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Government Health Care Crisis & OCD Fuels Political Drama QUEEN
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The Prime Minister is dead. It makes for a catchy hook, right? Well that is what British comic creator Jamie Me is hoping for as he attempts to get funding on Kickstarter for his team to create a thriller about political corruption and hacktivism.
Queen is a story about Emily Green. She is a struggling politician, is the Deputy Prime Minister of the British government, but her personal life is falling apart, she doesn't believe in the political system anymore and she is preparing to quietly step down from her position after the upcoming General Election.
Hactivist group 'Nidus', known for releasing leaked documents to the general public, have greater plans for the Deputy Prime Minister, but how does that end in the biggest political death in a generation?
The creator and writer of the project, Jamie Me has explained to us what motivated his decision to take the unconventional step in writing a comic about politics without any fantasy elements.
"Back in 2013 I was diagnosed with OCD." Explains Me. "I struggled to the leave the house for weeks at a time, and I was washing my hands until they bled. I'd be washing them up to 30 times a day, and getting multiple showers."
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a mental condition where people can practice ritualistic behaviours, check things repeatedly and have repeated unwanted thoughts according to Wikipedia.
"I ended up getting therapy, and it was the hardest part of my life. Truly horrific. I had to face up to, and still do, everything I was afraid of. I lost my ability to work, and that destroyed my image of myself. It broke my heart. When I was diagnosed I was in tears saying 'I just want to work'. The doctors said I'd be able to again, but I had to dedicate myself to therapy first. So I did, but then I was sent to an interview about claiming benefits with ATOS."
ATOS handled duties appointed by the British government regarding theWork Capability Assessment for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). One of their key duties was assessing if people wishing to claim disability benefit were eligible or if they were fit for work.
"I'm at the lowest point of my life, but I'm trying my best to return to work as soon as possible. I'm interviewed by someone with no medical knowledge of my condition, and they keep telling me it sounds tough, and that I'll surely be told I can claim until I've completed therapy. They judged I was fit for work shortly after. They did this a lot between 2011-2014 and it saw up to 10,000 people die that were incorrectly told they were fit for work, or they were wrongfully placed in work-related activity groups."
After bad publicity the DWP negotiated an early exit for ATOS out of their contract with the government. They do however, as of October 2016, still make assessments of Personal Independent Payments in the UK. But how did this end in a comic being made by Me, Bernard Gita and Sean Callahan?
"I won my appeal like 60% of people that challenged their verdicts did, and I managed to complete my therapy over 22 weeks. Shortly after I became able to return to work. One of the things that helped this process was creating a comic, Queen. It gave me a purpose, and something to work towards. I was angry at the government, and telling a story about tackling political corruption became something I dedicated myself to. The further you look into things the worse it gets. People are profiting from the destruction and mismanagement of our Health Service in the UK. We all need to fight back whatever way we can."
Jamie Me successfully funded Queen #1 on Kickstarter, and now he is looking to fund the sequel and a new run of the original comic. The team of Me, Gita and Callahan are looking for £1900 to continue the comic, and people who back the project can get unique rewards like getting drawn into a protest art print. You can check out the project here.


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Kevin at the Smallest Minority is putting together another Blogshoot.
Click the below link to find out more:
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Saturday, December 12, 2015
Blogshoot - Southern/Central Arizona
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- LindaG said...
Casual reader. Not in Arizona. Can't travel. Just wanted to let you know.
Have a blessed Sunday!
- December 12, 2015 at 8:36 PM
- gamegetter II said...
Too far to travel for me-I'm in Ohio,it would be a 2 1/2-3 day drive with 2 people driving nonstop.
- December 19, 2015 at 5:21 PM
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- lilibeth smith said...
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A monk has been charged with intentional violence after getting drunk and attacking a man in Pursat's Krakor district.
Mo Lyda, chief of Pursat provincial police's minor penal bureau, said the court charged 27-year-old Socun Chan Rern on Monday after he got in a fight with his drinking partner, identified as Chhoun Pich.
"He is a monk but he drank wine as a layman. It is wrong in the Buddhist religion and he also got in a fight with someone," Mo Lyda said.
He said the monk was defrocked on Friday after police arrested him while he was carrying two baseball bats and an axe.
Lem Song, Krakor district police chief, said the Chhoun Pich and his two friends were drinking palm wine when the monk joined them uninvited.
He said after the group had drunk more than five litres of wine, Chhoun Pich angered the monk by asking whether he was afraid of sinning, as drinking was forbidden.
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text: Depression has an impact on our moods, our temperament, our outlook on life. We act differently to our real selves and often hurt our loved ones as a result. A lot of relationships break up but, I believe, the key to sustaining our relationships is honesty and, importantly, being able to accept responsibility for our actions - its easy to say its the depression but that cant be a get out clause for causing our loved ones pain. Perhaps you and your wife need to talk about what went wrong and how you can both work together to resolve the hurt?


