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Current Research Projects
Urban Manager for Security, Safety and Crisis Management (URBIS)
Funded by the Leonardo da Vinci Life Long Learning Programme of the Education and Culture DG of the European Commission
Euro 505,475
- The URBIS project questions the possibilities for 'urban security management' given the increasing freedom of movement of people, goods and services across national borders, an increasingly austere economic climate and consequent pressures on governing capacity in European cities. The distinctiveness of the current situation is captured in the idea of 'acting locally while thinking globally' about threats to the freedom and security of European citizens. In particular the project explores which public authorities are empowered and legally obliged to manage urban security, what skills and competencies they have to undertake this responsibility and what educational and training provision currently exists in support of their work. On the basis of this review, the project will consider any further need to professionalise this area of work. It will then design and trial a postgraduate-level programme of teaching and learning emphasising a comparative understanding of urban security in Europe and questioning the possibilities for exchanging expertise and experience amongst public authorities.
- Project Partners: Sinergie, Italy; Cardiff University, UK; University of Maribor, Slovenia and the regional government of Izmir, Turkey
- Cardiff University Investigators: Adam Edwards, Gordon Hughes and Nicholas Lord
Understanding the Role of Social Media in the Aftermath of Youth Suicides
Funded by the Department of Health Policy Research Programme, England
This study will gather evidence need about young people's use of the internet and how to prevent media encouragement of suicidal behaviour. The research is important as there has been considerable concern about how the use of social media may have contributed to the maintenance of suicide clusters, for example in the case of Bridgend in early 2008. The study will do this by using the Collaborative Online Social Media Observatory (COSMOS) to collect and explore social media communication (especially via Twitter and Facebook). It will compare how social media communication is used following suicides and traffic accidents in young people aged 18 or under. In particular attention will be paid to: i) the frequency of such communication; ii) what sentiments are expressed; and iii) any social networks revealed by social media contacts. Deaths of young people in England during the study period will be identified via Child Death Overview Panels and daily news media searches. Increased knowledge and understanding about how social media are used following a young person's death will be valuable for health, education and social care services. Improvements to the COSMOS platform following the study could be used to identify of the risk of suicide clusters in future. The study will also provide a foundation for the development of interventions to encourage help-seeking in young people via social media. The study will deal with very sensitive issues, so although the social media communication studied will be publicly available, all data will be thoroughly anonymised before any results are presented. Where confidential information needs to be passed to the research team, a secure website will be used. The proposed study builds on a research council-funded project to establish COSMOS. The research team includes expertise in the social context of suicide, computer science and the study of communication, both online and offline.
Investigators: Jonathan Scourfield, Peter Burnap, Adam Edwards, William Housley, Nina Jacob and Matthew Williams
Hate Speech and Social Media: Understanding Users, Networks and Information Flows
Funded by ESRC and Google (Google Data Analytics Social Science Research Call)
£124, 986
The aim of the project is to develop a probabilistic model-based methodology and resultant computational tool to inform the social scientific interpretation of the formation and spread of hate speech and antagonistic content in social media networks, as well as its consequences and reactions to it. Project partners include Google.
Investigators: William Housley, Matthew Williams, Adam Edwards, Pete Burnap, Omer Rana, Alex Voss, Rob Procter and Vince Knight
Social Media and Prediction: Crime Sensing, Data Integration and Statistical Modelling
Funded by ESRC /NCRM Methodological Innovation
The key objective of this project is to develop the repurposing of user generated social media data for social research by developing innovative methodological and computational tools for establishing the link between online and offline behaviour. This will entail building statistical models based on social media data that forecast offline social phenomena. Project partners include the Metropolitan Police Service and the Office for National Statistics.
Investigators: Matthew Williams, William Housley, Adam Edwards, Luke Sloan, Pete Burnap, Omer Rana, Alex Voss and Rob Procter
Completed Research Projects
Supporting Empirical Digital Social Research for the Social Sciences with a Virtual Research Environment
Funded by JISC
The Schools of Social Sciences (SOCSI) and Computer Science & Informatics (COMSC) at Cardiff University have, over the past 18 months, established the SOCSI/COMSC research network, an interdisciplinary research group with academic staff from both schools collaborating and sharing best practice in research and teaching. The SOCSI/COMSC research network has already secured a funded ESRC Wales DTC 4 year postgraduate studentship, and an ESRC research grant to develop data harvesting and analysis methods and tools to detect tension and cohesion in online social networks. The ERSC grant has supported the network in developing the Cardiff Online Social Media Observatory (COSMOS), an information collection, archival and analysis engine for harvesting freely available socially significant data from sources such as social networking sites, blogs, micro-blogs, RSS feeds and Open Data (e.g. crime rates), and analyzing the harvested dataset to detect community tension and cohesion indicators. We propose to enhance COSMOS and engage the wider social scientific research community by extending it to provide an innovative virtual research environment (VRE). Researchers need to be able to use COSMOS data and pose hypothetical "what-if" questions, trying different combinations of social data analysis methods to confirm or refute an informal hypothesis, and then stress testing it further until a coherent and arguable position emerges.
