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Litebook May Relieve SAD
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Misc. Tech, Science,
If you live in an area with long winters and tend to hibernate, or if you spend most of your time in the basement with your 'puter, you might suffer from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). Symptoms include depression, low energy, irritabilty, carb cravings (!), low concentration ability, insomnia, even social withdrawal and reduced libido.
The Litebook may be the answer to your problem. It uses bright light therapy which involves regular (usually daily) exposure to an artificial light source at an accepted therapeutic intensity (> 2,500 lux). Exposure duration and distance from the source are set within certain limits.
- Size: 6" x 5" x 1" (15cm x 12.5cm x 2.5cm)
- Weight: 8oz. (225g)
- Impact-resistant ABS plastic injection-molded case
- Operates on AC (110-240v) and DC power with optional Adapter
- Low power consumption
- No UV Radiation
- UL certified
- Power adapter cord length 6' (180cm)
The Litebook will become available this October at a MSRP of £199.00 (~$375.00). A battery recharger is also available for £235.00 (~$442.00). Occasional mild side-effects may occur, including headaches, a 'stinging' sensation in the eyes, and nausea, but we think that beats a 20-bags-of-Cheetos-a-day habit.
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HydraCoach Interactive Water Bottle
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smart Home, Misc. Tech, Science,
"The HydraCoach Thinks While You Drink." Such is the claim of Sportline, the makers of the HydraCoach "interactive" water bottle. It tracks your fluid consumption and calculates your "personal hydration needs." We didn't even know we possessed such needs. We just assume that when we get thirsty, we drink water.
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- Paces an individual to ensure hydration goals are met.
- Monitors and motivates an individual to stay properly hydrated.
"With the launch of the world's first 'intelligent' water bottle, we intend to revolutionize the water bottle and hydration industry," said Brian Anderson, president of Sportline. "The benefits of proper hydration are sought after by athletes, fitness and outdoor enthusiasts, people trying to lose weight, the elderly, individuals on medication, and everyone who is generally health conscious."
The HydraCoach goes on sale in December with a MSRP of $29.99. That's big bucks for a bottle of water. We are thinking of substituting tequila to see how it calculates those personal hydration needs.
Read More | Hydracoach Product Page
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Winebot, Pass The Wine and Cheese
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smart Home, Misc. Tech, Science, Toys,
NEC and Mie University have teamed up in Japan to create the 2-foot Winebot, a cute little bugger that can not only discern good wine from bad, it can also name the brand and suggest a cheese.
"There are all kinds of robots out there doing many different things," said Hideo Shimazu, director of the NEC System Technology Research Laboratory and a joint-leader of the robot project. "But we decided to focus on wine because that seemed like a real challenge."
Speaking in an underage voice, the robot names the brand and adds a comment to its taste. It can also be programmed to recognize wine that its owner prefers. Because of its ability to analyze the chemical composition of wine or food placed next to it, it could caution its owner about such health-related factors as fat or salt content.
Winebot doesn't come cheap. "Buying one of these would cost about as much as a new car," Shimazu said. "We'd like to bring that down to 100,000 yen ($1,000) or less for the tasting sensor if we were to put it on the market."
We figure that if you can afford the wine and cheese, you can afford the Winebot.
Read More | USA Today
Gallery: Winebot, Pass The Wine and Cheese
Bleeding Edge Byte 027: The Time Fountain, Behind The Scenes
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, Mods / Hacks, Science, Videocasts,
Unless you dropped off the face of the earth a few weeks ago, you probably ran across our own Nate True's Time Fountain. In case you missed it, do a quick search and you will find it all over the Internet. We decided to take a closer look at what makes the Time Fountain tick. If you were amazed by the original video, consider this your "behind the scenes" look, explaining how the DIY project works.
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BOSS: Robot Shopping Cart That Returns Itself
Posted by Brian Viele Categories: Design, Mods / Hacks, Science, Transportation,
Cart filled parking lots may soon be a sight of the past. A new smart cart created by a college student with all sorts of gadgets called "B.O.S.S" - which stands for "Battery Operated Smart Servant" - actually follows the shopper around the store, avoids obstacles, and most importantly, it can be made to return itself! While that sounds cool and all, we will certainly miss the days of the teenage part-timer running around parking lots to collect stray carts in the rain.
Read More | CNN
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Folding@Home for Playstation 3
Posted by Brian Viele Categories: Science, Software, Video Games,
Remember SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Life) from college? Students on college campuses, and people from home, all across the country interconnected through the World Wide Web searched for alien life through the magic of distributed computing. Well, Folding@Home (FAH) is another distributed computing application, but for molecular simulation - specifically, protein folding - and it will be available for the Playstation 3. Using the potential of the Cell processor will allow for capabilities only possible before from supercomputers. Additionally, technologies in the new RSX graphics processor in the PS3 allow for real time graphical representation of the folding process.
Read More | Folding@Home at Stanford
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Bleeding Edge Byte 025: Melting Hard Drives With Thermite
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, Mods / Hacks, Science, Storage, Videocasts,
We know many people who are wary of discarding their old hard drives, especially after the drives have died without offering the option to reformat. We know people who have opened them up and scratched up the platters manually, and others who just have a drawer full a bunch of drives. At Gear Live's Seattle Mind Camp, Pablos of the Shmoo Group asked everyone to bring their old hard drives so that we could give them a proper burial. The result? An 8,000-degree hard drive meltdown, thanks to a little thermite.
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Japanese Scientists Working on Commuter-generated Electricity
Posted by Dave White Categories: Science, Transportation,
If only there were a way to harness the electricity of the people just walking down the street ...
Researchers in Japan are working on that one, and they might have hit on the answer. Specifically, it's scientists at the East Japan Railway Company, and they're testing the development of a ticket gate that would generate electricity from each person who walks through. That's potentially thousands or even tens of thousands of people each day, and even a small amount of electricity generated by each of these people would be enough to power the station for perhaps the entire day.
The technology involved is piezoelectricity, the same kind of energy used in quartz clocks and computers, which use frequency multipliers to reach the megahertz range. The scientists actually have a device in place, at the railway company's head office in Shibuya; and they are testing it for a week or so. The machine embedded in the gate generates a small amount of electricity each time someone walks through. Assuming that tests are successful and the company can justify the installation cost in eventual savings, piezo-powered gates will begin appearing in train stations sometime later this year.
Read More | Orgismo via TreeHugger
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ZScanner 700: Handheld Continuous 3D Hi-def Imager
Posted by Dave White Categories: Accessories, Design, Handhelds, Peripherals, Science,
Now this is a powerful device. The ZScanner 700 looks heavy-duty, and it certainly is. It will also take a toll on your finances.
The handheld unit can make a three-dimensional polygon mesh of anything in just a few minutes. The ZScanner 700 comes with a set of reflective markers, which you attach to your target. Hook up the scanner to your laptop and sit back and watch. Using lasers and dual cameras, the scanner will zip a scan of the object to your computer. Once you have the image, you can do everything you'd expect to be able to, including rotating, burning and dodging, reducing resolution, and all kinds of other fun tricks. It's all 3D, and it's one continuous scan.
Designed primarily for the medical community, ths ZScanner 700 would also fit well in the hands of a heavy-duty graphic designer.
You'll pay a pretty penny for this one, though. Pricing starts at $39,000 USD.
Read More | Zcorp via Medgadget
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Hybrid Scooter Powered by Hydrogen
Posted by Dave White Categories: Science, Transportation,
So we have hybrid cars now. Why not hybrid scooters? That's the question that a Dutch student asked and then answered himself in designing the Fhybrid, which runs ons an electric motor powered by a lithium ion battery that can get its juice from a tank of hydrogen. The student, Crijn Bouman of Delft University of Technology, actually has a prototype, which you can see him riding in the photo at right.
The scooter is front-wheel drive, so that when you brake, the machine can take that energy and plug it back into the battery. The current distance capability is 124 miles. That's a lot of trips back and forth to the market.
Oh, yes, Bouman's top speed is 40 mph.
As of now, the scooter is just a prototype, wich a simulated fuel cell to recharge the battery. Hydrogen production is still costly to depend on as a viable fuel source. But a guy can dream, can't he?
Read More | LiveScience
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We are a software development company which develops software testing tools. We specialize in testing automation tools and our customers are mostly large enterprises.
- Modern, clean, fresh and dynamic company logo.- It should be technology driven with a strong corporate focus symbolizing our ability to automate software testing and quality assurance processes for other software companies.- We would like to see a screen and a printable version through different backgrounds as well as a black and white style.- The logo should be high-res in .PSD or .CDR format.- We also need 16x16, 32x32, 48x48, 64x64, 128x128 pixel sized versions to use as an icon for our application. Smaller versions are not required to be exact match of large version, but must be recognizable.Some layouts we like:
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Hillenmeyer: Something wrong with the way we teach, practice and play this game
In the current internet Chicago Tribune, there is a brief article quoting former Bear's lineback Hunter Hillenmeyer.
