text: Share: Comments Print September 9, 2014 at 6:09 AM NBA gaffe 2.0 may help Seattle get a team, but won't improve race relations Posted by Robert J. Vickers Atlanta Hawks majority owner Bruce Levenson. (AP Photo/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Johnny Crawford) Seattle is stirring about another prospect for regaining professional basketball. This time the inkling comes from Atlanta, where majority Hawks owner Bruce Levenson is selling his controlling interest in the NBA team after he acknowledged sending emails questioning the team's economic viability because of its predominantly black fan base. Specifically, Levenson worried that "the black crowd scared away the whites and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base." On the surface, it sounds just like former LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling expressing a personal distaste for racial minorities. In response to the cultural backlash, the NBA forced Sterling to sell the team last month to Seattle businessman Steve Ballmer. But Seattleites should resist the temptation to paint Levenson with the Sterling brush, no matter what affect it has on repatriating that NBA franchise. Sterling expressed personal animus, while Levenson engaged in an admittedly objectionable internal discussion about his business. His sin is reminiscent of former odds maker Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder's career-ending observation that black athletes were faster because their slave ancestors were bred for physical prowess. Snyder's conclusion can be debated, but slave owners' attempts to breed physically powerful slaves cannot. The observation was cringe-worthy in 1988 when Snyder said. It's cringe-worthy now. But it's a cringe-worthy fact. Then as now, it was much easier for the nation to turn into a bloodthirsty mob and attack the truth-teller than to confront the discomfort he caused by discussing facts. The same argument could be made of Levenson's thorny business-thinking. A pro sports team situated in a city like Atlanta that has a black majority will likely have a predominantly black fan base. The question comes when examining whether that fan base – made up of a demographic that's been economically and socially oppressed – can provide the same local revenues as cities with more affluent white majority populations. The Hawks ranked as the fourth least valuable NBA franchise earlier this year, partially because it lost $3.6 million last year before taxes. The team earns $11 in revenue for each fan, according to Forbes. In comparison, the San Antonio Spurs – the current league champion and 10th most valuable NBA team – generates $58 per fan in a Latino majority city. Only Ballmer's Clippers has worse fan revenue than the Hawks – $10 each. The fan revenue relationship to race is debatable. But the Hawks' bottom line is not. So it's understandable for a business owner to explore even misguided notions about why his or her business is suffering. If they're wrong, or their plans for the community asset are distasteful, the market will say so. But the all too typical outrage to Levenson's frank racial talk tells a different tale and provides a singular lesson: don't talk about race – even privately. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said as much in a 2009 Black History Month speech: "In things racial, we have always been and I believe continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards." It would be cowardly to act as though race is not part of American thinking, or to ignore race when it surfaces. A brave society, however, would embrace such opportunities. At their core, the Levenson and Sterling episodes are not sports stories. They're not even business stories. They are stories about this society. Rather than rushing to judge, and causing resentment in some sectors, the earnest among us should use the situation to have an honest conversation about race – whether Seattle gets an NBA team or not. It's uncomfortable learning. But in matters of race, there is no other kind. Comments | Topics: bruce levenson, donald sterling, hawks


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The Pursuit of Happiness
As I sit down to write my first blog post, I find myself flipping through various topics and subjects that seem to constantly come up in therapy with clients, and that are often discussed in Buddhist psychology. Ideas around happiness, the present moment, being still, sitting with feelings, etc….and the truth is, I could go on forever. The list of important issues that we need to be discussing in the realm of mental health seems almost endless; there is still so much shame, secrecy and stigma around suffering. We don't love ourselves, and we feel constantly anxious, stressed out and unworthy. Not to mention different, broken and never enough.
But ultimately, all of these threads - these different angles and topics - hint at the same underlying question: What is the point?
Why are we here? Where do we find meaning? And are we living life in a way that is aligned with our highest selves, a lifestyle that supports love and joy and growth?
Our society is, in many ways, counter to the teachings of Buddhism and Buddhist psychology. We are raised in a fiercely individualistic culture, one that is largely focused on superficial and material wealth. We are obsessed with happiness and even in 2017, therapy is stigmatized, as if being anything other than happy is a problem, an illness to be treated within the confined walls of a therapist's office.
But the reality of life is far different than that of the culture in which we live – the truth of being human is that we suffer. We feel pain and we need connection. We can't do it alone. Superman/woman doesn't exist, and the constant striving for perfection – doing more, being more, achieving more – leaves us all miserable.
So why can't we all just give up the act and be REAL? Why are we all killing ourselves – literally and metaphorically – in our attempts to "keep up with the Jones's" when the Jones's don't even EXIST?
Suffering is not fun, to say the least – it hurts and it feels bad and none of us like it. But something that feels "bad" (ie, distressing) isn't inherently bad. Somehow, at some point in time, we decided to perceive emotions on a dichotomous scale from "happy" (good) to "sad" (bad). But feelings alone have no inherent value – just because something hurts, because it's painful or uncomfortable, does not mean that it's "bad" or "wrong" or "not okay". As Buddhists say "No mud, no lotus": there is no "good" without "bad", no light without darkness, no yin without yang. In Buddhist terms, life – and health, both mental and physical – is about balance. It's about finding the middle way, the space between grasping and aversion.
So next time you feel "bad" – stressed out, anxious, depressed, unhappy – let it be simply that: the feeling, without any value judgments attached to it. When we learn to understand our emotions in that light – in a way that is free from biases and pre-conditioned notions and social pressures – we find that our feelings can't kill us, like we fear they can. We learn to sit with what hurts, to accept what "is", and to pursue life, which is far greater, far richer and far more meaningful than the pursuit of happiness can ever be.


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I have a lot of pictures to share today so grab a cup of tea and sit back. I started off using the Miss Moxie Matchbook Kit fromRed Rubber Designs. I used a ton of different stamps so I will do my best to list them all at the end of the post. I altered my kit, slightly. As you know, I have an addiction to paints, sprays, embossing, texture paste…all that fun stuff. You can check out the kit online to see exactly what the papers look like. Alright, on to the pics.
The last picture is of the back of the album. I used paints, sprays and embossing. I hope you like this mini. The kit makes it so much faster to put together a mini. It leaves more time for decorating! Well, thats it for me today.
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Part Time Sales Assistant required for busy kitchen showroom on the A5 between Oswestry and Shrewsbury.
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For the November Skratchpad in LA, John Beez came through with his truly amazing "Fretless Fader". Basically this takes a DJ/Turntablist from doing rhythm sounds and whatnot with scratches and other tricks to be able to actually play notes on a musical scale using just a turntable and his very special DJ mixer. Check out this John Beez interview for a more detailed explanation.
Below is the video I shot from the night he came to Skratchpad including some video of him sessioning with other top LA DJ's.
Here's some other videos of John Beez getting down with his invention including a video of him jamming with Greyboy on two Fretless Faders!


