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The 11th Annual IA Summit [1] was held in sunny Phoenix Arizona this year. It might have been more appropriate for a Masters student studying Data Curation to attend the Research Data and Access Summit, which was running concurrently, but in this particular case, curiosity prevailed. Clearly, Information Architecture (IA) is a hot field, but this fact may only serve to increase anxiety as some may not have a firm grasp on what it entails. As it turns out, Information Architecture seems to be loosely defined, if at all. Instead it is more important to focus on what Information Architects seek to accomplish: facilitating understanding and improving the human experience in a world where the quantity of information is growing rapidly, and people are confronted by—and must interact with—more information than ever before.
An opening reception was held on the eve of the conference. One of the hotel ballrooms served as the venue, and not long after the reception began it was full of people engaged in lively conversation. In comparison to other conferences, this one looked to have a pretty cool crowd! Whereas many appeared to have come with someone, or were meeting up with colleagues or friends they hadn't seen in a while or since the last summit, for others this may have been their first time out. Regardless, the participants at the Summit comprised a welcoming and lively group which, in looking at the credentials listed in the conference programme, was also surprisingly diverse. And in this diversity some, perhaps those new to the field or the Summit, found reassurance.
Richard Saul Wurman is an Information Architect with degrees in Architecture and Fine Art. Wurman is a perfect example of a passionate person. His particular passions are for information and 'understanding,' to borrow a keyword from his presentation. He is a prolific author; the topics of his many books range from baseball to healthcare. He is the founder of the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference [2], and as he noted in his address, is responsible for the coining of the term 'Information Architecture'. Ideas for his projects derive from what he refers to as his own ignorance or lack of understanding.
On Saturday morning (10 April), as the audience trickled in to take its seats, Wurman sat in an armchair on the stage, chatting with those who had arrived early enough to nab seats in the front row. On the side table next to the chair was a banana, his only prop. He began his keynote by talking about the banana. Eventually he would open it, this 'perfect fruit,' from the opposite end. His explanation and the object lesson: everyone always tries to open bananas from the stem-end, which often results in frustration and a bruised, squishy banana, but open it from the opposite end, and this doesn't happen. Opening the banana from the other end is Wurman's metaphor for what he calls 'the opposite paradigm.' When something isn't working, start over from the beginning, and from the opposite direction. He conceded that this can be a 'terrifying' proposition, but a necessary and ultimately rewarding one.
The speech that followed this demonstration was fascinating; filled with anecdotes about his adventures and accomplishments, insults (including a few pointed remarks about the recent release of Apple's iPad in the United States), and general musings. Wurman was both wise and charming, and he made the following points.
Wurman's presentation style was unexpected. Aside from the banana there were no props or slides, instead the focus was on him and his words which were inspiring. Wurman's keynote as a podcast and a transcript are both freely available, and worth investigating [3].
The keynote presentation given by Dan Roam also addressed this theme of 'understanding.' A consultant, best-selling author, and the founder of Digital Roam Inc., Roam holds degrees in Biology and Fine Art. The topic of his talk was on solving complex problems through visual thinking—using pictures or 'sketching' to explain things. Roam's proposition to the audience: 'whatever our problems are...we can solve them with pictures.' Such a simple concept, which speaks to another over-arching theme from the Summit: keep it simple. An interesting idea, when the tools and modalities for structuring and communicating information have become so complex. Everyone likes pictures and everyone, Roam stated confidently, is capable of drawing them. Drawing may very well be the most effective tool in solving the most complex problems—how ironic. Roam also pointed out it is quite often the case that 'whoever draws the best picture gets the funding.' Sophistication and complexity aren't necessary attributes of the 'best picture,' it is infinitely more important that the picture is easy to understand. As an illustration of these points, Roam described the start of the most successful airline in history—Southwest, an idea that was hatched over cocktails and sketched on the back of a napkin.
Roam has given talks and hosted workshops at such places as Boeing and the United States Senate. One sequence of his slides in his presentation at the Summit included hand-drawn sketches from the notebooks of United States Presidents: Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan, etc. A sketch on the back of a napkin was actually the basis for Reaganomics. Even Barack Obama, the current United States president, draws extremely well, Roam noted. Interestingly enough he is left-handed, as were five of the past seven American presidents—all drew avidly. This makes sense given that left-handedness is commonly associated with a tendency for spatial-thinking. President Obama is one of the most eloquent Presidents the United States has ever had, and seeing as he draws so well, Roam asked the United States Senate in his presentation to them, 'Why isn't he using pictures to explain things,' how about healthcare?
The new healthcare reform bill that was recently signed into law in the U.S. has caused somewhat of an uproar among Americans. In Roam's opinion, it's not so much that people don't agree with the bill, they just don't understand it. So, why not explain it with pictures? Roam did, with the help of a colleague. His drawings (on napkins!) are available via Slideshare [4].
In summary, Roam gave an inspiring talk about bringing Information Architecture back to basics. Understanding is all-important, and drawing pictures is an effective way to explain complex problems—or convey information. One which uses a simple tool that everyone possesses. So, why isn't everyone just drawing pictures? For Roam's explanation, and his keynote in entirety, download or listen to the podcast [5].
Nick Finck is an active and leading figure in the Web design community. His presentation was entitled The commoditization & fragmentation of the Information Architecture community. In his abstract he suggested that Information Architecture is at a crossroads, perhaps on the brink of fragmentation, that IA is a 'profession defeating itself through the lack of clarity in its own message, a lack of value in its own offering, and through simply a lack of commitment by those within.' The session was intended to be a light-hearted discussion among practitioners (and to aid in the levity of the atmosphere Finck had illustrated his slides with robot cartoons); in reality, it was anything but.
One of his first slides read: 'Let's not get into a debate about defining the damn thing.' Here it was, out in the open, proof that some practitioners do not agree on the state of the profession. Subsequent slides had questions like 'Do you feel loved as an IA?'; 'What are your challenges as an IA?'; and 'What is the future of IA?' The session rather resembled an IA support group meeting. It was valuable in that it illustrated the struggles practitioners are having, but also a common desire among the 'veterans' to support the new generation of IAs and each other, and above all to 'be the advocate for the information.' Rather than be disheartened by the session, and perhaps it was the very presence of young people in the room (presumably 'junior IAs'), there was instead a sense of hopefulness that if at a crossroads, or 'on the brink,' despite being this ephemeral, undefined, perhaps intangible entity, Information Architecture would come out okay. It certainly has a solid future, though it may be impossible to achieve total clarity in its own message.
