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Our monthly "the best article I have found" series "Bread & Jam." Sharing one or two influential articles you can read while you make toast . . . and, of course, a little Jam--just for fun!
Please recognize that inclusion in the monthly Toast and Jam does NOT mean I agree with the author's opinions! In fact, sometimes it is quite the opposite! I plan to include cogent articles that challenge the reader's thinking and that, I hope, will get you asking "better questions"about your own particular situation!
Organizations and Business:
What is the most difficult skill to master as a leader? Your own psychology!
Making meetings work for introverts, women, and remote workers. An article by Harvard Business Review.
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Free your work, free your soul! Sounds good, doesn't it?
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Original Title in Japanese: Aishiteruze Babe
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A five-year-old Yuzuyu Sakashita is suddenly brought to the home of her relatives, the Katakura family, for temporary care. The Katakura family consists of grandparents, parents, a daughter and two sons. Kippei Katakura, a very popular high school senior, has been enjoying his school life with many girls always following him around, but his world turns upside down when Yuzuyu comes into his life. His tough and outspoken older sister Reiko orders him to take care of Yuzuyu. Kippei cannot refuse, of course, because he is scared of her. From the next day, he must make lunch for Yuzuyu, and then take her to her kindergarten.
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Dear Lord,
I pray that you give my husband and myself strength and hope during this tough time. Lord help keep us focused on you and not despair. I pray our family will come through this challenge, God, that you know we are passing through.
Please continue to bless my developing baby and keep him strong and healthy. Thank you Lord for your blessings and for carrying us through these hard times. Amen
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Trevor Bell 'Trans-Form' (Painting / Sound / Movement) Opens At Peninsula Arts
'Trans-Form', the late Trevor Bell's major public exhibition, opened on Monday 16th April at Peninsula Arts, Plymouth and continues until 26th May, 2018.
The elemental energy of Bell's unique paintings provided the impetus for a new contemporary dance work co-choreographed and performed by Sarah Fairhall and Lois Taylor which was performed at the opening in the House Theatre. The performance was accompanied by a transcendent sound score composed by multi-instrumentalist Jamie Mills in response to works from the exhibition. There will be an additional performance on May 12th - further details can be found here: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/performance-transform-sound-dance
The core of the exhibition is eleven important, monumental paintings made from the early 1990's up to a selection of his final key works. Trans-Form is the final exhibition supervised by Trevor Bell before he sadly passed away in November 2017.
'Trans-Form' was conceived and curated by Joseph Clarke. This major exhibition event is delivered in partnership by Peninsula Arts and The Box, Plymouth.
Click below to view the full opening night performance of 'Trans-Form' which took place in The House Theatre, filmed by Alban Roinard:
Trevor Bell 'Trans-Form', Peninsula Arts, Roland Levinksy Building, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA
10am to 5pm Monday to Friday, 11am to 4pm Saturday. Admission free
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I'm basically a walking Primark Ad today! I picked up this knit and skirt yesterday whilst in LDN! I never normally wear jumpers.. nor skirts! I love skirts, but majority of them make my rear look about 5 times the size it actually is (and that is pretty huge considering..!) But I did fall in love with the colour, perfect for Autumn right! And my ass doesnt look THAT huge. I hope anyway!
So today, Matt and I went to visit my Gran in her little cottage at the farm. Matt had never been before, so it was nice to show him around. He even made some new friends!
I love going to the farm to chase the ducks around too. They literally must hate me, and every time they see my car pull into the driveway, I'm pretty sure they run and hide! On the way home, I always have to try my hardest to keep Matt awake (he's terrible in cars!) So we decided to play a game. We established that I'm too dumb to play 20 questions. My replies are always "Urm maybe, actually i'm not to sure". Plus I once thought bee's never had legs. Yeah! So instead we played shag, marry, kill. Hilarious game! Until he fell asleep just as I pulled into our road!
Tomorrow, I have two baby showers to bake for! Hopefully things are on the up, and then an evening of burritos! Yum! And preparing ourselves for Friday.. when we have 12 people coming from all over the country (It's OK we know them!) for a HUGE night out! I can tell now that I'll be needing to get the hoover out on Saturday. Or maybe Sunday.. Definitely a bed day Saturday!


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Such a sharp disagreement
Tuesday – Acts 15: 36-40 Sometime later Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing." Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work. They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company. Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus, but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the believers to the grace of the Lord.
It's not just with our families that we have conflict. We also have conflict with our co-workers and ministry partners. In today's passage, we see an argument between Paul and Barnabas (who travelled around the world together for the entire first half of Acts) that grew so contentious that they parted ways – much like Lot and Abraham did. There's nothing in the text here to suggest that one or the other person was wrong. They just couldn't reach an agreement.
The primary hope I see in this passage is that the parting of ways didn't end anyone's ministry. In fact, it just meant that there were four incredibly potent ministers (instead of two) travelling the world and doing the work of the gospels. That doesn't mean that people weren't saddened by the split or that there wasn't hurt in it. But God still used it to bring about his Kingdom.
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This week Pastor Stephen delivered a Valentine's weekend message about love that applies not just to couples, but to all who call themselves followers of Christ. We looked at 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 and looked at: "Love Defined."
Here's the big thing: When our love looks like Christ's love we will have found true love.
The first thing Pastor Stephen noted was that Love is of the utmost importance. The reason for this is that love will always be around. Love directs what we do and keeps our actions and thoughts in line with Christ.
Love is what compelled God to sacrifice his Son to save us from the eternal death that is the consequence of the wrong actions each of us does. And love, when all else has gone, will be what encapsulates the heavenly relationship we have with God for eternity.
When our love looks like Christ's love we will have found true love.
Secondly, we looked at what Paul (the author of 1 Corinthians) tells us Love is not. He says it is not envious, boastful, arrogant, rude, self-seeking, irritable, resentful or happy in wrongdoing.
Third, we looked at what Paul tells us Love is. Love is patient, kind, excited at the truth, it bears the spiritual difficulties of others, love is full of faith, confident in God and his promises, and love is inextinguishable.
Pastor Stephen then encouraged the congregation to replace the word "love" in verses 4-7 with their name and to think about how that felt. Did it seem odd or natural? Out of place, or normal? The areas where it felt odd may just be the areas you are not yet living regularly in love.
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For the past 6 years Kapcon has been running a scenario design contest. The challenge is to write a 3 hour con scenario (usually including pregenerated characters) which could be picked up and run by a GM at Kapcon with minimal preparation.