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Ghosts are known as the name of the ethereal body of a person who is deceased, but not yet crossed over into the light. They are also sometimes called Earthbound Spirits. There are many kinds of Spirits and Ghosts are just one of the many individuals you may have the opportunity to interact with on the other side.
Ghosts are individuals who have thoughts, feelings, emotions and belief systems.
The only difference is they just don't happen to have a body *right now*.
No matter what kind of Spirit you meet, ghost or otherwise, most spirits are actually people, just like you and I.
Meaning they don't have any more power, than you or I.
Also, because they're people, you can choose which ones you interact with and which ones you don't, by standing up for yourself, walking away from situations you don't like and by and large, simply speaking your mind and saying NO, to anything or anyone you don't want in your space.
You can also select who you associate with and you can select the ghosts you interact with and allow into your space, just like you can choose your friends.
You can learn how to defend yourself from the ghosts you don't want around and attract the ones you do want around if any.
Yes, people can hurt you and so can some ghosts, but you can protect yourself against bullies and learn a little bit of psychic self-defense, if you need.
Thankfully, most people, including dead people, are pretty well-meaning individuals.
But you never hear about the nice guys, unfortunately, it's often the bad ones that make the news and gain all the attention. People with poor intentions and likewise, their ghosts, are not the majority of the population, they're the few and far between.
Loving, well-intentioned, caring and genuinely nice people are the majority of the human population.
This includes the deceased human population - ghosts.
Sadly, because most Spirits don't cause trouble, most people don't even realize they're around when they are.
Most people only notice what's going wrong, what's out of place and what's 'not right.
This noticing of what's not right is perfect, as this is our intuition doing what it's meant to do. If you notice something out of place, you can change it.
If you notice a troublesome Spirit in your space, that's a good thing because only once you notice a ghost, can you do something to change it. (Here's an eBook I've written on how to release a ghost from a space, and also, check out this blog if you see fit).
You can learn who the nice ones are and who the not so nice ones are, simply by learning how to feel the difference in between the presence of nice ghost versus the not-so nice ones and then kick out the not-so-nice ones when or if you see fit.
To end, the less we know, the more we fear.
The more we learn about and understand the Spirit World, the less fear, the less out of control, and the more comfortable navigating the spiritual world, you'll begin to feel.
Releasing the fear of the spirit world is a process and that many people have, which is why I've created a 14-day eCourse to Release Your Fears of the spirit world and why I have several eBooks all on topics related to identifying, clearing and releasing spirits, all of which can help you regain a sense of control and develop a better sense of understanding of what's going on, which in turn, releases the fear.
And remember, they're just like us.
No more or less powerful than we are.
Amanda Linette Meder
Other Articles You May Enjoy:
- Identifying Light Spirits vs. Dark Spirits: Who the Good Guys Are In the Spirit World
- Determining Who is Who in the Spirit World: Why Discernment is Important When Working With Spirit
- The Spirit Identification Key
- Protector Spirit Guides: What Is Their Purpose?
- Do I have Gatekeeper (Doorway) Guide?
- Spirit's Fingerprint: A Unique Way to Identify the Presence of Your Spirit Guide


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Bridging the gap between classic influences and modern forms, globally evolved designer Adarsh Gill blends world influences into one fashion statement. In her hands lifestyle finds a new meaning. Like past influences finding a new vocabulary and costuming blending into the informality of today.
Debuting in New York in the mid 70s, her label SAZ lived and sold out of Manhattan's trophy stores like Neiman Marcus and Macy's. Adarsh Gill traveled to Paris in the mid eighties. In the fashion Mecca of the world – Paris, she found a new design space for her designs.
Able to blend the European color palette and design sensibilities with the rich treasure trove of Indian handcrafting techniques, she slowly became the chosen beader for every fabled couture house worldwide.
A need, an urge to return to her roots brought her back to her palatial like home in Lutyens, Delhi. She continued to complete her couture commissions for Parisien design houses but alongside started her own label: Adarsh Gill. Flagging off the first signature store in Mumbai, she dressed the Indian crème de la crème. Stars, industrialists, royalty, senior politicians are her regulars and her label has successfully been at the helm of the nation's haute couture scenario ever since.
A master of both, the structured and tailored silhouettes of the West and the great Indian drape form of the East, her fashion sense is a fusion of oriental forms and western elements. A creator of veritable heirlooms, Adarsh Gill recreates the life lived by the Indian Maharajas of yore.
Her colors, textiles, embroideries and embellishments exude an understated elegance that allows the wearer to subtly shine through. From rich Velvets to the finest Lamés, French Chiffon to Lace, statuesque silhouettes meet sensual forms and whisper like drapes complete the picture perfectly.
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In the second week of September European Heritage Days (EHD) will be held in the Czech Republic.
European Heritage Days goal is to make the most interesting monuments of all kinds available to the general public, i.e. architectural, archaeological, sacral, technical, as well as museums, galleries and libraries.
In buildings that are usually accessible to the public and where admission is charged, special programs shall be offered during these days (such as special guided tours, concerts, exhibitions, etc.).
This year, 9. 9. 2017, The City of Prague Museum opens for free The Main Building, Ctěnice Chateau, Podskalí Custom House at Výtoň, House at the Golden Ring and to The New Mill Water Tower.
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It was my friend A. who took me along the art institutions this weekend. She has a car that runs on electricity, which makes the smoothest sound - the sound of the future really. "Yes," A. confirmed, "In the future every car will run on electricity."
So A. and I zoomed futuristically from one art space to the other on Friday. It was a marvellous day - with rays of sunshine accompanying us, which made everything so pleasant and I was in an excellent mood. At the Akademie der Künste, such an architectural beauty, I arrived at the opening hour and chatted a bit with the young man at the counter. "I missed out on the Brecht-Benjamin exhibition," I lamented, "How was it?" "A lot of text," he said. I nodded. We started talking about his position at the counter. I suggested he must see a lot happening. The man confided in me that he saw Daniel Richter and Albert Oehlen together. "Na ja, Daniel Richter," I said cranky. A. arrived and joined the conversation. "You're an artist, right?" I asked. "How do you know?" he said. "The haircut," A. said. The young man didn't like that answer but it was true: he was wearing The Cut.
A. and I sighted when we entered the exhibition Underground und Improvisation. Alternative music and art after 1968. It made a stuffed impression with art works cluttered against the wall next to archival material. The musical instruments were presented like fetishes on pedestals. Not our kind of thing, that was clear from the start but we did give it a little try, walking around twice to check if we could find something that catches the eye and make us excited. Nothing really did. A. has even less patience than I have. The day before we had gone by the Schinkel pavilion to see Jordan Wolfson's exhibition, which is very "platt" to say it in German. We had to put on these huge 3D masks and the video started with a guy beating up another guy. "Do you want to see this?" A. asked immediately. I didn't.
After the Akademie we zoomed through Tiergarten to KW. I've been reading M Train by Patti Smith and Klaus [Biesenbach] is a close friend of hers who pops up regularly in the book. I'm a bit confused by that because I like Patti Smith and think she must be a nice person but then I always thought of Klaus Biesenbach as arrogant. Maybe I'm wrong but then A. said I'm right and she knows so out of personal experience.
KW has an interesting exhibition strategy going on under the new director: it always shows artists that are kind of related in their praxis. Like Ian Wilson and Hanne Lippard in their reduced aesthetics and now Judith Hopf and Trix & Robert with their design art. It was weak work. Trip & Robert were trying to pull of a kind of Richard Artschwager and Judith Hopf's red brick sculptures might have been something but then her videos were so bad as are her too funny computer men sculptures, so that also the red brick sculptures were not really doing it. "Zu dünn," A. said.
We had a wonderful half an hour in the sun on the terrace of KW where A. told me about a basic rule of waitressing: when you have served a table, look around at the other tables before going back inside. We did manage to order in the end.
SAVVY was our last stop of the day. I was excited to see the work of Julian Eastman in We have delivered ourselves from the tonal - of, with, towards, on Julius Eastman. But we were disappointed by the presentation, which we felt was kind of surprisingly loveless and amateurish. The music video of Annika Kahrs at the start had this bad camera work focussing on the ugly aesthetics of the clothes worn by the choir singers. Eastman's music could be listened to on headphones in the hallway but you had to sit on chairs pressed so closely to one another that they hardly invited to listen and were certainly not giving the music a space to breath. Next to it was an archive on colonialism that was not part of the exhibition. There were commissioned works by SAVVY, which didn't have the quality of Eastman's work at all. I wish his oeuvre had been in the centre of the exhibition, and not somebody else's. Instead of an archival video material on a small screen, why not a big projection? And the tapes played on little stools, why not beautifully presented on a table? It could have been a magnificent installation. Such a pity.
It was only the day after that I made it to Julia Stoschek in the Leipziger Straße. It was there that I saw a work that made me excited. Not Arthur Jafa's - although I can see it has importance, it didn't convince me in its aesthetics of cardboard sculptures, collaged videos and blown-up wallpaper photographs. Yet I loved the photographic collages titled Keeping it Together by Frida Orupabo that were exhibited alongside Jafa's work. Orupabo is an Instagram artist who makes small collages. For the Serpentine Galleries exhibition, she blew them up and stuck them together. It worked. They have an amazing power to them. The funny thing is that when I tried to Instagram them, for the first time in my Instagram career, they were refused. I guess I'm not going to be an Instagram art critic.


