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FCC Allowed to Fine for 'Fleeting Expletives'
The "one-free-expletive rule" no longer stands, sadly.
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that the FCC is allowed to fine broadcasters for on-air profanities and that the "one-free-expletive rule" no longer stands. This means that if Julia Roberts's roast of Tom Hanks last night had been televised, some unlucky network probably would've filed for bankruptcy this morning. [AP]


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There is little to say about this posting. At Beowulf's dying request, Wiglaf brings him a sample of the dragon's wealth. Beowulf is still alive when he returns, but still bleeding. Beowulf thanks God that he has won a treasure that would be of use to his people after he is dead. He gives instructions about how he is to be buried: burned and then his remains placed in a tower, near the sea, so that sailors would see it and remember his name. He wills his golden necklace, coat of chain mail, and gold-decorated helmet to Wiglaf, then dies.
He filled his arms with flagons and plates 2775
and chose to bring the banner, too,
the brightest beacon. The blade of his old lord--
its edge was iron-- had earlier wounded
the one who had guarded the wealth of treasures.
down through the ages. It endured blazing flames, 2780
hot, for the hoard's sake, a hostile upwelling
late in the night, till he lost the struggle.
The herald hurried, hoping to return,
goaded by goldwork, greedy to learn
if the iron-willed would find him alive,
where he waited, the Wedera lord,
his power failing, in the place he was left.
So he fetched treasures to his famous lord,
the one he followed, and found him bleeding
in his last moments. He must again 2790
wash him with water, till the word's thrusting point
broke through the breast hoard.1
The elder saw gold in the arms of the youth.
"I give thanks for this gold to God Almighty,
"have words of praise for Heaven's King,
"the Lord of Life for letting me see
"what I have won of worth to my people,
"before my death to find such riches.
"For the treasure hoard I have now tendered
"the last of my life. Then look after 2800
"the country's needs. I cannot remain."
"Make veteran men mound up my barrow
"to shine after the fire, facing the sea
"to bring me back to my people's minds
"as it watches from high on the Whales' Headland,
"so that sailors will say it is
"Beowulf's Barrow, aboard their ships,
"the men who sail through mists at sea."
He took from his neck the torc of gold,2
the glorious king, to give to his thane,
the young hero, and a helmet with gold
with the torc and sark, and he said, "Use them well.
"You are the last one alive of our clan,
"the Waegmundings. Wyrd swept them off,
"all my family to their fated deaths,
"earls in their might. I must follow."
The old man spoke no other word
before accepting the seething blaze,
the funeral fire, then, flying outward
his soul set off to seek true judgement.
1It seems like only half a line.
2Possibly the one that Queen Wealhtheow had given to Beowulf and that he, in turn, had given to Queen Hygd.

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Golden Gate University Law Review
Article Title
Ratification Resisted: Understanding America's Response to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 1989-2002
This Article undertakes a broad, synoptic evaluation of America's complex response to the Convention. It paints an intricate picture of American legal and policy initiatives, on multiple levels, for enhanced domestic and international protection of biodiversity juxtaposed with concomitant legal and policy footdragging. Part I limns, in bold lines, the basic structure of the matter: initially it provides a brief overview of the genesis and contents of the CBD; then,' it sketches a chronological synopsis of America's formal and informal response to the CBD. Part II adds some detailed brushwork: it attempts to deepen understanding of the various tensions, concerns, interests and legal-policy dimensions of America's multi-faceted response to the Convention. This discussion will demonstrate that there has not been a monolithic negative American reaction to the CBD but, rather, a variety of American responses that includes several positive aspects. Part III devotes a corner of the epistemological canvas to open up a frame on the future: it discusses such topics as the importance of American leadership and engagement in formal international environmental diplomacy and lawmaking; the wildcard implications of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America's willingness and need to exercise leadership in implementing the CBD. Finally, it offers some pragmatic suggestions for reconfiguring America's response to the Convention.
Recommended Citation
Robert F. Blomquist,
Ratification Resisted: Understanding America's Response to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 1989-2002, 32 Golden Gate U. L. Rev.


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May 19, 2017
Temple B'nai Chaim
Rabbi Rachel Bearman
This week's Torah portion, B'har - B'chukotai, is made up of the last chapters in the book of Leviticus and, as our B'nai Mitzvah will share with us tomorrow, focuses on reminding the Israelites that the future strength and stability of their relationship with God depends on their behavior. If they follow God's commandments, all will be well. But, if they don't follow God's commandments, all bets are off.
The Haftarah associated with this double portion comes from the book of Jeremiah. It shares a thematic message with the Torah portion—namely that God's favor is contingent upon the people's behavior. One commentary explains the connection between the two portions by pointing out that, "In diverse ways, the parashah and the haftarah emphasize that no aspect of life is immune to divine judgement. Inner deception yields external results that destroy one's life on the land and outward behavior affects a person's inner strength and spiritual resilience to life." (Eitz Chayim, 763)
The verses in Jeremiah highlight one of the gravest ways one can turn away from God's commandments: idolatry. "Thus says the Lord: Cursed is he who trusts in man, who makes mere flesh his strength, and turns his thoughts from the Lord." (Jeremiah 17:5) In both Leviticus and Jeremiah the result of the selfishness and shortsightedness that our tradition ascribes to those who turn away from God is that the entire community will suffer chaos and disorder.
While this week's Torah and Haftarah portions set up a much stricter way of life than many (if not most) of us would be comfortable with, there is still a lot that we can learn from these sections of our Tanakh. These portions remind us that no one exists in a vacuum. They teach us that the things that we do, say, or tweet will impact the health and safety of the collective.
We should understand the idea of turning away from God to make "mere flesh [our] strength" to mean that those who turn away from the knowledge that they are beholden to something larger than themselves, whether that is God, the community, or the path of history, are behaving selfishly and recklessly because they refuse to see the impact that their actions have on themselves and others.
The right path, the books of Leviticus and Jeremiah tell us, is to trust in God and to behave righteously. The right path is to remember that each of us exists within a spiritual ecosystem that our actions will either sustain or destroy.
Now, that message comes with a lot of pressure. We have the power to either sustain or destroy. But, fortunately, we are not the first to feel slightly overwhelmed by the weight of that responsibility. The opening words of B'chukotai are often translated as, "If you follow My laws and faithfully observe My commandments…" But the verb, "taelaechu," can be literally translated as "walk or go." Commentators explain that this suggest that, "humans 'walk' in God's ways but angels 'stand' in the presence of God. Human beings, unlike angels, have the ability to grow and change after doing something wrong." (Eitz Chayim, 747)
The world that the books of Leviticus and Jeremiah describe is not one without forgiveness or compassion. We do not have to be perfect. Instead, we are meant to be holy, and a holy life is one that recognizes that we are part of something and responsible to something much larger than ourselves. A holy life is one that honors the reality that we have both the power to affect the world as well as a responsibility to make sure that our contribution is one that strengthens the whole.
On this Shabbat, my prayer is that each of us finds the internal space and strength that will allow us to counter the voices that push for chaos and selfishness with the simple truth that we are called to be holy. If we heed that call, the world will be stronger, and we will be stronger. Ken Yehe Ratzon. May it be God's will.
Rabbi Rachel Bearman
Temple B'nai Chaim


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Rihanna accused of sabotaging Rita Ora's career...
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Rita Ora has never been a threat to Rihanna. It's actually quite laughable for anyone to believe she would go through such lengths to sabotage Rita's career.
Songs that might be submitted to Rita are said to automatically go to Rihanna, who may then hold them for months before deciding she doesn't want them. Given Rihanna's struggle to sort out her own album era with Roc Nation, methinks sabotaging Rita would be the last thing on her mind.


