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Tip - Crafting a Teaching Persona
We all have public and private "faces" we present to the world. What is the optimal teaching "face" or persona for you? See: thoughts about whether and how to reveal oneself in the classroom.
Announcements - CELT Events; STEM Speaker
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- Two WebCT sessions are coming up, both in 1230 Communications. Today, Thursday, Jan. 15, WebCT: Managing Course Content will be held from 3-4:30 p.m. Review methods of converting existing course materials for online delivery and organizing them into a Learning Module. Tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 16, WebCT: Creating Assessments will be held 9-11 a.m. Review the use of the Assessments tool for quizzes, surveys and self-tests. For either session, you should have some familiarity with WebCT.
- Two Second Life webcasts are also coming up, both in 1230 Communications. On Wednesday, Jan. 21, Exploring Second Life: Session 1, Overview, will be held from 12-1:30 p.m.; and on Friday, Jan. 23, Session 2, Applying The Basic Concepts into an Educational Context, will be held, also 12-1:30 p.m.
- The Center for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education invites you to hear its first seminar speaker, Charles Henderson, on The Study and Improvement of STEM Change Strategies, Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 11 a.m., 2030 Morrill. This is the first of a series of seminars on STEM topics sponsored by CESMEE. No registration needed.
FYI - Honors Seminar information; Campus Art Exhibit
- Interested in teaching an Honors Seminar in Fall 2009? Two information sessions on Honors Seminars will be offered at 3:10 and 4:10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, in 1155 Jischke Honors Building. For information contact Susan Yager, mailto:email@example.com, or 4-4372.
- Gallery Walk: Exploring the Prints of Beej Nierengarten Smith, today, Thursday, Jan. 15, at 7 p.m. in the Christian Petersen Art Museum. A guided tour with University Museums Director Lynette Pohlman of the museum's new exhibit.


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Hey my Pearls! 🙂
I really appreciate all of your wonderful support on my last post. I haven't shared that with too many people, but it is reassuring that I'm not the only girl out there going through it. Thank you guys for always being there for me! I know I can share a very sensitive subject with you and you'll be there. Thank you! 🙂
Gosh I've had a busy life this past two weeks or so. I know I promised you a recipe, but I haven't finished typing up that post yet, so it'll have to wait til my next post.
I just got home from a few weeks of back-to-back AMAZINGNESS. I went to Teen Conference with Kelz and some of our other friends; then the night we got home was Prom, and THEN right afterwards, we went on a trip to Illinois and Missouri for a week. I just got home at 11:30 Saturday night. When I checked my emails the following morning, let's say about 700 UNREAD emails were piled in there…..that doesn't even count the ones I've read and need to respond to and such. I'm catching up with you guys and your posts — it just might take some time! 🙂 But I will — I promise!
Here's some of the things from Teen Conference!
Me and Kelz! (you can check out her post here)
Our theme was ALOHA — Anxiously Living Our Heavenly Attributes.
We had a BLAST! We had SO many activities, so we were always having a good time. 🙂
First off, we went Horse-back Riding!
My horse's name was Karat, as in Karat Gold. At first, I thought it was spelled C-A-R-R-O-T, but I soon found out otherwise. 🙂
Can you believe that?! He stuck his tongue at me!!!! 😉
After the horses, we had Archery!
Aim Kelsey! Aim! 🙂
FIRE Ana!!!!! Just like Robin Hood!! 🙂
Next we did high ropes.
When we got there, all the high rope challenges were REALLY high up — like, at least 30 feet above the ground.
There were three challenges: The Leap of Faith, the log you walk across, and the Hourglass (three ropes crisscrossed that you have to get across). The Hourglass was definitely the hardest physically, but the Leap of Faith was by far the hardest mentally. You had to jump and trust your harness to save you. I knew that if I didn't do it first, I would never be able to do it.
The object of it is to climb to the top, stand up, and leap and try to grab hold of the trapeze bar dangling six feet in front of you.
After they harnessed me in, I began to climb. I was crying even before I started my way up. I guess crying is a way that I get my anxiety out. I did it when I went ice skating last year. I do it when they take blood. It's not that it hurts. I just cry. I always have to tell people that I'm fine — I just cry. Nevertheless, I pushed myself to do it. I knew that this was an opportunity which if I didn't take, I would regret it all my life.
So, I did it.
I climbed to the top. Everyone was cheering me on. I stood up one leg at a time and walked to the edge.
Can you see the look on my face? I count down from 3. (I knew if I started at 1 and went up, I would never jump on 3. So I counted down.
I grew that day. The Leap of Faith was more than just a leap. I had to step out of my comfort zone. Grabbing the bar wasn't the hardest part. Jumping was. I had to overcome my fears and just do it. By jumping, I succeeded. That leap changed me for the better. I missed, but I came down a different person. I accomplished something I thought I would never be able to do. I jumped.
Have you ever done something you never thought you would be able to?


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Such as climb three flights of stairs twice in a row without muttering expletives under my breath.
Really, though, what set me going about how much my physical capabilities have changed was the arrival of a table.
Yes, a table.
The UPS man attempted to deliver it to my home Friday, but I wasn't there. Alas, I had to sign for the thing, so he couldn't just prop it up outside, dust off his hands, and consider it a job well done.
I decided that - instead of having him try to deliver it again the next day - I would simply put in an intercept request online and go pick up the table at the UPS customer support center, which happens to be in the part of Dallas where the less-classy strip clubs are. But then, is any strip club classy? Yeah, I didn't think so, either.
After driving down the street behind Baby Dolls, I arrived at the UPS place and stood in line for 15 minutes waiting to hand someone the little sticky note the UPS man left on my door. The woman brought out one box and got ready to shoo me out the door.
