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- Kathryn Minshew, who runs a job search site, says millennials can be ill-prepared to job search
- Minshew's startup experience helped her learn the hard way how to prep for interviews
- Understanding yourself, your goals and the market is the first key to job-seeking
- Social media presence plays crucial role in today's competitive hiring process too
I'll be the first to admit that I knew very little about getting a job when I first set out to do so in the fall of 2007. As a general rule, most recent university graduates know far more about U.S. economic history and "The Lord of the Flies" than about how the modern workplace functions and how to succeed in it. Yet come senior year of college, it couldn't be more important or more timely to learn the basics of getting a job.
Two jobs and two startups later, there's plenty I had to learn the hard way.
Now, one of my goals with my current company, The Muse, is to make it a whole lot easier for the next generation of graduates to find and excel in jobs they love. So, here's what you need to know about landing an interview and presenting yourself as a polished, professional applicant from someone who's made every mistake in the book.
Understanding your market: Who are you, and where do you want to work?
For many people, the hardest thing about job-seeking is figuring out where to start. All through college, I heard my friends asking themselves, "What do I want to do with my life?" And guess what? After college, and after that first job, people still ask the same question.
So first, realize that you don't have to have all the answers just yet -- you have many years ahead to explore a lot of options. Next, start by figuring out what it is you're passionate about. What extracurriculars did you love when you were in college? Maybe more importantly, what types of positions or roles did you gravitate toward in those extracurriculars? The answers to those questions will likely give you hints as to what sort of job you'd love.
Finally, recognize that there are many jobs out there that didn't exist a generation ago. These are jobs that, while you weren't prepped explicitly for in school, you very well may excel in because you grew up stalking sales from your favorite brands on Facebook or following thought leaders (er, celebrities) you admired on Twitter.
For a guide to today's digital-age jobs, check out "You're a What?! Decoding Today's Job Titles."
Getting an interview: Your resume, application and social media persona
Before you even have a chance to meet a hiring manager face-to-face, you're being judged. A clean, easy-to-read resume and a concise but thoughtful cover letter or e-mail are, of course, the first steps to making a great first impression. But as a millennial, there's one more key piece of your first impression: your presence on social media.
So, Google yourself and see what comes up. No, you won't be exiled to permanent unemployment just because there's a picture somewhere of you holding a red Solo cup and looking underage. But, your Google results tell a story: Have you been in the news? Authored articles or blog posts? What types of topics do you frequently tweet about?
Your online persona has an immense potential to create a positive impression of you as an active, engaged individual with a certain set of passions -- or you can look like every other recent grad out there. You should strive to make sure there's more to your online personality than vacation photos, a stream of graduation messages and tweets about inside jokes to your friends.
Acing the interview: Show up looking the part and don't get intimidated
The day of your interview, make sure you look sharp. Now, especially if you aren't applying to a corporate job, this may not mean blue shirt and black suit.
If you're looking to work in a creative industry, a fashionable but conservative ensemble may help you create just the impression you're seeking to make. And if you want to work at a tech startup, jeans are the way to go (nice jeans, yes, with a nice top or shirt, but please, don't wear a tie). For a guide to interview day attire, check out "Looks That Land the Job: What to Wear to (Any!) Interview."
In the interview, be prepared to answer the most common questions: What skills do you bring to the position? What accomplishments should you highlight? What's your biggest weakness? (Check out an "Interview Cheat Sheet" here to help you prepare, or "3 Ways to Answer 'What's Your Biggest Weakness?' "). Be honest and stay positive -- employers don't want to hear a long rant about your terrible previous boss. Keep in mind that every interview question is a chance to showcase why you'd be a great asset to the company.
Rinse and repeat: Every interview is another chance
Above all, remember that job-seeking is an iterative process: Each application is a chance to get better. As you move through the application process, keep refining the way you present yourself. Like any skill, you'll only get better with practice, and you'll only hurt yourself if you get discouraged too early.
This is one race that's definitely a marathon, not a sprint.


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Salon Kitty was a high-class brothel in Berlin, in World War II. It was used by the Nazis to gather intelligence, with secrets pried from clients at the brothel by booze and sexy women.
That much is true, and a matter of historical record.
Were there really secret rooms in the basement of Salon Kitty, rooms where beautiful women were kept as playthings for a kinky, sadistic, high-ranking official? Major Mueller, recently transferred to the SS and promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, was sent to investigate rumours that more was going on at Salon Kitty than sex and information-gathering, but what he found would change his whole life… after he took the opportunity to sample some of the "merchandise" of Berlin's most notorious brothel, of course.
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John Savage is one of the important figures in the history of the highly erotic and esoteric field of Bondage and Discipline. He came after the legendary John Willie, and before the period exemplified by the photography of Jay Edwards, et al. Just as Jay was an important link in the progression of bondage techniques leading up to the anything-goes extreme B&D of today, so was John Savage. The bondage he created and photographed represented a step beyond that of John Willie: more complex, tighter, more escape proof. John began by copying the work of John Willie but was soon adding his own touches. This is typical of the progress in the field. Both Jay Edwards and Dave Annis (probably the best strict bondage photographer today) have stated that they began by copying John Savage's work, then adding to it. John began in 1969 with an article written for Barbara Behr of House of Milan. He was soon tying and photographing amateur models, sometimes selling the products freelance, but then working with Tao Productions to create a line of bondage magazines with such titles as "Best of Bondage," "Taskmaster," "Bondagemaster," and the politically incorrect "Teenagers in Bondage." (None of the models were underage, despite the title.) In the early 80's he edited, wrote for and photographed a magazine series called "John Savage's Notebooks." These long-ago magazines today command a high price, if you can find them. In addition to magazines, he produced some of the old 8mm "loops," and later VHS videos, the most famous being "Making Danielle Talk." He has worked with Barbara Behr, Bob Bishop and F.E. Campbell. It was through his friendship with Frank Campbell that he became involved in the writing of B&D novels. Frank is still most prolific B&D novelist, credited with 100 books written for HOM. As Frank became older and had trouble typing, he began dictating books on audio tapes. John Savage then transcribed those books to computer disk for the publisher. Then came a time when Frank no long wished to write. At that point John began ghost-writing Frank's novels. In fact, the last ten novels credited to Frank Campbell were actually written by John Savage. After Frank's death, John began selling novel under his own name to House of Milan. He also wrote for Sandpiper Press, Olympia Press and Bon-Vue, all being published as paperbacks. For a while he dropped out of the marketplace but then came back when ebooks became popular. He is currently writing B&D novels for Strict Publishing, and occasionally non-B&D books under a different name. As to the man himself, he was born in 1943, is married and has two grown children. He is a Viet Nam era veteran. His main career has been in computers, ranging from programmer to systems analyst. He still programs computers and enjoys it. His B.S. and M.S. are in computer science, but in addition, he has a PhD in, of all fields, astronomy! This is the reason for the nickname "Doc" Savage being stuck on him ("Doc" Savage was a well-known fictional character from the 30's). Today he lives in Solana Beach, California, enjoying his hobbies of astronomy, fishing and fast sports cars.
