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SASKATOON - University of Saskatchewan third-year forward Logan McVeigh scored the game winner 44 seconds into double overtime to lift the No. 3 ranked Huskies over the visiting University of Lethbridge Pronghorns in Rutherford Rink.
McVeigh picked the puck off at the blue line for a partial breakaway beating Lethbridge goaltender Garrett Hughson five-hole.
With the win the Huskies remain undefeated in the young Canada West men's hockey season at 3-0-0. Lethbridge drops to 1-1-1.
Lethbridge led 3-2 with under two minutes to play in the game. But Huskies' rookie Collin Shirley tied the game with his first Canada West goal at 18:45 on a scramble in front of the net.
The 'Horns had opened the scoring at 4:54 in the first period on a Tyler Maltby goal on scramble in front of the Huskie netminder Jordon Cooke. Saskatchewan's Josh Roach scored his third of the season to tie the game at 10:28 in the same frame. Roach beat Hughson on a centring pass.
Lethbridge's Mitchell Maxwell gave the Pronghorns a 2-1 lead in the dying minutes of the second period. Coming down from the slot, he received a pass from Justin Valentino from behind the net to score at 19:01.
Alex Forsberg knotted the game again with a goal from the slot on the power play just 3:23 into the third period.
Lethbridge's Torrin White tallied what appeared to be the game-winner at 6:38 in the final period before Shirley's game-tying goal.
Hughson was impressive in the game for the Pronghorns making 46 saves in the loss while Cooke stopped 27 in the win.
The two teams will meet again Saturday night in Rutherford Rink. Puck drop is 7 p.m.


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Chris and I went out to breakfast one day last week at a local place in New Hope. It's the kind of place where they serve a good, hearty old-fashioned breakfast, the kind of meal we used to enjoy back in the days before anybody ever warned us about things like cholesterol and fat and salt. And they're really proud of that menu. You sit at a counter that sort of wraps around the kitchen, and you can see a sign over the kitchen that says, "If it isn't bad for you, it isn't worth eating."
So I ordered a waffle, and Chris ordered corned-beef hash, which both happen to be the things that our fathers would make for breakfast when it was their turn to cook for us when we were growing up. When the food was served, a woman who was like sitting around the corner of the counter from us said, "That looks great. I'm really glad you didn't order anything healthy"—because they do have a few healthy choices at this place
She said, "I'm glad that you didn't go for the healthy stuff, because every once in a while, we really ought to stop and enjoy the good things of life, and that includes eating food like the breakfast that you're sharing together." That opened up a whole conversation that went on for most of the meal about food and the place it plays in our lives: how it brings us together in community and fellowship, how it's one of the good things that God has given us in this life.
So I was thinking about sharing food and all the ways that functions for us, how it does bring us into community, how it strengthens our connection with the past and with our traditions—as we did when Chris and I both had breakfasts that our fathers used to make, about how it strengthens the relationships we have with people we're close to.
I was thinking about how when my parents were still alive and we would have holiday meals at their house, there would be 14 or 15 members of my immediate family at the table. my mother would go into the kitchen when we were done, and she would look around, and say, "Eating is such a filthy habit." But you know, she wouldn't have had it any other way, because that food and the sharing of it was so important.
We share food to celebrate old connections and we share food to make new connections. When we want to get to know someone better, one of the best ways to do that is to sit down with them and have a meal.
So, food functions in a lot of different ways. In today's Gospel, Jesus uses it as an antidote to fear.
Since Easter morning, we've been reading from the Gospel of John. Today we switch to Luke, the wonderful storyteller. This passage we just heard is almost the very end of that Gospel. It provides a sort of bridge to the Book of Acts, which is the sequel to Luke. That seems especially appropriate since the group of us who have been meeting together on Wednesday mornings for the Good Book Club, as the program is called, talked through Lent about the book of Luke, and now we're going to move on to the book of Acts, starting this Wednesday.
Today's Gospel comes at the end of Luke. The women have seen the empty tomb, they come back and tell the fellows, and they sort of dismiss their story. But Peter goes and sees for himself, and is amazed. Then Jesus appears with those two travelers on the road to Emmaus, and they don't recognize him at first. But in the breaking of the bread, they do recognize him, and in that instant he's gone again. Those travelers return to Jerusalem, and everybody is talking about these stories. And they're struggling to understand what's happening, and whether it could possibly be true that Jesus is alive.
While they're standing there talking about this, all of sudden right there with them is Jesus again. They're pretty freaked out. They're terrified, in fact. He says, "Peace be with you," but it doesn't stop their fear. It's clear that they're afraid he's ghost, and in those times people did believe in ghosts, and their ghosts weren't friendly. They were bad spirits, bad actors, we might say. They did bad things, and people were afraid of them.
Jesus sees their fear, and he says, "Look at my hands and my feet. Touch me. You'll see that I'm flesh and blood, that I'm the one that you knew before, I am the same one, and I am alive. I'm not a ghost." They're filled, the Gospel tells us, with joy, and at the same time, they are still experiencing some confusion, some wondering, some disbelief. So, the next thing Jesus says is, "Do you have anything to eat?" They give him a piece of fish, and he eats it in front of them, and they are reassured because surely a ghost wouldn't eat.
When he's moved them past their fear, Jesus begins to talk about the scriptures. He unpacks the whole story for them. He explains how he is the fulfillment of all that's been written, and then he gives them a commission. He tells them, "You will be my witnesses." You will be my witnesses is a word to them to go and spread the good news across the face of the earth, and it's a commission that comes down to us to do the same thing. We are the witnesses in our times. We are the ones who are supposed to go out and spread the good news about the love of God and Jesus Christ.
What holds us back from that? So often it's fear. It's the same kind of fear those disciples experienced. We're not so much afraid of ghosts, but we're still afraid of really living into the Good News in today's world. Fear has been a problem down through time. The words "fear" and "afraid" appear over 400 times in the Bible. The instruction Do not be afraidappears over 140 times. And no matter how often we hear it, we still seem to have trouble with it.
So this man Adam Hamilton, who as I said in the announcements created that film we saw about Mary and Joseph's journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, he's tackled the subject of fear in a series called Unafraid. He says that we can hardly over-exaggerate what a serious problem fear is in our world today. I know it's true, because many of you have mentioned fear to me, fear of things happening in the world.
We're afraid of war, we're afraid about the economy, we're afraid of violence, we're afraid of the impacts of racism, we're afraid of the divisions caused by political conflict in our society. So many things we're afraid of, and our fears hold us back. They keep us from living fully the lives that we're called to live. They keep us from fulfilling our potential as human beings. But also they keep us from being witnesses to God's love.
As I said, I hear it in things that people say to me about being worried about the situation in the world. Many people commented to me since the gassing in Syria about their concern for the suffering of the Syrian people in this war, and their concern about where it will lead us, and what we should do about it. That's a kind of a big-picture fear.
Then I think about people like my neighbors. I have neighbors who tell me that they used to go to Philadelphia frequently. They had tickets to a theater series that they used to enjoy but no longer attend because they're afraid to be in Philadelphia after dark. They're afraid of what will happen to them, that they'll be victims of violence there.
One thing Hamilton says is that a lot of our fears are misplaced. But you know I have family in the city. I have a little grand baby there, and I'm in the city every week or at most every two weeks, often after dark. I've never been attacked. I've never seen anyone attacked, have never been frightened. Obviously, there are places I don't go in the city, especially after dark, and I'm not saying that these things never happen. But the fear that my neighbors have seems to be unfounded, and it's keeping them from enjoying something they used to enjoy.
Even more important is when fear holds us back and keeps us from witnessing to the love of God. Hamilton talks about faith as a response to fear. It's clear that we can't abolish all the things that are cause for fear, but we can learn to live with them, and faith and hope are part of that. He talks about having the conviction through faith that we will be fine no matter what happens. In God, everything will be okay.
So, what is the food we share to get us past our fears the way watching Jesus ate the fish helped those disciples? Well, speaking personally, I'm glad that it isn't fish that we share when we come here. But you know what that meal of hope is. We share bread and wine. We come together here just as those disciples did, to be in the presence of Christ, to hear the Word, to hear holy scripture, to have it broken open for our understanding. And then we share the meal that is our antidote to fear.
God, you know our fears even when we can't find the words to express them. Be with us and make us know that you're with us, and give us courage and strength to be your witnesses in your world today. Amen.


