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I have to say it is a really spectacular Mac store. Air conditioned, they bring you drinks and it is the whole top floor. Not sure about the makeup artists because there was just one guy when I went.
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|Edie Wells, who teaches University 1301 courses and will teach "Intro to Visual Arts" in the fall, draws from her experiences in both her art and classrooms. She also will soon be working with art students on a track for art education majors. Above, she is pictured with a work from her "Cultivating Peas" collection, an untitled piece that that turns black-eyed peas into abstract art. —Photos by Brian Blalock
Armed with a paintbrush, a camera, and her passion for the earth, Sam Houston State University adjunct professor Edie Wells draws inspiration from personal experiences and the world around us to help illustrate important issues to new students.
Through her love of art and community, Wells said she aims to show students "a bigger picture of the world and how we live in it," by helping students develop the skills to be successful college students, while also encouraging them to think about their local and global community and how to live responsibly in it.
Inspired by work done by activists such as Annie Leonard, photographer Chris Jordan, and local builder Dan Phillips, Wells's First Year Experience and art classes demonstrate the urgent need for protecting the environment and create an awareness of important social justice and ecological issues.
"Jordan takes these mind-blowing statistics about garbage and mass consumption and turns them into something we can comprehend," said Wells.
Some of the larger lessons that Wells hopes her students will learn in her classrooms could be considered hard-learned lessons that Wells, herself, learned through her personal experiences. These have become the focus of the art that was recently displayed in Lowman Student Center exhibits.
One exhibit, "Cultivating Peas," looks at "the tiniest visuals of growth" through macro-photography and paintings, which illustrate Wells's passion for growing our own foods and becoming more tied to the Earth.
This "habit of gladness," as she refers to it, is very important for students, and her art invites the viewer to take a moment to appreciate the little details of the natural world.
Wells's own appreciation for the "little details" of the natural world, perhaps, came from the experiences that led to her first LSC exhibit, "Reclaiming Hope: A visual conversation about war and healing," which she displayed in February.
"Reclaiming Hope" tells the story of a brutal 14-year-long civil war in Liberia, West Africa, told through the eyes of an 11-year-old survivor named Faith Lackay.
Reclaiming Hope
The exhibit, which Wells considers a collaboration between her and Lackay, includes a book of drawings that serve as a diary of Lackay's experiences during the first two years of the war (later presented as a gift to Wells) and paintings by Wells that are inspired by Lackay's experiences, as Wells followed news footage about the war.
Wells lived and worked for two years as an artist for a publishing house in Monrovia, Liberia, where she met and was captivated by Lackay, a then-9-year-old girl who would dance with her playmates for Wells.
"The children wrapped themselves around my heart with their spirited flailing arms and wiggling hips. Those two years changed me forever," she said.
A week before she was scheduled to leave, a small groups of rebels invaded the northern part of the country, just several hours away from Monrovia, the capital city.
"We didn't think much of the invasion because things like that have happened before, and since Liberia was already in a little bit of turmoil we thought the government would handle it," Wells said. "I returned to the states and within six months Faith, her family, my friends, and thousands of other Liberians faced a brutal civil war that lasted 14 years."
Day-to-day news coverage depicted the vividly horrible scenes of bombs detonating and street fighting between the rebels and Liberia's national army. For Wells, the footage was overwhelming.
"I couldn't sleep, I had lost touch with all my friends and couldn't communicate with them in anyway so I began having these dreams where I would see myself and them, running and diving to miss the bombs. It was really hard," she said.
While working on "Reclaiming Hope," Wells researched art created by children during times of hardship.
"I was researching works created during the Holocaust and the genocide in Rwanda, so it was a part of my critical discourse," she said.
The exhibit took about two years to complete.
Wells explained that the process was very therapeutic for her, but, more importantly, she wanted Lackay's story to be told.
"The exhibit was about seeing war through the eyes of a child, giving a visual voice to pain was a process of healing as well as a path to hope," Wells said.
By using her artwork, and other artists' works, as media to demonstrate very important issues, Wells hopes students will gain a bigger picture of the world and how we live in it.
This is one reason why she finds the "Intro to Collegiate Studies," the University 1301 course, so important for new students.
"As an educator and an artist, I see so much value in the course. The holistic approach touches on various topics, such as relationships, sexual health, money management, and appreciating diversity, as well as critical thinking, developing good study habits, writing and speaking skills, and so much more," Wells said. "I wish they had had a class like this when I was a freshman in college."
Through University 1301, students also can explore the SHSU academic community, look at various fields of studies and areas of interest, and acquaint themselves with different learning tools, programs, and resources available on campus.
The class also offers a chance for students to meet other first-year students with similar academic or general interests through specific Freshman Learning Communities sections of the course.
Students in each community attend the same core classes and support each other academically through study group, as well as socially, outside the classroom.
"One section I teach is the education cohort for freshmen who want to be teachers, so what we do is take what they are beginning to understand about themselves and how they learn, and applying it to when they will be teachers," Wells said.
This fall, Wells also will teach two "Intro to Visual Arts" classes in the SHSU art department and plans to continue involving students in creative thinking and activities, such as trekking down to Houston to volunteer at Smither Park; visiting a wildly fun green space in progress, designed by Dan Phillips; or joining her at the Hospitality House as she teaches art classes to children of prisoners.
By "requiring rigorous exploration of concepts and ideas, and the ability to argue and articulate those ideas," Wells said she hopes to influence her students to become more thoughtful, productive, and engaged citizens.
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2011 was more or less a wash for stock performance when it was all said and done. There were several great stories and there were many duds. 24/7 Wall St. has compiled a list of what should be considered investor pet peeves, some of which were systemic and some which were very much company specific. If it is an unlucky group, it is only fitting to have thirteen such implosions to review. In a few cases, the price drops seen here were due mostly to outside pressures and some were due to management missteps. By our take, all of the investors in these names are likely very (very-very) happy that 2011 is over.
The thirteen worst big stock and investor stories in 2011 are as follows: Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC); Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND); First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR); Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR); Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ); Imperial Sugar Co. (NASDAQ: IPSU); iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV); K-V Pharmaceutical Company (NYSE: KV-A); Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (NYSE: EGPT); Molycorp, Inc. (NYSE: MCP); Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX); Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM); and Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD).
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Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has seen almost everything that could go wrong come its way. The bank cannot shake the Countrywide mortgage woes, it drove away customers with proposed new banking fees, and it has been under fire by more agencies and regulatory bodies than we can easily count. The company can hardly get in a settlement that is ultimately not challenged by an outside force. It does not seem like it will get to raise its dividend any time soon and the fear is that perhaps it will need to raise more capital on 2012 stress tests. This was the worst performing stock out of all 30 DJIA components and not even a Warren Buffett investment managed to keep the stock from falling. So what if it half of book value now.
