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News for Health Professionals Archive - August 2011
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August 1, 2011
- Covidien Receives FDA Approval for Morphine Sulfate Oral Solution
- Lannett Receives FDA Approval for Phentermine Resin Extended-Release Capsules, 15 mg and 30 mg
- Forest Laboratories Sends Letter to Shareholders
- Nycomed US Inc. Names Brian A. Markison as Chief Executive Officer
- New Survey Finds Life Sciences Companies Struggling to Accurately Forecast Spending for Clinical Studies
August 2, 2011
- Pfizer Reports Second-Quarter 2011 Results
- Pfizer Completes Sale of Capsugel Business to KKR
- Insmed Incorporated Announces Clinical Hold on ARIKACE Phase 3 Clinical Trials
- Akorn to Acquire a Minority Stake in Aciex Therapeutics
- National Survey Shows: Vast Majority of Preteens and Teens Engage in Activities That May Put Them at Risk for Contracting Meningitis
- Daiichi Sankyo and Ranbaxy to Expand Hybrid Business Model in Mexico
- Novo Nordisk and Partnership of Ivy Equities, LCOR and Intercontinental RE Corp. Announce Lease Agreement for N.J. Pharmaceutical Company's New U.S. Headquarters
- FDA, International Counterparts Report Progress on Drug Inspection Collaboration
- Mylan Announces U.S. PTO Intends to Reissue Two Perforomist Patents to Dey Pharma
- Lannett Announces Chief Financial Officer Resignation
- SEC Charges Biopharmaceutical Company and Executives with Securities Fraud
August 3, 2011
- Drug Giant Buys Lunch to Serve Doctors its Pitch
- Acucela Appoints Former Bristol-Myers Squibb and F. Hoffman-La Roche AG Executive, Jaisim Shah, to the Company's Board of Directors
- Use of Antipsychotic Medication For Reducing Symptoms of Military-Related Chronic Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Does Not Appear Effective
- Boys Encouraged to Get HPV Vaccine
- Merck and Serum Institute Announce Collaboration to Develop and Expand Global Access to Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV)
- Allergan Reports Second Quarter 2011 Operating Results
- NPS Pharmaceuticals Announces New Calcilytics Agreement with GSK
- Acceleron Pharma Announces Global Collaboration with Celgene Corporation on ACE-536 Program
- Vectura Announces A New US Collaboration Agreement With A Leading International Pharmaceutical Company for the VR315 Combination Asthma/COPD Therapy
- New Survey Reveals Pharmacists Are Increasingly Struggling to Care for Patients Amid Predatory Audits, Unfair Reimbursement Practices
August 4, 2011
- FDA Drug Safety Communication:Use of long-term, high-dose Diflucan (fluconazole) during pregnancy may be associated with birth defects in infants
- FDA Approves Nation's First Scorpion Antivenom, Tested at UA
- Nurses Urge Teens Get Meningitis Vaccine
- VWR International, LLC to Acquire LabPartner (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Novo Nordisk increased operating profit by 13% in the first six months of 2011 (4 August 2011)
- Completion of New Pharmaceutical Research Facility
- Dendreon Reports Second Quarter 2011 Financial Results
- Medicare Prescription Drug Premiums Will Not Increase, More Seniors Receiving Free Preventive Care, Discounts in the Donut Hole
- Augme Technologies Enters into Agreement to Purchase Assets of Mobile Marketing and Advertising Leader Hipcricket
August 5, 2011
- FDA Drug Safety Communication: Safety review update of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (somatropin) and possible increased risk of death
- FDA Drug Safety Communication: Updated drug labels for pioglitazone-containing medicines
- Drug Companies Feeling the Profit Pressures
- Enzon Takes Bigger 2Q Loss as Pegintron Sales Slip
- Amylin and Takeda Discontinue Development of Pramlintide/Metreleptin Combination Treatment for Obesity Following Commercial Reassessment of the Program
- Poisoning Victim's Family Sues Hospital, Alleged Source
- Medicine: Nice Rejects First Pill to Treat Multiple Sclerosis
- Hospira Announces U.S. Approval of Solution Version of Gemcitabine Injection
- Forest Laboratories Issues Statement Regarding Litigation with Icahn
August 8, 2011
- Pozen Patents Upheld in Treximet Patent Litigation
- European Medicines Agency Signs Lease for New Office Space
- Total Victory for Schering Plough Pharmaceutical Reps in National Suit for Overtime Pay
- Serum and Merck Announce Collaboration to Develop and Expand Global Access to Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine
- Second Trial in the Largest Hepatitis C Outbreak in U.S. Begins - Mainor Eglet Law Firm Files for Plaintiffs
- Unigene and GSK Enter Development Services and Clinical Supply Agreement in Preparation of Potential Phase 3 Study of Oral PTH for the Treatment of Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women
- Forest Laboratories Sends Letter to Shareholders
- HHS-OIG Drops Potential Action against Forest CEO Howard Solomon
- UPS Survey: Global Healthcare Execs Face Risks with Complex Changes Ahead
August 9, 2011
- Akela Pharma Announces New Strategic Focus on Profitable PharmaForm Division
- Positive first half-year 2011 for Boehringer Ingelheim ? new growth from innovative medicines /Pradaxa approved in Europe
- Medidata Solutions Announces CFO Transition
- J&J One of Four Left In The AAA Club
- FTC Staff Says Proposed New York Legislation Would Reduce Competition and Likely Lead to Higher Prescription Drug Costs
- Genentech to Sell Oceanside Clinical Manufacturing Plant
- Leading 10 Biotechnology Companies Generated Annual Revenue of $77.85 Billion in 2010: PharmaLive Special Report
- Array Announces New Oncology Agreement with Genentech
- Chinese Pharma Firm's 2Q Profit Climbs 91 Percent
August 10, 2011
- Affymax Receives $10 Million Milestone Payment for FDA Filing of New Drug Application for Hematide/Peginesatide
- Paladin Labs Announces Premium Offer to Acquire Afexa Life Sciences for $0.55 per Share
- First half report 2011 - The solid momentum continues. Expected full year results to be in the upper end of the guidance range
- 38 Percent of ePharma Physicians Have Seen Sales Reps With iPads or other Tablets During Face-to-Face Meetings
- Medivation Make Breast Cancer Breakthrough
- ISS Recommends Forest Shareholders Vote For Company's Entire Slate of Ten Board Nominees
August 11, 2011
- Gilead Sciences Resolves FDA Warning Letter
- FDA Approves Gilead-J&J HIV Pill Complera
- Analyst Sees Low Complera Hopes
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals Files Lawsuits Against Par and Actavis for Infringement of NUEDEXTA Patents
- Gilead Sciences Resolves U.S. Food and Drug Administration Warning Letter Related to San Dimas Manufacturing Facility
- FDA Will Decide on Lilly's Bydureon By Jan. 28
- Pfizer Will End Bristol, Tenn. Manufacturing Operations By 2014
- 'Amazing' Therapy Wipes Out Leukemia in Study
- Teijin and Astellas Conclude Distribution Agreement for New Gout and Hyperuricemia Drug in Southeast Asia and India
August 12, 2011
- Pfizer Pays Out to Families of Drug Trial Victims
- Mylan Launches Generic Version of Uroxatral Tablets
- Depression Linked to Increased Risk of Stroke in Women
- Watson's Anda Distribution to Build 234,000 sq ft Pharmaceutical Warehouse and Distribution Facility in Olive Branch, DeSoto County, MS
- Study: Illegal Online Pharmacies Can Manipulate Searches
- Icagen Stockholders Send Second Letter to Icagen Board to Contest Proposed Price of Acquisition by Pfizer
- PCMA: New Study Finds Mail-Service Pharmacies Improve Adherence to Diabetes Medications in Medicare Part D
- Mannkind to Start Insulin Trial
- Merck Employees Weigh Early-Retirement Offer
August 15, 2011
- FDA, State of Arkansas Sign Agreement to Advance Regulatory Science
- ParaPro's Lice Treatment Hits Shelves
- Pfizer Wins Viagra Patent Trial
- Forest Laboratories Sends Open Letter to Shareholders
- Row As Drug Companies Lavish Gifts on NHS Bosses
- ALCON -Consumer Alert: Cargo Theft of Novartis, Alcon and Falcon Products
- Intersect ENT Announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approval for First Drug Releasing Implant for Chronic Sinusitis Patients
- Fat and Healthy? York U Study Finds Slim Isn't Always Superior
August 16, 2011
- GE Healthcare to Acquire PAA Laboratories GmbH, Broadening Capabilities in Growing Biopharmaceutical Manufacture Segment
- Report: Carlyle in Talks to Buy PPD
- Xcelience to Add 45 Jobs in Expansion
- Eisai Establishes Subsidiary in Mexico
- Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Launches Online Tools on PrescribeResponsibly.com
- Forest Laboratories, Inc. Announces Additional Accelerated Share Repurchase
- Qiagen and Pfizer Partner to Develop Companion Diagnostic for Novel Compound in Global Clinical Trials for Lung Cancer
- Icagen Reiterates Its Recommendation That Stockholders Accept Pfizer's Offer of $6 Per Share
- Continued Climb for Pharma Vaccine Revenues
August 17, 2011
- Abbott Labs Says FDA Approves Longer-Acting Lupron
- Medication For Severe, Chronic Gout Associated With Improvement in Symptoms
- Group Questions Allegra Ad Claim
- Mylan Pushes Deal to Ensure Safety of Generic Drugs
- Shaky Finances for Dara BioSciences
- Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. Appoints Executive Vice President of Drug Development for the Americas
- Osmotica Pharmaceutical to Build Plant in Georgia
- Mylan Confirms First-to-File Patent Challenge Relating to FROVA Tablets
- FDA Extends Target Date for Review of Eye Drug
- Former Shionogi Employee Admits to Hack Attack on Company Servers
- Cytos Biotechnology Ltd Announces Strategic and Organizational Changes With the Aim of Preserving Value Around Its Lead Product and to Address the Up-Coming Maturity of the Convertible Bond
August 18, 2011
- Evolva Coordinated Sale Process To End
- Endo Pharmaceuticals Announces Termination of Collaboration with Grunenthal for the Development of Axomadol
- Galapagos and Genentech extend drug discovery collaboration
- Labopharm Announces Elimination of Angelini Labopharm's Oleptro Sales Force
- Labopharm Inc. enters into an agreement to be acquired by Paladin Labs Inc.
- Former PhRMA President Billy Tauzin Joins Leading 340B Drug Administrator
- FDA: Regulatory Science Plan Positions Agency to Foster Innovation Through Better Science
- Paladin Labs Inc. Issues Announcement Regarding Jonathan Ross Goodman
- United Therapeutics Expands RTP Facility
- Pfizer Says EU Starts Review of 2 Cancer Drugs
- Study finds majority of pharmaceutical ads do not adhere to FDA guidelines
- Endo Pharma Ends Collaboration on Back Pain Drug
- Preliminary Results Indicate Forest Shareholders Elect All Company Nominees
August 19, 2011
- NICE Agrees to Appeal Hearing on Lucentis
- CEL-SCI Addresses Warning Letter in Regard to Statements on Its Corporate Website
- DARA BioSciences Receives Fast Track Designation From the U.S. FDA for KRN5500 for the Treatment of Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathic Pain in Patients With Cancer
- Valeant Pharmaceuticals Completes Acquisition of Sanitas Group
- Detection of Radioactive Material from RDF Incineration Ashes at Chugai?s Fuji-Gotemba Research Laboratories
August 22, 2011
- Patients Sue Drugs Firm Over the Diet Pills that 'left them suicidal'
- Santarus and Depomed Announce New U.S. Commercialization Agreement for Glumetza Prescription Products
- Launch of Lexapro commenced in Japan
- St. Louis Company Develops Process to Thwart Meth Cookers
- As Big Pharma Downsizes, A Major Loss of Brain Power
- GSK takes minority stake in new spin out Autifony Therapeutics
- Brilinta (ticagrelor) Tablets Now Available in U.S. Pharmacies for Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Nycomed and Norgine sign a Licence Agreement for MOVIPREP in Russia/CIS
- Takeda Selected as Recipient of Government Subsidy for Developing Cell Culture-Based Influenza Vaccine
August 23, 2011
- FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Bayer's Investigational Compound Radium-223 Chloride for the Treatment of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer That Has Spread to the Bone
- Plan to Reuse Prescription Drugs Stuck on Final Hurdles
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Completes Acquisition of Phadia
- Chapel Hill Firm to Lead Alzheimer's Trials
- Drug Firm's Online Advert Predicting 9/11 Terror Attacks Sparks Outrage
- ImpactRx Appoints Gregory Ellis President and CEO
- NICE -Breast cancer drug not good use of resources, says draft guidance
August 24, 2011
- SurModics Cuts 9 Percent of Jobs, Reorganizes
- Par Pharmaceutical To Acquire Anchen Pharmaceuticals
- Patients Discharged From a Hospital at Increased Risk of Unintentional Discontinuation of Medications for Chronic Diseases
- Use of Certain Biologic Therapies for Psoriasis Do Not Appear to Increase Risk for Cardiovascular Problems
- Par Pharmaceutical Plans to Buy Rival Anchen
- Surmodics to Cut 9 Percent of Jobs; CFO Is Leaving
- Spain Orders Switch to Cheap Generic Drugs
- Antiseptic Wipe Lawsuit Targets Lilly, CVS, Triad
- SurModics Announces Strategic Realignment of Business
- Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide): Drug Safety Communication - Abnormal Heart Rhythms Associated With High Doses
- Namenda & Aricept Command Over 49% of the Market for Dementia: PharmaLive Special Report
August 25, 2011
- Google Forfeits $500 Million Generated by Online Ads & Prescription Drug Sales by Canadian Online Pharmacies
- Baxter to Acquire to Privately Held Baxa Corporation
- Forest Announces Certified Annual Meeting Results
- Novo Nordisk to Build New Corporate Centre in Bagsværd, Denmark
- Merlin Nexus and New Leaf Venture Partners Continue to Contest Proposed $56 Million Acquisition of Icagen by Pfizer
August 26, 2011
- Boehringer Ingelheim to Launch RE-ALIGN Trial to Evaluate Dabigatran Etexilate in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves
- Study: Some Vaccines Cause Medical Problems in Rare Cases
- Lilly, Boehringer Diabetes Drug Gets European OK
- Few Health Problems Are Caused By Vaccines, IOM Report Finds
- National survey shows HPV vaccine rates trail other teen vaccines
- Results of Medication Studies in Top Medical Journals May Be Misleading to Readers
- UK Health Warning After Painkiller Mixup
- FDA Approves Dendreon's Atlanta Cancer Immunotherapy Manufacturing Facility
August 29, 2011
- Abbott Japan and Eisai Announce Launch of Pancreatic Digestive Enzyme Replacement Drug Lipacreon (pancrelipase)
- TAK-385 Enters into Phase 2 Clinical Trials in Japan for the Treatment of Endometriosis and Uterine Fibroids
- Icagen Reaffirms Recommendation to Shareholders to Tender Shares
- Ahead of the Bell: Blood Thinner Study Impresses
- Teva Announces Court Adopts All Relevant Teva Claim Construction Interpretations in Copaxone Patent Infringement Case against Sandoz/Momenta and Mylan/Natco; Court Denies Mylan's Summary Judgment Motion of Invalidity
- Monthly Roundup - August 2011
August 30, 2011
- EMD Millipore Strengthens Bioscience Business by Acquiring Amnis Corporation
- Abbott Japan and Eisai Announce Launch of Pancreatic Digestive Enzyme Replacement Drug Lipacreon
- Teva Says Copaxone Lawsuit Will Go to Trial
- Ipsen's half-year 2011 Results
- Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals and Ipsen Expand their Partnership in Preparation for the Commercial Launch of Inspiration's Hemophilia Pipeline in Europe
- India's Piramal in $1.5 Billion Overseas Drug Push
August 31, 2011
- Tough Start for Human Genome Drug
- Study Compares CEO Pay With Taxes
- Alcon Moving 100 Jobs to Fort Worth in Consolidation
- Why Have Britain's Biotech Stars Faded Away?: A Third of Listed Drug Firms in Sector Have Gone Bust
- Research Identifies Marketing Mix Strategy for Pharmaceutical Firms
- Daiichi Sankyo & Ranbaxy Announce a New Social Contribution Initiative Encompassing India, Cameroon and Tanzania
- IPS: CEOs Who Earn More Than Their Corporations Pay in Taxes
- Dr. Reddy's Announces Settlement of Lipitor (atorvastatin) ANDA Litigation with Pfizer
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015
contentment (7) significance
Maybe it's doing well in your career, staying fit and healthy, or being in a relationship. Maybe it's your IQ, attractiveness, or creativity. Maybe it's ministry, being a "good" person, or belonging to a certain church or cultural group. We look to all kinds of things to make ourselves feel worthwhile ...
One of my friends was ill for many months. She lay in bed, stared at the trees outside the window, and felt useless. She couldn't work, care for others, or even carry out the basic tasks of each day. As she lay there, she learned an important truth: that God loves her just as much when she can't do anything for him, as he does when she can do things that feel significant.
God doesn't love us because we have value. We have value because he loves us. ...
You can read the rest at The Gospel Coalition Australia
4 comments:
- Jill said...
Hello Jean - I have not commented before, but have been reading your blog for some time, and praying for your family. I think I "met" you via a Melbourne friend's post, where she shared one of your articles.
Thank you for this series on contentment. Would you mind if I used some of this material to share with a group of ladies who meet weekly at a craft group at our church here in NZ? (Trinity Reformed Baptist in Hamilton, where my husband is the pastor). Most who attend do not know Jesus, but they listen every week to a short talk from the Bible where we talk about its relevance to our everyday lives, and pray for the needs within the group. I think some of the things you have discussed would be good, thought-provoking triggers for ongoing conversations about the gospel, and helpful to those of us who are Christians as well.
- October 11, 2015 at 2:57 PM
- Jean said...
Hi Jill,
Feel absolutely free to use the material at your church. Just put my name in as author, and an acknowledgement to TGC Australia and perhaps this blog (there's an example under the "use" tab) to say that's where the material is from.
Love Jean.
- October 12, 2015 at 9:42 AM
- Jean said...
Oh, and I hope it blesses your ladies richly! For Jesus' sake and his glory xxx
- October 12, 2015 at 9:43 AM
- Jill said...
Thanks so much Jean. I'll definitely make sure anything we use is attributed to you and TGC :)
Love, Jill
- October 12, 2015 at 8:29 PM

