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Monet: Water Lilies: The Complete Series
Written by Jean-Dominique Rey and Denis Rouart
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Monet, the father of French impressionist painting, devoted twenty-five years to a series of paintings of the water lilies that floated in the pond of his lavish garden in Giverny. This volume is dedicated to those paintings, and opens with a biography of Monet that links the artist's childhood passion for nature and for drawing to his later fascination with light. Monet's experiments with how to best capture light and its effect on the sky and on water at different times of the day include paintings such as Impression, Sunrise (1872), which inspired the name of the impressionist movement. A critical text analyzes Monet's ingenuity, audacity, and modernity, as well as his influence on other artists, from Zao Wou-ki to music to Shirley Goldfarb. This definitive catalog is completed by 210 color reproductions of the water lily paintings with annotated captions, period shots of Giverny by photographers such as Cartier-Bresson, and rare documents including Monet's personal letters to his optometrist regarding his failing eyesight, which has been linked to his development of the impressionist style. The large-format volume features an eight-page gatefold of the murals at the Orangerie in Paris, and it serves as both an accessible introductory work and a complete reference guide to an important component in the history of art.
About the Author
Jean-Dominique Rey, art historian and writer, has curated numerous exhibitions and published several books, essays, and memoirs. Denis Rouart was an art historian and former curator of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy. He has contributed to numerous catalogs on impressionist painters.
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In term of marketing or advertising your business and its capabilities, products or services, one of the best mediums or tools is use printed materials. This includes business cards, brochures, flayer, direct mail pieces, catalogs and other printed media. In corporate brochures mainly presents information about the company to a certain product features and benefits in one brochure or make and or other brochures for individual products.
Good design, attractive and effective brochure printing is a key component of marketing for many of large and small businesses. An effective brochure or flyers needs to be readable, attractive and functional. It must grab a viewer's attention and keep it to provide important information. Most businesses usually have a limited budget it is necessary to ensure the design will be as effective as possible.
Keep in mind the main goal in designing the brochure is to get attention and action from the reader both the making decision in determining the choice of your products, look for more information by visiting the website and or call. The hardest in designing brochures, designer's client often want to include all information that is very big into the brochure, or in other words the information in one book or magazine to fit into brochure. Try to use the information visually, by reducing the amount of text, use good spacing.
An attractive and professional brochure that will help the success of your business.
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(Male, 40's) My wife and I were staying at this cheap motel and late at night, we got hungry so we went to the coin operated restaurant they had on the roof. It felt like a real restaurant with booths and menus even but there was no staff working there. Everything was a vending machine.
The place was hopping. I don't know if the town was really dead for night spots or what but there were lots of "kids" and I'll use that term to mean people in their early 20's.
They were honky-tonk punks. That's the best definition. They wore country western style clothes but all dolled up like they'd read about Elvis in history class. One guy had a big blond pompadour. The other wore a black shirt with silver shirt points and a bolo tie. The girl had a kerchief and boots. They were exuberant and dangerous.
They dropped a bunch of quarters in the jukebox and selected songs with a boom-chicka-boom chicka-boom rhythmn and a loud thundering bass. Rockabilly. They were up to no good, trying their best to kick up some shenanigans but they looked so gosh darned cute. I couldn't keep my eyes off them.
The kid with the pompadour came over as my wife and I were leaving. We had words. I said something to the effect of "I like your style, kid."
He snapped back, "You're a dead man, old man." He said it all syncopated, like he was a hipster hepcat or something.
"I've got a little living left but you're right. You probably have more joys ahead of you than I do. But when I was young I remember not having much money. Let me pay for your time here."
"Oh you'll pay, Pops."
He approached me and and flicked out a long stiletto knife. Like the rest of his get-up, it was more show than threat but it was still pretty dangerous looking.
By this time, I'd taken out my money clip. He moved in to grab me. For some reason I knew he wasn't going to stab me outright, that he just wanted to take me hostage and torture me a bit to show off in front of his gang. As he grabbed me, I bent my arm up so I grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and the edge of my money clip was right at the side of his throat.
He started in listing all the things a bored stupid thug could come up with to terrorize an out of towner, when I pointed out to him that with a flick of my wrist, I could sever an important artery to his head. Sure he could stab me but the blade would likely go into fat without hitting any organs. He'd be dead before he hit the ground.
The punk didn't release me. I don't think I convinced him. I was going to have to kill him, this silly small town would-be thug. At that stand off, the dream ended.


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Located on the second floor in the southeast wing of the building, this room is of an intimate size, ideal for solo occupant or for couples. The bed is a bit smaller than a twin size bed. It also has a writing desk. A quaint screened balcony overlooks the main pavilion and the pathways to the Casa.
We've named this room after San Pablo-born poet Rofel Brion, our teacher, friend, and matchmaker. In the 1980s, he opened up his dorm room at the Ateneo de Manila to host writing workshops, poetry readings, evenings of singing and of meaningful conversations. Through these gatherings, he inspired many of his students to be writers. Meaningful friendships also blossomed with him and around him. We hope you too will find the inspiration to write as you stay in this room. It has its own private balcony with a view of the garden below.
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We recently purchased a Quercus Ilex Tree which was seven years old and grown in a pot. It is about 12ft tall. We planted the tree in a square hole and mixed the backfill with slow release fertiliser and bonemeal. We have kept it well watered or at least the rain has until last week when we are on holiday for a week (when it was very hot and suuny), our neighbour watered the tree for us but probably only once. In the seven days we were away about 80% of the trees leaves have turned brown and are falling off but during the same seven days it has produced a lot of very small catkin-type growths. Is the tree dying or will it recover? What can we do to help it?
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By Nova Beall, Times Staff Writer
Published February 27, 2008
Marion and Evelyn Musselman of Dunedin were married on Valentine's Day 1943 in Battle Creek, Mich., where he was stationed while in the Army Air Forces. They celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary with a quiet, romantic lunch for two.
The couple came here in 1983 from Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Musselman is a retired plumber, and Mrs. Musselman worked in the medical field and retired as a physician's assistant.
These days, he is an avid gardener, while she is a seamstress, quilter and collector of buttons, dolls and miniatures.
Together, they have built and furnished a classic Federal-style 14-room dollhouse with miniatures, including Mr. Musselman's handcrafted copper wash boiler and teapot, and intricately crafted rugs by Mrs. Musselman.
The Musselmans have two daughters, six grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.
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James and Dorothy Lavelle of Clearwater celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary earlier this month with 15 family members on a seven-day cruise to the western Caribbean.
The Lavelles were married Jan. 31, 1948, in New York City's Incarnation Roman Catholic Church. They came here in May 1991 from City Island in Bronx, N.Y.
Mr, Lavelle worked 42 years in the trust department of the Bank of New York and retired as a trust officer. Mrs. Lavelle was a secretary at Midtown Financial Office.
They are members of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church, Clearwater. They also are enthusiastic volunteers at Morton Plant Hospital; he has 4,000 hours to his credit and she has 5,500.
The couple have five children, seven grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.
Robert Wiley is an Eagle Scout at 13
Robert S. Wiley of Palm Harbor earned his Eagle Scout ranking Nov. 12, 2007, at the age of 13, and was given his award the evening of Feb. 2 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Dunedin.
A member of Troop 434, Robert built a butterfly garden on the kindergarten playground of Lake St. George Elementary School in Palm Harbor as his community service project. The job, which involved irrigation, laying sod, installing trellises, plantings, signs and butterfly artwork, took 460 volunteer hours to complete.
At Carwise Middle School, Robert has been on the honor roll and principal's list and is first chair trombone in the school band.
Robert is the son of Jim Wiley and Celeste Segredo of Tierra Verde, and Barry and Jayne Dowdy of Palm Harbor.
Standout volunteer, 11, receives an award
For his involvement with the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, 11-year-old Ishan Mandani of Dunedin received a Youth Activism Award in January from the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Washington, D.C.
Ishan has shared his time and savings with hospice patients, the seniors program of "Friend to Friend" at Mease Dunedin Hospital, and has pledged to collect $5,000 toward disaster relief to help the Tampa Bay chapter of the American Red Cross. His efforts have earned him the Presidential Service Award two years in a row for volunteering more than 100 hours in various non-profit institutions.
