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Forget big data -- in the case of Net neutrality, just a little bit of data tells a compelling story. Last week, the nonpartisan research organization MapLight, which focuses on campaign financing, sent me a handful of numbers that indicate just how heavily the cable industry has backed members of Congress who oppose FCC reclassification of the Internet as a public utility under Title II of the Communications Act.
Reclassification of the Internet as a public utility is one of the only options left after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down the FCC's Net neutrality rules in January. This reclassification would ensure the cable industry treats all data on the Internet equally -- or, as the clever "No Slow Lane" campaign puts it, prevent those who own and operate the infrastructure from relegating those who can't afford to pay the piper to a sluggish, lower-tier Internet.
[ InfoWorld's Robert X. Cringely defends the FCC's Net neutrality approach, and InfoWorld's Serdar Yegulalp explains what's in the proposal and what the FCC's net neutrality proposal really means. | Pick up expert networking how-to advice from InfoWorld's Networking Deep Dive PDF special report and Technology: Networking newsletter. ]
Aside from those who would profit directly from setting up Internet toll lanes, who's opposed to the reclassification? In the U.S. Congress, 28 representatives have signed letters to the FCC arguing against the reclassification. According to MapLight, these folks "have received, on average, $26,832 from the cable industry, 2.3 times more money than the average for all members of the House of Representatives, $11,651."
For your enlightenment, here are the top five recipients of contributions from cable interests who signed letters opposing reclassification, again courtesy of MapLight:
- Greg Walden (R-Ore) has recieved $109,250
- Eric Cantor (R-Va.) has received $80,800
- John Boehner (R-Ohio) has received $75,450
- Fred Upton (R-Mich.) has received $65,000
- John Barrow (D-Ga.) has received $60,500
This is not a partisan issue. MapLight observes that house minority leader Nancy Pelosi owns more stock in Comcast than any other member of the House of Representatives. As VentureBeat noted last week, "Pelosi isn't exploiting her leadership position to galvanize support for the cause."
At InfoWorld, we've given plenty of digital ink to the Net neutrality saga. Paul Venezia in particular has tirelessly dogged this story. In two of his more recent posts, he slammed FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's initial proposal and noted that venture capitalists have already started reining in investments in startups involving video and low-latency applications.
What makes Net neutrality so vital in the United States in particular is that our broadband infrastructure lags behind that of most of the industrialized world. The only way to put in fast lanes is to create slow lanes, because the pie of bandwidth is less per capita compared to that of many other countries and expanding slowly. The telecommunications industry has dragged its feet in building out infrastructure, despite billions in subsidies from state and federal government to do just that.
In fact, killing Net neutrality and allowing the telecommunications industry to tier its services provides a direct disincentive to build out infrastructure. Premium pricing increases revenues without a dime being spent on expanding the pie. And as lower-tier customers suffer progressively more, they'll be forced to pay more to get decent service.
Make your voice heard. The FCC will be soliciting comments on its proposal until Sept. 10. Short comments can be submitted through this form on the FCC website; use this form if you would like to include an attachment. The FCC has also set up an email address specifically for comments on this issue: firstname.lastname@example.com.
This article, "Who's against Net neutrality? Follow the money," originally appeared at InfoWorld.com. Read more of Eric Knorr's Modernizing IT blog. And for the latest business technology news, follow InfoWorld on Twitter.


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I don't believe you when you say you didn't know what was going onSenators slam Skilling over Enron collapse Feb 26, 2002
I didn't believe the company was in any imminent financial perilExecutive Business Briefing Feb 11, 2002
It was my understanding that the purpose of the transactions was to provide a real hedgeExecutive Business Briefing Feb 11, 2002
I didn't believe the company was in any imminent financial perilEnron's Lay to seek 5th's protection Feb 11, 2002
Jeffrey Keith "Jeff" Skilling (born November 25, 1953) is the former president of Enron Corporation, headquartered in Houston, Texas. In 2006 he was convicted of multiple federal felony charges relating to Enron's financial collapse, and is currently serving a 24-year, four-month prison sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Englewood, Colorado. The Supreme Court of the United States heard arguments in the appeal of the case March 1, 2010. On June 24, 2010, the Supreme Court vacated part of Skilling's conviction and sent the case back to the lower court for further proceedings.
Skilling was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was the second of four children. He grew up in New Jersey and Aurora, Illinois. When he was 16, he worked at WLXT (channel 60), a UHF television station in Aurora.
After graduating from West Aurora High School, Skilling received his B.S. in applied science at Southern Methodist University in 1975, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi (Kenneth Lay was also a member of the fraternity). During his admissions interview for Harvard Business School, he stated that he was asked if he was smart, to which he supposedly replied, "I'm fucking smart." Skilling earned his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1979. He became a consultant at McKinsey & Company in the energy and chemical consulting practices. Skilling became one of the youngest partners in the history of McKinsey.

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Though there were quite a few aspects about this story that just plain pissed me off, the fact that I was still able to enjoy it overall just attests' to how great an author Paula Altenburg is.
Creed knows first hand that you are not defied by the people who created you. Whether your father is mortal or demon, no-one is born inherently evil, is child is just that, a child. After-all, he became a Godseeker Assassin to see justice carried out, though recent events have him reassessing his decision. So it should not come as a surprise that he is determined to find half-demon children who have been turned out to the world, alone. Some having no-one to turn to, letting their demon half take full reign, becoming the very spawn that mortals fear. Willow on the other hand, while seeking out these children and raising them as her own, she has very different intentions for them. She sees all half-demons as superior to all mortals. By teaching them such, she very well may be creating their downfall and costing them their lives.
Nieve is the mother of one of those very half-demons they seek, a boy she sees as nothing more than her beautiful son from the very first time she laid eyes on him. A boy who was taken away from her and sold into slavery by the very man she is forced to call master. For a full year she had no memory of him, one of his many talents, until a stranger comes seeking information on half-demon children being sold. Not only does he open up the floodgate on her memories of her child, but also the vicious ones of his Demon father. Though she may be fearful of him once she senses his demonic nature, she will stop at nothing to find her child, even if that means sleeping with the enemy.
Full of violence, intrigue and characters to pull at your heartstrings, Demon Creed is truly a worthwhile read. I recommend reading the first two books first, something I didn't do, to learn more of the world of the Demon Outlaws. Such as why are women in slavery, and viewed upon as nothing more than property; wife, whore or slave. And how does a woman claim a demon when they have no demon within them, especially when its the demon half they are afraid of. Readers picking this up as a stand alone may be lost on some aspects, but not so much so that they will not be able to enjoy this read.