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CiaoImports necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 93 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
Ciao Imports
Ciao Imports is a specialty food importer with offices in New York City and Miami. We import a variety of gourmet foods from Italy, Spain, and abroad.
Our products include fine olive oils, truffle products, fresh frozen pastas, and a variety of specialty ingredients from around the world.
You can view our product line and existing logo here:
Ciao Imports has a broad customer base. We sell business to business, catering to high end restaurants and food distributors.
We also sell retail through our website, so we would need the logo to appeal to gourmet food lovers as well.
We are open to new ideas, but the logo must say:
"Ciao Imports" bigger and "Authentic Specialty Foods" smaller in the body
Here is a link to a logo we really like:
Please take your creative ideas from classic Italian art.
Think wine bottle labels, Tuscan images. Cursive fonts might be nice to see as well.
We are hoping for the designer to be able to take creative inspiration from the artist Rafal Olbinski (http://www.tendreams.org/olbinski.htm), but this is not necessary.
Lastly, it would be great if the designer could mix the old with the new, and still keep the logo clean.
Update - This logo is being redone to be placed on our new frozen pasta meals. These will be in supermarkets across the country. Please see the attachment to view the sample art.
Thanks everybody - we are looking forward to seeing some great work!
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Digital download FLAC - 4 tracks - 46:21
Photography by Chris Bigg
Track listing:
1: End of Capstan Bars
2: Neap Tide
3: Swallow
4: Wave Guidance Allows Three
Drums & percussion: Andrea Belfi. Electronics: BJNilsen. Piano: Simon James Phillips. Recorded by Mattef Kuhlmey at the Grunewaldkirche, Berlin, September 2011. Mixed by The Swifter.
Introducing The Swifter – a new trio featuring Andrea Belfi (drums and percussion), BJNilsen (electronics) and Simon James Phillips (piano).
Their debut album documents the first encounter of the three musicians. Recorded live in the Grunewald Church, Berlin, careful attention was given to capturing the unique resonant acoustic offered by the airy, stone building, exhibiting the broad palate of aesthetic qualities the group are able to create. Subtly evolving sound worlds that evoke, at times, the loneliness within a ship's hold; a relentlessly driven wall of harmonically rich sound or a sonic fog that lifts to reveal a delicate instrumental discourse.
Nilsen sources material from the soundboard of the giant Bösendorfer Imperial concert grand played by Phillips. This setup facilitates a oneness of sound that Nilsen subtly manipulates to either augment or contrast against the unique sonic world of Phillips' playing – which is carefully punctuated or driven by Belfi's distinctive style.
The album's cover features double-exposure photography shot by Chris Bigg (David Sylvian/4AD). Available as a limited edition vinyl LP and as FLAC download on The Wormhole, a byproduct of The Tapeworm.
The Wormhole introduce The Swifter - a new trio featuring Andrea Belfi (drums and percussion), BJNilsen (electronics) and Simon James Phillips (piano) - on three tantalisingly spacious live recordings made in the Grunewald Church, Berlin. The players operate in discrete discourse with the building's unique resonant architecture, using its airy aesthetic qualities and stone construction to deftly accentuate the harmonically rich tones and textures of their delicate gestures. Phillips plays a Bösendorfer Imperial concert grand, which is subsequently processed by Nilsen and punctuated by Belfi's fluid, distinctive style in a feedback system of measured, tempered sonorities. Their first piece 'End of Capstan Bars' starts out creaking and keeling, evoking "the loneliness within a ship's hold" but evolves into a gorgeous and minimal wash of spiritual jazz tones and tranquil bliss also recalling Edward Larry Gordon's 'Celestial Vibrations'; 'Neap Tide' is quieter, space afforded to the fluttering keys and pensile electronics; 'Swallow' the seductive centrepiece, evolves rippling drum patterns and plangent harmonics that diffuse like incense; with 'Wave Guidance Allows Three' Belfi locks onto an urgent, metronomic rhythm while Phillips' keys and Nilsen's electronics accumulate a stirring mass of energy, dissipating when Belfi flickers into impossibly dextrous double time.
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The Wormhole introduce The Swifter - a new trio featuring Andrea Belfi (drums and percussion), BJNilsen (electronics) and Simon James Phillips (piano) - on three tantalisingly spacious live recordings made in the Grunewald Church, Berlin. The players operate in discrete discourse with the building's unique resonant architecture, using its airy aesthetic qualities and stone construction to deftly accentuate the harmonically rich tones and textures of their delicate gestures. Phillips plays a Bösendorfer Imperial concert grand, which is subsequently processed by Nilsen and punctuated by Belfi's fluid, distinctive style in a feedback system of measured, tempered sonorities. Their first piece 'End of Capstan Bars' starts out creaking and keeling, evoking "the loneliness within a ship's hold" but evolves into a gorgeous and minimal wash of spiritual jazz tones and tranquil bliss also recalling Edward Larry Gordon's 'Celestial Vibrations'; 'Neap Tide' is quieter, space afforded to the fluttering keys and pensile electronics; 'Swallow' the seductive centrepiece, evolves rippling drum patterns and plangent harmonics that diffuse like incense; with 'Wave Guidance Allows Three' Belfi locks onto an urgent, metronomic rhythm while Phillips' keys and Nilsen's electronics accumulate a stirring mass of energy, dissipating when Belfi flickers into impossibly dextrous double time.
Ondarock (Italy):
Andrea Belfi alla batteria, BJ Nilsen all'elettronica e Simon James Phillips al pianoforte. Un trio delle meraviglie capace di parlare una lingua tra jazz e ambient più onirica che cosmica: la batteria di Belfi è il ponte tra l'elettroacustica di BJ Nilsen e il pianismo estremamente lirico di Phillips. Il suono dei piatti carezzati e percossi alla maniera di Paul Motian è il collante tra universi apparentemente distanti: nulla sembra fuori posto nelle liquide architetture sonore improvvisate da The Swifter.