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Assad commented on the incident between Syria and Israel
DAMASCUS, 20 Mar — RIA Novosti. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, commenting on the statement by Israeli defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman about the intention to destroy air defense systems to Syria in the event of attacks on Israeli jets, told Russian journalists that the protection of the boundaries of the SAR is the right and duty of the Syrian authorities.
"Protection of our borders is our right and duty. If we're not going to do as government, that the Syrian people will have to judge us," said Assad, answering a journalist's question about whether they will continue on Syria to protect its borders, despite the threat of Lieberman.
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metroneverstops getting taller
Metrostop just keeps getting taller! Eight floors down, two to go. The first two floors are parking and retail, and so far six residential floors have been built on top. Also, work has begun on segmenting the first floor with cinder blocks, creating individual entranceways, and what I can only presume to be retail areas for the restaurant and coffee shop:
The two story ramp is quite a statement, I wonder if it will be visible when the project is finished? Here are two pictures of the ramp. It looks like residents will park on the second floor if they purchase a parking spot:
Here's a shot looking south along Jackson Street:
Below is a sampling of random home made signs dotted throughout the construction site - they may be talented workers and craftsman, but put some paint in their hands and it's hello 3rd grade art class all over again:
One sign that looks pretty snazzy is the photographed signage for Amelia's Bistro, the soon to be yummy Italian bistro that will be housed inside Metrostop. Coincidentally, it is the only marketing signage lining the chain link fences that all of a sudden is covered in flowers?! Double coincidentally, my mother-in-law's first name happens to be Amelia. However we are NOT owners or proprietors of Amelia's Bistro, nor are we even silent financial backers. So all of you anonymous comment posters can rest easy. Down boys.
It does however seem like fate that Amelia's Bistro will soon be our new neighbor. And when the in-laws visit I'm sure we will become regulars at the bar ordering martinis.
Here's a cool shot of the rounded south end of the building:
It's set back quite substantially from the street, providing much needed open space. Perhaps, god willing, there may be outdoor dining in our future? Or maybe this is where the sculpture garden will be? It does provide an open feel to the light rail entrance:
Random staircase to nowhere:
This view makes it quite clear how close to the light rail this building really is:
The heights of Metrostop, from the back of the building:
And lastly, the classic shot from 8th Street, providing much needed perspective. Looking good:


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It's December Already!Posted: December 7, 2012 Filed under: Archaeological Investigation of a "Moving Frontier" of, conference, Tanzania Leave a comment
November flew by so fast I barely even noticed it had arrived, much less that I hadn't posted an update here…
I do remember the month started with the AEA conference in Reading, where our paper "No Flies on Us: The Diffusion of the Neolithic in Africa" was rather well received. Assuming that the audience contained few delegates with specific knowledge of African archaeology in this period, it was largely an introduction to our project in Tanzania: what we're doing and why. Some perceptive questions were asked in the wake of the paper, with many more being aired during the breaks over the rest of the weekend. My report of the whole of the conference can be found in the latest AEA newsletter.
Beyond that, a couple of reports were finished and a lot of work on my PhD was accomplished.
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Karen Russell, a young American writer who was recently featured in The New Yorker's "20 Under 40" list of young American literary talents, reads tonight from her latest work. The reading, the last of the year in the English Department's Jenny McKean Moore series, is at 8 in the Marvin Center Amphitheater. All are welcome.
Russell is the author of the highly acclaimed short-story collection St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (2006). Her debut novel, forthcoming in February 2011, is Swamplandia!, set in the Florida Everglades. Russell is a native of Miami.


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Wednesday is Link Day
So, I've been a little bit occupied with life (ahem, work... travel.... ) but I figured I'd share a few articles and links I've found over the last few days that I found interesting.
Now, no guarantees that you're going to find it interesting but hey, throw caution to the wind and click away.
1. Yes please!
Google is giving employees a 10% raise.
2. How to get un-friended on Facebook?
This seems like common sense ... but hey, perhaps you have someone in your life that you are unwilling to un-friend and hope they'll pull the plug on your "digital friendship"
3. Do they write this just for me?
If you read my blog you know what I like - I honestly feel like this website publishes news that is meant just for me. Plus, they retweeted my Conan post from last week.
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I passed this store on my walk back the office from dinner in Chelsea the other night. Now, I have no idea on prices ... or quality... but it looked so enticing. If only I didn't live in a Hilton....
5. Don't try and bring your printer on your next flight.
Who brings printers with them on flights?
So... enjoy.
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Three types of people: bullies, cowards and those who hold their ground
Bullies are "addicted" to lying, FI, about why they had to/have to do egregious things. That applies to nations, certainly. As Izzy Stone wrote, All Governments Lie, so are they all bullies. How do YOU respond to this? Endure it, accede to it, promote it? Makes one a coward, doesn't it? Is that how you want to live, face your Maker at Judgment? Brings to mind the old saying, A brave man would rather die on his feet than live on his knees and A coward dies a thousand deaths and a hero dies but one. It is my belief that God would have us be as little children which are inherently brave (until taught to be fearful by adults).


