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12/4/2012: Yesterday the comment went through. The original article can be found here.
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The overwhelming fact remains the rockets were the same pretext for attacking Gaza that Israel used in 2008 (Reuters 05-01-2009 via Wikipedia). It becomes less believable and less credible in its repetition, not more.
So there is a gap between action and speech. It indeed fits the idea of a "release valve" -- every friend of a Zionist on Facebook is well aware of the constant updates by the IDF of rockets into Israel. Less well known is the nationwide exercise the Israeli government undertook in 2009 to make the threat of war "feel real." (Jun 2009 Al Jazeera). To get a sense of how strong this need is, created and encouraged by both sides, there is even outrage against Netanyahu for imposing a ceasefire.
The question remains how to judge Israel's actions once the pretext falls apart. One thing I agree with leftists on is terrorism is not defensible. The CRIF, a French Zionist organization of Jewish groups, and Fox News, pointed to several causes for the war. Benjamin Netanyhu is facing an election (CRIF noted many more). He can perhaps sacrifice the 4% of Israelis who question the war (Haaretz November 2012), while winning over the majority of Israelis who want to see the government do more to stop the violence (Brookings 2011). The picture of two people fighting each for a defensible cause starts to fall down with consideration of these facts.
The CRIF -- in my opinion -- had a good reason to involve their broken Western sensibilities in the conflict. French Jews report being attacked increasingly as the Israel-Palestine conflict heats up. Further, it's hard to miss the parallel between French Jews and Israel on the one hand, and Gazans and Iran on the other.
The question remains as to what violence resolves when it's practiced under the right pretext. There are lessons that Jews can bring to the table. A Reform Rabbi denied America a biblical pretext for its most cruel and violent adventure, slavery. Man is created free, he noted, not in a state of violence or in an egotistical power trip. This seems to hold true even under the whip.
When Frederick Douglass fought his master, he probably had a good reason. But even then, it wasn't necessary for his freedom, he noted. That came from his previous master who, after realizing he was learning to read, became furious. By reacting with outrage and violence, his master had proven to him he was taking the first step to his freedom. Jews then can argue to the Palestinians that it is their writers and artists, and extending the lesson to the Civil Rights movements, their successful petition to the UN, where they are making progress. It becomes harder to do this when their media apparatus is bombed. (LA Times Nov 18)
With Cole's perspective in mind, one fact should increase the critical attitude one takes to character reforming (the "adventurer" character in Max Weber's "Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism").The Weberian philosophy looked at in this fashion points to an economical, not a moral or ideological problem. In short, it's about having control over land. And it's confirmed in the founding records. Israel's first immigrants were encouraged to create a new "character" and as noted above, this is enforced with mass fear-inducing spectacles on both sides.
You want to educate and that's all I can applaud. Imposing character reformation is not.

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But wait! What is cloud computing?As with many so called new approaches to information technology, the concept of cloud computing is based upon a foundation of what has come before. That being said, many suppliers have decided to brand just about anything that is web-based as "cloud computing." It seems to me a more relevant, functional description is needed before we can truly understand what's new, what's been around for a long time and only then, can a better definition be accepted.
My colleagues and I worked on a complete definition and published it as "The Cloud Codex." After watching the market and various types of innovation, we're in the process of revising that framework or taxonomy.
We believe that, to be truly be called cloud computing, several things simply must be available. Things such as the environment must be publicly accessible. APIs must be available allowing organizations to develop their own management environments or use those offered by others. It must support multiple tenets (subscribers). There must also be a Web-based management environment that makes it possible to operate and administer all functions of the subscriber's cloud environment. Very granular accounting/costing information must be available to subscribers allowing a fine level of control and the creation of chargeback mechanisms. The environment must both be scaleable and elastic allowing subscribers to control their use of cloud resources. The subscriber must be offered a set of self-service, very rapid provisioning tools. The environment must be virtualized and hardware supplier independent.
Many of the so called cloud suppliers are offering products that don't really meet the minimum requirements to be called cloud computing. These suppliers are offering things that might be called cloud-like. Some suppliers clearly are just trying to create a fog.
Different types or expressions of cloud computingAt this point, three different approaches to cloud computing have emerged. Each, of course, is aimed at a different audience, having different needs, and may or may not relate to the others.
- Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is where an application is made available over the Web. It appears to be a client/server application in which the web browser is the client and the server(s) supporting the applicaiton are somewhere on the network.
- Platform-as-a-service (Paas) is seen as a service offered by a supplier that is based upon a set of progamatic interfaces, a set of services and an applicaiton development environment. At this point, most of these are proprietary making migration from one service to another problematic.
- Infrastructure-as-a-service (Iaas) is seen as an offering of computing and storage somewhere out on the Web. The subscriber is offered the ability to host virtual clients or virtual servers and the supporting storage in one or more of the suppliers' datacenters.
What's new?In the past few weeks, I've seen a number of suppliers try to present their service offerings as the fourth instance of cloud computing. In most cases, these services appear to be merely advisory or development consulting services. These services, of course, don't really meet the minimum requirement to be called an expression of cloud computing.
I've thought of a number of possibilities for a fourth type of cloud computing. One example would be a service that would front-end a number of cloud computing offerings allowing an automatic deployment across multiple cloud computing suppliers' environments. This apporach would support workload management, workload service level management, workload failover and the like.
How would you define the fourth type of cloud computing?
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Peace movement condemns Kenney's attack on free speech
Oh Canada!! Who voted this twit?? Seredin Canadian government has welcomed a genocidist George W. Bush. Canada does not allow a humanitarian like George Galloway to speak there. I am disgusted to say the least.
British MP George Galloway will challenge ban at Canada-US border
Organizers of the four-city speaking tour of British MP George Galloway condemn the decision by Immigration and Citizenship Minister Jason Kenney to block Galloway from entering Canada. Kenney has banned Galloway because of his opposition to the war in Afghanistan and has labeled him a threat to "national security".
"This is a full frontal attack on free speech in Canada , and one that all supporters of civil liberties must challenge," says James Clark of the Toronto Coalition to Stop the War, one of the groups organizing Galloway 's tour. "Kenney's ban is an unprecedented move to censor someone whose views are critical of our own government's foreign policy. We will not accept this ban, and we plan on challenging it."
Organizers will continue organizing the four events in Canada where Galloway is expected to speak: March 30 in Toronto , March 31 in Mississauga, April 1 in Montreal and April 2 in Ottawa. Organizers are encouraging the public to continue buying tickets to show their support for free speech. "One way or another, we will bring George Galloway to Canada," says Laith Marouf, National Branches Coordinator of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights. "We have already been overwhelmed by messages of support, and we' re currently planning a delegation of MPs, lawyers and activists to escort Mr. Galloway from the US across the Canadian border. We will challenge this ban directly."
Organizers will host an emergency planning meeting on Sunday, March 22 at 3pm at the Ryerson Student Centre at Ryerson University in Toronto to prepare a pan-Canadian campaign to defend free speech and to reverse the ban. A media conference will be held on Monday, March 23 in Toronto (details to be announced) to launch the campaign.
Click the Picture below to see a bit more on why…. (People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people)
This treatment of George Galloway from Canada needs to be addressed
|WORLDPRESSNETWORK – 20 March 2009
|Our own Parliament needs to get involved
George Galloway does not pose a threat to anyone
The only people threatened by him are the ones that
do not want the truth to be heard
We all need to show our contempt to this ridiculous
decision please pass this on and join the cause
This story is beginning to make headlines:
News Update:
1. MP Olivia Chow, and the New Democratic Party have made a statement on Galloway's exclusion:
http://www.ndp.ca/press/harper-governme … ree-speech
2. Watch George Galloway's interview on the UK's Channel 4
3. The Toronto Star's article on today's events
(don't forget to leave a comment)
4. George Galloway on The Hour (a couple years ago):
What can YOU do?
1. Sign the petition
2. Contact MP Jason Kenny who is responsible for this decision and let his staff know of your outrage.
3. Contact the press and the media , write a letter to the editor.write to your MP anyone that will listen demand a response.
Even if you don't agree with George Galloway's viewpoints, this is a matter of freedom of speech.
4. *** Invite your friends, and get them to invite their friends. ***
5. write to who will listen this is taking someones freedom of speech away from them in the pretence of a ridiculous charge inflicted upon him.
6. George Galloway took on the US Senate so Jason Kenney watch out.
This is critical for the success of our group. Please, please, please take 10 minutes to invite your friends (all of your friends) to this group.
If you have more time, take a few minutes to get your friends who are already invited to ask them to ask their friends!
To everyone, thank you for joining and supporting this cause


