intricateness, its wild, chilly humour, and its magical simulation of reality. He is a classic of postmodern literature, he has been for quite a while.«
Süddeutsche Zeitung
»500 pages with short prose of finest absurdity.«
Schleswig-Holstein Journal


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The prime minister's salesmanship faces its greatest test – climate change
Scott Morrison has never given much thought to climate change. That was obvious in 2017 when he clowned about with a lump of coal in parliament, mocking his opponents for their attitude to it.
Things were very different last week when the prime minister briskly and emphatically spruiked his party's newly-packaged climate change policy, letting it be known he now takes this subject seriously. I bet we've seen the last of that lump of coal.
We should be pleased about this new-found enthusiasm for climate action, but I found it uncomfortable, to say the least, to sit in record-breaking autumn heat listening to the PM's new line of argument in media interviews. Take his following responses.
"New Zealand to meet their targets will have to buy foreign carbon credits. Under our plan we don't have to do that."
And responding to the question, what would a projected 3C temperature rise by 2100 mean for Australia? – "The question really is, what is Australia's role in all that? 1.3 per cent is our share of global emissions."
Let's unpick this. First off, while Australia exploits to the hilt unreliable, unmeasurable 1997 Kyoto credits to meet future targets, New Zealand's bipartisan climate plan rejects them. It is absurd and hypocritical to imply our plan is better because we don't buy overseas credits.
Our 1.3 per cent still puts us in the world's top 20 emitters, where we rank second in emissions per person, behind only Saudi Arabia and nearly four times the world average. In the scheme of things, Australia is most definitely not one of the minnows.
More morsels from the Morrison spin: "We haven't just come at this in the last couple of days. We've been at this for five and a half years, and we've been getting results."
"These are the results that matter – a 1.1 billion-tonne turnaround in carbon abatement because of the policies we put in place."
Scott Morrison's defence of the indefensible knows no limits. As he tells it, Coalition governments have turned around a carbon abatement deficit at the end of Julia Gillard's term of office and will beat 2020 and 2030 targets by hundreds of millions of tonnes.
That claim is false. The prime minister is using a sleight-of-hand devised and refined by Tony Abbott and his environment minister, Greg Hunt, which exploits a provision of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol allowing carbon credits for reforestation and avoided land clearing.
In 2014 Gillard's carbon price scheme, which taxed measurable fossil-fuel emissions, was terminated by Abbott with the help of coal-mining MP Clive Palmer. In place of this functioning scheme, Abbott's government set up the mistitled Emissions Reduction Fund.
Ignoring fossil-fuel emissions, the ERF sought instead to put a price on "imputed" emission reductions by paying people and corporations to do things like plant trees, avoid clearing land and change farming practices.
Under this regime, emissions savings – essentially just tonnages that it is agreed each project will save – are inherently unknowable, and the process opaque. Worse, we have no way of knowing whether the activities undertaken would have been done anyway, at no cost to the public purse.
Morrison says that the ERF and its rebadged, refinanced successor, the Climate Solutions Fund, are turning around a mess inherited by the Coalition. But his own government's data say the opposite: that the Coalition created the mess by abandoning a scheme that was clearly working.
Quietly released last week, the data show that in the year to September 2018 Australian emissions continued rising as they have done ever since the end of 2014 – the year the Coalition abolished the carbon tax. Data for electricity emissions alone show an even more pronounced shift.
According to emissions-tracker Ndevr Environmental, multi-year data reveal that the government is heading for failure not just on its 2020 target, but also its 2030 Paris commitment, which it is on track to exceed by well over a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Ignoring all this, Morrison sought to focus attention on a decline in September quarter emissions alone. Ironically this was driven by renewable power, much maligned by the government until now, which is steadily replacing a fading coal-power sector. Therein lies another fascinating twist.
The Coalition and its coal-wielding leader have been proposing to finance new coal power schemes, but now the PM is shifting the government's position. Decisions about coal's future, he said last week, "will be made within the energy market". That, at least, is starting to get sensible.
Voters are right to be angry about the Coalition, but they should also treat Labor mitigation plans with caution. Australia must do the right thing by its people and the world and reject the downright fraud allowed by Kyoto credits. A risk-averse Opposition has yet to commit to this.
Faced now with the harsh reality of man-made climate change, the least we should demand from leaders is honesty. But as this sorry saga plays out, I fear we haven't seen the last of the lies and spin.


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Probably best to explain a bit about myself and why I can use the camper van as a mobile office. I am a self employed web developer and nearly all of my work just requires my laptop, internet connection and phone signal.
Being a web developer means a lot of my work is just coding on the computer and occasional phone calls to clients discussing the work so this means location does not matter to me either, I mainly work with clients in Cornwall where I am from but spend the majority of my time living in Scotland which has no detrimental effect on the work that I need to do. So to step this up to the next level as long as I have phone signal and an internet connection I can be parked up in the van working.
There are certainly a few steps to overcome to manage to do this comfortably and the first one internet. Initially I tethered to my phones data plan and was able to use that but often found the speeds fluctuated and often had to reset the connection with it timing out, this was fine for checking in on emails or some quick updates, but for being productive and working for a few hours at a time I would end up spending a good percentage of the time sorting the connection.
Another internet solution is wifi and I have found a lot of places where I have been able to piggy back onto an open wifi network, but this means hunting for wifi rather than finding a nice location. I have found good luck with BT Openzone and previously being a broadband customer it gives me free access to their hot spots. This can be a great solution for areas with poor data coverage.
On to my solution which is an Osprey Mini 2 from EE this is a dedicated mobile internet wifi box and has so far been great. In areas where 4G is strong I regularly get a faster connection than actual broadband connections in the area. I also find in weaker signal areas it still does a good job with the internet speed and have occasionally found it will find a connection when my phone has none.
The mobile data sadly is not so great and can work out pretty expensive. I have found by far the cheapest way is to purchase 6gb sim cards from eBay which last for 90 days and then once run out of data or time buy another rather than topping up.
I would highly recommend looking into your phone providers coverage maps beforehand to see if the areas you are thinking of using it have a good signal.
The next issue is power I can get 4 hours out of my laptop battery which is fine but being away for a few days or doing a whole days worth of work means I could be running out of power. Two methods to get around this issue would be to run an inverter to use your standard charger, or find a 12v charger for your laptop. For me a main criteria in choosing a laptop was that they had their own charger I could use with it and most of DELL's laptops do. Due to the laptop being a critical work tool for me I was unwilling to use a third party charger that may cause damage, though I have used third party chargers in the past and had no untoward problems.
With those issues out of the way its down to the last choice where shall I go to work today?