Investigators: Peter Burnap, Adam Edwards, William Housley, Matthew Williams, Omer Rana, Nick Avis
Digital Social Research Tools, Tension Indicators and Safer Communities: a demonstration of the Cardiff Digital Research Platform
Funded by the ESRC
The SOCSI/COMSC Research Network was established in 2010 and is committed to promoting closer collaboration between computer and social scientists in the context of a key area of innovation in social research. Namely Web 2.0 technology, data representation, data harvesting, data analysis, visual analytics and informatics. These efforts will crystallise around the construction of a suite of digital social scientific methodological tools. The group is also concerned with the application and evaluation of existing analytic resources in relation to social scientific questions and problems as well as work concerned with the theorisation and conceptual framing of the emerging contours of digital society. Our empirical research programme is contextualised in terms of the 'coming crisis of empirical sociology' (Savage and Burrows, 2007), which is located in the increasing asymmetry between traditional social scientific methods and the power of transactional data generated through the internet. Our projects move beyond this perceived crisis through ground breaking, revolutionary, interdisciplinary engineering solutions for next generation social scientific research. This work will assist in the practical facilitation of the proposed Cardiff Digital Research Platform (CDRP, subsequently re-named the Collaborative On-line Social Media ObServatory, 'COSMOS'). With the explosion in social media and the interactive web (Web2.0) the potential for systematic data mining and mixed method analysis in relation to key social science concerns and questions is now possible; the CDRP will provide a means of operationalising a next generation 'social computational methodological tool kit'. It will also provide a means of augmenting social science research training, building research capacity and shaping the conduct of social inquiry for the 21st century.
Investigators: Matthew Williams, William Housley, Adam Edwards, Malcolm Williams, Omer Rana and Nick Avis
Requirements Analysis for Social Media Analysis Research Tools
Funded by the ESRC
The explosion of 'born-digital' data generated as a by-product of the increasing adoption of social media means that the social sciences are facing a data deluge that promises to revolutionise research, but which the research community is presently not equipped to exploit. While the sheer volume of such data presents challenges for the social sciences, such data is now being routinely analysed by industry for its own purposes. Where, in the past, academic social science was an obligatory point of passage for those wanting to learn about social phenomena, there is now a danger that social scientific research is simply bypassed by powerful actors with access to vast datasets. COSMOS is dedicated to helping social researchers meet this challenge and to re-invigorate their interest and leadership in the development of research methods. The methodology we have developed combines techniques that make use of computer-based tools to explore and structure this new form of data.
Investigators: Peter Burnap, William Housley, Matthew Williams, Omer Rana, Adam Edwards, Nick Avis & Rob Proctor
Evaluation of the Office for Night-Time Economy Co-ordination in Cardiff
Funded by Safer Capital (Cardiff Community Safety Partnership) and Cardiff Centre for Crime, Law and Justice
Investigator: Adam Edwards
Evaluation of the Welsh Assembly Government's Safer Communities Fund for Youth Crime Prevention
Funded by the Welsh Government's Community Safety Research Programme
The Safer Communities Fund (SCF), of the Welsh Assembly Government, is the major source of funding dedicated to youth crime prevention work in Wales. The fund is administered through the 22 local Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs). In 2006-2009, a total of 13,473,498, was distributed to CSPs, for projects seeking to reduce youth crime and disorder. The research identified examples of good practice in working with young people to divert them from anti-social behaviour and crime.
Project partners: Cardiff University, Swansea University and ARCS Ltd
Cardiff University Investigators: Adam Edwards and Gordon Hughes
The Role of the Community Safety Officer in Wales
Funded by the Wales Association of Community Safety Officers
This research was funded by the Welsh Association of Community Safety Officers and provides the first all-Wales evaluation of the diverse and changing roles of community safety managers and officers across all twenty two local authorities in Wales. The research methods deployed included a questionnaire survey, textual analysis of key policy documents, in-depth interviews with local lead officers, elected members, and key Home Office and Welsh Assembly Government civil servants. The work of these new experts in supposed 'joined-up', multi-agency community governance is investigated in the context of the changing political and policy context of the Home Office reform programme around crime and disorder reduction and community safety partnerships across England and Wales as well as the particular agenda on community safety associated with the partially devolved powers of the Welsh Assembly Government. The report focuses particularly on the voices and narratives of the increasingly important but often frustrated front-line managers and workers in the local governance of safety and ordering.
Investigators: Adam Edwards and Gordon Hughes
Policy Responses to Transnational Organised Crime
Economic and Social Research Council
The perceived threat of 'transnational organised crime' to Western societies has been of huge interest to politicians, policy-makers and social scientists over the last decade. This project considers the origins of this crime, how it has been defined and measured, and the appropriateness of governments' policy responses. It is argued that while serious harm is often caused by transnational criminal activity - for example, trafficking in human beings - the construction of that criminal activity as an external threat obscures the origins of these crimes in the markets for illicit goods and services within the 'threatened' societies. As such, the research questions the extent to which global crime can be controlled through law enforcement initiatives and alternative policy initiatives are considered. It questions whether transnational organised crime will retain its place on the policy agendas of the United Nations and European Union in the wake of the 'war on terror'.
Investigators: Adam Edwards and Peter Gill


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Despite such protective measures, religious leaders were still horrified by the craze for tango. One wrote: "We condemn the dance imported from abroad known under the name of the tango, which, by its nature, is indecent and offensive to morals, and in which Christians may not in conscience take part. It will, therefore, be the duty of confessors to take notice of this in the administration of the sacrament of penance."