Having explored what Information Architecture was over the first sessions of the conference, and where it stands at the moment, the end of the weekend presented the opportunity to explore where IA is going, perhaps the most exciting part of any conference, i.e. what's new and yet to come? Just as understanding was one of the major themes of this year's summit and is perhaps a tenet of Information Architecture, another was certainly experience, in particular, the human experience. It became evident, from sessions throughout the weekend on user experience, labelled UX, that one of the things information architects do is to model information, or structure it, in such a way as to optimise its use for people when they access it. The most exciting examples of 'experience' were presented in a few sessions towards the end of the conference: the first on social networks, the second on 'wayfinding,' and a third on 'metropolitan IA.'
Paul Adams, a Senior User Experience Researcher at Google gave a presentation Closing the gap between people's online and real life social networks. Adams asserted that peoples' offline activities—their interactions and behaviour in real-life—influence their online activities and behaviour. His prescriptive message, which was supported by two years of research and analysis, seemed to be that in order to understand online behaviour and create good design, Information Architects need to understand offline behaviours, and develop tools that allow for the incredibly complex social interactions of the people that use them. Paul described social networking tools at present as 'crude,' since '[o]ur relationships in real life don't boil down to accepting/following/ignoring and blocking others.' And developing better tools at this point is more about understanding sociology than it is about technology. Adams presented a series of case studies from his research on social interaction via Facebook. An example of one of their findings: 'friend' is an 'unhelpful' word, and that instead designers and their tools must allow for multiple categories and types of relationships, as this is the way it works in the real-world.
Another significant point Adams made that reflected a common theme across the conference was the importance of privacy, and by association, trust. The Internet is far-reaching and information on the Web is persistent. People don't always understand that their interactions are public, thus designers must make sure that tools are transparent—that users know what is happening and understand the possible consequences. Transparent design is the only way to guarantee trust in a tool, so it must always represent a top priority. This is an important point, one that is especially pertinent and often overlooked. An apt example is Facebook and its ever-changing privacy policies ('settings'). As a result of these changes and the loss of transparency, many users have lost trust in it. Facebook aside, Adams' presentation provides a valuable lesson: simply look at what people do in real-life, and design accordingly.
Cennydd Bowles, a User Experience Engineer for Clearleft in Brighton, England, gave a presentation called The future of wayfinding. The abstract for his presentation stated that '[t]he boundaries between the abstract digital world and the real physical world are becoming blurred,' GPS and RFID chips are enabling spimes (unique, location-aware, environment-aware, self-documenting objects), which will allow our environment to 'tell us about itself and how we should interact with it.' In the near future, our surroundings may be annotated. The data cloud will, in some sense become grounded and transform into a data fog (paradoxical as that may sound). Location-driven technology is already prevalent, the next step is in 'shaping the chaos'—designing tools that help users better to experience and understand their surroundings, ultimately making them 'feel at home.' Again the issues of privacy and security are factors in making this experience secure, but another particularly interesting one is that by making this technology too important (such that it 'inhibits exploration') could result in negative experiences or interaction, in the event of (even temporary) failure. Thus it would be prudent to maintain personal knowledge of one's environment, and analogue 'wayfinding' techniques and skills.
The presentation by Don Turnbull (whose entire bio in the programme read, 'better than a sandwich, but not better than a cookie'), and John Tolva, Director of Citizenship and Technology for IBM, was entitled Metropolitan Information Architecture: The future of UX, databases and the (Information) Architecture of complex, urban environments. Though similar to Bowles presentation, rather than a strict focus on navigation, Turnbull and Tolva explored how information and actual, physical architecture could 'synchronize' or integrate. The presentation addressed a number of topics: the constraints of cities on design and how design could improve cities; how mobile communication and Web culture affect the streetscape; who has and is embracing data and networks as matters of physical design; at what point social media begin to change digital and physical social spaces in the urban network; and finally what metropolitan experiences could be like in the future.
Their main points emerged as follows:
One of Tolva's current projects at IBM is called City Forward. The goal of this project is to make 'smarter cities' and consequently, better user experiences. City Forward launches in June 2010, and represents perhaps a first step in the direction of 'metropolitan IA' [6].
While some suggest that Information Architecture is on the brink of fragmentation, that it lacks clarity, and that its future is uncertain, the ideas put forth on Sunday 11 April provide evidence to the contrary—or evidence that such worries are irrelevant. Rather than 'debate over defining the damn thing' maybe it is unnecessary either to define IA or even to seek complete clarity. Whatever its course, its future is bright and brimming with possibility. With any luck, these ideas for the future are what will remain with the delegates after the Summit. The most exciting parts of this future seem to fall into the category of 'ubiquitous computing'— information will potentially both leap off of the 'page' (the Web page) and out of the 'box' (the computer) distributing itself throughout the built environment. Some of this is already happening now. Information Architects will be the ones who further liberate it, and the ones who design the 'experiences' through which humans are able to interact and, ultimately, better understand the world around them, in all its complexity.
Information Architecture is not new. The practice of structuring information, as Information Architects do, has arguably been around for as long as humans have been drawing pictures. Perhaps it is the increased exposure that has made Information Architecture so provocative. Or perhaps it is more likely a predictable outcome of our close proximity to an ever-increasing interaction with 'information.' Whatever the case may be, it is arguable that a great way, maybe even the best way, to learn about Information Architecture, is to attend an IA Summit. Without over-simplifying the complexity of the work many Information Architects do, or the technical qualifications many possess, it is important to make it clear that the common denominator among Information Architects is a passion for information.
Though the mantra of the IA Summit was that 'the best conversations happen in the hall' (and a great deal of these conversations were 'in the hall,' as it were, or via Twitter feeds which were displayed on flat-screens), the best conversations, in fact, probably happened after everyone had departed. The very best conversations are probably those happening now, and are the ones that people will continue to have in the coming months. They will be the ones in which the most exciting ideas from this year's summit—so many more than could be covered here—will be shared with those who were not able to attend. With any luck these conversations will lead to more ideas, some of which will perhaps be revealed at the next Summit.
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Reason #22: Purpose/
I've gone through somewhat of a personal evolution since starting Early Mama: learning how to be a good mother, then striving to be a better wife, and now? Now I'm turning the lens inward, focusing on myself — my health, my happiness, my development. When really, isn't that backwards?
They say that your 20s are the years to "find yourself" — to make mistakes, take risks, travel, experience. To fully grow as an individual before you can be a part of a whole.
But I often wonder, would I be this grown up had I not had a reason to grow up?
Of course I can't answer that. I did feel a significant shift in the last year/year and a half — as if the swirling pieces of adolescence have finally settled. I feel more comfortable with myself, but also more determined to be better and do more. Was it becoming a mother that gave me so much purpose and clarity? Was it just the fact that I'm a little older now, rounding 27th base? Was it my newly developed frontal lobe?