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Dear EarthTalk: I'm interested in getting a new tattoo, but recently found out that red tattoo ink contains mercury. Is this true of other tattoo inks as well? Are there any ecofriendly alternatives?—John P., Racine, Wash.
It is true that some red inks used for permanent tattoos contain mercury, while other reds may contain different heavy metals like cadmium or iron oxide. These metals—which give the tattoo its "permanence" in skin—have been known to cause allergic reactions, eczema and scarring and can also cause sensitivity to mercury from other sources like dental fillings or consuming some fish. While red causes the most problems, most other colors of standard tattoo ink are also derived from heavy metals (including lead, antimony, beryllium, chromium, cobalt nickel and arsenic) and can cause skin reactions in some people.
Helen Suh MacIntosh, a professor in environmental health at Harvard University and a columnist for the website, Treehugger, reports that as a result of a 2007 lawsuit brought by the American Environmental Safety Institute (AESI), two of the leading tattoo ink manufacturers must now place warning labels on their product containers, catalogs and websites explaining that "inks contain many heavy metals, including lead, arsenic and others" and that the ingredients have been linked to cancer and birth defects.
Of course, exposure to mercury and other heavy metals is hardly the only risk involved with getting a tattoo. The term tattoo itself means to puncture the skin. Tattoo ink is placed via needles into the dermis layer of the skin, where it remains permanently (although some colors will fade over time). Some people have reported sensitivity springing up even years after they first got their tattoo; also, medical MRIs can cause tattoos to burn or sting as the heavy metals in the ink are affected by the test's magnetism.
Beyond the long term risks of walking around with heavy metals injected into your body's largest organ (the skin), getting a tattoo in and of itself can be risky business. If the tattoo parlor's needles and equipment aren't properly sterilized in an autoclave between customers, you could be exposing yourself to hepatitis B or C, tuberculosis, mycobacterium, syphilis, malaria, HIV or even leprosy.
"The potential risk of infectious spread from tattooing (particularly due to Hepatitis B) is high enough that it is a practice that should be avoided by pregnant women to safeguard the health of the baby [and that of the pregnant woman herself] whose immune system is down regulated and is much more vulnerable to these types of infection," reports dermatologist Audrey Kunin, who runs the popular Dermadoctor website. Dr. Kunin advises to be careful about choosing a tattoo parlor: "Make sure the place is reputable, perhaps check with the health department to see if there have been past claims against the parlor in question if you still have doubts." She adds that since tattoos are essentially open wounds, they must be cared for properly, especially in the first few weeks, to stave off infection.
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We Don't Do War Without War Crimes
"Every senator in this chamber is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave. This chamber reeks of blood. Every Senator here is partly responsible for that human wreckage at Walter Reed and Bethesda Naval and all across our land - young men without legs, or arms, or genitals, or faces or hopes."
"There are not very many of these blasted and broken boys who think this war is a glorious adventure. Do not talk to them about bugging out, or national honor or courage. It does not take any courage at all for a congressman, or a senator, or a president to wrap himself in the flag and say we are staying in Vietnam, because it is not our blood that is being shed. But we are responsible for those young men and their lives and their hopes."
-- Senator George McGovern, Sept 1, 1970
Every major American conflict leaves distinct impressions. Many will remember this war as an epic battle that culminated with the toppling of Saddam's statue. Others will never forget the chamber of horrors at Abu Ghraib or the thousands of amputated and disfigured American soldiers or the ones who simply didn't make it home.
Iraqis will spend decades mourning the tens of thousands of family members who have perished during the Anglo-American invasion -- or caring for the wounded and crippled survivors. The war will leave especially bitter memories for the people of Fallujah.
For those who still give a damn about illicit war crimes, one scene in particular should never be forgotten or forgiven -- the sight of American soldiers sending fleeing Iraqi civilians back into Fallujah. As their city was being reduced to rubble by American air power, about 300 unarmed refugees were detained as they fled the carnage. After allowing the women and children through their lines, the Marines tested all adult males to determine if they had recently handled weapons or explosives. Even after testing negative, all the men were forced to return to the combat zone.
Assume for a moment that the Marines were convinced that the men in their custody were insurgents fleeing the fight. Why weren't they arrested and treated as POWs or even "illegal combatants"? Forcing them back, unarmed, into a battle zone was the equivalent of shooting them on the spot. Unfortunately, This peculiar sort of barbarity is not a unique war crime. Dutch soldiers serving as UN "peacekeepers" did worst in Srebrenica in 1995. After getting drunk with Serbian militias, they handed over all Bosnian males older than twelve -- knowing full well that they would be murdered in cold blood. In 1982, the Israelis prevented Palestinian refugees from fleeing the horror in Sabra and Shatilla and sent them back to face certain slaughter.
On November 11, 2004, another display of cruelty was added to the gallery of American crimes against innocents abroad -- proving once again that "we don't do war without war crimes." To date, there is no indication that the Pentagon intends to probe why so many innocent men were forced back to the killing fields of Fallujah.
Long before the atrocity in Fallujah, the United States had already accumulated a long record of merciless war crimes against Asians, Latin Americans, Native Americans and Europeans. The bones of the victims are scattered in distant battle zones from Wounded Knee to Dresden to Hiroshima to My Lai to No Gun Ri. No matter. America has exceptional ways of bringing its war criminals to account. Most recently, the Democratic Party nominated John Kerry as their candidate for the highest civil service office in the "civilized" world. The party hailed him as a hero even though he admitted to engaging in war tactics that were "contrary to the laws of warfare" and "contrary to the Geneva Convention."
A few days before his famous Senate testimony in 1971, Kerry appeared on Meet the Press and gave a personal confession of his own misdemeanors in Vietnam. "Yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50 caliber machine guns, which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search and destroy missions, in the burning of villages."
A transcript of Kerry's testimony before the Senate contains accusations that his comrades in arms also committed all manner of atrocities. Speaking under oath, Kerry gave a summary of the bad behavior of American warriors sent to Vietnam on a mission to spread the blessings of liberty. "They told stories of times they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires with portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan."
It didn't matter what crimes Kerry confessed to in 1971. He was still considered solid presidential material in 2004.
Another Senator with a similar sounding name made his Vietnam confessions long after the conflict had been put to rest. In April 2001, Bob Kerrey, the ex-Senator from Nebraska, confessed to the slaughter of innocent civilians in the village of Thanh Phong in 1969. This is how he described what happened on that night: "When the fire stopped, we found that we had killed only women, children and older men. It was not a military victory. It was a tragedy, and I had ordered it. I could never make my own peace with what happened that night. I have been haunted by it for 32 years." Later, in an interview with CBS, Kerrey made this confession: "to describe it as an atrocity, I would say, is pretty close to being right, because that's how it felt, and that's why I feel guilt and shame for it."
Bob Kerrey has long since dusted off his guilt and shame. Now fully rehabilitated, he was most recently appointed to the 9/11 Commission and continues to serve as the President of NYU.
In Fallujah, American forces once again resorted to tactics that virtually guaranteed that war crimes would be committed. Overwhelming use of force and a lack of concern about "collateral damage" are now standard operating procedures. None of this rises to the level of the genocide committed by the Germans in Europe, the Belgians in the Congo or the Japanese in China. But American military doctrine gives soldiers the privilege of shooting first without any concern that they might be held accountable later.
The Pentagon doesn't do body counts -- not that a tally would bother anybody back home. As a general rule, the American public doesn't particularly care about the conduct of their troops in foreign lands. Recent revelations that as many as 100,000 Iraqi civilians have already perished in the war didn't register a whimper in the United States. For most Americans, Iraq is just another low intensity conflict -- a little irritable background noise that occasionally rises to an audible nuisance.
Americans are mostly concerned with American casualties. The United States Army withdrew from Vietnam only after losing 58,000 of its soldiers. The retreat had next to nothing to do with the carnage visited on millions of Asian peasants. They were just "gooks" like the "hajis" currently being used for target practice in Fallujah. The US military subscribes to Senator Trent Lott's view of how best to spread democracy to Iraq. Here is Trent's formula: "If we have to, we just mow the whole place down, see what happens."
The young Marines that prevented Iraqi civilians from fleeing the Fallujah war zone were indoctrinated to be callous to the natives. In the midst of a war of choice – they elected to commit a war crime of choice. Reports are now emerging that a Marine killed a wounded insurgent in his custody. We know because Kevin Sites of NBC videotaped the incident. If this is the way they conduct themselves in front of witnesses – one can only imagine the crimes they might be inclined to commit away from prying eyes.
A few human rights group took notice of the refugee "incident" in Fallujah and will no doubt issue disturbing statements about their views on the matter. They know full well that no American soldier or commander will be held accountable for this atrocity. As the law now stands, United States military personnel are not subject to international jurisdiction.
This much is certain: there will be no outcry on the home front. Many red-blooded Americans delight in their heritage of spilling innocent blood abroad. Other red-blooded Americans who feel genuine remorse are perfectly aware that there is next to nothing that can be done to bring the culprits to justice. In the post 9/11 world, it is considered unpatriotic to bring up such matters in polite company.
The only way to stop this kind of behavior is to hold the political leadership responsible. I am not suggesting that we impeach George Bush. Rather, I think we should go for his poodle and bring war crime charges against his partner in crime -- Tony Blair.
Blair is just as responsible for Fallujah and the war in Iraq. Unlike Bush, Blair is subject to British law, which makes it easier to bring him to justice. If you can't get the man, sue his dog. This might be the only way to send a message to the American government that they should consider the novel concept of doing war without war crimes.
Ahmed Amr is the Editor of NileMedia. He can be reached at: email@example.com.
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The mere circumstance of being poor can reduce a person's cognitive abilities by consuming precious mental resources, a study finds.
Researchers gave intelligence tests to two very different groups, demographically speaking — shoppers at a New Jersey mall and farmers in rural India — and found that mental performance decreased markedly when financial pressures were weighing on them. The findings suggest money woes leave the poor less brainpower for other tasks.
"We're not saying the poor are dumber," said study researcher Sendhil Mullainathan, an economist at Harvard University. "It's as if being poor is like pulling an all-nighter, every night," Mullainathan told LiveScience. [10 Ways to Keep Your Mind Sharp ]
Money on the mind
Mullainathan compared doing mental tasks while being poor with surfing the Web while a movie is downloading in the background. "It's going to be much slower," he said.
Some studies have shown people who are poor are less productive workers, less attentive parents and worse money managers. Explanations for poverty often focus on people's lack of effort or a rigged social system, but Mullainathan and his colleagues wondered whether mental resources played a role.
In the New Jersey mall study, the researchers gave an intelligence test similar to an IQ test to about 400 shoppers with a median annual household income of $70,000 and lowest income of $20,000; the incomes were normalized to the number of individuals in a household and then the researchers divided that group in half to represent the "rich" and the "poor."
In one experiment, participants earned real money for correct answers.
Before the tests, the researchers primed some of the participants to think about their financial woes by asking them questions such as how they would deal with an inexpensive car repair compared with a costly one.
When the repair cost was low, the rich and poor performed equally on the IQ tests that followed. But when the repair cost was high, triggering financial worries, the poor shoppers scored as badly on the tests as if they had stayed up all night, researchers reported online today (Aug. 29) in the journal Science.
Next, the researchers studied the effect of poverty on cognition in a very different setting, in rural Tamil Nadu, India. Sugarcane farmers in India are only paid once a year, after their harvest, so the researchers gave about 460 farmers a numerical intelligence test twice, once before the harvest (when they were "poor") and once afterward (when they were "rich").
The farmers performed almost as much worse on the test before the harvest compared with after the harvest as losing a full night's sleep, the results showed. Across both the mall study and the farmer study, the state of being poor caused an equivalent drop of 9 to 13 IQ points.
Poverty to blame?
The researchers ruled out other factors that could explain the improvement in the farmers' cognitive performance, suggesting the difference had to do with the amount of money the participants possessed. For instance, the improvement was not due to having more time available, better nutrition or better work ethic, they found.
Nor was mental performance linked to stress — at least not by biological measures. Farmers were more stressed, as measured by heart rate and blood pressure, before the harvest, but this did not account for their lower performance on the tests. In fact, stress has been shown to heighten cognitive ability in some studies.
"I thought it was a very interesting study," said Kimberly Noble, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University, New York, who was not involved with the research, adding, "I liked how they combined both a laboratory setting and much more realistic setting."
Prudence Carter, a sociologist at Stanford University, questioned whether age or sex differences between the rich and poor shoppers in the mall study may have affected their performance on the intelligence tests. But she found the results convincing. "What's important is they show that both the poor and the rich [perform] the same when there's no pressure on them," Carter told LiveScience. "It's only when the poor were subjected to more strenuous economic conditions that they performed less well than the rich," she said, adding that the notion could explain why poorer children often do worse in school.
The notion that being poor is mentally taxing has implications for how society addresses poverty. For example, a child care program for low-income families could not only free up time for parents to pursue other responsibilities, but could actually provide a cognitive benefit.
The mental effects of poverty apply to scarcity more broadly, whether it's money, time or food, Mullainathan said. "When you experience scarcity, your mind focuses on that one thing."
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Next Year, Your Smartphone Might Actually Charge Itself Using Solar Power
"Invisible" solar cells may soon turn smartphone displays into battery-assisting solar panels
Tired of budgeting how much time you spend using your smartphone? Wouldn't it be great if smartphones could just simply recharge themselves?
Well, perhaps as soon as next year, they will. That's the tentative time frame that French startup SunPartner Technologies hopes to finally bring to the consumer market its Wysips Crystal technology, which overlays "invisible" solar cells onto the smartphone display. The company claims that Wysips, which stands for "What You See Is Photovoltaic Surface," can capture energy from any light source, natural and artificial, indoor and outdoor, and convert it at a rate of 15 to 20 percent efficiency. This translates to an additional 1o minutes of talk time for every hour the cells are exposed to light. And the kicker is that the company assures everyone that human eyes won't even notice the thin layer of solar cells that's embedded into the touchscreen.
"We've had users test out prototypes with the latest version of Wysips and they were pleased with how it worked," says Matthieu de Broca, SunPartner's Marketing and Sales Director for Wysips.
The material, comprised of photovoltaic crystals, is made invisible through a process that bonds the tiny cells with optical micro-lenses. De Broca says researchers are continually working to refine the technology, noting that in some cases, it may be possible to reach 92 and even 95 percent transparency (Wysips has reached 90 percent). However, the drawback with improving clarity is that doing so requires decreasing the amount of solar cells used. The challenge then is to find the right balance to ensure that the feature works as a useful addition while also not taking away from the user experience.
Engadget blogger Sean Cooper tried out demo products modified with the the 90 percent transparent film back in January and felt at that time the "invisible" claim was still a bit of a misnomer. "Honestly, the demo sets available were pretty worn out looking," he wrote. "Though the overlay spoke for itself in that it was still visible at extreme angles but barely when viewing straight on."
Still, de Broca is optimistic that Wysips Crystal will be ready for prime time at some point next year. SunPartner is already in talks with Chinese electronics giant TCL Communications to develop smartphone consumer models that include Alcatel One Touch phones. TCL Communications is the seventh largest mobile phone company and de Broca estimates that mass-produced integration of the technology would only cost manufacturers an additional dollar or two, which he thinks is reasonable since he doesn't expect the technology to replace the need for charging devices.
"Wysips is more like a supplementary feature, so it won't compete with existing technology," he adds. "All we're doing is just making smartphones smarter."