Usually, people who write SDC entries also run them at Kapcon, but you don't have to. In fact, you don't even have to come to Kapcon to enter the competition!
Examples of previous entries can be found at http://www.sdc.rpg.net.nz, the website of the scenario design contest.
Entries are due in on the first Monday in December, so if you feel like entering the sooner you can start writing the better!
More details available on the official Kapcon website.
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Milwaukee attorney Franklyn Gimbel tells the Journal Sentinel that he and Bonds have been meeting with federal prosecutors since last summer.
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Sunday, April 9th marks our 25th annual chili night & raffle fundraiser. The doors open at 4pm, dinner will be available starting at 5pm and prize announcements start at 7pm.
The money raised at chili night each year go to support local, national and international missions. This is a great community wide event to bring your friends and neighbors too!
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Shore: By wāni Le Frère
The celebration of sharing the form of a feast during SHORE was an experience I won't quickly forget. It began with a speech from Emily Johnson who thanked everyone who had been a part of the making of the project and from the names alone you could tell this had been a project that was thoroughly worked on for a long time before it had been presented. The space in which this feast took place was the meat market in Melbourne. As you walked in you were greeted by an array of warm faces and folk sitting around caught in chatter as you were overcome by a scent of some of the most beautiful aromas. As you went further in you could see the different assortments of dishes and happy eaters all around as well as options to add your own menu to the pallet all over the walls around you.
This was the last part in a series of events that had preceded the feast including a performance that began at Royal Park and ended at the Arts House also in North Melbourne. A few days earlier we were guided on a walk that began with a torch, a gathering and a collection of stories about the meeting place we had landed on before heading off in silence to the performance space. The walk was filled with stops from singing to listening to beautiful tunes that had been placed in various points of the walk. One of the images that struck me most came before the walk began when we found ourselves in the middle of a human circle that moved around this tree as they varied between flowing in, around, out and back of us. The feeling itself I'm still yet to find words for.
During the feast there was an atmosphere of homeliness that filled the space. Yet amongst all the interactions you could feel the rich tradition of history, the storytelling, care and profound depth of the cultures that had gathered in that space. These stories however weren't told in the forms of words instead they could be found on display to be both respected, appreciated and even consumed. From the wallaby sausages that reminded you of the place you resided, to the assortments of vegetables and meats that told tales of places you'd long yearned to witness but didn't yet know to the warmth of a 'Hangi' that was reminiscent of my childhood in Aotearoa. You could feel the love that went into the making of this feast were it was beyond just a collaboration of individuals who had chosen to gather to make this day a possibility, but more of a marriage of traditions, values and cultures intertwining while maintaining that made this meal a possibility. There truly was an air of effortlessness in the way we all interacted and at times you would almost forget this was a created curated space because it felt so warm. The diversity wasn't just evident in the types of food, there was unique sense of fluidity in the ease in which you watched the different bodies that occupied that space move within and between each other from the folk that had come as participants to the ones responsible for the creation of the feast who ranged from a wide variety of indigenous custodians both of this land, Canada, Aotearoa and beyond. They engaged each other in ways only found in pockets often not visible to those on the outside of the make up of those groups, you never felt too foreign to engage, ask, enquire or even just share a meal and there was always room to step out and just take time for yourself if you felt you needed it. This feast reflected a type of model that should be mandatory in practices that hope to engage the community. It didn't feel too hierarchal in its conception, you felt the presence of a diversity of minds and cultures, it encouraged you to share what it is you were able to present without feeling belittled it moved away from colonial ways of meeting where we managed to gather outside in a yard and consumed in the most conscious way that space allowed making sure no scraps were left to waste because it had all been thought through thoroughly and the female presence in the leadership of that space especially in terms of the visible women of color made feel safe enough to want to engage and continue to engage. It was such a privilege to be able to engage in this way and for a few hours witness a third space that could be made possible when thinking of alternate ways of being and I'm truly grateful I was granted the opportunity to be a part of such a project as both an indigenous person to my own colonized land and a colonizing body on stolen land unlearning ways in which I can lessen the burden on it's first peoples.


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Chakra Yoga Pose Series, Colors, and Paint!
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October 24, 2011
We love our chakras here at MBG as these energy centers can unlock the keys to our health and happiness. We also love this beautiful four-minute video from Jacquelyn Richey in which she goes through pose sequences for each chakra, and even covers herself in paint that matches the corresponding chakra color.
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This first production Doretti is now located in Utah and still looks to be in
excellent condition. Ardell Brown the present owner of the car says that,
"I purchased the car in 1979 from a man named Ken Halderman in Salt Lake City,
Utah. He had inherited the car from his brother who had actually purchased it
new in Los Angeles. According to some pictures that I have, the original
color was white. When I got the car it was a dark green. I have since
painted the car red, as it appears in the pictures." ... Ardell Brown
More information about the car can be found in the The First Production Swallow Doretti article.
Car wrecked and returned to Cal Sales in November 1954. TRH has vehicle's sidescreens.
Alan's pride and joy was featured in the Spring 2000 issue of Moss Motoring in an article by Albert
Escalente. A previous owner of the car was Al Stephens.
For more details about the restoration of this car see Albert's complete writeup in
A California Restoration.
Doretti chassis with no engine or transmission, but fitted with an American fibreglass coupé body.
Reported by Bob Lee in February 2005.


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ISRN Software Engineering
Volume 2014, Article ID 535724, 10 pages
Research Article
Understanding Contributor to Developer Turnover Patterns in OSS Projects: A Case Study of Apache Projects
INSIGHT, NUI, Galway, Ireland
Received 31 August 2013; Accepted 17 November 2013; Published 19 January 2014
Academic Editors: Y. Dittrich and Y. K. Malaiya
Copyright © 2014 Aftab Iqbal. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How to Cite this Article
Aftab Iqbal, "Understanding Contributor to Developer Turnover Patterns in OSS Projects: A Case Study of Apache Projects," ISRN Software Engineering, vol. 2014, Article ID 535724, 10 pages, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/535724.


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this is not a sad letter about a sister who died to early - though that might be the case. It's more like a wondering letter.
this is a letter to my sister, whom I never met, not even sure that she is a she. But that's what I think anyway.
She never got to see the world. She died before she had the chance. I didn't found out about it till I was in my teens, but nevertheless she's family. And this is my letter to you..
