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Nando Lauria
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The Deer is back, yet again! After the horse show in DC, I got stuck briefly, and it threw me all of track. Back to my normal, quirky self, as you can see!
Friday, November 2, 2012
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Is that a bird on the couch, in the seocd image? :oReplyDelete
I really do adore the last image. Would love to have a office/working room like that in my home.
Precioso tú blog,gracias.ReplyDelete
yum times three.ReplyDelete
smiles to you.
Love the quirk of the first pic....more, more...CynthiaReplyDelete
I love quirky and fun....you do it sooooo perfectly.ReplyDelete
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In addition, proponents and land managers should refer to the Recovery Plan (where available) or the Conservation Advice (where available) for recovery, mitigation and conservation information.
|EPBC Act Listing Status
|Listed as Critically Endangered
|Listing and Conservation Advices
Commonwealth Conservation Advice on Galium antarcticum (subantarctic bedstraw) (Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC), 2013j) [Conservation Advice].
Commonwealth Listing Advice on Galium antarcticum (subantarctic bedstraw) (Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC), 2013s) [Listing Advice].
|Recovery Plan Decision
Recovery Plan not required, the approved conservation advice for the species provides sufficient direction to implement priority actions and mitigate against key threats. However, consideration should be given to a multi-species Macquarie Island Recovery Plan (30/01/2013).
|Adopted/Made Recovery Plans
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Legislative Instruments
Amendment to the list of threatened species under section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (121) (Commonwealth of Australia, 2013e) [Legislative Instrument].
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Documents and Websites
|State Listing Status
|Scientific name
|Galium antarcticum [68775]
|Species author
|Infraspecies author
|Hooker, J.D. (1846), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. I. Flora Antarctica 2(16): 303 [tax. nov.]
|Distribution map
This is an indicative distribution map of the present distribution of the species based on best available knowledge. See map caveat for more information.
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In 2013, the Subantarctic Bedstraw was rediscovered on Macquarie Island on the northern shore of Skua Lake (Whinam & Fitzgerald 2013). The species was previously only known from the type locality collected on Macquarie Island in 1983. A total of 35 plants were found over an area of 15 metres in the general vicinity of the original collection (Whinam & Fitgerald 2013).
Minister's reason for recovery plan decision
There should not be a recovery plan for the subantarctic bedstraw as the approved conservation advice for the species provides sufficient direction to implement priority actions and mitigate against key threats. However, consideration should be given to a multi-species Macquarie Island Recovery Plan. Date of decision – 30/01/2013
Rabbit eradication
The rediscovery of the Subantarctic Bedstraw may be associated with the Rabbit eradication program that has been implemented by the Tasmanian Governement. A number or palatable species have recovered quickly following early stages of the program (Whinam & Fitzgerald 2013).
No threats data available.
Whinam, J. & N. Fitzgerald (2013). Macquarie Island vegetation bounces back from rabbit impacts. Potts, W., ed. Tasmanian Flora Network - latest threatened species listing changes, news and updates. Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment.
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Citation: Department of the Environment (2014). Galium antarcticum in Species Profile and Threats Database, Department of the Environment, Canberra. Available from: http://www.environment.gov.au/sprat. Accessed Thu, 2 Oct 2014 08:03:16 +1000.


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Tough road: Kaneland drops battle with Morris
KANELAND—Finding a groove can be tough in a long volleyball season. The Lady Knights just hope that comfort finds them before the playoff road begins. Last Thursday, KHS trekked to the competitive setting of Morris where it...
- Posted October 17, 2013
Wild in Whiteside Co.
Girls XC takes seventh at Sterling Invite STERLING, Ill.—In a Saturday meet hosted by Northern Illinois Big XII outlet Sterling, Kaneland High School girls cross country had to deal with the talented field from the northern half...
- Posted October 17, 2013
To the last man
Golfers' Regional total enough to advance to sectional KANELAND—Just enough was good enough for Kaneland High School golf on Tuesday. On Tuesday, a Class 2A field featuring the Knights shot on the greens at Phillips Park Golf...
- Posted October 11, 2013
By the numbers
KHS increases regular season win streak to 34 with NIB-12 win at DeKalb DEKALB—Kaneland and DeKalb have had quite the football battles the last two years. In 2011, Kaneland found itself visiting the new Dresser Road turf...
- Posted October 11, 2013
Kaneland volleyball faces Geneva test
Photo: The Lady Knights volleyball team celebrates a point Wednesday against Geneva. Photo by Patti Wilk GENEVA—Only one challenge was out there to await Kaneland volleyball, but it was a familiar and daunting one. KHS traveled to...
- Posted October 11, 2013
Rush to the end
Photo: Julia Golbeck competes at Geneva with doubles partner Maddy Michels (not pictured). The Lady Knights tennis team went 1-2 at the Geneva Quad on Saturday. Photo by Patti Wilk Tennis competes...
- Posted October 11, 2013
Taking charge
Kaneland ends back-and-forth with strong 2nd half vs. Rochelle KANELAND—After a tight, back-and-forth first half between Kaneland and Rochelle on Friday night in Maple Park, the Northern Illinois Big XII East division opener turned the tide on...
- Posted October 3, 2013
Tennis swatting away
Photo: Tim Larsen's Kaneland High School tennis squad poses for a photo after winning the Rochelle Invite Saturday. Courtesy Photo Lady Knights take care of business on both ends on NIB-12 KANELAND—The remaining six landscapes better brace...
- Posted October 3, 2013
Knight golfers prepare for end-of-season run
KANELAND—Who knows exactly what the Kaneland golfers will be capable of as the 2013 season comes to a close, especially on the heels of last year's stellar State finish? Their play as of late could serve as...
- Posted October 3, 2013
Steady effort at Eddington for girls XC
ELBURN—If one wants to see the quality of the Kaneland girls cross country lineup, one just needs to see the results from the traditional late September staple, the Eddington Inviite The Elburn Woods-housed event saw the Kaneland...
- Posted September 26, 2013
Facing Kendall Co. foes
Photo: Madi Jurcenko, part of Kaneland's No. 1 doubles team with Jelly Emmanouil, defeated their Oswego opponents Monday 6-0, 6-2. Photo by Kimberly Anderson KANELAND—Not all competitive matches will go your way. Just ask the roster of...
- Posted September 26, 2013
KHS boys secure 6th at Eddington
Photo: The start of the 44th annual Eddington Invitational boys varsity race. The Knights took sixth place overall. Ryan Bower (left to right), Nathaniel Kucera, Luis Acosta and Andrew Lesak get things going. Photo by Mary Paulson...
- Posted September 26, 2013
Streat Talk
Kaneland (4-0) subdues Streator in inter-divisional game KANELAND—Friday's result from Peterson Field in Maple Park was a familiar one. But Kaneland football was a different unit against visiting Streator, and will be for the remainder of 2013....
- Posted September 26, 2013
Split decisions
Photo: The Knights golfer are 7-2 overall, with the conference tournament on the horizon. Against visiting Sterling Sept. 12. Jessie Denton (above) shot a 43. Photo by Kimberly Anderson KANELAND—Knights golf continues to see impressive scores from...
- Posted September 20, 2013
Still battling
Tennis endures first loss of dual slate, but bests Sycamore KANELAND—While win after win is nice, the odds of a long, continuous stretch of them are hard to come by in a competitive landscape. Kaneland began with...
- Posted September 20, 2013
Late-night run
Photo: Nate Dyer (32) had a big night for the Knights, rushing for three touchdowns. Photo by Patti Wilk Sterling can't counter Kaneland (3-0) balance STERLING, Ill.—Kaneland showed a great crossover move on Friday night, but not...
- Posted September 20, 2013
Higher ground
Photo: The Knights Dylan Nauert carries the ball during the first quarter. Photo by Erik Anderson Knights beat Elmhurst-based namesake in week 2 affair KANELAND—Friday night's first drive set the tone. Facing an all-new non-conference opponent in...
- Posted September 13, 2013
Knights club takes a hit in NIB-12 action
Photo: Senior Steven Cannell shot a 39 to help the Knights defeat the visiting Yorkville Foxes Tuesday. File Photo KANELAND—Northern Illinois Big XII golf has its share of talent, just ask last year's conference champ Kaneland. The...
