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I was on the Edgewater webinar yesterday where John Macario was presenting the Edgewater Hosted PBX/UC study data. Edgewater surveyed 1250 businesses about PBX, HPBX and UC. The data was good.
Metaswitch's Chris Carabello also presented.
I found it interested that mainstream businesses -- as we are passed the chasm of just early adopters in Hosted PBX and UC -- care about the service provider, according to the data. That means that Branding is kind of important. Branding builds trust.
Reminder: there are 3 sales going on at one time. The prospect has to buy the service offering, the sales rep and the company that will deliver it. If they don't trust any of the 3, the sale goes bad.
The business segment of 500+ employees is worth almost $10 billion. Not to poo-poo those chasing that segment but you better have an answer for why your service over all of the known competitors - but specifically why YOU and not Microsoft Lync, Cisco, BroadWorks and a PBX in the data center (Avaya, Intelligent Interactive).
On the low end, 10 seats is where the profit is. Getting down to 5 means that you have to be especially proficient and efficient in service delivery and turn-up. (I think they were talking about self-install, self-serve and online ordering.)
Carabello said that Churn was negligible. That isn't the my experience. In fact, there is a high number of churn in the first 60 days, especially for un-managed OTT. But if you only count churn after 60 days, then yeah it is very low.
Both speakers suggested that vertical offers weren't a good idea. I disagree. With software integration being a driving force in the buying process, vertical bundles would make a splash.
Google "hosted voip for dentists" and you will see case studies from Cisco, 8x8, Vonage and Broadview. For the cost of a domain name and some website work, you could own a vertical market. Case in point, Weave who is the number 1 result!
People under-estimate the power of a landing page or microsite.
If you are having trouble marketing your Hosted VoIP service, look for a series of webinars this summer from RAD-INFO INC or come out to CVX Expo/ ITEXPO in Anaheim in October for some live help. (Or call the my office.)

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Today's guest post comes from Miles Teenstra and you can visit his blog at www.milesteenstra.com. Thanks! xo, BW
You like that picture? It's based off the first known restaurant in Cairo. The naked homie on the left was clearly one of the servers. This is before us servers had clothing rights. Hey, we may not be able to feel comfortable taking bathroom breaks and are made to feel that we have to hide behind the dumpster to eat a cracker and sip on our stolen Fiji's, but at least we can wear our shitty uniforms with pride. Progress my brethren, progress.
Shout out to my friend, and bartender of our establishment, Eric Potenciano. One of our many entertaining rants lit the spark for this one. Yaeeyaae!
The ego is a weird thing. We would laugh at a child if they threw a blanket over themselves and said they were invisible. Point out that they're not, and you might get some huffing and puffing. It's acceptable though because we know how loose of a grip they have on reality and how fragile their egos can be. We humor them based off the understanding that within time, they'll figure it out. Nothing wrong with it, I mean we all play pretend at one point and grow to know that Oz is just a man behind the curtain. And with this being said…
I should never have to humor you like a child when you can't figure out how to flip a fucking menu over. And this drooling Zoloft-filled zombie had the gall to say that it was the restaurants fault that she couldn't figure out what sides we offered. Like we were a city council that neglected to sprinkle in a few stop-signs in the neighborhood resulting in nine car pile ups. The audacity to assume that every possible error on her part should be catered to ahead of time on our part. What am I, the world's first clairvoyant waiter? Although, I did predict that shitty tip. So who knows. Thanks for the free consulting by the way. Yes, I'll let management know right away to reprint the menus with a small note on the bottom letting people know that there's a whole new world on the back. Right after I go fuck myself.
Since the dawn of menus, people have one by one successfully figured out on their own that menus are sometimes, two sided. I'm talking shit written on parchment, papyrus, shit even animal hides. "Hey pendejo, turn the moose skin over I want to know what's on happy hour!"
I don't know where that reference came from by the way. Something tells me the use of "pendejo" may not coincide with where moose usually hang out. Whatever, use your imagination.
Human curiosity should kick in and compel you from the fucking start. Were this a more cruel and unforgiving environment, your lack of awareness would have resulted in death. Not even exaggerating. You should have been filtered out of the gene pool back when your great-great-great-great-great shithead grandfather nearly died from trying to fuck a wildebeest. Yet here you are.
But I am not an unsympathetic person. I don't want you to ever feel embarrassed, nor do I enjoy wasting my daily equivalent of 10mg of patience on trivial shit. So, here is a short list of times when you shouldn't look to explore your options:
- If the menu is written on an etch a sketch, do not flip. It'll erase it.
- If it's written on…a…stone tablet, you won't want to because…holy scripture, it might be holy scripture and you don't want to break it in case of a holy war or…
That's it. That's all I got.
So please, before rattling off questions, just do your due diligence to look things over. If something isn't spelled out clearly, or you just require simply a more in depth answer, I understand. I'm more than happy to help. It's only when someone acts so incredulous to think that because they weren't able to figure out something minor, that everyone else must have the same issues. No booboo. I never learned how to ride a bike, but I'm not petitioning that bicycle technology be revamped to be more idiot friendly. It works just fine. Just like dual sided menus. Sometimes, what is really in order is a small dose of humility and common sense.
You know, I'm gonna flip the script on this one. Think I'm going to fill out a stack of post-it notes. Write "fuck your mother" on the back of every single one, and stick them to every bill, court document, letter, application, essentially anything I hand out. Watch how fast they get flipped. What?! How dare you assume there was another side, let alone the nerve of you to assume I should account for you knowing that there might be something on the back of that post-it note. Let me speak to your manager. See how that works?


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Crude Oil, Copper, Cotton Sink on Demand Worries, but Gold Is a Bright Spot
Most commodities tumbled after dismal economic news spurred fears that global growth is slowing and eroding demand for raw materials.
Brent crude, the European oil benchmark, plunged below $100 a barrel to its lowest level in almost 17 months, while U.S. crude neared $83 in the wake of weak manufacturing data from Asia and Europe and disappointing U.S. jobs data. Copper hit its lowest level in five months, while cotton fell to a 28-month low....


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Purple Fusion Graphics, located in Huntington Beach, California, was developed in 2002 by graphic designer Terri Fassio. Terri brings her artistic expression, and nearly 30 years of experience in the industry, to the business. She is a founding partner of the successful Connecticut design firm, TnT Typesetting, established in 1990.
Throughout her life, Terri has shown her creativity. She received Bachelors Degrees in Communications (Journalism)/Fine Arts from Castleton State College in Vermont. She was nationally recognized for her journalistic skills and college service activities with numerous awards and honors.
Over the years, Terri has worked for a variety of clients, from nationally known to locally recognized, including Neiman Marcus, Citibank, Ford, ESPN, AARP, and Mohegan Sun Casino. Terri added web design to her palette in 2000, and has since partnered with SkullCo Technology Solutions as their lead designer.
In addition to serving her clients, Terri enjoys serving the community. She was the Entertainment Coordinator for the Connecticut Agricultural Fair, and also headed their marketing and design program for 6 years. She is a long-standing active member of numerous non-profit organizations, including the Connecticut State Grange, the National Grange, the Shoestring Theatre Resource and the Little Red Schoolhouse Association. She was listed in "Who's Who of American Women" in 1989, and 1990.
Terri's varied design portfolio includes logos, brochures, business identities and marketing, packaging design, book/CD design, menus, web sites, and more. Terri has also developed and taught courses on computer-aided design to students and designers throughout the country. Her interests lie in building a strong relationship and understanding between design, marketing strategy and business. She continues to combine her passion for visual/fine arts with graphic design skills and technical expertise to provide creative services for both print and the internet.