Dear sister in heaven.
first I have to ask; is it true? are unicorns real in heaven? do you ride them?
i wonder if you're friends with lions, play with rhinos and swim with whales?
What is heaven like? I wonder what you're up to now?
can you watch TV? is there a channel where you can watch me and our family?
I wonder if you ever ask about me? About us, your family? I imagine that you are laughing with us from heaven and sometimes even at us. I probably would too sometimes, hah.
I wonder if you are anything like me? Do you like going to cafés just to journal and drink a latte? I wonder what music you're into. I wonder what makes you sing-along. I wonder if there are songs that makes you thread a tear. I wonder if we ever listened to the same song at the same time? Oh, I gotta ask, do you enjoy pinterest as much as me? Wonder what you are pinning?
I wonder if you look like me? Do we have any similarities? So far we have a blondie-sister and a brownie-sister. Maybe you're the redie-sister? I wonder if you have green eyes like me? I'm the only one in the family, unless you have too? I wonder if you have freckles all over your face like our brother on only on the nose and cheeks like me?
I wonder what you fill your time with? I imagine you bake a lot, making all kinds of heavenly treats. I wonder if you're as a great listener as I think you are. Wonder what you like talking about. I wonder if you like to go on adventures. I wonder which countries you'd travel if you could put your feet there. I wonder what places you travel to in heaven?
I wish I could hear your voice. Listen to your heart.
I'm sorry you never got the chance to have a life on earth,
but I'll see you in heaven!
// Love,
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For the past two years I've been really dedicated to performing in my theatre company's productions (Babes With Blades). I've been working myself to the bone and I decided after this last one I was going to take a short break. I decided to bow out of the casting pool for our Spring show, MacBeth, which was a haaaaaaaaaaaaard call to make. My sanity won out over the Bard. Next time, Bill. We'll be together next time.
I've been focusing on craft fairs, my Etsy store and getting new head shots taken (one more week!), so theatre kinda went on the back burner for a few weeks. And yesterday I set up an audition for Point of Contention Theatre's ChAoS festival. While auditioning for POC, Rascal Children's Theater, will be sharing the audition times with POC for their own season, and thus I'll be seen for approximately 10 + plays. Holy majoly. Needless to say I think this will be a good start to getting back into the auditioning game. Ha Cha!
Happy Friday Readers,
Friday, November 14, 2008
Auditions and Crossed Fingers
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Canadian municipal election followers are finally coming to the end of what has felt like a very long dry spell.
2015 was an unusual year in that there were no municipal elections held in any major Canadian city. This phenomena won't occur again for several decades.
(Yes, I know there were several municipal by-elections in 2015. And there were municipal elections in the territories, and some rural communities in Saskatchewan. Good luck finding a mainstream national media source covering any of these events. Thankfully, there were a few other rather epic elections in 2015 to follow!)
2016 will bring municipal elections to New Brunswick (May 9), Nova Scotia (October 15) and Saskatchewan (October 26). Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Quebec will hold municipal elections in 2017, and Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia will hold municipal elections in 2018. And on it goes.
Dry patch: over!
With municipal elections in New Brunswick just three weeks away, it's time to start tuning in. A few of them are shaping up to be rather interesting. Naturally, my interest leans towards the mayoral races.
Here's quick snapshot: Across more than 100 municipal elections to occur in New Brunswick on May 9, there are 183 candidates seeking the position of mayor. 20% of theses candidates are women. Approximately half (48.5%) of the mayoral races are acclaimed, and in the vast majority of these cases (88%), the acclaimed candidate is an incumbent. In the municipalities where there is a mayoral race, in most cases there are only 2 candidates running, and never more than 5 (a stark contrast in scale from the more than 60 candidates who ran for mayor in the last Toronto election!).
Although New Brunswick has eight cities, there are only three with populations above 50,000: Fredericton, Moncton and Saint John. All three have a mayoral race. In two cases – Moncton and Saint John – the incumbent is not running (or "re-offer", as seems to be the language most often used in the East Coast). All three are campaigns to follow and elections to watch.
The reason I find mayoral elections so interesting is because they offer an unparalleled opportunity to listen to the pulse of a community. Mayoral races, particularly hotly contested ones, showcase the key issues facing a community at a certain point in time. It is not unusual for mayoral campaigns to center around a short list of hot topics that can hold the attention of the public. It is these races which most powerfully express what our cities are worried about, thinking about, hoping for, and aspiring towards.
Mayoral candidates do not campaign based on the colour of their signs; instead, they must build an individual brand. Politically, they live and die based on how attuned they are to the agenda and ambitions of their community, and the extent to which they can demonstrate that they personally represent the most appealing path forward for their city. This is no small feat.
Mayoral campaigns are unlike any other political race in the country, in several respects. People who are interested in understanding Canada's cities are wise to pay close attention, as they offer a rare chance to put your ear to the chest and hear a few heartbeats of our cities.


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Theatre Week in Review: August 18, 2013
Another Spider-Man injury, paying for applause at the Bolshoi, whether Denzel is too old to be cast, and more theatre news from the past week.
Theatre Week in Review: July 27, 2013
Rebecca (maybe) rises from the grave, Sondheim gets the HBO doc treatment and lap dances are theatrical performances (or so some Philly strip clubs claim) and more theatre news from the week.
Theatre Week in Review: July 14, 2013
Glee's Cory Monteith found dead, Hawaii's problem with arts ed, who will succeed Kevin Spacey as the head of the Old Vic and more theatre news from the week.
Theatre Week in Review: July 6, 2013
Ethics and theatre, Bloomberg the Arts Mayor, Demystifying the MFA, and why Bette Midler will never be in Mame on Broadway.
Theatre Week in Review: June 29, 2013
Tupac's Broadway dreams come true, Neil LaBute simmers down, and producer Ken Davenport caters to the lowest common denominator.
Theatre Week in Review: June 22, 2013
New York theatre loses more critical coverage, Daniel Radcliffe and the discrepancy between race and disability in theatre, a London company teaches the financial system to 5-year-olds.
Theatre Week in Review: June 15, 2013
Tony Awards wrap-up, Neil LaBute takes on critic David Cote and Mary Zimmerman's "racism is in the eye of the beholder."
Theatre Week in Review: April 26, 2013
Outer Critics Circle nominees are announced, American Psycho becomes a musical and London gets a new mini-Globe theatre.
Theatre Week in Review: April 20, 2013
2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama is announced, actors like James McAvoy and Hugh Jackman reprimand theatergoers and Vito Vincent the cat is fired from Breakfast at Tiffany's.