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- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 cup diced onion
- 2 cloves garlic, diced
- 1 can (19 oz.) enchilada sauce
- 1 (10 oz.) can Rotel tomatoes
- 1 1/4 cup water
- 1.25 oz package taco seasoning mix
- 2 large boneless skinless chicken breasts, uncooked and diced
- 3 cups dried rotini pasta
- 2 cups shredded Mexican cheese
- Green onions, olives, diced tomatoes, and cilantro to garnish
- Select Saute and add oil to the pressure cooking pot. When oil is hot, add onion and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and sauté for one minute.
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Gahh, I've missed blogging! I have so many posts in my head (A Gentleman's Cocktail Party! Donut Brunch! Free Summer Activities!), but I've been swept up in promoting GeekCraft Expo PDX and various other projects, which has put my personal writing on the back burner.
But! GeekCraft Expo PDX is this weekend (free to the public!) June 11 and 12 from 11 am to 7 pm at the DoubleTree at Lloyd Center, which means I'll be able to resume my strange musings next week. Until then, a peek at what I've been up to:
GeekCraft Expo PDX. RSVP and come see some amazing handmade geeky crafts by local artisans! We were on Fox 12 Oregon's Good Day Oregon this morning, check out the videos here.
GeekCraft Expo Kickoff Party. Tonight from 6 to 9 pm at Bridge City Comics! Free beer (for those 21+) from Hop Valley Brewing, music by Kielen King, and prizes from Dark Horse Comics, Bridge City, Ground Kontrol Classic Arcade, Guardian Games, the Hollywood Theatre, and Portland Retro Gaming Expo!
I've also been helping Portland's fantastic geek-folk sister duo, the Doubleclicks, spread the word about their upcoming 30-city tour! See the full schedule here. Check out their tour video below!
So if you're in the Portland area, come out tonight and next weekend to see some awesome stuff, and tune in next week–I should have more ridiculous things to write about.