"Sorry, I should have four boxes," I said. "And at least one of them should be really big." The box on the counter was medium-sized, at best. The UPS lady looked at my ticket, checked her computer, and went back into the room to look for the other three packages. She found one - not even in a box, but wrapped in one of those tough plastic baggies - and then began hollering at the other employees, asking if they'd seen my packages.
Someone told her to check the weight of the missing boxes. Apparently, if they're over a certain size, they're left out on a porch. My boxes were over the magical minimum number: one of them weighed 90 lbs.
Fortunately, a nice young UPS man - a Steve Urkel look-alike if ever I saw one - helped me take my large packages out to the car. This is the same car that had a flat tire, Monday, mind you. He loaded them into the van, and I thanked him and drove off into the sunset with my loot. Okay, actually, away from the sunset, and sort of south, but you get the idea.
I had the forethought to bring a two-wheel dolly with me, so I was able to unload the BIG boxes - each of them 42" square - and to get them to my apartment complex's elevator.
But the elevator door is 36" wide. So I had to lift the boxes into the elevator.
All 130 combined pounds of them - one of which was a mere 40 pounds.
I'm not really supposed to lift anything over 20 pounds.
I am an idiot.
I managed to wrangle all of my packages into my apartment and to set up the table, iron the lovely fringed burlap tableskirt that came in the plasti-package, and one of the curtains from the medium-at-best box. Then, I decided I needed to stop or I'd die.
I am now wondering what caused my temporary lapse of sanity. Why on earth did I think that - in my medically precarious state - I was able to lift a 90 pound package? That's only 35 pounds less than I weigh! What was I thinking?
Apparently, I wasn't thinking at all. I spent most of Tuesday gritting my teeth as I sat in my desk chair, wishing I'd called in sick, and cursing both my lack of brains for even thinking about lifting the packages, along with the sense of duty that made me go to work because I had meetings instead of lying in bed.
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A Scientific State Of The Union
Members of Congress, My Fellow Americans,
I come before you tonight to speak about the state of our beloved Union not simply from the perspective of a politician but also as someone who understands that the workings and the results of Science are the key to our collective fate.
We have come to a crossroads and we face difficult choices. Given Science's impact on the multiple, overlapping crises we now face, it's right and just to look to Science and see what we can learn both from its processes and its results. It's right and just to look to Science with an unflinching eye as we desperately seek a path forward in these difficult and uncertain times.
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We must also be willing to stare down the other great truth facing our collective moment. For decades we have known that the fossil fuels upon which every aspect of our culture depends were being depleted. From fertilizers to pesticides to medicines to building supplies to the fuels that make it all move; we have been addicted to a substance whose supply we know is limited. For decades we have failed to act on that knowledge. Very soon now we will begin feeling the effects of our inability to act. Very soon now, unless we marshal an effort worthy of the challenge, we will understand the inescapable links between civilization and the energy source on which it depends. There will be no replacing oil. Instead, we must very quickly build a culture structured from the ground up on something different, something we must imagine and forge in just a few decades. There will be no magic bullets in this task. If we cannot marshal a collective effort then we very well may face a collective collapse. That is how real and how close the danger we face has become.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we must accept that we face challenges no other generation in the entire history of our species has known. That grand evolutionary perspective is also something science has shown us to be true. We are the first citizens of a planetary culture with planetary stewardship. But it is not at all clear that we are up to the task. Our long experiment with science has, however, shown us our capacity to face facts and let them speak for themselves. In that history, we can take great pride and comfort. We can see and we can see clearly for ourselves. We have learned to speak the world's own dialect. If we are willing to be honest in what we have heard there is no reason, no reason at all, that our nation can not endure, thrive and lead the world into the next century.


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Mon, Aug 27th 2007 11:29am
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iphone, slapp, unlocking, wireless
There were several reports last week that the operator lock on the iPhone had been broken, meaning that people might be able to use the device with service from a company other than AT&T. The first to emerge was from a New Jersey teenager, who came up with a complex method involving soldering and software; then two separate companies later said they had software-only unlocking methods. To be sure, these unlocking methods and services will only ever appeal to a small number of users, as most general consumers won't really care, or won't want to go to the trouble. With that in mind, it really doesn't seem like AT&T has much at stake financially, but that apparently hasn't stopped its lawyers from threatening one of the software providers. The company claims it got a call from a law firm representing the company, tossing around things like copyright infringement and "illegal software dissemination" in what appears to be an attempt at intimidating the company to keep them from releasing the software (particularly since the DMCA doesn't cover phone unlocking). It's worth reiterating that these are supposedly AT&T's lawyers, not Apple's -- but it's not clear what standing AT&T would have to sue, making this look like little more than a SLAPP situation. Apple's remained quiet on the matter, but it wouldn't be surprising to see the company close the loophole or re-lock the phones with one of its software updates, since it has a financial stake in iPhone buyers activating and using their phones on AT&T thanks to its revenue-sharing deal with the operator. Of course, it could take the more enlightened view that it doesn't want to frustrate and annoy the customers who would go to the trouble of unlocking their iPhones -- but if it were going to do that, it wouldn't have locked the device to AT&T in the first place.
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Anonymous Coward, 27 Aug 2007 @ 12:17pmVasectomy
GoblinJuice, 27 Aug 2007 @ 12:19pmStay in the shadows. =)
Greg, 27 Aug 2007 @ 12:26pmI thought one of the new DMCA updates dealt with the unlocking issues? It made it legal to circumvent phone locks, for the express purpose of using the device on a different network. I guess selling the tools to do that (or the unlocked phones themselves) might still be illegal, but I thought it was at least kosher to unlock the things?
Not like it does a lot of damage to AT&T anyway, since T-Mobile is the only other GSM carrier of note in the US.
The people who should really be worried are the TelCos in Europe and Asia, who are still negotiating exclusives on the iPhone in markets it hasn't launched yet. Their users now have a choice between a hacked iPhone now, and a locked one months or years down the road, which is going to hurt them a it more than this will AT&T.