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Chris Bourque's goal sends Bruins past Maple Leafs
TORONTO -- Chris Bourque had gone so long without a goal, he almost forgot what it felt like.
Bourque, the son of former Bruins icon Ray Bourque, scored his first goal with Boston in a 1-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.
The 5-foot-8 Bourque crashed the net to stuff in a nifty angled pass from behind the net from Chris Kelly at 8:54. Bourque's only other NHL goal was scored in December 2008 when he played for the Washington Capitals.
"I kind of blacked out I was so excited," Bourque said. "I don't think I've scored an NHL goal in four years."
The Bourques are the fifth father-son combination to play for the Bruins. Chris led the AHL in scoring in 2011-12 with 92 points for Hershey. Brother Ryan is currently playing for the Rangers' AHL farm team in Connecticut.
Since 2007-08, Chris Bourque has played 13 games for the Capitals, 20 for Pittsburgh, and seven for Boston.
"It was nice to see him score that goal," Boston coach Claude Julien said. "That's what we've been talking about. We know he's very capable of doing those kinds of things. The confidence he had -- you could tell he was a different player. It was nice for him to get that monkey of his back and get the winning goal.
"I joked around with him before the game and told him that I'd bag skate him if he didn't score."
The Bruins threatened throughout the tightly played game, but James Reimer stopped 33 shots from all angles as Boston came at him in waves.
"James Reimer gave us a chance," Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said. "That's all you can ask of your goaltender. I thought he made some big stops."
Toronto turned over the puck too often at the Boston blue line and got bottled up in the neutral ice.
"That's the way they play, and they're a good team," Carlyle said. "They did what they had to do to be effective to play a road game and we didn't do enough of the things that we're capable of to establish a strong home game in the 60 minutes."
The Bruins (6-1-1) limited the Leafs to 21 shots and killed off two penalties in the last nine minutes to hang on to beat Toronto (4-4).
"We were close, and close isn't good enough," Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf said. "We did a lot of good things but we did a lot of things that we felt we could be better at."
This was the first meeting between the teams this season. Boston won all six matchups last season, outscoring the Maple Leafs 36-10. The one-sided series included 7-0 and 8-0 margins.
Boston is 24-5-5 in its last 34 games against Toronto and 13-2-3 in its past 18 visits to Toronto.
Tuukka Rask, acquired from Toronto for Andrew Raycroft in 2006, earned the win.
"That was our type of hockey defensively, and for the most part offensively, too," Rask said.
Phil Kessel came into the game in search of his first goal -- and 100th with Toronto -- despite leading the Maple Leafs with 33 shots in the seven previous games. He has four assists.
Kessel's first drive came midway through the second period and glanced off the crossbar.
A Toronto goal was called off at 11:32 for goalie interference. Rask seemed to come out of his crease and run into Nazem Kadri as he tried to stop Cody Franson's shot from the point. Carlyle was incensed by the call after watching the replay on the big screen.
Boston won 17 of 21 faceoffs in the first period.
The Bruins had a goal disallowed at 6:30 of the second when the puck appeared to deflect off Seguin's skate past a prone Reimer. The NHL said the referee was in the process of calling the play dead before the puck went in, because of incidental contact between Boston's Brad Marchand and Reimer.
Marchand ended up crashing into the end boards on the play and went to the dressing room. He didn't finish the game.
Reimer was sharp in the second, when Boston outshot Toronto 12-6. Rask was also up to the task, stopping Kessel from close range with five minutes remaining.
The Bruins, killing off a slashing penalty to Seguin, hit the post with the Maple Leafs net empty with a minute remaining.
The Bruins were coming off their first regulation loss of the season, a 7-4 defeat against Buffalo on Thursday. They had given up only 12 goals in their previous six games.
Toronto had won two straight.
Game notes
Miami Heat star LeBron Jones, who was in attendance, tweeted: "At my first hockey game. Pretty Damn cool." James will be back in the arena on Sunday to play the Raptors. ... This was Boston's third away game in eight contests. They will wrap up their two-game trip to Canada on Wednesday at Montreal. ... Toronto will concludes its three-game homestand on Monday against Carolina. ... Jamie Tardif, called up from the Providence Bruins, made his NHL debut at 28 in his seventh pro season. Tardif, who has played 449 games in the ECHL and AHL since turning pro in 2006-07, led the Bruins out for warmups.
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Keanu Reeves gets a lot of crap for maybe not being the most incredible actor, but by every account I've ever heard, he's super nice and cool. If you don't believe it, just look at this picture and ask yourself, is that the face of a not-awesome dude? I think not. No one makes double I-Love-You hands unless he's an awesome party animal, it's against the Geneva convention. Anyway, this picture showed up on Reddit last night, with the submitter commenting:
Look who my friends ran into this weekend (he always wears the same outfit??)!
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Bodner, professor of religious studies at Atlantic Baptist University, New Brunswick, has produced an engaging, enlightening, and at times even entertaining literary commentary on 1 Samuel. Most traditional commentaries tend to be pedantic tomes that showcase the author's research skills before their targeted readership, the professional guild of specialists. Such studies are mere reference works that focus on technical matters and are often concerned primarily with reconstructing the supposed prehistory and development of the text. While such works provide a foundation for interpretive work, they rarely, if ever, seriously address the meaning of the text at a literary-theological level. What is needed are more commentaries like Bodner's, who opposes the trend and wrestles seriously with the text's literary dimension and message. His volume is a breath of fresh air for the weary interpreter who is looking for meaning in the midst of the collection of ponderous scholarly commentaries on 1 Samuel.
As Bodner explains in his introduction, his approach is particularly sensitive to the text's literary dimension, which of course is often the medium through which the author conveys his message. He offers a "close reading of the text that attends to matters of plot, character, point of view, irony, wordplay, direct speech, ambiguity, spatial and temporal settings, and the role of the narrator" (p. 8). Rather than opting for shopworn diachronic solutions to textual tensions, Bodner tends to prefer more creative literary explanations that respect the narrator's obvious skill. The volume is full of insightful comments, including some provocative ideas that keep the reader fully engaged with both the biblical text and the commentator.
The reviewer found particularly helpful Bodner's observations on the male characters' responses to Hannah (p. 19), the dimension of poetic justice in the Lord's punishment of Eli (p. 35), the symbolism of Eli's posture (p. 47), the intertextual links involving the root dbk in chapter 6 (p. 57), the significance of Samuel using a flask, rather than a horn, of oil when anointing Saul (pp. 92–93), the narrator's characterization of Jonathan (pp. 119, 203), the intertextual links between Saul and the judges with regard to seeking personal vengeance and making rash vows (pp. 139–40), intertextual linking in chapter 15 (p. 159), his assessment of Eliab's criticism of David (pp. 182–83), intertextual links between Nabal, Saul, and Doeg (p. 262), the symbolism of Samuel's robe in 28:14 (p. 298), and the intertextual link between 28:19 and the prophecy against Eli (p. 300).
On the more negative side, his exegesis at times can be challenged. For example he insists that the verb µjn, "repent," be assigned the same semantic nuance in all four of its uses in chapter 15 (p. 164). However, doing so creates unnecessary problems and misses the irony that is at work in this chapter. The verb has the nuance "change his mind" or "retract" (a pronouncement) in verse 29. In verses 11 and 35 the verb has a different meaning, "to experience emotional pain, feel regret" (over a past action). Even though the same Hebrew verb is used in all three passages, this need not mean that it has the same sense of meaning or connotation in each case. God's and the narrator's statements pertained to a past action (God's making Saul king), which God now regretted. Samuel's statement pertained to God's future course of action with respect to Saul. By saying that God would not change His mind in this case, Samuel marked his announcement about Saul's demise as an unconditional decree. There is irony here: God regretted (or "changed His mind") that He had made Saul king and so He decided that He would not "change His mind" (retract his decree) about removing Saul from kingship!
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=== Pure luxury ===
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If you really need it a hint could be [http://www.osimworld.com/newt/l/handsetsvision/osim08/venue.html Hotel Palace], the venue of OSiM World.
If you really need it a hint could be [http://www.osimworld.com/newt/l/handsetsvision/osim08/venue.html Hotel Palace], the venue of OSiM World.
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How are you sorting out your accommodation for the Maemo Summit 2008. Share tips and details!
Note that OSiM World and the Maemo Summit are happening in very different and distant parts of the city. The recommended location is in Berlin Mitte, close to the Maemo Summit and, well, in the Mitte of Berlin. :) Public transport in Berlin is excellent anyway.
Confirmed bookings
Where are you staying?
- Generator Berlin Hostel - Distance to c-base
- Benoît HERVIER - 168 Euros - 3 Nights and Breakfast
- fpp : me too :-) (friday night only)
- Berlin Marriott Hotel (map)
- Reggie Suplido and Roger Sperberg sharing a room - (using wife's discount at 135 EUR/night for 5 nights -- divided by two = 67 EUR each/night, breakfast extra)
- Mercure Hotel Berlin Mitte ( Out of single and double beds the night of the 20th it appeared prior to the 6th September -- might have been a cancellation though I got just now.)
- Jaffa
- Jamie Bennett (Baloo)
- Tim Samoff (HOT DEAL! 4 nights at 99 EUR/night = 396.00 EUR)
- Simon Pickering (lardman) - 248 Euros (2 nights' stay); breakfast is 14 Euros per day (self funded).
- Mike Jipping -- Thanks, Tim!
- John Costigan
- Gosia Ciesielska (18-20th)
- Tony Percy 5 nights. Late booking due to flakey friend -- bed only, also saved on OSiM by getting accredited though.
- Graham Cobb
- Combined Google Map & Hotel Directions
Distance between Mercure and Ibis: GMap --qole 01:18, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
- Hotel Ibis Berlin Mitte
- Andrea Grandi (This hotel is cheaper, only 299€ for 4 nights, than Mercure Hotel and more close to the c-base. Check the distance on Google Maps)
- Gustavo Barbieri 5 nights is 375€
- Lucas Maneos (2 nights only)
- Tim Teulings 3 Nights (18. evening till 21. morning) for 233€ (plus breakfast)
- Alan Bruce 5 nights (Tues to Sat)
- Stephen Gadsby 5 nights for 375€
- Marius Gedminas 3 nights (18-21) for 233EUR (breakfast +28.5EUR extra)
- Jiri Benc (3 nights: 18-21)
- Daniel Gentleman (5 nights)
- Eric Warnke 17-21st
- Edward Hervey and Benjamin Otte 18-21 (268EUR for 3 nights and 2 people => 134EUR/person)
- Loïc Minier 5 nights (16-21) for 375 €
- Henrik Hedberg (15-21)
- Daniele Maio and Mauro Foti 5 nights (16-21) for 440 €
- Nikos Tsourakis 5 nights (16-21) for 355 €
- Marcin Juszkiewicz 1 night (19/20)
- Desktop search hackfest participants will also be staying at Ibis Mitte (19 people from 18th to 22nd). [1]
- Uwe Koch 1 night (19/20)
- Stuttgarter Hof
- Quim Gil - 16-21st (I was looking for something different but this is the easiest/closest/affordable to book for Nokia employees due to company arrangements)
- Roope Rainisto 18-21st
- Niels Breet 16-21st
- Marcell Lengyel 16-21st
- Courtyard Berlin City Center
- Stefan Kost closer and cheaper than Stuttgarter Hof
- Eero Tamminen
- Alexander Kanevskiy
- Stefano Mosconi
- Eric Le Roux
- Park Plaza Wallstreet Berlin
- Kalle Valo - 18-21st
- Singer109 Hostel, cheap but ok, shared rooms Very short! gmap route from c-base to the hostel
- Tom Wälti - 18-21st
- Benjamin Podszun - 18-20st
- AO Mitte Hotel
- jsmanrique - 18-21st
- Oskari Kokko - 19-21st
- Eero af Heurlin - 19-21st
- Couchsurfers
- Aniello Del Sorbo 3 nights at Uwe Kaminski 's place with my girlfriend (0€, unless Jukey asks for money :-p :-D)
Find your bed
Host a Maemo contributor
Some people living in or near berlin (including me :)) could provide accommodation in their residences. I think I have space enough for two people... An other idea would be something like: [2] --jukey 15:24, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
- Still space for two people ? me and my girlfriend ? We are couchsurfers and are also looking for hosts--anidel 07:14, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
Stefan Constantinescu here, Nokia Employee and blogger at IntoMobile, looking to split a hotel room. Please email me at my personal account: devilsrejection[at]gmail[dot]com I am flying in on the 18th and leaving the 21st.
Cheap accommodation
The location of the summit is here: [3]
The closest hostel to the venue is AO Hostel Mitte (with shared rooms starting at 10€) and the AO Hotel, which is a 2-star hotel sharing the same building and offering single and double rooms from 15€ and 28€. Check also the AO Hostel and Hotel Friedrichshain. It's 5km away but only 3 train stops. A problem here is that they have dynamic prices à la Ryanair and the days of OSiM & Summit seem to be quite booked already. Worth giving a try though, I checked a couple of rooms and were clean and decent. 860 beds in total!--qgil 20:44, 18 July 2008 (UTC) Worth noting is that in AO internet access is 1EUR/20 minutes.bundyo 20:44, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Some colleagues gave me the following tips:
- Die Fabrik (from 18 EUR/person/night - 2,6 km away from the summit place) route from hostel to summit place
- Die Fabrik looks pretty cool, but when I Googled it (according to the address on the OSiM World website), I came up with different directions and route distance (8.2 km). --timsamoff 13:05, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
- Die Fabrik doesn't have phones and TVs in the rooms, internet is not even mentioned.bundyo 20:45, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- BaxPax Hostel Kreutzberg (from 12 EUR/person/night - 2,4 km away from the summit place) route from hostel to summit place
- Hostel X-berger (from 12 EUR/person/night - 2,8 km from the summit place) route hostel to summit place. Free internet in X-berger.
- Apartment for up to 4 persons (from 79 EUR/appartment - 1km from the summit place) route from hostel to summit place
- Singer109 Hostel, quite close (just across the river), with WiFi in Attic
- Other berlin-mitte locations are listet in wikivoyage (here translated via google translate)
- --jukey 14:10, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
There is share rooms option in some hostels, what about managing 4-6 people coming from different locations to share a maemo-summit room? --jsmanrique 09:07, 7 Ago 2008 (UTC)
Affordable hotels
September is very high season in Berlin due to congresses, concerts, the Marathon... At least in the Mitte quarter many hotels of 3 and 4 stars are quite booked. Still, it depends a lot on the exact night you are staying. Be fast!
The closest hotel with rooms available (checked on July 18) is the Luisenhof. Very nice one, old and stylish. If someone wants to share, there were double rooms at 109€ total breakfast included. No Internet, though (but c-base has free wifi and is just in a 2min walk).
People who may want something a bit classier than a hostel (presumably not sponsored by the Maemo Software Team) may be interested in this list of hotels which should be near the venue. For example, Ibis Berlin Mitte has rooms for about 74 EUR/night. --Jaffa 20:11, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
Here is an Accor hotels search for hotels near the c-base. The cheapest one is Etap Berlin Potsdamer Platz at 65 EUR/night, Ibis is second at 75 EUR/nigh. The prices are for the whole 5-day stay; if you stay for only 3 days, Ibis is more expensive per night (but the total is still under 375 EUR).
Pure luxury
If you really need it a hint could be Hotel Palace, the venue of OSiM World.


