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Simple tutorial creation app iorad opens in beta, automatically turns walkthroughs into annotated slides
When a new piece of software is released, companies frequently include a video of someone walking through the features of the software, explaining how it works. Unfortunately, videos like this lack the basic interaction of a step-by-step tutorial.
Now, a Web app called iorad has opened in beta, which lets developers create interactive instructions for their software completely within the browser.
When you navigate to www.iorad.com, a Java applet will open in the browser. From there, you can do a step by step walkthrough of your application, and Iorad captures a series of slides of all your actions within your application's window. Your mouse path is then automatically drawn on each slide, and each of your clicks is automatically highlighted. You can then annotate the slideshow with captions, images, or interactive buttons, rollovers or clickboxes.
The finished tutorial can then be published to the Web, or exported as a Word, Powerpoint, or PDF file.
This is still a very early beta product right now, so there are still tons of kinks to be worked out and lots of feedback that could be submitted. For example, I tried hooking up to the Web app in Chrome, Safari, and IE8, and it starts up well and all the tools are available except the all-important "capture" feature, which is arguably the most compelling aspect of the app. UPDATE After a few tests, this functionality was opened, and as I expected, it is absolutely the selling point of the whole app. I opened Songbird and clicked through some songs and then installed a new plugin, and iorad snapped a screenshot every time I clicked on an item, and saved it as a slide with the action highlighted and explained. A five minute session with the app yielded a dozen complete slides.
The iorad beta is open to anyone, and signups only require a valid email address; become a tester at www.iorad.com.


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The Cube is a brainstorming mind game that I've used throughout my life. It was initially created as a problem solving method that I developed for myself, but over the years its become a primary source for brainstorming my creativity and assisting me in developing new and unusual ideas for my art.
I begin by imagining a simple three dimensional cube in my mind. On the surface of the cube I place information about the problem I am currently trying to solve. Each side is devoted to a different aspect of the problem. Once I've filled the cube with what I know, I set it to spinning slowly in my minds eye.
If I run out of sides to add data, I just add more sides in my minds eye.
As any given cube spins faster, its an alert to my mind that something has changed. I pull the cube out and examine it and re-evaluate its data.
When any given cube begins to spin quickly, I know I've found a potential solution to the problem. The quicker the spin, the more likely that a solution has been found. Usually the solution has been achieved from data that I never would have consciously considered before. But my unconscious often times sees solutions before my conscious mind can catch up.
I'm not sure this process is any different than what any good brainstormer does in his/her own way. The only difference is that as an artist I needed a method that was visual rather than just empirical data. This allows me to see the brainstorming process.
There is an actual program that is similar to this process in a vague way. Its called CMap. It allows you to visually link ideas together in a software program. I find it can be helpful if you need a conscious reminder of information in front you. But I find the cube method words better for me because it takes place at an unconscious level.
However you do it though, in the end its about bringing data together that may have never been considered before in order to form something completely new. You can never be sure where a good idea is going to come from and only from examination and consideration of what others may label as ridiculous, can something new be achieved.
Here is a more concrete example for its usefulness in art. I usually begin brainstorming ideas for an art piece well in advance of completing a current piece I may be working on. When I begin, the data that I add to the cube includes not only possible bits of ideas, but types of materials I might use and ideas gleaned from past works and new techniques just used. By putting it all together there is a combining that takes place that often yields new previously unimagined concepts. Recently I set two cubes spinning in expectation of two different future pieces of art that I might create. Somewhere in my subconscious, these two separate cubes (ideas) began to merge. I felt my heart rate quicken as I suddenly came to the conscious revelation that by combining the two ideas that I suddenly had a much stronger more vibrant piece of art to create. Both ideas by themselves were adequate, but only from the merging of those imaginary cubes in my mind did I suddenly realize the potential of taking a bit from one idea and a bit from the other to form a whole. When that cube in my head starts spinning fast, get out of my way because its crucial that I capture the information quickly and get it typed out, or else I may lose it if the cubes slow back down. Once I have the basics written out then I can begin the steps to make it into reality.
I know for some, this concept may seem like hogwash, but we each do what we know works for us. This works for me and I would like to think that it yields some pretty cool and very unique art.
Please feel free to comment on this, ask for clarification or share your own artistic brainstorming ideas.
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Jake Grainger says he always had a mechanical bent, and 38 years ago when he first walked into a screw machine shop, he was hooked. Then, in 1973 he and his brother Gary borrowed some money, started their own shop, and essentially worked for no pay for 5 years to finance the company. They started Alpha Grainger in a tin garage in Natick, MA, with two Brown & Sharpe screw machines, moving over the years to its current location in Franklin, MA.
Since then, he has not looked back and has built a strong business, producing and delivering precision parts to automotive, mechanical, electronic and other customers. "We think of ourselves as part of our customers' manufacturing process, even if some of them do not."
He is a very hands-on shop owner.
"I have run every machine we have here. I like the process. I like bringing in new stuff. And making sure my people are able to use a new piece of machinery to its maximum capability", he said. "I still love what I'm doing, working with great people".
Jake knows speed and capability is essential in his machines, many of which he and his staff designed and built, nearly all of which he created the controls for, even to the extent of replacing or modifying factory controls and software.
"I have always seen that my machines could do things better or faster, but the manufacturers never permitted the capability to make improvements, so we started building our own controls," Jake said.
"The machine builders are not the end users. Some have a fair idea what we do and most have no idea what we do. We bought a machine that was intended for parts up to 40 mm but it had terrible software bugs, and the builder refused to do anything about it.
"The machine would always hang on the last line of the program (M30) for a few seconds and then sometimes hang on that line of code for many minutes. We put up with this for over a year with many software glitches unaddressed. The machines still have issues, such as large dimensional changes due to temperature variations over the course of a day. But because there was nothing like them, we were making money with them. We could handle the complex work that was left after the simpler parts went offshore. Up until then it was high-volume multiple spindle screw machine work."
Then Jake saw the INDEX C100 advertised in the trades.
"The INDEX machine I looked at, the 14-axis C100 production turning machine for complex parts, I first noticed in an ad. At the time, it was the better part of $250000 more than a similar Japanese machine. But when I learned about the INDEX bar loader, I realized we would be able to run our hex jobs at full speed continuously.
"The nice thing about being the decision maker and the guy that has the money is I don't have to ask anyone what to do or if they think some idea is OK. I don't need to figure out ROI. If I want to act on instinct I can do that. So I bought the INDEX. And I was right."
