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My current blogging style is like that string of tiny songs on Abbey Road. Yes I'm comparing myself to the Beatles.
-- The greatawesomebignews of the week (year?) is that Harper got into our neighborhood's public kindergarten (and therefore elementary and middle school). I am relieved beyond measure infinity infinity and so on and on. It's a great school, we can walk there, and it's just gonna make my life easier/cheaper/better. And I think Harper is going to love it capital L. There's a big waitlist, something I honestly didn't anticipate (because the consultant we hired told me it wouldn't happen ahem), and I'm feeling giddy I somehow dodged that bullet. (My apologies to those who were waitlisted, but c'monz. I've had a rocky year... I can gloat a bit, non?)
-- I always feel guilty/ashamed when I'm jamming out to music and I replay the same song 20-25 times in a row but why? This is allowed, dearest me. No one there to judge but you and okay. Okay maybe I am a little disappointed I went on a late 90s Will Smith binge that shall never be repeated or mentioned again.
-- The months leading up to Bea's birth I wanted to prep for natural birth, but didn't really vibe with the tips in all those books. (There are just so many ice cubes a person can hold to their wrist.) So I came up with my own method that probably needs a whole book of its own because hey, it helped me birth a 9 lb. 2.5 oz baby in a bathtub. I don't know if I'll have the time to write out all the complicated parts of my method, but I'll try: When it's cold out, don't wear a coat or mittens or hat while you pump your gas, then try and sit with/go into the all-encompassing discomfort of it. Oh, that's it I guess. (This legitimately helped me!) (No luck for you, west coasters.)
-- A cute guy at the deli counter called me 'mama' today and I don't know, I kind of enjoyed it. I think I need to analyze this.
-- I just got a 19 dolla pair of supersoft sweatpants in the mail today and they're really a cherry on top a darn good week.
Onward ho.
Thursday, April 16, 2015
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Okay, that pumping gas thing? YES. Every time I'm freezing and pumping gas (or playing fetch with my needy dog for the 18th time that day in -10 wind), I make myself breathe though it, thinking "If you can't do this, you could never do a natural childbirth." This always seemed like a weird reaction to me, but now I'm wondering if there are more of us out there.ReplyDelete
Best vibes and wishes on the job interviews - what a nutty emotional storm it is, returning to work. You can do it!
And congrats to all of you on Harper's awesome new school!
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Back in April we had the privilege of meeting some dear friends for a trip to the zoo. When Bradley and I were first married and living in PA, we were blessed to be part of a small group of young couples. I'm forever grateful for this group of friends! One of the couples is now working with a church plant in Charlotte, NC, and when we were in GA, meeting at the zoo was a halfway point for us, so we got the kiddos together and enjoyed walking around and catching up on life and ministry.
My friend made some delicious snacks that day, and I haven't stopped hearing about them ever since. Last week she emailed me for our new address and Bradley replied that he would give it to her only if she gave us the recipe for the granola bars. Then, he told me to make them the next day. True story.
Keep these in an airtight container; ours stayed good for a week, and everyone loved them.
Baked Granola Bars {Nut and Dairy Free}
4 cups old fashioned oats
1/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup unsweetened coconut {I used sweetened}
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup chocolate chips, mini ones are best
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup canola oil {I used vegetable, and it worked fine}
1 teaspoon vanilla, the real kind
1/2 cup honey
Preheat oven to 325F. Combine dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl combine wet ingredients. Pour wet ingredients into dry and mix until well combined.
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Oliver Stone's "Alexander" has had a long and bizarre history. Upon the release of the original Theatrical Cut back in 2004, it was heavily slammed by critics as a "ponderous, talky, and emotionally distant biopic." Later on, Stone revisited the film on several occasions, offering up different cuts in an attempt to get closer to his original vision. First, There was a "Director's Cut" that clocked in at 157 minutes, removing eight minutes of footage to fine-tune the original cut. This was followed by the "Final Cut" that ran for 214 minutes, getting the film much closer to the epic he had in mind from the start. Now he has come up with yet another version, this time deemed the "Ultimate Cut," which runs for 206 minutes. This time around, he has removed eight minutes of footage that he thought might be confusing for audiences who were not too familiar with the life of Alexander, while also rearranging the structure of certain scenes in an attempt to make it flow better.
While I've never seen the Director's Cut or the Final Cut, I have seen the Theatrical and Ultimate Cuts. In fact, I still recall seeing the first version when it was in theaters ten years ago. My thoughts at the time were that it wasn't particularly bad, but given the fact that I didn't remember much from it, it couldn't have been particularly good either. It's intriguing to watch a different version of a film that a director has been trying to perfect over the past ten years. Whether it was the harsh reviews that spurned Stone on or the desire to bring to life what he originally intended, it has become somewhat of an obsession of his that has led to a very unique opportunity for cinema fans.
However, before I get too ahead of myself, let's take a look at what Stone's massive opus is about. The story is told in flashback from the point of view of Old Ptolemy (Anthony Hopkins), a former soldier in Alexander's army, who now rules as Pharaoh of Egypt. In this new cut, we are almost immediately taken to one of the biggest battles Alexander (Colin Farrell) ever fought, which happened to be one of the key battles for control of the Persian Empire. From here, the film jumps about, showing us his further campaigns in Asia while also going back and covering his relationship with his "father," King Philip (Val Kilmer), and mother, Olympias (Angelina Jolie). As Alexander pushes further and further East, dissention begins to stir in some of his men who believe they should turn back, but the young king is unwilling to give up on his dream of going all the way to the end of the world.
