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Good morning!...I have so much to show you!
I still have 4 new patterns to reveal so I thought I would do them all in one post...
This is yet another apron quilt I have designed...I just never seem to get tired of aprons...and I hope you don't either!
Hiding behind the quilt is my BFF Nanette and her daughter Shelbie who held each of my quilts up while I told about them during schoolhouse at market.
They were so much help...I really couldn't have done it without them:) And to those of you who attended my schoolhouse...thank you so much for the warm welcome and enthusiastic response...I was a little nervous until I saw all of your friendly smiling faces.
The pattern is called "Remember Grandma's Apron"....designed to bring back all of those wonderful memories of our grandmothers. It's a nice size for a wall quilt "41 x 53"...and works up quickly with a large applique block for the center...a small amount of embroidery...surrounded by square in a square blocks and bordered with scallops and red ric-rac and polka dots.
Next up is a quilt for the bed!....creamy butter yellow background...
Each daisy made from a 10" square of Sew Cherry...with leftovers for the centers.
A super easy and fun block to put together!
All of course are surrounded by a white picket fence which looks really cute hanging down the side of the bed....
Mr. Honey tacked it to the side of the deck in our backyard for the first photos...
This quilt is called "Fenced Flowers" and measures 68" x 91" which is just perfect for a twin or a daybed.
It looks sew cute on the bed with a generous amount of pillows piled high for comfort!
And now lets talk about table quilts....I love quilts on the bed, but I must admit that I think every table in the house needs one too and looks better with a quilt on it!
I designed this table runner in the very generous size of 36" x 64" to fit across the farm table in my kitchen.
And here's cute Nanette and Shelbie again....now you can see it's full size. It looks very vintagey cottage on the table with a large vase of fresh cut garden flowers in the center!
I love how easy the blocks are to make by using a 60 degree ruler and 2 1'2" strips....really a quick project.
And well...you all know that I love jumbo ric-rac and that I love to use brown in my quilts to warm them up and to make the other colors really sing!
This pattern is called "Cherry Blossom" table runner. Another great thing about it is that it's also the perfect size to fit across your kitchen counter and you bet I will be using it there to layout the potluck dishes during a family gathering:)...I hope you like it!
This is a picture of another quilt on my studio design wall during the designing and piecing stages.
I also designed this quilt to go on a table....which is why I made it square. That way it can fit on any table no matter the shape...whether it be square, rectangle, round or oval. Simply place it on point in the center of the table and it adds an instant warmth, color and texture to the room and also makes a nice colorful background for a centerpiece such as a large vintage bowl filled with.....cherries of course!
This quilt reminds me of summer and picnics and down home goodness!...and features another seriously fun and easy block to make.
Of course I used red ric-rac in the binding again...another thing I never get tired of:)
The pattern is called "Sew Cherry" table topper and finishes at 56" x 56" square.
I used the yellow stripes cut on the diagonal for the binding ...which I think finished it off nicely.
Well...now you have all seen the first 9 patterns completed!...whew!
There are even more patterns in the works for Sew Cherry but I just didn't have time to complete them all before market and I will be working on getting them finished up now.
Of course you will be the first to know when each one is ready...right now I'm working on several fun projects for the kitchen!
Once again I want to thank each and every one of you for all of your kind words and lovely comments. They all mean so much to me and I apologise that it is taking me so long to reply!....I still havn't been able to slow down much yet from the market frenzy....don't give up on me please...I'll be back to my regular posting soon:)


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Revised & Updated Edition! God is love. Crazy, relentless, all-powerful love. Have you ever wondered if we're missing it?
It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the universe&;the Creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-minor&;loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss. Whether you've verbalized it yet or not, we all know something's wrong.
Does something deep inside your heart long to break free from the status quo? Are you hungry for an authentic faith that addresses the problems of our world with tangible, even radical, solutions? God is calling you to a passionate love relationship with Himself. Because the answer to religious complacency isn't working harder at a list of do's and don'ts&;it's falling in love with God. And once you encounter His love, as Francis describes it, you will never be the same. Because when you're wildly in love with someone, it changes everything.

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You will fall in love with this stunning hand embroidered table runner. Hand crafted by Mexican artisans from Hidalgo, Mexico. Each piece features beautiful flowers, birds and animals inspired by the Otomí culture.
Let the colors and designs transport you to Mexico anytime you step into the space decorated with this one of a kind piece. Find the perfect use for it! Some ideas: table runner, wall decor, decor for end of your bed or for your couch.
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Hugo Chavez: sponsor of terrorism
By Alek Boyd
15.05.08 | INTERPOL just announced what has been a foregone conclusion: Colombia did not fabricate files and data contained in laptops of slain narco-terrorist Raul Reyes, killed in Ecuador on 1 March this year. Since, information contained in said laptops have led Colombian authorities to seize Uranium in Bogota and cash in Costa Rica. President Uribes all out eradication policy against drug dealing terrorists from FARC will likely be boosted, given the wealth of data, much of which points to Caracas. That Chavez has been in bed with Colombian narco terrorists is nothing new. What will become truly interesting is how President Uribe out-chavezes Chavez with the intel hes got now: FARC top leaders move freely in Venezuela where they have presidential protection.
So what INTERPOLs findings mean? It confirms that Chavezs relationship with FARC has been, as many of us have maintained for years, close and deep. It shows that the Venezuelan caudillo, at the back of its constituents, has been arming, protecting, providing sanctuary, granting citizenship and using for political purposes members of an organization considered terrorist by 27 European countries, the USA and Canada. Chavezs terrorist allies have killed, maimed, tortured and kidnapped Venezuelan citizens. For that he should be tried for treason, and sooner or later he, and his collaborators, will have to face justice.
INTERPOLs conclusions also means that anyone who has collaborated, praised, apologized and distributed propaganda in favor of someone who aids and abets with terror is, by association, a supporter of terrorism. Readers sent emails to learn about my impression on Ken Livingstones defeat in Londons mayoral vote. And I was patiently waiting for INTERPOLs report to be official, to say that London does not deserve a mayor who, by association, supports terrorism. Evo Morales, Rafael Correa, Lula, the Kirchners, Daniel Ortega and the Cuban dictatorship are also supporters of terrorism. Joe Kennedy, Bill Delahunt, Jose Miguel Insulza, Sean Penn, Piedad Cordoba, TransAfrica Forum, Larry Birns and his motley crew of associates, are equally guilty. From this day on, anyone openly siding with Chavez is, by association, a supporter of terrorism and should be treated as such by authorities and public opinion worldwide. The honey moon has ended.