Casper, 27 Aug 2007 @ 1:06pm
I thought one of the new DMCA updates dealt with the unlocking issues? It made it legal to circumvent phone locks, for the express purpose of using the device on a different network. I guess selling the tools to do that (or the unlocked phones themselves) might still be illegal, but I thought it was at least kosher to unlock the things?
Same here, I could have sworn it was ruled that companies could not prevent phone unlocking for the purpose of service changes.
GoblinJuice, 27 Aug 2007 @ 2:17pm
Re: Re:I remember hearing something like that, too, but I don't think it matters. At all.
If you signed a contract that says you are allowed to use the Phone Z on Network X for Y Years and you agreed to those terms, you're screwed. I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't some sort of anti-circumvention clause in the contract, either.
Just sound random thoughts, since... er... I really don't give a rat's ass about the iStatusSymbolOfTheMoment. (I'm really interested in OpenMoko, tho... ko. =))
ehrichweiss, 27 Aug 2007 @ 3:33pm
Re: Re: Re:Those contracts don't stop you from unlocking your phones, they only force you to stay with that particular provider for the term of the contract, and I'd imagine any clause preventing you from unlocking the phone would be unconscionable, and hence void a good portion of the contract.
Besides, I'm not 100% certain that you had to sign a contract to BUY the phone. I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure that those people who bought a ton of them to sell on ebay would have been left high and dry if that were the case.
ehrichweiss, 27 Aug 2007 @ 3:28pm
Re:Yes, the latest word from the copyright office was that it is entirely legal to circumvent phone locks for use on another network. Why it was wrongly reported here, of all places, I don't know.
Anonymous Coward, 27 Aug 2007 @ 12:32pmThat is Gay! Apple knew up front that these guys were going to unlock this phone. there is a counter culture out there waiting for anyone to try and keep them from using the items they pay for in any way they want., the reason Apple doesnt care is because it is a very small number of people who want to unlock the phones in the first place. AT&T wouldnt have them as customers anyway as they would not sign up for their service contracts no matter what. Apple is selling these phones to people (or allowing) this iphone to be sold to anyone, anywhere in the world without a contract from AT&T. basically allowing whomever wants one to buy it even though "it's locked" to AT&T. Wake up and smell the stench of Great deal for Steve Jobs/ Horrible deal for AT&T. if you look at the WM Smartphone market all over the world you would not be suprised by this "UNLOCKING".
Overcast, 27 Aug 2007 @ 12:35pmPerhaps tactic's like this is why customers would want to switch in the first place?
Hmmmm, maybe just a guess.
Perhaps, just maybe - some companies should spend resources on providing a better service. Rather than to sue those who would go to great lengths to avoid their service.
Actually - that says a lot right there - more than anything... Why are some so 'dedicated' to using another service?
TheDock22, 27 Aug 2007 @ 12:45pm
Re:Why are some so 'dedicated' to using another service?
Maybe the AT&T service has horrible quality in their area or not at all.
I can't even get the iPhone in the state I live in because we don't have AT&T. I would purchase a hacked iPhone just so I would have the opportunity to use it!
Michael Long, 27 Aug 2007 @ 12:45pm
Locked to AT&T?"... it wouldn't have locked the device to AT&T in the first place."
'Course, the fact that AT&T and T-Mobile don't share all of the same GSM bands has little to do with it. Or that Verizon and Sprint use CDMA, which means the iPhone can't be used there either. Which means that a software lock is actually a bit superfluous, since from a hardware standpoint the phone can't be used effectively with anyone else in the US.
And has it been approved for sale in the EU? Passed their version of the FCC?
Anonymous Coward, 27 Aug 2007 @ 1:40pm
Re: Locked to AT&T?Funny how you post and apparently know nothing about the subject. Do some research before posting. Thanks.
Anonymous Coward, 27 Aug 2007 @ 12:57pm
re: locked to at&thuh?
The iPhone is quad band, so it covers 850,900,1800, and 1900. It WILL work with T-Mobile, and it WILL work overseas if it's unlocked.
If you've the engadget.com video, you'll see them actually make a call after unlocking with a T-Mobile prepaid SIM.
TheDock22, 27 Aug 2007 @ 1:11pm
Re: re: locked to at&tSo Verizon and Sprint can't use the iPhone? Well there goes my idea of using an unlocked iPhone in my state. We only have Verizon and a really crummy version of Sprint.
Anonymous Coward, 27 Aug 2007 @ 1:45pm
Re: Re: re: locked to at&tYes, it won't work with Verizon or Sprint (usually a phone that has no SIM card slot, will work) . With both companies, you would actually have to call the company to "activate" your service to be able to use the Sprint/Verzion compatible phone.
Anonymous Coward, 27 Aug 2007 @ 1:34pmDMCA phone unlocking exception states that it is legal to unlock your phone for the purpose of using the device on a different network. However, you cannot unlock phones for the purpose of making profit. This is why TracPhone continues to sue companies that unlock their phones to sell overseas. Apparently, unlocking software would also be a violation of the DMCA if it circumventing the copyrighted firmware locks for profit.
In any case, iPhonesimfree.com was the first to report and actually demonstrate/prove that they have a working software only solution. They have made no mention of being called by Apple or AT&T lawyers. Uniquephones has never proven to have a working method of unlocking the iPhone, they were not the first to report to have a software only unlock, and yet they receive the call from lawyers. I don't buy it. I call BS on Uniquephones.
hmm, 27 Aug 2007 @ 2:35pm
SecondedI second the "I don't give a damn" for the Utool...
I have NEVER gotten good service from Att...or Sprint for that matter. As far as using a hacked Utool in Europe...yes they work. legal?...no. But who cares?
If you really want to play with toys a little thing like the law won't stop you.