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Imagines the end of anthropocentrism through contemporary science fiction and speculative realism
A human-centred approach to the environment is leading to ecological collapse. One of the ways that speculative realism challenges anthropomorphism is by taking non-human things to be as valid objects of investivation as humans, allowing a more responsible and truthful view of the world to take place. Brian Willems uses a range of science fiction literature that questions anthropomorphism both to develop and challenge this philosophical position. He looks at how nonsense and sense exist together in science fiction, the way in which language is not a guarantee of personhood, the role of vision in relation to identity formation, the difference between metamorphosis and modulation, representations of non-human deaths and the function of plasticity within the Anthropocene.
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Just Label It: GMO Labeling in Rhode Island
Yesterday [Saturday], millions of people around the world took to the streets in the annual March Against Monsanto, including in our own capitol of Providence. All were united under a common belief – our food system is sick, and genetically modified (GMO) crops are a symptom, not a cure.
Last year, I wrote about GMOs, and why they might not be such a great bargain for the consumer. Without repeating too much, here's a quick recap.
Genetic engineering is when the plant's DNA is changed in such a way that would not otherwise occur in nature. Few legitimate safety assessments have been done on these crops, but in light of the modern understanding that of the complex expression of genes, and a study performed by French molecular biologist Gilles-Eric Seralini that linked GMO corn to cancer and hormone imbalance, there's genuine reason for concern.
These crops were first grown in the US in 1994, but have now dominated the market – upwards of 85% of the corn, soy, canola, cottonseed, and sugar beets grown here are GMO.
Around 70 countries worldwide have mandatory labeling of foods with GMO ingredients. These people and their governments are weary of GMOs for a variety of reasons, which mostly boil down to: the negative effect on human health of carcinogens, toxic chemicals, and novel allergens; the environmental dangers of increased topsoil loss, pesticide use, and crop monocultures, and uncontrollable "genetic drift"; and the social and political inequities involving Intellectual Property (IP) laws and lax federal regulation, which result in lawsuits and farmer suicides.
Monsanto is the biotechnology company that controls a significant portion of the seed market worldwide. While genetic engineering is more generally used to force crops into the broken mold of industrial agriculture, there are two major varieties of GMO seeds that Monsanto produces. Bt crops have been engineered so that the plant produces it own toxic pesticide, and RoundUp Ready crops are engineered to survive liberal applications of the toxic herbicide glyphosate – both result in toxic residues, destined for your dinner plate.
In response to all of this, concerned consumers have a simple request for their government – label foods produced with GMO ingredients so we can make informed decisions about what we eat. It's a shame that this simple label has stirred up such controversy, and is opposed so strongly by (emphasis) industrial farmers and special interest groups. Here's the simple, reasoned argument for the labeling GMOs:
1) Consumption of GMOs is risky for the consumers. As discussed earlier, our health, environmental welfare, and social equity are all negatively affected by GMO agriculture.
2) But it doesn't provide us any benefit. Flavor and nutrition aren't improved, and yields don't really increase on the long-term, so the end product isn't better, cheaper, or more abundant.
3) They're easy to label. Farmers know what they're growing, distributors and retailers know what they're buying, and companies often change a few pixels of ink without so much objection.
4) Therefore, it's reasonable to ask for labels. The society-wide benefit of truthful labels is much greater than the benefit of continued misinformation. For capitalism to function correctly, consumers need the information to make rational decisions.
5) People want labels! Polls consistently show 80 to 90% of people want their food labels to be truthful about GMO ingredients, because, surprisingly, they care about what they put in their and their families' bodies.
6) The duty of the government is to provide for the common welfare. This is in our founding documents and is central to the definition of a representative democracy.
And so, labels are reasonable, they are desired by the people, and they are the government's duty – in the paraphrased words of Gary Hirshberg, the founder of Stonyfield yogurt, "just label it!"
So now, the question that I hope is on all of your minds: "What can I do about this?" I'm glad you asked.
Personal changes – buying organic or certified non-GMO when possible and growing your own food – are good ways to minimize risk to your family in the short-term. However, the most difficult battles are won by armies, not individuals.
There are currently bills in the Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives that would mandate the truthful labeling of foods with GMO ingredients. They have a lot of support, but are currently sitting on committee tables, waiting for us – the consumers, the electorate, the eaters – to convince our elected officials to pass them. We have an opportunity to stand with Connecticut, Maine, and Vermont in a regional push for common sense transparency in food labeling, setting the precedent for the rest of the nation.
I'm working with Right to Know Rhode Island, the organization responsible for promoting the GMO labeling law in our state. Yesterday marked the beginning of our 2015 Week of Action: each day, we invite you to engage your family, friends, and elected officials in different ways, so that we can send a strong, unified message that we have a right to know what's in our food.
Tuesday, you should Call Your Legislator; Wednesday, we want to Grow the Network of our institutional partners; Thursday in Movie Night, where we will host screenings of the documentary film, GMO OMG; Friday, we need to Stop the DARK Act, in which the federal government is attempting to illegalize state GMO labeling laws; and Saturday, we will be Targeting Leadership by canvassing the district Senator Josh Miller, and chair of the Senate Committee where the bill is being held.
Please go to http://righttoknowri.org/, and http://righttoknowri.org/woa2015/ for more information about each day of action, and to find out how to get involved.
I will be hosting a screening of GMO OMG in the Woonsocket Harris Public Library the next Monday, June 1st, at 7pm. There will also be a screening in the Rochambeau Library in Providence. We hope to see you there.
And now, like I often do, I'll leave you with a bit of an enigma to ponder as you participate in our Week of Action. The opponents of truthful labeling argue that a mandatory label is as good as a skull-and-crossbones – "if we label it, people won't buy it!"
Now, readers, if knowing a simple fact about their food would actually make people less likely to buy it, if people would choose not to consume something because their personal assessment, to which they are absolutely allowed in our free society, finds the risks too great and the benefits too few – how, then, is the appropriate, governmentally-endorsed response to withhold that information from them? At what point are we no longer entitled to make such decisions for ourselves?
My column appears every other Sunday in The Woonsocket Call and The Pawtucket Times. The above article is the property of The Woonsocket Call and The Pawtucket Times, and is reprinted here with permission from these publications. These are excellent newspapers, covering important local news topics with voices out of our own communities, and skillfully addressing statewide and national news. Click these links to subscribe to The Woonsocket Call or to The Pawtucket Times. To subscribe to the online editions, click here for The Call and here for The Times. They can also be found on Twitter, @WoonsocketCall and @Pawtuckettimes.