Probably, yes.
I was reading this article "30 is Not the New 20," and it got me thinking about the whats ifs. What if I hadn't had a child in my early 20s? What would I be doing? Why would I be doing it? Would I be as focused on purposefully being the best person I can be, without the context of parenting?
Again, I can't answer these questions.
But I'm thankful I don't have to.
The clinical psychologist cited in the article, Dr. May Jay (author of The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter — and How to Make the Most of Them Now) paints a picture of a generation of 20-somethings that are thinking rather than doing — a generation waiting to start their lives in their 30s. And while I've always been a do-er, aren't we called the Lost Generation? Don't so many of us see the evidence around us (read: on our Facebook News Feeds) of people taking a little longer to grow up? People still playing pretend — waiting for a big transformative moment to change into something they're not?
But this is where I have to stick up for my generation.
I don't like when anyone — clinical psychologist or know-it-all blogger — dictates the parameters of what is and isn't possible. I understand what Dr. Meg Jay is saying — about how important it is to take control over your life's direction, rather than hope for the best — but I just can't believe that "80% of life's most defining moments take place by about age 35." I just can't believe that sticking to set timelines is the best answer. I think you can reinvent yourself at any age, and that you can find success and happiness from a multitude of paths — not just the most expected ones. And I like to think that just because you don't do things in the proper order, that doesn't mean they won't get accomplished.
That being said, I can imagine that feeling of being lost — especially when I run through the "what ifs" in my head. I can imagine the panic from reading articles that warn of a window that shuts at age 30. I can imagine feeling uneasy about the uncertainty ahead of me.
But I don't feel those things now, even though life is always uncertain and 30 is quickly approaching and motherhood isn't my only defining experience or goal.
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The barn door has closed on yet another episode of CPAC's Wingnut Woodstock, the annual conclave of conservaschism's most extreme proponents. (See our archives for previous entries.)
Among the 70+ speakers were the party's last two failed GOP Veep candidates, Rep. Paul Ryan (R- Gault's Gulch), who couldn't be bothered to even mention his former running mate, Mitt Romney, who was also there; and Sarah Palin (R-Alaskan Quitter), who couldn't resist sucking up some sugar water poison from a Big Gulp and throwing some red meat to the Birthers while attacking Karl Rove:
"If these experts who keep losin' elections and keep gettin' rehired and gettin' millions — if they feel that strong about who gets to run in this party, then they should buck-up or stay in the truck."
Rand Paul, who won the presidential straw poll beating Marco Rubio, 25%-23%, also implicitly took a shot at Rove and the establishment wing of the party, calling it "stale and moss covered," in need of a complete do-over. Rubio took the opposite tack, saying that the party just needed better packaging, everything else is just fine… except maybe their attitude toward immigration, a word that curiously never passed his lips. Ted Cruz responded politely to GOP's "grey eminence" John McCain, after McCain called him a "whackobird" for supporting Paul's 13 hour filibuster against extra-judicial targeted killings, ala drone strikes.
All told, over 70 speeches were given. And while Donald Trump said nothing of substance, he will be remembered for making a further investment in self-parody, talking to a room full of empty chairs after tweeting enthusiastically about how the sponsors were expecting a standing room only crowd for the pleasure of his company.
Squint real hard and you might see Trump holding court for a handful of starstruck suckups
Noticeable for their absence were Past GOP luminaries New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Virgina Governor Bob McDonnell weren't invited this year because they had committed the unforgivable sin of, you know, actual governance, an activity antithetical to the overriding mission of modern conservatism— the wholesale dismantling of the US government (except as it benefits the 1%).
Which brings us to the substance of Paul Ryan's speech, his proposed 2014 budget confabulation. The zombie eyed granny starver once again tried to disguise his Ayn Randian flavored social Darwinism as deficit reduction, framing his argument as the only rational approach to a country teetering on the edge of the apocalypse:
Unless we change course, we will have a debt crisis. Pressed for cash, the government will take the easy way out: It will crank up the printing presses. The final stage of this intergenerational theft will be the debasement of our currency. Government will cheat us of our just rewards. Our finances will collapse. The economy will stall. The safety net will unravel. And the most vulnerable will suffer.
But it's not too late. This budget provides an exit ramp from the current mess— and an entry ramp to a better future. Unlike the President's last budget, which never balanced, this budget achieves balance within ten years.
Washington Post and MSNBC economic policy wonk Ezra Klein comments:
These are tremendously important paragraphs. They're emphasized a few pages later, in the first real section of the budget, which is entitled "The Debt Crisis Ahead." These paragraphs matter because they serve as Ryan's justification for his budget. They are why we need to throw 35 million people off health insurance. They are why we need to cut deep into education and infrastructure and food stamps and housing assistance. They are why this budget is an act of mercy rather than cruelty — because if this future is the only alternative, then this budget is painful but necessary medicine.
But it's not. Ryan's nightmare scenario isn't likely even in the absence of new policy. A reasonable assumption of future debt is about 112 percent of GDP come 2037 — and that's assuming the repeal of the sequester. That's too high for comfort, and there's some evidence that debt at that level could harm the economy. But there's no evidence that it would create the kind of Mad Max-style scenario Ryan paints.
Ryan's GOP budget takes a meat ax to the social safety net for the old, poor, and infirm, all the while sparing the military/medical/prison/financial industrial complex or any other corporate interest group from any sacrifice whatsoever. Ryan ignores deficit expanding tax expenditures that overwhelmingly favor the wealthy, which in 2009 cost the federal government a cool trillion; says nothing about eliminating tens of billions of dollars in direct taxpayer subsidies to hugely profitable industries like the oil companies and Big Ag, many of whom don't even pay any income tax thanks to lobbyist provided loopholes; and lowers tax rates across the board, which again, overwhelmingly favors the rich.MORE. . ."Mad To The Max: Paul Ryan, Beyond Blunderdome"


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We've told you before… your bathroom is disgusting.
Oh, it may look and smell lovely. But it's a bathroom, and therefore it is disgusting and germ-ridden and potentially unhealthy by its very nature. (Unless you lock the door and refuse to let anyone use it.)
With that in mind, it's not difficult to imagine that you could be missing things when you clean, without even realizing it. Toilet plumes are, unfortunately, a thing, and the bioaerosols they disperse are invisible.
Thankfully, we've got a few tips, via cheatsheet.com, on what you should give a thorough cleaning – and how.
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Of course you scrub the bowl. Everyone does. But are you cleaning the rim, the handle, and the base of the toilet (especially important if there are males in the house)? A lot of people miss those. And still more people put the toilet brush back into its discreet holder without letting it dry properly.