Ishan, who has been to Europe, Africa and the Middle East, has been invited to join People to People Leadership Ambassador Program to Australia, New Zealand and the Fiji Islands this summer.
He is a sixth grade student at Safety Harbor Middle School and is a member of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslim Community.
He is the son of Nuruddin and Nisha Mandani of Dunedin, formerly of India, and the brother of Irfan Mandani, a student at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
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The Dow had a dismal week, weighed down by disparate factors. The blue chip index moved lower on Monday, as investors remained wary due to international tensions. The Dow gained on Tuesday following encouraging housing data and upbeat earnings. Dismal data from key Dow components pushed the blue chip index lower on Wednesday.
The Dow dropped marginally on Thursday following mixed corporate results and economic data. Despite these reverses, the Dow has gained 0.19% during the first four trading days.
Last Week's Performance
The Dow gained 0.7% last Friday, as benchmarks rebounded from initial losses to end in the green. Upbeat earnings results coupled with gains in bio-tech and Internet stocks, helping markets move higher. Meanwhile, investors kept an eye on developments related to the MH17 crash and Israel's invasion of Gaza that had compelled investors to take money out of equities on Thursday. Friday's broad-based gains helped benchmarks end the volatile week with modest gains.
For the week, the Dow settled in the green, gaining 0.9%. Benchmarks settled in the green for the week, banking on upbeat quarterly results from several major companies. A flurry of new deals in the technology sector boosted investor sentiment. The healthcare sector was also boosted by merger and acquisition activities. AbbVie Inc. proposed an increased $53 billion takeover bid of Shire plc. The energy sector too benefited from merger and acquisition activity.
However, benchmarks suffered their biggest losses in months on Thursday following reports that a Malaysian Airlines passenger jet was shot down near Ukraine-Russian border. Further, benchmarks were negatively impacted on Tuesday after a Fed monetary policy report sparked concerns about "substantially stretched valuations" in Internet and bio-tech stocks. Additionally, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen's comment that federal funds rate might be raised sooner if the labor market keeps surprising the central bank dented investor sentiment.
Among major economic data, housing starts fell to a nine-month low in June. However, the Federal Reserve's Beige Book stated that economic activity in all twelve Federal Reserve Districts expanded since the previous report. Additionally, the U.S. Producer Price Index (PPI.V) for finished goods and industrial production increased in June.
The Dow This Week
Benchmarks settled in the red on Monday as investors remained cautious following international tensions. Ongoing geopolitical developments kept investors jittery. Israel stepped up its ground offensive in Gaza strip. Israel's move came despite growing international pressure for a cease-fire. The day was devoid of any major economic data and corporate earnings results that could have impacted the markets. The Dow lost 0.3%.
The Dow advanced nearly 0.4% on Tuesday following encouraging housing data and upbeat corporate earnings results. Investors were encouraged by strong existing home sales data that rose 2.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.04 million in June from May's upwardly-revised figure of 4.91 million. This was the highest level recorded since Oct 2013. Earnings results from Chipotle Mexican Grill, Comcast and Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) were also encouraging.
Upbeat quarterly results from healthcare and technology companies helped benchmarks finish mostly higher on Wednesday. Apple and Biogen's impressive quarterly performances helped the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq close in the green. However, analysts took a dim view of The Boeing Company's (BA) results and Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) reported weak monthly sales, leading to losses for the blue-chip index. The Dow lost nearly 0.2%.
The Dow dropped a meager 0.02% on Thursday as investors received mixed corporate results and economic data. Facebook and Ford reported upbeat quarterly results. However, Caterpillar, General Motors and D.R. Horton posted dismal corporate results. Economic data on initial claims was positive, but new home sales numbers were discouraging.
Components Moving the Index
The Boeing Company delivered upbeat second quarter 2014 results backed by robust deliveries. The company reported adjusted second quarter 2014 earnings of $2.42 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 19.8%. The quarterly number rose an impressive 44.9% from $1.67 per share a year ago.
Including pension-components related to market fluctuations and other items, Boeing reported a profit of $2.24 a share, up 59% from $1.41 per share in the year-ago quarter.
Caterpillar Inc.'s second-quarter earnings increased 17% year on year to $1.69 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.51. Including restructuring costs, earnings stood at $1.57 in the quarter, up 8% from $1.45 in the prior-year quarter.
Verizon Communications Inc. reported second-quarter 2014 adjusted earnings of 91 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. The bottom line improved 24.7% from 73 cents per share earned a year ago. The earnings growth was buoyed by strong revenue contribution from wireless services, improvement in wireless operating margins and increased demand for FiOS services
The Coca-Cola Company (KO) posted mixed second quarter 2014 results. Second-quarter 2014 adjusted earnings of this Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company were 64 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 63 cents.
Earnings increased 1% year over year (6% on a constant currency basis) driven by improved sparkling beverage volumes, price/mix gains, strong international volumes and better gross margins.
However, an improvement in volume of sparkling beverages like Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite caught investors' attention.
Net revenue declined 1% year over year to $12.57 billion due to headwinds from currency and structural changes. Revenues also missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $12.85 billion.
3M Company (MMM) reported second-quarter 2014 net income of $1,267 million or $1.91 per share compared with $1,197 million or $1.71 a share in the year-earlier quarter. The reported earnings per share were in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The increase in earnings was driven by higher sales.
Quarterly net sales increased 4.9% year on year to $8,134 million, above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $8,055 million. The increase in sales was driven by 4.8% organic local currency sales growth and 0.1% impact of acquisitions. Operating income for second-quarter 2014 was $1.9 billion, while operating margin was 22.8%.
AT&T Inc. (T) reported second-quarter 2014 adjusted earnings per share of 62 cents, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. Adjusted earnings dropped 7.5% year on year. Significant pricing competition, new device financing plans and other promotional strategies weighed on earnings.
Adjusted earnings for the quarter excluded the impact of 10 cents related to expense of the Leap Wireless transaction and gains from the sale of the company's equity investment in America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. (AMX).
DuPont (DD) posted adjusted earnings of $1.17 per share in the reported quarter that was below $1.28 per share posted a year ago. Earnings were in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Adjusted earnings exclude one-time items including charges associated with the separation of the company's performance chemicals business, restructuring expenses and pension costs.
Including one-time items, DuPont registered earnings from continuing operations of $1.15 per share in the quarter versus $1.10 per share a year ago. Consolidated net income, as reported, was up 3.9% year over year to $1,070 million or $1.15 per share.
McDonald's Corporation (MCD) reported adjusted earnings of $1.40 per share in the second quarter of 2014, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.43. Revenues increased 1.4% year over year to $7.18 billion, owing to improved global comparable sales (comps) at Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (:APMEA). However, revenues missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $7.29 billion by 1.5%.
Microsoft Corporation's (MSFT) fiscal fourth quarter earnings were short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate. But the recent restructuring announcement, directional clarity and the decision to focus on fast-growing segments that play to its strengths have increased optimism about Microsoft's shares.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's vision includes repositioning Microsoft in a cloud-first mobile-first world. This will enable Microsoft's services and technology to reach a larger number of devices across PC and mobile platforms, as well as emerging platforms like wearables and the Internet of Things (IoT).
The Travelers Companies Inc. (TRV) posted operating earnings of $1.93 per share in the second quarter, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 13 cents. Earnings were also 9.4% lower year over year. Higher-than-expected catastrophe losses were largely responsible for the underperformance.
United Technologies Corp (UTX) reported second quarter 2014 net income of $1,680 million or $1.84 per share, up from $1,560 million or $1.70 in the year-ago quarter. The reported EPS beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.79. The increase in earnings was primarily driven by higher revenues. Total revenue for the second quarter rose 7% year over year to $17,191 million, above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $16,689 million.
Performance of the Top 10 Dow Companies
The table given below shows the price movements of the 10 largest components of the Dow, which is a price weighted index, over the last five days and during the last six months. Over the last five trading days, the Dow has gained 0.25%.