Enter the C100
The INDEX C100 Jake ordered has three 10-position tool turrets with two Y axes and identical motorized, liquid-cooled main and counter spindles. The machine is designed for fast, cost-competitive production of medium complexity parts turned from bar stock to 42 mm diameter. The C100 also comes as a 30mm machine with three 14-position turrets. Ideal for small to medium lot sizes, the machines deliver high performance within a small floor space, and are targeted to handle fixed headstock work often run on Swiss-type machines.
According to INDEX, 80% of the so-called Swiss machines working today are actually making fixed headstock-type parts in the 1-1/4 in. range. Although the Swiss-style machines are built to handle this bar size range, it is a misapplication of the Swiss-style sliding headstock technology, so INDEX developed the C100 which offers greater tooling variety, high precision, more power, and faster processing speed, plus greater flexibility.
The C100 with 42-mm bar capacity is available with 7000-RPM spindles. Both versions can run parts to 200 mm in length. The C100 drives are powerful: 25/29 kW (100% / 40%) for the 42 mm version.
The machining flexibility of the C100 is a keynote of INDEX technology. Up to three tools can be at work simultaneously with both Y axes and back working at the same time. And the counterspindle with linear-motor driven Z-axis can be synchronized with the travel of turret 3. Counterspindle pick-up from the spindle is accomplished in just 1.5 seconds.
That's a lot of capability, but Jake really likes the INDEX bar feeder.
"In our view, one of the most important feature of the INDEX C machine is the bar feeder. Other bar feeders do not address the issue of high-speed spindle capability and bar rattle. We even build our own for some of our other machines because other bar loaders are not capable of running the stock at the speeds the tooling is capable of. The machine has to slow down to accept the new bar."
In the INDEX bar feeder, the bar is supported by a series of ball bearings 8-10-in. apart which effectively prevents stock whipping or rattling in the feeder. The pusher is slightly smaller than the bar diameter in order to push the remnants through the spindle.
In most feeders, the pusher collet is larger than the diameter of the bars. That leaves room inside the feeder for bars to whip and rattle, especially during high-speed operation. Even hydrostatic bearings are not totally effective. Jake has found that throwing oil in the bar channel sounds like a great theory, but it doesn't work--especially with hex stock because the hex corners wipe away the oil.
"The INDEX feeder allows us to continuously run the parts to the top speed of the spindle, 7000 rpm, without slowing the spindle for the bar loader, even with hex and square stock," Jake said.
Smaller, but more rigid
Reducing the size of the machine put turrets and parts closer together, so traverse distances are shorter and the bulkiness a larger machine would require in order to provide rigidity is not necessary. "It is actually more rigid than the larger machine and we can do tough parts on the INDEX we could not dream of doing on the other machines.
"Try to put a form tool in anyone else's turret, and it will chatter like crazy," Jake said. "INDEX turrets are way more rigid, which is good for us as we use form tools on some parts."
Physically the C100 is smaller, but it uses an unusual method of generating X and Z moves
The turret slides move in the X- and Z- directions on innovative single-plane guide ways. This permits rapids up to 2400 IPM and accelerations up to 1 g with maximum rigidity. The plate-type guide way of the turret slides also means turrets glide directly on the machine bed, assuring high stiffness and dampening, resulting in longer tool life and better surface finish.
Simultaneous machining with two Y axes at the main spindle or a Y axis at the main spindle and also one at the counterspindle—each with 70mm travel—gives users the option to divide machining operations for optimum machining efficiency and flexibility This freedom also is a key to reduced cycle times. For example, users can machine simultaneously with up to three driven tools for complete machining in a single set-up, including heavy milling, and backworking.
The CNC is key
INDEX machines typically use Siemens controls. Being a controls expert himself, Jake likes the Siemens 840D.
Other machines often are equipped with Fanuc--the Prius of CNC, according to Jake. "Model shops like Fanuc because they don't care how long it takes to complete a part. But we are totally cycle-time driven. I earn a living by renting machines to my customers. The faster I can make a part, the less time in it, the more likely I can underbid my competitors. Cycle times are critical," Jake pointed out.
The Siemens CNC is easy to work with; plain text is used in display and operation and the screen shows all spindles and axes at one view. Superior programming with more than 70 user routines offers practical support down to the finest detail. Absolute measuring systems know axis and tool positions in every situation.
"The Siemens control captures all the job data and settings and stores it for the next time the part is to be run. The Fanuc doesn't capture any of that," said machine operator Eric Green. "I can get all my tooling ready off-machine--preset the tools and put their dimensional information into the program--so tools are ready to work the instant I lock them into the turret without having to touch them off."
Each position on each 14-station turret is equipped for preset driven tools. Large tooling capacity means short setup times and very fast cycle times even for small batches. Tools are more easily accessible than on a Swiss machine and can be changed quickly. They lock with only one screw, and because of the INDEX-designed tool holder mating surface, the tool location is extremely repeatable and rigid.
"Some may feel they don't want to learn a new control," Jake said, "but with a positive attitude they will have no trouble learning the Siemens. They will end up loving the Siemens control and may even wish their Fanuc controls were more like the Siemens."
The Siemens control is way faster and capable of running the machine much faster than the Fanuc can, according to Jake. (The Fanuc processor in Jake's view dramatically impairs the control's ability to position axes quickly--a major deficiency in a machine tool that is designed mechanically for high speeds.)
"If you took a program off the Fanuc and put it in the Siemens control, idle time would be reduced up to 50%'" Jake said.
Programs are written by hand at Grainger. Lathe programs are never very long, so they feel it is faster to write them manually. "Maybe 5-10 lines of code per tool and you're done," Jake said. "We do lathe programs in the text editor off-line. We've found that keying a lathe program into a CAM system actually takes longer than keying it into a text editor and downloading it into the Siemens control," Jake claims.
One reason the INDEX is faster.
"One of the Japanese multi-task machines we have has a top spindle speed of 6000 rpm and the machine takes 4 seconds to reach that speed, and another 4 seconds to go back to 0. The INDEX C100 takes less than 1 second. Most spindle speed changes occur due to tool changes. The INDEX spindle can be at the new speed faster than the tool can be there so there is never any waiting for the spindle to reach speed. That's because it has an integrated spindle drive which eliminated the inertia of pulleys and belts.
The C100 is configured to complete a wide range of parts from simple to complex, small to large batch sizes, so users can expect extremely high machine utilization rates, which allow the C100 to be very cost-effective. The part transfer robot quickly unloads parts from the main or counterspindle.