Diamond Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: DMND) became a sample of what can go wrong at a high growth food company. Eventually the growth peaks and valuations come crashing down. To go from a growing almond and nut products story to a company buying Pringles did not make sense to many, particularly since Diamond was going to be leveraging itself to make the deal. Then came the accounting woes around payments to walnut farmers, and that was then followed by a director's suicide who was inside the accounting woes story. This was a great story that became very cloudy, just like if I poured a glass of their almond milk that I like so much to try to see through it. After running from about $50 to over $95, shares are now in the low $30-range and shares hit a low of $26.11 recently. They could have found a rat in the milk vats and survived better than the way things turned out for them in 2011.
First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) went from the U.S.'s solar sector poster boy to perhaps the worst performing S&P 500 stock. It is still the leader of the solar sector and that is why this one precedes all other solar stock implosions of 2011. Its CEO resignation or firing came in a rather strange and sudden manner and its prospects do not look much better on the margin front for the next year. Solar panel dumping by Chinese firms and the negative press of the government backing of the failed Solyndra only added to the fears here as short sellers were able to make a fortune here. Shares closed out 2010 around $130 and shares went briefly north of $175 in February. Shares are now around $33.00. First Solar single-handedly turned many 401/K plans into 201/K plans in 2011.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) is one implosion which we debated whether or not should be part of a complaint for the full year. Its accounting concerns were actually from 2010 and despite the massive share price drop the stock is actually still up for the year. In fact, shares closed at $32.86 in 2010 and now the stock is around $46.00. What is so bad is that the stock had been one of the best performing stocks as recently as September and the year high is above $115 for the stock. Its growth has peaked, its advertising costs are way up, and Starbucks seems to have scored the better end of the deal between the two coffee companies. Because the stock is still up almost 50% for the year, we'll back off.
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) may have started its woes in 2010 after firing Mark Hurd and then hiring Leo Apotheker, the former head of SAP. Still, the baffled decision to even go along with Leo Apotheker's decision to jettison the PC business was just too much. And now the decision to keep the PC business seems like it is because the cost of exiting it is just too high. Palm is now dead too. The Apotheker decision to acquire the enterprise software outfit Autonomy for $10 billion. If you overlay a one-year chart as you can see here, you would think that H-P was a bank because its stock tracked the negative performance of Bank of America almost in unison until September. The verdict is out on whether or not Meg Whitman is right fit here, but frankly the stock has stabilized since she took over. H-P shares closed out 2010 at an adjusted $41.48 and shares are now close to $26.00 after hitting a low of $21.50.
Imperial Sugar Co. (NASDAQ: IPSU) was looking a lot like a transformation in the making from a sugar company to a sweetener company looking to branch out into new growth markets. The company even went on a roadshow and got on CNBC to tell its story. Shares even went from roughly $10 to $25 based upon the hype. Then over the summer came news of a wider loss and things have slid further from there. Sadly, it seems that management may have known things were not great when the story changed abruptly and there are class action suits. Now shares are around $3.50. This feels like getting drunk at the casino and losing your life savings with the dealers telling you "Thanks for playing."


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Manip wrote: My *guess* would be that MS buys them from photo resellers. And pick ones that look nice and are not too expensive.
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Thread: What is a piquan?
2/13/2007 6:24pm, #81Originally Posted by BugeishaFighting evil and upholding justice in blue silk pajamas baby!
Bah!!! Puny Humans.
2/13/2007 6:33pm, #82Originally Posted by BackFistMonkey
Sidwise is generally considered "heng".
But really, that is much closer to a Taiji's "play pipa" and I'd bet it's an even better match still for a De-ashi-haraiFighting evil and upholding justice in blue silk pajamas baby!
Bah!!! Puny Humans.
2/13/2007 6:48pm, #83
I guess the problem I'm having here is... what is the point of the 8 defining characteristics of the pi quan? What are the advantages? It really seems like the characteristics are almost meaningless nit picks. I'm also confused as to why you'd even bring up "pi quan" when talking about the jab, since one is an actual technique, while the other is just some transitional stance. The cop's training doesn't really concern me so much as the totally confusing way things in kung fu are named. I'm also having a hard time understanding how the videos posted that are specifically pi quan would translate to what's going on in the video, since the actual motions are so totally different.
2/13/2007 7:00pm, #84
Define a jab.
No really. Really define a jab so that none of the pimplifaced wannabees or the LARPers or other random CMA people who train in arts that don't have one can say that what they do is a jab just like you learned it.
Make a list of everything you can think of that has to be there to really call it a jab.
...since one is an actual technique, while the other is just some transitional stance....Fighting evil and upholding justice in blue silk pajamas baby!
Bah!!! Puny Humans.
2/13/2007 7:10pm, #85
To me, the real question is not 'is that piquan, or a potential application of one' but 'do xingyi schools train to apply it like that (against resisting opponents yada yada yada)?'
2/13/2007 7:18pm, #86
I know people who do but a "home run" like in that video just ain't gonna happen often. I picked the Cops video because that IS a typicaly taught application. Anyone who trains Xingyiquan can look at that and go, "Yeah dude! Awsome piquan..."
The problem is that if you are in a Xingyi school and you and your partner both do Xingyi, then your partner SHOULD have it drilled into him that the natural response to a piquan, especially a high one like that is "pao" and that will neutralize that kind of attack. Like you train a right cross to KO people but at your school I bet you land it and just flatten your sparring partners daily right? Jab-cross-go to sleep. Doesn't happen much. But that IS your goal with the thing. Same for a high piquan.
I think you said he looks like he was "just charging". Well "run him down" is Xingyi 101. Like a locomotive. Step forward and through your opponent. Sometimes the "fists" are just to shunt anything that might hurt you out of the way so you can steamroller him over.
I'll try and put my take on the 8 points I listed over on my other thread. They are not conclusive details or really official or anything. Like I said, Xingyi is not my main area. Those 8 were just what I could think of.Fighting evil and upholding justice in blue silk pajamas baby!
Bah!!! Puny Humans.
2/13/2007 7:30pm, #87Originally Posted by Omar
There are things I nitpick about it that make it a GOOD jab (keeping the arm inline with the shoulder, pop, pushing off on the rear foot), but then all of these things I can specifically point out how they improve the jab and make them more powerful/quick/efficient. Point out the purpose for each of the 8 defining characteristics and how they have their destinct advantages and then we've got something.
Originally Posted by Omar
2/13/2007 7:32pm, #88
Here's a handful of details I posted off the cuff on an earlier thread. They are not all-inclusive or definitive because, as I keep saying, I am really the wrong guy to be going off on Xingyi. I train:
And in that order. I also have about 8 years of Hung Gar behind me and those are me areas of expertese. So as you can see, of all the things I am qualified to provide info on, Xingyi comes in dead last but anyways.....