- Posted September 13, 2013
Tweaking the formula
Photo: The Kaneland girls volleyball team celebrates a point in recent action. The Lady Knights sit at 5-4 to start the season after winning Tuesday against LaSalle-Peru. File Photo Lady Knights volleyball handles ACC, drops close sweep...
- Posted September 13, 2013
KHS takes modified early season trek to Jacobs tourney
KANELAND—Jacobs High School in Algonquin, Ill., was as good of a place as any to see how the early-season formations would work for KHS soccer. After three matches of the Jacobs Tournament, it can be said that...
- Posted September 5, 2013
What a smash
KANELAND—Despite the usual late-August stop at Plainfield North getting shelved due to rain, the Lady Knights tennis squad was still able to show what it was made of in the early goings of 2013. The DuPage Valley...
- Posted September 5, 2013
Coming up big
Photo: Linebacker Cole Carlson contributed an interception during Saturday's game against Brooks Prep of Chicago. Photo by Patti Wilk Defense makes tide-changing plays in 27-7 win over Brooks KANELAND—Kaneland football's defense on Saturday night picked up the...
- Posted September 5, 2013
Volleyball goes for Blue & Gold
Photo: Junior Ellie Dunn (left) had eight points and 12 kills, but the Lady Knights fell short at Burlington Central Tuesday, falling to 3-3. Photo by Patti Wilk Wheaton North tourney provides first test of season KANELAND—A...
- Posted September 5, 2013
2013 Football Preview: The road black
Photo: Senior quarterback Drew David, here taking the field at last Thursday's Knights Under the Lights scrimmage, will lead the Knights in 2013. The Knights are looking to move past an early second-round playoff exit in 2012....
- Posted August 29, 2013
2013 Girls CC Preview: Breezing past
Photo: Tuesday's high temperatures kept the girls cross country team indoors, but the Lady Knights won't be cooled off this season. Kaneland is currently ranked 4th in DyestatIL.com's preseason poll, and still feature returning state champion Victoria...
- Posted August 29, 2013
2013 Soccer Preview: Seeking return to Sweet 16
Photo: After reaching the Sweet 16 in 2012, the Knights soccer program is working hard to repeat and improve on that success in 2013. Photo by Kimberly Anderson Knights soccer wants to play up to last year's...
- Posted August 29, 2013
2013 Tennis Preview: The challenge to duplicate
Photo: Returning singles state qualifier Sammie Schrepferman (right), here in action against West Chicago Tuesday, is joined by returning state doubles qualifiers Madi Jurcenko and Jelly Emmanouil to lead a strong group for coach Tim Larsen. Photo...
- Posted August 29, 2013
2013 Golf Preview: Swing for success
Photo: Matt Yonkovich will be a part of the group that looks to return to the state meet, after making the trip as a team in 2012. File Photo Knight golfers wish to get back to great...
- Posted August 29, 2013
2013 Boys CC Preview: Stride right
Photo: Head coach Chad Clarey's Knights look to make some noise at the conference and state levels in 2013. The Knights are currently ranked 11th in DyestatIL.com's preseason poll. Photo by Kimberly Anderson Knight harriers hope health...
- Posted August 29, 2013
2013 Volleyball Preview: New faces, new era
Photos: Senior captain Jenny Lubic will provide leadership for first-year coach Kerri McCastland's Lady Knights. Photo by Patti Wilk McCastland era begins with mission to duplicate success KANELAND—It's a different look to the ladies of the court...
- Posted August 29, 2013
Golf sees strong start to season
Kaneland's Matt Yonkovich watches his ball after a putt on the second hole during a quad meet of Geneva, Glenbard South, South Elgin and Kaneland at Mill Creek Golf Club Tuesday. Photo by Erik Anderson KHS golf...
- Posted August 22, 2013
McCastland teaches away from court
New KHS volleyball coach well-versed in leadership training, school improvement efforts PLAINFIELD—Before taking care of volleyball business for Kaneland, Kerri McCastland is directing a group of upperclassmen on a Tuesday morning for her day job at Plainfield...
- Posted August 22, 2013


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Oh man, steer far away from these if you have thick hair. I have such thick, wavy hair that I will actually break other bands trying to do a ponytail. I figured these would be great and unbreakable. Well, that part was true, the pain is in trying to get them out again. I was as careful as possible, and still ended up with at least 15 hairs all wrapped up in the band once I removed it. I tried several times, and just can't use these.
I have never had a problem with hair breakage in my life, but these things have ripped so many of my hairs. When removing these, no matter how careful I was, I'd hear and feel a terrible ripping sensation. Sure enough, I now have hairs that no longer fit into pony tails because these bands broke them. "No slip" for sure, but not worth it to me to destroy my hair for a more secure hold.
For the first time in my life, I'm using only one hair tie in my thick hair, instead of 2, 3, or even 4! I saw a YouTube tutorial on MakeupByTiffanyD's channel for making an easy bumped ponytail, & I couldn't make it work because normal hair ties would slide & not keep my ponytails perky. So I went into Target looking for the hair ties with the rubber on the inside, but they weren't carrying them in my store. Saw these & hesitated for a long time because I was worried they would rip out my hair but that's not really a problem. Basically I love these hair ties & was totally surprised by the discovery of them. I've been using the same useless hair ties for TOO MANY YEARS. I'm thankful I finally found ones that actually work for my hair!
The main issues people have with these is the fear they will rip your hair out but it's fine if you're careful. If you try to rip the ponytail out in one swipe like you do normal hair ties, yeah, it's going to break or knot your hair. You have to unwrap it the same way you put it in for there to be minimal damage. A few more seconds of your time is a small price to pay for a fabulous, stay-all-day ponytail & less damage!
UPDATE: I still love these hair ties & can't use anything else after using these - but I had to remove a lippie due to breakage of the band itself. I'm not really surprised they break - they're rubber, and rubber breaks after being stretched repeatedly over time - but the issue I have is that they are marketed as unbreakable & the packaging literally says 'virtually unbreakable!' which is just so untrue it's laughable. I probably go through one of these hair ties every couple of weeks, which means I'm going to have to repurchase them after a few months. Just a heads up - they're NOT unbreakable by any means. But, I still love them for how well they hold my ponytail & will continue to use them.
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I should start my review by saying that when MUA asks you to list your hair colour and type, there should also be a scale of how annoying your hair is. Because mine is a 10 on the annoying scale.
I have very fine, flyaway hair... but there's a lot of it. It's not THIN, the strands are just fine. So I find it hard to keep it up in any sort of ponytail without the hairband slipping away from me throughout the day.
I usually wear my hair in a sort of "looped back on itself" bun using one hair tie. They always slip and I chuck my hair into another crappy bun several times throughout the day, eventually sticking bobby pins through it in an effort to tame it.
Just realised I'm rambling. Do yourself a favour and buy these because they do exactly what they say, they DO NOT SLIP. Awesome product. And so cute too!
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FINALLY a band that will hold my super thick hair in place. I still use 2 though! For extra security. You have to take these off carefully as they do snag hair like rubber bands, but so worth it. I have always gone through the "thick" no ouch bands very fast because my hair is thick and the bands just stretch out and bust or fall apart quickly. Not these, been using for a few months and I have not ripped 1! Will continue purchasing.
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Awesome!! I use the brown, black, or clear ones. The only hair ties I use. I have bra strap length naturally curly hair without much for layers. These actually stay in place put & don't snap or pull out my hair. I prefer these jelly elastics over the traditional ones! I quit using all others.
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I canot believe anyone can use these !
I bought a pack last year asI was running low on my normal hair bands (is that what you call them ?) but these are exactly like putting an elastic band in your hair as my Mum used to do to me in the 1960s when it all gets tangled up and you end up cutting it out.
Was going to return them (even in the UK which is not easy) as I hated them so much, but found a great use for them in using them to hold brushes when I hang them to dry upside down.
These ponytail holders DO work as advertised. I'm a runner with long, waist length hair and I admit, I was skeptical of the claim at first because almost all the holders I tried in the past just didn't hold up to the weight of my hair and the bouncing action of running combined. Most of them would slip down the middle of my hair during my workout. Well not anymore! With these holders, I can wear a mid to high ponytail during a 12 mile run and come home with it still intact without a single slip or sag. It really stays put and doesn't move! It takes getting used to since it doesn't stretch like regular elastic cloth holders do. Because of that, it also doesn't stretch out of shape. I haven't had one snap on me (yet) and I'm still on the first one even after 3 months of use but I take an extra with me "just in case" it does.