Eric says, "When we turn on the INDEX in the morning, there is no spindle warm-up period, and we are making good parts right away all day. On our other machines, thermal compensation was a big issue. INDEX addressed this concern by chilling the drive and castings, and uses glass scales. On a recent run, the machine was producing 2 brass parts per minute, 1000 a day with no trouble at all and no thermal variation.
Jake now has such confidence in the performance and value of the INDEX C100, that he decided to unload his three Japanese brand multi-task turning machines—all less than 4 years old—and replace them with two more INDEX C100's and a C200 production turning machine, which has main spindle and counter spindle with 65 or 90 mm bar capacity.
Justifying the purchase
How does Jake justify the cost of an INDEX? "On one of our parts we were getting paid for a 52-second cycle time on the other machines. With the INDEX, we can drop the part complete in 29 seconds. We don't have to slow down the machine on hex jobs, thanks to a great bar loader.
"The cost of the machine tool divided by the number of years you have it reduces the cost of the machine to very little. Running over two shifts, the cost basically goes away. The more important cost is paying the guy that runs the machine. Having a highly productive machine that runs all day solves that problem.
"It's hard to predict ROI before you get the machine" Jake continued, "but if you come at the machine, say machine 'X' is $400000 and this machine is $600000, and you divide that over the years you have it, that's only about $2000 a month for a much better, much faster machine. Then the question becomes, can this generate more than $2000 new revenue a month and the answer is resoundingly, 'Yes!'. So it is not that hard a decision to make if you come at it from that point of view."
With the dollar recently able to buy more in Europe, European machine tools have become much more price competitive than they were even a year ago.
Much of what Jake has learned over the years still serves him well. And he learned everything: from controls, to programming to machine operation to purchasing. It has given his shop an edge in creating the processes they use to profitably produce precision parts. The latest edge is the C100 from INDEX.


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EU Parliament calls for political solution in Sri LankaFebruary 6th, 2009 - 2:02 am ICT by IANS
Brussels, Feb 6 (IANS) The capture of Tamil Tiger strongholds by the Sri Lankan army "may constitute a turning point in the crisis" and could pave the way for peace and stability on the island nation, the EU Parliament said Thursday.The EP, however, said in a statement that a political solution needs to be found and the humanitarian crisis addressed in order for there to be lasting peace, EuAsiaNews reported. The EP held a debate on human rights in Sri Lanka Thursday evening in the French city of Strasbourg.
The EP also endorsed the statement by the Tokyo Co-Chairs (Norway, Japan, the US and the EU), which calls on the LTTE to discuss with the Sri Lanka government the "modalities for ending hostilities, including the laying down of arms, renunciation of violence, acceptance of the Government of Sri Lanka's offer of amnesty, and participation as a political party in a process to achieve a just and lasting political solution."
Members of the European Parliament call on the government and the LTTE to "abide by the rules of war, to minimise harm to civilians during military operations and to immediately allow the thousands of civilians trapped in the conflict zone safe passage and access to humanitarian aid."
They also underline the need for international monitors to "assess the humanitarian needs of a quarter of a million people trapped in the Wanni region " and to ensure proper distribution of food and other humanitarian assistance, particularly as the fighting comes closer to the trapped civilian population.
The House reiterated its condemnation of the "appalling abuse of children constituted by the recruitment of child soldiers" by rebel groups, and urged the government to give urgent attention to the clearance of landmines, "the presence of which may present a serious obstacle to rehabilitation and economic regeneration".
The EP welcomed the Sri Lankan Government's pledge to ensure full, open and transparent investigations into all alleged violations of media freedom in order also to "address the culture of impunity and indifference over killings and attacks on journalists in Sri Lanka".
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behind me. >> those are clouds? >> those are clouds. >> are those clouds? thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report." fair, balanced and unafraid. greta goes "on the record" right now. >> a new video of a new possible knockout attack. you won't see this video anywhere else. but right now operation opt out young americans targeting other young americans using a popular game to warn them about obamacare. >> was it the botched rollout. [ buzzer ] or was it because the web site kept crashing? [ buzzer ] why did our generation decide to opt out of obamacare? because we haven't lost our [bleep] minds. we don't want to pay an arm and leg for a doomed government program. and we're tired of footing the bill for washington's failures. [ buzzer ] [ buzzer ] [ buzzer ] >> so sorry, politicians, our healthcare is not a game. [ buzzer ]
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>> president of generation opportunity. he joins us. is that your ad? >> it is our ad. we're trying to let young people know that obamacare is a disaster. really they are finding out on their own. they are seeing the prices and how expensive it is. they are choosing to opt out of this big creepy intrusive em.lthcare plan that's not >> why do you care? >> i care because our generation is not doing so well right now. 16% unemployment rate. we are being asked to pay three times as much for our healthcare in order to subsidize an older sicker population's healthcare. >> do you want no healthcare for young people or did you think that the healthcare system needed reformed. >> we think young people should make the responsible system and buy healthcare. young people can find healthcare right now in the private market. 96% of uninsured young people do not have a chronic position. it's not hard for them to buy a really inexpensive healthcare plan. obamacare makes it way more expensive and paying huge
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deductibles. just 10% believe it's going to lower their healthcare cost. >> do you not like the provision up to age 26 you can stay on your parents. >> i don't think it's that much help. so many parents are getting kicked of health insurance because of obamacare in the first place. it's not cool or right to turn your 20s into your add adolescents. so many people can't find a job and getting insurance on themselves are stuck being dependent on mom or dad or the government until they are 26. >> if they can't get a job then they are not going to be able to buy healthcare insurance so why not let them stay on their parents? >> i don't think it's that helpful. a lot of their parents don't have insurance and they are stuck being dependent on mom and dad rather than going out on their own. not a policy that promotes the american dream of independence and opportunity for my generation. >> let me ask you about generation opportunity. what is that? >> generation opportunity is an organization that advocates for young people. we are trying to get young people involved in the political process and fighting for their economic freedom and their future against politicians and big
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government that are often stealing our economic freedom and future right out from under us. >> where do you get the money? looks like expensive ad. >> variety of donors and focused on working with people across the country who care about helping our generation to fight for their own freedom. >> i'm wondering if you are sort of like, you know, there is some very influential group that funds you and as a consequence you have got to take some marching orders from other group. how independent are you. >> independent organization that's able to fight for our peers. and you see ads creative opportunities with inexpensively reach millions of young people. the difference seeing what we're doing and what the tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer money is trying to accomplish by the administration and by their allies is they are trying to use p.s.a.s and opportunities to reach young people through really stodgy p.s.a. ads. we have creative ads created by young people for young people able to reach millions of young americans. >> where do you place your
