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This gluten free vegan triple chocolate banana bread is decadent, chocolately, and super simple to make. This reader favorite was originally published in April of 2011. It's been updated with brand new photos and simplified instructions. Jump Straight to The Recipe
Gluten Free & Vegan Chocolate Banana Bread
How often is it that doing the dishes is a treat? Not very, right? Well, it's been a month since my kitchen accident, and my bandages are getting smaller and smaller. Sometimes, when I know I'm going to be very careful, I can just wear a nonstick gauze and a bit of tape! That's what I was rockin' when I decided to try and slip my hot pink rubber gloves over the top. To my surprise, it actually worked.
I was in there in my sunny kitchen, chipping away at yesterday's dishes, listening to a favorite Dharma talk by Jack Kornfield, and looking at a bunch of overripe bananas and I thought, "it's been way too long since I've really cooked something yummy". You see, most of the dishes were from the take out we'd ordered from Mission Chinese and the rest were from my tofu scramble at lunch.
I finished up the dishes and then Jack Kornfield shares the following quote from Deena Metzger:
Give me everything mangled and bruised
And I will make a light of it to make you weep,
And we will have rain,
And begin again.
The quote stopped me in my tracks. I went to my laptop. I played it again. Mangled, bruised… just like my bananas. Time to make some triple chocolate, coconut banana bread. Vegan of course.
- ½ cup dark brown sugar (I used muscavado)
- ½ cups organic cane sugar
- ½ cup extra virgin coconut oil, softened
- 3 large very ripe bananas, mashed well
- 2 cups whole grain gluten free flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/3 cup coconut milk, mixed with 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon coarse sea salt
- ½ cup chopped dark chocolate
- ¼ cup cocoa nibs
- 3 oz chopped dark chocolate
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans, walnuts or almonds
- Preheat oven to 350º and Grease a loaf pan with coconut oil or neutral flavored cooking oil
- Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt
- In a separate bowl, cream together the coconut oil and sugars. Add bananas, coconut milk, vinegar, and extracts. Add the wet ingredients to the dry. Mix well. Then finally add in the chopped chocolate and the cocoa nibs.
- Pour batter into pan. Bake for about an hour- checking at the 50 minute mark. You can remove the chocolate banana bread from the oven when the cake is still a bit squidgy. Cool on a rack for 10 minutes before turning out onto a plate. Add the finely chopped chocolate to the top of the banana bread. It will melt a bit- sprinkle the chopped nuts on top.
My vintage Kitchenaid stand mixer- she really makes things a breeze
My friend Melanie of Roots Kitchen/Gluten Free specialty who bailed me out tonight
Snuggles with my hubs- speaking of which, I'm gonna go get me some.


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i thought i'd make it through, no sweat. tough love, kid. buuuut...the tears welled up when i heard his SCREAM, saw the nurse shake him to get him to breathe again...and watched him cry and cry and cry...i needed a drink. being that it was only 11:30 and i didn't think a cocktail was appropriate, i drove us to starbucks and partook of a tasty pumpkin spice latte...mmmm fall!!!
i love fall...not as much as i love summer, because it means dreary winter will be coming next...but i do love the START of fall, with cool-ish days and the leaves and the way the light is a little different. and because there is a montrosity of a tent in my backyard:
crappy picture. but i just took it through the window from my little office chair. it's our new tent that will comfortably sleep two adults on a queen size air matress and a baby in a pack-and-play. it's huge. you're actually really only seeing HALF of it in the picture. i think our days of seriously roughing it are gone for a little while. i'll miss being able to pack and leave in a matter of minutes. but for a few years, will change gears a little bit. and it's ok. woohoo for brown county in a little over a week!! i'm really glad we decided not to call off our trip (fourth year in a row!) just because there's a little one...i want to have fun family traditions! hiking and seeing all the leaves, walking through nashville, getting pumpkin sundaes....MMMMM....i think i'm most excited about those pumpkin sundaes!
he's not mad about it either:took that picture at kevin and amanda's during the colts game last weekend. kevin got a huge grin out of sammy! love it!
ohhhh and fall means johnny appleseed, so i bought a ton of apples at the farmer's market and made a PIE! and it is GOOD! it tastes like someone else made it!!! as hava says, i'm domesticated...here's proof:

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Robert F. Wagner appears in the following:
How to Deflect a Wrecking Ball with a Violin
Thursday, November 06, 2014
New York in Black and White: The Sixties, Civil Rights and the Ocean Hill-Brownsville Crisis
Thursday, January 27, 2000
First Annual Frederick Douglass Awards Dinner
Monday, May 02, 1966
Americans for Democratic Action Roosevelt Day Dinner
Friday, January 28, 1966
Wagner Farewell Address
Tuesday, December 28, 1965
Public Education Association Luncheon
Tuesday, December 21, 1965
Public Education Association Luncheon. Presentation of Citation to Mayor Wagner.
Fred McLaughlin speaks: Praises Mayor Wagner's support to NYC education. The Mayor has given the budget of the Board of Education top priority. Says Education has made great strides during Mayor Wagner's Administration.
Frank ...
Homage to the Mayor
Thursday, December 16, 1965
[Poor Quality Audio]. Members of The Committee of Religious Leaders, composed of various faiths, speak about the work of the Committee and the Mayor's encouragement.
Honor Mayor Wagner on his departure from City Hall. Rev. Dr. William Rosenblum, Rabbi of Temple Israel, gives the invocation. Rev. Dr. ...
Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremonies at City Hall
Thursday, December 16, 1965
Bill of Rights Day Ceremony
Wednesday, December 15, 1965
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.
Presentation of awards by Bill of Rights Day Association. Mayor Wagner reads the proclamation.
Awards is given to Wagner (no really, Kennedy). He's not in attendance, and the ...
Pearl Harbor Anniversary Day Ceremonies at City Hall
Tuesday, December 07, 1965
1965 Police Department Graduation Exercises
Wednesday, December 01, 1965
Speakers: Commissioner Vincent Broderick; Mayor Robert F. Wagner; Michael Waldman of graduating class.
Several awards are given to graduating officers. But there is only one - The Mayor's Award - where a detailed description is given of the officer's heroism. Apparently, the officer saw a man on ...
New York Public Library. Lincoln Center Library & Museum Dedication
Tuesday, November 30, 1965
N.Y. Public Library. Lincoln Center Library & Museum Dedication.
Speakers: William Schuman; John D. Rockefeller; Gilbert Chapman; Mayor Roberl F. Wagner.
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 150575
Municipal archives id: T1350
Change and Challenge Salute to Youth
Wednesday, November 24, 1965
Change and Challenge Salute to Youth. Presented by the New York Journal American.
The speakers include Arthur J. Rogers of the N.Y.C. Youth Board; Spyros F. Skouras of 20th Century Fox; Robert W. Dowling, of the Department of Cultural Affairs for New York City, Mayor Robert F. Wagner.