Getting this ponytail holder off does take a bit of work and requires some patience to avoid pulling your hair out in the process. It's not something you can just slide off the hair easily in one go like you do with regular elastic cloth holders because of the material it's made of. I have to basically ease it off slowly, unwinding each loop one at a time. Done this way I have yet to yank any hairs out. Highly recommended, especially for active people who can't keep their ponytails in place during activities.
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I never thought I'd be writing a review about ponytail holders but... here we are. I had very short hair for most of my life and, now that it's long, I feel strange having it down because I'm used to seeing myself without hair around my face. Because of this, I wear my hair up pretty much very day and I go through ponytail holders like crazy. I bought a few packs of the Goody Ouchless elastics a while back and I've been plowing my way through those but they don't stay put in my hair and they lose their elasticity SO quickly. I saw these and thought they were gimmicky but curiosity got the better of me. They look like thick versions of the rubber bracelets I used to wear when I was a kid, they're even in the same bright colors. They don't pull at my hair, they don't slip, they don't lose elasticity... I just love them. They may have a tendency to snap - I haven't had this issue yet - but so do any other hair band. I am very pleased with these and will definitely repurchase. These are fantastic!
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The good: These bands are fairly sturdy and come in a lot of fun colors. They are not unbreakable--I've had 3 snap on me, one while tying my hair and two when I went to sleep with a ponytail--but they are less inclined to snap than regular hair elastics, since they are a solid piece without a seam. They also don't lose their elasticity after a few uses, which is a definite plus, and they are indeed no-slip--I can tie a tight ponytail and expect it not to have loosened by the end of the day.
The bad: I have medium-fine straight hair. There is no way around this negative--these hair bands snag my hair. I've tried to be more careful taking them out, stretching the bands out and actually unwinding it from my hair rather than just pulling. If I am *extremely careful* I can expect to remove a band with minimal hair loss. Sleeping with a ponytail in, forget about it--the movement in my sleep will cause the band to create a sort of endless snarl that will HAVE to be pulled out. I've taken to tying a ponytail on the top of my head for sleeping, since that won't be disturbed by any movement in my sleep. Any sort of rolling friction will cause the band to catch onto a strand of hair. It's a shame because I really wanted to love these! I'd say that this product accomplishes its goal of "No-slip" a little TOO well.
Overall: Yes, I'd probably buy these again. The great performance just BARELY squeaks past the fact that usage of this hairband actually requires more focus and a deft hand than I'd care for.


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Anybody watch it?
I know it was on TV in the UK between Xmas and the new year.
Dunno if it was on anywhere else tho?
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Anybody watch it?
I know it was on TV in the UK between Xmas and the new year.
Dunno if it was on anywhere else tho?
It's on ESPN2 here in the US all the time.
awesome.. some strong guys there.. I saw bits here and there..
some dangerous stuff though me thinks.
I saw parts of it. I saw the deadlift part. Top guys were pulling 750lbs+. Although, of course struggling like lil biatches and rolling the mofo bar up their thighs...surprised nobody's spinal cord didn't just rip out of their backside...
Ya, they are damn strong; but their lifts wouldn't count in a world class power lifting competition.
And the worse thing is that now days most of these stronman competitors are pretty damn solid.I mean yeah some might have 25% BF but take into account that they are 290lbs+ and that's scary
had some bad squat techinque in the final, used so much momentum.
The brittist guy wasnt bad, had good form.
atlas stones was good, done in under 30secs!
Andy Raynes squatting the truck for 9 deep reps was ace
Syntekz, are powerlifters stronger than the Stron Man Competitors
Some of the international level PL's are, at least in the powerlifts.
Strongmen are more capable on average in the strongman comps.
ok, but there is one powerlifting movement they do.
They lift a weight over their head, military press style, and I saw some Swede do 150kg for 23reps over his head.
Overhead press really isn't a PL movement, though it probably should have been instead of the bench press.
One of my PL buddies recently got asked to do a strongman meet. Thing is, overhead strength is so (relatively) weak for PL's that she's concerned about that movement.
An Olympic lifter would have no problem with that, but probably wouldn't do too well in anything else.
It's all how they train. They train specifically for each event.
Especially the event where they have to carry the rocks and put them on blocks. The Strong Men competitors train for months and months using rocks to gain strength.
So instead of doing overhead presses, they might train with HUGE boulders for months and keep increasing the weight just like a bodybuilder would using a barbell.
the storng men events require more endurance than powerlifters events do.
but there are quite a few powerlifter in the strong man comps as well.
Rock, there isn't really a who's stronger between P'lifting, O'lifting and strongmen. They each specialize in there own area. They all train a bit differently too as syntekz has said. In everyday life chances are you would want to have the special strengths that strongmen competitors have becuase they can be used in regular life.
Um guys, just so you know, nearly every one of the SM competitors are former champion powerlifters. So, there is really no argument here. The difference in the sports relates to specifity. For example, the strongest powerlifter currently (Franks?) would not win the SM competition if he tried it cold because many of the events require specific skill. Many of the SM events also require a good deal of muscular endurance that a powerlifter would not have from training for his sport. This is why it takes most of the SM winners a few years of getting acclimated to the events before they are able to win, they must develop the skill to go along with their massive power.
How come the US sucks so bad at WSM? You'd think a country with about 300 million people could field some better competitors. :confused:
all our "good" atheltes are in it for the money not the glory. Who could blame then though?
Any clue where the Worlds Strongest Man competition started? What country?
...when its so clear that I am the Worlds Strongest Man.:moon:
Originally posted by syntekz
Any clue where the Worlds Strongest Man competition started? What country?
"How come the US sucks so bad at WSM? You'd think a country with about 300 million people could field some better competitors."
dunno, europeans usually win or not?
wasn`t there a us guy winning few years ago?
kinda short guy
I watch it all the damn time, big bastards pullin jumbo jets and ****.. Pretty crazy stuff. Entertaining never the less..
mainly scandanivia country and the UK win the events.
though for american people to feel better - you have far bigger internet lifts then we do over this side of the atlantic


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November 2010
Latest Headlines
Interactive TV focus of new collaboration between major industry players and Ball State
by Kevin Burke, University Marketing and Communications
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The Center for Media Design (CMD) at Ball State University has launched its new Viewing+ initiative, a formal program of research that will explore consumer attitudes and behaviors in the emerging domain of interactive television.
Already renowned for its pioneering work in the areas of direct observation and innovative, high-tech documentation of consumers' interactions with media and the range of modern communication devices, the CMD will endeavor with Viewing+ to address four areas key to interactive TV (iTV) development. The areas of inquiry are interactivity and programming; interactivity and advertising; interactivity in search and navigation; and the evolution of T-commerce (purchasing services or products direct from the screen via iTV applications).
"We chose the name Viewing+ for this initiative because, while we recognize that conventional viewing of TV will remain a central part of our media lives, as the TV screen evolves to deliver more interactivity as a part of an overall experience, we need to understand just what those additional functionalities will come to mean for consumers, broadcasters, advertisers and other stakeholders in the TV business," said Mike Bloxham, director of Insight and Research at the CMD.
"There is a real need to understand which propositions will work best, with which consumers, as well as in determining which design conventions are most effective and why," he added. The new initiative also will explore the relationship between on-screen content and interactivity facilitated through secondary devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptops.
Read the full press release here.
Students win national award for immersive learning project
by Erin Moore, EMI; video by Ben Reckelhoff, Center for Media Design
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Nicholas Serrano and Brittany Harvey, students in Ball State's department of landscape architecture, accepted a 2010 Student Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects in Washington, D.C. The award recognized their leadership in developing NativeSpecTM, a web-based custom seed specification tool that enables the expanding field of native planting design and ecological restoration.
The tool is a result of a partnership between Ball State's Building Better Communities (BBC) Emerging Media Student Fellows program and JFNew, a company that provides ecological consulting and ecosystem restoration services through offices in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Colorado. JFNew approached Ball State to develop a unique, interactive tool that would marry two of the university's significant strengths – landscape architecture and emerging media.