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ads? >> all on youtubes. these are webb ads gone viral because of the creative content not because of the ad budget. >> any idea how much the one we just showed and keep on showing, any ideas how many hits you have had on that one. >> operation game ad. 260,000 hits already. >> since when? >> since thursday when it went live. other ads 2.5 to 3 million views apiece. all tolled we put out 5 million videos and watch them and learn they have the opportunity to opt out of obamacare and take a better deal for themselves. >> do you have health insurance. >> i do. >> what kind -- is it individual or threw your organization? >> i have insurance through my employer. >> not through your parents, right? >> not through my parents. >> and your employer, would that be generation opportunity? >> generation opportunity we're able to offer healthcare to our employees. i will tell you what, it's getting more and more expensive every single year. it went up by multiple this year because of all the provisions of obamacare
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making healthcare so much more expensive in this country. so it's getting harder and harder for us to even offer to our employees. >> how many ads do you have? >> five videos up online right now. >> generation opportunity pull your videos. >> generation opportunity on youtube. follow us at gen opportunity on twitter and facebook. push out fun and creative content that's getting our generation engaged on really important debate right now. >> how many are following you? >> just under 10,000 now i think. we have got well over 2 million too follow us on facebook. >> evan, nice it to see you. go check out the other videos. >> thank you. >> now to president obama's promise that if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor. now, we know that is not true. but, that is not stopping the heated debate. >> what they said was if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. you can keep your insurance policy and it was a lie. >> the president said never
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said you were going to vun limited choice of any doctor in the country. >> if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. >> if you want to pay more for an insurance company keep your doctor you can do that. >> obama lied. he told everybody if you like your doctor and your plan you can keep it, period. >> it was deliberate. they knew if they would tell the truth the bill would never have passed. >> senator john thune joins us. >> good evening, greta. >> what do you think about mr. manuel's statements to my colleague chris wallace? >> it's funny. they keep sending people out to shrill for this bad law. i feel sorry for them because the mittology they are trying to create about obamacare is very different from the reality most people are experiencing. and when you say you can keep your doctor if you are willing to pay more, that's a very different statement than you can keep your doctor, period, which is what the president said. >> actually, i thought when i heard that, i couldn't think if it was arrogant or we americans were some sort of social experiment in the
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petri dish. they didn't understand american people for the most part having to pay more means a whole lot more to people. maybe not to people who make a lot of money but to most people. i was surprised when i heard that. >> when you get outside of the washington bubble. i was reading today some the emails and letters that have come into our office. these are incredibly real and profound impacts on people's lives. we had a couple that had sent in and said that their premium were going up by $400 a month. >> that's a lot of money. >> deductible gone up by $1,400. i feel like the federal government just stole $5,000 from me. we had another couple looking to buy a home or get a bigger home, and their insurance premiums went up by 232%. >> i think what i find each worse though is sort of the arrogance of well, you know, that's not what we really said about it. if you want to keep your doctor, you can, you just pay more. that's what bothers me. no sense of empathy like look, i get it. we are trying to fix it or i'm sorry it happened.
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or i wish i would have told it to you straight. oh well you just pay more. >> funny thing about it too is you think people would be more empathetic to how this impacts middle class americans because it really does hit the middle class the hardest. people on the lower income scales are going to get help through subsidies. people on the upper end can afford it president last week in an interview tried to blame somebody else. he said this isn't about his management style, he said it's kind of an indictment of agencies that are outdated and not designed properly. >> groups like this young man just here that said they are out to sort of discourage people from doing it. >> the thing is, he essentially said that big government was the problem with all of this, and, yes yet, he is trying to dramatically expand the size of government with this thick. it is a government takeover one sixth of the economy. the real life implications for most people are as we found out cancelled
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coverages. sticker shock in the form of higher preyums and higher divuk tillables and obviously tax increases that are going to lead. he also said last week that the republicans didn't have any alternatives. and, frankly, that was just false. he may not like republicans' ideas. he says that and he can't possibly believe that. you know, he may not like them and they may be bad ideas. but that's just a lie. >> i don't think they are bad ideas. >> no, no. but you understand my point. that's the arrogance that i don't get. if he doesn't like it, they dismiss it even exists. >> right. i think that at least in their world, there is one world to do this and only one way to do this and it's obamacare. and it's a failed system built upon a faulty foundation and now we are seeing the real life impacts of that. there are republican ideas that are out there. we have a lot of members who would love to have a lot of opportunity to debate those if we could get that chance.
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but it means that the president is going to have to acknowledge that this isn't working and go back to the drawing board. we would be more than willing to enter into that discussion about what we can do to address the high cost of healthcare in this country. because, that, for most people, what this comes down to. the cost issue. they can't pay the rent. they can't pay the mortgage. they can't pay their children's education. >> they don't acknowledge if you send your lieutenants out here to say on television if you like your doctor you can keep it pay more. they don't get it to me that's appalling. >> the huberous and arrogance started with this in the beginning. they decided to do this on strictly partisan basis without input from republicans and passed a law that i think in their world in their theoretical world was the slugs that they thought was going to solve this but clearly it's not. >> let me go back to my original thieves. -- thesis. have new ideas.
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exchange ideas. if it's like, you know, if they don't understand what most american people are going through, talking middle class like 100 bucks more a month on a premium to a lot of families makes a difference. >> they ought to read the emails and letters coming into our offices and the phone calls. these are real life examples. these impacts on people's lives are profound. they are going to be felt for a long time. people having to make hard choices about whether to spend money on -- you know, much higher premiums, much higher deductibles or whether or not he they are going to be able to buy the bigger home for their family or put money aside for their kids' education. >> senator, always nice to see you. >> thank you. >> that rollout sure was ugly with the web site. now the administration is giving healthcare.gov a mini makeover. really in the latest than is coming up. first, right after the break, i'm going to talk to you off the record. talk to you about something. i'm going to warn you about something. so stay right where you are.