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No drop of water is too small to be saved. You can also use ice to water plants on a regular basis. It allows plants to absorb the water slowly, and generally uses less water than traditional watering. (Photo by Olivia Hubert-Allen/KQED)
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Skip the rinsing, already! Scrape food scraps into a compost bin instead of rinsing them down the drain. Garbage disposals require a lot of water to work properly (and composting is pretty great.) Modern dishwashers have gotten good at cleaning stuck-on food without using as much water as hand-washing. By rinsing beforehand, you're not only wasting water, but also time. (Photo by Peapod Labs/Flickr)
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Aquilina of the Sea Cliffs is a retired Decurion of mixed Germanic/Celtic/Lombard ancestry, originally from Noricum (Austria). She served under Imperator Diocletian in the Equites Dalmatae Sagittorum. Stationed with the Roman Auxilia at Hadrian's Wall, she served a full and faithful tour of duty before settling near Pons Aelius (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne) to run an inn. Aquilina is tolerated by the locals more than the average Roman soldier would be due to her red hair, but is more famed for her brewing. Not easy to do in the land of the Picts, but she matches with her strange honey-mead beverage the best heather ale the Cumbrians have to offer.
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...attempts to capture the scenes of life's journey.
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Saturday, April 19, 2014
Windy Beach.....diehard beach goers are not deterred by Juno Beach's high surf. Easter week in the Sunshine State...!
Monday, March 31, 2014
Spring Training Final
The Mets head north…the final pre-season game of 2014 left the METS with a few unanswered questions! Let the games begin...
Friday, March 21, 2014
Egret, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
Putting on a show for the camera!
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Rookery, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
Anhinga, a florida version of cormorant type bird drying his feathers in the warm sunshine.
Wednesday, March 05, 2014
Rookies, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
Being invited to training camp really is a very big deal. Most "rookies" will leave camp one year closer to making the "Show". Very few ballplayers make it to the majors without putting time in at the minor league level. A very high percentage of hopefuls never get to break into the minors!
Bat Focus
Bat Focus, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Happy Wright
Happy Wright, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
Spring Training is such an positive time of year. A whole season ahead, nobody is in last place and everyone's batting average is the same! As a fan, it's wonderful to get "up close and personal" with some of the players.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Waiting to Bat
Waiting to Bat, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
It must be THAT time again! The boys of summer have invaded the spring days of Florida. The New York Mets have settled in to Port St Lucie.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Beach Nights
Harbour Village Sunset, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
Sometimes a picture still is worth a thousand words.....
Monday, February 17, 2014
Morning Light
Morning Light, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
Florida Sunrise... Juno Beach on a warm peaceful morning.
Friday, February 14, 2014
Surfing Safari
Surfing Safari, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
Windy and rough attracts a certain crowd. The Jupiter Beach surf has it's fans for sure...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Down The Inlet
Down The Inlet, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
Still feeling a bit like an escapee…. on Long Island it's 17 degrees with more snow on the way!
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Busy Inlet
Busy Inlet, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
February afternoon in Jupiter Inlet. Gloating is very bad form AND I hear it is about 65 degrees warmer here today than it is in Fire Island Inlet.
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
Pelican Watch
Pelican Watch, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
Meanwhile, in Palm Beach County….Escaping winter always seems like a good idea to me AND this year avoiding the non-stop northeast snow looks like a stroke of genius. Long Island weather for the first week of February calls for two (with a chance of a third) major snow storms!
Market Jars
Market Jars, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
Choices….looking for specialties in edibles? Philly's Reading Market awaits you.
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Reading Terminal Market
Reading Terminal Market, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
From Amish to Kosher...if it's delicious you will find it here! Stroll past the freshest of seafood and take in the aroma of just baked warm pies and breads amidst the aisles of produce, preserves and jams. Philadelphia's Reading Terminal Market should be on every foodies' bucket list!
Lits one, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
On the corner of 7th and Market...Lit Brothers was an iconic Philadelphia department store. Photographed during my recent "return to my roots" tour, it brought a smile to my face. Sadly, Lits is long gone though the building remains. For generations of Philly Christmas shoppers, long before Malls, it was a required stop!
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Eagle, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
People of a certain age who grew up in Philly will recognize this old bird! "Meet me at the Eagle" was how you met up with friends downtown...way before cell phones and text messaging. The Eagle, of course, was located on Market Street in the old Wannamakers Dept. store.
Thursday, January 09, 2014
Windy Shore
Windy Shore, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
No snow but plenty of wind….The arctic blast from the north has created some rather treacherous sea conditions in southern Florida. Small craft advisories have been posted for several days now. Shifting winds from the north and east in the 25mph+ range make for unsafe boating conditions.
Tuesday, January 07, 2014
Lifeguard Station
Lifeguard Station, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
Temperatures hovering around 50 degrees, empty beaches and crowded shopping malls…Southern Florida handles the frigid cold front. Meanwhile it's 9 degrees on Long Island.
Monday, January 06, 2014
Sea Oates Two
Sea Oates Two, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
Southern Florida has escaped the bitter blast of arctic air that has gripped most of the US. We are hearing that soon things will change rapidly. Palm Beach County will see temperatures in the 80's today, tonight they will plummet to the low 40's! When Floridians look to put on socks you know it's cold!