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Beautiful, The Carole King Musical: New Wimbledon Theatre (and on tour)
(seen at the afternoon performance on 26th May 2018).
Oddly, a show I missed in the West End, for one reason or another. Still, now I know why it ran so long at the Aldwych Theatre and on Broadway. This is one classy jukebox show.
To get the negatives out of the way first: it's sanitised, if the programme "timeline" is anything to go by. There are divorces and other tragedies, and the show stops with the release of "Tapestry" and performance at Carnegie Hall. Further, it got a trifle wearing just how often someone significant was "just passing by the office" or was a "friend of a friend."
The good news is that the show is all about the music, and it's an education into just who created all those solid gold songs I know and love today. Take your pick – "Oh Carol," "Be-Bop-a-Lula," "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow," "The Locomotion," "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin" and many, many more by Ms King, her collaborators and friends.
True, you only get tasters of many, but this cast make them live and shine as if new.
As Carole King, Bronte Barbe is suitably 50s-girl ditzy, growing up fast in the music business but never really losing the innocent edge. Many vocals required, and all but one handled with style (a few odd notes on "One Fine Day" at the end of act 1 probably understandable tiredness).
Husband Gerry Goffin is given credible weakness by Kane Oliver Parry. A talent running out of control, too young to be tied down and unable to cope with success.
By contrast, neurotic fellow song writer Barry Mann (Matthew Gonsalves) is endearing, and finally "gets the girl" himself – his lyricist Cynthia Weil, played by Amy Ellen Richardson. Ms Richardson is easily the highlight of the show, gifted both vocally and as an actor, to a level explaining her lengthy list of credits – and likely to expand considerably in years to come.
There's strong work too from the ensemble, Carol Royle is an amusing Genie Klein, while Adam Howden makes music mogul Donnie Kirshner both straight-talking and compassionate. Vocally, in various impersonations and sequences, Leigh Lothian, Khalid Daley, Paige Miller and Ben Morris notably catch the eye at one point or another.
Particularly remarkable is the presentation. Derek McLane's touring scenery is West End standard, Alejo Vietti's costumes, Peter Kaczorowski's lighting and Brian Ronan's sound design enhancing all. Marc Bruni's direction is always sharp, keeping scenes moving as Josh Prince re-creates the choreography of the era.
If, like me, you are playing "catch up," this is going to be the perfect chance to rectify the issue. A few miles up the road, at West End prices, the entire show would be completely justified. "Beautiful" more than lives up to its name, for sure.
5 stars.
Photo credit: Craig Sugden. Used by kind permission of the New Wimbledon Theatre press office.
Remaining tour date information: beautifulmusical.co.uk/tour/
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The blood you see from rectal bleeding normally comes from either your colon, rectum, or anus. Your colon is the large intestine, where food passes after being digested in your small intestine. The main job of your colon usually involves removing water from undigested food and storing it before it's eliminated from your body.
At the end of your colon, the last seven inches or so, is your rectum. Your anus is the opening where stool passes out of your body. Together, your colon, rectum, and anus, make up a muscular tube called the large intestine (or lower gastrointestinal tract). Your large intestine is several feet long.
The color of blood you see in rectal bleeding is often a clue about its origin. For instance, the closer to your anus, the brighter red the blood will generally be. Blood from your anus, rectum, or end of your colon, is often bright red, while dark red or maroon blood often comes from higher up in your colon.
If the source of rectal bleeding is at the top of the colon, near where it connects to the small intestine, the blood can be in the system long enough to appear black. The color of blood you see is not definitive though. Massive bleeding from as far up as your stomach, can cause blood to speed through your colon and not stay in your system long enough to turn black.
Anal Fissure:
This common, but painful, condition is a tear in the lining of your anal canal. It can be caused by passing hard stools, or by chronic diarrhea. After your lining is torn, any following bowel movements will be painful, but little blood is evident. This condition is frequently mistaken for hemorrhoids, which do not generally cause pain during a bowel movement.
Treatment is often as simple as frequent warm baths and the use of bulking agents to keep your stools soft. Dr. Shamsi can order specially formulated creams that are compounded at pharmacies, although you might surgery if these treatments don't work.
Swollen or dilated blood vessels near your anus can occur inside or outside of your rectum. Problems occur when the cushion that holds your vessels, enlarges, causing anal bleeding or anal itching. Bleeding from hemorrhoids is usually mild, but you can have iron deficiency anemia if your hemorrhoidal bleeding is left untreated for several months, or years.
This condition appears most often in men and women over age 50. It's thought to be caused by years of high pressure spasms in your colon, or weaknesses in your colon wall. Diverticula are permanent pockets or sacs that stick out from your colon wall and can occasionally bleed. If bleeding is serious and consistent, hospitalization or surgery might be necessary to correct the condition.
Colon Cancers and Polyps:
The greatest fear whenever rectal bleeding is seen in Dr. Shamsi's office, is cancer. Polyps are benign, but if they grow large enough, they can bleed. Certain types of polyps can turn into cancer. Bleeding from either is usually mild, ranging from bright red to black.
Proctitis and Colitis:
Colitis is an inflammation of your colon, and proctitis is inflammation in your rectum. If either of these becomes ulcerated, bleeding can happen. These conditions have a variety of causes, including bacterial and viral infections, as well as some diseases. Each cause has its own treatment. Diarrhea, cramps, and rectal urgency, may accompany either of these conditions.
To properly treat rectal bleeding, you need to have an accurate diagnosis of its cause and source. This begins with a physical examination by your gastroenterologist, Dr. Shamsi, who will need your comprehensive medical history. He may order blood tests, and might want to perform an anoscopy, colonoscopy, angiogram, or other diagnostic procedure.
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Welcome to the second edition of The Canadian Black Book – The Value. Our goal is to provide our clients and partners with news, event updates, new initiatives and opinions from Canada's trusted source for vehicle values and automotive insights. In this edition we cover:
- 2018 Canadian Black Book Best Retained Value Awards
- CBB Connect Issue – We Apologize for the Inconvenience
- Our Golf Tournament gets Renamed in Honour of Kathy Ward
- Canadian Black Book Launches the Total Loss Report
- January's Used Vehicle Retention Index
New Tool Launches to Help Vehicle Owners After a Write-Off
Canadian Black Book Teams with Total Loss Report to Help Consumers Uncertain About Insurance Payouts
In Canada, 350,000 vehicles per year are written-off as total losses, by insurance companies after an accident. A total loss situation can be a very emotional and frustrating experience for a vehicle owner, as many have misinformed expectations of their vehicle's value, largely due to a lack of understanding of depreciation. The problem is compounded with a significant number of claimants who find payouts not sufficient to cover what they owe on the vehicle.
Partnering with Total Loss Report, Canadian Black Book has introduced an industry first tool on their website to provide vehicle owners with the information to help them deal with this stressful situation. The Total Loss Report generates an unbiased third-party report (as a PDF download) that combines accurate value ranges with a cross section of comparable listings taken from the Canadian Black Book website.
"Now for the first time, those experiencing a total loss situation can enter an insurance negotiation equipped with a report containing data about the vehicle in question, from a trusted third-party," says Brad Rome, President, Canadian Black Book. "The Total Loss Report immediately lets owners know where they stand and will make for smoother discussions with insurance providers," he adds.
The data is supplied from Canadian Black Book, Canada's premier provider of vehicle values to banks, insurance companies and car dealers for over 55 years and to consumers through Candaianblackbook.com since 2010.
"Seven years ago, we launched our consumer website and free online vehicle valuation tools changing the way Canadians shopped for vehicles, providing them with data they never had access to" says Rome. "Now we are once again putting our data and technology in the public domain to help both consumers and insurance companies 'Go In Smart' when discussing a total loss."
Although the goal is to better inform the consumer, insurance companies stand to benefit from the launch of this tool as well. In short, the Total Loss Report simplifies a difficult situation. Expectations on both sides are better managed, leading to a more informed negotiation and a higher likelihood of the insurance company retaining the client. More often than not, the insurer loses the customer after a total loss claim, as high expectations may not have been met.
The Total Loss Report launched on canadianblackbook.com in December 2017. If early numbers are any indication, this is a product that is in high demand by Canadian consumers.
The service can be accessed by consumers in one of two ways. It can be provided for free, if the consumer is willing to provide some basic contact details that will be shared with dealers in their area, as they will most likely be in the market for a new vehicle, taking a step out of the car shopping process. If the consumer would rather not provide their contact details, the report can be purchased.