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Beth Flores has been hiring a lot recently. After joining Impact Hub DC as Managing Director, she's been laser focused on taking the entire Impact Hub experience to the next level. For Beth, that means investing in talent that will both fill existing capacity needs and seize growth opportunities.
She's spent her first six months on the job digging into what exactly those capacity needs and growth opportunities are. Beth is no stranger to tackling complex problems, coming from a career doing just that in the federal government. But she has learned there's a big difference between identifying a hiring opportunity and scoping an actual role.
In a small organization like the Impact Hub, every role is a unique blend of functions. Building a job descriptions that captures all of the necessary responsibilities, includes enough flexibility for growth in the role and attracts the right candidates is a tough and time consuming task. This process itself often changes the role dramatically.
As if this doesn't make scoping the role challenging enough, Beth is also trying to decide on the right mx of functional competence, enthusiasm for the role and knowledge of the space. As a career switcher herself, Beth wants to be as open as possible to candidates with less functional and sector experience who are eager to learn, grow and take initiative. But a big investment in talent also needs to have short-term payoffs to be worth it, and Beth needs someone who can make an immediate impact as well.
This conflict between hiring people who can learn and hiring people with the right skills is something I see hiring managers dealing with across the social sector. Unlike Beth, many hiring managers lean heavily toward hiring experienced talent that can make an impact immediately.
A challenge with this hiring approach is that experienced talent are less inclined to take a role that is initially ambiguous and will evolve over time. They want to continue to hone the skills they've already gained in their career, and those skills are also valued by the private sector who can offer strong incentives.
In a space where role ambiguity is more the rule than the exception, young professionals have a big opportunity to stand out to employers with their ability to deal with ambiguity and willingness to grow with a role rather than have it defined from the outset.
How do you show these things in an interview? I asked Beth what would impress her.
Above all else, she wants to see a candidate take ownership over the scope of the role in the interview process. Take time to consider what problem this position is trying to solve and brainstorm ways to solve that problem beyond what is written on the job description.
In the interview, ask how the role aligns with the objectives of the organization. Come prepared with ways you can contribute to those objectives, regardless of role you're applying for.
For hiring managers like Beth who are open to considering less functional fit – this is impressive.
Are you ready to take ownership over the scope of next job you apply for? It just so happens that Beth is currently hiring for a Social Innovation Programming Director to build Impact Hub programs that drive greater value to existing members and greater traffic of potential members.
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It has been 25 years since Councilman Danny Dromm—at the time, an openly gay public school teacher—founded the Queens LGBT Pride Parade and Festival as a means of notifying borough residents that LGBT people were their family, friends and neighbors.
The parade's formation was also a response to School District 24 President Mary Cummins' refusal to adopt a Board of Education curriculum that encouraged students to be accepting of LGBT people.
In the years since the parade first marched through the diverse neighborhood of Jackson Heights, it has grown to become the second-largest of its type in the city and annually draws approximately 40,000 people.
Dromm should be commended for launching and continuing to remain active in the parade, which has gone on to become a huge annual event in Jackson Heights. And the parade's organizers should be celebrated for continuing to combine the march's empowering message with a great roster of entertainers, vendors, informational booths, food and other festivities.
In May, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on "religious liberty" that many LGBT activists have said could enable anti-LGBT discrimination. And Dromm has pointed out that two pieces of important human rights legislation—the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and a bill to ban "conversion therapy," which involves treatments to change one's sexual orientation from gay to straight—have long gone unaddressed in Albany.
So, standing alongside Queens' LGBT community is now more important than ever. Queens is often hailed for its diversity, and the parade is a great example of this as it is held in a neighborhood that has one of the borough's largest LGBT communities and is among its most ethnically diverse.
June is nationally recognized as LGBT Pride Month. Attending the Queens Pride Parade—at 2 p.m. on June 4 at 37th Avenue and 89th Street in Jackson Heights—would be a fun way to show your support.


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After a long tradition in the production of family cava, our cellar decided in 1996 to sell its most valued product: cava.
Despite its commercialization, we are committed to maintain the same philosophy and spirit from when we were born. We have always relied on a traditional method of elaboration, strictly and meticulously tracking each bottle of cava, from the beginning to the end of its production, since we believe in the uniqueness of each and every one of our products.
At Carol Vallès we offer you the possibility to discover the cellar's landscape, get to know how do we produce our cavas and take part in out various activities and enotourism experiences.
Carol Vallès is a winery in Penedès. We don't hide it. On the contrary: we defend it, love it and make it our flag. Our winery would not be understood without our region. It is thanks to the privileged natural environment that surrounds our home that we can elaborate the unique cavas that distinguish us.