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon
Monday, November 22, 1965
Welcome to Princess Margaret Countess of Snowdon and Earl of Snowdon of the United Kingdom. Introduction of Mr. and Mrs. Wagner, various people in the royal couple's entourage and United Kingdom officials from Embassy as well as some city officials.
Mayor Wagner during Princess Margaret's visit to ...
Mayor Wagner on Blackout
Wednesday, November 10, 1965
3rd Annual Public Service Awards for Professional Achievement
Tuesday, November 09, 1965
This is a City Hall ceremony for the NYC Public Service Awards for Professional Achievement - the 3rd annual awards which include a $500 U.S. savings bond.for each awardee.
The speakers: Dr. Theodore Lang; Mayor' Robert F. Wagner. Notes in the box give names of winners. Lang ...
NYC Salute to Fall
Thursday, September 30, 1965
This ceremony commences the ninth year of Salute to Seasons, a program meant to restore New York City's natural beauty. It is a "Fall Fiesta" hosted by "Carlos" (Ricardo) Montalban. Speakers include: Montalban, Mexican Council General Eugenio Pescada, and Mayor Robert Wagner
[There are unusual edits in the audio]. ...
Dedication of Pier 36
Friday, September 24, 1965
This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.
Official opening of Pier 36 on the East River for the Belgian Line. Commissioner of Public Events Richard C. Patterson speaks that this gathering symbolizes the positive relationship between Belgium and ...
Cashmore Memorial Dedication
Tuesday, September 07, 1965
Judge John MacRae, Brooklyn Borough President Abe Stark and Mayor Robert F. Wagner honor the memory of the late Borough President John Cashmore at Brooklyn Borough Hall. John Lynch emcees.
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 150572
Municipal archives id: ...
Swearing in of Alonzo Yerby
Tuesday, August 24, 1965
Swearing in of Dr. Alonzo S. Yerby as Commissioner of Hospitals by Mayor Wagner. He is the first African-American to head the department.
Wagner talks about Dr. Yerby's merits, including humaneness, and introduces former Commissioner of Hospitals Dr. Ray Trussell.
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When I was 29, I went to a therapist
And told her
I felt old.
I turned 50 today,
under the towers of Zion
where I cycled and hiked and laughed until
the day ended in darkness
under the watch of a million desert stars.
Sometimes, I am officially irrelevant,
A middle-aged woman,
Don't tell, but I sneaked into the pool of a five-star resort
Just put my beach bag on a real nice lounger and when I put on my sunscreen,
A server brought me a glass of champagne,
Because she thought I belonged there…
Free champagne, I am so free.
I can wear whatever bathing suit and show off all kinds of cellulite because,
At this point,
No one is looking to criticize
The middle-aged woman.
Let the world ignore me while I ignore the expectations
Every day,
I will look up to God and
kiss warm light.
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"Bob was fantastic and completely amazed the crowd! People are still talking about him!!!"
"On behalf of the National Association of Bunco Investigators, thank you for your presentation on Pickpockets: Suspects and Methods. You have helped make law enforcement officers more aware of this crime. You have our heartfelt thanks."
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"The IBM celebration that follows the ACM-ICPC World Finals each year is always a fabulous event. But in 31 years, you've topped them all with your rollicking fun 'fleecing the flock' of the world's great researchers, brightest students and faculty in computer science. The crowd was in stitches! I'm really glad IBM chose you to finish out a great week. Your fast-paced, amazing performance coupled with a really valuable lesson in protecting yourself from pickpockets was delightful to all."
"That was my grandfather's watch! It's gone again! Start over with the watch; one more time with the watch. I didn't even feel you. A fascinating demonstration!"
"Thank you for your dynamic presentation at the 2007 Assa Abloy conference. We were absolutely blown away…. Our attendees have been singing your praises since the meeting. The standing ovation you received is well deserved! Thank you for helping to make our national sales conference a tremendous success!"
"The program was great and everyone had a wonderful time! He's really quick and very entertaining."
"Thank you so much for providing CSC with such wonderful entertainment at our Executive Exchange program in Pebble Beach. With our theme around security, you were the perfect choice for entertaining this high profile audience. Our guests were amazed and amused by your performance. The audience participation was incredibly interactive and absolutely hysterical. I have received rave reviews from all in attendance. Watching you steal the watch off Tom Ridge was not only funny, but eye-opening! You were highly recommended to me and now I know why.
"Thank you very much for your outstanding keynote address at the "Sharing Aloha Visitor Crime Awareness Conference" at the Hawaii Convention Center on July 28, 2006. You were by far the highlight of this event. From the moment you were in front of the audience, you had their attention. Your multi-media presentation was very informative. In addition to the valuable information you provided, you were extremely funny. The audience loved you. As the co-chair of this event, with the U.S. Attorney General Ed Kubo, we both agreed that you were fantastic. The majority of the attendees commented that the best part of this conference was your presentation."
"It was a fun, entertaining, and educational event—the best audience-interactive show I have ever seen or been part of. I travel overseas frequently, and I have been lucky not to have been pickpocketed so far. With what I learned at this humorous event, I am very well- educated on what behavior I should be looking for."
"It has been a week since your presentation at the Excalibur Dinner benefiting the MDRT Foundation and we are still receiving praise for your performance. Interactive, educational, and outrageously funny; you were truly a hit with the members of MDRT during this special evening! Thank you for making this event one to remember.
"Thank you both for your professionalism and wonderful entertainment– you provided an exceptional night of memorable laughs and fun for our audience."
"You really nailed it! Just what we needed to conclude our conference on a high note. You had the audience laughing, scratching their heads, and hiding their wallets, all at the same time. Everyone had their copy of your security travel tips when they left the room. Please accept our special thanks for performing so well."
"Laughter tore through the audience as you thoroughly entertained everyone during your performance. Your show was executed with the highest level of professionalism. You managed to entertain all audience members, which is especially difficult when dealing with a diverse geographical and cultural audience such as ours. Superb. Thank you so much.
"An unbelievable finale to our conference. 100% standing ovation and all left with smiles on their faces, and hands on their wallets! This was a hugely successful event! Thanks!"
"Thank you for your performance at our Manager's Dinner in Orlando on February 13. The fact that our audience was all A++ personalities was certainly a challenge. You were able to gain their attention quickly and keep it – which was no small feat. Our global message for this year's annual meeting was to stay focused on the goal. You expanded that message beautifully by showing the attendees that while focusing on a single goal, they also need to pay attention to what else is going on around them. You did it in a delightfully engaging way. The message hit home and stuck. Thank you for making this a truly successful event."
"Your performance was extremely entertaining and we have been receiving great reviews even weeks after the event. Thanks for the great entertainment."
"On behalf of the Police, I want to convey our sincere thanks and appreciation for your willingness to work with us to make a training seminar available to police officers in this state. The seminar was an overwhelming success based upon participants' course evaluations, word of mouth, and my own observations during the presentation. The value of your presentation cannot be overstated. Your lecture, combined with the video support, illuminated a problem well known, seldom seen, and poorly understood."