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Hummingbirds are being spotted in S.A. again
There have been a number of reports from area gardeners that they have observed black-chinned hummingbirds at sugar water feeders and at nectar-producing plants. Black-chinned hummingbirds are the species that nest in the San Antonio area. We also see rufous and ruby throated hummingbirds during the fall migration.
This time of the year hummingbirds will be collecting nectar from crossvine, Salvia greggii, Texas gold columbine, redbud, larkspur, rain lilies, oxalis, paperwhites and other blooms. For early summer, zinnias, lantana, the blue salvias, Turk's cap, shrimp plant and pentas are good sources of nectar.
For late summer add firebush, esperanza, coral vine vitex and poinciana. In the fall cape honeysuckle and firespike are popular additions. Oxalis, Turk's cap, shrimp plant, redbud, penta and firespike do well in the shade.
In addition to including nectar plants in your landscape all season long, providing sugar water in a feeder will bring the hummingbirds in to allow close observation.
Hummingbird feeders are available from many sources and in many designs. Your favorite retail nursery probably carries them, as do pet supply stores and supermarkets. One of the best places to find functional hummingbird feeders are at the wild bird specialty stores.
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Begin your spray program on peaches and apples after the petals drop from the blooms to protect the developing fruit from insects and diseases. Spray Captan and Sevin every week.
It is more difficult to protect the fruit with organic sprays, but consider a combination of sulfur products and organic insecticides. Study and follow the instructions on the labels.
The blackberries are sending up new stems. Now is the last chance you have to remove the spent stems from last year. If they are left in place, the thorns make fruit harvest and weed control very difficult.
To allow full bulb development, thin your onions by harvesting alternate plants for green onions. There should be at least 4 inches between plants. Also, side-dress with slow-release lawn fertilizer every three weeks.
Paint all pruning wounds on oak trees immediately after they are made with pruning paint (latex paint even works) to prevent oak wilt.
The feeders can be artistic or plain, but it is important that they are easy to refill and easy to clean. I like feeders with a quart-size reservoir of glass or clear plastic that can be detached easily from its base for rinsing and refilling weekly.
They should be cleaned with a bottle brush every month. Best 1 Feeder meets my requirements and is manufactured in Poteet for those looking to support local manufacturers.
There are specially formulated feeder mixes or you can just use sugar dissolved in water. Use 4 parts water by volume for 1 part sugar. It works well to mix the sugar water a gallon at a time and store it in a gallon jug in the refrigerator.
Red food coloring traditionally has been used to make the sugar water more attractive to the birds, but it is not necessary. Most feeders are red, and the hummingbirds don't seem to have trouble finding and using the feeder even if the sugar water is clear.
Hang the feeders under the eaves or on the arbor. They can also be placed in the flower bed on metal stakes manufactured for the use. The important thing is to place the feeders where they can be observed from the kitchen window, patio chairs or other places where you spend time, so you can enjoy the show.
Sugar water is also attractive to butterflies, honeybees, woodpeckers, house finches and fire ants. Some feeders include bee guards, but the fire ants are really the only unwelcome "visitors" to my feeders.
There are ant interceptors in the form of cups to hold liquids to block their passage down the feeder hanging wire. If you use such a mechanism, use cooking oil as the liquid. Water evaporates in about two hours during the San Antonio summer. I just move my feeders around. It usually takes the ants several days to find them at their new location.
For a second popular nesting bird, the purple martins are back in town, and if you act quickly, you have time to put up a new house.
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Most UAlberta MBA Programs have one intake each year (Fall Term). With our Part-Time MBA program (excluding FastTrack), we have both a Winter Term (January) and Fall Term start. We do not have specific rounds of admission, instead applications are evaluated on a rolling basis.
Once complete, your application will be reviewed by the MBA Admission Committee. Please note, you can complete the initial online application prior to submitting supporting documents to the MBA Office. As admissions are completed on a rolling basis, it is strongly advised to apply early!
We are now accepting applications to our Winter 2020 Part Time MBA class. Applications for all other programs will open starting October 1st for our Fall 2020 classes.
Final application deadlines are as follows:
Please note incomplete applications will not be considered for future rounds.
* Decision by February 15, 2019 for applications completed by First Round deadline
** Decision by May 15, 2019 for applications completed by Final Round deadline (Full-Time International only)
Study Permit Applications
Study permit applications are made through Citizenship & Immigration Canada. Permit application processing times do vary based on the visa office you would be applying through. Please make note of these processing times and take these into account in determining when to complete your application. We strongly encourage all students requiring a study permit to apply early for MBA admission and to apply for their study permit once admitted.
To check study permit processing times for your country, please refer to the Citizenship & Immigration Canada website.
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Hello North parents! Welcome to fresh new semester. For those of you who don't know, I am Brendan M. Hilliard. I teach Basic Teachnology here at North and I am also the Drama Director . Some of you were able to see UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE last semester. The play was well received and I thank you for your support. This semester, the Drama club has the honor of announcing A Conneticut Yankee in KIng Arthur's Court. This will be premiering the first week in March. Please keep checking my website for updates. I will also be posting the Technology assignments for each grade level and class so that you may keep tabslk on what is going on in my class room. Any questions please don't hesitate to contact me at 719-328-2486.Thank you for having your kids attend here at North. I am honored by their presence.


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Congratulations on your holy union! Your wedding is one of the most special occasions in your life which should be celebrated in style. Instead of the usual indoor photography shot in a studio, why not be more adventurous and capture your special moments outdoor? Check out these top 10 best locations for an outdoor wedding photo shoot in Singapore:
- Chinatown
Chinatown is your go-to spot for Chinese cultural elements, like rickshaws. There are also stunning heritage sites and temples that could serve as your backdrop.
- Little India
For those who are crazy for pops of colors, Little India is as bright and upbeat as any Hindustan or Tamil movies that you've ever seen. Lovely, multi color colonial buildings can add nostalgic elements to your photo.
- Arab Street
Another vibrant area, the Arab Street is filled with artsy buildings plastered with eye-catching graffiti. The area's eclectic arrays of colonial shop houses add a cool factor to your photos.
- Merlion Park
The republic's major landmark and tourist attraction has the mythical creature statue of Merlion and Central Business District (CDB) as its backdrop. The best time for a photo shoot here is at night, when all the lights are on.
- Marina Bay Area
This place gives an urban perspective to your wedding photos. The best time for a photo shoot at this venue is during sunset, where it makes everything look more romantic and magical.
- Singapore Flyer
Take it up a notch and have your wedding photo shoot up in the sky! The Singapore Flyer gives you a bird's eye view of Singapore. You'll be able to take various photos with different major landmarks in the background.
- Marina Bay Sands SkyPark
Similar to Singapore Flyer, you'll have a stunning background of the republic at 200m above sea level.
- The White Rabbit
The restaurant is based on the Alice in Wonderland story, and the surroundings will make you feel as if you're in another whimsical dimension with lush forest.
- Halia (Botanic Gardens)
Apart from the scenic natural surroundings and landscape, the garden even has a gazebo which serves for a lovely backdrop.
- Sentosa
If you prefer more blue than green in your wedding photos, head on down to Sentosa, where the ocean gives a dreamy backdrop.
There's no advance booking necessary for the venues if you decide to have an outdoor photo shoot for your wedding. However, it's best that you plan carefully, and check the weather forecast ahead of time to avoid rainy days. That said, a little bit of drizzle could actually make your wedding photos appear romantic if you, your partner, and your wedding photographer know how to work it!