After making my way through this nearly three and a half hour cut of the film, I'm forced to conclude that the consensus that was formed for the original version still holds true for Stone's latest attempt as well. There are indeed long stretches of the film that are simply too verbose, which can be very damaging when the dialogue is doing nothing to help enrich the story or characters. As far as the differences in this version, one fatal error that Stone has made is making the first big battle the first time we meet Alexander, so without knowing much about his character at all (besides what Old Ptolemy has mentioned), we are forced to sit through an overly-long and monotonous battle sequence which the audience has no stake in. In the original cut, the battle was about 40-45 minutes into the film, giving us time to get to know Alexander a little bit before he faces one of the biggest challenges of his life. Without having that character development first, we're simply watching two armies clash in a desert.
One of the major issues facing the original cut and this cut is the jarring time shifts that go on throughout the film. Every few minutes we're forced to jump backwards and forward, ten years, nine years, 40 years, 30 years, over and over again. This ends up being very disorienting as you try to follow along with the story. Stone has stated that he wanted to have the past and present told in a parallel fashion, but it probably would have worked better with a simple chronological structure, one that still maintains the flashback from Old Ptolemy, but one that allows for the story to be told in a straightforward, less disruptive manner.
Perhaps the main reason that Stone's telling of this extraordinary man's life just doesn't work is that it lacks a true focus on what kind of man he was. We know he conquered much of the known world, and we know that this was a physically and emotionally trying campaign, but as far as the man himself, we don't learn much about him. Because of this, Stone's epic is mostly bland and unengaging. When combined with the scattershot focus on Alexander's life, it's unlikely that any cut or arrangement of these scenes would result in a decent look at his accomplishments. It's a somewhat sad conclusion given that this was apparently a passion project for Stone, but without such a fundamentally important element, the result comes as no surprise.
This set presents both the Ultimate and Theatrical Cuts of the film in 2.4:1, 1080p High Definition transfers of beautiful quality. The opening title sequence (approximately the first 30 seconds of the film) appears to be a little blurry, but afterward, the picture is crystal clear throughout the entire runtime, allowing the amazing photography of the film to shine brightly. The 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio is presented at perfect levels, giving you all elements of the soundtrack in an easy to hear manner. Overall, there's nothing noticeably wrong in either area, resulting in a great experience from both.
Special Features:
- Art Book with Concept Drawings, Storyboards, and Behind the Scenes Photos
- Correspondence Memos Between Oliver Stone and the Cast and Crew
The Ultimate Cut
- Commentary by Oliver Stone
- The Real Alexander and the World He Made
- Fight Against Time: Oliver Stone's Alexander
Theatrical Cut
- Commentary by Oliver Stone and Robin Lane Fox
- Resurrecting Alexander
- Perfect is the Enemy of Good
- The Death of Alexander
- Vangelis Scores Alexander
Starting with the commentary tracks, the Ultimate Cut commentary by Stone is quite intriguing. He discusses the changes made to the film, the reasons behind them, and the history behind the different cuts, making it very much worth listening too. The commentary on the Theatrical Cut is more history based, featuring Stone and a historian discussing the life of Alexander, so if you're interested in learning more about the young king, then you may find it worth the time. Along the same lines is the featurette "The Real Alexander and the World He Made," which also tells you a lot more about him.
By far the most fascinating inclusions on these two discs are the featurettes "Fight Against Time," Resurrecting Alexander," "Perfect is the Enemy of Good," and "The Death of Alexander," all filmed by Oliver Stone's son, Sean Stone. Combined, this is nearly three hours of behind the scenes footage that shows us the making of the film. It's a great glimpse at how this epic came together and the struggles they had to go through to get it made, so these featurettes are most definitely worth watching. Last and least, there is a very short featurette featuring an interview with Vangelis about scoring the film. He doesn't have anything interesting to say about it, so it's one that you can easily skip.
This new set featuring the Ultimate and Theatrical Cuts of Oliver Stone's film presents them in great quality and comes with some fantastic special features, but it's doubtful that this latest version of "Alexander" is going to change anyone's mind as to the quality of the film itself. The same issues that plagued the original are still present, plus a few new problems in the form of structuring. There is certainly a fantastic story to be told about Alexander the Great, but unfortunately Stone's scattershot biopic just doesn't get the job done.
Score: 3/5
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A cavalcade of colour fills bright blue skies over America at one of the world's biggest ballooning festivals.
Nearly 100 balloons of all shapes, sizes and colour drift effortlessly on the wind as thousands below enjoy the spectacle.
A black and white panda, an 85ft Angry Bird, a 100ft hummingbird and a 115ft lighthouse were among the balloons taking part in the 32nd annual New Jersey festival held at Solberg Airport in Readington.
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Friday, December 14, 2012
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JOLLY JOY JINGLE: I've got a new design just in time for Christmas -- my good friend Jennifer stitched this for me and did a fabbo job. It's a cute one, and has lots of fun Christmas motifs. The button pack is by Just Another Button Company, and the fabric is 32 count Swamp by Picture This Plus.
And finally October's Angel is here -- I forget how draining monthly series are to create! But this one was a lot of fun to stitch, and I loved using different purple threads for her outfit. I didn't want to do an angel witch...that's kind of predictable and odd. What little girl didn't want to dress up like a princess at some point? And she's got a purple flower scepter and a treat bag.