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Pecking Order Theory
Chapter 1: An Overview of Financial Management
1. Which of the following are among the three main areas of finance? a. financial institutions
b. investments
c. financial management
d. all of the above are correct
e. none of the above are correct
d. Correct.
2. The globalization of business and the increased use of information technology are the two key trends in financial management today. a. True
b. False
a. True
3. Which of the following could explain why a business might choose to organize as a corporation rather than as a sole proprietorship or a partnership? a. Corporations generally face fewer regulations.
b. Corporations generally face lower taxes.
c. Corporations generally find it easier to raise capital.
d. Corporations enjoy unlimited liability.
e. All of the above statements are correct.
c. Correct.
4. A partnership is subject to the same taxation as corporations. a. True
b. False
b. False
5. One main disadvantage of partnerships is the requirement of a charter and set of bylaws. a. True
b. False
b. False
6. One disadvantage of the sole proprietorship form of organization is that there is: a. unlimited liability.
b. double taxation
c. more regulations than for corporations
d. easy transferability of ownership interest
e. all of the above are correct.
a. Correct
7. A corporate charter should include which of the following: a. name of the proposed corporation
b. type of activities it will pursue
c. amount of capital stock
d. number of directors
e. names and addresses of directors
f. all of the above
f. Correct.
8. One reason that the value of most businesses is maximized if they are organized as a corporation is that: a. corporations face unlimited liability.
b. it is easier to transfer ownership of a corporation (corporations are more liquid assets). c. corporations have a more difficult time raising capital than sole proprietorships. d. All of the above
b. Correct
9. Which of the following represents a significant disadvantage to the corporate form of organization? a. Difficulty in transferring ownership.
b. Exposure to taxation of corporate earnings and stockholder dividend income. c. Degree of liability to which corporate owners and managers are exposed. d. Difficulty corporations face in obtaining large amounts of capital in financial markets. b. Correct
10. The chief financial officer (CFO) is usually the highest ranking officer in a corporation. a. True
b. False
b. False
11. The activities of the financial staff include:
a. forecasting and planning.
b. major investment and financing decisions.
c. dealing with financial markets.
d. risk management.
e. all of the above.
e. Correct.
12. The financial vice-president's key subordinates are the president and the chief executive officer. a. True.
b. False
b. FAlse.
13. In most firms the treasurer has the responsibility for managing the firm's cash and marketable securities, for planning its capital structure, for selling stocks and bonds to raise capital, for overseeing the corporate pension plan, and for managing risk. a. True
b. False
a. True
14. The primary goal of a publicly-owned firm interested in serving its stockholders should be to: a. Maximize expected total corporate profit.
b. Maximize expected EPS.
c. Minimize the chances of losses.
d. Maximize the stock price per share.
e. Maximize expected net income.
d. Correct
15. Managers that depart from the goal of shareholder wealth maximization run the risk of being removed from their jobs. a. True
b. False
a. True.
16. Most actions that help a firm increase the price of its stock also benefit society at large. a. True
b. False
a. True.
17. The primary contribution of finance to total social welfare is its: a. Function as a productive resource.
b. Contribution to the efficient allocation and use of resources. c. Role as an exogenous variable.
d. Positive impact on...
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It's a city with one of the richest hockey histories in the United States — a history that has never been documented. Until now.
"And so I decided we needed a Hall of Fame because nobody had done it," Steve Jecha said.
Jecha is the executive director of the Minneapolis youth hockey program. He started working toward this a couple of years ago, after Minneapolis celebrated its 100th anniversary of high school hockey.
"What's really great is when I started digging in, just how much and how rich the history was of Minneapolis hockey. I don't think there's a city in the country that can match the kind of history we had out here on the ice today," he said.
The inaugural 30-member class is a who's who of hockey history, with names like Reed Larson, Mike Ramsey, Tom Chorske and Tom Hirsch — even a Charlie Brown.
And even, my personal favorite, a McCoy. No relation. Each commemorated with a banner inside Parade Ice Garden.
"When you get older and your career is behind you and you start looking back at where it all began, it's a real honor, and I'm really thrilled to be part of it," Chorske said.
"You can't say enough about how important it is for the kids that are playing hockey now and the families that are putting so much time and effort into it now, to realize that they're doing it in a community and an association where there is a lot of history."
"Four Stanley Cups, probably eight or nine NHLers, probably a dozen or more U.S. national team members," Jecha said.
"We've been working hard to build our youth program over the last decade, and what we wanted to really do for our kids here is to show them that there is this rich history, and that they can be a part of it now and in the future."
"Having knowledge of your history, whether it's with your hockey and your sport, is important, your family, your community, your country," Tom Lundeen said. "Connecting with your roots is an important thing."


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Saturday, November 26, 2011
Silent Saturday
Posted by Wayfarin' Stranger at 12:01 AM
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Lovely colour, Jim. Yes, I was paying attention to last week's "Silent Saturday" and did look at my 'skeletal tree' in B+W, but thought that imitation might be seen not as flattery but as cheating! Even so I'm thinking of posting some B+W at some time in the future.ReplyDelete
I, for one, would not have seen it as either. I just happen to think some photographs want to be monochrome, either b&w or sepia. That one said b&w to me. That said, I think the ultra-high-contrast, silhouette-like treatment I used last week might not be the best for your shot. If you decide to do a simple monochrome b&w version, I'd love to have a copy. JimReplyDelete
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(KPL) The Nam Theun 2 Hydropower project is expected to produce electricity for export to Thailand according to the plan on 15 December 2009.
The statement was released yesterday at the 3rd annual stakeholders forum in Thakhek, Khammouane province. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Somboune Rasasombath, Acting Minister of Energy and Mining, Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Construction of the Nam Theun 2 Project, said that the Nam Theun 2 project is the number one priority as far as the Lao PDR is concerned. The development of this project has taken quite a long time, starting with surveys and feasibility studies conducted in the 1980s. However, in the beginning of the 1990s, the Lao government together with foreign investors decided to examine and prepare for development options that involved joint venture between the state and private sector. But the construction of this project only started in mid-2005, and is now being conducted in full swing after receiving support from the World Bank; this was toward the end of March 2005.
The Nam Theun 2 Project has an installed capacity of 1,080 MW, of which 955 MW is for sale to Thailand, and 75 MW is for local consumption. When the construction is complete, the Nam Theun 2 will produce on average 5936 GWh of energy per year, thus annually generating no less than US$ 200 million.
The direct revenue of the government throughout the concession period amounts to around US$ 2,000 million or about US$80 million per year. In addition to a large amount of the direct revenue, the Nam Theun 2 will create indirect benefits for local people in many ways through socio-economic activities.
These will include rural development initiatives, establishment and upgrading of public utilities, in a sustainable way raising the standard of living of more than 5,000 poor household that practise slash-and-burn cultivation on the Nakai Plateau. The biodiversity in the catchment area of the Nam Theun 2 is to be managed and protected for more than 25 years.
Mr. Somboune added that every year during the construction phase, the project provides income and upgrades skills for 5,000-7,000 workers. During this period, technology is transferred to Lao workforce, employments are created, and local people are encouraged to provide services.
The 3rd annual stakeholders forum held to provide the participants with different kinds of information, including strong points and shortcoming as well as achievements in the implementation of the Nam Theun 2 Project.
It also provided an opportunity to all participants to give feedback and recommendations that can help improve the plan for implementing the project in the future with high level of effectiveness.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Nam Theun 2 to produce electricity for export to Thailand by late 2009
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Apple Blossom Queen-for-the-Day
I've been looking everywhere for artificial flowers that at least resemble white apple blossoms! (white apple blossoms are part of the dragonfly shower invites which I sent out yesterday!) The idea: to drape them over the white Adirondack chair to give Jenni an elegant place of honor at her bridal shower. So . . . it has not been easy. Either the flowers look too artificial or they are not pliable enough. Then, yesterday Jenni and I were out and about buying dinner supplies for the wedding and we came across these beautiful leis in Goodwin's Party Store! They are just perfect! I'm thinking of cutting them and fastening them together so they make one long garland to run up the arms and across the chair back. I love it! I didn't think I'd ever find what I had envisioned. Sometimes, the only thing to do is let your imagination lead the way, and improvise, improvise, improvise!
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Labels: apple blossoms, bridal chair, bridal shower, bride, crafts, decoration, DIY, flowers, garland, project
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Opinions please
Here's where I need your opinion. I think it's time to finally use the fabric but can't decide what to sew out of it. A jacket perhaps? Something with simple lines. Perhaps this 80s Vogue pattern (by the way, it came from Pattern Rescue) but would combining 15 year old fabric with a 20 year old pattern scream DATED and OUT OF FASHION?
I know how creative you all are so bring it.
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Sharon - I like the combination. The only thing I would watch is to make sure you don't have 80s shoulders! Definitely cut them back abit! Otherwise quite a few designers showed that look in their spring 2010 lines...so you are right in style! Besides classic never goes out of style!!!ReplyDelete
I think that pattern looks classy and timeless. I don't think it looks outdated at all. And the fabric does look pretty! Go for it!ReplyDelete
- MouseAnony9:26 PM
Take a look at the dress made out of a very similar fabric on page 42 of BWOF May 2009. Your fabric might be too heavy for this kind of dress, but I think you should do something with a little special styling to it so it doesn't look dated. You're right that it is a concern, but that stunning fabric will make up in something spectacular. You just have to search for it until it hits you as "the one."ReplyDelete
Yes, yes, yes. Big shoulders are on the way BACK! (Sorry, girls, I am in fact old enough to have worn them the first time - i have done platforms twice over too - and the big advantage of Biiiiiiig shoulders is how very slim they make your hips look!) Great fabric and it would look great in that kind of jacket with a squareish cut.ReplyDelete
I like the look of this pattern with that fabric. If you want a trimmer jacket, do investigate the Hot Patterns jacket by following Jen's link. Yes, the 80's could get a bit over the top, but I still maintain that there was some cute fashion going on, hence the recent interest.ReplyDelete