Last 5 Day's Performance
6 Month Performance
Next Week's Outlook
As expected, earnings have influenced the Dow to a large extent this week. However, economic reports have also impacted the fortunes of stocks. Next week features key economic reports including data on GDP, consumer confidence, initial claims and pending home sales.
Since Monday, international developments have not impacted indices significantly. However, the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine continue and breakthroughs in this regard would come as a welcome gift to investors. Till then earnings and economic data are expected to guide the course of markets
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Happy new year! 2009 proved to be a productive year of learning, sharing, and conversing. I thank you all for being a part of that and look forward to doing it again in 2010!
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A few days ago I came across a blog post on Problogger titled "Let me Show You Inside a Secret Blogging Alliance." The idea of an alliance between bloggers intrigued me. To fully understand why I was so intrigued by the idea of an alliance, let me give you a little background about the slow beginning of iLearn Technology, and an article that made me angry enough to long for change.
The Beginning…
My degree is not in educational technology. I started my teaching career as a second grade teacher. I had two old computers (circa 1997) in my classroom and had stumbled on Starfall, Book Adventure, and Read Write Think.org. We had no computer lab in our building, so I used these sites as center activities during my literacy block. My students asked to use these sites constantly, loving when it was their day for the computer centers.
It was completely by accident that I became a computer teacher the following year. I was looking for a change in schools and had applied to CHC for one of their classroom teacher positions. I got a call from our office assistant informing me that both classroom teacher positions had been filled quickly. She followed with, "I know this is a long shot, but we need a computer teacher to teach kindergarten through second grade. I noticed that you have used computers with students and wondered if you might be interested?" My first thought was "no way, I can't do it. I'm not qualified." What I told her was that I would think about it and get back to her. I called my husband to tell him about this ridiculous job I had just been offered. He didn't seem to think it was so ridiculous. We were newly married and could use the money, even if it was only part time. It was getting late in the year to be hired as a classroom teacher. I wasn't looking forward to the subbing circuit. My attitude about the ridiculous job offer began to change. "Maybe I can do this. It is only part time, I can used my days off to do research, surely I know more about computers than a second grader." I called the office assistant the next day to tell her I would take the job.
My hunt for lesson plans and websites was on. I started a notebook (the paper kind) where I would jot down site addresses that I found, along with a few sentences about the site and ideas I had for using it in the classroom. I barely made it through that first year, always staying just two steps ahead of my students. It was in my second year that I started my first website. I used FrontPage to create pages of links that were easily organized for students to access. (I was tired of adding every new site I found to the bookmark bar of each computer.) My notebook of web addresses had turned into three and I started using iKeepBookmarks to organize all of the sites I had found. At the beginning of my computer lab teaching career, it was nearly impossible to hunt down a list of good educational links. I was finding amazing websites but couldn't find any one person who had collected, organized, and shared them all in one place.
I woke up one morning with an email from my husband (@jtenkely) in my inbox. A single sentence stared back at me, "You should start a blog about technology in education." Attached was a link to Tasty Blog Snack by @ijustine (not an education blog). Although what @ijustine does is not easy, she made it look easy, it was just the push I needed to start blogging. I would be the one to collect, organize, and share education links in one place. But I didn't want it to just be a list of links…I had found pages of links with no explanation as to what they were. Teachers need it to be easier, they need to be able to see, at a glance, if a site will meet the needs of their students. They also need an idea of what using the site would actually look like in the classroom setting. This would be my blog. I anticipated it being useful for the teachers that I taught alongside, they were my target audience. In my mind, even if they never read it, it would still be a useful way for me to organize my ideas about the websites I was finding.
I had no idea what I was doing. I would type up a blog post, publish it, and hope that someone, somewhere, was reading it. I had no way of tracking or finding out if anyone was actually viewing any of my ideas. I needed some direction and decided to find out if there were any other educators who were blogging (I was naive enough to think I might be the first one!). I found TechnoSpud (now Jenuine Tech) by @jenwagner and 2Cents Worth by @davidwarlick. They were big. They were well known. I was nobody. I started finding other educators who blogged through the blog rolls on TechnoSpud and 2Cents Worth. I have never felt so small. Here were a group of educators who "knew" each other and had debates and conversations about education on a regular basis. I tried to join in the conversation but got discouraged when my comments weren't responded to.
iLearn Technology exists today for one reason: I am stubborn. I believed that I was doing something worthwhile and decided that I didn't care if no one seemed to notice. Blogging did something else for me, it made me a better teacher. I understood the learning process better because I was engaged in it on a daily basis. Even though I didn't consider myself "one of them" I started reading other education blogs religiously. I would occasionally engage in the conversation but for the most part I was happy to sit on the sidelines and watch.
It was around this time that I started Tweeting (@ijustine was Tweeting, I should too). I had NO idea that educators were Twittering. I was there to keep up with @jtenkely's funny observations, keep track of @iJustine, and keep a watch out for new Apple products that were coming. I started following @davidwarlick and @jenwagner and a few other edubloggers that I was reading. I can't pinpoint when it happened, but suddenly I was getting comments on iLearn Technology, I had regular readers, I was getting emails asking for advice, I was involved in the conversation. I was a real blogger.
It isn't easy to become a blogger, there is a habit that needs to be formed, a commitment to stick with. It is really hard when you are the newb, the nobody. It is hard to keep that commitment when you are painfully aware that you are the sole reader of your writing. @janwebb21 reminded me of this as she told me about her own blog. She has been at it for about a month, has had a few visitors and a comment or two. But it is a slow process. I would have given anything for the PLN, ideas, and resources I have now when I started teaching.
And Now For Something Completely Different…
Since joining Twitter, I have enjoyed conversations with people from all walks of life. I have been introduced to new ideas, resources, and have been forced to think in new ways. I have developed a PLN (Personal Learning Network) and have engaged in numerous discussions about education, technology, and learning. I have been surrounded by greatness and others who are passionate about learning and teaching others to do the same. I have become convinced that those educators that I connect with virtually are among the smartest, most innovative people on the planet.
On Friday I clicked on a link that someone shared on Twitter, it was a story about the use of iPods in Education (I always want to read more when Apple products are mentioned in the same sentence as education, my inner geek comes pouring out.) The article was okay, basically just a short story about how a school is using the iPod Touch in education. What stopped me in my tracks were the comments left in response to the article. Most were negative comments about the state of education and what a waste of money iPods are for the classroom. The comment that really made my blood boil was, "Teachers get to press the learn button, kick back, and think about their next week long vacation." It became increasingly clear to me that the general public has NO idea what we as educators do. We are not seen as professionals. We are viewed as babysitters with a cushy job. My knee jerk reaction was to respond to each and every one of these misinformed individuals and inform them. Instead I posted the following on Twitter, knowing that you all would be equally enraged by the comments: "Getting all fired up reading the comments after this article http://bit.ly/51RJsk general public doesn't understand education even a little." The comments regarding education made me want to stand up and shout about the brilliance that is my PLN. I wanted the misinformed to understand just how misinformed they are. I kept thinking of how different education could look if we were louder.
The Alliance…
After reading the alliance article an idea began to take shape. What if we, educational bloggers, were to form an alliance. No need for the secrecy. This alliance would be a group of educational bloggers who are committed to working together for the mutual benefit of all the members in the alliance. We all have something valuable to add to the conversation of education and learning. Each of us has a unique voice, outlook, approach, skills, strengths, and focuses.
The goal of the alliance is two fold:
1. To encourage educators in their blogging endeavors whether they be new, established, or otherwise. There are so many valuable additions to the conversation that are being overlooked.
2. To create a united network of educators working toward the larger goal of being heard by those not in education. It is time for the general public to see us for the highly qualified professionals that we are.
How the Alliance could work…
1. Commenting on each others blogs– in the Problogger article, those in the alliance committed to commenting on each others blogs at least once every week day. The comments should stimulate interesting discussions, and encourage those involved that someone, is indeed, reading their blog.
2. Linking to One Another- This could be linking to related posts on another educational bloggers website, adding them to your blog roll, or naturally as a result of subscribing to one another's blogs.
3. Social Bookmarking and Tweeting- This is my personal favorite suggestion, Twitter has done wonders for iLearn Technology as my PLN passes on my posts to others. Promoting posts on Twitter, Digg, Delicious, and StumbleUpon increases awareness of what educators around the world are doing that works. It also connects those new to educational blogging.