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Place the wine in a saucepan with the tarragon stems and reduce over medium-high heat to 1-cup liquid. Immediately pour the hot, reduced wine over the chopped shallots and lemon zest in a medium-sized bowl. Let sit together and cool to room temperature (or place in refrigerator to speed up process). Remove the tarragon stems and discard. Whisk in the lemon juice and rice vinegar. Continue whisking, drizzling in the olive oil, tasting as you go. Season with salt and pepper as needed, and add a bit more lemon juice or rice vinegar if more acidity is desired.
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My SJW Meme Facebook Group Has Changed the Way I Make Friends
Having a social justice warrior meme group has brought people into my life who are serious about their politics and also fucking hilarious.
Getting verified on Twitter is a bit of a mystery. Which I suppose is why many people want to find out how to do it.
To unravel the mystery a bit further, I decided to go down a rabbit hole of articles online to see if I could find every possible angle on this one, and here's My Complete Guide To Getting Verified On Twitter Which Probably Won't Get You Verified On Twitter (But It's The Best I Can Do). Or MCGTGVOTWPWGYVOTBITBICD for short. And yes, I realize some of these options are the equivalent of saying "You have to know someone," but as I discovered the more I looked, that's also not entirely true. Strategy can help.
So let's look at the routes to getting the blue.
Option 1: Have a good agent, and ask him or her to do the dirty work. Trust me, a good agent will be able to hook you up.
That's how Guy Raz, host of NPR's All Things Considered did it. He's not a celebrity, per se, but he does have an agent with a connection to Twitter to make it happen. His agency: UTA.
It's also how any new celebrities joining Twitter -- like the site's newest addition this week of Drew Barrymore -- get it done. They have people.
Option 2: Get a job at a company that has a deal with Twitter to get company-wide verification for its high-level employees.
That's what happened for employees at BuzzFeed, although not everyone wanted the blue check mark. Editor Katie Notopoulos declined the opportunity because she didn't want to lose her "street cred" as explained by Choire Sicha in this very funny piece in The Awl about "The Unverified."
Katie herself also wrote a delightful piece on the very randomness of the process of verification by highlighting "The Least Popular Verified Twitter Accounts." My favorite on her list? A very affable-seeming Philadelphia police officer named Roderick Walton (who has as of this writing 287 followers -- wait, no 288, I just followed him).
Option 3: See if you can angle (but don't beg) to get noticed by Twitter's @Verified account, and in a sense, "dress for the job you want" by following the best practices Twitter recommends to its newly verified users.
Anil Dash has a great post explaining what the new Twitter verification process entails, including the randomness of selection -- and how, literally, you might wake up one day to find that you have a direct message from @Verified. The message reads: "We at Twitter would like to verify your account. Please click this account and follow the instructions."
There are then three steps that essentially test you on your Twitter knowledge of how to get more followers and tweet effectively. Right before you get to the verification page you are told to "increase your trustworthiness by following other verified users."
So until you get that DM from @Verified, follow the old adage to "act as if." Essentially, make yourself stand out in your field, demonstrate value, tweet well and follow verified users. Show that you are following Twitter's guidelines, too, by embedding the "follow" button your website, as Twitter recommends.
After you've done all this, multiple articles recommend that you then DM @Verified yourself -- but it's a Catch 22 because you can only DM an account if they follow you back. I suppose you could ask someone who is followed by @Verified -- seeing as the account follows more than 54,000 users -- to send a DM on your behalf? You never know.
Or you could try what the user @Real_JuicyJones did and choose a name like "Real Juicy Jones." He recently tweeted, "I got verified accounts following me because of my twitter name. Turn up!"
Option 4: Network with -- or better yet, work for, or even better yet, be that person -- who has an "in" with someone powerful at Twitter who has pull.
Look at Howard Stern. He actually had Twitter founder Biz Stone on the show and asked him to verify one of his staff members right then and there. Biz provided the hookup, and Ronnie the Limo Driver is now verified.
It's also how I was able to get verified. In 2010, I emailed Biz directly because I had his contact info from writing one of the first articles on Twitter in 2009 and also reaching out to him for another article on networking. Rereading it now, the email I wrote is pretty sycophantic and cringe-inducing, but hey, transparency, right?
subject: Please read: Mandy Stadtmiller from the New York Post
"Hi Biz, I've interviewed you a couple of times for The Post and I'm truly sorry to bother you with this... but am really hoping you can help. I just had another person email me today to ask if it was really my Twitter account and if I really worked at The NY Post. In 2009, I wrote one of the very first articles about Twitter for The Post right after SXSW and am a huge advocate when old-school media people are often so quick to put it down. As I said, I'm very sorry to bother you with this as you clearly have a million more important things to do -- but I'm not sure what else to do and figured it was worth a shot. Thank you so much regardless... and as you can see I plug Twitter below in my signature file for The Post, too! I've even stepped up to the larger News Corp. organization as a whole and told them to get involved on a much bigger level here with the social media tool. I will see if I can reach you by cell phone later today as well. Hope all is terrific. Best, Mandy"
When I logged into Twitter later that day, the verified check mark was right there.
Option 5: It's rumor and anecdotal, but as one highly publicized case revealed, pay $15,000 in advertising and Twitter will verify your company's account.
At least that is the story that Ad Age reported about the magazine The Fader a year ago. I just checked, and the music mag's account is now verified so maybe bad press is another way to go?
Option 6: Not so subtly "reach out" to Twitter PR in the name of investigating this whole "verification" phenomenon.
Ask a bunch of questions to the Twitter team as you do your "research" and make yourself known. Get on the radar. You might just get verified and be able to write an article like this.
Option 7: Have your fans campaign for you on Twitter directly to @Verified to get the checkmark.
Check out the recently verified music group The Lylas. What is their most recent tweet? "We are so thankful to our amazing fans for getting us verified!" If you search @Verified, you'll see plenty of folks pleading for someone to get the badge. Apparently, sometimes it actually works.
Option 8: Photoshop it -- but risk getting suspended on Twitter.
Thanks to the header design of Twitter there's a hack that lets you embed the checkmark, although if you have fairly discerning vision you can tell it's not the real thing because the layers throw the shading off. Also, if you do this: Twitter might just suspend your account so, yeah, there's that.
Option 9: Realize that in the end, getting the verified badge really doesn't mean a whole lot anyway, and forget about it.
Just look at Brian Cuban's story of getting verified. He doesn't take himself or the process too seriously and concludes on a pretty great note: "I am here to tell you that in the end, except for some specific impersonation issues, it doesn't mean squat. Have a nice day!"
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When the boys` tennis season starts next year, Mike Morrison will be at the University of Georgia. That means the state championship in Illinois could be up for grabs.
Morrison will take four state titles with him when he graduates from Deerfield in a few days. His last two triumphs came against Maine West`s Nick Barone, who`ll be a senior next year. Looking at it from Barone`s standpoint, Morrison is graduating just in the nick of time.