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Hi All. This blog is another in an ongoing recent theme I've been using; Customer Requests! (Maybe I should add a new tag for this type)
This time, I had a customer running device-based RADIUS (802.1x) authentication on their wired network.
All options in the configuration profile appeared to be setup correctly and the device obtained its Active Directory (AD) certificate correctly and without issue.
However the device just sat there on "Authenticating…" without any change.
Deep dive time
After some further work with the customer's RAIDUS team, we found a RADIUS log message similar to what Ben Toms mentions in his post, specifically:
"User not found in Active Directory"
It appears that the Mac client is presenting the certificate to the RADIUS server, as requested, but the request is being accepted as a 'user-authentication' request, rather than a 'device-authentication' request.
Due to this, the Cisco unit attempts to look up the authentication request against AD users and not computers, resulting in the "user" not being found.
Now Ben had a great work around of setting the NPS server to modify the incoming authentication request, to make it acceptable to the RADIUS server.
This was not something the customer's Cisco ACS unit could do. Additionally, his issue was only seen by Ben on Mac OS X 10.8, where-as I was having issues with OS X 10.11.4.
Regardless, I worked with the customer's AD team with the various options for certificate templates, with no resolution in sight (*sad panda*).
After some more digging on the client side, I found that if I kept cancelling and reconnecting the 802.1x connection in the "Network" System Preferences, I would eventually get prompted to select a device certificate and username for the connection.
If I specified the AD certificate (typically seen as the fully-qualified domain name of the client device), then entered "host/[fully-qualified domain name of the client device]" for the 'username' it would connect!
Success! or so I thought…
The Problem
There were three key issues with this solution that meant the problem was not solved satisfactorily:
- The initial connection required the entry of specific information and the use of the administrator username and password
- The RADIUS authenticated connection was not maintained nor auto-connected at the login window
- The RADIUS authenticated connection was not auto-connected after login, even when logging in as the same user account.
The Fix
As is the case with the newer OSes, 802.1x configurations can only be deployed in a configuration profile. This configuration profile does have a space for a username.
What if I manually specify "host/[FQDN]" for my test Mac, before deploying the profile?
Success! It works exactly as it should, with no end user configuration, and with automatic reconnection at both the login window and afterwards.
Problem #2
The next problem was how to make this dynamic enough that I can deploy the same profile out to all Mac devices and have it work?
Well, Configuration Profile files are simply xml files, files which can be manipulated with a script!
After a few hours, I had written a script that will:
- Pull the local hostname and figure out it's fully-qualified hostname.
- Inject this into the appropriate place in the profile (replacing the "CHANGEME" text)
- Install the profile locally into the device.
The Script
As always, the script I've created can be found on our GitHub here.
The run through what each section does:
- Lines 50-54 – My previous 'output to logfile and window' function
- Lines 57-67 – Check that there is actually a profile at the location specified in line 31
- Lines 70-74 – Work out the fully-qualified hostname of the local device
- Lines 77-87 – Check that the fully-qualified hostname that has been found is legitimate (contains at least one . )
- Lines 90-102 – Replace the phrase specified in line 38, with the obtained fully-qualified hostname
- Lines 105-117 – Install the profile into the booted devices' OS
- Lines 120-126 – Delete the now used 'on-disk' profile from the local OS.
- Lines 132-149 – Run the above functions
Script Requirements
As you can imagine, there are a few requirements to using the above script:
- The 'username' field must be "host/CHANGEME" in the EAP payload. "CHANGEME" will be replaced with the fully-qualified hostname.
- The profile has to be 'unsigned'. I've not tested this with a signed profile but I imagine, as the script will edit the profile after its has been signed and before its installed, it will not work. If you produce a signed profile normally (certainly if you're using Casper, and optionally if your using Profile Manager), then you can use our 'de-sign config profile' automator service available from here.
Bringing it all together
Now to bring this all together!
- Build your normal RADIUS / 802.1x Ethernet profile in your MDM of choice. Don't forget to add your certificates (both AD and server) and the "host/CHANGEME" username.
- Export / download this, and (if required) de-sign it as detailed above.
- Package this downloaded profile in your favourite OS X package creation tool
- To minimise modifications to the script, I'd suggest calling the profile "RADIUS template.mobileconfig" and deploying it to "/private/tmp"
- Add the script (mentioned above and linked again here) as a post-flight script to the package.
- Deploy the package to your required devices using your deployment tool of choice.
As with anything, there are always a few things to look out for!
- As this workaround requires making on-device changes to the profile, they can't be deployed using an MDM solution.
- This does mean that users could remove the profile and no longer be able to authenticate against your RADIUS servers.
- Workarounds could simply be blocking access to the 'Profiles' System Preference, or as elaborate as only allowing non-RADIUS-authenticated devices to communicate with your management solution, and having checks in place to automatically reinstall the profile as required.
- Usual RADIUS requirements, such as:
- The device needs to be bound to AD to obtain an AD certificate
- The device needs to be able to contact your AD certificate server and the RADIUS servers when the profile is installed
- Ensure you have all the settings you need in the profile. I would also recommend checking out these guides and KBs:
- JAMF Nation – How to setup Machine-based authentication
- Apple – 802.1x Authentication
- Mac Mule – 10.8 CLIENTS NOT CONNECTING TO EAP-TLS WIRELESS WITH W2K8 NPS
- Mac Mule (Again!) – AUTHENTICATING 10.7 MACS TO A RADIUS SERVER WITH CERTIFICATE ENABLED PEAP AUTHENTICATION
- AFP548 – 802.1x EAP-TLS Machine Authentication in Mt. Lion with AD Certificates
There you go, hopefully that'll give other Mac Admins a helping hand with trying to sort out RADIUS for their Mac devices. As always, if you have any questions, queries or comments, let us know below and I'll try to respond to and delve into as many as I can.
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The Sony Cybershot RX100 compact camera with 1″ sensor is now official. The price is $648, specs and preview video after the break:
|DSC-RX100 digital still camera
|Image Sensor
|1.0 type (13.2 x 8.8mm) "Exmor" CMOS sensor, aspect ratio 3:2(Effective resolution) Approx. 20.2 megapixels(Gross resolution) Approx. 20.9 megapixels
|Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T*, with 7 elements in 6 groups (4 aspheric elements including AA lens); F1.8 (Wide) – 4.9 (Tele); focal length = 10.4-37.1mm; 35mm effective focal length (Still Image 3:2) = 28-100mm
|Zoom range
|Optical: 3.6x; Clear Image Zoom 7.2x
|7.5cm (3.0type) (4:3) / 1,229,000 dots / Xtra Fine / TruBlack / TFT LCD
|Image stabilisation
|(Still image) Optical SteadyShot(Movie) Optical SteadyShot Active Mode with electronic compensation (anti-rolling)
|Focus modes
|Single-shot AF (AF-S) / Continuous AF (AF-C) / Direct Manual Focus (DMF) / Manual Focus
|Focus area
|Multi point AF (25 points) / Centre weighted AF / Flexible spot / Flexible spot (tracking focus) / Flexible spot (face tracking) Digital Zoom: approx. 4x (still images / movies)
|Sensitivity (still image)
|Auto(ISO125-6400, selectable with upper/lower limit), 125/200/400/800/1600/3200/6400 (Expandable to ISO 80/100) Multi Frame NR: Auto (ISO125-25600) equivalent, 200/400/800/1600/3200/6400/12800/25600 equivalentNB: ISO 12800 and higher settings are achieved through combining Multi Frame Noise Reduction and By Pixel Super Resolution technology.
|Continuous shooting
|Speed Priority Continuous Mode: Approx.10 fpsContinuous mode: 2.5 fps (AF-S)
|Shooting modes
|Superior Auto, Intelligent Auto, Program Auto (Program shift available), Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Manual, Scene Selection, Movie, Sweep shooting
|Picture Effect modes
|Toy Camera, Pop Colour, Posterisation, Retro Photo, Soft High-key, Partial Colour, High Contrast Monochrome, Soft Focus, HDR Painting, Rich-tone Monochrome, Miniature, Watercolour, Illustration
|Other Shooting functions
|Face Detection, Face Registration, Smile Shutter, Dual Rec, Grid Line, Digital Level Gauge (pitch and roll), MR (memory recall), Exposure Bracketing, White Balance Bracketing, Peaking, MF Assist, Auto Portrait Framing, Photo Creativity, Shooting Tips
|Movie record
|AVCHD: 28M PS (1920×1080, 50p) / 24M FX (1920×1080, 50i ) / 17M FH (1920×1080, 50i)MP4: 12M (1440×1080, 25 fps) / 3M VGA (640×480 25 fps)
|Battery life
|(Still Image) Approx. 330 / Approx. 165 min. (CIPA standard)(Movie) Approx. 80 min.( AVCHD, MP4, shooting in factory preset mode)
|Dimensions (WxHxD)
|Approx. 101.6 x 58.1 x 35.9mm (CIPA compliant)
|Approx. 213g (body only)Approx. 240g (with battery and Memory Stick Duo)
|Supplied accessories
|Rechargeable Battery Pack NP-BX1, AC Adaptor AC-UD10, Micro USB cable, Wrist Strap, Shoulder Strap Adaptor, Instruction Manual