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I have the call, and it's absolutely correct. Irrefutable. Saw it all the way.
OK, so on the replay, from that angle, in slow motion, just possibly I missed that one.
Doesn't matter, because I have the whistle and rule supreme. I decide these things. I am the ultimate arbitrator of all fouls on the NBA court. Got that?
Officials are never wrong. Even when they're absolutely wrong, which in real life of course, they would never admit to. And as we all should know by now, they are wrong a lot. Which isn't even their fault, exactly.
They have an impossible job. If by some complete miracle they got it right 90 percent of the time, the only thing most would remember is the other 10 percent.
Lakers coach Phil Jackson has always found playoff officiating, shall we say, challenging. Yet he never had any Leon Wood aspirations to go from player to official.
"I like to act as God, but as police and judge, I'm not very good at both those," Jackson said. "Those things escape me."
Basketball is a contact sport – and whether it's football or soccer or hockey or whatever – where there's contact, there are fouls. On just about every single play.
There's a limit to how many times a game can be stopped because of a foul, so the best officials use their whistles judiciously. The best you can hope for is something approaching consistency.
Like Tuesday's Game 4 of the Western Conference finals. If Kobe Bryant can shoot the ball 29 times and not be fouled a single time, that's consistency.
Kobe has taken six total free throws in the four games against the Spurs.
"That's one of the mysteries of the world," Kobe said.
Six free throw attempts wouldn't have been a decent quarter in the last round against the Jazz. But the officiating is all over the place, made abundantly clear by the Lakers' anxious, curious 93-91 victory in San Antonio on Tuesday.
Luke Walton barrels into a Spur for an apparent charge – or, hey, it could always be blocking – and after stumbling a few steps afterwards, the officials decide to rule it traveling.
Tim Duncan ends the first quarter by finally demonstrating how overrated this dribbling thing is, not bouncing the ball a single time but taking four steps on the way to a dunk.
No traveling there.
And then, there were the final minutes of the fourth quarter, when both teams were ready to appeal to a higher authority. As if there were one.
With the Lakers leading 93-89, Kobe briefly drifted into another dimension, rushed a poor shot rather than dribble time off the clock and Tim Duncan came down with the rebound.
This led to a fastbreak, with Tony Parker charging the basket and Lamar Odom in hot pursuit. At the basket, Odom blocked the shot but was called for goaltending.
Hmm. Maybe it was, or maybe it was a clean block. Or maybe it was goaltending and a foul. If a foul had been called, it would have been Odom's sixth and he's out of the game.
There were 28 seconds to play, the Lakers needing to get off a shot before the 24-second buzzer. Fisher took a 17-foot jumper that missed everything. The ball came down, went off Robert Horry's foot and out of bounds. Or did it?
The Lakers are certain the shot nicked the rim, which would have given them a fresh 24-second clock and forced the Spurs to foul.
Instead, with less than twoseconds on the shot clock, Kobe had to force a jumper that missed and was again rebounded by Duncan.
Which led to one final officiating uncertainty.
The Spurs had 2.1 seconds left, managed to inbound to a wide-open, hot-shooting Brent Barry. Fisher rushed over and leapt in the air to block the shot. Normally a player gets his opponent in the air and he's filet. He on a platter.
But Barry did not go immediately up, leaned into Fisher, took a wild shot and then waited in vain for the official's whistle. Barry was fouled, but officials loath blowing their whistle with the game on the line unless it is absolutely obvious. No matter what they say.
It's why Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, to his continuing credit, afterwards refused to blame the officials for not calling the foul.
"It's got to be something that is really definitive enough to want to change a game," Popovich said.
In theory, a foul is a foul. In the middle of the first quarter or at the end of the game. Anyway, it makes for a swell theory.
"The official will tell you the game is called at the end of the game exactly like it is during the meat of the game," Popovich said.
"In reality, I don't think that's true and can give a thousand examples where things are called differently down the stretch, where I think most referees feel – and I agree with them – that the foul needs to be more definitive before you are going to make a call."
Whether a foul takes place usually depends upon which side you're playing/rooting for.
Unless you're Duncan, who judging by his reaction, apparently has never committed a foul in his lifetime.
He leads plenty who are astounded they're ever called for a foul. Pau Gasol thinks he should get more fouls. Sasha Vujacic brings both hands to his face in amazement when called for a foul.
Then there's San Antonio defensive ace Bruce Bowen, who has sold to the officials he's not fouling Kobe.
Jackson credits his quick hands.
"He's obviously an illusionist at some level," Jackson said about Bowen.
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Artist I Writer I Curator I Priestess
"It's an intelligence and a fire we learn to dance in."
When people ask what you "do," how do you respond?
I hate that question. So I won't answer it. However, I will answer what my joy is. I love art and art making. So much of my time is spent creating room for that expression in my life. I am also a proud mother of two little boys, so I raise my children with that sensibility as well. I love working with women on issues that deal with sex and sexual identity. So the other part of my passion lies in creative projects and spiritual practices that investigate womanhood from that perspective.
Can you tell us a little bit about your art practice and how it's evolved?
I've been making art since I was 7. It's just a part of who I am and how I move in the world. It's been more of a path than a hobby, or something like that. I studied studio and art history at the University of Maryland in College Park. I developed an appreciation for abstract expressionist painting at that time so many of my works are 2-dimensional compositions that reflect my studies of that genre. Many of those works are now gone, but I do have a few that I've managed to hold onto. In my last year however, I became really interested in performance art after being introduced to Angry Women, a book about 16 women performance artists in the Re/Search series. I was really excited about the idea of using different kinds of media to tell a story.
Last March, I worked with artists Elaine Hargrove and Bridget Barkan on producing an art show in celebration of women's history month at Freecandy in Brooklyn. I curated and performed with 13 women in a piece that was a homage of sorts to Yoko Ono's book, Grapefruit. The work was basically a series of ongoing meditations on her instruction pieces. It was a lot of fun and I plan on returning to that performance and building on it for future works.
Since September of last year, I've also been co-hosting the Portal and the Whale Medicine Theater with my dear friend and writer, Tiziana Rinaldi Castro. It's an interactive experimental theater that involves storytelling through a series of loosely curated, multi-media happenings that take place throughout the night. Tiziana had this beautiful interest in theater as medicine and she shared that with me. This immediately spoke to me because of the work I had just done with Grapefruit. Recently, we did something for the Caribbean Cultural Center on 'Isis vs. ISIS' and the idea of Sincerity and Revelation. It's a work that we're going to continue to develop this year.


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The election of Donald Trump proved that those with power and (unrecognized) privilege would never allow for the creation of a new fair socioeconomic system to replace this presently corrupt one.
Some form of a revolution is necessary for the urgent changes we need to one day become reality. Because this isn't a game. We are facing a real threat to our civil liberty and the basic freedoms that our fore-fighters died for us to have. No matter where you stand on the politics of Fidel Castro, it is undeniable that his revolutionary legacy and determination to conquer the great western threat is the emboldening reminder many of us need so we can arm ourselves with the knowledge that white supremacy is not invincible. Liberals today must stray away from the distraction of reformism to see what is blinking red right in their faces. We have to prepare to fight like hell for the greater good.


