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Mandy Espezel is a visual artist originally from Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. They received a BFA from the University of Alberta in 2007, and a MFA in 2012 from the University of Lethbridge. Espezel contributed regularly to Prairie Artsters.com (the Alberta-based visual arts blog created by Amy Fung) and created/co-authored the weekly arts review column "Art Box" with Jill Stanton, which was published in Edmonton's former SEE Magazine. Espezel has been the recipient of an Alberta Foundation for the Arts Production Grant, The Livia Stoyke Foundation Best in Show Award, the Telus Music Video Fund, and has participated in numerous residencies, group exhibitions, and solo exhibitions across Canada. Recent projects include solo exhibitions with Casa Public Art Gallery, and with Harcourt House Gallery, both in early 2017. Currently based in Lethbridge, Espezel is a recurrent sessional instructor in the Art Department at the University of Lethbridge.
Based in an intuitive, material studio practice, my work inhabits a feminist-phenomenological discourse and an intentional engagement with the power and necessity of vulnerability. I work to confront the limits and conceptual dilemmas present within historically binary modes of representation/mimesis, while striving for corporeal embodiment. The manifestation of anxieties (realized in both psychological and physiological states), empathy, otherness, and the "autobiographical" as a source of influence in interpretation and production are current thematic concerns. My work is informed by an interest in contemporary issues of cultural, socio-political, and scientific/dogmatic current events, and the evolving conversation around identity politics. Residing within the realm of the expanded field of painting, and utilizing paintings structural language, my interdisciplinary practice challenges the distinction between emotional and intellectual knowledge, the hierarchical dichotomies created between the arts and sciences/body and mind, and between classifications of identity, such as gender, race, and social class. Subjectivity is source material, and through intensive confrontations of these categories, cultural meaning is broken down, and new possibilities for understanding unfold.


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Where are the worst potholes in Nova Scotia?
574 complaints in Halifax so far
More than 574 complaints about potholes in Halifax have flooded in since the beginning of December, according to city staff — more than all of last year's winter season.
The early start to the pothole season has left roads around Halifax pockmarked.
Terry McGrath takes travellers to and from the airport and said he has a mental map of potholes to avoid because he can't afford to have his town car in the shop.
"That all contributes to lost driving time and lost income," he said.
While things may seem worse this winter, driving instructor Tom Furlong said it doesn't help much to complain.
"It's pothole city. You got to avoid them. Does it rain? Yes it rains. What do you do about it? Turn on your wipers. Do we have potholes? Yes we do. What do you do about them? You avoid them," he said.
He advises his young drivers to look ahead and straddle potholes rather than go around.
If hitting one is inevitable, Furlong suggests slowing down by laying off the brakes to spare the car's suspension.
"I think we got a bumper crop this year," he said. "I've seen probably more potholes than I've seen before.
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In last week's column, I discussed some aspects of getting Exchange 2000 Server ready for prime time. This week, let's look at some new aspects of what that prime time use might actually be. We all expect Exchange 2000 to be bigger, better, and faster than its 5.5 predecessor, but some new features in Exchange 2000, specifically Instant Messaging (IM), Chat, and Conferencing, make it truly interesting.
Many companies are looking at ways to leverage technologies such as IM, Chat, and Conferencing to help their employees work better (improve communication channels, make better use of infrastructure, and ultimately reduce costs). At the same time, other companies are looking at implementing these technologies commercially (e.g., application service providers—ASPs—using IM and Chat to offer Internet services to the paying public).
Today, more than 80 million people use Internet-based IM services, and AOL boasts a mind-blowing 750 million instant messages per 24 hours. That's twice as many letters as the US Postal Service delivers in a day! IM offers a crisp, succinct way to exchange snippets of information. Microsoft describes IM as combining the urgency of the telephone with the functionality of email. Although useful, this description doesn't disclose that the real power of IM as an enterprise tool is in the "presence information" it provides.
Presence information lets users specify that they are logged on, on the phone, or away from their desk. This functionality can be ingeniously incorporated into workflow or document-routing applications or eventually into mobile communication devices. Look a little into the future and picture yourself automatically receiving an instant message from your significant other as he or she starts the drive home from work—a sensor is tripped or a Global Positioning System (GPS) kicks in. That instant message should be enough information to encourage you to get dinner in the oven or at least call for some take-out food.
On the Chat front, Exchange 2000 supports the concept of communities of interest, where registered users can dynamically create chat rooms, and system administrators can manage user activity. Couple this feature with the greatly improved HTTP access to Public Folders and a little Active Server Pages (ASP) -coding, and a solid collaborative working environment is within reach.
Similarly, Exchange Conferencing brings the old NetMeeting functionality into the new millennium with integrated and centrally managed support for whiteboarding, application sharing, and audio and video conferencing. This functionality has been available, but now it's managed from Exchange 2000, integrated into Outlook, and implemented on a multicast basis, not peer-to-peer as it was in its previous life. These new innovations make the conferencing service much more scalable and ready for the enterprise.
I know what you're thinking! You've heard the hype before. You've read the marketing brochures and seen the glitzy demos. But the integration of this functionality into the Exchange 2000 platform, which can scale to tens of thousands of users per system, makes it feasible in corporate environments for the first time.
Take off the blinders and stop thinking of Exchange 2000 as simply a messaging platform—it's much more than that. Exchange 2000 is a collaboration platform. It's not perfect, but it's getting closer to delivering what users in your environment want. Exchange's flexibility lets you easily customize it, and writing enhancements or modifications using Visual Basic (VB) and Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) produces powerful results, typically taking only a few lines of code.
It's time to get away from just the plumbing with Exchange 2000 and begin constructing and crafting solutions with it. A wealth of opportunity exists for bending and stretching the product like never before, but doing so requires an open mind and an inclination to embrace this new description of the Exchange world. To quote the last sentence of a famous 1935 physics book on the then new theory of quantum mechanics: "It seems that some essentially new physical ideas are here needed."