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With a whopping 42 comments to it (and as that is the big answer, I thought the time was right for this post…), I think it's pretty much common knowledge by now that I got a new job. I didn't really consider how quickly the wheels got rolling on getting me in there; but on retrospect, this place did not diddle around. I was offered the job on August 4, taught my final class on August 14, and then on August 17 I walked in, filed paperwork, went through the orientation, and was then literally thrown into the thick of it. I didn't hit the ground running. I bitch-slapped the ground, made it call me a pretty girl, and had it beg for more when I was through with it.
And the really frightening bit? After a week, I'm still not sure how my voice mail works.
But what exactly is the job? I didn't really go into detail on that in "Perseverance and Peter Gabriel†as that post was less about the job itself and more about the job hunt. Amidst the comments of congratulations and inspiration, a few of you have wondered "So what is this job you got?†I wanted to wait until I finished the first week before I shared details, and I'm glad I did. Last week was overwhelming, amazing, and eye-opening, on a lot of levels.
I was also beat at the end of every day. Slept a lot. Now, with some of the blur that was last week processed, here it is…
Intersections is a security firm, based out of Chantilly, VA. Since 1996, Intersections has dealt with credit history and digital identity protection. They are in the business of making electronic transactions, be they financial or personal, safer; and I have been hired as their Social Media Manager. (I'd like to point out that this job falls under Corporate Communications, not Marketing. That thrills me like you wouldn't believe.) They were looking for someone who could not only apply Social Media, but understand the different initiatives out there and what they offer.
They were also looking for someone who could write. Yeah, I think I got that covered, too.
What I'm particularly excited about with this job is the angle Intersections takes with Social Media. Obviously, I'm being called upon to manage blogs, create podcasts, edit video (which I'm doing right now), and manage an outreach program with Twitter and (soon) Facebook; but I am also being asked to investigate and research security in Social Media, something I've touched on in Bird House Rules but only scratched its surface. On Friday, I was forwarded some news about Social Media from a security perspective and I was floored. The ironic bit is, that morning I was catching up with The SpyCast and listening to a fantastic interview with Dr. Terry Gudaitis who specializes in cyberintelligence gathering. (That's the June 15, 2009 show if you're interested.)
I feel as if I am starting all over again in Social Media, this time from a new perspective I hope Blogworld will let me speak on this year. I am officially on their schedule. I've confirmed "But Honey, It's For the Studio" but am working to change topics concerning my second talk. So, if you're at Blogworld this year, stop me and say "Hi." It should be good fun in Vegas this October!
So in the end, I am using my knowledge and background on Social Media for good, not for evil. While I will help in the promotion of what Intersections does, I will also be their on-call specialist in Social Media while I find out more about security matters with Twitter, Facebook, WordPress, and the like. My brain has been firing on all cylinders since Day One, and I'm soaking it up like a thirsty sponge. The first week just blinked by, and I've not slowed down yet.
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It's a long story and a hard decision concerning The Guide, and I'll save the rest for that show.
My job at Intersections is now underway, and my writing is moving forward. From here, all that I have to face now are the possibilities.


text: Selling a home during the winter months can be a challenge. Dreary, cold weather and the end-of-the-year holidays can keep buyers away and heighten fears of your home staying on the market longer than expected. However, there are a few things you can do to enhance "curb appeal." And when that happens, buyers will take notice. For example, if your home has been on the market for several months, it's probably time to change our sales approach. There are several factors that you and your agent can review to determine improvements that can be made. You may need to make a reassessment of the sales price, as it may be too high for the current market or, instead, your agent may opt to create a new or updated marketing plan for your home. Marketing your home goes beyond a few ads in the newspaper and a listing on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). Ask your agent about all the ways in which they will market your home. When setting the asking price through a comparative marketing analysis, compare similar homes sold in the winter months. Many owners set their asking price too high because of comparisons with sales prices during peak seasons. Always try to compare like properties sold at the same time of year. Once you've settled on an asking price, it's time to spruce up the interior and exterior of your home. We recommend opening as many curtains as possible to add light and color to rooms. Also, your might try keeping spring and summer pictures of your home out on tables and in clear view. Photos of your front yard flowers or the backyard shade tree in full summer bloom can help swing many buyers in favor of a purchase. Staying on top of winter maintenance and chores is another sure-fire way of adding value to your home. A neatly shoveled driveway and cleared walkway can add a nice touch. Make sure the furnace is in good working condition and that the room temperature is kept at a comfortable level. Also, check to see that the basement (if there is a basement) is dry and sealed from any drafts. Take yourself on a tour of your home. Start on one end and work your way through the house. More than likely you'll see many previously undiscovered cluttered spaces and needed repairs that might turn off potential buyers. Don't overload your home with holiday decorations, either. The buyer should have a chance to see you home in its everyday condition.


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You should hunt for a specialist who can provide you with the high-quality services you want, as you already desire them. Keep in mind that you lack the necessary knowledge, therefore you should never do something like this on your own. Hire a PTSD therapist instead of getting frustrated, as you'll be happier overall. But if you pick the proper individual, you'll experience all the benefits of working with an expert. The only way to identify the ideal candidate is to have options and carefully consider them. Additionally, you'll need to perform some research and learn how to solve the riddle. It won't be simple for you to choose from the services you'll find on the market, especially if you don't know what you're trying to accomplish. You can discover some advice for choosing a supplier in this article.
Experience is essential, and you should base your strategy on it. Knowing the PTSD therapist's level of expertise is important because it will affect the caliber of the services you ultimately receive. You already know that the most qualified candidate will be in a position to perform well and that you won't have anything to repent. To determine if your selection has accumulated sufficient experience to meet your expectations, find out how long they have been in service. Had he or she been in the industry long enough to be familiar with every aspect of the position? The fact is that a specialist with years of experience in the sector knows what to do and won't struggle to complete your assignment. Furthermore, a PTSD therapist will know how to handle difficult situations, which will give you the peace of mind you need because you won't have to supervise them. Hiring someone who just entered the field makes little sense because he or she could not have much to give.