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Transaction / Assets Seller Buyer € MM
Marina d'Or Has Sold Off Assets Worth €330M
14 June 2016 – Expansión
The real estate empire constructed by Marina d'Or in Oropesa de Mar (Castellón) is changing hands, but for the time being, its new owners have little to do with the Chinese group Wanda, despite the rumours that were rife just a few months ago.
The company into which the owner of Marina d'Or, Jesús Ger, has grouped together his real estate business, Comercializadora Mediterránea de Viviendas (Comervi), disposed of properties and land (in 2014), worth €330 million at the time. In most cases, banks were involved in these transfers, given that Comervi filed for bankruptcy in 2014.
The most notable operation to date affects the subsidiary Platja Amplaries, a company created in 2011 with Banco Popular to hold properties and land financed by that entity. In December 2014, two companies headquartered in Luxembourg, created just a few months earlier, Ecol Investment and Trans Investment, took control of the firm, owned until then by Comervi (75%) and the bank, through Aliseda (25%).
The two companies acquired a 49.73% stake each and Comervi retained just 0.54%, following a capital increase that did not involve the contribution of any new funds, but rather the transformation of a €27.7 million loan, granted by the former shareholders, into capital.
Apartments and debt
Platja Amplaries is the owner of assets including apartments in Marina d'Or worth €91 million – which the group rents out or has put up for sale – and land that Marina d'Or acquired in different areas of the province of Castellón worth €163 million. Its debt amounts to €266 million, and is all borrowed from Popular.
None of the vendors has revealed the identity of the owners of the Luxembourg-based companies. Comervi's financial statements for 2014 reflect the transfer, which allowed the company to increase its net equity by €147 million, according to the audit report, which was not prepared until April 2016.
This was not the only transfer that took place. The financial statements also reflect the sale of properties worth almost €80 million to a bank in exchange for debt. Thanks to these operations, Comervi reduced its total liabilities from €528 million in 2013 to around €240 million by the end of 2014, of which €194 million corresponded to bankrupt liabilities. The creditors include Public Administrations, owed €68.5 million, and Sareb, which has called for the rescission of certain corporate transactions, according to the financial statements.
Original story: Expansión (by A.C.A)
Translation: Carmel Drake


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STI now offers the 12×7 HD2se wheel in a unique 2+5 offset, which addresses several tire and wheel issues for Polaris owners. No other aftermarket wheel is currently available in these dimensions.
For example, Polaris ATV riders have found that it's difficult to use a front tire wider than 9 inches.
A tire that's 10 inches wide or more will cause clearance problems and rub the chassis on the inside. The STI HD2se 2+5 wheel allows the use of wider tires, often the desired setup for mud riders.
A set of these wheels also widens the stance of by 6 inches over stock, adding lateral stability without the need for spacers.
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Instead of grinding chassis parts or taking other questionable measures, it's much more convenient to simply bolt on a set of HD2se 2+5 wheels.
Sand dune enthusiasts or anyone else wanting a wider stance will appreciate the extra stability this wheel provides.
The STI 12×7 2+5 HD2se obviously adds another level of style for Polaris ATV and UTV owners alike. This wheel is currently available in a durable gloss black finish with bright machined accents, topped with a tough gloss clear coat.
It will soon be available in STIs dazzling iChrome finish. A matching HD logo wheel cap is included with every wheel. Like all STI HD Alloy series wheels, the lightweight HD2se features inner and outer heavy-duty wheel lip reinforcement and comes with a lifetime structural warranty; this 12×7 has a 700-pound load rating.
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I'm not sure how you deal with customer complaints but this US hotel shows why the Americans have such a strong reputation for customer service. When I first heard this true story (thanks for sharing Joe Reevy) it blew me away.
It's an interesting one, for sure, but the message it screams out loud and clear is the real take-away.
It made me ask myself "am I doing enough when things don't go to plan and can I actually make it work to my advantage?"
Anyway, take a look and see what you think – as usual I'll be MEGA grateful if you could leave a comment for others to read.


