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I stepped closer, and the view was even more intriguing:
I'd have thought -- after 55 years of living in the Palisades -- that the neighborhood couldn't hold any more surprises for me. Wrong!
My diagnosis with Parkinson's Disease in September 2009 at age 80 gave my life a new focus and challenge. Finding ways to meet this challenge helped make 2010 the best year of my life. I hope this blog will be a place where I can connect with others who also are dealing with aging and its afflictions and attractions so that we can share our "experience, strength and hope."
John, Any chance you'd be interested in talking about our brothel history?
John, what are those hanging structures? Hooks? Something related to spirits? I'm glad to see you are writing more frequently in the blog!
Hi Lynn -- Sorry for the delay in replying. I'd be glad to share more about your former brothel if I remembered more, All my defective memory has come up with is conversation with Charlotte and Roger Dow, the owners who remodeled the house. The workmen told them they were surprised to see evidence that the main floor formerly had been divided into a number of rooms so small that they couldn't accommodate much more than a bed. One of the Dow's then did some research and found that the house formerly had a trolley stop in front of it and hints that it had been a "House of Flowers" (the lovely name Truman Capote used for the title of his musical about a Caribbean house of ill-repute).
Last summer, I saw a note addressed to the wizard (I think ...) and asking many questions about this art installation. I don't know if the wizard replied, but I imagine s/he did ... perhaps you can find out more on the listserv?
Actually I paid a return visit a month ago and talked with 3 or 4 young men who were hanging out there. One of them said his father put it up for his own amusement,
Always good to hear from you Madhav. Actually I write 5 posts just about every week but sometimes I don't note them on Facebook. Happy New Year!


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Saturday, December 5, 2009
The Price of Car Ownership
Dinner for two at a restaurant in Palermo - $100
Bottle of Argentine Malbec - $40
Not having your car stolen - $20
On nearly every city block near any nightspot, be it a restaurant, theatre, bar or club, vehicle protectors operate the streets of Buenos Aires, charging after dark, an average price of 20 pesos.
Cuidacoches, or trapitos (rags) as they are often referred to for the cloth they carry to give your windscreen a wipe while they look after your car, are private citizens who make a public city street their own. Their assumed task is to guide you into a space on the side of the road, and to then insure that your car is safe from thieves while you're in the restaurant. In return they expect 20 pesos.
And if you don't pay?
Well, don't expect your car to be there when you get back.
Some might call it good entrepreneurial thinking, exploiting fear in the market and making a living from it. Successful businessmen have been doing it for years. Others would say it's pure blackmail. A public citizen charging you cash to leave your car on a public street.
Some trapitos take their profession more seriously than others. Like the gentleman who works a corner near touristy Plaza Dorrego in San Telmo. He dresses in full military combats, complete with a hunting knife in his army belt. But most filling their pockets by guarding your car look like more trouble. And looking like trouble is probably good for business.
How does this illegal practice go unpunished by the authorities?
Official reports say there have only been two complaints so far this year. And the practice, though reaching new heights in prices, has been going on since many can remember. But whereas in past times, the driver chose how much of a tip to leave, now if you don't pay what is demanded, you will at least be left with a nasty scratch down the side of your vehicle.
Furthermore there is a certain degree of trust in it all. Outside the Lagos de Palermo Golf Club, members even hand over their keys to the guy that runs the streets there. He is often to be seen shouting instructions to his boys to move cars and make extra space, while he holds on to the giant ring with keys to more than twenty five cars hung there. Twenty five cars with a value of US$15,000 – US$30,000; that's a total of perhaps US$500,000 in his hands.
So it seems porteños prefer to just pay and be done with it. But if possible when they come back to their car, to ensure that the cuidacoche has at least done something for his money.
Dinner for two at a restaurant in Palermo - $100
Bottle of Argentine Malbec - $40
Not having to worry about your car on the street - PRICELESS
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Guests will enjoy music from DJ Shy, the first female On-Air Mixer at 102.7 KIIS-FM, and receive a generous selection of gifts from participating sponsors. Among the luxury gifts include a range of trend-setting and unique finds including: Presenting Sponsor Tervis, gifting personalized Tervis tumblers that are made in America and keep hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold; BLOW e-Hookah, a revolutionary electronic hookah that allows the same enjoyment of traditional hookah without the smoke, tar, mess, charcoal, etc.; pet supplies from Support UR Pet, whose mission is to support pets through supporting their pawrents; Jigabot AIMe, an automated camera controller that can compose a shot to keep you in frame; Wine Me?, wine glasses that are one-of-a-kind luxury creations personally hand painted by artist Rebecca Suriano; Palace Resorts, gifting a four day/three night stay for two at the brand's signature property, Moon Palace Golf and Spa Resort; Duck Commander Meals by Food Supply Dept, gifting selections of meals, sides, and four meal kits pre-packaged for outdoor adventures, natural disaster food insurance and emergency food storage; Activz, a whole-food nutrition kale, wheat grass and coconut powders that quickly increase the nutrition value of any meal; SOUL Electronics, gifting a variety of ultra-premium headphones; Relax 2 Yoga, gifting complimentary Yoga/Pilates training sessions; and ABC Limo, gifting vouchers for complimentary airport transfers to LAX.
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Sammy crawled right up and sat between Chuck and Ben. I guess she just wanted to be a Roberts for the day.
But she's also quite fond of Analisa and Alex. She looks a little crazy here, but she really had been extremely excited and crawling around in circles and jumping around for about 45 minutes straight! By this time, she was pooped.
Sammy in the Monkey Cage. She seemed to really like this. Suspended, they work on her. At times, she completely would relax and open up her back...even hang her head upside down to look at me.
One of my highlights each day is taking Callie to swim lessons. She loves them and is really improving. I'm so proud of her. She's conquering her fears and you can just see her beam confidence. I love it.
It's been so hot here, and this $11 investment has been soooo worth it.
Yesterday, however, I think I pushed my luck a little too far. Swim diapers? nahh I didn't want to spend the money on them, and if I know Sammy's gone to the bathroom already, no problem. But yesterday, oh sweet yesterday, Sammy bent over and I saw a bulge that screamed, "All children, evacuate the pool." That was the end of that for the day.
Is there ever an inappropriate time for an Otter Pop? I think not.
He didn't take a step here, but I assure you, it's happened 2 times. And so far, he will stand for many, but will only take steps to Mommy. As far as I'm concerned, that's how it should be, right?
Friday morning, about to get ready for therapy. These kidlets are waking up all too early considering they are going to bed later. I hope Marcus is ready for a couple early mornings when we get back home. I'm going to need a break! And it'll be an hour earlier. I'm not a fan of 5am mornings.
This little girl. She brings me so much joy. I mean, who really wants to have their legs strapped in like that? But she smiles. I want to be more like this little gem.
Patiently waiting to get all strapped in....
and here we go. Get that spider. She doesn't love having her arms worked on, but such is life, right?
With the weekend ahead, I have a lot on my mind. Mostly, I'm exhausted. Seriously so tired am I. I feel like I can't even function too well. Yesterday, during therapy I slept a little bit, then I took a 2.5 hour nap when we got home. I only woke up because Micah cried. I could have stayed asleep for a very long time!
I look forward to week 3 and hope to see some more improvements. I think they will come. I pray they will come. I believe they will come. But it's 1 small step at a time.


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An English newspaper once described a soccer star as having "developed splendidly and then aged as well as could be hoped for." That might sum up another U.K. icon, Monty Python. Because while it's been 25 years since the seminal six-man English comedy troupe has produced any new material, its thoughtful silliness still resonates.
Now the group is again among us, cheerfully exploiting its upcoming 40th anniversary with a Python-palooza of events on tap: a new play in Los Angeles based on its classic TV sketches, a six-part documentary on the IFC channel, a book describing its live performances and a rare coming together of the group's five living members for a Q&A session in New York.
Monty Python's Flying Circus -- as it was called at the beginning -- first forged its reputation for comedic innovation from 1969 to 1974 in 45 programs on British television. These shows were unlike anything seen in the days of highly structured sitcom formats. Their BBC episodes were a series of nonsensical sketches stitched together by surreal, low-tech clip-art animation. Subject matter was a cascade of deceased parrots, upper-class twit-of-the-year competitions, fish-slapping dances and the occasional song extolling Spam. An innocuous yet calculated sensibility was at work, disguising sly jabs at social institutions and English behavioral traits.