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The Juno Tub Armchair is an interior designer's best friend because of its unique leg options. The four fabric colour choices with black powder coated base or solid natural ash legs work well in a range of decors. Its compact design make it the perfect addition to smaller spaces. It works well alone or in pairs if space is available.
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Have A Great Holiday!
We're at the end of one year and the beginning of a new one, so you need to do two things right now:
1. You should be putting the pedal to the metal to make 2012 a record year.
If you miss your goal in 2012, it won't be because no one shows up this month. It'll be because you had too many bad days during the year. If you end up with a bad year, it'll be because you didn't train to learn how and didn't make your 10 prospecting calls daily, didn't demo everyone, didn't write up everyone you could, didn't learn to sell or close, and didn't follow up with everyone who didn't buy.
We don't have bad years, the real truth is we just allow ourselves to accumulate too many bad days throughout the year.
2. To prevent that in 2013, it's also time to put clear goals and plans in place, time to get your prospecting and follow up system going, and it's time to track everything you do with the VSA® in JVTN® or our planners. Once you do that and have your goals, you need a daily training plan to develop your weakest skills so you can hit your monthly goals.
Sit down and evaluate your skills (honestly) to find your weakest areas that cost you sales and income. Then train on JVTN® daily to improve, get my books online (some are free) and track everything you do. You want everything in place now, so you can hit the ground running on January 1st, 2013.
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Rheumatoid Factor IgG ELISA Kit
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Human rheumatoid factor IgG ELISA kit can be used for in-vitro quantitative analysis of IgG antibodies to rheumatoid factor (RF, RF-IgG, anti-rheumatoid factor-IgG) in human serum and plasma. This assay has a minimum analytical sensitivity limit of 1.0 U/ml.
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Buskirk Apartment for the elderly in North Charleston. Leroy Burnell/Staff
The North Charleston Housing Authority will reopen wait lists for low-income housing Dec. 27.
Buskirk Apartments will accept a maximum of 200 applications for one-bedroom units for families or individuals age 62 or older. There is currently one vacant unit at Buskirk, director of housing operations Briggitt Harris said.
Liberty Hill apartments will accept a maximum of 135 applicants for three- and four-bedroom units.
Alston Lake Apartments, Birchwood Apartments and Phoenix Apartments are managed by Atlanta-based CF Real Estate Services and offer a handful of low-income units. Because the apartments offer low-income housing, the city's Housing Authority is required to maintain wait lists for those units, Harris said.
Alston Lake and Birchwood, which are located near Boeing, will accept a maximum of 200 applications for two- and three-bedroom units. Phoenix, located near the former Navy base, will accept a maximum of 100 applications for one-, two- and four-bedroom units.
People should apply online at nchashousingauthority.housingmanager.com, unless they have a disability that limits their ability to access the application. If that is the case, they can come to the Housing Authority from 9 a.m.-noon Dec. 27. The Housing Authority is located at 2170 Ashley Phosphate Road, unit #700.
Requests for disability accommodations received after Dec. 27 will not be processed and the Housing Authority can determine whether the disability limits one's access to the online application.
Before someone applies, they will need to have several pieces of information at the ready, Harris said.
Applicants must provide their name, a physical address, a home or mobile phone number and a Social Security number.
"Anybody can apply," Harris said. "It doesn't matter if someone is currently receiving assistance."
Those who have internet access can provide an email address for confirmation that the application was approved. The Housing Authority will review each application in the order in which they are received.
"We go through the wait list pretty rapidly," Harris said. "Tenants either do not qualify or they do not do the follow through. … Update your contact information and keep it current with us."


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All the repeaters are currently at my house. The Tower Hill tower is no more and was taken down almost two months ago. I am waiting for the county to have spare on their tower.
The 146.910 DMR repeater has also arrived. It is on the air at my house on ColorCode 1. This will be going to Bloss Mtn once I get the time to get to the site and to get the internet up and running.
444.600 CC1 is also at my house running both DMR and P25. THis repeater will remain at my house until I am done testing. This will end up at Cedar Mtn where the 145.270 is located.
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i was lost.
viewed women as objects.
thought life was an accident.
wore masks for false identity.
committed fornication.
suffered as a people pleaser.
manipulated others.
battled with homosexuality.
found comfort in money.
was trapped in lies.
doubted God existed.
asked JESUS to be my savior.
i prayed. others prayed.
He brought redemption.
He brought healing.
He brought freedom.
He brought truth.
He brought identity.
He brought purpose.
1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:1-10)


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Savory Goat Cheese and Basil Breakfast Sandwich
I love a good breakfast sandwich and this is one I find myself making quite often. I've got it down to a science and can make it now in 10 minutes flat, making it a great breakfast for on the go! Goat cheese is one of my favorites, but definitely a splurge, so I often make it with low-fat mozzarella instead. Here is what you'll need.
- 1 egg and 3 tbsp egg whites
- 1 tbsp minced chives
- 1 tbsp chopped basil
- 1 whole grain English muffin
- 1 oz goat cheese or low-fat mozzarella
Beat egg and egg whites together. Heat pan over medium heat. Mist pan with cooking spray and add egg mixture. Sprinkle chives, basil and cheese evenly over the eggs. After 3-4 minutes (or when eggs are somewhat cooked), slice down the middle of the eggs and flip each side. Continue cooking until desired doneness; 1-3 minutes depending on the heat. Fold egg halves into thirds and lay on top of warmed English muffin.