Link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/chi-hillenmeyer-rash-of-suicides-an-indictment-of-nfl-20120502,0,7928806.story
This is in response to the tragic news of Junior Seau's suicide this afternoon.
Obviously, this is all over the internet, and there is another post regarding Seau a scant six below this. However, in light of the debate over the future of college football, and the increasingly alarming news about concussions, I thought this link was worth posting this for the money quote:
At what point do enough tragic isolated outcomes show there is something systematically wrong with the way we teach, practice and play this game.
None of us know what the future holds, but change is coming. Hillenmeyer himself was cut by the Bears a year ago after his career was ended by concussions. The suicides, the cumulative head trauma, the violence, the Saints take out pay outs, the lack of compensation (beyond scholarships) for high BCS teams, are all swirling together, and the critical mass for radical change appears to be on the horizon.
I watch this closely, because my son is still playing ball, and I don't want to see him hurt in a way that permanently incapacitates him. Do I want anyone permanently injured as a side affect of my own viewing enjoyment?


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For nearly an entire Rekonstruktion, the Britannian Empire has held the surface of the planet Refuge while the last remnant of the T.L.A. sheltered in a maze of underground caverns. But the balance of power has been slowly shifting. The T.L.A. has acquired powerful weapons and allies, but the Britannians have finally discovered the location of their last redoubt. One way or another, the battle for Refuge ends today...
Captain Harris: "Vice Admiral, our forces have assembled outside the cavern entrance. Do you wish to shuttle down before we begin the assault?"
Admiral Blackdog: "I'm afraid I won't be able to lead our ground forces personally this time, Captain. You will need to take command on the surface while I remain here."
Harris: "With all due respect, Admiral... I can't say I understand. I would never accuse you of cowardice, but it's not like you to lead troops from orbit."
Blackdog: "There is a reason for my decision. Do you remember the loss of the Tudor last year?"
Harris: "Certainly. They ran out of biscuits and there was a riot onboard. Bloody awful fate if you ask me."
Blackdog: "That was the official explanation, but I have my own suspicions. Some of the T.L.A. fleet escaped from us when we launched our attack on this system. I suspect they are still out there, waiting for a signal from the ground. When we launch our attack, they will appear and attempt to divert our fleet from providing support. I will need to be somewhere where I can observe both battles."
Harris: "Jolly good. I'll be off to join the ground forces now."
Blackdog: "Excellent. Good luck, Captain... with you in command, I suspect that Refuge will be in the queen's hands by tomorrow."
Meanwhile in the Bley House, T.L.A. President Bob the Unbuilder is locked in a budget negotiation with opposition leader Jon Boner.
Bob The Unbuilder: "Frankly, Mr. b... aheh... heh..."
Bob: "...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-"
Jon: "WHAT?"
Bob: "...aheh...Boner."
Jon: "Yeah, not like that's gonna get old or anything..."
Bob: "As I was saying, attaching a Fiscal Heat Death rider to the bill to avoid the Fiscal Event Horizon was YOUR shitty idea, not mine. So you better give me an actual plan to insult, or I'll..."
Jon: "You'll what? Wrench me to death?"
Bob: "God dammit."
Jon: "Frankly, Mr. President, the way you've been spending the country into the Fiscal Heat Death borders on treasonous. One might almost wonder if you were an agent of the-"
Bob: "I wouldn't go there if I were you. Or did you forget what happened to everyone else who tried to spread that rumor?"
Jon: "Yes, but you don't have your chainsaws with you today. I must say, being able to have an open discussion about our country's problems is quite a change of pace."
Bob: "Our problem isn't the Goddamn Fiscal Heat Death, just like it wasn't the Fiscal Event Horizon or the Fiscal Apocalypse or the Fiscal Precipice before that. Our problem is the army of Britannians converging on the last remnant of our civilization, and I will do everything I can to stop them. And the only reason you don't have a running chainsaw for a colon right now is because every production center we still control is busy making weapons for all the new volunteers who've joined the military to fight them off... unlike you."
Jon: "Whatever you say. But I suspect you are not as violent as you appear, Mr. President-"
Soldier: "Mr. President, the Britannians have reached the cave entrance! We're preparing our counterattack now."
Bob: "If you'll excuse me, Speaker, I need to go defend my country. If you've got the balls to join our troops on the surface, you'll see just how violent I am."
Shortly afterwards...
Bob: "Get everyone ready, we've only got a few more minutes. And I still need to check on... ah, here we are."
Bob: "Are you ready for action, clone? That plan of yours had better work."
Cloned DeadlySpaceMan: "You may call me Chrome. And yes, I am ready to execute the plan."
Chrome: "The ship is not built to the same standards of craftsmanship as a Deadly SpaceMan vessel, but it will serve my purposes well enough."
Bob: "And your troops?"
Chrome: "Likewise. They will be adequate for the mission I have planned."
Jump Commando Sergeant: "We're right here, you know."
Bob: "Excellent. You'll launch along with our first wave."
Chrome: "Do not dictate my strategy to me. You should be more concerned for your own safety, given your lack of weapons."
Bob: "Dammit, he's right though. The only thing harder than intimidating your political opponents with a wrench is taking over a Britannian Landship with a wrench."
Captain Maximillian Emil-Mannerheim Von Klaus and His Mustache: "I believe I can help with zat."
Bob: "Von Klaus! How've you been?"
Klaus: "Quite vell. I bring a gift from ze Kaiser himself, to our loyal ally."
Klaus: "Ze Chain of Command, useful against both vun's political opponents und his enemies on ze battlefield. Made from ze cudgel of Hammerman himself!"
Bob: "Goddamn this is amazing. Convey my thanks to the Kaiser. By the way, how is our new ambassador settling in?"
Klaus: "Mr. President, no ambassador from your country has arrived on any of our vorlds."
Bob: "Really? He must be late. I'll have to look into it once we win this battle."
Klaus: "Ja, good luck to you. Auf Wiedershein!"
Bob: "Damn, this is a good day."
Director of Homeland Security: "Sir, an envoy from the Britannians has just arrived. Should I admit him?"
Bob: "Go ahead."
Bob: "All right, what do you want? And make it quick."
Envoy: "This is an impressive display of military power, Mr. President. But it cannot stand against the might of our empire. If you were to surrender to us, we would accept you as allies and-"
Bob: "Boring."
Bob: "..."
Secretary of Offense: "Mr. President?"
Bob: "... FUCK yes."
Secretary of Defense: "Sir, if you do not intend to surrender, we need to deploy our troops in a few minutes -"
Bob: "That gives us some time. Find a platform, I need to speak to our troops."
Bob: "I know that all of us are sick and tired of hiding beneath the ground. But In less than ten minutes, we will march back out onto the surface and we will take it back! Our army is stronger than it has ever been since the Exodus. Our Motherships have been rebuilding the fleet, and they will keep the enemy vessels occupied while we defeat the Britannian ground forces."
"The Kaiser of Bavaria himself sent me this hammer. We have allies beyond the edge of the system, nations that will come to our aid, if we can just break through the blockade around our planet. And mark my words -- we will. We will not hide ourselves beneath the surface, or even within a single system. The T.L.A. once ruled the stars, and once we win this battle we will reclaim them!"
Bob: "The Britannians had the gall to send an envoy and ask us to surrender. He didn't think we had the might to face them head on. But I did to him what we're about to do to the rest of them. And if any of them, or any of you, doubt our ability to kick their asses all the way out of our system, out of the Galaxy itself, and take back what's ours, I have only one thing to say-"
Stay tuned for Liberation Day Part II: The Battle of Beige Fields, coming soon on the Reports from the Field forum!


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The Greek Parthenon and Your Career
One of the most important lessons for our lives and careers comes from the Parthenon in Greece. The Parthenon has been standing in the same location for almost 2,500 years and is considered one of the world's great cultural monuments. It is largely...Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 4 Comments
The Peter Principle and Being Ready for More Responsibility
The most important thing you can do in your work and in your career is to do what you know. It's fine to try new things. However, when you try new things, you need to be very careful that you remain focused on the things that you know and understand....Filed under Featured, Getting Ahead, Life Lessons 4 Comments
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Too many people approach their job searches from the perspective of their own needs. They need a job, they need to make more money, they need flexible working hours and benefits. This is not the way to get a job. In fact, this "me-too" method of job seeking is unlikely to get you anywhere.
In this article Harrison discusses the importance of using association websites in your job search. One of the best places to track down jobs which (1) few people know about and (2) you stand good odds of getting an interview if you apply, is association websites. Associations are not experts in advertising themselves, and so the jobs on their websites are far less likely to be found by people looking for jobs online. The people you are competing with in the job market generally are not researching association websites for job opportunities and leads. Employers typically like posting jobs on association sites because applicants from association sites tend to be serious about their profession. If you are in the job market, using association sites for research is highly recommended.