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Alfred Jacobs, 91, Kansas City, Mo., formerly of Salina, died Tuesday, May 3, 2018, after recurring, prolonged illnesses at his home.
He was born May 1, 1927, in Pfeifer to John P. and Margaret Jacobs.
After working for the Union Pacific Railroad and Ellis County Road Department for several years he purchased Jacobs Service in Pfeifer in April 1959, and built it into a thriving business enterprise he operated for more than 30 years.
Survivors include his wife of 13 years, Virginia Jacobs; two sons, Fred Jacobs and wife, Jane, and Tim Jacobs and wife, Joyce; a daughter, Stacy Miller and husband, John; two stepsons, Mark and Michael Crain and wife, Renee; four stepdaughters, Cheryl Alexander, Deborah Moss and husband, Ed, Nancy Wetig and husband, John, and Lisa Viegra and husband, Jerry; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and many friends.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 51 years, Rita Mae Jacobs; a daughter, Karen Baczkowski; his parents; 10 brothers and sisters; and four stepbrothers.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Salina; burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Salina.
Friends can call from 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday with family receiving friends from 4 to 8 p.m. at Ryan Mortuary, Salina and a visitation from 11 a.m. until time of service Monday at the church.
A vigil will be at 6 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary.
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Jun, 8, 2011, Sony announced the NEX-C3 - World's Smallest, Lightest Interchangeable Lens Camera with APS-C Sized Sensor.
This Easy-to-use Sony NEX-C3 Interchangeable Lens Camera with 16.2 megapixels, Full HD video and new interface.
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Resolution of the large Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor is boosted to 16.2 effective megapixels, capturing stills and 720p HD video with breathtaking clarity. The large, DSLR-sized sensor also allows users to produce professional-quality "bokeh" background defocus effects when shooting HD video or stills.
Users do not need to be familiar with specialist photo jargon, as the NEX-C3 puts sophisticated picture controls within easy reach for shooting stills or HD video. The intuitive new Photo Creativity interface replaces technical terms like "aperture", "exposure value" and "white balance" with the friendlier and more intuitive "background defocus", "brightness" and "color".
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Highlighting sharply defined high-contrast elements in each scene, the new "Peaking" function makes it much easier to achieve precise manual focus in low light, macro or portrait photos that demand high focusing accuracy. A choice of white, red or yellow highlighting is offered, and sensitivity can be set to any one of the three levels.
Tilting for comfortable viewing at any angle, the high contrast 7.5cm Xtra Fine LCD features TruBlack screen technology for high-contrast images with rich, deep blacks. It's a great way to compose shots and judge the effect of adjusting picture settings, even when shooting outdoors in bright sunlight.
Advanced multi-frame imaging technologies by Sony broaden the possibilities of the NEX-C3 further still. 3D Sweep Panorama captures extra-wide images in 3D to enjoy on your 3D TV. Auto HDR "stacks" a high speed burst of three successive exposures to capture extreme shadow and highlight details in a single frame. Similarly, Handheld Twilight and Anti-Motion Blur modes automatically combine six exposures to capture smooth, low-noise images: this avoids hand-blur and subject-blur when shooting in available light.
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Or "What you still don't know abut running the NYC Marathon if you are only listening to the New York Road Runner's Corp.
I am assuming at this point if you are reading this you are properly trained for the Marathon. So, I am not giving that kind of advice. I am going to tell you how to get your monies worth, how to have your best race and how to enjoy the event.
First, the day after you read this make sure that everybody you know is aware of the fact that on November 4th you are running the New York City Marathon. That day, the few days before and at least one day after are all about you. The people you work with should be wishing you luck starting on Halloween and asking how you did till Thanksgiving. The people you live with should be expecting you to be crabby the day before the Race and the person you work with should be offering you cheesecake on November 5th. Make sure they know this.
Other important tips
- Get to the expo early, enjoy it. When you walk toward Javits, look around, all these people came from all over the world to run with you. Smile and say Welcome to New York.
- Go to the lost and found at you workplace, if there has been a winter coat sitting there since last Spring, you can take it home. Wear it to the start of the race and leave it at Fort Wadsworth. It will be given to charity.
- The week before, run the last ten miles with the Prospect Park Track Club. There is nothing more important than this. It will mentally prepare you to finish the race. It will help you remember how close the finish line is. For example, when you reenter Manhattan on the Madison Ave Bridge you can see the Empire State Building, directly ahead; that is about how far the finish line is. Also, when you go around Marcus Garvey Park on 5th Ave. you will notice some trees ahead, that is Central Park. Remember how close you are…. you can finish
- Don't go to the Pasta Party. The last thing you need to be doing the night before The Marathon is standing up to eat pasta that has been sitting in a chafing tray all day.
- I know I just told you to stay off your feet but, this year go to Central Park and watch the Olympic Marathon Trials. The Olympics is the only time if feel patriotic. These men are competing for the chance to represent me. Kinda cool!
- The Friday before the race, make sure you toenails are trim.
- Most of the time when I walk, I move forward on the Earth. When I walk to the bus on 9th St and Prospect Park West, I always think of the Earth as a giant treadmill and I am standing still, pushing it backward behind myself with each step. Today the planet moves for me.
- When the bus goes over the Verrazano Bridge look out the window. Look at the city they built for us. This is not just a big race; there are 40,000 runners and thousands more supporters. You have arrived.
- The first thing you should do is get on line and go to the bathroom, then get a drink and get back on line.
- You still have a few hours before the race starts, I usually go to the top of the hill (near the giant Urinal) to relax. Anywhere near the stages and tents that are set up is a little too stressful, but that might work for you.
- No matter what color you race bib is, DO NOT run on the lower level of the Bridge. First of all you made a great investment in this race and it is just no fun down there and your family and friends will not see you on TV from the helicopters. But more importantly, the people on the upper level are peeing off the Bridge. They think they are peeing in the Bay, but they don't know that the lower level is wider than the upper. Just start at the back of the other corral, your chip will keep track of your time.
- I have been told this can be dangerous, so be careful. For every HighFive you give a little kid in Brooklyn you get back five seconds in Central Park. Really.
OK, If you want to here more, sit with me in the bus, or email me, we can go to the Trials with me and my kids. firstname.lastname@example.com


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Formal feedback from my tutor on assignment 1 can be found here.
In response to the feedback received from my tutor, I decided to implement certain changes to the series in assignment 1 before submitting it as part of the formal assessment process:
- I decided to crop the pictures to the same size (3:2) and present them in the same orientation (landscape). The idea behind it is to have a more visually coherent series.
- The feedback provided by my tutor indicated that some of the images seemed to give contradictory messages and that the series may lack a clear and consistent purpose. In retrospect, I felt that this may be case with the way in which some of the images were put together, when the idea suggested by some of the pairs not being in harmony with the whole message. The point I wanted to convey, as stated in the original notes accompanying my submission, was that in spite of the socioeconomic and other intangible barriers that may exist between communities, we have more things in common that we may be willing to admit. As a result of thus, I decided to separate images 5 and 6 from the original sequence and pair them with newly selected images from the original shoot-out, thus giving a more coherent message in line with my stated objective.
- My tutor originally suggested that picture 1 in the original sequence could be cropped from the left to match the aspect ratio of image 2; but in retrospect I consider image 2 to be slightly less interesting than image 1, which I would prefer not to crop. Since I could not find a suitable replacement for 2 and since none of these two pictures really worked as well when re-cropped as landscapes, I decided to drop them. I also decided to drop the last two images, 11 and 12, which could not be re-cropped to landscape format to my satisfaction. This allows the set to end with the image of the lonely traveller moving towards the end of the tunnel, which is, in my opinion, a more interesting picture and also serves as a metaphor of my new arrival at the neighborhood.
- My tutor suggested to reconsider the use of one of the pictures I discarded from the original shoot-out: the picture of a fly tipped loo. I looked at other pictures in the set and considering my idea of the word-picture pairing, I decided it was best to replace image 7 from the original sequence with the image of the fly tipped loo.
- The final booklet accompanying the sequence, which shows how I wanted the pictures to appear and the corresponding captions, has been reconfigured to give more prominence to the images, harmonize the negative / blank spaces and introduce a small synopsis of what the series is about. The re-worked final booklet can be found here, while the original is here.
The final sequence of images, compared with the original is shown in the tables below. As a result of the addition of new images, I have re-calculated the captions accompanying the photographs, based on current average prices (going back 10 to 20 years) for the areas where the pictures were taken (1), which are also shown in the table below:
|Original sequence (in pairs, with original captions)
|1st pair
£ 212,500
£ 384,693
|2nd pair
£ 375,000
£ 153,658
|3rd pair
£ 755,667
£ 116,010
|4th pair
£ 195,444
£ 514,914
|5th pair
£ 89,667
£ 235,965
|6th pair
£ 85,955
£ 236,760
|Re-worked sequence (in pairs, with updated captions)
|1st pair
£ 116,010
£ 655,000
|2nd pair
£ 257,753
£ 809,375
|3rd pair
£ 755,000
£ 238,000
|4th pair
£ 235,082
£ 697,437
|5th pair
£ 99,500
£ 315,212
(1) Updated captions were taken from the Zoopla website: House prices in Bromley, London. Property values – Zoopla. 2017. House prices in Bromley, London. Property values – Zoopla. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.zoopla.co.uk/house-prices/london/bromley/. [Accessed 17 September 2017].