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What about you?
Did anything change the way you see?
( ... almost 10 minutes in you'll find the conversation that resonated)
this is a powerful post and I am saddened by what your children have had to experience. You are a strong momma tiger for them, and I applaud you, and I am ashamed to be an educator when I hear what other educators have told you. Oh for the day when there is no bullying, but alas I fear it is far far in the future.ReplyDelete
Thank you... I've had an emotional week and wanted to try to write something 'up" and positive... but this was what came out....
I've been reading some of your amazing daughter's amazing posts, too... she's added to my heart and thoughts...
What a wonderful piece, W. Oh my goodness. It's certainly evoked a groundswell of feeling in here. I want to hardpoke some people in the chest (parents actually, and teachers) and shout in their stupid faces, in a really angry voice, that it's just not good enough to continue to feign ignorance when there's so much damage being done. Because it's not. Enough. Enough of the bullies being protected while the targeted are left to be bigger than the hellholes that are dug for them. It's shit is what it is. How will the children ever learn? How will anything ever change if the grown ups remain so damned blind/blocked/ignorant? We owe it to the children. All the children, dammit. God dammit.
... absatively... unforgivable shitful behaviour is just that...Delete
This post really saddened me.Even in this day and age with all the education and knowledge we possess, we still have problems with the race, religion and sexuality of others. Why can't we just accept or at the very least tolerate each other's differences!ReplyDelete
If only...ReplyDelete
My nephew is now in his mid 20s. When he was at preschool, his best friend was a boy named Andrew. My mother one day pointed out to Jez that Andrew was Chinese. Jez looked her up and down, wrinkled his nose and then told her, "no he's not, Nannie; he's my best friend." Said it all really.
I married the son of Dutch-Indonesian immigrants. Lots of people cannot peg my husband's heritage. Many think he's Maori. My kids friends have come from all over the world and they have never been defined by colour, race or religion. I've only ever felt awkward when I couldn't pronounce ethnic names.
A friend from uni felt that one of the best ways to break down barriers was through food. As a teacher, she likes to introduce real food and the recipes to her students at every opportunity. She is Korean born and teaches Japanese. And a bloody good cook.
Oh Robyn, I wish there were more of you in the world!ReplyDelete
I am so sorry. This had to be the saddest thing for me to read. It is horrible, I remember this happening to me when I was at school, but to think it is just as bad today. Obviously we haven't progressed as a society. I am so sorry for what you and your kids have had to deal with.ReplyDelete
I forgot to post this before.
A few months ago L was telling me about a discussion he and his mates had had at school that day. It was an innocent, passive discussion, but they were discussing what nationality they are, where their families came from etc. His best mate V (whose family moved here from India when he was a toddler) had said he was Australian, but someone else (whose family was from India) had called themselves Indian. L was a little confused too, about the fact that his Dad is from NZ and L doesn't really think about himself as a New Zealander in any way (apart from following the All Blacks because his Dad does and they win a lot).
I told him the best thing to do is listen to what people say about themselves and how they identify themselves, and THAT is who they are, be it Indian, Australian, Indian/Australian or whatever.
Seems like I was kind of on the right track then.