Your résumé is an extremely important document. There are entire books written about how to craft them. I have written at least one myself. There are scores of résumé consultants, companies, and others that will work on your résumé for a fee. Hiring one of these services can be useful and can improve your résumé. Nevertheless, most résumés can improve dramatically by following the below advice.
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Whenever you attend an interview, remember that you are there because your prospective employer has already made an investment in calling you in. and really wants to hire you. Most people enter interview with negative preconceptions about their employers' opinions and their own prospects, and ultimately bring about their own failures. Bringing such thoughts into an interview projects negative vibes, and signals a lack of enthusiasm and confidence to your employer. Always keep a positive outlook when walking into an interview.
When many people lose their jobs, they find it difficult to find a position as good as the one they lost and blow it in terms of reestablishing their careers. Take time to look for opportunities, as valuable information and material is available all around you. Use ingenuity, and you will find these opportunities opening up to you, and you will prosper.
You cannot achieve anything in life by just thinking about it; you must get out there and consistently do work that brings you closer to your goals. There are no short-cuts, so you will need long-term discipline to realize and measure of success. The most important thing you can do for your success is to have and apply long-term discipline to your life and work.
The truth is you can become almost any sort of person and achieve just about whatever you want to achieve if you have faith and take the action need to get there. You can only get there, though, when you give it your all.
In this article Harrison explains how you can do better in your career by selling. The most successful people are absolute masters at sales. Selling is among the most important career skills you can have. When you know how to sell something you can do exceptionally well wherever you go. Knowing how to sell something is a key to survival, advancement, fame, and fortune. Everything we do is about making a sale. Selling yourself is about showing others the value you can bring them. So package yourself to the best of your ability, always be at your best and sell yourself. Develop your sales skills and do not be afraid to sell anything. Whatever your goal in life, becoming an effective salesman will help you achieve it.
In this article Harrison explains the need to accept yourself the way you are. Harrison believes that most of us are not confident that we are good enough, or capable enough. Because of this hole within ourselves, we allow others to help us when we do not need help, fail to consistently feel content with our lives and accomplishments, and neglect to feel satisfied with who we are. We always feel a sense of lack. The most important thing you can ever do for yourself is overcome this sense of lack. Believe in yourself and your worth: you can accomplish all those things about which others would have you believe differently.
In this article, Harrison explains how you should make the greatest of efforts to detach yourself from negative thoughts. You need to see the world and the people in it as happy, prosperous, and good. Like attracts like and you gain the power to become happy, prosperous, and good yourself. Harrison believes that the simplest way to evade negativity is to allow it to flow through you and go elsewhere. Consciously or unconsciously, you should not acknowledge the negativity. This is most probably the strongest possible reaction you can have and this could take you a long way in being successful. The ability to keep your mind focused on the positive will have far-reaching implications for your career and your life.
Everyone has a distinct nature and view of the world; you must understand yours, and choose a lifestyle and work that matches your outlook. Jobs and coworkers who do not match your nature, acting outside of your nature, or trying to be something that you are not will only leave you unhappy. Your nature will likely never change regardless of outside conditioning, so you will achieve your greatest success in a job that you love.
Sympathy destroys morale, and those who can walk away from sympathy often have better careers and make better use of their skills. Good organization is the most effective means of upholding high morale and productivity. Well-organized groups and companies are much harder for people to undermine, and their strength is directly linked to their organization.
Advance your career by concentrating your efforts, and seeking work and people with whom you feel you could grow and establish roots. Devote your time and effort to pursuits that complement your strengths, and where you can add the most possible value. One of the most important actions you can take in your job search is to concentrate your assets where they can add the greatest value, and do not distract yourself with incompatible work and people.
In this article Harrison discusses the importance of encouragement. If you look at most successful people, somewhere in their background there is someone cheering for them and believing in what they can accomplish. When people take the time to encourage and believe in us, they are giving us one of the greatest gifts we can receive. When we believe in people and what they are capable of accomplishing, it can change their lives. Consequently, these people rise to a higher level of achievement than what they might have experienced without our involvement. We become a voice in the background, whispering words of encouragement into their ears. Make others better off in the world by virtue of having met you, and having related to you. Your goal should be to make the world a better place, and it all starts with making sure you encourage others.
You must hone your ability to block out external stimuli and focus solely on the work you provide for your employer, not what you can take from the company. High focus leads to high productivity, which in turn leads to high value. Attaining such a high degree of focus will make you much in demand in the business world and in society at large. Productivity should be measures either by you, or by your employer, and the most successful companies are usually those who prioritize keeping track of their employees' productivity.
Many people have a single weakness that they have failed to address, which holds them back in their careers and leads to job hopping. Job hopping indicates that something is wrong with a person's attitudes and outlook rather than with their employers. Identify and fix the things that are holding you back rather than leaving your position when you should not, and much more success and happiness will come to you.
If you are unemployed, or need a new job, there are many strategies you can use to get a new position. However, nothing is more important or can be more drastically effective than having a strong mentor on your side. Anything I could tell you about interviewing, cover letters, resumes, or tracking down jobs would pale in comparison to what a good mentor can do for you. Having a good mentor is hugely important.
If you are good at one thing, then you need to make sure you develop a diversity of skills in case demand for your primary skill goes away. You need to shape yourself and your career to withstand all kinds of economic and other climates. Like the Greek Parthenon, you must have a strong foundation and project strength, supporting yourself with multiple pillars.
If you really want the job you are going after, you need to get your prospective employer's attention. The most important thing for you to do is ensure that said employer sees your resume; following up with a phone call is also an effective strategy. While many employers consider a phone call an annoyance, it does help ensure that your resume gets viewed. Set yourself forth as a safe choice for the company.
You must maintain a state of constant motion; when you stop moving and being productive, bad things happen to you. Things die when they stop moving, which is why you should never give up under any circumstances. When people stop moving, they make all further progress difficult. Avoid gaps in your employment, as you will be seen as out of touch and less employable; instead, you need to stay continually moving and never slow down.
Many people instinctively recoil when faced with things outside of their control; recognizing and combating this instinct will transform you from a loser into a leader. Focus on one area of your life at a time; by gaining control over the most problematic areas of your life, you will empower yourself to further control other areas. Whatever aspect of your life with which you choose to begin, the important thing is that you do so; inaction will get you nowhere.
You must always keep three factors in mind in your job search: first, know who you are marketing yourself to; second, understand what it is you are marketing; third, understand how you are marketing yourself. In short, you must package yourself towards the correct people in the correct places in order to succeed in your job search, and understand how your specific market works. Putting yourself in the right market will bring you success.
Consistency and commitment trump brilliance and talent; the most successful people are those who put massive long-term effort into their careers. Only certain people are born with innate talent or brilliance, but consistent effort lies within the reach of anyone and is ultimately a much greater factor in success. Anything to which you apply consistent focus will show progress.
Develop the art of resisting those things that give you instant gratification. While attractive, these things are usually short-lived and ultimately lead to failure and disappointment. You must develop tremendous strength and willpower to resist these things; this resistance capability distinguishes true leaders.
Most of us carry many personal problems around with us in life; by not confronting them, however, we only make ourselves even more miserable. Problems build up as you ignore them, growing until they ultimately control your life; everything changes when you come to face your problems and take back control over your affairs. The sooner you confront your pain and work through it, the faster your will experience a breakthrough and transform your life.
You must think of yourself as a product, something of value for which people are willing to pay. Your career will thrive in direct proportion to the perceived value of the product you are offering, so you must present yourself as something that the world wants and is willing to pay for. Pick something, and focus on doing it to the best of your ability. The quality of your product will determine the quality of your life.
Winning in Your Job Search and Life Means Going Forward No Matter What Criticism You Think You May Receive
In this article Harrison discusses how fear of criticism prevents people from living up to their full potential. Harrison believes that the biggest achievers in our world are the people who are not afraid to act and are not afraid of criticism. The skill of finding a job is dependent upon not caring what other people are saying or will say. The less you fear criticism, the better job you will get. You need to lead and not follow. People who follow the rules and spend their time wondering what others will think rarely achieve very much. The winners in this world are the ones who are acting despite what others may say, or are saying. The losers are the ones who are paralyzed with fear and afraid to take action because of what others may say.
When myriad candidates are applying to limited positions, practicing unusual tactics in your job hunt will prove far more helpful than following the established routine and waiting for positions to come to you. Much like in military strategy, well-planned and unconventional moves can help you conquer your goals without suffering significant losses. You can land an excellent position by focusing on companies' needs, rather than depending on job and recruiting advertisements.