Thursday, January 02, 2014
Running the Inlet, Florida
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Labels: boating, Florida, Jupiter Inlet
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Liberty Bell
Liberty Bell, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
Random Shots has been off the radar for a few weeks…but we're back! Lots to post and catching up to do…A recent visit to my home town and a feel for that Philadelphia Freedom.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Stairs, originally uploaded by Chris S Thorpe.
Fancy steps....marble molding and trim. More from the Woolworth building in NYC.
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Hacks for Your Portfolio
AnnaLisa is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
"Hacking" your portfolio is a good thing. A life hack is a new term for making life easier and as stressful as investing can be, some basic things to remember can keep you off the Xanax and tequila.
- Best of breed
- Get some yield
- Know the field.
If you can buy a stock that is the best of its industry, offers some yield, and is in a field you either know well or feel you can keep up with, that is a great hack stock (in the good sense of the word).
You must be this big to ride
A Dividend Aristocrat, one that has raised dividends for 25 years or more, is a good starting point. There are maybe 50 of these companies in any given year, as some drop off and others come on.
Buying a Dividend Aristocrat guarantees a few things-- the company has at least a $3 billion market cap. In other words, you must be this big to ride and a member of the S&P 500 club. Volume in the stock has to be at least $5 million in 6 months. Frankly, I wouldn't want a stock that hadn't traded that much in half a year. Some examples companies you are probably familiar with are Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), Monsanto, Chevron, and McDonald's.
What a Dividend Aristocrat doesn't guarantee is that it is a good buy at its current price. Many names on the list now have trailing P/Es in the mid- 20s or higher. It also doesn't promise a sizzling growth rate; most of these have single digit growth rates. One I like that isn't as well-known as these iconic names is consumer staple Clorox (NYSE: CLX)
Better hygiene and germophobia
Clorox, with a trailing P/E of 19.69, is one of the smallest of well-known consumer staples but it will mop up any portfolio mess with its 3.30% yield, raised for 37 consecutive years and just raised 11% recently. Its trailing P/E is lower than competitors Procter & Gamble, Colgate Palmolive (NYSE: CL), and Church & Dwight.
The company has benefited from trends toward better hygiene (huzzah!) and germophobia from annual flu outbreaks. It also has a varied product mix aside from cleaning products, including Hidden Valley dressings and sauces, Burt's Bees personal care, Kingsford Charcoal, Glad plastics, Brita water filters, and kitty litter.
The company has some innovative products in its pipeline with new Burt's Bees cosmetics, a Nickelodeon branded Brita water bottle in time for Back to School, and new laundry additive products.
The company reported Q4 results on August 1. Margins expanded 130 bp for the quarter and full year EPS growth was 5%. The big takeaway was that the competition sat up and took notice of Clorox's record shipments of disinfecting wipes during flu season and have ramped up their own promotional spending. However, regulatory and client expectations of cleanliness have boosted their Professional products division for cleaning.
CEO Don Knauss said, "We anticipate stronger top line performance in the second half as our plans to address the competitive environment take hold and we benefit from innovation." (source: Seeking Alpha transcript). Remember, flu season is imminent.
Clorox resembles what Procter & Gamble looked like a few years ago before it jettisoned its food products to concentrate on home and fabric care, personal grooming, and family and baby care. If only Clorox would buy a coffee company.
Procter & Gamble has a 21.05 trailing P/E now and a 2.90% yield. That yield has been consistently raised for 57 years straight. The two companies have similar PEGs with Clorox at 2.41 and Procter & Gamble at 2.35.
Both are similarly poised to expand emerging markets. P&G earns $33 billion in revenue from emerging markets. In an interview on CNBC after earnings CEO Knauss reported that developed markets' growth was slowing down and the company was bullish on Latin America, in particular.
It must be noted Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway lightened up in Procter & Gamble as his latest 13-F filing showed. But Pershing Square's Bill Ackman cut his stake to 9 million shares, a 68% reduction, in the packaged goods giant even after his activist push for a new CEO succeeded, losing CEO Bob McDonald and bringing back former CEO Alan George Lafley. Ackman also agitated for a big push into emerging markets. The stock is currently trading around $80.00 as is Clorox but at the Ira Sohn Conference he stated implementing his suggested changes would take Procter & Gamble to the $120s in just a few short years.
Colgate Palmolive gives "best of breed" a new meaning as it operates in two divisions: Pet Nutrition and Oral, Personal, and Home Care. This company, founded in 1806, is trading at the richest trailing P/E of the three at 24.96 and the lowest yield at 2.20%. With 123 years of continuous dividend payouts and 51 years straight of raises there's little need to worry if they can cover the yield.
Despite the rich valuation here, Colgate Palmolive has the most exposure to emerging markets with a full 50% of revenue from these faster growing regions with another 30% coming from other international markets, exactly the opposite of Clorox (80% US originated revenue). The company sells to over 200 countries compared to Clorox's 100.
Its brands, like Procter & Gamble and Clorox, often hold #1 or 2 market share. Also its Pet Nutrition division is well positioned for growth as pet care is the second fastest growing sector of retail after electronics.