1. Feet - Lead foot toed in slightly. Rear foot angled out about 45 degrees.
2. Weght - Back weighted. Depending on the specific school anywhere from 60-40 to 100-0 but the weight is definately back.
3. Lead hand over the lead foot. That's from those "6 harmonies" I talked about on the "internal martial arts" thread. "Foot harmonizes with hand".
4. Lead elbow sunken. Otherwise it is not "harmonizing with the knee" again from the same post.
5. "lumbars pressed back and the chest hollowed out". Refer to the curve of the back in pics 1 and 2.
6. Rear hand near the lower abdomen.
7. Chin tucked in and the head "lifted".
8. Both hands, the toes of the front foot and the heel of the rear are all pretty much on the centerline.
Someone asked.......why? Here's the best I can do to answer these seeing as it's not my specialty. I'm also going to purposely avoid any parts of explanations that I already know will be regarded as "fruity" on Bullshido. . . but they are there even if you don't want to hear them.
1. Protects your nuts.
2. Almost all arts dealing with lot of kicks are like that. I'm sure you all can think of plenty of reasons to be back weighted in your "ready position".
3. Centerline domination. Not in a compulsize WC way but it's an element. Also keeping everything forcused ahead of you helps get the power out in the way it needs to to make the Xingyi techniques work.
4. Largely same as 3. It provides better stability, better centeline domination and keeps the movement of the lead elbow better connected with the lead knee.
5. Think "boxers hunch". Don't stick out your chest. This posture helps drop and therefore relax the shoulders which lets your arms extend out a bit farther. It also helps give you more power as you create a kind of a "bow" with your torso that stretches open and then snaps back as you hit.
6. Lead hand defends high and left. Rear hand defends low and right. (for a left lead). Many techniques tend to involve grabbing or pulling back and down on the other persons lead arm as your rear hand attacks. You pull them into the area around your abdomen, also into the attack of the other hand.
7. Don't stick out your chin. Don't hunch over either. Just stand tall and relaxed with your chin in.
8. There's that CMA centerline theory again.Fighting evil and upholding justice in blue silk pajamas baby!
Bah!!! Puny Humans.
2/13/2007 7:41pm, #89
You have a vague idea now which is more than before. Next time anyone mentions it you can think, "eh...something sorta like the way that Cop took down that dude."
That's really good enough since you aren't training it anyways.
A lead hand pi quan with gloves on would be pretty indistiguishable from a jab to most people. Weaving to the side and countering with the outside hand while the inside hand protects your head is a typical "paoquan". A "bengquan" can be thought of as a modified straight right or a gut shot with a verticle fist. Zuan's usually look a lot like uppercuts and only hengquan doesn't seem to have a rough equivalent in boxing.Fighting evil and upholding justice in blue silk pajamas baby!
Bah!!! Puny Humans.
2/13/2007 8:35pm, #90Originally Posted by Omar
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For the veterans on this team, the frustration of losing like we have lately permeates past the game field and into the locker room and practice field. You can see it in someone like John Lynch during his press interviews – he's a little less happy. He smiles less. He has less praise for his teammates. He's the consummate professional, but nobody likes to lose the way we have, and you get the feeling he's just tired of their present situation. Some think it might be the defensive players not "buying into" new defense coach's Jim Bates' system. I don't know anything about that, but I'm getting this nagging feeling that one particular superstar shutdown corner is definitely getting tired of what he is being asked to do this season. Really, who can blame him?
Champ Bailey has never had a problem helping out in run support. He is beyond a solid tackler – if the opponent sees #24 heading his way, 9 times out of 10 he knows he is going to get wrapped up. Year after year, statistically he shows up in the tackle column about twice as often as any other cornerback on the team. It's remarkable.
With our special teams and run defense especially pour this season, the coaches have given Champ an increased role in both fronts, and one gets the feeling that Bailey is tired of playing triple-duty. In special teams, Champ is out there on the coverage units. The worst part about this is that game after game, he's the one making the tackles. 9 other guys and the punter/kicker could be making that play, but Champ finds a way to get to the returner each game.
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Which means he needs the coaches to stop asking him to do so much.
We did better at stopping the run for the most part last week (don't chew my head off for that comment – we were actually holding runners to 2-4 yards each run, rather than 7-12 every single play, we just still blew it and allowed the big runs). In return we had our worst game of pass defense thus far, allowing 270 yards through the air (the first opponent to go over 200). The corners were asked to sneak up on the line of scrimmage even more than usual, and while the Chargers didn't exactly spread the ball around they still beat us through the passing game consistently.
Our best game defensively this season was Week 1 against Buffalo. While our run defense looked like a potential weakness, we didn't get burned like we have since then. Week after week since, we've allowed more points and more yards without fail. Our defense is getting worse as we ask our cornerbacks to do more.
This is of course my personal opinion, but I think we have a better defense if we just let our cornerback tandem worry about their receivers and only focus on the running back if he's heading right for them. Let Bailey and Bly worry about the opponent's receivers. Shut down the passing game. Stack 8 in the box with Lynch up front. It's our nature to still allow a good amount of yardage that way, but at least we won't be getting beat both ways. With a little luck, and perhaps some continuity among the front seven (perhaps stop deactivating seemingly random players each week?), we'll figure out this run defense just in time to go on a decent win streak and maybe, just maybe, make a push for a Wild Card or even the weak AFC West.
If we keep asking Champ to do it all, he's going to get tired, injured (oh, too late for that), and just plain disillusioned with this team. And the thought of this defense without Champ Bailey is something I'd rather not think about right now.


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With "Brand-New Debuts", TAKII fans are introduced to the newest celebs in our midst through detailed bios, personal quotes, multimedia presentations, & more. While being a "Brand-New Debut" would mean that they haven't ever been a guest or performer at a season of TAKII, these special brands of collective talents are always more than ready to get their feet wet & hands dirty as they celebrate Asian culture fandom "to the extreme" with their most passionate admirers, TAKII fanatics!
With "Returning Legends", TAKII fans are given more of a reason to rejoice when some of their favorite musicians, industry professionals, & celebs from past seasons of TAKII come back for yet another round of celebratory excellence! It's no secret that "star power" seems to be a heavily-respected component to many other like-minded events & conventions, compelling con-goers to attend just because their favorite personality will be "there". When it comes to TAKII, however, that energy works in reverse & reciprocal order, with guests & performers desiring to attend additional seasons of our festival just as much as our frenzied fans want to see them there once more!
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Press Release: Hans Holbein Re-Made
Tuesday 4 March 2014
A new display exploring the high demand for copies and versions of portraits by Tudor court painter Hans Holbein the Younger has opened at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Hans Holbein Re-made brings together a selection of important copies of the celebrated German artist's portraits, revealing at the same time new research that has emerged from the Gallery's ongoing Making Art in Tudor Britain project.