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What's Your Selfie Technique?
Oh, don't pretend like you don't have one!
Don't get me wrong, I love Halloween. But also, I'm lazy. I admire those who do gorgeously elaborate and accurate cosplay, but my kind of costume is one that brings maximum cute for minimum time, effort and money.
The look I'll show you here can be created with nothing but stuff you probably already own (or can borrow from somebody), save for a piece of felt. But even that only cost me, like, 50 cents.
I decided pretty late this year what I was going to be. I had a lot of great ideas, but as I said, cheap and lazy really narrows your options. It was only when I was reading through Mari's post full of adorable childhood costumes that I got inspired to look back at my own old Halloween costume photos, and found this gem.
Can we take a second to fawn over how adorable/creepy it is that I am either Nala from The Lion King, or that Nala is eating my face. Either way, I thought it would be fun to pay tribute to the first movie I owned on VHS by recreating the look almost 20 years later. (Can you believe it has been 20 years since Lion King? I rewatched it this past weekend and it is still solid gold, and OMG SO MANY TEARS at the stampede scene, you guys, wahhhh.)
Anyway, on to getting Nala-fied.
This was easy for me to create on the cheap, because I already had vaguely lion-colored clothing at home I could put together. For those of you playing at home, be warned that if you're attempting to go slutty Nala, absolutely nothing sexy comes in the color camel. Instead, you'll end up looking like a lioness who works by day as a secretary in a law firm. But, like, a very fierce lioness-secretary, at least.
I started with the mane. I know only male lions actually grow manes, but my hair is kind of too perfect of a frizzy poof to not. All I had to do was scrunch it up and air-dry with no product in it.
For those of you with hair of the sleeker, straighter variety, sleeping with your hair in lots of little wet braids or mini buns can give a similar effect. To get extra volume at the roots, I grabbed sections about one or two inches down the length of my hair and lifted them up, clipping them in place so that they would dry with more lift, like so
While my hair dried, I made the ears.
All it took was one sheet of felt from the craft store. I folded it in half, and cut out two half circle shapes along the fold to create what looked like two little taco shells.
Then I quickly stitched along the edge, leaving a centimeter's worth of space unstitched for pinning.
Then, I teased random sections and added a few little bitty braids to give it some more texture, kind of like Jessica did here and then finally pinned the ears in.
To create the light ring of fur that lions have around the eyes, I swept MAC Eyeshadow in Era from the crease all the way up to my brow, and then on the lower lid as well, blending it down into the half circle below the eye created by the orbital bone.
On my actual lid, I smudged Maybelline Color Tattoo in Bad to the Bronze.
Then, I lined my bottom waterline with Tarte's Skinny SmolderEyes pencil in Onyx, squeezing my lids together to transfer some liner on to the top waterline as well.
I finished the look by lining my upper lash line in somewhat of a reverse cat eye, extending the line down past the tear duct and on to the side of my nose.
To create a lion nose, I traced out a curved shape on my nose and filled it in using an angled eyeliner brush and NARS eyeshadow in Bali, a matte deep brown. A brown eyeliner or brow pencil would do just as well here if not better.
Then, I finished the look of with e.l.f. Studio Contouring bronzing powder. I brushed it all over my face with the exception of the area around my mouth and chin, to create something of a muzzle.
Finish up with a matte medium brown shadow (or just your bronzer again) to trace some small curved lines at the corners of your mouth, and one down the middle of that dip between your nose and mouth (it's called a philtrum, btw).
And you're a lion, my ferocious cuties!
What childhood costume would you most like to recreate?


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Sufganiyot (Israeli Jelly Doughnuts)
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Author Notes: These jelly doughnuts are traditionally eaten for Hanukkah. —Joan Nathan
Food52 Review: WHO: Joan Nathan is a James Beard Award-winning cookbook author and expert on Jewish cuisine.
WHAT: A dessert to eat while you keep your eye on the dreidel.
HOW: Cut a lemon-scented yeast dough into cute rounds, fry them in hot oil until puffy and golden, then fill with apricot jam.
WHY WE LOVE IT: If celebrating the miracle of a day's worth of oil lasting eight nights means eating these perfectly fluffy and just-sweet-enough donuts, then I guess we'll eat one (or ten)—if we have to. —The Editors
Makes: 2 dozen
package dry yeast
tablespoons sugar, divided
cup water
cup lukewarm milk
3 1/2
cups unbleached all-purpose flour
large egg
additional egg yolk
Grated zest of 1 lemon
3 1/2
tablespoons butter, at room temperature
cup apricot jam
Vegetable oil for deep-frying
Neutral oil, for frying
Confectioners or granulated sugar for rolling
- Dissolve 1 tablespoon yeast and 1 tablespoon of the sugar in water and allow yeast to bloom, then add the milk and pour into a large bowl.
- Add the egg and the yolk, salt, lemon zest, flour, the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, and the butter. Mix together with your hands, then knead dough on a pastry board until it becomes sticky yet elastic.
- Cover the dough in a greased bowl, and let rise in a warm place for at least an hour. If you want to prepare it ahead, place the dough in the refrigerator overnight, then let it warm to room temperature before rolling and cutting.
- Dust a pastry board with flour. Roll the dough out to a 1/2-inch thickness. Using the top of a glass, cut into rounds about 2 inches in diameter, and let rise 30 minutes more.
- Pour at least 2 inches of oil into a heavy pot and heat until it is about to bubble (or do as I often do in an electric wok at 375° F).
- Drop the doughnuts into the oil, 4 or 5 at a time. Cook about 3 minutes on each side, turning when brown. Drain on paper towels. Using a pastry or cupcake injector (available at cooking stores and online), insert a teaspoon of jam into each doughnut. Roll the sufganiyot in confectioners or granulated sugar and serve immediately.