In this article Harrison discusses the importance of educating yourself constantly. You need to take advantage of every opportunity to learn that ever presents itself to you. Knowledge can empower you to become better, faster, and stronger in everything you do People want to hire and do business with people who are knowledgeable about what they are doing and are continuously studying it. Education needs to be a process of continually educating yourself, continually growing, and continually improving. The more you are constantly pushing yourself, the more you will grow. This can change your career and life forever. The more you learn, the more profound your ultimate experience will be and the greater the career and life you experience will be.
When you are successful, many around you will envy your success rather than being happy for you. The ability to deal with criticism, therefore, is crucial to your success. Most people recoil in the face of criticism, or remain inert for fear of attracting criticism; you must learn to avoid such inaction and fear in order to achieve your full potential.
The ability to fit into your work environment is among the most important parts of obtaining and retaining a job, even more so than your skill level. Fitting in means nothing more than being comfortable in one's work environment, and making others similarly comfortable. Employers want to hire people who will embrace their approach to business and the world on physical and moral levels, so you must strive to fit in with their worldview.
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15.1 Overview
15.1.1 What does cGMP mean?
15.1.2 Why GMP? Controlling processes means more predictable outcomes…
15.1.3 Enforcement
15.1.4 What can be learned from the semi-conductor industry clean-room and manufacturing?
15.1.5 What doesn't fit this paradigm?
15.2 cGMP-level manufacturing
15.2.1 Predictable methods lead to predictable products
15.2.2 The CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) sections on GMPs
15.2.3 What is covered under cGMP?
15.3 Bionanomanufacturing
15.3.1 So what is special about biomanufacturing?
15.3.2 Nano-clean water necessary for nano-pharmaceuticals
15.3.3 Contaminants at the nano-level
15.3.4 Can you scale up the process?
15.4 Some quality control issues – how to test
15.4.1 Correctness of size – size matters!
15.4.2 Composition – atomic level analyses
15.4.3 Monodispersity versus agglomeration
15.4.4 Order and correctness of layers2
15.4.5 Correctness of zeta potentials
15.4.6 Does the nanomedical system contain the correct payload?
15.4.7 Targeting (and mis-targeting) specificity and sensitivity
- CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) sections on GMPs. *Go into the "Browse Parts" column and select Parts 200-299. The GMP sections are 210 and 211.
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Thunderbird wrote:pehawk wrote:I know some will want to keep Flynn, but I think he gets traded. It makes to much cap sense, and it also goes along with this FO doing "right" by their players.
Flynn wants to start, and I think the Seahawks FO will do whatever they can, within reason, to facilitate Flynn's preference. I'm a proud Seahawks fan for a lot of reasons, but I was really proud of how the FO treated Tavaris last preseason. He was traded instead of being released outright; to give him some dignity (maybe there's a better word choice there) on the way out. Tjax EARNED that type of exit...he's one classy and tough SOB.
With all that, who would YOU want the Seahawks to bring in to back up Wilson? To keep this hypothetical within reasonable boundaries lets restrict it to 1 vet FA and 1 late round draft pick. Here's a list of FA's;
Brian Hoyer – ARI
Luke McCown – ATL
Joe Flacco – BAL
Tarvaris Jackson – BUF
Tyler Thigpen – BUF
Derek Anderson – CAR
Jason Campbell – CHI
Josh McCown – CHI
Bruce Gradkowski – CIN
Drew Stanton – IND
Brady Quinn – KC
Pat Devlin – MIA – (Ex)
Matt Moore – MIA
Chase Daniel – NO
David Carr – NYG
Matt Leinart – OAK
Charlie Batch – PIT
Byron Leftwich – PIT
Kellen Clemens – STL
Rex Grossman – WAS
Vince Young – FA
Sage Rosenfels – FA
Seneca Wallace – FA
Donovan McNabb – FA
A.J. Feeley – FA
Troy Smith – FA
Chris Redman – FA
John Beck – FA
Stephen McGee – FA
Jordan Palmer – FA
J.P. Loseman – FA
Of those, I'd LOVE Chase Daniels – but it would be a lateral move for him. So, as much as he's ripped here, I'd prefer Tjack.
For the developmental QB, I'd REALLY prefer Denard Robinson just to be a nice toy. But, there's no way I'd trust him to play a game or two at the position. So, I'm going to go Colin Klein or….crybaby's brother Jordan Rogers. Picking Rogers on a gut hunch. So my QB depth chart would be;
After giving this some thought I am going to say that I would not one player on this list. I have not read the whole thread yet (maybe this has been suggested already).
We trade up and sacrifice some picks--on top of money--to get the most elite replacements that we can find for some aging, but elite players. The one to two years they have to acclimate to this team should be perfect. I am thinking about a replacement for Marshawn in a couple years. Or--even better--maybe some new big guys (on both sides) like Star Lotulelei (DT) or Chance Warmack (OG). Those lads would be awesome...the only question is who needs someone like Flynn, some cash and maybe some later draft picks?
The Jags
The Chiefs
The Jets
The Cards (Bad trade because Flynn knows where the bodies are buried--IOW, he knows our DNA)
The Bills?
Who knows? We have a shit load of bargaining power right now. I cannot remember a time when the Hawks held such beautiful, high-ground. Every room that Pete and John walk into this off-season, they immediately hold the advantage and can run the table. They are in a place to build the perfect and young beast, that will last for years to come.
I have the flu right now, so I maybe speaking another language, but getting this off my chest seems to be making me feel a little better. Well, this, NyQuil, my lady and this stuff I just picked up called Northern Lights.
We need monster, rock-stars. Let us go get them.
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Do you get the feeling that LeAnn Rimes gets off on reminding the world that her relationship with Eddie Cibrian started with an affair that destroyed two marriages? I swear, whenever she's not stirring up shit with Eddie's ex Brandi Glanville, she's talking about how she has no regrets for cheating even though it was, like, SOOOO hard because they totally didn't want to stop having sex while they were married to other people. Or as LeAnn puts it: "…we couldn't stop connecting in some way. And it was the hardest thing I've ever been through in my life").
Well, she's still talking about it. Or more specifically, she's singing about it, and she recently went on Jay Leno to talk about the lyrics she uses in the song. Which is called "Borrowed." And no, it's not about borrowing a cup of sugar from her neighbor, unless her neighbor was Brandi Glanville and the sugar was Eddie Cibrian's penis.
According to what she told Jay Leno on The Tonight Show, the song looks into "the darker moments" of her life. See, it was just so incredibly difficult to be screwing a man who was the husband of another woman and the father of young children. She knows you'll understand, because you've totally been there, right?
A lot of people who have been in that situation can relate to that...it kills me to give that up. It's a very intimate look into a very rough moment of my life.
Let's review some of the lyrics for this song which she admits is about what she delicately refers to as "the situation," shall we?
I know you're not mine, only borrowed
Cause you already belong to her, at least you said so
But I'm starting to believe it ain't the whole truth
As we're lying side by side, I get the whole you
Do you tell her that you love her?
Like you do me?
Do you make love to her,
The way you make love to me?
Well I keep myself alone in case you call tonight
Its pathetic how I lie around
And wait all the damn time
It's a short high and long low,
Every time you have to go
Cause I don't want to give you back
I don't want to give you back
You're the best I'll never have
So I don't want to give you back
But you're borrowed
Boy, that just warms the cockles of my heart. Romance IS alive, you guys! I bet this is amazingly wonderful for her own ex-husband to hear, too. Hey, guess what, Dean Sheremet? Your wife was lying around waiting for another man to give her the "whole him," if you know what I mean and I think you do. *makes lewd finger-going-into-closed-fist-gesture* And guess what, Brandi Glanville! Your husband was telling another woman he loved her, maybe right around the time you were chasing a toddler and picking up a six-year-old from kindergarten!
Oh, but I'm sure they'll be fine with this lovely ode to LeAnn's star-crossed love which is surely totally sincere and not at all another public attempt to hurt Glanville and gain a little more publicity in the process. After all, "a lot of people can relate," right?
Does this song gross you out as much as it does me? Because BARF.
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The Beginning
In 1875, Peter Merz, a Chicago pharmacist, opened Merz Apothecary on the city's North Side. In a way, it was not much different than the other corner drugstores which existed in every American neighborhood and town at the time. It was a place to fill prescriptions and, more importantly, it was a source of information and remedies for common ailments. The pharmacists were consulted like family doctors and they would hand mix formulas for each customer's specific conditions and problems.
However, there was a major difference between Merz Apothecary and a typical drugstore. The clientele at his shop consisted mainly of European immigrants from the surrounding neighborhood. For that reason, and because Merz was of Swiss descent, he decided to call the store an "Apothecary" in the European tradition. Like his overseas counterparts, he focused heavily on herbal medicines and traditional formulas, which were already popular and familiar to his international customers.
