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Press Release: December 1, 2015
EAST GREENWICH, RI – Businesses in the United States need to stay the course and not be derailed by the uncertainty of the long, drawn out ongoing presidential election process, according to The Society for the Advancement of Consulting® (SAC).
Take the Campaign With a Grain of Salt
"The American presidential campaign is an extremely long exercise in personal branding. It's important to remember that candidate positions are meant to highlight their individual differences. The reality is somewhere much less extreme than what is being postured," according to Linda Popky, president of Redwood Shores, CA-based strategic marketing firm Leverage2Market Associates, and author of the book Marketing Above the Noise: Achieve Strategic Advantage with Marketing That Matters.
"Smart marketers know there will be business opportunities no matter who prevails. They are prepared to take action now to secure business and build market share—offering compelling alternatives to those buyers who might otherwise be wary of the ongoing uncertainty," she said.
Executives Need to Stay Steady
"The upcoming presidential election campaign is having a major negative effect on morale and mood in the United States," points out Leslie Austin, Ph.D. and executive coach with over 25 years of experience with C-Suite executives and leaders.
"Candidates are creating a polarized field between fear and optimism. In this turbulent, emotionally charged time, CEOs and leaders need to be clear-headed and even-handed, maintaining a consistent, stable mood in their companies and in coaching their executives to do the same."
Hiring Wisely and Maintaining Leadership Are Key
"The outcome of the US presidential election is unlikely to have a dramatic impact on key decisions of the Fortune 500. Mergers and acquisitions will continue, successful businesses will continue to thrive. And the best companies will keep a laser focus on hiring wisely and developing exceptional leadership and an inspired workforce," states Liz Bywater, PhD, leadership expert and President of Bywater Consulting Group.
Focus Where You Have the Most Leverage
"The next eleven months represents a remarkable opportunity for business leaders to outperform their competition," said Bill Sanders, Managing Director of Roebling Strauss, Inc., San Francisco, CA. "The increasing partisan nature of the political conversation will continue to result in exaggerated claims of the potential damage the "other party" will do if elected.
"Now, while everyone else's attention and energy is focused on fear mongering, it's the time to ignore the noise and concentrate in the area in which you have the most influence: growing your business."
Need for Inclusive Cultures Grows
"No matter how chaotic, controversial or nasty the upcoming election campaign becomes, businesses will still need people who are productive, innovative and can work together across differences," said Simma Lieberman, a thought leader on cultural inclusion strategy located in Berkeley, Ca.
"Organizations will still need to establish inclusive cultures so employees can contribute new ideas, solve problems, and be successful. Due to the vitriol being espoused towards specific groups, creating inclusion will be even more important to combat potential conflicts between groups and the increase in silos based on demographics.
"The key to people doing their best work is to not be swayed by the use of divisive politics which can hurt productivity and profit," said Lieberman.
Avoid Distractions
"While the decision of who to vote for is critical, the next twelve months will be full of temptations to start late, get off track, and fail to execute, as we indulge in digesting the fast-food diet of empty political calories tossed at us," said Karen Eber Davis, of Sarasota, Florida, author of 7 Nonprofit Income Streams.
"During the forthcoming barrage, it will be more important than ever to focus on your strategies to grow income," Davis said.
Innovation and Intellectual Property Growth Will Not Slow
"Next year's presidential election will not slow the growth in innovation by companies, as reflected in trademark and patent filings," said Erik Pelton, a trademark attorney and former USPTO examiner in Falls Church, Virginia. "No matter how contentious the election, companies will continue innovating and creating intellectual property in 2016 because the economy, and their competitors, will move forward regardless of the election results."
Maintaining Business Focus is Critical
"The coming 2016 elections will be a distraction for most businesses," notes Roberta Matuson, The Talent Maximizer®, president of Matuson Consulting and author of Talent Magnetism and Suddenly in Charge.
"Companies will be making moves based on their own predictions, when in fact they should be focusing on how to keep their businesses on track regardless of the outcome. Concentrate on attracting and retaining the right people, and you will thrive in 2016 and beyond," she said.
Clarity May Be Sacrificed
"The current political climate provides a perfect example of zero clarity," says Ann Latham, president and founder of the Boston consulting firm Uncommon Clarity, Inc.
"As long as our elected officials insist on staking their identities on alternatives before agreeing on objectives, it won't matter who wins the election. There will be no effective compromise, problem solving, or innovation. Business leaders are left with three choices: wallow in the uncertainty, blame others for their lack of success, or take charge of their future."
Election Rhetoric May Hurt Hispanic Businesses
"The 2016 elections have the potential to negatively impact Hispanic market investment among U.S. businesses," said Terry Soto, president and CEO of About Marketing Solutions, Inc., and author of the book Marketing to Hispanics: A Strategic Approach to Assessing and Planning Your Initiative. "In spite of the country's explosive Hispanic market presence, contribution to the economy, and impact on past election outcomes, the upcoming election and the rhetoric around immigration have the potential to slow already hesitant business leaders from investing on improving their companies' relevancy among US Hispanics.
"As is, over half of this country's corporations do nothing to leverage the growing Hispanic market for growth. The Republican party has done as much a disservice to their party by ignoring Hispanic voters' power at the polls as Republican business leaders are likely to do to their businesses by ignoring Hispanic consumers as drivers of business growth."
Immigration, Tax Code Uncertainty Slow Decisions
"Uncertainty regarding who will ultimately be elected President in 2016 will delay strategic planning," said Mark Richman, a Boca Raton, FL-based technology strategist and consultant.
"Regulatory factors such as potential changes to the tax code will have implications for companies considering inversions and offshore investments. Immigration policy will impact decisions to hire US citizens, outsource, or hire H1B visa workers. Committing to a strategy and incurring the expense of execution before a presidential victor is clear is a big gamble, regardless of who wins," Richman added.
Small Business Strengths Often Ignored
"Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) drive over half the economy in the US. Yet, this economic heart is ignored in political strategy due to the short-term focus on winning votes instead of strengthening the strongest economy in the world," said Phil Symchych, president of SYMCO & CO. (www.symcoandco.com), an expert in business growth and coauthor of The Business Wealth Builders. He resides in Regina, Canada.
"It's easy to ignore SMEs because they're small and they're too busy running their businesses. However, you ignore them at your peril," Symchych said.
Political Involvement is Key
"There will be an increasing amount of political 'noise' praising and damning candidates over the coming year," points out Keith McLeod, president of Business Centre.
"How do you overcome not being the '800-pound gorilla' in terms of money and employees to convince candidates to listen to your point of view? You make an impact by establishing a personal relationship with the candidate and their staff now. You might even consider a role in their campaign, since closer to the election, candidates will become more isolated.
"It doesn't have to be the presidential campaign; there are critical state, county, and city races impacting your business as well," he said.
Lasting Change Requires Changing the Culture
Dr. Maynard Brusman, a consulting psychologist, executive coach and emotional intelligence-based leadership development expert, notes, "If the new American president is a Democrat, there is a strong push to increase taxes. If the president is a Republican, exactly the same thing is likely to happen—very little change. A toxic political atmosphere of self-interest is not prescient for supporting a business environment that cultivates growth-based business decisions."
According to Dr. Brusman, "In business, to change an organization you have to significantly change the leadership and culture. Career politicians are going to give us bigger government, higher debts, and decreased individual prosperity. It's too early to tell, but American voters appear to want an outsider who hasn't been corrupted by a polarized system. Donald Trump's appeal to his supporters is that he will negotiate better deals when making business decisions."
Election Also Impacts Non-Profits
Businesses are not the only organizations that will be watching election returns closely. Nonprofit organizations, and the charitable foundations and donors who fund them, will also likely take an interest as they anticipate funding streams from governmental and non-governmental sources, says philanthropy consultant Kris Putnam-Walkerly of Putnam Consulting Group. "While some foundations prefer to play the role of social venture capitalist, others concentrate on expanding existing services. Both of those roles are affected by the amount of government funding invested in nonprofit organizations.
"Foundations are also watching the debates in Congress over whether or not to apply more restrictions to the field of philanthropy. Election outcomes can play a key role in those discussions," she adds.
No Time for Indecision
"Most of my clients are concerned about the upcoming elections and the impact on their business growth and profitability; however, it hasn't yet made a noteworthy impact on their decision-making process," points out Lisa Anderson, The Manufacturing ConnectorSM and president of LMA Consulting Group, Inc., Claremont, CA.
"My clients are tempted to delay decisions until more information is known; however, the most successful ones carry on with the best information available. They continue to innovate, find and source top talent, successfully navigate complex supply chains, and collaborate with customers and suppliers. Success will not wait! Speed rules the day in manufacturing and distribution."
The American Economy Will Continue to Thrive
According to SAC CEO Alan Weiss, PhD, "The American election cycle is the longest in the world, occupying nearly two years of media attention and scrutiny.
"Therefore, by the time of the actual election, every alternative and possibility has already been discounted. The underlying economic engine will supersede election results, and that engine currently appears to be exceedingly strong, which should foster investment and expansion," Dr. Weiss notes.
About SACThe Society for the Advancement of Consulting (SAC) is an international association of consulting professionals who subscribe to an industry code of ethics and have provided evidence of significant consulting results among their clients. For more information, please go to https://www.consultingsociety.com, write to firstname.lastname@example.com or call 909-630-3943.
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I was at the bar at Tavern 'n Town last night engrossed in the newspaper and sipping a drink. I suddenly sensed something/someone next to me.
She was lovely! Decked out in cowboy hat and boots. A leopard sundress in between.
She looked familiar. She kept smiling. Finally, I said I know we've met but I can't remember where or when or your name.
She laughed and nodded her head to someone further down the bar. Then it came to me. Joyce and Bill. We had met at Tavern 'n Town a month ago. Joyce lives on Cudjoe and Bill Sugarloaf.
They invited me to join them for dinner. We had a very good time! An excellent evening!
Bill is a Penn State grad. We discussed why Penn State stopped playing Syracuse in football years back. His version, the Penn State version, I had never heard.
The evening was filled with laughter and good talk.
Began yesterday with the anti-gravity treadmill. Body Owners a great place. They make bodies work again. Jenny takes good care of me.
I had to hurry home afterwards. My friday interview on 104.9 radio. I am questioned re the KONK Life column I write each week. Sex Tales of Old easily handled. Interesting stories about how sex impacted the lives of certain historical figures.
Had a doctor visit later in the afternoon. Then stopped at Sq. 1 for a drink. Jason bartending. It was happy hour. Food looked great. Drinks cheap. Beefeaters $4. Anywhere else, $10-12. I recommend the place.
Bocce playoffs begin this afternoon at 3. If we win, we play again at 5. If we win again, we play tomorrow.
May the gods be with us!
The whole scenario exciting! A festive occasion. Colorful sun tents for the players. Hamburgers and hot dogs for the players. People come to watch. Bring the kids and babies along. Blankets strewn about. Coolers with food and drink. Everyone having a good time.
Because of Paris, security in the lime light again.
Read an interesting item re airport security this morning. The Department of Homeland Security announced that 73 TSA airport employees are on the terrorist watch list. All approved for access to secure areas.
What the hell is going on? Doesn't anyone pay attention to these things?
Syracuse basketball tonight. Syracuse plays Elon. Never heard of them. We are expected to win big. 16.5 point favorite. Game at 7. Bocce should be over by then. I will be watching.
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I have been adding free Sport Climbing downloads to the gofurtherScotland homepage to try and pass on the details of the fairly continuously steady rise in the number of bolted routes in Wester Ross, new venues too compared to the SMC Scottish Sport Climbs Guide and 7aMax second editionContinue Reading →
Skye in May – call this Spring?
Spring seems very slow to materialise this year. Everything is behind season, the flowers, the birds, the trees and guiding in the Cuillin. The unseasonably cold and wet Spring weather has already scuppered planned Ridge Traverses that have had to be postponed. The poor weather didn't stop us last weekend though and we had two […]Continue Reading →
Wellies, Broccoli & Mathematics – Climbing in Siurana, by Murdoch Jamieson
I am just back from a short climbing trip to Siurana in Spain with Paul. It's actually been a long time since Paul and I have climbed together properly. In fact, we are talking years. Anyway, the title of this blog post sums our trip up.
Normally when I head to Spain in November, […]
The Western Way with Cameron McNeish
The Western Way is the next BBC Scotland Adventure Show Special with Cameron McNeish. It will be screened on Boxing Day. A two part documentary of Cameron walking 250 miles from the Mull of Galloway to Oban. He visits 5 islands along the way. Lots of coastal scenery and spectacular hills. The filming of it […]Continue Reading →
Tollaidh Triathlon 2014
" and the winner of this year's Golden Karabiner is…..". Once again everyone had a lot of fun at the only Climbing Triathlon in the country. Competitors came from far and wide, Inverasdale, Newcastle, Gairloch, The Overside, Inverness, Dundonnell and even Melvaig. Saturday was a dry day up until about 5pm and by then we […]Continue Reading →
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Creag nan Luch. Not a lot of things in life come free. Perhaps parental love or true friendship. And the Tollaidh Triathlon, it's free, no entry charge, but will you leave unscathed ? No idea what I am talking about, read on ….
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Zion – trip over
The climb with Alex Jones may be over but Go Further's Paul is hanging out for a while longer. The team have de-camped to Vegas for some hard-earned rest but are then travelling to Red Rocks for some more climbing before heading back to Scotland. Well done to Paul and the rest of the […]Continue Reading →
Alex Jones completes epic Zion climb with Paul
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Alex Jones' climb starts on Moonlight Buttress in Zion
Go Further's Paul Tattersall is working as part of the crew filming Alex Jones on her mission to climb one of the biggest rock routes in the US for Sport Relief – Moonlight Buttress in Zion national park.
The One Show presenter has spent three months training for the climb has told the […]Continue Reading →
Our 2014 Running Courses
Our 2014 calendar of courses and training camps is being finalised and the first to go into the diary are our three-day running courses for spring and summer. Dates for autumn will be included on our course page soon.
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Google's Play Store is the official place where developers usually publish their apps, and it's also recommended for users to download Android apps via Google Play store only. However, there's always that one app, that isn't just available on Play Store, maybe due to being a legal issue or just the devs got a better deal somewhere else, to publish his/her app.
So, in this post, we'll explore some legit Google Play store alternatives that you might find handy or search in to get that yet undiscovered app on Google's market. These Play Store substitutes are safe to install and download apps from, and if you also want to download the same apps, which you can already find on Google Play Store, you can also do so, nothing wrong with it. So, here is the list which you should consider if you are looking for a good alternative to Play Store.
This is one of the most versatile Android Stores to download not only Apps and games, but you can also find here music(ringtones can also be found), videos, and store coupons for free of charge. This app isn't an illegal place, so sit back and enjoy Mobogenie's store loaded with apps and games, which you haven't even heard of yet.
Moreover, this also has a variant specially designed for your Windows PC to keep everything between your phone and PC properly synced. You can download it from here.
Amazon App store (Amazon Underground)
It the official app store for Amazon products such as for the late Amazon fire phone and all its Kindle products. But you can also get it as an alternative to Google's store. Amazon's market is also well sorted with conveniently classified apps under its respective category.
Furthermore, if you are thinking about getting all apps for free, that you find it here, but wait there's one thing that will get you apps for free is amazon's daily paid app giveaways is your way to go. At the time we write this, the App is now called Amazon underground app, and now you can also shop and watch videos over it as well use amazon gift cards. You can download it from here.
F-droid is an open source market client for Android applications and everything Android related stuff at one place. It makes it a breeze to download, install and update your app with f-droid and it's quite popular among many.
Moreover, this app store is now around six years going strong, and it also got a whole new revamped user interface design. Also, a note that the only apps that you will be getting on F-droid are all Free and open-source software, no paid apps here, as of now. You can download it here.
In here you'll be able to find millions of apps and mostly the free ones and some paid apps. Moreover, they're neatly well categorized compared to other apps listed here. The User interface of Aptoide is also minimalistic only provided what's necessary and doesn't clutter the entire screen with unnecessary junk.
It also features a fully featured recommendations lists on a weekly and monthly basis and also shows what's the most downloaded and popular among its users. Aptoide's website store is also as good as its app. It's also open source, with access to its source code, which you can have a look at here.
Yet, another marketplace, which could prove as a worthy alternative to Google's play store. With this developers can upload their apps, directly and 1AppMarket has zero tolerance policy towards malware and spyware app. So, they have covered you this front.
Besides, that you can use as usual download all apps for free, this also has a website which is similar to its app. So, you can download it from there, if you choose to no not to install their app. It updated on a daily basis and is quite popular in European markets. Everything here is classified in detailed, and they also have helpful recommendations according to your download patterns, along with a section for most popular apps and games. You can download it here.