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Irreplaceable Beyonce Knowles
[G]To [D]the[Am] lef[C]t, To the left | x3
Everything you own in the box to the left
VERSE 1 [G] [ D Am C]
In the closet that's my stuff - Yes
If I bought it nigga please don't touch
And keep talking that mess, that's fine
But could you walk and talk at the same time
And It's my mine name that is on that Jag
So remove your bags let me call you a cab
[C]Standing in the front yard telling me
[Em7]How I'm such a fool - Talking about
[C]How I'll never ever f[Em]ind a man like y[D]ou
You got me twisted
CHORUS [G] [ D Am C]
You must not know about me, you must not know about me
I could have another you in a minute
Matter fact he'll be here in a minute - baby
You must not know about me, you must not know about me
I can have another you by tomorrow
So don't you ever for a second get to thinking you're irreplaceable
VERSE 2 [G] [ D Am C]
So go ahead and get gone
And call up on that chick and see if she is home
Oops, I bet ya thought that I didn't know
What did you think I was putting you out for?
Cause you was untrue
Rolling her around in the car that I bought you
Baby you dropped them keys hurry up before your taxi leaves
[C]So since I�m not your ev[D]erything
How about I'll be n[G]othing, n[G/F#]othing at all to [Em]you
Baby [D]I wont shed a [Am]tear for you
[C]I won't lose a wink of sleep
[D]Cause the truth of the matter is... replacing you is so easy
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
5 things I want to witness in this world before I die !
1 - The emergence of some geographical miracle or a strange phenomena like a discovery of an unknown continent, a sudden transition of a mountain into a volcano, the sudden emergence of an island with bizarre species of animals on it etc. Now that would be interesting to witness, wouldn't it !?
2- A successful contact with creatures from outer space or finding a positive proof that they exist..
Err there goes my brain again with its science loving fantasies ! Here are some more serious things I'd like to see
3 - It sounds impossible considering the long unresolved history of these issues but I would really like to witness the solution to the Palestinian and Kashmir crisis in a manner that is acceptable to the people living there.
4- People are more inclined to have scientists find a cure for cancer, even though I do have feelings for this killer diagnosis and understand that the incidence of cancer is far higher than Parkinson's disease I would still like to witness science standing victorious against Parkinson's disease before I die, a treatment that doesnt slow the progression of the disease but halts it ! This disease has always intrigued me for two reasons, scientific and emotional ( my paternal grandfather was a patient of parkinsons disease )
5 - A literacy rate of atleast 70% in Pakistan, its pretty low right now !
The list might just go on but I'll hold myself here and do one more post on it later :)
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Written with the hope of seeing improvements in science education across the nation, a second draft of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) has been released for public comment. This is the last chance educators, leaders, and anyone else who is interested will have to make suggestions. Does it matter? Maybe. The standards can potentially impact everything from state standardized tests to textbooks and nonfiction literature.National science standards already exist, though not widely implemented. Published nearly sixteen years ago, they provide suggestions to state education departments who are generally in charge of determining what gets taught in a particular state. Unlike many other nations who have the power to implement national standards, our federal government can only suggest them. America's constitution makes it clear that individual states are in charge of determining what their residents are taught in school.
This new attempt at national science standards hopes to provide a popular document that all states can support, but adoption is voluntary. Already, national math and english standards called the "Common Core" have been adopted by nearly all states. As I review children's books, occasionally I notice references to alignment with the language arts standards of the common core. Clearly, national standards carry weight; the question is whether or not these new science standards will do the same.
So, who's interested? Clearly, the people involved in writing the standards are interested, as are states considering adoption, various education-focused organizations that have the resources to devote to the process, some federal agencies, some science organizations that want to make sure their field of science is adequately represented (most of which believe their field is critically important), and publishers of exams and textbooks looking to remain marketable.
As someone who gets the opportunity to voice what I believe are the concerns of many educators, I have the resources and responsibility to comment, and I will. Whether or not that will make difference, who knows? I hope so. But my colleagues back home might not notice for another three to five years. Will the nation notice? Last year, a report was released demarcating the United States' rank amongst other nations in math and science. We are not at the top, but we did not score as poorly as some expected. You can see the results here. Will the new standards improve our standings?
If you have read this far, it is likely because you are part of one of the groups I mentioned earlier. If not, congratulations! Much would need to fall right in place for these standards to transform education: the quality of the standards, state adoption, alignment with higher education curriculum, teacher preparation, administrators' attitude towards science (particularly at the elementary level), standardized exams...the list goes on. While some look forward to the impact these new standards will have, others stand unconcernedly by as they focus on the day to day responsibilities of teaching.


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Ex-Merrill Advisor Nixes Big Indies For RBC
After more than a decade at Merrill Lynch, advisor Joe Piché left in late April to join RBC Wealth Management in suburban Minneapolis. His team managed more than $300 million at the wirehouse. Joining him at RBC are a longtime ex-Merrill staffer and a junior partner.
Q: Did you consider going independent?
A: About two years ago I started realizing that a move might be beneficial. So I reached out to a friend who worked at an independent brokerage. But in the end, I felt like moving to an independent firm would be a step back in service for my clients.
Q: How so?
A: My clients enjoy being able to access a range of financial services under one umbrella. At RBC they're able to move their savings and checking accounts to another stable and well-respected bank. At the same time, we can still offer them credit cards and mortgage services if they need them. The beauty here is that we've got a range of different financial solutions, but we've also got the freedom and flexibility as advisors to pick and choose between different products for each client on an individual basis. It's also nice to work in a highly responsive environment with a streamlined corporate management structure.
Q: Did you consider pressures to cross-sell products in your decision?
A: What I wanted was an investment platform with tools and services that allowed me to offer our clients a full set of arrows in their quivers. But my clients trust me not to push products. That was a critical part of my decision process – no matter where we landed I didn't want to feel compelled to push banking products. In looking at a range of different large brokerages and independent broker-dealers, I came to the conclusion that RBC offered the best combination of products, solutions and freedom to take care of our clients in the way we felt would be most appropriate.
Q: Did technology play a major role in your move?
A: Absolutely. We're in the process of opening new accounts for clients and I'm finding it to be very intuitive – I'm not getting bogged down at all with difficult software interfaces and other technical snafus. As part of my due diligence, RBC let me test-drive their core retirement planning system. In many ways it's similar to what we had at Merrill but it seems more user-friendly. I'm also excited that RBC's tools are going to help us prioritize goals more specifically, which is going to help me develop deeper conversations with our clients.
Q: What was the hardest part of the move?
A: I recognize that change isn't easy for everyone and some people might view this move as an inconvenience. I did follow the industry protocol and we knew that it was a possibility some of our clients wouldn't make the move with us. But it's turned out for me, at least, to be a very affirming process. It's been really nice to hear from so many of our clients that they trust us to make this move and understand we're doing it with their best interests at heart. We're hoping we'll have better than a 90% retention rate.
Q: How do you see this move helping your service menu grow?
A: I have greater access to things like tax-free municipal bonds. That's important since Minnesota is a relatively high-tax state. The difference of what's available here for my clients in terms of muni bonds is like night and day compared to my previous employer. We've also now gained access through RBC to most every major 401(k) record-keeper. That's going to give us a greater ability to work with a lot more of the larger retirement plan sponsors. So we see that type of institutional business as a huge growth area for us in the future.


