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Less is more … attractive!
Which one tastes better: drinking coke from a large bottle (2,5 L) or from a small one?
Would you care more of your online representation if you got only one like per day from Facebook to spend?
And what if you got only a small portion of food in a restaurant?
How do these limitations effect your experience?
I don't know whether it's true for everyone or it is just me, but I love drinking from those small soft drink bottles. And at the same time, I find it quite difficult to value the things that I have a stockpile of…
Let's call this weird effect the scarcity principle.
This effect comes from the assumption that something is rare because it is popular and everybody wants to get hold of it. And we know that if something is popular, that's a good indication of its quality.
That's the same case why you prefer a Porsche more than a Volkswagen, even if they both have the same specifications: mostly because those sport cars are rare. If everybody drove a sport car, I bet nobody would really appreciate them.
I think it is the main reason why so many expensive restaurants only serve a small portion of food. This way they can really make you appreciate the dish you ordered.
So our hypothesis is that if you state or imply that something is rare, it will appear as a more attractive option.
Does it mean the same in real life as it is in social psychology experiments?
In fact, it does. If a buyer in a supermarket was told that the supplier couldn't produce enough beef, they would give orders for twice as much as others. If they have been told that this information is not yet accessible for others, then they bought five times more of the beef (Knishinsky, 1982).
By the way, you don't even have to limit your inventory to exploit the scarcity principle. If you show a fewer number of the same product (for example, on a supermarket shelf), that can increase not only its sales potential, but the price that buyers would pay for it (Worchel, 1975).
What about the one like per day idea?
Do you see any reason why it can be effective? Limiting functionality, quantity or any limitable feature don't seem to be necessarily a bad idea. Take Twitter for example: 140 characters, and that's it. That's what you've got to express yourself.
There's no technical reason to limit the length of the message, this is purely a psychological consideration (and of course it is also necessary to keep the service flowing).
Think about it: how much more time would you spend on Facebook account if you were limited to like only one page per day? In this case, it can become easily a serious decision, a self expression tool people really care about, exactly because in this case "likes" are limited resources.
This is what LinkedIn should do with the skills & expertise feature: limit the number of items one can have at any given time. This would not just clear up the glitter but actually it will make people think about themselves and get more engaged in the process.
Let's see how this principle works in another context: in the airline ticket ecosystem. What are these companies doing by pricing the demand and the remaining time in to the tickets? They want to ensure that you will be more inclined to buy a ticket as soon as possible because the price you see now is limited by time and it is increasing at an unknown rate. There's no way to calculate the costs caused by your hesitation.
How does it feel? Are you getting nervous? Do you feel that blood is rushing to your head?
Honestly, I always do.
Despite the fact that marketers create a lot of "fake" scarcity to improve sales, this principle also has its upsides: I'm talking about the fact that the scarcity effect also applies to information. For example, it is the reason why censorship is mostly ineffective: people go a long way just to get the banned, scarce information, thus promoting freedom of speech unintentionally.
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Moraga, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Tyler Haws netted 18 points on 8-of-15 shooting as the BYU Cougars narrowly edged out the St. Mary's Gaels, 60-57, in a West Coast Conference bout at McKeon Pavilion.
Kyle Collinsworth scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds for BYU (18-10, 10-5 WCC). Nate Austin pulled down a team-high 11 boards in the victory. The Cougars have won five of their last six games.
Brad Waldow notched a double-double with 17 points and 13 rebounds for St. Mary's (19-8, 9-5). Stephen Holt tallied 13 points, and connected on 3-of-7 from 3-point range in the contest. The loss ends a three-game win streak for the Gaels.
St. Mary's connected on an even 50 percent from the field in the first half, despite hitting just 2-of-11 from 3-point range. The Gaels took a 35-25 lead into the intermission. BYU hit 44.4 percent of its field goal tries in the first frame, and missed all five 3-point tries.
The Cougars exploded in the second half, hitting 57.1 percent of their attempts and knocked down 10-of-13 from the free-throw line. The Gaels hit just 32 percent from the floor in the period, including 2-of-8 from deep, which allowed the Cougars to come back for the win.
BYU had the edge in points off turnovers, 13-3, and in fast break points, 4-0. St. Mary's outrebounded the Cougars in the contest, 36-29.
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Configuring a Google+ private Community as a ESN
In order to implement an ESN for my new company, ContextBase, I decided to configure a Google+ private Community as a Enterprise Social Network. An important part of this concept is the use of discussion topics configured as Company departments.
After the Community has been created as a private Community, (that cannot be set to Public), the company logo has been imported, the About section created, and the company members set-up, the ESN can be integrated as a Social Layer over the Company's productivity programs.
The company members' Google Drive accounts are configurable for data storage and productivity programs with sharing via the Google+ Community ESN, and Gmail with ESN sharing is a method for client database/correspondence functionality.
My methodology for working with a Google+ Community ESN is:
First, sign into the Company Member Google Account, then navigate to the Google+ Community ESN, (ContextBase), then open Gmail/Tasks, Calendar, Drive, & Google+ in separate tabs.
In order for business processes to not mire in information technology confusion, I recommend that all company communications take place through the Google+ ESN Community, all completed work is posted to a department discussion thread subgroup, Person to Person communications take place through the Google Chat dialog box at bottom right of the Community and Google+ screens, and Video conferencing takes place via Google+ Hangouts at the Google+ tab.
These photographs show the Moblie version of the ContextBase Google+ Community ESN:
1) The first photo shows an accounting file, (that had been posted to the Accounting thread), opened successfully in an Android mobile browser.
2) The second photo shows the mobile ESN with the Accounting thread selected.
Possibilities of Activity Stream Computing
This is my assessment of the possibilities of Enterprise/Consumer Social Networks as a Top Layer application, and an Activity Stream Computing environment. In the future, persons will sit down to work, and whether telecommuting or working from a specifically business-oriented location, start up their Activity Stream Computers. The Basic Layer of this Activity Stream Computer, the same as the Operating System, will be an Activity Stream Programming environment, (possibly similar to the website http://www.ifttt.com).