Hope y'all are having a wonderful Christmas season so far. I have been pretty good about getting my shopping done and making preparations, but there's always so much more to do. We NEED to get the tree up, but I fear I've been putting it off, because once the tree is up...with all those cats in the house...all bets are off, and it's just pandemonium!
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When I first visited my sponsor in Germany, I noticed they had three trash receptacles in their kitchen. I asked Tom about them and he said they were for recycling. He explained there are three containers for paper, biological waste and everything else.
Well, not quite everything else
There are some things you can't recycle and mix in with other things such as batteries and glass. What do you do if you have larger things you want to displease of like a couch? Where can you take it? Let's start from the beginning. To start with, you have three trash containers outside:
1. A big blue container for paper recycling
2. A big brown container for biological recycling
3. A small black container for the "restmuhl"
Did you notice what's missing? There's no container for glass, batteries, electrical appliances, oil, lawn mowers etc. Let's get to them one at a time.
First is the paper recycling container
Anything made of paper or cardboard goes in this container such as newspapers, magazines, wrapping paper, etc. You get the idea. Boxes go here but need to be flattened first. Make sure you take any plastic out of your boxes as only the cardboard and paper go in this container. What's next?
Second is the brown bio container
This is where you put your potato peels, veggies, bread, meat, etc. Anything that you would like to put on a compost heap goes in this container. Many homes in our neighborhood don't have bio containers. They use their own compost heaps instead. The biggest problem with this container is in the summer. Let me tell you about our bio container last summer
The problem started when we missed a bio container collection one week in the middle of the summer. Our bio is only collected every other week. That meant we were going to have another two weeks of this container suffering the heat of the summer with rotting food! Yuck!!
After one week, the maggots appeared
We bought some spray to keep the maggot population controlled near the top of the container, but can you imagine it? Four weeks in the sun with rotting food. Eventually, the bio container was picked up and we still had quite a few left over friends in the container. We hosed it out on the grass with soapy water, rinsed, disinfected, more soap, more water until we had the container clean!
That experience made us very vigilant to not miss a bio pickup, especially in the summer! You can miss it in the winter once, but four weeks is a long time so we don't like missing the bio collections at all. We keep this container far from the house! I would recommend you do the same if you can, or at least away from any open windows. So now that the bio is taken care of, what's next to go?
Third is the black restmuhl container
I have a big problem with this container. It's way to small for our family. I mean it is WAY to small. We have zero hope of ever fitting our restmuhl into this container. Muhl is the German word for trash. In my language butchering way, I call this the "rest of the mull" which is probably totally wrong, but it's an easy way for me to remember what goes in it! But it doesn't fit!
I know it doesn't fit, but there's an alternative
At the city hall ("Rathaus" in German), you can get yellow sacks ("Gelb Sack" in German) that you can stuff your trash into. The yellow sacks are free so just ask for a roll of them. Pick up one for your neighbor too! The yellow sacks are VERY thin and break easily. We use Hefty trash bags from the Commissary and put the Hefty sacks into the Gelb Sacks. I know it's crazy to double sack your restmuhl, but if you don't, the yellow sacks WILL break and cause a giant mess. Just put the filled yellow sacks near the street and they will magically disappear on restmuhl collection day. Make sure you have your containers out the night before as they pickup the trash early! What do you do with your other recyclable things like your glass bottles?
Glass bottles have special recycling containers
I think every village has glass-recycling containers. Just ask your landlords or neighbors where they are. Kaufland, in Landstuhl, has several in the parking lot. These containers are divided into three types of glass:
1. Clear glass
2. Brown glass
3. Green glass
Make sure you aren't putting your glass recycling in the containers during quiet hours. I'll write more about quiet hours, but it's basically from 1:00 – 3:00 PM on Sundays and German Holidays and from 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM on weekdays. There are a few other things you can't put in the normal recycling.
Oil and batteries can't go in your normal recycling
What do I do with oil and batteries? The base-recycling center is the best place. It is near the Burger King on Ramstein off of the turning circle. You can take oversized things here. Moving boxes, batteries, oil, electrical appliances, old furniture etc. It's the best place to take your old junk if you can't put it out with the normal recycling.
In summary
Germans take recycling very seriously. It's really not hard to follow the recycling guidelines and you'll be helping keep the planet greener! Don't forget about the base recycling center. It's a terrific place to bring your recycling and they can offer advice of what goes where.


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Luthori Officials visit Eroncourt, talks of Military Cooperation
-Highway Reconstruction Program in planning
Eroncourt, Jôviant. 4375
Recently, Luthori Officials most importantly Deputy Chancellor Daniel Claughton, landed at L' Aéroport Internationale D'Eroncourt approximately after noon. From the airport he was transsported to the Chamber of Deputies where he met and greeted with Prime Minister Antoine Viellard. Shortly after, Madame Presidént Forestier-LaSalle arrived from the Presidential palace in Lac Des Lumières. At the Chamber of Deputies, they we're transported to a secure location where they talked about Dthe Military, Cooperation, and the Northern Council. Talks progressed through most of the afternoon. Madame Presidént Forestier-LaSalle spoke with Nouvelles Gouvernement Eroncourt after the meeting.