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Monday, October 17, 2011
Early Birthday
The inspiration for this card came from the Paper Lovin' Gals Challenge #1 (this is a new challenge blog that started this week).
I used the colors but also the pitcher and the bright pink daisies in the photo as my inspiration. The card base is Crumb Cake card stock. I added a strip of Melon Mambo card stock that I ran
through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and a strip of Marina Mist card stock. The only image of a pitcher I had was from the Studio Sketches stamp set but that has two pears and I didn't want the pears to be included. I stamped the image on a piece of watercolor paper with black StazOn ink. I colored in the image with Marina Mist ink and a blender pen, pears included. Using the spritzer tool and the Crumb Cake marker, I spritzed the image. I've been wanting to try this technique I saw on Leanne Greff's blog for making the frame using the Decorative Label punch. I punched mine out of Mocha Morning Specialty designer paper. The image was attached to the frame and matted with a piece of Basic Black card stock. Before adding this layer to the card with dimensionals, I heat embossed the sentiment from the Happiest Birthday Wishes stamp set using VersaMark and black embossing powder on the bottom of the card front. After attaching the image layer, I used the Big Shot and the Flower Daisies Bigz Die to cut out two of the smallest daisies from Melon Mambo card stock. I added a 1/2" circle of Daffodil Delight and a black glimmer brad to the center and attached it over the pears with a glue dot. A little camouflage with Melon Mambo. All set to link it to the new challenge blog. Check it out if you're looking for challenges that use inspiration photos. Have a great day.
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9 comments:
- Michele F. said...
Gosh.. such a beautiful card! I love your take on our challenge! Very pretty coloring. I am sort of an impatient person when it comes to coloring... so I admire yours!! So glad you found us and we hope you do join us again at Paper Lovin' Gals! Have a great day!
Michele F.
- October 17, 2011 at 2:59 PM
- Kristi said...
So pretty! I love cards that are made using pictures of non-cards as inspiration because I'm not good at doing those myself!
I think it is totally adorable that you call your son's wife your daughter-in-love. I hope I'll have that kind of relationship with my daughter's future husband!
- October 17, 2011 at 3:02 PM
- Kasey said...
Hi Patti,
Welcome to the first Paper Lovin' Gals challenge.
I really like your take on our inspiration photo. Those colours go so well together. I love that swirly background.
I am sure your Daughter-in-Love (love that term) really liked her card.
Kasey ~ in Oz
Paper Lovin' Gals DT
- October 17, 2011 at 3:53 PM
- Ann Schach said...
Beautiful, Patti! I LOVE the colors...WOW!
- October 17, 2011 at 10:14 PM
- Holly said...
This came out great.. I love how you used the color and the flower is perfect. Thanks for joining us at Paper Lovin' Gals.
- October 17, 2011 at 11:57 PM
- Monique said...
Love your card, I too have been wanting to try that frame with the decorative label punch, it looks great here.
I love the splash of colour behind the main picture too, brings out the colour of the flower and the jug.
- October 18, 2011 at 5:52 AM
- Michele K. said...
One word... FABULOUS! Thanks so much for joining us for our very first challenge! :)
- October 18, 2011 at 3:15 PM
- Dale Morin said...
Just beautiful. Love the coloring. that is something I need practice on. You did such a beautiful job.
- October 19, 2011 at 7:51 AM
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Beautiful card!! I love the colors too!
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- Como el resto de los mejores episodios de la temporada, este está dirigido por Michael Apted, que muestra maestría en la secuencia del hotel mencionada más arriba, y especialmente en el encuadre de Virginia teniendo su quiebre vista a través de la ventana de la sala de examinación.
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- Nunca habíamos visto a Libby desnuda, y aplaudo ese momento de honestidad, que no resulta "fan service" sino que demuestra como claramente Libby está EN OTRO LUGAR de su evolución
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Comentario: Masters of Sex 2x12 - The revolution will not be televised
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- Man Dala30 de septiembre de 2014, 19:01
This season finale was unsatisfactory to me, both in narrative and emotional terms. There was a lot I didn't like about it. The first part where they explore Bill's "cure" was good but in the context of the episode as a whole felt rushed and disconnected. The dream sequence was HORRIBLE, so obvious (Libby "blocking the way", seriously?) and poorly executed. Lester and Barbara's romance, albeit cute, also felt rushed, as did the whole custody battle issue. But most disappointing was Libby's articulation of Bill's longstanding infidelity: it was anticlimactic and fell absolutely flat. And as you pointed out, the historical framing feels totally forced and they should get rid of it altogether.ResponderEliminar
The second season was indeed a true narrative MESS. Although there were a number of standalone episodes which were excellent (more importantly "Fight" and "Asterion"), the season as a whole lacked cohesion, suffered from serious pacing issues, had a good number of sub-plots that led to nowhere or lacked satisfactory resolution, and was VERY redundant in terms of dialogue (if I hear the words "the Work" again I'll destroy the screen).
The character of Austin in particular was totally pointless. Betty's character had prominence in the first half and became practically a prop as she developed into a glorified secretary in the second part.
Finally, there were at least three plot devices that too conveniently came out of nowhere and really bugged me: (1) Helen's husband witnessing her and Betty kiss (out of camera); (2) The family lawyer moving into a shop in the same building and immediately becoming involved in Virginia's marital dispute; and (3) Flo's family having an established political background (and why the hell is she selling dieting pills if that's the case?!?).
I liked the fact that we saw Burton and Ethan in the finale, that was a nice touch.
I'll probably return to watch the season 3 premiere, but it has to do an excellent job at moving the story forward in the premiere to keep me coming back.
- Man Dala30 de septiembre de 2014, 22:11
One extra thought: I had a really hard time empathising with Virginia about losing her kids. Of course, it is an awful thing to happen to a mother. But Virginia has been, throughout the years, far from a role model of parenting. Yes, in the early years she had to juggle two jobs to make ends meet. But more recently, because she has been placing "the Work" (and by "Work" I mean "sleeping with Bill") as practically the only thing where her libido (and I mean, literally) is directed to, her children have been neglected, definitely emotionally and probably even physically. So much so that the children's neglect has been mirrored by their treatment by the show producers, who apparently forgot to make them age in the 3-year fast-forward period. I think the kids are better off with their father, and this frees Virginia to pursue her professional career without limitations and, more importantly, without (so much) guilt.ResponderEliminar


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Starting to buy from Greencane paper, which is couriered to me by the carton load. This product is made from plantation grown bamboo and sugarcane waste. The packaging is totally biodegradable (a big tick there). I bought a mixed box with tissues, toilet paper and paper towels.
Yes I know it is greener to do away with paper towels, and honestly we don't use many, and tissues - well we have allergy sufferers here so they are non-negotiable. I figure at least they can be environmentally friendly ones.
I did a little price comparison, which wasn't very scientific, but there is not a lot of difference in the price for me.
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If you haven't tried them - have a look - www.greencane.com, they are all around the world. That is totally not sponsored by the way.
Cotton wool balls! I tried to get our teen to use cut-up old tee shirt cotton squares to remove her nail polish - but this is obviously totally uncool and she is still asking for cotton wool balls (which only come in plastic bags). I would have bought plain sheets of cotton wool in paper wrap like you could in the old days, but I can't find any.
Well it turns out that old life jackets are full of shredded wool - who knew! So instead of throwing them away, I have removed some of the fluffy wool and rolled it into balls, along with some of that old cotton wool that I inherited.
|But will the pretty packaging do the trick?
I suspect that this too could be seriously uncool, but we'll see.
A-Gathering in the Garden in Autumn
Honestly my garden looks terrible and I didn't really think there was much in it, but a wander with my trug has produced all of this!
Rhubarb, cucumber, tomatoes, aubergines, cape gooseberries, windfall apples, peaches, silverbeet, basil, passionfruit and beans. Also it has been a great year for wild blackberries, they are still going.
I had better get a move on - I have pesto and blackberry&apple pies to make.


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Typography rant
Sometimes, 'designers' just p**s me right off.
Let me explain.
I'm a regular reader on Stylegala, a website dedicated to css / web standards and design. It's a great site. In fact my site was featured on it in August. On every entry on Stylegala you can comment on the sites featured. I had a quick look today and came across a comment thread which annoyed me so much I had to write about it here! The thread in question is the one about the site Epocrates. David at Stylegala gives it a pretty good writeup, but he is disagreed with, quite strongly, in the thread of comments. Have a read of them.
It got me worked up again about the state of the industry's general understanding, and working knowledge of, correct typography. Occasionally I have a rant about this sort of thing, and today's rant is not really any different from the others. It all began with a comment by some bloke called 'beavis' ...
OK maybe I should have added more. I have seen hundreds of sites like this. I cant see what makes this special. Its anything but original. Why say it's good typography when it is absolutely awful typography? Please go to sites like misprinted type for excellent typography and look up the definition of the term.
I took his advice and had a look at misprintedtype. It's ok, although nothing new. The typography is really quite dated - I remember all of Ed Fella's work from ten years ago, this stuff hasn't progressed much from that. So, in short I really disagree with his comments. It shows a real lack of understanding of typography, and more importantly of the tradition from which it was born. How can designers like this have so little respect for this? I just don't get it.