The Foolish takeaway
So, all three are best of breed and have yield. Clorox is the bargain of the bunch with the highest yield and at the smallest market cap of $11.1 billion is not as heavily covered as the other two. It is innovating, expanding internationally, and I like the way it looks like a small Procter & Gamble in its heyday. If you could buy Colgate Palmolive much, much lower at a point where its yield was closer to 3% that would be an especially good lifehack for your portfolio.
Now, it's your chance to know the field and do due diligence. With three Dividend Aristocrats to choose from "hacking" your portfolio, they've already done the heavy lifting for you.
AnnaLisa Kraft has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Procter & Gamble. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Is this post wrong? Click here. Think you can do better? Join us and write your own!


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Be Informed. Be Active. Be Healthy.
Welcome to Santa Monica's new web portal just for seniors and adults 50+. Use to it to get connected to the events, programs and services available to you.
Let's Talk with Rochelle LeBlanc!!
City of Santa Monica's CityTV and the Commission for the Senior Community teamed up for a talk show targeted towards adults that are over the age of 50. Watch the first season on YouTube at: www.youtube.com/user/SantaMonicaCSC
The City of Santa Monica now has FREE Electric Beach Wheelchairs for the public to use!!!


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North Carolina History
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- Precolonial Period (pre-1600)
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- American Revolution (1763-1789)
- Early Statehood (1789-1820)
- Antebellum (1820-1861)
- Civil War (1861-1865)
- Reconstruction (1865-1876)
- Gilded Age (1876-1900)
- N.C. Industrial Revolution (1900-1929)
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Great Depression (1929-1941)
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u should put more for 4th graders.
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u put more info about the food, clothing, culture, goernment, and housing about back then in 1700s
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Georgia's the name. Lets not make a joke about it.
Shamelessly promoting myself because I take pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/needsheryang/
20 New York City kid, music editor of Loomings, photojournalist, enneagram type 5, Pokemon fanatic, trained pianist for 14 years and a Libra.
There, a very long run on sentence describing anything worth knowing about me.
I'll take your pictures, I'll watch anime with you, I will cuddle with ya but don't ask me to play you a sonata.
I think I covered the basics.
This guy based his final project in Buddhism class on Super Smash Brothers. Are you joking me? I'm so happy. #buddhism #supersmashbros #n64 #sunypurchase #college #hashtags (at Purchase College)
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spring bird, gouache
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Against the Grain - found on the Bruce Mau Design blog
Tags: video stop motion animation illustration
Collage portraits by Anthony Zinonos.
Found via poppytalk
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Gorgeous paper-cuts of Vancouver's coastline.
Tags: paper Illustration map geography
Nashville's Harry Underwood feels like summer to me.
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Engravings by Albin Brunovsky
(Source: andrewharlow)
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Beautiful vintage-inspired prints by Delphine Bourgeois
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It's no secret that I'm a huge Bowie fan, so you can imagine how excited I got to spotted him on Judy Kaufmann's collection of Famous People prints.
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Storm catching
(via orangestraws)
Tags: Illustration
Elsie Marley's sweet mini-quilts.
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Chris and I are having fun planning the details of our wedding in June. We have been scouring the thrift stores instead of the bridal magazines. This illustration is by Julia Rothman (via Design*Sponge)
Nothing is interesting unless it is personal – Billy Baldwin
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I taught college economics for 5 years. I have read Keynes. His theories work only in the vacuum of a limited supply of money for private citizens and an unlimited supply of money for governments. Any government on the planet that instituted his policies saw IMMEDIATELY that they did not work. Governments cannot have an unlimited supply of money...that money comes from the LIMITED supply held by private citizens (and corporations). Keynes theories have been tried (repeatedly) and have failed (repeatedly). Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.


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Tim PinderNonye, whilst I agree largely with what you say, I get the feeling that you are advocating a country by country approach for big brands.
Having worked across the African continent for the past 10 years on brands like Coca-cola, Celtel and Zain, what I learned is that human truths are the same everywhere. True, one size does not fit all, but when it comes to execution of advertising, we all have the same basic wants and needs. Maslow defined that years ago.
I have heard all too often, especially from Nigeria, that you have to create your own commercials because 'things are different in Nigeria'. That is true, but that is a whole other conversation.
We, very successfully made Pan African commercials that built strong brands using the human truth approach.
I hear of so many brands wanting to localize. You end up with small budgets, a lack of clear direction and locally poor results. Sure, small local brands will make that work, but that is all they will ever be. Small local brands. Global brands require global thinking. Sure, local knowledge is important and I am in no way saying discount it, but do not become a slave to research that says zig, when you know the brand needs to zag.
Local can be employed for certain aspects of a brands offering, but don't get too bogged down by local nuances.
Nonye JThank you for your comment Tim. I agree with you in the sense that it is the essence of a brand I.e 'the human truth' that connects us as consumers. What I am referring to in my article is 'how' the human truth gets connected. I.e How do you communicate this human truth. What channels? Which stakeholders'. How does the global brand become relevant and have ROI in an African local market.