Martha Hunt and Bob Koester, faculty members in Ball State's College of Architecture and Planning, assembled the student leaders to serve as project managers. Chris Turvey, a developer with the department of Emerging Technologies, handled the significant technical aspects of the project. Over the course of a year, the team developed a web-based interface that allows landscape architects access to lists of viable plant options based on specific site characteristics. The tool allows for adjustment of seed percentages in a given seed mix and provides dynamic feedback on cost implications. This efficiency of information delivery gives designers flexibility and confidence when specifying ecological restoration projects.
Although currently developed for a specific region, the NativeSpecTM framework could be expanded to include territories across North America and around the world.
Headed for "Mars": Cutting-edge projects set Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts on a high-flying trajectory
By Kevin Burke, University Marketing and Communications
His title is associate professor of art and he works for a place with "arts" in its name. Yet, when a visitor suggests a current point cloud project is strongly reminiscent of the 19th century master Georges Seurat—he of "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of the Grand Jatte" fame—John Fillwalk is bemused.
After all, within the cozy confines of the Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts (IDIA), which he directs, there are no easels, no canvas, brushes, or paints. The only palettes are the electronic kind.
"What we're about is the future of learning," informs Fillwalk, flush with excitement about a 2010 initiative with Hawaii-based Avatar Reality, creators of the next generation 3-D virtual world platform Blue Mars.
Virtual Time Travel
Time and space twist and turn at Neil Zehr's fingertips. On the screen in front of him, famed sculptor A.A. Weinman's nude figure of the Rising Day—familiar to many visitors to the Ball State Museum of Art—appears in the true context of its place atop a soaring column in the middle of an enormous fountain at the 1915 San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
With a few clicks of his mouse, the IDIA's virtual world modeler and animator can change perspective, cruising blimp-like above the tall columns of the fair's Court of the Universe. He can make minor adjustments, say, increase or lessen the amount of water splashing in the fountain, or even move the sun, making it late afternoon instead of early morning.
While many developers of multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) are focused on creating "future" scenes, a substantial part of Fillwalk and company's work with Blue Mars has involved replicating historic buildings and spaces lost long ago. Now, historians, curators, architects, preservationists, students, and others can visit—virtually—the Court of the Universe or Amida Hall (the most famous building in Japan's renowned Byodo-In temple complex, burned to the ground in 1336) or other significant sites.
This has opened the doors to still more opportunities for Fillwalk and team. He was invited to join the international advisory board for the Virtual World Heritage Laboratory. Based at the University of Virginia, it currently is using a half-million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to digitally re-create Roman Emperor Hadrian's second century villa in Tivoli, on the outskirts of Rome.
"Companies including Sony, Microsoft, and Google already are getting into this space," reports Fillwalk. "Those are the types of projects, those are the kinds of partners that we aspire to and want to be involved with through IDIA."
3-D animation studio produces "One Night Only"
by Erin Moore, EMI; video by Ben Reckelhoff, Center for Media Design
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Students from electronic art and animation, visual communication, music technology and operations management have designed and produced the short animated film One Night Only as part of Ball State's 3-D Animation Short Film Studio, a competitive summer course that immerses students in an animation studio experience.
During Summer 2009, students of the 10-week course experienced all aspects of short film development, including screenwriting, 3D animation, motion capture, filmmaking, music and sound effects. They established an animation studio, Third Floor Films, and created all original content for a short film and studio website. Andy Beane, assistant professor of art, served as executive producer of the film, keeping schedules on track and providing technical help as necessary.
Production continued beyond the summer term, and the completed film was recently submitted to a variety of independent film festivals. The film is also available on Vimeo.
The immersion digital studio experience was sponsored and supported by the College of Fine Arts, the Department of Art, the Office of Information Technology and the Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts.
Ball State offers professional development courses on the latest media software
By Emerging Technologies and Erin Moore, EMI; Video by Ben Reckelhoff, Center for Media Design
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As the only Apple Authorized Training Center in Indiana, Ball State's department of Emerging Technologies provides unique learning opportunities not only for students on campus but also for professionals around the state. Ball State's certified trainers offer professionals a personalized learning experience in the latest Apple and Adobe software:
- Final Cut Pro
- DVD Studio Pro
- Soundtrack Pro
- Motion
- Color
- Photoshop
- Dreamweaver
- Flash
Small class sizes allow for instruction designed to meet the needs of individual learners. This spring, courses will be offered at two locations: the Ball State University Fishers Center just north of Indianapolis and the L.A. Pittenger Student Center on campus in Muncie. Customized on-site training is also available for larger groups. These courses are designed to help professionals prepare for software certification exams, although the exams are optional and are not included in the cost of the course.
During courses, professionals have access to fully equipped Apple MacBook Pros, as well as course textbooks and media. A 10% discount on all courses is available for alumni and current employees of Ball State.
Check out the new spring schedule for courses and the fee schedule. To request more information about Apple and Adobe classes please fill out this form.
Frog Baby Apps releases first app
by Emerging Technologies
Frog Baby Apps LLC, the official mobile app distributor of Ball State University, has released a new mobile app on iTunes.
Bunny Bash was created by Digital Corps students as part of an immersive learning experience at Ball State University. The app is distributed through Frog Baby Apps LLC, designed to allow students and faculty to exercise collaboration, creativity, and innovation to generate real-life, revenue generating mobile apps.
Innovation Grant Spotlight
Daily Digital Dozen
Robert Yadon, Center for Information and Communication Sciences; Dom Caristi, Telecommunications
By Erin Moore, EMI; Video by Ben Reckelhoff, Center for Media Design
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Since 2004, the Digital Policy Institute (DPI) has served as an interdisciplinary association of Ball State faculty with interest in the electronic communications industries and public policy around creation, storage, transmission, reception, consumption and legal protection of digital content. Funded by a Provost Initiative Grant, the institute focuses on such topics as file-sharing (i.e. software, music, and video), copyright and trademark infringement, broadband deployment, online privacy, and e-voting as well as other issues related to digital media and intellectual property.
Over the past six years, DPI has produced influential research, provided testimony in policy-making decisions at state and federal levels, and conducted state workshops and national conferences. DPI Fellows have been quoted in trade publications such as Mediaweek and Network World, as well as major media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Hollywood Reporter, and Broadcasting & Cable.
The Institute hopes to expand its reach globally through the revamping of DPI's daily news aggregator service, originally developed by Dom Caristi, associate professor of Telecommunications. The Digital Daily Dozen is a list of 13 annotated news stories and commentaries related to digital policy and emerging media issues, currently sent to subscribers in a simple email format of web links. DPI aims to enhance the content and delivery of the Digital Daily Dozen, adding a daily or weekly video segment, commentary forums from DPI researchers and industry professionals, and other interactive content.
DPI also seeks to expand distribution of the news aggregator and to secure advertising dollars to fund ongoing production. The ultimate goal is to further establish the Digital Daily Dozen as an internationally-recognized, authoritative daily source for news headlines about digital policy.
In the News
- How to Build a Perception of Greatness (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Everyone can name the big, nationally known universities that have raised their profiles dramatically over the past couple of decades: Boston University, Drexel University, New York University, Northeastern University, and the University of Southern California, to name a few. Others might know smaller institutions that have either honed great reputations in their markets or are on the rise—places like Ball State University, Portland State University, Texas Christian University, the University of Toledo, and Virginia Commonwealth University.
Some colleges have gotten mileage out of the distinctive way they deliver education. Ball State University's immersive-learning program, which requires students to complete projects for practical experience in the off-campus world, stands out.
- Is the Next Generation of Communicators on the Right "Track"? (Stanton Communications)
As the parent of a high school senior who wants to pursue a career in communications, I recently had the occasion to participate in the obligatory campus tours of her colleges of choice. Our primary goal, of course, was to figure out which school offered the best program and represented the best fit for my daughter. As a public relations professional and former mass communications graduate myself, however, I had a secondary goal as well…specifically, I was eager to see how journalism and communications programs had adapted to reflect the new world of digital communications.
Each [school] had incorporated digital media into their curricula, each offered practical applications within each area of communications specialization and each promised to show my budding communicator how to apply her expert social media skills to communications from a much broader perspective. But only one school – Ball State University – had created a specific degree track, called emerging media journalism.