Although Merz Apothecary was a humble store, it served as a gathering place for the community. Comfortable leather chairs allowed patrons to sit and chat as they waited for their prescriptions to be filled or their remedies to be prepared. Merz and his pharmacists spoke many languages allowing customers to shop and seek advice in their native tongues. It wasn't long before the store's reputation spread.
Over the next 85 years the business continued to grow and the store was passed on; first, to Merz's son, Lee, and later to Lee's sons, Ralph, Melvin, and Earl. The store retained its international focus and developed a loyal following among Europeans throughout the Midwest.
In the early 1960s, corner drugstores throughout the United States began to die off. Low margins on prescriptions and competition from large chain drugstores drove independent pharmacies out of business. The American pharmacist was quickly reduced from a trusted source of health advice to a mere pill-counter. But such was not the case at Merz Apothecary. Its loyal customer base and traditional herbal approach to health allowed it to thrive during this difficult period. As the majority of the country sought salvation through prescription drugs, Merz Apothecary maintained its unique balance between modern (allopathic) medicine and traditional remedies. Its customers continued to seek out the advice of its experienced pharmacists and requested their hand-mixed formulas from the vintage Apothecary bottles which lined the shelves.
Despite the success of the business, in 1972 Ralph Merz was ready to retire without a successor. The store, which had been in the family for three generations, was about to close permanently. One month before the scheduled closing, a 26-year-old Indian-born pharmacist named Abdul Qaiyum walked into Merz Apothecary after hearing about it from his German in-laws. He immediately fell in love with the store. As a recent pharmacy school graduate, Qaiyum had quickly become disenchanted with his job at a large drugstore chain and was ready to leave the field altogether. But Merz Apothecary, with its focus on traditional natural remedies, reminded him of his family's business and the healing traditions in his homeland. He purchased it a few days later.
The Transformation
Over the next few years the extinction of the independent pharmacy continued, yet Qaiyum managed to expand Merz Apothecary's business dramatically, developing a significant mail order business across the country. He also noticed that more and more American customers were seeking out the store because they needed a quality source of natural products and information. So in 1982, he moved Merz Apothecary to its current, larger location, only a few miles from the original one. The new store was custom-built to replicate a turn-of-the-century European Apothecary, complete with a hand-carved wooden exterior, leaded glass windows, parquet floors, tin ceilings, and solid oak cabinets. The store's original antique pharmacy jars and herb containers (which were still in use) now had a fitting home.
The shift in the Apothecary's location was matched by an important shift in its wellness approach. With the move, Qaiyum expanded the store's inventory to include homeopathic medicines, vitamins, supplements, and other natural products. This expansion was part of the larger vision of health and wellness which he began to develop at the time. Qaiyum realized that true health involves feeling good mentally, physically, and emotionally. In order to meet those needs, he began offering natural skin care, bath, aromatherapy, and other personal care products from around the world. Promoting external and internal health along with physical and emotional well-being was unheard of at the time and the store's popularity grew enormously among Americans and international customers alike.
These days, Merz Apothecary is a Chicago landmark (tour buses from around the Midwest make regular stops at the Apothecary) and a mecca for people who want unique and natural products for their bodies. The store sends packages to customers around the world and has been featured often in local, national, and international media. Over the years the careful product selection has continued, and now the shop boasts, among its impressive product assortment, the largest collection of natural and luxury soaps from around the world under one roof.
Despite the growth and attention, the store has not lost its focus on the original Apothecary concept. The staff hails from around the world and collectively speaks more than ten languages. Although international customers no longer make up the majority of the Apothecary clientele, their numbers continue to grow and now draw from all around the world. Customers seek out the well-trained staff for the 140 years of health and product knowledge it has inherited. The location and people have changed over the years, but the Apothecary's goal has remained the same: providing superior and personal service for each customer's total well-being.
The Internet
It was out of this sense of history and mission that Qaiyum and his son, Anthony, founded Smallflower.com in 1998. They saw the opportunity to offer an expanded vision of health and personal care on the Internet.
Our challenge here at Smallflower is to meld the Old World approach and knowledge of Merz Apothecary with the New World technology of the Web, without losing the vision and character that make Merz Apothecary special. We're quite proud of the path we've taken so far. When you shop at Smallflower you can be confident that you're dealing with a staff that has intimate knowledge of the products and deals with in-the-flesh customers every day. We're listening to our customers, and that knowledge directly shapes the information and product selection on the site.
Q Brothers
Our business has grown a great deal since the launch of Smallflower.com. In 2003, the Qaiyums opened Merz Downtown to serve customers in Chicago's Loop and our catalog and phone business has continued to expand. In 2014, We proudly opened Q Brothers - The Men's Shop at Merz Apothecary. Adjoined to the flagship location in Lincoln Square, Q Brothers is home to the country's premier selection of men's shaving and grooming products. Over the years, we watched as the men's business exploded as men of all ages discovered the joy and pleasures of great grooming products and practices. The resurgence of wet shaving and the use of a safety razor and shave brush has proven to countless men that it is possible to get a shave that causes less irritation and razor bumps, uses more eco-friendly packaging, and is far more enjoyable.
The expansion also made room to grow a carefully curated collection of niche fragrances for men and women from around the world. Boasting fragrance lines found nowhere else in Chicago, Q Brothers continues the tradition of bringing our customers hard to find items from across the globe. We invite you to explore our collection in a comfortable and friendly boutique setting. Our knowledgeable staff is available to assist you in finding the perfect fragrance to make you smell and feel sublime.
Even as we have increased in size, we have worked hard to continue being a true family-run, neighborhood business. On most Saturdays you will still find Abdul behind the register greeting customers and giving advice. Michael Winter, long-time pharmacist and business partner, is a sought-after expert in the store each weekday. Anthony tries to squeeze in as much customer interaction while running between both stores and the warehouse, making sure that everything is running smoothly. And all that we do at Merz is possible only through the help of an amazing team of people in the store and behind the scenes that has built upon the tradition of service that Merz has crafted since 1875.
Our view is that your health is too important to take chances with. We believe that you're better off with a product selection that has been carefully honed over more than a century. We believe you'll be healthier if you use the finest products from around the world; products that promote external and internal health, and mental as well as physical well being. And finally, we are sure you'll be better served by a staff that has 140 years of accumulated experience and constant interaction with people in need of help. Our goal is still the same as it was on opening day in 1875: to provide the best service and products to help our customers lead happier, healthier lives. If that seems a bit grand, it's not. It's only what you deserve. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to serve you better.
If you're ever in Chicago, please stop by our stores and say hello!
Merz Apothecary & Q Brothers
4716 N Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
Open Monday - Saturday 9am to 6pm
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The Chicago Teachers Union has been attempting to negotiate a fair contract since last November. Teachers have been working without a contract since June 30. Should there be a strike, it is not simply about compensation, although the Board of Education has proposed combining wage and health care proposals, resulting in a net loss in salary. Although legally the union can only strike over compensation issues, this strike is very much a fight to defend a quality public education for every Chicago student. It is, as CTU President Karen Lewis has declared, a struggle "for the soul of public education."
In ten months of negotiation, the Board has refused to negotiate over core union issues that would create, as the union's hallmark study declared "The Schools that Chicago's Students Deserve." The Board refuses to negotiate over classroom size; over having a nurse and social worker in every school; over having a library in every school; and over funding neighborhood schools instead of its drive to privatize public education through creating scores of non-union charter schools where teachers and parents have no voice. This is a strike that teachers and advocates of workers' rights and supporters of public education across the nation are closely watching.
On the first day of the strike, thousands of teachers picketed outside their schools in the morning.
In the afternoon, over 10,000 teachers and allies marched in downtown Chicago, rallying at CPS, and then surrounding City Hall.
Arise Chicago staff and members have been supporting the Chicago Teachers Solidarity Campaign at strike headquarters, making banners, marching with teachers, and more. See how to get involved below.
What You Can Do to Support Teachers:
- Each day of the strike, you can join teachers on the picket lines at every school from 6:30 to 10:30am. Click here for list sorted by school or by zip code.
- Volunteer at the Chicago Teachers Union Strike Solidarity Center at Teamsters Auditorium at 300 S. Ashland to make signs and banners, organize donations, help with sign distribution, sign-up to leaflet materials, help with banner drops, etc. Call Luke for details: 616-745-5134 or just show up.
- Join teachers and supporters to rally and march every day. Check out CTU's Strike Central for daily action updates.
- Offer public prayers for and blessings of teachers in your house of worship and invite a teacher to speak.
- Pick up your CTU support signs at Teamsters Auditorium at 300 S. Ashland to put in your window or yard and distribute signs to coffee shops, work places, etc. For those driving by, pick-up on Van Buren, just west of Ashland, is possible without getting out of your car.