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Mastercard and U.S. B2B payments company Boost Payment Solutions are teaming up to promote the use and acceptance of commercial cards across the Caribbean.
An announcement made by the firms this week said Boost Payment Solutions will be able to grow its straight-through processing solution in the Caribbean, with the company using its Boost Intercept platform to enable suppliers to accept virtual payments. According to the companies, Boost Payment Solution's deal with Mastercard enables the firm to expand its solution into the Caribbean, adding to the list of existing territories in which the platform is available, including the U.S. and its territories, Canada, Europe, the United Arab Emirates, Brazil and Australia.
"Enterprises of all sizes continue to see the value in straight-through processed card payments, and we're very excited to offer our proprietary capabilities to businesses throughout the Caribbean region," said Boost Payment Solutions CEO Dean Leavitt in a statement. "And through our alliance with Mastercard, we look forward to unlocking the potential of commercial card payments for businesses across the Caribbean."
"Many businesses view a migration from checks or other forms of payments to commercial cards as an onerous and expensive process involving development resources, and that's just not the case anymore," he added. "The complete automation of transactions and reporting provided by Boost services is a source of considerable savings and intelligence for all smart businesses."
"Access to funds is the lifeblood of every business and is fundamental for growth," added Mastercard's Caribbean Territory Head Marcelo Tangioni. "By working with Boost Payment Solutions, we can provide enterprises in the Caribbean more choices in how they pay and get paid."
Mastercard has initiated other moves into the B2B payments space in recent months. Last June, the company launched the Mastercard B2B Payments Hub and a partnership with B2B payments company AvidXchange in an effort to simplify B2B payments for small- and medium-sized business customers.