During Henry VIII's reign, Hans Holbein the Younger undertook many portraits of prominent individuals at court, such as Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More and William Warham. In the years following his death in 1543, Holbein's portraits came to be prized, and demand for his work increased, due to both the importance of his sitters and his own fame and reputation as a highly skilled artist. As a result, there was a lively market for copies of his portraits, with artists producing paintings that faithfully mimicked both the composition and colouration of the original works.
Hans Holbein Re-made will show a selection of copies of Holbein's portraits from the National Portrait Gallery Collection, including William Warham, John Fisher, Sir Thomas More and Sir Richard Southwell, all of which have undergone technical analysis as part of the Gallery's Making Art in Tudor Britain research project. This research has revealed new information about how and when the paintings were made, and about the techniques that were used to ensure that the finished works skilfully evoked the originals.
The copied portraits were produced by making patterns from the original drawings and paintings, and by deliberately trying to imitate Holbein's techniques. It is thought that the artists would have had access to the original Holbein painting (or direct patterns from the original) as the features and proportions of the figures are often matched with considerable exactitude. The differences between the portraits show that, far from being the specialist production of a single workshop, the copies were produced by artists working in numerous different studios. The number of surviving works of this type suggests that there was a lively market for such paintings during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I.
A portrait of Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex, which is thought to be one of the first miniatures Holbein painted, will be displayed alongside a digital interactive screen that will allow the technique used in the portrait to be compared with that seen in another miniature thought to be by an artist working in Holbein's studio.
A German painter, printmaker and designer, Holbein (1497 or 1498 – 1543) became best known in England for the compelling realism of his portraits. The son of artist Hans Holbein the Elder, he learnt painting from his father and worked in Basle, Switzerland, before moving to London. Holbein worked in England from 1526-28 and returned in 1531/2, remaining here until his death. In addition to becoming court painter to Henry VIII he painted several courtiers, gentry and merchants. Over eighty of his portrait drawings survive, along with miniatures and paintings, providing a remarkable document of the period.
Dr Tarnya Cooper, Chief Curator of the National Portrait Gallery, says:
'This exciting new research has shown how the memory of the key personalities of Henry VIII's court was kept alive through the creation and display of newly made portraits at least fifty years later.'
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Apply Tibet travel permits with local reliable tour agency www.tibetctrip.com for 2014 vacation!
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As the 2014 Tibet travel season draws closer, many travel groups have had questions about Tibet travel permits. Foreign visitors in Tibet must obtain a travel permit before they will be allowed entry. Fortunately for travelers, a registered travel agency will take care of the details leaving visitors free to enjoy their tour. TibetCtrip Travel Service-TCTS (http://www.tibetctrip.com) explains what travelers need to do to help ensure a hassle free experience.
- After scheduling the tour TCTS will need copies of passport pages and Chinese visas for each travel group member. This is required for the permit application. If some travelers don't have their passport or visa at the time of booking be sure to send copies at least two weeks before the tour begins.
- TCTS says that travelers can think of their permit as a kind of Tibet visa; it will be needed to board trains and check into flights. Travel groups coming from Mainland China will need to provide TCTS with an address for the permits to be sent; usually this is a hotel. Groups coming from Nepal will have their guide meet them at the border or airport, as TCTS does not mail permits internationally.
- Groups of any size, even individuals, can now obtain a Tibet travel permit. However, please keep in mind that groups with travelers of different nationalities cannot enter Tibet on the same permit. Certain individuals such as journalists, foreign diplomats, and members of the military may need special permission to enter Tibet; TCTS will provide details while helping travelers plan their tour.
While the rules and details can seem a bit overwhelming when beginning to plan a tour the good news for travelers is that TCTS will do all the leg work. Travel groups just need to provide copies of passports, visas, and an address for the Tibet permit to be sent (if coming from Mainland China). Please keep in mind that permit regulations may change at any time without notice; Tibet travel agency TCTS will help travelers adjust their itineraries should any drastic change in regulation take place. The 2014 travel season will be here soon; it's time to start planning an adventure.
Devin Moore is a travel writer based in Denver, Colorado. Devin publishes Tibet travel related information and wish to spread awareness of Tibet and its people.


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Craig Levein's decision to begin legal action against the Scottish Football Association has been interpreted by some as the ultimate act of spite. However, by taking a game against Luxembourg in mid November, perhaps he implemented a more far-sighted and cunning form of revenge.
When the game took place, he remained safely at home in Fife while his former SFA colleagues shivered through an inconsequential friendly match that delivered little and revealed even less. This was certainly a dish that was served cold.
Of course, when Levein arranged the fixture back in March, it had been his hope that Scotland – with him in charge – would have visited the Grand Duchy with at least seven World Cup qualifying points safely squirrelled away for the winter. In actuality, things could not have been much different.
Instead, come kick-off time in Luxembourg, Levein was reclining on his sofa – was he watching, the Tartan Army wanted to know during Scotland's brief flourish in the first-half – while Scotland were left sitting with five fewer points than planned. Hopes of qualifying for the World Cup have already been extinguished.
A patchwork Scotland side limped to victory, grateful for the two goals provided by Jordan Rhodes in the opening 23 minutes. Poor Billy Stark. Tossed into a situation from which little acclaim could be earned. He did as well as might be expected in what were crushingly downbeat circumstances.
Had qualification for Brazil 2014 remained a feasible option, then this match would have been a far more appealing prospect for players eager to impress. There would have been a skip in their step. This isn't how it turned out, sadly. An international year that began with some optimism following a 1-1 draw in Slovenia has now drawn to an undistinguished end. Scotland have won only twice in eight matches. As Stark acknowledged, returning to winning ways had been a priority, for all such an achievement is worth against part-time opponents.
Those who accused Levein of being upbeat to the point of insanity about unremarkable performances could not level this charge at Stark. He conceded that it had been a "sticky" second-half. He knows there can be little glory in hanging on against a team ranked 144 in the world.
After Luxembourg scored a morale-boosting goal just after half-time, the familiar symptoms of panic within the Scots ranks could be identified. Passes were misplaced and the defending became deeper. Somehow, a group of players who had never performed as a team before and will not play together again, managed to display all the hallmarks of a Scotland international football team. They stuck faithfully to a script that demands that even victories over lowly teams must be secured in an anguished fashion.
What, if anything, was learned? Possibly, only that Scotland possess a striker with an unerring ability to score goals, but then few with eyes in their head could have disputed Jordan Rhodes' qualities even prior to kick-off.