"I do not have to tell you how well you were received because anyone in or near our banquet room could hear the laughing and mayhem that you created in entertaining our group. From your opening act to your final bow, you had our group in the palm of your hand. It was a most enjoyable evening and a show that our attendees will remember for years to come. Most of all, you were both a pleasure to work with."
"Absolutely amazing. Magnificently mesmerizing. Your performance at our annual Tri-Association Awards Dinner in New York City left our guests astonished and virtually speechless. Thunderous roars of laughter filled the room. Our guests were left hanging on the very edge of their seats throughout the evening in anticipation of your every move. The following day, it was evident you had left a lasting and memorable impression on our guests – as the trade show floor was all abuzz with chatter of the past evening and your performance. There is no doubt – our members and guests can often be a tough crowd to please – but, your unique manner and incredible talents captured their sense of humor, challenged their minds and won their respect. Your performance was outstanding and will be remembered for years to come. I can not say enough. We sincerely thank you for a wonderful evening."
"How to WOW an audience! A timely and pertinent topic, enlightening information, and entertainingly shared and incorporated. Thank you so much for a superb, energetic, and charismatic lecture. It was amazing how you positively impacted the lives of our audience in that ballroom. The standing ovation our audience gave you was well deserved! Bravo!"
"It was truly impressive the way that you were able to energize our audience; your performance was as informative as it was fun."
"Your general session address was FANTASTIC! Your presentation style is uniquely fascinating and your message is highly intelligent—quite a wonderful combination! It was our pleasure to work with you and we hope to use you again in the near future!"
"Your presentation was truly unique! Your content is fascinating and timely considering the identity theft crisis. It's amazing how you can give your audiences such relevant information in such an entertaining fashion!"
"Thank you again for both of your sessions. They were a great success."
"We've had many good speakers and entertainers over the 30 years of AICC's history, but your performance brought a response the likes of which I've never seen from an AICC audience. Their standing ovation said it all."
"Choosing you as our closing entertainment was a superb decision. Your instant standing ovation was a clear signal that our program was going to conclude on a high note, and our post-convention surveys bear that out. Not surprising, given that our hall of 2,400 attendees was jam-packed with hysterical laughter from beginning to end! Equally important, I've heard rave reviews weeks after the show and that tells me people enjoyed not only the entertainment, but also the keen insight you shared about how to protect your possessions in public areas. There are a lot of entertainment choices in Las Vegas, and thankfully, we selected you!"
"The expressions on the faces of those whom you 'interacted' with were just like the MasterCard commercials–they were priceless! Your participation made the evening truly one to remember!"
"It was such a pleasure to feature you as one of our Presenters at the 5th annual California Tourism Safety & Security Conference here! Thanks again for your time, energy, and genuine commitment to helping serve and protect travelers and the employees who serve them. I cannot tell you how much positive feedback we have received from our event. Several participants remarked that it was one of the best conferences of any kind they have ever attended."
"Your performance was definitely the buzz of the breakfast. Educational, upbeat and interactive, it was exactly what we needed for our early morning breakfast! It will be difficult to top your performance at next year's conference. Once again, thank you."
"Thank you for an incredible keynote presentation at the Detroit SecureWorld Expo. Your informative and entertaining presentation captivated our audience and was the highlight of the two-day conference. Your approach of integrating valuable information with intense audo/visual and just plain fun is a unique formula for success."
"Thank you both for your diligence, consideration and hard work in making your presentation to the Dermik Laboratories National Sales and Marketing Meeting so professional and well-focused. We have gotten only the highest compliments regarding your show and demonstration. Wow, what skill and dexterity you showed. Our people were rightly amazed at your skills — and would have asked for another couple of hours of your time if we had been able to let them do so! It might be hard for someone who did not see your presentation to understand how your unique brand of education about street crime, personal security and travel safety also can be so engaging, so much fun and so business-oriented. But it was all of that and more.
"Thank you for the wonderful show you put on for our 700 Yamaha dealers… The thunderous roar at the conclusion of your show was a thrilling end to a great meeting. Many thanks for taking the time to incorporate our Yamaha culture into the show."
"Thanks for your truly outstanding performance at the gala dinner during our Risk Symposium. We received rave reviews from all who attended."
"Sure enjoyed you in Las Vegas at the Crowd Management Seminar."
"Thank you for an absolutely terrific show! You bring such a unique performance and experience to a group that folks are left laughing but also amazed. We thoroughly enjoyed having you with us, Bob I recommend you to any event looking for a high-energy show that involves the audience and certainly leaves them thinking!"
"What a tremendous help you were as we prepared for Super Bowl XXXVII. Personnel made several arrests that they attribute directly to the excellent training you provided. By sharing the expertise you have developed over the years, with my detectives, you enabled them to better protect the tourists who came to San Diego for the Super Bowl. [we] commend you for your continued support to law enforcement."
"Every comment we had on Bob's performance was fantastic. The overall opinion was that he was one of the best features we have had. They liked his mix of humor and skill. Thanks again for doing such a wonderful job.
"Bob Arno was intriguing, enlightening, entertaining and educational! He kept us laughing and was the talk of our trade show. He was truly a delight."
"Really excellent! Your show entertained and mystified us all. Thank you."
"Once more our Black Tie Dinner has been a great success and I want to thank you for your captivating and exhilarating performance and for having been with us also this year!"
"Thanks for a supurb show at our Ko'Olina Hawaii meeting…While laughing steadily, our attendees soaked up a fascinating and relevant message. I'll recommend you to others wholeheartedly."
"Thank you on behalf of Infosys for providing us enjoyable evenings at our client conferences in Atlanta and Monte Carlo. It's a daunting task to find suitable entertainment when the group constitutes a number of top international executives. What was remarkable was your ability to cut through these boundaries of geography and culture."
"Bravo Bob Arno. What a riveting performance! Our audience was captivated from beginning to end. Everyone was baffled, astounded, and in stitches. Excellent entertainment. We recommend Bob to any corporate client looking for good, clean entertainment!"
"Outstanding performance well done. Your energetic routine provided just the right balance of entertainment combined with serious information. Thank you for helping to make our conference successful."
"I very much enjoyed your performance at the party at ASIS. You were a great hit!"
"Thank you for a wonderful program at our annual conference. From the moment you stepped into the ballroom, you had our audience laughing — often times uncontrollably. You also do a nice job teaching and entertaining in your personal security and identity theft seminar. I recommend you to any organization looking for a little different type of show that entertains, teaches, and involves the audience."
"On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee, Thank you for your presentation to the Southern California Tourism Safety & Security Conference."
"Thank you for your lecture in Stockholm concerning pickpockets. It was interesting, captivating and, as always, instructive. My colleagues talked about it days after. I hope that you will be back in Stockholm to teach us more about the techniques, skills, behavior, and psychology of pickpockets."