She explained that
Relations between the Empire of Luthori and Lourenne have been very strained and minimal. Back then, Paul Antoine Capet-D'Orléans tried to reinstall relations between our countries, but they failed. I, do not plan to keep Lourenne quiet and a small country. I expect to turn Lourenne into a powerful, internationaist country as time progresses. I will not allow Lourenne to fall into the shadows of the east again.
Allies in other continents and world powers is crucial. According to the president. Madame Presidént Forestier-LaSalle is set to attend the upcoming Northern Council conference in Rutania.
Also, construction crews and firms from the Eroncourt Modernization project of 4335 have begun the modernization and rebuilding the national highways and roadways. Most companies are focusing on urban roads and highways first. Then after, they will be focusing on rural roads and mountain roads. The project is set to be finished by mid 4377.
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And now an ardent Shahida Ahmed fan has called us "Indian bastard" suggesting that we go back to our "poverty stricken fucking country" and blog about that.
Shahida Ahmed is a topline restaurant owner who runs a commercial kitchen from our next door house. In India, we Indians would not have allowed this to happen at an urban address.
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You mother fucker! How dare you write such insulting posts time and time again about a hard working woman such as Shahida Ahmad! Rather than being a whiney bitch why don't you move out of the neighborhood! Better yet why don't you move back to India, "I am sure you can more than afford it" and I'm sure the cows and pigs residing all over India would make better neighbors for someone like you. You practically are one of them after all!
Do you honestly have nothing better to do with your time other than crib and complain about her! Or am I sensing the green eyed monster of jealousy coming out!


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After its engineers, Intel's most important asset is its fabrication facilities ("fabs"). Fabs cost billions to build, populate, operate and maintain, and just as an airplane isn't making the airline any money when it sits on the tarmac, a fab isn't making money when it's idle. It's costing the owner money, and lots of it.
But idle they are. Intel's fabs may be at their lowest rates of utilization ever seen, according to Jim McGregor, president of Tirias Research, a semiconductor analyst based in Phoenix, Arizona, and in retrospect, it could be they were the early warning that the PC industry was in deep trouble - something that only now is coming out with the disastrous PC sales figures from Gartner and IDC. While it was known that the PC industry has been twisting in the wind with poor sales through Christmas, this week we got the solid figures. IDC put worldwide PC sales for Q1 2013 down 14% from Q1 2012, while Gartner said sales were down 11.2% year-over-year. To understand how Intel may have known this was coming, you must set your wayback machine to 2001, when the Tech Bubble burst and the industry was left sitting on billions of useless inventory that had to be sold off cheap or written off as a loss.
Vowing never to let that happen again, Intel formalized what had been a more casual look into the supply chain, requiring the entire supply chain report on what they were hearing in the market rather than trading on gossip and hearsay. It also changed how client purchase plans were handled, which forced more customer financial commitment as well. If there was a problem at some point, such as OEMs not buying product because sales were trailing off, Intel would know before orders started backing up the supply chain. When the economy took a massive downturn in late 2008, Intel was ready. It was able to halt production almost overnight and did not get stuck with a huge amount of inventory. Other chip companies followed Intel's lead, figuring Intel knew something they didn't. The early warning failsafe ended up working out very well and vendors didn't get saddled with inventory. History repeats The hints of trouble were there, if you were in Arizona. Intel's four fabrication plants in the Arizona area are all reportedly running below capacity, with one not even operational. Fab 12, which makes processors, has been below capacity; Fab 22, which makes chipsets, is also running below capacity, as is Fab 32. Fab 42, the newest, isn't even running. "The walls are up, and they took in some equipment, but they are delaying outfitting it. They don't want to call it mothballing it. They are delaying taking equipment orders until they are needed, and some equipment has been rerouted to Oregon," said McGregor. Intel's two biggest fabrication sites are Arizona and Oregon, but there are other plants as well around the world. McGregor says his contacts within Intel manufacturing put the company's global utilization capacity at around 60%. Normally, Intel's fabs run at 95% and only come down when the equipment is being upgraded. Quite a few of the fabs were taking 50% as many orders in Q4 as they did in Q3, said McGregor, and that's not just Intel, it's across the industry, he said. "It's happened to memory, processors, anything that went into PCs. Demand wasn't shaping up, and the outlook wasn't looking rosy," he said. McGregor said that starting in September, all of the chip companies stopped buying raw materials. He talked to a company that provides chemicals to chip makers and they told him that literally overnight sales dropped 50%. Could this be Intel seeing another collapse in the distance? McGregor thinks so. "Intel does try to keep a very good view in the entire channel. And when it gets to a certain point, they shut it down. To Intel's credit, I think they did see a lot of it. I think a lot of the other chip guys saw Intel was hitting the brakes and they followed, figuring Intel knew something they didn't," he said. Intel declined to comment, citing the quiet period before announcing its first quarter earnings. Those earnings will be released after the market closes on April 17, and the earnings call will be the curtain call for CEO Paul Otellini, who retires next month after 39 years with the firm, the last eight as CEO. Worldwide malaise Windows 8 has been viewed as the villain in PC sales stumbling, but it's not to blame, said Dean McCarron of Mercury Research, who follows the semiconductor industry. He blames the global economy. "OEMs are all telling me it's the economy. There's not a lot of optimism out there. The U.S. has been soft since 2008, Europe is a mess and emerging markets have gone soft. They aren't driving growth