Starting with the Basic Layer Activity Stream Operating System, the Activity Stream Computer will launch applications based on Social Networking only. These applications will be the equivalent of present Social Networks – Google+, Yammer, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc. Enterprise Social Networks, like Yammer, will have become the same as personal Consumer Social Networks. In other words, in order to work, persons will operate the same Social Networking-based application as persons operate in order to shop, interact with government, plan their lives, socialize with friends, and read/listen/watch entertainment media.
In order to socialize, shop, conduct personal business, and for entertainment, persons will use multi-function Consumer Social Networking with the same capabilities found with Enterprise Social Networking. There will be no difference between a Consumer Social Network and a Enterprise Social Network. Both will be multi-functional, and contain within them the multiple computing applications required by persons to work, or live their personal lives.
With this form of Activity Stream Computing, employees using Personal Social Networks at Work will eventually not be considered in any way unusual. Employees will work and take care of their personal interactions concurrently. The personal Social Networking of Employees will appear in the Activity Streams of the same Enterprise Social Network they use for Work. The work they need to perform to earn an income will appear in the Activity Streams of the Consumer Social Network they use at home, for personal business.
When a Consumer, via Social Networking, is purchasing services from a Business, (via Social Networking), the Employees of that Business will see the relevant Consumer, and all the other Individuals interacting with that Business within a Social Network context. The Consumer will also see all the other Consumers interacting with the same Business they are mutually purchasing services from via the Activity Streams of the Consumer/Enterprise Social Network application.
It is possible that Twitter will become only a back end for Twitter-like dialog box Applications within Multi-System Social Networks. LinkedIn could become only a back end for employment networking within a Top Layer Social Network.
Therefore the Layers would be – ifttt.com Activity Stream Programming base layer, a Multi-Activity Stream Layer Social Network Appllication, multiple Single Activity Stream Social Networks providing integrated multiple Activity Streams for the previous Layer, Productivity Applications that operate within the Multi-Activity Stream Social Network, with the Files produced existing in a Social context from intial creation of the Files. Legacy concepts of Productivity Applications will eventually phase out, as persons and businesses switch to Productivity with Social Networking dialogs, including the legacy applications, spreadsheets and slide presentations.
Options for Sustainable Solar and Wind Power Generation
Although maligned for decades, and sabotaged by Oil Companies, (such as Atlantic Richfield Company – Arco), Solar Power and Wind Power, have made advances since the turn of the century, and are now optimally positioned to generate a large percentage or even major percentage of the Electricity requirements of the World.
The Benefits of Sustainable Power Generation are the ability to generate power without Blackouts caused by Storms, Hurricanes, Blizzards, Power Plant accidents, and Power Line/Transformer Station accidents. Solar/Wind Power is also immune from Blackouts caused by Warfare, and therefore more secure than centralized non-sustainable power generation. An already familiar benefit of Solar/Wind Power is Power Generation without use of non-sustainable and polluting resources, (i.e. Oil/Coal/Uranium).
I put together this blog on Solar/Wind Power mainly to create text in order to practice creating a Presentation with the online program, SlideRocket, and also in order to delineate my concepts of efficient Solar/Wind Power generation and Electricity Storage, utilizing CoGeneration.
Therefore, I advocate that entities that are interested in the end of non-sustainability regarding electricity generation, pursue the following CoGeneration options for Solar/Wind Power -
1) CoGeneration without Battery Storage. Instead of Battery Storage, the Solar/Wind power generation, and electricity use, by individual CoGenerators is digitally monitored. Extra generated electricity can be sent via a CoGeneration grid to cogenerators that are temporarily undergenerating electricity, possibly because of lack of sunlight or wind.
2) CoGeneration with Community Battery Storage. Individual CoGenerators would generate Solar or Wind Power without individual Battery Storage, the same as option 1. However, local community scale Battery Storage Facilities would allow CoGenerators to have locally available Stored Electricity, in case of temporary undergeneration of electricity. Also, the local Battery Storage could send electricity anywhere in the CoGeneration grid.
3) Cogeneration with Power Plant Scale Battery Storage. This option would involve Local Solar/Wind Power Generation with the availability of Large Scale Battery Storage Facilities that have replaced Power Plants, and are instead used for Electricity Storage. The objective of this option is the storing of large amounts of extra electricity, with the option of sending via the cogeneration grid extra electricity to CoGeneration customers temporarily undergenerating electricity.
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Emerging Enterprise Systems Social Networks
Enterprise Social Networks
With the advent of Enterprise Social Networking, businesses have an opportunity to organize their communications, collaborative processes, and interactions in new, improved, and more vital ways. "Enterprise Social Networking" is the use of one Online Social Network within the same Business. Enterprise Social Networking is one of the new forms of online software considered "Enterprise 2.0". Besides proprietary Enterprise Social Networking, any form of online Social Software, (even consumer Social Networks), that are incorporated into business processes, can be considered "Enterprise Social Software" upon its use in a business, or commercial, environment.
The benefits of Enterprise Social Networks include increasing the productivity of knowledge workers (managers/professionals), improved employee relationships, open and collaborative recognition of exemplary employee performance, open sharing of ideas that can expedite the process of forming new programs and departments, reduced email volume, reduced time spent reviewing intra-company communications, faster dissemination of information to employees, better awareness of project statuses, inspiring of innovation throughout the company, the knowledge of employees becoming searchable, and improved internal/external enterprise collaboration.
With individuals having greater communications ability via Consumer Social Networks, (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), Businesses need to participate in Online Social Networking to secure their commercial positions. Simultaneous to businesses engaging in Intra-Enterprise Social Networking, businesses can expand awareness of their products via external Online Social Networks, and create vastly more informative content. Content that can exist in a Online Social Context, and is therefore more vital.