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- first published 2009
- this audio book from Audible.com
- Narrated by:
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook, released 01-12-15
- aka CONSPIRATA
Rome, 63 BC. In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power. Cicero is consul, Caesar his ruthless young rival, Pompey the republic's greatest general, Crassus its richest man, Cato a political fanatic, Catilina a psychopath, Clodius an ambitious playboy.
From the discovery of a child's mutilated body, through judicial execution and a scandalous trial, to the brutal unleashing of the Roman mob, Lustrum is a study in the timeless enticements and horrors of power.
My Take
Once again this was engrossing listening. Told through the eyes of Cicero's scribe Tiro, a slave, it has such a modern feel to it. Events that occurred in Rome over 2,000 years ago come to life. You need to begin this series at the beginning with IMPERIUM, and I have no doubt that we will continue to the final, DICTATOR.
At the beginning of LUSTRUM Cicero is Consul, truly the father of Rome, but he is also a man of principle, determined to root out corruption. He makes many enemies and from the beginning of his consulship there are those plotting his downfall, even his assassination. By the end of the book his chickens have come home to roost.
In Latin, the word Lustrum is a period of 5 years. The book covers Roman politics, and Cicero's fortunes, for the period roughly 63-58 BC.
Check Cicero's timeline here.
My rating: 4.6
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The University of St Andrews made Bob Dylan a Doctor of Music at this year's summer graduation ceremony on Wednesday.
Dylan has only ever accepted one other honorary degree - from Princeton University in 1970.
A garden party which was planned for after the event had to be held in doors because of the bad weather.
University principal, Dr Brian Lang, described Dylan as an "iconic figure for the 20th Century".
Mr Lang added: "His songs, and in particular his lyrics, are still part of our consciousness.
"We are very pleased to take this opportunity of honouring such a major artist."
The St Salvator's Chapel Choir performed its version of the Dylan classic, Blowin' in the Wind, before he stepped up to receive his degree.
The singer-songwriter knelt on the stage before the university's chancellor, Sir Kenneth Dover, who performed the ceremony in Latin.
Dylan was tapped on the head with the university's graduation cap, a late 17th Century doctor's birretum, which is thought to have been in use for the last 300 years.
Professor Neil Corcoran of the university's school of English said he was "deeply honoured" that Dylan had accepted the university's invitation.
"For many of us Bob Dylan has been an extension of our consciousness and part of our growing up," he said.
After the ceremony 23-year-old Jennifer Laurens, a graduate in social anthropology, said: "This is a very special day for St Andrews.
"Considering that this is Bob Dylan's second degree and that he had agreed to travel to Scotland, it makes it an achievement for us all."
Some Dylan fans were able to secure tickets for the event, while others waited outside in the rain in the hope of catching a glimpse of the star.
Glasgow dates
However, he left through a side door after the ceremony.
Best known for classic hits such as Like a Rolling Stone and Mr Tambourine Man, the singer-songwriter is credited as being one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.
Fusing rock, country, folk and blues, Dylan's unique sound and political lyrical content made him a poetic spokesman for the 1960s generation.
He remains as much an influence amongst current rock musicians as he was to the Beatles and the Stones in the sixties.
The singer is currently on tour in Europe and, after receiving his honorary degree, will play the first of two nights in Glasgow.


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UT Southwestern Participating In Major Project To Stop Memory Loss
Millions of Americans suffer from memory loss - it could be from Alzheimer's disease, a traumatic brain injury from the battlefield – or even a car wreck. UT Southwestern Medical Center is working with several universities on an ambitious project to stop memory loss.
Interview Highlights: Dr. BradleyLega...
... On stopping memory loss:
"The early stages of the project [is to understand] what are the overall brain features that suggest that you're going to remember something versus when you're not, and then also understand how can we modify those patterns in any way. And then, the strategy is to use very small and safe amounts of electrical pulses to try and modify the patterns.
Ultimately I think that the project will [try] to understand what the brain pattern is at one time and then use the information that we've learned about how to modify those patterns to then put the brain into a state that's better for encoding memory."
... On using seizures to understand memory loss:
"...It turns out that a lot of the same brain areas that are critical for this type of memory are often involved in seizures and how seizures spread. Our role at UT Southwestern is to identify these patients, talk to them, and the ones that are generous enough to donate their time to the study, to get them enrolled and have them engage in the memory studies that were doing to understand the brain process better."
... On the science behind this study:
"This idea that we're going to use the electrodes implanted in the brain to also understand memory has been going on for 50 years in animal studies. The idea that we can take advantage of the opportunity to record from patients that are being looked at for possible surgery for seizures has been around for about 10 or 15 years.
The issue [was] with only one center focused on this particular question, the advances were a little bit slower. Everybody who was engaged in this research from 10 years ago as I was at the University of Pennsylvania knew that ultimately the goal would be 'how can we restore memory in people who've suffered memory loss?' It just was difficult to organize the resources needed to make it happen faster."
Dr. Bradley Lega is a neurosurgeon with UT Southwestern Medical Center. Learn more about the project here.