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with the insurance industry or just being plain stupid or maybe even a touch of both. here's a fact. cures for cancer or other grave illnesses are not developed at our community hospital. change lives coming out of giant research centers. chemotherapy was not discovered at the local community hospital. how about some of those incredible surgical robots? now according to the financial times under obamacare cancer research hospital grants like m.d. in houston, cedar sinai in los angeles. they are all getting the boot from insurance networks. which means patients can't go there because their insurance won't pay. the insurers don't want to pay for that high medical care and research. insurance companies want to do it on the cheap. how are these giant research centers going to survive to afford funding the research to maybe cure your disease or extend your life or maybe even save it? what's wrong with us? we used to reach for the moonlit materially and we
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moon, literally. obama is putting shackles on research and development. bad, huh? >> do not think for one second my criticism of obamacare does not mean i want access for medical care for everyone who needs it i do. i want smart ideas. not those bad ones that hurt us. that's my off-the-record comment tonight. if you have an important story or issue you think i should take off-the-record go to gretawire.com and tell us about it it. and big news for holiday shoppers, sort of. you can finally go window shopping on healthcare.gov. it is part of a mini makeover of the botched web site. does the makeover fix anything or news cosmetic. elise is back with us. nice to see you. what's the makeover the web site is is getting? >> the obama administration expanded the amount of information that people can access on healthcare.gov without having to create an account. without having to go through the process that's created a bottleneck for some people trying to access these plans. now you can see provider
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networks for the first time. you can see out-of-pocket costs for the first time. they are seeing this as a boone to consumers who just want information about their healthcare plans before they sign up. >> before they had this, i know there was a lot of criticism. you had to put your name, in put your social security number and date of birth. >> plenty of information. date of birth. every member of the feab family, address, previous addresses if you have moved recently. there is a lot of information that people had though supply upfront in order to start the shopping process. what they are doing now is to create more opportunities to look at information before you have to create that account. people are liking it, they say. >> i can now go on and look at the bronze plans or different plans and see the different prices and what they offer before i have to give one lick of information? >> that's exactly right. the most important thing here is you can see the provider networks. we are talking about the president's promise that you could keep your doctor. provider networks are key for that because you need to know whether the same doctor you had on your previous
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insurance policy that was cancelled will be on this new one. that's the information people want. >> that one part that mr. manuel said on sunday if you like your doctor you can keep it if you pay more. >> a lot of people are going to be looking at provider network information to see if they have a local hospital that they're going to be able to easily access. we know insurance companies, in order to conserve costs are limiting these provider networks. >> sinai, m.d. anderson, slom kettering, what my off-the-record was about. >> right. whether people sign up for plans obama rests or not have coverage that doesn't allow them to access providers in their local communities. this is a problem for rural communities. they don't have a lot of providers to begin with. >> why didn't they do that in the first place? why didn't they let you know what your choice was before they give you that information. >> that was the plan when october 1st when the the healthcare.gov debuted this is what consumers could
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access. in the weeks leading up to that things were so chaotic we need to scale back what we're doing with this web site. make the system work. it didn't as we have seen. now they are rolling it back out saying this is a boone to consumers because also it elim natsz that bottleneck on the account creation side. >> one quick question, have they figured out yet how to pay the insurance companies the back end? >> no. that system is still in process. >> not built? >>. no it's not built. it wasn't supposed to be ready until this month. insurers are concerned it won't be ready in january. >> violent on camera. is it the latest knockout game assaulted? you watch it and tell us. more of this terrifying video and latest on the disturbing knockout game trend next.
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behalf paragraph caught on camera, a possible new knockout game attack. the wisconsin free getting this video from a security camera. capture what is could be a knockout assault in milwaukee. a man sucker punched as he walks down the street and he collapses. wisconsin reporter james joins us. how are you doing, james? >> hi. how are you doing? >> fine, what you can tell me about this assault. >> the video quality is fairly poor but what you see is a man appears to be walking down the street minding his business when he is he followed by at least three or four other young men. when he is about to cross the street. a guy just swings as hard as he can and strikes him in the head from behind. and he falls in the street. and then you see two other men apparently from the
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group or around the group come up to him, but you can't really tell what they are doing. you don't know if they're punching him, kicking him or trying to help him. but it doesn't look good. >> is there any -- is there any way to sort of ayou this then indicate this video -- authenticate this video? is this police or security video? where did it come from. >> first posted on this web site called wisconsin free.com. i don't know a whole lot about it i'm trying to get it -- get everything confirmed on this. but, i don't -- it doesn't look fake from the looks of it this incident apparently occurred on the same day that we had another apparent knockout attack less than three miles from this same area on the same day. >> any arrests made from the victim medical care? >> it appears if you look at the video, it was not
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knocked out. he got down. across the street. so we really don't know a whole lot about it other than that. >> are the police taking this seriously as a possible knockout or do they think it's a random act of violence? >> i think what the milwaukee police do. they don't have a knockout category. they don't have a category called a knockout game. what they type these incidents as battery incidents. they investigate them to the fullest extent. they take them very seriously. >> if you learn something, give us a call, will you. >> i will. >> thanks. ted cruz releasing a new report accusing the president of, what? find out next. and you can hash it out with us. what do you think about the mini makeover of healthcare healthcare.gov? does it do any good? tweet or post using #greta.
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now, get ready to speed read your way through the news. first, the incredibly dangerous winter storm that is pummeling a chunk of the nation. snow and ice snarling traffic. 1600 flights cancelled. yesterday it paralyzed parts of the nation. ice paralyzing parts of texas. snow piling from washington to new york to new jersey. icy roads causing a 24 car pile-up. not over. tonight a repeat expected. more snow and ice are on the way to many of theist same places. and now to air force one on its way to south africa. on board president and mrs. obama. former president and mrs. george w. bush and former secretary of state hillary clinton. they will attend a memorial service for former south african president nelson mandella. during the flight with the obama mass in the president's cabin. bushes in the medical office and president clinton in the senior staff cabin. president bush spent 90 minutes in the press cabin. they are traveling to south africa separately.
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now to big business news. american airlines and u.s. airways completing their merger. they now rank as the world's largest airline. the airline name will live on. the u.s. airlines name will disappear. survived challenge from the government and consumer groups. guess what. you are no longer an owner o. the u.s. government selling all its remaining shares in general motors. government lost 10.5 billion on bailout of g.m. and that's is tonight's speed read. today, senator ted cruze introducing a report calling it lawless and abusive. is president obama violating the constitution? and what are the limits? georgetown law professor nicholas joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening, greta. >> abusive and lawless is what senator ted cruz says. do you agree or disagree with senator cruze and why? >> senator cruze's point is that the way the president is implementing obamacare looks a lot more like rewriting the law rather than executing it.