Eventual Capabilities of Enterprise Social Networks
Social Networks emerging as an Enterprise Technology, (with the Social Network as the top layer of all the other enterprise applications), has been progressing for the last two years. The major software providers in Enterprise Collaboration, and in the Consumerization of Enterprise IT, are Salesforce, IBM, Microsoft, and Google.
With a Social Network at the top layer over all other Enterprise applications, the resulting Enterprise Social Network could possibly be called an "Enterprise Layer Social Network". If the Enterprise Social Network contains within it productivity programs and accounting/database capabilities, it could be considered an "Enterprise Systems Social Network". The final version of Enterprise Social Networks might encompass all of an Enterprise's information systems, and would then exist as a "Whole Enterprise Systems Social Network".
The Enterprise Social Network, Yammer, has the capability of producing word processing documents collaboratively within the network application. Yammer merged with Microsoft on June 14th 2012. Eventually Yammer, as a Microsoft Enterprise Social Network application, might gain the capability of having the entire Microsoft Office set of online productivity applications within a Social Network context. It is possible that Yammer's internal collaborative word processor could be replaced by a collaborative version of Microsoft Word. With the rest of the Microsoft Office programs becoming internal, collaborative productivity programs within a Enterprise Social Network, the former Yammer Social Network can then become a Microsoft Office 365 top layer application, and possibly also utilize an internal version of Microsoft's SkyDrive for collaborative file storage. Other possible additions to a Yammer-based Microsoft Enterprise Social Network could be Video/Text Conferencing, Calendar view of messages, activities, tasks, and events, and collaborative website creation and management.
The public Social Network, Google+, could become a top layer application incorporating Google Docs collaborative productivity programs, Hangouts for conferencing, Calendar/Tasks for a time based view of collaborative activities, Google Drive for collaborative file storage, and Google Maps for social mapping. Collaborative analysis, advertising, marketing, enterprise telephony, and website creation/management is also a possible capability of Google+.
The Files sections of future Enterprise Social Networks would need to have inter-Social Network sharing capabilities. Google+'s eventual integration of Google Drive for collaborative file storage will need to have the ability to share files with a Microsoft Enterprise Social Network's integration of SkyDrive.
Proprietary Apps
Many business will possibly find the first Enterprise Systems Social Networks incompatible with their unique business needs, and will use Enterprise Social Networks only for the purpose of email volume reduction messaging, and then rely on external applications for business processes, creating word processing and spreadsheet files, and for storage of files.
An actual Enterprise Systems Social Network, (that encompasses an entire Enterprise I.T. Department), will not exist until enough applications are available to account for the various requirements of businesses. Therefore, developing proprietary applications that work within competing Enterprise Social Networks will become a vital industry. Third Party productivity app stores within Social Networks will become more popular.
Enterprise Systems Social Networks can also benefit from social analysis applications, social marketing, social mapping applications (derived from Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, etc.), social news posting, and leveraging of other Web 2.0 online software, including online, collaborative knowledge based applications.
Competitiveness of Enterprise Systems Social Networks
With the advent of Enterprise Social Networks, and then Enterprise Systems Social Networks, new proprietary capabilities will emerge, and will possibly give pioneering Enterprises an advantage in driving business. Engagement across the entire spectrum of consumer social services will become more efficient. Improved content will result, and the potential of internet communications will be further realized.
Seamless integration of advertisement, analytics, marketing, engagement, and online data, will exist for the first time in one place. When placed in the context of online collaboration, an organization's structural, procedural, and cultural processes will be affected. Enterprise Systems Social Networks will require new work methodologies by employees of companies. These new methodologies require the leadership of the top of the hierarchies of Enterprises. Leading this change in the business world is, interestingly, a greater task than the technical implementation of Whole Enterprise Systems Social Networks.


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P Mac Ltd were delighted to play a part in the refurbishment of the Bray Boxing Club where our famous Olympian Champion Katie Taylor trains.
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Areas in St Vincent's Hospital underwent major refurbishment recently. Rather than replace the old floor, which structurally required little work, it was...
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P Mac Ltd recently completed the cleaning, restoration and sealing of reconstituted red brick on the facade of a house on Shrewsbury Road. They initially steam...
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Vidmetrix, the premium video-tracking and analytics service launched by Vidmeter, is getting ready to launch a whole bunch of new features and offer a social media platform for marketers as well. See our initial write up on Vidmetrix here. The new platform will allow marketers to distribute and analyze online video campaigns, integrating viewership data from videos hosted on other sites, tracking all video info under a single account, and monitoring engagement of your video on other sites as well.


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|Congenital hypothyroidism: a review of the risk factors.
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|This study was aimed to evaluate the situation of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) in Guilan using the screening program and determine the correlation of CH with birth weight, gestational age and seasonality. During 2006 to 2010, in Guilan province, neonatal screening for CH by measurement of serum TSH level was performed in 3-5 days after birth. All neonates with TSH level ≥ 5mu/l were referred to endocrinologists and serum TSH, T3 and T4 were measured. Based on public health data and profiles, total number of newborns, gestational age, route of delivery, birth season and birth weight in all screened neonates was reviewed and for ones with CH, their TSH measurements was also recorded. During 5 years, 119701 neonates were screened and CH was confirmed in 10.8% (221) of the referral cases (prevalence=1:542). No significant statistical difference was seen between gender and birth season among patients with CH and the rest of the population. Interestingly, low birth weight (LBW) (31% vs. 4.9%, P<0.01), postdate delivery (1.4% vs. 0.2%, P<0.01) and macrosomia were more prevalent in CH versus normal population (Odds ratio for post-date delivery was 6.9 and for LBW was 3.2). Rate of normal vaginal delivery (NVD) was significantly higher in neonates with CH compared to normal population (39.2% vs. 29.2%, P=0.01). LBW, postdate delivery and macrosomia are risk factors for CH. No association between sex, birth season or caesarian section delivery was seen.
|Setila Dalili; Seyed Mahmood Rezvany; Arsalan Dadashi; Abdolreza Medghalchi; Hamid Mohammadi; Hosein Dalili; Mostafa Mirzanejad; Hajar Gholamnezhad; Anis Amirhakimi
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Wim Wenders originally pitched this personal epic as "the ultimate road movie". Just explaining the story took him six hours. And after a $23-million shoot across 15 different cities in eight countries on four continents, producers finally put the brakes on the madcap caper. There's no Making Of doc on the disc, which is a shame, as it would definitely be better than the organic (rambling), über-ambitious (über-long) sci-fi fantasy that emerged from Wenders' 20-hour rough cut.