Il disco è stato registrato all'interno della Chiesa Grunewald, a Berlino, nel settembre del 2001, facendo grande attenzione ai riverberi acustici dell'ambiente. A trarne giovamento è stata soprattutto la batteria di Belfi che nel mix finale sembra potersi muovere liquidamente nello spazio come nelle migliori produzioni dell'ECM. A enfatizzare l'eco e le riflessioni del suono gioca un ruolo fondamentale anche l'elettronica di Nilsen, che per l'ocasione ha manipolato i suoni del Bösendorfer suonato da Phillips al fine di sottolinearne i dettagli. Il risultato non è distante dalle atmosfere che si respiravano sugli incredibili dischi dei Necks (il cui pianista, Chris Abrahams, ha collaborato proprio con Phillips nel progetto Pedal, pochi anni fa).
L'idea di "spazio" fa scorrere con gran naturalezza le quattro lunghe improvvisazioni contenute sul disco. Ogni particolare della realizzazione di "The Swifter" è stato curato con grande attenzione: dalla scelta dei microfoni utilizzati durante la registrazione a quella per la foto di copertina per la quale è stato ingaggiato Chris Bigg, famoso per i suoi lavori sui dischi di David Sylvian e su molti dei capolavori della 4AD.
Il disco è disponibile in edizione limitata in vinile e in dl (flac).
The Liminal (UK):
The self-titled debut from recently formed trio, The Swifter, is the result of an experimental sound project that began in August 2011. Made up of Andrea Belfi (percussion), BJNilsen (electronics) and Simon James Phillips (piano), the members hail from Italy, Sweden and Australia, respectively.
This astounding album seems, at times, the biography of the building it was recorded in – the Grunewald Church in Berlin. Acoustic bliss for an orchestral trio such as The Swifter, the space seems stony, resonant, and ethereal, and forms the basis of their interaction with each other and their instruments. Their attention to the atmospherics allows for a discourse that belies their own orchestral story – they're nestled in the belly of this beast, and they're producing their harmonies and rhythms accordingly.
Beyond this architectural reading of the album is a nautical element. 'Swifter' refers to a line that runs around the ends of the capstan bars on a ship that prevent their falling out of the sockets, and the names of the four pieces which make up the album conjure up a similar aesthetic. The opening gamut, fittingly titled 'The End of the Capstan Bars' begins quietly, almost invites its listeners to arrive in the space that it is opening up. But again, they're inside the vessel; they're swaying with its pulse, the rhythm that brings the trio together to perform this near perfect debut. They're running their lines around this space, showing us its circumference, its nooks and crannies. They refuse to take up the space, but invite us to be inside it, for a soothing 46 minutes and 21 seconds.
Belfi is an electro-acoustic composer and a member of the Italian electronic collective Medves, who have been performing and recording together since the early 2000s. Beyond this, Belfi has also been working on a solo project that seeks to turn a whole house into an instrument. By introducing instruments and their necessary amplifications into various parts of a house – a cupboard full of pots and pans, for example – the house becomes a 'living creature with its own voice'. It comes as no surprise, then, to hear that part of Belfi's performativity for this new album sees him working closely alongside Phillips – Belfi manipulates and 'plays' various surfaces of the giant Börsendorfer imperial concert grand that Phillips plays.
Phillips, coming from a classical background, now works primarily as an experimental improvisation pianist. He is concerned with the perception of time through music, evoking a kind of phenomenological understanding of our movement through time and space, where music carries the cartographical parameters. At the helm of the vessel, Phillips works with pace to control the development of the piece, pushing his audience towards an affective understanding of their own time and space perceptions. By pushing the piano to the limits of its mechanical possibilities, he provokes his audience to consider the tension between inorganic sound and the harmonic inflections the piano holds in its sway.
And these two integrals are seamlessly held together by the electronic agility of Nilsen. Releasing his first recordings at the age of 15, Nilsen has continued to probe the boundaries that sound and nature are subjected to through recording and commodification. His work here is the adhesive that holds the show together – his soundings and recordings work to unite the piano and percussion, by creating the stitching that binds them. But that's not to say that he's creating a safe space for these two to work in. He's providing a platform, and not unlike the nautical element that seems to run as metaphor for this entire work, that platform seems to maintain fluidity. He pushes and pulls, and in doing so, creates a sway upon which the sounds fall gently.
The album begins quietly, unassumingly – the percussion slowly leads us into the first track, before the piano and electronics are subtly and progressively introduced, before slowly fading out again, to return to silence. The second track, 'Neap Tide', begins with a slightly atonal, repetitive piano trill. This rises and falls throughout the length of the track, in a state of iteration with itself – each gesture is a repetition of the last, which over the course of the first few minutes becomes a continual variation of itself. It's in this second track that we start to get a sense of the space the musicians are inhabiting – you can almost hear the distance between the musicians growing and retracting, as though the recording apparatus were moving fluidly around the space too.
Through this and the next track there is a tendency towards the kind of improvisation of a jazz trio – the three seem to be conversing with each other, allowing each a chance to air their sound and then a point for the other to push off from. And while the album rises and falls with that regulatory wateriness, the break between these two central tracks punctuates the transition from the first to the second half of the album – there is a sharp, mechanical and arrhythmic jolt, followed by the hint of piano harmonies coming up from underneath.
Towards the end of the third track, 'Swallow', we start to get more hints of the drama of the album. There is a deep, resonating base percussion that comes in close to halfway through this track, which sounds similar to an echolocation instrument. Slowly, it serves to punctuate the parameters of the space, reminding us of the locale and its acoustics, before regulating into a kind of heartbeat. Before we get too comfortable in this womb-like state however, the beat tilts towards irregularity, introducing an air of mania, and provoking a feeling of the workings of the inner-psyche; an argument with the self that cycles, iterates, and then begins to die out.
It's hard to tell where improvisation and indeterminacy end and arrangements begin; the music shifts like shadows across the concrete wall, marking the moving of time, and punctuating the presence of the sound. There is an aural simplicity to the progression of this album – it flows through sound, letting the sounds become full and expansive, before letting them slide off into the flow of time and space. There is an essence of the metaphysical in it; we're moving with them – the sounds and the musicians – through this time-space continuum, into the architecture of the church-cum-vessel, exploring the sonorities of its movement through the same continuum. The music becomes the entry point to the space, but remains what we wouldn't hear if we were actually there. It opens up this physical and metaphorical space for us to listen, but the musician's don't attempt to take up this space. Rather, they invite their audience in.