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Love lasagna or stuffed shells? Forgot to buy the ricotta cheese?
Got milk? 🙂
No problem.
If you have a gallon of milk, you can make enough ricotta cheese, quickly, to complete your recipe.
This works best if you have two pots to nest together to make a huge double-boiler – otherwise you'll have to watch and stir while the milk heats so it doesn't scorch and burn and make, um, smoky ricotta. Don't ask me how I know. May I strongly recommend the double boiler?!
Heat a gallon of milk to 185 degrees Fahrenhreit. A candy thermometer that clips on to the side of the pot makes it easy. One of these days I'll get one of those thermometers that beeps when it gets to the temperature I want… If you have to leave and your milk gets to 200 degrees – it's OK. It will still work. Once again, don't ask me how I know. The milk can be whole, 2%, skim, even non-fat reconstituted dry milk. If you use dry milk, I've found it works best if you've made the milk up the day before.
When the milk reaches the right temperature, remove from heat, and stir in 1/4 cup vinegar. It can be white vinegar or apple cider vinegar. You might want to gather your children or friends around to impress them with your newly-acquired cheese-making skills. The milk will curdle within a few seconds. Stir for about a minute, then pour into a cheesecloth-lined colander. (If you want to save the whey, put the colander into a bowl.) You can also use a clean pillowcase if you don't have cheesecloth.
Let the curds drain until there is no more whey – stirring will help this process to go faster. It takes a little longer with a pillowcase than with cheesecloth. This will make about 2-3 cups of ricotta cheese.
Voila! Ricotta cheese ready for your recipe! If you want to store the ricotta, stir in a little salt to taste, add some milk or cream to get the consistency you like, and refrigerate. I usually make this right when I need it, so it's usually moist enough to use right away.
This also makes a great "squeaky cheese". I have a flat-bottomed colander – well, it's actually the strainer of a two-part pasta pot – but anyway, if I leave the cheese in there for an hour or so, it drains and forms a flat round of white cheese. Turn this out onto a plate, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate. We like to sprinkle this with seasoned salt, cut into cubes and serve. My children DEVOUR this! Unseasoned, it also is delicious crumbled onto pizza (if you've run out of mozzarella…).
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The robotic arm swept back and forth, up and down, and back again with precise, programmed movements, coating the mold of the truck hood with multiple layers of resin and fiberglass. In this sheltered bay, the end-result looked like the work of a robotic spider, spinning an intricate web of strength — fiberglass strands woven together to create quality products that some of the nation's biggest brands build behind day after day.
Welcome to Goldshield Fiberglass, REV Group's sole fiberglass company, nestled in Decatur, Ind. While Goldshield does indeed produce its fair share of fiberglass caps for REV Recreation Group's nearby 180-acre motorhome manufacturing campus, as well as other Indiana RV manufacturers, this 35-year-old fiberglass company has long been a key partner to Daimler Trucks, GE Healthcare and other national brands.
With a 260,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art ISO certified facility packed with robotic technologies, Goldshield is the perfect partner to handle medium- to large-volume production of large-scale parts. And at the same time, Goldshield is one of few national fiberglass manufacturers that can produce complex components thanks to a second facility dedicated to small-cell production. It's here at Goldshield's 19-acre campus, where we set the gold standard in custom fiberglass.
Here's a look at some of the many offerings Goldshield provides:
Goldshield's mold tooling
Utilizing their talented, experienced mold shop team, Goldshield can quickly turn any design into a production mold thanks to its relationship with multiple, national pattern builders. These polyester molds can be constructed for prototype applications, or master molds can be created to handle consistent, high-volume production. These tooling services, combined with open mold techniques, allow clients to prototype Phase I parts with minimal tooling costs.
The open mold process — transforming liquid into solid materials
Once the mold has been created, customers look to Goldshield for their open mold needs because this Indiana facility can handle large-scale parts, like motorhome caps, UPS components and semi-truck hoods. Once the gel coat has been applied to the mold, Goldshield utilizes the most effective process to create consistent, high-quality parts via either hand lay-up, hand spray-up or robotic spray and chop fiberglass application. A team of Goldshield employees, many with decades of experience, then hand roll each part to remove air bubbles in even the tiniest of crevices.
Goldshield's value-added services
Aside from being one of the nation's few fiberglass facilities to offer robotic technologies, Goldshield prides itself on other differentiators, like using custom "nests" and fixtures designed for each component to ensure holes are cut with precision and pieces are assembled with the tightest of tolerances. Goldshield also offers primer paint services, a bake-oven finish and mild assembly of components, like bracketry, headlights, wire-harnesses and "B" side reinforcements.
Goldshield's resin transfer molding process
Goldshield's RTM Light process offer customers a closed-mold solution that matches two molds together, creating a cavity lined with fiberglass blankets that is then injected with the resin, sometimes with the assistance of a vacuum. The result — dual-sided smooth components with uniform thickness that does not require open mold's roll-out process. The resin transfer molding process is ideal for high volume, technical parts requiring a smooth "B" side.
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Goldshield prides itself on its 99.8% on-time delivery rating to all markets it serves. From vehicles components to medical equipment, from agricultural solutions to environmental devices, you'll find quality with Goldshield — what could become the very fiber of your product. Have a part or component you need produced? Please call Goldshield Fiberglass at 260-728-2476 to begin your custom process.


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Heroes & Hearts
Heroes & Hearts began in 2006. A seated luncheon fundraiser, Heroes & Hearts brings the community together to:
- Celebrate the essential role Zuckerberg San Francisco General plays in our City and its community impact
- Continue the Hearts in San Francisco project
- Honor local heroes whose actions improve our community
- Raise funds to support the Foundation's mission
For the first six years, Heroes & Hearts took place under a tent at Union Square. As the popularity of the luncheon continued to grow, the fundraiser moved to a tent on the field at AT&T Park. Taking place each February, Heroes & Hearts sells out with 1,000 guests. The fundraiser is the Foundation's largest source of unrestricted revenue. Proceeds from the luncheon are used to fund the Hearts Grants Program. These grants are awarded to innovative programs and initiatives at Zuckerberg San Francisco General that will result in improved patient care and have the potential to develop sustainable funding. View the most recent list of 2017 Hearts Grants Recipients.
Sponsorship levels start at $7,500 and individual tickets are $500.
The Foundation is incredibly grateful to the many people who have supported Heroes & Hearts over the years, including our guests, artists, heroes, hospital staff, committee members and event sponsors. Thank you!


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Max Boot predictably defends [1] Saudi Arabia and U.S. support for them:
The American policy should be clear: We should stand with the Saudis — and the Egyptians, and the Jordanians, and the Emiratis, and the Turks, and the Israels, and all of our other allies — to stop the new Persian Empire. But the Obama administration, morally and strategically confused, is instead coddling Iran in the vain hope that it will somehow turn Tehran from enemy into friend.
All of this is wrong. For one thing, almost all of the states listed here aren't allies. Almost all of them are clients, and all of them are increasingly liabilities for the U.S. More to the point, there there is no "new Persian Empire" that needs to be stopped. Iran has been doing a fine job alienating most states in the region all on its own, and it has been presiding over the steady decline of its influence for the last five years. Michael Hanna sums this up very well here [2]:
Iran in past 5 years: soft power collapsed + forced to adopt militaristic, sectarian+costly posture to simply maintain its alliance strucure
— Michael Hanna (@mwhanna1) January 5, 2016 [2]
The threat that Boot invokes to justify continued support for a bad and reckless client regime is grossly exaggerated. Boot refers to "growing Iranian power" at a time when Iranian power is clearly not growing. He is insisting that we "need" to "stand with the Saudis" at a moment when Iran is steadily becoming weaker. Aligning with the Saudis isn't a case of doing the ugly-but-necessary thing. It is a case of continuing in bad, outdated habits that no longer make sense.
But the reality is that the U.S. has been consistently taking the side of the Saudis in virtually every conflict that involves them and the Iranians over the last several years. This has been a terrible mistake in both Syria and Yemen, but it is what the U.S. has actually been doing. The U.S. may not be as aggressive as they want in pursuing the Saudis' goals in Syria, but it pursues them all the same. Incredibly, Boot claims that Saudi Arabia "is not seeking to subvert its neighbors" at the moment when the Saudis and their allies are pummeling and starving the Saudis' southern neighbor. Their record of war crimes in Yemen is already quite long, but Boot isn't interested in any of that. The Saudi-led blockade is contributing to near-famine that affects tens of millions of people, but you won't hear anything about that from him, either. He takes it as a given that "the Iranian regime is far worse" and that's all that he needs to know.
The administration is actively aiding the Saudis as they combat phantom Iranian "expansionism" in Yemen and inflict horrible suffering on the civilian population. This is just the sort of thing that Boot should want the U.S. to be doing, and yet he never says anything about it because it contradicts his larger complaint that Obama is supposedly not supportive enough of the Saudis and their allies. It's a thoroughly misleading and dishonest argument for maintaining a client relationship that neither benefits the U.S. nor stabilizes the region.change_me