Set at the end of 1999, a tumbling nuclear satellite provides the millennial-apocalypse jitters as melancholy French woman Solveig Dommartin pursues mysterious American searcher William Hurt across the Earth. Vibed by a haunting soundtrack, Wenders' lyrical obsessions (images, connection, identity, memory) are all brewing over the boil, but rarely ignite the sensory emotion that flares from his greatest odysseys.


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What's your favorite single sentence from a TEDTalk?
Jill Bolte Taylor: "I am the life-force power of the universe."
You know it when you hear it: the sentence, the quote that gives you chills. Maybe it's exceedingly wise, or maybe it's just funny or pithy -- but it's an idea worth spreading in one sentence. What's your favorite one-sentence quote from a TEDTalk?
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Feb 15 2011: My preferred sentence has no sense without its context. It's "They will in a minute" from Sir Ken Robinson's talk Schools Kill Creativity. That was the answer from the girl drawing a picture of God to her teacher who said that nobody knows what God looks like.
I think the world would be completely different if we all were so focused on our real convictions and we really believed on what we are doing as much as this girl does.
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Step 5: Thigh Rotator
Targets: Inner and Outer Thighs, Glutes
- Sit with right leg bent 90 degrees on floor in front of you, palms on floor to right of thigh, fingers pointing forward.
- Lift left leg so toes are pointing into the floor with heel lifted and aligned with ball of right foot, knee bent 90 degrees.
- Rotating thigh, place left knee onto floor behind right heel, pointing toes toward ceiling.
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The spoken word was likely the first means of communication after gestures or crude drawings, but we don't really know. While it's been said that a picture is worth a thousand words; words — whether spoken or written — are still our primary means of communication. And the way we use words can be positive or devastating.
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Samantha Boyum is a NC native who is passionate about cats, special effects make up and art. She spends her free time hanging with friends, drawing and Larping. She's our junior nail tech and she loves creating custom nail art for clients.
Things you would save in a fire: My cat Skittles, of course.
Ideal Vacation: Australia
Dream Job: Special effects make up artist
Favorite Meal: Mac and cheese
Priscilla developed her artistic eye at a young age by showing an appreciation of the arts. Nail polish just happened to be an expressive form of art that she embraced early on. With a fascination of details she realized the fashion & beauty industry was the career direction she wished to pursue.
Priscilla takes pride in her work because doing nails is truly her passion. She has been servicing clients for many years & has become a sought out manicurist working with leading fashion houses, designer's & models at Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week. Check out some of her work here.
Childhood Ambition: To be a lawyer
Book That Had the Most Effect on You: The Four Agreements
3 Things You Can't Live Without: Shopping, beauty products and wine
Who Would You Want To Be Your Personal Stylist? Alexander Wang: w/o a doubt… Absolutely love his vision & creativity
Hasani is a native of Los Angeles who left the beach and sun behind to give Atlanta a shot. She's worked as a celebrity nail stylist in Hollywood working with brands such as NCLA and Kitson and is fast becoming the go to person in Atlanta for creative, custom nail art. She's super creative and you can see a lot of her nail artistry on our Instagram account @buffnailbar. In her free time she likes to hang out with family and friends, work on DIY projects and dream about vacationing in Greece.
Childhood Ambition: To be a mother.
Book that has most influenced you: You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
Last 3 songs Shazamed: "Break Up" by Nicki Minaj, "At Home in Space" by Fila Brazillia & "How I Feel" by Wax Tailor
3 Things You Can't Live Without: My mom, my phone & money
Things can get hectic this time of year but we can't resist throwing a little soiree with our family and friends to spread some holiday cheer. We've compiled a guide to help you prepare everything you'll need to entertain this season and host the perfect party.
1.) Cocktails
If you ask us, the most important part of any get-together is the cocktail when you first arrive. Around the holidays, guests are looking to indulge in seasonal favorites. We suggest something warm with a bite – a Hot Toddy.
The Kitchn has a great twist on the old classic: a Tequila Hot Toddy. Check out the full recipe.
2.) Decor
Want to add a little something extra to last year's decor or looking to change up your theme? We think this simple DIY combines nature and glamour in an awesome way – seriously. Just add glitter!
Buy or gather some pinecones, coat them in craft glue, sprinkle on gold, blue, or silver glitter, and voila! You've got a sparkly take on the seasons natural elements.
3.) Food
Everyone is a fan of a throwback, and you can't go wrong with a cheeseball around this time of the year. Our resident Highbrow Hippie has come up with a pretty amazing version of this party favorite. Check out Myka's recipe here. Anyone can make this. Trust us.
4.) Hostess Mani
Of course, you're going to want to look your best as you mix and mingle with your guests. Getting your holiday mani before the madness of party planning takes over is your best bet – especially with the WAX Mani of the Month. December's mani is nothing short of merry and bright, and durable to boot! This gel glitter mani gives you the festive effect you're looking for while providing some serious gel strength that will hold up during your decorating and cooking.
5.) Music
Setting the mood with the right music is a crucial part of any party. Gather all of your favorite holiday classics and make a playlist for the entire evening. All you have to do is press play and let the good times roll!
Need some inspiration? Don't worry. Check out Myka's playlist here: Highbrow Hippie Holiday
6.) Ambiance
The easiest way to set the ambiance at any party is to light a beautiful candle…or two, or three, or four! Personally, we're huge fans of NEST. Their fragrances are so incredible. Pop by WAX to pick up our favorite scent – Sicilian Tangerine.