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You craft a glyph for 15 gold and sell it for 60 gold. Cash margin is 45 gold (60 – 15) and the profit margin is 75% ([60-15]/60]. Or, looking at the profit margin another way, the markup was 300% (60/15 -1).
You craft an enchant for 3 gold and sell it for 18 gold. Cash margin is 15 gold (18 – 3) and the profit margin is 83% ([18-3]/18), or the markup was 500% (18/3 -1).
So, do you focus on crafting and selling the item with a profit margin of 83% (markup 500%) vs the other item with a profit margin of 75% (markup 300%) – and lets assume you can always sell the above items?
Well, i doubt any gold makers here would fall for that. Of course, you would focus on selling the glyph because it makes a 45 gold profit every time vs the enchant that makes 15 gold profit.
Worth remembering that when walking the road to serious gold in World of Warcraft. Crafting an item for 5000 gold to sell it for 8000 gold (i.e. darkmoon decks) is a better bet than crafting the item for 2 gold and selling it for 8 gold. Every time.
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26 Kisses by Anna Michels
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Publication Date: May 24, 2016
Genres: Young Adult
Pages: 304
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Kasie West meets Morgan Matson in this hilarious and heartwarming debut about a girl's summer mission to get over her ex-boyfriend by kissing her way through the alphabet.
Getting dumped by her boyfriend is not how Veda planned on starting her summer. When Mark makes it clear that it's over between them, Veda is heartbroken and humiliated—but, more importantly, she's inspired. So she sets out on the love quest of a lifetime: use the summer to forget about Mark, to move on, and move up. All she has to do is kiss twenty-six boys with twenty-six different names—one for each letter of the alphabet.
From the top of the Ferris wheel at her hometown carnival to the sandy dunes of Lake Michigan, Veda takes every opportunity she can to add kisses (and boys) to her list, and soon the break-up doesn't sting quite as much. But just when Veda thinks she has the whole kissing thing figured out, she meets someone who turns her world upside down.
This was a quick read for me as most contemporary YA's are. If I had to describe this book in two words, they would probably be cute and fluffy.
Veda's boyfriend Mark broke up with her right before summer kicked off and she's heartbroken. She was expecting to spend this last summer with Mark, before he heads off to college but Mark made it clear that he wanted a clean break and so she was single for the first time in a long time. As soon as crying herself to sleep gets old, V is inspired to get over her broken heart by kissing 26 different guys throughout summer. One guy for every letter of the alphabet. The best way to get over a guy is to find a new one, right? With each passing kiss, V learns something new about herself.
As I said before, this was a quick read and I found myself curious about this book after reading the blurb. Kissing 26 different boys in one summer is a lot of boys to kiss and I wanted to see how that would all play out. It's not exactly the wisest message to send to young girls and I was a little disappointed in the way that it played out. Mostly because I thought the kissing challenge went on for too long and then when Killian was helping her at the end? I wanted to smack some sense into him. You don't encourage the girl you're dating to go out and finish kissing more guys so that she'll get over the last guy. I mean, seriously.
In a way, I guess I understood why Veda decided to go through with the kissing challenge but I guess when she was over Mark and started things up with Killian, I kind of hoped that she wouldn't need the kissing challenge anymore. I hoped that she would respect Killian's feelings and not need to finish the challenge.
Veda's character felt real to me. She acted and reacted the way that normal teenage girls would (and I'm surrounded by teenage girls on the daily). I liked that she really learned about herself and really grew into the person she wanted to be in the end. She had a great support system in her friends and her Mom. I even liked seeing her relationship with her father and younger brother evolve.
Killian was cute and everything young girls would like in a love interest. I liked that he was who he was, liked what he liked and was trying to be okay with everyone not understanding him. The feelings he had for Veda felt real and I liked seeing him fit himself into her life and I liked that he stuck around even when things got hard.
Overall, this book was cute and while I didn't enjoy every part of the book, it was still a solid read. Perfect for a lazy day at the beach read.
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If the reaction of vendors is anything to go by, one of the biggest issues around the recent beta release of Office 365 is how to get your content into the SharePoint component. Metalogix has released a migration solution, and so too has MetaVis (news, site), which is also offering it for free.
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The new free version of MetaVis Migrator for Office 365 is currently available until the end of the month, or when the one-GB limit is reached, but that shouldn't be a problem as it is easy to sort out additional license options -- which you have to purchase.
No matter, as the one-GB limit should give you some idea of how and how well it works, after which you can decide then as to whether it will work for you.
There also appears to be few limitations as to what it will work with it, too, as it provides content migration to SharePoint (Office 365) abilities for SharePoint 2010, 2007, 2003 and BPOS (S & D).
While migration is a small word, it has big implications, all of which the free migrator can handle, including the migration of metadata such as created and modified properties to help manage and govern your SharePoint environment.
With it, enterprises can take the kitchen sink across to Office 365, including sites, libraries and other content, as well as offering a central location to maintain SharePoint taxonomies and systemwide awareness of taxonomy structures.
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All these questions and more flooded my mind as I contemplated whether or not to start a blog. Eventually, I came to the conclusion that there was nothing to lose and so, on April 30th, 2015, with the click of a button, my journey into the world of blogging began.
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As soon as the temperature goes up, even just a little bit, just enough to reach two digits, Czechs of all ages line up for ice creams. It's a proven fact that there is no season for an ice-cream, here in Czechia. The weather is normally mild in these parts, the summers not very hot and the winters, cold but not extremely so
Come fall, ice-cream stands in other parts of the world lose their flags and start to disappear or at least try to become invisible as they make room for more seasonal snacks. But not in the land of Kafka. Be it spring or winter one can see small kids and grandma's, big muscle guys or dainty damsels all happily licking away a sweet cone or a popsicle. The peak season is of course summer when people queue up for a cold and delicious zmrzlina.
Yap, you read that right, yes, there are no less than 1, 2, 3, 4, 5! 5! consonants one after the other without a single vowel between them in the Czech word for ice-cream. Makes your tongue twist and turn in your mouth, a good exercise for dealing with the frozen delight may it be on a cone or on a stick.
Ice cream comes in all shapes, sizes and flavors. The flavors are as plentiful and mouth watering as everywhere, or at least in Italy, the country most would associate with ice-cream. As for the size, this is up to everyone's appetite. The dictionary also knows more than one type of ice-cream. Zmrzlina, or frozen one, comes in a cone or a cup, as a scoop, a "kopeček" meaning small hill or as soft ice-cream - točene - spun from a machine. Then there is the nanuk, the inuit master of bears, this is the name for ice-cream on a stick and finally the Russian ice-cream - ruska zmrzlina, basically ice-cream sandwiched between two waffles. And lets not forget the donut filled ice-cream cone that made a buzz on the internet. In February! Go to expats.cz for more on this caloric bomb.
Don't worry, Czechs still love their beer. Not the kind to fear a soar throat nor an upset stomach, they indulge in both, all year round. And after all, why not, it's such an innocent treat. What's your favorite?
PS: I was thinking of making a series about Czech culture. Already wrote about beer, remember?
Monday, August 29, 2016
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All this talk about some guy named Jiro eating sushi got me thinking it's time to post this story I wrote in the LA Times. My editor at the time, Leslie Brenner, came up with the idea, which was way before it's time. (Her specialty, and why I thought the LA Times food section at the time, was better than the NYTimes food section.) Every similar story I have seen since pales--not for the writing. (Not my best lede!) But because Leslie had a great idea about what people really needed and wanted to know about eating sushi, even if they didn't know they wanted to know, which is: how am I supposed to do it?
The story came about at a lunch--baby vegetables hidden under salad greens at Patina, if memory serves me—as I told her ov ...Read More