anymore, it's more of a replacement market than a growth market," he said. Windows 8 "doesn't help the situation. There was an excessive amount of emphasis on it. To lay the blame on Windows 8 would be too strong of an attribution. When I look at the market, the number one impact is just tablets. Mobile PCs are soft at the bottom end of the market," he said. Consumer impact? So does this mean fire sales for old inventory? Don't bet on it, said Sharon Stiefel, analyst for semiconductor market intelligence at IHS iSuppli. Because Intel and other chip vendors hit the brakes so soon, inventory didn't build. "Down the road, they'll have the ability to keep their pricing up. There won't be shortages because demand is so low. I think they were responding to where they could have had an overage they needed to get rid of. Instead of having a fire sale, they said what do we need to do to match what's going out this quarter and the next and not get too far ahead of themselves," she said. Stielfel isn't surprised or alarmed at Intel's cutback on production. "Looking at what happened last year, the industry was ramping for demand they thought would occur in Q1 and Q2, then things fell much lower than was expected. It brought people to a screaming halt in Q3 and Q4 last year and looking back at how much inventory had built, they were way over with their inventory," she said. So with demand lower, inventories are staying lower. The lessons of 2001 remain in place, it would seem. No recovery Intel hitting the brakes in response to a drop in sales is a good thing for the company, a sign the company has a clear view into future demand. But this time, the economic situation is different. "This is the first time I can remember through a downturn that Intel is not continuing fab expansion. This is the first time I've seen them put the brakes on for a while. They are still continuing process development, but it is putting a damper on some remote facilities," said McGregor. He heard that the company started offering voluntary retirement at the plants based on age and experience, but there wasn't much interest. That means the next likely move is layoffs, which will probably happen under the new CEO. "I fully expect they won't announce anything related to fab capacity, but they will announce realignment once they get the new CEO in place," McGregor added. And even then, there's a chance Intel won't bounce back to its previous levels. Intel makes PC chips and the PC simply isn't where technology is at these days. "This is the first time we're seeing the entire industry coming up fairly well, but the PC sector is not leading it. The PC is not driving the direction of technology anymore, it's not driving processor technology and it's certainly not the software magnet for technology anymore. It's a tablet and smartphone world," said McGregor.


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Discussion in 'Racing-Forums Feedback' started by dpkimmel2001, Aug 28, 2014.
Does anyone here know how to or can it be turned on for these forums?
Is that vine a Muscadine or Kudzu?
Hopefully this will work or fulfill your question.
Note: you may need to click the quote function to read this in simple text, otherwise the performed embedded functions will limit the posted information.
1. You must actually have a vine video, I have copied a sample below
2. In front of the link type
(be sure there are no blank spaces inside the bracket)
3. then type it the embedded title you want.
ex (mash right to read me)
4, Then close the url with a closing bracket.
it should look like this
mash right here with your mouse or fanger to read me
Note:I think the actual functions will hide some of the instructions if so:
Just click quote and copy and paste my embedded link and model it. Remember to lead and close with the brackets, and insert link, and your embedded title the same way it should work.
Thanks, but what I am looking for is a way to embed the actual video. Like Youtube. Where you don't have to go to the actual website. Yours looks like a simple link to the video unless I'm seeing something wrong?
ok I guess I misunderstood. Good luck
When you choose the option within the posting window it says.....
You may embed media from the following sites:
Dailymotion; Facebook; Liveleak; Metacafe; Vimeo; YouTube;
I was just wanting to see if Vine could be added.
I'm sure it can be. Let me poke around, may have to commission @fury on it though.
Think I figured it out.
Maybe try 3.
there we go.
Very cool but while I see that you were able to accomplish this, and it's exactly what I had asked for, how did you come up with the 'MwHdMawpitg' as the representation of the URL? I guess what I'm asking is, how do you convert the URL to that string of characters that will work when embedding? I'll have my coffee and look at this again but I'm thinking that still may not help me.
@dpkimmel2001 that's the video ID.
Get the post page link and post it, and it should auto-parse. See attached screenshot.
Got it, thanks. Sometimes I just need to be told several times.
Separate names with a comma.


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HP Slate 7 HD specs include a 7in display (1280 x 800), 1GB of RAM, 5MP/2MP cameras, and 16GB storage with microSD compatibility.
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A genuine Moscow Mule, a cocktail of ginger beer, vodka, and fresh lime juice, should always be served in a copper mug. The tradition of copper Moscow Mule mugs date back to the 1940's when the drink was invented by spirits distributor John G. Martin to help generate sales of the fledgling Smirnoff company's vodka. The drink has made a resurgence in recent years and so has the signature copper cup it's served in. Copper cups can be used to serve any number of cold cocktails and nonalcoholic drinks alike.


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Sew Tiny is what every new mum needs. Babies require a whole heap of things - clothes, cot bumpers, changing bags, dribble bibs - and that's just for starters, so rather than spending a fortune on overpriced, mass-produced stuff why not harness your inner creativity and make it yourself. Jazz Domino Holly, who's been there and done that herself, shows the way with 30 original, easy, sewing projects for everything from burp cloths to pram accessories. Her ideas are always inventive yet simple, practical yet fashionable - forget boring pastels, babies love day-glo and animal print! Everything is young, fresh, quick and cool, and you don't have to be any kind of expert. These are projects to fit in between naps and feeds, which will give you a few calm, crafting minutes to yourself and empower you through your baby's first months and beyond.