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Ethan, Austin, Jake, Cooper, Phillip, and Harrison
That's what little boys are made of! Maybe add a little bit of dirt, mud, water, fish and lots of sweetness and then you have it!
Aren't they adorable? Yes they are! Today I share our boys and their fishing adventures in pictures....
Austin hard at work!
Austin's Baby shark!
Ethan's Baby Shark
A Gathering!
Got One!
Another! They threw them back but had fun catching them.
Check out Coop and his fish!
Sharks were everywhere!
Puffer Fish
Phillip and Lee Relaxing
Jake enjoying the videos!
Making Memories with our guys!


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CINCINNATI — — As Shabazz Napier walked through the lobby of the team hotel, the cumbersome boot was still on his right foot, but he was smiling.
"I'm always smiling," he said. "Got to have a smile on your face every day."
Trust that Napier's smile will be wider on Saturday morning if he gets out of bed on the right foot and does not feel debilitating pain. That would allow him to play for UConn against Cincinnati at Fifth Third Arena at 2 p.m.


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Why don't we have Bath and Bodyworks in the UK?!
This is madness!
I dragged my poor Mum around New York to try and find this store
She was not impressed but once she had a smell of some of the goodies inside she was happy enough
Al though wouldn't let me drag her back there again after I decided I needed more!
I really wanted to pick up some of the infamous candles but knew they would weigh too much in the suitcase, I'm now kicking myself so much as we bought another suitcase and had the room and weight for me to get some..sad times for a candle fiend like me
In the UK I had made myself a little list which only consisted of hand sanitizers and one of each a moisturiser and shower gel and body mist...I got carried away
Everything smells so good and the offers are always amazing!
I think some of the offers I was drawn in by was 6 large products for $30, 3 Minis for $10 and 5 hand gels for $5
I've fallen in love big time for the Cashmere Glow scent and have already asked a friend to pick me some more up when she goes to LA in August (hope she remembers!)
I'm glad my Mum and I are planning to go to Florida late this year/early next year as I definitely want to pick up some candles and the home scents
Have you tried anything from B&BW?
Do you know somewhere to order from for the UK that's not overly priced?


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Coming off a rusty old roadster, I immediately liked the Roundabout's smooth transitioning between gears, thanks to the two-finger Shimano Acera shifters. This bike is streamlined and aerodynamic, as well as ergonomic. Its chromoly steel build means shock absorption, making this bicycle a smooth and supple ride. The sloping top tube facilitates mounting and dismounting and allows for a free and easy cycling movement. The bike's wide-set handlebars keep you sitting comfortably upright.
Quick-release skewers on both the front and rear wheels meant I had to lock the Roundabout up doubly when parking in public. As this bicycle is intended for both city and leisure riding, I also at times wished there was a kickstand.
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A jack-of-all-trades and aptly named, the Roundabout mixte is as good along a paved park trail as it is darting across town to grab groceries or to meet a friend. I might not think of it for long-distance commutes, but that isn't to say the Roundabout can't pick up speed to satisfy occasional adrenaline seekers.
The Kona Roundabout is a good choice for cyclists who want both style and substance. It offers a smooth ride and is sure to turn heads – or so I assumed as I cruised around one sunny Saturday afternoon.
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(RNN) - Students at a Baltimore high school reported a peculiar odor that led to the principal activating the emergency plan and ordering the school to be evacuated what turned out to be a pumpkin spice air freshener, fire officials said.
But the president of Christo Rey Jesuit High School Baltimore told WBAL that it might have been a burned-out light bulb.
Two students and a three adults were taken to area hospitals with unknown injuries, though one of the adults suffered an issue unrelated to the smell, officials said.
The hazmat team of the Baltimore City Fire Department was among the responders who rushed to the scene, the school said in a statement on its website.
Emergency medical technicians evaluated and treated students and staff on the scene.
After "extensive testing" the fire department declared the building safe.
The Baltimore fire chief said sounding the alarm was the prudent thing to do:
"It's always best to take precaution, call 911, let us - we are the experts - come in and make sure that everything is safe, so we have no problem with them making this call. I know it's a lot of equipment that you see around here, a lot of firefighters that are working on this incident; however, we want to make sure that these students and teachers are all safe," Chief Roman Clark said.
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Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.You know, I never thought of it like that. Though my own inclination tends to be to forget all about the Blessed Virgin altogether. Not in the importance of the big picture, of course, but just in my every day life. Which is probably a bit less than Jesus would like ... I mean, she is the first of all disciples and definitely worthy of me keeping her example and help in mind.
Maximilian Kolbe
Friday, September 27, 2013
Well Said: Loving the Blessed Virgin
From my quote journal.
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The Pope will consecrate the world to Mary's heart on the 13th of October. I expect great things - good time to be thinking about her.ReplyDelete
Quick question , if you don't mind my intrusion, but don't you do the rosary?Replies
I had forgotten all about that, but thank you for reminding me! Sometimes I'll pray the rosary, most of the time I don't. It just depends on my mindset. However, it is interesting to me that in times of great stress the prayer that automatically springs to mind (and to my lips) is the Hail Mary. :-)Delete
Me too. Mary is very accessible: the gentle pathway leading to the narrow gate. CheersDelete
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Braid's Blow: 'How To Make Games That Touch People'
Jonathan's talk probably is the closest thing to what I've been thinking about today's games among any keynotes or presentations on the same topic until now.
Today's games are structured in a way that if they were novels, we would be solving puzzles or other challenges in between chapters of the story. For example, first, we'd be reading dialogues, a character's thoughts, feelings, meaningful interaction with other characters. Then when that parts over and time to move to next part of the story, we're slammed with a caculus problem that we have to solve in order to discover what happens next.
While I really do want to see someone try a different path than this, I still want to be told of a touching story, an interactive one, that is. I really would be pissed if all we see in future is AAA version of "Gravitation" or "Marriage." While it certainly is a progression, it's missing story element that I hunger.
What if we take completely opposite way, and instead of suppressing linear story, we take away player control? What if we don't let players directly control anything, but instead, let them merely influence character's actions? I see the true merit of a medium being interactive in its ability to let players influence and thus customize the experience to his or her liking.
In this case, we'd have a game that looks more or less like movies or TV shows, but depending on how a player, or rather a viewer, influence characters, plot turns and twists in response to that.