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who is ZO? is that like the homeless guy that lives by the zoo? cuz he really creeps me out and I really doubt he should be driving a boat.
well I guess the dude can drive and Parrish can sure as hell ski. Looks like the old parrish of the PP days is back. Not really sure who PP is either, maybe he got banned along with BB...
Jul 16, 2009
Parrish Runs 41 off behind ZO
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|The Orna is a Greek owned and flagged ship that comes to Duluth about once a year. Built in 1984, it has been here under a variety of names, including the Moor Laker and the Handy Laker. Today, it will be loading wheat for Algeria where the grain is most commonly used to make couscous.
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Ontario Summer Games
Ontario Summer Games Selection Process for Fast Pitch
An umpire wishing to apply for one of two (2) Ontario Summer Games Provincial Championships must complete the application form in its entirety found in this information package. The complete application must be received by the Softball Ontario office personnel by June 15 of the year that the Ontario Summer Games is being held.
The two (2) Ontario Summer Games FP Championships have been grouped into two (2) pools:
- Pool A - Bantam Girls (PWSA)
- Pool B - Bantam Boys (ORSA)
The following minimum fast pitch pre-requisites apply for each of the two pools:
- Pool A - Fully carded Level 2B or 2A at the time of the application
- Pool B - Fully carded Level 2B or 2A at the time of the application
Due to the large number of qualified umpires registered and carded through Softball Ontario, and with only two (2) Ontario Summer Games Fast Pitch Championships, it is unreasonable to expect successive appointments to the Ontario Summer Games in back to back years. You can expect at least a four to six year development period between Ontario Summer Games appointments.
The Softball Ontario office will send a confirmation for each application received by email if an email address is provided or by a letter if an email address has not been provided. The applications are then copied and passed onto the Fast Pitch Umpire Committee and the Zone Umpires-in-Chief for evaluation. After the ZUIC has ranked the people that applied from their zone, they then present each of their prospective applicants and explain why they believe their officials should be given an opportunity to attend the Ontario Summer Games. The Fast Pitch Umpire Committee will work in conjunction with the assigned Tournament Umpires-in-Chief for the selections for the each Championship. Softball Ontario will contact the appointed and alternate umpires to confirm their selection. Softball Ontario will also submit the list of appointed umpires to Ontario Summer Games Personnel. All umpires who apply for a Ontario Summer Games Championship will receive a personal response by mail regarding the status of their application.
If after following the above selection process the FP Umpire Committee is unable to fill all available Ontario Summer Games FP appointments, the FP Umpire Committee will seek recommendations from the FP ZUICs or utilize a successful on-field evaluation from an elite tournament to fill these positions.
The selection of umpires to Ontario Summer Games will be completed every two years (in the year of the Ontario Summer Games). The application process begins each April for the selection of umpires to the Ontario Games and concludes June 15.


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Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by Shadow21, Aug 8, 2010.
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Being on this forum site. The first thing i guess you have thought about.Those two mobo's your thinking of getting are they on the list of motherboards which already have a modded BIOS file for which to add SLIC/SLP info.
personally i like the look of the Asus one. For some reason i dont like Micro ATX....
I just went chicking at Asus USA. I like to know if the drivers are ready available for the mobo's web site.New BIOS and W7 drivers (+ other OS's) are there to download.
The Asus board for me...
All though i lean towards Intel based boards..
Buying a little at a time makes no sense. If it takes you six months to finally get all the items you want the first item you bought could be selling for much less. Also, as the holiday shopping season gets closer prices will be dropping on almost everything - save your money till you have enough to purchase everything then seek out the best deals.
I can see this point of view and it makes good sense.
Can i add......
I built my sen this PC i am using a good few years back now. I could not afford all the nice shiney things all at one go so what i did was to compromise. I picked a board which could run my existing chip and RAM but i knew would take a faster better chip and a lot more RAM. I sort of built my self a sound foundation and over these past few years i have added better chips lots of RAM,bigger PSU's,better grapchics cards. etc etc.
As it stands this PC does me very nicely and i wont upgrade till summet brakes...( hope it dont brake now i have mentioned it. )
My advice would be pick a budget and STICK to it...
You probebly allready know but the Asus board does infact have a modded BIOS file to download.
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Do not buy any other HDD except Western Digital, everything else is pure crap in comparison.
6 WD's - 0 Failures
2 Seagates - 2 failures (both younger than my oldest WD's too...)
1 Hitachi - 1 Failure
2 Samsungs (external USB RAID HDD) - 0 Failures but then again they rarely used.
BTW this is assuming you are not going to by an SSD (Solid State Drive)...
I actually wasn't going to buy a new internal HDD. I'm just going to continue to use the one that is in my computer now (I think it's a Seagate). I like to keep all my documents, pictures, music ,videos, etc. on my external WD HDD. I am going to buy a new 1TB+ external HDD that supports eSATA after I'm done upgrading my computer.
AMD is dead, seriously.
Get an i5 750 and P55 board
Why should I get a CPU that's only 2.66Gz when I could get a CPU that's 3.4Gz and cheaper? I know AMD isn't as good as Intel but it's still a little cheaper and since it's 3.4Gz it should be faster.
The Intel performs better at 2.6GHZ than the AMD at 3.4ghz.
And then factor in the fact you can overclock an Intel to 4ghz+...
Seriously, why do people think clock speed is everything nowadays?
There might be times when the huge boost in clock speed over the i5 just edges out the Phenom but if they're at the same speed the Intel is a lot faster and the i5 overclocks higher too so its by far the better buy but still:
"When converting a full-length movie from a DVD (MPEG2) to DivX format Core i5-750 was 16% faster than Phenom II X4 965 and 20% faster than Phenom II X4 955; rendering a sample project on After Effects CS4 Core i5-750 was 22% faster than Phenom II X4 965 and 26% faster than Phenom II 955; and compressing files with WinRAR Core i5-750 was 19% faster than Phenom II X4 965 and 22% faster than Phenom II X4 955."
Price vs performance AMD isn't too bad. Look at the Phenom X2 1055T and the 1090T, they're not that bad at all!
AMD is far from dead. At the moment Intel has the better CPU's, thats true. I have a Q9400 at the moment and before that a E6600. BUT before that I had a Athlon 64. There was no way in the world I was going to waste money on the more expensive P4, which was, and excuse my language here but its a very appropriate word, a piece of s**t (and I normally blank out swear words). All iterations of the P4, from the socket 478 to the socket 775 were pathetic, disgusting, and disgraceful. They were around for a long time, and quite frankly anyone that wasted money buying a P4 (which were a lot of people) were either misinformed or stubborn idiots. Thats fact!
AMD are releasing a completely evolved architecture at the end of the year, with two different types. A normal cpu/gpu, which works differently to current cpu/gpu combos, and can work in unison with additional graphics cards, and a quad memory channel monster Bulldozer core which will wipe the floor of current Intels (well should anway)!
Intel are also releasing a revised Core i5/i7, requiring a new incompatible socket 1155. They're scrapping from what I've read the socket 1360 equivalent CPU's, and going for a monster super expensive quad channel memory monster socket CPU (to compete with AMD's quad-channel CPU which will be significantly cheaper).
ATI are also bringing out a new gen video card, the first at the end of the year is an updated HD5xxx core with a part of the new gen, and the next cards due next year are a completely new architecture which should make the Nvidia GTX480 look like an outdated power hungry monster, even more so than it is at the moment.
Intel are already implementing dual QPI links in Xeon's giving an effective six memory channels
The Phenom x4 is a quad core, what about the hexa (6) core Phenoms (the 1055T which is similar in price to the i5-750)
First time poster, but I've been looking and appreciating the information available on this site for a few months now. This thread actually has me wanting to respond.
I have a M4A78T-E, running a Phenom II X4 Black 955, have no problems running anything. Running Win7 Pro with 8GB of RAM, and it doesn't even hiccup. Only down side is I could have more FPS in some games, but I blame that on my Video card as its a re-used 8800GT. Also, I think everyone has their favorite hard drives, I've quit listening to the "Don't buy xxx, they're crap." I have started to think there are occasional bad shipments of every manufacturer, and sooner or later everyone will get a bad drive. Or a bad environment causes failure or whatnot. I am currently running six Seagate HDs in my two primary machines (2 ATA 300GB, 2 SATA 300GB, 2 SATA 1.5TB). I have an additional three 1TB Seagate Externals, two Seagate FreeAgent's, one 320GB Go, and one 1TB(Older). The four 1TB drives are low use, admittedly as backups, but they havn't failed yet. (Sometimes I want to think that externals have a shorter anticipated lifespan due to constant moving, infrequent power ups/downs, unstable mountings, etc. as compared to my installed Almost Always On drives.)
I like the ASUS Mobo. I'd also go with AMD for the simple price vs performance. Unless your anticipated use is going to be primarilly in an area where Core i7s do outperform AMD, go with it. Also, because of the socketing, I think the mobo will be a little more future resilient (not proof by any means). It seems as though Intel has fun constantly changing sockets, whereas AMD appears to be trying to stick with sockets as long as possible, and really thinking out their new ones to make them durable over generations. (Makes it more attractive to those who do like to constantly up their processor.. Or those who build in stages, ie: High end mobo, Cheap Proc with the intent of upgrading it within 6 months to a year when funds are available.)
There is actually a notice on their site that you should update firmware on certain models as buggy firmware is what caused drives to go in the first place.
I have worked in computing for a number of years, in a company I worked for Seagate was the highest failed HDD manufacturer during my stint working there.
I'm Irish dude, Seagate have a branch here, not far from me, trust me anything coming out of here isn't bad but durability isn't something they are good at.
I have two of the "dreaded" drives, the 1.5TBs. I probably should update the firmware on them but I'm also hesitant because of that old addage, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I will do some investigation though over the weekend to see if I do have new firmware for any of these buggers.
The only drive I've ever had fail on me was a WD.