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Home » Eat Empowered » Healthy Recipes » In the Kitchen with Keri: My Quest to Make Fried Pickles Healthier
We share heaps of healthy information on Nutritious Life's blog every day, but "In the Kitchen with Keri" is your chance to spend some quality time with the wonder woman behind it all, Keri Glassman, MS, RD, CDN. It's where she invites you into her space to share the ingredients she's currently obsessed with, recipes she can't get enough of, and other tips and tricks learned over many years of life as an always-ahead-of-the-curve nutritionist and wellness expert.
This month, I'm starting with a confession: I love fried pickles, AKA frickles.
To be honest, I ate them recently at a bar while on date night with my man. Then, I went back to that same bar with friends on my birthday, and they were my only indulgence. I even chose them over cake. That's big for me! I love cake!
But, I also love pickles. Why do I love thee? Well, cucumbers are hydrating and filled with fiber and vitamins, and when they're pickled, they're crunchy, salty, and virtually calorie-free. Some pickles are also fermented, which means major gut health benefits. (How to tell? Most pickles on the shelf at the supermarket made with vinegar are not fermented; look for brands that say "naturally fermented" and are stocked in the refrigerator. Or, ferment your cukes at home.)
Pickles are the perfect addition to salads, sandwiches, and bunless burgers and work perfectly as a finger food…watching a game or while sitting at a bar. Martini not included.
And fried…sigh. Frickles are just delicious to the point of dreamy.
But I'm a nutritionist, of course, so my go-to thought is: How can I make this a food that works for you instead of against you? How can I take out all of the bad stuff like the white flour, unhealthy oils, and the process of deep frying but keep the flavor?
How to Make Fried Pickles Healthier
My solution: Bickles.
What the heck are bickles? Well, the first step is to replace the "fr" for fried with a "b" for baked. And instead of breadcrumbs, I coat them with almond flour and add antioxidant-rich spices like cayenne pepper.
The result is a baked pickle that comes with a kick but without the greasy taste. Compared to frickles, they taste "cleaner," but the flavor's still intact since most of it comes from the pickle itself, anyway.
Get the recipe, here, and serve them as part of a burger-and-salad night, as finger food while watching a game, or as a snack for the kiddies.
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America before and after Columbus include:
A number of Black Negroid Peoples
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of America," Atlantic Journal and Friend Knowledge;
Philadelphia 1832; p. 86: Also I. Rafinesque, pgs. 121, 186,
187, 194, 208, 209). Rafinesque was a naturalist who explored
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In mentioning Negroes, Blacks, Moors, Ethiopians....explorers
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We just came back from visiting our daughter in Long Beach, California. Because of this trip I am behind in my posting and commenting on my friends' blogs. It was nice to be in the cool California weather – low 70 degrees (21-22 centigrade) instead of our hot and humid Georgia weather – which has been in the mid 90s (33-35 degree C.) Our daughter Céline does not live far from the Pacific Ocean, so there is always a cool breeze.
Photo courtesy Bob PoteLong Beach is a vibrant, world class city with a long history. The first residents were a Native American tribe known as the Tongva – which means "the people of the earth." Then the Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo and his crew landed on its shores in 1542. It took another two hundred years for Spain to be interested in this coastal area. In 1784, Manuel Nieto was awarded a 300,000 acre land grant by Spain. His daughter, Manuela Cota inherited his ranch "Rancho Los Cerritos." We visited it last year and it was the subject of my first post- you can read it here.
Céline has been living in Long Beach for seven years now. We visit her at least once a year and she always finds new places for us to explore. Long Beach is quite large, in fact it is the fifth largest city in California and has almost ½ million inhabitants. It is about 20 miles (32 km) south of downtown Los Angeles. The port of Long Beach is one of the world's largest shipping ports. It also has a large oil industry – and oil wells can be seen in various places in town. Below is a postcard showing a map of Southern California with Los Angeles, then Long Beach below it.
Rancho Los Cerritos garden (click on picture to enlarge it)Oil was discovered on Signal Hill in 1921 and soon after the hill was covered with over 100 oil derricks. Here is a vintage postcard showing Signal Hill.
Long Beach grew out of the Nieto tracts and was incorporated as a city in 1897. Because of its perfect climate Long Beach was known as the motion picture capital of the world until post World War 1, then Hollywood was developed. Until then the Balboa silent-film studios were very successful. They were located in Long Beach and used Signal Hill for outdoor locations. Many movie stars like W. C. Fields lived along Ocean Avenue. Below is a postcard showing Ocean Avenue which is still a large avenue where many hotels, restaurant and trendy shops are located. It is bordered by tall palm trees.
modern postcard, photo by Tim Sumner
Signal Hill is now a small incorporated town totally surrounded by Long Beach. It is very close to our daughter's home. On top of the hill is a park called Hilltop Park. In the 1500s Native Americans used the hill to signal to their relations on Santa Catalina Island, 26 miles away. The smoke signals could be seen for miles and the hill became known as "Signal Hill." We were there on a sunny day and could see panoramic views of Los Angeles.
There are plaques with data to explain the history of the hill.
Spruce Goose, a H-4 Hercules aircraft, took off over the Long Beach Harbor and made its first and only flight. At the time the Spruce Goose was the world's largest airplane. It is still the largest airplane made of wood. Below are pictures of the H-4 Hercules and of Howard Hughes inside the cockpit, the night before the flight in Long Beach.
Last Sunday my husband, daughter Céline, nephew (who is studying for his PhD at the University of California Los Angeles) and his girlfriend and I went to the Long Beach South East Farmers' Market, a small certified farmer's market.
It is located in a lovely harbor area of Alamitos Bay Marina about 2 miles from Céline's condo. The organic fruits looked juicy and tantalizing – prices a bit high though. (Georgia peaches are 99 cents a pound here in Georgia.)
A stand displayed many varieties of potatoes – some I had never seen. All the vegetable looked super fresh.
There were also breads for sale, jams, olives and beautiful flowers. Even puppies were ready to be adopted.
At the other end of the farmers' market was another market selling crafts, clothes, creams, jewelry and more. I purchased some locally made cream - gardenia fragrance. The vendor, Alex, kindly posed for a photo.
It was difficult to make a choice as all the creams had sweet scents.
Belly dance anyone?
While our group was walking closer to take a look at the puppies I wandered toward the marina.
I walked down the small dock as I could see a couple of ducks and my camera was ready…
Then I heard footsteps behind me – I had not seen anyone. I turned around. A small child with a painted face was looking at me. I asked his name "Frederick" he said. I took his picture
then I turned back around as the ducks were swimming toward me.
I looked back to tell Frederick to look at the ducks. He was gone. I never heard him leave. I saw my husband, my nephew and his girl friend watching me from afar. Later on I asked them if they had seen the kid. No they said, they never saw a kid. My daughter said it must have been a ghost as there were no kids around. I have his picture though…
Now it was time to drive another mile to take a walk in the Japanese Garden. Such a perfect day – sunny, warm, blue sky, palm trees…. it would be nice to walk in a peaceful garden - but that will be for another post.