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the constitution requires the president to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. and, in many ways what president obama is doing looks a lot more like the rewriting of the statute. >> what do you know that's happening? what's the test? >> i'm sorry? >> when do you know that that's happening? he is rewriting it? what's the test? >> the take care clause gives the president wide discretion but, i think it's safe to say that the president has crossed the line in a few cases with regard to obamacare. for example, the president chose to unilaterally suspend the employer mandate for an entire year. the statute is crystal clear about the date when the -- employer mandate is supposed to begin. and the president on his own motion said i'm going to wait an extra year. now, he has wide discretion but he does not have discretion to entirely suspend a law wholesale and that's essentially what he has done here. >> except that he didn't
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throw it out completely. he just put it on pause for a year. does that -- is that an argument in favor of the president? >> well, you know, that's exactly what english kings used to do is suspend laws temporarily. they use to claim the power of suspension and our framers made a different choice. they said that our executive was going to be obliged to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. this was quite a different choice. here the president is opting to suspend a part of the law for an entire year for really policy reasons or, you know, more cynically political reasons. >> is there any -- i mean, what should the president have done? let's say for policy reasons. they simply couldn't implement one part of it, that part of the law. what should the president have done and in your view should he have gone back to congress for permission? >> well, absolutely. if it's really impossible for the president to execute the law as written, he should seek an amendment from congress.
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now, interestingly, the house of representatives actually passed a bill that would have done exactly what the president wanted. that is to say it would have suspended this provision of obamacare for exactly the one year that the president wanted and far from welcoming that, the president actually threatened to veto that statute. so, oddly, the president insists on doing this unilaterally rather than involving congress and his necessary fix. >> i take it that the no harm, no foul is on that particular thing since congress had already passed that or wanted him to do that, the fact that he does it a different method doesn't protect it constitutionally. >> no, the formalities matter. the president's obligation is to take care that the laws as written by congress are faithfully executed makes all the difference in the world whether congress changes its statute and whether the president decides on his own motion that he is going to make the change. >> and the remedy is, what, to sort of check -- let's say the president is dead
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wrong in doing these things, that he is exceeding his power. what's the remedy? >> it's hard to say. there have been various court cases and there are other court cases that are possible. there are certain challenges subordinated with those cases. there might be issues of standing and so forth. congress has a lot of tools at its disposal to retaliate if a president seems to be behaving lawlessly, they can withhold funding from his favored programs or hold up his nomination, things like this. but the congress has some remedy at its disposal, but when a president really seems to be acting lawlessly, at the end of the day, the real remedy is elections. and the people really should pay attention to whether their elected officials are scrupulously adhering to the u.s. constitution. it's their most important job. >> is there -- in comparison to what some other president did in recent history that we could sort of compare this to? >> no. i think this is quite different, actually. so, you know, president bush
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did occasionally claim the power not to execute certain laws because he believed that those laws were unconstitutional. that's quite a different matter. here president obama is declining execute statutes without any claim that they're unconstitutional. president obama does not believe obamacare is unconstitutional. he believes it's fantastic. he just thinks as a matter of policy and as a matter of politics it serves his purposes to defer parts of it for a year and to interpret parts of it which the text won't allow. it might superficially look a bit like president bush did. it's equally quite different no constitutional rationale for it. >> professor, thank you as always. >> good to be with you. >> no doubt about it, the obamacare rollout is a giant mess. what do the big problems with the president's healthcare law say about big government? co-host of the five and --
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dana nice to see you. >> thank thank you for having m. >> big government was supposed to solve problems for healthcare. a lot of people enormously unhappy with it. is this a bigger signal about big government? >> i think that if you stay involved in politics long enough, you live to see the cycles of liberalism is dead and conservatism is dead or conservative is up and liberalism is down. great american experiment as to how much of a role government should have in individual lives. conservatives would say there should be less. liberals would say that government should be able to do more. the problem for president obama right now and the left is that in practice, theieory io well. so politically they have a problem. and because of the way we communicate now so much more quickly, sharing information on all sorts of different ways, opinions change very quickly. that's why i think you have seen the president's poll
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numbers and that of other democrats declining so rapidly. are they in a free fall? not necessarily. and the republicans are going to have to say why they think government doing less would actually be better for people. but that's also hard to do in practice. when are you going to start taking things away from people and what are those things going to be? >> it's interesting you have got the power and the authority and that's part of big government. big government thinking that it can make decisions for that you smaller government can't. but separate from that is the issue of bloat. no one ever looks at our issue of bloat. efficiency and all the waste of money. why not? >> interesting over the weekend you saw george will i think it was on "fox news sunday" yesterday, one of our contributors now saying that the protracted education of president obama, just how big the government is and how hard it is to get the government do something quick and agile is kind of an amusing thing to watch unfortunately there is all these casualties along the way. in the president's defense or just for all of us, we need to really think about
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how much do we want the government to do? we want the government to protect us? we want the government to provide for free trade and economic freedom? then you have all the other things that we have added on it, food protection, water protection, new government investments into going to space or finding new energy? >> but i think if you go back in history and would he go wind-i rewind it, social security and medicare big government programs that i think a lot of people really like. >> i'm from wyoming and the west and i would tell you you can find the most conservative rancher who will tell you that he wants less of this and less of that but don't you dare touch his social security or medicare. i don't think that's what conservatives are asking to do. no one is saying let's get rid of social security and medicare. what they are saying is there are better ways to make the wealthiest pay a little bit more or receive less benefits in the long run to make these programs being sustainable for the longer run. ronald samuelson has a excellent column about
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generational warfare between the young and the old. he says it's upon us and only going to get worse. this question of how much government can do and the lack of trust in government is going to feed into elections for the next several years. >> dana, as always, thank you. >> thank you. okay. everyone's it's time to hash it out. illinois residents celebrating new holiday. governor pat quinn tweeting join me in congratulating the coach as i have declared today mike ditka day in illinois. retiring his jersey during a halftime ceremony. ditka played tight end for the chicago bears from 1961 to 1966. and then he returned to the team as head coach from 1982 to 1992. ditka is the 14th and final player to have his number retired by the bears. and these new visitors are not welcome in the big apple. my fox new york tweeting yuck, if cockroaches weren't bad enough in the summer some who have survived the cold have turned up in new york. exterminators discovering the species in the park.
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creepy crawlers are able to survive harsh temperatures and snow. how did the cockroaches get to new york city? scientists suspect they were burrowed in the soil of decorative plants at the park. and the united states air force band surprising museum visitors. "the washington times" tweeting air force plan puts on flash mob show at smithsonian. 120 musicians taking part in surprise show at the national air and space museum. a lone cheloist. officials banning a game day tradition for from this year's super bowl. "sports illustrated" tweeting no tailgating will be allowed at super bowl bowl 48. tailgating will be prohibited at metlife stadium in new jersey. fans will be able to have food and drink inside their cars but cannot take out a grill or lounge chair or do anything to take up more than one parking space?