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That zit on your nose. The small spot on the back of your shirt. That awkward laugh you made right as the room got quiet. And all the other things everyone silently judges you for. Or so you think.
It's a human inclination to think the world revolves around you. This is egocentrism, and it is the result of a bias of the mind, something we are born into. The inability to see from another's point of view somewhat diminishes with age (in varying degree by person), but takes a considerable amount of effort and mental awareness to discard completely.
Psychologists call this the 'spotlight effect'; the idea that everyone in a social setting is watching, analyzing, and critiquing your every move and everything else about you.
People only know what they have learned from their own experiences and through their point of view. Discussing and reading other's accounts of a situation can give a better idea, but it is impossible (or at least incredibly difficult) to truly put oneself in someone else's shoes.
Even in our age of extreme egocentrism and vanity (i.e., social media) the reality is that no one really cares about you.
While this might sounds harsh at first, it is an incredibly freeing realization to learn that no one is judging you because they are too busy worrying about you judging them.
The fact is they are bothered about the stain on their shirt, and with worrying if people will perceive the pictures they just posted on Facebook as a wild party or a lame one.
A study in 2000 demonstrated this idea perfectly.
College student participants were sent candidly into a room full of their peers while wearing a Barry Manilow shirt. While the participants were convinced that the entire room would notice the monstrosity they were sporting, less than 50% of the peer group could recall the shirt when asked in a post-study interview.
So fret not if you get behind on your laundry and have to wear that shirt from the back of your closet out to the store…chances are no one is going to notice, anyway.
When I was about 11, my parents took me to see The Truman Show. In it, Jim Carrey's character is unknowingly cast into a reality TV show when he is an infant. His every move is watched by a worldwide audience on his own dedicated channel, 24/7, 365.
Seeing this film as an (extremely) late bloomer who had not yet come even close to developing the ability to consider others' perspectives, it screwed me up. Big time.
As I had not yet dispelled the idea that everyone was obsessed with my every move, my brain now had to consider both the possibility that this scheme was not only true, but to an extreme extent.
I even entertained the notion that the directors of 'my show' made me watch The Truman Show in order to plant the idea that my life could also be a reality show, and to see if I would make attempts to figure everything out. Nevermind that I lived in a landlocked state in the middle of the country (the film takes place on a man-made island inside a giant production studio so that Truman could be contained geographically).
This went on for an embarrassingly long time (again, beyond a late bloomer). I am not really sure what finally snapped me out of it, but it was an extremely liberating feeling.
(Unless I am actually on a TV show, in which case my viewers are dying from irony-induced laughter as I write this).
Once the mind is free from this pattern of thinking, it allows you to focus on much more productive things, like the world around you, knowing your true self, and creating great work.
So shed the spotlight, and see the light.
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Sports Direct is brilliant. Ok, it had some problems last year as its reputation took a blow thanks to the retailer's use of zero hour contracts, but on the sales front, it's flying along.
New stores are opening, other sports retailers are being battered into submission and 2,000 staff members are to receive a cool £100k bonus after profits climbed by 40% to £200m last year.
With 12 languages and 10 currency options, the Sports Direct website should continue to aid the company's growing profits.
The website has been praised in many quarters. It's certainly easy to use and strongly conveys the brand's identity.
Visiting the site I was struck by just how good its calls to action are, and how easy it is to get around (unlike their stores). I thought I'd round up a few of the best bits.
Enjoy them in all their enormous garish glory. I think they're part of a growing lust for simplicity that is driving web design forward.
Full monty product pages
Reviews and ratings, discounts, pop-out sizing chart, zoomable images, sale marker and savings indicator, scrollable product info, delivery and returns info box, 'people also viewed' sidebar, 'you might also like'.
Wonderfully done.
No guesswork
Below there's a screenshot of me hovering over the Men's category in the top menu. Look at the drop down menu. I'm not just given five subcategories (Footwear, clothing, fashion outlet, accessories, clearance), I'm given all the categories within, too.
So if I want to find gilets, I can do so directly from the homepage. The best navigation works like this.
No nesting
If I actually click on the Men's category, again there's no hiding what I want to find, the category page has every Men's sub category on it, in a great big list.
There are few websites I can think of where I'm so sure of where I am on site.
Vanilla filters
When I take the plunge and select a specific category page that sits at the bottom of the merchandising hierarchy, I am served the items in ascending price order as befits the brand.
I can also filter by price, colour, size and category (as some items sit in more than one category e.g. hi tops and boots).
Sale products are clear as day, stickered with a red and yellow sale badge and popular products are still surfaced in a panel at the bottom of the product selection.
There are some pages that don't have these standard filters and these seem to be for particularly important categories such as football boots. Sports Direct is a go-to destination for football boots and has obviously prioritised this category.
The football boot category page is more of a landing page, however, as once the user selects a particular style or brand of boot, they are directed to a filtered list once again.
Enormous 'sales' calls to action
Notable for their bold colours and size, here are some of my favourites:
Footwear sales
The screen shot below shows my entire window.
Back to sales
Keen as Sports Direct is to keep you shopping sales items, look at these calls to action to go 'back to sales'.
Clothing sales
Like footwear, nothing left to chance here.
Sales landing page
Again there's a separate sales page just in case you miss the links to categories on the home page.
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Not a big fan of this. Garish like their shops. Doesn't really inspire me to buy.
Which agency do they use or is it all in-house?
Would be interesting to know if this is an in-house team or the result of an external consultancy.
Yes not the obvious creative approach for an agency solution but clearly it works. At least the brand doesn't get in the way of teh user journey.
My design said "they are the Ryanair of online shops" which i can understand. Difference is that you don't then have to suffer a painful journey with them after being sold insurance you didn't want.
You got to love when such a retailer gives a lesson in e-tailing. Their brick and mortar shops are dreadful, their staff willingly un-helpful, the products you want rarely in stock, their customer service non-existent...yet their website is easy to use, stocked up and simple enough for everybody to use...
I invite you to my sportsdirect.com store and you will find nothing but willing to help staff and a high level of product knowledge , we are growing as a business in service just like out web-site has grown.
@retaillegend Well, my experience of various of your stores was indeed very different...
Agency doesnt have to mean 'creative' web agency.....It does however scream optimisation and/or SEO input. And plenty of agencies have those dept's. Whatever and whoever was involved. It does the job, well.
Having taken a look at the site and gone through the buying process, the user experience is let down by the fact you don't find out the delivery information and costs until you've either set up an account or signed-in to pay via Amazon or Paypal. I had to exit the checkout process to find a delivery page to locate these, Also disappointing to see they don't offer Click and Collect. It would be interesting to know what their basket abandonment rate is.
Good point about click and collect. They have so many stores now it would make sense. I guess there's still some work to do on the operational side considering how much diverse stock each store has, in order to make it work.
The checkout isn't the best and is a bit cluttered, however there is clear information regarding delivery prices on the homepage when not logged in. The only ambiguity is that international delivery is 'from 4.99 euro'.
Nice and useful explanation of the call to action and an effective ecommerce site should have all the fitures for the visitors.


