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Overview Detail Legend Zoom: ?? Overlay features legend For more map options click on any overview map area or any detail map feature. Detail Map Features Showing 13 items: Croaghanmoira 664m, Croaghanmoira North Top 575m, Ballinacor Mountain 531m, Fananierin 426m, Tracks: 2385, 32km 4104, 18km 1285, 14km 3993, 13km 3101, 8km 2357, 7km 3780, 6km 3617, 4km 3718, 3km Find Suggested WalksOpen walks finder Find hill, mountain, island, coastal feature. Videos Recent Contributions 1 2 3 .. 21 Next page >> Get Notifications Really getting away from it all! Track 4139 peter1 5 hours ago This group of mountains is probably best approached from Dalwhinnie. Parking is available at the petrol station and th... walk, Len: 18.7km, Climb: 926m, Area: Loch Treig to Loch Ericht (Britain) Bei 4 Munros in 2 days, part 1 Track 4132 peter1 5 hours ago I went back to Scotland to climb more Munros after an absence of nearly 15 years. This group of 4 can be done in a da... walk, Len: 11.2km, Climb: 1126m, Area: An Socach, Killilan to Inverness (Brita 4 Munros in 2 days, part 2 Track 4138 peter1 6 hours ago walk, Len: 9.8km, Climb: 480m, Area: Sgurr na Lapaich, Killilan to Inverness (B... Cadamstown to Kinnitty - Slieve Blooms Track 4126 jgfitz a day ago We commenced the hike along the way-marked Silver River eco-walk. The well-illustrated information boards along the gorg walk, Len: 13.3km, Climb: 341m, Area: Slieve Bloom (Ireland) The Heights of Malta Track 4137 madfrankie a week ago When you're considering hiking trips abroad, Malta is not likely to be high on anyone's list. It's small and the human f walk, Len: 8.4km, Climb: 40m, Area: Malta, Dingli () Beast of Bencorrbeg tackled from the south. Track 4130 simon3 a week ago As many others have said Bencorrbeg is a serious scrambling challenge. This track was an attempt to reach it from the ... walk, Len: 14.0km, Climb: 669m, Area: Bencorrbeg, Twelve Bens (Ireland) Benco Binn Charrach: NE finger from the Twelve Bens offers a way in. Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 5 days ago Knockpasheemore (Binn Charrach) is a small summit at the end of a 2km ridge heading NE from the lower scree slopes of Benbaun, and makes a worthwhile climb either in its own right, or as a diversi... Bencorrbeg: Shapely outlier, serious scrambling. Summit Summary Collaborative entry Last edit by: simon3 5 days ago Bencorbeg dominates views from the mouth of the Gleninagh Valley. Although only 577m, the full extent of this height is seen when the mountain is viewed from north or east, as the mountain plunges... Inis Leacan: Island south of Roundstone. Island Comment simon3 a week ago Inishlacken is a small island south of Roundstone. Here it is viewed from Inishnee. Wicklow: Glenmalure to Glendalough Track 4136 Onzy a week ago Glenmalure to Glendalough viw Wicklow Way & the Spinc... walk, Len: 11.3km, Climb: 540m, Area: Dublin/Wicklow (Ireland) Oileán an Chlaí: Island in Bertraghboy Bay Island Comment simon3 a week ago Oghly Island is around 250m from the driveable Inishnee island. Benbulbin: donieg on the summit, 2008 Summit Comment donieg 4 days ago Thursday 29.05.2008 a beautifull sunny day I decided to take on the three peaks challenge of Benbulbin followed by Benwiskin and finally Slievemore. I found 'eflanaga' comment of 15.03.06 helpfull... Most Recent Monthly Newsletter. Conditions and Info Use of MountainViews is governed by conditions. General information about the site is here. Opinions in material here are not necessarily endorsed by MountainViews. Hillwalking is a risk sport. Information in comments, walks or shared GPS tracks may not be accurate for example as regards safety or access permission. 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Video display Dublin/Wicklow Area Wicklow Mountains Subarea More detail Place count in area: 129, OSI/LPS Maps: 28B, 49, 50, 55, 56, 61, 62, AWW Highest place: Lugnaquilla, 925m Maximum height for area: 925 metres, Maximum prominence for area: 905 metres, Places in area Dublin/Wicklow:Ballinacorbeg 336mBallinastraw 284mBallycurry 301mBallyguile Hill 188mBallyhook Hill 288mBray Head Hill 240mCarrickgollogan 276mCarrigeen Hill 298mCarrigoona Commons East 242mCloghnagaune 385mCorballis Hill 258mCupidstown Hill 378.6mDunranhill 342mEagle Hill 296mKilleagh 249mKilliney Hill 153.5mKilmichael Hill 267mKilnamanagh Hill 217mKnockannavea 400.8mKnockree 342mMount Kennedy 365.9mSlieveroe 332mWestaston Hill 270mDublin Mountains: Corrig Mountain 617.1mGlendoo Mountain 586mKippure 757mKnocknagun 555mMountpelier Hill 383mPrince William's Seat 555mSaggart Hill 396.9mSeahan 647.3mSeefin 620.6mSeefingan 722.9mTibradden Mountain 467mTwo Rock Mountain 536mWicklow Mountains: Annagh Hill 454mBallinacor Mountain 531mBallinafunshoge 480mBallineddan Mountain 652mBallycumber Hill 431mBallycurragh Hill 536mBallyteige 447mBaltinglass Hill 382mBarranisky 280mBenleagh 689mBlack Hill 602.2mBrockagh Mountain 557mBrockagh Mountain North-West Top 548mBrockagh Mountain SE Top 470mCamaderry Mountain 698.6mCamaderry South East Top 677.3mCamenabologue 758mCamenabologue SE Top 663mCarrick Mountain 381mCarrickashane Mountain 508mCarrig Mountain 571mCarrigleitrim 408mCarriglineen Mountain 455mCarrignagunneen 561mCarrigshouk 572.5mCarrigvore 682mChurch Mountain 544mCloghernagh 800mCollon Hill 238mConavalla 734mCorriebracks 531mCorrigasleggaun 794mCroaghanmoira 664mCroaghanmoira North Top 575mCroghan Kinsella 606mCroghan Kinsella East Top 562.1mCullentragh Mountain 510mCushbawn 400mDerrybawn Mountain 474mDjouce 725mDuff Hill 720mFair Mountain 571.2mFananierin 426mGravale 718mGreat Sugar Loaf 501mKanturk 523mKeadeen Mountain 653mKirikee Mountain 474mKnocknacloghoge 534mLakeen 357mLittle Sugar Loaf 342mLobawn 636mLugduff 652mLugduff SE Top 637mLuggala 595mLugnagun 446.2mLugnaquilla 925mMaulin 570mMoanbane 703mMoneyteige North 427mMullacor 661mMullaghcleevaun 849mMullaghcleevaun East Top 790mMuskeagh Hill 397mPreban Hill 389mRobber's Pass Hill 508.9mScarr 641mScarr North-West Top 561mSeskin 344mSilsean 698mSleamaine 430mSlieve Maan 547.8mSlieve Maan North Top 546.1mSlievecorragh 418mSlievefoore 414mSlievemaan 759mSorrel Hill 599.5mSpinans Hill 409mSpinans Hill SE Top 400mStoney Top 714mStookeen 420mSugarloaf 552mTable Mountain 701.7mTable Mountain West Top 563mTinoran Hill 312mTomaneena 682.4mTonduff 642mTonduff East Top 593mTonelagee 817mTonelagee NE Top 668mTonlagee South-East Top 546mTrooperstown Hill 430mWar Hill 686mWhite Hill 630.9m Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such. Centre on map. Ballinacor Mountain Mountain Sliabh Bhaile na Corra A name in Irish Wicklow County, in Arderin List, Quartzite Bedrock Height: 531m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 62 Grid Reference: T11709 86486 Place visited by 175 members. Recently by: briankelly, Niamhq, blessobilly, conorjob, Liamob, arderincorbett, Wildrover, hivisibility, hak493r, Ulsterpooka, ilenia, wohfnow, davsheen, eugeneryan959, si.foley I have visited this place: NO (You need to be a logged-in member to change this.) More detail Longitude: -6.340014, Latitude: 52.917935 , Easting: 311709, Northing: 186486 Prominence: 56m, Isolation: 1.8km ITM: 711633 686523, GPS IDs, 6 char: BlncMn, 10 char: BlncrMntnBedrock type: Quartzite, (Maulin Formation) Ballinacor is the name of a townland, a parish and two baronies (Ballinacor South and North). Ballinacor Mountain is the 469th highest place in Ireland. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/393/ Rate Gallery COMMENTS for Ballinacor Mountain 1 of 1 Follow this place's comments Picture from padodes padodes on Ballinacor Mountain, 2009 by padodes 19 Jan 2009 This may not seem a very pre-possessing mountain, but once one get to know its history, it begins to grow in stature. The stronghold of the O'Byrnes of Gabhal Raghnaill, a junior branch of the clan, was on the northern slope of Ballinacor ('Baile na Corra': the homestead of the slope). It was especially during the time of Fiach McHugh O'Byrne, in the latter part of the 16th century, that Gaelic resistance to the English invader was at its height – and its most successful – in this mountainous area around Glenmalure. Fiach won a resounding victory over Lord Grey in Glenmalure in 1580, although it is here, too, that he was finally defeated and slain by Lord Russell in 1597. If you wish to learn more about the O'Byrnes of Ballinacor, I would suggest a very informative article by Dr Harry Long of Trinity College, which you will find reproduced on http://homepage.eircom.net/~nobyrne/Settlement_in_Feagh_OByrne_Ballinacor.htmIt seems that the word 'baile' in Ballinacor refers, not to a village in our modern understanding, but to a 'rath' kind of settlement of wooden structures surrounded by protected earthen ramparts. What remains of two of the original three enclosures can be seen today, not far from the Georgian residence known as Ballinacor House. From here the O'Byrnes could control the entrance to Glenmalure and the Avonbeg River valley down to Greenan and beyond.As far as the summit of this flat mountain is concerned, there is a small cairn that it is easy to miss at T 1170 8648 A (see photo, with Croaghanmoira rising in the background). My own best guess before I stumbled over this, however, was a point at T 1173 8653 B. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/393/comment/3530/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from padodes padodes on Ballinacor Mountain, 2009 by padodes 20 Jan 2009 This is not the summit cairn on Ballinacor, although it has far more the appearance of that than the modest pile of stones that purports to mark the top, a short distance above it to the north. It can be found at T 1172 8636 C. I have no idea what its significance may be. A boundary marker, perhaps, or the whim of idle hands?In the 'Leabhar Branach', the late medieval work of bardic verse that sings the praises of the O'Byrnes, Ballinacor is called a "hunter's haven", and even today wildlife abounds on and around this mountain. I don't think I have ever seen in one place such numbers of pheasant lower down or of grouse above. Here too, one warm day, I approached what I thought was an old branch sticking up out of the heather, when all of a sudden it became the antlers of a big stag that rose up from a hollow a few metres in front of me where he had been sunning himself. A look of surprise and disdain, and he was gone! Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/393/comment/3531/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average sbarany on Ballinacor Mountain, 2005 by sbarany 19 May 2005 Unfortunatelly, I have not read milo's comment before the walk and thus I visited Ballinacor (from Croaghanmoira). There were nothing (signpost, fence, warning) to indicate that walkers should keep off this top (or the area around it). There were no animals either, only walkers (one of them a local). Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/393/comment/1703/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Jaak on Ballinacor Mountain, 2005 by Jaak 30 Oct 2005 Climbed this recently from the Aughavannagh to Greenane road. Initially the views along this road are of Croaghanmoira, but after you round that mountain Ballinacor comes into view on your left. I travelled to the point where the road was closest to the mountain - at a bridge beside an acute bend. A gate leads from the road to the mountainside and the summit is an easy 20-30 minute walk from there. The gate was unlocked and there were no signs suggesting there were any restrictions on climbing from this point. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/393/comment/2026/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average Picture from csd csd on Ballinacor Mountain, 2003 by csd 5 May 2003 Those wishing to attempt Ballinacor should read milo's comments regarding access under the entry for Croaghanmoira. The photo shows Ballinacor viewed from Croaghanmoira, with the Irish Sea just visible in the distance. Trackback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/393/comment/473/ Your Score: Very useful << >>Average (End of comment section for Ballinacor Mountain.) 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I've never read Marvel's STAR WARS series, but I've wanted to check it out for years. I missed Dark Horse's original trade paperbacks, as they came out long before I became a collected editions fiend. Dark Horse later did their own "Omnibus" versions of the series in a group of five volumes, and I considered picking them up many times, but I could never bring myself to do it since they were printed in a little tiny trim size smaller than the original comic book dimensions. I never understand this. I know many comic book readers have fond memories of digests from their younger days, but I've never been on board with that format. Even as a kid I thought it was silly to shrink a comic book down to a smaller size. The art becomes tiny and cramped-looking and the letters are harder to read. I'll go a little bit smaller than the original dimensions, say for reading a comic on my iPad -- which I love -- but anything beyond that is a non-starter for me.