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Two Treatises of Government (Paperback)
John Locke (29 August 1632 - 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher. Locke is considered the first of the British Empiricists, but is equally important to social contract theory. His ideas had enormous influence on the development of epistemology and political philosophy, and he is widely regarded as one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers, classical republicans, and contributors to liberal theory.


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It's that time again. The changing of the furnace filter. I've known for over a month that the filter needed to be changed, but I couldn't remember the size. So day after day, week after week, the dirt would get thicker and thicker hindering the filter from doing its job.
Finally, I put the size in my phone so I'd have it with me at all times. Still, I have not bought a new filter. You may wonder why. The truth is having the correct information and acting on it are two different things.
This whole furnace filter debacle caused me to think of my own life. It was years ago in a counseling format that I first heard the word "filter." It was used to describe how people hear things. If the information comes to them through a dirty filter, usually due to life experiences, then it's anybody's guess what the person may actually hear. Even if every word you are saying to help them is awesome, wisdom from on high and amazing, they simple can't hear a word because of a clogged up dirty filter.
So, that said, I found this Pinterest worthy filter cleaning miracle in Ezekiel 36:25-28 (TLB).
"Then it will be as though I had sprinkled clean water on you, for you will be clean—your filthiness will be washed away...And I will give you a new heart—I will give you new and right desires—and put a new spirit within you. I will take out your stony hearts of sin and give you new hearts of love. And I will put my Spirit within you so that you will obey my laws and do whatever I command...And you shall be my people, and I will be your God."
I'm pinning that one. (For all non Pinterest users you won't get the humor in that last remark.) That verse is a miraculous filter cleaning promise; new heart, right desires, new spirit, heart of love, indwelling of the spirit, What more could a person ask for? Oh, yes, one more thing,filters need to be maintained. So you may want to revisit Ezekiel 36:25-28 on a regular basis.
Gotta go.
I have a dirty filter that needs to be replaced with a new one--clean and fresh, ready to filter out the dirt. I think I'll buy a bunch of filters because filters need to be changed often!
I have a dirty filter that needs to be replaced with a new one--clean and fresh, ready to filter out the dirt. I think I'll buy a bunch of filters because filters need to be changed often!


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Issue: dev-java/java-service-wrapper-3.5.50 redefines _FORTIFY_SOURCE (HARDENED-SYSTEM).
Discovered on: amd64 (internal ref: hardened_tinderbox)
(HARDENED-SYSTEM) in the summary means that the bug was found on a machine that runs an hardened profile with -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 and -D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS (https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2023-01-01-hardening-fortify-assertions.html) but this bug MAY or MAY NOT BE related to the changes related to hardened.
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Withdrawals on LEGO will remain available until October 7th 2022. All users are encouraged to withdraw their assets as soon as possible. Once withdrawals have been disabled we will officially terminate all technical support for lego, meaning that the assets will become irretrievable to both users and Bitrue team members.
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04Days From 680,00 $
4 Days Pamukkale Tour
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Duration : 2 Days - 1 Night
Duration : 2 Days - 1 Night
Rather unconventional compared to our other packages, 4 Days Pamukkale Tour is an extended journey into the heart of an ancient region in which the likes of Aphrodisias, Laodicea and Ephesus lie.
Day 1 Flight to Denizli / 4 Days Pamukkale Tour Begins / Pamukkale & Hierapolis Ancient City Tour
Early in the morning, you will get picked-up from the hotel in Istanbul and transferred to the airport for your 60-minute flight to Denizli. Once you have arrived, you will be transferred to the tour region from where our guide will take you on a trip around a mix of natural and man-made marvels of Pamukkale like the travertines, Karahayit (Red Pamukkale), ancient Greco-Roman city of Hierapolis, Museum of Hierapolis, The Byzantine Church and the Ancient Theatre. Upon ending of the tour, we will transfer you to your hotel in Kusadasi resort town via a 2,5-hour scenic ride. After check-in, you can have an enjoyable meal at one of the numerous seaside restaurants close to your hotel, to finish the day in a great way with beautiful examples of Aegean cuisine – accompanied by an unmatched view of the Greek island Samos, before your overnight stay on the first night of our 4 Days Pamukkale Tour.
Day 2 Aphrodisias Tour
After a revitalizing breakfast at the hotel, our guide will meet up with you and take you away for the second part of your epic journey in the ancient city of Aphrodisias. As a part of the culturally dominant region of Caria, Aphrodisias was cherished under the rule of both Ancient Greeks and Romans, leading to the marvellous remains which we now observe in awe with our guide's extensive narration, before heading back to the hotel in Kusadasi for an overnight stay on the second night of our 4 Days Pamukkale Tour.
Day 3 Laodicea Tour
Following an early morning pick-up, we will head out with our guide through an enjoyable countryside ride to the ancient city of Laodicea. Not to be confused with Laodicea in Pontus, this particular city was higly regarded due to its perfect location in the valley. Eventually, it gained the title of free city from the Romans simply for the freedom of different religions, making it a sanctuary. When our tour inevitably comes to an end, we will head back to Kusadasi for an overnight stay on the third night of our 4 Days Pamukkale Tour.
Day 4 Ephesus Ancient City Tour / Flight to Istanbul
Morning pick-up from the hotel, transfer to the tour region for the Ephesus Ancient City Tour. Our guide will take you on a trip around arly in the morning, you will get picked-up from the hotel in Istanbul and transferred to the airport for your 60-minute flight to Izmir. Once you have arrived, you will be transferred to the tour region for the Ephesus Ancient City tour with epic inclusions like Temple of Hadrian, inner parts of Ephesus Ancient City, Celsus Library with its mythically emblazoned exterior, House of Virgin Mary as a place of pilgrimage and Saint John's Basilica – a homage to the saint by an Eastern Roman emperor and more. Once the tour ends, our crew will transfer you to the airport for 60-minute flight to Istanbul. Upon your landing, our services will come to an end. Hopefully, you will cherish these two days as memorable experiences in the future.
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In the past, come state fair time, my ritual was to simply try all of the vendor concoctions created around the "year of the _______" theme.
But the Year of Popcorn is different. There's only so much you can do with popcorn besides caramelize it, shake some flavoring on it, or craft it into the impressive but hardly edible "World's Largest Popcorn Ball." So the fair bypassed a competition this year, opting instead to just have a list available to journalists of first-time food variations.
Fair enough (so to speak). But I didn't adhere too closely to the officially recognized choices, skipping the latest round of "Hey, let's deep fry something we haven't deep fried before" and replacing them with a few newbies that weren't on the distributed list.