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The recommended daily physical activity is 60 minutes. However less than half of American children are meeting that recommendation. In fact, childhood obesity rates are on the rise. Nearly 9 percent of children ages 2 to 5 years old are obese. That number jumps dramatically to 21-percent for children ages 12 to 19.
Physical activity is an important component to battling this epidemic. Exercise doesn't have to be strenuous and it doesn't have to be a traditional form of exercise. It can be as simple as a family walk after dinner. Walking after dinner helps to lower blood sugar and speed up digestion not to mention burn calories. Walking before bed can help with a better night's sleep. Walking reduces stress and boosts circulation.
A weekend adventure walk is the perfect family activity. Is there a large park near your home? Mix up your walk with skipping, hopping, galloping, and a race between one tree and another. Get creative. Make it fun. And make it a habit.
Themed runs such as color runs and bubble runs are gaining in popularity. They are often easy enough for kids to join and sometimes there's a shorter distance such as one mile just for kids. Cheer for your kids and make signs to encourage them to do their best.
Girls on the Run (GOTR) is a good organization that trains girls to run a 5K at the end of the program and includes nutrition and life tips as well.
There are a lot of options for becoming more active. Setting goals helps. Put a calendar on the fridge marking off every day that the family went on a walk and reward yourselves at the end of the week. Or, register for a race and train together for the event.
Creating a family activity, making it a habit, making it fun, will set a healthy foundation for everyone but especially for kids.
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Hotel executive Kevin Logan was the unsuspecting victim of a Mexican cartel's plot to test a diabolical distribution program using the airline baggage system to smuggle hard drugs into the United States. Discovering this plan by accidentally intercepting his forwarded baggage originally intended for a flight to Asia, Kevin chose to forego law enforcement notification. Instead, he stored the drugs while he continued his travel assignment that was deadline oriented and fraught with consequences to his company and his career. That decision set off a global drug chase halfway around the world threatening him and others, including a romantic interest that became entangled in the chase.
The tale, set in the nineteen seventies, before personal computers, cell phones, the internet and Homeland Security, provided minimum communication tools, but especially, an ability to cope using his experience and wits. Saddled with a stash of drugs worth near a street value of a million dollars, and a criminal enterprise desperate to silence their distribution plans, only that combination of experience and wits, aided by the love of a beautiful woman, could give him any chance of survival.
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How many cups of coffee have you had today?
It has become almost a shared belief that a good day should start with a nice cup of coffee, and then continue with few more cups. In fact, in Finland, one person drinks as much as 12 kg of coffee per year! But is it really impossible to be fresh and fit all day long without any 'drugs'?
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The tiangou (Chinese: 天狗; pinyin: tiāngǒu; Wade–Giles: t'ien1-kou3; literally: 'Heavenly Dog') is a legendary creature from China. The tiangou resembles a black dog or meteor, which is thought to eat the sun or moon during an eclipse.[clarification needed : See talk page.]
Tales explain that you must beat dogs and drive them away in order to ward off the tiangou. The heavenly dog would then spit out the sun or moon and flee back into the heavens, ending the eclipse.[citation needed]
Tiangou Eating the Moon[edit]
According to the legends, as an interpretation of a lunar eclipse, after Houyi shot down the 9 suns in the sky, he was awarded with a pill that is said to make you immortal by Wangmu Niang Niang. Before he could eat it, however, his wife, Chang Er ate it hoping that she could maintain her youth. Chang Er felt her body getting lighter and flew away. Seeing this, a black dog that Hou Yi was rearing went inside her room and licked the remains of the pill. He then chased after Chang Er, getting bigger and bigger. Chang Er, terrified, hid on the moon. The black dog ate the moon, along with Chang Er.
After knowing this, Wangmu Niang Niang captured the dog. She was surprised to see that the dog was actually Hou Yi's and assigned him to guard the gates of heavens, henceforth becoming Tiangou. The moon and Chang Er was spit back out, and Chang Er continued living on the moon.
Battle with Zhang Xian[edit]
Zhang Xian (Chinese: 張仙; pinyin: Zhāng Xiān) is the enemy of the tiangou. It is said that he protects his children from the dog god with his bow and arrows. He is often depicted aiming at the sky, waiting for the beast to appear.
He is the god of birth and the protector of male children. Many sought[when?] for him to give them male offspring and to protect their living sons.
The tengu of Japanese folklore was derived from the tiangou. The tengu is usually depicted as a bird, or man with a long nose and other bird-like characteristics, while the tiangou is a dog.
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- Dog (Chinese mythology)
- Dingo, a wild dog with a similar-sounding name
- Fenrir, the wolf of Norse mythology whose sons Sköll and Hati Hróðvitnisson swallow the sun and moon during Ragnarök
- de Visser, M. W. (1908). "The Tengu". Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan 34 (2): pp. 25-99. Z. P. Maruya & Co.
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China isn't buying it, and neither should you…
In the wake of the debt-ceiling controversy in Washington – where the politicians postured about fiscal sanity, but then raised the nation's borrowing limit by $2.4 trillion – China's debt rating agency has just downgraded U.S. debt.
The Dagong Global Credit Rating Company, which lowered its rating last November after the Federal Reserve decided to engage in another round of Quantitative Easing (aka money printing), has announced a further downgrade – signaling its heightened doubts over America's long-term ability to repay its debts.
The major Asian credit rating service said its gloomy assessment – much lower than the AAA ratings given by the so-called "big three" Western agencies (Moody's, Fitch, and Standard and Poor's) – was inevitable given the level of market concern generated by Washington politicians' handling of the debt ceiling.
"The squabbling between the two political parties on raising the U.S. debt ceiling reflected an irreversible trend on the United States' declining ability to repay its debts," Dagong Chairman Guan Jianzhong told CNN.
"Our downgrade simply reflects reality," Guan said. "Our rating didn't cause China to lose any money – it was the inappropriately high ratings for the U.S. by Western agencies that had led China to make risky investments in U.S. debt."
True to form, however, the U.S. ratings agencies have not acted to downgrade – further undermining their credibility which has already been shattered by the high ratings they awarded debt instruments tied to worthless mortgages in 2007 and 2008.
What Does All This Mean to You?
Recent actions in Washington underscore just how precarious the state of our dollar – and our economy – is. The markets are continuing to respond negatively because the new debt ceiling has paved the way for government deficits and Federal Reserve money printing as far as the eye can see.