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What will the cost of the services be? You are not required to make a decision without considering the expense of using a particular PTSD therapist's services. The rates vary widely based on a number of criteria, so it would be a good idea to compare the prices charged by different service providers before making a choice. You must realize that the most expensive services are not always the finest, and you do not have to go that road every time in the hopes of finding the best. Some experts will charge you a premium amount to make you believe they are beat when they are not. choose what you are able to afford.


text: Marco Bailey grew up in a small village in Belgium. Nothing much happened there really, but he did learn that one doesn't achieve much without working hard. He is a true hedonist but a workaholic as well. Marco loves to work hard and spin records as much as possible; sleeping is for later. Therefore, his colleagues know him for his no-nonsense & ass- kicking mentality.At the age of 12, Marco wanted nothing more than to become a sportsman. Motocross and competitive cycling were his passions until injuries made it impossible to continue and Marco soon had a new obsession, music, then shortly after that DJing.He started playing Funk, Hip Hop and Rock music, New Wave, Punk, Marco Bailey has been spinning everything and everywhere in the World ! Japan, Korea, China, Argentina , Brasil, Colombia, Mexico, whole europe etc etc ..there are not many countries of bailey was standing on the decks somewhere!His burning all consuming drive can only be calmed by getting into the music. A positive result of this is seen on a daily basis in the studio, where together with his best friend Tom Hades he works on tracks and DJ sets, puzzling just as long as it takes to get it to sound right and release the right energy. Marco calls this his 'positive disorder', Positive because it gives meaning to his life. He is constantly on the road or at work in the studio and doesn't take his job lightly. He invests all of his energy to make sure he can give the best possible performance to his audiences all around the World.Having a superstar status in Belgium, he travels the world playing the biggest events as well as the small intimate clubs. His mixture of party techno, minimal and electronic house means he is a permanent fixture at all major European festivals and clubs. With love, hard work and fantastic sounds he has succeeded in gaining worldwide recognition. Playing events like Global Gathering UK , WIRE Yokohama Japan , Extrema Outdoor (NL), Awakenings (NL), I Love Techno (BE), Nature One (DE), Monegros (SP) and clubs such as Ageha (Tokyo Japan ) Zouk (SG), Space (ES), Fabrik (ES) , Matter (UK) , Fabric (UK) , REX (FR) , Space (Miami US) , Avalon (los Angeles U.S) ,Fuse (Bel) , Industrial Copera (ES) and Chinese Laundry (AU) and so many many more ..he has made clear that he still is a big force to recon with.Killer releases on Intec Rec, Primate, Zync & Tortured, confirmed his strong reputation as a producer over the last eight years. He has since set up MB Elektronics & MB Selektions to release high quality music and remixes by none other than Adam Beyer, Umek, Smith & Selway, Claude Young, Christian Varela, Redhead, Axel Karakasis November 2009 saw the MB labels 55th release.Marco Bailey does not like to think in boxes but more outside the box. Although he has an expansive taste in music, techno keeps intriguing him. Despite techno growing into a bigger genre with its sub- styles in minimal, tech house and hard techno, he still discovers fascinating records in every style. This is the reason Marco's sound is so diverse and surprising.The slight change of both his production and DJ-ing styles has led to a release on John Digweed's Bedrock Records (Jungle Laps, October 2009). He has just signed with Bedrock for another 2 releases, which are to be released in February and March 2010. His releases on Carl Cox's Intec Records are planned for April and May 2010. Besides these, he will release new tracks on John Digweed's Bedrock , 1605 rec, Dataworkz UK and his own label MB Elektronics Recordings. With these upcoming releases he's looking to add another big chapter to his already very long list of releases dating back to the end of the nineties. As you see Marco Bailey is a MAIN player in the Techno Tech house scene for many many years. A carreer for more then 20 years as a dj and more then 15 years as a producer!


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FDA clarifies recommendations for injectable drug products packaged in vials and ampules.
FDA has released guidance that clarifies the agency's current thinking on allowable excess volume and labeled vial-fill size in injectable drug and biological products. The draft guidance document states FDA's requirements and recommendations in regards to allowable excess volume in vials. The guidance also explains when justification is needed for a proposed excess volume in these injectable drug products.
The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) point out the importance of appropriate packaging sizes for injectable drug products in the guidance. The agencies recommend that labeled vial fill sizes be appropriate for the intended use and dosing of the drug product.
Fill and packaging issues for injectable drug products that are packaged in vials and ampules, including products that require reconstitution, are addressed in the guidance. Injectable drug products in other packaging types (e.g., prefilled syringe package systems and intravenous infusion bags) or noninjectable products are not covered in the guidance because there may be unique considerations for these packaging configurations. FDA states that the guidance applies to new drug applications, abbreviated new drug applications, biologics license applications, and new packaging supplements to these existing applications submitted to CDER and CBER.
Source: FDA.gov


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I guess Tara was hoping for all our embarrassing 1980s perms and other period hair disasters for this weeks theme. Unfortunately I haven't got any of those yet scanned in so you'll have to make do with a cute picture of my kids from 18 months ago. This shows the contrast between my daughter's brunette locks and son's blondness:
The next one shows my daughter with her half siblings and hopefully you can see that in order from left to right they are auburn, brunette, brunette and classic red head:
What a fab range of hair colours between the 5 of them!
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Condensation is the accumulation of liquid water on relatively cold surfaces.
Almost all air contains water vapor, the gas phase of water composed of tiny water droplets. The molecules in warm air are far apart from one another and allow the containment of a relatively large quantity of water vapor. As air cools, its molecules get closer together and squeeze the tiny vapor droplets closer together, as well. A critical temperature, known as the dew point, exists where these water droplets will be forced so close together that they merge into visible liquid in a process called condensation.
Double-pane windows have a layer of gas (usually argon or air) trapped between two panes of glass that acts as insulation to reduce heat loss through the window. Other types of gas used in this space have various effects on heat gain or loss through the window. Some windows also have a thin film installed between panes that separates the space between the panes into two spaces, further reducing heat loss and heat gain through the window. If multiple-pane windows appear misty or foggy, it means that the seal protecting the window assembly has failed.
Silica Desiccant
A desiccant is an absorbent material designed to maintain dryness in the space it protects. In a double-paned window, silica pellets inside the aluminum perimeter strip absorb moisture from any incoming air that enters the space between the panes. If not for the silica desiccant, any moisture in the space between the panes would condense on the glass as the glass cools below the dew point temperature.