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I came across this old photo recently.
It was taken by my husband's sister back in the days when we were 'courting'. I'm pretty sure we weren't engaged when it was taken so I was probably only 18.
My husband's sister is an avid hillwalker and a group of us were accompanying her on one of them. I don't recall why I was picked up, and he didn't carry me all the way up the hill! The photo was snapped, and then that Christmas my husband was given the framed photo by his sister as a present.
I love the photo and when I came across it a few months ago I hung it up in the hallway. The other day I moved it to a lower location and today Alasdair seemed to discover it for the first time.
He stopped and said 'Sinn babee's daddy' - 'That's babees daddy' (he calls himself babee) but then I could see him puzzling over who the girl was. I picked it up and turned it round and then he realised who she was!


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Underlying effective human resources management policies is collaboration on strategy between HR and the organization's leadership, because the company's success rests on its human capital. Approximately 65 percent of an organization's value is based on its human capital, the quality of which is driven by HR management functions, policies and procedures, according to training executive Rajeev Peshawaria's December 2011 article "Why Companies Need a Strategic HR Partner in "Training" magazine. HR management policies are essential for sustaining a viable business.
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Setting the foundation for HR management is where your company stands concerning compliance with federal and state labor and employment laws. For example, ensure that you adhere to Fair Labor Standards Act provisions for minimum wage, overtime pay, and exempt and nonexempt employee classification. Complying with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act is also important to ensure legal compliance and to provide equal opportunity to applicants and employees.
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Workplace policies and standard operating procedures provide the organization with much-needed structure. Working hours, pay information, safety measures, benefits and performance expectations are core topics to address in an employee handbook. An equal opportunity employment policy and statement about the company's zero-tolerance for discrimination or harassment should be part of the organization's code of conduct. These policies acknowledge the employer's obligation to provide a safe working environment where employees feel like valued contributors.
Compensation and benefits policies and procedures begin with developing compensation strategy. Compensation strategy should be documented plans with functional steps for implementation, suggests Chuck Csizmar, founder of CMC Compensation Group, in his June 2011 article titled "Do You Need a Compensation Strategy?" on HRM Today's website. There are three basic compensation strategies: market leader, competitive with market and below market. Organizational strategy is a significant factor to determine compensation strategy and policies, which is another reason why HR must collaborate with upper management as a strategic business partner. Employers whose goals are to attract the best qualified workers may decide that becoming the market leader in compensation practices gives them a distinct advantage over their competitors. Below-market compensation strategy puts the company at risk for high employee turnover and less-qualified workers.
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Review: 'The Dreyfus Affair,' Newly Relevant and Intensely Moving
By Jil Picariello, Theater Editor, May 3, 2017
"France for the French," they scream on the streets of Paris in the moving and deeply troubling new production of The Dreyfus Affair at BAM.
But it's not a Marine Le Pen rally from last week. It's well over a century ago, and a sludge of nationalism and anti-semitism is roiling the land of enlightenment. Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish army officer, has been falsely convicted of treason. The story is an old one. But the way Ensemble for the Romantic Century, which creates historical productions that combine multimedia, music, and drama, tells it, is completely new.
Is it a concert? Is it a play? It doesn't really matter of course, when it works. There are strange, abstract projections, there is minimal staging (the performers speak as much to the audience as to each other), and few props. Several members of the company sing, beautifully. The performances are restrained, which is a wise choice, given the inherent melodrama of the story. The music, however, is powerfully emotive, and performed with intense vitality.
Some choices seem head-scratchingly odd. The military officers dance mincingly to a baroque piece by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Other than the two main characters of Dreyfus and his defender, Émile Zola, there is little depth or nuance to any of the characterizations. No questions are asked, no doubts explored. And overall the production could use some serious nip-and-tuck. Scenes have several endings, significant moments are repeated (and repeated), and everything seems to go on just a bit too long.
But the music, the singing, and the lead performances are marvelous. Max von Essen (a Tony nominee for An American in Paris) brings a Victor Garber-like suavity to the role of Alfred Dreyfus, which makes his degradation all the more chilling. And Peter Scolari (yes, Hannah's dad from Girls) is gripping as the author and Dreyfus defender Émile Zola.
In an interview with The Jewish Week, Eve Wolf, the writer of the piece, said that The Dreyfus Affair "is connected to Vichy France and to the rise of Marine Le Pen; it's a line that never breaks." As one of the final titles points out, a statue erected to Alfred Dreyfus in Paris was defaced with anti-semitic slogans as recently as 2002. Sadly, plus ça change…
The Dreyfus Affair runs at BAM Fisher (Fishman Space), 321 Ashland Place, Brooklyn, through Sunday, May 7, 2017. Run time: 2 hours and 40 minutes with 1 intermission. Written by Eve Wolf, directed by Donald T. Sanders, set and costume design by Vanessa James, lighting design by Beverly Emmons, sound design by Matthew Hottinger. Cast: Max Von Essen, Mark Evans, Megan Picerno, Mark Coffin, Mark Light-Orr, Timothy McDevitt, Dee Pelletier, Daniel Rowan, Richard Waddingham, Peter Scolari. Live music performed by Grace Park, Daniel Cho, Chieh-Fan Yiu, Nico Olarte-Hayes, Parker Ramsay, Max Barros, and Jake Chabot.
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Baseball Rightfielder Named National Player of the Week
Matt Diaz receives the honors.
May 25, 1998
TALLAHASSEE, FL — Freshman rightfielder Matt Diaz was named Collegiate Baseball magazine's National Player of the Week after his MVP performance in the NCAA Atlantic II Regional.
Diaz batted .750 (15-for-20) with 12 runs scored, five doubles, seven home runs and 19 RBI during the four-game tournament. He also belted four home runs against Oklahoma, tying an FSU and NCAA Regional record.