And speaking of iPads -- Dark Horse ran an insane sale before they lost the STAR WARS license, offering much of their digital content at bargain basement prices. Among those sale items was the full run of the original Marvel series for something like twenty dollars. I already had this Omnibus pre-ordered at that time, but I seriously considered cancelling that order and just getting the digital versions. But I really hate buying digital comics since there's no telling when or if the platform will become outdated and unusable, so I stuck with the Omnibus.
syndicated STAR WARS newspaper strip.
And the artwork! After several issues drawn by Howard Chaykin, penciling chores are assumed for the vast majority of the book by Carmine Infantino, probably best known as an artist and editor at DC during the Silver Age. I've flipped through this book and Infantino's art is fantastic. It's cartoony to be sure, but I love it. His Han Solo is impossibly square-jawed and masculine. He does a great job with Luke, giving him long hair which, while not at all accurate to the movies, looks really cool. And holy cow, his Princess Leia is pretty darn hot!
Then, when the time comes for an adaptation of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, Infantino steps aside to allow Al Williamson, artist of that same newspaper strip, to take over. Williamson's work is about as far from Infantino's as can be. Where Infantino's characters have a sort of rubbery looseness about them, Williamson goes as photorealistic as possible, and the work is breathtaking.
So, though I've not read it, on the creative side, this book looks to be a tour de force. (Pun intended...? You decide.) From a production standpoint, I'm fairly satisfied as well. First off: sewn binding. I know I mention this in every review I've posted of a Marvel book, and it should probably be taken as a given at this point, but I will continue to mention it for as long as DC and other publishers don't do it, if only to shame them a bit. There is no excuse not to have sewn binding on all hardcover collected editions, period. It holds together better in the long term and it allows the book to lay flat and open with very little, if any, loss of artwork in the gutter. Marvel has it right and should be lauded at all times for the practice.
The book is relatively slim by Omnibus standards, coming in at 880 pages. Eighteen of these are devoted to the standard Marvel bonus material, such as house ads, original artwork, and covers of previous collected versions of this material (including Dark Horse's various trade paperbacks). The majority of these bonus items are printed at quarter size, featuring four images per page, which is unfortunate. When you've got guys like Arthur Adams and Adam Hughes, among others, drawing STAR WARS, you'd kind of like to see their work at full size.
The pages are thin but not see-through, and are just glossy enough to be attractive without suffering from too much light reflection. Reproduction of the series' art and coloring, based on a fairly quick flip-through, is up to Marvel's usual excellent standards -- with the unusual exception of the initial STAR WARS adaptation, which looks a little shoddy compared with the rest of the book. I don't know if Marvel lost the original files for those issues or what, but it seems weird that the big opening chapters would look the worst in the book.
And as for the contents -- Well, there's an introduction from Roy Thomas, which is always nice to see, since many of the classic Omnibus collections forgo such pieces. Then we're off to the Omnibus proper, which -- containing as it does stories from the era of the seventeen-page comic -- contains a whopping forty-four issues of Marvel's STAR WARS series, covering the adaptation of the original film, moving into thirty-one issues of Marvel's original ongoing adventures, and then concluding with a six-part adaptation of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK.
I realize not everyone buys big bulky books like this sight unseen, and especially not if they haven't already got some familiarity with the stories contained therein. But like I said, I've wanted to read this stuff for many years so getting this book in an oversized Omnibus format is a special treat. I'm starting to sound like a broken record, but the truth is that Marvel can do very little wrong these days with their collected editions. This is a terrific book and probably the best these issues have ever looked. I plan to read it very soon and I look forward to the next couple volumes, which Marvel has apparently fast-tracked so as to get the entire vintage series on shelves before STAR WARS EPISODE VII opens this winter.
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November Picture a Day: Something you are Thankful For
|November 2, 2012
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I was snapping a pic on my Instagram yesterday and noticed that Carmel had posted about a Picture a Day photo challenge she was participating in. It was created by Kelli Trontel and I loved the idea. Take a picture each day in November of something you are thankful for. I started with a picture of a toasty fire where Mike and I had dinner last night.
Feel free to join along! Just add #ichoosethankfulness at the end of your post each day to play along. You can follow me on Instagram at imperfectlypolished to see all the things I am grateful for this month!
Have a great weekend {and snap some pics!}


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Hairs and hair style of a person plays a great role in boosting up ones personality and adds beauty to your face. And of course one feels so painful when their hair falls in excess. The hairs of an individual usually falls off in a normal rate but some times it may go out of control and starts falling in excess in an uncontrollable manner deviating from the normal hair growth cycle.
The hair growth and hair fall occurs in a cyclic process which normally lasts for two to three years. During this cyclic process, hair grows 1 centimeter each month and about 90% of the total hairs will be in growing phase and the remaining 10% in the resting phase. These hairs in the resting phase will fall off after about 3 to 4 months followed by the growth of new hairs in its place.
New born babies and lactating mothers may have hair loss in excess. This hair loss will be temporary due to change in normal level of the hormone estrogen in them both the babies and mother will overcome soon since this is a temporary hair loss.
Depending on the genetic back ground and the physical and physiological factors about 100 strands of hairs may fall off from an individuals scalp. Some of the major causes for hair fall are:
Natural Diet Plan :
Go for a diet which is rich in protein content like soybean, pulses, whole grains, yeast, yoghurt, lentils etc. Try to avoid die rich in carbohydrate and fat content. Include as much as vegetables and fruits as possible in the diet to control hair fall. Amino acids and Vitamins especially vitamin E and vitamin A rich foods like carrot, spinach, cabbage, mustard, turnips, peanuts, drum stick, etc. plays an important role in proper hair growth. Sea foods rich in omega 3 fatty acids like sardine, tuna, mackerel is also good to prevent hair loss. Food items rich in silica like the skin of potatoes, cucumber, red pepper, green pepper gives the hair beauty and strength. Iron rich foods should be included in the diet since the deficiency of iron reduces the hemoglobin level in the blood. As the major function of hemoglobin is transfer of respiratory gases, their deficiency reduces the level oxygen in the body which deactivates the normal functioning of hair follicles. Avoid alcoholic drinks and such products. Drink plenty of water, a minimum of ten glasses of water apart from tea, coffee or other drinks should be drunk daily.