"Bob had an outstanding presentation and he definitely had the audience¹s attention, which was very good considering they had been up and in sessions since 6:30 a.m. It was a very good performance and our group enjoyed the program."
"Thank you for your outstanding performance at our dealer conference. Your energy and enthusiasm were evident. More importantly, you left everyone grabbing for each other's wallets for the next two days. A true testimony to the impact that your show had on our business partners. We appreciate your efforts and thank you for what will become a lasting memory of this important event."
"You were the absolute high point of the evening and you stole the show from everything else. Your performance was an eye-opener for everyone and was the talking point for our colleagues for many days. A thousand thanks for your fabulous show."
"Thank you for a great show for ExxonMobil. We enjoyed much laughter and are looking forward to having you again in the future."
"Thank you for making the three events that you attended so successful and different. Your performances at our Staff Dinner and Dance, our client gathering, and at a small dinner party became the focal point of all three evenings. I'm glad that a number of our clients followed up to use your services at their gatherings based on the wonderful entertainment they experienced. Weeks later, our staff and clients are still talking about your performances. I would highly recommend your performances to any corporation looking for a different, sophisticated form of entertainment."
"Bravo! Let us applaud you once more for having made our December 19th "Black-Tie Networking Evening" an extraordinary success. Your performance was splendid and our multicultural audience loved your witty intense dialogue, humor and natural ability to entertain and impress. Your "victims" were probably the ones that enjoyed it most! What a laugh, what an evening, what a touch!"
"Your performance was so spectacular and witty; it contributed substantially to the overall success and fun of the evening. Thank you very much again for adding spice to our evening."
"My partners and I thank you for your show! All had a great time, enjoyed your humour, and marveled at the ease with which you dispossessed the unknowing victims."
"I cannot tell you how thankful I am for your presentation on distraction/pickpocket teams. I have never attended a lecture, let alone one for 2-1/2 hours, where the audience was so alert and focused throughout. Your presentation far exceeded my expectation. … Also, prior to the conference you pointed out a suspect when I walked you through one of our casinos. Thanks to your tip, he was arrested and identified as working with a pickpocket team. The casino security was amazed and definitely learned something about pre-incident behavior."
"So entertaining. Our 1,500 people loved your presentation. I would recommend your skill and humor to any group looking for excellent family or corporate entertainment. You STOLE our hearts!"
"…an enormous success. Thanks to your unique videotape footage and well-honed instinct for spotting the criminals BEFORE they do their dirty work, we put together a vivid demonstration of what tourists are up against. 20/20 was the fourth most watched television program for the entire week, and the top-rated newsmagazine. Thanks for your invaluable assistance."
"Heartfelt thanks for your splendid performance for the Teamster's 26th International Convention last month in Las Vegas. Not only was it entertaining and humorous, but also very educational."
"Thank you for sharing your unique insights with our viewers again. Not only did your appearance win its time slot handily, but your ratings also came in substantially above average. You clobbered the competition, which includes nationally syndicated talk shows. Even the re-run of your first appearance scored a ratings win!"
"…a smashing succcess! You not only entertained this very refined group of individuals, but also left them with an experience they are certain not to forget. Rave reviews from both our clients and our employees, who were thoroughly impressed."
"Our appreciation for putting up a great show. We received compliments from management and staff on your performance and we thoroughly enjoyed your event."
"We enjoyed ourselves tremendously and had a great time at the show. We are impressed with your excellent performance!"
"Thanks for a great performance!"
"Thank you for a most entertaining show. Our colleagues and partners were totally amazed. It was a real eye-opener for us… Thank you for such a great show."
"You're 'a hard act to follow!' You wowed the audience with your impressive display of 'legalized pickpocketing' right from your entry. Colleagues are still expressing how amazed they were to witness a master at work!"
"Riveting performance! Arno captivated our 400-strong audience with his slick, non-stop delivery… Everyone was baffled… astounded and in stitches… excellent entertainment… This highly sophisticated performance is hilarious, fast-paced, and breathtaking from start to finish."
"Stunning…. Your show captivated our diversified and international crowd and they enjoyed your performance tremendously. It was a great show!"
"Wonderful performance last Friday night. We were thoroughly thrilled by your show and staff have talked endlessly about it. Superb entertainment…."
"Sincere thanks for such an excellent presentation on Profiling Distract Theft Teams and their Victims. Your presentation to over 300 law enforcement, hotel sescurity, and surveillance investigators provided a unique training experience. The value of your seminar became evident when three members of a distract theft team were captured while committing a grand larceny at a famous Strip hotel. Surveillance investigators, applying your techniques, were able to detect and recognize the actions of the distract team prior to the theft." Click for Full LVPD Letter
"Sincere thanks for an awe-inspiring performance. Your side-splitting humor left everyone in high spirits. Your mastery of humor, wit, human expressions, body language, and deception are tremendous. I will highly recommend you."
"I want to thank you and Bambi for coming to Australia to entertain at our Stockbrokers Industry Awards. You were a fabulous success, of which everyone spoke extremely high – of your performance and personal attention to the preparation of such a grand show."
"Outstanding performance! Thank you for a superb performance at Shangri-La. We received numerous accolades from our customers and partners complimenting your performance. It has been one of the most talked-about topics at social events in our industry for weeks."
"Wow! What a performance. It is difficult to find entertainment that will keep a savvy, high-tech, type A sales force intrigued, but you accomplished that. … Thanks for an outstanding and unique night that we'll never forget!"
"Thank you so much for bringing your unique and highly entertaining pickpocket expertise to 'Northwest Afternoon.' The audience loved you; you crushed our competition in the ratings! What's more, the information you gave about street thieves was fascinating; thank you for being such terrific guests."
"Thank you for your incredible work on behalf of Kroll-O'Gara Information Security Group at RSA in San Jose. We look forward to working with you again in the near future."
"Thank you for your outstanding starring appearance at the Grand Hotel Monte Carlo in the Millennium Show. Your success was quite exceptional considering the tough blazé international audience of Italian, French, American, and English, plus the gracious presence of Prince Albert of Monaco."
"You were dynamite! The Service Club Leaders Conference enjoyed your show…we knew they would! Your performance was packed with fun and hilarity. Bob, you definitely know how to entertain an audience and you do it so well."
"Our sincere thanks for your performance at our client function. A great time was had by all. It was a pleasure working with such professional, experienced performers. …the best we've had in years."
"such a serious subject in an amusing and insightful way. You were a real highlight of our meeting. I look forward to further collaborations."
"Thank you for a fabulous show. Your show received the top grade. This is truly impressive, as our guests came from 58 different countries."
"You stole the show! Your presentation at our conference was sensational. …both informative and extremely entertaining. You were a great hit."
"Our attendees are still talking about your dazzling performance in Orlando. Your show kept our audience of 10,000 people riveted to their seats."