Shareefa ChristleyHi Nonye, fantastic article. Although brands may represent invaluable intangible assets, creating and nurturing a strong brand poses considerable challenges. Many business executives now recognize, perhaps one of the most valuable assets that any firm has is the processes and factory designs often can be duplicated, strongly held beliefs and attitudes established in the mind of consumers often cannot be so easily reproduced. The difficulty and expense of introducing new products however always puts more pressure to skillfully launch new products as well as managing existing brands. One always has to reflect new thinking concepts in order to adopt stronger global perspectives by updating and streamlining. The emphasis is placed on understanding the psychological principles at individual or organizational levels as to how to improve decision making with respect to brands.
Valentino AlilyHi Nonye, great write up indeed. Loved it. It is absolutely true that iti is 'the human truth' that connects us as consumers and even as people. While I agree with Tim that our desires and needs often cut across race, religion and beliefs that have global similarity; the issue of 'differentiation' must not be ignored in the push for universal homogeneity. What has kept Africa in the shadows for so long is our belief that a European or American branding and creative concept must fit our perspectives. It never does. So, quite clearly we must consider local factors in every country system we hope to impact in. In investing in Africa we must identify the 'differentiating' factor that makes Angola, for instance, different from Cote de Voire and use that as the basis for creating unique branding concepts that can impact favourably in our choice target market. Of course ROI is evidently the final arbiter for assessing how effective our branding and marketing concepts did, but success in any market, particularly in Africa, comes with some degree of 'differentiation'-appreciation in our research process.
Tim PinderOne final from me, You are 100% right Valentino, there has to be room for local nuances. As we are all saying, one size can not fit all, but a big idea should work where ever. But it may need a local adaptation.


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I am thrilled to be the guest all week on the Yo, Is This Racist? Podcast. Inspired by the blog of the same name, the podcast is pretty much what it sounds like it would be: people leave voicemails asking if various things could be considered racist. It might surprise you to hear that pretty much everything is clearly racist.
One note for the listener: at one point I declare that when a woman displays racist tendencies, it saddens me more than when a man does, and host Andrew Ti asks me why. And I stammer and sputter and can't truly articulate why. Much later, it came to me: because women are so often treated like garbage for no other reason than because they are women, I guess I had come to expect more empathy from women when it comes to being discriminated against, since they definitely know how it feels.
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It's EVERYONE'S responsibility to not be racist. "Responsibility," you ask? "Yes," I answer! Oh, you're free to be racist, of course. You can be racist all you want. Be racist in a box, be racist with a fox. But if you're going to keep your mind that closed, if you are incurious about perspectives other than the one you've just always had, please know that you are opting out of basic human decency.
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Kesha Rose Sebert (Born March 1, 1987), better known as Kesha (stylized as Ke$ha), is an American recording artist. Her breakthrough came in early 2009 after appearing on Flo Rida's number one single "Right Round". Pictures of Ke$ha / Kesha at Gossipcenter.com.
Revealing a new look, Kesha posed a few photos to Instagram showing off her mint green locks over the weekend.
The "Tik Tok" singer asked her followers what color to dye her hair before heading to the salon by sending a mass tweet that read, "what color should my hair be?" and "I'm a rainbow so what should come next."
She's all over town promoting "Rising Star," and Kesha arrived to her New York City hotel with a gaggle of excited fans waiting for her on Friday (July 25).
The "Tik Tok" beauty passed along a wave and showed off her hand tat before stepping inside her Big Apple hotel.
Before she was a blossoming pop sensation, Kesha was desperate to make a name for herself. During her visit for "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," the blue haired beauty revealed just how much she wanted to get discovered.
The 27-year-old singer told Fallon that before she was famous, she broke into Prince's house to drop off a demo. "It was so easy." Kesha said she gave the gardener five bucks and slid under the security gate before sneaking inside the "Purple Rain" singer's home.
Opting for another hair switch, Kesha strolled through LAX International Airport on Tuesday afternoon (July 22).
Donning a darling floral dress, the "Tik Tok" singer clung onto her body guard as she flashed a peach sign towards the paparazzi and showed off her newly dyed blue 'do.
She's never one to miss out on a fun-filled event and last night (July 15) Kesha got all gussied up and hit the red carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of "Planes: Fire & Rescue."
Sporting a cleavage-baring black dress with lavender locks, the "Grow a Pear" singer worked the arrivals area with "Rising Star" cohorts Brad Paisley and Ludacris.
Ready to move on and continue to lead a better life, Kesha wrote about her experience in rehab for the July 2014 issue of Elle UK.
In her poignant essay, the 27-year-old singer opened up about her two-month stint in the facility and the pressures female pop stars receive in the music industry.
She's had a ton of ups and downs throughout her life and career, and Kesha sounds like she's stronger than ever in her cover story for Teen Vogue.
The "Your Love is My Drug" singer kicks things off with the obvious topic that's on everybody's mind these days.
She's in a great place after spending a few months in rehab, and Kesha is giving some credit to her new beau, Brad Ashenfelter.
While chatting with Ryan Seacrest this week (June 20), the "Timber" hottie said that she's not only happy and healthy, but she's also in love.
She's been focusing on maintaining a healthy lifestyle as of late and Kesha hit up Crossroads Vegan Restaurant in West Hollywood on Tuesday evening (June 17) for some delicious eats.
The "TiK ToK" singer was more than happy to chat with her fans and sign autographs as she made her exit and sped off into the night.
With so much glitter and glam, Kesha made sure to show up at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas tonight (May 18).