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A matrix is a flexible and compact patching system, allowing every source patchable to every destination. The implementation in the EaganMatrix is an expanded concept to this analog matrix model. In the EaganMatrix each of those possible matrix points can be connected by a highly flexible and powerful Matrix Formula. This formula is primarily a mathematically stylized interpretation of the Continuum playing surface, as well as other control inputs like knobs and performance pedals. So, unlike a matrix patch pin that could only potentially pass the Source to the Destination at full, or perhaps half level, an EaganMatrix patching "pin" can be dynamically altered in real time through a player's interaction with the Continuum Fingerboard.
On the surface, this could be compared to a modulation parameter used on many other synthesizer software products. However, the EaganMatrix has a far greater flexible architecture. Marrying this architecture to a high speed expressive controller like the Continuum further differentiates the EaganMatrix patch point from other software (or hardware, for that matter) musical instruments.
A matrix formula is divided into four primary components: W, X, Y, and Z. These four components relate to the possible finger position in relation to the Continuum Fingerboard playing surface.
W is a representation of whether or not the finger is in contact with the surface, and X, Y, and Z are the positional information based on the finger's position in three dimensional space. These four basic sub-blocks of the formula can be used in any combination uniquely within each formula. Using this information, a finger can act as a volume control, a pitch modifier, a filter cutoff set point, etc. Presets for the Formulas are available making it easy to get started influencing the design of a sound. Another convenience factor is that the same formula can be used multiple times, saving time for repetitive patching.
Each formula can use a unique LFO shape with any LFO. Formulas can be modified to have a global effect on the column that they are influencing. As well, every formula can reference another formula, such that limits within one formula can influence the output of another. All this happens at high speed with direct interaction of the Continuum playing surface, creating musical performance that feels more acoustic than electronic: immediate, controllable, and expressive.
Much like a musician will choose a musical instrument based on preferences of bridge height, body shape, tonal balance and a myriad of other subtle factors, the EaganMatrix formula structure makes it possible to impose subtle (or dramatic, for that matter) changes to sounds to personalize the experience of playing a Continuum Fingerboard.


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Jennifer Hrncir (41) opened up her second Rainbow Station location in San Antonio at 3108 Marshall Road. Jennifer's background in special education in addition to her own pregnancy inspired her to search for a proactive and well-rounded early childhood education system. Jennifer was the first Rainbow Station franchisee in the system and opened up her first location in June of 2003 in San Antonio, Texas (322 East Sonterra Boulevard, San Antonio, TX). Her belief in the education that Rainbow Station provides as well as their commitment to children allowed her to confidently take that leap and open her own unit. All three of her kids went through the program and Jennifer is still running her centers with more than 10 years of experience under her belt.
How did you hear about the brand?
I was pregnant with my son and there was nothing in my area that appealed to me. I learned about Rainbow Station through a family friend of mine who actually found Rainbow Station on the internet. This was before searches were easy to complete. I was interested in the concept and contacted them for further information.
Why did you choose an opportunity with Rainbow Station?
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Are you involved with any charities or do any community outreach with your business?
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Our fabulous state-of-the art 12-metre satellite kitchen is unique in the South Island of New Zealand. It's this specially designed rig kitchen and our other mobile kitchens that enable Moveable Feasts to deliver on its name – moving fabulous food feasts to any location throughout the South Island and farther afield.
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Ciao dears,
I know I said I'd be blogging more now that I'm on summer vacation from school. I will, but I got a little caught up in a bunch of things lately like having free time (yay! lol) to bake, read, see friends and family (obsess over a guy who ignores me) and such. I also had a little medical emergency (I hate going to the doctor, not fun ) which distracted me for a couple days but I'm fine. I guess I've just been a little lazy and busy…if that makes sense, ha. I will try now to post more, I promise. I have a bunch of cute outfit pictures and a whole bunch of fun recipes to share too, as well as other things I plan to write about. I hope you're all doing well. For now, here's a cookie recipe I recently discovered that everyone seems to love and an outfit. My very picky younger brother loved these cookies and ate tons of them, as well as other family and friends with whom I shared them. My friend, Dominick, has been asking when I was going to post about them ever since I gave him some, lol. They're the perfect snack when you're craving something salty, sweet and crunchy. Yummy!
Double White Chocolate & Pretzel Peanut Butter Cookies (With Sea Salt!)
Recipe from http://picky-palate.com/2011/02/10/double-white-chocolate-and-pretzel-peanut-butter-pretzel-cookies-with-sea-salt/
Pictures are mine (usually, unless otherwise noted).1 stick softened butter, 8 tablespoons
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup white chocolate chips, to melt
1 1/4 cups creamy peanut butter (reserve 2 tablespoons to add to melting white chips)
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup broken pretzel pieces
1 Cup additional white chocolate chips
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Melt white chocolate chips and 2 Tablespoons peanut butter over a double boiler until melted. Add melted chocolate chips and remaining peanut butter to beaten butter and sugars. Beat in egg and vanilla.
2. Place flour, baking soda and salt in bowl; mix to combine. Add to wet ingredients until just combined then pour in pretzels and additional white chocolate chips. With a cookie scoop, scoop dough onto a silpat or parchment lined baking sheet. With the palms of your hand, gently press down each cookie to about 1/2 inch in thickness. Sprinkle each cookie with a touch of sea salt. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until edges become golden and slightly crisp. Let cool for 10 minutes on baking sheet before removing.
Makes about 3 dozen cookies
I followed the recipe almost just as it is and they turned out wonderful (I think I added a pinch more salt and a tiny bit more vanilla). Often I change a few things when I'm cooking or baking something from someone else's recipe, but not this time (too much, lol). If you love to bake, check out that website/blog, she has lots of awesome recipes that look good and that I want to try out soon.
Here's a semi-casual outfit I wore a couple weeks ago.
Dress: Target, Flip-flops: Kohl's, Bracelet: Claire's, Headband: Forever 21, Belt: Stolen from my mom
P.S. One more thing: My lovely blog friend, Jolene (of http://www.accordingtojolene.blogspot.com/) has recently started selling her designs on her new website: http://juno-designs.weebly.com/. Go check it out if your looking for a gift for someone, a mom or babies or yourself or whomever. She has a lot of adorable little monkey shirts (as well as a whole bunch of other things can get the designs on!) for babies as well as some cute shirts for mommies. Check it out and buy something from her if you like anything; she's a super sweet lady. (I added a button for her store on the right side of my blog as well if you want to click that.)That's it for now. I'll be back soon. Will you try making those cookies? Do you like my outfit? Comment below please and leave your blog if you'd like me to check it out. ♥
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Meet & Greet - Pet Supplies Plus - Pendleton Pike
Enjoy a Meet & Greet with local Greyhound owners and meet greyhounds in person. the Greyhound Pets of America Indy chapter holds the event on the third Saturday of the month at Pet Supplies Plus on Pendleton Pike.
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1. Do I need to reserve my school/youth group field trip in advance?
Yes, reservations must be made at least 2 weeks in advance. If you are attempting to make a reservation within 2 weeks, you will be charged a $25 late fee and you must pay for parking. School groups without reservations pay regular admission and parking rates.
2. How do I set up a reservation?
Please fill out and email our registration form to firstname.lastname@example.com. The Safari Park is unable to accept registration requests through fax.
3. My student and chaperone numbers are an estimate; will I be able to change them?
You can adjust your numbers at anytime including the day of your field trip. In advance, you can contact the Education Department via email or phone message with your adjusted numbers. When you arrive, you can adjust your numbers when you submit payment and collect your tickets.
4. How many people can we bring?
The minimum size of a school/youth group is 15 people. If you are bringing a special-needs class, the minimum group size is 8. We allow a maximum of 200 people per school per day. Each individual over the 200-person limit is charged for a full-price ticket. Please check the tickets section of our website for current prices.
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5. What is the cost of a Safari Park field trip?
Entrance fees may change, depending on several variables. San Diego County students on a field trip are free of charge during traditional school days. Schools located outside of San Diego County, youth groups and homeschools pay a discounted rate of $10 for each student on traditional school days. All schools pay $10 per student on weekends, holidays/promotional periods, and during the summer. Please reference our calendars for free and fee dates:
For schools located inside of San Diego County, adults are free between the minimum ratio of 1 adult for 10 students and a maximum ratio of 1 adult for every 4 students. You may bring additional adults over the 1 to 4 ratio at a cost of $10 per adult. Schools located outside of San Diego County, youth groups, and homeschools pay a discounted rate of $10 for each adult up to a 1 to 1 ratio. All groups must have a minimum of 1 adult for every 10 students. Teachers must purchase tickets and are counted in the total number of adults.
If the number of adults exceeds the number of students, each adult over and above the number of students will be charged the full admission price. Please check the tickets section of our website for current prices.
If you have any special-needs students, we allow 1 aide for each special-needs student in the group for free, they may fall outside of the 1:4 and 1:1 ratio. Please mention how many aides will be attending on your registration form.
6. Can my group ride the Africa Tram? The Balloon Safari?
Your base admission ticket will cover your admission into the Park as well as access to all exhibits, shows and presentations.
You can add tickets for the Africa Tram to your education admission for $5 per person. Please note that your group may be seated on two different trams, if necessary. These tickets do not allow you front of the line privileges.
The Balloon Safari is not included with school admission tickets but can be purchased at the time of check-in. A special discounted ticket of $5 for a five-minute flight is available for school groups only. Tickets may be purchased on-site only and are not available for sale in advance.
7. How does parking work?
Parking is free for buses and chaperone vehicles when reservations are made at least two weeks in advance of the visit. When you arrive, you will tell the parking attendant the name of your school group.
8. Can we bring in our own food?
Yes! You are able to bring in your own food and you may also bring in wagons, etc to carry your lunches. We recommend eating in our picnic area at the Grove (map marker 15). Please note the only lunch storage area provided is in unlocked cabinets outside of the Park, in our log ring.
9. Can we purchase meals in advance?
Yes! We have two choices for meal vouchers - a kids meal and an adult meal voucher. Kids meals are $7 each and include baby carrots, potato chips, a choice of chicken nuggets or cheese quesadilla, and a choice of milk or apple juice. On our order form, you will specify a pick up time for your meals from our Samburu Terrace Restaurant. Adult meal vouchers are $14 each. They are redeemable at Mombasa Island Cooker, Okavango Outpost, Thorntree Terrace and Samburu Terrace. Each location has an option of 4-6 entrees and includes a soft drink. You must contact the Education Department in advance and submit your lunch order at least 4 days prior to your visit date. Prices subject to change.
10. What happens if it rains?
The Safari Park remains open regardless of the weather with few exceptions. You are able to cancel or reschedule your self-guided field trip at any time for no charge due to weather or problems with transportation.
11. Do college groups qualify?
Teacher hosted groups qualify for our education pricing. College groups must be attending as part of a class, and must include at least one instructor/professor or coordinator.
12. Can we use our Membership passes for admission?
Yes! Anyone in your group may use their membership instead of purchasing a ticket through the Education Department. Memberships may also be used to ride the Africa Tram.