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I'm flat out tired of seeing posts about Project Life. Don't get me wrong - I think it's potentially a great project, especially for people who want to document their life and don't enjoy or don't have time for scrapbooking. I wish I'd had it when my kids were young. And it's great for bringing in daily ephemera as well.
But as a digital scrapper, and someone who loves to create pages, it doesn't really hold anything for me. And so I'm tired of seeing all the posts that everyone is doing on Project Life. Even the people whose work I love and admire. I've noticed that it draws these amazing scrapbookers away from actually making pages. The majority of their time and effort is going into Project Life. Which if fine, it works for them. It just doesn't inspire me at all. Not. At. All. And virtually everybody is doing it. So there's a lot of it showing up on blogs.
Which explains why I'm tired of seeing it. There. I warned you that I'm being a Grinch.


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Crowdfunding for renewables – game-changer?
October 31, 2013
Crowdfunding of renewable energy projects is growing fast in Europe. If this grassroots movement gets organized in time to access the big money available in the next round of cohesion funding, it could have far reaching effects on the European energy sector. In recession era Europe, much talk is of 'innovative' or 'alternative' financing for… » read more
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Real life personal stories of hardships to reach coveted goal. Nearly all stories are taken from internet. The real measure of success is not where you are but the difference between the point you started to the point you reached in life.
Monday, September 26, 2011
A real rags to riches tale!
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Labels: India, rags to riches, Travel Business
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
One Multimillion-Dollar Success Story
By providing small businesses with incubators, Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer hopes to give Israelis and Arabs economic opportunities that will lead to peace
When Wertheimer met Hiar, her soaps had a devoted local following and were referred to as "the magic soaps of Gamila" for their restorative properties. Wertheimer was impressed. "We found that she was an entrepreneur," says Wertheimer. "She just needed more space to dry her soaps. I asked her if she wanted to come to one of my industrial parks."
Developing ExportsHiar, now 68, ended up at Tefen Industrial Park, a bold philanthropic enterprise located about eight miles from the Lebanese border. Wertheimer , the founder of Iscar Metalworking, established Tefen in 1985 in order to encourage entrepreneurship in one of Israel's most undeveloped and low-income regions, with a population split largely between Arabs and Jews. According to Wertheimer, 81, "there are no unemployed, only people who are unlucky to find a job."
The Tefen model is based on a business and social incubator concept. In a country with few natural resources and a tiny domestic market, its purpose is to help develop businesses that manufacture for export. Startups are given space to rent and a number of business and administrative services (usually at reduced fees or for free) such as help in business planning, marketing, and entrepreneurship, and access to postal and banking facilities. Although many of the companies are small, the park's structure allows each firm to operate and export on a much larger scale than it could were it operating independently. After a company has established itself, it is expected to leave and become independent. On average, the companies stay between 5 and 10 years. That allows new businesses to take their place.
Currently, Tefen houses 21 companies employing 500 people—many of them Arab and Druze. They include a research and development arm of SanDisk , a flash memory device company with worldwide sales of $3.9 billion, a glassmaker, and Kolsint, a maker of lenses for imaging cameras for nuclear medicine that reportedly supplies 50% of the world market. Tefen is also home to Iscar's headquarters and its bright yellow high-tech plant where whistling robots travel the factory floors. In May, 2006, Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffet acquired an 80% stake in Iscar for $4 billion .
Gamila Secret occupies a 12,916-square-foot facility within Tefen's 30-acre campus and produces some 15,000 bars of soap a day. The company employs about 20 workers, all of whom come from Gamila's home village of Pqi'in.
The company, managed by Gamila's two sons, Fuad and Imad, generates roughly $8.4 million in sales in 20 countries including Japan, Germany, and Britain. Fuad expects sales to triple by 2009 and is looking to begin distribution in the U.S. He credits Tefen for the little company's widespread success. "Stef saw that this was a unique and special product," he says. "The location at Tefen gave us huge worldwide exposure. Our big problem now is to double our production each day."
Job Creation and EducationSince Tefen, Wertheimer has established four additional industrial parks in Israel following the same model. To date, they have nurtured 175 companies, employ 5,000 people, and in 2007 produced collective sales of $750 million, 80% from exports. In 2003, Wertheimer established his sixth park, in Gebze, outside of Istanbul, Turkey. Today, Gebze has 70 companies employing 300 people.
In 1994, after eight years in the Israeli Air Force, Guy Cohen joined a group of about 20 former officers at Tefen. Wertheimer offered the group education, provided equipment, a workshop, and a basic salary. Cohen worked there for about two years preparing dies and molds for the plastic injection industry. "We had lectures and daily meetings with Wertheimer," says Cohen. "We were working like a private company that had to make a living. We had to make a product, find customers, and make a profit."
After about three years, Cohen decided to start his own company, Metalicone, a manufacturer of industrial metal precision parts, at the Lavon Industrial Park just south of Tefen. Last year, Cohen says, the 100-employee company, which exports to Germany and Switzerland, had $15 million in sales. "The two most important things I learned from Stef was to take pride in your work," he says. "You don't have to invent yourself. Try to make what is out there but do it even better."
According to Wertheimer, job creation works when it is combined with ongoing educational opportunities. Thus, education makes up a large part of the offerings at his industrial parks. In 1964 he established an industrial school providing technical education for young people (many of whom were dropouts and many of whom today are managers at Iscar and other companies). Wertheimer also initiated an educational system for the entire Galilee region offering computer courses, mentoring, and vocational training.
In 2000, Wertheimer, in conjunction with Tel Aviv University, launched the Arab-Jewish Entrepreneurship Course for fledgling entrepreneurs from across the country. Since its inception, some 230 students have attended the program. The course spawned several successful ventures including a chain of diet workshops launched by a female Arab entrepreneur who plans to expand into Jordan, and a joint Israeli-Palestinian company that makes premium olive oil.
The "Capitalist Kibbutz"Wertheimer's parks look nothing like industrial zones. They are filled with clipped lawns and open-air sculpture gardens. Tefen includes a handful of art museums, and numerous concerts and festivals take place on the grounds. Several of the parks are located near manicured residential areas that Wertheimer established. It was Wertheimer's intention to showcase the beauty of industry and break the stereotype of manufacturing as something dirty and low-rent. For instance, at Tefen's dining room, waiters serve workers free lunch on cloth-covered tables. "I call this a capitalist kibbutz," says Wertheimer.
In Werteheimer's grand scheme, a host of similar industrial parks would stretch across the Levant, the non-oil producing nations along the spine of the former Ottoman Empire, through Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. "There are 90 million to 100 million people quarreling about who's right," he explains. "Israel is more successful than the Arabs, and I believe peace will come if we have similar income levels. This we can have, but we have to change from an agricultural society to an industrial one. It can be done. We've done it here in the Galilee, which is 20% of Israel. It is made up of Arabs and Jews, and unemployment is 4% here compared to 7.5% in Israel."
Wertheimer's vision hasn't always lined up with events on the ground. In 2000, one week before a groundbreaking ceremony was to take place at a joint Israeli-Palestinian industrial park outside of the Gaza Strip, the Intifada erupted, scuttling plans for the park that eight years later have yet to be revived. Similarly, plans to launch a park in Jordan have been shelved.
Still, he hasn't given up. "I'd like to see more neighbors put up more Tefens," he says. In the near future, Wertheimer has plans to create 10 additional parks in both Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
As he takes in the sweeping views of the Galilee and the hills of Lebanon (which were recently the scene of a ferocious war between Israel and Hezbollah), he says that the European Union or the U.S. needs to take an active role in pushing his vision forward. In 2002 he presented his ideas before the U.S. House of Representatives advocating a kind of Middle East Marshall Plan that he says would ultimately replace poverty and terrorism with a better quality of life and jobs. In March he met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. "I want everyone to have a job and to be busy. There will be no terrorism. I want an anti-oil story where we become rich through industry." After all, he says, "entrepreneurship comes down to opportunity."
Source: Businessweek.com
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Labels: Israel, rags to riches, SmallBiz
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On the day fixed, Morholt was first to arrive on the island, where he moored his small boat. Tristan soon followed him, but when he came to the shore and disembarked, he pushed his boat out ot sea instead of mooring it.
"Why do you do that?" asked Morholt.
"Only one of us will need a boat when this combat is ended," said Tristan.
Then began the long and fierce combat, watched from the mainland by Mark and his courtiers. Both knights were wounded many times in the struggle, until finally Tristan struck Morholt so hard that the blade of his sword pierced Morholt's helmet and split his skull.
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After the final touches I hopped in the car and rode into Ottawa to leave the sampler at the framers. That way it will be complete when we return from holidays and I can get it mailed to the bride-to-be. I posted another pic here as well with a closeup of the beads. Originally I wasn't sure if I'd add them but they did make a difference.
I feel much better now knowing that this is completed. I'm quite pleased with it and hope the newlyweds will be pleased as well.
That completed, I spent a small amount of time stitching on Their Song. This one will accompany me to the cottage where I'll have much more time to spend with it. I've kitted up Maple Leaf by Alessandra Adelaide which arrived this week. However since it's being stitched on white I'm hesitant to start it until we return from the cottage. I'm afraid it will end up soiled. So very shortly I'm browsing through my stash looking for some smaller stitches to take along with me.
We are cottage bound tomorrow morning and can hardly wait until we are seated on the dock overlooking Lake Muskoka. This is the weekend of our 10th wedding anniversary and we spent our honeymoon in Muskoka so we intend to celebrate once we're there with a sunset dinner cruise of the lake on the Segwun steamship. It's a fantastic tour of the lake and a view of some of the lovely cottages not seen otherwise.
Here are some photos from our wedding 10 yrs ago. These were not taken digitally and we didn't have professional photographer so the quality is not as good as the ones taken today.