"He's a goalscorer first and foremost," said Darren Fletcher yesterday. "The second goal ricocheted a little bit in the box and it fell to him. He's got that real striker's instinct.
"And he's a really good lad, a pleasure to have about the place. He's always looking to learn. He is relatively young and inexperienced at international football, but he is improving all the time.
"He has got his move to Blackburn, he is playing in the Championship and still scoring goals there. It gives us a great chance. Goals can be few and far between but, if you have a striker like Jordan on the pitch, it gives you a chance in every match."
Whether or not anyone can judge whether Stark is equipped for the task of leading Scotland from this outing is doubtful. He received the expected support from players now obliged to transfer their loyalties from Levein to the interim manager, while Stewart Regan, the chief executive of the SFA, also praised his efforts yesterday.
It is clear that Stark is a popular figure among the players, many of whom played under him in the under 21s.
"Billy has been fantastic," said Fletcher. "But it's no surprise, really, he is a man of experience. He has been there and done that and played at the highest level. Everything was spot on.
"The lads could not have asked for any more and I think he couldn't ask for any more from the lads as well in terms of the way they gave 100 per cent and listened to what he said and took on board his ideas. We tried to apply it to the match and got the win, which is the most important thing."
Stark did what he could after ten call-offs, with Celtic's Kris Commons pulling out on the day of the game. Commons had been primed to start. Instead, Inverness Caley midfielder Andrew Shinnie came in, the only new cap in a moderately experienced starting XI. This could be why Scotland's most encouraging work was completed in the first-half, when they established a two-goal lead.
Surprisingly, Charlie Mulgrew of Celtic was the fulcrum, rather than central midfield partner Fletcher. The skipper's lack of match fitness as he continues to recover from serious illness impacted on his performance but it was another step on the way to recovery. Perhaps only he and Steven Naismith, whose touch looked rusty after only fleeting appearances this season with Everton, could take something from this game, since it meant another 90 minutes under their belts. As for the debutants, only Hibs' Leigh Griffiths – providing he continues his current development – is a genuine contender at international level.
On reflection, the most meaningful part of the trip took place in whatever café the four members of the SFA board met up to discuss the candidates to succeed Levein, although even this process has been complicated due to the former manager's decision to seek legal recourse.
Can the SFA afford to appoint a replacement while there exists the possibility that the governing body could yet be forced to make a one-off payment to their former manager?
Regan will have noted the ennui that settled across this particular assignment. With Estonia due at Pittodrie in February, the thought of playing another friendly while so much remains in limbo is not a prospect to be welcomed.


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Failure is often a part of success
UAlbany grad, now a star at Google, stresses taking risks
Published 7:00 pm, Thursday, April 4, 2013
How did a computer science major at the University at Albany become a star at Google, overseeing some of the company's most innovative apps?
By learning to fail, gracefully.
Jonathan Rochelle, a 1985 graduate of UAlbany's College of Computing and Information, works at Google today as a product management director for Google Apps.
Rochelle will speak Friday at UAlbany's uptown Campus Center as part of the Bunshaft Lecture series. The talk, which begins at 10:30 a.m., will focus on how students can learn to innovate and drive the high-tech economy.
For Rochelle, staying innovative requires trying new things, taking risks and not fearing failure. That is why he says the best startups are led by optimists who love to create things.
"If you expect you're going to fail, you might not try," said Rochelle, who works at Google's New York headquarters in the city's Chelsea section, home to about 3,000 employees. "If you get comfortable with failure, in the end, you will realize success faster."
Getting to Google was a long road for Rochelle. After 16 years at JP Morgan & Co. as a software engineer and applications development manager, Rochelle struck out on his own, forming two high-tech startups in New York City.
One of those companies, 2Web Technologies, developed a new type of software that made working with spreadsheets online easier.
Google acquired 2Web Technologies in 2005, and the software later became Google Spreadsheets, the first product of what ultimately became Google Docs, free software popular in the education and business sectors for organizing and sharing data. In a short time, Google Docs has become a major rival to Microsoft Office.
Rochelle, who grew up on Long Island, says he took his first computer programming class in high school and was hooked. That was one of the reasons he loved his experience at UAlbany so much.
"It's because I found a creative outlet," Rochelle said. "I still love to code. It's the most creative thing."
Rochelle says that when he gives advice to students, he tells them to take not only math and science but also art and music because they offer creative outlets that can form the basis for new ideas and different thinking, including in the workplace.
"You can experiment in art faster than anything," Rochelle said.
That is also one of the reasons he thrives at Google. The company encourages its employees to devote 20 percent of their time to work on projects they are passionate about, even if it means working outside of their department.
"Google as a company," he said, "does a great job of keeping people inspired."
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Property Scammers Keep On Making The Money
I have written about the subject of property rental scammers on numerous occasions. It however seems that some people are still not paying attention to my words of wisdom. Or the only other thing, which I can think of is that some people like to be scammed.
Last week the misery, which is caused by the infamous property scam was brought home to me on three occasions. I was wandering around on Saturday afternoon, when a lost looking soul from South America asked me for directions. They had been searching for a particular house number for over an hour and they just couldn't find it anywhere.
Me being a good samaritan and knowing only too well the feeling of being lost in a foreign country, decided to lend a helping hand. The long and short of the story is that the address never existed. I asked her if she was sure she had the correct house number. Miss South America then pulled out a print out of the flat details sent to her by the owner, which confirmed the non existent address.
It was very quickly becoming obvious to me that she had been the victim of one of London's many property rental scammers. Some fucker in Lagos, Nigeria had suckered in another victim. She had fallen victim to a scam that has caught out too many unsuspecting people.
I cant believe how many people are scammed in this way, they send money for a property that they have only ever viewed online. It is always a stunning looking property, which is advertised at way below the going rate in London. Miss South America, showed me the pictures of an amazing looking 1 bedroom flat, which she had paid £500 deposit and £500 for the first months rent. She was also getting her bills and council taxed included in her £500 a month.
Give me a break, I'm paying £600 a month for a decent sized studio in good condition and paying my own bills. In fact one of my friends a week ago said they almost fell for a scam themselves. They came across a too good to be true studio in Camden for £110 a week, including all bills. I asked them why they didn't read my blog? Because they obviously need help to see the light.
I pointed Miss South America in the direction of a cheap bed and breakfast and welcomed her to London. Sometimes in life some people have to learn the hard way.
The other day my landlord was also telling me about, a guy that came to view one of his studios and how he had also fallen victim to the scammers. It was the usual scenario, £500 deposit and £500 first months rent for a property he had never seen before. I can imagine £1000 pounds goes a long way in Nigeria.
My friend did tell me he thought it was a wee bit suspicious that the person wanted him to transfer money to himself to prove that he could afford the rent. The owner claimed that he had tons of interest in the property and didn't want to come all the way from Sweden to find out that my friend was a time waster. Of course the owner is in Sweden, I would be surprised if the fucking scammer even knew where the country was.