Silica gel has an immense surface area, approximately 7,200 square feet per gram, which allows it to absorb large amounts of water vapor. As the sealant protecting this space fails over time, increasing amounts of moisture-containing air will enter the space between the panes, and the silica pellets will eventually become saturated and will no longer be able to prevent condensation from forming. A double-paned window that appears foggy or that has visible condensation has failed and needs to be repaired or replaced.
Why Double-Paned Windows Fail: Solar (Thermal) Pumping
Although double-paned windows appear to be stable, they actually experience a daily cycle of expansion and contraction caused by thermal pumping. Sunlight heats the airspace between the panes and causes the gas there to heat up and expand, pressurizing the space between the panes. At night, the window cools and the space between the panes contracts. This motion acts like the bellows of a forge and is called thermal pumping.
Over time, the constant pressure fluctuations caused by thermal pumping will stress the seal. Eventually, the seal will develop small fractures that will slowly grow in size, allowing increasing amounts of infiltration and exfiltration of air from the space between the panes.
Failure Factors
Windows on the sunny side of a home will experience larger temperature swings, resulting in greater amounts of thermal pumping, seal stress and failure rates.
Vinyl window frames have a higher coefficient of expansion resulting in greater long-term stress on the double-pane assembly, and a higher failure rate. Windows also experience batch failure, which describes production runs of windows, especially vinyl windows, that are defective, meaning that the pane assemblies have been manufactured with seals that have small defects that will cause the window to fail prematurely.
The Nature of Damage
If it's allowed to continue, window condensation will inevitably lead to irreversible physical window damage. This damage can appear in the following two ways:
riverbedding. Condensed vapor between the glass panes will form droplets that run down the length of the window. Water that descends in this fashion has the tendency to follow narrow paths and carve grooves into the glass surface. These grooves are formed in a process similar to canyon formation.
silica haze. Once the silica gel has been saturated, it will be eroded by passing air currents and accumulate as white "snowflakes" on the window surface. It is believed that if this damage is present, the window must be replaced.
Detecting Failure
Condensation is not always visible. If the failure is recent, a failed window may not be obvious, since condensation doesn't usually form until the window is heated by direct sunlight. Windows in the shade may show no evidence of failure, so inspectors should disclaim responsibility for discovering failed double-paned windows.
Thermal Imaging as a Detection Tool
Under the right conditions, it's possible to use an infrared (IR) camera to detect failed windows. IR cameras are designed to record differences in temperature.
InterNACHI provides a thermal imaging course that includes information on using IR cameras for this purpose, and has a message board forum devoted to IR.
Recommendations for Failed Windows
According to industry experts, the glazing assembly can be replaced approximately 75% of the time. Occasionally, the sashes must be replaced, and only about 5% of those cases require that the entire window be replaced.
Inspectors should be aware that there are companies that claim to be able to repair misty windows through a process known as "defogging."
This repair method proceeds in the following order:
A hole is drilled into the window, usually from the outside, and a cleaning solution is sprayed into the air chamber.
The solution and any other moisture are sucked out through a vacuum.
A defogger device is permanently inserted into the hole that will allow the release of moisture during thermal pumping.
Inspectors should know that there is currently a debate as to whether this process is a suitable repair for windows that have failed, or if it merely removes the symptom of this failure. Condensation appears between double-paned windows when the window is compromised, and removal of this water will not fix the seal itself. A window "repaired" in this manner, although absent of condensation, might not provide any additional insulation. This method is still fairly new and opinions about its effectiveness range widely. Regardless, "defogging" certainly allows for cosmetic improvement, which is of some value to homeowners. It may also reduce the potential for damage caused by condensation in the form of mold or rot. Some skepticism exists about the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of this method of repair.
In summary, condensation in double-paned windows indicates that the glazing assembly has failed and needs repair or replacement. Visible condensation can damage glazing and is the main indication of sealant failure.
by Nick Gromicko, CMI® and Kenton Shepard
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Players will be able to venture into six of Mists of Pandaria's storied dungeons to reap new rewards all week during this Bonus Event. Simply open the Group Finder (default hotkey: "I") and then select Dungeon Finder and Timewalking in the "Type" dropdown menu. Selecting "Find Group" will match you with other players and send you to one of the following Heroic Dungeons.
Temple of the Jade Serpent
Stormstout Brewery
Shado-Pan Monastery
Mogu'shan Palace
Gate of the Setting Sun
Your character and items will be scaled down to a power level fitting for the challenge at hand, but bosses will yield loot appropriate for your natural level. Timewalking dungeons also have a chance to drop items that usually drop when you run them on Heroic, and you'll earn reputation with a faction that is interested in the dungeon.
You'll also be able to visit a new Timewalking vendor located on the Timeless Isle. Mistweaver Xia is waiting to take your hard-earned Timewarped Badges in exchange for some tempting rewards:
Reins of the Heavenly Jade Cloud Serpent ()
2 Pets— (dragonkin) and (aquatic)
Reputation Tokens for all major Pandaria factions and friendship items
2 Toys— and
Updated equipment selections from Pandaria factions
Look for the following all week long:
Caretaker Kah'Toll in Oribos has a quest for you—"A Shrouded Path Through Time." You can also start the quest from within the Adventure Guide (Shift- J).
Quest Requirement: Complete 5 Timewalking dungeons.
Rewards: One loot box containing a piece of gear from Fated Normal difficulty Shadowlands raids.
While Timewalking is active, you will gain a 50% bonus to reputations earned from quests and creature kills for all reputations associated with the corresponding expansion.
Bonus Events occur on a rotating schedule of different activities, currently scheduled to run each week beginning on Tuesdays. Each Bonus Event grants a passive bonus to a particular game activity and offers a once-per-event quest with a reward for accomplishing a related goal. Check the in-game calendar regularly to keep on top of the scheduled events. The Adventure Guide also offers a direct link to active Bonus Events, allowing you to easily accept any quests associated with the Bonus Event of the week.
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After spending twelve years at Harvard University, Shawn Achor has become one of the world's leading experts on the connection between happiness and success. His research on mindset made the cover of Harvard Business Review, his TED talk is one of the most popular of all time with over 13 million views, and his lecture airing on PBS has been seen by millions. Shawn has lectured or worked with over a third of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as the NFL, the NBA, the Pentagon and the White House. Shawn is the author of New York Times best-selling books The Happiness Advantage (2010) and Big Potential (2018). He has now lectured in more than 50 countries speaking to CEOs in China, doctors in Dubai, schoolchildren in South Africa, and farmers in Zimbabwe. His Happiness Advantage training is one of the largest and most successful positive psychology corporate training programs in the world. Shawn's research has been published in the top psychology journal for work he did at UBS in partnership with Yale University to transform how stress impacts the body, and he recently did a two-hour interview with Oprah at her house to discuss his mission to bring positive psychology to the world.