The program looks at new technology from a variety of communications perspectives. It promises to help students understand "the evolving use of technology and digital content to enhance work, play, and learning, to broaden access to information…" More importantly, assuming my daughter chooses journalism or public relations as her future career, this new program also emphasizes "digital storytelling," which is described as exploring and incorporating the fundamentals of creating, remixing, and distributing both traditional stories (such as news/books) and emerging story forms (such as transmedia stories) using modern networked technologies. To me, that sounds like a practical approach that can translate into an actual job after graduation.
- As technology advances, deep reading suffers (Nicholas Carr, leading technology writer)
Today, a counterrevolution is under way. As the computer and cell phone become our main reading devices, the book is being pushed to the periphery of culture. According to recent studies by Ball State University and the federal government, the average American spends more than eight hours a day peering into a screen – TV, computer or cell phone (sometimes all three at once) – but devotes just 20 minutes to reading books and other printed works.
- Apps can keep shoppers in touch on black Friday (IndyStar)
For consumers, all of this means there are more ways than ever to save money and to shop more efficiently. It's a merging of the online and offline shopping experience, allowing you to see the whole forest of the retail world on your smart phone while you're standing amid the trees in the mall.
"It's much more effective and efficient," said Jonathan Huer, director of emerging technology and media development at Ball State University's Center for Media Design.
- IDIA Lab launches IDIA in Blue Mars (Blue Mars Community Blog)
Too often history is lost and forgotten, and with it the potential for future generations to learn from the past. The Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts, or IDIA Lab, wants to not only recover the lost artifacts of history, but also to recreate exact digital replicas of them in their original environments, allowing us to experience and appreciate them in a way which has not been possible until now.
Blue Mars will be the home of IDIA Lab's new City called IDIA, which features artifacts and art works that were recreated meticulously using 3D laser scanning (check out Hamlet's blog on laser scanning here). What's even more impressive is that all of the items can be experienced in their original environments, which were built with the guidance of art historians to ensure authenticity.
- Blue World Notes: Real Sculptures Imported into Virtual Museum in Blue Mars With Laser Scanning (Blue Mars Community Blog)
- A Room With A View+: Ball State Launches Real-World Interactive TV Lab, Teams With Industry Players (MediaPost)
At a time when Madison Avenue and the TV industry are still trying to get a handle on how viewers will respond and adapt to interactive TV features, a leading academic institution – Ball State University's vaunted Center for Media Design – is teaming with industry players to launch a new state-of-the-art laboratory for resting how consumer attitudes and behaviors are affected by new forms of TV.
The initiative, dubbed Viewing+, already has some high profile backers, including CBS, Time Warner, and industry interactive TV development community OEDN, and the school's Director of Insight and Research Mike Bloxham says other undisclosed media companies, advertisers and agencies are on board as well.
The breakthrough, Bloxham told MediaDailyNews is that the university has created a real-world testing environment – an actual house that is wired like a "cable head-end," capable of receiving any form of interactive TV technology or features that the Viewing+ researchers would want to test. While it may not be as natural an experience as people watching TV in their own homes, Bloxham said it's the next best thing, and that the group is looking at ways of expanding the system to cover a "wider footprint" of actual households.
To steer the initiative, Ball State has formed a Viewing+ advisory board, tapping industry expertise to guide projects and their research agenda.
- Ball State goes beyond viewing with iTV research project (Research-Live)
- #1 Food Site Launches iPad App in Time for Holiday Meal Prep (PR Newswire)
Based on a study by Ball State University's Center for Media Design, consumers who most enthusiastically embrace the iPad are those who find niches of use for it in their everyday lives. Many Allrecipes cooks claim the kitchen as their niche, and Allrecipes.com Your Kitchen Inspiration is the perfect tool for these home cooks to spice up their cooking with the advanced technology of an iPad coupled with the #1 food site's new recipe app.
- Entrepreneurs advance sales technology with new startup (allbusiness.com)
Mike Bloxham, insight and research director at Ball State University's Center for Media Design, said e-mail has remained standard for sending sales proposals, but a product such as TinderBox could change that.
"More and more business services are moving out onto the cloud," Bloxham said, referring to information accessible from anywhere online as opposed to viewable from a specific device.
On Campus
- November 3: Matt Mullins (EM Faculty Fellow in English) performed "Highway Coda" with Mike Pound (Music) as part of the School of Music's Faculty Composers Forum.
- November 15: Matt Wilson (EM Faculty Fellow in Geography), Brian McNely (EM Faculty Fellow in English) and Matt Mullins (EM Faculty Fellow in English) led a faculty roundtable on advancing digital humanities learning and research at Ball State.
- November 19: Emerging Media Digital Feed, 12:15 – 1:30 pm, Atrium Studio. Featuring Brad King, EM Faculty Fellow in Journalism, on his work this summer connecting emerging technology with the world of theatre, working with playwrights, actors, artists and writers at the Soho Theatre in London.
On the Road
- November 1-2: Mike Bloxham and Michael Holmes (Insight and Research) traveled to Vancouver, British Columbia to meet with video games publisher EA, presenting them results from I&R's eye-tracking work on the video game "Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit" and continuing discussions about future usability projects.
- November 2-5: Kevin Klinger (IDF) presented at the 2010 American Institute of Architects' (AIA) Minnesota Annual Convention at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Klinger's presentation is titled, "Manufacturing, Materials, and Making: Cases for the Midwest."
- November 4-6: Dave Ferguson (CMD), Suzanne Plesha (CMD) and Erin Moore (EMI) attended the International Digital Media and Arts Association Annual Conference, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada. Ferguson is the association's president elect and Plesha was appointed to the organization's advisory board.
- November 4-5: Mahesh Daas (EM Faculty Fellow in Architecture) was invited to participate in an NSF workshop "When Engineering Design Meets Architecture" at the University of Pennsylvania.
- November 5-6: Matthew Wilson (EM Faculty Fellow in Geography) co-facilitated sessions on critical GIS and technology studies within geography at the Critical Geography Mini-Conference in Milwaukee, WI.
- November 12: Matthew Wilson (EM Faculty Fellow in Geography) held a guest colloquium in the Department of Geography at Miami University of Ohio on the topic of critical geographic information systems.
- November 17: Ball State co-sponsored the TechPoint Measured Marketing Roundtable, Ice Miller, Indianapolis. Nearly 25 measured marketing leaders attended the invitation-only event, which featured Jay Baer, a social media strategy consultant who has founded 5 companies and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies.
- November 17-18: Mike Bloxham and other members of the Insight and Research team attended the TV of Tomorrow (TVOT) conference in New York City and announced Viewing+, a new interactive TV research initiative for Ball State. To build excitement around the Viewing+ launch, the team hosted a dinner for a group of iTV industry thought leaders to discuss pressing issues that may help shape the Viewing+ research agenda and co-hosted a cocktail party with S&T, a technology company whose contributions helped equip the CMD Insight and Research Media Lab. Bloxham and Will Kreth of OEDN held a workshop at TVOT to discuss the OEDN Academic Outreach Program, Ball State's involvement and the skills that iTV industry professionals would like to see academia address when designing curriculum for students who will be entering an increasingly interactive TV job market.
- November 17-19: Mahesh Daas (EM Faculty Fellow in Architecture) and Kevin Klinger (Institute for Digital Fabrication) attended the 15th Sociedad Iberoamericana Grafica Digital (SIGRADI) international conference in Bogota, Colombia. Daas gave a keynote speech titled "Anachronisms of Digital Fabrication: Some Questions of Relevance" and presented a peer-reviewed paper, "Deconstructing Digital Materiality." Klinger's paper, "Connect Globally | Make Locally: Cases in Design-Through-Production Collaboration Between the Academy and Industry" was awarded the "Top Paper" recognition.
- November 29: John Fillwalk (Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts) was a guest on Metanomics, a national virtual world technology economics show, for a one-hour live interview.
Up Next
- December 5-8: Mike Bloxham (Insight and Research) will speak at Mediapost's Email Insider Summit in Park City, Utah. His presentation, "Email: Connective Tissue in the Media Mix?", will feature an analysis of Video Consumer Mapping Study data exploring how email is used throughout the day, addressing email's evolving position in the media landscape and what these changes mean for marketers.