Care should be taken while washing your hairs as too cold and too hot water may damage the hair. People with oily scalp need to wash their scalp and hairs regularly where as those with dry scalp will have to wash their hairs and scalp only twice or thrice a week. Scalp should be washed gently with finger tips and avoid using nail tips. People with dry hair need to wash their hair twice or thrice a week and people with oily hair can wash their hair daily or every alternate days.
Never comb wet hairs. So avoid combing hairs immediately after the bathe. To untangle the hairs use wide-tooth comb and always go for wooden comb rather than rubber
Always allow the hairs to dry naturally. Avoid the use of blow dryer. The hot air used in drying may damage the hairs and make it too dry.
Avoid using shampoos with high chemical concentration since these chemicals may damage the hairs. So always prefer mild shampoos or conditioners. The shampoos which use choose should not dry your scalp and hairs too much so use shampoos which are creamier and have good cleansing action. Never shampoo the hairs frequently as frequent shampooing may affect the proper functioning of sebaceous gland. Use good conditioners depending on the environmental conditions like exposure to chlorinated air, exposure to sun light etc. if possible use a scarf, hat or a cap while going out.
Choose a hair style which does not impart much pressure on your scalp. The hair style which requires pulling up of hairs as in ponytail may result in hair loss. Prefer a hair style where the hairs remain in its natural way and in which one feels quite comfortable.
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Here we have many oils for the problem to prevent hair fall - coconut oil, amla oil, brahmi oil, arnica oil or mustard oil. Honey can also be used to stimulate growth in hair follicles. Apple cidar vinegar can also be used for fast hair growth.
Ayurvedic Remedies for hair loss is :
Doing inverted asanas in yoga will help you better reduction of hair loss such as Sarvangasana which leads the gravity in the reverse direction of the body can prevent the hair loss problems.
Tips to prevent hair loss at home and see how effective they are :
Thus by following a good life style and practices the problem of hair loss could be prevented to a great extend.


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Nestled in the small hamlet of Maugersbury near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire in the Cotswolds, Park Farm Holiday Cottages comprise a cluster of five well-spaced self-catering holiday cottages, each with their own individual character, space and privacy. All have wood-burning stoves and four have four-poster beds. Each of our holiday cottages have free Wi-Fi.
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Reading FC 5 – 7 Arsenal FC (Extra time)
(Capital One Cup, 4th round, 30-10-2012)
WHAT A GAME at the Madejski Stadium.
Arsenal, which played with "second team", 4-0 down at one point. Then they pulled it back to 4-4, took the lead 5-4 at extra time, Reading got equaliser 5-5, but Arsenal finished the game with two more goals at the last minute! CRAZY GAME I've ever seen in a long time.
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This past week was the worst.
It was the hardest week for me since we've moved. The weather never got above zero. Negative temps meant the kids were never allowed outside at school. They were antsy and grouchy. My husband slid twice through red lights, unable to brake on the ice. The chill took my breath away and made me cough. I was sure my nose and lips would drop off, they were in such pain, even just walking from the car to the school doors at pick up. Our dog was sick and I didn't know what to do. The washing machine flooded the laundry room because the pipes froze. And everyone was stressed. Everyone was having a bad time of it. I never complained, though I don't think I even had time to, because it took all my effort to manage my own self, the warmth of the house, and that of the kids.
We couldn't get a tree because we couldn't be outside. We didn't go to the city Christmas celebration on Main Street (since it was -10). We all argued and managed and worked to keep our heads above water.
And all the while, I grappled with the fact that it is Christmas and I don't want it to look this way.
I didn't panic or cry about all these things that weren't happening. I just stared at them. I stared at the bathrooms that need cleaning, the heaps of laundry waiting for warmer weather, the messy relationships in my home, the Thanksgiving decor on every surface, the sick dog, and accepted it all with a small pit in my stomach.
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Yesterday I heard this verse differently, where the angels intercept the shepherds in the middle of the night to tell them the good news: "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger." (Luke 2:11-12) Goodness, we are so familiar with these verses that we roll right past them. But it jumped out at me yesterday; the shepherds were not only terrified, as the Bible says, but they must have looked at each other like, "Wait. What?? The savior we've been waiting for is (as other translations say) wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a feeding trough?" It is a ridiculous message. They must have been absolutely shocked, and then confused.
Read what one commentary from www.biblehub.com says about verse 12:
"The sign was to consist, it seems, solely in the overpowering contrast between the things just said of Him and the lowly condition in which they would find Him—Him whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting, "ye shall find a Babe"; whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain, "wrapt in swaddling bands"; the "Saviour, Christ the Lord," lying in a manger! Thus early were these amazing contrasts, which are His chosen style..."
Amazing contrasts are His chosen style. Wow. Fanciness and neatly checked off lists and cozy comforts were never our Lord's chosen style. He came messy. Perfectly messy.
Now that is something I can do. Actually, it's already just taking place without my intervention. Isn't that humorous? Perfectly messy just naturally occurs in my life, and I get all ruffled over it. But it was our Lord's choice. It didn't just happen that there was no room in the inn. It wasn't an accident that super pregnant Mary had to be riding a donkey while starting to go into labor. All the crazy, ridiculous circumstances surrounding the birth of Jesus were His first choice.
I don't quite know how to get there, myself. How to make 'perfectly messy' MY first choice. How to let go of wanting a Pinterest-worthy mantle and Rockwellian chats over hot cocoa. But I think it starts with my focus. Am I looking around my house and at my lists, or am I looking at Jesus? Am I striving to create something completely different and distanced from the first real Christmas, or am I allowing the messiness of that night in Bethlehem to be a model for my celebrating?
I am certain those smelly animals, the dirty strips of cloth, the humble teenagers, the crying baby, and the feeding trough lined with hay would have never made it into a magazine. People probably scoffed at them, in fact. A scene would have been caused. Reporters would have made a circus attraction out of them. And so many people in town for the census surely missed the wonder and the beauty that took place at the greatest event in history thus far.
I am resolving to not miss the beauty, to embrace the messy, and to worship the Lord who loves amazing contrasts.