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[Ed.: When taken, this shot was about the white one. It was going to be about my friend Jerry who drove a cobbled together junkyard special MC. In post-production, I noticed the rear window on the one next to it. The rest is
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For two years, beginning in MY 1986, Chevrolet began producing "aerocoupe" versions of the Monte Carlo SS. These are two (well, at least one) of them.
Also new this year was the Aerocoupe model. The Aerocoupe was created by modifications to the Super Sport body, including a more deeply sloped rear window and a shorter trunk lid sporting a spoiler that lay more flat than previous Super Sports. Only 200 Aerocoupes were sold to the public, which happened to be the exact number NASCAR officials required for road model features to be incorporated into the racing cars.
Per the Wikies. But then Lumina appeared, and all the ungainly dorkishness was decommissioned.
The real tragedy is not that some POS Chevy was rendered obsolete. It is that NASCAR no longer even pretends to have more than the barest cosmetic connection to actual production cars.


text: Posted by: Installer Online on April 17, 2015 in Industry News Leave a comment Introducing the Warmup StickyMat System The new Warmup StickyMat System is revolutionising the heating mat installation process – reducing installation time by 35%. Warmup prides itself in providing the best products and services. When it comes to installation, through customer feedback and testing from its Research & Development Centre, Warmup is constantly looking at ways to improve its products. This is based on the knowledge that time is money and trade professionals are always on the look-out for a better, more efficient way to install underfloor heating. The StickyMat enables a smaller contractor to install underfloor heating as fast as a larger company. In an internal testing environment, when using StickyMat against a similar product without pressure sensitive adhesive, the installation of StickyMat was 35% faster – a big difference. StickyMat underfloor heating is more than just a standard heating mat; it uses a 1.8mm pre-paced wire with tough fluoropolymer coatings which provide inner and outer insulation for even surface heat distribution. The StickyMat is available in a choice of 150 W/m² and 200 W/m² heat outputs and thirteen different sizes. It is suitable for all projects: new build, retrofits and refurbishments. Once installed you have two options: lay a thin, self-levelling screed over the mat and leave it to dry OR trowel a full bed of flexible tile adhesive directly over the mat and lay the floor tiles. Although the installation process is simple, we're with you every step of the way. Warmup offers a market leading 24/7/365 technical support service to give personal advice during and after installation. In line with Warmup's tradition of offering the best warranties and guarantees, StickyMat comes with a Lifetime Warranty and SafetyNetTM Installation Guarantee. This means if you accidentally damage the system during installation, Warmup will replace it free of charge! When selecting a control for the StickyMat, Warmup's 4iE Smart WiFi Thermostat is the trade preferred solution. The 4iE offers smart control from your phone, tablet or computer and can save users up to £200 on energy bills. To receive more information or a quotation, please contact Warmup T: 0845 345 2288 firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.warmup.co.uk Share ! tweet


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We want to see what you guys are experiencing at P.M. @ Penn Museum Summer Nights from your own perspective, so starting June 11th, we will be running a photo contest through Twitter!
While you are here snapping away on your smartphones, tag your photos with #summernightsmusic @pennmuseum for a chance to win some great prizes!
Here are a few of the prizes we'll be giving away:
2 VIP tickets to Maya.2012: Lords of Time
2 $10.00 Gift Certificates to the Pepper Mill Cafe
Maya.2012 Special Issue of Expedition
And much more!
We will announce winners of the contest towards the end of the July and August, so stay tuned on Twitter & Facebook for updates. All winner's photos will be featured on the blog as well. We can't wait to see your photos! Snap away!
** Winners are selected by the Penn Museum staff. We're subjective, and voting for the photos that we like the most. Friends and family of museum staff are not eligible to win. Prizes are what they are, no exchanges or refunds. Prizes have no monetary exchange value. All photos must be taken by the user and not taken from any other source. **


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Good news has just arrived for the owners of the Sony Xperia Z1 and the Xperia Z Ultra as the new firmware with a build number 14.2.A.1.124 has been certified at the PTRCB but don't get too excited because this is not the KitKat update.
Stay in touch with us to get more update on it
The new firmware is certified for all the variants of the Xperia Z1 (C6902, C6903, C6943, C6906) and Xperia Z Ultra (C6802, C6833, C6843, C6806) and the update will bring some bug fixes that people are facing in the Android 4.3 JellyBean update and the users will also get the white balance app with this new firmware.
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If women's soccer in America—or women's sports generally—ever had a better day than Sunday, July 5, I can't recall it. That was the day the U.S. team won the Women's World Cup by beating Japan in the final, 5-2.
Everything went right. The game was high scoring, something we Yanks typically castigate soccer for not being. It had an appealingly animated hero(ine)—Carli Lloyd—who scored three goals in the first 16 minutes, capping a 4-0 spurt that all but secured the victory.
It was played at a U.S.-friendly time (7 p.m. in the East) before a U.S.-friendly crowd in Vancouver during a rare slow day for sports on television. It later was announced that the total U.S. TV audience of 26.7 million people-- 25.4 million on Fox and 1.3 million on Telemundo—was this country's highest for any soccer game, and exceeded that of any game in the recent NBA finals or the seventh game in last October's baseball World Series. It was drinks all around for everyone connected with the team, and deservedly so.
We're a nation of analysts, though, and it wasn't long before the question was raised of what the victory might mean for women's sports in this land; more specifically, why they don't get a bigger share of the pie. Indeed, that was a topic of discussion throughout the two-week fest.
As is customary when male-female issues come up, knees immediately start to jerk and the all-purpose shibboleths that often substitute for thinking about such matters are rolled out. We heard about "glass ceilings" and women's sports being held back by news-media conspiracies. Bill Rhoden, a usually sensible sports columnist for the New York Times, combined those notions in a single sentence. "A confluence of chauvinism and gender bias have made the ceiling they [women's sports] are up against a particularly difficult one to shatter," wrote he.
Well. Conspiracy theorists are hard to dissuade, but if a journalists' cabal to belittle women's sports exists it never bothered to try to recruit me during my 46-year newspaper career. And while unacknowledged barriers to women's advancement certainly obtain in some areas, it's hard to see how they apply to what boils down to a spending choice in an economy in which, many surveys have shown, women make most of the buying decisions.
Further, the market's preference for men's sports over women's isn't uniform. The women outdraw the men in activities that reward grace more than strength (figure skating and gymnastics) and do about as well in ones where the playing fields in national and international competitions are shared, albeit separately (tennis, swimming, track and field). Add sustained success to the mix and women can be dominant in many an athletic endeavor; over the last 10 years Serena Williams probably has gotten more ink, and made more money, than all American male tennisers combined.
Two big reasons women's sports have had a hard time getting traction have to do with the calendar. First, it's crowded, more crowded than anyone might have imagined just a few years ago. One of sport's biggest milestones was the creation, in 1979, of ESPN, the all-sports TV network. Before ESPN, sports on television consisted mainly of a few weekend-afternoon hours and the occasional local game. Now it's wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling.
Time was when a week's sports offerings could be listed on a single page of TV Guide. By contrast, on a recent weekday in Phoenix, with the NFL, NBA and NHL idle, one could watch summer-league basketball, Canadian football, cycling (the Tour de France), golf, lacrosse, "motorsports," rugby, men's international soccer, swimming and Wimbledon tennis. That was in addition to every Major League Baseball game on the "Extra Innings" package and whatever the half-dozen single-sports channels I receive had on. It takes more than a shoehorn to find room on that schedule.
The numbered year on the calendar works against some women's sports because they're relatively young and sports watching, like many other things, is at least partly habitual. Women's team sports in America hardly existed before the passage of the U.S. Education Act of 1972, whose Title IX went a long way toward correcting the vastly unequal funding of men's and women's school sports that prevailed to that point. The two biggest U.S. women's pro-team circuits, the WNBA and the National Women's Soccer League, date from just 1996 and 2012, respectively. Soccer generally still is viewed as an immigrant scrambling for a foothold on these shores, and average attendance at NWSL games last season was only about 3,000 a game. Thus, even a double-figure percentage jump during the current July-August campaign wouldn't put more than a few hundred more fannies in the seats.
Finally, although it's not fashionable to say it, men and women have physiological differences that make most men's sports better. That's apparent to anyone who looks and is why most of the men's brands outsell the women's in a bruisingly competitive marketplace, no matter what the sex of the customer.
Many women are fine athletes who deserve applause. Their games aren't as commercially warped as are many of the men's, making their competitions purer, and the fact that no huge pot of gold will reward their success causes female jocks to develop their other abilities. Need I say that's not a bad thing?