- December 8-11: Michelle Prieb (Insight and Research) will attend Mediapost's Search Insider Summit in Park City, Utah to present "Transparent is the New Green: College Students Want it All." The keynote will address what BSU college students say about how personalized search and privacy policies can exist in harmony as companies move toward an era of transparency and how that shift has a lot in common with the progress of the green movement in corporate America. Prieb will also moderate a panel of local college students as they answer questions about personalized search and have the opportunity to ask questions of a Google executive.
- December 13-14: Matthew Wilson (EM Faculty Fellow in Geography) has been invited to speak at a National Science Foundation-funded meeting at the University of California, Santa Barbara, to work with other specialists on the topic of "Spatio-Temporal Constraints on Social Networks."
- Spring 2011: Intermedia Art Archive will open at U Museum Ostwall in Dortmund, Germany – the largest museum in Germany. The archive is made possible by the Hans Breder Foundation, led by John Fillwalk (IDIA).


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We couldn't find a full body shot of Peter Sagal, but you know the Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! host has some sexy puns. OW!
It's like being hot is
Not Not His Job.
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We couldn't find a full body shot of Peter Sagal, but you know the Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! host has some sexy puns. OW!
It's like being hot is
Not Not His Job.
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via my mom, who saw this in the paper. Pretty sure that's not Carl Kasell…though Wait Wait's show is on tomorrow night!! [This is Carl Kasell]
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This is terrific, because I always assumed that the only way I could get on the BBC would be to have David Attenborough narrate my mating rituals. Glad this happened instead.
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I maybe find this entirely too exciting.
"Wait Wait" creator Doug Berman says it would be a typical show, "except NPR has to add a budget line for pants."
very awesome! [pics from Wait Wait in LA back in 2008]
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Lorna: You really have to construct this sandwich quickly. It's a two person job. Mike: Yeah, but no one eating this sandwich will be eating with someone else
Lorna: You really have to construct this sandwich quickly. It's a two person job.
Mike: Yeah, but no one eating this sandwich will be eating with someone else
This is what my former Wait Wait coworkers are up to….NPR: The Ramen Sandwich
(via 8swim)
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Dear Star Trek people: Here's a picture @nprfreshair took while working at Wait Wait.
You can see the rest of my Wait Wait photos here, if you're so inclined.
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In honor of National Radio Day: the list of my top 10 Public Radio Programs that was in my short-lived (read: two issue) high school zine. Still pretty accurate. (Note: ranking is basically random past #3)
- Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me (DUH)
- This American Life (close second)
- A Prairie Home Companion (Garrison Keillor, you complete me)
- Says You!
- [American] Radio Works
- Studio 360
- Selected Shorts
- Fresh Air
- Anything Jay Allison does (kind of a cop out, but the man is a public radio producin' genius and hotwired into my soul)
- City Arts and Lectures
Also Radiolab (don't know how that got left off the original list. Oops), and let's just go ahead and say every single program on KQED's schedule.
Public radio is the business, y'all.
I totally forgot about National Radio Day. (It was Saturday.) We are honored to be #8 on your list. (Very nice penmanship.)
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wait, wait, this is a shout out to the hilarious NPR news quiz with Carl Kasell and Peter Sagal, right??
Must have to do with Sandwich Monday.
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Sandwich Monday: The Oreo Triple Double : Wait Wait … Don't Tell Me! : NPR
For more than 35 years, the Oreo Double Stuf Cookie has been the king of Oreo spinoffs, known for its extra cream filling and for saving extra "F's" for the words that truly need them. This summer Oreo is debuting the "Triple Double," which is cookie-vanilla cream-cookie-chocolate cream-cookie. We couldn't wait, so we made our own, using raw materials from Oreo and Trader Joe.
I used to work at Wait Wait. Thankfully, they did not begin tossing cookies until I left Chicago….:P (Hi Robert.)
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How to: pick a name for your military operation, keep your macaroons from sticking to the pan, not look like a cheechako when you go to Alaska, and more.
If you like Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, chances are you'll dig How To Do Everything, a new podcast from two of Wait Wait's producers.
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Happy Friday! Carl Kasell, the Hall of Fame NPR broadcaster and scorekeeper for Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me!, did the Bears players a favor by reciting the famous Al Pacino pre-game speech from the movie Any Given Sunday. It's a pump up pre-game speech from your extended family at NPR/WBEZ.
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Peter Sagal and Carl Kasell were on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night….
(Source: latenightwithjimmyfallon.com)


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Can I Ask the Tarot a Yes/No Question?
While you can ask a
yes/no question of the Tarot, some readers prefer that
clients don't ask in this way. I know it can sometimes
be difficult, though, for the seeker to find a
different way to ask.
When I
get a yes/no question from a client, I might rephrase the
question in a way that will allow the seeker to get the most
information possible from his/her reading, but I'll rephrase
it in such a way that I can still provide the answer that is
being sought.
For example, if a client asks, "Will I lose
weight?" -- I will probably rephrase it like
this: "How can I lose weight?" or
"How can I achieve my weight loss goal during the next
year?" The reading will provide information on
the potential outcome. From there, I can then
tell my client that "Yes, you will lose weight if you
consider ....." or "You probably won't
achieve your desired goal unless you are willing to
make this change . . . . ."
In this way, you will not only get a simple
answer, such as "Yes" or "No," but you will also be
provided additional information to help you. If
the outcome is one you don't like, the cards will show
you how you can work on changing it. And if you
do like the outcome, the cards will let you know how
to continue in order to see the desirable outcome
become a reality.
When seekers come for a reading, they usually
want more than just a simple "yes" or "no"
answer. They want to know why they might not
achieve a goal or why they will likely succeed.
Understanding those elements helps the seeker make the
right decisions for the goals they are working
on. A simple yes or no just feels too fated. And
Tarot is not representative of a fate set in stone for
Addressing a question from a yes/no view can
be more limited. However, it is still possible
to ask a yes/no question if that is what one really
wants to ask. But almost always, there are
really other things that the client wants to know
about in regard to the outcome. If you lay out
the cards and simply say "No, you won't achieve this
goal" to a client, that client is not really going to
be happy with such a simplistic reading that sounds
like it's fated.
While they might be a
little happier if you say, "Yes, the cards show the
answer to be affirmative" . . . the client would
naturally still be curious to know a little
more. They would likely be interested in the
"hows" and the "whys" of the situation, too.
They might appreciate knowing what to watch out for,
and they might benefit from a little more advice and
guidance that the tarot can share with them.


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I have written this sentence in my head what feels like a hundred times now, knowing that I was going to do my blog tonight. And, it never sounds good. We got our butts handed to us today by Telefonica and by Mother Nature.
I first give Capey (Andrew Cape) and the boys on Telefónica a lot of credit. They put on their left blinker at Fernando and never looked back. They committed to the high lane, and by the time we wanted to start to lean in that direction as well, we simply could never get there. But I must admit, we were quite pleased with our low road at the time. In fact, as the sun broke this morning we had a sched that had us a degree higher and a half knot faster. And, we were thinking, "This is just starting to come good for us today."
That is when Mother Nature intervened. A cloud line started to appear on the satellite photos that we got late this am which started to seal our fate. To the west of that cloud line was a huge right shift and light air (us). To the east of the cloud line or convergence was a left shift and more wind (them). Bottom line, Telefónica was hauling tail all day and PUMA was trying desperately to tackle small squall after small squall, which shifted the breeze through a 50 degree range and literally sucked all the wind off the ocean at times.
Very, very frustrating, and (knock on wood) hopefully the most frustrating day for a long time to come.
I know the arm chair sailors are saying, "Why didn't you cover?" Well, it's not exactly that easy. First, we liked what we were doing. Second, it is a big ocean and when you can't see your competitor its hard to cover. Third, a lot can happen in a 3 hour period which is when we get position report updates. And finally, we don't want to be reactionary. That is the easiest way to get reeled in from behind.
Unfortunately, we are still paying for this mistake. Although we are now to the east of the convergence, there is clearly more wind up where Telefónica is and the rich keep getting richer.
So we take our medicine, live to fight another day and don't let this get us down (sorry…all bad clichés but nonetheless appropriate). Still more than 2,500 miles to go. You know the speech.
Doesn't make it any easier, though. No great speeches. No rah-rah talk. Time to get back to work and try and stop the bleeding first, make gains second.