My gullible friend then argued with me that it was just one of life's bargains. I asked him whey he didn't grab the bargain of a lifetime. I'm still waiting on a proper answer. His theory was how could the scammer get his money if he had transferred it to himself or to a friend. I asked him if the so called owner of the property asked him for a scanned copy of the receipt, which of course they did. Once they have the transaction number and all the senders details, they have your money it is as simple as that. They then walk into a Western Union shop, with fake I.D and your money, isn't yours anymore.
The thing that really gets me, is that these property scams are all started online, why the fuck cant people spend a wee bit of time doing some research of their own. For sucks sake, how difficult is it to type in property rental scams into Google and you will see exactly how the scammers rob people and what to watch out for.
It truly amazes me how many people get scammed online on a regular basis. I guess some people are too busy with Twitter, Facebook, Blogging or feeding their internet porn addictions to bother with spending a few minutes finding out what's going on in the real world.
All the property rental scammers use a similar method. They try to lure people in with a cheaply advertised property, which is too good a bargain to pass up. This of course gets lots of interest, they will then email you some details about the property and by now you are thinking you have finally found the mythical cheap to rent property in London. You are loving it, you are getting excited, you have a good feeling about it. Then when most people get the next email, they realise that is an obvious scam. The dreaded words Western Union or Moneygram are mentioned. It is time to hit the delete button.
To make things easier for those of you that are going a bit stupid or blind from too much internet porn. I have printed a couple of actual emails that are used by the property rental scammers. You will notice the bad English, which is a trait of the scammers.
From: Eastern European Or Nigerian Property Scammer
Sent: Every Day of The Week
Subject: Rental of Studio / Sucker Born Every Minute Of The Day
My name is Jill Walters,I worked in UK but now I moved back in Greece to my familly.The property has a fully furnished kitchen,clean and well tidy
rooms,laundry room,and fully furnished with home utilities like:-electric
shower, Lounge,Vacuum Cleaner,Toaster, Oven andmicrowave, dryer, iron, washing
maching ascooker , refridgetor , dishwahser, powershower, heater, cable ready,
tv set and dvd player,internet conection, equiped kitchen and so on.
The monthly rental is £500 (including bill,taxes,tv liecence,gas).You can rent
the flat as long as you need to stay even for 2 or 3 years.After you will see
the flat, the first payment will be for 2 months(£1000).
I await your mail to know is you ar satisfy with the details of my flat give to
you as well to know and arrrange for the viewing of the flat and arrange for the
neccesary thing that is aslo needed.
Thank you!
Jill the Scammer
From: Eastern European Or Nigerian Property Scammer
Sent: Every Day of The Week
Subject: Rental of Studio / Sucker Born Every Minute Of The Day
I do not want you to have the feeling that i am asking for money BEFORE you see what you are renting because i know that payment is meant to be done AFTER you have seen the Flat and okay with it.-The reason why your friend have to be receiver is basically to give you the confidence that your money is still within you and to make sure that your money is still safe since your friend is the receiver and not anyone else which him will collect with his valid ID,maybe with a passport or drivers license.
So in order for me to also be on a good side,you can go ahead and make the transfer since you have the money ready,let me know immediately when you do the transfer so that i can know how to squeeze out time to come and meet you.But i will have to really on your honesty and truth that you have actually make the transaction before i leave here to come down to London to meet you.What evidence will you give me so that I can be sure that you have made the payment? I was made to understand that you can Send me the (Scanned copy of the trasaction Receipt)to confirm me on the phone if its there before making my way.
I was also made to understand that Money Gram takes some charges for the transfer and i am telling you that i will return back to you the full transfer charges whether you decide to rent the flat or not when we meet,ok?After doing the transfer,then i will have to leave here and be with you if we can agree on a perfect time to meet up for viewing.
Please,understand that i am NOT asking you to pay me BEFORE you view the flat as payment is done AFTER viewing and Signing of contracts.
I only want to be sure that i am not going to waste my time and i think that with this condition,both of us can be sure we are not wasting our times.Let me know if you are okay with this so that we can proceed.
Thanks so much while i will be waiting to read from you and i am looking forward to meet you and be great friends eventually.
PS:I am sorry for the lengthy mail.I only want to explain myself better
Jill the Scammer
I personally hate the misery that the property scammer causes people and will continue to publicise the matter on a regular basis. Common senses costs nothing. I have said it countless times, that if anybody ever mentions Western Union, or even Moneygram, just delete it. It is a guaranteed scam and the work of some professional scammers that are hoping to make you their next victim.
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I hate the phishing emails these people seem to get more determined by the day I recieve 2 or 3 on a daily basis and submit them to phishtrackers a web site I recently found that allows you to report them anonymously.
Thank you, thank you!!
I found an apartment that sounded too good to be true, but the prospective landlord kept going on and on about Moneygram, and transferring money to my partner. This raised suspicion and led me to search the internet and found this site. The emails i received are nearly word for word as above.
Non scammed surfer!!


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After announcing it in China back in July, Xiaomi has finally brought the much-anticipated Mi4 to India. The device was unveiled at a press event in New Delhi yesterday which saw Xiaomi give out some very interesting statistics such as having sold already more than a million smartphones in India in about 8 months of existing in the country. Xiaomi also announced plans to set up an R&D center in India exclusively which will start taking up shape soon. MIUI 6 was officially announced too and the update for the same to the Mi3 users has already begun rolling out.
The star of the show however, was the Mi4. The device is priced at Rs 19,999 which is not really all that budget friendly, especially if you consider the fact that only the white variant of the phone will be available and that too only in 16 GB variant without any LTE. The Mi4 has no expansion slot so the internal memory is definitely an issue. Xiaomi did say that the 64 GB variant of the device will launch down the line.
In terms of other specs, the phone is powered by a Snapdragon 801 SoC and has a 5 inch QHD display. The phone has metallic edges and plastic back and body primarily. You get a battery of 3080 mAh and RAM Of 3 GB which would help propel the device running on Android KitKat 4.4 with MIUI on top. The Mi4 has a 13 MP rear and an 8 MP front facing camera on board. The registrations for the device are already open and will go on sale on Flipkart on February 3.


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The San Francisco 49ers currently hold a 1.5-game lead over the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC West and a half-game lead over the Green Bay Packers in the race for the NFC's No. 2 playoff seed.
Needless to say, the stakes are tremendously high at this point of the year as the team faces a Week 15 road game against the New England Patriots, the very same club with a league-best 22-1 record at home in December games dating back to 2001.