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I've been m.i.a. over the past week because I've been trying to get a few projects finished around here. You know, projects that I was interested in for about 10 minutes, projects that have been going on so long I have to take frequent brakes to keep from going insane (the basement), projects I was *this close* to finishing when I ran out of some item I needed to get the job done and couldn't find exactly what I needed… anywhere… to match what I was already using (GRRRRR).
My linen covered jewelry pin-board falls in the latter category…
This is a super-duper easy project to do, you could do it with a spare hour (or less!) if you have all of the materials. Also, it is really nothing more than an upholstered message board, I've just left off the crisscrossed ribbon, and replaced tacks with extra-long pink pearl pins ~ corsage pins work awesome, too ~ you can find either at your local fabric or craft store.
I started with a once awesome, but now fruit punch stained cream colored linen table cloth (the fruit punch stain has been circled so you can see it in all of it's glory…). I love repurposing things, so I was happy to have this as a starting point.
Found a perfect piece of 3/4″ plywood in the garage (it's pretty big!) and some batting left over from a previous project (I had this laying around, but you could use mdf, homasote – which is good for pinning, or thinner plywood)
I Liberated some cork tiles that I'd bought years ago intending on using them for something else (I had to purchase one additional pack of cork tiles due to the size of the board I was using. You can also buy cork in rolls)
Other items I used: Scotch brand Super 77 spray adhesive (love this stuff), cream colored single fold bias tape, silver *tortoise shell* upholstery tacks, staple gun/10mm staples, craft paper and masking tape (to finish the back nicely) and flush-mount wall hooks.
Here's how you do it:
1) Lay out the cork tiles (or cork roll) on the plywood. Use the spray adhesive (lightly) to stick the cork to the board (you'll want to do this so you can pick it up/move it around to staple on the batting), trimming the cork to size
2) Lay batting over the cork. Staple batting to the plywood all around the outside edge (you can wrap it all the way around to the back, but this will make the back fluffier as you lay the fabric on top, so keep that in mind if you are going to use flush mount brackets – the thickness of your fabric/batting may keep your brackets from reaching the brackets on the wall).
3) Lay fabric on top of batting/cork/plywood. wrap around the back and staple. I was very happy to see that the board was the perfect size to miss that fruit-punch stain (in the circle) lol…
4) Flip face down and roll out craft paper on the back. Use the spray adhesive to lightly adhere the paper to the back. Use masking tape all around the perimeter of the paper to create a clean finished back. This isn't necessary, of course, but it only takes a minute. The Dollar Tree sells 3M brown craft/post paper rolls for $1. (I buy several at a time, use them for wrapping paper, as a "drop cloth"/surface protector for small paint projects, etc.)
5) Using upholstery tacks, tack bias tape all around the edges (you could also skip the bias tape and just use the tacks. Or you could skip this step altogether). You'll want to make sure that your tacks are evenly spaced so using something of desired size as a *spacer* put it in between tacks and tap tacks in only half way (this will allow you to measure from shank to shank, making your spaces more even). Once you have an entire line of "half-in", evenly spaced tacks, go back and tap them all in. Please note my very fancy spacer…
6) Install brackets on both the wall and back of the pin-board if you are going to hang it on the wall. I used flush mount brackets and careful measuring was essential.
7) Check for level
(okay, yeah, I added that because, I mean, I had to pat myself on the back for that one lol….)
…. And that's it!
I went from this mess:
To this (with room to grow!) Peep the old school green bathroom tiles and that 1968 radiant floor heat controller (the heat still works, by the way, but I don't use it. I can't imagine it's *energy star approved* haha). Yeah, you know you're jealous lol…
I love these pink pearlized pins 🙂
What I learned:
i) Make sure you measure accurately to determine how many upholstery tacks you need. I ran out 4/5 of the way through and couldn't find the same tacks for miles! I drove all over town (and all over the next town, too!) and finally found some at my local Ace Hardware (on Harding Pike in West Meade ~ you guys rock!). Now I know to go there first lol, but that actually set me back a couple of days…
ii) Flush mount picture hangers require absolute accuracy. When I put the hanger on the back of the pin board I was a nano-hair off (yes, "nano-hair" is a proper measurement!) and I spent ages up on a ladder with an incredibly heavy, cumbersome board trying to hang it while not being able to see the mounting hardware. I was sweating – and cursing – and scratching up the wall for 10 minutes when I finally decided to re-measure and discovered I was off by 2 centimeters. 2 CENTIMETERS. I had to remove and re-attach the bracket with all of the measuring, leveling, blah blah blah… Very annoying…
iii) This project would work GREAT in a walk in closet lol. Unfortunately, I don't have one of those. It would also work well over a dresser or dressing table, but my tv's over the dresser and I don't have space for a dressing table. If you're esthetically… um… affected… like I am – and I know you are – having all of that jewelry hanging around in a space as small as my bathroom happens to be, just might make you a little crazy. I'm still trying to get used to it. I LOVE being able to grab my jewelry and go (it actually saves me time when getting ready), and I'm wearing stuff now that I had forgotten about! But with all my fab (!) green tile I had managed to create a calming space using all cream *everything else* and the jewelry adds texture and color that I guess I hadn't really considered.


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Supporters of the Jewish state both in the United States and Israeli fear that the upgrade in United Nations status could open the door for Palestinians to bring war crimes charges against Israeli leaders in the International Criminal Court.
"it places further obstacles in the path of peace," Clinton said.
"We have been clear that only through direct negotiations between the parties can the Palestinians and the Israelis achieve the peace that they deserve," Clinton said.
The right of nations to self-determination (from German: Selbstbestimmungsrecht der Völker), or in short form, the right to self-determination is the cardinal principle in modern international law principles of international law (jus cogens), binding, as such, on the United Nations as authoritative interpretation of the Charter's norms. It states that nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and fair equality of opportunity have the right to freely choose their sovereignty and international political status with no external compulsion or interference
Now make no mistake; this right is also meant to apply to nations not having sovereignty yet:
On 14 December 1960, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) under titled Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples provided for the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples in providing an inevitable legal linkage between self-determination and its goal of decolonisation, and a postulated new international law-based right of freedom also in economic self-determination.
So basically, what the Palestinians (or Arabs living in Palestine) have is the right to self-determination. This is a most fundamental right; the basis of national freedom. It's been strongly advocated by a U.S. president a while ago and others ever since.
Nobody should ever rate such a fundamental principle lower than one's own tactics or strategy. This is most disrespectful.
The whole topic is close to my indignation about the frequent nonsensical accusations of Germany in regard to Slovenia and Croatia gaining independence and getting internationally recognised. The common and utterly idiotic story is that Germany supposedly is guilty of promoting the bloody war in Croatia and possibly Bosnia by recognising Croatia early.
More fundamentally: How dare these people to assert we should decline this right to self-determination to other nations? That's the exact same crap as happened these days!
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955) (quotationspage)
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Reporting on activity seen in MLS over the past 24 hours in the NA01 thru NA07 areas of Naples, FL … we watch the NEW LISTINGS, PENDING SALES and CLOSED SALES.
This area runs from Bonita Beach Road south to the tip of Port Royal and west of US41.
NEW LISTINGS: 13 ranging from $129,900 to $1,889,900
PENDING SALES: 4 ranging from $799,000 to $3,395,000
CLOSED SALES: 4 ranging from $109,900 to $875,000


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Elena Vyacheslavovna Dementieva born October 15, 1981, Moscow, is a professional tennis player from Russia.
Dementieva is a fast, powerful and aggressive baseliner known for her outstanding offensive and defensive abilities off the ground. Her forehand in particular is a fearsome weapon due to the power and placement of the shot and her ability to flatten it out. However, her serve is very inconsistent and considered one of the worst on the WTA Tour, especially in tight situations.
Dementieva was the seventh-seeded player at the Tier I Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin but reached the final, where she lost to thirteenth-seeded Dinara Safina. Dementieva defeated fourth-seeded Janković in the quarterfinals and second-seeded Ivanović in the semifinals. Dementieva's win over Ivanović was her fourth in four career matches with Ivanović.
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RB (tugging on LB's skirt) Hey. Hey.
LB (busily scribbling on a notepad) Hmmm. yeah, inaminit
RB Watcha doin'. Hey. Hey. I'm feeling funny.
LB Yeah, yeah, be with ya in a minnute.
RB No. Now. I'm getting scared. What are you doing?
LB (Looking up from the notebook) I'm making a list of everything we're going to do on this vacation! It's a great list! Lookee!
RB Waaaaaaa! You don't love me any more.
LB (Looking shocked) What? Of course I love you - you're the other side of me. What's wrong?
RB It's our VACATION and you're making one of those awful TTD lists! I want to play!
LB Well, yeah. sure. I'm writing that on the list. See? Here? Number 8 ... PLAY
RB You're crazy. You can't schedule play. Play means you aren't responsible for anything. Play means fun. Play means you don't have to accomplish anything!
LB So. So? Where on this list does it say we have to accomplish anything when we're playing?
RB I know you. You will say No Play before ticking stuff off that list. I know you. this will be nothing but chores and werk and werk and chores.
LB No it won't. Look at the rest of this list. See?
- Clean House
- Work on the kitchen cabinets - organize those last 2 messes
- Work on the spare bedroom - one hour a day minimum
- Work in the garden
- Work out
- Read
- Draw
- Play
- Visit Mama
RB Yeah. I see that you want to work almost all the time. Werk in the kitchen werk in the garden werk out. wekr werk werk I hate this list.
LB What? Don't you like a clean house? I thought we'd agreed that house cleaning is really just caressing our favorite possessions - the ones we bought or collected and brought into our lives.
RB Well. Yeah. I do love all our stuff. I just wish there wasn't so much cleaning to do.
LB Yeah. I understand that. But we live with guys. And dogs. On a farm. Down a dirt lane. It's just the way it is - there's cleaning to do and we have to do it. Besides - it only takes a few hours a week. You know that.
RB (sighing) yeah. I know. but it's #1 on the list. what kind of vacation is that?
LB Oh. well. Yeah. I see. but don't you want to start this vacation in a sparkly clean house?
RB I guess so.
LB Let's see how things go today - we can put this off till tomorrow
RB Thanks. But there's still too much work on that list.
LB Well - don't you want to work in the garden? Don't you want to have that spare bedroom ready for summer guests? Frances and Audrey will be here in 3 weeks.
RB (sighing again) Yeah. I do want them.
LB so - if you want it - you gotta go get it.
RB I just wish you didn't have so much work on that stupid list. I feel like the whole vacation will be nothing but work. I'd rather go to work where I don't have to work so hard.
LB Oh. Hmm. I see. Hmmm. Yeah. Okay - how's this for a Better List?
- Start with a beautiful, sparkly clean house
- Play in the kitchen cabinets - toss out all that crap we hate and create beautifully functioning organized spaces for everything we want. Never be ashamed if someone opens a cabinet door again.
- Begin the transformation of the spare junk room into an oasis of organization and calm - maybe even take it over for our bedroom - it's bigger than the one we use now. Sit down with those boxes of family photos and letters and decide how we will store and share them. Own that space. Make it ours. Retrieve it from the Lord Of Chaos and Shame.
- Dig the soft crumbly earth in the garden and nestle those little vegetable plants in their new homes where they can grow delicious food for summer meals that we'll serve out on the porch.
- Give our body the exercise it longs for - stretching, moving, lifting - everything that makes it feel vigorous and thriving.
- Read
- Draw
- Play
- Visit Mama
RB Ooooo. Yeah. That's a MUCH better list
LB (smiling) Well good. I'm glad you like it. Man – this is going to be a fabulous vacation.
RB One thing more, though. Can you put Play first?
LB (laughing) You betcha! Love you
RB Love you more


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Gone are the days when you do not have to worry about the high cost of auto repair, because we can do ourselves. That's why the auto repair coupons are relatively new. That's because the DIY guys in all of us tend to take over when we need to repair our vehicles. Even the presence of large areas prevents us from working in our own car. For example, car repair San Mateo has to offer is very good. But we have avoided in the past because we wanted to do ourselves.
Why go through the trouble of trying to fix our own cars anyway? Because we want to save on repair costs. We do not care if we end up with grease all over our body. However, today's cars are much more advanced than before. Thus, our limited knowledge of repairs can be overcome. Of course, we can use online coupons. But how can we do 100 miles to the store that offers great food stamps if your car should be repaired? Moreover, contrary to the purpose of trying to save. We could not take advantage of auto repair San Mateo has done before, have not had the opportunity to offer coupons.
It has often been said that prevention is better than cure. Thus, to avoid the costs of car repairs, take care of your vehicle. This means that the ongoing maintenance and things that can prevent damage to your car. At the first sign of trouble, do not fix it. You can only make things worse which will result in higher costs. To save on costs, rather than go shop shown. Usually have been in business for years with a long list of satisfied customers. Fortunately, local small businesses can now offer coupons. So you can check if they offer coupons online. You can also ask around for referrals. This can help build the capacity of this store. For example, ask your parents and friends the best auto repair in San Mateo is known. If you get a lot of people recommending them, then you're probably in good hands.
Make sure you do not try to save on costs by going to car repair workshops shaded. You can check the Better Business Bureau to see if the store has a history of previous customer complaints. He can give you peace of mind. If you try to save money by having your car fixed, you may regret it later if things get worse. Then, print coupons online and find the best auto repair in San Mateo has to offer, with the help of the recommendations of friends and family. This will save you money in the right direction.