Gerhard Richter once said that a motivation for his self-portraiture was the desire to look in the mirror with his eyes closed. This sonorous and atmospheric album lets us enter a space and explore the capacious architectural logic of a building, while standing in static repose. It also lets us imagine a soundscape where harmony and affect reigns. The Swifter create a space, but refuse to reside in it fully, leaving you wondering where they might got next. Their trajectory appears rich; they're well worth tuning in to, if not for this album, then to see where their sonic meanderings take them from here.
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The Wormhole, the newborn imprint by cassette label The Tapeworm, definitively weighs anchor by means of this seafaring debut release of an impressive trio made up of Italian drummer, electroacoustic musician and composer Andrea Belfi, Australian Berlin-resident pianist Simon James Phillips and Swedish sound-artist Benny Jonas Nilsen. The sound genesis by The Swifter approximately works so: Phillips strokes on Imperial, the largest flagship by the notorious Austrian piano manufacturer Boesendorfer, get into Nilsen's machines, both of them seem to interact in real-time, while Belfi's drumming and electroacoustic nick-nacks sometimes play the role of a joining link, sometimes emphasizes the "dialogue" between the other "interlocutors", but there's a fourth member of the line-up which plays a very important role: the setting they've chosen for the recording, Berlin's Grunewald Church, whose impressive reverberation already attracted similar musicians like Nils Frahm, who recorded "The Bells", and Dustin O'Halloran. The fact that listener's imagination could be broght on a sailing boat struggling against unpredictable moods of the sea or got confused with the sea-mist, the breathtaking feeling of infinite space or the relief for the sight of a forthcoming haven has not been influenced by the fact the release has many references to nautical words, but it arises from the sonic hints this trio manages to render: the ingenious attention to details, the gentle metronic brushes on hats, the sophisticated play of echoes and delays and even the electroacoustic additives which realistically simulates the creaking of the deck or the noise of the cordage a sailor knows are so vivid that you could easily lapse into a daydreaming and enchanted state. Available on limited edition vinyl lp or FLAC download, I cannot but recommended such a charming listening experience!
VITAL (Netherlands):
The Wormhole, is a 'byproduct of The Tapeworm', and releases 'round' things, hence a LP here. The Swifter is a trio of the for me unknown Simon James Phillips on piano, BJNilsen on electronics and Andrea Belfi on drums and percussion. This was recorded in 2011 in a church in Berlin and I have no idea of The Swifter is an one-off or intended as an ongoing concern. The liner notes are very cryptic here, but the key is provided: 'What is this record? Space. Not sure. But space is one thing for sure'. Like I am pleased with the current wave of spacious Australian 'jazz' music (Spartak, Gilded, 3Millions and Pollen Trio), this too shares that terrain. It's not really jazz of course by any sort of jazz standard, but especially what Phillips and Belfi are doing on their instruments is a bit jazz like, and spacious - above all spacious. BJNilsen provides the odd element here, something which takes it even further away from the jazz, and adds a more sinister backdrop to the music. Belfi keeps rolling his mallets over the skins and the piano plays repeated chords, but, hey, this is a church, so it sounds also a bit remote, a bit far away - more spacious movements going on here. This is the kind of music without a term. Its improvised for sure, its not really jazz, its quite ambient, but then also heavily acoustic. Maybe it is one of those things where you realize you don't need terms all the time to say something about the music. This is an excellent record, and let's hope The Swifter is indeed not an one-off project. [FdW]
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Melvin likes how A's roster reshaped quickly
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Oakland's Bob Melvin exited Day 2 of the Winter Meetings as one of few managers already equipped with a set roster for 2014.
That's what happens when his boss makes four trades and one free-agent signing in a span of nine days.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Oakland's Bob Melvin exited Day 2 of the Winter Meetings as one of few managers already equipped with a set roster for 2014.
That's what happens when his boss makes four trades and one free-agent signing in a span of nine days.
General manager Billy Beane's shopping spree began Dec. 2 with the signing of lefty Scott Kazmir. Then the wheeling and dealing began. Closer Jim Johnson arrived in a trade that night, and outfielder Craig Gentry and hurlers Josh Lindblom and Luke Gregerson were brought in via two deals the next day.
On Tuesday, rumors of Brett Anderson's impending departure via the trade route were put to rest when Beane finally closed a deal involving the lefty, getting hurlers Drew Pomeranz and Chris Jensen from the Rockies in return.
Moving forward, expect little offseason buzz from the A's.
"We're very pleased with how our club sets up right now," said Melvin, speaking to reporters at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort. "We feel like we're improved and improved from a team that's won the West the last two years. Billy has done a great job in a short period of time."
Oakland's pitching depth remains its strength, and its lineup again features mostly platoon players. Much of the A's success in recent years has been dependent on this system, which is designed to extract the utmost value out of players.
Guys like Brandon Moss, John Jaso, Alberto Callaspo and Gentry embody this.
"You don't see many Robinson Canos on our roster right now," Melvin said. "We have few guys that play every day. The other guys know coming in they have to do some things well to get the at-bats. And if that starts out in a platoon role, they seem to buy into the team concept and deal with that."
Gentry, in particular, seemingly fits the A's mold perfectly. As Texas' fourth outfielder the past two seasons, usually playing against left-handed pitching, the 30-year-old hit .292 with a .370 on-base percentage. He was the Rangers' best defensive outfielder and also stole 37 bases in 47 attempts.
His bat makes up for the loss of Chris Young, who struggled in his part-time role with the A's, finishing the season with a .200/.280/.379 slash line.
"There was more uncertainty with it," Melvin said. "There was an unknown with Chris, being a guy that was an everyday player. Still a good player but just had a little trouble acclimating to that role, whether it was the lack of consistent at-bats, not playing the same position. He'd been a center fielder his entire career, so some of those things were uncomfortable for him, yet he worked through it and did the best he could with it. It was never a problem for us.
"A guy like Gentry is one of the premier role-type players, at least in our mind."
But he likely won't appear at designated hitter, where the departed Young and Seth Smith often played. The bulk of those duties could potentially be suited for Jaso, who would benefit from decreased time behind the plate after missing the second half of 2013 with a concussion.
"There is certainly the potential to get John some more at-bats in that DH role," Melvin said. "It depends on what we feel like the lineup's going to be on a particular day. I don't think there's a set DH. And I think we're probably better off being able to rotate it to give some guys days off. Whether it's [Yoenis] Cespedes or Coco [Crisp], guys that get nicked up and play hard. If you can give them days off DHing, I think that works better for us than having a full-time DH."
The A's face few other questions heading into Spring Training, though the second-base picture is far from resolved. Nick Punto and holdovers Callaspo and Eric Sogard are in the mix, and Melvin said Callaspo could even get some work at first base.