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request to keep the chickens at their home. the chicken controversy started last year. little j.j. hart's parents asked local lawmakers for special permission to have chickens. they say the birds keep their son calm. because city ordnance bans chickens in residential neighborhoods much want harts had to convince the council to change the rules for autistic for son. one year and now the year suspect. council voighted not to give the family extension. chickens belong in agricultural areas. j.j. parent's say they will keep up their fight. you be the judge. should the little boy be able to keep his chickens and is the city council being mean or is a rule a rule go. to gretawire and vote in our poll right now. coming up, private information going public, worse, it might be yours. thanks to obamacare. find out, that's next.
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imagine this. not sure what to do about obamacare. goian line to see about the possibilities. without permission your name and contact information is handed over to insurance agents. that is what has happened to tens of thousands of people in california. "l.a. times" reporter chad joins us. nice to see you, chad. >> thanks for having me. >> so what happened and are people in california whose personal information handed over, are they upset? >> it has generated a sharp reaction on both sides. what happened was the california exchange had tens of thousands of people had had gone on the web site and started an application but they never finished. they never picked the health plan or finished signing up. and california was concerned about those people. they wanted to help them out so they decided to hand over those names, the contact info, email addresses, phone numbers, no other information like income or social security numbers. but they handed over that contact information to a network of about 8,000
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insurance agents who are certified by the state and said agents, if you are interested, you can contact these people. did these people who had their information handed out without their permission and exchange name. did they say in any way they felt, quote, helped? >> i think you have seen both sides. some people said yes, i appreciated getting contacted by these insurance agents and i talked to some people today. some people have signed up as a result of this. but, as you can understand, some people were very surprised to get these emails, to be contacted out of the blue by an insurance agent and wondering "where did you get my information?" and what else do you have? so many were very upset. they felt it was a violation of their privacy. the key thing here is these people never checked the box. they never asked to be contacted. like many of us go online shopping and we would sometimes give permission for somebody to follow up with this.
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these people never gave that consent. they never asked to be contacted. the exchange says, look, we know a lot of people need help. we were just trying to give these people some assistance. i think a lot of people were very upset that they didn't ask to be contacted. >> you know what i found sort of rather appalling and i read it in your article was that it was reviewed by the exchange legal council. and i think at least in my view what in the world was lawyer thinking it was okay to give out this information? they actually went to their own lawyer and the lawyer apparently approved of it. >> that's right. apparently the executive director said they vetted it through their legal counsel. he felt it didn't violate any privacy laws and he did acknowledge that these people did not ask to be contacted. and that some people may be upset but, on balance, he thought it was being helpful to these people and, basically, they don't want anybody falling through the cracks before the december 23rd deadline. >> chad, thank you very much. >> thank you.
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now, it's time to show what you we are watching. we put together the most fantastic videos out there tonight. take a look. the crowd goes wild at a soccer match in brazil. a little too wild. 10 minutes into the game violence erupted. fans armed with sticks and melts bars punching and kicking each other. police had to fire rubber bullets and tear gas in the crowd. four people ended up in the hospital. hundred pound surprise. they were fishing along a beach when they suddenly reeled in a big tiger shark. the fisherman releasing the
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shark back into the scene. you had to see this one coming. two years after making friday, the most famous day of the week singer rebecca black releasing a new song and you guessed it saturday. ♪ this saturday we are going to party all night ♪ one we will remember for the rest of our lives ♪ it's saturday >> no word on when sunday will make its debut but that's what we are watching tonight. coming up, new warnings about the rising cost of obamacare. you may get sticker shock when you least expect it. that's next.
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. if you thoughts insurance plans are lower premiums would save you money, think again. sticker shock. abc news political director rick klein joins us. >> hi, greta. >> high deductibles does what for you. >> gold silver and bronze packages out there. bronze very cheap per month but the problem is very high deductible? >> high how about. >> 5,000 or 6,000 a year on average. a the love folks who didn't have health insurance before, they are going online and see the cheapest plan out there thinking i can afford that 50, 60 bucks on month. if they access the services they will find out they are paying out of pocket incredible amounts. >> $5,000, that can be a game changer for a lot of americans. >> talking about someone who
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makes $40,000 a year that's a big chunk when you figure that on top of the money they are already paying into the health insurance program. it's kind of a double sticker shock. we have heard a lot about the premiums that are happening on the front end when you see the prices and you say wow this is more than i thought we would be paying. kind of how the system was designed. because you are supposed to have that option to say all right, i'm going to have a low premium but high deductible. >> the whole point is if you have a high deductible you are not going to go in and get healthcare. now you are paying into the pot to pay other people. discourage you from using actual services because you have to get up above 5,000, whatever it is. it's a good way, i use that lightly. a way tox tract money from people who aren't going to be paying out of the system. >> one of the things they don't talk about with the system. the way it balances itself. expect people use less services if people feel pain: should not be in a position of not seeking treatment and not seeking remedy for illnesses just because you are worried about the prices.
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>> right. so if you had a mysterious lump or something and might want to roll the dice because you can't pay the a thousand dollars deductible then all of the sudden you are in a different situation than a month from now. >> covered from catastrophic situation. caps. know regulation on this before on how much you are paying out of pocket. the other side is there are a lot of people surprised how much they end up paying out of pocket for this supposedly cheap healthcare plan they have. >> lowest deductible is what on some of these? if i got the gold plan? >> on the gold plan it could be very low. $2,000. very low compared to what they are paying. >> could be a whole lot of money. anyway, rick, as always, nice to see. >> you thanks, greta. >> rick klein, abc news, thank you. >> just as a reminder, we never want you to miss one minute of "on the record." don't forget to set up dvr series recording and don't forget to watch tonight hannity 10:00 p.m. eastern. special guest senator lindsey graham is sean's guest. up next the o'reilly factor and, of course, what are you going to do after this show?
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Another from the scanning effort. Shot with a Yashica Electro35 GS, Tri-X film, Adorama developer and scanned with a Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED.
I really like the Yashica for several reasons. I love the fact it is an antique that just keeps working. The 1,7/45mm lens is quite good. And the fact that my dad had kept it in a full camera case, it was and is in pristine condition. The case is beat up but the finish on the camera is like it was bought new yesterday.