4. Guest Posts- Guest posting could be an opt-in option for the alliance. I know that it isn't always possible to find time to write a blog post for your blog, let alone polish it enough for someone else's blog.
5. Thank You Page Promotions- When someone signs up to receive your RSS feed, they are generally taken to a page thanking them for subscribing. This Thank You Page could also be used to promote other education blogs. For example: "If you like iLearn Technology, you should also be sure to check out blog A, B, C, and D."
Do you-want to form an alliance- with me?
So the question stands, do you want to form an alliance? If you are interested, leave a comment linking to your blog with your first name (or Twitter username), and a short description of your blog. Please also fill out this short form so that I can be in contact with you. Lets make our voices louder through a shared vision and mission, lets encourage each other in our blogging and teaching endeavors, lets make this year a year of real change.


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You are more likely to walk outside and feel a beach evening than you are to know that it is outside waiting for you. A beach evening is more about the air and breeze than it is about how it looks outside. You can go outside in the complete dark and know by how the air feels on your skin that it is great evening to be at the coast.
When you have a beach evening, you feel embraced by the warm, moist air. Maybe it is a tropical evening with a touch less heat but the warmth is crucial to the sense of comfort that makes you wish that your time outside might never end.
After dinner on Friday, June 13, 2014, I went outside for my normal after dinner walk. The minute I felt the breeze, I knew that I was in for a treat. A warm wind coming off the water seemed to follow me on my hike along the marshes. It was a beach evening that erased any thought of turning around and heading back to my easy chair.
A good beach evening removes even the slightest memory of times when you have felt a cold wind off the water. Somehow the temperature on one of these special evenings seems to be perfectly regulated because you never get chilled or too warm. It is a night when being outside is a treat that stays in your memory for a long time.
Even the sounds of a beach evening get filtered through that warm, moist air and end up somehow less jarring to the senses.
When I think back to all the great walks that I have enjoyed on beach evenings, some great memories come sliding back into my mind.
There were many evenings on Ocracoke Island when I was camping there in my twenties. The beaches were endless and the only lights were flash lights or moonlight reflected off the water. Then there were the wonderful evenings with the family, first at South Nags Head and then down by the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. There were plenty of light along the beach in Nags Head but at Cape Hatteras. Still you could easily plunge yourself into the darkness but the darkness always came without any hint of fear. There are other memories deeper down but it is hard for them to find the light when there are so many pleasant recent memories.
You do not have to be on a beach to enjoy a beach evening. One of my favorite things to do when I have finished my walk is to sit on one of our neighborhood's boardwalk benches that look out over Raymond's Gut. A strong breeze coming in off the White Oak River can blow away a lot of cares. I have had enjoyed many beach evenings on the docks at Beaufort, North Carolina.
Besides feeling a beach evening on your skin, it has a wonderful smell that is a mixture of salt water and other summer smells from a Carolina night. Sometimes there is a hint of pine or beach vegetation and other times the scent of marsh grass and tidal flats overwhelms almost everything else. Over on the beach, the smell is mostly ocean but the result is the same in both places. For a moment your worries are gone with the evening breeze and pleasant smells.
A beach evening with its warm winds and comforting smells puts you at ease and lets you enter a word where the sound of the wind, water, or waves often drives away the day to day worries that so often challenge our modern lives. The only thing that can make it more perfect is perhaps a few lightning bugs flitting across the lawn as you head back into your home.
Though it was a little early in the evening for a perfect beach walk, here are some slides from my most recent hike at the Point on Emerald Isle.
We also publish a monthly email newsletter and our current issue is late. I ended spending far more time on my new 2014 Emerald Isle Travel Guide than expected so it will be the middle of June before my next newsletter gets sent. You still have time to sign up before I get it emailed.
The good news is that my effort was well spent. There is a lot of new content including 40 of the 79 pictures which are new in this year's guide. There are also many additional new links, another beach map, and a few new restaurants that we discuss. With a total of 14 Maps and 10 recipes, and the latest information on the beaches of the area, our guide is a great deal at $3.99. It is the only real travel guide for the area.
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1080 HD: Queen + Adam Lambert - Rock Big Ben Live - New Years Eve 2014 - Full concert (No glitch)
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Here's the original download link for those of you who want it for the above...
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What does systems thinking mean?
Definitions for systems thinking
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word systems thinking.
Systems thinking
Systems thinking is the process of understanding how things, regarded as systems, influence one another within a whole. In nature, systems thinking examples include ecosystems in which various elements such as air, water, movement, plants, and animals work together to survive or perish. In organizations, systems consist of people, structures, and processes that work together to make an organization "healthy" or "unhealthy". Systems thinking has been defined as an approach to problem solving, by viewing "problems" as parts of an overall system, rather than reacting to specific parts, outcomes or events and potentially contributing to further development of unintended consequences. Systems thinking is not one thing but a set of habits or practices within a framework that is based on the belief that the component parts of a system can best be understood in the context of relationships with each other and with other systems, rather than in isolation. Systems thinking focuses on cyclical rather than linear cause and effect. In systems science, it is argued that the only way to fully understand why a problem or element occurs and persists is to understand the parts in relation to the whole. Standing in contrast to Descartes's scientific reductionism and philosophical analysis, it proposes to view systems in a holistic manner. Consistent with systems philosophy, systems thinking concerns an understanding of a system by examining the linkages and interactions between the elements that compose the entirety of the system.
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of systems thinking in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
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The numerical value of systems thinking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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Aloo Tikki
We've been visiting Zyka for over 7 years, now. Personally, we've had our ups and downs with this mostly charming restaurant hidden in a rather odd location. We've watched the quirky changes in decor. We remember the dark brick wall before they dry-walled over it and added a small cascading water fountain. A water fountain that now sits in disrepair. (ugh) We try not to look at it. For a while, the pillars bordering the restaurant were plain. Now, they're trimmed in wood. I think it's fair to say that no one is eating here for the decor. This is a (mostly) fast food Indian restaurant with fair to good food.
At least half of the time (when we aren't giving Zyka the cold shoulder), we order the aloo tikki. Deep fried balls of potato, lentil, cilantro and spices. The menu describes this as a mildly spiced dish. But, we've always found them to be somewhere just beyond moderately spiced. Or, in our opinion, we'd call it perfectly spiced. This might be our favorite thing on the Zyka menu.
Chicken 65
In the early days, the menu listed this as "Chicken 69" We can only guess that someone had a little talk with them about this. It was suddenly Chicken 65 on the next set of menus. We're attracted to this DayGlo red chicken for some reason. We don't want to order it… it just appears at our table. So, we have to eat it.
Chili Chicken
If DayGlow red isn't your color, order this. Nuggets of chicken coated in spices then deep fried and sprinkled with diced garlic and cilantro. They're definitely a very good thing.
Chicken Tikka Masala
There's another dish on the menu called "butter chicken". It appears to be the same exact dish… maybe it has more butter. We can't tell. We'd swear it's the same dish.
The stewed dishes bring up our issues with Zyka. They're not so much entrees as they are dipping sauces. This dish has about 6 pieces of chicken in it. The mutton masala usually has even fewer pieces of meat.
Yummy, buttered naan. We will always love you.
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Guess your husband by feeling on several balded heads.
Game Type
Passive. Little or no movement is required.
2 to 6 players
What You Need To Play
Blindfolds and chairs
Several married couples with husbands who have some or little hair. All of the husbands sit in chairs and their wives stand behind the chairs. Blindfold the wives and have the husbands ramdomly switch seats. Then each wife is to go down the line starting at #1 feeling the tops of the mens bald heads try to guess which # head is their husbands. Each wife is to stand behind the # they choose, then remove the blindfold to find out if they picked the right head. Wifes can only feel the tops of the head. No checking for mustaches, bushy eyebrows etc.