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Taking Your Church to the Next Level by Gary McIntosh/
Gary McIntosh, author of Taking Your Church to the Next Level: What Got You Here Won't Get You There states that his book is, "about cycles of fruitfulness and the importance of continual improvement to diminish destructive forces that keep a congregation from focusing attention on its mission" (16). That statement is loaded and could mean a great number of things, but it, according to McIntosh, "is not to help you build a church larger than the one down the street. It is, however meant to assist you in understanding what is blocking the growth of your church and what you can do to see it reach a new level of impact" (191-192). McIntosh's argument appears to assume two things: first, that size is the greatest measurement of the health of a local church, and second, that pastors should desire to grow through the life stages of a church, which, incidentally are measured only by the number of congregants in attendance and years of existence. No attention or thought is given to the church that determines to remain at or under a specific size by continually planting more area churches, nor is any thought offered to the small-town church that simply will not grow into most of the church sizes mentioned in this book. 'Fruitfulness' and a church's 'mission' in the statement above both appear to hold a definition that places a greater emphases on numerical growth over spiritual growth. Yet, even if one disagrees with these two assumptions (as I do), there is still a great deal of helpful, thought-provoking material in Taking Your Church to the Next Level.
McIntosh offers some tools that the pastor should have in his leadership toolbox. These tools, if utilized in conjunction with many other pastoral tools—something McIntosh seems not to suggest—should provide many pastors with helpful ways of thinking about numerical growth.
The first helpful tool is the church life cycle, or St. John's Syndrome. Utilizing ideas from the business world as well as research from a number of scholars who have studied church growth, McIntosh identifies distinct stages most churches grow through based on size and age. While the specific size or age boundaries are disputed, thinking about the social constructs and communication methods within each stage is extremely helpful. These stages explain why some people enjoy the smaller churches while others are more comfortable in much larger churches. Looking through the lens of the St. John's Syndrome also helps us understand why some pastors are more successful in different stages of numerical growth.
Another useful tool related to the church life cycle is McIntosh's different categories of the church leader. The Catalyzer is the one who is an entrepreneurial type who can start church groups from scratch (90-91). The Organizer is one who takes the assembled pieces and introduces organization that maximizes resources (91-92). The Operator "keeps and organization going by improving its general procedures and systems (92). A Reorganizer is a turnaround leader who takes a church from a declining to a new direction, and a Super-Reorganizer brings about radical redirection, often saving a church from death (93-96).
Finally, McIntosh's chapters on moving through various stages in the church growth life cycle are thought provoking. These chapters may serve to help pastors who are relatively weak in the area organizational structure. "The bottom line," according to McIntosh, "is it takes different skills to lead a church during each stage of its life" (89). By providing examples of the garden-variety church at each stage along the way and then providing practical suggestions, the pastor has a framework on which to hang his ideas.
All of McIntosh's guidance appears to be backed by a great deal of research and practical experience. It is helpful. This however, must be seen through the assumption that numerical growth is the desired outcome. Of course, churches should hope and pray to grow numerically (alongside the more important areas of spiritual growth and growth in faithfulness), just as the early New Testament church in Jerusalem was adding large numbers day by day, but McIntosh's tools are really only designed to help with numerical growth.
If the pastor's primary goal is numerical growth, McIntosh's book should be among his top resources. This book is well thought out and supported by a great deal of research. However, while McIntosh's work is highly practical, it is lacking in theological support. There are very few paragraphs dedicated to spiritual growth (if any) and almost no biblical references among his sited sources. For a book written to pastors for the purpose of growing churches the Bible aught to be the primary guide, which only further demonstrates McIntosh's high value placed on numerical growth. Taking Your Church to the Next Level can easily be applied to para-church and non-profit organizations as well as non-Christian faith systems and cults.
In addition, Christ says he will build his Church (Matthew 16). Men can and should draw plans and strategies through prayer and submission to the Lord's will regarding the assembling and managing of a local church, but in the end, God determines if a local church will or will not grow. The best plans of men still come with absolutely no guarantees. However, McIntosh's tone is as if these methods are sure to bring numerical growth. Indeed, pastors should seek ways to grow as well as remove those things that are stopping numerical growth such as "the lack of adequate seating, parking, and classroom meeting space" (139); but pastors should first be men of character seeking to serve faithfully and trusting the results to the Lord.
I personally found the information and tools of Taking Your Church to the Next Level helpful but my experience and the scores of other similar books on the topic left me feeling that McIntosh's goals are misguided. There's nothing wrong with seeking growth—I know I certainly would like to see more people involved in the church were I serve as well as the church I am planting—but my first preference would be to see healthy growth. Therefore, this book should be paired with at least one more on the topic of spiritual growth in order for it to be more effective and avoid such a business tone that is absent of an apparent faithfulness toward the mysteries of God.
Purchase this book from Amazon here.
* This post comes from portions of a paper written for the partial fulfillment of a DMin at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. It has been redacted and modified for this website. ** Purchases from the links on this website help support the ministry of SaltyBeliever.com.