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China protests U.S. backing for Taiwan
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing has summoned the U.S. ambassador to express Beijing's "strong indignation and resolute opposition" to what it perceives as growing American support for Taiwan.
Beijing considers Taiwan a breakaway province and regards any outside influence on the island's status as interference in its domestic affairs.
State-run CCTV, Xinhua and most Chinese papers reported the story prominently Sunday.
That the strongly worded diplomatic protest was made on a weekend and was widely reported by the Chinese media may have been meant to amplify Beijing's anger.
"The era of Chinese being bullied is long past," Li was quoted as telling Ambassador Clark Randt, adding: "In the world today, it is a very proud thing to be a Chinese."
Li criticized Washington for permitting Taiwan's defense minister, Tang Yiau-ming, to attend a defense convention this month in Florida.
The visit was the first by a defense minister from Taipei since 1979 when Washington officially switched diplomatic ties to Beijing.
Li also protested the planned visit to the U.S. by former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui.
Lee has been labeled a "trouble-maker" by Beijing's for his pro-independence efforts during his time in office.
By pampering such figures, Xinhua quoted Li as saying, the U.S. was "inflating the arrogance of the separatist forces in Taiwan."
He said the question of Taiwan was "the most important and most sensitive issue at the heart of China-US relations", adding: "Pampering and supporting 'Taiwan independence' can only meet with the resolute opposition of all the Chinese people and will be doomed to failure."
Chinese officials have also reacted angrily to reports last weekend about a Pentagon contingency plan to use nuclear weapons against China in certain situations, which might include a conflict in the Taiwan Strait.
Accusing the U.S. of "nuclear sabre-rattling" Li said China was no threat to the United States and stood by its call for the elimination of all nuclear weapons.
"If there is anything good in threatening the Chinese people, it can only be one thing: the Chinese people's vigilance against certain people will be further heightened, their determination to safeguard the motherland's sovereignty, territorial integrity and national dignity will be greatly enhanced," he was quoted as saying.
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Last week Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi said China was "deeply shocked" at reports that China was on a Pentagon nuclear hit list and called on the Bush administration to explain what the weapons review meant for U.S. policy.
China was among seven countries listed on the Pentagon "Nuclear Posture Review" list of potential targets, including Russia, Syria, Libya as well as the three states President Bush has labeled as forming an "axis of evil": North Korea, Iran and Iraq.
"In just over one month, the American side has committed a series of bad actions that trample upon the spirit of 'U.N. Convention' and the three Sino-U.S. communiqués," the Xinhua report said.
As a result the agency said China sees a pattern in Washington's approach to relations, prompting the weekend summons and diplomatic protest.
The three Sino-U.S. communiqués are regarded as the founding guidelines for relations between Washington and Beijing, particularly with regard to the status of Taiwan and what Beijing calls the "one China" principle.
A U.S. State Department spokesman said the Bush administration had no comment on the Chinese complaints.
Ambassador Randt agreed to convey China's protest fully to the highest officials, Xinhua reported.
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GN Netcom has announced the Jabra Halo, a wireless Bluetooth stereo headset with the claim that it's the world's first with dual microphones.
The Halo will let users enjoy wireless music and answer phone calls in "crystal clear stereo sound".
Featuring A2DP technology, the Jabra Halo will connect to any Bluetooth music-playing device (as well as devices with a 3.5mm jack) and fades out music for incoming calls.
With a foldable, over-the-head design, there's touch volume control, a "discreet" display and the headset can connect to two Bluetooth devices, auto-pairing to mobiles.
Jabra tech includes "Zirene Power Bass" for audio enhancement and "Noise Blackout" to filter background noise and remove ambient sounds.
Charged by micro USB and claiming 8 hours for music and talk and 13 days standby, the 3-ounce Halo will be available in May in the States for $129.99.