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My daughter has always called her tiny toddler, Desi, her "little monkey." And what do monkeys do? They imitate the actions of those around them, which is handy when little ones work on developing motor skills, hand-eye coordination and reasoning. Consequently, there's no bigger incentive to tempt a toddler to learn these important skills than by having her imitate her favorite animal – the very animal after which she is nicknamed in fact! For frustrated parents, and grandparents for that matter, the Learn to Dress Monkey from Alex Toys combines every aspect of dressing from head to toe, preparing little ones for their next great adventure.
What's to like?
The Learn to Dress Monkey is the ideal "doll" for little ones because it can go everywhere kids go and do anything kids want it to do: sit during play, contort into those pretzel positions only kids can create, relax in a toy stroller, and cuddle during nap time. I wish my favorite friend was that versatile!
Besides being a great take-along companion, this well-dressed Monkey features 11 common dressing activities to help youngsters develop those tricky motor skills, while emphasizing reasoning and sequencing as they dress and undress this cute, lovable monkey. I love that in addition to enhancing my granddaughter's pretend play, the Learn to Dress Monkey is teaching her to zip, lace, button, snap, loop and buckle shoes, put on socks, and pull on overalls, as well as to remove and replace shirts.
After raising 4 children and entertaining 4 grandchildren, I can honestly say that the best part about the Learn to Dress Monkey is that it's the model house guest – it's quiet, washable, colorful, lightweight, and gender neutral. And, parents will love to have the Learn to Dress Monkey along on trips because it wears its entire wardrobe and only requires the occasional banana!
At the end of the day
A fun-loving "dress me" favorite, the Learn to Dress Monkey is perfect for children ages 18 months and up and retails for $34.95!
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We have had 2 XXL's for ~6 months. We have had various other GPS units, we like TomTom function...up until now...
A month+ ago, one of them got into a repeating cycle with the following:
tap "Plan Route"
tap "Address"
and the screen freezes for ~30-60 seconds, then cycles thru a restart.
ALL other menu options work. However, this bug makes it impossible to use the GPS for its intended function of getting us to and from places if I can't enter a destination!
With a recent update of maps etc, this first unit is working fine.
Our second unit was working fine, but we got notice from TomTom that it had update options available. We updated our second unit and now the second unit is in the cycle of crashing when attempting to select "Address" in an effort to enter a destination.
I've run the second unit down to zero battery level in an attempt to kill the cycle. Once we provide it power, it goes back to the crash cycle ONLY with the "Plan Route"->"Address" selection options. I've tried updating this second unit again and the only options TT says are available now, are either things we don't need/use or pay-for only downloads/updates.
I've tried a hard reset, with no change in status on the unit.
We are about to send them both back and go back to any other competitor, despite their issues, at least the competitor units WORK!


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Wall of Air
Eighth Edition — Uncommon
Creature — Wall
Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)
When no falcons fly, beware the sky.
—Femeref aphorism
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Eighth Edition — Uncommon
Creature — Wall
Defender, flying (This creature can't attack, and it can block creatures with flying.)
When no falcons fly, beware the sky.
—Femeref aphorism
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Creature — Spirit (0/5)
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
Transmute (, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same converted mana cost as this card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then shuffle your library. Transmute only as a sorcery.)
Creature — Bird (0/5)
Defender, flying
Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
Creature — Jellyfish (1/3)
Defender, flying
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to Guard Gomazoa.
Creature — Illusion Wall (0/6)
Defender, flying
Creature — Wall (0/5)
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When Floodgate has flying, sacrifice it.
When Floodgate leaves the battlefield, it deals damage equal to half the number of Islands you control, rounded down, to each nonblue creature without flying.
Creature — Wall (0/2)
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
: Thunder Wall gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature — Elemental Shapeshifter (0/0)
As Primal Plasma enters the battlefield, it becomes your choice of a 3/3 creature, a 2/2 creature with flying, or a 1/6 creature with defender.
Creature — Jellyfish (0/3)
Defender, flying
: Put Gomazoa and each creature it's blocking on top of their owners' libraries, then those players shuffle their libraries.
Creature — Wall (0/2)
Defender, flying
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by Fog Bank.
Creature — Human Pirate Scout (1/2)
Creature — Beast (2/2)
Your maximum hand size is reduced by three.
Creature — Human Artificer (1/1)
When Wing Splicer enters the battlefield, create a 3/3 colorless Golem artifact creature token.
Golem creatures you control have flying.
Creature — Illusion (3/1)
: Mistform Seaswift becomes the creature type of your choice until end of turn.
Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
Creature — Metathran Wizard (2/1)
: Target white or black creature gains flying until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
Creature — Faerie Wizard (4/4)
Champion a Faerie (When this enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you exile another Faerie you control. When this leaves the battlefield, that card returns to the battlefield.)
When a Faerie is championed with Mistbind Clique, tap all lands target player controls.
Creature — Siren (3/2)
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Creature — Human Pirate (2/1)
Whenever Skyship Plunderer deals combat damage to a player, for each kind of counter on target permanent or player, give that permanent or player another counter of that kind.
Creature — Zombie Horror (5/6)
As an additional cost to cast Skaab Ruinator, exile three creature cards from your graveyard.
You may cast Skaab Ruinator from your graveyard.
Creature — Human Wizard (1/2)
Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
When Tolarian Emissary enters the battlefield, if it was kicked, destroy target enchantment.
Creature — Djinn (4/4)
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Waterspout Djinn unless you return an untapped Island you control to its owner's hand.
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Red Line's live web feed of a FJC tear down!
Project FJR stage 1 suspension Live feed tear down
Red line is about to embark on a new and fun adventure with a 08 FJC. We are going to have a live feed tear down of a FJ in conjunction with FJC Magazine, we are doing a solid axle swap on! We hope to have you all check this out on friday the 10th at 10am! Grab some snacks and drinks! This will be 1 live feed in a series of many to come during the tear down and rebuild process of our stage 1 FJR suspension!
Thanks Guys
Awesome! The shop looks fantastic. Can't wait for the sawzall!
Ah, Jim D's FJ is going under the knife.
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My HeartI have felt the pain of my Heart Breaking, because I Loved her with all My Heart & Soul. I knew in my Heart long before we broke apart that it was not going to work out between us. My Heart is not BROKEN any more, because now, I realize now that she did me a favor.
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Ahh I feel the same way.


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About the App
- App name: rmcast
- App description: IP Multicast library
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Install the App
- Press
Command+Spaceand type Terminal and press enter/return key.
- Run in Terminal app:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" < /dev/null 2> /dev/null
and press enter/return key. Wait for the command to finish.
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brew install rmcast
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Whatever your level of experience, workshops are a super fun way to learn new art tricks and expand your skills.
Swinton's is gearing up for summer workshop season and we have more than ever to choose from. As an instructor, head wrangler, and an active participant, I have some insights of what to consider when choosing a workshop and how to get the best results...
READ MORE... Registration, Questions & Comments
For some artists, the studio becomes a dumping ground for unresolved artwork and everything else that doesn't seem to have a home. Although you may not be conscious of it, the clutter in your workspace competes for your attention, resulting in decreased performance and increased stress.
When you are surrounded by unresolved paintings, your brain can't help but continually try to work out possible solutions instead of focusing on fresh possibilities.
Finding ways to un-clutter will give you a sense of power and a freed mind, leaving more room for you to be creative...
There's a little secret in life drawing that not many artists know about. If you know about it you're already using it, if not, you will start after reading this article.
It can be our little secret.
Here it is: If you want your figure to have a natural look, use convex (outy lines) and not concave (inny lines).
Why? Everything alive starts as a molecule and begins to grow. Growing is an outward motion. As things grow, they begin to take on a bulge toward the outwards or convex.
(I think my stomach adopted this law too personally.)
Since 1932, Disney studio has offered free life drawing classes for its artists. The idea is that understanding and capturing the anatomy and sense of motion from a live model improves all your other artistic skills.
There's something special about drawing from life. Maybe it's the connection between you and the model, which doesn't happen from a photo. Maybe it's the way our eyes see things in three dimensions compared with the way photos flatten out the form. Perhaps it's the fact that you are setting up your own composition in the moment. Whatever the reason, working from life helps you realize the real sense of the form and how to render it.
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Solve for T & h
I can't figure out how to solve for h. I suppose while I'm here, could someone check my awser for T it's as follows.