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I have found a couple of LOVELY pieces that I have been wearing both at work and casually also, and of course they are from the amazing shop that is Zara.
Firstly I love this lovely structured blazer which is part of their TRF range:
I really like pairing this blazer with a black vest and black pencil skirt to look really sharp and smart for work. I have also been pairing it with these two shirts I picked up from Zara recently also:
I don't own either of these, yet, but I think they would be great additions to my wardrobe too!
Will you be adding a dash of cobalt blue to your wardrobe?


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The NIRcam (Near Infrared Camera)
- NIRCam - The Near Infrared Camera
- NIRSpec - The Near Infrared Spectrometer
- MIRI - The Mid-Infrared Instrument
- FGS-TFI - The Field Guidance Sensor Tunable Filter Camera
The NIRCam - the Near Infrared Camera - is one of the more important tools on the JWST. As the name implies, it will see in the Near Infrared portion of the spectrum.
What is Infrared Light?
Generally, the infrared area of the electromagnetic spectrum (see left) is the area that covers the wavelength range from roughly 300 GHz (1 milimeter) to 400 THz (750 nanometers). It can be divided into three sub-regions:
- Far-Infrared
- Mid-Infrared
- Near-Infrared
The wavelength of the infrared portion of the EM (EM = Electromagnetic) Spectrum is longer than that of visible light. Our eyes, evolved over hundreds of millions of years, never tuned into IR wavelenghts (IR = Infrared). Therefore, we cannot see IR without the aid of specially designed lenses and instruments that can block the visible light that we normally see.
However, just because you don't see it doesn't mean it isn't there. Infrared is usually part of most of the light that we see. The sun emits IR light along with the bright sunshine that blankets the Earth. As a result of constant light from the sun, many objects, plants and animals on the Earth will reflect IR light the same as light from the visible part of the EM spectrum.
Bats emitting heat, as seen in IR
Importantly, IR light is given off when heat of a specific range of temperatures is reached. Since light is a form of radiation (energy radiating away from a source), atomic materials in the course of their normal atomic functions give off energy, which radiates out and can be seen somewhere on the EM Spectrum. IR light is specific to a certain range of energy or heat. Anything that is within a specific range of temperature will give off Infrared light in addition to other kinds of electromagnetic radiation (see right).
Using Infrared Spectrum to Understand
Now that humanity understands what gives off IR light/radiation, we can use it to understand more about the world around us and to improve the technology we use. We use IR spectrum analysis to aim military drones at targets, to provide insight and details about a weather forecast, studying the efficiency of cell phone communication, night vision, television remotes, communication among computer devices, etc, etc...
Timeline of the Universe. Click to embiggen.
Most telling for the JWST is that infrared can be used to greatly increase our understanding of the universe. Lots of things in the Universe happen all across the Electromagnetic Spectrum, including the Infrared. Importantly, lots of things DID happen in the Infrared, too, way back in the distant past of our 13 billion year old Universe. Much of the light from the early universe is coming to us still...even right now, at this moment. Our universe is SO OLD and SO MIND-POPPINGLY HUGE that light from the beginning of time is still traveling across the vastness of space and spilling across our Earth. When you look up into the sky, you are truly looking back in time.
Simulation of JWST View
Since we can observe that the Universe is expanding (thanks in part to the Doppler Effect), anything moving away from us will emit light in the red end of the spectrum. Although Hubble helped us to understand that the expansion of the Universe is actually accelerating, the James Webb Space Telescope NIRcam will be the instrument that can see the details of that cosmological redshift. From the JWST Wikipedia entry:
Looking beyond our own galaxy to more distant galaxy clusters, quasars, and gamma-ray bursts, the most distant objects viewable are also the "youngest," that is, they were formed during a time period closer in time to that of the Big Bang. We see them today because their light has taken billions of years to reach us. Because the universe is expanding, as the light travels it becomes red-shifted and are therefore easier to see if viewed in the infrared. JWST's infrared capabilities are expected to let it see all the way to the very first galaxies forming just a few hundred million years after the big bang.
The NIRCam
The Near Infrared Camera will focus on a particular area of the Infrared portion of the Electromagnetic Spectrum. It will be able to see right through cloudy nebulae and pick up many details in the night sky that Hubble and Spitzer cannot see. It will be this instrument aboard JWST that makes the difference.
NIRCam will fit inside the larger ISIM assembly/structure. It will reflect light through a series of implements that will eventually process the incoming image. Here is an image from the University of Arizona website (UA built the NIRCam) coupled with an explanation of the pathway the light will take provided by the Space Telescope Science Institute website (STSI will be running the NIRCam):
NIRCam will fit inside the larger ISIM assembly/structure. It will reflect light through a series of implements that will eventually process the incoming image. Here is an image from the University of Arizona website (UA built the NIRCam) coupled with an explanation of the pathway the light will take provided by the Space Telescope Science Institute website (STSI will be running the NIRCam):
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The incoming light initially reflects off the pick-off mirror. Subsequently it passes through the collimator and the dichroic, which is used to split the light into the short (0.6-2.3µm) and long (2.4-5.0µm) wavelength light paths. Each of these two beams then passes through a pupil wheel and filter wheel combination, each beam having its own separate pupil and filter wheel. After this, the light passes through the camera corrector optics and is imaged (after reflecting off a fold flat in the short wavelength beam) onto the focal plane arrays (FPAs).
The NIRCam will be able to perform several basic operations. Those include:
As of June 2011, the ISIM (which contains the NIRCam and the other science instruments) is 90% complete on manufacturing, with NASA contractors planning on ISIM instrument integration soon.
- two types of imaging (small source imaging and survey imaging)
- coronagraphy (blocking out the main source of light to study the corona)
- spectroscopy (studying the composition of something through the light they reflect/give off)
- wavefront sensing (useful in aligning the primary mirrors. This is important for the life of the telescope and the quality of images received/produced...therefore this feature has some redundancies)
The NIRCam is also outfitted with Grisms (think prisms but with gratings so that only certain wavelengths of light can enter). With Grisms, "one and the same camera can be used both for imaging (without the grism) and spectroscopy (with the grism) without having to be moved" (wikipedia entry). Having the ability to perform spectroscopy in this way will make the JWST "especially useful for high precision spectrophotometric observations of transiting exoplanets" (from Observing Exoplanets with the JWST NIRCam Grisms). The JWST will not only study the general birth of the Universe, but look for and help study the birth of life.
As of June 2011, the ISIM (which contains the NIRCam and the other science instruments) is 90% complete on manufacturing, with NASA contractors planning on ISIM instrument integration soon.
More information on the NIRCam can be found at the following links:
As always Science Warriors, it only takes 4 steps to save the JWST:
a) Sign the Petition
b) Like the Facebook Page
d) Spread the Word


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Monday, March 23, 2009
I don't know how I could have possibly forgotten about the terrifying experience that was Autopia, but I did. Lil' Miss Coconut & Bug got to the driving in the little gas cars on rails. Seems harmless, I know. What a sad, sad misconception! I don't really know how I even managed to take pictures to tell you the truth. Bug drove Daddy & Lil' C drove me, though neither one could reach the gas pedal. We were in front with the boys behind us, but we kept stalling out & they kept running into us (which was totally not allowed!...Hello??), nearly causing whiplash. And you would think that those little rails would keep us somewhat on track. HA, ha ha! Ha ha! I was nearly thrown from the car on more than one occasion! The children however, enjoyed it immensely. It was an utterly terrifying glimpse and preview of what to expect in a mere eight years. Good Lord, help us all!
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Despite what Cllr Slater, chief goader of NIMBYs and Labour's planning lead, says!
The cost of renting a home in Bradford is falling, despite a rise nationally, new figures show.
Over the past year, rents have decreased in Bradford by about 0.3 per cent, or £17 per month, a report by the charity Shelter yesterday revealed.
The figures suggest the district is bucking both regional and national trends, which show rents rising faster than wages.
Despite this - and despite yet another delay to the LDF Core Strategy - Cllr Slater and Labour are still gung ho for building 45,000 houses in Bradford. Houses that, given falling prices, falling rents and over 11,000 houses already planned but not built, the District doesn't need.