Research Focus: Positive Brains and Performance
NYT Best-selling Author of Before Happiness and The Happiness Advantage
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Most companies and schools follow this formula: if you work harder, you will be more successful, and then you will be happy. This formula is scientifically backward. A decade of research shows that training your brain to be positive at work first actually fuels greater success second. In fact, 75% of our job success is predicted not by intelligence, but by your optimism, social support network and the ability to manage energy and stress in a positive way. By researching top performers at Harvard, the world's largest banks, and Fortune 500 companies, Shawn discovered patterns, which create a happiness advantage for positive outliers—the highest performers at the company. Based on his book,The Happiness Advantage (2010 Random House), Shawn explains what positive psychology is, how much we can change, and practical applications for reaping the Happiness Advantage in the midst of change and challenge.
Confidence, trust and job satisfaction are at historic lows. When the economic collapse began, the world's largest banks called in Shawn Achor to research how to restore confidence and forward progress. While many managers succumb to helplessness, with their teams and clients quickly following suit, Shawn researched those who maintained high levels of success and leadership during the challenge. He found that our brains create confidence based on the belief that our behavior matters to the outcome we desire. To develop this trust, we must create "wins" for our brain necessary to overcome learned helplessness and must train our brains for rational optimism. Based on the science of positive psychology and case studies of working with companies in the midst of an economic collapse, Shawn provides practical applications for raising the belief that individual behavior matters and helping leaders to keep teams motivated and engaged.
Common sense is not common action. This is because information does not necessarily cause transformation because we require a certain level of "activation energy" to start a change. Shawn Achor's research in the field of positive psychology has revealed how changes in our own brain due to mindset and behavior can have a ripple effect to a team and an entire organization. This positive ripple effect can create a more productive, positive work culture making positive change easier. Audiences will learn about the latest scientific research on mirror neurons and mental priming to explain how positivity and negativity spread, case studies on how to become a lightning rod for change, and findings on how a positive ripple effect profoundly affects an organization's ability to transition and change.
At schools and companies alike, we are sometimes taught to think: "if I work harder, then I will be successful, and then I will be happy." This formula–which undergirds much of our educational and professional world–is scientifically backwards. Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage,explains how positive brains reap a unique advantage raising nearly every educational and business outcome–but only if we get the formula right. By demonstrating how happiness is a choice, we can help students not only cultivate positive habits and mindsets, but achieve higher levels of success as a result. Shawn's study on 1600 Harvard students and his seven years as a Freshmen Proctor gave him a unique window into the thinking of success-driven and sometimes overwhelmed students. His subsequent work at schools and companies in 51 different countries now reveals how very simple changes to our mindset and habits can result in positive changes that cascade to others around us. Using his new research which made the cover of Harvard Business Review, interactive experiments, and humorous stories, Shawn shows how we can bring this research to life for our schools and for ourselves.
What is more important than IQ and emotional intelligence combined? Based on the research inBefore Happiness, Shawn Achor takes us to the beginning of human potential to explain why some people are able to make great changes while others remain the same. Before you can make a change at work or home, your brain first constructs a picture of reality; this mental picture already determines your likelihood of success and your ability to harness your brain's IQ, emotional and social intelligence. In this exciting talk, Shawn takes the audience to the cutting edge of positive psychology and neuroscience to clearly demonstrate how one can become a "positive genius": one who can continually architect successful, positive realities based upon true facts then transfer those realities to others. Using his signature humor, new case studies and interactive experiments that engage the audience, Shawn makes this research come alive. Shawn illuminates new research he did in collaboration with Yale published in the top psychology journal in 2013 showing step by step how a leader can change their mindset about stress to increase productivity by 30% and lower health problems and fatigue by 23%. Audiences leave with five clear, practical takeaways, which can immediately start to transform their life, raising both happiness and success rates. In this program, participants will learn how to navigate multiple realities at work, cancel internal and external noise, add vantage points to planning, use success accelerants to speed goal completion and use meaning markers to spread positive genius throughout a team, family and an entire organization.
What People Are Saying
"Shawn Achor is funny, self-depreciating, and devastating to my notions of what his field is all about…Even better, he's got tips for how we can improve our brains. By the time he starts talking about "activation energy" and tells us we can prime our brains for enhanced achievement by doing one simple activity every day, I'm butter to his knife."
— Boston Globe
"We can't thank Shawn enough…His presentation was a highlight of our event. Our meeting objectives focused on audience engagement, leadership skills, structured networking and fun – Shawn helped us achieve all of these and then some. I've already witnessed my colleagues engaging in the happiness habits, and I'm practicing them myself!"
— Johnson & Johnson
"An amazing event! It was such fun and so stimulating to have Shawn at Facebook! As we strive to help the world become more open and connected, remaining positive and grateful for meaningful and productive relationships is essential! Shawn's ideas and research is very insightful to us as we think about our mission. Thank-you!"
The Happiness Advantage
Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we'll be happy. If we can just find that great job, win that next promotion, happiness will follow. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that this formula is actually backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around
Big Potential
We have long thought about potential as being a set of individual traits: your creativity, your skills, your intelligence. But thanks to exciting new research combining neuroscience and psychology with Big Data, we now know that our potential is not limited by what we alone can achieve. Instead, it is determined by how we complement, contribute to, and benefit from the abilities and achievements of people around us.


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As we continue to grow, there are ample opportunities for talented people to grow in their roles with us and help us carry out our mission to "enhance neighborhoods by creating the most enjoyable guest experiences and environments for people to gather, eat, and drink."
We offer competitive wages, a fun work environment, discounts at all 4EG establishments, awesome incentives and events, opportunities for personal and professional growth, and healthcare, 401k, and paid time off (for those who meet eligibility requirements).
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Type: Japanese whisky
Distillery: Karuizawa
Distilled: 1981
Age: 35yo
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The distillery was established in 1955 by Daikoku-budoshu. The owner decided to build the facility in the town of Karuizawa located in the foothills of the active Asama volcano, a popular tourist destination in Japan.