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Jan. 16, 2014 ? A single stem cell injection following meniscus knee surgery may provide pain relief and aid in meniscus regrowth, according to a novel study appearing in the January issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS).
More than one million knee arthroscopy procedures are performed each year in the U.S. primarily for the treatment of tears to the meniscus — the wedge-shaped pieces of cartilage that act as "shock absorbers" between the thighbone and shinbone in the knee joint.
Key Study Findings
Specific Study Details The study involved 55 patients, ages 18 to 60, who underwent a partial medial meniscectomy (the surgical removal of all or part of a torn meniscus) at seven medical institutions. Patients were randomly placed in one of three treatment groups: Group A patients (18) received a "low-dose" injection of 50 million stem cells within seven to 10 days after meniscus surgery; Group B patients (18), a higher dose of 100 million stem cells; and the "control group (19)," sodium hyaluronate only. Patients were assessed to evaluate safety, meniscus regeneration through MRI and X-ray images, overall condition of the knee joint and clinical outcomes through two years. While most of the patients had some arthritis, patients with severe (level three or four) arthritis, in the same compartment as the meniscectomy, were excluded from the study.
"The results of this study suggest that mesenchymal stem cells have the potential to improve the overall condition of the knee joint," said Dr. Vangsness. "I am very excited and encouraged" by the results. With the success of a single injection, "it begs the question: What if we give a series of injections?"
"The results demonstrated that high doses of mesenchymal stem cells can be safely delivered in a concentrated manner to a knee joint without abnormal tissue formation," said lead study author C. Thomas Vangsness, Jr., MD. "No one has ever done that before." In addition, "the patients with arthritis got strong improvement in pain" and some experienced meniscal regrowth.
- There was no abnormal (ectopic) tissue formation or "clinically important" safety issues identified.
- There was "significantly increased meniscal volume," determined by an MRI in 24 percent of the patients in the low-dose injection group (A) and six percent of the high-dose injection group (B) at one year. There was no statistical increase in meniscal volume at two years.
- No patients in the control group (non-MSC group) met the 15 percent threshold for increased meniscal volume.
- Patients with osteoarthritis experienced a reduction in pain in the stem cell treatment groups; there was no reduction in pain in the control (non-MSC group).
In the first-of-its-kind study, "Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC) Delivered via Intra-Articular Injection to the Knee, Following Partial Medial Meniscectomy," most patients who received a single injection of adult stem cells following the surgical removal of all or part of a torn meniscus, reported a significant reduction in pain. Some patients?24 percent of one MSC group and 6 percent of another?experienced at least a 15 percent increase in meniscal volume at one year. There was no additional increase in meniscal volume at year two.