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Jessica Simpson is getting out of her daisy dukes and into a shop assistant's uniform for Employee Of The Month. She'll play a sexy cashier who causes two geeky fellow clerks to start a fierce competition for her affections. Australian comedian Dane Cook is already signed to play one of the nerdy employees, who are also locked in competition for the titular award.
Sticking with the world of commerce, fresh news from Kevin Smith's Clerks 2: The Passion Of The Clerks. With filming now just about wrapped, Smith has revealed two big cameos from the film: old hands Jason Lee and Ben Affleck both make brief appearances, despite the director's earlier claim that his former stars wouldn't feature. Still, it's always good to see Lee and Affleck in a Smith film… And for the fans who need to know, they're playing new characters, though Affleck is on record as saying he just might be the Bartelby angel character he assayed in Dogma, cast back down to Earth.
On to more historical matters: David Bowie – best known for acting in The Man Who Fell To Earth – is considering a new screen thesping gig. He's negotiating to play cult scientific figure Nikola Tesla in Christopher Nolan's The Prestige. Based on Christopher Priest's 1996 novel, the film tells the tale of rival magicians in early 20th century London. The warring wizards will be played by Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman. If he signs, Bowie will play Tesla, the real-life Serbian-American inventor who discovered the rotating magnetic field.


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Mt. Blanc Trip
Whether you have many notches on the bamboo shaft of your piolet or have never been to the summit of a glaciated peak before; Mt. Blanc could be the adventure you are seeking.
Mt Blanc is the centerpiece of the Chamonix valley and the tallest peak in the Alps. A truly iconic summit with a rich history that is integral to the history of mountaineering. A climb on Mt Blanc combines all the charm of the mountain life style in the Alps with spectacular views, big mountain days, tasty cuisine, and the wonderful European hut experience.
AAC is partnering with American Guide Service Mahoney Alpine Adventures to provide a 2:1 client:guide ratio for our trip. Kevin Mahoney is a internationally certified guide through IFMGA in ski mountaineering, rock and alpine climbing. Additionally, Kevin is the recipient of the 2016 Underhill Award, and past winner of the Copp/Dash Inspired Award, Lyman Spitzer Award, Mugs Stump Award, Golden Piton Award for various climbs across the world.
August 12:
Fly into Geneva and travel to the Chamonix valley. We will enjoy a kick off dinner and get to know each other and our guides before tucking into our beds in town.
August 13:
This day is used to shake off the jet lag, a skill assessment day as well as the first step in acclimatizing. We will climb the Petite Vert from the Grand Montet tram above the town of Argientiere. Sleep in Chamonix.
August 14 & 15:
We will move up high and stay at either the Cosmique Hut or the Torino Hut and spend the two days climbing peaks such as Point Lachenal, Tour Ronde, Aiguiles Entreves, Arrete des Cosmique. Each climb offers spectacular views of the Mt Blanc Massif with a combination of rock, snow and glacier climbing. We will stay high in a hut on the 14th, and sleep back down in Chamonix on the 15th.
August 16 & 17:
After waking up in Chamonix we will head up high to the Tete Rousse Hut at 3187M/10,456FT. From Le Houches we take the Bellevue Telepherique up to the tramway Mt Banc ending at Nid D'Aigle 2,370M/7,775FT. After a 2.5 hour hike we arrive at the Tete Rousse hut. From here we will start our summit bid on Mt Blanc. The climb starts with a 600M climb of the grand Couloir, beyond the Gouter Hut and onto the Gouter Dome and to the summit of Mt Blanc. The climb consists of 1,621M/5,319FT over 6-7 hours with a 4-5 hours descent to the Tete Rousse Hut where we will spend another night.
August 18:
After breakfast at the Tete Rousse Hut we will head back into Chamonix. After a bit of rest and relaxation, we will head out to dinner to celebrate our week in the Alps! Sleep in Chamonix.
August 19:
We will travel back to Geneva and fly home (or for those of you who haven't had enough of the Alps, you are welcome to extend your trip and explore everything that the Chamonix Valley has to offer!
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- Ground transportation between Geneva and Chamonix
- 2:1 Client to guide ratio
- All stays in huts (includes breakfast, dinner)
- Tram transportation as outlined in the itinerary above
- Hotel accommodation in Chamonix when not on the mountain
- Welcome and celebration dinners
The Geneva airport will be the airport you fly into. It is about an hour outside of Chamonix and has many flight options. We will travel as a group to Chamonix, and back again at the end of the trip.
To make your reservation, please contact Vickie Hormuth at (303) 951-4566 or [email protected]. A $250 deposit is required at the time of reservation.


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Reporting from Baghdad — Iraqi lawmakers buried the hatchet Saturday, with public displays of goodwill and apologies over "misunderstandings," as parliament approved a broad agreement that will usher in a new government after a debilitating eight-month deadlock.
Two days after they walked out of a raucous session that showed the deep rifts in the halls of power, members of the Sunni Arab-backed Iraqiya bloc returned to parliament for a final vote on the accord that saw Shiite Prime Minister Nouri Maliki maintain his hold on power.
Iraqiya members apologized for walking out Thursday after the Shiite and Kurdish blocs in the parliament refused to go along with a request for an immediate lifting of a political ban on four Iraqiya members because of their alleged ties to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party.
Lawmakers agreed Saturday to start the process of lifting the bans. The 325-member body also voted in favor of the agreement, hammered out last week, that proved to be the breakthrough in ending the stalemate over inconclusive national elections.


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A drink as yummy as it is pretty.
We used this as our greeting wine for our Easter dinner. I thought it fit beautifully with my theme of Purple and Green: The Colors of Spring.
1 ounce Midori, chilled
6 ounces
, chilled Champagne
1 tablespoon sugar
1 drop red food coloring
1 drop blue food coloring
1. Place sugar into a custard cup. Add food coloring until well blended. Dip rim of champagne glass into juice, wine or some other liquid. Dip into colored sugar. Allow to dry before filling with beverage.