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Net Promoter Benchmarks Study is a survey that compared Net Promoter Scores of the most popular American brands in 22 categories. The third largest America's retailer Costco turned out to be the brand to which customers are most loyal. JetBlue airlines have the largest number of frequent flyers, while the streaming media provider Netflix gets the best customer reviews.
The customer loyalty index is measured by asking customers to rank from 0 to 9 their likelihood of recommending companies or products to their friends. The percentage of detractors (0-6) is subtracted from the percentage of promoters (9-10) to arrive at the score. An excellent NPS of 50 or higher implies that at least 75% of the brand's clients are promoters.
Costco received NPS of 79, the highest of any company in the study, which breaks out results in 22 industry categories. Also an exemplary brand, as for customer loyalty, is USAA (financial and insurance company) – it finished at the head of three categories: auto insurance, banking, and home insurance.
The renowned mobile phone producer Blackberry, which claimed the most loyal following among cell phone users before the iOS and Android, could well be back. Resurrected by the U.S. introduction of its new Blackberry Passport by AT&T Wireless, it registered the single largest rise in NPS, with an increase of 14 points.
Insurance providers, meanwhile, appeared to be in bad need of loyalty indemnification. Three saw their NPS scores plummet by 20 points or more: Humana, Medicare, and State Farm. Other companies registering double-digit declines were eBay, Hotels.com, Time-Warner Cable, Walgreens, and Walmart Pharmacy.


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WASHINGTON (April 11, 2016) –The National Park Service (NPS) and National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), in collaboration with Van Alen Institute, today launched Memorials for the Future, a competition that aims to rethink the way we develop and experience memorials. Announced by the White House in October 2015 to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Challenge.gov, Memorials for the Future will re-imagine Washington, D.C.'s traditional approach to permanent commemoration, creating new ideas for honoring our diverse histories, heritage and culture.
Memorials enshrine what we as a society want to remember. But the places, people and stories that we choose to memorialize and the audiences who encounter them are constantly changing. Memorials for the Future challenges entrants to imagine the possible future of memorials: How can they look forward and not only back? How can we commemorate in more adaptive, interactive and ephemeral ways?
"While we are proud of our tradition, we need to challenge ourselves to think creatively about the future," NPS Regional Director Bob Vogel said. "As the National Park Service looks toward its second century, we will continue to preserve and tell America's stories—Memorials for the Future asks 'What might that look like?'"
Entrants are challenged to consider how the next century's memorials will be woven into the capital's urban public spaces, largely located off the National Mall.
"This competition is a remarkable opportunity to consider ways to make our commemorative landscape more inclusive and accessible, expanding our ideas for who and how we memorialize," National Capital Planning Commission Executive Director Marcel Acosta said.
Van Alen Institute, a New York-based design nonprofit that organizes public programs, research projects, and design competitions will lead the development of the final design outcomes for the project.
"This is an inspiring competition that gives us the opportunity to take a step back and assess how we can be more adaptive when creating memorials to pivotal people, movements and events in the future," Van Alen Institute Executive Director David van der Leer said.
A jury will select three finalist teams to receive a $15,000 stipend to continue their research and design process. The finalists will be announced this summer. The competition winner will be announced in fall 2016, and the competition results will be displayed in an exhibition, along with an illustrated report of final outcomes. The results will inform NPS, NCPC and their partners on future memorial design and policy opportunities.
Teams must include at least one designer (e.g. architect, landscape architect, urban designer, planner, artist), and are encouraged to include members with expertise in storytelling, history, commemoration or the social sciences. Van Alen Institute will accept requests for concepts beginning today, April 11. The deadline for registration and electronic submission of the request for concepts is 11:59 p.m. EDT on May 4, 2016 at the competition website: http://future.ncpc.gov.
Teams are encouraged (but not required) to pre-register their interest by 11:59 p.m. EDT on April 18, 2016, at http://future.ncpc.gov/. Project updates and any answers to questions submitted about the request will be emailed to team leads who have pre-registered.
About the National Park Service. More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America's 410 national parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Visit us at www.nps.gov, on Facebook www.facebook.com/nationalparkservice, Twitter www.twitter.com/natlparkservice, and YouTube www.youtube.com/nationalparkservice.
About the National Capital Planning Commission. Established by Congress in 1924, the National Capital Planning Commission is the federal government's central planning agency for the Washington, DC region. NCPC preserves and enhances the extraordinary historical, cultural, and natural resources and federal assets of the region to support the needs of the federal government and enrich the lives of the region's visitors, workers, and residents. Website: www.ncpc.gov Twitter: @NCPCgov Instagram: @ncpcgov Facebook: /NCPCgov
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FITCHBURG -- Trust the process.
That was Fitchburg's motto all season long.
There would many bumps along the way during this process -- head coach Tom DiGeronimo's first year at the helm -- but the key for these Red Raiders was to stick together and battle until the very end each and every day.
Fitchburg's trust in DiGeronimo and the program reached a climax on Thanksgiving, as the Red Raiders snapped Leominster's eight-year dominance on Turkey Day with a pride-restoring 34-21 triumph at Crocker Field in the 136th overall meeting and the 111th on Thanksgiving between these two storied high school programs.
"At first I didn't know what it was, but the process is to win and to bring back Fitchburg traditions," said FHS running back Sal Figueroa, who rode off into the sunset in his senior season with an unreal 324-yard, four-touchdown rushing performance.