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Technical and community college enrollment is reaching all-time highs in Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia as the stumbling economy forces people to seek training to find jobs.
Hixson resident David Phillips, 53, said he lost his job when the Chattanooga Group announced it was moving manufacturing operations of medical devices to Mexico in June 2009.
Phillips was an international service manager for the company. He said he liked the work, "but I didn't want to leave Chattanooga."
Building circuit boards in a class last week at Chattanooga State Community College, Phillips said he's retraining for a job that will let him stay here. He's building on his U.S. Navy experience in nuclear technologies and updating his knowledge in electronics.
He's also a classmate of his oldest child, Melinda Mundzak, who's a freshman this semester. Phillips said he's happy to be an example for his four children, ages 13 to 18.
Enrollment has increased at all Tennessee Board of Regents' institutions, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Paula Short said.
"We are seeing enrollment increases for both students right out of high school and returning adults," Short said. "High school graduates can't find jobs, and returning adults either cannot find employment or have lost jobs. Both are in college to retool or increase their marketability via new credentials."
Over the last two years, enrollment at the Technology Center at Chattanooga State swelled by 38.4 percent, compared with 9.5 percent at other centers in the state, records show.
"This fall, 20 students were enrolled in Technology Center programs at the Volkswagen site. More are expected this spring," she said.
Short predicts that Volks-wagen will have a "significant impact" on the Technology Center in Chattanooga.
Technical College System of Georgia spokesman Mike Light echoed Short's assessment of the realities facing both old and young workers.
"What we're seeing at colleges like Georgia Northwestern is the same effect that we saw earlier down in West Georgia when the Kia plant came to LaGrange," Light said. "You see a lot of people coming back to our colleges looking for training for skilled manufacturing."
Community and technical schools in both states also have had stable enrollment in health care training, Light and Short said.
"Forty percent of our enrollment statewide is in health care. Those businesses are still doing well, despite the economy," Light said.
Fall full-time enrollment at Chattanooga State is up 12 percent this year from last. And 2009 saw overall growth of 10 percent at the school, spokesman Jeff Olingy said. He credits job gains at Alstom Power and Volkswagen for the increase.
"Chattanooga has such a bright future -- even though the times are difficult right now -- that a lot of people are going back to college to prepare for that visibly bright future," he said.
A good chunk of those are "mature, nontraditional students," many with four-year degrees in unrelated fields, he said.
Tim McGhee, dean of engineering technology at the college, said enrollment in his division has increased by 300 percent since 2008.
The Volkswagen announcement in the summer of 2008 "got everybody excited about technology," he said. TVA and Chattanooga State also partnered to develop two programs for potential careers with TVA or in the nuclear power industry, he said.
Marty Aaron, 38, a former truck driver from Cleveland, Tenn., is at Chattanooga State training for a job as a nuclear power plant operator.
"I'm a happy guy these days," he said. "I finally figured out what I want to do when I grow up."
Georgia Northwestern Technical College President Craig McDaniel said the college had a 12.3 percent enrollment jump this fall compared with fall 2009. Among its four campuses, it counts 2,894 students in Walker County, 2,597 in Floyd County, 903 in Gordon County and 308 in Polk County.
McDaniel said three main factors are driving enrollment growth, the first being the 17,000 people who are out of work in Northwest Georgia. Also, he said, more new high school graduates are choosing technical college, and more people with college credit or four-year degrees are in search of "a marketable skill."
"They are turning to the technical college because of the relevance of the curriculum and the connection we have with employers," he said in an e-mail.
McDaniel said health care programs at his school have waiting lists and enrollment has grown in public service programs, too.
"Criminal justice, early childhood education, cosmetology and culinary arts are very strong on every campus where they are offered," he said. Business and industrial technology programs also have increased enrollment.
Dalton State College's enrollment is climbing steadily but not with the surge found at some schools, officials said.
Dalton State's average student age has dropped from 28 to 25, stemming from the college's addition of a baccalaureate program and residential facilities, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services Jodi Johnson said in an e-mail.
The college has not only recruited new students, but kept more of those who might have transferred in the past, Johnson said. And most students now attend fulltime rather than parttime, she said.
The total head count at Dalton State grew 4.6 percent from 2009 to 2010 while numbers of full-time students increased by 6.9 percent, she said.
Cleveland State Community College's fall enrollment of 3,766 was up 4.1 percent from 2009 and the highest in the school's 43-year history, officials said.
Full-time enrollment also set a record for the second year in a row, with a 3.8 percent increase over last fall, figures show.
Officials say enrollment grew by more than 30 percent at Cleveland State's McMinn County campus.
"We're really not seeing a huge change in our age profile or our gender profile," Vice President of Academic Affairs Jerry Faulkner said. "It seems that the economy is striking all across the spectrum, across all demographics."
Incoming Cleveland-area industries such as Wacker Chemical and VW influence enrollment in specific areas, he said.
Cleveland State added an electromechanical degree concentration for people looking for a job with VW and started a two-year chemical-process program for those hoping to work at Wacker when it opens its factory in a few years, he said.
More enrollment growth could come as existing industries hire new workers to replace those who leave for jobs at the new companies, he said.
"I think there's going to be an opportunity for community colleges to help with backfill," he said.


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text: i've been thinking a lot about personal work lately. i don't do enough of it. it's so hard to find the time, honestly. the nature of my wedding work is funny. it's seasonal to an extreme. april-october are slammin to say the least... november + december are brimming with family portraits + holiday madness. january + febuary are slower shooting wise, but still pretty work heavy with wrapping up the previous season.... + that leaves march. wide open + blissfully quiet until it all starts again in april. i took opportunity this march to return home to hawaii... to breathe. to rest. to re-focus some energies on the next season ahead. hawaii is a beautiful place to do such a thing... + i don't think you can getaway to somewhere more extremely different than New York City. i'm surrounded by quiet. lush greenery. a much slower pace of life. i love it. i love the break it gives me from my New York life, + I love how much more it makes me fall in love with NY all over again while i'm away. but i digress... i've shot very little personal work the past two years. i think it's one reason i love instagram so much. shooting for the pure love of shooting. so i'm revisiting some old projects + reinventing some new ones. i'm taking some of this down time to re-vamp my travel portfolio, + in the process re-visited an amazing trip to africa that i took a few years ago. a trip purely for personal shooting. these images haven't seen much light. i think it's time to bring them back out... enjoy.