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As there are no exact causes for vitiligo, there are no specific ways to prevent the condition, as stated by WebMD. The destruction of pigment cells can only be treated, not avoided.Continue Reading
Vitiligo can be a hereditary disorder or brought on by stress, sunburn or due to an autoimmune illness that causes the body to attack the melanocytes, the cells that produce melanin. Worsening of the disorder can be prevented through the use of certain medications, light and laser therapies, and various surgeries for more extreme cases, according to Mayo Clinic. Some alternative therapies, such as taking Ginkgo biloba, may help to restore skin color in some individuals.Learn more about Skin Conditions


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People's World African American History Month Competition
African American History Month 2016
Arts and Writing Competition for High School Students
Sponsored annually by the Connecticut People's World Committee to remember the
lives and work of Dalzenia Henry and Virginia Henry who devoted themselves to the
young people of New Haven and to making a better future.
What Lessons from Reconstruction Era for 2016?
150 years ago at the end of the Civil War, the election of 1866 ushered in the period known as Reconstruction. Poor whites in the South came together with formerly enslaved Africans and free Blacks to elect legislators who for the first time provided public education and a measure of equal justice. Within a decade, these governments were overthrown by Ku Klux Klan (KKK) terror and federal government betrayal.
Express in artwork, poetry, essay or song:
What lessons can we learn from that period as we approach the elections of 2016? How can we overcome divisions and build unity so we can end voter suppression, stop police killings and guarantee a future for everyone filled with jobs and opportunity?
Requirements + Art work – Paper size not larger than 12" x 18"
+ Essay, poem or song – Not longer than 2 pages
Deadline Entries must be received by 5 pm on Thursday, February 18, 2016
Name, address, phone, e-mail, age, school, teacher's name (where applicable) must be included
Submission Electronic: firstname.lastname@example.com
Mail: CT People's World, 37 Howe Street, New Haven. CT 06511
Prizes Gift certificates ($100 first place, $50 second place, $25 third place) and books
Presentation Prizes and recognition for all entries will be presented on Sunday, February 28,
2016 at 4:00 pm at the New Haven Peoples Center, 37 Howe Street, New Haven
during the 42nd Annual African American History Month Celebration sponsored by
the Connecticut People's World Committee.
Information 203-624-4254 or e-mail to: firstname.lastname@example.com


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One would think, by the news, that the home counties have become an extension of Hurricane Alley, during an earthquake, and probably with a Biblical plague or two on the way. All this freaky weather is causing 'traffic chaos' as cars fail to negotiate a bit of snow turned to slush by gritting lorries; schools have been closed and many people aren't turning up for work; London buses weren't operating and, apparently, it's been snowing underground since the tube closed down.
It seems that our society is now completely geared to cater for the lowest common denominator: the prat in his car who has failed to comprehend that ice is slippery so crashes and snarls up the road, or little ADHD Jasmina who's fall in the playground will result in her bloated scrounging mummy suing the school, and that this is then taken advantage of by those perpetually looking for an excuse for a day off work.
We are warned, should we need to brave these terrible conditions, that we should load up our cars with hot drinks, warm clothing and a selection of igloo-building tools. With the complicity of the hysterical media, it appears the people of this country have been nannied into a permanent state of infantilism. I'm guessing that we won't be turning out any Shackletons in the near future.


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Edna Robinson celebrated her full and active life when she turned 100 recently.
A resident of Mary Andrews Village, South Hurstville, Mrs Robinson was born on February 9, 1917 at Murrundi in the Hunter Valley.
She grew up with two sisters, Joan and Merle. She described her parents Roy and Phyllis as good, caring people with a good sense of humour.
"Home life was calm and my mother, Phyllis made sure we all had chores to do," she said.
"My father, Roy, worked on the railways and I recall him being at Penshurst and Mortlake stations after we had moved from the country to Hurstville."
"I used to walk to school and I was a school prefect and one of my job was ringing the school bell.
"I have always been active, and growing up I enjoyed swimming and tennis. Later in life I enjoyed playing bowls.
"In my quieter moments I have knitted, crocheted and embroidered.
"I also played the piano and would always play when we had visitors.
"Love came when I met my husband. John was such a handsome man and together we had our own family of two boys, Peter and Robert."
"My family was always the most important people in my life."
After her husband died, Mrs Robinson moved in with her sister who had also been widowed.
"I have had a wonderful life and I can't say it's been really difficult or hard," Mrs Robinson said.
"I would describe my life as happy, sad, busy and interesting.
"I try to be accepting of situations and get on with things.
"Right now I want to say busy and active. I've always had a full and active life and I want it to stay just that way."


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For just $5 we got this great kit! Cloth bag, 01 pigma pen, pencil, blender, 5 tiles and acrylic case and several handouts. I ate the choco already. Sorry! Ok, not really...
For another $5 I bought 10 more tiles in a case. Chris, the teacher, said that good quality water color paper would also work but I liked the acrylic cases to carry/store them in and I thought $5 was a cheap treat for myself. Any excuse, right?!
For the class we started by learning these 4 tangles. The shading really changes them. I did discover that less lead was better than more when it came to shading.
Horribly out of focus but here are the tiles the entire class made - amazing how me made the same tangles but the tiles are all so different.
Chris went on to teach us some of her favorite tangles.
During break Chris had supplied lavender shortbread topped with lemon salt and the ACWC provided several tea flavors. Yummo! She had also put out these spectacular napkins. She washed the muslin, hemmed and tangled them and then heat set the ink. I am sewwwwww making some of these for my next tea party. Wouldn't they make great gifts? I also need to get a signature shortbread recipe since I really could have gone for another piece last night... Suggestions?
I've been looking at tangles as machine quilting opportunities and now I am even more excited! I know it's hard to see in some of the pictures but I have already stitched pebbles (ZT calls them perfs) and the spiral design called Rick's Paradox is essentially what I used on my Walkabout quilt which I just discovered I either never photographed or didn't label properly. Oops.
Now before certain people get worried about my hexies...
A - Yes, I will at some time tangle a hexie something or other.
B - They asked me to teach one of these monthly classes on hexies. whoo hoo! New converts!!
I think my zentangle pin board is going to be expanding soon...


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This is Timmy, who we adopted and named Buddy. He's not been given a second chance, but a first.
He's only a little more than a year old and spent his young life in a small crate 24/7. He was allowed out only to stud and be used as bait for dog-fighting. This was not the life he chose, but that of heartless, uncaring, uneducated individuals who used him and others for their monetary gain. Well, Buddy said, "Get a job, loser! I don't want to fight." If you turn your back on him, you're turning away an opportunity to better your life and his. Let's stop this now!


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In my Strategic Communications class last semester, we learned that blogs are the earliest form of social media. And there is a reason that they have stayed prominent despite the emergence of Facebook and Twitter. Heck!! It could even be argued that Twitter was formed off the concept of blogging, which is understandable seeing as it is a microblogging medium. Blogs are a fantastic way to show people your personality and to make yourself completely transparent to your audience. Twitter, Tumblr, Blogger, and WordPress (to name only a few) are simple (when used correctly), yet effective ways to help readers feel connected to you, build relationships, and share stories. For example, take this clip from BBC's television show, Sherlock set in modern day Britain. Martin Freeman's character, John Watson, maintains a blog throughout the entire series and posts about Sherlock's and his investigations. As an end result, the two become internet phenomenon's and everyone flocks to Sherlock for help. Hysterically enough, John is continuously getting complimented on his blog throughout episodes. Moral of the video: tell your story, make it true to you, and people generally will want to keep coming back for more.
(credit to YouTube)
Still not convinced blogs are a good way to go?? Take this story that was told to me by Sheryl Connelly from Marketing Media Management. Well you see, there's this tiny company. Maybe you've heard of it?? It's only just Zappos.com. There was a woman that ordered shoes for her ill mother as a present. Before the shoes arrived, her mother passed away. Knowing there was no longer any need for the ordered shoes, she contacted Zappos and informed them of the situation. The representative she spoke with told her to leave the shoes on her front porch once they arrived and they would take care of the rest. When dealing with what she was, no one should have to worry about the hassle of returning products that had been ordered online. After speaking with the woman, the representative for Zappos told the UPS man to pick up a dozen roses for their customer and a sympathy card. Little did they know, the women was a blogger with a rather strong following. She told her story via her blog and the story went viral. What we have here, is essentially what I like to think of as "accelerated word of mouth".
While making yourself personable and transparent is massively important, there are other key elements that must be done as well to help generate traffic. Videos. I love videos (as you can most likely tell from my posts). Pictures and links to other websites and resources is another excellent option. In addition to having fun visuals, adding "tags" or "labels" to your posts make them more easily searchable and will help to bring in more traffic. When and if someone comments on a post, comment back!! Let them know you are aware they are there. Engage, engage, engage :)
To touch a little on microblogging and Twitter, it is important that when you post through this media outlet, you do not exceed 120 characters. Many of you probably already know this, but for those of you that don't, those left over 20 characters are for people to comment with when they retweet you. Let them have their voice.
Go forth and blog!! It's quite fun.


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Police are requesting residents' help in identifying a suspect who took items from the Knightdale Target on May 8, 2014.
According to surveillance photos, the suspect is a white female with brown curly hair. She was driving a sand-colored Ford F-150 with an extended cab.
Police have not said what was stolen. The incident occurred about 9:30 a.m. Thursday
Knightdale police ask that anyone with information call 919-217-2261.