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I am just starting a gaining cycle and am really concentrating on specific weak areas. I thought I would share the new split I designed and some of my strategy. Maybe it will help give you ideas for tailoring your own split.
The areas I am really prioritizing are my back (width), traps, calves and abs. I decided to do something I've never done before which is hit those body parts three times a week (3x). Yes, my sessions are fairly long. I have the time and my Kaged Muscle Pre-Kaged and In-Kaged keep me pushing hard until the very end. The muscle groups that are only getting hit once a week I am smashing with high volume (20+ sets). The muscle groups getting worked 2-3 times a week will have less volume per session, but more total volume per week. I accomplish this amount of volume by supersetting the smaller muscle groups. I frequently post my full workouts in detail on my Facebook.com/WittigWorks.
Day 1 (Monday):
Back: 15-18 sets (slightly more because of 72 hours recovery)
Biceps: 8-10 sets, superset with calves
Calves: 8-10 sets, superset with biceps
Rear Delts: 4-5 sets, superset with traps
Traps: 4-5 sets, superset with rear delts
Abs: 8-10 sets (done at another time of day)
Day 2 (Tuesday):
Chest: 20 sets
Shoulders: 13-15 sets
*I was short on time this last Tuesday. There is a chance I will shift or add some work on this day.
Day 3 (Wednesday):
Back: 15 sets
Triceps: 20 sets. Many were supersets
Rear Delt: 4 sets
Abs: 8-10 sets, superset with traps
Traps: 6-8 sets, superset with abs
Calves: 12 sets, done as 6 supersets
Day 4 (Thursday):
Thighs: 20-25 sets
Hamstrings: 10-12 sets
Day 5 (Friday):
Back: 12-14 sets
*Biceps: 12 sets, superset with shoulders
Shoulders: 12 sets, superset with biceps
Traps: 4 sets
Calves: 10 sets
*While I hit Biceps twice this week I will probably hit Triceps twice next week (M & F) and continue alternating those week to week.
Day 6 (Saturday):
Active Recovery
Light Cardio 20-30 mins
Abs: Body weight 10 sets
Day 7 (Sunday):
HIIT Cardio with lower body focus (1 hour)
Functional Cardio: box jumps, battle ropes, ball slams, kettle bell swings, etc. (60-90 minutes)
Understand this is a work in progress and that I lift very instinctively meaning I will adjust things as I go.
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So my good friend an amazing florist Kim Wakatsuki called me up to help her with a bit of a photo project. She often makes beautiful bouquets to showcase to blushing brides. But after the flowers have no where to be, no awe to be had. Like having a beautiful ball gown with no soiree to go to. Sad indeed. So I was happy enough to take a tiny bit of time out of my day to help capture her beautiful creations before it wilted in the California summer heat.
She greets me excited and gleeful, so proud of herself, as she shares her creation story. Mauve roses that were as timeless as ever. Some green vines she added as accents but ironically were just weeded trash to be thrown out. She rescued them that morning from the landscaper and gave them renewed life in the bundle of wedding flowers. They indeed, at least to us, stood out as stars of the show. Their small but slight green contribution enhanced the overall bouquet completely.
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Binary DivisionI am experimenting with binary division. Who'd have thought that reproduction could be so difficult?
*Let's try again... divide... Divide!*
*Sigh*, no joy there.
While I have no interest in progeny for the moment (but babies can be so cute!), I am dividing for debate reasons. The time will come when I will need to take both sides in a raging debate on the merits of green tea against red, for example.
Given a chronic inability to articulate my thoughts and my general disdain for views unlike my own, there should be much fun to be had in the form of inveNctive. Won't that be nice?
So there you have it, my very own contribution to the blogosphere: not one plink, but two. They were going to be plInk and plIInk, but any help with names will be welcomed.
Besides, when I've figured out how it's done, I can do it again and again. There'll be more plinks that you can shake a stick at and I'll need help telling them apart.


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Creating your own home is more fun than buying in any store. Making gingerbread houses is similar to a family tradition in many parts of the world. Obviously, you can start decorating your home anytime, but specifically during your Christmas holidays, you will find all incredibly connected with the embellishment of their home and on the clock for special concepts for the same. You can turn your home into a spectacular wonderland of red, green, gold and silver with different forms of decorations. There are many ways you can decorate your home with a warm Christmas theme. There are many ways to fill your home with the sights, sounds and scents of Christmas.
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THE DOMINANT POLITICAL narrative in the recent and upcoming elections are filled with myths that are taken for granted as truths. Political interest on immigration, its effect on the national unity, nationhood and its survival, globalization and the lack of sovereignty and the dominant of them all, populism, its surge, and the apparent almost purge of the traditional political landscape.
All form the central themes in an environment where de-industrialization and inequality increases popular resentment and anger towards an imagined elite. What is myths in this, and what are the truths. Are these concerns of nationhood, national unity, identity, multiculturalism, populism-vs-elitism, a new phenomenon? How to dissect the myths, and the realities in this inflated debate?
What effect does a populism that is based on tribalism have on the rights based order – and how do one enter a global order that can take into consideration the dilemma between choosing both democracy/rights and sovereignty? In the end, how is diversity in the current form, any different from diversity from our near past? Is multi-identity based citizenship possible or is such a project forever dead and bygone?
The main theme in the vote on British referendum on EU membership, and that of Trump's election in 2016 was the relations of the nation to those of international alliances/unions. While these are two of the latest examples to look for, the fight between autonomy/sovereignty and that of a global integration is centuries old.
Dani Rodrik identifies these two orders with a third one that makes it necessary to look for a model in where one of these has to be sacrificed in order to safeguard the rest. The third order being the democracy that includes the rights and liberties accumulated throughout centuries.
According to Rodrik we have a trilemma in where the obvious choice is to let democracy work with globalization – the cost being sovereignty. Alternatively, choosing the latter, in addition to democracy and one loses on the benefits of a globalization. Might sound like good music, but the cost is economic decline, due to protectionism, for which examples are in the many.
In this model of letting globalization work for democracy, the trade-off does not equate to export sovereignty to global organizations as WTO or OECD. It does not mean to let financial decision be orchestrated by global corporations and remove all of what is left of barriers and nation specific wishes because international business community likes it streamlined.
Sovereignty will be affected, but it can be steered and its control increased. Had national parties in each European country put more effort in the European Union Parliamentary elections, they would have delivered a voice to their policy and their citizens.
In addition the current globalization that bases on one truth, that prosperity only comes through hyper-globalization with zero-barriers and free trade, needs to be quashed. Countries are different, and their economic structure resolves and is built around these differences. Countries should be able to, even without being protectionist, manage to bargain benefits from global trade. In this, according to Rodrik, the responsibility lies in the hands of those who cheer globalization, or else, he warns, nativism will use the discontent and resentment to cheer up anti-globalist and protectionist political order.
As long as the global institutions manage to, and can show off, a better control of economic globalization, the bargain of choosing democracy and globalization, on behest of sovereignty is the optimal. Already there is work done on tax havens and more so is coming to the surface.
Populism is equated with a tribalism/nationalistic ideological specter – one that looks inwards, and bases its foundation on national identity and national sovereignty. That is not the case.
Populism is politics – and it is as old as politics itself, and politics all forms of systems, be it imperial, authoritarian or democratic. Populism although is more prone to those who set the agenda and a useful tool in the hands of the few, as long as they have a critical mass they can steer. In short, populism steers towards someone to point at, for the ills one suffers from.
For the left wing there is an elite of bankers that controls state and system behind closed doors, for the right wing there is this same elite, that in addition guards a minority that mostly receives the brunt. In Europe, the Jews saw and felt what that meant. In contemporary Europe and US, the immigrant receives the focus. With this imagined elite with an agenda of altering the social fabric and national integrity on the behest of global integration – words as traitor, fifth columnists and patriots sure makes its rounds.
A popular Schröder can end a long streak of Kohl Chancellery. A Blair with a new coloring on social democracy can end the Tory grip on power. A nationalist Mitterrand can be the face of Socialists in France and be the standard bearer of European left in 80s and early 90s – yet a wipe-out of Mitterrand's party is evident in current French elections, Labor is at historic low in UK, and German SPD tries to face a popular Merkel, despite being in power for the last decade. Parties get their obituaries written, for then to show up with a massive support and return to the chambers of power – this, because populism is an integral element of democratic politics.
When does, and when does not, a populist surge occur is hard to say, the common wisdom seems to be a certain type of politician, ignoring the fact that every newcomer to both the houses in Washington has a story of being the pure and untouched, ready to do the job without the vested interests of lobbies. Joe Biden was such a star when he first took his train from Delaware, he is now considered of the 'elite' by the far right headed by Trump.
Populism therefore is not necessary deemed to be tribalistic and inward, looking towards an imagined glorious past – it is the art of channeling resentment, and it can be done by anyone. A healthy kind of populism is therefore also present, one that channels popular resentments not towards otherization, but unity, with concrete steps towards progress on certain political arenas that affect the local citizen. That's what's at center, the citizen, and in comes the term multiculturalism.
Its dead – has been the headlines the last decades, not only proclaimed by those at the right side of the political divide, but also among the center-left. Multiculturalism and the project of a multi-cultural society is dead has perhaps been the main myth that enhances and confirms many of the right-wing anti-immigration movements doctrines. That immigration and integration cannot be, and that the only alternative is assimilation or expulsion.
But for something to die, it at first has to be born – multiculturalism, as preached by the right-wing and to a certain degree the specter right of center – has never been willed or wished for, in many a cases, not even real.
Kenan Malik tells a different story and breaks the myth of a historic homogenous past. Europe seems to forget its diversity along religious, linguistic and class lines. Malik has earlier been a vocal critique of multiculturalism that eliminates the individual and replaces him with a sub-homogenous group represented by self-proclaimed community leaders. UK suffered with this only to realize that it creates a self-disciplinary and self-strengthening force that pushes individuals to accept the parameters a majority within the minority.
Europe was no homogenous entity. It had its divisions so great that the better off used to classify industrial workers, as they would portray black slaves cross the Atlantic. And as memory seems to be fading, there was the Dreyfus affair in France, long before a certain charismatic demagogue came to power in Berlin.
Defining citizenship by ethnicity more, rather than by the values which would be universal, is the consequence of a narrow definition of national identity. Citizenship is not only acquired by a passport or by a legal stamp from a clerk – formalities are filled then it is the contract between citizens to the state, the state to its citizens and the latter to each other's. What European states did success on when it comes to rights and liberties, are what now define modern democratic constitutions.
National identity thus has to be wide – not replaced, as in ignoring the fact a historic fundament of a people, faith or culture, but rather the quest for a common interest in strengthening and protecting the dear fought rights. The values of equality, liberty and fraternity are not to be a historic relic.
During German occupation, the term liberte, egalite, fraternite was replaced by travail, famille and patrie – i.e. labor, family and fatherland. These three words combined sold the message of 'fatherland' that being an ethnic-nationalistic one, and thus fascism creeped its ways and replaced the republics slogans.
In a time where family relations are being challenged by new forms of households, where work is being replaced by machines or immigrants, and where the fatherland no more reminds of the past, it is of upmost importance that liberties and rights are closely linked to what ails the citizen the most.
What gives the citizen a decent work, a dignity in society and a sense of belonging to the local community? Church and unions are arenas that still can form a wider community, it can extract duties in exchange of belonging. Micro-communities in the form of football-clubs, political parties, cooking clubs all work as a force to knit citizens through hierarchy and demand obligations between citizens to each other.
The many changes traditional structures have undergone will demand a counter-reaction, but as enlightenment provoked a counter in the form of romanticism, these micro changes will need to be absorbed yet dealt with. If combined with unemployment, a sense of lack of dignity the alienated will find demagogues who will channel it to their own goals – those will not be for the betterment of society at large, as witnessed with recent US. Administration.
What suffers in addition are the rights and liberties that citizens already are adjusted too. Take them away and they will object, once tasted these rights and liberties will be fought for by any means. Yet in short term a populace lets itself be duped and makes a smooth sailing towards progress a fight for fundamental rights. Their mess will be up to the progressive rights based liberal currents to clean up.