Looking deeper, inside, I'm even messier than my holiday season has been, which is why Christmas even happened in the first place. God came down to trade my mess for His perfect. It's the best and craziest contrast of all.
Perfectly messy is His first choice. I am His first choice. You are His first choice. Right where we are.
I'm going to focus on that.


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This is the schematic diagram of battery charger circuit that powered using single solar cell. The circuit designed using MC14011B manufactured by ON Semiconductor. CD4093 can be used to replace MC14011B. Supply voltage range : 3.0 VDC to 18 VDC.
The circuit charges a 9V battery at about 30 mA per input ampere at 0.4 V. U1, a quad Schmitt trigger, operate as an astable multivibrator to drive push-pull TMOS devices Q1 and Q2. Power for U1 is derived from the 9-V battery via D4; power for Q1 and Q2 is supplied by the solar cell. The multivibrator frequency, determined by R2-C1, is set to 180 Hz for maximum efficiency from a 6.3-V filament transformer, T1. The secondary of the transformer is applied to a full wave bridge rectifier, D1, which is connected to the batteries being charged. The small Ni-Cad battery is a fail-safe excitation supply to allow the system to recover if the 9-V battery becomes fully discharged.
A CdS photocell shuts off the oscillator in darkness to preserve the fail-safe battery during shipping and storage, or prolonged darkness.
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The Westerville South High School football team opened the season by pounding Groveport 47-18 on Friday, Aug. 26, at Wildcat Stadium.
The Westerville South High School football team opened the season by pounding Groveport 47-18 on Friday, Aug. 26, at Wildcat Stadium.
Despite having 17 new starters in the lineup, South coach Rocky Pentello was pleased with his team's overall execution on both offense and defense.
South quarterback Marcus Ball was 11-for-19 passing for 159 yards and three touchdowns, and running back Daxton Cates rushed for 229 yards and two scores on 17 carries.
The Wildcats' defense limited Groveport to 184 rushing yards on 33 carries and held quarterback Shane Denny, who is being recruited by Division I colleges, to 10-for-24 passing for 129 yards.
"Our offensive coordinator, Chad Williams, and our defensive coordinator, Ricky Vaughn, put together great game plans, and our kids finally were able to execute them," Pentello said. "We've got 16 sophomores and juniors in our starting lineup and we're searching for consistency. We looked good tonight, but we were so awful in practice on Tuesday that I was looking for a rope and a tree."
Junior wide receiver Gary Brown had seven receptions for 138 yards and three touchdowns, including a 37-yard touchdown catch that put the Wildcats ahead 26-12 at halftime.
"I was just feeling it tonight and I knew I was going to terrorize their corners," Brown said. "We spread them out and when I rolled out, Marcus' throws came right to me and they couldn't stop me. When we ran the ball, they couldn't stop Daxton."
Groveport's Melvin Smith rushed for 108 yards on 21 carries. He scored on a 1-yard run to put Groveport ahead 6-0 and added a 4-yard touchdown run to pull the Cruisers within 14-12 late in the first quarter.
But Groveport turned the ball over three times, and had a punt blocked.
"We made some mistakes that they were able to capitalize on, and once we fell behind our performance dropped off a bit," Groveport coach Tim Brown said. "We've got some kids who are banged up and some others who are out of the lineup for (undisclosed) reasons, so I think we're going to get better once we're healthy."
G--Smith 1 run (kick failed)
WS--Lese 87 kickoff return (Bonnell kick)
G--Smith 4 run (pass failed)
WS--Brown 12 pass from Ball (Bonnell kick)
WS--Prentiss 1 run (kick failed)
WS--Brown 37 pass from Ball (kick failed)
WS--Cates 32 run (Bonnell kick)
WS--Cates 12 run (Bonnell kick)
G--Jones 8 run (run failed)
WS--Brown 14 pass from Ball (Bonnell kick)


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The following teardown blog contains some of our initial findings. For more in depth information on these topics and more, download the full iPhone 6s teardown report.
It's now a yearly ritual - go line up and get the new iPhone! This year Apple did multi-country launches, and allowed pre-orders to be picked up from the store, so no more driving down to the US and queuing for hours to be sure of getting one or two.
Our local Apple outlet opened at 8 am, so by 8.30 we had it in the lab and started the dismantling - the first order of priority is to get the new A9 chip off the board, decapsulated and then cross-sectioned to see who made it, and whether it's made with the 14/16 nm finFET process that everyone in the tech media is expecting.
What's in the A9?
During the launch event Apple told us there would be a "new transistor architecture" in the A9, which does sound like a euphemism for a switch to finFET (first image below). They also showed what looked like a die layout of the A9 - here's a screen shot in the first thumbnail image below. With something as teasing as this, we couldn't resist comparing it with the A8 (second thumbnail). In the A9, it looks like we have two blocks of SRAM in the lower centre, a dual-core CPU at the lower right, and possibly a six-core GPU at the upper right. And of course the M9 motion coprocessor is now apparently integrated onto the chip. That gives us the following view (see last thumbnail).
If one of those SRAM blocks is 4 MB, then we can take a guess as to the die size. In the A8 that block was ~4.9 mm2, so with a 80% linear shrink (64% area shrink) it would be ~3.1 mm2, or with a 70% shrink it would be ~2.4 mm2. If we compare the block size with the whole die, that gives us respective die sizes of ~93 mm2 or ~71 mm2, although given the fuzzy edges in the image, there is room for error in those numbers (the A8 was ~89 mm2).
Those die sizes seem to be in Apple's preferred range in the earlier iPhones, so that gives us the assumption that there is now 8 MB L3 cache, up from the 4 MB in the A8. Comparison of SRAM areas in the CPU with our reference block also indicates there may be 3 MB of shared L2 cache in there.
Everything else is changed?
Other updates that we're going to look at include the new cameras, the expanded RF frontend (since the new phone has more worldwide connection capability than the last one), the new display and 3D Touch screen controllers, and of course we want to know who won the sensor and power management design slots. We know that there is a new fingerprint sensor in there, and the display controller now uses the backlight as a flash for selfies.
In the last few phones Apple has gone for pretty decent cameras, to the extent that movies have been made on iPhones; and it looks like the new one is no exception, it was a big part of the sales pitch on the 9th September. It's not often that "deep trench isolation" gets mentioned in such events, but with our expertise in image sensors we know that this is leading-edge technology, and we'll be doing serious analysis on the new camera chip.
What have we found?