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Ever since the massive boost in popularity of online bingo games the number of ways we handle our cash on these sites has also seen an exponential amount of growth.
Now we can use interesting systems like pre-paid cards, e-wallets and even vouchers to transfer cash into these digital accounts. But, one payment system that remains to be the most popular and arguably the first one to ever be adopted by these online sites is Visa and MasterCard.
How to Make Visa & MasterCard Payments
It's incredibly easy to set up your online account to pay for bingo with Visa or MasterCard transactions. Normally you're prompted to enter your card details like the long number, experience date and security digits when you first sign up.
If you weren't then you normally go through the banking side of the site and look for an option to add a payment method. Once you've done that you again normally have to enter your card or bank details.
It's a process that normally takes a few minutes to finish, so in a short space of time you could be all set up to start making deposits.
The Pros & Cons of Card Payments
Of course when you're making bingo deposits with Visa and MasterCard you will likely run into a few perks and problems, so here's a brief cover of what you might encounter.
One of the best things about Visa and MasterCard is that they're extremely to set up, plus they're accepted at a wide range of websites. They also don't charge you for withdrawals or deposits, whilst other payment systems can sometimes contain hidden charges.
You also don't have a maximum cap on deposits, unlike systems like Ukash where you can only put in a maximum of £500 at a time.
In terms of problems the biggest one is that they're not 100% secure. You have to store all of your card details and sensitive information on a site and if the site you're using is hacked your card numbers could be compromised.
Another issue is that it can take a while for your cash to appear on your account after you make a withdrawal, whilst with systems like Ukash you can instantly deposit or withdraw money without having to wait around for hours.
Bingo Sites Compatible with Visa & MasterCard Payments
Since they're the main source of payments for a lot of sites it would be pointless to list every site that uses them, so instead we've picked out a couple of the best ones.
Lucky Touch Bingo:
When you sign up with this site they will give you £10 free for creating an account, then when you make a deposit you will receive a 500%, 350% and 300% bonus on your first three top-ups.
Glossy Bingo:
A 250% bonus is what's in store for you when you transfer cash into your account on this site. It's a great way to get some extra mileage out the money you put in!
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Visa and MasterCard payments will always be popular with players; they're a great system that has a lot of perks and only a few flaws. So if you want to simplify your bingo experience try using one of these card providers to keep your account topped up with cash!
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There's an equal number of genetics and Shakespeare credits on my undergrad transcript. You'll also find a dog-eared copy of the Bard's complete works on the same shelf as my stack of old lab notebooks, both sporting mild coffee damage. As a result, I am irrationally excited about the European Bioinformatics Institute's newest scheme: to translate the world's most celebrated collection of sonnets into the universal language of life.
The story starts, as most good stories do, with two scientists in a bar. Nick Goldman and Ewan Birney were discussing the growing difficulty of managing their institution's ever-increasing archive of genetic information. With the advent of next-generation sequencing technologies, genetic databases are exploding at mind-blowing rates. Unfortunately, yet unsurprisingly, budgets can't quite keep up with the technology. Oftentimes the most elegant solutions are also the most simple. And where scientists are concerned, they often involve beer. In any case, after a couple of rounds, the pair of British bioinformaticians realized that the answer was staring them in the face: DNA.
Our entire being is coded in DNA. In fact, the entire biotic universe is coded in DNA. More stable and compact than any hard drive conceivable by man, DNA is a molecule that's evolved over billions of years to encipher unfathomable complexity. As far as storage possibilities go, it's nigh unbeatable. Goldman and Birney had the answer. Now all they needed was a method to convert genetic material into digital code.
DNA consists of four nucleotides – A, G, T, and C – that code all the world's genetic information while digital files store data as a string of 1s and 0s. Every letter in the alphabet has its own eight-digit binary sequence. Goldman and Birney simply created their own code using DNA. They assigned a sequence of five nucleotides to each letter in the alphabet thereby enabling words to be translated back and forth between DNA and binary.
In order to test their theory, the scientists converted all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets into their newly created DNA code, letter by letter. They emailed the file to Agilent, a US-based company that manufactures specific synthetic DNA sequences de novo. What they got in return was a single test tube containing a teeny tiny drop of clear liquid. Goldman and Birney sequenced the dropful of DNA and, lo and behold, were able to re-read all 154 of Bill's poems.
What does this mean for us mere mortals?
Since the dawn of consciousness human beings have been looking for answers. We're a narcissistic bunch, always wanting to know more and more about what makes us tick, what makes us special. The fact is, a lot of those mysteries will unravel with the double helix. DNA isn't going anywhere. We will always want to read it and it will always be the same. Technologies will come and go, sequencers will become more powerful than contemporary humans can imagine, but those four letters are immortal. What we've got here is the embryo of future information storage. The best part is, unlike computers – whose hard drives have a life span of a mere five to ten years, and which inexplicably malfunction when I am in the vicinity – DNA will sit tight for as long as you want it to. Tens of thousands of years in fact. Maybe millions. Maybe even longer.
And isn't it poetic when you think about it? What better way to record the human experience than in our own biological language? It makes sense that Shakespeare's sonnets were among the first works to be immortalized in this manner. For me that captures the spirit of the project, a timeless vehicle for timeless works. Thanks to Goldman and Birney, 16th century sonnets will be available to 60th century poets.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
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Trevor Noah Lost His Voice, But Continued To Host 'The Daily Show' With Help From Mike Acosta
The Comedian Lost His Voice Celebrating Nelson Mandela's Birthday In South Africa
Trevor Noah sat in his normal chair for Tuesday's episode of 'The Daily Show,' but he left talking duties up to someone else. After losing his voice while in South Africa, doctors ordered Noah not to speak at all, or risk needing surgery. This lead to comedian Mike Acosta filling in for the speaking part of Tuesday's show.
TONIGHT: Trevor left his heart in South Africa… and his voice! pic.twitter.com/a91xFnhvJ4— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) December 5, 2018
The normal host of 'The Daily Show' lost his voice while celebrating the centennial birth of Nelson Mandela. Events took place in South Africa commemorating the life and work of the former president and anti-apartheid leader. Mandela is a personal hero to Trevor Noah, a native South African, and it seems the large scale event took Noah's voice away for the time being.
Tuesday's taping of 'The Daily Show' started just like any other, but after walking onto the set, and receiving cheers from the crowd, Noah walked over to his desk, where comedian Mike Acosta was already sitting. Acosta addressed the crowd, explaining that for that show, he would be doing the talking for Noah.
Speaking as Noah, Acosta explained to the audience, "Over the weekend, I lost my voice and my doctor told me not to speak at all or I might get surgery, so I cannot say a word. Luckily, I have Mike Acosta to be my voice for today." While this was going on, Trevor Noah sat by Acosta's side adding hand and facial gestures to the monologue.
There was a moment when Mike Acosta relieved himself of his duties of replacing Noah's voice. When the subject of race came up, Acosta stepped aside, and allowed comedian Roy Wood Jr. to fill in as Trevor Noah's voice. It is unknown if this move will be permanent for as long as Noah is unable to speak, or how long Noah's voice will be out for. For now, fans will have to experience Noah's voice through another comedian. Hopefully they can find someone who can match his accent.
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Ok how to find a threesome well my boyfriend suggested we try out a threesome with another woman about a year ago, but we had no idea about how to hook up with another woman to start a threesome. So we decided to pop down to our local night club and see if we could find someone interested in sleeping with us. Obviously we were looking for a woman and not a guy so this was a bit harder to do because most guys would love to be in a threesome but when it comes to women not so many would.
We did manage to meet a couple of girls who were interested in the idea but by the end of the night both had changed there minds and we went home alone. But we didn't give up a few nights later and we tried again at the same club and this time we met a girl named Sophie who was more than willing to try out a threesome with us. So we headed back home with Sophie sat for a while with a bottle or two of wine and eventually retired to the bedroom.
At first we were all a little unsure how to start things going so I decided to kiss Sophie and after that it all fell into place. Now I'm not going to go into details here but I will say it was a fantastic night and one we hoped to repeat very soon. Well there was no need to worry about that, Sophie started coming around every other night and we all ended up in bed together everytime. Unfortunately Sophie started a new job and had to move away from the area which left us looking for a new playmate.
But to be honest with you I'm kind of glad this happened because as I said to Marcus my boyfriend I think it would be wiser to have new girls instead of the same one all the time, this way no one would start having deeper feelings for each other and no one would end up getting hurt. But having said that how in the world were we going to find a girl for a threesome but more importantly a different girl everytime.
Back To The Clubs
Well we started going back to the club and searching to find someone for a threesome each night, and again we did find one woman after about a fortnight of looking but that was just a one night thing for her which we didn't mind because we had already agreed not to date the same girl more than twice. Over the course of about two months we met up with three women to join us in our threesomes but we wanted to find a girl for at least every weekend and going to the club searching just wasn't working.
So we changed our tactics and started to look online for fuck buddies as my boyfriend calls them. This method worked and works extremely well indeed, infact we now meet up with a new women almost every weekend and in my next article I will explain how we find threesomes online.


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Meet this week's SmallBusiness.com's Small Business Pet of the Week, Addy Edwards, chief morale officer, CMO, at the Nashville advertising and public relations firm, Bill Hudson Agency. You can learn all about her duties as CMO on her very-own page on the firm's website. On it, there's also some great information about the benefits of having an office pet.
Not only does Addy have a special website page, she also has a Facebook Page.
We've actually met Addy in "person" as her offices are on 1st Floor of the building where you can find SmallBusiness.com on the 5th. We get to say hello to her from time to time, when she's not too involved with her work and sleep responsibilities.
Addy loves cool floors and greeting visitors.
Rumor has it that Addy was upset recently when her boss, Wayne, informed her she could not have a side job with Uber.
Addy is a perfect Chief Morale Officer as just seeing her lifts everyone's spirits.
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Max Verstappen no longer has the element of surprise, and all eyes will be on the Dutch driver when the Formula One season gets underway at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.The Red Bull driver has already made Formula One history as the youngest to win a race and the youngest to qualify on the front row of the grid. He also completed a record 78 overtaking moves during the 21-race season.Verstappen antagonized senior drivers like Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen with his brazen attitude last season.Instead, Verstappen chastised Vettel over the radio after an incident during one race and mocked Vettel's frustration because of his difficult season with Ferrari.With three-time champion Lewis Hamilton into his 30s and Vettel turning 30 in July, F1 will be counting heavily on Verstappen in the years to come.Mercedes never imposed team orders on Hamilton and Rosberg until the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP, which Hamilton ignored anyway as he tried -- and failed -- to stop Rosberg clinching the title.