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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Here we come a waddling
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- AnonymousSunday, September 26, 2010
Oh Wow sucha cute card..ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousSunday, September 26, 2010
This is soooo cute! I am officially addicted to your blog:) I just started using my cricut and gypsy, so I'm new to this whole blog thing. I love looking at everyone's creations. I'm so glad that I found yours. You are so creative and your work is amazing.Thank you for sharing your ideas with us.ReplyDelete
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Tropical Smoothie Café is emerging as one of the fastest-growing concepts in America with its recent announcement to open five new restaurants in Albuquerque, marking the franchise's first introduction into the area.
"We're thrilled to continue our expansion throughout the Western United States and to bring Tropical Smoothie Café to Albuquerque, a community with strong growth opportunities and a thriving culture that we're excited to tap into," says Mike Rotondo, chief executive officer of Tropical Smoothie Café. "We're continuing to ride the momentum from a strong year of growth in 2015, which has driven interest from potential franchisees across the country in markets such as Houston, California, Knoxville, Alabama and Michigan, among others."
Local entrepreneurs Dusty Veach, Nathan Miller and Jake Miller will own and operate the five new Albuquerque cafes and plan to expand into the Santa Fe and Farmington areas over the next several years.
Tropical Smoothie Café reported its strongest year of growth in 2015, with same-stores sales of 11.25 percent — its sixth consecutive quarter of double-digit positive comp sales. It signed franchise agreements to develop 199 new cafes across the US, including about two dozen locations in Southern California.
This year, the food and smoothie franchise plans to exceed 550 restaurants nationwide. The brand currently has franchise opportunities across the US in markets such as Miami, Philadelphia, Boston, Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta, Columbus and Charlotte, among others. By 2018, Tropical Smoothie Café plans to have 800 stores open across the country.
"When we made the decision to pursue opportunities in franchising, we considered many different options, but Tropical Smoothie Café completely stood out. The brand has an exceptional proven track record of success because of its superior business model, and we are thrilled to be partnering with a leader in the foodservice industry," says Jake Miller, Tropical Smoothie Café franchisee.
Tropical Smoothie Café is looking to add qualified franchisees to its growing brand. Candidates should have business experience; $125,000 in liquid assets and a minimum net worth of $350,000; and an initial investment of between $210,550 and $478,550.
The healthy fast food franchise currently boasts an average unit volume (AUV) of more than $634,000 — the highest in the company's 19-year history — with the top 50 percent reporting an AUV of more than $806,000.
Tropical Smoothie Café's aggressive franchise growth is backed by the entrepreneurs at the BIP Franchise Accelerator, a division of venture capital firm BIP Capital, which invested in the brand in 2010. BIP Capital has invested more than $250 million in emerging, high-growth brands across the franchising, software, and technology and consumer products industries.
BIP Capital created the BIP Franchise Accelerator to leverage its leadership team's deep franchise experience to help emerging brands accelerate growth. In addition to Tropical Smoothie Café, the BIP Franchise Accelerator's portfolio includes Tin Drum Asian Kitchen, which has grown to 13 locations in Georgia and Florida.


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Panoramic Views and Landscape Mosaics of Titan
stitched from Huygens Raw Images
last update: August 20, 2006
"Descent to Titan" Video in a new version
On January 14, 2005, the European Space Agency's Huygens Probe parachuted through the Atmosphere of Saturn's Moon Titan, and even landed softly on a plain on its surface. A flood of scientific data was transmitted via the NASA's Cassini Orbiter to Earth, the most interesting ones being images of the landscape, that were obtained by the slowly spinning probe on its way through the hazy atmosphere of Titan. With the decision to make the raw data available to the public, the ESA made it possible for everyone with deeper interest to contribute to this historic space mission.
I personally concentrated on assembling the individual frames into Panoramic Views and Mosaic Images of the surface of Titan, so they become part of a larger context. The work was carried out in my rare leisure time, because of enthusiasm for this mission.
Video: Descent to Titan, Version 2
An Animation of Huygens's view during its descent to the surface of Titan.
The Video contains rendered scenes of the landscape on Titan and the space probe as well as original images from Huygens.
This is a shortened, compressed version; the original animation was rendered in DVD quality.
MPEG-4 V2 compression *.avi - file, 8.2 MB
Descent to Titan, Version 1
Rendered Views of Titan
My mosaic of the Huygens landing area on Titan, a POV-Ray model of Huygens as well as a simulated atmosphere is the basis for these images created with
The pictures shown here should be the most interesting for all visitors of my site who are not so intensively involved, or interested in the image-processing and mosaic-creating process of the Huygens mission.
December 16, 2005
Identifying Huygens landing site
The position of Huygens landing site as well as the correlation between the Huygens mosaic and the Cassini imagery is finally clear.
(+ links to my earlier attempts to figure out this correlation)
September 17, 2005
Titan Large Surface Coverage Mosaic: The Final Version
The Mosaic of the Huygens landing area on Titan in its fourth and final version.
The former versions:
Version III
May 10, 2005
Version II
April 13, 2005
Version I
February 12, 2005
November 6, 2005
A Model for Hyperion
A little bit off-topic:
An attempt to explain the unique dark crater bottoms of Hyperion
May 7, 2005
Huge Surface Coverage Mosaic
The "Large Surface Coverage Mosaic" combined with "Huygens Distant View" results in a Mosaic with the largest coverage of Titan's surface that should be possible with Huygens images.
March 2, 2005
Huygens Distant View
A Panorama out of early, high altitude images from Huygens.
Not as vivid as the low altitude panoramic views, but it tells us a lot about the place Huygens landed.
February 6, 2005
Panorama of the prominent "Shoreline" on Titan
January 28, 2005
360°Panorama of Titan
Panoramas out of low altitude DISR Side Looking Imager frames and an identification of Landscape Features visible in the Panorama as well as in the Mosaics.
The Making of...
Detailed informations about the individual image processing steps
that were carried out on the frames to make the Mosaics and Panoramas.
DISR Flatfields for download.
Flatfield corrected DISR MRI images for download.
Huygens Raw Images Courtesy:
ESA, NASA, JPL, University of Arizona;
Cassini ISS Images Courtesy:
NASA, JPL, Space Science Institute;
Cassini VIMS Images Courtesy:
NASA, JPL, University of Arizona
Publications covering my Huygens Image Processing work:
Olivier de Goursac: "Titan enfin dévoilé", Le Figaro Magazine, July 23 2005
Frank Schubert: "Die Profis ausstechen", Astronomie heute, Juli / August 2005, Spektrum Verlag
Link (PDF)
Olivier de Goursac: "Titan Comme si vous y étiez", Valeurs Actuelles, June 10-16 2005, Dossier Spécial Salon du Bourget
Greg Smye-Rumsby: "Amateurs - just amateurs", Astronomy Now, May 2005
Highly recommended Links:
ESA Cassini-Huygens Homepage:
NASA Cassini-Huygens Homepage:
ISS Cameras (Cassini Orbiter Cameras) Imaging Team at the Space Science Institute:
Blog by Jason Perry from the ISS Team, with a lot of topical and detailed informations about the ongoing work (finished):
Cassini Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) Team at the University of Arizona:
The Descend Imager and Spectral Radiometer (DISR) Team Homepage with lots of interesting and detailed informations about the instrument:
A page that summarizes many more results from other Enthusiast compositions of the Huygens Images:
...and a special thanks to Sabine, for her patience with me, working on these Huygens images lasting for hours !