Hence the German and Dutch hackers having so much fun
Pete, 27 Aug 2007 @ 9:05pmScrew the iPhone. At the risk of starting a flame war, it is just another overpriced box from apple. Just a rehash of current technology mixed into one unit, hyped, and sold as a "lifestyle" device while not bringing anything really new to the table.
I second the interest in the OpenMoko project. Essentially the same as an iphone but, get this, totally open source and 200 bucks cheaper. I never understood the desire of people to pay obsene amounts of money for a name.
Derek Kerton (profile), 28 Aug 2007 @ 12:03pm
Termination FeesBefore we comment that this is terrible for AT&T, let's not forget about their early terminatino fees (ETF). Not only is the iphone locked, but customers subscribe to an AT&T contract with ETFs. I'm not sure if all these hackers are getting out of that obligation or not. If they are, that IS terrible for AT&T, but if they are not, then AT&T still gets either the monthly fees, or the termination fees.
A nice $200 check from people who *don't even want to be your customer* isn't such a bad business.
GA HACK3R, 28 Aug 2007 @ 5:42pmApple has a dept in its self on hacking the iphone. seeing what can be done. Heres a hint. The iPhone runs as root. And if you exploit a certain hole in safari, you control the phone.
Unlock iPhone 3g, 19 Jan 2009 @ 12:46pmIf you signed a contract that says you are allowed to use the Phone Z on Network X for Y Years and you agreed to those terms, you're screwed. I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't some sort of anti-circumvention clause in the contract, either.
Unlock iPhone 3G, 4 Mar 2009 @ 1:10pmThose contracts don't stop you from unlocking your phones, they only force you to stay with that particular provider for the term of the contract, and I'd imagine any clause preventing you from unlocking the phone would be unconscionable, and hence void a good portion of the contract.
Unlock iPhone 3.0, 15 Jun 2009 @ 3:47pmI have NEVER gotten good service from Att...or Sprint for that matter. As far as using a hacked Utool in Europe...yes they work. legal?...no. But who cares?
If you really want to play with toys a little thing like the law won't stop you.
Hence the German and Dutch hackers having so much fun
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The typically-green fields at Bay Oaks were spotted with pastel eggs Saturday morning.
But not for long.
More than 50 kids participated in the Beach Kids Foundation annual Easter egg hunt April 15, the day before Easter. The Fort Myers Beach Fire District helped "hide" eggs around the fields, which were divided by age groups.
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Ellana Carlson of Fort Myers Beach runs ahead of the rush to get a basket full of eggs.
Visitors and locals alike gathered to grab eggs, color Easter pictures and win raffle baskets.
For some, it's become a generational tradition.
Hanna Ruland watched her daughter, Leena, collect eggs in her Easter dress and basket.
"I used to do this when I was a kid," Ruland said.
For more photos, make sure to pick up a copy of the 04.19.2017 Observer!


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" In life, we do things. some we wish we had never done and some we wish we
could replay a million times in our heads. Nevertheless, they make us
who we are and in the end, they shape every detail about us. If we were
to reverse any of them, we wouldn't be at the exact place that we are
today. So just live, make mistakes and learn from them, and never second
guess who you are, where you have been, and where you are going. "


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The short of it is, life is returning to our version of normal in ways we haven't experienced in a long time. It was March 2010 when Lydia's earthly body started the first battle of her final war. Jason was taking my place at the local food co-op submitting my order while I was at hospital admissions. The bowel obstruction was only expected to be a blip on our radar. As we know it wasn't. Most of those bulk purchases then sat and sat. Good thing they were the type things that keep for years! I am proud to say I have a lot of newly empty buckets kicking around my laundry room today. This means our habits of our preferred ways of eating have re-rooted.
The undeniable confirmation came during a very sticky cleanup this weekend. The home brewed water kefir, on it's second ferment, exploded because the jar it was in was weakened from the cold/heat process of making yogurt. The probiotic-rich liquid ran down from the top of the pantry onto every shelf and the floor below BUT very little was lost because it was all in jars and a few cans. The only cardboard was compromise foods (not even bought by me). The chia seeds, coconut sugar, cod liver oil, homemade spice blends, pink Himalayan salt, balsamic vinegar, bucket of wheat berries, bags of dried beans even...all fine. Yep, we are comfortably weird again.
Other aspects of life the last few months? I'll hit a few and sprinkle in pics of Esther Bunny's first Easter too.


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It's no easy task picking the top three right now, but The Roo Shop is giving you the chance to win a North home guernsey signed by the winner if you can!
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Last weekend was a bad time to be a Chevrolet dealer in Tyler, Texas. That's when thieves broke in to Peltier Chevrolet and removed more than $200,000 in rolling stock right from the axles of vehicles on the lot. According to a report in Automotive News, the staff arrived in the morning to find 48 vehicles, including Camaros, Traverse crossovers, and Silverado pickups, missing their wheels and tires. Initial police reports indicate the theft began around 1:00 in the early morning of Sunday, August 21.-
Although the lot was secured, the police say the thieves cut the locks on the gates at the rear of the dealership, where much of the inventory was kept, and "knocked out" the bright security lights that are generally on at night. Although security footage shows a large box truck arriving at 1:22 a.m., the lack of lighting prevents the video from revealing the number or identities of the alleged thieves.-
The manager of the dealership currently pegs the loss at $200,000 to $250,000 and notes that most of the wheels were of the 20- to 22-inch variety, while others were "nothing out of the ordinary." The estimated monetary loss may sound unbelievable for wheels and tires for 48 cars; but consider that original-equipment tires—without wheels and tire-pressure monitoring sensors—for the Camaro SS run approximately $1100 for a set of four. Adding to the loss is the fact that many of the vehicles were damaged by being dropped directly to the ground or placed improperly on blocks.-
Doing the arithmetic reveals that the perps were no strangers to the business end of an impact wrench. Barring the presence of a few formula-skewing three-wheeled Morgans or Robin Reliants among the 48 burgled cars, the theft amounts to a total of 192 wheels. Considering the approximately four-hour window that the police figure it took to perpetrate the crime, that's a theft rate of one wheel every 1.25 minutes. And the thieves removed nearly 1000 lug nuts in the dark. Whoever the perps are, clearly Rowdy Burns needs to hire these guys. They also must have been packing plenty of spare battery packs for the cordless impact guns that we assume they used in the heist.-
Now, of course, comes the hard part: Turning all that rolling stock into cash without attracting too much attention. Good luck with that.-


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Before I knew anything about how the world worked or why people watched the evening news, Seymour Hirch and Molly Ivins were asking tough questions and examining the seedy underbelly of American society. That's probably why I never heard of them until I was already out of the public school system. Hirch is an investigative reporter and Ivins, RIP, was a sassy political commentator and columnist.