7.) Fun
If you're looking for the perfect way to make even your most bah-humbug of guests get into the swing of things, try a DIY photobooth! Hang a layer of tinsel along an empty wall, grab a Santa hat and other props, set up a Polaroid, and snap away! These photos provide instant fun and a great momento for guests to remember your party!
DIY tinsel backdrop here: Lovely Indeed
8.) De-stress and Pamper
The booze is gone, the music has stopped, and all of your guests have made it home safe and sound. This calls for a little R&R for the hostess! A pedicure, brow wax or tint, even eyelash extensions…it's time to head to WAX to clear your head and get ready for the party fun to start again – but this time, at someone elses house!
We're always on the hunt for the next best beauty brand and we know we've found something special with ILIA. We're so excited to carry this incredible cosmetic line at WAX, especially during the holidays! Any beauty-lovin' lady would be happy to be gifted ILIA – including yours truly!
We've compiled our favorite ILIA products to make picking up a few next time you're at WAX a snap. Check out what we're loving below!
"I can't get enough of the 99 Red Ballons Lip Crayon. It's the perfect holiday red without the pink undertone!" – Misty
"The Polka Dots and Moonbeams Illuminator is just the touch you need to give you a special glow." – Jamie
"Everyone should get their hands on the Nighfall Mascara. It makes your eyelashes look fabulous and sultry." – Priscilla
"If you're looking for the absolute best pink ever, then look no further. Neon Angel lipstick has you covered." – Myka
"The cold weather doesn't mean you can't stay bronze! I'm loving the Sway Illuminator bronzer for year-round use." – Hasani
"Lust for Life is a limited edition color in the Tinted Lip Conditioners line…need I say more? Grab it fast!" – Lane
"The All of Me Multi-Stick is an awesome cheek tint. It's so natural looking and moisturizing, too!" – Sam
"Talk about a pop of color! The Crimson & Clover Tinted Lip Conditioner can add something special to any look." – Rhiannon
Misty is a graduate of The Esani Institute in Atlanta. She is WAX's lead esthetician has been named "Best Waxer In Atlanta" by Allure magazine. Misty loves the immediate satisfaction of waxing and in her words she "doesn't want to be good at everything she wants to be amazing at a few things." Bikini design is one of those things – she has had many designs pass her way. In addition to bikini design she is also skilled at designing a great brow through waxing or threading. To add to the allure of the eye created through a great brow, Misty studied abroad at The London Makeup Academy and is a skilled make up artist. Misty is known as the "Gentle Waxer". From her soft voice to her soothing hands everything about her is calm and quiet…But we know better – those hands have waved about in the air while regaling us with tales of a life well lived and embarrassing moments that we had to swear not to print here….
Favorite Indulgences: Chocolate, Online Shopping
3 Things That People Wouldn't Know About You: I have 9 tattoos, I lived in Guam & I collect Salt and Pepper shakers.
Personal Soundtrack: Brazilian Girls
Personal Style in Three Words: Simple, Southern, Rock
First Job: K-MART
Childhood Ambition: To marry Michael Jackson and to be Madonna
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Lane is a graduate of the International School of Skin and Nails and has worked in many areas of the esthetics field over the past 10 years. She specializes in Brazilians and brows as they are the most challenging in waxing services. Lane believes that true beauty comes from within, and because of that, she is also a certified nutritionist as well as an accomplished organic food chef. She believes in the importance of customer service and appreciates client relationships that are created through making people more beautiful than they really are. She hails all the way from Canada so keep reading to find out more about our favorite import!
Ideal vacation: A beach where you can see through the water for miles.
Book that has most influenced you: How To Create The Perfect Eyebrow
Things you can't live without: Chapstick & my shoe collection
Team Edward or Team Jacob? Team Edward. Vampires probably have less body hair.
If you could have anyone be your personal stylist who would it by and why? Kim Kardashian because she always looks amazing!
Three things people wouldn't know about you: I love tequila & sci-fi and have a designer sunglasses addiction!
Find out more about Lane here.
Our resident lady about the town, P. Willow, lives the life we wish we could. You've seen her on our postcards, you've seen her slinking around our facebook and twitter. Now she's blogging and ready to offer her two cents on life and living! Learn a little more about our "mascot"…
Childhood ambition: to become a backup dancer for Michael Jackson (duh).
Things you would save in a fire: My collection of vintage collars, my Jonathan Adler kitty krack jar, and my travel diaries.
Favorite indulgences: Body wraps, Mani / Pedis and custom blended perfumes.
First job: A bodega in Brooklyn.
3 Things people wouldn't necessarily know about you:
1. I love taking bubble baths
2. I prefer vintage over new
3. I take about 5 naps a day. I'm a firm believer in beauty rest!
Skincare routine: Lick, smooth and repeat.
Personal soundtrack: Moon Pix by Cat Power
Three things you can't live without.
- A bottle of Château du lait 1986
- An organic latex mattress
- French Vogue
Originally from Springfield, Massachusetts, Micky became a peach in the summer of 1995. She graduated from Clayton State University with B.B.A. in marketing and soon after obtained a job managing an insurance agency. Late in 2010, Micky decided to make a career change and enrolled at the International School of Skin and Nails and later obtained her Esthetics license, and we are super happy that she did! Micky's "passion for waxing" began while studying at ISSN. She loves the instant gratification of going from prickly and unsightly, to smooth and aesthetically pleasing. Additionally, Micky is passionate about creating, correcting, and/or maintaining beautiful brows, as she believes they play a vital role in your face's overall appearance. Find out more about what Micky is all about when she's not busy perfecting your brows…
Things you would save in a fire: My stiletto collection
First job: Mickey D's, commonly known as McDonalds
Personal style in 3 words: Sexy, sophisticated, black
Your spirit animal, and why? A chameleon because I'm adaptable to any environment
Skincare routine: I cleanse, tone, and moisturize EVERY morning and night. I usually exfoliate and mask every 3 days
3 things that people wouldn't necessarily know about you:
- I love math
- I love dogs
- I am half Jamaican
Dream job: Personal assistant to Idris Elba…he is soooo darn attractive (and he has a British accent….)