I really wish I had something to talk about that was a little more fun. Hopefully tomorrow.
Ken Read
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Google Research: Let's Make TCP Faster
Google is actively researching ways to improve TCP:
Our research shows that the key to reducing latency is saving round trips. We're experimenting with several improvements to TCP. Here's a summary of some of our recommendations to make TCP faster:
- Increase TCP initial congestion window to 10 (IW10). The amount of data sent at the beginning of a TCP connection is currently 3 packets, implying 3 round trips (RTT) to deliver a tiny 15KB-sized content.
- Reduce the initial timeout from 3 seconds to 1 second.
- Use TCP Fast Open (TFO).
- Use Proportional Rate Reduction for TCP (PRR).
The database world attacked the network latency with connection pools and pipelining. For reducing network round trips we've used JOINs or denormalized data. But all software architectures will benefit from a faster TCP.
Original title and link: Google Research: Let's Make TCP Faster ( ©myNoSQL)
via: http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2012/01/lets-make-tcp-faster.html
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GAME NEWS: You're Now Able to Make Your Own Portal 2 Chambers!
Valve has officially announced on they're going to be opening up the beta to their Portal 2 Authoring Tools. Do you know what that means? You'll be able to create your own singleplayer and co-op maps and puzzles! Oh my... my dream has come true.
Continue for details...
Valve's Portal 2 Authoring Tools will give you the same tools that Valve used to create the chambers in the game. You'll also be able to make new character skins, 3D models, sound effects and add your own music to your puzzles too.
If you've read my Portal 2 review, then you'd know how badly I wanted extra levels, and how I wished that Valve gave us the ability to make our own puzzles. Well, look what has happened! How awesome is this? Seriously? I can't wait to see a Portal 2 community booming with creativity, sharing their unique puzzles with other players... it'll be endless fun! I guess the cake wasn't a lie after all.
So if you have Portal 2 on your PC, hurry up and get these author tools!
Source: Portal 2 Site
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Awards are a great way to let someone know they have done a stellar job! At the Academy Awards ceremony, actors and actresses covet the golden Oscar. Thoroughbred horses and their jockeys train fast and furiously to win the blue ribbon and flower-encrusted wreath.
Bloggers also have their own ways of giving 'props' to other bloggers…'The Very Inspiring Blogger', 'The Sunshine Award' and the 'The Versatile Blogger' are only a few of the many awards a blogger can receive. Usually, the bloggers who receive the awards have to list a number of interesting things about themselves…and then pass the award along to a bunch of others.
During these past two years, I've connected with many wonderful people. I've created a special parenting blog award (I hope I'm allowed to do that)…The Positive Parental Participation Blog Award. This is an award that recognizes a blogger who exemplifies the tenants of Positive Parental Participation:
I'm sure my list would run off the page if I included all those who deserve this award…so I'm starting with just eight special bloggers.
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Confirmed, One Direction Is Going To Do A Twitcam On Thursday 31st, 5.30pm London Time .
that's 2:30 am Melbourne, Australia time
yay! wait,what time is that in the usa?
12:30 PM for me
but you forgot this one
Liam steals a fan's phone and records on stage
this is better than life itself okay
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When people talk about Tumblr in public…
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Why I use social networks
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Sober Living by the Sea is a unique and highly successful drug treatment program that focuses on integrating clients back into the real world while also providing a supportive residential treatment environment.
Women and men who come to the Sober Living by the Sea Extended Care program have typically achieved an initial period of sobriety of at least 30 days. Here in Newport Beach California, they will live in closely monitored apartments and houses and engage in the vibrant recovery community. There will be 8 hours of therapeutic activities per day including individual and group therapy.


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These Semiconductor Equipment Companies Deserve Your Attention
Damian is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
In the highly cyclical semiconductor business, only a few companies possess the necessary strength to survive and succeed through the constant ups and downs. Although many analysts would support the idea of investing in sector behemoths like Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), in other words, playing safe, I would advocate on taking a closer look at some smaller, less-known companies like ASM International (NASDAQ: ASMI) and KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ: KLAC), which hold strong competitive advantages, mainly due to their cutting-edge and specific product offerings, and thus, stand as highly compelling investment opportunities.
The jewel of the Crown
ASM International is a leading provider of manufacturing process and technology solutions for semiconductor producers, carrying out front-and-back-end activities. After selling out a 12% stake of its back-end activities and distributing the gains among shareholders, while implementing a restructuring of its front-end segment, the company looks like a more appealing, even undervalued, investment.
Although it reported strong second-quarter results, a weak guidance for its third-quarter revenue led its stock price to plummet by over 15%, opening an attractive entry point for investors. Strong competition from Applied Materials is expected to continue, but considerable spending on R&D should provide the firm with a competitive advantage over the next few years. As a result, analysts anticipate that ASM will outperform the sector's EPS performance in the long run, mainly on the back of its cutting-edge front-end tools business.
Moreover, the progressive migration of its front-end manufacturing activities to (the lower-cost market of) Singapore should help ASM improve its margins and returns. In addition, its back-end segment, with low-cost operations in Asia, looks like a hidden gem, for it remains consistently profitable, returning industry leading results.
Trading at a third of the industry average in relation to its sales and about half the mean in relation to its consensus earnings, this stock looks quite undervalued. Moreover, a 1.7% dividend yield makes the wait worthwhile. I´d say buy and hold, you will probably not regret it.
Goliath is not so agile
Applied Materials is a leading provider of manufacturing equipment, services, and software for the semiconductor industry, among others (including the solar photovoltaic and flat panel display industries). With almost ten times the market capitalization of ASM, the competition it poses is considerably strong. Its scale, broad product offering, and strong brand name provide it with a wide economic moat, allowing it to successfully compete in almost every segment of the industry. Moreover, hefty R&D investments keep the firm ahead of its competition, while continuous cost-control initiatives and increasing synergies make its prices more appealing.
However, I consider that Applied Materials is not an investment as attractive as ASM, even though analysts expect it to outperform the broader sector in terms of EPS growth in the long run.
For starters, the width of its product offering can be seen as a pro, but also as a con. Since many of its competitors specialize in particular products, Applied Materials runs disadvantaged in many of its end-markets, while smaller firms offer the best products in these particular niches. Furthermore, the cyclicality of the semiconductor business, a high fixed-cost structure, and the recent weakness in its solar equipment segment could strongly impact its future results. Finally, its valuation at 25 times consensus earnings and a PEG ratio of 2.8, both about double the industry averages, lead me to advocate on holding on this stock for now.
A closer inspection
KLA-Tencor is another interesting investment option in the semiconductor equipment business. With a market cap of almost $10 billion, it stands in between ASM and Applied Materials. However, holding a leading spot in the process diagnostic and control (PDC) market, the company offers margins and returns which are among the best in the industry.
KLA is the only pure-play provider of tools for the defect inspection and metrology markets, two segments from which the company derives most (79%) of its revenue -- another 18% comes from its services business. This dominant position in a market niche provides it with a wide moat and strong competitive advantage that should help it keep its peers at bay for a few more years, at least.
Going forward, several factors make KLA an alluring investment. Given the fact that at any given time, companies want to reduce their expenses, and KLA's products lower its customers' production costs, the firm is considerably less susceptible to the cyclicality of the industry than most of its competitors. Furthermore, as demand for consumer electronics continues to increase, the company's solutions to ameliorate manufacturing efficiencies will accompany (Zacks). As this trend is expected to continue for a few years, the long-term prospects look particularly encouraging for the firm.
With a strong balance sheet that has almost $2 billion in net cash, the firm can comfortably enhance its shareholders' value by yielding 2.72% of the current stock price in the form of dividends, while pursuing periodic stock repurchases. Trading at 15 times its earnings, about one-third of the industry average, this stock looks quite undervalued and should be added to your long-term portfolio.
Bottom line
Although Applied Materials is the semiconductor industry behemoth and offers attractive growth prospects and a juicy dividend yield, smaller companies, such as KLA and ASM, stand as more attractive investment opportunities. Strong competitive advantages make these companies great options for your long-term portfolio; and their generous dividend yields will certainly keep you happy in the meantime.
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Yesterday, reports that the Los Angeles Dodgers and ace Clayton Kershaw were working on a seven year, $180 million dollar contract extension leaked.