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If you're not using a squeegee in the shower, your bathroom isn't as clean as it could be. And we don't just mean on cleaning day, but every day after you get out. You'll cut down on musty smells, and the moisture that breeds bacteria.
Also, most of us wash the shower curtain, but skip the liner itself. Throw it in the wash with some old towels! Not only will you remove some of the soapscum, you'll cut back further on unpleasant odor.
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You can thank the toilet plumes for this one, too.
"A recent study from the University of Manchester found that the average toothbrush contained about 10 million germs, including E. coli," reports RD.
If that doesn't gross you out quite enough, consider this… those same germs are lurking in your hair brush. Every single time you run it through your hair, you're depositing all those yummy bioaerosols through your lovely locks.
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Jess Glynne to have vocal cord surgery
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Jess Glynne is to undergo vocal cord surgery next week after pulling out of Isle of Wight Festival on Saturday (13.06.15)
Jess Glynne is to undergo vocal cord surgery.
The 25-year-old singer will have emergency surgery on her voice next week, having cancelled her planned performance at Isle of Wight Festival over the weekend after doctors said she was too ill to perform.
Revealing the news on Instagram, she said: "I am so so sad to tell you that I'm having to have vocal surgery next week. (sic)"
The 'Hold My Hand' hitmaker - who is most well known for providing the vocals on Clean Bandit's Grammy Award-winning hit 'Rather Be' - revealed the sad news means she has had to pull out of forthcoming performances.
She said: "I'm so sorry and it kills me but I have to cancel some forthcoming shows and festivals. I'm a little scared but I will be back singing better than ever very soon! Love hugs and kisses Jess xxx (sic)."
The fiery haired musician previously said she was "devastated" at having to ditch her slot at Isle of Wight Festival - which Ella Eyre instead performed in - indicating she hoped she would be well enough for her scheduled performance at other events such as Glastonbury.
She wrote on Twitter: "I'm so devastated and sad to announce that I won't be performing at the Isle Of Wight Festival today. I haven't been well and my doctor has told I'm not allowed to sing. I'm so sorry if I have let anyone down! I'm gutted!I will get better as soon as possible and I'll be back to make it up to you! Big love and hugs and I hope you understand and hope everyone who is going has an amazing day! Wish I could be there (sic)."


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I was in a baking mood this weekend, but then changed my mind on what I was gonna make. I thought I would do something chocolatey…but then it seemed like more work than I was interested in doing…so I switched it up and went simple. Enter this recipe from Sweet Pea's Kitchen: Cinnamon Sugar Doughnut Muffins. Yes, please.
It's pretty basic – throw some dry stuff together, mix some wet stuff together. I followed the rules and mixed wet and dry separately (I'm such a grown up):
The recipe calls for a tiny bit of nutmeg, and an even tinier bit of cinnamon…I went a little heavier on both, but I had already whisked it all in with my flour and sugar before the picture above, and I honestly don't really think it made much difference. Next step is to mix wet and dry together and whisk it up all nice and stuff…but not TOO much…just enough to combine it. There's a chance I went wrong here. [FORESHADOWING]
The batter seemed tasty enough…not, like, a taste explosion or anything, but pleasant. I glopped it all into my muffin pan that never gets used, and into the oven they went.
They baked for about 24 minutes, I think, and when I inserted a toothpick into one to check if done, absolutely nothing came out on it. So they were done. Possibly too done. [FORESHADOWING]
After they come out of the oven, you've got to immediately move to the next step, which is to dip the tops in melted butter and then in the sugar & cinnamon mix. This step definitely makes them look more appealing…and let's be honest, it's fun.
I got all 12 dipped and sugared, with just one mishap where the entire muffin ended up in the butter. Then it was time for the taste test…
…and they were just okay. They came out really heavy and doughy, which I wasn't expecting. The cinnamon and sugar on top certainly helped, but overall there just wasn't much of a flavor. Now, I absolutely do not think this is a bad recipe — I think that I just jacked it up somehow. Maybe upping the amount of nutmeg and cinnamon actually threw off the flavor balance…maybe I mixed the batter too much and that toughened it up…maybe I cooked them a few minutes too long. Who can say? They did get eaten – they didn't taste bad or anything, they just weren't very exciting. I think I would try them again in future, with some lessons learned from this attempt. But for today, it's Baking – 1, me – 0.


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Bet you thought our Southfield Martial Arts school was just a super cool place to get fit and learn self-defense... the truth is it's so much more.
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- CREDITS Some of our credits are a Dutch Grammy, international tours and the release of 10 CDs.
- Collaborations We did important collaborations with the Dutch Metropole Orchestra, Het Nederlands Kamerkoor (the Dutch Chamber Choir), and created an improvised opera.
- Musical Chameleons As real musical chameleons we perform our original music with our small jazz ensemble Van Vugt/Vandoorn, with Big Bizar Habit: an 11-piece chamber jazz ensemble, and in solo and duo concerts.
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I have never understood why there aren't more big goalies in college lacrosse. No, I'm not talking about the blobs that eat up space and can block out the sun because they consume multiple cheeseburgers.
I'm referring to more of a finesse game where the goalie has size and decent quickness, but more importantly fast hands and good positioning.
Loyola Maryland's Jack Runkel comes to mind.
"As far as shot selection, they will hesitate," the 6-foot-3, 245-pound Runkel said about the influence of big goalies on shooters. "But we're not fun to watch. We don't have flash, we don't make acrobatic saves and we don't run up the field when clearing. We stay where we're supposed to be and make saves with our body."
And they win national championships, as Runkel did at Loyola in 2012 as a sophomore. Runkel, from Fairfield, Conn., has helped guide the Greyhounds to the No. 1 ranking again as Loyola prepares to host No. 6 Johns Hopkins on Saturday in the regular-season finale for both teams.


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In fashion public relations, one of the primary goals we have is to secure media coverage (including blog coverage) on behalf of our clients. We're also looking to land the right type of coverage, stories and product features in magazines and on sites that our client's target customer is likely to read. Thirdly, we are looking to land coverage that not only drives awareness of our client's brand, but that incites readers to research, talk about and ideally purchase something. While PR is not about direct sales, being able to show our clients that a particular placement drove website traffic, and increase in social chatter and yes, purchases is an important way we demonstrate the value of being paid!
With so many style blogs out there, it can be hard for both fashion publicists to cut through the noise of top-tier bloggers who are able to negotiate for paid placements, appearances and the like, and find the diamond-in-the-rough; a blogger who is interested in editorial (non-paid) placement, who has a strong audience, point of view and an authentic enthusiasm and appreciation for our clients. We want to find you, so make sure to let us know you exist!