Toughness was Fitchburg's calling card from Day 1.
After DiGeronimo took over the coaching reins and added fiery Charlie Raff into the mix as the defensive coordinator, the Red Raiders knew from the get-go there would be no easy shortcuts to success.
"Coach did bring our spirit back," Figueroa said. "He's a great coach. I just love my team. I'm so happy. I just want to eat my turkey."
The coaches demanded the absolute best from everyone who donned the Red and Gray.
There were bumps along the way and losses to learn from this year. Adversity even struck against Leominster on Thanksgiving Day, but these Red Raiders didn't turtle under the pressure.
They've been taught to fight back no matter how big the mountain is to climb.
"We have great kids," DiGeronimo said. "They played hard. We could have folded at times, but they hung in there and did what they had to do.
Pride is being restored within Fitchburg High School. Pride is back inside the football program.
"Hats off to coach DiGeronimio," Leominster coach Dave Palazzi said. "He's done a nice job of bringing that program back. They deserve to win today."
The football team gave the city of Fitchburg hope, and the team certainly didn't let down all the Red Raider supporters.
"A couple of years ago, they didn't have a freshmen program and we didn't have a freshmen game," Palazzi said. "I don't want to see that, either. I want to see three programs at Leominster and three at Fitchburg (freshman, JV and varsity) and keep this rivalry going and have games like today where we have a lot of fans. Obviously I want to be on the winning side, but I love this rivalry and I think it's great for the area. I'm glad the buzz is back.
"We've got 365 days to think about this and then we'll go after it at Doyle next year."
Through hard work, determination and a strong belief in everyone inside the Fitchburg locker room, the Red Raiders became a strong-willed team over time.
They now believe 100 percent in the process.
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ST. LOUIS - An investigation was under way Friday after an escalator malfunction at the Scottrade Center injured 13 people, sending five to the hospital, following the St. Louis Blues' home opener.
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General practitioners' attitudes towards research in primary care: qualitative results of a cross sectional study
- Thomas Rosemann1Email author and
- Joachim Szecsenyi1
© Rosemann and Szecsenyi; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2004
- Received: 30 June 2004
- Accepted: 21 December 2004
- Published: 21 December 2004
Research in General Practice requires the participation of General practitioners (GPs). In Germany there is little tradition of research in this field, and GPs are not used to be participants in research. Little is known about German GPs attitudes towards research. Therefore the aim of our study was to assess the willingness of German General Practitioners to participate in primary care research and their attitude towards research in general practice. The results should enable a more successful approach to GPs in further studies.
Cross sectional study using semi-structured interviews with a random sample of 76 General Practitioners who participate in the teaching of medical students at the University of Heidelberg.
Despite little experience, over 85 % of GPs appreciated research in their field. Important reasons for scepticism about research were the gap between theoretical research and practical work of GPs and the domination of research by specialists. Main barriers for participation are clinical workload, administrative overload and the newly introduced Disease Management Programs. The highest motivation for GPs to participate in research emanates from the will to substantiate their quality of care with solid research data.
Financial incentives and personal support e.g. with study nurses are certainly necessary to establish a research culture and to overcome main barriers against participation. The most successful approach to motivate GPs to participate is to convince them that research documents their quality of care. This data may reflect the facts on which the financial resources are provided in the future health care system.
- Financial Incentive
- Disease Management Program
- Research Culture
- Cross Sectional Observational Study
- Primary Medical Care
Compared to other European countries, Germany still has little of a research tradition in general practice. Increasingly policy-makers have realized that the continuity and the efficacy of the healthcare system have to be improved. For this a well-developed primary medical care system is needed. In recent years a number of new chairs of general practice have been established and a national funding programme was created in order to promote General Practice as an academic discipline in Germany. The University of Heidelberg, which is the oldest university in Germany, is among the beneficiaries of these developments. Despite of a well established network of teaching practices, the research group for general practice and health services research was only created in 2002 [1]. This group faces the challenge to perform studies with general practitioners who have little experience with participation in scientific research. It is known, that by specifically addressing strategies significant improvements in participation rates can be achieved [2]. The aim of the study was to investigate the willingness of GPs to participate in research and to learn about their attitude towards research in their field in general. These data should help to create successful approaches for further projects.
Study design
We performed a cross sectional observational study collecting qualitative data. The Ethical Commission of the University of Heidelberg approved the study.
Study population
A random sample of 76 GPs in the area of Heidelberg was approached for the study. The GPs were selected by choosing every third of an alphabetical list of 250 practices. These GPs were associated with the university by frequently teaching students in their practices. Due to old data, in six cases the GPs did not practice any more. So finally 76 GPs were included. All of the selected GPs were in practice for more than five years. Former studies indicated that relevance of the topic has a positive predictive value for the recruitment rate. Therefore we selected a topic with a high clinical relevance in daily practice: osteoarthritis [3, 4]. Based on this information we performed a fictitious study, aiming at improving the quality of care of patients with osteoarthritis. The GPs received an official letter from the Department of General Practice and Health Services Research. This letter contained detailed information about the relevance of the topic, the aim of the study and the possible benefit for GPs, their teams and their patients. They were also informed about the time requirement for the study, which was estimated to be 30 minutes. The allowance for participating was fixed to 50 Euro to exclude financial reasons for consent. The letter concluded with the request to fax an agreement form back to the university.