Today, Kershaw is not happy about it and is blaming his Dodgers for the spilled beans.
Per Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times:
"I think the reason we've been able to continue discussions for this long is that it's not been talked about," Kershaw said. "And now that I'm having to talk about it, it's a distraction because people are talking about it. I guess you'll have to talk to the Dodgers as to why it came out now. I don't love the fact that I have to talk about it."
Kershaw blamed the leak on the Dodgers.
"We kind of had an agreement that we weren't going to talk about it," Kershaw said. "It didn't come from our side."
That said, the irritation is unlikely to cause any issues outside of maybe a small increase in salary though Kershaw himself sounded a bit more unsure when asked if the blunder would cause an issue in the talks, replying "I don't know".


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Northern part of India is too chilly in winters. Breaking the code of one's cozy zone is pretty challenging. The best way to wipe the chills is to get out there and face it. Well this time the plan came as a surprise, with the superb destination and group of friends. The bumpy road led us to Sawai Madhopur..!! Yes Please..!! We're going to the Ranthambore National Park, which is approximately 372 kms from Delhi or around 160 kms drive from Jaipur, which I think is quite close for an outdoor endeavor. Ranthambore was awarded the status of a National Park in 1981, before which it was established as a sanctuary. The trip to Ranthambore can be bracketed as a weekend affair if you hail from Delhi, Alwar or Jaipur and have a passion to explore wildlife, birds and forts and thirst to see that majestic animal "Tiger", for which the national park is known for. Other than Tigers, one can find beautiful local & migratory birds in winters, Leopard, Jackal, Hyena, Bear, Langoor (monkey), marsh Crocodile and various species of deer.
This tour brought us to the most exciting times of all. It turned out to be quite a luxurious holiday in itself where we had best of both the worlds. It was a perfect blend of luxury and Rajasthani hospitality & culture on the backdrop of the raw, edgy and rugged terrains of Vindhayas and Aravalis. Ranthambore is full of lodges and hotels suiting every man's pocket and needs. Here you are spoilt for choices if you are looking for luxurious holidays. Starting from Taj Vivanta, The Oberoi Vanyavilas, Nahargarh Ranthambore, you have a choice to stay in a luxury tent, a Taj lodge or suites, or a princely deluxe room. The rugged feeling of nestling with the wild gives an edge to these places. All of them were extraordinary but we chose to stay and being treated as a royalty in Nahargarh. The interiors of this place were very thoughtfully placed and gave a feel of that of a palace with beautiful Rajasthani interiors, artifacts, furniture and elaborate palace facade. This place was certainly luxurious with a fortified walls, encapsulating heritage, tradition in the form of folk dance and music, tranquility of nature and regal bliss and hospitality. The rooms were imperial and the buffet was lavish and scrumptious.Nahargarh Palace with Rajasthani Jharokhas and Chhatris as prominent architectural feature.
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The maternal abject and the works of Mary Kelly
By: Mireille Astore
Post-Partum Document, 1973-79
Installation in six parts
Installation View, Generali Foundation, Vienna
Post-Partum Document: Introduction, 1973
Perpsex units, white card, wool vests, pencil, ink
4 units, 20 x 25.5 cm each
Collection, Eileen Norton, Santa Monica
Perpsex units, white card, diaper linings, plastic sheeting, paper,ink
31 units, 28 x 35.5 cm each
I will now look at the work of Mary Kelly of 1985: Post-Partum Document . In this work, Kelly constructs an archive of her mothering experience using a linear device. The work is presented primarily in the form of verbal language with traces of maternal memorabilia such as nappies, clay imprints of a child's hand, specimens of plants the child collected, his name written by himself etc…. The work is in five sections following the processes by which the child separates from the mother. This traverses the child's development from stains of shit on nappies and the child's daily dietary charts to documents of the child's induction into the written language.
The visual absence of the mother in the work however, is quite striking given that the work is about the author/artist as mother. This is best illustrated in section three where the mother's diary of her private thoughts and feelings is erased or rubbed over by the oval crayon patterns of her child. It is as if the act of rearing, nurturing and separating is in effect an abject performance by Kelly as a mother. This is an act of expelling from herself that, which is within herself. An intellectual and emotional birthing process takes place, in slow motion where the child emerges from Kelly the mother as separate and independent, but not without effacing his mother. Kelly is also abjecting the self in section four where her interpretation of her child becoming difficult, is overridden by the father's last word on the subject, "on the contrary he said, it's because we're on top of him too much" .
Indeed, I feel as if Kelly's extraordinary work is a narrative, not only of the mechanics of rearing a child but also of abject processes such as surrender and loss of self, guilt, separation and contradictions. Freda Freiberg's reading of Kelly's work suggests that motherhood is a psychological and social construction based on two contradictory criteria:
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"…on the one hand, total commitment of time, effort and emotion to the welfare of the child; on the other hand, total relinquishment of the child to society, the domain of the Father. Whether we hold on to the child, or relinquish it, we are made to feel guilty of inadequate mothering, and judged as such." 1
The total construction of the Post-Partum Document is tedious, lacking beauty symbols and instant gratification, requiring careful reading and close examination. Through the multi-layered media Kelly chose in her work, she succeeded in fragmenting the visual and aesthetic process, and in expelling that which is comfortable and familiar. She merges the abject through imageries, which disturb our social space. Here I refer to the shitty nappies, the scribbles over heart-felt diary writings, the reversed rubber stamps and so on.
Central to the maternal abject and the aesthetic process are the inherent conflicts which Kelly illustrates both intentionally through the absence of the mother and child figures and the use of text in a visual context, and unintentionally through the effacement of the mother.
I explore three major areas in the construction of my work which Kelly chose not to. Firstly, the visual presence of the mother is more pronounced in my work than in Kelly's. This is primarily due to the fact that apart from the Madonna and Child icon, women as mothers are very rarely seen in art. I note their absence and crave their presence and so decided to saturate my work with the mother's presence with the abject.
Secondly, I incorporate the naked body of the mother in all images in order to highlight the vulnerability and strength of her body and to focus on the physical nature of mother's work. This was a conscious, deliberate and laboured decision given the widespread presence of images of the female nude in art and the subsequent objectification of the woman's body. Danielle Knafo points out how the shift, to a new female aesthetic has taken place in the last decade precisely because female artists have chosen to use the female body to signify their own experience.
In essence, I use the nude as an encoded message to extract the voyeur in the viewer but only to reflect and subvert his or her voyeurism. In order to do this, I merge with the body threatening structures such as spikes, metallic constructions, and rocky surfaces. At times, I strip the skin and attempt to expose what lies beneath, such as veins and organs. In doing so, I aim to construct a performance of pain.
Paradoxically, these painful inflictions serve a different purpose. The hard labour a woman faces right from the beginning of her journey into motherhood, at the onset of the birthing process, through to the time the child is walking, talking and is toilet trained, is often hugely underestimated. Except for the birthing process, the toll on her body is very rarely acknowledged. Through the use of these threatening objects, I attempt to give to these ephemeral intruders a material presence which then act on the naked and vulnerable body.
This is also the reason behind the use of thousands of pearl-headed metallic pins protruding through the outer layer of the bassinet. It is a vessel for the most fragile and precious being, the newborn infant. It is also the site of much anxiety, torment and sleep deprivation for the mother. The walls of the bassinet then become a metaphor for the mother's skin, which has been perforated by the pins. The pearls on the inside of the bassinet signify the preciousness of the woman's experience while the outer layer's pin tips signify the aggression and pain she feels through that experience. I invoke the abject in the viewer through the schism and contradiction of the pierced object. The jewelled inner layer of the bassinet contrasts with the harsh and aggressive outer layer.
Finally, I use aesthetic processes such as a glossy and delicate surface of rich colours in a darkened background. I do this in order to draw the viewer inside the work rather than adopt Kelly's approach of letting the viewer physically walk along with the various components of the work. This way, the images are denser and they offer the viewer a visual complexity as opposed to a linear narrative. I further intensify the viewer's experience by placing the pin-pricked bassinet in close proximity to the delicate surfaces of the images.
1.Freiberg, Freda. The Post-Partum Document; Maternal Archeology. In LIP, a Feminist Arts Journal. 1982/3 Issue number 7.