Karuizawa was a small distillery producing alcoholic beverages with the use of traditional methods. In pursuit of the highest quality, Karuizawa was contained in casks previously filled with sherry and imported from Spain. Similar to its equivalent from the home of whisky, Scotland, Karuizawa is aged in sherry casks. However, the flavour of whisky is also influenced by local features that give it its unique character. Spring water drawn from the volcanic hills of Asama, freezing winters and hot summers are all hinted at in the flavour of this beverage and make it truly one of a kind. Karuizawa is very rich and aromatic with a distinct sherry profile.
Karuizawa used to produce whisky on a small-scale and was rather focused on the domestic market. This continued from its establishment in 1955 until 2000 when the production was ceased. Although whisky is no longer produced, there were still some casks left, but every year the number decreases. Currently, there are only 300 Karuizawa casks in the world. Three-quarters of these date back to the 1990s, and there are only 14 casks left from the 1960s.
Unfortunately for Karuizawa, it gained world recognition only after it ceased production. Since 2006, Karuizawa whisky has been reaching whisky lovers from all around the world thanks to the Number One Drinks company. When the world heard about Karuizawa, it immediately fell in love with the beverage produced in the foothills of the Asama mountain.
As Karuizawa is no longer licensed to produce alcoholic beverages and the building of the distillery has a new owner, there will be no new casks on the market. No one knows when the last whisky will be bottled…


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Former Save the Bees, Associate, Environment America Research & Policy Center
The butterfly's plummeting population warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act, and now is the time for action.
Former Save the Bees, Associate, Environment America Research & Policy Center
There are few species as iconic as the monarch butterfly. Children across the country quickly learn to identify their unique appearance — white polka dot body and vibrant orange and white polka dot pattern on its wings. Even in Hawaii, my home state, this butterfly has become a familiar sight.
The monarch's widespread fame is rooted in the species' annual migration. An ultra-marathon of sorts, some fly as far as 3,000 miles on their journey to beat the cold of winter. Monarch butterflies make their way across nearly every part of North America, and, as a result, people all over the country see these majestic creatures at some point in their migration, or at least they did. As monarch populations drop to concerning levels, we must draw on our shared knowledge and appreciation of these butterflies to make sure they can continue embarking on its cross country journey.
Fortunately, the new Biden administration is taking important first steps to protect the monarch by reviewing a recent decision on endangered species protections and considering protecting these butterflies.
Listing the butterfly under the Endangered Species Act is both necessary and timely. In the latest Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count, fewer than 2,000 monarchs were spotted by volunteers. This population, living west of the Rocky Mountains, has fallen 99.9 percent since the 1980s. Their eastern counterparts have declined more than 80 percent since the 1990s.
Many daunting factors have led to these declines. Habitat loss due to residential or agricultural land conversion and pesticides, such as glyphosate (the main ingredient in the herbicide Roundup), are making life hard for monarchs.
Under the Trump administration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released findings last December stating that protections for the monarch were "warranted but precluded." In other words, the monarch qualifies for protections, but higher priority considerations stall further action. The Service named the monarch as a candidate for listing in the future, ultimately delaying concrete actions.
But there is now hope that protections may come sooner. The Biden administration has announced that it will review the U.S. FWS findings for the monarch. Designation under the Endangered Species Act would provide the monarch with protections from harmful federal activities, offer potential habitat designations and create plans for recovering the species.
Even as we wait for the results of this review, we can take action now to support conservation efforts in preparation for the monarch's migration north in the spring.
Even bumblebees enjoy Asclepias tuberosa, also known as butterfly milkweed. This milkweed type is great for the southern Great Plains and central Midwest. Photo credit: Pixabay.
One proactive step is planting milkweeds, a group of native wildflowers. The plants support a range of insect species and can add dazzling splashes of color to your home or community gardens. Adding milkweed to your garden can provide habitat for monarchs in areas where it might have been lost. This plant serves as a necessary part of the monarch's breeding cycle. When caterpillars hatch from eggs laid on the plant, they consume the leaves as their sole food source. If you're considering planting milkweed, please remember one important tip: You must choose varieties native to your area. For example, tropical milkweed planted in areas where it is not suitable leads to a buildup of parasitic spores on the plant, harming butterflies.
In addition to milkweed, other nectar-rich plant species that bloom in early spring are helpful food sources for monarch butterflies flying north from their overwintering sites. These milkweed and nectar guides from Xerces have planting recommendations based on your location. Participating in monarch counting events is another great way to get involved outdoors. Volunteer opportunities near you can be found here.
While there's a lot to be done to improve monarch butterfly conservation and research, the actions we take now can help ensure that this iconic species continues to fly over the American landscape for generations to come. We appreciate the Biden administration's intent to review findings on the monarch butterfly and hope that the administration takes action under the Endangered Species Act to protect this beloved species.
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Most of us can't travel overseas right now but we can at least be aurally transported by way of music. Ten vocal ensembles whose members come from 15 different countries will perform in a new, weeklong festival called Vox Virtual beginning August 22nd. They include ANÚNA from Ireland, Insingizi from Zimbabwe, Ensemble Rustavi from Georgia, and Cantus from the U.S.
Vox Virtual is the brainchild of the Dutch/Icelandic group Olga and the international touring company Classical Movements. Olga singer Philip Barkhudarov, who lives in Reykavik, says, since almost all of these groups have had their in-person shows cancelled, it didn't take much to get their fellow artists on board.
"We have a lot of friends in different groups and ensembles around the world," he says. As soon as Barkhudarov and his bandmates started calling those friends "one thing led to another and we realized, 'Wow, this can be a big thing.'"
While they might live in different corners of the globe, many of these vocal ensembles are familiar with each other. Barkhudarov discovered the Kansas City-based ensemble Isaac Cates & Ordained when he found a video performance of theirs that blew him away. After he shared the video, the two singers connected. Turns out Cates was already familiar with Barkhudarov's work in M'anam, a vocal ensemble that also features ANÚNA composer Michael McGlynn.
"Most choir babies," like himself says Cates, are "always listening for great, inspiring, new music and things of that nature."
Cates says he's honored to be one of the groups representing the U.S. in Vox Virtual.
"For us to be a part of a global music festival I think is just the best way to represent unity in these times," he says.
The pre-taped performances include a collaboration between Olga and the French group Les Itinerantes doing an a cappella version of Dolly Parton's Light Of A Clear Blue Morning.
Barkhudarov says, "if ever we needed some light, it's now."