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We saw Riddick last week on Grand Cayman Island in a brand new Regal Cinema located in a beautiful planned community called Camana Bay. The theater had an excellent sound system that suited this movie very well.
Pitch Black Returns
The character of Riddick (Richard B.), as fans know, first appeared in a tight little jewel of a horror movie called Pitch Black. In that film, the convict named Riddick is being transported from one planet to another to stand trial. The ship crashes on a planet with binary suns so it never gets dark—except during a rare double eclipse.Then the monsters come out.
A Furyan, Riddick can see in the dark and that gives him an advantage in helping to save the crew that was holding him prisoner. The story was good, the science was good and the acting, by Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell and Claudia Black, was spot on.
Science Fiction Cult Movie
Pitch Black became a science fiction cult favorite and it was duly followed by Chronicles of Riddick, a much less successful film on all fronts. Despite a better cast—Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore and Thandie Newton—it lacked a compelling story and the science was terrible. We're expected to believe that the dawn comes up like thunder, instantaneously raising the temperature from sub-zero to over 700 degrees Farenheit. And Riddick climbs a cliff in this heat. Right. Try setting your oven to 450 degrees and then put your hand on the side. (No, don't. Really!)
@Riddick2013Film has a better story, pretty good acting and better science. David Twohy wrote all three movies, so I'm puzzled about why the scripts have been so inconsistent. But I was glad that Riddick was an improvement over the previous entry in the franchise. This new entry actually offers us several stories, with unpredictable shifts from one to another, which I rather enjoyed. The science has a major flaw, however.
A Major Scientific Flaw
It starts out as the survival story of man trying to stay alive in a wilderness full of monsters. Then Riddick morphs into a 10 Little Indians plot line with a monster picking off, one by one, two teams of people who aren't as smart or as tough as they think they are. Except that we're rooting for the monster. Then it changes again into something closer to the original Pitch Black plot line.
Along the way Twohy introduces an excellent addition to the story: a dog/jackal kind of creature that Riddick saves as a puppy and trains. I really liked the "dog," which has no name, and applauded giving Riddick this scrap of humanity that makes him more sympathetic. The canine is also a brilliant piece of CGI.
The science was less successful, mostly because it fell into the same trap as After Earth, a movie we declined to see for reasons explained in a previous post.
What Do the Predators Eat?
While a planet populated solely by vicious predators certainly raises the dramatic tension, it begs the question of what those predators eat. (Yes, I think about things like this while I'm watching a movie.) Carnivores in quantity require much larger quantities of prey, none of which are in evidence on this planet. Quite simply, they need more than the occasional stranded Furyan in their diet.
Right here on Earth we have examples of animals and insects hatching and plants growing after a rainstorm. This upwelling of life usually creates a vital food supply for fish, birds, and carnivorous animals. An upwelling of carnivores alone would serve to wipe out all life—and then they would eat one another until the last survivors starved. This is not a good survival strategy.
A Few Notes
NOTE: Katee Sackhoff now totally owns the role of tough-as-nails, hard-nosed fighting woman. Another role like this one and she will be completely typecast. I recommend a romantic comedy for her next venture–if not a Jane Austen film.
NOTE: Mr. Twohy, how could you do that? Really? Ripley took better care of Jonesy.
NOTE: Balancing a machete on your foot is one thing. Using said foot to fling it across the room while giving it enough power to cut a man's skull in two is impossible. Skulls are hard. Most headsmen required several strokes to sever just the spinal column. While this gives the movie a moment of explicit gore, it's just not believable. Or necessary.
NOTE: The Goldfinger/Pussy Galore line at the end was really gratuitous. And offensive. Even to a straight gal.
Riddick kept me engrossed, especially with the multiple plot shifts that prevented it from being predictable at any point. If you like science fiction action movies—especially if you enjoyed Pitch Black—I recommend Riddick. If you don't like this kind of movie, you won't see it anyway.


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In blog days this project only took 2-3 days from inspiration board to planning stage to finished project. In reality, it actually took about 2-3 weeks minus the years I had dreamed of creating a white frame wall. But it is done now and I am head over heels in love with it. The white frames pop off the zinc wall color. It showcases our favorite recent family photos.
Hanging the frames was very easy. I left the paper templates on the wall to help with frame placement. The higher up, larger frames were hung with a good old fashioned nail and picture hanger. The lower and smaller frames were hung with 3M picture hanging strips. I love those things. The lowest frames are well within reach of my 2 boys. I used the picture hanging strips all around the frames to make sure they could not pull them away from the wall. To my surprise, apparently the allure of kids touching picture frames disappears when it is impossible to knock them crooked. The boys have been very respectful of the gallery wall (even with their lego table right beneath it).
I love the depth of some of the pieces on the wall. The letter H monogram is about 1.5″ thick, as are the oval frames, and the bamboo frames. The variety in shape and depth helps keep the frame wall interesting. I decided not to paint the bamboo frames white. I liked the contrast and thought the wood tone worked well with the veneer on the letter H and the adjacent built-ins. To further tie in the wood tones, I used matching veneer behind the keys in the oval frame.
Speaking of the boys, they are obviously showcased individually in the pictures. But I also made sure to throw in a few brother and family shots. I read somewhere that it is healthy and important for kids to be surrounded by pictures depicting important relationships in their lives. If this makes them the best brothers in the world, I am all for it.
This photo gallery wall has me grinning from ear to ear. It just makes the family room. The white frames provide good balance for all the white curtains on the opposite side of the room. The gallery also plays nicely with the decor on the adjacent built ins, including the newly-white ceramic owl. Now this once bare wall, with the distracting collection of legos and toys at it's feet, has become a focal wall and conversation starter. Of course the toys are still there, but they definitely are not the attention grabber anymore.


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Contact: Joseph Keshet, jkeshet at ttic.edu
UIUC contact: Mark Hasegawa-Johnson
Northwestern contact: Janet Pierrehumbert
We continue the tradition of Illinois Speech Day at TTI-Chicago. Illinois Speech Day is a day-long meeting consisting of presentations and discussion on the theme of computational models of speech. Presenters are faculty, postdocs, and students at University of Chicago, Northwestern, UIUC, and TTI-Chicago. Presentations include completed and ongoing work, with the goal of fostering interaction among the sites. Previous Illinois Speech Days were at 2009, 2010, and 2011.
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These past two weeks or so, I've been working on a nice interface for KStars to use OpenCL with. The problem is that OpenCL support is still pretty flaky in terms of support – at the moment, there are three complete implementations that support Linux, by Intel, AMD, and nVidia respectively, and they're all proprietary. There's some promising work for the future with OpenCL in Mesa and also with pocl (an LLVM-based CPU-only implementation), but it's not ready yet.
So, the point is that although we want to be able to have users use OpenCL if they have one of these implementations installed, we can't rely on it. The solution I arrived at is to have two classes,
KSBuffer and
KSContext, which respectively hold a buffer of points to do computation on, and manage contextual state for the computation.
These classes use d-pointers, and for each of them we have two classes that inherit the *Private classes. One of these uses OpenCL, while the other one just uses plain Eigen on the CPU. This way, the rest of the code that wants to do computation on buffers of points doesn't need to have to know anything about the implementation details, and we can make OpenCL an optional dependency both at compile- and run-time.
We can also run a short test to see how the performance has changed.
As a small test, we create a buffer of 1 million sky points, and then do the steps needed to compute the apparent position of these points at a given time:
Running these steps, we get:
So, this is a pretty good result so far, with the following caveats:
I'm looking forward to seeing how much benefit we can get once we integrate the new algorithms into the sky-component hierarchy, and whether we can optimize this further.
Addendum: since this got posted to Phoronix, it's good to point out that the dramatic improvement is actually from better algorithms, not from using OpenCL. For information, see some of my previous posts on the algorithmic changes.