- Call Gus or Daisy at Primo's Pizza at (312) 243-1052, a locally owned and teacher-friendly restaurant to make a donation by credit card so teachers and supporters at the Solidarity Center can have pizza, pasta, and salads delivered to them. Consider pooling donations with others and making just one phone call. Please try not call during peak hours of 11:45 to 1:15. Donations have already been called in from around the country!
- Call Mayor Emanuel at 312-744-330 or CPS CEO Brizard at 773-553-1500 to tell them that CPS students deserve smaller class sizes, more libraries and computers, and that the teachers deserve a fair contract.
- Wear red every day, even if you are not able to join the marches.
- Sign up to get the latest news:
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChicagoTeachersSolidarity
- Twitter: @CTSCampaign or @AriseChicago
- Website: ctscampaign.weebly.com
- CTU Strike Central
- Questions? Email: ChicagoTeachersSolidarity@gmail. com
- Text message updates: text @ctsc2012 to 23559 to receive strike and picket updates


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Kirstebosch's popular Sunday concert series is back, and the line up is great as always. Plenty of artists to choose from depending on your music taste. The concerts started on the 25th of Nov, but they run all the way through until the 7th of April 2013.
My favourites are: Yoav & Tailor (30 December 2012), Toya deLazy (7 January), Goldfish (3 March 2013), Jeremy Loops (10 March 2013) and Shadowclub & Gangs of Ballet (24 March 2013), MiCasa & Natasha Meister (31 March).
It's pretty hard getting into the Christmas spirit here in Africa, where the weather resembles a postcard from somewhere Tropical rather than a Christmas card. The Carols By Candlelight concerts are always a great way to kickstart that Christmassy feeling in even the most Grinchy of people.
Dates & Times: Every Sunday from 25 November 2011 until 07 April 2012. 5.30pm – 7pm (Gates open at 4pm). Bad weather may cancel.
Cost: Ticket prices vary.
How to book tickets: Online bookings can be made at www.webtickets.co.za. Redeem your e-ticket at the Kirstenbosch Ticket Office. Over-the-counter tickets go on sale on the Tuesday preceding each concert, from the Visitor's Centre Ticket Office only. On Sunday tickets will be available at all three entrances. Telephone bookings (021 761 2866) can be made from the Tuesday before each concert, with an administration fee of R10 per ticket applicable.
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Most of the components of this cake are adapted from other recipes I've featured on my site before – the new element is the addition of the natural yoghurt in the buttercream. It adds a nice tang and helps to cut through the sweetness of the buttercream. I was very pleased also with the blueberry curd; I've yet to meet a fruit curd I didn't like (other than lemon, obviously!)
Adding some of the curd to the buttercream made it a wonderful colour whilst keeping it natural. Regular readers will know that I'm not mad on adding colour for the sake of it (I will occasionally do so but it has to be natural), but here the curd adds flavour too; it was a particularly fruity buttercream!
I state in the recipe to have some extra blueberries for decoration. I put some aside but then, barely ten minutes later, ate them having completely forgotten what they were saved for. Luckily I had some wafer daisies in the cupboard!
2 tablespoons water
140g caster sugar
2 eggs, beaten
35g unsalted butter
200g unsalted butter, at room temperature
200g caster sugar
4 eggs
200g self raising flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons milk
150g blueberries
400g icing sugar
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Lily Allen Reveals Miscarriage Nearly Killed Her, In Addition to Breaking Her Heart
Lily Allen is mother to two young daughters – Ethel, 2, and Marnie, 15 months. However, she had gotten pregnant by Ed Simons back in 2008 and miscarried. She got pregnant again in 2010 by now-husband Sam Cooper and also lost that baby, six months into her term. The singer has revealed that losing her unborn son at that time was so devastating that it nearly killed her.
Allen suffered a stillbirth and days later, she was rushed to hospital with septicemia, a bacterial infection. The condition almost killed her, but the sassy singer was so emotionally overwrought by the miscarriage that she was too numb to feel any pain from the physical condition.
Allen recalled the pain and laid her cards face up on the table regarding the loss, told the Sun (quotes via WENN), "It was horrendous and something I would not wish on my worst enemy. It's something that I still haven't dealt with. I never will get over it. I have dealt with it, you know, as being at one with it. But it's not something you get over. I held my child and it was really horrific and painful – one of the hardest things that can happen to a person."
Allen finished, "I was overwhelmed by what an incredibly unlucky thing it was to happen. But I had this man standing by my side, who I knew was going to be with me for the rest of my life. I nearly died. But I was numb and I didn't care. I'd just lost my baby and that is a reflection of how numb I was."
While Allen has not spoken much about her unborn son, he remains in her daily thoughts and she even has a memorial to him in her backyard. "We've got a little stone in our garden with his name on. And lots of different things that I do, rituals, I have him in my mind," she said.
How sweet and touching. We just welled up a little. Hearing the normally brash and outspoken diva say these things make us realize how deep the wound is/was for her heart of hearts.


text: Dearest DBUG (and beowulf list) persons, Announcing xmlsysd and its companion application, wulfstat. xmlsysd is a lightweight, throttleable daemon that runs either as a forking daemon or out of xinetd (the latter by default). When one connects to it it accepts a very simple command language that basically a) configures it to deliver certain kinds of /proc and systems-call-derived information, generally throttling it so it doesn't return anything you aren't interested in; and b) causes it to wrap up that information in an xml-formatted message and return it to the caller. Security is managed any of several ways -- by ipchains or iptables, using tcp wrappers, or using xinetd's internal ip-level security features (or using ssl or ssh tunnels, for the truly paranoid or those who want to monitor across a WAN). wulfstat is a companion client application that uses the xmlsysd's running on a collection of cluster nodes or LAN workstation hosts to gather information about the nodes or hosts and present it in a simple tty (e.g. xterm, konsole) accessible tabular form, updating the table every N seconds (default 5). Think of it as vmstat, procinfo, ifconfig, uptime, free, date, the upper part of the top command, and a bit more all rolled into a single application so that you can monitor whole connected sets of this information across an entire cluster with some reasonable granularity. Such a tool has obvious uses -- for cluster users, it allows them to monitor host load averages, look for idle resources, monitor memory usage, obtain information at a glance about remote cpu type and clock, cache size, monitor network loads, and even see what fraction of a cluster node's up time has been spent "doing work" instead of idle. Most of this is equally useful to systems administrators seeking to monitor LAN host activity -- crashing systems are often signalled by anomalous consumption of memory or a steady rise in cpu usage, for example. The toolset has now been in use for some time and has been reasonably stable for several weeks (in spite of my constant poking at it to add new features or fix tiny problems). I am therefore releasing it as version 0.1.0 BETA for wider testing, although at the moment it seems to be doing fine in production. It is expected that wulfstat is just the first of a number of monitoring applications that will be developed that use the daemon. The daemon, for example, can also be used to monitor tasks on remote nodes by username and/or taskname and/or run status, although the application that actually permits name and task lists to be managed on the user side and the returned results properly displayed has yet to be written. Full GUI and/or web applications should also be straightforward to build, although this time I learned my lesson and built the tty application FIRST (for xmlsysd's predecessor, procstatd I built a GUI application and have regretted it ever after). It is also expected that at least a few more features will be added to the daemon (it lacks e.g. lm-sensors support at this point, for example). The daemon >>should<< have just enough power to form the basis for a load balancing or job distribution system -- it can certainly efficiently provide realtime monitoring of many of the components upon which a queuing decision might be based, including load, memory and network utilization, non-root tasks running or waiting to run, and even CPU type, clock, and cache. It does not run as a privileged user, however, and is not designed to manage the actual distribution or control of jobs. Still, I expect and hope that wulfstat and xmlsysd together will be immediately useful to cluster people who install it. The included documentation should be adequate although not overwhelming -- there are man pages for both xmlsysd and wulfstat that are very nearly up to date -- and I'm available to help with installations that don't seem to work correctly. The one "gotcha" of wulfstat is that it does require libxml2 (and hence probably RH 7.2 or better) to run -- you will need to ensure that this RPM is installed on the hosts where wulfstat is to run. xmlsysd similarly requires libxml to run on the cluster nodes. I would greatly appreciate feedback and bug reports, if any, from anybody who chooses to install it and give it a try. To retrieve it in RPM form, you can use the URL's below: http://www.phy.duke.edu/brahma/xmlsysd-0.1.0-beta.i386.rpm http://www.phy.duke.edu/brahma/xmlsysd-0.1.0-beta.src.rpm http://www.phy.duke.edu/brahma/wulfstat-0.1.0-beta.i386.rpm http://www.phy.duke.edu/brahma/wulfstat-0.1.0-beta.src.rpm If anybody needs it in tarball form (not in source or binary rpm form) they should contact me directly. I can easily generate one (or it can be extracted from the source rpm) but I guarantee the instructions for installation or configuration -- they are encapsulated already in the RPMs. rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


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AP source: Padres, Benoit agree to 2-year deal
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- The San Diego Padres have agreed with former Detroit Tigers closer Joaquin Benoit on a $15.5 million, two-year contract, a person familiar with the situation said Wednesday.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal is pending Benoit passing a physical.