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A normally reserved Don Mattingly unexpectedly wore his heart on his Yankees sleeve yesterday and pitched with passion and emotion why he was the best man for the job during an intense sit-down with the Steinbrenner clan.
A surprised Hank Steinbrenner who has known the low-key bench coach throughout his stellar career, was clearly impressed with Mattingly's unguarded fervor to become the next team manager.
"As a player he was very quiet. He was the hardest working guy in the game as a player. The greatest clutch hitter I've ever seen and a great defensive first baseman and a quiet leader," Steinbrenner said today.
When asked if one of Mattingly's drawbacks was his inexperience managing a team at any level, Steinbrenner answered, "He has been in the dugout. He has been a coach and obviously Joe [Girardi] has experience, on the other hand Donnie has experience in the dugout as a bench coach.
The third contender, first base coach Tony Pena, has experience as a manager. Pena was meeting today with Yankees's brass in Tampa.
Steinbrenner hedged if a decision to replace Joe Torre would be made by Friday. "Anything is possible, we'll see," he said.
Mattingly, 46, was the second candidate to be interviewed. Girardi led off Monday, and Pena followed Mattingly today. Those are the only three candidates to follow Torre, who declined a one-year deal worth $5 million and $3 million in incentives last week.
Mattingly met with GM Brian Cashman and his bevy of personnel in the morning at the complex. That was followed by an hour meeting with George, Hank and Hal Steinbrenner at Legends Field. A quick conference call with the media proceeded two more hours at the minor league complex.
In the first two sessions, Mattingly said his lack of experience — he has never managed at any level — didn't surface.
"For me it's not an issue," Mattingly said. "In my mind I have been managing for four years and you do it as a player, too."
Out of respect for Torre, Mattingly stayed out of the spotlight. Yet, when Torre's situation was resolved, Mattingly knew what was ahead.


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Agriculture has fallen off Canadians radars — a shift a handful of Senators insist must be reversed.
"Rural Canada has been ignored too long by the rest of the country," Nova Scotia Senator Terry Mercer told reporters during a press conference in Ottawa Wednesday. "And rural Canada needs to be the focal point of not only the federal government, but the provincial government as well."
Mercer's comments followed the release of the Senate Committee on agriculture and forestry's lengthy and detailed report on innovation in Canadian agriculture. The 60-page report compiles 14 months of work and travel during which the committee heard testimonies from 170 witnesses.
In all, the committee (of which Mercer is deputy chair) put forward 19 recommendations meant to help Canadian farmers and others meet the food demands of an ever growing world. With the world population expected to balloon to nine billion people by 2050, Canadian producers estimate production will have to increase by 50 to 70 per cent to meet the demand.
Canada is currently the fifth largest agricultural producer in the world.
According to the Senate committee, meeting that demand won't be possible unless industry innovation is given a serious boost.
At the top of the committee's list of recommendations is a demand for more publicly funded research, something stakeholders have been craving since Agriculture Canada saw its budget slashed by 10 per cent in the 2012 federal budget.
Currently, most federal research funding is tied into "research clusters" in which studies are funded jointly by industry, academia and government. The clusters are renewable on a five-year basis, with most projects focused on finding solutions to existing agriculture related challenges (like disease or drought tolerance).
Very little of the research can be considered long term, industry and academia have repeatedly warned Ottawa politicians. Nor does most of the work touch on "basic research" questions which are generally more theoretical in nature and are less likely to result in findings that can be immediately applied at a practical level.
In their report, Senators sided with industry. "It is important that the government continue its efforts in basic research and invest, by adopting a long-term vision, in priority research areas considered as public good," the report reads.
Public funds should also be directed towards the development of new crop varieties and "facilitate the sharing of data and knowledge among researchers," the report added.
Meanwhile, the National Research Council and the Natural Sciences Engineering Research Council should both "reinstate agri-food as a priority research area."
Federal legislation aimed at reducing bureaucratic red tape, especially when it comes to approving new varieties and products or easing trade, should also be a priority, the committee said. Several Acts – including the 1990 Plant Breeders Rights Act and the Seed Act – should be modernized to meet current international agreements.
The most current international plant breeders rights act — known as UPOV'91 — dates back to 1991. Today, plant breeders working in Canada are bound to UPOV'78, an agreement ratified in 1978. As for the Seeds Act, which outlines the approval process for new agriculture products, it hasn't been updated in more than 30 years.
Both those recommendations are addressed under the pending Agricultural Growth Act (C-18), currently at committee stage in the House of Commons. The House agriculture committee is expected to start studying the bill — which includes changes to nine agriculture acts in total — when parliament returns in the fall.
Animal welfare codes and disease controls should also be updated, the committee wrote.
Modernizing legislation and reducing red tape, though, isn't the only government responsibility, Mercer told reporters. Better education programs meant to bridge the gap between urban and rural Canadians are desperately needed.
"We need to continue to educate people at the school level and at the public level," Mercer said. "The government needs to continue to support agriculture institutions that promote agriculture and the agricultural schools that are across the country."
It's a position backed by the committee's report, which argues all stakeholders must work together to "raise public awareness about the realities of the agriculture and agri-food sector to dispel the negative perceptions the public may have regarding the consumption of products derived from new methods or technologies."
When it comes to the future of agriculture, one thing is for certain, Mercer said. "We need to find a way to engage Canadians."
"We need to re-emphasize with Canadians by putting out there how important our agriculture sector is," he explained. "The fact [of the matter is] when Canadians go to the supermarket every day they are buying food produced by their neighbours," Mercer said.


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I just thought I'd share that pollen is back in the air in my area, upper midwest. It looks like it's coming from the summer weeds.
I haven't noticed any deposits in the pool yet. But the pool currently has so much activity in it (either swimming or vacuuming), I really don't think the pollen would have time to collect on the bottom.


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In June 2008, brothers Elvis and Geoffrey Payne, drove 5, 500 miles from Tamworth(UK)to the North Cape, the northenmost point in Europe at the top of Norway.In a standard car 5, 500 miles is no mean feat though the brothers chose to do it in an 18 year old 3-wheeled Reliant Robin along with four other teams driving 3-wheeled Bond Bugs ranging from 35 - 38 years old.The journey took three weeks to complete and crossed through eight different countries as well as some very challenging roads. This is the story of how they prepared for the journey along with enhanced extracts from their daily blog following the journey as it unfolded. In full colour with over 70 photographs.With parts of it that date back to 1299, ita#39;s amazing that it is still a military area with soldiers on guard at various points. ... Back at the campsite, Geoff gave aNew Bluea a full service. ... think afarta means speed as in Sweden there are signs along the side of the road that state aDin Farta and when you drive passed they light up with a number. ... Rorya#39;s Bond Bug and New Blue at the tyre repair centre in Oslo.
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Georgia, the Peach State, has something for everyone and something of everything; from historical treasures in Savannah, to the beaches of the Golden Isles, the attractions of Atlanta, the outdoor adventures in the North and of course, the golf courses. As always in the Deep South, great musicians were born here; from Otis Redding, James Brown and Little Richard to REM; a fantastic time to visit is for the Savannah Music Festival in March or April.
With direct flights from London arriving into the capital Atlanta, the gateway to the South, this is the perfect place to begin your Georgia holiday. Shopping, museums, art galleries, and attractions such as the World of Coke and CNN Studios, ensure a fun stay in the city. After a city stay, get on the road and drive the 100 mile Antebellum Trail from Athens to Macon, stopping at the lovely town of Madison on the way.
Travel into the Golden Isles spending your days on beautiful beaches, kayaking, sailing and visiting the sea turtle centre on Jekyll Island. Along the coastline, explore Savannah, a stunning town with 22 public squares, as seen in the movie 'Forrest Gump', and the largest national historic landmark district in the country. See the Thomas House, a wonderful example of Regency architecture, and dine out in the waterfront area for a fun night. In the north of the state, explore the Native American roots of the Cherokee Indians and get outdoors in the Chattahoochee National Forest, the site of America's first gold rush. Augusta, home to the masters, and the rest of the state is a haven for golf enthusiasts, with over 500 courses waiting to be played.