I look up to them now, but I was first inspired by Robert Fitrakis, a political science instructor and media watchdog with a law degree. He turned me on to Project Censored, the Sonoma State University project that reports on the most under-reported stories they can find.
They are the reason why I want to be a journalist. I'm all about hyper-local reporting these days, but the people I look up to think about the big picture and want everybody to know what's really going on.
Five years from graduation, I'd like to be at least freelancing for Wired. They pay well and are totally relevant. Until then, I could work as a software journalist. I'd need to pick one program and master it, then another in order to be successful at that. I've done a bit of that with Flash, but I'm no master. That particular listing is for a web site that offers down-loadable programs, which could mean open source programs. To get good at writing about those tools, I'd have to do a ton of research and then pick a few and learn them backwards and forwards.


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Aug 13th, 2017
Ep. 19: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze (w/ special guest Tony B.)
Cowabunga, Dudes and Dudettes! Brad and Jeremy take a totally awesome look at this week's movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze. Join them and their totally gnarly guest, Tony B. (the B stands for Bodacious). Kick back with some slices, minus that pizza bone, and enjoy. TURTLE POWER!


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The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday, again, injected fresh $220 million into the various sectors of the economy.
The CBN, in a statement issued by the Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, Isaac Okorafor, said it had also commenced the weekly sale of $20,000 to Bureau de Change operators.
The statement said the CBN on Tuesday also opened bids where it offered $100m wholesale 7-45 days forwards to end-users through the deposit money banks (DMBs).
A breakdown of the intervention showed that Basic Travel Allowance, Personal Travel Allowance, medical bills and tuition received $80m, while the Small and Medium Enterprises window received $100m.
With the latest CBN policy, experts say the apex bank seemed to have cut the amount of paperwork SMEs must provide to buy dollars, to improve liquidity and the ease of doing business and help narrow the gap between official and black market exchange rates.
Okorafor , on his own explained that the new window for SMEs would boost the operations of small businesses through the importation of eligible finished and semi-finished items.
This, he added, would boost forex supply to the retail business segment of the market.
Okorafor further explained that the CBN introduced the use of Form Q for the SMEs, to ease documentation challenges usually encountered by this category of businesses.
He explained that through this arrangement, SMEs are allowed to purchase $20,000 per quarter.
On the sale of forex to BDCs, the CBN said the decision was taken to ensure that the high volume of demand by low-end users is met promptly.
The apex bank urged market participants to abide by the rules to ensure the preservation of the country's external reserves.
The statement warned that the CBN would not tolerate unscrupulous practices by banks or their staff.
Hitherto, most small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) were faced with a shortage of dollars and numerous requirements to fulfil when buying hard currency from the central bank, thereby resorted to use of black market even though the naira currency was much weaker there.


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Monday, June 1, 2009
Caring Coupons
Welcome to Service – The Action Form of Love
Most of us know someone who has been negatively affected by the recent downturn in the economy.
My neighbors, Dan and Barbara accepted his company's offer to relocate him to Utah – several hundred miles away from where they call home. Once they got here, signed a yearlong lease and unpacked, his company laid him off. Now he's stuck.
There are other stories. You know them. Your friends and family or even you may be living one of them.
What can we do to help?
The aim of this blog has always been to focus on small and simple acts of service. I don't have the money to help Dan and Barbara move back to Alabama. But there are little things you and I can do to help folks survive and make their days go by just a little more smoothly.
As a child, my parents were always teaching us about serving others. One of the best examples I experienced was around Christmastime as a young boy. I am one of 8 siblings, so sometimes Christmas could get pretty pricey unless you got really creative.
At a Family Home Evening, our parents suggested we all make coupon books to give to one another. The booklets, designed by us, were meant to give little acts of service to each other rather than material gifts. The idea was to make Christmas last longer than a few cold December days.
One coupon in a book for my older brother might say that I would wash his car on any Saturday he chose. Another would tell mama that I would wash the dinner dishes without arguing whenever she wanted to redeem the coupon.
You get the idea.
Would this work to help someone you know who has fallen on hard times?
So, here's your challenge for today:
Decide on someone you know who is having a rough time. Design a simple coupon book specifically for things you know they need. Once you've made the book, take it to them with a freshly baked loaf of bread or maybe some cookies. Tell them how the book works. Let them know that they can call on you to help them.
Could you give them a coupon book to use when they really need help? Maybe it would help them reach out and ask for help when they would otherwise try to "get by" in silent pride.
Maybe you could offer to wash their car.
Maybe you could offer to mow their lawn?
How about a coupon to drive their kids somewhere? Or to drop off and pick up their dry cleaning? What about a coupon for a picnic lunch on a weekend they choose?
It doesn't have to be complicated. Small and simple is the way to go.
You can be creative. You know your friends and family and neighbors and what their needs are.
Can you do this?
I believe you can.
I'm grateful for your generosity in wanting to help others. You, my friend, make a difference.