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Director, Commercial Sales (LATAM)
As a Director, Commercial Sales you will provide strategy, mentorship, and guidance for Commercial Sales Managers and their direct reports, ultimately furthering the growth of our organization. This role impacts one of the largest lines of business in the company, ultimately bringing a proven product to a multi-billion dollar market.
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Cross-collaborate with stakeholder departments to actualize on go-to-market strategies, develop training curriculum, and meet hiring goals
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Change up colour themes or add pop to a simple sofa or bedding display by piling up the pillows in a multitude of colours, textures and patterns.
This Sterling Pillow features a rich charcoal grey fabric with a soft linen like texture.
Includes a lush polyester pillow fill insert.
Also available with a down insert.
Also available in a 16" and kidney size.
Dimensions: 20" x 20"


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Dayton Public Schools will begin the new year at an uneasy peace, with a potentially crippling strike averted, but with tension between teachers and district leadership a central worry in efforts to move forward.
One day after the Dayton Education Association issued a vote of no confidence in Superintendent Rhonda Corr and the school board, DEA President David Romick ran through a litany of events that led the union to feel that way.
RELATED: Teachers ratify contract, rip district leaders
He cited the school board's initial contract proposal, seeking 241 changes, as "outrageous." He said Corr and the board were distant early in the process, adding that DPS made multiple changes to its bargaining team, giving the negotiation process no consistency.
And he said Tuesday's DPS "information session" with the community, airing specific details of both sides contract proposals, violated the negotiating ground rules the parties set in January.
"Those things just made the process so much more difficult, cumbersome, and in the end, longer," Romick said, "and therefore made the start of the school year more difficult than it needed to be."
Despite that, Romick said he personally hadn't expected the vote of no confidence. He said he was in the middle of his opening statement to the union before Thursday's contract vote when a member interrupted him by putting that motion on the floor.
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Corr said the vote surprised her too, and she issued a statement Friday saying the vote ignores "work the Board, my team, the teachers and I have done to resolve long-standing challenges that occurred before my arrival to DPS."
She cited efforts including expanded computer access, the Males of Color Initiative; a new bus fleet; new textbooks and expanded music offerings. And she cited her efforts in helping arrive at a contract with the teachers.
"My decision to step into a mediation process that had been going on for almost six months and in nine (mediation) days leading us to an accepted contract is something I'm gratified to have accomplished for the district," Corr said.
Corr touted some of the perks that contract gave teachers, including an increase in personal days, with a new ability to cash out two unused days.
RELATED: Corr's full statement about "no confidence" vote
A Dayton Daily News analysis of 15 teacher contracts that were approved this year by local school districts shows Dayton's back-to-back 3 percent base pay raises are on the high end, but a decision on step raises offset that.
Only Centerville gave teachers higher base pay raises, at 3.5 percent, but almost all districts fell in a narrow range between 2 and 3 percent.
But where Piqua, Troy, Valley View and Eaton schools all agreed to pay teachers retroactively for "step raises" that had been frozen in recent years, Dayton's contract does not give teachers that pay.
According to a document given to union members, the "regular classroom day" for Dayton teachers remains at 7 hours and 15 minutes, including a 30-minute lunch and 45 minutes of planning time. A review of 10 other districts showed nearly all of them had teacher work days of 7 hours, 30 minutes.
MORE DETAILS: How Dayton teachers' deal compares to others
Prosper Niyongabo, a senior and National Honor Society president at Thurgood Marshall High School, said he is glad to see the strike averted.
"It's a relief because those teachers not only teach you, they're there for us when we need them," he said. "They believe in us sometimes more than people outside the school do. I've got some rough classes coming up, so I am happy to have my teachers.
All parties in the contract dispute say they want to keep the focus on helping students. They just don't always agree on the right path to do so.
Corr is excited about the extra phonics teachers the district has hired, saying they'll give DPS' youngest students a boost in reading. The teachers union was pushing for more counselors, librarians and English as a Second Language teachers, arguing that would provide strategic help.
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"As the adversarial climate hopefully fades, my belief is that our professional educators will come to understand district leadership's approach to enhancing students' intellectual development and preparing them to achieve their aspirations," Corr said, adding the importance of collaboration.
Romick said teachers' relationship with Corr could have been better in her first year as superintendent, but he hopes to improve it.
"I have the capacity to do it on behalf of the Dayton Education Association, because I know it's in the district's, the city's and the community's best interests," he said. "But it's going to take time."
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There is a popular thread among book bloggers with the hashtag #IMWAYR. I don't typically manage to post to this thread, but I just picked my older daughter up from 3 weeks of sleep-away camp yesterday and it seemed appropriate to cover what she has been focused on. So I welcome you to J's edition of #IMWAYR.
We literally finished this book the night before we dropped J off at camp. The Dragon Lantern is the second book in the League of Seven series by Alan Gratz, and it had us chomping at the bit for book 3. The series is a very fascinating steampunk scifi look at an alternate history of the US and takes place in the 1870s. Without giving away too much, a group of extraordinary kids come together to save the world as part of the League of Seven to save the world from destruction at the hands of the Mangelborn (it is scifi, remember). Book 1 focuses on the first three characters of the League and in book 2 an additional two get introduced.
Roald Dahl strikes again! It's been a while since J has read a new-to-her Dahl book, but we sent this one to camp with her and she loved it. In The Witches, Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches don't ride around on broomsticks. They don't even wear black cloaks and hats. They are vile, cunning, detestable creatures who disguise themselves as nice, ordinary ladies. So how can you tell when you're face to face with one? Well, if you don't know yet you'd better find out quickly-because there's nothing a witch loathes quite as much as children and she'll wield all kinds of terrifying powers to get rid of them.
I wanted J to get some of her Battle of the Books reading done, if possible, while she was at camp and am thrilled that she enjoyed Fish in a Tree as much as I did. This book focuses on a little girl with dyslexia who has always managed to hide her disability, but also, who has also always just figured that she was stupid. When a new teachers comes to teach Ally's 6th grade class, he sees the bright, creative kid underneath the trouble maker. With his help, Ally learns not to be so hard on herself and that dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of. As her confidence grows, Ally feels free to be herself and the world starts opening up with possibilities. She discovers that there's a lot more to her—and to everyone—than a label, and that great minds don't always think alike. Children are wonderfully taught that "Everybody is smart in different ways. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life believing it is stupid."
Of course, summer is the time of amazing new releases. One of the notes we got from J was actually requesting that we send her two of the books that were released the Tuesday after she started camp, which of course we had pre-ordered. I only sent her one, but we have a lot of reading cut out for us.
The one book I did send her was The Land of Stories: An Author's Odessey. In the fifth installation of Chris Colfer's fabulous Land of Stories series, brother and sister, Conner and Alex, are trying to save the fairy tale world by jumping into stories that Conner wrote and creating an army. There are a lot of hidden gems in this one about the lines between fiction and reality, the role of the author, and where the creative spark comes from. As a grown-up, I loved this series most when it stayed put in the fairy-tale world, but it is still a wonderful series that J is super excited to be reading. She needed a break from telling us about her experiences at camp so she could just have quiet time in the car to read this one!
One that we haven't read yet, but is in our pile to be inhaled as soon as possible, is Serafina and the Twisted Staff, the sequel to the wonderful Serafina and the Black Cloak. In 1899, when an evil threatens all the humans and animals of the Blue Ridge Mountains, twelve-year-old Serafina, rat catcher for the Biltmore estate and the daughter of a shapeshifting mountain lion. Deep in the forest, Serafina comes face-to-face with the evil infecting Biltmore–and discovers its reach is far greater than she'd ever imagined. All the humans and creatures of the Blue Ridge Mountains are in terrible danger. For Serafina to defeat this new evil before it engulfs her beloved home, she must search deep inside herself and embrace the destiny that has always awaited her.
Tomorrow, our copy of The Candymakers and the Great Chocolate Case will arrive. J absolutely adored The Candymakers and read it three times! This book takes place a few months after the first book. Forever changed by the experience, Logan, Miles, Philip, and Daisy have returned to their regular lives. But when presented with the chance to go on tour to promote the new candy, they each have very different reasons for hitting the road. The stakes are a lot higher than they thought, however, and a decades-old secret is revealed. In this action-packed adventure, the four friends embark on a journey full of hidden treasures, imaginary worlds, rivers of light, a map of awe, a sky of many colors, and one very small cat who thinks he's a dog. They've already learned to trust one another. Now they'll have to trust themselves in order to face what lies ahead and save what really matters.
Since I mentioned that we finished The Dragon Lantern right as J was going off to camp, I couldn't even wait the three weeks for her to get back to read the final book. It came out the Tuesday after she left and I immediately bought it (and loved it!). The final book, The Monster Wars, was probably my favorite of all three. Having discovered the monstrous secret of his origins, Archie Dent is no longer certain that he is worthy to be a member of the League of Seven. But with new enemies to face, he realizes that he may not have the luxury of questioning his destiny. Wielding the Dragon Lantern, the maniacal Philomena Moffett has turned her back on the Septemberist Society, creating her own Shadow League and unleashing a monster army on the American continent. Archie and his friends must race to find the last two members of their league in time to thwart Moffett's plan and rescue humanity once more.
There are definitely too many books and not nearly enough time! What are you reading?