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- It looks like a typical practice for the Ballard Bruins but looks can be deceiving.
Players are only able to use half the court because the other half is still drying out.
Fans, heaters, humidifiers are all in overdrive to speed up the process.
Ice, snow, rain and a leak in the roof damaged the floor, which was not in the game plan during the basketball season.
The coach of the girls' team said it's like walking on wavy potato chips.
So no more home games at Ballard for the rest of the season, the floor will be replaced.
Senior night for both the girls and boys this Friday will be played at Bellarmine University.
Jayvonna Layfield, a Ballard senior, is pleased to have a home for the game but it's not exactly home, home.
She says it's kind of a bummer, but does have a good memory of the last home game breaking the 1,000 point mark.
Memories made in their gym with new ones to come they hope at Bellarmine.
And for seniors like Kelan Martin and Quentin Snider who will attend UofL next year. The faithful home crowd will follow them anywhere for senior night.
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Spanish Specialties
Six more seating options from Spain from the January/February issue.
By Jana Schiowitz
You wanted more seating and now, you've got it. Take a seat and read about these six new editions to the market from Spain.
Happy from Capdell (left) has a metal structure with an upholstered seat and is stackable. Two versions are available: an armchair and a chair without arms and could be made with a wooden back or a polypropylene one.
Belloch's style is reminiscent of Charles and Ray Eames. The environmentally friendly Santa & Cole (right) chair took time to design—the company's technical team studied materials in order to produce a contemporary and economical chair made from 60 percent recycled polypropylene and 40 percent recycled wood from sawmills.
Sellex (left) thought about conference rooms and offices within hospitality properties when designing Don. The chair's shell can be finished in natural oak, wenge-stained oak, or walnut-stained oak.
Iriam by Fermín Verdeguer for Darc (right) is a box-like chair with a stainless steel structure. Its seat and armrest are lined with leather.
With a strong emphasis on making a space warm and inviting, the Guitarra armchair from Uno Design (left) is complemented by chairs, benches, stools and side tables. The seats give personality to a space with a clean yet modern design.
Ziru Contract's Ann (left) is made of natural oak (stained or lacquered). The full Ann Collection includes chairs, armchairs, stools, high tables, and occasional tables.


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Clearwater, FL (Sports Network) - Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run home run in a six-run fifth inning, as Detroit rocked Philadelphia, 10-1, in Grapefruit League action.
Nick Castellanos added a two-run shot during that frame, while Tyler Collins added a pair of RBI for the Tigers.
Drew Smyly allowed one hit over two scoreless innings, and Casey Crosby earned the win despite yielding one run and two walks over a pair of relief frames.
Ryan Howard finished 2-for-2 and knocked in the lone run for the Phillies, who fell to 0-2 in the exhibition season.
Jonathan Papelbon was blitzed in defeat for five hits and six runs in two- thirds of an inning.
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Etsy Find: Lined Reusable Sandwich Bags by MamaMade
Remember those Reusable Snack Bags we blogged about a couple of weeks ago? They look great, but a downside was that they only worked for dry foods. That's why we're so excited about these bags we just found – they look really similar, but they're lined so they'll also work with wet foods!
MamaMade's got a variety of designs, but we're really loving the ones made of Amy Butler fabric (shown above the jump).
All bags are made of 100% cotton with a waterproof laminated knit lining and are machine wash and dryer safe. Visit MamaMade's etsy shop and website for more info.
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Can you buy the waterproof laminated knit lining material in stores like Jo-Ann? I would like to make my own.
These look beautiful but according to her website,they are lined with PUL. PUL is considered one of the "safer" waterproof plastics/fabrics and is commonly used for modern cloth diapers.
But it is *not* considered food safe by the manufacturer. In fact, they advise against it being used in contact with any foodstuff.
She has some great bags! I make the same kind of reusable sandwich bags, but I line mine with nylon, a completely "food" safe material. Please come on by and check them out on my etsy store http://Torrilynn123.etsy.com or my website
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Thanks so much for having this great article!
We've been super happy with the snack and sandwich bags from http://simplypractical.etsy.com
The fabric choices are excellent and the quality is fantastic. Additionally, the materials are BPA and PVC free, and safe to use for food. I also love that they are made by a local mom in Portland, OR, and not a large company. I love supporting the little guys when I can!


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A new initiative being proposed by the Beautiful Plains School Division has the potential to give Neepawa parents the same option given to rural parents – a choice of schools supported by bus transportation.
The Division's Board of Trustees has committed to running a bus from Neepawa to J.M. Young or Brookdale Schools if 20 or more students fill out Choice of School Applications to attend those schools.
Applications need to be submitted by May 15, and the decision would be subject to the province agreeing to provide the transportation support.
A public information meeting for any parents interested, or wanting more background on the idea, is being held next Monday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. in the Neepawa Public Library's multi-purpose room (the building's east entrance).
For Brookdale School's parent council, the bus proposal is a much-welcome concept.
"We have had a declining enrolment over the past few years and we believe there are people in Neepawa who are interested in their children attending a smaller school," Brookdale Parent Council member Becky Szucki explained. "We believe the transportation piece will be a positive for those parents."
There are certain educational experiences both smaller and larger schools are able to offer students.
For a school like Brookdale's, Szucki noted one of the big advantages is more one-on-one time with teachers. The Kindergarten to Grade 8 school currently has 21 students and two full-time teachers, as well as one part-time teacher.
The school also offers different activity excursions such as trips to the Sportsplex and weekly hot lunches.
"This will maybe be something that is an option for parents whose children are struggling with the large school environment, as well," Szucki pointed out. "The big thing is just giving parents that option, and we're happy the Division has been working with us on that."