Warnings are coming from many directions, and those citizens who aren't busily taking protective actions are playing with fire.
Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., said this week the compromise reached by Congress won't make a "significant dent" in the U.S. deficit.
"In addition to an existing nearly $10 trillion of outstanding Treasury debt, the U.S. has a near unfathomable $66 trillion of future liabilities at net present cost," Gross wrote in his latest monthly investment outlook. He's reiterated his prediction of an even weaker dollar, higher inflation, and economic malaise.
Gold has risen over 3% since Congress passed its debt deal on Monday, adding to almost 8% in previous gains over the past month (during a rare summer precious-metals rally). Over the same period, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped nearly 8%, bringing the Dow:gold ratio to its multi-decade low of 7. This important ratio peaked at 42:1 a decade ago, and our long-term target continues to be 2:1 or less (meaning gold may outperform the Dow by a factor of roughly 4 from this point forward).
At Independent Living, we've been urging you to take prudent steps to protect yourself – and profit from – this unfolding economic chaos. It is still not too late to take action to protect your assets and to make yourself more self-reliant. In fact, it's imperative you do so now.


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spritz cookies/
I have owned a spritz cookie press for almost three years but never opened it. This Christmas presented the perfect occasion to debut some festive trees and wreath shapes. Opting to use a recipe with cream cheese, the process was simple from start to finish.
Spritz cookies tend to have a mild butter flavor so the addition of cream cheese paired nicely. Note that the cream cheese flavor was barely noticeable and kept the cookies moist and creamy. While in the oven, be sure to watch the cookies carefully as they should retain a soft and chewy texture (barely golden brown on the bottom).
Feel free to decorate the cookies with your choice of nonpareils or sprinkles! These are best stored in the refrigerator and keep for one week. Because spritz cookies are still unfamiliar territory for me, share your favorite recipe below!
spritz cookies
½ pound unsalted butter, softened
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2½ cups all-purpose flour
food coloring (optional)
Preheat oven to 375˚ conventional (350˚ convection). Be sure to measure and prepare all of the ingredients before starting the dough.
Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until well blended in a heavy mixing bowl. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla until combined.
With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the flour until completely incorporated. If using food coloring, add desired amount and beat until just combined.
Following your cookie press instructions, pipe the cookies directly on a nonstick baking sheet (do not use parchment paper). Bake anywhere between 7-12 minutes depending on your oven. (I recommend carefully watching the first batch to determine the baking time.)
Optional notes: Feel free to decorate the cookies after piping with nonpareils or sprinkles. Another option is to add the nonpareils directly to the dough.
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One of Victoria's Secret's leading ladies appears to be a fallen Angel.
Longtime model Candice Swanepoel is battling the flu — just five days before she's supposed to walk the runway in the lingerie brand's world-famous fashion show.
"Possibly the worst time ever to get flu," the blond beauty posted on Instagram, along with a photo of herself wearing an oxygen mask.
It's unclear if the illness — which didn't affect her radiant features in the Instagram post — will prevent her from stripping down to her underwear and walking the catwalk.
Victoria's Secret has not yet commented on her illness.
The 27-year-old Swanepoel, who has donned the frilly finery in eight consecutive Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows, seemed excited to appear again this year. Last week, she posted several snapshots on Instagram of herself being fitted in high-end bras, panties and angel wings for the show.
Should she appear in the annual lingerie blowout, she'll walk alongside veteran Angels Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio — as well as a cast of 10 rookie models including Gigi Hadid and "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star Kendall Jenner.
The critically acclaimed fashion show, which CBS once deemed "the Super Bowl of fashion," is returning to New York City this year after taking place in London in 2014.
Taping takes place on Nov. 10, with the highly anticipated show airing on CBS on Dec. 8.


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There are obvious health effects to going green, as well as economic reasons. I've already covered many of them in this post right here, but there are also some really good spiritual reasons to enter into the green and natural lifestyle.
And they can all be summed up in one word.
When you are standing barefooted outside, opening yourself up spiritually, you instantly feel connected to everything. You are connected to earth energy, for one, and you are also connected to every living being around you. Plants, birds, bugs, and animal.
You start seeing yourself as part of a big, wonderful web of energy, where each and every movement has an impact on the rest.
And you realize… you're not alone anymore. You are not disconnected, separated from the rest. How can you be?
It is pure love. Pure connection.
And you are part of it. Giving and receiving, just as all the other creatures around you. You can feel them. They can feel you.
With this, the feeling of being invisible and unimportant vanishes. You find yourself able to see that your actions, big or small, matter. The words you speak matter to those who hear them. The actions you take matter for the environment, for your tribe, for everything.
You matter.
You recognize that the butterfly effect is real. That you are a butterfly.
And you start acting like one.
Responsibly, lovingly, with dignity and integrity.
And your impact gets even bigger.
Everything you do, becomes a spiritual blessing as long as it's done with intention. Sacred rituals are woven into everyday life and chores. The recycling. The natural home remedies. The natural foods, the herbs you plant and the natural home cleaners. You bless nature and every living creature on it every time you even do the dishes, and you feel so connected to the divinity inside.
You feel deeply connected to the Mother Goddess herself, through your natural lifestyle, enhancing your faith, your strength and your joy of life, every step of the way.
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Proof that you earn more by spending more ... on staff
A recently published book "The Good Jobs Strategy" by MIT Sloan professor Zeynep Ton explains how "the smartest companies invest in employees to lower costs and boost profits". The four that are held up as models - Costco, Trader Joe's and QuikTrip in the US and Mercadona in Spain - are part of a very small group of retailers (we would also include Wegmans) that treat staff as assets to be nurtured rather than costs to be cut. By paying their staff more, ensuring there are more than enough on hand to do the job properly, and investing more in training, they end up delivering consistently superior customer satisfaction and value, which translates into consistently superior financial results.
Despite such a clearly positive correlation between greater investment in labour and productivity, the majority of food retailers remain stuck in the "staff as a cost" mindset. The author interviewed many store managers at various retailers who said that the pressure to meet short-term performance targets led them to reduce employees even though they knew that the workers who remained would cut corners and make mistakes, and they suspected that this could hurt sales and profits. This is exactly what led to Tesco's decline in the UK in the latter years of Terry Leahy's reign as CEO, which is proving so difficult to reverse today.