I used * for times because I didn't know what the latex uses for it.
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The Twitterverse is not immune to tragedy, and tragedy struck recently with the death of Trey Pennington. I didn't know Trey, but, as the news flew through my Twitter stream, it became clear that many of the people who I value online did, and were obviously deeply upset at losing a great friend and mentor. It's no secret that Trey was struggling with depression and personal upheaval in his life. It's no secret now, that is. I'm sure there were many people who thought of Trey as an online "friend", perhaps had interacted with him online for years, yet never knew how deeply he was hurting. And that's social media for you. People allow you to see what they want you to see. And they hide what they don't.
Do I Know You?
After reading many of the incredible, honest, heartfelt and deeply moving blog posts and tributes to Trey, by folks like Jay Baer, Geoff Livingston, Mark Schaefer and Olivier Blanchard to name just a few, one in particular stuck with me. All day. It was Matt Ridings' post, titled "Do I KNOW You?".
The Facade of Perfection
In it, he spoke about that veneer. How perception rarely ever resembles reality. How in social media, especially if you have built your personal brand to the point of being a highly sought after speaker, or author, or consultant, or all of the above, you really can't afford to have a crack in that facade of perfection. Your success is based on an image. He also said this: "I was raised to stay out of peoples business until they choose to bring you into it. I'm not so sure that's always the best policy anymore." But see, you can't be in people's business if that business is depression or any other type of mental illness. Because people who suffer from it are experts at hiding it.
Depression is still highly stigmatized. It can produce discrimination in employment, housing, medical care and social relationships. There's often a genetic link. And it's an illness that strikes repeatedly over one's lifespan, creating cycles of relapse and recovery. And it's a very high rate of relapse: each time a person becomes clinically depressed, their chances of it happening again increase by 16%.
Hype and Hypocricy
As I read and read over the weekend about Trey Pennington's life, his children and grandchild, and as I read about ex NHL'er Wade Belak's recent suicide, a young man on the cusp of a new career with a wife and children, I kept getting angrier and angrier about the ongoing stigmatization of those with depression. Angry that for many people they can't get the help they need for fear of being found out. Angry for those who have been "found out" and then who suffer subtle discrimination in the workplace. And angry at myself for being such a hypocrite.
What I Wish People Knew
A few months back, Amber Naslund started a series on her blog Brass Tack Thinking called "What I Wish People Knew". As she put it, it was a commentary on how we get to know people superficially online, but we rarely see or explore past the surface. She put the call out to others to join in. And the response was incredible. You can find a roundup of all of these posts, by some very brave people, here.
Share The Secret
The reason I mention this is because I too contributed to "What I Wish People Knew". I shared some personal things from my background, and felt I had exposed quite a bit about myself. But I kept one thing neatly hidden away. As I have for most of my life, since about the age of 13. I have depression. I deal with it, have gotten the help I need, and discovered ways to manage the illness. But let me tell you, that ol' black dog still visits occasionally, and it's tough.
Someone I chatted with recently called depression "the invisible disease". They are bang on and this has got to change. And the more that people like you, the influencers and thought leaders in your respective industries, yank off that invisibility cloak, the sooner that people suffering from depression and other forms of mental illness won't feel the need to desperately hide what is a fundamental and very real part of who they are.
You don't really know me. And I don't know you. But I hope that now you know me just a tiny bit better.


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Romantic Girlfriend Birthday Wishes
Birthday Wishes for Girlfriend to Write in Cards.
To My Wonderful Girlfriend
This special Birthday greeting
was chosen just for you ..
To let you know you're thought about
each day, the whole year through.
As you're someone who's so special
in every way .. it's true.
Happy Birthday With All My Love
For My Lovely Girlfriend
On Your Birthday
Hope you spend today, enjoying all
the things that you like best ..
And celebrating in the ways
that bring you happiness.
To My Girlfriend
Because of all the things you do
that make me love you so ..
Because you mean, far more to me
than you may ever know.
I want to tell you once again
how much I love you, dear ..
And wish you all the happiness
today and throughout the year.
With Love On Your Birthday
Hope all of your dreams
and your wishes come true ..
And your Birthday brings
many surprises to you.
Hope the coming year holds
the best life can send ..
And is happy for you
from beginning to end.
Happy Birthday Sweetheart
Happy Birthday Sweetheart
It isn't just on special days
that my thoughts are full of love ..
And you know, that every day
you're all I'm thinking of.
So this is a reminder
that on today, of all days ..
I love you more than ever
not only now .. but always.
With All My Love
To My Girlfriend
I hope this Birthday wish will say
all the things, I'd like it to ..
For instance, just how much it means
to be in love with you.
As you brighten
each and every day ..
For me in such
a special way.
Happy Birthday With Love
Girlfriend Have A Very Happy Birthday
Here's hoping your Birthday will be
Held with friends and family ..
Celebrating your special day
With fun and laughter all the way.
Happy Birthday With Love
My Girlfriend With Love
You're such a special Girlfriend
and this wish that comes your way ..
Is for everything to be perfect
as you celebrate your Birthday.
And looking to the future
hope it always holds in store ..
Many very happy things
more than you could ask for.
With Much Love On Your Birthday
A Loving Wish For You
With a handful, of best memories
and some loving wishes, too ..
I added dreams for happiness
and hope, they all come true.
I wrapped them in, warm affection
and sent them all to you ..
Because you are so special
each day, the whole year through.
To The One I Love
On Your Birthday.
May these very special
wishes sent to you
bring happiness always.
Have A Fabulous Birthday
You're very special
all year through ..
So hope your birthday's
like that, too.
Happy Birthday My Love
I hope this birthday wish, shows
how much you mean to me ..
You're really thought the world of
and it's plain, for all to see.
And I hope this wish will stay with you
long after, this day has gone ..
Because you're so amazing
and are my No.1!
With Love On Your Birthday
To My Wonderful Girlfriend
You're so very special and
your day should be special, too ..
Filled with all the nicest things
that brings, happiness to you.
Happy Birthday With Love
Happy Birthday Girlfriend
There couldn't be a more loving wish
than this one I have for you ..
To hope your special day is
full, of happiness right through.
And when your day is over
may the year, ahead too ..
Be filled with lots of happiness
especially for you!
Because you're loved so very much
this brings a wish your way ..
For everything you could want
to fill your special day.
Happy Birthday!
These happy birthday wishes
being sent to you today ..
For a Girlfriend who is thought
of in a very special way.
Have A Great Day
Happy Birthday To You
My Darling.
A bouquet of birthday wishes
sent with all my love.
I love the happy times we share .. The
moments when you show you care.
I love you for just being there
I love YOU, because you're YOU!
Happy Birthday
To The One I Love
This comes with love
and fondest thoughts
especially for you ..
To tell you, how much
you mean to me, today
and all year through.
Beautiful Girlfriend
All that gives a birthday
that special, happy touch ..
Is wished for you today
because you're loved so much.
Have a Wonderful Day
For My Beautiful Girlfriend
Thinking of you lovingly, now
that your Birthday's here ..
Just as you're always thought about
each day, throughout the year.
And sending you, this message
especially to say ..
You're are so very special
and loved more, every day.
Happy Birthday
No one has ever made me feel
as wonderful as you do.
No one has ever made me feel
so loved, wanted, and desired ..
.. And I believe that in this world
there is a special person for everyone
who brings out deep feelings no one else can.
There is a special love that lifts you up
to wonderful heights you never knew before.
There is a special love that touches your heart
and never goes away from that moment ..
.. And I know I've found that precious love in you
because no other person makes me feel like you do.
I will always love you.
Happy Birthday
To My Lovely Girlfriend
I have a special Birthday wish
but it's not included here ..
Because it's very large
and it has to last the year.
And it must be said in person
and it must be done like this ..
With a hug, that says I love you
and a great big Birthday kiss.
Happy Birthday
To My Special Girlfriend
As today's your Birthday
this brings a wish your way ..
For everything that's wonderful
to fill such a special day.
Happy Birthday
To The One I Love
On Your Birthday
Special thoughts are with
YOU today and always.
This birthday card brings love
and happy wishes, too ..
For someone very special
and that, of course, is YOU!