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Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves slips and tells Chuck Todd who is really in charge of opening his government. And Chuck caught him.
Mississippi Governor get caught telling the truth
The governor of Mississippi appeared on MSNBC to discuss opening up more industries in his state. Portions of his state are very dependent on the gaming industry.
The governor started to explain how the state would come to the condition s to allow those industries to open. His conversations flowed in a matter-of-fact manner that generally gets politicians and others in trouble as the comfort level causes their walls to fall.
The governor without blinking an eye made it clear that the gaming industry would be writing the guidelines to get their Mississippi employees back yo work. The communication delay caused a slow response from Chuck Todd but the dereliction did not go by and he checked the governor.
Reeves immediately backtracked to make believe his state would just use the corporations' "guidelines" as input. Of course, if it weren't these corporations writing the guideline he would have said that they seek input from the corporations, not guidelines.
This is all too common as corporations are too often given the power to write rules. And who do you think ultimately benefits?
Please join my YouTube channel so I can get the numbers up to open up some more features and reach more folks. Gracias!


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Broadcom BCM2763 1080p-capable media processor and Persona IP DVR chipset launched
Broadcom have outed a number of new chips, including a new 1080p-capable multimedia processor and an IP platform intended to add 3D graphics and multimedia capabilities to DVRs and set-top boxes. The Broadcom BCM2763 VideoCore IV Processor is a 40nm chip that can process up to 20-megapixel images and 1-gigapixel 2D/3D graphics rendering, along with outputting Full HD 1080p via HDMI. Meanwhile the Broadcom Persona platform couples a BCM11211 comms processor and BCM11181 multimedia processor, and supports streaming content, complex GUIs and integration with the company's various wireless and wired networking components.
The BCM2763 actually packages together the functionality of eight chips, including GPU
and graphics memory, image signal processing (ISP) and ISP memory, video processing and video memory, HDMI and USB 2.0. It also includes 128MB of LPDDR2 graphics memory, and actually uses 20 to 50-percent less power than Broadcom's last-gen Videocore III chipset. It's also capable of supporting image stabilization, face and smile detection and panorama modes in devices with cameras.
The BCM2763 is currently sampling to manufacturers, though you shouldn't expect to see it show up in devices any time soon; Broadcom don't expect shipping products to include it until 2011. No word on when the Persona platform will appear in shipping devices.
Press Release:
Broadcom Announces 1080p Multimedia Processor with Breakthrough Mobile Power-Performance
New Broadcom® BCM2763 VideoCore® IV Processor Features 1080p Video, 20 Megapixel Photos and 1 Gigapixel Graphics in an Ultra-Low Power 40 Nanometer Design
IRVINE, Calif., Dec 15, 2009 — Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced its next generation multimedia processor that delivers industry leading performance and lower power in the top multimedia categories for mobile devices. Using 40 nanometer (40nm) CMOS process technology, the new Broadcom® BCM2763 VideoCore® IV multimedia processor provides even higher integration, smaller footprint size and lower power consumption than 65nm designs.
With the higher integration and significant power savings from 40nm CMOS process technology, the BCM2763 multimedia processor features the most advanced mobile high definition (HD) camcorder and video playback, up to 20 megapixel digital camera and photo image processing, and 1 gigapixel 2D/3D graphics rendering for a world-class gaming experience. HD video, 3D games and high resolution 20 megapixel pictures can be displayed at top quality on full-sized HD televisions and monitors using an on-chip industry standard HDMI interface. Additionally, the BCM2763's highly integrated architecture reduces bill-of-materials (BOM) cost to help drive sophisticated multimedia features into more affordable handsets.
Highlights/Key Facts:
– The breadth and quality of Internet multimedia content is rapidly
improving, with sites such as YouTube now supporting full HD 1080p video
sharing. Consumers are also increasingly using cell phones as their
primary digital camera and camcorder, which is driving demand for higher
resolution and more sophisticated image processing which is currently
only available on advanced standalone camcorders and cameras.
Additionally, newer graphics-oriented user interfaces and mobile games
now require enhanced graphics capabilities.
– The new Broadcom BCM2763 VideoCore IV multimedia processor enables
best-in-class performance in the following areas:
– Full HD 1080p camcorder capabilities in a cell phone with
significantly improved quality over current generation handsets
(which generally have VGA or lower resolution camcorders).
– Up to 20 megapixel digital camera with advanced features such as
multiple shots per second, image stabilization, face and smile
detection and panorama mode.
– The ability to render mobile games natively at up to 1080p
resolution, which in combination with an on-board HDMI output,
allows a console-quality gaming experience on large screen HDTVs.
– In addition to providing these capabilities on new handsets, the BCM2763
has improved power savings using a 40nm process without draining the
battery or significantly reducing talk time. Additional ultra-low power
consumption features include:
– 20% to 50% power reduction in comparison to the prior generation
Videocore III multimedia processor.
– 4 to 6 hours of 1080p video recording and 8 to 10 hours of mobile
playback, with up to 16 hours of full HD playback over HDMI given
sufficient handset storage.
– Only 490 mW of chip power is required for 1080p camcorder H.264 High
Profile encoding and only 160 mW for 1080p playback.
– Only 160 mW of power is required for mobile game graphics
processing, supporting up to 1 gigapixel per second fill rates and
improves graphics performance by a factor of 4x to 6x in comparison
to the prior generation Videocore III multimedia processor.
– The BCM2763 processor integrates the key functionality and components
needed to drive advanced multimedia capabilities in new handsets. As a
result of this high integration, the BCM2763 enables a lower overall BOM
cost, enabling manufacturers to pass these lower costs on and introduce
advanced features to lower tier phones than previously possible.
– The BCM2763 integrates the functions of eight chips including GPU
and graphics memory, image signal processing (ISP) and ISP memory,
video processing and video memory, HDMI and USB 2.0. 128MB of LPDDR2
graphics memory is stacked in a single package.
– The 40nm process enables reduced power, improved performance and
reduced handset board space.
– Benefiting from an existing VideoCore software code base and legacy
architecture, manufacturers of phones and other consumer electronics
devices can easily add these new VideoCore IV multimedia features to
their products, allowing faster time-to-market.
– The BCM2763 is currently sampling to early access customers (pricing
available upon request). Handsets utilizing this new 40nm VideoCore IV
multimedia processor technology are expected to reach the market in
Supporting Quotes:
Mark Casey, Vice President & General Manager, Broadcom's Mobile Multimedia line of business.
"VideoCore IV is setting new benchmarks for performance, power consumption and affordability and is poised to drive advanced multimedia capabilities into new tiers of handsets. Supported by our comprehensive line of complementary cellular and connectivity solutions, our multimedia processor technology is the right choice for next generation mobile designs."
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Broadcom Announces Next Generation Persona™ IP Communications Platform
New Platform Enables 'Always On, Always Connected' Multimedia Consumer Devices for the Growing Connected Home Ecosystem
IRVINE, Calif., Dec 15, 2009 — Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced its next generation Persona™ Internet protocol (IP) communications platform for multimedia connected consumer devices. The Persona platform, consisting of the Broadcom® BCM11211 communications processor and the Broadcom BCM11181 multimedia processor, enables full-featured multimedia applications and advanced capabilities such as 3D graphics and a superior audio experience. By combining lifestyle benefits, such as home energy/automation control and monitoring, reliable high resolution video conferencing, and seamless digital video recorder (DVR) and set-top box (STB) integration into an always-on, always-connected platform, Broadcom is poised to supply products in the emerging connected home device (fourth screen) segment.
Highlights/Key Facts:
– According to ABI Research(1), as the digital home evolves and services
expand, the fourth screen market will slowly take shape. The features
available to the three screens (TV, PC, and mobile) are quickly melding
and ultimately will lead to a relatively homogenous ecosystem. As the
number of households with home networks grows, access to Internet
content and services will continue to expand.
– Broadcom is addressing the growing consumer demand for a connected home
network by enabling 'always on, always connected' IP communications
devices. This single portable device will act as an information,
communication and entertainment portal of the connected home,
proliferating into the much anticipated 'fourth screen'.
– The key differentiator between next generation IP communications
connected devices and today's products are the inclusion of lifestyle
benefits that allow for the sharing of information, communication and
entertainment. Broadcom enables the consumer to administer, control and
stream DVR and STB content directly to this device, providing a new
means for interacting with a DVR/STB, and allowing the device's mobility
to be utilized anywhere within the home. With this approach,
information may be readily available, with access to online content as
well as high resolution and high quality video phone capabilities that
stay connected. Other examples of lifestyle benefits include:
– Information capabilities – (i.e. full web browser, widgets, digital
picture frame, STB menu browsing, home monitoring).
– Communication/Connectivity capabilities – (i.e. VoIP, Wi-Fi®, video
conferencing, Bluetooth®, GPS, location based services).
– Entertainment capabilities – (i.e. next generation remote control,
content portability, gaming).
– The new Persona consumer IP communications multimedia platform includes
the BCM11211 communications processor and the BCM11181 multimedia
processor featuring Broadcom's proven core voice and applications
processing technology.
– The BCM11211 high performance RISC and DSP processor cores enable
advanced end user productivity applications such as rich GUI/web
browsers and multimedia content. Its advanced peripheral support
hosts SDIO for memory cards, dual USB ports to enable external media
devices, as well as PC connectivity. The BCM11211 seamlessly
connects to Broadcom's industry-leading Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS
connectivity products, allowing OEMs to efficiently add
best-in-class wireless technologies and expanded functionality for
next generation wireless products.
– Designed for advanced mobile multimedia products, the BCM11181
multimedia processor is power-efficient and optimized for images,
video capture and playback, and 3D graphics.
– The Persona platform runs the Broadcom MediaxChange™ Linux®-based
software, which is the latest voice, video and multimedia version of the
field proven Broadcom PhonexChange™ software. Broadcom PhonexChange
is a flexible software platform used across all Broadcom IP phone
communication solutions, allowing customers to leverage a common
software code base across product portfolios, which in turn, minimizes
engineering development resources and time-to-market. It also includes
built-in support for Broadcom's Bluetooth, GPS, and Wi-Fi solutions.
Broadcom MediaxChange optionally supports the Qt Applications
development framework or Google Android mobile operating system.
– The software suite includes Broadcom's high fidelity SmartAudio® voice
enhancement technology. SmartAudio is based on Broadcom's innovative
audio clarity technology that significantly improves audio quality over
IP networks. It includes the company's high quality acoustic echo
cancellation, advanced jitter buffer, high definition voice speech
technologies and packet loss concealment (PLC) technology which
compensates for lost data packets while ensuring the delivery of clear
digital voice communications.
Supporting Quotes:
Martyn Humphries, Vice President & General Manager, Broadcom's VoIP line of business
"Broadcom is dedicated to connecting everything and the introduction of our next generation Persona IP communications multimedia platform is a testament of that. The ability to enable always on, always connected devices for the home opens up the realm of possibility for the distribution and consumption of content, whether it be informative, communicative or for entertainment purposes. These next generation devices are going to change the way that consumers look at whole-home connectivity."