2. Pour Midori into the bottom of champagne flute. Top with champagne, prosecco or cava.
3. Enjoy!
Servings: 1
Preparation Time: 1 minute
Total Time: 1 minute
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Thomas does not have kidney stones, rather nephrocalcinosis. If you google nephrocalcinosis you will be alarmed at what it can mean. It is a symptom for several not so nice diseases. However, the urologist said since he does not have an increase in calcium in his urine it will just need to be monitored with yearly renal ultrasounds and monthly urinalysis. If the blood in his urine does not go away when the voiding dysfuction is under control they will do some more testing. So for the time being there is no cause for alarm, rather cautious observation.
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Voiding Dysfunction
Thank goodness! Thomas does not have reflux from his bladder to his kidneys, what he does have is Voiding Dysfunction. On Monday Thomas had a V.C.U.G. and kidney and bladder ultrasounds to see if his body was normal. His bladder, right kidney and ureters all look great. However his left kidney appeared to be speckled with something. The Pediatric Urologist up at Primary Children's Hospital said it might possibly be kidney stones or just something residual from the ultra sound machine. They did another test yesterday to see if it was kidney stones. We will find out soon for sure what it was. In the mean time, Thomas also has terrible constipation. Who knew all this works together. She explained how it all works and gave us lots of paper work to help us understand. We learned a ton! For now we are having to basically re-potty train Thomas and give him laxatives to help everything get moving. We are also really increasing the amount of fiber he eats. He was a trooper and at All Bran buds with me this morning. He wants his body to work properly as well. On the V.C.U.G. films you can see that all his bowels were just packed. I wanted to cry. I feel responsible for not feeding him better. I am glad to know and have a better understanding of all this. I am also glad he does not have worse problems. In the paperwork they gave us sometimes voiding dysfuction can cause hydronephrosis, bladder decompensation, and kidney damage. Some kids have even needed to have kidney transplants. I am so okay with re-potty training if if will protect his little body.
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Saturday, October 4, 2008
Mya turned 1
Mya turned one on September 24. We celebrated with dinner, presents, and fried ice cream at Los Hermanos with Grandma Annie & Aunt Emily. Our server asked if we wanted them to sing to her and bring out fried ice cream. We were like, DUH! I did ask that they keep the volume lower then they might otherwise. The first 5 servers used their indoor voices but the dude in the back didn't get the message and trillled as loud as he could. Mya weathered it well and did not cry, she didn't smile either though. We followed up with cake and more presents and Grandpa Grant at home. For the record Mya has 8 teeth, is 29 inches long, and weighs 24 pounds 10 ounces. I cannot imagine that one year ago she was 3 lbs and fighting for her life. What a trooper! She must have something important to do while she is here!
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Thomas's Second First Day of School
We have been working on getting Thomas into a certain school since last year this time. After the first lottery last spring he was not accepted and was #7 on the wait list. As the start of the school year approached I called every couple of weeks seeing if his place on the list had changed. The week before school he was #1 on the list. I went ahead and started him at the local elementary school and he was so excited to go. I called the new school during his first week at the local school and found out he was accepted. YEAH!!! He was even more excited. These are pictures from his second first day of school!
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Jazz in Poland: Posters from the Rosenberg Collection
July 12 – September 8/ 2002
This exhibition celebrates not only the graphic brilliance of posters made in Poland in recent decades, but also the strong Polish affinity for jazz, an American art form so thoroughly assimilated that musicians can be counted by generations. Posters of all kinds-promoting events, merchandise, political issues, travel-became common in the mid-nineteenth century, when advances in printing technology allowed a large format and the use of color. But in Poland after World War II posters developed in distinctive and unexpected ways. Playful in visual content and groundbreaking in graphic design, they give little hint of the turbulent political and economic changes that repeatedly reshaped Polish society. Yet the uniqueness of these images derives in large measure from the extraordinary historical circumstances in which they developed. Shielded from the influence of advertising in capitalist markets, isolated from art movements in Western Europe and North America, and adept at the use of obliqueness, ambiguity, and wit, Polish artists developed a sophisticated approach to graphic design that is admired and appropriated throughout the world. Martin and Patricia Rosenberg, whose collection of Polish graphic design is internationally known, have lent the posters included in the exhibition. Their past gifts of historic Polish posters to the University's art collection have provided an important foundation for the study of graphic design. We are grateful for their generosity in lending material and expertise so freely.


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What if you could have a car with all the power and speed you'd expect, but that's also clean, quiet and doesn't need gas? Considering the price of gas these days and instability in the Middle East, who wouldn't want to ditch a gas-guzzler in favor of a better alternative?
Those cars do exist, but according to a new documentary film, you won't be driving one now or anytime soon. Who Killed the Electric Car? follows the recent history of the battery-electric car. In 1990, General Motors funded the EV1 prototype, a sporty car and an engineering marvel. Given this emerging technology, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) issued a mandate requiring an increasing percentage of new cars sold in the state to have zero tailpipe emissions.
At first, automakers such as Honda, Toyota, Ford and GM created electric vehicles to comply with the mandate. But then something odd happened — GM and others sued CARB to drop it, even as eager drivers joined long waiting lists to lease electric cars. With rising pressure from the automakers, the federal government and the oil industry, CARB eventually dropped the mandate.
How could this have happened? To answer this question, Who Killed the Electric Car? focuses mostly on the EV1 and its lessees. It's a feel-good story up until GM's puzzling recall — and subsequent destruction — of the EV1 fleet.
The film is packed with emotional testimonies from former EV1 lessees who fought and pleaded to keep their cars. Ironically, GM cited lack of consumer interest as its reason for the recall, which begs the question: Why didn't GM promote the EV1 more? Aside from the 800 lessees, few people, especially outside of California, even knew the cars existed.
"I've never had a product I had to beg to lease, and then fight to keep," says former EV1 driver Peter Horton. "I've never seen a company be so cannibalistic toward its own product."