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2/27/14 - The Donation ShowMar 05, 2014
In which our less-than-logical host tries to get people to donate by playing the most off-putting music possible
Wow, I am late on this blog post. Oops. Anyways... *ahem*
This week's show was the show that took place during Radio K's wonderful K-Starter campaign! It's that time of the year (well, one of those two times of the year) when we ask all our listeners to donate money to keep us alive. If you're reading this, it means K-Starter has ended, and you don't have to worry about us bothering you about it. But you can still donate if you want, winkwinknudgenudge.
And how did we work to get the most people to donate money? By playing some really heavy, ugly music, that's how. Makes sense, right? Well, this show wasn't all super heavy, but we did focus a bit more on death metal in its various incarnations than we have in the past. But that's awesome, because death metal is awesome. We played crazy technical death metal with stuff like Brain Drill and SikTh, not-so-technical but still plenty brutal stuff like Cannibal Corpse and Jungle Rot, and even split the difference with some of the heaviest AND most skilled bands we've heard so far. We played a request for some good old fashioned Type O Negative, and local music by Witchden.
I really don't have anything else to say, which is rare. Let's just move on to the track of the week.
Today it's Death Quota for Purification by Canadian Brutal Death/Grind/Prog band The Myriad Burial. You can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpEUglwud5g
Have you heard of this band? Probably not. They only released this one demo, so far as I can find, and this is one of the tracks off of it. But it's just a perfect microcosm of the most extreme metal. They've got ridiculously heavy slam riffs with some of the most guttural vocals imaginable, fast, technical riffing over gravity blasts, and even jazzy breaks and proggy soloing. Sometimes when you get into brutal death metal, there comes a habit of not breaking from the formula of "AS HEAVY AS POSSIBLE ALL THE TIME," but this band stands out because they aren't afraid to branch out. Also, a funnny story: Apparently the band, when asked for a transcription of the most guttural part of the vocal track, shrugged their shoulders and said "uuuuh, we can't really remember. Just make something up that seems like it fits?"
That's metal as hell.
Anyways, on to this week's setlist:
Brain Drill "Apocalyptic Feasting" from Apocalyptic Feasting on Metal Blade Records
Cannibal Corpse "Evisceration Plague" from Evisceration Plague on Metal Blade Records
Jungle Rot "Fight For Life" from WAR ZONE on Crash Music Inc
Type O Negative "Creepy Green Light" from World Coming Down on Roadrunner Records
Alice In Chains "GRIND" from Alice In Chains on Columbia
Emperor "Into the Infinity of Thoughts" from In the Nightside Eclipse on CANDLELIGHT/TANGLADE
December Wolves "Not With Tainted Blood" from Completely Dehumanized on Earache Records
Witchden "Time To Burn" from Consulting the Bones on Witchden
Sikth "Way Beyond the Fond Old River" from Death of a Dead Day on Bieler Bros. Records, Inc.
Architects "Buried At Sea" from Ruin on Shock Records
The Dillinger Escape Plan "Farewell, Mona Lisa" from Option Paralysis on Season of mist
Myriad Burial "Death Quota for Purification" from Demo 2010
Excruciating Thoughts "In Memory" from Archaic on Independent
Dying Fetus "Shepherd's Commandment" from Descend Into Depravity on Relapse Records
Evile "Now Demolition" from Infected Nations on Earache Records Ltd
Destroy Destroy Destroy "HellFire" from Devour the Power on BLACK MARKET ACTIVITIES
Job for a Cowboy "Embedded" from GENESIS on Metal Blade Records
Dream Theater "The Dark Eternal Night (Live)" from Chaos In Motion 2007-2008 (Live) on Roadrunner Records
Intronaut "Prehistoricism" from Prehistoricisms on Century Media


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Thursday, June 27, 2013
Word Count? You Must Gather Your Party Before Venturing Forth
Even despite last week's post about writing and the chaos that occurs with trying to balance writing time with kids, there are obviously times throughout the year when my creativity tends to plummet.
Oddly enough it's not always during holidays. (Which often become a greater source of time for me, simply because additional family members are around. Before you know it, I'm hiding out in a nook somewhere and blissfully undisturbed.)
So, no. I don't have a specific time of year that kills my word count.
It's game release day.
Now, I've had to temper that over the years. Time being a premium anyway, I have to pick and choose my distractions very carefully.
For example? Sim games - like Civilization? I have them, but I *rarely* play them. Apparently I really like to micro-manage my towns...but I completely lose all track of time and everything else. I simply cannot limit playing these games to 20 minutes chunks. It's always "just let me build one more city, one more granary, one more..." I only play them when I literally have NOTHING else to do. And that almost never happens, so...
MMORPGs? I used to be more heavily involved in them. I still have my World of Warcraft account, but it's actually been close to over a year since I've loaded it up to play. At one point it was hard for me to break away from games like that - again, it's a game that never ends, so there's always that "just one more quest" mindset that can be hard to break. Once I stopped trying to keep up with some of my online friends, it became easier. I don't have time for raids, ever - but I can certainly set a timer, pop in to kill a few things and grind for ingredients, and pop back out again.
RPGs - this is my weakness, particularly if it's a game or game series I'm really fond of. (Bioware's Dragon Age or Mass Effect, for example - though that certainly includes games like Baldur's Gate or NeverWinter Nights as well.) Last week after my surgery I gave myself a pass on writing and played Dishonored for days. (There's actually been a study done that shows that playing video games reduce pain. I'm not sure it completely reduced mine, but it was a very welcome distraction.) But the thing with RPG games is that it's not just hack and slash - it becomes a full on immersive experience, with a story arcs and subplots, npc characters who become friends, enemies, lovers, etc.
When one of these games comes out? Writing generally doesn't get done. At all.
However, rather than beat myself up over it - assuming I'm not on deadline - I will budget in a few weeks of play time to get a first run-through of one of these games. I've tried doing the "write x pages and play as a reward thing" but I've found that it's actually better for me to just go ahead and play and get it out of my system. Once I've beaten the game, I may very well go back and play it again several times - often the game outcome can change depending on how you play and what you choose to do - but the initial rush and desire is gone, so I can go back to budgeting 20 minutes here or there without that obsessive element batting at the back of my head.
The good news is that such game releases aren't nearly as frequent as I would like, so the instances where this becomes an issue are fairly few and far between. (DA 3 comes out in Fall of 2014, though - so all bets are off then.)
Otherwise, my rule of thumb is everything in moderation. No playing unless the word count is done and limit it to manageable chunks when I *do* play.
At least until the extra DLCs come out.
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I write Abbie Sinclair Urban Fantasy series and the webcomic Fox & Willow.
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This big chapel was built on the foundations of the castle built by the Lords of Faou in 1892-1893 and restored in 1953 and 1954. This is the work of Ernest Le Guérannic (the first stone was blesses August 28, 1892). This building include A bell Tower, a nave of three double, transepts and a choir.
Chapel of Brittany Map Installation
- Download Chapel of Brittany Map
- This will take you to the Media-fire website where you can download the .zip, .rar or .7z file
- On Windows, use keys Windows+R and then typing "%appdata%/.minecraft/saves/" into the command line. (On a Mac, your save files are in: ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/saves/). This will open the saves folder.
- Drag your downloader map (after unzip or unrar) in the zip/rar folderMap into saves folder.
- Close windows and reopen Minecraft.
- Select your map and play.