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How do you go about buying a TV?
For most people it's as simple as wandering into their nearest electronics megastore, picking one that's about the right size, and compromising on price.
But as you probably know, that's not going to get you the best set when you finally walk out of the shop with that pleasingly big box. Picture quality is difficult to judge in a shop floor setting, while many of the key features of a top-of-the-line TV won't be obvious until it's too late.
To make the task easier watch the buyer's guide above to see how to choose a TV. But remember - these days (at least in tech jargon circles) it's all about the second screen. So make sure you also have a good phone - our nine favourites are listed below.


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Welcome to QS Magazine online. We are very pleased to offer the community a magazine devoted to the lifestyle and trends of our neighborhood as the publisher of the Queens Gazette, Astoria and LIC's own home-grown, 32 year old weekly newspaper, we saw an opportunity to celebrate the community and we agreed that QS Magazine was the perfect vehicle to accomplish the goal.
QS Will not be an arm of the Gazette, but rather the soul of the community in terms of nightlife, adventure, fun, and art. We are not limiting this publication in any way and invite all of our readers to actively participate in this endeavor. Thank you for reading and visiting. We look forward to your contribution, comments, and opinions. We want to embrace the new movement that is Astoria's Queens Scene.
-Tony Barsamian, Publisher


text: The Northern State University Collegiate Choir and Chamber Singers will present their annual Spring Concert on Sunday at 2 p.m. on the main stage of the Johnson Fine Arts Center. Both ensembles are under the direction of Timothy Woods, director of choral activities at NSU, and assisted by professor Allan Jacobson. The concert, which is free of charge, is presented by the NSU music department. This year's concert will feature masterpieces by three American composers, with works from other parts of the world. The concert will open with the Collegiate Choir performing "The Peaceable Kingdom," by Randall Thompson. The work is in eight movements for unaccompanied choir. The text is from Isaiah and the work's subject and style emerged from the composer's impressions after viewing a painting by Edward Hicks titled "The Peaceable Kingdom." The painting depicts and quotes Isaiah 11:6-9, which reads "And the wolf will dwell with the lamb.'" The painting presently hangs in the Denver Museum of Art. The Chamber Singers will perform the next American masterpiece, Samuel Barber's "Agnus Dei." This work is his own arrangement of his "Adagio for Strings, Opus 11," which was used quite extensively in the movie "Platoon." It should be noted that the "Adagio for Strings" is his arrangement of the second movement of his string quartet. The Chamber Singers will also sing the third and most recent American masterpiece, Eric Whitacre's "Cloudburst." The work is for chorus, piano and percussion and is a setting of Octavio Paz's poem, "El c‡ntaro roto," which means "The broken water jar." In 1993, it received first prize in the American Choral Directors Association "Composers of the Future" competition. In the 15 years since the award, the work has become a standard and favorite of collegiate and professional choirs and audiences. The concert will be filled out with music from around the world. The Chamber Singers will perform, from Great Britain, the William Byrd Renaissance motet "Ave verum corpus" and, from Canada, the "Feller From Fortune," described as "a rollicking ditty." "Feller From Fortune" was first collected in 1955 by the late Gerald E. Doyle of St. John's in his booklet, "Old-Time Songs of Newfoundland." The Collegiate Choir women will then perform an unusual work from Bulgaria, "Ergen Deda" by Peter Lyondev. The piece first came to public attention in the late 1980s on the Grammy Award-winning album, "Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares" by The Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Vocal Choir. The Collegiate Choir women have been working to imitate the tone colors of the Grammy Award-winning chorus, and are sure to surprise the audience, states a press release. The concert will conclude with the rousing Nigerian Christmas song, "Betelehemu" for chorus and percussion. This piece, too, has been a favorite across the country during the last 15 years, according to the release.