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Amitabh Bachchan has said that he was eager to work on his new TV venture with Anurag Kashyap.
The veteran actor recently confirmed that he will star in a TV soap on Sony TV directed by Kashyap.
At a press conference, Bachchan told The Hindustan Times: "We are in the process of creativity and will announce that at a later date.
"I was eager to work with Anurag as I am appreciative of his work. We spent many hours together in the last six months while working on this project.
"There are many serials running on TV which one can appreciate. But one can make a show which has a different kind of production value with a story that the audience hopefully will appreciate.
"TV is a growing industry with around 460 channels. The turnover in TV is much higher than films. TV is a demon that wants content to air and we hope people like the content we come up with."
The actor, who made his TV debut with India's version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? - Kaun Banega Crorepati - 13 years ago, said that he is keen to turn his hand to everything.
"I will be 71 soon, now there is nothing like stature. I want to do whatever I haven't done in life," he explained.
Speaking about the TV venture with Bachchan, the Ugly director said: "The series has been written and we start shooting in a week. The idea is to keep the audiences enthralled and not drag it on.
"Now that Mr Bachchan has decided to break new ground, he's demanding, in a good way. He has lots of questions, so you better be well researched."
Kashyap recently directed the legendary actor for his segment of Bombay Talkies.
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The Newest Member of the Shoot By Daylight Family
Canon EOS 7D w/ 18-135mm Zoom Lens, Manfrotto 701HDV Tripod, 2x32gb CF Cards, and Aputure AP-TR3C Remote Timer Cord.
Aint she purty? Her name is Stella. Can't wait to put it to good use!
How to Use Video LightBox in WordPress
First off, many thanks to Video LightBox for sharing the code of their very clean, crisp video viewer. It's quite easy to input into an html website, but as a page in WordPress, it had it's own challenge.
You can do it on your WordPress blog. Filmmakers/Video Bloggers/CG & MotionGraphics Artists can all make use of this. The reason I chose it over just leaving it in a blog post, is this setup allows my Reels to be watched without distraction. Essentially the code dims your background (if you so choose) and brings your video(s) front in center for that important person to view.
Here's how:
1. First I created the gallery inside of Video LightBox's easy to use software. Find it HERE. In this case, say my Producer Reel. I tweaked all the settings and exported the files. This video shows you how to use the program:
2. I created a folder on my website ftp called "producer_reel" to hold all of it. I uploaded everything in the same file structure (even the html file, this may be redundant, but I wanted to cover all the bases just in case).
3. In the blog post itself (which is a "Page" in my theme), I copied and pasted the code from the singular .html file I created in Video LightBox. To get the code, I opened it in Microsoft Word, but you can open it in Dreamweaver or TextEdit too (whatever you've had more experience with).
– There is code for a head and a body. Make sure to close them too!
4. Inside the actual html code you have to input the file structure of your ftp so it can find the relevant information. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OR IT WON'T WORK.
Here is how my code reads in the post: Everything CAPITALIZED is what I had to add to make it work! Obviously, make sure you mimic the file structure (letter case included) so it works perfectly.
<....."stylesheet" href="PRODUCER_REEL/engine/css/videolightbox.css" type="text/css" />
<....."stylesheet" type="text/css" href="PRODUCER_REEL/engine/css/overlay-minimal.css"/>
It's alotta work, but it is totally worth it.
GOOD LUCK! Any questions or comments, you can contact me.
Steve Long
Producer | Editor | Writer
Shoot By Daylight Productions
Interviewed (My girl & I)
For a web mini-doc "More to Jersey" by Steve Chernoski, a local filmmaker. Rashmi & I make our illustrious appearances at 3:55 & 4:44 (I totally interrupt her haha).
It's insane how mis-represented New Jersey is. I used to laugh at the phrase "Garden State" as a child living in Ohio. Jersey was insanely badmouthed by comedians, on late night tv, and pretty much anywhere else. One of my biggest surprises was on my first Greyhound trip to New York City. I was BLOWN AWAY how much greenery NJ had!
Montclair is a rarity, and gets some respect though from NY'ers. Usually the ones that have had the good fortune to work on a film/tv/commercial crew out there.
Worked on my 1st 3D Film!
Let me say it was an experience to say the least. It's called "Shockwave, Darkside".
I was extremely honored to be asked by my good friend & Editor Eric S. Dow to be the Assistant Editor on the project.
This was a Feature Film written and directed by Jay Weisman for Red Giant Media & Pipeline Talent.
The 3D Trailer is going to premiere this Sunday, July 25th 2pm at the San Diego Comicon! It stars screen/tv vet Bill Sage ["Precious", "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"] and great young up-and-comers including Mei Melancon ["The L Word", "X-Men: The Last Stand"].
3D Filmmaking and it's workflow is just more intense because you are basically multiplying the work by 2. This feature was shot using two Sony EX-3 XDCams on a specialized rig. The rig assured the image was shot stereoscopically. In the case of "Shockwave, Darkside", Camera A (Left Side) was flopped and had a cooler bluish tone to the each image. Camera B (Right Side), on the other hand, had a warmer reddish tone.
I'm very excited to see what Jay & Eric do the the final cut!! Will post the trailer as soon as it's released to the world!


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Articles by Fan Dai
DAI Fan is Professor of English, and founding director of The Sun Yat-sen University Center for English-language Creative Writing. She teaches Creative Writing in English as a foreign language and a bilingual creative writing course at Sun Yat-sen University in China. She writes bilingually and has published 4 collection of nonfiction in Chinese, a novel Butterfly Lovers in English, and has contributed to journals such as Drunken Boat and Asia Literary Review. She was a 2012-2013 Fulbright Research Scholar at University of Iowa and is a WrICE China Writers Fellow for 2016 (Writers Immersion and Cultural Exchange). She runs the Sun Yat- sen University International Writers' Residency.


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Anna is a student in Year 10 at a local secondary school. This week, she spent time on her work experience placement, in the Department of Psychology, with me. Here, she reflects on her experiences.
This week I have been doing my work experience with Sian at Oxford Brookes University. Over the time I've been here I have done various things including data entry, transcription and writing a report (or attempting to). I have found out more about the goings on in the department and met several people who have shown me parts of the department. These included the eye tracker, baby lab and visual perception lab. Throughout the course of the week I have learnt how to use two programs for data; one each for quantitative and qualitative data.
Monday, my first day. Going into an unknown place can be very scary sometimes, especially when you get there to find yourself surrounded by lots of foreign students who speak little of your language (There is a summer school on at the moment at Brookes for language students from various countries). This bewildered me somewhat, but once I had found my destination all was well. My main tasks that day were data entry and learning how to use SPSS, a statistics program. The data was from the feedback forms from Sian's friendship workshops. I found this an enjoyable task, contrary, I imagine, to what people may think.
On Tuesday, the bus was 20 minutes late. Thankfully, I had allowed plenty of time between bus arrival and my starting time, so wasn't late. I think that 20 minutes was quite an impressive achievement on the Bus Company's behalf! At work I finished the entry of the quantitative data, and also saw and used the eye tracker. This is a clever little device which is useful for lots of things. I met a past student after that, who showed me some of the university and talked to me about being a student. She showed me the baby lab, which was fascinating. The baby lab has a baby eye tracker amongst other things, which I thought was rather sweet.
Wednesday- I looked at the qualitative data from the feedback forms today and also started to write a report about the workshops and evaluation. I have concluded that writing reports isn't my greatest strength… In the afternoon I was shown the visual perception lab. I saw lots of visual illusions and now know how and why they work. There I did an activity to help one of the research fellows.
On Thursday, I learnt how to use another computer program, and how to carry out a thematic analysis on a transcript. I then started to write a transcript of an interview. At lunch today, Sian took me to another campus of the University for a slight change of scenery.
Today, Friday, I finished transcribing the interview. After that, I had a go at doing a mirror tracing task. I had to try and draw objects such as a five point star only looking at my hand in the mirror, and not at my actual hand. This is harder than it sounds. In fact, drawing a star with my left hand became easier than drawing with my right hand (the one I normally use). I also tried writing so that the text looked the right way up in the mirror, another challenge.
After lunch, I continued to write the report on the friendship workshops.
I think my favourite part of the experience was learning more about the sorts of things which the research fellows do, and also meeting lots of new people. Everyone here is really friendly and welcoming. Overall, I have really enjoyed my experience. I would recommend this as a great work experience placement to anyone interested.
And, on reflection, I would recommend welcoming an 'Anna' to anyone working in academic Psychology. It was fun to show her some of the psychological phenomena that fascinate us in the Department, and for her to see them for the first time. Moreover, Anna was diligent, quick, and intelligent about her work (as well as being a downright lovely person to have around), and did some really useful things for me (and others in the Department), making us all the more efficient this week. And, as you can see, her report-writing skills really aren't that bad, either. Who would like to apply next year……..?