"A huge thank you for your wonderful performance at our meeting in Puerto Rico. I must admit to being a little nervous when you decided to select our CEO, retiring CEO, and COO as participants! But you are an excellent judge of character and clearly a master of your skills. They were delighted to have taken part. I will recommend you to others looking for a unique and entertaining moment at their events."
"Thank you for your fantastic performance at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. You truly made a great impression."
"What a fabulous show! We were wowed. You made our retreat truly an event to remember!"
"Rave reviews! Our company choir was concerned that they would not be able to sing because they laughed so hard their throats were sore! You provided a perfect forum from which to laugh and learn. Thank you for sharing your talent and humor with us."
"I cannot thank you enough for your performance. Your wizardry was indeed spectacular. You have been the talk of this tough New York crowd since the party."
"I am writing to tell you how pleased we were by your performance at our conference in Stamford. The entertainment was well received by what was an extremely critical and easily-bored audience. Without question, yours was the most popular and certainly the most talked-about afterwards."
"You had them rolling in the aisles…the perfect medicine for "too much meeting syndrome."
"excellent…professional…impressive. You made the evening unforgettable for us and our customers."
"Attendees are still commenting on your performance…a 'slam-dunk' success."
"The calls are still coming in from our sales reps and distributors saying it was the best after-dinner entertainment program they've seen in a long time."
"Thank you for a truly enjoyable evening. I will be recommending your services to my clients and colleagues."
"Your fabulous performance was brilliant and on target. We were enormously fascinated by your ability to quickly identify the participants' different character traits. The way you managed to play it up in a amusing way and get us all to loosen up was very impressive. You more than succeeded in breaking the ice and establishing a perfectly warm and receptive business climate."
"You received exceptional marks as opening speaker at the International Crowd Management Conference…just the right blend of education and entertainment. Since most of your audience was from the fields of security and law enforcement, you faced a tough job of gaining credibility for your expertise…you were highly successful."
"Thank you for your outstanding performances entertaining our VIP customers at our recent private parties. We're newly impressed with your ability to warm up an intimate gathering in a non-theater setting. You're a great ice-breaker, mood-lightener, and a true highlight of any event."
"I've heard compliments from every one of the 300 attendees…You really got them up and going right from the start."
"Never before has our entertainment so roused an audience, making participants out of mere viewers. …classic yet contemporary in view of our international business clientele. We received numerous positive comments from our corporate customers."
"You were absolutely fantastic, and the audience really loved it."
"Feedback has been incredibly positive and everybody truly thought you were great!"
"Audience participation & interaction? You bet! Lotsa laughs? Absolutely! He's easily a Jack Morton Company 'sure bet.'"
"The audiences love this guy. Standing ovations, howling, screaming, carring on nightly. He's one of the greatest acts we've had at Resorts, since I've owned the place."
"That was my grandfather's watch! It's gone again! Start over with the watch; one more time with the watch. I didn't even feel you. A fascinating demonstration."
"I laughed so hard I almost wet my pants!"
On HBO's Just for Laughs: "Stole the show"
In Ballys Las Vegas' Jubilee!: "Unrivaled"
In Ballys Las Vegas' Jubilee!: "World-class…Has no peers"
In London: "Slick…classy…riveting"
In Miami: "Outstanding"
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Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg sold off 946,588 more Facebook shares at prices ranging from $27.39 to $27.90 apiece, netting her more than $26.2 million, according to reports.
CNET pointed out that the transaction was the largest of the three times Sandberg has sold stock in the social network, and VentureBeat added that the sales were predetermined and automatically triggered when Facebook shares reached about $27.678 and $27.7403, respectively.
For those looking for a deeper meaning in Sandberg's stock sales, the COO still holds 18.7 million shares, according to Bloomberg.
Facebook shares closed trading Friday at $27.49 each after the stock went public May 18 at $38 per share.


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Schools, union discuss more pay
By JEFFREY S. SOLOCHEK, Times Staff Writer
BROOKSVILLE -- Representatives of Hernando County's public school system and teachers union sat down Monday to start sorting budget priorities for fiscal 2004.
The goal, they said, was to see whether the school district can rearrange its spending plan so that more money can go into salaries. Superintendent Wendy Tellone called for such discussions last fall, after watching the two sides battle over scraps in fractious negotiations.
They agreed on raises averaging 5.3 percent in November, but only after the teachers declared an impasse in talks and mediation had begun.
"I just really believe in open communication," Tellone, who did not attend the session, said on Monday. "Lay it out on the table and let everybody see everything. ... I just think we will accomplish more."
Edd Poore, the district's lead negotiator, opened the meeting by stating that many items might come up during the review that the teachers, administration or School Board might not support. But the only way to determine how much might be funneled into pay raises is to hash over every idea, he said.
"Our goal is to try to find areas where we do agree we could take the money and put it into salaries," Poore said.
Sandra LaGarde, deputy director of the Hernando teachers union, said she hoped an honest exchange of detailed information should help the parties determine what can be done. She asked the group whether they should look toward setting a five-year salary goal, based on the best indicators and trends available.
"We haven't gotten enough information to know what is realistic," LaGarde observed. "But we certainly want to keep moving."
In some instances, the teams agreed, the end result might come down to changing perceptions.
When teachers get duty-free lunch, for example, someone else gets paid to monitor the cafeteria, finance director Carol MacLeod observed. If teachers are willing to take on some of that responsibility, for one, the money spent on monitors could go into salaries, MacLeod offered.
Others offered similar tradeoffs that might be made.
"Our folks need to know what is their priority," LaGarde said.
Springstead High School teacher James Bush, a union representative, said he would go line by line through the district budget in search of opportunities to shift money. A former budget planner in South Carolina, Bush had no shortage of ideas himself, such as possibly hiring teachers of limited experience to keep salaries down.
At this early stage of the review, though, the most important thing he wanted to know from the administration was whether the district had any "sacred cows" to be avoided.
"One of the things I don't want to see this district do is cut personnel to put money into salaries," Poore responded.
Chocachatti Elementary School principal Michael Tellone, a member of the administration team, said he did not want anyone to lose sight of "what is best for the kids" as they talk terms.
On that point, everyone agreed. The sides plan to meet again on Feb. 24. MacLeod said she hoped by then to have better indications from Tallahassee what kind of revenue the district might expect next year.
-- Jeffrey S. Solochek covers education in Hernando County and can be reached at 754-6115. Send e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com .
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The Skein of Lament
by Chris Wooding
Review by John Berlyne
Gollancz (UK) HCVR ISBN/ITEM#: 0575074434
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I found the first book of Wooding's trilogy of The Braided Path (The Weavers of Saramyr) to be an immensely satisfying, beautifully imagined and often breath-takingly gruesome dark fantasy and as such it offered readers a real quality alternative to the glut of Tolkeinesque fiction that constantly seems to swamp the market. The release of the second installment, The Skein of Lament sees the story broaden in a number of directions many of which will surprise, delight and horrify.
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Friday, July 22, 2011
A Give Away
10 comments:
- Gae said...