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David was enjoying his newfound freedom, akin to his carefree days of Poonthura, with gay abandon, after four years of conjugal confinement. With no one around to hassle, after a long… long while, he deserved to enjoy this grand Sunday lunch to the hilt; what with bottles of rum, pickles, mutton biriyani and pots of toddy on the platter.
He tried to wheeze the marrow out of a sizeable bone, unusually, in vain. Of all that mutton consisted of, marrow was the yummiest dessert at the fag-end of a sumptuous meal. While all that preceded satiated his stomach, marrow was sort of soul food. Reminiscing about a slipped piece of marrow while aiming to breathe it out of a gritty bone, he grabbed a pebble stone and cracked open the bone, just enough. There it was; alluring, full and tantalisingly wobbly. This one swallow was potent enough to make, not one, but several of David's days.
If he indeed wished to enjoy this moist evening, he had to tackle the affair that is slated for the afternoon. Sheela, his ex wife, divorced a year ago, had phoned and, despite his pleas to the contrary, was to arrive anyhow, anytime now. Although the suddenty flustered him, given her volatility, he essentially dreaded the outcomes she was capable of forcing. His neighbours, with whom he shared a thatched wall, were tough and gossipy. He always blamed the spiteful neighbourhood for the split-up. While many of his relatives had hastened the separation by alleging her infidelity, Sheela always blamed David's tuberculous sterility. Having born and brought up in Kochuthura, she prided that, owing to Christian ethos, the people of her village were incapable of being unfaithful.
Counting upon David's pensive, trepid state, the flies were trying their best to salvage their share of the marrow out of chomped bones, crumbs in the plastic plate.
Sheela stepped into the hut with an air and aplomb that was the reserve of wives who were 'still' legally wedded. A whole year of maternal nourishment in Kochuthura rendered her visibly rounded; a heavier Sheela was more ominous. This was the first time Sheela treaded back into the hut after the embattled, embittered separation. While she winked at him, he avoided the all-too-decisive eye contact.
She grabbed a pock-marked, unwashed aluminium plate lying by David's side and served herself out of the pots that were equally swarmed; the flies flew away en masse. Overwhelmed by her belligerent manners, David retreated to a darker corner but, given the tiny size of the hut, he was not far enough to be secure. Just as he was feeling all-too-exposed in front of Sheela the tigress, the voices, noises emanating out of the adjacent hut comforted him.
But, when Sheela rises, ruthlessly rampaging like a wavy tsunami, imperilling every life; no one could hide, no one was spareable. Nor can any inanimate stuff survive the blitz. Like the day, a year ago, when Sheela maniacally pummelled a dozen women, men and children before inflicting deadly blows that left fractures on David's legs and ribs. A year on, he is still licking his wounds and, having not recuperated enough, subsisting on half the government salary.
The spreading rumour, which spiralled to Kochuthura rather late, about his wanton ways and debauchery, even while coughing tuberculosis, has brought back Sheela to Poonthura. Contrary to his fears, Sheela asked him nothing about it. But he had a prepared, well-rehearsed response in case she did; "We are no more man and wife, it's none of your business."
After gobbling down all that was there, Sheela stretched her legs and snored into what eventually turned out to be a three-hour siesta. Woken up by the unmistakable snore, the gossipy neighbours trouped into David's hut. Anthony, always-at-sea neighbour, gestured at David asking about the outrageous appearance of his former wife. When David cried his ignorance, Stella, Anthony's wife, kicked Sheela out of her dreams of reunion.
Even before Sheela was fully out of her slumber, everyone, who had received expert blows at the hands of Sheela a year ago, was spewing venom. In reprisal, they collectively thrashed Sheela inflicting, this time, more grievous gashes than they had received. Though strong enough to give it back, the suddenness of the assault left her no time to respond and the severity of the blows and their numerical superiority left her clueless, powerless. Sheela ran away spewing the best of Malayalam swear-words. The leader of the slum reassured David that he was safe from any such future attacks. Anthony and Stella consoled him over his wife's sudden re-entry and the mental strain it caused.
After the incident, Anthony and Stella turned too caring, loving. They shared their food, happiness and even grief with him. They dragged him to one of Stella's aunts' funeral where David was served the best of toddy and beef biriyani he ever tasted. After returning, their relationship grew deeper. Now the Anthony family shifted from their rented one to David's own hut saving five hundred rupees that flew away in the form of rent, every month.
Citing fishing stories, Anthony often disappeared during daylight hours leaving Stella and David alone in the hut. Using her charms, Stella swindled all that David owned, including the hut and piece of land under it. Having secured his current half salary, Stella now eyed his pension; though the amount of pension that David would earn was meagre, it was enough to spend one's old age comfortably, if not lavishly.
In a dramatic turn, even before the statutory six-month period, Anthony divorced Stella and went away leaving her alone with David. Six months of live-in life with her was enough for David to consider Stella as his soul mate. In just two months, Stella was pregnant with twins. The twins, having never had children with his first wife, were a double bonanza David could hardly wait for. It would be sacrilegious if this god's twin gifts were to be born out of wedlock. They were declared man and wife by a Pentecostalist priest. A week into their marriage, David had to register Stella as his new and only wife who could be the sole beneficiary of his pension in case of his untimely death.
Having spent months on high seas, on a rainy evening, Anthony stomped in style that was the prerogative of legally wedded husbands. The sight of plump Stella made Anthony nervous; once ashore, he always needed few days to return to his elements. Stella, disregarding David's jolted looks, served biriyani and Anthony's favourite fish Chala curry to his heart's content. Within minutes, with his unwashed hands as pillows, Anthony burped his way to forty winks. When Stella served food to David, there was hardly any bone left that had marrow in it. Anthony had sucked, swallowed all the marrow that was hidden in every hole. David chewed the hollow, tubular bones and snored away his marrowy sorrows. When he was woken up by his whooping cough, in the wee hours, the twilight rays entering the holey hut exposed the thing he dreaded all night; Anthony and Stella were engrossed in making love; devoid of love. David swiftly slipped back into his blanket and pretended snort until it was impossible to fake it anymore and, out of sheer exhaustion, actually slumbered away remainder of the wee hours.
When he woke up late in the morning, Anthony had left. Even before he could enjoy the sigh of relief, the sight of Stella shocked him; her three month old pregnant belly was missing. A flat tummy and a shapely waist appeared in its place. Just after bathing, while she was about to drape a nylon sari, her pneumonia blouse was bursting at the seams.
Ragefully, instantly summoning abnormal pluck, David tousled her to the floor and mauled her unconscious. But, before going cold, she had clawed his face, back and bit off a bit of his left ear lobe.
Hearing the news on the high seas, Anthony appeared within an hour. Looking at a haggard, lifeless Stella, he punched, kicked and threw David out of the house. Splashes of water instantly shook Stella up; spewing Malayalam cuss words, she cried out for more reinforcements.
'What else do you expect of a young woman…you eunuch…invalid TB…impotent bugger,' howled Anthony. Within moments, even before David tried to alert his own kin, Stella's troupe arrived. David was stripped, booted, and hauled, along the grimy lanes of Poonthura, towards the resting catamarans. Shouldering an unconscious David, Stella's cousins lobbed him onto a raft.
Orphaned by his own kin, David lied under the raft for a day. Dazed and drained, he wandered about the shore for a week and, in the end, ended up in the general hospital where, being a government employee, treatment was free. His myeloma worsened, chemotherapy proved ineffective and bone marrow transplantation was the only way to save him. Several donors, including his relatives, were tested but none of them had matching human leukocyte antigens.
Abandoned by everyone, with no compatible donors in sight, death devouring him gradually and just a few weeks left to die altogether, David slipped into unconsciousness. When he regained wakefulness, a few weeks later, after the successful bone marrow transplantation, the surgeons pointed towards Sheela; the most compatible bone marrow donor.


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Aris Quartett
f.l.t.r.: C. Vinzens, N. Zipperling, A. K. Wildermuth, L. Sieber
vision string quartet
f.l.t.r.: L. Disselhorst, J. Encke, D. Stoll, K. Treiber
Duo C. Brecht/S. Lee
Duo B. Gregor-Smith/A. Graf
The jury
f.l.t.r.: A. Escobar, J. Abel, C. Pontén, S. Popp, S. Tatubaeva
The team of the Max-Reger-Institute
f.l.t.r.: M. Jahnke, S. J. Lee, J. Schaarwächter, S. Popp, J. Blank, F. Zalkow, J. Reuter
The 5th European Chamber Music Competition took place from 25th to 27th September. We congratulate the winners of this year's competition:
|1st. prize:
|Aris Quartett
|2nd prize:
|vision string quartet
|3rd prize (shared):
|Duo Christoph Brecht/Sumi Lee and
|Duo Benjamin Gregor-Smith/Aglaia Graf
5th European Chamber Music Competition Karlsruhe. Editor: Isabel Heine. It is a changed and extended version of a program that have been played on WDR3 TonArt.
To the review on the homepage of the competition...