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Nearly a quarter of the NEC season has been completed, so I'd like to go through the exercise of deciphering which 1-3 teams are in trouble and which could climb out of their early hole. With four programs off to difficult starts, I'd like to begin by assessing Sacred Heart and Bryant. Continue reading
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NEC Weekly Update – Parity Reigns Supreme
Nearly a month has been logged into the 2017-18 season and we're starting to accumulate enough data to get a general feel as to where most NEC teams currently stand. With a lot of programs moving up in KenPom's rankings (especially the perceived bottom tier), it most definitely will be a crap shoot come January. Let's dive into some trends that are noteworthy within the league. Continue reading
Holy Cross 69, Sacred Heart 64: Three Thoughts
Good news: Sacred Heart was able to secure a home game for its opener Friday night.
Bad news: It was against Bill Carmody and Holy Cross, a veritable nightmare to prepare for in the first hurdle out of the gate, especially on the offensive end, where the Pioneers were sure to see a seemingly indefatigable variation of purple jerseys in front of them, changing with each possession.
34 Previews in 34 Days: Sacred Heart
Outlook: As the best frontcourt in the league, the pieces are there, but Sacred Heart needs good health and solid backcourt play to emerge as a legitimate NEC contender. Continue reading
Replacing High Volume Scorers Like Elijah Long, Quincy McKnight and Nisre Zouzoua
Over the past 10 days, two noteworthy All-NEC first teamers—Elijah Long and Quincy McKnight—decided to go elsewhere to finish their collegiate careers. Though they haven't signed with a new program as of this posting, the general consensus is that both players will up-transfer. Continue reading


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Jenny Young - Executive Director
Jenny has strategically lead the development of Blue Cabin since 2015 and successfully applied to Arts Council England for funding to deliver Blue Cabin's inaugural project; Head, Heart, Hands Darlington.
Jenny is proud to be from the North East and is passionate about connecting people, communities and organisations to find new ways to build relationships; placing creativity at the centre of this process.
She is excited about working alongside the team to realise the company's mission.
Jane Gray - Blue Cabin Associate
Jane is an experienced arts project manager, specialising in participation with young people in challenging circumstances. She is also an Arts Award Trainer and Moderator, and loves seeing children and young people develop their skills and confidence through the arts; she finds it very difficult to get through a celebration event without crying.
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Eleanor Mooney - Member
Eleanor is an experienced musician, community musician and project manager specialising in vocal delivery, ukulele joy and family learning. She has led the Loud and Clear project at Sage Gateshead since 2009 using the Artist Pedagogue Learning Framework to underpin all activity, working with foster families, adoptive families, young carers, families on the edge of care and more.
Eleanor is committed to using music as a tool for fun, engagement, confidence and enriching relationships and therefore feels very privileged to be working with Blue Cabin.
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Adam Kent - Director
Adam is an experienced senior manager within the arts and cultural sector. He is committed to nurturing creative practice, empowering others and supporting entrepreneurial flair. Adam is currently the Director of Learning and Engagement at The Lowry in Salford and was previously part of the senior management team at Sage Gateshead. In his spare time Adam is passionate about making music with others.