San Francisco, however, feels good about its chances of making a postseason run in December thanks to recent additions on offense, steady defensive performances and the quality of play of strong-armed and nimble-footed quarterback
Kaepernick is 3-1 as a starter and is coming off a well-rounded performance in a 27-13 win over the Miami Dolphins. San Francisco's second-round pick in 2011 scored a game-sealing 50-yard touchdown run, the longest score on the ground by a quarterback in franchise history.
Kaepernick also completed 18 passes and had just five incompletions on the day. The performance left Jim Harbaugh impressed with the young quarterback's day of work.
So where exactly is Kaepernick making the biggest strides in his young football career?
"In a lot of areas," Harbaugh said on Monday. "He's throwing the ball on time. I think he's throwing it with great accuracy."
Kaepernick has a 97.5 quarterback rating on the year and has supplied the team with eight touchdowns, five rushing and three passing.
Productive play will be needed from the 49ers signal-caller in the remaining three weeks of the regular season.
If the 49ers beat the Patriots and the Seahawks lose on the road to Buffalo in a game being played in Toronto, San Francisco can clinch the NFC West for a second consecutive season.
If the scenario doesn't play out, there will be even more NFC West supremacy on the line when the 49ers and Seahawks meet in Seattle for a Week 16 showdown. That game, like this week's contest in New England, will be played on NBC's "Sunday Night Football."
On Monday, the league announced its decision to flex the NFC West matchup into the 5:20 p.m. PT time slot.
Harbaugh admitted the Week 15 game against the AFC East-leading Patriots wasn't circled on the schedule by any means. Instead, the 49ers coach kept his focus on the team's Week 1 opponent and then switched it to whoever San Francisco played that week.
Now that it's come time to play New England, a 9-3 club who's already clinched an AFC playoff spot, Harbaugh has plenty of time to give the game all of his undivided attention.
"I really believe it's about this next game," Harbaugh explained. "We don't take anything for granted; nothing's secured until it's secured."
San Francisco was in a similar situation in Harbaugh's first season at the helm. The team needed to win out each week in December to maintain its standing as the NFC's No. 2 seed, a designation that comes with a bye and home-field advantage in the NFL's Divisional Playoff round.
And while the team knows how important each game is in the waning months of the season, the 49ers aren't looking past New England by any means. In actuality, they team is dead-set on what it's going to take to hand the Patriots a rare December home loss.
"They're always consistently good," Harbaugh said. "Everything they do scheme-wise is very tough to prepare for because you don't know what they're going to do."
The 49ers coach went on to refer to the Patriots as "top-shelf" in the National Football League.
In order for the 49ers to compete and outlast a respected Super Bowl contender on the road, look for the team to continue utilizing zone-read running plays, the very same ones that enabled Kaepernick's 50-yard score.
The team also plans to continue utilizing "pistol" formations where Kaepernick is joined by three players in the backfield, even tight end
"It was a way to get a hat on a hat," Harbaugh explained of the formation used primarily by Kaepernick at the University of Nevada. "It allows you to go in any direction and throw the ball."
The 49ers haven't strictly become a zone-read offense. Harbaugh agreed with a reporter who brought up
San Francisco's running game might be more diverse with Kaepernick and second-round pick
The fourth-year player has 16 catches in the past two weeks and is 239 receiving yards from being the first 49ers player to record 1,000 receiving yards since Terrell Owens did it in 2003.
Crabtree's efforts haven't gone unnoticed by Harbaugh.
"The most impressive thing is the way he's catching the ball and the yards he's getting after the catch," the 49ers coach said.
Crabtree also was dominant as a blocker. Case in point: Kaepernick ran freely down the left sideline on his 50-yard score because Crabtree absolutely walled off Dolphins cornerback Sean Smith.
Harbaugh certainly appreciated Crabtree's contributions, but also couldn't help but wonder about a near 50-yard touchdown catch by veteran
Harbaugh said of Moss, "He had some adversity trying to make that catch."
Jokes aside, the 49ers remain a formidable foe for team's looking to win the Super Bowl.
The 49ers defense continues to be one of the hardest units to score against, or pass against for that matter.
With Crabtree and Kaepernick finding a consistent rhythm, Moss and the newcomers being productive late in the season and the team's defense being one of the best in the league on a weekly basis – San Francisco is on its way to becoming a "top-shelf" team in its own right.


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Solomon: Texans prevail with conservative approach
Updated 9:52 pm, Sunday, September 9, 2012
With the Miami Dolphins and rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill facing third-and-12 from their 37 and the Texans trailing by three just 21 minutes into the 2012 season, Wade Phillips was sure to draw up his most well-disguised blitz.
It was time to force the issue. Make something happen. Run with the bulls on parade.
Or was it?
Phillips sent a standard four-man rush, just as he did for the majority of Sunday's contest. The Texans didn't pressure Tannehill on that play. He completed a pass underneath to Reggie Bush, who gained 13 yards for a first down.
What were the Texans doing? Playing winning football.
With the team he has in the bank, Gary Kubiak can walk into a Las Vegas casino and ignore the Brandon Brooks-sized slot machine with the astronomical odds at the front door. That machine is for suckers.
The Texans are so talented they could gamble against a team like the Dolphins and probably get away with it. When you have the better roster, you can afford to take chances if you like.
You know, run trick plays just to toy with the defense, knowing that you can lean on Arian Foster, the best running back in the league, when needed. Or bring max blitzes throughout to attack a quarterback playing in his first NFL game because you can step back when you have to and dominate.
Close to the vest
But why do that when you don't have to?
The Dolphins showed some plays the Texans weren't ready for, and that was a factor in some early Miami success. It also helped keep Phillips from trying too much with his defense.
Still, when you have the better players, quite often all you need to do is line up and win. Move on to next week.
That is what the Texans did Sunday as they blasted the Dolphins 30-10 before a most times rocking, often fidgety, sometimes booing crowd of 71,566.
"Man, we didn't even play that good and won by 20 points," receiver Andre Johnson said. "It's crazy."
An antsy crowd was wondering just how a team is supposed to be a Super Bowl contender if it could play the first quarter and a half of a 16-game season without scoring. That is what the Texans' impressive 2011 season has wrought. Ridiculously high expectations.
It appeared obvious Kubiak has not let what should be a season of promise lead to unnecessary risks. No need in making the game more complicated than it has to be. Kubiak played it smart.
Boo if you like. Kubiak has never let the crowd determine how he should call a game. He doesn't need to start.
About the riskiest thing Kubiak tried was a 52-yard field goal by Shayne Graham, who hasn't made a kick from that distance in an NFL game since 2006. Short.
Oh, he is going to have to cut it loose at some point this season, but Sunday's home game against the overmatched Dolphins wasn't the time or place to do it.
"In the past, in the game we were in there early, (the team) might start to panic a little bit," Kubiak said. "We just kept playing. Then all of a sudden, it takes one play, and we get really explosive as a team."