Dear Sommer,
I am so glad to have 'meet' you through your beautiful blog. I arrived here from dear Gina's blog and hope to visit often. You seem to be on the same wavelength as me and I love to find kindred spirits.
God Bless
- July 25, 2011 at 5:34 AM
- Gina said...
LOVE love love your picture! So sweet :)
- July 26, 2011 at 6:46 PM
- Sommer said...
Welcome Gae! How lovely to "meet" you too :-) I will look forward to hearing from you again and thank you for your kind thoughts on my blog. Kindreds are truly far and few between so it is always a treat to find a new one :-)
Lots of love,
- July 26, 2011 at 10:26 PM
- Sommer said...
Thank you Gina! I'm a big fan of Holly Hobbie and thought this would suit the theme for your give away :-)
Lots of love,
- July 26, 2011 at 10:28 PM
- Mrs. B said...
Time for another giveaway! You are cordially invited!
Mrs B/G.
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Nice post...thank you very much for sharing...happy holidays...blessings soraya
- December 17, 2011 at 6:54 AM
- Mindful Person said...
When I look at your post "A Give Away," that image of the doll in the blue coat reminds me of winter...
It's still February, but it snows so irregularly, I feel like winter cheated me!
But thank you...
It reminds me, that I should want to feel warm with a cup of tea.
Right now I feel cold, wearing shorts and a long-sleeve shirt.
Thank you for your wonderful welcoming to your blogspot!
I just joined like 20 minutes ago!
- February 28, 2012 at 6:27 PM
- felirodriguez7 said...
Like a lot this blog..
Una mirada desde la montaña
- March 21, 2012 at 11:04 AM
- Alex Reillo said...
Nice blog you have here.. such vintage pictures kinda remind me of the old post cards that I have. Anyway, you can you also please visit my blog: http://alex-the-informer.blogspot.com/
- August 31, 2012 at 12:21 AM
- Laura MacNair said...
Beautiful picture and it's so neat to run into another Christian
My name is Laura MacNair and I just started a blog called
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After Port Lockroy, we had only a few more destinations, including another two bases, before departing. The Peltier Channel leads away from Wiencke Island and Port Lockroy, and deposits the boater in the Bismarck Strait. A little to the north, the Americans have a base on Anvers Island. South, the Lemaire Channel and the surrounding area was to provide some of the most spectacular views we had seen.
The human presence in Antarctica is chiefly scientific in nature, beyond the political games between the Chileans and Argentines. The Americans, at Palmer Station and no doubt other bases, involve themselves with valuable research projects, and politics are kept off at least the public agenda.
Peltier Channel to Hovgaard Island
Leaving Port Lockroy, we made our way through the Peltier Channel before heading to nearby Anvers Island. The Peltier is renowned as a spectacular pass, but the weather had closed right in for us, and the upper heights of the mountains were concealed by cloud and mist.
We were headed farther away from the mainland, toward the south coast of Anvers Island.
The Americans have a base here, called Palmer Station. We approached through the ice.
The Americans have a reputation amongst the boaters for not being particularly enthusiastic about visitors. Charter yachts and cruise ships must arrange visits a year in advance with the authorities back in the US. The scientists and other residents are busy with their work, and don't like being bothered too much by tourists.
However we found the staff there very welcoming, and were directed via VHF to a safe mooring location in a small creek adjacent the base. With no anchor holding on solid rock, we used four long shore-lines tied to rocks.
We were invited ashore for the evening and spent some time with a number of the workers at the base. Apparently we were the first private yacht to visit that year. Of all the bases we visited, we can say that the Americans were the most friendly – and some of the science projects we were shown were fascinating. The people here are working on actual science, and the presence of the base clearly has little to do with politics.
The Americans live and work in comparative luxury. No expense is spared, and every item, every piece of equipment, down to the smallest detail, is of the highest quality and caliber (and usually originates in the USA). They reason that happy workers will be more productive and generate better science, so the expense is worthwhile. The scale of the base alone speaks volumes about the resources invested – and this is small compared to some of the larger American (and British and Australian) bases farther south. Consider the logistics in supplying and supporting this base alone.
Some of the other bases we had seen relied on HF radio alone for communications. Not so the Americans. They seemed puzzled that we were surprised at the unrestricted broadband wireless internet available to all residents.
Americans love flags, and somebody found time to find a New Zealand national flag to fly below the stars-and-stripes. Of course our own flying of the US courtesy flag on the boat may have contributed – a bit of fun which we indulged in with the respective colors at most of the bases. The blue flag below the NZ one is the banner for an Antarctic conference.
After a few fascinating and enjoyable days with the Americans, we departed Anvers Island and headed back in toward the continent. Our next stop lay beyond the famous Lemaire Channel, renowned for its drama and beauty.
The entrance to the channel is marked by the fantastic Cape Renard. Such a mount if painted might be considered as unrealistic fantasy. We wonder if the drawings made and brought back to Europe by the early explorers were ever believed.
The Lemaire Channel is formed by the continental mainland (to our port), and the steep cliff-sides of nearby Booth Island (to our starboard).
Humphries Heights displays the same witch's hat formations as Cape Renard.
The highest peak of Booth Island is nearly 1,000 meters (3,200 feet) and has never been climbed, despite a few attempts.
After passing through the Lemaire and rounding Booth Island, we had to navigate an "iceberg graveyard", an area where icebergs naturally accumulate and run aground. There they remain until they break up.
We arrived at these small rocky islets, hundreds of them forming intricate waterways and channels between the larger landmasses of Pleneau and Hovgaard Islands. Finding our way through the iceberg graveyard, which can be seen behind us in the below picture, then seeking out a secure anchorage amongst the rock, was some of the most complicated navigating we undertook on this trip.


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We are almost at the end of this generation. What were the best and most influencial games we played?
ME1 may qualify to be on such a list, but the later games, the end especially, servery discredit it.
And while Journey gets a nod for promoting subtle and involving cooperative play, its a question if further games copy or improve upon its example.
did no one point out during the "approval process" that "influencial" should be "influential"?


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Melissa King Crowned Miss Delaware Teen USA 2013
Melissa King was crowned Miss Delaware Teen USA 2013 at the Sheraton Dover Hotel in Dover, Delaware on November 25, 2012. The beauty from Frankford is 18 years old. She will represent the state of Delaware in the Miss Teen USA 2013 beauty pageant.
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Miss Delaware USA 2013 results:
– Winner: Melissa King
– The first runner-up: Hailey Lawler,
– The second runner-up: Elizabeth Schreiber,
– The third runner-up: Brighid Minemier,
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Currently, Melissa is a freshman at the College of Philadelphia; in Pennsylvania, studying Communications. One day, she hopes to work for a prestigious fashion magazine in New York City or maybe on the sidelines of an NFL game as a sports journalist; she likes the sound of both!