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Handyman charged in stabbing, robbery of Grosse Pointe Farms man
A man who was hired to clean gutters and remove snow from an interior designer's home in Grosse Pointe Farms has been charged with trying to kill the man and stealing artwork from his home.
David Corzilius, 49, was charged with three different assault charges, armed robbery, home invasion, false imprisonment, and larceny.
According to the charges filed by prosecutor Kym Worthy, Corzilius was hired by Daniel Clancy to clean gutters and remove snow. On Sunday, authorities say he demanded money crom Clancy, hit him in the face, and then bound his hands with duct tape. Once he was bound, Worthy says he stole painting and then stabbed him in the neck with a knife before driving off in his truck.
Clancy was found bleeding on a sidewalk outside of his home on Voltaire Sunday afternoon. He's currently in the hospital, recovering from his injuries.
"It was pretty clear to those in law enforcement that this brutally violent assault was not random, but the work of someone who knew Mr. Clancy. The alleged actions of the defendant bear this out," Worthy said.


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With graduation coming up this weekend, students in our department are flipping back and forth between sheer panic of trying to complete projects and wandering around, waiting for things to happen to them. It's that typical "hurry up and wait" approach where you go through three finals in one day and then have to hang out for that last final, three days later, which probably won't impact your grade unless you skip it.
In that time period, a lot of kids have been hanging out in the doorways of the offices around here, saying goodbye to professors and just killing time. One of my favorite kids wedged himself into the doorframe of my next-door neighbor's office and was grousing about a gen ed course he was finishing.
The professor teaching the course was a recent add to the U's faculty, having come from working at Harvard. It is unclear to me what she did there, but it was either research or education or both. It's also unclear to me how or why she landed here, but we all have our reasons. (The guy who ended up hiring me here said that when I applied and they looked through my vita, they wondered what was wrong with me. The old "you're overqualified, so you must be a broken toy" issue…)
The kid noted that he didn't want to turn in his final paper because the professor told the class that any errors would result in a zero. Thus, the kid felt like he should go back in and try yet again to clean it up, for fear of the zero. However, he also felt that any time he put into this thing would be wasted time, because he was unlikely to find all the errors, and thus was still likely to get a zero. So, he just hung on to the damned thing until he was forced to finally hand it in.
The kid said the class was confused, only to be told by the professor that they should "look at the assignment sheet." He also noted that on more than one occasion, the professor screamed at them that "This kind of work would never fly at Harvard."
Usually, I let these stories go, as it's always a two-sided, he-said/she-said thing. As my kindergarten teacher told the parents in my class once, "If you don't believe everything your child tells you happened at school, I promise I won't believe everything the kid says happened at home."
Still, this wasn't a kid prone to exaggeration. He was a newsroom kid, a professional photographer and he had a thick skin. I'd kicked the crap out of him in a few classes when he was being a dink and he more than readily admitted I was right or that he wasn't trying. He'd then redirect and get better.
Even more, I've heard more than a few stories of people getting culture shock when they make a lateral or downward move in academia. The types of kids change, the demands change, the environment changes and then BAM, they're freaking out. It's not hard to figure that a professor who went from the Yankees of college to the Lansing Lugnuts of A-ball would see a few changes.
My problem is this: It's not the kids' fault you're here. It's your own.
I learned at and taught at two schools that often battle for the title of the Jesus H. Christ Original School of Journalism. I had kids at both of these institutions who were great and worked hard and went on to do great things. I also had kids at both places who couldn't find an original thought with a searchlight and a posse. Calling them dumb as a sack of hammers would demean hammers everywhere.
When I moved to a non-flagship university and taught there, a lot of students asked me if they were as good as "Mizzou kids." In other words, "These mystical children are the standard and benchmark upon which the rest of us should be measured. Have we measured up?"
The answer was simple: Yes and no and sometimes better. The schools give you an opportunity to learn. Not everyone avails themselves of these opportunities. Students who attend these schools might get a few additional advantages or a few extra shots at internships or jobs, but it doesn't inherently make them better. It's not like when you graduate, they hand you a sheepskin and a new brain, both of which contain all the answers.
I know I've brought up my previous stops along the academic trail about a million times since I've left those other institutions, but not once did I (or would I) create a negative comparison between the students where I am and the students where I was.
In a lot of ways, I would rather work with the branch-school kids than the kids at Big Swinging Dick University. They value education because they have to work three jobs to pay for it. They have to convince parents who might never have attended college to see the value in doing it instead of just running the family farm or family business. In fact, I've never had a kid's parents call me up here and demand a grade be changed. (I have had this happen elsewhere and colleagues who are at the top-notch places say it happens to them all the time.) They don't give professors a pass because they are esteemed bullshit artists. They challenge us to tell them why they should care about X, Y or Z and we better have a good answer.
Even if none of these things were true, it's your job to educate the people you have in front of you. It's like playing poker: you play the hand you're dealt and the best players can usually find a way to win, regardless of that hand. You can't keep folding hand after hand, with a dismissive sigh because you didn't catch pocket aces.
These people paid to get your best. You owe it to them to give it to them.