"I mean, we have to just deal with what the universe gives us. I can at least sing in my shower and that makes me a little bit happy every day," he muses.
Vox Virtual will be livestreamed on Facebook and Youtube. The festival also features Q&A with the musicians and workshops on such topics as composing, the history of gospel, Georgian polyphonic folk singing and incorporating sign language into vocal performances.
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I was reminded recently that I haven't done a links column is a while, so here goes for a few good reads:
- Seth Godin writes about funding for a business. The typical methods are debt (loan) or equity (stock). He proposes a third way that might make some funding sources happy. I am intrigued.
- Dustin Curtis writes about the science of entrepreneurship. This article was fun to read, but take a look at the rest of the articles on his blogazine. He is a talented User Experience designer and each article is beautiful and thoughtful. Also to be read are the two articles about American Airlines and their user experience. By the way, American Airlines fired the AA designer who wrote to Dustin.
- Fun logic test here: Are you a cognitive miser?
- For entrepreneurs out there who are having problems with marketing, here are over 100 marketing questions that will help you get started thinking about how to market your company (or yourself).


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Bound For Local Glory at Last
By Patricia Cohen
TULSA, Okla. — Oklahoma has always had a troubled relationship with her native son Woody Guthrie. The communist sympathies of America's balladeer infuriated local detractors. In 1999 a wealthy donor's objections forced the Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City to cancel a planned exhibition on Guthrie organized by the Smithsonian Institution. It wasn't until 2006, nearly four decades after his death, that the Oklahoma Hall of Fame got around to adding him to its ranks.
But as places from California to the New York island get ready to celebrate the centennial of Guthrie's birth, in 2012, Oklahoma is finally ready to welcome him home. The George Kaiser Family Foundation in Tulsa plans to announce this week that it is buying the Guthrie archives from his children and building an exhibition and study center to honor his legacy.
"Oklahoma was like his mother," said his daughter Nora Guthrie, throwing back her tangle of gray curls as she reached out in an embrace. "Now he's back in his mother's arms."
The archive includes the astonishing creative output of Guthrie during his 55 years. There are scores of notebooks and diaries written in his precise handwriting and illustrated with cartoons, watercolors, stickers and clippings; hundreds of letters; 581 artworks; a half-dozen scrapbooks; unpublished short stories, novels and essays; as well as the lyrics to the 3,000 or more songs he scribbled on scraps of paper, gift wrap, napkins, paper bags and place mats. Much of the material has rarely or never been seen in public, including the lyrics to most of the songs. Guthrie could not write musical notation, so the melodies have been lost.
The foundation, which paid $3 million for the archives, is planning a kickoff celebration on March 10, with a conference in conjunction with the University of Tulsa and a concert sponsored by the Grammy Museum featuring his son Arlo Guthrie and other musicians. Although the collection won't be transferred until 2013, preparations for its arrival are already in motion. Construction workers are clearing out piles of red brick and wire mesh from the loading dock in the northeast end of the old Tulsa Paper Company building, in the Brady District of the city, where the planned Guthrie Center is taking shape. The center is part of an ambitious plan to revitalize the downtown arts community.
Now that the back walls are punched out, workers trucking wheelbarrows of concrete can look across the tracks to the tower built by BOK Financial, which George Kaiser, whose foundation bears his name, presides over as chairman. Forbes magazine ranks Mr. Kaiser as the richest man in Oklahoma and No. 31 on its Forbes 400 list.
Ken Levit, the foundation's executive director, said he thought of doing something for Guthrie after the Hall of Fame induction. Nowhere in Tulsa, he said, is there even a plaque paying homage to this folk legend, who composed "This Land Is Your Land"; performed with Pete Seeger and Lead Belly; wrote the fictionalized autobiography "Bound for Glory"; and sang at countless strikes and migrant labor protests in the 1930s and '40s. Mr. Levit began a more than three-year campaign to win the consent of Ms. Guthrie, who had taken custody of the boxes that her mother, Marjorie Guthrie, had stowed away in the basement of her home in Howard Beach, Queens.
Ms. Guthrie, who as one of Guthrie's youngest children, didn't really know her father until Huntington's disease began to rob him of his sanity, movement and speech many years before his death, in 1967, said she only rediscovered the kind of man he once was when she started to page through the boxes about 15 years ago.
"I fell in love through this material with my father," Ms. Guthrie, 61, a former dancer, said from her office in Mount Kisco, N.Y.
Her older brothers Arlo and Joady were happy to have her take custody of the papers. Of Arlo, she said, "He was filled up with being Woody Guthrie's son, so he was glad the responsibility moved to me."
She said the information contained in the archives can clear up misconceptions about her father that she has frequently heard at scholarly conferences and read in articles, including that he didn't write love songs or sexually provocative lyrics. She has also opened up his notebooks to contemporary musicians like Billy Bragg and Wilco, Jackson Browne, Rob Wasserman, Lou Reed and Tom Morello so that they could compose music to her father's words.
One of those artists, Jonatha Brooke, is starting off the Guthrie Foundation and Grammy Museum's yearlong centennial celebrations on Jan. 18 at Lincoln Center with a concert of new songs she wrote for the lyrics.
Woody Guthrie's music has also had added play time this year as Arlo Guthrie, Mr. Seeger, and other musicians have sung his protest songs at Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York and elsewhere.
While this poor folks' hero and the richest man in Oklahoma might not seem to have much in common, Mr. Kaiser's foundation, with its $4 billion endowment, is dedicated to helping Tulsa's most disadvantaged. "I cried for an hour after meeting George Kaiser," Ms. Guthrie said. "This puts together what I've always dreamed of."
Brian Hosmer, a history professor at the University of Tulsa who is organizing the March conference — ironically titled "Different Shades of Red" — said Guthrie's legacy is contested in some quarters.
"There is no doubt there will be some voices in opposition to the way Guthrie is being emphasized — Oklahoma is about the reddest state you can have," Mr. Hosmer explained, referring to its conservatism. "And when Woody Guthrie was a boy, Oklahoma was also the reddest state because we had more socialists elected to public office than any other."
Guthrie always said he was influenced by the songs he had heard his mother sing in his hometown, Okemah, about an hour's drive from Tulsa, with a population of 3,000. His radicalism offended local officials, who scorned Guthrie until an Okemah resident, Sharon Jones, decided to do something about it in the late 1990s. One of her cousins, an avid Guthrie fan, came to visit and was shocked there wasn't a single mention of her idol. So Ms. Jones, who died in 2009, created the Woody Guthrie Coalition, which organized an annual folk festival, called WoodyFest, around his birthday on July 14, as well as a statue, a mural and a memorial. Sensitive to the area's Baptist beliefs (including Ms. Jones's), no alcohol was permitted at the celebration until this year.