Offering the bus option to Eden and Brookdale is also a way for the Division to potentially lessen the enrolment crunch at both HMK and NACI.
Those schools have seen significant enrolment jumps in the past five years, leading to two portable classrooms being added at both schools. That being said, BPSD superintendent Jason Young noted, the Division is currently comfortable with the enrolment distribution at its Neepawa schools – this new initiative is simply about giving parents more educational options.
"The division is anticipating our numbers will continue to grow over the next two or three years and we are making a conscious effort to be proactive and explore all our options that may alleviate some of our future space challenges," Young said. "The first step was when we moved our Grade 6 students to Neepawa Collegiate, this opened up some space at HMK where our biggest space challenge was."
"We have additional space at Brookdale and Eden schools and the board is open to looking at Choice of Schools for students who may choose to go to either of these two smaller schools."
Both the Brookdale Parent Council and Division representatives will be at the meeting being held next Monday.
"It's just an opportunity to formally explain the idea to those who come," Szucki noted. "You don't have to commit that night, but it might help give us a feel for the interest prior to the Division's budget deliberations in February, too."


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Great comments above on what to use. For things to avoid, top of the list is sand blasting. Even soda blasting is ill advised on any parts that may come in contact with engine internals.
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Great comments above on what to use. For things to avoid, top of the list is sand blasting. Even soda blasting is ill advised on any parts that may come in contact with engine internals.
Coils can be temperature sensitive. You can check the resistance of the coils (of course disconnected). Anton has a good article on his web site:
There are two seals around the shifter, both can be changed by tilting the bike at an angle and removing the shifter and then extracting the two seals. After the seals are replaced, the allen should...
I absolutely agree. I wasn't clear. The spring rate changes with compression only with a progressive spring. Thanks for adding the clarification here.
Maybe my Bachelors of Science in Mechanical engineering may help. For springs, force is proportional to the distance the spring is displaced. The force times a spring constant (K) equals the...
Graham, Suggest you look at http://www.cycleworks.net Dan offers bearings, tools and a video that includes fantastic tips on rebuilding an airhead transmission. I've rebuilt my R90S transmission...
Kurt, May I suggest you do a compression and leak down test once you have the heads back to determine what you might need to do with the cylinders? I rebuilt my 1975 R90S (valve job done...
I rebuilt the Dellorto's on my 1975 R90S with rebuild kits from Bevel Heaven in California. Steve at Bevel Heaven also carries beautiful billet "bolts" for the bottom of the float bowls. I...
+1 on heat. I like the idea of the heat gun because it's likely that there is BMW thread-lock you are trying to warm up. I also use thread penetrating oil like Liquid Wrench. Obviously, this can...
Scottie, There are many great comments here and I'm sure you'll find the root cause. One item was to check the drive shaft. On my 1975 R90S, I removed the swing arm from the final drive and...
Two wiring harnesses. One, a new-to-me 1996 that was almost a perfect match. Apparently there was a change-over in parts on 1/97. And my repaired 2000 R1100R wiring harness.
I forgot to add a comment about this in the write up. You'll need to slide a cover on the right hand side of the ABS Hyrdo unit up to reveal these three connections.
To my point above, take a lot of photos so you remember where the harness passes behind the frame.
And the bike ran with these wires damaged like this!
View of damaged harness from a few feet back.
The job is done and the bike is running beautifully and the ABS is working without any relays to fake out the low voltage test.
I purchased a new-to-me wiring harness for a 1996 R1100RT and it...
R1100RT wiring harness replacement
Removing the old wire harness was time consuming. I started installing a new-to-me wiring harness I purchased. I now know that on 1/97 there was a change-over. The harness was a 12/96 and my bike...
Thanks for correcting me on the brake bleeders on the hydro unit! When I removed the tank, I saw the bleeding valves. Duh. Thanks again for keeping me honest!
I was feeling very smug this past...
+1 with Michael. There are no bleed valves on the ABS II Hydro unit as there are with the Integrated ABS (ABS III?) that is on R1150's and newer.
Thank you! I will be sure to carefully flush the entire system and I'll make a code reader light. This is exactly the help I was looking for!!
I had tried resetting the ABS and since...
My 2000 R1100RT with 20,000 miles has had the dreaded blinking ABS light for the last riding season. At first, restarting the bike after riding a few miles re-engaged the ABS. Then, that didn't...
Good recommendations above.
After you check the coils...
After a riding up to speed for a bit, is one head hotter than the other? I'm thinking along the lines of synching the carbs or...
This was a long project (I purchased a used 5 speed transmission while I was refreshing the R90S's transmission). The refreshed transmission is back in the bike with RS intermediate shaft and 1st,...
I've just discovered the same problem on my R90S. I picked up a seal and a tool from Cycleworks.net that will allow me to tighten the nut to spec.


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Trevecca partners with public schools' learning communities
Trevecca Nazarene University now partners with The Academies of Nashville, an innovative program that pairs local businesses and universities with high school students in smaller learning communities focused on students' expressed interests. Trevecca's Skinner School of Business and Technology is the education partner in John Overton High School's Academy of Information Technology, and Trevecca's Environmental Projects Program is the education partner in the Urban Agriculture division of Overton's Academy of Engineering.
"This partnership is a win-win—for both high school students and Trevecca," says Mike Leih, Trevecca associate professor of information technology, who serves on the IT Advisory Council at Overton. The Council advises the high school about courses curriculum and helps students prepare for college studies in IT and for careers in IT. Leih, who hosts students from Overton's Academy of Information Technology for two annual visits to Trevecca's campus, explains the benefits of the partnership: "I believe I provide Overton a reference point for what is needed to prepare students for IT education on the college level. My experience allows Trevecca to see what high school students are capable of as we prepare the college curriculum. We, on the college level, are able to see what is being taught on the high school level, so we can build on top of curriculum already being offered on the high school level."