The lucky few who leased EV1s never wanted to give them up — the cars had great range (75 to 130 miles), cost just pennies a mile to operate, and required no gas, oil or mufflers, and almost no brake changes. Typical maintenance consisted only of recharging the battery at home, refilling the windshield wiper fluid and rotating the tires.
In classic "who-dunnit" style, writer/director Chris Paine also explores a number of compelling theories (some would say conspiracies) about the demise of electric cars in California. Did it happen because automakers and the auto parts industry stood to lose billions in revenue for parts and maintenance? Because oil companies were concerned their monopoly on fuel was in jeopardy? Because of ineffective leadership within CARB? Because of industry-loyal politicians? Or was the EV1 just a fad, with consumer acceptance limited to a small but vocal group of quixotic Californians? In the end, the blame is spread among all these groups.
But Who Killed The Electric Car? is not only about the electric car. The documentary is a statement about Americans' transportation choices, and about how industries and governments manipulate them. And even though electric cars have been defeated (for now), the documentary ends positively. MOTHER EARTH NEWS readers already know there's never been more hope for the future: Recent advancements in batteries, gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles and plug-in hybrids are driving significant change in our transportation options.
The movie is now available on DVD. To learn more about electric vehicles, read Drive an EV and Never Buy Gas Again and Why We Need Electric Cars.
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LA-based director Chris Paine had his EV taken from him, as did many other folks who leased GM's ridiculously eco-friendly, forward-thinking electric car. He and his producer Dean Devlin decided the world needed to hear the whole account of Who Killed The Electric Car? in the their new documentary. Listen to this interview, go see the movie, and then decide for yourself.
EV1 was a great car: the range of the 1999 Nickel version was up to 160 miles on a charge. We hooked a fast-charger to it, bypassing the dumb magnecharger, and it worked great. Even the 1997 EV1 with Panasonic lead batteries went up to 110 miles on a charge. But the real issue is, why did GM crush them ALL?? All of the 1999 version were crushed. Why? ------------------------------------------ Vice Chairman Lutz GM Corp. Via Email to firstname.lastname@example.com Dear Mr. Lutz: When I asked you "why not use Lead or Nickel batteries for the Volt", and later upgrade when Lithium ever becomes available, you answered on Mar. 13 only "Boy, are you messed up on batteries!". To date, you have not provided a substantive answer to this important issue, the most important and crucial of the 21st Century. As the lead article in the EVA magazine points out this month, the Volt is receding into the future, superceded by more and more fantastical concept cars using Fuel Cells and other ideas. I'd like to know, with a straight answer, whether GM is just dissimulating about plug-in cars. Not just assurances. Talk is cheap. If GM were actually looking for customers, instead of a Public Relations triumph, why aren't you courting the natural demographic which would purchase a Volt, the former EV1 drivers? GM has a lot of apologizing and explaining to do about why the EV1 had to be rushed into the crusher in 2005, while now, in 2007, after the movie about GM killing it, GM now claims that it was a viable experiment. The rush to crush was so imperative, GM had two would-be customers arrested, jailed, convicted, sentenced and fined. Instead, GM could have just sold the EV1 to these two ladies, Alexandra Paul and Colette Divine, or just waited for a few months before crushing the last of these EV1. Exactly why did GM crush the EV1? GM's guilt, and GM's dodging the issues, don't give one a feeling of confidence about the Volt or your ho
Kent Beuchert claims to be an expert on EVs, but his statements belie an ignorance instead. The EV1 was vastly superior to EVs of the earlier era in almost every way. Ranges exceeding 140 miles were common and acceleration equal to some of the fastest cars on the road made this an exceptionsl EV. Today's EVs canbe made to travel over 300 miles, and fast charging has been available since 1998. But the benefits to driving with electricity are much more than acceleration. The cars use no oil. Hundreds of us still drive the Toyota RAV4 EVs and Ford Ranger EVs that were saved from destruction and, according to a recent survey, 48% of those drivers use solar to power their homes and cars. In my case, my 3 kW PV system powers my car and house. My electric bill for last year was only $44.08, that's for my house and car for the whole year. When you drive with electricity, none of your money goes to the oil companies, and by extention, the Saudis and other middel eastern despots. According to a recent report from the Energy Dept., there is enough excess power capacity at night to power 84% of the American fleet without adding any new capacity. That's 180 million vehicles! By the time we've made even a few million vehicles, we'll have added enough solar and wind to the grid to handle all of additional load from them. By the way, the average American drives about 1000 miles per month. A 2 kW PV system will generate that much power and will last for 40-50 years. It will cost about $10K-$15K. How much do you think you'll spend in gas over the next 40-50 years? And who will you be giving your money too for that gas? EVs are silent. Consider how life will be when the noise of the freeway is only the sound of the tires on the road. The air pollution from tailpipes is responsible for thousands of American deaths each year. That all goes away when we all drive EVs. The cost of Lithium Ion batteries is dropping fast, and the cost of
As an expert on electric cars, I must object to the many mistakes and misleading statements made here. The EV-1 was not the wonder car the film claims - it was, in fact, no improvenment over the Detroit Electric built in 1907 in terms of driving range (which John Hollis foolishly claims was "great") and time to recharge (6 to 8 hours). The film has now conned another ignorant soul whose only "knowledge" of electric cars is what is contained ina very fictitious and silly film that looks to conspiracy theories to explain what any 7 year old knows - the car's batteries were 1) too heavy 2) too expensive ($25,000) and didn't last long enough - about 5 years, making the costs per mile very high 3) took too long to discharge. The car costs 4 times what an equivalent ICE vehicle cost, one which could take the owners on trips, vacations, and destinations more than 30 miles away. The EV-1 didn't meet the needs of anyone except the most hearty treehugger (and one who owned a second car).