As a (presumably little-read, long forgotten, or just plain ignored) study by the Coca Cola Retailing Research Council has pointed out, cost reduction is so ingrained in supermarket management's thinking that it seems not so much a strategy for productivity improvement as the only strategy.
However, it is worth remembering that instead of decreasing the amount of input relative to output, it is also possible to raise productivity by increasing input in such a way as to increase output proportionally more. Humans - assets Jeff Bezos has reportedly described as "annoyingly variable" - respond particularly well to this approach, especially in a low-paid industry such as food retail. This is the basis of our unique "SEE" method of taking in-store service to a new level while reducing staff cost ratios.
The ideal solution would be to combine both methods of raising productivity, using robots to do boring, repetitive tasks (such as re-stocking and checking out) more cost-effectively, and investing more in training staff so they are able and willing to offer informed advice on food preparation, storage, and nutrition. This is the basis of Novastore, a semi-automated store concept combining the best of the online and in-store experience.


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Tired of seeing your life pass you by?
Do you want to be in control of your life or is it life that controls you?
To be in control, control your mindset first.
This is Suzanne Duncan's main contention in her article, "4 Questions to Ask to Start Thinking About Your Thinking" published by She Owns It.
She Owns It empowers women to write their own success stories. It is a gathering place to find the "spark" that helps turn your dream into a reality.
In her article, Suzanne Duncan, a coach, consultant, and author of the book, All By Myself, & Rocking It! How to Be Successful at Single Parenting emphasizes the importance and significance of our thoughts and what we tell ourselves in determining the life we lead and the life we'd like to live in.
To get us started thinking about our thinking, Suzanne shares these 4 questions:
- Are you in control of your thoughts or do your thoughts control you? – Determine whether you're living at a "cause" or at an "effect" in order to become the driver of your own life.
- Why do we think the way do? – Find out how our thoughts impact our feelings or emotions, and how these emotions subsequently impact our behavior.
- How's your thinking (conscious or unconscious) making you feel? – Our thinking brings up emotions. They are a direct result of our thinking and the meaning we have given to a situation or event.
- How's your behavior governed by your emotion? – What has happened in your life or is currently happening now as a result of your behavior?
Suzanne enthuses, "Looking deeply into my own thought patterns, emotions, and behavior has made me no longer living on autopilot and start to journey towards living an extraordinary life."
And she is, indeed, living an extraordinary life, starting her own coaching consultancy and being a published author of the book, All by Myself, & Rocking It!
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Prescription Drugs Online
Part 1. Prescription drug information searches
The prescription drug market is enormous.
Forty-five percent of American adults take prescription drugs on a regular basis, 27% occasionally take prescription drugs, and an additional 27% say they never take prescription drugs. In addition, 41% of American adults live with someone who takes prescription drugs on a regular basis. When the two groups of regular users are combined, 64% of American households can be described as "Rx households."
Rx households – American households with at least one regular prescription drug user.
According to IMS Health, a company that tracks the pharmaceutical market, over 3 billion prescriptions are filled in the U.S. each year, totaling sales of over $200 billion. Chain drug stores garner the most sales of prescription drugs (36.2%), followed by independent drug stores (14.4%), and mail services (13.8%).6
Over the last five years, the Pew Internet & American Life Project has tracked significant increases in the number of Americans seeking health information online.7 Thus, we felt it was important to study the situation with online medicine purchases because of the significant interest that grew around the subject after recent changes in federal policy.
In the spring of 2004, the federal government announced changes to the Medicare system, including the publication of prescription drug prices online. In addition, there has been a recent effort to legalize the importation of prescription drugs from Canada, where prices are significantly lower. In August, Illinois joined Minnesota, Wisconsin, and New Hampshire in launching online directories of recommended Canadian pharmacies.8 The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill in July that would allow for prescription drug imports from Canada and other countries.9
But there is strong opposition from the pharmaceutical industry, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, both of which claim that they cannot guarantee the safety of imported drugs. However, a June 2004 study conducted by the General Accounting Office found that Canadian online pharmacies were just as likely as U.S.-based sites to adhere to safety standards.10
We undertook this study in order to measure Americans' current interest in online prescription drug research and purchasing.
One in four American adults has searched online for information about prescription drugs.
Twenty-six percent of American adults have researched prescription drugs online – 21% have personally done so and 5% have had it done for them by someone else. Those groups most likely to have personally searched for drug information include: internet users with high-speed connections at work and at home; internet users who have been online for six or more years; Americans with a college degree; and Americans in the Baby Boom generation.
Internet use
Not surprisingly, internet users are more likely than non-users to have personally researched prescription drugs online. Thirty percent of internet users have done so. Four percent of non-internet users have personally researched prescription drugs online. (Another 4% of internet users and 7% of non-users have had someone else perform such a search on their behalf.)
Connection speed
Broadband users are among the most likely Americans to have searched for prescription drug information online. Forty-one percent of internet users with fast connections at both home and work have personally looked for prescription drug information online. Twenty-nine percent of dial-up users have done so.
Years of experience online
The longer someone has had access to the internet, the more likely he or she is to have searched for information about prescription drugs. Thirty-eight percent of internet users with six or more years of experience have personally looked for prescription drug information online, compared to 28% of those who have been online for four to five years. Just 13% of internet users with one to three years of experience have done this type of research online. Thirteen percent of newcomers (those with less than one year of online experience) have searched for prescription drug information.
College graduates are more likely to have internet access and, once online, are more likely to have done health searches. Therefore it is not surprising that 32% of college graduates have personally gone online to search for prescription drug information, compared to 23% of American adults who attended college, but did not graduate. Just 15% of high school graduates have personally done this type of search online.
Younger baby boomers – those born between 1955 and 1964 – are the most likely to have personally searched online for prescription drug information. Some 28% of these 40-49 year-olds have done so. Twenty-four percent of older baby boomers (50-58 year-olds) have done so. Twenty-three percent of the Gen X generation (28-39 year-olds) have searched for prescription drug information, compared to 17% of Gen Y (18-27 year-olds). Eighteen percent of 59-68 year-olds have personally searched for this type of information, compared to just 8% of internet users age 69 and older.
Household use of prescription drugs
Members of an Rx household are more likely to have searched for drug information online than Americans who are not part of a household so dependent on prescription drugs. Twenty-four percent of members of an Rx household have personally done this type of research online, compared to 15% of Americans who do not live in a household where prescription drugs are taken on a regular basis.