That explosiveness resulted in 24 unanswered points in the final six minutes of the second quarter, all following Miami turnovers. The play after Bush picked up the first down, J.J. Watt sacked Tannehill. On the next play, Johnathan Joseph picked off a pass and returned it to the Dolphins' 7 to set up a field goal.
Decisive turnovers
Before the half, the Texans forced two more interceptions and a fumble, and they scored touchdowns after each to take a 24-3 lead. Game over.
"Wade really wanted to dial it up," linebacker Bradie James said of the Texans' basic defensive approach.
He wanted to but didn't have to. The Texans lined up and beat the Dolphins with better players. Now on to next week.


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I Hit Things When I Am Angry
Personal Stories, Advice, and Support 639 People
And I am sooooooo ******* angry right now.Just found out my friend who went to the hospital for trying to commit suicide, got out about a month ago, and when she did she got drunk (don't you dare f*cking judge her or I will murder you) and her "friend" apparently thought it was a good idea to get her pregnant when she...
YouCantEscapeMyDemons 16-17, M 4 Responses 8 May 14, 2015
I Hit ThingsI get ,mad like every person right but I stay mad for a long time less i do something where I'm not madani more like punch something pillow a wall a tree(almost broke my hand doing tht I don't recommend it). Anything really not a person ...I've never h a person I wouldn't do that...
iloveyou2014 22-25, F 4 Responses 2 Nov 22, 2012
I bottle things up andwhen I get angry I have never hit someone but I hit myself as hard as I can multiple times usually in the leg. I also have a tendency to slam doors and break things. Today I broke part of our bannister. I also scream at the top of my lungs now I don't usually do this if anyone...
Slackergirl 31-35, F 1 Response 2 Jul 5, 2015
so I was mad at myself bc I made someone cry..... and I kinda fractured my hand -_-|| yipe
100BlackRoses 18-21, F 2 Responses 2 Aug 3, 2015
I sometimes get out of control with my angerand I start hitting things
mayaandalexus 18-21, F 2 Sep 13, 2015
I almost cut my head off the other day I was madso I grabbed my sword and was swing it really hard and cutting stuff and the blade slipped
Getting BetterWhen I was a teenager I used to have such a bad temper that I would spend most of my paycheck from my after school job on Spackle. When I would get into a fight with my family instead of hurting them (with a fist fight or angry words) I would go into my bedroom, shut the door...
lyricaldemise 41-45, T 1 Mar 13, 2013
To FarOk so when I have to do things and mess up. I hit things, I yell, and scream into my blankets. Ok one day after my mom and dad were yelling they ask me what i think and its really hard if u know what i mean and then went for a walk to talk things over. I was so mad I was kik'in...
indigoangel3 18-21, F 1 May 27, 2013
I really wish I could learn how to control myirritation levels .
lmyrical 22-25, F 2 Responses 1 Jul 19, 2014
punch walls, doors, cupboards,dented the fridge, smashed the microwave in. lolololol, so stupid of me.
I have a bad temper and tend to hit doorsand walls when I'm really angry
sbell88 26-30, F 2 Responses 1 Jul 20, 2015
I have a tendency to express sadness in a veryaggressive manner. Though I am sad in these situations, I come off as angry. Once when I was a child, I walked into the living room to see my mother sitting on the floor with a phone in her hand, and she was crying. I asked what was wrong. She told me, after a minute or two of...
glhflol 26-30, M 1 Jul 6, 2015
I have so many scars on my hands from punchingstuff when I get mad
Not Things...MyselfIve been very violent ever since i was little. i never tell anyone this because im ashamed of it. i dont hit things when im mad. i dont hit others. i hit myself. i went to counseling when i was 10 for my anger issues, but i convinced them i was fine. 5 years later & im beating...
wishingforrecovery 18-21, F 1 Response 0 Apr 10, 2013
I'M Not Proud Of What I DidMy friend and I were arguing and she said something (for the life of me I can't remember what it was) and I got really, really pissed off at her. And just like in the movies I saw red and I hit her right in the nose. At the time I was furious and I was about to hit her again but...
JinxSilver 22-25, F 1 Response 0 Apr 10, 2013
guess who got angry over an exand has to pay 300+ for replacing a counter top
kvera1993 22-25, M 0 Jul 28, 2015
I don't talk we I'm upset I go straight to punchand shredding things. The harder or more breakable it is the better.
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Being that it is a requirement of living, it is likely that you have seen a grocery store in your lifetime. (If not, congrats to you for this incredible feat in modern society). Among the common items of bread, eggs, and cheese that you would normally find in the grocery store is the now ubiquitous Greek Yogurt section. Popular for being rich in protein, and its smooth texture, Greek yogurt has taken off as an industry within the past five years. In fact, "…Yogurt production in New York…has tripled between 2007 and 2013."[1] What yogurt companies and John Stamos have not told you however are the consequences the production of their products have had on the environment.
Unlike traditional yogurt, the Greek variety, "…Yields huge quantities of acid whey, a byproduct that kills aquatic life during decomposition." In the production cycle, acid whey (which is common component in the making of inexpensive butters and creams) is one of the byproducts that separates from milk after it has been curdled.[2] Yet, because of the aforementioned boom in production, yogurt companies are left with a tremendous amount of waste that cumulatively can greatly impact our oceans, rivers, and streams. Acid whey naturally takes away oxygen from water which has the effect of progressively killing any aquatic life in the area. For example, after an Ohio cheese factory accidentally spilled acid whey into nearby Sandy Creek, close to 5,400 fish were killing along the 1.5 mile river.[3] These figures are pretty extraordinary, but can only provide a glimpse into the potential environmental ramifications if a larger scaled spill were to happen.
Currently, for every three or four ounces of milk, Chobani and other companies can produce only one ounce of creamy Greek yogurt. The rest becomes acid whey."[4] So what can we do to reverse this trend? According to The Verge and The Modern Farmer several sustainable options are currently being explored. The most promising idea in use is located at a farm in Scipio Center, N.Y where they have successfully turned acid whey into methane, which then is converted into usable electricity. In a simplified and less disgusting version of the process, acid whey and manure are combined in tanks with heat for approximately 20 days. Here the cultures in acid whey break down the contents of the mixture which, in this case, releases methane embedded within the manure where the gas is used as a raw material for electrical generators which power the farm.
Yet, the anaerobic digesters which are required tools for the New York farm require millions in capital investment and are not likely to be available to the local farmer. As a result, we need to cultivate more practical ideas to meet this growing challenge which faces our environment and aquatic life. Here at LGBG we want to empower you with this information to go out and make a difference. Together lets collaborate and inspire to create a solution so that we can all live green, and be green.


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