Moss figures to see the most playing time there, and the jury's still out on Nate Freiman, who hit .274 in a limited role with the A's last year. Daric Barton gives them even more depth at the position.
"Unfortunately for a guy like Callaspo, he can do everything," Melvin said. "He was an everyday third baseman. He's played second in his career. And who knows, we might have him play a little bit of first base, too. He can hit. And whether he's starting or not, he's also a weapon coming off the bench. So, again, for him, it will be kind of the same as far as the role goes. But even adding potential positions.
"We feel like we're better. And that's the ultimate goal. We won 94 games two years ago. We won 96 games last year, and we feel we're a better team. It doesn't guarantee anything, but it gives us a good feeling going into Spring Training this year."
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COOLEST COOLER: 21st Century Cooler that's Actually Cooler
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A 21st Century Cooler? It's about time!
Regular coolers are boring, break easily and are a hassle to haul around just to carry the ice. The COOLEST cooler is 60 quarts of AWESOME packed with so much fun you'll look for excuses to get outside more often.
Maybe you want to use the built-in ice crushing blender to whip up some margaritas or smoothies on your next boat trip or tailgate?
Maybe you just want to always have music on hand with the waterproof bluetooth speaker or want to recharge your electronics with the built in USB charger?
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Nothing is more refreshing on a hot day than a cold blended cocktail or smoothie. The 18 volt ice-crushing beast built into the COOLEST will power through more than 6 gallons of blended goodness on a single charge.
If life is supposed to be a party, then you better bring the music. You're gathered around the cooler anyway, but now you can DJ the music right from your phone or Bluetooth-enabled device directly to your COOLEST. Just turn your phone on, match it with the COOLEST speaker, and rock out with your bad self.
Since you've got that 18 volt battery for the blender, why not get the most out of it? Maybe your camera battery is low or maybe you have an iPhone you just want to use after 3:00 in the afternoon... Re-charge your gear wherever you are with the waterproof USB charger.
The party doesn't stop just because the sun goes down, and you shouldn't have to freeze your fingers searching endlessly for your favorite drink. The COOLEST has unbreakable lights embedded in the lid so you easily find what you're looking for with the push of a button.
Carrying your gear to and from your destination is a hassle, and your old cooler isn't doing you any favors.
The COOLEST's locking tie-downs are like having a roof-rack on your cooler so three trips can be done in one. Easily secure your lawn chairs, blankets, towels, toys, fishing tackle, or grill.
One of the worst unintended workouts can be had by trying to drag a conventional cooler through a sandy beach. The COOLEST wheels are twice as wide so they roll easily and don't sink in.
There are certain essentials you need for any outdoor gathering so why not have a built in cubby to store them? The COOLEST has storage for a half dozen reusable plastic plates, which also double as a cutting board for the ceramic rust-proof pairing knife.
SPLIT LID and DIVIDER
The COOLEST has a split lid design so you can get access to ice for the blender without letting too much warm air in. This also lets you keep your cups in the cup holders so you don't have to put everything on the ground just to grab another cold drink.
The split lid design and removable divider give you some great packing options. You can keep your cocktail ice separate from your regular ice. Or you could put ice only on one side, pull the drain plug and the other side becomes a totally dry refrigerator, perfect for keeping sandwiches and any other perishable food cool and dry.
How many hours of your life have been wasted or teeth chipped because someone walked off with the bottle opener. My grandpa's cooler had a bottle opener and so does the COOLEST.
I'm always looking to maximize my fun when I get together with my family and friends. That's why I am so passionate about the COOLEST. I invent lots of things, but other than my Jello-shot catapult very few have brought so much fun to my life. ;)
I know firsthand how much fun it is to have a cooler with speakers, and a portable blender for beachside margaritas, because I built myself one of each around ten years ago. Last year I reexamined these well-loved creations and realized just how much room for improvement there was.
What's next?
I have manufactured and brought other products to market, but for a project of this size and complexity I'll be using a pool of experts in the field to make sure the COOLEST lives up to it's name.
The professional sourcing company I've partnered with has manufactured other coolers, as well as high tech gear. They have an experienced team in the field to assist with quality control, shipping and and other logistics.
We want you to have your COOLEST as soon as possible. Here's our plan to achieve that:
- July/August: Make lots of new Kickstarter friends, execute manufacturing agreements/standards
- September:Finalize the engineering and prototype iterations and place the tooling orders
- October: Tooling build-out and procurement of raw materials and components
- November: Part qualification and pre-production builds, pilot production, quality assurance and product validation
- December: Begin manufacturing for the injection molded and blow-molded parts
- January/February: Finalize the assembly and shipment process and begin fulfillment
Risks and challenges
No one wants to see a good idea executed poorly, especially one called the COOLEST. We have worked extremely hard to ready this product for Kickstarter and full-scale manufacturing and fulfillment, but here are what I see as the risks:
MANUFACTURING: Creating the tooling to manufacture a product of this size is expensive and requires expert knowledge to get it right. There is typically a 60 day lead time to create the molds for a product of this size and this is where delays could occur. To minimize that possibility we're working with tooling manufacturers partners with a track record for prompt quality.
PRODUCT ADJUSTMENTS: As the COOLEST gets geared up for production, there will likely be some minor adjustments to improve the final product. Pre-production prototypes are made to test and refine the product and allow us to incorporate our adjustments and those suggested by experienced manufacturing partners. These will always be for the benefit of you, the consumer, and we will let you know exactly how and why any are made.
FULFILLMENT: Sometimes things go awry that can't be planned for: a supplier misses a deadline, a machine breaks down, or a shipment gets lost. Those things could cause a delay. To minimize the possibility of manufacturing setbacks we will enter the manufacturing stage with at least one back-up supplier for each component pre-located and my product commercialization experts will help ensure smooth sailing from our suppliers and factories.
We will be working with manufacturers who have years of experience delivering excellent products in tremendous quantities. There will no doubt be some surprises along the road, but any obstacle will be addressed by combining our internal knowledge with external expertise, and an overall goal of making the best possible product for you, our COOLEST customer.
Any pledge amount brings us one step closer to our goal. Help us make the coolest idea the COOLEST product by clicking the 'Back This Project' button at the top of the page, or by helping us spread the word by sharing our page.
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Right now my idea is to win the game with an uber-Structure - say, a single Structure with ten Structure cards. If that turns out to be too easy in playtest, I'll probably need to add a requirement for some super-weapon that can only be built on a size 10 Structure.knolli wrote:What do you have to do to win the game? Are there several modes with different objectives?