First off - Apple's new A9 processor is the APL0898, and it's ~8.7 x 10.7 mm, or ~94 mm2, which agrees with our 80% shrink guesstimates. Maybe that's a reflection of the 14/16 nm processes only shrinking the transistor dimensions, not the metallization, maybe it means that Apple have crammed more in there (probably both). And it seems to confirm our postulated 8MB of L3 cache.
Now let's do inventory
- 3 x Knowles KSM2 microphones
- 2 x Apple/Cirrus Logic 338S1285 Audio IC (likely an iteration of the 338S1202 audio codec found in the iPhone 5s)
- Apple 343S00014 3D Touch Controller?
- Apple A9 APL0898 application processor
- Apple/Cirrus Logic 338S00105 Audio IC
- Apple/Dialog 338S00120 Power Management IC
- Avago ACPM 7714 Multimode Power Amplifier
- Avago AFEM-8030 Power Amplifier Module
- Bosch Sensortec 367 LA 3-axis Accelerometer (likely BMA280)
- Bosch Sensortec barometric pressure sensor BMP280 ?
- Goertek GWM1 microphone
- InvenSense MP67B 6-axis Gyroscope and Accelerometer Combo (also found in iPhone 6)
- Micron D9SND (MT53B256M64D2NL) 2 GB LPDDR4 SDRAM
- Murata 240 Front-End Module
- Murata(?) Ne G98 RF Front-End Module
- Murata(?) Yd G54 RF Front-End Module
- NXP 1610A3 (likely an iteration of the 1610A1 found in the iPhone 5s and 5c)
- NXP 66V10 NFC Controller (vs. 65V10 found in iPhone 6)
- Qorvo/RFMD RF1347 Antenna Switch Module
- Qorvo/TriQuint TQF6405 Power Amplifier Module
- Qualcomm MDM9635M LTE Cat. 6 Modem (vs. the MDM9625M found in the iPhone 6)
- Qualcomm PMD9635 Power Management IC
- Qualcomm QFE1100 Envelope Tracking IC
- Qualcomm WTR3925 Radio Frequency Transceiver
- RF Micro Devices RF5150 Antenna Switch
- SK Hynix H23QDG8UD1ACS Dual Die Package (DDP) 64Gb NAND Flash
- Skyworks SKY77357 Power Amplifier Module (likely an iteration of the SKY77354)
- Skyworks SKY77812 Power Amplifier Module
- Texas Instruments 3539 LED backlight Retina display driver
- Texas Instruments 65730AOP Power Management IC
- Texas Instruments 6BB27
- Texas Instruments SN2400AB0 Charger IC retained from the iPhone 6
- Universal Scientific Industrial 339S00043 Wi-Fi Module
This is where we run out of ID time - we have to post! We think we've got most of the chips in there.
What have we learned?
The APL0898 size fits with an 80% shrink on the A8, and seems to have 8 MB cache - and our first look leads us to believe that our sample is from Samsung.
For the first time we have seen, Micron has put some memory into the iPhone (though iFixit's sample has Samsung), and it's up to 2 GB for the first time for an Apple phone. As expected, they are dual-sourcing (at least) the flash - we have Hynix, iFixit has Toshiba.
When it comes to the sensors, we have the same Invensense/Bosch motion sensor duopoly that we had in the iPhone 6/6 Plus. Goertek has maintained its mircrophone slot whereas AAC has lost its place to Knowles.
The wireless part of the phone is again dominated by the Murata/Avago/Qorvo tripoly (Qorvo is the new name for the Triquint/RF Micro Devices merger) for the RF front end, and at least in this part of the world, Qualcomm has the broadband sockets.
3D Touch screen
We haven't looked at the 3D Touch screen yet, that will have to wait until we have looked through the chips, and probably until we've delved inside the iPhone 6s Plus. Judging by iFixit's initial exam, it's a good bit chunkier than last year's model, weighing in at 60 gm vs. 45 for the iPhone 6.
More to come next week...
Additional technical information
This teardown blog contains some of our initial findings on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. For more in depth information on these topics and more, download the full iPhone 6s teardown report.
Here at Chipworks we call today "Apple Day" as groups of our employees volunteer to do everything from logistics and teardown to high-end device deprocessing, imaging and analysis. This year's crew that volunteered are from left to right; Phil, Daniel, Stephen, Dick, Lee, Michelle (aka Vanna), Siamak, Ben, Eric and Trevor. Creds also go out to Jeff and Teressa. Thank you all very much for your energy, your work ethic and your interest. You guys rock.


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An interfaith group in Virginia has shown what a grassroots group can do when working together for positive change — in this case, helping some of the 20,000 families who lost homes in the 2008 foreclosure crisis.
VOICE (Virginians Organized For Interfaith Community Engagement) managed to get pledges of $30 million from Bank of America, General Electric and the Virginia Housing Development Authority to help such families in Manassas and Prince William County.
Started in 2008, the coalition of 50 faith organizations announced this week that their housing pilot program is set to rehab 100 vacant and blighted townhouses and to build 1,500 units of affordable rental housing over a 15-year period.
Learn more about the non-profit at their website, www.voice-iaf.or
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Understanding the Contingent Workforce – 11 Things You May Have Not Known
1. A Contingent workforce is a provisional group of workers who work for an organization on a non-permanent basis, also known as:
- Freelancers
- Independent Professionals
- Temporary Contract Workers
- Independent contractors
- Project-Based Workers
- Consultants
2. Contingent Workforce Management is the strategic approach to managing an organization's contingent workforce in a way that it reduces the company's cost in the management of contingent employees and mitigates the company's risk in employing them.