Looking very healthy and happy post-rehab, the "Die Young" star mingled with Brad Paisley and host Ludacris before enjoying the night's main event.
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The Calgary Stampeders announced both moves on Wednesday.
Parker played 17 regular season games with the Stampeders in 2013, setting career-highs in catches (21) and yards (217). Parker also scored the first two touchdowns of his CFL career.
"Anthony made important strides in his development last season and we believe that the best is yet to come," said head coach John Hufnagel. "Even though he has already been with us for three years, Anthony is still only 24 years old and I look forward to watching his continued growth as a player."
Bell spent his first two CFL seasons with the B.C. Lions and after registering just five tackles in his rookie season, he totaled 49 tackles and one interception in 2013.
"Joshua is a talented player with experience on both sides of the border who has established himself as a very good CFL player," said head coach and general manager John Hufnagel. "With the departure of several members of our secondary this off-season, he has an excellent opportunity to step in and play an important role with us this season."
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Free agent running back Brandon Whitaker told the Montreal Alouettes he is going to wait to be cleared medically in May before working out for NFL teams in hopes of landing a job south of the border.
Whitaker suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament last September and missed the rest of the season.
With Chad Kackert deciding to re-sign with the Toronto Argonauts, Whitaker is the most sought-after running back available in the free agent pool, if healthy.
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disorder; and 231 with bipolar I disorder or schizoaffective disorder,
manic type, began the follow-up study. Direct interviews took place at
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How To: Make a Pegboard Wall Organizer
Project: Pegboard Wall Organizer
Time: An afternoon
Cost: $30.00 (more or less)
Our DIY home organization project for the New Year involved hanging a pegboard organizer in our tiny kitchen. Although we found lots of how-tos for installing pegboard on the web, very few of them had detailed instructions and supply lists, so we thought it would be helpful to document our own experience in step-by-step form.
Tools and Resources:
• One 2x4-foot pegboard*
• Two 4-foot 1x2 planks
• Wood screws and plastic drywall anchors
• Drill
• Level
• Tape measure
• Pencil
• Paint (we used some leftover Behr 510B-5 Jamaican Sea in semigloss)
• Paint tray and roller
• Assorted pegboard hooks
*We bought our supplies at Home Depot, where pegboard, wood, screws, and hooks added up to about $30, but you could also find similar supplies at most hardware stores. Many hardware stores will cut the pegboard and 1x2s to a custom size. It's a good idea to use semigloss (or even high-gloss) paint for the finish, since it's easier to clean and wipe down.
Step by Step:
- With your tape measure, figure out where you want to position the pegboard on the wall.
- Use a pencil and level to mark the vertical (long) edges of the pegboard on the wall.
- From the vertical marks on the wall, measure 1 inch in and mark the spots for your drywall anchors. We used 6 anchors total (3 for each 1x2 support).
- Using a level to make sure the anchors are correctly aligned, drill your drywall anchors into the wall.
- Using the level again to check that your edges are straight, line up the first 1x2 against the wall, so that its broad surface is flush against the wall.
- Drill your wood screws through the 1x2 and into the drywall anchors.
- As you go, it helps to hold your pegboard up against the 1x2s to make sure it's straight and the edges line up.
- When you're finished, you'll have two 1x2s fastened to the wall, like train track rails.
- Hold your pegboard up against the 1x2s and line it up so that the edges are flush.
- Along the edge of the pegboard, thread a short wood screw through one of the peg holes.
- Drill the screw through the peg hole and into the 1x2.
- Repeat this step using as many screws as you think you need to hang the pegboard on its supports. We used 6 screws.
- Pour the paint into the tray and use your roller to coat the pegboard.
- Apply the paint in fairly thin layers. Otherwise, the peg holes will get gunked up with paint.
- Allow the paint to dry, then repaint with a second coat. We found that two coats were plenty for proper coverage.
- Arrange the hooks on your pegboard, hang your stuff, and you're all set!
We're really happy with the results. In addition to organizing our pots and pans, the pegboard adds a shot of color to our otherwise plain apartment kitchen. We worried about the pegboard looking cluttered, but the fact that everything's contained in a compact area makes it feel very organized.
For more pegboard inspiration, check out these posts:
• Heather's DIY Pegboard Organizer
• 7 Places to Use Pegboard from Martha Stewart
• Peg Board Roundup
• Open Storage in Small Kitchens
• How To: Install a Pegboard
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WHERE did you get that hand on a stick?
thebradseed, it's from plowsharing crafts in st. louis.
Thank you! Thank you!
I want a large pegboard in my new Art Studio! This post is exactly what I need ~~
I love this idea, and have written about it as well. You can also cut out templates of the cookware and spray paint around them so you remember where everything goes! Julia Child drew around all of her cookware so when she took something down the outline was there.
yay plowshare st louis!
hooray! thanks so much for this post. i've seen the idea floating around and always wanted to do it, and step-by-step instructions are much more motivating than just pictures.
I've been meaning to do this forever. Thanks so much for the how-to! I'll be linking in today's Daily DIY.
Peg boards are great! I used one as door on a book shelf.
I cut the pegboard the same size as the bookshelf, attached a long wooden strip down one side. The attached hinges to the edge of the bookshelf and to the wooden strip. It stays closed with a magnet on the opposite side.
Turns a bookshelf into a pantry AND you can hang your pots on it!