That's right. I'd originally thought it'd be a TCG, but I wanted to make scavenging each other's parts a big part of the game, and that didn't work well with each player trying to keep track of their own decks. So now it's more Munchkinny.Tzan wrote:Looks like its not TCG. Also they go to the same corpse pile, you don't want all your cards mixed in.knolli wrote:All players get their cards from the same deck. Is it still a TCG?
That's the plan. It might be too small/scribbly to see right now, but the medieval cards have a crown icon, the modern cards have a gear, and the future cards have a computer. The more of these in a single Structure, the more bonuses they give to associated minifigs and weapons attached to the Structure.Tzan wrote:Deck Themes
The basic deck could be all time periods. Then additional decks could be made for other times.
I'm also thinking a good expansion would be Creature parts, so that you could assemble dragons and chimeras and other wildly unlikely monsters.
The cards will have to be small, so I'm putting some focus into making the individual cards simpler. But it's still a long way from playtest, so it'll be hard to say for sure until then.Olothontor wrote:Man, this could become a really confusing game, since the cards are incredibly dependent on where they are on the table in relation to another card/group of cards. You'll need a TON of space to play this.


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This is my all-time-favorite fall treat. Pumpkin bread. I remember my Mom making it when I was younger and I would eat it for breakfast or for snack when I got home from school. I would spread a little Country Crock (b/c that is what my Mom bought) on it and chow down. YUM! I have now modified the recipe that my Mom used to be gluten-free. I am in heaven! I even "gifted" some to a neighbor today for helping me out and she loved it! 🙂 BTW, she isn't GF and didn't realize the bread was GF until I told her. I froze the remaining 1.5 loaves so that I wouldn't eat them in one sitting, b/c I could easily do so. I plan on sharing with my Mom when she is here this coming weekend to visit. I am thinking about topping it with Edy's Slow-Churned Pumpkin Ice Cream and maybe some Hershey's Chocolate Syrup. Oooooooh!
Pumpkin Bread
2/3 cup shortening
2 2/3 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 can (1 lb pumpkin)
2/3 cup water
3 1/3 cup flour (I used a rice flour, potato starch, tapioca flour mix)
3 tsp xanthan gum
2 tsps baking soda
1 ½ tsps salt
½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
2/3 cup coarsely chopped nuts
2/3 cup raisin
Heat oven to 350. Grease 2 9x5x3 inch loaf pans or 3 8.5×4.5×2.5 inch loaf pans. In large bowl, cream shortening & sugar until fluffy. Stir in eggs, pumpkin & water. Blend in flour, soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon & cloves. Stir in nuts & raisins. Pour into pans. Bake about 70 minutes or until wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean.
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NEWS- Roadless warrior: Robotic inventor ready for screen test
It was a classic David and Goliath scenario, except the opponents weren't Biblical figures; they were robots. And there weren't any slingshots, because this battle– a driverless car race– could be won only with the use of artificial intelligence.
The Charlottesville team starred as David in the event, a field test organized by an arm of the Defense Department and intended to accelerate research and development in robotic vehicles.
Led by software engineer Paul Perrone, the local group– dubbed Team Jefferson– headed out to Western Nevada in a motor home last fall, pulling their $60,000 entry, "Tommy," a silverly egg-shaped vehicle, on a trailer behind them.
They also brought along a documentary film crew to capture the whole event on camera, including Tommy's first three excellent preliminary runs, followed by his dramatic 60 mph crash, the team's attempts to completely rebuild the vehicle within 36 hours– and the final blow: the crew's failure to make the cut for the final 132-mile race across the Mojave Desert.
Organized by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge of autonomous ground vehicles featured 43 teams vying for the winner-take-all prize of $2 million.
Although Tommy wasn't able to participate in the final trek, "The story is a great one," says Todd Free, a member of the film crew.
"I came on board in mid-September just to document the team's experience," says Free. "Making it into a film wasn't my primary purpose. Little did I know how much potential the story had."
Perhaps one of the things about Perrone's tale that has convinced him and Free of its film potential is the underlying underdog element.
"Our team had only one full-time person– me– and about eight people total," says Perrone. "Other teams were composed of 50 or so members."
Manpower wasn't the only problem. Unlike many other teams, Perrone's crew wasn't funded by a university or major corporation. The winning team, sponsored by Stanford University and Volkswagen, had both.
"We pulled it together with a budget of $60,000, compared to other teams' millions of dollars," says Perrone. "I'm sure they're excellent engineers, but they had more people working for them and more funding."
In light of the fact that the team faced a fairly dramatic set of circumstances, "Our vehicle was a bit of a media darling," says Perrone. Indeed, on March 28, PBS aired The Great Robot Race, an hour-long Nova documentary narrated by John Lithgow that included footage of Tommy.
Free says he wants his and Perrone's feature-length documentary, entitled Autopilots, to be about more than just machines.
"We're interested in the human interest side of this," says Free. "This robot's going from start to finish, trying to avoid unanticipated obstacles along the way. It's a metaphor for what Paul's trying to do, and what Paul's trying to do is a metaphor for what all of us are trying to do."
Funding for the film is provided by private investors and members of Perrone's recently created LLC, Robot World Media.
"We just started raising money, and we've already gotten a third of what we need," says Free. "That's a good sign."
The filmmakers, who include Perrone and producer Martha Moon, hope to finish the documentary by July or August and have it ready for release into film festivals early next year.
"The story's compelling for several reasons," says Free. "The technology's pretty amazing, for one thing. If we have driverless cars that can maneuver across deserts, there could be major implications for intelligence and wars. And Paul's personal part in this race, his drive to move forward at all costs, makes the story all the more provocative."
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A new bill would require a clean, private space for traveling mothers to breastfeed and pump at California's largest airports, including Lindbergh Field.
Last week, the state assembly passed AB 1787, introduced by Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal (D-Long Beach.)
AB 1787 would impact airports with more than one million travelers a year. These airports would be required to designate space with a chair and electrical outlet for new moms.
Currently, the San Francisco International Airport is the only California airport that offers lactation space, according to a statement from Lowenthal. SFO has 14 nurseries, one in each terminal.
The bill points out that though workplaces are required to provide new moms with a place to pump, many women travel for work.
The bill now moves to the state senate. If approved, airports would need to comply by 2016. The Commission on State Mandates would determine if the state will reimburse local agencies.


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Expert: OpeningsNow that you've mastered the basics of opening play - from the Beginner to Advanced Opening Courses - it's time to learn about some of the more advanced strategic decisions that one must make in the opening stage of a chess game.