3. There is near unanimous agreement among contingent staffing buyers that the use of Contingent Labor saves money – 92% reported so.*
4. On average over the last two years, the median estimated savings due to the use of contingent labor has been in the range of 9%-14% across almost all categories of buyers grouped by skills purchased, industry and company size.*
5. The average large company has 12% of its' Workforce as Contingent Workers.*
6. A Master Service Provider (MSP) tends to be the most popular primary Contingent Management Model across Buyer categories. (*Staffing Industry Analyst)
7. Since the global recession began, companies cut back substantially on the use of Contingent Labor, however as the economy has improved, companies are now re-evaluating their staffing strategies seeking to have a more formal, optimized program in place for the use of the Contingent Workforce.**
8. Mergers and Acquisitions have forced companies to look for ways to better understand what they are spending across the entire organization including across Contingent Labor spend, and has resulted in a trend of corporate initiatives for Supplier consolidation and having preferred relationships.**
9. For companies that have had a first-generation Vendor Management System (VMS) in place to manage Contingent Labor, Statement-of-Work (SOW) or project-based services are driving new technology requirements not supported in the traditional VMS. (**Forrester)
10. The average mix of Contingents in the Fortune 100 is 20-30% of the workforce. This can be estimated to increase to 50-50% by 2020, at which point it would make sense for companies to establish the role of the Contingent Workforce Officer (CWO) as a C-Level Executive. The CWO would focus on using workforce mix modeling to get the right ratio of Temp vs. Perm in meeting Stakeholder objectives. (Staffing Industry Analyst –The Future of Staffing)
11. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) mandated 1099 Independent Contractor Compliance has evolved beyond the "20- Point Checklist" to Services Procurement, the Statement-of-Work (SOW) and SOW Management.
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Emergence (Tony/Gibbs, Jim/Blair, Jack/Daniel, Others, NCIS, Sentinel, Stargate crossover)
Gibbs is the Alpha Dragon for the east coast Wing… and the lead for the NCIS MCRT. He has two rules above all others; No other emerged dragons on his NCIS team, and no relationships with non-dragons.
Tony has no dragon blood, so hides his feelings for Gibbs behind smiles and misdirection. How will things change for Tony when he mysteriously falls ill after an investigation on an aircraft carrier?
eBook: Available on the eBooks page
The Journey Home (Tony DiNozzo/Jack O'Neill, Jim/Blair, Others, NCIS, Sentinel, Stargate crossover, Sentinel Fusion)
After Tony assaults a guide at a crime scene, an old friend brings the Alpha Guide of North America to DC to investigate Tony's claim of guide misconduct. This starts Tony on a new path away from DC and NCIS, and he finally finds a place to call home
eBook: Available on the eBooks page
I Wasn't Waiting for You (Tony DiNozzo/Aaron Hotchner, crossover between Criminal Minds and NCIS, Sentinel Fusion)
Hotch is an unbonded guide with no interest in finding his sentinel. He prefers it with the BAU, and a sentinel could get in the way. Tony is able to function highly as an unbonded sentinel, and he's fine with the situation the way it is. When their paths cross while Hotch works a case in New York, their disinterest is put to the test, especially when Hotch is in the path of a killer.
eBook: Available on the eBooks page.
Everything They Said (Tony DiNozzo/Steve McGarrett, crossover between Hawaii Five-0 and NCIS, Sentinel Fusion)
Steve is finally feeling settled back in Hawaii and his task force is solid. Everything is going the way he wants, until guide traffickers manage to abduct seven guides, and Steve finds out the guide he didn't know he had is among the missing.
eBook: Available on the eBooks page.
All Your Reasons (Tony DiNozzo/Bruce Banner & the Hulk, crossover between The Avengers and NCIS, Sentinel Fusion)
Bruce Banner has a list of reasons why he's not looking for a guide and isn't interested in bonding. After a chance encounter in the streets of DC, the Hulk is clearly on board with having found their guide. Once Tony gets past being plucked up, sniffed, and taken away, he manages to accept a sentinel with a serious multiple personality disorder. Bruce is clearly outnumbered.
eBook: Available on the eBooks page.
Where the Spirit Leads (Stiles/Derek, Human AU, Teen Wolf, Sentinel Fusion)
On a trip to San Francisco, Stiles' adventurous spirit guide leads him right where he's supposed to be. (ficlet: 1600 words)


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pergola expert witness post by: Jeremy K.
If you love the sight of bushes and vines climbing and crawling on a certain part of your house, you might want to build a pergola.
A pergola is a structure that looks like woven wood and raised by sturdy columns. It used to be a framework for climbing plants. But over the years, pergolas have been used as a stylish shed, a good parking spot, and a barbecue area.
You can build a pergola yourself if you have the skills and time, or you can hire a contractor to do it for you. But to make sure that you won't have future problems with your pergola, choose who to hire. Choose a licensed contractor and one that has a good reputation.
You Know Your Contractor Did a Bad Job When…
But no matter how reliable a contractor is, mistakes happen, so there are rare times when you won't see the expected outcome. And in worse cases, the resulting structure can cause danger to you and your family. So if you recently hired a contractor to have a pergola installed in your backyard, it's always wise to know the signs of a lousy job.
What are these signs?
1. Materials
The materials of your pergola should be in compliance with the state's quality and safety standards. You'll know that your pergola is made from sub-standard materials if you see an obvious difference in the texture, appearance, and sturdiness between your pergola and a professionally done pergola.
To make sure that you won't have a pergola made of sub-standard materials, sit down with your contractor and let him explain what kind of materials they'll use in the construction.
2. Poor Connections
A pergola is built to be sturdy. To make sure that your pergola is properly constructed, tap or shove one of the columns or parts to check for wobbliness. If there are loosely or poorly connected parts, your pergola is done by an inexperienced contractor.
3. Missing Parts
Every part of the pergola needs to be in place and intact to support all the other parts. If one of these parts is missing, the whole unit will diminish in strength and sturdiness.
What to Do When You Think You've Been Rigged
If you think that your contractor did a bad job in setting up or constructing your pergola, it's time to take action. While a legal action can surely provide an ultimate solution to the issue, it's best to take the initiative to settle everything off court. If the contractor won't budge, get an expert witness review, then file a complaint to see if you can get compensation.


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Enterprise 2.0 in action
After my last post I have decided to take another angle at businesses using enterprise 2.0. In this post I'm going to discuss only one company who has used enterprise 2.0 in their business internally. Why only one? Because there's a lot to talk about and you don' t want to be reading this all day.
A company I found that has dived head first into adopting enterprise 2.0 is that of Accenture, a global consulting firm, (Buckler, 2007). The CTO of Accenture, Donald Rippert, sees the future of technology in the enterprise merging with technology in the realm of web 2.0. In 2007, Accenture went live with "a new global employee network that looks much like Facebook," (Buckler, 2007). After discovering how easy it was to find content on Youtube, no matter how novice or unheard of the content creator, Rippert wondered why finding information on their corporate database and archives was next to impossible. The key to solving the mystery lay in the way social media and web 2.0 applications use and promote tagging of content. So in a similar manner that delicious enables tagging, the idea of users adding value and assisting searches via tags was conceived.