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Fashion and style is a huge topic, in order to gain traction with fashion brands you need to ensure that your blog is, as Alle Fister, CEO of Bollare Communications often puts it, "directional." This means that every choice you make with your blog reinforces your niche, both visually and in terms of what you write about. Are there places where you can tighten up or clarify your niche?
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Heroin worth Rs 20 crore seized from Indo-Pak border
Jalandhar: Heroin worth Rs 20 crore in the international market was today seized from the India-Pakistan border at Ferozpur sector by the Border Security Force here.
BSF's Jalandhar-based Punjab frontier Inspector General Anil Paliwal said that during the patrolling, force personnel found four packets of heroin, each weighing 1kg at New Mohammadi Wala border outpost in Ferozepur sector at the international border.
The weight of recovered heroin is 4kg and its worth in the international market is around Rs 20 crore, he added.
Till now, BSF has recovered a total of around 48 kg of smuggled heroin in Punjab, he said.


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An Encounter with Tracy Morgan
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File this one under totally random! I was coming home from a night out on the town (a total shock, I know) when I was passing Subway sandwich on the corner. I looked in and saw 30 Rock's Tracy Morgan sitting inside. So of course I walked in and said hello! He was sitting inside with a bunch of people and they were all talking. He invited me over to his table and filled me in on the conversation he was having! He was super cool when I asked to take a photo with him. I told him that I lived on the same street as the Subway and he thought I said that I lived on the street. He gave me a pep talk about what I could do to turn my life around. I corrected him and said that I lived "on THIS street, not on THE street" and we all shared a nice laugh. I left Subway to discover that 30 Rock was filming on my block. I didn't see the rest of the cast, but this is the 4th celebrity I've seen on my street which once again brings me to this conclusion: I love New York!
PS. Recently, Tracy Morgan got into trouble for making disparaging remarks about gays. While I think he's a total dickhead for saying the things he said, it's not like all of us haven't made disparaging remarks about someone or something in our lives, so GET OVER IT! Based on the encounter I had with Tracy Morgan, he was very cool and was not homophobic AT ALL. I have no idea what he believes behind closed doors and neither do you! Frankly, I don't really care either. If you do, perhaps you should add that to your list of things you might want to examine…


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Hi everyone, I just joined this list from being pointed this way by Karl Berry. I've just volunteered to maintain the GSRC (GNU Source Release Collection) project because I found that it covers a lot of functionality underlying a free source-based distribution I've been planning in my head. I've read this thread and I thought I'd document some of the ideas here to see if they might be helpful. I'm sure there are holes in this and it would need some work to get things right but here's the rough idea (I imagine this will be long, so grab a tea). First of all, there's the question of why to create a new distribution. I think the concerns about providing a binary-based, easy-to-install distro are unfounded. We already have, for example, Trisquel that covers that niche. Parabola offers another option, with the ability to both install binary packages via pacman and install from source via abs (the Arch Build System). However, as a user of Arch (and Parabola once my new laptop arrives...), I can say that the reality is that you usually just install the binaries and aquiring the source requires extra, out-of-the-ordinary steps that you tend not to take unless you really have to. Parabola, does have the nice guiding principle of KISS, which gives it a good reason to exist, though. So, to start from a guiding principle to give a new distro a reason to exist alongside current ones, I decided that what we lack is a distro with the goal of being extremely hackable for happy hackers. In other words, one that takes the four essential software freedoms extremely seriously and literally; one which, in every way, encourages the user to dig in, make changes, and share those changes with others. I think that the best way to achieve this would be via a source distribution, and that it pretty much by definition *has* to be a free software distribution, since binary blobs go against its core guiding principle. Here's the general idea I've had. First of all, the most easily hacked software would be scripts rather than compiled software, so most of the distribution-specific system programs should just be Bash scripts which take advantage of other tools which already exist. So, to take package management as an example, source would be retrieved, configured and compiled via GSRC (for those who aren't familiar with it, it is based on GAR, which was in turn based on BSD Ports, and it is written in GNU Make). GSRC takes care of first building all necessary dependencies. Currently GSRC only includes makefiles for GNU software and a few external dependencies, but a non-GNU directory of makefiles for other free software could also be built. Software would then be installed to the system and maintained by GNU Stow. I would like to eventually update GSRC to automatically set up a Bazaar repository in each package's source directory, with tags set for each successive version of the package that is downloaded and installed by the user. Rolling back to an older version is as simple as reverting to a previous tag. The user could then easily branch the code, make their own changes, push those changes upstream, merge changes from other users, etc. Heck, if you want to jump on the "social" bandwagon, one could have a central repository online where users could push and share their custom branches with changes to packages that wouldn't necessarily be of interest to the upstream maintainers. All of this package management, with the built-in version control, would be handled by a single, easily customized script that automates it all. In fact, I think in general for a system like this, preference should be given to programs which are easily scriptable. For example, nmh would be better than Evolution (well, if nmh supported Maildir and such). Instead of Metacity/Mutter for window management, something like Herbstluftwm (a tiling window manager configured and manipulated via Bash scripting; "BSD" license, but I'm not sure which version so it might not be free) would be better. Uzbl (a Webkit-based browser whose functionality is built from the ground up with config files and scripting) would be a better browser than a Firefox-based one. Parabola's BSD-style init scripts would be better than SystemV or Systemd init systems. Again the point being that the user should feel at all times that every tiny detail of the system is available for tweaking and hacking should the desire to change something arise. Ok, that is enough for now, just describing the basics. There are a lot of details left to be worked out, such as system installation (live cd with a basic GNU/Linux build environment?). I understand that it's incredibly presumptuous to just drop in here, unload this huge block of text and expect people to be interested. Hopefully some of these ideas could be of use, though. I'm looking forward to seeing them discussed since they've until now just been floating around unchallenged in my head (where everything is sunny and all ideas are inherently extremely great ideas). Regards, Brandon Invergo
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London, UK, May 18, 2015: CTV Outside Broadcast, an EMG company with OB partners in Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands, has invested in Leader LV 5770A 3G/HD/SD-SDI multi-monitor signal analyzers. The LV 5770A was supplied by LEADER's UK reseller, Thameside TV, which is based in Shepperton.
"We now have three LV 5770A instruments," comments Paul Francis, CTV's Head of VTR. "They are used in a range of test and measurement roles during major outside broadcast productions, monitoring video signal quality. Each unit also incorporates LEADER's OP43 audio card which enables loudness measurement, lip-sync timing analysis and surround-sound monitoring. The LV 5770A is sturdily built and has an intuitive control menu that allows very fast operation during live production. A similar control routine is used in the eight LEADER LV 7700 rasterizers which we installed during 2014 in our OB 11 mobile production truck. Operators moving from one instrument to another appreciate the ergonomic similarity."