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Expert: Attack and DefenseThe Expert and Master Attack and Defense courses are designed as continuations (for more advanced players) of the "Intermediate and Advanced Checkmate" lessons. The general principles of attack and defense are fundamental in chess. Most the critical moves you will ever play revolve around these two poles. Learning how - and when - to attack and defend is crucial on your road to mastery. Let's get started!
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Blanco to get upset
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This feels like the actual French, with Fogini and one of Chela/Falla making the QF's.
It's a really lopsided draw at the moment. Basically all of the seeds are alive in the bottom half while the top half is completely ****ed. Hard to see anyone stopping Blanco here other than maybe Murdoch.
Roland Garros II - Men's Doubles
GRAND SLAM - Thursday (Day Six) - Paris, France - Clay (Red)
- Second seeds Heath Davis and Jojo Mustard made light work of Australian Open quarter finalists Toby Brookes and David Champion in a straight sets victory to move to the third round. The World No. 2 pairing were always aware of the imposing presence of the red-headed giant Champion whose limitations in singles are covered in the pairs game, but comfortably accounted for the Aussie duo 6-3, 6-1. They meet the winner of the Varga Brothers and Ivan Čeljar and Nilikar Midid who play tomorrow.
- Also through are unseeded duo Henry Charles and Spas Delev after their three-set win over twelfth seeds Artem Krohmal and Merab Shvelidze. The Georgian-Ukrainian pairing started strongly to take the first set 6-2, and lead by a break early in the second before the Charles/Delev combination stormed back to claim six of the last seven games of the second set. After a one-sided start, the two teams went tit-for-tat in the deciding set with Charles and Delev failing to close out the set twice as it went to a deciding tiebreaker. There a backhand from Delev passed Krohmal at the net and Shvelidze at the baseline to bring up three match points; Charles converting with an overhead smash to set up a third round meeting with either Andrej Konc and Evgeny Maximov or Danijel Micic and Dusko Miloeviç.
- Seeded players out: Artem Krohmal & Merab Shvelidze.
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And great to get through another round of doubles. Aiming for the World #1 ranking. Speaking of which, how are the #1 seeds getting on in the doubles?
IIRC, both Machado/Rodrigues and Harmel/Parmentier made it through in straight sets yesterday, so winner of that in the quarters presuming you guys make it that far.
Go Davis & Mustard!
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Roland Garros II - Men's Singles
GRAND SLAM - Friday (Day Seven) - Paris, France - Clay (Red)
- Fourteenth seed Jojo Mustard has got a measure of revenge for his third round loss in Australia to Spas Delev as he beat the East CWLand native in four-sets in a seriously tight contest on Court Suzanne Lenglen. Neither player gave an inch in the three-and-a-half hour affair as both created numerous chances or their opponent's serve through some fine returning. After dropping the first set in a tiebreaker, Delev raced ahead in the second with an early break as he smacked a one-handed backhand from the back corner of the court to pass Mustard at the net. While Mustard continued to chip away at the Easterner, he couldn't earn a break back as Delev served out the second set with an ace right down the centre 'T'. Mustard, however, didn't lose his cool and remained composed despite being down two break points in his first service game of the third. While Delev was cracking some of his insane winners, Mustard did not lose sight of his goal and stuck with his consistent brand of tennis - taking advantage of some errors from his unseeded opponent. Serving at 4-5, Delev collapsed at the wrong time as he served a pair of double faults to hand Mustard a set point; the fourteenth seed showing great composure to put away an overhead smash after a routine volley was chased down by the East CWLander.
Delev had won his second round match in five, and, after breaking to lead 3-2 in the fourth, he looked like he could do it again. But Mustard broke back immediately by drawing a backhand error from Delev who was clearly feeling the strain of the long time he spent on court on Wednesday. Holding serve to make it 6-5, Mustard left it to Delev to serve to stay in the match. He couldn't do it as the West CWLander picked up a confidence-boosting win 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 to move into the round of 16.
- His opponent will be eighth seed Jefferson Drake who survived a horrific start to beat Finland's Lari Färkkilä in four sets. Heavily favoured to comfortably beat the Fin, the World No. 8 was on the receiving end of a first set shock as Färkkilä romped through the first set 6-1. Having already witnessed the torrent of seeds to fall on the somewhat politically incorrectly named "Tsunami Thursday", Drake was determined not fall in the same way as Hall, Oxenstierna and Cowan. Getting over his early rattling, Drake began to work his way back into the match with some trademark groundstrokes and soon lead by a double break in the fourth. There were some jitters as he failed to convert two match points before being broken, but he soon found a third and was into the fourth round 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. He can't afford a similar start against Mustard on Sunday with the West CWLander playing some very fine tennis.
- Finally, the horrendous season of Radivoj Daneu continued overnight as the former World No. 2 was bundled out in straight sets by the rampaging Heath Davis. Daneu had found the going easy in his first two rounds against low-level opposition, but was convincingly trounced by the 24th seed who claimed the first two sets 6-2, 6-4. Just when it looked like things couldn't get any worse, the Serb capitulated at 5-1 in the third to lose six games on the trot to the big man who has played the fewest amount of tennis this week with a third straight sets win - taking this 6-2, 6-4, 7-5. He plays local favourite Jean-Alain Depuis who, at 38 years of age, continues to have a fairytale run with a 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 win over 32nd seed Dmitry Orlov.
- Elsewhere, there are just two Frenchmen still in the draw and both are unseeded after nineteenth seed Patrick Pascaul was sensationally dumped in five by Johan Ortiz of Colombia. Pascaul came from two-sets to love down to take the match to a fifth, but was thwarted by Ortiz who advanced to a fourth round clash with Rasmus Olesen 7-6(3), 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 7-5. Also out was 31st seed Pierre L'Estrange who managed to take a set off second seed Daniel Paez Blanco before falling 7-6(3), 2-6, 4-6, 5-7. That sets up another meeting between Blanco and ninth seed Dwayne Murdoch who thrashed 22nd seed Davis Kennedy 6-0, 7-5, 6-1 in Kennedy's first real test since returning from injury.
- Seeded players out: Radivoj Daneu; Davis Kennedy; Pierre L'Estrange; Tiago Matías; Dmitry Orlov; Patrick Pascaul.
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Whoah. I did not see that coming. Fantastic victory. But playing in front of a feral crowd in the next round will prove to be a tough proposition. Great to see Jojo steam through in a toughie. He'll have an epic match against the Hero of the East next up. Seeds dropping like flies all around.
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ROCHESTER — One of Rochester's best kept shopping secrets lies behind an unassuming door in the Rochester Community Center. Next to Gerry's Emergency Food Pantry, the Community Clothing Shop is full of gently used clothing, shoes, toys, movies, furniture and more.