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Industry: Chemical Location: Cheshire, UK
This digital in-house solution was the only way to cost-effectively stay ahead of possible changes to our chemical labels changes required by the government."
– Joel Walker, Director — Brite Solutions
The Situation
Brite Solutions needed to find a cost-effective solution to bring their chemical labels into compliance with Classification, Labelling, and Packaging – European Chemicals Agency (CLP-ECHA) requirements, which is part of the world-wide Global Harmonization System (GHS) effort. They manufacture and package more than 80 chemical products for the Household, Garden, Car Care, and Professional Cleaning markets. The sheer volume of label changes required a different solution. There are also non-governmental reasons to change label designs, i.e., branding changes, ingredient changes, new product size, new container shape.
Solution Requirements
- Cost-effective label compliance solution
- The ability to rapidly change label designs
- Reduce label cost
Return on Investment
To print a new label design on an offset press, it was necessary to create hundreds of Euros-worth of plates. Going through the design-change and proofing process could cost thousands. The DLP-2000 Digital Label Press virtually eliminated that expense. The equipment will pay for itself in less than one year because the L801 label printer (included in the DLP-2000 system) is fully digital, making label changes very cost effective. The L801 can also be used as a label proofing system, which reduces a new product's time-to-market.
Before Memjet
A number of costly offset plates would be created for each label version.
After Memjet
No plates are needed with the DLP-2000, thus saving that expense.
Before Memjet
Offset-printed labels would have to be laminated on another piece of equipment.
After Memjet
Labels are laminated in-line with the printing process.
Before Memjet
Governmental labelling changes would cause a substantial relabelling expenses.
After Memjet
That expense is eliminated due to the digital printing capability of the DLP-2000.


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This is an official call to arms! Last July, Crown the Empire released a suspenseful music video for Machines. We were left with a cliff hanger "To Be Continued…" ending. Well, we've finally gotten part 2 of the story! Watch the video for Satellites and Rise of the Runaways below!
We've got to say, we really love the fact that Crown the Empire has not only made their album a concept album, but they made the music videos follow the same story! Such a game changer in the music video world.
Oh, and here's part 1 in case you missed it.
And, if you're confused or need a refresher, here's the band's explanation of the plot of the Machines video.
Share your thoughts with us! We'd love to know what you think of Crown The Empire's latest!


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first,happy new year to one and all:)
and now on to the kitties(reposting for various):
abandoned at 15-
Brooklyn's Sensational senior in need of rehoming, help us help this ole guy.
His name is Valentine and he was given up by his owner he is 15 years old Valentine weighs 5.6 LBS
Medical states the following:
Scan negative
Nuetered.. geriatric
Tolerates all handling
Thin, underweight, slightly dehydrated
As per Dr. Singh given 150cc LRS SQ., 3cc nutrical
Good appetite
Dirty coat
Moderate tartar and gingivitis
Brooklyn NEW HOPE STAFF:
Sabrina James, New Hope Coordinator/ Evaluator, Office: 718-272-7201 x253 Cell: 646-210-5375; Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Pam Ward, New Hope Coordinator, Office: 718-272-7201 x231;
Email email@example.com
Jess Van Brunt, C: 646-210-5404; Email: email@example.com
brother and sister grey kitties
This beautiful pair of cats were dumped by their family at Christmas. Fiona is medium-haired gray and her brother Elvis is a Russian Blue short-haired. They are about 2 years old, up to date on medical, negative for FeLV/FIV and spayed/neutered. They are friendly and perfectly behaved in their current foster home. The foster home where they are was meant as a temporary holding place to avoid them going to a kill shelter, but they still have not been adopted and they need a permanent home as soon as possible. They are located in Central New Jersey, but transport reasonable distance can be arranged. If you can help Fiona and Elvis, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
This is Ollie. He is about 10 years old, and his owner
just passed from cancer. He is currently being boarded at her vet, in
Totowa, NJ. He is very laid back, extremely affectionate, and vocal, as you
can see from the picture. He just loves attention and is miserable
in his cage. He has been adopted and returned a few times now because he was spraying,but he never sprayed in his foster home and we finally figured out
the problem. He only likes female cats. If he shares a home with a male cat,
he will spray. He does not growl or his, just marks. So if anyone has an all-girl cat household, he would be the perfect addition. He is a real loverboy .
He is very mellow, just wants to sleep, eat and get lots of loving and scratching.
Thank you, Alexandra
(blogger's note-neutering will stop the spray.unfixed males of course will do that around other males.they usually chill after because there's no need to be as aggressive,and can usually live with other males)
near frozen tux needs help!
Hamilton, IL: 1-21-10 This poor guy wonder up into a garage half frozen last night. I got the call and took him up to my vets. He could barely stand up, couldn't move his tail, pottied all over himself, loaded with fleas, ears are so impacted with mites-he tilts his head, he is extremely emaciated and dehydrated. Through it all, even before we got him out of the crate, he was purring!
He spent the night at my vets getting fluids and they are keeping an eye on him today. If anyone can please help me with his vet bill, I would be extremely grateful. I hadn't planned on him coming in and any amount would be greatly appreciated. Our vet is Hancock Vet Clinic 217-847-3911
Anissa Sadeghi
West Hancock Canine Rescue
tux kitty
21 January 2011
new cat rescue listings for january
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The Pfalz as wine region are in big changes with many young winemakers doing traditional Pfalz wines but in a super modern way with great result that will increase and put more fame to this historic sites.
One of the new guys is Andreas Rings of Weingut Rings where he make some very serious wines with his brother as companion and head of the vineyards.
Weingut Rings was selected as one of the best 100 producer in the whole of
in 2012 and that must be a great achievement by this 26 year old winemaker. Germany
The white wines shows great "terroir" and some of the best complexity with absolutely no sugar left in them, fantastic dry wines.
But Andreas holy grail is the Spätburgunder where his brilliance show of in the best possible way, magic wines and I am so happy to taste them all.
Lots of Pinot makers out there have something to learn from this guy.