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Thursday, January 3, 2013
2012 - Part One.
3 comments :
Hi Megan! I have a random question for you- I am also getting married in Charleston in March(eee so soon!) and somehow have yet to find a hair and makeup stylist. I know- worst thing ever to procrastinate about. Can you tell me who you are using? Or if you have any other recommendations? Thanks!!!ReplyDelete
How cow look at all those gorgeous weddings and wedding dresses! Megan, I'm so thrilled to have connected with you (another southern blogger... yippee! :)in 2012, and I look forward to more great posts in 2013!!ReplyDelete
Happy New Year!!
Wow, soo many weddings in 2012! I bet it just makes you that much more excited for your own :) Where did you end up finding your dress? Fingers crossed that I'll be shopping soon.....ReplyDelete


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This took me a really long time. I thought a sweater with no sleeves would be quick and easy, but I WAS WRONG. This vest is full of beautiful stitches and they really limited when I could work on it. But they are oh so beautiful. Check out this texture – don't you just want to squish it?
Let's do a short recap:
- Yarn purchased at Longo Maï mill in Saint Chaffrey, France, 2015. (Such a fun outing with Nathalie!!)
- Yarn dyed at my friend Annette's house in September, 2016. (So fun to have friends with complementary fiber talents!)
- Can't quite get gauge and Boy 1's chest is 5" smaller than the smallest pattern size, but cast on October 3 anyway.
- Lose my mojo for complicated knitting after the election.
- Learn that I can fix mis-crossed cables by doing cable surgery. Twice. Finish sweater back.
- Start sweater front. Rip and reknit a bunch when I realize two skeins are very different colors.
- Finish knitting the sweater front during a long car journey. Discover that I didn't start the neck division soon enough, so the front is longer than the back. Rip and reknit part of front again.
- Finish knitting front for real. Seam. Try on Boy 1. Heave a huge sign of relief that it seems to fit. Work neck band and armbands. Final bindoff on 1-8-17.
- Order shirts that might look right with the vest.
- PHOTO SHOOT! (Return one shirt.)
I had to think harder about this project than anything I've knitted in a while, and that's a good thing. But I'm glad it's done now! The final vest weighs only 218 grams, which means I have plenty of that French yarn left. (The skeins were about 100 g each and I bought 8…. 4 are still undyed.)
The pattern is Dr. G's Memory Vest. I can guarantee you it's one I will always remember. I hope he does, too.


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Let's set the scene: A woman walks into a bar in a tiny skirt and top that leave very little to the imagination. Every man's eyes follow her across the room. Five seconds later, everyone goes back to what they were doing before. Except one guy. He approaches her table and offers to buy her a drink. She says she's not interested. He says this is a bar and it's just a drink. She thinks that's a logical answer and agrees.
Hours later they're walking out together when he thinks, Is one night worth it? He decides that it's not. He asks if he can call her cab. She laughs, calling me names already? We've only just met. She assures him that she'll be fine and walks away. He drives home, crawls into bed and kisses his wife goodnight.
• My question for you is: What if things had gone further? How much responsibility should the woman take for the temptation that this man was facing? Give it a think, revisualise the scene and make your case.
Here's the most common argument I've heard. The woman is a temptress, look at the way she was dressed. She was clearly trying to lure a man. She was in bar on her own, maybe she was even a woman who walks the streets. No man can resist that kind of temptation, sex is too powerful.
You've probably heard this argument in another context, maybe in discussions about modesty, even debates about how to prevent rape. Women who dress inappropriately are the reason why men struggle with lust issues. Therefore if women dress appropriately, men's lust issues will be eliminated. Had the woman come into the bar all covered up she wouldn't have caught anyone's attention, let alone a married man's.
In fact, had she stayed home, all of this could have been averted.
In our scenario let's assume that his lust was triggered by her dressing. There's an important point to note here. His lust, her dressing. His lust. Her dressing. I'll spell out my point clearly:
In this situation, he is responsible for his lust. She is responsible for her dressing NOT his lust.
Every woman knows what it feels like to be the object of a man's lust. As soon as you begin to blossom into a woman, you notice the lascivious looks, they're checking you out. Half the time I'm mystified at their fascination because I am looking pretty ordinary. Emphasis on ordinary, not pretty.
I want to take my cue from Jesus and talk to the men and not the women for once. Men, the root cause of your lust is not outward, it is inward:
"What comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean'. For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery… All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean'." Mark 7: 20-23
There you have it. Is there room for talking about the way that women and men dress? Sure, but that's not at issue here. The point is, any solution to a man's (or any person's) lust issues must begin with the inside, not the outside. Telling women to dress appropriately won't deal with the problem, it just covers it up under high necklines and long skirts.
And hey, maybe if he'd stayed home, all of this could have been averted, wouldn't you agree?
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Labor Day weekend car accidents kill 7 / Bay Area death toll doubles despite fewer DWI arrests
The Labor Day weekend saw more than double the number of fatalities due to car accidents in the Bay Area even though fewer people were arrested for drunken driving.
Seven people were killed on highways in the Bay Area over the weekend, up from only three last year, and 178 people were arrested for drunken driving, compared with 194 last year.
Statewide, there were 38 people killed this Labor Day weekend in vehicle accidents compared with 26 last year. Drunken driving arrests saw a small increase, from 1320 last year to 1377 this year, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Three of the seven deaths in the Bay Area are not considered holiday weekend fatalities by the CHP because they resulted from a single accident that occurred at 12:33 a.m. today, half an hour after the holiday weekend ended, a CHP spokesman said.
The first fatality of the weekend occurred Sunday morning just after 1 a.m. when a pedestrian who was trying to run across westbound Interstate 80 just east of Appian Way in Pinole was struck and killed by a 2001 Dodge Neon.
The unidentified pedestrian was taken to Brookside Doctors Hospital in San Pablo and pronounced dead shortly after. The accident is still under investigation.
Another accident happened just after 2:15 a.m. in Oakland when a vehicle traveling 100 mph on northbound I-880 spun out of control and flipped several times, ending up in the embankment, CHP officials said.
The accident killed the driver, 27-year-old Luis Miguel Santacruz Castorena of Richmond, and injured another passenger in the vehicle, who was taken to Highland Hospital in Oakland.
A 37-year-old Oakland woman was killed shortly afterward in the 3400 block of Coolidge Avenue in Oakland when she was struck by a car that fled the scene at around 4:45 a.m., CHP officers said. There were no witnesses to the accident, which is under investigation. Coroner officials would not release the victim's name because her family had not been notified.
A 17-year-old Morgan Hill boy was killed in a two-car collision near Gilroy at around 11 p.m. yesterday when the car he was traveling in was struck by another car that had lost control, according to a CHP news release.
The unidentified male was pronounced dead at the scene and six other occupants of both vehicles were hospitalized. An unborn fetus was also lost in the accident, the release said. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Police are also investigating the crash of a single vehicle that killed all three occupants in Contra Costa County just after 12:30 a.m. this morning.
According to the CHP, just before the crash, the driver of a 2002 Chevy Impala heading east at a high speed on Camino Diablo east of Vasco Road allowed his vehicle to drift toward the right shoulder of the roadway.
The driver then over-corrected back to the left, according to the CHP collision report, and lost control of the car, causing it to flip several times before coming to rest in a field.
Paramedics pronounced the driver and his two passengers dead at the scene. The driver was identified as a 37-year-old San Jose man and his passengers as a 33-year-old San Jose man and a 24-year-old San Francisco man. Only one of the three was wearing a seat belt, the CHP said.
The CHP report states that alcohol was "probably a factor" in the crash, as evidenced by the numerous open containers around the vehicle.


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Friday, April 11, 2008
Page Eight: "A Private Audience"
14 comments:
- Stephen Reid said...
The Plot Thickens!
Great page, Rich! Lots of material people can run with and offers more depth to the 'story'.
- April 12, 2008 at 11:17 AM
- Gary Fitzgerald said...
yay.. lots of backstory.. really helps bump things up... v. good one..
- April 12, 2008 at 5:29 PM
- Gary Fitzgerald said...
have we lost everyone else...
- April 15, 2008 at 10:06 AM
- Stephen Reid said...
Give it a little time...someone is bound to jump in.
- April 15, 2008 at 12:55 PM
- Gary Fitzgerald said...
a tumbleweed rolls by.. the faint sound of an old harmonica drifts in on the wind....
- April 16, 2008 at 9:05 AM
- rory said...
haha! Sorry guys, but I'm buried in work right now.
- April 16, 2008 at 1:17 PM
- Just Pencils said...
I will have to wait also, buried in work. I will jump in, don't worry. I dyin to do some drawin.
- April 16, 2008 at 7:08 PM
- ryan cody said...
I can't this week, sorry fellas
- April 21, 2008 at 10:56 AM
- Gary Fitzgerald said...
19 days and no bites?
- April 29, 2008 at 3:00 PM
- Stephen Reid said...
I think it might be time to change the rules to keep this alive.
Maybe you don't have to wait for 3 people to go first.
What do you all think?
- May 3, 2008 at 10:34 AM
- Stephen Reid said...
Alrighty then...since it's become a ghost town here...and because we changed the rules!
- May 7, 2008 at 9:47 AM
- Stephen Reid said...
Well... I got the next page pencilled and iked and my scanner decided to go kablooie! Everytime I scan...I'm getting a blank image! Aaargh! If i can't get a solution...I'll have to buy another damn scanner this weekend!
I should still manage to get the page done by Wednesday. Fingers crossed!
- May 8, 2008 at 4:23 PM
- Stephen Reid said...
I got myself a new scanner last night! Cna't make any promises but I might manage to get the page done later today. I know it'll probably be late because of my technical issues...but give me an extra day!
It'll be up.
- May 14, 2008 at 11:26 AM
- Naldoman said...
I'm going to pull the trigger on this high-powered rifle. You have until the bullet enters your brain to complete your task.
- May 14, 2008 at 6:34 PM