LEADER's LV 5770A is a compact broadcast signal analyzer supporting 3G, HD dual link, HD-SDI and SD-SDI signal formats. Its modular design allows easy customization to meet a user's specific needs. Signal amplitudes, vector, data, color bars and program picture can be viewed individually or in quad-split mode on the instrument's integral 6.3 inch XGA LCD screen. Video frames can be captured manually or on an automated error-detection basis. Video display options include eye-pattern and jitter waveform. Eye-pattern rise time, amplitude, fall time, timing jitter, current jitter, rising-edge overshoot and falling-edge overshoot can be measured automatically.
An Ethernet interface can be used to control the LV 5770A remotely over Telnet, detect remote system errors via SNMP, forward files via FTP or perform other operations from a connected PC. The remote control connector can be used to load presets, switch the input signal, and transmit error logs.
About CTV
Since 1986, CTV (www.ctvob.co.uk) has developed into one of the largest and most well-respected independent OB companies in Europe. We maintain a refreshing and dynamic approach that is endorsed by our most valued client base of blue chip broadcasters and high profile production companies. With probably the healthiest variety of work compared to our competitors, we have unrivalled expertise in delivering the very best for every programme genre.
CTV is built upon a highly motivated team of television professionals who have established a wealth of experience and know-how over many decades. We work with you all the way as your technical partner offering you cost-effective solutions as your programme demands, so not only do you get the latest technology in our wide-ranging all HD OB fleet, you also get access to all areas of real expertise allowing you to get the very best from your production.
CTV is an EMG company. With our OB partners in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, we can efficiently deliver our expertise anywhere in continental Europe and beyond.
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Established over 40 years ago in the USA by Leader Electronics (Yokohama, Japan), Leader Instruments Corporation (www.leaderamerica.com) provides customer support, sales and marketing services for a select number of high-technology manufacturers with specific focus on the broadcast and professional video market.
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How does one miss a whole year of blogging? Rather than go into it, I'll just say that I'm glad to see the end of 2011, and move on.
Before life became too stressful, I started a new art journal last January. My intention was to celebrate 52 weeks of being 52 by completing at least one art journal page a week. I made it as far as the cover (don't laugh; did I mention it was a stressful year?).
(Papers and overlays from the CreateWings/Catherine Designs collab Create23; face brush from Maya's Weird is wonderful; bike from LaurieAnnDesigns Country Chic; alpha stamps from Kathy Moore; stapled strings from Sausan; and stamp from Mars. The font is Affliction.)
I still like the cover, so I'm keeping it, and trying again. I've enrolled in Tangie Baxter's year-long Art Journey Caravan workshop at Scrapbookgraphics, and I've bought all kinds of new supplies. So far, Week One was a good one. I finished not one, but two pages for my book.
This one was inspired by the art at the end of the new Sherlock Holmes movie. I loved the movie, but from a visual perspective, the most exciting part was the end credits. I especially loved the technique they used of turning ink drawings into live footage.
Check it out.
Here's my page.
(Background paper from Rosey Posey's Discovery Heart; heart jewel, exit and paintbrush from Holliewood Studio's Thing Finder; card from Tangie's Art Journey 11; butterfly image from Rosey Posey's Buttefly Escapades; splash from Rosey Posey's Fragments Antiqued; and gesso from Tangie's Arsenic and Old Lace. The font is Dirty Ego.)
The idea of being both the canvas and the creator came from a comment by digital artist Angi Sullins in one of the videos she has posted on her site, . The idea fascinates me, because I can definitely see how art changes the way I look at myself and the world.
This isn't the first page that I've done where I've been influenced by movies and their graphics. More than once, I've turned to husband Barry in the middle of a movie to say, "Remind me to look up that font when we get home." How about you? Do you ever catch yourself analyzing a graphic effect rather than keeping your mind on the plot? What movies have captured your attention? Link us up.


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Onset Of Paternal And Maternal Gpi-1 Expression In Preimplantation Mouse Embryos
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The initial activation of the glucose phosphate isomerase gene, Gpi-1, was studied in mouse embryos produced by transplanting pronuclei between two strains of mice differing in alleles for this enzyme. Protein isozymes encoded by the embryonic cell nuclei were first detected on Day 4 of embryogenesis, and the maternal and paternal genes are seen to be activated simultaneously. Comparison of isozymes produced by these nuclear-transfer embryos and by F1 embryos from these two strains suggests the absence of oocyte mRNA for GPI-1 at the time when these genes are first activated. Thus, the GPI-1 present is derived from newly transcribed mRNA contributed by both maternal and paternal genes. The relative proportion of maternal cytoplasmic GPI-1 enzyme declines from Day 3 to Day 6, such that on Day 6, almost no oocyte GPI-1 is detected.
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Scott F. Gilbert and D. Solter.
"Onset Of Paternal And Maternal Gpi-1 Expression In Preimplantation Mouse Embryos".
Developmental Biology.
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US CCSP releases climate change report
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The US Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) released a Synthesis and Assessment (S&A) report titled "Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations, and Review of Integrated Scenario Development and Application". The report provides a new long-term global reference for greenhouse gas (GHG) stabilization scenarios, and an evaluation of the process by which scenarios are developed and used.
Four scenarios are examined, needed to stabilize CO2 concentrations at 450 ppm, 550 ppm, 650 ppm, and 750 ppm. The report also includes a reference scenario where no new climate goals are set after the Kyoto Protocol expires and after the United States meets its greenhouse gas intensity goals, both of which are scheduled for 2012. Three different modeling groups independently examined each of the five scenarios.
The report concludes that to stabilize greenhouse gases concentration will require a transformation of the global energy system, reducing fossil fuel use, and reducing the growth in demand for energy. All of the scenarios found that GHG emissions reductions were achieved at the lowest cost by the electric power industry, using such technologies as renewable energy, nuclear power, and CO2 capture and storage. Other sectors of the economy—including transport, industry, and buildings—could achieve emissions reductions through the use of energy efficiency, biomass energy and biofuels, and electricity generated from low-carbon sources.
Under the most stringent scenarios, GHG emissions begin to decline immediately or within a few decades, while the less stringent scenarios result in peak emissions late in this century or beyond, causing Earth's atmosphere to increase its heat-trapping ability by a factor of 2.5. The reference scenario projects an increase in the heat-trapping ability of Earth's atmosphere by a factor of 3 to 4 by 2010.