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I write this column knowing I'm likely fighting a losing battle for the attention of the average American who readily reads or watches the latest viral video on what crazy or cute thing a pet or child has done but will not take the time to read one on a very real threat to our national security. I'm counting on leaders within and outside of the public sector to have a greater sense of awareness and civic responsibility.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of cute pets and kids. However, the stakes are getting higher with regard to our national defense and security, and on the anniversary of 9/11 it's as good a time as any to focus on a threat that is not getting its due.
I also write this column knowing that if one of our enemies, say North Korea or Iran, successfully detonates an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) over the U.S., I would not be able to tell you "I told you so" because virtually all electronic devices would be inoperable for quite some time afterward.
Still, I write this column with the fervent hope that I will never have the need to say so. I'm hoping that leaders within and outside of public office will rise to the occasion.
Still, you should know that given the present inclination of even the White House and Congress to follow any new shiny object that could help them politically instead of doing their jobs, I'm not optimistic that we can avoid being subject to an EMP attack. Why my pessimism? First, here's a detailed report by VOA which covers the grim news that we are not well-protected against this national security, economic, social, and political threat.
In fact, according to the headline and the opinions of the experts interviewed for the report, we are defenseless against an EMP attack by the likes of North Korea. And if North Korea is a credible threat, what does that make Russia, China, and Iran? This means that no matter how much our economy has recovered, no matter how well Obamacare is doing, or no matter how many illegal immigrants are granted amnesty, none of it will matter.
This follows last year's Heritage report we published denouncing the claim that this threat is merely theoretical. President Obama and his administration are well-aware of this threat and our defenseless position. And yet, it appears that relatively speaking, not much is being done to counter the threat even though it is reportedly well-known that we are completely defenseless from the south.
I get that most Americans don't see China and Russia as enemies of state. With all due respect to the people of those nations who are acting in good faith in developing stronger economic and social ties to the USA, their regimes are at best going through the motions.
What should a reasonable person do in a such a situation? Clearly, he or she would treat the threat of attack by our enemies differently then any item on the domestic agenda. Scandalously, that's exactly what President Obama and his administration has not done. Of course, being one of the most scandal-ridden presidencies ever, I grant that they have a full plate. However, a leader is responsible to keep the big picture in mind, and deploy the resources of the company, organization, or governmental entity accordingly. Clearly, President Obama is not doing that. And this week, he embarrassingly is trying to play catch-up on the threat posed by the Islamic State (IS) also known as ISIL and ISIS. This after he naively wrote them off as a JV team.
Is President Obama more of a political activist than president and commander-in-chief. Yes, I'm convinced of this even more so today than I was back in 2012 when we published his resume in comparison to Mitt Romney's. You can read them here. He rose to office simply on his rhetorical skills and good intentions. While both are admirable, we are paying the price for his inexperience as a top executive. Judging by recent polls, it appears that the vast majority of Americans have finally awakened to this reality.
But will it be in time to avoid a devastating EMP attack launched by any one or several of our enemies of state? I hope and pray that it will.
I urge each of you as leaders to take action now. What to do?
First, be sure to vote for and support candidates for public office who have the proven experience, skills, and abilities you would require of a direct report in a similar position of responsibility. Congress is effectively the bicameral Board of Directors of the USA. They should be vetted as well as any prospective director of a large company or organization.
Second, of course you can call or write the president if you want, but I personally think that would be a waste of time. Instead, make sure your Congressional representatives understand that you know what they should be focusing on, and insist that they do so. Tell them to treat our national defense and security as the top priority it has been since we won the War for Independence and our nation was born. In particular, urge them to act swiftly to address our vulnerability to an EMP attack. And be sure to end the call or message with a reminder to them that if an enemy is successful in this regard, the phone or computer you are using to communicate with them will instantly become useless.
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Hack your customer's brain
"Information density is by far the most important trend impacting digital marketing today."
Why? Because information overload means more competition for people's most prized resource: attention.
Nothing succeeds without attention—movies don't hit blockbuster status, relationships don't thrive, teeth don't get brushed, and leads don't get generated.
We are all vying for space and time in the attention economy. Or as Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, put it: "[Netflix's] biggest competitors are YouTube, Facebook, and sleep."
So guess what: you're competing with Netflix too. How the heck do you do that?
Grab H.E.R. attention maps
Full disclosure: I'm a cognitive psychologist. And since you're interested in grabbing people's attention, I'm going to outline how it works.
Attention is the brain's way of deciding what's important. It's like a series of micro-decisions that unfold from moment to moment. And those decisions are guided by something called "priority maps."
These priority maps are drawn up through the conversations of three influencers in your brain—Habit, Executive, and Reward—the H.E.R. systems.
Let me introduce you to each of them.
Habit system: the searchlight for stimuli
Imagine walking through a busy city street or shopping mall. Where are your eyes drawn?
Things like flashing lights, human faces, and text. And people jumping in front of you at conference vendor booths.
These are the natural attractors of attention—they're built into our priority maps and stored as Habits in the parietal lobe in the back of your brain. And they're always on the lookout for interesting things around you.
This is why emergency vehicles have flashing lights, and why people's faces adorn effective ads. It's also why animated GIFs work well on social media, and why pop-ups pollute your browsing experience—you can't resist being drawn to them.
Executive system: the project manager
You can also program your own priority maps. Sitting there behind your forehead is the frontal lobe, home to the Executive system. It's the lobe that makes humans special—the reason we can imagine unseen realities and design long-term plans to bring those dreams to life.
The Executive lets us overwrite pre-programmed habits and focus our attention on goals.
So when I need to buy a present for my wife's birthday, or finish a project at work, my Executive is constantly asking "Is what I'm doing now relevant to my goals?" "Is this a good use of my time?"
The Executive also helps consumers filter out the noise—like clickbait banner ads: "Click here to get 100k new followers who really care about you overnight!" Bullshit. People don't even see these ploys anymore. Thanks Executive system.
Reward system: where feelings are born
The third mapmaker is the Reward system, part of the limbic system buried in the middle of your brain. It's the maker of emotions, the dripper of dopamine, the mother of motivation.
The Reward system builds priority maps that lead to pleasure and avoid pain.
In his newest book Pre-Suasion, Robert Cialdini outlines the frontline commanders of attention: the sexual, the threatening, and the different.
Then once you've grabbed attention? Use the self-relevant, the unfinished, and the mysterious to hold on to it. This is the fuel of the Reward system.
Design with the mapmakers in mind
Now what does all this mean for lead generation?
Every time a prospect encounters your brand, H.E.R. systems are playing tug-of-war for their attention. Here's what they're going back and forth about:
- What automatically grabs my gaze and pulls me in? [Habit]
- Is this relevant to me and my goals? [Executive]
- How does it make me feel? Do I like what I see? [Reward]
These questions shape the priority maps that keep a prospect locked on your message, or bouncing out to the next distraction.
And now that you know what's going on inside your customers' minds, let's learn how to make our way inside.


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Mon, 27 August 2012
The finer points of college, the handicapped stall, and phrases we hate are discussed in this symphony of aural delights.
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Mon, 20 August 2012
We find out just how sick Grant is, we impersonate some people with limited effectiveness, and Ryan regrets being from Florida.
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Mon, 6 August 2012
It's been one whole year of absolute bullshit. I would now like to thank Ian Lokey. Me. For editing each one of these god forsaken podcasts. Give me money. I don't wanna be a slut. I wanna be a whore. A cheap one.
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Many people love to design websites, but they aren't quite sure how to organize their pages. Like anything in life, organization is key and the same goes for your website. If the site is not organized then you will have frustrated visitors who cannot find anything. Continue on to the article below for some great tips on how to best design an organized website.
When developing a website, you must check out how it looks in various browsers. This will help you to make sure your site works for everyone. So keep up with the latest browsers an test them out and check out your website on them. In addition, let someone who uses an operating system that differs from yours check the site for compatibility.
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As stated from the article above, it is very important when you design your website that you have it organized properly. If your site is disorganized then nobody will find anything and it will leave your audience annoyed. Apply the advice from this article so you can design a website that won't make your visitors click out of it in frustration.