Happy Birthday With Love
To My Wonderful Girlfriend
You mean so very much to me
each day,throughout the year ..
And this just comes to tell you so
now that your Birthday's here.
It also comes to tell you
although, hopefully you know ..
You really are a so wonderful
who's loved, more
than words can show.
Happy Birthday
For My Girlfriend With Lots Of Love
This Birthday wish is for the one
I cherish and adore ..
The one I've always loved
the one I'll love, for evermore.
Have a Very Happy Birthday
To The One I Love
You'll have a perfect birthday
if these wishes all come true ..
Because they're hoping for a day
that's special, just like you.
With Love


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Snapshots is a collection of photographs taken over a lifetime, an eclectic visual sampling of photographic technique and technology spanning over thirty years.
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- Publish Date Mar 12, 2008
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A night of revelry and new friends!
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My cousin (Julz) and I arrived fashionably late around 6:30 to a raucous room full of TravBuddies engaging in lively and loud conversation. Almost immediately I spotted Ekua (worldcitizen) and gave a quick 'hello' from across the room. We surveyed the scene for a few moments before squeezing our way up to the bar for a "couple bowls of loudmouth soup" to get into the swing of things. The first two people I met since they were also standing by the bar were Amit and David. I greeted each with a handshake and learned shortly after that David was 'THE David' of TravBuddy co-founding fame. It was so different and nice to walk into a room full of strangers and be able to just greet anyone without any hangups since they weren't actually strangers.
Once we ordered drinks, it was time to shed our coats and find name tags to help with the introductions. Right away I noticed Portia taking plenty of pictures to document the occasion. When I spotted name tags on a nearby table, I leaned in to find a pen and that's when I met Will. He definitely seemed to be the man on the task except we couldn't find the pen. My cousin did a quick search of the place and returned with Sharpie in hand. While she was searching, I learned that Will came all the way from Las Vegas for the occasion which was impressive but even more than that, seeing Mark come all the way from Kansas and later learning we had Catalina coming all the way from Ecuador! WOW! People really travel for a good party (and for a chance to travel of course)!
Some people I only met briefly, like Racquel, Rowena and Theresa, but look forward to more meetups in the future.
After saying our goodbyes to the other remaining TBers, we left the cozy lounge and headed off to get some grub! Those drinks at Jade were not only tasty, but potent, and we had to get something in our stomachs to reduce the severity of any potential hangover the next morning! So that night as I curled up in bed, I kept thinking what a fun night it was and how great everyone was.


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The dodgy ALP ratbags at the centre of corruption proceedings in NSW will get a bit of a reprieve as public submissions have finished.
After more than three months of sensational evidence, the NSW anti-corruption watchdog has finished hearing from witnesses in its inquiry into allegedly tainted coalfields deals involving senior NSW Labor figures.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has been probing whether then mines minister Ian Macdonald rigged a 2008 tender process for a coal exploration licence in the NSW upper Hunter and how former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid may have gained.
It's claimed Mr Macdonald did the bidding of Obeid family members, who allegedly hid their involvement in the area through complex trust and company structures.
The Obeids stood to make up to $100 million from mining deals in the area from corruption at a level not seen since the days of the Rum Corps, the inquiry was told.
After presiding over the inquiry, codenamed Operation Jasper, since last November, Commissioner David Ipp on Thursday declared the evidentiary stage finished.
"That concludes the evidentiary part of this inquiry and the commission will now adjourn and the next step is the filing of written submissions," Commissioner Ipp said.
Counsel assisting the commissioner, Geoffrey Watson SC, quipped at the close of proceedings: "That's all there is. There ain't no more, commissioner".
If only we had an ICAC here…then we wouldn't have the unedifying spectacle of Police not processing all the electoral breaches from the last election or indeed the Daljit Singh case hanging around for more than 3 years.
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Location. This Bergen hotel is within one-quarter kilometer Hanseatic Museum, Fishmarket, and Bryggen.
Hotel Features. First Hotel Marin has a complimentary fitness facility with a steamroom and sauna as well as a solarium. Business amenities include a business center and complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access in public areas. Room service is available during limited hours. This is a smoke-free property (fines may apply for violations).
Guestrooms. All guestrooms have separate sitting areas and connecting/adjoining rooms are available. Beds have premium bedding. Amenities featured in guestrooms include complimentary dial-up and high-speed wireless Internet access. Guestrooms have satellite television with pay movies. Bathrooms provide phones, bath/tub combo hair dryers and handheld showers. Complimentary toiletries and bathrobes upon request are available. Cribs/infant beds(surcharge) and rollaway beds and laundry services is available.
Good place to explore Bergen
Cons: Not really quiet, there are Bars around the hotel, The coffee tastes awfull.
Classic architecture
Pros: Loved the old wooden floors and location. We had stayed smaller places for two weeks so rooms seemed large in comparison.
Cons: A small bottle of wine was 130 kroner. Breakfast was crowded and frantic.


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The Genesis starter theme includes a number of accessibility features such as WAI ARIA landmark roles, content source ordering, valid XHTML and a Skip to Main Content link by default.
WAI ARIA Landmark Roles
The roles are not hard coded into the templates—they are inserted into the markup using the jQuery attribute function. JavaScript is currently the preferable way to insert ARIA roles because they are not valid XHTML, therefore your site will not validate if they are hard coded into the mark-up.
ARIA roles are currently supported by Jaws 10 screen reader, however I envision that before long most of the major screen readers, both commercial and Open Source, will support Aria roles.
The jQuery used to inject the roles can be found in /genesis/genesis/js/aria-roles.js. By default this is enabled in Genesis. If for some reason you do not want to load the script you can comment it out in genesis.info.
At the end of this page I have included a screenshot showing the ARIA roles on a typical node with comments, primary and secondary navigation and a few blocks. The jQuery knows which blocks to mark as complimentary and which to mark as navigation, search and so on. It knows which is the main content column and that nodes are to be marked as article.
The script needs improvement and I would be open to feedback and input on the development of this script. Its something every theme could use with very little modification.
Learn more about WAI ARIA here - http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria.php
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These days when both husband and wife are working and spending a lot of time in office and on travelling from home to office, it becomes difficult for them to find spare time. There is a race between the two to be better professionals and progress in their jobs. The cost of living has gone up considerably and the expenses involved in bringing up a child have also gone up. In view of this parents often decide on having one child. In nuclear families caring for the child also becomes difficult, and children have to be sent to babysitters or play school.
A few decades ago the norm was to have large number of children. Different members of the families including parents, children and grand children were living together having a common kitchen. At that time bringing up children was not an issue as someone was always available in case of need. Those were the times when having a single child was considered a sign of incapacity of some type, now having a large number of children is considered strange.
These days all people are accustomed to having a particular standard of living according to the means. The parents want to provide maximum facilities to the child without foregoing their own comfort. With the parents living alone, looking after the child is mainly the responsibility of the mother. She has to forego comfort to a great extent, and thinking of having a second child after the first has grown up is a nightmare for her.
There are a large number of advantages and disadvantages of being the only child. The main advantage is that the child gets maximum attention from the parents. All his genuine needs can be fulfilled. The child gets proper education by admission to a good school, and also at home the parent who has time tries his or her best to impart teaching. Such children are often involved in extracurricular activities and sports. Being able to get individual and personalised attention of the parents the child tends to learn more and behave in a more refined manner.
Those opposed to this school of thought say that a single child is often shy and not social. This may not be correct. There are many more single children living around him or her and they all try to find friends. Moreover going to public parks, sharing toys with other children and playing together provide much needed companionship to children. Similar is the position in school where there are large numbers of other single children. As such one may conclude that these days having a large number of children is not a necessity. The necessity is to provide best possible attention to the child, who may be a single child.


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This year we had a smaller crew together for Thanksgiving, so I pretty much scaled everything back so that we'd end up with a manageable amount of leftovers (read: a lot of stuffing and only a little of everything else!). In the end, our regular corn pudding was crossed off the list entirely. I even thought I might buck tradition and sub in Ancho Creamed Corn from Lisa Fain's Homesick Texan Cookbook, but that didn't happen either…until Saturday.