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There are signs that activity levels in the South African residential property market are slowing somewhat, although the position remains "well-balanced" with more would-be buyers visiting show houses in the 4th quarter of 2015.
Estate agents pointed to a decline in activity levels for the 3rd successive quarter, and the 4th consecutive quarter on a seasonally-adjusted basis, according to the FNB Estate Agent Home Buying Survey for the 4th quarter of 2015.
This slowing may reflect the impact of "anaemic" economic growth in South Africa, which was just above 1% year-on-year as at the 3rd quarter of 2015, as well as gradual interest rate hiking by the SARB (South African Reserve Bank), says John Loos, household and property sector strategist at FNB Home Loans.
The survey shows, on a scale of 1 to 10, the 4th Quarter Residential Activity Indicator declined to 6.02 from the previous quarter's 6.14. Taking seasonal factors out of the equation, the indicator pointed to a decline from 6.19 in the previous quarter to 6.13 in the 4th quarter of 2015, and there is now a noticeable decline evident from the 1st quarter 2015 high of 6.73.
"On a year-on-year percentage change basis, the 4th quarter saw a significant decline in the Residential Activity Rating for the 2nd consecutive quarter," says Loos. "This year-on-year rate of decline measured -8.93%, weaker than the prior quarter's -7.4%, and significantly weaker than the +12.18% growth high reached in the 3rd quarter of 2014."
Estate agents asked to estimate the average number of "serious viewers" per show house, indicated an improvement on the prior quarter's 9.31 to 11.29 in the 4th quarter.
However, the survey notes summer seasonal factors may have played a role in this quarter-to-quarter rise. "More significant perhaps, is that this average is below the corresponding quarter of 2014, which recorded an average of 12.9."
In addition, the 4-quarter moving average number of viewers per show house continued to decline throughout 2015, says Loos. "We believe, therefore, that the broader declining trend in the average number of viewers remains intact, seasonal factors aside."
Simultaneously, the survey points to three consecutive quarters of decline in the percentage of agents citing stock constraints as an issue, which starts to suggest that supply constraints may be becoming less acute, he says. "From a high of 24% of agents citing the existence of 'stock constraints' being an issue for them in the 1st quarter 2015 survey, this percentage has declined for three consecutive quarters to 13.4% by the 4th quarter 2015 survey."
Besides some possible demand weakening, "stock", or "supply" constraints, may also be being alleviated by indications of moderately positive growth in the reported number of new residential units completed through much of 2015, he says.
There are a number economic reasons why demand would be weakening, says Loos. Notably the "ongoing gradual interest rate hiking" and an "economy having experienced a broad growth slowdown over the past 4 years, recording a poor 1% year-on-year growth rate as at the 3rd quarter of 2015", hampering job creation and the pace of Household Sector Disposable Income growth.
"In addition, agents may be implicitly explaining part of the reason when they answer the question related to home affordability," he says. "Whilst they don't perceive affordability levels to have deteriorated too much yet, their affordability perceptions were on average mildly worse in 2015 compared with 2014."
Loos notes that despite the indications of demand and activity weakening, to date the impact on the market balance doesn't appear to have been severe, if one looks at potential indicators of the balance between supply and demand or of "price realism".
The estimated average time of properties on the market did rise slightly, from a previous quarter's 11 weeks and 1 day, to 12 weeks and 1 day in the 4th quarter of 2015, according to the survey, "having hovered not far from the 12-week level since back in 2014". Around 12 weeks average time on the market "still reflects a good market balance".
Examining indicators of price realism, there was only a small deterioration in 2015 compared with 2014, explains Loos. "In the 4th quarter survey, agents reported an unchanged percentage of sellers having to drop their asking price, to the tune of 87%.
"However, this level is now noticeably higher than the 78% 'relative low' recorded in the 2nd quarter of 2014. The estimated average percentage asking price drop, on those properties where a price drop is required to make the sale, was -9%, unchanged on the prior quarter but slightly more than the -8% of 2014 and early-2015."
However, the survey points to a "noticeable improvement in agents' expectations of near-term activity levels, despite the recent activity decline". "The clear reasons for this are not apparent, given agent perceptions that economic stress/pessimism is more widespread than positive consumer sentiment."
In addition, Loos says the agents expect less in terms of house price growth compared to prior expectations. "We suspect, therefore, that the widespread expectation of a rise in near-term activity may be more supply-related than demand-related, given some apparent alleviation of stock constraints in the market, while also possibly being a function of a low activity base having been created by the noticeable decline in the Activity rating through 2015."
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Countdown is on for Market 5-ONE-5 opening in Sacramento
Market 5-ONE-5, the natural foods store that is the branchild of Raley's chairman and CEO Michael Teel, is ramping up for a May 15 grand-opening event in downtown Sacramento.
The grocery store at 915 R St., has been hiring staff and began the grand-opening countdown last week on Facebook. Besides stocking organic foods and various nutritional items, the store promises to be a source of education for customers dedicated to healthy eating habits.
The 11,000-square-foot concept, touted as an indoor farmers market, was proposed in 2016 as a store that would be under the umbrella of Raley's brand, but operated independently. Since then, the former site of an office furniture store has undergone extensive upgrades and construction. Various city officials have praised the concept as a welcome addition to Sacramento's R Street corridor.
Since assuming a 92 percent ownership stake in West Sacramento-based Raley's in 2015, Teel has overseen multiple company-wide initiatives to promote healthier eating habits. Those include in-store "wellness specialists" available to answer customer questions on eco-friendly products, a transition to cage-free eggs, seafood offerings from only sustainable sources, free fruit for shoppers' children under the age of 12 and eliminating private-label brand sodas, including all flavors containing high-fructose corn syrup and artificial colors and flavors.
- MOD Pizza, 771 Ikea Court, Suite 100, West Sacramento: The new pizza house touting ingredients galore opened doors on April 23.
- New Glory Eatery & Taproom, 5540 Douglas Blvd., Granite Bay: The company announced the opening of its food and drink destination April 24 on Facebook, in the Quarry Ponds Town Center.
- Bingo Hall, inside Thunder Valley Casino Resort, 1200 Athens Ave., Lincoln: The resort's newly constructed bingo hall, opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 26, can accommodate 800 players.
- Cabernet Nail Spa, 5530 Douglas Blvd., Suite 120, Granite Bay: The organic nail spa touting the use of sea salts, essential oils and herbs hosted grand-opening festivities on April 27.
- Back Bistro, 230 Palladio Parkway, Suite 1201, Folsom: The stylish stop for food and drinks will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 6 p.m. Monday, followed by a "VIP Grand Opening Gala" on Thursday.
- Solomon's Delicatessen, 500 First St., Davis: The Jewish deli's Facebook post on April 26 said it's planning a May opening in the Davis Commons shopping center.
- Golden Road Brewing, 19th and L streets, Sacramento: The Los Angeles-based brewer has scheduled Thursday for the opening of its midtown beer garden.
- Ol' Republic Brewery, 11151 Trade Center Drive, Suite 104, Rancho Cordova: In a Facebook post, the brewery said it will host grand-opening festivities at 3 p.m. Friday.
- The Mimosa House, 3155 Zinfindel Drive, Rancho Cordova: The latest addition to the local Mimosa group has been hiring to staff its new site, scheduled to commence a soft opening on May 15.