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Shirt collars isn't something that comes up often in mens fashion talk. However, it is attention to details like this that ensures you can stand out in your dress shirts. I previously wrote about different shirt collar choices that also touched on today's topic, albeit from a different angle. The guest article on choosing spectacle frames generated plenty of emails asking me to write similar articles, and it seemed like the right time to revisit shirt collars and how the shape of your face should affect your choice, rather than your body type. I also talk about the basic tie knots that can complement your collar and face shape. So here goes…
Shirt Collars for the Round Face
Someone with a round face generally has fuller checks and a shorter neck (although this may be an illusion due to their face shape). When buying a shirt, the idea is to de-emphasize the roundness of your face. This is normally done with with collars that make your neck look longer and give the perception of a longer face with definition. Your should look for narrow point shirt collars and button-down collars. A traditional shirt collar would also work. However, stay away from wide spread collars. The same concept of making your face appear longer applies to your tie knot as well – a full windsor knot is too wide and thus, adds on to the wideness of your face. You should be making full use of the four-in-hand tie knot and maybe mixing it up with a half-windsor from time to time.
While the world may disagree with North Korea's policy and the way the country is run, we cannot dispute that its leader – Kim Jong-Un, knows that he has a round face and dresses accordingly, as evident from the photos below. He uses the narrow point collar to good effect, and uses a slimmer tie knot as recommended.
Shirt Collars for the Angular Face
If you fall into this category, you could have one of two shapes – either a diamond shape, where your cheekbones are more defined ending in a pointed chin or an oblong shape, where your face appears longer and rectangular with a pronounced U-shaped chin. Since people with these face shapes tend to have an elongated appearance, your shirt collar should serve to de-emphasize this and make your face look fuller and your jawline wider. The best type of shirt collar would be a wide spread or medium spread collar. Again, the same logic goes for your tie knot – use as wide a tie knot as possible, i.e. the full-windsor knot is your best bet. Feel free to mix it up from time to time with a half-windsor.
When looking in the real world – the classic examples are Adam Levine (lead singer of Maroon5), who has an oblong, almost rectangular face shape and David Beckham – who has an oblong face shape (depending on his hairstyle, it sometimes appears squarish but that's a different topic). They both utilize the wide spread collar and the full-windsor tie knots very nicely.
Shirt Collars For The Oval Face
This is the best category to fall into. The oval face is longer than it is wider, with the cheekbones at the widest point. This symmetry affords you a lot of flexibility – where you can wear any type of collar and it would complement your face. To keep the balance, you could consider a medium-spread shirt collar, although a wide spread collar or a button down collar would work just as well. Even in terms of knots, you are safe with any knot – from the widest to the slimmest.
When looking for classic oval face examples, the perfect celebrity is Will Smith. He has an oval shaped face and he can pretty much pull off all shirt collar and tie knot styles. In the examples below, he's wearing a wide spread collar with a full windsor tie knot while in the second one (from Men in Black) he is wearing the traditional collar.
So there you have the basic face shapes and the type of shirt collars and tie knots you should consider wearing. Having said that, always remember that it is not a rule, but rather a guide to follow – so feel free to experiment with different shirt collars even if it is not recommended for your face shape!


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In The Dark Knight, the opening bank robbery involves the Joker and a few thieves. When the jeep pulls up to pick up the Joker, he then puts on his mask and gets into the backseat.
Did the two thieves sitting in front not recognize the Joker? If not, this means the Joker planned the heist without actually being seen or known by the other thieves, how?
My guess:
- He got someone else to plan the job as the "Joker", and told the thieves driving the car to pick up another thief(the real Joker) waiting for them on the corner.
- They also, probably didn't know each other very well, and most likely met a few days before the bank heist, as they were easily able to kill each other for a "bigger slice". I would assume if they did know each other well, they would be hesitant to kill a friend.
Based on the conversation in the jeep, they mock the Joker for "sitting it out, and taking a slice", which indicates they aren't aware the Joker is with them.


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Essex Tour (A Coach Trip in Essex)
The "Essex Tour" is a Coach Trip devised and led by Colin Crosby, of Colin Crosby Heritager Tours, the Leicester-based Blue Badge Guide who runs these excursions throughout the year.
Colin's excursions are an enjoyable way of learning some Local History.
The coach leaves St. Margarets Bus Station in Leicester at 8am, and returns about 9.30pm.
Colin will be giving his usual commentary along the way, which is an even more pleasant duty for him than usual, as Essex is his home county – he was born in Rochford.
Essex is a beautiful county, with some of the loveliest countryside and most photogenic towns and villages in England.
There are three stops, of approximately an hour each.
Saffron Walden is an old market town with hundreds of listed buildings, a ruined castle and a rare turf maze. The town gained its prosperity through being the centre for growing the saffron crocus, which gives a yellow-orange dye.
Halstead is another old market town connected with the beginning of the Courtauld company. A weatherboarded mill on the River Colne is now an antiques centre. Colin was formerly Manager of the cinema in Halstead.
Maldon has a beautiful setting at the head of the Blackwater estuary, and is famous for sea salt production, the Battle of Maldon in 991 and the unique All Saints Church with its triangular tower.
There is an additional stop at Finchingfield, England's most photographed village, which has appeared on countless calendars and Beautiful Britain books.
Dates, costs and where to meet
A place on 'Essex Tour' costs £20.00 per person, or £20.00 if paying in advance. The coach trip begins at St. Margarets Bus Station, and is running on:
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Does your Email service Provider (ESP) provide you with reports on your email campaigns? Do you track your email opens? Can you see who and when opened your emails, clicked on which links, unsubscribed from your list, reported it as spam, etc?
If you answered yes, don't you, at least sometimes, feel like you're spying on your audience?
I've been on line for many years and I have yet to come across a privacy policy which says: "After you give us your name, email and permission to contact you, we will also be able to see when you open your email, at what time of day, how many links you clicked, etc. If you agree, please click here."
If you saw a privacy policy like that, would you sign up? I didn't think so.
Being CAN-SPAM compliant is one thing, but shouldn't we go beyond compliance? We should make sure that we respect our subscribers' privacy as much as possible. At the very least, try not to take advantage of the data you can gather from your ESP reports.
Here's one possible abuse scenario: an email marketer sends out his/her campaign and closely monitors open rates. S/he then decides to call subscriber Mr. X because he opened his email, who is obviously at his work (you can make an assumption like that if the email address is firstname.lastname@example.com).
S/he proceeds to say: "Hey M. X, I just noticed you opened my email, clicked on a link and I thought I could offer some additional information about my products."
Bad idea, I hope you'll agree.
Tracking is not all bad, actually it helps both our subscribers and us as email newsletter publishers. The data I'm talking about is "bounces," or undeliverable emails. This gives us a list of email addresses to which our ESP has not been able to deliver emails. They may be obsolete email addresses, as when people move from one ISP to another, or, if they're using company email, they have changed jobs. In case you're not using double opt in, you subscribers might have entered a bad email either by accident or on purpose – just one more reason to use double opt in.
Mind you, not all ESPs are created equal; of the ones I have first-hand experience with, I like the detail reporting available from GetResponse, Aweber, and MadMimi.
Respect your subscriber's privacy by going above the requirements of the law. There are other ways to keep track of your list, buy monitoring unsubscribes, for example.
Keep sending your e-newsletter out, it's still one of the best way to reach out to your audience, with a very high return on investment.
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SEMINAR: Ethics For Legal Administrators: Counseling Your Counsel On Making Ethical Business Decisions
Pullman & Comley Professional Liability chair David P. Atkins presented on topics including risk management for law firm administrators responding to trust account and advertising audits and the applicability of the Rules of Professional Conduct for non-lawyer professionals at:
Connecticut Association of Legal Administrators
Rocky Hill Marriott
November 7, 2008
Rocky Hill, CT
3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
This program was hosted by the Connecticut Association of Legal Administrators.
For more information, please contact email@example.com. For directions, please call the Rocky Hill Marriott at (860) 257-6000.


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