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Belle considers going to college with Zak's encouragement, but she faces a serious decision about her future when Jermaine reveals he has got a job in America, and wants them both to emigrate. Pete is outraged to discover that Emma has located Kasim, while Rodney and Laurel plot to force Nicola and Jimmy to talk about their problems.
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Emmerdale (known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989) is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale Farm was first broadcast on 16 October 1972. Produced by ITV Yorkshire, it has been filmed at their Leeds studio since its inception. The programme has been broadcast in every ITV region.
Episodes air on ITV weekday evenings at 19:00, with a second Thursday episode at 20:00. The programme began broadcasting in high definition on 10 October 2011. Emmerdale is the United Kingdom's second-longest-running television soap opera (after ITV's Coronation Street), and attracts an average of five to seven million viewers per episode.
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Belle finds an unexpected ally. Nicola is shocked by Jimmy's decision. Finn is left distraught. With Eden Taylor-Draper (Belle Dingle), Nick Miles (Jimmy King) and Joe Gill (Finn Barton). Directed by David Kester.
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Author: Liesl Shurtliff
Enjoyment Rating: ****
Source: Library Copy
This book would be rated: PG
In Wicked, Gregory Maguire turns the Wicked Witch of the West into a sympathetic character, and in the upcoming movie Maleficent, I expect that Angelina Jolie will do the same thing for Sleeping Beauty's nemesis. In Liesl Shurtliff's debut novel, Rump, she turns the tables so readers sympathize with Rumpelstiltskin instead of the evil miller's daughter who forces him to turn straw into gold.
This novel is delightful. When I'm reading 40 books in a couple of months, I often find myself trudging through them. But Rump was one that I would have read quickly regardless. The story is adorable and Rump shows a lot of growth over the course of the novel. There was plenty of action in the story, but it was Rump's ability to grow as a character that kept me entertained and satisfied as I read.


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A new Kickstarter marketing campaign has been launched for a smartwatch referred to as Blocks, which is a modular device that permits customers to piece collectively what they need from a smartwatch utilizing elements that make up the watchband.
On the time of this writing the marketing campaign had raised an enormous $ 342,759, excess of the $ 250,000 objective. Not solely that, nevertheless it nonetheless has 37 days to go, which means that it might increase excess of it already has.
Backers will obtain a "core" module, which is the physique of the watch and prices $ 195. The core is ready to do most of the issues that a regular smartwatch can do, and backers who pledge this a lot may also get a band that does not have any performance apart from connecting the device to the consumer's wrist.
It is the band modules that may be bought, nevertheless, that basically assist the device stand out. Backers who pledge $ 250 will get the Blocks core together with 4 modules of their selection.
There are a selection of modules to select from, with choices together with an additional battery module, a coronary heart price monitor module, a GPS module, an NFC module, and an adventure module, which incorporates sensors like temperature, strain and altitude.
Past these, nevertheless, the corporate has plans for a lot of different modules. These embrace a module for a SIM card, a fingerprint module, and a programmable button module.
In fact, it stays to be seen how nicely the totally different modules work collectively, though in the event that they do work properly collectively then it definitely is a superb concept. It principally permits customers to create a smartwatch that is tailor-made to them and their wants. Not solely that, however Blocks says that it has partnered with different main corporations to create and supply extra modules, and if corporations proceed to launch modules then the smartwatch will primarily be future-proof, permitting customers to replace their device as know-how improves.
You can head right here to take a look at the Kickstarter marketing campaign for your self.
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This is the place for occasional tips and the place for you to ask your questions and to practice your English.
Try this reading lesson. If you like it let us know. (there is a place for comments at the end of the lesson).
A couple of my students insist on having their electronic dictionaries open in front of them during lessons despite my protestations. So in today's lesson I tried to show how detrimental such a practice can be to learning and enjoying English.
I first took this sentence,
Tom decided that he desperately needed the glockum if he were to solve the problem
Hands automatically reached for the dictionaries before I walked to each student and closed the machines. 'But we don't know some of the words,' they protested.
I told them to guess. (aside: Do you know the most common English expression voiced by Hong Kong students? It is 'I don't know.') It took at least five minutes to make recognisable progress. So I gave them this:
Jack quickly entered the didot and cleaned the various misturaes he had been using to repair the wuipit. He had often thought his job was extremely yullning. However he had to admit that this time things seemed to be a bit easier. When he finished, he put on his redick and went back to the study to relax. He took out his favourite pipe and settled into the beautiful new pogtry. Only 300 yagmas!
There are seven words there that I know you do not know. How do I know? Because the are made up.
By the end of the hour the class was chatting away and actually expressing their opinions, their favourite ideas and they were doing it in English. We had achieved success.
Your turn. Answer these questions.
What could a 'didot' be? Look at the words in the 'chunk' 'Jack quickly entered the didot.'
What part of speech is 'misturaes'? The part of speech gives us the function of the word, what its job in the sentence is.
What could 'yulling' mean? Look at the 'ing' ending. What kinds of words end in 'ing'?
Try to figure out what a 'redick' might be or a 'pogtry' or 'yagmas'.
Note: This part of the lesson was taken from the NYT web page 'About'.
Now you sort of know what the story is about BUT you have no fixed definitions of the made up words. That's fine. You can leave it there.
The next thing you can do is to find a short story, there are lots about, try to choose one written recently (within say 50 years).
Look at it. (without reading it). Check the title, any pictures, any words that jump off the page.
Think about what you have discovered without actually reading.
Now read it as quickly as you can without stopping at words you do not know. What pictures come into your mind? Is it a happy story or a sad one? Is it fact or fiction? What is the gist of the story?
Now, read the story. Stop every few lines and ask yourself questions, for example: 'Why is the man driving a bus?' Why is the tree bent down to the ground? Why? Why? Why?
Read on. Repeat the process. Read on until the end. Ask yourself questions again. Why this? How that?
Now and ONLY now you may refer to a dictionary. You will have guessed the approximate meaning or sense of new words, now use your dictionary to confirm.
This morning we read a story called 'The Eyes of the Poor' by Charles Baudelaire, a story that no second language student would ever find by himself. My students admitted that their understanding was much much better, much deeper, than it would have been without the hard slog of the exercises.
Confused by 'tall' and 'high'?
Tall expresses height, and it's used to compare the height of an object or a living thing with the height of other objects or living things.
That building is tall. (when comparing that building to other buildings)
Max is tall. (when comparing Max to other people)
High expresses elevation, and is used to describe objects or living things having a fixed reference that have been raised or lifted upwards:
That building is high. (That building is raised up from the ground)
Max is high. (Max's mood is elevated; Max is high on chocolate.)
Walls are raised up, or high, and mountains, being a natural part of the landscape are elevated, or high, so if a structure, say a building, is considered to have a fixed reference, then its elevation is expressed as high, but if a fixed reference is not being considered, then its height is expressed as tall.
A tower or building, could be viewed as either a fixed structure, e.g., a high tower; a high building, or a non fixed structure, e.g. a tall tower, a tall building. It all depends on perception, or how we view the world around us.
In short, the general rule of thumb is: If fixed, then high, and if non fixed then tall, and since perception determines usage, speakers will differ. To me, a mountain is high whereas my friend is tall. Usage is a matterof how one perceives the world.
Management Jargon: 'Going Forward' Voted Most Irritating Term Used At Work
PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted: 02/05/2013 07:06 BST | Updated: 02/05/2013 12:36 BST
Office speak is getting right up workers' noses.
Office workers are fighting back against the scourge of "management-speak", dubbing the very phrases intended to lubricate colleague relations a "pointless irritation."
"Going forward" and "thinking outside the box" have been dubbed the most offensive terms, according to a survey by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM).
And this vocabulary virus is not limited to the UK. Spanish workers have complained of over-use of "Es lo que es" ("It is what it is"), while the French say they cannot stand anglicisms such as "win-win", "next step" and the verb "brainstormer".
English words have also crept into Russian management-speak, where workers complain of their "top-manager", and even the Italians refer to "core business" and "benchmarking".
At the end of the day, office jargon is what it is, but if you don't want to 110% annoy your colleagues, try replacing the10 business terms listed below with their real-world equivalents.
Ten infuriating office terms and their English equivalents:
1. "Reach out" – Call, email or meet
2. "Touch base" – Contact; see above
3. "It's on my radar" – I'm aware
4. "Flag up" – Make aware of
5. "Low-hanging fruit" – An easily-achievable goal
6. "It's a win-win situation" – It's a good idea
7. "It's a no-brainer" – See above
8. "Best practice" – A good way of doing something
9. "I'll ping you an agenda" – I'll email you with what's happening
10. "Take it to the next level" – Improve (alternatively, avoid dealing with abstract "levels" altogether and give your colleagues a tangible goal).
May 3rd
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3 Common Language Mistakes That Drive Me Crazy
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The other night, I was sitting around with a couple of old girlfriends, drinking wine and eating chicken parmigiana. After exhausting the topics of sex, kids, money, bosses and spouses, one of my friends got on the subject of pet peeves. "Just the other day I heard someone say 'that point is mute' and I couldn't believe it," she said. "I just wanted to yell, 'it's moot, not mute, you moron.'" (By the way, "moot" actually means a point is open — not closed — to discussion.)
The conversation made me think about how irritated we can get when we hear language mistakes. For example, I especially don't like to hear someone say "I could care less." Why? Because this means the person actually cares a little and so could possibly care less. What people mean to say — I think — is that they "couldn't care less" — or that they care so little they could not possibly care less.
And there are other common mistakes that provoke the same response in me as fingernails on a blackboard. Here are just three of them. Feel free to add your own pet peeves in comments.
1. Misusing literally.
When my kid says "I literally felt like strangling the person" or "I literally could have eaten a horse" I assume he doesn't really mean it and that he's speaking metaphorically. (If he does mean it, we're in trouble.) "Literal" actually means "in a literal or strict sense." It shouldn't be overused as a replacement for "figuratively."
2. Mixing up disinterested and uninterested.
A lot of people don't see a difference in these two words even though there is one. If you are bored or simply not interested in something, you are uninterested. If you are disinterested, then you are neutral and you don't have a personal stake in something. For example, if you are enjoying a sports match but don't have anything to gain or lose as a result of the final score, then you are disinterested but not uninterested.
3. Confusing "affect" and "effect."
People mix up these words all the time even though "affect" is a verb and "effect" is a noun. "Affect" means to influence or impact something, as in "the drizzle affected my hair." But "effect" means "result" so that you'd say "the drizzle actually had no effect on my hair."
And while I'm on a rant, it's not "could of" but "could have." You "pore" over a document when you read it. After washing your clothes, you put them in a dryer — to make them drier. And, finally, "desert" is an arid landscape. "Dessert" is that chocolate cake you had after dinner.
So there.
January 6
Most of my students, past and present have had an equation drummed into their heads. It is this:
where C stands for Chinese and E stands for English. What I mean by this is simple. When you write what you want to say in English, and it makes sense in Chinese, it is wrong. WRONG. The reason is that the two languages have been formed differently and, to a small extent, for different reasons. Priorities in sentences are different. The ideas of confrontation and harmony are different.
So please remember: C≠E
January 3rd 2013
This is more than a little tip. This is a cry from the hearts of parents (and many teachers) all over Hong Kong. A cry that needs the help of a million megaphones so that someone, somewhere in the education department removes the metaphorical beans from their ears and the cobwebs from their minds.
Hong Kong schools conveyor belt hundreds of identical, bespectacled, geeky trainee accountants, no longer tied by apron strings but now suspended from a frame by the strings of a marionette. Dance puppet, dance. One only has to look at the clamour for 'Western Style' school places to realise that Hong Kong Schools are NOT serving the community.
We all (adults as well) learn by doing. By participating. By questioning. Yes, and by challenging. Teachers do not automatically deserve respect, like you they must earn it. They earn it by empowering your child to think and make decisions. They earn it by producing responsible adults from the spotty faced, ink stained little 'geniuses' that you proudly and mistakenly present to your chosen school.
January 1st 2013
The following passage occurs at the beginning of Under Milk Wood, a play for radio by Dylan Thomas, the Welsh poet.
Look at the way he uses adjectives. He has invented some of the complex ones himself. For example 'bible black'. Bible black because the bible is traditionally bound in black leather but also, in the part of Wales from which he came, the bible was a sombre instruction to darkness and devotion.
And then the streets are 'hunched'. Hunched like, perhaps, an old man. Hunched, slow, grey, quiet. We can imagine the sleeping village. And then, perhaps the most memorable passage of the whole play, for me at least. 'Sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, fishingboat-bobbing sea.' A sloe is the black fruit of the hawthorn bush, bitter, sour and strips the roof of your mouth, then he breaks that with the homophone 'slow' and then another black image, the crow in 'crow black'. Read it to yourself and feel the rhythym.
The sea can be slow and lazy within the small harbour in Wales where the fishing boats move with the gentle swell and all is black.
It is Spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black, the cobblestreets silent and the hunched, courters'-and- rabbits' wood limping invisible down to the sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, fishingboat-bobbing sea. The houses are blind as moles (though moles see fine to-night in the snouting, velvet dingles) or blind as Captain Cat there in the muffled middle by the pump and the town clock, the shops in mourning, the Welfare Hall in widows' weeds. And all the people of the lulled and dumbfound town are sleeping now.
Try inventing some adjectives of your own, try to make them reflect the feelings and emotions that you are trying to express. Gaily polka-dotted, flared dress for example. Try it. Send your best to me.
Been asked to make a presentation? Think you can rustle up something on Power Point in a couple of hours?
Steve Jobs, one of the world's best 'presenters' probably took weeks. If you have something important to say you need correct preparation. Even Wayne Rooney needs to practice all week for a maximum of 90 minutes on a Saturday.
Call me. I'll show you how. Planning, presentation skills and correct English (including perfect pronunciation and enunciation).
Here are a couple of words that are often 'mis translated'.
1. Help: Help means to assist. It means that the helper is just one of the people who are doing something. It does NOT mean to do something FOR someone else.
e.g. Will you help me move the sofa, please? You take that end and I'll take this.
e.g. I do not understand this word. Will you help me please?
2. Blame:(n, adj, v) Means to accuse someone of something or to suggest fault with one's self or another.
e.g. You blamed me for breaking the window, but I was at work in Sha Tin at the time, so I could not possibly be to blame.
Note. Blame does NOT mean to chastise or to criticise.
I'll be posting some more like this in the coming days and weeks. If you are confused by a word in English, let me know.
To speak English well you need to ENUNCIATE. … and this will help you:
try to bring your sounds to the front of your mouth so they do not get swallowed. (That is one reason American English is so difficult to understand)
Then imagine that each sound is a perfectly formed , hollow crystal ball. When you say a sound imagine it as a glass ball propelled through the air so it smashes against a distant wall.
Over enunciate at first. Over emphasise the final consonents of each word.