Twenty-four percent of whites have personally done this type of research online, compared to 12% of blacks. Fourteen percent of English-speaking Hispanic or Latino Americans have personally gone online to look for information about prescription drugs.
Health insurance
According to the latest Census Bureau estimates, 15.6% of Americans lack health insurance.11 In our survey of U.S. adults, 13% say they lack health insurance.
Americans with health insurance are more likely to take prescription drugs on a regular basis than those who lack insurance, but we do not know whether it is because insured Americans are more likely to have the need or simply the means to do so. Forty-nine percent of Americans who have health insurance take prescription drugs on a regular basis, 26% do so occasionally, and 24% never do. Twenty percent of Americans who do not have health insurance take prescription drugs on a regular basis, 35% do so occasionally, and 45% never do. Americans with health insurance are also more likely than the uninsured to have visited a doctor or medical clinic in the past year. Eighty-one percent of insured Americans did so, compared to 57% of uninsured Americans.
American adults covered by some form of health insurance, including Medicare or Medicaid, are more likely to have personally searched for prescription drug information online. Twenty-two percent of insured Americans have done so, compared to 14% of Americans who do not have any type of health insurance coverage.
It is important to note that 34% of uninsured American adults are between 18 and 27 years old – the most likely age group to report "excellent" health and the least likely age group to have searched online for prescription drug information. By comparison, 14% of Americans with some form of health insurance are 18-27 years old.
Health status has little to do with a person's likelihood to have personally researched prescription drug information.
Overall health
Americans in excellent health are only slightly more likely than those in poor health to have personally searched online for prescription drug information – 21% of those in the best of health and 17% of those who describe their health as "fair" or "poor" have done so. However, people in poor health are more likely to have been the subject of a search – 11% have had a prescription drug information search done on their behalf. By comparison, 5% of those in excellent health have been the subject of such a search.
Disability status
Americans living with a disability are just as likely as other Americans to have personally searched for prescription drug information online – 19% and 21% respectively. Eleven percent of Americans living with a disability have had someone else look on the internet for prescription drug information, compared to 5% of Americans who are not living with a disability. It is important to note that only 38% of Americans living with a disability go online, compared to 69% of other Americans. This may explain why more Americans living with a disability have been the subjects of a search for information – they are more likely to need someone else to go on the internet for them.
Internet user – defined as those answering "yes" to the following question: "Do you ever go online to access the internet or the World Wide Web or to send and receive email?"
- IMS Health industry data. Available at: http://www.imshealth.com/media ↩
- "Internet Health Resources: Health searches and email have become more commonplace but there is room for improvement in searches and overall Internet access." (Pew Internet Project: July 16, 2003) Available at: https://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2003/Internet-Health-Resources.aspx ↩
- "Ill. Gov. Unveils Online Pharmacy Network" (ABCNews.com: August 17, 2004) Available at: http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040817_1531.html ↩
- "Drug Import Bill Clears House" (SFGate.com: July 14, 2004) Available at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/06/14/national2137EDT0814.DTL ↩
- "Internet Pharmacies: Some Pose Safety Risks for Consumers" (United States General Accounting Office: June 17, 2004) Available at: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04820.pdf ↩
- "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States." (Census Bureau: August 26, 2004) Available at: http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/p60-226.pdf ↩


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On Saturday September 7, the Armenian National Education Committee (ANEC) sponsored a seminar for teachers practicing in Armenian day and Saturday schools in the eastern region. The program was held at the Armenian Prelacy headquarters in New York City. Attendees from Armenian schools from New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Providence, and Philadelphia, gathered on Saturday morning for breakfast and opening remarks from His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan who spoke about his experience as a teacher and the important role of the educator. He said that the task of educating the next generation is not just a cultural issue, but a national one.
Serving as the day's master of ceremonies, ANEC member Dr. Asbed Vassilian told participants that "this seminar is dedicated to you." He went on to remark each year ANEC looks for ways to change and improve. He then gave a brief overview of the program and introduced the first speaker, ANEC director Dr. Vartan Matiossian. His presentation, titled "'Secrets' of the Armenian Language," aimed to empower teachers with an in depth knowledge of the roots of the Armenian language and dispelling common myths that they can pass along to their students. Matiossian spoke about the Armenian language as part of the Indo-European tree, the connection between Classical and Modern Armenian, Eastern and Western Armenian, and the spelling debate.
Following this presentation, Maroush Gulumian shared her vast knowledge on the topic of "Teachers' Resources: Where to Find and How to Use Them." Her discussion spanned from textbooks for various ages and abilities, instructional reading materials, and books teaching mathematics in Armenian to maps, puzzles, and videos and DVDs. For each item presented, Gulumian commented on where it was produced, where it could be purchased, and how it could be used. At the conclusion, participants were able to browse and purchase the materials from the Prelacy Bookstore.
Attendees then enjoyed a lunch provided by ANEC and mingled, discussing their thoughts on the topics presented. After lunch, ANEC chairman Haroutune Misserlian presented the third portion titled "Armenian History through Maps." He talked about the notion of teaching through association and Armenian school teachers focusing on instructing students on the depth of knowledge that they might not get at home or public school.
The final presentation by Dr. Matiossian, entitled "Basic Knowledge on the Armenian Genocide," provided an overarching framework on effectively teaching students about the Armenian Genocide. He noted that it is important to impart upon students that although governments may change, the responsibility they bear regarding the past carries forward. He also touched upon the distinction between the historical name (Meds Yeghern) and the legal name (Armenian Genocide).
In his closing remarks, Vassilian spoke about the support ANEC promises to provide teachers, students, and administrators but remarked that the power for change was in the hands of each school. ANEC cannot solve each school's problem, he said, but can support each as they find solutions. Vassilian concluded that ANEC will work towards finding ways for teachers to connect and work together and support each other.
Over coffee and desert, ANEC members led an open discussion looking for comments from participants about the topics presented or other concerns and comments they preferred to share. In particular a lively conversation took place around preparing the next generation of Armenian school teachers and the continued growth of the student population.
ANEC is a joint body formed through the partnership of the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Armenian Relief Society. For more information, visit www.armenianprelacy.org.