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The two most popular times to visit Japan are spring and autumn – spring for the cherry blossom (桜 / sakura), and autumn for the coloured leaves (紅葉 / koyo). In spring, people have hanami (花見 / literally, flower viewing) parties, and in autumn people do momijigari (紅葉狩 / literally, hunting red leaves or maple leaves). Here in the UK, we would call 'momijigari' 'leaf peeping'.
Missing Japan as I do, I decided to combat my feelings with a little leaf peeping of my own, and here in Bristol there's no better place for a spot of leaf peeping than Westonbirt Arboretum. Westonbirt Arboretum, near Tetbury in Gloucestershire, has a huge collection of trees, including a collection of Japanese maples (acer japonicum and acer palmatum).
As I don't really know anything about trees, here's some information about these Japanese species from the Forestry Commission:
Downy Japanese maple (Acer japonicum)
This species of maple is native to the islands of Honshu and Hokkaidō in Japan. Like the Japanese maple (Acer palmatum), it has given rise to a number of cultivated varieties (cultivars) including 'Aconitifolium', a striking form with deeply cut leaves.
Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
Japanese maple is native to Japan, Korea, Taiwan and eastern China and was introduced to Britain in 1820. It is not a large tree, often growing as an understory plant in shady woodlands. The Japanese maple shows considerable variation, even in nature – which has led to the selection of hundreds of cultivars each with their own leaf size, shape and colour. The arboretum has over 250 Japanese maple cultivars. Acer Glade (Old Arboretum), Maple Loop and The Link (Silk Wood) are the best places to see them.
I really enjoyed my leaf peeping day – it was nice to just wander through the trees and remember the coloured leaves I've seen in Japan before. Here's a sample of what I saw…
For those of you interested in leaf peeping in Japan, there's a great guide to autumn leaves here on Japan Guide and also here. I'd recommend Kyoto – especially Arashiyama – but you can see beautiful leaves just about anywhere in Japan if you time it right. In many places you will still be able to see coloured leaves right through November and even into early December. I remember once visiting Tokyo at the beginning of December and being pleasantly surprised that I could see coloured leaves in Ueno Park.
Happy leaf peeping, everyone! (*^_^)v


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I'm sorry for the dearth of posting of late. I've had other committments such as a sick wife to attend to and, well, I've been consumed by a lack of things to say. But I have emerged from a week of not really saying anything decidely ungrumpy about KU basketball. My friend and former KU Golfer John S_____ says that every day is a good day to be a Jayhawk, but some days are just a little bit better than others. Today is one of these days.
If you want a little morning reading, I suggest you read about Bill Self's return from vacation. I like Self's honesty, and I like the fact that he's honestly not sounding the panic bell.
Traditionally, that majestic day on which I throw open all the windows and rev up the old attic fan falls on the first day of the NCAA Tournament. This year such was not my luck. That honor instead fell on yesterday, or at least a brief part of yesterday. I take this as a symbolic fortelling of the Spring of Jayhawks hoops that we'll all experience next year.
Because for me, KU's next year season starts today, with the 2005 McDonald's High School All America Game. The game starts at 7 on ESPN, but the Dunk Contest / Three point Contest airs from 6 to 7. You probably already know who wins, but if you don't, you should definitely watch, it will get you excited.
As I said earlier, I'll have a 'highlight' video of the game up on Phog Blog up before too long, with a little help from the Phog Blog videography department. All three KU recruits are on the same squad, which gives a good chance, I think, of seeing them all on the court at the same time for at least a few minutes. I'm predicting a Mario Chalmers alley-oop to Micah Downs, and I'm predicting a really good game for Julian Wright. I hope it's not too good though, because you know that South Bend receipts will be all over the expense accounts of pretty much every NBA scout living.


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Toshiba Thrive reviews continue to pop up around the blogosphere, and Engadget's is the latest. It is one of the longest and most in depth reviews of the Thrive that I've seen, and it is well balanced. If you're thinking about picking up a Thrive, you owe it to yourself to read through this review. The conclusions are a qualified positive, while acknowledging the Thrive isn't for everyone. Just a sample:
Inevitably, whenever a new tablet comes out, we find ourselves asking, "Why would you choose this over everything else?" And to be honest, in a marketplace with so many forgettable options it's not always an easy question to answer. In the case of the Thrive, at least, you've potentially got enough built-in reasons to count on both hands. It's got full-sized USB and HDMI ports, not to mention an SDXC slot allowing you to make good use of one of the memory cards you've no doubt accumulated over the years. It comes with lots of useful apps — some of which cost money — which means if you'll be up and running immediately (and so will any low-tech person you give this to as a gift). It runs Android 3.1 at a time when most tabs don't. Oh, and it's priced to sell. It starts at $429 for 8GB, making it stand out in a market that absolutely does not need another $500 or $600 slate. We say, get the 8GB version, pair it with an old SD card, and have yourself a party.
So if the features unique to the Thrive are useful to you, it isn't a bad choice. But if not, there are slimmer, sleeker tablets with longer battery life that are probably better choices. Read the full review for all of the facts.


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Tatiana Decrescenzo has animated eyes, a wide smile and a voice that can range from the softest whispers to the highest falsettos all in a single verse.
A tear rolled down her husband's face as he lay bedridden beside her, listening to her sing during an interview this fall.
The song was "Enchanting Eyes," a Russian folk tune that in 1982 won Ms. Decrescenzo, then a soloist for the Ural State Academic Folk Russian Choir, a laureate at the Russian national competition of folk songs.
Ms. Decrescenzo, 58, and Zoryan Fedchishin, 70, a former oral surgeon, were married in New York in 2007. She had been living in the United States for eight years by then, working mostly as a housekeeper and home health attendant. Their marriage provided "true love and support," Mr. Fedchishin said, as he faced surgeries for the prostate cancer that he has had for seven years.
"I'm always pushing her," he said. "I tell her she can sing. She can design, too — she is a grand designer."
Their home reflects Mr. Fedchishin's condition: Gauze pads, pills, wraps and syringes are carefully tucked behind vases and displays around his bed.
Ms. Decrescenzo recalled how her "dream came true" when she traveled to the United States with the U Samovara Russian folk group in 1999 to perform at the Petroushka Ball, an annual black-tie fund-raiser held in New York to benefit the Russian Children's Welfare Society. The ball is named after Petroushka, a Russian puppet character, who always bounces back to entertain the crowd, no matter what his misfortune.
Over the last 16 years, misfortune has overflowed for Ms. Decrescenzo, making bouncing back hard.
"First, a lot of concerts that were promised to us never ended up happening," Ms. Decrescenzo said of her folk group, speaking in Russian. "They told us 'scheduling difficulties.' " She decided to stay in the United States because of her grave financial problems in Russia and because she wanted to pursue her dream of a singing career.
Once Ms. Decrescenzo settled in, her dream began to slip away.
Lacking a green card and needing income, Ms. Decrescenzo turned to an assortment of low-level jobs. In addition to cleaning houses and working as a home health attendant, she did some babysitting.
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A Russian restaurant in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn offered her a chance to sing in the evenings, but it would not pay her, and she said she did not have the energy after working to pursue her passion.
When she and Mr. Fedchishin got in a car crash in 2009, her spine was severely injured and she was forced to quit her physically demanding job as a home health attendant.
Less than a year later, she learned she had rectal and skin cancers. Her husband was in and out of hospitals, forcing Ms. Decrescenzo to teach herself how to become a live-in nurse.
"Life has taken the song out of my soul," she said through tears.
Asked whether any hope remained for the singing career she once dreamed of, Ms. Decrescenzo looked at the floor.
"I don't think Americans need my Russian folk songs," she said.
"I need your Russian folk songs," Mr. Fedchishin interjected.
"You see," Ms. Decrescenzo said, "whenever I sing, he cries. And then I start to cry."
Ms. Decrescenzo receives $253 a month in public assistance and Mr. Fedchishin receives $733 a month in Supplemental Security Income. Together, they receive $320 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Their monthly rent is $900.
"Our medical bills have been so high for so long," Ms. Decrescenzo said. "We spend on rent and food. That's it."
When back problems and weakness from the two cancers left her unable to push the used wheelchair that friends had given her, Ms. Decrescenzo went to Shorefront YM-YWHA of Brighton-Manhattan Beach, a beneficiary agency of UJA-Federation of New York, one of the seven organizations supported by The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund.
After helping Ms. Decrescenzo gain United States citizenship in August, Shorefront YM-YWHA used $1,000 in Neediest Cases funds to pay for a new electric scooter for Mr. Fedchishin. The couple use it to transport him to see his doctors at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan from their home in Brighton Beach.
"It's great," Ms. Decrescenzo said. "This scooter, it's like a little song."


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Honestly - YG
YG fo' hundred! But you already know.
Stop tryna act like you don't b_tch, you we're just at my house last night, the f_ck?
Actin like you don't know who I am and sh_t.
Ay Mustard man I swear to god I just wanna talk sh_t on this beat man, I swear man, it's all I wanna do bro! Mustard on the beat hoe!
[Verse 1:]
It's west side fo' fingers
Hoes feenin' I don't want em
We got weed, bring sw bereishers hoe
Break em down and roll em hoe
Say I write like poet hoe
You ain't even knowin
That I just just be flowin
I like weed 'cause we be flowin
F_ck n_gga you ain't on it
Yo b_tch wanna f_ck shutup
B_tch I got the burner
Slap that b_tch like Ike Turner
N_gga don't trip, you ain't with that
I specialize in click clack
So you better beat that
N_gga just spit
I'm the man of my city
Run that b_tch like P. Diddy
Always got some goons
Always always got some goons with me
Like a bad b_tch with ass,
like a bad b_tch with titties
Yup I like that, you like that?
Well just hit me on my Ichat.
I'm a bullcat so big I stay high but I'm bull doe
Smokin on a big red, eatin a bowl of bereal
With my n_gga Mustard' So catch up
You n_ggas weak.
On yo girlfriend face,
That's where my n_ggas be
I'll eat it from the back
I'll eat it from the front
I'll eat it from the back
I'll eat it from the front
I'll eat it from the back
I'll eat it from the front
'Cause I swear I don't give a f_ck
Do you want it from the back
Or you want it from the front
Do you want it from the back
Or you want it from the front
Do you want it from the back
Or you want it from the front
'Cause I swear I don't give a f_ck Ayy
[Verse 2:]
All day I'm in the studio trappin
Sometimes I sit back and think,
"what the f_ck I'm doin rappin?"
Till my simple n_ggas was braggin
Sometimes I sit back and think
"Why all these b_tches ratchet?"
I'm the captain of my team
I'm the boss, you're a hoe
Yo b_tch chill with me for the night
(That's if I show)
If I hit it she gon' snitch and let the whole world know
"N_gga say he f_cked my b_tch!"
So what? You is broke!
You a mmm You a b_tch!
Then the homie beat yo ass
Yeah the homie said he ran up on you and socked yo ass
N_gga I'm the f_ckin realist
Only fake n_ggas hate.
The homies be drug dealin
Hope they never catch a case.
I rep Pusha Inc. the label
Count money like mathematics
In a room with some weed
And b_tches who acrobatic
Buddha room
What it roo
Sh_t I'm chillin with some b_tches
When they come to me like Jet Li
These b_tches wanna kick it!
Yeah, n_ggas should already know what it is, Pusha Inc the label.
Connected to money and b_tches like cable all day 24/7 no sleep n_gga, we up, all night, muhf_cka.
B_tch better learn some. B_tch come over my house you better bring weed and burn some n_gga.
Some real pimp sh_t goin on, west side fo' fingas BIETCH act like ya know!