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Central Mass. lost a sports giant on Sunday when cancer took the life of Leominster's Pete Trainor, a legendary football, basketball, baseball and softball referee and umpire.
A St. John's High and Holy Cross College graduate, he was 66.
To some, Trainor was known as a professor of psychology and dean of student affairs, a position he held for 39 years at Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner. He retired in July 2008 as vice president for academic affairs. To others, he was a marital and family counselor.
But to those associated with youth and high school sports, Trainor was a jack of all trades, an official for all seasons — Mr. Referee. In the fall, he could be found on the football field. In the winter, he'd be on the basketball court. And in the spring, he'd split his time between the baseball and softball diamonds.
Most would agree the quality of Trainor's work was eclipsed only by the quality of his personality. One of the all-time good guys, Trainor umpired numerous Central Mass. and state championship games in basketball and baseball, as well as many Super Bowl football games.
Trainor was honored by the Massachusetts High School Basketball Coaches Association during its Hall of Fame induction in 2005 with the Presidential Award for service to basketball, and earlier this year by IAABO Board 208 for his contributions to high school basketball and his fellow referees.
Trainor was also a respected administrator, serving for many years as commissioner of the Mid-Wach League for boys' basketball and as chief umpire for Leominster Babe Ruth. He was also a former president of the Mount Wachusett CC Basketball Tournament.
The funeral will be held on Friday from the Silas F. Richardson & Son Funeral Home, 106 West St., Leominster, with a Mass at 11 a.m. in St. Leo's Church, 128 Main St., Leominster. Burial will be in St. Leo's Cemetery, Leominster. Calling hours at the funeral home are from 3-8 p.m. Thursday.


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Speaking at the PLA's headquarters in Beijing on Tuesday, Xi also said the army should remain on high alert and be ready for war at any time, according to the PLA Daily website.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
To everything there is a season
We have been going each Thursday for a couple of months now. I am the only member with kids in tow. I am the only member this side of 60! But to their credit, these ladies have been very accommodating to Ryan and Naomi.
Unfortunately, I have decided not to keep going each week. Naomi's Playgroup also meets on Thursday mornings, so we have been shuttling from one group to the other. Also, as Ryan is growing up he needs more attention and entertainment - he is no longer content to sit in his capsule with a toy to suck on, er, I mean, play with. And heaven help me when he starts crawling!
I am going to miss what Naomi calls "Mummy's Stitching Group". It has been wonderful to feel part of an adult group, and share my craft interests. Some of the beautiful quilts I have seen are very inspiring!
But to everything there is a season (turn, turn, turn). And this is not the season for me to be in a stitching group. Perhaps in a few years, when the kids are in school / kindy. Or perhaps it is just something to look forward to, for when I am a grandmother!
I am trying to be philosophical, and not to be frustrated with having to drop the one thing that I really feel I did that was totally for my own pleasure. Because I would rather have the nice memories, than be frustrated and cranky at the kids every week, and not getting any enjoyment out of it at all.
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Hi Sasha - I like the philosophical way you handle this disappointment (turn turn turn)! I've belonged to a sewing group for a year now. That's a year of cosy evenings with friends learning and sharing. But I really couldn't have done it so easily when Ellie was little. Now she's growing and finding her own independence and whilst that's hard for me it does have it's consolations - like more sewing time! Good luck with your 'new season'. BxReplyDelete
I can imagine why you need to give up your group because I can't imagine taking my children with me to one. There is a crochet group in town, but it's meetings aren't conducive to my attending which stinks. They meet at 6:00 -- suppertime.ReplyDelete
Maybe you'll be able to rejoin the group in another year or two. You never know. Or maybe there is another one that meets in the evening. It's too bad we don't live closer or we could start our own!