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While the likes of Instagram, Vine and Snapchat are still missing from BlackBerry World for BlackBerry 10 smartphones there has been plenty of news about those apps coming from indie BlackBerry developers. iGrann is stepping in where Instagram is slacking and Whine is stepping in for Vine. So what's happening for Snapchat?
As seen above, the folks from Surge Co. Apps are working on Snappy, a native open source Snapchat app for BlackBerry 10 based on snapchat-php that has been ported to Python for BB-Py Project. Although there's not ETA for release as of yet but the app just being in the works is good enough news for some folks.
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In some industries, procurement spend can account for as much as 80% of total costs. IndustrialCo found itself close to this threshold, devoting the majority of the firm's costs each year to procurement. But it wasn't getting full value for its money. Each operating company handled its own purchasing independently with little regard for the synergies that might exist across units and geographies and the global purchasing group lacked mandate and authority.
This siloed approach came with a number of costs, the most tangible of which was missed opportunities to consolidate volumes and negotiate discounts with key suppliers. Without effective global oversight, local procurement groups also lacked visibility into best practices or total ownership costs, adding another challenge to assessing the waste associated with the spend.
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Connecticut Public Broadcasting Braces for Potential Budget Cuts
by Adam Chiara | Apr 11, 2011 9:59am
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Adam Chiara of LocalOnlineNews.TV talks to Connecticut Public Broadcasting about what the potential federal government spending cuts could mean to their organization.
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posted by: ... | April 11, 2011 10:48am
I definitely owe WNPR and CPTV some money when I get back. I can't count how many Where We Live shows I've listened to off of iTunes. They do a great service and while they often promote the need for funding, I think this time it may be just a bit more serious.
posted by: erikblaz | April 11, 2011 3:03pm
I frequently listen to public broadcasting. They break about 4 times an hour now for commercials (I mean underwriting messages). In fact I stopped donating for this reason. I would not be possible to do a hard hitting story on GE, or Monsanto, or ADM, or any other companies that are advertising. They are packaging up and selling their audience just like any other commercial entity.
posted by: Noteworthy | April 11, 2011 3:12pm
Public Broadcasting in general has several public relations problems and if it loses federal funding, they have only themselves to blame including the local affiliate.
First is the political bias (left leaning) which is clear at the network level and at the local level. Second, is the rich compensation packages being paid to top executives. In Connecticut, well over a million dollars a year is lavished on the top- 5 or 6 people in the company - CEO Jerry Franklin is raking in $350K in salary alone before you look at the perks or the generous travel/vacation time he spends in South GA. Nancy Bauer is VP of Sales and is well into six figures as is the CFO and the SVP of Development Dean Orton is the second highest person paid making close to $200K or more. You have another six figure person who is supposed to be in charge of local programming at CPTV. Third, like many of his compadres around the country, Franklin also sits on the People's Bank Board of Directors for which he is richly compensated at a rate of $20K per meeting, 26 meetings a year. He joined with fellow board members in engineering a public stock offering and in doing so, rewarded himself and other insiders with millions of dollars in free stock. WGBH in
Boston does some of the same things; Philadelphia, LA and so on. These guys own cattle ranches in Georgia (Franklin) and vinyards in CA.
So one is left to wonder about how seriously public broadcasting would be impacted if they lose federal funding, if access would really be impacted at all or whether they could make up the difference by trimming these rich pay packages and lifestyles to which top executives have become accustomed?
posted by: hawkeye | April 11, 2011 3:42pm
CPTV has done a marvelous job in providing Connecticut Womens' Basketball coverage to Connecticut families to enjoy, in addition to an outstanding and diversified blend of programming pleasure for all.
They depend on individual monetary contributions, from their satisfied viewers, even more so, if they incur expected budget cuts.


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LSU AgCenter veterinarian Dr. Christine Navarre is getting calls from around Louisiana that anaplasmosis outbreaks are occurring in cattle herds.
"It's not uncommon to get these calls this time of year," Navarre said. "But it's still a red flag that producers need to be watching for this disease and take steps to prevent further outbreaks."
Anaplasmosis is a disease spread by insects, usually flies, that can lead to death, especially in adult cattle. It can be prevented three ways — through vaccination, feed that contains an antibiotic and minerals, and fly control. "If producers see signs of the disease, the first step they should take is to call their veterinarian to make sure their cattle are getting the appropriate treatment," Navarre said.
Symptoms include depression and fever and, in milking herds, a rapid drop in production. The infected animal becomes weak, separates from the herd and may be frightened easily. The moist surfaces around the eyes and muzzle become yellow. Animals that survive gradually recover but remain carriers, Navarre said.
"The mineral mix with antibiotics that producers can feed their cattle to help prevent the disease has a salt base, which the animals are attracted to," Navarre said. "But if they're getting too much salt in their water and feed, they won't eat the mineral mix."


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I'm not a fan of most camera tests. They usually involve someone filming a stuffed animal in a badly lit room, or a bored model staring at the camera holding a color chart. These tests have their uses, but I'm always more interested in real-world applications. In this case, my real world application is some adorable baby chickens my mom is raising. There are 14 of them, but I opted to only film 3 so I could concentrate on filming and not chicken wrangling.
I took them into the backyard, where there is a nice mix of light and shadows from the oak trees. Everything was shot on the Sony A7S Mark 2 in 4K, ISO 1600, handheld, and using the S-LOG3 Picture Profile. The lens is a Sigma ART 50mm 1.4 Nikon Mount with a Commlite adapter.
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Watch the video of Park Bo Gum's singing that launched his career
With the fantastic ratings for Answer Me 1988, actor Park Bo Gum's star is continuing to rise. After memorable turns in Tomorrow's Cantabile and I Remember You and now his heartbreaking role as the shy baduk genius Taek, the actor is proving that he's one to watch, and now a video is circulating online that shows how the young star got his start.