Dee Jones, Sharon's husband, explained that Guthrie "was kind of taboo because some influential people in this town thought Woody Guthrie had communist leanings." But once the community realized that the 3,000 or so attendees brought in business, everyone got behind it, Mr. Jones said.
A couple of blocks from the memorial statue, visitors can run a finger along the fading letters "W-O-O-D-Y" on a fragment of Main Street's original sidewalk, where the 16-year-old Guthrie signed his name in wet cement in 1928.
Mary Jo Guthrie Edgmon, Woody's 90-year-old sister, always hosts a pancake breakfast during the four-day music festival. A white-haired, elfin woman with a persistent smile and a sharp wit, Ms. Edgmon remembered how her brother was always making music.
"You'd sit down at the dinner table, and there'd be glasses of water, and he'd pick up a fork and play the glasses all around the table," she said. "If it made music, he played it."
Reciting snatches of Guthrie's poetry and songs, Ms. Edgmon said her brother never cared what people thought of him and did not necessarily hold a particular affection for his birthplace. "He didn't get attached to anything," she said. "Everywhere was his home."
Still, after so many years of Oklahomans' snubbing her brother's memory, she said the whole family was thrilled he was being honored: "What we were all shooting for," she said, "was acknowledgment."
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Google data shines light on whether coronavirus lockdowns worldwide are working
By Paresh Dave
Alphabet Inc's Google has published charts showing how the coronavirus has brought hard-hit Italy to a standstill, led to runs on grocery stores around the world and prompted a stark drop in going-out between Mardi Gras and St.
Patrick's Day.
The analysis of location data from billions of Google users' phones is the largest public dataset available to help health authorities assess if people are abiding with shelter-in-place and similar orders issued across the world to rein in the virus.
The company released reports for 131 countries (not including Gibraltar) with charts that compare traffic from February 16 to March 29 to retail and recreational venues, train and bus stations, grocery stores and workplaces with a five-week period earlier this year.
Google said it published the reports to avoid any confusion about what it was providing to authorities, given the global debate that has emerged about balancing privacy-invasive location tracking with the need to prevent further outbreaks.
The data often correlated with the severity of outbreaks and the harshness and breadth of orders imposed by governments.
Italy and Spain, two of the hardest-hit countries, both saw visits to retail and recreation locations such as restaurants and movie theaters plunge 94%. The United Kingdom, France and Philippines had declines of more than 80% while India, which went into a sudden 21-day lockdown on March 25, was also notable at 77%.
In the United States, where state responses have varied greatly, and in Australia, where good weather initially prompted many people to go the beach before social distancing measures were ratcheted up, the drops were less steep at under 50%.
In contrast, in Japan and Sweden, where authorities have not imposed harsh restrictions, visits to retail and recreation sites fell by roughly only a quarter. While in South Korea, which has successfully contained a large outbreak through aggressive testing and contact tracing, the decline was just 19%.
The data also underscore some challenges authorities have faced in keeping people apart. Grocery store visits surged in Singapore, the United Kingdom and elsewhere as travel restrictions were set to go into place. Visits to parks spiked in March in some San Francisco Bay Area counties under lockdown in California, forcing them to later put the sites off limits.
The data also underscores how the mood of people around the world has shifted. In New Orleans, during its annual Mardi Gras celebrations Feb.16-25, which has with hindsight been criticized for helping spread the virus, there were off-the-chart increases in traffic to transit stations, parks and businesses.
But three weeks later in Dublin, heart of St. Patrick's holiday celebrations, traffic was down at retail and recreational venues as the country ordered big events cancelled.
Within countries, there were wide gaps in behaviour by region. California, which was the first in the U.S. with a statewide lockdown, cut visits to retail and recreation locations by half. In New York state, the slide in such visits was gradual as officials waited to impose strict curbs but they eventually fell 62%. By contrast, Arkansas, one of the few states without a sweeping lockdown, had the smallest decline at 29%.
The coronavirus has infected more than 1 million people globally, and COVID-19, the respiratory illness it causes, has killed 52,000, according to a Reuters tally.
There were no reports for China and Iran, where Google services are blocked.
Data in Google's reports come from users who enabled Google's "Location History" feature on their devices. The company said it adopted technical measures to ensure that no individual could be identified through the new reports.
"These reports have been developed to be helpful while adhering to our stringent privacy protocols and policies," Dr. Karen DeSalvo, chief health officer for Google Health and Jen Fitzpatrick, senior vice president for Google Geo, wrote in a blog post.
China, Singapore, South Korea and other countries have asked residents to use apps and other technology to track their compliance with quarantines, but privacy activists argue such measures can compromise individual liberties.
Infectious disease specialists have said analysing travel across groups by age, income and other demographics could help shape public service announcements.
Google, which infers demographics from users' internet use as well as some data given when signing up to Google services, said it was not reporting demographic information. The company said, though, it was open to including additional information and countries in follow-up reports.
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Facebook Inc, which like Google has billions of users, has shared location data with non-governmental researchers that are producing similar reports for authorities in several countries. But the social media giant has not published any findings.


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Aldi is hiring over 1,000 new Christmas staff - here's how to apply
Aldi is holding a Christmas recruitment drive in a bid to hire over 1,000 people in the UK to help out over the festive period on a temporary basis.
The budget supermarket chain is looking for people to support its permanent colleagues with tasks like replenishing stock and picking and packing orders made through the Deliveroo app.
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Kelly Stokes, Recruitment Director at Aldi UK, said, "We always need extra support over the busy Christmas period, but this year we need more people than ever before to help keep our shelves fully stocked for the festive season.
"We look forward to welcoming new colleagues to the team, including those who jobs in retail may have been impacted by the pandemic."
Store assistants at Aldi are paid a minimum hourly rate of £9.40 nationally, and £10.90 inside the M25.
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There, you can see what kind of roles are available. Search for your area and browse through the jobs on offer.
When you see one you want to apply to, you can click the apply button next to it. You might see that some jobs have a button that say "register" instead. This means that there are no vacancies currently available at that location, but you can register your interest, meaning you'll be alerted when a vacancy does appear.
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