If you've read this far, I'm offering you a coupon, too. Here's how it works. Simply go to the comments section of my blog and enter a comment. Tell me your first name and city and state or country, and tell me about your favorite service deed or act, whether you were the server or the served.
Make sure I have a way to contact you. I'd like to get in touch with you and ask you some questions. Then, with your permission, I'd like to blog about your experience.
Thanks for reading and taking today's challenge! Thanks for being willing to help others. You matter by making others matter, too.
Truly, Service is the Action form of Love
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THERE was a nip in the air and a strong breeze that made the cattails dance, the water shimmer and the sand blow, but that didn't deter Jackie Harris, Elizabeth Oliver and Lillian Thomas from a hike around Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison.
The three women are members of the Senior Hikers of Wethersfield and they've hiked many a Connecticut state park. They said they are partial to Hammonasset, to Rocky Neck State Park in Niantic and to the area around the Housatonic Meadows State Park in Cornwall Bridge.
Wherever they go, their group of about 25 makes tracks. "On some hikes we've gone five miles," said Ms. Thomas. "We always pack a picnic lunch." No matter which park they hike, they said they always happen upon something beautiful; on one day recently it was wild roses, white and faded pink, that dotted the grasses and shrubs that hugged the Madison shoreline. The hikers were just a handful of the 1.5 million people expected to visit Hammonasset state park this year, up from 1.3 million people last year. State parks are becoming the major destination for day-trippers, hikers, bikers and vacationers from within the state and from others.
"People are discovering and rediscovering our state parks," said Anthony Cantele, the acting director of state parks. "There is so much pretty scenery in Connecticut and there's quite a bit of history too."
With the economy being what it is and "with gas prices being what they are, lots of people are deciding to vacation closer to home," he said. Numbers have been up over the last several years at state parks, and this growth shows no sign of slowing.Continue reading the main story
Although the weather this spring has been nothing short of fickle, park rangers and supervisors all over the state say they are bracing for brisk business.
The Department of Environmental Protection puts out a Connecticut Scenic Road Map that lists state parks and scenic preserves, public boat launch sites and little tidbits about the different scenic routes and the charm each one brings. (The information number is 800-CT-Bound.) The State Department of Transportation also publishes a bicycle route map that provides numerous bike routes. The most visited park in Connecticut is Hammonasset where people can swim, see wildlife along the shoreline or stay over for a few days in a camp site.
One recent morning, 80 first graders were bursting off two school buses, bounding into a brown clapboard house that is home to the Meig's Point Nature Center, where they could dip their hands into a touch tank full of sea creatures, learn all about Connecticut's native snakes and take a nature walk around the beach.
The center offers nature workshops, a junior naturalists' program, salt marsh walks and early morning bird walks where people can look for a snowy egret, a tricolored heron or a red-throated loon.
Kate St. Laurent, a park interpreter, said she's seen growing interest in the marine environment among people of all ages but especially among families with young children. "They want to understand more about it," she said.
Down the road from the nature center, Rosie and Chris Pudvah were enjoying the Hammonasset campgrounds with their two sons, Eddie, 5, and Matt, 2. They were in from Meriden for a couple of days, testing out a new camper. Usually, they just pitch a tent. "The kids can take off on their bikes and play. We have the beach right here," Mr. Pudvah said. "We're outside people and we like this."
Hammonasset gets many regulars who return year after year as well as a growing number of people just discovering the park, said Roger Kinderman, a parks supervisor. "We get people who've come back for 30 years and they'll say I met my wife at this beach," he said. "There are a lot of memories here."
"Camping has also really caught on in Connecticut," he said. "We're right between Boston and New York and with the economy people aren't traveling to Disney. Camping here is only $12 a night and we've got the largest public beach in Connecticut."
The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection has 1,400 campsites and offers a directory of those campgrounds. Among them is Hopeville Pond in Jewett City where folks can play on baseball fields, set up volleyball nets and swim in the pond, said Mike Reid, the park supervisor. "It's a very pretty park," he said. Visitors can camp or just spend the day picnicking.
George O'Brien, the park and recreation supervisor at Lake Waramaug State Park in New Preston, said the natural beauty is what draws people, as well as the price, at $10 a night, so much so they're booked for summer holiday weekends by January each year. "It seems to appeal to everyone, older people, kids," he said.
Those who must have a spot for fishing, Mr. Cantele said, might want to try the Peoples Forest on the Farmington River and Housatonic Meadows in Cornwall Bridge. "That's a very popular trout stream," he said.
Day-trippers can wend their way to Osbornedale State Park in Derby and take in not only the rolling hills and meadows but also the Frances Osborne Kellogg estate. Or they can take a ride to Gillette Castle in East Haddam, which drew more than 100,000 visitors last year, according to Park Ranger Donald Goss. Another 250,000 people dropped by to hike or visit the state park where the castle is situated, on 200 acres with a goldfish pond.
William Gillette, who was considered one of the great figures of the American stage, built his castle between 1914 and 1919, with walls of granite three and four feet thick at the base and two feet thick at the tower, a sprawling place of his own design with 24 rooms, and electric light fixtures made with bits of colored glass from bottles Mr. Gillette had gathered from friends.
It became a state park after the actor instructed the executors of his estate to be certain that "the property did not fall into the hands of some blithering saphead who has no conception of where he is or with what surrounded."
"We probably have a 10 percent increase in visitors every year," said Mr. Goss. "People are fascinated by the castle and by Gillette. He was an interesting character. He played Sherlock Holmes -- he was Sherlock Holmes."
The design of the castle, and perhaps the thought that at one time a man could truly be the king of an actual castle, also intrigues visitors. "The castle has 47 different doors, all designed by Mr. Gillette," Mr. Goss said.
Hikers have lots of possibilites in Connecticut, with trails at most of the state forests and parks. One of the most often visited, where the numbers of hikers and climbers continue to increase, is Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden.