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Copyright 1992, 1996 by Leigh Husband Kimmel
Through the crumbling building two elves scrambled over toppled bookcases and overturned desks. Before them starlight gleamed upon metal. They stopped to pull away the choking of kudzu, revealing a silvery figure.
"What is it?" The first elf stared wide-eyed at the ovoid head with its jewel-eyes each the size of a walnut.
"A thing the humans made, while they still ruled here." The second elf pulled away the remaining vines.
"Surely it cannot be a statue. It is far too crude a representation, even of their ungainly figures."
The second elf shook his head. "No, not a statue. See how the arms and legs are jointed. It was meant to move."
"A golem then." The first elf wrinkled his nose. "Yet I sense no magic upon it."
"No my brother elf." The second elf laughed, his melodious voice echoing upon the ruins. "Remember, the humans knew no magic. Before we came, they even denied that magic exists. This is a thing of science, of technology." He spoke the final word with distaste.
The first elf hesitated, then pulled his hand away from the rows of jewel-buttons upon the thing's chest. "Then it would be nothing we should desire to have traffic with. We seek elsewhere. Perhaps we will find something that will help us read all these old human books."
As they walked away, the light of the rising moon shone on the plate that was fastened to the robot's chest. The enameled letters were still plain to read -- CLSI 3000 Automated Reference System.
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Bit slow with the update from the snow - it wonderful wintery time was had by all with pretty good skiing conditions and lots of white stuff. It was great to get the skis out again and dusk them off on the slopes, just like riding a bike! Ashton was a bit young to really enjoy it, but next time should be much better. He did enjoy going for walks in the backpack and looking around. Play time outside was a little hard in his snow suit! But, mum and dad had a great time, as did the rest of the family.
We are all going well here, fighting a cold again, but apart from that we are great. Ashton has walking all sorted and working on the running bit now. He is absolutely delightful and fills our home with laughter and joy-it is such a lovely age. He is developing his little personality and is pretty clear on what he does and doesn't want, and is certainly not backwards on letting us know.
We hope our email finds you all well.
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
So usually I just take photos of what I think is cool. But I'm going to try and throw in a message now. I have thought about this before, but the thought escapes me before it fully developers. I want to capture an image that says something. I tried to do this in the past, but I want to take it up a level. My 3 main themes are going to be: dreaming, change, effort. All of these themes are very hard to capture, but I'll try my best. This picture is one of my ideas of dreaming....
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Motocross: Difficult... Or Not?
What say you?
What exactly is motocross?
So... We're at the end of our journey
If non enthusiasts took time to understand the sport before voicing opinions and misconceptions...
There's a problem though
Psychoemotional aspects of motocross racing
Are the physical demands all that serious?
University of Finland neuromuscular researcher with multiple motocross studies, Tomi Konttinen, would say YES.
What about all the injuries?
Now imagine that the path up the mountain...
is a journey of acquiring knowledge
And at the top..
You just might see things differently
The legitimacy of the sport is undermined by those who don't understand what the racers have to go through
The sport and its participants are often not respected as serious professional athletes
On the contrary, however, riders have to deal with...
-Extreme physical demands
-Psychoemotional stress
-Inevitable injury and its effects
-Mechanical Failures
And even more...
Heart rate is one method to measure the physiological load an activity places on the body
Motocross racers sustain a heart rate of 180-190 beats per minute (bpm) (Konttinen)
To put that into perspective...
Motocross: 180-190 bpm
Soccer: 165-175 bpm
Basketball: 165 bpm
A medical facility in the late 80s compared motocross to traditional sports...
It was found that motocross riders were as strong as gymnasts with the cardiovascular endurance of marathon runners.
Surprised yet?
The doctors sure were.
What makes it so physically demanding though?
In short, a 240 pound object, with rotating masses, at high speeds, is being manhandled around over uneven and nasty terrain
These guys are insane...right?
Per 1000 hours of riding time, there are roughly 49.2 injuries
81.25% of these are bone fractures
Motocross injury rate is even higher than the most dangerous traditional sport, American Football
Why all the injuries?
-Extremely high speeds
-Over 100' jumps
-Other riders
-Rough terrain
-A 240 lb bike to be landed on by
Racers have high-trait anxiety meaning that they're able to make extremely quick, instinctive like decisions
But.. Why?
The sport simply demands it, along with the extremely high risk factor, keeping the riders on their toes
Catecholamine, an indicator of psychoemotional stress, is heavily produced by motocross racers
Concurrently, 10x more adrenaline was found while racing motocross rather than just stationary biking
This is a result of the high stress level associated with racing due to competition, physical demand, and the high incidence of injury
Well... What else is there?
Forearm Pump...
But... What is it?
A motocross racer's kryptonite
It's an overexertion of the forearm muscles resulting in too much inflow of blood and not enough outflow
Okay... that doesn't sound too bad does it?
It causes the muscles to stop functioning correctly, becoming extremely weak and slow to move
It is debilitating to ride with as the hands are the bridge between the bike and the rider
This causes the muscle to expand tightly against the fascia tissue wrapping the muscle
A racer that has succumbed to arm pump has very little control over the bike, thus increasing the likelihood of crashing
Some even go through fasciotomy surgery to cut off the fascia surrounding the muscle
Well other sports have to deal with cramps too right???
Yes, they do... But can their cramps put their life on the line like forearm pump can for motocrossers?
Mechanical failures, an unexpected surprise
Throttle stuck completely wide open
Let's see that again
Riders wear a plethora of safety gear
What happens when a rider runs out of gas mid jump?
Chest Protector
Knee Braces
Kidney Belt
Motocross boots
All this gear serves as a heat sink, not allowing the sweat to be wicked away which would cool the body
Furthermore, between the rider's legs is the engine which puts out over 200 degree temperatures
These athletes, quite simply, have to deal with a lot of hardships...
All a rider does is just twist the throttle right?
The bike just does all the work...right?
Often, non enthusiasts mistake motocross for being easy
Don't you think?
Then why the disconnect between non enthusiasts and the difficulty of the sport?
A simple lack of understanding
Lack of easily attainable public scholarly research
Not widely reported on by sports channels
Not as popular as traditional mainstream sports
The legitimacy of the sport would then be strengthened
More people would understand the difficulty, thus the racers would become more respected by non enthusiasts
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Winter Elegy
[This is an elegy for my friend Helmut Schaefer who died of bowel cancer last Sunday. 'Schaefer' means 'shepherd' in German.]
Winter Elegy
Helmut, I knew it wasn't a crash hot collection of signs
when maggots fell onto our bed from some invisible dead rat
in the ceiling, some mad neuroscience drop-out in Colorado
dressed up as the batman joker & shot up the midnight audience
at the Aurora watching The Return of the Dark Knight
while the first anniversary of that fascist's massacre in Norway
& my own bowel cancer operation dawned through winter
drizzle, the last time I saw you weak & wobbly in your armchair
by the fire still gasping from the last brain tumour removed
& the old ram you'd had put down for sending you for six
in the wet paddock attending your ewes, some contractor
on his oversized tractor hadn't noticed the small sour cherry
I'd planted for you in hope against hope & co-Teutonic nostalgia
for the beneficence of blossoms & sauerkirschtorte. But signs
are prescient only after the event, & now you're gone
& all that's left are images of learning from you, old shepherd,
the art of slitting sheep throats & working the warm skin
from selvedge & brisket in a cold shed filled with classic FM,
the light that lit your eyes when you talked of class trips
to the dead heart, that arid place you felt most alive. Now
under the sliver of a waxing moon, mid-winter, among
black branches small white stars of cherry plum bloom.