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June 28, 2011, 4:23 PM
There has been a lot of talk in recent days about the Raptors top pick in last week's NBA Draft, Jonas Valanciunas.
It's not yet known if Big V will be in Toronto in time for next season but if his buyout cannot be negotiated in time, Bryan Colangelo has said that he's comfortable leaving Valanciunas overseas for at least a season or two to work on his game that much more.
And in the meantime, it's not like the Raptors are thin in the front court. Amir Johnson, Ed Davis, and Andrea Bargnani will continue to get the bulk of the minutes at the four and five and there's nothing stopping Colangelo from going out and snagging a center (in spite of drafting Valanciunas) via trade or free agency.
However, a name that has flown under the radar a bit is Solomon Alabi.
After being used sparingly in his rookie season, there may be an opportunity for Alabi to do more in T.O., in year two. In fact, many fans have messaged me on Twitter and Facebook, referencing David Thorpe (from ESPN) and his comments that Alabi has the chance to be better than Miami's Joel Anthony (for example).
I recently caught up with Alabi and asked him about his off-season and what he's working on to get himself ready for next season.
Thanks folks. Sorry I haven't been around as much of late! I'll try to check in again before the end of the week and do a better job of keeping in touch in this space throughout July and August too!
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Summer is here! And if you're traveling to the South of France, we just can't think of a better way to experience the beauty than paddling across a breathtaking river in a Kayak or Canoe. The Southern French Alps is better known for it's white water rapids, rafting and kayaking but it is also home to two spectacular lakes which are lake kayaking paradise. #Wanderlust #travelblogger
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If You Are Afraid of Clowns, Do Not Watch This Video of 700 Mexican Clowns Laughing
At a clown convention in Mexico City, 700 clowns attempted to break the world record for laughter. They failed, probably because they turned and looked at each other, and the hellish scene of 700 cackling clowns scared them into silence.
They did manage to set Mexico's national record for continuous group laughter, though. Lest there be any confusion, the kind of clowns who convene in Mexico City for the International Clown Convention are the scariest ones around. Check out the guy shaking a limp, naked baby doll into the camera at 0:20.
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The laughing clowns will try to break the record again next year. [FoxDC]


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The Personal Injury Lawyer Who Called a News Anchor Fat Now Says He's Sort of Sorry
One week after saying Wisconsin news anchor Jennifer Livingston was not a "suitable example for this community's young people" because she's overweight and just two days after doubling down on those comments, personal injury lawyer Kenneth Krause showed the empathy you'd expect from a man in his profession and offered a half-assed apology in an interview with ABC News today.
"If she is offended, I truly apologize to Jennifer," Krause said. "That's the last thing I ever wanted to do."
He also said he might maybe possibly change what he said.
"It's possible I would revise a few things," he told ABC News.
And he denied being a bully, doing so in such a way that, if I thought he were clever enough to make a pun, would make him even more of an asshole.
"I'm in no position to bully her," he said. "She's a big media personality. I'm just a working stiff."
It also turns out that he was once overweight himself: "I was obese as a child. I've been fighting all my life."