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Xbox 360 game prices falling
Electronic Arts trims the cost of admission for a handful of games, Ubisoft and THQ lower one game apiece to $40.
Electronic Arts trims the cost of admission for a handful of games, Ubisoft and THQ lower one game apiece to $40.
Official Web site of the NBA challenges gamers to match Laker guard's historic output on virtual hardcourt.
Publisher knocks ducats off several console titles including NBA Live, Madden, Need for Speed, Medal of Honor, Harry Potter.
100 pairs of Iverson's The Question shoes are for the taking this afternoon in Web-based contest.
From Vlad to Jeter, McNabb to Sharapova, we hand out our year-end grades for 2005's cover athletes.
NBA Live 06 for the Xbox 360 leaves a lot to be desired. Find out why in our exclusive video review.
[UPDATE]: Best Buy sets up shop in the heart of the event; order is maintained as attendees line up to be among the first Xbox 360 owners.
A team of four sports games lines up in stores; next-gen Tiger, Madden, FIFA, and NBA Live ready for competition.
Producer Tim Tschirner gives us the lowdown on the low post… or at least the graphical know-how that went into creating it for NBA Live 06 for Xbox 360, in ...
Microsoft's online store will sell themes for $1.87, pictures for $0.25-$0.75, Arcade games for $5-$15.
Onset of next-gen gaming, slow sales lead to falling prices on NBA Live 06, SSX On Tour, Burnout Revenge, and Marvel Nemesis.
Hoops, a great ape, and even a Western--Microsoft covers most bases with its list of day-one Xbox 360 games. Fighting and role-playing titles are noticeably absent.
It was a good month for bad sales as the shadow of the hugely successful back half of 2004 once again looms over 2005.
Tim Tschirner of Electronic Arts reveals everything about NBA Live 06 for the Xbox 360 in this interview.
We check out three ways in which EA Sports' basketball game for Xbox 360 is truly "next gen."
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The Trashiest PetsPosted: September 9, 2010 Filed under: Miles List, Read My List 2 Comments
10. Ducks: The swan's hillbilly cousin, ducks are nothing more than quacking, crapping machines. Sure, it only cost $10, but that money could have gone towards a delicious dinner at the Olive Garden!
9. Tamagotchi: Ignore your real pet with this snazzily colored blob of pixels. Bored already? Just chuck its carcass into you nearest landfill!
8. Pack of dogs: If you're going to own more than two dogs, then all of them better be of the same breed and named under the same theme. If you do this, sweep every half hour, and house-train in utero, then maybe guests won't confuse your lovely home with a kennel.
7. Painted Hermit Crabs: Nothing says tacky like an Elmur Fudd, Spongebob, or Pikachu themed crustacean scuttling around your entryway.
6. Crocodiles: If you failed to flush your croc before it grew too big to be passed off as an impulse buy, then look forward to explaining to friends why their kids can't come over to swim in the Little Mermaid kiddie pool anymore.
5. Seamonkeys: Fish too fancy? Glass aquariums too high-brow? Don't worry, to have your very own aquatic pet all you need is a bag of magic powder and an empty Tupperware container. Just add water and you have a real live swarm of brine shrimp!
4. Children on leashes: Not a pet per-say, but you are feeding it, washing it, and walking it on a leash. While you're at it, I'll point out that dog beds are cheaper than cribs, and litter boxes are greener than diapers. Just putting that out there.
3. Scorpions: You know what would go well with you blond soul patch and newly discovered body odor? A scorpion!
2. Ferrets: When they get excited, they will either secrete a powerful stench from their anal glands, or do something called the weasel war dance, which involves knocking over your new glassware and all of your heirlooms. The choice is yours.
1. Monkeys: Nothing is more precious than a small screeching mutant in a baby doll dress climbing up your back. Nothing.
The Nerdiest Board GamesPosted: September 3, 2010 Filed under: Miles List, Read My List 3 Comments
5. Pretty Pretty Princess: 4-year-old girls learn social hierarchy by fighting over tacky elegant accessories. Clearly, the difference between royalty and street trash depends on the amount of ugly plastic jewelry you're wearing. Girls who play this game certainly won't end up as outcast losers who wear too many beads and spend three decades waiting for their prince to come.
4. Napoleon in Europe: History, guys! Assume the identity of Prussia, the Ottoman Empire, and other countries of old as you struggle to halt France's siege of the continent. Was it a mistake to build so many naval vessels? Is my alliance with Russia just a ruse to get me to marshal forces away from my Eastern border? Cool kids would never ask these questions.
3. Scrabble: There's nothing like spending your Friday nights arguing over the English language with a few friends. Is lexicographical a word? You'd never learn the answer at a bar. I mean, why go to a party when you could spell the word party for 10 points??
2. The Mansion of Happiness: This early American board game offers an alternative to going outside, which involves too much opportunity for sinning anyway. Avoid the immodesty, cruelty, and fun spaces to secure your place in the Mansion of Happiness and in a loveless puritan marriage. Praise the lord!
1. Star Trek the Next Generation: A Klingon Challenge: I kind of want to play a board game, but I also kind of want to watch Star Trek the Next Generation. Now I can do both! Navigate the board with paper dolls of beloved Enterprise background characters while Kavok the Klingon yells at you from your own TV screen. I was going to go outside today, but I don't want to invoke Kavok's wrath!


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by Matthew Donahue
Eyes closed and brain dormant in a sleep induced coma, I reclined. Ring, Ring, Ring-Ring. I slapped the snooze button on my bedside alarm clock once more, rolled over and fell with a splat onto the concrete floor. Set-up for the big 5K for Brighter Dawns was about to start and I was falling head over heels, quite literally, back into reality. Grasping my desk I pulled myself up and brushed off the dust bunnies lingering on my shirt. The day had begun.
As formidable clouds formed, fear sunk in. We crossed our fingers as we set up the registration tables and marked the trail for the 5K. Rain seemed inevitable. Wind whipped the Brighter Dawns banner against the registration table creating a rhythmic beat and fanning cold air on the faces of onlookers. But the gloomy forecast did not stop participants from pouring in from both the Wesleyan and Middletown community. With smiles on our faces, we managed the chaotic surge of registering participants a half hour before the race began and it dawned on me that nothing can rip the close nit community of Middletown apart. The weather, distance and location of the event became a moot point. Running enthusiasts, spectators, and walkers alike banded together in support of Brighter Dawns's mission to provide the slums of Bangladesh with easy access to clean water, proper sanitation and education. Between t-shirt sales, registration, donations and sponsorships, Brighter Dawns raised over $1,000 for their cause. Participants ran, jogged, or walked for thirst, and for life in the slums of Bangladesh.
Looking back now I realize that the 5K for Brighter Dawns was a learning experience for us all. I never knew the behind-the-scenes logistics of helping organize a new campus event, with the aims of fundraising money for a nonprofit, but working with the rest of the team I quickly learned the importance of flexibility, planning ahead of time, and allowing open discussion between both the Middletown and Wesleyan communities.
Overall the 5K was a great success and I would like to take a moment to thank President Roth, Middletown Mayor Giuliano, the Middletown police, Wesleyan Public Safety, the Student Activities and Leadership Development Office, the Interfaith Justice League and the Student Budget Committee for funding, Home Team Supply for discounted awards, the Middletown Eye and the Class Deans for community outreach, student volunteers and most importantly our passionate participants.
Be sure to invite your friends, family, coworkers and neighbors to our 5K for Brighter Dawns next year. Join us next year to run, jog, walk, or even gallop for thirst, and for life in the slums of Bangladesh. A small donation goes a long way to provide those less fortunate the opportunity to thrive. The individual can truly make a difference.


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Who couldn't use a good luck charm? Especially one this precious! This 18" necklace has been crafted in 14K yellow gold and features 11 lusterous 2mm seed cultured pearls and 10 shimmering diamonds for a total weight of .08ct.... *Prices are subject to change based on fluctuations in metal prices and currencies
Cultured Pearls are one of the most intriguing, stunning and beloved gems in the world. Imperial cultured pearls are fashioned into jewelry using a wide variety of pearl types. With Akoya pearls, Tahitian pearls, South Sea pearls, freshwater pearls, and Keshi pearls, you can clearly see what makes this collection Imperial.
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