No letters were returned to the university because of wrong addresses. A reminder or anything similar did not follow the first letter. One week after the letter, every GP was called by the principal investigator and was asked – after giving him again information on the study – if she or he wanted to participate. This approach was chosen to get qualitative information of all approached GPs about their willingness to participate and their opinion in general. This way of data collecting has already been used in this field of research and enables not only a high rate of data response, it is also a feasible way of collecting qualitative data [5]. If the GP decided not to participate, her or his reason to do so were recorded without further discussion. Every GP, whether he denied or agreed to participate was asked about his opinions concerning research in general practice in general and the relevance of the research topic to him or her. The GPs who agreed to participate where asked to fax the sheet of agreement.
We were mainly focused on qualitative information. Therefore the statements of the GPs were grouped and coded by two separate researchers and then discussed in order to agree on the selected categorisation according to the guidelines for qualitative researchers [6].
A total of 18 GPs (23.8%) of the approached GPs was female, 58 GPs (72.2 %) were male. Only two GPs faxed their agreement-sheet within the first week, before they were phoned and interviewed by the principal investigator. During the telephone calls 25 GPs (32.8 %) agreed to participate and promised to fax the sheet. Out of this group 5 GPs (18.5%) sent their fax during the subsequent two weeks. A total of 8 (10.5 %) faxes were returned. Five female (27.7 %) and 22 male GPs agreed (37.9 %) to participate. A total of 27 GPs agreed to participate ultimately.
Reasons mentioned by GPs for non-participation in research
Overwork in practice
Already too much paperwork / bureaucracy
The results might not be implemented in practice because of financial constrains
Overload because of "disease management program"
No belief in results because of the degenerative progress of the illness
Personal time exposure for courses, etc.
Private reasons
Adherence to an other study at the same time
To less connection between (theoretical) university research and practical work as a GP
No problem in treating arthritis patients
No decision
Feeling of being monitored
Only the researcher takes benefit out of this research
GPs' attitudes regarding research in General Practice in general
Reasonable and eligible
Makes sense because it improves the reputation of GPs
Not sure if it makes sense ("I am not convinced"), no further explanation
University research and daily work in family medicine have only little in common
Makes no sense because research is dominated by specialists
Does not lead to results (without more explanation)
Better more money for the GPs then for research
Feeling of being monitored
There were three main conclusions that can be drawn out of our interview results. Firstly, the research topic improving the quality of care for patients suffering from osteoarthritis was considered as highly relevant by the interviewed GPs. This is concordant to our assumptions based on epidemiological data, which led to the fictitious research topic. The same reasoning causes GPs to seek support in the daily treatment of patients with osteoarthritis. Consequently this will be subject of future research projects.
Secondly, most of the GPs appreciate research in general practice, but a few were very sceptical. German GPs still don't realise it as a professional obligation as their colleagues in countries like e.g. the Netherlands or the United Kingdom, with a much longer tradition in research, do [7].
The third main result of our survey has not yet been shown in former studies. It is the fact that the willingness for participating in research emanates mainly out of the motivation to improve the reputation of family medicine in general by documenting the high quality of care with data attained in solid surveys. This may reflect the increasing self-confidence of German GPs, which are about to expend the influence in the health care system, and their awareness that an own research culture helps to enhance this. Facing decreasing financial resources in the Health care system, GPs may also be aware that a solid database documenting the quality of care will get more important for the distribution of financial resources in the near future.
The revealed barriers against participating in studies mentioned in our telephone survey are in line with results from previous studies in other countries [8]. According to those former results, relevance of the research topic, reimbursement and compatibility with routine general practice work are important factors. Ideally the GPs are embedded in an existing research culture [7, 9, 10]. Study nurses or mentors could be an important factor to enhance GPs' preparedness to participate in General Practice research because they reduce the administrative workload for GPs and enhance the motivation to participate in research [8, 10, 11]. Furthermore financial incentives for participation are essential because of time constraints and overwhelming administrative work that compete with research and represent important barriers [8, 11]. An unexpected quantitative result of this study was that being involved with the training of medical students and being linked with the University is not reflected per se in a higher motivation in participating in research. Participating rates of about 30 % are usually achieved in random postal mailings to GPs without academic affiliation [5, 9, 13, 14]. Previous studies have shown that involvement in student teaching represents a positive predictive factor for participation in research, so we assumed to achieve a much higher participation rate. It appears that a well-established teaching network does not necessarily yield much benefit for research purposes [11].
Agreement for participation related to sex
Agreement after letter
Agreement during telephone call
Total agreement
22 (37.9%)
5 (27.8%)
2 (2.6 %)
25 (32.8 %)
27 (35.5 %)
Authors' Affiliations
- Wiesemann A, Engeser P, Barlet J, Muller-Buhl U, Szecsenyi J: [What students and teaching doctors in Heidelberg think about early patient contact and tasks in general practice]. Gesundheitswesen. 2003, 65: 572-578. 10.1055/s-2003-42999.View ArticlePubMedGoogle Scholar
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- Sellors J, Kaczorowski J, Sellors C, Dolovich L, Woodward C, Willan A, Goeree R, Cosby R, Trim K, Sebaldt R, Howard M, Hardcastle L, Poston J: A randomized controlled trial of a pharmacist consultation program for family physicians and their elderly patients. CMAJ. 2003, 169: 17-22.PubMedPubMed CentralGoogle Scholar
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- The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/5/31/prepub
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