Hrm, I wonder if I can mount a pegboard in my window (I have a 'window' between my front entryway and kitchen. I could put a gook on the other side to hang my keys on >.>
omgomgomg! this pegboard looks EXACTLY like the one i made for my own kitchen, down to the color and everything! i think i did everything about the same way as well, except that i used 4 1x2 planks to make a rectangular frame, and i didn't use drywall hooks. when i started out i had no clue what i was doing, but the people at Home Depot were extremely helpful.
Thanks for this post! It helped me make my own kitchen pegboard:-)
A while back I read this post, and decided to make one aswell :) Here's mine! http://raptortoe.com/2010/02/23/pegboard-wall-organizer/
Kathy, why would you need a husband to do that...
I've used the metal bulletboard pegboard. The best part about it is that it is magnetic too so I could use magnet clips as well as the pegs. Worked great for storage in my pantry and craft room.
I have about 80 bottles of spices and NO spare cupboard space in our new apt. Anybody make a pegboard spice rack?
Nothing jute twine and hot glue wouldn't fix Juliejoy. Put a little jute "loop" on your spice bottles. You could also glue small magnets to the jars and opposite magnets to the pegboard or plywood.
There is an article ( http://www.classyclutter.blogspot.com/2012/05/build-your-own-extra-storage-diy-canned.html ) on how to build a slide out storage rack. This could easily be adapted down in size or spices!
Have you had any problems with the paint peeling? I'm wanting to paint pegboards to display my student's work outside of my classroom, but I'm worried about the peel factor.
Thanks for the post! I've been dying to try something like this for my own kitchen! I hate cramming the pots and pans in the lower cabinets so this is a great alternative


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The year of 2008 was an interesting year for movies. On February 22, Hugh Jackman will host the 81st Academy Award in what will be an exciting night for all the nominees.
Leading the way this year with 13 Oscar nominations is "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," written by Eric Roth. While "Benjamin Button" was a unique story, the movie dragged on about 45 minutes too long. The visual effects in the movie were of course stunning, making the 46 year old Brad Pitt's looks range from those of an 86 year old to those of a 16 year old.
Despite these visual effects captivating the audience from start to finish, Pitt spoke very little in the movie and seemed emotionally static throughout the film. Pitt so far has not captured the best leading man award.
The Golden Globe went to Mickey Rourke for "The Wrestler" and the Screen Actor's Guild went to Sean Penn for "Milk."The Academy Award likely will go to either of the two, each of whom took on tragic characters this year.
As for best actor in a supporting role, the question is not who will win, but who will accept on behalf of Heath Ledger. Ledger's portrayal of the psychotic clown known as the Joker in "Dark Knight" left everyone feeling disturbed, thrilled and saddened by the loss of so talented a man.
The other nominees in the category had the unfortunate luck of landing in the same category as Ledger but should be considered as good contenders anyway. Phillip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt" divided the minds of movie-goers on whether or not they had faith in his character. If Ledger were not nominated in the category, my money would be on Hoffman.
2008 was an excellent year for strong female actresses. Meryl Streep stole the show in "Doubt" and has picked up a Screen Actors Guild Award due to her excellent performance.
Both Anne Hathaway and Kate Winslet have been praised for their roles in "Rachel Getting Married" and "The Reader."
The race will be tight come Oscar night as all three women have been recognized by different award shows for their roles. I cannot clearly pick a winner for this category but I can pick the person I would like to win, and that is Kate Winslet.
Winslet has been nominated for six Oscars that she should have been recognized for. Unfortunately thus far, she has not played a character damaged enough for the Academy. Hopefully "The Reader" is enough to bring Winslet the trophy.
In the supporting role, Amy Adams and Viola Davis in "Doubt" tug at one's heartstrings and sense of security with authority figures in our lives.
Both women did a good job but I feel this award will most likely go to Davis who placed every audience member in the uncomfortable position of whether or not she was doing the right thing for her child. None of the nominees for this Oscar have been recognized by other award shows, so the winner will be a surprise for any of them.
In the most coveted categories, Best Director and Best Picture, there is one movie that should win and if not it will be an atrocity. While many of the movies this year left one feeling depressed, "Slumdog Millionaire" left moviegoers with tears of happiness and a strong desire to dance to Indian music.
This is by far the best movie of the year. It follows "Benjamin Button" with ten nominations, and deserves them much more. The movie tells the story of a young man named Jamal that grows up in the slums of Bombay and is now on the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" show.
As Jamal gets closer and closer to winning one millionaire dollars, he is suspected of cheating and must explain to the police how he knows the answers to all the questions, thus launching into a love story beginning with two six year old children.
This movie has already received the award for best picture from the Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild and deserves both by far above the rest.
The other movies in this category do not compare to the elated feeling "Slumdog Millionaire" gives as the ending credits role.
There are many great movies that have been recognized this year, but two surprisingly snubbed movies are "Revolutionary Road" and "Valkyrie."
Both movies were thought to generate huge Oscar buzz with the reuniting of Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise plotting against Hitler.
Both movies received zero nominations in any of the major categories with the exception of Michael Shannon for Best Supporting Actor for "Revolutionary Road."
The night is sure to be full of attention-grabbing results and memorable moments as has been expected from the Academy for the past 80 years.