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There are certain things that go together. For example, peanut butter and chocolate make the best desserts. However, other things like pickles and ice cream make an unpleasant combination. Remocam takes a security camera and combines it with an infrared remote control. Is it a match made in heaven?
Remocam overview
The Remocam is a wireless security camera that is both viewable and controllable from your smartphone. It comes with an impressive list of features and specs.
- HD camera sensor with 720p recording
- Motion sensor
- Cloud and local recording
- 335˚ pan and 95˚ tilt motion
- 256-Bit AES encryption
- Night vision
- Siren
- Two-way communication
- Light sensor
- Infrared remote sensor
- Live streaming
The most unique feature of the Remocam is the infrared remote sensor that allows you to control any device with an infrared remote.
Remocam setup
The setup is fairly easy and it mostly involves the Remocam app found on Google Play. The app will first prompt you to connect to the Remocam via WiFi Direct in order to select your wireless network and if your network is protected, the network key. You will also need to set up an account with Remocam. All this takes around a minute or two to complete.
The only other setup options that you will need to complete, relate to the infrared remote control features. If you have a Samsung, Sony, or LG TV, then the remote setup is extremely easy. All you need to do is select the brand of TV. There are preset TV controls for these TV brands only.
For any other TV brand or infrared remote, you have to program each function for each device separately. This is done by first positioning camera towards the device, pointing the remote at the camera, and then pushing the button that corresponds to the command you wish to record. While this is rather tedious, the good thing is that with one click, the Remocam will move to the position of the selected device and execute the programmed command.
Remocam usage
I found the Remocam controls to be incredibly intuitive. All the controls just make sense. There is only one caveat and that is the non-Samsung, Sony, or LG TV control setup. When you try to add another brand of TV, there is a message that tells you to go to the previous screen to add the TV. However, on the previous screen, there are only two buttons. One that says "TV" and another that says "Add". You need to go to the add button. I think if they said to select "Add" from the previous screen, it would be more apparent what needs to happen.
One of my favorite features was the motion sensor and video recording. When the motion sensor is triggered then the Remocam saves both the 10 seconds before and the 10 seconds after the motion was detected. I was able to see exactly when packages arrived and when the kids got home from school.
The camera was placed behind a window that the kids loved to smudge with their fingerprints.
As I mentioned earlier, the video can be saved either locally to the Remocam or their cloud service. The first 30 days of cloud service is free but after that, you'll need to subscribe to one of their plans to continue saving videos to the cloud. Plans start as low as $3.99 per month or $39 per year. It's important to note that streaming recorded video through the app or online is only available with a cloud plan. If you chose to record locally, you'll need to remove the micro SD card and insert it into a device for viewing. The maximum capacity card the Remocam supports is 32GB.
4 out of 5 stars
Overall this is a great product, but to maximize its effectiveness you'll need to make sure and subscribe to a cloud plan.
The Remocam sells for $199 which is right in line for this type of product. Add in the additional features like infrared remote controls and local recording, the Remocam stands out among its competition.


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What are cutting punches?
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Types of punches
There are different types of cutting punches :
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- flowers
- resembling lace
- animals
- people
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- captions
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Material of construction
Cutting templates are made of metal, for To be able to cut materials of different hardness. Some of them are quite sharp. There are also punches for making whole boxes, 3D cards and other 3D shapes, which you can easily cut and assemble
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What are they used for? Cutting punches and what you can do with them?
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More ideas for using punches
Cutting is also used in the making of wall stickers. Stickers for walls are a favorite of thousands of families and are an extremely interesting element of interior design. They can be used to cut a variety of motifs - floral, geometric, animal, angel figurines


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