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Michael's interest in art and painting commenced at University whilst studying Architecture. However his father who had been involved with motorsport for many years introduced him to the delights of competitive motoring and by the age of 19 Michael had already competed on his first International Rally. The competitive bug had bitten deeply and for the next 15 years he pursued a successful motoring career, competing on rallies throughout Europe as well as all over the UK.
He also took part in many circuit races both in cars and on bikes winning several trophies. Whilst competing he started covering events for the motoring press and has had many articles published in all the well known motoring journals.
A series of bad accidents left Michael partly disabled and led to his sporting retirement, but it did rekindle his interest in art, but painting motoring subjects not buildings!
Michael has gradually built up a significant client base for his dramatic contemporary style and has completed commissions for many competitors, sponsors and teams within the motorsports world, however during 2004 Michael was asked to produce an equine portrait as a gift for a team owners wife. This has gradually led to a growth in equine commissions and now this category of painting forms a substantial sector of Michael's work.
During his career Michael's work has appeared in many magazine articles both in the UK and abroad. In 1999 Michael went International with sell out exhibitions of his original paintings in the USA and Japan. He has regularly had his works exhibited in London at Brooklands, Goodwood Festival of Speed, and various Silverstone meetings. He has also appeared at the Autosport Racing Car Show and the Motor Show at the Birmingham NEC.
Michael now works from his studio in the Somerset countryside with his wife Shirley and surrounded by a tribe of cats and dogs to keep him company.


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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Because it's my week (end).
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Happy Birthday!! Wow those shops look awesome!!! Hope you have a wonderful week (end) :) hugs, xo HollyReplyDelete
What a perfectly PERFECT birthday! I can't wait to see the goodies you brought back. Yes, I like that over-stuffed look, too. Just ask my kids about my "style" - LOL!ReplyDelete
My sister lives in Astoria and every time I visit her I have to go to Vintage Hardware! It is where I found my Pyrex lighted store display sign. You can check it out here if you want http://pyrexthriftersisters.blogspot.com/2012/01/so-awesome-i-had-to-post-it-twice.htmlReplyDelete
Glad to hear that someone else enjoyed Astoria & Long Beach as much as I do when I visit.
Happy Belated Birthday!
Yes, I love that staged stuffed-to-the-brim look too, but it is hard to replicate for me...too much in my booth, and it looks like a messy thrift store, lol.ReplyDelete
Happy birthday too, what a great way to spend it :-)
Sounds like a great Birthday to me! Love those pillows you show! Yes, stuff it! (that was fun to say) I like the stuffed look but it can't be too stuffed...just enough. Hope to see you soon!!ReplyDelete
Those flowers still look cheery despite the car ride to the coast (great photo with that check..you have such a good eye). Glad you found some junk and had a good birthday...next time I am going with you.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday (hmmm price tag huh???) sounds like the perfect way to celebrate looking at wonderful junk!ReplyDelete
What a way to spend your birthday weekend, I can't think of anything better! You must have been in junking heaven when you walked into Hobo Junction. I noticed the "pray" sign in the other photo and got a good laugh out of that. I like the full-to-the-brim look when it's not messy...this one looks good. The dress form with the lampshade on her head is priceless...reminds me of a weekend away with the girls many, many years ago:-)ReplyDelete
Oh, wow, that sounds like a truly wonderful way to spend a weekend! Happy birthday!ReplyDelete
You were at all my shops!!!!! How fun. For such a little place, Astoria actually has a few really cute shops and like my Sister said, Vintage Hardware is AMAZING. I love that you stopped at Hobo Junction. I've picked up a few things there and really enjoy jumping across the river to check out the Washington side. So happy you had a nice birthday and made it to the coast.ReplyDelete
From Astoria,
Happy Birthday!!! A perfect way to spend a weekend! So glad you had a great time! That Hobo Junction looks full of goodies! xo HeatherReplyDelete
perfect birthday celebration, congrats! i think you should make a annual event. and what a way to start with "magpie ethel" two of the best in the biz! gee, my birthday is coming up need to have a talk with my husband........ReplyDelete
I once climbed the Astoria Tower in 2" heels, then went for dinner of Seafood Bisque out at a snazzy place by the water...happy memories. Now if I went I skip the Tower and go for the junk! Thirty four years later I have much better perspective!ReplyDelete
What a great way to spend a birhday!!ReplyDelete
HaBee Birthday!!!ReplyDelete
Welcome to the 50's Club, Mon Ami!ReplyDelete
My b-day was last week, and was nowhere near as stimulating as a junking adventure. I'm with Magpie. I'm gonna be a stoweaway the next time you do that.....
Happy late birthday! Looks like you had a great time. I have a kind of love hate relationship with super packed booths. I love the look, and the fact that you aren't wasting money with merchandise sitting at home. But I really hate it when I go to shop in one of these and I feel like if I touch something, it is all going to come crashing down on me. Double edged sword I guess...ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday- what a dream weekend! Our local flea market always re-opens (after a winter hiatus) on my b'day weekend. It is a b'day treat to myself to attend and buy treasures!ReplyDelete
I love the Oregon coast, I spent Thanksgiving week at Long Beach Washington
went in a museum where Jake the Alligator man was.
I bought a tomato spoon at a nice antique shop there, loved the bakery
So glad to got to shop around for yourself, I love doing that
What a great birthday present to yourself. Will you be posting pics of any of your treasures? Anxiously awaiting...ReplyDelete
Glad you celebrated your birthday in vintage style ... hoping you have a junk (in a good way)- filled year ahead!ReplyDelete
I need to get my husband down to your "neck of the woods"... I think he'd go if I promised we'd stop at that last place~ReplyDelete
Happy Belated Birthday, and I hope you found lots of great birthday junk!!ReplyDelete
Wow thats the kind of shopping trip I need to have! AMAZING!ReplyDelete
Looks like you had a great birthday! I also made the half century mark just a week ago. Yay??? hahaReplyDelete
I love love love the Phog Bounders Antique Mall, too bad I don't live close by.. Adore the pictures :)ReplyDelete
That sounds like a pretty nice way to spend a birthday.ReplyDelete


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Super easy:
2. Paint your canvas. I like my backgrounds mottled. But you can paint it nicely just one color if you like.
4. Oh Mod Podge! Why do you mock us so? I mean who calls it Mod Podge? We all know the name should be Modge Podge, right? Well get out your Modge Podge and plaster the hands down. Make sure you leave enough room to paint your saying on.
5. Print your saying using cute fonts, onto regular paper.
6. On the back of your paper, scribble with a pencil to make a transfer. Make sure you get all of the back of each letter covered.
7. Put the paper on your canvas. Trace over your saying. It will leave a light imprint for you to paint the words in.


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The United Coalition of Reason helps local groups coordinate together in every region of the United States and Canada. You'll find agnostics, atheists, Humanists, freethinkers, and other nonbelievers, and activities from socializing to volunteerism to community activism.
Below are the UnitedCoR groups in Québec:
There are no local groups yet in this state.
Learn how to start your own nontheist group with support from the United Coalition of Reason.


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- Springfield, MA, USA
- Full Time
Job Summary
The Fitness Trainer will be responsible for running the Planet Fitness group fitness program (PE@PF). This includes assisting new members in the achievement of their fitness goals by designing a simple workout program and instructing them on the proper use of equipment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Conduct and run the Planet Fitness PE@PF program, including creating and following the schedule.
- Consult with members regarding their fitness goals and instruct them on how to properly and safely use the equipment.
- Create bi-weekly updates consisting of a variety of exercises.
- Meet class requirements based on club size and member traffic.
- Assist in front desk related activities including:
- Answer phones in a friendly manner and assist callers with a variety of questions.
- Check members into the system.
- New member sign-up.
- Take prospective members on tours.
- Respond to member questions and concerns in a timely and professional manner and elevate to Assistant Manager or Manager as needed.
- A passion for fitness and health!
- Upbeat and positive attitude.
- Punctuality and reliability is a must.
- Exceptional customer service skills; able to interact in a positive and professional way with members and co-workers, exceeding the member's expectations.
- Strong listener with the ability to empathize and problem solve.
- Demonstrate diplomacy in all interactions while using appropriate behavior and language.
- Current CPR Certification required.
- Nationally Certified Training Certificate required.
- High School diploma/GED equivalent required.
- Must be 18 years of age or older.
Physical Demands
- Continual standing and walking during shift.
- Continual talking in person or on the phone during shift.
- Must be able to occassionally lift up to 50 lbs.
- Will occasionally encounter toxic chemicals during shift.
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Here's a really cool story we just picked up — a gyroscopic steady-spoon, designed for people with Parkinson's disease or other tremor inducing ailments.
The creator [Anupam Pathak] is close to people who suffer from tremors, and seeing the problem up close and personal, he set out to create a solution. He started the company called Liftware, and has so far released the Lift spoon. It features an embedded microchip, sensors and a few small motors. It's capable of stabilizing tremors of up to 2 inches, which in several medical studies resulted in approximately a 70% tremor cancellation rate!
If you haven't seen the effects of Parkinson's on anyone, watch the video after the break. You'll have your heart strings pulled a bit seeing how difficult eating can be, but then amazed at the ingenuity and effectiveness of the Lift Spoon. We can only imagine the paradigm shift this will be for people suffering from tremors.
The technology to help these people is here — could it be possible to go even further and build a low-profile arm or hand steadying exoskeleton that could be hidden under a shirt sleeve?
[via Reddit]