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We had a great productive meeting today. We discussed what needs to be completed and what is going to happen while we wait for the 3D animation to get going. Everyone is coming in tomorrow at 10 and sitting down with their "personal work" choosing characters who can be animated as the extra wave that comes out of the door. Then the rest of the time is spent on animating and compositing till the 3D arrives and we add sounds. Best thing to do is get in contact with Perrie, Natalie, Terry and Emmanuel who have been in and know what's happening. Tope is going to deliver a shot list to me tonight and Perrie is handing it out tomorrow. I am in LCC this week on Wednesday and Thursday so if you have any receips for me make sure i get them before Monday as then it is too late. I will pop in and see how everything is going. BTW there is no access on Friday so that should be schedueled work that you can take home.
Hope more people help out now as the holidays have arrived!
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Odd timing, you might think. Blears herself has noted that this is the lowest point of her political career, and there is good reason for this. But, the campaign against her is indicative of the rot at Westminster – the tribal political urges that only ever lead politics into the mire.
Blears flipped her home three times. For a while she wondered what it'd be like to live in a boutique hotel in Clerkenwell. At £211 a night, presumably it was pretty good. There's no denying that she stretched her expense allowances.
The 17% who voted for the BNP in a recent by-election in her constituency no doubt agree. The polling figures look even worse when you contrast 606 Labour votes for 276 to the BNP. There was only a 17.5% turnout so we can assume many felt the same as is being said up and down the country – that there's no-one to vote for and major parties can't be trusted. Listen to John Pienaar's podcast this week as an indicator of public opinion: pavement political reporting at its best.
Yet public opinion is, as usual, being manipulated – both by the press and those they require connections with. 'Smeargate' – the Damien McBride emails – exposed the government's way of dealing with the press. It did not cure it. Despite both Geoff Hoon and James Purnell avoiding capital gains tax on the sale of their homes – furnished at taxpayer's expense – they have had an easy time of late. So too has Alastair Darling, who flipped his second home but lived in a grace-and-favour pad. Why the focus on Blears?
Because Blears brought it upon herself. She dared to criticise Gordon Brown in the Observer and knew the consequences of this. First, she damaged Gordon Brown's credibility. After all, the phrase 'YouTube if you want to' was very witty and bound to stick, although if anyone thinks Brown's disastrously comic video was anything other than an absolute failure, they mustn't have seen it. Do please see below.
Second, she angered the Brownite cabal which was never enamoured with Blears the Blairite. The group of advisors surrounding Brown have always been effective at dispatching political enemies and excel at party infighting. Think of Charlie Whelan, Brown's former press secretary, briefing the press against Blair's plans to join the Euro outside the Red Lion pub with a lager in one hand and a phone in the other. Think of the number of Labour MPs who claimed they'd been victim to McBride's smear campaigning, like Ivan Lewis who spoke out against Brown and the consequent headline 'txt pest' in the News of the World, courtesy of Downing Street's press team.
Iain Dale blogged quite recently that No. 10 were lining up for a 'Chipmunk cull'. He appears to have been right – but don't be fooled: if Blears goes, the spotlight most likely will shift to Hoon and Purnell. Neither have attempted to pay back capital gains tax, despite the precedent Blears has set. If the press sense a victory in pushing out Blears and also Jacqui Smith, they'll start to see who else they can get.
This all goes to show how fickle 'the media', and by that I mostly mean the dead tree press, can be. Have we forgotten Martin Kettles paean to Blears in The Guardian just a few weeks ago? He seized upon her as the next Thatcher, a symbol around which a desperate Labour party could unite. Firing Hazel Blears may seem like a good choice to Brown, but he'll lose yet another well known Labour figure at a time when The Economist believes both parties should bring out their 'big beasts' (spelt that wrong first time, was thinking purely of Ken Clarke).
Brown should at least be attacking the opposition if he refuses to work with them. His big pitch at present is to try to appear above politics, hence his Youtube appeals straight the the country. But Brown is a tribalist at heart, and that is the most damaging, damning allegation one can make against him. Tribal politics have never achieved anything except bringing people and parties down. This time, Labour will suffer.
UPDATE 3.39PM: I see Caroline Flint agrees with me. Has she been reading JCPR? [this blog]


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Jessica Jones was killed in an auto accident on July 23, 2008 while riding with another girl who had a blood alcohol level of .145 (according to the State of Alabama toxicology report). Jessica's Aunt, Glenda Popwell, and her parents, Randy & Deborah Jones, were told by the District Attorney's office that they could present any evidence they wished to, or statements at the sentencing of the driver of the car who had plead guilty to manslaughter. However, at sentencing, Judge Sibley Reynolds advised the family of the girl that was killed in the wreck, to seek "grief" counseling, and to GET OVER IT...Reynolds did NOT allow the family to read their statements. Glenda Popwell told me that Reynolds slammed his hand down at the bench, when he said, "get over it, I said to get over it". In Glenda, Randy & Deborah's Letter To The Editor, they wrote, "These dealings with the legal system in Chilton County, and with this judge, have been the second worst thing we have ever had to go through. It has severely tested our faith in the system, and our belief that court proceedings are fair and just."
I can certainly agree with Glenda, Randy and Deborah concerning the actions by Judge Reynolds. In another sentencing hearing I attended where Reynolds was the judge, the same procedure was repeated. A witness was denied the right to speak on behalf of this individual, and in fact, was hauled OUT OF THE COURTROOM, by the sheriff, himself. Later at a Rule 32 Hearing, this witness did get her testimony on record, and testified to the behavior of Reynolds at the sentencing hearing, as the entire procedure being "pre-determined" and prejudicial. (This was in Autauga County). Another time, this same individual had a hearing before Judge Reynolds to have evidence presented, and before the hearing, Reynolds stated that he would allow the hearing, BUT that it would be held OFF THE RECORD. All proceedings in Circuit Court are to be transcribed by a court reporter. THAT IS THE LAW. Reynolds has a way of by passing the law. I AM WITNESS TO THAT!!
Glenda, Randy, and Deborah...I say to you today, that your pain has not gone unheard. You are in my prayers, and I promise you, I will help you every step of the way, to see that someone runs against Judge Sibley Reynolds. We MUST take all steps to see that he does not get re-elected.


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Corinthians vs Nacional
Estadio Pacaembú
07/03/2012, 22.00 hs (01.00 GMT)
Nacional have travelled to São Paulo knowing that they must avoid defeat to keep their Copa Libertadores hopes alive after losing their opener against Cruz Azul at home. Javier Torrente (who was put in stadium jail at the weekend) will look to play a slightly different side than the one that lost to Olimpia on Saturday. He may try the pace of Angel Orué and Javier Gonzalez up front despite the good form of Ariel Bogado who has scored in his last three games in all competitions. Defender Denis Caniza says the Academia must try and "suffocate them with pressing in midfield" and expect a well drilled Nacional side to press hard and attack quickly on the break.
Nacional have had a mixed season so far, having started sluggishly they went on a run of three straight wins to briefly sit joint top of the Apertura 2012 table. However last weekend's defeat will be a blow in confidence ahead of the tall order that is an away trip to one of Brazil's top clubs.
Corinthians have the peculiar record of being World Champions (2000) despite never having won a continental competition, this is their 10th appearance in the Copa Libertadores. They qualified on the virtue of winning a hotly-contested Brazilian national championship last year and the man to watch out for is the veteran Portuguese international Liédson who has had a formidable scoring record since joining. The Paraguayans should expect a hostile atmosphere, the Timão claim to be the biggest group of fans in Brazil.
Nacional XI (possible): I.Don; R.Mazacotte, D.Caniza, H.Miranda, D.Mendoza; C.Ruiz Peralta, M.Riveros, J.Villarreal, R.Caceres; A.Orué, J.Gonzalez
Nacional vs Brazilian teams
Pld 2 W 0 D 0 L 2 GF 0 GA 5 – Nacional faced São Paulo twice in the 2010 group stages
One to Watch: Marcos Riveros – the defensive midfielder is back from a difficult spell in Argentina and has been showing good form recently. He will be key in trying to curb Brazilian forays and
Prediction: It is hard to see the Paraguayans have enough quality to take something from this game, they will try to defend and counter so it could be low scoring, 1-0
Selected Odds: Corinthians win 1.31, Draw 5.6, Nacional win 14.0; 1-0 scoreline 6.8; Under 2.5 Goals 2.04
BEST BET: With little value on the win maybe try Corinthians to be winning at half time (1.76) – against Cruz Azul the Paraguayans were blown away by the high tempo in the first 20 minutes and tonight could be more of the same.
By Ralph Hannah
Author's Note: All odds up to date at time of writing and via Betfair


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I found out half an hour ago that our I-380 was approved. Recently the Federal Courts decided to question whether or not these can be filed concurrently with an I-485. Had they not done so, we would have received our green cards with about a week to spare before our current visas expire. Then we wouldn't be in the situation we are: shitting bricks over whether or not Big Love will be getting paychecks next month. I cannot imagine that our I-485 would be approved fast enough but who knows if we could speed it up and avoid applying for the H visas. Who knows. It is all a gong show and I feel like a dryer ball being tossed around in the heat.
..... about 8 hours later....
You'd think that by this point I'd be able to understand all the steps and what happens when, well, not so much. The bad thing is that sometimes my head spins when I try to figure it all out and the good thing? Well, an I-360 gets approved and it is even a much better development that I first thought! After talking with our lawyer, this was what he was hoping for; it's a best case scenario!
We felt pretty strange for awhile, questioning why we are here and what brought us here, are we going to have to pack up and return to Canada, etc. But for now, I'm just going to enjoy some Canadiana as I watch Rookie Blue!