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Not bad...
Top shelf - cheese (in date)
Middle shelf - spread (in date)
Bottom shelf - beetroot, chocolate, a couple of tablespoons of cream
Left drawer - condiments
Right drawer - celery
Door - butter, Baileys, water (Mums), diet coke, soya milk, vanilla soya milk, punch
So it's only really the celery and cream that'll need using up. I intend to make a soup of some sort as I also have some new potatoes that are currently cooking and some will be for tea tonight and I'm thinking the rest can be blitzed with the cooked celery and some stock and maybe some of the cheddar!!
The cream will be had with a small tin of fruit salad later.


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By Crystal Ja | August 20
AN Australian sociologist who has compiled a comprehensive database of suicide attacks claims bombers "are not mad" and there appears to be no set demographics for potential attackers.
Suicide attacks are usually carried out by young and vengeful men, who are completely sane, sociologist Professor Riaz Hassan says.
Prof Hassan has analysed every suicide attack in the world since 1981, seeking to explain the reasons behind the actions.
He found there were more than 1,200 suicide attacks since 1981 killing at least 5,766 people. Iraq topped the list with 651 attacks occurring in the war-torn nation.
This was three times as many as Israel/Palestine with 217 incidents, followed by Sri Lanka (93) and Lebanon (48).
Prof Hassan, from South Australia's Flinders University, said after analysing the data, there appeared to be no set demographics for potential bombers.
The majority were young men, but their driving factors were widely varied, from personal motivations to societal conditions to being directed by others.
The study clearly refuted a common belief that suicide bombers were insane or mentally unbalanced, Prof Hassan said.
"It largely discredits explanations that (they) ... are acts of abhorrent violence, perpetrated by the psychologically impaired, morally deficient, bizarre, sick and crazy," he said.
"Suicide bombers are not mad.
"And public policies which take cue from such explanations ... do not focus on societal conditions which may have given rise to the phenomenon."
The first suicide attacks happened in the 1970s, but it wasn't until 2003 when the world - or Iraq, specifically - endured a massive spike in incidents.
Prof Hassan believes suicide bombing is mostly a desperate action to right social wrongs.
Making efforts to improve human rights - such as the treatment of refugees - would halve the number of suicide attacks, he forecast, pointing out the treatment of Abu Ghraib prisoners in Baghdad led to another spike in suicide attacks.
Suicide bombers were spurred on by the humiliation suffered by those in their community, he said.
Most believed their lives were worth less than the collective's honour.
It would be impossible to stamp out suicide attacks unless real changes were made to improve social conditions in countries around the world, Prof Hassan said.
Source: The Australian


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what are you willing to do to be sober?
I'm not talking about wishin' and hopin' and thinkin' and prayin' and plannin' and dreamin' (thank you, Dusty). I'm talking about doing. That could be choosing to turn down that invitation to go out with all your closest (read: drinking) buddies. Or it could be having the difficult conversation with your partner, or eating beans on toast every night for endless days because cooking anything more complicated is just TOO MUCH at the witching hour in the early days.
For me mostly what I had to do was to get through a crappy day in the belief that it would get better. It did, and it was worth it.
The answer needs to be "I will do whatever it takes."
I am doing it. Countless others have done it.
You can do it too.


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Vista Internet Security 2010
The newest rogue application is quite rare, in that it is capable of altering its interface and name, depending on which Operating System it has infiltrated. For Windows Vista users, one will need to watch out for the rogue name: Vista Internet Security 2010 and it can also be referred to as: Win 7 Internet Security 2010.
Vista Internet Security 2010 is a mere tool with which its designers are conning and duping us into parting with our hard earned cash-money!
In other words, Vista Internet Security 2010 pretends to be a computer security solution but is in fact a counterfeit utility trying to get you to take money out of your wallet.
This application infiltrates and contaminates a computer system via infectious Trojan files that are programmed to generate fake pop-up messages. Vista Internet Security 2010 is also capable of redirecting the user's browser, to malicious websites affiliated with this rogue.
Important to bear in mind with all these type programs is that by clicking on the pop-up messages the user inadvertently triggers an online system scanner that `detects` a variety of threats the infiltrated system is supposedly a victim of... this is all fictitious!
These fictitious security alerts will claim that the computer system is infected with malware and that these security risks need to be handled as soon as is possible.
The malware will even so go so far as to claim that the only way to rid your PC of the influx of viruses on the system will be to purchase its `commercial` software.
Vista Internet Security 2010 is thus marketed as a system protection utility. Do not trust this application, is a scam. Simply remove Vista Internet Security 2010 as soon as it has been detected.
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Files associated with Vista Internet Security 2010 infection:
Vista Internet Security 2010 processes to kill:
- PO'd Customer Feb 6, 2010
Opinion, even after paying for SPyhunter I am still infected. My opinion, before you advertise a program that works, you ought to check and make sure it does work.
- Pcthreat Feb 11, 2010
Dear Customer,
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Why might my audiences like my short?
Blumler and Katz (1974)
1. Escape and Diversion from everyday life - The story is larger than life, presenting an imagination that takes over the characters reality, an extreme form of escapism, which parallels the audience's own personal needs.
2. Surveillance and Information - The audience watch the protagonist and gain information about him, they enjoy discovering the story and characters. The short film may also provide information on the world as it is.
3. Personal Relationships - The short film represents a starting point for discussion, where the audience and like minded people can discuss the film and forge relationships, an opportunity for personal interaction.
4. Personal Identification - The main character is a young adult male (the same as my core demographic) with a vivid imagination. He may be relatable in many ways for the audience, providing satisfaction for them, however he represents an extreme of a spectrum on which the audience is situated. Showing them how his reality has been obscured.


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Here's some good news! The National Fair Housing Alliance and its member organizations led a campaign to get ABC to pull a reality show called "Welcome to the Neighborhood" from its schedule. The story is here.
The show created a rule that allowed three white Christian families in an Austin neighborhood to decide who would be their neighbor among half a dozen families. The deciding families made discriminatory statements during episodes of the show and the criteria they used to select their neighbors were in violation of the federal Fair Housing Act and the Texas equivalent.
Specifically, we contend that the show violates the Fair Housing Act by "otherwise making unavailable". The Act does not require a monetary transaction in order for a violation to occur. Any entity that "otherwise makes housing unavailable" because of a person's protected status (race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, disability) is subject to the Act. The contestant families fell into almost all of these categories.
ABC pulled the show after opposition from NFHA, GLAAD, the National Association of REALTORS and others (including my organization and our regional fair housing alliance.
To me, there are still questions. This show won't air but the contest already happened. Who got the house? Who at ABC allowed this show to be produced? Who gave it the okay to air? Will ABC do anything else to remedy the situation? Maybe they could talk about fair housing in an episode of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition".
Anyway, the good guys got a victory this week.


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Here is my first card as a DT member at Stampin' Chic. It is a colour challenge - the colours being 'Summer'. Yep I know - with the weather we've been having these past few days, the colours on here are way too bright and my feet in these sandals would resemble prunes by now! Anyway, the sandals, shells and kite are just hand drawn and cut out. The blue cardstock is Core'dinations - just love this card when it's sanded back.
Will be back again later today as I've just got the smell of freshly made coffee from the kitchen and I ain't missing out on my fix!
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Horoscope - August 13, 2017
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You wake up with a vague idea about what you need to do with this day then slowly start to home in on the one thing that's going to make a difference. The key to success: your ability to be objective.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It's said that a man is only as honest as his opportunities. You'll prove the saying wrong today as you do what's right even though it would be very easy not to. A clear conscience is all you'll gain, but that's no small reward.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You'll find your happiness builds with small conveniences and pleasures that occur daily, none of which is so notable as the pleasure inside a certain person's loving gaze.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). It has been suggested by the ancients that man's miseries come from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone. Well, you can and will do just that. You'll discover truth and derive joy there.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). When you love someone, you want to fill that person's life with sweetness. You want to hear her say, "Wow!'' or know that he's thrilled. You want to hold on to the tender moments. How are you going to create the next one?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Pleasure can serve as an anchor to the moment. It keeps you from skipping ahead in your mind and missing the good parts. Tune in to your senses. The pleasure is there. All you have to do is take it.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You value love, loyalty, fidelity, beauty, truth and more. Courage is the foundation that allows these other values to come to life. Without courage, none of the others are possible.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There are some things you simply cannot get ready for. There are too many possible variables. Since you don't know what's going to be asked of you or how you're going to feel about it, the only way to get ready is to begin.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You're good enough; you are enough; and you are deserving of a full happy life. Anyone who doesn't seem to support these beliefs doesn't belong in your day.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Believing someone will change won't make it so. If you're going to invest in a belief, invest in the belief that acceptance heals. The only change you control is your own, and that's found through acceptance, too.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It may seem like the thing you most want is difficult to get any momentum toward achieving. As it is with anything stuck, you must figure out where it's caught and do whatever you can to leverage, grease or force it free.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You're improving. It takes a while for your efforts to become results that everyone can see, but people will start to notice. Each compliment will fan the flames, inspiring you to reach your ultimate goal.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 13). Your nurturing qualities will be amplified this year, and you'll make it your quest to build other people up, especially those with less. At next month's fork in the road, let your internal compass point the way. The bonus money comes from hard work and a stroke of luck in November. You'll put on a show in May. Sagittarius and Aries adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 22, 29, 13 and 15.
CELEBRITY PROFILES: It hardly seems fair that Alfred Hitchcock won an Academy Award for best picture for his very first American film. Then again, some people are just born with an inordinately strong sense of drama (Leos). The legendary director, who created more than 50 films, had Venus in Leo, too, as well as a mysterious, suspenseful Scorpio moon.


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We already knew Dick Cheney picked himself as Vice President and shot a man in the face. We already knew Cheney called a secret meeting with energy lobbyists before gas skyrocketed to $4 a gallon. We already knew Cheney's Chief of Staff, I. Lewis Libby was convicted on one count of obstruction of justice, two counts of perjury, and for making false statements during the investigation of Plame-gate. We already knew Cheney considers himself a fourth branch of the government for purposes of keeping secrets. But here are still further facts about Cheney gleaned from Bart Gellman's book Angler:
- In a private meeting with Texas Rep. Dick Armey, a stalwart conservative who nonetheless opposed going to war with Iraq, Cheney puts the screws to him. "In the privacy of his office, for this one crucial vote, Cheney leveled claims he had not made before and did not make again. Two of them crossed so far beyond the known universe of fact that they were simply without foundation.
The vice president brought the disquieting news that Iraq's "ability to miniaturize weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear," had been "substantially refined since the first Gulf War," Armey recalled ... According to Armey, Cheney also reported that al Qaeda was "working with Saddam Hussein and members of his family."
- Cheney lobbied for the invasion of Iraq not because he thought it was the most dangerous threat to the United States, but rather because he thought a victory there would be the best way to demonstrate American military power. "The United States would take [Saddam] down because it could. The war would not preempt immediate danger, a more traditional ground for war, but prevent a danger that might emerge later," writes Gellman. One of Cheney's advisors referred to this as the "demonstration effect."
- Cheney and his legal counsel, David Addington, effectively steer White House policy on the warrantless wiretapping program. "With Bush's consent , Cheney unleashed foreign intelligence agencies to spy at home ... It is unlikely that the history of U.S. intelligence includes another operation conceived and supervised by the office of the vice president." When the Deputy Attorney General refuses to re-authorize the program, the stubbornness of Cheney and his team almost leads to mass resignations at the Justice Department.


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Sister Ferrin and Sister Rokovitz at the Nashville Temple.
Emad got baptized last Sunday. Want to know something funny? I took everyone to Roma's for lunch after the temple. While we were waiting for our food.... guess who walks in to teach Emad? Sister Jarvis and her trainee!!! I jumped up and hugged her so fast and screamed and she was so confused as to why we were there!! We all talked and laughed and caught up and I got to call Cha on their phone and talk to her for a second. It was such a good day!
Ok, updates on the people we're teaching - Breanna and Holly... Breanna moved in with her boyfriend and we got in contact with her this week through Facebook. She still seems interested...so we'll see what happens. Kate was sick so we haven't seen her. Holly - SHE HAS A BAPTISM DATE FOR THE 23RD OF MARCH!!!! HOO-RAH!!!! We had an awesome lesson with her about the Plan of Salvation and then we committed her to baptism! But that's not all.... We went and saw Larry afterwards too. I don't know if I've told you about him. He is the cousin of Brother Fulgham, a member in our ward. They were best friends growing up. They lost contact for about 30 years! Then Larry moved back up here to Illinois by Brother Fulgham and we taught him the plan of salvation as well and committed him to baptism too!!! MARCH 16TH!!! Brother Fulgham will get to baptize his best friend. Precious! He had tears in his eyes at the end of the lesson. They remind me of the Fox and the Hound. "When you're the best of friends, having so much fun together." Haha I told them that and they both started laughing! Ok that's still not all.... Cathy. We taught her the restoration yesterday. At the end I suggested a video, which was awesome! And then we committed her to baptism too! March 23rd - 3 BAPTISM DATES IN 2 DAYS!!!! Miracles I tell you! Miracles! The ward here had 6 people baptized last year. We're going to beat that. Oh man, it's been good!
Also this week we had a crazy storm! It was on Thursday. The wind was going crazy and there was thunder and lightning and rain. The sirens were going off and we were getting texts from members and zone leaders to get inside. We made a fortress! We ran around gathering food and books and clothes and games and pillows and mattresses and threw it all in the bathroom, occasionally checking the weather outside. The lightning looked like a strobe light! Apparently the storm stretched all the way down to Nashville too. It's crazy. We sat in our padded tub for over 2 hours. Talk about cramped legs. It was scary. But we were prepared - Haha. And then we had to lug everything out of the bathroom after it was over.
In our bathroom fortress during the storm.
Let me tell you about a couple of the miracles that happened this week. This happened Monday night: The whole 45 minutes I was preparing for bed I could smell the strong stench of smoke from our new neighbors seeping through the walls of our bedroom and penetrating my nose. It was strong. As I sat on my bed minutes before 10:30 p.m. I thought, "Maybe Heavenly Father could take the smell away." As I got down on my knees, I thanked my Father in Heaven for the blessings of the day. I then told Him about the smell and how much it bothered me. I asked if my nose could be plugged up or the walls would be thickened so I wouldn't have to smell it. I would rather deal with a stuffed nose than the smell of the smoke. I told Heavenly Father I believed it was possible and I believed myself when I said that! It was an incredible feeling! I would do anything for that smell to be gone! I said my whole prayer with my nose inside my shirt. As I said Amen, the dryer buzzed that my clothes were done. I took one last deep breath inside my shirt and then left the room. I stopped the dryer and returned to climb in bed.... the stench was gone... I smiled. I was amazed! It was gone!!! I smiled so big!!! I got in bed and just laid there wide awake! A miracle had just been performed right in my very bedroom! As I awoke the next morning the odor had still vanished. I didn't know how it was possible, but I practically jumped out of bed to thank my Father in Heaven! He heard my prayer! Ever since then I haven't been able to smell it. I might get a whiff of it every now and then... but.. then I remember the miracle and the smell fades!
Amazing right?! Well it gets even better.... I had a dream that night too. This is the dream:
The dream started with a church. My church from home. I was in the church. The room was full so a group of people, including me, went upstairs and sat on metal benches. My friends and my companion were there but I didn't recognize their faces. Next thing I know we were all back downstairs behind all the church benches in what was supposed to be the gym, but it was more like a grassy field. I was behind everyone. They were all running and gathering around someone. I was walking slowly to see who it was. I was standing on my tippy toes and thought I should be running too. I broke into a light jog and then I finally saw. It was Christ! The group was gathered around Him. Some were dressed in white clothes, some in white jumpsuits. A man on the other side of Christ was in jeans and a blue hoodie. Christ was smiling and looking at everyone. I got pulled up right in front of Christ. He smiled at me and held His hands out, palms down. I saw the scars and reached up and touched them. He turned His hands over... scars. I held them and began to weep. It was a happy cry though. He held my hands tight and I just felt Him comfort me. We were walking back to go upstairs and Christ walked with the group, calmly next to me. Everyone was looking at me as we walked. I was still sobbing. Christ was real, He was THEE Christ! Christ stopped at the base of the stairs while I and the group kept moving. I looked back. Christ looked at me smiling. I sat down, in awe that I had just seen the Christ.
I found 2 pictures that stopped me in my tracks. They look like Christ. I know Christ. I saw Him. I saw Him and He knows me. He is so real to me now! I can't stop thinking about Him. All I desire lately is to be with Him. I just want to be with Him all the time!! It was the best experience of my mission. I told Sister Ferrin and our faces were soaked with tears at the end. And then... I realized... Heavenly Father answered my prayers. In the MTC and first week in the mission field when I was doubting, I kept praying to know Christ and to have a dream or experience to just see Him and to know. Heavenly Father granted my wish. He did. When it was right. When I needed it. It's truly amazing.
This week I'm studying self-mastery because it relates a lot to obedience. I read 2 great talks today! "The Power of Self-Mastery" by James E. Faust, and "You Can Do It Now" by President Uchtdorf.
Lastly.... I almost made it to the end of my 40 day fast. I started cracking and making to-do lists and writing in my journal at meals. I made it farther though. I've done it 4 times and this is the farthest I've made it! So, in order to practice self-mastery I have to do it again. So I'll make another list with the help of Heavenly Father and I'll do it all this time! ALL! I'm excited!
I've been so excited to tell you about my week! I just couldn't hardly wait! I love you so much! So much! I miss you a ton! But time is flying! Have a great week!
~Sister Rokovitz~


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If I can summarize 2010 it would be that I was able to read, discover and follow so many incredible book blogs. I learned so much from so many of you. The wired thing is I do not know yet I feel like I do. I, sometimes, find myself quoting from a blog. How crazy is that?
Also, I was able to continue attending author events at my local, fabulous independent bookstore, Books and Books. Not only that, but I even worked there over the summer. What an experience! I can't think of a better place to have spent my summer. For some reason, I was not able to focus and read as much as I should or wanted to in 2010. I only read a total of 2,654 pages. I did some challenges but did not finish any of them!! I am not proud of this and can only say that what is done is done. Maybe I should pick my books in a way that they not only count once but twice at times...I do know that I want and need to read more! I also, spend too much time reading magazines! What can I do? I am a magazine addict...Oh! And by the way, I got hooked on Law and Order, Special Victims Unit...That took away a lot of my reading time. LOL.
On a positive note, I met and attended awesome author events. At Books and Books: Beth Hoffman, Lisa See, Chris Bohjalian, Frances O'Roark, Kristy Kiernan, Lois Lowry, Cristina Diaz Gonzalez and Rula Jebreal. At the Miami Book Fair: Heidi W. Dorrow, Joanna Smith Rakoff, Susanna Daniel, Sarah Blake, Judith Viorst, Rosemary Wells, just to name a few. Finally, I also attended author events with Spanish authors: Care Santos, Eliacer Cansino and Jordi Sierra i Fabra.
My intention is that 2011 will be a more fruitful reading year for you and also for me. I wish you many wonderful author and books in 2011. I will keep following your blogs and I thank you for stopping by and reading mine.
Friday, December 31, 2010
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Canada geese are attracted to this pond and the grounds at the Saranac Lake High School. Officials have been trying to find inexpensive and humane ways to get rid of the geese, which leave an abundance of excrement on the athletic fields.
As spring approaches and Canada geese migrate north, Saranac Lake Central School officials are trying to come up with new ways of dealing with their goose poop problem.
The geese like to congregate on the inside area of the high school track, the football practice fields and the pond that borders Edgewood Road. Board members spent a good deal of time and money in 2011 trying to get rid of the geese and their droppings, citing potential health hazards and the general nuisance of practicing on fields littered with feces.
Varsity football coach Eric Bennett reported on the Goose Committee's progress during the March 7 School Board meeting in the Petrova library. Committee members have met with officials at the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Adirondack Park Agency to brainstorm ideas about what to do when the geese arrive this year.
One idea was to provide better drainage for the fields, which would make it easier to clean up the goose droppings.
Another idea was to turn the pond back into a stream, but that would take too much time and money, requiring permits and consultants.
"Clearly, at this time, this is not an appropriate course of action," Bennett said.
Yet another idea is to surround the pond with a monofilament line to ward off the geese. It works for bird control in places such as the Chateaugay Fish Hatchery and could work here.
"If we can keep them off the pond, we believe that they might not go to the fields," Bennett said.
In 2011, School Board members received criticism after hiring the U.S. Department of Agriculture to round up and euthanize the geese, but the geese had moved on before this plan could be enacted.
In the fall, the school district purchased a Nature Sweep "goose pooper remover" machine to clean up the feces on the fields, but officials see this as only one tool in solving their problem.
The goal is to find an inexpensive and humane way to deal with the Canada geese.


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Ebook - Basic Circuit Analysis By Schaum's Outline
John O'Malley, «Outline of Basic Circuit Analysis», 2nd ed
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BlackBerry maker RIM has promised more handsets are to come for 2010 at the company's latest earning report.
"We are off to a great start in fiscal 2011 and expect strong shipments, revenue, subscriber and earnings growth in Q1. We are also very excited about our portfolio of products and services for the coming year and we continue to see exceptional opportunity for sustained growth", said Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO at Research In Motion before going on to comment that "If you saw the roadmap, you'd be blown away".
RIM says that it now has over 41 million users around the globe using the BlackBerry service, as well as claiming across the range of handsets it has on offer that it's the number one smartphone brand in the US.
Those interested in the monies will be pleased to see that revenue according to RIM, grew 35% over the prior fiscal year to $15 billion.


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Published initially in the Harper's magazine in 2003 then later was also published in the Guardian in 2006, Haruki Murakami's "Birthday Girl" tells of a girl who made a wish when she was twenty, working her shift in a restaurant.
For the full story you can click on this link:
huffy berthday betch'
I always think of this story whenever it's my bday or somebody else's is. Well, I always consider someone is being considerably blessed with the old man's message:
"Happy birthday, may you live a rich and fruitful life, and may there be nothing to cast dark shadows on it."
Photography: EJ Revelo


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In today's highly competitive world, if entrepreneurs do not catch up or keep up with the latest improvements in technology and direction, they are doomed to fall behind.
A bright move that can save entrepreneurs cash--and at the exact same time implement the latest in management and technology resources--is the virtual office. Quite simply, a virtual office is one where workers may no longer be housed on site; in fact, they might be spread across the U.S. (http://www.sba.gov)or even the world.
The term "virtual conversations" exemplifies the thought absolutely--dialogues that take place via instant messaging or on social media sites such as Facebook, MySpace and chat rooms.
For assemblies, many workers use software such as GoToMeeting that enables them to see each others' computer screens without leaving their own desks, even whenever meeting is taking place thousands of miles away. This way, an individual can work with others and actually share their screen. This helps members linked into the meeting to view slides or software from various sites. Webinars use this procedure to reach out to a large number of participants. In Webinars, meeting attendees can also use their telephones to talk to the presenter or moderator and at times to each other. The price of this gear is more than offset by the savings realized by not having to pay office space rent, site leases or travel expenses.
Certainly, Webinars has to be prepared to "deliver the goods" when her boss needs travel, but she's a lot of leeway when creating her own agenda. They could work from their own home or a different space. In reality, they could be wherever they enjoy--a customer's office, the library, the coffee shop, the shore they feel content and productive.
Other workers say they enjoy looking over their shoulder, being almost completely responsible for themselves with no manager or manager hanging around their desk or forcing them for work results. Many employees who prefer the independence of working in a virtual office environment say they are spared the bother, distraction and negative office politics found in the conventional office setting.
For these staff members, seeing other employees on a computer or video conferencing display simply does not replace personal contact.
Another drawback is it's too easy find a distraction rather than doing one's work, run an errand or to begin work late. Often, these behaviors are a means of compensating for the shortage of having other individuals to socialize with.
In the virtual office, it sometimes takes more time to get advice, particularly when an alternate, or the crucial person, isn't available.


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This is a terrific essay from Helen Addison-Smith in The Overland, "Yes, men are better writers".
Recently, I received an email from a literary publication asking me to comment on why 'women are underrepresented in major publications'. Since I'm a single mother, working six days a week, and I wasn't going to be paid, I didn't respond. But I thought I'd reply here, so Overland will give me cash.
It's simple, really. Men are published more than women because men are better writers than women.
Do I need to say that there are great female writers? Maybe I do, because you don't know me, and I might just be a misogynist arsehole. And do I need to say that there are boatloads of very bad male writers? No, you can just go to your local bookshop and peruse the new releases to prove that to yourself.
'Good writing' does not emanate from the penis but it does emanate from material conditions. Writing takes time – great swathes of clean, empty time, unsullied by children or housework or deep worry about money or skincare routines. To be a writer is to be selfish enough to grab time and spend it churning words around, even though you are not getting paid very much, hardly anybody cares about what you're doing, and even fewer people think that it's any good.


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The Blog Hop is now finished and there was a lucky commenter who wins a $5 voucher and the lucky winner is Bernadet of http://cardsbybernadet.blogspot.co.uk/. I've posted this same message in the Tiddly Inks FB Group so if you could PM your email address ,we'll sort out your prize .
Hello All today is our Tiddly Inks Blog Hop and we have a whole bunch of DT and guest designers joining in, and we hope YOU will join in too!
The hop will be taking place all day today, starting now, and all you need to do to join in is to visit Tiddly Inks Blog Hop 'Fun with Animals' blog post.
Here is my card and it just had to be another Christmas Card:
While you are hopping don't forget to leave comments as there are lot's of prizes on offer……there are 5 gift certificates worth $5 each placed throughout the designers blogs, which will be randomly won by a commenter on that blog and the more blogs in the hop that you comment on the more chances you have to win. In addition, two blogger participants will be selected from the Inlinkz list (announced August 13) to receive a $10 gift voucher. Here's a list of the participants:
- Image: Cool Cat & Dapper Dog from Tiddly Inks
- Colouring Medium: Copic Markers
- Stamp: From a Lili of the Valley Stamp Set
- Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black Inkpad
- Card/Paper: Red Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
- DP: From a Lili of the Valley Pad (retired)
- Dies/Punches: Nellie Snellen Pierced Oval Multiframe Dies, Quickutz Gingerbread dies and an MS Snowflake Punch
- Embellishments: Gems and Doodling
Now don't forget to hop over to the Tiddly Inks Blog Hop 'Fun with Animals' post for more details and to join in.
Thanks for stopping by


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At home I had frozen raspberries and blueberries, which I was using, but at too slow a pace for someone who is moving out of their apartment in about a month. On Monday I experimented with the raspberries, using some orange juice to help the fruit blend, and the zest of the orange. I didn't use any alcohol, which was suggested in the recipe, as I didn't have anything at home that would go. For those with a better stocked bar than me, perhaps some creme de framboise, or Cointreau to go with the orange would work. I would also suggest perhaps some rosewater, to make one of my favourite combinations (maybe switching the orange for lemon).
Tuesday I did the same, only using blueberries and lime instead of raspberries and orange. Both sorbets can be seen in the picture below.
The only downside of this method is the seed and skin aspect. In the raspberry sorbet in particular, you come across a lot of seeds. I suppose that's the trade-off of having such a quick recipe. I don't actually mind having them in there, but it does stop it from reaching perfection. I am going to experiment with fruit that won't have this problem, such as mango, melon and watermelon. .
|Raspberry and Blueberry Sorbets
500g frozen fruit
30g sugar- I prefer icing sugar, as it blends in more easily
Citrus juice- enough to help the fruit blend more easily
Citrus zest
A dash of liqueur to compliment the fruit- optional
If you are making the sorbet in advance, or are think you will have some left over, put the dish or container you want to keep the sorbet in inside the freezer. Take the fruit out of the freezer and leave for about 5 minutes to soften slightly. If there are any large clumps of fruit frozen together, break them up. Put the fruit, sugar, zest and alcohol (if using) in a food processor. Blitz until the fruit has broken down. Add enough citrus juice to bring the frozen fruit pulp together and help it along in the food processor. If it is sticking to the sides of the processor bowl, scrape it down with a spatula, and add more liquid.
You can either have the sorbet there and then ( it will be a bit softer than a normal sorbet, but still good) or put it in the container that you put in the freezer earlier.
If you are eating it later, you will have to take it out of the freezer for a few minutes to soften before eating.


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That's right!
How do I know?
From interviews of these punks who actually boast about their using this medical crutch. In other words, it's not enough to believe in the teachings of Mohammed or Sharia Law; these young hoodlums have to get high in order to perform anything other than slobbering over their clothes [including basic sexual functions]. That's right, they are sexually impotent.


text: Kale Chips are a healthy easy to make snack. All you need is some Kale (I like to use the dinosaur kale variety), olive oil, salt & pepper and parmesan cheese to garnish. That is it!! First, wash the kale and dry it very well. I usually put mine in a salad spinner to get the excess water off or you could pat it dry with a towel. Then rub your kale down with olive oil. Give it a nice little massage, making sure to get the olive oil into the kale. Season with salt & pepper and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Garnish with parmesan cheese.


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Andrew Schwartz For New York Daily News
While most kids spent the summer eating ice cream, 2-year old Gianna Solitario was getting fitted for an ice cream cone Halloween costume.
She'll sport the sweet ensemble at Saturday's Ragamuffin Parade in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, where kids compete in a costume contest before marching up Third Ave. in their ghoulish garb.
Gianna already has an edge over other contestants. Her grandparents, Bob and Marianne Fezza, are six-time grand prize costume winners in the annual parade. And they've been crafting their grandkids' ice cream truck prop and matching outfits for almost two months.
"Every year, we try to outdo ourselves from the previous year," says Marianne, 53, whose daughter Jillian won as a child for elaborate getups like a heart-shaped box of Valentine's chocolates and a Chinese takeout box.
Now they dress Jillian's kids. "It's more time-consuming than anything else, but we're really into arts and crafts, and the kids love it," says Marianne.
While the event sees its share of off-the-rack Elmos and superheroes, many parents and grandparents pride themselves on making their kids' Halloween outfits from scratch.
Bob, 66, is transforming discarded cardboard and foam from the warehouse where he works into a bright blue ice cream truck with working LED headlamps.
Marianne's making an ice cream cap for Gianna from foam, and transforming a felt cupcake costume the tot wore last Halloween into the cone. Gianna's brother Sean, 5, will wear a white suit as the ice cream man.
"Oh my heavens!" Sean gasps, staring at his truck. His Batman costume (and the cardboard Batmobile they built around his bike) won last year.
"I need another piece of cardboard to shore up the bumper," sniffs Bob, a perfectionist.
Three generations of the Fezza family have marched in the parade, which began in 1967 when the Our Lady of Angels church invited kids from neighboring parishes to parade up Third Ave. dressed in their parents' old clothes.
Source: Nydailynews


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It may be pointed out here that Warner Bros had produced a film by the same name back in 1988 and it starred Carl Weathers and Sharon Stone. As per the notice, producer Gordhan Tanwani — a member of the Indian Film and Television Producers Council along with Warner Bros — has been asked to change the title. Courtesy: Mid-Day Latest Newsfrom Entertainment News Desk
The IFTPC has summoned both the parties to resolve this issue.
Bollywood films that have borrowed titles from Hollywood productions:
Bollywood film: This is a film directed by Imtiaz Ali starring Randeep Hooda and Ali Bhatt. A romantic drama that traces the life of a young city girl who takes the highway at night with her fiancé and is abducted while on this journey. The film, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, is slated to release on February 21.
Hollywood film: Directed by James Cox, this 2002 film was a crime drama, starring Kimberly Kates and Jared Leto.
'Knock Out'
Bollywood film: This 2010 film was directed by Mani Shankar and it starred Sanjay Dutt, Kangana Ranaut and Irrfan. The film faced troubles when Fox Studio sued it under the copyright infringement act. The studio claimed that the film was a copy of their film, Phone Booth that starred Colin Farrell. The makers lost the case.
Hollywood film: An action film directed by Lorenzo Doumani back in 2000, the film starred Sophia Adella Luke and Educardo Yanez and was centred around boxing. In fact, Hollywood has more than three films with the same title, and this includes Anne Wheeler's film starring Steve Austin that was released in 2011.
Bollywood film: This 2010 film was directed by Mohit Suri and it starred Emran Hashmi, Neha Sharma and Arjan Bajwa. It centred around corrupt police and radical attacks on Indian students in Australia.
Hollywood film: This 2009 film was directed by Daric Gates. It tells the story of a real estate mogul who is targetted by a secret service agency. The film starred Barbara Birnie, Dennis Bress and Luci Eisen.
Bollywood film: This film is slated to be directed by Shoojit Sircar, and will star John Abraham and Ayushman Khurana. The film is based on a real-life tournament dating back to 1911 when an Asian football team defeated the East Yorkshire Regiment to win the Indian Football Association (IFA) shield. In the film, John plays Shiv Das Bhaduri, a veterinary doctor who is also a footballer.
Hollywood film: Directed by Li Zhang and Jackie Chan, this film starred Chan, Winston Chao and Bingbing Li. This 2011 film was a historical drama that dealt with the founding of the Republic of China.
'Love Story'
Bollywood film: A film directed by Rajendra Kumar and Rahul Rawail (uncredited), this marked the debut of actors Kumar Gaurav and Vijeta Pandit. The film tells the love story of a boy and girl whose parents were ex-lovers. The film made Kumar Gaurav and Vijeta Pandit overnight stars and was released in 1981.
Hollywood film: This was a romantic drama written by Eric Segal, who also authored the best-selling novel of the same name. The film was directed by Arthur Hiller and starred Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw. The film also had a sequel, titled Oliver's Story.
Bollywood film: Directed by Imtiaz Ali, this Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri starrer released in 2011. It told the tragic love story of a man who chases his dream of becoming a rockstar.
Hollywood film: An American comedy drama directed by Stephen Herek in 2001, this film starred Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston. Inspired by the real-life story of Tim Ripper Owens — a singer in Judas Priest tribute band who was chosen to replace Rob Halford — the film tells the story of tribute band singer, Chris.
Bollywood film: An official adaptation of British crime drama Metro Manila — that was also Britain's official entry to the Oscars in the Foreign Language category in ?? — this film will be directed by Hansal Mehta. It will star Rajkumar Rao and is slated to release in May.
Hollywood film: Considered to be the 11th greatest American film of all time, this film was made in 1931 and is a romantic comedy that has been written-directed by Charlie Chaplin. The film revolves around the Chaplin's misadventures as he falls in love with a blind girl and develops friendship with an alcoholic.
Bollywood film: The film was made in 2009 and was directed by Prabhu Deva. It started Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia. A film that fared exceedingly well at the box office, it told the story of a man who kills people for money.
Hollywood film: This 2008 film was directed by Timur Bekmambetov and starred Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy. The plot features a police officer, who finds out that he is the son of a professional assassin and thus possesses similar traits and tendencies.
It may be pointed out here that Warner Bros had produced a film by the same name back in 1988 and it starred Carl Weathers and Sharon Stone. As per the notice, producer Gordhan Tanwani — a member of the Indian Film and Television Producers Council along with Warner Bros — has been asked to change the title.
Courtesy: Mid-Day
Latest Newsfrom Entertainment News Desk


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How does a classically trained chef celebrate Halloween? The same way you do, silly—with delicious recipes that keep the spooky theme going in a more refined, adult way. Here, Chef Meg Hall shares two of her creations sure to scare up some compliments at any Halloween party.
Wicked Witch 'Wiches
1 can white frosting
20 Hershey's Kisses
1 bottle of orange food coloring
1 small Ziploc Bag
Add several drops of orange food coloring to frosting can and stir until completely blended. Adjust coloring as needed for a bright orange hue.
Place roughly half of the frosting in a small Ziploc bag, pushing the frosting to one lower corner. Cut a small hole in that corner to create your own piping bag.
Arrange 20 wafers on a lined sheet tray for easy handling and moving.
Pipe orange frosting into the center of a wafer, place another on top, and gently push them together until the frosting almost comes out the side.
Pipe a small amount of frosting on the bottom of a Hershey's Kiss and place in the center of the sandwich. Press the candy until the frosting appears, making a small ring of orange around the Kiss.
Pipe frosting around the edges of the wafer, making a brim for the witch's hat.
Place cookies in the fridge to firm up frosting for less-messy gobbling.
Makes 20 servings
Hairy Eyeballs
Polenta Poppers
2 Tbsp. olive oil 3/4 cupyellow onion, grated
2 garlic cloves, Grated
1 qt chicken stock
1 cup ground cornmeal
3 Tbsp. unsalted butter
2 tsp. kosher salt
1/2 freshly ground black pepper
1 cup Parmesan, freshly grated
In a medium sauce pan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic to pan and cook until translucent.
Add chicken stock and heat until simmering.
Gradually add cornmeal while whisking to prevent clumping.
Stir until cornmeal is soft and the liquid has been mostly absorbed.
Stir in Parmesan and butter. Season to taste.
Pour polenta into non-stick sprayed deep pans — two loaf pans, if possible. A small casserole dish works as well.
Once polenta is firm and cool, use a large melon baller to scoop out the "eyeballs."
To get round balls, try to get the melon baller edges flush with the polenta surface then scoop. This will create a flat bottom and a round top.
Makes 20 poppers
Sauce & Assembly
1/2 cup marinara sauce
3 corn cobs, leaves removed but silk kept on, cut or torn into 1/2" strands
20 polenta "eyeballs"
4 whole eggs, whisked and placed in large bowl
1 qt canola oil for frying
Heat canola oil in medium sauce pan to approximately 325 degrees.
Set up dipping station with the egg mixture first, then the corn silks in separate bowls.
One at a time, cover the polenta balls in egg, then coat in corn silk.
Gently lower polenta eyeballs into the oil and fry until the corn silk is golden brown.
Gently place polenta eyeballs on paper towels for draining.
Sprinkle with kosher salt.
Garnish with marinara sauce on top of the round for blood shot eyeball effect.
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(left) Ink Spot Ikat cushion, $79
(right) Powder Blue Moroccan Leather Pouffe, $199
that Blue Moroccan Leather Pouffe looks wonderful!ReplyDelete
I love those pouffes! I'm just waiting until our living room is built (extensions!) so I can get one too :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful pouffe! I did check out the rest of her home and it was gorgeous. The views from her master bedroom is so breathtaking. Love her home!
House is stunning!!!! So gorgeous, i don't think I would want to rent it out if it was mine! And I adore that moth painting.ReplyDelete
Love that cushion and pouffe! What a beautiful blog, I am so glad I stumbled upon it Louise. Sasha xx
That is so funny Louise! I just did a post featuring that very same artwork! And then I log onto your blog and see that you have too! :)ReplyDelete