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Happiness Makes Your Brain Work Better
A Harvard psychology researcher explains that rather than thinking of success as the source of happiness, we should think of happiness as a source of success—and one that's more under our control than we imagine.
Entrepreneurs, in general, are strivers. We set targets, battle to meet them, and believe that getting to that point, whatever it is, will bring us increased satisfaction. But according to one positive psychology researcher out of Harvard, as commonsensical as this tendency to chase achievement in order to attain greater happiness may sound, it's actually got the equation reversed.
In a fascinating (and funny) TEDxBloomington talk, Shawn Achor, author of The Happiness Advantage, argues that while we may think success will bring us happiness, the lab-validated truth is that happiness brings us more success. And understanding this is particularly valuable for entrepreneurs, Achor said in an interview. Business owners, he said, need to, reverse the happiness and success formula. We think if we work harder and achieve some entrepreneurial goal, then we'll be happier. But the research is clear that every time you have a success, your brain changes what success means. So for you and for your team, if happiness is on the opposite side of success, you'll never get there. But if you increase your levels of happiness in the midst of a challenge—in the midst of searching for investment, in the midst of a down economy—what we find is that all of your success rates rise dramatically—every business outcomes improves.
The brain, it turns out, works significantly better when you're feeling positive, so developing a sunny outlook allows you to be smarter and more creative. "We found that optimism is the greatest predictor of entrepreneurial success because it allows your brain to perceive more possibilities," said Achor. "Only 25 percent of job success is based upon IQ. Seventy-five percent is about how your brain believes your behavior matters, connects to other people, and manages stress."
If you're all set to argue that your level of optimism or ability to handle stress is out of your control and determined by either your genes or your childhood, requiring a Woody Allen-level commitment to psychiatric intervention to reverse, Achor would like to correct you. "It's a cultural myth that we cannot change our happiness," he said, explaining that:
Genes are really important to happiness, but that's based upon the cult of the average. What that means is that the average person doesn't fight their genes. So if you're born with genes for obesity or for pessimism, and you don't change your behavior than your genes win. Happiness comes easier to some people, but happiness is a possibility for all if we change our behavior or our mindset.
And changing your mindset is probably less difficult than you imagine. "No one would think that something small could change patterns of pessimism from decades or from genes," conceded Achor, but he said research proves the doubters wrong. "What we found was something as simple as writing down three things you're grateful for every day for 21 days in a row significantly increases your level of optimism and it holds for the next six months. The research is amazing. It proves we actually can change."
So if you're looking for more ways to boost your personal happiness quotient, than check out Achor's TED talk for some simple interventions that have been proven to help (they're towards the end). Or if you're more focused on helping your team perform better by being happier, check out Achor's recent Harvard Business Review Magazine cover story, explaining, as Achor put it, that "happiness leads to greater levels of profits. In the article I described some things you can do at a team organizational level" to promote it.
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2012.02.22 -
Last week we launched the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Beta by giving 7,000 keys to current CSS and CS 1.6 players. Monday 2,000 keys went out to community sites around the world.
Today we are opening up our online survey to everyone. The next keys will be sent on the basis of this survey. If you don't fill it out, you won't be getting a key.
Over the coming months we will make selections from the survey participants. Sometimes we might add experienced players, other times new players. Sometimes 1.6 players, sometimes CSS players, sometimes people who have played neither.
There are no wrong answers to the survey questions.
Make sure to fill out the survey today; next week we will make our first selection from the survey.
We will also continue to give gift keys to active CS:GO beta players to share with their friends. Earning these keys is easy, hit quick match and play CS:GO.
Check back later this week for our analysis on the recoil change and a new update this Friday.
In case you missed it – here is a link to the survey.


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Enjoy camping in the great outdoors with these camping safety tips for summer.
The summer is ideal for camping, and it's the time when many are prepping their tents and readying their portable grill. Camping is a fun way to get family and friends together to enjoy the outdoors, and the light nights and warm weather offers the perfect opportunity to do just that. So that your family and friends keep safe during your trip, whether local or on the road, check out these camping safety tips for summer:
Get vaccinated – Vaccinations can help to protect against certain diseases and conditions while camping. Check with your doctor or nurse to see if you've had all of the recommended vaccines. Typically, tetanus, pertussis, meningitis, and hepatitis A are recommended.
Prepare food and water – Bring safe and healthy foods along on your camping trip! Contaminated food or water can increase the risk of developing certain infectious diseases caused by germs.
- Pack foods in tight, waterproof bags or containers.
- Wash hands and surfaces often – always take a (large) bottle of hand sanitizer, too.
- Separate raw foods from cooked foods.
- Cook foods to proper temperatures.
- Chill foods promptly.
- If you're not staying at a campsite, take plenty of water bottles.
- Pack the pet food and water bowl separately from your plates, utensils, and food.
Be shady – Protection from ultraviolet (UV) radiation is important all year long. Even on hazy and cloudy days, the UV rays can reach you! Use a broad-spectrum sunscreen with at least SPF 15, and always reapply after you've been swimming. Seek shade, especially at midday, when the sun's rays are strongest.
Avoid wild animals and protect family pets – Avoid touching, feeding, or getting close to wild animals. Enjoy watching them from a safe distance in their natural surroundings, and never leave litter behind that they can ingest. Make sure family pets are vaccinated, check for ticks, and always supply them with enough food, water, and shelter!
We hope that you enjoyed these camping safety tips! When looking for insurance, contact the professionals at ISU Wissink Insurance in your community. Located in Culver City, California, we serve all your personal and commercial insurance needs.


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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $26 million foreign military sales contract to modernize the Jordanian air force's air command, control and communications infrastructure.
Jordan is a key U.S. Arab ally and the advanced technology will help it defend its airspace and ensure air sovereignty. American and British military experts have been helping Jordan boost its military capacity as concerns mount over a possible violent spillover from neighboring Syria's ongoing civil war.
The U.S. Embassy in Amman on Thursday confirmed the development. Lockheed Martin's system is known as Omnyx-tm and the company said it will provide an integrated, real-time air picture across multiple command centers and remote sites to better protect the kingdom's airspace.
Jordanian officials were not available for comment.
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Why is there a picture of Smaug up there? Well, that was one time J.R.R. Tolkien delivered the burns. Here's another occasion.
In 1938, Tolkien was in talks with Berlin publishing house Rütten & Loening to release a German-language edition of The Hobbit. Things were going smoothly until the publisher suddenly required documentation of Tolkien's Aryan heritage. This rankled Tolkien such that he wrote to his friend and publisher Stanley Unwin:
I must say the enclosed letter from Rütten & Loening is a bit stiff. Do I suffer this impertinence because of the possession of a German name, or do their lunatic laws require a certificate of arisch origin from all persons of all countries?
Personally, I should be inclined to refuse to give any Bestätigung (although it happens that I can), and let a German translation go hang. In any case I should object strongly to any such declaration appearing in print. I do not regard the (probable) absence of all Jewish blood as necessarily honourable; and I have many Jewish friends, and should regret giving any colour to the notion that I subscribed to the wholly pernicious and unscientific race-doctrine.
You are primarily concerned, and I cannot jeopardize the chance of a German publication without your approval. So I submit two drafts of possible answers.
Tolkien drafted two letters for Rütten & Loening — A.) one that ignored the request entirely; and B.) a kiss-off that discreetly called them idiots for buying into the Third Reich's historically bankrupt appropriation of the term "Aryan." It's unclear which version Unwin sent, but the interesting one was dated July 25, 1938:
Thank you for your letter. I regret that I am not clear as to what you intend by arisch. I am not of Aryan extraction: that is Indo-Iranian; as far as I am aware none of my ancestors spoke Hindustani, Persian, Gypsy, or any related dialects. But if I am to understand that you are enquiring whether I am of Jewish origin, I can only reply that I regret that I appear to have no ancestors of that gifted people. My great-great-grandfather came to England in the eighteenth century from Germany: the main part of my descent is therefore purely English, and I am an English subject - which should be sufficient. I have been accustomed, nonetheless, to regard my German name with pride, and continued to do so throughout the period of the late regrettable war, in which I served in the English army. I cannot, however, forbear to comment that if impertinent and irrelevant inquiries of this sort are to become the rule in matters of literature, then the time is not far distant when a German name will no longer be a source of pride.
Your enquiry is doubtless made in order to comply with the laws of your own country, but that this should be held to apply to the subjects of another state would be improper, even if it had (as it has not) any bearing whatsoever on the merits of my work or its sustainability for publication, of which you appear to have satisfied yourselves without reference to my Abstammung.
And in a correspondence to his son in 1941, Tolkien would similarly sum up Adolf Hitler as a "ruddy little ignoramus." Obviously, The Hobbit would eventually be published in German, and you can see artwork from the 1974 edition by Klaus Ensikat here, along with Hobbit art from many international translations.
And as if you needed any more proof that Nazis were cultural dolts, let it also be known that the Third Reich had bizarrely strict rules governing the performance of jazz music ("Plucking of the strings is prohibited, since it is damaging to the instrument and detrimental to Aryan musicality.")
The Letters of Tolkien via Graviton1066 and Too.Tired.To.Sleep via Letters of Note and Boing Boing.