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My First Support Group Meeting
I won't being writing about the personal stories that are shared in the group (because what is shared in the group, stays in the group) but I will be outlining my experience and the resources I plan to develop. The drastic change in the weather (went from being 60 degrees the day before and sunny to about 40 degrees and raining) and my lack of sleep made getting to the meeting difficult for me. I was running on about 2.5 hours of sleep and my joints were aching. But my excitement to meet other people with my condition, outweighed anything holding me back.
According to the RSVP list, a total of 6 members were going to attend. I arrived about 15 minutes beforehand to find the place and get things set up. When the hospital had said they gave me their largest conference room, I was expecting one large table (like a boardroom style space). I was surprised to find clusters of workgroup tables and the fire code sign on the door said the room capacity was over 200 people. The room was dark so I searched all over for a light switch...the only one I found was right next to a fire alarm. Terrified of setting off the alarm, I decided to push this strange looking button anyway...and...all the lights in the room slowly began to turn on :) Yay, No alarms! It's now about 2 minutes before the meeting is supposed to begin.
I individually messaged all of the "Yes" RSVPs, to let them know how to find the room.
*It's now a few minutes after our scheduled meeting time and I'm the only person in this large room* I remind myself that it's the first meeting, people will need time to find the place, and it's raining.
Two people show up within 10 minutes of our official start time and we decided to wait a little while to start because it was our first meeting.
It turned out to be the 3 of us for the meeting and I couldn't be happier with the depth of our discussion. I laid some basic ground rules, provided my background & reasons for starting the group, and the discussion happened organically. I have future topics to explore and resources to create. So many things to research! I'm excited and so incredibly thankful that the other members showed up.
For me, it's not a numbers game (how many people can I fit in the space), it's about helping other patients. The depth of discussion brought up important topics that I had either forgotten I needed to address or things I needed to look into further. The emotional support of being in a room with other people who GET IT, when I'm talking about my condition - is priceless.
Afterwards I felt fulfilled. I have direction. I have support. I felt validation for what I'm trying to do, there are others that need this group too. And I'm looking forward to our next meeting. From the bottom of my heart, thank you to the members that attended our meeting.


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The museum of endangered sounds
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The impact of technology on our lives.
When we think about technology, we often think about all the new things that it brings to our lives. But, Brendan, a student at Chattanooga State Community College, thinks about technology differently. Brendan started wondering about what we may be losing. And in doing so came up with the great idea of archiving sounds that are "endangered" because of new technology.
Dubbed the Museum of Endangered Sounds, Brendan has a set of 18 photos that can be clicked to play the corresponding sound. Depending on your age you may or may not have even heard of some of these sounds. Think about the sound of a modem connecting, the sound of a rotary dial phone, or even…"We're sorry, your call cannot be completed as dialed" (I never liked that lady).
You can almost see the game show now, "Name that Endangered Sound." The cheesy game show host invites the next two contestants up to the podium, he signals for the sound to play while the two contestants hover their hand over the red plunger button in anticipation. The sound begins…a hand slaps the button…the contestant says…"A busy signal." Woohoo, 100 points for your team.
Or, how about adding sounds to the oh so popular trivia nights at all the local bars (something us older folks would kill at).
Saving a piece of technological history.
I never though about how if we fail to capture these sounds they may disappear forever. Would loosing the sound of a modem connecting be a horrible thing, probably not. But, these sounds, or lack thereof, tell the story of the digital age; how quickly technology is advancing and with it changing the very noises we encounter in our daily lives.
Think about all the sounds we could collect by crowdsourcing the whole site. What might we learn? Do the sounds that are disappearing differ by countries? What sounds have disappears that we here in the U.S. don't even know about? Have any sounds come back?
It's not just sounds that are endangered (and even extinct). It's things too.
Maybe Brendan needs to create a companion site, "Name that Endangered Thing." After all, it's not just sounds that we may be loosing forever, it's also things. Think about some of the "things" that are disappearing. For example, do you know what this red thing is? We certainly have little use for it anymore now that we listen to digital music.
How about the plastic folding photo holder thingy that you used to add to your wallet? Heck I couldn't even find a photo of one on the Internet. Which made me think that not only are sounds/things being endangered, depending on how long ago they existed (and we're talking decades not centuries), they might not even have a presence on the web. And for many younger folks that means they probably never existed anyway.
Think about what other sounds Brendan might add to his site? What other "things" are endangered or even extinct?
SPOLIER: It's a spindle for a 45 RPM record (which have pretty much also disappeared).
And the yearly migration begins….10 ways you know it's spring in State College.
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How do you know spring has arrived? In most places the trees start to bud, flowers start to pop up, the weather warms, and the days get longer. Well here in Happy Valley (a.k.a. State College) we have our own unique way of recognizing the arrival of spring.
Here are the top 10 ways you know it's spring in State College.
1. Red chairs pop up outside at Cafe 210.
2. Gaggles of college kids in matching t-shirts wondering around town (the annual bar tour).
3. The fragrant scent of cheap beer everywhere.
4. Blue Natty Light cans scattered across the lawn.
5. Red solo cups impaled on unsuspecting bushes.
6. Skin everywhere (guys in shorts, girls in sundresses) even when it's 50 degrees and raining.
7. The slap-slap sound of flip-flops.
8. A sudden increase in desperate emails from students trying to figure out how to make up for missed assignments.
9. Mattresses, broken bookcases, and the odd papasan chair without a cushion left on the curb.
10. And finally, an eerie quite hush blankets the valley as the students leave for the summer.
It appears as a culture we may have a very short digital memory. This morning I was listening to a story on NPR about "new" app books for children. "There's a whole new way to read your kids to sleep these days" the story begins. It goes on to describe eBooks that read to your kids, highlight words as they are spoken, include animation, and "interactive features" where kids can touch a picture to hear what it is or see it animate and even hear the book in a different language.
I agree that this is a cool idea. Actually back 1989 when this concept first emerged it was cool too. I guess my surprise at the story was how this concept was being portrayed as novel. These eBooks are really "something entirely different" the story continues.
Sure the touch component and portability that comes with iPads is new. That certainly makes these books more accessible, but the concept of interactive books for children that are designed to help them learn to read and interact with characters and objects on the page isn't. Back in the day they were called "living books."
One of my kid's favorite was "Just Grandma and Me" but there were many to choose from. These living books (CD-ROMs) were totally engaging and even had little hidden fun thing the kids could look for. Of course she used a mouse and by today's standards an ancient bulky desktop computer (complete with upgraded graphics card I might add). I have to admit that sometimes I just wanted to play with them myself.
I find it interesting that the iPad is being viewed as an entirely new medium. It is revolutionary in terms of mobility and the gestural interface, but we need to give credit to the really smart instructional designers, graphic artists, and programmers who came before and truly conceived of "something entirely different." Not to mention the fact these people were working with many more constraints in terms of computing, graphic output, and programming tools.
I think I'll call my daughter and ask her if she remembers these books. My guess is she will.
Overheard on campus…
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I'm what they consider a "non-traditional" student here at Penn State. Basically that means I'm coming into the PhD program having taken a 20+ year detour into the business world. So I guess the non-traditional part is the "real-life" experience I bring to the table (because I don't really want it to just mean I'm older).
That said, as I walk around campus I'm immersed in a sea of 18-20 something year olds. I get to overhear a lot of very interesting conversations. OK, maybe I listen in in an attempt to feel closer to my kids of the same age whom I left back in VA.
That said, in the spirit of "overheard" Web sites everywhere, I launch the inaugural edition of "Overheard on campus." It's about conversations I find interesting or at least revealing in terms of the younger generation and their experiences at college and it's as close to the actual conversation as my "non-traditional" brain can remember.
Overheard on campus…
Male: "As long as I'm here I'll never miss a football game."
Female: "Yeah right, unless, like, you have to go home or something."
Male: "Why would I go home?"
Female: "You know, for family shit."
Male: "We don't do shit in our family."
That's cool.
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In the that's just plain cool department Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale. Try to sing along.