When I first got the camera after my dad passed, I took it to my local repair shop to have the light seals replaced. I asked him if the camera was worth putting any money in repairs and he gave me the praises about the lens. Later I also discovered info about the stepless leaf shutter and the camera's ability to flash synch at all speeds.
That said, here is the shot for today.
I like how the painting seems to be "eyeballin" the woman.
As always, make a comment!! Let me know what you think! Until next time, keep on shooting...


text: In the official GBAtemp review of the DSTT they listed these as the "cons" of the card, though it was generally praised. Its been a while since the card released and now that its cheapity at DX and I'm kind of broke, I think I might just go and get one of those. Which of these "cons" have been addressed by their support team--and on that note, how good is the support team?


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Our Mother's Day Sale just started this morning, and it's been a frenzy! You hard-working moms need these vanities … and we looovveee it! Here is our Vanity Girl of the Day … a Mom — of course — to a 3-year old who also manages to be creative and DIY beautiful things! Wow, so impressive.
Her vanity room features our Blue Broadway Vanity, and even though her baby comes first of course … this Dominican beauty felt it was a good way to spoil herself. But we love the high-low mix, because she refurbished that table herself — and bought the chair for $6.99 (yep! 6.99 OMG) and redid it herself. It's like the decor equivalent of wearing H&M with Chanel. We love it.
"Because every queen needs her throne"
@tanty.garcia via Instagram
Room Highlights:
- Blue table (redone, used to be black)
- Chevron, studded tuft (she paid $6.99) and refurbished herself
- Inspirational stencils on the wall to remind yourself to be the leading lady in your life
- Wooden trays and acrylic makeup organizers to keep everything need and contained
- And of course … her Blue Broadway Table Top Vanity which gives her perfect lighting when getting ready for her day!
Thanks for sharing @tanty.garcia and Happy (early) Mother's Day! Gotta have it? Use code "Mama15" to get your 15% off!


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Take a flying lesson whilst in Dargaville, must be the
best place in the world to learn to fly!
Ancient kauri in the sand dunes on Ripiro Beach -
hire quad bike and go exploring (c) photo
More than 1 day maybe
you need 3 days to explore the Kauri Coast
Photos left and right show winter in
Dargaville on a perfect day in July
Start a new hobby
Take a woodturning lesson with Master Woodturner
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Walk through Trounson Kauri Park, an easy 45 minutes
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IT Conversations and Podcasting
On the drive down and back to Albuquerque, I listened to nothing but interviews and presentations from the IT Conversations web site. I was amazed that I had managed to put so many onto a single MP3 CD that it would last me all those hours.
There were a small number of these that I skipped past, but in general I found value in almost every one, including technical insights that were quite useful. A fair number of the presentations were from conferences, so I had the benefit of hearing some of the conference talks without having to go. It seems that more conferences would do this, at least capturing things like keynote presentations and panel discussions that are already open to the public (I'm thinking in particular of the Software Development conference, but I could easily imagine something like the Python conference capturing a number of their presentations for IT Conversations). It seems like the downside is negligible and that it could only help promote the conferences.
They had a number of discussions about podcasting itself, and most of the comments were ones that made sense to me -- in particular that it's a different medium because you can't skim it like you can a web log, and thus the content and editing become much more important. I would like to further explore the possibility of podcasting but issues of hosting become important. Not just the volume of data transfer that becomes necessary, but If people require the enclosure model then that's something that I won't want to have to create and manage (I've got too many other things to do). I'll need some other system to host podcasts for me, ideally in the same way that blogger does it (i.e. free and easy). That's a bigger commitment because of the bandwidth requirements.
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Bakka Phoenix will be closed only on Tuesday December 25th, and Wednesday December 26th. We'll be open as usual on Thursday December 27th.
As for Monday December 24th, we'll be open from 11am until at least 4pm. If it's busy, we'll keep the doors open later. But if it's quiet, we'll probably close up at 4 — so if you're planning to swing by at 5, be sure to let us know.
Have a great holiday and remember: only morons drink and drive.


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According to police, reckless driving – specifically speeding – is to blame for the death of a passenger in a single-vehicle accident on Thursday morning.
The accident occurred at 3 a.m. on Highway 90 west at loop 410.
Witnesses to the crash told police that the driver of the car was traveling at a very high rate of speed when the car swerved. The suvsequent rollover killed a female passenger in the car.
The driver of the car was critically injured and taken to Wilford Hall hospital.


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Chelsea Bonner from Manly
Chelsea Bonner is changing the perception of beauty and helping to redefine what is deemed attractive and fashionable.
Chelsea grew up knowing that she wanted to be an agent. The daughter of iconic fashion model Nola Clark and renowned actor Tony Bonner, Chelsea remembers the 'agent' as a magical presence, the bringer of work for her parents. She began her career as an agent at her mother's own model agency in Noosa, moving up the ranks quickly to become a manager at a top Melbourne agency.
Chelsea soon identified a gap in the type of models agencies were representing. All of the 'plus size' females were older, matriarchal types. As a young, perfectly healthy and beautiful size 14 woman, Chelsea asked the owner of the agency to put her on the books as a 'plus size' model. Work started flooding in for Chelsea, both in Australia
and overseas.
However, Chelsea missed her work as an agent too much and jumped at the opportunity to manage one of the country's biggest photographic agencies. It was here that she witnessed the dark side of the business: unhealthy eating, appetite suppressants, excessive exercising, bingeing and purging. And when her own sister began what was a five-year battle with anorexia and bulimia, Chelsea realised that she had to change the industry she was in. And that change was Chelsea's own agency, BELLA, a fashion model agency for healthy, realistically sized models.
"Without healthy role models in fashion, we will end up with another generation of women with shocking self-esteem who can't identify with the models surrounding them every day, or live up to the expectations that come with those images. The cycle of self-abuse, abuse of food and drugs, bingeing and vomiting will begin all over again with our daughters. We must try to represent a broader view of beauty," she says.
BELLA showcases models who are extraordinarily beautiful, in proportion and most importantly, healthy. Chelsea's models represent the majority of Australian women, not the minority.
Through Chelsea's resolve, models from BELLA are in high demand and Chelsea continues to speak out about the fashion industry needing to embrace healthy models, models who reflect a realistic image of the average woman. BELLA's models have gone on to be signed to some of the biggest agencies in the world and one of her models, Robyn Lawley has graced the covers of both Australian and Italian Vogue.
Chelsea is paving the way for future generations. She has already broken down barriers in both the modelling and fashion worlds and she is helping young women everywhere to see that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes.