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Paranoia—in small doses—is an excellent preventive medicine. If you think your business is too small to be a target for hackers, identity thieves, and similarly unsavory characters, you're dangerously underestimating the value of your business.
IT security might seem to be a daunting prospect for a small business without an expert staff, a large budget, or expensive consultants, but you can take a number of easily implemented measures to lock down the personal computers your business relies on. Here are five simple security tips you should implement today.
Encrypt your hard drives
The first step is to implement full-disk encryption on each one of your company's PCs. This step is crucial because system passwords alone offer no defense against hackers' accessing the hard drive from another computer, or against someone's attempts to clone its entire contents for off-site examination. In addition, recovering previously deleted files from an unencrypted storage device or disk image is a relatively trivial matter for an attacker or snoop.
Selectively encrypting sensitive folders or files works, too, but full-disk encryption is the best means of ensuring that every file is protected. Microsoft's BitLocker is the gold standard for this task, thanks to its ease of use and the fact that it comes standard with the Ultimate and Enterprise versions of Windows 7, and with the Ultimate and Professional versions of Windows 8.
Although you can upgrade to one of these versions of Windows to obtain BitLocker, such a move can be cost-prohibitive if you have more than a few computers in the office. You can also find no-cost encryption software in the form of DiskCryptor and TrueCrypt (although the latter is not compatible with Windows 8). You must take care, however, to ensure that these programs are properly configured.
"One needs to consider every particular case," says ReclaiMe spokesperson Elena Pakhomova, "since encryption is sometimes implemented incorrectly and you still have a chance to extract data." ReclaiMe develops software for recovering data from hard drives and RAID configuration parameters, among other programs. For details on how to encrypt files the right way, read our hands-on guide.
Limit access
Enabling disk encryption automatically mandates the use of passwords, but it does nothing to stop users from choosing passwords that are easily cracked. Given that the strongest encryption is of little use if the passphrase is quickly guessed, it makes sense to choose a robust password that is not too short and that contains sufficient complexity.
Once disk encryption and strong passwords are in place, you can further harden your security by configuring Windows to prompt for the password upon waking from sleep mode. Be sure to set a reasonably short inactivity timeout of no more than 10 to 15 minutes for the PC to enter sleep mode.
Better yet, develop the habit of using the Windows-L keyboard shortcut to lock your PC when you step away from it—even if you'll be gone for just a few minutes. This step not only prevents data from being siphoned out during your absence but also serves as an effective way to prevent unscrupulous insiders with physical access to your computer from installing malware on it surreptitiously.
Use secure portable storage
Conceived by Microsoft as a way to protect data stored on portable storage devices, the excellent BitLocker to Go technology can prevent lost or stolen storage devices from becoming liabilities. Although you can enable BitLocker to Go on an external drive only through one of the aforementioned BitLocker-equipped versions of Windows, a BitLocker to Go-enabled device can be subsequently used on all supported Windows operating systems, meaning that a small business can implement it companywide without having to upgrade everyone to a Windows edition that includes BitLocker.
You should be aware, however, that computers running Windows XP or Windows Vista won't recognize USB drives encrypted with BitLocker to Go unless you install the BitLocker to Go app. Mac OS X computers won't recognize such drives, either. You can read more about using BitLocker to Go with Windows 8 in our complete guide.
A hardware alternative would be to make use of specialized hardware-encrypted storage devices, such as the Lok-It flash drive or the Apricorn Aegis Bio portable hard drive. Be particularly careful with unbranded devices or those from vendors with no track record, as not all devices offering hardware encryption implement it correctly.
Use a password manager
No one disputes the value of using a different password for each website, but surprisingly few people actually follow the practice. Most users opt for the convenience of using the same password across multiple Web services, even though it leaves them open to severe consequences—including identity theft and financial loss—should hackers snag their password.
Instead of trying to memorize a dozen different passwords, set up the right tool to better manage your passwords. Numerous apps are capable of this, including Sticky Password Pro, LastPass, and Roboform. As a bonus, many of these tools can generate strong passwords on demand and can even fill out login pages with the correct password automatically.
Don't ignore security updates
Finally, it is of paramount importance to ensure that your computer has the latest software updates and security patches. Confirm that Windows Update is correctly configured to download updates automatically, and then periodically check for errors or failed updates. The same advice goes for common attack vectors such as Oracle's Java runtime environment (JRE) and popular software such as Adobe Reader and Apple QuickTime. A software tool that is of invaluable help here is Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI), a free patch-management program that tracks and installs updates to a large number of third-party applications.


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Here's a fascinating article from the annals, written by Joe Gallucci for Ironman Magazine in 1973 (33/1) about the growing drugs scene in Bodybuilding. Some of the arguments and accusations put across by Gallucci will be familiar to modern day Bodybuilding fans concerned with drugs in the sport.
At the recent Mr. East Coast physique contest I was conversing with Joe Dodd and Ron Jumper about the ever present drug problem facing bodybuilders everywhere. We all agreed that bodybuilders who do not take steroids are like crippled runners in a race with speedy sprinters. It seems that as the drug users multiply, small groups of non drug users, such as ourselves, become disgusted and disheartened in this useless competition. We have only three paths to consider:
- to use drugs
- become frustrated as non drug users
- drop out of competition
It seems that quite a few of the top potential physiques who refuse to take drugs and who would be excellent representatitives as Mr. America ( Curt Haywood, Carl Smith) have been forced to resort to the latter alternative.
One teenager I met at the East Coast competition, Greg DeFerro, showed concern and diapproval of the drug scene. He had witnessed many New York area bodybuilders who had taken drugs and he was startled over their amazing physical progress. He felt as if the true sense of the word competition was gone from bodybuilding and that the winner would ultimately be the largest drug abuser. His last question was one I did not have an answer for (at the time): "What can we healthy athletes do to compete against the steroid men?"
Is there a drug scene?
Many readers who mearly read the various strength magazines are not fully aware that their "heroes," who are illustrated on these pages are, more than likely, a product of anabolic-androgenic steroids. It is estimated that greater than 90 percent of the first five to ten physique contestants in national contests are taking some form of steroids. Just look at their progress. years earlier, men such as Reg Park and J. Abbenda relied on hard work, nutrition, proper training methos and rest to acquire slow, steady gains and build championship physiques through a process of years. Today, physique men may train for a year or two, find out about drugs and then skyrocket towards tremendous physical gains. how many physique men today were prominent a year or two ago ?
The prefabricated drug bodies of today take on a two fold look. Some have attained the bloated, swollen face and fingers along with a heavy abdominal area. I categorize this appearance as "the Dianabol Bloat." Their bodies seem to be blown up. The second look stresses skeleton-like facial features with unbelievable "cuts" and vascular blood vessels appearing in places never before seen on the human anatomy. This look dominates at contest time when the bodybuilders use special medication to withdraw a great deal of water from their bodies. This temporary condition is quite dangerous to the homeostatic balances of the body. Both these looks share one common factor: tremendous quantities of drugs have been used to attain these desired effects.
Why do they take drugs ?
If there is a drug scene in bodybuilding, why do the competitors take drugs ? This question is entirely individualistic. Each competitor trains with a desire to win. We all place value on winning, our familes, friends, employment and a host of other things. However, it is the egomaniac, the one who places himself above all else, who is most likely to forget all warnings and dangers and condone taking the dangerous vehicles to destruction. The desire to win becomes too great and takes precedence over all else. Winning becomes the number one goal in life. Any means obtainable to secure winning is passionately sought after. Certainly we all like to win, but by jeopardizing our health and placing a higher value on bodybuilding and winning than all other things, are we really "champions" who are wll adjusted and who should be emulated by others ?
One famous eastern bodybuilding contestant demonstrates his superself ego mania quite often. He is always found at local contests telling everyone how he should have won and beat them all. He also has plenty of photos of himself to show others how really great he is!!
At the 1972 Mr America contest I was told the "secret" of what I must do to win the 1973 Mr. America title. These secrets were personally given to me by fellow contestants:
- "Take six weeks off and train at Art Jones' Gym in DeLand."
- "Take a month off and train in California, espeically at Pearl's."
- "I have a grocery bill of $50 – $60 weekly for me alone" (not including his wife)
- "Get with the drugs."
Following this advice, I would be sacrificing my college education, my job, my family and friends, my fiancee, and my health. All these things I place far greater value on than winning.
What is being done to combat the drug problem?
To answer this question simply, "Almost nothing!" The honest, hard working, non drug competitor has literally no chance of winning the big, national titles in the present decade. The judging system favors the extremely large massive and incredible "cut," vascular physique. Both conditions can be attained through drugs. The personal interview part counts for only one-sixteenth of the total score of a contestant. How can the social, emotional and mental fitness of a competitor be valued so meaninglessly when the degree of total fitness of each individual is what the judging pannel is attempting to measure?
At the national committee meeting in Kansas, drug use was discussed but, according to reports, no legislation was enacted to prohibit or detect drug abusers. The Mr. America judging panel asks the contestants yearly what they think of the drug situation and that is as far as the question is considered. I once wrote the National AAU office in New York asking for help or advice in colving the drug problem. I didn't even receive a reply. It seems as if a laissez-faire attitude exists concerning drug usage for bodybuilders.
New Ideas May Help
I, for one, am not ready to sit back and watch the drug boys take over the sport. I believe they will not only ruin their health but will ruin the physique game as well. I believe there are many non-drug contestants like Dodd, Jumper, Haywood, Smith, DeFerro and myself who are disappointed in their state an dnational officials who have not shown action or support in combatting the drug problem. Mr. Peary Rader, through his magazine, has pritned various articles discouraging drug use.
I am sure some magazin publishers know of some bodybuilders who have not used drugs and who have sacrificed long, hard years to develop their physiques. Why not write an articles about these lesser known contestans and their meritorious struggle to compete in a pro-steroid world. Why not publish pictures of them periodically and caption each picture with, "it is believed he has attained his physique without the use of dangerous steroids." Wow! Young readers can be encouraged to attain championship physiques without drug use.
My strongest suggestion in combatting the drug problem is to organize a physique contest which favors the physically fit, All-American, clean cut competitor. Certainly the cheif criteria for winning should be the physique, however, other factors should also be stressed. here is a general breakdown in scoring rules:
|Mr. Health and Fitness Of America Contest
|25 per cent Physical Fitness
test battery points
|25 per cent Symmetry
|25 percent Size & Muscularity
|25 per cent General Appearance
|a) Interview, Appearance, Presentation of Self
|b) Posing, Presentation of Routine
|Total Points
The physical fitness test bater consists of various physical tests which stress the physical fitness components of Strength, endurance, cardio-vascular endurance, speed, agility and flexibility. Here is a sample test battery which could be administered by the officials one day prior to the physique contest:
- pullups required: 20 or rope climb – no feet to be used.
- standing broad jump requred: 7 feet 4 inches.
- Trunk extension required: 9 inches difference.
- Agility run required: 18.5 seconds
- 440 yard run required: under 70 seconds
Since most national physique contests are heal in high schools, colleges or YMCAs, there should not be any difficulty in acquiring the equipment necessary to conduct the tests. Each test is worth 10 points. A contestant must fufill the requirements of each test to receive the full 10 points. Bodybuilders will have to develop and improve their performace in some of these demanding tests but the end result will be his proof of being a physically fit athlete. An unphysically fit steroid user will have difficulty performing the requirements of these tests and will be at a disadvantage to the physcially fit natural non-drug user.
The general appearance category comprises one-fourth of the total poitns and is gien emphasis to judge the mental, social and posing preparation of each contestant.
It was also suggested by some officials at the Mr. America contest last year, that a liver function blood test and a urinalysis be taken from each contestant to determine if there is liver or kidney damage which are primary signs of steroid use. This might prove a good idea when organizing a contest usch as the Mr. Health and Fitness Contest of America.
These are my suggestions to help in combatting the drug problem. I would like to have these ideas considered by other bodybuilders and officials and receive their comments. Possibly, the Mr. Health and Fitness of America contest could be run by an organization such as the AAU and a true, ideal, athletic representative of the sport of bodybuilding could be chosen yearly. Maybe then, young bodybuidlers such as Greg DeFerro can look forward to competing on a competitive level with their peers and the sport of bodybuilding will have regained the "competitiveness" in the true healthy sense.


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I also love the length of your box. It's so great for many things to dress up your table. Love how you filled it this time.ReplyDelete
When I started to tell my hubs about pallets and things made with them he scoffed literally. Then he got online and looked to see what could be made and now he's a fan also. We have a good sized pile of pallets down in our lower back yard. We've already made a few things and I love the smaller pieces for making signs. Like that the smaller pieces aren't so thick and not as heavy. Not everybody can hang some big old heavy thing on their walls. We have a mfg. home so have to be careful what we hang and how. So much can be made with pallets, it's so fun and inexpensive, gotta love free.
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Pallets are great for free wood and there are tons of projects you can make with them! I'm hooked! The next pallet I see is definitely coming home with me!Delete
This is such a fabulous box and I love it as the centerpiece of your table. Great tutorial. I would love for you to link up to my Inspire Me party that will go live tomorrow afternoon. www.astrollthrulife.net Hugs, MartyReplyDeleteReplies
I'll be there Marty! Thanks for the invitation!Delete
Your planter box turned out wonderful. It will be perfect to use for any season.ReplyDelete
Have a Lovely Day,
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PS-Would love to have you link this up to Saturday Sparks. Links are open till Friday.
Love it, I don't have pallets but I have a fence coming down very soon, I am sure I can adapt it :) great job!ReplyDeleteReplies
I think any type of reclaimed wood would work. I like the rustic look of something that's been weathered awhile and has a few imperfections.Delete
This turned out so cute! I love the fall colored leaves and apples in it too. Would you mind to link this up to my Frugal Crafty Home Blog Hop? I'd love to see you there!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for the invitation Carrie! I linked up and I added your party to my party page!Delete
Nice Job! I would try this...if I wasn't totally intimidated by tools! mommyinsports.comReplyDeleteReplies
Believe it or not, I'm a bit intimidated with tools too! I've managed to try a few different wood working projects I found on Pinterest. As long as the projects are really simple, I'm ok.Delete
Wow, this turned out perfectly! I wonder where one would get wood pallets... I think I need some power tools to make it worthwhile though.ReplyDelete
My pin was FOOD! :D Check it out if you want!Replies
If there is an industrial section of your town just swing by and look for stacks of pallets out back. I know where I work we give them away for free. Just don't get a blue pallet (most municipalities have fines for having them in your possession).Delete
How cool! Love it!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Sonja! And thanks for hosting another awesome Pintester Movement!Delete
This is lovely! So very simple but so pretty!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 23, 2013 at 2:12 PM
I would love to try this but I NEVER see pallets anywhere :(ReplyDelete
Wow, that turned out great. Much better than my rotting pumpkin from mine.ReplyDelete
This is amazingly beautiful! Good job!ReplyDelete
Great center piece.ReplyDelete
Absolutely lovely. I also love your blog name! I hope someday when my son is older (he's only 2 and a half right now), I too can convince him that my affinity for picking up "trash" does not mean I'm crazy.ReplyDelete
Beautiful job! Don't forget to link up to The DIY'ers. http://homecomingmn.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-diyers-30.htmlReplyDelete
What a great way to use up pieces of a pallet! It has a great rustic feel that could be used for decorating at any season - not just fall. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
love the box. visiting from Handmade TuesdayReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 23, 2013 at 8:06 PM
I can't believe how much effort you went to! My half-assed manicure looks kinda sad now.ReplyDeleteReplies
I gave up on manicures a long time ago! I simply cannot paint my nails without making an absolute mess. Plus I just don't have the patience to be still long enough to let the polish dry.Delete
What a great centerpiece, I love what you did!!! Looks beautiful!!! Love the rustic look! Happy Fall! :)ReplyDelete
Oh wow, that looks absolutely amazing as a centrepiece! Well done!!ReplyDelete
Oooh, that looks great, and I love that it's so long! I'm a bit wary of using pallets because I've heard that the wood is chemically treated, but maybe that only makes a difference if you're using them for a bonfire?ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, I've heard that too. If wood is chemically treated, it's not a good idea to burn in an indoor fireplace because it will release chemicals that are bad for you. As long as you're not burning the wood, I think it would be ok.Delete
What great results! I've got a pallet... just trying to figure out what I want to do with it. This looks great, though. I never thought about the process of taking it apart. That does seem a bit challenging. But you've got a great result. Makes me think I should start working on mine :) Great post. Glad to have found your blog!ReplyDelete
Love your pallet box! SO glad I found your blog as I'm a Pinterest Junkie myself. I'd love to feature this on my blog next week. Now following....ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for stopping by and following Jacki! I would be thrilled if you featured this project on your blog next week! Thanks!Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 24, 2013 at 1:26 PM
That looks great!ReplyDelete
I love this!! =) Simple decor can be so delightful! Thanks for linking up at the Pinterest Power Party!! Hope you have a great Wednesday!ReplyDelete
I really love this. I've been wanting to try a palette wood project, and I think I might be able to do this one :) Thanks for sharing your post, I think it's great your son helped too! What a great project to do together.ReplyDelete
Also, as a co-host of the Lovely Ladies linky party I want to say thanks for linking up this week, it's how I found you :)
-Molly at Just a Little Creativity
This is adorable! Love how it fills up the table! I would love to have you share this and anything else at my link party!! http://www.madetobeamomma.com/2013/09/homemade-by-you-69.htmlReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for the invitation Katie! I linked up!Delete
This is just too cute. Great idea. Thanks for sharing at our Thursday Favorite Things Hop.ReplyDelete
Must make one of these, thanks!ReplyDelete
Good Morning! I'm just now getting into pallet projects... found my first one at a local dump ;-D Been letting it sit in the rain to "age" it more, but the sanded version looks great too!ReplyDelete
this is lovely, thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop. I featured you on facebook ♥ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for the Facebook feature! I appreciate it!Delete
What a great look! I've been wanting something like this for my dining room table. Thanks for the inspiration.ReplyDelete
Great project...looks awesome! I'm inspired now too. Please consider linking up at The Patriotic Pam this weekend. Party goes live Friday.ReplyDelete
Pam @ The Patriotic Pam
I LOVE what you have done. You should come show off your creativity starting at 8PM CST at Craft Frenzy Friday! http://obsessiveandcreative.blogspot.com/2013/09/craft-frenzy-friday-6.html It won't be a party without you!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for the invitation Rhonda! I linked up!Delete
Love your centerpiece! The planter box is so pretty and I love what you put in it for the fall.ReplyDelete
I'm crazy impressed! I've shied away from any pins involving pallets. Bravo!ReplyDelete
So pretty! Love how you decorate it for fall but it would be fun for any season!ReplyDelete
Thanks for linking up to this week's Catch a Glimpse Party! I'll be featuring this tomorrow. :)Replies
Thanks so much for the feature Allison! I appreciate it!Delete
Great job! That's a true DIY project with tools and everything! It makes a beautiful tablescape. If you get a chance I'd love for you to share at All Things Pretty. http://sparklesandastove.com/things-pretty-linky-party-27-features/ Have a wonderful weekend!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for the invitation to your party Kathy!Delete
Love it! Such a great idea for a fall centerpiece. I am pinning to my Pallet board :-)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 27, 2013 at 9:40 AM
My husband just did a pallette project last weekend, I should totally post a picture! Thanks for linking up to #LOBS!ReplyDelete
This is so incredibility cute and oh my goodness the possibilities on decorating this are endless. I love how you have it decorated right now and yay for a son who is willing to help. :) Thanks for sharing and for linking up to Thrifty Thursday.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for stopping in at Show Off Friday! Have a great weekend. That is a lovely planter box!ReplyDelete
You know I love this! It's so similar to the one I featured at this weeks SYC. Great job and I too love making something for little or no cost! Thanks for sharing with SYC.ReplyDelete
I love this too! I am really ready to grow my own herbs and this might be a great way to do it:)ReplyDelete
Nicole @ HoldtheOffice.com
I think that I shall send the Rooster out tomorrow and gather up some pallets for me.. this is a must do! Thanks for sharing with us at #LOBS!!ReplyDelete
I love this idea! I have a couple of palettes in the garage from an old delivery! Now I know what I can use them for! I knew I could use them sometime! I'm bopping over from the VMC DIY Sunday Showcase. So glad you shared your link! I'd love to have you visit me sometime at http://www.kneadedcreations.com. Happy crafting! Deb @ Kneaded CreationsReplyDelete
Love that rustic look, it's so perfect! Pinning this, and thanks for sharing at my link party!ReplyDeleteReplies
I love your pallet box. BETTER THAN POTTERY BARN!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Eva! Your comment made me smile!Delete
What a fun box! This looks so great on your table!!ReplyDelete
Thanks you for hosting this party. You are so sweet….
hugs x, Crystelle
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Love this! You are one of the features today at the Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Pop on over and grab a feature button for your blog. Here is the link to this week's party. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2013/09/make-it-pretty-monday-week-69.html Hope to see you again at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouseReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for the feature Kathryn! You made my day! Your button is on my feature page!Delete
You just can't beat a good pallet project! Oh, getting your kids in on it --- even better! Thanks for linking up to Gingerly Made's Show & Tell Party. YOU've been featured! http://www.gingerlymade.com/2013/10/show-tell-features.htmlReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks so much for the feature Ginger! What a nice surprise!Delete
This would look perfect on my table. I have been wanting to make something like this since I saw something similar on pintrest, too. Great job!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 1, 2013 at 1:51 PM
Love the plantar box this week - great pallet project. We've featured this terrific DIY at BeBetsy on the BRAG ABOUT IT No. 24 http://bebetsy.com.ReplyDelete
Thanks again for linking up with us!
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Wow, great job and I love it. You will enjoy this for so many different things. Thanks so much for linking to Inspire Me. Hugs, MartyReplyDelete
Beautiful transformation. Looks simple and pretty.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing.
Coming from Centsational Girl.
Hope to see you on my blog:)
The planter box looks great. I keep telling myself that I'm going to make something out of a pallet, but finding them can be a little difficult.ReplyDelete
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Pallets seem to be in high demand right now. Probably many other people are looking for them too.Delete
Hi there,ReplyDelete
This will look beautiful as decor anywhere. Thank you for sharing it. This post will be Featured on this week's Thumping Thursdays Blog Hop. I look forward to seeing what other projects you have in store for us this week.
Thanks for the feature Karina! I appreciate it! Your button is on my feature page!Delete
You should be in love!! Your rustic planter is perfect!! Plus, I love how you filled it. I just had a huge vanity delivered on a DOUBLE pallet. I might be more excited about the pallet than the vanity. Haha. I would love for you to share your pallet planter on the link party I'm co-hosting this week. http://twoityourself.blogspot.com/2013/09/yay-were-co-hosting-link-it-or-lump-it.htmlReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks for inviting me over to your party! I linked up!Delete
This is really cute!ReplyDelete
Thanks for joining the Link Up this week!
Thanks for sharing this great project at the Krafty Inspiration Thursday Link Party, you have been chosen as one of the top 5 featured posts at tomorrows party.ReplyDelete
Have a lovely evening!
Maria @ Krafty Cards etc.
Thanks so much for the feature Maria! I appreciate it! Your button is on my feature page!Delete
- AnonymousOctober 3, 2013 at 7:56 AM
What a beautiful pallet box - great job! It makes a wonderful centerpiece/runner on your table. It would look great in a few spots in a house. I have never seen any pallets around my neck of the woods, maybe I need to keep my eye out too! Thanks for sharing :)ReplyDelete
Nicole @ WKH
I saw someone else make this and I knew I wanted the exact thing for my centerpiece on my Fall table but I forgot how it was made. But I can still make it for Christmas, I love this idea and it looks so simple. Thanks for sharing. Visiting from TT#4.ReplyDelete
Hey there, I'm stopping by to let you know you're featured at the TGIF Link Party this week! I hope you'll stop by to grab a button and link up again. The party starts at 8pm EST.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for the feature Rebecca! I appreciate it! Your button is on my feature page!Delete
Hi Bonnie! This looks absolutely fabulous! It just encompasses fall :) I wanted to thank you for linking up at last week's Get Crafty Friday link party and I also wanted to let you know that your planter box will be featured at this week's party! I would love it if you would stop by and grab a feature button. The party start tonight at 8pm EST!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for the feature Amy! I appreciate it! Your button is on my feature page!Delete
love this! feel free to post on the Fall Crafts Blog Hop today!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the invitation to your party! I linked up!Delete
I am in love too. Cute, cute, cute! -Michele @ Neat Little NestReplyDelete
I'm already following, waving hello from Thumping Thursdays. I love the box, it's perfect for Fall!ReplyDelete
oh, I LOVE it too, great job!! perfect for Fall!ReplyDelete
Love this! It's perfect.ReplyDelete
Love it! We have a huge farm table and I am always looking for ideas for the middle of it! Can't wait to add this to my husband's 'Honey-do list'! :)ReplyDelete
I love your pallet planter box and pinned it! I have a couple of pallets sitting outside and if there is enough wood leftover from the project currently using it on, I MUST make one of these for my dining room table. I found you over at the Fall Linky Party at Setting for Four.ReplyDelete
Love this box! I've been wanting to make one of these for some time now. I'll have to do it soon!ReplyDelete
This really turned out great! Great tutorial and use of a pallet! Would like to invite you to come by and share at One More Time http://www.onemoretimeevents.com/2013/10/one-more-time-share-it-one-more-time.html TammyReplyDeleteReplies
I love it too! You did a great job! Thank you for linking up this week at Sewlicious Home Decor! :)ReplyDelete
Thank you for participating in the project Handmade Cafe!ReplyDelete
My sweet hubby made one of those boxes for me a year or two ago, and I LOVE being able to change it up pretty regularly!! Good for your son getting in some woodworking training. Most younglets enjoy the craft after they get started!ReplyDelete
Blessings to you,
That is GORGEOUS!!! I love the rustic fall look it gives your home! Such a fun idea. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Thursday's Temptation. I am going to be featuring this tonight on my blog!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for the feature Jill! I appreciate it! Your button is on my feature page!Delete
I found you at Sew Many Ways. I so want to make something from a pallet. Seeing your project (and reading words like "fun" and a teenage "partner in crime" sounds just right to me. I do need to get a sander, I see, to make the pallet project work. Thanks for the inspiration.ReplyDelete
Oh, I love this! It turned out fabulous! Just pinned. Stopping by to let you know that I featured it at Pick of the Bunch today! Thank you so much for sharing with us at A Bouquet of Talent!ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful weekend!
Thanks for the feature Kathy! I appreciate it! Your button is on my feature page!Delete
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Much of this story will be familiar to those who have read Richard Kluger's Ashes to Ashes, Stanton Glantz's The Cigarette Papers, and Allan Brandt's The Cigarette Century. But what makes Golden Holocaust so valuable is that in the years since those fine books appeared, advances in computing and optical scanning have made the tobacco industry's once-secret archives of memoranda, scientific studies, and outright chicanery freely available. One can now type in any search term into this massive database, and so Proctor has been able to drill this quarry deeper and wider. The result, in Proctor's hands, is a forcefully written and genuinely alarming tour de force of history, public health, and muckraking.The End of Race? Obama, 2008, and Racial Politics in America (Yale University Press), by political scientists Donald R. Kinder and Allison Dale-Riddle. The review is here.
Law professor Dale Carpenter's Flagrant Conduct continues to make the rounds (see our earlier coverage here). This week, Michael O'Donnell reviews it, here, for the Nation.
Also in the Nation, Richard J. Evans covers The Taste of War: World War II and the Battle for Food (Penguin Press), by Lizzie Collingham. Here's a snippet of the review:
The combatant nations of World War I learned through logistical error and terrible suffering the importance of securing adequate food supplies in a prolonged armed conflict. Not least as a result of this experience, as Lizzie Collingham shows in her superb new study The Taste of War, these same nations went to considerable lengths to keep their armies and civilian populations alive and well fed during World War II.Jennifer Siegel offers another perspective here, in the Wall Street Journal.
Also in the WSJ, a review of The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi (The Experiment), by Peter Popham. It is "by far the best book yet written on [Myanmar's] elusive heroine."
In the New York Times, you'll find coverage of Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power (Crown Publishers), by political commentator Rachel Maddow ("a sustained, lucid" argument, written "in a crisp, sometimes too-smart-alecky style") (here), and Enemies: A History of the FBI (Random House), by journalist Tim Weiner ("important and disturbing," according to the review). Enemies is also reviewed this week in the Guardian, here.
In the London Review of Books, subscribers may enjoy reviews of Philip of Spain, King of England: The Forgotten Sovereign (I.B. Tauris), by Harry Kelsey (here), and The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan 1838-42 (Walker), by Diana Preston (here). John Lanchester's essay on "Marx at 193" is open access, here.


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See what Gretchen Rossi, Kim Kardashian, Joanna Krupa and other reality stars are to this week in our photo gallery.
The photo above (and one in the gallery) of Kim Zolciak is from February, but we stumbled on it this week and they were too fun not to share. All that's missing is a lit ciggy hanging from her mouth and this photo would be Peg Bundy perfection.
Dr. Paul Nassif and Dr. Terry Dubrow attended the NBC Summer Presentation event to promote their new reality show. Andy Cohen showed off his buff bod on the beach, Gretchen Rossi and Slade Smiley got cutesy on the red carpet for a charity event, Joanna Krupa caught a flight at LAX and Kristin Cavallari showed off her maternity style. Kelly Bensimon and LuAnn de Lesseps hung out for a good cause.
Also spotted: Kim Kardashian attended a political event with sister Kourtney. Kendra spent some time with her family (on the red carpet) and Juan Pablo Galavis enjoyed some time with Nikki Ferrell. And Bethenny Frankel ran errands in NYC.
Other stars you'll find below: Heidi Klum, Cynthia Bailey, Renee Graziano, Mauricio Umansky, Courtney Stodden and more!
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The unholy alliance of the Political Right and the Religious Right threatens to destroy the America we love. It also threatens to generate a popular aversion to God and religion by identifying religious values with a pro-war, pro-business, pro-rich, anti-science, and anti-environmental stance.
Over the past few decades, the Republicans have achieved political dominance by forging a union with the Religious Right. This marriage has provided a sanctimonious veneer for policies that have helped the rich get richer while ignoring the needs of the middle class and the poor, dismantling environmental and civil liberties protections, and seeking global domination. The Right champions the materialism and ruthless selfishness promoted by unrestrained capitalism and then laments the moral crises of family instability and loneliness experienced by people who bring these commercial values into their homes and personal lives. In response, the Religious Right offers insular communities for the faithful and a culture that blames liberals, activist judges, homosexuals, independent women, and all secular people for the moral and spiritual emptiness so many Americans experience.
Yet, however distorted both the Right's analysis and its solutions to America's spiritual crisis may be, it wins allegiance by addressing the human hunger for a life with some higher purpose. The Left, by contrast, remains largely tone-deaf to the spiritual needs of the American people. It is the yearning for meaning in life, not just the desire for money or power, that lies at the core of American politics.
Addressing the central mystery of contemporary politics -- why so many Americans vote against their own economic interests -- The Left Hand of God provides an invaluable, timely, and blunt critique of the current state of faith in government. Lerner challenges the Left to give up its deeply held fear of religion and to distinguish between a domination-oriented, Right-Hand-of-God tradition and a more compassionate and hope-oriented Left-Hand-of-God worldview. Further, Lerner describes the ways that Democrats have misunderstood and alienated significant parts of their potential constituency. To succeed again, Lerner argues, the Democratic Party must rethink its relationship to God, champion a progressive spiritual vision, reject the old bottom line that promotes the globalization of selfishness, and deal head-on with the very real spiritual crisis that many Americans experience every day.
Lerner presents a vision that incorporates and then goes far beyond contemporary liberal and progressive politics. He argues for a new bottom line in our economy, schools, and government. This is a fundamentally fresh approach, one that takes spiritual needs seriously in our economic and political lives. Presenting an eight-point progressive spiritual covenant with America, Lerner provides a blueprint for how the Democratic Party can effectively challenge the Right and position itself to win the White House and Congress. By appealing to religious, secular, and spiritual but not necessarily religious people, The Left Hand of God blazes a trail that could change our world and reclaim America from the Religious Right.
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Frank Holl: Emerging from the Shadows. [Click on image to enlarge it.]. Frank Holl. 1868. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the City of London Corporation. Catalogue no. 5 in the 2013 Watts Gallery exhibition,
Holl's other representations of death and mourning
- Holl's Her Firstborn, Horsham Churchyard, 1876
- Holl's I am the Resurrection and the Life (The Village Funeral) (1872)
Other representations of death and mourning in Victorian Art
- Henry Courtney Selous's The Death of Biorn (1844)
- Henry Wallis's The Death of Chatterton (1856)
- W. Holman Hunt's At Night (1860)
- Matthew James Lawless's One Dead (1863)
- Robert Barnes's Death by suffocation (1869)
- Sol Eytinge, Jr's Death's Dominion (1869)
- Harry Furniss's Death of Major Taunton (1910)
Bills, Mark. Frank Holl: Emerging from the Shadows. London: I. B. Tauris, 2013.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2015
No Bath, Please!
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I thought it was just cat's that didn't like bath time?ReplyDelete
Oh no, the dreaded bath!ReplyDelete
Love water, don't love baths.ReplyDelete
Shiner I'm so with you... that water torture is awful.... and in summer when my allergies are back I have to take tooooo much of that darned baths :o(ReplyDelete
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Lol I feel ya Shiner ~JadeReplyDelete
Baths are the worst. Buster hates baths, and we need to do tons more counter conditioning training first. It makes it hard though, since he's an allergy dog and bathing would help his skin.ReplyDelete
Why do dogs hate getting baths, but they love jumping into pools or lakes? Maybe it's the smelly shampoo that they hate. It's all right Shiner, Haley hates getting a bath too.ReplyDelete
They are such big babies when getting baths. I wonder why it bothers them so much. I would think it would be soothing to just be rubbed and touched all over with shampoo and then warm water. Oh well... :)ReplyDelete
Luna's motto is bath day is the worst day! Until she is set free and zoomies happen, of course.ReplyDelete
-Jessica from Beagles & Bargains
We used to have 2 doggies and they didn't like bath time either sweet Shiner!ReplyDelete
shiner...we can confirm we haz never meeted a dawg that liked a bathe....ore a cat frank lee....knot sure jack & gus wood like a bathe.....kidz due knot even like ta bathe....now that we think oh it, a bathe shuld bee out lawed.......period !! ♥♥♥ReplyDelete
No baths here! I am with Shiner on this one.ReplyDelete
It was just bath day at our house too. I had to wrangle my older dog, but my puppy walked into the shower on her own. She's going to be a water baby. Hope is wasn't too traumatic for Shiner.ReplyDelete
Not a bath! Anything but a bath! LOL I hope that Shiner felt better about it after it was done. I don't really bathe my cats. They are pretty good at keeping themselves clean. I will wipe them down with a wash cloth if they get something on their fur that I don't want them licking off though.ReplyDelete
Our dogs hate baths! They both had them last week. Leo used to like trying to bite the water, but we had to pick all 90 pounds of him up to get him in the tub. Mia wasn't thrilled but she didn't fight back as much as Leo did. Then she was softer and cleaner than she's ever been.ReplyDelete
Oh Shiner, I didn't know you felt that way about baths. Harley loves his. Jax may be a different story. He's had two because he loves dirt, mud and puddles. It wore me out!ReplyDelete
Oh Shiner, I am so sorry! You look gorgeous though!ReplyDelete
Shiner, we bet you're glad that's over now.ReplyDelete
Awww. My dogs love to swim, but hate baths as well. Makes no sense to me.ReplyDelete
Hahaha I guess most animals hate Bath time,xx RachelReplyDelete
WATERBOARDING!!!!!! Have a tremendous Thursday.ReplyDelete
Best wishes Molly
Poor Shiner. Did she roll in the grass to get the clean off?ReplyDelete
Poor Shiner! I don't like bath's easier, she might like Bobbi Panter's Itchy Dog shampoo it really soothes my skin! Love DollyReplyDelete
No, they don't like them, but they're pretty good about it. Cricket can get pretty wound up and upset though...she'll be shaking even after its over, so we try not to do it too often. They're probably due now but I figured we'd wait until after mud season anyway!ReplyDelete
No baths please here either. I like my natural smell.ReplyDelete
No I do no like a bath ever.ReplyDelete
I know when my parents are getting things ready and I try to hide under the bed!
I don't even go into the bathroom at all.
My Mom takes me to a place called Sister's Pet Wash.
They do a great job getting me clean and itch free.
xo Cinnamon


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The Classics: From behind the lens
All the drama of the past two months of racing
The 2010 spring Classics may have come to a close, but cycling's biggest one-day races have once again left behind a catalogue of dramatic images. Cyclingnews has selected some of the best pictures from veteran cycling photographer Roberto Bettini, which capture all the drama of the spring.
The spring season kicked-off in early March with the Belgian semi-Classic Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Juan Antonio Flecha took not only the first Classics win of his career but the first for the new Sky outfit. A week later, Bobbie Traksel (Vacansoleil) triumphed in a brutal edition of Kuurne-Bruxxeles-Kuurne, which saw just 26 riders finish the race.
Attention then turned to Italy, where the first major Classic of the year was run from Milan to San Remo. For the third time in his career, Oscar Freire (Rabobank) was first across the line at La Primavera, relegating Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and former-winner Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) to second and third, respectively.
The Classics caravan made its way back onto Belgian soil for the lead-up to the biggest cobbled races of the year: The Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. Before those, however, Dwars door Vlaanderen, E3 Prijs-Harelbeke and Gent-Wevelgem were to be decided. Saxo Bank's sensational spring began with Matti Brechel's win at Dwars, before Fabian Cancellara powered away from Boonen and Flecha to win E3 Prijs. A day later, Bernhard Eisel ensured HTC-Columbia a spring victory as he sprinted to victory in Gent-Wevelgem.
On to Flanders, where Cancellara surged away from Boonen on the Muur-Kappelmuur and soloed into Ninove to seal the third 'Monument' of his career. In the run to Roubaix the Swiss played it cool as Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) sprinted to victory at the mid-week Scheldeprijs. Four days later, Cancellara stamped his absolute authority on the cobbled Classics as he stormed away to his second solo win at Paris-Roubaix.
Brabantse Pijl brought the peloton towards the Ardennes and Sebastien Rosseler (RadioShack) bested his breakaway companions to seal the final victory of the Flemish portion of the Classics period.
An Icelandic volcano caused havoc with start lists, but nevertheless the Ardennes then commenced at Amstel Gold Race, where Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) outclassed everybody on the Cauberg. The Belgian's victory in the Netherlands lifted him to straight to the top of the favourites list for Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Like Gilbert three days earlier, World Champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) claimed his team's first win of the season at Flèche Wallone, as the gritty Australian powered past Alberto Contador (Astana) in the final meters of the Mur de Huy.
Alexandr Kolobnev (Katusha) had made his presence felt throughout the week of the Ardennes, but the Russian's hopes of victory were again foiled as Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) closed the Classics with his second title at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
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To exploit the quantum world to the fullest, a key commodity is entanglement-the spooky, distance-defying link that can form between objects such as atoms even when they are completely shielded from one another. Now, physicists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaborative organization of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland, have developed a promising new source of entangled photons using quantum dots tweaked with a laser. The JQI technique may someday enable more compact and convenient sources of entangled photon pairs than presently available for quantum information applications such as the distribution of "quantum keys" for encrypting sensitive messages.
Quantum dots are nanometer-scale bits of semiconductor-so small that electrical charges in the dots are confined in all directions. They can be made to emit photons-fluoresce-by pumping in energy to create so-called "excitons," a pairing of an electron and the electron-less "hole." When the electron falls back into the hole, the excess energy is released as a photon. Quantum dots can also host the even more exotic "biexciton," composed of two electrons and two holes.
When a short-lived biexciton decomposes, it undergoes two drops in energy, analogous to descending two rungs of a ladder, and a photon is released at each stage. Physicists have long been trying to use this process to get pairs of entangled photons from quantum dots. What makes entanglement possible is that the biexciton could decay along one of two possible pathways, analogous to two different ladders that both get it to the ground. During its descent it releases a pair of photons with a different kind of polarization (electric field direction) depending on the ladder it descends. If the energy drop at each stage is exactly the same in both pathways, so that the ladders look identical, the pathways become indistinguishable-and as a result the biexciton releases photons with undetermined polarization values. Measuring a photon would both determine its polarization and instantly define its partners-a hallmark of entanglement.
But imperfections within the structure of the quantum dot create differences in the energy levels (rung heights) between the two pathways, making them distinguishable and creating photons with predetermined, clearly defined polarizations. Except in rare instances, this holds true even for the reliable, widely fabricated indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) dots that JQI researcher Andreas Muller and his colleagues created at NIST. Muller and his coworkers solved this problem by beaming a laser at the quantum dot. The laser's electric field shifts the energy levels in one of the pathways so that the two pathways match up, resulting in the emission of entangled photons.
Entangled photons have come from individual quantum dots before, but they have been spotted by hunting for dots in large samples whose imperfections accidentally gave the two pathways identical energy structure. JQI group leader Glenn Solomon says that this entanglement technique could work for a wide variety of quantum dots. Though the dots must be cooled to cryogenic temperatures, he adds that quantum dots could offer advantages as entanglement sources over their conventional crystal counterparts as they are less bulky and can conveniently produce one pair of entangled photons at a time, instead of in bunches.
* A. Muller, W.F.Fang, J. Lawall and G.S. Solomon. Creating polarization-entangled photons from a quantum dot. Upcoming in Physical Review Letters.
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MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Former Chicago gang member Jose Padilla was found guilty Thursday of supporting Islamic terrorism overseas.
Jose Padilla was originally accused of planning a "dirty bomb" attack in the United States.
Co-defendants Adham Hassoun and Kifan Jayyousi were also found guilty of the three counts charged: conspiracy to murder, kidnap, and maim people in a foreign country; conspiracy to provide material support for terrorists; and providing material support for terrorists.
Padilla was originally arrested on accusations that he planned to set off radioactive "dirty bombs" in the United States. Thursday's convictions are not related to those accusations, and prosecutors did not present the "dirty bomb" plot to the jury.
A federal court jury in Miami deliberated for just under two days before handing down the verdict. Jurors declined to speak to the media. "They've had enough," said court clerk Ivan Marchena. Watch latest news of Padilla verdict from CNN's Susan Candiotti »
All three defendants face life in prison when they are sentenced on December 5.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales -- who is on vacation this week -- issued a statement saying, "The conviction of Jose Padilla -- an American who provided material support to terrorists and trained for violent jihad -- is a significant victory in our efforts to fight the threat posed by terrorists and their supporters."
Padilla received a "fair trial and a just verdict," the White House said in a statement.
"We commend the jury for its work in this trial and thank it for upholding a core American principle of impartial justice for all," the statement said.
Defense attorneys argued at trial that Padilla went overseas only to study Islam.
Padilla's mother, Estela Lebron, told CNN her son will appeal the verdict.
"I'm not surprised by anything in this place anymore," she said. "This is a Republican city."
Lebron blamed President Bush for the outcome of the trial and said there was not enough evidence in the case to convict her son.
Attorneys for the other defendants also vowed to appeal, saying they were "stunned" by the decision.
"An innocent man was wrongly convicted today and we're going to do what we can to clear his name," said William Swor, the attorney for Jayyousi.
"We're all stunned ... because Dr. Jayyousi is innocent, because there was no evidence presented except pieces of conversations spun from another language that have so many different meanings.
"We're going to fight to get him released," he added.
Padilla attorney Anthony Natale declined to comment on the outcome.
The verdict is a "critical vindication" for the U.S. Department of Justice and its post-9/11 strategy for prosecuting terrorism cases, said Kendall Coffey, former U.S. attorney in Miami who comments on legal matters for CNN.
"I think this is huge for DOJ," he said, "given the case's background of controversy and the government's mixed results in other (terror) trials."
He said the verdict also raises questions about whether military tribunals are necessary.
"Critics of the post-9/11 war on terrorism can point to this and say you don't need military tribunals, you can get the job done with civilian trials," Coffey said.
During the trial, prosecutors played more than 70 intercepted phone calls among the defendants for jurors, including seven that featured Padilla, 36. He is a Brooklyn-born convert to Islam.
FBI agent John Kavanaugh testified that the calls were made in code, which Padilla used to discuss traveling overseas to fight with Islamic militants, along with side trips to Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan.
In closing arguments, Padilla's lawyers argued he never spoke in code. His voice is heard on only seven of 300,000 taped conversations.
They also tried to rebut a key piece of prosecution evidence -- an al Qaeda terrorist training camp application or "mujahedeen data form."
A covert CIA officer -- who testified in disguise at Padilla's trial -- said he was given the form in Afghanistan, and a fingerprint expert found Padilla's prints on the form, prosecutors said.
"The al Qaeda application virtually sealed his fate," said Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University Law School. He compared the document's value as evidence to "putting a duffle bag with severed heads on the table."
But Michael Caruso, Padilla's defense attorney, said the prints on the form were not consistent with someone who filled out the document.
"Jose at some point handled the document, but did not fill out the form," Caruso said.
Just as prosecutors did not present the dirty bomb plot to the jury, neither were jurors told that Padilla was held in a Navy brig for 3½ years without charges before his indictment in the Miami case.
Turley said the case was troubling because it appears Padilla was kept in the brig in violation of his rights, for no legitimate reason.
"The evidence changed very little in the 3½ years Padilla was held without charges or access to a lawyer as an 'enemy combatant,' " he said.
Before trial, his lawyers tried to argue that he was no longer mentally competent to stand trial after years of solitary confinement and abuse -- allegations the government strongly denied.
Padilla was taken into custody in Chicago as he stepped off a flight from Pakistan in 2002, and Bush declared him an "enemy combatant" and had him transferred to military custody. He was never charged as an "enemy combatant" and was eventually transferred from military to civilian custody where he was finally charged.
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The consideration of an abstract thing as if it were concrete, or of an inanimate object as if it were living
The ultimate test of any theory or architectural design is the Reification of that abstraction into reality. Whether the Reification is simply itself an abstract process of the imagination, or a physical process of making the design a real object, the abstraction is tested against reality.
In trying to explain his notion of the ideal form, Plato imagined a cave where people were restrained to see only the shadows of reality on the back wall of the cave. Thus he described a process of the imagination to help understand how reality can be but a shadow of the pre-existing ideal. In his world the ideal was pre-existing, in our world the search for the abstraction works the other way, to try to find the best abstraction what, when reified, still makes sense.
The consideration of a human being as an impersonal object. (programming) Process that makes out of a non-computable/addressable object a computable/addressable one. (see also the Wikipedia description.)
Standards and Protocols are Holy
In biology, the individual organism is ephemeral. Each individual is incredibly fragile, and has a built-in limited lifespans, not to mention a good chance of meeting with accidental death at any moment. The only things that matter, that have at least a shot at longevity, are genes (and species, really)…
- Reification (computer science), the creation of a data model that can automatically create the data base objects.
- Reification (knowledge representation), the representation of facts and/or assertions
- Reification (statistics), the use of an idealized model to make inferences linking results from a model with experimental observations
Other uses
- Reification (fallacy), the fallacy of treating an abstraction as if it were a real thing
- Reification (Gestalt psychology), the perception of an object as having more spatial information than is present
- Reification (linguistics), the transformation of a natural-language statement such that actions and events represented by it become quantifiable
- Reification (Marxism), the consideration of an abstraction of an object as if it had living existence and abilities
- Concretization, which takes an abstraction and makes it real. Best synonym for identity management.
- Objectification, the treatment of an entity (such as a human or animal) as an object


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Sweden is rightly admired for the way it handled its banking crisis in the early 1990s (and its ensuing fiscal challenges).
In yesterday's Financial Times, Dag Detter looks back for some lessons for Europe as it struggles to resolve its current banking crisis:
When the Swedish banking system crashed in 1992, the government faced an identical problem. Yet in the end, Sweden's taxpayers came very well out of their experience of bank ownership. How was this achieved, and what lessons can be learnt for Madrid and the EU's new bank resolution policy?First, move fast. Spain and bankers have been in denial about the scale of bad lending for too long. The Rajoy government rightly came to office this year on a promise to force banks to write down bad loans. The situation has predictably turned out to be much worse than assumed, but their policy is the right one. Painful as it is, transparency on the scale of bad debt is vital for the market to be confident that it understands risk and uncertainty in Spain and can therefore price it properly.
Catharsis can come only with a purge of bad assets. Banks should present plans to handle problem assets, strengthen controls and improve efficiency. This might require government or even supranational assistance in the orderly closure of moribund institutions. In addition, "bad" bank parts must be demerged from the "healthy" to facilitate recapitalisation. The state should never be left holding the junk while the healthy part of a bank wriggles free.
Second, maintain commercial principles. In Sweden, each state bank investment was made on what would have been commercial terms in a normal market, always with the aim of maintaining competitive neutrality. The terms of the investment must be structured in a way that gives the bank and its owners no grounds to request more state funding than is necessary, combined with the incentives to facilitate a swift exit. Yet it must be sufficient to ensure that the bank can return to profitability without additional government assistance.
The whole piece is worth a read.


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Sunday, 24 March 2013
the best thing i ever made
I have been hinting at some "health" issues lately but, now that this bun is safely out of the oven, I am happy to share that Jonas and I are proud parents of little Esther, who was born 10 days early at the beginning of March.
Given this news, I hope you can forgive my intermittent blogging in recent times, and be patient with my almost certain lack of posts over the coming months.
This blog has always meant a lot to me, but right now I'm busy learning how to be a mother to this darling little girl. Once I get the hang of it, I'll be back!
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She is so beautiful! Definitely your best creation.ReplyDeleteReplies
[un]fortunately i didn't write the recipe down ;pDelete
Oh congratulations :) She's gorgeous!!!ReplyDelete
Congratulations Anna! she's so gorgeous!ReplyDeleteReplies
i think she's gorgeous, but perhaps i'm not really an objective source...Delete
She's beautiful! Congratulations, and I hope you enjoy getting to know the new addition to the family. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
i am totally enjoying all the cuddlesDelete
Congratulations Anna! She looks beautiful and I'm sure she'll be one of the best fed babies ever :)ReplyDeleteReplies
she's already enjoyed fish tagine, pulled pork, smoked beef brisket, chilli con carne, paprika potatoes and choc-mint pie flavoured milk treats :)Delete
Congratulations, and so happy for you!ReplyDeleteReplies
thanks kalyn! we're pretty happy too :)Delete
Congratulazioni a voi e benvenuta piccola Esther, che meraviglia di bambina complimenti!ReplyDelete
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grazie mille. siamo molto felice.Delete
She is absolutely sublime. Congratulations! Hoping that 2013 is a good year for babies ;)ReplyDeleteReplies
oh really?! how exciting. congrats to you too!Delete
A very big congrats Anna! She's gorgeous and I hope blesses you guys with much sleep and smilesReplyDeleteReplies
thanks trina! surprisingly we do get some good chunks of sleep and she has just started smiling so we are feeling very blessed.Delete


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Middle Childhood Education : Soc Studies & Nat Science
Why study Middle Childhood Education : Soc Studies & Nat Science?
The Bachelor of Science in Middle Childhood Education degree, at the University of Cincinnati, prepares students for teaching in grades 4-9, in two subjects, and also for working as special education intervention specialists in mild to moderate K-12 settings. This dual-licensure program is dedicated to preparing teachers for meeting the needs of all students in diverse settings.
Our Middle Childhood Education program with a concentration in Social Studies and Natural Science prepares our graduates to create and implement research-informed and engaging curriculum, manage productive learning environments, and support the academic, social, and emotional needs of learners. Social Studies is an interdisciplinary subject that addresses civic engagement through the study of history, politics, economics, and geography. Natural Science includes earth and space science, life science, and physical science. Students with a middle childhood education degree in these concentrations will be comfortable and confident in their abilities to teach students in these areas.
Admission Requirements
Freshmen applicants, please visit the Admission Requirements page for more information.
Successful candidates are those who:
- know how young adolescents learn and develop
- can articulate the central concepts, tools of inquiry and the structures of their discipline
- collaborate effectively with others to develop their own professional competence
- demonstrate leadership through family and community involvement
- address issues of diversity with equity
- use technology to support their practice
- use assessment to inform their classroom practices
- demonstrate pedagogical and philosophical knowledge of the middle school concept
- embrace the intent of the program through learning situations within an urban environment
- exhibit responsible, caring, fair and honest behavior
- are committed to social justice
Graduates of the middle childhood education social studies and natural science program may teach in public or private schools. The middle childhood license allows teachers to teach two licensure areas in grades four through nine. There are additional endorsements that allow teachers to teach in either or both of the additional licensure areas for grades four through six. Graduates of the middle childhood program usually elect to teach in Ohio, but graduates teach across the nation.
CECH Student Services Center
College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services
360 Teachers-Dyer Complex
PO Box 210014
Cincinnati, OH 45221
(513) 556-2336
Formed as the Teachers College in 1905, the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services continually merits local, state and national recognition. Recent commendations include:
- accreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), the organization responsible for professional accreditation of teacher education
- a 65th ranking in U.S. News & World Report
- the Best Practice Award from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
- consistently high scores by candidates on state mandated licensure exams
In addition, the middle childhood education program provides small classes, talented faculty in each discipline and extensive field clinical experiences in urban and suburban schools.
Future Educators of America (FEA)
UC's FEA chapter is dedicated to fostering the love of teaching, examining the reality of teaching and promoting the rewards of teaching. FEA is open to all UC students; however, our main focus is to offer a path for teacher education students to stay connected to their college and to their future profession. Members have the opportunity to work with children and young adults in local schools and FEA chapters.
Kappa Delta Pi (KDP)
Kappa Delta Pi is a prestigious international honor society that recognizes scholarship and excellence in the field of education. Members must have a college GPA of at least 3.0 for undergraduate students or 3.25 for graduate students. KDP members work on several volunteer activities that focus on education. Some of the benefits of being a member of KDP include annual scholarships, professional development, a nationwide job database and access to the ideas, research, insights and expertise of internationally renowned educators.
Student Council for Exceptional Children (SCEC)
SCEC is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities and gifted children, as well as those typically developing. If you are committed to children, focused on becoming the best educator and want to meet new people, then SCEC is for you! Membership dues permit you to receive professional development opportunities, journals and newsletters with new research and classroom practices and the opportunity to attend conventions and conferences.
Students for the Education of Young Children (SEYC)
SEYC helps students prepare to enter the teaching profession as early childhood educators. It provides opportunities to network with other professionals and members of the Cincinnati Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC) and its state and national affiliated groups. Students provide outreach to centers/schools (preschool through grade three), participate in service projects, and contribute to CAEYC activities such as Week of the Young Child, annual conference, and community lecture series. Students presented at the 2005 NAEYC conference in Washington, DC. Past members welcome and mentor all new students
CECH Tribunal
The purposes of the CECH Tribunal are to ensure that the interests of the students of the college are voiced and to provide student representation on behalf of all undergraduate students in CECH where representation is warranted. Also, the tribunal organizes programs and social events for students of the college.
CECH Student Ambassadors
The Student Ambassador program represents CECH at the University of Cincinnati by assisting with the recruitment and retention of students in the college. CECH student ambassadors provide a valuable service by representing the student perspective of university life to prospective and new students. Ambassadors also represent the college at numerous collegiate functions, professional events and key promotional events. Being selected as a CECH student ambassador is an honor that reflects academic rigor and a commitment to the fields of education, health promotion and education and criminal justice.
In order to graduate from the UC College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services, a student must:
- Complete all required course work and program requirements.
- Obtain at least a 2.8 cumulative grade point average, with a 2.6 GPA in both content areas.
- Be in good academic standing; that is, not on academic or disciplinary probation or suspension.
- Meet the college's residency requirement of 30 semester credit hours.
- File formal application for the degree by the posted semester of graduation deadline.
Admission to this program is generally available for students transferring to the University of Cincinnati if they were admissible directly from high school and have a 2.8 cumulative GPA (all prior institutions combined).
Students who were NOT admissible directly from high school must have:
- 24 semester (36 quarter) hours earned
- at least a 2.8 cumulative GPA (all prior institutions combined)
Admission to this program is generally available for University of Cincinnati students enrolled in other colleges of the University of Cincinnati if they were admissible directly from high school and have a 2.8 cumulative GPA (UC and any prior institutions combined).
Students who were NOT admissible directly from high school must have:
- 24 semester (36 quarter) hours earned
- at least a 2.8 cumulative GPA (UC and any prior institutions combined)
Current UC students wishing to transfer into the program should contact the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services at 513-556-2336.
International students should contact the University of Cincinnati's Office of Admission for details at 513-556-1100.
Application Deadlines
Fall Semester
- Early Action Deadline: Dec 1*
- Rolling Deadline: Mar 1
- Confirmation Deadline: May 1
* Your application must be complete by this date in order to be considered for scholarships and the Honors Program.
- Application Deadline: July 1
- Confirmation Deadline: Aug. 1
Spring Semester
Freshmen and Transfers:
- Application Deadline: Nov. 1
- Confirmation Deadline: Dec. 1
Summer Semester
Freshmen and Transfers:
- Application Deadline: March 1
- Confirmation Deadline: April 1
The educator preparation programs at the University of Cincinnati are accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). In addition, the middle childhood education program is accredited by the following associations:
- The National Middle School Association
- The National Council for Teachers of English
- The National Council for the Social Studies
- The National Science Teachers Association
- The National Council for Teachers of Mathematics.
This program has been determined to meet the Ohio reading mandate and is aligned with the Ohio content area standards.
Contact Information
PO Box 210014
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0014
(513) 556-6308
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Come Back One Day and say 'Hello'
Tonight, Bob Woodruff appeared on The Daily Show. Funny I should start my first post back with this one particular fact. But it is one that stands out tonight. I will get back to it soon.
I promised to tell you about the life of a Hospitalist in a community hospital and that I shall do.
Medicine in a community hospital is a little different than in Academia. During residency, the patient belonged to an internist if he/she was on the medicine floor. But if things turned for the worse and that same patient was transferred to the ICU he would then be under the care of a new attending, the ICU attending serving in the unit.
But things in a community hospital are a little different. Here, I am your attending in the ICU as well as when you improve. I will be your doctor on the medicine floor too. And sometimes, if you go to the rehab floor here, I'll still see you from time to time, just to make sure the old ticker is still ticking. Of course I consult with an intensivist if my patient is in the ICU, however, the final call on what goes in and what stays out remains mine, my responsibility, my decision.
In my short nine months as a Hospitalist I've accompanied many patients through their journey in this community hospital. I recall many whom I can honestly say would not be alive today if it wasn't for something I did or didn't do for them, whether they know it or not.
Some of you may misunderstand and figure I managed to pick up a god complex during those months too but that's not what I'm driving at.
I guess the biggest drawback to the Hospitalist life is what dawned on me tonight. Looking at Bob Woodruff, I was looking at a man dressed in a suit, handsome, intelligent, well spoken, interesting, a man with a family who loves him and who seems to care much for his family. The entire time, I really mean this, the ENTIRE time I watched him I imagined the way he must have looked in that ICU in Bethesda. I saw him intubated, on a respirator, bandages across his head, half his scull removed. I saw lines, feeding tubes and urinary catheters. I saw nurses hanging IVs and getting CVPs. I saw the tears in his family's eyes as physician after physician told them that their father was 'critical'. Lucky if he makes it.
The single BIGGEST drawback to the Hospitalist life is this moment. When your patient has walked through the shadows of hell and has come out alive. And not just alive, Intelligent, Handsome, well spoken and a real family man, even dresses well.
This moment would have never happened if not for those same doctors and nurses in Bethesda. But if not for television, they would never have gotten to see what it was all for. Because patients almost never return as their true, every day selves. Only in another hospital gown.
I am still waiting for just one of my patients to come back to say hello. I hope one day one will.
Hope he comes dressed in a suit.


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SERIOUS WARNING -- NO REVERSION TO VXWORKS ON THESE UNITS: At the moment for WRT54GS units this is a one way operation. No reversion back to VxWorks is available. I never got around to creating the GS reversion firmware. It could EASILY be created by someone using the tools I've written and the documentation here. A person once sent me a GS router hoping I might, but I didn't get to it and now no longer have that router. If someone would like to send me another GS unit, I will maybe get around to creating the reversion firmware. Also, if you'd like to donate other routers, feel free. Note that I make absolutely no guarantees that I'll complete anything though.
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[edit] Enable 16 MB RAM
ATTENTION: WRT54gS ONLY!!!!! Doing this in your WRT54G will BRICK your router!


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This is a multicore programming license for the Ronetix PGM-xxxx series of in-circuit programmers.
If you have a PD-xxxx debugging license, you must purchase the SW-MULTICORE instead.
With the Multicore license, you also receive an adapter board (select the correct board at the bottom of this page) that will let you program four target devices simultaneously.
Make sure to select the correct adapter board for your target devices. (The pictures show the 4xARM20 adapter.) This Multicore license does not include any specific architecture licenses, i.e. if you want to perform multicore programming of Blackfin devices, your PGM unit must have a Blackfin license in addition to this Multicore license. Likewise with any of the architectures that use the ARM20 or COP16 interfaces.
However, you only need to purchase this Multicore license once, then you can perform multicore programming on any supported architectures for which you have licenses and the appropriate adapter board. If you have licenses for more than one of the supported architectures, then, as well as using the Adapter option below to select the adapter board to be included with your Multicore license purchase, you can purchase extra adapter boards from the following pages:
Note: Multicore programming of NAND Flash devices is not supported.


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Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Sandy Rothman
In his journal for 25 May 2003, Robert Hunter noted:
"Songs coming out of my ears. Wrote one this morning called "Bakersfield Lullaby" for Sandy Rothman to set and maybe sing with Nelson one day."I don't know if Sandy Rothman has in fact set and played this.


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Stevens Point, WI-(Majorium Business Press) It is difficult to predict leaders' responses to change, as they must continually be on guard for unpredictable occurrences and forces, and in some cases immediately respond to a series of unknown and unanticipated events and circumstances. The only certainty is that change will occur, and leaders must be at the forefront of the process regardless of circumstances and apprehensions.
Change undoubtedly poses a challenge to every leader. This is because it can be anticipated only to the degree that it is predictable. Long-term changes and trends can be generally anticipated, but these changes are often complicated by numerous factors and elements continually altering and transforming themselves at varying rates of speed.
The concept of change also demands that leaders embrace stability and instability within the organization as it transforms itself. Several strategies that leaders need to employ during periods of change include:
Being Visible
The very nature of leadership demands that leaders be actively involved in their organizational unit. Leadership does not emanate from behind a desk or within an office. Leaders must be active and visible in the front lines of their business. Only when leaders are out and about among their employees can they see and feel the pace of progress, and witness firsthand the problems their employees are encountering.
Paces of change and organizational transformations demand that countless ideas be constantly generated and experimented with at all levels. Undoubtedly, some ideas will fail and some will succeed. The only way leaders can sort out the winners from the losers is by constantly applying new ideas and concepts on the line to test for feasibility and adaptability to their organization.
As leaders become increasingly visible, it is important that they simultaneously begin to develop listening forums where everyone within their organizational unit is sharing new ideas, celebrating minor successes and learning from small failures. This increases the synergy between employees, builds and solidifies team bonds, and enhances overall organizational cohesiveness.
Appreciating Failure
As aforementioned, an organization's response to change as it transforms itself implies countless new ideas and concepts are being experimented with on a regular basis. Leaders know that constant experimentation means that they must test concepts, ideas and strategies rapidly–fail or succeed fast–and adjust quickly.
Active leaders must immediately discard bad ideas and learn from their failures. However, no idea can be deemed good or bad unless it has been adequately tested. The key is to learn from the failures and quickly move on to the next idea, building knowledge and expertise from a continual string of ineffective results, failures and shortcomings.
Taking Action
Leaders in the fast pace of change must be proactive rather than reactive. They cannot let the organizational bureaucracy interfere with the progress of their organizational unit. At times they must actively work against this bureaucracy when it regulates or inhibits the testing and experimentation of new ideas and concepts.
Effective leaders do not only involve their frontline employees in concept, idea and method experimentation, they encourage the participation of multi-functional teams as well, and work to get them fully involved in the process.
Learning from Customers
Leaders have learned that the external influence of the customer is a stabilizing factor in the midst of change. Successful leaders interact with their customers, and encourage employees at all levels to do the same. This can be accomplished through scheduled customer visits to the organization for discussions, observations and feedback, and by sending representatives out to the customer's business. Once there, their job is to objectively observe exactly how specific products and services are being used and applied. They also interpret what problems occur and why, as well as each one's impact on various time factors.
This allows leaders to cross-pollinate ideas and concepts throughout the organization so that all involved have mutual goals and objectives, increasing the overall quality of the product and its value to the customer.
Additionally, employee exposure to their customers makes daily tasks and assignments more tangible. Employees are able to see how the product they produce is used. This increases empowerment and overall responsibility toward the customer.
Making It Fun
The concept of change and accompanying process of organizational transformation are stressful. Most leaders have learned that they can ease stress by making certain elements of the process "fun." This is not to say that leaders create a jovial and joking atmosphere, but that there is pleasure and enjoyment in accomplishing something together as a team and sharing interesting failures and mistakes in a non-critical atmosphere. It means keeping things light, celebrating the little successes, and using them to build on others to the accomplishment of mutual goals and objectives.
Change will throw many curves at an organization. It takes large doses of flexibility and participation to adapt to these trials. It also helps if leaders and employees lighten up at times where stress is at its highest, which helps to reduce the urge to take things far too seriously.
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