The old corn pudding might be off the menu for awhile. This creamed corn has a little smokiness from the chile and a nice tang from the cream cheese. Though I made mine with frozen corn, I can see this being an amazing summer side dish alongside some ribs and brisket. And if you're not into the tang of the cream cheese, you could sub mascarpone. So what about a recipe? Well, this is one of the recipes that's unique to the book and I'm respecting that. I've said it before, but really, go seek out this book!
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I'm glad someone else confirms that doing a factory restore on the VX5500 prepaid will reset the SPC to 000000. I posted that some weeks ago, but was told I was mistaken.
Hello, I hope I'm using the correct etiquette for posting, but I was fumbling around this forum for weeks, on the internet, with Verizon and page plus call centre trying to get my phone activated with pageplus, until I found this solution.
I have a prepaid LG VX5500PP (bought at WalMart), and apparently page plus has a known problem activating prepaid verizon phones, even though they said that they are able to. I thought I successfully received a new number, but whenever I called out another number would show, and the money I added to the phone wasn't showing either. I talked to the call centre and they told me how to activate and reset my phone manually, but the service code (normally 6 0's) is different for each prepaid phone. Thus the call centre couldn't help me.
So here's the roundabout way I activated my phone to the number page plus gave me:
Resetting to factory settings to reset the service code: (this is from http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/lg...-vx3200-2.html)
You will need to save your Information such as your MDN# & MIN# and goto MENU > Settings & Tools > Phone Settings > Security > you will then see a prompt asking for the last 4-digits of your Phone Number. If you have already activated your phone use the last 4-digits of your Phone Number, but if you are unsure of this go back to your Wallpaper on your Phone and enter this Code #4357*4357 then press "SEND" you will then see Information about your Phone and your Phone number will be displayed on top for most LG Phones. Then once you write that down on a piece of paper repeat the steps above and look on the bottom for "Reset Default" then your Phone will restart then once your back to your wallpaper on your Cell repeat the same step but this time select "Restore Phone" or if you have nothing on the Phone already just skip the "Reset Phone" Part so that you can Erase all Data from the NAM selections. You're Phone will restart once again if you repeat the same step and you will see a Alert Box to Activate your phone just hit "END" and you will bypass that screen and come up to Verizon's Preset Wallpaper and be able to see a Read Out stating "Inital Programming Required..." this will allow you to open up access to these two MENU's in which did not work fully with 6 zero's as for when you have used the MENU Options before.
Then to access the service code:
Type ##7764726 (Model # goes here to finish the code), for instance mine was ##77647265500, then hit "SEND".
6 "?"'s will appear. For this you can now use the 000000 code to fill up these ? marks.
To reset into the page plus network, this is what I did:
Hit 1 for service program, press okay
The old phone number will appear, this is where you would type your new Page Plus phone number that the call centre has given you. Press okay ONCE.
Then in the next section type 541-236-0339 (this is probably different depending on which area you are in, might need to contact call centre for the correct number) press okay
Enter in the system ID that the call centre can give you, hit okay
nam 1 screen, hit okay
the phone will restart.
Once the phone has restarted, enter in a 10 digit phone number to complete the activation.
I hope this helps people who are buying prepaid verizon phones successfully activate them. I know it's been pretty difficult for me, but I thought I'd share what little knowledge I have.
Good Luck!
I'm glad someone else confirms that doing a factory restore on the VX5500 prepaid will reset the SPC to 000000. I posted that some weeks ago, but was told I was mistaken.
does this happen to all lg 5500's or just some and how do you know if your one?
My Lg 5500 for my wife activated with no problem. I have another that I'll be activating for myself when my minutes are used up on my current Gophone, hopefully there will be no problem.
That is a great 1st post brittinator, but I think what you are doing is an eprom reset which can cause damage to a phone if not done right.
I would ad a disclaimer to your post so nobody starts flaming you for them messing up their phones.
Umm, so I messed up my phone.
It's a VX5500 already active on Page Plus. I reset it then did an OTA program (*22890) again. Now I can't call anyone, the Verizon lady says "We are unable to authenticate your phone". I can call #737, *611 and *22891 OK. Everything in the service program looks correct.
I searched and the two threads about "unable to authenticate" didn't help much.
That's simply not true as a blanket statement.Originally Posted by brittinator
I've bought several phones and had zero problems activating them on PP.
Maybe YOUR phone, or the model you chose, has a problem--but overall, PagePlus does NOT have any "known problems" activating prepaid verizon phones. Not one bit.
And to spread that around in a forum like this as gospel is, frankly, irresponsible.
I have a VX5500 on Verizon Inpulse/prepaid, and this "unable to authenticate" has happened twice at different times (not connected with a reset) -- seemed to start when I moved out of my home area. The first time, I called Verizon CS, and after messing around with OTA and manually programming to no avail, tech support finally had me enter a new Akey, which seemed to fix the problem. The second time, I called Verizon tech support, and he just had me turn off the phone, remove the battery for a few minutes, then power up and do an OTA program, which to my surprise fixed the problem.Originally Posted by HF305
I've read that changing to another ESN and back will reauthenticate the phone, but I haven't tried that, and that is not as easy with Page Plus as with Verizon.
Call VZW and tell them that message, it should easily be fixed.Originally Posted by HF305
I'm not saying that it is "gospel", but I guess I should have put it in quotes because that is what a person with page plus that seemed knowledgeable told me. She said that for some reason the prepaid verizon phones were more difficult than either their verizon post-paid counterparts, or their own page plus phones.Originally Posted by adam1991
And yes, this procedure did work for my phone, but I don't really want to say "try this out for any phone having a problem." I'm simply stating that for someone who can't get the six 0's to work when page plus tries to walk them through the resetting procedure, this *might* work.
I just wanted to add this to the forum, because when I was searching through it seemed like this phone restart/reset procedure was not listed, and if I can help one person then I think it's worthwhile.
The "more difficult" is probably because the Verizon Inpulse/prepaid phones have a non-zero (unknown) SPC, and consequently are not so easy to program manually. Normally, however, the Verizon prepaid phones will program OTA for Page Plus with no problem, so the SPC is not necessary in those cases.Originally Posted by brittinator
PPC knows they cannot manually program these VZW phones without a proper SPC. VZW subsidizes these phones to keep them cheap for their customers not PPC or any other carrier for that matter.
OTA has not worked entirely on all new prepaid VZW phones, it has to get unlocked.
Although I had no problem activating/porting last night with a vx5500 bought at wal-mart through PPC website. Thanks for the info.
Link for someone wanting to get quick to it.
Esn's under battery and is Meid #
Account # for me was Tracfone #
no pass code for pass code
*22890 afterward and your done
To address a few statements in this post:
First, yes, it is known that VZW prepaid phones do not program correctly to Page Plus if they have been activated with Verizon PrePay. Why? Because we can't manually program the phone and it doesn't keep the OTA for Page Plus after activation with Verizon.
The unable to authenticate is a minor error and can be fixed by "Resetting Authentication". If you are on Page Plus, call and let the CSR know you are getting the message (preferably from another phone of course). If you are on Verizon, call and let the CSR know.
Just the Smilies I like: Ok, I'm done.
DISCLAIMER: I am not liable for any damage to any phones from my suggestions. Please be a responsible cell phone owner.
Be very careful not to hit the send button after you've charged the phone a bit. It says upon start up to hit send for setup to verizon. I have a problem with someone/something telling me not to do something. I want to really bad:P
I wonder how much is this problem


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DreamWorks Animation is seeking a Matte Painting Supervisor for our Redwood City, CA studio to supervise the Matte Painting team, design, develop and produce digital matte paintings.
Job Duties include but are not limited to:
* Create the necessary look as designed by show leadership.
* Manage the complexity and renders of assigned matte painting sequences.
* Participate in launches and approval meetings.
* Understand 3D camera projections.
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* Bid the schedule along with the VFX Supervisor and Production Supervisor.
* Supervise matte paint crew for their assigned shows.
* Help to maintain the directory structure, naming conventions and files.
* Interact with other departments to ensure elements work in the sequence and provide continuity.
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* Work with the Production Supervisor to cast shots/assignments.
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