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Law 1.
Never get involved in domestic incidents; – especially if the domestic incidentee's names are over the door.
Fingers Could Get BURNT.
Law 2.
a) Don't work in a pub you couldn't drink in, BUT don't drink in the pub you work in.*
This one's IMPORTANT! AND, as a consequence to this; – NEVER DRINK ON DUTY!
b) Go To Work on a Nutritionally Sound Breakfast.
Rather than a Hangover.
*(There's quite a lot to be said, here. For starters, the basic point I'm trying to convey is simply that part of a given pub's atmosphere is supplied by us, whether we're drinking on the job, or preferably after a shift; – drinking before a shift starts isn't a good thing, either, I should add. Let's face it, how many of us have stunning cash handling skills? Or customer interactions? Adding alcohol to the mix doesn't help, nor, in my view, create a good impression on the punters, either, especially those oh so important first time visitors. With due care and diligence, Laws 1), & 3) may be bent. Law 2) CAN'T! And God Help You, if it kicks off, and you ARE pissed on the job; – you might have stopped it, if you hadn't been in a worse state. And please, at all times remember, we are dealing with a drug that is not known for improving behaviours; – many of us forget this, and the fact that other industries find drinking on the job unacceptable.)
Law 3.
The customer is always pissed, no-matter how right they are.
They tend to behave badly, in that state. For a given value of both 'Badly', and 'Pissed'.
If they're not … either you're doing something wrong, or they've got a higher tolerance for alcohol than they thought.
Law 4.
Never forget the expandable rhubarb.
Curve-balls are handy.
Law 5.
Remember the Roadie's Mantra, it'll come in handy one day.
"If It's Wet, Drink It,
If It's Dry, Smoke It
If It moves, Shag It,
If It Don't Move,
Law 6.
There's always one.
At Least. And, in the case of pub comedians, and the more odious punters that haven't been barred, yet, several.
Law 7.
The boss is always right, that's why their name's over the door.
But there'll be another one along, in a minute.
Law 8.
a) Keep your eye out for the pub bore, he or she will turn up.
b) Keep glasses out of the way of the violent drunks, and make sure the boss is in between you and them. After all, the boss is insured.
c) Avoid Messiah's. And don't fall into the hands of a Hero. I'm with Frank Herbert, on this.
Law 9.
If you can't improve the silence, say nothing.
Originally attributed by someone to something they saw quoted in a newspaper, somewhere.
Interestingly inspirational, but…!
Law 10.
Time goes past at one second per second.
Git, isn't it…?
Law 11.
Stacked Glasses are potentially Cracked Glasses.
Remember that.
Law 12.
When you end a customer's order with the question, "…is there anything else?" what you actually mean is "Mine's a triple vodka…"
Or pint of lager, or £4•57p for a pot of coffee and a cake, or a week with a high class Russian hooker/male escort……you get the idea!
Law 13.†
Be Bloody Careful with the mixed messages from the drunk horny types.
Condoms are easy to pick up, rape charges hard to avoid.
Pissed & Horny can also turn easily into Pissed & Angry; – Keep That In Mind.
†This is deadly serious, & something I can't stress enough; – to put it bluntly, all they usually want to do is flirt with a pretty face when they're ordering their drink. If they want more, they will tell you; – WHEN THEY ARE SOBER ENOUGH TO DO SO!! Do NOT take them home, unless you're bloody certain it's what you both want, you've both made the decision to do so, and that what happens there is something that you both want to happen. Some friends of mine are on the fetish scene, and they always stress three words; – "Safe, Sane, Consensual". Of the three, the third's the relevant one, in my view. Informed Consent, and being in a fit state to give it, receive it, and understand the transaction, is crucial, whatever way we're kinked. Being in a state to understand that's important. Like I say, rape charges…
Law 14a.
It doesn't matter how busy the pub is, you've seen nothing and no-one.
NOT naming names is an obvious ancillary point, here. In summary, discretion is everything, basically.
Law 14b.
For God's sake, please remember; – the dog collar comes with the job.
And, no, I do NOT mean the ones being worn by the entertaining ladies with corsets!
Law 15.
At times, Real Ale doesn't need pouring, so much as constructing.
Shagging the boss might be tempting, but…
Law 18.
If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong, at the most awkward time, and at approximately the same rate as a Christmas episode of "EastEnders."
Law 19.
Customers occasionally don't mind their beer in the same glass. They've never heard about cross-contamination.
Law 22.
If you can't be good, be careful.
And if you can't be careful, wear an entertaining hat.
Law 23.
First in turns everything on, and fills up the ice-bucket, last out turns everything off, and empties the bin.
Law 24.
If dating someone you work with, remember; – don't go to bed on an argument, & don't go to work on an argument.
Law 25.
If it's green, sticky, and in an amusingly trendy, and/or rude bottle, sell it to a gullible punter.
On no account, go near it, yourself; – Law 16, remember?
Law 26.
'Multiple' is generally a good word; – unless it's anywhere near any variation of 'vehicular' or 'injury'.
Unless you're J.G.Ballard, of course. Yes, THAT J. G. Ballard!
Law 27.
Alcohol is corrosive.
As can be our response to it. Remember that.
Law 28.
It's inflatable.
Please do NOT SMIRK!
Law 29a.
Anyone tells you the job's glamourous, hit 'em.
The gene pool does NOT need idiots like this.
Law 29b.
And anybody tells you they wouldn't mind doing the job, gently admonish them.
By tellin' 'em to get their bloomin' heads examined
Law 30.
Try not to keep the customers waiting.
Pissed and whinging isn't good, if you're on the receiving end.
Law 31.
At all times, remember; – Look Busy.
If nothing else, it'll make the boss look twice.
Law 32.
If all else fails, BLUFF!
And hope like hell you don't get caught!
Law 33.
It's not the colour of the customer's skin; – it the colour of their money!
Which sounds cynical, I know … Either way, I'm left wing enough to think that what ethnic background you're from, what gender you are and who you choose to sleep with, really aren't important. And that things like racism, sexism and homophobia, are basically bullying, by other names.
As A Final Thought…
Enjoy the job.
Get out,
& while you can.


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As always, London was great and big fun to see old friends.
I knew they couldn't keep a good parson down.
Don't let the police take you into custody unless you want them to.
Now that you're an honorary Texan, do the English treat you differently?
Glad you had a safe trip!
No idea about Scouse though. A TV show?
Dear LSP:
This anonymous, faceless, powerless reader urges you to make sure that Stand Firm in Faith indexes you correctly when you have things pulled together.
(signed) Dhimmi
The French House...traitor!
Yay Padre! MAGA
They tried, Fredd, and fortunately failed. Have to get the new site up...
By some miracle, LL, no one was arrested!
That's a very good question, Infidel. One Englishman gave me a large Bowie knife engraved with "Remember The Alamo" on its blade. I take this as a vote of confidence.
A TV show makes a lot of sense, Linda.
Thanks for the reminder, Dhimmi.
But Anonymous, it does fly a Union Jack!
Brig, MAGA is key.


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Kasey and I head to Paris on the Eurostar Train that goes from London to Paris through the Chunnel. My friend, Debbie, did a great post about taking Eurostar, check it out! My brief overview, London station nicer than Paris, security was quick (we went and returned on off days though) both trains on time, trains were clean, and I would definitely do it again!
We arrived in Paris late on Tuesday evening so decided to forgo any touristy stuff and headed down the street to find pizza and wine :) We were staying close to Bastille which is known for it's great neighborhood restaurants. We quickly found our spot and enjoyed our first European pizza (my fave) and bottle of French wine. Yummo!!
Wednesday morning we got up early for a run to Luxembourg Gardens which was about 5 miles round trip. I love running through new cities especially when it's with my favorite workout/running buddy! You never get bored with all of the new things to see. It was an absolutley beautiful morning in Paris!
|Notre Dame in the distance
After fueling up on French pastries we headed out for the day to cover day 1 of our fast and furious tour through Paris. I think we covered a lot!!
Notre Dame
Monmartre/Sacre Coeur: Loved this area, would like to spend more time here next trip!
|Sacre Coeur
|Our first macarons of the trip!
Eiffel Tower: As amazing as I imagined and then some.
Cafes': This was just one of many we popped in throughout our trip but probably my favorite. I wish I could remember the name. In the area of the Eiffel Tower.
|Best caprese ever!
Hanging out on the Eiffel Tower Lawn: It's cliche, yes, but it's probably one of the coolest things I've ever done! One of those things you only see in movies for so long and then to see it in real life and it's everything you imagined!
Fat Tire Bike Tour: yep, we did another Fat Tire Bike Tour! It was great and included a river cruise and wine. What can beat that!?! Paris is known as being the City of Lights and what a great way to it!
|Stop for the famous Berthillon ice cream!
|The Louvre at Night
|Every hour she turns on her dazzle lights for 10 minutes
Sainte Chapelle: other than the Eiffel Tower, hands down my favorite thing we saw in Paris. It's a small chapel with 13 sets of stain glass panels each telling the story of the books in the bible. It is truly amazing. They were unfortunately doing some cleaning of the windows to one side so I couldn't get a panoramic.
Pont Neuf: The oldest bridge in Paris. Each face has a difference expression.
The Louvre at daytime. We payed the 12 euros to go inside. We basically just wanted to see the Mona Lisa which is not worth 12 euros to see but we can say we did it. The Louvre is worth a stop in without paying. It's a pretty magnificent building and if art is your thing you could probably spend days in there!
Laduree Paris' famous macaron shop. Worth. every. penny.
Arc de triomphe: In 1806, just after the Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon I declared to his soldiers, "you will march home through arches of victory". The monument was to dominate Paris and indulge the Emperor's liking for Ancient Rome. (info from brochure I picked up at arc)
Kasey and I decided to climb to the top to get a panoramic view of Paris. There are 284 steps to get to the top!
And that pretty much wraps up Paris and our London-Paris adventure. So thankful for friends that will come thousands of miles to come see me with the added bonus of seeing the world! We had a blast and we were already planning our next trip, we're thinking Spain in March!


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Social media for business forces changes to enterprise architecture
Social media can be a boon for businesses, but they're challenging classic approaches to enterprise architecture -- and changing it.
Customer experience metrics: How do you measure happy?
Customer experience metrics are growing in popularity. But, at a time when organizations want to measure everything, what are the important data points to measure?
Mobile computing backlash: App modernization needs on the rise
Mobile computing is on the rise, and application capabilities are having a hard time keeping up with the latest devices.
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The buzz: Location intelligence software puts data on the map
Some businesses have a lot to gain from location intelligence, but it isn't the right destination for every industry.
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When it comes to online engagement, the pressure's on
Business as usual won't cut it in a world where the customer has so many ways to reach out to, well, anyone. Business and IT leaders should heed the customer's call.
Stretch the benefits of financial benchmarking
Financial benchmarking can uncover and eliminate bottlenecks, speed up processes and give the entire business a boost.
Bow down to the IT ROI throne on all BI projects? Fuggedaboutit!
You can't demonstrate a projected return on investment for a proposed business intelligence or analytics project? Maybe you shouldn't have to.
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