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SuperKombat New Heroes takes place on May 10 from Vienna, Austria
The next edition of SuperKombat New Heroes takes place on May 10 from Vienna, Austria. The concept of the event is Azerbaijan vs. Europe and the fight card will see 11 fights.
The main event sees Zabit Samedov in action two weeks before his rematch against Badr Hari, as he takes on Wieslaw Kwaniewski in a heavyweight contest. As well, SuperKombat tryouts selectee Janosch Nietlishpach is on the card, along with SuperKombat New Heroes and SuperKombat tournament winner Muamer Tufekcic.
Other names on the card include rising young prospect Alim Nabiev, and long time veteran Fadi Merza. Full information can be found here on SuperKombat\'s website.
Heavyweight: Zabit Samedov (Azerbaijan) vs. Wieslaw Kwasniewski (Poland)
72.5kg: Parviz Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) vs. Fadi Merza (Austria)
81kg: Kamil Sharifov (Azerbaijan) vs. Niels Wilmnik (Netherlands)
72.5kg: Alim Nabiyev (Azerbaijan) vs. Adem Bozkurt (Turkey)
95kg: Zamiq Atakishiyev (Azerbaijan) vs. Sam Tevette (Netherlands)
Heavyweight: Aghalar Sadiqhov (Azerbaijan) vs. Muamer Tufekcic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
91kg: Anar Mammadov (Azerbaijan) vs. Janosch Nietlishpach (Switzerland)
72.5kg: Ismat Agazade (Azerbaijan) vs. Husnu Sari (Turkey)
91kg: Vuqar Kazimov (Azerbaijan) vs. Mirko Kulacsik (Hungary)
86kg: Etiram Rzayev (Azerbaijan) vs. Uros Bogoyevic (Serbia)
72kg: Ramal Aslanov (Azerbaijan) vs. Cristian Milea (Romania)


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"The President held an interplanetary conversation with Apollo 11 Astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin on the Moon."In the late 1950s the United States watched the Soviet Union take the lead in the rapidly escalating space race. The Soviet lead was both embarrassing and menacing to a nation that prided itself on technological know-how. On May 25, 1961, when President John F. Kennedy challenged the nation to landing a man on the Moon before the end of the decade, he struck a responsive chord with the American people.
--President Richard Nixon's Daily Diary, July 20, 1969
The Apollo program, created to meet the goal of landing men on the Moon, enlisted 20,000 companies, hundreds of thousands of individuals, and some 25.5 billion dollars. On July 20, 1969, astronauts of the Apollo 11 Mission became the first humans to set foot on the Moon. The Moon landing was a stunning achievement that commanded world attention.
A portion of President Nixon's Daily Diary listing the telephone conversation
with Apollo 11 astronauts on the Moon, July 20, 1969
Split television screen showing President Nixon in the
White House speaking to Apollo 11 astronauts on the Moon
National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials Project
National Archives records relating to the space program are in
the Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) and at several Presidential libraries and the Nixon
Presidential Materials Project.
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Why recognize your favorite golfer or a player in your tournament with only one selection when you can choose an item that is actually three tools in itself? This elegant and innovative design features a golf pen, divot tool and a money clip, all in one outstanding collection. The overall dimensions of this design are an impressive 8 1/8" x 4 ¾" x 1 ¾"
This is an exquisite choice that is sure to make a dramatic and lasting impression on any player, especially when you add personalization. Our premium laser engraving services are free for including a unique message, a name, or the name of your business or organization.


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Adapted from a recipe by Martha Stewart
Baked in a springform pan to hold its shape, the Rigatoni Pasta Pie is a "show stopper." The "meaty" tomato sauce and cheese fill the tubes of the pasta.
1-pound rigatoni cooked in 6 quarts salted water
4 Tablespoons olive oil, divided
1-pound vegetarian, kosher ground beef substitute such as LightLife Gimme Lean®
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 can (28 ounces) crushed tomatoes
Butter, for pan
Salt and pepper
1 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
8 ounces coarsely grated mozzarella
In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook pasta until slightly al dente – underdone. Rinse in cold water and drain thoroughly. Toss pasta with 2-tablespoon olive oil to prevent sticking. Set aside.
Heat remaining 2 Tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add vegetarian beef substitute. Saute stirring, just until browned. Add garlic, 1-teaspoon salt and pepper. Saute 2 minutes more.
Add crushed tomatoes; simmer until thickened, about 15-20 minutes.
Toss pasta with Parmesan cheese. Butter a 9-inch spring form pan. Tightly pack pasta into pan, standing each piece on end. Spread prepared sauce on top of pasta. Push the meat sauce into the pasta holes filling each one up. Place in a 400-degree oven for 15 minutes. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top and bake another 10-15 minutes until cheese is golden. Remove from oven and let stand for 15 minutes. Carefully run a knife around the edge to loosen, and then unmold.
Cut into wedges and serve with any remaining sauce, or warm some La Famiglia DelGrosso pasta sauce and top each serving.
Yield: Serves about 6
Recipes: Dairy, Pasta, Kosher


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This tutorial exists for these OS versions
- Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf)
- Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet)
- Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)
- Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)
- Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)
- Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)
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Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 9.10
Version 1.0
Author: Falko Timme
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Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on an Ubuntu 9.10 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.
I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!
1 Preliminary Note
In this tutorial I use the hostname server1.example.com with the IP address 192.168.0.100. These settings might differ for you, so you have to replace them where appropriate.
I'm running all the steps in this tutorial with root privileges, so make sure you're logged in as root:
sudo su
2 Installing MySQL 5
First we install MySQL 5 like this:
aptitude install mysql-server mysql-client
You will be asked to provide a password for the MySQL root user - this password is valid for the user root@localhost as well as [email protected], so we don't have to specify a MySQL root password manually later on:
New password for the MySQL "root" user: <-- yourrootsqlpassword
Repeat password for the MySQL "root" user: <-- yourrootsqlpassword
3 Installing Lighttpd
Lighttpd is available as an Ubuntu package, therefore we can install it like this:
aptitude install lighttpd
Now direct your browser to http://192.168.0.100, and you should see the Lighttpd placeholder page:
Lighttpd's default document root is /var/www on Ubuntu, and the configuration file is /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf. Additional configurations are stored in files in the /etc/lighttpd/conf-available directory - these configurations can be enabled with the lighttpd-enable-mod command which creates a symlink from the /etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled directory to the appropriate configuration file in /etc/lighttpd/conf-available. You can disable configurations with the lighttpd-disable-mod command.
4 Installing PHP5
We can make PHP5 work in Lighttpd through FastCGI. Fortunately, Ubuntu provides a FastCGI-enabled PHP5 package which we install like this:
aptitude install php5-cgi
5 Configuring Lighttpd And PHP5
To enable PHP5 in Lighttpd, we must modify /etc/php5/cgi/php.ini and add the line cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1 right at the end of the file:
vi /etc/php5/cgi/php.ini
[...] cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1
To enable the fastcgi configuration (which is stored in /etc/lighttpd/conf-available/10-fastcgi.conf), run the following command:
lighttpd-enable-mod fastcgi
This creates a symlink /etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled/10-fastcgi.conf which points to /etc/lighttpd/conf-available/10-fastcgi.conf:
ls -l /etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled
root@server1:~# ls -l /etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 2009-11-13 17:36 10-fastcgi.conf -> /etc/lighttpd/conf-available/10-fastcgi.conf
Then we reload Lighttpd:
/etc/init.d/lighttpd force-reload