Melissa has been a successful competitive gymnast since the age of 9 and has competed locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. Throughout high school she had participated on her school's Fall/Winter Varsity Cheerleading team and cheered for football games, basketball games, wrestling matches, and competitions. She also competed as an all-star cheerleader on a Large Senior Level 4 team where her team had earned Grand National Champions and won many other competitions. Melissa has coached gymnastics since her freshman year in high school and has enjoyed working with parent tot classes aged 18 months to two years, ages 4-5 girls, 5-7 boys, pre-teams, open gym workout groups, lower level team, teenagers, adults, parent's nights out, summer camps, birthday parties, and private lessons! In high school, Melissa also had participated on the Varsity Soccer team each year and the winter track and field team for a season. Since her freshman year in high school, Melissa has been active in the FFA, FFA committees, and has attended many state functions. Melissa was in art club, the Leo Club, Floriculture Club, Student Council, Student Committees, and helped volunteer at as many school functions as she could despite her busy schedule!
Melissa first learned that she was a talented and gifted artist when it was Parent's Day in Kindergarten. She realized she could cut a perfect circle with scissors when other student's circles were cut with rigid edges and weren't so circular! In fifth grade, she won a school wide art contest for Sea Colony that every student was required to participate in and that masterpiece still hangs somewhere in the halls of Sea Colony today! Also in fifth grade, she was submitted as an outstanding art student from her school and was honored as a Derrickson's Memorial Art Scholarship award winner through the Rehoboth Art League's Art Contest. She has always loved monkeys and her monkey mask brought her home the award! Her favorite art forms include acrylic painting and clay work. In elementary school, Melissa was the only student to complete the EXCEL program from her school. Due to her creativity, intelligence, and artistic abilities, she earned her place in the program which she had participated in from 2 nd through 7 th grade.
Due to her outstanding honors throughout her grade school years, her outstanding DSTP (Delaware State Testing Program) scores in her 8 th grade year earned her the Ferguson's Scholarship, an honorable scholarship awarded to very few students each year. Melissa earned the Ferguson's Scholarship for both Reading and Math, however, Melissa was only 3 points away from earning one in writing also! Melissa was recognized through the United States Achievement Academy in both 8 th grade and her senior year for exception achievement in her studies. In her senior year of high school she was inaugurated into the National Society of High School Scholars due to her exceptionally high SAT scores, GPA, and AP scores. In her senior year of high school, Melissa also earned the Todd O'Cropper scholarship for commendable combined outstanding achievement in athletics, community services, and academics to help fund her college education.
Melissa began volunteering in her 8 th grade year and fell in love with the joy of helping others! She has volunteered with many organizations since then and has now dedicated her time mostly with the American Heart Association, The Women's Sport Foundation, and with foster children. Last year she was crowned Miss Teen Delaware International 2012, she promoted her own personal platform "Finding The Balance" to overall health and well-being. Her platform focused on the importance of balancing your health triangle of mental/emotional, physical, and social health while also focusing on healthful eating, and most important to her, exercise/fitness!! Health affects everyone in the world in some way or another, so it is important to her; she was raised with a healthy lifestyle.
It is not only a privilege to represent her lovely home state of Delaware, but an honor to now hold the title of Miss Delaware Teen USA 2013. The crown she now has on her head represents a new microphone for her voice to be heard, and to continue being a role model for her community. As Melissa's year begins, she is excited to journey to many appearances, volunteer at events, and especially to compete in the 2013 Miss Teen USA pageant!
Melissa is very grateful to be the 2013 Teen Representative for Delaware and is so excited to work with Miss Delaware USA 2013, Rachel Baiocco. Together, they will represent Delaware honorably and to their fullest potential. Melissa cannot wait to see what this year will have in store for her as she is about to embark on a most remarkable journey!
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I would have like to say that I caught this beast but I found the carcass at a local small community pond in Central Howard County (not Columbia).
What is concerning is that this is definitely a Blue Cat fish.
The fish was every bit of 3 feet and 20+ pounds.
The pond drains into the middle Patuxent River. These are a much bigger problem than the Snakeheads were.
I don't know whether it was living in the pond or was recently caught and dumped there.
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Many whiny white boys will watch the Ian Curtis biopic Control for the music, but I think it plays best as a cautionary tale reminding women why they shouldn't marry that mopey disaffected musician they banged in their late teens/early twenties.
Let me summarize: Ian Curtis wanted to be a rockstar. Ian Curtis formed a band called Joy Division (named after a WWII brothel frequented by Nazis). Ian Curtis married the first girl he ever loved, Debbie, before either reached twenty. Joy Division garnered a following. Debbie got pregnant with their daughter Natalie. Ian predictably started banging a Belgian jump-off named Annik. Ian suffered from epilepsy. Even though his band landed a North American tour, Ian was depressed. Debbie found out about Annik and wanted a divorce. Just days before Joy Division's first U.S. tour, Ian begged Debbie not to divorce him. She refused, so he hung himself in her kitchen.
I appreciate Joy Division, after all, without Joy Division there would be no New Order, but committing suicide at 23 and leaving behind a wife, daughter, mistress, and a band on the brink of greatness is pretty fucking selfish. Enjoy the brooding Ian Curtis types in your twenties and then leave them there where they belong, but take the music with you.


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Date: 11/29/2001 at 05:35:36 From: Enrique Somolinos Subject: Demonstration of a Fibonacci sequence property Hi, I have to demonstrate a particular property of the Fibonacci sequence: Let F(k) be the k number of the Fibonacci sequence. I have to prove that F(k) is a divisor of F(nk), where n is a natural number (so, F(nk) = A*F(k) where A is a natural number). I have tried my best but I can't find a way to demonstrate this. Can you help me please? Thank you in advance, Enrique
Date: 11/29/2001 at 10:58:17 From: Doctor Rob Subject: Re: Demonstration of a Fibonacci sequence property Thanks for writing to Ask Dr. Math, Enrique. You can prove this by using the addition formula for the Fibonacci numbers: F(r+s) = F(r-1)*F(s) + F(r)*F(s+1), together with the Principle of Mathematical Induction on the variable k. If you don't know how to prove the above formula, you can do that by fixing s and using induction on r. Alternatively, you can use the Binet Formula for the Fibonacci numbers: F(t) = (a^t-b^t)/(a-b), a = (1+sqrt[5])/2, b = (1-sqrt[5])/2, a^2 = a + 1, b^2 = b + 1. When this is substituted in the addition formula, and everything is simplified, you will see that it is reduced to an identity. Feel free to write again if I can help further. - Doctor Rob, The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
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As China's Communist Party censorship went from a storm in a teacup to a wider protest movement over the altering of Southern Weekly's New Year editorial, Vietnam has admitted that it hires its own sock puppets to influence public opinion online.
According to Hanoi's head of propaganda, Ho Quang Loi, the Vietnamese government has hundreds of the bloggers on its pay roll, with at least 400 accounts spanning 20 different social media networks.