CCSP was established by President Bush in 2002 to integrate federal research on global environmental change at 13 federal agencies, and to provide the nation with science-based knowledge to manage the risks and opportunities of climate change. The report has been coordinated by the US Department of Energy (DOE).
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Visier Announces SPRING 2016 release of Visier Workforce Analytics and Visier Workforce PlanningMonday, June 13, 2016
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Visier's SPRING 2016 product release also delivers a new Safety category of workforce metrics, and adds to abilities to correlate business KPIs with workforce dynamics
Vancouver, BC, June 13, 2016--(T-Net)--Visier, a leader in Workforce Intelligence, has announced the SPRING 2016 release of Visier Workforce Analytics and Visier Workforce Planning, which further delivers on Visier's promise to transform HR into a strategic, high impact, data-driven function.
"For most large enterprises, developing hiring plans is a complex and error prone process, guided largely by guesswork," says Dave Weisbeck, Chief Strategy Officer, Visier. "Visier dramatically changes this: with Visier workforce planners can automate their collaboration with the recruiting team, and generate an accurate and credible hiring plan that takes into account both hiring needs and employee movement."
Visier makes it easy for Talent Acquisition leaders to answer critical, yet complex questions, such as:
With Visier, teams can easily and accurately track actual hiring activity against the number of hires required to deliver on the workforce plan.
Putting Worker Safety First
"Workforce safety is a top concern for many organizations. While companies can produce reports on safety incidents, they aren't able to easily correlate that data with workforce data to improve safety outcomes," says Weisbeck. "Visier connects incident and workforce data, giving companies instant access to critical safety insights, replacing the weeks or months of analysis companies would otherwise have needed to perform."
With the SPRING 2016 release, Visier now includes safety metrics and a Safety category in its Topic Guidebook, allowing customers to relate workforce attributes and metrics to the frequency and severity of safety incidents—including both near misses and incidents resulting in lost time. With this information, HR has the insights needed to make prevention plans more effective, create better-targeted training programs, and improve hiring.
With Visier, organizations can understand how the workforce relates to safety incidents, better than ever before
Correlating business results with multiple workforce metrics
The SPRING 2016 release of Visier also builds on Visier's capability to instantly connect workforce metrics, such as turnover, engagement, and compensation, to business results, such as revenue, profit, and customer satisfaction.
The business results capability allows organizations to answer critical questions specific to their business, such as:
Now organizations can both compare a workforce metric side by side with a business result, and quickly identify which workforce metrics correlate with a business result. Visier customers can answer questions like:
With Visier customers can correlate workforce and business metrics, and discover what levers to pull to drive better business outcomes.
Visier delivers new product releases each quarter. To see a demonstration of Visier's Workforce Intelligence solutions, sign up for a demo session.
For more information, visit: www.visier.com
Find data-driven HR insights and tips at www.visier.com/blog
About Visier
A leading innovator in Applied Big Data cloud technology, Visier provides Workforce Intelligence solutions that are enabling a rapidly growing number of the world's best brands to maximize their business outcomes through their people.
Visier's solutions let organizations understand and plan—with precision—how to best and most cost-effectively recruit, retain, and develop their workforce. With Visier, senior leaders, HR, and people managers alike can answer key workforce questions, align on goals and strategies, and act on decisions and plans to drive improved business outcomes. Visier does this by providing complete pre-built solutions in the cloud as a service that leverage Visier's innovative multi-dimensional, in memory technology to provide capabilities otherwise not possible.
Founded by business intelligence experts—including former Business Objects chief executive officer, John Schwarz—the company's leadership team has a proven track record of technical, operational, and strategic management success with companies such as IBM, SAP, and Oracle. With millions of customer employee records in the cloud, Visier is experiencing significant growth.
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Incorporating twin layers, the inner layer comprised of a tough impact resistant polycarbonate material with a silicon shock absorbing inner sleeve.
Product Features
- Dual Layer Case
- Inner enclosure hard shell constructed from impact-resistant polycarbonate and double-enforced with a shock absorbing silicone inner-sleeve. Corners feature double-thick silicone for outstanding protection against drops and other impacts. Features robust silicone--durable and absorbs impact force
- Built-in screen protector seals edges of the device while the headphone jack and the 30-pin connector port are fully protected under silicone plugs when not in use.
- Scratch-resistant clear PET screen protector shields the device from fingerprints, smudges, scratches and moisture while maintaining complete touch screen interactivity.


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Have You Tried Cookbooker Yet?
Ardent cook and cookbook lover Andrew Gray was frustrated with trying to locate favorite recipes in his vast cookbook and magazine collection. He enjoyed using sites like epicurious.com and he wanted the same handy reference for his print media, too. Where is that amazing recipe for chicken briyani? Which recipes are keepers and which are duds? What variations, substitutions and tweaks worked? Enter Cookbooker, a new online cookbook/recipe review database and community site.
Here's how Cookbooker works: first enter in your cookbooks, magazines, and websites. This is really easy to do, either by using the search engine or by going to a profile of someone who has a large list (some members have more than 200 cookbooks!) and clicking on 'add to my bookshelf' for the appropriate titles. You can also just browse other people's lists, comments and reviews without creating your own profile.
Your next step is to start entering reviews and comments on recipes, as well as reviews of the books themselves. This will be a handy personal reference for you, as well as others, as you contribute to the growing, searchable database.
Cookbooker also has articles on how to choose a cookbook, a list of cookbook stores, and a blog. You can provide an extended personal profile which will allow you to connect with people who enjoy the same books as you or live in your community. The site is still in beta but I'm really impressed with how much Mr. Gray, a web designer as well as a cook, has taken care of various foibles, as evidenced in his updates on the site's blog.
Cookbooker hasn't reached its tipping point yet, as it is only a few months old. The site will really come into its own and become a go-to reference place once more books have been added and, even more importantly, all the recipes have been reviewed. You can see this starting already with more popular titles such as Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything.
Clever Cookbooker is already working on expanding their database by adding a fun feature called the Cookbooker Challenge in which members are invited to join a collaborative cookbook review challenge, with the goal that all the recipes in a chosen title get reviewed within a given period of time. Prizes are offered as incentive, but the fun of publishing your review and participating in the process might be its own reward.
Cookbooker Pros:
It's free, with possible subscription-based content coming soon.
It's international: Cookbooker has attracted people, and their unique cookbooks, from all over the world. As a avid fan of British cookbooks, I especially enjoy this feature.
It's easy to use and even easier to discover new titles, recipes and websites.
Learn of potential recipe problems before you start to cook.
Get advice on tweaks, substitutions, difficult techniques.