The video (which has been around for a while but recently resurfaced) shows Park Bo Gum singing and playing the piano to 2AM's "The Song." In an interview with Grazia, Park explained, "I had always loved singing and dancing in front of people, and I had never thought of acting as a career option. I had always wanted to be a singer, so I sent a video of myself singing and playing the piano to several large managing agencies." Check out the video below:
It's no surprise that he gained attention with that sweet voice! After receiving offers from several agencies, Park Bo Gum decided to go with SidusHQ, who contacted him first. It wasn't until a staff member recommended acting that he decided to try acting instead of singing. Thank goodness for that staff member, or we might not know about his fantastic acting skills! Park Bo Gum's debut acting role was in the 2011 movie Blind.
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Nonprofit group offers tips on building proper resumes
By Catharin Shepard
Published in News on August 3, 2010 1:59 PM
Michele Wiggins can tell horror stories about some of the poorly written resumes she came across when she was helping hire new employees for a local company.
Generic resume files attached to completely blank e-mails were a particular pet peeve, she said.
As executive director of Academic Abundance, a non-profit agency that supports educational opportunities, Mrs. Wiggins is now working to help job-seekers learn to create resumes that will catch the eye of hiring personnel or college admissions officials -- and not get tossed in the trash.
"What we're hoping to do is guide people through the process to employment," she said.
Academic Abundance is sponsoring a series of community seminars to give students and job-seekers information on how to present themselves to possible employers or schools. Job hunting techniques, interview skills and the ability to fill out college applications are some of the topics being covered.
At a recent seminar, Academics Plus employee and Academic Abundance volunteer Jessica Hysong talked participants through the process of creating a resume .
Many people have marketable job skills they don't even realize they possess, she said. Working with a church or civic organization fundraiser might involve management duties, organizational skills and planning experience -- all of which are abilities that managers look for when considering candidates, Ms. Hysong said.
It's important for a job seeker to play up his or her most relevant information on a resume, she pointed out. If a candidate has little job experience, emphasis on skills should be near the top of the page. If they have a longer job history, the experience should be at the top. Using a proper format with an easy-to-read presentation, using "power words" such as "responsible," "managed" or "maintained" and ensuring that the resume is submitted in a timely fashion also are important, the experts said.
Preparing the resume document is only part of job hunting. Knowledge of proper electronic communication etiquette is likewise important when looking for employment.
"You need to know how to send an e-mail without sounding like a jerk," Ms. Hysong said.
A polite phone contact is equally important. Even answering the phone, or the voicemail message on a cell phone can have an effect on whether or not a candidate lands an interview.
"If it says, 'Yo, this is Ronald,' that's a bad idea," she said.
It also takes special effort to craft an application package for each job, making sure not to reuse the same cover letter. A resume is a promotional piece, and should be relevant and specific to each job, Ms. Hysong said. She added that checking spelling and looking to spot other errors are also important.
Tyreek Moody, 19, said he has attended several of the seminars and believes they will help him get a job.
"As far as filling out applications and doing job interviews, it will help me know exactly who to talk to and how to talk to them," Moody said.
The group has provided him with useful information on how to find job opportunities and apply for them, he said.
Academic Abundance is a fairly new non-profit organization which grew out of the Academics Plus company in Goldsboro. The group has a board of directors and a grant committee that is looking for funding to provide educational opportunities for people in the Wayne area. And it is especially important in a time when unemployment is high and job opportunities are few and far between, Mrs. Wiggins said.
"Hopefully, they can take away something from the program that they didn't know before," she said.
Academic Abundance was founded by Drs. Kenneth and Marilyn Benton, owners of Academics Plus. Both co-founders have doctorates in education and have worked in the field for most of their lives.
The next seminar will be held Wednesday. It will be on college options and applications. The sessions are held in the auditorium at the Wayne County Public Library on Ash Street. For more information, call 581-7433.
The series of sessions might be repeated later this month, Mrs. Williams said.


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Latest Wins Follow a Record Number of Global Awards for Omnicom Agencies
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NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnicom Group (NYSE : OMC ), a leading global marketing and communications company, finished with two of the top five honors in The Gunn Report 2012 Most Awarded Network and Most Awarded Digital Agencies in the World.
For the seventh straight year, BBDO was named the Most Awarded Network in the World. DDB was ranked the second Most Awarded Network for the fourth year running. Since 1999, Omnicom Networks, DDB, BBDO, and TBWA continue to be the most awarded companies in the world, winning 32 of 40 Network of the Year awards.
AlmapBBDO and Tribal DDB (Amsterdam) placed in the top five of the Most Awarded Digital Agencies. AlmapBBDO and Adam&Eve DDB were also among the top five Most Awarded Agencies.
"Topping the Gunn Report for more than a decade is a testament to the fact that Omnicom agencies continue to attract and retain the best creative talent in the business," said John Wren, President and CEO, Omnicom "We want to congratulate all of our agencies for the record number of awards they received for their client work across disciplines and around the globe. It truly is impressive."
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I dunno but I see it too and when I delete some others get Xs.
OH There is consistency (thank goodness - inconsistencies in programming are usually intentional... Ohhh Intentional Inconsistency would make an AWESOME nickname!)
So - I'm guessing in each case you have ten messages with an X and the rest are without. When you delete one with an X one without gets it!
@gunter Can Tech make that a higher number, like a million? (ok not a million but I figured ASK HIGH and we can barter our way to a compromise)
See Kakes - see why I love these buggy upgrades! How fun was that!
LOL I love the fact that you test them out and find the same things and more than us "mere mortals" do LOL
Oh for goodness sake , they only assigned the "x" to show on 10 messages in a conversation?? Who thinks up these parameters? I have one conversation that has 150 messages. Thank you for asking for an increase in the number of "x" they can give out. Amazing , and to think when I was part of the work force our work ethic moto was "Do it right the first time!" .... Happy you love the buggies LOL
I know - but I would be so sad... what would I do? Idle hands you know...