After introducing the online global network within Accenture, the company then introduced several other web 2.0 tools that they transformed/reinvented into their own enterprise 2.0 tools. These include a wiki called Accenturepedia and a video-based knowledge sharing system called AccentureTube (borrowing its name from web 2.0 site YouTube). Accenturepedia runs much like any other wikis allowing employees access to centralised data to which they can contribute themselves. AccentureTube acts as one large internal video database which users can upload work-related content, tag it and share amongst colleagues. The idea was to keep the system familiar (by borrowing ideas from YouTube), to enhance and promote its use, (Neal, 2008).
In terms of the Wikinomics business models (Peering, Being Open, Sharing and Acting Globally), Accenture has been able to achieve all of these goals internally. The company was already global so by offering the enterprise 2.0 tools without pressure they fostered and promoted global interactions amongst their employees. This in turn lead to peering, in that the different facets of the company could collaborate, find each other and communicate ideas easily. Although I have not discussed how Accenture reaches out to its community, they are miles ahead in terms of sharing their innovations, reasearch and experiences across a broad range of fields including their adoption of enterprise 2.0 via their website. They are actively being open and sharing their information to the wider community via blogs, podcasts and downloadable documents.
Accenture's enterprise 2.0 ventures can also be compared to the SLATES paradigm as proposed by Andrew McAfee. Firstly, searching was made easier by the ability for employees to tag media with keywords. Secondly, linking was acceleratd by giving the masses the ability to edit wikis, tag media and so forth hence creating a dense link structure in their intranet. Thirdly, employees were given the ability to author. They can edit, create and contribute to the Accenturepedia wikis. This also steams from the inherent nature of web 2.0 being about collaboration, the network effect and users adding value (some patterns identified by Tim O'Reilly as being at the heart of web 2.0). Tagging was delivered by Accenture as discussed earlier to categorise and give relevance to content so that user could find and gain information more quickly. Extensions come of course with tagging, the AccentureTube if similar to YouTube, would use tags to offer relevant and similar types of video content to the user in a side pane, extending extra content to them. Signalling would be intergrated into their enterprise 2.0 tools to enable users to quickly view what has changed and what content has been added. This could come in the form of RSS feeds or email updates to changes in a wiki they are monitoring.
Finally, how does Accenture's E2.0 infrastucture address Dion Hinchcliffe's extension to the SLATES paradigm? Hinchcliffe sights social, emergent, freeform and network-oriented elements as an important part of enterprise 2.0. In my opinion the Accenture infrastucture covers the social, emergent and freeform nature of E2.0 and its fully web-based nature allows information to be addressable and reusable.
For anyone interested, I've found a video interview with the director of Fast Innovation and director of innovation, technology and learning at Accenture that might be of interest here. In particular, she briefly mentions how she tried to convince management to get an "avatar".
Thank you for reading my post. I'll keep up updated if I find any more interesting news articles on Accenture.
Accenture. (2009). Accenture GLobal Research and Insights. Retrieved, August 19, 2009, from, https://www.accenture.com/Global/Research_and_Insights/default.htm
Buckler, G. (2007). Accenture CTO gets his Web 2.0 on. Retrieved, August 19, 2009, from, http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=43006
Dawsom, R. (2009). Implementing Enterprise 2.0 – Sample Chapter. Retrieved, August 19, 2009, from, http://implementingenterprise2.com/IE2_Sample_Chapter_2.pdf
Koser, M. (2009). Accenture gets into Intranet 2.0. Retrieved, August 19, 2009, from, http://www.frogpond.de/index.php/archive/accenture-gets-into-intranet-20/
Neal, D. (2008). Innovation comes as a standard. Retrieved, August 19, from, http://www.computing.co.uk/itweek/analysis/2215255/innovation-comes-standard
Ross, J. (2009). FASTforward'09 Interview: Kirsti Kierulf, Director, The Fast Innovation Center and Director, Innovation, Technology, and Learning, Accenture. Retrieved August 19, 2009, from, http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2009/02/10/fastforward09-interview-kirsti-kierulf-director-the-fast-innovation-center-and-director-innovation-technology-and-learning-accenture/


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Michael Valenti Cycling Artist
Welcome to the Cycling Art of Michael Valenti where my work puts a modern twist on old-school cycling art posters. With unique whimsy and charm I hope my original drawings, paintings and digital art brings the wonderful world of bicycles to art lovers around the world.
From the grand races like Tour de France and Giro d'Italia to the famous climbs of Mount Ventoux and Alpe d'Huez I trust you'll experience the history, passion and excitement of cycling with all my cycling art and posters.
"I have been riding bicycles since childhood and drawing pictures just as long. Growing up near Boston, my father worked as a commercial illustrator so art has always been in my life. And cycling has been a passion for more than thirty years. I invite you to wander through my work available in the SHOP and welcome your comments along the way.
If you're ever north of Chicago and looking for a group check out my Veloist Cycling Club, and let's go for a ride."
Michael Valenti has been creating images and advertising campaigns as an Art Director, Designer and Illustrator for more than thirty years. From Fortune 500 companies to small wineries in Michigan, his work creates an emotional connection to the brand, strengthening the bond and making the sale.
Compelling story telling, emotional images, smart design; Michael's work–simply works.
"As a Creative Director in the marketing business I have created advertising and design solutions for clients like Allstate, McDonald's, Kellogg's and Hallmark. Creating simple, enduring, big ideas that connect with consumers on an emotional level is what I do best."
Mike's client list includes Allstate, McDonald's, Eli Lilly, Hallmark, Disney, Morgan Stanley, Pillsbury, Kraft, Kellogg's and Procter & Gamble. Mike has also worked his magic on smaller clients, including Timberland, Carnival Cruise Lines and the Round Barn Winery.
Mike worked at Robinson and Cabot Advertising, both in Boston, before spending 15 years at the Leo Burnett Company in Chicago. After co-running the $250 million Allstate account there, he moved to Miami to run the creative department at Cooper & Hayes before setting out on his own.
As a Creative Director with Leo Burnett for 15 years one of Mikes clients was Hallmark cards. Chances are you or someone you know has given you the very best because you've seen some of his work.
The ability to find and capture the human emotion and experience on film has been a core competency of Mike's for years. And is seen in much of his other work.
Mike spent five years working on the Allstate business at Leo Burnett where he was creative director for the "The right hands make all the difference" campaign. Along with the "Take a Stand" campaign with actor Dennis Haysbert. The campaign is still running after several years.
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