In his first season as Tigers closer, Benoit had 24 saves in 26 chances. But in Game 2 of the AL championship series, he allowed a tying grand slam by Boston's David Ortiz that was a turning point in the series.
A starter early in his career, Benoit has been strictly a reliever since 2006 while with the Texas Rangers. He is 44-35 lifetime with a 4.11 ERA and 37 saves.
Benoit, who turns 37 on July 26, is expected to replace setup man Luke Gregerson, who was traded to Oakland for outfielder Seth Smith. He could also be insurance for closer Huston Street, who's been on the disabled list three times the last two seasons.
Street is entering the final year of a $14 million, two-year deal. The Padres hold a $7 million option for 2015.


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New ticks spread across Southeast, diseases rise
By ALLEN REED
Associated Press
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - In the trees and grasses of the South, there are a growing number of ticks that at best are an itchy nuisance and at worst can carry debilitating diseases.
Public health officials say that numbers of reported cases of diseases like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever are not yet alarming and have not yet shown a definitive trend upward from a national perspective. But they do worry that more ticks means more of a risk that those diseases will spike.
And scientists are finding species of ticks not seen before in the region. They say a higher rate of disease in animals can make the disease easier for other ticks to transmit to humans.
Allen Reed can be reached on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/Allen_Reed
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Big Machine Sucked Into Lawsuit With Tim McGraw and Old Label, Curb Records
Lawyers for Tim McGraw's first Nashville record label are seeking documents from Big Machine Records, the label the 'Truck Yeah' singer signed with in May. The Tennessean reports that Curb Records is looking into when conversations between Big Machine and McGraw began.
"If Big Machine came to Tim while he was under contract with Curb and convinced him to end his relationship, Curb is going to hold Big Machine liable," Paul Allen, an associate professor of Music Business at Middle Tennessee State University, told the Tennessean. Previously, Curb has stated it believes McGraw is still a Curb artist and Big Machine had no right to sign him. They're seeking to overturn a late 2011 ruling that freed McGraw from his contract.
The next move will come on Aug. 17, when lawyers from all parties will be in court to argue over which documents — if any — Big Machine has to provide Curb. They are seeking McGraw's new contract with Big Machine and Universal Music Group, emails, marketing materials and much more. An attorney for Big Machine called it a "fishing expedition."
"Curb, having lost in its effort to stop McGraw from making music, now sees the ability to use the power of this Court to gain access to the inner-most workings and financial documents of a primary competitor," John Day said, according to the Tennessean.
Since McGraw signed with Big Machine, both Curb and Big Machine have released new singles in 'Right Back Atcha Babe' and 'Truck Yeah,' respectively. 'Truck Yeah' is currently a Top 20 hit, while 'Right Back Atcha Babe' enjoyed only a short life on the charts.


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A growing number of iPhone users have reported what could be a serious manufacturing flaw affecting some units. After an indeterminate period of use the touchscreen may lose sensitivity in specific locations on the screen. These "dead spots" will be no longer respond to user input. For a device that depends entirely on touch input for manipulation...this isn't good.
Fortunately Apple is listening, and is now offering repairs for anyone experiencing this problem. Unfortunately the company seems intent on enforcing its $29 rental fee for loaner iPhones, while your device is in the shop. Several readers have reported they managed to negotiate a waiver, but I am not satisfied with this scheme. Negotiation should be unnecessary when the problem is a manufacturing flaw.
If I drop my iPhone and send it in for repairs I am more than willing to pony up $30 for a loaner. After all, I am the cause in this case. I draw the line when it's the manufacturer to blame. But I digress. So if your iPhone isn't responding to your touch. Call Apple and schedule a return.
I wish my dating life were this simple. Women never respond to my touch. Whom do I call to fix that?


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Indecent Proposal
Janet Daniel 3/22/2009 11:08:43 AMHi Deb - This is a masterpiece! You are so creative! Love it! #1102310
Melissa McCabe 3/22/2009 11:25:36 AMPetey Beans I accept!!! Deb this is awesome - great concept and outstanding execution, everything is just perfect right down to the title! Cracks me up too : ) -mm #7315089
Erica Murphy 3/23/2009 8:19:00 AMOH---MY----GOSH!!!! This is so cute! Great title for this great image. That dog has the greatest face. LOVE THIS!!! #7318354
Phyllis H. Burchett 3/24/2009 7:38:57 AMThis is way cute! #7322653
Max Aureli 3/26/2009 3:56:39 PMYou Re-SHOT????? He is doing the same exactly pose!!!!! LOL LOL LOL He is an actor!!!! I wish my son can pose like him!!!! Mr Petey Beans belongs to Hollywood, Debra!!! :-)))
Cindy Bendush 3/28/2009 7:42:14 PMDeb - I just love your shots of Petey Beans!!! His cuteness combined with your creativity hooks me every time! What a character he is!
Judi Morrissey 3/29/2009 5:30:54 PMLOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!! #7350105
Marisol Pastor 3/30/2009 12:31:04 PMI don't know what you had to change ... I agree with Max! #7353121
Colleen Farrell 4/2/2009 3:48:40 PMLOL So cute! Great image, Deb! I'm sure this will be another winner for you! #7365418
Tammy Scott 4/6/2009 2:37:58 AMLOL...great title and awesome shot! I think this one is defintely a winner! #7376201
Kathleen Rinker 4/22/2009 12:28:32 PMHuge congrats again my friend!! #7432211
Max Aureli 4/22/2009 12:39:24 PMAleeeeeee''' Yhaoooooooooooooo!!!!!!! :-)))) #7432318
Alex T. Mizuno 4/22/2009 12:59:51 PMGosh Petey is lot richer than me! I love your sense of humor Deb :) Congratulations on your another great Finalist!!! #7432542
Shawn Jennings 4/22/2009 1:13:33 PMLove this! Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Deb! #7432690
Melissa G. Meiselman 4/22/2009 2:01:34 PMCongratulations on your stunning finalist!!! #7433105
Chris Schlosser 4/22/2009 2:20:12 PMDebra, Congratulations on your Finalist! #7433259
Stefania Barbier 4/22/2009 2:40:09 PMLOVE THIS!!! another huge congrats Deb!!! #7433462
Ken Smith 4/22/2009 4:51:21 PMDogs playing poker..very cute, Deb. Congrats again! #7434688
A P 4/22/2009 5:19:09 PMI can't believe I never saw this before. I LOVE IT!! Congratz on your wonderful finalist Deb #7434926
Linda D. Lester 4/22/2009 5:25:36 PMLove it.........Congratulations! #7434974
Beverley Scott 4/22/2009 5:30:14 PMLoved the first version and now the second one. Congratulations on this outstanding finalist, Deb! #7435024
Renee Doyle 4/22/2009 6:08:27 PMKnew we would see this again!!!!! And I hope to see it once more - Congratulations Deb!! #7435345
Judy V. Kennamer 4/22/2009 6:55:52 PMThis one had to be a winner! Congrats Deb!!!! #7435769
Carol Engstrom 4/22/2009 9:38:04 PMLOL This is too good. Congrats, and great job! #7436708
Eugenio Diaz 4/22/2009 9:39:19 PMA Million Dollars Doggy!!!
Summer A. Kozisek 4/22/2009 10:54:35 PMI knew this would be a finalist, congratulations Deb!! #7437131
Datha Y. Thompson 4/22/2009 11:51:43 PMYAY!!!!!!! Congratulations Debra!!! :0)This is just TOOOOOOOO Adorable!!! Hope to see it wearing GOLD!!! #7437342
Laurie Daily 4/23/2009 4:05:01 AMLove this!!!! Congratulations on this terrific finalist, Debra! #7438241
Usman M. Bajwa 4/23/2009 4:11:04 AMMy FIRST PLACE choice, Deb.
Usman. #7438271
Vitor Dias 4/23/2009 7:09:00 AMCongratulations, wonderful finalist Deb.
rgds Vitor #7439044
Jennifer L. Alder 4/23/2009 7:49:50 AMThis should go all the way...........