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Just like magic to me, spring has sprung. With such a mild winter this year the blooms are very early. The flowering trees are magnificent, and the phlox is beyond compare. All of the bulbs have finished, but the masses of foliage were much fuller and greener than usual. I think that this might be one of the more beautiful displays ever. Even the azaleas are opening, in all their glory.
It seems all of the plants that I transplanted last fall had a very easy first winter in which to spread their roots and become acclimated to their new locations. I was very happy to see the first leaves sprouting on the three crepe myrtles, and am even more anxious to see them grow to fill out the side garden where once the purple maple stood. Really the only downside of this spring is dandelions, which always seem to blow in, and they are doing way too well. Thankfully, I have two terrific tools which easily uproot them. If your yard is prone to these weeds, I wholeheartedly recommend getting one. They make the process a lot quicker. They work great on all weeds, whatever size.
I am almost done with trimming back the liriope, euonymus, and junipers. Not a minute too soon either, they are already sprouting new growth. I am hoping to finish this weekend because it is now time to edge, and add some new mulch to keep the weeds down and the moisture in. Lots to do!
A good tip to get your garden off to a good start is after you have prepared the soil with some weed preventer, and stirred in a little compost to add nutrients, give your garden a good watering prior to mulching. This will give it a boost, and ensure that all your plants have everything they need for the new growing season.
I hope everyone gets a chance to enjoy this incredible time of the year, whether it's in your own yard, or even the park. Just a reminder — Garden Week is almost here with lots of inspiring places to visit.


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The proposal to convert an existing two-story retail building into a first-floor convenience store with two apartments on the second floor was back before the Southold Town Planning Board during a work session Monday, over a year since its original proposal.
The gas station would sit on the south side of Route 48 in Southold, just about 1,000 feet east of another proposed gas station, Southold Gas Station and Convenience Store. READ


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This weekend was a super fun and exciting weekend. I was busy busy busy but that was good.
I had the day off so my bestie Annie and I had a fall fun day! We decided to make it just a go with the flow laid back day. We started with coffee and a visit to this small waterfall in Osceola. It is so pretty and peaceful. We chatted and soaked up the view before heading back up the million stairs we went down.
Then it was off to the apple orchard. We checked out all the decor for sale and walked around a little outside. We checked out the pumpkins but I wasn't liking any of them much. I bought some apples and pears and Annie got a few soup mixes.
We had time to go out to lunch so we did that. We went to Champs rooftop to eat because it was so nice outside. We ended up just missing the movie time at 1pm so we went to my house to relax for a little bit before the movie at 3.
We went to see Masterminds. It was okay but not great. Parts of the movie were really funny but overall it wasn't very good which was surprising since the actors and actresses in the movie are normally really funny. I would say wait for this one to come out on DVD or Netflix if you were wanting to see it.
We spent the morning together drinking coffee and playing with Liam. It was a pretty uneventful morning for us but it was nice.
While Liam napped I started getting ready for date night. Joe and I planned a date night for our 2 year anniversary that was on Tuesday.
I had to wake Liam up from his nap because my mom was picking him up and they were going to a wedding. He looked so cute all dressed up and I even combed his little bit of hair to the side.
Once my mom picked Liam up I finished getting ready. We had reservations for 5:15pm and it was going to take us a little while to get there so by the time I finished getting ready it was time to go.
We went out to eat at Pittsburgh Blue. They have really good steaks and we were so excited to just have such a yummy dinner. I ended up ordering a glass of wine with dinner which was a huge mistake… Ever since having Liam I have discovered certain beverages make my throat swell up…or at least feel swollen. It has never happened with wine before which is why I didn't think it would be a problem. (Does this happen to anyone else??)
The food looked super yummy but it was so hard for me to eat with my throat all messed up. It was super hard to swallow making eating just uncomfortable. It kind of ruined the dinner for me and Joe. We packed up the rest of my meal to-go and our complimentary dessert and walked over to Whole Foods to get something similar to tums thinking maybe that would help.
We ended up getting these papaya enzyme chews which seemed to help but ultimately I think time passing helped the most. I really wanted dessert and the dessert they gave us was red velvet cake —not a fan! So we drove to Hudson.
While we were at dinner my mom sent us a picture of Liam putting on the charm at the wedding reception. Such a cutie!
Once we got to Hudson my throat felt much better and I was hungry. Joe was hungry too. So we went to Pier 500 for our second meal (haha). We order gouda nachos and brie cheese curds. The nachos were amazing. I was not a fan of the cheese curds.
Then it was time for my dessert. I got the berries crisp which was so amazing and delicious. I seriously couldn't stop eating it. I want more right now!
We were going to go to a movie in the theaters but we just weren't interested in seeing any of the movies out right now so we headed home to rent a movie on demand and relax in comfy clothes. We rented Central Intelligence which was pretty funny. Then head off to bed!
Sleeping in was amazing! I slept until 7:30am which hasn't happened in so long. Joe slept until after 8am. I woke up, had some coffee, and watched Gilmore Girls on Netflix until Joe woke up.
We seriously did not know what to do with ourselves without Liam. It was so quiet in the house and we both were kind of bored without him there. We missed him too. We would have went and got him right away in the morning but we had a run in the afternoon during Liam's nap so we were going to get him after that.
We made a nice brunch with eggs and my leftover steak. It was tasty and good fuel for our run.
The race started at 1pm. We headed there at 12:30pm to hang out with Annie and her family before the race. She got a cute new husky puppy Saturday!
The weather was amazing. It was 70 and sunny. It felt really great until we started running…then it was hot! However, I ran my fastest 5k to date! Joe ran with me almost the entire time! After about 2.5 miles he needed a short break. He has a bad ankle and knee right now and they were both really bugging him. It was a really short break though because he was right behind me shortly after I left him.
I kicked it down at the end and ended up taking 3rd place for women in the event and got a free hair cut certificate for it. I finished in just under 28 minutes! Post run we were both sweaty and tired!
After we ran we picked up Liam quick and then headed to Champs for the after party and giveaways. We walked in just in time to have my name called for a Champs gift card. Then shortly after that Joe's name was called for a Champs gift basket.
We headed home then. I had tortellini soup/pasta cooking in the crock pot for dinner. Joe went out hunting while Liam and I played the rest of the evening. Dinner was super simple since it was in the crock pot.
Liam was tired so he went to bed right at 7. Joe got home from hunting and we spent the evening relaxing on the couch.
We had such a great weekend! I hope everyone was able to enjoy the beautiful weather and I hope you all have a great week!


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Congratulations and best wishes are in order for some of our very talented and beloved York Prep faculty members. In the past year a lot of changes have given cause for celebration including retirements, babies and weddings like that of Jump Start teacher Maria D'Angelo Morley. Over the summer three more of the York Prep community said their celebrated their nuptials with lovely marraige ceremonies surrounded by friends and family. Athletic Director Peter Bianco married his bride, Mrs. Meagan Bianco, in late August, Jump Start teacher Jessica Beyer wed Mr. Matt Larivee early in August, and science teacher Ann Heffernan said "I do" to Mr. Joseph DeFazio in late June.
So if you happen to run into one of these lucky newlyweds, be sure to congratulate them because it can't have been easy to come back to school after such wonderful summers!