The BBC says there is a noticeable number of bloggers on social media networks popular in the country, who mostly post positive comments and articles about Vietnam's communist party. It's claimed they enthusiastically take part in discussions online, and attack those who are critical of the regime.
While the existence of government sponsored sock puppets has long been debated in tinfoil hat circles, generally people spend their time arguing online all day in the West for free. Regardless, the technique is not unique to Vietnam or China. In 2011, it emerged that the United States had been developing software to game popular social networks with fake profiles to influence conversations and spread propaganda, the Guardian reported at the time.
The BBC quotes two posts on its own Vietnam page, which has nearly 50,000 likes, one of which said countries like the United States should look to their own human rights abuses before criticising other nations.
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The HP Envy 6-1010sa Ultrabook that we had for review is powered by an Intel Core i5-3317U chip, which is pretty much exactly what you expect to find in Ultrabooks these days. It offers quad-core performance at 1.7GHz normally, talhough Intel's Turbo Boost technology can push it up to 2.6GHz.
Being quad-core, it's fine at multitasking its way through several low-power tasks, such as word processing, web browsing and playing music, but it's not really suitable for anything too taxing.
Still, that's fine with us – Ultrabooks were never designed to be brutish workstations. They're supposed to be nippy when doing the standard computing tasks, and Intel's Ivy Bridge processor is definitely up to the task.
Similarly, 4GB of RAM is not exactly going to offer barnstorming speed while multitasking, but it should be sufficient for average home or office use, and we found it fine in the HP Envy 6.
Because the Intel i5 processor in the HP Envy 6 is an Ivy Bridge chip, it offers Intel HD Graphics 4000 – an improvement over what's come before, but not exactly the road to gaming nirvana. While serious gamers would be advised to look for something with a dedicated graphics card for their fix, it perfectly capable of running Portal 2 and many MMOs.
One of the most disappointing aspects of the HP Envy 6 in terms of specs is the screen resolution of 1366 x 768. On the 13.3-inch Asus US32A we described this resolution as merely "modest", but on the 15.6-inch display here, it's downright low.
We understand that HP will have had to cut a few corners to keep the price of the HP Envy 6 under £700/$900, but we definitely wish the screen resolution hadn't been one of them.
The 500GB hard drive is another area that's likely to be a bone of contention when viewed against other Ultrabooks. While some offer this amount of storage in a hybrid drive, with both flash storage and an HDD on offer, HP hasn't gone down this route. All you're getting is a straight-up 5400RPM hard drive – but it's not a disaster, as you'll see on the next page.
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Four-star Minneapolis Washburn junior running back Jeff Jones will make Gophers fans excited for signing day next year after announcing his commitment to the University of Minnesota on Saturday, Feb. 2, according to a local Rivals.com site.
The 6-foot, 190-pound Jones, who had offers from Michigan State, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa, told GopherIllustrated.com that he originally committed Jan. 6 but wanted to wait until after the U's junior day to make his decision public.
Jones is arguably the state's No. 1 player in the 2014 class. He has rushed for more than 2,400 yards and 35 touchdowns the past two seasons for Washburn and said he wants to follow in the footsteps of former standout Gophers tailbacks such as Laurence Maroney and Marion Barber III.
"Minnesota and especially (coach Jerry Kill) have been on me for a long time, and I firmly believe that he'll get it turned around," Jones told GopherIllustrated.com. "I wanted to be a part of something special, and I think we can do that here in my home state of Minnesota."
Kill's best player in the 2013 recruiting class also might be a running back. Chelsea High School (Mich.) senior Berkley Edwards, the brother of former Michigan and New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards, is expected to sign Wednesday to play for the Gophers next season.


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I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. " Anna Quindlen
Books they are the gateway to everywhere. They can take you places ,teach you things , broaden your imagination. They can touch your soul , change your life.
Ever have a day when you can't stop crying when life hits you very hard. The more you think of what happened to you ,well it just spirals to other bad things that happened years ago ,other long ago hurts. You feel like the pain and hurt will never end ,and you just even though you truly want to can't stop crying. Well stick your head in a book it will take you far away to another place where you will read about others and there struggles , their hurts and before you know you are so engrossed in someone else's life that you have stopped crying, your hurt forgotten. That is the power of books.
I have all kinds of books on cooking and eating healthy and I use them often because knowledge is power. I also use the p90x fitness guide that came with the tapes , because knowledge is power and the world does not have electricity every moment. When this happens I can use the moves in the book . I also have health and prevention magazines to fall back on to learn.
There are great articles here about health and fitness some written by my friends in blogs, some written by the staff and experts. I have printed them off and keep them in a book of sorts to read often.
I go to the local library where I get a variety of books free every few weeks. My tastes in books run a little schizophrenic but oh well that is what I like. I like vampire books , there is something about people being cursed and redeeming yourself . I love army books were the tough army guy with the tortured soul falls for the girl and sometimes she saves him. I love detective books were the cop gets the killer and the girl at the same time. I love romance books if they are not to mushy and have adventure in them. I like mystery if they are not to technical ,and more modern.
I love horror books if they are not to graphic. Don't know why I like Stephen King so much because he can be morbid and graphic but I believe that he writes so well I don't mind the mess or the rest so much.
i do read some fantasy and science fiction books as long as they are not to far fetched and unbelievable.
I love books where people survive bouts of nature. Like surviving the cold of Alaska . Surviving a shipwreck or the cold and terror of river rapids. Surviving the heat of the dessert ,or the danger of the jungle.
I love to read about people who have overcome great odds to survive, or just every day people who have done great things.
As you can tell I do a lot of reading and it is a wonder I get anything else done. Books do have that kind of power over me.
Please let me know what kind of books you read and like. It is always great to broaden my horizons and go on a new and different adventure.
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Great blog. This year I am making it a point to become a bit more well read in the Classics. So far I've read Anne Frank's "The diary of a young girl" and George Orwell's "1984". This isn't the genre I'd normally gravitate toward, so it's been slow going!
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I love to read!!
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I don't read as much as my children do, I am usually in my garden, but I did teach all of them to read, and they love it even now, we have so many books, I don't know what to do with them. I do think we have all the Stephen King books, we have a big variety of books.
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I like autobiographies or biographies
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I read almost anything I can get my hands on so anything you named is right up my alley! Books are awesome!
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My current two favorite book are "Quiet: The Power of the Introvert" by Susan Cain and "Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed" by Glennon Melton.
I also like a good romance once in a while - mostly historical lately... I rediscovered Julia Quinn.
"Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom inthe West" was an interesting read.
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Seattle, Tampa, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York City are just some of the cities that Henri has called home. Always stimulated by sights and sounds around him. Equally comfortable wandering the urban streets as hiking Green Gardens Trail in Newfoundland.
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Every customer has an economic value. Customers provide repeat business and cash flow. They are your best prospects for additional product and services and they can provide you with positive references and referrals, which lowers the cost of acquiring new customers. So the loss of a customer is serious. Here are some techniques to get customers back.