This year students in Overton's Urban Agriculture division have worked on Trevecca's campus under the direction of Jason Adkins, director of environmental projects. They have worked in Trevecca's aqauponics project, helped with its heirloom chickens, and learned the basics of vegetable gardening through University's urban garden project. Students reported that they want to return to Trevecca during their summer vacation and continue to help with these projects.
Started by Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools' (MNPS) in 2006, The Academies provide students with education that is "project-based, applied, and integrated" with exposure to "career opportunities, industry skills, and potential employers."MNPS has five types of academies: Arts, Media & Communications; Business, Marketing & Information Technology; Engineering, Manufacturing & Industrial Technology; Health & Public Services; Hospitality & Tourism. MNPS reports that The Academies have helped raise test scores and the number of high school students who go on to college has increased.
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Elvis of the Week
I can't believe someone would suggest NOT giving this as a gift. My kindergarten classroom had one of these, and my best friend and I spent hours pretending to make food but really just discussing the finer points in life.
Even though I'm new to blogging, I can already feel that this blog is bringing the weak sauce.
Fear not! This situation will change soon, I promise. At the end of December, I leave my current job for grad school. So not only will I be able to supply you with endless reams of meaningless insurance gossip, I can also tell you about my explorations in the armpit of South Carolina! HOW EXCITING.
Until then, though, it's going to be low key, out of respect for my coworkers and their relatively strange lives.
On a completely different note, I still have not accomplished my New Year's Resolution for this year — riding a motorcycle. I have roughly two weeks to make this happen. Advice is appreciated. I would hate to be another statistic related to unfulfulled resolutions.
Elvis of the Week.
It's hard to explain to a cat the whole concept of being an "indoor" cat. It's probably even more difficult when the other household cats are in fact "outdoor" cats. Poor indoor Elvis goes outside because everyone else does, only to be confronted by giant potted plants, leaves, and other debris that he finds frightening. So he body slams the door to come back in. The sliding screen at the back door no longer has a screen because one day he decided to bust through it, only to be greeted by glass.
This video was created by students at BYU, which is why I feel okay watching it. It also intrigues me because I have a lot of Mormon friends (incongruent with stereotypical South Carolina) and this video is accurate.
All of my Mormon friends are married. I go to their receptions and I am the only unmarried person over the age of 18. So not only am I temporarily depressed, I am also lacking in booze. No caffeine, either. Or chocolate. However, for some reason Converse shoes are always present.
This always cracks me up. I want a relationship like Elaine and Gary have.
I'm a cat lover. You need to know this before you keep reading. You were warned.
Elvis is my darling, 35-pound black cat. He was the runt of the litter, fyi. He's ten years old, severely obese, and a drama queen. (He pukes for attention, not a joke).
I hope most people are familiar with memes/meme generators. If not, example below:
In the spirit of memes, I am using the basic format, only including Elvis and his strange/evil habits in the captions. Mostly because he is a minion of Satan and seeks to ruin my life every single day that I am breathing. Sometimes he attempts to do this by sitting on me and causing blood flow to stop completely, rendering me unmovable.
Elvis of this week:
I used to be a master (and commander) of spelling. I still am, to an extent, but back in elementary school, I dominated.
Third grade was the first year Lynn Haven Elementary had a grade-level spelling bee. Every individual class had their top five spellers compete in front of parents in the cafeteria. Conveniently, the cafeteria also housed the only stage in the school, along with a metric fuckload of chairs. This is prior to the nice upgraded, all-in-one-fold-it-up tables that arrived in 1998.
I, as grand champion overachiever, participated in said spelling bee. My downfall was the word "sweet." Seems relatively simple, right? Well, the e's are what threw me off. I added two exra e's. Hey, I was nervous, people were staring at me, there was a microphone and an uncomfortable dress involved. You can't blame me for that.
Fourth grade was a blur in itself, and then fifth grade arrived. Each class for grades 3-5 sent their class winner to the spelling bee. I won Ms. Cooley's class, so I preceded to the school spelling bee and won. All I could tell you about it is that my mom was flipping her shit in the audience to the point the air could actually break. If I were Ali from Hyperbole and a Half, I would draw that. But I suck at Paint because I am left-handed.
The big follow-up was the county spelling bee. I was a nervous wreck. The school provided this giant-ass list of practice words, and no joke, it was probably at least 100 pages. Day and night my parents quizzed me on spelling.
I did not win that county spelling bee. In fact, I missed the word 'egotistical.' Instead, this boy looking girl (or girl looking boy) named Tony took the trophy. His winning word was 'babushka.' WTF? Also, he/she was wearing jeans, a denim shirt, and has curly blond hair to his/her shoulders. True gender has still not been determined to date.
Now, I did compete the following year as well, but that's a whole additional blog post. The point is, people in spelling bees are egotistical, even if they can't spell it. And the reason I have had a hard time with blogging in the past is I hate talking about myself. I'm not that important. But, my New Year's Resolution is to never fucking shut up about myself so I can hold this shit down.
Side note: That spelling list? Used to burn fire ants out of this weird plant a week after the spelling bee. My mom discovered and ant hill and has a thing for fire. I provided the tools, she burned down a plant in the middle of the day. Bad. Ass.


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1. Diana Nyad plans to address reporters from Key West after a night of rest and recovery after her historic 52-hour swim from Cuba to the Southernmost City.
2. The Big 3 college football teams in the state — UF, UM and FSU — have all gotten off to a strong start as the Seminoles rolled over Pitt. The Canes and Gators are gearing up to face each other Saturday.
3. Florida workers are earning less per hour than in 2000, according to a research institute at Florida International University. The study showed businesses aren't increasing wages as quickly as they are increasing prices charged customers.
4. Drivers on a stretch of Interstate 95 in Miami-Dade can go a bit faster now. The speed limit between State Road 112 and Northwest 151st Street has increased to 60 from 55 in both directions.
5. For those celebrating the Jewish High Holidays, which begin Wednesday evening, the cooking and prep starts. South Florida food pros are sharing their recipes and ideas.