The Browse Section of the site is really great and will come in handy as the database grows. Here you will find the most-owned cookbooks; most popular recipes, websites and magazines; top contributing members; and 'enhanced books' where special content is provided by authors and publishers.
The Cookbook Challenge as mentioned above is a fun way to participate and will help in growing the database.
Magazine recipes in particular are difficult to keep track of. Cookbooker offers a great solution: enter the date and page of your favorite magazine recipes and you'll never spend houses flipping through back issues again.
Articles and interviews with cookbook authors and bookstore owners are great additional features.
Cookbooker Cons:
You still have to get/find the actual recipe. Of course neither you or Cookbooker can include the actual recipe in the database, as it is copyrighted material. So, unlike epicurious, you will have to go between your print media and the Cookbooker website which is an extra step.
In the case of blogs, for convenience sake I would want the review right there in the blog comments rather than having to click over to Cookbooker to see if someone has commented on it there. A compromise would be a link to the Cookbooker review in the blog's comments.
In Praise of the Well-Used Cookbook
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Visit Cookbooker.com and check it out for yourself!
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A series of captures by photographer Rupert Jordan entitled 'River London' depict what London would look like in a flood. Jordan used a low perspective combined with turbulent waves to surround landmarks with water and create his apocalyptic photos. River London is composed of a series of surreal shots where water fills half the photo while architecture fills the other. Each photo features a different water-filled scenario.
Jordan aimed to capture iconic landmarks such as the London Eye, Battersea Power Station and the Parliament building. After sneaking onto restricted beaches, the adventurous photographer captured the buildings being soaked. Since Jordan was working without a boat, he had to wait for low tide in order to get his amazing photos.
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Geodude has two evolutions. The first is to Graveler at level 25. The second happens when Graveler is traded to another player, evolving into Golem.
In addition to its evolutions, Geodude also gains several notable stat increases. Since it is classified as a rock and ground type Pokémon, players can expect its defense to rise between each evolution. Also, its base attack stat increases by a good margin. However, with the increase to defenses comes a lack of speed. This can be negated by keeping the move "Rock Polish," as it can greatly increase the Pokémon's speed stat. Geodude learns this move at level eight.


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Verizon plans to start offering shared family data plans for its smartphone customers beginning on June 28 as part of its new Share Everything plan. The plan includes unlimited talk time and text messages with varying prices depending on the amount of shared data customers want.
The Share Everything plan allows for up to ten devices, including smart phones, feature phones and tablets, with a per-device fee. Smartphones are the moste expensive at US$40 a month, with tablets the cheapest at $10 a month. Data plans start at $50 a month for 1GB, and top out at $100 a month for 10GB of shared data.
Verizon to offer shared data plans later this month
Verizon is giving existing subscribers some incentive to move to the Share Everything plan by waiving any fees and dropping requirements to extend contracts when switching to the new plan. The cell service provider also has a webpage where customers can check to see which data plan will work best for them based on the number of devices they have and how much data they expect to use each month.
The Share Everything plan looks like it may be a good deal for families that have several smartphones, and with Verizon on board with family data plans there's a good chance that AT&T isn't far behind.


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Bad Stefan on 'The Vampire Diaries'
Okay, we'll admit it: Stefan Salvatore was getting kind of boring last season. He was loyal and kind and his hair never moved. Zzzzz. We've seen that whole high school vampire with a conscience shtick before. New Stefan is still a high school vampire, but now his favorite extracurricular activity is murder. And it's sexy. (We have issues.) --Carina Adly MacKenzie, Zap2it
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Inspector Dave Kimmerly of the Durham Regional Police Service has graduated from the prestigious FBI National Academy Program in Virginia.
The 25-year veteran was one of 241 law enforcement officers from around the world who graduated from the Quantico, Virginia facility last week.
Internationally known for its academic excellence, the National Academy Program provides police leaders with 10 weeks of advanced investigative, management and fitness training.
Inspector Kimmerly is in charge of the DRPS Employee Services branch, which includes Human Resources and the Police Learning Centre.
He says the experience was beneficial on many levels, not the least of which is the personal contacts he made with leading police officials from some 25 countries.
"This kind of training has always been important," he says, "Not only for the networking, but also to learn about best practices from leading international experts on how to run a modern, progressive police service."
Insp. Kimmerly enjoyed in-depth courses on forensic identification, organizational communications, managing change, gangs and human behaviour in organizations.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Facebook Inc. said Monday that it will buy Instagram, the maker of a popular photo-sharing mobile app and service, for about $1 billion in cash and stock, in a deal that underscores how quickly the demand for sharing via social networks continues to grow.
Facebook FB, +3.22% elaborated on the announcement via Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's own Facebook page. In his Timeline posting, Zuckerberg wrote that the deal would help Facebook offer better experiences for Instagram users who use the No. 1 social network and other platforms when sharing photos.
"We need to be mindful about keeping and building on Instagram's strengths and features rather than just trying to integrate everything into Facebook," he said. "Millions of people around the world love the Instagram app and the brand associated with it, and our goal is to help spread this app and brand to even more people." Read Facebook CEO's letter on the Instagram deal.
Zuckerberg added that Facebook is "committed to building and growing Instagram independently,"
The deal instantly becomes Facebook's largest acquisition, as the company has avoided doing big-ticket deals for other companies. Facebook is also in the process of going public this year with an IPO that is forecast to raise almost $10 billion. Read "Facebook-Instagram: Show me the money."
Founded less than two years ago in San Francisco by two friends, Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom, Instagram app allows users to take a picture, easily modify it with different kinds of digital filters and effects and then share it right away with online friends. The company has seen remarkable growth — mostly along with the rise in sales of Apple Inc.'s AAPL, +0.66% iPhone and iPad tablet. The photo-sharing application also has been one of the most popular in Apple's App Store.
In a letter posted on Instagram's public blog, Systrom appealed to Instagram's users who were concerned about the services status as part of Facebook's social-media empire. For example, Systrom said that Instagram users will be able to shares photos with social networks besides Facebook.
"It's important to be clear that Instagram is not going away,"Systrom said. "We'll be working with Facebook to evolve Instagram and build the network. We'll continue to add new features to the product and find new ways to create a better mobile photos experience."
Last week, Instagram said more that 1 billion images had been posted using Instagram, and on April 3, the service launched a version for smartphones running Android from Google Inc. GOOG, +0.29% and the company claims to have more than 30 million registered users.
Reaction to the announcement was swift, and also showed how closely Zuckerberg's Facebook feed is followed. In less than 11 minutes, more than 34,000 people had "liked" Zuckerberg's announcement of the deal.