Mr. Cantele said Sleeping Giant is considered one of the best hiking areas in New England. It attracts people from all over and has an active association whose members regularly clear trails and who have a long history of defending the park from development including quarrying -- which at one time took the hair right off the head of the giant, before it was halted.
Sleeping Giant even has its own history book, "Born Among the Hills," written by Nancy Davis Sachse of Hamden in 1982. Ms. Sachse, herself a long-time avid hiker of the hill, is now in the middle of an update of the book, which chronicles the history of the mountain. The trails were once game-hunting paths created by American Indians who called the giant Hobbomock or Evil Spirit, who, "angry at the neglect of his people, stamped a foot" -- at what is now Middletown -- "and changed the course of the Connecticut River to the east. Hobbomock was also the bogey by which Indian mothers frightened their children into obedience."
Her research of the state park took some doing but, she said, "everybody has a story to tell about the giant." At one time, the park was a resort with tiny houses dotting the giant's frame.
Ms. Sachse says it pleases her to see continued interest in the park, from younger generations who hike the hills or follow the stream or simply take a little solace looking down, once they've made it to the top. "It's a beautiful place," she said.
With a picnic basket brimming, some balls and bats or fishing poles packed, families have only to consult a map, gas up the car and head to some other part of the state and there'll be plenty to do.Continue reading the main story


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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Just What I Needed Today
I was stressing about the court date - "What if we don't get through? How much longer will we have to wait? Will we make it through before the court closure?"
I was stressing about not having tentative travel dates - "Is there something wrong? Do they know something they are not telling me?"
I was stressing about packing - "Do I have enough clothes? Bottles? Etc..." (I'm a first time mom, so I am pretty insecure about this stuff.)
So I woke up this morning still feeling the weight of all of this on my shoulders. Even communicating with the travel coordinator (who still didn't have many answers) made me feel no different.
I have tried to keep myself busy at work, which isn't hard.
It's been raining, hailing, windy and sunny here...kind of reflects my feelings at any given moment.
About an hour ago, I noticed an email came in. It was a reply from Rachel Ward. I had asked some questions about gifts for the Transition Home and donations. I read the email, where she answered one of my questions. She also mentioned that she was having technical difficulties and may not be able to share photos of our son this Friday (we get updates and photos every other Friday).
So another thing to add onto my "bummed" state.
Then there was another email that came in...
A family who traveled in March took pictures of our little Nathaniel and emailed them to Rachel, who then sent them to me today!!! What a gift!!! What a way to give me some perspective on my day. This isn't about "woe is me," this is about Nathaniel. It's about God chosing this little boy to be in my home. It is always so encouraging to see his precious little face. I stand amazed that God has chosen little ole' us to be this miracle's parents.
Hopefully I will be able to share these with you on Monday!
Sitting here, re-reading my current post, I am reminded of something my husband says often. "God has big shoulders. He can handle your anger, your fear, your anxiousness, etc."
Thank you, Lord that you love me even though I am far from perfect. Thank you for your forgiveness, your peace, hope and grace. Again, I reliquish control to You. I give you Nathaniel. Keep him safe in your arms. Thank you for blessing us with this little boy. We will never deserve such a gift. We dedicate him to You.
5 comments:
- Carpenters said...
Holly, thank you so much for sharing your heart. I think the wait for a successful court date is the hardest. Hold strong, girl. We're praying for you, Paul and Nathaniel.
With Love,
- April 29, 2008 at 6:29 PM
- Jori said...
Keep up the fight ... I ca't wait to "see" his little face on Monday and to hear of your travel plans SOON!
Blessings, jori
WFR 02/19 either x2
- April 30, 2008 at 9:03 AM
- Andrea said...
Oh Holly,
I have goose bumps reading your post.......I am right there with you!! I have not been sleeping well this week either and am feeling a little blue. I am sending you an e-mail now.
- April 30, 2008 at 10:24 AM
- shawn and tisha said...
I'll be praying for your court date. This is a wonderful post, it shows so much how God works in our lives and hearts. Thank you for sharing.
I know what you mean about the first time mom insecurities, I have them too. It sounds like you are really prepared though, I know you'll do great! :)
- April 30, 2008 at 9:17 PM
- Kiki:) said...
Holly & Paul,
We have you covered all weekend...this is it!!! God will pour His mighty miracles @ court on the 4th!! Rest assure, Duni would tear down the building if there were any problems...promise!!:)
We can't wait to see his face next Monday HERE...plastered from top to bottom!
Praying for you today...rest in His arms! God has Big hands, too:)
Lots of love,
- May 3, 2008 at 5:22 AM


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New game "Get Even" – how true Next-Gen game?
through the launch of a new console generation (next-gen console) to damping, but still no-where branded Next-Gen that is really a game I have not shown the potential of the console. What's new with
suddenly I stumbled on to this game, "Get Even" is a game that uses scanning technology environment called Thorskan scene and scanned into the game. The result is a detailed and realistic that is almost indistinguishable from the real thing or scene in the game (each one is scanned from real people) and he said that the real Trailer 2-3 shock. The only remaining rendering from the game before!
Thorskan technology is invented and developed by the Polish Better Reality of it is working. Scan the details from the real into the computer. Then create a high-resolution three-dimensional model once again. Originally developed for use in the ad industry and Hollywood movies, but he claims that the gaming industry with a
back to the game as of now the game does not tell you anything more at all. I just went to a game between the singleplayer and multiplayer shooter that blends together (hybrid single / multiplayer shooter) featuring focus on memories of the protagonist to have an impact on the story of the game. And will be available in 2015
can watch video scan with a scene at the end of the game Thorskan and Trailer News Post
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Friday, March 10, 2006
Coworkers: Part 84 - Turn The Page
Mighty Blockbuster had fallen.
News swept like prairie fire across the chain, across music retail.
Rich, powerful, unbeatable Blockbuster had thrown in the towel of defeat. They were quitting the music business.