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The perfect carrier
CNET readers frequently ask me which U.S. cell phone carrier is the best. Unfortunately, that's not an easy question to answer, as it really depends on exactly what you mean by "the best." While having the most comprehensive network is the main concern for many people, there are other valid issues to consider. Good customer service is always a plus, an affordable range of service plans is good, and a decent selection of phone and service is important as well. Personally, I'd want a carrier to exceed at all of the above, rather than doing just one thing well at the expense of all the others. And that's one reason it's difficult to really tell you which carrier is best–it just depends on so many factors that will vary in importance among users. What's more, while we can evaluate factors such as customer service and handset selection, definitively stating who has the strongest and most comprehensive network isn't as easy. To make that decision effectively and fairly, we'd have to make calls in a lot of places around the country. That's why we've invited you to rate the carriers and give your thoughts on which you think is best. Also, be sure to check out our recent Make the Call discussion: Do carriers do anything right?What readers say
At the time of this writing, T-Mobile is the favorite carrier among CNET users. America's fourth largest wireless provider has an average user rating of 7.3, the highest among the major national carriers. Verizon Wireless is second with a 7.1 rating, Sprint Nextel has a 6.6 score, and AT&T (formerly Cingular) came in last with an average user rating of 6.2. Regional operators Alltel and U.S. Cellular have scores of 7.5 and 7.1, respectively, but we added them to the chart just last week, so I can't make a fair comparison just yet.
After scrolling through your responses, it's clear that each carrier has its strong points, and most readers agree on what those strong points are. I'll summarize them below, but from what I can tell, if you combine T-Mobile's customer service and service plan selection, Verizon's network, Sprint's features and AT&T's phone selection, then you'd have the perfect carrier.
Apparently there's a very good reason T-Mobile wins awards for its customer service, as many readers reported positive experiences with T-Mobile staff. Reader Dnmvnm gave a very typical response when he said, "Every time I have called tech support, they answer the phone promptly and have always been polite and in a good mood. [They] promptly get my call to the right person to resolve my issue." Readers also complimented T-Mobile on its inexpensive plans and its lack of restrictions. Comments regarding the phone selection were generally positive as well, though most people acknowledged (rightfully so) it wasn't as extensive as AT&T's. On the downside, readers weren't so positive about T-Mobile's reception outside of urban areas, and they bemoaned its lack of 3G and push-to-talk networks.
Verizon Wireless
It's not much of a surprise that Verizon Wireless fans raved about the carrier's network. As reader Tejashpatel9011 said, "My phone works everywhere, and there are far less dropped calls compared to Cingular." Other respondents glowed about the selection of high-end services such as V Cast Mobile TV and V Cast Music and the company's selection of phones. A number of people also gave the thumbs-up to Verizon's customer service, but there were a significant number of bad service reviews as well. Verizon didn't fare so well on its plans–many users found them too expensive–and on its restrictive practices toward Bluetooth and third-party applications on its phones.
Sprint Nextel
Sprint also got high marks for its network, though the comments weren't as effusive as they were for Verizon. Other respondents called out the carrier's EV-DO network, its flexible service plans, and its Power Vision multimedia programming. Reader Slugithome1977 said Sprint was great because it offers "fast Internet, lots of phones to choose from, nights starting at 7 p.m., fair and flexible plans, and free roaming." Some respondents praised Nextel's iDEN network and unique business-friendly offerings, but on the other hand, a large number aren't happy about how Nextel has fared since the merger. Also, many readers were critical of Sprint's customer service and its phone selection.
AT&T is getting a lot of attention because of the iPhone launch, but readers weren't always complimentary in their reviews of the carrier. On the plus side, AT&T was noted for its extensive phone selection, inexpensive plans and broad international coverage. As reader Tomkatt1 said, "I have been thoroughly satisfied with their product choices, service plans, and especially rollover minutes. The selection of phones is extensive, and when I travel overseas, my phone automatically works, unlike Verizon or Sprint." Yet, many readers complained about AT&T's customer service and dropped calls on the domestic network.
Source: http://tech.msn.com/products/articlecnet.aspx?cp-documentid=5055729>1=10240


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Riding pleasure
The new Nytro is the first e-road bike that guarantees the maximum riding pleasure downhill and a seamless and effective support uphill.
Power on demand
The new NYTRO offers four modes, to help you go for a ride wherever you want, with an electric assistance until 25km/h.
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For those of you who don't know, I am a total antiques GEEK. After watching so much Downton Abbey recently, I've taken more of a liking to Edwardian furniture and antiques than I had previously. The Edwardian period was a short one, running only from 1901-1910, although some considered the Edwardian period to stretch beyond King Edwards death in 1910 up until the end of WW1 in 1918. The Edwardian era birthed some great pieces that are beautiful in their own right, but could really work in a modern eclectic home too.
If you're lucky you can find these in well kept original fabrics, or can be reupholstered in a contemporary fabric. I think these look dope in a velvet or woven linen finish. I'm not much of a fan of leather but if it's worn well, leather can be a good option, but it won't be cheap!
Club Chair
Club chairs have classic, sleek lines and could easily sit in any modern room without people even realising these chairs are Edwardian style.
Tub chair
These have a rounded back and look great with a tufted / button back finish. I would avoid tub chairs in leather as they can look a little tacky (in my opinion)! The tub chairs with the slightly rolled arms are my fave and are the ones shown below.
Writing desks
Edwardian writing or 'kneehole' desks are pretty easy to find and have classic masculine style. You will usually find ones with green or oxblood leather tops, and best with a bit of a patina (natural wear and discolouration from being used over a period of time). I can see these with an iMac, keyboard, photography books and a modern lamp to add a bit of eclectic fashion to a bedroom.
I don't know about you but I think it so much more unique and tasteful to have your favourite spirits or wine in cut glass decanters rather than the off the shelf bottles. Decanters aren't expensive to pick up and if you take a look around your local charity shop you may find one. I've seen some go for just a few pounds. Silver decanter neck labels add even more style and if you are lucky enough to get your hands on a tantulas frame (a lockable frame containing decanters usually made in wood or silver-plate) then you will really have one up on everyone else. But don't get yours just yet cos' I still don't have mine, alright? Note: Do not go on eBay and search for tantulas frame unless you are NOT scared of tarantulas. SHUDDER.
Hope this has inspired you to add a little Edwardian touch to your home!
Which item did you like the most? You can leave a comment below :)
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text: This piece is special, in that it looks like a delicate arrangement but is actually quite robust, with all these sharp crystals well connected and curving out from a common core. They reach 3 cm in size and have excellent color and super velvety luster to them. I rate this very highly among the small cabs here, though its not the most expensive. It is MUCH better in person as the subtle 3-dimensionality is hard to capture, just super elegant!