LOL I'm sure something else would pop up ;)
You should have all messages Xable now can you confirm?
HI Kid, thanks for letting me know. Confirmed , check the 3 largest conversations I have and they each box has an "x" :)
Ditto! Although I do not have any with a million, I'm guessing it is perhaps infinite. Hurray!
Oops I think something else was fixed but now I forget what it is lol OH I see tons more conversations (like a million maybe lol) so I am hoping those that had lost messages now have them back.
LOL so far so good for me ..... have not seen any lost messages yet , but have heard from others they were missing some. So time will tell it they did a magic act and reappeared LOL ;)


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5% of what?
Google by definition is supposed to deliver the best answers for your question, but none so far are very helpful in guiding your decision on how much to spend on marketing.
You will need a simple system to work this out, and make a decision yourself, rather than just using an arbitrary percentage as recommended in many of the articles on this topic.
If you're already running a business, or starting one up and have no revenue, reading an article that recommends you spend 5%, or any other percentage, of your revenue on marketing is not going to be helpful.
Google is obviously not infallible when it comes to helping you make good decisions about your business. You need a better way to figure out the most appropriate numbers for yourself.
When I last ran the search on the question of 'how much should I spend on marketing', the results gave me a range of estimates and rules of thumb.
The recommendations depended on the type of business, whether small, B2B, startup, highly contested consumer goods, current revenue and whether your business is in maintenance mode or growth mode.
Estimates included 2-3%, 10% of gross profit, 12-15 – 25% of top line revenue (gross profit), some suggest net profit, some the word resources. All hedged their bets.
Some of the articles were about the advertising spend. Confusing publicity and advertising with marketing. Marketing to me being the planning and decision making, including staff or time spent on this work ( marketing, sales staff, marketing support and their needs ). Publicity and advertising being the promotional component of the marketing plans to bring in leads or sales. This includes the tactics and implementation of the marketing decisions. Together they make up your marketing spend, and counted properly takes up a good, but critically important proportion of your revenue.
The terms marketing, publicity or promotion, nowadays seem to be used interchangeably. Further muddying the idea of how much to spend.
And yes, some of those articles suggest a 5% spend.
I really think someone plucked that number out of the air and others have just parroted it.
It provides no basis for making a decision on your marketing spend.
Terminology is also mixed up and made confusing by using revenue figures such as gross profit, net profit, above the line, or total resources.
You and me too.
5% of what?
That depends.
Let's agree to start with total revenue before any other expenses, including taxes, are deducted.
If you are a start up business you may have no revenue. Suggesting you spend a percentage, even 5%, on your marketing is being silly.
Basically it means 5% of nothing.
And that is useless.
How much to spend depends on your business and how well you are going
Unless you have some sort of funding to start up, and cover your operational expenses, your total business spend comes out of your own pocket, credit card or a bank loan.
This is bootstrapping.
How much you spend on your marketing and promotion needs to be aligned to your revenue targets, and what your product, or product mix is.
Naturally with no funds, or a low budget, a lot of the work is going to be sweat equity = your time and using whatever resources you have at your disposal to build up your revenue.
Lets rough out a bit of a business model to give us some way or working things out.
A simple model might suggest guessing (and that's what most projections are-best guesses) a revenue target, something like:
1. Revenue pa = $100 000 ($100k)
2. The total cost pa to make or buy the products you sell, say $50 000 ($50k)
( this could involve purchasing a product to resell, making it yourself from scratch, your labour and any other resources used to create the product, a digital product will change these numbers too )
The money left after your cost to make or buy is your margin. In this case $50 000 or 50% of revenue. But that doesn't mean you can crack out the champagne if you get there.
You need to spend some money to make that revenue, and that's where your marketing, sales and promotional spend becomes important and can't just be a percentage plucked out of the air.
Calculating your margin
Let's assume it costs you to make or buy your product $500, and you can sell it for $1000.
Your margin is $500 = $1000-$500.
Sell 100 products for $1000 each and you get $100k.
On these numbers you only have to sell 2 products on average a week over 50 weeks.
2 x $1000 x 50 weeks = $100k
This leaves the business with a balance of $50 000 to spend on running the business, including the costs of:
Marketing and selling (marketing staff, costs, publicity, sales calls, shop front, website etc)
Administering the business, and hopefully leaving a
profit after all expenses are paid for.
However, a startup having no revenue will need to best estimate how much might need to be spent initially to earn the revenue.
Estimate this from the margin. If it is a real 50% margin, and you expect to turn over $100 000, and are very careful with your spending, you might spend 25% or more, of your revenue on your marketing, publicity and sales ie. $25 000. Or you might choose to spend a lot more to get things moving faster, forgoing any profit and wages in the first year or so.
If we followed the 5% rule it would mean, using our $100k guess, spending only $5000 pa or $100 pw.
That's clearly nonsense and wouldn't even pay for a good website, content marketing, digital marketing or the even the time involved.
Established Businesses Marketing Spend
For established businesses, the spending has to come from revenue, retained earnings or borrowings, depending again on margins and the size of the business.
A larger business may already have a marketing manager and sales staff. Or it may just have a manager or owner, sales staff, a shop, or an online store along with digital marketing platforms. These are already drawing on marketing funds. With a new product the established business is in the same boat as a startup. Although they may have the advantage of already having staff and systems in place. They will still need to allocate money for marketing and promotion.
Obviously every business is different. And where your business is on the scale of starting up, growing or thriving is going to be important in terms of how much funds can be allocated to funding your marketing. Simple percentage recommendations are pretty useless as far as I am concerned.
However, it is important to know what you are spending as a percentage of total revenue on all your marketing costs, including promotions and advertising. This will give you some idea, a best guess, about how much you might want to spend on your marketing. Better than just some arbitrary percentage figure.
Knowing these numbers will tell you the correlation between your marketing and revenue.
For without marketing and sales, there is no revenue. Spending little or nothing on marketing can be a recipe for disaster.