Blockbuster Music would be no more. To use Lonestar slang, our besieged owners had cut & run.
Running for their financial lives.
The demise had begun, auspiciously enough, five years earlier. With a flourish, Blockbuster initiated sweeping acquisitions into a realm they ill understood. For when the far reaching overlords launched themselves into music retail, they were at their peak. Their peak of power, of influence, of arrogance.
Within five years, Blockbuster would be swallowed whole by Viacom. Next, it would be grabbed and shaken by its ankles, lucrative cash flow diverted to purchase Paramount Pictures. Finally, the entire music division would be sold off to bankruptcy refugees at a bargain basement price.
Blockbuster Music's sorry history was one of decline and fall.
Blockbuster, no matter how earnest or sincere their intentions might have been, made blunder after blunder with their shiny musical box.
First, they alienated current employees and threatened potential ones. Employee turnover increased because of, or during, the Blockbuster reign. As new owners, they had entered with a conservative, fundamentalist agenda. They began drug testing all new applicants, then instituted the hated dress code. Any potential employee in this country who was as smart as Fifi the Poodle could scam the drug test. Kits and cheats were readily available.
The dress code was far more insidious and destructive.
Other than Lisa, we hired no "club rats." And Lisa was hired because Stacey and I lobbied for her. The store lost her, and she became Rob's right hand. Still, most people who went to clubs weekly or who were into the underground balked at the dress code.
Understand, Blockbuster analysts assumed customers had become blind goobers. Shoppers couldn't recognize the hired help, even after help asked, "Finding everything alright?" A chest high name tag alone no longer sufficed. Field employees had to wear uniforms, a khaki and blue costume. Blockbuster honchos did not follow their own dress code, but they were masters. Employees were servants, treated accordingly. We remained a record store, but instead of being a cool chain, we were a shackled chain.
Blockbuster's street cachet sucked with anyone under age 50.
Years earlier, with the passing of Sound Warehouse, many employees bolted for the quieter world of a national book chain. For the later Blockbuster crew, that opportunity had passed into lore. Oh, the book chain still existed. Old colleagues, Dan, Trina, and Larry still toiled in the sleepy realm. Yet, the golden period had given way to harsher economics. Workers were no longer valued assets. Like employees across Retail Nation, they were servants. And treated accordingly.
As months rolled into years, employees with less and less interest filled the ranks of Blockbuster. Employees who had no passion for music, groups, even movies. A third of the crew answered questions with a shrug. Blockbuster had that effect on people. We couldn't chase deadbeats out the store fast enough.
Blockbuster's patronizing attitude towards customers cost them dearly. Our video rental section had been a solid earner. Prices were quadrupled, then the section swept away. Rental clients were permanently lost. Blockbuster had deceived themselves that music retail, (and then book selling!) would be conquered easily. They barreled into the fray on top of the world. In the video realm, they had been omnipotent. Competitors had been smashed, film studios harkened to their decrees, customers had few choices other than to pay non competitive rental prices.
Electronic superstores entered the arena and low balled CD prices as loss leaders. Customers walked through those doors for cut price music, then purchased headphones or speakers and extended warranties. Blockbuster did not react. Market share was surrendered. Week by week, more and more.
To attract customers, stores offered candy. Corporate brains told managers to hand out pieces of hard candy to entering customers. Dentists across the land applauded.
Then came the book section, launched without any fanfare, any strategy, any support. Six months later, book sections were slashed and burned. If customers thought corporate management had lost their bearings, they were devastatingly accurate.
File sharing and down loading emerged, and Blockbuster froze like a bewildered ostrich. They recovered their game plan quickly, however, and raised prices.
Customer reaction was not reassuring.
Camp Bowie employees either recalled better, pre-Blockbuster days, or they were later hires, accustomed to sorry stewards. We worked for the corporate equivalent of the spoiled, opinionated child. Common enough. Look hard enough and you'll see talentless blowhards singing, acting, running a business into the dirt, leading a nation to the brink. Happened every week, you just hated it when you became collateral damage.
Stacey quit at one point, came back. Sharon had been released, came back. Angela left, Derek moved, Sarah climbed away. Pat found a second job, in time, the music store became her secondary job. I interviewed with corporate headhunters, while The Boss trawled his network. Blockbuster.poisoned morale.
Consequently, one would think we would be thrilled, relieved to hear our incompetent bosses were sinking into the sunset.
Not so.
Because we had been sold by the misguided, overconfident palisade to the struggling trailer park. To a chain that had mismanaged itself into bankruptcy.
Sound Warehouse had been purchased five years earlier for $185 million dollars. Super Club purchased for $150 M. Blockbuster purchased others. Six chains had been acquired to create Blockbuster Music.
Viacom dumped the division for $115 million.
We were a fire sale, a cheap commodity. We understood we would be valued as bargain goods.
No one felt eager. Optimistic. Jackals were on the way.
We tidied the store and awaited the buzzards.
Bye bye, Blockbuster.
3 comments:
- El BastardoSeptember 10, 2010 at 12:03 PM
Don't forget that part of the new Blockbuster dress code included hair length. Hair on men could not be past the collar. I can't remember if that was for all employees or just the managers and assistants. I was managing Berry Street at the time that went into effect and I lost two assistants at the time. Both were losers and I was glad to be rid of them to tell the truth. One guy actually cut his hair to stay and he actually turned out to be a good assistant. Still, it sucked ass going to work in khakis, blue shirt, and tie. Fonzie definitely lost his cool doing that.ReplyDelete
Our store found out Blockbuster put us up for sale when we read it in Billboard. I guess our manager knew, but he never told us.ReplyDelete
JB, we often knew earlier because we were closer to Dallas HQ. Our best source of info (good and bad) came from label reps. Particularly, WEA and UNI. Gus, Jamel, Ronnie were ahead of the curve.ReplyDelete