How reasonable are the prices? Let's put it this way, if you have $5, you could clothe your family.
"Everything was free," said SHARE Fund Executive Director Torey Kortz. "But we found we weren't necessarily serving the needy."
Last year, the decision was made to convert the free clothing service into a thrift store, with no geographical restrictions. Now, 100 percent of the proceeds go to fund the SHARE Fund's Emergency Financial Assistance for Rochester, East Rochester and Gonic residents.
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Inside the thrift store, shopping deals abound. Adult clothing and shoes are just $1. Kids' clothing and shoes are 50 cents. Shoppers can load up on accessories, toys, games, books, movies and CDs for 25 cents apiece. There's also a selection of household goods and small furniture priced to move.
While shoppers benefit from the prices at the Community Clothing Shop, the needy in the area do, as well. The proceeds help fund the Emergency Financial Assistance program offered by SHARE Fund. The program helps with back rent, security deposits, past due electric, gas, water and sewer bills, emergency heating assistance and urgent medical, dental, prescription needs.
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A new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found Californians are giving high marks to Gov. Jerry's Brown's approach to fixing the budget, which included the voter approved tax increase, Proposition 30.
Results suggest just over half of all adults believe California is moving in the right direction, with 40 percent believing the state is moving in the wrong direction and 9 percent not knowing which direction the state is headed.
The most optimism was expressed in the San Francisco Bay Area. The least was expressed in the Inland Empire.
Additionally, 51 percent of all adults approve of the job Brown is doing. That's up 10 percent from last year at this time, the institute found.
The optimism comes after about 10 years of deficit spending. In 2009, state tax revenues dropped 14 percent, forcing the state to make temporary tax increases, fee increases and budget cuts. Perhaps for that reason, residents are still wary about future increases and cuts to government services, the institute reported.
Brown recently proposed a budget that would leave California with a surplus. He announced his vision for the state last week, declaring, "California is back." Prop. 30 alone will provide $6 billion a year to the state budget for several years, according to state projections.
"We have promises to keep," Brown said at the State of the State address a week ago. "The most important one is the one we made to the people if Prop 30 passed. This means living within our means and not spending what we don't have."
He urged lawmakers to remain prudent, but to consider approving a funding formula that would help lower-income schools and districts that teach a high volume of English-language learners.
Brown's cautious optimism reflected in the institute's poll as well. Over 60 percent of the respondents said they still think California's budget is "a big problem" – that has not changed much from a year ago this time.
In addition to approval ratings, the poll also gauged interest in an assault weapons ban and found 65 percent of all adults would support the ban.
About the same percentage of those polled said they were either a great deal worried or somewhat worried about a possible mass shooting in their community. About 18 percent are not worried at all.


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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
2 tier bento lunch: birdies and stripes
Enough chitter-chatter. The goods:
The top tier: clementine orange and apple slices.
The apple slices were dipped in lemon juice to prevent browning and I flip-flopped the slices to make a visually interesting pattern in the bento box. The clementine is topped with a tiny fruit leather flower and secured with a bento pick.
The top tier: in one silicone cup there are grilled chicken chunks, leftover from dinner, in another silicone cup there are a couple cheddar cheese birds (the scraps tucked under them), with some pretzels squeezed in the gaps.
The bento pick is kind of neat, because from the top it looks like a flower (as seen in first picture), but from the side, surprise! It's a frog-esque turtle dude.
Ethan and I agree he kinda looks like a baby Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. :) This top tier comes with a really nice lid that seals it nicely, but it wouldn't fit with that pick sticking up so high, so the turtle dude had to come out and was just laid beside the orange (at Ethan's request) before sealing the bento up for transport.
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9 comments:
- aud1inok said... [Reply to comment]
Love the apple idea. That would be great for making the American flag with a cup of blueberries and white sprinkle stars. I made my first Bento lunch today!
- November 9, 2011 at 9:23 AM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
I agree with the flag idea! I even have a navy star-shaped silicone cup that would be perfect to put to the side. I need to remember than on flag day. :p
Good for you making your first bento! Yay! Welcome to the club! :)
- November 9, 2011 at 9:27 AM
- Wendy said... [Reply to comment]
I have that bento box and it gets constant use in our house. It's the perfect size for Augie's lunches and I love the lid for the top tier.
- November 9, 2011 at 10:38 AM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Wendy, does yours have birds and flowers on the lid?
The one you showed on your video a long time ago - with the little pictures of foods, I LOVED that one. I hunted high and low for one just like it to no avail! That thing haunted me, I wanted it so bad. *blush*
- November 9, 2011 at 10:53 AM
And I like the one you posted here Melissa. Wendy and M, please do reveal, if you remember, where you got them. Ta.
- November 9, 2011 at 6:46 PM
I have a similar-designed box like that. Mine is all orange. I got it from Daiso.
- November 9, 2011 at 9:01 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
I ordered mine from the site I mentioned, ATFS. :)
- November 9, 2011 at 10:58 PM
- Wendy said... [Reply to comment]
I have the bird/flower one like yours and the one with the happy food on the lid -- both were purchased at a Daiso store. They are identical except for color/lid design. I like the happy food one a lot too -- so cute!
- November 10, 2011 at 2:15 PM
The pick looks like it's a kappa! So cute :D
- November 12, 2011 at 8:10 PM


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A commentary on developments relating to the Law, Religious Freedom and Religious Discrimination by Neil Addison, Barrister and Author "Religious Discrimination and Hatred Law"
Within this country too, there are many areas in which the Church and the public authorities can work together for the good of citizens, in harmony with Britain's long-standing tradition. For such cooperation to be possible, religious bodies – including institutions linked to the Catholic Church – need to be free to act in accordance with their own principles and specific convictions based upon the faith and the official teaching of the Church. In this way, such basic rights as religious freedom, freedom of conscience and freedom of association are guaranteed.
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This would be a stark change for many U.S. companies, which have broad discretion of what to disclose under Securities and Exchange Commission regulations requiring them to publicly disclose breaches they consider material.
The new regulation is "a commanding directive -- it's certainly not voluntary," said Benjamin Powell, partner at the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Still, he said, EU member states will have to issue specific rules, and those have not yet been worked out. Companies would likely have to report attacks to the individual EU member states.
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U.S. policy currently also gives companies latitude to disclose what they consider material, unless companies suspect that information about consumers has been obtained by attackers, in which case there needs to be some sort of disclosure, said James A. Lewis, director and senior fellow for the technology and public policy program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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