Phil Stith 4/23/2009 7:52:34 AMLove this one...congratulations, Debra! #7439308
Leslie McLain 4/23/2009 9:04:12 AMCongrats on your wonderful finalist. One of my favorites, so cute. #7439736
Christina N. Seuser 4/23/2009 9:44:21 AMLOL, this is so wonderful in so many ways Debra! Congratulations on a well deserved Finalist. I am confident this one will go further :) #7440012
Mitch Spence 4/23/2009 9:50:03 AMYou know I love this shot, Deb. Congratulations, and may you and Petey Beans go on to yet greater glory! #7440049
JO ANN CLEVELAND 4/23/2009 9:55:07 AMCongratulations girl! Everyone of Petey should be a winner!
jo ann c. #7440088
Colleen Farrell 4/23/2009 10:02:44 AMWTG, Deb! So well-deserved! #7440146
Stephanie Frey 4/23/2009 10:22:49 AMCongratulations, Deb! This is great! #7440250
Patrick Rouzes 4/23/2009 1:26:13 PMWOW ,Debra, a huge congratulations on another incredible finalist!!! #7440961
Jessica Jenney 4/23/2009 1:52:24 PMCongrats, Debra on your terrific finalist! So cute! #7441093
Philippe Vieux-Jeanton 4/23/2009 5:25:24 PMSo cool!! and the picture is so crisp.. Congratulations on your Finalist, Debra !! #7441786
Sam Britt 4/23/2009 5:49:14 PMCongratulations, Deb! Terrific finalist. #7441861
Monika Sapek 4/23/2009 7:39:18 PMHe always look so serious and he is also so handsome ; -) Congratulations, Debra! Good luck in the next round!
Marisol Pastor 4/24/2009 11:58:50 AMWow, what a month! Congratulations one again Debra ... we'll keep our eye out for a gold badge! #7445155
Lisa J. Boulden 4/25/2009 10:04:34 AMPetey Beans always makes me smile!
Janet Daniel 4/25/2009 11:25:13 AMA big congrats on this awesome finalist, Deb! #7448751
Dianna Murphy 4/26/2009 4:42:18 PMYou crack me up Deb. You're so creative. This is soooo cute. #7453452
Renata Gusciora 4/27/2009 11:09:20 AMHUge congratulations on this super winner,Debra!!! #7456654
Max Aureli 4/27/2009 11:17:29 AMYahoooooooooooo Debra and Petey Beans!!!!!!! LOL LOL
Great congratulations my friend on this fantastic Winner!!!!!! :-)))))) LOL #7456673
Datha Y. Thompson 4/27/2009 11:54:36 AMYES!!!!!!! No suprise!!! CONGRATULATIONS Debra!!! :0) #7456821
Alex T. Mizuno 4/27/2009 11:59:20 AMCongratulations on this decent winner Deb!!! #7456837
Kathleen Rinker 4/27/2009 12:03:40 PMHuge congrats my friend!! #7456861
Marisol Pastor 4/27/2009 12:52:11 PMCongratulations Debra! This HAD to be a winner! #7456992
Carol Engstrom 4/27/2009 12:54:54 PMCongrats! Glad to see this is a winner! #7457008
Stefania Barbier 4/27/2009 1:09:46 PMHA! I always LOVED this one! HUGE congrats on your gorgeous winner Deb!!! #7457054
Mitch Spence 4/27/2009 1:14:56 PMGood for you and Petey Beans, Deb. :) #7457068
Melissa McCabe 4/27/2009 2:01:13 PMDogratulations you guys!!! : ) -mm #7457188
Colleen Farrell 4/27/2009 5:05:56 PMWTG, Deb!! Big congrats to you and Petey Beans! #7457829
Janet Daniel 4/27/2009 5:15:55 PMA huge congrats, Deb! #7457887
Mary Beth Aiello 4/27/2009 5:55:38 PMDebra -- This is just too cute. Huge congratulations on this spectacular winner. #7458098
Vladan D. Djordjevic 4/27/2009 6:17:00 PMHUge congratulations on your amazing winner,Debra!!! #7458220
Linda D. Lester 4/27/2009 6:31:40 PMYou can't help but smile when you look at this....Congratulations! #7458293
Sam Britt 4/27/2009 6:34:37 PMBig Congratulations on your terrific second place winner, Deb! #7458307
ROLAN NARMAN 4/27/2009 7:21:25 PMHuge Congratulations on your gorgeous winner Debra! #7458553
Picture perfect CONGRATULATIONS on your win!! #7458666
Ken Smith 4/27/2009 7:52:52 PMVery creative, Deb...congrats on your gold! #7458689
Lisa J. Boulden 4/27/2009 8:57:33 PMSo glad to see Petey in GOLD!!!
Jeana Clark 4/27/2009 9:21:04 PM
Renee Doyle 4/28/2009 12:23:55 AMAwesome!!!!!! Huge congrats to you Deb on this wonderful gold winner!! #7459264
Mary K. Robison 4/28/2009 1:14:30 AMToo cute (the capture AND his name)!
Tammy Scott 4/28/2009 3:11:33 AMVery creative image! Congratulations! #7459670
Eugenio Diaz 4/28/2009 6:45:49 AMhuge congratulations on this stunning winner Deb!
Phil Stith 4/28/2009 7:56:27 AMCongratulations on your very creative winner, Debra! #7460884
Vitor Dias 4/28/2009 8:36:26 AMAmazing pic Debra, congts.
rgds Vitor #7461091
Elida Gutierrez 4/28/2009 8:40:43 AM
A Special Trophy for
"August Winners"#7461115
Elida Gutierrez 4/28/2009 9:38:44 AM
A Special Trophy for
"MARCH Winners"
Jessica Jenney 4/28/2009 11:56:55 AMCongratulations, Debra on your fantastic winning image! Terrific theme entry! #7461808
Shawn Jennings 4/28/2009 3:15:55 PMSo glad to see this again, Deb! Congratulations on a well deserved win! #7462269
Jennifer L. Alder 4/28/2009 4:28:00 PMBIG congrats my dear :) #7462467
Jeff Robinson 4/28/2009 4:45:30 PMCongrats Deb on this Terrific Winning image!! Jeff #7462529
Jenny M. Hoehns 4/29/2009 12:59:49 AMYet another great shot of Petey beans! Love it love it love it, and Reba Jean does too! #7463405
Nick Lagos 4/29/2009 6:36:23 AMYou have to smile when you see this....congratulations on a fine win here Debra...well done #7464131
Usman M. Bajwa 4/29/2009 7:43:58 AMCongratulations on this very well deserving WINNER, Debra.
Usman. #7464328
Cathy Barrows 4/29/2009 5:22:10 PMCongrats on your 2nd place win...too cute #7466132
Debra R. Harder 4/29/2009 6:16:25 PMThanks everyone for all your wonderful comments and congratulations! I'm so happy to be part of this wonderful BP community!! Deb #7466282
Judy V. Kennamer 4/30/2009 8:48:35 AMCongrats on this adorable capture Deb!!! A perfect WINNER!!! #7468823
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 4/30/2009 7:43:12 PMVery creative and cool Deb, congratulations on your win! #7470559
Linda Blair 5/3/2009 11:47:28 AMHow creative and funny....congratulations on this great win!!!!!!!! #7479981
Summer A. Kozisek 5/4/2009 9:34:37 PMI've been so behind on my comments, but I wanted to congratulate you on Petey Beans win. There is no denying that he deserved it! What a great image, still one of my favorites!!! #7485808
Dominick M. Dimacale 5/20/2009 2:48:50 AMCongratulations Debra on your Win!!!
Dominick #7539154
Christine Lobsinger 8/27/2009 8:37:53 AMHi Debra, just in your gallery again, and found Mr. Petey Beans!!! AWWWW!!! Very cute, excellent set up Deb!
Stacey Williams 10/12/2011 5:24:39 AMGoing through your gallery. Love it!! Mr. Petey Beans is a natural in ALL his shots. #9730509
Nancy L. Green 10/17/2016 8:55:57 AMThis is a TOTAL HOOT Deb!!! I love everything about this!!! <><> #11527526
Guy D. Biechele 10/17/2016 9:02:33 AMWhat a great shot!! Congrats, Deb! #11527528
Chuck Green 10/17/2016 9:13:47 AMFantastic shot, Deb! #11527530
Bob Cournoyer 10/17/2016 9:55:28 AM:-) #11527549
Sara B Coffey 10/17/2016 4:32:17 PMDebra, I have all of Petey Beans photos in my favorites! Hope he is doing well! Good to see this image again! Love it! #11527748
Petey Beans makes an offer...not quite one million dollars, however.
I wasn't happy with the original version, so Petey Beans and I re-shot the image. Thanks to everyone for their previous comments. Had to fix something and re-enter. For the Monthly Theme - Thriving.
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Announcing the MyTwoCensus.com bookMonday, July 26th, 2010
This may come as a surprise, or perhaps it is the next logical step in the life of MyTwoCensus.com. I will likely be writing a book about the 2010 Census in the near future. I am hoping to interview dozens of 2010 Census employees from all regions/positions for this work. Please shoot an e-mail to mytwocensus {at} mytwocensus.com if you are interested in sharing your stories! Please provide your contact information.
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